Festival to begin, thousands will flock to center city to just catch a flips of pope francis. We have a live picture from Philadelphia International airport where they have the stairs set up for shepherd 1. The holy father will be landing in philadelphia soon, the pope is coming. Action news has all angles covered. Good morning, im Tamala Edwards along with Matt Odonnell all this waiting, its finally upon us. This is a special edition of action news saturday morning as we get going for the papal weekend. Action news has reporters fanned out across the area from the parkway to the basilica to the airport, and were riding the regional rails along with you. You have confess about weather and traffic questions about weather and traffic, david murphy and karen rogers are here to help you out this morning. Reporter rolling out the red carpet for pope francis at philadelphia airport. As we look toward east. We have high, thin clouds, this is not a bad day building. Take a look at satellite. We have cloud cover in place, there will be sun breaking through at times today. I love the way the rain trying to push north encountering dry air holding its grounds south of washington and the state of delaware. Temperatures are okay, 63 a little cool. Obviously similar numbers to what weve had the last couple of mornings. 59 in trenton. 57 in youre heading out the door early in wilmington. 68 in sea isle city. The winds are not that strong. Down the shore 17 Miles Per Hour sea isle city. Philadelphia up to 10. We could go as high as 20 with slightly higher gusts as we roll through the day. By 8 00 a. M. , 62 breezy. Noon, breezy, but up to 71. 3 00 p. M. , 75 degrees that will be your high. Not too bad. Windy and dry today. Karen rogers will have the latest of whats looking to be a diminishing chance of rain tomorrow thats ahead in the accuweather seven day. Lets hit the roads right now were wide open on the schuylkill expressway because it is shut down. We see no traffic. Kind of an eerie shot. We only see this in snow coverage, nobody on the roads. It is shut down from the schuylkill expressway eastbound to the blue route westbound i95 to route 1. Schuylkill expressway looking live at montgomery drive nothing happening. Closed at 10 00 p. M. Last night stays closed as is the ben franklin bridge. We can see pedestrians walking about. No major problems going to out on the roads. You see that areas are closed, but seems like people have programmed for that. We were not seeing traffic yesterday. One thing i wanted to point out, the i95 is open, the other highways and bridges are open. I95 at cottman very light volume. The closures on i95 are around the pedestrian areas that are closed in the city. Youre closed from washington to broad street in these areas. Action news reporter, nydia han is live at eakens oval to start the coverage with a unique look at the papal stage. Good morning, nydia. Reporter good morning, we certainly do have an extraordinary view on eakens oval. We know so many viewers have been anticipating the visit and weve been planning for this joyous occasion. Now that the sun is up, take a look at at the stage here. Members of the media and security folks and the faithful are arriving. I want to give you a behind the scenes prospective what its like to cover such an extraordinary event in philadelphias history. It is 2 00 a. M. , our alarms went off at 12 45 a. M. This is the meade Transportation Center from media Transportation Center from here well be wanded for security. We wanted to make sure that we would make the 4 00 a. M. Bus in plenty of time to broadcast at 5 30 a. M. Were first in line, so well be on that. 3 05 a. M. I want through the metal detecter and from here well board the media buses. 4 15 were on the bus for the parkway. Take a look outside this has to be the safest most secure place in america. Erin ohern is here. Were rolling right now heading to the parkway. You can see the streets are clear, we have a police escort. We pass a number of jumbotrons along the way. There are 40 of them set up along the parkway so people can get a clear view of whats happening. We should be at the parkway in no time. This is our 6abc booth there are 5,000 journalists in philadelphia they will be working out of the center on the parkway. Come inside this is james editing for us this morning. We have the ability to see video from here and look at the walkietalkies so we can be in constant communication with each other. It is almost show time. It is show time, indeed. Take a look at the satellite trucks out there. The process for the press overnight went smoothly, it was faster than anticipated. Certainly we hope the same holds true for the faithful and the people of goodwill heading here today. Live on eakens oval, nydia han channel 6 action news. That was a neat look at whats going on this morning. Pope francis is expected to take off from Jfk International and well be live when that happens. Reporter the pope is is expected to arrive at 9 30 and go to saints peter and paul for a mass. This afternoon hell deliver a speech on immigration from Independence Hall and the papal parade on the parkway followed by the festival of families at eakens oval. Pilgrims who have been waiting to see the pope camping out in south philadelphia. These parishners are from the archdiocese of newark, new jersey. They stayed in tents. Others stayed inside the church on the 2300 block of south 18th street. They will get up and get going and make their way over to where Katherine Scott is, live in logan square with a firsthand look at security and anticipated crowds there. Reporter its early but people are here along the parkway. Some were curious, others are here because they want to get a good spot for when the pope arrives. Some are here for the festival of families and others are waiting outside the basilica. They want to catch a glimpse of pope francis when he arrives to celebrate mass this morning at the basilica. There are Concession Stands and benches in the area. This is a popular spot to grab breakfast, you might see seem clumping their coffee its a similar spot for people to hang out and congregate as they wait for the popes arrival. Look at the view, you can see this beautiful shot of city hall and the pilgrims making their way up the parkway. This will be a long day for some of these pilgrims. They walked here to go through security and making sure sure they have a prime spot to see the pope. Ive heard people talking about the energy in the city. The thousands who are here during the world meeting of family and those who stayed the weekend to hear the popes message in person, even if they have to stand far away they say they want to be here and their families to be here to experience the moments with the other families from around the world. You can see people on the parkway this morning. Its going to be a long day, weve seen people bring chairs with them to make the wait a little more comfortable. But people are excited to see the pope this morning to celebrate mass, they are waiting aby the basilica. They are gathering. Thanks, katherine. Thousands plan to make their way to at this time on septas regional rails. Our john rawlins is among them,es live at the paoli train station, good morning, john. Reporter good morning, this is the paoli train station, youre right, thousands are expected to use the septa rails. Thousands will be using the train system to get into philadelphia. The busiest station will be here at paoli. Its been a slow start. We have still pictures from earlier today before the sun came up. The first three trains went off with 150 people each. Its been a slow start. The last train departed with 200 people. Well have a big build as the morning goes on. Let me scene set to your right my left is the train platform. The fourth train left five minutes ago, septa personnel is here ready for the next crowd to build. This is the staging area. If youre familiar with the train station you know this is the parking lot. No cars here today. The pill gramtion pilgrims will come to assembly. This square will hold 900 people. That is the capacity of one of the trains. The last train departed. Were seeing pilgrims come in. I would like to call folks in here from west chester. Im john rawlins, nice to met you. Whats your plan today . Were going to have a chance to see the pope, the musicians and participate in the activities. Reporter take in all the festivities. Were curious to see the spectacle. Youre an early arrival. Why go this early. Make it easier to get in. Reporter its not been a busy morning so far. Thank you so much, enjoy your day, thats the situation right now. Things are starting to build here, plenty of infrastructure is in place so when the big crowds arrive in the next hour or two, they will be ready. Youll be making a lot of new friends, thanks john. Lets continue our papal coverage david and karen. Reporter looking live at vine and 8th street. The vine is shut down. Thats the beginning of the closures we have, david. Reporter thats surreal shot. The other thing we dont have is rain. It is suppressed down to the south. Will it stay away for the weekend . Ill have that in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. We stop arthritis pain, so you dont have to stop. Tylenol® 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. The first is fast. The second lasts all day. We give you your day back. What you do with it is up to you. Tylenol®. How did it become absentmindedly to snacking . Eating one after the next . We are a creamy cheese that Still Believes in savoring our food. The laughing cow. Reinvent snacking. Covering this. We mehon action news is everywhere. That means dann cuellar is at the airport waiting on shepherd one for touchdown, he joins us with the latest from Philadelphia International airport. Reporter good morning, tamala, it is tminus 2 hours 15 minutes. They have set up the mobile stairway. The red carpet has been rolled out for his arrival at 9 30 a. M. Over here 40 yards to my left you see a group of people who have gathered for the popes arrival. These are family members of the band the Shanahan High School band that will be performing for pope francis from doylestown. There are 100 band members that will be performing for the pope. The delegation that is greeting the pope will be led by archbishop archbishop chaput. Governor tom wolf and frances wolf and mayor nutter and lisa nutter will be here. One family was chosen to be here for the popes arrival that is Richard Boyles who was shot in the line of duty 2008 in a north philadelphia shootout that killed his partner, 30yearold patrick mcdonald. Boyles and his family will present the pope with the Mountain Laurel flowers, the official flower flower of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. Pope francis addressed the work of Police Officers and firefighters and offered his supportive prayers for the work that they do. This is expected at the airport. Again, less on this two hours and 15 minutes away for his arrival were live at Atlantic Aviation, well be back later, well see you then. Back to you guys. Another thing to look out for is the motorcade when pope francis arrives from the airport. Reporter im so excited. One of the things were watching early on as many people. I know my church has buses coming. The buses are lined up getting ready to go. This is the vine street expressway which is closed in both directions. At this early hour we see more people moving around, we see buses lined up and ready to go. The vine expressway closed in both directions, buses getting ready and were getting excited. The schuylkill expressway eastbound is shut down, happened 10 00 p. M. Last night still shut down between the blue route and i95. Westbound between i95 and route 1. The that means you can take the boulevard to the schuylkill expressway westbound. City avenue, 10 00 p. M. , closed southbound between bell month and route 30. We talked about the vine express way being closed. The ben franklin bridge is shut down except for pedestrians. The admiral wilson boulevard leading to the ben. 676 northbound leading to the ben. Well see all the people Walking Around instead of the cars. Matt and tam. Speaking of Walking Around, how should they dress if thisser Walking Around. Reporter i have people on twitter asking if they should wear shorts. Maybe later on. It is a little cool to start out, 63 degrees in philadelphia. Allentown, 54. Down the shore, 67 in cape may. A little bit of a breeze blowing that will get stronger the higher the sun gets up over the horizon. Once again satellite showing you cloud cover locally. There will be sunny breaks, but the rains suppressed to the south. High pressure over here dishing the dry air in place, you can see how the rain wont make it north of washington, d. C. Thats where it will stay today. In the Lehigh Valley farther north clouds and sun, breezy, 74, a very nice afternoon allentown, bethlehem, easton. At the shore, clouds, windier 74 degrees, that will make for heavy surf and pushing the water up into the delaware bay. We have a Coastal Flood Advisory kicking in especially during times of high tide overnight tonight all the way up into philadelphia along the tidal waterways. Beach erosion a possibility. Inland the winds will not be as bad. 75 in philadelphia. Cloudy, breezy, sunny breaks, cant be ruled out. The winds 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. Shorts might be a little bit light for you early in the morning, 62 degrees there, but if youre coming into the city later on in the morning, 69 degrees by 11 00 a. M. 74 by 2 00 p. M. High of 75 at 3 00 p. M. We have the papal speech this afternoon, temperatures in the 70s. For the festival tonight, 73 by 6 00 p. M. 678 by 8 00 p. M. 64 by 10 00 p. M. Well have a cool breeze whipping around. This would be an area if you wore long pants youll be happy to have them on later on tonight and add a jacket to that, too. Most of the keeping us dry perhaps a sprinkle, we are trending in the right direction for tomorrow. For the papal parade and mass, it does look like we very likely will be dry, it will be cloudy, 60s in the morning, 70s in the afternoon. Were going for a high of 76. 7 00 p. M. , 70 degrees, hopefully staying dry. Maybe you get a pocket poncho just in case. 74, breezy and dry. Spotty sprinkle possible sunday, 76 and mainly cloudy. Monday, cloudy, 79 degrees, tuesday, warmer, 81 degrees, 76 for wednesday with clouds giving way to sun and looks good for the union game. Next chance of rain will be thursday night. On some long range models it could be a significant rain which we could use. Lets take a live look at Independence Hall when Pope John Paul ii never went here, this will be the first time a pope will visit the place where our country began. It is set up for the popes speech which is later on this morning. Lets go over to erin ohern, this pope is a he wants to be out among the people. What will he see . Reporter you can get a view of the papal stage. The parkway feels like its on little city inside our great city. You can see members of the secret service checking everything out. Before the pope celebrates mass you talked about the speech on Independence Hall. A lot of people looking forward to whats going to see. The he is not afraid to get political or touch on sensitive subjects. Catholics cant think about the differences in marriage. Reporter the church can rule a marriage was never valid from the begin which is an annulment. Person or couple seeking an annulment draining. It was a very difficult process and it seemed obscure and too long. Reporter in some cases it would be impossible to get a church court to hear a case, after hearing catholics express their frustration to start the process, frances formed a group last year to see how it could be stream lined. Francis said were not going to change it but well allow it to be more accessible. Reporter he changed cannon law, but george majorris, said the couple needs to approve there was a genuine effort. He wants whatever is a burden to try to remove. Reporter the doubts outlined specific situations in which the shorter process can be used. Among those include the brevity of the marriage, infidelity and physical violence. The idea was to help them to listen to where they are and to see again, how can i respond to them, by being still true to the message. Gospel. Often times lets walk together on the journey. So, again, pope francis, the peoples pope has reiterated messages of empathy and mercy, thats what attracted people of all faith to him thats what youll see in the crowd today and here and Independence Hall. Were looking forward to it hours away from his arrival. Erin ohern channel 6 action news. Tam and matt. Watch our papal coverage wherever you go with digital updates well have papal news and weather and traffic starting 9 00 a. M. Today and tomorrow. You can watch the live digital papal updates at 6abc. Com and 6abc news app. Our Alicia Vitarelli is live outside the basilica good morning, alicia. Reporter go togood morning,t and tam, speaking of bishops, archbishops and cardinals are arriving at the basilica of saints peter and paul. The crowd is slowly building theres a lot of excitement people have slept here on the the grounds in front of the basilica overnight just to get a glimpse of the pope as he comes in. They are coming from countries all over the world. About two thousand people will get a seat, two thousand lucky people will get a seat inside the basilica for the mass, they include people of faith across the region along with families, newlyweds this being the world meeting of families, some of them will be celebrating 50 years of marriage. Thats a beautiful thing. Weve been showing you this beautiful art installation outside the cathedral basilica. Its called the knotted grotto. They are writing down their intentions and wishes and struggles placing them out here with the pope to bless, the favorite painting mary undoer of knots. He will bless that and say hello to to the crowds and well bring you that including the scenes inside going on here back to you guys in the studio. 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