steps being taken for the upcoming papal visit. tonight we know major highways and the ben franklin bridge will close to traffic during this historic event. if you re coming to the city for the papal weekend pack your walking shoes. good evening i m ukee washington. i m jessica dean. today city leaders reveal the security perimeter for philadelphia while the pope is in town. eyewitness news reporter charlotte huffman is live in center city to break it all down. charlotte? jessica and ukee, estimated 1.5 million people are expected to descend on the city and fill this parkway eventually later in september. and with it, they re createing logistical problems for all of the businesses trying to serve all those people. we ve been discussing it every day and trying to figure out what s going to happen. what it will look like. we ll be told are they going to tell us soon. sent city owner restaurant owners have more questions than answers about pope francis visit. ph
down. charlotte? jessica and ukee, estimated 1.5 million people are expected to descend on the city and fill this parkway eventually later in september. and with it, they re createing logistical problems for all of the businesses trying to serve all those people. we ve been discussing it every day and trying to figure out what s going to happen. what it will look like. we ll be told are they going to tell us soon. sent city owner restaurant owners have more questions than answers about pope francis visit. philadelphia could set itself apart as the largest in the history of the world meeting of families. reporter: handle influx of estimate 1.5 million people mayor nutter laid out the framework for road closures today. parts of 76, 676 and route 1 will shut down. i-95 will remain open with some ramp closures. ben franklin bridge will shut down and in center city walking or biking is about all you ll be able to do. spring garden to ridge ridge to girard. no vehi
out of delaware and jersey. the 50s in the mountains, 60s for allentown and pottstown, low 60s at that. low 70s in northeast philadelphia and wilmington at 72 degrees. we will see sunshine, some clouds and a nice breeze that will develop out of the northwest. calm to start with, 57 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00 we ll start to see a little bit of the northwesterly wind. the wind starts to pick up as we head into the noontime hour. drier air will be coming in. 86ç glooez degrees at noontime. it will feel so much more comfortable. we ll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back in ten minutes. let s see what s in store for people heading out on to the roads. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. we re watching rolling work crews around trooper road. you can see some of the them stationed off over to the right-hand side. eastbound we had a vehicle over here in the left lane has moved out of the way. just, again, it s rolling. it s up and down
that s closed in both directions until about 9:00 a.m. now we have word of that. there will be cleanup to make sure that roadway is safe for drivers to pass on through the area. that s at sugar bottom road. your best bet to get through the area. you can see the cars running through there are nice and green. if you re heading out the door on 95, this is right around the betsy ross bridge. dealing with that ongoing construction, we re losing that right-hand shoulder pretty much in both directions. all lanes still moving north or southbound. that s good news. on the schuylkill expressway, right through the conshohocken curve, you can see everything still moving along there as well. we re coming up on that time, 6:00 a.m. right now, the next 20 or 25 minutes or so, if you have to head out on the schuylkill expressway, go now. that s my advice to you. the blue route up towards the vine, a 13-minute trip. no delays on mass transit. we want to continue to follow this breaking news
against him crazy. and one year to rio. the opening ceremony of the 2016 olympic games 12 months away. natalie has the preparations. we are throwing an olympic-sized celebration on the plaza. today, wednesday, august 5, 2015. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. one year from today we ll be saying [ speaking in a foreign language ] that s how you pronounce it? two years of college portuguese. it will go by in a flash. on this wednesday morning let s start with the top story. the field of ten set for tomorrow night s highly anticipated republican debate. this morning at least one candidate who will not be on the big stage is slamming the process. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is in cleveland. good morning. reporter: hey, matt. good morning to you. the republican contenders are converging on cleveland. we have the main event in primetime tomorrow. the undercard hours earlier. one candidate is already calli