good morning, stages set for pope francis in philadelphia, you re looking live right now at that stage. we are just hours away from the pontiff a s arrival. security as you can imagine is tight throughout the city and especially a along ben franklin parkway, that is where holy father will celebrate mass on sunday, calm right now, but just you wait, huge crowd are expected. the pope is coming from new york where he just had a historic mass with a mass at madison square garden. we will recap that in a moment. it is saturday, september 26th, i m erika von tiehl. i m nicole brewer. we are broadcasting live from the ben franklin parkway, such an exciting day, erika, good morning to you, getting set to be part of the historic visit the by pope francis. it certainly is on honor to becoming to you live this morning. i have to say as philadelphia prepares for the world stage you can see the stage is already set, the the papal stage in all of its magnificence. we have a great view
all. we have a rare interview with rock and roll hall of famer bill withers, 30 years after stepping out of the spotlight. and a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. thanks for visiting us, your family. the pope heads to phiadelphia after rocking new york s madison square garden. and please, don t forget to pray for me. [ applause ] leading up to the mass, the pope mobile made its way through central park. i never felt closer to god in my life. i have decided, you know, today is the day i m going to do this. so celebrating house speaker way boehner s decision to leave capitol hill. michelle obama decided to go with a dress designed by vera wang. i don t call it thin skinned. item angry. an impression is created though that you like to dish it out but you can t take a punch. oh i think i can take it. a pick up slamming into a car and smashing into a home. security cameras captured it all. three people scrambled out of the pick up. pol
in philadelphia. a live look now at ben franklin parkway. this was the place to be just a few moments ago. all day long but now, it s clearing out. as the first day of the pope in philadelphia goes in to the history books. hi, good evening, everyone, welcome back. i m ukee washington. hi, everyone, i m jessica dean. we are broadcasting to you from the ben franklin parkway tonight right hyped us the stage where the festival of families took place tonight and where the papal mass will be celebrated tomorrow. you can certainly feel the excitement it s all about families and it was all about hope. no doubt about that. no doubt about that. somebody who had front row seat to all our own steve patterson who s been out with so many people today taking it all in. steve? how are you? reporter: i m still talking it all in, guys. jessica, ukee washington more can you say about moment in history? we ve been trying to fine the words all night and somehow we have been, but tru
here tonight, pope francis said that love is shown in the little things. but there was absolutely nothing little about what happened here. it was a mass on the parkway that will last a lifetime in the memories of the faithful. it was a feeling that you can do never describe in your entire life. what did you feel when you saw him. blessed, blessed, that i had the opportunity to to actually be here, and be a part of such a wonderful man. reporter: people of all backgrounds and faith came from far and near, some sat in the trees all to hear and see pope francis. do not hold back anything that is good, instead. help it grow. reporter: his message echoed across the parkway. it was amazing. i ve never experienced nothing like it in my life. the people here were just tremendous. they couldn t have been friendlyier, smiling at you. it wasn t the philadelphia i know. reporter: maybe of the future. i certainly hope so. reporter: by the dozens. spanned out across t
amid u.s. concerns about russia s recent military buildup in syria. donald trump is set to unveil his tax plan this morning. if i bring jobs back from so many countries, everybody is tag our jobs. how do you get them back? the pope arriving in rome this morning following a historic visit. don t forget. pray for me. john boehner blasted his own party. the bible says that beware of false prophets. we have people whipping them into a frenzy they can a accomplish things they know, they know are never going to happen. hillary clinton says she wasn t involved in deciding which e-mails from her private server to turn over to the state department. no, i wasn t that focused on my e-mail account. scary moments for candidate carly fiorina in a stage backdrop nearly falls on top of her during a speech in texas. a giant sinkhole opens up. a driver nearly burned down a gas station trying to kill a spider on his gas tank. in for the touchdown, owen daniels. a h