Weekend of september 26th and 27th will literally double the citys population virtually overnight. Mayor nutter insists philly will be ready. Philadelphia is the can do city and we can and will do everything in our power along with our many, many, many partners to ensure a safe and secure event a spiritual and joyful event. Reporter there will be once in a lifetime traffic headaches. Socalled traffic box will be established friday night at 10 00 covering the city from i95 to 38th street and from south street to spring garden, ridge and girard. Vehicular traffic will be a loud win that zone, but with many restrictions and with great difficulty. You will not be able to drive your vehicle into the zone during the papal weekend and once you drive outside the zone, you wont ab loud to drive back in till the papal events conclude. It lee system about crowd control and Public Safety and the ability to maintain some assemblance of security and order. Reporter despite what you may have heard, i
That at this point it doesnt look like its going to be as bad as what we saw last weekend much less snow is really forecasted for this weekend event. Well get to that in just a bit. Can you believe these highs . In the low 60s. Philadelphia 61 degrees today. 62 degrees in atlantic city. But youre probably thinking, really didnt feel all that warm in the afternoon. We actually reached that high at midnight, and then temperatures fell throughout the day. So we didnt have your typical afternoon high. Around 5 00 oclock we hit 48 degrees. Heres where were sitting in the delaware valley. 44 degrees for those of us in philadelphia. Millville at 45. Trenton coming in at about 40 degrees. Allentown now falling to 36 degrees. Mount pocono were at 26 degrees already but ultimate Doppler Radar showing the things that are pretty quiet in the delaware valley. But if you expand this back i want you to notice how the system is moving pretty quickly leaving off as snow through parts of West Virginia n
But with historic event like this, most are going to try to take advantage of every opportunity they get to their their hands on tickets. To night, your next chance at 8 00 oclock. 10,000 more tickets for the papal mass on sunday the 27t 27. Will go online and the process for people logging on to try and get them will start all over again. So back here live, of course, again a huge demand for tickets to these papal events. But what we also uncovered yesterday is that some people who are getting these tickets free tickets online are then turning around putting them back online on different sites and selling them. Yes, scalpers are out there for the popes visit. As a matter of fact, we just checked moments ago and we already saw some of those free tickets that went online just an hour ago listed on ebay each 250 and four a thousand dollars. Dawn, again, people are out there trying to make a profit off these free tickets but they are in demand and again at 8 00 oclock tonight some free pa
More tickets for papal events that weekend. A total of 10,000 tickets will now be up for grabs for the popes event at independence mall. 10,000 tickets for saturdays papal festivities and another 10,000 more tickets for the popes mass on sunday. Organizers say the event itself justifies all of the changes we have seen in recent weeks. Huge part of this is the experience pilgrims joining arms and singing and waving their flags from tow heed dough, ohio or to lido pain. Its going to be the most joyful experience ever. So i would say to everyone, come see our city. Come see our pope. You have to think about the people who are booking their trips far in advance. Paying a lot of money to come to the see to see the pope. And its also, you know, we also have to get the message out there. That this a positive event. Reporter spokesperson from the greater Philadelphia Hotel association. He says there are some cancellations due to planning confusion but not a quote mass exodus. He also says one
Victory for jim kenney. Frankly the only surprise here really the size of the victory a massive victory here almost certain to finish with more than 50 of the total votes. That in a field of six candidates frank al mazeing. Kenney got into this race a little later than some had thought he should but he got into this race with plenty of money union union support. Weve seen police and fire Officials Union officials. The hospital workers represented here. Philadelphia Blue Collar Workers workers. Mixture of black and white voters latinos asians a real Cross Section n of the city. This was the massive victory for jim kenney and first one that is all but certain to propel him to the actual mayors job come november general election. The officials are tup there crowding the stage. We expect jim kenney to speak any moment now we may keep it here. We see Council President Darrell Clark up on stage. Union officials theres pat up there getting a big hug. Mark skill low the councilman from south p