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Busy transforming stage in the alter to get ready for another historic event, a mass in front of the hundreds of thousands perhaps even millions, on the Ben Franklin Parkway. It is all part of the day to second of what has been a busy schedule for the pope since a arriving in philadelphia over 20 hours ago. We hope he is getting those last bits of sleep before another jammed packed day of event. We are keeping him busy for sure. Today is sunday september 27th, glad you are with us im Nicole Brewer. Im quarter von tiehl. We are live at the Ben Franklin Park because. You mentioned those crews transforming stage you can still them still at work doing a terrific job. Ben franklin parkway i got to tell you, they have done a terrific job these sanitation crews cleaning the the street getting garbage out of the way and wip ....
Also crews are working throughout the night to tear downstage set up for todays papal mass. This is time lapse video of the crews working overnight, you can see those little legs, and feet, showing pretty quickly there to get it all done. People camping out to get a good spot the for this afternoons mass as well, we will have more surrounding the big event. You can feel the energy. It is sunday, september 27th, good morning to all of you. So glad you are with us. Im Nicole Brewer back here in the studio. Im erika von tiehl. We are at ben franklin parkway. The the sunnies up. Stage is set. It is now an alter. In the last half an hour, a number of people have filed in. They are now starting to take seat, looking around this area right here, thousands of seats, set up to look at that alter, at 4 00 p. M. When pope fran cyst celebrates mass a lot of activity, the stage is set pretty much. The folks taking all those pictures we have bee ....
And this morning were hoping that the pope got a little extra shut eye this morning after a jammed pack day full of event giving a historic speech at independent mall and finishing with the inspirational night at the festival of families. Quite a night there in center city. Workers has been busy converting last nights concert stage in todays alter for the papal mass on the parkway another event sure to be a momentous occasion. Today is sunday, september 27th, good morning, to you thanks so much for being here. We are so glad you are here as part of the coverage this weekend. Im nicole brewer. Im erika von tiehl. You mentioned those workers still out here this morning setting everything up making sure it is perfect for when pope francis celebrates mass today at 4 00 p. M. Owe has a busy schedule ahead of him before that even happens. He is waking up at Saint Charles borromeo, right now, with the other fathers and he will head to phi ....
As we get into the afternoon its going to be mild again. Noon, 73. By 3 00 p. M. , the high of 76 cloud cover giving way to sun breaks, breezy and by 6 00 p. M. , 71 degrees, likely dry today and not all that uncomfortable just keep that jacket handy for early in the day and maybe this evening, if youre still hanging around center city at that point. When i stepped inside well take a look at the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Getting ready for the workweek, one of those is coming. Thats just ahead. Were watching a shift of Police Officers coming into the city. There are a lot of them ive been watching them for several minutes. This is looks like the tail end. This is the schuylkill expressway near the curve. We have eastbound traffic shut off except for Emergency Personnel and registered buses. There we see the tail end of new shift everybody gearing up. Westb ....
Pope were glad about that. Its important to be there, its important to be there and vote with your body and show you support it. Were going to current fromhold interrupting johns report, francis has arrived and sitting in the chair. About 100 inmates are going oh, my. Lets listen. [applause] good morning ladies and gentlemen thank you to all of you coming to the correctional facility. That is commissioner were working on getting this audio just as loud as crisp as we come. Maybe you saw the commissioner in the report that i did, he is catholic, so this is quite an experience for him, not only as commissioner of corrections in philadelphia, but as a devout catholic. He is retiring in january, this is quite a last had harrah for. Going to out on a high. Not. He and the speaker of the house. Right now we are lacking audio on the pool feed. This is not our feed, this is a pull feed from another source, he can with only assume well have audio in here very quickly. One can admire what mark m ....