Area, a new website has you covered. Today the pennsylvania Governors Office announced the launch of the papal 511 website, which will offer real time traffic conditions on highways in the philadelphia region and details on how to reach the papal venues, along with routes for bypassing the area. Just click on the nbc 10 news app for a link to the website. And you actually dont have to wait 12 days to see pope francis in center city. You can see him now simply by looking up. The first of more than 550 banners showing a smiling francis went up today near the cathedral basilica. Over the next ten days, workers will install three different kinds of banners throughout the city and there will be plenty of eyeballs to see them. A spokesperson says the week Long Convention has sold out. Final registration numbers will be close to 20,000, three times the size of the last world meeting of families in milan in 2012. Thats about 5,000 more than they initially expected. She said the banners going u
This is at busy day for pope francis, where he continues to be bottlenecked. All of them holding their camera phones out. Generations. That bottleneck wont last very long, because most of those roads have been cleared. As he continues this historic tour of the united states, from the halls of power at the United Nations to the classroom in east harlem, a live look at pope francis as you saw, as he was just leaving in his fiat. Zero. He paid tribute to the victims of 9 11. He paid tribute with a prayer service, a busy day in new york, that will end before a crowd of thousands at Madison Square garden. And tomorrow, it is philadelphias turn to receive the pontiff. Heres a live look at the ben franklin parkway. Its expected to be jammed with the faithful as the pope brings his message to the city of brotherly love. One thing is for certain there, you might be able to tell if you look down at that image, the barricades are up. The final stage needs some finishing touches. Take a look at th
But a cold but sunny start to the day, 26 degrees for the the 9 00 oclock hour. We will need to bundle up at lunch heading out to grab a snack, 36 degrees for the noon hour as we head into 3 00 oclock 40 degrees, right around our High Temperature for the the day. We will see a few more clouds late day and maybe a chance of the snow shower, a snow shower, little flakes moving through tomorrow, we will talk more about that coming up in just a few. Lauren, thank you. All right. Lets give you a shot of welsh road near bethlehem pike near north wales. Conditions still looking icy, you can see slick red so do drive with caution. Heads up there is an accident earlier on the ramp from 476 northbound to 76 westbound where a vehicle spun out of control. Good news that accident is now clear and traffic is moving normally. Turning now to a story that is developing this morning in media, Delaware County a man is accused of making on line threat begins Chester City Police officers. Officials say 23
Australian Asylum Center in Papua New Guinea. And the pope visits the scope of a typhoon cut shore by a day, because of more bad weather hello. U. S. And israel are describing it has scandalous and a tragic irony, but the process of war crimes in the occupied palestinian territories will begin at the International Criminal court. The i. C. C. Will decide if a formal inquiry should be launched and will look at the crimes on the gaza strip, and could result in charges of people. More from the diplomatic editor james bays. Over 2,100 dead. 100 of them children. The war in gaza made 2014 the deadliest since 1967. Now the first stage of an illegal process that could see war crimes charges launched. The treaty that governs the International Criminal court a declaration was signed from june 2014. The chief prosecutor of the court launched a preliminary examination of events from that date. Effect an initial inquiry to see if it will launch a formal investigation. In a statement she said from
Camp in lebanon. The pope visits a scene of last years devastating typhoon in the philippines but cuts short his stay because of bad weather. The United States says the International Criminal courts probe in to possible war crimes in the occupied palestinian territories is, quote a tragic irony. The i. C. C. Preliminary investigation will look there nba to israels assault in july and august and could result in charges on either the it really or palestinian side. More now from our diplomatic editor james bays. Reporter over 2,100 dead, almost 500 of them children. The war in gaza made 2014 the deadliest year for palestinians since 1967. Now the very first stage of a Legal Process that could see war crimes charges launched. When the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas signed the rome statue the treaty that governors the International Criminal court on the last day of last year, he also signed a declaration giving the Court Jurisdiction from the 13th of june 2014. The chief prosecutor of