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City hall where they announced the details. Reporter rick, they are expecting even more people that came out for the world series parade in 2008 for the phillies they estimate the crowds could be a little over 1 million possibly up to 2 million. Waiting a long time for that the Vince Lombardi trovein side of city hall as the mayor and officials announce the details today. The eagles will leave lincoln financial field at 9 00 a. M. And the parade begins at broad and paterson at 11 00 them and past city hall and the ben franklin parkway and organizers expected to be on the stage at 1 00 p. M. Its not merely a parade. The parade is part one and the ceremony is part two. Expect surprises along the route and music but as of now no musical artist. This is not a ticketed event and open to the public. The people will arrive early to get the best vantage point. They dont necessarily have to worry. With we have 14 jumbotrons that will stretch from eakins oval down to city hall. We are not checki
Area need security and today the city is hiring. Its very high in importance and the urgency to have the best out there. Philadelphia works hosted the events at this Career Link Center and hundreds applied. These candidates would mainly help with crowd control, these are three week fulltime positions that pay between 8 and 10 an hour. Because of the increased traffic expected for the papal visit. People would need to be on time and be aware of the rules and be able to communicate with crowds of people. If they perform well on the job, this could be their foot in the door for a permanent position. I amplied parttime and im looking for a fulltime position, i have a child ready to go to college and as a parents i need more than one job. The candidates will be selected for interviews. Katherine scott can channel 6 action news. Meanwhile we are expecting new details for the popes visit to the city. Mayor Michael Nutter and state and local officials will hold a News Conference today at city
Atmosphere we have dew point temperatures above 70 degrees, its oppressive. We have 70 degree dew points in allentown, philadelphia and beach haven and wilmington and points to the south and west. This will stick with us throughout the day. How hot it feels currently, a heat index in philadelphia 97 and 99 in dover and 96 in wilmington. We have the heat advisory up along the 95 corridor and the immediate suburbs to the north and west and to the east as well. It stays up until 8 00 p. M. As heat indexes are near 100 in some locates this afternoon. The weekend call from accuweather, tomorrow its warm and stays sticky with a thunderstorm popping up by the after none and a High Temperature up to 89 and close to 90 tomorrow and on sunday sunshine and clouds it wont be as warm of a day with a High Temperature coming in at 86 degrees, rick we have hit 90 here in philadelphia and the record today is 95 we could come close to that well have details coming up with the full and exclusionve accuwe