The major yes, so we prepared you for whats to come in the last few days, now lets prepare you for the weekend. If you are in philadelphia, heres what you need to know. 10 00 p. M. Today the schuylkill expressway eastbound will close, on the westbound side from 95 to route 1, on the vine street expressway, both directions close from 95 to the schuylkill. 30 to belmont avenue t ben franklin bridge will be closed so no access to or from philadelphia or new jersey on the ben franklin bridge. A pedestrian bridge for now. 95 will be open so good news there, well have some select exit ramps closed. Washington avenue, broad street exits will close as well as the traffic box that weve been talking about for weeks, center city will start will begin around 6 p. M. And West Philadelphia it will be 10 p. M. Thanks for that. Pope francis is in new york city where he has a busy and historic day ahead. Hell begin at the United Nations where he will address the General Assembly in spanish and english, thats this morning at 8 30. Many expect the pope to address Climate Change and other issues that impact world poverty. After the pope will visit the 9 11 memorial where he will pray at one of the reflecting pools and participate in a multifaith ceremony where family members of the victims will i tend. His last stop, mass at Madison Square garden at 6 00 this evening. He will use a golf cart were told to sirk tl arena before mass. Prior to the popes arrival the audience will be treated to performances. So new york welcomes pope francis with open arms and extremely tight security. Katy zachry was in the big apple when the pope arrived. What were some of your impressions . Reporter you said it, security in and around the location where pope francis spent time was tight. Ill talk more about that later on through the morning. Let me tell you hours before pope francis touched down at jfk people had lined manhattan streets hoping to catch a glimpse of his motorcade. I spoke with some in just the vicinity of where the pontiff was scheduled to be or drive through yesterday and they were excited just to share that air and be part of the excitement. The pontiff was flown from jfk to wall street by helicopter where he got in his now famous fiat that took him up fifth avenue, he changed over to his pope mobile before arriving to st. Patricks cathedral he conducted an evening prayer. His homily focused on two things, gratitude and hard work. The excitement as i said on the streets of new york was electric. Coming up youll meet a group of girls, they were so lucky they were chosen to greet pope francis on the steps of st. Patricks cathedral. Youll see that in a bit. Thanks. 4 33. Philadelphia police are downplaying possibility of someone impersonating a Police Officer during the papal visit. Those concerns rose after someone stole police gear from two officers vehicles. On wednesday someone stole a uniform from an officers car, on saturday someone took an officers gun, ammo and handcuffs. Police have not revealed where those thefts happened. They insist there is no credible threat of a possible police impersonator. Still required to have identification, Police Issued i. D. , as well as their state i. D. , its something we have more than one way to reference in terms of who a Police Officer is. Lieutenant stanford said that officers should never leave their Police Equipment in their personal cars. Investigators are looking at Surveillance Video hoping to see the thieves. 64 degrees out. A man who admitted to shooting and killing a case worker at a Delaware County hospital will be sentenced. Richard plots pleaded guilty but attempted murder. The shooting last summer left theresa hunt dead. The charges carry a mandatory life sentence but since he has a long history of Mental Illness that could be factored in. The police chief this morning is standing by his officers after they shot and killed a man 18 wheelchair wednesday. A citizen recorded video of the shooting. Were about to show you part of it. We want to warn you it is graphic. Wilmington police were demanding that he show his hands. We blurred his face and froze the video but theft audio play out. You her gun shots there. Police were responding to a selfinflicted gunshot wound. A witness told us he saw mcdowell shoot himself once or twice and fire other shots in the air. There were several other shots fired prior to us getting there. You know was there any other video of this . Not that im aware of. I need answers. His family talking there. Delawares governor and the mayor have expressed condolences to the family. The officers are placed on leave pending the outcome of the investigation. Its 4 36. The world is watching pope francis visit to america that will bring him to philadelphia tomorrow. Another world leader is also here in the u. S. , chinas president is in washington, d. C. Right now and theres plenty of pomp and circumstance ahead at the white house. Well have a preview. Hes a hero. If it wasnt for him i dont know what would have happened. Those are the words of a proud and grateful mom because of what the 7yearold boy did when a fire broke out in his familys home. Good friday morning. Were going to see changes as we go into the weekend. More cloud cover we have it around right now mostly thin clouds. We go into the weekend youll notice the clouds, youll notice winds increasing. It will be breezy and pretty cool. Right now were at 65 in philadelphia, 61 northeast philly, 62 in trenton. Chester springs in the low 50s. You might need a lift jacket, 56 in allentown. 54 quakertown, 53 degrees in coatesville. Much of south jersey in the low 60s. Woodbine and the Atlantic City airport in the upper 60s. Wilmington 61, mid60s in dover. The bus stop forecast for this morning, expect more clouds but we will be staying dry. Temperatures areas north and west around 7 00 a. M. Around 57 degrees, suburbs around the mid60s, new jersey and delaware mid60s, by the afternoon well be cooler right around the mid to low 70s through the area. And again, the clouds will be increasing through the weekend and those winds youll notice, too, it will be staying breezy. More on the weekend forecast and the papal forecast coming up. Well stand by for that. 20 minutes till 5 now. Its a time of unprecedented road closures around philadelphia because of the popes arrival. Weve been keeping you updated as they close, and Jessica Boyington has the latest. Yes, chris and tracy, lots of closures starting to occur. Some we werent even aware that were going to have around the Center City Area. Pretty much avoid the art museum area. Lets go over the ones for all week so far. Spring garden street, kelly drive closed at fairmount avenue to Art Museum Circle and the Ben Franklin Park way from Art Museum Circle to logan circle. Some septa stations closed yesterday at 10 00 p. M. Out of the marketfrankford, we have 15th and fifth street. In new jersey and you want to know how its going to affect your weekend i have all of those details coming up in the next ten minutes. Thanks. 20 minutes before 5 00. We also have this transit note. In advance of the popes visit to philadelphia, today is the last day to buy new Jersey Transit tickets for the Atlantic City rail line and the river line service. The deadline is 11 30 tonight. All regular Weekend Service will be suspended today through monday. Service will resume on tuesday september 29th. So the pope is in new york right now after he made history in washington yesterday. What an address. Its an address that stirred emotions among a lot but none more so than john boehner. Why his tears were 20 years in the making. As philadelphia prepares for the popes arrival there is a security measure that would not have been needed a few short years ago. Why the faas banning these devices. At longhorn, steak is all you need. Its not all you get. Longhorns Great American steak dinner for 12. 99. Perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. Plus, an appetizer, or a dessert. All with fresh salad and unlimited bread. The Great American steak dinner, for 12. 99. Tonight, only at longhorn steakhouse. You cant fake steak. For lunch try our steakhouse burger, or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at 7. To the popes visit to washington, and his historic address to a joint meeting of congress. During his speech he urged lawmakers to cooperate on the issue of immigration and embrace what he called the stranger in our midst. I say this to you as a son of immigrants. Knowing that so many of you are also descendants from immigrants. Thats florida senator and gop hopeful marco rubio. Immigration was not the only topic. He addressed the death penalty, Climate Change and poverty. The pope reminded congress of the golden rule. Do unto others as you would have done to you. Pope francis brought other lawmakers to tears including House Speaker john boehner. Quite a few times boehner who is catholic tried for 20 years to get a pope to address congress, and boehner was obviously emotional, he was seen several times wiping his eyes as pope francis spoke. You could see boehner was moved fighting back tears and pulling out a hanker chief to blow his nose. Chinese president xi jinping arrived yesterday welcomed by Vice President joe biden. He will hold a News Conference and attend a state dinner this evening. China and the United States two of the biggest emitters of Green House Gases are expected to announce a deal today to become more energy efficient. The deal will control emissions from heavy trucks and make proposals to cooperate on building efficiency and appliance standards. The two countries are pledging to help poorer countries change habits. The fighting in syria needs to stop, the message from top diplomats. They met in paris ahead of the u. N. General assembly in new york. Many World Leaders think that syrian president Bashar Al Assad should leave office allowing for a political transition. Syria has been in the civil war for five years more than 250 people have died, 12 million refugees are fleeing the country. Its 4 46. New this morning we learned that two philadelphia men were involved in yesterdays deadly duck boat crash in seattle. The National Transportation safety board has a team on the way to investigate the crash. At least four people died, Dozens Injured when the boat collided with a tour bus and three other vehicles. Heres what we found out. One of the vehicles was an suv carrying two men from philadelphia. They were not seriously hurt. Many of the victims were part of an International Student program at north seattle college. The company that operates that duck boat there ride the ducks has been involved in two deadly crashes in philadelphia, the most recent happened in may when a duck boat hit and killed a tourist as she was crossing the street in china town. No charges were filed but the womans family is suing. Their attorney is renewing a call for a moratorium on buck boats. He also represented the families of victims in a deadly duck boat accident five years ago on the delaware. Two tourists were killed when the boat was ram bid a barge. Ride the ducks did not operate in philadelphia for eight months following that accident. Its 4 47. Today is the final day of the world meeting of families. Things start with a marks then a key note speech called the joy of the gospel of life, Cardinal Omalley and rick warren doing that. It wraps up today at 12 45 and then the festival of families tomorrow. Philadelphia prepares, the federal Aviation Administration declared the city a no drone zone throughout the weekend. That same ban is in effect in new york city and washington, d. C. And that means no flying a drone or Unmanned Aircraft anywhere in those cities. Its against the law. It may result in criminal or civil charges. Those flight restrictions are in place through sunday. And we are starting to see larger crowds on fiphiladelphia streets. Its expected to get more crowded. Yesterday mayor nutter acknowledged that businesses will be impacted in different ways. The mayor says the city is ready and the Police Commissioner told us his officers will be ready if pope francis decides to go off his itinerary or stop as he often does. Were flexible but if he wants to make adjustment in his itinerary, i hope he doesnt but if he does well handle it. City leaders told us yesterday that they expect bigses to make an extra 4 million this weekend. Well keep tabs on that. The Salvation Army will be providing food, drink and other things across the city to thousands of First Responders and municipal workers, representatives from wawa hosted a hoagie making session for volunteers and staff preparing food in an Emergency Disaster Services can teen trucks throughout the city. Those will be positioned at seven locations to distribute food and drink to professionals including police and firefighters. All of that will be provided by wawa. And comcast customers covered during the visit. The company is set to deploy bicycle teches to serve any one in the no vehicle zone. They are equipped with all of the gear, comcast has also vehicles staged throughout center city to serve as mobile Equipment Centers for the techs to access. Comcast is the Parent Company of nbc 10. So much information out there we know that you want it easily at your finger tips, we put it all there on the nbc 10 app. You can check it there and see everything you need to get ready for the popes visit, a full list of road closures, we have new ones today that we didnt know about. You also see a list of what you are not allowed to bring if you are going to the parkway this weekend. If you are going to the parkway this weekend you can expect Cool Temperatures and well see an increase in cloud cover, breezy also. So the winds will be staying up starting today and through the weekend. A little gusty at times. We are talking about that forecast with the temperatures and any rain chances well show you. Were in the mid to upper 50s north and west of philadelphia through the lehigh valley, mid60s in philadelphia, thats low 60s through south jersey and delaware, dover at 65, glassboro 59 right now. So as we go through the day today, were going to see that increase in clouds. The winds will be up along the shore, thats going to be the windiest area and we have a Coastal Flood Advisory with that persistent onshore wind. 71 by noon along the shore for the pocono mid60s, philadelphia area low 70s by noon. So it is going to be a little cooler. We do have rain well down to the south. But this should mostly stay to our south. It is going to give us the cloud cover, we already have that around now. And as we go through the weekend well keep seeing that. For saturday and sunday, clouds will be in the area, mostly cloudy, also breezy. Temperatures about mid70s both days and cool morning so if you are heading into the city we are looking at cool breezy and cloudy conditions for that. Mostly dry, though. Today more clouds around, cooler and breezy, highs around 75 to 78 degrees. So you will notice the changes starting today. We go into the weekend. Mid 70s, cloudy, breezy, cool even sunday. Monday is going to be our incomes chance for rain. Temperatures closer to the upper 70s and then back in the 80s as we get into next week. Of course excitement is building as philadelphia prepares to welcome pope francis. But first, he has to finish his tour of new york city where he will make more History Today when he addresses the United Nations. Well look ahead at the popes schedule coming up at 5 00 a. M. Up next, youll hear from a 7yearold boy who is called a hero after taking some quick action after fire broke out at his familys home. Ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do. Make it progresso. You say avocado old el paso says. Zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand n stuff tortillas. record scratch you say stand n stuff tortillas old el paso says. Start somewhere fresh seven minutes before 5 00. Lets get you in and around the city as more closures happen. We have known about most of these but still some streets closing at the last minute authorities decided to close. This will happen throughout the weekend. Nbcs Jessica Boyington is here to guide us around. Yeah, so some of our major highways are still open so dont be afraid of that yet. The ben franklin bridge is open, the vine street expressway is open, the schuylkill. We have some exits closed. A lot of you might wonder what you need to know if you are in new jersey. So this is a big question ive been asked. A few closures but not a lot going to affect you. 676 northbound from exit 3 to the ben franklin bridge, 30 westbound from airport circle to the ben franklin bridge, so they are closed because the ben franklin bridge is closed. It will be strictly a pedestrian bridge by 10 00 p. M. Tonight. You can expect delays on 295, 42 and all of the areas and highways small roads as well around the philadelphia area in new jersey as well as whats going to go on with those construction projects. The new