I. He is flying into a separate terminal shall l terminal. All of the philadelphia major sports teams fly at this terminal. The terminal is also used by the president of the United States when he flies in to philly for visits. And when the popes plane lands here this morning he will be greeted by archbishop Charles Chaput and Michael Nutter and his wife and the world families board. Here is the schedule after landing. At 9 45 his motorcade will leave. You saw people lined up there. The pope, the governor and the mayor should arrive there after 10 00. Now mass should begin about 40 minutes after they arrive. After mass, the pope is heading to Independence Hall where he is giving a speech on religious freedom and immigration, scheduled to start after 4 00 this afternoon. Then at 6 45, the pope will arrive at the parkway where he will hop in the popemobile for a papal parade. Probably that jeep he has been riding around in. The art museum, city hall and back is where the route is going to be. The holy father wraps up with a physic festival of families, mark wahlberg, and singers Aretha Franklin and andrea bocelli. 9 00, the pope should be on the way to seminary where he is staying. Here is a live picture above the art museum. The stage is up, security is set for the festival of families concert that you mentioned, vai. Which is all of those singers, alternating with six families from all over the world, who will talk about their faith. This is a look at eighth and market streets in center city philadelphia. People walking along, there is no traffic rolling through. This area is going to be packed with pilgrims to see the pope later today. And the best way to get into the city is mass transit with the special papal passes you had to buy a while ago. If youre in the philadelphia suburbs taking septa you need one of those. You need to have them already. You cant just show up at the septa station expecting to pay for one. They have been purchased. This morning dana is live at the Fort Washington stations one of the stations bringing people in to see the pope today. Good morning. Reporter good morning, vai, tracy. This is one of the highest tickets if not the highest ticketed of the rail stations. What they have done, the planning here, they have corrals set up. These can hold about 800 passengers. This one here empty, look behind me, this one full. They may have their first full train leaving here at about 8 30 when the next train leaves. Were talking with people. They are excited to get into the city. We have a group here now. How close do you think youre going to get once you get into center city . We hope to get as close as we can. Were all excited to see the holy father and we have so much in common with him as native americans and with nature and so we hope to get as close as we can. Were all excited and this is our leader here. Where did you originate from to end up here to go into the city . Louisiana on thursday. My name is sister catery mitchell. We represent the native catholic organization, National Conference and we have a group here from all over the country. How long have you been planning to come here and try and see the pope . Really for the whole year to get a group together to come. And its been an exciting time. Just to see the beautiful faces and happy faces who are so eager to see the pope and be part of this gathering. It wont be long now, the pope scheduled to arrive in philadelphia in just a little while this morning. Again, the next train leaving is about 8 30 this morning. We can tell you that about 300 people have left so far on the six trains that have gone in. You look at this crowd here, the group now just starting to get across, they have to go under the platform, get on the platform, the next train will stop here, it wont leave until the train is full or until all of these passengers are on board. And then they will arrive in center city to join thousands of people hoping to get a glimpse of the pontiff. Hang on to you for a second and ask you some questions. Are you getting a sense like those folks from louisiana that people are coming from all over the country and using that train stop where you are . Reporter we talked to people from michigan, talked to people from mexico, people as you saw from louisiana that came here. This is one of the largee train stations. I tell people Fort Washington it has the highest number of tickets. And people who travel septa tell me yeah, this is a huge parking lot. Take a look. You can see how big the lot here is at this train station. It is accessible for people with strollers, with wheelchairs, theres parking all around here. The township along with septa, springfield township, they have been planning for months. You come to the outside of the train station, pennsylvania avenue, there are screens that direct people where to park, Police Officers helping people get across the street here. So, obviously people did their homework and planned to come here. We are hearing that some of the other train stations, someone described one of the train stations as dead. But some of the septa workers tell us right now is when they think things are going to pick up. How ever people found this spoto others they did their home work to figure out where to be. There are hotels so maybe when they went and looked at some of the websites they were able to figure out if they stayed they could walk here and weve seen a number of people walking in crossing the street with their bags. Deanna, thanks so much. Were talking about it, it takes coordination of all of the Law Enforcement around these train stations because some of them dont have the parking that they have at Fort Washington so you have to walk a ways. You have to you saw in her shot about a dozen or so portapotties. They planned out everything. You are looking live at the ben franklin bridge, also closed to cars for the weekend, crews shut down traffic on the bridge last night. Its now a pedestrian bridge. About a 2mile walk. It crowns at the top as you see between camden and old city philadelphia. Cloudy and cool morning so pretty nice morning if you are walking across the ben franklin bridge. Brittney. Definitely on the cool side. Speaking of closures, the vine street expressway at schuylkill. You can see not a car out there except for the police car there blocking everything so closed for the weekend. There is a live look at the ben franklin bridge. Right now temperatures to participate in the festivities, 64 degrees, our wind speeds at 10 Miles Per Hour heading into the afternoon well see wind gusts closer to 20, 25 Miles Per Hour. Our humidity is going to stay low, clear visibility out there and our temperatures will push into mid70s for today. So if you are planning on heading out to the papal address at 4 45, expect temperatures at 75, cloudy and breezy. Closer to 7 00 were looking at 70 degrees, cloudy and breezy. The next thing on the agenda, the parade and the festival of families on the ben franklin parkway starts at 6 45. The festival, so 6 00, 72 degrees, cloudy and breezy. Through the night well see the wind speeds picking up a little bit. Our temperatures stay in the mid60s so you need a plight jacket tonight. Then as we head into tomorrow, ill give you tomorrows papal mass forecast. Sunday at 4 00 p. M. , when it starts but at 3 00 p. M. Getting ready, temperatures at 73 degrees, a cloudy and breezy day. And then well drop down to about 69 degrees by 7 00 p. M. Ill have more details on what you can expect as we head into the rest of the weekend coming up in my next forecast. Thanks for that. We have live cameras everywhere and this is one of the live cameras. This is of manhattans wall street heliport in new york city. The pope will arrive here, he will board that helicopter, helicopter takes him to jfk, boards a plane, that takes him here to philadelphia. Where hes expected around 9 30. Airport security in the u. S. Took a new urgency following the 9 11 attacks. Today in philadelphia expected to reach a new level for the pope. Monique braxton is live at Philadelphia International airport. Tell us what youre seeing. Reporter good morning. The sinner gee in the crowd is exhilarating. Everyone waiting the arrival of pope francis in over an hour. Take a look at whats going on at the airport. You see the papal steps with the logo of the world meeting of families. And just beneath it a majestic red carpet. Just awaiting his arrival, awaiting the rolling out of the red carpet. To the left of that is a plant. That is the plant the mount laurel plant of pennsylvania that will be presented to the pontiff. I can tell you that here there is unprecedented security. Were being told the highest level of security any detail in this country. You see that Police Officers are lining up along side the tarmac. Just to the left of that is the band from Bishop Shanahan in bucks county. They tell us they are going to play 14 songs, among them what we know as the rocky theme song as well as ode to joy which is said to be a favorite of pope francis. You also see a child there in a wheelchair. He is the son of the band director. They are hoping that pope francis will come up and touch him and provide a blessing of healing. Now, everyone here is so excited. There are a few hundred people here at the airport. They are allowing dignitaries to come in at this point. But in about an hour and 15 or 20 minutes, the pontiff is set to touch down here at Philadelphia International airport. And were going to be here to bring it to you live. At the airport, Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. As monique was speaking a lot of the i dont know if thats his moth wer the boy in the wheelchair take water and lovingly clean the boys mouth. Look forward to seeing what happens when the pope takes in that sight. Now lets get you updated on the roads, a lot of closures to know about. Brittany is doing weather for us. You got a situation here on 76 in spring garden. We did have buses out there but they are moving trying to get to all of the papal festivities. One thing to show you is that there is not even a car on the road. So well continue to update you and show you all of these maps, streets and highways are normally busy into the weekend. Ill move out of the way, show you some of our papal street closures. We want to show you the western edge. So everything is closed from south street all the way out to university city, vile another update coming up. Tracy. Thanks for that. We are told that the pope has arrived at that helipad getting ready to board the helicopter. We have a live picture of it. Im told its coming. Theres the live picture. Were told you cant see him but were told the pope has arrived after staying at that town home in new york last night. Just arrived there, so again, here is whats going to happen. The pope will get on that helicopter, that helicopter will take him to jfk, then he will board that American Airlines plane that he has been riding in while hes been in the u. S. And then that will bring him to philadelphia. Bring him to Atlantic Aviation at philly international where we just had nbc 10s Monique Braxton with all of those people to greet him and the band. So looking forward to that. Again, we will continue to get these live pictures and well continue our coverage in a minute. About 8 15 saturday morning and were going to take you to manhattan. Here is a live picture of the wall street heliport in new york city where the pope had just arrived in his fiat. Its parked in the back of marine one that were looking at. This is marine one that the president of the United States typically uses but on loan for the pope for the weekend he is here. And some folks call it shepherd one, the doors are on the other side of the picture youre looking at so we dont know exactly when the pope will enter marine one. And then he will make his way to jfk. Then he will board an american 777 and make his way to Philadelphia International airport. Should be a quick trip. It wont be long. He is expected around 9 30 touching down in philadelphia. Excitement is growing. We can feel it here. Out to the ben franklin parkway where katy zachry is live to set the scene for us. Hi, katy. Reporter excitement is building out here as well. We are along the ben franklin parkway, later today the festival of families will begin. Its a festival open to the public and it celebrates faith, community, and family. Again, open to the public. Right outside the media riser area where im standing is a lot of activity. I snapped some pictures. Lets go to that video. Its really a bee hive of activity. There are buses going back and forth constantly, any bus, any official vehicle is being escorted by police at this time. People have been lined up along the fence here for some time, hoping to get a great spot for when the festival of families kicks off. And of course the papal motorcade will take place around 6 45 so they are getting an early spot hoping to see pope francis. As we said, the festival of families is a celebration of family, community and faith. Tens of thousands of people are expected to line the ben franklin parkway today. We can get our camera back out here live, behind me is the main stage. This has been set up at eakins oval, the area in front of the art museum has been transformed. This is the stage where the papal mass will take place tomorrow afternoon. Its also the stage where several performers will perform for the crowd later today. There is a secondary stage at logans square where youll find some of the secondary performers, some musical acts, some exhibits im told. There really is a lot to take in along the ben franklin parkway today. A lot of preparation still going on here and well have another update in about a half hour. Back to you guys. Katy, thanks. Those performances will start after the pope leaves the cathedral basilica. Were showing you the security at the parkway, lets show you the security in bale ken wood. What are you seeing . Reporter weve been up here seeing security all over the place. Lets give you a look down on the ground. This is right by the Police Vehicles out there now. You see the Pennsylvania State police also agencies local police from around our area, also the National Guard is out here as well. Pretty much the entire area around here is a ghost town. We see a bus moving into this area as well. In this general area is the seminary that the pope will be staying at for the weekend. So of course theres going to be a lot of security in this area and we see even more security vehicles, National Guard vehicles that are moving into this parking lot nouf. Sort of a holding area for when the pope arrives later on and comes up to this area after the mass today. So were going to be staying up here in sky force 10 looking at everything. Coming up, 676 is shut down, a whole range of things to see from the sky. Were the only Television Helicopter in the sky right now giving you these pictures, and we are seeing just all of the preparations that have unfolded, everything taking months to plan and now were seeing it here live for you right now. In sky force 10, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Looks likes they may be on maneuvers. The pope is about to board shepherd one in new york. Folks in philadelphia they are gathering along the ben franklin parkway to catch a glimpse of the pontiff. Rosemary connors has a birdseye view of all of the action. She is live from the 18th floor of the Embassy Suites. Reporter tracy and vai, i started my day at my house in old city and walked like most people will do all the way up the parkway here to the Embassy Suites, i want to share with you what i recorded on my ipad of my experience getting up here to give people an idea of what security is like. As i mentioned i started in old city. Figured i could get in at fourth and market at that hour of the day a few hours ago it was not ready. I presume that has changed. Because i couldnt get in at fourth and market i eventually made my way up to around 12th and market where some secret Service Members were stationed. Balls i had a media credential they were able to wand me, check my bags and wave me through. I got to city hall, saw other secret service. Told them i was trying to get to the Embassy Suites on the parkway. They informed me i crossed into what they called a dirty zone, unswept area so they directed me to the nearest check point which was broad around cherry and race street. Once i got to the main check point no problem, was able to get through, tsa was there, secret service was there. Without incident, everyone was friendly. I moved right on through, no problem and then continued my walk along the parkway to the Embassy Suites. Something i learned in this experience is that for example, you are starting your day in old city. Maybe you want to get a close spot as close as you can get if you dont have tickets to Independence Hall for the popes speech later on this afternoon at 4 45. If youre going to start your day there, lets say you get dropped off in old city, maybe coming from new jersey, walk over the bridge, you start in old city and say by the end of the day you want to come up to the parkway for the festival of families this evening, you will most likely have to go through two check points. Keep that in mind. This is a unique situation, its going to be very similar to what you experience at the airports, they go through your bags, and walk through a mag nom meter. Anything you cant bring in similar restrictions here. But people are patient, everyone is excited as we are 18 floors above the parkway for the folks who are gathered right outside of the basilica. Were hearing them cheer, clapping, so this is a calm, haech crowd, eager to see pope francis. Reporting live from the Embassy Suites, im rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. Thanks. So lesson there. Head o