Removed from the streets. You can move around the restst traffic box but its difficult according to the mayor with upwards of a million visitors walking through the streets of philadelphia. One note of the that black zone, its a secure zone, no vehicles can go in or out but if have you a parking garage or lot, can you leave your vehicles there, however i am just told that you will not be able to leave that parking garage and you will not be able to move out of that parking lot if your vehicle is within that zone until sometime monday. So the mayor and the rest of the city officials are urging anyone that lives within that zone to start preparing as if it were a major snow storm coming. By friday, make sure you have taken care of much of your personal or critical business, that you, depending on where you live, that you got your groceries and filled out and received your prescriptions and have taken care of the things you need to get done over what will be a busy and joyful weekend. We have also been told by the mayor that the city services, a lot of City Government will be shut down in the week leading up to the popes visit and in addition the philadelphia schools are closed wednesday 23rd through friday 25th, they will decide on monday as if it were a snow day if schools will be closed. That announcement will be made monday morning, get ready a lot of changes and restrictions and a lot of problems heading to center city but the mayor and everyone else associated with this event, just live with it it will be a joyous event and well get through it somehow. Thank you. Meantime across the river, knowledge officials laid out their transit plans and their message came across loud and clear, be prepared to walk. The ben franklin bridge will be one giant walkway at 10 00 p. M. Friday 25th and will stay that way throughout the weekend, today chopper 6 hd following new Jersey Transit officials as they previewed the walk that many will take across the delaware while the pope is in town. Lets switch if to new mexico live in camden with more on the closures and reaction from the reads. Reporter hi there sharrie, serious warning from those knowledge transit officials, they say if you think you can drive your car here into camden and park it and walk over the bridge, forget about it, there are no Public ParkingSpaces Available in the city that weekend and rely on Public Transit to get you there and even with that there is limited seating. The whole week is a transportation challenge. That is ronny, outlining plans for the popes visit, the Atlantic City rail line will make no stops from the shore to philadelphia and 6500 tickets are available during the light rail, special passes will be required and njt is selling them online starting saturday. We think well be at capacity, we are careful, if you are riding the river line or Atlantic City rail line, you have to have a special event ticket. Once the bridge closes on friday september 25th, all philadelphia bus routes end in camden and 676 will be shut down from the admiral wilson boulevard to the bruth. We are expected thousands of people to come through this hub in camden, its an all hands on deck approach. There are just 1100 Parking Spaces for registered buses and zero spaces for cars, no one should expect to drive into the city and park, if you are coming, plan on walking over the ben franklin bridge to get to philadelphia. Unless you have the ability to walk several miles that could be five, six, seven miles each way, reevaluate if you want to get to this event or not. The popes visit could bring up to a quarter million cars to new jersey roads causing monumental delays. Some camden residents are not happy about the road and transit restrictions. I let the pope know, that is too much, closing down the bridges and everything down. Its estimated 53 of those are Senior Citizens and transit officials are serious can they walk 10 or 11 miles there and back across the bridge, may be easier to watch on tv from the comfort of your living room. Thank you. Before he was elected pope francis, he was cardinal jorge, he served in his home town in argentina, what is where jim gardner is all next week, learning from the people that helped to shape his views, those reports start next week at 6 00 and 11 00. And you can get more on the popes visit by following us on 6 abc pope on twitter, we are posting the pictures and information as we prepare. U. S. Airplanes transporting precious cargo, they saluted a steel beam from the trade center, that passed through philadelphia, it will be moved to the Kennedy Space center 9 11 memorial, they are working for two years to get this artifact. The Philadelphia Eagles are looking forward to their first preseason game this coming sunday and Training Camp continues but with less players on the field today. Jaime apody joins us live with an update on player injuries and illnesses. Reporter hey there rick, can you believe it, well have football in town this sunday, what is so exciting, the anticipation is building for the game against the colts, the list of none participants in practices getting a bit concerning. Demarco march murray we know about him, once again he was out today, he did not put on pads or pants until he went to the locker room, among the other players, Michael Kendrick saturday he laughed about it afterwards. We took a day off and want to make sure they had a nice little seat and a place in the shade while we were all working out here. Ha, ha, ha. I got all of those guys, demarco was the last one, a little joke, when you see guys, they have reasons they were sitting out and when are you warming up and they got their visors on you have to laugh or youll get upset. All in good fun, none of these illnesses or injuries are serious except for alonsos concussion. It happens from running backs from time to time and well know more about who will play on sunday when chip kelly adds the media later. Jaime apody, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Its time now for the action news traffic report, and the man who is always on the field, matt pellman in the action news traffic center. Always attempting to play but still giving you bad news unfortunately this afternoon, along the schuylkill expressway normal afternoon delays but they are in full effect from the eastbound side of the boulevard, with the ongoing delays on 95 through the work zone, the news is abnormal on 276, the pennsylvania turnpike as you head westbound and just past valley forge, the word of a crash in the westbound lanes blocking all westbound lanes temporarily. If you normally travel west on the turnpike, i would bail by the time you get to the northeast extension, the blue route and get on the schuylkill 202 westbound and head out to malvern or downingtown to get back on the westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike, upper marion down trees and wires closi closing kroton road. And Denton Hollow road and bitter sweet drive. More to come on action news wednesday night, the transition to school can be difficult for kids but there are ways that parents can help. Well have tips for the little ones getting ready for kindergarten coming up. Temperatures are in the low 80s and low humidity, im tracking the heat and humidity over the weekend. Well have that and much more we go live to adam joseph down at the shore. 130 yards now. Bills got a very tough lie here. Looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. I believe thats a kraken, bruce. It looks like hes going to go with a nine iron. That may not be enough club. Well hes definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. If youre a golf commentator, you whisper. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. This golf course is electric. Cof Inhome Services for your aging loved ones. Well assess their needs and create a custom care plan that can change as their needs change. The well wishes keep coming for former president , jimmy carter when the announcement was made that he has cancer, the recent liver surgery revealed he had cancer and carters spokesperson says that the 39 and president will undergo treatment, president barack obama said that carter is resilient and america is rooting for him and carter revealed in his latest book, his father, brother and two sisters all died of pancreatic cancer. Health check tonight americans are getting is slammed by sticker shock at the pharmacy, a poll by Consumer Reports says that a third is paying more for their prescriptions now and some are paying 100 out of pocket and cutting back on other spending like credit card usage and suspending payments. The wholesale price is 11 theres a month. Thousands of kids are about to get their first real School Experience in kindergarten and parents are nervous on how they make the transition, kids can pick up on the nervous behavior of parents, discuss the routine often so they are familiar with it and practice the morning routine as well. And be on the lookout for concerns. A change in emotion or demeanor, if they come home every day exhausted, i would send the teacher a message, are you seeing this at school are there things that might be happening that they are not sharing with us. Its a good idea to get going so you dont feel rushed. That could add to the school stress, one man that is volunteer to help kids in all 50 states. He is giving back to the community for years and is no stranger for traveling and set a goal for all 50 states and is almost there, today he spent time at the west end Neighborhood House in wilmington. Kids share that one common bond, just having someone there to listen to them makes an enormous difference. He has five states to go and will be in maryland tomorrow, is he documenting his journey on social media using the ~ team shrub. You can fine his website on our website 6abc. Com. Vo todays the day. More and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about longacting levemir®. As my diabetes changed, it got harder to control my blood sugar. Today, im asking about levemir®. Vo levemir® is an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. And levemir® helps lower your a1c. Levemir® lasts 42 days without refrigeration. Thats 50 longer than lantus®, which lasts 28 days. Levemir® comes in flextouch, the latest in insulin Pen Technology from novo nordisk. Levemir® is a longacting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes and is not recommended to treat diabetic ketoacidosis. Do not use levemir® if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. 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Well, its a good bet that the sugarhouse casino is on track with their expansion project, it was the topping officer mopey where the final beam was raised and a banner signed by employees and construction workers, its a long standing tradition to symbolize a safe and smooth project that will double the size and scope of the casino, they will add 300 new slots and gaming tables when it reopens at the end of the year. High School Students participating in a Summer Program got a chance to show off their hard work and they spent the last three weeks enrolled in the maps program, looking to make a difference in their community. Students worked on an app total give a proposed rail park and mapped out Customer Experiences at the pennsylvania ballet. A group of High Schoolers spent the day painting a mural in the fishtown neighborhood. The artist, momo is in town, they picked up paint brushes and created this masterpiece along franklin avenue. Part of the mural Arts Education program. Local leaders celebrated a group of young tennis players, they are part of a group that aims as getting jupd resourced children in israel into sports. Philadelphia players went to israel in june. Believe it or not it was back to school for some students, they traditionally start their school early to get over the summer brain drain, students eagerly walked to class with their parents and others are happy to see their classmates after a summer off. Well, its time for the accuweather forecast, meteorologist, cecily tynan is at the big board. Its a Beautiful Day outside. What a gorgeous day, the nicest day of the week, sky 6 hd looking at our Temple University camera at william penn mostly sunny skies and low humidity and comfortable temperatures, on the breezy side right now, winds out of the northwest a dry cool flow of air and the current temperature is 83 degrees in philadelphia, and average high is 86, reading and lancaster, 80 and allentown 79 degrees and trenton 81 and the beaches the sea breeze is beginning to knock down temperatures, beach haven 78 and cape may 80, and this is where we have dew points in the 60s, with winds off the ocean but inland we have dew points in the 50s, when you get dew points below 60 in the summer that say dry, kfrnlts air mass and that will be with us one more day. Tonight another great night to turn off the air conditioning and open up the windows, if you dont have allergies and enjoy the breeze. 54 degrees a low in allentown and reading 55 and philadelphia comfortable and 56 and you can maybe catch more glimpses of the perseid meteor shower. It peaked last night but you can still see some. The humidity is low again and a high of 88 by 5 00 and feeling more like summer, the get away forecast for tomorrow, warm and 88 degrees, down the shore pleasant with the sea breeze keeping temperatures in the low 80s and the poconos beautiful and low humidity with a high of 79 degrees, so enjoy it. So the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast showing tomorrow it will be warm and very comfortable as far as the low humidity and loads of sunshine with a high of 88 degrees, youll feel the difference though in the air mass on saturday, it gets hot and more humid and 91 degrees we should be rain free but could be an afternoon thunderstorm up in the poconos, the eagles preseason game, hot and even more humid, 93 degrees and we keep that air mass on monday, you get three days of temperatures in the 90s, that is officially a heat wave, heat wave number four that continues on tuesday, sizzling, 92 degrees with the possibility of thunderstorms, im tracking the end of the heat wave and ill have details on that coming up in the accuweather forecast in a few moments. Thanks cecily, there is more to come in the next half hour off action news at 5 00, a south jersey teen did not learn his lesson and ended up being arrested twice on the same day and a gun nearly leads to a tragedy in the beach of canada. That and much more when action news comes right back. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Hello again, monica will be along at 6 00 and Sharrie Williams is joining us tonight. Here is what it happening on action news this evening, philadelphia announces new security zones, for pope francis visit and new Jersey Transit announces its plans for the pontiffs visit and tells visitors to bring your walking shoes. And a new jersey family gets out of their home just as it is consumed by flames. We continue to follow the plans for pope francis visit to philadelphia for the world meeting of families. Plans for schools, and situations in the socalled traffic box, the overall message is be prepared. This is the newest look at the security zone that officials have in place when the pontiff is in town. On september 24th thursday all vehicles have to be off city streets within the black lines. And another fence will go around Independence Hall 10 00 p. M. Friday night and Michael Nutter announced closings of Public Schools and government offices this after the enforcement of traffic boxes, these steps are all key to a safe event. Primarily to protect the millions of people that are walking on our wonderful by narrow city streets and our sidewalks. That kind of setting cars and other vehicles and hundreds of thousands and possibly a Million People really dont mix very well. Action news reporter, sara bloomquist is live in center city with more on the taxi situation within the traffic box. Reporter rick, that is right today the mayor announced that the taxis will be allowed to operate for several hours after the restrictions take effect for everyone else, for several hours after the traffic box goes into effect. Still the cab drivers are not happy, they are losing an entire weekend of business. Taxis will continue to operate in the city even after the socalled traffic box goes into effect at 6 00 p. M. Friday of the papal visit. Taxis run until 2 00 a. M. To help remove late comers in the city, and then resume operations on monday morning at 3 00 a. M. , to get visitor out and on their way to the airport. That is terrible. Cab drivers say its a slow summer with more competition from uber and lift. And expected this weekend to be a huge money make, he they did not expect to be out of commission for two full days. That is a crazy thing, our summer was for the pope to get some business and since they decide that, i dont know what well do, just park the taxis and wait until the pope leaves. Things are real slow right now