. >> of course he wasn't allowed to leave without the proper send be off, steve patterson reports for you from philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: i'm steve patterson reporting from philadelphia international airport. where sunday night the shepherd boarded shepherd one and went wheels up, not before an impressive sends be off. vice president joe biden leading a delegation of dignitaries saying thank you to the holy father for an incredible message of hope as he graced us here in philadelphia with so many moments and now lasting memories. the vp flagged by mayor michael nutter tom wolf and a sizeable contingent from the united states conference of bishops after a brief private meeting and a not so brief motorcade, the pope arrived on the tarmac to the sound of high school students, cardinal o'hara marching brand just as they did for pope john paul the second in 1979. we spoke to some of the members about the honor. >> all inspiring just to be able to play for the leader of the catholic church. what words can you have. >> with watched the holy father walk down the red carp

. >> of course he wasn't allowed to leave without the proper send be off, steve patterson reports for you from philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: i'm steve patterson reporting from philadelphia international airport. where sunday night the shepherd boarded shepherd one and went wheels up, not before an impressive sends be off. vice president joe biden leading a delegation of dignitaries saying thank you to the holy father for an incredible message of hope as he graced us here in philadelphia with so many moments and now lasting memories. the vp flagged by mayor michael nutter tom wolf and a sizeable contingent from the united states conference of bishops after a brief private meeting and a not so brief motorcade, the pope arrived on the tarmac to the sound of high school students, cardinal o'hara marching brand just as they did for pope john paul the second in 1979. we spoke to some of the members about the honor. >> all inspiring just to be able to play for the leader of the catholic church. what words can you have. >> with watched the holy father walk down the red carp

steve patterson, lower merion, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> incredible he was spotted, steve, thank you. it is also back to school today in philadelphia. and plenty of other places, as well. reporter justin finch shows us dozens of clergy, community members came together outside martin martin luther king high school this morning for back to school tradition of public tear. -- prayer. >> collapse, cheers, smiles, line of high energy, hellos, formatter inch luther king, jr. high student on their first day of classes. prayer, for students, parents, staff and even the decision makers, who impact city schools. >> we pray for governor wolf, and all of those legislators, and we pray god that would you help them to make right decision that is would sends right funding, lord, our children would have an opportunity. >> student walking into school today may see some faces they've not seen here before, but that's okay, because these supporters want students to know, they will be praying for them, and watching over them, as members of this community. >> definitely on the right track, hopefully uplif

"eyewitness news" steve patterson is live in spring garden tonight. steve, between the parking vans and the road closure, it's going to be a tricky community city tomorrow. >> reporter: tricky indeed natasha if you thought the city was going to hang back and start an earnest in the morning, you'd be wrong. those tow trucks were out in force tonight. enforceing these traffic rerestrictions we caught up with drivers as the tow trucks were barreling towards them and some of them caught it just in the nick of time. >> out in force. philadelphia police in the ppa sweeping the streets sunday night. enforcing the traffic zone restrictions that took effect at 6:00 p.m. by first ticketing then towing street by street every car in violation. >> we just ran back up here and saw they were towing these cars. >> reporter: center city reds made it back to her car at 17th and callowhill just in time, hit with a $75 ticket but avoiding being towed. >> i'm fine. this is my husband's car, trying to get it moved. this is definitely one of those areas we're surprised abou

"eyewitness news" steve patterson is live in spring garden tonight. steve, between the parking vans and the road closure, it's going to be a tricky community city tomorrow. >> reporter: tricky indeed natasha if you thought the city was going to hang back and start an earnest in the morning, you'd be wrong. those tow trucks were out in force tonight. enforceing these traffic rerestrictions we caught up with drivers as the tow trucks were barreling towards them and some of them caught it just in the nick of time. >> out in force. philadelphia police in the ppa sweeping the streets sunday night. enforcing the traffic zone restrictions that took effect at 6:00 p.m. by first ticketing then towing street by street every car in violation. >> we just ran back up here and saw they were towing these cars. >> reporter: center city reds made it back to her car at 17th and callowhill just in time, hit with a $75 ticket but avoiding being towed. >> i'm fine. this is my husband's car, trying to get it moved. this is definitely one of those areas we're surprised abou

reporting from southwest philadelphia, i'm steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> steve, thank you. >>> philadelphia police are trying to figure out how two people in the city for last night's made in america concert ended up hit and killed by a cab early this morning. it happened around 4:30 at the intersection of broad and arch. police say a man and a woman both 25 were crossing broad when they were hit by that cab. the woman died on scene. the man died later at the hospital. police say the driver did stop after the crash and he was taken to the hospital too. it is unclear right now who had the right of way. >> the good thing here, he didn't leave the scene. so we have a lot more than we would have for all of those that do leave. >> witnesses tell police they saw the cab speeding prior to the accident but that still is under investigation. no charges have been filed at this time. the victim's identities have not been released. >>> high school football players side lined from both the team and from school. coming up next, we'll show you the video that has everyone talking, and

good evening i'm natasha thanks for joining us, steve patterson is in the middle of the party on the parkway and brings up some of the night's highlights. >> reporter: sunset on all the fun. day two just hours left at this year's made in america festival. party on the parkway starting to wind down. >> very tired, weak, weak today, yesterday lot of fun. >> reporter: each day the festival brings in an estimated 70,000 music lovers to see 62 acts on five stages. one of those act as hip hop record be artist who says it doesn't get any better than this. >> made in america this year, i will come aboard but i will be here again either as a performer as a fan. >> reporter: his favorite thing about the philly crowd. >> one thing about philly they have the best beer in the country in philadelphia. >> reporter: come on. he's just saying that to be nice? >> i want to do stand out. >> reporter: may be difficult in a crowd like this but as a community. it's hard not to take notice what's happening in philly. >> from the stage to the live crowd, so many people coming outlet to enjoy made in america

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson has more. >> reporter: september, 2008, philadelphia police officer patrick mcdonald shot and killed in the line of duty. responding officer richard bows shot in the hip while returning fire. five surgeries later, he had been to wheeled to his friend's funeral. >> seven years later, bows standing with family for one of the proudest moments of had his life. in a surprise announcement at sunday mass, the bows family selected to personally greet pope francis upon his immediate arrival in philadelphia. the honor him lipping wife bernadette to tears. >> so blessed and humbleed grateful. and honestly, just don't feel like worthy enough for something of this caliber. >> reporter: to their left the man believes they are warm they, stayed by richard seven years ago as he recovered. >> for a minute was with us from the mopped all the way through till i was confined to hopped bed. >> reporter: the bullet shattered richard's hip and ended his career. father joe helped the family financial the. they responded the bows he bow's family way. dear father joe,

for now, live in talcony, steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> no matter which way you cut it, tragic situation. thank you so much, steve. well, joyce mitchell the former new york prison work here helped two convicted killers escape has been sentenced to up to seven years behind bars herself. the 51 year old admit that she gave richard matt and david sweat tools that they used to break out of prison back in june. matt was killed after a three week manhunt, and sweat was wounded. under the terms after plea deal, mitchell could get out as soon as 28 months. >> well, coming up here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at noon, break through discovery about breast cancer. and whether chemotherapy is really necessary. >> also, president obama and putin will meet face-to-face today at the united nations, coming up what the two leaders will focus on. >> pope back in rome, but making headlines again. >> this as a pop star. we'll explain that when we >> local foods said it is cutting 1500 jobs, says it needs the cuts in order to invest in technology upgrades and improve it cost structure. the

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is live on the steps of the art museum overlooking the ben franklin parkway. steve. >> reporter: well, natasha, if you couldn't feel it before, you can certainly feel it now with all the media coverage, all the setup and now construction under way on the ben franklin parkway. we spoke to the guy who is actually setting up the stage, the very stage that the pope will set his feet on when he comes here next week. welander little bit. listen to this. in full swing, the signs many of us have either been anticipate organizanticipating r months are starting to take place on the parkway, the stage literally being set for the pope's arrival. >> this is one of the largest events to ever occur in the united states. >> reporter: scott murphy is the president of the philadelphia based esm productions. this guy has done setup for the president, the dalai lama and jay-z but he says this takes cake. >> we've done some pretty large events but this is definitely the largest event, has the most moving parts. >> reporter: with that headaches. traffic closures m

for now, live in center city, steve patterson, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> steve i know those tow trucks are going to be out soon. thank you very much for that update. >>> right now the pope is spending his second day in cuba ahead of his trip to the united states. today the holy father greeted the crowds shaking hands and kissing children before holding an open air mass in revolution square. cbs correspondent chris martinez was there for it all. he joins us live now in havana with the latest on the pope's trip. chris. >> reporter: nat, shah that mass today clearly having a very big impact on a lot of people here in cuba. some of them telling us it was life changing. >> ♪ >> reporter: before an audience of hundreds of thousands, pope francis delivered a historic sunday morning mass in half flan's revolution square, his message centered on serving people, not ideas. >> today i ask you to care for this vocation of yours, care for these gifts which god has given you. >> reporter: many waited hours to catch a glimpse of the pope. sister gladys had a chance to see him. [speaking foreign lan

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is live at the steps of the art museum overlooking the ben franklin parkway. got a great spot there, steve. >> reporter: yes, natasha, it is all happening now from the hundred foot arch that's now over the parkway, to the 32 jumbotrons that will eventually come to life. the construction here is well under way and we got a look at the construction of the main stage. check out this sneak preview. take a look it is finally her here. the signs many of us have been anticipating or dreading for months are starting to take shape on the parkway, the stage literally being set for the pope's arrival. >> this is one of the largest events to ever occur in the united states. >> reporter: scott merken has done setup for the president, the dalai lama and jay-z se but he says this takes the cake. >> this is definitely largest event. >> reporter: traffic closures are already in place and they're mainly for the safety of merkens guys and 700 union workers laboring hours into the night to get it all right. he says the finished product will be worth the trouble.

>> i hope you enjoy this experience at philadelphia. >> i'm steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> and while many people hold tailgate parties for the start of the nfl season, sole philadelphians held similar parties but for the pope. st. george fairness port richmond held a world meeting of families tailgate. after mass, the fateful held a party to get everyone excited for the pope's upcoming visit. guests enjoyed some music, some dancing there, games and food. great day for it. >>> "eyewitness news" has a complete guide for you for the papal visit and the world meeting of families. go to cbsphilly.com/papal visit for more information. >> 5:09 right now. 76ers fans and nba fans across the country are refreshing one of the great sixers stars of all time, moses malone. malone was known as one of the best big men in nba history. he played for eight teams over his 20 years in the league and won the mvp award three times. he was also a 12-time all-star and won it all with the sixers, in 1983, he passed away over the weekend. he was 60 years old. >> the eagles kick off the season t

for now, reporting from made in america, i'm steve patterson, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> well as steve did mention, made in america will help the city prepare for the papal visit and it's almost upon us. exactly three weeks now until the holy father arrives in philadelphia stay with "eyewitness news" and cbs timly.for the latest. we've got a full resource guide for to you help you plan for his historic event. >>> now it is labor day weekend, of course, and that means plenty of folks are out and about in the area getting out for one last party before summer finally ends. meteorologist kate bilo in for us? tin tonight. kate, how is the weather looking for the rest of this weekend. >> natasha, today was beautiful. nice break from the heat we've been feeling all week long and even though the heat does start to rise the temperature will start to rise over the neck few days. the rest of the weekend looks great. beautiful shot here of the city skyline in the distance from our palmyra cove nature park camera in new jersey very quite night outside and really not even a cloud in the sky out ther

steve patterson live on the parkway, back to you guys. >> all right, steve, thank you so much. >>> thousands of people phil the parkway. there were people in front of the stage and all down the parkway people gathered in to watch on the jumbotrons out there. >> many of the faithful out there came from a very long way away. some open hitchhike as we heard earlier. came from very long way away. our greg car goes standing by with more on that. greg? >> reporter: ukee, jessica, good evening. what a historic day this has been for our city just about an hour and a half ago we had hundreds of thousands of people packing the parkway here. the pope himself sitting on the stage right behind me and people from all across the country, all across the globe, came here to hear his holiness speak. ♪ >> reporter: thousands and thousands packed the ben franklin parkway. men, women, children with different backgrounds, different stories but all here for the same reason. to see pope francis. >> i started in washington right on the coast and i just walk up the to the local little market on the corner. we don't

steve patterson live on the parkway, back to you guys. >> all right, steve, thank you so much. >>> thousands of people phil the parkway. there were people in front of the stage and all down the parkway people gathered in to watch on the jumbotrons out there. >> many of the faithful out there came from a very long way away. some open hitchhike as we heard earlier. came from very long way away. our greg car goes standing by with more on that. greg? >> reporter: ukee, jessica, good evening. what a historic day this has been for our city just about an hour and a half ago we had hundreds of thousands of people packing the parkway here. the pope himself sitting on the stage right behind me and people from all across the country, all across the globe, came here to hear his holiness speak. ♪ >> reporter: thousands and thousands packed the ben franklin parkway. men, women, children with different backgrounds, different stories but all here for the same reason. to see pope francis. >> i started in washington right on the coast and i just walk up the to the local little market on the corner. we don't

here's another shot from our steve patterson. and this just shows you how deep the crowd was tonight on the parkway. i mean what do you say about this? a breath-taking picture there. next we have a shot from another shot of the parkway and what we're looking at city hall in the distance. you can see how deep the crowds are all lining up. this is just before pope francis made his arrival, and cory writes, city hall shines on as philadelphia plays host to the world. pope in philly. pope in philly. world meeting of families. what we've seen tonight certainly showed that. our next is one of my favorites. this is inside our control room. we have production staff that has been working so hard throughout the night. this came from matt and darrin and what you're looking at is dawn noonan she is one of our directors and this the pope is wright riding us pope mobile down the ben franklin parkway it reads dawn noonan in the cbs control room cbs philly pope. so we've got tons more to show you probably the best selfie of the night. best selfi

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson picks up this terrific story. >> september 2008. philadelphia police officer, patrick mcdonald, shot and killed, in the line of duty. responding, officer richard bowes. shot in the hip while returning fire. five surgeries later, had he to be wheeled to his friends funeral. seven years later, bows standing with family for one of the proudest moments of his life. in a surprise announcement at sunday mass, the bows family selected to personally growth pope francis upon his mode yacht arrival in philadelphia. the honor, humbling wife bernadette, to tears. >> so blessed and humbled, and very grateful. >> feel not worth. >> i honestly you just don't feel like we're worthy enough for something of this caliber. >> to their left the man that believes they are worthy, st. christopher parish father joseph garvin, who stayed by richard seven years ago, as he recovered. >> father was with us from the hospital all the way through to even when i was confined to a hospital bed in the house. >> the bullet both shattered richard's hip and ended his c

our steve patterson is here for it all. he is out among the crowds steve. how is it going? >> reporter: yeah, jessica and ukee matt mayer on time, five time grammy honoree. when can you see marquee mark the queen of soul and the holy father right here on the parkway as anticipation continues to build. you can see the crowd obviously still some seats left to be filled in as the concert is now under way. the festival of families starting now. it's an all night concert of course mark wahlberg will take the stage and continue to lead this thing as we go on throughout the night but i want to continue to pan over past the screen and you can see where a lot of people, their attention is focused and that is on the parkway as the pope will come through this way into eakins oval and make his way on the stage. we've been talking to some of the police and secret service that are here, some of the federal agents that are spread out through the crowd and they say right now it is locked down in this area. no getting in, no getting out, at least in this concert area as we go on it is the p

steve patterson with more on the stage preparations for next weekends' big event. >> in full swing. the signs many of us have either been anticipating, or dreading, for months, are starting to take shape on the parkway. the stage literally being set for the pope's arrival. >> this is one of the largest events to ever occur in the united state. >> scott is the president of the philadelphia based esm productions, this guy's done set up for the president, the dalai lama, and jay-z, but he says, this takes the cake. >> we've done some pretty large events. but his is definitely the largest event, has the most moving part. >> but with that, some headaches. traffic closures, and pedestrian restrictions, already in place, mainly for the safety and breathing room of workers on the job. but look at what they're building. that will hundred foot wide arch already spread across the main stage, will be shown on 32 giant screams, lined all across the parkway you. >> real can i see this stage where we're belling it, from a mile away. but the work doesn't stop there. between saturday, and sunday, ne

patterson cbs3 quests. >> looks like an awesome show, labor day weekend, justin drabick on the cbs3 sky deck with the first look at the forecast. >> labor day a good time to hit the pool or beach, weather looks great, bringing back the sunshine, so good get hot temperatures get up to 90, humidity levels starting to come up, starting to feel that, comfortable in the sky deck, it was a warm day today, 88 was the actual high. him was very low in philadelphia, so it was comfortable to be outside. record highs 95 but academy we should be in low 80's. it's mild right now, mid 70's philadelphia. 60 in the suburb, 63 in allentown, mid 60s in south jersey toward the shore points, dover delaware checking in at 70. went the wind off the ocean, coastal temperatures little bit cooler 64 in cape may, 66 stone harbor, there's the due point temperature, earlier we were in the upper 40s indicating a very dry oh air mass barracks up to 65 degrees, so starting to feel a little bit more steamy. that will be the trend for labor day but we are nice and dry, mostly clear skies rush hour and it will stay t

our steve patterson is live along the parkway with more on. that will steve? >> reporter: well, just did a -- jessica, ukee, i was on that bus with you, i saw the flags, shirt, from different cultural, real melting pot out there, unlike anything i've ever seen. i have to say this. you know, as a reporter, we spend so much time with people on the worse days of their lives, i can say i've met people today on the best day, and that's quite a feeling show you the crowdment take a look dozens at this point, obviously the pope is going to go to independence mall before he come here to the parkwayment you can see some of the people starting to filter in, some of the sisters and nuns, i just met some sisters, beautiful people from maryland, new york, and all over the country, coming here every course to see the pope, as you pan forward, see some of the massive set up that is in place for this concert. if you can pan over, take a look, pope sitting on the stage as musical act, mark walt berg, aretha franklin, so on, they continue to come in and play for the pope. at th