he comes to work every single day and does the same thing every single day and prepares the same, and, there is not a lot that really, you know, gets under his skin but, you know, i have seen a little bit more confidence in him. >> do you, nick do you? if you are wondering if the guys are tense? no, not so much. kenjon barner and lagarrette blount going toe to toe at pop a shot, near the locker room. barner was a clear winner. guys still have having fun. you cannot change what you do just because you are in a big game. >> let nick be nick. >> let nick be nick. >> see you in a bit. >> all right. >> as we have seen, since last weekend's game eagles fans are embracing the under dog status heading in the championship. >> natasha brown joins us from lincoln financial field with more on how this has led to a t-shirt craze, natasha. >> reporter: yeah, it is a t-shirt frenzy at this point and earlier today we have talk to lane johnson's manager, he

says, that when they both started to talk about this t-shirt idea, they thought well, maybe they would sell three or 400 of them but we can tell you they have far exceeded their own expectations. >> printing machines at logo warehouse in broomall are working non-stop cranking out thousands oz have lane johnson 's eagles under dog t-shirts. >> after the victory last week it just took off. >> reporter: home dog got to eat shirts are in high demand after the lineman donned a rubber german shepherd mask after last weeks win over falcons. it is in reference to the team 's under dog status in the upcoming nfc championship game >> we were thinking maybe three or 400, 500 shirts and new we're over 6,000 order in shirts and just a few days. >> we saw the picture of the dog head and we said that and the t-shirt. >> reporter: lane's manager, began working with logo warehouse, company responsible for lane johnson's clothing line.

>> these machines are able to put out a couple of thousands, a day based on the amount of colors on the t-shirt. so we're really, optimum now. >> just going be fun. >> reporter: lane's book about the t-shirt sales saying all proceed will go to the fund for the philadelphia school district. shirts are selling for $18 on lane's web site, the goal to fill the linc with under dog t-shirt wearing fans, helping to fuel a win, and a new t-shirt logo. >> we don't talk losses but we have had some pretty good idea about what we will do going forward, big surprises. >> best fan base in sports, so i feel like everybody is excited bit. >> they are still taking order from fans all around the country, and meantime, they are telling us that they are already thinking about a new logo, after sunday's win. we are live at the linc natasha brown for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> can't wait, natasha, thank you. what a great time to get out and meet the eagles.

we are looking live at modells on snider avenue in south philadelphia. eagles running back lagarrette blount business to meet with eagles nation. blount is no strange tore championship game excitement, he won two super bowls with those new england patriots. >> fans look pumped too. if you are planning to cater your watch parties those we spoke to said tomorrow is the deadline to get the orders in. if you decide to leave home restaurants are getting ready as well. nick's roast beef in olde city is already putting in extra order of food and alcohol to prepare for crowds. they expect every seat to be filled. >> everything has been notched up a little bit. we have put extra staff on. we have put extra waitress on. we usually have between 250, 300-pounds of beef in house. we are up over 400 this week. >> across town mad rex, will be trying out new recipes for game day, they will also have free, flaming drink shots, every time the eagles score. bird fans are getting

fired up for the game right now we are looking live at an eagles pep rally at chickie and pete's on packer avenue. pretty good crowd there. we have a few hours to join in on the fun, we will go live there in 10 minutes. kick off game day, right here on cbs-3, join sports director don bell, leslie van arsdal and pat gallen sunday morning at 11:30, they will have all of the pregame preparations, and excitement, on the chevy sunday kick off show. and then sunday night we have got you covered with the big line upright here on cbs-3 , tune in for a special championship addition of "eyewitness news" at 10:00 p.m. followed by "eyewitness sports" at is 11:00 and then sports zone. the minute the game end, we will have everything eagles, we will bring you live powe game comments from coach pederson and from the players, we will have a front row seat as fans react at locations all over philadelphia, and it is the eagles, and "eyewitness news", sunday night, don't miss it. new in other news tonight

chopper three over the end of a police pursuit in south philadelphia where we're told this started in chester township delaware county. an officer there began chasing a stolen vehicle, the chase continued into philadelphia and ended at oregon avenue and columbus boulevard, two suspects were taken in custody a pennsylvania state trooper who join the chase was involved in an accident on interstate 95 near exit number nine and was taken to the hospital, as a precaution. well, philadelphia is one step close tore bringing amazon's second headquarters, right here, the city is on a list of 20 finalist at the competition's and our joe holden joins us from center city with reaction from city officials and resident on making the cut, joe, good evening. >> reporter: ukee, good evening to you. first off mayor jim kenney's called the announcement a milestone for philadelphia, and now that the heavy lifting begins as the city trying to beat out 19 other cities and locations. you can say philadelphia is

heading to the powe season for amazon that is, the company on thursday announced a list of 20 finalist for its second global headquarters and this is a big deal. >> i feel better this morning because we went from 23 to 20. >> reporter: philadelphia's odd have increased 10 fold. >> why wouldn't you come to philadelphia, awesome city, amazing, i have lived here my whole life. >> reporter: philly find is it self in a crowded horse race with new york, d.c., pittsburgh, chicago, l.a. and miami to name a few. >> it could be a game changer. amazon is starting to progress in more things. >> reporter: tech giant estimates the creation of some 50,000 jobs. >> more jobs means more money for people. >> reporter: city in october pitched two sites, for business campus they say navy yard would make sense. the university city would offer a neighborhood environment. >> we have done our analysis and we think that talent, maine built, location, transportation makes us competitive begins everybody else. >> reporter: city has not

disclosed what types of incentive is it put on the table to beat out the rest. leaders expect a conference call with amazon possibly tomorrow. what about philadelphia do you think makes us stan out. >> first of all the history of the country. second of all it is a great size. >> reporter: governor tom wolf weighed in on the news today, i read in part pennsylvania's strategic location in the heart of the east coast nationally ranked educational institutions and a work force equipped to support future get makes it prime for amazon's second headquarters in north america. little play on word there by the governor. now delaware was not successful in making that top 20 list but in a statement, did they its full expert behind philadelphia. possibly securing hq2 for amazon's second global headquarters. that decision will be announced later this year. live from center city, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you.

new at 6:00 temple university is moving forward with its plan to build a controversial new football stadium on campus. the university said today it will file paperwork with the city planning commission to build the stadium and retail development at corner of the north broad and west norris streets in north philadelphia. these are sketches of what the 130 million-dollar facility will look like, and new many people in the neighborhood are opposed to the project, and the university says it will continue to work with neighbors to address their concerns. we now know identity of the u.s. marshall who was gunned down in harrisburg earlier this morning. authorities say 45 year-old christopher hill was shot and killed while serving a warrant on a woman. officials say that while officers were arresting her a man opened fire, two other officers were injured but they are expect to be okay, and the gun man was shot and killed. incident remains under investigation. the south jersey doctor charged with killing his wife will remain behind bars for the time being. a detention hearing was held for doctor james kaufman, and

four other defendants charged last week in the murder of radio hoe april kaufman. she was shot to death in her home, and, may of 2012. police say, doctor kaufman had april kaufman killed, with the pagan's motorcycle club. nineteen bill cosby accusers will be, could aloud to testify, in the comedian's retrial on sexual abuse charge these spring. prosecutors preparing the case made that request today, and they have asked for permission to have 13 accusers testify, in bill cosby's first trial, which ended in a hung jury in june but judge only allowed testimony from one accuser in addition to andrea conn stan. cosby's retrial is set for april 2nd. president trump returns to pennsylvania to tout his recently enacted tax cut plan. the president visited pittsburgh today, that is where he toured hk an industrial equipment company.

president trump says his tax cuts are already having a significant positive impact, on the economy, in small businesses. >> a typical family of four earning $75,000 will see an income tax cut off more than to two you this dollars. that is like a two you this dollars raise. >> the president also threw his support behind republican house candidate rich sacone in the special election facing connor lamb, the democrat. we have much more coverage of the eagles big game this weekend. >> coming up why sunday's championship game will be extra special for these fans. also former new jersey governor chris christie is adjusting to life as a regular citizen, next the perk he is no longer allowed to use now that he is out of office and the abrupt way he found out about that change, kate. it has been a cold january so far but now we are heading for a january thaw, clear skies tonight, cold for now, and temperatures are on the way up i'll tell you how warm it will get and when rain, in

the snow, could return to the forecast,

it is count down, to kick off. there are only three days, and 25 minutes, now, until eagles take on minnesota in the nfc championship game. eagles fans have been waiting for a moment like this for a while and they are not bashful when it comes to showing off that team spirit. >> david spunt joins us from chickie and pete's in south philadelphia, the sign of a eagles pep rally, david. >> reporter: hi ukee and guess contact it doesn't look too active behind me because i'm on the balcony but down below they are expecting a 800 person limit restaurant to be completely filled to the brim. this will go from 6:00 to 10:00. vinny curry will be here, brandon graham will be here signing autographs. it is supposed to be a great time tonight. kid all ages expected to go at lee until 10:00 o'clock tonight, just a good old fashion pep rally. i walked on with the tie, i

said tie has to go. everybody is having fun, root ing on eagles. there is a crew from minneapolis, one of the affiliates and they said they are glad they are standing up there. they don't want to tell anybody they are vikings fans they are doing live shots as we speak right now. so very good night here at chickie and pete's we will be here all night with live reports. ukee and jessica. >> stand by we will get back to you. one life long eagles fan receive a ultimate gift. phil will celebrate his 100 birthday at lincoln financial field this sunday as eagles take on the vikings. his family including his grandson you see right there hope his presence will bring some good luck. i wonder if the vikings will bring miss millie along. she's 99. mr. b was a life licensing fan , i mean a life long fan, he was born in 1818, 15 years before the eagles even started playing. awesome. all week licensing we have been asking to you share your team pride before the game, and we are getting great pictures including this one,

judy starks shared this photo of her and her five month-old grandson iain, whom she calls the eagles lucky charm. we have a lot of these lucky charms out there. i think it will work. we want to see your spirit as well, send us a picture of your good luck charm or other gear, use the #cbs-3 on facebook, twitter, instant gram and see your pictures right here on "eyewitness news". former new jersey governor chris christie learn the hard way that his special treatment is over. christie was stopped by a port authority officer in newark liberty international airport this morning. he attempted to bypass a security checkpoint after entering through a special access area. he was told that he could no longer use that access, and was escorted to the regular entrance without incident. christie just moments ago tweeted that this is a false story, and he was escorted to the entrance by a port authority police officer and then was taken to the correct place. breaking news, as chopper

three is live over a three alarm fire in willow grove montgomery county this started just after 5:30 at regency park towers a high rise apartment building on easton road. authorities say fire fighters are working to evacuate that building. officials are sending warming buses to the scene for residents coming out of the building. so far no injuries have been reported but we will let you know. kate bilo joins with us our forecast and we're talking about the warm up on the way. >> they will need warming buses. you don't want to be outside too long in tonight's coal. still pretty rough out there but things are getting bet's weise head toward weekend. temperatures are on the way up , a little bit above average for january, we're talking about 10 degrees above average with sunshine and not a lot of win, pretty great weather to look forward over the next several days, and only if the weekend with get here. everybody counting down we're almost there. lets take a peak outside heading outside tonight things are quiet in center city,

skies are clear, you can see a crescent moon out there tonight, a beautiful, bought full evening to look at, been a great day out the window but stepping outside you will realize if you do not have gloves, scarves, hats you will want to go inside and put them on. it is cold ever then it looks outside. storm scan three is clear, nothing going on, we have high pressure in control and it will stay here over next several days but still that brisk wind out of the north and west. it is starting to die down a bit but you can see temperatures are in the 20's and lower 30's and feels 5 degrees colder when we factor in the win. still in the teens in mount pocono. 26 degrees in millville. jet stream lifting well to the north, high pressure off eastern see game. generally speaking imagine a high back here winds from the north and west. when high flips off coast you get a return flow wind coming from the around the western side of the high, southwest win and that is a warm pattern cold air lurks back to the west as system comes through monday night into tuesday our

next chance for rain and our next cold front but in the meantime tomorrow's more seasonal lower 40's and then we will jump up to the lower 50's over weekend and keep it in the 50's monday and tuesday often times when we get warm up in the winter it is one day flake and temperatures tumble once again this will be a extended stretch. we are not talking 60's and 70 's but we have extended stretch of 50's which sound goods to me. overnight mainly clear, cold, 21 our low. tomorrow we will double that 42, mostly sunny and seasonal. game day forecast doesn't look too bad for the tailgate plans , we will be in the 50's, letter 50's at lee and 6:40 p.m. is kick off 43 degrees, in the 30's by end of the game, it is still january, so even though we are talking about a warm up still cold, you will need to wear coat heading down to the game but could be a whole lot worse as any bird fans out there last weekend can attest to. eyewitness weather seven day forecast there is that warm up in the 50's, saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, and

then next chance for rain is monday night into tuesday morning and that is rain in the snow as temperatures will be in the 40's and 50's and then it gets cooler wednesday and thursday but still sunny and not all that bad. there was a time when we said 50 degrees was cold. >> um-hmm. >> but now 50 degrees sounds great. >> balmy. >> check the heat index on that one. >> thanks, kate. >> don back with more sports. >> more bird talk. how would you describe doug pederson? we will compare notes with the eagles. plus number 88, raised to the rafters we're talking ber i can lindros and the flyers,

well come back we will start with a couple notes. the field at the linc got some love today, area between the hash marks was resodded. also, malcolm jenkins has been a busy man his wife gave bit to their second daughter, earlier this week.

meanwhile eagles at practice today as they get set for minnesota. according to pro football record nfc title game features two teams with the most playoff wins in the super bowl era, without actually winning the super bowl. the vikings are number one, the bird are number two. jason kelce is trying to get eagles off that list. >> everybody is happy to be here. we have to keep that concentration and focus on the things that got you here. focus on things that will put you in the position to be successful. that is what all of the guys, hoff won super bowl oregon this far, is saying, malcolm jenkins, dawkins, who has come in here, chris long, torey smith, all of those guys emphasizing to keep ourselves grounded here. >> yeah, that beard is fierce. >> eagles pr staff is working overtime last week they produce aid hype video with hollywood star bradley cooper this week the star of the video is how they describe the man in charge, doug pederson.

>> all led by 1visor wearing, fourth down calling division reading runner back salt and pepper son of a gun. >> so let's bring it in. bring it all in. every inch. every ounce. for every tom, dick and harry. all we got is all we need. all we want is everything. >> yeah. >> it is so good. >> just keep making them please. >> it has been four years last time sixers won in boston was in 2014. tonight they will try to upset the top team in the east without an injured jj reddick, highlights at 11:00. also some breaking news this just in joel embiid has been named a starter for the eastern conference in the nba all-star game, next month, so go ahead, go clap.

>> yeah, yeah. >> congrats. the flyers host mapel leafs tonight, but before the game they will honor eric lindros, his number 88 jersey will be just the sixth to be retired by orange and black. he spent eight seasons in philadelphia leading the team to a stanley cup appearance in 1997. >> this is something, these are one of the days you take for the rest of your life. the special moments. yeah, it is just an extremely special moment. >> yes,e motional there talking about it. >> yes. >> thanks, buddy. >> up next the impressive display, helping fire up eagles fans for sunday's

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up next "cbs evening news" from new york here now is jeff glor, take care famil captioning sponsored by cbs >> the parents would, apparently, buy food for themselves and not allow the children to eat it. >> glor: police release chilling new details on a mother and father under arrest. also tonight... >> it's up to the democrats. >> glor: ...the government on the verge of a shutdown. >> this is like giving you a bowl of doogie doo, putting a cherry on top and calling it a chocolate sun day. >> i have never seen such a high concentration of flu cases all at one time. >> glor: the battle over amazon. 20 cities make the prime cuts. getting rid of the mud after the slide. a marriage proposal from the pope. and a patriot facing an opponent far tougher than a