>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news ". >> let's go vikings. >> let's go vikings. >> came a long way. >> well tonight at 11:00 it is official. the vikings and their fans have arrived in philadelphia. good evening, everyone, i'm natasha brown. thanks for joining us cents it is nfc championship eve. the excitement for the underdog eagles is reaching a

fever pitch about now. "eyewitness news" reporter alicia live at lincoln financial field, the players and the fans making their final preparations at this hour. alicia? >> reporter: well, right now it really feels like the calm before the storm. right now it is quiet out here but in just a few hours, we will start to see more than 60,000 people pack lincoln financial field, most of those people obviously will be loud eagles fans, but we will see a good number of viking fans, as we saw today, a lot of them were already in town. >> it is less than 24 hours until the nfc championship game. the minnesota vikings have arrived in philly. their fans are here, too. a crowd of them welcomed viking players and team staff as they checked into a center city hotel. >> i think the vikings got the advantage. i think we have the better defense. >> new to philly viking fans seem to be quick to predict minnesota win at the linc tomorrow. >> i'm sure it will be a big

win for both team. but it is our year. we have wait add long time. >> but eagles fans have waited just as long, as out outside the viking hotel just next to the crowd of viking fans, gathered, eagles fans, showed up. >> go eagles. >> and showed out. >> came a long way, baby. >> eagles diehards just had to remind anyone wearing purple. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> that this city bleeds green >> i think it will be a battle of the defense, it will be whatever defense shows up. but i'm rooting for the birds, as you can see, i'm in the green today. there is no love, no love in the purple today. >> and you got to love some good old-fashioned trash talking, friendly trash tacking before the big game. at this point the big game less than 24 hours away, this time tomorrow we will see who wins the battle of the trash talking who is headed to the superbowl. live in south philly.

cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> all right, alicia, thank you so much. well, everyone all pumped up ahead of the big game at the linc tomorrow night. leslie is joining us now with a look at how quarterback back nick foles is really preparing for his next move at this point. he had a big day today? >> big day. i'm thinking this bodes well for tomorrow. >> yes, it is his birthday, nick foles is turning 29, and the perfect gift for nick and the eagles and of course the fans will be a win against the vikings tomorrow, and a trip to the superbowl. last saturday against the falcons, he went 23 tore 30, for 246 yards. no touchdowns, but did he make some key throws to keep drives alive. he had struggled going into last week's game, and doug pederson told him to just be nick foles. >> so has the message changed for tomorrow's game? >> no, no, the message is the same, feed off of last week obviously, you know, different set of challenge, different teams, different defense, all of that, but just, you know, don't go -- don't have to force anything.

just let the offense work for you. and fine. >> the more you can stay in the moment of preparing, doing what you have to do to get ready for, you know, sunday's game. that will make, when you step on the field, and it will be a crazy atmosphere, but that will allow you to, you know, play at your best. >> and tomorrow it will all be about defense, we'll have more on that a little later in sports, but i like how confident nick foles seems. >> yes, seems very calm and in the moment. thank you so much, leslie, now we do want you to spends game day with us here on cbs-3 as well, sport director don bell, lesley van arsdall, pat gallen , will get you ready at 11:30 on the sunday chevy kick off show. tomorrow night we have you covered, as well, tune into special championship edition of "eyewitness news" at 10:00 p.m. followed by "eyewitness news" at 11:00 and then sports zone. now the minute the game ends, we will have everything eagles , we'll bring you live postgame reaction from coach pederson and the players and we'll have a front row seat as

fans react at locations cents all throughout philadelphia. eagles and "eyewitness news" tomorrow night. don't miss it, everyone. now, philadelphia police meantime trying their absolute best to get ahead of possing else celebrations cents tomorrow night. this is what they sent out, a request to bars now in the fifth district asking that they sell alcohol in plastic cups, not cans, not bottles, and they also ask businesses to refrain from selling take out bottles during or following the game. one barone their we caught up with in manayunk says that his business will be in compliance >> we will not let anybody out of the building with any type of beverage, we will have two security, we are taking a lot of precautions in 2008 we witness add lot, a lot of breakage, and damage in the city. >> well in addition, police are reserving parking on broad street from broad and south all the way to the sport complex to prevent any possible damage to cars

following the game. >> (applause and cheers). >> take a look here, many eagles fans are rallying behind the underdog title even wearing these popular german shepherd masks to show their team spirit. but the rubber mask are selling out fast. we'll tell you why. we have a solution for you. we'll go to cbsphilly.com to printout a paper mask, what you're looking at now, though, this is a begged, this is a wedding, couple of eagles fans showing off their eagles spirit right at their wedding. they actually wore their jerseys over top of their tuxedos and the gown actually. and then check it out. everybody just broke out into the eagles song, the fight song. they're having a good time. that's a real eagles wedding right there. >> so now let's talk about

these masks, that everybody is trying to get their hands on. many eagles fans are rallying behind the underdog title even wearing popular german ship armas being to show off their team spirit. but you can't get your hands on one, not really. the rubber masks are selling out fast on line, so we have a solution for you, go to our website cbsphilly.com. printout the paper mask, just cut the underdog head ahead of the game so you can wear it to cheer on the birds tomorrow. and wear your underdog pride. that's what student at a russell night elementary did, to show their pride. check out how they wore the cut out from our website. there they are. the school tweeted out these images to show their support for the birds, and they even got pretty creative, as well, using the mass took make signs like this one of the underdogs taking a little bite out of the competition. >> also, take a look at these real life underdogs here. "eyewitness news" viewer ron live sent us this picture of java in his eagles gear, wearing it proudly.

that's java's sister there blue berry standing right beside him. >> show us your support, the birds this weekend. connect with us, by gearing up using #cbs3, and also you may see your photos right here on the air, so we would love for to you send them to us, remember even when we're no to zero not on television we have everything you need to get ready for the championship game sunday. just go to cbsphilly.com/eagles, and we've got you covered in every way. >> and now in other news, year after women gather to protest the inch inauguration every president trump, demonstrators in philadelphia, and all across the nation, gathered for the second annual women's march. from new york, to los angeles, and cities inbetween, thousands protested president trump's policies. and they also marched in support of equality, and the me two movement n washington congressional leaders urged more women to run for offers. >> in politics, make the

wholesome difference, and the more we have, the better off our country will be. and that is the truth. >> well, in tweet tweet president trump told the marchers to celebrate the historic milestones and unprecedented success that had taken place during his 12 month in offers. >> and there was also a big turn out for the philadelphia women's march, as well today. speakers took to the podium, people of all ages to the street. photo journalist brings us the sites and sounds of the day. an america is a free country where anybody can say whatever they want, and anybody can be whatever they want. >> we're just here to make that, save that way. >> this is the women's march on philadelphia. this is america. this is america that needs change. >> ill raise my voice to stands up for women. >> what's happening in our country right now it, normal. >> we see what's happening, we won't stand for it. >> many times it is our

children who could be our greatest teachers. >> my iq is high enough to know i deserve better. i'm ten. we wanted to try and help make a change in our society. and our government. >> our children remind us that love, they see the good in all >> power to the people. like people are the government and we can make a change. >> so if you don't know what's the first black female candidate for president, understood systems of oppression, and new that if you want to change things, do you have show up. >> it is important that we make a right place for people. >> the diversity of people here today i think it really speaks to the power that people have in a democracy. >> go women. >> well, also fueling up for the big day, a power breakfast for powerful women was held in the spring garden section every philadelphia. "eyewitness news" here at the

mausoleum of contemporary art for an event called smash the patriarch i, but first breakfast it, served as fundraiser for the emerged pennsylvania organization which seeks to get democratic women elect today public office. >> stay with us, everyone, still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight, the government is in shutdown mode this weekend: president trump is blaming democrats, but some democratic leaders say the president is the problem. >> but it is next to impossible to strike a deal with the president, because he can't stick to the terms. >> a closer look at the stalemate that is keeping lawmakers gridlocked on capitol hill. lauren? >> after a beautiful and mild start to the weekends, will we keep this warmer winter air around for the eagles playoff game? the answer when we take your eyewitness forecast coming up. >> thanks, lauren. coming up later as well, dog with very keen sixth sense saves her family from a near tragedy inside their home. why her owners say they may not have made it out

>> congress will reconvene tomorrow to find a way to ends the government shutdown, that's now underway.

the federal government ran out every monday i at midnight on friday, negotiations to pass a new spending bill have stalled at the moment. cbs news correspondent mola lenghi has more. >> day one of the government shutdown and no ends in site. >> we will be right back at this tomorrow and for as long as it takes. >> the next vote isn't schedule until 1:00 a.m. monday but it won't include anything on immigration. >> whether they reopen the government. >> the latest proposal to funds the government for three more weeks, in exchange for a guaranteed vote in the senate on daca. >> program that allows undocumented ingram to work and lift in the u.s. but democrats worried the bill will then die in the house. >> give us a vote in the senate. and guarantee us a vote in the house. >> if you have a vote in the senate, it means absolutely nothing. because you have stalemate.

>> lawmakers spent more time saturday blaming each other in the shutdown than they spent negotiate to go end the stalemate. >> this is the trump shutdown. >> senator schumer made the decision. >> outside the capitol, voters are blaming both sides. >> stop throwing grenades at each other. and just, you know, talk. >> i can't take my youth group to the statue of liberty to ellis island, because the government is acting like a bunch of big babies? a shame. act being like what? i would say adolescent, but that's insult to go adoloscents. >> until a deal is reached, the government will remain closed. mola lenghi, for cbs-3, " eyewitness news." well, also, new tonight, the search is on for the gunman who shot and killed a 24 year old man in north philadelphia. police say the victim was hit seven times, shooting happened in the 3300 block of smedley street. just after 4:00 this afternoon there is no word on what led to the shooting. police have not yet released a description of the gunman in this case. and investigators have identified the officer and the gunman involved in a police shooting in kensington last

saturday. authorities say officer jason read shot stephen crawly of edgewater park after he pulled a semiautomatic pistol from his waistband. the shooting happened on the 28 h.u.p. block every kensington avenue. crawl any critical condition now facing lengthy list of charges. motorists cents driving along southbound i95 near the girard avenue exit plotted a naked man walking along the shoulder of the road around noontime today. according to police, the man started throwing debris at cars. eventually officers did catch up with the man, they cuffed him, took him into custody immediately. luckily no one was injured during this very bizarre incident on 95 southbound today. >> all right, lauren, so i'm excited about the weather for tomorrow's big game. i think that's good news for us. >> i think it is good news for us, and statistic i cannily, it is good news for us, so we will talk about that, i think warmth might favor the eagles, got little sports going on, leslie. >> we're taking leslie, yes,

taking her. >> most of the thunder will be stolen by ready for the game. >> look. >> yes. >> adorable. >> mia do-able game is ready for the game. >> extra small jersey on. >> that's good triple extra small. >> he is like 5 pounds. >> she is ready to go. she is ready to root. for the hometown team. chi chi bleeds green. yes as we were talking about warmth, eagles going back in playoff history, three and zero in playoff games when the kick off temperature was 40 degrees or warmer. and they out scored opponents 27 to 15. so what's the kick off temperature tomorrow? forty-six. yes. so we are looking good-bye those statistics. as they take on the vikings, take off 64:00, mostly cloudy conditions, staying dry, maybe a very stray sprinkle toward the end of the game. but otherwise, the weather is looking pretty great. and today the weather was

awesome, 57 degrees our high temperature. 17 degrees above our average. we started off at 29 degrees, this morning, and the city now lit up in eagles green as we get live look. temperatures have cooled quite efficiently, down to 36, little windchill impact southwest winds at around 6 miles per hour, so feeling more like 31, and temperatures generally in the 30's, across much of the area. forty-one in trenton, down to 32 millville, 34 degrees in allentown, but the trends will be specially over the next 24 hours, for lighter wind speeds , not going to be dealing with breezy conditions tomorrow for the game. wind speeds right now generally the calm to light range at our reporting sites, and that will be the trend through the day tomorrow, as well, wind speeds just around five, maybe 10 miles per hour throughout the game. storm scan3 showing us quiet conditions right now, just couple of passing clouds, we get more active, though, as we led into next week, fast forward into tuesday. our next best chance of rain this will be late monday night into tuesday. and it will be all rain.

no snow threat with temperatures in the upper 50's , very mild, rain though could be heavy at times, even chance for an isolated thunderstorm, producing some gusty winds. so future weather showing us as we head into the day tomorrow, no problems for the game, cloudy conditions, but staying mainly precipitation free headed into monday night. we could see the chance of an isolated sprinkle. and as we head through our monday, have the chance of isolated sprinkle. then as we head into monday night, tuesday, notice that rain advancing west to east across the area. with a strong cold front, we could see heavy pocket every rain even isolated thunderstorm, the rain continues to move across the area as we head throughout tuesday. you will need that umbrella on stand by for that second day of the work week. but overnight end, partly cloudy, quiet, low temperature at 34 degrees, so not too cold and definitely not too cold by january standards tomorrow. increase in clouds, high temperature at 50 degrees, light wind speeds, not too much after windchill. up to 55 on monday, chance of few sprinkles, wettest day will be on tuesday.

by far, but mild rain at that. 57 degrees, the high temperature, and then cooler on the back side of that front , 43 by wednesday, our coldest day of the next seven. looks to be thursday, 38 degrees. but hey, that's a lot better than teens and 20's. >> i'll take it. >> nothing too terrible there. >> and tomorrow looking good, all that matters. >> thank you so much, leslie has already got her green on, in advance of the big game. >> ready to go. >> teams are doing very well in philadelphia. we have the flyers and sixers, we look to continue their winning ways. and what do the eagles defense need to do tomorrow against the vikings? well, fletcher cox w

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>> tomorrow at the linc, two of the top five defenses will take the field in the title game, vikings are the number one overall defense, they'll key in on stopping the eagles rushing attack, birds is are the thirds best running in the league, ranked fourth overall, but, we're number one against the run. now, the key number is 225,

when through more than 225 yards the psychics are eight and one. so, who needs to step up here. >> we know it, you know, everything else no, i think this game will be a game of position. and, you know, we got to get some take aways on defense, but at the ends of the day is our d line better than theirs. we have a dominant d line, we'll see who shows up sunday. >> the orange and blank won five out of six, including yesterday's win in south jersey. no score in the first, back of the net, seventh goal of the season. and it is one-nothing. still in the first. michael rot knocks the puck, it is now two-nothing. not done. shoots, right there on the rebounds, flyers score three times in the first, they beat the devils three to one. well the maintenance crew down

at the sent her to make the quick turn over from the hockey surface of the hard wood. taking on the bucks tonight. second quarter the sixers already up by nine. all-star joel embiid. scored 18-point in the first half. and the sixers up by a dozen, later in the quarter dario, with the pass to ben simmons, slamming home right there. he had the the six-point lead. sixers up by one, jo-jo drivers, makes the basket and a foul. joe em with 29-point, nine boards, and the sixers never look back. fourth quarter sixers up by, ben simmons with the lay up, fin wished 16 points, seven boards, sixers win this one, and are now two games over 500 . >> we are got a job done. we got the win. you know with the eagles, they got a game tomorrow. so i wish them good luck. but everything is working pretty well, we just got to keep on walking. >> toll edge hoops, biggies

rivals scaring off this afternoon, villanova taking on uconn and harvard, defense coming through. nova posts the turn over, brunson goes in for two of the team high point. they had 17-point lead. and they put the game away in the second half. dante drills the three. the cats crew right pass the huskies. >> to the pastel interest, fran dunphy and the temple owls against penn in a game. second half, aj for three. it is good. quakers take three-point lead. the bench is very excited but the owls have response right here, three ball, the top, hits the bottom of the net. all tied up: under minute left. owls up by two. let's make it. josh brown three-point is her good. temple beats pen 60 to 516789 lasalle on the road against richmond in the atlantic ten action. game tied up. over a minute left. open in the corner.

makes the explorers pay for it , nailing the three, the spiders went on seven-nothing run to end the game. beat lasalle 81 to 74. all right, leslie, thank you so much. appreciate. that will stay with us everyone. still ahead tonight, couple says that their dog is really the reason they're eye life right now. what the dog did to get them up and out of harms way. when something fill their home that could have turned out to be tragic. we'll tell you all a

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(seagulls calling) (elevator bell dings) he busy? he's in with garrett. good. he should be in on this, too. sorry to interrupt. i just learned that a dozen candidates in the current class of cadets cheated on the psych exam. who cheats on a psych exam? these guys. no, i meant why. trying to find that out. what's their status now? they're in the process of being gone. you're either gone or you're not. apparently, their recruit discipline officer knew about it, but declined to take action. it only came to light when some of the other cadets learned of it. there's no right or wrong answers on a psych evaluation. well, the fact remains they cheated. they were coached on what to click-- yes or no. i'm not seeing what's not cut-and-dried about this. the dozen cheaters, they're all ex-military. seven army, five marines. all military? as far as i know. so i know it's a tough call, but there's still only one call.