>> sexual harrassment surfaced a week ago, now major announce ment from congressman pat meehan, live with when the republicans plan to leave congress. >> take two. take two. new york times fake stories. >> just hours ago president trump slammed media reports that he tried to fire special council, robert mueller. we will tell you how the russia investigation is threatening to over shadow his trip to switzerland for the economic forum. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> eagles fans you got to love them. they're lining up for hours all across our area for chance to meet the birds ahead of super bowl lii, and today, have couple of more chances. >> today is friday, january the 26th, good morning, i'm rahel is off today. meisha and katie here to get our day started. good morning once again. >> hey, guys. tgif. so looking outside actually things looking really good. earlier this morning, we had

little bit after glitch. all moved out of the way. only one accident out there. but we could have construction to talk about. >> quiet weather. sun glare is going to be a problem once that does come up here, but very, very tranquil. >> quiet today, clear, because of the clear sky, we've not only from the eyewitness weather watcher have reports of some frost developing, but, it is starting get cold outside. any heat you mentioned, under the clear sky, you don't have a blanket to trap it in, so it will just cool down, very efficiently through the overnight in the scenario. as a result, temperatures tell the story here in the teens, mid 20's at best. and up in the poconos, very cold start, at just 8 degrees. and as i look off camera here, they are making snow, no shocker, up at jock frost big bowel err, one. resorts i've got in my line of site right now, i'm sure other resorts are doing the same.

ride looks breitbart for the kids, through the rest of the day, not bad at all. nice day for you, and for anything else that you've got going on outside. ride home for the kids will be at about 45 come 3:00 p.m. that's where we expect to top off with the daytime high. this weekend, though, you are going to continue to tack on additional degrees for daytime highs here, mid 50's, through the weekend but trade off. usually tends to be, there will be rain that moves in we will time it out. >> this morning, actually look being pretty good. certain areas we are starting to heat up. so on this camera 95 south at allegheny looking at disabling vehicle that was pulled off to the side, actually vehicles working around it. that was going little security issue for them, but now it has moved out of the way, looking good-bye the way in term every volume levels actually looking pretty good as well. sure, you can see headlight out there, but everyone still traveling at posted speeds, not so much the case of the boulevard. so as you travel on the

southbound direction, you can see, right about here. as you head towards the schuylkill, that's where we start to put on the brakes. no longer traveling at posted speeds there. so probably going to have to give yourselves extra time on the boulevard. once you jump on to the schuylkill, you can just see kind of a sea of headlights, actually approaching belmont avenue, both directions, really starting to heat up. so 95 and the schuylkill obviously those are the two we're watching. but just cracked into the 6:00 e earlier than i thought it o accident lionville route 100 pottstown pike at south village avenue. jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. going to be new representative in pennsylvania's hotly contested seventh congressional district , republican congressman pat meehan says he will not seek re-election, announcements comes a mid sexual harrassment allegations , trang do, liver in our news center more on the storiment good morning being trang. >> congressman denied any wrong-doing, said he would not resign, and i plans to run for fifth term. but now few days later appears

public outcry has changed his mind. >> did you sexually harrass this former female staffer? >> , no did i not sexually harrass this former female staffer. >> earlier this week pat meehan didn't shy away from answering questions about a settlement reached with a former staffer over her allegations of sexual harrassment. >> i paid a severance because i cared about her. and i didn't want her to be in a situation that was not going to resolve itself for years. >> the woman filed a complaint after she says her boss became who is cents tile toward her, after learning she was in a relationship. so meehan called the decades younger woman a sole mate. he insists he kept their relationship purely professional. the settlement money ultimately paid to her came from taxpayer funds. the move meehan's constituent, democrat, fellow republicans have, sharply and publicly criticized. >> thursday about two dozen

protesters gathered outside of the congressman's springfield offers to call on him to resign. (protest). >> i feel so sorry for this woman who had to live through that and to keep it quiet is outrageous with tax par money. >> in a letter to his campaign chairman, meehan announced woe not be seeking fifth term in congress, and will retire. writing, quote, unfortunately, recent events concerning my office and the settlement of certain harrassment allegations have become a major distraction, i need to own it because it is my own conduct that fueled the matter >> meehan will not disclose how much the settlement was, but says he will pay back the funds if asked to do so by the it, committee. the republican national committee is already looking for potential candidates to run for meehan's seat. now live from the news center, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> thank you, trang. another fake news accusation from president trump. that's what he is calling new york times report that he ordered the firing of special

council robert mueller. as gavin reports, the trump remark comes at a time when he's bringing his america first policy to the world economic forum in switzer lands. >> fake news, fake news. >> what's your message today? >> according to the new york times, mr. trump wanted to fire special council robert mueller last summer, but chose against it after white house council threatened to resign. president reportedly said mueller investigating russian interferance in the 2016 election had conflict of interest. first meeting of the day would potentially be awkward one, just couple every weeks after allegedly using profanity to describe people from africa nations, mr. trump held talks today with rwanda president, the incoming head of the african union, the two didn't

seem to have any discomfort. >> it is an honor to have you as a friends. >> thank you. >> president trump yaps up his visit with a keynote speech, where he is expected to taught his america first policy, a policy some leaders are hoping will soften. >> of course it would be america first, but if he going to add on or not alone, but america first, and in cool ration with the rest of the world that would be nice. >> president also made news thursday, by threatening to withhold aid money to the palestinians, unless they receive peace negotiation was i ray he will. cbs news, london. we're following breaking news, 37 people confirmed dead after hospital catches fire in south korea. more than 100 other people were hurt in that fire, which started in the first floor emergency room of the hospital it was put out nearly three hours later: the hospital and nearby nursing home were evacuated. nearly 200 patients were inside at the time. still no word on a cause. >> well, bill cosby's lawyers

are once again asking a judge to dismiss the sexual assault charges against the comedian. they filed a motion yesterday, saying, there is not enough evidence to prove the alleged encounter with andrea constand occurred within the statute of limitations. cosby's first trial ends in the june with a hung jury. his re-trial is set to begin in april. >> meanwhile, a priest in chaddsford is under arrest, following an investigation into drug activity. the philadelphia archdioces says, that monsignor gregory parlante facing drug possession, drug distribution and theft charges. police began the investigation last may after envelope addressed to the monsignor came to saint corneilius parish. the staff thought it was illegal drugs. the monday seen year has been replaced. robber posing as mail mailman points a gun at a father while holding his baby, and it is all caught on camera. happened wednesday on the 5400 block of north second street in olney. the bogus postal worker and three other suspects then forced the man into his home.

where they took his cash, his iphone, and the keys to his car and house. the victim says he was afraid for the life of his nine month old son. >> by the time i put, like, try to put a call, i turned back, he was behind me really. okay? >> did he say he was a a mailman? >> no, he said 'd package for me. >> the baby was not hurt fortunately. based on the timing authorities think it may have been a targeted robbery. >> well, cents the eagles take on the new england patriots in super bowl lii, little more than nine days, and the birds are ready for take off. quarterback nick foles and the eagles are back on the field at the nova care center. preparing for the patriots. for most, this will be the most important game of their carreers, and they're trying to stay focused despite the built in distractions of a super bowl. there is also the patriots reputation for cheating. but eagles head coach, doug pederson, says he won't let that distract the team.

>> my mind doesn't go there. my mind is on the patriots. and focused on, you know, scheme, and trying to figure out how to beat them. you know? that's the bottom line. and how to get my team prepared to play, you know, the final game of the season, and that's where my mind is right now. >> coach pederson was on the ice at last night's flyers game, to perform the is her moan yan puck drop. seems when you're coaching in the super bowl, everyone want your attention. >> and fletcher cox got the attention of many eagles fans in northeast philadelphia, pack modell's sporting goods on cottman avenue to shake hands, get his autograph. "eyewitness news" caught up with a kim every fans who had special message for the eagles defensive end. >> you need to take out tom brady. he's the only one that we need out. >> when the super -- win the super bowl! let's go, cox.

deflect brady. >> deflate brady. love it. well, there was similar scene at the oxford valley mall in bucks county where fans lined up to meet several other eagles players, and fans will have more chances throughout the weekend to meet their favorite birds. we'll have more information for you on that on cbsphilly.com. >> well, minnesota is ready for super bowl visitors. >> beautiful minneapolis, really went out, they went nice. so philadelphia welcome. i can't wait to meet the east coast. and let them see what minnesota has to offer. >> coming up live in downtown minneapolis where the super bowl live festival kicks off today. we will tell you about all of the festivities planned for fans, plus this. >> usually police officers are paired up with k9's, but not this cop. find out why he chose these hairless cats for an important mission. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

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>> roanoke virginia police officer getting assist from unlikely source, his pets. officer hodges may have philly connection, his hairless cats are named rocky, and apollo. officer hodges bridges his cats to adult day care facility near roanoke to cheer up the residents, he says it works, he said it is part of his civic cute. >> i a lot of times as an

officer you're dealing with bad or negative situations. so there are times to get the good, good nuggets, and positive feedback help people make people feel better. >> good for him. in case you were wondering, they've grown hairless as a result of natural genetic mutation. they're energetic, intelligent , extroverted which makes them perfect for making friends, so, katie would they need little coat on today or would they be fine. >> i was a little concerned, when you told me they had good temperament and the way that they were raised that way, i was worried they got take friend doctor evil. clearly not what happened. >> so cold outside, at least not harsh and terribly windy outside we look at the wide zoom, see some of the cloud structures starting to build in across the northern high planes, little bit of wet weather moving into arkansas.

just beginning pieces which brings us wet weather into the weekend so i jump you to tomorrow night, most of saturday actually looks very nice, in fact, even by 9:00 p.m., long after sun has gone down may have clear sky. but his is one of the first raindrops likely to start falling here so philly mainly dry. rain starts to move through saturday night, cold front but coming in with mild air. just rain producer from 7:00 a.m. sunday good possibility that the bulk of the northwestern countries already drying out so just depending where you are, timing may be different but the gist the second half of sunday all out of here, and starting to at least gradually clear but maybe be lingering erring clouds. pretty quiet, 32 degrees here at the very tranquil scene here, with virtually no win to speak of. the wind direction primarily out of the south today so not

going to notice it, what it helps is to bring in the warmth ahead after cold front so come tomorrow mid 50's, see the rain again moving through, for the first half of sunday specially behind everything on monday, temperatures take pretty solid hit. tuesday, looking the code he is, there may be a disturbance over our area by this point, so allowing the possibility, of some snow showers. >> so far so good in the world of travel, for the most part kim of hiccups but overall things looking good, we have one minor accident, 422 at trooper, taillights moving in the eastbound direction, headlight westbound direction, the eastbound side, keeping our eye on right now, things looking good, offer in the distance you can see some brake light going off. but really looking okay there. but take a look at the boulevard. if you have to head out on the boulevard moving in southbound direction, i mean, talking about pumper to bumper conditions. in the early part of the 6:00 hour.

looking busy, certainly give yourselves extra time. then once you jump on to the schuylkill, looking pretty busy there. so, take a look at this, this is approaching belmont avenue, on the schuylkill, and it doesn't matter if you're moving in the westbound direction, or the eastbound direction, we're just looking really busy, around this area. so give yourselves couple every extra time. still out there route 100 pottstown pike at south village avenue, jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. nine days and counting until super bowl lii festive tis kick offer downtown in minneapolis today. and soon philly fans will be flooding the area, reporter mary mcguire from sister station wcco live on nicolet mall with a preview whatever to see and do. this has come together over the past couple of days. >> it has, good morning to you , from a very chilly minneapolis. you know, the theme of super bowl lii is the bold north. that's what the host committee wanted to show off to the rest of the country, when they come up here to minneapolis. the street behind me is typically for pedestrians and select buses, that is not the

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>> upcoming weekends somewhat split down the middle, some rain, especially overnight

saturday, into the first half of sunday. just rainout of it. and otherwise, it is mild, see some sun, most of the day tomorrow actually looks quite nice if you have outdoor plans , mid 50's for the highs all weekend long here in the city, guys? >> thank you, katie now for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region, on the front page. times herald, expansion of rail service to king of prussia is a step closer septa board paved the way for the start of the final environmental impact statement phase of the project. the extension is expected to provide better transit service , between king of prussia, center city, and university city. >> in the mercury, the trial of a man accused in the hit-and-run death after pedestrian last march, on route 100, got underway in norristown yesterday. thirty-one year old adam j is accused every killing 24 year old donnie pernell as he walked to his job at wendy's, in court, the prosecutor says that he knew he struck a pedestrian, but did not stop. he did not ask for help. he didn't assist in anyway. >> from the news journal, an

undisclosed number of capitol one employees in wilmington will lose their jobs after company stole sellingment. retail brokerage to e trade. announcement made yesterday. e trade is an on line stock broker. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. well, president trump's request to borough vincent van go painting from new york museum was answered with a counteroffer. the washington post reports, the museum has offered to loan him this 18 karat gold toilet. it is fully functioning. it has been used by tens every thousands every visitors, in september, the white house asked to borough vangogh's landscape with snow. the president is known to have a taste for gold object. >> welcoming up, more eagles coverage including local house divided and baby caught in the middle of a super bowl battle. plus, meet local music produce here just got nominated for a grammy. he tells pat gallen about the road to success. jan? >> and we are coming to you live from the 2018

philadelphia auto show, where you can take a look at some 700 vehicles, you can even hop in a few, as well. see how these jeeps handle the off-road. but coming up we are going to show two cars that are definitely not going off roading, because they're worth a combined $5 million. meisha? >> yikes. jan, thank you very much. and looking outside, this friday morning, getting busy and early, bumper to bumper conditions in certain spots, plus an accident construction and road closures in center city this weekend. all of the updates coming up. first a quick break, stay right where you are. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right back.

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meet the super bowl bound eagles. >> hopefully getting to the big dream. >> he championship game, you get to drop the puck at the flyers game. >> the president cannot directly remove this special council, according to the new york times. president trump's orders the justice department, to fire special council robert mue howes order deputy attorney general, mueller.ein to fire robert >> gun to the face after father holding a baby. >> back, behind me. >> i'm jan carabeo, from the philadelphiahow. 117 years running, but for the first time this year, the bugo >> when looking for love, many dive into the digital dating pool make a splash using your gene pool? >> it would be kind of cool. >> corporations. so i would not want to give them my dna.

>> today's morning minute ... app called ferry more which matches users based on. that? >> uh, no, absolutely not. ya, i'm not swab my cheek and let you decide who i should marry. not happening. i was sort of when i met my husband right about the time intg wasff. so i'm happy that i didn't have to go that route. but yes, i don't know. not for me. you guys discuss. let's take a look at the weather, pretty quiet. nice clear sky overhead. storm scan is empty, stays that way, we end one sunshine throughout the day. it looks like very pleasant finish to our work week here. our temperatures are in the low mid 20's, anywhere from the shore up to the poconos, 8 , obviou l outline err. most locations you're for the most part in the upper teens,

and mid 20's, and the winds notice very cam. tt now, some spots northwest, other places totally calm. starting to turn and a the day s on will allow the temperature to rebound, low mid 40's, city,e above average with the values by the way in the poconos, really looks like great mid 30'r the post poconos not bad. virtually no win. lot of breitbart sun. make sure to have the shades ready if you do plan to have take the northeast extension, i was looking at field cameras , making snow now for hours. rising temperatures are the story for the weekends. you'll need the umbrella at times. so, i'll let you know when the rain moves, in and the possibility of some snow, also , is in this seven day, meisha, i'll tell when you you might see some flakes out there. >> thank you, big warm tgif, to all of you, just waking up with us this morning. well, we have actually been doing pretty good. it is actually getting busy for friday morning. plus we've had comings

starting to pop on the roadway now, look at one here, the vine westbound just before the schuylkill, pulled off to the far right shoulder, it is causing some of the morning travelers to tap the brakes as they travel on by. so you will have little gaper delay. just heads up on that. fifty-nine south betsy is he ross push in the southbound direction. i would say you're traveling just little bit less than posted speeds at this point. so if you are headed out the door, basically, anywhere on our majors, might have to give yourselves some extra time. forty-two freeway northbound creek road take this toward 295. that's what we're looking at there. some bumper to bumper conditions there, as well. now, this is where we have an accident, where pedestrian has been hit in jersey, lakeview drive, lucas boulevard, if this is your neck of the woods, avoid the area. if you can. tthere, still in lionville. route 100 pottstown pike at jan, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. crewing into town this weekend the 2018 philadelphi show. from classic cars to the latest pre production models, no shortage every vehicles to s. "eyewitness news" reporter jan

carabeo live at the pennsylvaniareview. good morning, jan. >> jim, good morning. so the been going on for 117 years. well, this is a first. not one, but two bugottis, guys, this area we're standing in in the middle of seven cars worth totalto tell us bill -- $n ian jeffrey, thank youw th morng >> you're so welcome. seeing beautiful cars. >> this is the largest super car display in the country right now. it is unbelievable. like you said, they -- the bug nvous.o expensive it, gets >> same here. >> so this one is worth $4.5 million. just to tell you what this one does 260 miles per hour, and then if you want to ht separate key that you can use to go 28 a miles an hour.

it is just completely >> like a pet house key? >> i don't think i will ' ever drive one or be inne. >> this white one behind us, this ultima a fastest car in the world at one point. it is truly amazing what >> beautiful and engineering marvel. >> yes. >> all of these $17 mli in to help benefit a charity. what's that and what is the benefit?ty cf charities, help inner city kids finds jobs in the health and science field, which is all individually owned, what they do, leverage cars, to get their nation's to help that charity. >> incredible. someone owns these cars, guys, that's just mind blowing. but it is not just -- this is just one small area, 11 football fields, 700 vehicles, 40 different manufactures ers world-wide, something for everyone here at the show. >> really is, whatever you want, i always say, it is a show within a show within a

show within a show. there is so much to see here. you have hollywood cars. you have exotic cars and sports cars. just looking for a car they're here. every manufacturer for the most part is here. you can get inside. there is no pressure. you can just -- but there are consultant and the, so ask questions, get information on these cars. it is the best of the best of the show this year. you have to remember, almost half the people that come to this show ends up buying a car in the next year. >> yes. >> great place to find information, iaian jeffrey, thank you so much. remember, black night tailgate tonight. tomorrow the doors open to the public. runs for nine days until february 4th. tickets on line are at the door here at the pennsylvania convention center. jim, back inside to you. >> being look forwards to it, as jan mentioned kicks off tomorrow, runs through the fourth, pennsylvania convention center finds ticket information and more on our website cbs philly. com. >> counting down to super bowl

meisha heading to her second home in ann map -- minneapolis , will bring us special stories. >> i sure a.m., jim. i'm about the g on my hostess with the most hat, and your personal tour guide for the entire super bowl week. identification fishing any up? >> what's that about? >> eagles are practicing at the nova care complex, trying to concentrate on a game films and game plans for the biggest game of their carreers, but their lot of distractions. eagles defense eagles defensive end chris long won super bowl with the patriates last year, he said the eagles young players just have to say no. >> football is the most important thing to you. and playing in a football game is why you came. you won't be worried about everybody asking if you want to go eat dinner or that appearance, that interview, that's part of normal game week you might do an interview , might come go taught eat with your family, those aren't distractions, but just the magnitude of everybody that made the trip

to minneapolis like hey, i'm here, like you owe me some time. and the biggest message i can give the guys here, you don't -- get a fan note for a week. >> did you hear this? super bowl lii leaves the house differ identify in the montgomery county. >> did i. this couple live in abington, met while attending st. joe's univ. and matt from boston, but their three month old son amen has yet to choose between the eagles or patriots. his parent plan to swap team gear at half time. >> tom brady, my little boy amen will rock this every sunday for the rest of his life during everyme. >> i think that there wouldn't be anything wrong with a little boasting from the eagles side. >> i'm glad that christy tossed that probably would give that babe a rash. score one after boston aftermath mat wbattle there, pup's name is fenway. and if you are going to

minneapolis for the super bowl , prepare yourself for the bone chill temperatures well below zero. >> yes, and literally by the way if you've never been, chill may commas no joke. real shock to the system, believe me, being from minneapolis, i've had my fair share every cold. that's exactly why i am loving this next story check out this i'm thinking this may just become a super bowl sensation. not only does this look warm, it will be delivered to you warm in, get this, a heated case. >> the idea how ill prepared for the winter, and you're not ready for need a hat. so you can buy a hat anywhere in minneapolis, in st. paul. but you can't get it delivered via hot like a pizza in 45 minutes. >> yep. delivered warm. in m the hat costs $50, and the best part of all, all proceeds will provide new winter coat for kids in need. love that. >> that's a win-win all around >> a win-win all around. by the way our producer jen

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>> no. >> how much do you keep? >> 1.62. >> where does the other go. >> comes out of our check from pbm. >> or pharmacy benefit manager , negotiate rates, between pharmacies and insurance companies. they don't want pharmacies under cutting the deals, so contract bar pharmacists cents from actively offering the cash sale. >> now not to you, not to our patients, not to anybody. >> d'angelo can talk because you runs a compounding pharmacy not for disclosure agreement, challenging, and some states have outlawed them , benefit managers insist pharmacists cents are empowered to charge the cash price if it is lower. >> who do you blame? >> got to be the drug companies, got to be. they say they cover these things, yes, they do cover them, but it has in your best interest not to use them. >> good business for them, bad for me. >> take away for consumers, ask your pharmacy for their cash price, and consider shopping around.

brook silva bragga, cbs-3, " eyewitness news". well music's biggest night is almost here. oh, i think we're going to katie first. katie? >> yes, so -- >> how is the weather? i don't know where i am going here. >> okay. we'll bring you back on track, we do have nice clear sky out there it, will stay therefore the rest of the day today. breitbart sunshine for you, the eyewitness weather watchers also reporting this morning, gotten primarily pretty cold air in place, teens, low mid 20's as is a wholement we check in with couple of folks here, 19 comes in this morning, from greg mccoy, he's in delaware, nice clear skies for him, did he say the winds is nice and calm at his house. let's go across the river head tohere it is 18 right now from david. he's too with the nice clear sky and chill in the air, and light wind, frost on the ground and cars, good reminder you may need a little bit of extra time to be thawing out your windshield before you hit the road here. fifteen from denise, see it is

chilly outside, not too much wind. nice clear sky outside. then all of these sentiment, all just very chilly across the region, as is a whole. now, looking at the wide zoom on storm scan, there is not a lot to track, at face value, you have got one little line of very light rain showers, moving into arkansas, you've also got this batch of cloud cover far to the north and west. though two pieces of puzzle here will eventually come together and move through as a cold front passage for our area. into the upcoming weekend. so i actually want to take you all the way to saturday night 10:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., where is my stuff? hello. >> can we go full screen? let's take you forward here. i feel like we're running off the rales here, what's happening to the show? so 10:00 p.m. saturday night, first signing else green on the radar herement look forward to early morning sunday, some rain just over spreading the region, may be some light to moderate even

locally heavy rain that comes through, but front frontal passage, won't dump much more than maybe half inch in total. should be wrapping up by the time we hit the second half of sunday. >> come monday obviously colder, may be pm mix that overtakes the region with another disturbance moving on in. >> we do have an accident, over the past i would say 30 minute or so, maybe even little longer, we've been seeing more and more accident popping out there. what we're seeing now, 422, approaching trooper, left lane compromised, see the flashing lights, everyone putting on brake lights. i would start to say give yourselves extra time for this area. i would give, if i were you, myself, extra 45 minute or so. you can see certainly traveling no where near posted speeds there 422 where the accident is or here on the vine traveling in the westbound direction. by the way we had an accident

here toward the schuylkill, still very, very slow, bumper to bumper conditions there. pedestrian has been hit, lakeview drive, lucas boulevard, just heads up if that's your neck of the woods. give yourselves extra time there, another accident in pottstown, high street, at berks street. >> late show james cord on will host and yesterday helped roll out the red carpet for the 60 annual ceremony at madison square garden, first time the grammys will be held in new york sit. >> so what does it take to get nominated for a grammy? our pat gallen sat down with local music producer who is nominated for look at the road he took to surge zest. a buns dance every music had i trist, local grammy nominated

producer will yip. philly native and temple grad, has work with major act like lauryn hill, and panic at the discos sunday he'll finds out if he is taking home grammy awards with his work code orange. >> but to get that grammy nod, says it wasn't easy. >> they know. >> you can tell me any, i would be damn that's crazy, okay, that makes sense, because we put so much work into it. i believe that the bands i work with in collaborative efforts produce some of the best records in rock music code over ankle definately bad >> what's it take to be part of the select few up for prestigious award? albaladejo bumm making process take patients. >> usually ten to nine in here together grinding, for 11 hours a day collaborating,

fracking pre pro, then back up mixing in my mix rig between 12 and three, 4:00 a.m. and i'm back here at 10:00. >> during that time, it is about the finer details. >> we do drums, do base, do a ton of guitar tracks, do a ton of local tracks, you know, we work on tapes. >> those can take work from free pro -- and the final part is the most difficult. >> we spent weeks and weeks and weeks, mixing it and putting all, you know, buying ingredient, then in the mix cooking it together and making , plate ago dish you can see the grammys this sunday, night, 7:30, right here on cbs-3. >> all right, switching gears here, let's face it, a lot of fans in this town thought the eagles would lose to the vikings, not the two of us . >> counting our eagles a radio host from wip.

>> i don't know if we can hear him. >> well, you know what? i guarantee the vince quince from wip said eagles weren't going to win, not only that, he thought it was going to be widespread here. so he's joining us now, here,. >> what's the deal? >> i wasn't remotely close. >> how could you live here and say something like that and still walk the streets? >> well, i might not live long here for long, i have to be honest? you what did i say during the segment? what would happen if you were wrong? >> i would literally take eggs to the face. >> so what we're doing here this mornings, because you know, what we like a little excitement on a friday. >> we asked him to come in. what do you think we'll do? we ask him to bring negatives because he said, if they lose, guess what, buddy? >> your hands are shaking. why are your hands shaking? put you on tv? >> it isabout the eggs.

we have one. we have one in our hands. >> ladies and gentlemen, here we go. >> my gosh. >> come on, katie >> now, grab an egg, katie. >> all right. >> number one. >> i feel like i got to roll up my sleeves. my gosh. >> poor thing. >> next? >> go. >> ugh. >> katie? >> all right. i'm jumping back. >> does it hurt? >> let's do it. >> do it, katie. >> get him. >> poor thing. >> all right. >> i'm going this way. i don't want to get hit with the spray. okay. >> ugh. >> oh, sorry, not sorry, buddy >> vince, you're good sport. >> feel bad. >> before we let you go, give us your super bowl predictions >> super bowl predictions?

>> let's see. eagles, patriots 24. >> yes! how about a nice high five. >> good job. >> thanks, budd. >> i man of his word

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>> before you hid out the door , it is three to go, pat meehan will retire, a middle a gaining every sexual harrass. many while he denies wrong-doing, the republican still faces ethic committee investigation, for using taxpayer dollars. the cdc updates the nation on this year's deadly flu outbreak later today at least 30 children have died this season, from influenza. wip hosting eagles pep rally today 10:00 to 2:00 at the shops at liberty place,hat's three to go, last check on weather and track. >> and it is all clear out thereig now, beautiful sunrise currently outside kutztown area middle school. see the frost on the grass, though, so give your windshield a bit of extra time , too, before you hit the road today. >> thank you so much. we do have accident out there. 422 eastbound approaching trooper, pulled off to the far right now. and you are traveling very slow, through the area, so give yourselves a couple every extra minutes. >> next on cbs this morning, women's world cup winner hope solo talks about her campaign, to be president, at the us soccer. we hope you have great day. thanks vince quinn from wip

for being such a great sport. have a great week everyone. captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is friday, january 26th, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." a bombshell report says president trump ordered the firing of special counsel robert mueller back in june. this morning the president calls the story fake news. we have reaction from congress and the potential impact on the russia investigation. the raging flu epidemic leaves health care providers short of medication and space for patients. we'll show you how hospitals are struggling to figure out why otherwise young and healthy people are getting hit so hard. drug companies are spending millions of dollars to try to head off lawsuits related to the deadly opioid epidemic. see how the