field is set it takes years of practice, planning, patients to make it to the super bowl and now eagles and patriots are days away from their goal. we are live as we march on toward the big game. and, philadelphia police are ready and they are telling bus extra effort to keep revellers and residents safe sunday night. if you have in the been outside bundle up this is a live look at parkway in center city, temperatures are starting off in the teens this morning and you could encounter black ice on your morning commute. today is wednesday, january 31st, good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. we will check with kate any a moment but first meisha's live where we are getting ready for the super bowl, meisha, good

morning. >> we sure are, good morning, you guys, we are one day closer and of course i'm standing outside in the heart of the downtown minneapolis on nicolet mall super bell live where everything is happening and all morning long i'm bringing you latest, greatest, what is happening here around town and buzz going on with the players as well. back inside to you guys. adorable little puff on your head there i like. that storm scan three is quiet you will want to break out your cute winter hat as well. it is very chilly here locally where we have nice clear sky, actually a moon lit sky with that blue blood moon but we will see more sun then anything. problem is temperatures can drop off readily. so yesterday we will stay steady in the 30's. currently we are from 14 to 18 y comparison from one day to the next, so as that relates to the thermometer in philadelphia, it is only 18 degrees and very noticeable

change if you are out this same time yesterday from one day to the next. new wind is still an issue, it is not a super strong wind but enough you will notice it comes from a cold place from the northwest so it will feel chillier. bundle up adequately with the hats, gloves, and any other winter accessory you need. we have a few included, it is dry, we will hit 36 degrees come 3:00 p.m. in the height of the afternoon and then eventually this break in the winter weather is going to come to than a end. we have a renewed active pattern that starts up again tomorrow we will time out another shot for snow later on in the broadcast, guys. thanks, katie taking a look at traffic ramp from route 100 southbound to route 202 southbound is closed, and a trailer, came unhitched from its truck and fell off on the road there so that is causing problems this morning. taking a look at maps in new jersey i-76 ease wound ramp to i295 north has reopened after overnight construction, route

30 white horse pike is closed at evesham avenue until 6:00 o'clock so just about an hour from now. patco is running on a modified schedule while crews continue to make repairs to monday's down electrical pole. eagles are adjusting to life in minnesota and getting down to business. >> while they prepare we are looking at how workers prior to hoe the super bowl, meisha johnson is live at minneapolis our sister station wcco with a peak inside u.s. bank stadium, good morning, meisha. >> reporter: well, very good morning to all of you and i can say a very warm good morning because i hear it is warmer here then it is in philadelphia it is 29 degrees. so it feels, okay out here. i'm standing on the rooftop at our cbs sister station wcco which overlooks a little bit of downtown minneapolis but right below here is nicolet mall where super bowl live is happening, very, very cool stuff. so we are one day closer to the big game and, of course,

check out u.s. bank stadium where eagles will be taking on patriots for super bowl lii. you can only imagine crews are in there working hard getting this put together just as they should to make it perfect on game day. >> we will turn a vikings home field and home stadium into a neutral super bowl site. so all vikings brands has to get disappeared and uncovered all of the field branding had to come out and we put blank pieces in and we start the art work for turning tonight to the two super bowl teams. >> reporter: thank goodness it is in a dome, they will be playing in the dome so everybody will be nice and warm and comfortable for the big game coming up, this sunday but you know, guys emotions are running very high , off the field as i'm sure we can all imagine quarterback nick foles recently got choked up talk together media, sports director don bell has a little bit more. >> reporter: two most important men for a football team the coach and quarterback

, for the eagles, both men will be under the microscope, on super bowl sunday. >> the eagles are headed for the super bowl and's rematch with the new england patriots in super bowl lii. >> reporter: just two seasons doug pederson has gone from question mark to unquestioned leader, pederson who turns 50 this week exhibits wisdom on top of technical know how and perhaps his greatest strength is understanding his players. >> he knows all of the different kind of stuff that is going on and you talk to him and you feel like he understands you and knows where you are coming from and i appreciate that about him. >> he is a guy who i can say now we're guys are just beat and he cut the meeting short, let gets get recovered and prepare for next day. those type of things bring a team closer together. >> reporter: pederson has expertly used backup nick foles, since he became quarterback bird have won

every meaningful game he has played, before foles joined the eagles he considered retirement. now, he is four quarters away from potentially becoming a legend, combination of football, family and his journey is an emotional one. >> it is most important thing, when i get to, when i think about this journey and everything i get home, and i get to see her, i get to see my wife, and i see her and my wife and her just in her face, hermanerisms, that is what it is all about. >> from one quarterback to another on saturday night the eagles will reportedly get a motivational chat from hall of famer brett favre, who also happens to be a former teammate of doug pederson. with the bird in minneapolis, don belfor cbs-3 "eyewitness sports". i just, i cannot, even

imagine when nick foles lays his head down on his pillow the excitement, he must be feeling. he just gave me goose bumps talking about his family and everything that whole family must be going through potentially one of the biggest games he will ever play in his lifetime this will be something to watch. i will say regardless of the outcome everyone wants to win but my goodness this team, they certainly have, stepped up. >> you can say that for sure, soaking it in in in minneapolis. thanks, meisha. you can expect to see more philadelphia police officers patrolling the streets this super bowl weekend. >> large celebrations anticipated the department is prepared for just about anything, "eyewitness news" reporter frank does live with more on what the city is doing to handle the crowd, trang do, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, yes , i'm at intersection of frankford and cottman avenue one of the major gathering points in the city after a big sports win, police are expecting some 30,000 fans, to

fill this intersection, and should the eagles win the super bowl, on sunday. now they have had a bit have the dry run, about 10 days ago , after the nfc champion ship and they say they are ready for anything. it was a lively scene week and a half ago at frankford and cottman right after eagles blew out vikings to become nfc champs. the eagles are hoping for a repeat, in several ways. >> we will have triple the amount of people and hopefully though act in the same manner where it will be, you know, listening to what our commands are and we will be okay. >> reporter: captain anthony l uka is commanding officer for 15th district which includes the iconic mayfair gathering point. only cbs-3 was there as he met with bar and business owners tuesday to discuss plans this go around. >> they felt very safe. they felt we did a great job and it went, you know, un hitched they thought report report officers will search for bottles and weapons at

checkpoints there were minimal issues city wide following the nfc championship and much of the police department strategy works but one thing that didn't: crisco greased poles. commissioner richard ross says there is a new plan for those. >> we will be doing some other thing relative to trying to keep people, off certain objects. reza sure that whatever we do it will be safe to anybody, any animal, any child. >> after the nfc championship police reported just six eagles relate add rests for minor offences. police cleared this intersection in 11 minutes. we are live from mayfair i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". rahel and jim, back to you. thanks, trang do. while philadelphia police officers are hard at work here k-9 officers are helping to keep minneapolis safe. the dogs are sniffing, checking bags as they walk through the super bowl

experience in the minneapolis convention center. they are also monitoring super bowl live at nicolet mall. one officer said they only bring the best of k-9s to the super bowl. >> the dogs can walk in proud. when people approach king they see king being all lovable. they don't understand he is smelling their bags, their purse and air around them. he is vigilant all the time. >> cute but stealthy. office are say their four legged partners keep big events like these moving. say for exam familiar a bag or box needs to be check. eagles fans were we will represented sunday inside u.s. bank stadium. stub hub says pace out pacing all other states in ticket sales with just four days until kick off we know 14 percent have been sold to people in pennsylvania, just under 11 percent were bought in massachusetts. if you are still considering going to super bowl least expensive ticket still available cost around 3500 bucks. don't forget this friday we're celebrating, the bird

and their fans, with a big, one more win line up, join us for a special addition of "eyewitness news" at 4:00 p.m. , after that we will have "eyewitness news" at five and 6:00 and then we have a special one more win, fan fest addition of "eyewitness news", coming up at 7:00 o'clock right here on cbs-3. then after the big game on sunday night we will be live on the air bringing you post game comments from coach pederson and the players and we will have fans reactions for you as we talk to people across the philadelphia region , it is eagles and "eyewitness news" this sunday night, you don't want to miss it. in other news to the nation's capitol president trump says the state of the union is strong, he is highlighting the accomplishments on his first year on the job. he delivered his first state of the union address last night. he pointed to job creation, stock market gains accounts tax cuts and president called for both part toys come together on immigration and infrastructure. jan carabao has more on the speech including democratic response in the next half an hour. up next the rare sight in

the skies and it is happening right now. also ahead we are learning new detail about that missal tack earlier this month the mistake earlier this month in hawaii that sent text messages like this to residents, we will also tell you what the workers allegedly did right after. >> mother nature puts on a icy displays and charred of broken glass. >> ♪ >> speaking of glass, debbie marry is up for a top honor in our area we will tell how added her to her hall of fame later in the show. we will be right back.

welcome back. welcome to a super moon, blue moon and total lunar eclipse are happening all at the same time, it is term a super blue blood moon, the lunar event has in the been seen in the

u.s. since 1866, scientists say information the georgia third morning could help them figure out where to land a rover on the moon. they say a lunar line up like this won't happen again until 2037. this morning we are learning worker who mistakenly sent that missal leather in hawaii has been fired. >> according to a new report released after a internal investigation. worker had a hard time separating drills from real life. that day he thought an actual missle attack was imminent before sending out the alert. >> employee one said he didn't know it was an exercise, even though five others that were in the warning point room at that time heard exercise, exercise, exercise. >> co-workers say the employee , who was confused and sat in his seat after the alert went out. it warned that the ballistics missal tack on hawaii was

imminent. this is just incredible, that is what it sounds like to walk on the frozen minute so the lake covered in ice charred. national geographic described this national phenomenon ice stacking that is what happens when ice sheets form and break on lakes and slide on because of the wind. by the way if you need another reminder first responders do not recommend walking on frozen ice or water. katie, of course, we have precipitation in our area, and this morning it looked like some may have frozen over. >> very minor problem but something you want to keep an eye out for because even though it is first step off the porch could be slick but a lot of what fell yesterday, did not necessarily manage to stick around through overnight at least on my own drive-in it was quiet on the road but there was one sliver of a little puddle that formed outside our broadcast center and that has frozen over. those kind of things, minor issue but still out there lets start off with a little team

spirit. i have to say i'm impressed by this. this is a c ira center, and if you passed this during the evening hours, they have the big led displays, see if it starts to animate here where the whole bird logo comes up, will it go while we have it live, come on i want to see it , so awesome, driving down schuylkill and check this out, but they have the whole eagles logo, there it goes, i will let it go, do you see. that isn't that awesome. well done, i say bravo to that it is very nicely done. however we do have some chill in the air out there this morning. walking outside we will need that heavy coat. looking at the wide zoom there was a burst of snow that just rolled through twin cities and in the wake temperatures will fall off but back here at home , we're already in the chill, so if you are with us earlier in the broadcast meisha mentioned it is warmer in minneapolis, currently then it is here we will level that playing field, in the days ahead, lets look at what happening, some cold air looking forward to friday, all

ready working its way in, there will be light snow that crossed through central minnesota saturday and then come sunday the arctic chill in the wake of that comes through as well. so what happens in minnesota first eventually will happen here, in just different timing so that is essentially a day later the same thing is happening here locally if you are heading out arctic air takes over for upcoming weekend and temperatures very likely sub zero at kick off. really cold stuff. we're in the teens in most locations, yeah, it it is 31 out in minneapolis right now but temperatures will stay is yl out there just expect it is going to stay cold. eventually we will rebound to 36 today in the sunshine thankfully, so tomorrow night and early friday morning that same front does come through here and that could start, well, it will start off as rain but turning over as snow before it makes its exit. it is all about timing but

temperature take a hit. come super bowl sunday the snow that happens saturday in minneapolis is arriving here and we have a shot to see rain and snow out of it late in the day. guys? all right, katie, thank you. taking a look outside ramp from route 100 southbound to 202 southbound is still closed du that was un hitched from its truck and fell off the road, we can still see its an accident on roe 309 bethlehem pike north of cow path road in montgomery o injuries or lane blockages at this point. patco still running onchedeo day while crews continue to make repairs to electrical at newspaper headlines across our region. >> the pennsylvania auditor general's office found in eligible drivers have ended up behind the wheel of pennsylvania school buses. some of the drivers have assault and other criminal convictions. press of atlantic city casino reinvestment casino

authority met yesterday to discuss their 12 million-dollar contract with miss america organization. they are on the final year of the contract with the organization and some want to see it end, saying the organization has not done enough to promote the city. from the spirit in delaware county the college access center at delaware county has announced it will close its doors on june 30th, center located on the campus of the widener university was set up in 2009 in partnership with area colleges and universities to provide free academic support and college and career services. >> and that is a look at newspaper headlines around delaware and lehigh valleys. we will be right back.

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welcome back, from south philadelphia to south of the equator bird are getting lots of love. >> check out this tweet, just a reminder to the eagles that is there plenty of us here in australia who will be rooting hard on monday, that is their time for our bird, one of the biggest supported fan bases in our country by far, he add, we cannot wait. a local restaurant is hungry for an eagles win check out special this is week at death until havertown there is an eagles omelette, brandon graham cracker pancakes and soup, well, cheaters chowed erin steady of clam chowedder. >> we want to see your eagles pride, connect with us on cbs philly.com and share your pictures and videos with us using the #cbs-3. bet on anything over super bowl including priceless pieces of history. supporting an eagles hat is clear where ben franklin stand on sunday's super bowl, while staff at american philosophical society has made

a bet with the folks at american academy in boston. if the eagles win the academy in boston will send to philadelphia franklin's personal manuscripts out like his experiments with electricity. >> we will have anything by franklin we have 70 percent of his, of his writings, but, or his papers, but why not more. >> now if the patriots win the american philosophical society will send to boston john adams personal copy of a book he wrote called defense of the constitution's of government, the book would temporarily leave after being in philadelphia for 230 years, further proof that philosophers they are all a wild, crazy bunch when it comes to the super bowl. so last time they were on the field together they were competitors but this time when vikings and philadelphia eagles players hit the field they were teaming up for a good cause. the game benefiting special olympics was held in minneapolis yesterday. several players from the eagles and vikings came together to coach the teams.

eagles cheerleaders and swoop, yeah, he made an appearance, after many well played touchdowns the players cooled down by taking the polar plunge. well, coming up next on "eyewitness news" we will tell i which ad facebook is now ban ning. find out how many unused vacation day american workers are leaving behind, jan. president trump delivers his first state of the union address, coming up, compromise he is hoping on immigration and we have results of the cbs news poll, how many viewers or what the viewers think about the president's remarks, meisha. and coming up, we're not just ready for football but we are talking about food as well and how chefs are preparing to great dishes for this years super bowl, big contenders, stay where you are, we will be right

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good morning i'm rahel solomon. i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in a moment, but here's what you need to know to start your day on this wednesday, january . >> let's come together, put politics aside and finally get the job done. from the economy, to