>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news " this morning. e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> eagles fans are making themselves known in minnesota. we'll have the exciterment from minneapolis, now just two days away on the super bowl. >> you may see slick conditions outside this morning, storm scan3 shows some rain and snow moving through our area. we'll tell you just how much has fallen and when it all moves out. today is friday february 2nd, groundhog day, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. a check on today's forecast with katie and katie it is fridayment it is groundhog day , as well. i know in punxsutawney the sun will be rising about 7:25 this morning, that's when we find out will there be more winter. >> i never how much it will be >> i always have to check the

legend myself. we'll check it throughout the show. but to get you out the door here, little tricky out there. slick travel for sure. primarily been rain so far. so you see how the change over is beginning to take place, pretty decent rainfall right now. but there is some turn over at this point to snow. and that could accumulate quickly in the wake of this frontal passage. so i think at worse you could be talking grassy accumulation , mainly wet roads that we would be dealing with out of this. current temperature readings, start to drop off. the further north and west you go, which is typical anyway. but as the front is crossing through, only going to see the temperature continue its decline through the day, and we'll probably level off this afternoon at best into the upper 20's. so, it is milder now than it will be at the height of the day even as skies are beginning to clear. along with this, is a winds also begins to pick up for our area. but for now, wintery morning mix, expected for the next couple of hours, bulk of the precipitation currently falling across the delaware and new jersey, as it does

turn over to snow, on the heals of the front, that could lead to icy conditions, there have been reports of that, even where the rain has finished up. so, just watch for that, expect that it might and little slick on your commute today. guys? >> good advice, katie, thank youment taking a look outside, overnight construction on the schuylkill expressway canceled due to the weather katie was just talking about there, all lanes open between the vine street expressway and south street. how much, there was a disable car on i76 westbound near the vine, having the right shoulder block, but it has been cleared. >> e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! >> as we can see, eagles fans descending machine happen list ahead of super bowl 526789 easy to spot at minneapolis st. paul area. they say they cannot wait for the eagles to take the field sunday at us bank stadium. >> go, go birds.

e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! come on, baby. >> it just doesn't get old. lots of green in minneapolis, see a lot more sunday at us bank stadium. >> and back to minneapolis, where the eagles have faced their last press conference, little more than two days from signs 52. they worked out at the university of minute seat for hour and 45 minute, all players except for tim journigan, out with undisclosed illness. the coach thinks he will be back on the field sunday. nick foles talked about what it is like the night before a big game. >> i'm no different than anyone else. these games, i mean, your body feels different things, you will feel all of these emotions, butter flies, that doesn't change. the big thing is you try to simplify what's going on in your minds, slow all down, and that's just the main thing you do. if you can slow everything down and just have simple thoughts and just see everything more clearly, you make better decisions, you

play faster, and for me, i'm just a much better player in those situations, and you know the words that comes is chill. laid back. that's just when i'm at ease, just playing, in the zone. >> nick foles seems very chill to me every time i see him, also his defensive ends, chris long, already bringing home some hardware from minnesota. tweeted: long is the winner of the byron wiz err white community mvp award, donated his salary this season to charity. >> no secret that eagles fans can be superstitious from rituals to lucky shorts, and they'll do whatever it takes to make sure our eagles team couches out on top. >> no eagles fan more superstitious than mayor jim kenney. >> no, no! >> in a video posted to social media mayor ken had i fun demonstrating the lengths he'll go to make sure the birds bring home a super bowl ring. ridding his office of bad

energy with a stage ritual, our mayor is clearly taking no chances. >> the i didn't pick up all of the segments of the video, but it was fun doing it, especially the stage -- an hour! >> well, mayor kenney told us he doesn't think philadelphia is any more superstitious than any other city but adds that an extra dose of good luck could never hurt. >> and stay with "eyewitness news" as we celebrate the eagles and the fans today join us for special line up starting with a special edition of "eyewitness news" at 4:00 today. followed by "eyewitness news" at 5:00 and 6:00. then a special fanfest edition of "eyewitness news" at 7:00 p.m. then on super bowl sunday we will be on the air right after the game here on cbs-3, we'll bring i live postgame reaction frost coach peterson and the players, also, bring you fan reaction from philadelphia and across the region. the eagles and "eyewitness news," sunday night, right here on "eyewitness news." in other news this morning , the man who shot a

philadelphia police officer in the name of isis is scheduled to be sentence in the may. jurors convicted edward archer on attempted charges yesterday video captured the moment archer ambushed officer hartnett in 2016. hartnett spoke outside court just moments after the verdict was red. >> it is a lot on my family. it is specially, you know, extremely hard on me, to have to go through something like that, but your family goes through it with you. there was a lot of struggles along with, that and this is a sigh of relief. >> well, police say archer fired several bullets that shalt heard bones and damaged nerves. and hartnett's arm, hartnett says he hopes to eventually return to work. >> in other news, police in china calling a fiery van crash in downtown shanghai an accident calming fears that may have been a deliberate attack. eighteen people were injured when that van lost control and slammed into a group of pedestrians outside after busy starbucks. now there is happened around 9:00 a.m. local time. authorities say the crash was

caused by a man in the van who accidentally ignited the gas he was transporting because he was smoking a cigarette. the van driver and two other people suffered serious injuries. well, the white house says president trump plans to approve least of classified memo on the russia investigation. house republicans prepared the memo which democrats and the f bi says omits key fact. as mola lenghi reports, the justice department has concerned that the release could harm national security. >> the president is expected to green light the release of a gop memo on the russia probe house intelligence chair, republican devon nunes, authorize the fourth page documents, outlines surveillance uses, while investigating possible ties between russia and the trump campaign. >> i think this is deeply wreckless of the republics cans to do this. >> they say the member so mislead willing and jeopardizes mueller's investigation. >> they say it is about

transparency -- >> republicans reject that calling the whole thing a political distraction. >> this does not implicate the mueller investigation, it does not, this is about us holding the system accountable. >> president willingness to release the memo goes against the warning of some top national security officials. even fbi director christopher ray, trump appointee, doesn't want the memo released. thursday engrace predecessor jim comey, all should appreciate the fbi speaking up i wish more of our leaders would. mola lenghi, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> and february of course black history month, free library of philadelphia kicked off the celebration, with the screening of dong ooh mentally based on the life of kato, civil rights activist in philadelphia. he was shot and killed while on his way to vote in october of 1871. free library is hosting all month long to celebrate and commemorate his life. last september, a to's honor put outside city

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>> welcome back, super err bowl isn't the only bowl everyone is excited before. today is wing bowl. >> trang do joins us live inside the wells fargo center where contestant are gearing up to scarf down some chicken. trang, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, rahel, jim. i'm really not used to all of these people up at this hour. there are so many people preparing for this. and these breitbart lights here, inside the wells fargo center. let me show you guys what i'm looking at here. obviously, this is the stage where these eaters will soon be showing off their skills,

so much activity going on here 10,000 wings. take a look at this, this is pj wheelihan over in haddon township. now, this is the place that is supplying all of the wings that these competitive eaters will be eating today, just ton of work that goes into this overnight. obviously these folks cooking up these wings, they'll transport them here, again, 10,000. it is pretty amazing. so back here at the wells fargo center, again, the 26th annual wing bowl. we have video of last year's event. >> this year there are 23 competitors, including last year's winner, bob, and also, molly skyler, who is the favored of competitor this year, she actually won two wing bowls, previous wing bowls, people are really looking out for her to put in really good showing. but we will be here all morning it, will get crazy. right now this is pretty much the calm before the storm. but for now live from the wells fargo center, trang do,

cbs-3 "eyewitness news," back to you guys. >> trang says it will get crazy up in there, thank you. >> 4:43, katie here with another check on the forecast. >> katie, talking about wintery mix, maybe good weather for some hot wings? >> you know, headed down to the well you have to be careful about this. be smart. be careful. expect it could be slick out there. as is we take a look right now , storm s, happening. notice, actually starting to clear out already. just left over cloud suburbs, but some freezing spots already precipitation has ended. because the temperature is starting to drop careful out there in short. notice, that there is a turn over to snow. i think the biggece here today e slick travel that comes with this, not so much,indf shoveling that goes on behind us, even though little burst of snow, pri behmarilyd wet andk roads as it turns over, since it is not temperature will certainly drop off with time here. now, back toward there will likely be clearing

early with the sunrise, which happens about 7:25. so to pressure memor aou we tryg to remember how this works, the legend state that if phil fill sees his it indicate six more weeks every winter. there is pretty decent shot this will shadow would equal early spring. who are we kidding?e. he loves to see his shadow and predict more coal weather as the s g historically only nine years where there wasn't a record butrw time. most of those non-record years happened in the late 1800s.al generations of phil since then meanwhile, looking at future this mix taking place. doesn't matter what kind offalll passage. so just expect that even if it is not falling where you are n,p sidewalk, could be slick out there this then we completely clear out for the rest of the day, but with

that clearing sky temperature, e wind picking up. it will only g here, we will be leveling off today into the upper 20's, so onpoint,s the wind picks up out of the northwest as high as 20 miles per hour the temperatures will fall i awfullt there. already chilly now, only more so with time. tha you, katie. taking a look at traffic right now, there is an accident on the rampe vine street expressway eastbound. the right lane there is block gho wd of injuries. just keep that in mine if you are head in the that thi morning, woman in critical condition after a shooting in southwest philadelphia. 7,000 block of wheeler street, where the gunfire broke out just say the 34 year old woman shot in the stomach and rushed by private car to a hta arrests. >> well, police say, a shooting yesterday at a middle schooln accidental. authorities say, a 12 year old girl who brought the g t charged

with neglect discharge, of a firearm, on s errupted shortly after classes started yesterday morning.lold him the gun was cents in her back pack, it went off when she droppedhe bag. >> we all came with out with our hhe suspect was at the time. >> fifteen year old student shot in the head. but is expected recovery. three other student and adult suffered non-life threatening injuries. teacher in texas is behind bars this morning, following an investigation into drug trafficking. jorge was arrested monday for the alleged role he played in smuggling cocaine into the united state. investigators were tipped off by an informant. he teaches spanish at a middle school in mc allen, city near the texas mexico border. parents that are shocked. >> i didn't know about it, so they just are telling me in to check, i don't know if it was

one of my son's teachers or what. >> he's on administrative leave now as he sits behind bars. well, a coffee your honor left outside after courthouse makes a scare. >> they say it was mistaken for a b caterers working on the tv show law and order left it in a red milk crate wrapped in plastic. someone called police saying a possible bomb was planted. after investigating officers quickly found no threat. >> if you see something spurs, call it in, that's what they say. >> the super bowl is almost here. eagles aren't the only once getting ready for it. >> how one port richmand business is getting ready for the

>> zombies also cashing in on the eagles. employees in port richmond have been slammed since the nf c champion championship game almost two weeks, hard to believe almost two weeks ago.

we spoke with the owner, most popular item is hot wings. he's only excepting orders for super bowl sunday so he can close before the game and give his employees time to cheer on the birds. >> 2500 wings pre sold. probably have about 7,000 wings in the house. so pretty sure we'll sell them all. >> and he says this is the busiest super bowl season since the restaurant opened. good reason. >> 4:50, time for check on business news. >> money watch's diane king hall joins us from the new york stock exchange. good morning, last day of the trading week. wall street apparently on jobs watch. what's the he can expectation? >> that's right. good morning, rahel, jim, investors waiting for january 's jobs report is due out later this morning, economists predicting the economy grew by 175,000 jobs, the nation's unemployment rate held steady. stocks finished mixed yesterday. the dow roast 37-point, nasdaq dropped 25. and bit coin hit two month low

during trading thursday falling 9% at one point, drop comes after face booth bands currency and as growing regulatory backlash rattles investors. jim, rahel? >> could l the rally be over, diane? >> diane, i understand that a company is handing out tax reform related bonuses. so which one is this one? yes yet another one. talk about sweet deal. hostess is the latest company that is giving employee bonuses because of the new tax plan, on top of the cash and 41k contributions all of the 1300 employees get a year's worth of free baked goods. so next week's bonus could be a box of twinkies, dangerous, or dingdongs, each week the baked good bonus is a different product. >> i love. >> this don't the twinkies urban legend, they stay fresh forever. so you could have these in your cub order for two years. >> extra sweet deal. >> all right, diane, thank you >> see you in the next hour. dealing with a wintery mix

outside. but it won't last all day. >> apparently it is going to clear, but then get cold later katie will have the details

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so i can takactivia. now in probiotic dailies. >> tell tail ren drops, little bethlehem, even though the wet weather has basically wrapped up this way, the temperature drop off. my advice ist kid of precipitation or what's falling at all. anything looks today, on your commute, assume it could have slicked over at this p some reports coming in around the region, as a whole of rainntact, as welr icing. so, expect that itht out there. we take quick peak though at storm scan, and theui a

variety pack going on here, you're starting to seat cold air delmarva peninsula, central jersey, so the turn over to snow is imminent here, as the hours progress. and we are going to poll accumulation out of this, maybe up to coating, even up to an inch,gsn. let's put into motion, though, looking at three hour loop here. basicallyly wrapped up in parts of the lehigh valley, berks county, once more, cintinue to fall. winds picks up it, get only colder from here. relatively moderate at this point across part of jersey. so you, little wintery weather to get it started here, we look ahead to disturbance coming in specifically on sunday, and that will be bringing with i inn with time, temperature climbs into the low 40's, and we'll see it tain. by machine day, hopefully big eagles win underut it will be a

cold day, held back to 40. temperature might fall through ek another disturbance that comes along. that's specially coming along on wednesday. look at the wt, however, it is e day little break from the cold e 50's, the problem is, though, there is a new system coming by that track. guys? >> katie, i feel like an eagles win monven if it is cold out there. taking a look outside, there is an accident to tell but, thenrund to the vine street expressway eastbound. the right lane is blocked. at this point no injuries. we'll keep you update. >> brandon graham sending two lucky fans to super bowl 5267 benefits young people. >> i really grew up, you knowing how much it means to other fans, help you get to and, you know, for me, i just

try to make sure if i can ngyds one, two guys in the part so far. >> man, job well done, brandon am taken off the wrestling mask, deadline don't is her noon ocial media account. head over to our website cbsphilly.com forore information. >> winner already. that's good stuff. coming up in the next hour3 yewl tell but head coach dougam meisha? >> hey, guys. i'm standing outside o bank stadium in the freezing cold here in minneapolis, andl e cold because they're so excited. we will be talking to players about what they are thiin sunda. we will be right back. >> and the wings are ready t. we're liver at the wing bowl gip rally. back at the top of the hour.

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