>> i'm jim donovan. katie and meish just a moment. first what you need to start your day in the morning minute today is friday, february 2nd. it is already a huge party here at the wells fargo center soon, this will be filled with some 20,000 people, ahead of super bowl. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles. agles fans starting to descends upon this whole area. because they're in all ofns is their eagles gear. big question: who do you goinge super bowl? >> oh, come oh, comld i come all the way from pennsylvania to here in the eaer eagles! he president trump has decided decade old tradition of sitting down to do an interview before the big game.

>> ih staying away from this year's super bowl between the patr a afraid of >> today anklor ... >> do you have admit that was funny, that is late late show coresintial interview started when george w. bush, continued with presidentba kie, weather may be a problem for another super bowl tradition, the >> indeed. you know, even this morning we've got wing bowl going on down at the w wer treated to some cold rain turning over to snow. but sunday, another big event obviously, and that's looking like we sll see some rain moving on through. we'll have far more on forecaste have to get you out the door for this. mess going on out there. we home

rain, some of it relatively steady, in intensity, soor visibility, and in the wake of even where you started to see eto close, it is also leading to slick travel. because the temperatures are is, cold front, so it is going to live up to it name n sho,rappin in in the wake of this, temperatures will actually fall with time. the day, guys. the warmest currently at 37 at the airport down to freezing in thoh the precipitation has in fact wrapped up in a lot of these cohe left over puddles and the damp roads are turning back over to ice. so, expect just assume that it is, in fact, icy out, there and takeoutime. notice, what happens. we do stay somewhat steady, but as thegh here, temperatures only going to drop off. the wind also picks up. it will be pretty per tough the day today with wind gusts as is high as 25 miles per hour, had

talked, i'll detail coming up in a bit. >> thank you. here is a accidto take you i76 westbound before the blue route block. you can see the flashing lights, there ems on the . away from super bowl lii. eagles pride sex providing here ifhi going to support their birds is absolutely incredible. "eyewitness news" reporter jan m , a look at how the city preparing for the big game. jan? >> reporter: good morning, despite this dreary weather we're having this morning, doesn' absolutely fan that is snuck dressed up in green. i want to take you around thisrw the sears center, peco greening scrolling letters atop it building ands onhe aparl along the ben franklin parkway

philly is sunday, so is the mairin side city hall. what he's doing it help theteame viral. >> oh, no,as proven he doesn't want to jinx the eagles. >> remember, he refused to put iam penn statue atop city hall. now stepping up hisnotc in a now viral video posted to snap chat, mayor kenney shows he's going to great lengths to do his part in helping the eagles pull off w come sunday. >> from salt over the shoulder , to burning sage, and stoppingpl umbrellas indoors, the mayor is on top of it. >> i didn' ticsegment of the video, but it was fun doing it, sage, smelleds >> meantime time the entire city getting in on the g, philly thanks to new technology, and for only the second time in hist

atop the hisri philadelphia saving fund society building. >> when we converted we pull the channels and replaced it with the led drivers. >> that conrs of $250,000. psfs. deck out in green 20 miles away. historic builds something now anaging director's hotel, and says the decision to change from red to greenasy one >> the vie ambulance i of the city everyone feeling great about the eagles. w >> i when the eagles win, we will definitely keep the sign green for few more days. then welthe original red. >>utoon. there it is. ps and of course everyone is getting in on theil. we'll have it on through su rest of next week, as well. reporting live atop the art museum stems, jan c you

>> good stuff, thanks, jan. >> coming up on cbs this millerl of two cities. philadelphia versus boston. find outwch the answer that's at 7:00 right after " eyewitness news" this morning >> it is now 5:36. in business news this morning, united airline policy. >> plus, how to get free drinks at starbucks and the morning market. diane king hall joins us live this morning from the new york stock exchange, goodoo morning, rahel. well, inch vest ers waiting fo out later this morning, stock finish mixed yesterday. do youqe dropped 25. so the prime holiday season for a.m.ommerce giant posted biggers quarterly profit yet of $2 billion apple making money hand over fest despite the olde, google ad revenue rose more than 24%urth quarter but, parent company posted a loss of

$3 b ton reformstbucks hoping to sell moe coffee with the lawn of new it with $49 annual fee. let consumers eastern freeat st. cardholders will also be end rolled into starbucks rewar >> and united airlines is revising it policy regarding an. you may remember sunday,wing u with a peacock for emotional support. now own letters have to confirm their ani public, and have vaccination form signed by a vet. rahel? >> very interesting, that would be an interesting flight , diane, i don't know that i would to a peacock. >> oh, i would not have wanted to be allowed to board. i looked. i text out, you know, he has instagram. it is interesting, iest thing ip with for that.

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minneapolis, for super bowl tbirds flying high. the team's mascot resides here in large >> they are a mega son a, regular nature with everyone, ts story and special connection to bald eagles. >> little or the national e-a-g-l-e-sen mississi. >> our mission is really to history, in nature, and in cultures. everyone who sees an eagles is inspired. >> here, e habitat from their observation deck, or close, real close. >> alltingig student every all ages learn about the bald eagles thank to l education ambassadors, they cannot survive on their o here,e can come to learn about them, go to schools, go ton 1970 thers

only one bald amo 200 miles of r mississippi river. now through conservation and ofn pesticides, there are close to 350. that means,st min population of bald eagles in the u.s. so the people of eagles sent remember rooting for our eagles sunday. right? >> well, i think thatwh lives ie of an america should and eagles fan as our nationanow, fl hold my comments, the of us, and we welcomehidelphia eagles fans, we welcome everyone here atlehe center jessica dean, cbs-3 " eyewitness news." >> so you know how much i absolutely love animals, and when i was growing up my dad and i the hunt for salamanders or snapper turtles on the side of the road to make sur t freeway.

but one time in particular up nort,jured on the side of the road. but up north you'll see these road signs that actually t toucd eagle. they're a protected b nmber. so of course we d they came. they made sure that we did not touch the birds. th hopefully it is flying around our skies somewhere out there. but it is true. d, that the eagle kind of belongs to all of us, and i'm have glad h e welcome the eagles here in minnesota with open arms. that's actually what i have o excited for the underdog, that's what is so cool. so hey baby fo hear everyone is on our side. meisha, thank you. >> well theltime eagles pep rally is going down at the wells fargo center right now. >> wip's wing bl about 20 minu. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do joins us live at the wellsar cenr, and beginning to fill one people,

trang, good morning. so the last, you said get crazye is it? what's it you go. it is getting crazier by the minuteering bowl. seems as though the eagles areh. joining us angelo cataldi, our friends over at radio. angelo, this is real unique wing bowl this year, tell me only second time. we did it in wing bowl 13 the same way. and it s here. that the wells fargo center required us bore it was first come first serve. we like 30,000 people who? this year we have ticketing. but we're more insane about thele years ago. and that's really what the whole theme of thiss let's have party to get us going, super bowl champhity for like a week next week after they win it. her is this more kind of exciting

than usual? how are thee fans? w to have this many people here, because we hadt. so we opened the doors at 4:30 . they wanted to come in anyway. so i think that it is a little earl loud and obnoxious us, but i apologize, you've never seen this bef evero hasn't. i think this oriented. that's our hope. but i can't, i can't anything. >> well thank if you, such a gentleman. because real quick, w today forg bowl? >> oh, molly skyler. molly skyler will shes like 98 , will attempt to eat 500 chicken wings inf possible. i think she will do it. she is that but she can eat without ever aelo. i'm with angelo. girl power. money on kendel kevin being

from kensington. so i'll wish kevin for now he i send it back to you guys in the studio. >> trang, tank you. got to root for your neighborhood folks. i get it. we'll check back in with you. >> family friendly wing bowl? i didn't know what that existed. >> up next, unique things you can bet on this super bowl sunday hip hip hop musical about his inspiration for the performance, katie? >> rahel, we're absolutely still in the midst of a very active weather pattern. some rain, some snow currently on the radar, another batch of snow and rain, also, coming our way in time for super bowl sunday no less. so we will time out these disturbances cents also get a check on where temperatures end up. they'll be swinging quite a bit. first your cure auto insurance travel forecast.

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>> i got to tell you about new musical inspired by the broad was smash hit hamilton. >> my name is henry, henry box brown ... >> carl jenkins, the star, co- writer and producers of henry box brown, hip hop musical. "eyewitness news" was with the star as he rehearsed at the community college of philadelphia, it tells the story of a virginia slave who nails himself in a wooden box to freedom in philadelphia. >> he was cents a big guy. slavery was so defer state that somebody would do that to themselves in order, as a chance to escape. >> and the show runs until february 17th, percentage of the proceeds will benefit the new freedom theater undergoing massive clean up after a burst pipe flooded the facility. you can catch the show as well as pcp. sounds like good show. i still haven't seen hamilton, but man that's apparently still going strong year after year. >> neither have i. >> put it on the bucket list. >> yes, indeed. >> and katie looking nice in your green. >> as are you, yes, representing.

>> i'm not -- let's point this out. >> go red for women, heart awareness, people, calm down, i got my suit ready for monday , simmer down. >> i almost had to change my dress because i started disappears at the green wall. do you have support the bird. thanks to the guys in the control room. they made it happen. but i'll set you up over at the touch screen, this time around, the radar also showing some eagles spirit. we take you out to "skycam 3", very damp view here. this is from our central parkway library camera, actually, overlooking off in the distance here, 22nd street at pennsylvania avenue. so, yes. there is definitely some activity starting to ramp up here. people getting their day going but damp beginning, and potentially icy start as well. and we will talk about the reason for that in a second. but let me check in quickly with our eyewitness weather watchers who have sent in plenty of report this morning. a cold beginning to the morning certainly. but only about to get colder.

let me show you. actually start things off with a couple of pictures here, though, i just love the spirit that our weather watch ers have. this came from eileen. she has flag of the patriots with big x through it, patriots, bad. eagles, good, very, very cute. meantime, some wet, wet weather obviously, so you're need the time to flick the windshield wipers, and extra time to get to your destination. this is just a puddle on the road that ed sent into us from chesterfield. but the point here is that it is cents a calm puddle. wind hasn't start today pick up yet. good heads up on that. let me show you the temperatures, generally speaking mid to low 30's, colder further north and west go, colder air beginning to wrap in. take a look at the radar. you can understanded why. thankfully this front is sipping out of here. it is moving right along. it is obviously still wet however here with the rain turning over to snow. so part of central new jersey, but this has primarily been a rain producer.

here is the thing. even as skies clear, you've got to worry about the potential for refreezing. we've had reports of icing already. so expect that there could be some slick travel this morning , even this afternoon, but things should be drying out later on tonight. also, just worth a mention there is picture if the background phil chap line, starting to incorporate their pictures into the backgrounds of our graphics, so one extra way that we use their observations cents, in a cool way for the weather forecast, thanks for that great shot there, phil. looking forward we'll see in another rounds here come in of snow and rain for super bowl sunday. look like pretty wet day all things considered. this time it starts as snow, turns to rain, and then into next week, the next opportunity for any wet weather would common wednesday jim? >> thanks so much, katie. well, the super bowl is a big weaken for bet ertz, gamblers can make a fortune on details both big and small, things like how often president trump will tweet during the game, or who will win the mvp of the game. the game is expected to be the

most watched television program of the year. according to forbes, the over- under is 111.5 million viewers, that will be slightly higher than last year's game. patriots head coach bill belichick known for wearing a hoodie on the side lines, now you can bet whether he'll wear one during the game, you can also gettings on which color it will be, gray, blue or red, and how about this one? how long will the national anthem last? pink is performing it. the over-under is two minute. now justin timberlake is performing at the half time as you know. there are lots of bets on this one, like what will be his first song. odds on favorite the feeling, even a question about award robe malfunction happening. and of course, for you, the coin toss, okay. you have a 50-50 chance every winning heads or tail, actually have the special edition coin right here in my hand. protective. i don't know how much this goes for on the black market there. and by the way, the last time the eagles were in the super bowl they won the coin toss

and chose tails and one final bet to tell you about, who will win the puppy bowl? well, this is a deadlock right now. between team fluff and team rough. speaking of animals, will the memphis panda pick the eagles or the patriots? find out when we come right back.

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>> you know it is super bowl time when animals start predicting the game. >> a giant panda chose, look, the eagles, now, we should say the panda doesn't have the best track record, officials say he's one in three in his super bowl choices cents. we appreciate the vote of confidence, though. coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," more eagles fever. >> meisha was at the airport to welcome eagles fans as they arrived in minnesota. meisha? >> reporter: i sure was. and i got it tell you, people are getting excited, especially those green invaders, coming on minnesota soil. i have to tell you there were a lot of patriots thereto greet them, as well. all of that coming up in a little ♪ hillshiturkey breastroasted is carefully crafted with nothing but heart and hard work.

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>> looking live, meisha live in minnesota and welcomed the e-a-g-l-e-s fans as they touchdown in minnesota. >> wing bowl underway, already the biggest eagles pep rally we've seen yet. trang live at the wells fargo center all of the fans. >> and eagles green on storm scan3, katie tracking wintery

mix that could make a mess every your morning commute. >> today is friday february 2nd, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. the friday before the super bowl. we have serious case of eagles fever. first, meisha, outside of us bank stadium in minneapolis. good morning. >> reporter: well, very good morning to all of you being back in philly right now, yes, i'm down ton minneapolis, standing outside the us bank stadium where super bowl lii is kicking off sunday. we can't say it enough. everyone is so excited because now the real countdown begins but i just hope everyone coming in now, yesterday, today, are prepared for the cold. because katie, i don't know what it feels like in philly today, but it is frigid cold in minneapolis, probably the coldest day that i've felt so far. i've been here for a week now. >> easily, yes. because you actually have this reinforcement, that's been coming in here from the depth of the