well, eagles fans it is finally here super bowl weekend has arrive and this is where bird will battle patriots, u.s. bank stadium will be rocking on sunday night. we are now just two days from the beginning of the game , excitement is building even more good afternoon aim jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at philly international airport where he caught up wit e headed to minneapolis, david. >> i was hoping more eagles

fans would be behind me right now for live shot but that is live tv. bit of the bull right now it was bus think morning there were actually five flights going to minneapolis, later this afternoon so we're expecting to it pick up here with eagles fans, and so far we saw one patriots fan didn't want to talk or do an interview but many of those, details excitemented, we have a chance to, speak to a woman who is celebrating her seventh fifth birthday with family and friend and said she cannot believe, she's going to the game. so far things are calm here at the airport. again most flights going directly to minneapolis, some people going through wisconsin , o'hare, chicago to get up there but one eagles fan we caught up with earlier said he's excited but he is a little bit nervous about the game. >> i have good vibes, very good vibes, i think the town is ready to embrace this super bowl champion ship. >> i'm getting nervous right now. aim accepting that but i think come sunday everybody will be

ready to go. >> you know, talking to these employees with the airlines and they say they have been hearing eagles chant all day long people just screaming out eagles, spelling eagles, so much excitement here at philly international airport. more flights going out this afternoon so we will be, definitely talking to more excited fans, as they helped, up north, to minneapolis, minute so the a reporting live from philadelphia international, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks, david. while fans are hitting the skies eagles are hitting the field once again. >> it is backup university of minnesota practice facility day. yesterday was their first practice of the week after on slaught of media interviews. they simulate aid 30 minute break for half time show. coach pederson says he wants to make sure everybody stays focused during that game since actual super bowl half time is twice as long as regular season half time. u.s. bank stadium in all its glory, this is where it will go down this sunday. stadium staff has spent countless hours over the past two weeks prepping it for the biggest game of the year.

and signs of the super bowl are every where check out this neat eagles theme artwork , coverage appearing in the super bowl section of the inquirer features nick foles and company along with a bill belichick and tom brady. special addition entitled episode 52 new hope eagles verse empire, it is very clever, very cool. pat's king of steaks takes the cake or should i say steaks when it t pride. south philadelphia neighborhood replaced number of signs to replace eagles king of steaks. the owner replacing the iconic pat's sign that sits atop of the restaurant no word when the sign will stay up. sylvester stallone posted another rocky inspired picture about these super bowl on his instagram page that shows rocky wearing an eagles helmet battling polo creed and patriots. caption reading toe to toe, punch for punch with the best, the eagles by ko. well, hundreds of the bright use it and bushy tail fans woke up early today for this giant pep rally for

eagles nation as part of the sports radio wip wing bowl 26 at wells fargo center. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do was there for all of the excitement and the eating. >> ♪ fly eagles fly >> reporter: that is sound of the thousands office eagles fans singing that fight song inside the wells fargo certainty friday morning to kick off wing bowl 26. >> e-a-g-l-e-s eagles. >> reporter: sea of green and white alan johnson still managed to stand out in his eagles suit. >> i got up at 1:00 this morning to drive up from washington d.c., to be with eagles fans, took off from work, gather all of the students i'm ready to go for sunday. >> reporter: wip sports radio morning host angelo cataldi says this years atmosphere was definitely special. >> we're more excited then we were 13 years ago and that is what the whole theme of this is this year, lets have a party to get us going, to go to the super bowl championship >> eagles fans hoping that the bird polish off patriots this

super bowl sunday and easily as wing bowl champion molly skylar best ted 22 competitors she aid 501 wings to clinch her third wing bowl title.; from the wells fargo certainty i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". are you thinking it might be tough to get up early the day after super bowl and maybe thinking about calling out on monday? new survey suggest that 14 million americans who plan to watch the big game, do intend to call out sick monday , day afteris satisfied to be bi hear you, can't do it on monday, seto be biggest sick day of the year. 25 percent surveyed said monday after super bowl should be a national holiday. it was commissioned by the work force institute,. now lets get it all covered as we kick off super bowl weekend. our team is in minneapolis, jessica dean, don bell, pat gallen will join us for "eyewitness news" starting an hour early at 4:00. we will continue to celebrate bird and the fans as we get ready for sunday's big

game join us for our big one more win line up, after our special addition of "eyewitness news" at 4:00 stay tuned for "eyewitness news" at 5:00 and 6:00 ape special one more win fan fest addition of "eyewitness news" tonight at 7:00. sunday night second game end we will be live on the air right here on cbs-3 bringing you live post game comments from coach pederson and the players and we will have a front row seat as fans react, at locations, all throughout philadelphia,nd the entire region. once again it is eagles and "eyewitness news" sunday night , don't miss it. and turning now to the forecast another burst of snow , passed through the area this morning, the snow was flying in spring garden. earlier today it didn't amount to much but we have another shot of snow, on super bowl sunday here in our region. meteorologist katie fehlinger is in the weather center with what we can expect today and throughout the weekend, hi there, katie. >> that is it, this wintry pattern does continue for our area, some ups, downs, on the thermometer the front that rolls through earlier this morning, burst of snow behind it, that is basically, behind

us at this point, when we look at storm scan three we are looking at three hour loop here that burst that we saw, or that was reflect in the video, that came through late in the morning, and we have a modest coating just on unpaved surface owes. cbs-3 sky deck ended up with light coating but it didn't manage to stick to the pavement. so sidewalks are fine, they were damp but we really did come out, without any kind of major headaches, thankfully. that of the would have been the spectation anyway. taking a look that is a sun desperately trying to bthrough t will have an opportunity to do so as the day goes on. you cannot quite see it now but difficult see even this, camera, shaking a little bit. you don't often see that with our sky scan three on our rooftop, it is well, secured, so, it is pretty rare that means the wind is really whipping out there at 21 miles an hour at the airport. these are sustain, not even accounting for gusts so it does feel colder, when you factor that in. in the meantime rest of the

day these cloud will break but temperature though that is only going to decline, we will level off, in the upper 20's for midday and later tonight it will continue to get colder and colder and then the wind is already obviously out there our actual air temperatures are are below freezing pretty much every where and we will get colder from here but take a lot minneapolis, yeah, all of those flights we were just talking about with david spunt , as those make their way to minneapolis the temperature is nearly 30 degrees colder and there is actually cold air reenforcement, charging in, to minnesota in the days ahead. that is the system that brings us our snow, this weekend. we will talk much more about that, time things out give you a sense of how cold it will get behind that here later in the show, jim. >> thanks, katie, it certainly feels and looks like winter with the snow falling but how many more weeks of winter are we in store for. punxsutawney phil came out this morning and made his predictions so did he see his shadow? find out next. plus chaos in the courtroom as father of three of the larry nassar's

suspected victims lungs at him , father had to be tackled and restrained, see what happened next when "eyewitness news" at noon continues.

back on "eyewitness news" we are counting downo sunday 's big game with more eagles fan photos, mrs. judy walsh, 100 years young, she's exited tot for home team

as thee on the patriots. margarita the english pointer is dressed and ready to cheer on the bird, her owner says formeronce an under a rough start to her life and now she's a registered therapy dog bringing happiness to local schools, and libraries. viewers all across tri-state. check out how this fire department joined their support forbidder. traditional fire red fire trucks are eagles green this week. that is not all, fire department ambulances, yeah, they have also been turned green. share youres twitter, facebook and instagram using #cbs-3. and another news we are tracking this noon pennsylvania democratic party chairman has resigned at request of the governor tom wolf, he faced pressure to step down after making comments to the columnist about the parties response toss sexual misconduct allegations against politicians n a statement he said some of his comments were taken out of context and some were inaccurate but he did concede he should have spoken more clearly. seven two-year old is a

montgomery county lawyer who became party chairman in 2015. president trump has de classified a g.o.p. memo about the russia investigation despite objections from democrats, and the fbi. the document outlines alleged surveillance abuses by fbi and justice department while looking into possible ties between the trump campaign and russia. the memo was written by the top republican, on the house intelligence committee, democrats say that the memo is politically motivated. meanwhile a chaotic scene broke out during sentencing hearing for larry nassar this morning, a father of three of the alleged nassar during a listening, while his daughter's described being abused by former sports doctors. correspondent kennett craig has more on the courtroom chaos. >> reporter: two sisters came forward in the michigan courtroom, both of them accusing larry nassar of sexual abuse. >> when i was 13, just a kid, laying on a table at msu. >> reporter: their father listened as his daughters

described the trauma suffered by a third sister as well. >> i really feel like my entire family has gone through hell and back. >> reporter: when the sisters were done speaking randall make a request. >> i want to ask you as part of this sentencing, to grant me five minutes in a locked room with this demon, would you do that. >> yes or no. >> reporter: the judge declined and he lunged at nassar. it was the second day of victim statements in nassar's final sentencing hearing this one centers on his assaults on athletes from the twisters gymnastics club. >> remember those we had things we do. >> reporter: taylor was first to address the court after the outburst she said she went to nassar for spinal fractures was. >> how did do you this to me visit after visit after vice witt my mom, my dad, my coaches in the room with me with my bag bng fractured.

>> reporter: nassar's already facing the rest of his le behind bars but as this devastated father was led away in handcuffs it was clear, no punishment will erase the pain of nassar's crime. kennett craig for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> well, next up on "eyewitness news" world's most famous ground hog makes his prediction. >> still ahead find out if we are in for six more weeks of winter, katie. >> as we look ahead to a very important weekend, it does appear we will stay quiet for saturday, so still very chilly though daytime highs hit mid 30's but super bowl sunday, some snow, rain working its way through delaware valley especially a p.m. issue, temperatures will rebound in the 40's by then and that is not the only system that we will see in our area, i'll have details in the seven day coming up.

i see my royal shadow six more weeks of winter to go. >> and there he see it, the grace punxsutawney phil, has

spoken, phil has declared six more weeks of winter at gobbler's knob. he has 131 predictions since 1886 forecasting an early spring only 18 times. he has only been correct about 39 percent of the time. >> i was watching this, this morning that poor phil was shaking. >> terrifying. >> the poor thing, i thought, yeah. >> yes. if you look at like really mad at this groundhog, really, really mad. >> but a couple things to keep in mind here for one thing the march equinox is basically exactly six weeks away from february 2nd. so calendar would tell you have year on as well you still have six more weeks of winter. it is a ground hog. it is a legend. no matter what he says things can change. owe has been only right 35 percent of the time. so lets keep that in mind and put things in perspective in that regard but there is still some opportunity, here for us to see, some very not just

wintry precipitation but very cold air, and i mean current conditions are pretty much telling that story right now. lets look at sky scan three as we look outside place one apartments facing east here and on a very clear, bright, sunny afternoon you would be able to see philadelphia and sky line well off in the distance. it looks like you can make it out on the right-hand side of the screen there. there is sun trying to peak through this but it is still somewhat of a gray beginning to the afternoon. this should change this cloud deck will start to break apart with time and we will have more and more sunshine but live look at plymouth meeting, a gray beginning exactly at noon and that goes for all of us. lets touch back on this groundhog business, all right, putting things together for you, as legend goes when he sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter. that is what he did. out of the times he did though see, or at lee make a prediction, he overwhelmingly, has said, there would be more winter, once more he will have

it anyway. another view of the city, closer 9 miles or so, in center city philadelphia this is our live nice hood network where the shot is being taken. you can even see views of sunshine coming through that cloud deck. that will continue to clear with time. keeping in mind that wind gusts or those wins are still gusting as high as 20's, the 30's, it is making it feel much colder anytime wind does blow. these are values hitting the road. this is what it feels like more like teens in most spots and, way colder in the mountains. we will have a good excuse to go skiing here, slopes will be empty, this weekend with a super bowl coming up but especially saturday looks good to hit the slopes. here once more that is batch of snow pushing through. minor coating we have on our sky deck and elsewhere, it is all lake enhanced that moisture getting pushed in from lake erie, ontario and surviving crossing the keystone state.

that is in short where that came from but then that wind will not ease up until later on tonight and into tomorrow. then we will get the next storm that comes along this is the same disturbance that ushered in snow on saturday in minneapolis and really harsh cold behind it for minneapolis on sunday. now it does look as though it is a mixed event. perhaps a few snow showers early on but in the p.m. hours the bulk gets in here. so if you remember this is a, this is a model, it is not gospel but good idea of how this will all shake out. there will be likely a mixed bag. further south more likely it is just cold rain, further north you will see snow mixed in. then it makes its exit and it looks like the main front will break up before it crosses through here early machine morning. hopefully we will have wind under our belt by then. through rest of the afternoon these temperatures will drop off we are only in the mid up toker 20's for rest of the day along with our daytime high,

around midnight. staying clear and colder tonight as we look forward though in the eyewitness weather seven day, ups and down that come along here nice and mild, for wednesday and ne by then, primarily, looking to bring some rain, but depending which model you go by there may be some wintry mix in that occurring there too depending on how cold abe quickly the cold air catches up to us but again, there is a pattern that is quite active in our area, with. phillies fanatic is green, all ready but now rocking this under dogmas being, the phillies posted with the caption who is ready for sunday, this guy, fly i like these yogurt bites.

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welcome back. you know it is almost super bowl time when animals predict outcome. >> zoo keepers at memphis zoo put flags up in the panda's enclosure, and he pick the birdo fly the championship banner. now laylay does not have the best track record though officials say he is just one- three in super bowl choice s but we are confident this time he got it right. >> yes. that is "eyewitness news" for today at noon i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. for katie, all of us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" will be back at four. we are always than line cbs philly.com. >> young and restless, coming up next, have a great and safe weekend, everyone. fly eagles fly.

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