live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". right now on "eyewitness news", it's game day. lines formed around the corner to get the best seat in the house at mc guillen's today. as the eagles and new england patriots take to the field in minneapolis for super bowl lii. ♪ fly, eagles, fly, on the road to victory ♪ >> ♪ fly, eagles, fly, score a touchdown one, two, three ♪ >> ♪ >> and it is sunday after all. so choir members at saint lawrence parish in upper darby got the congregation pumped up. good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thank you so much for joining us. millions of living rooms and thousands of establishments

across the nation stot spotlight is on our team our philadelphia eagles right now. fans across the delaware valley are filled with hope that the city finally gets a super bowl win. "eyewitness news" reporter chante lance is live at philadelphia's oldest watering hole anticipation at all-time high row. chante. >> it is a full house here at mc guillens. crowds are pumped. the game is starting. they are hoping that the spear witness continues and that their home city will pull off that win. whoo! >> reporter: the excitement electric. >> eagles except. >> reporter: the lines long. >> we don't have backup plan much this is our only plan. >> reporter: more than 100 eagles fans lined the streets in downtown philadelphia pumped and hopeful to secure a hundred dollars spot with all you can eat food and drinks inside mc guillen's old ale house to watch the super bowl. >> we are just so in awe. >> reporter: chris mullens, jr. a third generation owner of

the irish pub. mc guillens is the longest running tavern in philadelphia opening a hundred 5058 years ago in 1860 the same year abraham lincoln was elected president. >> we realized we'd be overwhelmed with crowds. we have the best fans, the best customers in philadelphia. >> christ wrist band sales start the add 11am but fans started showing up at 7:00. ryan foley and two sons were first in line. >> it's fantastic. >> once in a lifetime chance. >> we want to do make sure that we watched the game in our favorite bar. >> eagles fans line around the block those inside mc gill lince are preparing their super bowl pole specialty drinks. >> eagles green creme de menthe, vanilla vodka shaken and served in martini glass. >> eagles fans are hopeful for a which which also means defeating nfl-s-m-v-p trait yachts quarterback tom brady. >> our defense is too strong.

rattle that boy. rattle his cage. >> excited for the game. can't wait. >> and all eyes are glued to the screen here. joining me now is husband and wife kim and bob. they traveled all the way from florida. bob, you're from here, right? >> yeah, i grew up here but it's been 45 years. my first game was 45 years ago at the vet. i've been waiting a long time for this and it's time to bring it home! >> reporter: you guys have faith. you have faith. >> we're staying for the whole parade and everything. >> we're book for the whole we week. we're not leaving. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it's a bunch of people that i ran into just like that and it was another couple that i spoke to who got a hotel here. they live in south jersey. you hear the crowd. they're all going crazy. we'll toss things back to you. stay on top of this. and go, eagles. hopefully they can pull it out. natasha, brac to you. >> something exciting is happening behind you, chante. thank you so much. >> a local catholic parish

meantime welcomed birds fans to pray before we play during a special super bowl mass. church goers deck out in eagles green attended mass at resurrection of our lord parish in rhawnhurst this morning. they also lit green candles, sung hymns about eagles and had their throats blessed. so they could cheer louder during the game. meantime in west philly, tran formed church held a pre-game rally for the hometown team. the auditorium at west philadelphia high school where the church services are held was bathed in eagles green this morning. during the celebration a congregation sang the eagles fight song, watched pop-up videos all those hype videos out there. trying to get everybody ready for the big matchup. >> puts philadelphia on a national spotlight in good way and seeing our people represent our city is a exciting. it's a good feeling. > the pastor even joked that quarterback nick foles has a job waiting for him after the church -- after he's done with

football. foles said this week that once his football career is over, he would like to become a pastor. and slide eagles supplied philadelphia police were greesing poles around the city trying to keep fans from climbing them after tonight's game. take look at the scene cell eighty three on the 400 block of south broad street. police are not saying exactly what substance that they're using this time. they don't want people to research counter measures. crisco didn't seem to work after the nfc champion shim game. a few fans who gathered around spontaneously broke out into the eagles fight song. >> in anticipation of super bowl celebrations tonight, parking restrictions are currently in place in philadelphia. there will be no parking on broad street from arch to pine, and around city hall. also from dickinson to oregon avenue. no parking either. restrictions went into effect at 2:00 p.m. and will remain through 3am on monday morning. this does include both sides of the street as well as the medi median. now the second the game ends

we will be live on the air right here on cbs3. bringing you live post game comments from coach peter pederson and the players and we will have front row seat as fans react at locations all throughout philadelphia and the region. it's the eagles and "eyewitness news" tonight. you're not going to want to miss it. join us back here on "eyewitness news" monday morning beginning at 4:00 a.m. get, earlier start. we'll have all the eagles coverage that you'll need to begin the work week for you. now as the eagles play on a field of covered by a dome at this point we're dealing with soggy, soggy weather out there here in our area. meteorologist lauren casey is track the rain as it moves through the area right now. so some snowflakes earlier, lauren, now some rain. just yukky out. >> so gross. the rain just keeps pouring on down but hey the radar is lit up in eagles green right now. it really is everywhere you look right now. the rain falling in philadelphia, south jersey down the shore. brighter returns, heavy rain and this is something we call bright

banding actually not pouring there but that is snow that is melting that's being picked up by the radar. because we are still seeing a little bit of a wintry mix being reported doylestown reporting freezing rain coming down. snow continues to fall in the poconos. a big mess of a system that we're going to deal with for the next couple of hours. so steady rain for much of us into the 9:00 o'clock hour. but looks like it will quickly taper off by about 11:00 p.m. so probably right around when the game is wrapping up near 32-degree temperatures as we head late into the overnight period we'll have to watch out for slick roads roadways due to refreezing we have a winter weather advisory that remains in effect for the next couple of hours for chester, bucks, montgomery, county, lehigh valley and berks. we'll talk more about this wet weather when it ships on out of here an cold start to the work week. all that's coming up in your full eyewitness forecast in just a few. >> lauren, thanks so much. see you soon. heavy smoke could be seen in a north philadelphia neighborhood this morning as crews responded to basement fire. this was the scene about 7:00 a.m. on the 4900 block of ninth street.

the philadelphia fire department says crews fought that blaze from the outside of the home. it was under control by 7:20. no injuries were reported. in southwest philadelphia, police responded overnight to the scene of a car driven into a home. it happened about 2:40am on the corner of 68th and greenway. police say the mail driver was hospitalized with minor injuri injuries. they say alcohol may have been a factor. no other injuries were reported. early morning train crash in south carolina leaves two people dead, more than a hundred others are injured. this amtrak train was traveling from new york to miami when it hit a csx freight train. south carolina's governor said it appeared the amtrak train was on the wrong track at the time. the dead have been identified as the train's conductor and engineer and the ntsb is currently investigating. also, a number of democratic and republican lawmakers say president trump is wrong to believe the gop memo on fbi

surveillance clears him in the russia investigation. on today's political shows lawmakers also expressed hope that special council robert mueller's work will continue without under appearance. >> even very flawed memo demonstrates what the or origin investigation was and it involved the issue of collusion. >> russia tried to interfere with our election in 2016 with or without a dossier. so you need an investigation into russia. you need an investigation into trump tower and the cambridge analytic e-mail separate ain't apart from the dossier. >> democrats could see a vote on releasing theoriux cut but tal memo when the house intelligence committee meets tomorrow. >> still ahead, a local schoolbus driver is enjoying the game tonight after pretty big surprise. >> i'm just an average guy, you know. love the children i take to school in mt. laurel. >> our cameras caught up with him before he flew out. what he had to say about this

incredible opportunity. plus new jersey students they're giving back one hoagie at a time. how they made the most of a charitable morning ahead of the game.

♪ a beloved new jersey bus driver parked in whole new seat tonight. that seat is in u.s. bank stadium at super bowl lii. mr. gary left for minneapolis this morning after students

surprised him with tickets to the game. our anita oh has more on this heartfelt journey. >> reporter: driving a schoolbus is mr. gary kelper's job. but what he's turned into is his calling. >> i'm just an average guy, you know. i just love the children i take to school in mt. laurel. >> reporter: on sunday, thanks to those very students, he took a seat as a passenger instead. >> it's starting to sing in. >> reporter: on the road to super bowl lii. >> after more than two decades of giving back, the life long eagles fan got something in return. on monday students and parents surprised him at his last butt bus stop of the day with two super bowl tickets airfare and personalized eagles jerseys. his dream come true. >> to bring home that eagles victory. >> by his side in minneapolis will be lorraine his wife of 30 years. >> i was thrilled out of my mi mine. it was like it can't be happening. pinch me.

>> his story is proof that just one person with small acts of kindness can create a world of impact. >> i received a call from arizona on thursday from a child's father who i took to school 24 years ago. >> reporter: now the man many have not forgotten will get the experience he will always remember. at the novacare complex -- >> fly eagles fly. >> anita oh cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> that is such a sweet story. >> yeah. >> love that story. lauren b we get to the forecast. >> yes. we'll get do that momentarily. we do need to show you this hidden talent. >> yes. meteorologist chelsea ingram -- ♪ ♪ ♪ >> she's playing the flute, eagles fight song on her flute much that's awesome. >> too awesome. >> i had no idea. she's a woman of many talents. >> she is. chelsea is just a renaissance woman. >> nice job, chelsea. >> nice job, chelsea. awesome flute playing.

we're deck out in our green as is the city. but, hey, you can't really see it right now because of the low clouds. the rain continues to pour down and it is a cold rain at that. 37 degrees right now. feeling like 32 degrees with a bit of a northeasterly breeze and rainfall totals have been significant through the day today. philadelphia girard college over an inch of rainfall. kennett square .80 of an inch. wilmington, .60 of an inch. packed in the precip right now. storm scan3 showing us the rain coming down where you see the orange and red returns oh, my goodness, sap thunderstorm. it's actually not. it is high reflectivity in association with heavy rain but it's actually snow thats melting as it's dropping so the radar is picking up those higher reflex availabilities in these areas towards chester county we could see be a wintry mix right now or possibly just rain as it hits the surface but we see primarily snow through the day in the poconos. some accumulations up to two to 3-inches in parts of the-elevations. we've also seen some

accumulations of ice across lehigh valley the lehigh valley and berks county so watch out for slippery roadways. you're still seeing those pink returns mixing in there so still some times freezing rain mixing in with that rain and if a few flakes as well a big mess of a system we've seen mainly all rain except for few onset makes in around philadelphia. south jersey the rain continues to fall. we'll see that kind of heavy in nature as we head into the next couple of hours. but, yes, south jersey rain coming down. steadily and moderately all across the area. but this moisture is going to move all out. the last of it down towards the d.c. area as it continues to lift off to the north and east we're going to wrap this event up pretty quickly as we head into the second half of the evening so still rain pouring down over the next couple of hours. starting to taper by nine, 10:0e clears out much of the area by 11:00 p.m. and then after midnight, no wet weather to worry about at least falling wet weather we will have to worry about some slick spots on the roadways but a cold front is traversing the area. can you tell where it hasn't

moved through yet? temperature at 50 degrees in ac. 46 in wildwood but on the back side of the front we're at 34 in allentown but much colder for our friends in minneapolis right now. it is three above but hey they are inside that dome enjoying that game. wind chill temperature right now 14 below in minneapolis. and we're going to get a little chilly as we head into the day tomorrow. an active as well another rain chance cold and blustery as we turn towards tomorrow clouds dominate on tuesday. a quiet day before getting active once again as we head into wednesday with another round of potentially all day rain in the forecast. we will have to watch out for mixing at the onset of that event as well. but overnight tonight, rain coming to an end. mostly cloudy chilly breeze and for the day tomorrow, we're going to see cold blustery conditions, mostly sunny, 42 degrees on tuesday. then that chance of steady rain as we head into wednesday. 36 on thursday. so still quite chilly as we head throughout the week before temperatures climb as we head towards the start of next

weekend. but, yeah, couple more hours with the rain. then it ships on out. >> oh yeah we're ready for that to get out of here. thank you very much. appreciate that lauren. >> there is a little gammon going on. >> just a little one. >> teeny small game. yeah. >> this is the least watch show we've ever done. >> right. >> we've been talking about it for two weeks now and it's finally game time. eagles and patriots the birds going for the first title new england looking for it's third title the last four years. eagles took the opening drive and marched 67 yards, jake elliot made a 25-yard field goal right now the eagles lead three to zero. sixers with the night off, a couple of the players are in minnesota to watch the birds. start five game home stand on tuesday against the wizards. last night against the pacers joel embiid played in his first back to back game in his young year. he played very well. once again the sixers were out scored in fourth quarter. brett brown's squad has now lost the last 11th fourth quarters.

pacers won 100, 92. >> it's been up and down, as far as, you know, shoot outs. we lose four, five so we just trying to find a balance and being cautiously. we're still learning a lot. but like i said before, being young should never be an excuse got to keep on working. >> to college hoops. villanova eight game winning streak on the line against seton hall the pirates have not won in philly since 1994. first half, bridges with back door cut finishes right there. the cats take the lead. seton hall then takes the lead. later on off the inbound pass freshman amari spellman knocking down the three. the wildcats lead by five. later in the game, we have

spellman again knocking down another triple. he made six, three pointers scoring 26 points. the cats move 22-one on the season. 92-76 the final. temple back in action after thursday' upset wichita state against tulane. owls up by one late in the half. alton hits in the lane. item he will up by three. temple turns up the defense forcing the steal. nate pierre lewis goes in for the score. temple wins 83-76. the flyers have the day off and having a team super bowl party. they will look to end their four game losing streak on tuesday against carolina they have goalie brian elliot back. he's been out with lower body injury. today the hurricanes took on the sharks the first period timmo plier land the lamp and the sharks beat carolina three-one. all right. leslie thank you very much. appreciate that. still ahead on "eyewitness news"

hoagies for hope. ahead of the big game hundreds of you new jersey high school students they actually spent their morning raising money for very good cause. a look at their efforts coming up.

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♪ welcome back everyone. this super bowl sunday we're so excited and giddy here. it's not all about football though. hundreds of thing jersey students woke up early on their day off to raise money all for a great cause. over 400 volunteers took part in the fourth annual hoagies for hope super bowl fundraiser at clear view regional high school in mullica hill. money from this year's event will help two local children with life-threatening medical

conditions along with two staff members with cancer. >> we have about 400 volunteers here right now at 7:00 a.m. on a sunday morning to help those in need. so it speaks to our community and it speaks to the people really understanding what the important part of life is. >> volunteers made 2,000 hoagies this morning. this year's goal to raise $25,000. good luck, guys. we'll be right back. stay with us. ♪

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that's "eyewitness news" tonight. i'm natasha brown, for leslie, lauren, all of us. join us aft the super bowl for all things eagles live from minneapolis. have a great night. go eagles! ♪

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