boulevard and that one northbound lane is open but there is still a lot of residual delays on the side streets, it's causing a lot of traffic and this could not come as a worse time as people are headed home at the height of rush hour. >> the water department says is it started as a small leak a couple of days ago at henry avenue and grew into a 12 inch water main. the water leaks on to roosevelt boulevard forcing state police to shut down the northbound lanes. salt was then dumped on top of the wet pavement to keep the lanes from freezing. while the water department waited to turn off the water in order to give the nearby dialysis center to make arrangements for their patients in their care. and this was hectic for commuters. >> i am trying to get home. >> i was traveling on plain

avenue. it's backed up all the way back here. i can't see the end of the traffic there. there is always traffic but never backed up like this. never. >> back out here live, the water department is on scene trying to make repairs and they say their only customer without water while they try to make repairs is the dialysis center and it's unclear howl this will take or when the water will be restored. >> all right thank you. lets switch over to matt pellman in the "action news" traffic center with a look at the traffic situation right now. >> reporter: this is a spot in which we talk about delays each and every single evening because so people try to use the northbound lanes of the roosevelt boulevard extension route 1 near the henry avenue overpass and this afternoon they don't have three lanes in which to travel it's only that one left northbound lane going under henry avenue and the road is wet

and icy because of the break that happened up top and as christie said this is causing massive gridlock in and around the area in east falls ridge avenue is a parking lot and extra congested and hunting park has single digit speeds that is usually a good alternate. and i like the guy in the piece that says he can see traffic as far as the eye can see. the delays are spilling back to the other side of the river. city avenue is parked northbound speeds like 3 and 5 miles per hour. and there is also a crash at city and presidential not helping us out. and the delays from the mess are spilling on to the schuylkill expressway. how do you like 7 miles per hour on montgomery drive. this is the westbound traffic trying to get out of town and head to the boulevard just not getting anywhere quickly whatsoever. if you come out of the city and normally take the schuylkill and the boulevard and head up broad street or 95 even though it's busy if you try to get west.

maybe use lancaster avenue. eastbound on the schuylkill bail at lincoln or kelly and stick with lincoln as an alternate. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you. in other news, when you watch video of this police ambush it is a miracle that philadelphia officer jessie hartnett survived. it was a year ago that a man walked up to his vehicle and opened fire. today he walked into the courtroom to watch that suspect's trial. the defendant, archer is starting trial for the shooting in 2016. hartnett was there to look him in the eye before the procedure started. vernon odom is live. >> reporter: good evening. the wounded officer jessie hartnett is widely considered a hero in this town for the way he

handled himself when he was ambushed in west philadelphia late that night at 60th and spruce two years ago. the lawyer for the accused gunman calling jessie hartnett a hero. the first piece of government evidence today surveillance video from 60th and spruce late the night of january 2016. the men and women were spell bound as they watched edward archer ambush jessie hartnett. that is archer they say shooting him three times before fleeing on foot. officer hartnett gathered himself and got out of the car and shot archer in the buttocks. >> officer hartnett underwent three surgeries and now set to testify next week. >> they watched as archer

refused to enter a plea for the charges he faced here. the response to each question, i don't plead to anyone but allah. and archer said he attacked hartnett in support of isis. >> this is a major trial as stated inside, the attempted assassination of a philadelphia police officer, not two days after i was sworn in as a matter of fact. obviously i will never forget it. >> rick, again officer hartnett was in the courthouse today but not in the courtroom, he is slated to testify next week. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" at the criminal justice center city. >> philadelphia police want to the public to take a look at the group in this video believing they attacked a drivewer skateboards on tuesday january

16th, after the driver's car was hit by a skateboard and the man was kicked and hit and robbed of his phone. >> all right health check tonight the flu and other viruses to hit hard hard enough to set up surge tents to handle the patients. >> ali gorman is live at lehigh valley hospital cedar crest. >> reporter: yes, we are seeing the spike in flu cases all around our area but we are also seeing a lot of other viruses going around. so this tent set up behind me here it gives the hospital more beds to treat patients and gives them more space to keep sick patients away from others. >> this is our hospital -- >> the director of nursing for the er lehigh valley hospital cedar crest says this 12 bed

equipped tent went up 10 days ago when they saw a surge of patients coming in for various reasons, including the flu, norovirus and rsv. ron speakman is one of 25 thousand people in pennsylvania to catch the flu so far this season. including cough and high fever and body aches and unlike a cold flu symptoms come on quickly. >> the temperature is 101.9 and came back 103. and the flu is spread from drop lets in the air and i wore a mask to protect myself. they are given to all patients coming in with respiratory symptoms and staff is also donning masks. >> that mask is going on before i open the door, we have them all over the department sitting around accessible to everybody. >> and dr. andrew miller says that the predominant strain can

be especially severe and the tent gives them more space to keep sick people away from others. >> it's probably in the third top for flu seasons i have experienced. >> reporter: and back out here live. anyone with heart or lung problems or any difficulty breathing at all if you have the flu you do need to go in to the hospital and seek medical care. for the milder cases if you have someone at home that has the flu make sure you have one of these masks and try to keep the sick person in one room, have one person taking care of them if at all possible and try to disinfect everything they touch to try to stop the virus from spreading around your household. >> "action news." >> thank you. well, let talk eagles they got back on the practice field with just 10 days until super

bowl lii. coach doug peterson spoke to the media, they are blocking out the noise and worrying about their own game and not the patriots good if i make this all about them we are in trouble honestly we are in trouble. and everything is going to be written about it and everything has been written about it and talked about it discusses and debated and it's about us. and i'll keep saying that, it's what we do and how well we execute. i can't worry about that. >> coming up at 5:30 jaime apody will have much more on coach peterson's strategy. and die hard eagles fans are taking their birds fashion statements to a whole new level. not just jerseys but green hair and beards and special manicures and more. gray hall reports on the sports

style reboot. >> it's not just bleeding green as they head to the super bowl. people are going green literally. a green wave and people are hopping on the band wagon. mark veteri will be at the super bowl cheering on the eagles yes with a full on green beard. >> mark, you got a green beard buddy. >> yes, i have a green beard and any wife is not happy about it. >> he is a talker and getting a lot of attention. >> i don't think about it that much and then i'm like yeah i have a green beard. >> look at these impressive nail designs from viewers across the area showing off their eagles pride. an indicate process that could take hours to complete but well worth it for the die hard fans and the polish nail lounge along fairmount avenue expects more customers coming in asking for an eagles creation. >> they want the jersey numbers

and green stripes and anything pertaining to the eagles because you know philly bleeds green. >> from nails to hair green is in. synergy hair studio is where mark veteri got the green beard and they are not letting the eagles frenzy pass them by. they are doing highlights and extensions for customers. >> we are all putting green in our hair and making a green streak throughout the city. >> and go through the persistant pasher shop in south philly creating designs like these for passionate fans not afraid to show their eagles pride. >> you see this you know what it is. >> self planetary i don't have to say much. >> whether it's nails or hair design or green beard, one thing is for certain, the city is bleeding green. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> love it. and as we know the super bowl eagles fever continues to grow on 6abc.com we have stories on

the way they are celebrating including how the philadelphia fire department shows its support for the team as well. >> the game can't get here quick enough. >> i can't wait. one of the most dangerous stretches of road in our area today officials met to decide what to do to improve roosevelt boulevard. and she has been an eagles fan as long as she with remember and has no problem sharing her feelings, we'll introduce to you super fan, edna web. >> and temperatures drop today and they rise back up towards the weekend and a winter whiplash, 62 on tuesday 42 yesterday and today just 37 and 60s with back in two days. we'll chat about it. >> so confusing and as we head to break more eagles fans photos. keep them coming. we love it. up load them to facebook instagram and twitter with #6abcaction. sorry. i can't make it.

it's just my eczema again, but it's fine. yeah, it's fine. you ok? eczema. it's fine. hey! hi! aren't you hot? eczema again? it's fine. i saw something the other day.

eczema exposed. your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. maybe you should ask your doctor? go to eczemaexposed.com to learn more.

a hearing was held in philadelphia today to discuss a proposal to ban fracking in the the delaware river watershed. members of the delaware river keeper network voice their opposition to the process.

they say they want to ban fracking and liquid and high pressure extracting natural gas from underground and say it harms the drinking water and fish and wildlife. >> we need that for the people that live here and work here. we need that for the critters and non-human communities that survive in the watershed. >> the group has rejected the proposed regulations that would fracking -- >> experts want to make the roosevelt boulevard safer for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists it's considered one of the most dangerous roads and that is why groups like the bicycle coalition and aaa and zero alliance met today to come up with a strategy. and representative john taylor was there working to enact auto enforcement legislation in harrisburg and add speed cameras and more along the boulevard. pennsylvania governor, tom

wolf's staff had a town hall meeting in chester the cabinet was at widener university. and allowing folks to talk about education and concerns. and what governor wolf has planned. we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come in and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we love it!

a faithful eagles fan has no doubt that her birds can win the super bowl and has no problem

declaring it either. catching up with edna web saying she has been with the eagles since the beginning and edna grew up with five brothers and didn't have much choice about it. as for how they will do in the super bowl this is what she told us. >> i am not worried about brady we can take him on. foles can do it. it's team play, not just foles it's the team. see this shirt. i wear it every game. televised game and after the super bowl, i'll take it off and get a championship shirt. >> nice. >> all right that is what she says and even if the eagles don't start off strong against the patriots they will step up their game and eagles have never seen an eagles game in person. and eagles pay be the underdogs but real dogs qualify for puppy bowl.

and hainesville and lyle awere selected today to compete in this year's annual puppy bowl. it was team rough versus team fluff. how did the dogs do in the paw to paw event? >> they had a lot of fun and were active players and scored some points i'll leave it at that. >> but which one won the coveted lom barky trophy? you can see that on sunday and as for hinesville and lucky they are both adopted.

new tv, new speakers, netflix. this is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. is it, ladies? don't get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. d,

but you still don't have fios. ok? fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, literally engineered for streaming. good advice. i've also got some ideas on a better cereal selection, which i will keep to myself. experience netflix on the 100% fiber-optic network made for streaming switch to fios and get a year of netflix on us with a two-year agreement.

time for a check of the accuweather forecast. adam joseph is here to tell us what's up. >> coldest day of the week. >> temperatures going up friday into the weekend and rain this weekend also. we head to the weather center, a lot of sunshine out there and as we go into the evening and overnight hours, we continue to have the clear sky and winds will relax. and we undergo something that is radiational cooling. basically during the day the earth's atmosphere and concrete and buildings takes in solar aidation and traps it as heat

and at night without wind and a clear sky that heat radiates quickly into the atmosphere and cold radiational cool and temperatures quickly drop. we look at the temperatures here, 31 by 8:00 or so this evening. and falling into the 20s quickly during the mid evening hours and settling in the 20s early in the morning. and again we don't have much a wind in the overnight hours, than will relax as we look at sky 6 hd, a beautiful shot of the silhouette of center city and the crystal clear sky. barely a cloud from start to finish today. speaking of sunsets as it is just below the whorizon is seta 5:12 and by march 8th, setting at 6:00 in the evening. so the daylight hours are getting longer. 27 right now in trenton and philadelphia, millville and

allentown and 25 in wilmington and a stinging wind during the day today. and the flip side of it, we had a lot of sun. and overnight tonight the temperatures fall into the teens, 16 allentown and 16 in reading and 20s for the rest of us with winds going calm. the temperature profile for your friday. lots of sunshine and 26 at 7:00 in the morning and 37 at 11:00 and 44 at 3:00 in the afternoon so going back a little bit above normal and then going farther above normal for your saturday in the afternoon, 56 philadelphia and 55 wilmington and 52 allentown and with the warmth on saturday it comes with quite a bit of wind and the five-day at 5:00, light winds and windy and milder and 57 on saturday, and the second half of the weekend staying warm and 54 and comes with quite a bit of rainfall at times on sunday. and then dry after that and 46 degrees and a ripple of energy

looks to roll through on tuesday and that could bring us the chance for snow with temperatures of 34. and pretty much everything here. cold snow and rain over the next couple of days. >> it's all there. thank you. something new on tap for beer lovers in newark, the midnight brewery is set to open in time for super bowl weekend. and we got a sneak preview the first full production and tap room and bear, glasgow area, and midnight brewing was a popular choice of beer for festivals and special events and now a place of its own and the grand opening is february 3rd. >> sounds fun.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" thursday night. the missing text messages from fbi agents at the center of a controversy over a secret

society are now recovered we are live in washington with the latest. >> a new effort tonight to make sure immigrants in philadelphia are included in the process of getting justice. how the city's da is taking steps to reach out to all the city's communes and the eagles hit the practice field since the big win and jaime apody is live now on more on what the birds need to do to be victorious on super bowl sunday. >> now the details, developments in the missing text messages between two senior fbi officials. a government watch dog says they are found and triggered gop outrage for criticizing president trump. we are joined by washington for details. >> reporter: good evening monica, well a number of republicans including president trump have used these missing text messages and others critical of mr. trump during the campaign as a way to undermine

counsel mueller's probe. missing fbi texts at the the center of a republican uproar are found and they raised concern about five months worth of missing messages including texts between fbi agents paige and struck. both members of mueller's team. president trump called it one of the biggest stories at one time. they blame tropical disturbance on a technical glitch affecting multiple fbi devices and they say they discovered missing texts from the five-month span using forensic tools on cnn the white house reacted. >> it's good that they recovered the messages what is important is what is in the messages and do they reveal is political bias. one previously disclosed message caught the attention of people in congress. >> i heard it. read the text.

see the text. they use that. ought to have the first secret society. >> are you even going to give out your calendars? seems kind of depression, maybe it should be the first message of the secret society. >> and that they had a special relationship and could have been in jest and it's an insider joke. and johnson admits that the case. >> you think it was a jest? >> it's a possibility. >> and the messages between page and struck were discovered as part of the specter general's investigation into how the department of justice and fbi handled matters of the 2016 election. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. president trump meanwhile is in davos switzerland attending the world economic forum. for political movers and shakes,

the first person to attend since president bill clinton. this is the first time he attended he was snubbed during his years of business. and he is set to give a speech to the forum tomorrow. >> back in washington, top white house officials are work on a framework for a new immigration plan and that is expected to be rolled out next week. president trump says he is open to the plan that provides a pathway for citizenship for the so-called dreamers and the undocumented people brought to this country as children. but a white house official and top lawmakers say that a pathway to citizenship is just a discussion point. >> new philadelphia district attorney larry krasner announced a new position at his office ensuring that immigrants feel safe in the justice system as witnesses or victims. naming a counsel, part of

arnold's work is building relationships with immigrant communities and advise prosecutors to advise on immigration status. >> it is a position of extreme importance to anyone that believes that vulnerable people and vulnerable populations should be protected by the law and not have to resort to their own methods often illegal to defend themselves and to defend their lives and their capacity to live in american society. >> the idea for an immigration counsel was inspired by a council in new york. >> from our delaware newsroom. state police are piecing together a crash that left a pedestrian dead on i-95 overnight. it happened at 1:00 a.m. in the southbound lanes near the fourth street ramp and investigators say that the 24-year-old woman was walking along the right lane and was struck by a prius.

a 77-year-old money man was at the wheel and remained at the scene and police say that neither speed nor impairment are thought to be factors in the crash. developing news from east falls tonight where a water main break is causing big trouble for the evening commute. chopper 6 hd was over head the roosevelt boulevard a time ac, crews were spreading salt to keep the lanes from freezing up and it all started as a small leak along henry avenue but this morning the main broke sending water cascading on to the boulevard. >> it's been a busy thursday night. matt pellman is tracking the situation along the boulevard for us. >> he joins us live with the update. >> the little water leak from a few days ago caused disaster for the afternoon commute. what a mess. a live look at the roosevelt boulevard extension under the henry avenue overpass. and right here is where the brake happened and the water came rushing down the wall on to

the boulevard and still really icy in those two right northbound lanes and they are closed and traffic it only get by in the northbound left lane and this is a spot that would normally be jammed and a mess off the schuylkill with delays spilling on to others, ridge avenue in parks and extra traffic along school house lane and hunting park single digit speeds. 6 and miles per hour. and those tee lays spilling back to kelly drive. and if you cross the river on city avenue passing channel 6 you are going 4 miles per hour. that is because. the delays on it's schuylkill because of delays on the boulevard. and 7 miles per hour on the westbound schuylkill from university to the boulevard and those delays spilling back on to the vine street expressway. and these are delays from this situation from east falls are spilling back to center city this afternoon. if you come out of the city or attempting to and get to the northeast i would come up broad street or 95.

that is prettiy much normal trying to head west don't take the schuylkill or lancaster avenue route 30. a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike at fort washington and that is off to the side. and at the coast an investigation is closing route 9 at route 50. garden state parkway is an alternate there. >> thank you. more ahead on "action news" thursday night. a movement to urge oprah winfrey to run for president is gaining steam and oprah reveals her final answer on the idea. move over founding fathers a new eagle has landed and how a museum is cheering on the birds. >> and adam joseph tracking the latest in the weather center. is there a warm-up on the horizon? >> yes for tomorrow and the upcoming weekend. right now feeling far from the 50s, 20s that is it from allentown and trenton 27 degrees and part of the weekend will be on the wet side. we'll chat about that in the

seven-day forecast. >> we continue to count down to the eagles big appearance in the super bowl. jaime apody is live now where doug peterson held a news conference there today jaime. >> he did rick and monica. and if it's colder in minneapolis this year i'm in trouble and peterson is talking about what he needs to do to prepare for the all mighty patriots. we'll touch on that subject in sports. >> thank you. as we go to break here are the photos you are sharing with us showing the eagles spirit we love it.

♪ fly eagles fly ♪ on the road to victory nice harmony a lovely rendition of the eagles fight song courtesy of the bucks county womens chorus and they look great too. one of philadelphia's history

museums is also getting into the eagles spirit. the museum of the american revolution is temporarily renaming their first floor gallery the eagles gallery so the patriots don't think it's about them and they are offering $2 off prices if you wear your eagles gear to visit. and jeff skversky is here and eagles back on the practice field. >> indoors and in fact a lot of things are indoors in minneapolis. the eagles say their grind begins now this is not a vacation to minnesota next week. running back jay ajayi was limited today as they start to prepare for the patriots and super bowl lii and ajayi has an ankle injury not believed to be serious, doug peterson and the eagles practicing since advancing to the super bowl. everybody can envision a long

overdue parade down broad street. and they will need more of that crisco that they used on sunday. >> crisco on the light poles and on buildings now. people are going to be excited. this is what it's all about. we are in the right situation, and couldn't be a bigger stage against a bigger opponent. give them what they want. >> crisco and have to give everyone beer lets go live to jaime apody. >> now that they are going back they will face the same quarterback and same coach they faced back then. unbelievable that tom brady and bill belichick can have this success year in and year out.

they were down 21-3 and came back? >> last week down 20-10 in the afc championship and did the same. brady and belichick have been to eight super bowls and won five. for some eagles it's their first appearance. how do get past that mystique. >> the preparation for this game. doug has it right. if he make its about the fact that belichick and brady have been to multiple super bowls and won five of them. i think they will be overwhelmed by the moment. and i think he is sort of channelling bill belichick and talking about focus be field position and takinging care of the football and special teams, that is points of emphasis he has with these players in the room. the first meetings he had with them. he said to them earlier in the week this is about us and not about them. >> sal should know he is

covering his 25th super bowl. coming up at 6:00 we'll talk more about this mystique thing and hear from peterson and the players, they have different perspectives on the matter. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thanks. want to know how to beat them? ask the giants, that is the only team that beat the belichick brady bunch during the run. and all-star break for the flyers and want to go on a bang looking to win theirtive and straight and elliot is out with a lower body injury and simmons lights it up, a triple-double and they win against chicago. the fastest a rookie has done that in 19 years. and perhaps a little message after being left off the all-star team. sixers start a four game road trip tomorrow against the spurs. always tough in san antonio. >> thank you. as we near the super bowl. eagles fever continues to grow on 6abc.com. we have stories on the many ways

the birds fans are celebrating and the way the fire department is showing their support for the team as well. still ahead the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> looking live from sky 6 hd at the center city skyline, a pretty picture here as the sun is setting on a thursday night. meteorologist, adam joseph, has the details of a warm-up on the horizon. when "action news" comes right back.

it was an evening of good food and great music and beautiful people at the winter snowball gala in plymouth meeting and provided by kaleidoscope to provide a good evening for people with autism. and people had fun and looking good. >> all right time to check out the accuweather word with adam. what is going on up down and back and forth? >> pretty much everywhere going up the next couple of days. >> how about florida? >> that is going down technically. you get what i mean. on the map. it's pretty nice around here as we head into the first part of the weekend. the weather center here live on sky 6 from the temple university camera. a beautiful shot a glow on the horizon and sunsetting at 5:12 now in the evening and that is getting later and later. the clear sky and winds are starting to come down a little bit. 7 miles per hour allentown and trenton. and 8 miles per hour in reading and 14 in philadelphia and 9

miles per hour in millville and you factor in that with the air temperature and it feels like the mid up toer 20s. pretty much everywhere so we have the biting wind out there right now and thankfully in a wind eases overnight tonight. we have the flood watch in effect for a couple of areas and the one we want to pay more attention to is up towards poconos and northern parts of the lehigh valley because of an ice jam along the delaware river between bush kill and easton and four miles of solid ice on the river right now, than is playing a part in the gauges, the water gauges of it rising and falling and blocking and restricting the flow of water. as it warms the next couple of days near smith field beach recreation park we have to watch and see if the water level rises or flooding occurs on either side of the delaware.

satellite 6 along with action radar to the south and west. lots of and clear skies and down to the south and clear and cold and winds go calm but it's still very bitter and 16 in the suburbs and 23 by the morning in center city and we look at air temperatures for your friday, not too shabby going back above the normal. philadelphia and millville and 41 in allentown and mostly sunny skies and lighter winds from today and this feels better than the present. as we look at future tracker 6 saturday afternoon temperatures going into the 50s and decent amount of sunshine around and high clouds and a windy day. out of the southwest and a front drops in saturday night going into sunday. 7:00 a.m. sun morning and it turns on the wet side and temperatures in the 50s and by the afternoon hopefully we clear that rain out down to the south with hopefully some returning sun late in the day to the northern and west. and then after that, this is going to the beginning of

february for super bowl weekend and around the north pole greenland with this arctic air waiting and heading down to the south the timing could be unfortunately. because temperatures could be 10 to 20 degrees below average from the super bowl to the east. and one model showing for the start of the super bowl air temperature 13 below zero. that is why there is a dome there. 57 and windy and milder on saturday. and wet at times on sunday and stays in the 50s. and cooler monday and breezy and 46 and a chance of snow now on tuesday. it doesn't look like lay big system and we'll watch it and 34 and chilly wednesday before another quick rebound at 52 for the jet stream sinks to the south and all the arctic air floods in for the weekend. good as always get the latest updates for the forecast and

check stormtracker 6 live double scan live any time on your smart phone or tablet. it's a free download. on our people scene oprah winfrey shut down any speculation she would run for president. she told "instyle" magazine this is not something that interests her. winfrey fielded speculation that she may run for president after a powerful speech earlier this month. and lynyrd skynyrd will travel no more. the rock and roll hall of famers will kick off their tour in may. lynyrd skynyrd is behind free bird, sweet home alabama and

simple man. and inspiration from the youngest among us. how they show grown ups how to act as they perform ran done acts of kindness xs

small business, internet providers promise you a lot. let's see who delivers more. comcast business offers fast gig-speeds across our network. verizon doesn't. we offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g wireless network backup. verizon, no way. we offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. verizon, not so much. get internet on our gig-speed network and add voice and tv for $34.90 more per month. call 1-800-501-6000.

as many kind acts as possible. the group is traveling around the country on the kindness matters bus tour and came to philadelphia and handed out presents outside of the hospital of philadelphia and gave out treats and gifts and it makes them feel good. >> being here at the childrens hospital is a gift for us as well as the gifts for the children that receive the gifts and keeping the happiness and love keep going. >> more than 20 million students nationwide are expected to participate in the kindness challenge when the 12 day bus tour ends in philadelphia they

want to complete their task of 15 kind tasks. the flu and other viruss are surging forcing one hospital in the lehigh valley to take treatment outside of the hospital walls and eagles fans showing their pride in unique ways fashion wise we'll show you those stories are coming up next. now, for the entire "action news" aim monica malpass have a good evening.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner.

thursday night and jim is off and i'm rick williams, septa approve the route for the norristown high speed line and the water main break is affecting traffic along the roosevelt boulevard extension. but the big story is efforts to combat the significant surge of the flu in pennsylvania and close to 50 people have died of flu relate the causes since late object and most of them were 65 years old and older. and tonight one lehigh valley hospital is taking drastic machine yours to deal with the flu and other viruses. ali gorman is live from lehigh valley hospital cedar crest in allentown with the story this evening. >> reporter: and rick they have used this tent here behind me both in 2013 and 2009 both years were also bad flu seasons. this year on top of the flu we see a lot of other viruses also going around.

>> achy. fever. high fever. coughing. >> ron speakman is battling the flu and being treated inside of the mobile tent set out in cedar crest. >> this is a fully functioning money department. >> the tent went up as they saw a surge in opinions. >> we see more and more flu every day and other respiratory and seasonable viruses like the norovirus and rsv even in adults. >> and the acting health secretary rachel levine says it's significant. there are 47 deaths. >> it's not inconsistent with the severe flu seasons for previous years but causing a lot of illness. >> symptoms include cough, high fever and body aches, and unlik