>> 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 unlike

the common cold. flu symptoms come on quickly and this year's predominant strain the h 3 n 2 could be especially severe. >> i am doing this for 15 years and the third top as far as sickness for flu seasons i have experienced. >> and to keep the flu virus from spreading anyone coming in with respiratory symptoms gets one of these masks to wear, the staff is also using them to protect themselveses. >> that mask is on before opening the door. >> and other ways is frequent hand washing and a flu shot. even though the vaccine is not as effective in preventing the flu this year it could help lessen the severity of symptoms. hopefully get out of here then. >> and back out here live the patient there did tell me he has an underlying medical condition and good that he came into the er and got fluids and tam aflu than is the message if you have

severe flu symptoms or underlying medical problems heart or lung problems or difficulty breathing that is signs you need to get into the hospital. reporting live from allentown ali gorman, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. back here we continue to follow the water main break that is still impacting traffic tonight. one lane is getting by on the northbound roosevelt boulevard extension in east falls and the water department says this started as a small leak a few days ago at henry avenue. well, overnight it grew into a 12 inch main break and leaked on to the roosevelt boulevard and crews dumped salt to keep it from freezing up and driver shoz expect detours and delays in the area. the investigation continues tonight into a violence robbery and home invasion that targeted a father and 9-month-old son, it happened in the olney section of philadelphia and according to surveillance video one suspect was dressed as a postal worker.

chad pradelli spoke to the victim and joins us live near the crime scene with the latest. >> reporter: yes rick, police do not believe that that armed robber is a postal worker, this armed robbery happened yesterday right here behind me at 3:00 p.m. a brazen and well plans and now they are trying to figure out if the victim was targeted. >> in this surveillance video you see one suspect dressed as a postal worker and approaches the victim putting his 9-month-old son in the suv. >> i have a packet for you sir. i have a packet for you. and one time i didn't hear him well and i said what packet? >> and he says that is when the suspect pulled a gun. and forced him into his house leaving his young child in the backseat of the suv. >> got in the house. he just said get on the floor

and stomped me. >> his elderly mother-in-law was on the couch in shock but fortunately unharmed. soon though three more suspects would burst through the door. >> where is the money? i said i don't have it. and i hit me here and boom. the last time he hit me. >> after ransacking the home the thieves got away with some cash and belongings and motive is unclear the he is unemployed but that he frequents casinos and wonders if he was followed recently. >> they could watch his mail or see him leaving the house at a precise time and figured they would get him when he comes out. investigators say this is one of the get away vehicles, a black buick luzerne and the other is a ponti pontiac grand prix with a spoiler on the back. >> be mindful of your

surroundings. >> and if you see those vehicles call police, also that mother-in-law and the child were uninjured. i'm live in olney, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. in center city the trial got underway for edward archer accused of shooting and wounding a police officer in a late night ambush two years ago. today jurors were shown dramatic video of at tack that the defendant allegedly admit the was inspired by isis. vernon odom is live with more. >> reporter: good evening rick, philadelphia police officer jessie hartnett is still not back at work. the wounds he received to his left arm are severe and still trying to recover from that. and widely considered a hero in this town and the defense team acknowledged that to the jury today. the key piece of evidence

surveillance video from 60th and spruce late night january 7th, 2016. the jury of nine women and three men were spell bound watching edward archer charged the driver. firing 13 times and hitting the office three times in the left arm before fleeing on foot and officer hartnett gathered himself and jumped out of the car and shot him in the buttocks. >> here is audio of the police radio transmissions. >> shots fires -- bleeding heavily. >> officer hartnett seen leaving court has undergone 11 surgeries and has been leer for the proceedings and not set to testify until last week. >> archer now 32 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 and police commissioner ross was in court for opening statements. >> and amazed that jessie hartnett is here to sit in this trial. and blessed to have him here. but you know, regardless of what takes place in my humble opinion mr. archer should be held accountable for his actions. >> rick, officer hartnett is not due to take the witness stand until sometime early next week. live in center city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. septa's board has paved the way for the next step fort norristown high speed extension to king of prussia and members approved the route preferred by residents it's line running to the northern of the pennsylvania turnpike. >> delaware governor john carnie is proposing a 3.5% increase in the operating budget and laid

out the 4.2 billion dollar budget proposal this afternoon. including pay raises for teachers and state employees and money for roads and buildings and restoration of cuts and grant funding to nonprofit organizations. >> the countdown is on, ten days until kickoff of super bowl lii the eagles were busy focusing on their game plan to take on the new england patriots. >> and with the big game just 10 days away eagles fever turned into soup is bowl chic for many fans. it's not just about the jerseys and t-shirts and hats. gray hall has more on what has become an eagles fashion frenzy. >> die hard fans are not afraid to show their spirit.

barbers are creating detailed designs for the passionate fans. >> it took me about an hour to do a nice detail outline of it and everything else. an hour and a half with the full detail with the coloring and everything. >> with the eagles heading to the super bowl anything goes. >> look at these impressive nail designs showing off their eagles pride. an indicate process that could take hours to complete but well worth it. as the clock tics closer the polish lounge around fairmount avenue. customers will requesting the creations. >> they are kicking down the door to get the designs. >> and can you dye your beard green. mark veteri took the bold leap. >> i had to represent something and this is the only thing i could make happen easy, he is at the super bowl cheering on the

eagles and with the green beard and no shame just nothing but pride for the eagles. >> this year the eagles are going to win the super bowl. >> and hair studio in center city is where he got the green beard color. and they will be doing eagles highlights and green extensions for the customers. >> everybody bleeds in our city like we do and we are all putting green in our hair. >> whether it's an eagles logo in your hair or nail design or the green beard, one thing is certain the city is bleeding green. reporting in south philadelphia, channel 6 "action news." that is for sure. as we near the super bowl, eagles fever continues to grow on 6abc.com we have stories on the many ways that birds fans are celebrating including how the philadelphia fire department is showing their support for the birds as well. >> still to come on "action news" the tuskegee air man gets

a much deserved escort to his final resting place. and a boy dreaming of the super bowl gets a boost as he faces a medical battle. >> and the last two days, 62 on tuesday and 45 yesterday and 37 that is it for today. but temperatures going back up above normal. we'll chat about that and a little rain in the seven-day forecast. >> we have more on the eagles back on the practice field and jeff skversky has sports when "action news" continues tonight.

a tuskegee air man was laid to rest at the hallowed grounds

of arlington national cemetery. john harrison jr. was escorted today members from the veterans advisory commission led the escort. harrison a congressional gold medal winner died in march. and they broke ground on the school's performing arts center today. what better way to celebrate than the villanova singers. they will finally bring the school's artistic community under one roof. the city led environmental group penn environment led a group of the delegation. brendon boyle and dwight evans were presented with leadership awards for efforts for the environment. the ceremony was held today at city hall. some elementary students in seasonal are using eagles pride to i prior a classmate. ♪ fly ethan fly

♪ on the road to victory >> that is mrs. gleason's class at cape may courthouse and they put a twist on the fight song to inspire him. he relapsed after four years of being cancer free. and his mother says the show of support means a great deal. >> it is a shame that sometimes it takes not such a great thing to bring everybody together but i mean he is loved by everybody here and you know i couldn't be happier for him. >> it's good and thank you. >> his family tells us they would love to get him to the actual game but they don't have tickets but will still be watching and cheering for the team and the same way his friends were cheering for him today.

time for sports as if we are not talking about anything but

the eagles. jeff skversky is here and eagles were talking about the super bowl parade. the potential for the super bowl parade. is that risky? >> earlier this season brandon graham was talking about getting to the super bowl and a lot of people thought that was a jinx. but no in the jinx in the past and lets talk about it. lets talk about a parade. the city is starving and so much so that lane johnson joked the city will have to put crisco on the light poles and the buildings to keep the fans grounded. lets go to jaime apody. >> jeff, lane told me today the craziness is already started and he said it's been such a hassle handling ticket requests for friends and family and booking hotel rooms for his family he had no idea that is part of the matness and doesn't have enough

rooms for his family yet and the eagles back to work with the pads on and doug peterson says that they do 85% of the game planning here and saving 15% for minnesota to keep the guys on their toes and tom brady and bill belichick have a dynasty going they have won five of them including against the eagles 13 years ago. how to avoid letting the mystique getting into his players heads. >> if we make this all about them we are in trouble. we are in trouble. >> we beat a lot of good teams, we are a good team as well. >> i hate the patriots i love tom brady he is awesome. but for us, the situation with us we are focused on our goal and the coach does not let us look too far ahead and this is just a football game.

>> torrey smith won a super bowl with baltimore and chris long and lagarret blunt were part of the team that won last year with new england. and they want to just focus on football. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> blunt says he doesn't care about the patriots anymore. the difference between winning and losing it's slim. they won their five championships by less than 4 points per super bowl. tom brady is limited with the hand injury he is dealing with and gronkowski was limited. and listen to how excited bill belichick is when talking about the eagles. >> i have respect for what they do and how they do it. coach peterson on offense and coach schwartz.

they played well all year and i dealt with things that have been really gone their way. and injury wise, and had to make some adjustments and a great job of that. >> that is excited. >> i was falling asleep. he needs an espresso. by the way doug peterson drops the puck tonight at the flyers game against the lightning. >> thank you jeff. meteorologist, adam joseph back with the accuweather forecast when "action news" at 6:00 continues.

meteorologist, adam joseph, is here now. it felt below freezing but we

were above. we were at 37 and 38 for a high. and not out the 20s how it felt. >> we'll turn things around here. spoiled man. take a look at the action cam it was out on a beautiful day when you look at the haven't vantage point a video when you walk outside it hit you in the face the stinging wind this is fairmount park and all the fountains shut off for the win ter season. go the weather center and radiational cooling going into effect. and a fancy word for basically chilling down quickly overnight. with the clear sky and light winds tonight any of the sun's solar radiation that was taken in by the buildings or concrete or vegetation quickly escapes into the atmosphere and rapidly dropped the temperature overnight.

that is the fancy word rationational cooling and it stays in the 20s overnight for the city and teens in the suburbs and 9:00 tomorrow morning we'll butp it back up to around 30 degrees. below freezing allentown and freezing for trend and 35 philadelphia and 28 in millville. and 29 in wilmington and you can see the numbers already falling pretty quickly. satellite and radar high clouds way to the northern and again not coming in here and kind of eroding over the mountains of pennsylvania and high pressure is down to the south and the high pressure gets closer here during the day tomorrow. so with this ample sunshine out there. probably noticing the sunsets getting later, 5:12 this afternoon and a couple of weeks from now 5:30 the sun will set and twilight until 5:45 and march 8 and it doesn't set until 6:00. the numbers 16 allentown and 17 in reading and 19 in millville

and dover and the wins go calm and it starts cold tomorrow morning and much like today wall-to-wall sunshine for your friday. and 37 at 11:00 and back to the 40s for lunch time and mid-40s for the afternoon and dropping down into the upper 30s after the sunsets tomorrow. future tracker 6 temperatures into saturday warmer and 56 philadelphia and 55 in wilmington and heading up skiing in the poconos and 43 degrees and a decent wind though here on saturday with the sunshine and warm temperatures and that ahead of the cold front that comes through on sunday early morning with a round of rain here and temperatures if the 50s at 6:00 a.m. and by the afternoon hopefully the timing is perfect we can sink the rain down to the south and try to dry it out to the north the second half of sunday. then if you look towards the super bowl weekend here we have an arctic attack coming in from the north pole sending down into the lower 48 and temperatures 10

to 20 degrees below average anywhere in the purple and one model showing for the start of the super bowl 13 degrees below zero that is the air temperature, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 44 tomorrow and sunny and light winds and windy and much milder here fort start of the weekend. and before it turns wet on sunday morning especially cooler drier, monday 46 and a chance for snow now it looks like nothing big but something on tuesday and cold wednesday before another rebound for the first day of february. 52 degrees. >> thank you. abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 tonight and brian taff and ducis rogers and join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for jim gardner, cecily tynan, adam joseph, ducis rogers and jeff skversky i'm rick williams have a nice evening.

tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. just a short time ago, president trump offering a deal for the dreamers. a path to citizenship for 1.8 million. what the white house is and inning in return. also tonight, president trump in davos, reporters shouting questions, but back home, will he answer questions from robert mueller? he says he will under oath. you'll hear the audio tonight. but tonight, what his lawyer is now saying about that. the developing headline. what went wrong? the father, taken captive during a home invasion, then shot and killed as fbi agents were raiding the home. the deadly high school shooting, and now we learn about the daughter who was killed and the phone call she made during the chaos right before. the urgent manhunt under way right now in the killing of a sheriff's