the superbowl and giermollo has trouble learning the eagle fight song. it's all coming up next on "action news." >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with jim gardner. ♪ >> this was the scene over an hour ago. the philadelphia eagles making their appearance for opening night in minneapolis. this is the one time the media

gets a crack at all of the players and the superbowl. some of the questions insightful, some city others bizarre. it's a superbowl tradition and the eagle in the spotlight tonight. monday night, the big story big doings at the superbowl. ducis rodgers is live at the opening night ceremony. sarah bloomquist is talking to celebrities. sharrie williams and brian taff are there. when we say media, we mean from all over the world. >> several thousand media credentials were issued for the event and i can tell you every one of them was used. it was a mad house in there. when the eagles were introduced, they were booed by viking fans. i wonder why?

let's take you inside the excel energy center. eagles taking up the atmosphere. there were so many journalists out thr. michael jackson blaring over the speakers, aji aghaei sd off his moves. the birds seemed to enjoy themselves out there tonight. >> it's real cool. i'm enjoying the moment. >> this is what -- everybody's excited. media's excited. it's been a long time since we have been here. we are fortunate to be here. we are happy to play the game. >> i love it. talking to the older guys, we have earned this to be on the stage, to be in front of the cameras and to enjoy ourselves in this moment right now. >> the guys seemed loose,

relaxed. as the week goes on, that may change. we are just six days away from superbowl lii. reporting live from st. paul minnesota, jim, back to you. >> thank you, ducis. also sarah bloomquist is on the celebrity beat tonight. sarah, safe to say there are people we know and love. >> we are here outside the excel energy center in beautiful st. paul where the actual temperature right now is something like eight degrees. i'm standing on a sheet of ice. it's much warmer inside where reporters are meeting with the coaches and players and have been throughout the night. we caught up with a celebrity reporter, guy yai guillermo.

from the "jimmy kimmel live." we caught up with him before he set out to go inside to interview the players. >> are there players you are looking forward to interviewing? >> the quarterback for the eagles. >> what's his name? >> nick. >> his last name? >> i don't remember his last name. >> foles. >> you have a player whose first and last name is strange. >> aghaei? mai tai? >> mai tai, like the drink? >> he could be your new favorite player. >> i'll try mai tai. >> do you know the fight song? eagles. >> try it again. i'll do it, and then you. >> aegles eagle eagles!

>> did i say it right? >> no. >> he has to do better than that. one thing we learned, guillermo does not like the cold whatever. it was 80 when he left l.a. it's eight degrees here. he has choice things to say about the temperature here in st. paul. we are working to put the entire interview on 6abc.com. you want to watch for that. you want to watch for guillermo's reports from the superbowl on "jimmy kimmel live" airing after "action news" at 11:00. i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." >> sharrie williams and brian taff are at the mall of america. they say superbowl bowl week is one big party. how was minneapolis partying

tonight? >> it's not eight degrees outside. imagine what sarah conveyed to you. fans packed into downtown minneapolis tonight. they were excited to be here. in some ways they partied like it's 1999. >> the well known lyrics belonging to the late artist prince who is from minnesota. they gathered for a purple party in his honor. >> the music of prince pumping throughout downtown as superbowl live got under way on the nicolette mall. it's one of the fan experiences leading up to the superbowl. given we are six days out, most were wearing vikings gear. in the sea of purple, we spotted one woman sporting green. >> wendy had a work trip

scheduled in minneapolis. it coincided with the superbowl and her favorite team, the philadelphia eagles happen to be playing while she's here. i'm so excited that the birds are here. the underdogs re going to take it home. i have been an eagle fan all my life. i love the eagles. >> she was sure to pack her bryan westbrook jersey. >> she packed well, i might say. the sea of purple seemed to be replaced by a sea of green. eagle nation is coming. jim, back to you. >> it's on the way. thank you, guys, our coverage of the eagle trip to the superbowl continues at 6abc.com. right now, you see more reports

from minneapolis along with stories and photographs and videos that you will only see online. >> we have other news tonight. we have an accuweather alert. snow on the way to the tristate area. cecily tynan what is the latest from ak whether? >> waccuweather. >> we have a system from virginia beach bringing rain along the jersey shore. then there's another feature, a surface trough moving in from the midwest overspreading the region with intermittent light snow during the day tomorrow. the trough moving in from the west moving in as we head to the morning hours, moving into south jersey early in the afternoon. it's not going to be a lot of snow. depends on where you are as far as the timing.

we'll issue an accuweather alert. rain changing to snow showers, could get a coating to an inch in some spots. surface trough tomorrow is more widespread, a coating to two inches farther north and west. generally, it's cloudy with flurries but light snow in the western suburbs there. 29. philadelphia 33. detail withs the map and snow amounts and tracking t two more possibilities. jim? >> thank you, cecily. with winter weather on the way, check abc weather. >> a suspected hit and run killer is behind bars tonight after last night's accident along the schuylkill expressway.

the death of a tow-truck driver, and there is "action news" dann cuellar. >> family and friends of the tow-truck driver are deeply mourning tonight. the hit and run driver is under arrest after a witness followed him and called police. >> the tow-truck driver for k & s towing, he was on the schuylkill eastbound sunday night around 7:00, assisting a motorist in a disabled car when he was struck by a ford f150 driven by emmanuel doxi. doxi failed to stop and kept driving. he was followed by a witness who called police who later arrested

him. >> they were devastated by what happened. they say house was like a gentle giant that came to work everyday. >> he was a great guy. he liked his job. he was moving to third shift this week coming up so he could spend time with his kids. >> his wife jamie says he was happy and his laugh one of a kind. he was a great man. we love him and miss him very much. the folks from k & s towing said this -- >> he came to work everyday. he was never in a bad mood. he was a gentle giant. >> a fund has been established for the children through the bryn mar trust bank. dann cuellar, channel6 "action news." >> thank you. body cam vid jo video shows a ce

call the minute a vehicle slammed into a new jersey officer's patrol car saturday night. the officer was out of his vehicle at the time and he escaped unharmed. >> still to come, we head back to minnesota. >> an off duty police officer opens fire as a driver tried to mow down a civilian in philadelphia. >> and a major departure from the fbi today. the number two man departs. our january thaw is over. we are tracking colder air on the way. three chances of snow tomorrow. the details on what to expect in the seven-day forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ ♪

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>> philadelphia's police commissioner is concerned about the number ofired at a driver who was purposely hitting pepedestrians. an off duty driver fired and shot him in the head, but he fired about ten shots. >> a police officer shot at point-blank range was emotional while describing limitations recovering from the shooting. hartness took the stand against the shooter. >> republics in the house intelligence committee voted to release a memo containing classified information that they shows the fbi and justice department are buy biased againt president trump.

the move was speer headed by niewnunez. >> deputy fbi director andrew mccabe stepped down immediately. he has been the object of withering criticism from president trump. the white house accused him of being biased against the president. president trump will give his state of the union address, the theme, billing a safe and proud america. watch it at channel6, beginning at 9:00. >> there are lots of grand openings in the tristate area but none like we see tonight.

it is to give hope to the philadelphia homeless population. >> annie mccormick has the story. >> sister mary and employees of project home took us on a tour of project home in the 11,000 square foot facility. project home, working with the city of philadelphia and septa created a first of its kind facility. it's not a shelter, rather a connect to other services, a place to wash their clothes, get necessities and clothing. they serve donor when other shelters are not open. >> this is the place broad streies can warm the meals. >> the ultimate goal is to help get people off the streets. >> they are the people we are trying to target for long-term

housing options. >> there is a medical facility opening in march with nurses and physicians and support. >> so people get help, number one, and number two, don't have to seek healthcare in emergency rooms. >> the before photos show when crews broke ground in the summer. here you see the drastic overhaul an tonight they are still putting on the finishing touches. >> the doors open wednesday, 7:00 a.m. annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." >> we have snow on the way, not a great deal of snow, but it could be an inconvenience for sure. >> a new inside event. it signals a change in the weather pattern, cold snowy patterns as we get close to february. the "action news" camera, looking at city hall on this cold night, 47 in philadelphia, but colder air is moving in.

moisture as well in the form of snow. sky 6 looking at the skyline for the temple university camera. the accuweather highlights show you, i'm tracking not one, not two but three chances of snow over the next week. we have a cold start to february and we have many days in ex-week when afternoon highs are not out of the 30s. a big change from the weekend when temperatures were in the 50s. >> we are gow down to 47. allentown, 37, beach haven 36 and wilmington currently 39-degrees. storm tracker showing light rain thanks to the coastal low. a lot of this is not reaching the ground. where it is, closer to the garden state parkway. a lot of the moisture is moving out.

some changing to snow along the coast overnight. another system tomorrow. satellite and radar showing two systems, a coastal low moving out, a surface trough piece of energy moving in from ohio. that spreads light snow across the viewing area. the morning rush, use caution, philadelphia, cloudy with flurries. light snow in the western suburbs as we head to the commute. 1:30 in the morning, the coastal low throwing shower activity, most of the it along the coast. around 8:00, light snow berks county, lancaster county. this is not a wide swath of snow. it's light snow. it's not all the time and it's a quick hit. by 6:30, it moves out. the accumulation, the fact that

it's 50s over the weekend, it will be hard to is stick. the coastal low could get one to two inches and northern chester county, upper montgomery, bucks, one to two inches. temperatures there should stay below freezing. if you are heading to minneapolis, look at the temperatures. next two days not bad. 20s. thursday, we drop to seven. afternoon highs in the teens and single digits sunday, seven degrees lows below zero. there is a reason brian and sharri are hanging out at the mall. there is a forecast for light snow, a nuisance event, not major storm. wednesday, partly cloudy. thursday, 48-degrees ahead of a cold front bringing rain at night and cold air behind us friday morning.

we have a snowy commute friday morning for groundhog day. saturday is cold, partly sunny, 31. superbowl, another chance of snow and rain shower, 41. david murphy will track the snow on "action news" at 4:30 tomorrow. >> a loyal eagle fan in buck'sut today. it's a giant eagle sign in front of his home in lefts town. earlier this month someone stole the one he had. it was sentimental because his sister made it 30 years ago. brent brown from brent's imaging heard about it and delivered the sign to the reid family.

>> ten-year-old canin wier and his parents are headed to minneapolis. last week we introduced you to the fourth grader battling cancer. he wanted to go to the game but didn't have tickets. a generous "action news" viewer saw the story and decided to make his dream come true surprising the family with airfare, hotel and three of the most coveted tick tickets in am. ♪ ♪

>> you could say it was the unofficial kickoff. >> superbowl week with all kinds of crazy questions, football to food, guys being asked to wear footballs to hats. >> let's go to minnesota with more on the crazy night. >> it was bizarre. so was seeing lane johnson wearing sunglasses during his event. >> it was opening night 57d didn't disappoint. the eagles look like rock stars taking the stage at the excel center. >> this pening night gave them

the opportunity to let loose. the bers di birds did just that. they can be serious later in the week. jason kelsey, what do you think of the state of minnesota so far? >> i feel like -- >> you look like you fit in. >> the biggest thing about minnesota, it's a land full of salt. >> we heard that from the crowd. what else do you think of minnesota, man? >> cold weather for guys with beards and large. you don't need to deal with sweating you normally deal with. they are good, wholesome people. >> jason is right. good, wholesome people. great weather? the verdict is still out on that. back to you in the stew owe. studio. >> still to come, tom brady throwing a ton of compliments to

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>> so what advice does tom brady have for nick foles? he says foles knows what to do. >> they have had an incredible season. they are dangerous as any team in the league. it will come down to whoever plays best. hopefully, it's us.

>> the sixer shooters, they should take a seat two. simmons with a hook shot looking good in the second. scores 16. fourth quarter, sterling brown. sixers lose 107-95, second straight loss. that has not happened in more than a month. >> but it happened tonight. >> happened tonight without jojo. >> "jimmy kimmel live" live next followed by "nightline." musical guest gourd. >> "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards, matt o'donnell. >> for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. have a good night. ♪ ♪

chadwick boseman, dave salmoni and animals, and music from zz ward featuring fitz. and now, with all due respect, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: that's very nice. i'm jimmy. i'm the host. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. thanks for everything you've done. [ cheers and applause ] that's very nice. guillermo is away on assignment. guillermo is off at nfl media