jalapeno curds. expect 32,000 hot dogs and brats and 7,000 nachos. year in t chefs and trial and error and tasting to come down to the final product. for you this must b he the lifetime. >> it's suexciting and a long jouexcited. >> and we did go down on the field. boy it's an impressive facility. no dome anymore just 175 million square foot venue built for the super bowl a unique design and

takes in the areas root they have taken on the viking theme as well and has sting featureorg up news" ating live in inneapolis, i'm sara ws bloomquist, chann 6aco you. thank you. ers also ngtonitthe teamrd from coach players today. >> hey there rick and ay birdsin the twin cities the walk through and agthy media session and as you can imagine a lot of questions from the birds centered around tom brady andhes to be successful find a way to slow down the future hall-of-famers. >> a four time super bowl vip. we talk about tom brady the most in nfl history. four times and looking for the sixth ring and he was the guy that beat the eagles '04 and '05. the buy that the defense has to heans love to hate. and i got a rare chance ton with tom brady. time the eagles

we3 y faced you and your coach. and they still harbor bitternessuncanny it has tak years and here you are agai >> oiously different teams they zation racticed against them three or four years ago a times, and i have a lot of respect for this team. last time we played them at home they beat us. and they are a dam good team with a great coach and very very determined hard nosayers and a very you know on. a great fan base. someone showed me some video today, with a chant going on but that was not nice. >> probably i would hate me if i was in philadelphia right now. >> what do you think of mask? >> what is the d mask. >> johnson broke out the dog mask because they are the underdogs and they sell like dog >> they are 13-3 can't be

underdog when you are number one in the i tol ofles what brady says the underdogs. come on we are the underdog zblrks c former great brian westbrook will join us in sports. we are liven bloom th the birds. channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> that underdog status got this far why in the keep it going. thanks guys. kick off your super bow weekend here on channel 6 friday night at 8:00. tune in for the "action news" preview live from minneapolis and stay with "action news" saturday as the excitement builds with live reports throughout the day. and start your game day coverage on "action news" at 6:00 a.m. with live reports all morning long and through "action news" at noon, live pregame conk begins on "action news" at 5:00 p.m. and it begins after the game from philadelphia and minneapolis and we wrap it up with "action news" at 11:00 and sports sunday and we have you covered all weekend long here on

channel 6. >> in other news a man being questioned by police. following a barricade situation in the lehigh valley. now has answers given and lasted several hours and started at thit aome on torresbethlehem. e that the husband fired a gun at her and they were able to get the woman and two children to safety. far no word on woman sitting in her west philadelphia home nearly became a shooting victim when the bullet went through her front door, it happened on north 25th street. the 21-year-old woman was sitting in the front room when the shot broke through the front glass and the glass hit her and she was taken to the hospital for treatment. we don't foe what started a fire that sent seven people out into the cold in west philadelphia. this was the scene at 5200 b. s rived and the house wasdestroelping twoive children from the home> president trump is the first state of the union address for congressnd that his tone is one of

unification and bipartisanship. john rawlins is live now, what aw mangers saying ahead of tonight's speech. >> it's similar expectation i l put an accent on the positive and tie the economy the tax reform bill. he will be chief as he was in davos as f topics, opioids, immigration and infrastructure. >> we need as plan that raises wages for the middle class. we need to hear that from hi t things you coulds ala nite country's infrastructure bipartisanship refrain hopes to build roads and anotho battle the opioid epidemic. big pushf this off here. we got bill passed that deals withdomi i hope he he signen law two weeks ago and it's a big big problem and i hope he brings attention to that. ryan costello expecting an up

beat economic message tonight. he hopes that mr. trump will stay on thates any tweets. >> there are times w are direction and there was a speech and theett gets us off rail what i a g well president have tonight be stay on the message in the days to come. we shall see. he titol hill and will speak before the joint session of congress at 9:00 p.m. and you can see it here on 6 a john. the coverage of president trump' first state of the union address begins tonight at 9owin by the demc response and watch all of that here on 6 abc. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report on a tuesday night. lets stake it live t pellman. >> the state of the streets a little bit wet and more than slow along 95 southbound side in philadelphia. you start to hit the wall of traffic approaching the walt whitman bridge from this point to the girard point double

decker bridge a crash is taking out part of the right lane and police and penndot is on the scene. just 14 miles per hour coming southbound thisg towd wwe smack down live at the wells fargo center. and live look at them the schuylkill to broad streethat is normal volume but somethingabnormal. a crash along 63 welsh road this afternoon. and one in west town township chester county along 252, saint andrews drive. and claymont delaware a wre 92 naaman's road naaman's creek is a better bet. and patco is on a modified schedule. there is not as many running and the west trenton line inbound is not running at all because of downed wires near somer ton and the outbound side has 20 minutes delays, we'll check it again if the next half hour. >> thank you matt.

>> well, imagine going to bed inside of your home and waking up to the sound of money workers urging you to evacuate. still to come on "action news" tonight. that is exactly what happened to a group of families in south jersey today. we'll explain why they have to find a new place to live. >> and consume

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suras and up to 10 days on some surf ass and other tips make sure you are well rested and stay hydrated and use the saline nasal spray during the flight. >> we find on airplanes when the membranes start to dry out we lose the most valuable defen for viruses. meantimeg theare busy keeping equipment clean there. >> wiping it down and sanitizing it. >> this goes for everyone if you are around a lot of people this time of year make sure you wash your hair often and avoid touching you eyes and if you haven't already get a flu shot. it's not too late even though the vaccine is not as effective

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time for a check of the all important accuweather forecast. cecily tynan in the w ore news of another snow perhaps on the horizon.

>> friday morning a little bit and perhaps super bowl sunday. >> but tonight we clear out in time for the super blue blood moon. >> how abo excited about it. blue becau second one in calendar month andse. i' about it.e a total e this is basically when the sun, the earth and t inalignment. this is when it blocks the sun from reaching the moon. it means the sunlight goes around the earth and that casts the red hue on the moon. it's a blood moon but here we don't get a total lunar eclipse but a partial lunar eclipse. if you want to see it you want to head outside at 6:45 in the morning. it happens at 6:48 and look t the west northwest and the moon

is setting at 7:10 and the edge of the moon will have that reddish hue and the west coass lucky they gethe he skies are clearing. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have still a few light sers aarndoundyouth jers out and the nuisance snow event right now near theeavend cloud winds are picking upr if allentown and 36 in rea ia. and you step col out he windc hia and 16 in allentown and 15 in wilmington and fls like 19 in satelli es behind i clearing tonight temperatures drop u do want to be carefu anyha roare not blown dry or treated patchy black ice. and it's well below freezing and through the day increasing clouds after sunshine and a cold day temperatures make it up to the mid-30s. the five-day at 5:00 tomorrow early sun and increasing clouds and high 35 degrees and thursday it's mild. 49 degree as head of a system that brings us rain late and early snow friday morni ry andnd

saturday increasing clouds and 31 and sunday the potential a biggeruper bowl sunday. rain and snow and we'll talk about t seven-day forecast. >> thank you cecily. >> much more ahead on "action news" at 5:30. a teenager was shot in philadelphia's kensington section in philadelphia and the search continues for the gunman. if you plan to watch the state of the union you may see lawmakers wearing black and in why. and a big surprise for a 75-year-old eagles fan that leaves him speechless. the react getting super these tickets.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph jaime apody and rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tuesday night. the investigators are releasing video of the man they say raped a drexel university student at her off campus apartment. and a teachers aide that was n for assaulting a student has been found dead. and eagles fans in minnesota are rushing to get their official super bowl gear in time for sunday's big game. now the details, terrifying moments for a woman in her home that woke up and discovered a

stranger and the woman was sexually assaulted before the unknown man escaped. walter per is live now with the details on who police are searching for. >> reporter: the attack occurs during the early morning hours on saturday. and there is surveillance video of the suspect as you mentioned. the video is not very clear but investigators are hoping that it's clear enough for someone to recognize him. >> surveillance cameras captured images of the man that police are looking for and the images were taken a few moments before the suspect entered an unlocked campus apartment along ray street. an apartment occupied by a 22-year-old drexel student. >> sometime during the night she was awaked by the intruder who was already in bed with her and she screamed and struggle and to get away from him and the time he was in the apartment he sexual assaulted

her. >> and the suspect remained there until he fell asleep more than two hours later and the victim was able to flee the building and contact poli and now the search continues for a suspect described as an african-american man 5'8" tall with a thin d. police are anxious mak an s >> she was prettyrattled. a te and he xcess of t >> the victim told police she believes tatoxcats and kept referr nicole reportingive walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a 17-year-old is among the victims of a double shooting in philadelphia's kensington section. officials tell "action news" that septa police heard gunshots at 1:00 at kensington and allegheny avenues. one victim was taken to allegheny hospital and one to saint christophers hospital with wounds to the ankle and hip. no word on a motive or suspects

tonight. >> still no word on what sparked a two alarm blaze at an auto shop in chester county. it broke out on the 2300 block in oxford. the shop that was part of tion was destroyed aerereported. a former pennsylvania school aide tha sexually assaulting a student has acc to t s institution. 68-year-old was found unresponsive if his cell. he was serving a 10 year sentence for assaulting a student at conestoga high school. from our delaware newsroom tonight a tankere lturned and a i it was riding on church road at 1:30 and the driverlost quote and the utility pole-was brought down by the vehicle. the driver was not hurt. in delaware transit officials are asking for feedback following darts recent service changes and the public

is asked to attend the conversations like the one held in wilmington today to share their experiences with the delaware transit corporation and perhaps offer changes. and you can see a list of events on our website at 6abc.com. and proposals for new service changes will be presented in march. >> new legislation is introduced in pennsylvania's capital to give equal rights to crime s to see crime victims have the right to provide statements during sentencing and the bill was unanimously approved by the juicery committee and could come as soon as march. from the new jersey newsroom. people lined up early to be among the first to apply for jobs at the hard rock hotel and casino in atlantic city. the job fair was the former taj mahal employees and the hard rock plans to hold for other applicants

and plans to hire 3,000 workers before it opens this summer. lets talk eagles football with the countdown on to super bowl sunday. e ared mso flocking tre to get their hands ont has more on shopping rush. >> from you going to the super bowl you better go home with some gear. we found eagles fans checking out the official misdemeanor and pri will too. this group was heading back to the delaware valley after playing in a lal >> we paid a heck of a lot less forhotels. >> we want to be part of and have the super bowl experience and we have a flight later and ki>>llt. looks nice a nice vest sweater. lo how does it >> you like it? >> it looks good. michael anderson drove 24 hours from bala cynwyd to minneapolis. what he doesn't have? >> tickets to the game. i'm looking for a rich woman.

ha, ha, ha. >> my friend lives in the area t shopping spree for me. >> nice. at is amy pone, she grew up in northeast philadelphia and asked a friend that lives in town to pick her up some super bowl swag. >> i'm being my minnesota niceself. and treating the philly fans nicely. and sending them their misdemeanor. we don't sending it there. >> they warn there is fake merchandise out there but plent go a the real stu across the city and one thing is for sure the eagles fans wil make t jealous when we walk into the supermarketwearing super bowl gear next i'm sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." and this reminder kickoff your super bowl weekend here on 6 abc friday00. the "action news" championship preview live from minneapolis. and stay with "action news" saturday as the excitement building with live reports throughout the day from minneapolis as well. >> and then on sunday start your game day coverage on "action news" at 6:00 a.m. with live reports all morning

and through "action news" at noon. and live pregame coverage begins on "action news" at 5:00. >> and le coverage begins immediately after the game throug minneapolis. and wrap up with "action news" at 11:00 and sports sunday, we covered all weekend long here on 6 abc. >> super bowl coverage continues on 6 abc news app. there you can see how stars and entertainment is cheering on the bir hows are it's going be fun. lets see it traffic is fun tonight? i doubt it but lets see what matt pellman to is it here in philadelphia not so super as you try to drive southbound along 95. thanks to this a crash, ide at the enof th on ramp at the double decker bridge and the crash is sticking out into the right lane and slow from past washington avenue on down to the accident scene at the girard point bridge. heading to wwe mark down allow extra time because right now

speeds are in the teens. >> also watching a bad crash in marlboro, montgomery county upper ridge road at perkiomen and a wreck along route 10 i think old scottsville is a better bet. ced by the turnpike. and dren then garden state parkway inland from avalon. may see slowing up toward ocean city. and patco on a modified schedule and inbound is not running and outbound has 20 minute delays because of downed wires. back over to you. >> thank you. much more ahead on "action news" this evening. shocking news out of california. after a star from the hit tv show glee is found dead. >> and which artist business moguls are inducted into the new jersey hall-of-fame. >> and meteorologist, adam joseph tracking the latest in the weather center. >> the snow is moving out and chill moving in with windchills back to the single digits for

most of us and the snow fell all day long and little accumulated around a half inch to inch for most areas in ocean county and more with enhancement from an ocean storm. we'll talk about a couple more chances of snow. >> and hear what eagles great brian westbrook has to say about this year's eagles team.

former agree s saling has died after pleading guilty to child pornography. they received a missing persons report and his body was found shortly after. and his death is investigated as a possible sued sigh. the 35-year-old was due to be sentenced in march. he was known for playing puck on gle

you played in the super bowl if '04 and '05 and it was against tom brady and bill be m way back when and still at it. a very good football team and they continue to play well. >> i am happy to be back here and more happy to be here with the 2017-2018 eagles football team a very good team. >> look at this from last night. nick foles and tom brady standing on the podium together. it's crazy to say their name if the same sentence and foles

almost left football and now here he is. >> i am grateful to just here and in a super bowl with these guys, tom brady one of the best and they have a great team for a long time and i'm exci in with my team and face the >> like an every day -- >> brian he has a calm demeanor.

that threw seven touch downs in a game. he is a bad man. >> that was about nick foles and earlier today doug peterson spoke to the media and spun got a one-on-one interview with him. something you don't always get. >> i wanted to ask doug how confident he was about his team and himself. it's his second year i wanted to know how he felt about it. >> and he is going up against bill belichick in the hall-of-fame. it's fun to see those two match wits and he has done it throughout the year and this is the biggest game and we need him to out coach bill belichick this game. we'll hear the the one-on-one interview at 6:00.

channel 6. rick and monica back to you. >> thank you. and still to come on "action news" tonight. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> a live look from the sky 6 hd camera at penn's landing in the delaware river.e snow finally tapers off. meteorologist adam joseph has the details when we come right back. and the accuweather forecast. but first a 75-year-old eagles fan got the best surprise from his two sons. >> you and sean are going the super bowl on sunday in minneapolis. >> are you kidding me? >> did i hear that right? >> we are flying out and on our way. >> jesus! oh my god! were you waiting to tell me that? good yes. >> did everybody know? >> ha, ha, ha. >> i'm going i'm going! oh man!

2018 new jersey hall-of-fame class was announced in trenton and 16 inductees include mark and scott kelly and merle streep the actress and stevie van zandt and cake boss. the class will be inducted into the hall-of-fame on may 6th. congratulations. >> in the meantime adam joseph is here now. if you get snow it's perfect. >> it fell all day and did

little damage and the roads were just wet. we'll do that thursday fight into early on friday. >> the action cam was down the shore and flakes are falling there as well with the gray sky and i'll tell you the ocean was also churned up as there wasn't a storm that developed off the coast and missed us for that big hit of snow. as we look at sky 6 hd the one thing we have going is that win you can take a look at down the parkway here in philadelphia. and see those country flags are really flapping in the wind and that wind is a good thing in a way. because it's drying out the ground and almost like a blow dryer to dry the roads out before they can f and sustained wind 15 miles per hour in philadelphia and 25 in reading these are not gusts they are sustained. and 13 in millville. but the bad side to the wins is the windchills how it feels, it's in the teens now and stays

in the teens through much of the evening hours and once we get towards midnight and thereafter you see 1:00 2:00 in the morning it feels like the single digits and lasts through tomorrow morning. looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan a couple of flakes off the coast and drying out quickly in south jersey and again give it another 15 to 20 minutes. they will all be gone satellite and radar coming in from the west breaks in the clouds and you see how quickly they are eroding in state college and marching their way to the east and that sky is turning clear and watch for some patchy black ice for areas that look glossy or wet. more than likely if they are not treated they are icy with the numbers falling back into the teens for most of us and windchills well below this 20 for philadelphia and we do have n in fact that is not just a fooln a lunar trifecta overnight tonight. the last time that a super blue blood moon was observed and seen

in north america was high temperature and you see just 7 on thursday. and snow on saturday. and that clips us here on sunday and super bowl day just 7 degrees. thankfully they have the dome. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast increase in clouds and 35 and rain comes in late thursday and the rain could quickly flip to a little wet

snow early friday morning. before the rh but melt on the road surfaces and again just a grassy coating to one inch and saturday clouds give way to sun and 31 and rain and snow likely on super bowl of 39 degrees and left over flurry morning and partly sunny tuesday and highs are chilly just 38 degrees. we'll watch the system on sunday. that could be bigger thursday night into friday. torecast and check stormtracker 6 live double scan live any time on your tablet. cheltenham section children got a visit from grammy nominated principal. the high school hosted henry box brown a hip hop musical and told about the musical that is about a slave that mailed himself in a box to philadelphia to get free.

first responders were

invited to take a coffee and donut break in wilmington and local firefighters and police got a chance to interact on a personal level. a police dog was brought in and there was no donuts for him but plenty of attention. right now jim gardner is standing by with these stories and more. "action news" gets ahead of super bowl lii and a taste of what the stadium is offering for fans. and philadelphia fans are celebrating here at home. and live to washington for a preview for president trump first state of the union address later tonight. for adam joseph monica malpass and jaime apody i'm rick williams have a nice evening.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. it is super bowl tuesday and that means we hear from the coach. and we hear from the quarterback and we finally get on the field at u.s. bank stadium. we check in with a whole lot of chatter on radio row and of course the biggest sport in minneapolis this week. collecting super bowl swag at a hefty price. it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the latest from minneapolis. we have brian taff and sharrie williams from super bowl headquarters at the mall of america and sara bloomquist is standing by at the minnesota vikings stadium and they are

they get ready for the game and buying gea