finally. >> talkenens a nine time proboller, gets emotional, as he finds out, his daughter cries. jamie apody goes one-on-one with dawk. >> what was it like when you got the call? there was some surprise, but i felt it. i really did. i felt it this time around. i was with my wife and kids, my daughter was crying. it was an emotional thing. it's a blessing, a humbling thing for me to receive this on behalf of so many people that have helped me and you fans, man, you guys are going to enjoy this weekend. >> what does it mean to you to get elected to the hall of fame the night before your eagles are playing in the superbowl? it's going to be an electric

weekend. it is. i'm not a guaranteer dude. i don't do that. there's going to be some celebration this weekend. >> got to like the sound of that. t.o. catches a spot in the hall of fame. he led the eagles to their last superbowl trip 13 years ago. >> we are right back with more sports. if you're anything like me,

your to-do list just keeps growing. t some of that finance stuff out of the way from wherever you are, at the doctor's office, karate practice or my favorite... back at the doctor's office.

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>> more good news for eagle fans, the biggest cheerleader of them all, joel embiid says he's going to the superbowl tomorrow and they have never lost when he's been at a game. tonight for the sixers, jojo 24 points. fourth quarter, they come out flat. back come the pacers. sixers lose 100-92.

lance stevenson rubbing it in. >> flyers pushed around today against ottawa. down one, final seconds, nolin patrick with 2.6 seconds left in regulation, we go to a shootout. mike hoffman scores the game winner. flyers lose 4-3. their fourth straight loss. hopefully the eagles have better luck tomorrow. >> more "action news" in our next half hour. ♪ ♪

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>> welcome back to our continuing coverage of superbowl lii. the focus tomorrow behind the scenes, security operations are kicking into gear. >> the security plan has been in effect for two years and is using black hawk helicopters. here's more on what's being done to keep people safe. >> die hard fan and a massive security presence. in the downtown of minneapolis, authorities have spent two years

learning to protect it. black hawk helicopters are patrolling the skies, ready to intercept any helicopter that flies too close on game day. >> more than 2,000 cameras are keeping an eye on the city. >> we have folks from the federal government, department of energy, fbi. >> inside the command center, authorities are watching what's happening at fan zones and across minneapolis and st. paul. there are 64 law enforcement agencies, 10,000 volunteer and elite canine units have been brought in across the country. >> i'm confident we'll have a safe superbowl. >> all of the security is not meant to upset fans, rather than they'll have fun.

>> it's hard to forgot the story of lucas custer, the ten-year-old from delaware known as the dutch destroyer. before he loss his battle to cancer, he formed a special bond with carson wentz. >> his family will be in the stands at the game tomorrow. >> the family was offered six ticks to come to the superbowl in minneapolis. the birds wanted the family to be here considering what an inspiration he was this season. >> we were not expecting this at all. >> rebecca and her family can't believe they are in minneapolis for the superbowlple when you think about the eagle season, it's where they should be, where lucas would want them to be. >> lucas would be out of his mind with excite. >> lucas died of cancer four

days after his tenth birthday. this wilmington kid forged a special bond with carson wentz who hear about his fight for life and sent him a video of encouragement. >> lucas spent the day at the facility and gave him a bracelet which wentz has warn ever since. >> tuesday, out of the blue, the family got a call from the eagle organization. >> they have tickets for all of us. we drove yesterday from delaware. we are a little bit tired, but super excited to be here. it's amazing. >> the family stopped at lucas' grave before making the journey. you bet they wore the dutch destroyer bracelets. >> it couldn't have come at a better time. my wife was going back to work

for the first time in year, and she was going through paper work and saw lucas discharge paper work from the hospital. she was in a bad place. >> five minutes later, she got the call from the eagles, and it went from tears of sadness to teefers of joy. >> they have 65,000 bracelets to raise $300,000 to help those impacted by childhood cancer. sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." >> 6abc is the place to be tomorrow. start with coverage at 6:00 a.m. live reports all morning and "action news" at noon. we'll be back for pregame coverage starting at 5:00. live coverage after the game philadelphia to minneapolis. we wrap it up with "action news" at 11:00 and sports sunday. >> a crash in westchester

tonight sent two people in to hospital. a car went out of line. two people were taken to hospital one with serious injuries. >> a 33-year-old woman is in consist di in connection with a shooting in german town this afternoon. the 51-year-old victim was shot in the head. he died at einstein medical center a short time later. no word on the circumstances surrounding the shooting. >> two people are hospitalized after being rescued from an icy lake in mercer, hamilton county. a white suv crossed three medians before plunging into the lake on south broad street. >> what's going through your mind? >> what can i do to help?

>> it happened in an instan. >> while his coworker called 911, he jumped in to help. it was too cold and the victims were sinking too quickly. >> the trump administration is withdrawing its controversial nominee over environmental issues. senators questioned her expertise during nominations hearing in november. >> there is so much more to come on "action news" tonight. our eagle coverage continues as we find out what the team did today to get ready for tomorrow's game. >> melissa? >> we are tracking a soaker. if you are planning parties for the superbowl come sunday, we have the details coming up in

the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> fly eagles fly, for a touchdown one, two, three. watch our eagles fly ♪ ♪

>> wow. man. >> it's the first music video i ever produced. >> do we have talent? >> really good. >> hats off to all of the incredible talented people in philadelphia for singing the fight song. >> we need a polka. >> 6abc action hash tag weather version. >> fly melissa -- >> hmm hmm. i don't sing. >> we'll talk about what's going on with weather. we have a soaking on wit the wa, sky 6 live hd, eagles green getting ready for the game tomorrow. lots of clouds around. look at the peco building, go eagles go. fly eagles fly. getting ready for tomorrow.

live double scan radar, we are dry in philadelphia, but we are finding flurries across lancaster, reading, northwestern suburbs as the moisture is moving through as we speak. right now, a temperature of 30 in philadelphia, 29 allentown and reading, 20 in the poconos, 28 dover. 38 in cape may. factor in the windchill, 20 in philadelphia, 18 dover, 19 in the poconos. what we are tracking, storm tracker 6, two pieces of energy that never come together to give us a massive system. it is cold enough to produce the snow in the great lakes in the ohio valley. this is the area of pressure that cuts north allowing us to tap into the milder wind flow. the majority of the rain that

moves in will be just that in the form of rain. not as cold, 26 reading, 25 allentown, 27 filth, 25 in dover for the overnight low. pregaming tomorrow, getting ready for the superbowl, a soaking on the way, high of 43 during the game tomorrow, kickoff around 6:30, a temperature of 42. still wet across the delaware and lehigh valley. hopefully time to ver celebrate tomorrow night, temperatures of 40. conditions dry between 9:30 to 10:00 tomorrow night. 11:30 tomorrow morning, we have rain in philadelphia, mixed prescription to the north and west and snow across extreme northern berks, lehigh valley and the poconos. 4:00 p.m. tomorrow evening, you can see the rain across allentown, some of which is heavy at types. change from snow to rain.

a wall of water across the area. 10:00 tomorrow night, the back edge from the northwest suburbs. as far as expected snow fall at the onset, a coating to an inch, two to four inches for the pocono, all rain for most locations with the exception of these two spots at the onset. most people see rain tomorrow afternoon. the forecast showing a milder day tomorrow, high at 44. afternoon and evening rain likely monday, brisk and cold a high of 35. tuesday, cloudy and 43. wednesday, another system moves in, milder, high temperature of 50 with periods of rain, thursday, sunshine and cloud cla high of 59.

39 next saturday with more rain on the way. we have a soaking on the way. enjoy the game. >> a man is killed in a hail of gunfire. tonight his family is hoping one of a dozen people that saw it will come forward. here is rick williams with tonight's crime fighter report. >> chapman talks about her older brother as the glue to the family. >> he kept us together. >> chandra says her brother was a fixture in the community. april 14th, the 59 year old was outside about 11:30. police were called to the scene after they were alerted to a possible shooting. when they arrived they found walter suffering of gunshot wounds. he was taken to hospital where he died an hour later.

>> nobody cares. >> the crime commission is offering a $1,000 reward for the person responsible. all calls will remain anonymous. >> he was a superhero to us. >> for crime fighter, i'm rick williams, channel6 "action news." new tv, new speakers, netflix. this is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. is it, ladies? fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, literally engineered for streaming. good advice. i've also got some ideas on a better cereal selection,

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♪ ♪ >> fly eagles fly, on the road to victory. ♪ ♪fully eagles fly ♪ countdown, one, two, three ♪

>> pitch perfect. what? they are amazing. the talented singerers snuck in the eagle fight song. we thank them for that. i'm posting that video on my facebook page. all that's left is polka. >> this time tomorrow night we might be able to do seven hours straight of eagle's fight song. singing, singing, singing. >> it's going to be a good day tomorrow. >> i have to warm up. >> it could be the greatest day in eagle history. brian dawkins and terrel owen elected to the hall of fame. eagles got a pep talk from brett favre this morning. they held the final walkthrough

at the stadium in minneapolis as they get set for the superbowl lii sunday. coach pederson says the eagles feel it. they can see and they have nerves, going to bed you can imagine. >> hopefully it's like the minnesota game. i'm at peace. i know the team's prepared. we have exhausted everything in practice, study, film, the whole thing. at this point, you try to get as much rest as you can the night before and free your mind a bit. players same way. >> how does this happen? pederson gets one vote for coach of the year and carson wentz loseloses mvp for tom brady. who's winning tomorrow?

superbowl lii, jamie apody nfl o get pricks. predictions. >> eagle or patriots? >> both. >> give us a prediction. >> you can't go enter division, right? >> it's us. >> hard not to root for the eagles. they are a good team. they deserving to here. >> eagles had a great season. >> you rooting for philly? >> i coach the giants now. i'll leave it at that. >> that's why i asked. what's your prediction for the superbowl? foles all the way. he's my guy. >> case keenan lost to the eagles in the title game. going with the eagles in this one. >> castle is next. "action news" continues at 6:00 tomorrow morning. >> for walter perez, jeff

skversky and the entire "action news" team -- ♪ ♪

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