massive transportation operation. and "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live. >> reporter: jim, that is right this is not a ticketed event and open to the public and expected to be bigger than the phillies world series parade in 2008. with the vince lombardi proffy in city hall the mayor and parade organizers revealed the details. >> i want to thank them for all the joy they brought to us. >> it's really an opportunity for us, our organization and players and staff to really sort of take in the enthusiasm and say thank you. >> 11:00 a.m. at broad and paterson the parade takes off

going north on broad street around city hall and down the ben franklin parkway and stopping at the art museum steps. >> nice and slow to give people the opportunity to see everyone and it will be open air so people will see, they are not enclosed vehicles. >> there will be 14 jumbotrons from eakins oval to city hall and on this stage the celebration takes place. >> there are celebration as long the parade route that will happen. and it will be very visual. and extra equipment to strengthen signals are installed and signs for parking restrictions are going up. and expect a heavy police presence. there is no restrictions on what to bring and police warn that behavior like this on sunday night will not be tolerated. we'll have people on foot and in vehicles and in the air. they will be on bikes and horse

back, they will be all throughout the general parade route. >> and jim this sell brings is expected to end at 3:00 p.m. between 1 and 3 million people are expected. reporting live annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> i think it will be closer to 3 than 1. lets switch live to suburban station and john rawlins. this will take coordination between the commuter rails and the city division both equally crucial. >> reporter: that is correct. septa hopes to move about 500 to 550,000 people to and from the parade on thursday. the biggest people movers the broad street line and market frankford line is on rush hour service all day long. and regional rails has to extensively modify their schedule and some stops are bypassed and those folks from

the burbs in center city have to get off at 30th or jefferson. >> if you can get to the broad street or market frankford line on thursday. the good news is your ride will be free but if you think about taking a regional rail train expect twists and turns. to get on board you must have special reduced fair tickets and existing trail pass or one of these special one day passes, 50,000 of them are on sale. the line at paoli snaked outside the stays today. one man looking for -- >> 13. >> at $10 a pop. >> come thursday only the airport line will have regular service and other rails will be inbound to center city before the parade and outbound trains will not run until the event wraps up and septa issued maps that rail service will only be from select stations like the papal visit. why the changes?

septa says to avoid what occurred in 2008. the rails were overwhelmed with fans that could not get to the phillies parade and likewise they are closing underground stations because of overcrowding. >> we found during the phillies parade there was pedestrian glid gridlock and no way to get the people up in time. >> and offering trains westbound in the morning and only eastbound in the afternoon. so some complicated changes to mass transit. frankly the best way to get details on this is to go online go to 6abc.com/eagles parade, that is a good first stop. and a quick update on the special one day passes, they have been selling briskly we are told and not sold out yet however we have been told in media and lanes dale they sold out their allotments today and should get more tickets

tomorrow. live at suburban station john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. i don't mean to sound presumptuous we consider ourselves philadelphia eagles parade station. we have live coverage starting at 9:00 in the morning on thursday all of our coverage will also be streaming live on 6abc.com. and so you won't want to miss a minute of this historic sell brings. >> and sorry ladies, carson wentz is off the market. the eagle s quarterback announcd his engagement to girlfriend maddie. and it read she said yes and maddie and i both got us a ring. wentz is referring to the super bowl ring and maddie' engagement ring, a wonderful story for both of these young people we have word of an accuweather alert because it's going be an

unpleasant day tomorrow. lets get the story from cecily tynan and accuweather. >> reporter: the calm before the storm dry now but double scan live radar showing that all of this moisture gathering from the gulf of mexico and moving our way it will be here in time for the morning commute. we have winter weather advisories posted along the i-95 corridor and all areas northern and west for some snow and sleet. winter storm warnings for the poconos they could get significant accumulation of snow up there. future tracker 6 showing the moisture is here by 7:30 in the morning and what you get depends on your location. south jersey central delaware looking mainly at rain and could begin at freezing rain a little bit of sleet and philadelphia areas north and west. and we will be getting a change over through the morning hours. by 4:00, it's rain everywhere, the problem though and the farther north you are and you

get the change over to rain. and posted for the wintry mix. the biggest impacts are areas north and west of i-95 and the lehigh valley there is a threat of significant icing. temperatures tell the stories, lehigh valley. only making it to 35 degrees and parts of south jersey 55. i'll run it down what to expect neighborhood by neighborhood where you live coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. with the wintry mix moving in the "action news" mor has an early start. join us tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. warren and road conditions and any possible school closings or delays. appeal granted a win for prosecutors as the man at the controls of the deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia was ordered to stand trial today. a judge reinstated involuntarily manslaughter and reckless end h endanger many charges against

brandon bostian. it was going twice the speed limit and killed eight and injured 100 more. bostian remains free on bail but had to sounder his passport. >> pennsylvania governor tom wolf revealed his budget plan in thorning in harrisburg and the election year proposal boosts spending by 3% to $33 billion for the fiscal year beginning july 1st and it relies on a new natural gas tax and savings from programs increasing the minimum wage to $12 an hour and the higher spending goes toward public schools, pensions and prisons and social services. three weeks of budget hearings begin on february 20th. and a problem with the weather service led to a false

notification a push to mobile phones about a tsunami warning. residents along the east and gulf coasts received the warning this morning. once a user clicked into the story it was apparent it was only a test. the nws says that the text message was released by a private sector company. and they are working to determine why the text was communicated as a warning. and police are looking for it's man and woman that installed a skimmer on an atm. the same man returned yesterday morning and with the help of another man they removed it. the group is also responsible for a skimmer in levittown. a police officer is okay tonight after a crash in the holmesburg section of philadelphia. the officer was on his motorcycle when he was hit by a vehicle that was merging lanes. neither driver was injured and

the motorcycle was towed from the scene and the other vehicle had minor damage to the fender and there are no charges at this time. coming up on "action news" tonight. we get a post game report from mr. gary. the south jersey bus driver who scored tickets to the super bowl of a lifetime. all thanks to the adoring families he serves. and glassboro's own corey clement returns home following the super bowl and a detour out west on jimmy kimmel.

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school bus driver from mount lauer that was so beloved by parents they raised money to send him to the super bowl. well mr. gary is back. and he told "action news" reporter vernon odom all about his super bowl experience. >> i saw history being made. history being made. >> we introduced you to school bus driver gary before the super bowl right after the mt. laurel school district parents raised $6,000 to send the lifelong eagles fan and his wife to minneapolis for the big game. >> eagles finally brought it back to philadelphia. finally brought it home baby. we won the super bowl! the super bowl! wow. >> emotional. >> eagle nation we did it. >> he says it was is the experience of a lifetime. and forever cherish the memories and the goodness of those that sent him. he has been on the job since

1991 and loving it and the eagles. >> my dreams came true. my dream came true. >> you can go if peace now? >> i can go in peace and buy the new fishing rod. >> gary says this the trip and experience of a lifetime and counting on the eagles to make it to the super bowl next year in atlanta. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" in mt. laurel, new jersey. and no surprise here. but the super bowl champion eagles are the cover story for this week's edition of "sports illustrated." mvp nick foles and torrey smith grationed the cover and the image is follows running into the end zone to catch the touch down, it was that play the phillies special that happened at the first place. "sports illustrated" called it as a play call for the ages and foles an a kb that amazing.

oh how a life can be changed. when you win the super bowl things like this happen. a parade and trip to disney world and maybe book deals, this is the perks going along as a super bowl champion. some found themselves hanging out with jimmy kimmel. jeff skversky is live where he caught up with one of those players. >> hey ducis. touching down back in philadelphia eagles running back corey clement the grass bro native setting in that he won the super bowl and seeing the city lit up in green and the excitement from the fans at his plane on the airport and signing autographs and taking lots of pictures. here is corey arriving from los angeles a few hours ago and a lot of excitement and buzz here as he lands it's a crazy last 72 powers and flew from minneapolis to los angeles to be on jimmy kimmel with jay ajayi and kimmel

jokes they traded nick foles for a second they could not believe. but clement with who went undrafted a year ago would not change this for the world. the first up drafted rookie to have 100 yards receiving in a super bowl. >> you sit back after the game and say what the heck did i just do. did i get put in the big situations, thanks to coach peterson for believing in such a young guy like me. being a part of something special. you know, shout out to nick foles for the perseverance through everything. and we were all behind him. >> you heard nick foles was traded. >> you are not getting me this time. great to come back as super bowl champs. >> what do you think will be like thursday parading up broad street to the art museum. it's going be insane.

>> the last parade i went to was 10 years ago when the fellies went to the world series, they closed down school and everything and i get to be on the opposite side of it, riding down the street with my eagles. and i look forward to it and for a lot of fans, i expect millions to be out there. we'll see how it goes. >> clement says it's a moment he will never forget from win that super bowl to the parade on thursday. and in his honor how about this, glassboro high school and the entire area is closing school that day. jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. several eagles will attend the sixers wizarded game at the wells fargo center. they will honor the champs.

joel embiid witnessed the super bowl victory in person. >> it was a great experience. different people just celebrating with a lot of people and watching the eagles and watching the win. i thought it was great. >> ryan elliot will be back in the net for the flyers. he missed the last four games because of a lower body injury. >> can't wait. >> 32 seconds no 28 seconds. cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast. when we continue in just a minutes. turning 65.

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with all the good feeling around here. a fly in the ointment bad weather. >> we have to get through tomorrow and thursday should be fine just kind of cold. taking a look at the ben franklin parkway where preparations are underway fort big parade it will be dry and chilly. but clouds are building ahead of the next storm system. canal lean posted this great looking shot of the sunset from lbi and we saw breaks in the clouds and 36. and trenton 34 and cape may 34 degrees. taking a look at temperatures we drop below freezing by midnight and then the moisture moves in by 6:00, 7:00 in the morning and

above freezing by 9:00. and small window in philadelphia for the frozen precipitation but areas to the north the cold air hangs on longer. we have breaks in the clouds and more clouds are moving up from the southwest ahead of the system beginning to gather moisture from the gulf of mexico. the leading edge already through the tennessee valley. and this is what is here. all day long tomorrow. and the morning hours that i'm concerned with the threat of the snow and icing. future tracker 6 showing bad timing for the morning commute. allowing extra time and prepare for school delays and in part of our viewing area, philadelphia areas to the north it's snowing and we have sleet and icing across parts of delaware and interior south jersey and farther south central delaware it's just raining and as we head due the day the warmer air is moving through the surface.

and see the blue, allentown and northern berks county. this is the potential for icing on top of the snow and sleet. that could cause a lot of problems, by 3:30 except for the poconos it's rain everywhere and by the evening commute we are talking about rain pushing off the coast by 9:00. as far as the snow and sleet totals we are look agent a coating to inch right along the i-95 corridor until we get the change over to rain and the immediate northern and west suburbs 1 to 3 inches and across the northern lehigh valley and northern burkes through the poconos we could get 3 to 6 inches of snow. and you get the freezing rain on top of the snow and sleet could cause problems into the middle of the afternoon. the good news for the parade, all that moisture is out of here just cold if you head down to the parade on thursday. bundle up and temperatures rising into the low 30s and we

have a wind the whole time the wind tunnel effect and it's stuck in the low 20s. dress like you are going skiing. it's going to be cold. wintry mix changing over to rain and the high is 46 degrees and on thursday dry and cold and windchills in the 20s and the big victory parade on friday 43 degrees and mixture of clouds and sunshine and temperatures jump forever the weekend and saturday 49 degrees and it clouds up and rain arriving by saturday night. sunday it's mild and wet. periods of rain and 54. and sun returns on monday 44 degrees and tuesday morning sun and increasing clouds a high of 42 degrees. i can't stress enough allow time for your morning commute. >> thank you. finally tonight pats king of steaks is crawling with lobst lobsters.

owner frank old vary received them from lobster 207. they left maine at 5:00 this morning to personally deliver the fresh seafood and after that long drive, old vary was not about to let them go home empty handed and he gave them cheesesteaks to go. but the lobsters are here. abworld news is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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