hey, where's punxsutawney phil? >> he's not phil. but i'm trumpsatayney kellyanne, and i just saw my shadow. do you know what that means? >> no. what does that mean? >> six more years of president donald trump. whoo! >> jimmy: if donald trump gets a second term that means he'd be in office for seven years, not six. >> the world ends in six. we've got six years left. woot woot! >> jimmy: that's disturbing. but i wanted to talk to punxsutawney phil. is he there? >> yes, he is. as a matter of fact, i'm wearing him. >> jimmy: oh. wait a minute, you made punxsutawney phil into a coat? >> the trump boys, eric and djtj, shot him and skinned him for me. >> jimmy: that is terrible. punxsutawney phil is an american institution, kellyanne. >> no, he isn't. as far as i'm concerned, he dug a hole and burrowed his way into this country illegally. his real name is punxsutawney felipe. >> jimmy: oh, kellyanne, this is absolutely crazy. >> i'm wearing a dreamer, jimmy. >> jimmy: oh, no, you're not. i don't believe that for one second. >> okay. then w

. >> ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil. nick: it is groundhog day inho america, whereands gathered to watch rodent name punxsutawney phil make his annual prediction on how long the nter will last. in washington, too, deja vu, with t day beginning as it often does with an attack from the white hoe on the russian vestigation, but this has intensified the big chill between the president and his senior law enforcement officials. the top leadership and investigators at the fbi and the justice department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of democrats and against republicans, something which would have been unthinkable jus ort time ago -- that is the main accusation of a secret memo which the president authorized the public release of today. it alleges anti-trump bias amongst top law-enforcement officials. president trump: i think it is a disgrace what is happening in our country, and when you look at that and see that and so many other thin, what's going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of t than tha

ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil!groundhog day in america, when thousands gathered to watch a rodent named punxsutawney phil make his annual prediction about how long the winter will last. in washington, too, a feeling of deja vu with the day beginning as it often does, with an attack from the white house on the russian investigation. but this has intensified the big chill between the president and his senior law enforcement officials. the top leadership and investigators at the fbi and justice department have politicised the sacred investigative process in favour of democrats and against republicans. something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. that's the main accusation of a secret republican memo, which the president authorised the public release of today, it alleges an anti—trump bias among top law enforcement officials. i think it's a disgrace what's happening in our country. and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things, what's going on, a lot of people should be asham

and punxsutawney phil getting ready to make his appearance. >> live picture right now of the festivitiesferson county, western pennsylvania, about 290 miles from here, phil expected to make his annual winter weather prediction at sunrise which is a little after 7:00 this will morning, about 45 minute from now. if phil fill sees his shad so that means six more weeks of winter f not, that means, early spring. so we will check in little later as prediction time gets close closer. if maybe you don't place your trust in a rodent, we also have very esteemed meteorologist, at our service every monday through friday from 430 to 7:00. >> so couple of things about there is first of all, notice there were some flurries flying in the live picture, the same disturbance crossing our area, leading to some minor lake enhanced flurries. but, i never thought that i would see an uglier outfit than jim's suit. >> meisha? >> do not jinx the eagles suit on this weekend every all times. >> i'll put up with it, for obvious reasons. >> tolerate it. >> you know how much i love your suit, jim. >> okay, let's talk

. >> we are about to find out from punxsutawney phil, we might to have go live to punks taun if i thiss happening but they usually take their time. we never remember from one year to next what happens. so if the groundhog does see his shadow, we will get six more weeks of winter. if the groundhog, guys, not see the shadow, come on, there we go then it is early spring. we will see what phil decide, and his interpreter will tell us, so, we will break away at any second if it looks like that will happen because that is the excitement february 2nd , right. so now it is time to get colder now that the snow has ended we have a few left over flurries, it is only 14 in mount pocono. it is 27 in allentown and pottstown so we are now at 32 in philadelphia and we have those temperatures go down and winds pick up 20 miles an hour sustain wind in philadelphia so that makes it feel colder then it is, and 29-mile an hour wind gusts this morning. so cold, windy in the wake of the last of this cold front, and it is making its way through it is only 13 degrees in punxsutawney, where we will find out any

i see my royal shadow six more weeks of winter to go. >> and there he see it, the grace punxsutawney philhas spoken, phil has declared six more weeks of winter at gobbler's knob. he has 131 predictions since 1886 forecasting an early spring only 18 times. he has only been correct about 39 percent of the time. >> i was watching this, this morning that poor phil was shaking. >> terrifying. >> the poor thing, i thought, yeah. >> yes. if you look at like really mad at this groundhog, really, really mad. >> but a couple things to keep in mind here for one thing the march equinox is basically exactly six weeks away from february 2nd. so calendar would tell you have year on as well you still have six more weeks of winter. it is a ground hog. it is a legend. no matter what he says things can change. owe has been only right 35 percent of the time. so lets keep that in mind and put things in perspective in that regard but there is still some opportunity, here for us to see, some very not just wintry precipitation but very cold air, and i mean current conditions are pretty much telling that story ri

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. >> punxsutawney phil is here. >> i shaved today. >> you look very nice. looks like he's predicting more winter. >> yeah, but he's wrong. a lot. >> a few more. >> i'll take the 70s for another six weeks. >> how about that. that's what we have for at least two weeks. i'll give you that. good morning everybody. here's a look at live doppler 7. hopefully i'm more right than 53% of the time like he is. let's move on. a look from south beach and let me throw out your accuweather planner. look at those lunchtime temperatures. 66 to 68. low 70s at 4:00 with near record territory. by 7:00, still a very gorgeous evening, 58 to 61. maybe have friends over and eat dinner on the patio and enjoy that warmth while you can. here's sue. >> looks great too. headed to san rafael. speaking of gorgeous, clear, no fog. the taillights are headed in the southbound direction past the north gate mall and the civic center at a 20-minute clip to get from san rafael into san francisco across the golden gate bridge. we'll check on that in a minute. let's look at the commute out of the

bill, obviously, the big story today, what is punxsutawney phil going to do?on? tell us what you know. >> he has his own group of poem that bring the scrolls out, they'll read at 7:25 a.m. we'll find out if he thinks. the problem is that now we have fought just punxsutawney phil, we have general lee in the south, staten island calk, there's a big huge one in austin, texas. we'll have to wait and see how it all pans out today. in southern portions of new england, a coating of snow is greeting you when you head out the door. reports of 1 to 2 inches from boston to hartford and everywhere the in between. a little coating of snow on long island, but it hasn't been bad at all from d.c. to philly to battle pore. the roads there are just wet now. temperatures are falling quickly. today, very cold in the great lakes. 21 in chicago. minneapolis, windchill is still about negative 15 right now. high of only 13 today. snow tomorrow and cold again for the super bowl. so let's take a look at your weekend forecast. saturday is kind of quiet. a little bit of light snow as i m

. >>> how wrong was punxsutawney phil? >> we're not getting that winter. >> that silly groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter. but here in the bay area, we're seeing record breaking heat. i don't trust phil, i trust rob mayeda. he'll be with us in a minute. actually we've got rob and we've got christie smith. >> i think punxsutawney phil is in minneapolis tonight. here, you can see upper 70s from half moon bay, mountain view into san jose, and all the locations you thijust saw on th border there, breaking records by six degrees compared to old record highs. 74 in san francisco, 78 in san jose. almost like a summer evening. we're still close to 70 in san jose and in san francisco. the story is strong high pressure more typical of june and july, setting up across the west coast, keep things abnormally dry. more record highs tomorrow and a dry pattern which is having a big impact on the rainfall and snowfall deficit. we'll show you how much in our forecast coming up in 12 minutes. back to you. >> rob, thank you so much.

it's always cold for punxsutawney phil. i think it throws him off. lets go spring.go. >> the philadelphia auto show is in town all week and if you are the kind of person that gets overwhelmed finding the perfect ride consider a car match maker. this is a real thing and we gave it a test drive here at 6 abc. >> in my role as automotive match maker i got help from "action news." >> colleagues gave mostly positive comments and with this information i thought what car matches each personality. >> oh alicia vitarelli, how do i describe you? >> refined. elegance. >> she is sassy. >> very sweet. >> i chose the audi a 5, they describe you and maybe something but being late on occasion. >> ha, ha, ha. >> something that gets her where she needs to be by the time she needs to be there. >> maybe a delorean. >> classy and elegant. >> here it is the car that will end my tardiness. i have bags and things -- >> i took that into consideration. a big hatch back opening. >> this feels good. what time do we have to be there? >> juggle you have your space and get your kid in here. look

the world's most famous groundhog punxsutawney phil saw his shadow.t means we will have six more weeks of winter though the winter is always beautiful in the bay area, like 70 degrees, so you go, punxsutawney phil. >> if it's anything like we've been experiencing, bring it on. >> okay, that means flip-flops. >> it's going to be another day of near record highs again in the bay area. 70s for san francisco, can you believe that? and we are still in winter here, but that's why you're right it doesn't really affect california, right? south bay 51 degrees, peninsula 50, tri-valley 45 right now. another thing you will notice all in all the skies are fairly clear, a couple low lying clouds in the east bay, eventually we will welcome in high clouds and in san francisco right now it's at 54 degrees, a little chillier in the north bay at 47 degrees. overall, though, the temperature change not really a significant amount in terms of the drop. look at napa, a little bit of five degrees cooler but san jose we are a little warmer, san jose 1 degree warmer, sunnyval

ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil!amed punxsutawney phil make his annual prediction about how long the winter will last.

ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil.me on. we have got to do our thing. gather around here, guys. it's getting pretty serious here. >> here we go. >> what do you think, buddy? huh? >> stay here. >> do we have a winter or a spring? huh? shivering. yeah. shivering. okay. we got it. that one right there. i got it. >> i gotcha. i will just hold him. here ye, here ye, here ye. now this second day of february, 2018, the 132nd annual trek of the punxsutawney groundhog club, punxsutawney phil, the sear of serious, prognosticators of all prognosticators was awakened at sunrise from his burrow by the cheers of his thousands of faithful followers. [cheers and applause] in ground hog ease he directed the president of the inner circle to his prognostication scroll which reads: up early this morning, far from home, are you searching for the philosopher's stone? well, even my best friends, they don't know, is it an early spring or just more snow? my faithful followers, your hands and my paus are getting cold. so here is my forecast not

punxsutawney phil is freezing at 11 degrees in pennsylvania.n, rhode island, will be over in an hour or two. the cold air behind it is really going to get your attention. right now in chicago it feels like 7 below zero. minneapolis, about the same. super bowl will be cold. good news, it's inside. the next storm system is coming up the east coast, making rain, changing over to snow by sunday night, monday morning. really a chance of ruining the monday morning commute. we'll have to take a look at that. all phil will say today is there's cloud cover. you know, john, he always sees his shadow. there's so many tv lights out there, how could he not? >> i feel like meteorologists around the world loathe punxsutawney phil. >> you're saying the system is rigged? the entire forecast would be more compelling if just today you wore a giant groundhog outfit. >> my last day on cnn. >> i think it would go viral, my friend. >> john avlon has strong feelings about groundhog day. >> proving my point. >> we should listen when it comes to forecasting. >>> preside

punxsutawney phil predicts another six weeks of winter.undhog saw his shadow this morning. cute little fell low. it happened just after sunrise on this groundhog's day. he's a very articulate guy. >> that's how he's going to get through those next six weeks. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things squlould know this morning. you may start to see a bump in your paycheck as soon as today. the employers have start using the new withholding tables. the companies offering bonuses because of that tax overhaul is growing. home improvement chain lowe's is announcing it. >>> neil portnow received strong criticism for saying women in the music industry need to step up in order to be recognized. women called his comments spectacularly wrong and insulting and told him it's time for him to stand dow. he said he now understands the pain his, quote, poor choice of words caused. >>> and justin timberlake promised that his halftime show will include, quote, things never done before. yesterday he ruled out any chance that his former bo

ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil!s groundhog day in america, when thousands gathered to watch a rodent named punxsutawney phil make his annual prediction about how long the winter will last. in washington, too, a feeling of deja vu with the day beginning as it often does, with an attack from the white house on the russian investigation. but this has intensified the big chill between the president and his senior law enforcement officials. the top leadership and investigators at the fbi and justice department has politicised the sacred investigative process in favour of democrats and against republicans. something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. that's the main accusation of a secret republican memo, which the president authorised the public release of today, it alleges an anti—trump bias among top law enforcement officials. i think it's a disgrace what's happening in our country. and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things, what's going on, a lot of people should be asha

punxsutawney phil getting up this morning. more cloudy and sold on sunday, rainy conditions on and off.ay,. tuesday looks like it's dry, cloudy and 39. milder on wednesday, but probably rainy most of the day, colder and drier on thursday, 37 degrees. >> outdoor celebrations on one those days would be good. >> reporter: a couple of them dry, bundle up. >> you have a green hat and green scarf and green gloves you'll be okay. >> new information this morning, four people are shot at a middle school in california. investigators are calling it an accident. >> check your bank statements if you've been shopping at supermarkets in montgomery county. police uncovered several skimming devices at branches of a supermarket. >> reporter: look at the jam on the schuylkill expressway. this is westbound traffic jammed solid from gladwyn to the blue route where we have an accident blocking the right lane. we'll take you there live next. new tv, new speakers, netflix. this is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. is it, ladies? don't

phil!" punxsutawney phil.if he emerges and doesn't see his shadowspring comes early.if he ádoesthat means sixof winter.bob olkowitz/celebrating groundhog day: "go phil!" mary davis /celebrating groundhog day:"yes!"in their groundhog hats bob olkowitz and mary davis were watching the ámovie about a year ago and decided they needed to be a part of the celebration.mary davis /celebrating groundhog day: "just a lot of great memories, meet a lot of great people." february 2nd á1886 was the first groundhog day tied to when groundhogs typically wake up from hibernation.and while the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says the groundhog has áno predictive skill whatsoever. maybe áno one could predict though what came in 1993."to the groundhog!"in the years following the release of the hit movie groundhog daycrowds went from double digits to as high as á30,000. "well, it's groundhog day, again."and while no one here áseems to be caught in a continuous loopthis is a tradition that's come year in and year out for over a century.in punxsutawney pennsylvania i'm omar jimenez lawrence karnow:

no sign of winter around here, but don't put your winter clothes away just yet, according to punxsutawney phil. >> i see my shadow, six more weeks of winter to go. >> the ground hog saw his in punxsutawney. will this polar bear see her shadow? she lives in the milwaukee county zoo and according to zoo handlers, she saw her shadow as well so we will have six more weeks of winter. >> you know the forecasters back in pennsylvania had predicted that today punxsutawney phil would not see his shadow. but what do you expect from weather casters who are telling the weather with groundhogs. >> we have barry bill and he did see his shadow. six more weeks of this winter weather. >> is bill a groundhog? >> no i just made that up. i'm not making this up. here's live doppler 7, where we have got sunny skies and record breaking warmth kracross the ba area. the ones with the asterisks, the ones with the red a red letter day. looking at blue skies out of the day, 68 degrees in san francisco, oakland 69, and 67 at half moon bay. this is the view from mt. tam. it's 74 in santa rosa, napa, novato and emeryville l

punxsutawney phil will get up d let us know what he about spring. monday, clear and chilly, 40 degrees. tuesday, mostly cloudy, 39 degrees. wednesday, cloudy, 52 there and, probably dry. >> okay, thank you, david. >> 4:40 a.m. new this morning, gunfire in southwest philadelphia sends a woman to the hospital. >> a weapon goes off in a california middle school injuring four people. accident.tors are calling it an >>> super bowl performer justin , a reporter asks him who's rooting for. but does he answer? on the vine street expresswayent eastbound at the schuylkill expressway blocking the right lane, was blocking all lanes.roe it icy. we'll check new jersey, as well when we come come right back. >> 4:42 a.m., there are the cars. city hall there. yes it is raining, let's go over to karen rogers. >> reporter: we have an accident vine street eastbound at the schuylkill expressway. the vine is wet right now, slow it down with the right lane being blocked. live look at i-95 cottman, southbound traffic heading toward cen city. just seeing anybody slip or sli

punxsutawney phil said six more weeks of winter. they reveal the forecast every year. and it's decided by a group on gobblers nob outside of punxsutawney, pennsylvania. >> he should have died hair havt for whatever he decided. >> it must be sunny here it's h saw is shadow. >> can i call for i don't have aority. >> well, we are seeing a lot of clouds and a few flurries left over from early this morning and talk about the details and get into super bowlweekend. a stoe scan radar, you see that it is dry for the most part and still some light snow showers hanging on there in south jersey. and going in tighter on street level, stormtracker 6 live double scan flurries in surf city and beao lower bank and snow showers in nd a hour. these will depart and clouds break for a few sunny breaks. and we have got colder weather that settles in for the rest of the weekend. sky 6 hd look agent philadelphia international airport on this friday if you catch a flight you should be okay and the winds are quite blustery out of the northwesterly direction. and the current gust at 29 miles per

. >>> punxsutawney phil. >>e it is, it's groundhog day everybody.d there is punxsutawney phil.rom his burrow in pennsylvania moments ago to tell us how long winter will be. >> who wants to know what the please. >> he saw his shadow six more weeks of winter. know. >> it didn't look like he wantedt was cold out there. >> we got a lot of headlines coming trump -new on and his own justice department extraordinary attack aftery warned against release of that classified gop memo. he's accusing the fbi and justice department ofliticizing the russia taking the side of democrats. >> we this carry moment a bit ago. a car went up in flames after a moth turned i on to heat it up. y in the car when saw the fire. she says she believes heat seaters -- heat warmers may be to blame and gm is looking into it to determine the exact cause. >> we'll begin with these developments in the slender man case. one of the two girls who stabbed a friend is sentenced to the crime and abc's linsey davis is here with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. a tearful apology in court thursday from morgan geyser

>> despite what punxsutawney phil told you. i'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news there. >> i don't think phil applies to the bay area. >> i guess not. >> right away let's get to our meteorologist. >> our spring fling just continues for another day, records set again, in fact across many cities across the bay area. highs today, look at this, records in kentfield, santa rosa, san jose, half moon bay, all in the 70s today, some 15 degrees above normal for february. even right now, it is still mild for this time of night and this time of year. 71 in freemont. 77 in san mateo and on santa rosa coming this at a mild 73. we're back on the air for abc7 news at 11:00. we still have spots in the 60s. another mild day on your monday, we'll get to the accuweather forecast in a few minutes, guys. >>> keep track of this heat where you live with the abc7 accuweather app, you can monitor the forecast on the go. >>> frustrated business owners are saying it has to stop. abc7 news reporter cornel bernard is live for us at opd headquarters. >> r

and rain overnight changing over to a bit of morning snow and it's gone and we say hi to punxsutawney phil in the morning and look out a high in the morning and afternoon we drop down to the mid-20s and it's windy and cold on friday. and still cold on saturday and sunday 42 with rain most of the day. and next week if you make plans, wednesday looks to be a rain day but tuesday and thursday are dry. might have something to do with center city. >> i have plans to go to a victory plans. just thinking about it and lets look at the forecast and we'll talk speaking of which the tailgating for the super bowl is officially underway. ♪ ♪ >> if this song does not resound through your head all day and all night i don't know. the kids in media delaware county are getting ready for a super bowl win like the rest of us and wearing eagles green down to the teachers and principals and dyed their hair green. they kept the beat as well. more ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at noon. we are revving things up at the philadelphia auto show and we introduce you to an auto match maker, they can pick

meteorologist >>> punxsutawney phil foresees no early end to winter. clearly, he's not here in california. the famous groundhog saw his shadow this morning, declaring six more weeks of winter. declaring by just being held up, i guess. certainly in the bay area, that prediction won't matter. i'm sorry, mike, make way for mike nicco. i trust your forecast more. >> he supposedly saw his shadow, even though it was overcast and there were flurries in the air. >> hmm. something doesn't add up. >> he's about 36% to 39% accurate in his life span. in the past ten years he's bumped that up to 50%. he's getting better. maybe he's watching the local weather people there. take a look at what's going on outside. hi, everybody. thank you for trusting me with your forecast. here's the cam from mt. tam. we'll break some records today and through the weekend. watch out for the allergies if you have them because things are going to start blooming even more so than they already have. chance of rain, medium range models out to the 18th month and nothing thanks to this high

ourister takes wtaj is out there covering it, just about two hours away punxsutawney phil's annual weton, if phil sees his winr. i love this hat. i need it. >> he's working it, i know is. >> i need to go on amazon. we'll check b this. but look, it has -- >> you know who that is? w>> that is chief meteorologist , joe mergo of state>> oh, you got to give him credit, katie. he's doing what he has tob. >> ya, ya. >> let me understand this correctly, katie,out this. >> all right, chief meteorologist is ready pa joe. >> so, overwhelmingly, based rei has seen his shadow meaning early snow, meaning winter. >> sees had i shadow, more earl. >> he's overwhelmingly seen his shadow i he's overwhelmingln other words, 103 different times, predicted more winter. so, so no surprise. >> no surprise exactly. but here is the thing, the frontal bounderythrough, basica. cloud cover left back over finding some wet weather rolling on through here currently. >> i don't think you'll see accumulation of snow, because it is movg quick. here you look over western pa, lingering flurries flying ayarou be clear just

. >> ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil. >> according to legend, that means there will be six more weeks of winter. the world famous groundhog saw his shadow. they have been holding this tradition since the 1800s. >> all these cameras and people. >> go back to bed. >> it doesn't feel like we have six more weeks of winter. >>> not so much in san francisco. springlike, almost summer-like. this weekend is going to be a warm one. clear skies out there, not going to see fog. and we are going to experience drier conditions. we are going to start to see our east winds picking up. look how gorgeous this view is. you can see the reflection on the water of the bay bridge. our temperatures are feeling comfortable at this hour. 57 in san francisco. 49 in oakland. our temperatures did not dropoff much, overnight we saw plenty of warm conditions, and are going to continue to see that and see them rise even more. calm right now, 3 miles per hour winds, calm skies. we are not feeling the breeze too much. but the east wind will continue throughout the day, throughout the afternoon and that will dro

but first, punxsutawney phil was out this morning. six more weeks of winter. the famous groundhog saw his shadow this morning during the annual pennsylvania celebration. but there is a bit of controversy. it was cloudy, so how exactly did he see his shadow? all i'm going to tell you is my kids saw it, and they said he definitely saw it. and my daughter, she's really on these things. of my parents and my grandparents. i was getting all these leaves and i was going back generation after generation. you start to see documents and you see signatures of people that you've never met. i mean, you don't know these people, but you feel like you do. you get connected to them. i wish that i could get into a time machine and go back 100 years, 200 years and just meet these people. being on ancestry just made me feel like i belonged somewhere. discover your story. start searching for free now at ancestry.com. we're pretty sure no one's everg asked howsaid microwaved. eggs, you deserve a breakfast made with respect. try the new bacon, egg, and cheese on brioche. panera. foo

punxsutawney phil saw his shadow. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. after weeks of fevered speculation, a republican memo has been released alleging political as in the justice department and fbi. it was cleared by president trump in spite ostrong opposition from democrats and many in the intelligence community who says it misrepresents highly sensitive information. the bbc's nick bryant starts our verage. >> ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil.ck niit is groundhog day in america, where thousands gathered to watch a rodent named punxsutawney phi pmake his annurediction on how long the winter will last. in washington, too, vu, with the day beginning as it often does with an attack from the white house on the russian investigation, but thid has intensife big chill between the president and his senior law enforcement officials. the top leadership and investigators at the fbi and the justice department have politicized ige sacred inveive process in favor of democrats an

. >> punxsutawney phil is here. >> i shaved today. >> you look very nice. looks like he's predicting more winter. >> yeah, but he's wrong. a lot. >> a few more. >> i'll take the 70s

punxsutawney phil drinks something called a groundhog punch every year. >> how much alcohol is in there> they say he's lived all 132 years. he's immortal. 15 times longer than other groundhogs. >> phil isn't the only one with this racket. there are other rodents claiming to predict the seasons. here in new york, we have staten island chuck. and for those of you participating in this kind of ceremony. here's what not to do with the groundhog. a few years ago. mayor de blasio dropped staten island chuck. didn't work out. also general lee in atlanta. polka. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this morning on "abc news now" the preside had. >>> this morning on "world news now" the president's showdown with the fbi could come to today. he's expected to release a memo the bureau has fought to keep classified. we have new reporting just in. >>> with the deadly flu epidemic claiming new lives a new study about the flu vaccine is putting into question about how effective it really is. we turn to dr. jennifer ashton. >>> and new this half hour sounding off before the big game. >> rob gronkowski's ready to roll after suffe

maybe it was that whole punxsutawney phil thing, right? it on -- >> blame it on the groundhog. kari has the forecast coming up. >>> you see t you know what that means, that team of year with parades, marching bands, costumes, they fill the streets of the big easy. mardi gras kicks off today in new orleans. people have been celebrating that over the past weekend. for the past 150 plus years people flock to new orleans to celebrate in those streets. purple, yellow, green beads. yep, they all rule the day. what's called the greatest free show on earth. maybe while you're there you might find some love as well. >> we'll see. >> with that in mind comes the time to show your love to that special someone. valentine's day. it's a day to be romantic and show how you can be different -- >> every day you should be romantic, don't you think? not just one day. >> it's a tough job for a man to be romantic every single day, don't you think? what about a trip for you and your loved one, your bae to the most romantic city in the country. >> you don't have

scott, punxsutawney phil predicting six more weeks of winter it looks like he could be a little bit righte got a snowy super bowl forecast in the mix. >> it looks like a messy super bowl sunday, dawn. wet snow depending on your location but also moderate to heavy rain. the timing and forecast next. ♪ this winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. so whether you're a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. pick the best peak for your family getaway at iloveny.com new york state. it's all here. it's only here. ♪ >> e-a-g-l-e-s! eagles. >> a plane full of eagles fans heading to minnesota tonight to be there for super bowl lii. american airlines hosting a plane jam packed with philly faithful even greeting them with a red carpet. there were balloons and plenty of midnight green. even an underdog mask or two made it on board. >> taking a live look at philadelphia art museum. you can't stop this eagles fever. it's contagious but one thing that might be a limb crimp in fans plans on sunday is nasty weather in store. meteor

and there is punxsutawney phil.l emerging from his burrow in pennsylvania moments ago to tell us how long winter will be. and amy? >> who wants to know what the verdict is? >> we all do. please. >> he saw his shadow, six more weeks of winter. >> oh. >> i know. >> it didn't look like he wanted to come out. he kind of was a hostage. >> it was cold out there. >> we have a lot of other headlines coming, including president jump, just now launching a brand-new attack on the fbi and his own justice department, extraordinary attack after they warned against release of that classified gop memo. he's accusing the fbi and justice department of politicizing the russia investigation. taking the side of democrats. >> and we showed you this scary moment a bit ago. a car went up in flames after a mother in indiana turned it on to heat it up. she was about to put her baby in the car when she saw the fire. she says she believes heat seaters -- heat warmers may be to blame. and gm is looking into it to determine what the exact cause

we'll see what punxsutawney phil says i think he's going to see his shadow i think we have six more weeksnter. seven day forecast from the weather authority 32 saturday. super bowl wintry mix 42. monday mostly cloudy and 40. partly cloudy tuesday. mainly rain wednesday. what day is rain day. >> pick a sunny day. kristen what's coming up in sports. >> egan tom brady and bell belichick built quite the dynasty with the patriots in new england. why doug pederso ♪ >>> there's no question what tom brady and bell belicheck their version of the patriots have done has been amazing. five super bowls wins since 2002. new england has really built a dynasty these last few years they've become the kings of the nfl but the eagles are poised to build the same dynasty under doug pederson. and he says that same success can easily come to philly. >> even in some of the quiet moments i try to envision that, you know, in this league if you have a quarterback and do you thing right and you surround them with talented players and coaches, you can have a long career, you know, in this business, and have the succ

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. >> despite what punxsutawney phil told you. sorry to be the bearer of bad news there. >> i don't think phil applies to the bay area. >> i guess not. >> right away let's get to our meteorologist. >> our spring fling just continues for another day, records set again, in fact across many cities across the bay area. highs today, look at this, records in kentfield, santa rosa, san jose, half moon bay, all in the 70s today, some 15 degrees above normal for february. even right now, it is still mild for this time of night and this time of year. 71 in freemont. 77 in san mateo and on santa rosa coming this at a mild 73. we're back on the air for abc7 news at 11:00. we still have spots in the 60s. another mild day on your monday, we'll get to the accuweather forecast in a few minutes, guys. >>> keep track of this heat where you live with the abc7 accuweather app, you can monitor the forecast on the go. >>> frustrated business owners are saying it has to stop. abc7 news reporter

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at 7:30 this morning, punxsutawney phil will come out of his burrow. doesn't see his shadow, we can look forward to an early spring. phil is far less accurate than flipping a coin. only six of his last 30 predictions have been correct. i'm not going to put too much weight in that. >> you can't trust phil. i remember growing up outside buffalo and wanting winter to be over. i relied on his prediction. something to hold on to. >>> you may have noticed dave briggs is not here. he is in minnesota for the super bowl. how did he get that gig? >> he's lucky. >> tune in tomorrow for "kickoff in minnesota." a cnn bleacher report special with dave briggs and hines ward and coy wire. that's at 2:30 eastern tomorrow afternoon. >>> i'll watch that. a major city on the verge of running out of water. what is being done to help in cape town, south africa? that is next. hi, i'm the internet! you know what's difficult? armless bowling. you got this, jimmy! you know what's easy? building your website with godaddy. pick a domain name. choose a design. you can build a websi

punxsutawney phil saw his shadow so that means six more weeks of winter.e were expecting that. because it's so cold and expected to get colder. way to kill the mood this morning. six more weeks of winter. as is market cells are. deutsche bank under pressure. it ended another year in the red the stock is down 5.3% after reporting a loss of nearly $3 billion it was hurt by the u.s. tax law and that decline in investment banking. we want to look broadly at the sector right now. joining us right now to talk about financials neil darr. the have of financial services and it's good to see you. we had been looking at the financial service sector on the runway there. and we look at regulation the fact that we haven't seen really the regulatory rollbacks hit the banks yet do you feel like we are entering a time that is positive for the banks. i feel like the rollback in regulations is coming. and economic growth about 5.4% growth. that has to be a good recipe for the bank. generally speaking i think they do feel very good about the marketplace as a whole. did a pret

well i'm led to believe that punxsutawney phil saw his shadow on groundhog day could hardly believe that we look at the amount of cloud that we do have here but yeah that did brighten up in pennsylvania enough for the ground hope to lead us to believe that we will have six more weeks of winter certainly and with a good chance of six more days of winter minus one the top temperature in new york minus six in ottawa a fair amount of snow coming in across the northern plains and over towards the rockies and that will continue to spill its way further eastwards as we go through our sunday set a cold enough for the super bowl on sunday and temperatures will struggle to get anywhere near zero one degree celsius around the midwest across the northern plains minneapolis course but that's taking place down to the southeastern corner very heavy rain a possibility of some flooding here further north as you can see it does stay a rather wintry at least for the short term by the south it's not too bad it still hasn't sunshine across much of the caribbean a little more cloud over towards northern parts

punxsutawney phil. will he see his shadow? it will be 23 degrees when he comes out of his burrow.k to you. >>> and a check on cnn money stream. wall street rebounded after a sell off. it closed slightly higher. the concern is interest rates. the fed reserve left rates unchanged. signalled it will boost them next month. there are three hikes pencilled in this year. the era of low interest rates may be coming to an end. >>> a case of chicken collusion. two lawsuits accuse the largest poultry producers of working together to jack up prices. the suits were filed bydistribu. they accuse tyson and pilgrim's pride and perdue. the 17 companies control 90% of the chicken market. >>> mark zuckerberg working to fix facebook. that's hurting facebook's numbers. users spent 50 million hours less per day on facebook mainly due to fewer viral videos in the news feed. daily users declined for the first time ever. that sent stock down 5%. it rebounds after investors said the ad business was still making money. facebook faces harsh criticism for enabling fake news and election meddling. it is workin

america's most famous groundhog, punxsutawney phil will determine if we can look forward to an earlyee his shadow? jenna steen in the studio with take on the forecast and i like your get up. >> in the punxsutawney hall of fame, a leading meteorologist, a special place in my heart for punxsutawney. here is what we are dealing with. the hog sees the shadow, the groundhog has predicted more winter, only 17 times, early spring. we are dealing with six weeks of winter and it is cold out there, 11 ° with the windchill. current windchill across the map, called for the super bowl-5, minneapolis, watching a system across the northeast move offshore and another system that can bring measurable snow. my vote is 6 more weeks of winter. rob: but you look great. 36 minutes after the hour. notice anything different about your paycheck this week? tax reform giving your bottom line the boost. finance expert answer your questions next. jillian: black wives matter making sure super bowl fans get a heavy dose of politics, the protests and anti-police warnings. rob: the diehard eagles fan caught in an nf

pu punxsutawney phil predicts another six weeks of winter. officially saw his shadow this morning. little fella, out of his burrow in punxsutawney, pennsylvania, just after sunrise on this day. he looks very blase about the whole thing. >> incredible equanimity. that's how he's going to get through the next six weeks. welcome back to cbs this morning. here are three things you should know this morning. you may start seeing a bump in your paycheck as soon as today. employers have started using the new irs income tax withholding tables. a number of companies offering bonuses because of that tax overhaul is growing. the home improvement chain lowe's is the latest to announce up to $1,000 for each employee. >> a group of female music executives are demanding the resignation of the head of the recording academy. neil portnow faced strong criticism for saying women in the music industry need to step up in order to be recognized. the female executives posted a open letter calling his comments spectacularly wrong and insulting. they told him it's time for him to stand down. in a statement,

punxsutawney phil, the world- famous groundhog, saw his shadow this morning.groundhog day is a 132 yearennsylvania groundhog didn't see his shadow it would have meant an early spring.the good news though is that phil is often wrong. ( james ) rebecca:high pressure continues through the weekend with record or near record highs forecast. the ridge will stay in place through next week with dry weather forecast for at least the next 7 to 10 days. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( james ) in the east bay... the city of berkeley is averaging a laptop robbery every two days.( darya ) kron 4's dan kerman has more on the growing problem. thursday afternoon there was no shortage of people on their laptops enjoying this unseasonably warm weather at cafe strada in berkeley. the same was true wednesday night when yet another laptop robbery occurred.sot sgt. andrew frankel/berke

at 7:30 this morning, punxsutawney phil will come out of his burrow in gobbler's knob.adow, we get six more weeks of winter. don't put too much stock in it. six of phil's last 30 predictions have been correct. >> maybe we will flip a coin and get better results. >>> the weather in minnesota is starting to warm up ahead of the super bowl. >> lying. >> balmy minus 5 degrees in minneapolis. coy wire taking the easy way out right now. coy, are you inside. why aren't you outside? we will hear from coy next. int of h luckily, office depot® officemax® is here to take care of you. ♪ taking care of business with print services done right. on time. guaranteed! expert tech support. and this week all dell pcs are up to twenty five percent off! save even more when you purchase a dell monitor. and make sure you protect your investment. office depot® officemax. officedepot.com ♪ taking care of business and when youod sugar is a replace one meal... choices. ...or snack a day with glucerna... ...made with carbsteady... ...to help minimize blood sugar spikes... ...you can really feel it.

earlier this morning, punxsutawney phil came out and saw his shadow.t means six more weeks of winter. ground hog day has been around since 1887. if he didn't see his shadow, the legend means an early spring. phil saw his shadow. >> we don't need phil. we have steve. and spring is here, it feels like. gosh. we're coming up on the 6:00 hour. five people were displaced in san francisco. and firefighters still there on the scene. it burned through two homes and we're out there live. we'll show you what is happening this morning. >>> and two days away from the super bowl. and justin timberlake is talking about who will be with him on stage during sunday's halftime stage. >>> hey, that's me. traffic is slow in some areas as we get closer to 6:00. we'll tell you more straight ahead. >>> and more about the sunny and warm weather. we had records yesterday. four, including sfo at 73 and livermore, san jose, and half moon bay at 74 degrees. ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, michaela deprince could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while performing a grand jet