live from chickie's and pete's we'll be joined by ron jaworski and brian westbrook will be here. >> we'll be joined by several hundred of the crazest eagles fans that there are right now. they are live loud, they are proud, they are praying for a victory come sunday. for jaime apody i'm ducis rodgers channel6 "action news." jim back to you. >> thank you guys. >>> let's switch live to lincoln financial field at "action news" reporter chad pradelli. chad, what do fans need to know before they flock to the stadium on sunday? >> reporter: jim behind me that is lot k. that lot opens at 1 o'clock on sunday but other lots they open much earlier. here's what you need to know come sunday. lincoln financial field will be rocking come sunday night. hours earlier the festivities will begin outside. fans mike and jessica bennett are here from vancouver ready to cheer on the birds. you going to be tailgating on sunday. >> probably very early, yup. >> reporter: what are you expecting here. >> i expect probably the most insane sporting event i've ever seen in my life so -- and a big win. >> reporter: her

. >> we are getting set for nfc championship game sunday night at the linc at 6:40 alongside ron jaworski jamie apody i'm ducis rodgers, jeff skversky and brian westbrook will join news a moment. guys, the game is almost here, we are excited. >> we are so excited. listen to the fans, and, jaws, it is, it is almost february, at this point, can you believe we're still playing football. you predicted this, right. >> no, i did not. this eagles football team has exceeded everyone's expectations but doug pederson son has instilled in this football team about offense, defense and special teams, football is constant team game and this eagles football team has bought in. >> they have been riding this under dog mentality. well, guess what, game time is almost here, and the under dog s are here too. >> there is no need to fear, under doggies here. >> if there ever was a city that em breezed the under dog, it is us. >> we love you, rock. >> i love you too. >> philadelphia, gritty neighborhoods, tough people, never afraid to fight for respect. especially when it comes to or food balance team. >> absol

plus ducis rodgers and ron jaworski break down how the eagles played.ying monday morning quarterback. el: broke, homeless, selling my body to get high, locked up, a slave to heroin - that was my life. married, a homeowner, a professional, recovering and thriving - that's my life now. i got help. you can too. new years means a new day for those struggling with addiction. don't suffer. don't wait. choose help. call 844 reachnj or visit reachnj.gov >> a community center in camden got much needed tlc as part of mlk day. volunteers gave the community center a fresh coat. the mayor got involved. community center provides a number of services for children ages five to 17. looks lovely. >>> well, for two hours this morning people packed into the paoli fire company. they worked on various hands-on community service projects honoring the legacy of dr. king including packing up books and making book marks. others put together boxes of food to be donated. this day of service event was hosted by representative warren camp. >>> dr. king of course was all about tolera

ron jaworski joins rogers in studios. the saints and panthers. the saints up 29-nine half. shawn mcco playoffs for post post season the fourth down black with thewn. jag wars hang on to win ten-3 the first playoff win in ten years, they will face the steelers next. ice cold to red hot. just like are out of the playoffs thanks to 16 goals in the last three flyers fans? my goodness he will michael neuvirth. flyers down one flash flood warning, how abou shane gostisbehere two minutes last. we're tied at one a few minutes later. flyers again, power plays shawn couturier. flyers hang on to win the third straight four to one the final. now sucks days off >> momentum and it's a big win we haven't been successful about -- against -- andg able to get the win for us. >>> sixers getting set to go to london for thursday's game. markel fultz is not expected to be ready in time. but fultz finally practicing five on five. playing five on five at sixers practice for the first time since going down with the shoulder injury in october. fultz who has been limited to four games is getting chos

ron jaworski, honorary captain. >> that may be the greatest move, jimmy johnson to wear the championshipcket. >> this is going to be an amazing night. >> championship football here in philadelphia. >> back to you in the studio. >> all right. tell him we said hi. and outside with the fans, a lot of people are heading right in to get into their seats. >> they're all head in the to you. coming into the parking lots and headed all the way to lincoln financial field. how are you feeling before the game? [ cheers and applause ] >> as you can see, the atmosphere is electric. everybody is in a great mood for this home town underdog team to take down vikings. these people have been out here all morning doing the tailgating. obviously marineating and everything. they're all getting ready to go in. they won't stop cheering. and we wouldn't have it any other way here in south philadelphia. as you can see, it is rowdy, game time. a little more than a of had a hour game time kickoff. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you very much. live in northeast philadelphia where police are taking the safety pr

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the eagles playoff run and get analysis from our "action news" sports team and a look ahead with ron jaworskiwe're showing you how some of the biggest eagles fans are getting ready for the game. >>> 5:35 a.m., breaking news from overnight. the federal government officially shut down after lawmakers could not pass a budget. republicans are blaming the impasse on the democrats sticking point, immigration, republican leaders say the talks should come later, dacca does not expire until march. chuck schumer met with president trump offering to fund the border wall in exchange for the protection of the so-called dreamers brought to the country as children. >> this will be called the trump shut down, because there is no one who deserves the blame for the position we find ourselves in more than president trump. >> what you have just witnessed on the floor was a cynical decision by senate democrats to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political games. >> the last government shut down in 2013, this is the first shut down in modern history that happened while the same party

. >>> well, ron jaworski was all smiles watching in the news room this afternoon.couldn't wait to get in here to start talking about last night's game. from the offense getting around the vikings number one did he first to that major pick six jaws and our sports director ducis rodgers have to say about the big plays coming up in sports. >>> and with the eagles heading to the super bowl, bird pride is at an all time high. we want to see your pictures and videos showing off your best eagles gear. just post the pictures to social media using the #6abcaction or post it on our 6abc facebook page. >>> and as the eagles head to the super bowl, be sure to head over to 6abc.com for the latest on the birds. there you can see the emotional stories from players and their families as well as read what celebrity fans are saying about the big eagles big victory. >> developing news out of washington, d.c. right now where senators have reached a short term agreement to reopen the government. >> the compromise is also expected to pass in the house effectively ending the government s

. >> plus, ducis rodgers and ron jaworski break down the eagles game against the cowboys that resultedlinc. >> also we're learning more about the colorado man who opened fire on officers killing one and injuring others. we'll be right back. >> ♪ my hygienist told me to try... ...a mouthwash. so i tried crest. it does so much more than give me fresh breath. crest pro-health mouthwash provides all... ...of these benefits to help you get better dental check-ups. go pro with crest mouthwash. checkup? nailed it shatters the competition. hydrating skin better than prestige creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400. for skin that looks younger than it should. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay regenerist. ageless. >> new details are emerging tonight about a deadly shooting at a colorado apartment complex in theft one sheriff's deputy dead and six people injured. the suspect is identified as 37-year-old matthew real an iraqi war veteran. police were called to his apartment complex outside of denver early yesterday morning for a disturbance call. they and found him barricaded in

ron jaworski will be along as well. >>> the sixers got in a matinee with the raptors on this holidayashion this game was closer than it needed to be. a lot of trash talk from this one, the sixers by the way o and three against toronto this season. sixers goat off to a great start. joel embiid scores 12 points in the opening quarter. he finishes with 34 in all along with 11 rebounds. defense leads the offense. robert covington will finish sixers up by 10 at break leading by as much as 21. in the fourth the lead is down to four. dario saric with a huge three to help ice it. book it. six seconds to go kyle lowry and ben simmons get into it. they are both ejected. sixers win 117-111. >>> kyle lowry is giving it to villanova. the raptors guard donating a million dollars to his alma mater. the money will be used to upgrade the pavilion. the locker room will be named after lowry. good deed by him. >> thank you ducis. >>> coming up, the late word from accuweather and adam joseph when we continue in just a moment. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> we've got some snow on the way. how big will this thing be. >> it'

quarterback nick foles, of course, he led the team, carson wentz went down, former eagles quarterback ron jaworski spoke to foles as soon as he got off the plane, jaws told me he told foles to be himself and he will do just fine. >> yeah, jaws had a couple of, fun things. he was official greeter. he was hyped guy but showing, he came bearing gifts. >> he brought the gifts, for the players, and for the eagles organization but he is so kind, he loves the philadelphia people. he gave them, some swag as well. what is the word for it. >> a usamka he had these especially made for gifts for the players and on the back there, there is a bit of the logo for the super bowl lii. so, you are right, he came bearing gifts, and it is pretty cool, nice swag. >> we got one. >> yes, we all got one. >> i spoke to jaws earlier today about that moment when he met with the players and the coaches and handed them their gifts. >> we are not in miami, as we can tell, super bowl logo on the back and i haddon or of distributing these hats, to every eagles player, coach, and anyone involved in this organization that came off

ron jaworski will join live in studio >> the eagles may know the next week's opponent but still keepinge on the saints in tampa. the saints up 14-3. shawn mccoy looking for the first season win buffalo jackson tight end of the third, blake touchdown jaguars up seven, last shot for the bills nathan peter man. kicked off. jacksonville hangs on to win 10-3, first playoff in ten years, the steelers next. >>> ice cold to red hot like that the flyers are out of last place and in the 16 goals in theee games. fans are d neuvirth since the end of november first, they're down one nothing not for thrown shane gostisbehere makes r tied at one. a minute later. flyers again on the power play, shawn gusty tore yeah. flyers hang ton win third straight, they're off now for the next six days. >> build momentum and it's a big win, we haven't been successful ainst this yea being able to g trust. >>> college hoops, temple basketball is beat up and beat up badly. the owls score 39 points against central that is it. 39 years today, against central florida. first half. bad luck.half left it wide temple loses 6

right now you can get analysis from our "action news" sports team and ron jaworski. we're showing you how some of the biggest eagles fans are getting ready for the game. >> "action news" game-day coverage kicks off tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. with live reports from the link. join us with all the pregame action at 5:00 p.m. anne we'll have an extra hour of "action news" starting at 10:00 p.m. on channel 6. all that will wrap up with extended live eagles coverage on "action news" sports sunday. >>> we'll be on air extra early monday morning with all the highlights of the game, as well as fan reaction, so make sure you tune in at 4:00 a.m. >>> time now 9:06 a.m. developing this morning, united states government shut down at midnight after the senate failed to approve a funding deal. the blame game started before the official shut down. president trump tweeted this is the one year anniversary of my presidency and the democrats want to give me a nice present. he tweeted democrats are far more concerned with illegal immigrants than they are with our great military or saf

i asked ron jaworski that's okay with the birds bracing the underdog role. >> it worked last week, theer team than the vikings. i want this team to come out confident, arrogant because they are a better team. >> i'm expecting it to be crazy. that's why we're communicating a lot right now to make sure that we don't have to communicate or if we do communicate we are on the same page during the game because i'm sure i will not hear much. >> eagles and vikings tomorrow 6:40 p.m. from the link. that's a look at sports, i'm ducis rogers. you have yourself a terrific weekend! >>> eagles fever hit a chester county family who is forever linked to the team. "action news" met the family whose latest edition is tied to the quarterback, carson wentz. >> ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you >> come on, she is so adorable. meet carson. she looks better than the quarterback. she was named after carson wentz little carson celebrating her first birthday with a photo shoot and cake smash. her parents were looking for a unique name. they both could agree on one name, carson. >> i am a dye hard

jeff skversky and ron jaworski have this week's birds break down. >> ♪ >> all right thanks guys.yoff game in four years tomorrow against the atlanta falcons. lots of concerns about nick foles going into this game but by all accounts doug pederson alshon jeffrey saying foles is looking more comfortable and he's in better command of the huddle going into the game. >> i'm not going to worry about nick foles. i think he'll be fine against the atlanta falcons. i like the way the eagles approached the 2016 game against the atlanta falcons a game they won 24-15. it was a manhood style of game. a -- you'll see six offensive line men on the field for the eagles. they used this 12 times this game against the falcons and of course a tight end. so now you've got seven on the line. of those 12 snaps they had with the heavy group they had 57 yards. that's almost 5 yards per attempt. run that tape and you will see this is matthews in game in 16 but the same plays the eagles ran against the falcons two years ago, you're going to see it in this game tomorrow. look at the ability of the running ba

ducis rodgers talked about that with analyst ron jaworski. >> what are your impressions nick foles. >must embrace his role. it's his team. it's not carson wentz's team. it will be in the future but as i look at foles right now he's got a chance to make history. and bring a super bowl championship to philadelphia. he's got to embrace that, understand it and really understand the significance of what it means not just to the eagles football team but to this city. so i want to see nick start to get fired up about it. i think he's been a little bit too low key. it's now, its my job. i got to make sure we find a way to win. >> how much of an advantage is it to play at the linc in a cold january game. >> i hope it's not too cold. [laughter] >> as a quarterback i hated those cold balls and the wind swirling although i liked it back in 1981 when we beat the dallas cowboys to win the nfc championship. i kind of liked that cold weather but when you get into these type of games the fans are going to be rabid. they know we have to win two football games to go to the super bowl and both of those g

former eagles quarterback ron jaworski will join us live here at chickie's and chickie's. >> reporter continues. earlier today we saw the nfl put up a little thing on their facebook page advertising the super bowl matchup. yeah, they had the patriots and the vikings in it. they took that down. >> reporter: they better take that down. >> reporter: how about this, if you google patriots super bowl appearances super bowl lii is on there. if you google vikings super bowl appearances super bowl lii. google eagles super bowl appearances not there. >> reporter: not right. >> reporter: check it out. he's ducis rodgers i'm jaime apody we're live at chickie's and pete's. have some crab fries. we'll be back with more at 6:00. jeff. >> thanks jamie. we've been talking about all those things on google, all those things everywhere you want. here's the bottom line. vikings have never won a playoff game in philadelphia or against the eagles period. it's not going to happen. >> there you go. why start now. >> all right. >> i like it. >> heard it from jeff. >> thank you sir. still to come that exclusiv

analysis from our "action news" sports team, and a look down the road with former eagles quarterback ron jaworski will also show you how some of the areas biggest eagles fans are getting ready for the game. >>> "action news", of course, your source for eagles coverage, join us for all of the pregame action today at 5:00, and then we will be back with live post game reports as soon as the final whistle blows, plus, an extra hour of "action news" beginning at 10:00 tonight on channel six. it all wraps up with extended live eagles coverage on "action news", sports sunday, and we will be on, the air, extra early on monday morning, with all of the highlights of the game, as well as fan reaction, so tune in, at 4:00 a.m. >>> we are optimistic. we will be a celebration monday morning. >> we hope so, yes. >>> is there still much more to come on "action news" this sunday afternoon. we are now in day two of the governmental shut down. what it means for you and effort to get the government backup and running. >>> plus a new study find researchers were wrong about c te head injuries. we have details on new f

. >> yes, it looks like ron jaworski's uncle a little bit. >> let's bring up some facts. we did research of our own. >> he said we are so bad but what about boston fans. >> remember red songs advanced to the world series in 2004 to beat out yankees. that night celebrations got confrontational with the police and got so intense one fan was killed because of how crazy it got. >> i remember when a police projectile dispersed pepper spray, into the crowd. well within of these things hit a local woman in the eye. >> week later, 37 people were arrested when red sox completed a sweep of the cardinals for their first world series in 86 years. >> turning over cars. >> not that we are trying to arrest but when eagles won last weak we only had six, 37. >> our arrests are better than your arrests. by the way we have to leave today. i have not packed one thing except that black t-shirty have not either but i have been buying thermal silk and long johns trying to get. >> what is a cuddle dud you don't know what they are a form of, long underwear you wear underneath they call it cuddle.

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i asked ron gentleman wore -- jaworski if he is okay with the underdog role. >> the eagles are a betternesota vikings. i want this team to come out cocky and confident and arrogant because they are the better team, start fast. >> reporter: minnesota vikings path goes through the link, a place that will be hostile. >> i'm expecting it to be crazy. we're communicating right now to make sure we don't have to communicate or if we do, we're on the same page during the game. i won't hear much they won't hear me. do a lot of things. >> eagles and vikings tomorrow 6:40 p.m. at the linc. i'm ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific weekend. >>> there are big wagers being made for the big game. tom wolf made a friendly bet with the minnesota counterpart. the victor will get a sweet treat from the loser state. governor wolf will send the govern five pound of tastykakes. and five pounds of the salted nut rolls from minnesota. >> we'll have more on "action news" saturday morning coming up next. >> we'll see you after the break. >> lincoln financial field is ready to go. the nfc championship game ha