back to you. >> it is for sure, thanks. >>> philadelphia police department workers were out in south philadelphiacity , as northeast philadelphia, today, greasing utility and light poles. they want to prevent fans, and those hot spots in the past from climbing in tonight, hurting themselves or damaging utility lines. >> how do you prepare for the war? grease the poles. >>> weather has slowly but surely warmed up for a january football game in the delaware valley. >> meteorologist melissa magee in the "action news" weather center with the answer about the game ahead. >> reporter: yes. >> yes, we have great conditions as we get in the start of the game and kick off at 6:40. it is mostly cloudy though as we get through the rest of tonight. we have southeasterly wind, so temperatures will stay above average. lot numbers as we get in the first quarter, 49 degrees, that is 9 degrees above our typical daytime high for time of the year. forty-four in the fourth quarter. outside tonight, not bad, 51 in philadelphia. upper 40's to our north and west. forty in the poconos. fifty in trenton. forty-six in dov

all of south philadelphia ace here today. >> south philadelphia high school. >> i can stump, i can stepne of our favorite people is here joe conklin. >> what is happening. >> crazy, madness. >> what have you done special for the delaware valley. >> me and my webb guy, jeff, we do a song parity on wip, m erill and mike singing under dog theme, he put to it video and it is a beautiful cartoon to get you in the spirit. >> roll it. >> roll it. >> watch me under dog, they have been written off tossed to the curb unappreciated, under estimated but they are still standing. >> critics every where tack and very few, foles set up for peterson and our defense is dazzling. we're under dogs. >> under dogs. >> under dogs. >> under dogs. >> history selected, out of favor, once again, we're not the favorite. under dogs. under dogs. >> they said we weren't up to the test and new we were the doggie mask. put this on your gambling blog next time at the under dog. we're under dog. >> under dogs. >> under dogs. >> under dogs. >> bring the vikings, watch them blunder, our defense will tear a thunder. under d

today police officers greased light poles around south philadelphia with the hope of the discouraging people from climbing them. nothing fancy officers used crisco to get the job done. >>> "action news" reporter dan cuellar is live in south philadelphia with more, of the fan excitement, dan. >> walter, count down is on in south philadelphia's one big party, all focused on the eagles battle with the vikings get a load of what we are seeing and hearing here tonight. >> ♪ fly eagles fly on the road to victory ♪ >> you guys are all excited, happy, joy foot. >> extremely, can't wait. >> we necessity we will win. >> absolutely. it is in the air. >> essence in the air, everybody happy, smiling, beautiful. >> special team. they have overcome so much adversity and especially between the coaches, the way, you know, made up for all of the stuff that wasn't working out, we have to have faith. >> party weekend and is what the dog's name. >> penny. >> william penn i. >> after william penn. >> from philadelphia, yeah. >> we will go wednesday. >> penny has three legs but she's an under dog and she wi

, good morning, south philly. >> oh, baby all of the road lead to south philadelphia this morning.s check the jam cams as we get ready to step outside the front door. it is friday. we are all ready for weekend. northbound, route one an accident at mapel avenue in bensalem, and, vine street expressway, crossing town, thinking of going to the sunday eagles game kick off 6:40. catch the whole game right here on fox. we will be on all day licensing with our pregame show. septa's running sports express trains that start at 3:30 or so but back here live at chicky and pete's, coffee crab fries and smell-o-vision get a load of that right in there, and that is what. >> it is like cheese stake, eggs, and cheese on top. >> that is how you have a cheese stake for breakfast. >> all of the vikings players right before the game to weigh them dunn. >> yes. >> where did mike get. >> he went to go find steve because steve has been outside steve's getting lenly out there. so there is a lady with a green and white truck and we are trying to see it. steve, did you find her. >> i'm your number one fan y

matt delucia is live in south philadelphia.t more should drivers know about the parking restrictions and how to get around them? >> that's right. you mentioned 2:00 this afternoon, that is the deadline to get all these cars off of broad street. right now, i'm in the median between a couple of these cars. everything down to the stadium complex, including the median and both shoulders, everything has to g that's the order from philly police. there are a lot of cars here. you know what else in the city, there's a lot of churches. it is sunday, after all. people will be trying to sneak in eagles gear. one church is encouraging it. i spoke to a pastor at one church and he said few things bring people together as well as sports do and today the prayers are going to the birds. >> this is an awesome day. i mean, my congregation is excited. we believe in the eagles. we believe in the teamwork that they have exemplified. i'm just excited about having this sunday, today, to get the crowd riled up, to get them excited and also to send them

this is the scene behind me Ñ relatively quiet corner just off broad here in south philadelphia.lice have still not released the identification of the virginia man who raised so much cane here in south philadelphia this morning before dying at police hands. was he a terrorist? or some other kind of deranged individual? police are still trying to figure it out. around 7:30 this morning police were alerted to man driving his black honda south on broad apparently trying to run over pedestrians. by the time he got to bigler and broad, he had succeeded. >> right here at broad and bigler did in fact run somebody over, struck the male, the male flipped up onto his -- the hood of his car. >> reporter: driving on his pickup truck an off duty police officer who saw the incident and went after the out of control driver. a confrontation ensued. >> he saw the commotion.

it will be in south philadelphia here today. his wife says all are welcome, even vikings fan. >> typical muller tailgate, hamburgers, hot dogs, the basics. we have a lot of root beer. we are as welcoming of the fans. we believe if you're not an eagles fan, but you're an avid fan, even minnesota we will welcome you for a burger and join us. >> reporter: i'll tell you what guys, root beer and burgers and hot dogs sounds delicious. hopefully the action news team is invited and also we know there's going to be a lot of police all across the city. we ask everyone to stay calm within win or lose that we do things right. bob brooks, channel 6 action news. >> bob, thank you. it is easy being green in philadelphia. the skyline showing off the green eagles color ahead of tonight's game. >> a beautiful color. good time afore a lot of people but it is also serious business keeping crowd control not just at the stadium many jeff chirico with more on the security preparations. what can you tell bus that? >> reporter: police are boosting secur

and alicia, we are having fun at the acme in south philadelphia. i want to step out of the way and show you we have fans here doing a meet and greet with the eagles past, and some of the organization here. if you come down to the acme now with your eagles gear you get a special discount and they are not the only business doing a discount because of the playoff game tomorrow. lets take a look. >> eagles! lets go eagles. >> hopes for an eagles win tomorrow is high. >> it's the playoffs we have to win. >> are they going to win? >> yes! >> we need a win, this town needs a win. we have to get to the super bowl. >> and before the big game excitement is growing at the acme on snyder avenue in south philadelphia. the whole store is decked out in the eagles and if you wear your eagles gear in the store you get 5% off your purchase. >> shrimp, chips and dips for the game tomorrow night. >> eagles! go eagles! on the road to victory! >> even swoop and the cheerleaders are here to get people fired up. >> from there we stopped off at the philly pretzel fracktory

the vehicle became stuck on csx tracks in south philadelphia. they tried to outrun officers but arrested nearby. >> why did you do it put those people's lives in danger. you were the one running from police and driving erratically. >> come see me i'll give you a statement and tell you the truth. >> reporter: police discovered needles for illicit drug use inside the hummer. >>> cookies laced with marijuana in the overton park neighborhood. the teens suffered vomiting and glazed eyes. nobody has been charged. >>> congress has until midnight tonight to avoid a government shut down. with bitter partisan politics in play it's not known if they will meet the deadline. there's a short term bill passed. democrats say they will not support the measure because it does not contain protection for dreamers. if there's a government shut down it will force hundreds of thousands of federal workers off the job. however, essential agencies like the post office and tsa will remain open. >> karen how are you doing with the kickoff temperatures? >> reporter: i'm doi

that is very latest, live from south philadelphia, chantee lans for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jan, back to you. >>> an important amenities to consider, chance, chantee appreciate it. >>> the minnesota vikings arrived in philadelphia yesterday and they brought quite a few of their fans with them. as "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves shows us they quickly got a lesson on how much philadelphia bleed eagles green. >> reporter: it is less than 24 hours until the nfc championship game and minnesota vikings have arrived in philadelphia. >> let's go vikings. >> reporter: their fans are here too. a crowd welcomed vikings players and team staff as they checked into a center city hotel. >> i think vikings have the advantage. we have a better defense. >> reporter: philly vikings fans seem to be quick to predict a minnesota win at the linc tomorrow. >> i'm sure it is a big game for both teams but it is our year. we have wait aid long time. >> reporter: but eagles fans have waited just as long and outside vikings hotel, just next to the crowd of vikings fans, they have gathered, eagl

reporting live from south philadelphia bob brooks, channel six "action news".y and nydia. >> we are glad you had are having a good time. hopefully you got something to eat. we want to be respectful, yes. >>> tens of thousands of fans expected to attend nfc championship game security is a big concern. "action news" reporter jeff chirico spoke to businesses in the area who have plans in place. >> well to day is game day not just forbidder but also for the police. they have been putting plans, into effect all week long and they are planning to boost security not just around the linc but across the city. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles. >> reporter: to make their diner team spirit is soaring, eagles shirts are on almost every back. although 15 miles from the linc the diner sits within a hot spot where police have seen unrulely celebrations before. but the manager says that the diner will stay opened, and she's not worried. >> absolutely not. i have been there through the series, yes, 99 per center here to have fun. >> reporter: nonetheless police will boost presence here 12

for now, in montgomery county, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> lauren mayk is in south philadelphia.>> lauren, what's the situation where you are? >> reporter: the rain that we were seeing, it has turned to sleet and rain combination. we can see it bouncing off car windows. i'll put my arm out to you to see if we see that sleet bouncing off. it's a mention tur of sleixture rain. you'll notice that it's really wet. the roads are wet and sidewalks are wet and, of course, the concern is as the temperatures dip tonight, this cold ground, things are just going to freeze up and create ice and create more treacherous, dangerous conditions. if you look here, you can see there is some salt on the sidewalks and there are 35,000 tons of salt ready to go and crews at the ready. they were not going to send them out until the snow started falling. meanwhile, people are out on the road getting the last-minute items before they head inside. >> here's what you've got to do. get home and be safe. >> reporter: that's what you're doing right now? >> yes. >>. >> reporter: and that soup he's sharing with

live in south philadelphia, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." them, i'm sure they will need it. thank you john. >>> the cold did not keep celebrating at midnight fireworks over penns landing. some parents let the little ones up past their bedtimes for the show. >>> an estimated 1 million people packed time square to ring in 2018. new york ball drop was the second coldest on record at just ten degrees. >>> president trump spent new year's eve with family and friends at his mar-a-lago resort in florida. he took the opportunity to talk about his accomplish the and what's next for the country. >> reporter: president trump strolled down a red carpet at mar-a-lago as he rang in the new year. >> we're going to have a great year. >> reporter: ahead of a glitzy new year's bash, the president touted his 2017 accomplishments and offered this 2018 prediction. >> we're off to a great start with cuts and anwar ating rid of the individual mandate which was very very unpopular as you know. we're going to have a tremendous year. stock market will continue to go up. >> reporter: president trump r

not me city hall behind me we are live in south philadelphia now in center city we have moved up from south philadelphia and we are tracking the snow and this snow emergency route that is broad street we will have an update on what you need to know about that coming up in a couple minutes. >>> ♪ >> cbs-3 mobile weather watcher, is by the esteemed jimmy spearing cbs-3 photo journalist. jimmy has been with channel three for 34 years. jimmy, our thanks to you. where is he south philadelphia , north philadelphia, i cannot tell. >> jimmy, jimmy, where are you >> hi, jimmy, where are you. >> i'm in moorestown, new jersey beautiful downtown. >> not philadelphia, but moorestown new jersey. >> pictures risk there. >> road looking wet there. jimmy, thank you. we will check with penndot when what he come back in two and a half >>> welcome back, if you are just waking up and realizing you parked your car on the snow emergency route it may there been may in the there been when you walk outside this morning. >> isn't that the war? pat gallen is live where tow trucks will be relocate ago lot of cars

"eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live in south philadelphia with the latest. >> reporter: natasha, this parking lot area just outside lincoln financial field was just as packed just a few hours ago when eager eagles fans were out here excited and tailgating. now as you mentioned most of them have filed into the stadium. they are enjoying an pclose attg firsthand what is a very close game. it's been years since eagles fans have been able to enjoy a season this long. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> reporter: a season that has them tailgating mid january for a playoff game. thousands of excited eagles fans packed the parking lots of lincoln financial field despite the cold. some eager to talk about the success this season. >> heaven. heaven. completely heaven. it's the best season that we've had since i've been in grade school. >> reporter: and many others making bold early predictions that this great season will continue. >> i think the eagles are going to win on 31 to 28. >> 21-17 eagles. >> 21-nothing eagles. >> i'm just highly upset carson wentz isn't playing today but i'm a d

let's head to south philadelphia. you can see it is a slow ride. >> not one car. >> there is one. >> we see one or two cars. >> we like to see it. it means people are staying e ha cancellations cancellations, delays today. stay in. this is actually a view from the wells fargo center. >> our live extepidnded cover ramgage continues. >> it really depepdnds on where you live. >> jersey shore is live staying put. ted, you had a little bit of trouble out there on the roads. tell us about it. >> more than a little. we are still having roads here are very -- [ no audio ] >> ted, his shot just faded out there. >> reporter: can you hear me? >> yes. >> reporter: the conditions are not great for i driving or for live television. we are driving to relieve sidney long and we were driving up and we hit some very deep snow. a lot of streets not plowed yet. we got stuck in this drift. look how deep it is. it is all the way up to the bottom of the door. that's the problem here. the snow is light and it is piling up. take a look at thi

. >> fresh off miracle in minneapolis the vikings look to sack south philadelphia and lay claim to a long ill lewded bounty. >> we have to do what we have to do. i just want to win. >> i will go to war with everyone of those guys in the dressing room. >> this "action news" sports special, playoff preview party , begins right now. tonight's specialist broad to you by avalon flooring, your partner in home design with 14 locationness pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware. universal dentistry insist on universal, and your local authorized mercedes benz dealers. >> ♪ filet eagles fly, on the road to victory. ♪ >> we are live at chickie and pete's in south philadelphia, eagles fight song is playing. >> oh, yeah. >> we are getting set for nfc championship game sunday night at the linc at 6:40 alongside ron jaworski and 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 foot

the surprise she reveal the to fans in south philadelphia.'s no place like home, when philly native kevin hart is bringing the laughs back to philadelphia. >>> more than three dozen children have died from the flu so far this year and it could get even worse. the centers for disease control and prevention, so far this year, 37 children died compared to just 8 this time last year the cdc says the epidemic is hitting baby boomers harder than usual. as the elderly most at risk followed by adults ages 50 to 64. it is shaping up to be the worst flu season since the swine flu outbreak of 2009. >>> switching gears, you can stay at home or hit the road to watch the eagles in the super bowl. either way, you'll be spending money while you're at it. the national retail federation expects consumers to spend more than $15 billion this coming weekend. typically, it will involve attending or hosting super bowl parties or going to a bar or restaurant. also, millions of people are expected to spend on a brand-new television to watch the game. electronics chai

vernon odem channel 6 "action news" live in south philadelphia. rick. >> thank you. police in reading, berks county are trying to sort out the circumstances surrounding a shooting that left three people dead. three men were killed inside a home on third south street. the 4th victim was rushed to the hospital and died from their injuries. walter perez is at the scene gathering more information and will have the latest in a live report at 12:30 p.m. >>> chopper 6 hd was over the house fire in the somerdale section of philadelphia, 800 block of bridge street frts were called after -- firefighters were called after 10:00 a.m. we don't know the cause of the fire. >>> a deadly crash led to the shut down of the schuylkill expressway at the belmont exit was shout down for hours. the tow truck died from his injuries. the driver who struck the victim left the scene and caught by pennsylvania state police, he is being questioned. >>> all right, super super bowi is 6 days away, things are more exciting and packed in minneapolis. the patriots are expect to do lands this afternoon.

his vehicle became stuck on csx tracks along columbus boulevard in south philadelphia. they tried to outrun officers but were arrested nearby. >> why did you do, why did you put people's lives in danger. >> my life was in danger. >> you were the one running from police. >> police discovered noodles for i will -- illicit drug use inside the hummer. >>> two girls were rushed to the hospital for eating cookies laced with marijuana. the girls became sick with severe vomiting and gladessed -- glazed eyes. nobody was charged. >>> looming tonight a birdly divided congress with a possible shut down. the democrat say they intend to filibuster. gloria rivera has the latest from washington. >> reporter: with less than 24 hours to go, house republicans managed to pass another short term fix to avoid a government shut down. the bill goes to a deeply divided senate. >> we're trying to keep the government open i hope the democrats will come forth and help us. >> reporter: gop lawmakers need a significant number of democrats on board to a void a filibuster. >> it's up to the democrats.

fox 29's brad sattin is tracking the latest for us from south philadelphia. brad? reporter: dawn, since we broke this story about an hour ago we can tell thought philadelphia school district has responded more on that response in a moment. but certainly as you mentioned, scary few hours for a south philadelphia couple after their daughter did not return on the schoolbus after class around the 4:00 o'clock hour today. the daughter is actually a 20-year-old woman but with a mental dissable on the level of an eight-year-old. she participates in some life skills classes was supposed to be dropped off by the philadelphia school district bus in the 4:00 o'clock hour but her panicked mom said had the bus never came when she called the school district she was told that her daughter had been dropped off it turns out she was dropped off on her, torque her pick up location and not to her drop off point. by a substitute driver. the protocol is that the driver doesn't pull away until she's in the care of an adult. did it not happen. she ended up walking a good mile and a half i

the vehicle became stuck on csx tracks along columbus boulevard in south philadelphia. they tried to outrun officers and were arrested nearby. >> why did you do it, you put people's lives in danger? >> my life was in danger. >> come see me i'll give you a statement and tell you the truth. >> reporter: police say they discovered needle for illicit drug use inside the hummer. >>> congress has until midnight tonight to avoid a shut down. with bitter partisan politics in play it's not sure they will make the deadline. house passed a short bill senate says it will not support the bill because it does not have protection for dreamers. central agencies like the post office and tsa will remain open. >> sometimes i think you have superpowers. >> reporter: point the finger all you want. >> you have a thermostat warm things up for the eagles game. >> reporter: superpowers i'm sticking with it. storm tracker 6 live double scan, showing we're dry out there, because of the superpowers. let's go on outside and show you what it looks like. a beautiful start to the day, as sky6 live hd

here now look at a packed house inside xfinity live as well in south philadelphia.k at all of those people packed in there. you can see everyone eagerly awaiting, dancing, have a great time. they are waiting for that ball to drop. we are just seconds away now from 2018. you're looking live from the blue cross riverrink in pens landing. earlier today, out at the rink, we were told there were more than a thousand people there, and we've got a lot of people there now even though it is bitterly cold out there. and now it's the moment you have all been waiting for as we count down to 2018. let's listen in and enjoy. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> space, the final frontier. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ !aav ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheering and applauding] >> one giant leap for mankind. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> wow, what a treat. that's all for our nbc10 riverrink new year's eve fireworks special. i'm erin coleman. happy new year. >> happy new year. ,000 deaths in america last year. we need to stand up and say enough. the only way this problem is goi

tonight with the playoff preview party at 7:30 broadcasting live from chickee and pete's in south philadelphia. we have live team coverage all weekend long. >>> new information on a shooting negatives in the port richmond section, the 21-year-old person who was shot 8 times is in critical condition. police have a man in custody. the shooting happened on frankford avenue last night. police rushed the victim to temple hospital. witnesses saw two men running from the scene. police are looking for the weapon. >>> police across western pennsylvania honored a fall be marshall to a harrisburg funeral home. deputy christopher hill was killed yesterday morning while serving a search warrant to a wanted woman in harrisburg. investigators say they were arresting the woman when kevin sturgess began firing from the second floor. he had two active warrants from philadelphia. another officer was hit by gunfire, but will return. officers returned fire killing him. governor tom wolf ordered state flags to fly at half staff in hill's honor. >>> prosecutors in montgomery county are preparing for second sex assau

in south philadelphia alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we are all in the green today, philadelphia police are trying to get ahead of possible eagles celebrations once the game is over, and they have set to sent a request to fifth dit trick police are asking that they sell alcohol in plastic cups not cans and bottles. they are also asking business toss refrain from selling take out bottles during and following the game. one bar owner, that spoke to "eyewitness news" says his business is cooperating with the police. >> we will not let anybody out , out of the building with any type of, beverage, we will have two security, we are taking a lot of precautions, and, since 2008 we have witnessed a lot of break age and damage in the city. >> philadelphia police are also restricting parking on broad street from south street all the way down to the sports complex, they are trying to prevent damage to cars following the game. >>> new this morning gunfire near a movie theater in south philadelphia sends a man to the hospital. it is not clear what led up to the shooting which happened shortly a

soon more than 70,000 will descend upon south philadelphia to root on the birds. security is expected to be tight. the message getting into the stadium, let's be clear, small clutch purses will be a you howed 1 gallon ziploc bags and clear bags. >> we have a lot of officers both uniformed plainclothes real good security inside the stadium and outside in the parking lots. >> reporter: the party gets started early here on sunday at fdr park. tailgating can begin at 6:00 in the morning. the wells fargo lots at 11:00 a.m. a half hour later lots mn, po and the citizens bank parking lots at 3:00 p.m. >> eagles game at 6:40 and we have a lana del ray concert at the wells fargo. >> reporter: philadelphia police say vehicles along broad street from south street to the sports complex need to be removed by 2:00 p.m. sunday. vehicle owners who don't risk being ticketed or towed. nearby residents are ready. >> i live down that way. i can't wait. i don't care about the people coming. i live at 18th street. it's amazing. >> reporter: and in some lots, tailgating is not allowed.

the birds are hitting the practice field in south philadelphia. heading out to minneapolis on sunday. and meantime the fans will getting pumped. you are looking live in berwyn, chester county where a pep rally is getting underway at the headquarters, the band is playing fly eagles fly. the company invited their company employees to take part the lunch time pep rally and it's just now getting underway as excitement grows for the super bowl a week from this sunday. getting closer. as we gear up for the big game we want to see your team spirit and show us your eagles pride and show us photos and videos on social media. and use #6abcaction on instagram or twitter and post them on the "action news" facebook wall. >> in other news president trump is returning from switzerland in another twist in the russia investigation. meantime, "the new york times" says that the president ordered the firing of special counsel of robert mueller, last june, the president is call that report fake news. here is the latest now from washington. >> reporter: good afternoon

for jaime apody i'm ducis rodgers live in south philadelphia channel6 "action news." back to you guys. >> we like hearing that. getting to and from the game whether by car or by septa will be different if you are opting drive to the linc you should be prepared for some road closures and some delays. now, if you're going to use septa the subway or the bus the transit agency says it is adding additional service to and from the stadium. >> septa and patco offering folks an incentive to take public transportation with a game day discount. starting today you can purchase a four dollars pass to get you to and from the game on the broad street line and for anyone in south jersey, patco has expanded its hours for both saturday and sunday. >>> well, whether you're at the stadium or in the city eagles fans will be everywhere and philadelphia police also say they are ready to maintain peace while folks have fun this weekend. >> vernon odom live at police headquarters with more on the plans. hi, vernon. >> reporter: hi, monica and to you rick, law enforcement says tonight they ar

and south philadelphia active on columbus boulevard by oregon avenue and snyder. i am getting word that all lanes are blocked. >> thank you. >>> it seems everywhere you go people are talking about the flu or owe sick with it. and what the flu is doing in pennsylvania and the recent spike in cases. >>> and the little boy when to school happy his dad was coming home this weekend ain big surprise in the school gym. we'll show you the big reveal. >> we want to show you all the wonderful photos we got from all of you eagles fans and keep them coming. just up load them to the 6 abc twitter and instagram accounts using #6abcaction. >>> the blue is picking up steam in the area. and in pennsylvania the number of flu related deaths nearly dubbed in the past week. ali gorman is here with the details and what you need to know. >> reporter: with the nubz numbers climbing you probably know someone with the flu or someone that had it. they are reporting widespread flu activity and the season is hod rately severe and hitting some communities especially hard. >> inside of this sma

three people are hurt after a crash on i-95 in south philadelphia. two cars collided on southbound 95 at broad street within the last hour or so. police tell us one person was thrown from the crash scene. medics took that victim to the hospital. a second person was pulled from the wreckage, they're in serious condition at the hospital and a third person will be okay. all southbound lanes of 95 in that area are now closed. you can see the backup on your screen. police are also in the process of detouring traffic. we'll keep you updated throughout the morning. >>> now, we continue breaking news but let's get a first alert forecast from our meteorologist krystal klei. >> freezing to a little below freezing or 25 degrees in -- 29 in olympic city and 33 in philadelphia. bluebell at 28. these numbers are similar to yesterday morning and like yesterday morning, that's a good thing. if you're starting around freezing and you know you're going to go up through the day, that means we'll have that good chance of getting into the 50s once we progress into the la

"eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans is live at fdr park in south philadelphia this morning where some of the tailgate parties will get a very early start. chantee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jan these gates will open up at 6:00 a.m., it is dark right now but later on it is eagles fan fever. along with that there will be a lot have extra security measures, so we want to bring you up to date and up to speed on that as well. take a look at this video. security will be tight, in and around the linc as well as throughout philadelphia, and tactical strategy approaches are not divulged for safety reasons but districts across the city are ready to tackle whatever game they bring. back in 2008 you may recall after the phillies world series win police respond todd frankford and cottman, where victory celebrations, got out of control, now police also announced no parking on broad street from south street, to the stadium complex. >> we will have plenty of officers on hand to cover the hot spots and also officers mobile to move if anything else crops up. >> reporter: parking res

large following some type of high speed chase that started in delaware county and ended in south philadelphia. it took place a half our ago and a man and woman believed to have been in the white vehicle they sped down i-95 and exited at broad street and drove south on broad to packer and headed east and they bailed from the vehicle. and they are apparently still at large leaving the scene on foot. no shots are fired and no idea yet as to why they were being pursued and police are looking for a man and woman who fled from the vehicle in south philadelphia. we'll continue to keep an eye on the situation and bring you more information as it becomes available to us here in the newsroom. >>> in other news atlantic county doctor accused of hiring a hitman to kill his wife will remain behind bars until the trial. 68-year-old james kauffman appeared frail during a detention hearing keeping his head down and mumbling his responses. he is accuse of conspiring to have april kauffman killed. after the popular dj threatened to expose an alleged drug ring that her husband was allegedly running with the pag

south jersey. that's at 9:00 in the morning. as we go to the noontime hour a few sprinkles are possible. the clouds will be lingering but the temperatures will be going up. 46 in philadelphia, 50s in south jersey and upper 40s for some of the suburbs. and this afternoon we'll get a good deal of sunshine breaking through by late in the day. there'll still be some clouds around but as you can see no showers with temperatures in the 50s this afternoon. and even warmer tomorrow. 62 degrees before before we get the warmer temperatures. we've got some storms on the way. when you can expect those when i'm back in ten minutes. you have three types of folks this morning. those who called in sick and those who can't wait. >> i think the roads quieted down just a bit because i went to bed listening to everyone. watching the vine street expressway, pretty clear. we're watching and 8th street, eastbound and westbound, not seeing any problems or construction either. pa turnpike as well, drive times look good. 22 minute trip right now. speeds there are into the mid-60s and no problems so far for mass transit. we're all good here for septa, papco, amstrak and new jersey. >>> super bowl ti

. >> we all we got here at chickie and pete's in south philadelphia, that is probably one of the mostzy things we have done. >> the academy award goes to alex holley. >> you make a great adrian. >> bob, i know you could not make it. you had a shoot. you could not be there. >> you guys are fantastic. >> bob, it took over an hour to shoot. >> i had to get my rocky face on. >> it will only take 20 minutes. >> it took an hour. >> this is why. >> yes. >> ♪ >> what are we waiting for. >> what i love is that we're so worried, like you were going, gee, thank god i look like sylvester stallone. >> i was trying to get my wig on right i could not figure out which was front or the back. >> we get up early, the toughest parties just staying away. >> that is why i was yawning. >> but, you know about the only time sue, alex and i are in the same bed. >> the only time. >> can we get to chris o'connell. he has been in minnesota with the vikings fans and i hear he has been wearing eagles gear, he is fearless walking around letting people know what is up >> minneapolis ain't like philadelphia. >> so tru

reporting live in south philadelphia, alexandria hof, cbs3, eyewitness news. >> alex, thank you. iladelphia is on the short list of 20 cities being considered for amazon headquarters. philadelphia finds itself in crowded field with cities like chicago, dallas, miami, new york, l.a., pittsburgh and washington d.c., back in october philly pitched two sites business campus at navy yard or neighborhood like environment in university cit city. >> we've done our analysis and we think talent and mobility and location and transportation makes us competitive against anybody else? amazon estimate its second headquarters will lead to creation of 50,000 jobs. >> the gunman that shot and killed a u.s. marshall in habs this morning is from philadelphia. 31-year-old stephen sturgiss he shot and killed 45-year-old christopher hill while serving a warrant on a woman. and sturgiss was shot and killed by authorities and two other officers were injured and are expected to be okay. >> and president trump returned to pennsylvania to out his recently enacted tax cut plan. the president visited pittsburg

xfinity live in south philadelphia. the bus will be there today from 10:00 to 6:00, stop by for give-aways and to write a message on the bus to cheer on the birds. count on nbc 10 to have you covered before and after tonight's nfc title game. our coverage begins at 10:00 this morning and runs throughout the day. then join us after the game for live reaction and exclusive interviews. the official television station of the philadelphia eagles. the time now 7:07. the birds have home field advantage tonight. >> yes, but does that mean they have the upper hand? ahead in sports, we break down the defense we'll see in this nfc title game. >>> also ahead, government shutdown. today is the second day without services. closed to sites. we'll tell when you lawmakers plan to get the legislative wheels in motion again. >>> welcome back. first alert meteorologist krystal klei here. we've got perfect gameday weather for you. increasing cloud coverage. mild temperatures and light winds for the forecast. we're looking over the linc insi

reporting live in south philadelphia, alexandria hof, cbs3, eyewitness news. >> alex, thank you. iladelphia is on the short list of 20 cities being considered for amazon headquarters. philadelphia finds itself in crowded field with cities like chicago, dallas, miami, new york, l.a., pittsburgh and washington d.c., back in october philly pitched two sites business campus at navy yard or neighborhood like environment in university cit city. >> we've done our analysis and we think talent and mobility and location and transportation makes us competitive against anybody else? amazon estimate its second headquarters will lead to creation of 50,000 jobs. >> the gunman that shot and killed a u.s. marshall in habs this morning is from philadelphia. 31-year-old stephen sturgiss he shot and killed 45-year-old christopher hill while serving a warrant on a woman. and sturgiss was shot and killed by authorities and two other officers were injured and are expected to be okay. >> and president trump returned to pennsylvania to out his recently enacted tax cut plan. the president visited pittsburg

had a crash earlier on 95 in south philadelphia.orthbound side approaching the walt whitman bridge. that's now all off to the side but speeds are still around 11 miles per hour as you come north of the airport. the platt bridge is busy but would be better or think about using the passyunk avenue drawbridge as another alternate to the girard point. haddon heights crash on 295 southbound approaching 168 off to the side. still slow coming down from 73. patco resumed service, trains not running as frequently as normal but they are running every 20 minutes this afternoon and making all stops. we'll check it again, rick and monica, coming up in the next half hour. >> matt thank you. much more still ahead on "action news" tonight. the flu seems to be everywhere right now at work at school even the grocery store. it's also where you go to worship. what churches and other holy sites are doing to make sure their congregants stay healthy while they pray. >> major recall involving panera. what the store is yanking from its shelves across the co

you see congestion in south philadelphia.congestion here at vine street expressway all lanes and ramps are opened. no overnight construction scheduled at all this week so you're good to go at least on the vine tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> breaking this morning, man and a woman were shot while standing on a street corner in philadelphia's germantown section. this happened in front of a deli on the 5100 block of germantown avenue just before 2:00 this morning. witnesses told police they saw the gunman fire from the back of a dark colored vehicle with tinted windows. the man was shot several times. he's in serious condition. the woman was shot in the leg. she is in stable condition. >> happening today, a change in command. democrat larry krasner will take the oath today as district attorney of philadelphia. the long time public defender will be sworn in at the kimmel center. krasner has been a critic of what he calls mass incarceration. he vows to not pursue death sentences and backs the idea for state injection sites for heroi

don't miss it. >>> new in other news tonight chopper three over the end of a police pursuit in south philadelphia where we're told this started in chester township delaware county. an officer there began chasing a stolen vehicle, the chase continued into philadelphia and ended at oregon avenue and columbus boulevard, two suspects were taken in custody a pennsylvania state trooper who join the chase was involved in an accident on interstate 95 near exit number nine and was taken to the hospital, as a precaution. >>> well, philadelphia is one step close tore bringing amazon's second headquarters, right here, the city is on a list of 20 finalist at the competition's and our joe holden joins us from center city with reaction from city officials and resident on making the cut, joe, good evening. >> reporter: ukee, good evening to you. first off mayor jim kenney's called the announcement a milestone for philadelphia, and now that the heavy lifting begins as the city trying to beat out 19 other cities and locations. you can say philadelphia is heading to the powe season for amazon that is, the company o

this is a live look at xfinity live in south philadelphia as revellers really pack it in there to the party. nbc10 has team coverage from around the area. tim furlong is hanging out at pens landing. bruce is at sugar house casino getting ready for the fire works show. andrea is talking with the mummers about the parade. first let's begin with the bone chilling temperatures right now. tamme? >> it's awful. temperatures are pretty much in the single digits. i want to show you the feels like. this is the wind chill. it feels like 1 in philadelphia, minus 24 at mount pocono, minus 5 in atlantic city. if you're in wilmington, minus 1. it is only going to get colder tonight. so, i hope you're bundled up. tomorrow is going to be one of those bitterly cold dangerously cold days. we have a first alert in effect. we'll talk about that when i come back with your full forecast. right now my colleague tim furlong, he's down there at pens landing. i want to know how many layers of clothing you have on, tim. >> reporter: i have, tammie, i have layers upon layers upon layers. i was telling a colleagu

our shawnette wilson is joining us from south philadelphia tonight.trong kid she is, shawnette. >> reporter: yeah, thomas. and she's adorable. she had her nails painted blue and red with white tips for the sixers tonight and she actually received this award for her courage in battling leukemia. >> tepp-year-old adelaide can top is getting the vip treatment tonight at the sixers game. >> i used to play basketball so i like watching the other people play too. >> reporter: but tonight sean just watching the players, she got a one-on-one with forward centers dario saric. >> thank you. >> nice to meet you. >> and joel embiid. they both took a time out from pre-game warmups to pose for pictures and autographs. embiid told her to keep fighting. >> you want to take a picture. >> yeah. >> his word of encourage many made a lot to adelaide battling leukemia for about four years. >> it's been rough but i've been able to push through it and be okay. super duper excited for tonight report roar sixers invited adelaide her younger sister odessa mom and dad so they ca

it was this team, last practice in south philadelphia together. the music, turned up, preparing for the biggest stage of them all. i would be lying if i said anything but, it looks like they meant business. staying focused that is exactly how players described their mind set today, they are in post practice interviews. >> we are focusing on us. it is all about hard work, attention to detail and getting ready to execute. >> reporter: tomorrow bird will head to minneapolis, lineman chris long has been to the super bowl before, he says this team will have no problem preparing. >> we got good leadership to do that. we've got guys who get it and are hard worker and that should translate well. >> reporter: before they levittown several players wanted to thank eagles nation for their support all year. >> i want to let them know that is what we're fighting this for and doing this for to make sure we come back and make sure broad street is as packed as possible. >> reporter: once again under dogs from philadelphia going up against arguablably the nfl 's gr

but for now we are live from south philadelphia, i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" jim and rahel back to you. it throws me off when you say minnesota, it cracks me up, yes. >> minnesota. >> thank you. >>> eagles under dog crazies going national. >> proceed will come home to philadelphia. eagles players chris long inn lane johnson came up with the hot selling under dog t-shirts and now nfl is joining craze. long and johnson are donating their shares to philly schools social media fire storm erupted over what they will do with their proceed. at first nfl was silent but they have confirmed all of the money will also go to philly schools. >>> we now know what other shirts eagles will wear for super bowl 52. bird released this video on twitter showing super bowl patches being attached to the bird midnight green jerseys. patriots will wear white, which may be a sign sign. >> record show team wearing white in the game has won 12 of the last 13 super bowls that streak started when patriots wore white and beat eagles in 2005. >>> one person who is not wearing a jersey, william penn mayor

and we wouldn't have it any other way here in south philadelphia. 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 precautions to make sure the postgame celebrations don't get underway. >> reporter: the fans are already here. we have a group out here. show me some love! show the eagles some love! we have people down here, right down the street and right across the street as well. we also have police out here. they were just around the corner. right across the street. they know how passionate fans are out here in northeast philly so they were out here in 2008, in 2005. they want to make sure that everyone has fun but everything doesn't get too out of control. they have shutdown parking until 3:00 tomorrow morning. so we will be out here after the game. when the eagles win, we'll be out here enjoying the celebration. we did see police grease down the pole in case anyone decides to climb the pole.

we are look live in south philadelphia the joint was jumping last night. no problems at tasker avenue. they are cleaning up parking lots as we speak, roosevelt boulevard a live look at the gang coming from northeast philadelphia heading down to the schuylkill looking g live look at the new jersey turnpike over at exit number four, over there in mount laurel, new jersey. downtown we will go, the vine street, expressway, i want to point out my shirt, karen and lauren, an under dog shirt, already first line out of vegas we are five and a half points under dogs, again, for the super bowl so hold on tour under dog shirts, don't wash them because we will wear them in two weeks when we go to the super bowl. back to you guys in the studio . >>> on third down and goal, foles, surveys, fires, touchdown alshon jeffery. >> thanks, alshon jeffery. he came up so big in this game second touchdown of the night. he and foles are getting that connection between them. they were connecting on the passes, following through and then, of course, big gator aid dump right there is

tonight, 31 in philadelphia, 21 in south jersey, tomorrow clouds are in place and light snow showers.in philadelphia, 36 along the jersey shore. here's your 10-day on 10. the roller coaster ride pretty evident here. 39 on thursday. rain moves in at night. it is groundhog day friday and temperatures fall from 35 to 32. super bowl sunday on nbc10, we could see 38 with falling temperatures and snow moving in at night. guys. >> next at 5:00, gearing up for the big game. >> a game plan that could help save you problems and money at your super bowl party. mid >>> welcome back. lester holt joining us now from the nbc studios in new york. >> what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." hi, lester. >> hi. why experts want you to file your tax returns as soon as possible and why crooks are racing to delay your refund check. >> how much help is it this late in the game? >>> we will see you tonight with "nightly news." back to you now in philly. >> thanks. >>> six days to the big game and people are making super bowl party plans all over the place. harry has what you need to know before your party kic

philadelphia northwest snowing until 8:00 in the morning and roads are snowy and slippery. south jersey and delaware starts as rain and changes over to snow at the end and the roads are wet and could be freezing rain i'll talk total and what is behind the system during the accuweather forecast. >> we seem to be getting a lot of rush hour snowfall. lets switch live to walter perez. >> reporter: well jim, all is quiet at this hour in west reading a coating or so fell in this region earlier this morning but most of it has since melted away but it's not over yet. >> round one came through the lehigh valley this morning leaving an inch of snow in spots. >> there was some on the roadways in the lehigh valley and up north in the poconos got a little worse. so it did create for slick conditions. but we did have crews out there and crews on shifts throughout the day into tomorrow. >> the timing left something to be desired. with much of it arrives during the morning rush. there were weather related accidents in the lehigh valley. and more in berks coins and now with round two on the way p

betrene. >> betrene just ran one over. >> take a look at the crowd at xfinity live in south philadelphia. going wild after legarrette blount's six yard touch down run. >> we're going to super bowl. we're going to the stinking super bowl, and that's all we need to go. and i was just so proud of them for the season so far. we still have some unfinished business, obviously. but we're going to pack our bags and head to minneapolis. >> and it's a balmy 33 degrees there this morning. minneapolis is more than 100 miles away. the city's population as of 2016 was about 413,000 compared to philly's population of 1.5 million. >> philadelphia is focused on one question, how can you get your hand on tickets to the game. they have to win the right to buy those tickets through a team lottery. only about 17% of the available tickets go to each team. for the rest of the general public, tickets are already on resale sites, and even the cheapest tickets are nearly $6,000. a seat behind the bench, that'll set you back $50,000. those prices come from the nfl ticket exchange. and if you're still going to the