Coming to you live from minneapolis, minnesota. Were atop wminneapolis. This is the koshay building. This building was built in 1929. And until 1977, it was the tallest building west of chicago. We got an incredible Vantage Point of all of the happenings. Im not allowed to name names but we know them. We know who they are. Things are happening here and more people arrive and as were get closer to sunday, scour the is tightening and for us to be up here, they had to let scour the the fbi all Security Forces know wed be up here so they knew what was going on and as we get closer, you can certainly tell that security is tightening, theyre busy implementing the necessary measures to make sure everyone stay safe and earlier, officials from the department of Homeland Security talked about their plan and following their tour of the operations, secretary Kiersten Nielson gave an overview of the safety plan for super bowl activities obviously, due to its scope, it can be an attractive target. We dont have credible or specific threat but we will continue to actively monitor channels. We have about 1700 or so federal officials we brought to bear to support our state and local partners. About 700 of those are from dhs. We have done everything from help prepare on the front end, well be here during the event and certainly in unlikely event that something occurs well be here to support the state and locals here on the ground. Reporter and also, with an event like this, theyre taking special attention to economic security. That would be counterfeit tickets, counterfeit merchandise. Paying close attention to that as well. As where he keep our eye on security and parties and all the comings and goings. We cant forget why were here which is the game and that includes the players of the eagles had the first chance to practice since theyve been here in minneapolis. Don bell caught up with some of them and what did they have to say. Reporter this was the day f since they arrived here in minnesota, as fiesad for the f time in also it was a special day for the 50 at sb 52 celebra a milestoney, its a great day, not path of totality because of my my wife is here and my family will be here. To be able to celebrate this with them and with the team and to be in this game is an honor. You know, its and somehow we can pull out a victory that would be the icing on the cake what do you get the head coach . Trying to give him the super bowl win would be best gift i could give were doug a great wednesday practice would be number two. That would be the only gift id love to give doug he spent the time preparing the eagles for the patriots. They held their first practice in minnesota since arrival sunday. Nick foles he moans we have to prepare and play this game. The game hasnt been p work. Trust me i know what it means to the city and to us, theres been 84s waiting for this opportunity. But wereoin against a great opponent, we have a lot ofy don that. I know philadelphia is behind us the stands and bringing the ng energy for regular season, half time of the game is betwee. During the super bowl, its at least 30 minutes. Today, the eagles tried to with it not as sharp in the second half something they will work ont of the week of practice. Jd back to you. Interesting tidbit. We got more coverage coming up. We sent pat gallen to the mall of america to get a flavor and wanted to see him ride some rides. Well show you how had worked out. David spunt is talking with a local philadelphia fan who is taking it upon himself to guard a piece of philadelphia. And ukee, well explain what that means coming up in a little bit. Look forward to that. Well get back to you. Appreciate it Nicole Brewer joins me now. Lets break down the other stories. The jockeying to succeed bob brady is underway, the veteran lawmaker shook up philadelphias Political Landscape when he announced hes not running for reelection, alexandria hoff has congressman bradys reason for not returning to work. Reporter ten terms and done. With an eagles logo over his heart, bob brady announced he will not seek reelection in penss First District. It wasnt a fact of whether i would lose or not win, it was the fact that i wanted to come pack home. Reporter the next chaptered will focused on family. A former Carpenters Union boss, he held the congressional seat 20 years and showcased his influence in helping to settle several major labor disputes you think they will be there forever. Enormous help to the city. I brought back 15. 5 billion with b, billion to the city of philadelphia. Reporter the retirement announcement made amid an fbi investigation where prosecutors have accused bradys campaign illegally paying 90,000 to a 2012 primary challenger to drop out of the race. Brady has denied any wrongdoing and cited his lawyers in saying based on their review of the status of the case and the statue of limitations expiring i will not be charged. Reporter brady has served as the char of Philadelphias Democratic Party since the 1986 he had his handful and maybe came to the point where he said enough is enough could this provide republicans into the democratic district it would be a great opportunity to build from there. Reporter more likely its an opportunity for Democratic Candidates who wouldnt have opted to run against the long serving bob brady its a good day in way but makes it tougher because youre going to have new blood coming in. More changes are bound for the First District as the state Supreme Court works to row draw Pennsylvania Congressional line. Reporting live from Spring Garden alexandria hoff federal prosecutors announced they will not retry bob menendez on corruption charges. His first trial ended in a hung jury last november. Menendez was accused of trading political favors for gifts and Campaign Donations through a we think three florida doctor. He said he never waivered in his innocence and believed that justice would pro veil the ntsb is investigating a deadly crash involving a chattered amtrak train. They were heading from washington, dc to a congressional row treat in West Virginia this morning when the train collided way trash truck on the track its outside of charlottesville virginia. One person in the truck died. Another was seriously injured. No one on the train was seriously hurt. Local Congress Money were on that train. A High School Goes into lockdown after a man shot to death outside. Eyewitness news at the is an at Lincoln High School in mayfair, a 32yearold man was shot in he died at the hospital. February is about to start in about an hour and even though tomorrow is milderer several chances for rain and snow in the forecast, clouds in right now. Illeth wintery mix hit and it appen just in time for the protecting a philadelphia landmark why this guy is statue and how long he plans to do. Thrills and spills the most popular rides at the mall ofica row vow. Well tell you how the south jersey pretzel sho well, welcome back to minneapolis. Were counting down the days till super bowl 52 and were very excited with all happening here. But i want to go back to philadelphia for a second because we have found a special fan whos taken it upon himself to guard a piece of philadelphia from the Patriots Fans and our david spunt joins us live from the Art Museum Steps to explain a little bit more about this. David . Reporter hes a self appointed guard, a die hard eagles fan, not playing around during the day. He blogs about sports and over the past few nights, hes been out here where hes right now behind me guarding the rocky statue. By himself on a cold january night, eagles super fan jor dy paces back and forth, with a few days to go, hes not taking chance when is it comes to Patriots Fans getting their hands on the famous statue. He said its hits job to defend the statue and what it stands for, hope. Hes confident 2018 is philadelphias 84 for a super bowl wont and proud to watch over the famous statue this means everything to me. A lot of people will sit do there and say, this is ridiculous people from philly, they will protect the statue of a fictional character. We know he was a movie character week, hes not real. But you know, this statue to 238 means more. Its a med for and its a met for hope that and that says that greatness can come out of the city. Im protecting the hopes and dreams of this soto. Reporter you have to respect that patriots gear and vikings gear has gone on the statue over the past few weeks precisely the reason hes out here. Hell be out here until the super bowl. I know its cold in minneapolis, no question. You have to give this guy credit. 21 degrees hes been out here several hours every night and plans to do it over the next few nights. Back to you. Reporter 21 degrees is no joke, well done, sir. Thanks so much. Back here in the minneapolis area, theres tourist place here that people like to stop by when they come to town when a lot of the eagles fans come to town. Its the mall of america, its rather large, theres a lot of things there, a lot of shops, restaurants and also an amusement park. We decided lets send pat gallen to check it out and see how he does on some rides. Heres what happened. Reporter the mall of america was built in 1992 and sees over 40 Million People from around the world walk through its doors but the center piece is the amusement park, Nickelodeon Universe when people come here, do they realize what theyre stepping into i truly dont think they understand the nature of what we can offer in here. When you walk in here, youre seeing this ferris wheel, rides that go upsidedown, youre seeing zip line people zipping over you. Reporter it has more than 27 rides spanning seven acres that cater to the entire no, maam. And of course, me. My first line of business was to see the entire park from way up top. The zipping across the longest indoor zip line in north america. Then it was time to hit the meanest of the five roller coasters. Of when you saw me come off the coaster did you think i was going to, you know, puke. We call that a lunch box. Finally to cool off, a spin on the log flume. All in all, a thrilling experience at the mall of america. Reporter im good, a little bit wet. Zip line to the coaster cooled off, log flume. Im done. Thank you. I think pat had to get a new shirt after the log flume ride. At least he was at a mall that worked out well. Worry 31 floors up. The temperature is dropping. We saw a little snow. The high tomorrow is 7. So were going to send it back to you from high atop the building we were giggling saying at least hes at the mall. Hes at the right placement we got to get him friends to get on that ride. Thanks, jess. This friday, celebrating the birds and fans, join us starting way special edition of Eyewitness News at 4 00. Thats followed by Eyewitness News at 5 00 and 6 00 and then a special one more win fan fest edition of Eyewitness News at 7 00 straight up. Then on sunday, the second the game ends we will be live on air right here on cbs3 bringing you live post game comments from coach pederson and the players. A front row see the as fans react. Sunday night on this wednesday im thinking about jordy. Hes a trooper. I wonder if he would be guarding in minneapolis in seven degrees. He would be it oh there. Yes, i like his attitude hes serious. A warm front lifted through the northeast today. Lets take a look. The wind started to pick up a little bit again in bethlehem you can see the flags flying and on stormscan 3 we have a couple of snow showers to try to pick up across the poconos along the same warm front, those have since moved on out and most of us not seeing much of anything. The larger picture you can see the snow up across new england the cold front extends right on back here cold front is whats bringing those colder temperatures to minneapolis tomorrow. Today was not too bad. Temperatures were at least near freezing. Tomorrow Single Digits temps behind the front and this is coming for us tomorrow night. Temperatures, rising a degree. Last hour at 10 00, 31. Now its 32. 32 in millville, 33 in dover, tomorrow, actually a milder day, but the cold front will come quickly and that will knock the temperature down again. Mostly cloudy overnight with a cold breeze at 29, tomorrow, 47 milder. Mostly cloudy maybe a few breaks of blue sky and light rain will develop in the afternoon. Tomorrow clouds maybe a little sun, by, 3 00, 4 00, 5 00 light shower its and it will gain steam tomorrow night. Well be looking at steady rain especially across the shore points and cold air come coming through overnight we may see a brief change over to light snow could be in the soto you could see light snow on the back edge and clears quickly and heres 8 00 friday morning the sun is shining this is not a major event, a little or no accumulation. Rain could be early friday morning and we shift attention to sunday. Light snow changing to rain and mix. Heres what that looks like, super bowl morning 8 00 a. M. Getting ready for the spoke about party light snow across central pennsylvania, starts in the afternoon and a quick change to her rain as warmer air starts to move in. Well keep an eye on it. That could change as of now looks more like rain and in minneapolis the super bowl temperature at kickoff three below zero outside the dome. These temperatures are cold not anywhere near as cold as minneapolis. Then the ground well see if he sees his shadow and brings in six more weeks on friday. Looks that way. A large chunk. He never brings us good news. Im not a fan of phil. No thank you. Talking about the cold in misunderstand somehow don drew the straw to be inside. Sports. Reporter all of you guys just hating on phil. Were talking about the eagles, guys and a pair of birds trading in dog masks. Well tell you about that plus whats up with the sixers in brooklyn they had serious issues even t they took it to another level. During the media session a pair of birds decided to dawn lucho libra masks. Where did they get them this was a gift. So my guy from mexico gave me this so i have super powers all week. I bought in hundred what are the super power i cant tell you might make you disappear were talking about just being ready and you know i know a lot of guys trying to hold off on accelerating because we know the game is on sunday but you know, right now, i feel hike im ready to go. I got my helmet on. Reporter brennan says if you feel loose, you play loose. Lets switch gears and talk about hoops. Sixers with their fourth straight game on the road. And they were taking on the third worst team in the eastern conference, the brooklyn nets. Lets go up and check in with the highlights, jahlil oakford and nick Third Quarter sixers down by three, over to ja ja and he had 29 points and grabbed 14 boards. Fourth quarter. Nets down a point and nick falkus with a three to give the nets the three. Thats where ja hit eight points and the nets boating the sixers tonight 116108. Lets switch gears and go to the ice. Flyers with the first game since the allstar rink in washington, dc to take on the capitols. This was awhile game. We pick it up in the first period and there is no score. Wayne simmons with a pass to the rook key. Patrick score his fourth goal of the season, flyers take the lead. Shawn couturier shoots and knocks home the rebound and the orange and black have a twogoal lead but goes away in dramatic fashion. They beat the neighbors five t meanwhile, coming to you livn bell more. The underdogs phrase inspired the philly pretty sell factory to serve up a new creation. Theyre going to great causings donating a quarter from every dollar to animal shelters that burlington and gloucester county. Big weekend in philadelphia as we all know, a lot of people making those big game plans and the weather could impact you a bit. Worry talking about very cold conditions on saturday but a dynamic system arrives on sunday. Its going to be warm enough that we will be looking at the threat for a mix. Careful as you head out. Well keep you posted on what the system can do sunday into monday a morning team back from 4 30 to 7 00. From kate and our entire crew gentle music