Shirt. The stadium is ready for 70,000 fans and theyll becken the National Broadcast come sunday night. The city, fans and team are ready for the biggest sports event around here in a long time. Its friday night and the big story is the nfc championship game on sunday and the tristate area is aching for victory. Adam joseph is standing by with the forecast. Jeff chirico has the story from bridesburg with a football family that has their neighbors shaking their heads. The city and Police Get Ready for game time and Ducis Rodgers has the latest on the eagle preparation. Ducis, the eagles practiced inside the link today. What did the players and coach have to say . Players say they are ready. Coach says hes ready. The city is more than ready. We areinside of two days until the birds take on the minnesota vikings. The field has been resodded. Back in the offseason the coach pederson said he felt the team had superbowl potential. I said we had the potential to be a Superbowl Team because of the talent we brought to the roster and progression of carson in the second year. Defensively, the front, the way they performed and the back, i saw a lot of similarities. So you have the gut feeling when i made the statement. Coming up later in sports, pederson and nick foles tell us what is going through their mind before the biggest game of their careers. Jim . Lets switch to dann cuellar. Dan, you have been talking to fans and officials tonight. It seems, jim, that i have been doing this all night. There is a vibe running through the city that we have not seen in some time. The city is pumped. There is a connection thats universal. Philadelphia police get that. They want everyone to be safe. Go birds thats the vibe all over town going into the weekend, the city bleeds greed. Bleeds green. Are you feeling the vibe . I have been feeling the vibe since the beginning of the season. We have faith in foles. I know the eagles are going to the superbowl. Im confident. At the commissary they were stirring the pot for the eagles on sunday. We are doing chili cheese dogs, a special for the underdogs. We are selling our superbowl packages at a discount because we know the eagles are going to superbowl. The concern for police will a win ignite raucous occasions like these . They are taking no chances. They have beefed up hot spots like broad street. Police say there is no stupid behavior permitted. You dont want to hurt others or get hurt yourself. There are flies announcing no parking on lombard to oregon. Parking in south philly will be tougher on sunday but folks are taking it in stride. I dont think it will be too bad. We adjust. Especially south philly. We are used to it. It promises to be quite a weekend. Have fun and go eagles. Dann cuellar, action news. Jim . Thank you, dan. If you are one of the tens of thousands of people headed to the link this weekend, the party gets started 6 00 in the morning on sunday. Parking lots for the tailgaters open at 11 00 a. M. Sunday at the wells fargo center. Half hour later, the mn and p lots at the link that are open. Then q through x lots open at Citizens Bank park. Septa is helping to ferry fans to the game. You can purchase a 4 pan to get you to and from the broad street subway line. There are added cars that come more frequently. Padco expanding their weekend schedule. Meanwhile, in the bridesburg section of philadelphia, a vike viking in a neighborhood of eagles. Action News Reporter jeff cher company ichirico is live outside link. You have studied that species that doesnt seem to belong. Jim, im told you can identify the species by their unique color. With the Delaware Valley awash in green, we found two isolated purple spots. Hes a good guy. Amid the eagles fans, one home and one guy stands out. Even down to his nails, Pete Butterline bleeds purple and gold. His tribute to the team his father rooted for years ago. He was a viking fan. I watched and that was it. He was hooked. Once a year he catches a game in minnesota with his kids. This is where he will watch sundays game surrounded by fellow viking fans. What do his neighbors think . Great guy. Great kids. The whole family is misguided right now. I say go, eagles. He says, go minnesota. Across the river, Steven Davidson collingswood home is draped in purple, his fandom passed down from his father. A lot of kids started saying stuff about me. I was like, okay, well see how the game goes. Whats it like being a viking fan amid eaglemania . Im in eagles country. What am i going to do . He plans to watch the game at home. Their predictions . I wont say nothing. I wont say anything because if im wrong, i look like a fool. If the eagles win on sunday, who will they root for . Both say the eagles, reluctantly. Jim, they are nice guys, really. If you say so. The city skyline showing off the support of the birds from the top of the skyscrapers to the west side of the schuylkill and along boathouse road. Peco is superstitious so they wont run the green on the line. Instead of causing a jinx, they are waiting on the underdogs. 6abc is showing off eagle pride. Satellite dishes along monument avenue and windfield heights is lit up in green so everybody can see driving on city avenue. Big question here, will the weather play a factor in the match up . We saw wind interfere last saturday southeas at the link. Joining us now is adam joseph. What is the latest from accuweather . You cant blame the weather for any part of the game. Temperatures warming up with the warming trend, 46 in philadelphia. You see 50s and 60s. The warm air continues to flood in, all compliments of High Pressure to the south now in northern part of florida. Clouds are working their way to the north and west. Theyll behave and stay in the region. Saturday, tomorrow, 51, 3 00 in the afternoon, 50s spilling to raleigh, atlanta, 52degrees. Sunday afternoon in time for the tailgaters, still 51 with cool air near chicago. Great all in all for the weekend. Game time, clouds coming in. There will be no prescription and look at the light wind, three to six Miles Per Hour with air temperatures comfortable in the 40s. Jim, we have the rest of the sevenday forecast in just a bit. Thank you, adam. Someone made a grievous mistake with this. There is a conspiracy forming around it. Some say the fix is in. It advertises a contest to win tickets to the superbowl, but shows tom brady and it says watch the superbowl with the vikings. It was deleted this afternoon. Eagles fandom knows know age limits. The Nursing Rehabilitation center sent us this video of seniors practicing their fight song. The next generation is showing off eagle pride far from philadelphia. This is baby danny green. He is a month old. His parents live in omaha, nebraska at the air force base but they bleed green and are raising their son as an eagle fan. Share your pictures or videos using the hash tag 6abc action or post to the facebook wall. We want to see how you are showing off your eagle pride and getting ready for the game on sunday. Action news game day coverage kicks off sunday morning at 6 00 a. M. With live reports from the link. Then join us for the pregame activity at 5 00 p. M. Well be back with posts after the game is over and news beginning at 10 00 p. M. On channel6, wrapping up with coverage action news sports sunday. The Morning Team Takes the handoff with a start at 4 00 a. M. Sunday. Matt, tam, david and karen have reaction from the tristate area as the region, hopefully hopefuy prepares for the superbowl. In or other news, its likey that the government will shut down at midnight. Democrats refused to support the bill because it does nothing to support the dreamers. The shutdown will have minimal effect over the weekend and congressional leaders may see the next two days as an opportunity to come to an agreement. President trump tweeted this, not looking good for our great military or safety and security on the dangerous southern border. Democratdems want to shut down o diminish what we are doing on the stock market. The dems may fund a bill to keep open for the weekend while negotiations over a daca compromise continues but that is unlikely. New information on the las vegas gunmans pej and the family of tom petty reveals what led to his death at the age of 68. And news of a deadly blaze in bethlehem. Adam . Temperatures right now are in the 30s, not that bad across the area. Well talk about the january thaw for an extended period of time. In health check, researchers are excited about a Cancer Screening test. Ducis rodgers back with more on the eagles getting ready for the championship game when action news continues. A raging house fire has claimed the home of a family in Lehigh Valley. There was no word on the identity of the victim who was inside the home. Tonight the enormous sinkhole that opened in the fish town section of philadelphia is keeping crews busy and preventing Water Service to the entire block of tag gart street off of norris. The 30foot by 30foot chasm opened just before noon forcing the evacuation of six homes. No word on what caused the sinkhole or how long it will take to fix. The family of tom petty are confirming suspicions about his death. The Coroners Office confirmed he died of a drug overdose. He was taking medications for emphysema, a fractured hip. When he di died some summer, hes 66. Roy halliday had traces of drugs in his blood when he crashed his plane. Trauma died from Blunt Force Trauma as drowning as a contributing factor. The department o department of e intends to retry bob menendez. He was charged in a bribery scheme in which prosecutors said he traded favors. This time he will defend against corruption charges while running for invest dpaition. Investigation. Investigators still dont know why steven paddock opened fire from his hotel room at mandalay bay. He had a disturbing Search History including research on swat, tactics, child pornography and other locations to commit his crimes. Its been a week of honest, gut researching testimony at the sentencing of gymnastic doctor larry nassar. The victims told how he sexual assaulted them as children. Laurie says her fight will not end when he is sentenced. I will not rest until every last trace of your influence on this floor has been destroyed like the cancer it is. They called out u. S. A. Gymnastics for failing to protect their athletes. Scientists have reported major progress on a blood test that can detect many kinds of cancers at an early stage. Researchers at Johns Hopkins hospital detected 70 of eight cancers. It had a low rate of false alarms, but its too early to be used widely. Lets get the weekend accuweather forecast. Meteorologist adam joseph. This is an outdoor alert forecast for one of the weekends. As we head to the weather center, big weekend to be outdoors in south philadelphia for the big vikings and eagle game, 6 40 p. M. On sunday. The weather going to cooperate this week. There will be a lot of clouds for the game. There is a lot of sun through most of sunday. Clouds pull in, in time for the game. No precipitation. Winds light out of the southwest, three to six Miles Per Hour. 6 00, the first kick at 44degrees and end of the game, temperatures 42degrees. Winning forecast there. Not too shabby either, 29 allentown, 38 in philadelphia, 34 in wilmington. Temperatures not all that cold considering how cold it has been so far this month. Clouds are to the north. They remain there through the weekend, a warm front setting here. It may drag down toward the second half of the weekend here. For saturday, lots of sun, high clouds at times in the afternoon. 30s in the morning, 46 at 11 00, low 50s, during the afternoon tomorrow well above normal in good six to eight degrees warmer than we experienced today. We should top off at 54. Tomorrow, 51 allentown, 53 dover. 14degrees above average, so if the kids have cabin fever, im bringing the kids out, opening the windows, to clean out the household. With temperatures in the 50s, pleasant out there. Sunshine 11 00 tomorrow morning, 6 00, 30 in the evening, clouds start to come in, start of the game. By 11 00 at night, you see showers to the north over the Lehigh Valley and poconos. Thats where the warm front will be sitting. If you are headed to the molk poconos, 43, 41 here for skiers and snowboarders. The sevenday forecast, mild, 54 tomorrow. Mild, sunny on sunday, 50 and clouds come in late. Monday, it is a cloudy day, patchy fog around, mild at 51degrees. Rain comes in monday night early on tuesday, a soaker. Sun tuesday afternoon with 56degrees. Does turn cooler wednesday into thursday back to the 30s and 40s for highs and we bump it back up to one week from now, 46degrees. Best part is the weekend. Take advantage of it. Thank you so much. Coming up on action news, more eagles. Ducis rodgers when we continue in just a moment. Nope. Nope. It was hidden behind all of my free weights. If youre not an expert, peco can help. We have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. Peco. The future is on. knocking sound traveling. Even gettinge student loan. So you can start saving and get on with your life. Ask a leader in Student Lending how we can help you reach your potential. Last night Jeff Skversky said 119 eagles. What about Ducis Rodgers . We should ask him. 1613. 1613. Another defensive struggle. I didnt tell you who was going to win, though. Cute. Thank you. Whether they are the underdogs or favorites, none of that will matter once the ball is kicked. The only thing that matters is having the eagles put forth their best effort. That will get them to the superbowl. Being this close to one of the biggest games of their career, the birds explain what their emotions are. I have to make sure my head is in the right spot. Im focused on my job to try to win a football game. Emotions run high. Its a great time of year, its a great time for a great organization. Im excited to go out with these guys one more time. Its a blessing. Nighttime game sunday at the link. This is why you play the game. This is what you dream about as a kid. We hosted a special at chickees and petes to preview the game. I asked the coach if they were okay with the eagles embracing the underdog role . I would take a different approach. I want to see them come out cocky, arrogant, they are the better team. Start fast. In minnesota, vikings are trying to reach the superbowl for the first time in 41 years. Their path goes through the link, a path they know will be hostile. We are communicating to be sure we dont have to communicate or if we do, we are on the same page during the game. I have a feeling we are not going to do a lot of things. Still ahead on sports, temples Basketball Team has a player. What he lacks in height, he makes up for in heart