To go. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. So exciting. Super bowl sunday rapidly approaching as we said four more days pretty much all of philadelphia is getting seriou seriously pumped. Thank you much for joining us at 10 00. Im lucy noland. We are ready for some football. You know who is really ready . Our crew in minute money and here in philly covering the leader up to the big game. Dave schratwieser live in philly which is preparing for the super bowl after party. Chris oconnell is live in minneapolis. Well get to them in a moment. We begin with Kristen Rodgers at the mall of america and, krist kristen, huge news from the nfl today. Very excited around here. Oh, yeah, lucy the buzz here today in minnesota nfl on fox is getting even bigger. Fox and the nfl have agreed to a fiveyear deal for thursday night football. Roger goodell nfl commissioner spoke about it earlier today. Every network that was interested in that we had very aggressive bit bidding, and we see that our content even in the environment thats changing very dramatically in the media world were seeing our content stand above everything else, and thats something that were excited about. One of the reasons were so optimistic about the future. Is that will start this season for weeks four through 15. But we still have to wrap up this season super bowl lii and eagles they would their first practice today over at the university of minnesota in their indoor facility. Here it is. Our first look at practice for the eagles some normalcy for the birds to get back to work. Theres so much hype around the super bowl that the players remind themselves that on sunday there is a game. Its, you know, well have to adjust when they adjust. I think we got great coaches that put us in position to make plays. So im not too worried about that. I know they got great defensive players that are in the right place at the right time. And just comes down to us just do your job. The only team that has been able to beat the tom brady patriots in the super bowl is the giants and they did so by rattling brady. Chris long nose him well and has some advice. I cant tell you what to do but i can tell was not to do and thats, you know, forget about doing your job and forget about, you know, your fundamentals want got you here, because as ive said, hes good at timing. Hes at frustrating rushers getting the ball out. Making up up the protections, um, and you cant get out of the your game. Coming up later in sports, today the eagles did something in practice they havent done all season. Ill tell was that is coming up later in the show. But for now well go out to our Chris Oconnell who is live here in minneapolis. Hey, chris. Whats up . Reporter hey, kristen. Ill tell you one of the main reasons why a super bowl is so successful is the thousands and i mean tense of thousands of volunteers you see here in these blue coats. They do anything from give directions offer up local history for one loyal volunteer this is a chance of a lifetime. Greeting fans through the streets of Downtown Minneapolis one super bowl volunteer has little more pep in his step. Any guesses why. The commit committee give us this nice jacket. Im still going wear my gear no matter what i have on neither it. Months ago tacony native james pet travis signed up to be one of the crew 52 blue volunteers working the soup. He lives here now but little did he know his team would be here. Whats this like, man . Its amazing to be a part of the super bowl and have my Hometown Team that i grew uprooting for right here in my backyard now. Reporter volunteer duties include peeing a city ambassador and working the bold north zipline across the Mississippi River but allowed him to meet g howie roseman. Talking a little bit with brian dawkins. Ran into meryl reece, howard eskins. He understands after the vikings loss hes in Enemy Territory hes just waiting for his reinforcement eagles fans to roll into town. A lot of eye rolling. A lot of watch this guy much what it is. Ill keep being an ambassador and showing them what the real philly fans are really like. Reporter ill tell you james has been all around. Hes hitting all the events. But theres one event hes not going to be able to get to. The game itself. The get in price 3500 bucks for a ticket he says hes going to get a bunch of eagles fans hes going to go to bar and watch it with hometown fans. Lucy . You can buy a couple of rounds for 3,500 now, couldnt you . Reporter yeah. All right. Thank you much, chris. So with all the excitement of the big game, Philadelphia Police are stepping up security for the city to make sure we all stay safe. With the crisco not working as well as they thought it would after the last game, police are using something new. Something you are not going to want all over you. Our Dave Schratwieser is live in south philadelphia. So, dave, i guess its not the crisco cops any more. Huh . Reporter no, its not. Its the 64,000 question everybody has been asking for the past two weeks after police put crisco oil on these poles hoping to keep the fans off the poles after the nfc championship game. We although that didnt work. So theyre switching it up and this time fans will find it a lot slicker. Regular gear oil like consistency of molasses. Reporter guys over at evans gulf on Spring Garden street know all about gear oil. They use it almost every day tat at the garage and theyre not big fans of the gooey substance. Its thick you can get it off your clothes. It smells and its really tough to clean up. Reporter Sources Say Police plan to use a form of gear oil instead of crisco oil tigris poles along broad street and up in the northeast for sunday nights expected big eagles celebration. Dont climb up the poles. Reporter tom flores says fans should be aware if youre planning on wearing your favorite birds jersey and scaling up a pole with the stuff on it. Well, good luck in trying to clean your jersey. You cant take it to the dry cleaners and get it off . No you ruin the clothes. Clothes are ruined. Reporter we went to h and z laundry on the boulevard where customers told us not even the senior super load washer set on heavy soil will get gear oil o out. Think you can get that kind of stuff out of the your clothes if you climb one much your pol poles. No, i dont think so. You have to throw your clothes away. Reporter fans will see more phil and state police. Also be lots of mounted police on street corners. And if thing get out of hand, police in those socalled turtle protective suits might come out, too. We are about business but we are also about the business of allowing people to celebrate as long as its done peacefully. Reporter now, if youre thinking about climbing that pole right there to get a fletcher cox fly eagles fly flag up there, you might want to forget about it. That stuff is really nasty from what the guys at evans gulf told mow today. They will start mike that stuff to the. Applying that stuff to the poles around 3 00 oclock sunday afternoon. Lucy. If that doesnt work they can always use pam. My mom would use pam. Anyhow, thanks thanks very much, dave. Live look now at the ben franklin parkway. Kathy, sunday night celebrations because we are going to win, of course, right . Yes. Well, folks v good weather to go along with the big party. I was just pi thinking dave was talking about the poles. They might not want to be out. Were talking about rain and wet snow and its all about this. We have an area of low pressure it will become coastal storm the big question where is it going to end up . Is it going to go off the mid atlantic or is it going to hug the coast and be very close to the Delaware Valley . Close to the Delaware Valley would mean more rain. Further out to sea would mean more snow. Keeping careful eye on this low for sunday one thing we know it looks like snow in the poconos and Lehigh Valley for sure. Philadelphia and the i95 corridor rain mixing with snow and better chance of rain down the shore but it will all be determined by the track of that low and over the next several days were going to keep a careful eye on that. Getting to and from your festivities and for the big party after the win, could be a little tricky. Well continue to track this for you and have the seven day coming up. Thank you kathy. Alex, mike and good day gang have you covered in the mornings theyre live in the twin cities bright and early tomorrow morning yet again. And kristen and chris and howard are with us for 5 00s6 00, 10 00 and 11 00. Much more straight ahead. Prowlers in parking lots are creating quite the scare in upper darby. Police say theyre holding up commuters at gun. 3 times so f far. Fox 29s dave kinchen is live in delaware county. Dave . Reporter this is something thats really frightening for so many people here. Police say these thieves are deliberately striking at night and targeting commuters on their way home from work. I think thats terrifying. Reporter the reaction from captain mcrae after she got off the train at the park view station in the Highland Park section of upper darby township. Its where Police Say Two people were robbed by three men. Each had guns and threatened to shoot. We didnt know anything about it. Locals usually are kind of like the first ones to hear about it. I dont understand that. Reporter most recent stick up was late last night where cops say the three bad guys approached a man who had just gotten off the train and walked up a trail. Investigators say he was robbed of his phone, money, hoodie and belt. Terrifying just to know like 19 your neighborhood i live right up the street. Reporter couple days before after man was held up near the sim spot as he got off septa. We just might have to go right into 69th street, not come down here at all. Reporter just days before that, last friday night at this Chestnut Street parking lot, Police Say Three men pointed their guns at a woman and took her cell phone but she ended up fighting back. She refused to give up her handbag. She fought them off for that report roar Police SuperintendentMichael Chitwood says nothing is worth your light life. If they get your phone and take your money and take your clothing, so be it. Its threeone. Unless youre armed and youre good, i would give it up. Reporter police say they have boosted patrols in the impacted areas. Lucy . All right, thank you, dave. Happening right now, the search for a gunman after a high school went on lock down over deadly shots fired. In philadelphias mayfair neighborhood, the principal of Lincoln High School kicked out group of men who were watching a basketball game. Now in the parking lot a fight broke out and suddenly shots erupted. One man ended up hit in the legs and chest. He died at the hospital tonight. Police say he also had a gun. The chaos ended the basketball game and forced the school into lock down. Athletic director came running in and told everybody get down, and get off the court and we d we just everybody hid for cover. I think its disgusting. Adults coming to school to, a kids game with weapons. Police have not made any arrests as of yet. A local high school star, lasalle basketball stand out, nba veteran rasul butler is gone tonight. Too soon. So what happened moments before his car crashed . Note. I knew it was wrong. I knew all along all of it was wrong. Because i was constantly reminded it had to be a secret. Accusations of sex abuse behind the scenes of charles in charge and both sides are developing story. A point breeze basketball legend and his wife have died in a car crash in southern california. Fox 29s iain page is following the story in our operations center. Iain, just tragic. Lucy, such sad news. Rasul butler the guy with the smile that could light up a room and loved by so many has s gone too soon. Butler lost control of his range rover early wednesday morning in studio city california. The vehicle hit a parking meter and then the wall of a Marshalls Department store. According to los angeles police, the vehicle was going well in excess of the posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour. Philadelphia native, butler played four years of College Basketball at Lasalle University where he scored more than 2,000 points. Butler was drafted by the miami heat in 2,002 and played for several nba teams in 13year career. Butlers wife lea labelle was an r and b singer who was signed to epic records and was best known for her run on the third season of American Idol where she finish 12th. Less than 24 hours ago, he posted this he wasnting image on instagram with the caption, we are here to be ourselves and no one else. A lot of nba veterans posting heartfelt messages on social media all day. All echoing the same thing. That rasul butler was one of a kind and he will be missed. He was just 38 years of age. Lucy . Thank you very much, iain. 70s and 80s tv star scott baio faces Sexual Misconduct accusations from a former cast mate. He denies the claims made by his charles in charge costar nicole egg gert. Both are airing their side of the story on tv and on social mode ya. Our Shawnette Wilson has whats going on life now. Shawnette. Reporter lucy, they actually both agree on one thing, that at one point, they did have consensual sex. The dispute is when it happened, at what age and was it legal . You city, now you see that . You guys are back together aga again. Reporter scott baio and nicole egg gert seen her in seemingly happier times on the show charles in charge. Now scott baio is facing charges and its not part of a script. Nicole egg gert continues to shop this story around with lisa bloom now and shopping it to social media, to television to, whomever will listen it to. I dont know why. Baio now 57 years old took to social media to address allegations of sexual abuse. Boy his former costar nicole egg gert now 46 years old. He also appeared on good morning america. The moment that her first allegation that we had sex when she was 17, which is not true, as soon as that was proven to be 100 false, she comes up with a new story where something happened once week for years. Egg gert claims bay yao molested her for years beginning when she was 14. She talk about it with dr. Oz. Their interview aired today. His show held on to it for weeks because producers questioned her timeline for the allegations. Did you think it was wrong at the time when you were having sex with him . I knew it was wrong. I knew all along all of it was wrong, because i was constantly reminderemindedreminded it had t yet being a teenager and going through, you know, dealing with your hormones and going through puberty and all of that, it, um, sort of stayed in it and just kept quiet. She says she definitely feels it was abuse. If his feelings were genuine or not, as far as loving me, he should have known better. Baio maintains hes done nothing wrong and says egg gert seduced him once when she was 18 a legal adult. Almost all he said she said cases its just he said she said. Now go prove or disprove it. Baio also says that the claims would have been absolutely impossible because the set was so full of teachers, relatives and crew members, lu lucy. All right. Thank you shawnette. Philadelphias new District AttorneyLarry Krasner is reviewing the Fatal Shooting of a man by an off duty Police Detective monday morning. Commissioner ross says he does have some concerns since krasner took office its one of the first high profile cases to come across his desk and krasner says he intends even handed in his investigation. Bruce gordon reports. Reporter we caught up with philadelphia District AttorneyLarry Krasner at his offices eagles pep rally wednesday and i asked whether krasner had seen what Police Investigators have gathered regarding the incident. We have received some materials, um, theres more to receive, weary viewing what we have now and were going to follow the stressed where it leaves. Reporter the off duty detective confronted 31yearold khalil lou wall after he distribute rattily struck a pedestrian at broad and bigler around 7 30 monday morning. Fox 29 has learned at least three video cameras including one on this nearby home recorded the incident. Which the driver now out of his vehicle struggled witness detective. Fox 29 has been told the detective fired several shots knocking the man to the ground. Then continued firing striking the man 13 times in all. The number of shots app pedestrian to be somewhat of an issue for Police Commissioner richard ross when he discussed the case monday. There are some concerns because of, um, the way the shots were fired and the positioning and things like th that. But at this time, im just being very candid about the fact that we do have some concerns about the discharge. Reporter Philadelphia Police have taken to twitter asking if all right witness to the Police Shooting incident at broad and bigler or had any under action with the operator of the black honda accord call investigators at 215 6831866 as for krasner we have no favorite. We just intend to be completely even handed and fair and coming to conclusion about what occurred. Reporter krasner election as District Attorney while cheered by many was greeted with some scepticism in the Police Community with some folks fearing he would not give cops a fair shake in exactly these kinds of investigations. So while the probe is now in police hands, it will certainly end up in krasners lap. The pressured to right by all sides will be intense. Im Bruce Gordon Fox 29 news. Choppers, police and the national guard. Where is the football . Well, lets just say minneapolis is ready for anything with this super bowl. Say it aint so, april. We loved watching you and your baby but now, now you pick the patriots . 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One of extra special competitors is from our area. How cute is that . Our joyce evans spent the morning with this special needs pup. Up, up, all the way. That was cheating. Cheating. Reporter this good boy name is nevell long bottom, yup, like the shy little harry potter character. But this pups permit far from shy. And he cant hear a thing. We had him about two weeks, and he wasnt listening to anything that we said, and kind of figure it out from there. Reporter getting his attention can be a challenge. Especially when hes not wearing his vibrating collar. Look at this. Oh, my goodness. Bye. See ya. Whoa reporter quite a handful at 70 pounds and om eight months old. Even for his new mom Rachel Mcquade at hope veterinary specialist. How many teeth do you have, nevell . Reporter not nearly the size he was when street tails rescue in north philadelphia entered nevell to be selected for the puppy bowl. Didnt even know. We had no idea he had been submitted. So it was like winning the lo row. Reporter showcase mostly for up for adoption. Thralls team for contestants who have special needs. Nevell played on both teams. He was a lineman. He was very strong, and cared more about the Peanut Butter they had onset than he did the other dogs. Reporter wont know if he was on the winning teams until sunday. But hes already a win are in considering the awful fate nevell was facing being a homeless pitbull and deaf. So hes great with small dogs, um, everything. Reporter nevell goes to daycare and training classes. With these kind of dogs patience, you have to be patie patient. Its not you cant train them verbally its a little bit harder, but hes well worth the work. Reporter sporting his puppy bowl and super bowl teams gear nevell is ready for sunday. He has worn this shirt every time they have played a game and won. Were sleeping in it the night before for good luck. And then were going to wear it all day on sunday probably monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday because theyre going to win, right . Report roar the puppy bowl was made and recorded in mid october. That was four and a half months ago. But the winners wont be reveal until super bowl sunday. So go nevell and go eagles. Joyce evans fox 29 news. Nevell will be my special guest tomorrow morning on good day by the way. So they may not be greasing poles in minute plus. But theyve got the national guard. Theyve got cops, choppers and thousands of cameras. The city isnt taking any chances for this super bowl. Ttp www. Evertz. Com[a5df] monumental crowds pouring into minneapolis ahead of the of the super bowl and now a an army of security in place to make sure everything goes off without a hitch. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell joins us from nfl live with the extra security measures. Hello, chris. Oh, its snowing there. Reporter it is snowing, and i dont know how cold it is but probably in the teens right now. Yup. Reporter real quick on the weather. Super bowl sunday wind chills 25 below forecast. And joy that. Reporter yeah. So but any way, if you are a fan, coming to the super bowl, youve got to be prepared to see a lot of this. Security. Tons of it. You are looking at just a small part of the largest security detail to deployed for any super bowl. It is a maam moth task they started planning two years ago. The super bowl is considered a special National Security event. Its been in the planning stages so you will see lots of National Guardsmen packing semi automatic rivals. Youll see armored personnel carriers nearly every block. The command center theyre using here using Amazing Technology of geo mapping that tracks everyone of the 3,000 Police Officers and gives them the ability to transmit realtime pictures through their smart phones. Cheat of police here says the city is ready. Super bowl change add lot since we last hosted this in 1992. Since then our world has changed and we really need to make sure that as a symbol of our freedom for americans to get together and enjoy their past times we have to make sure ensure their safety first and for most. Reporter theres a lot of things you will not see. For instance, every vehicle getting close to the u. S. Bank stadium will have to go through a mobile xray machine. Their antiterrorism social media task force that are tracking any kind of social media but right now in terms of Police Officers, in terms of law enforcement, the one thing they want to do is not do anything. Hopefully they wont be needed, and just stay in the shadows and make sure fans have a good time and stay safe. Lucy. There you go. Hopefully warm. By the way its not much colder there in minneapolis. We check its 26 degrees. Its 32 here. So you know. Reporter its still cold. Its still cold. All right. Go on inside and warmup, chris. Thanks much. Speaking of home, lets get back to home in Fort Washington right now. At least one Nursery School decked out in green and they will ones showing eagles nation pride with church bells chiming in. Their message to new england, the eagles are going to ring the patriots bells on sunday. Fox 29s dawn timmeney has the cutest of reports from Fort Washington. Reporter you can call it controlled chaos. As these pint sized football fans practice the eagles fight song at st. Thomas Nursery School in Fort Washington. On the road to victory reporter ad plaid in eagles green from head to toe these little ages from two to five were tweaking their cheers before their big performance with the churchs carol on bel bells. The rector even saying a prayer for the birds. And may our team prevail with your mighty power behind us. Through jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Go eagles reporter fouryearold Connor Patrick is all eagles all the time. He says hell be cheering on the team with his four brothers. Paddy, kevin, will and jack. Reporter and all of you will be watching the super bowl. With my parents and my dog molly. Reporter do you know how to spell eagles. Elgles eagles. Reporter spelling aside these preschoolers have been working on their game so to speak for ten games now. All eager to head outside for something that hasnt happened since the birds went to the super bowl in 2005. Reporter the children singing the fight song as the church carol plays fly eagles fly on 19,000 pounds of bronze bells from the church bell tow tower. Last time the eagles were in the super bowl they had the pep song playing all over the city, and i thought, why not the carol on . Lease see says the beautiful bells can be heard over mile away. She loves making music and has been playing the carol on for over 40 years. Seng the eagles a lot of positive energy. Im so glad that the Nursery School got behind this idea. Reporter st. Thomas thought it was great way to come together as preschool and show their support for the Hometown Team. Why do you like the eagles . Because they score touchdowns, one, two, three. I like them because theyre good players. Reporter whos going to win the super bowl . The eagles and the football. Go, eagles. Reporter st. Thomas is definitely has that eagles spirit as you can see from their sign. The church also sent out email blast to 1200 parishioners encouraging everyone to wear eagles green on super bowl sunday. Dawn timmeney, fox 29 news. So cute. All right. Look at your tv here. You cant miss this. That is a hero at work saving two fellow deputies when car barreled right at them. April, come on. Come on. We loved you but now you go and you pick the patriots . Oh, no. Fly, eagles, fly. One close call. Three deputies with Boone County Sheriffs Office in illinois investigate a dui saturday night when that happened. During the call one deputy saw the car barreling toward them and pushed everyone to safety. Well, they did eventually catch up to that driver. He also ended up charged with a dui. Right now u. S. Prosecutors say they will not retry new jersey senator bob menendez. Last fall, his trial ended in a hung jury. Menendez faced corruption charges for what prosecutors claimed was a sister senator trading political influence for gifts and campaign contributions. Todays filing to dismiss all charges again the senator and his friend ends a fiveyear investigation. The Justice Department did not reveal its exact reasons for dropping the case. In philadelphia, a political shake up. Longtime congressman bob brady will not run for another term. Brady says leaving congress has absolutely nothing to do with the federal investigation involving his 2012 campaign. The 72 year oh says he simply wants to spend more time with his family. Our bruce gordon was there as the 20 Year Congress veteran announced his decision. The man who defined blue collar in congress announced his departure wearing a black long sleeved eagles tshirt and told reporters after 20 years in washington because time to put his family first. My daughter, single parent, could use some help. I would like to take my grandchildren to school. I got great grandchild. I have another grandchild on the way. And i just think i choose them. Brady touted his record in d. C. Claiming authorship of 14 bills that ultimately became l law. And noted his cloud in delivering for his constituents. I brought back 15. 5 billion, with a b, billion dollars to the city of philadelphia and this region. In deep blue diss trek brady was never really tested on election day. But a scandal involving payments allegedly made to entice a primary challenger to drop his bid have doing the incumbent. Brady was asked whether the controversy had impacted his decision not to run again. My lawyers advised me based on their review of the status of the case and the statue of limitations expiring i will not be charged in this case. How has that affected your feelings about the job . Not at all. Reporter not at all. No, not at all i know i wouldnt be charged and it wouldnt affect me in any way, shape or form. It wouldnt affect my reelection. With republicans in control in washington, democrat bradys power was limited. And while he said his decision to leave was made with mixed emotions, it was clear he will not miss the current partisan gridlock. The climate in washington, i dont have to tell you is rigid and its horrible as can be. Reporter how will brady be remembered . I asked the committee 70s david thornburgh. The different ways to be a congressman. One is to be champion of a policy issue or proposal or represent your constituents. I think bob bradys style has been more of a Problem Solver in the city and the region whether labor strike or, you know, welcome america sponsorship or what have you. Reporter he was the guy who got it done. He was the man on the spot. Reporter brady wont be leaving office until next january. Between now and then the boundaries of his second Congressional District along with the rhett of the states will be redrawn and host of democrats will battle it out to replace him. Given the demographics of even an altered pa second, its likely to stay in democratic hands. But whos . Stay tune. Im bruce gordon, fox 29 news. April the giraffe is turning her back on the city of philadelphia. What . Yes. She is predicting the patriots will defeat the eagles this sunday. See now april the giraffe of course became internet sensation after the birth of her california streamed live worldwide. To today the Animal Adventure posted this video showing two signed named new england and philadelphia on top tempting heads of lettuce. She chose the snack above the new england banner. Thats so very sad. Do you think it had something to do with the bright red. Do you think it lured her in. Yes. Chris oconnell just texted me i had said it was like 26 degrees in minneapolis. So he just texted me this. I was wrong. Lucy. I was wrong. Chris im really its 17. Im sorry about it chris. Im sorry about it. So its really cold in minneapolis but its cold around here, too i got to say. Super cold in minneapolis. Thats why everything is inside. We have an area of low pressure. We are tracking and this is for our super bowl sunday. Do you have plans . Carefully watching this it means rain, it means wet snow. It could mean more snow for some. Well excuse me everyone paul . Paul . 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Though our hank flynn found eagles fan in the heart of patriots country. Heres hank. I was told this is cambridge, massachusetts. What is this eagles country nonsense doing up here. The boss is from philly you know. [ laughter ] im from philly too. [ laughter ] its hank im in cambridge massachusetts with Police Officer whitey, patriots fan no surprise there but my take is, when the boss bleeds philly green has cunningham and reggie white jerseys on the door, it makes for a real inner office rivalry. Come on. Thin blue line cambridge brees department has a hard edge of eagles Green Running through it. His name is branville bart hes the commissioner and, yeah, hes from philadelphia. Defense wins championships and they were we got brady. Until about the mid Third Quarter when he gets planned. Umhmm. He took over the department in august after nationwide Talent Search and so far he says smooth sailing but now the patriots are in the super bowl again this time against his beloved eagles. Whats a guy to do . Represent, thats what. So when the eagles won the nfc championship i immediately the next day came in and put the jerseys up sort of as me throwing a gauntlet down knowing that the ribbon would ribbing would increase. I wont take credit for the banner downstairs. I found out later on that someone put it up under the auspices that i put it. Other art appeared on walls including this patriots to beat barreds birds. The commissioner has some nerve, doesnt he . Got to be careful here. Officer whitey looks a local guy. Pate tron season Ticket Holder he says from the outset commissioner bard has been clear about his loyalties. And the first question i asked him after i shook his hand was, hmm, are you a philadelphia sports fan . And he said, i am. He said im a diehard and thats not going to change because im here. I said you know what i can totally respect that as a diehard patriots fan. I can respect that. Because if i move somewhere else, this stuff wouldnt go away either. Reporter both men say the rivalry remains fun at work while not seeping into the crime fighting. Like a lot of us commissioner bard has been waiting for his super bowl sunday for a long time. Hes got ticks. Hes going to the showdown. Lets hope for all of us he gets to see his eagles dreams come true in person. Well all enjoy that. Im hank and thats my take. Eagles, eagles. Love it. Live look at al again town congratulations we made it halfway through the week. Can we expect Something Better in the second half we hope. Maybe a little warmer. Kathy has got the answer in 15 seconds. What a night. Chilly with wind chills in the teens. But it is going to get little bit warmer you can see eagles pride right there behind the art museum and of course Sirius Center is spelling out eagle over to my right here. So good night across the Delaware Valley with mainly clear skies. 31 the high today. 32 we still have those south west winds keeping it cooler and keeping those wind chills acti active. Pottstown 28. The poconos 21 with win out of the south it feel like ten in the poconos. 22 in trenton only 18 in wrightstown. So looking ahead, we have a front coming through tomorrow. By tomorrow afternoon, it will bring rain to the region. Some snow in the poconos. And by the time this swings that was early in morning on friday there may be a little moisture to have this end as snow. So lets start the future cast tomorrow at 7am. Partly cloudy skies with some filtered sunshine there. Snow in the poconos at about 2 00 light showers in the upper Lehigh Valley by 5 00, 6 00 a few showers around philadelphia but no problem then by nine, 10 00 oclock you see the rain mainly philadelphia south and east. The front comes through and then at the end, 4 00 oclock, 5 00 oclock, 6 00 oclock in the morning some snow showers especially in south jersey and delaware coating to that would be just about it. I dont think youll have a day off, kids, nor a delay friday morning. 29 in philadelphia overnight. 19 in the poconos. 28 in wilmington and 28 in dover. So a chilly start to the day. By the afternoon, some sun, i should say sun early increasing clouds and some afternoon showers building in the High Temperature going for 47 degre 47 degrees. What about the super bowl . Tailgator ifs youre outside in minneapolis, youre going to freeze. Temperature only six. Wind chills pretty much below zero. Of course, kickoff outside two with a wind chill of 12 below. But inside all those eagles fans will be toasty with a temperature of 70. As we look ahead on our seven day forecast from the Weather Authority friday mostly cloudy forty four groundhog day after an Early Morning snow shower. Saturday 33. A wintry mix sunday. This is still iffy. Who will see the snow. Who will see the rain then of course staying in the 40s for next week with another chance of snow on wednesday. Thats a look at your seven day forecast. We will be back with kristen live from minneapolis and sports right after this. This winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. So whether youre a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. Pick the best peak for your family getaway at iloveny. Com new york state. Its all here. Its only here. Your nissan sports wrap on fox 29. Theres been a long lead up to super bowl lii and we are only halfway there so four days left until the super bowl. But eagles had their first practice at university of minnesota and they had half hour break in the middle of their practice to prepare themselves for Justin Timberlakes half time show. Smart by the eagles there. Eagles defense getting in some work today as well because their goal and their challenge on super bowl sunday will be try to try to rattle tom brady. Tom plus ten more guys on the field. We just cant really focus on one guy. If you want to be real about it. We have to focus on their whole offense because they got lot of great players. You know, we have to go out and be ourselves. We going to it and do the Little Things and not beat ourselves in order to be victorious. Happy birthday, Doug Pederson. He turned the big 50 today. And he got to celebrate with one of his favorite things. Of course a practice leading up to super bowl lii. To be able to celebrate this with them and, um, you know, with the team and, um, to be in this game obviously its an honor. You know, if somehow we can pull out a victory that would be the icing on the cake as they say. Obviously a super bowl win is the best present but players had some other suggestions. He likes visors. I feel like a really sick visor. I might get him visor. Give him cane so he can feel old. Maybe go to the mall and find one later. Because it is Doug Pedersons 50th birthday besides super bowl win whats the best gift that you could give to doug. A hug. [ laughter ] and they all agreed on one thing. He seems to like ice cream a l a hug haagendaz. Who, haagendaz ice cream. Haagendaz. Thats his deal. Lets go to the flyers. Their first game back taking on the capitals. Third period washington up threetwo. On the power play tj gets the puck. Scores the goal. Twelfth of the year. Game just went final, flyers fall five to three. Ease lets go to the Sixers Jahlil Okafor former sixers and joel embiid hugging it out in pregame. Fourth quarter sixers down eight. Capped off 11zero run bite nets. Sixers lose 116108. Third straight loss. Well have a chance to talk to the eagles and patriots again tomorrow as they get back to work and the countdown is star starting to starting to get we are getting close to super bowl lii what im trying to say. Anticipation is building. Yeah, you know, did fletcher cox say he wanted to give Doug Pederson a hug for his birthday . Is that what he said. I think he did. I think did he. I think he did. I think did he. New tv, new speakers, netflix. I think he did. I think did he. This is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. Is it, ladies . Dont get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. D, but you still dont have fios. Ok . Fios is a 100 fiberoptic network, literally engineered for streaming. Good advice. Ive also got some ideas on a better cereal selection, which i will keep to myself. Experience netflix on the 100 fiberoptic network made for streaming switch to fios and get a year of netflix on us with a twoyear agreement