Mutating so as you say people are getting it, then getting a different strain of it again. Two times in the same season. You mentioned that 1,000 cases in week in delaware. Well in new jersey, in the most recent week, 3,000 cases and in pennsylvania, 26 people died in a single week and these numbers so far are not getting better. Trip to urgent care is where seventh grade teacher tara noel ended up after school tuesday. I have some cough, congestion im had it all weekend. Im teacher so im around kids and germs all day. Reporter she moved fast. Doctors say if you want to kick the flu or at least dramaly reduce its effects youve got treat it win 48 hours. We have anti virals that we give to patients in the form of a pill. What that does decreasing the severity of the disease in the patient but also decreases the communicable of the disease. Nurse practitioner amys patient case load at my Doc Urgent Care in center city is up their over the past few weeks which has been worst so this flu season. Were actually breaking records with more than 47,000 cases now reported in pennsylvania. 10,000 in new jersey. And 3,000 in delaware. Most patienting with a type a strain. Were seeing more a than b for sure. A is associated with. Avian flew h1n1. Its more severe symptoms. Reporter whats worse than getting the new . I have seen people who have gotten it again. Reporter recovering then coming down with it a second time. Sometimes its a different strain. Eye body aches, fever, congestion and extreme fatigue definitely goes your Health Provider and get instead of the tested and evaluate. Where taryn went even though shes feeling lousy she got good news. Your new test came back negative. Good okay. Reporter we heard a lot of talk about the ineffectiveness of the flu vaccine this year. Doctors are still recommending you get it and believe it or not, iain, it is not too late to get a flu shot. All right, good advice, brad. Thank you. Another accident on the roosevelt boulevard this time its a 21yearold woman. She was crossing the road when a car hit and killed her and now her family, friends and lawmakers all coming together to try and make that road safer for everyone. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live outside philadelphias Accident Investigation Division tonight. Dave . Reporter iain, aid investigators continue to look no that fatal crash on the roosevelt boulevard. This appointment tonight danielle good gabays family is pleading for changes on the boulevard. Traffic rumbled down roosevelt boulevard monday night passed the side where 21yearold daniella gabay lost her life a week ago crossing the boulevard near large street. As she tried to catch a bus home. Really heart broken that my sister had to do you this way. I miss my child because its very hard for me to get all that. Its crazy thing. Family members, friends, lawmakers and members of the Bicycle Coalition held a vigil monday night in her memory while the driver stayed at the scene of the night of the accident, police say he was driving without a license. My family is in shock. Serve in shock. Have i to words. This is very close to the spot where 1984 old woman and a tenyearold girl were killed. A little over a year ago. As they crossed the boulevard in the crosswalk at large street. They were thrown almost 200 feet. The driver was charged with homicide by vehicle while dui. 60 of the People Killed on the boulevard were pedestrians. Speed enforcement is one but i know the city is committed to a complete redesign, reworking of the boulevard. Daniellas family meanwhile is deeply mourning her loss. She leaves behind a twoyearold daughter and an entire family who misses her dearly. I pray that they will do something about this death boulevard. Its not fair to everybody losing their families. Reporter now, her family and on thes are supporting senate bill 172 that would allow the installation of Speed Enforcement cameras on the boulevard. And hopefully that will slow some drivers down. Iain. Lets hope so, dave. Thank you. In philadelphia horrific crime. Police are looking out for three people they say kidnapped a guy. Tide him up and lit him on fire. He is alive but has second and third degree burns. This happened just before 6 00 this morning along the 5400 block of westford road. Police say they have not been able to talk to the victim because his injuries. So far there are no arrests. Plenty of concern tonight for some people in one delaware town who are dealing with a water crisis. Its happening in blades. Thats in sussex county. About 30 miles from the beach. People there cannot drink the water toxic chemicals have been found in the public drinking wells. Our Chris Oconnell has the story. Reporter a steady flow of residents have been showing up here to the blades, delaware, fire hall tonight getting their a lot many of Drinking Water after they were told by the town their water wasnt safe to drink. Im just glad they told us, really. I mean, im concerned about how long weve hully been drink it. Reporter brittany was shocked to hear that all three of blades municipal water wells were contaminated with elevated levels of pro fluorinated compounds or pfc pots. According to the state, long hoy term exposure to pfcs could cause cancer and harm foul infants. It has residents rattle goods at first i was nervous because i heard couldnt testimony nation its bad for depending what it is its bad for like the body. I was scared at first. Reporter although water here is tested daily, a pfc test isnt required. It wasnt until a recent sample tested by the epa turned up the contamination. So now no one knows just how long the towns residents may have been exposed. People could have been exposed to this stuff for years, is that correct . That would be fair to say. Reporter the towns mayor is now coordinating a longer solution. The state is bringing in a carbon filter system from pittsburgh later this week. Residents can pick up their Drinking Water at the fire hall from 7 00 a. M. To till 10 00 oclock at night until theres theres a permanent solution to this problem but residents are being told that would be more than a week away. In blades, delaware, Chris Oconnell fox 29 news. So how filling your time now that you arent celebrating the eagles super bowl win with that incredible stretching into glorious post season its kind of hard to remember wawa did you when you werent watching the bird. Shawnette wilson is live live outside the art museum tonight. Shawnette. Iain every Single Person i stopped today still wanted to talk bout eagles. As you can imagine they are so anxious for next season already but say in the meantime theyll continue to replay that winning moment over in their minds. Signs of historic eagles super bowl win can still be seen around the city. But the week after the big victory parade things are getting back to normal much its back to work for everyone who had time off to celebrate but fans are still hungry. Now keep on rallying until next season. We caught mike and will headed to sixers game but with the eagles still on their minds. Sixers are kind of fill the void a lot. Yeah. Great young team, ben simmons and joel em width. Nothing really fill the void that the eagles leave, but, this is the closest thing i lost the sixers. I love philadelphia report roar this championship tshirt stand is still doing business. People stopping by looking for memorabilia that sold out first each time a shipment came in. Jim out walking his dog axle says hell never tire of talking about underdogs turned super bowl champs. We own this super bowl for the year. Its our until next year starts. The eagles have raised the bar for other phillies team. We still have the flyers and sixers to look forward to. And phillies Training Camp will be starting soon. So we have other things to look forward to. Reporter all right. I agree but iain i talked about this at 10 00 oclock. Take look at this building. Buildings like this in and others around the city have already changed their color from green back to, well, in this case blue which should not be happening. Thats my only issue right now. We should still be bleeding green. Im with you on that shawnette. Leave it up green. All right. Thanks. A sign today that the former revelry sort is getting closer to opening. Ocean resort casino expected to open this summer. Now its taking applications for several positions including the director of training and development. Front Office Manager and chef. Of course glenn straub recently sold the revel to the ocean walk green for 200 million. Its been 25 years since ruth bader beginnings berg join the Supreme Court she celebrated her anniversary in philadelphia. She spoke at the National ConstitutionCenter Tonight in a conversation that u penn hosted. Penn newspaper says she was asked when there will be enough women on the Supreme Court . Her response, when there are nine. Thats how many justices sit on the nations high court. Good answer. Valentines day coming up wednesday. Philly is ready to show the city some love. Its hank im at somerset street station in kensington that safe inject sight theyve been talking about they might just build it but where is it going to go . Across the street from your house. Whats the matter . You thought it was good idea. Hanks time coming you. When you go by city hall this week youll notice another flag raised just cradle of Liberty Council flag which is local Boy Scouts Group today city officials raised the flag on the 108th of boy scouts of americ america. The cradle of Liberty Council serves more than 16,000 scouts in our area. And in todays moment in black history we remember the election of barack obama who in 2008 became the first africanamerican to be elected sky fox over Mercer County tonight for a fire Trenton Fire Department wont confirm anything until the morning but right now we can tell you the fire has reached three alarms. It broke out about 9 30 in the threestory row house. So far no word on any injuries. Philadelphia considering opening up Safe Injection Sites places where heroin users can shoot up while supervised. Some people are fans of the idea but as our hank flynn found out they dont want to see the sites in their backyards. Reporter its hank im in kensington. Somerset street station. This safe injection site for heroin users that local officials keep talking about it might just happen a lot of details that need to be worked out app lot of questions like where will it go . People love to say not in my backyard. But here in kensington its in the front yard, the backyard, the side yard. Why not here. Gave us safe works. Tie offs. Um, clean alcohol pads to clean up the bloody or anything so you dont have no diseases going around. Brian dougherty struggles with ad diction just come from Needle Exchange safe injection site must happen in kensington. No matter how peel they dont want it here or in their backyard its hard to hear. People got to open their eyes and except reality that, um, you keep looking at something its not going to disappear it will just blow up in your face eventually. Reporter safe place to use free of arrest thats the idea protection from overdoses, clean works. City Officials Say theyre good to go with it but the devil is in the details. The city wont run it. Thats clear. Its illegal gray hear. How would federal Law Enforcement react. Where would it gob. If theyre going to build uni think they should built build build in a good location where theres no businesses. It wont affect anybody. Angel fe fuentes owns four ss pizza. The whose pizza hot is his invest many. He doesnt want the site across the street. I think they should build one. Centralize the addicts and get them off the street if you put it in an area with a lot of business it will kill the Property Value and make the businesses look bad. Reporter fair point. District seven Council WomanMaria Quinones sanchez opposes the site. The only working site has been found by a number of medical journals could have slashed overdoses and hiv rates without any crime increase. It works. It its going to somewhere since out in the open addiction is plagued kensington for decades this is where it belongs. Im hank and thats my take. Love will be returning to the streets of philadelphia just in time for valentines day the famous 1976 sculpture is returning to its hometown and will make a number of stops in the parade across the city before reinstallation in love park. A year ago restoration crews removed that sculpture to spiff it back up. Dont expect the red sculpture it is sporting redding green and purple. Those are the same colors that indiana had originally painted it. That is nineyearold lauren berks reading to students at anna b day element row school. She didnt read just any book. She wrote a book she wrote. My 100th hands celebrating the 100 day in school. P your health tonight, new research about premature babies a study out of the germany says kids born prematurely may have more difficulty making friends. Researchers found premature infants made fewer friends and socialized less in early childhood. Things improved once they started school. Their findings suggest routine followup of premature should include assessing their social relationship. It mate be gross picking your nose and eating it may help your immune system. I dont know if you believe th that. Scott napper a bio item professor at the university of says eatin eating path pathogenn the mucus could teach your immune what is around it. It fits theory look at the link between hygiene. Self people already want to be part of the research. Imagine that. [ laughter ] lets head down the shore. A live look at ocean city in Cape May County tonight looking at a temperature roller coaster this week. Um and down, up and down. Kathy is here with your forecast but i like it up and it will get warm. It is going to get warm. Not golfing weather just yet. Wheat get there for sure. Were looking at Blue Mountains where theyre making snow. Temperatures are cold but not for long. We dont have any real cold air in the future. Not through the end of february. Unbelievable. 37 degrees right now in philadelphia. The high was 61. That was at about midnight. Cold front moved through and that put the end to that. Temperatures are going to be pretty decent tomorrow. Winds out of the north right now at 8 miles an hour. When you look at the numbers, 21 in the poconos. 31 in allentown. 10 degrees warmer. Pottstown 32. 36 in will thing ton. 36 in dover and 32 in atlantic city. Now colder air is coming you can see it in pittsburgh, detroit, chicago temperatures in the teens so this is where the air is coming from. We have a north northwesterly wind component so during the day tomorrow, temperatures below average. The normal is 43. Wednesday we go 10 degrees above normal. Thats going to be great day. Valentines day. Thursday we go over 20 degrees above normal. It will be warmer than it was today. And that is not as much rain. Future cast goes hour by hour. Tuesday mostly sunny, no weather issues. A pleasant day. Valentines day a few clouds moving through and then rain during the late night hours but most of us will be home by then. Thursday the warmest day a few spotty showers moving in during the afternoon. So it will be wet. But it will be pretty warm. Overnight, 26 in philadelphia. 23 in millville. 26 in dover and 14 in the poconos. So a cold start to the day tomorrow. Dont let the kids go out without a sweatshirt or fleece much i know they like to do that. During the day tomorrow a good deal of sunshine, light winds so 41 is going to feel pretty nice without any wind mostly sunny skies. Just really decent day to be outside. On your seven day forecast the pick of the week is definitely wednesday. 52, sunny skies, just really pleasant for your valentine. Thursday a chance of rain the same friday. But just a few showers moving through. Theyll be during afternoon portion of the day. 65 thursday. 55 still decent friday. Saturday 41. Sunny again. Sunday looks great the first sunday in while it hasnt rained. Mostly cloudy monday the temperature 55 degrees. But looking good, iain, when you look at that forecast. Absolutely. No big complaints here. Not from me, owe. 65 on thursday. Its february. I know. All right. Kristen whats coming up in sports . Iain it look like the eagles have filled one of their offensive coaching vacancy when it comes who will take over for frank reich i have eagles fully braced the next man up philosophy this season. Not surprising to see them following suit for next coach up. Nfl networks iain rappaport reporting press tailor getting promoted from win to take over quarterbacks coach no word on who will take over at offensive coordinator. I think it should be duce staley he knows what it means to be eagles. He been on the Coaching Staff for seven years was a running back for the birds for seven season as well 3,000yard campaigns back in the day too as current running backs coach for the birds he led the eagles to the second best Rushing Offense in the league this season. So hes proven himself as player. Hes proven himself as coach. He clearly notice the eagles offense the culture and the biggest selling point the guys love him. If you talk to the players in the running backs room theyll say hes supportive he has the right head for the job and just is incredibly deserving to help lead the team in new role. Plus it doesnt help that i know hes going to be a fan favorite as well. Iain. All right, thanks kristen. New England Patriots lost the super bowl of course more than a week ago. Tom brady cant get over it he posted a picture him and his wife in costa rica captioned this sunday out come can is better than last sunday. Hash tag losing streak stops at one. Tom n lombardi trophy looks pretty good here in phil. Its a philly special, you know. Oj simpson hit another big pay day an lot of people arent happy about it the disgraced actor and former athlete reportedly paid 20,000 by comedian Sasha Barron Cohen to appear in his next movie. The anger is families of course Nicole Brown Simpson and ron goldman. Oj was acquitte acquitted theirr bassing in 1995 and released from prison last year. Paroled on his Armed Robbery conviction. Summer seems kind of far away right now music fest officially announced its first headliner four time grammy award winner jason will headline the closely night of the festival. Hell play Music Festival main steel stage august 12th. Probably be 90 degrees that day. Which would be great. I know. [ laughter ] massive event will be held bethlehem in the beginning of august. You already have your mind there, dont you iain. I do. August. August is one of my favorite months. Nice and warm stays light till 8 00. Start of College Football season. Thats right. Nfl coming up. Carson wentz will be back the birds Training Camp. It will be all good. Good times. Good vibes. Exactly. Sixers are winning. Life is good. Sixers flyerszero. Eighths good time to be in philly up next tmz, page sick at midnight back here at 4 00 a. M. For good day. Thanks coughing, sneezing here flu fears season in full swing with some people getting sick not once but twice. Winning streak we are hot, man ever since the super bowl our other teams are winning as well, and can we keep this streak alive. The love is coming back to philadelphia, in just in time for valentines day. Good morning everybody thank you so much for waking up and joining us it is not even 4 00 a. M. And you are up. Thank you. We priority. Barely but were up. Lets he get things moving here. Im thomas, that is karen bob and sue. It is carnival, mardi gas, fos not day. It means eat as bad as you want. Because tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and you give everything up tomorrow. Well, you are supposed to. Well, yeah, right. Lets talk about, the weather for today, finally, finally, finally got rid of the rain and we haves got a number that is better then yesterday at eight out of 10. It will be chilly. We are off to a colder start today. Bus stop buddy happy because sixers won last night and has thinks mask ready to go. Wind chills in the 20s and 30 s. Winter jack it, the gloves are a good idea torque day, nothing on radar, to show you this morning and unlike yesterday, when it was is still pretty wet. 29 degrees, and a 12mile an hour win makes it feel chillier then. That these are actual temperatures, 27 degrees in lancaster. Thirty in wildwood. Twentyfive allentown, and a High Temperature later on, of 42 degrees. On your mardi gras, seasonal high for today, but how about, the 50s, for valentines day, bob kelly. We have got that for you for tomorrow. Well, somebody, somebody, was nice in the weather department, look what i found in the weather department. So were they sent for you. No, kathy or. Everybody loves kathy orr. Well, there we go. Including me. Kathy was nice, to somebody obviously but look were all in the same page, we finally got the sit they realized we can change lights different colors after eagles victory we have them all on the same track now were all hooked up for red for valentines day. Pyramid club,