Night in the locker room that theres a lot of Unfinished Business still to do and we still theres one game left, one game left in this season and weve come this far and the we want to make sure that we stay focused and got a great locker room as you guys know and trust my leaders of the team and to get the job done. Reporter they really are a great locker room. Doug pederson says hes going to rely on two guys who were in the super bowl and wouldnt it wet with the patriots last season. Five and a half underdogs early against new england. They have a couple days off here and then theyll get started to work on their game plan. It is exciting, the eagles are still playing football. We are super bowl bound. I kind of have to keep saying it because i really dont believe it. Live at the novacare complex jaime apody rick, sharrie. Its the real deal this time. Jamie thank you. As jamie mentioned the eagles wont head to minneapolis until this weekend but action news is already there. Action News
Expensive trip. M and j travel in Newtown Square specializes in eagles road game travel packages. So, as you would imagine their office was hopping today. Phones are ringing off the wall, off the hook. Actually were booked a family of four last night about midnight. Reporter the question is how much would you be willing to spend to watch the eagles play in the super bowl . Id probably drop a paycheck, you know, maybe like 2,000 bucks is a paycheck. I would splurge. Id spend about five grand, you know, fly out there, you know, do it up but tickets are probably going to cost about five grand. Reporter well, the packages are selling at m and j including round trip fare to minneapolis, three night hotel and one game ticket begins at 7,600 per person. Its a hefty ticket price but your die hards are definitely interested and your die hards are definitely booking. Reporter and officials are aaa say if youre trying to get to minneapolis on a budget be wary of travel scams. The most expensive p
Alicia vitarelli is joining us. In the news the president starts his first overseas trip of the year. And ahead of the super bowl we hear from church Doug Peterson and how he is preparing for the big game. But the big story on action news is the man on allegedly shooting a Philadelphia Police officer. It was two years ago when Edward Archer opened fire on a cop car wounding officer Jessie Hartnett in philadelphia. Trish hartman is in the courtroom for the opening statement. She joins us live with more. Reporter rick, both the prosecution and defense gave Opening Statementses this morning. And even before that as each charge was read Edward Archer rather than pleading guilty or not guilty he said he did not plead to anyone but allah. The prosecution said during the trial that jurors will see video and physical evidence and hear from witnesses on the night of january 27th 2015. Jessie hartnett was hit three times sitting in his patrol car in philadelphia. His left arm was shattered by gu
And proving to a challenge for people that took public transit. People are being patient and wonderful about it. Christie aleto is live now at 30th street station. What is the situation now . Reporter slowly but surely the lines are moving. You are looking at live pictures of septa Regional Rail line, the last hour the lines for the airport has gone down significantly. This line for the wilmington line is very, very long and spans two blocks and turns over to market street. And also i want to show you back here in the distance that is the line for the paoli line it curves around 30 and street station and dumps on to jfk in the direction of 20th street. A lot of people have mixed emotions about waiting in the line. Some people say this have been here 45 minutes to an hour. Others are simply frustrated with how slow everything is moving. They didnt account for the number of travellers going home. Coming to we had tickets it was good and going home they didnt do so much. Septa Regional Ra
Benning in wissinoming around 11 30 last night. Once he was freed from the burning call he was able to tell officers was abducted by three men driving a black did you do dee with tinted windows. At which time he was approached by three males who point of gun abducted him put him in the back of his car zip tied him drove him around for the next several hoursism they ended up in olney where the suspects doused the victim with gasoline and lit his vehicle on fire. During all that time they were driving around, police say the suspects were using the victims phone calling and texting repeatedly to demand ransom from his family. We did learn that a Family Member did begin toe messages from our victims phone from the people that abducted him demanding 10,00 now, this went on for at least five hours until at 5 42 police were called to west ford road. Reporter Police Emphasize they dont think this was random although they were unable to say this afternoon why at this point they think this victi