Give us the tale of two seasons win the next 12 to 24 hours. The updated forecast coming up for the eagles game and also more snow with that seven day forecast. Very busy for the Weather Authority. Back over to you. All right, scott, thank you. A procession for a hero. From his firehouse to the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul, hundreds showed up to lieutenant Matt Letourneaus funeral. The service followed by a procession to his final resting place. It was certainly an emotional day as lieutenant letourneau was laid to rest. Lets get more from fox 29s dave schratwieser. Hes live outside the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. Dave. Reporter chris, firefighters and first responderring came from as far away as toronto and trinidad to pay their respects to the lieutenant many of them calling him a brother and a hero. Steady rain fell on mourners outside as tears flowed from mourners inside the basilica as the city of philadelphia family members and fellow firefighters
Conditions have got authorities closing part of route 29. Fox 29s jeff cole reports from morrisville, bucks county. Reporter were on river road in morrisville, pennsylvania, where theres more river than road and across the river in trenton, the ice in the delaware has pushed the water up there causing still more headaches. The Delaware River looks more like a glacier tonight as it flows past new jerseys capital city. 75yearold arthur hill has come to trentons calhoun street bridge to marvel at winters handy work. I just want to capture the ice as opposed to what i caught this summer with sun sets and send it to my daughter whose down off the gulf of mexico. Reporter but what is scenic to some a problem to others new jersey dot workers were fighting early monday afternoon to open the drains along a closed section of route 29 feeding the capital complex. The icy overflow from the delaware moved in at 4 00 this morning they say. Theres a big clog of ice and snow here. All the bridges, the
Even those used to this big event venue are bracing for amazing. Its going to be much bigger than made in america. Its going to be much bigger than the pope, the nfl draft. Reporter yup. If rumors and speculation are to be believed, some 500 billion people will line the parade route which begins at broad and patison 11am. Travels north up broad street, bends around city hall then cuts over to the parkway for a 1 00 p. M. Program on the steps of the art museum. Egles president don schmolenski unveiled the Vince Lombardi trophy at a News Conference spelling out the details of the celebration. Waiting a long time for that. [ applause ] reporter and said the team cant wait to join a pretold already underway. Really the parade is a chance for to us say thank you to philadelphia for everything. Reporter event organizers say the parkway will be outfitted with 14 jumbotrons and plenty of loud speakers and 850 port o potties as well eagles will ride in open air vehicles so fans can get good vie
Sweeping the dirt trying to get frozen dirt unfrozen, so they can get the trash, pick up. We will update you coming up. I dont think i have ever seen street sweepers on dirt, oh, no. I have never seen that. Whatever works. Whatever you can get. Have you ever seen anything like that, that parade. It was most exciting thing. It was fun. We had fun. I had fun. We watched our coverage all afternoon. Thanks for staying on. My sisters. I got to watch it just like everybody else. My kids and husband went out down there. I will say this the parade was grade, but i was looking forward to the speeches, and we all said this on the air who will be the chase utley, of the eagles, right. Yes. And everybody, unominous it is jason kelce because he on got a police bicycle, riding in a mummers outfit. High fiveing people, out with everybody. He was having a great time. And then the speech happened. This may go down in philadelphia history as an all time speech. Now what he was saying was, that nobody be
To Allison Santos cleaning out portable soil toilets if my crowd estimates are correct average nearly 1100 users per potty. Full to the top. Yikes we cant take it without pumping. You got to empty them before you can move them. Right. Reporter as expect the mess did not end at the parkways edge. Some nearby moment owners complained their streets were a disaster area. In my neighborhood there was not one Police Officer from the time i woke up at 6 00 a. M. Until 6 00 p. M. Control the traffic or the people. Or the people or the urination or the discarding of trash. Reporter mr. Santos the gentleman we showed you cleaning out the toilets nice fella by the way turns out he was brought in by his company from connecticut from this job. Hes new England Patriots fan. Now sure im quite sympathetic to his plight. On the parkway, Bruce Gordon Fox 29 us in. We continue Team Coverage now. The other big questions, just how many people were out there celebrating . Some estimates put the crowd at 700