Jay says. We do this. This is our job. We do it every day and this work week the practices that we put in throughout the week that allow us to just go out on sundays and feel calm and comfortable with the game plan that we have and so thats really what its all about. Reporter they really have been keeping it loose ducis. Ive been in the locker room all week. Theyre shooting hoops in there, theyre making fun of each other theres dog masks flying around. You dont feel the pressure of the situation. Reporter and that is a great sign. It wasnt just in the atlanta game theyve been that way all season long, a lot of loose talk in the locker room. Ive got a good feeling about this game, jamie. You go. Reporter ive got a really good feeling about this. Well talk more about it coming up in little bit later. For jaime apody im Ducis Rodgers live in south philadelphia channel6 action news. Back to you guys. We like hearing that. Getting to and from the game whether by car or by septa will be different if you are opting drive to the linc you should be prepared for some road closures and some delays. Now, if youre going to use septa the subway or the bus the Transit Agency says it is adding Additional Service to and from the stadium. Septa and patco offering folks an incentive to take Public Transportation with a game day discount. Starting today you can purchase a four dollars pass to get you to and from the game on the broad street line and for anyone in south jersey, patco has expanded its hours for both saturday and sunday. Well, whether youre at the stadium or in the city eagles fans will be everywhere and Philadelphia Police also say they are ready to maintain peace while folks have fun this weekend. Vernon odom live at Police Headquarters with more on the plans. Hi, vernon. Reporter hi, monica and to you rick, Law Enforcement says tonight they are ready for a big weekend of keeping every wasnt safe during all that is on tap here in philadelphia this weekend. Their game plan is set. Could an eagles win sunday night trigger spontaneous large scale street celebrations like this one the night the phillies won the world series in 08. Maybe, maybe not. It is after all the ticket to the super bowl, not the lombardi trophy yet but police are prepared for whatever happens sunday night. Our Patrol Bureau has a plan set up for the rest of the city. We have 21 districts. We had each of our 21 captains, the captains of those districts identify hot spots, their historical locations where people come out to celebrate when one of our sports teams wins. Reporter police say extra officers will be on duty with many more on stand by if needed. The brass says theyve learned a lot since the 08 experience. This was before after all social media became as powerful as it is now. Another factor, they must now take into account. Street parking will be prohibited on South Broad Street from south street to the stadium from 2 00 p. M. Sunday to 3 00 monday morning. No together but individual officers will have the discretion to ticket or not. Septa Police Always busy with at least 15,000 extra riders on eagles game days are ready for even larger ridership this time. Before and after the game. Youre going to see a large visible presence. Reporter its going to be a busy weekend. The massive womens march on the ben franklin parkway kicks off at 10 00 tomorrow morning. Thousands are expected just as they join 5 million across the globe in the wake of President Trumps inauguration a year ago. Crossing streets from 18th to 25th will be blocked off expected to go well into the late afternoon. The nice event its Family Friendly but it draws a huge crowd. We had over 50,000 participants last year. We expect more this year. Reporter rick, monica, one other point tonight the head of Homeland Security for the Philadelphia Police force says there are no Credible Threats or terrorist attacks here in the city of philadelphia. Im vernon odom, channel6 action news live at Police Headquarters in center city. All right, thank you vernon. Well, whats a great Football Party without great food . And eagles fans are known to throw a pretty awesome shindig. Action news was out and about at the Grocery Stores to see what folks were picking up. Lots of cakes cookies and treats all adorned with eagles green. And it looks like tailgaters fans and players have pretty decent weather this weekend, too. Meteorologist Melissa Magee who is in for cecily tonight has the action news forecast for us from the Weather Center. Hey, melissa. Hi rick. Yeah, these numbers will keep on climbing as we head into the weekend so we can say were on our way up. On wednesday we had a High Temperature of 33. Yesterdays high just 36. And today in philadelphia coming in at 46 degrees, so its 10 degrees milder this afternoon than it was just yesterday. Right now you can see all of that warmth along the i95 corridor from philadelphia down to washington, d. C. Still holding at 52 in richmond, virginia and 50 in roanoke virginia. So with High Pressure in control, you could see that on satellite6 along with action radar weve got a mostly clear sky across much of the eastern half of the u. S. And no wet weather is heading our way. At least for the next two days. Well show you whats going on with the eagles forecast on sunday. 6 40 in the evening its rather cloudy. Weve got a southwesterly wind but that First Quarter temperature coming in at 44 degrees. Its still nice and mild and as we get into the Fourth Quarter weve got a number coming in at 42 degrees. So, you certainly need a layer but it will not be as cold this go round at the linc as it was just last weekend. So, weve got more details on the eagles forecast and what we can expect for the rest of our weekend. Details coming up with the accuweather 7day, guys. Sounds good. Thanks melissa. Action news of course your source for eagles coverage all this weekend. It kicks off tonight with our playoff Preview Party at 7 30 right here on channel6. We will have Live Team Coverage all weekend. Sunday morning start your eagles game day with live reports from the linc on action news weekend at 6 00 a. M. Then tune in for the pregame on action news at 5 00 p. M. And live postgame coverage as well as soon as that final whistle blows followed by action news at 11 00. And of course well wrap it all up with extended live eagles coverage on action news sports sunday. And then wake up with action news early monday morning. Matt, tam, david and karen will be on 4 00 a. M. With a complete recap and reaction from across the tristate area. In other news there is a new top prosecutor in Delaware County tonight. Cat copeland sworn in as the new da. Miss copeland was appointed following jack whelans election to the the court of common pleas. She graduated from bryn mawr and temples Beasley School of law and she spent the past 20 years as a prosecutor in our area. Time for a check of all right action news traffic report friday night. Lets take it live to matt pelman. Welcome back matt. Thanks. Nice to be back with you guys. I wish i was back with some better news though monica and rick here in plymouth meeting. Getting word of a crash on the southbound side of 476, the northeast extension approaching the midcounty toll plaza and just obscured by the sign here is an overturned vehicle in the ez pass lanes. You can see traffic barely squeezing by on the left side but there is a tow truck out here and police are out here with this overturned vehicle crash that just happened on the southbound side of 476 approaching the toll plaza. Northbounds also slow getting on the west west east west turnpike but the earlier overturned truck is long gone. Slow speeds on the schuylkill and 95 its a friday afternoon. We expect this. Just 11 Miles Per Hour eastbound on 76 near girard avenue. And on 95 coming out of berks county to mercer county, still a really big jam because of emergency construction on the new jersey side just off the scudder falls bridge. Its jammed southbound too with sun glare. Bottom line i would avoid it. Head for route one or the pennsylvania turnpike instead n Camden County a whole bunch of issues. Theres a crash on 38 eastbound near cuthbert boulevard. Water main break in pennsauken. Crash on 70. Weve got lots to watch and well do it again, rick and monica in the next half hour. Good. Thanks matt. Much more still ahead on action news this evening. Countdown to the shutdown. The government will officially run out of money in less than seven hours what that means for you particularly if youre battling the flu right now. And a bunch of young birds fans showed their pride by sporting green and white today. Well take you to a lively party in montgomery county. And as we head to break more of your eagles fan photos. Keep on sending them in. We cant get enough. Upload them to our Facebook Instagram or twitter pages using the 6abcaction. The Supreme Court will now decide if President Trumps travel ban is legal. Today the high court agreed to hear the case of the policy banning entry by residents of six majority muslim countries. The president says americas security is at stake. Opponents say america was built on immigrant energy. Lower courts have repeatedly blocked it though. The justices will hear arguments in april and will issue their ruling in june. Meanwhile we are less than seven hours from a complete Government Shutdown. If republicans and democrats cannot reach a deal to fund various programs. It does appear both sides are talking but so far no agreement. Ab cs Kenneth Moton live in washington, d. C. President trump and Chuck Schumer spent an hour together. The showdown to keep the government. What has been shoe hard is an insistence that we deal with an ilLegal Immigration issue. Senate democratic leader Chuck Schumer summoned to the white house by President Trump the fight over a one month spending bill thats already passed the house with no fix for the dreamers. We made some progress but we still have a good number of disagreements. The discussions will continue. The blame game in all effect. From President Trump no response at shouted questions in the rose garden. He and republicans in charge but accusing the democrats of holding the country hostage over those 800,000 young immigrants. Our position is we want the dream act. We know our responsibility to secure our borders. But trump rejected the immigration deal on the table. The president tweeting this morning democrats want a Legal Immigration and weak borders. Shutdown coming. We need more republican victories in 2018. Theres no way you can lay this at the feet of the president of the united states. Hes actively working to try to get a deal. New abc Washington Post poll finds 48 percent of americans will blame trump and the gop for the shutdown versus the democrats. The last time one party held all the offices the president the house and the senate and a shutdown occurred was in the 70s with jimmy carter and that historical president s where jimmy carter ended up losing the presidency in 1988 is not a good precedent. The Trump Administration has put several departments and agencies on notice advising them to reviews their contingency plans for a shutdown. Reporting live in washington Kenneth Moton channel6 action news. Thank you kenneth. Turning to health check a Government Shutdown would affect some federal Health Services and that could mean suspending the cdc blew flu program in the middle of an outbreak. Hi ali. Information from the cdc is vital to track the virus. Its how we first found out where the virus started this season, where its peaking and what that means for our area. A Government Shutdown could affect how Healthcare Providers handle the epidemic. Shortly after the holiday season, after lots of travel and snow and frigid temperatures kept people inside close together, thats when we started to see a spike in flu activity in our area. But judging from data from the cdc, we could tell the virus was coming. Hospitals in other states saw spikes earlier with Emergency Rooms overwhelmed. The predominant strain is the h3n2. It can be especially dangerous. And not just for the sick or elderly, but also kids and healthy adults. This morning news spread from alabama. A third grader there, zane moen was rushed to the hospital with a high fever and flu like symptoms. She died that night. Do not try to guess and treat yourself at home because in some rare cases, god forbid it might cause someones life. Reporter Officials Say so far this flu season is moderately severe. But its the worst weve seen since the 20092010 outbreak of h1n1. If the from government shuts down many workers at the cdc will be furloughed. The agency likely wont be able to support its full annual influenza program. State Health Departments will still track the virus reported illnesses and deaths but information shared state to state will be affected. Decisions regarding the vaccine supply and shipments of antivirals like tamiflu could also take a hit. So right now there are a lot of unknowns. The cdc typically collects all the information from the states and that gives us a better idea about the virus. Officials there also track when the virus peaks, which it has not yet. They do have a contingency plan in place if there is a Government Shutdown. The cdc would keep about 37 percent of its employees working. But keep in mind they would be spread out to cover several different programs so we could be getting information slower if that happens. Rick and monica. Thank you ali. Thanks ali. Eagles, eagles all right, back to our eagles coverage. These kids in ambler are proud to be eagles fans tonight. Everyone at twin springs farm day school wore their eagles green while gathering to sing the fight song. Lets take a live look south philadelphia chickies and petes where action news is hosting our playoff Preview Party in just about two hours from now. Coming up at 7 30 you can head on down for the fun as we preview the big game sunday night. You can see it right here on 6abc at 7 30. Fans are getting a mid winter me up. Motorsports expo got under way this afternoon. 250 race cars under one roof from nascar and indy racers to midgets and modifieds. The event runs tonight through sunday in oaks montgomery county. There was an intense competition today among children in Spring Garden using their skills in scrabble. This is the annual scrabble winter classic. More than 200 students in k through 12th grades took part and prizes were given to the highest scoring games and the highest scoring words. Some of the kids in the competition will take part in the north american Hasbro Gaming championships in philadelphia in april. All right. Well, eagles fans may end up in other parts of the country even the world but they never stop loving the birds. This photo was sent to us from Sergeant John theyre eagles fans. Theyre currently away on deployment. Hopefully theyll be able to watch the game somewhere sunday night. 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. New tv, new speakers, netflix. 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. Time for that all important accuweather forecast and Melissa Magee here for cecily to tell us if its going to be perfect for the game. Yeah, i think weve got really nice conditions. Good. Temperatures will be pretty mild for this time of year so well get over and talk about the details as we walk over to the Weather Center and show you whats going on on sunday at the linc. Kickoff is at 6 40 in the evening and as we get into the 6 oclock hour weve got a number coming in at 44 degrees on sunday. Lots of clouds around and you will notice more in the way of cloud cover as we go throughout our sunday afternoon but 10 oclock on sunday night, weve got a mostly cloudy sky and a temperature coming in at 42, so some extra layers will be needed with that wind out of the southwest at three to 6 Miles Per Hour. All in all its fairly calm for that game. 32 degrees in lake harmony, 36 for slatington and kutztown, 39 in pottstown right now. Media coming in at 42. Center city in at 43. Down in new jersey as we look at the numbers 41 in hammonton. The lower 40s as well in glassboro. 44 for both smyrna and dover at this hour. Satellite6 along with action radar showing you weve got a mostly clear sky, dominating ridge of High Pressure is in control. It kept us nice and dry today. Keeps us that way even as we head into our weekend. So, the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight, its a mostly clear sky and not as cold tonight as it has been the last two nights. Well dip down to 30 in philadelphia, 28 the overnight low in wilmington. Well fall down to 28 as well in dover. Cape may falls down to 31 degrees at the coast. Heres the setup for the start of our weekend. On saturday, 7 00 a. M. A little bit on the chilly side a temperature of 33. By 11 00 a. M. , up to 46, thats 6 degrees above average. 50 degrees at 1 oclock tomorrow afternoon. And 52 at 3 00 p. M. Future tracker6 takes you into sunday, 3 30 sunday afternoon, numbers along the i95 corridor in the upper 40s. 50 in philadelphia, not bad in wildwood coming in at 44. So all in all a quiet weekend. Up in the poconos for the skiers on saturday sunny still comfortable a High Temperature of 43. Partly sunny on sunday with a High Temperature coming in at 41. The five day at 5 00 showing you on saturday it is nice and mild. Up to 54 for the high. Thats a good 14 degrees above average and on sunday its mild with sun and some clouds moving in as the day wears on. Otherwise a High Temperature of 50, temperatures in the 40s at the linc for game time. Monday cloudy with patchy fog 51. Were tracking rain on tuesday, then cooler next wednesday. Weve got more details coming up at 5 30, guys. All right, melissa thank you. Quick break. More news when we come right back. Stay with us. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Welcome back friday night. Big story on action news is the countdown to kickoff, eagles fever spreading and its certainly contagious. Part of the city skyline tonight is definitely ready as its beginning to glitter green ahead of sundays championship game. Were excited. The city is ready. So are fans. They cant wait to cheer on the home team in one of the biggest games in years for philadelphia of course. The entire region rallying around the birds. Fly eagles fly on the road to victory. Fly eagles fly score a touch one, two, three of course everybody has eagles spirit today including these adorable youngsters at the bright beginnings preschool in pitman, new jersey turnpike. Hi, guys. The children were decked out in eagles gear and even made special face masks out of paper plates. Fly eagles fly on the road to victory. How is that for some energy . Those are students from Saint VeronicaCatholic School in hunting park showing an amazing amount of eagles spirit. No Football Party is complete without the right food and sometimes the adult beverages as well. Action News Reporter gray hall went in search of the proper Party Preparations and that is part of our coverage. Reporter days before the big game the eagles theme Reigns Supreme at the ultimate bake shop in wayne. Employees say its difficult to keep up with demand. Weve been going through a lot of Rice Krispies treats decorated in eagles colors specialty cakes with the eagles logo, football cookies and we also have cup cakes that have been flying out. Reporter employees are seeing been from green from the register and all the eagles designs and yes even the employees are rooting for the eagles and looking forward to their favorite dishes. Buffalo chicken dip for sure with a side of Rice Krispies treats. Cant go wrong there 100 percent. Eagles, eagles reporter the eagles spirit took over at this acme in havertown. Shoppers preparing for the big game day and not only enjoy a team pep rally but received a 5 Percent Discount if they wore their eagles gear. Many are excited about what comes with the game, the food. Homemade bleu cheese sauce. Reporter you make it yourself. Oh, yeah. Reporter tell me your secret. Not on camera. You see buffalo wings, pizza just going to hang out at the house. Nothing elaborate. Reporter something simple. Simple. Hot taco dip and i like those little mini hot dogs. Reporter swoop the eagles mascot and chi cheerleaders are an added bonus. Everyone is waiting for sunday and betting on an eagles victory. Go birds all day. Love it. Philadelphia eagles. Fly eagles fly. Got to keep winning. Two more. Reporter of course now the countdown is on until sunday everyone has their food and this reminder you can go to any acme and you will get a 5 Percent Discount. Just remember to wear your eagles gear. In havertown, gray hall channel6 action news. All right, but of course the main event is whats happening on the field on sunday. Birds hit the practice field today to put the finishing touches on what we all hope will be their winning plays. Nick foles is keeping his arm loose as coach pederson took a close look at the players. No nerves showing here as the team looked ready to go. The preparations for the big game continue at lincoln financial field tonight. More than 70,000 fans will be at the stadium on sunday and security as you can imagine will be tight. Police officers will be in uniform and plainclothes. Tailgaters can show up at 11 00 a. M. In the wells fargo lot. The eagles lots open at 11 30. And tailgaters can gather at 3 oclock in the lots at Citizens Bank park. And when you go inside, remember you can bring in clear purses or 1 gallon ziploc bags. Of course Philadelphia Police will be keeping a close eye on the stadium and everything that is happening around it as well and there will be intense focus all along broad street and in the area of frankford and cottman in mayfair. These areas have traditionally been packed with fans. Police tell us theyll be beefing up patrols at all the citys historical spots. Of course Everyone Wants in on the eagles excitement and the best way to do that is live and in person at the linc with or without tickets fans will pack the stadium and the parking lots to be part of it all. Action News ReporterJeanette Reyes has what you need to know if you plan on going to the gamely. Were going to win. Eagles all day. Reporter during the morning rush people were in a good mood and its not just because its friday. Ready for the weekend. Ready for the week. Hopefully they win. Im excited. Real excited. Reporter the nfc championship is now less than 72 hours away and the anticipation is building. How are you feeling about sunday . I feel optimistic. I hope we can get a win and then thats the final game for the super bowl. I love down that way. I cant wait. I dont care about the people coming. I live at 18th street. Its amazing. Reporter diane daily could barely contain the excitement she felt describing the sea of green that will blanket all of south philadelphia come sunday evening. So, you welcome the madness. I welcome it, yes. Reporter really . Are you going to join in on the madness. I will join in on it. Reporter lots will be opening for tailgaters beginning sunday morning. The wells wells fargo m and n lots open at 11 30. K, j, l at 1 00 p. M. And the q through x lots at 3 00 in the afternoon. My daughters boyfriend has a van. Theyll be in the parking lot. I just decorated my window this morning. Im ready. Reporter septa will be offering a discount fare for fans. A fourdollar round trip pass is on sale today and can be university of delaware to go to and from the game on the broad street line subway. And septa says its open container fines will be enforced on sunday. Theyre also expecting 18,000 riders on game day alone. Reporting at the linc, Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. And you have been sharing your eagles spirit with us all season long but especially today so many of you are decked out in your eagles green. We love it. From your families to your coworkers your kids even your pets, they are some of the best photos that youve shared yet. Please keep them coming. Post your picture to social media using 6abc. Com. Our playoff Preview Party tonight live from chickies and petes in south philadelphia. It airs at 7 30 right here on 6abc. And of course well have Live Team Coverage throughout the weekend. Sunday morning well also have live reports from the linc for you starting on action news weekend at 6 00 a. M. Then our pregame coverage starts at action news 5 00 p. M. Well have live postgame reports as well followed by action news that night at 11 00 and then well wrap it all up for you with extended live eagles coverage on action news sports sunday. And well be on the air extra early monday morning with all the highlights of the game as well as fan reaction. Tune in starting at 4 00 a. M. All right. Going to be fun. Time right now to check conditions on the roads. Matt pelman back in the action News Traffic Center with the lowdown on the slowdown there behind you, matt. Yes, i know were all thinking green for this weekend but the first this afternoon rick and monica, some red. Red brake lights and a red travel time here along 95 southbound side from Bridge Street through this point approaching the girard avenue exit. Its a disabled vehicle here in the work zone taking out the right lane. Police helping out but for now that right lane is blocked. Then you go a bit farther south and theres a disabled school bus right by the vine street expressway taking out the left lane. Tonight southbound swerving around the vehicles that dont want to run this afternoon. If youre hopping off onto the vine expressway this is what is in store for you a whole bunch of red brake lights and white headlights heading towards broad street stacked in both directions on the vine this afternoon with just afternoon volume. Twentyfirst street closing down all weekend near arch. That starts tonight for construction. And on the other side of the vine, the parkway will be closed much of the day tomorrow, thats for the big womens march so some septa bus detours. This afternoon were watching a crash in quakertown and just 6 Miles Per Hour. Normally we like the number six. Not in this case. Its 309 west end boulevard at toll gate road. If you want to state over on the northeast extension that looks okay right now but this doesnt. Coming out of bucks county into mercer county, still jammed solid on 95 northbound because of that emergency construction just off the scudder falls bridge on the new jersey side right lane blocked. Southbound you have an earlier sun glare delay so bottom line is route one, the super highway or the pennsylvania turnpike would be better bets. Rick and monica, have a good weekend and go birds. All right. You have a nice weekend, too, matt. See you monday. Thank you. Another big event this weekend philadelphias womens march happening tomorrow. Thousands are expected to pack the ben franklin parkway in the morning. The march starts at 10 30. Last year 50,000 people attended the event and police are expecting even more this year. All right today President Trump and Vice President pence took part in the annual march for life. President trump told the antiabortion activists that his administration will always defend the right to life. His administration also announced actions today in line with longstanding demands from religious conservatives. Among them, plans to protect medical providers who refuse to perform abortions. This was the first time the president addressed this group. Last year Vice President pence delivered the keynote address. Coming up, more of our eagles coverage continues for you. Thats right. Ducis Rodgers Jaime apody are live at chickies and petes where folks are getting pumped up for the big game. Hey, guys. Reporter hey there, yeah, were just hanging out with a couple hundred of our closest friends and fans and they are pumped up for the game coming up on sunday and theyre feeling rather confident about their birds. Reporter as they should, right . Everyone lovers an underdog. Hi. Coming up well talk about how the eagles are preparing and well talk to one guy the longest tenured eagle. Its been a long time since brent celek has been with us ducis. Back to you guys. Sounds good. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is tracking that all important game day forecast in our action news Weather Center. Hi, monica, hi guys. Temperatures will be nice and comfortable as we head into our weekend and in fact as were looking at the numbers, 6 40 at the linc, thats the kickoff time, mild with light winds. 44 degrees as we get into the Fourth Quarter and then First Quarter i should say. The Fourth Quarter temperatures still in the 40s. Weve got more details on the rest of our weekend coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. All right, melissa thank you. And as we go to break lets take a live look from chopper6 above lincoln financial field. Slowly but surely putting the finishing touches on the paint on the field getting it ready for sunday night. Getting exciting. Well be right back. Stay with us. One, two, three and. Oh, rousing edition students at the Philadelphia High School of creative and performing arts celebrating their eagles spirit. They sound wonderful with the eagles fight song. Very nice job by these talented youngsters. The eagles were on the field today practicing and we heard from the coach, we heard from nick foles now were going to hear from jeff skversky. Nick foles talking to me telling me that he feels very relaxed very excited and these are the games that you dream of. You dream about these moments and he cannot wait. Hes excited for sunday as is ever everyone else. Nick foles says this is what you dream about and he wants to get that super bowl badly for this team and this city. Lets go live to Ducis Rodgers and jaime apody at chickies and petes in south philadelphia hosts of our nfc championship pregame show and a Little French fries right there. Reporter yes, you know what, jeff, and ducis, weve been talking all week about this whole underdog thing and lane johnson has those shirts home dogs gonna eat. So am i. You cant eat them in front of me. You hungry. Reporter no. While you will eat that lets talk about how loose how confident this team is and how confident the fans are right now. Lets go ahead right now and talk about the head coach. We have to give Doug Pederson a lot of credit for what hes done this season with this Football Team despite all the injuries he has kept this team together. Hes been an excellent play caller. During the off season doug said this team had super bowl talent. At the time it seemed like a provocative statement. Today it seems prophetic. I did have a feeling back then we had the potential to be a good Football Team because of the way weve practiced and the talent that we brought to the roster and the progression of carson in his second year and so i knew and then defensively the front, the way they performed, you know, and the back. I just saw a lot of same similarities and so you just have that gut feeling when i made that statement. Reporter do you think he could have predicted two years ago today when he was announced and introduced as the eagles new head coach that he would be in this spot . Probably not. You know, its been a long time for these guys. More than anyone, brent celek hes the longest tenured eagle. He was last in the nfc title game his second year in the league. He wants a super bowl more than anybody and he said he understands what all this hype is about. This is a game you win you go to the super bowl so i think everyone realizes that. And everyone in those stands, you know, theyre going to want to be partying afterwards, so just like we do. So theres a lot on the line. I think they realize it, what was we realize it but cant make it too big. Reporter certainly everybody is pulling for brent celek and the birds. Much more from the team on our playoff Preview Party tonight at 7 30 here on 6abc. Former eagles quarterback ron jaworski will join us live here at chickies and chickies. Reporter ducis the disrespect continues. Earlier today we saw the nfl put up a little thing on their Facebook Page advertising the super bowl matchup. Yeah, they had the patriots and the vikings in it. They took that down. Reporter they better take that down. Reporter how about this, if you google patriots super bowl appearances super bowl lii is on there. If you google vikings super bowl appearances super bowl lii. Google eagles super bowl appearances not there. Reporter not right. Reporter check it out. Hes Ducis Rodgers im jaime apody were live at chickies and petes. Have some crab fries. Well be back with more at 6 00. Jeff. Thanks jamie. Weve been talking about all those things on google, all those things everywhere you want. Heres the bottom line. Vikings have never won a playoff game in philadelphia or against the eagles period. Its not going to happen. There you go. Why start now. All right. I like it. Heard it from jeff. Thank you sir. Still to come that exclusive accuweather forecast. Take a live look from chopper6 over Citizens Bank park where they are can you see it . Yes. Lets go eagles. That eagles banner flying freely on a friday. Your game day forecast is coming up next. Were back. Small business, internet providers promise you a lot. Lets see who delivers more. Comcast business offers fast gigspeeds across our network. Verizon doesnt. We offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g Wireless Network backup. Verizon, no way. We offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. Verizon, not so much. Get internet on our gigspeed network and add voice and tv for 34. 90 more per month. Call 18005016000. For 34. 90 more per month. Eagles, eagles [cheers and applause] wow. If that isnt enough to pump you up nothing will. Rousing rendition of the eagles fight song. This video is an amazing display of spirit courtesy of spin special people in the northeast. We thank you. Sunday night home watching the game a lot of folks are off and some will be working sorry melissa. Yes. [laughter] how is the weather shaping. Its going to be good for watching the game. Weve got you covered with that forecast. Always thinking of you. Thank up. Appreciate it. Storm tracker6, sky6 live in hd looking at the ben franklin bridge on this friday night. Its mostly clear, its quiet across the region but this weekend it is all about the eagles. Well show you the forecast right now for the nfc championship kickoff at 6 40 and for the 6 oclock hour weve got a temperature of 44 degrees on sunday, plenty of clouds around but were staying dry. 10 oclock on sunday afternoon mostly cloudy with a southwesterly wind at three to 6 Miles Per Hour, number coming in at 42 degrees. Well show you the big picture as we look at the almanac today above average. And at 46 for the high, 6 degrees above the norm. The record was 65 but look at the record low. Minus five in 1994 thankfully were not that cold on this date. Right now its 43 in philadelphia, 38 in reading, 32 in the poconos, 34 in cape may. Dover coming in at 44. Trenton 41. Satellite6 along with action radar showing you weve got clear skies across of the eastern half of the u. S. Thanks to a dominating ridge of High Pressure. The precipitation moving across the Northern Plains and the great lakes and also some rain down across areas in texas but were staying dry for the rest of tonight and for that matter as we head into our weekend. Its mostly clear not as chilly tonight. Well fall down to 24 in the suburbs, 30 degrees in philadelphia with that west to southwesterly wind at four to 8 Miles Per Hour. So, on saturday, lots of sunshine. Above average by 14 degrees, a High Temperature coming in at 54. Were nice and mild thanks to that southwesterly wind flow. As we get into sunday, still staying dry, High Pressure is in control but sunshine and a few more afternoon clouds as we get into sunday afternoon. Otherwise still mild and a High Temperature coming in at 50. The exclusive accuweather seven dale day forecast showing you nice and mild. Its a nice afternoon. A high coming in at 54. Its mild on sunday, sunshine and clouds sharing the sky, High Temperature in at 50, more clouds will gradually roll in as we get into sunday afternoon but were staying dry so you dont have to worry about any precipitation for the game. On monday mostly cloudy, patchy fog, high coming in at 51. Tuesday were wet for the first half of the day. Could be a good soaking by then. High temperature in at 56. On wednesday, brisk and colder in the wake of that, a high coming in at 43. Thursday sunshine and a few more clouds around, chilly only 39. Mostly cloudy next friday. The High Temperature coming in at 46 so its all about the linc and the eagles and weve got some good looking football playing weather. All right. Love it. Cant believe february is almost here. I know. Thank you melissa. You got it. The woman credited with the growth of tourism in the philadelphia area is stepping down. Visit philadelphia announced today the resignation of its founding president and ceo mara levitt. Shes held the reigns for 22 years but now is ready to move along. Levitts credited with making philadelphia a vacation destination city. She will remain on the job until her replacement is found. And still ahead on action news tonight, healing through art. Well tell you about a unique program that helps youngsters battling illness by channeling their creative spirit. That story which action news comes right back. Patient at a Childrens Hospital in deptford new jersey can make art while theyre hospitalized. Officials from a. C. Moore and the alicia rose Victoria Foundation gave this art cart to the Healthcare Team today. Teenagers ages 13 and up can make cards and posters as they recover from procedures. Its a way to express their creative side. Jim gardner standing by with these stories and more next at 6 00. Just over 48 hours from the nfc championship kickoff. Action news crews have every angle covered from Team Preparations to information fans need to know about tailgating and getting into the game. A large sinkhole forces evacuations in the fishtown section of philadelphia today. Those stories and more next. For Melissa Magee adam joseph jaime apody cecily tynan Rick Williams the entire action news team, im monica malpass. Have a good night, great weekend. Go eagles. Go eagles. See you monday. Cancer challenges us. To find smarter solutions. To offer more precise and less invasive Treatment Options than before. Like advanced Genomic Testing and immunotherapy. See how were fighting to outsmart cancer at cancercenter. Com outsmart lincoln financial field. In 48 hours, this will be the center of the football world with the birds trying to win the right to take part in their third super bowl. And at retail outlets throughout the region eagles gear is flying off the shelves. A real life case of fly eagles fly. It is friday night and the big story on action news tonight is the fateful weekend for your philadelphia eagles. It will either end in euphoric triumph for the team and its fans or it will end in heartbreak. We prefer to focus on euphoria. We have got all kinds of eagles coverage tonight. Action News Reporter bob brooks is at city hall. Vernon odom is standing by at Police Headquarters. Chad pradelli is at the linc but first we go live to Ducis Rodgers and jaime apody at chickies and petes in south philadelphia and, guys, eagles have a great opportunity but one thing it wont be is easy. Reporter thats certainly the case jim. Minnesota has the number one ranked did he first in the nfl but the eagles had the fourth ranked scoring defense in the league. Reporter and they take that as a challenge. They want to prove you know what, we dont care that their numbers are good, watch us. Lets talk about the eagles. They took practice outside today into the elements across the street at the linc. Theyve been doing that every week. Of course the vikings are not nearly as strong on the road. Two of the three losses came on the road outside. Doug pederson told me earlier this week he wishes it was going to be colder but regardless its not about the vikings its about the birds and with the way theyve been playing, he doesnt want anything to change. Nothing really had as to change. I mean, at the end of the day its football and i got to make sure that, you know, my head is in the right spot. Im blocking out the noise just like im telling the players to block it out. And im focused on my