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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 February 7, 2018

But weve never had anything like this. Bringing it right over to us. Look at that. Pap regard of champions for your super bowl champs the Philadelphia Eagles. This is happening. So are you going to be part of history . Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. It has been 48 hours since the eagles super bowl win and the energy still charging up the city. We just cannot wait for a para parade. But those crews setting up for thursdays big event better hur reach nasty weather is moving into our a. Rain, sleet even snow going to be the story of the day tomorrow. The good news though it should all be gone by thursday that means it will be dry along broad street and the ben franklin parkway but cold and windy and kathy orr some schools already have delays tomorrow. Weve got those posted by the way on fox 29. Cot com. Lucy im not surprised. I mean this is moving into reallreally quickly. Cold air to the north thats the snow component warm air to the south thats the ice and the rain. Its coming together right in time for the morning rush. Of course, terrible timing. Even if we dont see significant snow in philadelphia. Winter weather advisory for most of the region and look at the timing between 4 00 a. M. And 9 00 a. M. When the kids are typically at the bus stop and heading to school. This includes mt. Laurel, winslow, through philadelphia, tredyffrin township, mainline and towards the lehigh val thats where we anticipate well see the most snow along with the poconos. Lets go hour by hour. You can see by wednesday morning at about 6 00 a. M. The snow is here. We still see the snow till about 9am in philadelphia. We transition to rain and then we see very heavy rain in the afternoon for everybody. How much snow . Well, less than an inch for south jersey and philadelphia. One to two as you head into the area of mainline into the north and west. To to four heading into allentown and Lehigh Valley and four to six plus in the poconos. Coming up, we will talk about your parade forecast and when all of this moves out. Lucy . Speaking of parades, kathy, ts what many of us have waited all our lives to see. A super bowl par raised champions. Eighths massive city undertaki undertaking. City officials expect millions of people to attend and theyve had just days to plan it. Were talking crowd control, not to mention that whole transportation thing getting people to and from the parade route with the least amount of headaches much this is a major event on the scale of well like the papal visit or live aid all coming together right knowledge the city is doing its part to plan this party but you have got to do planning yourself. Youre going to need to know how youre getting to town. How youre getting home. Where you can cant not park and if your children have school, now if they dorks will you let them skip it to witness history you know weve got Team Coverage to answer all these questions. During the day fox 29 crews went looking for answers. Whats the city planning . How septa going to handle the load . Where will people watch . And tonight, the eagles neighbors in south philly, the sixers honored them, tshirt printers are running long hours to keep up with the demand for eagles gear. The big question, will your kids go to the parade . Well get to all of that but lets start with fox 29s Dave Schratwieser live in center city and dave, planning for Something Like this is one big security challenge. Reporter lucy, Police Commissioner richard ross told me this is tantamount to the popes visit here he says he expects the attendance to surpass the popes visit and he says security the entire package is ready to go. Philadelphia police, the fbi and all the other agencies in the meantime you can see workers here tonight are still at it trying to get this place ready for the big parade and celebration. With spotlights glaring crews worked into the night soup preparing for the art museum and the parkway for a visit from the super bowl champion eagles. City Officials Say up to 3 Million People could attend. Potentially eclipsing the popes historic visit here. Deference to the pope, the eagles a long time in this city i dont want to sound sacrilegious for lot of people theyve been waiting a long time. Its just an incredible moment fort city, the penal and the team. Reporter clad in eagles jersey maryann lero and her dog made theyre way through the state setup on the Art Museum Steps anxious for a big party celebrating the World Champions. Maryann will be wearing a vintage 80s eagles hat worn by her dad who died two years ago. Ill be representing that. Reporter kind of wish he was here for that. Absolutely yeah. Hes here in spirit. Ive been waiting my whole life. I cant wait for it to kick off. Reporter stopped by to snap a few pictures as he watched workers wrap the stage in a super bowl champion banner. I think everyone will come and have a good time. Its pretty early. The drunkenness shouldnt be a problem. I think the police will have it under control. Reporter meanwhile, police announced another arrest in connection with center city damage from sunday nights broad street celebration. Poles were knocked down, windows smash out and cars flipped over. Tuesday afternoon, police also released this video hoping to identify the eagles fans who ransacked a local store during the celebration on broad street. Now youre going into somebodys business and destroying it. For no good reason. Reporter fans and police told us, theyre not expecting a repeat of that behavior. I think it will be really rowdy but also very friendly crowd. We expect a lot of people. But a lot of happy people, and hopefully not a lot of enebriated people. Reporter commissioner ross also tells me he expects more arrests from sunday nights celebration. The work crews here at the art museum and on the parkway say the sound system is working. All the way to city hall. The jumbotrons are being set up and they expect to be ready to go for thursday morning. Lucy. Man its so exciting, dave. Thank you much. Shawnette wilson live in newtown, bucks county, where shawnette parents have quite the decision to make this week. Reporter lucy we talked to bunch of parents waiting for their kids outside soccer practice some on camera, some off camera but not one of them thought that their kids should have to miss this parade. Other parents we talked to say, theyre happy that a lot of School Districts have actually come up way compromise. Were going to the parade. No doubt. Reporter marie cook says its a no brainer. A parade for the eagles first super bowl win, work and school not this thursday. School is very important to me and for my kids, but this is perhaps a once in a lifetime opportunity and we won mitt miss it for the world. Reporter parents all over the area are faced with the decision to allow their kids to miss school or not. Philadelphia public and Catholic Schools are closed. But some surrounding distric dis are grappling with the decision. Chris nobles children are in the Bethlehem School district and he says schools there there remain open. I dont think its a dilemma. I would go once in lifetime thing. My daughter would be taken out of school for that. But its everybody elses decision. Reporter council rock officials posted this message on its School District website. It allows students to take an excused absence thursday to attend the parade. But schools will be open for parents who decide their children should be in the classroom. Taken me 50 years before i got to see it. Reporter Brian Mcdowell is satisfied with the compromise his 14yearold daughter madison is going to the parade. I think its good that the School District is leaving the school open for those who want to tendon school and given the option to, you know g to the parade if they feel they want to. Reporter Christie Mccaffery three children will be using the excused absence too but not going to the parade. We just decided well stay home and watch it from the couch. Just getting down there on the trains and just going to be a little bit too much. I think most parents probably would have done what they wanted to do any way and took unexcused absence. Reporter all right. I agree with that. So we did talk to another woman off camera who says that her daughter lucy does want to go to the parade and she would actually let her miss school whether it was an excused absence or not but the mom doesnt want to miss work. [ laughter ] everybody has a big decision to make. There you go. Absolutely. Bruce gordon is upset he never got to see a parade when he was a kid. Hes still bitter about that one. All right. Im sure. Thank you much, shawnette. Of course weve been cheering with you all season long. Were not going to stop now. All day parade coverage kicks off thursday with our good day Philadelphia Team and well join you little bit later. Thursdays going to be a party. Fox 29 wont let you miss. Single second of eagles season is over of course but after winning the super bowl the celebrations are just beginning. Tonight the 76ers honored the team at the Wells Fargo Center and our dave kinchen was there live now in south philly. What night, dave. Reporter oh, you can say that again. The eagles have been making the rounds ever since they got back into town. Yesterday and you know what there were two big teams in the house tonight, showing each other some love. Yet another homecoming for the World Champion eagles as the birds offensive lineman bran dock brooks ran in tonights sixers game showing fans brotherly love between franchises during this week long super bowl victory celebration. Im just so excited. Im so happy. Buckley family came over from gilbertsville deck out in their eagles green specifically for this occasion. And a chance to see their hometown heroes up close. Took the kids out of school. Made an educaton trip and eagles and sixers at the same time. Im still a little numb from it. It was very emotional sunday for a lot of us. A lot of people through our generations people that brought me up taught me the sport want it meant to be an eagles fan just to see it happen was really just exciting and beyond words really. Sign that is said congratulations champs were all over the Wells Fargo Center. And sixers mascot franklin the dog welcomed in swoop for some on the court fun among other signs of unity. Thats why you see the brotherly love shirts and signs all over the place. So you know its like the sixers, the eagles, brotherly love, we all get together. You know were going to represent them the same way theyll represent us. Reporter fans cant wonder if the eagles glory will rub off on the philly hoops club. First super bowl win. So good for the city and good for, you know, the excitement and a lot of excitement down here. So hopefully it will carry over to the sixers and we can have a championship, too. Reporter wouldnt that be awesome . Wouldnt that be awesome . Two parades. How about . The people here the people who didnt get a chance to see the eagles in person theyre certainly hoping to do it thursday during the parade. Back to you. Going to be a party. Thank you much, dave. Hot off the presses not newspapers but just as sought after right now champion merchandise is flying off the shelves. One Delaware County company is hard at work printing the shirts as fast as they can. Our Chris Oconnell freshly back from minneapolis. Dropped the facility. Welcome back, chris. Reporter hey, lucy, thanks. Yeah for workers here at one of the largest Screen Printing operationoperations entire arear bowl win was rhee reason to celebrate for sure. But it was also a reason to get back to work. All right. Clear. Reporter call eight labor of love. Literally hot off the presses. Reporter for this warehouse full of eagles fans im getting chills right now. Reporter this week has been like the super bowl of merchandising am pro sports in clifton heights, delaware coun county. Theyve been waiting for this day, make that this order, since they went into business 45 years ago. We have done a lot of big events over the years, but this was the one we always talked about. We always said oh, my gosh f the eagles ever won the super bowl, can you imagine how many shirts were going to print . Reporter the team actually watched the super bowl from their lunch room and started printing officially licensed nfl super bowl shirts as soon as the game ended. You see that and youre not proud . Then theres something wrong with it. Reporter since sunday theyve been working in 12hour shift pumping out super bowl gear now being sold to major retailers across the area. About 37,000 the first person to touch the shirts is amazing. Reporter for workers otts lines its a big sense of super bowl pride. Playing a little part in that big win. Its just awesome because its our hometown and we finally got the big win. We finally got a ring. Reporter theyve done bigger jobs before but this one will be hard to beat witness parade coming to town, who knows how long these presses will be printing . Never know. They can sell out tomorrow afternoon. Hot market theyre going were going to print them if they need them. Reporter and this is the one hot off the presses. One of several designs they are printing here. This youll be able to find many different retailers across the area. They are hoping to print a lot more as the days and actually as the years goes on and, lucy, absolutely not, this is mine. Youre not having it. Im taking this one home. No. That one wont fit. Go back signed and good me a womens medium or small. Womens cut please. Go ahead. Reporter you got it. Coming back for you. Thank you very much chris. The parade is still more than 36 hours away. If you want to take septa you need to excite decide tonight as in now or you may not get a ticket to the Biggest Party in philly history. But what if the parade was ratatat side your front door . Lets just say these guys are pysched. Youd probably be too. 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. Right now at this very moment you have some important decisions to make. Because if youre planning to take septa into town to watch the parade, you have to make a purchase first thing in the morning. Septa says its goal to make things as easy and as safe as possible for to you get to the celebration but that means going to the parade and using mass transit cannot be a spur of the moment thing. As our jeff cole reports, youre going to need to plan and be prepared to call an audible. Reporter theyre almost as good as a ticket to the super bowl and a lot cheaper. Their ten dollars, septa independence passes and along with weekly and monthly trail passes, if you dont have one, youre not riding the Regional Rail to the parade. Theres no way youre getting into the city with a car on thursday. Or unless you want to walk which isnt going to happen. Reporter septa is selling 50,000 of the discounted tickets and warning riders not all stations will have service and theyll run only to jefferson and 30th street stations in the city. Our desire is to move large numbers of people express Trial Service wherever we can and make sure that, of course, safety is health held. Reporter the authority is urging riders to use the broad street and market frankford lines running free on thursday. Thanks to 300,000 contribution from independence blue cross. A half million riders are expected to take septa to see the super bowl champions and the thor hopes to avoid packed trapes and angry riders of the 2008 phillies parade and theres no booze allowed. There is no drinking of alcohol and we will be preventing people from carrying cases, six packs, any alcohol because they wont be able to drink it on the street when they get downtown. Reporter back in media, trish combs is trying to be a good mom. Hustling to the ticket booth to get a ten dollars pass for her anxious daughter. She has called me multiple times, um, on my way here in the two minutes ive been driving make sure you get the right ti tick. Make sure they punch the right day. She has texted me the date that should be on the ticket. [ laughter ] reporter septa is urging its workers to make it on thursday. It wants no canceled trains because of crews shortages n media, im jeff cole, fox 29 news. So perhaps youre taking patco to the parade. Trains will be running on modified schedule thursday. Patco closing ten stations beginning at 3am. Only westbound trains will run from 6 00 a. M. To 1 50 p. M. Trains leaving from the lindenwold, woodcrest, ferry avenue and broadway stations will go directly to the ninth, tenth and locust street station. From 1 20 p. M. To 8 00 at night, trains will only run eastbound so, i know, that was a whole lot that you just heard right there. So for everything you need to know about the parade route, the trains, the road closures, the school closures, we got it all at fox 29. Com. So 2 Million People coming into philadelphia may be very good for businesses. But what about the people who live along that parade route . Fox 29s joyce evans went out to see how theyre preparing for the historic event. Give it burton and throws to foles. Touchdown. Report im exciteed ican waiste phillies but this is going to be ten times more special without doubt. Reporter to hear the lombardi trophy and the victorious eagles will roll practically right passed john guarinos house, well in south philadelphia, eagl eagles reporter a dream come true for the ultimate eagles fan. While city workers prep broad street for the ultimate celebration, johns plans were in place an hour after the official announcement. I have relatives coming the night before to sleep over so they dont have to worry about traffic and, you know, the hustle and bustle of the people. Reporter just cant contain himself at home alone. Well there is apollo there all deck out. Hes got a Training Camp keep sake from years ago and hes going to break out in eagles special addition camber nay hes been saving for seven years. Reporter ed lives

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