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WTXF FOX 29 News At 6PM February 8, 2018

It was a celebration like no other. Ive seen parties. Ive seen parades up and down the parkway. Nothing like this before. Now, we have seen parents who took their kids out of school. Brought them down on the train ride for hours in the subfreezing wind chills down here. Just to experience a little bit of history. A lot of dancing. A lot of partying because you just never know when this will happen again. Today like for you . Amazing. Like i came by myself. My cousin had to work. One of my other cos suns wasnt aning the phone. I wasnt missing it. I drop the kids off. I knew it was going to be crazy. I got a bunch of beer spilled on me. Mud everywhere. Worth every second. Worth everything. Look i said im just waiting. Today was amazing. Im 35 years old. It took 35 years for me for this to happen. How happy are you . Oh, map, im on cloud nine. Reporter back out here live, you see cleanup crews already getting at it. Mike real quick. Did you see any of the parade . I didnt see none of the parade. How crazy this day out here. A lot of city pride. Go eagles. Good see. Not a bad mood in the whole joint. Even workers here. Just really an amazing magical day for any eagles fan. Any philadelphian who got a chance to experience this, guys. Its so true. Thank you so much, chris. For people trying to get home right now, i dont think a lot of people will be upset its taking longer. I agree. They got nowhere to go. No. Jeff cole is tracking all those issues with patco right now. Hey, jeff. Reporter it was certainly a warped by patco by septa by even mayor kenney yesterday at his press conference in the afternoon in the lead up to this event when he said look youve got to bring your patience. Bring your spirit. Bring warm clothing and bring your patient. Were seeing that now as this huge number of people actually try to get home. Now, not everybody is actually using public transit. Some people simply using their feet and those are people who crossed the ben franklin bridge. Lets show you some pictures of those people. The ben franklin is the big steel span that links philadelphia to south jersey and beyond. Many eagles fans went for a brisk walk today crossing the bridge to get to the parkway. Spirits were very high. Green was everywhere. The parade and the walk were both invigorating. What prompted to you walk the Bennie Franklin here . See the eagles. Yeah. No way else in. This the best way. Best way. Why is this the best way. Were hearing theres six hours delay coming back home. Yeah. All youve got to do is hoof it over the franklin. We did. It was easy walk. 20 minutes. It was great. Well, we tried to go to the patco but tickets sold out yesterday. So we decided the only way in was to walk the ben franklin. So we got here at 5 00 a. M. We walk the ben franklin and now were walking back. Reporter now that young woman was walking with her friend. Her friend was a civil engineer. She thought the opportunity to actually walk that great span the ben franklin bridge that construction back in 1919 was really a treat for her. Patco and new Jersey Transit are obviously laboring under heavy traffic this afternoon and into the evening. So many folks thought thought, hey, lets go for a nice brisk walk and do it over the steal blew ben franklin bridge. Live here just near the bridge, im Jeff Cole Fox 29 news. Folks . Just makes the story of the day, jeff, all that much better. Walking across the bridge. That bridge was lit up green recently to support the eagles and show them some love. How about this massive crowds packing the city to celebrate our eagles just look at this incredible video fans were bracing the cold to cheer on the eagles because they are super bowl champs. A title some have waited for decades to see happen. Lets get out to Kristen Rodgers who is just outside our studios with more from the players. From the second the eagles won super bowl lii, they said this just wasnt about the team or about themselves or about the brotherhood. Before this city of philadelph philadelphia. These fans wanted it so bad. Chris long said yesterday when i was talking with him that he knew the parade here in philly was going to be better than in new england because this fan base just wanted it more. On the steps of the art museum they were able to say one last thank to you philly. For the millions of eagles fans here in philly, all over america and around the world, this super bowl championship is for you. We love yall philly. I appreciate yall. Yall get gave us a lot of love app lot of energy. We world champs [ cheers and applause ] we the best in the world were the best in the world ive never seen so many people in one spot celebrating in unity one thing. To be a part of the philadelphia eagles, to be a part of these guys, one of the greatest things ive he have done in my life. It is honor for to us bring yall the super bowl. We finally did it. Were super bowl champs coming up later in sports, you know we have to talk about jason kelces speech or empassioned declaration of love for the city of philadelphia and for his teammates. I think thats the best way to describe it. Were breaking it down for you coming up later. Lucy, iain. A lot of passion in that one. Thank you very much, kristen. Speaking of a man with passion, bob kelly has a passion forgetting you to where you knee to go without any problems if if youre waiting for folks to come eastbound schuylkill this accident right at 26th street causing delays. Lets go outside to the ben franklin parkway where the cleanup is underway. Still lane restrictions no cross traffic permitted again this cleanup should take the rest of the night and we should be open for business for tomorrow mornings rush hour lets go back to my jam cams that was the accident i showed you on the schuylkill. Heres center city the vine expressway stack up heading on over toward the schuylkill the big jams still remain on all the mass transit systems. Patco, market frankford, subway, the Mark Frankford and the subway going to return to normal Service Tonight at 7 00 oclock. And look at the skyline. I wonder how long scotty were going to keep the green lights up a top the sky scrapers in center city. Id say indefinitely. Lets do it. Psfs building. Beautiful skyline there. It was beautiful day. It was cold though temperature why right now 31 degrees it feels like 22. So what to expect for tonight. Mostly clear skies. Those temperatures will continue to fall into the 20s. Wind chills in the teens but if you were out and about earlier today, its more of the same for tonight. Temperatures dip into the teams and 20s. Already north and west mid to upper 20s bala kin wide, macungie, down the shore temperatures right around freezing for brag teen. Overnight tonight 14 allentown. Mid 20s for philadelphia. Coming up well talk about the clouds rolling in for friday and it looks like a soggy upcoming weekend. Back over to you. Its okay. You didnt rain on our parade today. Thats what counts. Thank you very much, scott. Lets take live look at the ben franklin parkway. Well notice what a difference a few hours makes. Its nearly empty but if you walk back down the parkway you take a right at city hall go on down broad street youll find our bruce gordon live at the linc right now. Hey, bruce. Reporter yeah, lucy, South Broad Street is of course a very special stretch of roadway. The pathway if you will to the phillies sports scene. And today if you wanted to get here to the home of the newly minuted super bowl champions you had to pass by of all things a flower shop. Ann, trance for her ten pennies florist shop into parade Party Central for the birds championship event. Inviting family and friends to share in the celebration of a lifetime. Eagles probably one of the most exciting days of my life. Reporter ten pennies has been a fixture on south broad since 1980. Jerome brown was one he was a dear dear friend. Reporter for nearly 40 years ann has been creating floral a range many and friends with philadelphias biggest sports stars and shes had front row seat for championship seasons. Phillies, the sixers but this parade, well, it would be different. Good what is your sense of this one . This is beyond beyond there is no i cant even find words for this. How about amazing . With crowds of families, fans young and old, cheering themselves hearse, championship parade passed right by anns shop. Double decker buses carrying the citys newest heroes. Men who ann believes who done more for philadelphia than simply capture a silver trophy. They made civic pride cool. This is city is now one. People are hugging and kissing and making you feel like were part of each other. And we are. Reporter after all that waiting procession took just a few minutes to pass by. It was brief but breath taking for ann, well, she says she felt like a kid on christmas morning. You waited 58 years. Was it worth it . It was worth every every every second. It was the best. Reporter sunday super bowl sunday well that was anns birthday. Id say the eagles gave her a heck of a present. Lucy and iain. Absolutely. My goodness. 58 years in the making what a great story. As we take live look at the ben franklin parkway, some of the buildings still lit up green. Everyone trying to get home to celebrate. We connell with more coverage right after this. Hungry dogs run faster. Thats this team. We wanted it more. All the players, all the coaches. The great montage by one of you are editors great job by everybody today as we take a look at the ben franklin parkway lit up now. What a scene it was today for super bowl lii champions. The philadelphia eagles. Our dawn timmeney was out there among all those fans today. Dawn, was it tough getting around out there . Reporter to say the least, iain. It was rough. I have never ever seen so many people in my entire life. But everybody was having a good time and well behaved for the most par. The last of fans boarding buses here now to make their way back to new jersey. People were pumped today. Some driving hours just to experience this historic moment. Were from pits ton, pennsylvania right outside the poconos took us around two hours to get here. We had 6incheinches snow last. It was 10 degrees last night. The roads were all ice. It was crazy. Reporter pete and his 26yearold sonic wouldnt miss the eagles super bowl parade and pandemonium for all the world. Pete is a life long eagles fan. This is a motor home that i custom painted back in 1980. We went to every game at the vet for five years because we had season tickets. Nicholas has been a birds fan since he was a baby. There was a nicholas a few months old wearing his eagles shirt and little ball. Come on. Reporter pete has been hoping for an eagles super bowl for years. Its amazing. I didnt speak for two days. I have a biscuit mers are calling im like for last 13 years he wasnt sure if hed see Something Like this in his lifetime and then it happened. And it means the world. Generational thing where youre born into it, and its just great being an eagles fan. Reporter you dont have to that to this rue crew they left easton, pennsylvania, at midnight arriving in philadelphia at 3 00 a. M. Just to be part of this unbelievable experience. You got to love it. You got to love the area. You got to love the people. The eagles are i was m this is great good. Reporter fans cupping from far and wide deck out in everything eagles matchable. Many perched in precarious places just to catch a glimpse of the team as the players theyd their way to the art museum. The early bird definitely getting the worm as far as picking out the Perfect Place to take it all the action. We just knew we had to come down. We got up this morning. Bundled everybody up and i call out sick, bird flu. [ laughter ] reporter i think a lot of people had the bird flu today. I suspect theyll be feeling better tomorrow unless they partied too much today. Iain and lucy . I havent heard of bird flew forever. That is perfect. Theyll be some more of that tomorrow. Make eight long weekend. I can guarantee you. Takes little while to recover from the flu. Like week. Especially when the weather is nice. Ben franklin parkway what an evening. Yeah its a little chilly out there but perfect day for the parade of champions. Scott williams, you know, amazing stuff. Hes got your forecast in 15 seconds. Oh, what day it was from south philadelphia, history to city hall, history, along the parkway we witnessed History Today in philadelphia. It was sunny and cold but those fans they were fired up and ready to go and cheer on the birds. Ultimate doppler showing dry conditions. Off to the west around the great uthat will move toward chicagogy tomorrow. It might bring a few flurries far north and west but that moisture will team up with some gulf of mexico moisture and set the stage in particular saturday night into sunday for a wash out. Were talking one to perhaps as much as two, 2. 5inches before all is said and done. The heaviest and instead yesterday of that rainfall looks to arrive during the day on your sunday but temperatures for the weekend look at this. Low 50s on saturday. Mid to even upper 50s perhaps on your sunday. Well run the computer models and you can see the gfs showing over to 2inches of rainfall by 8 00 oclock on sunday. European model showing over an inch of rain. So the bottom line, as we move toward sunday, it is going to be pretty wet. Not talking about frozen precipitation. Temperature wise right now north and west were in the mid to upper 20s. Teens in the poconos. Upper 20s millville. 31 degrees right now in philadelphia. You factor in the wind it feels like 22 degrees currently in philadelphia. 19 what it feels like in wilmington. Overnight hoe temperatures, nine 14 in the lehigh valley. Mid to upper 20s elsewhere so another cold overnight. Temperatures tomorrow, upper 30s. Were watching the clouds roll in and once again there could be some flurries far north and west towards the pocono mountains but temperatures by the weekend back into the 50s but were dealing with those afternoon and evening showers on saturday. And then sunday looks to be a washout. Rain could linger into early next week as well. Temperature wise by tuesday 49 degrees by valentines day were looking at a High Temperature right around 51 degrees. Lets head over to Kristen Rodgers. Kristen, what a day in philadelphia. Scott, what a day. It was a little chilly but you know what the crowds were so it will and so hot that i saw a guy climb on top of a pole and fire off a fire extinguisher. Thats how great today was. Coming up were talking about jason kelces amazing speech and the brotherhood of the note snow. When i had chance to talk with some of the eagles yesterday before the festivities and celebration of the parade today, i asked them why this team was so special. What allowed them to win the super bowl they said its because their unselfish. Thats very fitting for this city because philadelphia is the city of brotherly love. So makes steps that the city won super bowl because they played like a brotherhood. You know we know weve been through some ups and downs and we can easily have gave it away. You know and gave up on each on the. But we didnt. And we stayed together and thats that brotherly love we talk about in philadelphia. And we stayed together and we made it happen. 2018 charred champions baby lets do it. The best thing about this team has always been about family. Everyone gave of themselves. I remember way back down in march sitting down with alshon in the locker room. He was like i wanted to be part of something special. Lockaways what happened. World champs, baby. There is already a petition for jason kelce to be the grand marshal in next years mummers parade. Hahn neverly im all for it. If you want to get fired up about really anything in life, you just have to listen to his incredible speech from the steps earlier this afternoon. Nick foles dont got it. Clem meant is too slow. Legarrette blount dont have any it if you any more. Jay ajayi cant stay healthy. Nelson agholor cant catch. Zach ertz cant block. Brent celek is too old. Brandon graham was drafted too high. Vinnie curry aint got it. Brand ham cant catch. Jalen mills cant cover. Patrick robinson cant cover. Thats the whole team thats the whole team lucy, iain, how can you not get fired up from that speech . I tell you that was that was amazing. It really was. Except for the f bombs thrown down. Guy is passionate. You know what i mean. Kristen, and amazing moment. Nfl actually tweeted out that speech saying epic. Must listen. And that does it for us here at 6 00 on this amazing day. Yeah it is. The day is not over. Up next its page six followed by dish nation at 7 00 stay tuned for tmz at 7 30. Well be back at 10 00 with more of the eagles 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 on page six tv, who says leo and margot should drop out of quinten tarantinos movie against the hollywood backlash against him . What caused a three car pile up in hollywood . Where is rihanna stuffing things into a Cardboard Box . All the answers on page six tv. 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