Lets hear some of the music. What is that . Oh, yeah. You have to dot second line is that a paper towel. Yes. Were supposed to have something white. Yes, just a napkin, and that is all i have. Yes. Nasty paper towel. That is great. You to have work with what you got. Do you need some help. Ready, here what he go. Yeah. Wow, hey. Wow. Catch the beads. You didnt even to have do anything for those beads. 2018. Yes. Things have changed. Fat tuesday, so, by the way get on twitter and let us know if you are getting to give up something for lent. Dont we have all day to think bit. We do. Last year i drank only water. That is right. Yes. How did that work out. How are you doing that again. I dont know ill think bit it. We just teased the love statue there, alex, you will be first to see it, we reveal it right here on good day philadelphia before it takes a tour of the city on fat tuesday. Yeah. I have a feather in my eye. Go ahead. Yes. Anyway. How did you know who i was, i have a mask on. All right, scott williams. Darn. Lets get to the number of the day, mardi gras morning and it is going to be a decent weather day. We have a eight out of 10. Were back to cold temperatures, teens and 20s, it is what it feels like outside this morning. The beads are bumping against my microphone, that is better. Now lets proceed, shall we. Beautiful morning. 27 degrees. It feels like 18 outside, yeah , back to those cold temperatures. It feels like 15, in wrightstown, and 17 in lancaster. So, we have got fat tuesday, forecast, it is fine, sunny skies, seasonal high, of 42 degrees, bob kelly, i think you can handle that. Got your bead rocking. 7 03. Good morning everybody. Lights are out of sink at the base of the ben franklin coming into philadelphia at sixth and vine and that will cause delays through the morning here on ben franklin bridge we will try to get the city out here to hit the reset button. They are work bug not in step like they should be to bring that traffic over smoothly from the ben franklin, jammo in cherry hill here west bun lanes of route 70, just past 295, some Major Construction down to one lane, so, they were supposed to be done by six, but we are here at 6 00 oclock hour and we are still here with us, westbound 70, heading in toward 295, use route 38 as your alternate there across town on the vine street expressway, starting to see some volume, all of the road the are dry, everything dried up from that rain we had , norristown high speed line west trenton and doyletown trains, some minor delays on the first couple of trains getting out of the gate here, this morning, mike and alex, back over to you. Thank you very much. Man, we have a bad case of the flu here, and, and, some people are getting here, and, second time around. Local hospital are turning guest is a way because virus is so severe and they are concerned about it spreading. Lauren, bring us up to date here. Heres the deal, guys, imagine not getting a flu not once but twice. There is two different strains , maybe even three, they are mutating and doctors and hospitals all over the country, sort of puzzled trying to tack they will flu season. Urgent care centers and Emergency Rooms are completely overwhelmed, complaining of flu like symptoms. Doctors and nurses reporting the strain are mutating, the famous from you shot lessee effective if you catch a strain in the protect by the vaccine. Listen to the struggling from one Nurse Practitioner at my dock urgent care in philadelphia. It has been very busy, probably about 30 percent more than usual in the last month and a half. We went a few days without, without our in house wrapped strips. They were on back order so yeah a lot of people are testing for it, there is, there has been a higher number of recontamination of the flu this year. Did you hear that mike and alex . They ran out of test kits at the hospital. Here, in delaware doctors are hoping to sort of prevent that and protect the patient, so christiana care implemented a temporary visitor ban by not allowing anyone who is under the age of 16 into the hospital, the thought, it that is teens, preteens and young are kid are more lakely to get flu and they stay contagious even longer. So keeping them out of the hospital, of those who are already sick, keeps everyone safer. This sort of started back in december though it is not new for them here. They did this in the n icu unit when flu started to get crazy late last year. They would only allow parents, grandparents, guardians of patients. So you know it is hard to imagine someone sick in the hospital if it is your little or big sister you cannot even come into visit because of the flu that is going craze i had every where. Yeah, yes, i questions it makes sense though, all right, lauren, thank you. Doctor make will be here later if you have a question he will be here in a little bit. Police are still looking for answerness a horrific crime we first told but yesterday. They say that three people, kidnaped ape man from olney and held him for ransom demanding 10,000 from his family. When they didnt pay up suspects tied him up, and then lit him on fire and that is what we were reporting yesterday about a car that was on fire and person had to be transported to the hospital. We now know that man survived but has second, third degree burns. This happened just before 6 00 g 5400 block of westford road, police say they have not been able to talk to the victim because of the extent of his injuries. Students at Cabrini University want answers about fires that keep breaking out in their dorm. This happened since mid december there have been three fires, Officials Say they have been intentionally set and a third floor bathroom of the dorm hall. Investigators have been brought into find out who was setting fires. Radnor township deputy involved in the investigation tell us this is a significant crime and rises to the felony level. Put up some surveillance cameras. I guess you cannot have them in the dorm can you, a dorm hall. 7 07. Well, lets get back out to steve, we have learn so much about this iconic statue. Yes, love. Love statue. Love is in the air. All right. Anyway, jean paul young, how do you find these people. You got to give the lou raw ls version. Yes. Love is in the air. Sorry steve were eating up your time here. We will stop talking now. It is not made of marble but steel, the love statue. Yeah, you know the weird thing this she will was developed so it wouldnt have to be painted. So after years of exposure, take on a an appearance but whole idea, wouldnt have to be paint budd leave it to an artist and then this one Robert Indiana to paint this and i think the paint is what makes this but the on original paint is going to be back for the first time in 30 years because somebody, and boy, i cannot wait to ask who, somebody when they repainted it, 30 years ago, decided to change this color scheme, that light blue that you saw on the side of some of the letters, it is gone, and it is now replaced by what it was originally and that is purple, so green, purple on the side and that makes no sense either because i was researching this and a writer, who wrote a biography of Robert Indiana asked him about the colors of the whole love sculpture and he said it was based on homage to his fat her worked at phillips 66 gas station during the depression and quoted the red and green of the sign begins blue sky, in mention of purple in that at all. By the way here are some pictures if we have them of the love letters being scrubbed and sanded down, that last year i was there february r valentines day when they took it away and people would carve their initials into it, it was scratched and really damaged if you went up to it closeup, so they are making back and beautiful as ever, and it will be unveiled on good day at 9 15 and then parade down the parkway. By the way mike we talk about immigration a lot in this country these days can you imagine coming to this country and trying to figure out english language. Love is on the movies the freight. Love in move, removed from the alphabet, they dont rhyme, groove with 2os rimes with move and throw in cove, another letter, another different pronouncing for those letters, just a strange language when you think bit; just thought i would throw throw that out there. I have no idea what you are talking about. Love is on the move. Yes, because it will be paraded. It is getting out of this Artist Studio and paraded down the parkway. We get it. From 10 to 11 15. You follow that right. Yes. Love and move l and m are connect in the alpha bed but love and move while spelled similarly way different pronunciations. Did you follow that one too not enclose. Different, pronunciations, love and move. I get it, because they have ove but they sound different okay, now im there. So you are right. So far over our heads steve that is so over our head. Aim sure sue and bob were following. Sue says shes following you. That is where steve is, right over there. So is there love, you are right, is there an l. It makes a difference is the letter, right. So it would be louvre, im so in lieu. And then it would be move. We have to move on out of here. Did you follow that at home . I louvre you so much. Well, democrats are trying to pump the brakes on a g. O. P. Immigration plan, dont move so fast. Well, that comes as senate could spend days debating issues like Border Security and what to do about young Illegal Immigrants. Doug luzader is here, hi there, doug. Reporter hi, i didnt quite understand that alphabet thing but i dont understand quite either what is going through congress right new because nothing is going through congress on immigration. There has been talk about a narrow deal or a broad deal but there is no meeting in the middle apparently. Southern border may be almost 2,000 miles from capitol hill but that is nothing compared to the widening gulf between republicans and democrats on immigration. It is a best, final offer. Reporter best, final offer say Senate Republicans on a plan that would protect young Illegal Immigrants that fall under the daca program as well as their parents, it would call for more Border Security as well as wall funding, chain migration, offered to extended family, would even, so would the current visa lottery program. It is a big proposal but the president seems willing to sign. If the democrats want to make a deal, it is really up to them, because we want really tremendous Border Security, but we have to have democrats support for daca. Reporter democrats want a narrow deal just for daca and they dont like the proposed restrictions on the future flows of legal immigrants. Now is not the time are in the place to reform the entire Legal Immigration system, rather this is moment for a narrow bill. Reporter president tweet ing out this is a final offer and opportunity to get something done, on this, and we will see, you know, we keep talking about the numbers here , republicans need some democrats on board to get this through senate before we even talk about getting it through the house and on the president s desk, mike and alex. All right, doug dont you have a different topic tomorrow you have done the same thing twice. Reporter i know, but it is really weird normally there are a million Different Things we could do every day but now immigration will be the big thing, every day this week. Understandable. Get it wrapped up. Nice background this morning. Yeah,. Reporter it is crisp out here. It looks crisp. We will see you tomorrow. Thanks, doug. Secret service and nypd are investigating a suspicious letter that arrived at donald trump juniors home in the sutton place area of new york city. President trumps daughter in law Vanessa Trump opened up a letter that contained a suspicious white powder. Vanessa was taken to the hospital as a precaution but she is okay. Authorities say vanessa opened up the letter addressed to her husband yesterday morning at her mothers midtown manhattan apartment. The envelope also contain a letter but has not revealed what it says, two other people were also taken to the hospital for evaluation. Vanessa and donald trump junior, they have five Children Together and the children were not home at the time of the incident. Coming up on 7 15. It is certainly is. Well, i dont know anybody, that doesnt have an opinion about these portraits. The official portraits of the obamas, right, picture day. Yes, yes. Picture unveiling day yesterday, karen and these pictures will be in the Smithsonian National portrait gallery. They are amazing, first won ever of an africanamerican in this gallery right here, first africanamerican president and first lady. The pictures they really thought about their choice and artist that presented them. Ladies first, michelle, they are unveiling her along with the artist that did shore which is amy cheryl, pulling down curtain. There is president with the artist that created his, both getting a lieutenant of reaction. I love them. Im curious to hear your opinion. Internet blown up. Heres what is mrs. Obama has to say. Im thinking about all of the young people particularly girls and girls of color who in years ahead will come to this place and they will look up and they will see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on the wall of this Great American instant dogs. So the pictures so interesting, because it is not just a typical representation it is also the psychological drama inside bet of them, that is being represented, the president always has a good time making fun saying he wished he was trying to get smaller ears, make his hair less gray but artist was true to him but internet is having a field day and you will explain those as well placing them in different locations. I have to admit when a lot of people saw this they were like wait a minute, but i believe karen mike has some insight especially for former president obamas portrait with how it looks the way it does. So lets check with mike. That is not enclose. So anyway, let me get out of the way. Look at the size of his hands, dent you think that is interesting. Dont they look extra large. But yeah, seriously. Did you note that is. They would be bigger then his head. They look extra large, arent they. I never noticed that. That is what you wanted to point out early in the meeting i have something that will change your view of this portrait. I didnt say change your view. People didnt notice i was expecting something insightful but sure he has big hands. Look at size of his hands, you dont find that extraordinarily large. The way you made it sound. Stunning. Yes. No, nobody noticed this. I was expecting different. Giant hands. You see michelle owe bam and her portrait within of her arms look extremely long. I did notice that and she looks like Sarah Jessica parker. Okay, oh. Some people think it is wonderful she picked two africanamerican artists to depict them which is a great opportunity to draw them. Look at her left arm. It is huge. Well, who knew they had giant arms and hand is bill clinton when he had his done wasnt his a type thing. I dont know any within who likes them who likes the portraits except me is something wrong with me. If you look at the artists, amy and kinde is his first name, that is their style. They knew what they were doing yes, it isnt a accident. Yes. I like them. Although obama said he wishes they could shorten his ears. Has always disliked his ears, owe looks lake the cab coming down sixth avenue with the doors opened. Keep talking. We have a different weather pattern starting to day, heres yesterdays cold front and it has finally moved far enough to the south, and we have lot of sunshine today but be prepared for how cold it is outside, that cold air has gone down to virginia, and they have got some sleet, freezing rain down there but we are dry with 27 degrees and most of our actual temperatures in the 20s, got to factor in those northeasterly winds at 9 miles an hour in the city. We still after lot of wind chills in the teens this morning. Make sure you have a warm enough coat and your shades today it is 42 degrees, love sunshine tomorrow, 52 getting milder on thursday and then we will bring in rain thursday tonight in a to friday, colder day on saturday and rest of the weekend is looking good, so bob kelly, yeah, warming up over next couple days. Warming up and suns causing some delays this morning, sun at your back 7 19 here south on i95 bumper to bumper from cottman in through girard because of a disable in the Construction Zone here so that is slowing us down as we hit breaks and then 295 in new jersey route 70 right here with cherry hill westbound 70 bumper to bumper just west of 295 because of late running overnight emergency construct. Tough to see the sun glare but we are bumper to bumper approaching turnpike and 259 interchange down to right where ponzios for an idea. West trenton, doyletown running with delays and also some delays on the norristown high speed line, mike and alex , back over to you. Have you been to the glean room yet. I was just in there. Cowboys star is being covered up by something that relates to the philadelphia eagles, a bet this guy who. I love where we put that star behind him. Yeah. As we get to break we will do a squeeze back things so you can watch this in action. Here we go, it is beginning come on back. Yes. 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. How sit looking. A nice tattoo. Well, love is in the air today but your wallet wont be. How many times will we say this line. Seriously. That is it. Last time were saying it. Promise. What will we do tomorrow. Just wait until tomorrow. Okay. Was that a threat. Tracie, what are you talking about today i didnt lean ahead. How much you are spending on valentines day. I dont care. Okay. Valentines day spending is up this year. About 19. 6 billion, last year about 18. 2 billion spent on valentines day, a day that a lot of people say is just a made up holiday, consumer holiday. That is very clear. Average american spending about 143. 56 on valentines day. So, big things that they are spending on obviously jewelry s a big one, evening out, 2 billion spent on flowers and 1. 8 billion spent on candy. Yeah, be in can relate to that. It is billions of dollars. I have in idea what that means i wonder what the average is per person