Good morning. The birds will return to the practice field in about 90 minutes from now, but before that head coach doug peeredson spoke to reports. He said the team will prepare like they have a game this weekend. Obviously were on a much bigger stage now playing for the super bowl. But the journeys the same, the rides the same, its just pederson also said next week wont be a vacation for the players. Hell keep the intensity going. And Philadelphia City council is giving the team its official congratulations. Randy gyllenhaal is live for us in city hall. Randy, what do you have . Reporter a packed political agenda here for the first meeting of the year. Theyll do resolutions trying to bring amazon to philadelphia, also one about the new philly school board. But first things first, nothing more important than the birds. The city council will officially honor the Philadelphia Eagles for their Upcoming Trip to the super bowl. Lets take a live look right now inside the city hall chambers w
Smoke was coming out of the window so i ripped down the screen. And opened the window and tried to call for someone to come to the window and let them know this window was open. He didnt immediately hear anything and tried to go in further and the smoke pushed me back out and it was too black and too smokey and i was coughing and smoking and i tried again and the metal pane around the window was hot. I heard the scream but nobody came. And the lady was in there. Firefighters confirm one person was killed and two others managed to escape by jumping from the porch balcony and they have not confirmed who the victim is and they say a woman lived there and needed help to get around. She used a cane and is heart broken to see the tragedy today. She as you said something to make you laugh. Always screaming and cursing not in a bad way but like comedy. Reporter now the portion of where the fire started is in the first floor of that row home closest to me and the one next door badly damaged as
Ill update the weekend call coming up on with the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Karen rogers what are roads looking like early. Reporter we have an issue if youre living in Burlington County. Route 38 is shut down between smithville road and 206. A dump truck pulled down wires. We have utility workers trying to fix this. Stick to 630 or 70 instead. Live on the schuylkill expressway at Henderson Road traffic moving nicely. What a good shot of the Road Conditions were clear and dry schuylkill expressway westbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway no slowing just yet. Only the big picture heres the blue route, schuylkill expressway i95 seeing speeds in the 50s and moving okay. Tam and eva. Thank you karen. Breaking news this morning a lone gunman stood in a packed Movie Theater in lafayette louisiana people were there to see train wreck. Police say the attacker died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound and nine people were hurt. Katherine scott is live in our Satelli
I think anybody that has to walk toward their work place or want to get outside, sit outside for your lunch hour this is day to do it. It is gorgeous. Temperatures are nice, breezy, but not bad. Lets look live. 64 degrees in philadelphia 56 in mount pocono. Reading at 57. Atlantic city about 57 degrees as well. We are off to a nice start. Look at this, here we go with storm scan three. Im used to this nice happy radar all the time. Just clear skies, beautiful. That means we will see another day of those pretty blue skies out there. Look at your, forecasted to go through the day here and you can see that stay with us. We will work our way in the 80s again but thing you will notice is it just feels nice out there once more just like yesterday, where humidity levels stayed decent. Our sunny stretch continues today, but, you knew there was a but, heat and humidity do creep back into the forecast, august ending with a 90degree high, september potentially also starting with a 90degree high.
Its 60 in ewing, new jersey, 56 in hammonton. 64 in glassboro nero an university. We have clear skies, bright snient make sunshine, make your outdoor plans, the dewpoint, less than 60 degrees, feeling comfortable and staying that way at least for today and tomorrow. Lets check the commute planner. 64 degrees, 8 00 a. M. , 68 with sunshine. Noon, 78. 3 00 p. M. , 82 and 6 00 p. M. , 81 coming down from 83 thats the high. Reporter good morning to you, karen, the biening skies indicate to me sun glare is on the way which will cause delays, were not seeing many delays on the schuylkill expressway as we look live in Fairmont Park eastbound come the headlights passing montgomery drive heading toward center city. So far in the clear along 76. Same is true along i95 entering the on going work zone southbound at cottman avenue delays are not bad yet. Youll tap the brakes farther south as you pass girard avenue. Pennsylvania turnpike, westbound approaching bensalem youre without the right lane,