Lining up. There you see them for lane johnson. Dave. Lane johnson signing autographs right now he just got here to the modells in Clifton Heights. It is a packed house here and we talk to people who say the energy is just incredible. As you see, this whole line around here people getting those underdog shoots and also the football signed. Here some of the fans we talked to a little bit earlier. Eagles eagles the line for some eagles gear is wrapped around the corner at modells in Clifton Heights with birds defensive tackle lane johnson set to fire up the super bowl hungry crowd and sign in autographs. I just feel like hes one of the just all around good guys. Doing things for the community. Even its great they actually push the nfl to give the proceeds from the underdog shirts to charity. Its those very underdog shirts that fans are snatching up like hot cakes. Mike mcfadden seize says hes been waiting in line since 2 00 p. M. And feels its worth every second. The energy is pumping. I mean, energy is great right now. We cant ask for any better season right now than we are right now. Reporter we got lane right here. Lane johnson signing autographs just got here to the modells in Clifton Heights. And the crowd just went nuts. The line as long as you saw well talk to him and also talk to more fans. Well be back at 10 00 oclock. Back to you. All right, thanks, dave. Philadelphia Police Commissioner richard ross says police are ready if theres any trouble during the super bowl celebrations. Speaking to fox 29 this afternoon, the commissioner encouraged people to have a good time but to keep the fun in check. Ross says he wont Reveal Police tactics but even more officers will be on the street on super bowl sunday and theyll also have some outside help. We will be out there. Weve got a significant plan. Were working in conjunction with other city agencies as well as some state and federal partners as we always do. We will do Everything Possible to keep this city safe. Property and people. Ross compared the event to when the city hosted the Democratic National convention in 2,016 saying officers will be ready if there is any trouble anywhere. Of course keep it right here on fox 29 news. Well have much more on the super bowl bound eagles cupping up in sports and tonight at 10 00 and 11 00. We are following breaking news for you right now out of north jersey the man accused of hiring a hit man to kill his wife was found dead in prison. Authorities believe dr. James kauffmans death is an apparent suicide. Lets get right over to Sabina Kuriakose in studio with the latest. Sabina . Report roar dawn sources say dr. Kauffman left behind suicide note. He died in that apparent suicide in his jail cell early this morning. Just want to make sure you can hear us clearly. Yes, i can. All right. Reporter stunning end to more than five year long saga. The Atlantic CountyProsecutors Office says the body of James Kauffman was found in the Hudson County jail. He had been moved there after receiving what prosecutors call credible death threats. Publish reports indicate kauffman used a bed sheet to take his own life while his cell mate was at a court appearance. I have one gun point doctor James Kauffman he has weapon. Drop the gun. Put the gun down. Reporter the 69 year old had been in custody since june standoff with authorities. Two weeks ago he was formally charged with 2012 murder of his wife radio host April Kauffman. Four others were also charged including members of the pagans motorcycle gang. Prosecutors say kauffman ran an illegal pill mill from his Atlantic County offices with the pagans. They allege he hired a hit man to kill his wife when she threatened to expose him during divorce proceedings. In statement, confirming his death, the Prosecutors Office says James Kauffman died in an apparent suicide on friday morning, january 26th, 2018. The investigation is continuing. We will have no further comment at this time April Kauffman was found shot inside the home she shared with her husband. We spoke with her daughter shortly after dr. Kauffman was charged. Right now in my heart im actually working on forgiveness. Reporter and kauffmans attorney ed jacobs tells me the last several years of investigation and searches by the police as well as the months held in custody took their toll on the doctor. Jacobs declined to speculate on circumstances of kauffmans death and says hes waiting on the results of the police investigation. Chris . All right sabina, thanks. Several students and teachers from a northeast Philadelphia School were taken to the hospital after strong fumes flooded their classroom. This happening in William Loesche elementary. Fox 29s Joanne Pileggi has the details. Reporter as a parent, you know what its like when you get that text or call that your kids school is being evacuated. Thats what happened today here in northeast philly when someone students got sick from fumes in the school. We were in the lunch room, and i dont know, we heard the bells and everyone started screaming and jumping out of their seats. And our janitor said like get them outside. Reporter some scary moments for students at loesche elementary on bustleton pike. The alarms were sounding and fire trucks and Emergency Personnel were everywhere. Philadelphia Fire Department was dispatched to this location for call of fumes. Apparently there were some children who were getting sick. So scary experience. I was so scared. I was almost crying they basically called us and told us there was an emergency evacuation. There was some funky smell. Very scary zig. We dont know what it is. Report roar Officials Say some students in a second grade class started to get sick and thats when they called the Fire Department and evacuated the school. We investigated and determined there were some children, few children who were sick that we actually had to take and transport to a local hospital. Reporter soon after the rest of that class, 26 students and four staff members, were also taken to the hospital for observation. I just ran and i said, i dont care. Im going to get my kid. Reporter parents rushed to the school to pick up their kids and eventually investigators determined the source of the fumes believed to be Carbon Monoxide were coming from a generator that was being used during repairs to the roof of the building. It appears some fumes came from that generator, um, and somehow got into the school and so that was determined as the cause. Reporter school Officials Say those students and staff are expected to be okay. The school is scheduled to reopen on monday. In northeast philly, Joanne Pileggi, fox 29 news. Turning your fox 29 Weather Authority, as we take a live look at a chilly old city on this friday night, but the good news is, we are in store for a warmup. Tell us more scott williams. Were ready. Absolutely, dawn. Well have to wait until the weekend temperatures will rebound into the 50s much but it was a seasonal friday. Temperatures in wilmington upper 30s for highs. Trenton around 40 degrees. We had 42 in reading along with philadelphia. About 2 degrees above the average for this time of year. Right now, its cold. 32 freezing in millville. 33 degrees in wilmington. We have 37 north and west toward the lehigh valley. So if youre headed out for your friday evening plans, bundle up. Overnight low temperatures around freezing philadelphia. Outlying suburbs will dip in the 20s. Temperatures tomorrow with winds out of the south and west 57 degrees. The pick of the two weekend days will be your saturday. Moving ahead to your sunday, were watching for some rainfall temperatures still in the low to mid 50s. So time out the sunday showers. Look at this. In the seven day forecast, a snow chance. Not one but maybe two chances. Back over to you. All right, scott, thanks. Check out this video of a truck that caught fire in Montgomery County in a parking garage. This happened near the intersection of east first avenue and fayette street in conshohocken around 12 30 this afternoon. Police tell us the fire may be connected to recent repair work on the truck. No other vehicles were involved. No one was injured, and no significant damage to the parking garage. Lets go to sky fox over the scene of an accident on hill to hill bridge in bethlehem. A car and a tractor collided near the end of the bridge around noon today. Earlier reports indicated someone may have died in that crash. The bridge was shut down in both directions while Police Worked to clean it up. New jersey governor mil phil murphy says he will roll back regulations from the Christie Administration that made it easier to carry hand guns. The requirement would now force residents to show urgent necessity to obtain a carry permit. Former governor Chris Christie had made it easier to get a gun when he broadened the states justifiable need requirement for residents who faced only serious and not specific threats. My position has been clear and unambiguous thats probably something we can say for loft us in many room. New jersey cannot and must not become part of the race to the bottom that were seeing array cross the country. There already are too many guns on our streets and simply adding more into the equation will not make us or our communities any safer. That change could take up to six months to go into effect. Coming up, congressman pat meehan not running for reelection. Now the question everyone is asking, what exactly does that mean for people who live in his district . 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Chris representative Patrick Meehan will finish his term and not stand for reelect but departure not the only change facing the seventh. Just how the boundaries are drawn are knot now in question. The quipped community of media Delaware CountyAffordable Housing with small restaurants and retailing win walking distance. Its the county seat and the heart of the seventh Congressional District now facing change on two fronts. With meehans decision to quit. The accusation was a surprise and the reaction what i expected him to do. The did he mice of meehans political career was swift. Saturdays bombshell he used tax dollars to settle a Sexual Harassment by a female aid placed his future on live support. But it was series of interviews on tuesday in which he called the woman his soulmate and seemed to shift blame. She opened the door to trust mow. It was her fault. Talk with meme its not her fault. Its not fault. Reporter that sang him. I have feelings that were generated in that ive said an attraction. Reporter did you have romantic feelings for this woman . I did not have romantic feelings. I was relationship that was a very professional relationship. Reporter protests followed the revelations and by thursday, the regions former top prosecutor said he wouldnt run again. He sees whats going on tv. Doesnt want his name run through the mud like everybody elses. So hes just backing out quietly. Reporter but now a ruling by the states highest court has thrown the makeup of the district itself in doubt. Pennsylvanias Congressional Districts are uncommon substitution al the court has found. Gerrymandered to benefit republicans and must be changed. The seventh has been called the most gerrymandered in the country all this forcing more upheaval on voters already reeling. He called her his soulmate. What did you think of that. Probably like most other people thought about it its ridiculous. Reporter in his Resignation Letter meehan expressed regret over the use of those words saul mate. He decided to stand down after speaking with his wife and three sons. Hes the focus still of House Ethics Committee investigation. Im jeff cole, fox 29 news. Students at Pollock Elementary School releasing balloons in memory of one their own. 11yearold jordan per should know passed away of Natural Causes a few days after christmas. Students and Family Gathering to release the balloons in memory of the sickth greater. The ceremony held to help students and staff of the school continue to heal. This gave the children here at the school an opportunity to do their goodbye to jordan. Jordan at a young age 11 years old had such a huge impact on so many people its almost up believable. Many said it looked mayest tick when the balloons went up in the air like stars going up into heaven. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority now. Lets take live look down the shore in cape may. Not a night to be outside down the shore tonight. But there is hope temperatures are going to warm up this weekend. Scott has all the details in the seven day forecast in 15 secon seconds. It was a chilly friday. But, yes, temperatures by the upcoming weekend will top out in the mid to upper 50s. And saturday will be the pick day of the upcoming weekend. Ultimate doppler right now were dry and quiet. But off to the west around parts of great lakes a little bit of moisture is gathering. That will be the front that will arrive saturday night into sunday to provide a little bit of rainfall across the area. Its chilly right now. 32 degrees in millville. 37 for philadelphia. Mid 30s in pottstown. 37 degrees in allentown. So temperatures for the overnight its. 32 degrees in philadelphia. Outlying suburbs will dip into the upper 20s. So a cold start to your saturday but winds will return more out of the south and west. So temperatures by noon look at this. 50 degrees. Were talking mid 50s by 2 00 in the afternoon. Get outdoors and enjoy the rain holds off until overnight saturday into at least the first part of your sunday. Well go hour boy hour. Heres midnight. You can see some of those showers moving in into early sunday morning. Pretty good Coverage Area wide. So just keep that in mine. Headed out to church services. Dodging some of those rain showers across the area. Well move nine, 10 00 oclock into the afternoon at least the early afternoon time frame were still looking at some leftover showers lingering for sections of the jersey shore. That Weather Authority seven day forecast showing temperatures rebounding 57 degrees the afternoon High Temperature for your saturday. Giving it a perfect ten. And then saturday night into sunday watching out for those early showers lingering into the first part of the day on sunday. Were talking about a quarter of an inch on average. And then monday temperatures in the mid 40s but monday night into tuesday a disturbance will rotate through and that will bring us the threat for some light snow. Watching for that on Tuesday Morning. It could impact the Early Morning commute. 30s for tuesday and wednesday. Upper 40s by thursday. And then look at friday. Groundhog day. Rain changing over to some potential snow. So lets talk about monday night into tuesday. The early call it looks like we could see maybe an inch to 2inches far north and west with this system that will kind of move through but once again that would likely impact Tuesday Morning commuters. Beyond that, cold for Super Bowl Weekend were looking at an arctic blast moving into minneapolis. High temperatures will likely be in the teens there. For us well liking be in the 30s. Sean, back over to you. Scott, again, we have another carson wentz update. Hear what he had to say about his recovery and what that means for this week. Plus tiger woods back in action. See which tiger decided to show carson wentz says hell be back and better than ever. Unfortunately that wont be for the super bowl. Today carson spoke for the First Time Since tearing his acl over a month ago against the rams. Hes no longer using cane. Doesnt have crutches. But he is wearing a brace on that left knee. So obviously he wont be able to play next sunday so his job over the next week and in the super bowl is to be a second pair of eyes to help nick foles any way he can and so far hes really loving what hes seeing. Just the way he stepped in. Hes been ready all season long, and, um, obviously, its stepping in in a situation like that. Its tough. Its tough. Obviously you dont get reps throughout the year. He didnt really have a preseason either dealing with the injury and everything. So im more than impressed how he stepped up and handled it and just be playing. Last game was unbelievable. Now to little bit of tiger woods. Personally i dont really care about woods any more. Call me when hes in contention in the fourth round of a major. But he still seems to be story. Alas of one cares about what hes doing. So here it is. Woods in the second round of the Farmers Insurance open. He shot an even par in the first round. Here he is on the 18th he needed a birdie to make the cut. Excuse me the ninth hole. The cut is one under its beautiful approach shot about a foot away from the cut. Hes able to tap that in for the birdie. So he makes the cut. Finishes at one under. To the Australian Open roger feather sorry not human. Hes just not. Federer only had to play two sets today young chunk retired with an injury after two sets. Federer has a chance to win his 20th grand slam at the age of 36. Which is unheard of. Now to the nba. All star game is a little bit different this year. Instead of occur fee and lebron james are the leading vote getter they get to pick who they won want on their team. Like a pick up game. Last night the list came out for some reason Russell Westbrook thought he was the last to get pick. Check out his reaction when he saw that wasnt exactly the ca case. Thats cool, man much thats good, man. Finally got the teams figure o out. Somebody bleep i was last pick on the list. I figured it was alphabetical. I told you, man. Alphabetical order, man. Of course i was first. [ laughter ] you see this is why you need to televise it. People want to see who lebron is going to pick. Last, you dont pick me last. Playground type stuff. Aww. Well that does it for us tonight at 6 00 oclock. Up next page sick followed by addition nation at 7 00. Stay tuned for tmz at 7 30. Were back again at 10 00 oclock. Well see you then. Right now on page six tv, who says matt lauer went down swinging in his final days at the today show . Its a page six exclusive. Just slapped with a Million Dollar lawsuit. When did tracy morgan decide it was his happy place . They were spotted chowing down on the same high calorie snack. What was it . People still talking about jlos infamous grammy dress. All the answers on page six tv. [cheering and applauding] welcome to page six tv. Im john fugelsang. These are todays top stories. For weeks we have given you an inside look into matt lauers shocking firing for what nbc called, quote, inappropriate sexual behavior. Now page six has more information on what nbc knew about matt lauers behavior before the firing as well as how he handled his final day on t