Im Rick Williams sara bloomquist is off. And philadelphia gearing up for an exciting weekend. And sunday is the nfc championship and a win could mean a chip to the super bowl of course. Many of you are getting ready for the big game. And we have live team coverage, Jeff Skversky is live at Nova Care Center where the team wrapped up the daily News Conference but lets start with Jeanette Reyes with everything you need to know. Reporter hi rick, the countdown is on, its just a couple of days away on sunday. And boy are fans excited. There is preparation on fans who are looking for celebrating a victory as well as Philadelphia Police and septa police that want to make sure all the celebrations are done in a safe way. We are going to win. Eagles all day. During the morning rush people were in a good mood and not just because its friday. Ready for the weekend. Ready. Hopefully they win. Im excited. Really excited. The nfc championship is less than 72 hours away and the anticipation is building. How do you feel about sunday . I feel optimistic i hope we get a win and the final game for the super bowl. I live down that way and i dont care about the people come and and i live at 18th street and its amazing. Diane could barely contain her excitement describing the sea of green blanketing south philly come sunday evening. You welcome the madness. I do. Will you join in on it . I will join in on it. The Wells Fargo Center m and n lots open at 11 30 and k, j and m at 1 00 p. M. And the other lots nast noon. Decorated my window this morning im ready. Septa is offering a discount fare for fans and round trip pass is on sale today and can be used to go to and from the game on the broad street line subway. And septa says the open container laws are in effect that day. And will be enforced. Channel 6 action news. Thank you. Philadelphia police are also gearing up for sundays game. And expect security to be tight inside and outside of the stadium and a plan in place in the event that the team wins and fans go crazy throughout the city with celebrations. Plenty of officers on hand to cover the hot spots and offices mobile to move if anything else crops up. And well have much more on security at the link and throughout the city coming up a little bit later at 12 30. Lets go to Jeff Skversky live at the nova center where eagles head coach, Doug Peterson spoke a few moments ago. Who thought we would be standing here talking about the eagles being only win way from going to the super bowl. How about eagles coach, Doug Peterson, that is who. In training cramp he talked about one of the greatest teams that ever played like the great teams in the 1990s like the Green Bay Packers teams he was a part of. Here we are sunday against the vikings, winner go to the super bowl. And peterson could be the third ever eagles coach to take the birds to superintendent bowl. Its a big one come sunday in the nfc championship game. And peterson and the eagles have to dominate at home and defend their turf and they have the most wins and allowed the fewest points and has to do it again against the vikings. What are petersons emotions going into the big game . Nothing really has to change, and at the end of the day its football and make sure my head is in the right spot. Im blocking out the noise like i tell the players to block it out and focused on my job and helping this Football Team try to win a football game. And you know i try not to get caught up in the magnitude of what the game means but at the same time when have you time away and can reflect on the season but where this team is. And the things we faced all year, it does kind of put it into perspective. Peterson says over the last two years he is wiser and smarter and his focus right now is winning the day. He is over at practice right now at lincoln financial field where they have just resided the surf and peterson is telling his players dont focus on sunday just yet. Focus on today winning practice and trying to keep things simple as the eagles are only a win away from going to the super bowl. Live in philadelphia, Jeff Skversky. Thank you. If you want to share your creative cheer or team spirit tag 6abcaction. And post the pictures or videos to our 6 abc facebook page. Well feature them as long as the birds keep their season alive. Hopefully that will be into next month. 6 abc is the source for eagles coverage. It kicks off tonight for the playoff Preview Party at 7 30 on channel 6 and live team could have been owl weekend long and then game day sunday, we kick off with live reports from the linc beginning at 6 00 a. M. And pregame coverage starts with action news at 5 00 p. M. And then join us at 10 00 for the extended coverage and we wrap it all up with live coverage at 11 00. Turning to the weather its a lot warmer at the linc for fans than it was lasmilder air movin hd showing you the scene from Philadelphia International airport at lunch time. Peeks of sunshine as temperatures are slowly but surely climbing into the 50s a long await the january thaw just in time for the weekend. More on the friday forecast, meteorologist, Melissa Magee, in for david murphy. Happy friday. Temperatures are climbing as we head into our weekend. Here is a nice picture. Sky 6 hd looking at the ben franklin bridge on this friday afternoon. We have sun and clouds and really dry conditions across the region, as we look at the weather headlines, plenty of sunshine and milder on our friday. A warming trend is on the way into the weekend and we have a preview of what to expect for the temperatures at the eagles game at the linc come in philadelphia 41. 36 in lancaster and 34 in allentown and dover 46 and 40 degrees in beach haven. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing you a mostly clear sky and a few high, thin clouds starting to drift across the region and High Pressure is dominating for the rest of today. And if you travel tonight 4 00 p. M. A temperature of 41 and still sunshine and then clear at 5 00 p. M. , 39. And upper 30s at 4 00 and 6 00 p. M. I should say. And well talk about the warming trend, yesterdays high only 36 and today 43. Average for us is 40, so well above that today. Look at the numbers though as we head into the weekend. Saturday a high of 53 and on sunday for eagles game day sunday a temperature of 50. We have more details and let you know how long the warming trend sticks around in the accuweather forecast. Thank you. In other news right now firefighters are on the scene of a blaze in philadelphias frankford section. Chopper 6 hd flew over the scene, you see white smoke pouring outs of the home and there are more than four dozen firefighters at the scene along with the red cross and peco is temporarily cutting power to other homes on the block. To injuries are reported. A pregnant woman was among the victims of a shooting in north philadelphia. Shots rang out at ella street and indiana avenue. The 21yearold woman was shot in the arm and rush ared to the hospital along with a 34yearold man shot in the leg and both were then transferred to temple hospital in stable condition. And Police Charged Ricky Torres Martinez with the murder of his girlfriend. Officers were called to the 5900 block in Oxford Circle thursday afternoon and they found 25yearold dead. She suffered wounds to her chest and neck. Police have not released a motive for the crime. One of the former stars of the jersey shore is scheduled to appear in court. Michael sorentino better known as, the situation. He and his brother worcharged in 2014 and again last year with multiple counts related to 9 million in income from the show. There is more ahead on action news at noon. Former fbi director jim comey landed a new job and details on the College Course he is teaching this spring at his alma mater. And next washington, lawmakers have less than 12 hours to come to an agreement or the government will shut down. We have the latest. And meteorologist, Melissa Magee, is back with a look at the sevenday forecast from accuweather. In just hours the federal government could shut down if congress doesnt act. Lawmakers on both side are playing the blame game as talks on immigration stall. A Ripple Effect like no Social Security checks and federal workers off the job and no pay for military members. Kenneth moton has the latest from washington. Democrat Leader Senate showdown. Lawmakers pointing fingers hours before a possible government shut down. Holding the entire country hostage until we pass an immigration bill they havent even written yet. Shame on the majority part, the republicans for saying that is the best they can do. We can do better. President trump tweeting this morning, democrats want illegal immigration and weak borders. Shut down coming we need more republican victories in 2018. And they held an Early Morning press briefing. He called both bipartisan members and is lead on this issue. The one month deal to fund the government passed the house last night. Without a fix for 800,000 immigrants, the dreamers. Senate democrats dont oppose anything in this bill just holding it hostage for a deal on a completely unrelated issue. But not every republican senator is on board. There is a bipartisan bill on the table but President Trump reject tropical disturbance. You need to be the president of all of us. There is a time to fight and there is a time to deal. Its time to deal. If the government shuts down, 800,000 federal employees will be off the job and no paychecks and Service Members would not get paid but Central Military operations will continue. Kenneth moton abc news washington. Vice president mike pence is expected to leave late this evening for the middle east and meets with leaders in egypt, jordan and israel. The first big trip since the United States recognized jerusalem as israels capital and move the embassy from tel aviv. And it could stall any prospects of a peace deal. Former fbi director, jim comey, will take a course of Ethical Leadership at his alma mater, williams and mary. He will coteach the course in spring and summer of 2018 and 2019. The administration cited comeys handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation as the reason for his termination. Coming up at noon, the family of an 8yearold is dealing with heart ache as they lose their little one to the flu. And a new study finds concussions are not the reason behind cte. Well be right back. Turning to health check at noon. A warning for parents of young athlete, a new study finds that repeated hits to the head will find cte even if there is no concussion. Researchers of Boston University compared three brains of athletes with cte and athletes with no evidence of the condition. The results are ground break, the recent injuries played a small role. Smaller hits also played a role in the crippling brain disease. There is injuries that can occur. And it triggers a neuro degenerative disease in some cases and we dont know in what circumstances. Coming up at 12 30 well hear from the family of a former penn football star that they were stunned to learn that he suffered from cte. The deadly flu epidemic making its way around the country claimed the life of a third grader in alabama. Janea was rushed to the hospital on tuesday with a high fever and she died later that night. Some schools are shutting down to protect students and teachers the outbreak. And in san antonio they called in a cleaning crew to keep the business flu free. Doctors warn that it may take two flu tests before the virus is confirmed. The Action News Team is work on news stories for today at 4 00. Alicia vitarelli is live in the newsroom. Reporter happy friday. The big question what is better than pizza and root beer . Free pf the things you can get for 100 off coming newspaper freebie friday today. And also in todays show, talk about acall. A bus full of passengers narrowly avoids disaster by stopping seconds before a landslide crushed the vehicle why the driver said he knew something was wrong. And pick up the phone your dog is calling you. Yes, its true. Well tell you how pet chats work today in big talkers. A lot of people feel like they already do talk to their pets and now they can ring you. As long as they pay for their own bill that is all that matters. All right well take a quick break and the accuweather forecast when we come right back. 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Meteorologist, Melissa Magee is back now with another check of the accuweather forecast. And finally a january thaw. One that sticks around and we had one last friday when it was raining and it was mild. This one is lasting longer. Stormtracker 6 live double scan raider you see that it is dry and no issues with precipitation and numbers are climbing into the weekend. Here is the picture outside. Sky 6 hd. We are looking down the parkway and you can see the flags kind of gently blowing in the wind and a bit a breeze we are dealing with now and calm conditions and it stays dry with High Pressure in control. Right now in philadelphia. We are above average coming in at 41 in the city. 34 for allentown and 26 in the poconos, we have a westerly wind there in dover climbing up to 46 and 44 in Atlantic City and 42 in wilmington. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing you a mostly clear skies and a few high thin clouds drifting through and High Pressure is dominating and we stay quiet for the rest of the afternoon. The call from accuweather today. Clouds and sun and it will be seasonable. And High Temperature coming in at 43, if we hit that that is 3 degrees above the average of 40, a westerly wind at 6 to 12 miles per hour. Overnight tonight its mostly clear and chilly and dipping down to 24 in the suburbs and 29 in philadelphia for the low and southwesterly wind moves on in at 17 miles per hour. And any time we talk bay southwesterly win temperatures are milder as we head into our weekend. In fact here is the warming trend on the way. High pressure situated to the sound and winds come in from a southwesterly direction up over that ridge of High Pressure so the warmer air works its way into much of the eastern half of the u. S. This weekend when call tore temperatures more than 10 degrees above average especially as we get into saturday. And then fast forward into sunday. Specifically sunday evening its all about the eagles at the linc as we take on the vikings, a west to southwesterly win 3 to 6 miles per hour. The First Quarter 46 and on sunday we call for a high of 50 but by 6 40 in the evening temperatures are fall back down into the 40s. Fourth quarter a number of 42s and a light sweater and jacket is needed dont need to bundle up like last weekend for the eagles game. Here is the exclusive accuweather forecast sunny today and not as cold. High temperature of 43 and 13 degrees above average tomorrow. With a high coming in at 53. Sunshine around on sunday and its a cloudy day and still mild on sunday. A High Temperature coming in at 50. Damp and cloudy on monday in at 49 for the high and then the pattern switches around and stays mild. Periods of rain move in on tuesday with a High Temperature of 54 and wednesday turning cooler with a high of 42. And then on thursday, we have a mostly sunny skies and high of 40. We have a nice stretch on the way and beautiful today and even tomorrow afternoon this thaw is last can longer than it did last week. And sundays game looks pleasant too. We are quited about that . More ahead in the next half hour of action news at 12 30. As we get closer to the Royal Wedding we learn more about the big day. And now the breakfast and lunch in a jar of Alicia Vitarelli will show us how a local company is bottling up healthy meals for people on the go. Coming up next. I was out here smoking instead of being there for my sons winning shot. That was it for me. Thats why im quitting with nicorette. Only nicorette mini has a patented fast dissolving formula. It starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. Needs a great how. Action news at 12 30 continues. With Rick Williams and sara bloomquist and david murphy. Welcome back our big story once again sunday. The day and place the linc. Philadelphia taking on the vikings here. And we are just two days and six hours away. Im Rick Williams and sara bloomquist is off. And there is excitement for the matchup but Philadelphia Police are taking this huge moment for the city seriously. They have a plan in place to keep the fans and City Residents and the officers themselves safe if the crowd gets out of hand sunday night. And sundays game is not the only big event happening this weekend. Vernon odom is live now with more on that story. Reporter good afternoon rick. I begin with the womens march on the ben franklin parkway. Tomorrow starting in the morning. More than 50,000 demonstrators expected for many hours of rallying and demonstrations and speech making. Ben franklin parkway is ready for tomorrows womens march. Coming one year after President Trumps inauguration. An estimated 5 million demonstrators marched across the globe includinging here in philadelphia. Its Family Friendly and we had over 50,000 participants this year and expect more this year. Police are tweaking their coverage this time. Side streets leading to the parkway will be blocked off from 18th to 25th with man
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