Jay says. We do this. This is our job. We do it every day and this work week the practices that we put in throughout the week that allow us to just go out on sundays and feel calm and comfortable with the game plan that we have and so thats really what its all about. Reporter they really have been keeping it loose ducis. Ive been in the locker room all week. Theyre shooting hoops in there, theyre making fun of each other theres dog masks flying around. You dont feel the pressure of the situation. Reporter and that is a great sign. It wasnt just in the atlanta game theyve been that way all season long, a lot of loose talk in the locker room. Ive got a good feeling about this game, jamie. You go. Reporter ive got a really good feeling about this. Well talk more about it coming up in little bit later. For jaime apody im Ducis Rodgers live in south philadelphia channel6 action news. Back to you guys. We like hearing that. Getting to and from the game whether by car or by septa will be different if you are opting drive to the linc you should be prepared for some road closures and some delays. Now, if youre going to use septa the subway or the bus the Transit Agency says it is adding Additional Service to and from the stadium. Septa and patco offering folks an incentive to take Public Transportation with a game day discount. Starting today you can purchase a four dollars pass to get you to and from the game on the broad street line and for anyone in south jersey, patco has expanded its hours for both saturday and sunday. Well, whether youre at the stadium or in the city eagles fans will be everywhere and Philadelphia Police also say they are ready to maintain peace while folks have fun this weekend. Vernon odom live at Police Headquarters with more on the plans. Hi, vernon. Reporter hi, monica and to you rick, Law Enforcement says tonight they are ready for a big weekend of keeping every wasnt safe during all that is on tap here in philadelphia this weekend. Their game plan is set. Could an eagles win sunday night trigger spontaneous large scale street celebrations like this one the night the phillies won the world series in 08. Maybe, maybe not. It is after all the ticket to the super bowl, not the lombardi trophy yet but police are prepared for whatever happens sunday night. Our Patrol Bureau has a plan set up for the rest of the city. We have 21 districts. We had each of our 21 captains, the captains of those districts identify hot spots, their historical locations where people come out to celebrate when one of our sports teams wins. Reporter police say extra officers will be on duty with many more on stand by if needed. The brass says theyve learned a lot since the 08 experience. This was before after all social media became as powerful as it is now. Another factor, they must now take into account. Street parking will be prohibited on South Broad Street from south street to the stadium from 2 00 p. M. Sunday to 3 00 monday morning. No together but individual officers will have the discretion to ticket or not. Septa Police Always busy with at least 15,000 extra riders on eagles game days are ready for even larger ridership this time. Before and after the game. Youre going to see a large visible presence. Reporter its going to be a busy weekend. The massive womens march on the ben franklin parkway kicks off at 10 00 tomorrow morning. Thousands are expected just as they join 5 million across the globe in the wake of President Trumps inauguration a year ago. Crossing streets from 18th to 25th will be blocked off expected to go well into the late afternoon. The nice event its Family Friendly but it draws a huge crowd. We had over 50,000 participants last year. We expect more this year. Reporter rick, monica, one other point tonight the head of Homeland Security for the Philadelphia Police force says there are no Credible Threats or terrorist attacks here in the city of philadelphia. Im vernon odom, channel6 action news live at Police Headquarters in center city. All right, thank you vernon. Well, whats a great Football Party without great food . And eagles fans are known to throw a pretty awesome shindig. Action news was out and about at the Grocery Stores to see what folks were picking up. Lots of cakes cookies and treats all adorned with eagles green. And it looks like tailgaters fans and players have pretty decent weather this weekend, too. Meteorologist Melissa Magee who is in for cecily tonight has the action news forecast for us from the Weather Center. Hey, melissa. Hi rick. Yeah, these numbers will keep on climbing as we head into the weekend so we can say were on our way up. On wednesday we had a High Temperature of 33. Yesterdays high just 36. And today in philadelphia coming in at 46 degrees, so its 10 degrees milder this afternoon than it was just yesterday. Right now you can see all of that warmth along the i95 corridor from philadelphia down to washington, d. C. Still holding at 52 in richmond, virginia and 50 in roanoke virginia. So with High Pressure in control, you could see that on satellite6 along with action radar weve got a mostly clear sky across much of the eastern half of the u. S. And no wet weather is heading our way. At least for the next two days. Well show you whats going on with the eagles forecast on sunday. 6 40 in the evening its rather cloudy. Weve got a southwesterly wind but that First Quarter temperature coming in at 44 degrees. Its still nice and mild and as we get into the Fourth Quarter weve got a number coming in at 42 degrees. So, you certainly need a layer but it will not be as cold this go round at the linc as it was just last weekend. So, weve got more details on the eagles forecast and what we can expect for the rest of our weekend. Details coming up with the accuweather 7day, guys. Sounds good. Thanks melissa. Action news of course your source for eagles coverage all this weekend. It kicks off tonight with our playoff Preview Party at 7 30 right here on channel6. We will have Live Team Coverage all weekend. Sunday morning start your eagles game day with live reports from the linc on action news weekend at 6 00 a. M. Then tune in for the pregame on action news at 5 00 p. M. And live postgame coverage as well as soon as that final whistle blows followed by action news at 11 00. And of course well wrap it all up with extended live eagles coverage on action news sports sunday. And then wake up with action news early monday morning. Matt, tam, david and karen will be on 4 00 a. M. With a complete recap and reaction from across the tristate area. In other news there is a new top prosecutor in Delaware County tonight. Cat copeland sworn in as the new da. Miss copeland was appointed following jack whelans election to the the court of common pleas. She graduated from bryn mawr and temples Beasley School of law and she spent the past 20 years as a prosecutor in our area. Time for a check of all right action news traffic report friday night. Lets take it live to matt pelman. Welcome back matt. Thanks. Nice to be back with you guys. I wish i was back with some better news though monica and rick here in plymouth meeting. Getting word of a crash on the southbound side of 476, the northeast extension approaching the midcounty toll plaza and just obscured by the sign here is an overturned vehicle in the ez pass lanes. You can see traffic barely squeezing by on the left side but there is a tow truck out here and police are out here with this overturned vehicle crash that just happened on the southbound side of 476 approaching the toll plaza. Northbounds also slow getting on the west west east west turnpike but the earlier overturned truck is long gone. Slow speeds on the schuylkill and 95 its a friday afternoon. We expect this. Just 11 Miles Per Hour eastbound on 76 near girard avenue. And on 95 coming out of berks county to mercer county, still a really big jam because of emergency construction on the new jersey side just off the scudder falls bridge. Its jammed southbound too with sun glare. Bottom line i would avoid it. Head for route one or the pennsylvania turnpike instead n Camden County a whole bunch of issues. Theres a crash on 38 eastbound near cuthbert boulevard. Water main break in pennsauken. Crash on 70. Weve got lots to watch and well do it again, rick and monica in the next half hour. Good. Thanks matt. Much more still ahead on action news this evening. Countdown to the shutdown. The government will officially run out of money in less than seven hours what that means for you particularly if youre battling the flu right now. And a bunch of young birds fans showed their pride by sporting green and white today. Well take you to a lively party in montgomery county. And as we head to break more of your eagles fan photos. Keep on sending them in. We cant get enough. Upload them to our Facebook Instagram or twitter pages using the 6abcaction. The Supreme Court will now decide if President Trumps travel ban is legal. Today the high court agreed to hear the case of the policy banning entry by residents of six majority muslim countries. The president says americas security is at stake. Opponents say america was built on immigrant energy. Lower courts have repeatedly blocked it though. The justices will hear arguments in april and will issue their ruling in june. Meanwhile we are less than seven hours from a complete Government Shutdown. If republicans and democrats cannot reach a deal to fund various programs. It does appear both sides are talking but so far no agreement. Ab cs Kenneth Moton live in washington, d. C. President trump and Chuck Schumer spent an hour together. The showdown to keep the government. What has been shoe hard is an insistence that we deal with an ilLegal Immigration issue. Senate democratic leader Chuck Schumer summoned to the white house by President Trump the fight over a one month spending bill thats already passed the house with no fix for the dreamers. We made some progress but we still have a good number of disagreements. The discussions will continue. The blame game in all effect. From President Trump no response at shouted questions in the rose garden. He and republicans in charge but accusing the democrats of holding the country hostage over those 800,000 young immigrants. Our position is we want the dream act. We know our responsibility to secure our borders. But trump rejected the immigration deal on the table. The president tweeting this morning democrats want a Legal Immigration and weak borders. Shutdown coming. We need more republican victories in 2018. Theres no way you can lay this at the feet of the president of the united states. Hes actively working to try to get a deal. New abc Washington Post poll finds 48 percent of americans will blame trump and the gop for the shutdown versus the democrats. The last time one party held all the offices the president the house and the senate and a shutdown occurred was in the 70s with jimmy carter and that historical president s where jimmy carter ended up losing the presidency in 1988 is not a good precedent. The Trump Administration has put several departments and agencies on notice advising them to reviews their contingency plans for a shutdown. Reporting live in washington Kenneth Moton channel6 action news. Thank you kenneth. Turning to health check a Government Shutdown would affect some federal Health Services and that could mean suspending the cdc blew flu program in the middle of an outbreak. Hi ali. Information from the cdc is vital to track the virus. Its how we first found out where the virus started this season, where its peaking and what that means for our area. A Government Shutdown could affect how Healthcare Providers handle the epidemic. Shortly after the holiday season, after lots of travel and snow and frigid temperatures kept people inside close together, thats when we started to see a spike in flu activity in our area. But judging from data from the cdc, we could tell the virus was coming. Hospitals in other states saw spikes earlier with Emergency Rooms overwhelmed. The predominant strain is the h3n2. It can be especially dangerous. And not just for the sick or elderly, but also kids and healthy adults. This morning news spread from alabama. A third grader there, zane moen was rushed to the hospital with a high fever and flu like symptoms. She died that night. Do not try to guess and treat yourself at home because in some rare cases, god forbid it might cause someones life. Reporter Officials Say so far this flu season is moderately severe. But its the worst weve seen since the 20092010 outbreak of h1n1. If the from government shuts down many workers at the cdc will be furloughed. The agency likely wont be able to support its full annual influenza program. State Health Departments will still track the virus reported illnesses and deaths but information shared state to state will be affected. Decisions regarding the vaccine supply and shipments of antivirals like tamiflu could also take a hit. So right now there are a lot of unknowns. The cdc typically collects all the information from the states and that gives us a better idea about the virus. Officials there also track when the virus peaks, which it has not yet. They do have a contingency plan in place if there is a Government Shutdown. The cdc would keep about 37 percent of its employees working. But keep in mind they would be spread out to cover several different programs so we could be getting information slower if that happens. Rick and monica. Thank you ali. Thanks ali. Eagles, eagles all right, back to our eagles coverage. These kids in ambler are proud to be eagles fans tonight. Everyone at twin springs farm day school wore their eagles green while gathering to sing the fight song. Lets take a live look south philadelphia chickies and petes where action news is hosting our playoff Preview Party in just about two hours from now. Coming up at 7 30 you can head on down for the fun as we preview the big game sunday night. You can see it right here on 6abc at 7 30. Fans are getting a mid winter me up. Motorsports expo got under way this afternoon. 250 race cars under one roof from nascar and indy racers to midgets and modifieds. The event runs tonight through sunday in oaks montgomery county. There was an intense competition today among children in Spring Garden using their skills in scrabble. This is the annual scrabble winter classic. More than 200 students in k through 12th grades took part and prizes were given to the highest scoring games and the highest scoring words. Some of the kids in the competition will take part in the north american Hasbro Gaming championships in philadelphia in april. All right. Well, eagles fans may end up in other parts of the country even the world but they never stop loving the birds. This photo was sent to us from Sergeant John theyre eagles fans. Theyre currently away on deployment. Hopefully theyll be able to watch the game somewhere sunday night. 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. New tv, new speakers, netflix. This is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. Is it, ladies . Dont get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. D, but you still dont have fios. Ok . Fios is a 100 fiberoptic network, literally engineered for streaming. Good advice. Ive also got some ideas on a better cereal selection, which i will keep to myself. Experience netflix on the 100 fiberoptic network made for streaming. Switch to fios and get a year of netflix on us with a twoyear agreement. Time for that all important accuweather forecast and Melissa Magee here for cecily to tell us if its going to be perfect for the game. Yeah, i think weve got really nice conditions. Good. Temperatures will be pretty mild for this time of year so well get over and talk about the details as we walk over to the Weather Center and show you whats going on on sunday at the linc. Kickoff is at 6 40 in the evening and as we get into the 6 oclock hour weve got a number coming in at 44 degrees on sunday. Lots of clouds around and you will notice more in the way of cloud cover as we go throughout our sunday afternoon but 10 oclock on sunday night, weve got a mostly cloudy sky and a temperature coming in at 42, so some extra layers will be needed with that wind out of the southwest at three to 6 Miles Per Hour. All in all its fairly calm f