Transcripts For WPVI Action News Weekend 7AM 20180120 : vima

Transcripts For WPVI Action News Weekend 7AM 20180120

Looking over center city skyline, chris sowers outside tracking the forecast for the weekend and the big game. Reporter its going to feel nice, gray, ill give you one more week, i want the warm weather out here and the cold to come back. For the divisional round temperatures were in the 20s enthe windchills in the teens. For the nfc championship game, temperatures in the mid 40s. Huge, huge change as the pattern turns. Were seeing a january thaw. Look at the temperatures, 41 in pottstown. Low 40s showing up to the south getting into long wood, kirkwood and media. Claymont is 40. Glassboro, 35. Smyrna, 33. Hammonton, 32. Vineland 33, well have sunshine out here, as well, satellite and radar a little bit of cloud cover to the north getting across the catskills and upstate new york and scranton. Everybody is waking up to Clear Conditions. Thats how it will stay today. Mostly sunny skies. Clouds mixed in from time to time, a very mild high of 56. The only downfall of that 56 is this right here. Winds picking up out of the west southwest 20 Miles Per Hour. It will feel like the 40s, so we have a little bit of a windchill. Listen, 48 degrees for the windchill we can certainly handle that considering how bitter it has been this month up to this point. Today is the first day of several days consecutively that will be in the 50s, ill be back along in just a few minutes, ill have the crazy mild numbers in the sevenday forecast. Well talk about how long the warm spell will last. There are signs it will last through the first four or five days of february. Looking good in the short term. Eagles head coach Doug Peterson has been busy getting the birds ready to face the vikings. The coach says they are ready for the nfc championship game, the field at the linc is being resodded for the big game. Fans are preparing for the up and down pandemonium when the eagles win tomorrow night. Dann cuellar has more on the preparations to insure your safety. Reporter there is a vibe in the city that we have not seen in sometime. The city is pumped theres a connection that is universal. Its focused on the eagles winning on sunday. Philadelphia police get that, they want everybody to be safe. Go birds, eagles reporter thats the vibe all over town going into the weekend. The city bleeds green. Are you feeling the vibe tell me that. Ive been he feeling the vibe since the beginning of season. Im feeling the energy. Its going to be great. I know the eagles are going to the super bowl. Really . Im confident. Reporter at the vegan commissary on wolf near broad they were stirring the sauce for the game day. Were doing chilly cheese dogs for the eagles underdogs. Reporter meanwhile, the concern for Philadelphia Police will the eagles win ignite celebration like this after the phillies won the world series. They will have a presence at historic hot spots like frankford and cottman and south street. Police say no stupid behavior will be permitted. Dont damage property or hurt yourself. Reporter there will be no parking from local barred lumbard to oregon on south broad street. I dont think it will be bad. Reporter you adjust. Especially in south philly were used to it. Reporter the countdown is on, have fun be be safe and go eagles. In south philadelphia, dann cuellar channel 6 action news. Of course tailgating is a favorite pastime for eagles fans, if youre one of the tens of thousands who plan to head to the linc, the party gets started at fdr park at 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Parking lots for tailgaters will open at 11 00 a. M. At the wells fargo center. Halfhour later its the mn and p lots at the linc. Q through x lots open at Citizens Bank park. Getting to the game is easier thanks to septa. The agency is offering a gameday discount. You can purchase a 4dollar pass that gets you to and from the game on the broad street line. There will be added cars on the trains and run more frequently. Patco is expanding their weekend schedule. We have been celebrating the eagles playoff run and you have been sharing your pick picturesf birdsese spirit. We continue to ask you to show us your love. Send us the pictures and videos use the 6abcaction and then look for them at 6abc. Com. Action news gameday coverage kicks off at 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning with Live Team Coverage. Be sure to join us with the pregame action at 5 00 well be back with postgame reports as the final whistle blows and action news at 10 00 p. M. On channel 6 it wraps up with extended live eagles coverage on action news sports sunday. The Action News Morning Team will have an early start 4 00 a. M. , monday morning, matt, tam, david, karen, they will be here with reaction across the tristate area as the region, hopefully starts to preparing for the super bowl. The federal government shut down at midnight after lawmakers failed to pass a budget. Both the house and the senate are expected back at the capitol to work on a short Term Extension. Senate democrats are looking for protection for the dacca program. Republicans blame the democrats for not passing a short Term Extension that would keep the government open until february. Well have more in the next halfhour. Happening today, thousands will take part in the womens march in philadelphia. The Benjamin Franklin parkway just closed to traffic in anticipation of this event to focus on the march is registering voters and sparking antitrump resistance, the march beginning at 11 00. More than 100,000 people marched in washington, d. C. Yesterday for the 45th annual march of life. President trump became the first president to address that rally by a video feed. The annual event is held every year on or near the anniversary of roe versus wade, the Supreme Court Decision Making abortion legal in american. The president declared january 19 National Sanctity of life day and plans to push an antiabortion agenda from the white house. Flags will fly at half staff across the commonwealth of pennsylvania in honor of pennsylvania marshall Christopher Hill who was shot in harrisburg trying to execute a warrant for a fugitive. Governor wolf ordered that the flags remain at half staff until hill is laid to rest. Funeral arrangesments have not been announced. Placing his bets on the home team. We have details on the bet pennsylvania governor made with his minnesota counterpart for the huge game. Potholes everywhere, details on how to let officials know where they are. Reporter temperatures will moderate over the neck few days. We managed a comfortable high yesterday of 46 degrees. Today we bump it up ten, 56 degrees, we could be in the 50s for several days consecutive. Ill let you know how long the mild weather lasts in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Unlike ordinary toothpaste, Colgate Total fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, cheeks and gums. Giving you the confidence of a healthier mouth. Colgate total. Be totally ready for life. How do they clean the toilet, grin at it . laughs stop laughing. The stomach flu is not funny. Get a cleaner with bleach in it. Good, you can smile now. Clorox means clean. Morning, 7 11 a. M. , one person is dead after flames consumed a home in the lehigh valley. It happened on the 3700 block of iron stone road in bethlehem about 9 00 p. M. The flames were so intense firefighters had to back off and take defense issue position. A sinkhole is wreaking havoc for neighborhoods in philadelphia. This enormous sinkhole is keeping crews busy. It opened up on the 2200 knock of tagart street near knorr street. Officials say drivers can call toll free to report potholes, 1800fix road or click on the penndot website and click on submitting roadway feedback. Be specific as possible about the location. Penndot will plan and address roadway concerns as the weather conditions allow. Speaking of weather all the potholes are a result of the weather. Reporter i think i hit every single one of them. Lets get you to the eagles forecast. I make up my own words. We have mild weather to talk about here, vikings taking on the eagles tomorrow. Look at the temperature for this game. Last week we were in the 20s, windchills in the teens. The high 52. Game Time Temperature 6 00 p. M. , 46. Well have a light breeze out of the South Southwest 4 to 6 Miles Per Hour of very, very comfortable for the birds. 33 degrees. One degree above freezing. Dewpoint, 21. Winds out of the west southwest at 11 Miles Per Hour. Thats giving us a windchill of 24. Its brisk out there this morning. This temperature will climb during the late Morning Hours into the first part of the afternoon. We wont have much of a windchill to deal with later on. Numbers are very, very mild considering time of the day. 40 in kirkwood and long wood. 4 is in media and pots. Lake harmony, 33. Warminster, 36. Glass born grass borough, 35. Hammonton, 31. Vineland, 33. Satellite and radar showing cloud cover to the north, mainly Clear Conditions over the immediate philadelphia area. It should be a nice looking day, mostly sunny skies, clouds mixed in from time to time. Thats it. Frontal system you can see this streak thats a line of clouds thats where the stationary front sits it will lift to the north over the next couple of days. This is mild air trapped underneath of it. So mild, its 60 degrees in dallas. Well see highs in the 70s there today. This area which has been bitter cold compared to averages will enjoy the next three to five days. Its nice and mild, thing of this as a door opening a door to all this mild air. You get behind this line you get into southern canada its cold. Temperatures in the Single Digits and teens up here. All that cold air is staying there. Sunday the front tries to sneak in through the back door so to speak, but it gets as far south as syracuse and albany. It lifts back north. Increases clouds tomorrow, but dry. 56 degrees and breezy, the whole day nice looking day. Lunch time, 49. 2 00 p. M. , 53. 4 00 p. M. , 55 degrees, breezy out there. Overnighter tonight 31 degrees outlying suburbs, 34 for center city. Lets walk you through tomorrow. 1 00 p. M. For the tailgaters. 50 degrees. 3 30 p. M. , 51 and 6 30 p. M. , game Time Temperature around 46 degrees by the 4th quarter as youre driving home, 44 degrees, very, very mild. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, even the cool down is not that bad. 56 degrees today. Clouds and sun tomorrow, 52. Drizzle late on monday, lots of clouds 51. Morning rain tuesday, balmy 56. Theres the cool down, 43, 41, and 44. Gray. Okay, chris you finally did something right over there. Opioid addiction has become a crisis of epidemic proportion. In the art of aging, him at that tam meets a man who beated addiction and is helping others. Reporter gary has been clean and sober for more than 35 years. I talked to a lady the other night who lost her sons in one night. Reporter on his weekly radio show he is committed to help people battle their addiction. I take recovery very, very seriously, i give back as much as i can because so much has been given to me. Reporter his callers and guests know the human cost of drug abuse. When i get going im in my addiction, my all consuming thing is getting another bag. Tony luke lost his son to a heroin controversy dose and launched a Media Campaign brown and white to create awareness between survivors and the public. Gary is an example you can make it. He was there he was in it and pulled himself out. Reporter the 64yearold sits on the board of Pennsylvania Council of drug and alcohol abuse. My program is very simple. I dont use its nonnegotiatable. I tried to do the best i can each day. Reporter ess uses he uses his clean and Sober Program to connect with others. They dont pretend to have all the answers, but they have one thing working for them. Its the hope and anticipation that i am helping people. And i think i am, which is really cool. Reporter Tamala Edwards channel 6 action news. And join us on tuesday night at 7 30 p. M. For a closer look at addiction its the action news special the Opioid Crisis on the home front presented by Recovery Centers of america. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. 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Yeah girl, 13 grams of protein. 90 calories. Yaaasssss loudspeaker cleanup in the dairy aisle. Were the new light fit greek nonfat yogurt with zero artificial sweeteners. Come and get us. Back everyone, forecast for today looking nice, jersey shore ton of sunshine. Up to 51 at the shore. Philadelphia, 56. Poconos, 43 partly sunny. Clouds will thin out later on. Water vapor shot notice the direction the clouds are moving, they are moving southwest to northeast. In order to get cold in here, they would have to move north to south opening the door to arctic air. The pattern is changed southern branch. Jet is getting involved that means everybody in the lower 48 will enjoy mild temperatures. Today, 56. Tomorrow, 52. Monday, 51. If i could extend this out to tuesday, even tuesday looks really, really mild with another high of 56 degrees. Thats at least four days in a row were in the 50s. Then it will cool down a little bit by the middle of next week. Even those temperatures are above seasonal averages. Well take it. Dont seem so happy, chris. Were just a day away from the big game. Game . What game. Sports were talking about the nfc championship. One more day we could be going to the super bowl. Eagles prepare for the battle, heres action news sports director, ducis rogers. Reporter the only thing thats important is having the eagles put fort their best effort that will get them back to the super bowl. They practiced at the linc in preparation for the championship game against minnesota being this close to one of the biggest games of their career, the birds explain what are there emotions are. I got to make sure that, you know, my head is in the right spot. Im blocking out the noise just like im telling the players to block it out. Im focused on my job and helping the Football Team try to win a football game. Emotions are running high its a great time of the year. Its a great opportunity for the players, the organization. Im excited an opportunity to go out with these guys, one more time its a blessing, great week of work. Nighttime game sunday in the link against minnesota this is why you play the game and dream about as a kid. Last night last night we hosted a special at chickee and petes to preview the game. I asked ron gentleman wore jaworski if he is okay with the underdog role. The eagles are a better team than the Minnesota Vikings. I want this team to come out cocky and confident and arrogant because they are the better team, start fast. Reporter Minnesota Vikings path goes through the link, a place that will be hostile. Im expecting it to be crazy. Were communicating right now to make sure we dont have to communicate or if we do, were on the same page during the game. I wont hear much they wont hear me. Do a lot of things. Eagles and vikings tomorrow 6 40 p. M. At the linc. Im ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific weekend. There are big wagers being made for the big game. Tom wolf made a friendly bet with the minnesota counterpart. The victor will get a sweet treat from the loser state. Governor wolf will send the govern five pound of tastykakes. And five pounds of the salted nut rolls from minnesota. Well have more on action news saturday morning coming up next. Well see you after the break. Lincoln financial field is ready to go. The nfc championship game happens tomorrow night. A win will send the eagles to the super bowl. Also one brave fan action news found a minnesota fan in eagles territory. What . I know. If youre heading to the game, you will not need a winter coat, good news depending on who you are. Were enjoying a weekend warmup.

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