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WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 4A January 15, 2018

Two, sounds like a count down or binge get but it is wind chill map there, everybody in the Single Digits, so dress for that and anticipate, a clipper system heading our way tomorrow into wednesday, we will talk about that, a little bit more in department coming up as well but to get you ready for today 32 degrees our High Temperature, a child monday but significant, the days are getting longer, sunset time is 5 01, thomas, something to look forward to. Oh, im noticing, enjoying every minute. 4 00 seer he one. Road to the super bell requires just one more win, the eagles still flying high this morning after defeating the Atlanta Falcons on saturday. Of course when the season is on the line eagles defense showed up to play clinch a 15 10 win but the work does in the stop there, the bird are now focused on sunday. One more win, we just got to have another great week of preparation, we have to go out there and play with max effort and play together, and we got a shot, that is all i can say. Our back is a begins the wall, People Discount us, dont give us much credit and for our team to battle, against a fine football team, a team that was this time of the year was playing extremely well, a hot football team. That is one thing that i love so much, they battled to the end. That was the biggest kind of rush of emotion just thinking of the players. And battle they d we now know who bird will play sunday , Minnesota Vikings team clinched a win with the walk off touchdown in last nights game, they are calling it a minnesota miracle, vikings, oh saints 2924. Lets get out to steve keeley kicking things off in been sale them morning, steve. Reporter it is 4 00 a. M. Monday, welcome to the fox 29 eagles vikings pregame show, 158 hours of continuing coverage up until kick off. Wow. Yeah, yeah, how about that. Reporter if if you didnt see it last night because you went to bed after vikings game mike simmer the head coach when he had his post game News Conference the fans can get close to him and they interrupted him. Yeah. You deserve it. You deserve it. Next sunday we will go to philly, to play in the nfc champion ship game. All right. So he was telling his locker room to philly, telling his fans to come with him we will see if eagles fans dont buy up all of the tickets and dont sell any, probably not much purple on sunday. By the way, thomas very cold, for the falcons game, sue, im stealing your thunder, next sunday, mid 50s in philadelphia, so, minnesota will have a weather advantage because they are used to being in the dome, so wont be as harsh as it would have been had it been like this, right. That is true. Lets keep things going. You are first in line for whatever party you are having right there my friend we will check back in 30 minutes. Dont try to get a dogmas being you saw lane johnson and chris long wearing on saturday , they are sold out, players bought the mask after lunchtime discussion about how they were under dogs. So fast forward to the win, and the mask, they came out, their antics were so popular fans went right to amazon and it sold out. By the way, once again, road to the super bowl goes right through philadelphia, eagles play in the nfc champion ship game next sunday if you are not going to the linc we have you covered, the only place you will see that game is right here on fox 29, and coverage begins at 6 00 p. M. I have been to the mountain top. Like anybody i would like to live a long life, longevity has its place. Powerful word to day the nation remembers Martin Luther king, junior. Millions of people will commemorate the civil rights leader by giving back to others, of course, biggest events on this day of service happening right here in philadelphia our Lauren Johnson is at Girard College with more, good morning to you , lauren. Reporter good morning to you, thomas. Things dont kick off here until 9 00 a. M. But doors just opened and they are putting final touches on the different events that they have planned to make sure everything is set for the day. Today should set a record 150,000 volunteers, expected to participate in the 23rd annual greater philadelphia king day of service. Greater philadelphia area including new jersey and delaware in all, there are 1800 projects throughout the region. We are looking at video from an event last year, we are at signature project here at Girard College in north philadelphia, at some point today we expect 5,000 volunteers serving in 100 different projects, the goal, for leaders in our great city is for work done on mlk day to continue long after. I think that clearly all along ever since we have been doing this, our feeling is that to be active and engaged citizens you have to start young. You have to teach young people the responsibilities of citizenship and responsibility of it is particularly appropriate on a day we honor doctor king he can help guide us, in helping young people find the ways of being good active citizens. Reporter is there always a signature project every year and this marks 50th anniversary of doctor kings Poor People Campaign. Many dignitaries that will be on hand will lead volunteers in sorting and packing food which will be distributed to people in need, through philadelphia nonprofit groups there is also, a job fair, a civic expo, a health wear, a kid carnival and so much more behind those doors so we will head inside, thomas and get a sneak peak what is going on but events dont kick off for the public until 9 00 a. M. So many ways to make a difference, all right, we will check back with you. Here we go gunfire erupt ness kensington, still a developing story this morning, sending one man to the hospital. Shooting happened on the 2700 block of emerald street at 1 45 this morning. The man was shot twice in the left arm and police have not made any arrest. Over in burlington a woman is dead this morning after the car she was riding in ended up in the delaware river. Police say man driving just fled the scene but was later pick up by officers, based on preliminary investigations and they believe the man was speeding on river bank road yesterday afternoon when he struck a parked minivan, flew over the river wall and right in the water. That is just one of the two deadly accidents involving submerged cars in burlington this weekend. Another happened saturday afternoon when a minivan ended up in Olympia Lakes after being struck by a speeding car , this was near route 130 and bridgeboro road, both passengers a husband and wife in their 250s why killed, in charges were filed yet. An accident involving a Philadelphia Police cruisers leaves a woman hurt in mayfair it happened around 9 30 last night, police say a uhaul blew a stop sign on the 6700 block of brows avenue and hit their vehicle. No Police Officers were injured but woman though is in stable condition this morning and is expect to be okay. In north philadelphia, an abandoned home went up in flames last night, you can see the intense scene right here, fire fights arriving at 1400 block of north seventh street around 6 30, took a couple of hours to get that fire under control. By the way a viewer sent us this video of the fire, no reports of any injuries, investigators are still looking into what started it. An infant Death Investigation is underway right now ine falls, police say mother found her four monthold boy unresponsive in the living room of their home yesterday afternoon. Now the child was found and pronounced dead on the way to the hospital. Officials are not identify filing the mother or child as of yet. President Trump Defends himself days after leading democrat claims he made a racist remarks and used profanity during a private meeting. The president briefly addressed reporters last night in west palm beach, florida. Did you see what various senators in my room about my comments . They were amazed. No, no im not a racist. Im the least racist person you have ever seen that i can tell you. Kind of tough to hear the president says he is not a racist. President trump has drawn sharp criticism since he was reported to have using s hole in reference to haiti, africa and Central American countries during an immigration meeting. G. O. P. Lawmakers say President Trump never used that language and that it was a gross miss representation by Senate Minority whip dick durbin. The socalled Dreamers Program is in jeopardy as Congress Race toes prevent a government shut down by friday s deadline. President trump tweeted saying daca is probably dead because democrats dont want it. Democrats insist they want to keep it going and pushing for dream act which would give illegal miners a way to get u. S. Citizenship. Program is scheduled to end in march, unless Congress Agrees on new legislation. New jersians are gearing up for a shift in power, as governor Chris Christie prepares to say good bye. After eight years of serving as governor christies last day is set for tomorrow. The republican had his final state of the state address last week, declaring that the state is better off then when he started eight years ago. Democrat phil murphy will start his term tuesday after beating kim guadagno in the election in november. Time right now 4 11 on this monday, breaking for silence, katie couric speaking out about her embattled former costar, what shes saying this morning about working with matt lauer. Have you seen this video right here . On on earth did that car end up sticking out of the second floor cape may, good morning to you we are back in the deep chill here, it is below 17 degrees where you are, 17 in the city at 4 14. A very good monday to you. We will check your weather coming up in 30 seconds but you have to check this out, i think it is safe to say this is something do you not see every day that car crashed right in the second floor, of the building in santa ana, california. Investigators say it hit a Center Divider and launched it right in the air. Two people were carried away and both have minor injuries this morning. I wonder how that phone call, sue serio, will go with the insurance company. My car happened to be stuck in the second floor of the home. Yeah, there has got to be some video, somewhere to prove it. We will have it, we will have to look for the claims adjuster for that one. There will be a lot of talking on the phone. All right. So, things will be a lot more comfortable once we get to the weekend then they are right now, so by the time we will get to game time in the evening, on sunday, the eagles verse the vikings, it will be in the 50s during the day, so we will cool down to the 40s, during the game, upper 40s at kick off which is at 6 40 and then 42 degrees by the fourth quarter, when hopefully, we are celebrating, cross your fingers. All right. Right now we have 18 degrees in philadelphia five in mount pocono. 19 degrees in dover. 13 degrees in lancaster, but we factor in the wind which we have some breezes at 12 miles an hour in philadelphia, then we have got your single digit wind chills, and that is what you arees thering for this morning, hopefully you are doing a Service Project to day , hopefully indoors, but regardless, it is wintertime and you know how to dress right now for single digit wind chills. Heres the clipper system heading our way. Probably tomorrow night, into wednesday morning at least that is how it is looking buy right now but you see by tomorrow evening it is trying to move in the dry air that is in place right now, just ahead on the future cast of tomorrow , there is 2 00 in the morning and you see light snow spreading throughout the area, it moves through, during the morning rush, it could be a factor wednesday morning, and then, slide off shore by about nine or 10 00 oclock in the morning, may linger a little bit there, that is what we have for a clipper system, maybe, a couple of inches of snow out of this, most of the models every coming in at little over an inch, so we will see what happens, with that. So, another bought of winter weather. Well, we had a couple mild days there, thursdays high 59 , friday 64, that saturday high of 61 came at midnight, and then yesterday, wow, down to 27 degrees for a High Temperature. So for today Martin Luther king day 32 for the high. Fortytwo for tomorrow. Mid 30s for wednesday, and then, we will see what happens with that tuesday, wednesday precipitation because it could end up mixing with rain depending on what time it starts at that 42degree High Temperature and we will talk about milder temperatures, a high on sunday before the game , of 53 degrees. Now that is a little bit more comfortable bob kelly. My short sleeve eagles jersey. 4 17. Early morning accident, caused havoc on the schuylkill expressway. Heres video, we pulled off to the scene, multi vehicle crash , eastbound between montgomery and girard. There is one vehicle being flipped back over, we have had reports of some people running from the scene f the accident look at all of the trucks all lined up. I got stuck in this here on my way in. I jumped off at montgomery drive and came in on the mlk drivein honor of Martin Luther king day but good thing everything is opened and we are back in business after that little bit of excitement, activity there this morning. So good to go, on the schuylkill expressway, lets get to northeast philadelphia a live look at i95, in problems or delays at all, we will have a quiet morning rush hour, with the holiday, lot of folks are off from work, a lot of the schools are off. Maybe later after lunchtime when you get out and about or after 10 00 you start to do those Service Projects we will see some volume but good morning, to wilmington, delaware Martin Luther king boulevard down here in wilmington, in problem at all, and mass transit running honor close to schedule. Thomas, back to you. Lawmakers say they want answers this morning after an Emergency Management staffer, in hawaii, turned on a test of the statewide emergency system it was quite the scar. So they basically say they hit the wrong button during a shift change for about 40 minutes on saturday. Hawaii thought they were under attack, people running for cover looking for shelter, after receiving a phone alert warning of an inbound missle, they say, that they only had 12 minutes to prepare here. It was all a mistake half which Emergency Management Agency Spokesperson says that the employee responsible had been reassigned, pending an internal investigation. To be threatened like that and not knowing where my husband was and we werent together that was what scared me the most is that we werent together. Quite a scare. President trump says his administration will be looking in the states alarm system so it never happens again. The state has a new protocol when it comes to those emergency alerts. Fifty passengers and crew jumped over board when that casino cruise should will goes up in flames off the florida golf coast. Captain saw smoke spewing from the engine and turnaround to head back to port richie. The boat wasnt far from shore when fast moving fire just spread, so once again, passengers they leaped into chilly waters trying to get away and they were able to make it to the beach. Fifteen people were taken to the area hospitals with minor injuries. A transgendered former army solder convicted of leaking class fight documents to wikileaks is now running for u. S. Senate, Chelsea Manning has filed to run begins maryland senator ben cardn he was quick of leaking classified documents and sentenced to 35 years in prison. She served nearly seven years before former president obama commuted that sentence last year. Katie couric is breaking her silence this morning on Sexual Misconduct allegations against her former today co host matt lauer. In an interview with People Magazine she said that she had quote no idea that this was going on. She goes on to call lauer a kind collogue who always treated her with respect. Couric spent 15 years co hosting the today show with lauer, he was fired by nbc news in late november. Golden globe winner a czar i has been accused of sexual assault. New york city photographer claims she was on a date when he sexually assaulted her at her apartment in september. Woman admits that she allowed ansari to remove her clothing and took part in the sexual act but said she felt coerced and uncomfortable throughout the evening. He is a supporter of the times um movement and said the sexual encounter was consensual. Mark wahlberg said he will donate 1. 5 milliondollar he was paid to reshoot scenes from the movie all of the money in the world to the new times up movement. Wahlberg was criticized avenues broke that his female costar Michelle Williams was paid less than a thousand dollars for that extra work. The scenes needed to be reshot after Actor Kevin Spacey was cut from the film following allegations of Sexual Misconduct. 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