Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 6A 20180208 :

Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 6A 20180208

Weve got the balloons going, Face Painting going on, of course, shore your eagles pride as you hit the parade. Get an eagles painted on, a football. A lot of people are coming over from jersey, i think the stop theyll get off race and sixth, walk on down, we will paint your face up, get you cuted out, come like youre sporting your eagles pride. Stop by and say hi, the fans already walking by here. Lets get a check on the forecast, what you can expect, by the way, mik mike and alex wl be joining us in just a movement sue serio, good morning you. Saw the winds blowing outside. Thats something were dealing with this morning, we new it would be windy and colder because yesterday all of that rain was due to a cold front. All right, so weve got eight out of ten, i guess were also expecting plenty of sunshine, bus stop buddy ready for the parade. Temperatures in the 20s right now, but factor in that wind. And it feels colder. 10mile per hour winds makes 28 degrees feel like 19. And we have sunrise, it is getting an earlier and earlier, which is great, 7 02, is our official sunrise time. So these are windchills, walking out the door this morning, no matter what youre doing, feels like 19 here, 16 is the windchill in wilmington, 15 in trenton, and two in mount pocono. Plan on lots of sunshine, but windchills in the 20s, all afternoon, even when we get up to the high of 34 degrees, plan on lots of smiles as well. Already seen so many this morning. Bob kelly . A lot of smiles for the folks that are already on the parade route. No smiles for folks trying to get there. Here is a live look, tractortrailer accident, 95 southbound, right in the stadium area. Right in front every lincoln financial field. So, down to only one lane here. South on 95 before you get to broad street. We will go back a camera, take a live look at what it looks like. This is 95, a parking lot, already, from approaching the walt whitman bridge headed down toward broad street. Some folks not even going to the parade, just trying it get to the airport. All of the closures are starting to go into effect around the parade route. Another closure, the lincoln drive, thats because after accident, shutdown between wissahickon and gypsy lane. The schuylkill expressway, a lot of extra volume this morning, but the offramps to Spring Garden are closed again, putting up the barriers and the big trash trucks, that the city said would be used to block the parade route, already going into effect. Remember, there is no parking in the stadium complex here. Right now they are allowing you to exit at broad street, maybe some of the entrepreneurs with some of the smaller lots may decide to open up like jethrow, some of those smaller lots around the few Distribution Center there. But broad street, again, the closures are in effect, the barriers rupp. Even around city hall, as steve keeley has been showing us, then of course the inner drive of the ben franklin parkway shutdown as well as we get ready for the parade. Karen, thomas, back to you. We have the parade people in full effect and Team Coverage all over. We have steve keeley right in the heart of it, at love park. And then at one ends, and then the other end people ready to get in you, jenny joyce at 69th street, Bill Anderson at the Frankford Transportation Center the faces you know and love every member of the fox 29 family will be out there. Start with jenn fred, good morning, jen. The quietest time jen has ever been. We know youre cheering, oh, no. Took her words away and her breath away. Lets try for another person thats never been quiet. Steve keeley at love park. Morning, steve. Show us the love. Reporter all right, look, here is one of my regulars, leno was around before anybody was on this bandwagon, came up to me at the cheek i and petes party with his underdog poster, and he has cents a new one, thats pretty cool. Thats pretty good job, isnt it . Ya. Reporter what did you think that the super bowl . Good reporter are you excited to be here for the parade. Ya. Reporter would you rather be in school. No. Reporter thats good. All right, you are the cool else. Were you on with us because your son worked at the taj mahal, you bought something there. You got it. Reporter so youre going back to your home in south philly to watch the parade. Where is the best spot for the parade . Broad and packer avenue. Reporter all right. See you down there. Now, look, this is a historic day in philadelphia. And so i thought we would have little history. This gentleman, steve, was at the 1906nfl championship game whether he was just 11. He witnessed the super bowl. How exciting was it to see both championships not many people in philadelphia can say i was at both championships. It was amazing, absolutely amazing. It was what ive been waiting for, suffering through all of those bad years, to have this happen and the way it happened, and to beat the patriots, couldnt be sweeter. Reporter has he talked his whole life about i saw an nfl championship as a kid at 11, down know if i will see another one . Absolutely, every chance hes had he told the story at being at Franklin Field in 1960, pouring hot chocolate in his shoes to keep his feet warm. Reporter did he think he would live long enough to see another championship or was he doubtful . He believed. Hes confident. Reporter whether did you really believe . You had to have some doubt when went went down. Not much. Actually, i really thought at that point, a little, i wont lie, but not much. I thought they could do it. Reporter ill ask another prediction how many eagles championships do you think in your lifetime, you got two now, and could you live to 100, so you got to do two math equations, how much do you expect to see . Five. Reporter thats good. Hopefully, i was going to say, let me see, that gives us three more. And i expect to win next year when all of the injured guys come back, because theyll be better. Awesome. It is going to be great. Reporter go get your spot. Thank you for coming on, all right. Thank you, steve. Reporter look at the cars. You can see, theyre coming from far away. Bob kelly check this car out. They didnt clear the snow off the roof. It tells you how far they came because they came from a spot where it snowed that much. So people said they were flying in, they were coming from all over, here is some good security we have here. Also arriving, this is getting wilds out herement look at the crowd a cost from city hall. All right . Jenn frederick, you know, where i would want to be is right by your side, but unfortunately, were at opposite sends of broad street. But how is it looking down there in south philly . Reporter okay, it is not as nutty down here just yet. But i cant imagine that will last for long, even in the past 30 minutes, weve seen a lot of people coming into the area. So where are we . We are at the very beginning of the parade, which will begin at 11 00 a. M. So were at broad and pattison. Owe coke out. There are people starting to line broad street. Barricades are up. There are plenty of Police Officers in the area. Right as we were attempting to go live to you guys, the trash trucks were brought n we dont know where those trucks are going. But we do know that lots of areas in and around south philadelphia are going to be blocked off to traffic. Heres the other thing we know. The eagles players are going to be coming in here to board their double decker buses. Were expecting at least one of our favorites, Rodney Mcleod to be with us. Vince papale has check in, drew from 18th street has checked n so anyone who want to come down and say hi, everyone is welcome. Thats the truth, jen. Can i not believe the crowd already. 6 08 in the morning, 3 Million People expected today, jen, thanks, we know the trains rupp and running. We head out to jenny joyce, 69th street, hi, jenny. Reporter good morning, guys, about to head back into the station. I just saw one of the trains go by, and there was more than enough room for all of our eagles fans, which is a real good start. Specially, well, people are going to be cold down there, right, knew. Oh, absolutely. It is cold now. As you know, and this is not rain, like yesterday, this is confetti today falling from the sky. Windchills will be in the teens throughout the morning hours. Bundle up. Even with the sunshine. Only going to be 29 degrees at 11 00 a. M. 31 degrees by 2 00 p. M. But windchills will be in the 20s, all afternoon, at least weve got sunshine for today. And unstop right there im about to pop a cap of mmm fresh in that washer. With unstopables inwash scent boosters by downy. Ah, its so fresh. And its going to last from wash to. Wear for up to 12 weeks. Unstopables by downy. Sixtyninth street station, how is it looking, jenny . Reporter this woman, just stopped me, and said she came from hawaii. I said are you being serious . Yes. Tell me your story how many hours did it take you . Thirteen hours, two flights later, and we made t we came here to watch the game with our family, from here, so it is pretty amazing. This is epic. This is amazing. This was our year. Ive been saying it since october. This is our year so. Reporter so youve been warning every game in hawaii. Yes. Reporter by the water in the warmth now here and temperatures in the 20s. How are you feeling . It is a little cold. It is cold. But were layered up, were layered up. Were ready for today. Reporter what is your name and where are you from . From drexel hill, my name is melissa. Reporter so much fun. Have a safe trip. Thank you. So seeing a steady stream of people. Lots of excitement out here. How are you doing . Awesome. Number one eagles fan here. Reporter okay, i think were starting to wake up here at 69th street station. People are hyped. Karen, thomas . We can tell. It is going to be getting ready already. Thank you, jenny, weaver some problems though on one of the major thorough fares . Looking hard at 59 here. Bob kelly all over this one. Whats going on, bob. Already tractortrailer accident, south 95 right in the stadium area. Thats causing a jammo, pretty much from center city all the way down toward the stadium area. Stuck in there, folks not even going to the parade, maybe trying to get to the airport. Well check the rest youve worked hard. Busted tail. And impressed the boss. Maybe its time to be your own . Transform your career with strayer universitys mba program today. Lets get it. Discover organic ancient grains, like barley or quinoa. Ay. Just add protein and vegetables to create delicious new flavours. New knorr one skillet meals dont just eat, discover. For switching to progressive . [ engine revving ] you cannot hear me at all, can you . No lane is the fast lane on the parkway this morning, everyone taking their time, looks like they heeded our advice analyze up, as will, because it is of course cold out there. Weve got new day, whole new water pattern, the rain gone, cold front that brought the rain is well off shore. Just seeing the cold air moving across the great lakes, giving us a little bit of lake effect snow. But pretty far away. So, expect sunshine for us today. These are your temperatures, walking out the door right now. These are the actual temperatures. And theyre in the 20s, 28 in the city. Twentysix in allentown, 30 in wildwood. And 13 in mount pocono. But, we have to factor in the winds as we told you yesterday, the winds will make it feel colder than it actually s we have winds gust of 21 Miles Per Hour in wrightstown right now, and windchills that are in the teens, so, in the city it, feels like 19. 16 degrees is the windchill in wilmington, two in mount pocono, feels like 20 in atlantic city. Your average high for this time in february is 42 degrees, we went well above average. Thats why the snow changed over to rain in the afternoon, but thats out of here. It is much chillier today. High of 34. 40 degrees tomorrow, much milder over the weekend, our tradeoff is a chance of rain on saturday, into sunday, better chance on sunday than saturday. But we will get chillier after that. But back to the 50s, just in time for valentines day, bob kelly. Sweety, 6 17, couple of problems, 95 southbound, tractortrailer accident, right here, in the stadium area. Only the far right lane is getting on through. Fifty minute to make it down to broad street. Some of these folks arent going to the parade, just trying to get down here near the airport. Accident, right here at conshohocken causing delays, and heres one of the big things, septa is concerned about with all of the extra people specially little kids. Respect that yellow line, these stations will be crowded, both this morning, and on the way home. Hold on to the kids. And keep them behind that yellow line, because some of the stations, the trains will be bypassing, if theyre filled up. For example, the thorndale station, there is only two trains left leaving from that one, 6 14, and 7 36. So, depending upon where you have your ticket, and what rail line, only certain stations along the way, go to our website we got all of the details and links to all of the septa stations rice there at fox29. Com. Mike and alex back over to you. Lets just check on the traffic, and the commute, at grounds level. Bill anderson at frankford terminal where the people have started coming . Good morning, guys, its been pretty steady stream going zero on at Frankford Transportation Center throughout the morning. Lets go ahead. Get this out of the way. cheers . Reporter they wanted to make some noise of course. Everybody is excited. And theyre making their way through. All right, we got to tone it down a little bit so we can hear whats going on, oh, wow that was good. All right, so you guys here decided to take transportation in and share this event with the family. Why is it so important to you . I think it is important for the whole city t has been a long time coming. It is really well deserved for the team. It was a great season. You decided to do it all sorts of generations, Social Security you want to share with the youngsters . Absolutely, my son and all every his friends came, too, they didnt want to hang with us, they are he gone, but it is all of us, wide variety every friends, i think it brought the whole community together. No matter where youre from background wise, everyone came together for. This you hear chants in wawa, chants on the el station, just fantastic time. Amazing. And my kids will remember this when they have kids. It is awesome. See you guys down there, thank you for stopping with us. So, mike, alex it, has been pretty steady. You can see people who are coming in throughout. But so far, even though there are thousands, already making their way in, this early in the morning, no backups. You can see it moving pretty smoothly. Buses are coming in. Theyre going ahead and getting on the market frankford line, which is absolutely free so people are taking advantage of it, and everyone in a really good mood. Which is the positive part about it. So we encourage people to come on out, get going, you can get, there you can get set up. Pretty much all you get is handshakes, hugs and eagles chants. Right . Nothing wrong with that. Everybody is excited about it. What else could you ask for . Thats right. There go. We will be waiting 58 years for this, were ready towing. Keep sending pictures, in get your gear on, getting ready to go down to the parade there. Is one there, i dont know if the pooch is allowed to go, but up early waiting for the parade. Go eagles. Love it. And there are lot of pictures coming in. This one from paul, saying were ready to celebrate. All bundled up and ready for the parkway. And then another one fly eagles fly. Very cute. Boy is he ready to go or what . I think thats a he. Yes. Ill go with had he. Key sending in photos, fox 29 eagles. Good moving, im kristen rodgers, finally time for the parade of champions, eagles are ready to celebrate with the city of philadelphia along broad street. And welcome home the lombardi trophy. This is now the second year chris long has been in a championship parade. But he says today will be better than in new england, because the fans just want it more here. This has been a moment. Hes been waiting for. The last month of the season whether we were closing in, like driving into work, getting off of the exit, you know, i would just kind of picture, you know, what that is going to be like, i swear, and it was cents thats outside of just trying to win the super bowl, if there is a visual is agents, if you can remember it, it is the parade. Villanovasaint johns, spellmans three, just off, so number one villanova, falls, 7975. Temple east carolina owls pick it up, austin, jr. , to quinton rose for the slam. Temple takes care every business, 90 to 73. Now theyre fourth straight win. Thats sports in a minute, im kristen rodgers. If we werent talking all about eagles we would be talking about the fact villanova got upset at home. Theyre number one in the nation. Oh, lets dont talk about that. Only talking about winning right now. They had their parade. Right, they had their day. It is the eagles day today. Thats right, eagles day. So, there is cents no better way, alex and i like to get pumped up by watching pieces of the super bowl all over again. Thats why were here. Thats why were on the parkway, and on broad street. Im not going to lie, thats where i spent my night last night, watching re plays of the game, because they do this where they play it only with audio, no commontators, hear the plays being called, pads hitting. This is when we thought we were close with two minute left, when brady got, you know, sacked. But eagles had been doing it all game and we were worried. So here we will play little montage, do you this throughout the morning, brady fumbles. Are you ready to hear it from many angles, here we go. Brady. in another language . another language . fumble in another language . The eagles get the ball back. The strip is flipped. Tom brady ripped on the turf. It has literally been ripped from his grasp. The eagles with a fivepoint lead. Literally ripped from his grasp. As they zip tea. Uaustralians are some of the best. I didnt know they were tea drinkers. They brought it over. Oh, okay. From the old country. All right, steve, right there, at love park, and were loving your coverage. And your tattoos and your darkness. You know what . You would think that this parade is starting in five minute. Look at the crowd. These people are lining up for the best spots at love park and city hall. Theyre already three deep with the barricades. And weve got about six hours before the team passes by he steps up, hes throwing it, deep for the end zone. And it is batted around. And the we won the Philadelphia Eagles are super bowl champions eagles fans everywhere this is for you. Let the celebrations cents begin yes crying . Eagles oh, my god. Oh. Ya cheers . Philly is in the building. Philly is in the building. That was cents a weird selfie by will, because you see him doing hisself owe, but then somebody is

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