i'm don bell. let's go back to tlesley is sta. >> the sixers 4-game road trip against the bucks and after playing joel embiid the orange and black will play 33 games in 66 days. the flyers just like everyone else. practice they did this. >> up next for s >> a 13-year-old boy from south jersey got the super bowl surprise of a lifetime. the eagles super fan found out today that he is going to minnesota for the big game. cole fitzgerald received tickets as a gift from a minnesota vikings fan who won them at a charity event. that same fan saw a previous story we did when cole got unprecedented access to the eagles team earlier this season. >> want to thank the fan sorry for his season, good luck next year. and, yeah. >> oh, yeah. the vikings fan asked to remain anonymous. cole, a cancer survivor who has overcome many obstacles is now getting ready for a trip to minneapolis. >>> our morning team is back tomorrow from 4:30 to 7:00, for our entire team, i'm ukee washington. the late show is next. thanks s

i'm don bell. let's go back to the stud joe where lesley is standing buying. >> the sixers continuing the 4-game road trip against the bucks and after playing joel embiid sitting this one out. the orange and black will play 33 games in 66 days. the flyers just like everyone else. pulling for the eagles. after today's practice they did this. >> up next a super bowl surprise for south >> a 13-year-old boy from south jersey got the super bowl surprise of a lifetime. the eagles super fan found out today that he is going to minnesota for the big game. cole fitzgerald received tickets as a gift from a minnesota vikings fan who won them at a charity event. that same fan saw a previous story we did when cole got unprecedented access to the eagles team earlier this season. >> want to thank the fan sorry for his season good luck next year. and, yeah. >> oh yeah. the vikings fan asked to remain anonymous. cole a cancer survivor who has overcome many obstacles is now getting ready for a trip to minneapolis. >>

. >>> i'm don bell in st. paul, who deserves the most credit for the eagles success, the head coach, or the general manager. we will talk bit, pat. >>> don, hopefully you are staying warm we're outside dancing because it is cold so we have to stay warm along nicolet mall and super bowl 350 experience behind us we will tell but that and fun festivities outdoors, kate, over to you. >>> it looks cold in minneapolis. not so cold here but we are tracking some snow chances in the seven day forecast i will tell but three different systems that could hit as we hit toward super bowl is right now on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> i think that, went begins the team, that is the best in the decade. >> bird fans, in minnesota, not afraid of the defending champs they are not scared, the enemy, private plane and all, coming up, arrived this afternoon one day after the eagles, now the count down is on, to a super bowl showdown, between the eagles, and the patriots. >>> hi, good evening i'm ukee washington. >>> hi everyone i'm

i'm don bell for cbs3 eyewitness sports. now let's go back to jess all the way down there, jess, is that you. >> on the other end, yeah, miles away. i don't know about miles built it feels like. it great to hear from nick foles it really hits home you know these guys are human and they're on this incredibleble stage this week, don, thanks so much. and for the players and also for the fans this is a once in a lifetime experience to be here at the super bowl and take part in all of festive 'tis and one popular destination for everybody is nfl store. super bowl store to stop by and pick up swag and it's a neat place located in the minneapolis convention center taken has the largest collection of exclusive super bowl misdemeanor anywhere and in the memoriabilia wing we track down a helmet signed by carson wentz. >> we have over 1500 skews. it's the wide east sortment in minneapolis. 50% of inventory here is is exclusive us to at this hox. you won't be able to find it anywhere else. it's an awesome place to find unique products.

i'm don bell for cbs3 eyewitness sports. now let's go back to jess all the way down there, jess, is that you. >> on the other end, yeah, miles away. i don't know about miles built it feels like. it great to hear from nick foles it really hits home you know these guys are human and they're on this incredibleble stage this week, don, thanks so much. and for the players and also for the fans this is a once in a lifetime experience to be here at the super bowl and take part in all of festive 'tis and one popular destination for everybody is nfl store. super bowl store to stop by and pick up swag and it's a neat place located in the minneapolis convention center taken has the largest collection of exclusive super bowl misdemeanor anywhere and in the memoriabilia wing we track down a helmet signed by carson wentz. >> we have over 1500 skews. it's the wide east sortment in minneapolis. 50% of inventory here is is exclusive us to at this hox. you won't be able to find it anywhere else. it's an awesome place to find unique products.

from the link, don bell, cbs-3 , eyewitness sports. >> and next up a familiar foe. the new england patriots, the birds will face-off against them on superbowl sunday in two weeks. new england got thereby beating the jacksonville jaguires and come from behind fashion, 24-20. tom brady and the patriots are the rain champions, this will be the team's tenth superbowl appearance overall. brady and belichick together have won five of the seven they have been in, and of course they beat the eagles back in 2005. it is going to be a fascinating match up. so onto superbowl 52 in minneapolis, in two weeks, again, the eagles and new england patriots as you heard don bell say eagles are opening at five and a half point underdogs, biggest underdog since 2009. but that's exactly where they've been all post-season, why they've worn the mask, why the philadelphia eagles should not be counted out against brady, belichick and the patriots on february 4th. you have got to love it. those masks they came in handy yesterday. >> they worked. >> they worked. >> i think at this point the who

i want to start with don bell just a little bit away in bloomington at mall of america don, eagles went back before the media. you got to talk with them and hear what was on their mind on this tuesday. >> absolutely a fun day. it has been a fun day so far. this place, the mall of america pretty much is epicenter for media and pretty much for players, as well, both hotels for the teams are here, now you can see over my shoulder cbs sports network broadcasting live. we have fans looking up watching that tell cast, they are broadcasting from muse mountain add venture gulf, that is right a full balloon adventure park in this mall. as for sunday eagles hope it is an adventure but one they will enjoy. some players were asked what they might be feeling on that particular moment, when they hit the field, here's nick foles. >> a little bit but then i zoom back in and focus on right now because i don't want to get ahead of myself. there is a lot to do to prepare for the game on sunday i want to focus on now and when i step on that field i'm as prepared as i can be to play the game. >> nick just h

sports director, don bell, in minneapolis with more from opening night. >> super bowl lii, officially opened for business. opening night was a smashing success, used to call this thing media day. but instead it is a nighttime event. and there was definitely a difference between the youth and the eagles. new england came out, were subdued, quiet on the stage. the eagles, well, you've watched the team all season long, and they stay true to form. they came out, they were dancing on stage, they had their cell phones out. really taking in the action. they engage with the media, thousands of media members here in st. paul to talk to the birds and the patriots. and i also had an opportunity to catch up with the key bird, at least for most of the season. carson wentz. >> just being around it, you know, last year being at it, you know, kind of just particular me off when i was down there doing media and things, all right, i don't want to be here in this capacity again. now here i am with the team and i'm still for the team but on personal level it is like i want to be playing in this thing aga

maybe don bell can correct me that's 15 wins. don bell joins us now. he is at lincoln financial field the site of this amoiseing win tonight of nfc champions and got mr. risey with him as well a former eagle. gentleman, good evening. >> good evening. >> good evening guys this is amazing amazing unforeseen situation. you have never lived until you watched eagles' playoff game, nfc championship game with john royvrpy who used to wear midnight green it. were you about to lose your mind watching this game. >> it is difficult they tell you not to react or respond or cheer. and that was next to impossible. >> this game if this were played 100,000 times i cannot imagine it would turn out this perfect for the eagles. >> ever again. i mean, 38-7. that was dominant it was scary shaky start. and then the whole team mentality cents n defensive core and when that happened it was like you know what the odds are of winning a game when you score on dewednesday. defensive touchdown. >> my goodness they put together a piece of beautiful art work out their on the field t

but first some of the players talk about playing on the biggest stage in sports >> don bell joinses more on that >> eagles fans can fan size about the future, make plans for parade down broad street, players. they're living minute to minute's focusing on the task at hand. >> nick foles talked about their mentality >> it's something you dream about as a kid but at the same time we're going into this game and it's a game. once i step on the grid iron i'm playing against the patriots. and that's where trust in your preparation, working every single day and living in that moment. doing what you have to do daily then once the game comes you do everything in your power, you eliminate the distractions there are. there will be, this is a big stage. there's a lot going on on this room keeps increasing with cameras and people in it and it will just keep going but i think we just focus on the things and what's important, our preparation, what we do as a team and going out there and playing together. >> there's a lot of truth in cliches. the whole thing about taking it one day at a time. they have t

let's head back to sports director don bell where today we saw a different side of nicki six, don. >> yeah, that is exactly what we saw today. he has a real interesting story for a number of reasons but before nick foles joined eagles he actually thought about retiring. it is a good thing he didn't. he is four quarters away from becoming a legend in philadelphia. now this was the scene after nfc champion ship game after they beat vikings he toss three dollars touchdown passes , threw for 300-yard. he was ridiculous but enjoyed time afterward spending time with his family. that would be his wife and his seven month-old daughter, today he broke down when talking about them. >> that is the most important thing, when i get, when i think about this journey and everything, i get home, and i ... i get to see her, i get to see my wife and i see her and my wife and her just in her face and hermanerisms, that is what it is b i know every time i step on the field every single thing i do there will be some day she will want to know who her daddy was and what he did and that gives you a little jui

but first some of the players talk about playing on the biggest stage in sports >> don bell joinses more on that >> eagles fans can fan size about the future, make plans for parade down broad street, players. they're living minute to minute's focusing on the task at hand. >> nick foles talked about their mentality >> it's something you dream about as a kid but at the same time we're going into this game and it's a game. once i step on the grid iron i'm playing against the patriots. and that's where trust in your preparation, working every single day and living in that moment. doing what you have to do daily then once the game comes you do everything in your power, you eliminate the distractions there are. there will be, this is a big stage. there's a lot going on on this room keeps increasing with cameras and people in it and it will just keep going but i think we just focus on the things and what's important, our preparation, what we do as a team and going out there and playing together. >> there's a lot of truth in cliches. the whole thing about taking it one day at a time. they have t

. >> lets check with sports director don bell, don, back to business today, right. >> back to business, guys. as we get closer to game day thousands of fans will descend upon these twin cities, but not all of them are welcomed. no brotherly love in minneapolis sports coming up >>> i'm don bell. we are coming to you live from the eagles team hotel. now, with the bird beating the vikings they beat them down by 31 points. vikings fans they can accept that loss but one thing they cannot accept is how philly fans treated their fans. now mayor of minneapolis released a video welcoming fans to hit city and to the twin cities. it was a big hearty welcome and i had an opportunity to catch up with brent celek to watch that video with him, and here's what we saw. >> a big welcome to the new england patriots and philadelphia eagles fans. to the eagles fans don't worry we will grease all of the lamp post so you feel right at home come on out, have a great time , make sure you come back to visit us again. are we seriously welcoming the eagles fans. >> your thoughts on that. >> they are salty, we bea

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. >> don bell is here with what the birds are doing now that they're about to play with truly the biggest stage in the sports world. >> underdogs again, we think that's a good thing. it is a rematch, that time they played they lost by three points. i've got a good feeling about this one. the super bowl is 13 days away. the biggest spec kal in american sports. all the crazy prop bets have already been released. how many times will donald trump tweet during the game. will justin tim letter lake have a wardrobe malfunction. the eagles' focus lies elsewhere. for the first time this season they appear to be peaking. i really mean the second time they scored 31 points against the best defense in football and only allowed 7. here's doug pederson today. >> just communicate and keep things on a rigid tight schedule and make sure the guys are focused on the job at hand. they even said it after the game last night in the locker room that there's a lot of unfinished business still to do and we still, there's one game left. one game left in the season and we've come this far and want to make sure that

. >> oh, rivals, new england patriots will arrive later today, sports director don bell is traveling with the team. >> we are six days away from super bowl sunday. last night, the eagles arriving here, about five eastern time, they rolled in several buses deep. the guys rolling in for the third super bowl appearance in franchise history. now, their team hotel is connected to the mall of america. once the guys got situated, put their bags away, many of them filtered down the hallways here, looking for something to eat, and perhaps, looking to do a little shopping. but, ultimately, they're looking to win the big game. i had a chance to catch up with couple of guys along the way. >> surreal, what i expected, that i wanted to do, since i got drafted. that was the goal and that's what i wanted to do do and we achieved it,. >> coach says being in l.a. having that experience every being away for a week may have prepared you for. >> this how do you think it helped? >> just knowing what it feels like to be away from, you know , your house, your bed, your facility, your training stuff, for one

sports director don bell, it is interesting to go see what the coach has planned for the bye week. >> i love the eagles, man. >> yes. >> the passion just overflows. >> for years. >> emotional times watching this season. eagles have made just one super bowl appearance in the last 37 years, with a first round bye, adding home field advantage they have a rare opportunity to do it again. but first they have to win two more games. the bird wrapping up the season with a six to nothing loss, to the cowboys, yesterday, at the linc. fans were freezing, and offense was just as cold, unlike the pass, the bird will use their extra week to prepare. after they do their work, they expect the home crowd to follow through on saturday january 13th. >> we fully expect the stadium to be rocking with the eagles fans. our fans have been great all season long. we cannot wait, we cannot wait until then. listen, we have got time to get some guys healthy, get some guys fresh. our defense is playing extremely well right any. you get in the post season you have to play great defense and run the football. that ha

join sports director don bell, lesley van arsdall and pat gallen sunday morning 11:30 for whichevery sunday kickoff show and sunday night we you have covered for the big night on cbs and you can tune in to a special championship edition of eyewitness news 10 p.m. and followed by eyewitness news 11 and sports zone and the minute the game ends we'll have everything eagles for you. we'll bring you live post game comments from coach pederson and mayors and we'll have a front row seat at fans react at location as cross the city. it's the eagles. it's eyewitness news sunday night. don't miss it. >> and in other news tonight two are in custody after police chase on interstate 95 that led to crashes one involving a pennsylvania state trooper. chase starthood in chester it and ended oregon avenue and columbus in south philadelphia and hof hof is in south philly tonight with more on how all this unfolded, alex. >> and yeah, ukee, this chase fwrept 5 to columbus boulevard and involved this pier one store behind me. this vehicle was reported stolen by a woman that lives more than 150 miles away.

here's don bell with your morning sports. >> you are head coach of the eagles people hang on tour every word. yesterday doug pederson raised eyebrows when talking about nick foles. over last two games nick has been suspect at best. he has only completed 46 percent of his passes and eagles offense has been a disaster. backup quarterback is nate sud field who threw his first nfl pass four days ago. pederson was asked if he would pull foles from a playoff game >> it is hard to say, right now, until i'm in that situation, quite honestly. it is a one game season. it is hard to be in desperation mode but if you are in that mode, you know, who knows, i do know this it is not about one guy, you know , one guy, it is about, you know, 11 on offense, defense and special teams so a lot of contributing factors go into winning a game. >> now doug appeared luke warm on foles based off that comment but may have realized how his answer came off and he sent this message, this is a tweet from nfl reporter iain rapport, eagles coach doug pederson just texted me after his press conference. he said my guy is

bell in, st. paul, at the excel center where all of the festivities kick off tonight with the players and the coaches and media interviewing them pat we will get to you in a second but become like, a hot a hot night, this is where something always whacky almost always happen. >> you are right other than super bowl night want to pay attention to. it is what used to be media day which is now super bowl opening night and it is where all of the stars of the game will be milling about and media members from all over the world will chant out crazy questions and we wil that for you at 11:00 because eagles don't speak until 10:00 eastern. so it is a late night for the bird. meanwhile, back near minneapolis at mall of america radio row so basically radio stations from all over the country really conducting their business, doing their radio shows live. i have had an oo5áwpportunity to talk to a whole bunch of guys but whaty mind is the 13-three bird. who deserves most credit for what they did would that be

join sports director don bell, lesley van arsdall and pat gallen sunday morning 11:30 for whichevery sunday kickoff show and sunday night we you have covered for the big night on cbs and you can tune in to a special championship edition of eyewitness news 10 p.m. and followed by eyewitness news 11 and sports zone and the minute the game ends we'll have everything eagles for you. we'll bring you live post game comments from coach pederson and mayors and we'll have a front row seat at fans react at location as cross the city. it's the eagles. it's eyewitness news sunday night. don't miss it. >> and in other news tonight two are in custody after police chase on interstate 95 that led to crashes one involving a pennsylvania state trooper. chase starthood in chester it and ended oregon avenue and columbus in south philadelphia and hof hof is in south philly tonight with more on how all this unfolded, alex. >> and yeah, ukee, this chase fwrept 5 to columbus boulevard and involved this pier one store behind me. this vehicle was reported stolen by a woman that lives more than 150 miles away.

sports director don bell is also in minnesota tonight. >>> he's at the mall of america where he caught up with some of the players. what do you say, db? >> good evening, guys, underdogs are in the building. that's funny what you said. first touchdown of the week. hopefully they have many more as they get set to take on the patriots 7 days from today. this was the scene earlier today. they arrived around 5 eastern to team hotel. they rolled in 4, or 5 charter buses deep. their hotel is connected to mall of america. largest mall in the country. one of the largest in the world. so once the guys were able to get into the hotel and throw down bags some came out here hunting for food and some did shopping and had an opportunity to chat about this game. >>> not surreal it's what i wanted to do since drafted. that was the goal. we achieved it so far. one more to do. >> coach says being in l.a. and having the experience of ak way a week may have prepared you for this the. how does it help. >> knowing what it fields likes to ab way from house, bed, facility, training stuff, for one week, it does

let's head back to minnesota and sports director don bell with more on that, hi there, don. >> hey, guys, yeah, eagles, i will tell you what they always come up with something different and today they decided to go with a new style they always keep it light, lose lies and they did practice today but before they hit the practice field they spent sometime with us, the media, once again, fielding questions and a couple players decided to sport a new look wearing masks, and here's what they had to say. >> it was a gift, so, a guy from mexico gave me this so i have super powers all week, so i bought in 100 percent. now i got super powers. >> what are the super powers. >> i can't tell you, i might make you disappear. >> i'm ready to go right now. we're talking about just being ready, you know, i noah lot of guys, a lot of guys hold off on celebrating right now because we know the game is on sunday but right now, i feel like i'm ready to go. i got my helmet on. >> guys, words can't describe you get to the super bowl and things like that happen, yes, conducted an entire interview with those mask

. >>> our sports team will get you ready for battle of the bird tomorrow so join don bell leslie van arsdal and along with the voice of the eagles meryl reese for our chevy kick off show at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon r on cbs-3. >>> still to come tonight on "eyewitness news" times's up, oprah, delves into the times up movement. we will have a sneak peak at her interview with the powerful women leading the charge including actress reese wioon. >>> it is a dangerous game, kid are posting all over social media what eating laundry pod can do to your kid that is up next, tori. >> kick off to the philadelphia home show and if there is one thing people come here for it organize how to organize better, so i will try to organize all of these items in this encloses net three minutes, do you think i can do it. my small business, internet providers promise you a lot. let's see who delivers more. comcast business offers fast gig-speeds across our network. verizon doesn't. we offer more complete reliabity with up to 8 hours of 4g wireless network backup. verizon, no way. we offer 35 voice features an

. >> sports director don bell joins us now, one of the players has a little extra motivation to get this done. >> yes, just a little bit. >> yes. a little extra. >> count down to kick off is at three days for malcolm jenkins a different count down started about nine months ago. earlier this week, the pro bowl safety welcomed a new addition to the family. jenkins posted this, on instagram, today, his wife mar isa gave birth to their second daughter, stella. malcolm wrote every time i think of raising two daughters i feel excited, afraid, responsible, helpless, and extremely blessed all at the same time. here's jenkins at the novacare complex. >> spent two nights at the hospital, but, my family is home now so, it has been a good week for me, hopefully it ends well too. it is an exciting time for not only me but my family, but we got a lot of work to do this week. so now that everybody is home, my focus is on the game. >> yes. >> that is great. >> something tells me he will never forget this week. >> that is right, no doubt. >> congratulations to malcolm and his wife and congrats coming up

. >> coming up a little later in sports, sports director don bell stopped by wip talk to ike reese and john marks about what the fans are saying. they always after lot to say. >> do they, the fans? >> yes, a little bit. we will hear about that coming up. >> leslie, we will see you then. >>> how is weather shaping up for the game. >> meteorologist kate bilo has the forecast for kick off. it looks like the fans in the stands will feel temperatures on the warmer side which will be better for bringing the noise, kate? >> reporter: absolutely, put the parka over your jersey, it will be a really, nice weekend , championship weekend here in philadelphia and right now you may see a pink glow around me. the sunset is phenomenal. i posted a picture on my facebook page if you don't see it for yourself. sunset on a beautiful philly friday and we have nicer wet they are weekend. we will go out to storm scan three, clear skies, high pressure in control and we are looking at a good deal of sunshine especially tomorrow but taking new to sunday as well. temperatures seasonal today, a couple degrees abo

sports director don bell will be live from minneapolis after the gram a i wards, we will be with the birds as they go for one more win. and when we're not on tv and on air, you can always find our coverage on line at cbsphilly.com and the cbs local app. >> in other news today, argument in north philadelphia ends with one man dead and another man on the run. police say someone stabbed the 25 year old man last night, on the 2,000 block of north gratz street. he died from a scab wounds to the -- stab wound to the chest police searching for suspect. they've not yet found the weapon. >> still ahead, right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news": if you have to spend any time outside today, better bring an umbrella. this is a live look from cape may this morning. the jersey shore is in store for a day of rain. we will tell were you it will be heaviest, in our full forecast, that's in just moments. >>> plus this: >> a house divided, a popular bar in center city is the place for patriots fans. i'm greg argos here in philadelphia, so, what is the owner doing on super bowl >> there she goes. the smoke

and the tonight, sport director don bell will report from minneapolis. on "eyewitness news" at 10:00. on the "cw philly." then on cbs-3 after the grammys, of course, we will be with the birds every step of the way as they go for one more win. whether we're not on tv you can always follow us on line for everything eagles, at cbsphilly.com. >>> in other news today, president trump plans to showcase the accomplishment of first year when he delivers his first state of the union address on tuesday night. as hena doba reports, this follows more protests cents over his policies. >> hundreds cents of protesters hit the streets of washington saturday, many demanding i am beach: president trump. march took place day after the president returned to the white house from his trip to the worlds economic forum in d avo switzerland. >> i think it was a very, very successful trip. >> mr. trump did not address the new york times report that said he would order the firing of special council robert mueller last summer. >> raised concerns about potential conflict of interest

sports director don bell here to break it all down for us. one game away. >> one game away. 60 minutes away from the super bowl but first let's talk about what we saw here today. nationally no one gave the eagles a chance. and they noticed in fact chris long and lane johnson posted all over the office picks made by experts. today the birds proving them all wrong. south philly we go nick foles rebounding after poor outings in the regular season. the second quarter we go. eagles trailing atlanta three to nothing. how about mc garrett blount on fourth down they missed the extra points to make it six six-three. third quarter birds trailed by one. that 137 yards. last chance phorate its matt ryan and the falcons. up high, denied on fourth down. the birds within 15-ten. it is their first post season game win since 2009. fans cheered. players rejoiced and our leslie van arsdall watched it all. >> all i can say is wow, this team the underdog led by a backup quarterback pulled off a dramatic classic playoff win. >> jubilation we felt after this win wa

that is tonight, at 6:00 o'clock. >>> don bell joins us now with sports and you know when schedule came out, when it first came out i'm thinking bird/cowboys game that would be it. >> yes, exactly. >> it was the worst. that game was awful, wasn't it >> it was rough, a little rough. >> it was tough to watch. the cowboys and eagles have been playing against each other since 196o yesterday was first time both teams were scoreless at the half. the game was a stinker. both teams combined for 15 punts, donnie generals had seven, and made, everyone laugh when he took the field wearing his sweat pants over his uniform. he didn't know he was rocking gear until the long snapper toll him on the field. funny moment during a boring game. >> corry graham looked at me and started laughing out there you have to refocus. i just wanted to get a good punt off. but, schwartz was the first guy, you know, embarrassing. >> well, coach, at lee you hit a good punt though. >> he has been doing it for 14 years. >>> switching gears one area high school player refused to let a accident derail his name mason houser

sports director don bell joins us. taking care of business. >> ultra focused is what you want to see this time of the year and by now you know eagles wrapped themselves in this under dog label. chris long and lane johnson wore german shepherd mask last week to cement it. now all of a sudden they are stepping way from that title. the bird at practice today they are preparing for the vikings top ranked defense three-point under dogs at the linc and even though, the eagles are aiming for two more wins, they are already and have already accomplish a lot but doug pederson isn't allowing themselves time to bathe in achievements or labels like under dog. >> i love football. i love coaching football. i love teaching and being around these guys. i will pour my life into these players. if it is good enough, great because that is all i know i can do i have given my best effort. i don't care about what is written, you know, it was kind of like the under dog thing. our players don't pay much attention to that. i am kind of the same

. >> don bell is here what the players are talking about today. >> it's been a long tomb since they've been in this situation right here. the eagles are in rare air, they have 13 wins in a season only the second time in franchise history. making the most of the moment is on everyone's mind. the last time they were this good was back in 2004 when they made it to the super bowl. there was no twitter, instagram, the iphone was three years away from invention. look how grain me this video is. the eagles start playoff on saturday against the falcons and they know these opportunities are rare. >> you got something special. got to capture it. these guys understand that the way we practice, the way, you know, you don't really have to get a lot of guys going. we just go out there and work, and it's not pretty all the time. but you know, everybody striving to be perfect >> this is what you work for. the otas, back in april. this is what it's about >> it's on. >>> one of the eagles get set to hit the field, scam artists hit the internet to try to had rip off fans, ticket vendors like stub hub are

sport director don bell will be live in minneapolis after the grammy awards. and we will be with the birds through next sunday as they go for one more win. and remember, when we're not on tv our eagles coverage continues on line at cbsphilly.com. >> in other news today, argument in north philadelphia ends with one man dead and another man on the run. police say someone stabbed a 25 year old plan last night on the 2,000 block of north gratz street. he died from a stab pound wound to the chest. police are searching for a suspect. they've not yet found the weapon. >>> and we're hearing from the uber driver who recorded cell phone video of suspicious fire that sent a teenager to the hospital in northeast philadelphia. firefighters responded to reports of flames shooting out of the home on the 1300 block of rhawn street in frankford around 11:30 p.m. friday night family tells "eyewitness news" that the 17 year old injured in that fire is now recovering at st. christopher hospital. and uber driver in the area at the time says he called 911, then took cell phone vide

. >> stay with "eyewitness news" as we cover super bowl 526789 our jessica dean, don bell, pat gallen, all live reports beginning "eyewitness news" at 5:00 and meisha johnson has live reports every morning. also finds eagles coverage on line at cbsphilly.com. >>> coming up on cbs-3 " eyewitness news" dollars four undocumented children return to philadelphia schools. >> why they've been living in a church since the middle of december. katie? >> jim, we've been dealing with a pretty active pattern, that is starting to unfold, and that does mean we've got multiple rounds of potential for some snow. so coming up i'll let you know this will all take place, also how much snow we're currently anticipating, might even see some flakes on super bowl sunday. all of the details are coming up. >>> back on "eyewitness news" with photos of eagles fans showing off their team spirit. looks ready to cheer on her birds, she sent us this picture proudly wearing her eagles hat and scarf. looking good. >> and some of our four legged friends are getting in on the excitement. bruce sent us this picture of hi

. >> sports director don bell joins with us what it was like down there last night. what was it like? >> you started to feel like 2008 with the phillies. i know that was different story because you won it all but along the way, celebrating every step. it felt very similar. it was, nuts down there. never has disrespect been so welcome. go ahead, tell the eagles they cannot stop matt ryan. please, tell the bird they can to the score on the vikings? you know what? tell them they have no chance begins tom brady. last night under dogs, feasted in south philadelphia. >> for the first time, in 13 years the eagles are heading for the super bowl, and a re match, with the new england patriots in, super bowl, 52. >> it was a party at the linc. bird beating down vikings by 31 points and that, of course, meant that owner jeffery lurie once again was in a mood to dance. nick foles and carson wentz, celebrated together and, brent celek the longest tenure athlete in philadelphia saw it all coming. >> the vibe, the feeling we had in this locker room, the last, i mean it has been the

bell with "eyewitness sports". >>> eagles will play in the nfc championship game next sunday at 6:40 hosting the saints or minnesota vikings. here's how they got there. nick foles, throwing for 246- yard, and, no turnovers. second quarter, we will go, down three to nothing on fourth down, lagarrette blount he will not be denied, they are up six-three. later in the quarter, penn charter's matt ryan looking like houdini, beautiful play, gets freeman dirty bird on to 10-six. final play of the first half from 53-yard out it is jake elliott, eagles trailed, 10- nine. in the third, the rookies at it again, elliott, this time from 37-yard, he made three field goals. bird regain lead. fast forward to the fourth eagles trying to preserve a five-point lead, on fourth and two, ryan in complete, to jones, eagles win, 15-10, after all of the haters, doug pederson had a message. >> when did carson go down. >> so, since that point no one has given us a chance. nobody has given us a chance, and i understand carson's a great player but every week our guys are hearing the same thing that now we're all

. >> sports director don bell joins us now and we are hearing from key players, didn't done. >> how can they not feel it, it is all around them. they say it is business, as usual, but you know that is not the case. leading up to the soup are bowl players are obligat t medie then they would like. that is life on the biggest stage in sports. leslie van arsdal is with the team in south philadelphia, and she joins us live, leslie? >> reporter: hi there, don they were talking about the day all about getting focused and doing the same things that have gotten them to this point right here. they don't want to do anything differently. but also really wanted to thank the fans, they have been such a factor for this team all season and, of course, they would love nothing more then to win a super bowl, for them. >> this city, got what it deserved winning the nfc champion ship. they are the best fans in football to play for. i mean that stadium on sunday night was the loudest and best environment i have ever been in as a player. they deserve a super bowl. they have been starving for a super bowl. as

sports director don bell, lesley van arsdale and pat gallen will get you ready sunday morning 11:30 on the kickoff show. then sunday night, we have you covered. tune in to a special championship edition of the "eyewitness news" news at 10:00 p.m. followed by "eyewitness news" at 11:00, then sports zone. the minutes the game ends, we will have everything eagles. we'll bring you live post game reaction from coach pederson and the players and we'll have a front row seat as fans react through the philadelphia, the eagles and "eyewitness news" sunday night. do not miss it. >>> eagles fans will be spending a lot of time outlet doors >> meteorologist kate bilo is tracking. >> high pressure in control through the westbound and temperatures on the way up. we're talking ten degrees plus above average. i'll have the full game day forecast why warmer weather may actually favor the birds. >>> at 11:00 don't under estimate the underdogs. you've seen the shirts, this should nothing new for us. how the underdogs has been a recurring theme in phillies history. >> and tom celek is talking blue blood. wh

sports director don bell, lesley van arsdale and pat gallen will get you ready sunday morning 11:30 on the kickoff show. then sunday night, we have you covered. tune in to a special championship edition of the "eyewitness news" news at 10:00 p.m. followed by "eyewitness news" at 11:00, then sports zone. the minutes the game ends, we will have everything eagles. we'll bring you live post game reaction from coach pederson and the players and we'll have a front row seat as fans react through the philadelphia, the eagles and "eyewitness news" sunday night. do not miss it. >>> eagles fans will be spending a lot of time outlet doors >> meteorologist kate bilo is tracking. >> high pressure in control through the westbound and temperatures on the way up. we're talking ten degrees plus above average. i'll have the full game day forecast why warmer weather may actually favor the birds. >>> at 11:00 don't under estimate the underdogs. you've seen the shirts, this should nothing new for us. how the underdogs has been a recurring theme in phillies history. >> and tom celek is talking blue blood. wh

bell, will be live on "eyewitness news" right after grammys on sunday night. we will be with the bird every step of the way as they go for one more win. when not on tv you can find everything eagles at cbs philly.com. >>> carbon monoxide scare in the philadelphia elementary school send 30 people to the hospital. chopper three over william loe sch school in the somerton section. district official says fumes forced everyone out around 12:20 this afternoon. twenty-six students and four staff members were sickened. they all went to the area hospital for observation, authorities determined the numbers came from a generator used by workers on the roof. school reopened a half an hour later. south jersey doctor accused of arranging his wife's murder committed suicide today. james kaufman was found inside hudson county correctional center. cove man used a strip of the bed sheet to hang himself and left a six page suicide note. earlier this month kaufman was charged with hiring a hit man to kill his wife, april kaufman, a radio talk show host. an intruder shot her to de

. >>> now, don bell will update us on the score coming up in sports in just a bit. don't forget you can also get the latest eagles info any time you would like on our web site cbsphilly.com. >>> now in other news tonight fire officials in trenton are now calling a house fire that sent three people to the hospital a fatality. so far no further information has been released about this. the fire did break out about 2:30 this morning on the 200 block of cass street. it was under control in less than 45 minutes. the red cross is assisting at least four families that have been displaced. no word on the extent of the injuries or how the blaze started. >>> a man escaped with just minor injuries after his burlington county home explodes. this happened last night on cornell drive in delran. the explosion was so strong it blew out the first floor windows and also knocked down the home's back wall. officials say a gas leak is to blame. >>> and dozens rally and they also march in philadelphia trying to save net neutrality today: the very vocal group protested at thomas paine pla

bell is here with how they plan to do that. very difficult to do. >> hard to you tune all that stuff out. the players are just like you and me, they have facebook, instagram and twitter. they have tvs, mounted on the wall and cell phones with notification alerts. the eagles at practice today in south philadelphia, the entire football world is talking about them and sunday's game against the vikings. they're four quarters away from the third super bowl appearance in franchise history, blocking it all out is critical >> it's not something that you can got away from because it's on tv, on your phone, on everything that you -- every social media, you got to make sure that you, you know, zoom in and make sure that you zone in on what we have to do a a what is, and make sure that we just stay. >> blinders >> it's right there. >> got to be like that. >> keeping their eyes on the prize. >> appreciate. >>> eagles gear is the rage right now, one woman is take the vintage material and giving it new life >> alexandria hoff is live at linco

. >> don bell is here what the players are talking about today. >> it's been a long tomb since they've been in this situation right here. the eagles are in rare air, they have 13 wins in a season only the second time in franchise history. making the most of the moment is on everyone's mind. the last time they were this good was back in 2004 when they made it to the super bowl. there was no twitter, instagram, the iphone was three years away from invention. look how grain me this video is. the eagles start playoff on saturday against the falcons and they know these opportunities are rare. >> you got something special. got to capture it. these guys understand that the way we practice, the way, you know, you don't really have to get a lot of guys going. we just go out there and work, and it's not pretty all the time. but you know, everybody striving to be perfect >> this is what you work for. the otas, back in april. this is what it's about >> it's on. >>> one of the eagles get set to hit the field, scam artists hit the internet to try to had rip off fans, ticket vendors like stub hub are

stay tuned don bell >>> panic on park avenue. for second straight year nfl tv ratings are down. this season they fell by nearly 10 percent. in 2016 they dipped by eight. despite the drop, 20 of the top 30 highest rated shows in 2017, were football games. >>> locally all eyes were on the eagles when they host playoff game january 13. they will host either saints, falcons or panthers, all three teams from the nfc south. torey smith won a super bowl with the ravens and trying to put the opportunity into perspective. >> the biggest take away is obviously this doesn't come along too often. to be in this position, it doesn't happen too often. you have to understand the moment is here and we have to take it. we have to understand you may never be in this position again so that can change your apprch to it, little bitr, deten >>> we have been talking about snow all day now lets talk about the ice. flyers hosting islanders at center tonight, for tyrel burn was recalled to lehighalley and supposed to debut he could not make t trip to philadelphia because of snow. poor kid. >>> last night

don bell will be live in minneapolis aft grammy awards and we'll be with the xwirdz every step of the way as they go for one more win. when we're not on tv find everything eagles cbsphilly.com. >> tonight an investigation is underway into the death of dr. dr. james kauffman charged with arranging his wife's murder took his own life in his jail cell. and he left suicide note. eyewitness news reporter hof hof has that. >> although this has been deemed apparent suicide the atlantic country prosecutor's office says their investigation into it will continue. tuesday, january 18, james kauffman charged with orchestrating the 202 murder of his wife faced atlantic county judge. kauffman and alleged coconspirator ferdinand a uv gello were. the atlantic county prostitut prostituteer's office say he was found dead in his jail cell. the apparent suicide was carr carried out using a bed seen. he was incarcerated since june in charges racketeering. >> this shows the standoff between officers and cough man as they afelt todd execute a search warrant. he's heard threatle heening to kill himself. >> i

bell and pat gallen are reporting live, you can find everything eagles on line at cbs philly.com. >>> united airlines is explaining decision to deny entry to a peacock on a cross country flight. >> passenger claimed peacock was a comfort animal. this is decks store new york city base photographer and performance artist and said dexter is here motional support animal. she bought a ticket to fly from newark to los angeles so bird could have his own seat but airline said no, citing health and safety concerns, instead decks store will be driven to his destination n a statement united says animal did not meet guidelines for a number of reasons including weight and size and they go on to say they explained that to the customer on three separate occasions before they arrived at the airport. this is getting out of control everybody is claiming they are support animal but i understand people need them but peacock do you want to sit next to the peacock, in the empty center seat. >>> a zoo in wisconsin added a new member to the family, a baby penguin. >> look at this, cutie, the penguin, hatche

don bell lesley van arsdale and pat gallen will get you ready for the game sunday morning at 11:30 on the chevy sunday kickoff show. sunday night we have you covered as well. tune into special championship edition of "eyewitness news" at 10:00 p.m. followed by "eyewitness news" at 11:00 and then sports zone, the minute the game ends we will have everything eagles. we're going to bring you live postgame reaction from coach pederson and the players and we'll have a front row seat as fans react at locations all throughout philadelphia. the eagles and "eyewitness news" sunday night, you're not going to want to miss it. >>> also today it's been a year since president trump was inaugurated. women in philadelphia and around the nation responded by marching for equality. today tens of thousands are back at it. a sea of people took to the streets in los angeles. these marchers are registering people to vote. there was also a big turnout for the philadelphia women's march. we will have more coming up tonight at 11:00 right here on "eyewitness news." back in a new tv, new speakers, netflix. this

. >> sports director don bell joining us now. >> we're not talking about vikings or anything but the patriots. >> we are talking about the patriots and more specifically we're talking about tom brady, that is how they say tonight new england and boston. leslie van arsdal is at know of care complex where dean of quarterbacks, has pneumonia a hot topic. >> reporter: of course, dealing with tom brady, he is talk of the town. i will tell you nick foles when talking about playing patriots, chance to make history just one win away and you'll have his teammates are so confident in his play, and you know what let's show you, there is good reason to be confident because nick has a great time to have the best game of his career this sunday against the vikings. foles completed 26 of 33 for 352-yard, three touchdowns and yes, now they have to get past patriots and tom brady. let me talk about brady, he is a player foles has been watching since he was 12 years old and has so much respect for. >> he is always been a guy i watch. any young quarterback, any quarterback has watched tom brady. he has

don bell will be live in minneapolis aft grammy awards and we'll be with the xwirdz every step of the way as they go for one more win. when we're not on tv find everything eagles cbsphilly.com. >> tonight an investigation is underway into the death of dr. dr. james kauffman charged with arranging his wife's murder took his own life in his jail cell. and he left suicide note. eyewitness news reporter hof hof has that. >> although this has been deemed apparent suicide the atlantic country prosecutor's office says their investigation into it will continue. tuesday, january 18, james kauffman charged with orchestrating the 202 murder of his wife faced atlantic county judge. kauffman and alleged coconspirator ferdinand a uv gello were. the atlantic county prostitut prostituteer's office say he was found dead in his jail cell. the apparent suicide was carr carried out using a bed seen. he was incarcerated since june in charges racketeering. >> this shows the standoff between officers and cough man as they afelt todd execute a search warrant. he's heard threatle heening to kill himself. >> i

join me, don bell,eyan arsdall,d only voice of the eagle off 3:30 p.m. tomorrowy chick afternoon: merrill will join just our next hour as that. >> now, to the sixers, who met up with the best team in the eastern london yesterday. festive tis gannon ae celtics high note. , the whole organization, we thank you for coming to support is going to be a fun night. so trust the process. dropp the mike, then ben simmons dropped his pretty fadeers up 61 to 13;y lead by as many as 22 in half. the second half, all celtics. kyree irving, he got hot, of course he it, he finished with 20 points, and the sixers blow another huge lead, sixers are back for their mlk "d" day monday afternoon against ra. shows careers morris, 999. but today the prep hoses lansdale catholic and w number 1,000. speedy says he'll cherish the moment when itom over. >> i'll be glad when it is peopr first game, so-so got nine to go, eight to go, that's all you here. it is not me really. it is the kids. >> so good luck to coachhas en g time, coming up in the next hour, all eagleer45 then the pes r