ni. >> minnesota nice is tough term i call minnesota ice. they have nice because they have a social contract polite thing to don't want you here. >> how do you know that. hillouth p person's house is there food out and they offer you a drink , you want beer, glass of wine. you are sitting, waiting, asks fomes i had to go to people just go in their refrigerat they give thaw look they don't say anything. you did that in south philly whu doing that for. >> personal space as we walk around herth space but nighttime that is where concerts are and all that. you know about my personal space. >> personal space in minnesota is a big deal, in a crowd like this, there is no way to avoid it. everybody will be on top of each other. walking around in an elevator to a fail person that elevator looks empty to a minnesota person that elevator is pack. when you crunch in that is a problem. other thing you have to know about too is lines. people here are super patient. they love waiting in lines but you have to know is they don't want want to butt in front of

so we moved back to minnesota, i did my show back in minnesota and i explored it and i talk about what it's like to put a campaign, well, at first, just even exploring it, there's this thing in minnesota called bean feeds, it's the democratic-farmer-labor party. that's sort of our organizing principle are bean feeds and you can have a spaghetti dinner or burger bash but they're all called bean feeds. (audience chuckling) and they're in counties or in senate districts, senate districts or in the state senate district and so i started going around, and i really had a great time, i really enjoyed and i learned a hell of a lot and as i learned more, it became less about beating norm coleman and more about one of the big issues during that campaign, one of the things i kept hearing about was people terrified about going bankrupt because of a healthcare crisis and i was doing a radio show at the time. elizabeth warren was on the show frequently and she would, i knew from her that about half of all bankruptcies in this country at that time were tied to a healthcare crisis, a medical crisis an

. >>> moving on to minnesota. the eagles fly out of town today for their super bowl showdown against the defending champion patriots. >> and fans line up to meet some of the birds before they jet out of town. we've got come coverage all day from the area and all the way to minnesota. >> first your wake-up weather. some rain to start your sunday. we are still enjoying relatively nice and mild temperatures. the action cam is live at the belmont plateau looking towards the center city skyline. our meteorologist chris sowers was under the weather this morning so we go to meteorologist david murphy always nice to see you. >> right now we've got some light rain on the terrace as you take a look at storm 6 double scan it's pretty much everywhere across the region. you can expect a good portion of the morning to be wet and down in south jersey slightly steadier cells hig of this for is light nuisance rain, you take it slow and put a lot of room between you and the car in front of you. 49 in wilmington and trenton and even

the eagles are in minnesota for opening night. between players and coaches in front of the fans. >> it would be busy week for the birds ahead of sunday super bowl lii. the eagles arrived at minneapolis st. paul airport yesterday, even though the birds beat the vikings on their path to the super bowl there are still some eagles fans in that town. eagles fateful are hoping to get a look at their nfc champions. >>> we've lived in minnesota for the last 14 years, but i've never left my philly roots. and i knew they were coming down, and just want to be part of the excitement, see the people get off the the excitement. >> if the eagles play like they did last week against the vikings, which i think they will, they'll get it done. >> at least the eagles got to spends the night in minneapolis before this super distractions of super bowl week gets started. >>> and few hours earlier the nfc champs gone proper sends off from the nova care complex in south philly. eagles fans apparently didn't care about the rainy weather. they say they want

terminals filled with minnesota games. eagles fans played nice with their visitors we did ask people wearing purple and gold about whether they were nervous about touch ting down in eagles nation >> i'm going to go to the stadium with a couple of my buddies. on the wear out i want want to wear eagles because i want to be safe. i'm going to get in and out. everybody says their bite is worse than their bark. the city of brotherly love, i'm sure it will be a good game, a good time. i'm not too worried about it. they just really want a good game. they're not hoping for a blow out. >> vikings fans who did make the trip to philadelphia they brought the chant with them. what is that word that the minnesota fans keep shouting? i had to ask myself. sol is a swedish word that means cheers or good health. it's all part of the viking fight song. it made it's ' way to this fictitious al philly landing today. someone dressed as the rocky statue in purple and gold. we do have you you covered tonight. tune in to a special champion ship ed

i am congressman jason lewis, minnesota two. it is wonderful to be here to talk about the single most important thing happening right now in america. but enough about the minnesota vikings and the playoff game on sunday. let's talk a little bit about tax reform. you know, we have history on our side. you look at the 1920's and 1960's and 1980's, every time we get this rising tide when we increase productivity in the private sector. yesterday i was at the home depot in minnesota two and was talking to the manager and talking about how wonderful it will be for home depot. you know the people that were excited? the associates of home depot because they engage in stock holders. their 401-k's are going up. they will get more share of ownership in this opportunity society. that's what we've done with this tax bill. that's why the folks at home depot were excited. that's will d.t.n., another company in minnesota two, has just -- they published something called the progressive farmer. i am trying to get them to change it to the conserva

talk about minnesota nice. these people are so really kind, and very hospitality is something you can actually feel in minneapolis. this is the team headquarters. this is like their novacare complex for next week or so. they will have team meetings and team meals and walk throughs, and they have really done up the place. what i love is you can see players, pictures all over, you can see it says welcome eagles, and nfc champions. super bowl lii logos. you get in the spirit of things here. it kind of hit me eagles really are in the super bowl. i'm standing just a couple feet away from the mall of america. right on the other side of the wall here. that is where the team will have their availability on tuesday, wednesday, thursday. we will be able to go inside to the mall of america and talk the two players about everything they are experiencing here at the super bowl, new for so many of them. new for me. this is the super bowl i have had a chance to cover. i was inside the mall checking it out. is there another wo

years ago it was colder in minnesota than it was on mars for one day. you can google it. it happens. the range rover was in a warm part of mars and we scold quarter and now those people are coming to the super bowl next week. i talked to someone from our staff in minnesota and i said we are already to do the dogsledding and were gonna do the ski thing and were gonna do all this and he said senator, it will be cold. so, watch out for this. i am very excited to speak here and you know that tonight you will hear the state of the union but i am just as excited to give my first state of the net. i think there will be a few differences in our speeches so i'm excited to be on c-span3. we won't try to compete in that way. i also think there may be some differences in terms of the focus that i have in that i think we need to be talking about as a country. i want to thank the internet education foundation and all the groups that made this really important conference possible. i am not focusing on these issues in my speech but i was asked to talk about some of our

they are doing it in minnesota nice. >> what is the game all about? >> sportsmanship. >> that was the mayor and the police chief stressing sportsmanship. they lost a chance to be in the super bowl being the home team in the super bowl. >> video showing a cat, not in a crock pot, but riding on a a hood of a car, prompts concern of the animal abuse, but the other than said the animal loves the joy of the joyride. >>> a deadly hit-and-run shut down the schuylkill expressway for hours. 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 reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g wireless network backup. verizon, no way. we offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. verizon, not so much. get internet on our gig-speed network and add voice and tv for $34.90 more per month. call 1-800-501-6000. for $34.90 more per month. 5:00 a.m., friday, january 29. here's what we're following. >> it's eagles week, super bowl

>> minnesota. >> minnesota. >> you betcha. >> you betcha. >> reporter: all right. back out here live, showing the eagles green here on the streets of the twin cities. now, many fans say the wheel reason why they're so nervous here in minneapolis is because it would be the first time there would be a hometown super bowl literally. lucy, u.s. bank stadium is about five blocks behind me where the super bowl it doesn't matter for vikings fans it's the eagles fans that will be there in a couple of weeks. >> you got that right. i think that the eagle on the lake that was an omen. good omen for us. i'm just saying. >> reporter: they're there every day. >> all right. thanks, chris. behave. >>> fox 29 is where you want to be all weekend leading up to the nfc championship many you've seen our coverage guessing you want little more. and then let's talk about sund sunday. good day with mike, alex and the gang at 7:00. "game day live" at 10:00. fox 29 news is on at 4:00. before the fox pre-game show at 6:00. then it's kickoff at 6:30. my, oh my. >> live look at allentown quite

sports now the red hot excitement for the super bowl minnesota. jeff skversky continues our coverage. >> eagles fans take over minneapolis. that's the long and short of it from chris long, the eagles defensive end. he says eagles fans need to dominate at the super bowl like they have on the linc and on the road all season. their final practice in philadelphia before flying out to minnesota later this afternoon, facing the patriots again a modern day dynasty future hall of famers tom brady and bill bell check. they want new england badly. >> they have to do what they do and we focus on. >> i wouldn't want to be there with any other team but obviously they've been there multiple times and won it multiple times. if you really earn it, it's got to be somebody you want to earn it from. >> the team is motivated regardless of people saying regardless of what it is. >> running back from glassboro new jersey is the ultimate underdog story on this team. he says his goal is to make sure broad street is packed for a parade. >> the city of philadelphia and i'v

they are not bothered by the frigid temperatures of minnesota. it's a total team effort here at 6abc. sharrie williams caught up with fletcher cox and asked him about staying focused and fresh. >> i feel like we still a long way out. the thing about this game if everybody use their energy up on today, then there's nothing left in the tank for sunday. i feel like the guys everybody will do a great job and i do a good job of keeping everybody calm making sure the guys are staying focused and make sure they get prepared. we here for one reason and that's to win the football game. >> reporter: the game plan, is it intact or is there more to do in the coming days? >> we've had two weeks to get ready for this and, you know, we can't just -- as far as two weeks out, i think it's hard to really stay focused for two weeks honest. i think this week is the most important week. this week it's really big for us. >> reporter: all right, for now six days out from super bowl lii against the patriots. you got to feel like the game plan is intact but you know thos

we can tell you the eagles will hold their first practice here in minnesota tomorrow. we will hear more from eagles players come up a little bit later on this mash up with the patriots. that coming up in just a moment. for now let's send is back to the nbc studios in philadelphia. >>> meantime our top story tonight here at home, president trump talking directly to the nation in his first state of the union address. he tried to push for unity calling this a new american moment. >> we all share the same home, the same heart, the same destiny and the same great american flag. >> we sent nbc 10's lorren make to washington, d.c. he really hit a lot of the issues you told us to expect earlier today. >> reporter: he did, jim. there were some unexpected points here. the keeping open the guantanamo bay detention center, keeping down drug costs, but issues like immigration continue to dominate as the president makes his pitch for unity. >> the president of the united states. >> reporter: at his first state of the union address, president donald trump calling this a new american

called "we want it" with live reports here from minnesota. and nbc 10, your official eagles station is the only place you can watch super bowl v # on sunday. you'll find coverage right here that no one else has. >>> hey, guys. and one last update on your morning drive. watching a crash on the schuylkill expressway and south street, horrible area right here just because that left lane is blocked. all of that traffic coming out of center city is beginning to jam up. also watching a crash right near exit 38, the left lane is blocked there. >>> i'm meteorologist bill henley. it is cold this morning and the wind is making philly even colder. 18 in philadelphia and teens in new jersey, delaware and the lehigh valley. the good news is we've got sunshine just about to come up, and we'll have bright sunshine for a warming and into the 30s. clouds later today but we stay dry today. and then a bit of wet weather coming later on this weekend, right? >> yes, yes. >> we'll be watching that and something else sunday soing to . the "today" show starts now. >

in minnesota and a few years ago, it was colder in minnesota than it was on mars for one day. you can google that, it happened. the range rover was in a warm part of mars and we scored colder. now all of those people are coming for the super bowl next weekend. and i talked to someone from the staff in minnesota and i said we are ready to do the dog sledding and we are doing skiing in all of this. and they said senator it will be a little cold. so watch out for this. i am very excited to speak here. and you know that tomorrow night we are going to hear the state of the union. i am just as excited to get my first date of the net. i think there will be a few differences in our speeches. i'm very excited to be on c-span3. i think there will be differences in terms of some focuses that i have and i think that we need to be talking about as a country. and i want to thank the internet education foundation and all of the groups that made this really important conference possible. while i am not focusing on these issues my speech, i was asked to talk about some security issues. you kno

in minnesota. a few years ago it was colder in minnesota that was on mars for one day. you can google google it. it happened. the range rover was in a warm part of mars and we scored colder, not all those people are coming for the super bowl next weekend. i talked to someone from her our staff in minnesota and i go, we're already, come were goingm do the dogsledding, going to do the ski thing, you all this picky set sender to come is going to be a little cold. so watch out for this. so i am very excited to speak here, and you know that tomorrow night we're going to hear the state of the union, but i'm just as excited to get my first state of the net. and i think there will be a few differences in our speeches so i'm very excited to be on c-span3. so we won't try to compete in that way. but i also think there may be some differences in terms of some of the focuses that i have and i think we need to be talking about as a country. i want to thank the internet education foundation and all the groups that have made this really important conference possible. while i'm not foc

paul minnesota, jim, back to you. >> thank you, ducis. also sarah bloomquist is on the celebrity beat tonight. sarah, safe to say there are people we know and love. >> we are here outside the excel energy center in beautiful st. paul where the actual temperature right now is something like eight degrees. i'm standing on a sheet of ice. it's much warmer inside where reporters are meeting with the coaches and players and have been throughout the night. we caught up with a celebrity reporter, guy yai guillermo. from the "jimmy kimmel live." we caught up with him before he set out to go inside to interview the players. >> are there players you are looking forward to interviewing? >> the quarterback for the eagles. >> what's his name? >> nick. >> his last name? >> i don't remember his last name. >> foles. >> you have a player whose first and last name is strange. >> aghaei? mai tai? >> mai tai, like the drink? >> he could be your new favorite player. >> i'll try mai tai. >> do you know the fight song? eagles. >> i'll do it, and then you. >> ae

minnesota doesn't do that. >> reporter: i'm not in minnesota to apologize to anyone but i hope all eagles fan treat this city with respect when they get here and maybe we could put the negativity behind us and enjoy a good super bowl next sunday. >> i'm sure there is bad fans in the minnesota, as there are everywhere. >> reporter: so we are all football fans ready for a fun week together. vikings purple and eagles green hugging it out. each day more super bowl stuff happens. the lombardi trophy came in today and the eagles come in tomorrow. you are in the right spot for the best, most thorough coverage from minneapolis. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> and there is only one station where you could watch the eagles play in super bowl lii and it is right here on nbc 10. from pregame to kickoff and post game, this is the only station with complete coverage. >>> turning to our first alert weather. tracking rain. take a look at nbc 10 radar as we are in for showers tomorrow. first alert meteorologist steve is timing it all out for us. >> that is right. and if you step outside, check the calendar.

we have live team coverage for you from minnesota. jessica dean is at mall of america with more on the festivities for fans. but let's start with sports director don bell. he's at xl energy center in st. paul where the eagles and patriots met with the media. don? >> reporter: ukee, it has been an amazing night. literally within the last three minutes or so, media night came to an end. what they now call opening night here for super bowl lii. and the eagles, they came to the stage and it was a complete reverse from what the patriots did earlier tonight. when the patriots came out they were all quiet and subdued. when the birds came to the stage they had their phones out, they started to dance a little bit. they are not shy, they are not scared of the lime light. and of course, had an opportunity to catch up with a bunch of guys, including carson wentz. >> just being around it, last year being at it just kind of ticked me off i don't want to be here in this capacity again and now i'm here i'm stoked for the team but i want to be playing

minnesota has been unappreciated themselves. i know they're hung a and they're a really good football team. >> >> we've got to win this bovenlt just getting here -- we're not getting any award for coming to this game. we've got to win. >> reporter: the eagles have never lost a playoff game in minnesota. in fact the last time they went to the super bowl 13 years ago, the eagles beat the vyingings and the falcons along the way. perhaps history will repeat itself tonight in the nfc championship game at the linc. >> jeff, ducis and jamie have you covered all day long. there may be no more loyal fan than one watching from a hospital bed. she was at last week's game at the linc, but robinson says the cold impacted her lungs and in her words she took a bit of a beating. she will be there in spirit watching the big game on television. this loyal fan has a little bit of advice for the eagles. >> keep the ball on the ground, keep the running game, we got it going on. >> robinson says she's ready for game time with her eagles cap, shirt, s

them to our space because we're minnesota knights. that's how we are. >> remember if it's really cold or snowing, the stadium in minnesota is in indoors. >>> now to staving off fears of a jinx. here's a live look at city hall. and in the past the city has dressed him up in team colors whenever one of ours makes a push for a title. >> the mayors office confirms they will not dress the statue in green. they find it bad luck for the teams the last two times they did it. when the flyers played in the stanley cup final they got swept by the red wings. >>> there's only one station where you can watch super bowl lii, and that is nbc 10, your official eagles station. >>> now to your first alert weather. grab an umbrella. no feed for snow worries. that rain will also come with strong winds and maybe even a thunderstorm. >> glen, this all starts during the morning commute. >> yes, and especially in areas north and west. lee high valley and berks county. the leading edge of the showers in western pennsylvania now, but that's not the most potent

they have a term minnesota nice. i'm starting to understand what that is. >> we discovered it yesterday when we got in here, roll tape >> we start this hour with some truth. >> truth is people here in minnesota really are nice. everyone is so friendly this bar, i love it, look at this sign eagles fans stop in and have. >> free beer. >> cool. >> thrown at you. >> apparently, some folks are still upset when they came to visit the linc and they had beer thrown on them. isolated incident. >> here's the thing though way you look at it, in one hand you get free beer. in other word it is on you. it was closed. eagles fans, came shut it down or too scared they put up a sign and too scared to follow through. >> it was sunday. get on twitter, instagram, should we go back. i don't think we should buy any beer from these people because it supports these nasty people. >> they said it is free for us >> we will go back and take one in the face for philly. >> in the face. >> in the face. >> just don't open your mouth. >> and get out

it really is bad blood with minnesota fans. after some unrule rulely birds videos came out that went viral, after the beat down on the field at the linc, eagles fans are the very last fans minnesota wanted to see in their city for super bowl weekend. as the super bowl hype builds towards sunday, minnesota fans, well, let's just say the welcome wagon has broke down. first impression of an eagles fan? >> yeah, i do not have very positive remarks on eagles fans. >> not very good first impression. >> let's go eagles. >> reporter: mate be bitter cold but these vikings fans, well they're still bitter. >> there are a lot of people who want to try and be minnesota nice but we also will say we won't tolerate that in our city. >> danielle was in philly for the championship last week. she was one of those fans who was harassed. >> they were horrible. i was out there. i went to the game and the treatment there was -- let's just say they created a lot of patriots fans. >> reporter: to get the real vibe of the city we went to frank's of sout

every expense is good for us. >> minnesota. >> timely he reassured minnesota vikings fans that they should come ready to enjoy the game and the police has their backs too. >> it's pour frayed worse than it is we have a lots of officers plain clothed and inside the stadium and outside in the parking lots. >> philadelphia police are asking residents to voluntarily remove from broad street. they insist they will not ticket or tow them come game day. fox 29 news. >> fox 29 is where you want to be all day long on sunday. cover begins 7 a.m. with mike and alex and whole "good day" game. game day live starts at 10 and fox 29 news is on at 4 before the pregame show at 6 and kickoff 6:30 right here on fo fox. >> happening right now in fish down neighbors are on edge after a massive sinkhole opens up. the 30 foot wide hole has taken a large chunk out of street and parts of sidewalk. it's forcing people out of their homes. our dave kinchen joins us live from fishtown, dave. >> reporter: well, dawn, that hole in the earth is in place right now with you coos working on it. even getting wet a little bit

for sharrie williams, i'm brian taff in bloomington minnesota. back to you. >> ask all the questions the fans want to know. >> absolutely. >> our coverage of the eagles trip to the super bowl continues on 6abc.com. see more "action news" reports from minneapolis along with stories, photos and videos you will only see online. we're showing you how everyone we're at home is cheering on the birds. >> ♪ >> now to an accuweather alert. of course we had a pretty nice stretch of weather so far but that is about to change tomorrow. you're taking a live look at center city skyline through our sky6 camera. the clouds you see are going to give way to some light snow tomorrow morning. meteorologist cecily tynan in the accuweather center with details. hey, cecily. >> hi, monica. i hope you enjoyed the january thaw because it is over. i'm tracking colder air and snow on the way. double scan live showing the setup. we actually have two features. there's a coastal low bringing some rain across parts of south jersey, philadelphia looks like it's raining, that's

paul minnesota, jim, back to you. >> thank you, ducis. also sarah bloomquist is on the celebrity beat tonight. sarah, safe to say there are people we know and love. >> we are here outside the excel energy center in beautiful st. paul where the actual temperature right now is something like eight degrees. i'm standing on a sheet of ice. it's much warmer inside where reporters are meeting with the coaches and players and have been throughout the night. we caught up with a celebrity reporter, guy yai guillermo. from the "jimmy kimmel live." we caught up with him before he set out to go inside to interview the players. >> are there players you are looking forward to interviewing? >> the quarterback for the eagles. >> what's his name? >> nick. >> his last name? >> i don't remember his last name. >> foles. >> you have a player whose first and last name is strange. >> aghaei? mai tai? >> mai tai, like the drink? >> he could be your new favorite player. >> i'll try mai tai. >> do you know the fight song? eagles. >> try it again. i'll do it, and t

i'm jacqueline london coming to you live from minneapolis, minnesota. the birds faithful are known as some of the most passionate fans around. and that fact was on display this morning in societyhill.agl were literally bleeding green for their birds today. yeah, this was the scene this morning on south street where they handed out 50 free eagles tattoos. the artists inked up fans with everything from fly eagles fly pieces to a simple eagles logo. one lucky fan we he has no i b just like eveone else here, everyone else in the city. they. this is w some serious fans. online temporary tattoomaker momentary ink funded today's free tattoo giveaway. new meaning to bleeding green. >>> one business is helping to feed the fans while fighting the eagles underdog status. the pretzel factory is baking up these pretzels in the shape of a dog bone. the company tells us already has multiple orders for hundreds ofhebones. some of the money will be donated to a local animal sporting an nneapolis, minnesota, leading up to the super bowl on sunday. super bowl lii. our cov

in fact look at the snow in minnesota. that's a cold front, and that is what's going to come our way later tomorrow. but it's going to be arriving with warmer air, so they're getting snow in minneapolis, and we will get rain later tomorrow. and today we will stay dry. ten day on ten 37 degrees this afternoon. a pretty good turn around. it'll be just below friesen in philadelphia, 31 and up to 47 in the afternoon. that rain developing later on thursday. probably in the evening we'll see that rain. and by early friday morning, maybe a few snowflakes but that'll come to an end by sunrise. those 40s will be long gone for friday. saturday will be colder. 18 in the morning, 34 in the afternoon. very similar to what we'll experience today. come sunday, looking like a good day to stay inside, maybe watch some tv in the evening. eagles game, of course, super bowl here on nbc 10. and it'll probably be raining and snowing outside at the time. and sml of that snow will continue into first thing on monday morning. it's a storm system w

bloomington, minnesota. actually about 30 degrees right now. although we expect in minneapolis it's going to change over the next 24 hours. let's find out how the weather is in philadelphia. >> oh, yeah, don't get used to that warm weather in minneapolis. today the cold weather is here. for feels hike temperatures that wind is steady and feels like 4 edegrees right now in philadelphia. very cold morning, and the temperatures are in the teens. but we're on track for a lot of sunshine. clear skies in the lee high valley and new jersey and the suburbs. 18 in philadelphia and now 17, just dropped a degree in delaware. but with clear skies we're in for a sunny day today, at least to start with. notice how it's starting to shift. at the 10:00 hour those winds will be coming out of the south this afternoon, so these temperatures will boost this afternoon. with sunshine fading later in the day as clouds come in. i'll break the forecast down hour by hour and show you when your neighborhood kind of squeaks out of the teens this morning. but first let's s

minnesota. >> how do you say it. >> minnesota. >> minnesota. >> you get betcha. >> you betcha. [ laughter ] >> reporter: iain, the assignment for me come up here and trash talk i've been trash talking a lot but these minnesota, good luck, yeah. come on have a brewski. i'm like, it's tough, they got nothing up here. but i will say both fans eagles and -- we are very nervous about sunday. >> all right. chris, thank you. good job out there. yo. >> fox 29 is where you want to be all week long leading up to the nfc championship game you've seen our coverage. let's talk about sunday. good day with mike and alex and the gang at 7:00. "game day live" at 10:00. then fox 29 news is on at four. before the fox pre-game show at 6:00 we kick off at 6:30. basically don't ever change the channel sunday. >>> dangerous new challenge going around the internet it involves laundry pods and you're not going believe what kids kids are doing with them. fox 29's dave kinchen is live -- actual until langhorne witness urgent warning from school leaders to parents. >> reporter: there's always some teen challenge out

minnesota hosted by the eagles. you look for those teams that come out of nowhere that maybe can get there. >> against tom brady and the patriots. >> and the officials. >> and the officials. >> don't bet your mortgage on jacksonville. >> i know how you feel about this. >> thanks. >>> steven spielberg, meryl streep and who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >>> tonight on abc 7 news at 9:00, over on coffee tv 20, airlines are banning certain types of luggage starting tomorrow. what you need to know before you pack for the next trip. >>> we'll have more on the chase and the chp chopper landing on the freeway. >>> believe it or not, "jumanji" is roaring at th

. >> 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 jessica dean coming to you live from minneapolis, guys, we have made it, the eagles are in the super bowl we're in minneapolis, we have got six days until it all happens and until then, we are going to be taking you through all of the ness and outs of everything that is happening here in the lead up, to the showdown on sunday. so we have got you covered. i'm right here on nicolet avenue they have shut this down they turned tonight to super bowl live, you can see tube down the snow packed area here, they have got a fan behind me playing a lot of things coincidently and just a fun atmosphere here. people are celebration, ready to welcome visitors here, and they will have thousands and thousands office people descending on minneapolis. i'm not here by myself. i got pa

>> minnesota nice. i was cents i they're a little salty. i was cents here this weekend dihat happened last week. >> trust me, i've been here twice in the last ws, haven't boycotted at all. >> fly fly to see that the minnesota fans are goibecause it is darn good over there. they do a great job. and there is so m hope if you are coming out before sunday's guys over to you you. >> so meisha did you have the cheese steak? good? >> y know, i don't actually eat red meat. so first actually, get this the first week i actu actually say for not being a red meat etherjust not really my thing, but they do awesome food over there. they had all of these awards all over the place, so i know it would make philly peeps very meisha in the news room. she eats celery all day long. >> thanks, meisha. >> we have to get pat or don or jessica to try it out for us. thank you. >> this friday we're celebrating the birds and the fans showing us for a big one more win line up starting at 4:00 with the special edition every "eyewitness news," and " eyewitness news" at 5

paul minnesota. db? >> hey ukee. a young budding reporter decided to step in and give me a run for my money tonight. we're talking about michael kendrick in an interview with lane johnson. it was that kind of night here in st. this winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other family fun reaches a new peak. so whether you're a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. pick the best peak for your family getaway at iloveny.com new york state. it's all here. it's only here. request. >>> welcome back to the x here as people here call it in st. paul. i'm don bell, once again opening night of super bowl lii. that means the festivities are officially under way. thousands of media members here in this building conducting really many interviews. and one guy decided that he wanted to be a member of the media tonight. that is starting linebacker michael kendrick. here he is using our mic interviewing lane johnson. >> a question for you. what do you mean to this eagles locker room? >> i'm just

and who better to tell us then member minnesota native meisha johnson. >> i have, yes. so welcome. this will behat happens in minnesota. >> well, vernacular that they ie northeast section of the country. so i have got a couple terms i . i want you to tell us as philadelphians. >> yes. >> xa terms are, are you ready. >> thinks we are, but yes. >> maybe y h did it at vikings games against the saints, what . is cheer,s a derivative from so, cheers, so kind of likes whe basically saying. it just doesn't have the accent. >> danish, norwegian for cheers or good health a solute or toast. >> what is hot dish. it doesn't sound too appetizing. >> why doesn't it, first of all why does not sound appetizing. >> it sounds weird. >> so a hot dish is something that you make it is usually made way mushroom base and cream based soup on the bottom but it, always has taiter to the on top and then you put fish or meat into it. think of it as. >> yes. >> if you are out ice fishing or for hunters out there or op a cabin or boating you always have a hot dish. hack when and everybody brings it

they have practiced, for the first time, since they arrived here in minnesota on sunday. now, literally about five minutes ago one of the buses just came back here to the team hotel, carrying quite a few players but these were the guys hoff been injured all season long so we are looking at jason peters, carson wentz getting off the bus with darren sproles and other guys but they have practiced at the university of minnesota today which business 20 minutes away nick foles, when talking to us the media he talk about how important or how big this win would be for the city of philadelphia. >> we have to earn that right. we have to prepare, we have to play this game, the game hasn't been played just yet. we have a lot of work. any what it means. there has been a lot of hard work and years waiting for this opportunity but we are going against a great opponent we have a lot of work to compete on sunday and i look forward to that but i know philadelphia is behind us, they will be here cheering loud and i'm exited to see them in the stand and bringing home the energy for us. >> i'

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. >> we'll have more on "action news" saturday morning coming up next. >> we'll 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 you're heading to the game, you will not need a winter coat, good news depending on who you are. we're enjoying a weekend warmup. sky6 live hd at penns landing, a beautiful start to the morning. let's get you outside to meteorologist chris sowers for a check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. chris, i'm smiling. >> reporter: you see what i did for you, gray hall. you were upset about that cold weather, i brought you nice january thaw. we have four straight day

he grew up in minnesota, which is a half an hour outside of, minneapolis, minnesota, and, so, you figure he is going to have an interesting situation this week. i asked him, the obvious question, yes. you grew up a vikings fan. >> i grew up, a fan but my family, my folks, my dad fridays minnesota so he is a vikings fans. he was in the a vikings fan anymore i can tell thaw with most certainty. >> i heard he was a big vikings fan growing up, that is what i heard. >> he told me he was a packers fan. >> that is in the true. >> i knew it. >> i'm in the a person who lies. hey, beau. you were a big vikings fan greg up. >> vikings fan? >> i'm ending this narrative right now i was a packer fans. >> yes, that is a real troublemaker over there, yeah. >> the real troublemaker, right there, yes. there she is. >> yes, she spawned that. >> e-a-g-l-e-s eagles. >> another chant breaks out here at chickie and pete's lets go to sal paolantonio with some insight, sal, take it away. >> important to remember that vikings quarterback case keen um completed 67 percent of his passes, outside of the pocket. that

i am congressman jason lewis, minnesota 2. it is wonderful to be here to talk about the single most important thing happening right now in america. enough about the minnesota vikings and the playoff games on sunday. let's talk a little bit about tax reform. we have history on our side. if you look at the 20's, 60's, and 80's every time we get this tide where labor and capital come together and increase productivity in the private sector. yesterday i was at the home depot in minnesota 2 i and i was talking to the manager and how wonderful it will be for home depot. you know the people that were really excited, the associates of home depot. they engage in profit sharing. they are shock told holders. their 401-k's are going up. in the tax bill we even the balance between equity financing and debt financing. they'll get more share of ownership in this community society. that's what we have done in this tax bill and that's why the folks at home depot were excited. that's why another company in minnesota 2 has just, they published s

fans send their love and well wishes to some of the birds' players before they spread their wings for minnesota. >> also wree are tracking -- we are tracking a wet sunday morning but it is not a total washout. meteorologist david murphy is in for chris sowers with a look at your exclusive accuweather forecast. >> across most of the region as we take a look storm tracker 6 shows you there's still some rain up in allentown and reading. occasionally you get a pocket of slightly steadier rain there's even more of that slightly to the south. all of this is going to be dropping down out of allentown, finally off the coast but it's going to be a very slow move and i think it will probably be early afternoon before philadelphia drys out and maybe this evening before the shore finally says good-bye to the rain. 49 degrees right now in philadelphia, 50 in wilmington, 48 in trenton, 42 in allentown and 46 in reading. this is all rain, we're not nearly told enough to have any icing. as we get through the day the rain does start to taper off in philadelphia as we head into the afternoon hours. this model ha

everyone in minnesota now. the eagles got there yesterday. patriots arrived today and look at their plane. flash she. perhaps little obnoxious those vince lombardi trophy on the tale. at least we'll keeping them from repaint the plane. no sixth trophy for the belicheck/brady bunch. you know who else is in minnesota? fox 29. yup. we go there. we went there. we are there. team coverage all the way. chris o'connell spent the day checking out the nfl experience and seeing what fun is in store for fans but let's begin with kristen rodgers live in st. paul. kristen? >> hey, lucy. yes, i'm live here outside the xcel energy center helping for opening night of the super bowl. in the past usually it's supposed to be about our first chance to talk with the eagles and patriots really it has back media frenzy we tried to give a little taste of what tonight has been like. >> some of the questions were okay. like this one to former eagle eric row. >> like i know i used to play for them but i want to get back at them. no. we got to prepare for them. >> a wal

hey, how is minnesota? >> reporter: hey, jim, i was actually waiting for. that ways waiting for minnesota because i actually was stopped yesterday, downtown minneapolis, hey, i like how we say minnisota so id there. well, you guys, i'm standing here at the convention center in downtown minneapolis, it is spectacular in here. right now i'm actually standing by where they're doing all every these interactive activities little later which is really cool. so still real early, central standard time. but there is vertical jumps, 40-yard dash, broad jump. you have got the big kick, field goal kick, all every these inter-active stations set up and looking really busy speaking of football. yes, as previously mentioned earlier this morning, we actually got a little look at the media night. i don't like say this but our e-a-g-l-e-s dels not get the warmest of welcomes. >> the nfc champions philadelphia eagles. (boost heard). >> you know, you guys all know born and raise in the minnesota, of course i'm little bit of a vikings fan, of corpse, but adopted the eagles. so

brees against this minnesota defense. i tell you, in today's game, it is hard. it is hard to stop a quarterback like drew brees and when all you need is a field goal to cope that from happening. we will see if keenum can work a little magic here. >> joe: now no snap by the center pat elfein. >> referee: false start, offense, number 74. five-yard penalty. first down. >> joe: everybody moved on the line except for elfein didn't snap it. >> troy: you heard hem at the line of scrimmage trying to use a little hard count. maybe you get a free play and can take a shot down the field immediately. instead, his own guy moves. >> joe: first and 15. pass to diggs. first down. they got to use a time-out, i would think. and 17 seconds left. time-out taken by the vikings. they are out of time-outs. they need 20, 25 yards to give forbath a chance with 18 ticks remaining, down by one. >> troy: either they are going to catch the ball and get out of bounds and stop the clock, but if it's inbound, they either have to get down or --, you know, score a touchdown, but to get into rang

in minnesota. >> how fun is this yes. >> oh, lovely. it's lovely. lovely. >> reporter: are we going to win. >> we going to smash them. 34-seven. >> reporter: there you see the vince lombardi trophy. 7-pound just in case we want to pack it in our suitcase on the way home next monday. i was doing some nfl drills. i think lucy, it's time to put me in. >> yeah, except you've got an injured acl. you need to nurse that thing, all right? >> otherwise i'm telling your doctor. >> i'm good. i'm ready to play. >> all right. put me in, coach. thank you, chris. >>> we have developing story out of south philadelphia. guy who police tried to mow down people with his car is dead shot and killed by an off duty officer. it happened on broad and bigler streets right around 7:30 this morning. investigators tell us the man was driving a black honda and targeted people. he did end up hitting someone who was getting out of a car. an off duty saw it all going down ended up in what police administrators call a violent struggle with the man. at one point the off duty cop fir

what do you know about minneso minnesota? >> that it's cold. >> i just know it's cold. >> i know it's very cold there. >> reporter: our slogans the city of brotherly love compared to minnesota nice whatever that means. >> minnesota -- [ laughter ] i mean, you know, brotherly love is much better than nice. there's love in there. just nice. >> that's just nice. >> yeah, it's just nice. >> boring. >> nice is mediocre. >> yes we even have the better fictional characters. ♪ >> reporter: rock bee balboa or the twin city's mary tyler moore. sorry, mary. >> ♪ >> reporter: and fight songs this is the skull viking song. it's cute i guess. but there's no better fight song than -- >> fly, eagles fly, on the road to victory ♪ >> finally minnesota may have us beat on one thing. their shiny new billion dollar stadium. but that's okay. the eagles will be playing there any way come super bowl sunday. >> e-a-g-l-e-s! >> reporter: and listen to this. just for good measure seven years ago i actually put a hex on the minnesota vikings. take

this what they do in minnesota i have paul here. he's a big minnesota vikings fan. one question. how do you think that the vikings have any chance of winning this game this weekend? >> well, after what i seen all year from the vikings i think we can do it, yeah. >> you don't sound too confident. >> being minnesota fan we got to be little cautious. >> reporter: is that what it is up here. >> little bit. >> reporter: i want to show you the ice house. literally when -- they go fishing here, can you open this open that door. look at this ice house, guys. look. this is where they'll watch the vikings games. they have the tv, they have -- you see fish in here. fishing for muss key. fishing for wall eye. they have a heater in here and look at the screen if we can see the screen close that. that is where they look for the fish underneath 18-inches of i ice. now real quick i got to show before you we go. dave, cull on out here. what they've been telling me throughout the last couple hours is there's an eagles nest right here on the lake, and look what the eagles have been doing to the fis

live to minnesota with ducis rogers and brian westbrook. it starts today in practice. >> yes, indeed their first practice of super bowl week was held earlier today with the second straight day we heard from nick foles what is the sentence you get? >> he say competent guy a lot of success in the last nfc championship game and that type of confidence so close to this game the big stage the super bowl is a great thing for nick. >> he was the subject of a large media gathering but not before he stopped by to see b. west. and he is embracing it. >> the opportunity to compete at the highest level and the largest game against the best. that is what we play the game for and look forward to. to go into the game with the opportunity i'm looking forward to it. >> i had an assistant coach telling me that this team has loose confidence why is that a good thing? >> if you are uptight and nervous you can't play your best game. they are loose all season long dancing and having celebration, that is the character and they are loose. and they need that to win

it has been 19 in philly before but not in minnesota 19 >> we're in the mall. do you feel cold draft in the mallee think we are right near a vent, we are underneath the air conditioning. >> so we're complaining already but there is nothing to complain about. eagles are in minneapolis. >> we're in minneapolis. i'm really excited. >> this is kind of cool. it is a mall. >> i have been getting mike nervous. >> look at that, look at that. >> i hate malls but this has been a cool experience. >> it is not just a mall, it is mall with the roller coaster. >> 520 different stores. >> i'm trying to get rid of the patriots this pennant right here, does that look better here. >> we're sitting next to them do you see that woman, she's from the boston station. >> can you believe that how perfect is that. >> sitting next to boston. >> we will have fun all week. >> get ready for us cyst ter. >> she wants pretzels. >> i thought you would give us one of your rings, super bowl rings. >> no, not doing that. >> this is going to be fun. >> stay tune we will be on very soon. >> five m