chip kelly and eag also arrived here in atlanta to cheering fans, is there so much buzz and excitement surrounding this team, sam bradford and demarco murray this new look eagles roster with nine new starters. they are about to show it off on the biggest stage monday night football. >> i'm ready. presees on was fun. i'm just looking forward to go out there monday night prime time. what better way to go out there and she case. >> we have an added some great guys on defense and outside of just putting it together and play four quarters and see how we do begins a good quarterback in matt ryan and good team in at plant. >>> we get to go out there and four quarters and let it fly. >> how good can this team be. >> we can be great. we have to take within game at a time. it starts here. >> can't wait. sam bradford will make that day buy taking field in atlanta for the first time in nearly two years and he he could have his starting tightened, ertz earth will be a game time decision. with the eagles in atlanta, jeff skversky channel six "action news". >>> we will preview tomorrow's big game, to

live in atlanta, jeff jeff channel6 "action news. ducis. >> all right, every thank you so much. >>> we are teaming up with phl17 to bring you this game. our pregame show count down to kickoff will air at the bottom of the hour at 6:30. the game is at 7:00 both over on phl17. >>> the eagles next opponent is dallas. on sunday and the birds will catch a break in that one. dez bryant is out. he broke a bone in his foot. he'll be out four to six weeks. bryant should be back for the two team's second meeting in early november. >>> baseball nare rowan nola pitching for the phils tonight as they begin a series with warrants. also caesar hernandez done for the year with a dislocated thumb he suffered yesterday. >>> there's no penalty for showing up early. flyers training camp begins later this week but many veterans are already getting in some ice time. newly acquired forward sam gagne doesn't know how he'll fit in yet. he just wants to get going. >> expectations of where you'll play doesn't help you. you got to come in with an open minds and

. >> three bombings in the atlanta, georgia, area in under a year. with authorities no closer to naming a suspect, the media hands them a promising lead. a local cbs affiliate, reuters and nbc news receive identical letters that claim to be from the bomber. >> today investigators showed parts of a letter sent after the most recent bombing in february from a group that federal agents now believe may be responsible for the attacks. a group calling itself the army of god says it targeted the abortion clinic because of the murder of 3.5 million children will not be tolerated. and bombed the lesbian night club calling it the sodomite bar. >> he showed he was not necessarily part of an organization where you get a membership card and a baseball cap, but rather part of an ideological movement where you join this army by committing an act of violence. >> these lone terrorist bombers who fashion themselves or style themselves as a group almost never are. first of all, to present yourself as a group is to present yourself as a much stronger entity. there's str

atlanta walked away with the win. the birds are back in town. they arrived overnight after dropping their first game to the falcons in atlanta. heading into last night's game, expectations were high in eagles nation. but it wasn't always pretty. >> i was pretty nervous about the defense. they really didn't show up to play. >> they did a pick at the end of the game, messed it all up. >> watched all the men, they weren't very happy. boo-hoo eagles. they better win next game or they're done. >> reporter: fans at misconduct tavern in center city stuck it out applauding the highs and wining at the lows. atlanta pushed. the eagles made some mistakes that cost them. for the first time in the entire game, the eagles took the lead in the fourth quarter but they couldn't hold onto it. fans say the team could use a little work but it's still early in the season. >> you got to keep the faith. philly fans, you got to keep the faith and you got to believe in chip because he's going to take us to the promised land. >> reporter: of course the hope is they can t

jeff skversky with the team in atlanta tonight. >> are you ready for some football. one of the most anticipated eagles season openers in team history is monday night here in atlanta, after scoring most points, touchdowns and most yards in the preseason, everyone is dying to see just how well this team will play under chip kelly after all of the changes that he made in the off season. chip kelly and eag also arrived here in atlanta to cheering fans, is there so much buzz and excitement surrounding this team, sam bradford and demarco murray this new look eagles roster with nine new starters. they are about to show it off on the biggest stage monday night football. >> i'm ready. presees on was fun. i'm just looking forward to go out there monday night prime time. what better way to go out there and she case. >> we have an added some great guys on defense and outside of just putting it together and play four quarters and see how we do begins a good quarterback in matt ryan and good team in at plant. >>> we get to go out there and four quarters and let it fly. >> how good

jeff skversky live in atlanta where eagles have landed. we think we have been waiting for a long time to see this game but team must be chomping at the bit, um. >> jamie, they cannot wait. when you make wholesale changes at nearly every key position, from quarterback, to running back, everybody, from chip kelly down to the last guy on the roster, dying to see how this will all work out tomorrow, on monday night football. the eagles with one final work out back in philadelphia today, before arriving here in atlanta 90 minutes ago. take a look at chip kelly and eagles a arriving in atlanta to cheering eagles fans. the lots of excitement, lots of buzz down here for this foot the ball team with sam bradford and demarco murray and this new look roster with nine new starters. the the eagles are in meetings at the team hotel putting finishing touches on their game plan. everyone is set for monday night football. >> all of the piece that he is chip kelly felt like he needed is here and now it is time for to us perform, execute and show everybody t

here is video of the bird getting off the bus in atlanta a yesterday. sam bradford has a moment of truth too. he hasn't played in two years. there is a a lot on the line. now players told us that they are revved up and they say they are ready to go. of course, fans are dying to get the season off to a winning start. our crew talk to the players and got a gauge on their emotion, preparations including bradford. here they are after we talk to them. >> i'm probably more excited then ever just to if the back on the field. something i have been waiting a long time. before. it has been a long time. we are looking forward to it. >> everybody is talking about the game, just can't wait to get out there and get it started. >> you know, it is a preseason game. we are ready. >> i have been watching julio since his alabama a daze and rod white and matt rye and an now monday night, you know, right now i have to calm my nerves and get on steady. i just have to go out there and get ready. >> reporter: feeling good. way to go up against the falcons. eagles won last four

against the atlanta falcons. of course chip kelly this off season famously said they want to win a championship and he he will leave no stone unturned until they get that done. clip wasn't kidding. of course he completely turned over this roster, new starters at quarterback, running back, of course cornerback byron maxwell, their pricey new free agent corner six years, $63 million and maxwell believes this team is capable of getting to the super bowl. let's take a look at chip kelly and the eagles arriving here in atlanta at the georgia dome around 4:30. obviously this team very excited, the much anticipated opener for your philadelphia eagles. after a three-one preseason where they led the nfl in touchdowns, points, yards, rushing yards, you name at this time, a lot of excitement building here. of course we will get our first look at sam brad formed

the atlanta falcons. of course chip kelly this off season famously said they want to win a championship and he he will leave no stone unturned until they get that done. clip wasn't kidding. of course he completely turned over this roster, new starters at quarterback, running back, of course cornerback byron maxwell, their pricey new free agent corner six years, $63 million and maxwell believes this team is capable of getting to the super bowl. let's take a look at chip kelly and the eagles arriving here in atlanta at the georgia dome around 4:30. obviously this team very excited, the much anticipated opener for your philadelphia eagles. after a three-one preseason where they led the nfl in touchdowns, points, yards, rushing yards, you name at this time, a lot of excitement building here. of course we will get our first look at sam brad formed he was a hundred percent healthy since coming over here in a trade from saint louis for nick foles and a draft pick. bradford will make his first start in 23 months.

game is in atlanta. judging by the amount of interest and excitement and the nfl, week one, opening game, going to be buzzing with all things eagles tonight. i said we tonight because the eagles are on "monday night football", down in atlanta as vai said facing the lesser birds. recent history is on philly's side. chip kelly 2-0 in his first two season openers as a head coach. what does it take to make it 3-0? how about this. throw the ball. atlanta was dead last against the pass last season and if you want to get greedy and who doesn't when it comes to eagles football, let demarco murray run wild since the opponents average 4.2 yards per carrie last year. for the eagles nine new starters on the team for this year's opener. we spoke to some of the players. they are ready to see weeks of practice come together in a game that finally counts. >> we added some great guys on defense and i'm excited to put it all together to play four quarters. >> we're all excited just on the bus everybody's talking about the

jeff skversky joins us live from atlanta with the post-game reaction. jeff? >> tuesdafter the hype who saw coming? the eagles not able to overcome a brutal first half. and bradford said we killed ourselves, no kidding. throwing two intersections and losing the first opener in two years. >> and the good news, it is one game and we still have games ahead of us. we have a short week and we can get this out of our minds quicker. >> you have to move on whether win or loss. and you come in and review the film and learn from things you did not so great. we didn't play our best game tonight and we learn from it, correct it and move forward. >> with two and change to go in the game, chip kelly went for the feed goal opposed to going on fourth and one because they were having issue in short yard among. no kidding, demarco murray and matthews combined for only 13 rushing yards. the bottom line, the eagles milled the field goal. and cody parkey said "it's my fault." the quick turn-around, dallas on sunday. live in atlanta, jeff skversky channel 6 h-6 "action news." >> th

grew up in the old 4th ward neighborhood in atlanta, georgia, the same neighborhood doctor king was born and raised in. it was right across from where doctor king's final resting place. it had an incredible impact on me. dad was a nursing assistant at the veterans of ministration hospital, and my mother even though she was not in the military, she was a civilian worker with the 6th marine corps district headquarters in atlanta, georgia. >> host: what got you into the military? >> guest: like i said, a father who served in world war ii, the stories she shared is a little boy, and my older brother who served in vietnam as a marine infantryman. i we will never forget the time on easter that he sent back a little replica of a marine dress uniform for me to where to church,, and i was so proud to do that. the day that my older brother and dad sat down with me and said that they wanted me to be the 1st officer in the family because dad had been a corporal, my brother had been lance corporal. i started in 1976, high school junior rotc in the 10th grade. went on to rotc at tennessee and get my c

>> we were a lower middle income family and the crew up at the old fourth neighborhood in atlanta georgia as a matter of fact the same neighborhood doctor king was born and raised in so my school was right across where the final resting place is so it had an incredible impact on me but after they moved up to atlanta, he was a nursing assistant at the veterans administration hospital and my mother even though she wasn't in the military she might as well have been she was a civilian worker with the six marine corps headquarters in atlanta georgia. >> what got you into the military? >> like i said when you have a dad served in world war ii and is sitting down and hearing the stories that he shared with you as a little boy then also as a marine infantryman i will never forget the time on the easter that he sent back a little replica of a marine in dress uniform for me to wear in hear in church and i was so proud to do that. the day that my older brother and my dad sat down with me and said they wanted me to be the first officer in the family because the dad had been a corporal and my dad had

john clark will join us from atlanta when we come back. do we have anymore chips? [off screen] fellas? uh, sorry. we were day dreaming. about that vip tailgate and game tickets? uh yeah! and that pre-game sideline experience... exactly. or even eagle season tickets! [shouting over crowd] how do you know? you both have the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. yeah, the eagles instant game with top prizes of $50,000. and second chance prizes, including season tickets. [both sigh] the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. >>> danny pommels with you again. we continue to mourn the loss of moses in malone who passed away at the age of 60 years old. he didn't show up at a celebrity golf tournament there. he was a 19-year-old outside of high school and went on to become one of eight players to win the most valuable player award three times or more. he was the key cog to a sixers team that won the championship in the late '70s, early 80s. they lost just one game during the run. magic johnson was on the lakers team. tweeted of the rest in peace. one of

we'll start in atlanta with the falcons hosting the eagles. it was atlanta's offense flying high in the first half thanks to two touchdown catches by julio jones. the eagles staged a second half comeback getting two touchdowns off their own from demarco murray, brian matthews also ran one in for philly. but it wasn't enough actually. atlanta hanging on for the win, 26-24. >>> and next up, the vikings visiting the 49ers. not sure about the uniforms of the 49ers. adrian peterson's return from minnesota but the star of the show was san francisco's carlos hyde. he seemed to get the ball every play for the 49ers. most importantly, hyde scored a pair of touchdowns, a second one putting the game away in the fourth quarter winning 20-3 there. exciting. >> i don't have a problem with their uniforms. >> you liked? >> yeah, what's wrong? really >> i don't know that i liked it >> by the way, as a quick homage to frank gifford, the boys for the first game wore the traditional yellow monday night football jacket. >> how sweet. >> we lost frank gifford just

all the way down to parts of atlanta. cool air pass is still moving in, still breezy outside because of this high pressure off to our west giving us that north/northwest wind and that's been bringing in cool air all day today. been breezy outside this afternoon and still is. winds are still gusting near 20 to 25 miles an hour through parts of the area, so the wind is still up. it's still ushering in cooler air, that's the wind direction moving in, but by tonight the winds will diminish and that's going to allow temperatures to drop off winds the winds lighten up. areas north and west in the upper 40s for your morning low temperature, philadelphia area upper 50s. millville should be around the low 50s, wilmington mid 50s. so take a look at areas north and west, some of the cooler spots we expect overnight tonight, through the lehigh valley, allentown around 49 by tomorrow morning, same thing bethlehem. quakertown 48 degrees, 50 in landsdale. it is going to be a cool morning tomorrow, cool start by the afternoon. little war

have you seen the atlanta braves lately? the braves lost 19 of the last 20 games coming into play tonight at citizens bank park. and the smallest crowd in the history of the ballpark tonight. barely 15,000. pol polly want a win, good luck. and 2 run shot. and harang allows 3 more in the forth and walking the batter to get to olivera. bad idea. harang the most losses in baseball, so do the phills. they dropped 11 of 14 including five in a row. >>> just a week away from thes eagles' monday night opener in atlanta. can you wait? bradford and the offense, how they looked in the preseason, will it carry over into when the games really count? let's hope so. >> there's a lot of hype surrounding your football team. have you heard it? >> i mean i heard a little bit but i into the try to get into it because there is always a lot of hype before the season and everybody is emotional right now because football is back. and i just want to take it one game at a time and just continue to keep doing what we have been doing, that's win. >> sh

. >>> the eagles kick off there season tonight on the national stage taking on the atlanta at that falcons. sam bradford will take snaps behind center in his first regular season game in two years. coach chip kelly will show off his new reformed birds team in the georgia dome. we'll have more coming up in football at 5:00 p.m. >>> 5:00 p.m -- 5:00 p.m.a.m. >> a new miss america was crowned in atlantic city last night. >> here she is the new miss america is miss georgia. >> that's price georgia betty cantrell. miss america pageant was held at boardwalk hall. she woed the judges and the crowd with an on are -- oprah performance. cantrell was asked whether brady should be suspended. >> if there was a question there, if there was a question to be had he definitely cheated and he you should have been suspended for that. >> cantrell will begin her year as miss america with the traditional frolic in atlantic ocean. i was glad to see vanessa williams back and the trajectory of her career. quite a comeback. >> it will be interesting to see what reception the new miss america will get in boston. >>

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working in atlanta. do you look at this game differently than you would because you're here? >> well, i do. i do. i look at them, they have a chance. but everybody has a chance. >> you're talking about the falcons. >> the falcons has a chance. you look at the games yesterday. some of the games yesterday nfl and the thing going into this game the intangible sam bradfo bradford. i know he look good in the preseason. >> yes, did he. >> you have to realize it's just the preseason. now we're getting into the meat of this thing and he got to figure out if he can last the whole season f i was playing this game with all those roll outs and that offense they run, i'm hitting quarterback ever chance i get. the dude hasn't played in year and a half howard. you know it will be a little bit of rust he'll have no knock off g eagles defense is better this year. don't you agree. >>> no question about that. with fletcher cox, bennie logan and vinnie curry i like them a lot but that secondary i'm worried about a little bi

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and new atlanta mls team will play. the old georgia dome was built in the early '90s was here for the olympics, and they are going to replace that building which isn't even that old with this new building right here. >> it's a whopping 84 feet apart. >> right. exactly. hard to believe how close they are. >> increasingly we are seeing these stadiums, one in my home state, minnesota, one going up in detroit, atlanta, talk about it in los angeles. with the price tags, $1 billion and over. >> this stadium is slated to be about $1.4 billion. you see the price tags going up. we tend to think of sports stadiums as being the blue collar peanuts and popcorn crowd. now it's more the steak and martini crowd. you have to have craft beer and luxury suites. >> it's all fine and good if it makes economic sense for a city when you are using the taxpayers' money. you have spent more than a decade studying this. what do the numbers tell you? does it net net create more jobs long term help the city economically? >> economists are famous f

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now same score in the fourth inning this time atlanta knocking on the door. freeman finds the end zone and falcons lead 141 yards and atlanta comes back to beat dallas, 39-28. eagles play the red skin next week today looking for the first win against the jets. second quarter, sproels, he shows off, breaks free for a 89 yard punt return for touchdown. eagles up 10-0 and lead as much as 24-0. fourth quarter now. it's a 10-point game. eagles have the ball. ryan matthews, fumbles the ball and jets recover and now suddenly remember the big lead, things look dicey for the eagles. but the second play of the next jets drive, fitzpatrick's pass, going to be tipped and intercepted by jordans, eagles win 24-17. philadelphia improves to 10-0 all time against the jets. to baltimore for the ravens, never started the season 0-3, facing bengals, wild ending, flacco to smith, ravens are ahead. smith 13 receptions, 186 yards, two touchdowns, as impressive as that was, it wasn't enough. aj green was even better. he catches the touchdown pass and gives bengals back the lead, two

i'm from atlanta. i live here from philadelphia i have been asking people on twitter and asking questions, who do i cheer for tonight. >> you cheer for the eagles. or you get out of there. >> she can work for cnn down in atlanta. >> put it all behind you. you are now an eagles fan. >> did you see le shawn mccoy's picture from instagram earlier this weekend. >> i'm surprised he got those, cole and herremans to pose for that. they just got their butts kicked. >> your old teammate come hug, shake hand. >> but that is after the game, right. >> yes. >> i'm surprised they posed for that, i am. i'm not the surprised that they are friends but i wouldn't be posing for that photo if i just lost. >> you are not surprised that lesean took a shot at chip kelly. >> no, i'm tired of him, really, seriously. i am not rooting for him. i am rooting for foles but not chip kelly. i was than the in favor of chip kelly getting traded. i was than the but he ought to just keep his mouth shut. >> he doesn't know when to let it

eli accepted the apology, and they moved on to atlanta. patriot workers who were at the sent over the deflategate. the team request they be allowed back around the team now that the hearing and suspension is over. we don't want them anywhere near the footballs. >> what will they be doing? that's the question? >> i have no idea. something with the organization off the field. they are be working.

they had a boy who was a trainee, whose wife lived in atlanta. they told him to go by the federal reserve bank in atlanta, put something in his trunk, and don't stop. drive straight to the bank in gulfport. but when he got there, they had put in the bank $30 million in cash. he had no idea, all he knew it was a big cardboard box. but the bank knew it would be a cash economy for a while. no electricity for 12 days. you can get anything out of the atm/ companies wouldn't take a credit card because they couldn't get it processed. the same bank loaned out three and a half million dollars to ious on a plain piece of paper. they collected back over 90% of that money over $3.3 million. john: let me ask you quickly about one of the great perceived villains of the story, which is fema. you write about how they got some things right and something's wrong. he did a lot more right than wrong. do you think fema deserves more credit, and for that matter, does george w. bush deserves more credit for the handling of this crisis? female adjustable system, on whic

september 16 on the road at atlanta. opener matt ryan a local frod ungt from our area what challenges does he pose. >> he's a guy that has a great arm you know and somebody who got great -- man we just got to stop them guys in the back end. i think up front, you know, their line is okay. but i think we should be able to you me to do good things. >> key generate pressure on matt ryan and falcons. all right, brian, program remind are you cannot watch this because you'll be getting ready for game but we're teaming up with friend at phl17 for coverage of the eagles pre-oper. we have a pregame show at 6:30 on phl17 followed by game itself at 7:00 on phl17. that will do it for this week's edition of "action news" sports sunday, for brandon, jeff, and our entire "action news" sports sunday team and matt rhule giving hip props for beating penn state. we'll see you next week. ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it her

atlanta, 3-0 under dan quinn. what a start. 39-28. and the carolina panthers off to a great start as well against the saints. mccown played today, brees inactive today. we'll see about next week. mccown 310 yards in the losing effort. but it's dallas and new orleans next week on sunday night football. >> cris: matthew stafford wants one more chance. every time they put demaryius thomas in there in the slot, they have tried to get him the ball. >> al: third and six. pressure, throwing, caught in the end zone by daniels! owen daniels for the touchdown! so daniels has had a few drops tonight, and he finally collects one and does it in the end zone to make it a two-possession lead. >> cris: it's one of those things that will never show up on the stat page, what peyton manning just did right there. he knew exactly where the pressure was going to come from. he redirected his offensive line. he moves to the right, hits the winning touchdown pass over the edge. he knew better than the detroit lions did what they were going to do on that play.

. >>> another live look inside the georgia dome in atlanta. the eagles are set to open the season here in just about an hour. coming up, comcast sportsnet's john clark with one big name you'll see on the field tonight and some other birds who will be sitting this one out. sam bradford's going to be there. >>> plus this -- >> broken glass, broken locks, and a broken promise. neighbors of one south jersey community are pushing for answers as to what's next with this abandoned home before someone gets hurt. i'll show you why next. >>> and we have cooler temperatures in the forecast tonight. i'll show you how cool and a warmup later on this week. that's straight ahead. >>> new at 6:00 a eyesores have caused a community to turn to nbc 10 for help. the abandoned and foreclosed homes, people there say the properties are a magnet for crime, a danger to kids, and forcing their property values to fall. nbc 10's south jersey reporter is live. sydney, what can be done about these eyesores? >> reporter: well, jacqueline, it's a hurry up and wait process. l

. >> we're on to atlanta. i'm going forward to atlanta, thank you very much. >> the game will be home, but it's against atlanta, and they can't put that dallas game in their rear view mirror quick >> all right, bruce, thanks. >>> closed captioning provided by toyota. >>> and that's it for news 4 at 11:00. >> today begins at 4:30. good night and we'll see you tomorrow. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- hillary clinton dakota johnson musical guest, fetty wap and ceaturing the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 330! >> steve: and now, here he is, [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, hey! [ cheers and applause ] love you guys. hey, welcome. welcome, everyboosdy. welcome to the "the tonight show." thank you so much for being here. thank you. ohak, you all made it. this is all you. this is you. [ cheers and applause ] looking good. welcome to "the tonight show." i'm your host, jimmy fall

i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. i'll be back after the hour with another hour of news around the world. thanks for watching cnn, the world's news lieder. leader. >>> pope francis in philadelphia. the pope closes out his trip in the united states with a farewell mass at the world meeting of families. >>> plus, violence at the mosque in jerusalem city. the latest on tensions between israeli police and palestinian youths. >>> catalans go to the polls. why it could be crucial for the push for independence. from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. i'm george howell. this is cnn newsroom. >>> good day to you and welcome to oir viewers here in the united states and around the world. for the first time france launched air strikes against isis targets inside syria. france said that these strikes were based on intelligence that it gathered from air surveillance operations over the past two weeks. until now, france has only conducted air strikes against isis targets in iraq. those started a year ago. just friday, iraq's foreign

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. >>> pope francis is back at the vatican this evening after his historic visit to america and also to cuba. a trip that included nearly 12,000 miles of travel, 26 speeches, and 14 rides in the popemobile. and everywhere he went, he got the kind of welcome not soon forgotten. nbc's anne thompson covered the pope's trip and reports from rome. [ cheers ] >> reporter: from the sustained standing ovation at madison square garden -- [ cheers ] >> reporter: -- to a tender moment with 10-year-old michael keating and his mom and the nine babies kissed on his final popemobile ride alone, pope francis says he was surprised how warm and lovable the american people were. on flight back to rome, the pope shared his impressions of each city with reporters. >> washington -- >> reporter: he said washington was warm but more formal. new york, a bit exuberant. and philadelphia, very demonstrative. >> people who had felt a distance from the catholic church for a variety of reasons, many are talking about how they feel drawn to him and even more drawn to him after this. >> rep

the young right-hander recalled from triple-a tonight to start against atlanta. buchanan problems in the fourth inning. christian bethancourt at the plate and a tie game, 2-1 atlanta. bethancourt 3-5 on the night. later in the frame, freddie freeman, this single. and buchanan doesn't make it out of the fourth. he surrendered 10 hits. his e.r.a. .911. fitting. and the phillies lose 8-1. >>> good news on the franco front. he swung the bat 20 times today and felt no pain in the wrist where he broke a bone. he has been out about a month. still no word on whether he will return this season. >>> the sixer have signed a new point guard. kendall marshall to a four-year contract. he spent time with the lakers and bucks and coming off a torn acl. averaging 5 points and 5 assists a game in his career. he is 24 years old which immediately makes him, no joke, one. older players on the team. >>> "action news" attended a special celebration tonight for a woman in media. ♪ happy birthday to you >> florence celebrated her 101st birthday with friend and family. they joined her f

tonight the birds take on the falcons in atlanta and with nine new starters making their debut for the eagles, you can expect a different look for chip kelly's team. >> comcast sportsnet's john clarke is live for us at the georgia dome. >> all eyes on sam bradford, who's making his debut tonight. >> reporter: absolutely, and i got to tell you, eagle fans are hyped. we just saw hundreds of them waiting outside the team hotel as the buses pulled out to come over here to the georgia dome. eagles fans are excited for this season, even though chip kelly made over the team, the eagles are one of the favorites in the nfc. take a look at the birds arriving here at the georgia dome and one of the big changes that was made, sam bradford is your new eagles quarterback, and he's going to be playing in his first game in 22 months. that is unbelievable. he has missed the last season and a half with two torn acls, but the good thing is, in training camp and the preseason, they didn't have to scale back at all with him. they didn't have to tailor anything towards those knees. everything is fine, and,

. >> espn analyst ron jaworski is anxious to see how the birds bounce back from that loss to atlanta but jaws has concerns for this game and the season. first and foremost, the secondary. >> ♪ >> the eagles gave up five pass plays of 20 yards or more against the atlanta falcons. that's far too many. last year they gave up 72 pass plays of 20 yards or more. that was most in the national football league a year ago. you look at 16 games, times five big plays like they gave up against the falcons, that's 80. they're on pace to play worse in the secondary than they were last year. so, clearly that's anker that billy davis, the defensive coordinator and obviously chip kelly, they have got to shore that you secondary. >> get it fixed. >>> phillies begin their final road trip of the season tonight in atlanta. soon the insanity will be over. >>> hockey open for business. flyers and their new coach dave hakstol opened camp. the season open less than three weeks. coach is going to have to implement his ideas slowly. >> it's okay. i can't do everything at once. you know, i think everybody know

. >> the eagles kick off the season tonight in atlanta. and it wasn't just the team on it way to atlanta. >> ♪ fly eagles fly ♪ >> e-a-g-l-e-s! >> oh, listen to them there. group of eagles fans on their way to the falcons game just burst into song on the plane. should and great game tonight. we have complete preview for you coming up in sport in just a couple of minutes. >> also ahead this morning, doctors are forced to operate on suspected jewel thief who swallowed a diamond. then, later on this morning, two planes bump into each other at los angeles international airport and one of those planes was from new jersey. you'll hear from a passenger on board. >>> also, ahead, some dramatic new images hereof volcano erupting in japan. the latest from there whether we come back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> exciting monday morning, we get excited for the eagles game tonight in atlanta looking inside our cbs news room now on this monday morning, getting ready for the eagles season opener. details coming up in sports. we'll be right back. >> ♪ >> ♪ by

, the home base is atlanta, a lot of excitement as we're waiting for pope francis. if we can slowly turn and see the rest of the parkway here. this was quite empty just a little while ago. now you have tens of thousands of people showing up here waiting for his holiness, around 7:30 is when the festival of families is expected to begin. we're only expecting this area to get busyier and busier. people praying, singing. this guy over here, if i can get him from atlanta. he's been doing card tricks all afternoon. he doesn't have them with him right now. a lot of people are enjoying their time here, passing the time and waiting for his holiness once again. the festival of families, the motorcade, the papal parade expected here around 7:30 and you can only expect the crowds to get larger as the time approaches. live on the parkway, greg argos, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks, greg. here's what's on tap for the rest of the day for pope. first of all, 4:45 is next scheduled appointment, pope francis' address at independence hall. 7:30, he arrives at the festival of famil

in atlanta? then you were hooked. >> i was hooked. i couldn't turn back. >> you see the lgbt community as fighting for civil rights, too. you are a proud supporter of them. what draws you to that fight as well? because i worked in the civil rights movement with many gay people, many lesbian s they helped me. why should i not help them? they helped me push the needle forward. i am eager to push the needle forward for them. i want to help them. more. >> what would you say to counterparts in the gay rights movement about what they are doing right and what they are doing wrong? >> i don't know what they are doing wrong, but they are doing something so right it's amazing the speed with which the movement for gay rights has come to the country. bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. good for you. key going, brothers. keep going, sisters. keep at it. >> people look at the civil rights movement and people in that community, the gay community, the latin 0 community, thing look at you as a hero. who were your heroes >> i have many, marry her 0s. the people i

bill clinton, he plans to attend several fundraisers for his wife this fall, beginning thursday in atlanta. later he goes to missouri and michigan. lester? >> all right, thank you. >>> let's bring in our political director, moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. let's start with new poll numbers you're releasing tonight about the state of the race and potential candidacy of joe biden. >> it highlights the weakness w of hillary clinton. our poll shows that joe biden and bernie sanders both polled better against donald trump, the current republican front-runner, in a general election than hillary clinton. look, biden up by 21 points. sanders by 16 points. clinton, only up by 10. a sign of how much trouble she's having with swing voters. by the way, the most popular candidate running now is not running -- joe biden. >> let's talk about the republican side. what do you see there? >> it's trump, carson, fiorina. when you add up the vote, the outsiders unelected, their vote adds up to 52%. ir the majority of the republican primary elective. look at the candida in double digit, marco rubio. t

. >>> as team gets ready to take the field in atlanta, back home fans are ready too. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is in the city to talk about the eagles nation in tonight's game and he joins us now from love park, greg. >> reporter: good afternoon there guys, fired up is really way to put it. i spoke with dozens of fans at love parkas you mentioned everyone in eagles fan, everyone extremely excited and everyone is saying they are expecting a a huge week with the falcons and they say this hopeful huge win will propel eagles season into a winning one. the fountain in the love park is sky green for a different cause but don't tell any eagles fans that. >> e-a-g-l-e-s eagles. >> reporter: fans covered in gear, we're in eagles country. >> what do you think of tonight's game. >> win, win, win. >> reporter: you cannot say it better. >> that is running theme for tonight's first regular season game with the falcons. >> i'm excited, excited to see sam bradford, i just want to see offense click. >> bradford will kill it, of course. >> give me a final score. >> i'm caution usually optim

atlanta, 3-0 under dan quinn. what a start. 39-28. and the carolina panthers off to a great start as well against the saints. mccown played today, brees inactive today. we'll see about next week. mccown 310 yards in the losing effort. but it's dallas and new orleans next week on sunday night football. >> cris: matthew stafford wants one more chance. every time they put demaryius thomas in there in the slot, they have tried to get him the ball. >> al: third and six. pressure, throwing, caught in the end zone by daniels! owen daniels for the touchdown! so daniels has had a few drops tonight, and he finally collects one and does it in the end zone to make it a two-possession lead. >> cris: it's one of those things that will never show up on the stat page, what peyton manning just did right there. he knew exactly where the pressure was going to come from. he redirected his offensive line. he moves to the right, hits the winning touchdown pass over the edge. he knew better than the detroit lions did what they were going to do on that play.

atlanta, 3-0 under dan quinn. what a start. 39-28. and the carolina panthers off to a great start as well against the saints. mccown played today, brees inactive today. we'll see about next week. mccown 310 yards in the losing effort. but it's dallas and new orleans next week on sunday night football. >> cris: matthew stafford wants one more chance. every time they put demaryius thomas in there in the slot, they have tried to get him the ball. >> al: third and six. pressure, throwing, caught in the end zone by daniels! owen daniels for the touchdown! so daniels has had a few drops tonight, and he finally collects one and does it in the end zone to make it a two-possession lead. >> cris: it's one of those things that will never show up on the stat page, what peyton manning just did right there. he knew exactly where the pressure was going to come from. he redirected his offensive line. he moves to the right, hits the winning touchdown pass over the edge. he knew better than the detroit lions did what they were going to do on that play.