joel. >> what are your thoughts on joel embiid? >> i think he's got a great chance of being the best in the league after i retire. >> well said, i'm john clark, we're right back. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. >>> a special surprise at the children's hospital of philadelphia. players showed up to spend a fun filled day with the patients there. the kids also got some help creating holiday arts and crafts. organizers say the goals was to cheer the kids up during the holidays. # . >> not a bad day today, but we know that's changing. >> more on that at 11:00. supremacist. supremacy. >>> tonight, remembering carrie fisher, the actress who rose to fame as princess leia in the blockbuster "star wars" saga, dead at age 60. tonight, the tributes pouring in from around the world. >>> breaking news. trump tower evacuated, the bomb squad calle

sixers continue their west coast trip, now joel embiid taking on two time all-star cousins. sixers had one point lead with 25 seconds left but there goes dehashing us, drilling a three the kings up by two. fifty-second remaining, embiid trying to get off a shot. he thinks he was fouled by cousins, but there was no call embiid, 25 points, eight points, tea mark with us 30. sixers lose 102-100. they visit utah thursday that it. >> well... >> he will be the best once de marcus retires, that of course, from dehashing us. >> yes. >> very good. >> perfect. >> great. >> thanks, ton ton. >>> up next kittens incredible journal that i took him through pennsylvania, imagine a driver's vice when he popped the hood of his car. >> that is coming up >>> little kitten went right through pennsylvania. >> he didn't have the most comfortable ride though. this little kitten there lucky to be alive after traveling 600 miles in the engine of a pickup truck. >> wow. >> this driver found him after stopping for gas near roanoke, virginia and realized it was same cat he had seen earlier near his home

everyone loves joel embiid already. >> thank you so much. appreciate. >> i love things like this, stories like there is it is great. >> great to see you my friend, coming right back. >> welcome bark, straight up 8:00 right now on a snowy thursday out there in the lehigh valley. and it is rainy across much of the area. >> always nice to look at, never fun to drive in. so the north, they're getting little snow, right? >> right. it started snowing in reading. we saw how tricky it was, on that same roadway. about an hour or two ago, and now it is just wet. so, they're in the process of changing from snow to rain. >> it is warming up. >> yes. >> little bit. >> let's warm things one sue. >> okay. >> let's get the fireplace going. do we have the music? >> we will start now hour every good day. >> on the fox 29 studios. this is "good day philadelphia". >> i want to be loved by you. ♪ yes you ♪ >> heart break this morning, the hollywood star debbie reynolds dies one day after the passing of her daughter carrie fisher. really is heart break this m

joel embiid's portion goes up from 24 to 28 minutes. we'll see him along with joel okafor on the floor tonight. >> i mean it's been so incredibly robotic and rigid subbing this team for the first 20 games, where you're just like staring at a clock and trying to figure out how do you save your money for the end of the game. so this thing here, when you got extra money to spend, you get a little bit of wiggle room. that's gut feel, there's no book that tells you how to do that. >> ryan matthews is out for cincinnati with a knee injury and also jordan matthews, the wide receiver is questionable with a knee injury. it's questionable with jordan matthews can play, and coach p. will have to play aguilar. but even if matthews plays, peterson is leaning towards playing aguilar. >> his mind has been great, his attitude has been really good, he's been working hard. so right now, nothing says not keeping him up, you know, keeping him out. everything's leaning towards keeping him active. >> reporter: on the baseball scene, say goodbye after four ye

perhaps joel embiid would like to join him. be careful, embiid stays in. third quarter, the pump, the slam, 18 for him. sixers up as many as ten. end of the third, robert loses it gets it back and drills it. wow, second straight night. sixers up four, they looked better tonight, how about embiid, sixers shooting nearly 50% from beyond. we're tied set up a at 117. what the wrong with steve mason, a bruised left hand on the rebound, patrick mar low beats him flyers down one after one, the flyers down one nothing in the second period. in eagles fans don't hate the cowboys enough you will hate to hear this, eagles lost eight of 11 games to the cowboys at the linc. another reason why they need to beat the boys, looking for the first win against dallas. doug pederson is proud the way his team responded through tough times. he believes it's a building block for 2017. >> there's no quit. fight is there. the effort has been there. and that's something these guys really bought into. these last few weeks, and so for me, that's been -- that's been kind of the -- the d

injury he joel embiid doing his dive in this guy is relentless. only reached the players bench this time. he was okay. fourth quarter, sixers up a basket. to nik stauskas, sixers 14th three of the night. 124-122. >>> the cowboys come into the linc sunday with a 13-2 record, and have secured home field throughout the playoff, which leads to speculation about which quarterback may play. you may see them all, including tony romo. dak prescott's status and espn reports say he will play. head coach jason garrett wouldn't say. >>> speaking of quarterbacks, carson wentz turned 24 friday, and you can catch our exclusive sit down with the birthday boy on eagles game day kickoff sunday at 9:30 on nbc10. here's wentz on his roller coaster rookie season. >> i kind of came out guns ablazing. it was tough, though. you know, it was tough to kind of deal with some of those losses. being in all of those games, all close games, having chances to win and not sealing the deal late in those ball games was frustrating. we know we're a good team. we just didn't pull eno

early on, embiid pump fake. gets to the basket for the lay-in. eight points for joel. actually 11 right now. but things going the kings' way early on. look at jhalil okafor. he accidentally tips it in his own basket. right now the sixers are losing. >>> penn state football, one of the reason why the nittany lions became a big play machine, joe moorhead. reports say he is a leading candidate for the uconn head coaching job but yahoo reports says he is happy in happy valley, and he is staying there. we will see. >>> the temple football team. they're in the holiday spirit, prepping for the military bowl tomorrow. they spent christmas in the nation's capital. temple is in back-to-back bowl games for the first time ever. and if the owls can beat wake forest, it would be just the third bowl win in temple history and the first 11-win season in school history. >> it's something that we had the whole way through, even the day matt left, you know, we talked about we're going to go to class. we're going to go to finals. we're not going to jeopardize anything in terms of our jiblt

joel embiid doing his dive in the seats thing again. this guy relentless. only reached the players bench this time. he was okay. ur sew va 4 for 4 from outside. sixers led by as many as ten. fourth quarters, sixers up a basket. to nik stauskas, sixers 14th three of the night. we are locked up at 117 in the fourth corner. >>> travis konecny was a healthy scratch for the flyers. the flyers trail 1-0 in the second period. steve mason left the game in what appears to be a hand injury. >>> the cowboys come into the linc sunday with a 13-2 record, and have secured home field throughout the playoff, which leads to speculation about which quarterback may play. you may see them all, including tony romo. dak prescott's status and espn reports say he will play. head coach jason garrett wouldn't say. >>> speaking of quarterbacks, carson wentz turned 24 today, and you can catch our exclusive sit down with the birthday boy on eagles game day kickoff sunday at 9:30 on nbc10. here's wentz on his roller coaster rookie season. >> i kind of came out guns ablazing. it was toug

now joel embiid will play 28 minutes tonight. yesterday he was named m.b.a. eastern conference rookie of the month. he about a force on the court and he was asked if he was surprised by his early success. >> i'm kind of surprised, but you you know, i put in a lot of work in the past three years even they i really couldn't do anything. the little time i got my butt off so it has been hard but i have a licensing way to go. >> cavilers will take on the bulls. lebron james will be wearing this to the game. he made a bet with dwayne wade in the world series between cubs and indians. loser has to wear winners jersey. time for lebron to pay up, and he sure does not look too happy. >> he toss in the look pleased. >> he went beyond jersey, he has the whole thing on. >> really. >> good for him. >> thanks, leslie. >> "cbs evening news" is just a few minutes away. >> scott pelley joins us with a look ahead, scott. >> hi ukee and nicole. great to be with you in philadelphia here's cbs news tonight, uplift willing report on the housing market and sharp drop in unemployment

. >> sixers they will play lakers tonight but big question is joel embiid suit up and play? and doug pederson should he sit carson went against ravens because of the state of the offensive line. they are not in good shape right now. we will have ans dave this fios party is da bomb! fo shizzle! it's tv totally ahead of its time. yo, let me check that. oh snap. that x1 voice remote is crunk! and it lets me search with the sound of my voice. what should i watch? things have come a long way since you got fios. [nervously laughs] what's fios? fios has fallen behind. don't fall with it. xfinity x1 will change the way you experience tv. love or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright? but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! give the gift of amazing sleep. only at a sleep number store, right now find the lowest payments ever on all b

sorry. >> joel embiid nine points six boards. st. joe's taking on princeton, the hawks held the lead most of the game. princeton taking the league in the second half before st. joe's turned it back on. sha var newkirk, the hawks win 76-68. >> all right. >> all right. >> that's all right. >> that's all right. >> they played well >> but not well enough. >> what are you talking about >> the sixers >> yes, >> since you didn't get the take >> next time i'll have an artist rendering for you. >> you can do there on hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot water heater? it's around here somewhere. nope. nope. what is this thing? sir, have you looked in the basement? huh. oh, yeah. no wonder. it was hidden behind all of my free weights. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volk

including one of our own, sixers joel embiid. but there is an interesting woman connection on this one. >> a woman? >> oh, we'll explain. >> welcome back, almost 5:55 right now on this morning, we have good news, playing little bit of pink, because she has just announced the birth of her second child. of course she is from our area, doylestown, she and her husband, carri heart, taking to instagram to introduce their new southern, he joins his big sister, willow, who is now five. >> how about this one about joel embiid? he's pretty good on the court. but sixers star joel embiid showing off his social media skills, having fun on twitter to help land spot in the nba all-star game. he's reaching out to his fans to help vote him in. and he's tweeting about why he really wants to play. he said he's got crush on someone famous, and she told him come back when you're an all-star. so the twitter stunt appears to be working, within an hour, he had 10,000 re tweets. fans, players, some reporters, all get a say on which players will make the

joel embiid had his minutes restriction increased to 28, and he was going to be paired with jhalil okafor. all of that sounded great, but none of that happened. some mysterious moisture surfaced on the court during shoot-around. as a result, the game was postponed an hour after the scheduled tip-off time. even kings center demarcus cousins helped with the drying effort, but in the end, nothing worked. >> the league makes the call, but it was a pretty unanimous decision that let's just do what's in the best interest of our players. >> we need to investigate and really evaluate, you know. there's a lot of mitigating circumstances that could cause this, so we need to go back and really assess where we are and what may have caused it. we've never had an issue before, but we need to make sure we don't have this issue again. >> it's just not worth injury. for a guy like joel embiid, you know, dealing with foot injuries, the last thing you want to see is someone like that slip and reinjure something. it's just not worth it. >>> no makeup date has been announced yet. fans with tickets to the game

sorry. >> joel embiid nine points six boards. st. joe's taking on princeton, the hawks held the lead most of the game. princeton taking the league in the second half before st. joe's turned it back on. sha var newkirk, the hawks win 76-68. >> all right. >> all right. >> that's all right. >> that's all right. >> they played well >> but not well enough. >> what are you talking about >> the sixers >> yes, >> since you didn't get the take >> next time i'll have an artist rendering for you. >> you can it was a construction accident, with a piece of heavy equipment ♪ and it shot me up into the roof, and it just kept breaking me in half. broke my back, severed my spinal column oh and five ribs broken, so... ♪ my dining room was changed into a bedroom ♪ and the insurance company was giving me a hard time. ♪ pond lehocky helped put my life back together. ♪ >>> more teamwork in skill were on display at half time of tonight's sixers game. >> magee rehabilitation hospital wheelchair basketball team took to the court to play an exhibiti

only difference is joel embiid did all this last night in 27 minutes. he is still on limited minutes if this guy ever gets to the point where he is playing 38, 40 minutes a night like superstars have the league to, my gosh, i don't know what we will have on our hand. he is doing 33 and ten in 27 minutes. it takes me that long to put on my sneakers. >> you have more events coming up. >> new years eve, upstairs at the lobster loft in sea aisle city, big daddy gram.com to get your tickets. >> that sound like fun, i love to be down the shore for holidays. >> we go down every year that is how i started doing this. >> lucky you. >> thanks, big daddy, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we will be right back, zsa zsa gabor, saddened by her lost yesterday, she lived a great life. >> i was never married to her. >> she had nine husband. >> she was famous for being famous, she did movies as well , she had a fabulous life and career, we will talk about that when we come back. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for th

joel embiid is playing. i repeat. joel embiid is playing. we'll have highlights next. ♪ >>> when the sixers drafted jahlil okafor most sixers fans saying having three big men is a good problem to have. fast forward to present day and i'm pretty certain that statement is completely false. after last night's loss to the utah jazz, coach brett brown sounded puzzled op how exactly he was going to handle the center rotation moving forward. let's see if he has a better handle on things tonight. sixers in denver taking on the nuggets. third quarter died at six. joel embiid 15 points. later in the quarter, robert covington look at this ball movement by the sixers. covington finds ilya so have a for three. sixers up none-87 in the fourth. >>> over to the ice the flyers are looking to put a stop to their two-game losing skid in san jose taking on the sharks. sharks on the power play. merlot gets the rebound and the go. sharks up one to nothing currently in the first intermission. let's talk eagles here. the final game of the 2016 season is finally h

joel embiid. fourth quart, up by one, here come the nets, brook lopez, he's an artist in the pink they regained the league, joel responds, not a lot of big men can do that, career high 33 points for jo jo along with ten boards and three block, sixers hold off the nets 108 to 107 >> i felt for the first time all over he really wanted to dominate the game to be the anchor to everything that we were doing. >> shots file >> i just wanted to keep you all, i was having a hard time. >> just a few weeks left to the regular season, teams jockeying. check in with the eagles next opponent. the lions visiting the meadowlands, all you need to know is odell beckham junior, incredible catch. he goes all michael jackson on the's people. the giants, one handed grab, they win 17-6. packers visiting the bears, the story is how cold it was, the temperature was 11 degrees, it was the windchill it was minus three. but it got worse, carry a with the carry and check this out. the decal on his helmet, the c for chicago go

. >> joel embiid is expected to return to action tonight in denver after sitting out last night in denver. you can seet action 9:00 on -- the logo of the arch rivals was up in an attempt to get people to boo. maybe the sixers should try that with a cowboys logo. flyers visit the sharks tonight. gudas will also be out with an upper body injury. last night the power went out at alex ovechkin's house. without power the gate would not open. the star was trapped outside of his property. they had to hold a ladder while ovechkin in full suit scaled the wall. pretty funny there. lifestyles of the rich and famous. all right. we will be coming right back. >> after this nice weekend, a little rain monday and more tuesday. at the end of the week and into next weekend, snow. very favorable pattern. maybe significant snow. >> dry this weekend for sure. thank you so much for watching. up next nbc nightly news. tabernacle. >>> tonight, praising putin. president-elect trump calls russia's leader, quote, very smart, for defying calls to retaliate against the u.s., shrugging off punishments from president o

. >> the sixers make a four-game road trip, joel embiid is expected to play. the game begins at 8:30 on csn. >>> the owls have a chance to set a school record with 11 wins. >> it's definitely something i've been talking about throughout the year, just going down as one of the greatest temple teams ever, so we know that 11 wins has never been down here before. from the capitol steps in washington, d.c. the team also toured the building. it's interesting they're wearing those short sleeves, though. i'm danny pommells, csn, we'll be right back. >>> we are just eight days away from new year's eve and the river rink is the place to be. on new year's, you can skate and watch the fire works. you can watch the fire works live at 6:00 p.m. and then thigh do the fireworks again at midnight. >> and people should get a nice, heavy coat for christmas or hanukkah that they can wear to that event because it's going to be cold. this weekend is not. we have rain saturday morning, the rest of the weekend is really nice, into the 50s both deys, rain monday and tuesday, but by te

sixers big man joel embiid taking his game to modell's in cherry hill. jo jo gave 25 kids from the boys and girls kids of camden county a chance to shop for new swag. they received a $100 gift card jo jo for the win. >> love when they go out and do that. nicely done. thank you. >> santa claus is busy getting ready he took a qui ♪ i had an injury to my neck. it wasn't as serious injury it was a herniated disc. anything that could go wrong went wrong. i've been in the hospital twenty three times since. the bills started to pile up. i had nothing to give. we had nothing in the refrigerator. i would be dead and not sitting here right now if it wasn't for pond lehocky. >>> few showers mainly in the morning christmas eve saturday possibly a snow shower to the north and west the rest of the day is dry. looks like it should clear out. we got sunshine in the forecast and it will >>> coming up next it's the late show with stephen colbert followed by the late late show with james cordon, morning team is back from 4:30 to 7. >> we're always on for you at cbsphilly

. >> imagine if joel embiid we have cam out there and slipped and injured himself, okay. good thing they didn't play. sixers dealing with lot of things before games this season but at least there was some hoops in philly today. st. joe's and temple playing each other and another big five matchup. tight game late. jeez down by four. robinson getting the ball down low, and one. that shorten the game to one after he made the free throw. temple now up by three in this one he hits the three ball he led the scorers with 26 points. owls win 78-72. college football the awards keep coming in for penn state. james franklin won the big 10 coach of the year yesterday and today they a ounce nod running back barclay as the big 10 offensive player of the year. he had 1219 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns. first players -- first player for penn state to win this award since michael robinson back in 2005. of course, the championship game will be right here on fox saturday 8:00 o'clock winner will most likely find themselves in the college football playof playoffs. baseball has won't have a

. >> the sixers said today joel embiid was named eastern conference player of the mont. he will play on the front half of back to back games and he will be under his new 28 minute restrictions against the mavs. the team recalled center noel from an elective knee procedure he had this summer and has yet to take the floor for the team this season. >>> after last night's debacle with the court, no determination has been made yet as to what caused all that moisture and condensation that prevented the sixers a s from playing last ni. and john kruk will join the broadcasters next year. kruk replaces matt stairs who was hired as the phillies hitting coach. no word how many games he will be on for. the 55-year-old plays six seasons for the phillies and was the integral part of the '93 team that went to the world series. that is your look at sports, i'm danny pommells, csn, be right back. >>> all decked out for the holidays. news the #nbcholidays. and the temperatures are kind of getting us into the holiday spirit too. >> it's starting to feel like december now that we have turne

joel embiid is probable with a left knee contusion. we'll be right back. hello, peco. so i'm calling to see if you can help me save on my energy bill. we can do that. great. i live in a post-war, pre-war, mid-century home and the heating system is a turbine, hvac, reverse hydrogen, boiler pipe unit. well sir, i can see that you live in a twin and based on the size, your usage has been spiking. ♪ that's exactly what i thought. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. >>> well, the weekend is going to start off rough, with some snow and ice. but it's going to change to rain as temperatures go up. as you see on saturday, then up a whole lot more sunday morning. getting those highs and then it starts to cool down for later on sunday and the 10-day forecast shows colder air returning on monday but just briefly and the next rain thursday before we look ahead toward christmas weekend it does not look like a white christmas at all. >> speaking of looking ahead, someone's getting out of town just i

joel embiid will start, noel is not expected to get much playsing time. the goalie pools for the empty net. sergei drums and totally whips. thankfully for his team, they still won the game despite that little gaff. >>> a new type of cyber attack with real life consequences. my family really needs to be wowed this year. standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot water heater? it's around here somewhere. nope. nope. what is this thing? sir, have you looked in the basement? huh. oh, yeah. no wonder. it was hidden behind all of my free weights. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. >>> members of the nbc10 family were part of a worthy cause, the food share program. ceo and general manager rick harris was hand working hard. the food share program helps families in need throughout philadelphia. >>> we're just a few days away from the start of hanukkah and philadelphia is ready to mar

. >> joel embiid having fun. this is his reaction. well, the court was tanking. trust the process. the official twitter account dropping bombs on the sixers. tonight's game has been postponed you can trust the process but not the floor? that's shaking my head. his body in good shape but mind needed time to recover. nelson agholor before their monday nitin loss to agholor. agholor was ineffective and inactive after admitting that he had developed a mental block. he was back to practice. no word on whether he'll play sunday in cincinnati he talked for the first time since his personal week >> i have to make sure i seize the moment and the opportunity because regardless of whatever is going on i want a play and i'm a competitor and i love football. the fact that i didn't get to play to day was like, you know, was an eye opener, you got to make sure you always have fun every opportunity you do get to play. >> battle of the birds. >> st. joe's hosting the temple owls. temple up three. st. joe's tying the game. fast forward. score tied 53. chris closer blocked by temple's josh brown. put

joel embiid and jahlil okay for in the starting lineup together. this is the only way you'll fine out whether these two guys can co exist. in the third quarter the sixers with a great ball movement right here. joel embiid witness pump fake drives to the rack and gives okafor a nice little dunk. they played really well together. a glimpse of what you'll see if the future but it didn't matter against the raptors. they're too good. philly's own kyle lowry nailing the thee right there putting the nail in the coffin. the sixers lose 123-114. college football today temple introduced new head football coach jeff collins this thing happened really quick. it all went down over the last 48 hours. but apparently, he already knew what the city is about by watching another philly team while he was growing up. >> whenever the flyers were in town, i'm five, six, seven years i had to go see the broad street bullies. i had to -- i had my flyers gear, flyers pennant getting stuff thrown at me i didn't care. i wanted to see bobby clark, dave schultz. i was drawn to t

joel embiid, we need you healthy here. we got your sixers highlights next. ♪ >>> the sixers find themselves in a new process. only this process happens to be on the court. what to do with center nerlens knoll. one player in favor of knoll getting more truck joel embiid. he said if and noel would get a chance defensively they would be something to reckon with. dr. brett brown agree? sixers in phoenix taking on the suns. second quarter rodriguez gets a pick from embiid. he gets the easy layup. covington drives to the bucket. mc com open for three. sixers get largest lead of the game up by 13. currently up 60-53 at the half. more of that later. with only one game left in 2016 season, it's a losing season. that's right. eagles now need to focus on who will be back if uniform next year. one player that was a question mark no matter the out come of yesterday' game was running back ryan matthews. that decision mitt have been made easier for the eagles during last night's win over the giants. matthews suffered a herniated disc i

joel embiid scored 17 of his career high 33 points in the 4th quarter. the sixers hang on to win 108-107. one point win one side, one point lost the other. >> a biker caught a dramatic scene on camera, a driver swerved on and off the road in the middle of a medical emergency. >> on the bus stop, 27 degrees by 6:00 a.m. we have windchills in the upper teens in philadelphia right now. bundle the kids up. this afternoon you'll want to keep them bundled. we'll have your 12-hour forecast coming up next. >> a photographn and the prince of wales has been released to mark the end of the celebration of her 90th birthday year. the portrait features a determined look and a whisper of a lisa smile. >> i love the look, he's been waiting on that seat for a while. >> reporter: with great power comes stress. i don't know it's a nice picture. let's look outside, and check the roads, this is the blue route approaching conshohocken northbound traffic coming towards you, heading toward the schuylkill expressway. no delay we're looking good this morning, we don't have any bi

we pick it up in the third quarter with joel embiid big jo-jo falling. nice jump hook. that's old school over tyson chandler. jo-jo 27 points and seven boards. game tied in the fourth eric bledsoe with the j from the free throw line. the sixers give up 70 points in the second half. they lose. they play next 91 sacramento. >>> theme continues for philly pro teams. told you about the eagles and sixers chilling this weekend because they're off sewn are the flyers. orange and black don't play again until then saint louis. this week the guys talked about what gifts they would give their teammates. >> system i would buy jake a razor and a hedge trimmer to first knock out beard that he's got going on right now and a razor to trim it all up. it's getting out of hand. >> one of those high end electric razors for jakey. his beard is disgusting. i can bail have a conversation with him right now just looking at him. >> they're not fans of the beard. >> they think he needs a razor. >> you hear that stan. >> that you go. >> awesome. thanks don. appreciate it. >> all right. >> merry c

joel embiid will play. >>> the charter panthers left for hershey this morning forhehy face eerie cathedral prep fort four class a final they are both a perfect 13-0. highlights at 11:00. >>> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >>> coldest weather of season on our doorstep. >> and we could get colder weather by the end of next week. here we go. >> colder and then colder. >> it's that time of year it happens. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that arctic front is blowing through right now but as expected, no moisture with this, but plentyyou'll feel it tomorr. this is future tracker 6 showing the windchill tomorrow morn agent 7:00 philadelphia 20 and trenton 17 and allentown 19 and lancaster 15 degre the windchil degrees, you'll want to bundle up tomorrow morning. it looks like temperatures are stuck in the 30s not just tomorrow but also saturday and sunday. running close to 10 degrees below normal and tomorrow we'll really have the blustery winds, windchills stuck in the 20s, the windchill right now starting to feel cold out there. 44 in phila

. >>> joel embiid will not play tomorrow against the jazz. he's expected to play tomorrow against the nuggets in denver. >>> flyers and blues at 8:00 on the nbc sports network. that is your look at sports, i'm danny pommells, csn, we'll be right back. looks like we're still a man short. not anymore. gus! the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania. let's hit the ice. whoaaa! take the shot! (buzzer) that shot was one in a million. so's this. all the money millionaire edition, new from the pennsylvania lottery. with five top prizes of a million bucks. it's a real game changer. (giggles) keep on scratchin' >>> final look at weather. >> rain coming in, snow up toward the lehigh valley, but that will change to rain too late in the morning. >> coming up next is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. we'll see you back here at 11:00. >>> tonight, war of words -- rising tensions between the u.s. and israel. a harsh warning from secretary of state john kerry. israel's leader firing back. tonight, our nbc news exclusive with secretary kerry. >>> bre

. >> another impressive game for sixers big man joel embiid verse the nets last night. he scored a career high 33 points, including a go ahead three in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. embiid also grabbed ten rebound on the night, sixers beat the nets 108-107 and they are now seven-20 on the the year but so many people talking about joel embiid and how amazing he was. >> that is for sure. >> he knows, talking about nerlens knoll drama. >> we will discuss that as well. >> he will be benched. >> we have a glut of big men. if you could describe 2016 the year of 2016 as coming to an end in one word, what would it be? >> let's see, lots of people say 2016 was just pulled you down a little bit. >> miriam webster the dictionary people, they have declared they have a word of the year. find out how it was inspired by donald trump's winning the presidency. walked around the shelter, no intention of adopting. he was the very last kennel in the very last row. emaciated. he was skin and bones. usually what you see in neglected dogs. it was one of those complete, meant-to-be

joel embiid admits he's tired, he takes a seat on the bench. the sixers begin back-to-back games on the road. no jo jo against the jazz, nerlens noel, he gets extra point time off the bench. that was a nice pass, noel for the slam. he starts six. joel okafor, tied up third quarter noel again for the lead. yes, noel 14 points in the season 22 minutes, sixers up four after three, but fourth quarter this is not sound good. going to 21-two run and the sixers out scored 39 in the fourth, lose, they lost 12 straight. benny logan believe he will be among the best players in the nfl at his position come next year, but lit be here? logan is a free agent. he's hoping the eagles resign him. carson wentz should be here a very long time. he's in the holiday spirit sending each offensive line man a penalized hunting shotgun as a christmas gift. if you think it's unusual and questioning the safety of giving out guns, the eagles players like it >> it's not an unusual gift. it's a gift. it's the thought that counts. appreciate it >> it's different but if you kn

. >> joel embiid questionable coming into the game tonight with the injury but he did start. he gets his left hand stepped on right there. but he's all right. he hit the jumper to show he's a-okay. 15 points, though, julius randle meanwhile was on his game. gets the steal and the stick. he got 15. >>> to the gridiron, eagles got concussion protocol after taking this issue against washington. more issues. allen barbre questionable with the injury. >> i'm a big believer we finish this thing out the right way and we play our guys that have been there all season long and he's been a big part of that and i don't want to necessarily do that right now with him. >> philly center fielder he was all smiles today in the press conference to discuss his new contract. scored. one of the reasons for the new deal. >> i think for a young team like ours and the culture we're trying to build, the style of play that this young man produces on the field that's something very important to this franchise. >> that's it fir sports. we'll be right back. once i heard i was going to be a park ranger, i

joel embiid tries to lock misses, actuallily goes into the crowd. but he's ok. late in the half. joel squares off. knocks down sixers with a 13 point half time lead sixers trailing by a point. joel knocks down the three right there. sixers regain the lead. game tied in the fourth. eric's jump is good. we have phoenix leading one of six, 94 in the fourth. eagles off until tuesday. they will start preparing for the final regular season game against the cowboys. they end add five, gaming losing streak beating the giants and preventing big blue from clinching a playoff spot. this was a costing win. ryan matthews season is over. he injured his neck. he has a herniated disk. any neck injury is serious. doug pederson what asked if this could be a career ending injury for ryan. >> again, i don't have all the information right now. they're, what i got from our doctors this morning is that it looks like surgery is in the near future. nothing that's, just has to get fixed. >> the eagles really needed this win after losing five in a row. the return of lane johnson hurt. darren sproles ran 25

joel embiid keeping his shooting hand cool. i guess it's ice he has in that cap, but he did play with jhalil okafor. embiid, four assists. that combination worked pretty well. embiid hitting from long range. cash money from outside. sixers with a rough third quarter. magic hit six trifectas, outscored the sixers 32-19 in the frame. sixers took 95 shots, only made 38%. they lose 105-88. here's embiid and jhalil okafor on playing together. >> i thought we had our moments. we shared the ball. we missed shots and obviously we we shared the ball. we missed shots and obviously we need to play more together. >> the floor spacing, i know that was something people thought might be an issue, but i think that went well with me staying low and him staying high. >>> we turn to the eagles now, ryan matthews out for sunday's game against the bengals with a knee injury. wide receiver jordan matthews questionable with an ankle iws oury. if matthews can't play, doug pederson really has no choice but to play nelson agholor. even if matthews plays

joel embiid is turning heads, named the nba conference rookie of the month and nerlins noel returns after a stint in rehab. and has not let the latest set back keep him down. >> i am in a different place with all of these things and do what i can control. i think right now, i'm in a good place, you know mentally and my body feels great and i want to get back to playing basketball. >> he has a new haircut did you notice? >> i got one too today. >> i didn't notice. >> you look good too. >> thank you. cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in a moment. >>> by the end of this month it will be chilly. >> by next friday it could be cold. arctic air is moving in welcome to december jim. today not bad stormtracker 6 live double scan showing hey we got rid of the rain finally after two days of rain. philadelphia nearly 2 inches of rain. much needed rain. and now live at sky 6 hd looking at the philadelphia christmas tree at city hall, i was down there last night and it was wet. but we dry things out and pulling in some colder air. our high for the day at 2:00 this morning. kin

. >> joel embiid having fun. this is his reaction. well, the court was tanking. trust the process. the official twitter account dropping bombs on the sixers. tonight's game has been postponed you can trust the process but not the floor? that's shaking my head. his body in good shape but mind needed time to recover. nelson agholor before their monday nitin loss to agholor. agholor was ineffective and inactive after admitting that he had developed a mental block. he was back to practice. no word on whether he'll play sunday in cincinnati he talked for the first time since his personal week >> i have to make sure i seize the moment and the opportunity because regardless of whatever is going on i want a play and i'm a competitor and i love football. the fact that i didn't get to play to day was like, you know, was an eye opener, you got to make sure you always have fun every opportunity you do get to play. >> battle of the birds. >> st. joe's hosting the temple owls. temple up three. st. joe's tying the game. fast forward. score tied 53. chris closer blocked by temple's josh brown. put

joel embiid making a habit of that as he visits the fans once again. he was okay, though. then t.j. mcconnell with a steal and save to ilyasova. this is him draining the three. sixers doing their thing early on. more embiid, the block and-one. leads to a sergio rodriguez triple on the other end. sixers let it slip away after intermission. bledsoe hits a jumper. >>> the eagles are off for a few days after last night's win over the giants. they'll be missing a key piece for their season finale. ryan matthews suffered a herniated disc in his neck in this run near the goal line. he'll need surgery to repair it. pederson was asked to evaluate mathews' season. >> got off to a good start, and then there was a little bit of a lull in the middle, and he's finished up strong. that's kind of been the nature of the season for him. these last couple of weeks he's been our work horse at the running back position and did some really good things for us. this obviously is unfortunate now that he can't finish the season for us. >> lots of eagles fans wondering what this was about. carson wentz blocki

. >> joel embiid an all-star in despite all of his minute restrictions, they say that the rookie deserves consideration. embiid is carrying the team on the aching back, one of the toughest of the nba, the rookie has 25 points, but cousins with 30 including the go ahead triple. they play utah on thursday. >>> the flyers hit the ice, a full practice for the third time since the goalie injured his knee but still not ready to play. but he is be back in the lineup with his own knee injury but did not practice because of travel issues? >> the flyers had a nice four day break before hitting the ice in voorhees this morning and head on the road for a game in st. louis and on to the west coast for to after that and the flyers on pace for 100 points and hold the second wild card spot is gm happy with that? >> it's a good question but hard question, we are happy but have a lot of work to do and be consistent across the course of the year. looking for consistency in the second half. >> consistency or win almost every game they play. >> i'll take that. >>> melissa magee and the accuweather forecast ne

sixers big man joel embiid taking his game to modell's in cherry hill. jo jo gave 25 kids from the boys and girls kids of camden county a chance to shop for new swag. they received a $100 gift card jo jo for the win. >> love when they go out and do that. nicely done. thank you. >> santa claus is busy getting ready he took a quick volunteer for meals on wheels. we had an instant connection. what was that? i said, "delivering to you is always a special treat." oh. company, companionship, food... we all need those things. when we get in that spot in life, it's kind of nice to have 'em there. (avo) through the subaru share the love event, we've helped deliver over one point four million meals to those in need. get a new subaru, and we'll donate two hundred and fifty dollars more. ♪put a little love in your heart.♪ dave this fios party is da bomb! fo shizzle! it's tv totally ahead of its time. yo, let me check that. oh snap. that x1 voice remote is crunk! and it lets me search with the sound of my voice. what should i watch? things have come a long way si

of all nights, it was when joel embiid's minutes were supposed to go up. the fans were turned away and offered another game in addition to the make up game. >> i'm sorry. the frustration is bad. most incredible fan base in the world. to have them come down on a rainy night, come here on a team like no fans. then to send them home. >> the eagles moving past the packers. so is nelson agholor. his benching was eye opener. a sprained ankle. eagles quarterback had to put the team back on his back. last game as best he could. scored a touchdown on the ground. he talked about where he is at this point in the season. >> physically, mentally, i feel great. i'm at a good spot, thankful to be healthy. mentally, i feel confident with where i'm at. as a team, the record and performance, it's never perfect. i feel like i'm getting better. mentally, things are slowing down, playing more confidently. >> lots of local hoops, including a big (narrator) attention medicare beneficiaries. i like to get my hands dirty. i like to know how things work. trust me, these old engines

joel embiid will play tonight under a 28-minute restriction. he'll go up against one of the biggest men in the league. coverage starts at 7:30 on csn. i'm danny pommells, cns. we'll be right back. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online for the first year. cable can't offer that. only fios can. >>> well, bundle up tomorrow, we have been telling you tomorrow's temperatures feeling like the teens. the week is going to be cold, the next weather system late sunday into monday, another cold blast next week. >> bundle up, thanks for watching. >> see you at 11:00. >>> breaking news tonight. the passing of an icon. john glenn, war hero turned astronaut, the first american

embiid will not be. he is getting the night or forest and embiid who has been on a tear has not had a night off in weeks. and sixers looking not to lose their 12th straight game game. >>> and flyers winless in games following their christmas break, and they look to break the trend tomorrow in san jose. the coach was upset with the boys saying they wanted too easy of a night and allowed four unanswered goals and after taking the third period lead and lost four of their last five and they know they have to play better in san jose against the sharks. >> coming in the third and kind of blew it there. and good for you. a pat on our backs and we have to keep going and be relaxed out there. there is a lot more out there. and we left it out to dry out there. >> they have to do it and get back to the point where they won ten straight. >> we would like to see that. adam joseph has the accuweather forecast up next. >>> well, much of the delaware valley saw rain today and this was the scene near mt. pocono. except i

no joel embiid tonight, but noelle will make his season debut. we'll have to see if there's any minute restriction. >>> congrats to northwest raiders from philly. they win the division 1 pop warner super bowl. they shut out santa clara and get their third straight title. they have a lot of them. congrats to st. joe's prep who won a state title in high school football. i'm john clark. enjoy your eagles sunday. >>> a live look camelback, poconos. still making snow there but not seeing snowfall yet. it shows snow for much of the area. again, falling higher in the sky. most reports are not making it to the surface but we should start to see more making it to the surface as we move later in the day. we are forecasting overnight into tomorrow morning that wet commute. >> on this first alert weather day, be sure to keep it right on nbc 10 and following nbc 10 app. eagles game day kick is next. >> what is it in the guys you don't need somebody to motivate you. >> touchdown. >> questions of effort surround both sides of nfc showdown. >> everybody played h

joel embiid tries to lock misses, actuallily goes into the crowd. but he's ok. late in the half. joel squares off. knocks down sixers with a 13 point half time lead sixers trailing by a point. joel knocks down the three right there. sixers regain the lead. game tied in the fourth. eric's jump is good. we have phoenix leading one of six, 94 in the fourth. eagles off until tuesday. they will start preparing for the final regular season game against the cowboys. they end add five, gaming losing streak beating the giants and preventing big blue from clinching a playoff spot. this was a costing win. ryan matthews season is over. he injured his neck. he has a herniated disk. any neck injury is serious. doug pederson what asked if this could be a career ending injury for ryan. >> again, i don't have all the information right now. they're, what i got from our doctors this morning is that it looks like surgery is in the near future. nothing that's, just has to get fixed. >> the eagles really needed this win after losing five in a row. the return of lane johnson hurt. darren sproles ran 25

kickoff at 9:30 and eagles game plan and then on to the 6ers, no joel embiid. nurlens noel. >> the little guy has his pants and his swing. look at this, crushing the drive. you know what they say, like father, like son. he looks a lot like him. but no cigarettes or beer allowed for the little kid out there. randy. like his dad. >> thank you, john. >>> today's cold weather could not stop jeep enthusiasts from supporting a great cause in delaware. hundreds of jeepers came out for the annual jeeps for joy supply drive. nbc 10's tim furlong was there. and nbc 10's sports was there as well. also a jeep rankler. volunteers from the ronald mcdonald house and dupont hospital were there. a parade of jeeps delivered all of those supplies. a cool story. >> i'm so glad that tim was bundled up because it was so cold today. the feels-like temperatures, strong northwesterly gusts and very quick look here. our hour-by-hour forecast. i want to show you important because this is all about your neighborhood where you live. you could potentially see some snow, a coating, unfortuna

joel embiid follows up his best game as a pro with one of his worst. that's coming up next in sports. ♪ >>> the sixers got to see what the future looks like and it looks pretty great. against brooklyn joel embiid had career high 33 points and 10 boards. he did it with ease getting buckets any way he wanted it tonight tried to follow that up against the pelicans end started off right where he left off. beginning second quarter embiid gets the ball, pump fake drives to the rack and finish. but ice after that. that was his final bucket of the game. ending with 11 points. pelicans took over after that. the third quarter anthony davis with the alley. davis had 31 points. 16 boards. the sixers fall once, 108-93. >>> to the phillies they're making a little off season noise traded for red sox pitcher clay buchholz giving up josh to bias minor leaguer that's second baseman. buchholz won two world series with the socks but had down year last season going eight and 10 with a 4.78 era. to the eagles they're getting back lane johnson after a 10 game suspension. e

joel embiid has a tough task of guarding demascus cousins averaging almost 30 points a game. demarc demarcus. >>> it appears cousins and embiid are peeing rivalry aside. 13-2 early. points in the first quarter loan. sir gee yo rodriguez. rookie in the score, right now, sixers trailing 42-36 in the second quarter. 23 ranked temple owls putting the finishing touches for tomorrow's military bowl in annapolis maryland. the band giving a warm welcome to headcoach ed foley in downtown washington, dc. excited to see their team try for a record victory of the season. foley said the guys are taking this experience seriously. he screamed it. i like this guy. >> we down in boca, didn't like the way we wanted. every guy is committed to come out tomorrow and play as hard as they can and knocking them off the ball. >> temple football is good for a long team. >> show you guys what we're going to do tomorrow [cheers and applause] >> we can watch temple and lake forest and the military bowl from annapolis kick off at 3:30. penn state hit the road and the air, they arrived in los angeles to be