sources say free agent by the name of michael saunders that's right michael saunders will be signing a deal with phillies. 27 homeless and 57 rbi's with toronto last season. that would be a solid solid pick up for the phils. >>> roman quinn another guy hoping to make his way to the phillies lineup this year. he got called up late last season but he's hoping to be an every day guy this one. right now, he's getting it done away from the diamond he helped host a free clinic for kids at ryan howard's training facility for the phillies mlb urban youth academic program. special special day and a special special deed. quinn gave advice to all the kids following their dreams. >> just to have a dream and to follow it and do whatever you can to make it happen, and work hard and work towards something whether it's professionally, whether they're going to be a doctor, a lawyer, whatever they want to do, have something to work towards. >> like to be in philadelphia on opening day in 2017. only 15 games here at the end of 2016 but he showed he can play. like the kid today's quinn says he learned a

saunders and do you believe it will workout in that way? >> i think they will be a better team jeff but i don't think they will be a team that challenges for any kind of a wild card situation. saunders is kind of a journeyman and get you some runs and kendrick is a hitter but not everyday to rely on to give you the production numbers and their pitching staff is still loaded up with a bunch of number three starters except for claire and hoping they will have a good season. >> jamie apody went one on one with manager pete mccannon. >> what are you excited about heading into spring training? >> from what we have seen in the last year and a half trying to decide which players are going to fit in the future plans of the phillies and made progress and franko and freddy galvis and hernandez how he finished and hererar and rupp did a lot more offensively than we hoped he would and i think he is going to improve as we go. tommy joseph came out of no where, we didn't have a future first baseman until tomorrow any showed up and looks like he has an op

the philly's make it official, michael saunders is their newest outfielder, he signed a deal worth $9 million. he's named al all star. manager pete mccannon feels this guy can be an important piece. >> it gives us balance in the lineup. a bat is a bat. a good bat is a good bat. i'm pleased with that. >> the last couple of spring trainings, he's a great hitter. >> still ahead, plenty ,$8drw >> the sixers are not the only basketball team in town making noise. la salle has turned itself around. they won four straight games. into the first half, jordan price before the buzzer. la salle up nine at the break. second half b.j. johnson with 19. la salle wins 91-83. seven win in the past eight games. a long year for the dragons. one win in conference play. 15 for him. drexel on the wrong side of this one, 93-73, they go down, lost six of the last seven. delaware in northeastern, four threes, 26 points, six boards, the bruins pull off the upset they snap their sixth game. that's a look at sports. >> thank you, sir. a celebration of the chinese new year took place tonight at the penn university

they recently agreed to terms with michael saunders, he made the al all-star team last year and brought in howie kendrick. >> we were last in the world in scoring runs i think that howie den direction will help us in that respect and the saunders deal give us another professional look. in general i think that we may not go from a to z and get into the world series but a to f or a to g. we are going start making our move toward more wins. >> finally tonight there is sports and then there is sportsmanship. this may be the best thing you see all day. david richards, from brick, new jersey, david has down syndrome. his opponent allowed david to pin him and didn't make it easy for him but in a sign of sportsmanship he allowed the young man to experience the thrill of victory for the first time. >> didn't care about his record allowed the young man to win. >> very nice thank you ducis. cecily tynan has your forecast next. what do doctors from leading cancer centers in the country have in common? many of them now call cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia home. expert medicine wo

the philly's make it official, michael saunders is their newest outfielder, he signed a deal worth $9 million. he's named al all star. manager pete mccannon feels this guy can be an important piece. >> it gives us balance in the lineup. a bat is a bat. a good bat is a good bat. i'm pleased with that. >> the last couple of spring trainings, he's a great hitter. >> still ahead, plenty of college basketball. la salle is on a roll trying to keep it going against daily. 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' >> the sixers are not the only basketball team in town making noise. la salle has turned itself around. they won four straight games. into the first half, jordan price before the buzzer. la salle up nine at the break. second half b.j. johnson with 19. la salle wins 9

reports say they agreed to a deal with michael saunders. the 30 yield saunders spent the past two seasons with the toronto blue jays. last year he had a career high 24 home runs. sanders was also named to the american league all-star team. >>> sticking with the phillies it's not all about baseball not for one of their young prospects. jaime apody has this story from south philadelphia. >> reporter: dr. martin luther king, jr. once said life's most persistent and urgent question is what are you doing for others? today on mlk's day of service phillies up and coming roman quinn was giving back. >> tighten it up. >> reporter: the outfield prospect became the first nature leaguer to hold a baseball clinic for kids from the phillies urban youth academy at the ryan howard straining center in south philadelphia. >> it's the first time ever in my life that i did something like this on martin luther king day and it's a special day for me. >> reporter: quinn has a dream of his own and that's to crack the phillies opening day roster. >> i heard a coupl

michael saunders is the newest outfielder, the phils hope it can help their meager offense. he signed a contract for $9 million, a career-high 29 home runs last year and an all-star. and he could be an important piece. >> it gives us more balance in the lineup and make its tougher, you know, a bat is a bat, a good bat is a good bat. i am pleased with that. >> i played against him in the last couple spring trainings and toronto last season. a great ballplayer. >>> quick break and meteorologist, cecily tynan and your accuweather forecast when we come right back. >>> cecily is here now way closer look at the forecast. may want to keep the umbrella there. in my back pocket. >> can i talk? thanks rick. you are making me laugh. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that rick is fine without his umbrella in his pocket now but that will be changing as we head through the day tomorrow. temperature-wise though, another pretty mild day, 46 degrees down from the high of 49, 9 degrees above normal. cape may 44 and wilmington 44 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that

howie kendrick from the dodgers right here, and reportedly michael saunders from the blue jays. he says they bring a good veteran presence to the team. >> we have young players who are -- they're learning. they're going through a process, and i think if you have one or two proficient players that can help lead them or show them the way and how to handle certain situations in games and how to handle themselves, it can only help these guys. i hope that howie and even the saunders are going to talk quite a bit with the younger players and help them along. >> speaking of veterans, could the eagles move on from veteran center jason kelsey? they are considering possibly trading or releasing him. the flyers are now out of the final playoff spot with their senators winning tonight. flyers are off this week, but maybe this break will help them mentally. there's coach dave today. >> you know, sometimes you never know how things are going to turn out. you might not think it's an ideal time for a break, but in all honesty, maybe this break is the best thing for us. for everybody to get away

. >>> mlb new york is reporting that the phillies have signed michael saunders to a one-year deal with 9 million for a team option for 2018. the free agent is coming off an all-star year with the toronto blue >>> the phillies mlb urban youth academy doing it big on mlk day. a free basketball clinic at the brand new ryan howard training center in south philly. they also announced a $25,000 student scholarship to go towards players' college costs. here's a message. >> to have a dream, do whatever they can to make it happen and work hard and work towards something, whether it's professionally, whether whatever they want to dorks have something to work towards. >> good job by roman and team. we know ryan howard legacy as of a 2008 champion. the things he does. >> love seeing that. >> thank you. >>> up next, how . >>> a local charity giving back in honor of dr. king. >> and it involved serving hot meals to the homeless. eye with itness news tonight they provided dozens of people with something to eat. according to chosen 300, dr. king spoke at that very same spot in 1965 in front of 10,000

. >>> mlb new york is reporting that the phillies have signed michael saunders to a one-year deal with 9 million for a team option for 2018. the free agent is coming off an all-star year with the toronto blue >>> the phillies mlb urban youth academy doing it big on mlk day. a free basketball clinic at the brand new ryan howard training center in south philly. they also announced a $25,000 student scholarship to go towards players' college costs. here's a message. >> to have a dream, do whatever they can to make it happen and work hard and work towards something, whether it's professionally, whether whatever they want to dorks have something to work towards. >> good job by roman and team. we know ryan howard legacy as of a 2008 champion. the things he does. >> love seeing that. >> thank you. >>> up next, how (male #1) it's a little something i've done every night since i was a kid, empty my pocket change into this old jar. it's never much, just what's left after i break a dollar. and i never thought i could get quality life insurance with my spare change. neither did i. until i saw a co

. >>> phillies are reportedly close to signing former toronto outfielder michael saunders, to a one year deal worth 9 million which team option for 2018. last season, he batted .253 with 24 home runs. phillies pitchers and catchers report on february the 14th. >>> and then, there were four, on sunday, sunday coming up patriots will host steelers in the afc title game. you can see that right here on cbs-3. packers will visit atlanta and nfc championship game. >>> green bay, taking a cowboys soul, yesterday. aaron rodgers rolling out, looking, got a man, take a look at this catch along the side line. we wish we had guys that could make plays like that. 36-yard connection. now mason crosby from 51 yards out, it is good. the packers win, 34-31, ruining a record breaking season, for the dallas cowboys rodgers talk about that ridiculous pass, it was 36 yards. >> we just moved pocket the a little bit there and had devon ty clearing out, cookie and cobby coming from the back side. i took my back side inside to randall thought about throwing it to him and that allowed cook to get on the back side

. >> after a few under radar moves this off season including the signing of the all-star michael saunders, manager pete mackanin is eager to see if they can continue to build what looks like a bright the future. >> i expect them to get better i think they expect to be better. i know based on, what i saw last year, knowing the character of the layers, that we have they will work hard to show that improvement, and i'm looking forward to them, and looking forward to big years from some of them. >>> while appearing on a new york radio station to stick up for his dallas cowboys, new jersey governor, chris christie, took shots at philadelphia. yeah. he called out eagles fans yesterday on our sister station wfan in new york. >> the eagles do suck and they have sucked for a long time. >> they do grain their fans are generally, angry, awful people. >> governor also talked about the so-called hostility he felt as a cowboys fans that was evident in fail back in december of 2014, and christie celebrated as cowboys crushed eagles at the link while sitting right next to cowboys owner jerry jones. i'm t

finally official the phillies announce the signing of michael saunders with a one year contract for the 2018 team and saunders gives power in the middle of their lineup. and the movie companies in california are busy these days now the oakland raiders filed the paperwork to move to las vegas and has to be approved by three quarters of the owners. >>> defending champ novak djokovic beaten by the 117th ranked. djokovic had not been knocked out this early at a grand slam since 2008. >> andy murray the favorite now. >> who do the sixers play next? >> portland. >> meantime nba super star james hardin is used to causing excitement but it was what he did last night. hardin scored 38 points and signed a game ball and walked it over to a woman court side. celebrating her 100th birthday and she was surprised and he told the woman how blessed he was to meet her. >> that is great. >>> students at the commune college of philadelphia will have more resources to explore ways to create cleaner energy. the school received a $3,000 grant for peco for state of the art equipment for solar energy and analys

greece to terms with free agent outfielder michael saunders. saunders played for the blue jays last year and had 24 homers in 57 rbi's. back to little nfl a bunch of great play off games this weekend chiefs steelers game. pittsburgh won 18-16 but it comes down to a questionable call at the end. the chiefs going for two. to tie the game up. alex smith hits the harris for the two-point conversion right there. but there's a flag. gets called back the rev called left tackle eric fisher for holding right there. travis kelsey he was fuming about that call after the game. >> when, um, refs want to take over the game and make it their own mat form there's nothing you can do about it. >> momentum is on our side and just get our jugular ripped out because of ref. rev number 51 shouldn't be able to wear a zebra jersey every again. he shouldn't be able to work at bleep foot locker. >> shot taken right there. of course, that's jason kelce our center's brother. jason why can't you give us sun bites like that. >> i smell fine. >> one last check. dallas cowboy

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phillies agreed to terms with free agent outfielder michael saunders, he played for blue jays last year, that is sports in a minute, i'm sean bell. >>> 6:25. >> 2016 world series champion chicago cubs they are heading to the white house. >> yes, they were there to visit in celebration of the team's first title since 1908. >> president obama congratulated the cubs during a ceremony yesterday, one of his final acts in office and being from chicago president obama says visit was extra special for him, even though he is a fan of their rival the white socks. he admitted first lady michelle is a cubs fan all the way so they are a house divided. the cubs rolled in the town with a few gifts including a cubs jerry, for the president with the number 44 on the back and a lifetime pass to wrigley field for the entire obama family. >> really, and then dexter fouler brought in a costume pair of jordan sneakers for barack obama. they even have his signature engraved on the side and come in a neat shoe box with the presidential seal on the box. >> that is pretty cool. >> do you think he will wear them

. >>> baseball news now phillies are close to signing outfielder michael saunders to a one year deal worth 9 million, with a team option for 2018. the free agent is coming off an all-star year with toronto blue jays, last season he had a .253 batting average with 24 home runs but however, after all-star break he batted .178. phillies pitchers and catchers report on february 14th. >>> the phillies, mlb urban youth a contacted hi doing its pick on mlk day, roman quinn, the team, and chevy hosting a tree baseball clinic at brand new ryan howard training center on 17th and fitzwater in philadelphia. they announced a 25 you this dollars student scholarship to go toward players, college costs. >>> what message did roman give to the kid. >> just to have a dream and a following. to whatever you can to make it happen and work hard and work toward something, whether it is professionally, whether it is, whatever they want to to just have something to work for. >> well done by roman and, of course, ryan howard i know he is very much into that training facility there for kids, well done. presence

here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan — dean saunders had no previous history of mental illness but in december 2015 the young father suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. on a day-to-day basis, trying to understand he was ill in the first place. his family was plunged into despair. within hours he had attacked his brother and father with a knife. already injured, mark could only watch as his son took a kitchen knife to his own throat. he brought the knife down eddie did not cut. and that's when me and him both realised in his haste to pick the knife up it was the back of the blade which had gone to his throat. as dean tried to kill himself mark was stabbed in the stomach but held the knife in place to save his son's life. at that time i thought i cannot let him have the knife and i put my hand over the top of his so he couldn't pull it out. as he pulled it out, i held it in. i could not let him have that knife. woods was charged with attempted murder and centre chelmsford prison. though initially on constant watch, three staff, none

our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the story. dean saunders had no previous history of mental illness. but, in december, 2015, the young dad suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. the hand with the knife was free and, this time, he'd come down to actually put it in his... to put it in his heart. mark, dean's father, put his life on the line. on the kitchen floor, he struggled to get the knife from his son. he was stabbed several times and at one point he held the knife in his own stomach. at that time, i thought, i can't let him have this knife. and i put my hand over the top of his, so he couldn't pull it out. he tried... as he pulled it out, i held it in. i could not let him have that knife. dean was charged with attempted murder and remanded in custody at chelmsford prison, initially on constant watch. within days, a crucial meeting took place. three members of staff, none of whom were medically trained, none of whom had read dean's notes, decided to reduce his observations from constant wat

here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. dean saunders had no previous history of mental illness but in december 2015 the young dad suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. i think i'm still, on a day—to—day basis, trying to understand that he was ill in the first place. his family were plunged into despair. within hours he attacked his brother and father with a knife. already injured, mark could only stand and watch as his son took a kitchen knife to his own throat. he brought the knife down and it didn't cut. and that's when we both realised that in his haste to pick the knife up it was the back of the blade that had gone to his throat. as dean tried to kill himself mark was stabbed in his stomach but held the knife in place to save his son's life. at that time i thought i can't let him have the knife. and i put my hand over the top of his so he could not pull it out. he tried to pull it out, i held it in. i could not let him have it. dean saunders was charged with attempted murder and

here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. dean saunders had no previous history of mental illness but in december 2015 the young dad suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. i think i'm still, on a day—to—day basis, trying to understand that he was ill in the first place. his family were plunged into despair. within hours he attacked his brother and father with a knife. already injured, mark could only stand and watch as his son took a kitchen knife to his own throat. this he brought the knife down and it didn't cut. and that's when we both realised that in his haste to pick the knife up, it was the back of the blade that had gone to his throat. as dean tried to kill himself, mark was stabbed in his stomach, but held the knife in place to save his son's life. at that time i thought i can't let him have the knife. and i put my hand over the top of his so he could not pull it out. as he pulled it out, i held it in, i could not let him have that knife. dean saunders was charged with attempte

our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been following the case. dean saunders had no previous history of mental illness but in december 2015 the young dad suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. the hand with the knife was free, and this time he come down to actually put it in his... to put it in his heart. mark, dean's father, put his life on the line. on the kitchen floor he struggled to get the knife from his son. he was stabbed several times. at one point he held the knife in his own stomach. at that time i thought i can't let him have the knife. and i put my hand over the top of his so he could not pull it out. as he pulled it out, i held it in, i could not let him have that knife. dean was charged with attempted murder and remanded in custody at chelmsford prison, initially on constant watch. but then three staff, none of whom were medically trained, none of whom had read his notes, reduced his observations to every half hour. his family pleaded the prison not to do it, but were ignored. i said, "i'm tellin

our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has the story. dean saunders had no previous history of mental illness. but, in december 2015, the young dad suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. the hand with the knife was free and, this time, he'd come down to actually put it in his... to put it in his heart. mark, dean's father, put his life on the line. on the kitchen floor, he struggled to get the knife from his son. he was stabbed several times and at one point he held the knife in his own stomach. at that time, i thought, i can't let him have this knife. and i put my hand over the top of his, so he couldn't pull it out. he tried... as he pulled it out, i held it in. i could not let him have that knife. dean was charged with attempted murder and remanded in custody at chelmsford prison, initially on constant watch. within days, a crucial meeting took place. three members of staff, none of whom were medically trained, none of whom had read dean's notes, decided to reduce his observations from constant watc

michael buchanan has more details. this is a tragic case. the report today finds that there was a catalogue of failures across the prison and health care staff in chelmsford. essentially what it finds is they fail to pay due attention to the self harming that dean saunders was doing to himself in the prison. they found they had failed to properly assess the risks of him killing himself. they had just looked at how he was presenting and because he was presenting as fine and answering their questions they ignored all the other evidence, they ignored all the other evidence, they say there was little critical input into a meeting that led to dean saunders's observations being moved to every half hour. sadly the chronicle does justice did too little to protect this very vulnerable man. dean saunders have no hit previous history of mental illness but in 2015 he suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. his family were plunged into despair. within hours he attacked his brother and father with attacked his brother an

saunders will likely start in right field. another guy fighting to make the roster as an outfielder is roman quinn who today became the first major leaguer to host an instructional clinic for the phillies urban youth academy at the newly opened ryan howard training center. phils prospect who has a shot to make from aa to the opening day roster enjoyed helping these kids make some jumps of their own. >> it actually means a lot. it's the first time ever in my life there i did something like this on martin luther king day and it's a special day for me for the kids, too and i'm just happy to be out here. >> much more on quinn coming up at 6:00. >>> after a week all the way at lonely number three the villanova wildcats back on top. the number one ranked team in the nation faces seton hall later tonight. finally in one of his final duties as president barack obama welcomed the world series champion chicago cubs to the white house today. team's first visit the oval out of offense in 1888. the president was gauge midnight pardon for h