jeff skversky has the story. hey, jeff. >> hey, walter. what a dramatic finish by the philadelphia soul winning back to back arena bowls. this is the scene as they clean up arena bowl 30. confetti everyone where after a second straight title and third over all. owners, the former eagles hugging it out and celebrating thanks to an unbelievable come from behind win, soul down as many as 13. dan playing with a partially torn knee. daiferious reynolds and another as hes' hobbling. soul win 44-40 for their second straight arena bowl championship. >> we want the confetti to come down in philadelphia and these guys made it happen. he played the second half with a torn acl. i tip my hat to every guy in philadelphia. we love you. >> got off to a bad start but hung in there. what does it say about the team? >> that's the kind of team we are, a bunch of fighters. we practice hard. we tell our guys, be ready at any moment. they answered the bell. >> yes, they did. he told me afterwards they were shooting champagne and celebrating their second title. h

up next on "action news," jeff skversky has sports. first another check of the winning powerball numbers. good luck. ♪ ♪ ♪ no, please, please, oh! ♪ (shrieks in terror) (heavy breathing and snorting) no, no. the running of the bulldogs? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money aleia saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com >> jeff skversky has a check on sports. the eagles are getting there but not yet. >> we have time, though. no

♪ action news delaware valleys leading news program with metrologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. ♪ sunday night i'm walter perez sarah has the night off and big story is breaking news former philly darren dalton has died after a long battle with brain cancer and learned the sad news in a few minutes and jeff skversky is live with a look back at his life and career no doubt a fan favorite. >> he was one of the toughest players and a fan favorite and fought through all of these knee injuries and led the 93 phillies to the series against the blue jays and is one of a kind and missed in the city and sad to hear about the loss of the one and only darren dalton and he was one of the most beloved athletes to ever play in the city tonight dutch lost his four year battle with stage four brain cancer and passed away in the last few hours and he was only 55 years old, here is a look back at his life and legacy as a philadelphia philly. >> to left center field, way back, this ball is a grand slam home run darren dallas on the. >> reporter: he was a big hit on t

jeff skversky, channel6 "action news." jamie? >> great job out there tonight. >> alrighty, coming up, guess who did it again? reece hoskins. you have to see it to believe it. more when we return. reecreecereecreece hoskin >> this is getting almost ridiculous. rhys hoskins homered again, nine now ten. it's apparently dirty dancing gone wrong. phils an cubs, bottom of the first. he homered in four straight. he has more than two major league teams. cubs score 17 straight. they lit up ben lively. anthony rizzo's two runs gave them the lead, phils lose 17-2. coming up, 11:35. we show you the union. >> sounds good. "action news" at 11:30 continues next. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ >> saturday night, i'm walter perez. heres what's happening on "action news" at 11:30. tropical storm harvey is stalled over texas and is expected to bring 30-inches of rain, maybe more which could cause catastrophic flooding. we go live to houston for more. president trump is keeping tabs on the storm from camp david. he's also monitoring the fallout from l

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jeff skversky, "action news." ducis? >> still ahead the phillies blow a lead >> the phillies are happy. the marlins left town. the two teams wrapped up the series this afternoon. hoskin's home run. eight home runs in the first 15 games of his career. phillies with the lead but blow the lead. a two run inside the park home run. phillies lose 9-8 the final. >> catch the soul and the storm in the arena bowl 30 saturday night. coverage here on "6abc" begins at 7:00. that's sports. >> thank you, ducis. >> i didn't know. >> a sure sign that summer is coming to an end. today was the last day for the zach comer club in trenton. 100 children ages five through nine spent the summer learning how to swim, water safety and first responders and trained professionals. campers took one last dip in the pool and closed out camp with an award ceremony today. "jimmy kimmel live" next. "action news" continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards, and karen murphey with traffic. for ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner.

jeff skversky will be roaming the sidelines and that is where he joins us live now, good afternoon, jeff. >> hey, jamie arena bowl 30 is just about 30 minutes away, right now soul are on the field getting set, to defend their title and trying to win back to back championships. we are joined by head coach clint, we are 30 or 40 minutes from kick off how do you think your guys will play well tonight. >> we will play well in front of our home crowd, it will be a good one, excited for. that advantage to have a great crowd at home in arena football. we will have that. we will be preparing this for 21 weeks. >> your quarterback dan raudabaugh threw nine touchdowns this week, how many more does he have in that arm tonight. >> we may run or throw, it doesn't matter how we get them in as long as we get them across the line. it is all about taking what the defense gives us. >> your best receiver darius reynolds tweaks thinks ankle, is he 100 percent, you'll need them. >> he tweak it. he had sleepless nights for a couple days there. he is fine. he is about 85 percent. we expect him to be highlighte

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, sarah's off, the big story object "action news" is breaking news, director of feel ace referring to hurricane harvey as a devastating disaster one that could go down as war in texas history. he already record breaking rain totals we have seen so far could double by the time this storm is over. texas governor greg abbott has activated 3,000 national and state guard members to help with the countless rescues. abc's lana zach joins us live from houston with the details. >> reporter: good evening, the situation here in houston, continues to be very serious. by abc's latest confirmation, three people are dead and there are still thousands more waiting to be rescued. white house confirms that the president will be here, to visit the affected region on tuesday, and by all estimates it will still be raining then. houston is trying to stay afloat, amid nearly 500 billion gallons of water. sinkholes opening up, tornadoes touching down, this

jaime apody and jeff skversky with a preview. >> reporter: the first team offense has only five series and three, three and out. we are actually concerned, it's just a preseason but -- >> they have to get the running attack going. only 113 yards rushing one of the worst in the nfl. particularly lagarret blunt he has to get going and own 9 yards rushing and averaging 1.9 yards per carry but blunt and carson wentz and the eagles not concerned one bit particularly last week against the bills. >> we try not to look at it as our offense not doing much or whatever. we try to go out and compete every day. execute and make the best of every opportunity. >> the first of of two preseason games and a chance to game plan for the guys, and see them in practice now. the plan is to go out and be sharp. >> speaking of looking sharp. speaking of carson wentz he looks sharp hanging out with the globetrotters and handles a pa native not bad if football doesn't work out. >> don't quit your day job but looked good today. lets hope you looks good tonight against the miami dolphins, who they are practicing a

nice job. >>> wow. >> time for a check of sports with jeff skversky and eagles looking to upgrade that pass attack from last year. >> they have on paper. we will see how good this team will look coming up in green bay on thursday, in that first test, eagles back to practice, this morning, at the link, and so is eagles receiver alshon jeffery who has been out since last sunday because of a minor shoulder injury. jeffery tells six abc it feels great to be back and he says his right shoulder is fine. but eagles number one receiver is limited in practice, only participating in individual drills. out on the field to day, taking the link, by storm, eagles fans going nuts, as they go on the field and eagles receivers have been beating up on the corner, defensive coordinator jim schwartz says he still does not know who his starting corners will be and if they are even on the roster right now. >> you know, solid guys, or solid starters in those positions but we're still in the middle of a competition, being consistent and winning, winning match ups, consistently, you know, we're still working i

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. >>> action news, delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. ♪ . >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. massive lines form all throughout the area as people wait for the very own pair of solar eclipse glasses. of thousands descend on boston for a demonstration against hatred. but the big story on action news is another attack on a monument of frank rizzo. this time a mural honoring the former mayor in south philly was arcticed with vandals tossing paint on rizzo's facing action news reporter joins us with details. >> wallet, this vandalism is extensive, it comes after the mural arts organization finished touching up last incident of vandalism in may. some are asking whether this mural should be removed completely. >> it's horrifying. >> reporter: for south philly artist, joe, the vandallism of the frank rizzo mural is personal he help paint it and seeing the white paint running down the mayor's face pains him. >> five times, ten times, it's just very -- it happens too often. >> reporter: a group of vandals splatted paint and w

this is action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪ welcome to sports sunday i'm jeff skversky with mike missanelli from 97.5 the fanatic and we start with heavy hearts the passing of the one and only darren dalton the former phillies star lost his four year battle with stage four brain cancer when you think of darren dalton passing away at 55 years old it's just a tragedy, what do you remember most about darren dalton? >> much too young and my love and condolence go out to his wife amanda who i know very well and i remember him in the 93 season being in the locker room and i was in there a lot and the guys were not very friendly a

jeff skversky is live at the wells fargo center with a preview. jeff. >> reporter: hey, ducis. the soul are the winningest professional sports organization in the city since 2004 and guess what, they are back in the arena bowl for a fifth time and they have a rare opportunity tomorrow night to win the arena bowl here on their own turf. this is what they'll be defending tomorrow night. this is what's up for grabs the foster trophy here at the wells fargo center in arena bowl 30 so quarterback he says he knows wait takes to do it again this time here at home in front of his own fans. what would it mean to have one more ring winning back to back arena bowls. >> that would mean everything. you know, that's what you play the game for. it's what you come together as a group of men to do and you really find a way top get along and fight through adversity and you build a special love and trust for each other and it's about playing for them in those big moments so be ready for it have fun and if we're lucky enough for the confetti to come down and be victorious it would be an amazing fe

i'm jeff skversky with the one and only mike missanelli from 97.5, the phanatic. well, well, well, mike schmidt, barry bonds, hank aaron, babe ruth. whatever. not even the greatest home run hitters in baseball history have done what philly's rookie rhys hoskins has done. this is incredible. 11 homers in his first 18 games. i have to ask you, did the phillies wait way too long to call him up? or was this the perfect chemistry, the perfect combination? >> can't argue with their timing. he's come up and done this. >> he was doing it in aaa. >> he was. but at the time when they thought tommy joseph was a hot hitter. they didn't bring him up because of that reason. there's no question. he's got to play. when he comes back, he's got to be the every day first baseman. joseph has to sit. i don't know what to do with joseph. but this guy is unbelievable. and, you know, a lot of people say, well, once the pitcher's adjust to him, he's going to have problems. but his swing is pure. off his shoe top like that. and hits fast balls and sliders. he hits curve balls. he's just lo

. ♪ welcome to sports sunday i'm jeff skversky with the one and only mike missanelli from 97.5 the fanatic and open the season three weeks today with the redskins on the road and it's clear the team has a little work to do before the regular season but carson wentz says he is not stressed out about this offense one bit should eagles fans be a little stressed out about the way they look thursday night against the bills? >> i'm not stressed out and look at me and you think i would be stressed out. we had a lot of people this week with a negative slant on the eagles and a couple cob boys snuck in the conversation. >> how could you let them on the line. >> they will be fine and the reason is i didn't expect the defense to be anything and offense will carry them and defense looks good in the preseason so if they can play at that level we know the offense is going to come along because carson wentz makes plays and i think it's going to be a decent season. i think it might be a playoff year jeff. >> i like it if wentz and peterson are worried you would not know listening to this and what they sai

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, detectives busted a meth lab in the residential neighborhood in delaware. >> hollywood i had remembering life and leg is/of comedian, legend and philanthropist jerry lewis but the big story on "action news" is final could down to the eclipse, first total solar eclipse visible in north america in 38 years. >> that is right, celestial event has a whole lot of people very excited, all across the country. so, folks every where are getting what they need while they can before the heavenly show begins. lets look at the video posted on twitter. traffic mess in organ but first lets go to adam joseph along pass of totality and very interesting, in missouri. >> adam, good evening. >> good evening, to you guys. hey, atmosphere above is sunny way we want it. as more fear on the ground is electrified here, we're in the festival called total eclipse of the arts and we have traveled 1400 miles to what he they called saint joe's here for locals be

. >> time for a check on sports with jeff skversky. when they are hot, they are hot. when they are not, they are not. >> the phillies coming off of a five game winning streak and go on the road and haven't won since. they have a ton of talent, but their top prospects will have growing pains like tonight's starter nick pa vet ta. allows the first four. a 2-1 single. fall behind 5-0. he gives up three more in the third. pa vet ta lasts two and two thirds era six now, dropping five in a row to start the road trip. eagles have a day off today, resuming camp tomorrow morning. carson wentz says he feels good but his body and mind need rest today. he calls it the dog days of summer feeling fatigues from throwing passes the last two month in the training camp. when the season rolled around, wentz would love to throw the ball deep. >> some of the things are end game. some are more aggressive. those are parts of the game and knowing your opponent. at the end of the day, you have to trust coach peterson. when the chances are there, i'm looking forward to the chances. >> penn sta

jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> all right can't wait thank you. to baseball the phillies road trip continues tonight in atlanta. they won last night's game. >> and check him out last night in the hole. what an arm too. one crawford can get his bat going on a consistent basis it will be all right but it appears that the glove is already there. >>> the soul is two game as way from making it back to back championships. they host the baltimore brigade in the playoffs the only team to beat the soul this season. there is a lot at stake. >> it's huge, there is not a lot of nervousness with the guys they have been hereself times and won it last year, that is a load off your shoulders and a lot of new faces and maybe vets that haven't won championships and they keep our guys hungry. >> jim, can you do that? a hand stand and catch a football at the same time. >> i can do neither. >> that is torres jones with a great trick there. one again soul taking on baltimore saturday afternoon. >>> some middle school students have a big head start on their college care

birds have landed in green bay and so has jeff skversky. >> there is not a vince lombardi trophy on the game, but eagle back quarterback carson wentz is excited. this is a big opportunity for him at landow field. in green bay the eagles are expected to play tomorrow night at 8:00 against the packers. it doesn't sound like wentz will have his top sever. everyone else, they can't wait after two weeks of training camp to finally hit someone else. >> anytime i get to do that, it's a good day. i build on things i have been working on in camp. >> the goal for the eagle starters scored a touchdown or two. even seeing the landow leap. jeff skversky "action news." >> still ahead, the union has issues. >> and t our family was drifting apart... ...until we found a connection. you have the power to change your child's life. the boys town national hotline can help. call 800-448-3000 (tdd# 1-800-448-1433) or visit parenting.org >> the union will be home to the montreal impact saturday night. while they get ready for that one, they have goal keeper issues. andre blake is still unplayable after hurting

jeff skversky is in the middle of it all. hey jeff -- >> reporter: hey matt, the philadelphia soul won back to back championships and right now honored here at city hall in the courtyard. mayor jim kenney declared this soul world champions day. they won back to back championships. and this soul team is being honored as the owners take the microphone in front of this crowd here. celebrating the third in team history. they are the winningest sports team in philadelphia since 2004. that is right they have won three. ron jaworsky will be among the owners that will speak at the rally at city hall. and the plargss will be entruced as well. the quarterback among the players expected to talk today. to this soul fan base that is thrilled to win another championship. live at city hall, jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> thanks jeff. >>> other news in noon a spokesperson for russian president, vladimir putin, confirms his office did receive an email last year regarding i trump tower project in moscow, however the kremlin never re

jeff skversky "action news." >> still ahead, the union has issues. >> and the youngest ever to capture the career grand slam. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ more and more tax money tosends trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stersey. >> the union will be home to the montreal impact saturday night. while they get ready for that one, they have goal keeper issues. andre blake is still unplayable after hurting his hand a couple

jeff skversky has the preview. >> from the moment the soul won last year's arena bowl they are talking about a repeat. just days away from defending their title it comes saturday at the wells fargo center. >> it would be nice for the city and fans that never seen our game hopefully this will be a mark to come out and watch us, our brand of football is exciting. the high scoring soul has the highest winning percentage since any team in philadelphia since 2004. and making their fifth appearance on the big stage. >> you see the bags under my eyes that is why you play you work all year for this moment. >> excitement and butterflies starting to wake up. i'm nervous but excited. >> nervous about what? you dominated at home and dominated tampa bay. >> we can't compare this game to the last games. >> they want back to back titles and why not? they have home field advantage and they dominated tampa bay winning all three match-ups. >> i expect to win the game. this is a good football team and know how to win. we won 17 straight games at home. >> the soul is undefeated at home since last april. o

jeff skversky is live at the wells fargo center with a special guest. thanks ducis. arena bowl 30 right here on 6abc tomorrow. i'm joined boy soul owner john jaworski. you can win the arena bowl in your own arena where you have dominated. what do you think it would be like having confetti coming down tomorrow and hoisting that trophy right here on this field. >> we won in a arizona. we already started about winning the game in philadelphia. that was our goal. to have the best record in arena football league and host arena bowl 30. tomorrow it's going to happen. tomorrow night at 7 o'clock the wells fargo center, the philadelphia soul host the tampa bay storm. we just had our press conference going on all afternoon. everyone is all lathered up for a great game but we expect to win. >> you've won two. you can win a third. you have the ring on you. >> oh, yeah. >> let's look at this ring everyone. look how beautiful this is. to add one more title to that what would it mean to you as the owner of this franchise. >> fortunately i've got two of these but there are a lot of

. >>> and jeff skversky live in green bay for the eagles preseason opener. >> reporter: hey jim, the eagles have just taken the field for the pregame warm-ups, we are less than two hours away from the eagles first preseason games against the packers, we'll hear from carson wentz in sports. it's finally stopped raining in green bay. >> in the meantime i'm tracking showers for the weekend. philadelphia 83 and our suburbs dropping down to the 70s and i'll time out the showers over the weekend in the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: and cecily we have asher he is 20 months old. he is participating in the 108th annual baby parade this is mom and aubry. hold this up. this is what asher received for the participation trophy. we'll have more on that and the accuweather forecast. >> thank you. and friends, those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> in other news tonight something is wrong with the swimming pool at the enormous lifetime complex in king of prussia. they had to shut it down but nobody is explaining it's specific source of the problem. >> reporter: this im

jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you jeff. >>> hundreds of delaware young professionals attended a conference to learn the best way to grow careers and have an impact on the communities. the summit was held in wilmington and the younger adults mingled with seasoned professionals along the state and the conference was the first of its kind in the area. heads up for job seekers amazon is getting ready for a major hiring event tonight. looking to fill 50,000 positions at 10 fulfillment centers across the country including the one in robbinsville mercer county. jobs day goes from 8:00 in the morning until noon and managers are ready to hire hundreds of candidates on the spot and in jobs are full-time offering health insurance and retireples savings plans and other benefits, if you are interested we have information on our website at 6abc.com. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit c

for jeff skversky jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." we'll be back next hour ducis. >> thanks a lot guys. bye bye marlins and good riddens that is what the staff is saying today. the two teams wrapped up the series with another high scoring affair and another day and reece hoskins home run, a solo shot he has eight homers in his first 15 major league games and phillies up 6-3 and brings in two with the double and they bang out a dozen hits and lead 8-3 and later blow the lead. he hits one deep to left center and a crazy bounce and no right fielder breaking up the play and it goes for a two run in the park home run and the marlins take the lead on a sac fly and the phillies lose 6-8. >>> and the soul looks to make it two straight title. they host the storm in the arena bowl. the cope has an easy formula for winning. >> each individual has to do their job. if each individual does their job our whole squad, does well. i don't need heroes i just need them to do their job. >> coverage is here on 6 abc begins at 7:00. the soul, the reigning c

. ♪ action news delaware valleys leading news program with metrologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. ♪ it has been nearly 38 years since we've seen it with our own eyes here in north america a solar eclipse when the moon passes directly from the sun and the earth tomorrow it will happen again and people all across the country including here this our region will be watching. >>> sunday night i'm sarah bloomquist along with walter perez and the big story on action news is the eve of the great american eclipse. >> the last time the moon cast the shadow was february of 1979 and 14 hours the big celestial show continues. >> and trish hartman is in center city with the excitement and prep ra preparations and melissa magee tracking the forecast during the critical hours. >> and adam joseph is live from st. joseph missouri a prime spot watching the eclipse on the so called path of totality. hi adam. >> people here are pumped including myself and we made that 1400 mile trek here to missouri to see totality here tomorrow and we are at rose kranz airport a p

jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." all right busy day down there thank you. >>> to a bit of basketball news, we got a first look at the 76ers new uniforms the picture of the home and away jerseys. philadelphia is on the front and back and marketultz putting on his jersey. and stubhub the sponsor. >> and brotherly love near the bottom. >> we'll play as hard as we can and the potential is high. >> that is markelle fultz and his thoughts of getting brotherly love on the jersey. they are made by nike and be worn at the start of the season. >>> news out of washington this afternoon. mitch mcconnell is responding to president trump's calls for a change in senate rules. mcconnell says the reason that it chances was not because of democrats, he went on to say they didn't have 50 republicans on board. the president has said the republicans should change the rules to change the 50 vote threshold to change the votes needed. >> and mike pence made the comments in a trip in the country of georgia. he confirms that the president wil

jeff skversky is in green bay for us this afternoon with the team. you are not alone, a lot of die hard birds fans made the trip. >> reporter: yes, football is finally back. for eagles fans the eagles starters will play one to two series against the packer if the first quarter, you see behind me now it stopped raining a moment ago and the tarp is on the field here at lambeau field. it's raining on and off and raining hard for about five to ten minutes, on and off here and there in the last hour. but by game time 8:00 the weather should be beautiful here in green bay. it's a preseason game but eagles fans are fired up. we ran into the lewinskys from middletown, delaware. their favorite teams are the eagles and packers. franny wears eagles gear and her husband don is wearing packers gear. i tried to talk him out of it. >> i don't mean to offender you are from eagles country, what are you doing? >> enjoying football. >> aren't you an eagles fan? >> i am a number one packers fan number two is the eagles. >> do you approve of this? >> i have no problem wi

jeff skversky is here. and a new sheriff in town, rhys hoskins. >> suddenly the worst team in baseball is a lot of fun to watch. rhys hoskins on pace for 99 home runs. >> that's crazy. about chance to play the entire season, 99 home runs on pace for. absolutely ridiculous. even rhys hoskins can't explain it. the phillies rookie phenom is off to the best start in baseball history. homers again today. incredible. 11 homers in his first 18 games. nobody has ever been that hot to start a career. how about rhys hoskins? busting on to the scene. against the cubs today, there you go. hoskins making the diving catch in left. only been playing out there for a month. he can do it all. starts the triple play to hernandez, to tommy joseph. the rare 7-4-3 triple play. phillys down three until the fifth. nick williams, two-run shot. phillies score five times in the fifth to take the lead. then in the eighth, save the best for last. are you kidding me? a philly's record. the fastest player in history to 11 homers. he gets

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> a graphic display of hate in charlottesville, virginia. vehicle ran into a group of people protesting a white nationals rally. tonight one person is dead and 19 are injured, horrific conn collusion to a regret full day in virginia. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez and big story on "action news" is breaking news out of charlottesville virginia where the governor declared a state of emergency after a day of clash that he is ended in deadly violence. this after noon a car slam in the group of counter protesters leaving one person dead and 19 others injured and that came after altercations that left 15 others injured, as well. we will get latest from abc's lena zak. >> reporter: usually quiet town turned into chaos, one national list clashing with counter protesters, protesters upset over decision to remove confederate general robert e lee from the downtown park. when suddenly a car barreling down the street rammed into counter protesters running them over, others

. >> and from sarah bloomquist and melissa magee and jeff skversky i'm walter perez and happy eclipse day. >> action news sponsored by the heart and lung center and we listen to your heart and demand us. ♪ tonight on sports sunday. >> performance is great by no means and definitely not where we want to be. >>> eagles not worried about offense but should they be and break down the birds through two preseason games the good the bad and ugly and alshon jeffrey is the prize acquisition behind? >> do you feel you are behind at all? >> not at all. >> hits one in the air to deep left field. >> phillies come up with another giant win today. >> a win for hoskins. >> snag a seat sports sunday starts now. >> this is action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪

. ♪ welcome to sports sunday i'm jeff skversky with mike missanelli from 97.5 the fanatic and we start with heavy hearts the passing of the one and only darren dalton the former phillies star lost his four year battle with stage four brain cancer when you think of darren dalton passing away at 55 years old it's just a tragedy, what do you remember most about darren dalton? >> much too young and my love and condolence go out to his wife amanda who i know very well and i remember him in the 93 season being in the locker room and i was in there a lot and the guys were not very friendly and a lot of people were not friendly with the press and darren had their backs with a double locker and he had a lounge chair which tells you everything you need to know that he was the absolute leader of that clubhouse and everybody knew it and everybody followed his lead and fast forward later at the radio station 97.5 the fanatic we created a show for him talking baseball with dutch and he warmed up to it immediately and got to be pretty good pals and he was a straight shooter and had one of these infec

. ♪ ♪ ♪ jeff skversky has sports. the rumors of the philly's demise were premature. >> tonight, phillies busting out the bats. going to california has a giant problem for the philly, 0-11 in california. eickhoff looking to end the drought in san francisco. it's late and tough to watch, but wake up. down two and a third, hoskins, fourth homer in six games, phillies up 4-3. phil n the sixth, phillies score seven times. first pinch hit by a philly in five years, up 11-4 in the eighth. that's the most they have scored in ten weeks. eagles running back coach deuce daily believes mcgarrett blunt is the number one in the nfl. competition running back is heating up. corey clement is giving him a run for his money. he says he's like a honda accord. you can put a lot of miles on him. he's frustrated with his hamstring injury. >> you want to be out there showing guys what you can do front office, with your teammates, prior to the injury. now he has to get over the hump, and he will. >> speaking of performing, linebacker with an

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jeff skversky is live with the post game report. jeff? >> eagle coach doug pederson was not happy with the starting offense. can't blame him. he left carson wentz and company out there for series. they had alshon jefferys, but clearly not good enough for the team. no one is worried one bit. >> definitely not where we want to be but no doubts. we have the right guys. we have the right team. we have to put it together. >> i want today get carson and the offence going and feel the feel of the game before taking them out. it's tough sometimes. these guys are professionals. they have to go execute and play. you know, something to look at and evaluate it. >> every eagle players tells me they are not concerned about the offence. they have special player and the guys to do it. they'll do a little more game planning for next week's game against the dolphins and carson wentz and the starting offense should see the entire half of football to work out tweaks and try to figure this out before the regular season kicks off in a month. ducis? >> next we

our own jeff skversky traveled with the team live at lambeau field. lets get a preview of the match-up. >> reporter: welcome to the wet tundra of lambeau field. it's coming down hard now and the tarp is on the field at lambeau, they have to remove the tarp by nfl rules by 90 minutes before kickoff that will be at 6:30, the eagles have just arrived here, but it does not look like they will get time to get pregame warm-ups it's suppose to rain and on off to kickoff. this is rich with tradition, lambeau is one of the oldest in the nfl. nearly 60 years old. and they have won championships including super bowls. carson wentz and the eagles are looking forward to playing here. >> i grew up a favre fan and it's cool, for some of these rookies, we are talking to dan edmo edmonds, your first game ever is lambeau field. >> the football atmosphere. i'm not sure what to expect. i'm just excited to see what it's like to play in the nfl and have my first game. i'm excited about it and looking forward to it. >> adam the former canadian rugby star is among the rookie

skversky and walter perez. ♪ ♪ >> stop the hate speech. stop the rhetoric in this country. we have to bring people together. >> calls for unit any after a day of deadly violence. a driver plowed into a crowd of counter protesters. a woman was killed and 19 injured. dozens were hurt as fights broke out. today in the delaware valley, they are speaking out to condemn the hatred at the core of the chaos. a deadly day in charlottesville virginia. there was a rally of white nationalists. that was met by counter protests. this afternoon someone plowed his vehicle into the protesters of the valleys. and a helicopter headed to the incident and crashed killing two people onboard. three people are dead following violence in charlottesville. >> white supremacistses and counter protesters clashed. starting on friday, white nationalists assembled swinging torches. police calling it an unlawful seamly. violence reached a new level when a car ran into the group protesting the white supremacistses. >> the fatal crash taking the life of a 32-year-old woman.

. >> jeff skversky with the phillies looking for a brave new world and a way to dig themselves out of the basement >> a dozen inmates in alabama used peanut butter to escape from jail. they used peanut butter to change the number over the door. they scaled the razor wire fence. one of the inmates remains on the run. >>> hbo says it's been hacked. the cable network isn't revealing what movies were stolen, but reports from the cyber thieves say their haul includes the popular series game of thrones. the hackers have two other shows and threaten to release more soon. >>> airplane seating is tighter but by how much and is it too much? a federal appeal's court is ordering the faa to look into it to determine a safety issue here. they can't set regulations for comfort, but right's advocate say the shrinking leg room is a hazard. >> it doesn't appear people can get out with the smaller seats. most recently there was an evacuation for a burning engine in an aircraft and it took five minutes instead of 90 seconds. the group claims it puts passengers at risk of blood clots in their legs. the se

. >>> football has rushed to the link and jeff skversky is leer to kick off against the bills. >> returning as well lesean mccoy. >> remember him? the last time he was here he was so upset he was throwing his helmet. and carson wentz may have a perfect passer rating in his last preseason game but he wants to clean up the sloppiness in this game against the buffalo bills. lets go to the linc where wentz will once again have limited time to clean up the mistakes with the starters. >> it's getting loud as the eagles take the field for preseason warm-up. don't expect to see the starters in there too long the priority is to get them in and get the work in and get them out healthy. >> it's hard to believe that this year at the same time carson wentz was the the third string quarterback. and on the field a short time ago getting ready for the debut in front of the home fans, last week he was perfect against the packers four for four and a touch down in his only series, he plays about the same a severies maybe two. the coach explains why he is so cautious with carson. >> you guard against just, you

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jeff skversky. sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> a day after deadly violence in virginia, calls are growing tonight for unity and peace. communities all across the country are gathering to speak out and reject the hatred that culminated with a woman's death and dozens of injuries when a white nationalist and counterprotestorses clashed. sunday night, i'm walter p res, sarah is off. a massive show of solidarity across the country after deadly violence in virginia. hundreds of vigils today, including several in our area to honor the victims and condemn the hatred that fueled the rampage. we begin in charlottesville with elizabeth herr of abc. >> reporter: at the scene of terror and chaos in the streets of charlottesville that ended in death and devastation. the city is now sharing messages of unity and condolences for the victims. >> i want the country to know that the city of charlottesville is a place of extreme compassion. >> reporter: including heather heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal from virg

jeff skversky. sarah bloomquist. and walter perez. >>> they knew that a powerful hurricane was coming. but no one expected a torrent of water still falling on south texas. in fact, no longer measuring the rainfall in inches. now by foot. it's far from over. sunday. >> reporter: rescues continue in the dark of night here in houston. >> we got you. >> reporter: bisected by rhodes roads that are now rivers, america's fourth largest city is in crisis. >> we need help in fifth ward. we need people here to evacuate people. get people here now before they die. >> reporter: the 911 system overrun. 56,000 calls in just 15 hours. many people say they can't even get through. houston's mayor is asking for patience. >> this is pretty much like day two. okay? there will be day three. and there will be day four. and there may be day five. >> reporter: first responders and good samaritans are working around the clock, desperately trying to keep up with the cries for epihad. those rescued are often left with nothing. >> memories that

jeff skversky goes one-on-one with the right tackle. >> reporter: he went through so much last year and ended up getting suspended. does this completely feel like a different camp for you mentally. >> little bit. i mean, i still feel like i need to go out and play well, just play like i've always played and last year just helped me focus on it when i had that shadow over me. i feel like the shadow is still over me e why do you feel that way. >> it's always going to be there. it's on your record so people are going to always have your haters and your doubters and people that expect you to do this and do that so go out there and go play well. >> reporter: how does this team look with carson. does he look more comfortable right now. >> yeah. you can definitely see the development from year one to year two. you can see the confidence and growth and just assurance instead of having, you know, eight days to prepare for a season he's had a whole year, had a whole off season. >> reporter: the expectations for this team are so high. do you feel that way, too, that you guys are out here and you c

. >>> plus contact sport and jeff skversky with the eagles live hitting at training camp went action news continues tonight. the search is on tonight for a man in the red pickup truck and served as his get away car police are calling him the baby formula bandit and action news dann cuellar has the story. >> reporter: it's a strange case a guy going around in an old red pickup truck stealing baby formula admittedly there always has been a market for baby formula but this guy has a big appetite and hit this target on rock in bensalem sunday after 1:30. >> took 12 cans off with a value of 200 which is about 16, 17 a can. >> reporter: the next day he hit a target in 200 mill road in the oaks section of upper providence and got in a scuffle with a loss prevention worker and strange and before you start feeling story for the guy. >> it's not a guy stealing baby formula for the baby that is not what is happening here folks. >> reporter: it's weirder and the thief could be out to resell it on the streets that seems highly unlikely. >> we are finding it they are using similac a safe item to c