skversky has that story from clear water. >> reporter: two years ago hall of famer smith made a bold statement saying third baseman franco is better than he at his age and he has not lived up to it and working hard in clear water with tell low teammate carlos santana and could be a make it or break it for franco and may have led in homers and rbi but the lowest in the league and lost his everyday job in the stretch. >> just get better at everything and try to control my emotion try to be more aggressive and like i said to just have to do what i have to do to get better. >> reporter: to get better he played winter ball in the dominican republic and played with carlos santana in camp taking him under his wing and the lockers are side by side. >> and he called me, he said i'm so happy for you. i want to work together. the thing is with franco is great he come to work and working hard. >> reporter: he also worked hard cutting down his weight and arrived at camp ten pounds later. >> doing a lot of running and caught a little bit of the flu. >> no more ice cream. >> no more ice cream no mo

skversky for sports sunday jamie back to you. >> he is fun to watch all right on a day when he lost another goalie the flyers made sure they did not lose the game and michael went down with a lower body injury in the third and third stringer stepped in for the first nhl win and winners of the last 7 and more goals against the rival rangers than a game since them in 92 and one was special the flyers six of their seven win scored by drew the 200th of nhl career and drew and teammates watched the eagles win the super bowl together and like all of us it inspired him and them after all now that the birds have finally won the players have the longest championship drought their last stanley cup was 1975 and earlier this week i had a chance to go one on one with the flyers captain. experiencing the night they won does that make you guys hungry for your own? >> yeah it definitely doesn't hurt but just seeing the passion of the fans that we knew was always there but to actually live it and be in the mix was a pretty good yeah pretty good experience. >> how about pressure wise you guys are nex

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jeff skversky. >> everybody is better than last year. joel embiid says the sixers are next to win the championship. they are starting to play like the eagles, dominating in their own house, won seven straight at home for the first time in a decade. joel embiid game time decision. he looks great early. how about the fade? sixer bench, they love it. jojo on the go in the third, slams it down, emdiid with 6. end of the third, emdiid flying to the bench as he tries to get up, right ankle buckles. in the fourth he falls again this time holding the right knee. brett favre surprised he returned. sixers won as many games as last year. afterwardses, everyone worried about that guy. >> joe says he's fine for a quick moment there, i was worried, but they cleared him to come back and play, go on a 5-0 run. life's still good. >> you have pain? right now? >> stop talking about it. who is this guy rooting for? flyers down one first to phoenix, they come all the way back. wayne simmons on the powerplay. flyers up 3-2. zach renaldo beats bryan elliot, ti

>> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >> a rainy day turns into a foggy night. at center city, drizzle now heavy rain expected in the early morning hours. saturday night. i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is another day of wet weather. we can expect another soaking in a few hours. melissa magee is here with a check of the forecast. >> walter, we are checking the rain moving in early tomorrow morning. a break in activity right now in philadelphia. moisture is filling back in across south jersey. we go tighter for street level 6. millville, mays landing and fort skew heavier rain headed to washington d.c. that heads in our direction tomorrow morning and with that, another round of precipitation on the way. despite the moisture and winds, 46 in philadelphia. that's a typical daytime high this time of year. 44 allentown, 46 poconos, 48 dover and 48 in atlantic city at the airport. during the overnight hours, 4:0r rain moves in for allentown and lancaster and reading, pressing into philadelphia

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for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez, we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪ >>> tonight, states of emergency. the severe weather threat sweeping across at least a dozen states. reports of tornados touching down, along with massive flooding. >>> also tonight, new questions about the florida school shooting. did more officers also hesitate to rush into the building and save students. >>> clearance in jeopardy. is the president's son-in-law about to lose high level access? jared kushner's background check and the new rules in effect that may be blocking him. >>> plus, not backing down. a crook with a shotgun confronting a mother and daughter. but the women defending their store, grabbing their own guns and firing back. >>> wild escape. the prison break caught on camera. inmates busting out by smashing through a window. >>> and the credit card company

we head to clear water for a report of jeff skversky on the eve of philly's spring training. >> (vo) i was born during the winter of '77. i first met james in 5th grade a truck didn't stop. but thanks to our forester, neither did our story. >> get ready to hear words play ball. philly spring training opens in the morning. this year a new manager and new hope. jeff skversky has more from clear water. >> manager gabe capler believes the phillies will be fighting for the east come september. how about that bold statement before the philly's first spring workout. >> there is a buzz down here. pitchers and catchers are not due for the official workout until tomorrow. >> eagles went from worst to first, nobody believed, why not the eagles too? >> he was inspired by the eagle season. >> we would be foolish not to take from what the phillies accomplished, not just the last couple of weeks, but since coach pederson said this is what the world thinks. this is who we think you are. we think you are special. >> he watched the win against the patriots down here. he loved the way the birds played

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news progra with list a magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, in t news investigators are trying to find out why a passenger plane went down in killing everyone on board. >>> also delaware's top officials gathered to remember the life and leg is a of a corrections officer killed during >>> but the big store own "action news" is day of downpours throughout our area. >> the rain has been coming down all day and result has been rising rivers and flooded ros. got news, worries over. we have team coverage of the today's sunday soaker. a accounts news reporter annie mccormack has a look at the damage. >> but we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee with a look at what is to come , medical lays. >> czar and walter we are seeing a break in the active but heavy rain exiting off to our south and east. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you light delaware and scattered about lehigh valley. we will go in tighter on street level with storm track er straveling along i-95 metro area couple light showers,

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and, walter perez. >>> sunday night, in the newsweek end of winter weather will give way to spring-like temperatures this week. >>> also thon 2018 is in the books, we're there for big reveal and huge effort to help kids battling cancer. >> but the big story on "action news" is a four alarm fire in olde city earlier this morning that caused evacuation of 160 people. >> fire broke out just after 3:00 a.m. in the building near third and chestnut streets but it took hours to gain the upper hand and amazingly in one was injury. >> "action news" reporter anni e mccormack joins us live from the scene with the very latest on the investigation, annie. >> reporter: and, sarah and walter, this fire was placed under control hours ago but still, fire fighters continue to work, putting out, those hot spots, also, all around the area of olde city road is still remain closed, every where including portions of market street, chestnut street tonight. fire officials are still investiga

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program work meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night, i'm walter perez. in the news qualified patients can now buy medical marijuana in bucks and chester counties. >>> also penn state students are entering a 24th hour of dancing we're live in state college for all of the action of thon 2018. >>> big story is an action you weather alert, snow is falling in parts of our area and someplaces could receive several inches before it its over. we have team coverage, "action news" reporter trish hartman is in bucks county with much more there and annie mccormack is in south philadelphia but we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee with details about is what moving our way, melissa. >> walter, we have large area of precipitation we are tracking, from new england stretched back to pennsylvania and down through ohio valleys. we are tracking a precipitation as we go throughout the rest of tonight we will go in tighter on street level with storm track er six and light snow here in philadelphia but we even ha

jeff skversky is live in florida for the start of spring training. >> hey jim there is not many managers in baseball that can out lift their own players. we'll hear from gabe kapler and the phillies on that and much more coming up in sports. >>> we have showers moving in ahead of the surge of very warm air if you are heading out for the valentines night, you may wants to take an umbrella but winter returns this weekend along with a chance of snow. i'll have an update. >> and a plan for philadelphia sports museum when "action news" continues tonight. >>> today marks the beginning of final with the observation of ash wednesday. for people too busy to go church clergy went to them. there is ashes to go outreach as representatives of st. peters church distributed ashes to commuters at jefferson station. and meant to symbolize human feelings and the ability to seek god's forgiveness. >> it should come as know surprise people thought it was the best day to get married. >> what better day to tie the knot than on valentine's day. weddings are the order of the day. >> i am excited and overwhelmed

live in clearwater jeff skversky channel6 "action news." ducis. >> all right, jeff, thank you so much. >>> to the ice, the flyers will skate in columbus tonight. flyers currently sit in the sixth playoff spot blue jackets one of those teams fighting to get in. >>> ben simmons joel embiid and dario saric will represent the sixers at the nba all-star weekend in los angeles. the three will take part in a rising star challenge tonight embiid will also take part in the skills challenge tomorrow as well as the actual all-star game. that is coming up on sunday. that's your look at sports. >> coming up on "action news" tonight, cecily tynan and that accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >> ♪ this is gointo be the place for binge watching, ladies. is it, ladies? don't get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. d, but you still don't have fios. ok? fios is a 100%ibk, literally engineer good advice. i've also got some ideas on a better cereal selection, which i will keep to myself. experience netflix on the 100% option us with a two-y

. >>> and jeff skversky at spring training. >> the phillies hit a turning point and they are ready to start winning. >> temperatures are into the 60s today and double scan live radar showing rain is heading our way with a cold front and yes i'm tracking accumulating snow for parts of our region on saturday. we'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> police arrested a 24-year-old delaware for snapping off the finger of a million dollar statue. >> soldiers from the terra cota army on loan from china from 29 bc from china's first emperor. life size clay soldiers amounts to slaves 2,000 years ago. these and other soldiers have been displayed all over the world. only to be vandalized here in philadelphia. local folks coming out of the exhibit had this reaction to the crime. >> it's a national treasure. on loan. from china. i would say you put him in jail. no questions. >> the suspect is seen breaking off the left thumb of the calvary man, identified by the fbi as 25-year-old matthew of bear del

we're live in clearwater, jeff skversky channel6 "action news." >> all right, jeff, thank you so much. >>> to hockey flyers suddenly have goalie issues. yesterday they lost neuvirth to an injury. the flyers might make a move ahead of next monday's nhl trade deadline. >>> joel embiid gave the rest of the world a taste of what we already know, he's a beast. embiid had 19 points and eight rebounds in yesterday's nba all-star game. he also had a pair of blocks. as for his sixers, they currently sit in the seventh playoff position. they have won five games in a row. they have improved by leaps and bounds. >> i mean it just means that the process is and i'm not the only one. we got a lot of potential i think. next year ben should get here. we have more coming along, it's exciting times in philly, you know with the super bowl win and us doing great, so we got to keep it going. >> things are looking up for the sixers. >> they are indeed. coming up on "action news," cecily tynan with that accuweather forecast. the temperature is looking up as well. when we continue in just a moment. >> ♪ >>

with the phillies in clearwater, jeff skversky, for channel six "action news". >>> when i was a kiddy always loved all-star saturday night. more recently i could take it or leave it because i didn't have anyone to root for. well, not anymore. >> from the philadelphia 76ers , joel embiid. >> joel embiid making his all-star weekend debut, he is in the spotlight. sixers star will take part in the skills challenge tonight which is an obstacle course that includes dribbling and three-point shooting. tomorrow he will start with the team step, and last night he played nine minutes for world team in the rising stars challenge. >> first of all, i'm excited to be here. i feel like i'm here.

jeff skversky has his store friday clearwater. >> reporter: two years ago phillies hall of famer mike schmidt made a bold statement saying miguel franco was better then he was at his age. well, franco has not lived up to the hype, he has been working hard down here in clearwater but fellow teammate s, carlos san tan a this could be a make it or break it season for miguel franco who may have led phillies in home runs and rbi's last year but he has lowest batting average among third base mans in the league, and he lost his every day job down the stretch. >> just getting better in everything, you know what i mean, try to control my emotion, try to be more aggressive, and like i said, just, to do everything i need to do to get better. >> reporter: he played winter ball in the dominican republic where he trained with carlos santana in camp taking franco under his wing at santana's

live, i'm jeff skversky with nfl analyst, ron jawoski. going to talk about the epic jason kelce speech. but winning the super bowl, as a former eagle, how much to see them win and parade up brood street? >> meant an awful lot. all players live through them. we lost super bowl 39, and we wanted a championship. when the eagles finally won that championship, we all felt a part of it. and the city of philadelphia, it's been 58 years since the ago s have won an nfl championship. and we can finally exhale. hoisted the vince lombardi trophy down the parkway to the art museum. a great feeling. >> unbelievable week. in fact, the best week ever. here is jamie apody with more. >> everybody wanted it more. and that's why we're up here today and why we're the first team in eagle's history to hold the freaking trophy. >> reporter: the epic speech to cap the epic week in philadelphia. >> the philadelphia eagles are super bowl champions. >> reporter: to the moment the green and white confetti and fire works shot up into the art museum sky. images and mem

. >> now to jeff skversky. sixers keep on winning. >> they are playing well. hopefully they'll lock up a playoff spot. sixers won ten straight at home, the longest streak in 16 years. carson wentz in the house making noise. huge ovation for the eagle quarterback. sixers undefeated since the eagles won the superbowl. joel embiid scores 28. he says the game is becoming easy for him. looks it. end of the third, emdiid rebounds, turns around, locks it, another double double for jojo. seconds later, the defense not up here. sixers win 116-105. they have won a season high seven in a row. phillys on fire. sixers and flyers combine 16-0-1 neither have lost in regulation. flyers have won six straight on the road. ivan makes it 1-0. then in the third, how about the turnover? brandon manning to wide open claude giroux. flyers up two. everything going their way. if you are not convinced, how about this in the third? manning laps it around the board. dumps it into the net. flyers win 5-3, winning 9 of 10, a point out of first place. eagle coach doug pederson is trying to m

with meteorologist melissa mc gee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> morning rain gave way to clearer skies this afternoon. but most still opted for raincoats and umbrellas. but those can stay in the closet in the coming days. sunday night and the big story on action news is the impending return of some sunshine. >> after a soggy, we thought weekend -- melissa mcgee with the check of the accuweather forecast. >> we have something to look forward to for the start of our workweek because it's been a washout for the most part over our weekend. very rainy for the month of february. so far, 6.52 inches of rain well above the normal for this time of year, usually 2.5. philadelphia, the fifth wettest on record for the month of february. now, looking at storm tracker 6 live double scanner 3d, the frontal boundary stalled out and the rain moving away and high pressure returns for the start of the workweek. despite the clouds and moisture, pretty comfortable. 46 in the city, 47 in reading, 50 in the pocono know -- and there's no cold air following this cold front that pushed

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist, melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> i'm walter perez and the big story on "action news" at 5:00 is the snow, rain arriving over the next few hours. right now we are under a accu weather alert, we have team coverage, "action news" report annie mccormack is in south philadelphia, trish hartman in doyletown, bucks county but we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee tracking the storm, melissa. >> walter, we have a large area of precipitation that we're tracking looking at storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d and see that snow press nothing to much of the pennsylvania and delaware valley. little farther south and west through ohio valley we have mixed precipitation. we will go in tighter on street level with storm track er six and we have light snow falling, there in philadelphia, and if you look off to the south we have got some snow across interior sections of south jersey, heavier bands of snow setting up in delaware but milk precipitation farther south. would i not b

y2p9gy y5yy >>> jeff skversky has sports. i want to give a shout out to the fans, you guys were amazing during that, parade and party afterwards, shoulder to shoulder, back to back as far as the eyes can sianni so well behaved, it was just a tribute to philly fans all across the world. >> best party ever. let's have one this time next year. super bowl champs could lose their top two assistant coaches john dephilipo left and coordinator frank reich may be next. after interviewing for the colts head coaching job he has been working under doug pederson but did not call play s. he got his start with the colts asiana cysttent coach 10 years ago working with payton manning. he is a candidate to go to indianapolis after patriots assistant josh mcdaniels backed out. >>> eagles super bowl champ corry clement in havertown at karl's cards meeting and greeting eagles fans. it has been a incredible week for kid from glassboro, new jersey from jimmy kimmel's appearance to the parade. >> the parade stood out for me , just seeing how well we

jeff skversky channel6 "action news." >> when i was a kid i loved all star saturday night. more recently i could take it or leave it because i didn't have anyone to root for. no more. >> joel embiid. >> love seeing the process, making his challenge debut aside from the fact that he forgot to take his tag off his shorts, had trouble with his passing, but made toyota the second round where despite cheating, you could tell he was having fun happy to be part of the weekend. >> this is my first type of environment. everybody told me it was going to be fun. kind of overwhelming, but i love this type of setting. i love to have fun and i'm glad to be here. hiewrly thsurely the first of m. >> i love him. >> castle is next. for melissa magee, jamie apody, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. have a great night. see you back here tomorrow. ♪ ♪ new tv, new speakers, netflix. this is going to be the place for binge watc ok? fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, literally engineered for streaming. good advice. with a two-year agreement. there are two kinds

i'm jeff skversky. since the eagles won the super bowl three weeks ago tonight, both the sixers and flyers have been on fire. the flyers are the hottest team in hockey. the sixers had been the hottest team in the east. 76ers had won seven straight. their longest winning streak in nine years. but, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. tough on a back-to-back for joel embiid and company. a playoff feeling down in d.c. first quarter, embiid with the slam. 25 for jojo. second quarter, under the net, dario saves the play, ben simmons slams it down. and sixers outscored by 17 in the second, fall down by as many as 23. sixers lose the first game in 22 days, 109-94. seven game winning streak is over tonight. well, the sixers, painful process with the exception of tonight, is in the rearview mirror. but in the driver's seat from the beginning, brett brown. the sixers coach. has trusted the process. and finally, after five years, brown tell ours jamie apody, he's feeling good about this team. >

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> a four alarm fire in olde city, puts 160 people to the street in the middle of the night sending them out of their homes, hotels and in the cold and fire fighters are still battling hot spots this evening. sunday night i'm sarah bloomquist. >>> i'm walt your perez. big story is four alarm fire in old city this morning. "action news" reporter anni m mark joins us live from third and chest nut where people with forced to flee from safety, annie. >> reporter: walter, sarah just mentioned hot spots you can see right behind me still an active scene when fire fighters are still working on this. it has been under control for hours but fire crew is still remain out here traffic around this area of olde city right now number of roads are closed because they are still working on this luckily, nobody was injury, in this fire. just after 3:00 a.m. the four alarm blaze broke out at third and chestnut, the flames, and thick smoke force 160 people out of their

stick around. ♪ ♪ >> okay, time for a check on sports with jeff skversky. we are less than 24 hours away. >> big thing tonight, get some sleep if you. can. >> burger. >> burger? >> it's good energy. >> doug has his players eat ice cream. they'll dream about the superbowl before they hit the pillow. the five decade nightmare could be over this time tomorrow. brett favre spoke to the eagles this morning saying he didn't give a rockiesque speech, just told them to enjoy it. you never know when you will be back. coach peterson says here the players could soak it all in. ducis rodgers has more from minnesota. >> we have been hearing it for years, how the eagles never won a superbowl title. that could all end tomorrow at u.s. bank stadium. it's tremendous for the state of philadelphia. >> i never been to a superbowl. i saw what it meant to the city. philly being similar, never being able to have that taste of victory end of the year -- it's a lot. >> can you imagine what it would be like in philadelphia if you pull this off? >> i haven't thought that far. i don't

we're live in clearwater jeff skversky channel6 "action news." >> thank you, jeff. >>> still ahead on "action news" tonight, the stock market went to the dogs today. >> literally. we'll tell you the especially reason this pooch rang the opening bell when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ presents... the quicker downhiller with lindsey vonn when you live your life as an olympic downhill skier... you can't let spills slow you down. that's why i use bounty, the quicker picker upper. bounty picks up spills quicker... nailed it! ...and is two times more absorbent. boom! proud sponsor of the olympic winter games 2018. >> ♪ [bell tolls] >> the winner of this year's westminster kennel club dog show rang the bell at the new york stock exchange. flynn took the top spot at the show and got to press the button this morning. opening the stock market. flynn by the way an adorable five-year-old. >> well, two local women who contributed a great deal to the engineering field in our region were honored today. more than 200 local engineers gathered for a luncheon in center city as part of delawa

and jeff skversky takes a trip to florida for the start of phillies spring training. >> reporter: hey jim, phillies manager, gabe kapler is inspired by the eagles and they can shock people too. we'll talk about that coming up in sports. cecily it's miserable down here. >> poor jeff in the short-sleeves there. it won't be quite as warm here in florida but i'm tracking a dramatic midweek warm-up and this weekend there is a threat a storm now. i'll explain in the accuweather forecast. >> those stories and more. >>> the city of philadelphia has rlaheir piece of sculpture. workers returned the refurbished love statue to the soon to be reopen love park but made stops along the way to the permanent home. jeanette reyes has the story. >> reporter: love was on the move, the word itself always seems to draw a crowd wherever it goes today was no different. >> all the peopleng out over here. you can see how it people back >> they miss itt at the location of the love and make marriage proposals at the love. >> and it returned in triumphant fashion after a new paint job and color correction. >> str

. >> and happy birthday jeff skversky. peterson yesterday and jeff today. i'm jaime apody channel 6 "action news." >> all the presents you brought at mall of america must have gotten loss. gronkowski is cleared for the super bowl. the most receiving yards in his position among the big problems for the eagles defense. >> jaime stole my thunder happy birthday young man. >> your gift got lost as well. >> you gave me the wrong address. you probably know every word of the eagles fight song by now but have you heard it like this? ♪ ♪ this is the eagles fight song being sung in hebrew the young fans are students at perlman jewish day school in wynnewood. you can't help but look ahead to sunday night. serious rain that might impact on celebration time. >> soggy super bowl sunday and system on the way tonight for mainly rain and snow. let go live on sky 6 taking a look at the center city skyline lit up with eagles green. taking a look at the super bowl forecast a lot of people here are heading out to super bowl parties and preparty and after partying and take th

jeff skversky has nick foles day at disney world and cecily tynan has the parade forecast. thursday's victory parade will start at broad and patterson at 11:00 a.m. then north through the city on broad. we are not sure if it will go around city hall to the left or right, but it will likely go left to pack into dilworth park, ending at the philadelphia museum of art for a huge celebration there. let's go live to the museum. "action news" reporter dann cuellar, dan, the word is that a couple of million people are making their own parade plans. >> that's pretty much what everyone is saying. the die has been cast. the order of business set for center city and making the eagle parade set for thursday. without telling anyone for fear of jinxing the game or giving bill belichick a heads up, looks like the city had a head start. >> we did it, baby. >> with passionate eagle fans running on high octane after the superbowl win the city is moving full speed ahead with the championship parade. >> i'm happy they won. everything is coming together for thursday. >> construction crews at th

jeff skversky is live where he caught up with one of those players. >> hey ducis. touching down back in philadelphia eagles running back corey clement the grass bro native setting in that he won the super bowl and seeing the city lit up in green and the excitement from the fans at his plane on the airport and signing autographs and taking lots of pictures. here is corey arriving from los angeles a few hours ago and a lot of excitement and buzz here as he lands it's a crazy last 72 powers and flew from minneapolis to los angeles to be on jimmy kimmel with jay ajayi and kimmel jokes they traded nick foles for a second they could not believe. but clement with who went undrafted a year ago would not change this for the world. the first up drafted rookie to have 100 yards receiving in a super bowl. >> you sit back after the game and say what the heck did i just do. did i get put in the big situations, thanks to coach peterson for believing in such a young guy like me. being a part of something special. you know, shout out to nick foles for the perseverance through every

jeff skversky, "action news." >> more from kelce straight ahead. wait until he tells us his thoughts about carson wentz for next season. eco. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot water heater? it's around here somewhere. nope. 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, >> back to jason kelce now. while we had him, we asked about carson wentz. they feels wentz will be back for his opener. >> he's a guy, he deserves so much for what he's done for our team and the way he's played. not to say nick hap hasn't or anybody hasn't. the work ethic he has, i would be shocked if he's not out there early on. >> regardless of what any other team offers, you make sure nick foles is on the roster. >> if it's not two number ones -- >> finally tonight, e none tabernacle church is celebrating black heritage month. they invited jewelr julie corkeo speak. "jimmy kimmel live" next on channel6 followed by "nightline." "action news" continues at 4:0

. >> sports jeff skversky live in florida with the phillies for spring training. hey jeff, i like thatt-sleeve p there. very nice. >> yes, it's not bad nice down here. it's spring training eve can you believe it? and gabe kaplan the new phillies manager wants the phillies to be bold and he has a bold message for them bright and early tomorrow morning. we'll talk about that come upg in sports. >>> it has been one year since two northern indiana girls, since they vanished during a hiking trip and were later found dead. two grainy photos of the suspect and an audio o down the hill was found on a victim's home. they hope the anniversary will help lead them to an arrest finally. >>> police say there is sufficient evidence to diet prime minister benjamin netanyahu on two corruption cases. authorities found evidence of accepting bribe and fraud and a breach of trust. and he denied the allegations including accepting $300,000 worth of gifts and vowed to remain in office and even seek re-election. >>> human error is to blame for the airplane crash in russia. evidence shows

skversky, the number one staging area as someone can turn on jeff's mic the staging area where we saw huge celebrations after the phillies win in 2008 and the last time the eagles went to the superbowl in 2005 after the nfc championship game there was a big, big party right here and at times it got a little bit out of control which is why police have gone to some extraordinary security measures here asking all the merchants to bring their equipment, to lay down their store fronts and this is where we got the national attention with police putting crisco on the power poles and everybody in the national media got a big kick out of the idea that the philly cops were calling in the crisco bowl that kind of thing but as you can see i don't see anybody climbing the poles here tonight which is a good sign. >> some kind of oil but it is great to see this party and you got to feel good for a lot of people, got to feel good. how do we put this? he saved this franchise from what at the time was very unpopular ownership but you have to give him a lot of credit because he saved the franchise from

jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> spring training is flying back four weeks from tomorrow the phillies open in atlanta and another tuneup against the blue jays than is curtis granderson with a two-run shot. the phillies fall 7-1. time to get back on track for the villanova wildcats as they visit seton hall and dropped three of six games falling from number one in the nation to number four. seton hall comes in 20-9 and the pirates play the cats tough and coach wright explains why. >> we have a familiarity with each other and their players from new york and new jersey and know our guys. and i just feel like they are very confident against us and comfortable because we have so many battles and know each other so well. >> la salle and temple in action this evening. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >>> almost as if to laugh in our face. winter giving us no break as with we leave february. you think we are heading into march and great weather is on the way. a nice day it was. it's gorgeous ac cam taking a look over the schuylkill river tra

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skversky caught up with the love the team has been getting. >> i'm sure you got the feeling landing back in philly with the lombardi trophy going to the complex what does it take of what it's going to be like. >> oh, man it's great. you know just to have the trophy and the team in history to win the super bowl and super grateful and glad. >> i have a funny feeling this team will not have to buy another meal. >> not for a while. >> or a beverage for a long long time. >> thank you ducis and carson wentz is getting the super bowl ring of course and giving out an engagement ring eagles quarterback announced he popped the question to his girlfriend maddie in a tweet today, he didn't pop the question in the tweet he told us in a tweet. and anyway wentz trumpeted the fact she said yes. he says he cannot wait to marry his best friends we have your complete guide for thursday's celebration at 6abc.com/eagles parade. there we have street by street parade route the list of road closers and parking restrictions in philadelphia and of course those mass transit plans and that includes all of sept

jeff skversky joins us from clearwater, florida. with a look at sports. >> reporter: hey guys reece hoskins and the phillies are swinging for the fences already down here in clearwater, they believe they can win in the majors this year too. we'll hear from the phillies coming up in sport. >> those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. >>> a sign that spring is around the corner, phillies single game tickets for home games went on sale this morning and like always a host of special events and give-aways including the celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the 2008 world series season. >> they are getting ready down there. >> they are. they say that winning is contagious, we have seen it around town the sixers and flyers are playing great since the eagles won the super bowl. maybe the phillies who of the big four have the farmest to climb can follow suit. lets head to the palm trees and jeff skversky with more. >> reporter: it's only day to but the phillies have an extra pep in their step and owner john middleton te

then we are back here again on six abc at 11:00. >>> now for melissa magee, jeff skversky, walter perez and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. remember our special night? abdominal pain... ...and diarrhea. but it's my anniversary. aw. sorry. we've got other plans. your recurring, unpredictable abdominal pain and diarrhea... ...may be irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d. you've tried over-the-counter treatments and lifestyle changes, but ibs-d can be really frustrating. talk to your doctor about viberzi,... ...a different way to treat ibs-d. viberzi is a prescription medication you take every day that helps proactively manage... ...both abdominal pain and diarrhea at the same time. so you stay ahead of your symptoms. viberzi can cause new or worsening abdominal pain. do not take viberzi if you have no gallbladder, have pancreas or severe liver problems, problems with alcohol abuse, long-lasting or severe constipation, or a bowel or gallbladder blockage. pancreatitis may occur and can lead to hospitalization

jeff skversky "action news." >> thank you jeff. >>> peco is warning local customers to protect themselveses from scams. criminals posing as peco representatives are relently contacting residents by phone. the imposters are telling the victims their service will be disconnected unless payment is made. peco would never demand money on the spot and never provide your banking information over the phone. if you have doubts contact your local police department. the franklin institute is dealing with damage to one of its valuable statues. they recently noticed the thumb missing from one of the terra cot awarriors, they determined it was stolen by a party guest in september. 24-year-old michael broke the thumb off and brought it back to his home in bear, delaware. he is facing a list of charges. >> and a car. can local roots celebrating years in business. they gathered in cherry hill today at the subaru for a big party and photo-op. they are marking the anniversary by donating 50 meals to meals on wheels. the american headquarters was founded in 1968 in bala cynwyd and in may the headquarters will

with meteorologist melissa mc gee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> the skies are finally start ed to clear tonight after a long and wet weekend. taking a live look from our temple university camera at the center city skyline. the clouds are still hanging around. but the rain is stopping -- for now. sunday night, and the big story on action news is a weekend of rain coming to an end, at least for the moment. >> it was on and off all day long, downpours in the middle. leading to a lot of standing water on local roadways. team coverage, action news reporter annie mccormack is live with more on some of the flooding. >> but we begin with meteorologist melissa mcgee with the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> the good news, we are start ing to see improvement with the heaviest of the rain moving offshore and along the atlantic. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. light rain, mist and drizzle of low level moisture overhead. the moisture starting to exit stage east. even note rain is exited, we have a flood advisory for the smaller creeks and streams. up unti

. >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program work meteorologist, melissa magee, jeff skversky and, walter perez. >>> saturday night, the day before the biggest story in "action news" is count down to kick off, we are a little more than 24 hours away from the eagles and patriots stepping on the field at u.s. bank stadium to fight it out for the vince lombardi trophy. >> just a little bit green in here. >> a little bit. >> entire city of philadelphia and surrounding area is supporting that eagles green. we have team coverage tonight. "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live at the philadelphia car show, christie ileto is with fans in abington. >> meanwhile ducis rodgers is there in u.s. bank stadium at the practice field but we will begin with "action news" anchors brian taff and sharrie williams live at the mall of america. there has been no shortage of eagles fans, hi there, guys. >> hey there, alycia and walter, yes, come this time tomorrow, we will be just a few minutes away from kick off , fans will be taking their seats and gathering around their television toss watc

getting it started. >>> time for a check of sports with jeff skversky. nothing else to talk about. >> doug pederson has one last message for his players today, which is right before kick off , play loose, play smart and remember, the pressure is not on you, it is on the patriots because nobody expect us to be here. he wants his team to be loose like they have all season. well, tonight will be the night. eagles and the city of been dying for, for more than 50 years, eagles first super bowl title is within reach, and we have been waiting this licensing so is what another 45 minute wait. lets go live to ducis rodgers and jamie apody in minneapolis where nerves, excitement are building, leading up to kick off, guys. >> yes, jeff, you can feel it in the air. this began a year ago talking about with free agency, draft in april, otas and training cam in july and now it is culminating tonight with the biggest game of the season super bowl. >> back in training camp doug pederson thought this team had super bowl type talent and here we are. lets look inside u.s. b

that is the voice of jeff skversky. a couple of plays you immediately think of, of course that trick play at the end of the first half that everybody is talking about, but also the play by brandon graham that takes the ball out of the hands of tom brady before he can get the pass off, maybe the play that turns the game on. >> the only play where the eagles were actually able to get to tom brady and of all the guys brandon graham a former first round pick nearly run out of town wasn't getting a lot of playing time for years and years and years early on in his career and makes a play of his life tonight stripping it free from tom brady and barnett the rookie coming with the grab as the eagles sealed the deal in super bowl 52 and hard to think we are talk about this but eagles fans you have been waiting 52 years to say the eagles finally yes our super bowl champs to see it and hear it gives you goose bumps and nick foles with one of the most unlikely seasons and unlikely wins in superbowl history over the patriots eagles a

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i'm jeff skversky, have a good day. >> 7:30 on this sunday morning. take a look at this live picture of the ben franklin bridge. the heaviest of today's rain is pushing through the area this morning. if you are headed out now, get those rain jackets now or be sure to take your umbrella. >> let's get you over to meteorologist chris sowers. the good news is i know it's been raining a lot but it's not snow. and the sun is coming soon. >> the sun will come out tomorrow of course. actually monday and tuesday and wednesday all look pretty nice at this point especially for february standards. let's talk about the rain right now in philadelphia this was as of 5:00 this morning. we've already added to this now. we were at 5.54 inches. this was the seventh wettest february on record records date back to 1874. storm tracker showing plenty more rain out there. you can see heavier bands to the north out here across ocean and burlington counties and then it's a light to moderate steady rain. let's zoom into ocean county look at the heavy downpours. there's a lot of