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are sitting together right new and we will be smiling a lot. >> say hello to the new skip per, phillies induce their new manager and he says he has big plans for the fightins. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. gabe kapler takes over a decade after phillies last championship. >> kapler comes to us by way of los angeles, team that came within ime of the world series tight this will year, last night. >> sports director don bell joins us live from citizens bank park and today you talk one on one with the new manager. >> yeah, i did. exciting day here at citizens bank park for the phillies, the organization, the players, everybody involved. they are looking to open up a new chapter here in their history, gabap you saw introduced to the media for very first time. they won a world series with the boston red sox in 2004 and they hope he can help them go back to the championship here in south philadelphia. now, i did have an opportunity to go one on one and gabe
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happens to be a former collogue of mine and a pretty decent friend. >> it is something that i have always been passionate about. that started as a bench player with the boston red sox and watching franconia how good he was at leadership. i said that is something i want to do. i want to be like that. and that was around various leaders until the time i stopped playing that i found to be very inspiring and i felt like i have the ability to inspire men. so certainly it is something i always wanted to do. >> i have known you to be a very progressive thinking, forward thinking kind have guy how do you marry the two in terms of the traditional approach and progressives. >> i think with great degree of sensitivity, right. i have a reverence for the tradition of baseball, i believe strongly that with so many valuable experience that is can shape our own, so marrying that with this really hard, cold factual evidence and blending those two things together to make most informed
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decisions is probably where i will spend my time trying to create a well rounded view to make sharp decisions for our team. >> how will the phillies play? will they be a team that goes for long ball? will they play small ball? coming up later on here at 6:00 we will talk exactly about that, his philosophy on how this team is expect to play from this day, moving forward. that is store friday south philadelphia i'm don belfor cbs-3 "eyewitness sports". thanks very much. tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 our leslie van arsdal talks to eagles quarterback carson wentz for an in depth one on one interview. this conversation goes deeper then just x's and o's. >> never going to be perfect but we demand excellence around here and kind of everything that we do. so, i think it is just a good fit. for me on a personal level with this city. >> find out what makes wentz t ic and inspires him as he steps on the field. see how he handles pressure of
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being considered an mvp caliber quarterback all tonight on "eyewitness news" right after series premiere of swat here on cbs-3. and then next time carson hits field for game action it will be here on cbs-3, don't miss eagles/broncos sunday at one here on cbs-3. for past 16 years philadelphia's public schools have been under state oversight, today mayor jim kenney says he wants to change that arrangement with a bold new plan that gives control back to the city. our joe holden was in council chambers for mayor's announcement and joins us at city hall with what it all means and how it gets paid for , joe, good evening. >> reporter: in this new leaderr would move nine names forward to sit council for confirmation those names would be drawn from a nominating panel. the mayor, made this announcement todayy chambers,ket reporters.
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>> when the mayor to sitcouncilp sosolve its checkeresist.hiess y of our schools and right now, we are leaving our cities fate largely in someone elses hand. >> reporter: state in 2001 assumed control in exchange for direct oversight of increased funding, but commission has been accountable to no one. our principal criticism tt has pushedto the brink. >> we do think this is right time for this city to step in, take leadership. >> reporter: mayor would be responsible for appointing a new nine member board. >> you can hold me and future mayors accountable for success or failure of our schools. >> reporter: council would have final approval of nominations. >> i don't like to characterize it as oversight. this is aership. >> reporter: some believe cityhe
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ovgh take step ofaking sur making f ourare representative of the city of philadelphia. >> repr: financial olook for philadelphia schools is grim, projectu billion, with a b,ollar deficit is fas ovivtainly deal wit the challengesha boards >> i new.rter: billion dolla >> reporter: src meets november 16th and at that point we are told they will take a vote on dissolving. we asked if this was all a done deal? we never got a response. it is important to note that the state funding equation for w could once againav bo live outside city hall, joe
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holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. we have new details about a tina accused of shooting a camden police officer, 19 year-old delran mayhand is accused of shooting camden county police officer patrick owe hand lon in the certainty ville area of camden late last night. mayhand a known member of the crypts gang has been 10 tim and convicted of three felonies. time of the officer in recoveryupe are hospital. manhunt continues for suspect who sexually assaulted a teen girl in frankford on monday. police say that the man first tried to get into the victim's mulberry street home by telling her he was a verizon worker. when that didn't work he walk through an unlocked door. teen was able to fight off her attacker using a sword, if you look closely you can see the suspect in this surveillance video, police say he has a distinctive walk and symbols tattooed on the side of his
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face. new washing woman is facing charge's accused of beating another woman during a road rage incident. police say that the sherrythom o pulaski highway on tuesday. she followed him into the a parking lot where they punched her in the face multiple times office's rested thomas at her home a short time later. they also learn thomas four year-old son was inside her vehicle at the time of that alleged assault. first lady of new jersey learns the hard way you cannot have a cell phone in your hand while behind the wheel in new jersey. even if you are not talking on it. today we have learned police officer pulled over marry path christie in somerset county on april 10th. he was on distracted driving detail as part of the you drive, you text, you pay aware ness campaign. christie did not identify herself as governor christie's wife and said she was not talking on the phone and was just holding it. she paid the $250 fine. well, local high school team is making history on its run to the championship.
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>> they have achieved something not scene in decade. >> "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh joins news jenkintown with their amazing story, anita? >> reporter: ukee and jessica these kid are really on a roll and they are hoping this momentum will carry them to a top spot at the state championship this weekend. they have the whole support of the community behind them. this pack of athletes will tell you just keep going. >> you are in the zone, running, nothing can stop you. >> reporter: that propelled jenkintown junior jack million er from a young age, his mother trish who owns a shelter decked out in support of his cross country team. >> when jack was seven, he begged to us do his first 5k. >> he hasn't stopped since and placed first in the district championship last week. >> when you are out there competing, it is a feeling you don't get from anything else. >> reporter: on his heels 14 year-old sibling luke a brotherly bond that has grown with each shoe tied and stride taking. three other teammates made the
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top five. landing the teens district title and perfect score. something that karl pen he will says he has not experienced in 20 years as coach. >> i have never seen tonight our district. i imagine that it could have happened somewhere but it is tough to get your fifth run inner front of everyone else's number one runner. >> reporter: that is exactly what happened and now team is on the road to continued success at this weekend's state championship with an entire community, rallying behind them. >> they just really help each other along and so supportive of one another, beautiful. >> the town is bursting with pride. >> it is bursting with pride but with the ton of the people we spoke to saying go drake, the team will leave tomorrow for race in hershey on saturday. live, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> amazing. >> fantastic. >> thanks. still to come on "eyewitness news" a surprising warning about setting the clocks back as we look forward to the extra hour of sleep our stephanie stahl explains risk you might not be see coming. honoring history in south jersey a local icon whose name
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you already know the new recognition he is getting and where you can see it, chelsea? and we are live tonight at the philadelphia history museum with more on what the beautiful place has to offer, i'll have details coming up, be right
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he stood up to north jersey special interests nobody delivers more for south jersey than steve sweeney. to increase funding for our schools. he stopped christie's commuter tax, saving south jersey residents over 200 million dollars. and he led the charge to pass paid family leave. aarp applauded sweeney for freezing property taxes for seniors and cutting prices on prescription drugs. "i got ttake my hat off to him@jh. he's a man of his word." steve sweeney. because there's more work to do to get south jersey's fair share.
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an saturday night. we are looking forward to the extra hour of sleep new research uncovered a surprising risk linked to the time change. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the study. >> this is crazy but interesting, there is going to be less light and we know that increases number of traffic accidents, but this new study from the university of, pennsylvania find another reason why you might want to be extra careful after we turn the clocks back. time to fall end of the daylight savings time, means an extra sleep, what could be bad >> it is causing people to be
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act on their i am putses. >> reporter: penn professors did a study that found 3 percent increase in the number of assaults that happened on the monday, after daylight savings time, ends in the fall. >> we get extra hour of sleep but we also did see that it was mirroring the increase of assaults. >> reporter: opposite was true in the spring when daylight savings time begins and we of sleep, assaults get down. people are less productive and too tired to act out this was raw data froms linked fr everything from mood and productivity to weightnd w extra hour of sleep would surprihat might make you mo >> reporter: and then this, the daylit savings tim wn
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attack risks u to 25 chago, and then new y of those s departments reporter that data on a daily basis >> repor police reports on aed bk toe. another issue rated to the time change, less hours of daylight which increases cases of seasonally effective disorder where people can feel depressed. that can sometimes feel off set with light therapy. another interesting thing re f said i getxtra hour of sles false. >> he.
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"eyewitness news" at whitman liv there for twodecade. itits betweehis former homedn one of his, famous books. party time ata history museu meteorologist chelsea ingram, chelsea. >> and, we are, we have a, weather watcher, such a perfect night, and back in the sit. and, joined by, and, so, a lot to see here, and can you tell us more about that. >> it is a grail deal to see here. we are in the historic district, south on market street, and this building, was the home of the franklin institute in over a hundred
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years. and we call from 1682 to the present we have thebelt that tho willia pen in 1682 to gege washington death to of boxa pair of joe frazier's 1970 bought here in philadelphia. it is all philadelphia, all the time, and it is your home town history. come down and visit. enjoying, what thisright now. place has to offer. thank you so much, for allowing us to come down. and learned a lot about philadelphia history. it is place to come if you new to the area, lets send it inside to meteorologist kate bilo. great night to explore the city >> beautiful night outside. thanks very much. i love music, a great place to
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be on a moon l night. we will showere, cbs broadcast cr, it looks full but it is almt full.96 per. waxing moon in the sky. beautiful view of that tonight and how, tonightnd tomrow into the weekend, when that moviesomplety full, great shot fro sing garden cenr putting an toned a beautiful storm scan three, showingny showers along a war front are off to the north, the associatol t over portions of illins and into india pducing a few showers those are going to head through to tomorrow, but,noticee a lot witt. st week we tracked that front hick line of rain movinghrough midwest this doesn'tave much at all, it will come through a stray shower tomorrow, but, foryan , it will bring a few cloud on your afteron and, and wind switch tomorrow night
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temperatures right now perfect night to be o a about whether you head down to the harvest party or grab some dish. you don't need a coat. seventy-one in philadelphia. sixty-nine in allentown. sixty-nine in reading. sixty in mount pocono. great weather for temple football tonight as well taking on navy very mild night , 67 at kick. wear witt short sleeves if you are heading hereoemple at lincoln financial field. ve, ve that lets track the arrival of the front, warm front stays off to the north but here comes cold front at 6:00 tomorrow morning, it is producing showers near pittsburgh. weil here on our friday but as front comes through tomorrow afternoon it will bring some cloud, maybe a stray sprinkle, and that is bit, it will clear vening, and then tomorrow you'll feel temperatures drotomorr night colder, saturday, cooler but most of the day and should say when, saturdayg showers will invade, and showers could be aunnto early sunday morning and
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on sunday a eaglesam few scatteredhowersd td tomorrow, widespreadve saturdayhtunday morning and then monday another chance for showers with yet another col front. overnight that fog develop, mi, and your eagles forecast stray shower around kick i ha then soe sun may peak out and will be mild as you hopefully celebrate yet another eagles victory, sunday afternoon, monday warm again but then next week, tuesday for election day a shower, showers possible on wednesday, and thursday as well next week looking cooler, and bit more utl >> okay, kate thank you. big day forare talking basel don. >> yeah, weler their new manager at isall , long ball, small ball you wil when we come back live in philadelphia.
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why are south jerseyans turning t en exposed as a double dipping pension padder. caught spending campaign money on lish dinners and fine cigars for his pals. investigated for being a lobbyist and a sator at t145 timesime.sweeney vs truggle. south jersey is a me, and it's time to take out th on november 7th, make a change. dump sweeney.
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big day here as they introduced the 54ththe team hisy we will show conference from earlier today, it is gabe kapler 42 years old and alongside team's young general mager matt klentak. gabe will wear number 22, in the dug out, and, seeing it is a new manager andever beenr befg league we wondered about his philosophy, his style play and he talk about that earlier>e information, whether it be traditional information small ball information, big ball information, medical information, strength, conditioning information, and because every little detail of how prepared a player is, to match up with another player, and then make decision with
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all of the information. i don't have one specific strategy nor willie ever have one specific strategy. s expect a little bit of everything from gabe kapler. movingn talk about some football right down the street eagles, about to get to practice once again today. we will show you video from that practice, jay ajayi in his second day with the ballclub and, of course, trying to pick up that owe even if a little bit at aime he came over from the miami dolphins. whe he plays which we are assuming he will this sunday with the broncos he will inevitably cut into somebody's playing time and that guy could be wendell smallwood, who was surprised about the trade. >> it was just kind of susing. oing on but that is the things change, lot of trade, trade have been craze think year. it came to a surprise but we were all happy because we knew what we were getting with him
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and they are trying to make this team better day in and day out. >> and all right, switching gears talking abth the flyers, on the road tonight they are plang in st. louis, blues are five-zero at home and fly guys coming off three to nothing shut out last night in chicago, they are looking to rebou, and speaking of rebound sixers did pretty well of that last night and it was all about joel embiid and ben simmons, embiid against atlanta hawks with 12 rebound toss go with 21 points be simmons had 18 points, 13 bod and 89 assists they are off tonight, and next game for sixers tomorrow night heresouthy host sixers will look to go over 500 this season and improve to five-four. coming to you live i'm don belfor cbs-3 "eyewitness sports". ba studio. >> evolution will be televised watchi this team grow. thanks, db >> when we come back hershey's new creation.
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