flyers general manager ron hextall chimes in. that's coming up in sports. ♪ >>> a freezing rescues off the coast of nan tuck this weekend. this coast guard video of a father and son being pulled to safety after getting stranded during this weekend pots blizzard 140 miles southly nan tuck sailors called for help when their boat lost power and sales tour. four hours later the coast guard arrived to hair lift the men to safety and father and son are doing okay tonight. >> fox 29 news working to get results for a 10-year-old boy right now. saalim needs a whole chair to get around his biggest challenge is getting into and out of his west philadelphia row house. it's become very difficult. even dangerous. >> that's where our bruce gordon comes in. he's live in our newsroom. bruce this is the kind of problem easy to ignore unless of course you're the one in the wheelchair. >> iain, even a small set of steps can make it impossible to get around in a wheelchair. imagine knowing their exists equipment to overcome that hurdle but you can't

today is the first step skaterring all by himself for 40 minutes with general manager ron hextall watching closely. >> it was kind of weird feeling this morning. it was kind of a little nervous. kind of weird but i was so excited looking forward to this morning and didn't really sleep. >> reporter: when can flyers fans expect timonen to play in his first game? probably two to three weeks. he plans to skate on his own for the next 10 days. then he believes he needs four to five practices with the team to get into game shape. >> skating by yourself is different than skating with the team and actually somebody's coming after you so we still far away from that. >> we're lucky to get him back sooner than later. he's obviously a -- kimmo timonen has been around for a long time and it's going to be exciting. >> reporter: you cannot question the 39-year-old's commitment to the game and to his teammates in the locker room. while timonen has been told the risk is minimal he still is skating with chronic clots in his leg. >> this my last year, so i retire my skates like i said previous times so i fee

listen to the flyers' gm ron hextall. >> we're going to do it as is. we're not going to give part of our future away to make the playoffs. we believe we can make the playoffs right now. we like our depth so we're not going to add anything. if something comes along the other way, i don't know. >> that is a profound statement there up. don't hear that from a flyers' gm very often. john clark, we're right back. woman: i was tired of my chronic constipation and the way it made me feel the discomfort the bloating the straining. i'd just felt this way for too long. so i finally talked to my doctor about my symptoms. i'd tried laxatives before. he prescribed amitiza (lubiprostone) for my chronic constipation. it works differently than laxatives. man: amitiza is clinically shown to help relieve common symptoms like bloating abdominal discomfort hard stools, and straining and help people with chronic constipation go more often. don't take amitiza, if you have a bowel blockage or severe diarrhea. tell your doctor, if your nausea or diarrhea, becomes severe, or i

five time olympian skated by himself for 40 minutes in front of his trainer and general manager ron hextallhe man has been playing hockey his whole life. but today it felt a little different. >> it's coof weird but i was so excited looking forward to this morning and didn't really sleep last night. but i tell you what, it's not like ride ago bike. ice skating is hard and kind of like a training camp for me. so day one it's over. >> in college hoops villanova has two losses and one of them was embarrassing. a 20-point loss to georgetown just 18 days ago. it's the only game nova looked bad in and now they're looking for redemption. jay wright's sad lost 78-58 in their worse defense less performance of the year. hoyas shot 51% from the field and 50 from the three-point line. the players and coaches know what they have to do to win tomorrow's matchup and it ain't pretty. >> we want to set the tone defensive and mack sure we play a tough scrappy game and make it ugly. we'd rather wip ugly instead of pretty. >> it's always been our motto. we've gotten a little pretty when we're -- we had some gam

champ five time all star skated for 40 minutes in front of his trainer jim and general manager ron hextallll, he skated well and he's back on the ice doing well. >> all right. good job. see you tomorrow.xñaó5Ñ ♪ >>> good evening and thanks for joining us for this cashing in special. i yann page. i'm lucy noland. tonight we're do our best to help you save money and pay down those debts to get into better financial shape for 2015. dan rah cotto shows you how to deal with that pesky holiday hangover. >> you have a holiday hangover? i'm not talking about this guy. i'm talking about this kind. credit card bills. maybe your credit cards got a little bit of extra weight over the holiday season. well you're not alone. millions of americans are in the exact same situation. don't despair. don't give up. i'm going to give you some tips to help skinny down those holiday credit card bills and get you back in financially tip top shape. first, i want to you call your current credit card company. tell them you've been a good customer, paid your bills on time and you

when you think of legendary flyers do you think of ron hextall. his number is not retire.won the best goal a ward. >> you think eddie collins. >> no one knows who he is, that is the problem. >> we all know he was great. >> philadelphia a's, i mean come on i never saw a philadelphia a's game. >> what about what are we dealing with, we have mike schmidt, phillies and bernie parent. >> that is a tough one. >> you see, schmidty, the the thing everybody loves bernie because he is available all the time. >> he is a ladies man. >> how many times have you had mike schmidt the on your show. >> never. >> he has always been that kind of an athlete. what was his comment, you can play well but next day you lead how bad you were. bernie is every where. everyone loves bernie. i think bernie is just there because of his personality. >> so you think bernie will make it through this round. >> he won two cups. schmidt only got one world seer is. >> true. >> they were a long time ago. >> here's a good one. >> gerald ford was president. >> reggie white verse chase utley. >> that is interesting

gm ron hextall hopes he'll be able to skate sometime late next week. >>> here we have some very big golfs hanging out at the -- checking out pebble beach golf game going on wanting to see some of the celebrities. we have jim furyk looking for birdie on the 16th hole drops the putt. he'll be in contention tomorrow for the final game of the at&t national pro am which by the >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone. brides to be spent their valentine's day shopping for the perfect wedding dress. "eyewitness news" here in pennsauken. that's where the goodwill of southern new jersey and pennsylvania held its seventh annual bridal sale extravagant s there were deals to be had all over the place. new dresses sold for as little as 99 bucks. all the money raised go back to goodwill used in its mission to h thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability

ron hextall said yesterday he was coming back to philadelphia no word on what the injury could be.ut i'm told he may be out a month. it's not the first time this season he's had problems with his knee. the phillies lot of another team that may have had interest in pitcher cole hamels. as a matter of fact they did. phillies went to get two much back in return it seems like for hamels and that could hurt them. the san diego padres one of the teams that had interest in hamels and i said had a had. that's over now. the padres just signed free agent pitcher james shields. the contract four years up to $76 million so they have no room for hamels. it clearly seems that the phillies procrastinate too long and there's always danger waiting until the trade deadline now with shields in san diego there may be slim interest from boston or the chicago cubs. the eagles season may be over, but we can't get enough foot last night connor barwin come into the studio for sports sunday. he did go to the super bowl for the first time in his life. now, he told chip kelly they should take the team there.

general manager ron hextall said he'll have to go through a full week of contact practice before theyould consider putting him in the lineup. >> tonight some of philadelphia's brightest and youngest musicians took center stage. ♪ >> sounds great. "eyewitness news" at the kimmel center for tonight's festival of young musicians. ukee washington was there to emcee the even. it is a collaborative effort for many local organizations. these kids spent the entire day at the kimmel practicing and rehearsing and it certainly paid off. well done. >>> we'll be right back. ♪ >> eye on the storm coverage continues in the morning at 4:00 o'clock. little bit early with ukee washington and erika von tiehl and meteorologist katie fehlinger. i'm chris may. >> i'm jessica dean. the late show with david letterman is next with matthew perry. have good night. we'll see you tomorrow. ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> it's the "late show" with david letterman! tonight, from "the odd plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm alan kalter. and now your cup of hot cocoa on a cold winter's night... david l

general manager ron hextall said he'll have to go through a full week of contact practice before theyld consider putting him >> tonight some of philadelphia's brightest and youngest musicians took center stage. ♪ >> sounds great. "eyewitness news" at the kimmel center for tonight's festival of young musicians. ukee washington was there to emcee the even. it is a collaborative effort for many local organizations. these kids sp

gm ron hextall says at times they have under achieved, other times they have played well. both happened in the same game tonight. flyers in columbus, ray em willry faced seven shots in the first period, two go in. johann son makes it the two to nothing. the flyers mount a serious come back. two goals in less than two minutes. then in the second period michael dell zotto ties it up at two. but columbus scores three unanswered gold. they have two goals on the night. and, flyers nine game point streak is over, they lose, five-two. >> sometimes, you know, we make a couple mistakes early in the game and it comes back and bite you in the butt and that is what happened. >> the start of the game obviously has affect on the the outcome. >> you lost the game in the first period. >> the the flyers showed teammate kimmo timonen the ultimate respect, with the stick tap. he skated with the team for first time since being diagnosed with career threatening blood clots. it might be a couple weeks before we see him in an actual game. >> it takes time. it is in the like it will get back in a

the 39-year-old timonen skated by himself for about 40 minutes with general manager ron hextall watchingught he'll need two weeks of practice to get into game shape. >> hopefully. i can say only hopefully, because i don't know how my body will react next week. right now i feel great. but we go day by day. like i said, i'm looking forward to tomorrow and see how i feel and go from there. >>> college basketball, penn at cornell, cornell scored the game's first 12 points but tony hicks scored 20 of his 25 in the second half, including this one, to break the tie. four seconds to go. quakers go on to win it, 71-69. >>> ten years ago ted, the eagles lost to the patriots 24-21 inxxi in super bowl xxxix. this is from "sports talk." thomas was asked what was said at halftime when the game was tied? >> let's good out here and do what we need to do to win this game. as a player, you're always like the score is 0-0. there's a situation now that it actually tied it up and here we go, we have a chance to do what we need to do to come out of here with a "w." >> we outplayed new england in the first hal

gm ron hextall if he will explore any trade to make up that gap. >> we're not going to find a piece we will do it as is or we will not do it. we're not going to give part of our future away to make the playoffs. we believe we can make the playoffs right now. we like our department. >> we are playing a good team game right now, everybody is contributing and goal tenning has been great for us. i think we have to just keep playing hard. >> kimmo timonen is ready to take the the next step he is scheduled to state with the team in the morning. up until this point a defenseman recovering from blood clots and skating on his own, flyers are excited but they necessity they need to be patient. >>> phillies pitchers and catchers report to clear water in two days, their first work out is thursday, and thinks a big spring training for cliff lee. he has baseball writer jason starks says if lee is healthy, he could get a within way ticket out of town. >> cliff comes out this spring and his stuff is good, he looks healthy, teams are convinced he is healthy, i think they are the the guys they look to m

gm ron hextall. >> what is it a backup, right?-- i think there was talk the other day where so and so was okay to back up. if you're okay to back up you're okay to play. is he ready for this level? probably not. emotions --'s an uplifting thing. >> not exactly a ringing endorsement. >>> pioneer in the way we view the nfl is gone. ed sable has died. nfl films turned the game into great themed sable was indicted into the pro football hall of fame in 2011. ed sable was 98 years old. >>> the sixers have won four straight at home. tonight they host ah the team with the best record in the nba, the warriors, so much for that. >>> college basketball the big win over georgetown over the weekend has helped villanova move up in the rankings. the cats are back up to sixth in there nation. this week they'll visit providence and butler. >>> temple managed to turn its season around. tomorrow the owls will host cincinnati. ironically the bear cats are the last team they lost to. it was a 31-point defeat. since then temple has won five games in a

today he was back on the ice in voorhees with general manager ron hextall looking: he was skating andparing for a return to the team. the flyers probably won't make the playoffs so is it possible, he could be dealt to a contender at the deadline. >> no, no, let's get back to that issue down the the road. i haven't really thought about that. i just want to get in shape and hopefully play a game and what happens happens, but i cannot really tell you anything else. >> just so good to see him back. >> yes. >> looking good. >> yes. >> will leslie thanks very much. >>> all new next at 5:00 new details in the story first broken by the iteam. two philadelphia police officers are charged with brutality. see the shocking video that shows the confrontation. >>> plus, they have no idea what they have done. it is outside boundaries of law. >>> a lesson in stranger danger goes too far, why a family orchestrated kidnapping of their six year-old boy ape terrorized him for hours. >>> and then coming up at 6:00 you may have problems using one of the nation's biggest do it yourself tax filing services.

the 39-year-old is on the ice all by himself at the flyers practice facility with general manager ron hextallse eye on the four-time all-star. timonen says he needs two to three weeks to get back into game shape. he's taking it one day and one step at a time. >> a little tired but really excited at the same time. so it's, you know, like i said it will be a long process. last six, eight months and i was looking forward to this day and it was a long time. i didn't really think it's going to be here and it's finally here. >> it's real exciting obviously. i mean, to know what he's gone through the past few months and obviously health is the most important thing and he feels healthy enough to go in and he's got clearance from the doctors and everyone around so it's real exciting. >> the flyers picked up a point last night as they fight to get back into the playoff race. they are now nine out of a wild card spot after losing to the islanders in a shootout last night. their first and only loss on this home stand. flyers now hit the road for the next four. >>> sixers on the road in boston tonight loo

it was widely assumed they would be sellers but now they still won't be buyers gm ron hextall told me today. >> we're not going to find a piece, we're going to do it as is or we're not going to do it. we're not going to give part of our future away to make the playoffs. we believe we can make the playoffs right now. we like our depth and we got a lot of depth on defense obviously. ray stepped up in goal for us and our forward lines if we get everybody going we got nice depth there, too so we're not going to add anything. >> not going to add anything and maybe don't need to. the players are starting to believe. maybe they can actually make this happen. >> it's going to be a process. we learned the hard way at the start of the season and we kind of relax and played the game and have fun doing it and i think we are playing a good team game right now. everybody's contributing and goaltending has been great for us so i think we just got to keep playing hard. >> overall hockey has been pretty good, been solid. i think we're getting contributions from everybody goal tend has been solid. just

voracek heard about tony he decided to make the experience even more memorable so today flyers gm ron hextallthat young super fan to a weekend contract here at the skate zone in voorhees. then they surprised him with a locker in the team's dressing room and ice time with the team. >> i didn't even know i was going out to play with them. so, it was just -- wow. >> this is a once in a lifetime for anyone, so it was pretty awesome. pretty special. >> and good news here. it does not end there for this little man. tomorrow voracek will personally pick up tony and drive him to the game where he and his family will watch from a suite and then hang out with the whole flyers gang. what a cool young kid and a bunch of great guys for giving him that experience. >> love that. >>> as we told you earlier there is snow on the way for this weekend and as if this couldn't be any worse -- >> yeah, and not just a little bit of snow either. meteorologist adam joseph standing by with the latest call from accuweather adam. >> we'll get a few inchs in many locations. then we'll have a brief period of ice on top of

. >> ron hextall saying after the game he would be surprised5&y$ if mason played during the three-gametrip are you concerned with mason's injury history at this point? >> i'd be surprised if he plays at all through the remainder of the year. it's now become a chronic history of injury in a short period of time in a month and a half. a knee a back and now whatever this is. presumably a knee or a back. and it's recurring. you wonder now where they stand in the standings, the long haul they have, if they're not tempting fate bringing him back. no medical background to speak of, except common sense that tells you anybody who has ever gone through a bad back had a knee situation, it's a really long shot that you're going to get back and be able to be on your skates for a listening period of time. >> it seems like mason took himself out in the second period. >> it was the freakiest injury you. watch him. and he is just turning to go back on the ice. and any time that happens. it's funny, in all sports sometimes in hockey, sometimes the big hit isn't the injury that's long lasting. when you s

general manager ron next tall says defenseman keep owe continue man will take part as he continues his come back attempt. remember he has been out all year long with blood clotsment hextall says continue man needs full week of contact practice before he gets back in the line up. they do not want to rush him. get well, young man get well. erika, back to you. >> thank you still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news" much more on the storm churning right through the region right now. here is a live look at the conditions in manayunk. how about that snow coverage. plus water pipe burst at new york movie theater even bringing down light fixtures. the cause of this huge mess. details coming >> we have our eye on a winter storm this morning. "skycam 3" here giving us live look from ocean city and cape may county. see the snow already on the board, there katie has the latest track on that forecast coming up for in you just a couple of moments. first, though, some very scary moments at new york city movie theater. >> how about that? this was the matinee horror show, you are watching exclusive eyewitness video of water pipe bursting, as an amc on the upper west side. amc says col