now, brett brown is here and he doesn't really believe in luck.e's hoping everyone in philly has their lucky charm and he's talked about his approach to this whole nba lottery fias fiasco. >> it's a vanilla approach, um, you sit there and the ball will go one way or the other way. and despite where it goes, i hope that everybody really recognizes that we're in a really good spot. you know, we get what it would mean if it was the first pick versus the fourth pick. but nobody i don't think can disagree that we're in a really good spot to help move our program forward. >> now they only have 26% chance of getting that first pick. we need it badly and hopefully the lakers fall out of the top three so they can get one of those picks. all right. sam bradford decided to put on his big boy pants and come back once he realized there's no trade value he's not going anywhere and the eagles are keeping you. sam bradford practiced this week and we heard from him today. he didn't son very g he sees the writing on the wall. he knows carson wentz is the future guy

brett brown he's looking at all those things that he might do with the number one pick.talks about what he exactly he's going to do to figure out hey which guy should be number one overall and of course the phils start weekend stretch with the braves. the young ace aaron nola on the mount. nola usually has his stuff but not today. that's coming up next in sports. >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >>> hey, good evening, everybody. welcome to philadelphia. everybody that's in town for this weekend's stokesbury regatta. the kelly drive will be closed again tomorrow with the regatta. also the martin luther king drive closed tomorrow as well. phillies have an afternoon game 3:05. we'll have to keep the eye on the radar scene if the rain will impact that game tomorrow then of course they got another game on sunday, and look at the lineup of events for tomorrow. fingers crossed that all of these events get in rain or shine with that rain that's on the way. enjoy the rest of your night. i'll see you bright and early tomorrow m1 underline ♪ >>> who could believe th

brett brown was in new york city. number one overall pick can change the direction of a franchise. i spoke to brett brown by phone late tonight. i asked him about his calm demeanor when he heard the news. >> i did three or four somersaults inside my stomach. i get a little bit nervous. i said before you -- you know you sit at home on a couch and the anxiety, it is one of those nights, you get very nervous. my immediate reaction was truly one for the fans. i can't believe how patient the city has been. they've stood by us, and i think they -- they really do deserve a lot of credit. >> there is no clear choice as to who will take number one. some feel it should be lsu ben simmons. he put up big numbers. he averaged better than 19 points and 11 rebounds per game. the top pick could be brandon ingram of duke. he's a 6'9" guard. he scored 17.3 points per contest. the draft is june 23rd. frustrated, that's how sam bradford described his feelings when the eagles revealed her plans to draft a fellow quarterback. today bradfor

. >> yeah, and finally something goes right for brett brown and the sixers. a team finished with a second worst record in the history of the nba. maybe, just maybe, it was worth it. meanwhile the reaction at a x fin if the life in south philly. (cheers and applause) >> they haven't had an all star since 2013. hopefully that will change with the number one pick as fans offer this opinion. >> it took a process for two years and it finally happened. no more tanking. last few years we haven't gotten it finally this is our year. we'll take it and take the advantage and get the best player in the draft and we'll finally come one of the best teams nba. >> there's always one creepy dude over the guy's shoulder. >> always happens that way. >> much more on the draft lottery ahead in sports. we're in manhattan tonight we'll hear from head coach brett brown and gm brian coangelo. >> in sports sam bradford fina finally talks in eagles camp. >> stick around for sports. >> primary night in campaign 2016 polls just closed in oregon and the race is too close to call in the de

. >> yeah, and finally something goes right for brett brown and the sixers. team finished with a second worst record in the history of the nba. maybe, just maybe, it was worth it. meanwhile the reaction at a x fin if the life in south philly. (cheers and applause) >> they haven't had an all star since 2013. hopefully that will change with the number one pick as fans offer this opinion. >> it took a process for two years and it finally happened. no more tanking. last few years we haven't gotten it finally this is our year. we'll take it and take the advantage and get the best player in the draft and we'll finally come one of the best teams nba. >> there's always one creepy dude over the guy's shoulder. >> always happens that way. >> much more on the draft lottery ahead in sports. we're in manhattan tonight we'll hear from head coach brett brown and gm brian coangelo. >> in sports sam bradford fina finally talks in eagles camp. >> stick around for sports. >> primary night in campaign 2016 polls just closed in oregon and the race is too close to call in the demo

>> hold on i love brett brown.that validate tanking for three years. >> one number one pick over three years. i can't taketani more. >> eagles quarterback sam bradford spoke for the first time since leaving mini camp. many questions that needed to be asked and answered. bradford are carson wentz work out together during camp for the first time. it's actually the first time they met. both bradford and wentz said things were normal in the meeting rooms and the field brad for also sounds he still has concern about the long-term future with the eagles, and did admit his agent tom condon called him two days after the eagles traded in the second pick and told him to leave camp. so why did he come back? >> there's a lot of guys in that locker room that, you know, i really care about, and i know they care about me, you know, i think some of the conversations that i had with some of those guys, um, two weeks i was away, you know, just made me realize you know i missed being around them. how much i miff being on the field wi

sixers coach brett brown says they're now concentrating on not just acquiring talent but positions they need. he joined us on comcast sportsnet's "philly sports talk." >> we're at a stage now where we are most definitely looking for a positionally balanced team. and, you know, you want to be able to anoint a starting point guard. you want to be able to look at the end of game situation. i mean, you can have a constant group that can walk down a game and you can really better clarify roles. >> brett brown is one happy man right now. i'm john clark. we're right back. >>> so this happened today. weather education day. citizens bank park. it was nbc 10 and the phillies. they really helped us out here. special thanks to the phillies. national weather service in mt. holly. the franklin institute. it was fantastic. >> good, sheena. have a great night. >> good night. >> looks fun. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- zac efron, carmelo anthony,

brett brown has five championship rings from his time with the san antonio spurs.weighed in on this make or break battle. >> is there nothing like game sevens. this game tonight you want to talk about the elite of our sport, playing game seven, it is a privilege to watch this game tonight. >> down at the link north carolina verse maryland and mens lacrosse national championship game sudden death overtime, chris cartier scoring and tar heels go on a frenzy, they win 14-13. north caroline's a first national title in mens lacrosse, since 1991. >> nice. >> how about that. >> listen, whether you cheer for teams or not it doesn't matter when they win like that, it is beautiful thing. >> fun to see. >> real exciting. >> don, thanks. >> kate joins us with our forecast. a lot of rain moved through here last night. >> yes, it did overnight a lot of heavy rain. we missed sleeping, you may have woken up and yard was soak but afternoon turnout okay from the city north and west. that is changing now. we have a few storms heading our way on the radar picture right now, so we are

. >> that is coach brett brown accepting congratulations as inningsers land first pick in the draft for the first time since they took ai back in 1996. the sixers had the worst record in the nba last season this almost makes up for all of the losing. >> we have to trust the process for three years and then it finally happens. >> this is our year. we will take advantage of it. we will get best player in the draft and finally become one of the best teams in the nba. >> coach brett brown says it has been hard lose forgo three years straight but now the sixers have the topic and they are feeling good. >> i feel like this does, validate a little bit of some of the pain we have gone through. >> the draft is june 23rd, there are two players at the top of everybody's list, lsu ben simmons and duke's brandon ingram. innings isers ceo joins our pat gallen this morning at 6:00 to talk about the sixers plan for that top draft pick. >> good stuff. >> yes. >> still ahead this morning fire breaks out beneath an elevated train line. >>> we will tell you where thousands of people have been left stranded

i went one-on-one with brett brown today and asked if he was feeling lucky. >> percentages don't favorhe first pick. you know the percentages favor the fourth pick. and so we hope to gain some lu luck. i think through understanding the probability, the math behind it, and sitting up that like we belong i hope that we can get some good luck and have fortune come our way. >>> check this out. 2.5-inches by 2.5-inches might be small but it is a prime piece of nba real estate. sixers are the first team in the four major u.s. sports to sell an ad on their jerseys starting in the 2017-18 season they're uniforms will have a stub hub logo in the upper corner as you can see right there. >>> beautiful night for some high school baseball at campbell's field. >> what's that? >> that was barnegat playing. taking on gloucester catholic and a charity game the main attraction jason groom and tyler mondale both expected to be go high in next weeks mlb staff. gloucester catholic one to zero. proceeds go to the charity are thes of the young mens choice. >> one of those guys to be a phillie. >> high draft

i went one-on-one with brett brown today and asked if he was feeling lucky. >> percentages don't favorhe first pick. you know the percentages favor the fourth pick. and so we hope to gain some lu luck. i think through understanding the probability, the math behind it, and sitting up that like we belong i hope that we can get some good luck and have fortune come our way. >>> check this out. 2.5-inches by 2.5-inches might be small but it is a prime piece of nba real estate. sixers are the first team in the four major u.s. sports to sell an ad on their jerseys starting in the 2017-18 season they're uniforms will have a stub hub logo in the upper corner as you can see right there. >>> beautiful night for some high school baseball at campbell's field. >> what's that? >> that was barnegat playing. taking on gloucester catholic and a charity game the main attraction jason groom and tyler mondale both expected to be go high in next weeks mlb staff. gloucester catholic one to zero. proceeds go to the charity are thes of the young mens choice. >> one of those guys to be a phillie. >> high draft

we don't know yet but we do know what the first pick means to coach brett brown. >> i think does val dade, i think free agent destination, badge new practice facility coming in october, multiple draft picks, the existing players that i have, that i love coaching, you know, all over the place, how can you not look at the program and feel like really has heck of a lot brighter future than it used to? how can we not be excited after tonight? >> no doubt about that, player ben sim operation one year at ls, currently debating between two big shoe deals offered up by adid as, nike, but many sports bloggers love the idea of brandon ingram for philly and of course who ever we don't pick, well, la will take a shot at them. 6:00 we'll have reaction from fans, back to you. >> not really great jump shot. see if they go for defense, offense. >> thank up, sir. want to talk politics? >> turn to you decide 2016. latest rounds of primary elections, bernie sanders comes out with a win in oregon after finishing neck and neck with hillary clinton in ken tuck. >> i sanders still needs blow out wins in th

sixers head coach brett brown will be in new york and told me he's not superstitious no rabbits feets. today the sixers had players in for the pre draft work outs three big five players were there. st. joe's deanne dre bembry, nova josh hart and temple's jail lynn bond. now there will be many players that pass through also today joel embiid was working out with one of the coaches this season will be different. no sam hinkie trying to help this team lose. now the coach will have better players. >> how can we not look at the resources and get excited about next year? now, the fact also is we don't know who our draft picks are. we don know what free agents we've a tracked. we really don't know what the team is. i think once we know the team we can all step back and say, wow, this team has chance to chief x. >> you can guarantee me this. this team will be a better team this year even though you don know who you're getting in the trade. >> i can guarantee that you. >> that's a guarantee? >> i can guarantee you. big game in the stanley cup to pittsburgh. pittsburgh was up two to nothing gi

we know the first pick means a lot to coach brett brown. >> i think does validate the hard experiences that we have gone through, as an organization, as a fan base, as a city. i think that free agent destination, brand new practice facility, coming in october, multiple draft picks, the existing players that i have, that i love coaching, you know, all over the place, how can you not look at the program and feel like it really has a heck of a lot brighter future than it used to? and so we understanded we still got to coach t there is a lot of work to be done. but how can we not be excited after tonight? >> well, you can only get so bad before you have a chance at becoming good again. player ben simmons one year at lsu, currently debating between two big shoe deals offered up by adid as and nicki, but a lot like brandon for philly. of course who ever we don't pick the lake letters go with the other. good to be first. >> hard to be the last. here is the thing, brett bound coaching record, he's 47 and 199. almost 200 losts losts in three years. >> brutal, it is brutal. record right there. l

coming up next half hour we'll hear from head coach brett brown on the team's prospects. >> thank you ducis. >> thank you. >> america's game is celebrating the city of brotherly love. wheel of fortune's week long salute to philadelphia begins tonight right here on 6abc at 7:30 if we sent our own camp researchers to los angeles to check out the behind scenes action plus talk to some of the local contestants you'll see on wheel this week. >> reporter: we're taking you behind the scenes for wheel of fortune's philadelphia week "action news." we got our own puzzle. you'll see a grand new set this week on wheel of fortune as they celebrate all things philadelphia with 15 local contestants. tony hood is a firefighter and all his buddies at fourth and girard have been quizzing him. >> we're getting dinner prepared we have channel6 on and i think i'm going to do well. >> reporter: rebecca kline is a senior at the university of tell wear. >> university of delaware. >> i sent in a audition tape from my college dorm room never thinking i would get here. >> reporter: she was called b

today i went one on one with head coach brett brown, one of the first question, are you nervous?n record and i will say it again, it is probably the most anxiety that i feel, i don't feel what you feel, during a close game, you don't feel what you feel starting a year or just any game. you just realize that, you know, it is a big night for the city. >> reporter: for last three years big nights for sixers has been rare. no team has lost more games and month team has been less competitive. what has been the toughest part? >> losing. and, trying to maintain a face and positive attitude and keeping it real, especially with the fans of the city. and the media. you know, it is what it has been. you cannot sort of spin it any other way. >> so sixers look toward the draft for answers, sure, they would love to draft the next lebron james or step curry but the number one thing they are looking for. >> competitiveness. people that really don't like to lose. people that want to win but competitive is the single most important word. >> as for teams likelihood of landing the topic, the sixers

hopefully torque night is the night and brett brown will be near represent them and brett brown a guyho should believe in luck because he needs it tonight, but he doesn't really. >> what i think there would be many, many, many other people that don't agree with me and so whatever good luck charms means something to the city, bring them out, wear them, rub them, do whatever you got to do, and i'll be grateful for whatever help can be passed our way. >> reporter: all right. sam bradford decided to put on his big boy pants finally. came in to practice and after asking for a trade wanted to be out. heed no choice. towed come back, and bradford he says he really knows what the real deal is when it comes to the future in philly. >> i'm not completely naive. i mean i think you realize that, you know, if the organization made a move to get up to two at some point it's probably not going to be my team. but, you know, until it's not, you know, i'm going continue to lead these guys the way i did last year. i'm going to do my job to the best of my ability. >> yeah he sounded a little wobbly not t

we'll show you how they got there, plus brett brown on hitting the jackpot, next. >>> this is sportsdesk, brought to you by xfinity, x-1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. >> i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. ful phillies won their 24th game of the season. phillies didn't win 24 games last year until five weeks later in june. you never steal the phantic's ride. he arrests him. phillies down 2-1, cameron ru about. p in the lineup, singles home two runs. phillies take 3-2 lead. in the eighth, tyler goodell, the commission, his first major league home run. 4-2, phillies. in the ninth, getting jeohn carlos swinging. that bat gets beaten up. phillies win the series. they've won 8 of 11. pete mcconditiccanackinin tied place. >> why not? we're playing well. we're pitching well. playing good defense. getting just enough runs to win. i'll take it every time. >> fun to watch. >>> sixers leaning towards taking ben simmons with the number one overall pick in the draft, according to reports. last night, from xfinity live, sixers get the top pick in the draft. coach joined us. he

. >> tomorrow night brett brown in new york city for the draft lottery.ixers with the best odds to land the number one pick and could get four first-round selections. >> i am quietly confident and surprised that the draft is as deep in the higher end as it is. there are some good players really at that high end of the draft. >>> a slight change coming to the sixers' uniforms. they have a deal with stubhub allowing the company to advertise on the players' jerseys. going into effect next year. the sixers the first u.s. team among the four major pro sports allowing this type of advertising. more sports after this. pat toomey started his career as an investment banker. then, a wall street wheeler-dealer overseeing stock trades in new york, london and tokyo. next, toomey moved to hong kong to work with wealthy chinese investors. in the senate, it's no surprise toomey's been siding with wall street. voting to allow banks to continue making the risky investments that wrecked our economy. afscme people is responsible for the content of this ad. this afternoon, re

. >> tomorrow night brett brown in new york city for the draft lottery. sixers with the best odds to land the number one pick and could get four first-round selections. >> i am quietly confident and surprised that the draft is as deep in the higher end as it is. there are some good players really at that high end of the draft. >>> a slight change coming to the sixers' uniforms. they have a deal with stubhub allowing the company to advertise on the players' jerseys. going into effect next year. the sixers the first u.s. team among the four major pro sports >>> major league baseball will hold its draft on june 9. two of the top prospects in the nation are from our area. and they got together tonight in camden to do some good. jason and tyler took part in a charity game. and 14 strikeouts tonight, and also going in the first round, and 10 k's for him and proceeds going towards charity. >> finally, the bat boy's job fairly simple, reprieve the bat. and one adds entertainer to the job title. and cutting a rug, call it what you will. if only "dancing with the s

brett brown was asked what he towed these nba hopefuls. >> always they snead to make one team love thempaths to the nba aren't always direct. you may end up in instanbul or real madrid and then come back into it. in my old life we cut danny green twice and now he's just fine and so you just try to share stories to help them and let them know who we are. >> game three tonight between the cavaliers and the raptors in the nba on conference finalsly cleveland with a two-nothing series lead haven't won both games by an average of 25 points. >>> after the cavs won game two lebron james and crew showing some love for their head coach dousing him with water. lou broke pat riley's record for most consecutive wince to start a coaching career. if the cavs win the series lebron will held to his sixth straight nba championship series. unbelievable. >>> in there nhl playoff game four of the western conference finals blown the blues and sharks. san jose leads two games to one. blues will start jake allen in goal to replace brian elliott. >>> check out this shot tyler tony of dude perfect shot this jum

coach brett brown was close to -- paying close attention to the pre-draft work out yesterday.ll represent the sixers tonight when teams learn their positions in the june draft. the six hers the league's worse record last season and have a 25% chance of getting the very first pick. the sixers have four of the first 26 picks. >>> a dramatic catch in last night's phillies game, wasn't even on the field. check this out. fan saved his wife with a bear handed catch. it was headed right for her. but pressure on, sign that guy up for the phillies. >>> and here is the happy couple after the great catch showing off their receive near, they've quite a story to go with it, the phillies weren't quite as happy, though, they lost their second game in a row. they play the marlins in south philly again tonight. >> well, if you like to tweet pictures, we'll have some news that you love to hear. >> that's coming up. plus milestone up in space today. we'll show you what it took the international space station 17 years to do. katy? >> look forward to. that will well it, will only take one day for

. >> sixers coach brett brown accepted the congratulations after home team was awarded the first overall pick in last night's nba draft lottery. the crowd at xfinity live rocked the house, when the sixers got the pick. sixers ceo scott o'neil was live on cbs this morning. he says the 6ers are ready to go. >> it starts now. like last night was the first piece of the puzzle, not the ends, but the first piece, we have cap space, we've got great young talent, good young talent, emerging young talent, and real big opportunity. >> now, who will the sixers pick? all right, most experts say, it will be either lsu ben simmons or duke's brandon ingram. the draft is june 23rd, in brooklyn. >> and the sixers are literally flying high about that draft pick. this is a live picture right now from the art museum steps where members of the sixers organization are hosting a dunk show. legend is there along with the dance team. >> in other news, promising medical development in the fight against zika, researchers in texas cloned the virus, first step towards creating a virus against the mosquito born virus

so brett brown, what do you think?t are all the things are you going to do to find out who is that number one pick? >> multiple people that you will interview and talk to from high school coaches to managers to teammates to a team manager to, you know, other scouts. it's extensive. >> and that's great. that's great. they really need that number one pick. i think it's brandon ingram he's shooter but who knows? really right now it's all about these dogs. not even about the phillies. it's about the doing. they're moving me out the way. i'll get out of the way and let the dogs steal the show. back to you. >> as it should be, sean. >> i love it when everybody brings their doing to the ballpark. >> you had an interesting question. where do they go. >> i'm not sure about that. >> that will do it for us tonight at 6:00 o'clock. >> we'll see you back here at 10:00 o'clock. have great night. inside edition is up next. ♪ pat toomey started his career as an investment banker. then, a wall street wheeler-dealer overseeing stock tra

today i sat down with head coach brett brown who is just a bit nervous. >> well, it is a big night for the city and big night for our fans and big night for the organization and i said if we can get through to the commercial, and that means you are at least until the three. and so i will sort of stick with that goal. we have to get to the commercial. >> top three, need that. meanwhile, sixers held a predraft work out at pcom, draft hopefuls hitting the court and looking to show off skills. deandre bembry, tell em's jay len bond and josh hart were in attendance. hart has not formally declared for the draft. he has until the 25th to deciding whether he will return to the wildcats. >> nba is my dream. you know, i have been working toward it since i was five years old. on the other hand, you know, villanova, it is a special place in my heart. it will be a tough one. i wish it was a clear cut pick. >> kid has some decision toss make. >> baseball at the bank, jared eickoff gets the start as phillies host marlins in less than an hour. by the way, btw, fightins are one game out of the first pl

they have seen at least 12 players this week and brett brown was asked what he's staying to these nbaefuls. >> all they need is to make one team love them. at this to the nba aren't always direct. you may end up in istanbul and then real madrid and can come back to it. in my old life we cut dan degree knee he green twice and now he's fine. >> ron jaworski and his soul team hosting the orlando predator. third quarter, he the score. the soul handed orlando their first loss of the season 62-54 is the final and now tied for first place in the american conference. >> nice. thank you so much lesley, still to come. honoring a hero. see how a local man who gave his life for his c >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone. back on "eyewitness news" now with an emotional event in gloucester county to honor an american hero. >>> "eyewitness news" at kingsway regional high school in woolwich township, new jersey. there was a military flyover followed by a home run derby to remember captain ryan iannelli. iannelli died overseas in a helicopter accident and today's event raised money for a foundation started i

sixers head coach brett brown will be in new york for the lottery draft.old us -- told me actually he's not superstitious. no rabbits foot, no favorite tie, none of that. today the sixers had players in for the pre-draft workouts. three big fives there. st. joe's bembry, nova's josh hart and temple bond. many players will pass through. joel embiid how about him on the floor working out with one of the coaches this season will be different. no sam hinkie trying to help this team lose now the coach will have better players. >> how can we not look at the resources and get excited about next year? >> not fact also is we don't know who our draft picks are. we don't know what free agents we've attracted. we really don't know what the team is. i think once we know the team we can all step back and say, wow, this team has chance to chief x. >> yeah guaranteed me they would be better next year. phillies open series tonight against the marlins. again it comes down to pitching. i can off pitches for the phillies. they poorly pitched game yesterday that's disaster for

i sat down with head coach brett brown and asked him what things okafor needs to work on for this off season. >> i think that two areas that i think he will make that biggest jump and help our organization the most are when he can get up and down the floor without any type of fitness restrictions, and when he can particularly guard a pick and roll and have some level of presence at the rim, that is when you will see i think a two-way player. >> he is a baller. dignitaries for sixers on hand at pennsylvania historic and museum commission dedicated a historic marker for late harvey super stat pollack. he has known as engineer of the modern day basketball, that is the marker that can be found on the ground next to the former site of the spectrum. >>> cool shot right there. >>> two top mvp, step curry diving face first in the stand. he scored 15 points in two minutes. he finished with 28. the raining champion warriors have tied the series at one. they are heading back to okc. >>> check this out andy and i were geeking out over a few plays last night. we saw three amazing plays. we decided

. >>> brett brown will be the sixers representative in new york city tomorrow night.ers could end up with four first round picks. they have the best odds of landing the top overall selection. >> i am quietly confident and surprised that the draft is as deep in that higher end as it is. there are some good players, really at that high end of the draft. and obviously with the first pick, you -- you know, you control your destiny a little bit more. >> the sixers are back from the draft combine in chicago but they have not stopped scouting. today they hosted villanova's josh hart saint joe's diondre bembry and others for a workout. bembry expected to be a first round selection knows his stock is rising. >> i've always had this confidence in myself so i think that's pushing me but i feel like a lot of people got to see me that didn't -- or may -- haven't seen me throughout my years at saint joe's so i guess just people being able to see me for once opening a lot more odds. >> get ready for a slight yet big change to the sixers uniforms. team has inked a deal with stub hub

he came to philly in december to be the associate head coach under brett brown.he got that gig, he was out of basketball and chilling in his home state of west virginia. >>> is there anything better than game seven in the inform hl playoffs. tampa visiting pittsburgh. second period jonathan jerome with the great goal to tie it at one but just 302nd later the lightning give terrible goal. brian russ scores and that is your gain game winner the penguins advancing to the stanley cup finals to take on the san jose sharks. all flyers fans are you know what, kid rock. forget all of ya'll. >> thank you buddy. >> up next, history-making actor ♪ >>> there was a special guest performance in philadelphia tonight. >> ♪ >> that's ali from the broadway play spring awakening spent some time with the patients at magee rehab in center city. she's paralyzed from the waist down. she also became the first actress in a wheelchair to appear on broadway. she shares some words of encouragement tonight >>> our morning team is back tomorrow from 4:30 to 7am. for kate, don, everyone here,

i talk to head coach brett brown this week and here's how big jal can get even better next season. >>core in his sleep. he'll score for the rest of his life. he can score. i think that -- that the two areas that i think he'll make that biggest jump and help our organization the most when he can get up and down the floor without any type of fitness restrictions, and when he can particularly guard a pick and roll and have some level of presence at the rim. that's when you really see, um, i think a two-way player. >> ukee, translation -- >> get in shape. (laughter). >> get in shape and play d. he was the third pick last year's draft. joel embiid was the third pick in 2014. he's had two reasons wrecked by injuries. he's scheduled to make his nba debut in the fall. i asked brown what we can expect to see. >> i think people are going to be blown away how big he is. like he is a big man. i've been around a lot of nba players when you're next to joel you realiz real a big man first. second you'll be amazed how that big man moves much his versatility on running the flo floor. his versatility b

he came to philly in december to be the associate head coach under brett brown.he got that gig, he was out of basketball and chilling in his home state of west virginia. >>> is there anything better than game seven in the inform hl playoffs. tampa visiting pittsburgh. second period jonathan jerome with the great goal to tie it at one but just 302nd later the lightning give terrible goal. brian russ scores and that is your gain game winner the penguins advancing to the stanley cup finals to take on the san jose sharks. all flyers fans are you know what, kid rock. forget all of ya'll. >> thank you buddy. >> up next, history-making actor that ♪ >>> there was a special guest performance in philadelphia tonight. >> ♪ >> that's ali from the broadway play spring awakening spent some time with the patients at magee rehab in center city. she's paralyzed from the waist down. she also became the first actress in a wheelchair to appear on broadway. she shares some words of encouragement tonight. eighty six million americans have prediabetes a serious condition that increases

i talk to head coach brett brown this week and here's how big jal can get even better next season. >>re in his sleep. he'll score for the rest of his life. he can score. i think that -- that the two areas that i think he'll make that biggest jump and help our organization the most when he can get up and down the floor without any type of fitness restrictions, and when he can particularly guard a pick and roll and have some level of presence at the rim. that's when you really see, um, i think a two-way player. >> ukee, translation -- >> get in shape. (laughter). >> get in shape and play d. he was the third pick last year's draft. joel embiid was the third pick in 2014. he's had two reasons wrecked by injuries. he's scheduled to make his nba debut in the fall. i asked brown what we can expect to see. >> i think people are going to be blown away how big he is. like he is a big man. i've been around a lot of nba players when you're next to joel you realiz real a big man first. second you'll be amazed how that big man moves much his versatility on running the flo floor. his versatility bei

sixers will be represented by coach brett brown, who watched a pre topped work out yesterday. the sixers were ten and 72 last season, which means they are were easily the worse record in the nba. they have a 25% chance of landing first pick. our pat gallen will break down the draft in the next hour. >>> still ahead: sailor is rescued off the new jersey coast. >> the reason he was all alone in the atlantic ocean. also this morning, what a catch at the phillies game. a husband's bear hands a foul ball headed straight for his wife's head. >> and, she's 90 years old and graduating college. we'll show you the job she said she is ready to take on when we come back. stay with us. >> with the rescue after kehler who set out to break a record only to have his voyage ends off the coast of atlantic city, coast guard video of the rescue, olive ear was attempt to go solo a voyage from new york to the uk when his sailboat hit an object and gang to sing. distress signal, then an emergency raft, and used flares to signal rescuer. >> we know the victim of bizarre shark attack in florida is fro

head coach brett brown stopped by our studios today. will they take lsu's ben simmons?e has the skills of a point guard. or will it be duke's brandon ingram? his wing span would be a plus on both defense and offense. the sixers say they are still doing their homework. >> the information is not even close to being whole now on what we have with all of those first, say, one through five, one through six picks. over time, we will judge that with a far more scrutinized lens. we will dig in holistically and understand the person, the player, the skill level, etc. >> still ahead, we'll talk eagles revamped secondary. plus, baseball turns into a, say, a contact sport. >>> it's day two of the eagles' otas, let's put the quarterback situation to rest for now and focus on the defense. doug pederson added a lot to the defensive backfield both through free agency and through the draft. the only constant will be safety malcolm jenkins. who lines up next to him? that's anyone's guess. >> it's not clear at all. and i think a lot of guys are jockeying for position. guys are making play

now, brett brown sat down with our don bell, the coach. are you nervous? >> i am. i am. on record and i'll say it again, it is probably the most anxiety that i feel. i don't feel what you feel during a close game. you don't feel what you feel starting a year or just any game. you just realize, you know, it is a big night for the city. it is a big night for our fans. it is a big night for the organization. >> that's that wonderful bostianalian accent. >> again, basically numbers one and four if that happens, the sixers are in business. either way the team is in great shape to add another possible franchise changing player, plus, joe bead, hasn't played in two years, ramming up his rehab, so things looking up with the 76ers. fingers crossed tonight, i didn't bring my rabbit's foot or anything like that, but i feel good finally. >> did you have your rabbit foot during any game all season? >> no, no, well, ten of them, they won ten games this year. >> who do we want? >> we want -- i want benson. >> who else? >> either him or brandon ingram, two guys. >> we are hoping for mor

coming up in sports we're going to hear from sixers coach brett brown and president brian colan kbr gelo and who will be in uniform next year. >> no pressure on that person. >> the city just erupt. so good to see. >>> the rain has finally stopped in center city. nbc 10 along the avenue of the arts where we didn't find any umbrel umbrellas. we got a pretty nice view of city hall. >> it's beautiful. unfortunately the rain is back tomorrow. meteorologist sheena parveen has your nbc 10 first alert radar. sheena, a lot of rain behind you, too. >> it was from earlier today but it's starting to clear out of the area. a few sprinkles in parts of south jersey. as we go into tomorrow, we have a few more showers in the forecast. it's not going to be a large area of rain like we had today. but what you see off to our west, way back off around cincinnati, that's what we're watching for as we go into the day tomorrow. clouds are going to stay locked in. temperatures are still going to be cool. but as you see with our planner for philadelphia, clouds will hang around with kind of spotty showers around.

head coach brett brown will be among those weighing in on what to do with the number one overall selectiont month. >> i mean this is a massive decision, it comes with a lot have of responsibility, and it will receive the time that is required. it is extensive. it should be. so, all over the place, you know, you will have to do that type of work to arrive to a very, very important decision. >> it may be the off season but don't tell that to the eagles, at least most of them have been in town working out and working together. receiver jordan matthews says his mentality is to treat this time like it is a playoff game. doug pederson has to like the sound of this, matthews say his mentality does not change in the off season, that work ethic can only help a receiving corp with the most drops in the season last year. he says you cannot afford to drop the ball this spring. >> treat it like it is always on the line, don't come out the here, oh, it is voluntary, we have a long time until the season. at the end of the day if you want to be that caliber of the team that goes deep in the playoffs and w

. >>> today sixers announced head coach brett brown will be their representative in new york city at lottery. largely symbolic. there are no real duties but it's a nice honor. brian colangelo hayes brown will feel some nerves. >> when you're up on stage and that whole process is unfolding and you know that you've got a chance it's pretty exhilerating exciting and it's nerve wracking because you understand that the fate in some cases the fate of the organization is at stake but, look, we're going to get a great pick out of this scenario one way or the other. >> the draft is a flies way to reload but let's not forget about this guy joel embiid sixers first round pick from 2014 has yet to play in an nba game. colangelo says one of the biggest pieces to his puzzle is getting embiid on the court and keeping him healthy he. >> he's a big piece literally big in every way. he is looking very good in terms of his comeback. we're woo trying to put him through the normal steps, the prescribed steps per the doctors and the medical team that are doing their work to try to make sure we do this the

after last night's draft lottery sixers coach brett brown thanked the fans for sticking with the team>> the city has been amazing allowing us to go through the process that we have. we've taken hits for three seasons. we're excited with the position that we are now in. >> social media had a field day with dikembe mutombo's congratulatory tweet to the team he posted it hours before the lottery took place. he sent it out by mistake. he quickly took down the tweet and apologized although. >> he was right. >> conspiracy theorists believe that dikembe mutombo can predict the future. >> he can buy lottery tickets with me. >> i hope they pick the right guy. we'll see. these are young guys. i'm hearing some people liking ingram better. >>> storm tracker6 live double scan we have a bit of rain out to the north and west of philadelphia. as we go in tighter on this it's light as it extends over toward allentown and in through hamburg. slightly steadier stuff north of lebanon pennsylvania. most of that looks like it will probably miss to the north or fall apart as it tries to push towards the eas

. >>> and sixers coach brett brown will represent the team at the draft lottery next tuesday night. i'm john clark. we're right back. pat toomey started his career as an investment banker. then, a wall street wheeler-dealer overseeing stock trades in new york, london and tokyo. next, toomey moved to hong kong to work with wealthy chinese investors. in the senate, it's no surprise toomey's been siding with wall street. voting to allow banks to continue making the risky investments that wrecked our economy. afscme people is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> well, tomorrow is going to be cooler. 58 degrees. we're going to have clouds around. some spotty showers through the day. it is going to feel and look a lot like last week. however, it is not going to be like last week all week. we'll see more sun on wednesday and thursday. temperatures back into the 70s. we're watching for some rain later wednesday. but then more rain as we go into friday. so the rain is not over yet. >> all right. sheena. i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. for sheena, all of us here, thanks f

coach brett brown believes he will be ready for the season.ixers worked out big five players today. villanova's josh hart still undecided about entering the draft or staying at nova. temple's jay len bond were there. josh, what would it take for you to leave nova? >> tell me i'm going to be the number one pick, i think that'd be it. obviously everyone wants, you know, a first time guarantee. to get that. so many different variables that can happen in that month. >> you got to think he's coming back to villanova but we will see. i'm john clark. we're right back. >>> well, tomorrow we have rain and it's going to be cool. wednesday, very early showers then clearing thursday and friday look good. back in the 70s. just ignore the weekend and go straight to the following wednesday. we have some rain saturday and sunday. and we're going to be in the 60s. so far the weekend doesn't look great but we have 8 os in the forecast in your ten day. >> all right, sheena. i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. for sheena, all of us here, thanks for watc

head coach brett brown will represent the sixers in new yo york.omary for teams to send a rep that they believe is a good luck charm. brown is a good dude but trying to turn around a struggling situation. sixers have 25% chance of getting that number one pick. and we are all crossing our fingers because we want to see winning basketball. >> i'm ready. >> it's going happen. >> mr. optimistic over here. >> it's going happen. >> i'm with you. >> you with me. >> b ♪ >>> break throughs in breast cancer research the topic of a philadelphia panel discussion tonight. >> "eyewitness news" at the wister institute in university city. a variety of topics were discussed including new advances in genetic screening and tumor testing. it's a way to spare women from unnecessary chemotherapy. researchers are also working on new medications to activate a person's immune system against the tumors. breast cancer death rates have been decreasing since eighty six million americans have prediabetes a serious condition that increases the risk for type 2 diabetes. you could

brett brown was the team's representative at the draft lottery he in new york.t time the sixers had the topic was in 1996 and they took allen iverson that year. along with their two other picks 24 and 26 the sixers will have three first round selections. the draft is june 23rd and most agree lsu's ben simmons and duke's brandon ingram are sure fire stars. we'll see which one they pick. >> i hope they get another answer because god knows we need the question of what is it. >> they have youth and they have pieces. >> we're still waiting to see if embiid will be healthy but he supposedly is an impact player. i think the interesting thing will be who the sixers approach for trades because now they've got a lot of young talent. >> blake griffith. i would love to get him. >> maybe. storm tracker6 shows that we're mainly dry but off to the north and west of philadelphia there are some showers building in and some of these are now pushing through harrisburg, hamburg and northern berks county. looks like redding is about ready to pick up some of this stuff perhaps within