and i fear they are so anti-hinkie and the league came in and forced them to be anti-hinkie, colangelo about go another route. >> and we saw the 13-page rambling resignation letter by sam hinkie. what josh harris says today about why it did not work out with sam, even though he was disappointed. >> we all agreed that bringing in talent to make the organization better, to allow it to build stronger relationships in and around the league, to allow us to go to winning culture, bringing in someone to help lead the organization we all agreed those were good things. we couldn't agree on how to do that specifically and who the person was, so sam decided to leave. >> it sounds like sam wanted to wait out this process and the team, the front office at least, the owners, wanted to push it forward. >> well first of all he is not the most inspiring leader. josh harris, when i look at him talk and it freaks me out all the time that he is not a public speaker for me as successful as he is. but i think the lead, jeff, came in and said you can't do it this way. you are embarrassing the league and he g

, but now former gm sam hinkie. he's in a get-away car with a caption scram hinkie. >> learning more about hinkie's decision to leave the team. because he left pretty long good-bye note. >> thirteen paper, i've been reading, steve keeley on this story. have you red this thing, man? >> mike, 7,000 words. like one of the break up letters one of your girlfriend sent you. >> that's true. >> it is so long, so weird, i don't even know how to pull out highlight. but i tell you this, the leader of the angelo cataldi of the wip morning team, where we are, he and i picked out the same highlight, about the flight let the moa, more on that, later, but a lot of people didn't know who sam hinkie was, they only new that the sixers stunning since he was hired in may 2013. so he didn't even last three full years or three full seasons, and when are the words weird and wacky understatements when they're used to describe the now former gm resignation letter, single space, 13 pages, by the way. and from outer space, in many parts. you c

brian colangelo is expect to be hinkie's replacement. we will have a statement from managing partner josh harris later in sports. >> okay, see you then, thank you, jamie. >>> villanova students... villanova students are getting another day off this week to celebrate the national champions. university and law school canceled classes on friday, so people can attend the parade. the ad minute straightors are encouraging everyone to use the time to join in the festivities, and the school is working with septa to sell one day passes to get down to center city. parade kicks off from 20th and mark at 1:00 o'clock sharp and heads east to market to dilworth park in front of the city hall. >>> the parade will impact drivers in center city. we have these closures to tell you b market street from 15th to 23rd, will be block off getting and beginning at 11:00 . the as well as 15th street from jfk boulevard to chestnut. cross traffic will dependent on whether the parade has moved past the intersection yet. >>> if you cannot get down to the parade we ha

hinkie new he would have been fired since sam hinkie has been here the sixers have 47 and 195 recordthe last three years, the sixers under hinkie asked the fans to trust the process. well, the process was a joke. the sixers have now hired jerry's son, brian co-angelo, as the new general manager of the team. the the phillies blew another game, to cincinnati, ninth inning. phillies up two-one, the bullpen is a joke. dire gives up the base hit. the two run double. cincinnati goes up. that's sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >> this has to be the highlight. winning it all isn't the highlight, what about this? the president congratulates you for your national championship win. that's what happened, right? >> it was a great game. it wasn't like north carolina gave it away, you know? you know, they had big shots, and you guys came right back. and but your team showed grit and really high character team throughout the thing. >> i appreciate. >> it was a pleasure to watch. congratulate all of them, and tell jenkins that he looked pretty cool out there. take that shot. i'm looking forward

sixers confirm that hinkie has stepped down as general manager of the team. over the last three years, hinkie stripped the roster down to the bare bones while acquiring draft picks so-call assets. the idea was to get bad so the championship can get championship good. the problems the sixers sting outloud. terrible right now. 46 wins and 195 losses during hinkie's tenure with no sign of becoming competitive. now, we are hearing report that the sixers their chairman jerry coach angelo that his son brian coangelo is slated tock the general manager of course we'll keep you posted on that right here on cbs3. >> interesting turn of events. >> indeed. >> see you in a few minutes, man. thank you. >> the big game wasn't enough the villanova wildcats are now preparing for another unforgettable experience. this time a parade in center city philadelphia. >> the national champions will go down market street on friday. now the parade starts at 20th street and heads over to dilworth park at city hall. the par rater will cost about $22,000. villanova will foot most of the bi

sixers confirm that hinkie has stepped down as general manager of the team. over the last three years, hinkie stripped the roster down to the bare bones while acquiring draft picks so-call assets. the idea was to get bad so the championship can get championship good. the problems the sixers sting outloud. terrible right now. 46 wins and 195 losses during hinkie's tenure with no sign of becoming competitive. now, we are hearing report that the sixers their chairman jerry coach angelo that his son brian coangelo is slated tock the general manager of course we'll keep you posted on that right here on cbs3. >> interesting turn of events. >> indeed. >> see you in a few minutes, man. thank you. >> the big game wasn't enough the villanova wildcats are now preparing for another unforgettable experience. this time a parade in center city philadelphia. >> the national champions will go down market street on friday. now the parade starts at 20th street and heads over to dilworth park at city hall. the par rater will cost about $22,000. villanova will foot most of the bi

so hinkie said goodbye. the way this went down with hinkie was very strange.he calls last night to tell one of the owners he was resigning. after meeting with all of those owners on tuesday in new york and said nothing. it then got real strange sam minute key sending a 13-page letter with his resignation. and in the letter, he quotes many including famous surgeons an author, a physicist, the founder of tesla and that quote is priceless. you should -- how this relates to basketball i don't know. you should take the approach that you are wrong. your goal is to be less wrong. he also quoted abraham lincoln. but the abe lincoln quote turn out to be up correct. very strange way to say i'm do done. so brett brown concerned about his job in the future? >> i'm not concerned, you know, i think the discussion that is i have had with david and josh harris months ago when they extended my contract and we talked. you know, freel freely about dit things that we're all trying to do gives me confidence that -- that we're going to move on. >> they better. another brutal day fo

the sixers under hinkie asked the fans to trust the process. well, the process was a joke and almost set a record this year for the worst record in the season. so to confirm, sam hinkie no longer with the 76ers as their general manager. no longer witness 76ers and now there's another report that former phoenix suns gm brian coangelo is the 76ers new general manager. they didn't waste any time. he is the son of jerry coangelo. i'll have more coming up in sports. the oh sixers and big game for the flyers. back to you guys. >> howard, thanks. >>> on your radar tonight get ready for some rain it does not look like april out in center city tonight. most people wearing warm coats and layered up with sweatshirts. >> moving live to reading to night, it has been cold but at least we've stayed dry for the past few days but come tomorrow, that all changes. meteorologist kathy orr is tracking the rain and when exactly it starts to move in we'll be needing those em bum less tomorrow, kathy. >> absolutely but not the heavy coats. warming up but you pay the c

sam hinkie was done. since hinkie been here, sixers were 47 and 195 over the last three years, the six sixers under hinkie asked the fans to trust the process. the process was a joke. the 6ers have hired jerry's son brian co-angelo as new general manager. phillies blew another game. ninth inning. phillies up two-one against cincinnati. i don't know this guy either, dire hinohosa. two return double. cincinnati wins it. that's sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >> favorite kids books getting new and modern look causing quite the controversy. why books like sweet valley twins aren't so sweetney more. sesame street live let's dance it's sesame street live like you've never experienced it before leeeeeeet's dance! sesame street live let's dance playing liacouras center april 14th through 17th tickets on sale now! >> if you think you voiced your opinions about the sixers, think again, general manager stepped down, and he's telling it all about why he no longer wants the job. >> both democratic candidates pus

bryan named president of basketball operations taking over for sam hinkie who resigned wednesday. >>is one of the most exciting jobs i believe that's out there in the league right now. it's a situation where obviously, my predecessor sam hinkie has done a nice job of establishing the assets and resources to move forward in a positive way. i'm sorry that sam will not be a part of that. it was intended all along that he would. but the fact that we're moving forward onward and upward, we're all excited about that transition that's happening now. >> meanwhile sixers final home game against the bucks, ish smith drives the baskets. overtime final second, he had another chance to give the sixers the lead but misses. 109-108. joining us fresh off a long day at the wells fargo center. keith thank you for coming in tonight. were you surprised that sam hinkie stepped down. >> i was surprised at the manner that it happened. on a wednesday. around 7:00, 8:30 at night. i was not shocked at all that he's no longer there. once jerry coangelo was hired, you had, you just knew that hinkie was going to

i'm told hinkie was told brian colangelo will be the new general manage are you hinkie would be reassignedo a minor position so hinkie abruptly said, goodbye. now the way this went down with hinkie was very strathe. he called last night to tell the owners he was resigning. it then got real strange when sam hinkie sending a 13 page letter with his resignation in the letter he quoted a famous surgeon, authors, a physicist, the founder of tesla and the quote hinkie uses you should take the approach that you are wrong. your goal to be less wrong he quoted abraham lincoln but the abe lincoln quote turns out both quotes turn out to be incorrect. very strange way to say i'm do done. >> i respect it in some ways i understand it. but it doesn't diminish my personal disappointment of not seeing this through with him. >> well, he's going to have to see it threw with him. unless -- more from the head coach and the players including how brett brown views his job status now with the team that will be coming up. dawn? >> all right, we'll see in you a bit, thanks howard. pennsylvania governor tom wolf tod

the general manager stan hinkie stepped down last night. he was trying to build the team from scratch but under his reign, the sixers are 67-45. the sixers hired jerry colangelo in december to help turn the organization around. sources say hinkie was upset with the new structure put in place after colangelo's hiring. >>> aaron nola with a drive. they close out the series with the red this afternoon. first pitch is 12:35. >>> there's no place like home. our pregame show on april 11th begins at 22:00 in the afternoon followed by first pitch at 3:00. >>> just over two hours away from sunrise, but we're not going to see a lot of sunshine this morning. in fact, rain is moving our way. right now dry and 55 degrees at 4:27. jessica boyington watching your first alert traffic. jessie. >> >> no problems in the area. route 70 and kings highway, you can see through the intersection. we do have some construction out there. i'll tell you all the trouble spots when i come back at 4:30. >> food truck parking only. up next, hear why officials aren't the on

the general manager for the last three years stan hinkie stepped down last night. he was trying to build the team from scratch but under his reign, the sixers are 67 of 145. brian colangelo will replace stan hinkie. he's the son of chairman jerry coangelo. the sixers hired colangelo in december to help turn the team around. hinkie was upset over the new front office that was put in place after colangelo's hiring. >> well, the pico building is honoring the champion villanova wildcats. the iconic message board will continue scrolling the winners of the men's ncaa tournament until saturday morning and all classes are canceled at nova tomorrow so students can attend the team's victory parade in center city. the parade begins tomorrow. from there the parade runs five blocks to dilworth park. there could be road closures, so keep that in mind. >>> "no parking" signs are already going up along the parade route. the city is urging paradegoers to take public transportation. it provides service for villanova. >> we know that traffic tomorrow is going to be a little bit busy

he'll stand up for us. >>> the sixers finally got sick of hinkie, finally made right move sam hinkieut, brian colangelo is in. yesterday he talk about moving forward in the right direction. >> i really want to make sure that everyone understands that this is a transition from this measured rebuilding process to sustainable winning. that is what is important to establish here. >> sixers in overtime down by 1ish smith pulls up with a three, he doesn't go and get the board but reject. ish would have one last shot at it, and, then no. they fall, first so many opportunities. 109-108. >>> to baseball phillies getting their second win of the season begins mets, odougal herrera stepping up big with the long ball to the right in the sixth inning. his first home run of the year. phillies win five-two. their home opener tonight will be 3:05 against the padres. that is sports in a minute i'm sean bell. >>> philadelphia finally has a playoff team. flyers picking up a big win saturday securing a spot taking off pressure of the make up game with the islanders. flyers got a chance to rest their beg

of 13 pages and that, by the way, that's the way the owners found out about hinkie quitting. by the way the letter of 13 pages was more than the number of wins the sixers had this season, it was obvious the co owner already made the decision to bring in bryan coangelo before hinkie quit. >> we didn't lose faith in sam. we spend you know many months chatting with sam about how to move the franchise to the next level. we felt that, you know, i think we all agreed that bringing in talent to make the organization better, to allow us to build a stronger relationship around the league, to allow us to build a winning culture, you know, bringm in someone to help lead the organization. we agreed those were good things. we couldn't agree how to do that specifically and who the person was. so sam decided to leave. >> obviously, he didn't want bryan coangelo making those decisions. three seasons of the record getting worse would have been more than enough reason to fire this guy. people high in the organization felt it was past the time of needed change. i spoke with the new general mana

. >>> plus 76ers general manager sam hinkie hand in his resignation, and it is 13 pages long. what he said in his manifesto about the teams problems. >>> and this young man wants katie's job just kidding, katie, he is one of the our cbs-3 weather watchers. brook and katie met up with him and ended up wearing his clothes. we will have more coming up next. prediabetes is a serious medical condition that increases the risk for developing type 2 diabetes. more than 1 in 3 adults has prediabetes, but ninety percent don't know it. you could be one of them. talk to your doctor about small lifestyle changes that can prevent you from getting type 2 diabetes. sponsored by nacdd with support from the centers for disease control and prevention. visit cdc.gov/prediabetes >>> thanks for joining us everyone. well, philadelphia a has two of the most dangerous intersections, get this, in the nation. >> they are both on roosevelt boulevard. over the past five years there have been at least 3,000 crashes, on the 14-mile highway, including at least, 20 pedestrian death. now, mayor jim kenney is d

sam hinkie is out of here and the days of taking are finally over.lly forced that guy to go. the plan wasn't working even though they still won't at a time it. now they've put in a guy that can actually get it done. brian coangelo is now the president of basketball operations. at a he stuffed the new direction of the sixers. >> we're really changing our focus toward winning. that is something that is part of a shift in culture. it's a mindset. i believe brett is excited about shifting that even internally in the locker room. not that he ever had any intention but to win basketball games but there's going to be a much greater likelihood we start doing basketball games based on the decisions that are made going forward. >> obviously he can't do anything about this season, not this team. they just want to get things over with. look how easy that was. dunk by mason. they're leading in the fourth quarter. 76 to your 70. but at least we got one pro team turning things around, dave hextall, first season as headcoach in the nfl has done a great job. new coac

and now with hinkie out a new gm could bring in a new head coach. how concerned is brett brown?concerned, you know, i think the discussions that i have had with david and josh harris months ago when they extended my contract and we -- we talked, you know, freely about different things that we're all trying to do, gives me confidence that -- that we're going to move on. >> brian coangelo in this weekend. we'll see what happens at the end of the season. all right. how war, thank. we're back right after this. ♪ >> right now we're following breaking news. child shot in west philadelphia. the nine-year-old was shot in the hand it happened in the second floor bedroom on the 1500 block of south 32nd street in grays ferry. family members rushed the child to the hospital. police are now investigating and found a gun at the scene. >>> almost 200 people gathered in upper darby lighting candles to remember 20-year-old christopher thomas. he was sitting on porch yesterday afternoon when gunman opened fire from a car. so far police say they haven't gotten much help with their investigation an

sam hinky step down as ers general manager. team ownership held a press conference to introduce the new leader. jerry colangelo stepped down and his son, brian was named president of basketball operations, brian colangelo served as gm of the raptors for 2006-2013. he does not have issues with sam hinky's process. >> i do think it's been a success and the reason i say that is because we're at a jumping-off point now where the organization is poised to take a major leap forward. because of what's transpired over this last few years of what i'm going to call a measured rebuilding process. when we move forward, you're going to be excited about the pieces that come to the table. >> both sam and i and kind of others recognize the need to add to the organization, we've always been up front about wanting to do that. when it came down to it, we couldn't agree on how to do it and who the right person was. so it didn't, sam exited. i don't think i underestimated sam. >> when it comes to the future of head coach brett brown, colangelo says

sam hinkie was not forced out. >> i like the sam hinkie. when i got meet him, he's a very intelligent guy, a lot of depth to him, he had a game plan. ownership wanted to have a change. the intent was for sam to stay, share responsibilities but he chose not too. >> 20 years ago, kobe bryant graduated from lower marion high school. tonight his last nba game. when he played his last game in philly december, he wore eagles green. today's mamba green. kobe says lower marion made him into who he is. we'll have that for you at 11:00 hopefully. narrator: why have president obama and vice president biden endorsed katie mcginty for us senate? because she's a "champion for working families." katie mcginty will take on the republicans and protect social security and medicare. and mcginty will work for equal pay for women - because families depend on it. for the april 26th democratic primary, president obama supports katie mcginty. katie: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message, because it's your turn to get ahead. >>> on this hump day, we're over

hinkie took over three years ago, asking fans, to trust the process, as he stockpiled, the team will replace hinkie with long time executive brian co-angelo the son of jerry co-angelo, the sixers chairman of basketball operations. >> the sports worlds is a strange one sometimes. flies host the maple leaps needing a win after falling to detroit last night, the flyers will be hoping the red wings pull out another win against boston tonight. now, heart to swallow after beat down jimmy howard and the wings put on the fly guys. orange and black never got their legs back under them, first period, darren, capitalized on the turn over by shane, the flyers fall in a shut south three-nothing. >> well, it is a tradition unlike any other got underway in august gust that, jordan. combination with a ceremonial first t shot taken by previous champions on palmer, nicklaus, gary player. palmer did not hit a shot this year, but was in attendance. all eyes will be on jordon spieth this weekend as the 22 year old goes for a second straight green jacket. you can watch the third round and final round live

. >> they come days after general manager sam hinkie resigned yesterday, jerry colangelo stepped downger of basketball operations. bryan colangelo was named to take over the job. he was most recently with the toronto raptors. he said he doesn't have issues with what hinkie was trying to build. >> the organization is poised to take a major leap forward because of what's transpired over this last few years of what i'm going to call a measured rebuilding process. >> 76ers owner said jerry colangelo will remain with the club as a special adviser. as for the sixers head coach, brett brown, bryan colangelo said brown deserves a chance to see things through. they finished the season with the league's worst record. >>> neighbors in bensalem have a better idea of how their police department works today. police hosted an open house yesterday. adults and children got a chance to tour the station and get a look at the technology and equipment officers use that included a look at the s.w.a.t. truck and then there was one child who got to play a little tug of war with one of the department's canine

on to the sixers, sam hinkie resigned as the general manager last night.page letter to en0ership. it all started when ownership hired the team's chairman back in december. he reportedly wanted to bring in someone new for hinky to share power with. here is the coach brown's reaction to all of this. >> yes, i'm disappointed. i tell him that. i want him to see this through with us. he's deserved. he's earned the right to see this through. the fact that he's not going to go over and see a practice facility or see playing on the court or dario come over. the see our young guys grow. that disappoints me. >> the flyers against the maple leafs. the orange and black are tied for the final wild card spot with three games remaining. our coverage begins with pregame live at 6:30 over on comcast sportsnet. this phillies fan all bundled up. phillies trying to avoid the sweep in cincinnati. phillies give up eight runs in the fourth. joey votto swings a big bat. reds lead 4-2. suarez has a grand slam. phillies fall. in the last eight years, the fracking industry has spent

hinkie oversaw worst stretch of basketball in sixers history. the team went 47-197 in his three years in charge. nba insiders think he was about to be stripped of some power. now the word is that the sixers are set to hire brian colangelo, son of the team chairman jerry colangelo as the new general manager. >>> two of the national champion villanova a wildcats plan to test the waters for nba draft. both chris jenkins and josh hart, will go through the evaluation process that is standard. they can still return to school if they don't hire agent. meanwhile their boss coach jay wright is accepting congratulations from the president. >> he says his daughters were rooting for villanova because they went to school with josh hart, in d.c. i told him my wife has a crush on him. he said make sure she comes i want to take a picture with her. he obviously watch the game, very insightful about the game and very complimentary. >> well, a phone call from the president is pretty exciting. >> it is especially when your wife has a crush on him. >> exactly. >> bu

he said he doesn't have issues with what hinkie was trying to build. >> the organization is poised toa major leap forward because of what's transpired over this last few years of what i'm going to call a measured rebuilding process. >> 76ers owner josh harris and jerry colangelo will remain with the club as a special adviser. as for sixers head coach brett brown, bryan colangelo said brown deserves a chance to see things through. the 76ers will finish the season with the league's worst record. >>>ç thousands of runners are recovering from two big events this weekend, chuildren's hospital of philadelphia hosted the run. >> it's a disease where you are constantly needing to change medicines and you are always getting sick for some reason or another. >> the hospital cares for about 1,400 children with that disease every year. >>> well, a classroom is on wheels and it's bringing science education to schools. >> yes, it's called the biobus. take a look. the '70s era transit bus has been transformed into an educational science lab. every day, the bio bus travels to a different school, brin

meanwhile, sixers back at practice today, last night, gm sam hinkie resigned n a 13 page letter he was architect of the teams rebuilding project. head coach brett brown talked about the surprise. >> sam hinkie's quitting i applaud because he has been a fraud, in this city for three years. purpose traiting a fraud that i'm going to build you a winner just don't ask me when. he had three years and he ended up with a awful team in his third year and they forced him out. bravo to the sixers. >> brett brown looks a lot like angelo cataldi. i'm just saying. >>> the eagles preseason opponents had been released. we talking about practice. hose jameis wins exton and tampa bay, then off to pittsburgh and indianapolis and as always they will end the preseason schedule with the match up with the jets, all those dates are subject to change, except that final one you see that at september 1st. >>> now today 80th masters got underway in augusta georgia. each year tournament begins with the first t shot taken by previous champions arnold pal inner, jack nicholas, gary player. palmer did not hit a shot

that catch phrase was introduced to philadelphia by sam hinkie.his morning he is no longer part of the process. sixers confirmed that hinkie has stepped down as general manager of the team. now to the ice we will go red wings have put the flyers in a tough spot. the wings winning last night in detroit three to nothing. that means flyers have three games remaining in the season to try to clinch a playoff birth. orange and black in philly tonight to take on toronto mapel leafs. >>> phillies/red first inning, miguel franco, get up and out. two run shot to right field. phillies go up two to nothing. how about aaron nola flat out balling last night. sixth inning, seven innings, 8k's for nola. remember how we talk about that phillies bull pen having issues on opening day? a ah, it will be a licensing year. he loads bases and scott takes care of the rest. phillies lose three-two your final score. >>> that is all for sports, now back to you guys on the desk. >>> thanks, don. >>> lets get latest on the rain heading our way. i'm curious about that. >> katie

. >>> sixers owner josh harris and sam hinkie would not agree on how to take the team from tanking to winning, so sam stepped aside and in comes bryan colangelo today. he is the new president of basketball operations. harris says it was his decision to hire colangelo, and his father, hall of famer jerry colangelo had nothing to do with it. in fact, jerry stepped down today to only be an advisor now. now bryan says he would like to keep brown as coach as he tries to turn the sixers into a contender. >> there was about bringing in, giving us all the -- the philadelphia 76ers, the franchise, the best possible chance to win a championship. you know when we looked around, we said look, we need to add things to the organization that aren't in place. so we need to build a basketball culture. >> we are at a jumping off point now where the organization is poised to take a major leap forward because of what's transpired over this last few years of what i will call a measured rebuilding process. and, you know, when we move forward you're going to be excited about the pieces that come to the tabl

left hinkie knowing he loses power. >> he obviously felt like this was not something that he wantedo be a part of. he didn't want to be part of the collaborative effort, and the people that we are talking to, moving forward. i respect it. in some ways, i understand it. but it doesn't diminish my personal disappointment of not seeing this through with him. >> are you ready? tomorrow we celebrate. after all not every day we get a parade around here. some of the national champion villanova wildcats do have parade experience, including ryan arcidiacono whose parents let him skip school to attend phillies parade in 2008. >> there was like 2 million people. i don't think there will be that many for us. i hepp there is a quarter for that but yeah, it is something, i have always dreamed about. >> eighth grady was in the flyers parade hanging off the buses. lots of phillies parade. you know, that is what i see philadelphia parade. it can't be that, we know that. anything, anywhere, near that would be amazing. >> if you want best seats in the house stay right here. our live coverage of the vi

sam hinkie and his horrible plan has been gone and in comes brian colangelo. yesterday he talked about his plan to put sixers in the right direction. >> if i really want to make sure that everyone understands that this is a transition from this measured rebuilding process to sustainable winning. the that is what is important to establish here. >> sixers did take the bucks to overtime, down by one smith misses the three, tried to get the board but he is reject. ish have would have one last shot but it wouldn't go down, they lose once again, 109-108, and the final round of the masters is all about jordan spieth. he had a commanding lead with seven under par, just dropped. he self destructed. one hole and got triple bogey. masters game giving willet his first masters green jacket. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> you have to check this out. this is shot from yesterday's final round, okay, watch this, louie oosthuizen he hits his t shot, starts rolling toward the cup, but hits another ball. the fun doesn't end there. his ball keeps rolling and right

but i pick out some favorite part of the sam hinkie manifesto here. thirteen pages. 7,000 words. could you do that one paragraph there i love? >> yes. by the way, mike, not only did you pick it out, pre-produced it so we can put it on the screen as i as i read into the johnny carson mike you stole off his desk from the smithsonian. here is our highlight, page seven, new zealand's flight less bird the mow a measuring in at 10 feet 400 pounds had the life. ramming around the south island for a great longrun. then the first explorers watched ashore in can canoes and that was that. >> then he says i quit. >> but why now, steve? the season is almost over. and there are people in this city that kind of agree with his plan. if it pauls into place, might have 41st rounds draft picks for the sixers. >> i found out y he is quit that job, to become fox 29 general manager, and we're all being replaced by 18 year old who have, in his mind, great future in broadcasting. so, this -- >> already happening. do you want to sing a song real quickly? if you had to? >> i was going to sing ebony and iv

sam hinkie and his horrible plan has been gone and in comes brian colangelo. he talked about his plan to put the sixers in the right direction. >> if i really want to make sure that everyone understands that this is a transition from this measured rebuilding process to sustainable winning. that is what is important to establish here. >> sixers then put bucks to overtime, down by one, ish smith misses the three, time to get the board but he is rejected. ish would have one last shot but it wouldn't get down, they lose, once again, 109, 108, and the final round of the masters is ball jordan spieth. he once had a commanding lead, was seven under par, just dropped. he self-destruct in the 12th hole, and got triple bogeys, giving dan willet his first green jacket. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> well, philadelphia finally has a playoff team. flyers picking up a big win saturday securing their spot in the playoffs, taking all the of the pressure off yesterday's game begins islanders. >> the flyers had a chance to rest some of their big stars yesterday,

. >>> sixers owner josh harris and sam hinkie would not agree on how to take the team from tanking tong, so sam stepped aside and in comes bryan colangelo today. he is the new president of basketball operations. harris says it was his decision to hire colangelo, and his father, hall of famer jerry colangelo had nothing to do with it. in fact, jerry stepped down today to only be an advisor now. now bryan says he would like to keep brown as coach as he tries to turn the sixers into a contender. >> there was about bringing in, giving us all the -- the philadelphia 76ers, the franchise, the best possible chance to win a championship. you know when we looked around, we said look, we need to add things to the organization that aren't in place. so we need to build a basketball culture. >> we are at a jumping off point now where the organization is poised to

. >> sam hinkie has stepped down as general manager of the team. >> pleasure to watch, congratulate all of them and tell jenkins that he looked pretty cool out there. >> i told him my wife has a crush on him. he said make sure she comes i want to take a picture with her. >> i mean seriously. >> where is james corden. >> he lost me blowing bubbles through his nose. >> he has a talented team of writers, they do an amazing job and someone that does an amazing job our katie. >> you're outside on the sky deck. >> what a transition, jim you just made my week. in rain just yet but you can see i have my beyonce fan on my. i'm in the quite as, awesome of beyonce would look though but it is starting to get breezy, that is a sign of things to come the. i stole that beyonce line from our wonderful producer jeremy but no rain just yet. let me show you localized zoom and show you what is coming. off in the distance central pennsylvania, several start to pop up here a little hint of precipitation. atmosphere is moistening up, we are seeing wind from the south and it is a mild start to the day but even

hinkie resigned and sent the front office a 13 page letter explaining why and more.der coach brett brown expressed sadness over the move. >> earned the right to see this through. the fact that he's not to go over and see a practice facility or see joel embiid play on court or see our young guys grow that diss app points me from human standpoint as much as professional standpoint. >> a lots of passion there. day baseball phillies and reds not a good day for the fightin' phils really good day for jay bruce. homers twice here in the fourth and later in the seventh. fightings kept swept they lose 10-six. they play the mets tomorrow in new york. >>> the eagles preseason opponents have been released they'll host tampa bay week one off to pittsburgh and indianapolis and as always they will end their preseason slate with match up yen the jets although dates subject to change except the final one on september 1st. >>> first round of the masters in the books. jordan speith your leader at six under but the story is ernie e els. set a masters record but not the kind of you want

the team announced brian co-angelo as the new president of basketball operations, replacing sam hinkie, who resigned last week. co-angelo's father jerry quit as team chairman, will serve as advisors to josh harris. the sixers lost to the bucks last night, have ten wings on the season. this dough have a chance to win number 11 tomorrow night in toronto. >> sixers honored hafer town native crawford before last night's game. officiating more than 2500 regular season games. he's now retired, but you know, crawford worked more nnba finals game than any current official. >> cool stuff there. >> good for him. >> the time is 4:42, taking taka look at weather and traffic, how are the roads looking? >> wet, wet, wet. our drivers will not like this too much. >> they never do. >> no, they don't, no, they don't. >> always good for the may flowers obviously after the april showers, however it, will slow you down for sure. i come bearing some pretty good weather news later in the day because of course you have got the all-important phillies home opener. so i will walk you through our future weather f

jimmy kimmel live next on "action news", that is in the part of the hinkie's plan. >>> jimmy kimmel live next on channel will six followed by night line, "action news" continues a at 5:30. for cecily tynan, jamie a both i, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner. have a good night, and a terrific weekend. >> ♪ previously on "cougar town"... travis, look, i know that you asked a girl to marry you, and she said no, and that just really sucks, but you can't run away from your life, honey. oh, please, you're beautiful. mmm. (kisses) what is with the stomach kiss? he's trying to jump-start my uterus. i'm stuck in this town, stuck here forever. just this morning, i saw this big billboard, and it said "cheap tickets to hawaii," and i thought, yeah, you know? why not? why don't i just max out my credit card and just go to hawaii? am i making any sense to you? perfect sense.

the sixers fire sam hinkie everything is about to be good and the phillies five-five i know it's notat but something we didn't expect. they lost their first four games and won five out of their next six. this team is something beautiful and after last night it may be better than what we thought. velasquez, dealing nine innings gives giving it to the padres. the padres aren't great but he showed something great. our tim pitcher. the phillies getting hot and now starting to gain some confidence. i talked to pete mackanin he talk about what those wins are doing for this team. >> after we went zero and four there's a sense that, you know, i hope this isn't going to be what it look like for most of the year and we needed a win pretty badly. winning two out of thee from the mets gave us that confidence we needed coming into here and the games were close here. the guys are building confidence and i think the starting pitching and the bullpen is really played a big role in th that. >> find a way to get a w against the nationals and maybe even win the series would be big boost to this ball cl

hold a news conference, expected to name brian co-angelo as general manager of replace being sam hinkieunday. >> third round of the masters, defending champ jordan spieth cruising along, bogeyed 17, double bogey on 18, won, and had one shot lead going into tomorrow's final round, which is going to check outright here on cbs-3. >> all right, he's been leading the whole time. that's great. thanks so much, leslie. when we come right back with you, some kids get great day of basketball hoping their skills with the sixers. a look at all the fun when "eyewitness news" returns. stay with us. >> junk fans of the sixers took to the court with the pros today, they hold their own out there. team hosed open practice for sixers camp participant at philadelphia university in east falls. 450 kids were broken up by age groups to run through hands-on drills with six 6ers players and coaches. the sixers dancers, flight squad, mascot franklin and sixers legend helped to make this day a very special day for all of the kids. who knew, they could be recruiting for the future. >> they could be. >> they need s

. >> harris says he surprised sam hinkie stepped down as general manager but they could not agree on how to take the sixers, to the next level. >> both sam and i and kind of others recommended to me to add to the organization. we have always been up front about wanting to do that. when it came down to it we could not agree on how to do it. >> colangelo says brett brown deserves to see this process through as the coach, final home game this season tonight against milwaukee. nerlens noel, happy 22nd birthday. sixers right now down 62-45 at the half. there is already locked up the worst record in the nba. >>> much more on the sixers front office spectacle on "action news" sports sunday tonight after "action news" at 11:00. >>> well, that scene from the big apple has been a big problem for your phillies. they have not won back to back series against the mets in three series. series final any insuring today. wow, dogs front row seats and a great view of this. man's best friend and jeremy hellickson, cedric hunter, left fielder, what a play. he retires first 11 mets. works in the sixth. al

hold a news conference, expected to name brian co-angelo as general manager of replace being sam hinkieho retired sunday. >> third round of the masters, defending champ jordan spieth cruising along, bogeyed 17, double bogey on 18, won, and had one shot lead going into tomorrow's final round, which is going to check outright here on cbs-3. >> all right, he's been leading the whole time. that's great. thanks so much, leslie. when we come right back with you, some kids get great day of basketball hoping their skills with the sixers. a look at all the fun when "eyewitness news" returns. stay with us. in the last eight years, the fracking industry has spent over $40 million dollars on lobbying in pennsylvania. so it's no surprise that even though they've had over 4,000 violations, all they've ever gotten is just a slap on the wrist it's time for that change. i'm josh shapiro, and i'll hold the oil and gas companies criminally liable for poisoning our air and our drinking water. i'll be an attorney general who always works for you. democrat josh shapiro. he'll stand up for us. >> junk fans of

hinkie resigned and sent the front office a 13 page letter explaining why and more.der coach brett brown expressed sadness over the move. >> earned the right to see this through. the fact that he's not to go over and see a practice facility or see joel embiid play on court or see our young guys grow that diss app points me from human standpoint as much as professional standpoint. >> a lots of passion there. day baseball phillies and reds not a good day for the fightin' phils really good day for jay bruce. homers twice here in the fourth and later in the seventh. fightings kept swept they lose 10-six. they play the mets tomorrow in new york. >>> the eagles preseason opponents have been released they'll host tampa bay week one off to pittsburgh and indianapolis and as always they will end their preseason slate with match up yen the jets although dates subject to change except the final one on september 1st. >>> first round of the masters in the books. jordan speith your leader at six under but the story is ernie e els. set a masters record but not the kind of you want

jimmy kimmel live next on "action news", that is in the part of the hinkie's plan. >>> jimmy kimmel live next on channel will six followed by night line, "action news" continues a at 5:30. for cecily tynan, jamie a both i, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner. have a good night, and a terrific weekend. >> ♪ >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- bill murray -- from "the jungle book," neel sethi -- "this week in unnecessary censorship" -- and music from twenty88 with cleto and the cletones. and now, thank you for your patience, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

after sam hinkie stepped down as president and general manager last week, chairman jerry colangelo hired his son brian to run the team. it was a move met with criticism will but he will be tasked with making this franchise a winner, one that has lost 198 games the last three years. the it is not all bad. they are stockpiled with first round draft picks and they have plenty of money to spend. >>> second thing is joe he will embiid, 7-foot two center has been sidelined with foot problems but is making his way back and on track to be ready next season but his future hinges on his health. i spoke with the orthopedic doctor from temple about the kind of foot injury he is attempting to return from. i will have that at 6:00 o'clock. to keep those players healthy and to track more prime preagents, the innings certificates are in the middle of another rebuild, a new practice facility is in camden and i got a behind the scenes tour with ceo scott o'neill. the 125,000 square foot campus will be largest in the nba and focuses on state of the art performance, wellness and recovery, plus a sweet view

the sixers named brian column angelo with the new president of basket bail operations replacing sam hinkieesigned on wednesday, brian's dad, jerry, stepped down as chairman, who will be an advisor to team owner, josh harris. >> to the court, sixers fought home game of the season against the bucks, and in over time, smith's floater came up short, as milwaukee handed the sixers their 70th lost of the year, 109-108 the final. >> to the flyers, final regular season game against the islanders, the game tied up in the second, michael, with the go ahead goal, orange and black beat the island earth, next up, game one of the playoffs against the caps thursday night in d.c. >>> to baseball, the phillies wrapping up their series against the mets, six innings, herrera with the two run home or off matt harvey, phillies won their first game of the season. next up home opener later today against the padres, aaron nola will be stating. i'm lesley van arsdall, have a great day. >> villanova basketball star was honored for making the ultimate sacrifice for his country during world war ii. >> herman chuck th

militia members from the area who looked out for us here and in tripoli when things started to get hinkyis job these days is hunting down former gaddafi supporters. so the gaddafi forces rolled in. they would use these tanks to fire on -- >> hamid: around the city. >> anthony: around. >> hamid: yeah. it was full of tanks here. this was the operation room here. >> anthony: now, if you had any doubt about the terrible odds these young revolutionaries were facing during the early days of the fighting, especially in the months before nato came in with air support, check out misrata's war museum. what did this fire? >> hamid: it fire, uh, rocket. >> anthony: rocket? >> hamid: homemade. and there's a rocket here. we put it here. and fire with, uh -- >> anthony: little rocket. >> hamid: yeah. >> anthony: you had to have some serious courage to, to ride around with this thing. >> hamid: why? we trust our people. there's a lot of homemade things here. this is homemade, too. it fires a big rocket. this is grenade, homemade, this one. this was from a helicopter. >> anthony: yes. >> hamid: we got it