. >> the birds gets preseason action against the packers, jeff skeverski talks to the players about their performance. >> let's turn to matt pellman and karen rogers, where did you go? >> reporter: nobody needs to see you, matt. [laughter] i'm just joking. we got all dressed up for nothing. satellite and radar we have a couple of sprinkles to the west, the western suburbs looking for that early at this hour. today is the day the weather changes a little bit. the past couple of days have been lovely and we're going downhill it will be a little more unsettled. 70 degrees in philadelphia, 68 degrees in reading, 62 atlantic city airport. we have clouds and we're not seeing temperatures drop as much as they have the past three days, it's not the cool morning we've had lately. mostly cloudy skies, a lot of areas will stay dry. at any time point you want to expect a shower or two. we're seeing that west of the city right now. a thunderstorm later in the day. we're looking at 68 degrees at 7:00 a.m. lunchtime, 80. 82 at 3:00 p.m., the highs today low 80s. 5:00 p.m., 71. 5:00 p.m., lots of cloud c

jeff skeverski. >> soul versus storm kickoff at 7:00 p.m. on 6abc. the winner claims the foster trophy. >>> 5:13 a.m. more to come on "action news" saturday morning. downward dog meets justing goat. goats are invading yoga classes in the delaware valley. >> teens lost in the grand canyon what they ate and drank to keep them going. plus chris is tracking hurricane harvey. >> reporter: it's not feeling like the dog days of august, high temperatures in the 70s same thing tomorrow. i'll, of course, have the latest on hurricane harvey when we come right back. >> and hurricane harvey hits texas facebook helps you track friends and family in the affected area. the safety check feature allows friends to mark themselves as safe as friends and family know they are okay. this ripping through texas. >> meteorologist chris sowers is tracking the system, our thoughts with texas as we get daylight we'll see more of the damage. >> reporter: one of the problems with the storm will be the fact it's not going to move very much over the next few days, it will rain and r

that is sports, i'm jeff skeverski, have a great day. >> i like this next story. roger lopez is paying it forward one haircut at a time. he gives free haircuts to the homeless once a month after he got through his own struggles. >> i have experience moments of being without being left out, not being able to provide for myself or my family, anyone is experiencing or they feel that's their story, i want to will let them know there's hopefully'. >>> san antonio barrier did the same thing for lopez when he was down on his luck. now he is on his feet and giving people a chance to turn their own lives around, we'll be right back. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get ou

that is sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a great day! he's on the run accused in a deadly triple shooting in delaware county. now we're learn being the moments leading up to the crime. >>> president trump paradeses attorney general jeff -- praises attorney general jeff session a frequent target of his criticism, we'll tell you why he is praising him now. >> chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, it was gorgeous yesterday, hopefully repeat today. a. >> reporter: a repeat performance today. 57 degrees, allentown, that's your number. reading, 57. 49 in the poconos, 63 in philadelphia. millville, 60. 66 on the boards in atlantic city. 59 for trenton, dover, 63. wilmington, checking in at 61. that cold front blew through yesterday knocked out all the humidity and it did a number on the temperatures. the 24 hour temperature change it's a good five to ten degrees cooler than the same time yesterday, up in toms river it's 15 degrees cooler than the same time yesterday, satellite and radar we'll see a decent amount of sunsh

the phillies are looking to snap out of a losing streak, here's jeff skeverski. >>> well, well, what else is new, the phillies hit another rocky road one of their best hitters was placed on the disabled list with a hamstring injury. the phils are beat up by the rockies early last night. phillies starter will need something stronger than that bottle of water in his back pocket. it leads to this, first four batters he face, rockies bat around in the first, phils fall behind 5-zip. he gives up three more in the third, he doesn't get out of the inning charged with 8 runs, phillies lose 8-5. they have dropped five straight, aaron nola looks to stop the bleeding in colorado. >>> eagles back to work, carson wentz on the field today at 10:00 a.m. after their final open practice in training camp after a day off. aaron barnett is going up against of all guys, left tackle jason peters in practice. talk about a crash course in the nfl. peters is trying to help barnett develop another move to blow by offensive lineman. >> he works hard and a good listener, you show him something you see it on fil

matt o'donnell joined jeff skeverski and walter perez for the pal night for the phillies.t helped shine a light on pal programs across the greater philadelphia area. >> what a date you were in ac signing autographs, with matt pellman. >> and we won the game on great defense from our team and timely hitting. >> did you have any hits? >> two hits. and i had cake at the end, it was really good. >> bucks county, it's time to trim the trees crews will be out on the southbound side of i-95 between 413 and street road from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., the right lane will be blocked. a couple of mass transit issues this morning as of midnight, the route ten trolley is shuttle busing until monday morning. we have half-hour delays on the west trenton regional rail lines thanks to equipment problems, david. >> reporter: on the big board we have cloud cover south of philadelphia. if you're around dover, delaware, and areas close to south jersey, you might have cloud cover 0 to start out 66 degrees by 7:00 a.m. right now most of us are in the 60s a couple of little spots here and there in t

that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a great day! >>> a philadelphia man is showing his love for the eagles in a unique and artistic day. daniel duffy took the name of every single player who donned a bird's uniform. he created this philadelphia eagles all time roster. 1739 names on this. the picture of green and while eagle, the football is crafted from the namings of all the players. it took more than 6 hours to create this incredible piece of art. >> i like that, that's amazing. >> reporter: 957 much more to come on sunday morning edition of "action news." >> a superstar's twin has farm. we'll have a response from the demon himself after learning of his odd doppelganger. >>> plus, chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll see you after the break. >> good morning, it is 10:00 a.m., sunday august 6. in anther -- in the news, philadelphia police search for a driver of a deadly hit-and-run. >>> search is on for a gunman who shot a man walking home in philadelphia overnight. >> frightening model for passenger

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our jeff skeverski did an amazing job on the sidelines, he managed not to get killed. case you missed it. that is jeff running for his life, having a tough time getting over the wall in that suit maybe he should have worn sneakers, maybe he should have won a helmet. the good news is, jeff is totally fine, he is totally okay and he can laugh at himself, we love you jeff. that's sports, have a great sunday. >> a for effort, he was quick, the agility we're working on that. >>> a little league team is providing a ray of sunshine for hard hit texas. they won in williamsport they play japan at 3:00 p.m. on 6abc. texas we're rooting for you. this morning floodwaters are rising in houston and other towns along texas' gulf coast. this is new video the water inundating neighborhoods, the steady soaking may last for days hampering rescue in towns that are left in ruins. >>> good morning, 7:30, alicia vitarelli is in for nydia han. >> firefighters left overnight to help with the rescues in texas. we'll have more on that in a moment, but first more from chris sowers. >> reporter: t

our jeff skeverski was on the sidelines in case you missed it. it was dangerous there, in case you missed, quarterback was picked off on the play causing jeff to jump for his life over the wall. at least he tried to, he didn't do okay, thankfully jeff is okay, we'll be right back. >> of course we continue to follow the devastation of tropical storm harvey, we've learned two people are dead as the storm surged inland. although the winds have died down, the rain continues to pummel the texas coast. not good news for the folks of texas. it's expected to drop 35 inches of rain on the lonestar state. this is in dickenson, texas. looks like a lake rather than a street there. you can see boats in the water. rescue efforts are underway right now. the boats are in the middle of a street. where the rain has paused, residents are now surveying the destruction, in some areas, homes have been wiped out. rose of rvs flipped on their side, power poles down with live waters. we go to houston texas with the latest on conditions and a warning from a lawmaker. >> re

our jeff skeverski did an amazing job on sidelines and he managed to not to get killed. at is jeff running for his life and having a tough time getting over the wall in that suit. maybe he should have worn sneakers, maybe he should have worn a helmet. the good news, he is totally final and he can laugh at himself, we love you jeff. that's sports, have a great sunday. >> ten for effort, 6 for agility. >> we'll be right back. >> this morning floodwaters are rising in houston and cities across the state's gulf coast. the state's soaking may last days leaving towns in ruins. >>> alicia vitarelli is in for nydia han, of course we're following tropical storm harvey which is not done with texas just yet. >> chris sowers is watching the storm and has the latest for us. >> reporter: harvey may be spinning around wednesday thursday and friday, there's no steering currents to push this storm along. very similar to what we were talking about yesterday, nothing has changed with the thinking it is over land now, it is beginning to weaken, it is no longer a hurricane. we have to wait an

our jeff skeverski did an amazing job on the sidelines, he managed not to get killed. ase you missed. that is jeff running for his life and having a tough time getting over the wall in that suit and maybe he should have worn sneakers, maybe he should have worn a helmet, the good news, jeff is totally fine, he is totally okay, he he can laugt himself, we love you jeff. that's sports, have a great sunday. >> the suit did the job, it wasn't your team uniform or stretch pants. >> i like his determination he didn't get the first time, he tried the second time. >> we love you jeff. >>> much more to come on sunday morning "action news," an accomplishment for a singer with local ties, taylor swift has taken the social media platform by storm. she is good at that. we'll have the details. >> we'll have a live report from houston texas by the damage left behind what was hurricane harvey. those stories, plus the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast all next on "action news." >> all right a pleasant good morning to you, 10:00 a.m., sunday, august 27. nydia han is off, alicia vit