with the eagles in atlanta, jeff skversky channel six "action news". >>> we will preview tomorrow's big game, tonight on "action news" sports sunday, brandon graham breaks it down from atlanta, with jeff, dues is and i back here after "action news" at 11:00. tomorrow we are team up with phl17. catch our pregame she count down to kick off filled by eagles and falcons at 7:00 on phl17. >>> today phillies won and lost. won the game thanks to the two run ryan hurt home run in the third but lost second base man caesar hernandez who dislocated his thumb in the seventh when he misplaced a ball and collided with the runner in first. he is out for the season. >>> with the phillies clinging to a one run lead in the eighth freddie galvis had some insurance, they beat the cubs, seven-four. >>> action in the the nfl in week one we will that have any a couple minutes on "action news" sports sunday. >> thanks, we will be right back. >>> "action news" sports sunday is next here on channel six. "action news" continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with david murphy, tamala edward, matt o'donnell and karen ro

we are live from atlanta, jeff skversky channel six "action news". >> about time can't wait thanks, jeff will have a complete preview on sports sunday. brandon graham breaks it down. jeff, ducis and i are back here after "action news" at 11:00. tomorrow we are teaming up with phl17 to bring you all of the action. our pregame show count down to kick off at 6:30 followed by eagles inn falcons at 7:00. tomorrow will be the day buy of the new look eagles. fascinate to go watch all of those former bird we're up to in week one. shady mccoy uninspired start, 17 carries, 41-yard in a win begins colts for bills. nick foles, former teammates carry williams, took it in for a touchdown. foles led rams down field, tied the game with a toss and st. louis would win witt a field goal in overtime. foles 18 of 27, 297-yard, touchdown leading rams to a upset of the super bowl champs in his debut, 34-31. >>> phillies pick up a win, lose caesar hernandez for the rest of the season with a dislocated thumb. game tied at four against the the cubs when the reliever, clayton richard, throws a wild pitch. altear r

sxwrev of >> jeff skversky has a check on sports. eagles have a third string quarterback i never heard of this kid. >> not familiar with jaguars practice squad from last year. >> no. >> the receipt of us are. tebow and barkley out who who is the third string quarterback steven morris. undrafted rookie that spent last year on the jacksonville jaguars practice squad. chip kelly and eagles claimedp him offer waives today and the 23-year-old has never played in an nfl regular season game and this decision is a little tough to figure out. numbers presnn three games are by no means better than tebow and morris played college ball university of miami. here's what chip was looking for in 3rd quarter back yesterday. >> we want the best guy that can help us win football games now no one has the system down yet. just picking the guy we think will fit with us. >> they have ten players non the practice squad not on the practice squad, rasheed bailey he is free that hour. >> 13 weeks from today in new england against tom brady and super bowl chanc

jeff skversky has sports when looking for attention. jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes back >> thousand that fire crews are making progress authorities were able to get to areas that were completely torched. they say more than 1,000 houses were destroyed. some evacuees are being allowed to return only to find their homes and property destroyed. >> well the man police say terrorized drivers in phoenix remains in jail tonight. leslie merit was arraigned today on a bunch of charges including four counts each of carrying out a drive by shooting and intentional acts of terrorism. he was ordered held on 1 million cash bail and suspect told a judge detectives got the wrong guy and investigators say the investigation is far from over and they're still asking for more tips. >> and one of america's most be loved arthurs passed away jackie collins died after a battle of breast cancer. kol ipz was an arthur power than four decades selling millions of copies of her nove novels around the book. kol ups family asks in lieu of flowers d

and i bank human at td bank. >> jeff skversky has a check on sports and eagles they have to get thingsoing here you know? >> is that the putting it nicely. it's ugly out there and eagles' fans letting players know. eagles safety is blunt and to the point in pregame tweet saying he's looking forward to silencing everyone after we shut-up the hailters. good luck. birds are getting booed, yes, people are still doubting the eagles right now against the cowboys eagles down 13-0 in third. disaster. only 21 tote am yards and only one 1st down and no points by eagles. minus three yards rushing. they're getting smoked. eagles linebacker kiko alanzo left with a knee injury the same one he tore last year and mychal kendricks hurt too, left hamstring injury. eagle as voiding starting 0-2 for the i first time eight years. more on "action news" tonight at 11:35. eagle can not afford a fall. 0-2 nfl teams that started 0-2 went on to make the playoffs 12% of time and giants are already in a big knoll new york at a meltdown in dallas opener today against atlanta happens again first team in nfl hist tro

jeff skversky is live overlooking parkway tonight and jeff you got these details. >> hey jim a million people can and have fit on the mile long parkway in past. but not for this event. security is tighter and more areas are off limits to the public and that means far fewer people will get anywhere near the altar. >> outside the basilica excitement is building for papal visit now just a week away. >> once in a lifetime. >> very excited i cannot wait. >> i have francis fever. >> papal preparing for celebration like none other that has construction crews working late into the night on the ben franklin parkway. >> i hope it's big. i think it should be. it's like -- it seems like city is preparing for a party. >> how big. mayor nutter said he expect a million milligrams to attend sunday mass and secret service now estimate less than 300,000 will fit on parkway with any chance of seeing the pope even from a distance. and 0,000 in ticketed area in red and another 150 to 200,000 in on access purple area south of 20 to city hall and meeting many people without tickets may not get anywhere near

now for melissa magee, jeff skversky, and sarah bloomquist, and the entire "action news" team, i'm waltererez, stay tuned now for "action news" team, i'm walter perez, stay tuned now for "action news" sports >> adds a kouptd down to new nfl season begins they look to improve their roster. >> we thought there was a scenerio in that situation and we felt like things prog cigarettesed but we didn't feel like he was good enough. >> coach kelly shows door to two veteran quarterbacks while welcoming in another. >> owl have done it they have beat penn state for first time since 1941. >> i'm on the recruiting phone and saying look what's happening here and what our players are doing. >> day after temple historic win over penn state. matt rhule joins us liver in studio. >> that one is ripped. deep to right field. and red sox have a 2-0 sgleed it's hat trick in boss stop as phillies rung up for the third straight day. >> welcome to sports sunday i'm ducis rogers eagles linebacker brandon graham. thank you for joining us. i have to ask you don't you wish you were playing tomorrow instead of eight da

two touchdowns and one interception i can lose. >> jeff skversky is live at the meadowlands with more. jeff. >> hey, ducis, tim tebow has not made nfl roster since playing for yet three years ago and after how he played against jets tonight it looked like it may be beat out coughlin's. three tough downs. two coming tonight. while barkley is acted for zer zero. both sides say they are not worried. >> i said this a lot of times. i do really mean it i can't worry about what i can't control. it's policing be able to come out here and plate i game i love. it's a lot of fun out there tonight. and i had a blast. definitely different than what i've been to in the past and you did a good job of coaching and what they wanted to see. >> chip kelly says he's not ready to make evaluation on the third string quarterback job. he plans top watch tape as we speak on the team bus ride back a quick decision has to be made and rosters cut by saturday. live at the mode owe lands jeff skversky, chapel 6abc news, ducis. >> jeff thank you so much safe travels home. still ahead tom brady scores a huge victory

jeff skversky joins us live from atlanta with the post-game reaction. jeff?w coming? the eagles not able to overcome a brutal first half. and bradford said we killed ourselves, no kidding. throwing two intersections and losing the first opener in two years. >> and the good news, it is one game and we still have games ahead of us. we have a short week and we can get this out of our minds quicker. >> you have to move on whether win or loss. and you come in and review the film and learn from things you did not so great. we didn't play our best game tonight and we learn from it, correct it and move forward. >> with two and change to go in the game, chip kelly went for the feed goal opposed to going on fourth and one because they were having issue in short yard among. no kidding, demarco murray and matthews combined for only 13 rushing yards. the bottom line, the eagles milled the field goal. and cody parkey said "it's my fault." the quick turn-around, dallas on sunday. live in atlanta, jeff skversky channel 6 h-6 "action news." >> thank you so much. >>> and speak

jeff skversky with the low lights. >> eagles booed all day long at the linc and rightfully so. this was ugly one of the worst games i've seen in a long time by an eagles' team. they're 0-quovrt start in 8 years. chip kelly says he's just adds surprised as you are that they're this bad to start the year. nfl teams that started 0-2 have only made playoffs 12% of time. frustrating day for de marco murry and eagles. eagles failed to produce points until 4th quarter against cowboys. here in the third disaster donny jones punt blocked kyle wilbur runs it in eagles down 13-0. down 13 in the third and sam frad ford picked off in the end zone. bradford with three turnovers today and one touchdown and injured tony romo that broke his clavicle watches game from the sideline and to add instoult injury backup beats terrence mavrm well. 42 yard touchdown and eagles lose 20-10 start year 0-2 for first time since '07. >> we have to get it figured out our defense. we led a good defensive effort go for not because we didn't do what we needed to do and stick together and stick it out. >> it's one

jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you so much. while the nfl season kicks off tonight the eagles begin theirs monday night in atlanta, backing up murray is sproles and matthews, this is described as a dangerous back field. >> i don't know if dangerous is the word, jumping out of planes dangerous, they are talented. that is what we want in a running back guys that can do all three things. >> we all bring something different to the table so it will be hard for opponents to key in and work on one guy, and that is to our advantage. >> there may be a snark there from chip kelly, i'm not sure. we are teaming up with phl 17 to bring you coverage of the opener, the countdown to kickoff is at 6:30, on phl 17. >> chip kelly is never snarky. >> maybe once or twice. >> thank you ducis. >> a philadelphia landmark is celebrating its 200th anniversary, the fairmount water works opened its doors in september of 2013, as the sole water pumping station of philadelphia, it was the first successful urban water system in america, it was decommissioned

jeff skversky has sports when tomorrow's home-opener.eff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back. >> the action cam was in new up to square for unveiling of permanent honor for a local veteran bill waneer sacrifice is immortgageized in this statue delaware county memorial statue and he fought in world war ii and was legendary member of the 101 air force division screaming eagles portrayed in "band of brothers." >> hundreds of volunteers spent their day giving back to the community today. united way organized today's day of caring and 300 people converged on general george g. immediate school in philadelphia and handed out books and put together teacher tool exits and spruced up classrooms. the foal is to have students stay an the path towards high school graduation. >> female military veterans learned a lot today about leadership and it all took part in women's veterans rock lecture series chestnut hill in philadelphia. it focused on indispensable contributions to society made by woman and gave them resources to pursue ne

. >> and eagles sign another quarterback and jeff skversky will tell us who he is in sports. will tell us who he is in sports. jeff skversky comes right back >> nation of hungary have he decided to let refugees use trains. government has been using visa checkpoints as i way of prep entering people moving towards austria and public transportation and that led to huge buildup of people at train stations and that in turn resulted in hundreds of people system my trying to walk acrouse that country and many people are from siria trying to escape a bloody civil war. >> and some european nations on their doors to those refugees and nation of israel decided to build a fence to keep them out. crews began building that fence on country border with jordan. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his country is too small to take them n many refugees are from syria that borders northern israel. >> pope francis is calling on catholics throughout europe to shelter refugees. he told the crowd the vatican two parishes are taking in two families and every catholic parish, con vents, monetary an

jeff skversky is live at the meadowlands with more. >> reporter: ducis time is running out on tebow's time and guys on the bubble. the final preseason game against the jets, chip kelly has to cut the roster and get rid of 22 guys by saturday at 4:00, the starters are not expected to play tonight but we should get a look at keiko alonso, he had tendonitis in his left knee but is expected to play a series or two tonight. all eyes are on tim tebow, and matt barkley vying for the third quarterback job. neither scored a touch down this preseason so what do they think they need to show. >> that is not up to me, very to compete and do the best i can with the coaching and try to understand it, and apply it as best i can, and also just go have fun. >> i don't feel pressure at all, just an exciting opportunity, and been in this place before. to impress and to move the ball down the field. >> reporter: the other intriguing position battle is at wide receiver, rashid bailey playing for a final spot, a rookie from millville, always dreamed of playing for the team he rooted for. >> it would be a dr

jeff skversky is live with the eagles in south philadelphia. >> reporter: embarrassing pathetic, those are just a few of the words the eagles are using to describe that ugly loss to the cowboys. here's the good news. head coach chip kelly beliefs they can fix the problems with the players they currently have in place and better yet, they have never lost a game in the regular season against the new york jets. lucwe're just two games into the regular season and and and the eagles offense is not running in the right direction. with nine new starters this season especially in key positions like running back and quarterback you have to wonder if this experiment will work out but chip says he's not second guessing all of the changes he made in this off season. his focus right now the new york jets. he wants to put this cowboys game in the trash. >> eye i don't know about the players but i was embarrassed and that's not the way we are supposed play football and that's not what we're all about but we didn't -- we didn't play well yesterday and i was emb

i'm jeff skversky. back for another season of highlights and features from the city to the birds few of our local teams won back-to-back titles last year and they're become to defend them in 2015. and they're become to defend them in 2015. huddle kicks off in 6 we're from william tennent high school uch watching "high we're from william tennent high school uch watching "high school huddle" on 6abc.

if you did not see the game or are you gluten for punishment jeff skversky is here with those highlightsjeff. >> hey, guys, before the season started de marco murry said eagles had best backfield he's ever been a part of he must be seeing something the rest of us are not. eagles season in running in the wrong direction only week two de marco murray fired up to face his former team the dallas cowboys today and frustrating day for murray and everyone else. 1st quarter we start, tony romo how about the pass, 13 yards to gave anes ka various and a hair short of score and loan bright spot today eagles defense. dallas three tries from one cannot punch it in. bo allen the big shut down on randall. dallas settles for field goal eagles down 3-0. feels 30-0 today. murray gets noxingt first five rushes zero yards. to the 2nd quarter, eagles still having issues. their first eight possessions failed to produce points today and sam bradford here over to throw zach ertz and 21 total yards of offense in the first half and one 1st down and bradford and company get to produce a touchdown first half of the

high school huddle and eagles, you know what cecily you are not here to throw the football to jeff skversky, high school huddle and eagles nursing some injuries when "action news" continues tonight. >>> more tonight about pilgrims coming to the philadelphia area from elsewhere to see the pope. in broomall, a host family turns out to be a synagogue. visitors are from the holy spirit catholic church in kentucky. how is that for reaching across the religious divide. pope francis would like that. here's "action news" reporter trish hartman. >> reporter: the weary but excited travelers from bowling green, kentucky arrived at congregation bet h synagogue in broomall after an 800-mile bus ride ready for a spiritual weekend with new friend and pope francis. >> synagogue is opening up their hearts, their building and their everything to us. we're so excited. >> reporter: about 50 parishioners from holy spirit catholic church wanted to see pope francis in philadelphia but need aid low cost place to stay. alan glassman, educational director at the synagogue, said a friend's sister is the the kentucky

get fios. >>> sports and jeff skversky. unfortunately our team lost.e than that? >> no, it can't. but you have to watch, everyone at home. do you think the phillies have their problems? have you seen the atlanta braves lately? the braves lost 19 of the last 20 games coming into play tonight at citizens bank park. and the smallest crowd in the history of the ballpark tonight. barely . pol polly want a win, good luck. and 2 run shot. and harang allows 3 more in the forth and walking the batter to get to olivera. bad idea. harang the most losses in baseball, so do the phills. they dropped 11 of 14 including five in a row. >>> just a week away from thes eagles' monday night opener in atlanta. can you wait? bradford and the offense, how they looked in the preseason, will it carry over into when the games really count? let's hope so. >> there's a lot of hype surrounding your football team. have you heard it? >> i mean i heard a little bit but i into the try to get into it because there is always a lot of hype before the season and everybody is emotional righ

jeff skversky was at the georgia dome in atlanta for the loss. >> reporter: after all the hype, afterhe buildup who saw this coming. the eagles were unable to overcome a disastrous first half, only 125 total yards. demarco murray their new running back negative 9 yards rushing. sam bradford did not beat around the bush. he said "we killed ourselves." >> every loss is tough. the good news is it's week one. it's one game. we still got weeks ahead of us. we got a short week so we can get this one out of our minds quicker. >> we got to be able to move on with a win or a lot. you go the to obviously come in tomorrow, review the film, see what you did great and learn from things did you not so great, so we didn't play our best game tonight and we'll learn from it, correct it and move forward. >> reporter: with two and change to go in the game chip kelly says they attempt they had field goal with codey parker as opposed to going for it on fourth and one because they were struggling in short yardage situations. yes, no kidding. new running back, pro bowler, demarco murray ryan matthews combin

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. >> jeff skversky here with sports.like the eagles did make a quarterback decision. >> looks like they have. go back to beginning of ota's. they bring in tim tebow prosecutor training camp. he was only expected to be an extra arm. sure enough he strong armed matt barkley out of a job. looks like it's tebow time. instead of cutting quarterback matt barkley in favor of tim tebow the eagles trade barkley to the arizona cardinals for a conditional seventh round pick next year. barkley the odd man out after a terrible preseason. failed to throw a single touchdown despite more reps than any other eagles quarterback. last night he did not help his cause. bark economy threw a pick and just 45 yards. so tebow appears to have won the third string job. a roster spot for the first time in three years. could be it for this guy. yet the eagles are yet to make it official. last night tebow threw to two touchdowns. afterwards i talked to both guys about fighting for the job. >> i'm not going to worry about what i can't control. you kno

jeff skversky has sports tebow time in philadelphia.rsky has sports "action news" comes right back >> thousands of syrian refugees crossed hungarian border earlier today. they are trying to flee the fighting in syria and hopefully start a new life and many others were welcomed it in austria and germany is expecting 10,000 my grants top arrive over the next two days and arab nations of persian persian gulf are criticized for resettling a small number of syrian refugee. >> approximately 200 people rallied in support of country clerk in kentucky that refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. a judge found her in contempt of court. issuing licenses conflict with her religious please and davi davis's attorney says she has no intention of resigning. yesterday a deputy clerk in the county began issuing marriage licenses to same sex couple. >> well, father of 7 was shot to death and nearly four months later no one has been arrested and tonight his family is reaching out you for help. here's rick williams with tonight's crime fight

we're live in atlanta, jeff skversky, channel6 "action news." back to you guys in philadelphia. >> all right, jeff, thank you. >>> now let's head out to "action news" reporter chad pradelli who is live in dillworth park tonight. hey, chad. >> reporter: hey, rick. chance are certainly excited about this season. a lot of changes like jeff mentioned but fans are confident this team can go far into the post season and it all begins in a couple of hours. the eagles stepped off the bus in atlanta three-point favorites to beat the falcons. chip kelly has the eagles primed as a sexy pick to win the super bowl this year and fans are ready for week one. >> but i love the eagles offense this year. i think chip kelly put together an offense that's going to be explosive and unstoppable. >> it's just that season, just gives that you feeling, it does. i love it. >> reporter: there are plenty of new faces this year. sam bradford and his twice injured acl takes over at qb. demarco murray replaces lesean mccoy and the secondary has been revamped. during the presea

live in atlanta, jeff skversky, channel6 "action news." ck to you guys. >> jeff, thank you. >>> a state of emergency remains in effect this afternoon in northern california as fast moving wildfires continue to burn devastating entire communities. two explosive and very fast moving fires considered the worst in three decades with more than 130,000 combined acres scored so far. 20,000 people have been evacuated, hundreds of homes have been destroyed. neighborhoods left in ashes. people who live in lake and napa counties calling this a living hell. >> scariest thing i've ever been through in my life. we've lost all our homes and some pets. the lord, just -- >> reporter: four firefighters suffered second degree burns but they're said to be recovering today. now, officials say the flames are being fueled by dry conditions from the four-year drought there in california. the good news is they worked to contain this. today there's cooler weather and very little wind. so, a bright spot but certainly some hard times there in northern california. bria

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we're live at team headquarters, jeff skversky, channel6 "action news." jeff. >>> let's talk about the first string quarterback shall we. is sam bradford the right guy to lead this team. yesterday he didn't have any excuses for the play. he knocked the rust off, he was at home. in the end his day was dismal. forget the fact he didn't do anything except those little passes. when he had the chance to do something he made mistakes, terrible interception in the end zone that could have put the eagles back in the game followed by miscommunication of the snap right after the cowboys turned the ball over practically begging the birds to beat them. bradford got five, yes, five turnovers in two games. so how is his confidence? >> you know, i think it's still there. i think obviously everything still ahead of us. we still believe in ourselves, we believe in this offense. you know, we know that when we get things going, that we can be a really good offense. i think we've just got to get out of our own way. you know, we're just shooting ourselves in the foot. >> unde

we are live, jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> thanks very much. >>> meanwhile the rest of the football world is buzzing about the ongoing legal battle between the nfl and tom brady, the federal judge overturned the four game suspension of brady than means the quarterback is allowed to play in the season opener, the league will appeal and will not keep brady on the sidelines while the legal fight drags on. brady was ridgely suspended because the league says that he was aware somewhat there were underinflated footballs and brady says that is not true. >> i can't say anything about that, i don't have anything nice to say. >> you clearly learned from your mother, say nothing at all. matt pellman is live now in the traffic center you have a lot of nice things to say but we require you to speak. >> not about people generally, but about the traffic. we are battle delays that are deflating our spirits this thursday afternoon, this is a broken down truck along 422, the westbound lanes by the oaks, egypt road exist a spot that is busy in the afternoon, and as can you see this broken dow

i'm jeff skversky. have a good day. >>> if you always wanted to be on wheel of fortune or just wanted to see how it all work head to atlantic city. wheel reveal is park in front of the claridge hotel, fans had a chance to take a spin and see how game is played. there were even tryouts for people vying to be a contestant and show to have a chance to get on the show wheel mobile will be there once again, today. >>> i have always wanted to do that at the this point. >> yes. >> we have got more "action news" next. >> we will be right back. >>> pope francis is in cuba, set to deliver an address this morning in revolution plaza. >>> here at home the stage is almost finish for the the world meeting of family, festival of the families, which is with the pope visiting here in philadelphia. >>> it is now 6:30. meteorologist chris sowers shows us with the game day forecast. >> it looks beautiful. do you think there are tailgaters out there already. it is early, but it wouldn't surprise me. the weather certainly co

i'm jeff skversky. have a good day. >>> a local non-profit hosted a fundraiser for fox chase cancer center. they took over the the park with plenty of food. the foundation which organizes the the event is run by organizers dedicated to improve the lives of breast cancer patients. >>> 7:27. we have more "action news" just ahead. >> we will be right back. ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers in life, state farm is there. set to deliver a address this morning in revolution plaza. >>> at home the stage is almost finished for world meeting festival of the families with the pope visiting philadelphia. >>> plus eagles home opener with the cowboys, later this afternoon and we have great game day weather outside. meteorologist

. >> jeff skversky with the demarco murray with a medical update. >>> we are learning more in the wake of last night's shooting that saw a police officer shoot and kill a man that according to police had a gun. chad pradelli is live at wilmington police. >> reporter: jim we now have cell phone video of the officer-involved shooting, it's very graphic in nature and as such we are only showing it to the point where officers open fire. this is cell phone video showing the encounter, in it police demand jeremy dole drop the weapon or show his hand and then four officers fire their weapon hitting the wheelchair bound mcdole several times. >> when he pulled the weapon from his waste the officers engaged him and as a result of the injuries mcdole sustained he lost his life. >> police responded to the 1800 block of tulip yesterday after receiving a report that the wheel bound mcdole shot himself. autopsies are pending. the family is saying that the use of force is unjustified. >> for someone in a wheelchair, you couldn't handle this better. >> it's wrong, he was paralyzed from the waist down,

. >> plus jeff skversky with sports including eagles and flyers news when "action news" comes right backrd annual women's ordination worldwide international conference is going on right now in philadelphia and the goal is to spread awareness about a growing trend within the catholic church, women orderdained as priests. >> "action news" anchor tamala edwards has their story tonight. >> great to see you in each of us we pray. >> reporter: every sunday the community of saint mary mag dean meets at a methodist church in direction he sell hill. prayers and readings are general neutral and a woman always leads the service. they consider themselves priests and this a roman catholic church. >> i thought that it was important to show people that there was another way of doing church. and in a models that was more egalitarian. >> reporter: they heard a call to do more, a call that pained them to not answer. carol johnson recalls planning a service of thanksgiving. >> i could plan the service but i wasn't allowed to take part because i wasn't orderdained and i wasn't orderdained because i was a wo

jeff skversky with the highlights after "action news" at 11:00. >> i love high school football.s, the cheerleaders, so much fun. >> a passion among young players isn't there. >> nothing better. >> thank you. >> the battleship u.s.s. new jersey in camden is many things to many people, a museum, a memorial, a military art fact. well, today it was a barber shop. that's right, complimentary hair cuts for being -- were being given to visitors on board the battle ship as part of a back to school event. >>> customers got to sit where sailors sat to get their haircut. some kids got military style buzz cuts all provided by students from the rizzieri cosmetology school in philadelphia. you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network to the home, so you can get access to the fastest internet and in-home wi-fi available. and fios gives you big capacity too. so everyone in the house can get online. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. ultimately, that's why. get 25 meg fios internet, tv & phone starting at $79.99 a mont

i'm jeff skversky.ave a good day. >>> another half an hour of "action news" is just ahead, here are stories we will have for you. >>> live report on philadelphia's latest preps to prepare for pope's visit. >> find out how you are impacted if you are park honor near ben franklin parkway. >> plus deadly california wild fires level a thousand homes and threatened to lay wake to several thousand more, we will have those stories, exclusive accu weather information case and much more when "action news" continues. the suspects in the rash of shoot initial air zone ace speaking out telling authorities that they have got the wrong guy. >>> a new poll shows carli fiorina ground against donald trump in the race for 2016. >>> two burglars break in the utah home while a teenager is home sick. what she did to help police nab the one crooks. >>> more in just a moment but first lets head outside to meteorologist chris sowers with the accu weather forecast, hi chris. >> good afternoon, eve a it is neat. where i'm standi

jeff skversky has the story.cheers and applause] >> reporter: with one of the best running backs in the country on their roster deandre swift and saint joseph's prep are gearing up o to make a run for a school record third straight steatite tell. >> people want to use the word defend the title but we don't own the title. we have the 2014 title. if someone tried to walk into the building and take that one we would defend it. but the 2015 title is up for grabs. >> reporter: and it could be up to swift, their star junior running back and captain to carry the load in 2015 after the prep graduated 24 players in the spring. >> that meant everything to us. not many teams have been there in the city and we're very young as a team. got some immature captains got to be on the young guys day in and day out. i think we'll get there with the hard work we put in. >> reporter: saint joe's prep is playing for ryan gillyard as well their freshman linebacker and running back who died on this very field in april during drills from

jeff skversky live at the novacare center with more on that for us. jeff. >> hey, jeff. >> reporter: hey, guys, pathetic embarrassing, those are just some of the words eagles coach chip kelly and his players have used to describe this ugly loss against the dallas cowboys. chip kelly, though, after watching and grading the film today, this morning he feels like it's fixable. let's hope so 'cause this was ugly. the eagles offense just can't get anything running right now. demarco murray, the eagles star running back off to one of the worst starts in nfl history by a running back. how about just 11 total rushing yards in two games, this from the defending rushing champ and just like eagles fans, murray visibly frustrated last night at the linc. sam bradford's day doomed, too. bradford accounts for three turnovers including an interception in the end zone. bradford has as many turnovers as five other nfl teams combined. it's a brutal start by your zero and two eagles. >> i mean, i don't know how the players felt. i was embarrassed. and that's not the way w

jeff skversky has the numbers to prove it. >> with michael jackson song, bad, fittingly playing in the background, they are trying to fix their offense which is to have a bad start. the second worst in the league. >> i don't care if we score 2 points and win. >> there are small mistakes all over the place. >> bradford has not completed a passover 32 yards, eagles receivers have amongst the most drops in the league. >> it's a combination of everything, we have drops and there are times when guys are open and we did not put it on them at the appropriate time. >> we know we have to go out and help them, and he gets so much of the blame and i think that is unfair. >> what is contributing to sam's slow start, is it the fact that he missed two years with injuries, or because he is with a new team, but don't pass judgment until you see the entire body of work. i think it's a small correction here or there, and once we get in rhythm and get in sync, this could take off. >> he hopes to win in washington to avoid a 1-3 start. >> when is bad news good news? when it's not as bad as it could have b

jeff skversky will bring the action from more than a dozen games and jeff has a brand new suit and wee complimenting him earlier today. >> very attractive. >>> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >> weekend accuweather forecast. here's cecily tynan. >> it's looking really nice. temperatures cooling off a little bit by the second half of the week. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we have dry conditions out there yet again tonight and the action cam on the campus of haverford college and seeing bright blue skies above the duck pond today. loads of sunshine and yet again it felt like summer. the past four days temperatures have been in the 80's. today's high 84 degrees. that's 7 degrees above averag average. tomorrow will likely make it a fifth. but if you don't like temperatures in the 80's in late september, well, temperatures will be cooling back down into the 70's by sunday and really all of next week. right now, though, still 82 degrees in philadelphia. allentown 83. trenton 82. reading 82. millville 77. and wilmington 79 and sea

. >> and it's friday night coming up in a few minutes season opener of "high school huddle", jeff skversky standing by with all the highlight he just walked in the studio and he's got his game face on i'm excited. >> going to be great. >> okay. >> and finally tonight, 3 new affordable homes in port rich monday the women's community revitalization pronlest and local church teamed up to build grace town homes at 2201 east auburn street groundbreaking was today and three and four bedrooms homes and they are rent to own. they blinds to go's summer celebration sale's so hot you're gonna need shades. not those shades. these shades! take a cool 20-35% off all sun shades, cascade shades, basswood and more. shades on sale. there's nothing cooler than that. blinds to go. blinds for life. blinds to go's summer celebration sale is going on now make a splash with new sun shades, cascade shades, basswood and more, all at 20-35% off! it's the hottest sale of the year. just when you need to cool off most. blinds to go. blinds for life. >> the whale is 70 feet long and dragging more tan a football field of

in sports jeff skversky has good news about demarco murray's injury.r live coverage from the parkway studio continues when "action news" comes right back. patients across the country have spoken. they recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. back. >> welcome back. in addition to this new parkway studio "action news" has a broadcast location set up at eakins oval. that's where our sharrie williams is standing by live as crews prepare for record setting crowds this weekend. hi, sharrie. >> reporter: hi, rick, hi monica. of course philadelphia is accustomed to hosting large scaling events but in speaking with those who are putting the papal weekend together they say they have never been a part of something like this. let's take

. >>> thank you for joining us i'm ducis rodgers with jeff skversky. well, eagles have finally won a game, all is right with the world, and, well, sort of. >> sort of of. >> eagles fans, of course, were praying all week they did not start zero and three for the first time in 16 years and whether the presence of the pope in philadelphia has anything to do with it, or not, the divine intervention regardless, eagles have a win. >> lets get your right to the highlights. we will start it off in the first quarter. a little bit before the game no demarco murray for the game against the the jets. he tested out hamstring pregame. bird told him, go ahead and stay on the side line. ryan matthews carried the load. his first carry a 27-yard gain. four times number of yard that the team had last week against the dallas cowboys. the it lead to a 30-yard field goal from codey parkey, eagles score first. three to nothing. >> all right, ducis, we will pick it up in the second quarter. eagles only team in the nfl without a first half touchdown this year, and they finally

our jeff skversky is lie in ran -- live in atlanta with a preview of tonight's opener. >> reporter: hey ducis. byron maxwell tells me he stands by his guarantee that this eagles team are superbowl contenders. we'll see if maxwell and the eagles can back that up starting tonight down here in atlanta in their monday night opener. nine new starters for chip kelly are about to take the field. let's take a look at new eagles quarterback sam bradford. he'll make his first start in nearly 700 days. nearly two years for bradford after missing time with 2acl tears, bradford admits he's a little nervous going into this eagles debut. he's zero and two on monday night football, zero and two in his career against atlanta but the way he played and the way the eagles looked in the preseason everyone is hopeful the eagles will make it back to the playoffs and finally get to another super bowl. >> i really don't pay attention to anything that goes on outside this building. you know, i'm not concerned with what the expectations are outside of this building, you know, we know what our expectations are of

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jeff skversky with the team in atlanta tonight. >> are you ready for some football.ne of the most anticipated eagles season openers in team history is monday night here in atlanta, after scoring most points, touchdowns and most yards in the preseason, everyone is dying to see just how well this team will play under chip kelly after all of the changes that he made in the off season. chip kelly and eag also arrived here in atlanta to cheering fans, is there so much buzz and excitement surrounding this team, sam bradford and demarco murray this new look eagles roster with nine new starters. they are about to show it off on the biggest stage monday night football. >> i'm ready. presees on was fun. i'm just looking forward to go out there monday night prime time. what better way to go out there and she case. >> we have an added some great guys on defense and outside of just putting it together and play four quarters and see how we do begins a good quarterback in matt ryan and good team in at plant. >>> we get to go out there and four quarters and let it fly. >> how good c