. >> i'm jeff skversky with sports, phillies lost 16 of their last 20 games.ka says, i'm running around like a chicken without a head. >> phillies failed to steal two in a row. vince velasquez, up and over. phils down 1. franciscophillies lose 6-3. walaska says he's clueless. the phils starter says he expects to make his next start wednesday at home. >> >> if lebron james is not giving boston enough problems in the eastern conference finals, now this, isaiah thomas will miss the playoffs because of a hip injury. golden state looking good. seth curry dancing around the defense, 21 for curry. >> ken: durrant knocking down 33 including 19 in the first quarter. golden state wins, 120-108 taking the series lead. third time in playoff history, the team starts 11-0 in the playoffs. >> always dreaming has one of the worst finishes ever by a kentucky desh wi by derby winne. >> they come to the finish together. cloud computing has defeated classic empire in the preakness. >> cloud computing out of nowhere. always dreaming finished eighth. only one horse over the last 38

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> two warnings fired in philadelphia with deadly, results and the first of a beloved couple and their sonnies killed inside of their home in wynfield. just a few hours later a fire claims the life of a pregnant woman inside of her north philadelphia home. >>> sunday night and the big story on "action news" is investigation into two separate fatal fires that took a tragic toll. >> in fact fire marshall tells "action news" one of the fires deemed suspicious claimed life of a pregnant woman. "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live at the scene in north philadelphia with the details, annie. >> reporter: walter and sarah an hour ago the fire marshall did return to the scene, along with the crime scene unit, and detectives from central detectives. at this point the fire marshall, according to police, is calling this fire suspicious. at this point it has not been ruled an arson. a 911 call came in around 7:30 this morning here in the 2100 block of

jeff skversky has sports when we come back chris christie: addiction is a disease.can happen to anyone. help is within reach. all you need to do is ask. vanessa: i was a full-blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. but i got help, and you can too. james: i just know i didn't want to feel that pain anymore. i got help. you can too. aj: most people think addicts are beyond help. when i see an addict, i see hope. did he have before a >>> president trump began his first foreign trip as president with plenty of feign fair in saudi arabia. the president received the royal welcome by king sampleman who greeted him warmly he presented him with the highest civilian honor a gold metal. he signed a 110 billion dollars arms package aimed at bolstering saudi security. among most memorable moments was this as the president took part in the saudi folk dance involving swords but the president was not alone. memberss of his did delegates took part. secretary of state rex tillerson and commerce secretary will bumper ross took part. world news saturday will have the latest o

. >> what more can manager pete >> welcome to sports sunday, alongside mike missanelli, i'm jeff skverskycounting theda

jeff skversky channel6 "action news." >> to baseball. phillies lost 12 of their last 14 games.ad trip now pittsburgh for a three game series. jeremy hellickson has slumped in the month of may. he went four and zero with a 1.80 era in april. he's winless in three starts with an era near eight. he hasn't pitched more than six innings in his last four outings. >>> nba will announce finalists for awards. joel embiid better be on that short list. he averaged nearly eight rebounds per game this past season but only appeared in 31 games which might be a knock. earlier in the week embiid stated his case to win this award. >> i think i should win the rookie of the year is about being the best rookie. no disrespect to the other guys but at the same time i don't really care. i say whoever gets it, i'm going to be happy for. >> reporter: the eagles will get back together next week for another off seats son workout program. it runs tuesday through thursday. it is voluntary. in the meantime the players continue to do good deeds. hosted area students at the team's novacare complex. the childr

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, eight people are killed in a shooting spree in mississippi. >>> communities across the air use and across the country pay tribute to the men and women who gave their lives in defense of our country. >>> but the big story on "action news" is a fire in north philadelphia, that claimed the life of a grandmother and her two small grandchildren in fact, fire broke out just after 6:30 this morning and quickly spread trapping several people inside "action news" reporter bob brooks has more from the scene >> reporter: you can see flames engulfed whole building this morning, two row homes on fire, in the 1700 block of north sixth street. there were people, trapped inside. >> i run outside by the time i run outside mom and step dad out and mom screaming that her kid are in the house. >> reporter: but, the flames could be tamed and end result three people are now dead. two children, and one woman. >> i'm going to miss her report report paul g

. >> what more can manager pete >> welcome to sports sunday, alongside mike missanelli, i'm jeff skverskyare you counting the days? >> is the baseball season still going on? >> they say it is. i want the nfl bad, ducis. >> look at the highlights, phils and reds, zach eflin, stig struggle, seven runs on nine hits five inning, five home runs. eflin given up nine hit in the last five starts. >> look at that balloon ball. his pitches are home run hittable. look at this one. tomahawk job out of there. they are not good. the rotation is not good. the guys from aaa are not good. i thought that would be the problem all season with rotation. eflin senses triple lehigh valley. >> i can pitch at this level. there are things i need to tinker with. >> he needs to go down there and get back to where he was. we have all seen him really good. we need him back there. >> their ninth straight series loss, that's the longest stretch back to 1997. manager pete mccannon a contract extension, option to 2019. what can he do to get the team to play harder? >> the talent level spt there, but he doesn't hold guys a

for mike missanelli, i'm jeff skversky. that's it for sports sunday. welcome to the philadelphia zoo. >> i'm rick williams. >> i'm cecily tynan and this is oscar, a north american porcupine. >> he's just one of the animals you are going to meet over the next 30 minutes. >> but he's the only one that's going to give out high fives! >> he's excited. there's big baby news here at the zoo and a snow forecast that's hard to believe. >> we're going to tell you all about - starting right now. >> in our busy city, sits an oasis. philadelphia's zoo, offers a chance town wind. >> i feel like it is a kid when every come here. >> an opportunity to experience nature's beauty firsthand. >> a day in the departure where imagination lead the way and nothing is on hol

. >> jeff skversky has sports news tonight including phillies and sixers when "action news" continuesjust a moment. ♪ ♪ tires have a new home. midas now sells great brands at great prices. get $100 off instantly on select goodyear and cooper tires through may 31st. find your tires online. trust the midas touch. >> one dunkin donuts customer in the right location at the right time today. a man who stopped by the story at 36th and market in center city was chosen to win a thousand dollars in a three month supply of frozen duncan coffee. this was part of dunkin donuts new promotion to celebrate the frozen coffee. today's surprise in university city was one of 16 held this week throughout the u.s. >> he looks pretty psyched. >> uh-huh. >> phillies in need of a win. >> jeff skversky is at the big board with more to take on the pirates tonight hm. >> yeah, they need that w, guys. with all these losses piling up the phillies are also starting to lose their cool. short stop freddy galvis among those who vented after losing 15 of their last 18. jeremy hellickson gets the start and the phils tu

go to fiosgigabit.com >> jeff skversky has a check on sports.k good. >> this says it all. they have lost 16 of 20. their own players are ripping themselves. phillies fans, you think you are hard on players, vince walaska sounds like a talk show host about himself today. this is the only happy moment, he's about to pop the question. vince allowed a homer in every start but one, this one over the wall by david freeze. phils down 1, more trouble for with a lawalaska. rips himself saying he's clueless and has to stop putting pressure on himself. phillies lose 6-3. >> millville mike trout a big deal in the big apple playing gentagainst the metts. he grew up a philly's fan. he's asked about his feelings toward the metts. >> are the meths your favorite team? it could have been a dream come true for terry finned land and his horse. always dreaming would win even in a bad day. appeared he was headed for the triple crown in the preakness. >> classic empire -- cloud computing -- they come to the finish together, cloud computing beawinning. >> there was onl

"action news" with meteorologist melissa magee, sarah bloomquist, jeff skversky and walter perez. >> sunday night and we begin with breaking news from the huntington park section. one crash left one person dead and others injured. >> christie ileto is at the scene. >> officers and tow truck drivers are trying to clean up what's left of the scene on i street. earlier this evening was a larger scene, four cars involved in the accident, five people taken to local hospitals and one man is dead. that man was driving this white honda accord. witnesses say around 8:15 he was barreling down huntington park avenue when he crashed. he hit a utility pole. that driver veered into oncoming traffic and crashed. his exact speed and whether he was under the influence is unclear. his body us with taken to the local autopsy. >> christie ileto "action news." >> now to two fires that took a tragic toll. >> we begin in philadelphia where a woman five months preg was found dead. annie mccormick is live at the scene with details. the fire marshall is calling this suspicious. >> firefighters responded to a

for cecily tynan, jeff skversky, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. goodnight.

for cecily tynan, jeff skversky, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner.ht. >>> who wants to play the telephone game? >> i do. >> me! >> let's do it. >> jimmy: this is what i'm going to whisper into guillermo's ear. okay? got it? all right. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: little yachty? what did we say? >> please smack me in a sand dish with tomato sauce

. >> jeff skversky looking for the phillies to end their losing streak against the >> we continue to follow this breaking news in media delaware county where police have surrounded a cvs store. a lone band it tried to rob the store around 10:00, but police arrived before he could make his get away. the suspect is holed up in a second floor storage room. that's what police believe. no one is hostage. no one has been hurt. we'll bring you the latest as it happens. >> the opioid addiction has taken the lives of two men who were counselors. they died of overdoses sunday. emergency responders tried to revive the two with narcan but could not. said d.a. tom hogan, opioids are monsters consuming our population. could you spot the signs of drug use in a teenager's home? police hope this is an eye opener to potential trouble. this is a mock bedroom littered with drug paraphernalia. >> this looks like an average teenager's bedroom. that's the point. look again more closely. >> most parents have no idea what they are looking for. >> this seemingly innocent rose -- >> it's a pipe. >> most items

for cecily tynan ducis rogers jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. ♪ ♪ tires have a new home. midas now sells great brands at great prices. get $100 off instantly on select goodyear and cooper tires through may 31st. find your tires online. trust the midas touch. >>> tonight, breaking news -- president trump on the world stage, once calling nato obsolete. what he told leaders about paying their fair share. and the moment that went viral. the president appearing to push another leader out of the way, now seen all over the world. >>> also breaking -- the closely watched race for congress. the candidate who allegedly throws a reporter to the ground. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. >> tonight, that candidate has now been charged, and voters are at the polls right now. >>> severe weather at this hour. several tornadoes confirmed. thousands of flights delayed and cancelled just as we approach the memorial day weekend. the system moving up the east coast. >>> the high school under fire. the student who killed hi

jeff skversky, channel 6 action news. >> an incredible will that young man has there. >> children took center stage in new jersey today. the gubernatorial candidates got an update on the nearly 2 million kids who call the state home. the kids count report shows the number of uninsured children is at an all-time low and more students are starting the day with school breakfast through the federal program. chris christie: addiction is a disease. it can happen to anyone. help is within reach. all you need to do is ask. vanessa: i was a full-blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. but i got help, and you can too. james: i just know i didn't want to feel that pain anymore. i got help. you can too. aj: most people think addicts are beyond help. when i see an addict, i see hope. chris christie: don't suffer. don't wait. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. be this wet, dreary thing going on? >> it's good for the allergies, it's good for our lawns and gardens there's some good news. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing also the good news. the soaking rain we had earlier today h

. >> and for cecily tynan, jeff skversky and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. what that concert bomb now reveals. the new images right here tonight. the possible detonator carried in the suspect's left hand. sweeping raids. our team witnessing the chaos. >>> also tonight, the suspect himself. his father and brother now arrested. was his brother about to unleash a second attack, and where? >>> here at home, tornado watches up right now. 27 million americans bracing in the east. multiple tornado reports already. severe storms moving up the east coast tonight. >>> breaking news involving some of president trump's top aides during the campaign and russia. >>> and president trump and the pope. they have not seen eye to eye before. what the president said to the pope as he left the meeting. >>> and america strong. the grad student and the mom who took notes when he couldn't. the major su

now for melissa magee, ducis rodgers, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team i'm walter perezwe will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪ ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure... ...kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya, tomorrow ♪ ask your heart doctor about entresto. and help make tomorrow possible. ♪ you're only a day away. >>> tonight we're following several breaking stories. first jared kushner's secret talks. the president

for adam joseph, cecily tynan and jeff skversky i'm monica malpass have a good night.dman sachs was one of those companies whose illegal activity helped destroy our economy... vo: as a goldman sachs president, phil murphy made his fortune in a rigged system. now the jersey machine has lined up with murphy and his millions. leaders should stand for the people, not the political machine. as a prosecutor, at treasury, and as head of the brennan center, i've taken on the powerful - from the mafia, to the nra, to the dark money that poisons our politics. i'll be nobody's governor but yours. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> it is thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is a dark sky, over the philadelphia area and a thunderous out burst of very stormy weather throughout the tri-state area. we are looking live at sky 6 hd at the ben franklin bridge. it kind of looks like the end of the world. it isn't -- but there is the possible of some veryvy weather throughout the

and jeff skversky returning with phillies news in sports and we head back to adam with more on the weekendt. >>> well, if you come across a baby deer wildlife officials in the delaware valey ask that you simply leave it alone. edward did the right thing when he spotted this lost fawn wander alone on the road if the limerick township area. he stopped to see if it was okay he did not take the fawn home or to the division of fish and wildlife. they say around this time they get dozens of calls from or visits from people with abandoned fawns, they say even if it pears that the fawn is alone it's best to leave them be. >> they are cute. >>> the eagles are continuing the offseason workouts. carson wentz has it feel like a kid in a candy store. receivers and running backs. carson wentz and the eagles are back for the voluntary spring workouts and weapons now to play with now is the time to work out the kinks. new running back lagarret blunt, is learning the play book and he is trying to get comfortable. they have blunt from darren sproles and now blunt is the leading back after leading the nfl in

. >> jeff skversky will have the details coming up at 6:00. it was a nasty injury.to see the story coming up at 6:00. >> still to come on action news, a buyer at a garage sale thought this was a trin ket and plopped down 13 bucks for it. turns out it's word $5 hundred,000. >> wow. introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 megs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. incredibly, it's $79.99 a month for one year. comcast charges you $89.99 for a triple play that only offers 200 megs speeds. switch to the most powerful internet at the most revolutionary price. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 a month and we'll give you tv, hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years all with a 2 year agreement. so act fast. go to fiosgigabit.com brtry new flonase sensimists. allergy relief instead of allergy pills. it delivers a gentle mist experience to help block six key inflammatory substances. most allergy pills only block one. new flonase sensimist changes everything. we have a holiday weekend to look forward to.