>>> jeff skversky has sports. in case you're wondering with the phillies are not good. >> we can rerack night after night. the same deal lately. they have lost 11 of the last 12 games. oh, phillies, it's run real. getting worse and worse and worse. the phillies off to their worst start in 20 years. today snake bit again by arizona thanks to a meltdown in the back of the bullpen. again. phillies need pitching. hey, how about vince velasquez's dad. how about the first pitch today with some heat? happy father's day. we throw to the sixth. breaks up the 3-3 tie, who else? ty kelly. rbi double. one run in. here comes freddy galvis, but thrown out at the plate. this is a big run that comes back to hurt them. oh, so close for the phills desperate for runs and bins up one, and blows it. blanco, rbi single, tying it at four. phills have the worst save percentage in baseball. and extra innings, gomez gives up the solo homer to raymond fientes. first of his career. dropped 11 of 12. >> need to put up more crooked numbers. th

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jeff skversky is here, and the phillies. oh, boy. >> it's been bad, 10-0.arter not won a game at home since the end of april. today, they're trying to get a rookie to do it. the phillies are a giant mess. they're the worst team in baseball. they haven't won a series in five week, let's throw out a rookie. ben lively is making his debut. imagine the nerves. making the first start trying to stop the bleeding. galvis popped in the face in the first, gets up, lively gets out of it and looks alive. in that debut. gets first major league hit and allows only one run on four hits through seven innings and he gets a little defensive help from maikel franco. down one, phillies struggling and tommy joseph end their 16, nigger score less drought, ties it at one. in the seventh, freddy galvis other way, rbi single. phillies take a 2-1 lead. that's where we stand right now. in the seventh for the phils have the bases loaded. maybe they will get a win today. >>> eagles fan growing up dreaming of one day playing for the birds. today some lucky kids get to test their skills

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, the big story object "action news" is breaking news. fire fighters battling a massive blaze in wildwood crest, new jersey. >> flames broke out just before 3:00 this afternoon and blaze quickly went to three alarms. black smoke could be seen for miles away. the fire, spread through several houses. >> "action news" reporter christie ileto is live near the scene along park boulevard , and christie, what is the very latest there. >> reporter: well, walter fire crews are still on the scene trying to monitor hot spots, which was a three alarm fire this afternoon. we know that two of the homes appears to be a total loss, one of them has heavy smoke, water and fire damage. i want to go to viewer video. this is a drum shot from the "action news" video that shows how dense that smoke from that three alarm fire became, initially, this call came for help, out as a marina fire just after 3:00 o'clock this afternoon, and the fast moving flames g

. >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night, walter's off i'm sharrie williams. in the news standoff underway in the lehigh valley after reports of shots fired at police. >>> and a sexual assault, and murder of woman in her 30's outside a philadelphia high school. >>> but the big story on "action news" is picking up pieces in the wake of violent early morning storms. how long wind, trees down, power outages and some very close calls with mother nature are on the mind of thousands of residents tonight in the delaware valley. and the buzz of chain saws, filled the streets of communities across the area. no where seems to be worse off then collinswood camden county numerous streets that have been growing there for decade, pulled up today. thinks how that backyard looked from overhead. chopper six spotted residents using axes to start the long clean up process. >>> surveillance cameras in new castle delaware captured wild video of the storm blowing through. it ripped to shred the fence of cpg to

jeff skversky has sports, when "action news" comes right back rock a. markell. >>> we have breaking news in syria where u.s. military has for the first time shot down and syrian war plane in syrian air space. incident occurred just after the syrian jet dropped bombs on syrian democratic forces over the city of raqqa. the city was an assod aircraft backed by russia. u.s. forces then contact russian forces before shooting down the jet. much more on this story coming up on world news sunday. >>> one of the president donald trump's attorneys send the president is not under investigation in the russia probe. jay sekulow says friday's tweet by the president was merely in response to news reports that he was now a subject of an expanding russia investigation. >> that response in social media was in response to the washington post piece, it that is simple. the president is not under investigation. >> he says the president has not been notified of any investigation, the washington post reported last week that the special counsel robert muhler is looking into whe

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter pere perez. >>> we came here looking for ancquittal but like that rolling stone song says you only get what you want sometimes you get what you need >> we will take hard look at everything involved. and then we will retry it. >> the case against bill cosby ends in the mistrial still this may be the beginning of a very long legal road for the comedian, a retrial could be a few months away. saturday i'm walter perez. the big story is a mistrial in the bill cosby sexual assault case. this morning after five days of deliberations. the jury told the judge, they were hopelessly deadlocked. it would likely be the rest of his life in prison. prosecutors are not done. team coverage. of the merely. we begin with vernon owe dom, who has been covering this trial since the beginning. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, walter. there's an air of tranquility in norristown. bill cosby trial is not over, as you said this may only be round one. all the key parties here may have sensed this was judgment day. after more than 50 hours of deliberatio

jeff skversky. sarah bloomquist.nd walter perez. >>> sunday night, and the big story on action news is breaking news from london where once again a vehicle has slammed into a group of pedestrians. and police say there are casualties. >> happened within the past few hours near a mosque. one arrested, police are not saying what the motive may have been. several hundred people were in the area after attending prayers as part of the holy month of ramadan. police called to the scene just before 12:30 a.m. london time. >> they are tight lipped about this like others in london. they declared the crash, quote, a major incident and closed much of the area to regular traffic. but the muslim council said that the injured were worshipers who just had prayers at the mosque. >> it's just two week was a three i.s.i.s. supporters rammed a rented van into pedestrians on london bridge and rampaged through restaurants and bars. they killed eight people and wounded several dozen others as well. the attackers were shot to death by police

it is sports sunday, i'm jeff skversky with mike missanelli from 97.5 the phanatic. the number one pick says the sixers will make the playoffs his rookie season. he is serious. with fultz, mike, are the sixers a playoff team right now? >> i think they fall a little short. too many young players trying to get together and play together for the first time in the nba. an all new back court with ben simmons and markelle fultz. it's going to take a while. however, they have to sign a free agent. a veteran free agent off the bench and give them points, i think they go in the eastern conference. >> all they need is 13 more wins. barely had embiid last season. they need .500. it will get you in the playoffs in the east. they are terrible. >> you are assuming a lot. first year back court turns the ball over a ton. turnovers turn into other team's points. so they're going to lack that piece. that experience piece. but if they bring a free agent off the bench who knows who he's doing. i have one in mind. j.j. reddick. >> i love it. >> they say he wants a lot of money. i don't k

jeff skversky.arah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> a massive fire in wildwood crest, cape may county, sends thick black smoke into the sky this afternoon. the intense flames quickly jumped from one house to another, turning this blaze into a three alarm fire. sunday night, the big news is the investigation into what started that large fire at the jersey shore. >> tonight officials say at least two homes are a complete loss. but the good news is nobody was hurt. >> christie ileto join us live from the scene with details. christie. >> reporter: well, walter, even at this hour people are still stopping by to marvel at what's left of the homes at the center of this three alarm fire. two of them are a total loss. one has extensive exterior damage. but everyone out here agrees that this could have ended so much worse. >> i heard an explosion. i came out. and then all of a sudden there was flames and fire coming out of the side that have one house. >> reporter: fire crews say what brandon vaughn heard wer

conshohocken >> jeff skversky here with sports. we are rooting for the phillies to pull a "w." >> quality baseball hard to find around here. ben lively trying to be the first starter in 74 years to start his career with five quality starts in arizona. it's "star wars" night but the force not on the phillies side here. lively with the bases loaded down on strike. next time up in the fourth, how about this for redemption, lively making up for it with a homer, two run shot, one run lead, doesn't last long. tieing it in the fourth and fifth. rbi single, lively is pulled in the sixth inning, doesn't make the quality start performance, phillies down 4-2 in the six. >> high school baseball, carpenter game between jersey shore and delaware north. jersey shore wins 7-2. it is their second carpenter cup title in four years. >> flyers general manager ron hextall says they are not in a rebuilding mode. hextall adds a ton of offence in the draft including a giant left winger in the second round. today the flyers selecting isaac raradcliff. they

switch now at fiosgigabit.com. >>> jeff skversky has a check on sports.hillies win two in a row. has to be a typo. >> it actually happened. >> really? >> yeah. >> it's been a while. >> first time since the end of april. five and a half weeks. unbelievable. finally. a giant wakeup call for the phillys. win back-to-back games for the first time in five and a half weeks thanks to odubel herrera who looks wide awake following his benching. tied the career high yesterday with 3 rbis. does it again

philadelphia makes the first pick and jeff skversky is live inside of the barclay center in brooklyn where the draft begins in the matter of hours. >> reporter: hey guys, markelle foltz expects to get emotional tonight when he hears his name called on this stage behind me as the number one overall pick by the sixes he is dreaming of this moment since he was a little kid than could become a reality in two and a half hours when the sixers are on the clock with the number one overall pick. foltz gets a sixers hat to add to his collection and showed up to the sixers workout wearing his own personal sixers hat showing the love for philly. foltz will have a front row seat for the nba draft and his mom and sister those sitting at his table. and only played one season at washington far an way the top prospect in the draft according to the sixers that is why they traded up with the celtics to get the number one pick. >> have been busy since i got here. i haven't got a chance to sit down and i am grateful for that. i don't think it will hit me until monday or sunday when i have get a chance to

♪ ♪ "action news" delaware valley's leads news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky walter perez. ♪ ♪ >> in the shawed doughs of a rainy morning a woman is found brutally attacked. she suffered stab wounds all over her body. the investigation is under way to answer who did this and why. >> it's saturday night, walter is off, i'm sharrie williams. the big story is the discovery of a woman's body on dobbins high school. they want that killer caught. jeff has more. >> the brutality of the crime shocks police at this hour searching for her killer. the woman whose name has not been released was stabbed numerous times and left in the park. families return to the area hours after a woman was found stabbed to death. >> this was a brutal, savage attack. someone wanted to be sure she suffered and was killed. >> canine officers scoured the groundgrounds a passer by founde woman. they stabbed her from the chest to her vaginal area. >> from belongings found in the park, police believe they have identified the woman as a woman from the neighborhood, frightening dana harris who has

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jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you so much. to baseball stumbling doesn't begin to describe the phillies state. they return home to face the red sox again while riding a seven game losing streak. miguel franco broke out of his slump and had four hits, it looks like it would break a 3-3 tie and then he threw out kendrick at the plate with a perfect throw. and the phillies lost the game 4-3. >>> the sixers picked up the option on robert covington's contract on the upcoming season and the sixers work out josh hart. >>> and remember rashawn sly the former temple receiver camping out outside of the practice facility no luck there but the soul will take a look. he was signed to a one day tryout contract for tomorrow. >>> 650,000 that is the estimated number of fans that showed up to celebrate the penguins later stanley cup championship. it went through downtown pittsburgh and the penguins second straight stanley cup title. >> adam joseph and the accuweather forecast coming up next. perfect dasure is.game huh? i don't know about you g

jeff skversky is in brooklyn where we are just a short time away. an exciting night. >> reporter: it is a big night indeed jim, for the first time in sixers history they have the number one overall pick in back to back years. last year ben simmons number one and this year markelle foltz and sixers fans are trusting the process and hopefully foltz is the final piece to this long and drawn out process. the sixers traded up efrlier with the celtics for the number one overall pick with the intention all along with the intense of drafting markelle foltz out of washington who they think clearly is the best prospect. during the workout in camden think foltz talks to simmons and joel embiid and he made him feel comfort right away and. >> he is a jokester and being with him, he is a good dude and wants the best for you. that is all it is cracking jokes and giving me advice for this whole weekend. >> i think he could be a good pick for us if we draft him. he has the chance to be the number one pick. >> embiid of course tweeted out this could be ledgery tweeti

for cecily tynan, jeff skversky, and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00. oo, yeah. are you ready for a rush? yes, yes i am. you're in for a treat. fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. pick a game, get your ticket and see if you've won. i won! pretty fast, huh? fast play. play fast. win instantly. leeroy yarbrou >>> tonight, breaking developments as we come on the air. president trump's vicious twitter fire storm. the personal attack against a female tv host. the harsh backlash against the president, even from republican senators. all in the middle of trying to strike a deal on health care. >>> and the big meeting just announced. president trump and vladimir putin face to face. this as abc news first reported one of the president's closest aides now facing questions in the russian investigation. >>> also tonight, deadly collision. tennis star vee nis williams blamed for the crash killing a 78-year-old man. why police say she was at fault. what williams just sa

jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> the nba draft is one week from today. the sixers own the third overall pick one player available is malik monk, he was in camden for an individual workout with the sixers, the guard averaged 20 points per game as a freshman and he feels he made a good impreg. >> i think i did a good job, comfortable whatever they put me through and knocked down a couple of shots and able to read off the ball screens and dribbles and stuff like that. >> the sixers had a bunch of players in including josh hart and darrel reynolds. >> hart is getting anxious as the draft draws closer. >> this is the first time i won't know where i'm going to be in two weeks that is like anxious you want to find out where you are going, i wish someone said you know what josh you are going here at this pick and you'll be good. i wish i knew that now no nerves just anxious. they spotted ben simmons and joel embiid working out today. simmons in the left in flip-flops. didn't he miss all last season with a foot injury? >> eight is enough we hope. the phillies wil

jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> your thoughts -- >> lets be as generous as possible.nd say he made a nice effort. >> jeff or trey? >> jeff. >> trey was pretty good. >> all right adam joseph and accuweather when we continue in just a moment. i need the phone that's where i happen to be... to be the one that rings. i need not to be missed phone calls... to not be missed. i need seamless handoff... canyon software. from reception, to landline, to mobile. i need one number... not two. i'm always moving forward... because i can't afford to get stuck in the past. comcast business. built for business. >>> a short detour and then some very warm weather. >> it's right around the corner and once it heats up it will heat up with the humidity. we have to get through this first. stormtracker 6 live double scan still dealing with the clouds and chilly wind and the showers that continue to drift in from the north and west. all of the rain that pushed through parts of salem and cumberland and atlantic county have evaporated at this point and we are tracking the area to the north and

jeff skversky. >> we'll talk to you then.s second base hernandez is out six weeks with an oblique injury and they traded rodriguez to texas for a player to be named later and the phils face red sox again in boston and a solo home run to ramirez and dust dust dustin pedroia drove in a home one. >>> and the golden state warriors completed one of the most dominating runs we have ever seen. 16-1 in the playoffs. and lebron james did his part, scored 41 points and grab the 13 rebounds. and the warriors won 129-120 and their second nba title in the past three years. >> i just want to lay it all out there. i put in the work and i had to trust that we were really good tonight. you have to tip your hat to cleveland. they kept us up all night. lebron i never seen nothing like them two before. >> talk this would be the beginning of a dynasty, it very well could be. >> fun to watch. thank you. introducing fios gigabit connection. superfast internet at an incredible price. with speeds up to 940 megs. that's 20x faster than most people hav

for rick williams and cecily tynan and jeff skversky and brian taff and the entire >>> "action news"news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> tuesday night and make that thursday night two philadelphia universities become one and a water main break creates a geyser in montgomery county. the week is speeding by. the big story on "action news" tonight two stunning developments the end of the seth williams trial and the temporary end of williams life as a free man. this was williams as he arrived at federal court and little did we know he was preparing to plead guilty of a single count of accepting a bribe. the other 28 counts were dismissed be at the same time williams resigned as da. and the judge said he did not trust williams to show up for sentencing and dispatched williams to jail and that is where philadelphia's former district attorney is tonight. sara bloomquist and vernon odom are on the story. vernon is at the federal building where it all came down today. >> reporter: jim, federal prosecutors have long claimed that seth williams was on the take from v

jeff skversky with more on today's team bonding experience.ecily. >> well, sky6 is showing the sunshine is back along with comfortably warm temperatures but we are going to get uncomfortable. i'm tracking record warmth on the way. our next heat wave. details in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues next. >> groundbreaking has happened. now the work begins to renovate stenton park in the logan section of philadelphia. the $2.8 million project includes a larger playground with new equipment, improving the recreation center and new restrooms. community leaders say they hope the overhaul will be the source of pride for everybody in the neighborhood. >> ♪ >>> they are holding the super car show sunday morning at the wells fargo center and when you talk about super cars, exotic cars, "action news" anchor matt o'donnell will be somewhere in the neighborhood. matt was actually a lot more intimate with the cars than even that. take a look. >> any questions? >> no. >> think you can handle it. >> i can han

jeff skversky is live in new york ahead of the nba draft. hey jeff. >> reporter: hey guys for the first time in team history the sixers have the number one overall pick in back to back years we'll hear from markelle foltz, what a story he has. >> and meteorologist, melissa magee, is down at the shore live in tuckerton. hey melissa. >> reporter: hey there, it's about the barnegat bay tradition at the tuckerton sea port as they preserve the rich history and this week it's about the seafood and music festival. we have props here tyler is holding the fish but we have the real thing taking place my fishermen are busy at work. and more on that and the seafood festival and all you can explore at the tuckerton seaboard. get busy with those clams guys -- it's time that we bring addiction out of the darkness and into the light. to everyone struggling in silence - addicts, family, friends - you are not alone. it's time we lift each other up, reach out, say something. addiction is a disease. don't suffer. don't wait. help is within reach. call 844 reach

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. ♪ >>> saturday night i'm walter perezve developing news as firefighters battle flames in several homes in delaware county. we have the story of a local family using their part of the multi-million lottery wins to help others in the community. but the big story is the first of what promises to be several days of summer like heat. stay with the prelude with warmer conditions and sun, over the next few days, we're in for a presummer season heat wave. action news reporter, annie mccormack. melissa >> it was certainly a warm one day, but tolerable across the delaware and lehigh valley, we're coming in at 87 in philadelphia after high today of 88. 86 in lancaster, same in reading, poconos little cooler in at 75. at the coast in cape may coming in at 74 degrees. here is satellite 6 along with action radar. we got spotty showers moving across the poconos with the weak disturbance coming on through. but all in all. most of us should stay dry. if you're stepping out, it's mild, comfortable tonight. 7:00 p.m. we're in the 80's, 9:00

. >> now for melissa mcgee, jeff skversky, walter perez and the entire action news team, i'm sarah bloomquist. have a great night. >> good night. ♪ ♪ ♪ action news is sponsored by the heart and lung center. ♪ >> tonight on sports sunday. will markelle fultz help the sixers score their first playoff spot in years. are you saying this team is in the playoffs this time next year? >> yeah, in the playoffs. >> while the sixers are talking playoffs, are the fliers talking rebuild? >> rebuild, absolutely not. >> plus the phillies are trying to beat the heat and the diamondbacks in arizona. >> the throw. it is not in time. >> lets get into the swing of things. >> right at it. and he's done it again! >> get excited. sports sunday starts now. ♪ >> this is action news sports sunday. sponsored by audi. >>

for cecily tynan ducis rodgers jeff skversky, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner.ou'll join us for "action news" "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪ >> ♪ oo, yeah. are you ready for a rush? yes, yes i am. you're in for a treat. fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. pick a game, get your ticket and see if you've won. i won! pretty fast, huh? fast play. play fast. win instantly. donald tmeet phil murphy,by former goldman sachs bankers. another wall street banker running for governor, whose firm helped trigger the financial meltdown that put millions out of work and out of their homes. murphy's trying to buy the election, paying off new jersey bosses. my name's john wisniewski, and i'm running for governor of new jersey. john wisniewski, the son of a millwright, who uncovered the bridgegate scandal and exposed chris christie's corruption. the choice -- insider wall street politics or main street, new jersey, values. >>> tonight, major developments. will the white house try to block the fired fbi director james comey from testi

this project was led by the security unit. >> jeff skversky here with sports and let's get the latestt spring they've had. >> not at all. hopefully though it is june. >> it is a new month. >> new beginnings. >> yes, let's start fresh. let's pretend like the first two months didn't happen. after being a giant disappointment in the month of may, their worst may in nearly 90 years phillies looking to turn it around tonight against the giants. won't be starting tonight that guy, all-star center fielder odubel herrera benched for the third time in the last few games. he's done very little at the plate. only two hits in the last 25 at bats. pete mackanin looking to push the right buttons and get herrera going. >> if i had the answer to that, if i had a magic bullet to stop him from doing it i would have used it already. just a matter of each individual has to know how to get himself out of a slump. >> jerad eickhoff is on the mound looking for his first win. jason peters mia at ota's lane johnson is taking his lane on the line right now. very position he will inherit one day when peters tim

i'm jeff skversky with mike. things have been so bad for the phillys.eople have been calling for the manager's job. but did he handle the franco and herrera situation well, considering they're coming out of the slumps. >> i don't think he handle it is well. herrera had a big game, and several in a row where he's produced. but i would have sent them to the minor leagues. thing they're big leaguers before they're actually big leaguers. and a trip to the minor league, aaa, a couple of bus rides may have gotten them into perspective. >> just gave herrera a big contract. >> what's a big contract? $6 million? is that big for this year? in this day and age? you know, even if he's making $6 million, treat everyone in aaa to ice cream. send him down there, give men and women a wakeup call. >> that's a lot of ice cream. a giant weekend against the giants. herrera ties his career high with three rbis. here in the fifth, the solo homer. he's a little more selective at the plate today. >> i can't figure this guy out at all. he swings at everything. never takes pitch

i am jeff skversky with mike missanelli from the phanatic. the sixers agreed to acquire the number one pick from the celtics. is fultz the real deal worth giving up one extra first round pick. >> not a high price. the reason he's worth it, he's the best player in the draft for the sixers. he might not be an all world guy and be the dazzling ben simmons, but he's going to help them. the two guard, he can play as well as the one. they're going to play him at point guard. but this kid can play off of ben simmons on the two. and simmons not at point guard. and they can change the experiment where he goes to the three position. there's your starting point guard. a lot of versatility. up and down the floor. shoot a little bit, has to improve that. but a great handle as you can see and gets to the basket. >> that much of a difference in fultz than any other guy in the draft? >> no. fox is my favorite player in the draft, but this guy fits more than the aaron fox. he can slide to the two. he can shoot the jump shot where fox is more of a penetrator,

. ♪ >> jeff skversky has sports with big news from the sixers. >> markel fults getting cheese steak.ng hungry talking about this thing. we have a deal. the sixers agreed to trade multiple pics for this year's top pick. sealing the deal, a visit from markel ful ts. they want to make sure the teen is worth the price. the highest scorer in the country last season. he praised the fans and he believes he can help the sixers asap. >> i carry myself as a player and man being humble. i'm a hard worker. i'll do whatever i can to help any team i go to, to perform. >> wherever you go, i love to do it. >> big news for the sixers. >> philly starter jarred eickhoff without a win, the latest in the season with nothing to show for it, matt beach 20 years ago. the fanatic speeding things along here. highlights few and far between these days. aaron altair with one on the fly, a one run deficit. he can't catch up in the seventh. paul gold smith, into the gap. phillies give up four in the seventh inning alone. phils get it right back. michael sanders bases loaded still struggling: >> the receiver says h

live at team headquarters, jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> some sixers news,t covington will be back next season and picked up the option on the contract. >>> and phillies host the red sox. they lost last night. the phils lost 4-3 and now lost seven games in a row. last night the twins beat the mariners 20-7. it got so out of hand they let carlos ruiz pitch. he is a catcher and that went like you thought. he gave up a home run. >> that is a football score. >> thank you. >>> meantime, children and community members helped to cut the ribbon on the new and improved playground in fishtown today. new equipment for everybody and ada accessible equipment and a new safety surface. incredible price. with speeds up to 940 megs. that's 20x faster than most people have. and, it's just $79.99 a month online for 1 year. and only $5 more per month for the second year. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years. all with a 2-year agreement. switch now at fiosgigabit.com. >>> meteorologist, cecily tynan is live at the

plus the jeff skversky has sports when we come back. introducing fios gigabit connection.fast internet at an incredible price. with speeds up to 940 megs. that's 20x faster than most people have. and, it's just $79.99 a month online for 1 year. and only $5 more per month for the second year. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years. all with a 2-year agreement. switch now at fiosgigabit.com. >> violent protests broke out in several cities across the country. they were open to voicing atrocities against sharia law. many say the mission was to demonize the faith. >> squares off in defense of sharia law or americans. >> seattle washington, police pepper spraying the crowd, several arrested for assault, while in orlando, florida, a peaceful dual demonstration. >> being able to marry a nine-year-old, throw gays off buildings, stone to death women that were raped, not in the constitution. >> the group called act for america against the spread of sharia law. >> counter protesters say the group is out to vilify the entir

. >> jeff skversky has a check on sports with big news from the sixers. >> sixers are going for it.taking a shot. a source confirms that the sixers have agreed to trade up with the celtics for the draft. this comes hours after meeting with markel fults. he was the highest scoring in basketball last season averaging 24 points per game. when he arrived from his home in maryland, he was already wearing a sixer hat. he wants to play here. >> it's cool being with the team. i'm close to home so a lot of fans come out to show love. embid and i were talking before when i was in college. he was giving me tips and pointers. >> definitely getting cheese steak. i'm big on that. >> sounds good, huh? earlier today president brent brown working with diarren fox. fox was a possibility third over all actually playing with ben simmons at basketball champ a few years ago. >> darren eickhoff can't catch a break. not even a solid outing against arizona. get him a "w." the game delayed because of rain about 50 minutes. highlights, few and far between, but aaron altair can play at the plate. altair keeps

. >> jeff skversky with something of a shocker as the traders have their second leading goal scorer.hen "action news" continues. ♪ ♪ >> it is the second mistrial for a white former university of cincinnati police officer ray tensing. he is on trial for shooting a black unarmed person during a traffic stop. the jury came back deadlocked. he shot samuel debose in the head after stopping him over a missing license plate. much of the trial focused on tensing's body cam video. >> i reached out as far as i could with my right hand and fired a shot. >> tensing initially said when he reached into d da bose's car, his hand got caught. >> the stef stating london high-rise fire was sparked by a malfunctioning privilege rater. this is the result of the investigation of the inferno that killed several people. the siding was found on hundreds of buildings across london. one has ordered the evacuation of 800 homes in several apartment towers out of fear the same thing could happen. >> actor johnny depp is apologizing for comments he made about assassinating donald trump. >> when was the last time a

. >> jeff skversky with the phillies, looking to sweep the mariners when "action news" continu >> newly released video shows a shootout between police and an armed robber on a mass transit bus. >> he has a gun in his hands. >> it all started earlier this month when authorities say 35-year-old blaine irv fled the scene of a hold up getting off the bus. passengers ducked and frantically ran away as a shootout erupted. one was struck as was an officer. it came to a deadly conclusion when irv charged off the bus, shooting at officers, they shot and killed him. the surveillance video was released today showing the shooting by police was justified. >> two railway workers were killed in washington d.c. today when struck by an amtrak train near union station. the two men got off the freight train to check out an issue when they were hit by the passing amtrak liner. >> now a developing story, authorities in australia have charged a cardinal with sexual assault offenses. he becomes the highest ranking catholic official to be charged in the church's child molestation scandal. the cardinal serves a

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jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> call it a sixers snub.ad two of the three rookie of the year finalists, but ended up shout-out. sarge finished second and embiid third. embiid only played in 31 games likely did him in. >>> to the phillies now they try their luck in seattle. they start a serieses with the mariners and the phil lost 16 of 19. scott kingman promoted to lehigh valley and the second base man made a tremendous play in the field in his aaa debut. he had a hit and stolen base and the phillies hope he is their second base man of the future. >> and check this out in new britain. outfielder michael krauss climbed the wall to rob a home run and how about a triple play from t-ball. the shortstop tagged for the first out and over to first for the third out. anything involving a dog we take you to a ft. wayne try caps game. jake the diamond dog delivered water to the umpires between innings, he travels across the united states according to his website. jake is the best darn dog in professional baseball. i would have to agree. >> can he b

jeff skversky joins us with the details. >> ducis eagles quartz back carson wentz throwing a curveball as they arrived. this power outage caused a mess for the eagles. they moved their practice to 9:00 a.m. and jumped in their cars and went across the street to watch films and then fletcher cox says it's football have you to be ready. and jason peter says he'll will he ready when the season kicks off. he missed times one because the team asked him to take a pay cut. he is not mad at the eagles it's just business, he wants to be reassured he can retire here with a new contract. >> rest my body. 14 years and trying to go as long as i can rest my body a little bit. >> you feel refreshed out here. >> yes, i felt good, a little hot and i felt good. >> he is the least of my worries, he'll get himself ready to go mentally and physically. just exciting to get him out today. >> a difference when he is back? >> yes, that old papa bear. you get that feeling from him. >> former first rounder demarcus smith, he is back today and missed voluntary otas as well. they signed chris long and smith the pr

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now for meteorologist adam joseph, cecily tynan, jaime apody, jeff skversky, monica malpass, the entirehave a nice evening. >> good night. >> good night. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night. philadelphia police arrest two teenaged gunmen for opening fire on a graduation party. >>> and a water main break sends water rushing through a neighborhood in roslyn, montgomery county. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight, the bill cosby sexual assault trial, it is finally under way. this was the scene this morning in norristown as cosby arrived at the montgomery county courthouse. he was accompanied by keisha knight pulliam. she played cosby's youngest daughter, rudy, on the cosby show. today the jury which was select the last week in pittsburgh heard opening statements from both the prosecution and the defense. "action news" reporter vernon odom and chad pradelli are live at the courthouse tonight. vernon, let's start with you. what happened inside the courtroom today? >

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you find another career, we catch up with former eagle tray thomas and shows jeff skversky his newest endeavor, they have opened an art studio in cherry hill their new passion we'll bring that to you at 6:00. and see if jeff knows how to paint. >> great. bringing out his inner artist. >> i'll give you a hint -- >> ha, ha, ha. >> put it on your refrigeratorer, it's nice jeff. >>> meantime a newborn gorilla is alive tonight thanks to a team of experts that helped during a difficult delivery. kira went into labor last friday and struggled and doctors from the hospital came in that usually deliver humans but they used fore -- to help the baby gorilla. introducing fios gigabit connection. superfast internet at an incredible price. with speeds up to 940 megs. that's 20x faster than most people have. and, it's just $79.99 a month online for 1 year. and only $5 more per month for the second year. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years. all with a 2-year agreement. switch now at fiosgigabit.com. super pro-tip: buy your veggiveggies

jeff skversky is here with sports. sixers a lot of buzz around here. >> nba free agency starts and could they draw a big free agent. walking around philadelphia, sixers guard says he feels the buzz and excitement for sixers basketball from you the fans and the sixers don't tip-off the season for another four months. he tells 6 abc today he is work ougt with most of the team since early june and everyone is pumped for the most anticipated sixers season in more than a decade. he can't wait to play in front a soldout arena every night. >> it would be good to have a packed house and have a crowd excited to watch good basketball. over the last couple of year its was tough for fans to get into things because we have been inconsistent with good months be bad months and hopefully this year we put it all together. >> who can't get behind playoff talk. more from cast he'll oh and the hot team in town. after joel embiid got stubbed for rookie of the year, the sixers could be snubbed again. ball expected to lose. and the first eve

. >> jeff skversky has sports including eagles training camp and the birds are gearing up.when "action news" continues tonight. from the time i was pregnant with him, had so much life and energy in him. he wanted out, and he wanted to conquer the world. right now, quinton's goal is to be a doctor. it's not easy being a single parent with three kids and having to provide for them. but my son will be an amazing doctor, and he'll help people that are less fortunate. no matter where you are in your college journey, sallie mae can help you find the money you need. >>> newly releases video shows the moments that several arms attackers opened fire in the iranian parliament and while you cannot hear the gunshots you see the people running to safety. at the same time suicide bombers struck at the tomb of a former leader, 17 people were killed there and more than 40 injuries. >>> all right time for sports and jeff is here. enough of these ota's it's time for training camp. >> we need something to get behind and cheer for it's a brutal few years, eagle training camp six and a half wee