lesley van arsdall and i will join you in a few minutes. >> all right, beasley, thank y you. >>> new tonight, a big loss in a legal challenge of a multi million dollars concussion lawsuit settlement with the nfl. that proposed settlement called for the nfl to pay at least $765 million to players diagnosed with problems linked to concussions. but the players who made their challenge in court here in philadelphia say that money just isn't enough. the federal appeals judge shot down that argument, but those players can still raise objections at a hearing in november. >> one new jersey school is leading the way in trying to cut back on concussions. and tonight we'll show i was very interesting new game plan that's keeping players safe both on and off the field. that story is coming up on "eyewitness news" in just about 12 minutes. >> we are watching rain as we head into the weekend. meteorologist kathy orr is here now with a look at the forecast. kathy? >> right now we're looking at some drying conditions a cold front moving through the region

join me lesley van arsdale, merrill reese and a cast of local eagle experts get you ready for the game>> as expected the league had handed down fines for sunday's melee in the washington game. jason peters was $10,000 for letting chris baker know don't mess with my quarterback. baker slapped with an $8,000 fine for grabbing peters face mask. eagles announce head scout marty will not be back with the club next season. fightans starting their final season of the series against atlanta. jerome williams on the mound. in the fourth we pick up the action and johnson would cross a pitch deep into the stands in left. braves have a four-nothing lead. in the sixth irving santana a wild pitch that allows cody cody asche to score. fightans tie the game. papelbon came in and got his 39th save of the season and the phillies beat the braves five to four. >>> friday football frenzy woodrow wilson at camden catholic. look attire rerogers. finds adam giordano in the end zone for the score. see much more on our sister station cbs3. the original friday football that's when we turn it over to the kids. >>

lesley van arsdale has the >> welcome back.dreds of volunteers, they have now joined in this massive search for a university of virginia student who disappeared a week ago. this as police continued to investigate the disappearance of 18-year-old hannah graham. on friday, police said they spoke to a man they believe was with her in a bar the night she disappeared. but they did not have enough information to arrest him and today search teams fanned out all around the charlottesville, virginia area looking for any clues. >> i would want people out looking for one of my girls if this was my daughter. >> finds hannah. that's the mission in hand right now is to find hannah. you know, of course we're looking for the clothing, possibly that she had on the night she went missing. her cell phone. that's not been recovered. so, anything that has any aspect of hannah is what we're looking for. >> an estimated 1100 volunteers took part in today's search. >>> and more supplies are heading to africa to help healthcare workers stop the spread

i'll be live from the linc along with lesley van arsdall for sunday can be you've at 11:30. then at noon it's the nfl today with james brown. the eagles take on jacksonville 1:00 p.m. right here on cbs-3. >>> and remember thursday night football comes to cbs-3 next week. the ravens host the steals will. i'll be there live from m and t bank stadium with a one-on-one interview with south jersey product joe flacco much that's next thursday right here on cbs-3. >> phillies return to action tomorrow in washington where they start weekend series against the division leading nationals. ben revere will resume his quest to win the national league batting title. right now he's on top of the .314 average. phillies have 23 left games to play. he's looking to become the first batting champ in philly since richie ashburn did it in 1958. the eagles soon joined by the flyers training camp starts on september the 19th for the orange and black at the flyers 68 zone. they'll open up the regular season october the eighth in boston. >> and the viewers have spoken. tomorrow i'll be live at 6:00 p

. >> i'm lesley van arsdall. >>> a strange game in san francisco.offense struggled behind a banked up offensive line. 3o line starters missing through injury or suspension. >> the birds special teams and the defense made this game pushing the contest deep into the fourth quarter. chip kelly's team had chance to escape with the win. it was winnable. but just could not get it done.

. >> that complete interview with shady sunday morning 11:30 on sunday kickoff lesley van arsdale, merrill and i will be on the side line at the linc getting you ready for the game. >>> phillies continue their west coast road trip tonight in oakland. the a's scored three times in the second inning and lead the fightans three to one in the sixth inning of play. >>> flyers started training camp today. captain sustained a line in nor injury. claude giroux will miss time with a lower body injury. flyers open the regular season october 8 in boston. go get 'em. >> hey. they will hopefully and of course the return of hockey makes us think of fall. it is certainly feeling like fall out there. >> football, all of it, yeah. >> and it's looking like halloween as well. the popular attraction that's back in actio >> well, it is time to get into the spirit of the season. first, though, you may have heard of a sit-in but what about a knit-in. >> it's a unique way some people are giving back to the community in a big way. members of local churches senior centers other groups gathered at the philadelphia s

lesley van arsdale has more height lights and the day in philly sports in a few minutes. >> nick folesough as nails today. beasley we'll see you later in sports. >>> the last time desean jackson was in philadelphia he was an eagle. now he's in the nation's capital and everything has changed. steve patterson headed to the linc today to find out how fans really feel about the return of deshawn. >> reporter: what a game. >> exciting game back and forth all day. >> all through the game. >> three and zero, baby. >> reporter: eagles fans react to go arguably one of the most exciting nfl games this year a blood thirsty quarterback showdown with little to no running or defense in the eagles -- and the eagles out on top. >> of course we was on the edge of our seats. that's what they do to us. they treat us like we the cardiac kids. >> reporter: eagles fans happy with the final score but there was a whole lot more to this game including a bench clearing fight and somebody back in town you may remember. >> i think that the biggest difference is just playing against him. >> reporter: in an exclusi

i'll be live from the linc along with lesley van arsdale for sunday kickoff at 11:30.les take on jacksonville at 1:00 p.m. once again on cbs3. >>> now to college football penn state hosts akron in the home opener for the nittany lions. last weekend the knits took on central florida over in ireland. took a last second field goal to give james franklin his first win as the penn state head coach. he says there's a lot of room for improvement. >> again the most important thing is we found a way to win we were able to get points. we were five for five in scoring in the red zone. we got to do a better job of scoring touchdowns to maximize our opportunities. >> eagles will be joined by the flyers. training camp starts on september 19th for the orange and black at the flyers skate zone. the regular season october 8th in boston. >>> phillies are back in action tomorrow in washington against the nationals and ben revere will continue his quest to win the national league batting title. right now he's on top with a .314 average. phils have 23 games left to play. ben is looking to

lesley van arsdale >> back now on "eyewitness news". storms linger around the region tonight. storm scan3 still active even at this late hour. meteorologist justin drabick is tracking what we can expect overnight and also for the second half of our weekend. that's coming up for in you just about three minutes. stay with us for that. >> also, today, parts of the midwest cleaning up after storms swept through that region. in southeast michigan, heavy rains and winds knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people. storms also disrupted two church festivals. now, winds brought down large tents at both events in dearborne heights. five people were hurt. one person seriously. >>> now, to the west coast where vac weighings are currently in order as firefighters battle a wildfire scorching hundreds of acres near joe september mitt tee national park. the fire broke out friday afternoon much crews have it about 25% contained at this point. no damage has been reported. >> and to hawaii where lava is causing great concern. the rock from one of the world's most active volcano is cree

lesley van arsdale will have full highlights later in sports. >> beas, thank you. >> all right, a goodunday night. perfect timing forts weekend. hope you had a chance to get outside and enjoy it. these numbers were high. this is more typical for middle of august but at least we didn't have the humidity. but check out reading, allentown, mid 80's for afternoon high temperatures. now, these weren't record highs. we still can get into the low 90's for this time of year. looks like we'll finish off the month of september above average. in philadelphia 70's degrees this hour, 63 in allentown. some of the suburbs will cool downton night. however, there are some clouds that will keep temps up a little bit. 61 in quakertown, 66 in doylestown this hour. high and mid level clouds moving through. notice the direction the clouds moving in from the south and west bringing in the warmer air. expect a warm start to the work week. so, early monday morning little bit on the cooler side. 60's for most spots, some of the cooler suburbs get into the upper 50's. so a comfortable start to our monday. during

later in sports lesley van arsdale will have more hee lights and reaction.'m beasley reece, live in the sat center. >> beas thank you very much. >>> fans were a little bit nervous at the beginning of the game. so was i but they left the stadium celebrating. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson was right along with them. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> reporter: by the end that was matters familiar chants and lofty declarations from happy fans. >> we're going at the super bowl. [laughter] >> reporter: but most fans flowing into the linc today will tell you they watched two very different halves of football and first, well -- >> first half we looked sloppy. by half time you a crying. it really hurt. >> it was a little bit like pick up the pace. >> reporter: except of course for jean the faith. he says he never lost faith until his friends ratted him out. >> no, we were folk's got to go. >> reporter: by half time it was quiet. you could hear a pin drop especially from tailgaters here in the parking lot and then the third quarter start started with a bang. >> e

eagles win over jacksonville when the midday dee of rob ellis and anthony gargano join me and lesley van arsdallst a few minutes down. >> one win down. >> one victory. they're right where they shall be. they won it by the number they thought they'd win the by. not just the way. >>> a little slow start. >> a run to honor heroes. why this race has very special meaning this time of year. we're back in a moment. one deposit a month waves sothe monthly maintenance fee. he's so good to me. mom! this is amazing! i know. no fee. no. brian at citizens bank. he gave you a special deal? he's into you. sounds like it's time to get back out there. honey, anyone can get one deposit checking. besides, he's younger than your brother. eww. you got that right. one deposit checking. only from citizens bank. one deposit of any amount each statement period waives the monthly maintenance fee. ♪ >> welcome back. annual race underway honoring the heroes 9/11 and those who died protecting our country at home and abroad. >> gregory, army, cherry hill. >> names of the brave were read and the flag raised ahead of the 9/11

. >> i'm lesley van arsdall. >> i'm sports directorially beasley reece.s game with a little bit of everything. return of wide receiver desean jackson. second half brawl and late game drama. >> lofts drama. through it all the birds perfect start to the season on the line against the division rivals. so naturally things a little chippy early. desean's first grab of the game takes a late hit from jenkins, shoves him in the face. nate allen gets a retaliation penalty that it says the tone for the rest of the game. kirk cousins standing for robert give iii. quick touchdown. >> but the birds answered right back. how about this for special teams play? it's polk on the run back thing string running back 102 kick off return for the touchdown. seven-seven ballgame. break out game with the rookie jordan matthews as welch that's a second of two touchdowns beautiful throw by mick nick foles. to feet in the end zone. 21-20 lead at half time. >> but we knew desean would not stay quiet. eagles up a touchdown. washington found desean, an 81-yard pass for the score. how ma

lesley van arsdale has the detail to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalatoris is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. >> welcome back. hundreds of volunteers, they have now joined in this massive search for a university of virginia student who disappeared a week ago. this as police continued to investigate the disappearance of 18-year-old hannah graham. on friday, police said they spoke to a man they believe was with her in a bar the night she disappeared. but they did not have enough information to arrest him and today search teams fanned out all around the charlottesville, virginia area looking for any clues. >> i would want people out looking for one of my girls if this was my daughter. >> finds hannah.

lesley van arsdale has a preview tom wolf. he'd be a different kind of governor.e served in the peace corps in india. and then got a phd from mit. and as a businessman he gives between 20 and 30 percent of his profits back to his employees. when he served as pennsylvania's secretary of revenue. he turned down the perks. and donated his government salary to charity he refused take a state car, he drove his old jeep instead. can't argue with that. tom wolf. he'd bring a fresh start to pennsylvania. >> back now on "eyewitness news". storms linger around the region tonight. storm scan3 still active even at this late hour. meteorologist justin drabick is tracking what we can expect overnight and also for the second half of our weekend. that's coming up for in you just about three minutes. stay with us for that. >> also, today, parts of the midwest cleaning up after storms swept through that region. in southeast michigan, heavy rains and winds knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people. storms also disrupted two church festivals. now, winds brought down large

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