leslie van arsdal for eyewitness sorts. >>> moving on, so far flyers are zero for can inadequacies, they lost their second game of a three game road trip last night north of the border six- three the beat down in edmonton. they visit vancouver on sunday >>> nba all-star weekend is official way, rising stars game is tonight, dario saric will play for world team, jahlil okafor a run with the americans. joel embiid made trip to new orleans but he is out with the tear. frustration is real. >> i want to play. i want to show what i can do. this is just frustrating. but i have to take my time, touring the years i have missed i have learned about patients and trust the process so i'm trusting the process. >> very good. >> trust the process. >> he will have plenty of all-star weekend no doubt about it. >> when he is playing. >> there we go. >> thanks, buddy. >> "cbs evening news" is just a few minutes away. >> scott pelley joins with us a look ahead, scott. >> great to be with you in philadelphia here's the "cbs evening news", tonight. president's new pick for national security advisor has turned

phillies success this year will be tied to those young arms our leslie van arsdal is in clearwater talkingitching with the phillies. >> reporter: phillies pitchers and catchers first official work out in the books. we have six young starting pitchers and pete mackanin says he likes what he sees. >> we have a good blend of young and old. i shouldn't say old, young and more experienced witchers, and i am real satisfied with what i'm looking at right the thousand. >> reporter: as pitchers and catchers hold their first work out pitching is the team's top priority. aaron nola says his elbow is 100 percent healthy and ready to go. >> i'm all good now. i have been throwing. no pain, no nothing. so i'm good. >> reporter: sack eflin whose season was over mid-august because of leg problems says he too feels great. >> it the has been a very, very long time since i was able to walk on this knee and feel good. aim excited feels good and ready to go. >> reporter: jared eickoff the oldest of the group was a mid season rock and could be poised for a break out season. >> i treat it the same as i would any

. >>> phillies position layers, will report to clearwater, our leslie van arsdal is in sunny floridaeports on the gm 's plan for the upcoming season. >> phillies gm math the math klentak met with the media for first time and addressed several issues and says there is a lot to be excited about. team has a good mix of young, good players, solid veterans that they can learn there. he also addressed the rebuilding process and he understands the fans are not patient. >> this is a passionate town, passionate fan base that wants to win. so to i. i'm passionate about what we do here. i want to win too. i necessity our helping does. i know our players too. that alignment is a good thing i think we all recognize it doesn't happen overnight the but we are taking steps to get where we wanting to. >> reporter: position players are set to report here later today with the first full squad work out on friday. reporting from clearwater, leslie van arsdal for "eyewitness sports". >> what is that back tropical, leslie. >>> coming up at 6:30 we will go live to clearwater joining us here on cbs-3 three p

here's leslie van arsdal. >> reporter: his name is charlie brown. but he is serious. no mismatch charlie brown, this charlie brown and if you. heard of him you will. st. joes freshman basketball star is showing off advanced skills and making a that i am for himself and getting used to charlie brown jokes, sent his way. >> it increases, every day, it is like so overwhelmed. this little will kid after the penn game, he came up, showed me a picture of charlie brown with my hair, yeah. >> reporter: he is charles brown, junior, he was charles, until high school when he decided to be called charlie. he really did know what he was in for. >> it started in high school. i think my junior year, everybody just started to call me charlie brown out of no where. i was like i really like it. i feel comfortable with me. my mom, she said she doesn't even like my name so she called me charlie too sometimes. >> reporter: he was a fan of the cartoon growing up and his favorite character. >> has to be charlie brown. >> reporter: we all know what happens when lucy has the football. well, i

the leslie van arsdal joins us live from clearwater beach where spring training is underway, she looksle. leslie? >> ah, it is terrible here, don. i'm just awful, really could not be any better. seventy's, low humidity. i'm here at french y's the hottest place in clearwater. let us show you why, people dine, and just, look out in the ocean. but real reason we are here, we have to work pitchers and catchers reported to day. first work out will be officially tomorrow, you see some of them getting in a little work today. this is a very young team but one that people are very excited about. when players are not working, let me tell you what they are doing. they are coming here to french y's and i, have the owner, i have frenchy with me right now. how are you doing, today. >> welcome, welcome. >> let me tell you, this is an unbelievable restaurant top here, what makes this so special. they have the great, view that we're looking at right now of the beach. >> the sand, the view, but frenchy is all about fresh fish, fresh grouper sandwiches , fresh grouper sandwiches and we're all about fresh

leslie van arsdal for eyewitness sorts. >>> perspective. perspective.n doubt about it. >> thanks, don. >>> we have some, breaking news to tell but, chopper three is live over west henry street in palmyra burlington count which are that car overturn after colliding with a utility pole. we are told the driver was trapped until rescue crew is a arrived, the driver has been taken to the hospital, but at the moment there is no word on the extent of the driver's injuries. >>> well, coming up in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news" the syndrome that causes people to sleep for days, weeks at a time. >>> also the trump administration targeting more illegal immigrants find out hoist on the righter list for deportation. the program president obama start that had president trump won't keep. >>> i feel like i was born to be under water. >> and he spend his time in the water, teaching scuba skills and life skills. it is the mission, of today's game changers. we will be right >>> sweeping new rules, the department of home land security issues new guidelines to c

leslie van arsdal has more. >> one, two, three, attitude. >> reporter: they say it, live it, attitude is a way of life forville know of basketball and title of jay wright's new book out february 28th. >> villanova attitude is about your commitment to the next opportunity that you have in life. you know, learning from your his take, and then taking wouldn't next day in your life with a positive approach. >> reporter: it that is attitude that helped him win the national championship. >> championship, yes. >> reporter: busiest year of jay's life so how did he have have time to write a book? his right-hand man and man behind the manuscript is mike sheridan nova basketball director of media direction. >> we sat in train stations in hotels, and mike had his microphone. it was a great learning lesson would i definitely take sometime if we ever do it the again, before doing one again. >> reporter: book is behind the scenes look at the making of a champion, and the attitude that got them there. >> it is a story of the kind of the culture of our program and what makes up, you know, the attitude

leslie van arsdal has more. >> reporter: brandon graham on the field is someone to be feared but offield you see real brandon graham, softer side, here it business being a father to his one year-old daughter, em son. >> each and every day, each and every second. >> he is very involved, even on his busy days after the game. >> reporter: the big question is does he change diapers. >> in the beginning he needed a little ra but now he is really good. >> it is just when the the fire start flying around and it is just like now, this is for real, and you got to kicking at best. >> reporter: being there for his family is most important. >> i grew up in a single parent home. i said when i get an opportunity i will do it right , and, you know, have the mother and a dad, in the household, rating the child. >> reporter: brandon met his wife in high school and you this that she was the one but just took a little while. >> he we ended up not happening until i got to college. >> he he was keeping tabs. >> for my proposal i told her we were doing a documentary. i walk her over to the ledge and propo

here's leslie van arsdal with "eyewitness sports". >>> jed after shoot around joel embiid said he wasot healthy. he hads a left bone bruce, and the big fellow says the knee would swell and go away. is there another problem with the knee. joel has a minor tear in the the mens cuss of his left news and he injured it against port land. he has missed 12 of the last 13 games. team will not operate on the knee and does not know when joel will be back on the court >> the mri revealed obviously what we thought to be a bone bruce, and there was also the recognition that there was a very minor tear but not thought to be acute and not thought to be the source of the pain and inflammation, or symptoms. >> sixers taking on the hottest team in the league miami, they have won 13 in a row beat sixers by 23 last week second quarter sixers up by two, ill sofa drives base line and throws it down. bench goes crazy. sixers with the four-point lead. sixers in control nerlens noel with the steel, and they had an 11-point lead. nerlens scored 19 points, to the fourth dario saric with the ball, hits the foul

leslie van arsdal has more. >> reporter: joe watson was one of the first flyers to ever wear orange ander philadelphia flyers are heading to russia for series of exhibition games and may face vladamire putin. >> a world figure and he is a hockey player, it would be a boost for hockey, if they don't release a schedule. >> you will take it ease if i putin is out there on the ice. >> i have always been taught, somebody wins and loses and i like to win. >> oh, no. >> you would never hear there you again. >> that is right. >> but getting the group together wasn't easy. >> it took me a long time to get players because a lot of players were very skeptical about going there, all of the problems they are having. >> reporter: last time flyers played a team full of russian is it didn't go so well, flyers beat red army team at spectrum in 1976 making the team a international sensation only former flyer on this ice that played that game and he remembers the bad blood between the two teams. >> we're creating a the lot of goodwill, not like when we did in 76 when we beat them badly and they walk off t

that is where we will find leslie van arsdal. hi there leslie how are you. >> hi there don. i have to tell you it is really nice here. we had the most beautiful sunset a few minutes ago. we're on the beach in february you can see right the thousand , some people just taking a leisurely after dinner stroll. we are actually working, phillies, pitchers and catchers reporting today, and we saw them getting in a little work before the official work out tomorrow. you can see the teams rebuilding ross zest working. there are some familiar faces now in the clubhouse, and the pitching rotation has an interesting mix. we have veterans, youth, and depth, team president andy macphail talk about his expectations for the season. >> expectation is that we will be better then we were a year ago. our expectation is that we will continue to introduce new talent on to our major league team not unlike what we did last year. i'm looking for improvement, meaning tool, measurable improvement. that could be in the number of players that look like they will be pieces for the future. i think that is

leslie van arsdal has more. >> it is 51 years of super bowls there have been game winning field goalsic drives, amazing catches but looking back at history of america's biggest game, there was none greater then sunday's 34-28 new england win over atlanta it was simply the best super bowl ever. but was it the best game ever. >> that was amazing. i almost cried. it was unbelievable. >> tom brady, nobody else could have did that. i agree, he is the greatest of all time. >> reporter: best game you have ever seen. >> i have ever seen. >> reporter: game is what everyone was talk about over at sports radio 94 wip. >> maybe i'm just living in the moment but i think it was the best super bowl ever. >> i don't think it was greatest game i have severe. it it was a amazing ending no question about that. to me atlanta made too many mistakes. they blew the game. >> reporter: no super bowl had such different halves, each owned by a different team. it was the largest come back in super bowl history and first ever super bowl to go in overtime but for kenneth fern, ugh he has seen better. >> it is not

however, with arch in the d league it is time for senior guard josh hart to step up leslie van arsdalore. >> not too much vocal leader that is something that helped this team and younger guys. >> josh is most care free fun loving guy, but at the same time, if you sit down and talk with him, if you explain something to him, he is really intelligent and insightful and he gets it. so, this summer i probably talked to him about the fact that you got to get serious about your life and about your career. >> i remember last year you were kind of like the fun guy, you know, funny guy. >> i was fun loving guy, cracking jokes, playing around but now i have really just mature and grow up as a player and as a man, you know, conduct myself and in a mature way and hopefully that rubs off with the younger guys. >> he never did anything bad but fun loving, just a kid, now you are a senior, leader, much closer to being a man then you are to being a kid. you are going in the opposite direction. childhood thinks way, man hood thinks way. >> biggest thing that jay has taught you. >> individually with me

reporting from clearwater florida, leslie van arsdal for "eyewitness sports". >> timberlake is kind of unique last name. >> i wonder if justin's at the ballpark if he will be rocking the tips like tell back in the the day. >> he wishes that picture would go away. >> that will be around a long time. >> yes. >> thanks, buddy, appreciate it. >>> coming up next, president trump on the cover of the time magazine again but this time, it is not flattering. >>> the president on the move today talking jobs, and hanging with the grand kids, but there are pressing issues in his administration, we will talk live to john dicker son. >>> keep your text messages secret one claims to destroy your conversations so they are gone without a trace, we will your conversations so they are gone without a trace, we will show you about 10 yeah. we love low prices. no bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. my giant. ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ any any any any ♪ did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money? a recent study foun

leslie van arsdal is with the team joining us live from clearwater, florida, leslie. >> hi there don.he as you well necessity this team is emphasizing youth. we have six young pitchers, great pitchers. you know what it is okay to get a little excited about this team the at pitchers and catchers hold their first work out pitching remains the teams top priority. aaron necessity lah says his elbow is 100 percent healthy and ready to go. >> i'm all good. been throwing, no pain, no nothing. no hesitations about anything. i'm good. >> reporter: zach oakland whose season was over because of leg problems, says that he too feels great. >> it has been a very, very long time where i have been able to walk without pain. i tiehl great. ready to. >> jared eickoff the oldest at 26 was a mid season rock and could be poised for a break out season. >> i treated it same as i would any other syringe training put ago lieutenant of work in the off season. i'm trying to get started in the right note, better then last year. >> the young guys, anxious to learn there new till i and veteran pitcher, clay buchho

but leslie van arsdal is with the team and she joins us live from clearwater, florida, leslie?> hi there, ton ton. gang's all here, lots of jobs to be had right thousand, young layers, just fighting for a spot the on the roster and yet even the starters, well, they are not taking thinking for granted. tommy joseph is pend in as phillies full-time first base man heading in to syringe training. >> your job is never safe. only confident is i have played in the major leagues before and i know the job that i'm competing for. >> manager pete mackanin expects a lot from him. >> i think for a guy, you know , to make such a good i am regulars his first year in the big league he showed power, showed hit ago built. he has they ever really laid much first base but i am loved little by little during the course of the last couple of months. i think he is going go to show i am o. i think he will come up big for us. >> this was the teams utility hand, carries infielder glove and even a catchers myth in his equipment bag. who knows is there a chance he could use them all off phillies bench this

leslie van arsdal is with the team, she joins us now live from clearwater beach, florida with more, leslie? >> hi there don. you can hear music in the back ground. the phillies scored 610 runs last season. thirty-nine fewer then any other team in the major league s. so something had to give. enter howie kendrick and michael saunders. both bring with them a winning mentality. >> last couple years, i really think you have to learn how to win. what i mean by that is when you are down late in the the ballgame or from the first inning doing little things right to give your team a lead >> i'm this is here to yell at guys or anything like that. the these guys have laid the game. i have place against franco, herrera, even hernandez the second base they have had great years. try to come in, build on that and play the game the right way. >> reporter: gm matt klentak says this will be a team that will be a lot of fun to much was. >> other the course of the 162 games we will see veterans showing why they have been in the league for 10 years and why these guys have hade money , and won rings and done a

pitchers and catchers reporting on monday, in fielders arrive tuesday, outfielders on wednesday, leslie van arsdal on monday. >> very nice. >> beautiful. >> just a little bit. >> i like it too. i like it. >> thank you when we come back a sneak peak what is coming up on the " it has been a busy day, so our whole community has been sharing their snow day and we want to say thank you. >> here are a couple we loved, big thank to you jessica for this amazing creation. this is a snow octopus. we loved this playful scene in delaware county of emily and brett, playing in the snow. >> yes. >> thank everyone, who shared their snowy moment with us and share your photos and videos with cbs-3 anytime, just follow us on twitter at cbs philly and like us on taste book, just type cbs fill any to the search bar. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10 on our sister station the cw philly and back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. >>> up next, "cbs evening news". much more on the court's refuse toll reinstate president trump's travel ban and an adoption agency suddenly shuts its doors, find out what

leslie van arsdal is with the team and she joins us live from clearwater, florida, leslie?> hi there don when was last time you saw a tiki bar inside of the ballpark? that is what you get here in clear the water florida. pitchers and catchers holding their first official work out. we call the up with cameron rupp, this big tough guy, you might be advised by what he added to his off season routine. cameron rupp is one of the most gruff toughest players phillies have and now apparently devoted yogi mixing tonight his off season routine. >> threw in yoga. that was very difficult. but, you know, just working on flexibility, stay strong and be able to make it through the rest of the season. >> reporter: he heard it would be a good addition to his routine but didn't enlist his teammates to join them. >> just out of the blue, let's just try it, see had happens. >> reporter: as for his go to yoga moves. >> i don't know the names of them. i don't know. it was fun though. you know, you kind of realize, when you actually stay with it , and do it often and you realize hey, i'm a little

leslie van arsdal joins us live with more on a key player to watch, and the girls match up. leslie? >> that is exactly right, don. one of the stars for cardinal o'hara is mckenzie gardener, a long line of basketball greats , her mother, father, grandfather, aunt, they played the game. she however had other ideas. >> i always got these cheer leading papers, all of my friends were doing cheer leading. i wanted to do witt my friend molly. she was just like oh, maybe next year and then just hide papers. >> reporter: she said, mom, i want to be a cheerleader. >> correct. >> reporter: and you are lining, hmm. >> every excuse in america as to where that paper went and what we were going to do. i knew eventually hopefully would i try to get a ball in her hand. >> reporter: well, it worked, mckenzie was a natural. she comes from a long line of basketball grates starting with her grandmother. >> she was a very good basketball player. played for west catholic she played for this game in 1939. my aunt played in 1965. so, to see her fourth generation catholic league, have a chance at this title,

the leslie van arsdal is with the team and she joins us live from clearwater, florida with more, lesliei there, don. if you come down here, shepherds is the place to stay i will tell you why they have a gigantic pool, three tiki bars right here and, of course , they have live music, playing all day long, and right behind everyone is a beautiful ocean view. so you can see why people come here but the fans, the true fans, say that they come for the love of the game. >> the crack the of the bat and the crack of the glove, the ball in the glove, it is just, it is time to play ball. this is the best season of the year. >> good to get out of the cold weather up north. i wished for snow to happen up there. >> it is something that everybody can enjoy, universal thing and i love it, man, just love it. >> it is not so much the team is, but it is baseball, it is past time. you see guys work out and syringe is officially here. >> this is the greatest game it is, it is america's game, i don't care what they say about any other sport. >> it is still america's game. >> reporter: it is perfect mix of t

we will go to leslie van arsdal who is with the team in clearwater, florida. leslie?right, don. the last season phillies were last in the league when it came to runs so i guess they brought in matt stairs to be their hitting coach. thought maybe he could help me because if you can teach me how to hit, you can teach anybody. >> we will start with the basics because i want to you get in your batting stance, okay. >> good. >> you look good. >> biggest thing holding on to the baseball bat, we don't want to do it this way. put a good swing on that ball right there. from there, you put that barrel in my hand. >> that is receipt the eye good. >> see that swing. so you made a liar out of me i thought she was going to swing and miss. >> sign me up. >> you are just a great teacher. >> last one. >> you are fantastic. thank you so much. >> i enjoyed it. >> well, he is a very, very patient hand. position players arrived today and there is a lot of competition out here, coming up at 6:00 we will hear from some of them coming up, now back to you. >> looking forward to seeing you bat

and that is where leslie van arsdal is heading, l va's coverage of spring training begins monday andtinues all week long. tough assignment. >>> you'll be all right l va. >>> st. louis university basketball team played at saint bonaventure. when their game was over the bus was gone. they played card while authorities try to locate the bus. eventually they found it, along with the driver, who was , drunk how did they find the bus? head coach left his ipad on board and police tracked it using gps. >> one of the raise year stories. >>> great relationship gone back knicks great charles oak ly was arrested, and charged with assault after he was booted from madison square garden. the team issued a statement saying they hope he gets well or gets help, real soon. meanwhile oakly says team owner james dolan is holding a grudge because oak has been critical of his leadership in the past. so apparently oakly has an issue with the owner, owner has a issue with oakly, they sent security over and we are waiting for more details. ugly scene last night. >> very ugly. >> yes. >> we haven't heard the l

. >> that's all for sports, i'm leslie van arsdale, have a great day. >> the phillies are warming upew season, and they're now excepting applications for 2017 ball girls. rahel solomon found out what it takes to make the squad. >> in just a few short weeks, the stadium seats will be filled with fans. but before the start of the season, the search is onto select the newest members of the phillies ball girls. >> we are down the line. we are catching all of the foul balls. we are running jacket from the bullpen to the dugouts. and then when we're not on the feel helping out with the 50-50 raffles, and our awesome red goes green team. so we're doing a lot of stuff. >> it is very time consuming. when we get these home stands, we're here, every day, for every single game, and we do so much more than just sit on the side lines. >> what they do on the field is only about 10% of the job, that's everybody recognizes them for. we at the phillies try to incorporate them more in the community and they're community ambassadors, so we have them involved in sponsor events to, you know, some of our p

i'm leslie van arsdal have a great the day. >>> that is it for "eyewitness news" at 6:00 here's whatve at 7:00. >>> new technology at the a local hospital, make sure patients are accurately identified without going through standard check ins. >>> and trying get your dog to stop the itch, that he or she is scratching or biting in this morning's pet project a new therapy that promises to stop the problem. >>> and a rainy sunday makes way for windy start to the workweek, eyewitness weather is coming up this sunday ever-changing environment, companies must adapt. but one thing should remain constant - a financial relationship with someone that understands and cares about your business. pnc corporate and institutional banking offers strategies tailored to your company's needs. know that our dedicated teams of local experts offer insight to help you achieve your business objectives. see how working with pnc can help your company grow at pnc.com/ideas >>> a developing story out of burlington county, fire fighters rush to a burning house, and one fire fighter is rushed to the hospital. >>> n

pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training on monday and that is where you'll find our leslie van arsdalck out our 2017 addition of the spring training. her live reports start monday at 5:00. >>> that is all for sports i'm don bell, have a great the day >>> well, in a odd colored drink future of your health, pat gallen says it could be so he went to the local juicer and talks about the benefits. >> reporter: more and more people are turning to fitness they are also turning to a healthier diet strict juice is making tasty concoctions thanks to karen moore. so i stopped into see what the process is like. >> here we're cold pressed juice company and we just very intent intently take local ingredients or ingredients organic or things good for your body and put them in the recipe and we put them in the bottle and outcomes the product. >> reporter: karen and crew are certainly to go just that so how did stripped come to be what got you into this business? >> that is a great question. trip to l.a. spawned this idea i felt philadelphia really could use something that was healthy but executed pro