that is story here from spring training i'm done didn't bell now backup to philadelphia with leslie van arsdal, leslie. >> don, thanks very much. >>> well, novacare complex may be running on cash, latest bird to get paid, safety malcolm jenkins. owe a a agreed to a new deal that will keep nim philadelphia for five years. deal worth more than 40 million, 21 million guarantied. this is the fifth new contact that the eagles have handed out this off season. the last season jenkins had two interceptions and made his first pro bowl appearance. malcolm said he likes it here. >> ever since i got here to philadelphia, two best seasons in my life personally. it has been healthiest i have been in my career. it is really started to, my career is tart to go take off i feel like and really just catching stride. >> flyers and end their five game road trip tomorrow in caroline, the captain will not make that trip. claude giroux will miss his second game with the upper body injury. he was elbowed in the face by montreal player friday night. that was a big hit. >> yes, it was. >> we need the captain back. >>> t

now, let's go back to philadelphia with leslie van arsdale. leslie, how are you? >> hey there, don. sixers on the road, the big news, all about the health of the big man, embiid, met with the media today, he said he could be healthy enough to travel with the team by the end of the season but do not expect him to play any time soon, as he continues his rehab process. he said he hopes to have embiid on the court for the start of the 2016 season. >> the goal from here is to back up and say let's have -- let's have joel raring to go for next season, for next season, but not for -- not for salt lake and the fifth of july. >> so basically, hoping to see him in the summer. >> moving in the right direction. seven-two, he stopped growing, bring it, big fellow. >> so positive. >> we'll be right b giving people options based on their budget is pretty edgy... kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends said i should get fios because it's the

i'm leslie van arsdal.ave a great day. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" the philadelphia district attorney is responding to criticism from the police union overtime it is taking to file charges, and an assault investigation involving lesean mccoy. we are back at the top of the >>> targeted for the third time in a week, the jewelry store in center city is ransacked by thieves, what business owners want done to protect them from crime. >>> and a somber day in the nation's capitol, how washington is paying tribute to the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. >>> and, check your calendars, a weather forecast, not at all like we're used to seeing this time of the year but we're also keeping an eye on some changes for the end of the weekend. >>> today it is saturday february 20th good morning i'm rahel solomon. thanks for being with us on this mild saturday. let's turn it over to just continue drabick with eyewitness weather and more on this mild forecast. >> we deserve this break. >> we do. >> last week

leslie van arsdale is going to join us >> well thousands of young athletes closed out a three day competition that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. all to fight a disease that impacts millings of women. as terry craig explains it helps to cure the disease before it actually starts. >> reporter: the eyes to the toes to the wings and halos. girls came. they took to the bar. to the vault and of course to the mat. raising awareness and money for breast cancer. into into when we see these young girls wearing the pink that color takes on a knew meaning for us. she started quite for her. they pay for well mess treatments like acupuncture and yoga for one thousand breast cancer patients a year. >> acupuncture saved my life everything from depression, anxiety. >> reporter: for the past six years she organized the pink, includes 87 jim and five colleges to compete for three days. >> its so cool. i like competing and having positive cause even better. >> reporter: cart wheel anthony exchanging cart wheelstory for cash. into had you did 56 cart wheels in a minute? >> tips event is expected to rai

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early at the liacouras center for student tickets and that is where "eyewitness sports" reporter leslie van arsdal tells us how coaches and players are prepping for this big showdown, leslie. >> reporter: i'll tell you, ukee, it is going to be a good one, villanova's number one ranking adding to the drama, you can see the guys behind me, warming up, on the court, do not count temple out, they have been on a roll lately. they have won their last five in a row, defeating three of the top 25 teams including smu which put an end to their perfect season. i just caught up with coach fran dunphy a few minutes ago about facing the number one team in the country and long time rival, villanova. >> we have to play each and every possession. often times you talk about what you do, you don't talk about what the other guys do. other than go out and try to guard one of those three-point shooters. it is a huge game for us too, it really is. these world games against non-conference opponents, they are big time games and being that it is a philadelphia rivalry game makes it even bigger. the any game you have all th

reckoned with ape led by a man who grew upright here in our area "eyewitness sports" reporter leslie van arsdal is here with more on that. >> we knew someone very well. sean mcdermott was a member of the eagles before heading to carolina before that he spent his formative years at lasalle high school. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff went to his alma matter where mcdermott is still fondly remembered. >> reporter: in the fall of 1990's player rushed this field with an intensity that has seldom since been matched. >> i have never coached a player who played every position, literally. only skill position he didn't play was long snapper. that is because he punted. >> reporter: sean mcdermott graduated lasalle high school in 1993. he attended william and mary where he walk on making captain by senior jeer. once back home he began working for eagles as a scout, serving as defensive coordinator from 2009 through 2011. with that same title he moved on to the carolina panthers, and with them he will battle denver this weekend. >> he has been a high pressure situations before. >> reporter: for

. >> "eyewitness sports" anchor and reporter leslie van arsdal has more on that. >> can you imagine what every child dreams about. here we have a philadelphia native living that dream and has a chance to win this super bowl. corry philly brown as his teammates call him still has very strong ties to this area his family could not be more proud of him. pat gallen has their story. >> reporter: unforeseen part of the carolina panthers story this season has been cardinal o'hara stand out corry philly brown. corry's immediate, extended family has been there every step. his mom, says that it was his relationship with former head coach dannal will geeo that pushed him to new heights. >> i want to go to the school called o'hara. i will live in philadelphia i said how will you get out there. if you wanting to there and play then maybe we will just move out to delaware county and under allergyo's mentoring and coaching, he just we came like unbelievable, everything that he did. >> reporter: he sadly died of a heart attack in 204 but his daughter, becca says because of the relationship between corry

back to philadelphia and leslie van arsdal. >> ryan howard was on fire, don, thanks very much. >>> flares have big chance to make up ground on the standing and leap frog carolina with the win tonight but orange and black will be without claude giroux. center sean couturier will be back after missing nine games with the letter body injury. >> the last two or four games have been hard. i'm trying to get back in shape. i need to get back in game shape. i will just try to keep it simple and try to get to go and try to help the team. >> it looks like former philly cliff lee's career is over, today his agent says cliff does not anticipate playing this season. he is a free agent. cliff missed all of last season with an elbow injury, same injury that cut short his 2014 season but he is still getting paid by phillies, a 12 and a half million-dollar buy out. >> he will be okay glow will be fine. >> class guy, provided a lot have excitement for fightins. since 1961, pearle vision has proviwith expert eye care. that was dr. stanley pearle's vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. today, doct

leslie van arsdal sits down with two two-year old nick stauskus and his definition of lunch, with leslie>> nick stauskus picked up his nickname sauce after a closed captioning mistake. during sacramento kings game instead of nick stays cuss it read that hitting the three. it happened to be with the sixers the team that he was trade todd in, july. >> i go on a says sauce castille owe, i'm so confused. then i said, we will go with that name. >> it just blew up. >> now he has his own hot sauce. >> i like the kind of hot sauce or food just give me a tingle on my tongue and that is what it is. it is more of a flavor then it is super spicy hot sauce. >> we will see how well, you know your peppers with the real hot sauce. this is testing your pepper knowledge. >> which one is the least spicy to mess spicy. >> yes. >> i'm going to say, these are the least spicy. >> that is right. >> is that a jalapeno. >> you know your peppersy might say this is the most spicy here. >> no. >> is this the most spicy here. >> yes. >> what is that. >> what is this. >> hopinero. >> will this make me cry. >> all righ

understand there is a big game on north broad street tonight, temple and number oneville know of, leslie van arsdal is live from temple. come on back and join us at 6:00. that is store friday clearwater florida, i'm don bell, now back to the studio. >> all right, don, we will be back at 6:00. >>> still ahead in the next half an hour kanye west tweeted he is 53 million-dollar in debt. now one fan is stepping into help. we will tell you how, coming up. >>> risking it all to see the pope, why some people will go see holy father in mexico risk losing the life they have built here in the u.s. >>> plus the pope's angry outburst, at a worshiper for what he did. >> 8,000 applicants and only 99 shots available, local school is harder to get in then harvard. we will go inside to show you what makes it so popular. >>> new at 6:00 his smile lights up a room but this little boy was born with the deformity new has a newly life at a local hospital. our stephanie stahl shows us how they are helping him >>> pope francis becomes the first pope, to visit the u.s./mexican border. latest, the pope will celebrate mass w

. >>> that's all for sports, i'm leslie van arsdale, have a great day.. >>> well, millions of people are finalizing their plans for valentine's day tomorrow. people who celebrate will spends an average of $147 this weekend. but how difficult is it for guys to find the right gift? dick brennan from sister station in new york went on a mission to find out. >> not like valentine day came as surprise it, happens every year, but buying a gift? oh, boy. >> it is not east. >> i no, it is not easy. >> i mean, they should have, well, i don't know what they should have, but finds some way of making it easier. >> would seem simple. flowers, chocolates, but didn't you give that last year? >> how hard is it for a guy to get the right gift? >> not hard at all as long as you are married to the right girl. >> and she is standing right next to you. >> right. >> you said the right thing. >> guys just don't get it. >> appreciate roses, flowers, not hard. what's the problem? no problem. >> but it is so easy to strikeout. >> my dad once got my mommy think a dust buster, that

. >> leslie van arsdal, joins us right now, big day in franchise history. >> hard to believe but 50 years ago today the flyers were born. nhl awarded franchise to ed snyder and his ownership group, they were one of six teams coming in the league. pat gallen has more. >> reporter: in 1966, the dow jones was at a robust, 950 points. gas was about 35 cents. and the population of the u.s., was half of what it is today. the population of the nhl, however would double that year, on this day, back in 1966, the the philadelphia a flyers were one of six franchises to be included into the nhl the following season. the flyers legend bob the hound kelly wasn't on the expansion club but spent the early years here in philadelphia. >> when you read how the history of it came about, kudos to mr. snyder for hanging in there and believing in his belief and an opportunity to live in philadelphia. >> reporter: obviously players on the current roster weren't even a thought back in 1966 but could they answer some 50 year-old question. how much do you think a gallon of gas was, 50 years ago. >> that is a questi

that is all for sports i'm leslie van arsdal, have a great the day. >>> a new family game has hit the a major game maker, rather a father who a has been inspired by his own children. kenneth craig tells us how his dad turned his life long passion into commercial success. >> all players pass one adventure card to the right. >> reporter: game night at the kisscan home. >> to get family around the table laughing, having a good time for me i don't think there is anything would i rather do. >> reporter: when the family pulls out card and rolls the dice, in one is left out. game is called dragon wood, they have all just about mastered it, that is because darren kisscandy signed and created it. he isn't a, game expert but wall street investment banker and now a college professor but game making is culmination of the life long passion that started when he was a little will boy. >> from the earliest age i was playing games. >> reporter: he wanted his family to play something he could not find on the market. >> what do you need. >> interesting for me, where i would end up wanting to play it but

that is all for sports i'm leslie van arsdal have a great the day. >>> new miss philadelphia ace crowne crown at drexel university's mandell theater. the 22-year old is a communications major at shippensberg university. eighteen contestant competed in the 95th annual pageant, she will now advance to the miss pennsylvania pageant in june and possibly the miss america pageant in september. >> my goal for this upcoming year is to advocate for people with disabilities across the city of philadelphia, there is extremely talented young woman here in this stage and i gave it my awe and my best and it work out in my favor and i'm so grateful for that. >> miss philadelphia a scholarship organization awarded more than $10,000 in cash, scholarships, during the pageant, and coming up after a 8:30 miss philadelphia herself will be here live in our studio, we will hear all about her exciting night. >> that is it for "eyewitness news" at 7:00 here's what we have at 8:00. we will go back out the live to the convention center with more on a special event getting underway this morning, gymnastics raisin