. >>> i'm hanging out with the man coach matt ruhle a day before the the boca bowl. >> don't go anywhere. >> we will have him coming up. just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> high school students are getting a chance of the lifetime this christmas. >> gospel choir from wilmington will head to the white house tomorrow for a special holiday performance. >> ♪ >> "eyewitness news" at the cab californiaaway schools of the art, students were chose friend hundreds of applicants as one of the few groups to revive holiday music for white house tour this is season. we have caught up with the students and staff at their final practice before the big day. >> i am so excited. i'm really nervous. i have in the been able to sleep. i'm shaking right now. >> we get to sing at the white house, that is crazy. >> it the is an experience of the lifetime. >> i will represent our school at the national level, just speaks volume to the caliber of the program that we offer here. >> good for them. choir has skyrocketed to

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i love living in philadelphia. >> reporter: we love coach matt ruhle we're glad he is staying. pretty similar teams, they both like to rupp the ball. they have quarterbacks that can make big plays when they need them. it will be a close one i think but we will find out starting at 7:00 tonight. back to you jim and jessica. >> thanks, leslie. >>> he has had more than a dozen concussions and he is only 14 years old. >> it feels like it takes you three days to comprehend one thing. >> he has trouble seeing clearly after after those 13 concussions but this area teen found the help he needed at jefferson university hospital's new concussion center, and we will take you inside next. >>> and it happened to many children when they sit on sanity's lap but one local business is turning these tears, into cheers, for a great cause and you can even join in the fun, kate. >>> headed for a very warm holiday as moisture lifts in from the south and west but along with the rising temperatures, more rain on the way, we will time it out, and tell you how warm it will get co when you're on hold, yo

jamie apody has more, including reaction from head coach matt ruhl. eagles arrive in new england. bird get ready for tomorrow's match up with tom brady and ahead in sports. >>> mostly clear and chilly tonight but we have another mild day on the way for month of december. we've got details coming up with the accu weather forecast. >>> thanks, melissa. but first honoring falling heroes, moving personal tribute for local heroes. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. it's the holidays. which means a house full of people -- who all want to get online. so it's the perfect time for verizon fios. it has the fastest internet and wifi available. with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, you'll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79.99 a month online for your first year. and with a 2 year agreement, we'll give you all the premium movie channels for a year. plus, 400 dollars back. so go online or call now. get out of the past. get fios. motorcade making its way around the delaware valley earlier today. it was part of the tribute honoring 274 fallen philadelp

. >> win or lose from matt ruhle and his team the boca bowl experience one they'll remember forever.so much fun. so much -- go out and relax and have have days for your elf. >> the last few days have been fun. top the battle of the boca bowl. >> to have 11 wins here to get 11 wins, you know, something that temple has never done and. >> there's a lot to be said for the emotion factor heading into bowl game especially for the seniors much. >> it's finally coming to an e end. it sort of hasn't hit me. it had hit me once i'm out on the field with these guys and try not to let my emotions get the best of me. >> forehead coach matt ruhle win means everything. >> everyone knows the main guys that have tons of accolades but it's everyone of them. they all bled together and all sweated together and work together and i couldn't be more grateful aft that game, win, lose or draw that will be emotional moment for me. >> i'll get my prediction from hooter. flap once if they lose. twice if they win. who is it going to be? and there you have it. >> lesley van arsdall, "eyewitness sports"? >> all rig

. >> win or lose from matt ruhle and his team the boca bowl experience one they'll remember forever. much fun. so much -- go out and relax and have have days for your elf. >> the last few days have been fun. top the battle of the boca bowl. >> to have 11 wins here to get 11 wins, you know, something that temple has never done and. >> there's a lot to be said for the emotion factor heading into bowl game especially for the seniors much. >> it's finally coming to an e end. it sort of hasn't hit me. it had hit me once i'm out on the field with these guys and try not to let my emotions get the best of me. >> forehead coach matt ruhle win means everything. >> everyone knows the main guys that have tons of accolades but it's everyone of them. they all bled together and all sweated together and work together and i couldn't be more grateful aft that game, win, lose or draw that will be emotional moment for me. >> i'll get my prediction from hooter. flap once if they lose. twice if they win. who is it going to be? and there you have it. >> lesley van arsdall, "eyewitness sports"? >> all right

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purpose yards, he was name game mvp, houston took home championship 24-13 but temple head coach matt ruhl is very proud of his team. >> they for the back into the game, they had a chance to make it a one score game. we had a couple plays getaway from frustrates. but for our kids to win ten games, to beat penn state, to bring college game day to philadelphia, to dot the things that they have done and know they are going to the the bowl game, i could not be more proud. >>> flyers have been on the roll winning four straight taking on columbus down at the center last night. second period flyers with the two goal deficit brayden schenn with the pass to michael rafl. they trailed two-one. blue jackets would come right back, nick fuleno gets a shot to beat steve mason for his second goal. columbus went backup by two. the flyers down a man, blue jackets on the puck, be in on scott hartnell, he scores. blue jackets win this 14-one. >>> to hoops, sixers taking on the denver nuggets. jahlil okafor sitting out for second game suspension for off the court issues. sixers welcomed back tony wroten for a

matt ruhle signing a new contract with the owls.sh hush much the coach is getting quite a bit of attention for an act of kindness. a group of diehard fans show up to every game to root on the team. they thanked the coach today who offered to pay for textbooks for those there really before the stands filled up much he's just thankful the owls have some great fans in the stands. that's cool. those textbooks are spend dee. >> they ain't cheap. >> school is not cheap. >> here's how war. >> that's the biggest problem. all right. 76ers, make a change in the front office for team that has become the disgrace of professional sports. another loss tonight the worst of the season. but was the move made to have someone over sam hip key in the front office? sixers decision or did it come fro >> the 76ers they're still bad. but they made a big change today in the front office. it look like the co owner josh harris got tired watching an embarrassing failed plan by sam hinkie. or was told he had to make change. plan by sam minute key that was doom

coach matt ruhle talk about ma ♪ >>> the flyers are the only pro team in philly with a winning streakre finally starting to click under new head coach dave hex stole tonight they went up knife to take on the devils. third period, flyers up three-two. under a minute left. devils six on four power play. mike breaks through. and gets the goal. sending this 192 overtime. now, in extra periods, matt reid probing the defense and finally shoots the rocket past the goalie. the flyers within four-three. their fourth straight goal. -- fourth straight win. sixers at this point are just hoping tmz doesn't have any more video. jahlil okafor fighting outside of bars and doing over 100 miles an hour on the ben franklin got him a two game suspended allegedly the sixers now have a bodyguard around okafor 24/7 to keep him out of trouble. today he practiced. kobe bryant's advice to okafor was to stay on the court and focus on the game. jal was at practice even though he was one more game for suspension. he joked around with teammates and work on his game but did not talk after practice. that left brett

coach matt ruhle says owls can build on this experience. >> our seniors took us from two wins to six wins to ten wins, helped us beat penn state, bring college game day here an get this bowl game. we are difficulties a pint 30ed we didn't win tonight but we know we will keep building and these young guys will will know next year when they get here what it means to play. >> there you go. the it was a difficulties a interest prognosis end to a tremendous season for owls. the draft horse pub was one of the spots where owls fans watched their team in the bowl. fans were proud of their team even if they didn't win big. >> it has just been an amazing season not just for football but for the whole school just to be excited and know there is people all over the country that has seen temple, learned about temple. it is awesome. such i great time. >> so exciting to watch. things are looking up for owls despite that loss. coach matt ruhle got a contract extension and university is in negotiation was philadelphia authorities about a new stadium, i think 35,000 seats. pretty exciting stuff. >>> w

. >> the rockets it is the the teams first bowl appearance in the matt ruhl era.y come in with the nine-two record. owls are looking for that are 11th win which would be most in school history. >> matt ruhl era is only what, in the third year. >> it is now an era. >> three years. >> an era. >> yes. >> well, a delaware county man takes matters into his own hand after her great graffiti encouraged the killing of the police officers. see is what painted in its place. >>> good guy right there, dave. >> good morning to you. president obama took to the air waves last night in a rare oval office address on isis, what he had to say about the san bernardino attacks after the break. this holiday, ford america's best-selling brand is giving you more. the ford holiday sales event... with 0% financing for 60 months on 2015 f-150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. it's the best gift ever. now during the ford holiday sales event get 0% financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash

coach matt ruhl's team never recovered after two critical first half turnovers. houston scored when they needed to and temple struggled, several times, getting that ball near the goal line. >>> the the final score, houston 24 temple 13. "eyewitness sports" reporter pat gallon has more. >> reporter: temple always have had their best season in school history but a conference title was just out of reach after falling will to houston 24-13. >> we have been through so much as a team and it just sucks to come all the way, you know what i mean, come all this way and come up short. >> reporter: solid defense did their best to beat temple in the game. it was offense that offered little help in return especially earl which 21st half turnovers, the owls played from behind from the start. >> those two turnovers cost us and we moved the ball well and then we had some setbacks. once we have setbacks the crowd getting and then things get energy. >> reporter: it was a disappointing finish but message was that overall this season has been a positive. >> for this to be here, to be

. >> reporter: this was an emotional loss, a tough loss for coach matt ruhle, he wanted this win for his seniors, the players he said change his life. >> it is hard to say good bye to them when they have tears running down their face from losing. the it is not the way they wanted to go out but it is my job to remind them of the great things they will do and they will go on to really great lives because they are all winners. they know what to do and they find a way to get it done. >> reporter: for senior all-star linebacker tyler, it is so fresh its hard to processed. >> last time wearing this uniform so it definitely sucks but i mean this team has a bright the future, we had a great year. we have accomplish more than any other temple team. so that is something to hold your head up high but this one hurts. >> yes, they did not get that historic 11th win but ten wins is quite amazing. what a run. reporting from boca raton, leslie van arsdal for "eyewitness sports". >>> no matter the outcome it has been a magical season. temple fans say this is a season they will never forget. >> someon

. >>> great news for temple os head football coach matt ruhle is not heading -- not leaving north broadeet he deed to six year contract that runs through the 2021 season. the owls match the team record for wins. they will play in the boca rah ton bowl against toledo december 22 and. to college hoops villanova taking on oklahoma at the pearl harbor invitational. numerous vets there honor on the 74th anniversary of the attack on herl harbor. cousins missed buddy for the slam. oklahoma held villanova to 33, beat the cats 78-55. good things are come fog nova this season. >> no question. >> thanks lesley. appreciate it. are those... you there... stormtroopers! halt! turn here. go go! follow them! bb-8! beep, beep! this way! where'd they go? they went that way! that way, they went that way! i can't believe that worked! of course it worked! beep, beep, beep! ♪ >>> signs of the holidays are all over including down the beach. >> take a look at this from from beach in spain. traditional nativity made out of sand. 3 tons of sand were used to represent seven christmas scenes designed by artists. ma

. >> so it is huge for these students, huge for the players, it the is huge for coach matt ruhle ande for the city of have philadelphia because we have in the had much to celebrate this season f they do win it could be fiesta bowl or possibly chick-fil-a beach bowl in atlanta but fingers crossed if they get past houston tomorrow. live from houston texas, back to you leslie. i'm pat gallon. >>> from the owls to the other bird in town, eagles running back ryan matthews will miss his third straight game on sunday with the patriots as he recovers from the concussion. all signs point to sam bradford being the the signal caller up in foxboro a place they have in the won since 1987. pat will be without rob gronkowski which is tom brady's biggest weapon. >>> jahlil okafor practiced but did not talk about his off the court problems resulting in two game suspension. they did activate garden to i wroten and he will play tomorrow begins nuggets. he has been out since january with a torn acl. >> yes. tony takes it to the hole hard. >> yes. >> makes a difference. >> leslie is skeptical. >> all rig

. >> things are looking brighter on many front for temple football fans, coach matt ruhle just received a a contract extension and university is in tax with the city of philadelphia a build a proposed 35,000 seat stadium, on campus. >>> well, roman catholic priest convicted over his handling of the child sex abuse complaints in philadelphia may soon be released from prison. superior court a awarded monsignor william lynn a new trial, for the second time. lynn is accused of knowingly allowing sexual predator priests to have contact with children. attorney tom kline represents the the family of sean mcilmail who died of a drug overdose, his family blames drug use of years of alleged sex abuse by another priest. >> sean mcilmail was a wonderful boy, he did everything right, his parents followed the path of the church which led him into the hand of a serial predator. >> monsignor lynn is in prison in scranton. he has served two years of his three to six year term. >>> happening today, woman accused of driving in the crowd in las vegas is scheduled to a appear before a judge. charges against

we have more good news for you, temple coach matt ruhle is not going anywhere he agreed to the six year contract extension. he took over the program three years ago and guided owls to a ten win season. he has a chance for one more victory in the boca rat on bowl which will be played december 27th. back here live as the sixers get ready to take on the spurs, jahlil okafor will be in the game today after serving a two game suspension. ukee and jessica, back to you. >> thanks very much. >>> jeff i coangelo, he took charles barkley from here out to phoenix and did great things for phoenix out there. >> cross our fingers and hope. >> 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. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic, why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use, is the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis trea

. >> matt ruhle is sticking around and that makes temple fans happeny the the coach signed a new contract with the owls, and it keeps him here, until 2021. financial terms were hush, hush, ruhle is getting a tension for an act of of kindness. cherry crusade, diehard fans, who show up to every game to root on the team thanked the coach. here's what he did. he offered to pay for the textbooks of those, early, before the the stand filled up. he is just thankful that the owls have some great fans in the stand. >> cherry crusade shows public gratitude calling coach ruhle generous and a positive example for the university. >>> they have been moving in the the positive direction. when he came in three seasons ago they were two and ten. last year six-six. this year, ten-three. so, we're going to the boca rat on bowl. >> that is a turnaround, right. >> total turnaround. >> we'd like to keep him. there were bigger programs trying to lure him away. >> we have something to hold on to. >> holy, molly, so, must have been taken. >> the meaning behind, kim and kanye west sons name is coming up. >> can yo

them ape biggest bowl game in school history and just a couple minutes ago we head from head coach matt ruhle. >> we would love to start fast, i mean, we with love to do thatment i don't think there is a faster starting team in the country than houston. at one point houston people here can see it was six or seven straight games where they scored on the first drive. we studied them and said what are they doing and what can we do? they were making plays and scoring. at the end of the day we have to stay true to who we are. we are a, you know, try to drag you into the fourth quarter and try to, you we feel if we are not down by 14 in the fourth quarter we have a chance. >> if they stay true to who they are temple can see themselves in the the bowl game in glendale, arizona or chick-fil-a peach bowl in atlanta but first they have to beat 11-one houston tomorrow at noon eastern time right here in houston. i believe that we are live, from houston texas i'm pat gallon for "eyewitness sports". back to you. >> i believe that we will win. >> we all believe. >> we have to. >> pat, thanks. >> thanks, bud

that they envisioned midway through the season but still a chance for their first bowl win in the matt ruhleis making sure the guys are looking at this as an opportunity, not a vacation. >> coach is telling you how when you go around at the bowl games guys tend to forget you're down there to play football. they think it's a vacation. don't change up anything we've been doing all year. >> we definitely are going to enjoy you know the practices last few practices. we definitely going to enjoy while we're down there but we know we're down there to win game. >> a lot of times when teams come out of this, they're going to florida, all of a sudden, the sun, the rays and they just chill instead of focusing on playing a game. coach, you got to win this. >> that's not going to happen. they're going to win it. that's our news for this saturday night at 6:00. your live drawing lottery is next followed by tmz. we're going to see you right back here at 10:00. ♪

temple football coach matt ruhle sticking around. he signed a new contract with the owls. essentially he will just make more money. he makes 1.3 million now. contract will keep ruhle at the helm until 2021. took a team and went two and ten in his first year, six and six and new this year ten-three. >> wow. >> good to have him here. >> yes. >> his wife, jewel ruhle, she's happen bye this, more money. >>> speaking of money, king james will be raking nothing big mop money. he has scored a lifetime contract with nike in word on how much the the deal is worth but it is the largest single a athlete guarantied, in company history. james started his partnership before he even graduated from high school n2003 the seven year deal he signed was worth $90 million. well, james has had his own line of nike shoes for years and his new agreement could expand into his own brand. >> i'm a very humble man. unbelievable time for myself and my family. i'm gist grateful that nike and phil knight and everyone over there just, you know, believes in a skinny, 18 year-old kid from akron, ohio and i

>> i have one thing to say, temple rules, and coming up at 6:00 i will sit down with head coach matt ruhletalk about this a nation season and they are not done yet, back to you. >> exciting time, no doubt about that. >> we believe. >> yes. >>> well, still does not feel like florida here but pretty warm for beginning of the winter. >> we will show you some other places enjoying unseasonably warm weather, just days before christmas. >>> also making the rails safer, we will take you along for the ride as amtrak shows off life saving technology is that now in place to slow down speeding trains. >> plus... >>> a long stand food covert is closing its doors for good just before the holiday. i'm jan carabao. coming up why they are going out of business right now and the remarkable family who first brought to it life. >>> also it is a match how a tinder date helped a woman get a life saving kidney donation, stay with us. pose i. holiday season's just like football season... you got your big games... ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. everything in

coming up at 6:00 we will hear from coach matt ruhle and the players.ack to you. >> leslie, thank you. go get them. >>> on to the eagles it is not about what happened last night, it business how it happen. the the bird got blown out by the arizona cardinals 40-17. the cards are elite, no surprise that they won but bird struggled to do basics like tackling. they were ran over, through, and around, they gave up 230-yard and rookie david johnson had three touchdowns, on the ground. >> tackling was something that we didn't do well today, and a agait a good running back they will make plays off of you. >> we have had some missed tackles at times this year but never anything like that. i don't know where that came from. >> what happened tonight, i have to figure out. again, the the tackling hadn't been like that and it was, we have to see, who and how and why and how we can fix it. >> yah, better figure it out quickly too. biggest game of the season is right here on cbs-3 saturday night. bird host washington in the battle for first place, if they lose they wi

matt ruhl's team came out slow and never recovered after 21st half turnovers. houston scored early, and often, temple often struggled just getting the ball down field. final score of the game was houston 24-temple 13. and "eyewitness sports" reporter, pat gallon has post game report. >> temple owls had best game in the season but conference title was just out of reach after falling to houston 24-13. >> we have been through so much. >> and it is just come all the way. come all this way and come up short. >> reporter: solid tea fence, did his best to beat the game with the offense that offered little help in return early with 21st half turnovers the owls played from behind from the start. >> two turnovers, and we moved the ball well and then we had someetbacks. once you have a few setbacks the crowd getting and it is a lot more energy. >> reporter: certainly disappointing finish but message was that overall this season has been a positive. >> you know, to be here, do what we are now compared to two years ago at two and ten, and not being able to go to the bowl ga

ruhle. david: we welcome brendan. brendan: matt winkler is also here. inventor of bloomberg news.nd vonnie quinn is also here. good morning. a suicide bombing in pakistan has killed at least 18 people. more than 30 others were wounded. people had been lined up outside the building to get their national identity cards. no word on who is responsible. police in brussels arrested two people described as suspected terrorists as part of an effort to prevent terror attacks in belgium during new year's celebrations. the texas teenager in the so-called affluenza drunk driving case has been arrested in mexico with his mother. ethan couch had been missing for weeks. his lawyers argued that his wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility. he could end up in prison. we are seeing a rebound in futures today after declined yesterday on the last trading week of the year as stocks declined yesterday with oil. we are seeing the bounceback today. change fromg little the averages for the full year. seeing a little bit of a list this morning. lift this morning. let's check on oil. we

ruhle. david: we welcome brendan. brendan: matt winkler is also here. inventor of bloomberg news.. good morning. a suicide bombing in pakistan has killed at least 18 people.

ruhle with jim chanos. with pep breaking news boys. matt miller is our markets desk.t to refresh your memory, bridgestone back in october announced it was going to buy pet toys $15 a share, but friday, carl icahn said he took a 12% stake and then they have been in talks it for six months, he has offered 13 $.50 -- $13.50 a share. now it looks like he has come a share offer. none of this should matter. if you look at pep boys, it is worth more than that. carl icahn wants it at a discount. i think he is saying he will pay more than bridgestone would. if we are going to offer discounts, i would say, i would take it at $12 a share. maybe you could come in with a $10 offer. there is a little bit of a reverse spike there. alix: and of course, the boys should sell its retail business to a competitor, then it should -- matt: he bought a line of auto parts stores and suppliers up in canada earlier this year and has tried to start the ball rolling , and that istion what he wants to put together pep boys. alix: thank you, matt miller. scarlet: i had no idea that carl icahn was t

ruhle for the win. scarlet: let's go to the markets. matt miller has the latest. that?ike matt: no, absolutely not. i failed out of basketball as a kid. let's look at markets, my strong suit. we're not looking at the 250-point decline we saw earlier. that is mainly because oil has come back a bit. look at the dow intraday. the chart pretty well traces the decline and rebound of crude oil, as you will see. if we pull up the crude oil chart than we have that loaded up as well. tode goes green and manages stay there, it has been a rough couple of days. we were at $40 in change on friday. friday, huge laundry yesterday, huge moment, and this morning, just a drop. bit of a recovery today. scarlet: we often hear people say that the routing oil -- you have long-term charts that suggest otherwise. matt: i shared with you guys the correlation. it is not strong. right now it is a negative correlation. you can see here is the s&p in yellow, oil here in orange. real divergence in october. that is why you have a negative correlation of .17%. versus the energy sector, i should say, a

matt ru hl is going in where. he has signed a new six year contract keeping him on broad street through the 2021 season. ruhl took over three years ago and guided owls to zero wins and they have a shot at one more victory in the boca rat on bowl on the 22nd of december. we will have much more on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 o'clock. >> glad he is sticking around. >>> still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" kim kardashian and kanye west announce the name of their new born son. >>> group of sky divers lucky to be alive when the plane they were about to jump out of, crashes, go pro captures the the terrifying moments. >>> also a common treatment for prostate cancer may double risk for alzheimer's disease, health reporter stephanie stahl takes a closer look at this alarming new study, plus. >>> tonight, we are all enjoying. >> in the name of thousands, people welcome u2, rock band returns for first time since last foster or attacks forced them to cancel a show. how their performance delivered a message, message to terrorist when we come back. this holiday, ford america's best-selling brand is giving you more. the