i had pleasure of talking to the voice of the eagles merrill reese. he has been calling games now for over 40 years here. so he knows it all. when it comes to the four preseason game a lot of the players that we're not familiar with he has insight into what we're watching for tonight. >> zeroing in on the wide receivers tonight because we have cole turner who has had a good preseason but does he make the roster spot. then there was a guy number nine, david wa dfood and he open up some lines. we have guys trying to change the composition of the team. make eagles feel maybe they should keep a fourth tightened or keep a sixth wide receiver. and that is going to happen. they are not going to play guys they need, except, in the one circumstance tonight, that they are going to throw in michael kendricks. that is because he has had so little time during the preseason, he has to get into football shape. >> what is the one player that has impressed you the most, so far this season rookie wise. >> rookie wise, it is, tough to say, right now because the most imp

. >> coming up sports, hear from the voice of the ming else, merrill reese, his take of the situation, he's seen it all but not seen this. >> no, this is a first. >> love it. >> middle of the cornfield. >> thanks, appreciate it. you can betting else fans have a lot to say about this. can rookie quarterback carry to success? eagles fans say they're ready to see what the first rounds draft pick, second pick overall can do. >> so get it over w get it started now. >> second pick of the first round, so he'll do good. i think he is our future. >> i think we should give him a chance. i think show what he has. >> his jersey has been among the top sellers in the league, today, it is the sixth best selling jersey on nfl shop. com. >> starting quarterback carson wentz this sunday september 11, right here on cbs-3. conference starts at 11:30 a.m. with toyota sunday kickoff. the nfl today follows at noon then the birds take on rgiii and the browns at 1:00. stay with us, after the game for the cure auto insurance cbs-3 postgame show. >> what went up must come down. on the ben franklin parkway crews

sports director don bell lesley van arsdale pat gallen and merrill reese will all be live on the fieldnc and then it's the nfl today at noon. the birds and browns kick off at 1:00 p.m. followed by the cure insurance postgame show. >>> and now to an art museum mystery a woman says a catfish fell from the sky and smacked her in the face. this bizarre incident has everybody talking as you can imagine. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh actually spoke to the victim. >> reporter: usually you find catfish in there water. this one came straight from the sky. >> within a few seconds you a slammed in the face with something. i think it might have been head face and neck 'cause i smelled so bad afterwards. >> reporter: it's definitely not the morning lisa expected during her walk to a labor day boot camp class at the art museum. >> i'm like i'm more likely to get struck by lightning than hit by a fish falling from the sky. >> reporter: early monday morning that's what happened. >> a bird had a fish in its beak or feet and dropped it right on lisa's head. >> i immediately freaked out and fell to

don bell, pat gallen, merrill reese, myself, all live at the linc. off at 1:00 folds by the cure insurance postgame show. >> to college football down at the linc, temple host being stoney brooke, the owls looking to wash away last week's 15-point season opening lost to army. the owls second possession of the game marched 51 yards on the four plays, 3-yard touchdown, to give them seven-nothing lead. then, still in the first, philip walker, finds keith kirkwood for the first of his two touchdowns on the day, the owls with a 14-point lead. never look back. they beat stoney brooke 38 to nothing, first shut out in almost two years. >>> out on the main line, villanova wildcats in home opener. facing lehigh, no score in the first. hand-off to jay von white. 43-yard touchdown. ran 155 yards and wildcats beat mountain brooke 26 to 216789. >> and now to baseball, just three weeks left for the phillies today. they finish out series against the nationals, you can listen to the game on 1210wpht. last night wasted fine performance from jared icough. no score in th

sports director don bell, lesley van arsdall, pat gallen, merrill reese, all on the field at the linc it is the nfl today at noon. birds and browns kick off at 1:00 followed by the cure insurance postgame show. >>> much more on the match up ahead in sport, plus reporter cherri gregg is live coming up in our next half hour with the fans down at the linc. >> also ahead, file this one under strange and unusual. we hear from a woman who says she was hit in the face by a fish, hey, justin? >> rahel, good morning, we are waking up to still humid conditions, but that's going to change, we've got pleasant week ahead even fall-like temperatures. i'll let you know when they [phone buzzing] buy online. ready in an hour. weren't you just... got it. staples. make more happen. when it comes to risking social sepat toomey wrote the book. .. "i'm...i've got a whole chapter in my book where i... specifically lay out how i think we should... reform social security." toomey's plan requires wall street and bankers to manage... the accounts. collecting fees out of your social security that could... total

sport director done bell, pat gallen, merrill reese, myself all live on the field at the linc.e nfl today birds and browns kick off at 1:00. folds by the cure insurance postgame show. >> to college football down at the linc, temple hosting stoney brooke. owls looking to wash away last week's 15-point season opening lost to army. the owls second possession of the game, they march 61 yards on four plays, capped off byra hell, 3-yard touchdown, to give them seven-nothing lead. then still in the first, philip walker finds keith kirkwood for the first of his two touchdowns on the day. the owls with a 14-point lead. never look back. they beat stoney brooke 38 to nothing. owls first shut out in almost two years. >> well, next up, temple penn state, nittany lions took on long cross stale right pit. this is the 97th meeting between the schools, and the first time since 2,000. to the fourth quarter, the panthers up by four, shuttle pass positive james come or, runs through the penn state defense tore 12-yard touchdown. pit 42-31 lead. ten minute left. nittany lions responds. barkley scor

voice of the eagles merrill reese told us pregame keep an eye on paul turner. he was great. he's made more catches than any other nfl receiver this free season now tonight he was returning punts for first time in the preseason and came up with play of the night it's a 71-yard punt return for the score and the eagles will win this one 14-6 and we have much more on the game coming up in sports. but the other big story of football we have colin kaepernick is refusing to stand during the national anthem in protest and after sitting the anthem first preseason games he follow through on that promise once again tonight. >> we'll have more on that and coming up we'll have highlights from that game and also hear from doug pederson about paul turner's performance. >> it will be interesting to hear. >> bit way you can see the eagles first regular season game sunday september 11 on cbs3 coverage starts 11:30 a.m. with toyota sunday kickoff and nfl today follows at noon and birds take on rg3 and browns at 1 in south philly and then stick around for the cure postgame show. >> four of thos

voice of the eagles merrill reese told us pregame keep an eye on paul turner. he was great. he's made more catches than any other nfl receiver this free season now tonight he was returning punts for first time in the preseason and came up with play of the night it's a 71-yard punt return for the score and the eagles will win this one 14-6 and we have much more on the game coming up in sports. but the other big story of football we have colin kaepernick is refusing to stand during the national anthem in protest and after sitting the anthem first preseason games he follow through on that promise once again tonight. >> we'll have more on that and coming up we'll have highlights from that game and also hear from doug pederson about paul turner's performance. >> it will be interesting to hear. >> bit way you can see the eagles first regular season game sunday september 11 on cbs3 coverage starts 11:30 a.m. with toyota sunday kickoff and nfl today follows at noon and birds take on rg3 and browns at 1 in south philly and then stick around for the cure postgame show. >> four of thos

toyota sunday kickoff, don bell, lesley van arsdall, myself, joined by the great merrill reese and muchre. nfl today follows at noon, and then it is the birds and the browns at 1:00 in south philly, and after the game, it is the cure auto insurance cbs-3 postgame show. there is more football this weekend, as well. temple opens against army, villanova opens its season tomorrow against pit on the road, and the friday football frenzy is back, one week from tonight, guys. football, football, football. are you ready? the next six months. >> packed it all in there. >> thanks, pat. >>> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", penn state decision to honor joe paterno drawing mixed reaction. >> the school says it will have special commemoration in a few weeks, how fans are reacting. katie? >> and, joe, we are of course starting the day off at least on real nice note. but keeping a very close watch on what hermine is up to. as it is going to have an impact on your labor day holiday weekend, and we'll explain how coming [ clock titime. ] you only have so much. that's why we wanna make

i spoke with the voice of the eagles merrill reese about the kind of job that doug has done owe far. >> i'll tell you doug pederson came here and had right temperament, he change entire atmosphere at novacare way. you can just feel the entire chemistry of the building pick up. he is a great guy. he is an outstanding communicator, players like him, coaches work well with him. >> and later tonight, the friday football frenzy you are looking live at neshaminy high school for featured game with mesh neshaminy taking on abington and coaches speech when i see you at is 11:00 tonight. >> yes. >> okay. >> we will be rightk;,t i think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. i would bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. get him out of here! get him out of here! get the hell out of here! priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. priorities usa action is responsible

it was a relationship that the boys of the eagles merrill reese could see clearly. >> you could see that the communication between coach and quarterback and doug as the play caller was very crisp. it was never a time when carson wentz had to wait for the play, or with a play clock running down. it was as smooth as silk. >> along the side lines, cameramen and women have arduous job have, to keep up with the fast paced action on the field, sometimes that action can fall right in their laps. one of our cbs-3 cameramen winds above and beyond yesterday. take a look at the cbs-3 view of carson wentz first touchdown pass. look at the receiver jordan matthews, crash into the cameraman. that's our man kyle hall. he did did not miss the shot. kyle came away a bloody lip. but otherwise all good. so, how does it feel to be all over national tv and on the receiving end that far big hit? well, we will hear from kyle coming up at 6:00. that was -- >> glad he didn't lose a tooth. >> i don't know how that didn't knock him out. >> so funny because kyle is such a great photographer one, but responded at th

fumble by -- >> that's merrill reese with the call, as the eagles defense dominates. birds beat the chicago bears. so what about it? are you on the wentz wagon yet? >> i am! >> you're there? >> i'm on the wentz wagon. and tuesday is tuesday, september 20th, good morning, i'm jim donovan, i'm on the wentz wagon. >> i'm brooke thomas. don bell, i heard this is carson city wentzvania. it lasts for an hour but i like that. >> me too. >> we'll have a happy commute obviously is. >> everyone will be happy today except for the kids going to school, they're the own ones that don't care, mobile happen zero mom and dad, just don't care. we do have construction on interstate 295, that is slowing you down just a bit. >> don't have the heavy rain dealing with yesterday, obviously weed into the rain, just bad timing disrupting the commute. today little drier. still little dreary some spots this morning. but we are seeing few breaks in the clouds outside center city right now. you can see, some filtered moon with the high clouds, but the further north and west you go, more clouds wit

so even merrill reese buying into wentz. good call there. we will get the to sees him again in action monday night when the bird travel to chicago, to take on the bears. >>> all right, later on in sports carson wentz may be one of his big targets. we have an injury to report for the bird. you don't want to miss that later in the show. >> kyle can say he caught the a piece of wentz first touchdown too. >> piece have of history. >> that, he did. >> yes. >> thanks, buddy. >>> still to come tonight on "eyewitness news" testing the water, rowan university is taking steps to keep students safe after elevated levels of lead is discovered in campus water. how long water will be off limits, next. >>> singing outside city hall message behind this afternoon's musical performance, kate. >>> we started on a beautiful note nothing but sunshine and clear skies, so how long will this gorgeous weather last? and when can we expect some of that much needed rain, we have had a chance this is forecast, i'll have your full seven day when we come right back. the r

coming up at 6:00 we will talk with the great merrill reese and get his insights as to what we should all be looking for and i'm sure he will have more interesting story lines for to us watch out for. now back to the studio, guys. >> tell merrill we said thank you. coming up next, tracking hurricane hermine, our area is looking to the weekend forstrom's impact but part of the country are already preparing for the conditions. the way florida is getting ready for hurricane. >>> more zika concerns, discovery officialness florida made today that researchers are calling disappointing. >>> it has been two months since 120 silver liner cars went out of service, i'm greg argos in bucks county with the company responsible for new design which will get septa company responsible for new design which will get septa back on hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the crap out of them, would you? seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, bel

join don bell, merrill reese, pat gallen and me today at 11:30 right here on cbs-3. >>> now to collegeear temple shocked penn state at a sold out lincoln financial field for their first win against tonight thely lions in 74 years. yesterday rematch at beaver stadium. owls, have not won there in 73 years. temple trailing by ten. owls with the punt, and off penn state player, both teams go for loose ball. temple recovers it on the 1 yard line. three plays later we have the hand off to jihad thomas. owls trailing by a field goal. penn state will get the ball back, but barkley with the ball, by the big hole up the middle. nice cut. and he is able to out run temple defense 55-yard to the house and penn state with the the ten-point lead late in the game, owls down a score, philip walker's pass intercepted by john read, that is your ballgame, penn state the beats temple 34-27. >> i thought our defense played well, you know, really played well and we have to stop turning the ball over on offense. it puts our defense in a tough spot but i thought our defense played well. overall we found a way

. >> do your best merrill reese. >> yes. >> wentz to agholor, something like that. >> something likehat. >> that is so cool. >> so tonight on fox, two movie stars are on tv. >> who are they. >> gina davis, and, allen rupp. >> yes, that is a line i remember from that hoffy let's jen fred do it. she's in her new jen cave. where are you and where is this place what floor do you think i'm on, by the way, this is mike our facebook show and tracefully that is in our building. >> you are on the second floor. >> i love it. >> are you having a -- you need to have a house warming party. >> this is the house warming party. >> so before you come up this will be a great place to watch exorcist on fox. you know how fox has been doing it, empire, gotham they go there, they go as far as they can for network tv and this show is just like the others, it is as creepy as you want it to be. >> i love horror. i was actually in one horror movie back in the 80's, the fly and i just love the ge nre. >> and possibly to go there. >> right. >> yes. >> willing to make it as creepy, scary, frightening as this nee