leslie van arsdal joins us from the novacare complex with the 411. leslie. >> hi there, don. as you might imagine there is uncertainty in the the locker room right now especially from quarterback sam bradford who is expected to be a free agent. he says he was blown away by the news. >> i didn't see it coming. >> reporter: eagles quarterback sam bradford said owner jeffery lurie never consulted him before the news broke that chip kelly was relieved of his duty. >> i had a great relationship with chip. he gave meehan opportunity, after being injured for two years, and i'll be forever grateful for that. >> so did chip lose the locker room. >> i don't, i mean, he didn't lose me. >> reporter: he made it clear he wanted bradford back and bradford wanted to come back. but now. >> future is uncertain right now. i play giants on sunday and that is all i'm focused on, that is all everyone in this locker roomies focused on. after that is over and season is over i think you can sit down and think about the the future. >> there is a lot of uncertainty but all you can do is focus on now, y

for more on that, here's john clark from the novacare complex. >> the eagles will end with the giants at metlife stadium and could be a final game for some birds and coaches. the eagles defense has given up 400 yards or more in six straight games. the eagles have given up 38 or more points in four of those six games, and the defense is now ranked 30th in the nfl, only two teams are worse. and they've given up the most yards in the league since chip kelly and bill davis took over. so, could this cost bill davis his job? >> i'm employee 91, i'm employee 91, so next question. i'm employee 91, next question. >> big boy business, and it's part of the deal. the only way to stop the conversation about your job security is to win more games. that's all it's about. so we've got to make sure we find the reasons we didn't win enough games this year and change for next year. >> i don't think the scheme, i think it's -- i don't think it's personnel. i think it's a combination of it all, you know, how do we balance the people that we have that have a lot of talent and put them in a position to make

next week, yeah, it's winter cold. >>> i'm john clark live at novacare complex. jeffry lurie on why he fired chip kelly and the most honest player in the locker room lane johnson why chip is no longer here. [male announcer] in ireland, we live in what we like to call the now. it's a wonderful place where the conversation flows. in the now, the sun always shines, even when it's raining. you might even meet friendly locals with long shaggy hair. and find yourself lost in music in the middle of the day. ♪ jump into the now. jump into ireland. visit ireland.com to find out more. >>> this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. x 1 from exfxfinity will changee way you experience tv. >> john clark. owner jeffry lurie says he fired chip kelly without giving him the option of staying without the control over player personnel. chip was gone, no matter what. it didn't work out. birds jumping back on the practice field. interim coach pat shurmur leading the team. yes, the music was still blaring today. jeffry lurie said he just did not like the direction that the team was

we begin with howard eskin live at the eagles novacare complex. you spock with chip kelly a couple hours ago. what did he have to say? >> reporter: i mean i can't share all of it because a lot of was off the record. but he did say and it could have been partially tongue and cheek he did say i'll have a job win a week. so obviously his agent is all right out there. but the eagles are also -- we'll talk more about chip coming up. the eagles are also already started the process and they started according to jeffrey lurie at his news conference today. they started it last night. today at his news conference jeffrey lurie spoke of the problem. chip kelly obviously not perfe perfect. but talking to the players today, privately, in the locker room, almost all of them respected what he did, but what does jeffrey lurie want from the new head coach? >> you got to open your heart to players and everybody you want to achieve peak performance. i would call it a style of leadership that values information, all the resources that are provided and at the same tim

. >> where is he, novacare. >> i hope so.are hearing music, we will be hearing it tonight at wells fargo center. >> jingle will ball. >> and, it is a place to take their kid. i don't want to hear it, too cloud, screaming children here are secret tips from mom, jen. >> yes, well, nick you have been there alex. nick has been there a thousand times. >> yes. >> we will run through some of these tips, really fast. >> thanks, kevin for our music. >> people want to know when do i have have my fan i in the seat. >> by 7:30. five seconds of summer opens the show. this is massive they are huge, tons of screaming. if you don't like loud music bring your plugs. they are opening the the show. they want to kick off the party. be in your seat the by 7:28 because at 7:30 it starts. >> what do i get the if i use the hashtag q102 jingle will ball. >> use the the hashtag, we will retreat you we want to trend before any other city. if you use it now and we trend before the show starts it will just go to show how amazing philadelphia a is. >> oka

. >> and walk live on the air from here to chip kelly's office at the novacare center will you kiss his feet. >> no, i will not. >> so, i got this, now i will do the walk tomorrow. i think we should roll out of here 8:30 at fourth and market and walk down market and then down broad street. >> okay. >> and little quick jog over to patison. >> a jog. >> he is not jogging. >> 4 miles. >> you will do slow walk. >> do you have the shoes. >> i will. >> what will you wear. >> wear eagles colors. >> wear anything you you want. >> if you would like to walk along or just join me on the route, market, broad, boom. >> you cannot have all of the fun. we will have some fun here while you are out here. remember newt melon who would show up and get his whole head shaved. >> he came in last night. >> he said do you want me in tomorrow. >> we said no, do it wednesday. >> if he will show up, newt melon, he tweeted this morning, we would like to have you in and we will shave your head but he says because i didn't show up, you can do whatever you want to me because i didn't fulfill my promise. we will think

. >> live on the air, from here, walk down to chip kelly's office at novacare center. >> will you kiss his feet. >> the whole kissing feet thing really freaks me out. >> that is what you do to someone you reveer. >> i shaved the thing in my head. you know that is there. >> yes. >> tommy will walk from here at fourth and market to the novacare complex. i will go down market to city hall, take a left on broad, go down to broad and paterson take a quick right boom in the complex and go in chip kelly's office and kiss him right on his feet. >> this is all live. >> yeah. >> so if you'd like to join me just join me anywhere on that route, market, broad, paterson. >> have you been working your way up to this, walking around town. >> i walk around yesterday good bed bugs invade a elementary school. >> they are canceling classes as crews work to remove pests. why they say the the the school is not doing enough though. ♪ this holiday season, my good friend gave to me ♪ ♪ 7 powerball tickets ♪ 6 match 6 chances ♪ 5 cash 5s ♪ 4 cash4lifes ♪ 3 pick 3s ♪ 2 mega millions (joe) happy holidays, rita. (

with chip kelly and easiss with chip keynd h he ran thing in the end he had frids defe him at the novacare facility and that w his undoi. >> i like chip kelly and i think most peopleikehip kelly as a perso kelly was hired he knew this as wl. if you don win y are getting fired. >> the eagles schedule add ns nference at noon tomorrownd jeffery lie will be the. >>> in additi to kelly, they hired his righhd man, ed rynowz. >>> and oenve cooinator asming duties against the when chip kelly led pctice today he likely had no iaow the day would end. earlier today, before the firing happened, jenkins areed t heat at kellyas facing. i don'thi anylayer on and say this is all his fault. cse he doesn't snap the he is not o there tackling, outut the catchg the ll. there is plenty of bla to go arou when you look at plays that were left out the. dumb penaies, turnove and missed tackles, and missed opportunities. those are all on the player >> the last few wee i had ayers tl they questioned off-season moves he made. and this teams in his mold, you know. t vion he had. it's going to take several years- >> to

in the end he had no friends to defend him at the novacare facility and that was his undoing. >> i like chip kelly and i think most people like chip kelly as a person. we have to understand when chip kelly was hired he knew this as well. if you don't win you are getting fired. >> the eagles schedule add news conference at noon tomorrow and jeffery lurie will be there. >>> and why one player said you can't put all of this seasons struggles on chip. ♪ (vo) some call it giving back. we call it share the love. during our share the love event, get a new subaru, and we'll donate $250 to those in need. bringing our total donations to over sixty-five million dollars. and bringing love where it's needed most. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> in addition to kelly, they hired his right-hand man, ed marynowitz. a >>> and offensive coordinator assuming duties against the giants. when chip kelly led practice today he likely had no idea how the day would end. earlier today, before the firing happened, jenkins addressed the heat that kelly was facing. >> i don't think any player on the ros

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reporting from the novacare complex lesley van arsdall "eyewitness sports". >> some players have said kelly was not approachable but did he quote unquote lose the locker room? today we welcomed former eagles linebacker a man well a cho to our studio. i asked him about chip during our 5:00 p.m. show. >> at the end of the day everybody has a different motivation why they play the game. some it may be to feed their family. some to get the second contract. some would be all pro, et cetera. >> you rarely i'm playing for my head coach. at the end of the day you're playing for yourself, your playing for your family for the philadelphia eagles, the city, the organization. so did he lose the locker room whether he did or he didn't i think irrelevant. however i don't think did he because tame that's one much those ambiguous phrases that people say. >> just to throw it out there like i just did. >> thank you for taking a swing at it. >> more or less. >> don't miss toyota sunday kick off saving our best for last. lesley, pat, merrill we'll talk about the big change at the head coaching position.

reporting from the novacare complex lesley van arsdall "eyewitness sports". >> some players have said kelly was not approachable but did he quote unquote lose the locker room? today we welcomed former eagles linebacker a man well a cho to our studio. i asked him about chip during our 5:00 p.m. show. >> at the end of the day everybody has a different motivation why they play the game. some it may be to feed their family. some to get the second contract. some would be all pro, et cetera. >> you rarely i'm playing for my head coach. at the end of the day you're playing for yourself, your playing for your family for the philadelphia eagles, the city, the organization. so did he lose the locker room whether he did or he didn't i think irrelevant. however i don't think did he because tame that's one much those ambiguous phrases that people say. >> just to throw it out there like i just did. >> thank you for taking a swing at it. >> more or less. >> don't miss toyota sunday kick off saving our best for last. lesley, pat, merrill we'll talk about the big change at the head coaching position.

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i will have to walk from fourth and market to the novacare complex which is on patison. >> i thoughtw nice, you will make good on all of your promises but then a apparently you getting your head shaved made national news. so everyone is watching to make sure you are following. >> what are you talking about national news. >> sports illustrated pick up the story of you getting your head shaved. >> is that right. >> look at that, beautiful back of your head. >> now, bill anderson. >> bill anderson has good day logo shaved into his head. will that be in the magazine. >> i want to see what the head line says, philadelphia a newscasters lose bet. >> that is exactly what it says. >> so tomorrow, there it is, yes. >> tomorrow. >> yes, philly newscaster lose bed, shave their head after eagles win. sam bradford looking on there. >> made national news. >> so tomorrow at 8:30 you'd like to join me on this walk we can make a parade out of it. we will leave from fourth and market. we will go down market street to the city hall. should i go around city hall. >> yes, vehicle can follow me, around ci

it will be another big day, mike, that walk to novacare tomorrow, perfect time to start a whole week of pep rallies. >> let's do it tomorrow morning. >> at the press conference after the bills game, did you see what shady said as he walk off? right at the end, oh, i know who is up next. and then walked off. >> oh, man does he want to beat the eagles really badly. >> interesting to see for sure. >> for sure. >> chris murphy, what do you got. >> we need a budget real badly. the at 7:05 house republicans remain hesitant over state budget negotiations they canceled a session yesterday where their alternative approach might have been considered. house republican spokesmen said they decided more time to prepare their own budget. pennsylvania has been without a state budget since july 1st. >>> police are working to identify a woman whose body was found in the banks of the schuylkill river over the weekend some one out walking until the woods in bartram gardens found the body saturday. medical examiner says there were no obvious signs of trauma. she was wearing brown pants, no shirt, and bro

. >> now do you remember i did that walk down to the novacare center and tried to find chip kelly. >> massage after that or anything. >> this is really pathetic. >> i'm a actually kind of feeling it. >> that is not pathetic. did you 4 miles. >> i walk. >> but then you also went to new york and went to bed at midnight. you are not rested, prepared. >> you don't think so you are just exhausted. >> i went to insuring because my daughter guess cast was in new york. iheart radio human and so i went up on the train, went to a restaurant by penn station, got back on the train and come back. >> tell everybody when you posted the picture. why are these people waiting in this long line? you never told us. >> restaurant was across the street from madison square garden. i said what is this long line. andre a bocelli. >> he is coming here. >> is he. >> he is fantastic. >> yes. >> yesterday i walk, that long walk. the guy with me was a police officer by the name of newt melon. this is him about a hour ago. he flies the philadelphia police helicopter and he drags it out by himself. >> wow. >> that i

. >> speaking of players, let's go live to the novacare complex where leslie van arsdal is standing by with more player reaction, leslie? >> i thought it was very interesting how he is looking for a coach with emotional intelligence. lane johnson said he felt some of the players could not a approach chip kelly, others just felt uncomfortable. given all of the changes he made during his time here but when asked did chip kelly actually lose the the locker room everyone i spoke to said no. >> chip kelly's eagles underwent a dramatic make over. he released desean jackson, traded lesean mccoy and let jeremy maclin walk away. >> any team you've got to have chemistry and there was a lot of things we had to get familiar with and less than a couple months and i think we did a good job up to that point but wasn't enough to get the job done. >> reporter: other players blame themselves. >> we have been the the players not make the plays, you know, ultimately, leading to this. it is not a fun time, but we have to move on. we have to keep playing this last game and then move on from there. >> everyo

eagles novacare complex is not immu immune. are worried about when facing this eagles team. the force is with all of us, amy fadool from comcast sportsnet, back to you. >>> nbc 10 has you covered this sunday's game. live at lincoln financial field for our pregame special playoff push. >> exclusive profile on gavin tony. you may remember the story we did last month. gavin was born without arms or legs, but that's not stopped him from playing on the football field. some of the eagles have now taken him under their wing and you'll see some of that during our pregame special. >>> playoff push starts at 6:30, then kickoff is at 8:30. after the game, don't miss the highlights, interviews, and reaction on nbc 10's eagles game day final. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, the rain is clearing out, but now the fog is forming across the area, so we do have some patchy dense fog and this is mainly around the i-95 corridor, especially coatesville showing low visibility, but after this leaves

part of the deal was mike said he would march from fourth and market, down broad street, to the novacareenter. >> to chip kelly's office. >> so he will be leaving the station now, wednesday, tomorrow morning at about 8:30 in the morning. it will take him an hour to walk up there. this will be fun. so if you want to join us, come town to fourth and market at 8:30 and make the trek with mike. >> have we calculated the miles yet. >> a couple miles. >> 4 miles. >> wow. >> he is not going to get on what is it the orange line either that goes up broad street. we are not going to let him get on the subway. he has to walk. >>> local car dealership facebook post is going viral, how for every share it gets on facebook two people in need could be getting some help. dunkin' donuts' unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches, freshly made all day, so you can enjoy them any type of way, any time of day. that's breakfast whenevs. america runs on dunkin'. >>> good morning. welcome back at 5:56. live at the blue mountain where they are making snow. >> all right. >> so a local car dealership's faceboo

reaction from some of the players let's start with sports anchor how war eskin live at the eagles novacare center in south philadelphia. howard, you were at the press conference this afternoon held by team owner jeffrey lurie. what are his plans now for the team. >> obviously they've already started. what's incredible they've already started that's why they did this before the season was over. they've already started the search for a new head coach and those are their plans, and i honestly think it's going to be an offense seven coordinator from another team. somewhere along the way tonight will identify who i think could be one of the names. but it was an interesting news conference. jeffrey lurie i thought spoke honestly at the news conference and it was a decision by jeffrey lurie that wasn't made spur of the moment much that's what i think people have to understand. there was a report which what inaccurate, boy, that's a shock, that said in the meeting yesterday it got heated and that's when jeffrey lurie fired him. nothing to that effect. it was over time. i think he made the decision

from the novacare complex, pat gallon, "eyewitness sports". >>> very interesting. >> trip to london, wouldn't too bad. >> maybe you need to go cover that. >> we will go investigate. >> we have enough hard knocks this season lets get the win on sunday. >> leslie, thanks. >>> coming up next the the most admired man and woman of 2015. >> and then 911 calls reveal bravery, calm and quick thinking of the three new jersey boy scouts when their scout leader was attacked by a bear. hear the dramatic calls for help when we come back. >>> conn a artists on the prowl, consumer reporter jim donovan has top scams of the year and advice on how you can avoid becoming a victim. >>> new at 6:00 saying good bye to one of their own camden county police honor states most decorated k-9 after his sudden death this m >>> unaudible. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30 with a new jersey bow scout's impassioned plea as the group leader is attacked by a bear. good evening, everyone i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm's jessica dean. newly released 911 calls revealed how three scouts were able to keep calm and put

i'm pat gallon here at novacare complex and i talk to eagles punt are donnie jones who shows me ins and outs of being a punter coming up next. it's the holidays. and of course, everyone wants to get online at once. to watch things. buy things. but slow internet makes it hard. that's why it's time to get 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. >>> well, a small plane turns the roof of a georgia home, into an emergency runway. this all happened yesterday in the coastal town of saint thomas island. authorities say the plane crash landed after experiencing mechanical problems. the pilot and a passenger walk away with minor injuries, two people inside the home escaped unhurt. >>> take a look at this heart stopping video from china. a tractor driver makes a turn right in front

from the novacare complex, pat gallon, "eyewitness sports". >>> all right, pat. speaking of have that game one day after the eagles unwrap their gifts they will try to stop some coal in washington's stocking. the biggest game of the year as we have mentioned right here on cb. 36789 bird host redskins in the battle for nfc east, if the eagles lose they're limb nateed from playoff contention, join me, leslie van arsdal, pat gallon and merrill reese and others as we get you set for the game. our pregame show at 7:00 kick off at 8:25. by the the way we are watching that piece and they had power wheels. >> yes, power wheels, yeah. >> yes. >> you had to charge it, with the battery, is it ready, is it ready. >> yes. >> you had to pedal yourself when i was a kid. >> kid, kid these days. >> very strong legs. >> exactly. >> very good. >> don, thank you. >>> coming up in the next half an hour on "eyewitness news", the family is in mourning just days before christmas. >> a driver's grieving husband is still searching for answers after that fiery crash that killed three peopl

they worked ing side these children wrapping gifts at the novacare facility of south philadelphia. gifts go to the family lives on foundation that supports children who have lost a parent or sibling part of the eagles compare community initiative that lends a land to families in need. >> now that christmas day is behind us the cleanup begins and the city of philadelphia is helping you get rid of your christmas tree all while helping the environment. we've got the details. >> also stepping outside, sky6 hd looking live at penn's landing to and night. a beautiful sight. meteorologist adam joseph with the exclusive accuweather 7-day including some wintry weather when we come right back. >> ♪ it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $79.99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie cha

. >> and live on the air from here to chip kelly's office at the novacare center. >> so we will carve an e in the back of his head a little bit later on good day which starts at 6:00 o'clock this morning. >>> you two pays victims to the november par ace tax during a cons inert france. touching word straight ahead from the rocker's bono, straight ahead. one of the cool perks of this place is you can eat as much cereal as you want. it's like i'm going to work to get some. alrighty. we just like cereal. we make it, eat it, love it, live it. (laughing) >>> lift off, on the shoulders of the at last. the ss orbital spacecraft sores toward the international space station. >> there it is right there, the spacecraft began its supply mission to the international space station, after a successful launch, from cape canaveral yesterday. unmanned rocket has food, clothing space walking gear, science experiments, and christmas presents, scheduled to arrive at the space station, wednesday, the launch was delayed by three taste because of, what else, weather, dave warren. >> santa has really upgrade t

the team organized today's event at the novacare complex to benefit the family lives on foundation whichbased out of chester county. that's a beautiful sentiment there. >> no question about that. >>> many people got the chance to spend time with families over the weekend no doubt hitting the roads to head back home today as we get a first check of the "action news" traffic report. >> now back to the grind. live with matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hey, matt. >> for sure alicia and brian. some people back to the grind today, some people from the day off but they're running errands, maybe making exchanges at the mall. as you're coming home from the king of prussia mall trouble on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side. it's a broken down vehicle just past gulph mills that's taking out the right lane. that means just the left lane is get buying headed toward the blue route and that means traffic's not moving so well. 22 minutes to get east from the turnpike into the blue route. that should be about a five minute ride so four times what it should be. north coventry and cou