several websites picked up on the original video where it sounds like jj reddick utters a racial slur as he is wishing fans a happy chinese new year. >> unaudible. >> so even though video was ultimately replaced with one that excludes reddick's greeting the clip went viral, thousands viewed it, responded with angry tweets, unfolded in to a international controversy over the last day or so which prompted reddick to respond. yesterday around noon he tweet ed just saw a video that is being circulated of me wishing a happy new year to nba fans in china clearly i was tongue tied as word i purportedly said is not in my vocabulary. i'm disappoint that had anyone would think would i use that war. i love and respect our friend ness china then last night around 11:30 reddick released a more thorough statement saying i want to sincerely a will guys to anyone i may have offended. he went on to say i intended to say nba chinese fans, but it sounded weird in in my mind so i changed it to nba fans in china. it came out the wrong way, but reddick says no one in the room, sixers representatives, membe

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we just put the jj reddick part.ally a bunch of different players. >>> he said he was tongue tied it is hard to hear. we blurred the actual word itself out. he took to twitter once people started to react to this and offered an apology and explanation. >> first he tweeted just saw a video circulated of me wishing happy new year to fans in china clearly i was tongue tied as the word i was reportedly said is not in my vocabulary. i'm disappointed that anyone would think would i use that word. i love and respect our friend ness chine. >>> then more backlash started to come out, as more people learned about this so we posted a full statement later and says in part, to all of our nba fans in china and everyone celebrating the new year i want to sincerely a will guys to anyone i may have offended. he goes on to say i was intend to go say nba chinese fans, but it sounded weird in my mind so i changed it to nba fans in china had i known it sounded anything like that i would have been mortified and recorded the greeting over

. >> plus, sixers guard, jj reddick, accused of using racial slur. the video everyone is talking about, and how reddick is responding overnight. >> and baby brain waves in the one thing that parents can do with their babies that will help you get n'sync with one another. it is in the health watch coming up next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> pretty good song, right. >> talking about for think morning, her rendition of the national anthem at the all-star game social security called the worse ever, maybe little clumsy, too. more reaction coming up. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ oo8z z12fz y2oo8y y12fy >> there is cbs "eyewitness news" this morning with jim donovan, ray hell solomon, katie fehlinger, pat gallen and meisha johnson. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back, airbag technology originally designed to detect motorcycle riders being used for downhill skiers in the winter olympics. >> the personal airbag made by an italian company called ease air, being used by athletes like champion leslie vaughn, and race presser canada, italy and canada. use protective back plate that sit

three three-year old reddick is in the first season with the sixers.iously spent four seasons with the l.a. clippers some people buying it on social media, others saying he just went too far. we will be dissect ago this one today. >> we sure will because it is interesting. >> you hear original version i don't know how you can look at it, different ways. >> maybe he thought he said it differently but he was thinking bit in his head. >> somebody surrounding him should have said wait a minute that didn't sound quite the way you wanted it to come outy am wondering that whoever edit this and put it together. there is all these people giving their, i want to say happy new year and then that happens. yikes. okay. i wouldn't want to be that person in the office this morning. >>> 6:40. how about we talk about the black panter, please. what happens the world. >> black panter went into theaters breakingts opening weekend. it brought in 192 million-do highest growthing opening in february, fifth time, black panter is largest opening for an african-american only 31

late last night reddick issued a statement on twitter saying i want to sincerely apologize to anyonee offended. that is not who i am as a person, a player, a husband or a father. that point guard jeremy lin who considered -- who is considered the face of chinese basketball, also commented on twitter saying quote i truly believe he didn't say racial slur and that he has cents a great deal of respect toward chinese people. >>> fergie has yet to make any comment about her performance at the nba all-star game. but people on social media had plenty to say. the singer gave what some are calling the worse rendition of the national anthem ever. >> ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ >> i don't think it is the worse ever, did they remember roseanne bar? well, fergie's rendition of the star bangled banner didn't go over well last night in lost los angeles, at one point the camera panned over, and saw people laughing. social media lit up with comments slamming the star. >> oh, right there. >> well, coming up, they danced for 46 hours straight and they didn't sleep. >> well, still ahead on " eyewi

reddick on the outside will get the win by less than .001 of a second.tory. >> wow. >> thais abc 7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. g-league, they go back and forth from santa cruz to oakland and their biggest complaint is the drive on highway 17. and they don't even drive. they have a driver taking them up and down. they say it's a nightmare. but patrick mcclellan's injured so cook may be brought up. once you're up you make an nba salary. when you're down you make the g-league salary. they fly commercial jets, they don't fly charter, they've got middle seats like quinn said. >> big difference. >> but it keeps their dream alive. there's no other way to do it. >> mcdonald's. >> he's like i can't wait for my cheeseburger. >> all right. thank you very much. >> that's for tonight. i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at

sixers, back they come, jj reddick with the pass to ben simmons for alley hoop to give sixers the leadsixers with a triple double last night. now sixers up by four, new comer marco bellnellie had 17 points in his debut with the sixers. one last, chance for the heat, the ball in dwayne wade's hand misses the three, sixers overcome a 24-point deficit to win 104-102. that is all for sports. i'm leslie van arsdal, have a great day. >>> philly pitchers and catchers are in clearwater for spring training and yesterday was their first day on the field, back home here at home, single game tickets for all regular season philly home games go on sale today at 9:00 y , ticket windows, by phone, and at phillies.com. phillies home opener is april 5th at against the marlins, march 5th. >>> well, coming up in the next half an her of "eyewitness news", how much money do you need to be happy, rahel. >> good question, what are you asking me? i'm happy as it is. we will tell what you psychologist say in a live report from wall street, trang do. >>> authorities in florida are examining social media post fro

reddick for the dagger three. the sixers win a 7th straight at home, 112-98. >> my hand kind of got stuck into my leg. but i think it was the impact of the knee on the floor, instead of twisting it, which is good. >>> dry in the desert for the flyers team facing the worst squad in hockey. seems like an easy win but remember, arizona started out the evening on an 11-game losing streak. the first win against the flyers. fans repping the flyers and eagles in arizona. this was tied. goes to the shootout after a nil overtime. he suffers an injury. michael ni berg takes his place. gets no practice shots. makes a save on derrick step on. an octopus in the net. in round 7. nolan patrick has his shot and lights the lamp. sends everyone home happy, orange and black victory, 4-3. >>> villanova took the floor looking for redemption after the loss to st. john's. they're minus two starters. his son alex from a six-month deployment aboard the "uss san diego." nova down three at the half. brunson, money with the floater. he had 2

tyler reddick is going to edge him out and tyler reddick at the line pulls it off. ♪ ♪ turn it up loude state building in no. new york city is none of our hometowns but it is the home town of "fox & friends" on the weekend. we're glad to have you in here, griff jenkins, rachel campos duffy and todd piro. rachel: welcome. i had griff yesterday. griff: we were hanging in and days of thunder. did you see that nascar. it's going to be very interesting. we have rick reichmuth down there a little bit later. rachel: we do. griff: rev your engines, it's time to go. stay in bed if you. get your cup of coffee because we have got a lot to get to. todd: the president tweeting on some major issues, obviously the shooting in florida, but, also, the information that came out from rod rosen sometime and the justice department on the russia case. let's go to florida first. he tweeted very sad that the fbi missed all of the many signals sent out by the florida school shooter. this is not acceptable, they are spending too much time trying to prove russian collusion with the trump campaign. there is no co

right now sixers are in seventh place in the east, jj reddick says the sixers need to aim high. >> onef the things for our group is just having high expectations, we're no where out of the clear in terms of the making the playoffs but we have a chance with our schedule over the last 27 games to position ourselves to maybe get home court advantage i like our team in the playoffs. i think we will be a tough team, tough out, and we need to be greedy here. >> that is exactly what jessica dean says. >> yes. >> peter mrazek calls it a new chapter and a new life, tonight, it all gets started when flyers host columbus blue jackets, earlier this week flyers traded a conditional fourth round pick to detroit for 26 year-old goalie, peter has spent his entire six year career in detroit. in fact, he has still been wearing the red wings pads he came with, he is excited about his debut. >> i'm really excited to be honest. i'm really excited. i hepp i play well. i want to help the team win. >> we got off to a good start here just in terms of getting into the dressing room and, you know, becoming part

wow briefly leave and jj reddick is not worried at all, why? listen to this. >> he calls out em bead. >> joeys very dramatic. joe very dramati i have played with a lot of good actors in my career, he is definitely in the top three he can have a future in hollywood if he wanted to. >> you don't think anything was wrong. >> no. >> were you nervous when it happened. >> i mean some people bought it i didn't buy it. >> this is the guy on his team >> yes. >> how about that. >> what is going on. >> joe joeys acting like a bass kentucky ball player. >> the friend like that the d saying goes. >> thanks, jeff. >> there are a lot of people making good on bets placed before the eagles big super bowl win and this one involved legos. lego land discovery center in plymouth meeting challenge its boston location wagering the losing city had to create a lombardi trophy out of legos for the winner. today, kid here in our area enjoy boston built, lego lombardi. >>> still to come on "action news" very latest on this rainy weather. >> looking live from sky six over

sixers with the final shot, jj reddick straight away, front rim, in good, and the sixers, losing to miamiext up for those guys a match up against lebron james and cavilers tomorrow night in the land. >>> that is all for sports i'm don bell, have a great day. >>> we told but these billboards at a local company put up in cleveland trying to woo lebron james in philadelphia new we are hearing from the cavilers star about them and he sounds impressed. >> actually very flattering, i'm sitting here at 33, in my 15th year, and teams, or guys, i don't want to say teams because that comes to tampering, but people in their respective city want me to play for them, i mean that is cool, i think, that is dope. >> that is dope. does that mean he is coming, we will to have wait and see. >>> they are giving back to flyers captain has a comedy show at beer hall in south philadelphia. proceeds will go toward his foundation's gel of helping local children in need. nicely done. >>> well, coming up next half an her of "eyewitness news" macy's does something it has not done in three years. >>> plus amazon is e

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the rookie with 14 boards, ten assists, fourth quarter the sixers lead down to six, jay jay reddick facing his former team drills the three. he had 17-point. the sixers will match last season's win total with a 112- 98 victory. their seventh straight win at the center. >> this is a great win. this was, you know, up there, one of the best wins of the season, i do believe that. beer teams playing back-to-back, and us just making enough plays down the stretch. >> to college hoops, top ranked villanova back in action after wednesday night losses to saint john's taking on butler, the bull dose won the last three games against the wildcats. to the first half, butler with the ball and the lead. martin, pulls up the three, bulldogs now up by ten, martin with 30 in the contest. but, cats come back, offer the steel, the floater, goes cents in, cats down by six. brunson 27-point on the night, but in the second half it was dante show. nba 3. for give villanova eight-point lead, under two minutes left note a -- nova with a lead. hit the jumper, he had career high 30-point. villanova beats butler 86 to

fargo center, they will face miami heat, sixers won four games in a row , nine in a row at home, jj reddick says the team wants to go into the break by finishing strong. >> we had a unique advantage in that we had five games before all-star break and we wanted to win all five of them , so this just sort of, finishing game, we have done exactly what we talk about doing and we have won the way we wanted to win, and we have an opportunity here to be the team that is right there in the mix for us in the playoff positioning. >> the flyers winning streak came to an end last night with the five-four shoot-out loss to the devils. flyers in the tight playoff race, they could have used those two points. they are off until friday night when they travel to columbus to take on the blue jackets. >> let's go fly guys. >> thanks, ♪ ♪ there are two types of people in the world. those who fear the future... and those who embrace it. the future is for the unafraid. ♪ ♪ the future is for the unafraid. so i want my glasses my girlfriend loves artists. and i need a conservative pair, cuz her parents hate artists

berles reddick is set to president trump's pick for irs commissioner. confirmed by the senate, he would become the irs commissioner. this at a time when there are sweeping changes on tax legislation because of president trump's tax package. is said to be trump's pick for ims commissioner -- irs commissioner. is it the end of the short volatility trade? we will have more. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." shery: an about-face from volatility today, the vix tumbling after seeing its biggest spike ever just yesterday. that spike already did its damage. for more on the future of the short volatility trade, let's bring in joe weisenthal. luke, we just heard from an iflyst at cantor fitzgerald it's not the end of short vol trade, it's time for a hard look into these products. >> for a lot of people, this was the channel through which they were able to participate in a short vol trade for retail. it's taken away by virtue of x iv. i think we are still looking at -- right now, we haven't had a normalization in the mi vix curve. we are tr

reddick, head of your history department. he is an agitator, attacking segregation. must be a communist sympathizer. you need to get rid of him. in fact, i want you to get rid of him before the sun goes down. trenholm got rid of him. just like he expelled the student dissidents. now again, many people faulted president trenholm and the position he took vis a vis the students. there was one correspondent that wrote the following. it is indeed unfortunate, this is a person writing from chicago, it is indeed unfortunate that you have become the hatchet man for the governor of alabama and expelled those kids. another person wrote him and said the uncle toms are supposed to be dead. does economic security mean so much? how will you face tomorrow? another observer wrote we must not jump every time the white man speaks. here's one more person. this is a correspondent from dayton, ohio who happened to be president trenholm's own cousin. this person wrote, you should have resigned yourself. interestingly enough, many students had a somewhat more generous view toward their pre

. >> how mad is china at philly right now, we have jj reddick incident, and then ter cota thumb. what else can we do, philly. he is a delaware guy. >> there is a report inner d.c., he says typical philly fan. >> i clarified people in philly were upset because guy was from delaware. it is our delaware valley. >> he might have been an eagles fan. >> yes. >> somebody breaks off a 2,000 year-old thumb, i mean seriously, sue. >> well, i knew that was coming, and thank you for the entertainment. >> yes. these are the records we are trying to beat today. seventy today. seventy-two tomorrow. will fog prevent that from happening? we will let you know. that is the parking lot at the airport. you can get a space if you can find mu-um dinosaurs only eat meat! actually, the biggest dinos only ate plants! and country crock is made with plants. country crock has always been made with the goodness of plants. it has real, simple ingredients... and the same country fresh taste you love. welcome to crock country. >>> 6:15. so here's is what happening. we've got this warm front sort of draped over t

in just a seconder you can see, embiid back out to finish the game, deep into post position, finds reddick, let's put that bad boy on ice. that's good. sixers win again, 112-98. their ninth straight win at the wells fargo center. here is joel on the scare. >> i feel great. it was kind of weird, my hand kind of got stuck into my leg. so but i think it was the impact of the neon the floor instead of twisting it, which is good. but i feel great. >> everybody's heart was skipping a beat there, for sure. over to the ice, the flyers have been playing well as of late. speaking of streaks, goalie brian elliot has had the hot handed, leading the way for the orange and black since he returned from injuries last week with four straight victories. >> flyers on the road tonight, in arizona, taking on the coyotes, first period, this was pretty. saw puck movement. voracek across the ice, captain claude giroux, sniper after shelf, ties it up at one. now to the second, tied at two, flyers on the power play. get pucks on net. that's what coach would tell you. good things will happen. all aboard the wayne tr

ball get tout jj reddick wide open look but the shot hits the front of the rim. doesn't go. fall in miami, 102-101. >>> feels like everyone in philadelphia -- philadelphia saw saw those billboard science asking lebron james to come tolling the sixers but lebron claims he hasn't seen them himself. does know about them and says it's pretty flattering. >> i'm sitting here at 33, my 15th, year and teams -- or guys, i won't say teams because, you know, that becomes tampering, people in their respective cities want me to play for them much that's cool. i think. that's dope. >> that's dope. st. joe's taking on the number 17 rhode island hawks up in the first. james demmer regrets the steal. going take it coast to coast for the lay in and the and one. he had 21 tonight. st. joe's led by 19 at the bre break. in the second nice ball movement by the hawks get he have oh to laylor funk knocks down the three. he had a 17. what a win by st. joe's they stun rhode island 78-48. roy holiday will have perm pent mark at commodore barry bank. the phillies are inducting him into the wall of fame

winding down, jj reddick the wide open look. it doesn't fall. sixers fall miami 102-101. st.ing on 17 rhode island, hawks up in the first, james, gets the steel here. he's going to take it coast-to-coast for the lay up and the foul. had 21-point, st. joe's, get the win, 78-48. >> eagles punter johnny jones can keep the sweats on whenever he want now after 14 years in the league he's retiring. jones is going out with a superbowl ring and the record for most regular season games played by a punter. >> phillies-tigers, phillies down eight-nothing in the bottom of the fourth. goes left. gets his first homerun of spring training. phillies fall though 11 to six. that's sports in a minute, i'm kristen rodgers. >> thank you, kristen, well those harlem globetrotters back at it again. >> this time they stop by the linc, let's call it the philly special. globetrotter style, right? more on this trick shot, they did it again coming up next. >> ♪ >> ♪ this is so exciting, dave! hey gus, meet tucker... . awwww... whoaaaa !! ...and axle, angie, frank, charlie, millie, ralph, henry, audrey an

clock winding down now, jj reddick gets the ball wide open. it doesn't fall.ers fall in miami, 102-101. >> st. joe's taking on number 17 rhode island, hawks up in the first. james gets the steel. takes it coast-to-coast for the lay-up and the and one. st. joe's, gets the win, 78-48. >> phillies-tigers first inning, detroit up one nothing, victor martinez at the plate, hits it right. jp crawford overthrows first, another score comes in for the tigers, phillies fall 11 to six. >>> eagles punter johnny jones, won soup, can -- super bowl, retiring, hanging up the cleat, key part of the eagles special teams since 2013. >>> that's sports in a minute. >> i was watching that sixers game, sixers up by ten-point, look they had it won, then due aid wade, i mean, he came through again. but look at this. harmful lost. the heat's win might end up haunting the sixers whether it comes to the playoff seating. >> oh,. >> that was tough. what a -- what a shot he pulled off at the end. good story to that, that we will tell you about in a second. back to donnie jones real quickly

clock winding down now, jj reddick gets the ball wide open. it doesn't fall.sixers, fall in miami, 102-101. >> st. joe's taking on number 17 rhode island, hawks up in the first. james against the steel, takes it coast-to-coast for the lay up and the and one. st. joe's gets the win, 78-48. >> phillies tigers first inning, detroit up one-nothing, victor martinez, at the plate, hits it right, jp crawford overthrows first. another score comes in for the tigers, phillies fall 11 to six. >> eagles punter donnie jones, won a super bowl, now he's retiring after 14 years, until the nfl. jones is hanging up the cleat. waist cents a key part of the eagles special teams since 2013. >> that's sport in a minute. i'm kristen rodgers. >> two philly legends are being honored, on august 4th, roy halladay will be inducted into the wall of fame. million holiday died last year after his plane crashed in the gulf of mexico. also, pat gillick will be named the first executive inductee into the wall of fame. he spent 13 years with the phillies. >> absolutely well deserved. there are

jj reddick chasing former team , drills the three, he had 17 points.match last season's win total with 112-98 victory. their seventh straight win. at the center. they take on the knicks tomorrow. >>> ville know of back in action after wednesday's night loss to st. johns taking on butler. they won last three games begins wildcats, so to the first half, with the ball and lead calvin martin pulling up for three. bulldogs up by 10. mart win 30. but they will come right back, brownson with the floater, goes in, cats down by six. brownson with 27 points. in the second half it was donte divincenzo show with the nba range three-point tore give villanova an eight-point lead. then under two minutes left nova with the 4-pint lead, donte comes through again, hits the jumper he had a career high 30 points, villanova beat butler 86-75. >>> temple looking for their fifth straight win on the road begins florida, second half owls with the ball and seven-point lead, pass to josh brown the three at top of the circle is g temple lead by three. austin, junior gets the ball

then in the forty-sixthers lead is down to six, jj reddick chasing former team drills the three, he hadints, sixers matched last season's win total with 112-98 victory their seventh straight win, they to on the knicks tomorrow. >>> to college hoops top rankedville know of back in action after wednesday night's loss to saint john, taking on butler, bulldogs won last three games against wildcats. so to the first half butler with the ball and lead calvin martin pulling up for three, bulldogs up by 10, martin with three but cats will come back off the steel jaylen brown son with the floater goes in cats dunn by six. he had 27 points. then in the second half it was donte divincenzo show here with the nba range three-point tore give them a eight-point lead. then under two minutes left nova with the four-point lead donte comes true, again, hits the jumper, he had a career high 30-points,ville neff beat butler 86-75. >>> temple looking for their fifth straight win on the road against florida, second half owls with the ball and seven-point lead pass to josh brown the three for top of the circle