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i'm rob ellis good day everybody. a swing and a miss, packed crowds in texas high steaks rate.hat they call t run around 150-foot racetrack, and you can see, they do it pretty quickly. this is one of the main attractions by the way at houston's livestock show and rodeo. now, one young bystander said quote it looks like fun and if i was a pig i would have really like it. hey, different strokes for different folks. still to come, expired drugs do you really need to throw them away? coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news" over the counter and prescription drugs some you can still take, other you really should toss out. health reporter stephanie stahl gives you advice to help keep you from getting sick and also save you money. changes are on the way. carol returns to tell us when the miler air will move in. we'll be right back. we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. when i post my slow jams, i'm a little half fa

rob ellis here with sports highlights. >> tell you what the flyers are doing a happy dance in boston today. the highlights and the sixers they pay homage to fallen hero. you want to see. >> this plus villanova temple lasalle philly, all >> with just 17 games to play, flyers trail the bruins by four points for the final playoff spot in the east. >> this was by far their biggest game of the season, to boston we go, second period flyers down one-nothing jake, pass voracek's 20th, they tie the game at one. would stay that way until 4:30, comes up big, clutch goal right there. flyers take one-one lead -- two-one lead. all looks good. flyers clinic to one, two to one lead, power play, brad beats steve mason. ties the game at two. we would go to over time. in ot, had huge turn over, gets a great move right there. pass steve mason crushing over time for the flyers, who led with 14.1 left. fall five-point behind boston, 16 games to play. >>> you talk about a tail of two teams, two opposites. thirteen and 49, sixers, hold the second worse record in the nba, played the 49 and 12 hawks who own t

mccoy could be flying out to philadelphia and that has fans sounding off on sports radio 94 wip host rob ellis. >> another jersey down the drain for crying out loud this isn't just philadelphia news, this is major nfl news. >> reporter: reports surfaced tuesday that the eagles reached an agreement to send their star running back to buffalo in exchange for kiko a alonzo. the the deal cannot be official until next week but it left fans and experts alike guessing about the teams future. >> we didn't really come to see it until right now. >> you don't understand the trade. >> i'm upset. i have always liked shady but we will see where we go from there. i'm not the sure what their movies but hopefully a good one. >> it will blow up in a good way or blow up in a bad way. he doesn't care. beauty and curse of the chip kelly, he will in the the go by what conventional wisdom is. he is doing it his way. >> reporter: as for chip kelly, he was keynote speaker at jcc award last night and made no mention of the mccoy's likely departure but the crowds including the teams youngest fans were more than happy to

mccoy could be flying out of philadelphia and that has fans sounding off on sports radio 94wi p host rob ellis. >> another jersey down the drain for crying out loud. >> this isn't just philadelphia news, this is major nfl news. >> reporter: reports surfaced tuesday that the eagles reached an agreement to send its star running back to buffalo in exchange for linebacker kiko alonzo. it cannot be made official until next week but it has fans and experts alike guessing about the the team's future. >> we didn't understand it until right now. >> reporter: do you understand the trade. >> no, do you understand the trade. >> i am upset. i always like shady. i'm in the the sure what their movies. hopefully a good one. >> it will either blow up in a good way or blow up in a bad way. he doesn't care. the beauty and curse of chip kelly, he will in the go by what conventional wisdom is. he is doing it his way. >> reporter: as forehead coach chip kelly he was key ♪ speaker at jcc award last night and made no mention of the mccoy's departure. the crowd, including the teams youngest fans were more than happy t

. >>> that is sports i'm rob ellis have have a great the day everybody. >>> all right.t is it the for "eyewitness news" at 6:00 here's what we have coming up at 7:00. president obama weighs in on the controversy surrounding former secretary of state hillary clinton's use of personal e-mail at the state department. >>> and then nearly 50 years after they first took to the shore here in vietnam u.s. veterans returned to red beach why they go back. >>> plus carol's forecast which includes a warmer start today, i like what i'm seeing we will have it coming up next. others. now, americans everywhere are discovering that... spoon after spoon... dish after dish... time, after time, after time again... deliciously creamy galbani ricotta inspires meals, and moments, that are simply better. mmm, galbani (sfx: kiss). italy's favorite cheese brand. now, america's number one ricotta. [alarms blaring] ohhhhh... whoa whoa whoa! who's responsible for this?!? if something goes wrong, you find a scapegoat. ...rick. it's what you do. ahhhhhhhh! what'd you say? uh-oh! kelly! if you want to

barrett, former eagles player and rob ellis, of course who i actually interned under when i was at comcasty career started at comcast sportsnet and now i'm going back. >> all your viewers here are going to miss you. you look like you've already gotten great sleep already this morning. you slept in a little bit. >> i will you what is different. i'm wearing jeans. have you ever seen me wear jeans on air here? >> well off air i've seen you in jeans. >> but the show will be casual. we're going to talk sports entertainment and a whole bunch of things. it's a different mood for me. >> we look forward to it. congratulations. >> one last time. >> this is what we do. >> thank you very much jillian. good luck. we'll be watching. >> thank you. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> that's right. we will miss you, jillian, but we'll be tuning in to comcast sportsnet. a closer look at our headlines, sunny today. we will see changes friday night with rain moving in that's going to last over your weekend and stay mild. take a look at that beautiful sunrise coming up

. >> that is sports i'm rob will ellis have a great the day everybody. >>> well, motorcyclist are raising toy help children with muscular dystrophy. there was a big turnout at eighth annual black and blue ball last night. "eyewitness news" at the the fop lodge in philadelphia many of those supporting the cause wore black ties and blue jeans. last year organizers raised $50,000, and they are hoping that this year they top that amount. >>> good luck to them. >>> hey, "eyewitness news" at the police touch museum for annual american red cross red ball last night. this year guests enjoyed a chinese new years theme. all proceeds from the the red ball benefit the the the writ cross house for short term residents for families affected by disaster. >>> ♪ >>> an inside by side with members of the philadelphia orchestra during a special rehearsal session on saturday. exciting learning experience at the kimmel center after the the rehearsal young musicians presented music director yennick, with a giant birthday card for his 40th birthday. hope they didn't butcher his name too much. >>> that is it for

ellis. >> a man accused of robbing a girl scout of her cash and cookies is scheduled to be arraigned in court. the 23-year-old took the cash box as she and her troop sold cookies in front of a san jose safeway store. stores arrested her and returned the cash to the girls. the police officers and dispatch pulled together $300 -- pooled together $300 and donated the rest of the cookies and donated the stolen $630. >> tomorrow is the 5 tibetan memorial tibet civic center to the chinese consulate. they are protesting chinese occupation of tibet march 10 1959 forcing dalai lama into ex exile. similar demonstrations are held around the world. >> today apple is expected to reveal more of the first endeavour into wearable tech with details on the watch expected to be announced at a special event at 10:00 at the yerba buena island center for articles. >> they introduces the rod in september. there were no specifics. we will have a report at the top of the hour. >> we will have coverage this morning including tweet from the event on twitter. >>> apple will give the shuttle bus drivers a 25 percent incr