. >> the phillies looking for new general manager, tonight they parted ways with rubin amaro, jr. >> shake up in the front office, lessee? >> the fans made it clear they were not happen which rubin over the past few years, and both phillies president, and owner john middleton, said definitely factor in decide to go part ways with him today. rubin amaro, jr., joined the controversy after the 1998 season, general manager after the team won the world series in 2008, two post-season runs, even trip to the world series, in 201 set franchise record with 102 wins. but amaro was at the helm when the team went from first to worse. john middletown owner said they needed to go in a new direction. >> our obligation to our fans, requires us to focus on what is important to them. that's winning. that requires us to confront difficult december significance cents from time to time. >> andy made this decision, in the best interest of the organization, we continue to move forward and rebuild the team. it is a decision that the owners support fully and without reservation. >>> coming up later in sports,

the phils have cut ties with gm rubin amaro, junior, amaro named gm after the phils won the world seriesin 2008. but the phils fortunes had declined since then. the phillies ownership says they listened to the fans. >> all of us in this room really exist because of fans. i mean, if the fans didn't buy tickets, fans didn't watch it. >> v, nobody in this room at this moment would have a job. so, they are critical to all sport organizations including the phillies. and what they think is important to us. >> now, replacement amaro as phils general manager for the time being assistant gm. the phils say the search for permanent replacement is underway right now. but huge change for the phils. and they're not having the best season. >> well, ya. going from first to worse, it's been tough. only place to go is up. >> that's true. >> so let's hope for good changes. latest on highway shootings in arizona, why authorities fear there could be copycats. not good. also ahead, talk about an odd piece of legislation here. where boozing on a 15 person bicycle could soon be legal. >> excuse me? >> uh-huh. s

. >> knowledge breaking news, the phillies are parting ways with embattled general, rubin amaro, jr., will not extends his contract. amaro took the job in 2009 after serving as assistant gm for ten seasons. scott, has been named interim general manager. the phillies have scheduled press conference for 3:00 this afternoon, we'll have the latest for you tonight at "eyewitness news" at a. >> meanwhile late show host stephen colbert, his debut almost didn't happen. >> it took us a while to cut the showdown to time. when we tried to send it to the network, so they could show it to you on air, computers kept crashing. >> yes, and again, everything is -- 11:20, this actually happened, in one in the building, could give me a guarantee for certain that the slow was going to go on the air last night. >> i'm telling you. >> he joked almost gave him heart attack, thankfully last night, seemed to go smoothly. never would have known. colbert welcomes, uber founder, travis, and singer toby keith. tomorrow, tune in for comedian amy schumer, author steven king, here on "eyewitness news" after cbs-3 "e

now, earlier in the day, the phillies cut ties with general manager, rubin amaro, jr.maro took over the phillies after their 2008 world championship, after three more trims to the post-season, phils have fall tone last place, and the worse record in baseball. manager pete says baseball's a business, and he's seen it all. >> i've been at game 47 years. i've been -- rubin fired me at one point. i've been fired. i've been traded. i've been put -- waived. everything happens to you if you're in the game long enough. what do you is you try to put it behind you and move on. it is part of the game. >> the eagles kick off the regular season, regular if the ball season this monday night in prime time. they'll play the falcons in atlanta. it should be fun to see the new eagles looks. told maybe new uniforms, sport whg they take the field. watch out for that on monday. nfl season kick off last night with tom brady and the superbowl champion new england patriots, looking live, they've not lost a step since last season. brady through four touchdown passes and the paths beat the stee

the team is not renewing contract of rubin amaro, jr., son of former phillie one time bat boy and player for the phils, amaro joined the phillies front office back in 1998. he became gm after the 2008 world championship and was in office for the three post-season runs that came after. but amaro was at the helm when the team went from first to worse and owner john milton says things needed to change. >> we recognize that we had a problem, and we're trying as fast as we can to get out of the problem and get back it winning. that's what this is about. this decision was only about how do we get back to winning. >> i haven't really spent any time in exploration of the history, my focus is on and continues to be on the future. >>> switching to football, eagles kick off the season monday night in atlanta. a lot of people paying attention to new running back demarco murray. support reporter pat gallon shows us one of the those people is former eagles running back, shady mccoy. >> as a member of the dallas cowboys, new eagles running back, demarco murray, led the league in rushing by nearly 500 y