what has gotten into the flyers? let's just enjoy the hockey. flyers home to buffalo. ome to the nhl. that's the rooky's first career goal. game tied at one. make it five in a row for the flyers. they win 2-1. >> he did a heck of a job. first period was sloppy. a lot on the line for one of these teams. with the victory, eagles secure a first round buy, so i can attend my son's birthday party. you don't care who you got on the field. you take the odds. everything in front of us. >> plus, a big we are the tv doctors of america. and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. we also know that you can avoid drama by getting an annual check-up. so go, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. cigna. together, all the way. i played a doctor on tv, but now i'm helping save lives for real. i'm partnering with cigna healthspring to remind everyone how important preventive care is to people my age. so go, know, and take control of your health. cigna healthspring. together, all the way. >> phillies manager gabe cap letter completed hi

the game. don't worry, didn't take long for flyers to tie it up. ravis, rips this one to tie it, very first nhl goal. and it is one to one. then in the second, we have great pass by jake voracek, setting up this goal. his eighth of the season, and the flyers win their fifth in a row, two to one, and now just two games out of a playoff spot. >> the flyers are off until saturday, when they host the dallas stars, the sixers will host the oklahoma city thunder tonight. that's all for sports, i'm lesley van arsdall. have a great day. >> some generous flyers fans are helping us with our "joy of sharing" toyfest, and filled boxings before the game last night, flyers will also collect toys at their next two home games, on saturday and monday night. >> we will also be collecting toys all day long, starting at 6:00 a.m., until 8:00 p.m., monday night, here at cbs-3. we hope you can stop by, just come by, say hi, maybe even just drop off a new unwrapped toy, after that, we will be loading up the toys, and then delivering them to children in need. >> you can al

last night, flyers down one- nothing in the first period. we went first goals like travis, forge err flyers first round draft pick, the flyers iced it in the seconds periods on goal by val, his eighth on the year. flyers go onto win it two to one. flyers in dallas stars in south philly tomorrow night. >> well, since the flyers are doing so well, we have a way for to you support one of the players, and the pennsylvania spca, shane is hosting a holiday yappy hour, at punch line philly tonight, starts 430, general admission, 25 bucks appetizers, gift bag, opportunity to mean shane. our own meisha johnson and pat gallen are expected to be, there as well, so we hope you can support our friends at the pennsylvania spca. >> star wars last jed eye played in theatres but some local fans could not wait. "eyewitness news" at the river view plaza theatre in south philly last night. where some lucky movie-goers were treated to early screenings of the latest film. the movie has a star studded cast including daisy ridley returns to her role as ray. >> well,

let's just enjoy the hockey. flyers home to buffalo. welcome to the nhl.career goal. game tied at one. make it five in a row for the flyers. they win 2-1. >> he did a heck of a job. first period was sloppy. a lot on the line for one of these teams. with the victory, eagles secure a first round buy, so i can attend my son's birthday party.n the field. you take the odds. everything in front of us. >> plus, a big honor for penn state saquon barkley. spread some cheer with a dozen dunkin' donuts for $6.99. 12 tasty treats with with holiday flavors sprinkled in. grab a dozen holiday donuts or any classic donuts for $6.99 and make some merry out there. the holidays run on dunkin'. mii'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addicti

. >> winning is contagious and the flyers had the fever. the orange and black hosting the kings and looking for their seventh straight "w." first period we go. the flyers trail 1-0. now down 2-0, the fly guys on the power play. right place, right time, right man for the job. the flyers within 1. later on the kings doing more than just killing the power play. they're on the offensive. the kings going up 3-1. just wasn't the flyers' night tonight. the six game winning streak is snapped. the flyers losing 5-1 your final score. >> we've played pretty good hockey over the whole stretch. it's about getting results and tonight we've got to look at ourselves and put our finger on a couple of things that we have to do better and that we're capable of doing better and turn the page. have a good day at practice tomorrow and we go right back at it. >> on to the nba. the odds were against them. the sixers on the road in chicago. without joel embiid playing the bulls team that had won five games in a row. so here we are. we fast forward to the late porti

the flyers trail 1-0. now down 2-0, the fly guys on the power play.job. the flyers within 1. later on the kings doing more than just killing the power play. they're on the offensive. the kings going up 3-1. just wasn't the flyers' night tonight. the six game winning streak is snapped. the flyers losing 5-1 your final score. >> we've played pretty good hockey over the whole stretch. it's about getting results and tonight we've got to look at ourselves and put our finger on a couple of things that we have to do better and that we're capable of doing better and turn the page. have a good day at practice tomorrow and we go right back at it. >> on to the nba. the odds were against them. the sixers on the road in chicago. without joel embiid playing the bulls team that had won five games in a row. so here we are. we fast forward to the late portion of the fourth quarter. ben simmonds uber aggressive. had 19 points, 11 boards and nine assists. sixers up by seven. later on it's crunch time. the bulls used a 13-0 run to snatch the lead. they're up by five. acc

the flyers on the power play.hat's his eighth of the season. flyers within one here. to the third, kings kill the power play, then jump into a two-on one, adrienne kemp would finish it off. kings up three-one, and for good measure, to put the flyers to bed, it is tyler, with his 16th of the season. the winning streak ends at six the flyers fall four to one. they'll take on the red wings tomorrow night. >> but you know we played pretty good hockey. you know, over the whole stretch. now it is about getting results. you know, and tonight we, you know, got to look at ourselves , and, you know, put our finger on couple of things that we have to do better. and that we're capable every doing better. and turn the page have, a good day at practice tomorrow. we go right back at it. >> the last time an nfl team blocked three kicks in a game, was 1991. rare occurrence berks it helped propel the e-a-g-l-e-s kneels first round bye, probably number one seed in the f fba play offer. the eagles battered the giants on special teams

the goal to give the flyers a 2-one lead. tylers up by one. let's switch gears and talk about hoops, wisconsin visiting owls on north broad street. this is the home opener, big night for shiz. austin junior had 22 points, later on gets the pass, weighs it in. owls within one. and they would take the lead and win 59-55. owls are now five and two on the season. meanwhile here in anaheim, the eagles rapping up day one of their i shouldn't say training camp. they have another practice tomorrow and following day in anaheim before this whole scene shifts to los angeles. >>> spirit of the holiday season is alive and well across the region. >> three, two, one. >> "eyewitness news" at the philadelphia ronaldly mcdonald house on erie avenue. this year, each child received the 2017 hess dump trucks and the reminder about the joy of sharing you can bring a new unwrapped toy at hamilton street, they will be donated to children crime scene the region and visit cbsphilly.com/toy fest for a complete list and details on upcoming toy fest events. >>> all eyes on

i know they say winning solves everything but those wins have to come from the flyers. can't hide behind the stardom of other teams or change will come soon. >> lucy. >> thank you very much kristen. tv legend james neighbrs passed on he died this morning in hawaii. his television career launched on the andy griffin show. his a crush on him when i was a tiny little girl. >> you must have been really tiny. >> gomer pile was his character spun off into sitcom his own. he join the marines and the show was huge success later variety show reported 20 hit albums with foy going gold and one platinum. psychiatric jim neighbors was 87 yours old. >> looks like harry potter put a curse on barnes & noble sales. sales fell nearly 8% the reason j.k. rowling did not release a new harry potter install many this year. last year sales got a big boost by the release of harry potter and the cursed child. >> that makes sense. >> i know. does it. big time money there. >> um-hmm. >> 4am we're >>> good morning, happening right now on "good day philadelphia" a developing story here just a brutal

. >> and the discovery of blatantly racist flyers that came from an unlikely source. john rawlins is live now. >> temple out out an information blast urging those that want to get involved to attend a gathering at the student center late this afternoon. so far three of those flyers or small posters were found on the temple campus and for the temple administration that is three too many. this snap chat video. shows temple students taking down one of those flyers that is affixed to the campus utility pole tuesday evening two freshman nixon and holdman found an identical flyers taped to the freshman dorm they could not believe their eyes. >> at this point i want temple to deal with it as a hate crime. hey you stupid and the pleural of the "n" word was used. and went on bernie would have won if it wasn't for you f you all and it's all your fault. that the african-americans overwhelmingly voted for his opponent hillary clinton in the primaries. and naacp say that there are prior racial incidents here. >> it's not to this scale where there are direct words using the "n" word

. >>> to hockey the flyers continue their road trip. the blue jackets in columbus. flyers looking to rebound after falling to the sabres last night. brian elliott kept the flyers in this one. it was scoreless after two with elliott stopping 28 shots but the flyers just couldn't get enough offense in the third. the flyers were on a roll. losing just for the second time in nine games. they have three game road winning streak snapped. >>> the eagles back at practice today as they get ready for their christmas night matchup with the oakland raiders at the linc. coach doug pederson addressed the media one final time before the big game. he's keeping an eye on several injured birds derek barnett and stefen wisniewski. he says the extra rest they've received has helped. there's debate on whether he should rest the starters since the eagles are already playoff ground. >> play our best players and win. i think it's important that they continue to play and, you know, it's -- if we're in that position if we're fortunate enough to be in that positio

shot to couturier to wayne simmons and ties up the grade. flyersnce again with advantage claude giroux. the fly guys will take the lead. game tied up in in the second. giroux shoots, couturier there for his career high 18th goal this season, the flyers beat tampa five to three. >>> to play the starters or not to play them. that's the question doug pederson had a lot to think about this week. the starts will play, we just haven't decide how long. he didn't want them to go throw weeks without game action, the eagles brave the cold and practice at lincoln financial field. is frozen, some may be playing for the first time ever, including nate >> if ever my number is called, i just want to go out and do my best, but, you know what? this game got a lot of moving parts. focus on your job. >> and a former president barack obama, chris long he tweeted chris long gave his paychecks from the first six game of the nfl scholarships in chartsville. he decided to give away an entire season's salary. that's a story from 2017. he was him embered by the shout-out. >

students uploaded social media posts showing them ripping down the flyers in disgust. they claim their votes defeated bernie sanders. several police are reviewing the surveillance video saying if the culprit at that student he could be reprimanded or excelled. >>> bob menendez has a message for the prosecutor office saying try to prosecutor me again or drop the charges. the justice department has not announced whether it plans to retry him. >>> after an epic journey through old city and i-95, the cow that refused to be locked up is back on a farm in roxborough this morning. we brought you stormy's great escape not once, but twice yesterday morning when it was happening. the live nativity scene is part of a church scene on 4th street. it escaped her pen and wandered on to i-95 at callowhill street. once back at the church she escaped again making her way to the 4th level of a parking garage. >>> while she is back on the farm, ginger is here, her understudy, at the reform church of christ. ginger is like stormy, but has far less capability of breaking out of things. >> sh

shot to couturier to wayne simmons and ties up the grade. flyersgiroux. the fly guys will take the lead. game tied up in in the second. giroux shoots, couturier there for his career high 18th goal this season, the flyers beat tampa five to three. >>> to play the starters or not to play them. that's the question doug pederson had a lot to think about this week. the starts will play, we just haven't decide how long. he didn't want them to go throw weeks without game action, the eagles brave the cold and practice at lincoln financial field. is frozen, some may be playing for the first time ever, including nate >> if ever my number is called, i just want to go out and do my best, but, you know what? this game got a lot of moving parts. focus on your job. >> and a former president barack obama, chris long he tweeted chris long gave his paychecks from the first six game of the nfl scholarships in chartsville. he decided to give away an entire season's salary. that's a story from 2017. he was him embered by the shout-out. >> it was an honor. somebody who

but not early in the second the flyers tie it up. ivan, with the score.o a shootout. vorachek needs this goal to keep the flyers live. doesn't get it. they lose two-one. flyers and panthers and thursd thursday. eagles back at practice getting ready for that christmas night match up with the oakland raiders at the linc they can clinch the number one seed in the nfc with a win. coach doug pederson addressed the media one final time before that big game keeping an eye on several injured birds. he says that the extra rest they received this week has really helped them i they're coming along and he weigh in on the debate over whether or not he should rest the starters since the eagles are already play off bound. >> they are best players and i think it's important that they continue to play. um, you know, if we're in that position f we're fortunate enough to be in that position to rest, um, i'll make a decision at that time, but i think it's important here these next couple of days we continue to play. because that's week 17 you don't play for a couple of week.

flyers get the second empty nether of the contest. flyers lose 4-2. >> eagles host the flyers.les expects the atmosphere to be special. >> philadelphia will be rocking. i can't wait to see the fans and energy in the stadium. >> i have never played christmas before. i know it will be crazy. a lot of people there probably got tickets as christmas gifts. >> malcolm jenkins was asked if any of the rookies have a future in singing? >> not at all. they elected the lead singer. let's say he's a better quarterback than performer. >> it was terrible. how can you not not know the christmas songs? you hear them every year. >> still ahead, we talk basketball, the michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to kno

the flyers in he had monday that, alberta canada. jumped out on top, one-zip, with shorthanded goal in the second, but it was all flyers from there. the go ahead goal in the second period. the flyers go onto win it four-two, their second win in a row after losing ten straight games. let's don't dwell on that. >> because now we're winning. >> we're winning. >> two probably doesn't make a streak, call it back-to-back. so what would make it a streak? three, four? >> i believe a streak would start -- >> three? >> after three. >> director said in the movie major league it was three. >> that's baseball. okay. i'm going three. >> just sports in general? >> i'm going three. >> because we've had this discussion when people say hat trick, corey clement, his three touchdowns, i call it hat trick. no. >> that's who can. >> i but they've used in soccer with carly, carli lloyd when she made her, we called that a hat trick. >> that's spieling for one sport, and addressing it to another. got to be stopped. >> with the nfl wore business concussions,

flyers have mad much o time off due to the holiday. yers fall behind down 2-0 in the second period. flyers are in a 3-0 hole, 3-0 third period. shane, eighth goal of the year, getting to within one but that is it, third straight loss. they lose 3-2. >> no word from coach pederson but nick foles doesn't need to hear it. he's planning to play essentially a meaningless game on saturday. he's taking full responsibility for his performance monday night. he was not particularly sharp. he wants to play in this game. the game action, he says, can only help. >> absolutely. having another preparation week, another opportunity to play the game in front of the crowd. we are playing here. we are playing at the link in front of our fans. that's what we worked for as an organization all season. we get to play the dallas cowboys have have been a part of the rivalry. i grew up in texas. i'm proud to be a philadelphia eagle. that's a good reason i came back here. i'm looking forward to playing our liv rival. >> for tight end brent sellic, it's his 11th s

the goal to give the flyers a 2-one lead. tylers up by one. s, wisconsin visiting owls on north broad street. this is the home opener, big night for shiz. austin junior had 22 points, later on gets the pass, weighs it in. owls within one. and they would take the lead and win 59-55. owls are now five and two on the season. meanwhile here in anaheim, the eagles rapping up day one of their i shouldn't say training camp. they have another practice tomorrow and following day in anaheim before this whole scene shifts to los angeles. that's the >>> spirit of the holiday season is alive and well across the region. >> three, two, one. >> "eyewitness news" at the philadelphia ronaldly mcdonald house on erie avenue. this year, each child received the 2017 hess dump trucks and the reminder about the joy of sharing you can bring a new unwrapped toy at hamilton street, they will be donated to children crime scene the region and visit cbsphilly.com/toy fest for a complete list and details on upcoming toy fest events. >>> all eyes on the weekend and it will fe

so the offensive explosion that helped the flyers get their first win since early november. scored, scored, scored. in matter of seconds you've worked hard. busted tail. and impressed the boss. maybe it's time to be your own? transform your career with strayer university's mba program today. let's get it. with strayer university's mba program today. >>> good morning i'm kristin rodgers. eagles loss to seattle is a wake up call, they need to make corrections and turn up dial if they want to keep winning heading down in the playoffs. >> we need games where we get hit in the mouth and then we, you know, we have to fight, battle, scratch. yesterday's game was within of those games. you just to have understand there is no substitute for preparation, hard work, you cannot substitute that. >>> giants are cleaning house, ben mack a due and jerry reese were both fired monday after new york dropped to two-10 with the loss in oakland. >>> sixers hosting sons and guy that went off devin booker in the fourth from way deep, good news gracious. he had 46. sixers fall 115-101. here's brett b

speaking of losses, the flyers have been doing plenty that far recently. e of a ten game losing streak, dave text tal changed top line moving jake voracek to line two. goalie brian elliot faced his former team the flames last night in calgary. game tide in the second period shane launches one from inside the blue line, scott lawton would finish it up. flyers up two-one here. twenty-five seconds later, it is voracek on the pretty give and go to michael, his third of the season. they would add two more. but duane simmons scoring, and lawton adding a second flyers, and ugly losing streak, five- two, we will take, that in edmonton tomorrow night. so crazy night in sports, finally flyers win. sixers sadly lose. you know what i want? a phillies sweep. i want the flyers, eagles, sixers, to all win, nothing to complain about. >> you're asking a lot? >> we'll try it out. see if we can do it. >> thank you, pat. >> thank you. >> coming up in the next half hour every "eyewitness news," facebook a launching messenger service for kids. we'll have the details in a live re

campus police have released surveillance photos showing the person they suspect of posting the flyers. they're asking anyone with helpful information to come forward. >> president trump may get his tax reform bill passed in time for christmas. after last minute negotiations , and revising the massive overhaul american your it, looks like the gop is nearing a deal. weijia jiang takes a look. >> republicans cans may be on the verge every reforming the nation's tax system. >> it has been 31 years in the making. >> texas congressman, kevin brady, is the chairman of the house committee in charge of writing tax bills. >> one of the reasons we're going have very strong middle class tax relief, but also going to have tax relieve for families who live in the high tax states. >> friday two potential hold out signal may intends to support the bill, including tennessee senator, bob corker, who voted against the senate version. and senator marco rubio was won over by last minute deal to increase the refundable child tax zero tax credit to $1,400. >> working families raising children, people making

last chance for the flyers. vorachek remember this guy, he gets the best of jake there. lose two-one in the shootout. regardless of tonight's vikings let's focus on the oakland raiders who will bring with them an attitude because they have to be away from their families on christmas day. yeah, that would upset me as well. also, coming with them is a few talented players on their roster including the great beast mode marshawn lynch and study linebacker khalil mack. mack is one of the nfl's premier edge defenders and facing off against lane johnson the majority of game. >> he's elite. he's right there with vaughn miller. explosive get off. got good power. variety of moves. a lot of moves. so he's right there with vaughn. >> we played this afc west this season and, um, you know, you know this is a great opportunity this week with khalil and she's a tremendous player. you know, lane, lane has done an outstanding job. obviously, pro bowl player that's played well and lived up to -- lived up to his potential. >> let's talk playoffs. a loss by the vikings tonight gives the eagle

the flyer seen here appeared to blame african-americans for bernie sanders' not winning the presidency. a racial slur was written in large letters. police released surveillance photos showing the person they suspect of posting the flyers. they're asking anyone with helpful information to come forward. >>> delaware officials agreed to pay more than $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit over a prison stand-off that left a guard inm first-degree murder at the james t vaughn correctional center isn't smyrna in february. 11 plain views including six department of correction employees and relatives will share that money. >>> after a day of armed twisting it looks like the gop is on the brink of passing president trump's tax reform plan. today, two potential hold-outs singled they intend to vote for the bill. marco rubio was won over to increase the refundable child tax credit to $1400. bob corker is voting yes also. democrats continue their platform that the tax cuts largelily benefit the rich. final vote is expected next week. >>> the president lashed out again at the februabi. he said the reply

team leading 15th goal of the season flyers won four straight 4-2. >> life carson begun. of the job. he has to especially given way carson wentz played up to the season. foles sounds like he's up to the challenge. i'm going to play agressive as i have done throughout my career, do what i can do to help the team win the game. >> nick knows to be himself. anyone who knows nick knows he's comfortable in his own skin, confident in his abilities. the guys on the team see that, feel that. you know this guy's been successful. >> still ahead in sports, villano tak hear from scene about the pressures of bei ranked number one. >> tomorrow morning on "act news," bitter cold and biting wind. we have numbers as you head out the door. we have schuylkill, i-95 and the boulevard. what could go wrong? i on "action news" morning. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ think of your fellow man, ♪ ♪ lend him a helping hand, ♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ng late, oh please don't ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in yo ♪ in your heart... ♪ ♪ in your heart. ♪ l e (vevo) going on now, our subaru s will have donat

. >> plus, late night action from the flyers in vancouver. can they win their third straight? have highlight in sports plus this. >> i'm nancy odel. coming up: the secret behind margo robby, stemming transformation into tanya >> welcome back, the eagles have spent the week in california gearing up for sunday's game against the top team in the nfc west. >> sport director don bell shows us when the birds take flight against the rams, some players will have ties to both sides. >> hello, old friend. when the eagles hook up with the rams sunday night, there are couple of guys who will be playing against some very familiar folks. >> you kind of just focus on the now. you be in the moment. and be where your feet are. that's why i'm with the eagles , and proud to be an eagle, and glad i'm here. >> finally brought down -- >> rodney mcleod began with the rams when the franchise was still? st. louis. after the 2015 season, he said see ya. signed a five year deal with the eagles and at the time left a lose err. this is the rams first winning season since 2005. >> i was therefore four years

ducis rogers with the flyer surprise nick foles tells us what he thinks of the eagle's chances.ral prosecutor says the man that tried to set off a pipe bomb in the new york subway system wanted to do as much damage as possible. he mocked president trump on facebook and had handwritten sentiments representing death and america. >> it was a war of words and tweets between president trump and senator jill brand calling on trump to resign after multiple women reiterated accusationsaccusations yesterday. the president set lightweight senator a total flunky for chuck schumer and someone who would come to my office begging for campaign contributions not long ago and would do anything for them is now in the ring fighting against trump. some took the statement as a sexual innuendo including the senator. >> it was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. i will not be silent on the issue. neither will the women that stood usident yesterday. >> donovan mcnabb has beenshe claims mcnabb sent her inappropriate text messages. others at the network have been named. mcknack works as an esp

made it four-two and the flyers go on to win five-three. eagles. they're playing for history this week. if they win on sunday the first eagle team to win 14 or more games in franchise history. yeah, that's something that andy reid couldn't even do back in the early 2,000s. which would be a great accomplishment it real woman but at the same time only thing that really matters is the super bowl. so the starters will likely only play a half or so this sunday. the most important thing is keeping those guys healthy keeping them right for the playoffs. head coach doug pederson spoke about his plans for the starte starters. >> the idea just to keep the starters going, you know, i don't want -- i don't want, you know, not rest -- not play them and then, you know, it's three weeks later that their playing a game. i think that's foolish on my part, so i want to make sure they stay into the moment. um, but at the same time i'll be smart with how much they play, how long they play, um, and go from there. >> and there's actually talks of the rooks sidne

. >>> turning to sports, the flyers face the lightning, the team with the best record in the league 27rs got had a 2-1 lightning . the flyers are back out front and they stay there, flyers snapped their 5-3. >>> the eagles took their work out across the field to the linc.g peterson wants the team to get used to the cold to prepare for the frigid finale against the cowboys. peterson announced he will play the starters tomorrow, he has not said how much they will play. >> we're not using the term preseason with our guys, it's a regular season football game. i have to be smart with it, obvious, and i am not putting anybody on a pitch count or numberlays. i want to see execution by our guys going into the post season. >> if the eagles beat dallas that would be 14 regular season wins a franchise record. >>> the traffic death of an 8-year-old boy in israel inspired the creation of the tallest lego tower. thousands of citizens came together to help create this massive beautiful structure in his honor. it is 35 meters tall than 1210 feet. they cruised 100,000 legos and began the building proce

the flyer seen here appeared to blame african-americans for bernie sanders' not winning the presidency. a racial slur was written in large letters. police released surveillance photos showing the person they suspect of posting the flyers. they're asking anyone with helpful information to come forward. >>> delaware officials agreed to pay more than $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit over a prison stand-off that left a guard dead. six inmates were charged with first-degree murder at the james t vaughn correctional center isn't smyrna in february. 11 plain views including six department of correction employees and relatives will share that money. >>> after a day of armed twisting it looks like the gop is on the brink of passing president trump's tax reform plan. today, two potential hold-outs singled they intend to vote for the bill. marco rubio was won over to increase the refundable child tax credit to $1400. bob corker is voting yes also. democrats continue their platform that the tax cuts largelily benefit the rich. final vote is expected next week. >>> the president lashed out again at

the flyers ended their ten-game winless streak last night on the road in calgary.range and black took the lead for good in the second period on the goal from the ghost. the flyers ran away from the flames by scoring two goals in the span of 25 seconds. tracy greatliry leaved. >> we needed this. >> and the flyers visit edmonton tomorrow night. >>> houston heroes j.j. watt and jose altuve are your "sports illustrated" sports persons of the year. you tweeted this good morning. >> i tweeted houston strong. >> altuve raised tens of millions in the hurricane harvey relief aid. about $37 million, i believe. he was a key factor in the astros winning their first world series. he also contributed to houston's post-harvey roveecovery. >> nice to see. >>> every week i profile a child who needs a loving home in "wednesday's child." one of those little boys got a chance to get up close and personal with his favorite basketball team. >> the ripples you create with that. the sixers honored jeremiah as the sixers strong kid of the game. the team said they reached out to jeremiah af

he gets the goal. flyers one. 1:14 left in the third same score, flyers with an empty net got to win the face off. as you can see they don't. sabres get the shout out deep goal unfortnately flyers lose four-two. >>> over to the nfl the eagles look to wrap up the overall number one seed with take on the oakland raiders on monday night. you may have heard it's christmas. now santa might bringing early christmas present if the packers pull off the upset tomorrow night versus vikings eagles lock up the number one seed without having to play on number night. now, with it being the holiday season, funny stuff right here eagles vets had the rookies get up on stage today and perform a carol or two to get everybody in the christmas mood. ♪ hang on the miss sell toe i'm going to get to know you better ♪ >> ya'll don't know the song. >> got to know the words there. >> this christmas by donny hathaway. i like chris brown's version. you like to see everyone is having fun this late in the season because, of course, they're

. >> it is 5:10 and the flyers losing streak comes to an end. >> the eagles player trade footballs for power tools for a community project while staying out west. >> the supreme court allows the trump administration travel ban to be implemented for the time being. we'll tell you who will see those travel plans impacted. matt. >> no overnight construction to contend with in bucks county. this is 95, business route one right here over top and all lanes are opened in all directions. we are getting word of a new potential problem for the morning commute in south jersey. i'll give you the details when "action news" continues on this tuesday morning. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back. taking a live look here the view on sky6 out across city hall. you can see the rothman ice rink right there, the holiday setup right there on dillworth park. get out there and enjoy it. it's 5:13, 49. we'll be telling you some colder temperatures this time tomorrow. >> all right, matt, what we got in traffic right now? >> all ready for the holidays for sure at dillworth park which is great news. not all of us are all r

the one timer. one to nothing flyers. third period flyers trailing, can you find the puck here?there somewhere. that is travis konecny finding the net right there, tied game under three to play sean couturier gets loose and scoring game winner, his 15th of the season, four-two is the final. flyers won four in a row. they face saber rr >> i think, first, last two games before this one we had lead and we found a way, everybody bought into keep the lead and now we had a different test, we were down a goal and guys just the feeling in the room that we were going to come back and it is a good feeling right now. >> that game is back home at wells fargo center starting at 7:00. we will there been collecting toys as part of our joy of sharing toy fest, we hope you can join in on the fun and bring a new unwrapped toy for a child in need. if you cannot make it the two flyers game you can drop off a toy to our studios at 1555 hamilton street in philadelphia or visit cbs philly.com/toy fest for a complete list of toy drop off locations and upcoming toy fest events around the area. >>> while

. >> the flyers are red hot. re's jeff skversky with all of your sunday morning sports. >> carson wentz may not be leading the eagles on the field today or for the rest of the season for that matter he finishes with the most pro bowl votes among all players in the conference. his play speaking for itself. the eagles are counting on nick foles in a giant way. if the eagles win they clinch at least a first round bye in the playoffs. the last time foles played the giants on the road he >> obviously putting points on the board it all goes down to rhythm playing for one another. it's actually just that simple you've got to get to that point. it starts in the lucker room. it chemistry. >> nick foles trying to build on that chemistry in practice and despite the giants 2 and 11 record, the eagles cannot take them lightly today. >> there's always something to play for it's a tough group. when the season started out they were talking about competing for the division. they've got real good players and it's a tough place to p

>> the flyers may be the smart test team i know right now.for a road trip. coming up a look if the flyers were able to put things together again for the first of their two game trip down in warmer weather. that's next. ♪ here's what is coming up on fox 29 news at 11:00. these cold temp mean traditions won't go on. no polar bear plunges and the mummers parade may be next. you'll have to ditch those golden slippers. you'll need something warmer. >>> the flyers flew south after their christmas break. down to sunny florida. not bad place to be eye right now as they look to get things back on track. they dropped three of their last four gays. florida up one to nothing in the second period. it's two-zero panthers with a shorthanded goal. flyers trying to fight back in the third. shane goss peer take the shot. 20 seconds left now. one last flurry the flyers try to at this time tighe it. flyers fall three-two. no points in the first half of this florida trip. >>> nick foles practicing likes the starter against dry dallas in one else told him otherwis

and the flyers looking to regain not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. gared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. so one softgel has more omega-3 power than three standard fish oil pills. megared advanced triple absorption. a. >>> flyers sweeping a three game western canada road trip, the orange and well, not done well four wins. to the game no score in the first, claude jerry one time beats frederick anderson and one nothing fly guys. to the third period, flyers down two to one, ken next knee shoots, it goes off and into the net and we are all tied up. later, we have conclude jerry passed to shawn couturier. the flyers now have a four-game winning streak, 4-2. >> i think the first, last three games before this we had to lead and we found a way everybody brought in, and now we had -- we're down a goal, and guys just, going to have a feeling in the room we'll come back, and it's a good feeling. >> the eagles final road game will be on sunday at met life stadium. if the birds beat the giants and vikings lose the eagles will have home f

flyers taking on the l.a. king. 1-0, make that 2-0. >> voracek, eighth goal of the season, flyers down 2-1. kings score two more times on the rush. flyers lose 4-1. the win streak is no more. >> the sixers have been trending in the wrong direction. tonight they visit the bulls without joel embiid. embid is still not clear to play consecutive night. fourth quarter bayless, sixers up by five. sixers down five under a minute to go, dario, 27 points, sixers down by two. at the other end, one of seven chicago players in double fig years, sixers lose 117-115. >> eagles wrapping up a buy. eagles could have the number one seat locked up. a minnesota loss on saturday would make the eagle final two games meaningless. it's an enviable position to be in but a tough position to be in as head coach. >> you make the best decisions for your football team. if that means resting a guy, you rest a guy or two or three, but you have also have to maintain the edge with the players. you have to maintain the confidence and dominating swagge

and the flyers looking to regain the winning touch at home. game western canada road trip, the orange and well, not done well four wins. to the game no score in the first, claude jerry one time beats frederick anderson and one nothing fly guys. to the third period, flyers down two to one, ken next knee shoots, it goes off and into the net and we are all tied up. later, we have conclude jerry passed to shawn couturier. the flyers now have a four-game winning streak, 4-2. >> i think the first, last three games before this we had to lead and we found a way everybody brought in, and now we had -- we're down a goal, and guys just, going to have a feeling in the room we'll come back, and it's a good feeling. >> the eagles final road game will be on sunday at met life stadium. if the birds beat the giants and vikings lose the eagles will have home field advantage through the playoffs this will be nick foles first game as a starter, the offense will not change. but will make a couple of tweaks, frank wright knows a little something about stepping up f

flyers down 3-0 in the third. he puts it home, and flyers took it away down 3-1.in by shah, father on hand, and he approves. last chance for the flyers. can't get the shot for the puck to go past, flyers fall 3-2. >>> this is recurring for a sixers fans, joel embiid, but he is playing tonight. t.j. mcconnell coming up with the steal. and he's going to feed the big man for the dunk. sixers lead 44-42 in the second quarter. embead of course with those 14 points. and that is your look at sports. back after this. ,000 deaths in america last year. we need to stand up and say enough. the only way this problem is going to be solved is if we raise our voices. choose help over helplessness, hope over hopelessness. make sure that the lives we've lost will not have been lost in vain. addiction is a disease. when you ask for help, help is there for you. my wish was a clubhouse, but we call it "the wish house." people visit national parks from all over the world. food tastes better when you don't have to cook it. he was just supposed to be my dog. i don't know why. (vo) we're

picking up sixth of the season , three; just over five minute later, and the flyers score again. here from the point. >> sean tips it in, the come back would fall short, the flthe to two. the eagles getting ready for sunday final gamfe ofhe course k foles is the center every a attention, onhat arp against the raiders, not like the week before against the giants. he37 yards and four touchdowns at the meadowlands. but foles struggles at the linc against oakland, had 163 yards, just one touchdown. it was cold but foles says the blame was on him. y just didn'teather wasn't an execute well enough. oktherare things i could do better that i have done better , and whether it was fundamentally getting little out of wack at times, you, oaane i thought did great job on fundamentals, little more chance to make catches, that didn't have to do with cold weather. that will has to do with melaye that's all correctable, so working toward that this week. >> the eagles will hossa playoff game either january 13th or 14th, and particular lets go on sale on thursday at 10:00 a.m. now, you can only buy

the flyers are north of the board err on quick western canadian swing, and their ten game losing streakhat you see are part of flyers five-goal outburst in calgary. scott luaten, wayne simmons, all scored within one minute and 11 seconds in the seconds period. offensive explosion, powered the flyers to a five-two win. now, last night the sixers lost to the suns in south philly 115-101. ben simmons, how much, was outstanding. he had 20-point, eight rebounds, 75 cysts, and six steels all while dealing with the flu. now he also went two of two from the free throw line. that's a place where ben has not been very comfortable all year. one of the few weaknesses he has shown during historic rookie year. now, i went to the shooting expert, to look for a free throw fix. >> last week, sixers star ben simmons went to the free throw line nba record 24 times in the fourth quarter, against the washington wizards. simmons has struggled from the charity stripes this year. shooting just 56%. >> you want to be in the ballgame at the end of the game. free throws. >> can he be fixed? i sat down with the sh

the fans are down, the flyers spread the holiday chee second peri play. tied 1-1.n in from the now where it is flyers win 2-1.ir sixth straight win. >> i think we're just feeding off each other, finding lanes and we were just relentless and goals at the end sho we weren't giving up. >> phillies manager on hand for lighting of the hanukkah menorah at independence national park last night and it has been eight crazy nights for the phillies. they've been wheeling and dealing. >> i think what it says about this upcoming season is our front office is going to search under every stone to give us every opportunity to succeed. i n felt comfortable puts you in and tommy hunter gregarious personality a guy who can keep the clubhouse fun and loose, very excited to him. >> that is spskversky. have a great day. >> philadelphiefighters took the city's police officers weekend. they faced off in the first-ever hooping for heros basketball tournament. at halftime the school presented a $1,000 donation to the family of late firefighter kenneth green senior. his son accepted the dona

just over five minutes later the flyers able to score agai again. it from the point and shawn catorier ape flyers come back. >> nike foles certainty after tension on christmas st. nick was not as sharp as he was for the previous giants. he struggled throwing for 163 yards and one touch down. it's going to be cold sunday and it was cold christmas. most of that nothing to do with it. he said he was the problem. >> the weather was not an issue i did not execute well enough and looking pack at film there's things i can do better that i have done better and seeing whether it was fundamentally getting a little out of wack at times and oakland played a good game. they did a great job on defense. and but it's a little fundamentals of being a little more accurate and giving our guys the opportunity to make catches and that's not -- doesn't have to do with cold weather that has to do with with me as a player. that's all correctable and something working towards this week. >> sixers are out west taking on trail blazeers in portland and they're playing first ga

the point. you know where it's going, flyers win 2-1. out scoring teams by 12 goals during the streak. >> you have a couple of good things happen along with working hard, paying attention to detail, and sticking together. >> you get the injection of adrenaline that helps push you in the right direction. >> carson wentz going down last week was eagle fan's worst nightmare. nick foles comes in to save the day and season. what if foles, the last eagle quarterback to play gets hurt? then what? jamie apody has more. >> the next man up mentality. >> this team is made of one person. it's a team. they are going to step in and do a good job. if carson wentz injury tells us anything, it's how fragile the team can be. nate, the man nobody knows anything about. >> how would they know much about me? if my number is called, it's my responsible to be ready. >> what is something the fans would be interested to learn about you as a person? >> i'm not related to nick. nick and nate look related. at this rate, they might as well be, the three eagle quarter

just over five minutes later the flyers able to score agai again. this time the ghost rips it from the point and shawn catorier ape flyers come back. >> nike foles certainty after tension on christmas st. nick was not as sharp as he was for the previous giants. he struggled throwing for 163 yards and one touch down. it's going to be cold sunday and it was cold christmas. most of that nothing to do with it. he said he was the problem. >> the weather was not an issue i did not execute well enough and looking pack at film there's things i can do better that i have done better and seeing whether it was fundamentally getting a little out of wack at times and oakland played a good game. they did a great job on defense. and but it's a little fundamentals of being a little more accurate and giving our guys the opportunity to make catches and that's not -- doesn't have to do with cold weather that has to do with with me as a player. that's all correctable and something working towards this week. >> sixers are out west taking on trail blazeers in portland and