. >>> the sun gone down but never too late for lunch's with let'sly van arsdale arrested, one-on-one justin. >>> phillies justin has been with the team steadier -- growing up never thought he'd be playing in the big leagues. >> i knew that's what i wanted to do. i didn't really know that it was -- actually real -- could happen. until i got the call. looked at by scalps i looked at myself as normal average player never one of those average no seven no hitters and nobody touched me, i got lit up pretty good. >> as for his big league wow moment. >> i wouldn't say necessarily players have given me the holley wow moment as much as situation, where you get into real major league situations and hear the crowds, and it's about as close to a playoff atmosphere as i can imagine and the stadium over 50,000 thousand people there. that was a lot of fun. >> on your head, you have like a ok chipper jones are you kind of like just another guy. >> it's chipper jones, if anything, you're going to have, review ever since for him, in itself. it's just like, wow, it's chipper jones, you know, but at the

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lesley van arsdale has that story and the day in spo >> back now on "eyewitness news" with a dramaticcue in camden county. police say a driver careened into the cooper river at about 8 o'clock this morning on south park drive in collingswood. rescuers were able to pull the father of two from the water. they were alerted to this accident by a man who lives nearby and actually saw the whole thing unfold from inside his home. >> i was having my coffee. just looking outside of the window and i saw that car stopping on the other side of the street right in front of my house. and the driver start having a seizure and i, you know, wandered to go there and help him when all of a sudden he step on the accelerator and ran right into the river. >> police say the man was taken to the hospital. there is no word tonight on his condition. >>> and a very special gift for a local veteran decades in the making. "eyewitness news" was in hatfield as 89-year-old james wendell was given his world two medals. he was presented the victory medal along with the american campaign and asiatic pacific campaign me

leslie van arsdal, "eyewitness sports". >>> and to the sixers now there is some bad news for joel embiidannounced last years first round pick suffered a setback in his recovery. recent ct scan on his right foot reveals things haven't healed as quickly as hoped. there is in word though on how long this pushes back his nba debut. game five of the stanley cup finals it was black hawks getting the two-one win. they are just one win away from their third stanley cup in just the past six years. >>> a couple from britain is proving that young love doesn't have to be so young george and doreen will start their lives as husband and wife at the age of 103 and 91. they have been together for 27 years but last valentines day george decided to take it to the next level. george said when he got on one knee to propose he wasn't sure if he would be able to get backup. great sense of humor there. with a combine age of 194 they are now the oldest newlywed, in britain. how about that. good for them. >>> that is it for "eyewitness news" at 7:00 here's what we have at 8:00. water gushing from a broken main i

leslie van arsdal has the highlights coming up in next in sports. >>> but first here's a look what isup tonight on cbs-3. we will be right back. when were you first considered a family? when you fell in love? when you got married? when you had kids? when did you first fight to be considered a family? when you fell in love? when you got married? when you had kids? family isn't defined by who you love, but how. tylenol®. >>> phillies starting pitchers have gone 25 consecutive starts without earning a win. aaron harang did his best to change that last night begins the cardinals. phillies had a lead in this game second inning codey asche takes john lackey deep and that put phillies up one to nothing. unfortunately that lead would not hold. game tied at one in the sixth. randall crushes this ball to center. actually end up in the bull pen and yes all downhill for phillies from there they lose this 110-one. >>> before yesterday's game phillies designated pitch er philip aumont for assignment, he came over in the cliff lee trade. he has been starting this year for lehigh valley. he started f

"eyewitness sports" anchor leslie van arsdal joins us live from the ballpark with more on the new man in charge, leslie. >> hi there chris ryne sanberg says he chose to leave because he knew about the changes coming to upper management and one of those changes as you just mentioned became official today. they have a new team president, phillies announcing this this afternoon long time baseball executive andy macphail will be the new team president at the end of the season and replacing the retiring pat gillick can. he ran the cubs and orioles. he agrees with the phillies rebuilding process. but he is preaching patients. >> we need to applaud this organization with the path it has taken recently. i think it is right path. any team that devotes themselves to a rebuild gets rewarded in the end. teams like kansas city, tampa pittsburgh baltimore if you stick with it, and you go by that scenario you will be ultimately rewarded. >> to hand him a budget and say you get to spend x dollars next year we will go to him and you tell us what you can do for this team nerd to win. >> he will take th

lesley van arsdale with the >> it's a father's day gift decades in the making in montgomery county.eran surprised by his two daughters as they presented him with accolades that were long overdue. >> dad, we have a special gift for you. >> oh, i don't want -- i told you no gifts. >> after a little hesitation, a special father's day surprise for 89-year-old world war ii veteran james wenzell. >> these are your medals from world war ii that we requested requested. >> oh. >> and happy father's day. >> i love you guys. >> i love you. and thank you. >> medals earned in war decades ago now in the hands of the u.s. navy veterans. wenzell's daughters presented him with the victory medal and american campaign and asiatic pacific medals at his home in hatfield. the mission to request the medals began a year ago during an emotional trip to the world war ii museum in d.c. with their father. >> i'm just so happy that he got these before he leaves this world because i just -- it was something that i felt he needed to see. this is what you earned. this is was did for our can country. >> i just neve

lesley van arsdall has the highlights. stay wit >> back now out on "eyewitness news" storm scan is tracking rain, thunder and lightning and even stormier conditions are in in tour store for tomorrow. meteorologist justin drabick has the updated forecast in just a few minutes. >>> most of the state of texas set to see it's first period of extended sunshine in weeks. after torrential rains caused massive flooding all throughout the state. as you can see here, cattle had to be herded through a swollen river. in the city of houston alone preliminary damage estimates are expected to cost at least $45 million. >>> three people including a nine-year-old girl were injured after a car crashed into a terminal at los angeles international airport tonight. the car struck the girl and then went through a wall of a utility room at the departure terminal much the girl listed in critical condition. the two others involved were the driver and the passenger of the car and they suffered non-life threatening injuries. >>> 10 people were injur

lesley van arsdale with the hi dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to buy a house.it feels to be stressed about money. i understand what a scary word "retirement" is, and i can help. cause i'm not just a fellow dad, fellow mom fellow saver i'm a fellow citizen. who gets up every day and tries her best. just like you. if you have a question about money, ask me. sincerely, elizabeth trackler samantha parke robert kennedy deanna morrison jared duemling alex payne >> it's a father's day gift decades in the making in montgomery county. a world war ii veteran surprised by his two daughters as they presented him with accolades that were long overdue. >> dad, we have a special gift for you. >> oh, i don't want -- i told you no gifts. >> after a little hesitation, a special father's day surprise for 89-year-old world war ii veteran james wenzell. >> these are your medals from world war ii that we requested requested. >> oh. >> and happy father's day. >> i love you guys. >> i love you. and thank you. >> medals earned in war decades ago now in the hands of the u.s. navy vetera

our leslie van arsdal joins us now with more and i think there is hope that this guy can get the job done. >> he has had his fair share of success. word did reek out over a week ago phillies targeted any macphail, first team president hired from outside the organization, he comes from a well establish baseball family. hidad and grandfather even shrined in cooperstown. he won two world series titles running twins and cub and orioles. he agrees with the phillies rebuilding program. he is just preaching patients right now. >> i really to have a plowed this organization with the path it has taken recently. i think it is right path. i think any team that really devotes themselves to a rebuild gets rewarded in the end. teams like kansas city, tampa pittsburgh baltimore, if you stick with it, and you go by that scenario you ultimately will be rewarded. >> well, gillick will stick around and it is expect that macphail will participate in trade conversation and input but those decisions will be left with gillick and ruben amaro. big question is will ruben be around next season? i will talk ab

crown this evening, the del month steaks, history on the line, that's all for sports, i'm leslie van arsdalehave a great day. >> woman fighting for her life this morning after she was hit in the face by a broken baseball bat. it happened at fenway park in boston last night. the bat flew into the stands, several rose behind home plate, striking the woman in the head. she was taken off in a stretcher, while police tended to a young child who was with her. we've just checked in, so far the hospital has not updated the victim's conditions. >> still ahead this morning saying god by to beau biden today family and friends pay their final respects at his funeral in wilmington, delaware. we'll have a live report coming up. also ahead health alert about sunscreen use and the spots you don't want to miss, in the weekend weather forecast, with carol erickson, foggy start to the morning but carol's promising the day is going to get better. >> we'll be right back. i'm whoopi goldberg and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world and no better place to lean about the people who shaped who

leslie van arsdal is live at the ball a park with more on the new man in charge, leslie. >> that is right andy macphail will be taking over at the end of the season in october, up until that time he will be a sit back and checking everything out because he knows is there an awful lot of work to do here. >> right now the phillies snapshot is not all that great. >> reporter: andy macphail will be in charge of all things baseball, until then, pat gillick remains in charge as phillies president. >> i a applaud the fact that he has agreed to come on board with us. i think it is a right step for this organization. >> reporter: macphail has a long resume including winning two world series with the twins. right now phillies have the worst record in baseball and he knows fans are fed up. >> we get just as impatient and frustrated as they get the difference is we cannot act on it. we have to stay with our program. >> reporter: among key decisions macphail will have to make going forward the fate of gm ruben amaro junior? well fans wanted change and this is definitely a big change. by the way there

leslie van arsdal joins us now you with more on this. >> really could not happen to a better guy story bookending for a former flyer and fan favorite kimmo timonen hoisting the hardware last night as a member of the chicago black hawks the first stanley cup of his 17 year career. forty year-old defenseman is retiring going out on top. black hawks beat lightening two to nothing to win the series. last summer he was diagnosis with blood clots in his lung and leg and thought his career was over. flyers gm ron hextall traded him at the deadline to the black hawks to get kimmo one last chance at the cup. he is so respected around the league that his teammates wanted him to hold the cup first and kimmo heads into retirement as a stanley cup chapel beyond. >> it has been a long journal, so many emotions go through my head but i am really happy that i get to leave the stanley cup champion. i can't ask for more than that. >> when you held up the cup what went through your mine. >> i blackout, i have been waiting for that moment for 17 years. it has been a long journey but i'm happy i'm ready. >

. >> leslie van arsdal joins with us more on his story leslie. >> i sat down with code toy talk player which player gave him best advice and might be surprised to hear what his favorite sport is. phillies outfielder codey asche always loved baseball but played it by default. >> i am not good at basketball. i like football but wasn't for me. i never say i got good at baseball until i was a your or senior in high school. i was not always the best kid on the team. then, i didn't throw the hardest, wasn't the fastest runner. i think i got good at it. >> reporter: his favorite player growing up chase utley. >> i played second base, when i was younger. >> reporter: player who gave him best advice is former teammate jimmy rollins. >> i relied on him. he was really smart about the game, i don't know if people like that about him. his stats speak for itself and what he accomplished but really smart really good reading people and knowing how to help him out. >> reporter: other thing that is in missing in his life. >> one thing i want, is a puppy. i know exactly what i want but the time is not wa

now here's leslie van arsdal with the rest of "eyewitness sports". >>> eagles officially announcing releaseo time pro bowl guard evan mathis yesterday afternoon. mathis is fifth pro bowl tore leave the nest this off season. he didn't show up for teams voluntary ot as because he was not happy with his current deal. yesterday we caught up with connor barwin doing some community services, hard hat and all addressing the news. >> i was surprised of course, but you knew something was going to eventually happen, bad ending for everybody. he was a great teammate for two years. but i'm confident in the guys that have been here all summer tobin gardener, they have all had a good off season. they have been here every single day. we will move forward. i'm excited about who we have. and, good luck to evan in the future. >> to sixers news we are less than two weeks from the nwa draft, lots of speculation sixers are interested in ohio state product deangelo russell. he was scheduled to work out but he canceled that work out due to illness. no word when or if the work out will be rescheduled. >>> to the w

i'm leslie van arsdale. discovery hidden in the walls. take a look, old chalk drawings dating back to 1917 were uncovered. like an old photograph, they offered a glimpse into how student learn nearly century ago that includes the story of the pilgrims landing at plymouth rock and the first thanksgiving. principal sherrie keyshort describes seeing it for the very first time. >> i got tears in my eyes and then i stayed in here and just stared, because it is really like it was like walking into a time capsule. >> the school district says they are now working on ways to find a way to pre serve those historic drawings. what a find. that's it for "eyewitness news" at 7:00. here's what's coming up at 8:00. thousands of cyclists are here in philadelphia. and they're just moments away from taking on the manayunk wall. we're live at the philadelphia cycling classic coming up next, and are you looking for a better way to spice up your work out in new twist on the old yoga routine. how to get your beach body at the beac

i'm leslie van arsdale.the guiness world record for the largest cup of lemonade. michael and trish atkins hosed the event in lindenwold, new jersey to raise money for alex's lemonade stands. the atkins daughter lilly survived cancer. that's where she was diagnosed with brain tumor eight years ago. her family has hosed a lemonade stands ever since. >>> the message is mixed or finds a cure. where ever you are go ahead go step in a alex lemonade stands. it is dedicate today continuing the legacy of alex scott, one cup at a time. >> the cup was filled with get this 1,735 gallons of lemonade. man, boy it shattered the previous record by nearly 200 gallons. >>> and this thursday, we are taking a stand for hope. cbs-3, and the "cw philly" are proud to partner with alex's lemonade stand foundation raising money for childhood cancer. join us from 6:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. as we remember alex, and continue her dream of finding a cure. we hope you can join us and make a donation and take a stand for hope. >>> coming