talk bit. >> like extra in the movie creed demarco murray has been beaten and battered not bio pope events in the field but critics taking shots to his credit eagles running back has handled it pretty well in, locker room rants and has not trashed coaches. demarco signed for 40 million in the off season but his playing time has dipped dramatically. just two carries for 3-yard in the team loss to arizona today murray was asked about his shrinking presence in the offense. >> every day you have a position to make the playoffs and i think that is where peoples focus are. i cannot worry about how many plays i get and things of that nature. i can only control what i can control. you want to be out there and helping your teammates, whatever the case may be, catching, blocking, but you just got to come to work every day and work hard and go from there. >> murray or in murray eagles host redskins saturday as we just mentioned. if they lose they're limb nateed from playoff contention. game time at 8:00. we are set with the pregame show live from the link at 7:00. >>> last home game of 2015 fo

coming your way next. >>> plus demarco murray chats with the owner of the eagles and now he he talks to us about his lack of playing time, those stories coming up later in sports. >>> eleven year-old boy got not one but two of the starring rolls in the pennsylvania ballet the production of the nut cracker at the academy of music. >> as cherry greg from kyw news radio tells us the role is having an impact. >> reporter: meet ziare irving, as you can tell, he loves to move. >> you move to the music, and you can like feel everything that is going on, the rhythm and beat and everything. >> reporter: he discovered his love for ballet in the the first grade and last year, the pennsylvania ballet, discovered the sixth grader, giving him a scholarship to the school. and for the second year, he will step into a royal role as a prince and for the first time, as the nut cracker too. >> if you were to sit royal like what would that be. >> i always told them that it is really a privilege to do it and if he is going to do it, he should go all out. >> reporter: he lives with his grandmother ch

head coach is saying about playing time and high priced running back demarco murray coming up later in sports. >>> on the healthwatch a potential new weapon in the fight begins a growing epidemic of drug addiction which is now a problem, in neighborhoods every where. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here now to explain a new implant. >> reporter: that is right this new implant that is currently being reviewed by f.d.a. was tested right here in the philadelphia area experts say it could be an important alternative, to current treatments, that are being used to help people, beat drug addictions. >> we're good, we are good. >> reporter: drew shaw talking about glory days playing football until he was injured and prescribed vicodin. >> when i graduated i was fully dependent on opiates and cheaper to buy heroin. i grew up in gladwynn. i was sleeping on the streets, at cambria getting heroin. >> reporter: after years struggling with addiction, drew is off drugs with the help of therapy and medications, that he has to take three times a day. >> a lot of people look at it as a moral defic

demarco murray has always seen 19 carries over the last two weeks. listening to chip kelly that may not change sunday night against arizona. the head coach was asked if he would run murray more to make him happy. >> i've never been concerned in making anyone happy. it's on trying to win football games. you always want to contribute as much as you can in a game. we're winning so that's all that matters. the agony of defeat, a phrase becoming synonymous with philly. the sixers have one win since march. the flyers are slightly better. how can this city get back tot thrill of victory? our pat gallonnen went searching for answers and found it with the children of our future much it's been a rough year for philadelphia sports. all four teams missed the playoffs last season. all four teams are still struggling to varying degrees. we've seen better times in this city. we need to help. so to help our philadelphia teams i assembled my team of experts. they're all going to help us get better. can can can you guys do it? >> yes. i found my experts at belmont hills elementary school in bensalem.

this game. ensuing drive. eagles, looking to respond, demarco murray. getting some running. 4-yard touchdown plunge. his first td since november 8th against dallas, eagles trail 23-17. then just two minute later you can see the fumble right there. the pitch to murray. he could not grasp it. so deangelo hall takes it in for the touchdown birds fall by 14. >> postgame comments, let's listen in. >> it look like the snap was little low from what i saw. i don't know if sam grass at any before he tried to get it out to the per temper. >> catching the ball. >> part of that? >> conditioning? >> i don't think it is conditioning. >> chip's running back tight ends ended up with 230 receiving yards, three touchdowns. >> we new the tight ends was difficult match up. i think the running back was the one that's disappointing. i didn't think, you know, that would be a match up that we would not win. we new we had our hands full with jordan reed, one of good tight ends in the league, has done it to a lot of different people. we thought we would do bette in the running back match

, it could be the title of demarco murray's season. eagles head coach chip kelly has cut murray's playing time and last night 23-point loss to the cardinals murray ran the ball just two times for 3-yard n fact kelly even skipped over him on a fourth and one and giving the ball to ryan matthews. murray had been perfect in those situations. so is what the deal with demarco. >> i'm disappointed in everything we are doing on the offensive side of the ball from the consistentty standpoint. we have in the been as consistent on the offensive side of the ball to be successful. >> i'm in the sure what the deal is with him, i just go out there and do my job and yeah, anytime. >> bird got drilled last night, but season comes down to saturday, when they host washington. if they win, they have a chance to take nfc east. if they lose they're limb nateed from playoff contention. eagles and redskins saturday night at 8:25 on cbs-3. we will get you ready with our pregame show at 7:00. >>> temple owls take on toledo in the boca raton bowl tomorrow night. it is only fifth bowl game appearance in sch

slump they lose 100-91 your final score. demarco murray sat next to eagles own jeff lurie on the team charter back to philadelphia on sunday. they probably didn't share an arm rest but they did share some words. what exactly was said demarco is not saying. but today the running back was asked about his lack of production in paying time and whether he's frustrated. >> every guy in this locker room wants the ball. it's not just me. everyone loves to make plays biggest thing i want to contribute to this team. i feel like, you know, i can be a big piece of that and obviously we won the game so i was he can treatmently happy about that but just you always want to crib. >> former eagles running back lesean mccoy returns sunday when the eagles host the buffalo bills. shady still salty about how the deal went down. today chip kelly publicly apologized. >> how he was traded wasn't handled right and i've said that before. i did not get an opportunity to talk to him. it's lesson we shall never dobb honest with you and i understand he's in the happy about it and esche not be happy about it.

eagles looking to respond, demarco murray largely buried on the bench over last few games but here he is, 4-yard touchdown plunge his first since november 8th, eagles trailed 23-17 but less than two minutes later. eagles with the the ball, toss to murray, can't handle the rock and deangelo hall is there for the scoop and the score, washington goes up by three and they win 38-24, your final score. now after the game i had a chance to catch up with former eagle desean jackson coming off the field. >> they said we couldn't do it since day one. >> fans were talking to you too. >> chip let me go. >> it is all on my shoulders. the it is same thing i said a year ago. it is unacceptable. we have to find a way to do a better job and put these guys in a better position to make play is overall sloppy performance for chip kelly and the eagles. too many penalties. fumbles. overall undisciplined play. coming up in sports leslie van arsdal will go in the the locker room and we will hear from all of the the players. back to you. >>> all right. well, to say it has been a frustrating season for fancies

couple of days, christmas would prove to be,. >> going to be great christmas. >> a merry, murray one for sarg, william and their family. have you to ya woodill cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> no shirt, no shoes new york city problem. down the shore walkers and joggers hit the boards in belmar in light layers and shorts today. some ventured out into the owing and caught few waves. not your typical beach day at the end of december. >> i think we're going to have christmas 2015 in our minds for long time. may ab while before we see that again. >> for sure. it's not very often you break out the tank top. playing a little beach volleyball on christmas. but we sure had that day with the record warmth everyone driven indoors by the rain and thunderstorm that moved through this evening. now things quiting down but we still have that muggy factor lingering. with all of that moisture lingering around we are starring to see fog developing and locally dense in some areas. we can see that fog settling in right now as we take live act at bethlehem on this christmas. skycam3 showing us the bethlehem ho

magic in to his land. >> we go from scarier to murray. take lot of work to break things down and change things over but this is really, you know, a work of love. we really enjoy entertaining the people and watching the little kids and grandparents such a great time. >> let's go! >> reporter: and can i tell you i felt like a kid all over again. our cheeks were nice and rosy and comfy and chose were we snuggled up today for the 80 lights displays we'd see. ♪ >> reporter: a ginger bread house pretty enough to eat. jumping fish and a bright blue stream. airplane and something completely unexpected. >> let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. >> reporter: how beautiful is that? i mean really a beautiful hayride filled with lights amazing snow, unexpected, and also unexpected this camelias well. shout out to jenn shannon who actually name the camel here winning a $200 gift card to did you haves the name of the this camel is humphrey very fitting for the holiday season and i don't want to neglect these adorable donkeys here as well. if you want information about this farm and all the wonderful

his second year this year a disaster. chip revamped roster to his liking, sam bradford, demarco murray, byron maxwell and others. he got rid of desean jackson two years ago. lesean mccoy. the his offense was revolutionary, defense started so strong this year. here we are again, the the eagles are looking for a new head coach. will last night here on 94 wip eagles wide receiver jordan matthews reacted to the shocking release of his head coach. it was something i was not expecting. it is, what it is. now we have to figure out is what the next move. >> just moments ago i caught up with the ever opinionated angelo cataldi from the 94 wip morning show and here's what he had to say about chip kelly being let go. >> i just can't believe that you go from the the toast of the town to just toast. it happened so quickly. his abrasiveness ultimately ended up, cost hinge him at least another year of trying. i think he is a good coach. bad gm. he had a bad attitude and they had enough of him. >> it is just to communicate better. that seems to be leading reasons as to why chip kelly is in longer head

. >> lost in the mades of the shady mccoy chip kelly drama and demarco murray jeffery laurie meeting is the actual game. eagles play on sunday and there are other players taking part. one of themes tyrod taylor. taylor has been a pleasant surprise throwing 17 touchdowns ape just four interception this is year. according to nfl.com, taylor pushed to sign with the eagles this off season but the team decided to go with tim tebow instead. brandon graham talks about trying to stop taylor on sunday. >> we just got to not worry bit. when we start thinking about him using his legs, we kind of like not give ourself credit as far as we can run to. but i do know he is fast. i got to get it to him, he is fast. >> join us sunday at 1:00 for eagles and bills right here on cbs-3. before that we will get you ready with toyota sunday kick off at 11:30. >>> special honor atwood bring high, today woodbury native former nfl star brian mckenney presented the school with a golden football as commemorating the 50th super bowl which can be seen right here on cbs-3. he won a super bowl with the baltimore ravens

three-one. >>> lost in the madness of the shady mccoy chip kelly drama and demarco murray jeffrey lurie meeting is an actual game. the e guilty play the bills on sunday. we tend to forget there are other important players and one of them is quarter of quarterback tie rod taylor. taylor had a major break out under rex ryan throwing 17 touchdowns and four inceptions this year. taylor could have been an eagle according report he pushed to sign with the birds this off season but the team opted for tim tebow instead. graham talks about trying to stop him on sunday. >> we just got not worry about it. we start thinking about him using his legs, we kind of like not give ourselves credit. we can run, too. i do know he is fast. i mean i got to give it to him. >> join us won't you sunday 1:00 o'clock it is the eagles and buffalo bills. you can watch it right here on cbs3. and tomorrow you can find the one hun 16th install many of the army/navy game also right here on cbs3. the action begins at 3:00 o'clock. don't go anywhere. we are coming right back. it's the holidays. and of course, everyo

twitter among the things demarco murray told owner jeffrey lurie week ago was that he had no confidence in chip kelly as head coach, i'm told. >> in addition to the eagles press release jeffrey lurie wrote in part, i've made the decision to release chip kelly this evening. i said the last three seasons evaluating the many factors involved in our performance as team. as i watched this season unfollow, i determined that it was time to make change. as we move forward, the search for new head coach will begin and will be led by myself, don schmolenski and howie roseman. to the extent that we are able, we will try to keep you informed as we go through this process. i'm sure we'll learn much more tomorrow at noon. >> high noon. >> press conference and the search begins, guys. >> a lot of guys on that lesley. ♪ (vo) some call it giving back. we call it share the love. during our share the love event, get a new subaru, and we'll donate $250 to those in need. bringing our total donations to over sixty-five million dollars. and bringing love where it's needed most. love. it's what makes a subar

. scraping a lot of frost, as well. coal else spot, eileen murray dropped another agree this past hour down to 22 at buena vista township, margo at 27 degrees, 29 in blue bell, this hour. at jerry's house, woodbine, new jersey, same deal in chesterfield, north wales, 31 degrees, 31 now in newark, delaware, checking in lee's house, cool pictures morning, if you didn't get a shot to see the moon and venus close together. we got you covered. maybe the fog casino of speared the visibility. peter's picture of the moon in venus close together. there is venus right there, the crested moon out of williamstown, good clear conditions out there this morning. get your shots right before sunrise, hopefully able to check it out. hard to believe we're in the cold season, seven days until we average 45 degrees for the high. not happening, 16 days until winter officially arrives, 19 until christmas, 25 days until new years. not much happening, little clouds over us, two systems one will pass by to our south and east, another one to the south and west. back to sunny skies into tonight, few clouds, tomor

murray and his talk with owner jeffrey lurie on the way back from new england, not much has been said on the importance of this game. hard to believe that with a five and seven record, the eagles are now in a three-way tie for first place in the division if they win the last four games of the season, the division crown is theirs. safety malcolm jenkins knows the importance of the game. >> our playoff starts this week. and so, i think shift the folk us to what it is that we have to do to win, you know, goes to the preparation, being healthy, taking care of our bodies, putting in the extra work. you know, that month where good teams separate themselves. >> four games left. and who ever has the best record of these four games will go to the playoffs. and ultimately, in order to win the whole thing, do you have get to the playoffs. i think that's what everyone is focusing on right now. >> cbs-3 is the place for all of your eagles coverage. starting at 11:30, toyota sunday kickoff, enjoy don bell, pat gallen, with me on the field, and the game today at 1:00 p.m. we will wrap up the day in