src's decision to cancel their contract. sara bloomquist is on the ground with the story. >> reporter: monica, that is right, a large crowd on broad street, the teachers and their supporters shutting down the street from spring garden to callow hill, you'll remember on october 6th, they canceled the teachers union contract, if it holds up in court, they are forcing the teachers to contribute to health benefits. the majority of union members didn't contribute anything at all. it allows for a savings of $54 million. the money goes to the cash strapped schools. they say they have sacrificed enough. >> they make it seem like we are the ones that put them in the situation they are in. like we are the reason they are failing. >> this whole situation is tough. we pay out of our pockets for our children, we love our kids, love being teachers otherwise wouldn't be get, the disrespect from the src and the governor of pennsylvania, it's absolutely ridiculous. >> earlier this week, superintendant, william hite sat down with "action news" and says he respects the teachers but nobody should be shoc

workers across the country. lets go live now to sara bloomquist. >> reporter: it's important to note that travelers coming from ebola impacted nations are not coming through philadelphia. this is not one of the five airports that those travellers are directed to, still the directors that cleaned the planes called a news conference to discuss the situation. >> a handful of airport workers spoke with union representatives out sides of philadelphia international airport this noon. they work for sub-contractors hired by the airlines it clean the plane, they say they often come in contact with bodily fluid and fear diseases like ebola. >> we were facing bad conditions before ebola hit and we'll continue to face them after ebola is eradicated. >> they want the companies they work for to supply them with the same protective gear for health care workers that are dealing with ebola. >> we have no goggles or masks and gloves or gowns. >> we want to be equip them with the tools that can keep them safe. >> the workers are trying to unionize and they also talked about inadequate pay. >> they

says progress was made and they are close to a contract. sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >>> politics now with just six days until election day, a new 6 abc franklin and marshall poll shows a lopsided race for governor in pennsylvania, the new numbers out today shows the democratic challenger, tom wolf, has a 13 point lead over incumbent, tom corbett, 43% of voters say they will vote for wolf to corbett's 40%. only one in three believe that corbett performed well enough to deserve re-election. >> candidates for delaware's seat debated in wilmington, and senator chris couns is running for a second term and he squared off against kevin wade and green party candidate, andrew groff. couns holding a double digit lead in this race. >>> abington health and jefferson health are one step closer to merging. top officials from both health systems traded baseball caps at a news conference today. they got down to business and signed a letter of intent to create the largest health system in the region as measured by hospital beds. an agreement is expected in 120 days and if the merge

side section of upper dublin. sara bloomquist joins us live on chelsea avenue with that story. >> rick, upper dublin championship, police were surprised when the phone calls came from from the housing complex, they fired several shots across the courtyard and into the sides of a couple of homes, but the violence has the neighborhood on edge, upper dublin township police searched looking for shell casings in a north manor home this afternoon. they found shell casings under the grass and leaves, and they discovered bullet holes in at least two homes. a bullet came flying into the kitchen, and she was not hurt. this is a quiet housing complex, violence doesn't happen here. >> our kids will be home soon, i don't know things like that going on. >> luckily the children that live in this complex were away at school when the gun fire broke out at 12:45, police believe the suspect was standing alongside homes firing 7 to 9 times across the open courtyard into a group of people on the other side. police are convinced that anybody that would pull a trigger here is from the outside. >> de

and former secretary of state is at the ncaaal constitutional center for tom wolf. sara bloomquist joins us with more. >> the candidates for pennsylvania governor brought in the big names one day after their final debate, both are possible if not probable presidential candidates, lets go live inside of the constitutional center, this is an event getting underway billed at the women for wolf, hillary clinton is in attendance expected to speak at any minute now. she will campaign for the challenger, tom wolf, i asked former pennsylvania governor ed rendell how the party will keep the party energized and turn out for tom wolf on election day. >> you'll see all sorts of robo calls and last minute mail and people knocking on doors and pulling democratic voters out if we get a decent democratic turnout we'll get from pennsylvania a landslide. >> now new jersey governor, chris christie, appeared a short time ago at a campaign rally, this is christie's third trip to the state on corbett's attacks and accused wolf of lying about corbett's record to get elect. >> every race tom corbett has ever be

coming in from west africa, sara bloomquist is live at the pennsylvania convention center where there is an infectious disease conference coming up. ebola is on the minds of everybody there. >> reporter: this week infectious disease experts from across the globe are discussing all kinds of infections from mrsa to aids, but the talks about ebola are drawing the largest crowds. it was standing room only on the conference for ebola with the representatives from the world health organization and the center for disease control, talking about ebola in west africa. dr. fowler spent the last few months in west africa at the front lines trying to contain the outbreak. >> we need more people on the ground, from u.s. and canada and western europe to provide men and care. >> today they announced enhanced screenings for ebola at five u.s. airports. screenings of patients leaving west africa are already affective and restricting travel from west africa could have a detrimental affect. >> it keeps people from responding and preventing people from responding to help there. >> he urges these disease expe

. live now is sara bloomquist. >> reporter: that is right the central high school field hockey team thought they would be on this field in this game but in the last minute, they were replaced by girls high and it was all because of a boy. >> four teams faced off in the field hockey playoffs. the central high team was not eligible. >> because that boy played on their team. >> it's unfair we had such a short notice. >> their coach, said nobody mentioned that no boys were allowed in the post season, i was not notified about the rule change, boys could play in the past. it made no difference whatsoever. >> the association that governors all high school sports in the state enacted the rule in june and principals can make exceptions and allow a boy to play during the regular season and then that team is considered mixed gender and not allowed to play in the playoffs. >> the ruling should be either boys can play or not play. not they can be on the team and then disqualified in the playoff. >> parents of girls that play on other teams don't think they should play any time during the season.

the crimes. sara bloomquist is live in conshohocken with the story. >> reporter: rick, this is the conshohocken police department, and now this parking lot and that lobby are considered a safe zone, a well lit monitored place to safely make transactions for items bought and sold online. craigslist for example is a popular internet site to buy and sell almost anything from furniture to cars, some are reluctant to give these online sales sites a try, afraid to meet up with a stranger to make a transaction that typically involves cash. >> now conshohocken police are offering their parking lot as a safe zone, a place to go for anyone from anywhere to meet up and make the final sale. >> i, myself have made a couple of purchases, it's a concern when someone shows up at your home or work. come here to the pd to do it. >> in april in hunting park, two men responded to a craigslist add and shot and robbed the victim who was trying to sell his dirt bike and tyrell young of reading responded to a craigslist ad for a bmw and then killed the owner and stole the car, nothing so extreme in consho

, the school board will meet. live in doylestown tonight is "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist. >> reporter: jim, that school board meeting gets underway at 7:30 tonight, it should be a full house in that auditorium. parents, students and community leaders, they wants answers for that hazing incident that caused them to abruptly end the football season. >> students and parents declined to be interviewed about the football scandal. instead they want to hear first from the school board tonight. they hope that the board sorts out the facts about the alleged hazing incident that brought the football program to an end. >> the important thing is to get to the bottom of it and punish those responsible and not punish those who aren't. >> last season they announced the cancellation of the end of the season including it's homecoming game and the coaching staff. they found freshman members of the team were forced to perform preseason rituals, including grabbing other player's genitals fully clothes and putting towels over their heads and leading them to the shower. >> the head coach says that the poss

. they are fired up after the meeting last week canceled their contract. sara bloomquist joins us with more on that. >> reporter: well, monica that is right, the crowd is now just starting to thin out. philadelphia police are working to try to get traffic moving again on broad street, you'll see behind me, moving in the northbound direction. and southbound blocked by hundreds of protesters, meantime inside the school reform commission is meeting while this is going on. they are protesting the src's decision to cancel the contract and forcing teachers to pay a share of their health plan. hundreds of teachers, parents and supporters started gathering on broad street from curb to curb, from callow hill starting at 4:30 this have afternoon. they are protesting the abrupt decision to cancel the teacher's contract. >> they are trying to cancel the contract, it's shameful, we are tired of the lies. >> if the action by the src, holds up in court, 15,000 teachers and other union members will be forced to contribute to health benefits up to 13%. the majority of members didn't contribute any

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news, a nurse diagnosed with ebola is now free of the virus and is now releases from the hospital today in maryland. nina pham caught ebola while treating thomas duncan in dallas, and she was moved to the institute of health in washington last week, she was one of two nurses that was infected while treating duncan who died earlier this month. and new york city is now dealing with their first case of ebola. dr. craig spencer reportedly rode the subway and took a cab afterwards and went bowling. >> reporter: as we got word today that the dallas health care worker, nina pham, walked out of the hospital ebola free we were told of a new case here. health cache workers have been training for months, doing drills preparing for what they thought was inevitable, a case of ebola here. >> officials are saying that the hospital was prepared to handle new york's first case of ebola. we are as ready as one could be for the circu

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, we begin with breaking news this noon, the pennsylvania turnpike is shot down in bucks county because of a tractor trailer that is partially hanging over the neshaminy creek, the cab of the truck is dangling off the westbound lane as approaching the route 1 interchange in bensalem. police say that the driver was able to get out of cab but it's unsure if he was hurt. there are several delays, all traffic is forced off at the bristol interchange and on to route 13, the area will be closed while crews remove the truck. one lane is getting by, and that is only the stuck traffic that is being let by at this point. once again all westbound traffic is forced off because of this tractor trailer that is jackknifed and hanging over the neshaminy creek. can you look for updates on our website at 6abc.com. >>> new screening for the ebola virus began today at newark interests international airport in new jersey. this after questioning of the handlin

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off and in the news, a double murder trial reaches a turning point in montgomery county. we have the latest and the latest information from two rescue puppies stolen from their frontiarity yesterday afternoon. >>> but the big sorry is another u.s. citizen exposed to the ebola virus is on his way back to the u.s. this comes as health officials up their efforts to contain the disease in dallas. a massive effort is underway to clean the apartment where thomas duncan stays just days before he was diagnosed. elizabeth herr is live wtd latest. >> reporter: one here in dallas and one in rhode island, we watch and wait, hoping for the best. the 33-year-old evacuated to the united states, a freelance writer and photographer hired by nbc as part of a team reporting in liberia. he had a fever and aches and 12 hours later, he tested positive for the disease. his family says that his passion for human rights drew him to liberia. >

bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off and we begin with noon with developing news. there is word of a confession from eric frein. the accused cop killer was paraded in front of the media this morning after his suspected murder of a pennsylvania police strooper. sources tell us that he admitted to the crime that sparked a 48 day manhunt in the poconos. chad pradelli is live now where frein made his first appearance this morning. >> he is charged with first degree murder and attempted murder and a slew of other charges. he looked like a broken man inside of the courtroom and gave many one word answers before the judge and there were more than a dozen pennsylvania state troopers it in the courtroom and each one of them stared at frein and you can sense their fury and then there was a spectacle on the courthouse steps. >> they brought out frein in front of a throng of people and cameras. and then paraded him around the courthouse while people yelled, why? he is accused of killing troop er and wounding another trooper. >> a team was

news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news at this hour, gun fire erupting on parliament hill in ottawa, canada, police are looking for a gunman, possibly more than one shooter after several hootings this morning. the shooter apparently shot a soldier, and then ran into the parliament building and started shooting. perhaps as many as 30 shots erupted. prime minister steven harper was rushed to a safe place and all military buildings in canada are put on lockdown, but at this point there is no confirmation that anyone was shot in the parliament building. there are reports that police are looking for more than one shooter. meantime, residents of the city are asked to get to a safe place. every military place in ottawa are in lockdown. there are reports that one the suspects carjacked a driver after escaping from the parliament building. canada has raised its security level. once again police are now looking for at least one shooter here and we are watching dramatic video unfold in ottawa, "action news

news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, violent protest ez in the wake of another deadly police shooting in missouri. and the search for parking garage bandits at work in rittenhouse. >> and the big story is a destructive fire that claimed one life at a delaware county assisted living facility for the disabled. the blaze left heavy damage in media. vernon odom is live outside of that facility as investigators begin their search for the cause. >> reporter: officials here at elwin are waiting for the state fire marshals for the official ruling on the investigation into what caused this deadly fire last night. the fire broke out in one resident room. it took about an hour to put it out, and most of the damage was confined to one room where the only person that perished was living. >> we contained it to one room and we had one fatality. >> when they arrived the elwin staff evacuated the residents to safety. >> they were assisted by state police and we had seven troopers on location that were hel

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, we begin with breaking news from south philadelphia. chopper 6 hd is over the scene of an accident here, where according to the philadelphia fire department a car, as you can see, crashed into the police and fire credit union, you can see the damage here. it happened after 11:00 this morning and no word of injuries, but you can see the wreckage and a car crashing into the building, this is the 30th block of south broad street, and part of a brick pillar has fallen on to the front of the car. again, nobody was injured in this mishap. >> the 3300 block of south broad street, a vehicle crashing into the building and it fell on the car, amazingly nobody hurt at this point. watch for updates at 6abc.com as well. >>> this noon, it's prison time for former olympic runner, oscar pistorius. >> the man known as the blade runner, learned his fate for killing his girlfriend on valentine's day last year, karen travers joins us live with more. >> rep

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon, another security breach at the white house, a person jumps the fence. >>> and but we begin with a soggy start to our thursday and when the rain finally moves out we have cooler temperatures and wind to deal with. the umbrellas were out and the hoods were up in winfield. the rain put a damper on everyone's morning but the good news is it's on its way out. looking live at philadelphia international airport, no words of flight delays coming or going, things are smooth sailing for the most part. but the weather is another story. lets go to david murphy and get the first look at the accuweather forecast. >> the forecast today is working out pretty much like we thought it would. gray and windy and damp, and as you check out stormtracker 6 live double scan a couple of spots are still looking at showers, they continue to dig down from new york state, it's a dry slot and are you getting wet there again in trenton as well.

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara is off, in the news a car up in 234r5fl. and it's judgement day for another atlantic city cas even, it's the taj mahal. >> but the big story is the fight against ebola. any moment now mayor michael nutter will talk about the measures getting ready for a worst case scenario. >> and the government has named an ebola saturday. this of course is after to affected nurses continue their treatment. nina pham was moved to a maryland hospital overnight and she is in stable condition. we are live at the dallas hospital where the first virus was spread. >> reporter: this story still centers around the two nurses that contracted ebola. plans for dallas to the national institute of health clinic in money. following developments on the local front as well. a second philadelphia hospital is tapped to treat ebola patients and david henry is live now in center city with the details. >> mayor nutter and the city's emergency response team is holding a

heavy weights. sara bloomquist is live now with who is helping their campaign. >> that is right, today both campaigns are bringing in political star power with two possible if not probable presidential contenders, new jersey governor, chris christie, expected within the hour, is he campaigning for incumbent governor, tom corbett. hillary clinton headlines a gathering for democrat challenger, tom wolf at the constitutional center this evening. the debates are over and now the candidates will work to rally supporters ahead of election day. today they are bringing in two of their party's big of the names, both potential presidential candidates to help. at this hour governor chris christie is in wayne attending a rally for governor tom corbett at the valley forge military academy and christie chairs the governor's associations. earlier today christie told "action news" that he is confident in an election day victory despite the fact that corbett follows him in the polls. >> tom corbett has never lost a race, and has never been ahead in the polls except forever his last race near the

snatching the puppies in broad daylight. sara bloomquist is now live. >> reporter: those puppies were last seen on the 800 block of selma road jed afternoon, they were inside this enclosed yard and the homeowner was fostering the pups for a local animal rescue, she and the group are asking the thieves to return the dogs safe and sound. >> my big of the concern is the safety of these puppies, we just want them back. >> these are photos of the dalmation-lab mixes. >> they were cute and loveable and sweet dogs, they come to everybody and this is how this happened. >> the puppies were playing in anastasia's side yard in northeast philadelphia yesterday afternoon. >> i took them outside about 4:00 p.m., they were out there just playing and enjoying the sun with my other two dogs and they started barking and i when out to let them in and my dogs walked in but the puppies never did. >> she is sure that someone walked up and opened the gate and left with the pups. she weren't imagine who would be cruel to steal the pups. >> we have good neighbors, this is a good street, very, very quiet. >> a

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon, mystery at the bronco stadium. police are searching for a fan that vanished during halftime. >> and a van is found upside down, what police say caused this crash. >>> and in burlington county, skeletal remains were found while a couple were digging their backyard. authorities say the remains have been there quite sometime. "action news" has a crew on the ground, reporter david henry will bring you a live report coming up at 12:30. >>> police are searching through evidence as they busted a suspected dog fighting ring on mitland street. they discovered syringes during the raid. katherine scott is on the scene for several hours and filed this report. >> neighbors on this south philadelphia block are stunned after five adult dogs and pit bull puppies are scarred and carried out of this home this morning. authorities believe that a dog fighting operation, with breeding and training was running here for years. >> each p

of the goalie, who is a he not a she. sara bloomquist is live with germantown with this story. >> the girls field hockey team was to be on this field, yesterday they found out they are not eligible because they had a boy that played on the team during the season, there is a rule regarding the playoffs they didn't know about it and they were disqualified. the playoffs got underway in germantown. they learned their team was not eligible for post season play because this season they had a boy, the man in the gray sweatshirt who played on the otherwise all girls team. >> it was unfair, we had such a short notice. she says they played all season with a boy on the field without anyone saying anything. >> never notified by the school district or in any coaches meeting or interpretation meetings, never anything. >> the pennsylvania inter scolatic association. the rule is made in june, if the principal makes an exception a boy can play on a girl's team during the regular season but then it's mixed gender and not eligible to compete in post season play with other all girls teams. >> i f

williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news, tighter security in federal buildings nationwide. the reason for the measures this week. >>> and the nurse at the center of the ebola debate. what she says about her quarantine. >>> and the big story is a rocket disaster. searchers are looking for debris after a ship exploded in front of a horrified crowd. students from ocean city were among those that witnessed the blast. they were watching the launch because the ship was suppose to carry their science experiments to the international space station along with thousands of supplies for nasa. karen travers as more now. >> reporter: the investigation is underway for what caused this fiery rocket failure. the massive launch from virginia, an explosion happened and a self-destruct button was pushed and then an explosion. the rocket and cargo valued at $2 million erupted into a massive ball of flames. >> there was no injuries and all we lost was hardware. >> we have plenty of work to do for orbit and plenty of supplies to keep them going for quite

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, rick will be along a little bit later. in the news this noon, a path of deadly storms leaves across the nation's midsection. >>> but the big story is the alarming new news about the ebola virus. they say that 70% of people that have contracted ebola in this current outbreak have died. and west africa could see as many as 10,000 new case a week. this as u.s. health officials continue to scramble to figure out how a nurse contracted the virus. marcy gonzales has more from dallas. >> reporter: potentially life saving help for the nurse being treated at this dallas hospital. nina pham being given a blood transfusion for dr. kent brantly. >> everybody should help her to get over this. >> pham was treating thomas but he could not get a blood transfusion from brantly because of his blood type. and the cdc is now reassessing its protocols as people from the cdc across the country are expressing their concerns. the virus is spreading worldwide,

in delaware county. he thought it would remain anonymous but he was wrong. sara bloomquist is live now at widener university with details on what was said and how it was traced. >> reporter: well, a 20-year-old from lodi, new jersey, a freshman here at widener is in police custody at this hour, facing charges, including terroristic threats and harassment. they sell "action news" that the student posted a threat on social media this morning, he was tracked down and pulled out of class and arrested. this morning students here at widener university, received a text alert from officials warning them that police were investigating a threat to the main campus, posted on an app called yik yack. >> i don't have a yik yack but heard about it and was very nervous for it. >> the person that posted the expletive filled message said he would shoot everybody he hates who bully him every day, and referred to other mass shootings including columbine. >> when i saw that it was scary because they referenced other massive school shootings. >> the district attorney's office put a team of forensic anal

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news, closing arguments in delaware county, we are live with the latest. the government is trying to identify the americans working for isis. >> and the big story on "action news" is the death of texas ebola patient, thomas duncan, he died just before 8:00 this morning in the dallas hospital where he was in isolation. lets go live to marcy gonzales outside of the hospital in dallas. >> reporter: good afternoon the hospital here released a statement less than an hour ago that it is with heartfelt sadness that thomas duncan passed away here. his family is still left with so many questions. thomas eric duncan lost his battle with ebola. his girlfriend told abc news on the phone that she was worried. >> the other americans, that came from africa -- i don't care -- >> according to his family, duncan was unconscious and heavily sedated and on dialysis. he was given an experimental drug different than the ones that were given to the firs

her beloved dog, louie. it turns out he was stolen. sara bloomquist has more today. >> louie was been missing for almost a week, the 2-year-old black lab mix was inside of the owners black honda crv. the car showed up last night but louie was not in it. >> there is a reward. >> j.j. pierce and her friends spent this rainy afternoon canvassing the streets handing out flyer after flyer of photos of louie. for the missing 2-year-old black lab mix. >> i condition imagine him being anywhere but with me. >> last night jj went to the home depot on columbus boulevard to have some keys made and left louie in her srv and when she came out both her car and louie were gone. >> i couldn't believe it was true, i thought they would drive back and say here is your door. i got off the phone with police and called my mom and broke down and it became real. >> she searched around south philadelphia and no louie, then last night her stolen car was found in north darien. they think the dog might be nearby and a few neighbors said they had seen him. >> he needs to come home, he is a great dog. >> j.j.

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news the second health care worker diagnosed with ebola took a frontier airlines flight the day before she reported symptoms. they are notifying the people on board and they are encouraged to contact the cdc for possible monitoring. she took care of thomas duncan before he died. today they claim that the protective gear worn by the staffers left part of their skin exposed. >> reporter: good afternoon we are told that nurse, amber vincent came down with a fever and immediately drove herself to the hospital and within 90 minutes was in isolation. >> another health care worker at this dallas hospital is infected with ebola like her colleague, nina pham is part of the team of 77 people involved in treating the ebola patient that died here last week, the others are being monitored with concerns that there could be more cases. >> it may be worse before it gets better, but it will get better. >> the cdc team is working on

outreach and addiction services, and campaigns about the dangers of using drugs. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> the search for the man accused of killing a pennsylvania trooper last month, forced state officials to make a big change today. eric frein is on the run since september 12th when police say he shot and killed corporal brian dixon and wounded officer dickson in rural pike county. it's the same area where bow hunting season was set to open this weekend, the state game commission was going to let the season open as scheduled but today they are reversing course after finding pipe bombs in the area, they are urging hunters to stay away while frein is on the loose. >>> a buck county doctor is admitting to charges of child pornography. police say he downloaded 58 images and videos of young girls earlier this year. at the time of his arrest, the 36-year-old was a medical resident doing rotations at several hospitals, including the area health system he faces 12 years in state prison. >>> part of atlantic city charred and crumbling after a fire tore through a

convention goes on for a couple of days this week. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, we first told you about the developments about the ebola outbreak today on our 6 abc news app. >>> we have breaking news right now from the poconos, where police have just revealed the contents of a hand written note likely left behind by suspected cop killer, eric frein, he is suspected of killing a trooper and then escaping into the woods. police described a cold blooded and chilling account this afternoon. >> friday, september 12, got a shot at 11:00 p.m. and took it. he dropped, i was surprised at how quick. >> now police believe that frein is still hiding in the area, possibly in large rock structures in the woods like this one. authorities enhanced pictures to show what he would look like with facial hair or new hair style. and they found arsenals of weapons and a crate of live ammunition at his parent's home last month. >>> the man accused of killing a baby and his grandmother is about to be in the hands of a jury. the case wrapped up for -- the judge is giving the jury hi

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, a home invasion terrorizes a local family, the important evidence that the suspects left behind. also, two female teachers under arrest. their relationship with students. >>> and more than 100 people in texas are being monitored for ebola symptoms. thomas duncan carried the virus from brussels to dallas, the trip took him on three flights on two different airlines. >> reporter: good afternoon, overnight we heard from thomas duncan's nephew, he said that duncan prayed with his family on the phone from his room in the hospital, this as relatives continue to pray that duncan pulls through. thomas eric duncan, a father and former chauffeur from liberia, remains in serious condition, this as hospital officials in texas continue to face tough questions after confirming that the sick patient was given antibiotics and turned away on his first visit to the er even though he told the nurse he had come from the ebola stricken

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off and in the news a serial robber on the run, the 14 separate crimes connect to one gunman. and a convicted murderer is back in court to learn his sentence. but the big story is the cool and cloudy change taking over for the weekend. taking a look at sky 6 hd from penn's landing. the skies are gray all morning long, not a lot of sunshine on this friday, we could see light showers with steadier rain arriving later tonight. lets head to the big board and meteorologist, melissa magee. >> you can see the clouds are building in through much of the delaware and lehigh valley, lets show you through satellite 6 along with action radar, we have light precipitation south and west of philadelphia. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that we have moisture just to the south and west of the city, extending back to the ohio valley all the into kansas city, missouri. this is an elongated area of precipitation working its wa

difference, tonight a special telethon is being done to raise money for this cause, sara bloomquist is live in the call for action center for more on our goal and how you can contribute. >> reporter: throughout our newscast, we are hosting a fighting ebola donation drive, the number is there on your screen. 1-877-940-6222. we are teaming up with the american red cross this evening to answer your phone calls. all donations taken this evening will go towards treating patients and contain this deadly virus in west africa and we have representatives here from the liberian ministers association. they are collecting medical supplies and non-perishable food supplies to send to west africa, there is an address you can take those donations, they need food and rice and vegetable oil and hand sanitizer. we have don dennis, the press of the liberian association. put this in perspective. how has this ebola outbreak affected you here? >> it's hard here, we are losing family members that we don't have the potential to be with them we cannot go home because of the deadly virus. one of our staff lost h

communities are struggling. now there is a way you can help. sara bloomquist is live now in the call to action center, to raise money. >> volunteers from the american red cross are taking your calls and taking your donations, the number to call is on your screen, 1-877-940-6222. that is how you can donate. things going well so far, our phone lines are busy and today health experts warned that more people will die if the world's response is not stepped up. president obama added that the world is not doing enough and everybody needs to do more. all the money collected by the american red cross during this call-in suggestion here on 6 abc tonight will go to west africa, to help treat patients there and help in the efforts to contain the disease and get control of it it west africa. the number to call is 1-877-940-6222. we've collected thousands already and we hope to keep the donations coming, the phone lines stay open until 6:30 this evening. 1-877-940-6222. rick back to you. >> thank you sara. >> a reminder, can you follow the latest headlines on the ebola disease, we have the five most

upper dublin township, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >>> when following a breaking story, where a group of people on dirt bikes are creating dangerous conditions on the roadways, this is the scene from chopper 6 hd, this group made its way through much of philadelphia through olney and hunting park and they just passed broad and temple university. they learned that many of these riders were at a funeral for a fellow dirt bikers, who was killed in the shooting last week. the police understand they were paying respects to their friend but now the activity of going in and out of traffic is unsafe for other drivers. police say they will not chase them but will try to get them off the streets. >>> meantime, authorities at monroe county are investigating another reported sighting of eric frein, it continues to paralyze the communities there and "action news" reporters walter perez is live in swift water, pennsylvania with the details. >> reporter: hi rick, the progression of reported sightings indicates that eric frein is moving south but if that information is true, one

those communities, sara bloomquist is live now in our call to action center with more on how you can get involved. >> that is right, the american red cross volunteers are taking donations to help in the fight against ebola, the number to call is 1-877-940-6222. all money donated to the red cross this evening will go to west africa to treat patients and help contain this deadly virus. we have judge renee cardwell hughes with us from the american red cross, tell us why this money is desperately needed right now and how the american red cross is working to help in west africa. >> thank you and thank you to 6 abc for having us on. it's a critical tun to help, we have 4,000 volunteers on the ground in west africa, and our goal is to get out life saving information about how one protects themselveses from ebola but to assure that the health care workers have the necessary equipment to protect themselves so they can treat people that are ill. >> the need is desperate? >> the need is absolutely critical. this will show the community we can tackle the problem but we have to work together

philadelphia will soon take the temperatures of travellers coming in from west africa, sara bloomquist is live at the pennsylvania convention center where there

as well. we are hosting a special telethon and sara bloomquist is live now. >> all evening long volunteers with the american red cross are taking calls from our viewers,s number to call is number. all the money taken in this evening will go to west africa to treat patients and help to work to control the outbreak to bring this outbreak to an end in west africa, philadelphia and the surrounding communities have large west african communes and leaders from those communities have joined together to create the delaware valley coalition. they are collecting donations at the church in landsdowne, we have the address, they are collectsing medical supplies and non-perishable foods. reverend dennis is from the church that is collecting. >> what are you hearing from people in your home nations in west africa about what they need and how desperate things are. >> they need basic things like clorox and gowns and hand sanitizer and bedding and mattresses, things that can help protect themselveses from family members. >> they can bring you to their church? >> in landsdowne, we collect anything

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, a trial begins for the former head master of a prestigious private prep school. but the big story this noon is a vow by philadelphia teachers to fight back after the school reform commission canceled their contract yesterday. >> the move means that thousands of teachers and nurses and counselors and school staff will have for the first time pay for a portion of their health premiums. david henry joins us outside of washington square with reaction. >> the teachers returned to their jobs this morning, no evidence of any kind of job action but they do return to their classrooms with more uncertainty about the future than ever before. >> it's scary what is going on right now, as a teacher i'm scared. >> the teachers are still a bit shell shocked. the district unilaterally broke their contract. the district says it will save $54 million in the first year and more after that. teachers headed to work at greenfield element

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, we begin this noon with breaking news. police just spoke with the pennsylvania state trooper who died during a training exercise in conshohocken. that is right he was shot in the chest and killed while training at the montgomery public safety complex yesterday and "action news" learned that it was an instructor that accidentally fired the shot. police refused to discuss the investigation only spoke about his love for the job. >> he was an excellent trooper and it was an honor to work with him and we are sorry that this incident occurred and he is no longer with us. >> flags at the pennsylvania capital and in montgomery county are flying at half staff in honor of his memory. >> the government has monitored the people right now, searching for others that could be at risk. carolyn costello is live with an update on the patient's condition. >> reporter: rick, we are now hearing from a hospital spokesperson, that the patient is in serious co

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with noon with breaking news, a plane has crashed into a building in wichita, kansas creating a black plume of smoke that you can see for miles around the city. the plane just took off and lost power in one engine, the pilot was trying to turn around and go back to the airport. it's unclear how many people were hurt. >>> our official big story this noon is the big chill outside, today begins a stretch of cold weather and it will feel like december before the stretch is over. for more on that lets head to the "action news" big board and david murphy. >> we have the rain come through and you can see it well off the coast because a departing cold front is off the coast, we are feeling cooler than yesterday because of the draw of the air behind that front is out of the cool areas of canada in the great lakes and we are knocking that number down today and that is the pattern and then a coastal low pressure that will zap us with cloud

only for the school board members and parents of players. sara bloomquist is live now and she will have more on that meeting coming up at 5:00. >>> the lewes ferry, is warning people about a hacking scheme. the breach started in august of this year and affects people who used debit or credit cards, and buying anything on the boats. they are offering free credit monitoring to anybody affected. >> people came to hear the dalai lama today, the tibetan's spiritual leader's speech talked about an academic environment and then the dalai lama held a private session with a small group of students and faculty and that was invite only. a lucky couple of kids there. >> very cool. >>> it's time for a check of the accuweather forecast. melissa magee is in for adam joseph, outside where no long sleeves are required today. >> i wish we could take this day and botdle it up and do it all again tomorrow. we have changes on the way for the middle half of the work week. temperatures climbed well above average, philadelphia 76 degrees, and 77 in washington disease, richmond, virginia in the middle 80s,

have discovered bullet holes in their walls as well as in the trees and sides walks. sara bloomquist is live now with more. >> reporter: rick and monica, police are trying to figure out what set off the violence here this afternoon. they may respond to an occasional argument at this apartment complex but not gun violence. they were released that nobody was hurt when the gun fire erupted here. >> never violence, nothing like this. >> the police spent the day looking for shell casings here on chelsea avenue. they found them, 7 to 9 shell casings and they found bullet holes in the sides of trees and the outside walls of two homes. the woman here was washing dishes on the other side of wall when the bullet came tearing into her kitchen. luckily she was not hurt and the neighbors were stunned this happened in broad daylight. >> i am shocked stuff like this doesn't go on in the neighborhoods, it doesn't go on on this street.