and so will this sale. blinds to go blinds for life. "action news" delaware valleys leading news program, with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass.y, meteorologist, >> we begin with breaking news from washington, awaiting a briefing from president obama at any moment. we'll go live to the state department where president obama is expected to talk to the media and we'll bring the president's address and we'll stream it live at 6abc.com. meantime, a 62-year-old man is accused of having ties to a terrorist group with links to al qaeda, he was taken into custody by the fbi and appeared in federal court this afternoon.

sara bloomquist is live now outside of his home. what are the allegations here. >> he was arrested by federal thofrts at his row home on this quiet northeast philadelphia block this morning. he had applied to become a united states citizen but failed to disclose his past and his affiliation with a known terrorist organization. this is where the 62-year-old was arrested this morning. neighbors watched as the feds moved in. >> 50 police and they had on their backs fbi. >> he is charged with immigration fraud, and said in a 2013 application to become a u.s. citizen he failed to disclose his affiliation with a known association with the

al qaeda network. >> he was charged with failing to name his is an association with a former group, called hig, a western insurgent group known for overthrowing the afghan government and establishing an islamic state. >> hig is responsible for various attacks on coalition forces in afghanistan. >> is your client a terrorist? >> absolutely not. that is nonsense. >> he says his client worked as a doctor in afghanistan. he may have treated members of a terrorist organization but is not a member of one. >> season a terrorist and never was a terrorist and has no ties with terrorism. and this is something out of clear blue and trying to determine what the heck is going on. >> he remains in federal custody

until friday afternoon, he add splits to not being in the best health and the attorney general's office will try to keep him behind bars. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. other news, a woman whose bodiesy was found in pennypack park was strangled. the autopsy your connie mcclain murray was announced this afternoon. there was no signs of sexual assaults, her body was found near the crispin recreation center and her husband and daughter when looking for her when she did not return monday night after going for a run. she was found by a woman walking her dog. >> overseas, ebola virus continues to take its toll. one dead is a nurse in nigeria who treat american, patrick sawyer who died of ebola there.

two americans are slowly improving. writebol's sons visited her today. she cried for joy seeing him walk out of the ambulance. lets go live to nora muchanic, she is in freehold, where a prn that travelled to west africa returned home with flu-like symptoms. this happened on monday and caused quite a scare and medics called the hospital from the ambulance and what the circumstances were and doctors and nurses suited up and prepared a special isolation room for when the sick woman arrived. >> it's right here in freehold and it's scary, on monday a female patient recently returned from west africa was brought to freehold with flu-like symptoms, the woman was brought through this door, a separate entrance and taken to an isolation room.

>> scared the hell out of me. >> i have grandchildren, i don't want them to be near anything like that. >> following careful monitoring of the patient, new jersey state health officials say despite the woman's travel history, she has no known exposure to the ebola virus. her condition continues to improve. >> i'm scared. what can happen to us. what did they tough before they got here. >> they brought her in a separate entrance and put her in isolation. and came up with the conclusion that she didn't have if. >> health officials in trenton say in is no confirmed or reports cased in new jersey. but newark airport is keeping a close watch, it's home to one of 20 quarantine stations around the country.

>> they bring them in here and close the doors and put them in isolation. >> if travelers appear to be ill, officers can quarantine them immediately. they are trained to deal with people with illnesses. >> certainly with the two confirmed cases in atlanta, there is heightened concerned, but we are happy to report that the woman brought here does not have ebola and continues to improve. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> there will be much more on the ebola outbreak, coming up on world news with diane sawyer tonight after "action news" at 6:00. the philadelphia school system is getting a $265 million advance to help it avoid layoffs, governor tom corbett, got lawmakers to return to harrisburg and improve the cigarette tax.

tonight at 6:00 "action news" reporter vernon odom has more on why they say the finding does not guarantee that schools will start on time. >> turning to the forecast now, we have spotty showers now as a cold front is moving through. a nice stretch of weather ahead looking live at sky 6 hd, it's cooler out there for august, meteorologist, melissa magee is at the "action news" big board with a first look at the forecast tonight. >> good news, we have improving conditions as we go through the rest of the afternoon and evening hours, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the frontal boundary moving on through and not a whole lot of precipitation associated with us, it's starting to move on shore and all that is left is cloud cover in south jersey and delaware, this continues to push to the east for the rest of afternoon and for the rest of tonight. as you look at the temperatures however, across the mid-atlantic

region, notice what is going on here in binghamton and buffalo 75, as you move down the 95 corridor, temperatures in the upper 70s to the middle 80s in washington, d.c., the cooler air continues to invade the atlantic region and the 95 corridor later on tonight. the dew points are a reflection of the change on the way and a dew point of 49 degrees and a nice dry air mass and some drier air will continue to work its way to the south and east. changing the 60 degree dew points into the middle 60s, it will be comfortable, if are you heading up north of the city, the lehigh valley, steely dan will take the stage, partly cloudy and a light northerly wind to contend with, lets talk about what is ahead. the humidity will lower for the rest of tonight and we are tracking below normal temperatures and a nice setup for the weekend, the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. we'll send it back to you.

>> the state of delaware, is getting tough on dui offenders, governor markell signed an ignition lock bill into law, it's a device that controls the ignition and makes it impossible to start your vehicle without a clean breath sample. delaware is the 16th state to make interlocks mandatory for all convicted drunk drivers including first time offenders. >> lets get a check of "action news" traffic report. lets go live to the traffic center and autumn marisa. >> this is trooper road and egypt road, a water main break we are dealing with here, the westbound lanes are getting by in each direction. taking a look at big picture, speeds on the schuylkill expressway, sticking in the 20s rights now, taking you 40 minutes to go from the vine to the blue rutd route. slow going to the vine to the walt whitman bridge as well. a few incidents, the first one

in plymouth township. caldwell is the alternate to get around this, traffic lights are out in this area as well. moving over in clementon new jersey, knight avenue we have an accident out there. and the phillies game, versus the astros. we have three trains leaving. >> thank you autumn. something new and exciting at philadelphia's academy of sciences, it was a different type of animal, an armored vehicle called the bear, one of the devices used by the s.w.a.t. team, this has crime fighting gadgets and remote controlled guys mows. it's all part of the police and firefighters appreciation day at the mousse automatic. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00, a local military wife and mom lost an impressive 100

pounds, she is sharing her story of transformation with the world. how she did it next in health check. cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo with this year's outdoor adventure. >> hi guys, i have tisha with me here, a pancake tortoise, they are found in the rocky outcrops in tanzania and kenya, they are so flat they hide in the kr crevasses in the rocks. he can get away from predators. i will be feeding the giant tortoises life from the philadelphia zoo later on. back to you.

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lost at least 100 pounds. she looks creditable but it was about getting healthy for her family. katie dick works out six day as i week but for 31 years she never exercised. over the years she gained weight. when her daughter natalie was 5, and son gabriel was 2, katie weighed 243 pounds and realized then she was at risk. >> i could have a stroke and leave my children without a mother. >> that was the tipping point, she started walking and cleaning up her diet, cutting out sugar and then took on the insanity workout. >> i was physically strong for the first time in my life, and it was the most incredible and empowering feeling in the world. >> she start aid blog, happy exhaustion.com, that is how she

caught the eye of "people" magazine, soon she was off to miami, posing in a bikini. >> katie's husband is a trainer at balance gym, he knew she had to want to do it herself. >> she had to buy into the whole long-term idea of making a lifestyle change. >> it's not about looking good in a bathing suit it's about being healthy and strong and setting a good example for her children and for others that think that getting fit is out of their reach. >> because if i could do it after 31 years after laying on the couch with a bag of cheetos, you can absolutely do it. >> it took katie about a year to lose the weight and kept it off for a year and a half. if you need tips for motivation, we have a link at 6abc.com. for katie's blog.

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time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board, melissa magee has a somewhat overcast night out there. >> it looks like the clouds are hanging on in areas like south delaware and the rest of our viewing area north and west seeing a bit of sunshine out there right now. see the picture outside. sky 6 hd, breaks in the clouds there, and the current temperature coming in at 82 degrees. with the sun returning to areas north and wst of town. we'll show you the temperatures across the area. in the wake of a frontal boundary moving on through. we have temperatures south and east of philadelphia in the

upper 70s and now they are bouncing up to 80 at the boardwalk and 80 in millville and 82 in reading. here is satellite 6 along with action radar, the frontal boundary is pushing offshore, not a lot of juice associated with it and we have high pressure coming out of canada, building into the great lakes and this continues to dip on to the east, setting us up for a nice day, getting into thursday, when you talk about the dew point, that is a level of how much moisture is in the atmosphere and dew points are in the 50s and that is a pleasant atmosphere overhead. temperatures, dew point temperatures thursday and friday in the middle 50s, will climb into the middle 50s in the weekend, the lower 60s not that bad for this time of year, keep in mind we are in the month of august and are comfortable outdoors, stormtracker 6 live double scan giving you an update

on the tropics, this is what is left of bertha, it's well into the atlantic and pushing to the east. the wave heights associated with bertha, giving us rip currents, as we have wave heights of up to 4 feet there. if you are traveling down the shore, keep in mind that be have a high risk for rip current, 3 to 4 feet and obey the lifeguards and don't swim when the lifeguards get off dutdy at night. it's gorgeous tomorrow and 84, and staying in the lower 80s into friday and the weekend is looking great with high pressure returning and staying in control and plenty of sunshine overhead. if are you heading over to the philadelphia zoo, it's beautiful and she has an armadillo to share with us. >> that is exactly right, this looks look a coconut, this is camilla, a species of armadillo

that can roll up to a ball like this. they have scales, like finger nails that grow here like really tough fingernails and that is what protects them. are grewing to come out and say hi? she is not going to do that. i'll feed the galapagos

>> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. grim news about the ebola epidemic as it continues to spread, we'll hear from a local woman that returned from the hot zone coming up. and a deadly device forces residents to evacuate and an incredible scene inside of an australia subway station as they join forces to rescue a fellow rider. >> now details, the world health organization says that nearly 1,000 people have died from the ebola virus, more than 1,000

people have it or are suspected of having it. in nigeria one nurse has died who treated an american patient, and a priest that treated a patient has it. spain sent a plane to bring him home and a man on a business trip to sierra leone has died. two remain in the u.s. hospital, nancy writebol and dr. kent brantly are being treated in atlanta. >> what we are doing, how congress can be more