a day later she left the girl alone after dark at a park dressed only in a tee shirt. police later closed in on regusters with the girl's help. >> the child miraculously was able to identify this home from the back stairway and new there was a sglird this is marty the bird videotaped by police inside regusters home. the victim remembered hearing a talking bird and when neighbors pointed out a house with a talking bird investigators say the help they got from a young victim was extraordinary. >> especially being a 5-year-old child that went through 19 hours of the most horrific ordeal that mathable. >> this say child able to provide more detail and more information than most adults. she's amazing courageous child and hopefully this gives her some closure. >> but the legal fallout from this case will continue. the school district of philadelphia has been slapped with a civil lawsuit on behalf

of the victim and her family. the suit ales gross negligence by the girl's substitute teacher and others at bryant elementary for allowing her to be a taken by a straichker never asked for an id. >> i would like to sit down with the superintendent and decide what is fair and what is reasonable to compensate a little girl who they newt the hands of a monster when she belonged in a sanctuary of a kindergarten room. >> now the school district says it will have no comment as long as this matter is in litigation. regusters will be sentenced in december. she could get a life sentence. live at the criminal justice center david henrey "channel 6 action news," monica. thank you, david, to recap the big story for you former daycare worker christina regusters was convicted on all counts today of kidnapping a girl from bryant elementary school regusters will be sentenced december 15 and faces up to life in prison. in other news tonight two children are back at home with

their family after a terrifying crash. they were hit while walking home from school wednesday but they made a remarkable recovery. "action news" reporter eva pilgrim is live at the the scene of the accident where the story began. eva. rick a young brother and sister are now at home recovering after being hit by a pickup truck earlier this week trying to cross academy here in northeast philadelphia. >> we have six children six beautiful healthy children and we still have six beautiful and healthy children and i'm very very proud and happy. >> wednesday around 3:00 in the afternoon 11-year-old isabella and 7-year-old tristan or walking nrom school when hit by a pickup truck byberry road trying to cross academy. several people including two nursing students stopped to help the kids. one used isabella's phone to call her mom. >> as soon as they saw what happened to my children they ran right over to them and took care of them like they were their

own. it's greatly appreciated. >> the kids got to come home today. they have a long road of recovery still ahead. but she says the outpouring of support has been priceless. >> the phone numbers of p.m. i don't even know saying if you need me to come to pick up the child to you know take your child to cool school, if you need coffee or a break it's unbelievable. i'm so thankful. >> thankful that tonight, all her kids are home. >> i have all my babies and i'm grateful. >> now we did have the opportunity to talk with both children they both love dancing and hope to be back in their dance classes as soon as possible. we're live in northeast philadelphia, eva pilgrim, "channel 6 action news." >> okay. eva. thank you. finally a verdict in the case of oscar pistorius and whether he knowingly shot and killed his live in girlfriend reeva steenkamp on that valentine's day last year and it was a

stunning verdict toykt many. >> not getty and is discharged not guilty of murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp and instead the olympic star was charged with culpable homicide equivalent of manslaughter in the united states ar okay why up to 15 years it prison. throughout the trial he tearfullly maintained he fired through his bathroom door last valentine's day thinking an intruder was inside. today steenkamp's family shook heads in disbelief of the verdict as pistorius sat with a plaque face. his uvrple spoke. >> a tragic event like this, it won't bring reeva back but our heart go out for her family and friends. >> pistorius was also found guilty of one gun-related charge and he was released on bond today and will be pack in court next month to learn his actual

sentence. meanwhile prosecutors say they maya peel the judge's ruling and there will be more on today's verdict coming up on world news with david muir that's tonight at 6:30 directly after "action news" at 6. >> we have breaking news to pass along tonight from south philadelphia. philadelphia marine units are responding to the delaware river and we're looking live right now from chopper 6 overhead. again marine units on the scene here looking for a man who apparently is in the water here and this incident unfolded around 4:45 this afternoon and behind the walmart store in the 1600 block of south christopher columbus boulevard. if we pull out you can see this area and again the police marine units scouring the delaware river looking for this person. no word yet on if the man jumped or somehow fell into the water but again police are on the scene looking for a man here in the delaware river of south philadelphia somewhere along christopher columbus blvrd

behind a walmart. we'll keep an ion the scene from chopper 6 and bring you more information as soon as we get it here again from south philly. a construction worker is injured tonight after falling three stories while working in the queen village section of the city and rescueers rushed to the 200 block of monroe street where the 3-year-old man was working on a building and no word what made i scaffolding fall at 1:45 he was rushed to the hospital and is in stable condition tonight. and a second person hurt refused treatment. >> and a new task force was created in montgomery county to address the alarming number of drugs overdoses. and county officials announced today the group's mission to get law enforcement work ago long side social services trying to prevent narcotic abuse and heroin is the biggest concern. officials said today there's been 43 heroin overdoses in 34g county just since the beginning of this year. well the weekend got off to picture-perfect started humidity

apparently taking the day off this friday. outside we go looking live sky6hd over center city sky line and feels like fall out there and a big change is in store for the rest of the weekend. keep your umbrellas handy. meteorologist cecily tynan outside the studios tonight with the latest from accuweather, hi, ces. >> today one of the days you want to get outside and we have blue skies and sunshine and comfortably cool temperatures and right now in philadelphia, checking in with temperature of 77 degrees. just a couple degrees below the average high for this time of year. allentown 74. wilmington 75. millville 74 and sea isle city 72 degrees. it's quite a bit cooler than yesterday and it's a lot drier. due point yesterday were around 70 degrees. that's oppressive humidity and now they're generally in the 50s this time of year when you have dew points below 60 that's a very comfortable dry air mass and that's why you feel so nice today. so the evening planner for your friday night heading out at 7:00, 7 degrees by 8:00 and by

70 and 9:00 68 degrees and 10:00, 66. we will see increasing clouds tonight and ahead of a system that unfortunately will be ending this picture-perfect weather. rain is on the way. there's one low pressure up near chick kick and that will really be missing us to the north and there's more moisture south and these will be consolidated norm of us and what this does it bring us periods of rain tomorrow especially in the afternoon. so what's ahead unfortunately tomorrow is kind of the opposite of today. it will be a dreary saturday and weekend will not be a complete washout. the sunshine is back on sunday and if you like temperatures in the 70s i got good news for you it stays cool. we'll have the details coming up in the full accuweather five-day forecast when i drag 34eu r myself inside. >> see you outside it's so nice now. >> all right. thank you, cecily. stay on top of the changing weather situation with the new 6abc.com. visit 6abc.com/weather for

stormtracker 6 radar and both hourly and 7-day forecast and latest video from our "action news" meteorologist as well as our collection of weather related photos and videos. >> time now to check that evening rush hour. >> matt pellman and the "action news" traffic center talking about commute on friday night matt, hu? >> if you like temps in the 70s cecily is your girl and speeds in the single digits i'm your guy. on the vine westbound you're barely moving off 95 approaching ben franklin parkway thanks to the crash. they're making progress. now the left lane is getting by in addition to right lane and they have a vehicle here to tow away the vehicles. the ben franklin bridge will be a mess, too and check out the sea of taillights here in camden trying to get through the tolls and up and over the ben franklin bridge towards the vine streets expressway it's a very slow-go as you can see at the moment. meanwhile center city getting ready for the philadelphia opera

40th anniversary gala tonight anyone? anyone opera perhaps not. >> it's a sad tune, too, south broad street blocked southbound from locust to spruce. one lane getting by. that's causing gridlock there. this is the scene blue route southbound schuylkill and crash and northbound side by the schuylkill delays in both directions. maybe we'll work on those opera tunes. >> monica used to sing opera. >> no it was bad. >> no idea. >> chased all the animals away. >> that's not very nice. >> i'm good as show tunes. >> much more to come on "action news" tonight. and a convicted school shooter escapes from prison details of his capture coming up in the next half hour. >> and respiratory virus sickened a dozen children in our area. ali gorman is liver with a breakdown of where the illness hit and precautions parents need to take. >> all right back in a moment with meteorologist cecily tynan and "action news" at 5:00 will with meteorologist cecily tynan and "action news" at 5:00 will be right

>> an army spokesperson says authorities detained annen tire gang involved in attempt to kill

teenage activist muala the men attacked the then 15-year-old girl back in 2012 on records for head of the pakistani taliban. she was targeted for advocating gender equality and education for women. and ten mill trants in custody. "healthcheck" tonight a dozen children in delaware are being treated for a serious respiratory illness and it could be a week before we know if it's the same virus that sickened children across the country. >> health reporter ali gorman is outside ai dupont hospital in newcastle tonight where some children are receiving treatment now. alley. >> reporter: that's right, guys, we're waiting still to find out if it is that entervirus 68. doctors at the hospital tell me they've been on the lookout for the virus. one woman believes that is the virus that made her granddaughter so sick. >> it's scary really scary. >> bonnie jahari says her

14-year-old granddaughter was fine monday morning by monday night. >> next thing you know she said i can't breathe right. >> she tried her asthma medication and it didn't help. they went to local emergency room then had to be flown to ai dupont hospital for children. >> oh, my god i thought she was going to die. this develop so quickly she got so sick so fast. >> dr. karen raven chief of infectious diseases at the hospital said they have seen more than usual number of respiratory viruses for this time of year. they sent five samples to cdc testing for entervirus 68 same virus sending hundreds of kids to hospital as cross the country. >> at this point i don't think there's reason for alarm. we want people to be aware that this virus could potentially be circulating in the community. >> jhari believes it's what made

her granddaughter so sick. alexa is on a ventilate to help her breathe and is improving. if your child has a cold, watch for symptoms out of the ordinary. >> if they seem to be having difficulty breathing they should seek care immediately with their physician or emergency department or urgent care cent r center. prevention is key and best way to prevent any respiratory virus is through good hand washing teen your children and we'll vl more from the helping department coming up. ali gorman, "channel 6 action news." >> still ahead on "action news" tonight signs of big demand for apple's newest iphone.

>> preorders began for iphone 6 and 6 plus and apple web site says there's a three to four week delay for anybody that wants to order the 5.5" iphone 6 plus and the larger phone was nrs high demand from mobile carriers and at&t lists shipping

time 5 to 6 weeks and verizon quoted delivery dmaits october. and there's something big new and shiny open on the campus of the university city science center. today was official unveiling of 100 million state of the art lab tore question and office building at 3737 market street. various health systems like children's hospital and university of penn will conduct research and testing here. it is a shimmering tower of floor to ceiling glass walls and stands as shiny symbol of the growing expansion now underway in university city. in wilmington, delaware its with a community affair with emphasis on health. providence of delaware a community organization hostsed the event at parkway academy north high school on harrison street and every type of need was provided from clothing to food and various resources on how to live a healthy life and folks young and old need to take sad advantage of sources and information provided here today. >> and much more ahead on

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accuweather forecast meteorologist cecily tynan has been keeping an ion the weekend

and i guess sunday better than saturday, cecily? >> def any knitly, definitely. 50/50 weekend save outdoor activities for sunday. sunday will be a day like today live on sky6 looking live at north western chester county near honey brooks and field there just a wash with that sunshine from the skies. beautiful day. little bit on the school side. normal high this time of year is 80. currently in philadelphia, 77 degrees. wilmington 75. millville 76. allentown 74. and at the shore sea isle city currently 7. so tonight, friday night, football and it is looking spectacular. mainly clear skies you this evening and it will be comfortable at 7:00, 70 degrees and by 10bg dropping down to 65 degrees. maybe a sweatshirt or light jacket all you need tonight. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have a pocket of dry air right over us and this is what brought us all the sunshine and but if you look to the south there's showers and also showers to the west and what these two low pressures

will be doing they will be consolidating up to the north. and this will bring us some showers even some pirdz of steadier rain mainly in the afternoon tomorrow. so future tracker showing saturday morning 8:00 rick you want to go out for a run do it early in the morning looking okay just clouds here and there. maybe few peaks of sunshine. still looking dry 11:00. but as we head into the afternoon this is when the atmosphere really moistens up and 4bg showers. some could have brief heavy downpours and that will continue into the evening hours hours. so this is what to expect saturday, cloudy, cool, temperatures in the 60s most of the day and that rain will be developing mainly in the afternoon. the wettest period. between noon and 6:00. and we're looking about a quarter inch to half inch of rain. so, a pretty good soaking but not heavy enough that will cause any localized flooding. that's the good news. in the meantime this is really the peak of hurricane season and we have tropical storms and

edward was born yesterday 45 miles an hour winds and it is off the coast of cape v era e fortunately it's known as a fish storm in world of meteorologistology heading to app atlantic no threat to land and not affecting us and something we know since it is hurricane season. and the call from accuweather tonight friday night clouds will increase and comfortable night, 54 allentown and 58 millville and 61 wilmington and 5 day at 5 shows tomorrow cloudy and periods of rain mainly in the afternoon. high of 70. but sunday sunshine back. beautiful day. little on the cool side 73. monday like today, 77. tuesday, morning showers giving way to afternoon sunshine. 75. and wednesday, 74 degrees so temperatures the next five days in the 7 0s will we warm up or cool back down later next week adam we'll talk about that in the accuweather 7-day forecast.

>> little weather brewing. >> big mystery. >> next half hour at 5 a new era for the allentown area the city's newest sports venue and it will offer much more than sports when we take a look inside. >> closing of more casinos in atlantic city and having a devastating impact on hispanic community. we'll have a special report from partners at univision on the barriers that need to be overcome. >> and powerful statement on domestic violence from a young baltimore ravens fan and how she's turning something our dad's a plumber.

a business manager. and a stickler for homework. i'm john kane running for state senate. dad says the road to a good job starts in the classroom. [ lori ] he's a great dad

who sees taxes going up but schools not getting the funding they need. [ john ] so i'd put back the billion dollars corbett cut from education and make sure corporations and natural gas drillers paid their fair share. time to close the loopholes for the tax cheats. dad thinks a lot about education. i'm john kane and it's about time harrisburg did too. i'm john kane >> hello again here's what's happening open "action news" friday night a crash shuts down a roadway for hours this morning we have the latest and a father turns something negative to something nice how he and his young daughter are accepteding a powerful message out about domestic violence and what do rock concerts, professional hockey and bull riding have in common all will bring a newer

rar to the city of allentown. and now the details in just a few hour the curtain will rise on a new era in allentown and pp&l certainty will host its first event that venue will offer wide variety of sports and entertainment and economic shot in the arm of course for the city and john rawlins liver there with more tonight, hi, john. >> hi, monday kaxt i'll tell you this new center is a big ticket center piece for a ongoing revitalization plan here in allentown. this 17th and hamilton. 5 to 7 years ago it was des late lot of shuttered buildings and crime a big factor. tonight a new chapter, 10,000 people expected to come to the pp&l center to be entertained. earlier outside construction crews focused on last minute touch-ups. inside roadyes setting up for the rock group eagles who open the 177 million pp&l certainty tonight. >> next week tom petty and rascal flatts later in the