department is on the hundred after a police officer is shot in his marked car. >> and a robber uses an unusual weapon to rob a dunkin' donuts store clerk. and the last person to see hannah graham university of virginia student alive. tonight he is in jail. and an officer sitsing in a police cruiser had no idea how close he came to being killed. it's not clear where that gunshot camerom or if the officer was the intended target. nora muchanic is outside now with the story. you spoke with that officer today? >> reporter: i did indeed monica and i have to tell you he is calm considering how close a call this was. a number of agencies are working this investigation, trying to locate the person possible for taking pot shots at the police

car in the middle of the day. this is the 33-year-old pemberton police officer, that was in his cruiser when two shots rang out and one hit the roof of the vehicle, you can see where it scraped the paint and hit the metal. police asked that we not identify the officer, who is married with a 7-year-old clild. >> that could have been my last day and that made me angry because i have family and they could have possibly never seen me again. >> police were parked around this abandoned house and one bullet landed in a house across the street 100 yard as way and luckily nobody was home at the time. >> pemberton police don't yet know the motive for the shooting and they executed a search warrant at the home of a possible suspect but no arrests are made. >> we have different angles and

multiple suspects and multiple tips, we are trying to felter through the information. >>ileter through the information. >> there is a reward leading to the arrest and conviction for whoever did this. >> they are considered to the dangers of flying bullets to police and others. >> i am nervous for all of us and the kids out here. it's nerve-racking. >> if they do it to them they'll do it to anybody. anybody. that is somebody that don't care about nothing. they have no no respect for nothing. >> the officer involved was back on the street working today again a reward is offered at $20,000 reward for anyone that has information that leads to the arrest of the shooter. call the sheriff's office here

in pemberton pd. philadelphia police are looking for a thief that threatened a dunkin' donuts clerk with a needle in center city. this is surveillance video from 8th and chestnut. the suspect pretended he would order but instead went around the corner and pulled out a hypodermic need and grabbed the clerk's arm and the suspect managed to get the cash register open himself and fortunately he ran and nobody was hurt. a clever thief burglarized a store twice last night. the crook is shown breaking the window at the 7300 block of frankford avenue, he took some items and ran off and comes back 35 minutes later wearing different clothes, he climbed into the store and took different items, if you recognize this man please contact please. there is new rules coming to the

licensing agency, mayor nutter unveiled the findings from the task force hired to investigate the agency, 36 different recommendations from organizational to staffing changes. one is called the chief safety officer that will oversee safety regulations after the 2013,al army building collapse that put lni under a microscope. >> the fact is a terrible tragedy happened, i'm not waiting for a grand jury report to take action on things we know we can take action on. >> another recommendation is splitting lni's responsibilities into two separate agencies. traffic on the southbound blue route is running a little

smoother after a crash this morning that caused a lot of delays, it shows the backup at mcdade boulevard and providence, the car carrying tractor trailer spn out of control and flipped. the driver was not hit. a man is fighting for his life after being shot twice in the tioga section. the 39-year-old man was hit twice in the right leg and was rushed to temple university hospital in critical condition. a south philadelphia mother that carried her legal gun into south jersey, will not spend time in jail. instead shirleen allen will spend time in a preintervention program. the law has changed making certain exceptions for first time offenders.

and now the search for missing virginia student, hannah graham, jesse matthew was arrested in texas last night. authorities in virginia are now in the process of bringing him back where he is charged with abduction with intent to defile. they have no idea where the 18-year-old student is. >> people here need to look for hannah graham, and eyes open for hannah graham. one way or the other that is what we promise to do. >> sources close to the investigation, are concerned that matthew may be trying to flee to mexico because he was arrested seven hours from the border. now the president is promising aid for west africa. the president announced 3,000

personnel and a billion dollars will go to support efforts. meanwhile the third american with ebola is out of the hospital. he thanked the cdc for saving his life and dr. kent brantly. >> i thank dr. brantly for coming here to donate his plasma to help in my recovery. >> it has sickened more than 5200 people and killed more than 3,000. the sitdation is much worse than previously thought and world news ton will have more on the efforts to contain the ebola outbreak as well as the ongoing search for hannah graham. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. time for an update on a dreary commute for a thursday evening. >> matt pellman has the story for us. it's definitely not been hot over here in new jersey on the

new jersey turnpike southbound where we have an earlier vehicle fire, now out of the way and the turnpike is a better bet than 295, and southbound speeds of 12 miles per hour, approaching 38 to the 42 freeway, and still have the crash and debris spill, and 70 eastbound just past kuthbetter boulevard. and look at the clogged traffic in both directions, about a 10 to 12 min delay as you travel through the northeast. a downed tree in delco along bishop hollow road and concord township, a wreck at concord road at folk road. lots of thing to steer around this evening. >> much more to come on "action

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a local nurse is recognized for saving the life of a dying man. mary beth malarky was given a certificate from her employer, she is a registered nurse from chadds ford. she witnessed a bus drive collapse and stop breathing, she did cpr and used a defibrillator until paramedics arrived. >> he needed cpr and we initiated that and everything worked out and he is doing okay now. >> the bus driver, tim ballentine is inspected to make

an if you recovery. the eagles continue to gear up for this sunday's battle by the bay against the 49erses. big game sunday jeff? >> huge game for the eagles trying to stay undefeated and go 4-0, nick foles has been hit more than any other quarterback in the nfl, so what, he keeps picking himself up and throw touch downs. nick foles has thrown more yards in eagles history through the first three games in the season than anyone else and he expects nothing left next week in san francisco. even with his offensive linemen hurt and one suspended. >> everybody has blocked their butt off for me. i have confidence in those guys.

>> he has his readed down and i think he is looking at it like he should. we have five very capable people in front of him. >> more on the eagles coming up and we get you set for eagles at 11:30 and then the post wrap show eagles game day final after "action news" at 11:00 sunday night. phillies wrapping up their final road game in miami and then three against atlanta at home. it's in progress now, phils strike first in the first, chase utley hitting just .223 since the all-star break. it doesn't last long, the marlins scored 4 in the first and then the phillies have struck back to tie it up at 2-2 in the sixth inning. surprise flyers captain, claude giroux is on the ice today.

i thought he was not suppose to be on the ice for to two weeks, here is he on the ice today, he says his only job is to make sure is he ready to roll on october 1st. >> we'll see how i feel but the most important thing is to make sure that for game one in boston, i am the healthy that i can be. >> the sixers's season is around the corner and head coach brett brown talked to reporters and talked about expectation for a team that is not suppose to win a whole lot of games. >> what is the point of emphasis, heavily, heavily, tilted towards us creating a better defensive identity, it has to be. >> check out mo'ne davis and the

taney baseball team in coopers town, the jersey mo'ne davis wore in the world serieses will be on display in coopers town. davis and taney played a little game against the anderson monarchs today in coopers town. what an honor. lets go back to the studio. >> jeff thank you. tonight is the most anticipated night of prime time tv premieres, you can watch can all on 6 abc. the premiere of "how to get away with murder" sharrie williams joins us with a preview. >> you are right, it's the triple threat with how to get away with murder is one of the most talked about shows this season. #~ tgit it starts with an all

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breaking news out of moore, okay, look at this helicopter picture, we are told there was a stabbing and multiple shootings and there appears to be a loose suspect in the building, it happened at the vaughn foods building in the little town of moore, oklahoma, we saw a picture that are evacuated from the factory, and again an active shooting situation in moore, oklahoma. out west dangerous rip

currents let to rescues off the coast of san francisco, they used rescue divers to pull a father and son from the waters and both were rushed to the hospital in critical condition and other swimmers were pulled out that day. we went from heavy downpours and spritzes and now are we clearing out? >> yes, and improving conditions for the end of the week. double scan live, we are dealing with some persistent showers and patchy drizzle especially south and east of philadelphia, as we close in and take a live look from browns mills to lakehurst, dealing with light showers around all the way down to surf city and hammonton. it's hit or miss, one of those situations where you bump into a little drizzle and have to hit the windshield wipers, we'll eventually shut the water off,

as we look at the dreary day in philadelphia, just 64 degrees, 11 degrees below normal and picking up an inch in rain in philadelphia. the last time we saw an inch of rain was on august 31st. 64 inal and entown and 65 in -- the winds around the low are counter clockwise and we are funneling in the left overs on the western edge of this low and it kicks out and high pressure comes in the high will dominate here on friday and the sun returns from west to east first thing in the morning and we kick it up to 77 for a high and if you want it just a little bit warmer, you'll get it here on saturday, 82 degrees, a spectacular start to the weekend, nice and warm with wall-to-wall sunshine. overnight tonight, it's cloudy and breezy and areas of drizzle

and 50s in the suburbs and 57 in center city and patchy fog developing overnight as well. the exclusive accuweather forecast, 77 on the board for friday and returning sun and a gorgeous start to the weekend and a beautiful end to the weekend on sunday. both days low 80s for highs above normal and on monday it's not as bright and cloud cover and we'll keep temperatures on the warm side around 80 degrees and on tuesday, there will be another coastal system. it looks to stay far enough to the east, and sun and 75 and then seasonable here on wednesday and sun and clouds and 74 degrees, and we stay near norm or a little bit above on thursday. the sky is mixed with sunshine and clouds and if you see on that seven day, you've got the three philadelphia phillies baseballs there and it will end on the winner side.

it will be a beautiful day. >> thank you adam. quick break.

several police officers in delaware were recognized for their significant efforts to keep the public safe. the recipients include a group of officers that helped to give residents out of their apartment building. others are recognized for their drug vesinvestigation. >> a rally against hate crimes attracts a protest -- and a franklinville, new jersey, school dealing with rain inside of its hallways, the vote at the center of this leaky roof problem. for jaime apody, cecily tynan,

monica malpass, and it's entire "action news" team i'm rick "action news" team i'm rick williams, guess what? the money we need to fund our schools lies right underneath your feet. that's right. down in the ground, pennsylvania has deep deposits of natural gas. but because of governor corbett, we're the only state in the country that doesn't make oil and gas companies pay an extraction tax. as governor, i'll make the gas companies pay up to help fund our schools for a change. tom wolf for governor. a fresh start for pennsylvania.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. thursday night jim is off and i'm rick williams, in the news mo'ne davis makes a trip to the baseball hall-of-fame and people in the poconos mountains speak about spotting a wanted killer. but the big story is a push for change two week as of a gay

couple was attacked allegedly for their sexual orientation. three people were arrested for the crime but the suspects will not be charged with a hate crime. vernon odom was live in center city tonight where there is a rally calling attention to this issue. >> the folks at the rally marked a steady stream of rain, but local activists and politicians and the police brass want action pronto by harrisburg, the voices were loud today. a loud rally in love park to p support the two gay men. they want passage of hate crime legislation at the state level. there is no hate crime protection for gays in the city of philadelphia or in the state of pennsylvania.