saturday night i'm walterer pest. charges are filed in the hit and run that killed a seven three-year old grandfather. life saving missions, student nurse dose their part to help people in west africa, dealing with the ebola virus. but the big story on "action news" is brutal dog attack in delaware. young daughter of the newark city councilman was severely injured by a pit bull inside the family home. tonight we are learning how her older sister may have

saved her life. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at the scene with the full story, kenneth. >> reporter: well, walter we know councilman todd russell and his wife are by their daughter's side at the children's hospital of philadelphia we also know after this dog attack, here inside of the home a few hours ago the eight year-old was flown from ai du pont in critical condition. we are told that doctors are trying to safe her arm. this is the scene in newark, minutes after a police say a violent encounter with the family dog almost turned fatal for an eight y year-old girl. daughter of council man todd russell. >> she's such a friendly girl. she loves animal. my heart goes out to the family. i feel awful. >> reporter: neighbors saw emergency vehicles lining up at 1:00 p.m. on their street when the pit bull attack the girl in the basement biting the child all over her body and severely injuring her arm. investigators say actions of the 15 year-old sister most likely saved her life. the teen beat the dog off the eight year-old and called 911.

>> that is very heroic, to step in and put yourself in harms way to protect someone you love. >> reporter: that pit bull remain in the basement room door stopping girls from escaping. the once police arrived the 15 year-old managed to carry her sister to safety. they were forced to open fire on the dog, killing it. neighbor dewagman says her children would often play at the house. >> they would assure me that the dog was locked separately and they would have no contact with that dog. >> reporter: the councilman was elected in april. his wife, ex-husband says his daughter was also in the home at the time of the attack, he rushed here and learned she was safe. >> it is an pit bull, great dog. >> reporter: your daughter was over here. >> yes. >> reporter: what went through your mine. >> i was worried about both kids. i mean, i don't know. >> reporter: once again the eight year-old girl, i should say is in critical condition, at chop. parents say she lost a lot of blood especially in her arm, once again, police say that

this incident and this dog attack is still under investigation. reporting live from newark delaware, kenneth moton for channel six "action news", walter. >> thanks, kenneth. deadly accident involving a septa bus remains under investigation tonight. investigators say bus was making a left-hand turn from 15th street to washington avenue when it struck a woman and her young son crossing the street. the the 29 year-old mother died at the scene last night. seven year-old boy was taken to the hospital with cuts and bruises. investigators have yet to release names of the victims. charges have been filed in last night's hit and run death of the seven three-year old man in east mt. airy. man had just pick up his three-year old grandson from football practice. they were driving through the intersection of the easy gorges lane andardly street when their vehicle was struck by an suv. the the driver and passenger jumped out and fled the scene. they were caught a short time later. the seven three-year old was pronounced dead at the scene, the 13 year-old was transferred to children's hospital but is expect to be okay. well, investigators are looking for person who shot

and killed a man in strawberry mansion overnight. investigators say a 39 year-old man was shot once in the head, on the 2900 block of east oakdale or west oakdale sleet shortly before 1:00a mn word on the victim's identity. police in moorestown are looking for this man who held up a 7-eleven earlier this morning. robbery happened at the store there on camden avenue and lenola road, the robbery reportedly threatened the clerk with the gun and then fled with an unknown amount of cash. the authorities are still searching for a man from northeast philadelphia who suffers from alzheimer's. six two-year old john jean baptiste was seen on the 3600 block of allergen avenue. in addition to suffering from alzheimer's he speaks limited english, 5 feet 6 inches tall, last seen wearing a green shirt with the black design and black pants. if you have seen him please call the police. it could not have been a better day all across the region there were comfortable temperatures and sunny skies for these good people browsing

the rose garden in north wales today. garden hosted a fall festival for families, celebrating 75 years in business. how long could this possibly last? meteorologist karen rodgers has that answer at the big game. >> just long enough to enjoy the rest of the weekend. right now we are looking at the temperatures 76 degrees. seventy-six still at this point in philadelphia. just within the last ten minutes, temperatures dropped about 5 degrees after sunset. we made it in the 80's today. eighty-four for a high. it was gorgeous. satellite six and action radar showing us we still have clear skies right now. in fact you have to go to pittsburgh to see any kind of cloud cover. satellite image just showing how clear it business this high pressure right overhead. in fact one of my favorite assignment editors here steve mckenzie sent us this beautiful picture of pocono lake. i like it because as you look up here you cane not a cloud in the sky. hard to tell the difference between the sky and beautiful lake. i'm tweet ago this one out today. looking ahead we will have a gorgeous evening if you are doing anything outside and at least you trying to.

76 degrees still tonight. 8:00 p.m. 7o temperatures will drop by 9:00 p.m. 67. still mainly clear skies. by 10:00 p.m. 64. i'll tell you how good it gets tomorrow coming up in just a minute. >> could not get much better, thank you, karen. don't forget stay up on top of any situation that develops the with the brand new six abc.com. visit 6awc.com/weather forstrom tracker six radar both hourly and seven day forecast and our selection of weather-related photos and videos. well, manhunt continues today for accused cop killer eric frein in a heavily wooded section of monroe county. authorities say a hard drive, used by frein, revealed that he had planned an attack against state troopers for at least two years. they also say that hard drive shows he searched for information about how to evade policeman hunts. frein is accused of course of opening fire at the state police barracks in blooming grove on september 12th killing one trooper and injuries another. his sister in law spoke with good morning member, lindsey

janice. >> any eye tea yes shot up those troopers. >> oh, god we have no idea. >> reporter: how is michael doing. >> he is in shock that his brother would be capable of doing something like this. >> reporter: investigators have recover a bunch have of clues within a perimeter they have it up including a weapon and ammunition. there also have been several sight goes of the person in the wood believed to be frein. big crowd marched through streets of wilmington earlier today calling for a end to the violence in that area. members of the more than a dozen churches and community groups, carried t-shirts representing victims of homicide over the the past two years. demonstrators pointed out that 42 people have been murdered in the city, since the sandy hook massacre in connecticut in december of 2012. today's 1 mile peace march ended with a rally at brown burton west chester park. police in philadelphia mingled with the people they served during a community day on broad street right there in logan. neighbors here had a chance to meet officers from the 35th district and then put them in the dunk tank.

it included a bunch of carnival games, live music and health screenings for everyone there. also a perfect day to celebrate two centuries of independence in delaware county. colonial reknackors marked county's 225th birthday. back in 1789, when the county separated from chester county. neighbors here gathered at the courthouse on front street in media, for the living history festival to mark this special occasion. zero seven future nursees were packing up to save lives in chester county today. these students from villanova university filled containers with medical supplies, at the mission relief headquarters in coatsville for country's dealing with that terrible ebola out break. volunteers have been working overtime since the the out break started in west africa. many of these containers will be shipped there to help treat those infect. mission relief organizers say the need is enormous. >> you know, they have 40 hospitals, 720 people in them. so mattresses, things of that nature, hospital beds, stretchers, they are just

critical. >> mission relief accepts supplies from hospitals all across the region. the the organization realize on donations to cover the shipping costs. much more to come on "action news" tonight, a college in texas endures a tragic loss after members of the school's softball team are kill in the bus crash. and we are getting our first look at chelsea clinton's baby girl, what the baby's grand parents are saying about the new addition to the clinton family. plus jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.

a freak accident claimed the life of the well known former congressman. james trafficcan, the ohio politician who was quick of taking bribes, has died. he was injured on tuesday when

a vintage tractor trailer or a tractor i should say flipped overtop of him as he tried to park it inside his barn. he served 17 years in congress. he was 73 years old. a small college community in texas is in mourning today, after four members of a school's softball team were killed in the bus crash. the crash involved a north central texas college softball team that happened about 9:00 o'clock last night in davis, oklahoma. a tractor trailer jump the median and smashed in the bus that forced the impact sheared open the entire side of the bus. four players were killed, and a dozen others were injured. >> these ladies are, of course, our own and we love all of our students. >> the the investigation will now include toxicology tests, on both drivers, involved. well, things slowly getting back to normal at airports across the country after an employee at an air traffic control center allegedly brought chicago's airports to the halt. yesterday more than 2,000 flights, in and out of o'hare and midway, were canceled,

which had a ripple effect on flights all across the country. even this afternoon nearly 800 flights were canceled at o'hare. officials say it all started when an employee of the air traffic control center in aurora, illinois, slit his own throat and set a fire. he survived and now faces a slew of charges. and former first daughter chelsea clinton is now a new mom. she gave birth to her first child last night a baby girl. clinton announced news on social media earlier this morning saying she and her husband mark mezvinsky are filled with love and awe at the birth of their baby. her name is charlotte. former president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton say they are blessed, grateful and happy to be grandparents. charlotte's other grand mommies former montgomery county congress woman margaret margolis. still to come on "action news" tonight eagles head to the city by the bay to face the 49ers. jeff is up next with the preview of the big match up.

okay. jeff skversky has a check object sports. eagles in san francisco tomorrow. 49ers down a few key players but that is still a tough team. >> they are a really tough team. they started one -two last year they won 11 of their last 13 games on their way to the nfc championship game. after a long six hour flight to san francisco, eagles coach chip kelly so concerned about the guys being jet lagged he had the entire team stretching, outside of their hotel, on the front lawn, by the lobby. no joke. here's chip kelly, and rejuvenated, fresh legged eagles after their santa claire a stretch. they are hoping to stretch to four-o but beating 49ers as walter said will not be a walk in the park. they play for the super bowl in each of the last three years. ducis rodgers caught up the with the eagles. >> they are one-two you expect

them to be a desperate team. >> i wouldn't necessarily use the word desperate. we're coming to their stadium. we know they will be eager to get a win. but we just play football that we're capable of i like our chances. >> they have veteran guys. they have won a lot of football games in the past, past couple of years too, so i'm definitely sure they will be fired up for this one. >> and, we will get you ready for kick off on our pregame show count down to kick off at 11:30. then we will recap it on eagles game day final tomorrow after "action news" at 11:00. penn state has been on a good run, to start this season. they woke up to day undefeated and it is virtually nothing to do with the running game. penn state among the worst teams in college football, at running the ball. nearly a 103,000 on their hand for home coming begins northwestern. penn state has had a hard time running the ball. they have a hard time stopping it. trever simon runs for three

touchdowns including this which put penn state down 14 to nothing in the first. things not happen any happy valley. christian hack evenberg, and he is not on the same page with the offense today. fourth quarter with the lions. he is pick off by anthony walker, 49-yard return. penn state, they don't even score a touchdown. they lose their first of the season 29-six in northwestern. their worst lost at home in 13 years. >> those kids care about this team and christian hackenberg and playing better than anybody and i love those kids. so, we got to get it fix. we have to help them out. >> temple coming off their most lopsided win in school history today begins u-conn. they looked good. first quarter young picks off chandler wittmer, 93-yard return, temple, how about this score, 36-ten, late in the fourth, they are about to win, another game. look at all of the fans at

franklin field today. yes, they are all in the shade for penn/villanova. beautiful day, guys. student section will in the like this, nova running back gary underwood takes a direct snap directly in the end zone. 54 yards. villanova runs away with it 41-seven. delaware james madison what a finish, tied at 16, under two to go. trent hurley to jarill harrison, 86 yards. delaware takes a 23-16 lead with virtually no time left but they come back to tie it at 23 all and we are about to go to overtime, in that game. phillies just underway tonight against atlanta, aj burnett trying to avoid becoming the first phillies pitcher since steve carlton to lose 18 games or more. that has not happened in 41 years. union fighting for the playoffs today and fight ago begins d.c. united, just two points out of the playoff spot coming into play. things are heated. but best team in the east gets

the best of the union. tenth minute, silva scores, union lose one to nothing. their first lost in more than six weeks, they are still two points out, were four to go. sixers open training camp on tuesday and they will have a new player on the roster. sixers get backup point guard keith bog ins and second round pick from cleveland. sixers have to give up a second round pick in the deal. drivers, start your engines... >> sixers guard michael carter williams with some emotion today, grand marshall at the nascar nationwide raise in dover, delaware. kyle bush wins for fifth time on the monster mile, he sweeps both nationwide races, down in dover. of course, the big sprint cup race is tomorrow. >> thanks, jeff. up next on "action news" meteorologist karen rodgers has the exclusive accu

karen rodgers in for melissa. we had to have to fall for to it feel like summer why not get temperatures in the 80's. i'm not complaining, no. lets look at storm tracker six live, double scan around the area we are dry but double scan will be busy a little later this week when we are anticipate something rain. not today though. let's head outside, and, look at the the action cam was out and about, and looking good out there, we will see some people, wandering around and enjoying that sunshine at valley forge national park. gorgeous out there today. you can see the sky, too. not a cloud in it. some he looking good.

let's look at those numbers 84 degrees, was our high today. 10 degrees above average. dipped down to 59 in the morning. mornings are cool, afternoon bright and sunny. unseasonably warm. sunset was at 6:50 today. looking at the temperature now still 76 degrees. still mild in philadelphia here's in the lower 70's in the lehigh valley, 71 allentown, mid 07's in red. seven eleven in millville a long the coastline about 07 degrees. satellite six and action radar showing you can see effects of high pressure right there. nothing happening. hardly a cloud in the sky. you have to go out to the western pa to try to feel a little bit of cloud cover. not that the we're looking for it in the overnight hours, we're staying mainly clear. that is this high pressure above to us day and tomorrow, as well. really is a winning weekend. tomorrow the flow around that high, more out of the southwest, or wind will shift a little bit. it will be nice, and warm. as for tonight mainly clear skies, a little patchy fog will develop late. so would i watch for that especially heading out early in the morning.

59 degrees the overnight low in the city. it will be cooler in the low to mid 50's, in some of the suburbs. and as we take a wide lear at satellite six and action radar. you will see cloud cover out to the south east. the flow aloft will pull these clouds in with us tomorrow. so tomorrow you will have lots of bright sunshine, beautiful but some more high clouds mix nothing unlike today where we could not see a cloud in the sky. planning your day tomorrow bright and sunny. maybe early fog. diminishing at 7:00 a.m. sixty-two. by 10:00 a.m. sunshine and 71. more high clouds in mix nothing. by 1:00 p.m. 81. by 4:00 p.m. 84 degrees. by tomorrow another gorgeous day a lot of people in dover delaware for big nascar race weekend. mostly sunny. cooler in dover. by 9:00 a.m. 68. by 1:00 p.m. 78 degrees. really a perfect weekend for that and everything else you have going on out there. here's your exclusive accu weather seven day forecast. it is warm, it is mostly sunny tomorrow. 84 degrees. fan appreciation day at the phils. we picked a good one for it.

monday increasing clouds and 78 degrees. that is a big change. we will go from the mid 80's down to the 70's. still mild this time of the year but more cloud cover. we will stay dry monday but tuesday, clouds, some rain. it looks to be in the afternoon. 74 degrees. by wednesday, mostly cloudy skies. some of that rain is lead nothing to the monday and wednesday morning commute. seventy-two. and thursday, partly sunny skies, and 71. great for the union. friday, mostly cloudy skies, 73. yom kippur begins on sundown. on saturday, warmer with some sunshine and 79. not bad, walter. >> not bad at all, thank you karen. man's best friend was dressed to the nine's in burlington county as you can see this pet expo featured a costume parade and chance for these cute pets to stretch their legs. they were also collecting ties and showing off dogs and cats in need of new loving homes. and, don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight. then we are back here on six abc after the game. now for karen rodgers melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team i'm walter perez.

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