admitted to texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas and was put in isolation. he had no systems when he left liberia, only had symptoms when he returned to texas. ebola is not contagious until symptoms appear, and it takes direct contact with bodily fluids to spread. it is not spread through the air. but they will look into whether anyone came into close contact with the patient and they will be held in isolation and monitored. >> we have no doubt that we will control this importation or case of ebola, so it does not spread widely in this country. it is certainly possible that someone that contact with this individual, a family member or

other individual could develop ebola in the coming weeks, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here. >> he is the first person to be diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. in west africa, there are about 6500 cases reported during this outbreak and more than 3,000 deaths. there is no cure for ebowl a. but with good care we see patients survive this virus. >> there is a distinction with the united states and third world countries. >> yes, we have wonderful health care and protocols in place to contain the virus. that is what it needs. >> thank you ali. world news tonight with david muir has more on this newly confirmed ebola case next at 6:30 on "action news." >> we are following a developing story tonight from conshohocken authorities are investigating an accidental shooting at the

montgomery county training center. the incident happened at 4:30 at the facet at conshohocken road. they did not say who the victim is but the majority of people that use it's firing range are law enforcement officers. >> a 2-year-old boy is in critical condition, after accidently shootsing himself in the head. it happened in claymont delaware this morning at the unite block at cliff side court and valley run, word is that the child was playing with a gun when it accidently discharged. david henry is live at newcastle police. >> reporter: yes, police continued their investigation and they are interviewing relatives as they try to sort out the sequence of events, it happened at 10:00 this morning at a tightly packed neighborhood of townhomes. >> this is a real surprise here. >> you didn't know if they had gun there's? >> no.

>> they didn't seem like the type. >> bill jenning was shocked when he learned the boy next door got his hands on a gun and shot himself in the head. he was home alone with his mother when he shot himself. she ran out of the house screaming. >> she was screaming and on the phone screaming. >> police arrived quickly and conducted cpr until medics arrived and the boy was flown to the hop where he is in critical condition. the boy's parents and older brother live in the house. they are looking to see who left that gun within reach of the boy and they went door-to-door talking to neighbors. and they left the house with evidence. the boy was often seen playing in front of the house. >> a happy go lucky kid, very bright, always speaks i feel very sorry for him. >> jennings says the family

moved in a year ago and was surprised to hear there was a gun in the house. he says he was the best neighbor he ever had. >> just lost my oldest son in february. this is even worse than that. >> we are withholding the name of the boy and the boy's parents until we are sure their close relatives are notified. the police say there could be criminal charges depending on what the investigation turns up. david ry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david. an off-duty police officer shot a man outside of his home in burlington county after he caught the man trying to steal his truck. the incident happened at 4:00 this morning at the 200 block of stevenson avenue. the police officer, basil warren

came home and heard his car door, he refused to get out of his truck, he fired shot and he is in critical condition tonight. marine police pull aired body from the river this afternoon. someone spotted the body near the walt whitman bridge, there is no word on the identity. the search for suspected cop killer, eric frein, has discovered two pipe bombs ready to be deployed. as many as 2,000 law enforcement personnel are involved in this. walter perez is live now. what is the latest here >> reporter: investigators say that eric frein hastily left behind supplies including the two pipe bombs.

>> state police colonel george bifins took the time to deliver a message to accused cop killer, eric frein. >> we call on you to surrender, we are continuing to take your supplies and weapons. we are not going anywhere our resolve is strong. >> this includes two fully functional pipe bombs recovered over the last 24 hours, they could have been set off by a trip wire or fuse, instead they were found in a discarded pile of items. but if they were detonated near someone they likely would have been fatal. >> this is part of his gutless efforts to kill law enforcement from a distance. >> and they have one credible sighting of frein in the five mile search areas, an area that is close to his parent as home

and an area of vacant homes and cabins where this wanted fugitive could be hiding out. with the police hot on his trail and with all the weapons and supplies left behind, it's only a matter of time until frein runs out of options. >> i don't think this was his plan immediately following the shooting, i don't think he intended to go straight into the woods and he found himself in this circumstance. >> abc news is report that police dogs recently flushed frein out of his most recent hiding spot and deeper into the woods and they got a glams of him when he apparently turned on a cell phone for a couple seconds. and the reward now stands at $175,000 for frein. reporting live, walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we'll continue to follow the eric frein manhunt on 6abc.com,

we'll alert you to any new developments and bring you live updates from the pennsylvania state police as they happen. philadelphia police are trying to track down the man that attacked a woman as she emerged from wissahickon park in chestnut hill. this happened late friday afternoon, live now is sara bloomquist, you have the details? >> reporter: well, jim behind me homes here in chestnut hill there are trails leading into and out of wissahickon park. the victim had finished walking on the trails and was coming out of the woods and into this residential area, this she bad right here when she was attacked. people out enjoying the park this afternoon were learning of the attempted sexual assault that happened along the trails here. >> it's horrible and a sign of

the time. >> a 51-year-old woman was walking in the park for a half hour, at 4:30 p.m., she was coming out of the woods at gait house lane, a man she doesn't know passed by and they exchanged hellos, it's man came up behind her and demanded money, she said she didn't have any and he pushed her down and pushed dirt in her mouth and demanded sex. she managed to break away and called police. the trails are desolate, it's unsafe. >> i'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. you walk these trails and come across a woman alone, it's not safe. >> women shouldn't venture up there alone. >> women say they will change

their routines at least when this suspect is out there. >> now, the suspect is described as an african-american male, 6 feet tall 25 to 30 years old and dark complexion and large build. maybe a green baseball cap at the time of the attack. police will work with the victim to put together a composite sketch. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara, to more philadelphia iron workers admitted to their part in union violence involving arson at a quaker meeting house. 53-year-old eric sweeney and michael bailey join with local 401 that pleaded guilty last week, their headquarterers were raided in february and the crimes were designed to

intimidate owners from hiring non-union workers. the auction for the revel hotel resumed in new york but came with more drama. the florida developer that bid $90 million, says that the revel attorneys reneged on statements that they would share information on other bids. auction parenttants say that at least one other bid has been received. coming up on "action news" tonight, cash in the trash, surveillance video captures a would be robber with an unusual get away tactic. >> and the eagles look forward to getting lane johnson back on the offensive line. ducis rogers has that story coming up. >> we hit 69 degrees today, a warm end to september, we have

warm weather on the way as well as rain. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues.

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ninth street. they came back and successfully dragged the money machine away. and business owners on the block were not surprised. >> i think it's really strange, but being on this block it doesn't surprise me at all. >> why? >> we see random stuff going on every time. >> the duo did not get far police tracked down the atm to a nearby home and arrested a man and woman. both are behind bars in berks county. a costly settlement ended a fight for a school over breast cancer aware and. the eastern area school plans to pay out $33 a,000 in attorneys fees. two girls sued after they were suspended after wearing the bracelets that had

some help is on the way for the eagles offensive line, the eagles hope this cures what ales them now, can one man cure what ales them? that unit gets lane johnson back. >> jeff skversky has more. >> the running game is not exactly scaring anybody. >> the eagles are coming off the worst rushing performance in the nfl this year. but they are hope that lane johnson will finally be able to open up a running lane or two. the right tackle returns to practice for the first time following his four game suspense. >> we don't have the running game quite where we want it. >> have you to be man enough to say i screwed up and make the corrections quickly and move on. that is where we are at, he is back and he will play and we are

glad he is back. >> he spent the last month training in texas and doing drills, he feels like is in the best shape of his life but he needs to get in football shape. >> the only way you can get in football shape is to play football. >> johnson expects to gain full form in a game or two. but against st. louis, he should make an impact with the run and protecting nick foles. >> just to have him back, his personality, i am excited. >> foles has been hit more than any other quarterback. so johnson is a sight for sore eyes. claude giroux is back after missing all the preseason games

so far. he is back tonight and it will be interesting to see if there is an injury lingering. >> i don't think about it, i want to play the game and if i didn't think i was 100% i wouldn't be playing. i have been battling the last few practices so i'm going to play. the filly announced they are asking their entire coaching staff to return for the season and we'll see about the players. walk-offs are not exclusive to baseball. it's a pro junior event. 17-year-old christopher miers down a stroke on the 18th hole, just get it close to birdie and force a playoff. forget that, a double eagle to win the event. that from 204 yards out. meyers takes the crown. that is something else. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we continue.

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if you didn't know fall was here, you could feel that fall is here. >> it's going to begin tocal down through the week. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we had dry conditions here and showers to the west, west of harrisburg, a few of these may survive and move into the far western suburbs later tonight. the action cam was in fairmount park where we made a new friend. this is 9-year-old mandy, a seeing eye dog and she is getting a little bit a break from her job, enjoying the shade on this beautiful day, the

accuweather highlights show you we had a dry september and ended on a dry note. a degree and a half above normal and this is a big change for most of the year, the year has been running cool, generally 1 degree below normal and it was dry this month, rainfall more than 2 inches below normal but for the year more than 5.5 inches above normal. we are not in danger a drought situation. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a low pressure spinning across western pennsylvania then could bring spotty showers later on tonight and tomorrow. a significant band of thunderstorms in western pennsylvania, once the sunsets the matt post fear will feeling like summer, 73 in philadelphia, down from the high of 79 and allentown 72 and sea isle city 69 and reading a warm

75, satellite 6 along with action radar showing more clouds building in again. the low pressure will meander to the east as we go through the day tomorrow. tomorrow night at 10:00 could have thunderstorms or showers, the far western suburbs, lancaster or berks county, as we head through the day not quite as bright and sunny as today. we'll see cloud cover especially west of philadelphia, as we head into the afternoon not widespread rain but unsettled but a few showers popping up and a better chance of rain comes on saturday morning. tomorrow we begin to cool things off. 75 is the high and mostly cloudy and a few spotty showers in the afternoon and heading into thursday, the low pressure moves away and the morning clouds give way to afternoon sunshine and again temperatures slowly step down with a high of 74 degrees, thursday afternoon is looking nice, the call from accuweather, partly cloudy and an isolated

shower is possible mainly west of philadelphia, 58 degrees is the low in the suburbs, the day planner tomorrow, we wake up and see clouds here and there and mild for october. the temperature at 8:00, 63 degrees and 68 degrees at 11:00, we'll likely hit the high of 75 in mid-day tomorrow and spotty showers and temperatures drop down to the low 70s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, not a bad day tomorrow but unsettled. cloudy and showers and on thursday, morning low clouds giving way to breaks of sunshine with a high of 74 degrees and friday is looking nice and partly sunny and 75 degrees, late friday night through the morning on saturday, that cold front brings us a round of rain, probably a half inch of rain, by the afternoon sunshine is back and 75 degrees, behind the system we get a push of cool air in time for the eagles game. 65 degrees, but it doesn't last

long, by monday and tuesday temperature rebound into the low 70s. sunday is looking good, to the weekend. always. >> thank you. >> philadelphia's oldest independent school is named one of the best in the country, norwood academy in chestnut hill celebrated its 2014, blue ribbon school designation at the assembly today it's only given to high performing schools, and the teachers received blue carnations and the children enjoyed icy blue treats. abc world news is next on channel 6, "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, adam joseph and ducis rogers, and then join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

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welcome to "world news tonight." and breaking right now, the first confirmed case of ebola, right here in the united states. the american who had been to africa, home here for some time and then the symptoms. how many people did he come in contact with? dr. richard besser and what we're learning as we come on the air. also breaking tonight, the widening secret service scandal at the white house. how far did that armed intruder get? and the new development here, the one person who stopped him and how. also, the major break just coming in after a shooting at this american high school. the real scare inside. what happened? and tonight, what authorities have just revealed. and, in hot water. america's olympic hero, michael fell list phelps, and that new controversy. and what he's saying tonight.