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faces tonight as the flag-draped coffin of a fallen trooper. he was 26. he was on the force two years. his death is still the subject of numerous questions at this hour. tonight a solemn procession as an honor guard escorts the hearse carrying his body. it's the victim of a tragic accident. kenneth moton is live at temple university hospital with this developing story. kenneth. >> trooper david kedra was with the state police for two years. his body was taken from the e.r. at temple an hour ago. meanwhile, the investigation
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into the accidental shooting continues. this was the solemn scene outside of the temple university hospital. the draped casket of david kedra. his fellow officers saluting him and grieving family members behind him. he was in plymouth township. a shot accidentl accidently hite chest. it was sometime later that the trooper had been pronounced dead. the veterans from the district attorneys office and state police examined the scene at the training facility. it has a gun range used by law enforcement all over the county. in the city his body was led through the struts fro the strer
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guard. they mourn his loss and send condolences to his family. the written statement is all that we got from the state police tonight. the police have not released the identity of the instructor who shot kedra or if he was a member of the state police. reporting live in north philadelphia outside of temple university hospital, kenneth moton "action news." there was a break in the search for eric frein in the form of two pipe bombs. they announced that they recovered the working explosives with the discards items in the last 24 hours. they are still on his trail. in monroe and pike counties they
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spoke directly to frein. >> you are clearly stressed. you are making significant mistakes. we continue to take your supplies and weapon stockpiles. while you no doubt are weakens our troopers resolve is very strong. there was one sighting of the cop killer yesterday. they are near his parent home. we have seen americans flown to united state for treatment. tonight it's a different story. the first case of the deadly disease diagnosed inside of that country. patient 0 is undergoing intensive agreement at a dallas hospital. ali gorman explains why it's not cause for fear. >>reporter:the ebola virus has now been confirmed for the first
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time in a patient in the united states. here the timeline. the patient left liberia with no symptoms. he arrived in texas on the 20th and developed symptoms on the 24th. he sawing care on the 26th. on the 28th he was admitted to hospital and put in isolation in a dallas hospital. ebola is not contagious until the symptoms appear. dr. thomas frieden said they will work to identify anyone that is in contact with the patient. once the contacts are identified they are monitored 21 days after exposure to see if
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they get a fever. >>reporter:with good care they can survive. as we saw with three americans infected in west africa. and treated in the u.s. dr. frieden is confident it will not happen here. >> it's possible that if someone had contact with the individual could develop ebola in the coming weeks. there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here. >>reporter:ali gorman, "channel~6 action news,." the united states has a robust system of treating patients. the situation is dire in west africa. the epidemic killed 3,000 people there. ebola sickened 6500. the hardest hit are guinea and sierra leone. the doctors are containing the
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outbreak. they will set up a combat field hospital, two mobile testing labs. they plan to set clinics and train for workers. the coverage of the ebola outbreak continues on our website. it's the first ebola case diagnosed in the united states. please stay with us as abc's richer dresser has more on the disease. a man walking near saint joseph's university sent a man in hospital in serious condition. it happened in 54 street in wynnefield, philadelphia. they do not believe that the victim was the student. they were over at fox chase line when a man was killed after stepping in front of a commuter
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rail train it happened at the 58 #ofweymouthinlawncrest. 58 of weymouth. john you spoke to the victim's brother tonight? >>reporter:that is correct, jim. the little boy in critical condition underwent surgery today. given of the news that is reported here it's hard to imagine a positive outcome. when we talked to a member of the family the little boy's brother seemed hopeful tonight. >> he is getting better right now. >>reporter:a wear weary dorwell.
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>> does anyone know where the gun came from? >> i don't want to talk about that now. everything -- he's going to be all right that is all that i know about him. >>reporter:they think that the 2-year-old got his hands on the family gun and shot him in the head. >> he was pulled out on stretcher. >> he looked bad? >> yeah pretty bad. >> they found that the 2-year-old was shot with a weapon. we are not sure of the ownership of the gun or how he located the weapon. >> the little boy was home with his mother, linda stephenson grace at the time. the mother, father and two boys
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are good solid neighbors. >> the baby was cute as sweet as he could be. he played outside with his dad. >> he always speaks. i feel sorry for him. >>reporter:well, the investigation continues into the origin and ownership of that gun was it secured properly? they are looking at filing charges given what happened here earlier today. thank you, on. a new law in pennsylvania is meant to cut down on the number of deadly heroin overdoses. governor corbett signed a bill today. it's legally available for police to administer. the new law allows doctors to prescribe to friends and relatives of addicts since they are often the first to discover
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an overdose. they intend to introduce the bill when the senate meets next thursday. yesterday the four major professional sports leagues and the ncaa filed a legal challenge in court. another breach of safety protocol for the president was uncovered. batteries of tests. we have the exclusive results on how long the new iphones last and what smartphones have better battery life. >> we are showing a atlantic off thunderstorms. what it means for your morning commute. >> low-cost carriers, and ducis
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a new report says that president obama rode in an elevator with an armed contract employee that had three criminal convictions. the washington post reports that the violation happened during his visit to the c.d.c. in atlanta. it's day that they grilled the lawmakers on capitol hill. julia sweare answered questions. how the intruder was able to reach the east room before he was tackled. >> it's self-evidence that
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mistakes were made. we must identify what the facts are, laureen from the facts, and enhance training to ensure that this never happened again. omar gonzales was indicted on a federal charge. he is due back in court tomorrow. a california mayor was shot to death today. his wife pulled the trigger. it followed an argument between daniel crespo and levette his wife in the afternoon. the couple's 19-year-old son struggled with his father. crespo is under arrest. the british warplanes joined the fight against isis. they launched the first airstrikes. the fighter jets were on a reconnaissance mission. they spotted kurdish forces under attack in northwestern iraq. they came to their defense. the u.s. and partners have
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fired 306 air attacks. 75% in iraq the rest in syria. and tracy morgan is meetingg back. he cannot believe that he is being blamed. the passengers should have been wearing seatbelts when the walmart big-rig slammed into the limo on the turnpike. morgan is still recovering from the crash. >> surveillance video from reading shows a thief fumbling to make a withdrawal at an a.t.m. he was struggling for a while. he hauled the heavy loot away. it happened at furniture plus. they found the a.t.m. and
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arrested john yavis and kathy shadeler. the frontier airlines is coming back. it offers non-stop airlines to seven cities. next spring they will add atlanta, charlotte, and chicago. the spirit airlines will offer more routes in chicago. it begins april 16 of next year. >> the consumer reports out with the results of the battery testing of the new iphones tonight. it's a weakness of the older motels. battery life improved. they offer up to 14 hours of talk time for the iphone 6 and a larger day for the iphone 6
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plus. they did not reach the lofty goals. it shows that the iphone 6 delivered 10 hours of talk time. the iphone 6 plus is 17 hours. >> the other phones batteries did better in our tests. >> apple pointed differences in the testing efforts. consumer reports talked about other models doing better. they listed the lg g3 and delivering about 19 hours of talk time and samsung galaxy, s5, 20 hours of talk time. if you take picture vus a gallery is youhave a gallery.
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you have my back. there is a line of showers and thunderstorms to the west. it has been sitting there for about the past three hours. we had 16 lightning strikes. it's over i-81 and 79. it's moving not progressing to the east. we have showers in lancaster county. no lightning strikes associated with this map. route 30, 222, it bill start a t showers in the lancaster county in the overnight hours. temperatures again on the mild side. 64 down from 79. allentown 62. millville cooled off to 59. it's a cool spot.
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and sea isle 6. satellite 6 along with action radar, showing you see the swirl, that is low pressure with the front that is what is drifting through in the overnight hours and during the day. the wee hours of the morning at 2:30 parts of lancaster and western chester county you will hear thunder rolls. like this morning we could see patchy fog in the north and west suburbs. heading through the day the low pressure move overs us. it brings unsettled at 4:30. you notice nothing widespread. we could use the rain. the next soaking rain is occurring on saturday morning. we do need the rain. the day planner, the northwest
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suburb patchy fog. limited sunshine. not as sunny as today. allentown 72. downingtown 726789 alon 72. cloudy with a few spotty showers. glosshowers, glassboro 72. and 12 to 18 miles-an-hour. low 70s in the afternoon. the exclusive seven-day forecast, 73. thursday morning clouds give ways to some break was sunshine. 72. friday a nice day. partly sunny. saturday morning is when a strong cold front moves through. that bring us an inch of rain in some areas. 70 degrees. we clear things out on sunday. it's cool and breezy.
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65 degrees. monday back to 72 increasing clouds maybe a shower. tuesday 70 with sunshine. not great timing with the rain on saturday morning. all of september we had seven days of rain. it will be out of here by the afternoon. thank you, cecily tynan. what works and doesn't work. the author "i got schooled" closing the education gap joined superintendent hite and others on the problems plaguing the district. they explored models fostering success across the country. >> hello, tuesday september 30th. the jackpot is $105 million. to win the jackpot you must have the five white balls and the
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olympian michael phelps failed sobriety tests after stopped for speeding in baltimore. i take full responsibility for my action. he was previously arrested in 2004. a big story for the eagles always a medical report. >> it seems like injuries, injuries, and jeremy maclin is on the sidelines. we don't know why. he told them "i'm all good." in his absence the eagles began 26 out of 32 teams in terms of rushing yards per game. it may take him a game or two to
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getting back into shape. >> we don't have the running game where we want it. i am glad to be back. i am trying to getting back to football shape. >> how much of a difference do you think it makes being out here? >> we'll see on sunday. i can get the running game going so we don't have to rely on nick throwing the ball. you get the ground game going and take the pressure off of nick. >> the 9ers, total offense includes the 65 touchdown catch. the defense knows that it can play better. >> it's not anything out the ordinary. there are things that can be fixed and stopped. it's not an alarming mistakes that we are making. we can clean things up. we just play smarter. >> claude giroux is healthy.
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time. despite an 89 loss season all coaches will be invited back for the 2015 season. the wildcard game between the as and royals. the as are leading 7-6. two homeruns 5, irb' rbis. check out this play from lewis. he walks the ball towards the official. it's a live play. he takes off for the end zone. by the time the opposition realizes it he is well on the way for the 42-yard touchdown. they have issues on the offensive line.
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>> the eagles credit. chip are you listening. the students at college of art an design didn't have to look far for the latest project. they are creating pieces that reflect something uniquely philadelphia. it was inspired by the patrick kelly exhibit at the museum of art. and jimmy kimmel's guest is martin short and music from steve aoki. i am jim gardner good night. >>announcer:"action news" is sponsored by elkin chevrolet. teaching the chevy
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