>> braking now on "action news," a raging fire rips through homes and businesses in atlantic city am we are live near the boardwalk gathering new information. >> ebola strikes the united states. how health officials vow to stop the virus. >> a routine training session goes terribly wrong. good morning, it's 5:30 on this wednesday, first day in the month of october. david and tam are off. we have karen rogers and matt pelman. >> good morning. halfway through the week we're making it here. storm track live double scan showing most of the area is dry, maybe a little sprinkle along reading and along the coastline in ocean county swells atlantic city and surf city. other than that the area is dry. it will be a day where we'll see lots of clouds. you see it on satellite 6 and action radar right now, the line of storms that we were tracking overnight, they just kind of fell apart and left nothing more than a sprinkle

or two around but we can see showers out to our southwest that have yet to kind of cycle through. it's a day way spotty shower and lots of clouds. temperatures 58 in quakertown and saint davids. 63 in center city. 61 in hammonton and dover delaware. today our highly is 73. temperatures about where they should be. by 9:00 a.m., 67, lots of clouds, a little sun. by noon, 70 degrees, a sprinkle at any pointer today. at 3:00 p.m., 73 and by 6:00 p.m. 70 coming down from your high of 73. how about that weekend? we have some changes coming up. details in just a minute, matt. >> all right. we would like to see a change here karen rogers along 95 southbound in delaware county but so far no change. they still have the two right lanes blocked for paving work overnight meaning just the left lane is getting by between the blue route and the commodore barry bridge. this is the same setup as yesterday morning that caused huge delays and already this morning we're starting to see a delay there on the southbound travel time. you may want to stay local on roads like 291, 13 or baltimore pike instead of

southbound 95 and of course we'll keep you posted. on the roosevelt boulevard southbound between southampton and rising sun paving work happening there as well in the inner drive but no issues so far this morning on the schuylkill or the vine. however, in lindenwold there was a motorcycle crash overnight close to the middle school along white horse avenue at the white horse pike. on the eastbound white horse pike the right lane is blocked and instead of white horse avenue i would head for pacific, i'd head for atlantic or gibbsboro as alternates. in atco watch out for an overnight fire along jackson road near atco avenue. in ac we have the fire location along atlantic avenue near pennsylvania avenue. pacific or north carolina avenues will be better bets and matt i know you have more details on what's going on there. >> yeah, we continue to follow that breaking news in atlantic city. a fierce fire has displaced dozens of people and damaged several businesses near the boardwalk and the weather has been a problem, too. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live along atlantic avenue with the latest. katherine. >> reporter: and, matt, everyone was able to get out safely. no one was injured in all of

this but there is a lot of damage. 17 people right now being assisted by the red cross and cannot return home. and hours later you can see fire crews are still at work here. there are still flames coming from the top of this row of buildings here in atlantic city. they're being fueled by these strong wind gusts that we have been seeing overnight. it was around 10 o'clock last night when the fire broke out on the 1100 block of atlantic of a here in atlantic city. firefighters were on the scene in two minutes. firehouse is right down the street. and when they arrived 10 people had already gotten out on their own. officials say the fire started in the front of a business called ac alterations. the flames tour through nearby businesses in the upstairs apartments affecting four buildings. firefighters were met with multiple challenges here overnight. several floors collapsed, as did a fire wall but no firefighters were injured. no civilians were either. the wind has been propelling these flames. >> right now the wind is a

factor. pushing the fire from the burned areas to the unburned. it's not good for usism back here live you can see some of the flames out the top of this building and fire crews still at work here along this stretch of atlantic avenue which remains closed for the fire activity. so you can see there's a lot of damage, debris on the sidewalk, some of these windows have been blown out and crews remain here at work seven and a half hours after this fire began. at this point it's too early to know what caused the fire. they haven't even startd that investigation yet. but of course we'll keep you update where'd we hear any news and new details. we're live in atlantic city, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> thanks so much, katherine. new this morning, a key witness helped philadelphia police make a quick work -- make a quick arrest in a deadly stabbing. officers arrested the 33-year-old suspect who returned to the scene. it happened inside a home on the 200 block of east philomena street in east mount airy. the witness was able to identify the stabber who reportedly killed the 54 year

old owner of the home overnight. investigators continue to sort out the details of deadly shooting of a pennsylvania state trooper. a motorcade delivered the body of david kedra to the medical examiner's office last night. the 26-year-old trooper was participating in an exercise at the montgomery county public safety training campus when an instructor reportedly shot and killed him by accident. the instructor's name has not been released. kedra was a two year member of the force stationed at the skippack barracks. >> a man who recently flew to the united states from the west african country of liberia has become the first diagnosed case of ebola in the united states. the man is in critical condition in an isolation unit at a dallas hospital. he did not have any symptoms of the disease when he first flew from africa and health officials say that is good news for anyone who came into contact with him at that time. >> the likelihood for this

individual to have spread it on an airplane are basically zero. symptomatically, he had no symptoms while he was traveling. >> the head of the centers for disease control is optimistic that top doctors will be able to prevent an ebola outbreak in the united states. 6abc.com has more on the first ebola case diagnosed in the u.s. head there to read a list of seven things you should know about the virus. >> happening today, mayor michael nutter will sign off on a measure to relax marijuana laws in philadelphia. come october 20th, anyone caught with an ounce of pot or less will be fined $25 instead of being arrested. using the drug in public will get violators an additional $100 fine or community service. cigarettes now cost two dollars more a pack in philadelphia. the bill that governor corbett signed last week went into effect at midnight. the tax is expected to raise about $83 million for the

city's public schools. >> and karen rogers has been kind of teaming up with katherine scott with the weather in atlantic city affecting the fire fight. >> that's right and they saw some gusty winds right along the coastline. you go just a little inland and it's 10 miles an hour not that bad but the trouble is she's standing by the water and it's along the coast. we've got rain as well. storm tracker 6 live double scan looking around the region and you can see it's dry through most of the area am i want to go in a little closer because we have a close are view of the shore line and you see in seaside heights atlantic city really one of the areas where you've got most of the showers right off the coastline right there. if you're near the boardwalk in atlantic city. let's go ahead and show you something else, too, up near reading. you can kind of see few little showers near quakertown and doylestown as well as you're headed up but it's really light at this point. let's go outside and show you what it looks like. sky 6 is live down the shore looking live in atlantic city. we've got lots of clouds. we've got some rain, especially just off the coastline right there and if you're standing near the beach, the winds are really

gusty. elsewhere, the winds really aren't too bad at all. let's look at the temperatures. 64 degrees right now in philadelphia. it's 61 in allentown, 57 in lancaster, 62 in millville. not too bad with the temperatures out there. and let's check the fog as well. not really a big issue except in lancaster. remember yesterday we were near zero visibility in lancaster. now we're looking at .8 of a mile. so an issue right there. elsewhere not an issue and 6-mile in allentown so barely noticeable. pulling in our always on seven day we can see satellite and action radar showing a couple things. first off see this line of thundershowers as it progressed through western and central pa, it fell an part during the overnight hours. we're left with a couple sprinkles. this batch of showers near washington is going the head in our area and maybe give our southern zones a sprinkle. lots of cloud cover today. we'll see clouds and sunshine and a chance for a brief spotty shower at any point n allentown mostly cloudy skies, maybe a brief shower and

72 degrees for your call in allentown and if you're in atlantic city, by the water you're getting those gusty winds. elsewhere not bad. mostly cloudy skies, a spotty shower and about 70 for your high there. let's take a look at your forecast for today. in the city lots of clouds, a spotty shower, 73 degrees for your high with winds out of the northeast seven to 14 miles an hour in the city and how it's going to break apart, by 8:00 a.m., 66 degrees, mostly cloudy skies. by 11:00, clouds, a little sunshine, 69. by 2:00 p.m., 73 so getting into the low 70's with a spotty shower at any point and by 5:00 p.m., 71 degrees. here's a look at your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast t-lots of clouds today and a brief spotty shower here or there, 73 for your high. tomorrow we see breaks of sun for the union and 72 degrees with temperatures kind of similar. by friday, partly sunny skies and 73. it looks like we see increasing clouds late at night and it looks like that rain now holds off to the overnight hours on friday. maybe starting after midnight. that means the rain on saturday is going to last a

little longer. could be steady at times and some areas might not clear to the early afternoon hours. 68 degrees for your high on saturday. on sunday, look at the temperatures here. only 64 for your high and you factor in a cool breeze on top of that, certainly feeling like football weather for the eagles, that's for sure. and then on monday not quite as cool, up to 70. tuesday staying at 70 with clouds and sun and maybe a shower. so, maybe a little damp at times, lots of clouds. >> okay. we can deal. >> that's right. >> thank you, karen. 5:40 now. goes back to school to get her daughter to stop cutting class. >> sleep in and wake up sometime before lunch. fyi philly reveals its picks for the best place in the city for brunch. matt. >> on the traffic front we say wake up and get out there now because roads look good, erin. this is 309 at dekalb pike by the montgomery mall. pretty quiet in this area so far but it's not quiet on 95 where we have construction delays this morning. we'll show you shot after the

break. >> the secret service in the hot seat. the agency's ability to protect the president is once again called into question following news of another security breach. "action news" continues. >> ♪

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walk your dog day, did you know that? you have to take bailey out for a walk later on. >> i do. >> pretty nice morning to walk the dog. it's not the nicest morning to go for a drive on 95. as we go not burbs in delaware county we have a major delay on the southbound side coming down from ridley park through this points at the blue route where all the traffic has to funnel into the one southbound left lane to get by the paving work that continues out there. should be clearing shortly but it's not out of there yet so you are seeing substantial delays as you come down 95 away from the airport and head toward the delaware state line. again, i would think about using local alternates like maybe 291, 13, baltimore pike, some roads like that. the bit of good news in this area is that emergency construction work that we had on the ramps that connect 95 with the blue route that has been going on for the last day or so that's gone now so everything is reopened on the ramps. speaking of construction a couple work zones today are going to close portions of route 23 here in schuylkill township, the valley forge road portion is going the close again. this project started monday.

they're installing a new water main. from nine weekdays through plaque friday this chunk of 23 is closed. in lower merion, the conshohocken state road portion of 23 closes again today between hollow road and hagee's ford for roadway improvements. hagee's ford or montgomery avenue or lancaster avenue work as alternates. time for the commuter report. heading over to bellmawr still overnight road work going on along 295 north just the right lane opened coming past the 42 freeway giving us really slow speeds like just 6 miles per hour at this early hour but luckily it should be out of there soon. matt. >> thanks, matt. new this morning protesters behind police barricades heckled hong kong's political leader during a national flag raising ceremony today. chief executive leung chun-ying commemorated the anniversary of the founding of communist china. the employee democracy demonstrators have been

calling fortune ling to resign. the army veteran at the center of the white house security scandal is due in court today. lawmakers are outraged about the fact that the secret service allowed the accused fence jumper omar gonzalez to infiltrate the president's living quarters. an armed security contractor with three criminal convictions was allowed on an elevator with the president during a visit to atlanta. the house committee on oversight and government reform is investigating. >> 5:46 now. new this morning, a mother in wyoming fed up with her rebellious daughter got revenge in a big way. >> mom and daughter, yay!, we're going to class together. >> jeannie crutch field showed up to school after her 14-year-old was caught ditching class. she taped the and tire embarrassing encounter and then posted it on facebook. fortunately crutch field's daughter says she's learned her lesson.

>> it's not going to just skip school and hang out with friends when she should be in class. >> it just goes to show that my mom cares. >> good attitude. crutch field's video has been viewed nearly 30,000 times. >> 33 say breakfast at the most important meal of the day. you could argue brunch is a close second. karen rogers has an fyi on a corner bar that philadelphia magazine calls the best place to brunch. >> ♪ >> reporter: jerry's bar in northern liberties has been around a long time. >> since 1922. >> reporter: but owner bill proud has made the old place new again. i've got to notice everything that's restored here. he rebuilt it from the ground up using all reclaimed items. the bar top he salvaged from independence mall. wow. how about the doors? he got those from a building being gutted on walnut street. >> before it went into a dumpster i claimed them. >> reporter: an historical restoration contractor by trade proud has built a brunch menu. served way side of live jazz

that's quickly put the place on the map. here's brunch. highlights include the bagels and fresh seasonal veggies, the sweet potato omelette. >> our most popular is our brunch burger. >> reporter: topped with an egg and house smoked bacon. this is your favorite drink. >> this will wash it downism this is their bloody mary known here as the blood dee jerry. >> that looks good. 5:48. a dog who must be a football fan did not -- did a not so fan's baseball playoff tickets. >> plus an update on the effort to catch a man who attacked a woman in

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>> a hungry dog in maryland skipped over the homework and went straight for the high price stuff. carl breslaw says his dog ate a piece of his orioles playoff tickets. the bernese mountain dog snatched up the passes as soon as the fed ex guy threw them over the fence. fortunately the only damage to the tickets is in the top corners. the bar codes and seat locations are intact. the puppy gets to live another day. >> he wanted to go, right? i'm sure. >> apparently the ticket to a ride isn't quite as ruff as an extra lane along -- >> that's pretty funny. >> i'm glad you like. that each direction on 202 by 29 earlier this week. you can see traffic is moving fine. now between 401 and the 30 bypass it's still just two lanes so we still see the bottle next there. by 29 traffic looks g looking good in delaware so far this morning. no issues on 495, 95 or the kirkwood highway and mass transit's on time at least at this point.

karen. >> storm tracker 6 live double scan showing our sprinkle right nearly a town starting to fade apart right here and along the coastline we still have a sprinkle in atlantic city and near surf city as well. it's going to be a day where we could see a passing shower here or there. most of the area is dry. by 9:00 a.m., 67, mostly cloudy skies. by noon, 70. we are keeping lots of clouds today and a few sunny breaks. chance for a brief shower at any point. by 3:00 p.m. 73. that's your high today. by 6:00 p.m. 70 degrees. if you're headed to the union game it's going to be really nice. we're going to see some partly sunny skies. might want to bring a sweatshirt. start 66 degrees and by the 90th minute about 63 erin. >> thanks karen. pennsylvania's candidate for governor are in philadelphia today for their second debate. republican incumbent tom corbett remains well behind democratic challenger tom wolf in the polls. their final debate will take place in pittsburgh next week. happening today, civil rights activists will gather

in doylestown bucks county for a love over hate rally. they're calling for new legislation in pennsylvania following the attack on two gay men in center city. there is now a court date set for the three suspects in that beating. kevin harrigan katherine knott and philip p.m. go before a judge on december 16. defense lawyers say both parties play a role in the fight and insist that hate was not the motive. >> 5:53 now. up next a crime alert for local joggers after a vicious at knack a popular park. >> and we are working on a city where a devastating fire gutted businesses and apartments overnight a lie update on the investigation ahead at 6:0

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called police from another person's cell phone. police are working on a composite sketch of the suspect. >> commuters will be paying 25 cents extra to ride path trains today. single ride tickets between new jersey and new york now cost $2.75. back in 2011 the port authority announced path fares would increase by a quarter each year to fund a 10 year capital plan. the agency says commuters can save by purchasing multi ride tickets for the week or for the entire month. >> 5:57 now. we have a winner. about to go to the highest bidder. we're monitoring developments. >> new details about a teacher's path of destruction near an elementary school parking lot in berks county. "action news"

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morning everyone. 6 o'clock, wednesday, october 1st, tam is off, erin o'hearn joins us and we're following breaking news. >> forced out by fire. a multi-alarm blaze tears through atlantic city businesses and threatens a number of apartments. >> a pennsylvania state trooper is fatally shot at a montgomery county firing range in what appears to be a tragic accident. >> the first diagnosed case of ebola in the united states is now confirmed. hear how the cdc plans to stop the disease from spreading. >> we could see some spotty rain today. let's go to karen and matt. david is off this morning. good morning to you both. >> good morning. just a little unsettled today. as you're headed out we have lots of clouds. most of the area is dry right now. take a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan and you can see nothing more than a little sprinkle heading nearly a town. we had a f s