record. clancy prosecutors say that the ceo and his wife was intentionally set. john and joyce sheridan were found in their home on saturday. she died at the hospital, investigators believe that that fire was contained to the couple's bedroom and they still have not said though whether that fire was the cause of their deaths, and that remains an active investigation. nora muchanic has more on this in a live report coming up tonight at 5:00. with that we welcome you on a jam pack the wednesday afternoon, i'm brian taff. >> i'm shirleen allicot, we have even more breaking flus of a water problem in montgomery county. chopper 6 is live over the scene in the heart of ambler. crews have shut off water and

service on the unit block of butler pike as they replace a leaky water line. butler pike is also closed between main and spring garden. all drivers are detoured around the closure. it's expected to take until 8:00 tonight and people in the affected area are likely to be without water service until then. stay with 6abc.com for updates as we get them. we are learning more about the pennsylvania state trooper killed in the line of duty yesterday after an accidental shooting at a gun range. this happened yesterday in conshohocken, that is where david henry is live right now. david, this was a young trooper with local roots. >> he group in northeast philadelphia, a local kid all the way, and the state police in montgomery county and investigators are trying to

piece together the details of the tragic loss. >> trooper david kendra was extremely motivated and enthusiastic. >> trooper david kendra was scheduled here for two and a half here's, and yesterday he went to the montgomery county public training campus. one of the instructors was handling a gun that misfired and he was transferred to the hospital and died a short time later. he was brought to the medical examiners office. he graduated from roman catholic

high school in 2006 and majored in criminal justice and graduated in 2010. he went to work as a state trooper when he graduated in 2013. he recently moved into a new house in east covington township. police say they lost a dedicated trooper. >> his investigations were very thorough, and he liked to dig into what he came across and he was well received by those he interacted with. >> trooper kendra is survived by his fiance, two brothers and a sister. no word on funeral arrangements. >> david thank you. while most of us were driving into work today, governor tom corbett and tom

wolf squared off for their second debate. both men traded barbs over a wide range of issues. vernon odom was there. >> reporter: on their debate on all news radio, they mixed it up pretty well on education funding for example. >> have you not been a friend of education. >> i would disagree with you. >> and the 27,000 educators that lost their job the property taxes have gone through the roof under your administration, class sizes have increased. >> continue to hammer governor corbett on the issue of funding is a major issue of the campaign. for the first 15 minutes corbett stayed on the defense. >> the school district of philadelphia gets $4.3 billion. the four counties surrounding get less than that they get around a billion and they have

two and a half times the children. >> i have been in schools in philadelphia where they cannot even afford toilet paper. we are talking about basics here. >> they clashed over pension reform and the state budget deficit and natural gas extraction taxes. >> it's into october and the gloves have come off. corbett and wolf will have one more face to face debate in pittsburgh and then it will be a full-court press to get their bases out to the polls on election day. in spring garden, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news.." we have brand new details on the first ebola case in the united states, doctors are working franticly to track down anyone that the patient is in contact with, and it turns out that the nurse -- we have an update this afternoon.

>> reporter: that is right. several new developments today, first patient, his condition it has been upgraded from critical to serious and officials say that the individuals they believe that had close contact with this patient, they have been identified and they will be monitored closely for the next three weeks. >> health officials on high alert after the first case of ebola was diagnosed in texas. the man that travelled to u.s. from liberia. is in isolation at this dallas hospital. they are focusing on a dozen people they came in contact with including several children. state officials spoke this afternoon. >> some school age children have been identified as having contact with the patient and are being monitored at hom. >> authorities have identified the apartment complex will the ebola patient is staying and some residents there are worried

about their health. >> though it's one person, i mean that affects so many people. >> the man left liberia september 19th, already infected but health officials say that he was not contagious, that is four or five days before he had symptoms and with ebola until have you symptoms are you not contagious. >> two days later the man came on his own to presbyterian hospital, he told a nurse that he had been in africa, but she did not relay that information so he was sent home. on september 28th, the man was rushed back to the hospital by ambulance and on tuesday, he was admitted after testing positive for ebola. dr. richard besser currently in liberia for the second time says everyone that that flies out of the country is carefully jeaned.

>> the man in texas shows us that even when you are doing the right things affected people can slip through. >> and so now to that question how did a nurse fail to relay such critical information to the rest of her team. officials say that remains under investigation. reporting live from dallas, i'm elizabeth hurr, channel 6 "action news." >> our coverage of the ebola continues at 6abc.com. we have a list of seven thing you need to know about the virus. there are finally some new plans for the failed revel casino in atlantic city. they accepted a $110 million bid from brookdale u.s. holdings, they own the hard rock in las vegas and paradise island in the bahamas. they say they will in fact reopen revel as a hotel casino and that is slated for october

7th and we'll have more in the way of details tonight coming up at 5:00. now, for the first check of the accuweather forecast as the temperatures head south. adam joseph is outside where it's nice and brisk and a sunny day. >> sunshine and at times it looks ominous with the clouds taking over. they are battling each other this afternoon and a low pressure over southern new england, bringing a washout this afternoon for cape cod and southern new england. spinning back the clouds at times this afternoon and at other times a decent amount of sunshine. 65 by 8:00 and then the clouds will thicken back up overnight tonight, by 10 the temperature is dropping. as you mention the cool air in western canada at baker lake just 16 and 21 degrees right now

and a piece of this winter-like air will dive south into our area. it will modify but be chilly for part of your weekend. we'll talk about that and the next chance of rain coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> very good thank you adam. still ahead, the first day of october means pumpkin sales are on the rise, what one company is most responsible spore the annual boom. plus, a california player is gunned down in his home by a family member, what we are learning about the fight that turned deadly. >> we want to remind you about our newest tool here at "action news," chopper 6-360, it gives you total control of the video you see from chopper 6, can you use your cell phone or tablet or camera in any direction you so choose, download our free app, go to 6abc.com/chopper 6.

we are live over the scene where a woman was critically injured at 33rd street and girard avenue, the 20-year-old woman was hit by a vehicle here taken to hahnemann hospital with critical injuries police on the scene are investigating, the septa trolley bus is stopped and the service is blocked and using shuttle bus service no get folks where they need to be again police are on the scene investigating an accident where a woman was hit by a car. we'll keep our eye on this. now the violent shooting death of a mayor. daniel cresbow was killed during an apparent domestic dispute. shot at home by his own wife.

today authorities released levet cresbow, she said she shot him in the torso after a fight over money. and her son tried to intervene and got into a struggle with his father. >> ultimately the wife produced a firearm and fired several shots at her husband and struck him in the upper torso several times. >> a tremendous tragedy and i am going to miss him and everybody in the commune will miss him a lot. >> prosecutors now deciding whether to file charges. as part of this investigation, authorities are looking into whether there are previous calls of domestic violence and people in the community mourning the loss of their mayor today. >> shirleen. >> they sure are. protesters in hong kong are demanding the top official

resign by tomorrow night. if they don't get their way, they will occupy several government buildings, this risks north confrontation with police who legality demonstrators pack the streets after a crack down over the weekend and it puts more pressure on the chinese government that so far condemned the protest but has not take and any action. they are demanding more democratic elections. to business now on a wednesday afternoon, a look at the big board, the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p all off. the dow down 240 point and nasdaq down 71 and the s&p off 26. with the calendar turning to october pumpkin sales are in full swing, they are crediting starbucks with making them a fall favorite. it's been decades now since they introduced the pumpkin latte,

now the demand for pumpkin flavored everything just keeps going up. they say they are up 34% off the last five years. >> thought i missed out on that pumpkin spiced oreo you had the other day. >> and i had a pumpkin spice coffee today. >> lets get to matt pellman in the traffic center before he turns into a pumpkin. >> we have to get a pumpkin pie in here. speaking of sales, i wish we could say we are sailing home, but we are not. on 95 a couple of early issues giving us problems, overall a 31 minute ride, also the normal afternoon delays on the schuylkill expressway, by bell mon71 miles per hour and a crash at fairmont at 25th and kelly

drive, some downed wires at 43rd and chester, giving us detours on the trolley and the water main in ambler, closing off the pike by casey's alley, expect that to remain closed until tonight. and accidents on cow path road and one at high street and the other at landsdale avenue. and in buck county, a crash approaching 38 on 95. and speeds there are in the 20s. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day. slow speeds on the northbound side of route 1, the super highway, where there is construction once again this afternoon taking out one of the lanes. we'll check it again brian and shirleen coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you. still ahead here today, who is the celebrity. most likely to land you with a virus if you googled them.

the person on top of the list may surprise you. a massive fire rips through homes at the jersey shore. and crews have to fight more than just the flames to get

october coming in like a lamb lets go to adam joseph at the big board. >> there is a bump in the road at the beginning the weekend, but the next seven days are relatively quiet, as we say hello to the new month, it's average high on the first day of october, 72 degrees, right around 71 right now. as we speed up time, at the end of the month, the average high temperature drops to 62 degrees, and that is the temperatures and rainfall wise, we average 3 inches during the month of

october and lets see if we get a little more rain that september supplied us with. and to the west with more sun and wilmington 74 and 75, and a northeasterly wind, and those numbers are only in the mid to upper 60s from long beach island to cape may, there you see the clouds rotating in from the west and a small period of rain and that is beginning to fade as the low pressure over the southern new england region is spinning the energy back and we are tracking the next front pushing into the northern plains and the western part of the great lakes. and thursday into friday, we get into late friday night into early saturday morning, the timing is not the best, it comes in at 8:00 in the morning and a good half ink of rain on average saturday morning but behind that front forget about fall, look at

these temperatures by saturday morning we are dipping into the 40s and 23z as far south as atlanta 49 degrees and that is pinwheeling in here for the weekend. for tonight seasonable and 53 in millville and after midnight some spotty drizzle developing with wind out of the northeast and your four day at 4:00, clouds and breaks of sun and a mild high of 74 degrees, better here on friday, partly sunny and 74 degrees, if we see sun it will be late in the afternoon of 69 degrees and on sunday itself an october chill, our high is just 64 degrees and quite a breeze coming in out of the northwest. we are dipping it here over the weekend, we'll have the seven day coming up in the next half hour.nd, we'll have the seven >> thank you adam. we have breaking news now in the

tioga-nicetown section. rescue crews are on the scene of an accidents involving a child that is right now trapped be neither a car, can you see a crowd of firefighters right now as they try to rescue this child. the incident happened on 15th and pacific. we still don't have much information right now but the rescue is underway, no word on the able or gender of the child or how this accident

time now for the buzz, you probably don't think of him as being dangerous, beware. macafee says that the talk show host is the most menacing celebrity to search for online, with a 19% chance of being

exposed to malware, kimmel says i can't believe a kid that carried a claire net to school grew up to be the most dangerous. >> actor jeff garland was on the view today joking with the fact that his character, dad, murray goldberg, takes his pants off and sits on the recliner in his undies. >> when i first got the show they said do you mind -- you just have to savor it, because it's so incredible. they said would you mind, and i said this is what i do at home. i can't wear pants at home. check that out tonight, it's on at 8:30, after "the middle" at 8:00 and nashville at 10:00. followed by "action news" at

11:00. >> for ashley and jp, baby makes three. this is ashley's last instagram pick from five days ago, where she was ready to welcome the baby, their little boy, fordham weighed in at 7 pounds. and almost 19 inches long. >> thank you alicia. still ahead childrens clothing controversy, why bloggers are calling the message prints on some pajamas criminal. and reaction to the city relaxing the penalties for pot possession. and real life version of diary of a wimpy kid. how the author of the books came to the

"action news" continues with adam joseph, shirleen allicot, and brian taff. >> hello again, 4:30 and "action news" continues with baby talking inside of the new research for ways to improve an infants language skills before their first word. it's something that 90% of us waste money on and it's adding up big time. the food tips you need to know before cleaning out your fridge that could save you thousands of

dollars each year, and drunk and destructive that, is what people are saying about a teacher's d ai aide. we have full details coming up. >> we want to begin now on the breaking news we passed along to you minutes ago. chopper 6 is live over the tioga-nicetown section. a child is reportedly trapped beneath the car you see right now at 15th and pacific. we don't have details, you can see the car with a white sheet draped over it, and rescue workers are on the scene and personnel, an active rescue underway to free the child. we are watching this one closely and we'll bring you all the details as on saz we get them. pot possession may not be

legal in philadelphia but it got a little less illegal. with the stroke of a pen mayor, michael nutter decriminalized marijuana. if a person is caught with less than an ounce of pot, they face a fine. sara bloomquist is live with reaction to the bill. >> reporter: shirleen after a summer of debate and deliberation, mayor michael nutter signed this legislation this afternoon, beginning october 20th, possessing a small amount of marijuana here in philadelphia will no longer be a criminal offense, instead a civil fine, like getting a traffic ticket. mayor michael nutter signed the bill to decrimealize marijuana, the new orderance takes affect on october 20th. >> it is our hope that by decriminalizing marijuana in the

city of philadelphia, we can begin to eliminate this great impediment who are otherwise law abiding citizens trying to leave productive lives. >> they will no long arrest someone with under an ounce of pot, they will pay a fine of $25 and police will confiscate the drug. mayor nutter first opposed to the measure took the summer to consider it, and today praised councilman jim kenny for making changes to the bill. >> it will keep people's records clean and out of the justice system so they can get a job. >> people applauded the action. >> they have taken a bold step forward. >> it's the right thing to do, are you ruining a lot of people's lives with just a small amount of marijuana. >> others still oppose it.

and some say legalize marijuana all together. >> no, no. i'm old school. it should be kept under wraps and on the same level in the past. >> i say legalize it all. i'm not a pot smoker but hey, if you want to do it and are you not hurting anyone else, are you fine to go for it. >> councilman kenny did not close the door on that today. he will be open to discussing ways to regulate and tax marijuana. the mayor also signed an executive order to get greater outreach and addiction services, and campaigns about the dangers of using drugs. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the search for the man accused of killing a pennsylvania trooper last month, forced state officials to make a big change today. eric frein is on the run since

september 12th when police say he shot and killed corporal brian dixon and wounded officer dickson in rural pike county. it's the same area where bow hunting season was set to open this weekend, the state game commission was going to let the season open as scheduled but today they are reversing course after finding pipe bombs in the area, they are urging hunters to stay away while frein is on the loose. a buck county doctor is admitting to charges of child pornography. police say he downloaded 58 images and videos of young girls earlier this year. at the time of his arrest, the 36-year-old was a medical resident doing rotations at several hospitals, including the area health system he faces 12

years in state prison. part of atlantic city charred and crumbling after a fire tore through a city block. several shops and businesses when up in flames last night. it destroyed more of the hard hit shore town's economy, it displaced dozens of people. katherine scott has the story. >> jayden, val and his sisters went running for their parents. the family safely evacuated their atlantic city apartment before their home went up in flames, fire poured from the buildings windows and thick smoke screamed from the site. the fire broke out on the 1100 block of atlantic avenue. the wind propelled the flames. >> the wind is a factor, pushing the flames from the burned area to the unburned area. it spread quickly, tearing

through nearby businesses and the apartments upstairs, firefighters soon established a collapse zone. >> we have four fire buildings, a collapse in 1112, and a second collapse in 1112 and 1114 and 1118, the rear wall is about ready to go. >> crews spent hours blasting water at the flames that kept flaring up in the wind, you could see from the back how much damage was left behind. some apartments are left upstairs but some are completely destroyed. 1 people with are being assisted by the red cross. when firefighters distinguished the flames they could begin their investigation. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." police have issued a new plea for information about a newcastle mother who was abducted this summer. 33-year-old nevada nevaif you

tips call newcastle county police. >> we are learning more about a newcastle teachers aid about turning her school parking lot into a demolition track. they believe that castito was driving drunk monday morning. officers say she slammed into a backhoe twice and then hit two curbs before making it on to the grass all while children were outside. but didn't stop there, casleto hit a parked car and fell asleep. she faces disorderly conduct from an incidence over the

summer. a major home renovation project is underway to benefit a young man. this is adam, born with cerebral palsy and lives with other medical conditions, he was confined to one bedroom of his family's home, with no access to a shower or tub. and a new organization stepped in to help raising money to get him a brand new bathroom and living space. >> we have him here and this bathroom here and he can go to the shower and put him back in his room, he is always still part of everything going on. >> now, that project was first pegged at $10,000 but ballooned to $38,000 much of which local vendors chipped in to help with. darren and his family are overwhelm bid all of this

kindness. >> adam joseph is joining us now, temperatures are seasonable and we have a big change arriving over the upcoming weekend, lets talk about the beauty now on city avenue, our friends at the horticulture sew side and the mums, it's looking beautiful, and the brilliant green grass as well. 71 is the air temperature, and 57 with winds out of the east-northeast. at 9 miles per hour, sky 6 in philadelphia, the ben franklin bridge, a little bit of blue upstairs and a decent amount of cloud cover at 71 and the wind out of the northeast is spinning back some clouds with an area of low pressure right now over new york city and southern new england bringing quite a washout from boston to cape cod this afternoon. for us no rain just a few clouds and we'll talk about the chance for rain over the weekend, we'll have the timing and the big fall

in temperature in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you adam. >> a safe haven for older dogs getting national recognition, the city of elderly love was crowned animal taran of the year at philadelphia animal hospital, the harleysville nonprofit won by submitting their video. tails were wagging as they accepted the prize today. still ahead, what a brillan baby, stay tuned local researchers say there is something you should do before they start talking. >> how long is your food really good for? the information about the selby dates that could save you thousands of dollars a your. >> and boys can be super heroes while girls can date them. that is the mess able from childrens clothes from wal-mart.

is it damaging or no big deal. >> and meteorologist, adam joseph is back with the accuweather numbers.

pressure to fire the university of michigan's director continues to build after an injured player was put back on the field. the wolverines quarterback was allowed to keep playing in saturday's game despite suffering what we now know was a concussion, more than 1,000 students an alumni, demanded david brandon's job, they would not comment on specific changes in the wake of the controversy. but insist that action is being take a taken. it turns out babies might be able to speak sooner than thought. and rutgers researches may have

figured out how to do it. by 7 months, brain scans showed that language centers in those baby's brains are stronger. a small study and one worth reading, the strategy may find its way into games that parents use to get a head start. here with the big talkers the new war waged against super heroes, retailing sexism, suggesting that only guys can wear the cape and save the day. this was snapped at a target store in dna, it shows two sets of baby path am as, but on the ones for little boys, it says future man of steel very proudly. and d.c. comics make these shirts for wal-mart. this one here training to be batman, but for her training to

be batman's wife, the big question posed by super girls out there, hey where is our shirts. now to virginia and the story of two best friends named spencer, that started a lemonade stand, to raise money to buy a puppy, they took the lemons to make lemonade, but the community came in to save the day and donations came in and it reaches jim kinney the author of diary of a wimpy kid and he sent them money saying don't give up on your dream. someone even donated the puppy, named coconut. and a cute halloween costume for the guy as well. and love this, millions across the globe are getting a taste of rural life thanks to canadian singer, hide away, it shows the

full flavor of village life and caught the attention of the singer herself. >> ♪ ♪ you let my heart escape ♪ >> bust a move. they usually entertain people at weddings and corporate events, now their audience is close to 2 million thanks to this parody on youtube. by t by the way kaiser tweeted this out to everybody. >> i bet she wishes that was her actual video. >> they were great and i wish they were at my wedding. lets get a check of the roads right now. matt pellman is in the traffic center with an update. >> i want to get you one of those frocks shirleen. you may want to hide away once

you hear about how the evening commute is doing. not well on the schuylkill eastbound side, from 202 from this point at gulph mills to the conshohocken curve, it's just volume, and westbound a broken down truck at 202, but that is pushed to the side. a number of things going on, including the accident involving the child in tioga-nicetown. and in west philadelphia, downed wires at 43rd and chester, giving us detours on the 13 trolley, the trolleys being detoured on woodland avenue, and northern liberties, the other accident at third and girard. that is causing the 15 trolley to run shuttle buses between 25th and the loop. and running delays of 10 minutes because of equipment problems. lets continue to ambler. closing butler pike by main

street and casey's alley, stick with mount pleasant avenue when they are scheduled to complete the repairs and 295 approaching 38 that accident is out of the way. we'll check it again brian and shirleen in the next half hour. >> very good. thank you. meteorologist, adam joseph with the

i've lived hewith my mother, forty--four who is ninety--nine. people who do not live in delaware county need to know that tom mcgarrigle raised our taxes five times. five times in seven years. meanwhile tom mcgarrigle gave a million dollar subsidy to an energy company. tom mcgarrigle is not looking out for regular families or seniors at all. we need john kane in the senate. he gets regular families.

now to the accuweather forecast halfway through the work weekend. >> halfway there. >> are you just noticing, i kind of envisioning myself towards the weekend, as we take a look at the action cam, taking a look at the waterways in our region, we need a drink of water or two, we'll get some and this water is free flowing, this wednesday afternoon. the accuweather live lineup, double scan radar, temperatures

vary west to east and satellite and radar, double scan live near pottsville to the north, and a quick little shower there and everyone is dry, and the sky is dark to the north and east closer to the area of low, notice the temperatures much like yesterday and a northeasterly wind, temperatures are colder this philadelphia, 64 in and 68 at the boardwalk and as we see more in the way of sunshine in the western suburbs, reading to wilmington now between 74 and 75. you can see the low spinning and bringing rain to boston and cape cod and nantucket and martha's vineyard. some cloud cover is pinwheeling back in to the west and the low nearby and the northeasterly wind and cloud cover thickening up and patchy drizzle by tomorrow morning. overall for thursday, clouds in the morning gives way to sun and

seasonable at 74 degrees, we await the next system that arrives in the ohio valley on friday, and for us, we get a southerly wind here, partly sunny and 75 and a great way to end the work and school week before the rain arrives for the beginning of the weekend. with the rain comes chilly temperatures and in fact the jet stream carves way to the south and we are in a progressive pattern and this chilly air comes in sunday morning and it's a one day affair and temperatures back to normal on monday. lots of clouds and some spotty drizzle. late tonight 52 to 58 are you splitting the temperature, and your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we are in the middle 70s the next couple of days and clouds and sun tomorrow and partly sunny on friday and a wet start to the weekend on friday, and it looks to lag during the noonish hour east of philadelphia, late

breaks of sun 69 degrees and we will win here on sunday in the sunshine department but chilly and breezy, only 64 forever a high and then we bounce back to 70, on monday clouds to sun and a shower and a left over shower and 72 and comforts on wednesday at 72 degrees, so the lowest temperature coming on sunday and at least it's on sunday. a grim update to breaking nd news we passed along to you at 4:00 today. that child who was trapped beneath the car, has died. the cars stayed on the scene, this is live from chopper 6 hd right now, medics still around that car, which as we mentioned stayed at the scene, it happened at 15th and pacific in the tioga-nicetown section, there was an extensive effort to free the child but it was fruitless,

the child has died. a 6-year-old boy, details remain preliminary, police are speaking to the driver of that car, and we'll pass it

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it is time to save with channel 6 "action news," are you flowing away thousands of dollars in food you think has gone bad. the average american family does just that. enjoy by, selby and use by, what does it all mean? we are helping you to decode labels to see what is okay to eat. michael hanson says we often think they are expiration dates, and we flow away items leading to major waste.

for most it's not the last day to consume but it's at its peak quality. some vary from state to state and some states don't have guidelines at all. there is only one product that is regulated than is infant formula. week can be good for up to one week, eggs three to five weeks and the usda says that soup do be good up to five years on your shfl if you haven't opened them. use common sense, if it smells bad or tastes bad, it has to go. otherwise it's probably good. >> thanks alicia. for shirleen allicot,

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. we begin with a developing story tonight, new clues in the death of cooper health system and his wife.

authorities say that the fire inside of the home where the couple was found dead over the weekend was intentionally set. now the big story is the arson investigation into the death of a prominent couple. now we don't know how john sheridan and his wife died. >> rick and monica, investigators are trying to sort this out to determine how john sheridan and his wife died. the fire in their bathroom bedroom was intentionally set but we don't know by whom. the fire in meadow brook township was arson but how the fire started was unclear. john sheridan died at the scene in the second floor bedroom where the