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and then he returned three days later and his symptoms having become much worse. today, thomas duncan died, from the ebola virus. that same happies waiting for test results to see if a sheriff's deputy who arrived by ambulance today and says he was in duncan's apartment has the the virus as well. it is wednesday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is the ebola out break, and it's involving impact in the united states. did the the decision to let duncan first leave texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas allow the ebola virus to escape containment? that is one of many questions out there tonight, for which there are no obvious answers, and "action news" reporter sharrie williams is at the the "action news" big board tonight, sharrie. >> reporter: jim, you are right about the questions that are lingering. thomas duncan's death is raising those questions now about the timeliness of his care. lets take a look at what we do know about that. we know he went to the hospital and was sent home.

well, that was on september 25th. come september 28th he return, and was finally admitted. his family is outraged and asking what if those three days had in the been lost? this is as texas keeps its eye on a new possible case of ebola. the person who became the face of ebola in america, died today, thomas duncan was receiving treatment at texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas. >> i'm deeply saddened, this is something we have prayed and hoped would not happen. >> reporter: doctors say he was given the best care possible, and administered a new experimental drug. >> i would just remind us that ebola, even with the best of treatment is terrible disease. it is fatal in a high proportion of cases. >> reporter: hours after duncan's death a sheriff's deputy rushed to the same hospital today. he is being tested for ebola after coming down with flu-like symptoms. there is great concern because

this deputy was part of a team that delivered the quarantine order to the family of ebola patient thomas duncan. >> five or six symptoms he was minus a few but i think that gave us reason to believe or main health department reasons to believe that this was a lower level risk. >> reporter: now in compliance with the cdc's guidelines duncan's body is going to be cremated. because there is no cure for ebola doctors are trying to fight the virus anyway that they can. do you remember kent brantly? he is doctorate who contracted ebola in west africa and flown back to the states for treatment. he is now cured. today he was asked to donate his plasma to help the american cameraman who just arrived from liberia this week, experts hope that the anti bodies in brantly's blood will help his immune system n the meantime another directive has come down tonight, this one from the white house, jim. five airports will to have increase their screenings of

travelers entering the states from west africa, jim. >> thanks, sharrie. later in the newscast we will take you to the lab of the local company where they are working hard to create a vaccine for the ebola virus. we're covering the the latest ebola developments around the clock and posting updates to six abc.com, you can learn more about the virus, its symptoms and how it spreads with our continuing coverage on line. the delaware county medical examiner is on the scene of this apparently deadly fire at the the l win institute in media. chopper six was over the scene of a one alarm blaze, at the residential assisted living facility. the the blaze broke out at 9:20 tonight. we don't know yet just how it started. the jury has just been sent home tonight in the trial of raghunandan yandamuri, who is charge with the murders of the ten month-old baby and baby's grandmother. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at the montgomery county courthouse

in norristown tonight, kenneth. >> reporter: jim, jury called it quits 30 minutes ago after more than six hours of deliberating, in this capitol murder trial. this was the the scene, moments ago, as a family of the defendant raghunandan yandamuri, his attorney and family of the victims walk out of the montgomery county courtroom tonight. it has been two years to the day prosecutors say yandamuri killed ten month-old salve any venna and her 61 year-old grand mother in their king of prussia apartment building. thirty he lease say it was a botched kidnapping to pay off a gambling debt. he even confessed to the brutal slayings. yandamuri who represented himself claim he was coerced by police and forced to participate in the crime by two mysterious male strangers, men he failed to give more tea tail about when he took the stand in his defense. tonight, the man's court appointed defense attorney indicated that had there may be an issue regarding the jury and men and women are obviously quote, not close to a verdict.

prosecutors say they believe the length of time shows jury is looking through the evidence carefully and taking this case seriously. judge steven o'neill ordered the attorneys back to court here at the montgomery county courthouse at 9:00 a.m. jury will resume deliberations at 10:15 in the morning, jim. reporting live tonight, kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> kenneth, thank you. a four three-year old homeless man is facing charges of attempted murder for that supermarket stabbing last night inside of a northeast philadelphia pathmark. police say brian duffy attacked a 50 year-old man in the produce section, stabbing him in the neck and face. the victim is recovering at temple university hospital. we are hearing a chilling account tonight of the murder of a pennsylvania state trooper, in the words of the accused killer himself. authorities have revealed that a discovery of a journal at a campsite abandoned by eric frein. in the journal frein describes how he opened fire on the state the police barracks in

blooming grove, pennsylvania. >> got a shot around 11:00 p.m. and took it. he dropped. i was surprised at how quick. i took a follow-up shot on his head, neck area. he was still and quiet after that. >> frein has been on the run for 26 days, authorities say that they came within 200 yards of him today but, the reading terrain allowed frein to get away. a woman from schwanksville is not only accused of heroin possession but also charged with injecting her own daughter with the doctor. police say 36 year-old patricia davenport first forced her 15 year-old child to do heroin in april, and then later included the girl's boyfriend. souderton area high school nurse noticed needle marks on the teenage girl and contact the police. police arrested more than two dozen taj mahal casino workers tonight in atlantic city. the result of the big protest that shut down the major

artery lead nothing to the city. "action news" reporter dann cuellar was there. >> unaudible. >> reporter: over a hundred casino workers, members of the local 54 of the unite here union and others shut down the expressway entrance into atlantic city. >> what do we want people. >> reporter: move was deemed an act of civil disobedience to protest contract give backs to keep trump taj mahal opened. trump entertainment resorts is threatening to close taj november 13th unless union gives up health insurance and pension plan. the union says absolutely not. >> we will not give it up and we will negotiate this contract in the street, not on the table. >> reporter: company has asked billion air investor karl i can to take it over and invest hundred million-dollar to keep the taj opened. ican owns tropicana and won't agree to contract concessions. >> six major operators extended contract to march so we can get through this cat

trove that i we are dealing with. >> reporter: four of the 12 casinos have already closed this year, although revel's new owner plans to reopen it. ican was unavailable for comment but tells the the press he was one who rescued the tropical from bankruptcy four years ago and saved union jobs. he said union needs to make concession toss help save atlantic city's casino industry but 46 year-old paul smith a cook at the taj for 21 years says he suffered a massive heart attack a few years back and is grateful he had insurance. >> my co pay was well over a million dollars, for a six day stay in the hospital. >> reporter: so without insurance. >> i wouldn't have been able to put a roof over my children's head or feed them. >> vacate this area. >> reporter: thirty union members and others were arrested after failing to stop blocking the roadway which was reopened after about 40 minutes. it is volatile issue with no easy answers and right the now it is at a stalemate. there is a lot at stake. peoples livelihoods and future of yet another casino the taj mahal. in atlantic city, dann cuellar

for channel six "action news". still to come on "action news" tonight we will get a live report from pittsburgh on the final debate of the governor's race. the delaware county mother who created a bucket list for her baby, welshing still in the womb, she's in labor tonight. and great scott, a south jersey elementary schoolteachers great white close-up ising viral. >> oh, man. we had a surge of fall warmth. warmth. the high 75. 6 degrees above normal. don't get used to this i'm tracking cooler and and rain for part of your weekend in the accu weather forecast. ducis rodgers with the flyers season opener tonight, "action news" continues in just a moment.

the debating is now done in the race for governor of pennsylvania. tom corbett and tom wolf held

their third and final debate tonight in pittsburgh, discussing the same issues which dominated the campaign conversation. life from pittsburgh tonight "action news" reporter john rawlins and john, did either man score a convincing victory. >> reporter: convincing? i'm not sure, i'm not sure anybody change who they were going to vote for strictly on what they heard tonight. both men were on message. now that said governor is running way behind in the polls and he had to at least, soe some seeds of doubt in the mind of solve those folks who are jumping on the tom wolf band wagon. mr. wolf, wants to spend more money. we know that. question is, how much. he needs to tax more to get that additional money but he won't tell people of pennsylvania exactly how much nor will he tell them, right here, a few weeks from the election how he will do it. >> reporter: corbett zeroed in on wolf's plan to reform state's income tax to make it fair, how would he do it? what are the specifics.

if some pay less taxes will some pay more. wolf's response he cannot be specific until he sees the state's books as governor. >> if you are a 70 to $90,000 range, as an individual, and you can double that if you are married, you should not pay anymore in taxes. people making below that will get a break. >> reporter: wide range of difference services, education pending, pension issues, minimum wage. corbett wants to stay with the federate. the businessman wolf. >> increased to $10.10 over three-year period and index todd inflation. >> reporter: marijuana wolf want to legalize its medical use immediately. corbett would study a derivative oil. wolf would wait and watch colorado concerning recreational use? corbett. >> certainly don't agree with the legal says of marijuana for recreational purposes. >> reporter: death penalty, corbett supports it, wolf. >> i think we ought to have a moratorium on the capitol punishmentness pennsylvania because i'm not convinced on what the governor, like we are doing capitol, meeting out,

dispensing justice, fairly. >> reporter: both men due to be in and around philadelphia tomorrow. mr. corbett will be joined by governor chris christie at the valley forge military academy. mr. wolf will be with hillary clinton at the national constitution center. live from pittsburgh, john rawlins, channel six "action news", jim. >> thanks, john. it is no doubt an emotional evening for a drexel hill couple, about to give birth to their first baby. they already know he won't survive. but his story and their journey, has moved hundreds of thousands of people on social media. jena haley is in labor tonight. she and her husband dann discover in the third month of pregnancy that their baby name shane has a birth defect in which the baby is been without parts of the brain. so the couple created a bucket list for the baby taking trips and making the most of the time that they had. on health check at

11:00 tonight we are taking a closer look at a montgomery county company working on a experimental ebola vaccine. inovio pharmaceuticalness plymouth meeting was founded by a university of pennsylvania professor and student. they typically work on vaccines for cancer or chronic diseases but even before this latest ebola out break began in west africa they have been testing a ebola vaccine on animals. company says it has shown promise. >> in animal studies we are able to protect hundred percent from both death, as well as sickness. >> now they are moving forward with more trials over the the next two to three months, in order to get government approval to treat humans. inovio is one of several companies testing vaccines but they say of the advantages, their offers is that it is synthetic, genetic code manufactured in a lab and therefore, can be made more quickly then conventional

techniques. wall street had something to cheer about today, after a roller coaster, so far this month. it was the best day for the stock market this year. the dow jones jumped almost 275 points to just under 17,000, this was up just about as much as it was down yesterday. the s and p500 nasdaq also scored, and soared with all three indexes having their biggest point and percentage gains of the year. investors were excited that the federal reserve appears to be planning to keep interest rates low for the time being. gloucester county art teacher is getting international acclaim for her great shot of a great white. amanda brewer snapped this photograph during a trip to south africa this summer where she work with the shark conservation group. she said the up close and personal picture of jaws certainly got her student's attention at the whitman elementary school in washington township but it has also got even the attention of

instagram, facebook, even good morning america, which brought her on this morning to talk about the viral photo, brewer tells us that the the timing was all luck as the great white lung for bait. >> she's now working with a conservation ist to create a program for teenagers interested in saving miss understood creatures. it may be miss understood but i don't want to get close to him. a northeast philadelphia family received a important lesson on how to stay safe during an emergency tonight. they took part in the simulated fire at their home on kowatch drive. dewitt family evacuated while members of the philadelphia fire department responded to the scene. it was all part of the city wide home fire drill program. night owls rejoyce, septa is extending its overnight subway services indefinitely due to popular demand. transit agency started testing the in midnight to 5:00 a.m. option back in june for the late night/weekend crowd. septa says it saw the biggest

gains in center city and olde city on the two subway lines. lets get that accu weather forecast, the seven day from meteorologist cecily tynan. >> jim, it was mild to take but we are cooling things off tonight. storm tracker six live double scan showing in rain out there and very little cloud cover as well. the action cam is taking a look in beautiful haddonfield, new jersey. we are seeing a clear night. it is a cool night. temperatures really starting to drop. philadelphia currently 64 degrees. allentown 56. wilmington 59. millville 61. sea isle city 65 degrees with clear skies tonight, moon lit skies. temperatures in the suburbs will be dropping down in the 40's. satellite six with action radar is showing that we saw a good amount of sunshine day that low pressure that helped sweep that cold front overnight last night brought us a half inch of rain and moving away us from. high pressure is building in. that will bring us lots of sunshine tomorrow but it will still be on the breezy side. today we had wind gusts up to

25 miles an hour. tomorrow about 15 miles per hour, not as warm as today, 68 degrees, but with all that sunshine really a pretty fall day. things beginning to change on friday though that high pressure says that good bye, low pressure down to the south, will start to drag a warm front our way. this will bring us cloud, we have showers developing, temperatures will stay in the cool side only in the 60's and future tracker showing it looks like best chance of showers on friday will be in the afternoon and evening and at 5:00 o'clock showing showers mainly south of philadelphia they really fill in the overnight hours, to saturday morning, your saturday morning, games and practices could be on the soggy side at 8:30 showing some steady rain but good news it doesn't look like a complete wash out by the afternoon, the rain moves out and even west of philadelphia we could see peaks of sunshine. tomorrow morning, the the fact that we don't have clouds could be a big problem. bad sun glare for your morning commute especially if you are

driving east and temperatures will be chilly at 6:00 o'clock in philadelphia 51 by 7:00. five two-by-eight o'clock. 54 degrees. you may want a jacket tomorrow morning. day planner showing tomorrow loads of sunshine, 10:00 o'clock 58 degrees. by 1:65. 4:00 o'clock 68 degrees. it will be on the breezy side. the exclusive seven day forecast a dry day tomorrow, pretty comfortable day 68 degrees. friday we will cloud up, in showers developing in the afternoon 64 degrees, morning rain on saturday, and then the clouds in the afternoon, hopefully we will see peaks of sun shane again mainly west of philadelphia 64 degrees. sunday definitely better of the two days this weekend. in the completely bright and sunny. we will see included cover but still on the cool side and 66 degrees. machine we will bump it up to 72 but clouds role in with some showers. the tuesday a warm and breezy day, 76 degrees. tuesday night through wednesday looks like we have another round of rain on the way, with a high of

74 degrees. so this weekend a lot like last week even, last weekend we had rain and warning and then dried out by afternoon on saturday and then dry on sunday. it looks like repeat performance this weekend. i never for get the my weekend. >> design was on the mind of several hundred people tonight, attending an event in the fishtown section of philadelphia, the event was called pop up place and annual fundraiser for design philadelphia. attendees had a chance to bid on works donated by philadelphia artists. design philadelphia festival runs until october 17th in venues throughout the city of philadelphia.

in drexel hill it was a match with a message tonight, at machine or bonner, archbishop prendergast high school. prendie panda's field hockey team held its first awe advertise am wear necessary game. first project of the newly firm club which aims to raise awareness and money for important issues. flyers begin their season tonight in boston. >> last season they got off to a rough start. seven losses in the first eight games. tonight did not start off well either. claude giroux said off season was long. it was also made longer by fans around town reminding flyers captain bit. tonight a chance to start over. flyers, and bruins, first period, in score. the the bruins strike first. on the power play. that is riley smith. twon nothing boston. third period same score sean couturier honorary direct duty, out in front, game tied

at one. get this with under two minutes to play is there a break down. chris kelly beats steve mason on the break down. the flyers lose two-one. home opener tomorrow night against the devils. instigation, and injuries, ahead of sunday's eagles/giants game. one half of the eagles starting linebacker core, a spectator at practice today. michael kendricks has the same old calf injury, demeco ryans is dealing with the groin injury. trash talking between eagles and giants has begun. giants cornerback anttrell roll won because it was a weak division. that is clearly a hot shot at the the bird. >> he talks a a lot. he talks too much. >> on the field, off the field. >> both. >> how would you respond to that off the field. >> go out there and beat him. >> i say what i say. it is my opinion. but that does president discredit philly in any means f they want to take that it way, then so be it. the game still has to be

played come sunday. >> this photo is floating around social media that shows dominic rodgers cromartie and prince, mocking the fact that the eagles have in the won a super bowl, and they have since apologized. still ahead here in sports sixers are in preseason action and nerlens noel says he is feeling more confident, we will hear from the tall man, next. party on people! blinds to go's 60th anniversary sale continues celebrating with 20% off the entire store. you heard right, 20% off the entire store. we're talking employee pricing baby! hey, you need 'em, you want 'em, and now there's no better time to get 'em. blinds to go. blinds for life.

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the coach and gm will admit to that but this team with its youth will create highlights. sixers and hornets tonight, wear a t-shirt that said squeeze my cheeks. look at her. nerlens noel, offensive game is not there just yet but he can company this. know well three blocks, scores ten points and comes up with nine rebound. sixers tony wroten, henry simms. innings isers up by 11. casper wear, check the the shorts for a rabbit's foot. wow. sixers win 106-92. noel says he is feeling more comfortable out there. >> i'm surprised, i still want to continue to keep progressing. i felt a lot more confident tonight, then the other night and i will progress and make sure i keep it up. it feels great to be out here playing for the city of philadelphia every night. we will play as harrahs we can to bring a championship here. >> basketball back, hockey

back, eagles are in first place, life is good. >> it is. >> very, i'm busy. >> thanks, ducis. >> you don't look like it. >> i'm sorry. >> lou very busy. finally some young play writes took center stage tonight, oh, boy at temple university, temple's under graduate actors brought to life winning piecees from this years new voices competition. one of the winning plays was written by 11th graders at ben franklin high school about the struggles in their district, nearly a thousand students submit scripts each year. jimmy kimmel levies next, hello, "action news" i'm jim gardner. good night. >> "action news" is sponsored in part by elkins chevrolet, south jersey's premiere chevy dealership featuring 2014 silverado, visit elkins on route 73 in marlton or on line