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is in joke. we have video to show from you start to finish. thursday night, jim's off, i'm monica malpass. the big story on "action news" is virus hoax that is going viral on line. hundreds of thousands of people have watched video on board a u.s. airways flight. "action news" reporter sharrie williams in our satellite center. sharrie, this plane scare started with a sneeze and then a joke about that deadly disease, didn't it. >> reporter: that is right, this virus has claimed lives of thousands of people so it is no laughing matter. as for this plane it was held in isolation on the tarmac in mexico for nearly two hours all because of a health scare that turned out to be a joke in poor taste. >> a trip to paradise, turns sour before passengers could even get their feet in the sand. >> i need everybody to sit down. >> reporter: a flight attendant begs for order on board u.s. airways flight 845 from philadelphia to the the dominican republic yesterday. according to the airline, a

man on board said he had ebola which start add a chain reaction. many passengers looked around in disbelief while the experienced steward gave her honest opinion over the loud speaker. >> i have done this for 36 years. i think the man that has said this is an idiot. >> reporter: the attendant then warned passengers that health experts would be coming on board. >> i need your attention, okay. >> reporter: and then on walk four workers in blue hazmat suits wearing protective mask. passengers popped out their cell phone cameras to capture it all. >> please stay out of their way, let them do their jobs. >> reporter: their job was to find the man who allegedly made the comment and question him. as the the hazmat crew talk with the passenger in question he could be her saying he was only joking. >> i was just kidding. >> reporter: this was no laughing matter as cdc issued

strict guidelines for u.s. airlines in regards to ebola. the passenger finally exited the plane but not before making a statement that he wasn't african. >> i'm not african. >> boo. >> reporter: you could hear boos as he exited the plane as well. u.s. airways issued a statement saying they apologized for this inconvenience but safety of the customers and employees is priority. live from the satellite center, sharrie williams for channel six "action news", monica. some employees walk off the job in protest in new york's laguardia airport. they are concern about potential exposure from travelers flying in from west africa. other airport employees across the the country were being trained today how to guard against infectious diseases. also part of the america's response, 500 u.s. soldiers are headed to liberia to help build an out break command center. the the cdc says medical community must get a handle on containing the infections.

>> in the 30 years i have been working in public health the only thing like this has been aids and we have to work now so this is not the world's next aids. >> meantime good news for the dallas sheriff's deputy who was taken to the hospital for a possible exposure. doctors say that testing was negative he does not have ebola. in fact of the 48 people who may have come into victim thomas eric duncan, in of them is showing symptoms of the deadly disease. you can find updated information on the ebola out break on six abc.com. we will continue to follow this story and bring you new developments and on line we have resource toes learn more about the ebola virus, its symptoms and how it spreads. a montgomery county jury found him guilty to day of murdering a baby girl and her grandmother and now his life is on the line, thinks a death penitentiary case. "action news" reporter dann cuellar ways in that courtroom assentensing phase got underway this evening. he is live in norristown

montgomery count which the capital defense, how are you, dann. >> reporter: ragu yandamuri placed his own life in his own lands by choose to go die even if himself. he faces a death sentence after being convicted of two counts of murder one. >> i think it is fair to say he was stunned. he thought that he was going to have a different verdict. >> reporter: ragu yandamuri showed no emotion as guilty verdicts were read. twenty year-old information technology work shore came to u.s. from india was convicted of killing a 61 year-old grandmother and her ten month-old granddaughter saanvi venna in their king of prussia apartment. >> we have gotten one step close inert closure of this for the venna family. it has been a long struggle, for them, two years. >> reporter: prosecutors have argued yandamuri plot todd kidnap the baby for ransom to feed his gambling habit which was spiraling out of control but things went horribly wrong

and police say he later confessed to the killings. yandamuri had argued touring testimony that the testimony was coerced and tried to blame two strangers he says forced him into it but he never explained yes didn't go to police or encounter the men for three case. his stan by lawyers plea of he made a terrible mistake representing himself. >> absolutely, as a lawyer i would have represented him in a different direction and hopefully would have come to at least saving his life. >> reporter: late today, during penalty phase face of the trial defense presented yandamuri's mother who traveled here from india. she testified that her child was traumatized by loss of his police officer father to terrorist back in the home land. she begged the jury to spare her son's life. >> i think it helps to paint the the picture of a troubled boy who went through a whole lot and helps to explain how he could have gotten into this mess. >> the defendant has his mother to beg for his life, but that same opportunity was not given by the defendants

for saanvi venna's mother to beg for his life. >> the the defendant's mother was put on the stand first, taken out of of order because her visa expires tomorrow and she has to return to india. the penalty phase face of the trial will resume tomorrow morning at 10:30. we are live at the montgomery county courthouse i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dann. new tonight a pilot had a hairy experience landing in south jersey regional airport in lumberton around 8:00 o'clock. the plane veered off the runway and came to rest in the grass. medics responded but the the pilot suffered only minor injuries and says that he is okay. police in camden county are looking for a possible serial bank robber and hold ups the the suspect was wearing a berka, most recent happened at beneficial bank on south white horse pike in audubon yesterday. police believe the the same suspect in a berka robbed the susquehanna bank on market street the in camden, and the

audubon savings bank on south white horse pike last month. if you have any information about the suspects please call the camden county prosecutor's office. two political heavyweights came to help hear candidates in the final weeks of the pennsylvania governor's race. hillary clinton was at the the national constitution center in olde city tonight, head lining a women for wolf fundraiser. she's hoping to help turnout in the vote in the city that is eight to one registered democrats. it is her first time coming to support wolf who leads the polls by 20 percent. >> it is half time for fresh start, tom wolf get that he gets tonight both his head and his heart and he will be a different kind of governor. here's what he will do because he told you. he will invest in education instead of cutting it, so all of our kids can get the skills this they need to compete. >> meantime in valley forge new jersey governor chris christie stumping for incumbent governor tom corbett at the military academy.

>> every race tom corbett has ever been in, he has been under estimated. every race he has ever been in, people have thought well beat corbett this time. believe me his opponent thinks the same thing right now and so now is the time for to us finish this off. >> it is christie's third time in the keystone state helping raise money for his fellow republican. welshing we have some dreary days, on the dock it going in to the weekend. the meteorologist, cecily tynan live with the "action news" big board with the first look at the friday forecast, hi cecily. >> hi machine contact we have big changes. storm tracker six live double scan, showing a stationary front that stretches from in mid-atlantic all the way across the country. this is focus of some moisture, low pressure south of st. louis, arrives with this front like a train track very slowly and this will bring us thick clouds, cooler temperatures and rain heading toward the weekend.

future tracker showing 7:30 tomorrow morning we will see clouds are in place n real problems with rain in the morning but as we head towards afternoon atmosphere will moisten up and by 5:00 we will have some showers moving in. thinks the leading edge of the rain that will be continuing in the overnight hours on saturday, into the morning hours. future tracker showing a big change tomorrow, grab a jacket and a sweater, today we will hit 70 degrees, tomorrow with the easterly flow off the ocean. look at this philadelphia at 5:00 o'clock. that is our high. 59 degrees on the cool side. we will talk about when rain moves out and saturday's plans are depending on this forecast when sunshine is back coming up in the full accu weather seven day, monica. well, atlantic city's main casino union has a proposition for taj mahal, reduce pensions contributions, to help stop bankruptcy. local 54 of unite here made the offer today, one day after a demonstration blocking traffic that led to dozens of

arrests. trump entertainment is threatening to close the taj november 13th without major concessions from the union and massive tax breaks from county and state government. both sides will meet tomorrow to negotiate. new to an expected but nonetheless emotional update for thaw drexel hill couple whose baby bucket list went viral did give birth to their first child earlier this morning. hours later he died. shane michael haley was born at 2:25 this morning. jena and dann haley posted picture of the birth and news of their death on their facebook page called prayers for shane. their post late this morning read quote today's 6:15 a.m. after meeting his entire family and being bap tiesed in to the catholic faith, baby shane died peacefully in his mother's arms. we are so grateful for the time that we were bless todd hold and hug our son. haley's learn in the third month of pregnancy shane had a birth defect affecting his brain, the couple then created

a bucket list for their baby and took trips to make the mess of the time that they had. well, millions of people followed and shared this touching story through our facebook page and remains a place for to you share your thoughts and wishes for the family. still to come on "action news" catching a major drug cartel, kingpin, also the the legness debate kicking up a controversy in a local school district, what ace pope eighth a tire and is it sexism at play? plus extra toppings, there is nothing cheese bye this story hear why hundreds of college students gave that pizza delivery map more than a $1,000 tip. tough break for flyers in the home opener, reaction from the locker room coming up, plus a major blow to the flyers defense, that and much more coming up in sports. also meteorologist cecily tynan returns with the full weekend outlook from accu weather when "action news" continues for you tonight. wherever you wipe, lysol power & free

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a delaware family is upset after a teenage daughter was sent home from school, because of what she was wearing. seventeen year old he will i schaefer is a senior at brandywine high in wilmington. she wore a shirt over a pair of leginning. the school said it violates the dress code because lower half was not properly covered. >> they are permitted for students as long as they are pared with an appropriate length top. according to our dress code guideline, the appropriate length is 4 inches from the top of your knee. >> so parents say the code is not fairly assessed some parents say the code is stricter on female student than males. school claims it is trying to teach young ladies and young men how to dress appropriately. a racial slur was spray painted on a entrance of the hallahan catholic high school in spring garden.

act of vaned list am appeared at the school overnight in the 300 block of north 19th street last night. the the slur was removed before students arrived for class this morning. police are now reviewing the school's surveillance cameras. mexican officials say that they have nabbed a drug cartel kingpin. fifty-one year-old vincent fuentes is also known as the after taking over the jares cartel he led's ultraviolent gang war that killed 8,000 people. u.s. had a five million-dollar reward on his head. and, a wild day on wall street after one day after market's biggest gain of 2014, today, it has the worst day of the year. the the dow jones plunged 334 points that wiped out all of yesterday's gains, and analyst say stock market has not seen these kind of volatile price swings, in more than three years. and today's losses are being blamed on falling energy stocks, and despite improvement in the u.s. economy, a worry about a slow

down in the rest of the world. well, little tips to waiters and waitresses have been in the news lately but here's a story that we hope will warm you heart. college campus combined with charitable spirit and instead of spreading wealth they have focused on one person, and indiana west university ordered two pizza's and this delivery man was beyond shocked when's arrived, and they brought him on stage at the school but paid $12.50 for the the pizza and gave him a tip of more than $1,200. the not only that but they gave him a bag full offhanded written notes. >> every personally just want to thank you for all of your hard work and in one else may see it but i do, never stop working hard for your dreams because you can accomplish anything. >> how about that, all meant to be a random act of kindness under the philosophy do for one what you wish you could do for everyone. a cooking class for cancer survivors, to learn healthy

eating, young adults patients tonight. learned ingredient for good health at free library of philadelphia this event in the library's new kitchen included registered die tellings and sue chef demonstrating garden quacamole and mediterranean salad an onion and garlic chick peas. lansdale catholic high school invite aid rocket the man to give a keynote address for science, technology, engineering and math career fair. chris ferguson grew up and went to high school and college in philadelphia spoke to 400 students tonight. he spent 40 days in space for nasa and has numerous awards from his navy career. ferguson's father is a land dale catholic alumni. very cool. >> yes. >> all right. speaking of cool, it will get real chilly. >> yes. >> our temperatures, dreary weather pattern and wet. we are stuck where we get friday night and saturday morning rain. that is happening again but it will not be a wash out. rain will move out during the day saturday.

storm tracker six live double scan showing tonight it is dry, cloud have rolled in but rain hasn't just yet and we are live, this is live, this is earlier tonight, this is right around 6:31 when the sunnies setting. the back bays of atlantic city. good amount of cloud cover but you still seeing brightness over the horizon. really a beautiful shot as the the cloud begin to roll role in. right now philadelphia is 61 degrees. we will be lucky to even get close to that tomorrow. tomorrow temperatures will be stuck in the 50's really most of the day, allentown 56. millville 53. wilmington 59. poconos only 47 degrees and sea isle city currently 65. sat the light six with action radar showing we are seeing some clouds, streaming in, from the west. you notice they are moving very slowly. there is a stationary front low pressure developing along it near st. louis and this front will slowly be creeping toward the east, this low pressure as we head toward the weekend and this is bringing us some rain overnight friday

night into the day on saturday. future tracker showing 7:30 tomorrow morning lots of clouds especially philadelphia area to the south. lehigh valley, poconos you wake up you will see a good amount of sunshine but as we head through the day the clouds thicken and friday night i know a lot of friday night high school football game willing going on, muddy games at 8:00. you can see a good chunk, solid area of rain, heavy rain south of philadelphia, this will continue in the overnight hours on saturday, the heavier rain overnight, and then by 6:00 o'clock it is still raining but it is much lighter. heavier rain will be out of here by day break, saturday morning i necessity there are 5k races on saturday morning. lit will be damp but not drenching, by lunchtime a few lingering shower in south jersey and delaware. but northwest suburbs in philadelphia just some clouds. a as we head through the day high pressure will build in and this will bring us a return of sunshine by mid to late afternoon. starts damp and dreary and end

much brighter. future tracker showing total rainfall saturday morning we are looking at generally about an inch, parts of our region, a half inch in others. it will be a good soaking, needed rain but shouldn't cause any flooding concerns. tomorrow morning rush hour mostly cloudy, a sprinkle possible. nothing more than. that our temperatures are going no where fast, 6:00 through 8:00 only in the lower 50's, 53 degrees. exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, day planner showing cloud replaced all will day long, that rain developing in the afternoon. afternoon high, only 59 degrees. the that is well below the normal high, which is now, 69. so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, chilly raw and wet tomorrow, 59, heavier rain, friday night in the we hours of the morning on saturday. then that morning rain giving way to afternoon sunshine 62. better 2069 days this weekend definitely sunday, partly sun which a high of 63 degrees. on monday we will bump it up to 70, possibility of the

shower, surge of warm air on tuesday, 76, wednesday a front bringing us rain and 74 and temperatures back to normal on thursday with the the high of 68 degrees. the weekend will start wet but even saturday definitely in the a wash out. >> thank you cecily. chester county spca held one of of the biggest fundraisers on have the year tonight at radnor hunt. dozens showed up to the tails of the heart gala to raise money to help homeless animals. guests took part in the silent auction and watched video about the mission of the spca, organizers say thanks to fundraisers lake this one adoptions have increased by 30 percent. well, you probably heard of pop up restaurants. now within group is hosting pop up park for puppies. the park popped up at 20th and sansom outside shake shack. dogs can enjoy a few treats and make new friend as part of the design philadelphia festival. the the park will be opened

a top nfl player has a head phone headache, san

francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick says the nfl fine him ten grand for wearing his beats headphones at a press conference this sunday. he is sponsored by beats which is now owned by apple but nfl signed an exclusive deal with bows, so bands players from wearing any other brands. all right. ducis is here, flyers home opener didn't go the way they wanted. >> it did not, a lot of scoring in this one though. they had little offense in the season opener. that is not the problem tonight in the home open's begins the devils. defense is. three to nothing new jersey, in the second period, claude giroux on the power play, hopefully he gets off to a good start, and flyers down three-one. wayne simmonds, front foot in all scores twice in a minute this one on the power play, game tied at three, simmonds has an assist. four-three devils on the third, vinny lacavalier, we are tied, once again, and midway through the third period, z u thebrus, former

fly, doesn't it work out that way. his is the game winner. our jeff skversky live at wells fargo center with post game reaction, jeff? >> ducis, yet another season and, of course, yet another slow start by the flyers. they start zero and two for the the third straight year, and they have now lost three straight home openers for the first time in team history. >> it is not the start that we wanted, we have a lot of work to do, and,. >> it is slow start. and we were doing good things. >> it is in the a great feeling. we have to stay positive. and we have to win hockey games. we will get prepared for the next game. >> not only did flyers lose the game tonight but beforehand they found out they lost braydon coburn to the lower body injury. he was seen walking around on crutches before hands. they are without kimmo timonen

so both of their top two defenseman are out and for a team that has allowed six goals tonight the to the devils that is a major blow. goalie steve mason says he now needs to step up. we are live at the wells fargo center, jeff skversky for channel six "action news". >> jeff, thanks very much. still to come in sports eagles get good news on the injury front plus, we will hear what the defense feels like it needs to do to stop giants quarterback

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same old with michael kendricks the calf injury keeps him out of practice again today, linebacker looking to be a long shot the to play sunday with the giants. demeco ryans does return but he is limited due to his groin injury. it does seem like there is a i good chance he will play. defense will need all hand on deck, giants quarterback eli manning, he is getting it together and past three games he has eight touchdowns begins one pick. the the periods feel the key is to make him feel, uncomfortable. >> you make him unconfidentable, it changes all quarterbacks. but when you don't, you know, they can all get in rhythm and rely can get in the nice rhythm. >> eli a great quarterback but you put your hat on him his game changes. >> pleasure will make any quarterback change and he is in different from anybody else. >> eagles/giants sunday night. >> we will be watching, thanks ducis. it is a celebration of playing at the philadelphia history museum, museum's new exhibit showcases history of one of philadelphia's oldest

playground. smith memorial playground in fair mount park. thinks a destination for families, since 1899. how about. that it features swings, rocking chairs and other toys used by children throughout the ages. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six filled by night line, jimmy's guest are ll cool jay, and michael pena and music. "action news" continues at 4:30 a.m. with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers for traffic. for the entire "action news" team, jim gardner and all of us, i'm monica malpass, have a great night. >> ♪ "action news" is sponsored by elkins chevrolet south jersey's premiere chevy dealership featuring the silverado. visit route 37 in pennsylvania silverado. visit route 37 in pennsylvania marlton or

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