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>> good morning, 5 a.m., friday, october 10 o here is what is happening. >> plenty of clouds and few sprinkles accuweather is tracking steadier rain later today. >> a montgomery county jury finds a man guilty of killing a 10-month-old baby and grand mother the penalty could be death. >> a fast food chain is latest to lose customer credit card information to hackers. >> but first up let's find out
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what is going on with accuweather. david murphy is busy getting a hold of what will happen with rain coming in. and karen rogers is taking a look at traffic. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, everybody, we're start out with clouds to the south of us in association with a cold front moving in from the west. you can seat cloud cover above it and sprinkles and showers out to the west are moving towards the east. we're starting out with some clear skies especially from philadelphia north. these clouds are going to generally over take us during the morning and eventually see drizzle and light sprinkle or shower out of the system as it gets closer to us. 55 in philadelphia, 52 wilmington and 47 7 allentown and 59 in sea isle city. as we go out the door, 52 by 6 and 53 by 8 pbg, partly cloudy skies and clouds thickening as the morning goes on. staying cooler today too 59 by
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noon. 6 by 3:00 and 58 by 6. your high is that 6 and there's a chance of sprinkles and some showers building in as we go later into the afternoon and tonight. karen will this affect the weekend and i'll have details coming up in the accuweather 7-day. >> if you head to the tacony palmyra bridge traffic stopped for a bridge opening. head tote betsy ross instead. looking at the big picture overall no big problems or accidents blue route, schuylkill or i-95 in good shape right now. past the vine. the overnight construction is clear. traffic moving fine. all lanes open. no delays between south philadelphia and king of prussia. looking good. brooklawn we had construction here. it's reopened. 130 northbound closed here at 47 for most of the weekend. but the construction is clear. so if you head out there early today are you doing all right. let's check one more thing in new jersey franklin township,
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gloucester county, ramp 55 northbound to route 40 closed. this construction going to be throughout for about another hour. watch for that, tam. >> thank you so much. karen. going on now new this morning the search is on for gunman that robbed a wawa store in northeast philadelphia overnight. this just in. happened 800 block cottman avenue 3:00 the robber stole 1,000 and fled on foot. robber had a black sheet covering his face and was holding a silver hand gun the clerk was not hurt. sthpsing phase continues this morning in rag ubeyondmury trial. he faces a possible death sentence. here's "action news" reporter dann cuellar. i think it's fair to say he was stunned. he thought that she was going to have a different verdict. >> he showed no emotion as the guilty verdictists were read. the 28-year-old information technology worker that came to
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u.s. on work visa from india cause convicted after killing a woman and her granddaughter in their king of prussia apartment. we have gotten one step closer in the closure of this for the venna family. it's been a long struggle for them, two years. >> prosecutors argued that he plotted to kidnap the baby for ran some to feed a gambling habit spiraling out of control and things went wrong and he later confessed to the killings. he argued during testimony the confession was coerced and he tried to blame two strangers. his standby lawyers believe he made a terrible mistake representing himself. >> absolutely. as a lawyer i would have representing him i would have went in different direction and hopefully would have come to at least save his life. >> during the penalty phase of the trial the defense presented
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his mother who traveled here from india. she testified her child was traumatized by loss of his police officer father to terrorists back in the 40e78 land. she begged the jury to spare her son's life. >> it helps to paint the picture ever a troubled boy who went through a whole lot and it 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 defendant for venna's mother to beg for his life. now the defendant's mother was put on the stand first taken out of order because her visa expires today and she has to return to india. the penalty phase of the trial will resume later this morning at 10:0 at the montgomery county courthouse i'm dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> five major u.s. airports will screen passengers arriving from west africa this weekendch the special action will be to see if travelers have ebola symptoms.
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jfk starts screening tomorrow. the internationalest to stop the deadly disease is intensifying. six military teams with medical equipment arrived in liberia. hundreds of other american shoulders are undergoing infectious disease training in u.s. as he fly to the ebola hot zone. >> i was concerned about my health. not really this one i'm concerned about my health. what kind of disease can i get. >> eight doctors and nurses are in spain are in isolation after treating workers there and one tested positive for the disease. the world must act together to stop the spread of ebola and warns we could face a health crisis as big as the first outbreak of aids. >> a passenger joking about ebola on board a u.s. airways flight from philadelphia to the dominican turned into full hazmat situation. we'll have more on the plane
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scare coming up in the next half hour. you can find updated information about the ebola outbreak as it happens on 6abc.com and 6abc news app and plus learn more about the ebola virus, symptoms and how it spreads. it's 5:07 and happening today atlantic city main casino union will meet with trump entertainment to associate. local 54 of unit here offer pension contributions to stave off bankruptcy the contribution came one day after -- trump and team are threatening to close taj mahal november 13 unless major concession from union and massive tax breaks from county and state and union government. >> operation of teachers will hold a rally outside john b. kelly in german school out of allentown. they're testing school reform commission monday to cancel union contract and impose healthcare benefit changes and the district says the change will save 50 million dollars and
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teacher's union is fighting move in court. >> breaking news right now. the pakistani woman who was shot over her efforts to reform education and women's right in her country has woman the noble peace prize. we're gathering video and will get you details in a few sgloments all of 17 and now most famous teen aimer in the world and now she will be. >> i wonder if she's one of the youngest. >> stormtracker 6 double scan shows you dry so far as we look outside. clouds will build as the morning goes on. early on we could see some sunshine and parts of the region. there's adventure aquarium in camden new jersey and everything is tank ill since the winds died down. temperatures cool. 55 in philadelphia, 52 wilmington, 47 allentown i added always on 7 day for this portion of your sdmrooen hd. 59a aisle city and 55 dover and 52 wilmington. future tracker 6 shows you
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clouds will gather from south to north as we go through the morning so by lunchtime most of us will be under pretty good sleet of clouds. there could be drizzle mixed in as well. future tracker holding offer any showers until later in the day and this evening. i'll allow for a little bit of sprinkle or shower to develop really any time after lunchtime as we go through the afternoon. daytime stuff shoulding light though. we go later into the evening and there's a chance of bit more of this building in and steadier stuff will be down south. but can't totally guarantee we don't get something steadier up through philadelphia into the northern suburbs as well later this evening. up in allentown. mostly cloudy, late drizzle possible, 6 1st forecast high there. and down the shore, we're looking at drizzle and rain building in as the day goes on and mostly cloudy otherwise high of 65. milder down south. 6 is the high in philadelphia with increasing clouds as the morning goes on and some drizzle or rain can't be ruled out at times and particularly this afternoon and especially later on tonight.
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and as we roll through the day. 53 by 8:00, 58 by 11 and we'll be in the low 60s for a couple of hours this afternoon high of 62 striking at about 3:00. and future tracker 6 picksp a story overnight tonight and into saturday morning. this is 4:00 in the morning you can see the rain has intensified a bit and moved further not north. ot times early saturday morning we see steadier rain build through we hope it tapers off during the morning hours by 9 or 10:00 in a good portion of portion of the region. it's enough to make roads wet. we head in through the weekend and the things do improve. saturday afternoon looks better. sunday looks dry and sunday night dry for the eagles. sweat shirts appropriate as we are going to be in the 50s for the eagles game this weekend. your 7 day forecast, 6. cloudy and damp today and improvement quickly on saturday. 62 degrees is the high with rain tapering off in the morning. sun giving way to clouds on sunday.
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we stay dry. high of 63. then we're in the 7 0s. monday, tuesday, wednesday each of those days could feature a shower. okay? >> all right. thank you, david. we want to go back to breaking news we talked about. two people have been named as winning this year's noble peace prize and very special this year the focus seems to be on children's rights advocates. first one name you probably do know well that would be malalasaai shot for the work she did in 2012 trying to add indicate for equal gender equality for women and a new name many may not know an adult in india that spent his life focusing on childhood rights and education for the children. if you know about india there's a great deal of poverty and a lot of children there lack access to a number of things. healthcare, education. he spent his life focusing on that. we'll continue to cover this and
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bring you details as they come out. >> time 5:11 we have more news you didn't see last night. a missing hiker found after spending several days stranded in willederness. hear what she had to do to survive. >> one of the strongest storms seen on earth sets sights on nation recovering from typhoon earlier this week karen. >> we're live in southwest philadelphia checking out platt bridge. clear and dry for now. we'll take you to chester county when "action news" comes right we'll take you to chester county when "action news" comes right back automotive innovation starts... right here. with a control pad that can read your handwriting, a wide-screen multimedia center, and a head-up display for enhanced driver focus. all inside a newly redesigned cabin of unrivaled style and comfort.
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>> good morning, everyone, 5:14 a live look at philadelphia international airport. remember screenings for ebola symptoms begin at jfk airport
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tomorrow particularly for passengers coming in from west africa four other airports begin screenings later this weekend. >> let's head to karen rogers to look at things if are you coming in from the suburbs. >> sometimes it takes long to gets up and going from the suburbs to the city. we're starting with suburban traffic report liver 202 approaching 401 chester county through ongoing work zone here. traffic moving nicely with no problem. that's southbound traffic to exton southbound chester brook overnight construction there. heads clear. we have a ramp morning to talk about. ramp 401 to 202 southbound closed 8:00 tonight to 10 a.m. tomorrow. watch for that one. in the meantime 202 at 401 here looking good. we have construction here blocking left lane. it should be clear soon on the northeast extension and that's between quakertown and lansdale in both directions there and hopping to new jersey bellmar, camden county, 295 between 42
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and 168 construction blocking two lanes and that's for another 45 minutes or so. you'll be dealing with that one at this early hour. time for suburb urban traffic report. your commuter traffic report which you can get part of when you download the free waze app i have in the ipod. radnor and haverford and darby ardmore, lancaster avenue, old gulph road all looking good. no reports of problems out there. dry, too. david has been talking about showers that we're going to get. a bit of rain at times today from late morning on. you can see we're dry currently with clouds starting to move in. i think the rain will be heavy late tonight and into the overnight hours. tam. >> thank you, karen. >> new this morning a washington woman is recovering after surviving several days in the willederness with little food and water. rescue crews found paula rooter 6 miles from where she parked her car. a helicopter hoisted her and two dogs to safety. the 21-year-old
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went hiking and was heard from last monday and reported missing tuesday she survived ordeal by eating mushrooms and building fire. >> the home-opener found little scoring and captain claude giroux scored and wayne simmons scored two goals in less than a point in tie it up midway through the third flyers ended up lose, and fell in the season. >> birds are hoping demeco ryan can play sunday against the giants. eagles defense needs all the help they can get. eli manning has thrown eight touchdowns in three games. >> join mike quick and eagles sports team sunday morning 11:30 an 6abc. >> we're following another data breach involving ice cream and
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towards japan. nasa astronaut reed wiseman took this from the international space station. this is strongest seen on earth since a hurricane hit the philippines. >> those images are fascinatesing aren't they? >> great eye in the storm. >> right. so strong. let's look now at traffic. we had a water main break causing a problem here yesterday. it's been patched and all lanes open route 100 township line road upper yuk lynn and earlier i told you traffic was stopped for a bridge opening and it's dark. you can seat traffic moving along long. it's backed down now. looking good on the tacony and mass transit on time for your friday, david. >> all right on the big board, karen, we have kids dressed in sweat shirts. temperatures in the 50s across the region and this afternoon a jacket i don't know rain gear is
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necessary. definitely in all parts of the region. there's a possibility of drizzle and maybe a couple showers building in during the afternoon. and steadier rain probably tonight. as we look at the bus stop and l station 55 by 9, 59 by noon. notice clouds get thicker and during the afternoon high of 6 at 3:00 and chance for sprinkle or shower developing and as we get later and later into the afternoon and evening. down at the airport, no big delays on the big board. and no rain reported anywhere in our most heavily traveled destinations right now, tam. >> thank you, david, going to health check a new study suggests grate fruit juice may be de helping you lose weight. mice who drink grapefruit juice gain less west. and improved levels and insulin. researchers says their study was not influenced by outside
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>> thirteen age daughter was september home from school. emily schaffer is senior brandywine high school in wilmington and wore this shirt over a pair of leggings, the school said her outfit violeted dress code because lower half was not properly covered. the code is not being fairly assessed at the schoolch the school claims it's simply trying to teach young ladies and men how to dress appropriately. >> in the "morning buzz" there's a famous saying you should do something every day once a day that scares you. nick welinda of famous flying welindas the, he is going to take on chicago. he is going to walk between two sky scrapers hundreds of feet in the air no net and then second
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walk he'll be blindfolded between the towers. >> blah. that's the scare of the day. >> a crash leaves vehicles crumpled in a philadelphia neighborhood overnight. >> and hundreds of protesters take to the street outraged over another deadly police-involved shooti
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>> the noble prize committee just announced the prize and she is the young nest history. >> and stormtracker 6 double scan radar gassed and ready to track a wet start to the weekend.ar gassed and ready to luckily, accuweather says it will not be a washout. >> good morning, 5:30, friday, october 10 we'll get more details in the accuweather and go to david murray and karen rogers is looking at weather.
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>> we may see sunshine this morning. satellite shows you there's cloud cover building south and west of us. and any sun early is going to be over taken by cloud cover eventually we'll be on the lookout for drizzle and some showers coming in from the west as well. temperatures starting out on the cool side. 55 degrees in philadelphia. still in the 40s in allentown and reading and these are similar numbers as to what we've seen in the last couple mornings. 48 millville. one difference not as much wind as there was the last couple mornings. look like 52 by 6, 53 by 8. partly cloudy and cool and winds increasing as we go through the morning. as we head out day, 55 right now with clear skies in philadelphia. but clouds will build quickly. by 8:00, 53, 59 by noon and by 6:00, 58. don't forgot put the stormtracker 6 app on the smart phone to keep an ion the weather.

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