was taken, that is next we have developing news tonight, in the fight beginse bowl, a second case of the deadly disease has been diagnosed, in the u.s., amid growing concerns.

all day long, from massachusetts to los angeles health officials have been mobilizing taking a closer look at anyone who might be affected. sunday night i'm walter per helps. big story is new concerns overe bowl at in u.s. health official this is morning diagnosed a second case of ebola in texas. within hours the news sparked several scars. massachusetts a patient has been isolated, and los angeles a plane was taken to a remote area of lax after a passenger became ill. that second case of ebola has been diagnosis in the nurse in texas who cared for thomas eric duncan before his death. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live from the satellite center with the very latest developments, kenneth. >> reporter: walter, it has been a busy night in dallas as health officials worked to contain a virus and investigate how a nurse who was wearing full protective gear on while dealing with the ebola patient still managed to get the virus. the ebola scare in one of the largest cities in this country. in dallas they are taking all precautions after a nurse at

texas health presbyterian hospital contracted the deadly virus. her neighbors put on notice by the health department. >> definitely scary being in dallas but then, it was great right here. >> reporter: twenty something year-old nurse was treating thomas eric duncan who died last week from the virus. hospital says she was wearing full protective gear, face mask, two layers of gloves, shoe covers, and leg covers, while duncan was in quarantine. cdc says there was a clear breach of safety protocol and all those who treated duncan are now considered potentially exposed which led to this dire statement. >> unfortunately, it is possible, in the coming days, that we will see a additional case of ebola. this is because, the health care workers who cared for this individual may have had, a breach have of the the same nature. >> reporter: right now 48 people came in contact with duncan prequarantined are in isolation. one person who had contact with the nurse had also been isolated.

tonight in fact health care workers apartment complex in dallas cleaning crews were d-con man nateing her home. same team that took care of duncan's apartment. >> we won't do anything different. we think last time we went out, we were successful in cleaning it up. >> reporter: here at home hospitals are staying on top of their protocols making sure that their staff are educated. earlier this month medical officials at thomas jefferson university hospital showed our registered nurse and health reporter allie gorman the safeguards in place. president obama received a phone briefing in the oval office today, meanwhile, texas health officials say that the nearly 50 people who have contact with duncan and this nurse, they told us tonight, that they have not had any ebola symptoms. reporting live from the satellite center, kenneth moton for channel six "action news", walter. >> thanks, kenneth. american journalist being treated for ebola is said to be steadily heading in the right direction. the journalist is hospitalized, in nebraska, where he is being treated with an experimental drug.

the doctors say he remains weak but they are pleased with his progress. the three three-year old became infect working as a freelance photographer in liberia. we will continue to bring you updates about this new ebola patient on six abc to the come and you can find five important facts about the spread of this potentially deadly virus as well as new screening measures underway at several major airports. stay with six abc and abc news for continuing coverage of the ebola out break, the "action news" morning team will have the very latest starting at 4:30 tomorrow morning, followed by good morning america. new tonight investigators are looking for the would the man who robbed a veteran in his wheelchair outside of link an financial field, the man says, it was his prosthetic leg stolen. "action news" reporter john rawlins spoke with the victim and he is live from south philadelphia with the latest, john. >> reporter: hi walter, it is an odd story to say the least. there is a police report, south detectives will be investigating this happened to a gentlemen by the name of

sonny forest junior. he was an entertainer. he was with harold melvin and blue notes. he is a fixture in the sports complex and take a listen, here's why. >> ♪ >> sonny forest, junior was singing earlier this evening as he often does right around game time when he says a woman accidentally broke his microphone. >> ♪ >> reporter: the woman apologized he said not to worry. now, forest has a prosthetic leg which can be uncomfortable because he often takes a it off and puts it on the back of his wheelchair. meanwhile tonight would the man continued to apologize, when events, took a turn. >> she say i pay you for it. i said that is all right just go ahead and have a good time. she difficulties a period. some of the other people seen her running. she snatched my leg. >> reporter: she took your prosthetic leg.

>> yes, a ran. >> reporter: well, walter you cannot make this stuff up. police are investigating as we said. mr. forest says woman appeared to be a white female in her 20's. he thought somewhere between 24 and 26, and at this point, wow like to have his leg back because as he said he is not ambulatory. live outside the link, john rawlins for channel six "action news". >> thanks, john. man from atlantic city just released from prison has been arrested for allegedly killing his own mother. investigators believe 46 year-old steven pratt beat his mother to death. 911 call led police to the home they shared on mckenly avenue where they found gwynn lynn pratt's body this morning. steven property is now being held on one million-dollar cash bail and he was released from state prison on friday after serving 30 years for a murder back in 1984. well, police on penn state's campus are trying to determine if the campus shooting threat posted on social media is credible. officers planned to station officers at happy valley social life center known as

the hub tomorrow. the space was mentioned in a threat on yik yak posted 10:30 last night. up investigators are still working to determine where the threat came from and who is responsible. the philadelphia archdiocese has announced another round of churches up for possible merger. an e-mail sent out today announce that had 14 parishes are being reviewed, they include six in montgomery county, three in delaware county and five in philadelphia county. all of those churches are located in port richmond. membership numbers and economic stability of the parish are the primary factors. final decisions will be announced sometime next year. hundreds of people came out to an anti bullying vigil tonight in the central new jersey town rocked by a hazing scandal. those who took part in the vigil showed up to rally across from the high school where this years football season was canceled, after those allegations emerge. seven football players from sayreville high school were arrested on sex crime charges after prosecutors say that they brutalized several young players.

tonight's event was designed to promote unity and healing within the community. a crisp fall night out there to cap off a chilly weekend but temperatures are about to take a turn for toasty. meteorologist melissa magee is live with the first check of the accu weather forecast, hi there melissa. >> it was definitely cooler then normal today but the the good news is temperatures are a good four to 5 degrees above where they were this same time 24 hours ago. as lou at the numbers across the region, philadelphia 57. poconos 44. allentown and lehigh valley 46. sea isle city coming in at 61 degrees. here's satellite six with action radar. we have a partly cloudy sky for philadelphia, most locations, are pretty clear, north and east of that 95 corridor but looking off to the south and west and is there a fair amount of cloud cover overhead. where we have clouds, we also have some warmth today. high in the city, 64. you look off to the south atlanta had a high of 85 today. seventy-seven for a high in memphis, tennessee and this moisture will be working its

way across the the way and warmth working its way to the the north and east for the week ahead. we will talk about what ace head, the clouds will continue to roll role in tonight and we will get warmer, but that warmth will come at a price. it turns unsettled this week, as we are tracking the threat of some showers, and heavy rain, i'll outline details with the full and exclusive accu weather forecast, walter. >> a 19 year-old girl was killed and his friends, i'm sorry, a 19 year-old was killed and friend was injured when an allege drunk driver hit them walk ago long a road in wilmington. it happen just after 1:00 at intersection of milk town road and heritage town drive. investigators say young man were with a group of friend walking on the shoulder when they were struck by five five-year old robert hickson. steven, who lives in avondale was pronounced dead at the scene. hickson was arrested. mysterious discovery in the schuylkill river this morning, a car, abandon in the water, you see it right there investigators arrived to find this vehicle bobbing near mlk drive there was no one inside,

no signs of an accident and no indication that anyone was injured. tonight they are trying to find the owner, and piece together exactly what happened. and in cumberland county a one car crash, ended with three people injured overnight. it happened, in fairfield township at about 3:00 a.m. when a driver lost control of his vehicle on commerce drive. the vehicle slammed into a new jersey transit bus shelter, and then into a tree, all three people in the car were ejected, two are in critical condition. much more to come on "action news" tonight, it has happened again, a bounce house tossed by the win. this time two small children are seriously injured. why investigators say this should have never happened. plus questions of security, after a man sneaks into a new york subway tunnel armed with smoke bombs. eagles are pounding the giants at the link, jeff skversky has updates in sports when "action news" comes right back.

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a teenager is dead and 22 other people are hurt following a halloween hey ride accident, up in maine. it happened last night in machine being falls. investigators say hey ride was going down a steep hill when it crashed, everyone inside was thrown out of the trailer and on to the ground some were tossed in some is trees. girl who was killed was a high school student who was out having fun with some of her classmates. once again, a bounce house went airborne injuring children this time in new hampshire. crash injured two toddlers at

a farm in mantua. toy had been inflate todd dry out and was not operational. children crawled inside though and a wind gusts sent them flying. fire officials believe it traveled 50 to 60 feet. when bounce house hit the ground a two and three-year old boys were trapped inside. two-year old is in critical condition, the other boy is expected to be okay. authorities in new york city are trying to find this guy, right here, he climbed up out of the subway grates and lobbed two smoke bombs into a restaurant. he then disappeared right back where he came from. nobody was injured but it is raising big security questions within the big apple's transit system. so far no motives or suspects in this case. u.s. military is insisting that baghdad is safe, from isis fighters despite a recent close call. militants came within 15 miles of baghdad airport and poised to over run iraqi forces, but, they were stopped by u.s. attack helicopters during a battle. meantime u.s. and coalition forces continue to drop bombs on extremist, in iraq and

syria today. mission included nine overnight air strikes on isis target near key syria border town of cabani. in just hours oscar pistorius could find out if he is heading to prison. man known as the blade runner will return to the south african courtroom tomorrow for the first time since being convicted of culpable homicide, last month. last month judge there found pistorius not guilty of reeva steenkamp's murder but instead found guilty of equivalent in america of manslaughter. he could get a suspended sentence to a fine, or 15 years in prison. and two different u.s. airway flights bound for charlotte north carolina had to make emergency land this is weekend. oxygen masks dropped down in the plane there outside of new york yesterday stunning passengers. pilots detected a pressure says problem and suddenly descended more than 20,000 feet. passenger danny lipbird took out his cell phone and captured the scene. >> so all of a sudden every

single oxygen mask dropped down right in front of everybody and amazingly calm, you would think people would start acting up a little bit but everybody did what they always tell to you do, every time you get on the flight. >> and then 45 minutes later another regional flight was forced to land, and that time because of a hydraulics issue. coming up tomorrow morning on "action news" attention target shoppers, here's nydia han with a preview of her consume are. >> reporter: report target sells dozens of its own store brand products and claims they will save you money while still offering good quality. do they live up to those claims? the experts say consumer reports have tested dozens of products and just released a list of what to buy and what to pass on at the popular discount train. see if the store brand products you buy are on the list, that is coming up tomorrow morning for channel six "action news". i'll see you then. along with nydia's report "action news" morning team will have very latest weather and traffic starting at 4:30 tomorrow morning. we will be right back.

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>> yes. . the warm is for real. >> yes. >> but the the rain is coming too. i'll explain. storm tracker six live. >> yes. >> radar, it is dry right now. no rain to tell but but as we progress through this week, we do have a threat of some showers, not just one day, but several opportunities for wet weather along the way. we will show you picture outside action cam outside earlier tonight, we are giving you a nice shot of logan square. you can see fountains and well in the distance we have city hall, partly cloudy sky, overhead, currently, but those clouds will roll in from the southwest to northeast direction. check out current numbers outside after a high today in philadelphia of 64. only 57 right now. poconos 44. reading is 54. lancaster in the middle 50's. trenton 48. beach haven upper 50's. a same thing in dover coming in at 57. here's satellite six with "action news" radar. you can see the mid-atlantic region up to new england we have a partly cloudy sky.

but looking to the south and west of philadelphia, right here through areas in the valley we are tracking clouds and precipitation. we will widen out the picture. what we are watching is that frontal boundary that dipped to the south of our region just yesterday where in philadelphia we pick up, about a half inch of rainfall. that front just goes to the south but you tomorrow, it moves back northward as a warm front, now we will focus your attention down across areas in the four corners and nation's heart land. there will be a storm system, area have of low pressure from the southern plains. track to the north, in the middle half of our workweek. we will have a better shot of precipitation. we will time things out, future tracker six showing you monday at 6:00 in the morning, mostly cloudy start to the day for that commute tomorrow morning, and there is the opportunity of a stray shower as the day wears on. same thing hold true into tuesday, allow for more precipitation, just light showers, around and anytime you are dealing with a warm front overhead. i think that more myths then

hits across the region until we get into wednesday, late wednesday into thursday, better shot of finding wet weather. taking you town to the tropics, things are getting more activity. keeping you updated on hurricane fey, this is moving well away from bermuda to the east/north east racing at 25 miles an hour. so this will be extra tropical, by monday, and now down to just to the east of the lesser antilles, tropical storm gonzales, wind sustained at 45 miles an hour. this will more than likely strength men to a hurricane as it continues its west northwesterly jog as we get into the workweek ahead. we will keep you posted with the tropics. morning rush forecast mostly cloudy, spotty showers around, 6:00 a.m. 56. fifty-seven is the number at 7:00 in the morning. fifty-seven at 8:00 o'clock in the morning. the here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, conditions are getting better as far as the temperatures are concerned. 68 degrees tomorrow. the this is spotty shower around for columbus day. on tuesday, we will warm up to

77 degrees work just a stray shower around. on wednesday, 77. the problem mid week, however we are track ago this area of low pressure that moves through. steady rain is likely late in the day. the timing is going to be key on thursday, and so it looks like that rain will linger for first half of the day, high temperature of 7o lower 70's in the wake of the activity on friday and into next week even f there are any changes in the track or any changes with the timing, meteorologist david murphy will have very latest tomorrow morning on six abc. >> thanks, melissa. dogs of all shapes and sizees were looking to make a love connection today in king of prussia this guy manned the pit bull kissing booth. two dozen shelters teamed up in the sprout fess. upper merion township building served as a one stop shop for adopting a new member of the family. even if anyone here went home empty handed they had a chance to ask a few questions and learn more about rescue animals. up next tonight, eagles are giving a pounding to the the giants at the link. jeff is up next with updates that you need to

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time for a check of sports jeff skversky is here and eagles put on a tour of force against giants tonight. >> they are on their way going to five-one on the season being tied atop nfc east or first place. not enclose. eagles had a cartoon version of giants quarterback eli manning crying on the web site this week because supposedly he was so scared to play at the link, where tonight, the real thing, the really lie, looks just as scared tonight. eagles sacked him six times, take a look at this score, yeah, it is correct, 27 to nothing, eagles, late in the fourth quarter, and minutes ago, lesean mccoy a 149 yards rushing, that is a season high. eagles defense trying to pitch their first shut out since 1996 which, by the the way was also, against the new york giants. so the eagles needing a win in a big way tonight, to stay in

first place. the that is because the dallas cowboys did the improbable tonight on the road against the the defending super bowl champs. first place cowboys keeping pace in the nfc east and fighting for that top spot against seattle, defending champions, down three, under five to go, ridiculous play, tony romo on third down, to terence williams. what a catch. plays later dimarco murray 15 yards score, and dallas beats seattle 30-23. boys are five-one. tied for the best record in the nfl. eagles will be right there in about 58 seconds. all right. desean jackson starting to getting down in d.c. redskins receiver, 64-yard touchdown begins air zone, jackson has three touchdowns this season. they are all, 16 yards or longer. but there is no i in team. it is not enough. washington lose toes arizona 30-20 the skins, one-five. they have lost 13 of 14 games and we are right back with more sports.

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