>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morning, everyone, it's 5 o'clock on this tuesday, october 14th and here's what's happening. >> fog could make a slow morning commute across the delaware and lehigh valleys. >> gunfire erupts in separate shootings overnight leaving one person dead and two others wounded. >> a driver takes a bus full of school children on a terrifying ride swerving all over the highway. >> david and karen are checking out to see if there is any fog out there right now. let's go to them. good morning. >> well, there certainly is some cloud cover upstairs. as you take a look at satellite you can see plenty of cloud cover extending back into central pennsylvania. if you're farther south

through the state of delaware, maybe cape may county you have a chance of seeing early sunshine. fog mainly up in the northern and western suburbs. we're not seeing a whole lot just yet. it's something that could gradually develop over the next hour or so. 66 degrees in philadelphia, same that allentown, milder out in reading and same thing out in lancaster, 68 degrees in reading right now, 63 trenton, 65 in wilmington and 67-degree readings down along our boardwalks in south jersey as you head outside to catch that school bus this morning, well, looks like 65 by 6 o'clock, 66 by 8 o'clock. could be a little fog around. be careful of that if you're driving especially with kids walking to their buses. grab had that smartphone. storm tracker 6 app showing 66 degrees. 76 by plan to. 3 o'clock we get a temperature of 78. that's going to be your high did today and then 75 degrees by 6 o'clock. tomorrow it gets warm and more

humid. karen it will feel like summer and we'll be on the lookout for summer-like gusty thunderstorms in the afternoon. i'll have more on future tracker 6 on that. >> all right, days, let's hit the traffic. looking live at the ben franklin bridge we have construction blocking two lanes westbound at this point but we expect one more to open before the morning commute really kicks in. moving okay so far on the ben and you can see no real issue with fog here. things are looking pretty good. on the big picture we have construction on the boulevard northbound and southbound so southbound, we've got it blocking the inner drive and northbound near ryan construction blocks the left lane so watch for crews out there at this point. looking back live on 422, at trooper that's your eastbound traffic as you head towards king of prussia. light volume. the overnight construction here is clear. coming in from pottstown or limerick you're looking good so far this morning on 422. we'll take one more look, a little fly here in burlington county of the new jersey turnpike southbound starting near exit four. remember, we had a lot of the turnpike, nearly 35 miles shut

down yesterday. for now we're looking good with all lanes opened so no problems there, tam. >> okay, thank you karen. details on two separate shootings in philadelphia and one of them is now a homicide investigation. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live for us now outside of police headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam. three people shot in two separate incidents, one victim has died. detectives here at homicide and elsewhere across the city are interviewing witnesses and trying to determine the motive in these cases. three people shot in two separate shootings in a matter of hours in philadelphia last night. just before 9 o'clock, police were called out to castor's finest barber shop on the 7100 block of castor avenue in northeast philadelphia. the 33-year-old owner was on the floor behind the counter shot four times. the store had already closed up for the night when the shots were fired. he was taken to the hospital in critical condition but is expected to survive.

he told police there were two men wearing hoodies involved. investigators have located nearby surveillance cameras. >> hopefully these cameras recorded our shooters either coming to or leaving from the scene. >> reporter: then just after 11:30 in north philadelphia, at least 32 shots were fired from two separate weapons. shell casings were scattered across the 2100 block of uber street. a 24 year old man was hit multiple time. he was soon pronounced dead. a 46 year old woman was hit once in the leg. she was taken to the hospital in stable condition. >> the shell casings were some within inches, some within feet of where these two victims were shot which is an indication that these victims were shot from point blank range. >> reporter: both live at that address in two separate apartments and had been sitting our on the front steps. police believe he was the intended target. >> there's a possibility that this 46-year-old female was an innocent victim who happens to be with this 24-year-old

homicide victim when the shooting took place. >> reporter: in that last case in north philadelphia, police say two men in dark hooded sweatshirts fled to the 2100 block of 19th street. that's where they got into a dark colored vehicle and drove away. call police with any tips. we're live at police headquarters, katherine scott, channel6 "action news". >> thanks, katherine. breaking right now a german hospital says a member of the united nations medical team has died from the ebola virus. the victim was infected in liberia west africa and died in a german hospital despite intensive medical procedures. the dallas nurse who was diagnosed with ebola is getting help from another doctor who beat the disease. nina pham has received a blood transfusion from dr. kent brantly an ebola survivor. pham treated thomas eric duncan who died of ebola. erin o'hearn will take a closer look at hospital precautions for ebola, plus bring us more breaking

information on that other ebola death outside of africa coming up in our next half hour. 6abc is hosting a phone bank to raise funds for the fight against ebola. members of the red cross and the local liberian community will be on hand to take your donations. call (877)940-6222 between 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and i tweeted out this information in case you missed it. >> it is 5:06. happening today the penalty phase of raghunandan yandamuriian's murder trial. he could face the death penalty or serve life behind bars. a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the deaths of 10 month old saanvi venna and her grandmother. a new deal will keep septa train engineers from striking on the regional rail lines. the tentative five year contract includes a pay increase of more than 13 percent, their first raise since 2010. about 200 employees are covered under this agreement. it still needs to be ratified by septa's board and the brotherhood of local engineers

and train men. >> so, david, we're not seeing much fog right now. could that change? >> yeah, it could over the next half hour or hour. i think north and western suburbs are the best chance of seeing that but slow down if you happen to encounter some fog. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are dry precipitation -wise. storm tricksier trying to track that fog for you. anywhere you see the yellow and orange that's where we're beginning to see a little bit of it form. for now it's on the northern and western fringes of our neck of the woods. we have the airport at sky 6 no fog showing up here really, maybe just a little bit of mist in the lights there and temperatures are treating us well to start out. 66 degrees in philadelphia, in wilmington 65. allentown 66. trenton 63 degrees and 67s down at the shore. i brought in an always on day planner for you so you can look ahead and see how the day is going to unfold. we're starting out with some cloud cover, maybe some fog in the northern and western suburbs later on. does look like we're a little bit clearer down in delaware and maybe the southern tip of

south jersey so you have a little better chance of sun coming up nice and bright early this morning. in allentown today a high of 76 degrees. it is going to be warm and that is the big story today. clouds and sun, breezy later on up in allentown and down the shore not too shabby, 76 degrees, partly cloudy and breezy there as well. in philadelphia, we're going to go for a high of 78 this afternoon. partly cloudy to partly sunny skies. breezy conditions and we've got winds out of the south at 10 to 20 building in a little bit stronger as we go through the day. 66 degrees by 8 o'clock. that's pretty comfortable but by 11:00 we get all the way up to 75 and we're going to be in the upper 70's throughout the afternoon with that 78-degree high probably hitting around 3 o'clock today. a mix of clouds and sun overall. then on wednesday, a front comes in from the west. we get a little bit warmer. some spots might actually hit 80 on wednesday. but the clouds will get thicker as the day goes on and late in the day we are looking at some rain and some thunderstorms arriving. 10 o'clock in the morning it looks like they will possibly

be out in lancaster getting close to reading. most of this holds off until the afternoon hours. by 2 o'clock future tracker 6 is showing the potential for heavy downpours and perhaps a couple gusty thunderstorms as we head late into the afternoon and evening. you can see in lancaster there's some heavy stuff coming through and even by 10, 11 o'clock at night when cecily and adam are beginning their nighttime coverage of all of this on storm tracker 6 live we may still have some rumbles of thunder out there. your exclusive accuweather 7-day very warm today, 78 a mix of clouds and sun. a flies one if you miss summer 'cause it's going to kind of be back for a few hours this afternoon and then tomorrow warm and humid, 79 degrees for a high and the threat of thunderstorms in the afternoon. thursday there could be some rain left over very early. we may have some to track for you on the early part of our broadcast here on 6abc. but it does look like we dry out fairly quickly in the morning and then in the afternoon it's fairly cloudy but drier with a high of 72. saturday and sunday and monday you see how temperatures dip

back to the 60's on sunday but it's still very nice. >> yeah, great. thank you, david. time right now is 5:09 an bus filled with children barrels down a highway out west. you will hear the frantic calls for help next. >> burglars strike two delaware communities and police reveal how the suspects trick residents in order to make their way inside their homes. karen. >> we're live in malvern chester county looking at 202 approaching 29. the overnight construction here is clear. we'll check some of your other highways coming up next. >> and new jersey is serving up some surprising suggestions to bear hunters. we'll explain that a little bit later in the morning buzz. >> ♪ that's why we make like any ocean spray 100% juice.ice. it has plenty of natural goodness,

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>> ♪ >> 5:12. taking a live look at atlantic city and by the way, early on, taking a live look at atlantic we were like oh look the ferris wheel is still lit up. that's the way it is every morning, okay. [laughter] >> they do that all the time because they know we take this picture and they want ac to look pretty and it does. >> that does look pretty. let's hope your commute is pretty. let's go to karen rogers and find out the latest. good morning. >> with it so dark outside you can see it looking good. suburban traffic report time. let's head outside and show you what these roads look like. we're going live here. this is route 1 at pennsylvania avenue. damp but no other problems as we look live. that's southbound traffic over there not seeing too many cars southbound headed towards langhorne and looking pretty good at this hour. no big problems there. let's go to the maps much we've got a new issue in hatboro, byberry road a disabled vehicle between penn street and new street so watch for that disabled vehicle on the roadway. also on the turnpike near willow grove construction blocking the left lane and the center lane, the eastbound

construction is cleared but the westbound construction still out there this hour. so, look for a couple lanes blocked. in west chester over here marshall will close between high street and montgomery avenue from 9:00 until 3:00 until december 5th. stick to biddle road as your alternate while they do construction. time for your commuter traffic report which you can be a part of when you download the free waze app. looking in tredyffrin and found someone talking about church road bridge still closed for construction. we've been talk -- on the lookout for fog and seeing 10-mile visibility at philadelphia international airport which is no problem but a half mile visibility in mount pocono so only in a couple spots. 2-mile visibility in reading so just a little bit noticeable but nothing affecting your morning commute at this point, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. take a look at this newly released video of a coast guard rescue near galveston texas. the sailboat ran aground yesterday. a helicopter crew hoisted two men off the rocks and then their boat sank completely about an hour later. one of the men was treater for minor injuries but both men are expected to be okay.

and listen to this. look at it. a swerving school bus created quite a scare on a utah highway yesterday. dash cam video shows the end of the wild ride after chaperones on board called for help. >> we were concerned with our bus driver. she can't stay in the lane, she's crossing the double lines and the adults are getting scared. >> what happened? >> she almost hit a van next to us. >> police in the end pulled the bus over and placed the 39-year-old driver under arrest. they say alycia martinez was under the influence of prescription medications, anti anxiety pills and muscle relaxers. nearly 80 elementary school students and adults were on board that bus for a field trip. thankfully no one was hurt. >> the winless flyers host anaheim tonight. the orange and black are 02 and one to start the season and forward vinnie lecavalier will be out for two weeks with a foot injury. game three of the american league championship series was rained out last night in

kansas city. the series resumes in kc tonight. the royals lead the orioles two games to none. and the nlcs shifts to san francisco tonight. missouri's other baseball team the cardinals won game two on a walkoff homer. series tied at one. the giants are home for the next three games. >> it's now 5:16 and one fast food chain rolls out a big new campaign. this say to show everybody what's really in the food. >> new research reveals the most dangerous place for babies to fall asleep and it could be where you're sitting right now. david. >> the potential for a little fog developing out in the northern and western suburbs later this morning. if you see that slow down especially with the kids out there trying to catch the school bus. probably cool enough for jackets this morning but how about shorts and t's this afternoon. your call coming up and the latest on

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the star is in its death throws which accounts for the great clouds of super heated gas being expel need pace. >> i thought it was a picture of a butterfly hence the name. >> i love these pictures captured by hubble. let's take a look outside, it's less interesting but it's your traffic and you might need to know it. in southwest philadelphia the platt bridge by i-95 a little damp on the roads but no other problems as that westbound traffic heads towards the airport okay. we've got a new issue here in northeast philadelphia. vista street near torresdale avenue, a building fire. you might want to avoid the area if you're headed out now, david. >> we've got mid 60's across the region right now karen and it's fairly cloudy, maybe a little bit of fog here and there. 69 degrees by 9 o'clock, though and we're probably building that sunshine back in as we roll through morning. 76 degrees by noon and this is your story today weather-wise. very warm this afternoon. feeling a bit like summer with a high of 78 degrees. some urban centers might go up closer to 80 and still mid

70's by 6 o'clock. that is something else. looks like tomorrow we'll also be warm and maybe a bit more humid. at the airport no big issues in terms of major delays with a you will our green airplanes but we've got rain that's popped up in atlanta and chicago so look for potential delays there as we go through the morning. matt and tam. >> and that was david. going to health check now the most dangerous place for your baby to take a nap turns out could be your couch. using a national database researchers found more than a thousand infant sleeping deaths from 2004 to 2012 occurred on sofas. this represents nearly 13 percent of all sleep related infant deaths during that time with a risk for suffocation or strangulation being almost twice as high. doctors say the bottom line is clear. doesn't matter if you're on the couch with the baby it's not good enough. put your baby to sleep on their back in a crib or a bassinet. a new study highlights the long term damage done when young baseball players throw too many pitches. researchers looked at mri

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accomplice went inside her home and went right for the jewelry box. the same thing happened in the glendale neighborhood a few hours later. >> the morning buzz talking about bears. now, back in 2010 new jersey started allowing hunters to hunt bears because there are too many of them. they have been very successful and hunters haven't really been hunting as much as they were hoping. and we keep hearing about bear sightings and bears going into suburban neighborhoods and so what new jersey is doing now is it is offering recipes for people who hunt bears to eat the meat. bear on a stick one of them, grilled bear loin and they give these recipes out when the bears are weighed. they're hoping that this will encourage more bear hunting. i'm sure the other side is -- there are going to be some animal activists that are not going to be very happy with this but dealing with the problem that new jersey has found itself in over the last couple years with too many

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>> happening now on "action news," accuweather monitoring low cloud cover for your morning commute and summer-like conditions for later today. >> developing now a man is shot dead on his front steps. it's just one case keeping philadelphia police busy overnight. >> yet another casualty from the ebola crisis outside of africa. we're following the breaking africa. also we have some breaking news to share with you right now. the action cam is live where fire damaged at least one home in a philadelphia neighborhood. it happened less than an hour ago. this is the 4700 block of vista street in the tacony

section where fire crews remain on the scene. now, they put the fire out quickly and we spoke to authorities a short time ago. they say at least one person was hurt. we will continue to monitor any new developments and bring them to you as they come in. >> all right, we'll keep an eye on that but for now we're going the keep an eye on your weather and traffic here on this tuesday, october 14th. let's go on over to meteorologist, david murphy and to karen rogers. good morning to both of you. >> all right, matt, tam and karen. we're starting out cloudy two two-thirds of the region, the southern half down in delaware and extreme south jersey it looks like there's less cloud cover. we're also on the lookout for some fog development. that's going to be mainly in the northern and western suburbs. but so far it hasn't been all that big of a problem. mild out there this morning, though. 66 degrees in philadelphia, 66 in allentown, 68 in reading, 63 in trenton. a pair 67's on the boardwalk and winds are light for now. as we head outside to get that car started or catch the bus, 66 by 8:00 a.m., partly cloudy and again some fog is possible and for those of you headed