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sunday night police make an arrest in the deadly stabbing and an upper darby bar. a 17-mile chase in the suburbs ends with a crash, on a local highway. >> but the big story on "action news" tonight is an armed robbery at chickie and
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pete's sports bar, in drexel hill, delaware county. the suspect made off with thousands of dollars after they put a gun to the female manager's head, and then forced several employees into a kitchen freezer. "action news" reporter kenneth moton just got new, exclusive surveillance video of the crime in progress. he joins us now live outside the restaurant tonight, kenneth? >> reporter: well, sarah these men moved fast. this evening upper darby police are not only trying to catch these gunmen but they are trying to figure out if this was an inside job at this popular sports bar and restaurant. >> in this surveillance video obtained first by "action news", cameras captured the moment, two armed and masked men walked into that drexel hill and chickie and pete's through a side door and just before opening. the take a closer look and that is right you can see a robber wearing a chicke's sweat shirt but when he walk in the manager's office and put a gun to her head. >> i refer to these types of individuals as urban terrorist.
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they are armed, masked. they know what they want. >> reporter: upper darby police say man forced woman to empty the safe and threw more than $16,000 into a bag. but to add insult to injure, they also took her wedding rings. other cameras recorded one gunman forcing the manager, and three of her employees into a back freezer. they were told to stay put while the men made their getaway. >> they had information as to what exactly they were doing, so, you know, this was a well planned robbery. again, the best part about it is be in got hurt. >> reporter: around 2:00 p.m. this well known community business reopened, we happened to run into customer and philadelphia district attorney, seth williams, who was surprised to hear th3s was chickie and pete's first armed robbery in its nearly 40 year history. >> pete has done a great job in trying to support the the community and giving jobs to so many people. so it is very difficult. the it is sad to know that something like that happened out here in delaware county as i know all too often in my
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philadelphia. >> reporter: police say thieves also stole employee's cell phones which were discovered on township line road. getaway car possible a silver toyota prius. the upper darby police investigatorsing look for tips this evening. if you have any information, they want to hear from you. we're reporting live from drexel hill, kenneth moton for channel six "action news". sarah? >> kenneth, thank you. a 17-mile police chase in delaware county ended with a suspect's car overturn in chadds ford. troopers began pursuing the vehicle for unknown reasons on route 352 in media. they followed the koran to route one south and then back on to route 352. well, that is when the driver lost control and flipped over. the driver was taken into custody and now faces a long list of charges. police have not released anymore details on the pursuit. police have captured undocumented immigrant suspect in the deadly attack at a bar in upper darby.
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miguelescalon was arrested in philadelphia investigators say he stabbed another man in the neck at the la contact tina baron market street this month. the the victim later died. he fridays honduras and is in the u.s. ill will legally. he faces several charges including first degree murder. some schools in the poconos are deciding whether to open up tomorrow after a possible sighting of eric frein. this past friday a woman spotted a man carrying a rifle with mud covering his face outside of pocono mountain east high school. authorities believe that man is the suspect cop killer who has alluded investigators for more than a month now. the state police told school officials it is up to them whether to open or close tomorrow, that decision is expected to be announced, sometime later tonight. crews are working to repair a water main break that resulted in low water pressure across sections of northampton township. the it happened at about 7:00 this morning on the 600 block of bustleton pike between holland road and anthony drive. that stretch of bustleton pike was closed for a few hours, as a repair was made. the coldest weather, the
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fall season a arrived today, the wind only added to the chill as we look live from sky six, and wilmington this evening. some of the western suburbs, will be under a freeze warning in the overnight hours. for more on that lets head over to the big board and meteorologist karen rogers in tonight for melissa magee, hi karen. >> hi, there, we did see temperatures 10 degrees below average. we are talking about frost advisories and freeze warnings in effect. we are watching this very closely because look at this map. it covers most of the region. the it is not in philadelphia as we can see but we have freeze warnings to the northwest, as well as even into new jersey, and parts of the new jersey, including millville, hammington and lakehurst, normally we would wait until november to see this happening. in south jersey. so in many spots temperatures dipping down into about the freezing mark and that is what will cause those frost advisories, and freeze warnings, going in to effect until tomorrow at 8:00 o'clock in the morning. looking at the temperatures right now 41 in mount pocono. 54 degrees in philadelphia we have a while to go to get
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below our low average. 52 degrees in millville. 54 degrees in sea isle city. those temperatures right now on the cool side for sure and much cooler then yesterday, 10 degrees cooler right now in philadelphia then it was at this point yesterday. as we have been warning you those temperatures dipping down. we were above average at the end of last week and really dropping below average right now. let look the at the satellite six and action radar. we have clear skies. that will allow those temperatures to really plumet tonight. look at these overnight lows 32 in the city. forty in philadelphia about 3 degrees in millville for your overnight low. details coming up in a few minutes in that seven day forecast, sarah. >> karen, thank you. stay on top of the changing weather situation with six abc.com. visit six abc.com/weather forstrom tracker six radar, both the hourly and seven day forecast, and latest video from our "action news" meteorologists. the family of thomas eric duncan will be released from isolation tonight with a clean bill of health. it marks the the first time in 21 days they will be free from
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twice daily health checks for ebola a louise troll says that this is a bitter sweet development. she's relieved to be healthy but still grieving the death of her fiance. she learn of duncan's death from her pastor while she was still in quarantine. meantime the u.s. military is stepping up efforts to help in the fight begins ebola in america. a 30 person military medical support team is being trained to provide short note ace assistance to health care workers. the team will include 20 critical care nurses, five doctors and five other staffers, trained specifically, in infectious disease protocols. the the cruise ship carrying a dallas health care worker who handled a lab specimen from thomas eric duncan is finally back in texas and she tested negative for ebola. after word got out she handled duncan's lab work the cruise ship was denied entry into mexico. the it was forced to turnaround and head back to the united states. women showed no symptoms but still decided to self
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quarantine. >> i was a little will upset with the cdc that they didn't get their protocols in place fast enough because according to authorities she asked to be able to cruise and they said okay. >> adding to the drama coastguard cruise flew to the ship yesterday, retrieved a blood sample from the woman and she tested negative for ebola. world news is following all of the new developments on the worldwide effort to containe bowl, stay tuned at 6:30 right here after "action news" for the very latest. two families who lost their homes to a tragic fire were given a free vacation to help them get their mind off their loss. lilian rodriguez and rasheeda stewart were presented a $3,000 check at the first baptist church of pascal to help pay for travel and accommodations. both women air monk 409 people displaced by the deadly fire on gestn er street in south philadelphia from july. donation can be used by rodriguez and stewart towards a trip of their choice.
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well, the philadelphia fire department used flashy tricks and good fun to deliver an important message in the northeast today. "action news" reporter catherine scott was there for the the safety show case. >> reporter: to guess dressed to the speed of these bucket brigades, fire department from his all over the region gathered at the philadelphia fire academy in northeast philadelphia today, for the the firemen's hall museum fire safety exposition and muster. >> a muster is really the idea that an event, that gives all of the fire departments an opportunity to show off their wears, their equipment, and their ability. >> reporter: crowds gathered to watch the boat demonstration on the water and check outlines of fire equipment, old and new. >> i like fire trucks and seeing activities. >> fire fighting is up the ladders, and fighting the fires. >> reporter: are you going to try to sit in the truck. >> yes. >> reporter: one the of the most popular showcases was a
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live burn of two structures. this one did not have sprinklers and escalate todd this blaze in less than four minutes. this one, had sprinklers. you could see the difference. >> i think it vice important because for people can see what sprinklers can do in your residential or commercial building and how fast it can put the a fire out. >> reporter: admission was free, proceeds from concessions and raffles go towards maintaining a fire museum and providing free smoke alarms to those in need. >> contest, fun and games, the idea today was to promote fire safety awareness and education and it is never too early to get that message. >> the earlier the better so they know if something does happen they will be prepared. >> reporter: in northeast philadelphia, katherine scott, channel six "action news". still much more to come tonight on "action news", including a father pulled alive from a burning house, now his family is trying to find a person who saved him. also a pumpkin festival ends with tear gas and dozens of arrests, the riots that broke out during a fall tradition. catching up with the eagles one on one, jeff
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skversky finds out what they are doing on this bye week coming up later in
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in delicious blueberry pomegranate and mixed fruit. a man from indiana who confessed to killing a woman has now let police to let three more bodies. remains were found in different locationness gary, indiana last night and this morning. the the four three-year old suspect reportly admitted to murdering a woman found inside of a motel six friday night and then he told officers where they could find other possible homicide victims. none of the women have been identified. officials investigating the disappearance of missing college student hanna graham return to the rural area where human repennsylvania mains were recently discovered. still in word tonight exactly what they are looking for. those remains were found yesterday on an abandoned property south of charlotte, virginia. investigators also interviewed some people who live in the area search crews found a skull, bones and a pair of pants in the dry creek bed. graham disappeared, september 13th. so far, jesse matthew has only
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been charged with abduction with intent to defile. a fall tradition ended with police firing tear gas and dozens of arrest at a college in new hampshire. chaos broke out during annual pumpkin festival near king state college. hundreds of students clashed with police after an notoriously rowdy party turned violent. some jumped on cars, others sat fires. forty-nine people were arrested. a cell phone camera captured a dramatic rescue at this burning home near fresno, california yesterday. a woman's father was trapped inside. as she screamed for somebody to save him , neighbors were forced back by explosions. then, this man, you are about to see in a blue hat showed up, and saved the day. >> i know there was a guy in a cap that just started walking towards the house, very calmy, just walked in there and then next thing i see he is coming out with this man over his shoulders. >> the victim was treated for smoke inhalation but is
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expected to be okay. neighbors have no idea who the good samaritan was. 10,000 people, in philadelphia did their part to raise money for the fight against aids. this huge crowd took over fairmount park, 28th annual aids walk and 5k. this years event raised more than $325,000, for local organizations, that provide aids and hiv care, all across the region. still to come on "action news" tonight, jeff skversky with sports including a sunday off for the eagles. how the birds spent the day with the fans when "action ne
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eagles are off today but without doing anything, they can still take over soul possession of first piace. they need the giants to beat the five-one cowboys right now they are tied at 14, in the third quarter. >> unaudible. >> last one to the right. >> how are the the eagles spending this nfl sunday, they are with eagles fans running back lesean mccoy and quarterback nick foles among guys signing autographs in oaks at the the philadelphia expo center for fanatic authentic sports show. the eagles we talked to say they fell well rested, ready to roll next sunday which is a start of the grueling ten game stretch but they say they are not worried about dallas, at least not yet. >> as an eagle man, we only can control, we can control. we have to play the cowboys two times. they seem to be a better team but we will wait. >> how tough is this stretch coming up here even though you guys are five and one. >> it is the last ten games of the year. we are not looking at what
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they are looking at. we have arizona this week. they're a good team. they are five and one. good challenge for us. >> if you count preseason we have played ten games. we have a rest in the middle. we are just going to start complete thely over. we have done a great job but now we have to put all that stuff in the past and get to work and move forward. >> we win these games we get a bye in the playoffs and we can make a stink. we have to just get there. >> my inn tire one on one interview with mccoy coming up later tonight on "action news" at 11:30. eagles return to practice on tuesday when they will start getting ready for those arizona cardinals who are among one of the best teams in the the nfl right now. cardinals right now up four on oakland in the third quarter. eagles face seahawks down the the road to day seattle on the road in st. louis. wild play on the punt. rams fake, everyone out, including the camera, making everyone believe the ball was punt todd the right side of the field, but instead it was punted to the left insteadman
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bailey all by himself, 90-yard return. what in the world happens. everybody is trying to figure it out. the with the game on the line, st. louis, get two-point lead in the final minute. another fake punt play, punter completes the pass, to allow them to run out the clock. rams stun seahawks 28-26. seattle defending super bowl champs they drop to three and three. desean jackson and redskins hosting tennessee. jackson shut out in the second half but he is involve in the key play late in the game with washington down one. jackson draws a pass interference call, from colt mccoy who replaced kirk cousins. farbat, with no time left. washington wins, 19-17 ending their four game losing streak. two local guys going head to head in the the nfl. how about penn charter's matt ryan facing audubon, new jersey joe flacco. let's take a look at that. or let's not. we are moving on to flyers. how about flyers they are
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winless, no more, it wasn't pretty in, fact, some guys calling it ugly but beggars cannot be choosers. they needed a win and they got it last night on the road. flyers really had to earn their first win last night in dallas. flyers fight back from down two in the third. michael raffle scores to tie it at five and we will go to overtime. in overtime the flyers on a power play. claude giroux, through go, flyers won six -five in overtime. flyers finally get their first win of the season. hopefully this helps their confidence down the the road, next up, chicago on tuesday night. philadelphia boxers steve cunningham beats the his opponent in the heavyweight bout in the city. cunningham is 28-six. he was so dominant the the officials actually stopped the fight after the seventh round. cunningham is trying to pay for a heart transplant his daughter desperately needs as she fights for her life, the the family is in pittsburgh hoping they can get a heart transplant. >> thanks, jeff. >> much more "action news",
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karen is back with your accu weather forecast. we went to the fall festival today and it really felt like fall. it was cold. >> wind blowing out there too, right. >> yes. tough to put the coat over the costume. >> yes. kids don't like to do that. >> lets take a look right now at storm tracker six live double scan around the region, we are try but storm tracker live it will be busy during the week. we are expecting several days with showers, and not today though. lets go outside to the action cam was out earlier, and it
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really was beautiful. you see everyone wearing sweat shirts. the dog looks cozy. it was bright and sunny and windy and rather chill think time of the year. lets look at the accu weather almanac. high of 56. good 10 degrees below average. we will start off okay. temperatures never went anywhere today. that is where it is to day. look at 54 in philadelphia dropping from there. fifty from allentown. fifty-two reading, wilmington and millville. 53 degrees currently on the boards in ac. how about the wind. the gusty at times. their liz tropical storm force winds hitting the area. 38 miles an hour gust in mount pocono as well as in wilmington. in reading we have 36 miles an hour. clock the gusts around the tri-state region, 35 miles an hour. west chester 33. the gusts, peaked in philadelphia with about 32 miles an hour. lets look at satellite six and action radar. through most of the the day we had that bright sunshine, clear skies. the the the clouds are to the the west and they will move in. we will be stuck with them for much of the workweek but the cloud cover significant, that
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it is clear because clouds help insulate the atmosphere. we had clouds tonight the temperatures wouldn't be dropping so much. we have that radiational cooling, that will be going on and that is why we're talking about the widespread frost. not just to the north and west as we have been showing you, but even down into south jersey as well. not in the it i where we will hit 40 but mainly clear skies expecting the first widespread frost in many areas, quite early for this time of the year. 32 degrees in some of the colder suburbs. you can have have frost, 35, 36 degrees is the temperature grade is up above the ground cover. i the winds 5 miles april hour. they are dying down in the overnight hours f we had wind we would have mixing of the atmosphere but wouldn't get frost. all of those components setting up to give us frost. increasing clouds tomorrow. clouds start to move in. we will start with the sunshine. day of transition, not too bad. cool at 61 degrees but the the clouds, to showers, they will be coming in late monday, and into tuesday and then sticking with us. for a couple of days. so as you are planning your day tomorrow it is a good day to get out there and do anything you need to.
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for clouds and showers moving in, 7:00 a.m. bright sunshine. forty-one in the city. cooler in the suburbs. by 10:00 a.m. 49. 1:00p m clouds move in at 57 and 4:00 p.m. 61 degrees. here is your exclusive accu weather seven day forecast starting with sunshine and going to clouds. sixty-one for your high with showers late. lot at this, tuesday cloud which showers around. sixty-six. not terribly wet. damp and chilly, on wednesday, and 58. thursday, some rain, especially early and 59. staying cool, friday, the sun will return. partly sunny skies. pretty nice. temperatures looking good at 64. saturday in time for weekend sunny and nice and 67. on sunday partly sunny skies and 62. the chilly day now but getting better thank you, karen. don't miss "action news" morning digs for the very latest news weather and traffic reports to help start your day. tune in beginning at 4:30 a.m. >> abc's world news sunday is next on channel six for karen rodgers, melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and the entire "action news" tea this is ceo tom macarthur's world.
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welcome to "world news" tonight. ebola emergency. the crew ship and the passenger back home tonight. and now the critical moment for other hospital workers and the hunt for anyone who may have been exposed. grim discovery. police find a body that could be hannah graham's. investigators scouring for clues. what happened the night she went missing. up in flames. the man trapped in his home and the desperate daughter calls for help. >> my dad. >> and the people who ran into the fire to save him. >> thank god. and crooks at your door, scooping up your deliveries. with the holiday shopping season about to begin, tonight, how to catch a thief.