happening on "action news" tonight. he was found guilty of killing his girlfriend on valentine's day last year. today oscar pistorius learned his fate in a courtroom. and we are just a few week as way from the midterm elections as the battle over new jersey's third congressional bat simone legree heating up. now oscar pistorius is sentenced to five years behind bars, he did not react during proceedings, he was found guildy of killing girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. karen travers says both sides accept the punishment. >> this police van took oscar pistorius away from court to central prison. >> the sentence that is fair and just, both to society and to the

accused -- >> the south african judge sentenced the olympic runner to a maximum of five years in prison for the 2013 shooting death of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. the reaction in the courtroom was muted, pistorius was stoic. >> a huge win for oscar pistorius, and i think it's frustrating to a lot of other people. outside of the courthouse people weighed in. >> do you think it was fair? >> yes. >> pistorius's uncle says there is no plans to appeal the sentence. >> we accept the judgment, oscan a will embrace this opportunity to pay back to society. >> pistorius may be housed in medical wing of this prison. the judge made it clear that she felt the system was equipped to

handle his rare medical needs but he may not be there long. >> under the law after a sixth of the sentence are you allowed to question a different type of sentence. like house arrest. >> the prosecution can now appeal the sentence but they have to do so within the next two weeks. reporting from washington, karen travers, channel 6 "action news." and world news tonight with david muir will have more on the oscar pistorius sentencing, can you watch that at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. in other news, a fast moving storm system caught drivers off guard in new jersey. in brick township, a rescuer had to pull a man and his two children to safety. it was along princeton avenue, he told "action news" he was on his way back from a funeral when it started pouring. >> it didn't seem that high. the rain came so fast, there was

20 feet clearance and it just stopped. >> the water reached as high as the passenger side door and luckily nobody was hurt. drains were clogged with debris and leaves and that led to the rising waters. a police dispatcher that plead guilty to tipping off tow trucks will spend the next 14 months in prison. she netted more than $35,000. one of accused tow truck drivers william cheeseman plead guilty back in july and he will be sentenced later this month. philadelphia police are asking the public to identify these two men in the surveillance video, they are suspected of trying to rob the dollar general store on green street in west mt. airy. they ordered everyone to the

back of the store and one got away and ran out the front. the suspects ran out and didn't take anything more than a cell phone. now to vote 2014, there is a big battle to fill the congressional seat, the position was once held by former philadelphia eagle turned politician, john runyon, nora muchanic is live now in the new jersey newsroom with a look at the race. >> reporter: the third district includes most of the burlington and ocean counties and with runyon leaving, this is a seat that republicans would love to hang on to. he is a wealthy retired executive from north jersey shore and moved his office there when john runyon zirded not to run for re-election. >> i plan to bring my years of

experience as a businessman and local mayer and trying to break through the impasse that is gripping washington. >> and amy is a lawyer currently not practicing. she is active in charities including the american cancer society. >> we see the struggling middle class, people are really feeling squeezed right now then want a voice in congress and that is what i intend to be. >> they differ on issues. >> like raising the minimum wage and equal pay for equal work for women. this is what we are talking about, this affects their lives and their families. >> they say they brought pay equity to their company. >> will it benefit people or result in litigation, i want to make sure that equal pay benefits women not just trial lawyers. >> i believe that the minimum

wage is better done by states. >> a recent poll put mcarthur ahead of belgrade by 4 points. >> my opponent put $4 million of his own wealth into the race to buy a seat in congress. >> don't see it as a job to be bought but a job to serve the people. >> this is a hard district for the democrat to win and even though mcarthur is ahead. bell guard says she is in it and fighting for every vote. >> nora thank you. nearly two years after super storm sandy, they are building a sea wall in mantoloking and brick, it cost more than $24 million but the federal

government is paying for most of it, crews plan to wrap up construction sometime in november. folks that travel across the ben franklin bridge, the project is almost finished. normal patco service will resume and for drivers into the city, there will once again be four lanes open forever the morning rush and four eastbound lanes into new jersey will now be available. matt pellman is available for traffic. lets get an update from the traffic center. >> good afternoon, we are looking at the ben franklin bridge live from camden, i think i'm standing in a swarm of something here. you can see the ben with the westbound lanes blocked through midnight tonight and yes indeed, we'll have the four lanes back and both tracks for the patco trains and that means a new

schedule goes into service for the patco high speed line, in not so great news, the burlington bristol bridge will close each night 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. and an earlier crash on 95 northbound side past bridge street, it's extra jammed from the vine to that point. 41 minutes should be 14. and a big night at the constitution center for the liberty medal ceremony. >> thank you. more to come on "action news" tuesday night, more developments in the hazing is scandal involving a north jersey football team. whose jobs are on the line coming up. >> and why a local woman is celebrating the win for the lays potato chip contest. >> and on double scan we spawn the low off the coast to bring us a long period of unsettled

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tonight five new jersey coaches can find out if they can keep their jobs in the wake of the hazing it scandal. four players are charged with sex abuse for crimes against younger teammates that happened last month. the school canceled the entire football season and five coaches are suspended in the fallout. >> they were widespread and accepted acts of bullying and hazing in that program. >> the head coach is among the five suspended and all are tenured teachers all still receiving their pay. they will find out tonight if they can keep their jobs on and off the court. jaime apody is live in the sports center now. >> hello, we can breathe a sigh of relief, we have football to

talk about, the eagles are off the by week, back at practice today. darren sproles practiced despite the injury that he thought would keep him out a week or two. and how about this? center jason kelsey back on the field after ahern hernia surgery and what does he think of that? >> i wish he wouldn't have said that it pushes me harder, this is the first day out of practice, i was not full participating just kind of out there moving around, i am hesitate to put a date on it. >> are you putting him back in? >> no, i hope he ties his shoes right, they are all practicing that doesn't mean anything more

than they are all practicing. >> it was great to see the walking wounded back out there. lets see what this team can do coming off a week of rest and off their best game of the season. ryan hopes that can carry over. >> it's a standard for us, we did it but we can't leave it behind, we have to play better than we played against the giants, that is our best game to date but how do we go out and build off that performance every week. >> the flyers get a bit of a break in chicago, black hawks standout goalie crawford sought with an upper body injury. and he has missed the last four games they'll have their work cut out for them and the black hawks have a point in all four games this season and great when given a man advantage. >> we talk about special teams all the time, they have a good

power play, stay out of the penalty box and when we get power plays we need to shoot pucks and create momentum, that is what we need to do. >> we have to focus on defense and we should be fine. it's a long process, we have to make sure we find the defensive game as quickly as possible. >> they signed jerome williams to a one year contract. and tonight is the night the fall classic begins in kansas city. >> will the giants be able to win again, will the royals ever lose they haven't yet in the post season, both of these teams have yet to win the wild card to get here and they see similarities. >> it should be a great series, i can't think of a team that reminds me of them. the way all of this has come down, they remind me of us a little bit, sure.

a little different style of game but how they have come together at the right time, and you know, how much they fight. >> it will be interesting to watch and the giants looking for their third world series ring in five yours. e giants looking for >> thank you jaime. the group raising awareness of concussions in sports, is getting recognition. they made a visit to fairless hills presenting a check to thomas she started the foundation after her son thomas she started the foundation after her son committed suicide after se we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics.

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meteorologist, adam joseph says we could get some showers tonight. >> while are you sleeping. >> i'll wait for some of that. >> just for the 5:00 hour. as we look at double scan live, around the region, a couple of showers passed through new kastdle county and chester county an hour ago but we are dealing with thunderstorms that brought hail and torrential rain earlier in parts of ocean county. can you see still a couple of lightning strikes stretching

from seaside heights to warren grove, this is back building, it continues to build to the south and west, we have a train of moisture moving off the same locations, it's an isolated event in ocean county dealing with some of that rain today. as we look at a viewer picture sent into me to my facebook page, this is from winona lake in gloucester county, you can see the seagulls here getting a splash of water while taking in the scenery, a beautiful shot in gloucester county, we are almost at peak, it will happen next week in the delaware valley if the wind does not rip a lot of those leaves off. 69 in millville and 63 in dover and right now in the poconos, just 53 degrees. satellite and radar, a spin in the atmosphere, that is energy to the west, diving in from southern parts of canada, that will transfer to a low off the

coast, that will stall over our region, especially for southern new england. at 7:00 tomorrow morning on future tracker, downpours south and east the closer you are to the low, drier to the west, as the low continues to pinwheel to the east, even 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, some scattered showers and thunderstorms around the region, a strong wind as well. along this low, north-northeast, at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, wind gusts at 45 miles per hour, and less than the poconos away from the storm, stronger closer to the shore at 33 miles per hour in wildwood and 30 in atlantic city. that low is just to our south and east tomorrow morning with periods of rain, a half inch to inch and that low slowly drifts to the north and hammers new england and brings us a lot of clouds and a cool 57 tomorrow and wind gusts on thursday near 30 miles per hour.

overnight tonight spotty showers develop and mild for october, 47 to 53 degrees and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast-will show periods of rain wednesday into wednesday night into the first part of thursday, both days are windy and chilly and highs in the upper 50s but the low pull as way by friday for breaks of sun, and right now the weekend is looking fine, with temperatures above normal 66 to 67 and on the breezy side and looking good monday and tuesday with temperatures above normal, around 70 degrees, so kind of we are stuck in a rut for the next 36 hours and then the weekend. stay on top of the changing weather situation at 6abc.com. visit 6abc.com/weather for storm tracker 6 radar and the hourly and seven-day forecast and latest video from our "action news" meteorologist and our collection of weather related

photos and videos.t and our if tuesday is getting you down somewhat, abc's prime time lineup will surely liven things up. at 8:00, eliza steps out of her comfort zone on selfie, but little does she know that kevin know a thing or two about having fun. >> then at 8:30 it's an all new manhattan love story. david and peter take a big step in their relationship. and an important decision about their future. >> and then time for action and suspense with an all new "agents of s.h.i.e.l.d.," it could spell disaster as they search for a mole in the organization. and raina tries to reunite with his daughter at any cover the.

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a south jersey woman is

winner of a contest to pick a lays potato chip flavor. kettle cooks wasabi ginger won out over cappuccino and bacon and mac and cheese. there is the mother and nurse from depford, new jersey, she will win $1 million, or a portion in sales, whichever number is larger. >> i would try that. i'm not sure about the cappuccino, no, i would try that too. >> now coming up next at 6:00. an aggressive group of bikers goes on a wild ride in philadelphia, shaking up drivers and tearing up playgrounds. and police are trying to track down a gunman and we go live to the constitution center where the liberty medal will be presented to malala yousafzai this evening. and for the entire "action news" team i'm rick

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. tuesday night jim is on assignment, in the news a ring leader of the main line gunman, and the reward is offered in the robbery of a chickie and petes restaurant. but the big story is a wild ride in the streets of philadelphia, a swarm of dirt bikes and atvs took to the roads

creating dangerous conditions, weaving through traffic and tearing up playgrounds. >> dann cuellar is live now where he spoke with some of the bikers. >> across the city it's a crazy way on the roadways, this is about 100 men on atvs and dirt bikes from south broad to here on broad and stenton boulevard. this to honor a fellow dirt biker who was gunned down last week. across the city about 100 men sped through the city causing havoc, they rode on the sidewalk and blue red lights, they had to set route they rode on one street and then another. it was in memory of this map,