students. ebola victim nina pham has been released from the hospital in bethesda, maryland. pham went directly from the hospital to the white house where she got a hug and good wishes from president obama. pham caught the ebola virus while caring for thomas duncan at a dallas hospital. duncan died of the disease. pham thanked her medical team and even a higher authority today after her release. >> i feel fortunate and blessed to be standing here today. i would first and foremost like to thank god, my family and friends. throughout this ordeal, i put my trust in god and my medical team. i am on my way back to recovery, even as i reflect on how many others have not been so fortunate. >> the head of infectious diseases at the nih said the public shouldn't be afraid because pham contracted ebola. >> nina put herself in a

situation which she knew was a risk. but because of her character and bravery and that of her colleagues in the field she happened to unfortunately get infect infected. that's a different story from the general public. she was with a very sick person. in new york, workers from a company handling ebola decontamination at the apartment of dr. craig spencer today. he says receiving treatment at belleview hospital. he created ebola victims in west africa before returning to new york and was diagnosed yesterday. meanwhile authorities continue to trace his movements in the days before he got sick. new jersey governor chris christie and new york governor andrew cuomo issued a 21-day quarantine for travellers who had contact with an ebola-affected patient in west africa. that order would have seemingly covered dr. spencer. "world news with david muir" will have continuing coverage of the ebola cases and the school

shooting next on channel 6. a local priest arrested and behind bars. mark haynes charged with accepting and sending porn few high clouds. and assigned to the saints simon and jude parish in whichester b worked in eight parishes since 1985. and vernon odom is live tonight. vernon? >> jim, so far this is it an internet scandal only, no known physical abuse. but tonight the chester county d.a. is asking the public to call its office if they have any, any evidence to that effect. tonight this man, mark haynes, age 55, a catholic priest for nearly 30 years is in the chester county prison unable to make $200,000 bail. he faces multiple counts of trafficking and kiddie porn. his most recent assignment was here as saints simon and jude parish in westtown.

prosecutors were able to trace head kiddie porn account to this address. charged as posing as a young girl on instagram to send and receive child porn. >> so far the information we have is that everything is over the internet. what we are concerned about, this is a priest in eight different parishes with access to children at each one of those parishes. >> an undercover operation allegedly revealed that haynes set up an instagram account posing an a 14-year-old girl named katie to share kiddie porn. haynes assigned to eight different parishes in southeastern pennsylvania since he was ordained in 1985. >> when we see movement from parish to parish like that with relatively short stays, we grow concerned that that is a red flag that could indicate other activity. whether or not it does in this case we still have yet no see. >> the arch eisses released this statement -- these charges are --

>> reaction from a school grandparent. >> horrified. astounding. i would never expect it. >> jim, mark haynes tonight is placed on administrative leave by the archdiocese meaning he is barred from public ministry duties. live in westtown, vernon odom channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a three-alarm blaze destroyed apartment units in voorhees this afternoon. flames erupting in the 3600 block of avalon court before noon. officials say a few firefighters had to be treated for minor injuries. no word on what sparked the fire. not the happiest of days at central bucks west high school as we reported yesterday, officials canceled the remainder of the football schedule because of hazing. and students are missing their biggest night of the year. "action news" reporter, walter perez has the story. >> tonight was supposed to be

one of the biggest nights of the year here in doylestown. the many annual football grudge match between c.b. west and east coupled with the homecoming celebration. the direct officials abruptly canceled the game yesterday after announcing allegations of hazing involving members of the c.b. west football team. a development that a lot of students are having a hard time accepting. >> it is not fair that all of the other hundreds of students have to suffer because of like four or five kids. >> it is in the result of a school district investigation finding several freshman on the team were forced to perform humiliating acts including grabbing another player's private parts while fully clotheled during a preseason gathering. it has to forfeit the last two games including the big homecoming game scheduled for tonight. every other member of the c.b. coaching staff is suspended for allegedly allowing the swaying to get out of control. speaking with the students after class today, some of whom say the facts of the story are being distorted. >> it is a lot like over

exaggerated. not everything was like that was said and done, and it was brought up something that it is not. >> and others say sincerely of it is not ok. >> i think the action was necessary. it was very serious and i am glad they ended up doing that. hopefully it will stop. >> to go to the biggest game of the year and find out it is canceled is definitely disapointing. i am just a little angry at the people who decided to do that stuff. some people are just immature. >> walter perez channel 6 "action news." police say a fight at newark high school spun out of control today forcing officers to use pepper spray. police were first called to the school for a bomb threat at 7:30 this morning. students evacuated to the football field where a scuffle then broke out. two students charged in connection with the fight. police used k9s to sweep the school, finding no bomb. the former mob boss going

back to jail. they say merlino vie lated patrol by associating with a fellow convict in florida. and he was out on release after a decade in prison, he has 30 days before he must report back to jail for four months. one man killed and a police pursuit and shooting in easton early this morning. police say they tried to pull over richie sureman for a traffic violation but he drove off. ment chase came to an end when he crashed into a utilities pole on north 13th street. police say that shureman backed up into the cruiser twice before officers fired on the truck. expansion project on the new jersey turnpike finally over. governor christie joined other officials for the ribbon cutting at the molly pritchard project area. it expanded the turnpike from

six to 12 lanes. officials say the five-year project came in $200 million under budget. what was their secret? >> coming up on "action news," the candidates for the senate seat square off. >> and an eagles injury update. we have it is a they prepare to face off against the cardinals in arizona on sunday. what a difference a day makes. today, 12 degrees warmer than yesterday. the sunshine returned, but will it stick around for the weekend? i have the answer and track a big warm up next week in the accuweather forecast. and those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

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i'm manan trivedi, and i approve this message. >> the william penn charter school with a major milestone today. the older quaker school in the country celebrating its 325th anniversary on its east falls campus. the school founded by william penn in 1689. current students, graduates and dignitaries joined the celebration. the candidates vying for the new jersey united states senate seat squared off in the only debate before election day and nora muchanic has the story from trenton. >> the democratic u.s. senator, corey booker and challenger jeff bell met in our tenton studios for a live exchange from a panel of journalists including jim

gardner. discussed ebola, jobs, raising the federal minimum wage. >> we are america. nobody should work full-time and find themselves under the poverty line and go to food banks to make ends meet. >> the minimum wage even if you like it is redisat th dis tdisr. it has nothing about growing the economy and creating new jobs. >> and a former speechwriter, and booker the mayor of newark winning a special election and running for a full six-year term. >> he himself told us i am a key party diligency. digging in, the shutdown government problems we had. america had enough of that. >> polarization is sometimes a public service enabling the voters to see the difference between two points of view. that's the sense in which i think polarization is sometimes good.

>> the latest poll show booker has anywhere from a 15- to 24-point lead. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." you can see the new jersey senate debate inity entirety this sunday afternoon at 1:00 right here on channel 6. a familiar face at channel 6 honored today in center city, philadelphia. puerto rican host received the william j. clothier award from the pan american association of philadelphia. it came today at the association's 74th annual meeting and luncheon. we remind to you go to facebook and like the 6abc "action news" facebook page. by checking the "like" box you have access to all the top stories we are following. weather updates, breaking news and best and most current viral videos and you can also communicate with mem

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eagles and cardinals getting close. what about the injury report? >> there are a lot of guys that will be a game-time decision sunday in arizona. sproles, kelsey, kendricks, polk among the eagles players that are questionable for sunday's game in arizona. they were at full strength in practice according to the eagles' injury report. after practice we catched up with mccoy and celek in upper darby raising awareness for breast cancer and the game against arizona. >> they are good against the run. a long flight, it was tough to come home on a losing flight. >> it certainly would. the eagles' defense scored three touchdowns, the most in

the nfl. and coming off the shut-out against the giants. and ron jaworski says they need to feed off that. ♪ >> i think this is confidence of the defense is up. defense is all about working in harmony. 11 guys understanding each other's position and working together. if they play as well as a unit as they did against the giants, this defense will continue to play well. and this game is about pressure on carson palmer. they must get bodies around him. >> more on the eagles sunday on game-day kickoff 11:30 in the morning. and kicking it off after actions 11:00. and braydon coburn who has been on the cusp of coming back out for what month. to make matters worse, fellow defenseman, andrew macdonald, missing four weeks, too. the flyers short-handed, both

coburn and macdonald with lower body injuries. to help out the flyers called up shayne gostisbehere. and the rest of the flyers from to pick up the play. >> keeping it in our mind that a good defense is a good offense. as long as we're coming back hard, backchecking hard we will get offensive opportunities we have to take care of it. >> it is bad news, but like they said people eat this stuff up. and a little challenge in front of us and it looks like this team loves challenges. >> you go play. we have capable guys that play. we have a good team and we play like a team. and that will be the big thing. playing like a team. the >> the fliers center returning to practice, recovering from a foot injury. will he not play tomorrow against the red wings and hoping to play sometime next week. the sixers send the guard

ware packing. and they trade him for teague and a second-round draft pick. and the sixers open the regular season five days away on wednesday. they don't get much bigger than this. penn state against ohio state tomorrow night on 6abc. the lions concerned about it, the quarterback hackerberg and the other captains called a team meeting. penn state has to do a little more than talk to beat the buckeyes losing to them last year 63-14. this year, ohio state averages 56 points per game since the middle of september. the lions have the number one ranked defense in the entire country. >> everybody has been really pleased with how our defense is played. you always want more, want to be better. from us to go from a good defense to a great defense or elite defense, that's where the turnovers come in. you can see penn state play ohio state right here on channel

6 tomorrow night at 8:00. the lions lot of the last two rivals, and it is a real big game. trying to end a two-game losing streak, too. and students in buck county exercise brains and bodies this morning. students and teachers walked their neighborhood in support of the juvenile diabetes research organization. the students spent the month learning about the disease and fundraising for the cause. so far the school raised $2200 for the foun

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nicest spell of weather this autumn. >> a beautiful weekend and warming things up next week. and stormtracker 6 live getting a break. showing dry conditions and a beautiful shot overlooking the schuylkill river. you can see blue skies, and the cumulus clouds. and this is the view from the waterworks. and certainly beautiful weather today. and very mild. 67 degrees currently. highs near 70. wilmington 64, millville and sea isle city currently 62 degrees. satellite 6 and action radar showing the low pressure that's been swirling off the eastern seaboard near halifax. it is history. and some clouds streaming ahead of the cold front. the cold front moving through tomorrow night but tonight looking really good. partly cloudy skies. the high school football games tonight, beautiful.

great valley and union vilville. partly cloudy and breezy. by 10:00, dropping bound to 59. it will be seasonably cool tonight. if your heading to the football game take a jacket. tomorrow will be between systems. 68 degrees. if you like today you'll like tomorrow. lots of sunshine. that cold front has very little moisture to work with. so this will move through saturday night and perhaps a few clouds, nothing more than that. and behind the system, high pressure begins to build in. what this will do is funnel down winds out of the northwest. it will be a will -- little cooler, lots ever sunshine. gusty winds all day long. 7:30 sunday morning wind gusts near 30 miles per hour. and even in the afternoon the wind gusts, 25 to perhaps 31 miles per hour. so sunday will feel cooler than 65 when you factor in the winds. friday night, it is going to be beautiful. mostly cloudy. winds will be relaxing tonight once the sunsets.

39 degrees in the cooler suburbs. 46 degrees for center city. definitely seasonably cool tonight. the dayplanner for your saturday showing loads of sunshine at 7:00, 54 degrees. by 10:00, 58. by 1:00, 65. and by 4:00, 67 degrees. a great day to get outside. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, mostly sunny tomorrow, 68 degrees. and do some raking tomorrow. on sunday, not a good raking day with winds up to about 30 miles per hour. 65 degrees. and monday the winds relax, a little cooler, 64, which is seasonable if you like it mild, tuesday beginning a brief warm up. 72 mostly sunny. and wednesday bumped up to 74 before a cold front moves in. this brings up more than clouds in the afternoon and a few showers possible wednesday night. this doesn't look to be a big rain-maker but behind the system seasonably cool air. sunny skies thursday. and the early word for

halloween, and last night you were saying you wanted it warm. not really warm, but not too bad. partly sunny, 65 degrees. cool enough so the elmos won't be sweating. but warm enough so the princesses don't have to ruin the pretty outfits with a big jacket. >> perfect. and sunday the bad raking day, what is better, saturday or monday? >> saturday, before the winds blow it all over the place, unless the wind blow it to your neighbor's house then you are fine. >> and you always thought cecily was a nice -- >> our neighbors don't like us [laughing] temperature university getting a glimpse of its past before it builds the future. the temple university school of medicine, a time capsule that was in the old medical building in 1930. inside they found the department of medicine bulletins dating back to 1904. also inside medical journals and copies of the philadelphia

inquirer. the building will be razed in the coming weeks. abc news's "world news with david muir" next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, adam joseph and ducis rodgers. and please join us for "action news at 11:00" here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, jeff skversky, ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00. ♪

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welcome to w"world news tonigh tonight". the high school shooting. what played out in the cafeteria? and the hatchet attack in new york city. seven seconds of horror. why they're now calling this a terror attack. >>. >> the young doctor's steps and the young working just quarantined today. >> and the danger, the lava tonight. thousands on alert and what our correspondents saw