jim gardner. wednesday night princeton university investigated an alleged assault at an eating club. but the big story on "action news" tonight is yet another video of a possible suspect in the abduction of a woman on sunday night. this is surveillance video of a person of interest at an acme in northeast philadelphia hours carlesha freeland-gaither was abducted in german town, police want to you notice the man's gait, they hope that will happen someone identify him. david ry is live in philadelphia and waltder perez is live in delaware. what is the latest from police. >> reporter: jim, philadelphia police here and the fbi feel

like they are closing in on this guy, but they don't have him yet. more important they are hoping to find carlesha. >> she is a sweet little girl and doesn't deserve this. >> carlesha's family returned to the scene of the abduction still holding out hope she will be returned safe and sound. they made a small sidewalk shrine and police released this new video of a possible suspect. he was seen at an acme supermarket about eight hours before carlesha disappeared. there is a shot of his face but police want to you see the way he walks, he has a distinctive gait, and police hope it rings a bell with someone. >> if you know how someone walks, that say great indication and we need to know. >> this man was believed to have used carlesha's debit wart in delaware on monday morning and

the same man was caught shopping at a convenience store. police say they are getting valuable leads based on videos but they need more. this shows the initial encounter between carlesha and the kidnapper, at first it seems she is avoiding him and then stops at the corner when she shakes hands with him. the family says the handshake is pussling but not -- >> she is friendly, he may have said something and reached his hand out and she looked at it and changed her mind. >> police don't know if she knew her attacker or not. family members say they have never seen the man in the videos, most of the search activity is centered in maryland involving the state police there and the fbi. and a family clings to any shred of hope. i am hopeful that something will

happen within the next day or so. we want answers, we want this settled and want our granddaughter home. >> the family is not giving up hope and they are making up progress but they need to hear from anyone that may recognize the man in the videos, you can watch them again on 6abc.com. live at northwest detectives, david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david. lets switch live to "action news" reporter walter perez who is in leonardtown, maryland, at the victim's former high school. what have you learned. >> reporter: i learned that carlesha was a popular student here and worked at the nearby dress barn and dreamed of becoming a fashion designer and has a whole lot of people praying for her return. >> she is still like my sister. >> darien mason says she and carlesha were inseparable in

high school and even though she was petite she was larger than life. >> if she didn't know you she would come and talk to you and make you laugh. >> carlesha lived with her for a month after carlesha got into a disagreement with her grandmother with whom she lives in california, maryland. but despite that fight she was close to her family and her abduction has everybody rattled to the core. >> she doesn't deserve any of this, i know her family lovers and misses her. >> that includes leon bash another close friend that says there was only one thing going through his mind. >> this season real. this isn't real. this does not happen to -- i've never seen anything happen like this unless it's a movie or on tv.

>> both mason and bash agree it's hard to believe that carlesha may have known the person that did this. >> i think it was a random stranger, she was in the wrong place, and she was trying to get home and doing the right thing, she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> there are several maryland connections to this case, to give you a little perspective. carlesha's atm was used on monday in aberdeen, maryland, 100 miles north of this location, but for her family and friends that information is irrelevant to them, they are concerned with getting her home safe and sound. >> you can get a closer look at the person of interest in this case at 6abc.com. you'll find the surveillance videos and other images released by police and see it all right now at 6abc.com. tom wolf is now the

governor-elect in pennsylvania thanks to his resounding victory last night. chad pradelli was there as wolf met the public today in york county. >> governor elect tom wolf greeted supporters this afternoon and exchanged pleasanttories, the keystone state's 47th governor said he had to pinch himself this morning. he calls himself a citizen's politici politician. >> we had a number of counties that did very well and i am grateful to everyone that voted for me. >> he lost his own county, york badly but easy carried philadelphia and other areas of the state. one of his top prioritys education, he plans to tax natural gas drillers that will generate a billion dollars and help pay for schools and a looming state deficit but a

republican led legislate your could create gridlock. >> i'm looking for to working with both houses, this are good people on both sides of the aisle up there. >> for his neighbors yesterday's win is a proud moment. >> he is a great guy and always friendly. >> down to earth. >> and understated. >> absolutely yes. >> we grew up with him and he did well and did a lot for people at mount wolf. we are glad he is here. >> and governor-elect wolf says he will continue to reside in mown wolf as he takes off the governorship and will spend time in harrisburg and have special events and fundraisers at the governor's mansion. many manchester, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." and world news ton with david muir will have complete

coverage of the changing political landscape and president obama's message to the new republican leadership in the senate. that is next on channel 6. it's a trying day at 28th and dickinson in philadelphia. first a water main break and then in the effort to make repairs there was a second break at the same location. lets go live to the scene and "action news" reporter, annie mccormick. >> reporter: jim, the first one was really just a traffic disruption and the second water main break later this afternoon that is causing headaches out here especially people that live on the block because more than 50 people are without water, we'll take a look at the operation going on right now, pgw is on hand and they are lowering a beam so they can support a gas line so the water department can start work on the two water main breaks. take a look at this gushing water taken by cell phone video

at 28th and dickinson wednesday afternoon. this was the first break of the day. >> all the water started to come up. >> water from the 16 inch main break flooded the intersection and it pushed up the pickup truck giving a show for neighborhood kids but at that point no customers were effected. it came up high off the ground. all the streets were flooded. >> neighbors commended the speedy fix by the water department and crews dug in to begin repairs, a casualty. they struck north main and water began spilling again. >> the water department was working to get access to the 16-inch broken main, during that time an 8-inch main broke and water service was disrupted to 55 homes. >> the response time was really great and it's unfortunate they are trying to fix it and now another water main is broken. >> we'll be out here making

repairs to the 8-inch water main and then get back to working on the 16-inch main. >> back out here live, no idea of an exact time frame but at this point we know it will go well into the night and that is a big hole going on here. we are told that the 16-inch main is from 1945 and from philadelphia's standards that is not necessarily an old main. as for traffic conditions, dickinson is closed from 27th to 29th through the evening, and as for 28th from tasker to reed it's closed until further notice. reporting live in south philadelphia, annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> coming up on "action news" tonight. new information on the 6 abc's zoo balloon and the future as part of the skyline. and the eagles ask mark sanchez to lead the team for monday night football.

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a father and son from collingdale are in jail after a shootout with police. police arrived to serve a warn on the son, lamar james, he was wanted for a murder in philadelphia and james opened fire on the officers, he is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault on nine

police officers, his father tony gail is charged with obstruction of justice. >> an investigation is june way at princeton university after a tip that an intoxicated student was filmed performing a sex act on another student at an eating club and that was allegedly shared with others, it reportedly happened at the tiger inn they have no witnesses or suspects. >> if they were forced to do something against their will of a sexual nature or a film against their will or consent that would constitute a crime. >> princeton was identified in may as one of a dozen schools of being investigated for sexual harassment and sexual silence complains.

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eagles hopes resting on the right arm of mark sanchez. if there is a quota for injuries

they filled theirs a month ago. the birds are not worried about mark sanchez facing the panthers monday night and neither is sanchez. eagles quarterback, mark sanchez is gearing up for his first start against carolina on monday night. it's a long road for the first round pick. >> it makes you appreciate it even more and makes you play that much better when i get in there. he has to nfc title games on his resume and he has leaned on foleses from day one. >> nick has been great, and i appreciate him being at practice and being at the meetings, preparing like he was going to play like i would do for him. if he sees anything he will tell me and if i see anything i tell him. >> he has definitely done it and

he is a true professional and intelligent too. >> the eagles have the most turnovers in all of football and between 2011 and 2012, and nobody had more than mark sanchez when he was with the jets. >> we don't worry about what everybody said outside of the building, we would be absolutely out of our minds. >> sanchez and foleses are similar quartz backs in his mind and we saw a glimpse of that on sunday in houston as soon as he was thrown in there. jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> by the way lesean mccoy missed practice because of an illness. we'll have a pregame special at 8:00 and all of the action started at 8:00 on phl 17.

east carolina was the first ranked opponent in 16 years and the owls know they have to move on. the tigers have won three of their last four games and the coach knows this is another testify test. >> there is a tough team coming to play and they are in first place for a reason, our hans are full and we are trying to get some guys healthy and getting our guys prepared to play and hopefully our kids have their minds right. they are saying that michael rofle is out with the lower body injury. had to hit a lay-up, and a half quart shot in 30 seconds. and he does. buzzer beater there. just got it in for his troubles he wins a brand new pickup truck. >> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we

continue in just a moment.

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so if you hopped around the clock, ask your health care provider about fluzone high-dose vaccine. fluzone high-dose vaccine. the 6 abc zoo balloon will remain a fixture of the philadelphia skyline, it's a rental and will be returned by the end of this month. but because of all the public demand they won't let us end this thing. not that we want to. a new balloon will soar again, channel 6 "action news" has been a proud sponsor of the zoo and the iconic balloon since 2002.

speaking seriously. and we couldn't be more pleased or prouder to continue the tradition of the zoo balloon. i remember back in 2002, tony perkins, i was on gma with him jumping around and he was afraid of heights, it's fun and i'm glad it's coming back. a zoo balloon will not be flying tomorrow. condition fly in rain and can't my in wind. and we have both heading our way. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that most of our region is rain free however we have light showers from south of mays landing through millville, sea isle city and dover. this is all really ahead of the main batch that is arriving late tonight through the first half of the day tomorrow. a rainy thursday is on tap following by a windy friday. and future tracker rainfall amounts, a general half inch to inch of rain, looks like the

heaviest will be in the northwest suburbs,s bulk of this is occurring the first half of the day tomorrow. the wins are really gusting friday afternoon and we are looking at wind gusts 35 to 40 miles per hour. this will create windchills in the 40s. it's a cold and blustery day on friday. 69 degrees and the degrees above normal and our morning low, 10 degrees above normal and temperatures begin to cool off. currently in philadelphia, 62 degrees and allentown 53 and millville 58 and wilmington 57 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the clouds are in place and you can see the ribbon of really light moisture moving in and that low pressure that is create that moisture is across the tennessee valley and this is what is drifting over us through the day tomorrow. future tracker showing around midnight tonight lots of clouds and showers mainly southwest of

philadelphia, as we head through the overnight hours, 7:30 in the morning allow extra time for the morning commute and watch david murphy at 4:30 because we'll have areas of heavy rain. as we head into the afternoon it's more of a scattered shower in nature and then everything begins to move out and should be out of here by 6:30, 7:00 tomorrow night. the call from accuweather is cloudy and temperatures on the mild side. 42 to 52 degrees, the rain pulling in around midnight and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, don't forget the umbrellas tomorrow and morning rain and afternoon showers and a cool high of 59 degrees, and friday 54 degrees, we'll see a lot of clouds and breaks of sunshine, factor in the winds 35 to 40 miles per hour, the 54 will feel more like the 40s so bundle up. friday a dry day and sunshine and increasing clouds with a

high of 50 degrees and sunday the front is pulling through and that brings us the possibility of showers shouldn't be widespread and clouds and sunshine 55 degrees and temperatures have adjusteded them up from monday and that is good news, mostly sunny and a high of 57 degrees and the game temperatures drop down to the 40s so bundle up. veterans day a high of 64 degrees but don't get used to a storm front comes in on wednesday and temperatures drop to the high 50s and down to the 40s and could be followed by the coldest air mass of the season i'll have an update at 11:00. >> good news here cecily, the woman kidnapped off the streets of philadelphia, carlesha freeland-gaither has been found alive in jessup, maryland. no word on her alleged abduct

ter. commissioner ramsey will have a news conference at 7:00 and we'll carry that news conference live on channel 6 and 6abc.com. once again, carlesha freeland-gaither has been found alive we are glad to report. >> abc world news tonight with david muir, continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, and ducis rogers and please join us at 11:00 here on channel 6 for a special report here for the country music awards. >> i'm alicia vitarelli in nashville for the annual cma awards, we are here on the red carpet talking to all the celebrities, on "action news" at 11:00 don't miss our wrap up for who we met here on the red carpet. don't miss country's biggest night. >> we hope you'll join us at

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welcome to "world news tonight." and who makes the next move? the president, late today, in front of the cameras, after a huge republican night. and that moment with our correspondent, kentucky bourbon to the rescue? breaking tonight, what we've just learned about that woman, that moment she was dragged away on the sidewalk. and why this new video could be so crucial. also developing, suspended football star ray rice, hand in hand with his wife. the same woman in that elevator. now taking on the nfl commissioner over his punishment. on alert. much of this country bracing for torrential rains and frigid temperatures. >> oh, man. i'm going to eat it all. >> and the candy prank now seen by millions. why it is so many parents want to play along? jimmy kimmel, right here tonight with the answer. >> you ruine