that their kidnaped loved one is safe, and we are live, with some of the atf agents, who rescued her, in that is next. ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na na na na ♪ ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na... female announcer: it's a great big world and it can all be yours. here and only here. ♪ come and get it. thanks for being here for us, i'm taking my baby home, thank you. thank you so much. >> the mother of kidnaped

carlesha freeland gaither expressing her joy tonight, with word that her daughter was alive, and safe, and that the a alleged kidnapper was in custody. it is wednesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is 22-year old carlesha freeland gaither. she has been found alive and at this hour her mother is on her way to maryland to see her and bring her home. a police van carrying carlesha's family left philadelphia a couple of hours ago, and should soon be a arriving in columbia maryland where carlesha is being treated for relatively minor injuries. this is happy ending to what could have been a catastrophic story. atf agents rescued carlesha in jessup maryland earlier tonight and arrested her alleged abductor, 37 year-old delven barnes. barnes is currently wanted on attempted murder charges, in virginia. and was actually quick of aggravated assault in philadelphia nine years ago. "action news" reporter kenneth

moton is live in maryland and annie mccormack is in germantown the scene of the abduction and sharrie williams is live at north west detective headquarters in logan. sharrie, it was unusual to see a police news conference like we did earlier tonight where police were smiling with such satisfaction. >> reporter: unusual, jim, because we have covered so many of these stories and often times, they end in heart break. very rarely, is there a happy ending. it took a lot of manpower and a lot of man hours and it crossed state lines, tonight, philadelphia police commissioner calling the suspect kidnapper a thug. >> we are so thankful. i'm so happy. thank you for all of the prayers, all of the care and love. >> reporter: family relieved and counting its blessings tonight their loved one carlesha free land gaither ace live and well. >> you hope, you hope, you hope, but you don't know until you are able to get her, and make sure that she's okay.

>> reporter: sunday the 22-year old was aggressively dragged down colter street in philadelphia's germantown section, placedded in a car and kidnaped. with the help of surveillance camera and use of carlesha's stolen atm card clues began to pour in as to who the kidnapper may be. >> we were able to identify this individual, identify his car, and track it, into maryland. >> reporter: the suspect turned out to be 37 year-old delven barnes, who has a known philadelphia address and a history of violent crime but philadelphia police say that the abduction appears to be a random act. >> as of right now there is no relation that they know each other, right now we're just taking it on as a stranger investigation. >> reporter: barnes car was spotted this afternoon in a parking lot in jessup, maryland. atf agents had surveillance on barnes for about a half an hour before they moved in. carlesha was inside the car as well. the 22-year old has only minor injuries and is doing fine

tonight. her mom spoke with her over the phone. >> when she heard my voice she of course broke down. she was just crying. i had to calm her down. we both had to calm down. i said car leash, we both have to calm down. after we calm down, i told her, first thing i said was i love her. >> reporter: as for the family's message to the accused kidnapper. >> i hope you rot in hell. >> reporter: very tough words from a mother who for the past three days wondered how and where her child was and tonight she knows. at this point, there have not been any formal charges filed against this accused abductor. at this point he is being held on that warrant out of virginia. we're live at northwest detectives, sharrie williams for channel six "action news", jim? >> thanks, sharrie. just as family and friend gathered for a candle light vigil at the abduction scene tonight, that is when they learn that carlesha was safe. their prayers had been

answered. well, while the kidnapping began in fill at dramatic rescue happened in jessup maryland southwest of baltimore. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at howard county general hospital in columbia, maryland. kenneth, what is the latest there. >> reporter: jim, federal agents who made that big save tonight are feeling pretty proud as they should. they told us tonight that yes, they did sit on that car for 20 or 30 minutes before they moved in but as soon as they were able to rescues carlesha freeland gaither she was so upset they immediately got her to this hospital. a "action news" was on the ground in jessup maryland as delven barnes ford taurus was towed a away. these were the baltimore field division atf agents who spotted the vehicle. they moved in. they rescued carlesha free land gaither. >> the woman was very relieved that law enforcement was on the scene and once she had the time to process what had occurred you could tell she

was very emotionally distraught. >> reporter: agent timothy jones, found his four men and one woman got a tip and discover a car in the parking lot the in the shopping center just off of 95. plastic was covering that window gaither kick out during her abduction but agents were still able to get eyes on the man and woman inside. agents say at first both were sitting on the passenger side, and then barnes moved into the driver's seat. >> for fear of him driving away before we could detain him and determine if that was actually our abduction victim the agents at that point moved in. >> reporter: jones said agents surrounded the vehicle taking down barnes without incident. >> it was fantastic because i was actually on the phone with the detective from the philadelphia police department and it was one of those moments where we were very happy that luck was in our favor. >> reporter: gaither was rush to nearby howard county general hospital for her injuries. but she was safe. >> that is huge. i'm so glad that she's found. found safe?

>> reporter: found alive. >> fantastic. >> reporter: guess up resident who saw the take down and knew of the story was not in shock. >> we thought it was related to some type of drug activity, we saw atf and everything else but we had no clue it was that big of a case. >> reporter: a very big case. thinks a a live look at the howard county general hospital here in columbia, maryland tonight where gaither is recovering. her family should be here in the next 20 to 30 minutes or so, for that very big reunion. we know investigators are at the hospital but we do not know if they have been able to speak to this young woman just yet, jim, reporting live, from columbia maryland kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> thanks, kenneth. "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live in germantown in philadelphia. what have we learn about suspect delven barnes. >> reporter: jim, we have learned a lot about delven barnes tonight. we do know he is son of the preacher but he hads a rap

sheet that rivals that of some career criminals. tonight a "action news" spoke to his uncle who said he is not surprised about his nephew's arrest. >> i feel sorry for my brother and his wife. they don't deserve this. >> reporter: lemar barnes does in the know latest accusation as begins his nephew delven are true but he knows he has made bad choice necessary life. >> from my experience and knowledge of him, he has a thing about women, female. >> reporter: according to the pennsylvania state board of probation and parole, the now 37 year-old has three prison sentences in pennsylvania, under his belt. this is video of him in 2005, soon after he served his most recent sentence completing the maximum of eight years for aggravated assault. he was released in in of 2013. today officials are holding him on a warrant out of virginia, for attempted capitol murder, abduction, forceable rape and other charges. according to abc news, officials say a woman was

abduct off of a virginia street and missing for two days. that victim telling police that she did in the necessity barnes. delven's uncle will says that he last saw his nephew in virginia two months ago and did not see him in philadelphia in recent weeks but says that they have family here. >> it is just hard for me to accept because i'm not necessarily surprised. >> abc news has also been report ago this barnes reportedly showed that virginia victim pictures of other woman that claims he had abduct. as for his family his uncle tells us that barnes father, mother and sister all live in virginia. he also tells us that he had has a young daughter. for now reporting live from germantown, annie in mccormack for channel six "action news". we suggest you stay with "action news" for continuing coverage of this story. we streamed tonight's news conference live on six abc.com and you can go there right now on a second screen, tablet or

lap top to watch it all. plus we have posted a slide show of photographs and the "action news" morning team will be live with overnight developments and that begins at 4:30. still to come on "action news" tonight we have just learned of a grocery store chain in our area shutting down all of its stores and getting rid of hundreds have have employees. plus, not one, but two service member surprises, military moms and dads coming home to stunned children. and water, water, every where, we have an update on a water main break affecting dozens of homes, cecily. different kind of water. rain is moving in on schedule. i'll have details what it means for your morning commute, when it clears out and cold wind to follow in your "action news" forecast. i'm alycia vitarelli live on the red carpet at the the cma award in nashville, coming up, i'll have a rap up of country music's biggest night, jim good thanks, alycia. ducis rodgers hear from his

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bottom dollar expects to keep its doors opened until the end of the year. after that they will be shut down and the 2200 employees offered severance. that effects 46 stores in the philadelphia area, and 20 near pittsburgh. the long time coach of haverford high school's football team has been accused of a hit and run under the influence. joseph gallagher was arrested over the weekend after investigators say he was involved in a crash in prospect park. they say he fled the scene. gallagher is in his 23rd year of coaching. he has taken a leave of absence from the team but still a full-time teacher at haverford high school. pennsylvania governor elect tom have wolf showed up in manchester pennsylvania this morning to thank supporters, many of whom have have known wolf for a very long time. he said he had to pin much himself this morning after defeating tom corbett last night but already the republican controlled legislature has sent the message that wolf better be

willing to compromise. president barack obama is another democrat now faced with dealing with a republican controlled legislature in both houses. the g.o.p. got control of the senate last night and white house insiders say obama is intrigued by the potential opportunities. likely senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he looks forward to try to work with the president but referencing what ronald reagan once said about the soviet union, mcconnell said he will trust but verify his relationship with the president obama. country music's biggest night saw all of the stars come out tonight for cm a's in nashville. alycia vitarelli was there to see the glitz, glamour and alycia is now live in tennessee, alycia a. >> reporter: hi, jim. the best part about this night is all of the stars are just so warm. it is like one big family here. in fact they say this event which is the biggest, in

nashville is kind of like a home coming, where they all gathered here to celebrate, country music and we were here on the red carpet all night catching up with the stars. >> excited to be here. it has been a really busy year but thinks something we look forward to every year. it is in our hometown. night full of country music. >> reporter: yes, even the stars get star struck. >> it is cool, you feel energy just starting to happen, you know, we are still so star truck too it is cool. >> i'm hoping to get selfies with these people. >> reporter: red carpet rocking with the biggest names of the business from luke brian, little will big town it was a who's who, hunter heyes and steven tyler walk this way. >> passed that way. >> yes. >> we just met megan trainer. >> reporter: cast of abc's nashville flattered that these stars are their fans. >> people come up and they will say i love your show. we have gotten a lot of that tonight. it is always a surprise when

somebody who is ago i have in the music industry takes the time to say that they love our show. >> reporter: some of the brightest stars in country music say every nomination is humbling. >> it is crazy, i have never been nominated for a cma for new artist of the year and to be in that category with my new friends it is awesome. >> true honor. nominations happen from your peers. for us we wanted to do a country ban and to get that many in nation feels like the family is recognizing that. a true honor. >> reporter: certainly nothing little bit about this night. you can follow our adventures from here in nashville using the the hash tag six abc cma and watch a slide show of the pictures we have been snapping for you of all of the celebrities, pictures around town here in music city. just go to six abc.com. we have certainly been enjoying ourselves around here. good barbecue too. jim, back to you. >> and a good barbecue. thanks, alycia.

in montgomery county today a reunion that was nearly nine months in the making. bennet most i curseo thought he was in a study group at indian crest middle school in souderton when he all of a sudden heard a familiar voice. it was his dad who returned from his tour of duty in afghanistan a few days early. >> i kind of thought it was a regular day, and like he was supposed to come home later this week. so yeah. >> reporter: pretty psyched. >> yes. >> it is amazing, mace to go see him. he got really big. >> but that was not all, school also brought in curseo's nephew and niece for some hugs. curseo who is a senior air men has been planning a surprise for more than a in month. ♪ >> a similar scene played out at the american gymnastic and cheer in, montgomeryville. staff sergeant jennifer

kaczynski gave her daughter felicia shock and awe during practice. mom has been deployed with the pennsylvania air national guard for the past seven months, the longest time she has ever been away from her daughter. >> it felt really nice to hear her voice again. >> face-to-face. >> yes. >> kaczynski has been planning this surprise home coming operation for a month, and pulled it off with military precision tonight. those smiles say everything. >> how do you resist stories of that. >> it is emotional no question about that. >> amazing accu weather forecast. >> there's something i won't cry b but it is not very nice tomorrow. storm extractor six live double scan showing that the showers have moved in and generally, we've got some light showers around philadelphia, not much to the north and you can see deeper shade of green over parts of the delaware, smyrna and dover, moving into south jersey. this is really the leading

edge of the rain that will be really filling in through the overnight hours. temperature though with the clouds, wind out of the southwest really not all that will cool. 56 degrees in philadelphia, down from a high of 69. a allentown 45 degrees. not as much cloud cover in allentown. fifty-three in in millville and wilmington currently at 55 degrees. satellite six with action radar showing this plume o. moisture that is moving up from the tennessee valley. that is low pressure that will move over us. is there another one a across the midwest and these two will join forces on friday and deepen off the coast of new england and bring us tremendous winds but tomorrow we're just looking at periods have of rain, especially the first half of the day. future tracker showing 7:30 tomorrow morning the rain is here especially along i-95 corridor areas north and west where some of it will be heavy at times. allow plenty of time for your morning commute. 10:00 o'clock it is still a steady rain and things will slowly begin to taper off by 2:00 in the western suburbs, and still a steady rain across

the shore and finally by 5:00 o'clock most of the rain will be moving out and that is when wind will begin to pick up. future tracker showing generally we have been saying a half inch to an inch of rain, closer to a half inch, although shouldn't be enough to cause any localized flooding concerns. but it will put a damper on your morning commute. the morning commute, forecast was steady rain, how plenty of extra time at 6:00 o'clock 51. by 7:00 o'clock 51 as well. by 8:00, 52. temperatures going in where. we will be on the cool side. temperatures holding in the 50's tomorrow and then again around 4:00 o'clock city rain, will be pretty much over some showers, 56 degrees but it will be a damp day. exclusive seven day forecast, morning rain, afternoon showers, a high of only 59 degrees. on friday a few peaks of sunshine but lots of clouds, windy and cool, but win gusts 35 to 45 miles an hour. on at day wind diminish,

increasing cloud in the afternoon, it will be cooler, high of 50. sunday more clouds than sunshine could have a shower in the afternoon with the cold front moving through. doesn't look widespread. 55 degrees. monday, sunshine is back, 57 degrees, mostly sunny skies. a dry night for eagles game tuesday, mild for veterans day 64 degrees and wednesday we will start process of temperatures really crashing for a high of 50 degrees. david murphy will have an update on "action news" live storm tracker six on "action news" beginning at 4:30. >> thanks, cecily. students at drexel university received a unique culinary treat this evening. carla hall from the chew on abc was at drexel tonight handing out sample from his her new restaurant. restaurant called southern kitchen went mobile for the event in the form of the food truck, visitors to the truck got to try samples of hot chicken, mack and cheese and greens. it's on?

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you probably never heard anybody sing two notes at the same time but that is what these men are doing, it is called two man throat singing. they sing multiple pitches and an effect that sometime resemble the the bagpipe sound. ensemble is called alash, concert took plaque at rotunda in university city. throat singing is an anxious tradition developed by heardmen of central asia and we heard tonight university city in philadelphia tonight. >> very interesting. >> there it is. >> mark sanchez getting ready to make his first start as a philadelphia eagles. >> warming up that arm, jim. great teams have depth and that has been tested all season. it will be tested monday night in carolina as, mark sanchez makes that start. lesean mccoy has an illness w nick fels out indefinitely sanchez takes the reigns of the offense.

he was signed for this very purpose. the veteran has been in the nfl since 2009 but he will make his first start in nearly two years. >> yeah, it makes you a appreciate it even more. it makes you want to play all that much better when i get in there. >> he has won in this league at a very high level before. he has definitely done it. he is a true professional. he is very talented too. >> maclin has been named the nfc offensive player of the week. he had had two touchdowns begins houston. on the same day todd herremans officially goes on injured reserve, evan mathis is activated. mathis missed most of the season with the knee injury. jeff sky vice ski caught up with him ahead of the monday's game. >> it has been hard. i'm back. the wait is over. so now it is just all about the preparation. i'm excited to be back. i necessity now i'm not going to be overly excited but focus on the task at hand. >> flyers announced leading

goal scorer michael raffle will miss six weeks with the lower body your. still to come, together we will build, and zero and five record. wait until you see how sixers lose tonight.

# games, four losses sixers tried for that first victory begins orlando. you know jim, sixers plan to develop their young players. that is going too far with this. trouble in the third quarter nerlens noel, sprains his left ankle. yes. he would leave the the game, and not to return. still in the third quarter brandon davies picks up a three-point tore put sixers up three, he scores 20 points. we will go to the fourth quarter. sixers down by two. henry simms, his even bucket of the game. he tied the game were four seconds to go. but at the other end harris

looks free at the buzzer, and the sixers lose, 91-89. they are now zero and five. >> joe he will embiid comes back before inner len noel, they are really in trouble. >> yes. >> jimmy kimmel live next on channel six, followed by night line. then rebroadcast of general hospital from 1:05 to 2:05 since it was interrupted by president obama's news conference today so set that dvr. jimmy's guest joel i bow even, cma winner brad paisley. he won tonight. music from florida georgia line. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. >> ♪ >> "action news" is sponsored in part by elkins chevrolet, south jersey's premiere chevy dealership featuring 2014

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