>> carlesha freeland-gaither is now safe with her family tonight and we are hearing more from the heros that made that possible. meanwhile, the man accused of abducting her is waiting extradition to virginia where he is wanted for another heinous kidnapping and rape. until he is extradited he will remain in the baltimore county detention center but the virginia authorities have five days to pick him up and they could move him as early as tonight. reporter annie mccormick is outside of carlesha's mother's home but lets begin with sara bloomquist she just heard from the lead detective in this case. sara? >> reporter: detectives here are working to compile all the evidence, they will reinterview carlesha after she had time to rest and is feeling more comfortable. we heard from the lead

investigator on this case and he described the moment he walked into carlesha's hospital room in maryland and saw her safe and sound for the very first time. >> entered the room and she was upset and i just told her i have been looking for you and she started crying and her mom hugged her and her father embraced her. it was a touching moment. >> reporter: now, commissioner charles ramsey credited the surveillance video tip and determined detectives for getting what he calls a bad guy off the street. 37-year-old delvin barnes made his initial court appearance in maryland this afternoon and the judge ordered him to be expedited to virginia where he is wanted in connection of the abduction of a 16-year-old girl last month. soon he will be charged with the

abduction of carlesha freeland-gaither, the kidnapping was captured on this chilly video watched around the world. >> he is not getting out of custody no matter which direction he goes. >> he is not getting out, his last moment of freedom was last night. >> he was caught on cameras before before and after the abduction. >> a detective in virginia recognized the suspect's ford taurus and he asked thor dealer to put on a gps tracking device. barnes was in the car with carlesha freeland-gaither and when he got out investigators pounced. >> investigators say that carlesha freeland-gaither showed courage, she found a hammer in the car and used that to smash out the back window, he was

injured and kept his head covered in public and she told authorities that she purposefully dropped her phone at the scene of the abduction and gave barness her debit card and pin hoping it would help authorities find her and now they are combing through cold cases to see if there may be any connection to delvin barnes. >> this is a bad guy there is no question about it, he is off the street and needs to be off the street for the rest of his life. there is a great sense of relief here tonight that the victim is home safe and sound and a suspect is behind bars, now investigators have work to do to make sure he never walks free again, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> sara thank you. lets switch live to north philadelphia, annie mccormick has more from some of carlesha's loved ones tonight.

>> this is a young woman that has a tremendous amount of love and support not just from the community, but from her family and friends many of whom were stopping by her mother's home today. originally the family said they would have a press conference at 6:00 to address the media but they changed their mind. the police say that the family is grateful and thankful that their girl is brought home but right now they are overwhelmed. this is the 2100 block, relatives and friends of carlesha freeland-gaither fiercely protecting her privacy. >> give us some time to get ourselves together. >> her sister's boyfriend telling "action news" this, after visiting the family home thursday afternoon. >> she supstairs with her mother and that is all i can tell you really. she is okay and excited to be home with her family.

>> what is the mood in there? >> just very excited. very emotional. >> investigators arrived mid-day and later philadelphia police inspector spent 20 minutes inside with the family. >> she is in overall good condition but emotionally upset and she is doing overall well. >> the family expressing through police their thankfulness to the community for helping their young girl to get home. she is resting comfortably and they did not go into the extent of her injuries at this time. reporting live from north philadelphia, channel 6 "action news." >> annie thank you. 6abc.com is constantly updating the story with the latest details and can you read more about the criminal history of the suspect and watch the news conference from police and the victim's family and see photos

from the search, it's all right there right now at 6abc.com. >> the chester county district attorney plans to seek the death penalty in a horrific child murder case. gary fellenbaum and jillian tait are behind bars, the police say she used homemade weapons to torture and kill tait's little son scott mcmillan at their home. vernon odom will have more on this disturbing case coming up on "action news" at 6:00. turning now to the forecast, a severe thunderstorm warning is issued for parts of south jersey. lets go out to cecily tynan for details from accuweather. >> most of our region is dealing with showers and fog and we have a severe cell that is dropping some hail and the potential for wind gusts at 30 miles per hour. in parts of atlantic and cumberland and all of cape may county until 5:30 tonight. this is the cell really just over fortescue right now, you

can see the bowing, when you get that bowing it indicates rushing winds and it's moving quickly towards the east at 50 miles per hour. so it's movie quickly, bell plain and goshen and woodbine, if you live in these communities and you hear the rumble of thunder, take shelter. wider view showing again this is the only area of severe weather, what is going on is low pressure is forming off the eastern seaboard and this will intensify and give us strong wind gusts tomorrow and i'll have more details on that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. a discount food change is closing 66 stores in new jersey and pennsylvania. they sold their stores to aldi, now people are looking for

another low cost option. >> it's terrible. >> why? >> the food prices are great, i live around the corner. john is heart broken to find out there is a local bottom dollar food store is closing soon. one of 66 stores in pennsylvania and new jersey are shutting down after selling their parent company to aldi, a competitor. >> the prices are great let me tell you. >> when you go to the stores in the inner city, they were fresh the meats and reasonably priced. >> in is bad flus? >> yes. >> the spokesman for bottom dollar says the decision to sell was difficult, but 2200 people will lose their jobs. >> i feel sorry for the workers and have you more unemployment happening, it's not good. >> officials at the crisis

ministry food pantry, say that closing discounts food markets in areas that are considered food deserts is dangerous. >> for people that have access to places like bottom dollar, they get savings and they are already working on a limited budget for food. >> losing the bottom dollar stores forces them to move to more expensive corner stores or travel far for a super market. >> hope they don't close down. >> aldi has not said if they will take over the bottom dollar locations. when they do close, the brand name will be retired. in hamilton township, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." all right time for the

"action news" traffic report, as we look live at 95 it's wet and very congested, especially on the southbound side from past wide haven to the betsy ross bridge, we have the accident involving the fire truck partially blocking the on ramp, the northbound is blocked up as well with the normal vool you moving slower than normal because of the wet conditions, a vehicle ran off the ditch and slowing past that and it's not terrible at this point. still some high water closing ogle town road. and gloucester township, the crash took down a pole and closes college drive and 42 looking wet and very slow leer on the northbound side as you head towards 295, we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thanks matt. more to come on "action news" this evening, a 4-year-old

battling cancer is gearing up for a special night, ali gorman will explain why little lila still is so excited. >> and i have advice for anyone preparing to ship (s or travel for the thanksgiving holiday. >> we'll have those stories and more when "action news" at 5:00 comes right back.

health check tonight a technology giant is stepping up against the fight against ebola. registered nurse, ali gorman is telling us all about it. mark zuckerberg donated $25 million to the center for disease control to go towards ebola. they are listing their 1.5 billion user, users will see a button to donate to three organizations that are fighting ebola, it shows the charities because they are working directly on the ground in west africa, in edition facebook is

deploying 100 terminals to provide help coverage in remote areas. we have a facebook chat under way with weight loss doctor, charlie selzter. he has a newtition plan that could help you lose weight. he is taking your questions until 5:30, and an exciting night for cincinnati bengals player, devin still, his daughter is undergrowing treatment at the hospital of the philadelphia. leah arrives just before midnight last night and made a dash into daddy's arms, after surgery in september, cancer of the nerve cells, she is well enough to travel. >> you going to watch me play

football? >> yes. >> you going to see cheerleaders? >> she is definitely excited, to have my daughter out here in cincinnati, for her to be able to go to a game finally and watch me play, hopefully i give her a lot to cheer for. >> during the game leah will be recognized when the team makes a $1 million donation to the hospital in cincinnati. they are selling still's jersey number 75 and we wish leah continued success on her recovery. >> thank you ali. local marines are kicking off their toys for tots drive as they collected toys at this store in port richmond, can you help by dropping off new

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at the "action news" big board tonight, we move further into november everyone is thinking ahead to the holiday season and that includes the u.s. postal service, they announced they will start shipping packages seven days a

week in anticipation of the holiday rush, it starts november 17th and ends on christmas day, the postal service is making the change because of the demand has only grown in recent years because of the popularity of online shopping, the usps expects to ship 470 million packages this season about 50 million more than last year. in holiday news, if you are planning to board a holiday flight somewhere for thank giving, expect plains and airports to be very crowded. u.s. airlines are preparing for 40 million people to travel over the 12 days surrounding thanksgiving and that is up 1.5% from last year and they re offering advice, the worst day to travel they say is the sunday after thanksgiving because of the volume of people on the move that day, you might want to book

your flight home for saturday or monday. >> thank you sharrie, the online deals company, living social is laying off 400 employees, that brings the workforce down to 1600, in 2012, the company had 4,000 workers, the latest cuts are part of a strategic shifts. music mogul and rap star, jay z apparently likes $300 champagne so much he bought part of the company this week and jay z has been photographed drinking it especially a specific brand called aces of spades. the shiny bottled go for $300 a piece. he has a clothes and shoe line and restaurants and a sports management company and has ownership in what is

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east, at 60 miles per hour, so pomona is in the panel of this storm system. we have one lightning strike associated with this and reports of gusty winds, up to 60 miles per hour, it's near tuckahoe and over dennisville, and crossing route 50 over the garden state parkway and off the coast in the next 10 to 15 minutes. again the severe thunderstorm warning is in affect for parts of atlantic county and cape may until 5:30 tonight where we don't see the showers we see the fog, reading dropped down to 1.5 miles and philadelphia 2 miles, we'll be dealing with patchy fog through the evening commute and later on tonight at 11:00, the winds will pick up and this will get the fog out of here and mix up the atmosphere, temperatures

on the cool side, 53 and millville 55 and sea isle city 59 and millville 49 degrees, stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing what is going on one low pressure over us and another one up to the north and east. these are transferring their energy to a coastal low and the low pressure will deepen like the system over the weekend and bring us some really high wind gusts tomorrow, future tracker showing you the showers are out of here and tomorrow the big story, the winds, similar setup to sunday, low pressure up to the north and bringing snow to new england and high pressure to the south and west and that creates the wind tunnel affect and peak wind gusts, 35 to 40 miles per hour. so the leaves that are still on the trees for last weekend will likely be falling off tomorrow and we'll be doing a lot of raking over the weekend, tonight evening showers and foggy until 11:00 until midnight and a

chilly night, 45 in philadelphia and 40 in allentown and 43 in millville, and 43 in wilmington, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow we dry up and still a possibility of a scattered shower and mainly dry, and more clouds and sunshine and the gusty winds. 54 degrees and windchills make it feel like temperatures are in the 40s, saturday, morning sun then increasing clouds and a cool high of 50 degrees, sunday looking nice and 57 and it keeps getting milder for monday, the eagles game, well during the day 61 degrees, and temperatures are dropping down into the upper 40s at the linc, and tuesday for veterans day, temperatures running 7 degrees above average, don't get used to that, we have an extended of very cold air on the way, i'll let adam handle that in the seven-day forecast. the way, i'll let adam handle that in the seven-day forecast. >> let adam give us tha

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and has one lightning strike with it, it's really the wind and not the lightning that we are dealing with, lighter showers to the west and thunderstorm warnings set to etch pirate the bottom of the hour we'll see if it extends a bill lit from ocean city, stone harbor, and atlantic city the storm is way to your north, it travels all the way down to cape may county, it's from ocean city, tuckahoe, are you seeing that heavy rainfall and again only one lightning strike, it's the rush of wind that is severe with this particular cell, with winds in excess of 60 miles per hour. speeds of 50 miles per hour, heading to absecon and mays landing and tuckahoe and south of ocean city, that is the v line for this particular thunderstorm. it will be off the coast as we move into the next 5