tragedy. >> i'm brian taff. >> and i'm shirleen allicot. >> victims were trapped by the fire in the back of the home and firefighters could not get to them in time. chad pradelli is live near the scene on washington avenue with the very latest. >> reporter: shirleen at this point investigators say they have no suspects, we have seen detectives bring out bags of evidence from the home that caught fire, not a lot of damage in thefront, the bulk of the fire was in the back but once the smoke had cleared, a young mother and her young son were found dead inside. the question is now who set the fire? investigators canvassed the burned out home in thee neighborhood after a suspicious fire sparked at 8:00 this morning. firefighter firefighters got in the home and found a young mother and her young son dead. >> the man believed to be the

woman's boyfriend, and was conscious about to be transported to the hospital. >> he was telling investigators that someone broke into the house. >> neighbor says that the mother and son would often play in the front yard, they can't understand why someone would want to hurt them. >> to have this happen is very devastating. and i want them to catch the person that did this. >> she is a good mom and cares a lot about her kids. >> and that young boy was a second grader at sprag elementary. i did reach out to the egg harbor school district and the superintendant called me back and she said that parents were notified by a reverse 911 call. and grief counselors will be made available tomorrow.

i'm live in egg harbor city, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a toddler's death is ruled a drowning it happened in a fish pond in south jersey. >> the incident happened at the sunshine day care in millville, police say that the 15-month-old was found in the 1-foot deep pond. the owner was inside when all of this unfolded. the investigation is still underway. the man accused of abducting a philadelphia woman and taking her to money was in court for a haring. delvin barnes was arraigned in federal court on charges that she kidnapped carlesha freeland-gaither, barnes has also been charged with kidnapping a teenage girl in virginia. turning now to the accuweather forecast. it's sunny and warm now but

don't be fooled the polar plunge is coming. >> this is how it looked this morning. we don't have the video but we have cecily tynan, she can tell us what it was like today? >> we woke up with fog this morning and then a front blew through bringing us a return of sunshine and a mild day. we had three unseasonably warm days, monday 63 degrees, yesterday 70 and today matching that it's 13 degrees above average for this time of year. but things will be changing, we are holding on to this warm air and the sunshine right now but satellite 6 along with action radar if you look along western pennsylvania, you see the veil of clouds extending through the ohio valley, that the leading edge of the cold air that is moving in overnight and through the day tomorrow, right now we are holding on to the 60s, 63

degrees, richmond, virginia, 61, but pittsburgh it's 38 degrees and there is even colder air weighting in the wings. it's colder now in dallas than here. it's 39 there and 29 in wichita, denver earlier this week in the 60s. currently it's only 5 degrees. that air mass is moving our way. definitely you want a jacket. 8:00, 53 degrees and by midnight 44 degrees and overnight lows drop down into the 30s tonight and future tracker showing you wake up tomorrow morning is temperatures in the 30s and colder air is on the way. this is still six weeks before winter, everyone is asking me what will this winter be like? will it be as brutal as last winter? i'll have the answer coming up at 11:00 on "action news." let you know just cold it will be and how much snow to expect this winter.

>> thank you cecily. >> one entrance to a busy highway was blocked and a trailer flipped on to its side this afternoon. a truck flipped over at the new jersey turnpike in robbinsvilling, nobody was hurlt and it's unclear why the driver lost control. state police had to close the ramp before they towed the truck out of the way. a woman was killed when two cars slammed into each other in front of northeast high school on cotman avenue. the driver of the nissan ultima was taken to the hospital in critical condition after his car went through a fence and went on to the front lawn of that school. student his to walk through the wreckage on their way to class and the cause of the crash is still under investigation. the former showboat casino in atlantic city has a buyer. the richard stockton college of new jersey is buying the casino

and use it as a satellite campus. officials are holding another summit in atlantic city to deal with the closing of four casinos this year. new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic, was at the summit and joins us live on the boardwalk. >> reporter: governor christie says the proposals may bring pain but something has to be done to help the struggling casino here and the bloated cost of local government that has it on the brink of financial ruin. >> first thing we have to do is stop the bleeding. >> that was governor christie's decision formulating a plan to stop the city's financial decline, among them consolidating municipal services and an emergency manager to take over city operations. some or all will be necessary. >> if we are interested in

fixing and bettering atlantic city. the current model is unsustainable. >> we need to bring an emergency manager into the city that will not pay attention to politics, that person he or should will just deal with the cold hard facts. >> with four casinos closing this year over 8,000 p.m. have lost their jobs and tax revenues have plummeted and property taxes have skyrocketed 50% over the last few years. >> horrific affect for the taxpayer, that is what happens when you put your eggs in one basket. >> it's easy for the politicians to say i talked to this one or that one. >> local authorities, state authorities and the private

sector. all have made bad decisions over the course of time that led to the decision we are in. all of them. >> the governor says that it's time for all of them to come up with real solutions, senate president sweeney says that atlantic city doesn't turn into another detroit. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. hundreds of millions of miles from earth, a spacecraft has made history, this is incredible. coming up next at 4:00, how the european space agency pulled off a near perfect landing on a comet hurtling through space. and we head out to our meteorologist, melissa magee, she is on an outdoor adventure in berks county. >> reporter: hey there shirleen and brian, we are here at lieber's orchard, appropriately named fruit lane and the fruit

of the day is apples. i have my apple picker here, jackson. we'll show you all things apples on the 143 acres of land and the accuweather forecast is coming up. get ready to do some apple pickles. he is digging in right now. >> he is 18 months old. >> that and much more.

a dramatic rescue unfolded at one world trade center, firefighters cut a large hole in the glass window to save window washers that were dangling 16 stories above the street. a cable broke. and both men spent more than one hour hanging there and they were pulled into the building through the broken window at 2:15.

this is just nuts, the european space agency is celebrating the first of its kind achievement, landing a spacecraft on a comet. it received a signal from the spacecraft. it was 311 miles from earth when the lanner came to rest on the surface. the head of the agency said that when contact was made the control room here on earth erupted into cheers and tears. get this the rocket that launched the lander was sent up back in 2004 and had to sling shot three times around earth and once around mars before it could workup enough speed to reach the cometp and now they

will test what role comets may have played in sustaining life on earth. just incredible. to business now, the dow jones closing down less than 1 point and the nasdaq ending up 13 points and the s&p down just more than 1 point. a little bit easier now to get around, dillworth park today. two new elevators operated there this morning giving visitors direct access to the transit concourse, septa takes charge of maintaining them. the disability rights network on pennsylvania were on hand for today's event. it's time now for the "action news" traffic report, lets go to matt pellman live now in the traffic center. >> on a hump day in fac. hello, volume is heavier today than it was yesterday on the veterans day holiday.

and especially heavy on the schuylkill expressway, westbound side of university city, the pillars are in the way and we have a crash, in the westbound lanes of the schuylkill taking out the right lane as can you see. there is the tow truck on the scene getting ready to toe the vehicle as way that are involved. west of passyunk avenue, a wall of traffic, at 30th street station at 6 miles per hour. on the schuylkill, a normal afternoon, speeds of 13 miles per hour at the betsy ross bridge, a house fire at seventh and butler, a fire on the northeast extension between quakertown and landsdale. both lanes are open and the delay is dissipating there and the overturned truck in robbinsville from the new jersey turnpike to eastbound 195, that is probably the bst way to do that this afternoon.

right by slash world there is a crash along berlin road at white horse road and of course shirleen we have more issues coming your way in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. cameras installed at a local hospital are already helping new parents feel at ease. "action news" anchor rick williams is in the newsroom with that story. >> hi there, imagine being in the world and not being able to hold it. that is the reality for mothers and fathers with premature babies but look at this technology at christiana hospital, this allows parents to monitor the children with cameras. also, thanksgiving is stel a couple of week as way but in one city these women are in line for black friday believe it or not. there must be some bargains

going on there. those and more coming up on "action news" at 5:00. >> sounds good rick. should parents be required to pay for an adult child's education. that is what one judge ruled. here is wendy saltzman. >> these parents said they laid down the rules for their daughter and then got a surprising letter in the mail. >> did i expect for mr. daughter to sue me? it's heart breaking. >> she file aid lawsuit to force her estranged parents to pay up and then this story take a shocking twist. kaitlyn did not voluntarily leave the home, she was thrown out and she is suing us for a new car. >> now the parents are required to pay for her schooling, could this happen to you? don't miss our special report at 11:00. the holiday season is here,

which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta and the well-crafted all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models. one farm in berks county invites you to pick apples and

look at their delicious treats. we are talking about lieber's orchard. that is where we fine melissa magee. >> we are outside at weaver's orchard, it's on 142 acres here on fruit lane, this is a family owned business, it goes back four generations when are getting our start going with the apples just in time for the holiday season, and apples are a hot commodity, as we get ready for thanksgiving and dig into that staple, apple pie. first lets get started with your forecast, definitely chilly, you can feel the cold front moving on through, temperatures in millville lower 60s, reading 57 and atlantic city 64 degrees, so definitely the cold front is

moving on through because earlier today we had a high in philadelphia of 70 degrees, widen out the picture in the eastern half of the u.s., that cold is settling up everywhere, but the east coast in chicago right now, 28 degrees and memphis and dallas upper 30s and only 23 degrees in omaha, nebraska. satellite 6 along with action radar shows a lot of clouds across the middle half of the country, thanks to the instability clouds and arctic high pressure dropping down from montana and that will continue to plunge south and eastward as we get into tonight and work its way into our region as we get into thursday. future tracker 6 has you covered, it's not a bad start but on the chilly side, lots of sunshine nonetheless, as we get into 5:00 on thursday evening, it's cloudy with a couple of sprinkles, a short wave is moving on through and the

possibility of sprinkles on the way. 9:00 tomorrow night, we have rain showers likely mainly for philadelphia south and east. if you look north and east of that i-95 corridor, a chance of mixed precipitation, lets talk about the possibility. the first flakes of the season on thursday night, if we find activity with that colder air moving on in, the best time frame is 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 in the morning. that is when we have the best bet of finding those flakes and a possible coating in the poconos. the call from accuweather, falling temperatures, it will be clear with a bit of a light breeze, the overnight low in the city drops down to 38 degrees, 30 in the suburbs with the northwest wind at 6 to 12 miles per hour. here is the four day at 4:00, on thursday, chilly and cloudy and a high temperature of 49 degrees and on friday, windchills on friday morning in the middle 30s

with a high temperature of just 45 degrees, saturday sunny and cold and 44, and mostly cloudy into sunday with a high temperature then of just 47. it looks like the cold air is settling in across much of the delaware and lehigh valley. back here live at weaver's orchard, it's about apple picking, here at weavers you can pick your own apples, it goes on until november 15th on fruit lane and pick your own apples, they have all kinds of varieties, just in time for the holiday season, we have the whole family doing picking and jenny is doing her apple picking and these are the granny smith apples, are you doing a good job i like that. now that you have the apples all picked, you have to make the pies but in between that time you have to quench your their

thirst, we'll go inside and have some cider. how do you like them apples? i just wanted to say that. >> good looking apples. i could use hot cider. thank you. >> coming up n, alicia goes behind the scenes with the cast of nashville in the buzz coming up.

it is time now for the buzz, you know i host our weekly twitter party as we watch nashville live every wednesday night. did you know that the stars are tweeting with us, i visited the stars and they say it's a special and unique chance to and engage with you. >> when the cameras aren't rolling, the tweets are, the stars are watching right along with you and talking to you during the live broadcast, it's one of the fun things we get to

do when are you not shooting, sometimes we have to work but other times we like to hang out and get together. >> proof positive they are tied to twitter, even i got love from luke wheeler. >> i tweeted a couple of things today. >> his on screen rival, deconclaiborne say real life friend, they tweet together and watch together, this is a picture of their on wednesday night twitter hoe down. >> you are -- and see the reaction, we have loyal fans that is what keeps us going, the people that come back week after week after week. we love you very much and thank you very much. >> we caught up with them on the red carpet at the cma awards.

they don't read the whole script because they like to be surprised just like us. >> i get to watch it and i'm freaking out. >> how cute. you just want to bottle her up. nashville is on at 10:00 and on my facebook page, more from them about what it's like to have this as their first job. all the stars get together either in person or whatever they are and tweet. >> very cool. more "action news" coming up after this. yes checked... we went to him. and we realized, if he had trouble getting new glasses... he probably wasn't the only one. to us, eye care is about living dr. pearles legacy. building a trusting relationship

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"action news" continues. it is 4:30 and "action news" continues with details on a disturbing dui arrest in south jersey. how far a man is accused of driving with a pedestrian stuck in his wind shield. they went from inclusive to exclusion he. why one school system -- when asked to include one holiday. one was armed with a machete while the other was armed with a stick. the improbable end to this fight ahead. we'll begin with the first

of its kind punishment in pennsylvania. officer brad fox was not in a chester county courtroom but his presence was. more than two years after the father lost his life to an illegally purchased gun, stacey dawson became the first person sentenced to prescription on in his name. vernon odom is live now in media with the details of the first case stemming from the brad fox law. >> reporter: brian it has been a lan mark day at the delaware county courthouse, the first blow struck by a new law named for a police officer has taken place. this is stacey dawson of chester, age 22 on her way to the state pen at this hour to begin serving 6 to 12 years under a new state law, she is the first person to serve jail time. after purchasing two guns for her boyfriend a convicted felon

implicated in several murders. >> stacey dawson provided handguns illegally to a convicted felon and now stacey dawson is a convicted felon herself. >> the law is named for brad fox, the marine veteran who served two tours in iraq who was killed by a gun that was purchased by a straw seller. >> what i want out of this law is for -- so another family doesn't have to go through what we have gone through and continue to go through. >> brad lived and died protecting hi country and community. and he is still working today. >> the d.a. says he is about to break another straw purchase

case in the future. but stacey dawson should serve as the poster child. if you buy a firearm and give it to a convicted felon, we are going to prosecute you, seek the minimum mandatory sentencing and you will spend time in the state penitentiary. >> new developments here at the courthouse, a second conviction under that new brad fox straw purchaser law, that came in late this afternoon. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> a milestone day there vernon thank you. an ocean county man hit a pedestrian while driving drunk and then drove with the person stuck in his windshield for more than 5 minutes, it happened on route 9 in ocean township, when they stopped martin ortega more than a mile away, the

66-year-old victim was still lodged in the windshield. ortega is facing a number of charges. police arrested a man for robbing and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old at gun point. ortiz is the man seen in this surveillance video early sunday morning. police say that ortiz followed the male from the chinese takeout and attacked him. two people were rushed to the hop after a fire in north philadelphia this afternoon. chopper 6 hd was over the 600 block of north franklin street, that is where officials say two people were hurt when a fire sparked at 3:00. one man was burned but other details have not been released. the cause of the fire is under

investigation. it was september 12th of this year that two pennsylvania state troopers were gunned down in pikes county. the man accused of shooting them are behind bars and today the barracks was reopened to the public, john rawlins was there. >> two months ago blooming grove barracks was a crime scene, to troopers with shot and one was killed. but authorities caution -- >> there was no way to have prevented that type of attack on a station that is open to the public the way this one is. >> evidence suggests the gunman was waiting in a line of trees here with an unabinstructed view of the door. >> they found items belonging to

they say eric frein, who was apprehended 48 days later. they did refute allegations, that the state police would not have used so many resources tracking frein had the victim not been in law enforcement. >> that is not the case, if you have a sniper, in this case on the loose in society committing crimes for no apparent reason that has to be dealt with. >> in is also discussions of a memorial for corporal dickson here and items he used were set aside in a symbolic manner. >> his locker will always be here, he is always a part of our family. >> they will reveal the cost of the manhunt later on this week, but the final amount should be close to the most recent

estimate of $10 million. the man frequently mistaken for eric frein got quite a consolation for that, james thole was stopped and questioned frequently, after he told them he didn't have a car, a friend laurnled a facebook page, help james get to work safely. the proceeds were $24,000 he use tropical disturbance to buy an suv. ed rendell gave his seal of approval as he sampled pies from the mana's pie in the sky drive. they teamed up for pumpkin to pecan, sales of pies will help feed local families fighting life-threatening diseases. the product of a true team effort, check out this massive

piece of artwork called the dragon and two generations collaborated to make it happen, they collaborated with members of the philadelphia senior center and a pro from the emerging visual artists. turning now to meteorologist, melissa magee, she is on an outdoor adventure in berks county. >> reporter: hi there shirleen and brian, you saw us out on the apple picking trees, there are about 18,000 trees in which to choose as you get your apples for the holiday season and they have tons of varieties. from rayborn to granny smith and fuji and everything in between. they have 20 varieties this time of year, once you pick your apples you need them for apple pie making, if you come to

weaver's orchard they are known for their apple cider and it's known for the off the tree taste. first we get the forecast, and hot apple cider will be needed after seeing these numbers. today 70 degrees and reading 63. 70 in dover, and as you move over the great lakes, temperatures there only in the 30s, cleveland 35 degrees, and green bay 25 and indianapolis right now, coming in at 30 degree. that big chill is headed our way overnight and into thursday and for an extended period of time into the weekend, guys i showed you the apples you need for making the apple pie and apple cider, and you can't have apple cider without apple cider

donuts. i hate to be the one to tease you but i have to have a bite. coming up we'll have more on the apple making process in time for thanksgiving. i'll see you in a little bit. >> i can see the displeasure on your face. it's evident. >> she will need a dentist, having too many apples. still ahead from bay to bra. which words you can't say if you work at one fast food restaurant. if you done have moves like jagger, don't feel bad, you may have a genetic dance disorder, so that explains why some of us have two left feet? >> and these magical bird dogs, they may not be real but they are really amazing. we'll take you into the weird world of dirds. >> and meteorologist, melissa

magee, is back with the full accuweather forecast.

a 63-year-old store clerk in england is mising a finger but alive today because of the fight he put up against a machete wielding robber. this is video from inside of the store last weekend, you can see the robber waiving the three foot long machete, the owner grabs a pole and started a dual of sorts. and he did cut off his finger but ran away empty handed. there may actually be a scientific reason that some of us just can't dance, there is a genetic disorder called beat deafness, how people synchronize with the sounds they here, most people can move in time with one

beat and the select food could not adapt when the tempo changed. indicating they lacked the biological rhythm to match the beat. here now at the big board and the controversy over school holidays in maryland. >> the montgomery county school board said it couldn't recognize all the religious holidays so it is eliminating all references to make holidays religion neutral. many muslim families were asking the schools were asking them to recognize the holidays. they held up signs, our children matter too. >> and they voted to remove the names of the holidays from the 2015 and 1016 calendar, the schools will be closed on easter and christmas yom kippur.

employees of chick-fil-a were given names of words that are band. ratchet, and turn up and among them, off limits, here is the list that manager, eric issues to the employees, it is now on fire. with eric telling them they must speak properly and ac their able, and the word ebola is banned with a note to workers to stop accusing people of having ebola and utter the words or phrases and lose your free chick-fil-a meal. it's a bird, it's a dog, it's a dird. they are part furry fowl and part mans best friend.

i am neither an aviary or canine expert but i believe it's a welsh corgi and bird. and a german shepherd and vulture. >> that report was -- i think the dirds are about to turn up. >> i looked it up on friday.k >> alicia thank you. lets get a check of the roads right now. >> matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> i think the ride home is ratch ratchet. if you are travel on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side you are hitting a wall of traffic east of belmont, there it goes we are missing it, a broken down vehicle being towed out of the way here past girard

and spring garden, as we watched all the eastbound lanes reopened and we are dealing way slow go on the schuylkill and the river drives west or east may be better bets. a crash by 30th street station taking out the right lane, single digit speeds from passyunk on the schuylkill expressway, and problems on the seventh streets, a house fire at seventh and butler and a crash along chestnut street. and a crash in bryn mawr at the insomnia cookies. that sounds good. and in abington a wreck by the susquehanna bank, and the overturned truck in robbins kril, blocking the turnpike to 195 westbound, get on the eastbound side and do the old flipperoo.

>> that is -- the flipperoo just needed clarity on that. and. coming up melissa magee has the accuweather from weaver's orchard.

time now for accuweather and an outdoor adventure, melissa magee is at weaver's orchard, where she just finished the donuts. >> you have some crumbs. >> right there? i appreciate you looking out for me. i know i couldn't help it, i had to indulge they are so good. it's all things apple here at weaver's orchard. we are gearing up for the holiday season and can you believe it, thank giving is just two weeks and a day away.

have you to get your orderers in and if you want the all important american staple for your dinner and dessert, apple pie and i have jena with me and she is baking up apple crisp and we'll have more on the process in a little bid but now the all important accuweather forecast, we have cold changes on the way. currently in philadelphia we are coming in in the lower 60s, our average high for this time of year is 58 degrees, we were above average today, 63 right now in philadelphia, wilmington 60 and lancaster 54 degrees and allentown 64 degrees, it's still relatively mild but the cold air is coming in. here is satellite 6 along with action radar, clear skies across the mid-atlantic region but as you widen out the picture in western pennsylvania on westward into the ohio valley, you can

see the cloud cover, the leading edge of the cold air working its way eastward. get ready for the cold snap to arrive and it will stick around for sometime. we have falling temperatures on the way and a clear and light breeze, and philadelphia drops down to 38 degrees, allentown 30 degrees, at the shore temperatures hold out in the lower 40s and winds from the northwest at 6 to 12 miles per hour. future tracker of 6 has you covered. tomorrow at 7:30 in the morning a mostly sunny start but 5:00 in the afternoon we have the short wave moving on through and clouds are likely and sprinkles at that time. and 9:00 tomorrow night, rain showers are likely really for philadelphia, and areas south and east. you notice mixed precipitation north and west of town, we watch that closely, those could be the first flakes of the season on the way into philadelphia

thursday night. the best time frame to fine the activity from 8:00 p.m. until 2:00 in the morning, rain sho r showers northern and west and a possible coating is likely up through the poconos. we'll show you the animation on friday, the area of low pressure east of the maine, and high pressure close to st. louis, we are sandwiched in between and coming from the northwest and windchills in the middle 30s. here is exclusive accuweather forecast, show can you on thursday, turning chilly and cloudy and a high of 49 degrees, friday windchills in the mid-30s and breezy and sunny and high temperature of 45, a taste of winter on the way for saturday, it's sunny and cold and a high temperature of 44 degrees. sunday mostly cloudy and a high of 47, the models are showing conditions are clearing up when have a soaking rain on the way and a high of 52, tuesday

clearing and much colder and a high of 42, wednesday a taste of january, the coldest air yet with a high temperature of just 39 degrees, big changes on the way, jena making the apple crisp in time for thanksgiving, they get orderers on average of 1400 pies just for thanksgiving, have you to order your pie in advance and pick up tuesday or wednesday before thanksgiving so order now. check this out, we have apple pies baking, apple crisp just for you shirleen and brian, i'll bring something back for you. >> we need some smell-o-vision. the holiday season is here,

which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta and the well-crafted all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season

just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models.

time to save with 6 abc, if you are a plan ahead holiday shoppers, you are aware that there are 42 shopping days before christmas. yes. >> as we approach thanksgiving and good friday, retailers are trying to lure you in with deals, target is willing to pay for you to shop there this season. sound too good to be true? target gift cards are 10% off, that is free money. it's an unprecedented move from the retailers because of the data breach last year, they are trying to reestablish trust. and wal-mart is rolling back prices on 20,000 items, amazon offering daily discounts like $120 off an aces laptop. so many deals for you happening and it's ahead of black friday

so go out and get shopping. 42 days and counting. alicia thank you. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for shirleen allicot and alicia vitarelli, adam joseph and melissa magee and cecily tynan, i'm brian taff, shirleen and i are back for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. now here is rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at 5:00. >> coming up n on "action news" at 5:00, "action news" was inside of the courtroom as delvin barnes appeared before a judge. we'll have the stories and more coming your way.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. the man accused of a violence abduction makes his first appearance in a courtroom in philadelphia. it was one week ago that delvin barnes was captured and charged in several cases. it is wednesday night and the big story on "action news" is

delvin barnes's first court appearance in front of a federal judge in philadelphia. "action news" was inside of the courtroom and david henry has more on what happened today. >> reporter: it was a very brief hearing and the first step in what would be a long journey through the federal legal system for accused kidnapper, delvin barnes, he was led in shackled and wearing a green prison jump suit, to be arraigned for kidnapping. judge jacob hart told him that based on his income he was entitled to a court appointed attorney. barnes responded court pointed and that was it. barnes was returned to philadelphia yesterday and fbi agents picked him up from a prison in virginia and drove him he