that is where the stabbing occurred. he filed this report. >> i don't know. he doesn't bother nobody. i can't understand what took place. i don't see. >>reporter:no one in the chester neighborhood at 9th and engel how a woman was savagely murdered overnight. her best friends let her in, stumbled to a chair, showed the stab wounds and died at the spot. >> every day we would call me. >>reporter:who would want to do this to her? >> i have no idea. jackie logan is baffled. she would walk out of the backdoor and visit at will.

unspeakable tragediage a >> any time i needed her she would be there. >>reporter:tonight in chester it's a bone fide who done it. the murder is still very much unsolved. live at the police headquarters in chester, vic vernon odom. they confirmed the deadly family shooting. we have a breaking news news out the clifton heights. the fire was in the 200 block of east beakly street. you see the firefighters working hard. no smoke currently is seen. it has gotten dark. it is hard to see. no active flames. no word on any injuries. we'll keep an eye on the home in clifton heights.

now, the police have confirmed that the deadly shooting in tabernacle, new jersey was an attempted murder-suicide by the mother. the state police held a press conference a short time ago. 44-year-old jeaninne lepage shot her two children and then turned the gun on herself. a patient at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania tested negative for the ebola virus. the person recently returned to thtou.s. from west africa. they announced that the test results were negative for ebola. the hospital says that it started to prepare for the possibility of caring for an ebola patient several municipalities ago. it's less than a week that the vatican confirmed that pope

francis will attend in philadelphia for the meeting of families. still months away the law enforcement officials are already making extensive preparations. and david henry has the story. >>reporter:the city of philadelphia hosted huge events on the parkway, welcome america, made in america. but the pope in america will dwarf them all. the organizers are expecting a million people and likely more when he will be on the stage at the foot of the art museum. a security challenge like none other. >> it will be a test to see how well we are prepared. >>reporter:ed hankel is in charge. his agents will work with federal and state and local agencies to keep the pope's visit safe and incident-free. the planning is underway. the framework has been in place for years. the agencies will be on the same

page using fema's national management system. they will have a central command and field operations. >> you will have boots on the ground and a feedback to the main office. >>reporter:the idea is to head them off at the pass. if a let it gets through they hope it's detected by high-tech monitoring systems. the one thing that he find is difficult to stop is the lone wolf. >> he will be sitting in a basement and self-radicalized and goes out and does something. >>reporter:they will be working hard to keep the peace on the parkway during the pope's visit. a little help from the prince of peace wouldn't hurt.

david henry, "channel~6 action news." there was a suspicious house fire in the torresdale section. it took 10 minutes to knock out the flames. they found a liquid at th--accelerant. some encouraging news the know may be easing but the threat is not over for buffalo. rain is expected in weekend. there are concerns of flooding and structural damage could happen to the homes there. it was a busy weekend for the emergency crews. a busy week for all over the state, to help to clear the

roads, rescuing dozens from their homes as they need help. the crews are trying to clear roads of snow before the big fall this weekend. they dumped snow on what has become a mountain at the buffalo train yard. many residents are stuck in their homes. the one thing that you won't see in buffalo is the bills' game. they are under a blanket of snow. the nfl moved sunday's game against detroit. the matchup is set for monday. >> we are going to start to lift driving bans and opening roadspt are blocking roadways. >> the travel ban was not lifted fast enough. chris hogan took to twitter.

he was still snowed in. he was going to walk to the bills stadium. it feels good to be out of the house. a lot of people have been inside. this is a picture sent out. take a look at this. this was sent out by the buffalo bills. everyone made it to the plane heading to detroit on monday. back to rick williams. thank you, sharrie. and a traffic report on friday. switching to matt pellman. hi, there matt. it could be worse. try to keep that in mind for a busy friday afternoon. the traffic is hitting the bill for a typical friday. coming out to i-95 out to broad street. an earlier crash blocked the lane. it came out. we are watching a crash on the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike south of the lansdale interchange taking

out the left lane. you see typical friday volume. in bucks county the fire-police are helping a wreck at blue school road. camera time en route 1 the super highway. a crash cleared out past pennsylvania avenue. there is heavy traffic as you come down to lan langhorne. we'll check it again rick and monica, no snow hopefully in the shot in the next half-hour. our fingers crossed. thank you, matt. there is more fallout on the allegations against bill cosby. details are next. i am tracking warming temperatures over the weekend. rain, would you believe it, record warmth in the accuweather. rick. thank you, cec. and runners are filling the

convention center. they will take us inside of the race expo and introduce us to first-time runners. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back.

florida state strozier libraryre-opened after gunshot. there was an increased police presence on the campus. three people were hit when may shot in the library. he was a man "in a state of crisis." bill cosby performances at casinos in las vegas in arizona are canceled. the officials at treasure island hotel and casino on the l.a. strip agreed with cosby to cancel it's november 28th performance. the tucson casino didn't give cause to cancel his february show. he has not commented on the sex

assault allegations from a flowing number of women. the republicans are lining up to take aim at president obama's use of executive powers tol immigration. and john boehner is damaging the presidency. >> the people will rise to this challenge. we will not stand idle as he undermines the rule of the law healthcheck tonight.t risk. they hit the roads for the rothman 8k. the runners expo opened

today. that is where we find ali gorman tonight. hi, ali am. >>reporter:highhi, guys. the expo opened at noon to a large crowd. they are picking up their bibs and t-shirts. there are nervousness from the first-time runners. >>reporter:tom picked up his bib. he is ready to join the 16,000 people running the full 26.2-mile this is sunday. it will be his first marathon. >> i was nervous about the idea. i figure i have nothing to lose. i might as well do it. >>reporter:back in may he joined this group of new runners for a program called you should be running. casy, of gold fit runs the

program. when they started some barely could run a mile. now 10 is running the full marathon. tom lost 80 pounds while training. he credits the support of his family and his running group. >> they don't make you work out but make you want to work out. that was the difference. >>reporter:margo is part of you should be running and running her first marathon. >> i am nervous. >> casy ran 21 marathons. >> when the going gets tough take a minute and look around you that you are happy enough and have enough confidence to take on such a big challenge. >>reporter:back here live. the expo stays open until 9:00. it open tomorrow from 10:00 to 7:00. for the races the rothman 8k and

the kids race is on saturday. the half and full marathon is sunday. good luck to all of the runners. reporting live from the convention center ali gorman. thank you, ali. squeezing an extra person in an already over-crowded taxi is a popular way folks skimp on cab fares. there is a warning how to pull it off. wendy has the preview. >> no way. >> that is illegal in so many ways. >>reporter:tonight at 11 i will show you the undercover video you will not be believe. i am wendy saltzman. i'll have that story coming up at 11:00.

pennsylvania's unemployment rate hit a six year low. that is according to the industry. the rate fell to 5.4%.

the state labor force grew by 15,000. the movement was 5500 jobs in trade, transportation and utilities. multiple agencies joined forces in delaware county to avoid spending time in the hospital. they promoted operation safe holiday. they say that the night before thanksgiving is one of the worst nights of the year for drunk driving. it's the the start of the entire worst time of the year for crashes and fatalities. >> there are more than 4600 crashes and and fatalities during that travel period alone. >> they say that drugge say thag is a problem as well. call a friend if you can't drive within they are underscoring the urgency of the less fortunate.

they sponsored the winter coat and canned food drive. and they have boxes in the lobby on north dupont highway. they are urged to drove off coats and along with a canned good. the food drive erupts through december 11. here in university city bundled up eighth graders went to college today. it's part of an annual event. the grade students are getting a taste of high school life. the early exposures wilmot elevatwillmotivate students to a college degree.

distillery. time for a check on the accuweather forecast. and cecily tynan is at the "action news" big board. it's not bad. it's friday. i am forecasting a warmup. it puts you in a good mood. the morning low 28. 10 below normal. the afternoon high i like to point it out 37. the high today didn't even reach our normal low for this time of year. this is definitely more like

middle of january weather than november. things will be changing. 35 in philadelphia. wilmington 32. trenton 32. sea isle is 34 degrees. you factor in the breeze. the wind is not that the strong now. there is enough of a breeze to drop the temperatures in the 20s. you want to bundle up if you are going out to dinner or heading to a football game. the last high school huddle game. the raiders against the cougars. it's clear and cold. the winds relax. not a big wind chill factor. at 7:00, 27. by 10:00, down to 24. satellite 6 along with action radar, we don't have a cloud in the sky. the high pressure will bring us clear skies tonight. cold conditions. but that high nudges to the east over the weekend.

what that will do is open the door for milder air. it will bring a quick thaw in western new york. in some areas 88 inches of snow. that is the liquid it goes to heavy snow to the potential of widespread flooding to western new york. clear and cold for friday night. the winds diminish. the temperatures tumbling. millville 16. reading 19. wilmington down to 20. the five day at 5:00 shows chilly in the morning but not quite as brutal in the afternoon. 44. sunny skies. high thin clouds. the rothman 8k27 degrees.

the temperatures in the 40s for sunday. and rain sunday night into monday morning. the temperatures off to the races. 72 degrees. record warmth. wednesday 46. with rain at the coast. we talk more about that and happy thanksgiving out look in accuweather forecast. they released surprising information about a shooting involving a police cruiser. we'll explain. a suspected thief is behind bars. they are trying to marc trying e owners. we'll have more when "action news at 5:00" comes right back. >>announcer:here is what is coming up on 6abc starting at

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exposure. hello again. this is what is happening on "action news" friday night. whether it's a car, train or plane they are hitting the roads

to celebrate early. what to expect when you are heading out coming up. developments in ferguson, missouri investigating the killing of michael brown. two sisters are welcomed into a new home on national adoption day. our sharrie williams has their story. now the details. we are less than a woke fro weee thanksgiving holiday. if you take to the skies or roads or rails for your destination. and john rawlins is live at 30th street station. hi, john. >>reporter:hi. well more than 400 -- excuse me 580,000 that is the number of folks on the road. that is up from last year. some takes planes and some