hepatitis a, a frequent patient for the restaurant tested positive for the disease, they are hosting a vaccination clinic tonight for anyone that ate at rose's restaurant and catering between november 10th and november 21st. nora muchanic is live with more. >> reporter: health officials learned about the additional case this morning, and i'll have more on that in aminute. the clinic started this morning, and it's fairly quiet now but we expect it to get busy as people head here for the vaccine. >> i'm just cautious, my primary care physician recommended it. >> people lined up for the hepatitis a clinic at the

firehouse, they are offering the vaccine to local residents that may have eaten at rose's restaurant. that is where a worker was diagnosed with the disease that could cause fever and vomiting and diarrhea. >> i come back here and pay $35 for an antidote. crazy. >> it's nerve-racking. >> especially with my fiance being pregnant and she can't get the shot. the baby is due in a month. >> a new case of hepatitis a is identified in a man that eats at rose's who eats there twice a week. he went to his primary this morning. >> instead of the vaccine they did the blood work and that came back for hep a, including elevated liver enzymes. >> hopefully he can get the

medication he needs and there is no additional cases of this. >> some customers have returned to rose's since the hepatitis scare. >> i have no problem with it, they fixed it. >> are you comfortable? >> yes. >> officials have 1,000 doses on hand and will order more if necessary. >> i wish i didn't have to pay for it but it's okay. i would rather pay for it and be safe. officials have administered over 400 vaccines today. it's $35 a shot and the township bought in bulk and is offering it to residents at cost. the clinic is open until 8:00 tonight. nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a 16-year-old construction worker was hit in north coventry township, this is the scene near route 100, lee boyer was helping to set cones for a lane closure

and was hit by a jeep driven by a 57-year-old man, it's unclear if the driver will face criminal charges. and in berks county police hope that newly released surveillance video will catch the gunman that shot up a barbershop. he walked up to the hair studio yesterday and opened fire and four of the 11 people inside were hurt. the same incident happened last tuesday. philadelphia police released this video of the drum up of a store in grays ferry, it happened in the snyder supermarket last month. two thieves cut a hole in the roof and dropped in. one man disconnected a surveillance camera and didn't notice the other wins, they took

cash and cigarettes, and if you recognize the suspects please contact police. and thomasina tynes was sentenced to to years in prison and has to pay a fine. they were found guilty of clearing tickets for political favors. well, the pentagon tonight says that a special forces team tries to rescue hostage, luke somers last month but they didn't know he was moved from the cave he was being kept in. he was kidnapped a year ago in yemen and is held by al qaeda. he appears here on yemen's branch asking for help. the group gave president obama three days to meet their demand if not he will meet his quote, inevitable fate. and officers stormed a

woman's home and took her into custody, they say she is the woman dressed in black that stanned a woman inside of a shopping mall bathroom in abu dhabi. after the murder the authorities say she put a makeshift bomb out sired of the doctor of a hospital. they believe both people were targeted because they are american. in washington house republicans announced a bill denouncing president obama's executive actions on immigration declaring them null and void. the vote was 119-97 and john boehner says the president is thumbing his nose at the people of america with this plan. today's vote was mostly symbolic, the house bill is not likely to gain traction in the sentence and would be vetoed by the president. nasa will try to launch the

new spacecraft tomorrow, it was scrapped today. they hope to one day carry astronauts to mars. >> but the scrubbed launch did not stop the action in center city. at the science museum, they say that the orion project is the most ambitious in decades. >> it's the first step in a number of trials to gets this particular capsule in good working order for people to be able to travel in it. >> after the launch scrub, organizers showed an experiment to show how a rocket is launched into the air and with soda bottles and gas they had an impressive launch of their own. a chester county township agreed to pay a fine and replace

a pipeline that spilled thousands of gallons of sewage into valley forge park. the pipeline ruptures in february and march sent 21 million gallons of untreated sewage into valley creek, and that say environmentally sentive tributary of the schuylkill river. and a truck overturned causing a headache for commuters, chopper 6 hd was over the scene at 8:00 a.m. at the 322 exit in warwick township. the state of new jersey is launching a drunk driving crack down for the highways, the safety division is giving $1.2 million to 165 police departments. the drive sober or get pulled over campaign started tomorrow and goes to january 2nd, each department gets money to pay for

saturation patrols and sobriety check points. now matt pellman is in the traffic center, looking forward to the weekend. >> we are getting close, so close we can taste it. there are plenty of them out there. normal afternoon volume on the schuylkill expressway, we had a broken down truck on the ramp to 30th street and that pulled away a minute ago. and a crash on 95 southbound at wood have enroad, speeds are in the teens, on 95 southbound, and its that time again for the deer hunt at ridley creek state park and portions of gradiville road and sandy flash drive are shut down. have a crash in east norton on 202, and german town pike and plymouth meeting at ridge pike and watch for the crash on 295

near 73 taking out the right lane giving you slow speeds from 38. >> back over to you. >> thank you again. still to come on "action news" this evening, a raging inferno sends residents running for their lives as firefighters move in. and we'll take you to trenton where people are taking the debate by storm. >> and cecily tynan. >> i am tracking a system moving through texas that will put a damper on part of your weekend. >> all right, jeff skversky has the eagles news and the sixers are basking in the glow of their first win of the season. >> it came finally. those stories and more when we come back. and first a message from a local troop serving overseas. >> my name is abdul, and i'm

from philadelphia, wishing you guys well, happy thanksgiving, merry christmas i'll see you guys soon. all right mom, love you.

an 86-year-old woman was killed when her home exploded near scranton, the newspaper reports that the woman was evacuated and was waiting for a ride when the explosion happened. a strong smell of natural gas was reported and now the investigation is underway into what went wrong. there is no argument about this one, the trenton central high school debate scene is enjoying a great season, they beat debate teams from princeton and rutgers and just yesterday they won the debate at council hall chambers. members of the trenton team comes from hard work and preparation and that the skills

they are learning will serve them well in the future. >> there is an art to arguing and debate has taught me that, and maybe mock trial in college. >> the team is not intimidating by debating college students and it empowers them to know they can compete on that level. time to check in on the sports world. jaime apody is live now -- jeff skversky sorry about that. you don't look a thing like jaime. >> i'm doing sports and it's a huge game, and mark sanchez wants north shot at seattle, two years ago when he was with the jets sanchez had one of the worst games of his career, he has a history with seattle super star richard sherman and he forced the fumble in 2012, one

thing is for sure, the eagles quarterback is not getting hiked up about the super bowl champs on sunday and the number one defense in the nfl. >> have you to be able to block that out. you got to. these guys won the super bowl last year and they played with this coach before, but it doesn't affect the size of the field or the rules, everything stays the same and keep your focus the same and your preparation the same and don't make it any bigger or smaller, don't short change it either. >> more with sherman who has silenced opposing teams coming up and speaking of shut down players, connor barwin named the defensive player of november in the nfc. eagles have won their last ten at home including 6-0 at the linc. there is a lot that the eagles

have to cheer about and the fans will go nuts on sunday with seattle. ron jaworsky has more. >> reporter: if you can't get fired up for this game, you don't have a pulse, it's the world champions, seattle seahawks coming into town. only 10 or 11 months ago they hoisted the lombardi trophy up i-95, if you can't get excited about that you shouldn't be playing football. the one thing you notice about this eagles team is the energy in which they play. all season long we talk about the eagles culture and what chip kelly has done. what comes across to me is the energy of this football team. >> more with the eagles sunday on eagles game day kickoff at 11:30 in the morning, and we'll wrap it up after "action news"

at 11:00. finally the sixers, yes they have finally won a basketball game. they were on the verge of tying one of the worst records in the history of the nba. they took out the minnesota timberwolves last night and they were trying to end the bad run and they slammed the door on the winless season. they only tied the worst start in nba history, they are relieved to be high fiving after a w. >> it feels great, we are working hard all year and to play for the city of philadelphia and it came great to come out and get the win. >> this validates the amounts of work they put in. they never once quit on themselves or short circuits at practice. they were rewarded tonight. >> what a finish last night for the flyers, down 1, in anaheim,

that is wayne simmons with 1.8 seconds left to score and send it to overtime but they fall in a shootout, and same old story, the worst stretch since 2008. rick, can you skate they may need your help. >> they don't want my help that is for sure. in other news a game of dodge ball took on a symbolic meaning today.ews a game of they organized this colorful game of dodge ball, at boathouse row and they were joined by wade dafrs and the former football player with the washington red skins, who revealed he was gay, they are trying to eradicate homophobia in sports.

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in southern california residents are cleaning up from flooding but the rain is not enough to ease that state's drought, most of the state is considered in a moderate drought and the past few months have seen several rain storms but there would need to be a consistent period of storms to

move the state out of drought. the drought is now in its third year. and cecily tynan is here taking a sneak peek at the weekend. >> 50/50 weekend, saturday wet and sunday dry. >> if you get up earlier enough on saturday morning you can beat the rain. >> how about the forecast? >> stormtracker 6 live double scan moving on showing that we have dry conditions tonight, there is a little bit of virga breaking out near baltimore, that is precipitation evaporating before it hits the grown, let go live on sky 6 hd, looking at the river rink at penn's landing. i expect to see alicia vitarelli out there, she was skating well last night. a nice night to be out and about. you have to be dressed well, the high was only 43 degrees, temperatures are definitely on

the cool side. philadelphia, trenton and millville 41 degrees and reading is 38 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we did see some sunshine earlier but the clouds have rolled in and there is moisture moving across the ohio valley and virginia but this should miss us to the south, i'm tracking the rain west of dallas, that is the system that brings us a rainy first half of the weekend, future tracker showing tomorrow morning, 8:00 the clouds are really in place and they will thicken as we head through the day, and then in the evening hours light rain and drizzle breaking out at 5:00, most of this activity west of philadelphia and then a steadier but mainly light rain north of philadelphia by 9:00 friday night. saturday morning, rick will be running we have a lot of clouds and drizzle. but mainly dry at 10:00, however by afternoon and evening hours,

this is when you want to grab the umbrella, a heavy rain arriving by 6:00, we are looking at generally an inch of rain, the good news is the system is out of here by sunday and the pressure builds in it's cool and dry and sunny with a high of 46. tonight mostly cloudy and light winds and seasonably cool, 34 for center city and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, lots of clouds tomorrow, and the light rain arriving by the evening, a high of 46 degrees, saturday it's too warm for any frozen precipitation, we are looking at rain in the afternoon and saturday night. 55 degrees and sunday the sunshine is back, 46 degrees, looking really nice for the eagles game, kickoff temperature 44 degrees and by the fourth quarter 41 and brisk with winds out of the northwest at 8 to 16 miles per hour. monday clouds up again and

mostly cloudy and 44 degrees, monday night into tuesday morning watching the possibility of a coastal storm right now. what we get depends on how far enough to the west we get. we could see rain in philadelphia, perhaps wet snow in the far north and west suburbs, by wednesday the sun is back and still chilly and 44 and wednesday partly sunny and a high of 46 degrees, saturday afternoon dry and saturday afternoon is sunny. >> thanks saysly. meantime we'll take a break.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. thursday night the reward woulds up for a college student that vanished one week ago today. and a police officer finds out that his house went up in flames when he was on vacation. and the big story is the

arrest of wayne ellington sr. police arrested carl white who they explain was a career criminal. ellington sr. was shot in his car. he is the father of wayne ellington jr., who plays for the l.a. lakers basketball team. chad pradelli is live. >> reporter: white was arrested on a parole violation but he is now charged with the murder of wayne ellington sr. >> detectives say that the community was key in this case and they received tons of leads and tips and now white is off the streets. >> i was happy and thankful that they finally took this person off the street. >> police say that carl white is the man that shot and