>> they lined up at the fire dmp hamilton township. hundreds of people came to be vavrm nated against hepatitis a. what did they all have in common

all customers of rosa's restaurant. thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is every precaution being taken against hepatitis scare in mercer countsy because an employee of the restaurant is in the hospital with a disease. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has the entire story. >> for six hours thursday hamilton township residents crowded into the colonial firehouse to receive hepatitis a vaccine nurses administered 630 doses. >> i actually had food and i was just concerned about my health. shots were offered after food handler on south broad was hospitalized with highly contagious disease which can cause fever diarrhea and vomiting. >> my mother lives us with and she ate dinner the night we had rosa dinner and she's 83 to be carb us with her. >> we don't know better safe than story and come out here. we like the place.

after further blood tests second case they thought they had turned out to be false positive vax eepz were available only to township residents for 35 a shot another booster is required six months from now if someone gets the shot now and they were in early phase orr's inkbation period. they're building up their immune system faingtder. and if they get sick wopts be as severe. >> maybe they'll be back to eat the pizza you know. >> know you're naille me nor 35 i'm telling you for a fact i'm not going there ever again. >> i wish we doesn to pay.

any. >> jim it's been a week investigators family and friend are des vat for leads in this case. at this point the reward is up to 40,000 for any reliable information that leads to shane's whereabouts fbi and all investigators are asking for businesses or residences that have surveillance cameras in the area in and around main street in man dwrounk police come forward with any video if they have not already it's day 7 in dispeerps of west chester university student and rovrmboro hometown boy shane montgomery. he was least seen in mask yunk shortly before 2 a.m. family and friends joined investigators and police and search and rescue effort for the missing 21-year-old and support grew today after bimbo bakeries contributed 9,000 to the reward.

shane's father kevin worked at bakery nearly 35 years. today volunteers continued to work at st. john xwaptist church becoming ground zero for shane's search even with community support each passing day with no leads or sign of son is wearing on shane's mother karen who has remained part of the hunt for her son ever day. >> this is nightmare to my family my son has been gone for 7 days and my son is my youngest child i miss him terribly and my mother is distraught her grandson is missing and there's nothing we can do about it. >> tonight main street in manayunk is stark contrast to the crowds they saw night before thanks giving it's happy hour crowds they hope to tarring whet they span out across the city hoping to find someone saw something that night hopefully something turns out.

it's a good idea. something to dry try. anything is possible. >> and that group of volunteers heads out to happy hours across the city tomorrow night. will meet p.m. manayunk st. john the baptist church. reporting live from manayunk. annie mccormick, "channel 6 action news." >> jim. >> philadelphia police arrested a suspect in murder of wayne ellington senior never 9 in germantown. ellington the father of los angeles lakeers basketball player wayne ellington junior was found shot to death in a car. in custody tonight is carl white police describe him as career criminal. >> surveillance shows gunman open being fire last week. police are releasing this video tonight in hopes of identifying the shooter. in this first incident on november 25 the man fired shots through the window fortunately

nobody was hit. but he came back the next day opened the door to all star studio and wounded four them barrage of bullets. one was wounded critically. >> 110 years behind bars that's sentence foreman convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl and killing her 6-year-old brother. rivera broke into the victim's camden home 2012 while the children were asleep. he raped and slashed amber anduhar who we're identifying tonight at family's request. when amber's brother dominick dime her aid he killed the young boy the mother spoke after sthnsing today. >> there's no juicetis. there's no number that can take the pain that i feel you know in my heart is torn and broken. >> the 35-year-old rivera was high on pcp laced marijuana during the attack. he will die in prison.

>> protests continued across the country tonight against a grand jury decision yesterday not to indiet a white new york city police officer in the killing of eric garner an unarmed black man. new york, boston, chicago and baltimore are among cities to see protests tonight. new york protesters at the rest side highway and terminal for staten island ferry and minutes ago this was the scene in pine square as police briefly slashed with the crowd and made several arrests. >> boston protesters were peaceful but blocked city streets as they marched to boston common in chicago. protesters would block the marching to soldier field where the bears were playing the dallas cowboys and this was baltimore where demonstrateers held signs but the rallying cry of garner protests we cannot breathe. many septa students took part in on campus demonstration this year for the same cause and tam

ised a die in arranging themselves open the ground to protest the lack of grand juror write indictments in both eric warner and michael brown kasis. >> another type of protest took place nationwide todayen including here me philadelphia. fast food workers are calling for 15 dollar minimum wage. such walk out began two years ago after dem vacation in new york involving hundreds of fast food workers. >> bill cosby's lawyer responded tonight to lawsuit claiming actor comedian sexually abused a 15-year-old girl in 19 70s. court filing says judy ruth claims "absolutely false" false" cosby's attorney says the california woman tried to sell t the story a decade ago and tried toe extort cosby in skaiching for silence. his department is willing to investigate any reports of abuse even dating back decades. >> you come to us especially

with sexual allegation we'll work with you. now, as you say, the remedies may be limited. so we address these things seriously and it's not just because it's mr. cosby. >> meanwhile the navy is cutting ties with bill cosby. navy revoked his honourary title of chief petty officer today saying allegations against him conflict with navy core values. cosby enlisted in the navy in 1956 and served four years. >> nearly 2 billion deal toll privatize philadelphia gas works has blown up. today the connecticut company offered to buy pgw bailed out and terminate add agreement and mayor nutter is blasting city council tonight for causing the same to fall part. council reekts j the plan in october without holding a public hearing. opponents worried about grade hikes and union jobs. >> holiday spirit is alive and well in south philadelphia tonight aided by joyful young

carrollers. >> it was cause for celebration tonight santa claus did arrive as promised on east passyunk avenue. it was the start of festivities for tree lighting, free refreshments and extendedp showing showers for the avenue cam neighbor month. >> bathed in holiday light. the tree lighting ceremony took place under the watchful eyes of santa claus tonightch the 32 foot tree is showpiece of the park's holiday village theme. the evening was capped with call orers from creative caps high school. >> three, two, one [ cheers ]. >> and the national christmas tree is now lit outside the whitehouse.

philadelphia patti labelle was on hand to perform tonight this marks 92 annual ceremony in washington a tradition started by president calvin cool nij 1923. >> still to come on "action news" tonight dna dollars. how much a famous scientist noble prize wept for at auction and plus the school bus driver being hailed as ear hero how she kept her students away from harm. cecily. >> pulling out of the planes that will put a big damper on past the weekend i'll have details in the timing and accuweather forecast. >> and i'm health reporter ali gorman a new treatment for severe scoliosisness kids brings the number of times in the operating room from 20 to 4. i'll explain it coming up in "healthcheck". >> and mark sanchez game plan for keeping pressure of the huge match-up from getting his head. when "action news" continues match-up from getting his head. when "action news" continues tonight

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the suspect we showed you or individual we showed you as suspect in the killing of wayne ellington senior was not the right person. police inadvertently sent us wrong mug shot and unfortunately we put that on the air we wanted to make that very clear. cition teen app berman realized her bus was on fire with students on board. and the fire grew so hot i blue out the windows and paint and flattened tires and not a soul was injured. >> winds broke half a dozen

records and leaving areas covered in mudd. dozens of people had to be rescued from vehicles and after becoming trapped in bloody water. residents are told toe watch for flash flooding. >> "healthcheck" at 11 local doctors have a new way to treat kids with severe scoliosis a curve surf the spine. treatment cuts down on number of operations needed. >> 7-year-old brady is always moving sgle keeps me on my tees 24/7. >> when brady was four the doctor notice aid bulge in back and extra showed sideways curve to his spine indicating scoliosis. ft. curve is not controlled scoliosis can cause back pain and affect a child's breathing and braces and body casts were not the solution for brady.

another option could have been traditional surgery. where dr. s implant metal rods on either side of the spine. they're adjusted every three to six months as the child grows and each time has to be done surgically under general anesthesia. doctors say having 20 or more of these operations in just a few years taking a toll. >> surgical scars on top of emotional scars of fear and anxiety having to come back and form into operating rooms. >> now local doctors have a new alternative magic system or magnetic control system implanted rods lengthed magnetically from outside the body. brady got them. she also has school joe sis and got the magic rods in philadelphia shipers and back for second adjustment.

after marking location of expanders dr. patrick kayhill activates them with remote control. >> all right kid owe. >> the rods are length entered quarter inch every three months a small amount close to the way kids grow. >> this procedure she does not have to be put to sleep. it's so much better. kids don't feel the change and dr. kayhill hill says there have not been up infections or serious complications with magic. >> this say revolutionary advance in the care of children with spinal deform activity. >> as children grow they need surgery to get longer magic rods but overall number of operations is reduced from about 20 to just about four. the system is for kids with severe scoliosis still growing. the children's hospital of philadelphia is also now using this system as for brady he had first adjustment and we're told it wentz well.

ali gorman, "channel 6 action news" james watson one of the discovererrors of dna sold his noble prize it wept for $4.million. he is first living recipient to sl his noble prize. ducis, cecily and i had a pleasure of visiting camp out or hunger. we said hello to press ton and steve on wmmr. camp out for hunger is buyingest run food drive in america and of course radio personalities press ton and steve preside over it with enormous commitment and trademark hospitality. >> like we do every year. we've been there three, four years. >> you've been there many more from that. >> we always have a great time. >> we bring donations and ask people to come out. they're still there.

tomorrow you can donate 6 to 11 at the xfinity live parking lot. >> it was fun we had a competition too. >> we'll talk about who won. >> all right. >> she won ducis came in second and because of a lot of circumstances that i could not control i have no idea what they are, i came in third. >> "action news" anagrama. >> no time to talk about the weather now. let's move on. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing atmosphere beginning to moisten up. no showers reaching the ground. great night to take a look at haddonfield until energy on coles mill road this is melendez home looking great all decorated for holidays. coldner allentown under partly cloudy skies.

reading 30. millville a lot of clouds 37 ina sea isle city currently 40 satellite 6 shows clouds and bringing train virginia and this really won't amount to much here. all eyes on low pressure develop ago co the plain states this bring us pretty good soaking during afternoon and evening on saturday. tomorrow not seeing much sunshine. clouds in place. as we head into the afternoon some light bringsle breaking out around 4, 4:30 then steadier light rain developing friday night 9:00 sxerktly philadelphia and areas north this is favorite wave of moisture for the weekend. future tracker break in the action saturday morning. outdoor activities you need to do get them done early:30 clouds drizzle and heavy rain developing in the afternoon and

evening hours future tracker showing 5:00 saturday heavy rain and looking generally half inch of rain along the shore and three-quarters of inch rain in philadelphia and close to inch of rain in for this willing not be a washout. high pressure fwhuldz surprised. sunshine return. it bill be cool and windy. high of 46. we do not have to deal with any rain for eagles game. >> the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast cloudy tomorrow, light rain developing by evening. >> morning drizzle. steady rain in afternoon through evening hours. 55 sun returns sunday with high of 46. monday mostly cloudy 44. monday night tuesday morning watching low pressure along ingt coast if it gets close enough to us could bring rain in philadelphia perhaps mixing with wet snowflakes in far northwest

suburbs, 64 and clear out and bring sunshine back wednesday 44 and thursday partly sunny and high of 46. nobody like to get rain over the weekend. fortunately we're looking at saturday all out of here on sunday. >> all right. cecily. hundreds of volunteers gathered this evening to make a holiday brighter for children nip need. bags and bags of gifts were handed down the line upper main line ymca. it will benefit 7,000 children. "jimmy kimmel live" coming up 11:35 after "action news" here's jimmy with a preview of tonight's show. >> thanks jim, hello philadelphia, here's a sample of what we have in store tore tonight. >> i was looking at the two of us and thought what would it be like if that duo hung

>> happy hour in center city philadelphia. low income men are helped to get

jobs. ken tried traded in microphone for martini shaker and put bar tending scores to work tonight. >> nice. >> eagles seahawks huge day. there's a top of hype surrounding this game. having played in new york city and klij ball at ufc. not only does sanchez know how to handle hype he knows how to ignore it. >> you have to be able to block that out you got to. it's natural these guys won the super bowl last year you played with the coach before and put all that stuff doesn't afek the size of the field, rules, everything stays the same. so you have to keep your focus the same and keep your preparation the same and don't make any bigger or smaller and don't shortchange it either.

>> well said. >> con are barwinn was named player of the month he has twelve an a half sacks overall and people are starting to recognize we're playing well on defense and we need continue to play well and con toynl proof and people will recognize the type of players we have across the defense. >> we have book it tends to this game. eagles game day kickoff sunday mike quick and i will preview the game. we'll be back to wrap what makes thermacare different? two words: it heals. how? with heat. unlike creams and rubs that mask the pain, thermacare has patented heat cells that penetrate deep to increase circulation and accelerate healing. let's review: heat, plus relief, plus healing, equals thermacare. the proof that it heals is you.

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this team will be excited. one thing that you notice about this eagle team is energy in which they play cowboys lead bears we're inside two minutes in that contest. >> college basketball drexel hosting university ever the sciences. mow ham evidence fort dragons. it's not a night for drexel. university of sciences will gregordi se. drexel falls 54-52 that's sports. >> thank you ducis. timely tonight this time of year one local organization likes to remember our canine friends need they helped an annual party in paoli. they collected food, toys, and beds and starting in 2009 give a dog a bone has raised over

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