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now and again, from the police commissioner earlier this morning down here in the 1600 block of juniper street. there was a shooting around 1:30 this morning. i'm going to get the camera to pan over to where this happened. you can see it is at the person of interest's home down here. you can see it's boarded up right now. again he's 16-year-old brandon olivieri. he is the person of interest that police are looking for. they've made some pleas but that is the person they are looking for in this. again, this all started tragically tuesday evening earlier this week when those two teens were shot and killed down here in south philadelphia and tonight -- excuse me -- [inaudible] the shooting happened here at the person of interest's home. we'll have more of this coming up on "action news." reporting live from south philadelphia, bob brooks channel6 "action news." >> okay, bob, thank you. some technical difficulties there. we'll work on that.
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and we'll continue to follow this story as it unfolds on 6abc.com. again, the very latest on this. police have now named a 16-year-old as a person of interest. brandon olivieri is who police are now looking for. we of course continuing to follow this and as police continue to search for that 16-year-old, of course you can find the very latest on our web site 6abc.com. >> we'll hear more from bob later on in the newscast. let's get a check of the accuweather forecast. picture perfect day. sunny blue skies and a little bit of a chill in the air but it's nice. >> i have to say the next line here. big changes on the way though come sunday. meteorologist adam joseph at the big board with the latest. >> got the short end of the stick. >> you go to the say the rest. >> yes, unfortunately sunday is going to be an accuweather alert day because gearing to have very heavy rain, strong winds, a nasty end to the weekend but we'll begin the weekend much like today. you can see all the sunshine, high pressure down to the south and that high pressure will remain in control for another 24 hours but there's a cold front coming in to the
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ohio tennessee valley, low pressure with even some snow in parts of minnesota and wisconsin right now. that front is going to interact with some moisture down in the tropics. in fact you can see all these thunderstorms here blossoming there, the cayman islands central and south america, that area is not going to turn into a tropical storm or tropical depression but all of this will be pushing to the north and will link with that cold front. in fact, we will show it to you here on future tracker tomorrow afternoon there's the front very weak to the north and west. there's the moisture moving over cuba into south florida. as we get into saturday night and sunday, that moisture basically gets pulled into this front and is going to develop low pressure off of our coastline. this is sunday afternoon. that's when the heaviest rain will develop but sunday from start to finish is really a very wet day and then as that storm continues to deepen sunday night, the winds will really crank up around here. in fact, what to expect on sunday.
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one to 3 inches of rain, an isolated 4-inches is not out of the question. heaviest is in the afternoon and evening during the eagles game, localized flooding and winds near 50 miles an hour here with that storm sunday night. we'll chat more about that and the rest of that seven-day forecast in a little bit. >> adam thank you. we are now hearing from the father of two children murdered last week allegedly by his fiancé the mother of one of those children. police say his fiancé, killed his son, five-year-old alex and four month old solomon apple. she was solomon's mom. she called police expressing fever her own immigration status. he tells us she cracked under the fear she may too be taken to prison. >> it's only when i was taken away from my family situation just like i suspected she
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was -- it was too much for her to handle. >> now, preliminary hearing for kula pulima is set for october 301st. >> 19-year-old donald farrell died in october of 2007 during an apparent mugging near his glassboro apartment. surveillance cameras from a nearby store captured an image of one of the suspects but there may have been four or five people involved. police are using digital billboards in new jersey to ask for tips and to advertise a $100,000 reward. >> well, in some ways it seems hard to believe but this coming weekend marks five years and super storm sandy slammed into the jersey shore. many of the damaged properties and lives for that matter have been rebuilt but not all of them. "action news" new jersey correspondent nora muchanic joins us live this afternoon in ortley beach and nora, you spoke with one woman today who
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is still very much stuck in that recovery process. >> reporter: brian, the shore has recovered to a large degree but there are still people who are waiting to get in their houses and the process to get there hasn't been easy. this sunday marks the five year anniversary of super storm sandy and the devastation it caused new jersey. $29 billion in damages, 365,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. five years later, many of the homes have been rebuilt and lifted. others are still in the process. 70-year-old linda roberts of seaside park has just recently moved back into her home after years of fighting her way through endless paperwork and red tape. >> it's the most amazing feeling to walk up those steps and know that you're going to be able to put a key in the door and turn it and be able to walk into something that you can be proud of. >> reporter: linda was a nomad for five years staying with various friends. she got help from the people's pantry a toms river food pantry started after sandy to help struggling storm victims.
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>> i thought six months after we wouldn't be this were. here we are five years later and i'm still serving the same amount of people. >> reporter: remember that rollercoaster that washed into the atlantic. it was one of the iconic pictures if the storm. the casino pier where it has been replaced and new rides installed. just north in ortley beach considered ground zero for the storm a beach replenishment project shored up the coastline. >> it's coming back. ortley looks terrific. every year you see a difference. >> reporter: a nonprofit called ocean county long term recovery group has helped 5,000 families navigate red tape and identify resources to get them back in their homes. the director says many of those people are financially tapped out and emotionally fragile. >> mentally, going through five years of sandy recovery and then also seeing all these recent storm activities, it -- you know, we have a coastline of ptsd. >> reporter: post traumatic
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stress disorder five years after the storm. some folks are still dealing with the trauma of losing everything. the recovery at the shore has been amazing but still it is a work in progress five years later. in ortley beach, i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, nora, thank you. well, after being held up for months, state funding is finally on its way to penn state, temple 13 other state universities. governor tom wolf signed bills today that will direct $650 million to those institutions. the money was delayed in a pennsylvania ongoing budget crisis. the governor has not yet said what he'll do with other pieces of the budget puzzle that were approved by lawmakers this week including a massive gambling expansion bill. >> bikers, walkers and runners will have 7 miles of philadelphia roads all to themselves tomorrow. it's part of philly free streets day. the route goes between third and chestnut streets in olde city and fifth and indiana avenue in fairhill. as of noon today, if your car was in the way, well, they
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began to tow those out. the streets will be completely blocked to traffic from 8:00 tomorrow morning until 1:00 in the afternoon. the idea of car free city streets was inspired by the papal visit in 2015. a similar event is happening in wilmington. open streets wilmington is a pilot program allowing people to enjoy brandywine park without cars getting in the way. beginning tomorrow and continuing every saturday in november, parts of north and south park drive will be closed to traffic. and those closures will go from 7:00 a.m. until noon. >> well, on lots of other streets today there are cars. >> plenty. >> and lots of them. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center with the update for us. how are you, ma it's? >> i'm fine, but, yeah, open and car free is something we dream about. certainly not happening on the highways on a busy friday afternoon but i guess if it was i would be out of a job so i shouldn't complain. schuylkill expressway in both directions by the vine street expressway, what we are free of now is a broken down truck
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that was blocking eastbound left lane here approaching the vine so that's good news. truck's out of the way. the loans are opened. just really congested. 38 minute ride should be 14 minutes as you come eastbound from the blue route into this point at vine. we had a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike already this afternoon. eastbound direction by norristown, they have it pushed off to the shoulder but damage is done. speeds like 19 miles per hour as you come east of valley forge in that normally busy spot. and then heads up in bucks county. overnight tonight and tomorrow night starting at 11 o'clock they're closing the turnpike between bensalem and del val both directions for overnight construction, 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. local detours will be in effect. on the big picture a crash along 95 northbound by the betsy ross bridge. that's gone. as is one in camden on 676 southbound, one on 295 southbound has cleared but there's one in cherry hill to watch out for along 38 eastbound at mill road. let's do the commuter report
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on this finally friday afternoon. providence montgomery county getting reports of a crash on ridge pike close to where it meets up with germantown pike and just 7 miles per hour as a result. we'll check it again, though, brian and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. >> oh, matt, thank you. next on "action news," we catch up with two hollywood super stars. here's the film yet another movie in their hometown. hear why bruce willis and m. night shyamalan can't get enough of philadelphia. >> plus meet a young star in the making. we'll introduce you to a high school standout. he's a triple threat. an athlete musician and elite boy scout who is making us philly proud. >> ♪ every day, technology becomes much more personalized. ♪ ♪ like this. and this. (ai device) welcome home, gary, how was your day. and like this.
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attorney general jeff sessions spoke to a room of customs and border patrol officers at j.f.k. airport in new york. he cited unprecedented increases in both the purity of the drugs on the street and increases in related deaths. >> more americans dying of drug overdoses last year than died from aids at the peak of that epidemic, more than in automobile accidents. >> well, sessions says his department will use a new analytic system to identify doctors who are prescribing more opioids than their peers and prosecute them on charges of healthcare fraud. >> meanwhile defense secretary jim mattis is reaffirming america's alliance with south korea. mattis made the comments while visiting the south as concerns over north korea's nuclear program continues to grow. he repeated that phrase multiple times while visiting the demilitarized zone or dmz of the the secretary is
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visiting the area ahead of president trump who is expected to be there early next month. >> we are now hearing from two boaters rescued by the u.s. navy after they were lost at sea for months. jennifer appel and tasha tried to sail from hawaii to tahiti but they drifted 5,000 miles off course after their boat's engine died back in may. the pair tried to call for help over the radio every single day until finally this tuesday another ship was close enough to hear them. now they are describing their relief as they felt as they saw the u.s.s. ashland on the horizon. >> oh, god, we've been saved. it was the most amazing feeling because we honestly did not believe that we would survive another 24 hours in the current situation. >> they made it. the navy vessel picked up the two women and their two dogs. they say they survived all of that time by using the water purifiers on their boat and eat, the food that they had on board. >> just an incredible story.
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>> yeah. >> major progress is now being made on the new high school in trenton. the action cam was at the construction site of trenton central high as they signed a final steel beam before it was lifted into place. the new school has been talked about for at least a decade now and finally those plans are becoming a reality. police from across delaware county are being honored for saving more than 900 lives in the past three years. each of the rescues was involving a drug overdose. delaware county was the first county in the state to train and equip all of its officers with the overdose reversal drug narcan. during today's ceremony d.a. jack whelan acknowledged the program's success and recognized the officers for their heroics. >> last night two major hollywood stars with local roots were honored here in center city. m. night shyamalan presented the lumiere award to bruce willis as part of the philadelphia film festival. the award represents dedication to films here in
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philadelphia, something these two men certainly know something about. shyamalan directed willis in several films including the sixth sense unbreakable and they're working on glass which is filming all around the area. perhaps you've seen the crew set up around the town. shyamalan grew up in lower merion and willis grew up in carneys point, new jersey. >> i grew up in that south jersey. i used to sneak around here all the time. one 'cause i want to work with my favorite director in the whole world. >> obviously it's very emotional for me to make films at home. i've always been able to make films at home and this man is the reason i'm able to do that. he backs me when nobody backed me and he's a jersey boy an philly boy. >> they are sowbread of their delaware valley roots. m night tells us the story of when they first met for sixth sense. he says it was 25 years old and bruce willis bypassed a bunch of hollywood a-listers to give him a big hug when they sealed the deal. pretty cool.
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the philadelphia film festival runs through sunday. this is the second time this award has been handed out. the first time it went to m night himself. last night he passed it on to bruce willis. >> there you were right in the middle. >> i know. >> home grown, pretty cool. >> cool stuff. alicia thank you. it is time once again for a check on the accuweather forecast as we cruise into the weekend. >> yeah. it's going to be smooth sailing to start but then kind of rocky as we get into sunday especially and monday morning. as we take a look at the weather center here, live on sky6, all things look great right now on this friday. that deep blue sky, that delaware river right now really lack of clouds here this afternoon and much milder than it was just this time yesterday and we relaxed the winds as well. as we take a look at that weekend forecast saturday warm with sun and clouds, 70 degrees. definitely hands down the pick of the weekend because by sunday, rain comes in in the morning, turns heavy and steady especially in the afternoon and evening with the high temperature of just
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66 degrees. so, that's the highlight for the weekend but we also have something else to chat about and that is your halloween forecast and i'm bringing in a little friend here. he's doing a weird running man that he learned from brian taff. i am not going attempt what he's doing there. [laughter] >> monster mash. >> monster mash, yeah. trick-or-treat forecast clear and cool on, wince north and west at five to 10 miles per hour. 6 o'clock 56 degrees and 9 o'clock 50 degrees. all right he's upstaging me. you can head out now. the current numbers 55 in mount pocono, 64 allentown reading, lancaster as well as wilmington, 67 in dover. 64 degrees in millville and pretty similar at the shore so really nice afternoon, very average for this time of year. high pressure is in control right now and you can see all of that sunshine, clear sky on the east coast. that remains the case tomorrow. clouds will be increasing with this front and that front will link with that moisture down to the south. in fact as we look at future
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tracker sunday morning at 11:30 a.m., that's when some of the light showers start to come in. you see some heavier pockets west and south of lancaster. that arrives in philadelphia by about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, two hours into the eagles game, pretty nasty down there at the linc. 8:30 in the evening, still rain, heavy at times and that starts to lift out on monday morning but some lingering rain early on monday at 8:00 a.m. and that's also when the strongest winds will be rotating in as the storm develops. 2:00 a.m. on monday, winds near 45 miles an hour. maybe there's a little electricity problem sunday night, monday morning with winds gusting near 50 miles an hour, even southern areas trying to touch 60 early on monday morning. rainfall totals the euro with a jackpot of 2.67, lower for the gfs nam and rpm. leaning towards the higher amount as opposed to the lower amounts. 70 beautiful tomorrow with
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high clouds increasing in the afternoon. that nasty day sunday, alert day at 66. windy clouds to sun on monday, 59 as it improves and again trick-or-treat looks good, 60 degrees for a high in the afternoon. i'll have that seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour for you. >> adam thank you. tonight at 11:00 plane tickets to paradise. a family vacation to the happiest place on earth. "action news" investigative reporter wendy saltzman is on the trail of a travel agent who has customers claiming they paid for from ups trips that be went nowhere. >> there are 15 lawsuits against this travel agent whose alleged victims include single mothers and the elderly. >> that's the only way she's going to stop is if she's in prison. >> some of these women say they turned over their life savings on deals that that sounded like a steal. we're tracking her down to ask if she's lining her pockets with other people's hard earned cash. i'm wendy with 6abc. i want to talk to you about your travel business. >> how she allegedly got away with it for so long and how "action news" is stepping in
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>> this is sean from spring feel township montgomery county. some might call him impressive, overachiever born leader and they would be right. he's also one in a million or more like one in 2 million at least by boy scout standards and he's one of many local people who make us philly proud. >> ever since i've been a little kid i like to keep busy. >> busy is a bit of an understatement. 18-year-old academy senior sean is a triple varsity scholar athlete. >> i play left guard for blue devils. i've been starting for three years. and i -- i'm also a starter forest -- wrestling.
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>> he also rows. >> i decided to continue the tradition. >> ♪ >> yup, sean is also a violinist in the school orchestra and now he's the first scout in wyndmoor troop's history to become a triple silver palm eagle. >> i was looking to the scouts, they could light a fire, name anything off the top of their head, tie a knot. >> every year only one or two out of about two and a half million scouts become triple silver palm eagles. >> he's the one in a million guy. he's the one in a million kid that went that far that pushed himself that far. >> sean helped the friend of the wissahickon both on the trail and in the community. >> they asked me to build this new letter box so they could get out their weekly newsletters. >> sean is also class president. >> on a team in a sport you want sean next to you. he makes everyone around him better. that's a true sign of a
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leader. >> those around him call him humble. sean says it's more about focus and old fashioned hard work. >> i put in the work and made sure i met people along the way. i didn't take myself with me i took the rest of my troop with me. >> he's what every father dreams of his son being. >> you couldn't hear it better than that from apparent. if you're wondering just how he does it all, sean says you just make time for it. he says scouting teaches you practical life skills and he wishes more young people today would learn them. perhaps this story is their inspiration. you guys a born leader. that's just one of the compliment for this very amazing young man. >> yeah, i got to the rank of cub scout. i thought that was impressive. >> now we know. >> long way to go. >> good stuff. >> there is still much more ahead in the next 30 minutes of "action news" at 4:00 today. >> including the reason some parents want their children's strollers treated like wheelchairs when it comes to public transportation.
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>> ♪ nobody delivers more for south jersey than steve sweeney. he stood up to north jersey special interests to increase funding for our schools. he stopped christie's commuter tax, saving south jersey residents over 200 million dollars. and he led the charge to pass paid family leave. aarp applauded sweeney for freezing property taxes for seniors and cutting prices on prescription drugs. "i got to take my hat off to him. he's a man of his word." steve sweeney. because there's more work to do to get south jersey's fair share.
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cheer? we've got the results of a viewer poll on this and a response from the people behind these decorations. >> plus, the florida mother says she's forever grateful to a kind stranger who went above and beyond to reunite her with her lost wallet after seeing something pretty special inside. it's a story making philly proud. >> but we're going to begin here at 4:30 with new details about a little boy hospitalized after being hit by a school bus yesterday. for more on what we learned about the six-year-old's condition and whether or not the driver will be charged let's go live to "action news" reporter vernon odom outside cooper hospital in camden this afternoon. vern, you've got the latest details on this. >> reporter: brian, police are still awaiting the results of the blood tests performed on the driver but preliminarily they say there does not appear to be any negligence involved in this terrible tragedy or any evidence of negligence. the victim remains hospitalized here at cooper. his parents are at his bedside. >> the good news is that his
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condition is not life-threatening but it will be life altering. >> reporter: camden county's police chief had just paid a hospital visit to the six-year-old boy severely injured yesterday when a school bus ran over him as he crossed the street in the fairview section. after getting off another school bus, the bus that hit him was moving from the opposite direction. the child was rushed to surgery last night. his bone fracture injuries are extensive. >> starting with the pelvis down to his foot. >> reporter: at this point in their investigation, police have found no evidence the driver was distracted by social media or under the influence of drugs or booze. the children were on the sidewalk, police say, and the child apparently then darted into the street. >> at this point in time it does not appear as though any criminal charges or traffic violations would be issued with the facts that we have now. >> reporter: brian, again, the victim only six-year-old remains hospitalized and now i've learned just moments ago that he faces more surgery
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tomorrow to further explore doctors want to further explore the extent of his leg injuries. i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news" in camden. >> all right, vernon, thank you. police in atlantic county say a car hit two people trying to push a disabled vehicle off the road killing one of them. it happened along pomona road in galloway township. now investigators say brandon poleki and the disabled car were struck about 4:30 this morning. poleki was not severely hurt but shivilet was killed. no charges have been filed but that could change as the investigation unfolds. >> a wilmington day care owner will spend the next five years behind bars for the death of a toddler at her home. latoya tomlin was sentenced to prison on manslaughter charges this after a 15 month old child in her care died from blunt force head trauma back in 2015. tomlin faced up to 25 years behind bars but was offered a plea deal because there was no
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way to prove who caused the child's injuries. well, a chester county woman has been charged with trying to smuggle drugs to her son in prison. delaware department of correction officials say 57-year-old donna milum of avondale was arrested at the sussex correctional institution earlier this week. she's accused of mailing an illegal substance to her 35-year-old son marco marren and trying to exchange contraband during a visit. officials say it involved a drug used to treat people addicted to heroin or opioids. >> accuweather says some change will come later in the weekend. >> let's enjoy today. >> yeah. >> meteorologist adam joseph here with the details on what's coming our way. >> you can enjoy most of tomorrow. tomorrow is a great day, temperatures near 70 degrees and then it goes downhill on sunday. as we take a look at the temperatures right now, back to normal. yesterday we were stuck in the 50's for most areas. today back in around
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64 degrees for wilmington as well as philadelphia, allentown 63 the atlantic city airport, trenton so temperatures aren't really varying all that much with that that blue sky out there this afternoon. in fact we take a look at it right there live on sky6 over the commodore barry bridge and again, a lack of clouds on this friday afternoon. it will start that way tomorrow morning and then again those changes come in tomorrow afternoon. in fact, storm tracker6 live 3-d shows a pretty strong low pressure north of chicago bringing some rain and even some snow into parts of wisconsin as well as minnesota but that cold front that's working its way towards cincinnati and nashville will link with some tropical moisture coming in from florida off of the carolinas and that will combine to bring that soaking rain sunday and some very strong winds. we'll break down this entire system for you coming up in that seven-day forecast brian in just little bit. >> adam see you shortly. thank you. the battleship in much is
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new jersey is going green. the heaters will make the ship much more energy efficient and potentially save thousands of dollars. internal inflammation has been linked to many chronic illnesses but now a famous health guru is touting a new diet aimed at reducing those effects. "action news" anchor rick williams is live. >> thank you. the diet, this diet is all about limiting foods that are either processed or manufactured. well, coming up tonight at 5:00 on health check ali gorman explains the science behind the diet and takes us behind the counter of a local restaurant that's bringing that diet to a table near you. also coming up tonight at 5:00 it's a drink that is uniquely south jersey but it's not a common household name. nora muchanic introduces us to the cola that's been produced
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locally for more than a century. just some of the stories we're talking about for you when we see you in just a little bit on "action news" at 5 o'clock. until then back to the studio. sharrie we'll see you later. >> sounds good. see you then rick. children came to class in costume today in the overbrook section of philadelphia. the visually impaired students from the overbrook school for the blind were getting ready for an early halloween parade. prizes were warded for the cutest funniest and most original outfits. the children also had a chance to go trick-or-treating right there on campus. >> well, the residents at the spring hill's cherry hill assisted living center got in on the prehalloween fun as well. a local mom's club dressed their toddlers as little princesses and firefighters brought them to visit the residents today. the kids showed off their costumes during a parade right through the lobby. and as halloween approaches we want you to join the action. send us photos of your costumes kids even decorations
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around your neighborhood. use #6abcaction and you just might see them on air over the weekend. >> we are philly proud. you'll find those stories and much more of them like this on 6abc.com/proud. in the meantime gold star mom says a perfect stranger restored her faith in humanity this week at the philadelphia international airport. this is lisa, a long time norristown resident who now lives in florida. she was flying out of phl this week when at 33,000 feet in the air she realized she had left her wallet at an airport gift shop. well, back on the ground pamela dee found that wallet and realized that she had to get it back to its owner because inside was a prayer card and a picture of her late son jake. a coast guard petty officer who was killed in action eight years ago. well, pamela used that picture to track lisa down sending her the wallet and this nice notary fusing lisa's request that she keep the money as a
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reward. asking instead that the money be put in a fund set up in jake's memory. lisa called this much needed good news amid much sadness. >> yeah, a great story there. reconnecting with something so valuable to her. >> happy ending. >> yeah. >> still to come here on "action news" at 4:00 today we've got two words for you. dog leotard. >> and wild ride. a 10-year-old leads police on a dangerous high speed chase reaching 100 miles per hour. what police believe inspired the pint sized fugitive. >> plus, twinkling lights and festive garland. they may be pretty but some say it's pretty odd to have holiday lights up before halloween. we'll have manayunk's response to claims that they're skipping a season. >> ♪
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steve sweeney's negative headlines keep piling up. why are south jerseyans so angry at sweeney? sweeney repeatedly sided with chris christie to underfund south jersey schools, increase standardized testing like parcc, cut take-home pay for teachers, and broke his promise to fund the pensions of hundreds of thousands of new jerseyans-
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>> i got a good look at him. he is 10. >> you heard that right. a 10-year-old boy stole his father's car and took off reaching speeds nearly a hundred miles an hour. he even cut across a highway median and drove into the path of oncoming traffic and drove into a ditch to evade the police. >> for him to pull over and the child shook his head no and continued driving. >> yikes. state trooper eventually cut the boy off causing him to crash and they learned this is not the first time he's done something like this. earlier this month he also took his mother's car out for a spin. the 10-year-old was taken into custody but it's unclear at this point if charges will be filed. >> wow. well, a wild police chase in wisconsin was caught on an officer's dashcam. and it all started with teenagers allegedly stealing items from a wal-mart. police stay a group of teens in hartford wisconsin stole electronics and then took off on a high speed chase.
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video shows the teenagers throwing some of the stolen items from the window and trying to run from police even as the tires started to fall off of the car. officers eventually used spike strips to slow the teens down and after 16 miles of trying to elude police, the teens surrendered one by one and were taken to jail and charged. >> ♪ >> big talkers now. if you've ever tried traveling with a tot in a stroller particularly on public transportation you know the stress and the sweat involved not to mention the maneuvering that kind of rivals nascar and if you have your stuff with you, the bags, et cetera, forget it. i've been there for the stroll ever schlep. there's a dad in new york city who started a petition to allow strollers unfolded on new york city buses. aaron, dad of 21 month old alma wants the mta to allow stroll ertz to remain opened on buses kind of like wheelchairs.
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some parents say kids should be given the exact same rights as disabled people but others feel like strollers when they're opened clog the buses, trains, et cetera, so they are against it. okay, we haven't even seen the great pumpkin yet but it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in manayunk. as you can see the lights are being strung with snowflakes aglow on main street. some folks, like myself, say bring it on. others are taking to social media to say, okay, one holiday at a time, people. we reached out to the manayunk development corporation and they explain it like this. they say they realize some might be surprised by the early installations here but they are working with 25-year-old electrical infrastructure and it typically takes nearly two weeks to get the city and private electricians out to get all of the stars and flags working. so, behold, christmas in manayunk ahead of halloween. we asked what you think about the head start on all this holiday cheer and folks mostly
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saying, majority of you saying i think it's too soon. roughly 201 of you. 47 say it is never too early. hey, make that 48. i didn't get on and vote yet. finally on this friday we bring you just about the cutest models we have ever had on this show. these pups are showing off the latest in canine couture. while they kind of look like doggie leotard they're called shed defenders. this is not just about fashion but function. they're made of a light weight breathable material with the goal of eliminating shedding. there they are trying them on for size. it's the brainchild of tyson walters who says his pup sheds everywhere and it's good for folks with dog allergies and anxious pups because they feel secure in that snug fabric. in case you are wondering how you get it on, here's your little demo there. i guess the dog's got to kind of stay still for the span desk. there's even a nifty tail cutout in the back you know
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like that whole cold shoulder thing, it's like the cold tail thing. it looks pretty cute but apparently there's great function to it. super heroes. >> let's not ignore the fact that that dog appears to be driving that car which is even more impressive. >> i don't see the keys. >> all right. >> oh, gosh. >> thank you, alicia. speaking of, it is time for another check on the roads tonight. >> matt pelman here now with the update for us. hey, matt. >> gotten-year-olds driving cars, dogs driving cars. i think it's time to review the rules maybe. good afternoon to you brian and sharrie. we're dogged with delays in a lot of spots on this friday afternoon. we're definitely shedding miles per hour as you can see here along 95. we're in the slow zone in both directions close to allegheny avenue. just a lot of afternoon volume at this point. no accidents on this chunk of 95. overnight tonight, we've got construction coming to this stretch of 95 between allegheny and girard and they're going to stop all traffic for 15 minutes at a time so if you can avoid 95 in this area allegheny to girard during the overnight hours
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tonight, i think that would be a good idea. on the big picture otherwise, just a lot of volume, slow speeds on a friday afternoon, 11 miles per hour on the eastbound side of the schuylkill by girard avenue, just 16 on the southbound side of the blue route, 476, traveling near broomall and we've got problems on the other chunk of 476, the northeast extension heading northbound toward the lehigh valley and maybe the poconos this afternoon, there's a crash approaching quakertown taking out one lane so slowing coming up from lansdale. had an earlier crash on the east west turnpike eastbound near norristown. all lanes are opened there but it still slows back to valley forge and with the waze app i told you about a crash along ridge pike in lower providence. turns out there were a couple of them. they're both now gone so we're getting better along ridge pike. also getting better in cherry hill as you come away from the mall on the eastbound side of 38 at mill road. that accident, too, has cleared but one coming in in delaware. we'll talk about that brian and sharrie, in the 5 o'clock hour. >> okay, matt, thank you. >> meteorologist adam joseph standing by with the exclusive
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>> it could be the several brownies that i had in the room next door but there's a lot of reasons to smile today and the sunshine is another one of those. >> it's not a sugar rush. >> it might be. >> the combination. >> the combo. >> yeah. >> it is beautiful out there. as we take a look right now at our sky6 which is at city hall, dillworth park, you can see those really dark shadows with that sun much lower in the horizon this time of day, this time of year but you can still see that beautiful blue sky upstairs and that will fade as we go into the upcoming weekend. in fact it's a big weekend especially if you're heading to the eagles game. at 1 o'clock on sunday afternoon, if you're heading to the game or if you have tickets and you tend to go to
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the game every now and then maybe pass them off to someone you may like or not like, say, hey, i'm giving you my tickets for free 'cause it's not going to be all that great down there. we're talking about a soaking rain. one of those rains that it will be miserable even if you're trying to tailgate out there from start to finish it's pretty heavy and steady. south-southeast wind six to 12 miles an hour, 65 degrees to start, 65 degrees to finish so really not much movement in the temperature department on sunday afternoon. as we take a look at the temps right now pretty similar. 30 -- i was going to say 30 something, 63, i'm trying to flip that number, 63 from trenton, 64 across most of the area. again very little variation with that deep blue sky. a little cooler in the poconos at 55 degrees. satellite and radar, we have low pressure up towards chicago minneapolis, even bringing some snow on the backside of that low. the cold front associated with that will that continue to work to the east here and that's going to link with some moisture down to the south. in fact, it is a tropical low. it's not going to be a named
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storm in the caribbean but the moisture from this low will skirt its way across florida and then inject itself into that front on sunday. so, your sunday soaker, high pressure, again an coring for tomorrow. that continues to work away. that low near miami early on saturday will start to pull itself into that that front and it all comes together off of our coast sunday afternoon and that's when we're expecting rain one to 3 inches, an isolated for inches in some locations. low lying and street flooding is possible and sunday night into monday as that low and continues to crank up and work into new england it will bring powerful winds on the backside where they could gust near 50 miles an hour. future tracker shows sunday morning some light showers coming in. here's during the middle part of the game, heavy rain coming in from the south and west. that continues into sunday night at 8 o'clock sunday late night it continues to rain into early on monday morning before all that begins to lift
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out to the north and east. so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast here, we'll show temps near 70 degrees on saturday, mild with those afternoon high clouds. rain heavy at times in the afternoon. again, sunday 66 degrees. and then as we -- i'm kind of losing track where i'm supposed to be today. 66 degrees on sunday. [laughter] i was supposed to leave that area a long time ago. windy on monday, clouds to sun, 59 degrees. and then as we get into tuesday, a sunny treat. 60 degrees. so, it does clear up, the winds calm dawn on tuesday and then wednesday, thursday temperatures still in the 60's. randoms through with the front on thursday and partly sunny on friday, 67 degrees. >> you had me at brownies. >> you had me at brownies, too. >> and i'm sitting there doing the weather in the weather center like wait a minute, i shouldn't -- anyway, long story. it was my fault. >> how about free candy corn pizza, free beer, free all kind of things tacos. we'll talk about in it freebie friday coming up next.
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>> we have some scary good freebies this friday as we head into halloween. first, tonight from 5:00 to 8:00, actually 9 p.m.s are free pumpkin carving and beer in bala cynwyd. nova is trying revive the bala avenue corridor and tonight it's all about fall. pretty cool stuff there. also, taco bell has this promotion every world series. steal a base, steal a taco. thanks to a stolen base by the astros taco is giving away free doritos locos tacos ihop is giving kids scary faced pancakes 7:00 a.m. to pen testimony. -- 10:00 p.m.
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on halloween chuck e cheese is giving kids in costumes 50 free tickets be and a slice of candy corn pizza from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. let us know how that is. tomorrow it is the halloween comic fest and you get a free com bic book all -- comic book free all day tomorrow. we have the link to the stores near you that are participating. also tomorrow hooters is giving our national first responders heroes in uniform with a valid work i.d. a free meal. it is national first responder day tomorrow so we thank you for your service. and also we should mention tomorrow it is philly free streets. you talked about that before from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 7 miles of city roads will be closed and that includes free workouts crafting story telling all on tap for the seven-hour stretch tomorrow. just don't try to get there in your car. >> all right. good stuff. the candy corn pizza i'm serious about. >> yeah, it has real cheese with it. >> all right. >> brian likes it. >> i don't know if i do.
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we'll find it:alicia thank you. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. join me along with sharrie adam and ducis tonight for a full hour of "action news" rat 10:00 on phl 17. >> "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. >> developing right now the search for a person of interest is on in connection with the murder of two teens in south philadelphia. >> plus, two high profile actresses come forward of the a slew of sexual harassment allegations against another behind the scenes hollywood a-lister. and. >> if you grew up in philly you may have never heard of it. it's called boost and you can only find it in south jersey. i'm nora muchanic with a look at this unusual but wildly popular drink. >> those stories and much more next at 5:00. >> ♪
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shortchanged our future. after 8 years- incomes are down, costs are up and our economy is crawling. we are better than this. i'm phil murphy together we'll build a stronger, fairer economy that works for every new jersey family. christie and guadagno left new jersey stuck. i'm serious about moving new jersey forward. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> developing now, philadelphia police are looking for a person of interest days after two teens were murdered in south philadelphia. tonight officials have connected another shooting and a school lockdown to that case. friday night, the big story on "action news" is the
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search for 16-year-old brandon a vary -- olivieri. >> more on today's developments in the case. trish. >> reporter: rick, police have released the name of their person of interest brandon olivieri. police say someone posted a photo of olivieri on social media saying he was headed here to this area to the area of roman catholic high school and that he could be a threat to the students. the line of parents wrapped around the corner as moms and dads waited to pick up their kids from roman catholic high school. >> all i know is that when i went to my fifth period everybody just started leaving and we were on lockdown. >> i did get an e-mail saying the school was on lockdown to pick your kid up after school, to not let them take the train home and stuff. >> reporter: but many parents came right away. >> were you worried at all. >> ye
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