and police and the fbi have launch aid full scale investigation. into sayfullo saipov. and they determined he was involved with other individuals who were known to anti-terror law enforcement. meanwhile, police officer ryan nash is being hailed a hero by police officials he is the officer that fired the shot that failed sayfullo saipov. this is what nash did for his city and country. dann cuellar is live in new york city. charges are now formerly levied against him. what is the latest on that? >> reporter: for the moment terror suspect, sayfullo saipov, is charged with providing material support and resources to a designate terror organization namely isis and a violence and destruction by motorcycle actions that resulted in the deaths of eight people and injuries to 16 others.

>> this was the scene late today as the home depot truck used in the terror attack was taken away on a flat bed to a crime lab for investigation. from the evidence already he was planning this attack for weeks and abc news learned he told investigators he is proud of what he did and left behind notes written in arabic pledging allegiance to isis. >> it's to the tee what isis put out on social media with how to carry out aattack. >> and hundreds dressed in white suits were going up and down west side highway to collect any evidence they could find and areas around the world trade center already intense was beefed up more out of caution.

frank from brewer town in philadelphia. i was at whole foods picking up a meal and saw pandemonium everywhere. and cops everywhere and i didn't foe what was going on. >> the attack left new yorkers disheart earned. >> it's a neighborhood full of children and dogs. and especially on a day like halloween it's terrible i think it's the best neighborhood in manhattan and for this to happen it's devastating. >> it can happen to you any minute. it was very sad. >> mayor bill deblasio was urging new yorkers to be vigilant but not could youer. >> people went to work and kids went to school. nobody thought there was any choice but to stand up to this act of terror. back live in the shadow of the world trade center where the attack happened.

they say that sayfullo saipov rent the the truck on november 22nd and practiced before the attack. and he targeted halloween figuring there would be more civilians on the street and planned to go to the brooklyn bridge to do more harm before being shot by officer ryan nash. i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. let switch live to "action news" reporter vernon odom in the sommer ton section of philadelphia. sayfullo saipov came to the u.s. from uzbekistan in 2010 on something call the the diversity visa program that has suddenly become very controversial. >> reporter: good evening jim, president trump was talking about that earlier today as you take a look at the story. president trump went on the offensive right away in the wake of the attack in new york city. vowing to scuttle that program. that gives visas to people from countries with few immigrants to

the united states. >> i am today starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery program. >> the president today continued to blast the immigration program under which sayfullo saipov entered the u.s. in 2010 and ripped minority leaders like chuck schumer for sponsoring the 22-year-old program. and wants to send the prisoner to guantanamo and make the penalties more severe. >> we have to get much tougher and much smarter and much less politically correct. we are so politically correct we are afraid to do anything. christine is one of the top immigration lawyers. >> any time you try to make political hay out of a tragedy it's problematic whether it's from the right or left. >> flowers says the terror attack is one of only two

attacks of terrorism from an immigrant chosen from the program, started in 1995, trying to tie the diversity visa system to what happened yesterday it's deflection. >> i sought reaction from philadelphia's uzbekistan community. many shied away or did not speak english but she says that most expatriots are horrified. >> it's a terrible representation of the uzbekistan people. and we are hard working family oriented people. >> reporter: jim, that young lady told me here in the community, many fear they will be targeted for repriceales in the wake of his actions yesterday. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news"ly in somerton.

world news tonight with david muir is also following the latest developments from new york, that is next at 6:30 right after "action news." and our coverage of the new york attack continues online at 6abc.com. you can read about the investigation and read about the suspect and read about the search for a second individual. and that man learned more about that man. the nypd being called a hero tonight. this sort of thing seems to happen every halloween. a 12-year-old girl in runnemede, new jersey, found a two inch needle in her trick or treat candy. "action news" reporter sara bloomquist is live in the court neighborhood where this happened. >> reporter: well jim, as you imagined this put a huge damper on this family's halloween fun. the 12-year-old girl came home from trick or treating last night and found the 2 inch

sewing needle inserted into a tootsy roll. >> it takes the spirit out of it and fun out of it. >> charlene wagner wants her neighbors warned. her 12-year-old daughter, lily anna discovered a 2 inch sewing needle inside of a tootsy roll. >> my concern is that the kids in the area know this is not a hoax and not a trick. this is for real. >> the wagners just returned to their house on the 500 block after trick or treat around their runnemede neighborhood. >> i was in the mood for a tootsy roll and took off the wrapper and tried to cut it in half. and realized i could not break it in half and i pull it and see the needle start to come out. >> she was like mom what is this? it came right you of the tootsy roll and took it out of her hand and was like this is a sewing needle and she got freaked out.

charlene snapped pictures right away and they visited about 60 homes halloween night. >> stay local and safe and in numbers and still came home to a piece of candy that wasn't safe. >> we avoided a potential disaster here. >> runnemede police confiscated all of lily anna's candy and an investigation is underway. i strongly suggest to parents you go through your children's candy and examine it and anything opened or partially opened throw it out. >> police looked through all of lily anna's candy and they found no other pieces that were tampered with. and no of no other case here's in camden county and they will try to go door-to-door at some point as they try to figure out where this tainted tootsy roll came from. live in runnemede, new jersey, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you.

if you want to buy any kind of cigarette or tobacco product in new jersey you have to be at least 21. and governor christie signed the bill into law in july and it went into effect today and applies to tobacco accessories. two other states california and hawaii requires smokers to be 21 and a long running lawsuit is dropped meaning that plans for the live hotel and casino in south philadelphia may move forward. the gambling expansion bill signed by governor tom wolf relaxes ownership rules and that was the key of the lawsuit filed by sugarhouse, it's cleared for construction at ninth and packer. >> and he was once a powerful politician in philadelphia. jimmy tieun. he was a philadelphia councilman and power broker from his perch

at his middle east restaurant at old city. he ran afoul of the law and went to prison formal fraud and tax evasion. >> coming up on on "action news" a pile of weapons seized by upper darky police are is about to become a source of power. and celebrating a combined 70 year career. nora muchanic is headed into retire. as is the man behind the camera for all of those years. >> we have a mild start for november temperatures at 60 and right now you look to the south, 70 degree weather is heading our way for the next few days. i'll let you know how long it sticks around. >> and ducis rogers introduces us to the eagles new running back and that and more when "action news" continues tonight.

more than 100 guns taken off the streets in upper darby will be a source of energy. officer chitwood showed the guns that will be burned and converted in steam hour. he wants to make sure the weapons can never again be used to hurt or kill someone. this week marks a bitter sweet end here at "action news." we celebrated new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic and her photographer of 30 years, andy on their retirement. the newsroom stopped everything to give thanks to nora and andy

and all they have done. lets look back on the careers off these two "action news"ers. >> and it was grade school when nora muchanic dreamed of being a reporter but at ramapo college that her tv career began at a small tv outlet and reported for stations in atlantic city and harrisburg and new jersey network and her knack for story telling caught the attention of "action news" and became a correspondent in 1986. covered governorers and lawma r lawmakers and political corruption and blizzards and summer storms and floods. >> we have covered more hurricanes and nor'easters than i could count over the years, but sandy this is something different. >> and her long time

photographer, andy is recovering from "action news." tried to ride out the storm on long beach island. but had to evacuate. >> on the lighter side nora is famous for her animal stories, from bismark the tortoise to poison ivy eating goats a very affectionate sea lion. throughout her career nora has maintained unwavering professionalism and dedication to serving our viewers, we wish her and photographer, andy the best in the future. >> and we have posted more pictures of nora and andy throughout their careers on the 6 abc "action news" facebook page head there to look at the tributes and well wishes for

their retirement 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.

. we have to learn about jay ajayi. >> some far so good. he practiced today and coach peterson did not say if he would play against denver depending how he picks up the office xs he picked up his jersey. wait a minute 36? brian westbrook's old number? he made the pro bowl last year but there were rumors he would complain if he didn't get carries but today he said all the right things. >> for me personally in the running back room to go inside of there and push each other to be great. for myself i strive to be great every day and excited to come into this talented room and join these running backs and achieving the goal of helping this team win a super bowl.

>> how will doug peterson keep them happy, there are only so many carries to go around. the coach says the more the merrier. >> competition makes us better and makes each individual better this is no different whether it's ota's or you know week nine or week eight in the regular season. it doesn't change. and so this is going to make those that embrace it and challenge themselves individually, they will get better and those that don't fall by the way side and it sorts itself out. >> you don't want to mess with the mojo so to speak. but this move is nothing that anyone is concerned about. i spoke to him he seem a great fit and great guy and a heck of a ballplayer. i don't see that as an issue whatsoever. >> and today he snags a big award. the eagles corner back is named the defensive play of the week.

the 37 yard interception was his third of the season and the sixers look for their shird straight win when they host atlanta and the hawks lost six straight games. >> and the flyers with a pair of tough game as head and tonight they visit chicago and tomorrow st. louis. they are off to a mediocre start but they are still the black hawks. >> obviously they are a dangerous team ain lot of skill. they can score a lot of goals and you know we'll have to be ready to skate and compete. and not let them, set their pace. once they get going they are pretty hard team to defend. the world series will come to an end tonight. the astros and dodgers meet in los angeles in the always dramatic game seven. the dodgers avoided elimination by defeating justin verlander in an exciting game six. down 1-0 in the sixth inning chris taylor laces a double to

bring in auto continue barnes and that ties the game at 1-1. and verlander gave up two in the frame and then a solar homer and the dodgers won 3-1 to tie the game. and game seven once again tonight from l.a.? and franklin square is getting ready for the holiday season and dozens of employees from peco and historic philadelphia are working together to install 50,000 holiday light as long 5th and ray streets and hanging other seasonal decorations and expected to be cleated in time, it better be for the hoping night of the franklin square holiday festival on october 9th.

♪weee! today's the day! wahoo! there's the second-most famous groundhog in pennsylvania. phew, am i late?! nah, just in time. nice. holiday scratch-offs from the pennsylvania lottery. aww. things just got very merry. keep on scratchin'!

we had a few drops, a few sprinkles. >> a couple of clouds here and there. >> glad you noticed. a warm front moving through and that brings us much warmer air. lets go live on sky 6 hd a great looking shot at the center city skyline. and the clouds are in place and you see the dusk light being reflected off the buildings and the sunsetting at 5:59 and sunday it sets at 4:54 eastern standard time and keith caught this great looking photo before sunset and lots of clouds and a few breaks and temperatures not really that cool for november standards. hour high today made it up to 64 degrees, 3 degrees above normal. and wilmington 61 the exception though is far north and west communities, allentown 48 and reading 47 and definitely cool

there the warm front did not reach there yet. but temperatures are barely dropping last night once the sunset the temperatures dropped quickly and tonight over the next eight hours, we drop a measly 2 degrees, on the warm side this evening and that continues the trend we had in october. and in fact, this october the second warmest on record. 64.1 degrees the arrange temperature 6.6 degrees above average and the warmest on record back 10 years ago. right now north and west communities is kind of chilly, quakertown 49 and bethlehem 47 and south jersey 62 in tuckahoe and cape may 63 and smyrna 61 and claymont 60, satellite sheriff showing the warm front pushing to the northern ain sprinkle or two and it keeps pushing north overnight and with the cloud cover and winds generally from the south-southeast. temperatures are mild for november. 55 in philadelphia, allentown 47 and wilmington 52 and cape may

59, tomorrow take the jacket off by the afternoon. look at that, 74 degrees, that is 13 degrees above average, it will be dry and a mixture of clouds and sunshine and we warm up more on friday. friday, 76 degrees and the record high is 80. set back in 1990. and near record warmth, that front moves through with isolated showers friday night and that drops temperatures to more seasonable levels for your weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast warm tomorrow with a mixture of sun and clouds and mild for the temple game taking off navy at the linc and 76 on friday and cooler for saturday partly sunny and 62. fall back one hour on sunday as you head to bed on saturday night as we end daylight saving time and good time to change the batteries in your smoke deckers and sunday lots of clouds with a

few areas of drizzle and we bump it up to 74 with an afternoon shower and tuesday election day seasonably cool with a shower possible and 58 degrees, and wednesday looking nasty and a chilly rain and high of 54 and temperatures in the 70s. world news tonight with david muir next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17. with brian taff, sharrie williams, and adam joseph and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" here on "action news." for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

why are south jerseyans turning against steve sweeney? it's because sweeney's been exposed as a double dipping pension padder. caught spending campaign money on lavish dinners and fine cigars for his pals. investigated for being a lobbyist and a senator at the same time. sweeney voted to raise taxes 145 times while our economy continues to struggle. south jersey is a mess, and it's time to take out the trash. on november 7th, make a change. dump sweeney. a bridge shut down over politics. their biggest triumph was a traffic jam. chris christie and kim guadagno's failures 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.

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tonight, breaking news. our exclusive interview. the police commissioner taking us to the crime scene, just moments ago. the deadliest terror attack here in new york city since 9/11. the suspect accused of killing at least eight people with a pickup truck. he rented it just an hour before. >> oh, my god. >> new images tonight. the school bus he collided with. the suspect's handwritten note now discovered. tonight, our one-on-one with the commissioner. did the suspect act alone? and how do they protect new yorkers and tourists against vehicles used as weapons? the victims. five friends killed, gathering for their 30-year reunion. the mother of two visiting new york. and the patient now a double amputee. and brian ross tonight with new reporting. the suspect allegedly planning his attack for wes.