hospital where the suspect was injured and drove himself. >> reporter: as you mentioned the whole thing started at a traffic stop at route 33 in plainfield township. a bit before 11:00 this morning. two state troopers were on the scene and after sobriety tests the troopers thought they had enough evidence to arrest the suspect on dui charges and police officials said at that point a violent struggle ensued. >> the trooper felt he had enough probable cause to arrest this subject for driving under the influence. he goes to place the subject under arrest and at this point he begins to violently resist arrest and the troopers were in a knock out drag down fight on the side of the road with vehicles speeding by them and it got very, very violent and i saw the confrontation on video tonight was a violent fight.

at some point the subject frees himself from the the troopers while they are wrestling down on the ground and goes to his vehicle and retrieves a gun and taking the weapon out and fires several shots at both of our troopers. one trooper was struck several times. our troopers were able to return fire on the subject striking him several times as well. even after being shot the subject was able to get back in the vehicle and drove himself away from the scene. >> as you heard there the suspect was hit repeatedly and still drove himself here to easton hospital after being treated for his wound withes at lehigh valley hospital in allentown. and one trooper was hit three times and air lifted to saint lukes hospital where he remains in the intensive square unity in critical condition that the hour. and the suspect is injured as well and to word on the extent of the injuries or the troopers

involved nor the names have been released. >> we continue with "action news" reporter, bob brooks, live in easton where the corporal is being treated as we speak. >> reporter: according to state police at a news conference the trooper is in icu condition is extremely critical but turned into a stable condition. this is good news. if we bring up video from the scene we know that the trooper was air-lifted here to saint lukes hospital in bethlehem. we know that each moment was critical and the cpr on the trooper was ministered and the trooper was shot multiple times, they think now three times but where he was wounded is unknown. just minutes ago the state police captain richard deam

broesh . >> me personally. as a member of the state police i cannot thank the staff here at saint lukes enough and to all the emt's and police officers and life-flight crew and doctors at saint lukes, without them this press conference would be unfortunately talking about -- almost certain talking about the death a trooper and right now our guy is fighting for his life. he is a warrior. >> okay now the state police captain is asking for thoughts and prayers for everyone watching tonight as the trooper continues to remain in a critical condition and again good news though the condition has turned to stable. reporting live bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> we hear the first radio call that went out today as first responders tried to get the wounded trooper to the hospital.

>> shots fired. state police are on the phone, mile marker 10.4 route 33 southbound marked troopers vehicle an active shootout on the highway. >> whoever is primary i am told you can jump across at the 190 interests change and go north in the southbound lane. i am told cpr in progress on the trooper. >> police went on to coordinate the landing of a chopper on the highway and confirmed over the radio that the shooting suspect was taken to custody at easton hospital. >> governor wolf released this statement calling it a centsless act of violence, this is a reminder of sacrifices made dealy of our men and women in blue in pennsylvania. >> and you can find extended coverage of the shooting of the state trooper at 6abc.com. and social media updates including the latest on the

investigation. other news we get a first check of the accuweather forecast. a chilly dreary day and rain has moved in across the region. we call this raw. adam joseph is at big board with a look at the radar. very november like, with the cold rain no matter where we are with the exception in the poconos it is in the form of snow right now. 43 in washington and 39 in syracuse as the northerly winds continue to drain in and the front that passed through is way to the south in the carolinas and opened the door to the really big shift in temperatures over the last 24 hours, we are 25 degrees colder than yesterday. 25 colder in washington and 30 degrees colder for richmond and rowanok roano roanoke. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan it is bright no matter where you are and a lot

of it is in the form of liquid. and some reds and yellows you see between allentown and read that is what we call bright band ngt radar and ice in the clouds because it's cold off there. giving off the hot colors and the snow in the poconos that continues to fall. here is what to expect through the evening and overnight hours. rain is ending around midnight from west to east. the total rain half inch to inch and the poconos where it is snowing a slushy coating in the higher terrain and temperatures stay chilly and we'll talk about highs in the 30s around here. coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. turning now to the latest on the shooting at a church in rural texas. abc news is learning details about the shooter's unstable past that devin kelley escaped a behavioral sentner 2012 and sites witnesses that say that the suspect made death threats

to his own military chain of command. in the tiny town the focus is on the victims and their families. "action news's" sharrie williams is live at the scene in southerland springs. sharrie you are seeing a lot of help pouring into the small town? >> reporter: yes brian, we are learning in this grieving presense he is for some that means how can i help? what can i do? the church where this mass shooting happened is in southerland springs. in wilson county. they say that financial donations are coming in and we spoke to people in the houn coming here to bring food and cook for the families that need it and offering up hugs and their prayers. a hush sits over southerland springs, texas. hugs and prayers can be seen on every corner. and more details come to light how a gunman walked the church

pews and methodically took aim. >> he did the unthinkable. >> a hard healing process. there is a lot of uncertainty about what the future holds for a lot of them. >> not far from the church site where the horrific shootings happened is this a remarkable symbol. 26 crosses representing the 26 lives taken. it's become a place for people to come and pray as they continue to ask questions. >> why a church? was it worth it? taking all of those families. i heard he unloaded six clips. what it worth it? susan and jerry welch are among the thousands that traveled to southerland springs to comfort those that are hurting, they are chaplains offering support. >> there is a time they can gather together peacefully and start the healing process.

>> to serve the community and pray with them and whatever their needs are. >> reporter: so the support continues to come in in many different ways inside of the country and outside of the country as the investigation continues here on the location of the church. those are local and federal officials processing evidence still here on the site. a bit of notes with regards to the investigation. abc news confirm that the shooter, devin kelley was here at the church on october 31st on halloween during the fall festival. the pastor telling that to authorities and they are working to get more information from kelley's phone. it's encrypted but they are working to decode it. live in southerland springs texas. sharrie williams, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police are looking for two young men that violently attacked a university of pennsylvania graduate student, they released the video

of two suspects caught on camera at a convenience store sunday night after police say they fractured a skull of a 26-year-old male student in university city. that victim was walking along the 400 block of 31st street when he was beaten and robbed. if you recognize these ataetacks you are urged to call police. matt pellman has the latest on the traffic report. >> a wet and dark ride home on this tuesday afternoon. not optimal conditions for our drive and we have issues for 95 in delaware county just like we started with yesterday afternoon. a southbound broken down truck, a dynamic truck not so dynamic this afternoon taking out the left center lane so extra slow southbound from philadelphia international airport through

this point at ridley park. speeds in the 20s in that area. he is where on 95 normal delays, an opening at the tacony palmyra bridge. and that is closing up. and speeds like 9 and 12 miles per hour coming southbound out of wilmington because a crash approaching 273 that is taking out two lanes. so you really need to think alternates to southbound 95 in delaware like route 2 kirkwood highway and old baltimore pike. and if you are using 4 watch out eastbound a crash in ogle town blocking the eastbound lanes. and over in mount laurel burlington county a flipped over vehicle blocking the ramp southbound to exit 4, 73. and lets check the ipad and the waze app. war chester montgomery county a crash at township line road and

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we are following breaking news out of florida tonight of a plane crash possibly involving former phillies pitcher, roy halladay, a plane that went down in the gulf of mexico. is the same type that halladay recently purchased and talked about on social media. however the sheriff has not confirmed that halladay was on board. all they will say so far is there are no confirmed survivors. there say news conference going

on now we want to listen in to the sheriff. >> we are assisting with the investigation with ntsb. i can tell you sadly it has turned into a recovery, we recovered one body. a two passenger plane. i can confirm there was only one body involved and it's sad to say it's a friend of ours, it's roy halladay. many know roy as a cy young winner, future hall-of-famer. one of the best pitchers that ever pitched in the game of baseball. we know that roy is a person. a caring husband who loved his wife randy and loved his two boys tremendously and coached their baseball team. i can tell you e know you ray family of faith and our hearts

and prayers go out to you. because we know how much he means to you and i can tell you from the bottom of our hearts we know how much you all meant to him. roy, as i said meant a lot to the sheriff's office. i am not speaking on behalf of the family, i don't have the honor to do that. i definitely don't. they will have someone much better speak on their behalf but i can speak as someone that knew him, he was a part of our sheriff's office. his kids when to school with some of our kids and was there wherever we needed him. he was one of the most humble human beings you would ever meet. someone that won two cy youngs and one of the greatest pitchers in baseball he would walk in the room as if he was just anybody. it didn't matter who he met he was kind and generous and his family purchased a dog for us. k-9 doc. he is out there working and saving lives and making our

community safer. he was out there with us. we -- i saw him on friday we had a charity fishing event and sadly we were out in these waters here fishing for charity. and roy was out there with us. i can tell you that being a pilot and flying planes that was his passion, he would talk about it and refurbishing planes and family involved in flying and his dad. so roy, i can tell you he was one in a million. it is a true loss for us. i have no doubt he is looking down with god up in heaven. because his heart was a heart of gold. he was an unbelievable human being. i am blessed and our sheriff's office is blessed to have known him. we have calls from our members to get down here as quick as possible. he was a personal friend of our sheriff's office. and so right now we are going be

working with his family to provide any assistance we can. questions and updates will come from them. it's a sad day for us here. and sad day for tampa bay. and a sad day for anyone that loves major league baseball. and even sadder for the family. i ask that you respect his family. please do not go to his home. give them time to grieve and on behalf of the family please pray for them many his have afternoon discussing security plans for the week ahead and the

plane had gone down the tail number goes back to roy's plane. and that moment your heart sinks and you start praying and started to come become this way because we were praying for the best. it could be a search and rescue -- and we would be just taking him to the hospital and something happened. but the worst case scenario happened. it breaks our hearts. >> [ inaudible ]. >> we have some information. i don't want to put anything out there because i can't confirm it. that goes back to ntsb with the plane and flight patterns. i can tell you we speculated where it came from. the information people are telling us he came out of. if i give you that information it could be wrong. i don't want to provide false information. >> do you any reports of engine trouble or hear or see anything before the crash? >> there are witnesses that saw

something, but all of that information goes to ntsb. the sheriff's office is not involved if the crash investigation, i don't want to put anything out there that they would not want us to release. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i don't have any information on the 911 call. all i know is that we got a call that a plane crashed by the power plant. >> when it comes to the scene, can you describe what first responders saw when they arrived there? >> the maritime unit went out there. and they were out there and the plane was there and could see the tail number, there is debris and debris due to the tide has shifted a bit and that is why we are working with ntsb to get information. and our dive team went in as somebody as you can.

this is shallow water, this is the flight pattern where people are getting lower, i can imagine that deputies that first arrived out there. they were hoping that the plane was low enough that someone could have ditched it and got out. >> [ inaudible ]. >> the plane it's pretty much in -- condition however there is debris and pieces of the plane that floated away, and due to tide and shifts, we are working now to retrieve some of that for ntsb. >> that is pasco county sheriff's office talking about what he described as a brutally sad day in tampa florida, and sad day here in philadelphia. that roy halladay has died in a plane crash.

40 a pitcher bee loved in philadelphia as well as in toronto where he played. an ace pitcher and took delivery of this plane on october 17th, an icon a 5, he tweeted frequently about it in the days and weeks that followed. a plane he loved and passion he loved and dreamed of owning this plane. and now he has died as a result of fly that plane over the waters off the coast of tampa, florida. and the ntsb is investigating. we have learned that roy halladay a beloved pitcher here and beyond is dead today. >> our heart break goes time-out his family. our sympathies to them and the entire phillies organization. a sad horrible occurrence. >> lets talk about the accuweather forecast and what adam has for us. rain today and snow up in the poconos. as we head to the weather center

the gloomy sky and the sun is going to set in the next half hour. and also with the low clouds and the rain falling making it for a slow evening especially for our commuters. in fact, we look at the radar in the region, stormtracker 6 live double scan no matter where you live we are dealing with those rain drops, some of it heavy at times south of philadelphia. a washout no matter where you are. all of those major highways along the blue route 95, the new jersey turnpike. 422 north and west. it looks like the rain is heavier towards pottstown and up towards the lehigh valley and reading and what you are seeing here is bright banding on the radar, ice in the clouds blinding the radar beams and looking as if it is raining harder and light rain for the most part and bump up to the north lake harmony and mt. pocono and it is in the form of

snow. we have seen pictures sent into our social media pages and valerie sent me this picture from this afternoon in lake harmony where they want the snow early in the season and as you can see it's a wet snow weighing on some of the trees not so much accumulating on the roadways but giving a picture winter is knocking on our doorstep. to the north 32 that is it in the poconos. and allentown and lancaster raining in the 30s. the cold rain. 45 in philadelphia and millville and dover as well as cape may. chilly no matter where you are. a little low pressure area riding through bringing snow for interstate 80 and central parts of pennsylvania. drifting off the coast into the evening hours. 8:00 tonight raining across the area, snow confined to the high terrain up into the poconos and moves off the coast around the midnight hour, remaining cloudy overnight tonight and still a

lot of clouds wednesday morning and tomorrow morning's rush hour will start dry and in the afternoon tomorrow breaks of sun developing and temperatures staying well below average and topping off into the low 50s for highs in the afternoon and starting near 40 at 7:00 in the morning. the four day at 4:00 forecast, tomorrow a chilly day brighter with pops of sun and thursday brighter and not as cool and the pick of the week and strong arctic front blasts through early friday morning, a high of just 39 despite the sunshine and wind will whip and windchills own in the 20s for the most part here even in the afternoon and then continued cold on veterans day on saturday with the temperature of 41 degrees. whether you have a parade friday or saturday, you'll need to bundle up as if it was december around here. we'll talk about the warm up into next week in the next half hour guys. >> thank you. we have more to come on this

very busy day of breaking news. the latest from northampton county where a pennsylvania state trooper was shot today. >> and we are also following of course the sad news about the death of 40-year-old world class pitcher and all-star roy halladay a former phillies pitcher who pitched a perfect game and died in a single engine plane crash the only person on board who did die and leaves behind a wife and two young boys and his father was a corporate pilot. and waited until his major league career was over and learned to fly. dead today at the able of 40. . and like this. introducing specifi, our digital investing platform that's built around you. just answer a few questions, and specifi will provide a tailored investment portfolio. it continually manages it, so if the market changes,

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it's 4:30 and breaking news from northampton county. a pennsylvania state trooper is in critical condition after being shot several times. sara bloomquist is outside of saint lukes hospital where he is being treated right now. >> reporter: late this afternoon we got a briefing and we have more information about what exactly unfolded on route 33 near route 291 in plainfield township, northampton county. earlier this morning we foe that the trooper, a corporal is out of surgery but remains in extremely critical condition as he recovers, the suspect is in

surgery right now. >> this is the aftermath in plainfield after the violent confrontation between two troopers and a suspect. the troopers pulled over a man driving a blue pontiac at 10:15 a.m. for speeding and was told he was free to go. and he flagged down the troopers again and asked about paying the citation and the troopers thought he may be under the influence and tested him for dui. >> he began to violently resist arrest. they were in a knock down dragout fight along the side of the road. >> the man freed himself and allegedly grabbed a gun and fired several times at the trooper. >> one trooper was struck several times and the trooper was able to return fire striking him multiple times as well. even after being shot the

subject was able to get in his vehicle. >> the suspect drove himself to easton hop hospital where he was taken into custody. the trooper was air lifted to saint lukes where he spent the afternoon in surgery. >> right now our guy is up there fighting for his life. he is a warrior. >> reporter: again, the corporal was shot three times and remains in extremely critical condition and the suspect is in surgery at lehigh valley cedar crest in allentown and police will not be releasing additional information about what happened this evening, they scheduled a news conference tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. live in bethlehem, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. you can find extended coverage of the state trooper shooting at 6abc.com including videos from the scene and social media updates including the latest on the investigation. >> we are also following

breaking news from florida. where former phillies star roy halladay has died in a plane crash. in the last 30 minutes police confirm that halladay was the only person on board his fall aircraft when it went down today in the gulf of mexico. halladay only recently bought the plane and talked about it a lot on social media. police are not releasing a lot of details but the ntsb is on route to the scene to begin the more formal investigation. >> the philadelphia phillies released this statement. it reads, we are numb over the tragic news of roy halladay's untimely death and there are no words to express the sadness over the loss of one the most respected human beings to ever play the game. we give our condolences to brandy ryan and braden. and the conk continues online at 6abc.com. and we'll post the latest on that as we learn more about this

most tragic incident today. >> fire investigators say that a man has died after the fire in wilmington two other victims were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. the flames broke out at 9:00 a.m. on norway avenue and firefighters pulled two people from the burning home and a third had already escaped. and hoarding conditions inside of the homemade it more difficult. >> difficult moments made searching a lot harder and made stretching the hand line a lot harder and makes our job so much more difficult. >> "action news" learned the two surviving victims have been transferred to the burn center. and delaware state police are trying to confirm if wet roads contributed to a deadly accident this afternoon at todd lane shortly before 2:30 today. officials have not released a lot of details but the crash

involved two vehicles and one person was killed. police in south philadelphia are asking the public to help them find three men accused of attacking three people last month. video from the 1100 block of ninth street shows the trio approaching the victims on october 15th. the attackers immediately started to throw punches as you can see. he returned with the other two to launch the attack. if you have information about the assault please contact south detectives. now to an "action news" exclusive, a dangerier job tracking down alleged criminals that went to great lengths to avoid capture much the task force is har at work in philadelphia every day getting the most wanted men and women off the streets. and annie mccormick takes us along for a day in the life. >> only "action news" was there

with the u.s. marshals task force as they hit the streets of philadelphia way handful of warrants. >> this morning we had five different warrants for fugitives with significant criminal history. >> they started at dawn and worked through the morning with a convoy through the city. when they arrived at the address of a potential lead the approach is swift. this group moves in and makes the address another group is waiting for the next target. on this block they are looking for a home invasion suspect. and they hope to get information to lead to his where abouts. >> they found three of the five fugitives on their list taking them into custody and a fourth later turns himself in. it comes from warrants and police and probation and parole and some from out of state.

>> working with philadelphia police they found two brothers, maurice and robin roberts. and an out of state task force nabbed this man, derek rawlins accused of murder in haverford county over the summer. >> we are always busy, no matter the crime rate. high or low they turn to the u.s. marshals for assist an, we have investigators trod go day and night. >> it's tips that the marshals are looking for from the public, asking for help finding these fugitives. a tipster can get $500 to $2,000. it can pay out quickly. you can head to our website for a second look. >> if we can make an arrest based on the tip we can pay out cash awards just for the information leading to the

arrest. it doesn't have to be a conviction. it's a chilly dreary day lets see how long it sticks around. adam joseph joining us for the "action news" weather center. >> if you thought today was cold wait until friday. way colder. >> winter coats. >> everything any winter gear you have find it before the end of the week here. it's chilly today and the one thing today we won't have on friday is that stubborn rain and that rain makes you feel chilled to the bone and as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see it's a washout and rain is falling everywhere and creating a slow rush hour. and a mixture of snow and sleet falling in the poconos as we look at sky 6 hd at camelback you see white on the ground and on the trees and on the slopes. there is some wet snow falling in the higher terrain of the

poconos, not expecting a lot maybe up to an inch in spots there. but a sign that winter is not too far away. right now the high temperatures, 49 in philadelphia and as you can see in the northern plains, the temperatures also in the 40s all about warm air and pushed down into florida and the gulf coast states. when i come back we'll talk about the chill down and winter like air coming up in the full accuweather forecast. and local students were able to show off their skills to the secretary of education. pedro rivera visited the technical institute today they received six months of training in automotive repair and welding and automation. each year 85% of the graduates find jobs with a salary high enough to support their families. if you were hoping to avoid knowing how many calories were in your food when you head out to dinner, you are out of luck. rick williams in the newsroom with more.

>> a program brought to light by the obama administration as a way for folks to keep tabs on how much calories they put in their bodies and we'll tell you how it impacts your next night out coming up tonight on "action news" at 5:00. we'll have the story and the latest on the sudden passing of phillies pitcher, roy doc halladay. we'll have that coming up on "action news" at 5:00. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. the patients at local animal hospital are resting more comfortably because of a big donation, the pennsylvania spca got 27 premium orthopedic dog beds courtesy of big barker, a young pit bull checked out his new bed and they just rescued slinky yesterday after they said he was neglected. still to come on "action

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great city. lets get another check of the roads right now. >> well, mercy. we have water ourselves coming from the skies this evening. as we try to head home on this tuesday a wet ride and dark ride shortly and other complications like a broken down truck in delco, 95 southbound side at ridley park and pushed off to the side and the truck is off to the shoulder and all the lanes are open and speeds in the 20s south of 420. along 95, elsewhere along pennsylvania it's normal fare northbound 9 miles per hour and 20 on allegheny avenue but bigger problems on 95 in delaware remain. southbound side at a crawl from concord pike the whole way down to approaching 273, a crash is taking out a couple of lanes there. and coming out of wilmington the speeds are not good. and people bailing for 13 where

the speeds are not good, think outside of the box kirkwood highway. and a crash at chestnut eastbound but that has cleared out. in burlington county mount laurel this ramp has reopened and the crash involving a overturned vehicle and closing the southbound exit to the turnpike has cleared. and now a new one in sicklerville. a crash at the expressway. and if you are using the ac expressway in pleasantville a crash and a couple of lanes blocked there. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you matt. have a live look outside on this dreary tuesday afternoon. as it makes its way to evening. a live look at the center city skyline and adam joseph is standing by with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up next. nobody delivers more for south jersey than steve sweeney.

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poconos the blue and the white on the radar through pottsville and hazelton. allentown and reading, and that is called bright banding the radar seeing ice in the clouds where it is so cold, blinding the radar back to the radar, light rain up there that continues in the city and down to the shore as well. where you note that there is steady rain in atlantic city. surf city a pop of moderate rain passing through there. through fortescue, a damp chilly november evening. as we look at temperatures. 30s in the allentown and reading. 44 degrees trenton and 45 philadelphia and similar temperatures cape may county and atlantic county. this is all along a boundary that wiped out the warmth near 70 to the south and wave of low pressure along it kind of

rippling through here and as it moved out drier weather tomorrow and sunshine to return. 8:00 tonight, still pretty much the same with that rain and snow in the higher terrain in the poconos. around 11:00, 11:30 the last drops falling in philadelphia points east drier to the west and clouds hang on and the clouds stubborn here to start our wednesday morning. brightening to the north and west and that brightening takes over into the afternoon with the peeks of sunshine in the afternoon. 52 allentown and 53 reading tomorrow and 53 millville and chilly for this time of year. and definitely going to feel warmer than today. but then the bottom drops out at the end of the week. and high pressure coming in from the western parts of canada and low pressure over the hudson bay. cross polar flow that is coming

in from the north pole. coming in between the two systems, the straight shot of cold air friday afternoon 20 degrees below average, feels like the middle of winter here as we close out the week. we look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 53 tomorrow and sun coming back and the pick of the week is thursday 57 with a decent amount of sunshine and again on friday, a high of just 39 windchills only in the 20s a bite to the air. and then on saturday. it continues to be cold for this time of year. 41 degrees and dry and clouds build on sunday at 52 and another round of rain sunday night into monday. of 56 degrees and drier come tuesday at 54 degrees, all of that exceptional warmth, we had until september and october. a distant memory are. and winter saying hey i'm coming

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november is national scholarship month and that is good timing and fall is the best time to apply for scholarships. here is nydia han with important advice. >> now is a good time to apply for scholarships for the amount of loan they marylou knew she didn't need to end up knee deep in loans and that is why she applied for scholarships and it got her through graduate school. >> i cried. how likely is it you will will win scholarship cash. more than half of the families

cover 30% of college costs, less than 1% get scholarships that cover the entire cost of room and board and tuition, every bit counts. you should use these to max my your ability to get scholarships. >> look at local schools. can you increase your chance of merit aid where schools you are in the top percent. and free websites like cap x and the cleaning board and fast web and scholarships.com let you fill out a profile about what is unique about you and matches you with potential scholarship. and apply to both national and local scols. >> national scholarships offer more money but focus on a local

scholarship. it's a better chance to stag one of those. >> i started in eighth grade. >> most people don't start in eighth grade. >> and keep a list of the deadlines, many organizations offer money and a missed deadline is a missed opportunity. now monica malpass and sharrie williams on assignment in texas. i'm brian taff. hope you join us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. "action news" at 5:00 is next. christie: this is governor christie.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. "action news" at 5:00 tonight. we are following two breaking news stories. at this news hour. a pennsylvania state trooper is now fighting for his life in a lehigh valley hospital and he was shot during a traffic stop by a driver who authorities said he had no intension of claying.

>> and cy young winner and former phillies pitcher, roy halladay was killed in a plane crash in the gulf of mexico. >> an absolute shock for phillies fans and baseball fans, the sudden death of former phillies pitcher, roy halladay killed in a plane crash in florida this afternoon. it happened just afternoon in the waters of holiday, florida. he was an avid pilot and was behind the controls of this icon aircraft they did not receive a may day call before the crash and crashed into six feet of water and the pasco county shpd spoke about the impact on the community there. >> he was there wherever we needed him. he was probably one of the most humble human beings you will ever meet.