laker lamar odom is rushed to the hospital. tonight lamar odom is reportedly fighting for his life. to the county sheriff's department the former nba star was found unconscious and unresponsive earlier this afternoon at a legalized breath tell in nevada, the love ranch. odom was taken to the hospital, stabilized before being transported by ambulance to sun rise hospital in las vegas. authorities originally planned to airlift him but they said at 6'10" owed some was too tall to be transported by helicopter. off the court odom so known for his many appearances of "keeping up with the kardashians." a whirlwind romance with cloely kardashian. >> each day of my life i will be faithful to you. >> reporter: the pair wed in 2009 and even had their own spinoff show, "khloe and lamar." but it showed a dark side of their relationship as well. odom was arrested for dui in the summer of 2014. tab bloweds ran rampant with drug over bus and failing marriage. then at the end of 2013 khloe filed for divorce. his basketball career started to disintegrate. lamar was waved from the team. tonight former

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odom just landed a summer residency at new york's mcketrick hotel. he is shifting his focus to his singing career releasing a new video for his jazz album this week. >> ♪ >> reporter: trying to prove he has a mind at work and he is not throwing away his style. >> ♪ >> reporter: rick williams channel six "action news". >>> all right. man, congratulations to him. >>> we have much more coming up on "action news" this saturday morning. we will head to movie theaters, and may get some insight. we will have a preview of is what new in theaters. >>> plus shootings, a dozen police officers in dallas, texas is prompting swift reaction from those seeking the oval office. we will hear what they have to say. the plus latest from dallas texas in a live report, stay with us, we will be right back. >>> it is now been about 36 hours, since a lone gunman went on a shooting rampage in the city of dallas texas taking aim at police officers. five were killed, seven injured, and the entire nation is now, trying to come to terms with a massacre and find a way to deal. >>>

fight for his life. >> lamar odom is awake. >> lamar odom coming out of his coma today. >> reporter:f hope since he was found unresponsive in a nevada brothel five days ago. >> they can't get him to wake up. >> reporter: the kardashian family along with other loved ones rushing to his side. on thursday his children from a previous relationship telling fans, "thanks for your outpouring of prayers and support for our dad. the troubled star was reportedly working on an nba comeback. his former college coach and close friends telling abc news how much he believes in the former nba superstar. >> i certainly think he can beat everything and get healthy and well, and there's a lot of people willing to help him, but he's got to be willing to help himself. >> reporter: so certainly again this is encouraging news this morning. but a source close to the situation saying that at this point lamar odom's condition remains guarded. tom and paula. >> that's a big question. all right, kayna, we are sending him our thoughts and our prayers and best road to recovery. >>> and coming up on "good morning

odom's estranged wife khloe kardashian and other members of her are with odom. >> a computer glitch beingating ordeal affecting thousands of air travelers entering the country stuck in customs because of a problem with the homeland security system that checks passengers against a terror watch list. tweets started pouring in from people at major airports including jfk, l.a.x. and dallas. it was back up and running in 90 minutes. >> federal vectors heading to eastern louisiana hoping to determine what caused a deadly plane crash there. the twin engine cessna went down in flames shortly after taking off from hammon airport killing two people. the pilot reported engine trouble and was run returning to the airport when the plane crashed. >>> this pontoon plane flipped over in the ohio river after trying to take off. the pilot says the plane hit something and started taking on water. that's when the he and three passengers managed to swim to shore. crews will be pulling the plane from the river later today. >>> secretary of state john kerry is expected to head to the middle east as a wave of de

here's rick williams now. >> leslie odom junior is no stranger to applause.ant something more. >> it is wonderful for a clarence to look at philadelphia to say thank new person. >> reporter: odom was honored by philadelphia city council on tuesday and action cam was in the room where it happen. >> the spectation that philadelphia set for me, the bar of excellence, that philadelphia set for me, it is good enough anywhere in the world that i go. if it is good enough in philadelphia, it is good enough anywhere. >> reporter: among guests surprise visitor odom's choir teacher from masterman high school. odom who grew up in east oak lane credits his teachers in philadelphia for igniting his love for the arts. >> it was so full with the classics in our hand. we were singing, you know, take the a train and phantom of the opera. they were exposing us to things that... >> ♪ >> reporter: it has been a busy month for the actor. he won his first tony for his role as aaron burr in the smash hit hamilton. >> leslie odom junior. >> and then, he was invited back home to celeb

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lamar odom is fighting for his life after an evening in a brothel.t know him from the hardwood may know him a the former husband of a kardashian. >>> those stories and much more next up on "action news." >> ♪ >>> well, you never know what you are going to find at a thrift store. it could be designer clothes, collectibles and fine art. >> or maybe not so fine art. still a washington state woman is saying ay caramba after recent purchases. alysiyssa joffey has the story. >> reporter: a retail hunt could turn into a windfall for gwen low lynn appwood. she purchased four paptdzings. >> i looked at them and thought, man, these aren't very good. >> reporter: but atwood's appreciation grew when she thought her thrift store score looked like "the original high" storybooks of "the simpsons." >> i paid a quarter each and auction house's starting the bid 2,000 each. >> reporter: atwood showed the art to the evergrown state college where he graduated in '77 and an instructor wondered whether they were a school project. >> evergreen college wanted me to donate th

. >> we have an overnight update on the condition of former nba player and reality star lamar odom.taff found him unconscious at a brothel. >> bernie sanders and hillary clinton dominate as the democratic presidential candidates meet for their first debate. >> , good morning, it's 5:30 on this wednesday october 14th. you can feel the cooler air moving n let's go to david and karen. >> yeah, it is going to be a little bit cooler today and breezier too. as we take a look at satellite we'll probably see some early sunshine but through the day, clouds will sort of go back and forth so at times it will be cloudier at other times it will be brighter and you see how the rain is gone at this point. had a little bit of that yesterday. 57 degrees in philadelphia currently, down to 49 in allentown. 50 in reading, 56 in trenton, 56 in millville, 57 degrees in dover and 62 degrees in sea isle city. winds starting to pick up a little bit. we're up to the double digits in philadelphia and as we get past sunrise and into the latter morning and afternoon hours we're looking at breezes between 10 and

and i ask you this, a big difference between lebron and odom. what player will he be?i don't think he is either. i think he is a lot better than lamar odom and i don't think he will ever be lebron james. but i think this kid will be an exciting player for them. a transcending player, doing a lot of things on the basketball floor. he has been the best player at every level he has played off. going to the pros, i am expecting that he will also continue that. >> nba superstar? >> i think he will be an nba all-star. perennial nba all-star. he does so many things on the floor. handles the fall, the point forward type of skill. he can finish with either hand. and people say he can't shoot, but you look at the stroke and it looks good. and you can be taught to be a better shooter at the nba level. lebron couldn't shoot when he came in. >> everyone building him up and you are building him up saying he can be an nba superstar. and the franchise only 47 wins in the last few years, too much pressure on him? >> he had a lot of pressure. the best at 9th-grade level, 10-grade level,

>>> developing now, a turnaround for lamar odom. breathing on his own and flown to another location overnight, the new details just in. >>> and "star wars: the force awakens," chewy, the lightsabers and princess leia. websites crashing and the fans buying more than 100 tickets at a time. >>> we begin with a rampant speculation about what joe biden is about to announce. >> the vice president is nearing a decision on a potential run but what he'll say and when he'll say it is anyone's guest. >> "the washington post" jumped the gun accidentally publishing a story headlined biden to launch a presidential campaign. the paper blamed it on a technical glitch and abc's stephanie ramos is in washington with more on biden's next move, oh, lots of tongues wagging. >> reporter: true. still no word as to whether or not vice president joe biden will run. but he is under some intense pressure as to whether or not he'll jump into this race for president. will he or won't he join the 2016 presidential race? that is still the biggest question looming

vernon odom. abc world news is next on choice. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and then please join us for a special troubleshooters report here at 11:00 on channel 6. nydia han has an extreme case of a home construction project gone all wrong. >> a local family is trying to transform this historic church into a home but they could use some divine invention and this has turned into a money pit after the family claims their original contractor walked off the job. the $300,000 mistake coming up on "action news" at 11:00. >>> for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >>> tonight, the deadly train crash. the mystery revealed. authorities now revealing what happened with the conductor on that amtrak train. crashing at more than 100 miles per hour, killing eight, injuring hundreds. >>> the new demand involving the tsa tonight. after passengers revolt. three-hour waits, missing flights. forced to sle

inside the room where lamar odom's struggle became to a tragic end. his final hours there.ormer nba player and "keeping up with the kardashian" star on life support, friends keeping vigil. >>> michael strahan's friends reveal the secret of his success. he may look like he's got it figured out but the nfl hall of famer says he was a chubby kid with insecurities that remain as he grew up. how he turned his life around and says you can too. >>> how to pick a fight with the "how to get away with murder" cast. viola davis fresh off her emmy wins -- >> they may regret this. >> taking trouble make nick watt behind the scenes of the sexy smash hit. first the "nightline 5." >> it takes a lot of work to run this business but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long. sometimes i just don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost to get the nutrition that i'm missing. >> boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals including calcium and vitamin d and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle, all with a great taste. >> i don't plan on slowing down any

we have new information of lamar odom's condition.s learned from a representative of his aunt, he opened his eyes, and said good morning. he was found unconscious a few days ago. >>> and prince william's touching tribute to his late mother, diana. he described his own loss, saying grief is the most painful experience anyone can endure. >>> and baseball's longtime underdogs begin their showdown this weekend. mets fans gearing up for the national league championship series after beating the dodgers last night. and the long suffering cubs fans, they're on their way, too. the cubs haven't won a world series since 1908. >>> when we come back, we remember someone we lost this week at abc news. she brought an incredible gift. that's next. e not confident your company's data is secure, the possibility of a breach can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. at at&t we monitor our network traffic so we can see things others can't. mitigating risks across your business. leaving you free to focus on what matters

leslie odom jr. >>> investigators say that the american college student found dead in italy got into a fight with a homeless man the night he went missing. beau solomon was robbed by two people in rome and got into a fight. he was founded in the river and this happened just hours after he arrived in rome for an exchange program. he remains in custody. >>> investors were back on the trading floor today after the holiday weekend. and it was a rough start to the week over new concerns over britain's decision to leave the european union. three financial firms in the uk have stopped trading in british commercial real estate funds sending markets down worldwide. the dow jones fell 108 points and the nasdaq lost 39 and the s&p dropped 13. >>> at the big board now with a big honor for philadelphia's own, honored for his tal ens on stage and screen. leslie oden jr. of hamilton fame was recognized by philadelphia city council. the action cam was in the room where it happened so to speak this afternoon. odom gr

no knowledge of odom taking another drug.ied chloe kardashian in 2009. she filed for divorce in 2013 and he had a questionable history with drugs over that time. >>> a small plane crashed into a mobile home park in florida. fire officials say there are an unknown number of victims. managers of the community in palm beach county told local media outlets first responders pulled three bodies out of the wreckage late last night. one witness said the plane swayed side to side before it suddenly dropped onto homes that burst into flames. the faa is investigating the crash. >> the search is on for two men who viciously attacked an elderly man at the front door of his home in the city's somerton section. the victim had surveillance cameras pointed at his front door on the outer block of welton street. one man was hiding a metal object behind his back. you see that right there. as the 70-year-old man opened the door, the two men rushed in and attacked. they left a few minutes later, though. the victim is in the hospital with several i

athlete lamar odom was unresponsive when he was rushed to a hon.u the latest that we're hearing about his condition. >> pardon the interruption. a radio show host runs after a robber during her shift. karen. >> we've got a horrible accident just coming in right on the schuylkill expressway blocking all lanes. look at that vehicle. completely flipped over on its side blocking all lanes. schuylkill westbound at 30th street. we can even see police penndot all on the scene eastbound as well. a mess on the schuylkill. details on this coming up. >> and also an abc star opens up about her struggle with postpartum depression. her story next up on "action news." >> 6:41. we have breaking traffic news. we go directly to karen rogers. >> what a horrible accident right in our camera shot. this is the schuylkill expressway westbound traffic right here. we are jammed at this point from 30th street to passyunk. >>> we could see this accident here near 30th street. look at this car completely flipped over on its side. we've got police and penndot eastbound blockin

vernon odom what happened there? >> reporter: jim, it's not that cocalited a 28-year-old man that lives in the neighborhood bought a soda here at takeout pt and as he walked hom out appeared a h gun pointing it at the back of the head of the r-old man. he said to him, empty your pockets and the man who was the victim is a 28-year-old security guard that has a gun permit and his response to the attempted robber was no way. >> at that point i was scared for my life. >> kelly was headed home this morning and talking to an old friend a hooded holdup man appeared and put a gun to the back of his head and at that point kelly a security guard took matters into his own hands. >> as soon as i seen the gun pointed at me and i ducked for cover and got behind the vehicle where i knew he had no visual on me and when i had visual on him i let two rounds off and off and i let with one more round off and he dropped the gun and that stopped the threat. >> he was arrested moments later at this nearby fast food restaurant and police id

we have vernon odom in center city philadelphia and sara bloomquist in wilmington let tart with you. >> reporter: people in biden's home state and across the country were waiting and wondering what the vice president would finally decide to do. speculation reaching a fever pitch in recent day, and then mid-day today biden confirmed he would not run. >> he confirmed that his family worked through the grieving process after the death of his son but now it's too late to one for president. >> beau is our inspiration, unfortunately i believe we are out of time the time to launch a winning campaign for the nomination, while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent. >> in fact biden took considerable time to talk about his beliefs and his hopes for the nation going forward. >> we need to keep going forward in the arc of this nation towards justice. the rights of lgbt community, immigration reform, equal pay for women and protecting their safety from violence, rooting out an institutional racism. he called for an end to partisan politics and the nation needs to come together. we don't

son of one vernon odom. >> thank you ducis. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we continue in a moment. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. >>> we have a bad situation on i-95 in philadelphia and you can see it right there, a car has flipped of on its roof and it is causing traffic problems and money personnel arriving on the scene, this is right near the vine street expressway and we don't know if anybody has been injured but we do know that the situation looks bad and is causing serious disruptions and slowing down any way of traffic tonight. lets go to the accuweather forecast and cecily tynan. >> and jim the rain is clearing out tonight and stormtrac

reporters have fanned out across the city to cover the important components ali gorman eva pilgram vernon odom and walter perez and john rawlins. >> and john rawlins live at the derailment scene. that scene was a rescue mission last night. what is the specific mission there tonight? >> well, now it's a recovery mission at this point they are looking for anymore bodies that may have been trapped in the wreckage or thrown from the wreckage, we heard from the ntsb a short time ago we learned that there is a safety device known as a possive train control that could have slowed this train down and prevented the accident the black box says the train was speeding and the engineer put the train into a full emergency braking mode but it was too little too late. >> maximum authorized speed through this curve was 50 miles per hour, when the engineer induced brake application was applied, the train was traveling at approximately 106 miles per hour. >> the ntsb knows the train was moving more than 50 miles per hour over the posted stead limit but does not at this point know why. >> our mission was to find

vernon odom is live at police headquarters. david henry is live at the scene. once again the vest saves the life of a police officer. >> the officer is doing fine and the suspect is dead and the residents of this apartment complex is unnerved after being jolted out of bed by the sound of gun fire this morning. >> it's ridiculous. you look outside of your window and there are kids it's really a scary experience. >> the shootout happened at 6:00 this morning when a homicide detective kicked in the door of this second floor apartment they were looking for a murder suspect, 26-year-old devon guisherd. the officer returned fire striking the suspect. >> the officer was saved by his body armor and garshard died in the shootout. he was being hunted down for a shot this killed megan doto, she and her baby died. this is the second time this officer was shot in the line of duty he was tracking down an s&p when the suspect fired through a wall, today the officer was shot in the stomach and was saved by his s.w.a.t. armor. >> residents here are glad nobody else got shot. >>

. >>> lamar odom is still in the hospital, marcy gonzales joins us live with the latest on this story. >> reporter: sara, sources tell espn that odom is showing signs of improvement, and while there is no official explanation of what caused this, the 911 call is giving some insight. >> horrified and begging for help, we are now hearing that 911 call made by a worker, after discovering lamar odom. >> the former nba and reality tv star is now on life support in this las vegas hospital after staffers at the love ranch said the 35-year-old spent four days there, at time drivening and doing cocaine and taking herbal viagra, the night before he was found in his vip room his mood had changes. >> he got a phone call, and that phone call bummed him out. and he told the girls he wanted to spend the night alone. >> by his side is estranged wife, khloe kardashian, they revealed concerned on the show keeping up with kardashian, is now making his medical decisions. >> i am on high alert, i think anything will set him to spiral. >> his friends are taking to social media sending their love and prayer

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live at 30th street station, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> vernon odom thank you. philadelphia city council passed a resolution calling on septa to reach a contract deal. yesterday septa officials asked customers to start figuring out alternate ways to get to work and school. the current contract for more than 5700 septa workers ends on monday night and a walkout could begin tuesday morning. there is more reaction tonight to the cancellation last night of a particular singer's endecision of the national anthem before the 76ers season opener. because of two words on the shirt of singer, seven streeter. john rawlins live at city hall. the words, we matter is causing considerable controversy. >> the singer planned to make a statement but in her words some lives are more disposable. and the 76ers said little, they put out a brief statement cauing for meaningful action driving social change but have not addressed what happened last night. >> streeter was hired to sing the national anthem at the home opener, but she was told she could not wear a street that read, we matt

thank you. >>> lets go live to "action news" reporter vernon odom. vernon you talked to families from the delaware valley that have a very personal stake in the destruction going on in the caribbean. >> reporter: jim, they are breening deep sighs of relief but the worries are not over because they have no ideas when their loved ones will get back to our area. >> hurricane irma has been especially brutal to the island of saint martin a lovely tourist destination with a mix of dutch and french cultures. the hour is out and the island destroyed and leaving vacationers from these parts marooned at their resorts, malory from pottstown and her boyfriend and his grandparents are trapped in their resort. but better than others in the caribbean. >> she was able to call out a few times, just brief information like are you okay? what are they doing where are you at? >> getting the call was reassuring to karen and now word of looting in saint martin triggering calls to the u.s. government to see when the americans would be evacuated. >> i thought when i called t

this morning, lamar odom defying the odds.from a coma friday, the former nba star is showing signs of improvement. able to text, smile, and communicate with loved ones, reportedly giving a thumbs up and saying hi to his former wife, khloe kardashian, who hasn't left his bedside. family sources saying lamar is doing very well. by the grace of god, he's doing much bet were. his children seen smiling in the photos after leaving the hospital on friday. the kardashians returning to las vegas to join khloe. kim posting this photo and saying, i'm so happy kendall and i could make you smile today. six days ago, odom was rushed to the hospital after being found unresponsive. >> they can't get him to wake up. >> reporter: new details emerging. odom racking up a bill totalling nearly $80,000. the ranch owner telling abc news odom negotiated the rates himself and was planning to stay there for up to five days. >> there are thousands of celebrities that come to the ranch. >> reporter: the ranch says odom was the first celebrity to have the

odom is live at the scene. vernon odom you have the details. >> reporter: good evening jim. police constantly warn people of the dangers of trying to jump these barriers, day or night it led to a tragedy here at 11:30 last night. grieving relatives and friends of 16-year-old turner gathered outside of his home today still in shock after he was killed in a hit and run on route 130 in pennsauken. after visiting his girlfriend that stop after his left his job at the cherry hill mall. >> he was with me. >> what did he say when he said good-bye. >> he hugged me and said i'll see you tomorrow joe joe. >> he had a beautiful heart and was in church and helped to clean the church. and doing lawn care and whatever was needed. >> turner was killed police say when he jumped the route 130 barrier into the southbound lanes, the driver sped off only to be captured at 29th and clinton in camden, at the home of relatives. she is identified as susan highland of beverly, new jersey. she was driving the car belonging to her niece. faulk was in the car when the accident took place. she felt guil

i'm vernon odom for channel 6 "action news," jim?is a complicated with a lot of different elements and we are covering it all on our website at 6abc.com. and you can check throughout the weekend as we update with new details and new reaction. ♪ >>> hundreds gathered in medford, new jersey to grieve and pay tribute to slain singer, christina grimmie. the up-and-coming pop star was killed last weekend while she was signing autographs after a performance in orlando. through her tears, grimmie's mother thanked the crowd for attending. >> those that i have known for many years, and have been a part of our life and touched our lives, they have counselled me, they have been there through difficulties, to you i am very grateful. i just want to see her. >> grimmie's brother marcus to stackled him, and they think that he was be an obsessed fan of christina grimmie. >>> the police investigate the discovery of a body in the 900 block of heatherstone saying the body was that of a woman. >>> two vineland police officers will not be charged for the

vernon odom is live with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. hoseilliams well says it was the love and desire for a lavish lifestyle that led him to this trying to live far above his means. >> philadelphia's two term d.a., seth williams will be arraigned on 23 count bribery extortion and fraud. including cash he got to allegedly perform official acts and dozens of gifts that the federal government contends that were over the line of legality. >> money, expensive furniture and other things of value. >> the i alleges that williams is charged with agains. >> sethwilliams' lawyer says so far my clienttly denies he ever compromised any case or court functi. they expec to set bail for seth williams, live at the federal courthouse in center vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> our covagf the case against seth williams continues at 6abc.com. tre you can watch sterday's entire news confewhere the charges wereú announced and vie all 50 pages of the indictment against him. and look tore updates when williams is arraigned in court. >> tu

to have pushed a 4-year-old girl down the stairs, we saw it on surveillance video and today vernon odom talked to the lawyer hired by the little girl's family. and vernon odom is now live in primos, delaware county where the family lives. >> reporter: good evening jim that video makes your jaw drop, it's awful but tonight the suspect remains free on jail of $25,000 and her lawyer knows that video evidence is devastating. >> this is 4-year-old allaya humphrey seen in this infamous video, she is seen allegedly pushed down the stairwell by her teacher. sara folcroft. and she was immediately fired and arrested by upper darby police and her lawyer spoke with the first time publically today. >> my client is remorseful and thankful that the child was not injured and we will present more about my client and the person she is when we get to court. >> in fact he is already negotiating with the delaware county da and currently none of the charges are felonies including simple assault and endangering it's welfare of a child. >> the tape is upsetting, no two ways about it. but i want to focus on the

vernon odom is live outside of energy 64 in long crest, but first chad pradelli is live at the scene of the blaze, you have the details on what happened there this morning. >> reporter: jim, joyce craig-lewis was one of the first firefighters here on scene and she went into the burning building behind me trying to save a life and ended up losing her own. looking from the outside it doesn't appear to be one of the most devastating fires but one of the most tragic in city history. downstairs they encountered heavy smoke and a superior pulled them back and then her brothers in line realized she was still in line. craig-lewis got on her radio and called for help. >> 928 begin evacuation. we are getting emergency evacuation, they say they are trapped in the basement. >> we understand there was a call and she did call and indicate she was in distress. >> efforts to resuscitate the veteran on scene were unsuccessful. a procession escorted her body to the medical examiner's office which will determine the cause of death. >> she loved her job and was a heavily trained firefighter that served

sara bloomquist and vernon odom are on the scene. sabra let start with you. this is the same company that supplied choppers for the university of pennsylvania health system. >> reporter: jim that is right, but the pilot was the only person on board. no patients or penn medicine employees we learned the pilot was a 37-year-old man from franklinville, new jersey, the chopper went down in a drainage ditch and somehow the pilot avoided all the adjacent buildings. eyewitnesss caught cell phone video after the chopper crashed into this industrial park a mile southeast of the newcastle airport. >> it crashed here on quigley boulevard in newcastle. there was one person and one fatality. the pilot was conducting a solo training flight and travelled from atlantic city to newcastle this morning. at 11:55 the chopper when down in a drainage ditch and burst into flames. >> no other injuries as a result of the crash and minor damage to a shed because of flying debris and flames. >> it was operated by penn star that provides the services for the university of pennsylvania h

announced today he will run in the democratic primary against seth williams, "action news" reporter vernon odom joins us live from city hall with more. >> reporter: good evening monica, joe kahn is his name and he has been around for a while now, he is taking a bold step forward getting ahead of what could be a crowded field. >> i am joe kahn and i'm a democrat and running for the district attorney of philadelphia. >> joseph kahn with 15 years under his belt as an assistant d.a., and announced a challenge to seth williams in the may primary. he says he has made a mess of the office and has got to go.

and vernon odom live in frein's hometown. and david, you were the only local reporter to have spoken with the federal marshals who captured frein. >> that's right, jim. they have quite a story to tell. it took ten days -- i'm say 48 days, $10 million but they finally got their man. speechers tightening the circle for days. and late yesterday eric frein spotted by a u.s. marshal. >> i caught movement in this area. it was high grass, weeds. >> scott milkowski and his team with searching an abandon airstrip and he spotted frein by chance. >> i turned towards me. i identified myself as law enforcement and i told him to get on the ground. he proposed out. and he was about 5 feet away. i said who are you, what is your name? he said eric frein. >> the end of a manhunt that gripped the nation. arraigned in the court this morning charged with killing the state trooper bryon dickson and wounding alex douglass september 12. the seven-week manhunt that followed kept the community on edge and tested the resolve of multiple law enforcement

. >>> and learning more about the 911 call made when lamar odom was found unresponsive at a brothel.>> and cooling off from this time yesterday, but the weekend down right frosty. letting you know how low the temperatures will drop in the accuweather forecast. >>> and the flyers honor a fan-favorite tonight when "action news" continues. >>> former nba player and reality tv store, lamar odom, remains on life support tonight. we have learned the person who called 911 from a nevada brothel said odom had been using cocaine and taking sexual-enhancing drugs. and he also had blood coming from his mouth and nose. and he is in the hospital and his estranged wife, khloe kardashian and her family are by his side. >>> house speaker john boehner wants to resolve a potential debt limit crisis before he leaves congress. the congressional budget office says the debt limit cap needs to be raised by early november to keep the government from running out of money. if that were to happen, the government couldn't cover things like interest payments, medicare payments or social security checks. >>> pope

vernon odom just arrived on the scene. >> reporter: i am live at willow and penrose can you look up the street and see it now the situation is relaxing now, the one suspect has been arrested according to police reports at 10:40 this morning a gunman got into the building and took four firefighters hostage and held them there for some time. we watched this drama play out here this morning, cheltenham police guns drawn and s.w.a.t. team at one point they enterred through the garage door, they brought the first person out we believe that was the hostage and three other persons were brought out some of them in handcuffs but they proved not to be suspects as police were thoroughly trying to figure out what was going on and who was who in this confrontation and hostage situation this morning. that is the light of the now and we see police officials coming down to talk to us and give us information. sergeant what can you tell us right now. >> i'll talk to you in a bit? >> the chief is coming down. >> thank you. they are telling us that the police chief of cheltenham will be down here to talk t

"action news" reporter vernon odom joins us now live with the latest on the search. vern. >> reporter: good evening, sharrie. this day long search for the fisherman has proven fruitless at least so far. state police have called off their search for the night. they expect to resume sometime in the morning. the coast guard will reportedly continue until darkness falls. throughout this day rescuers

live in king of prussia, i'm vernon odom, jim.e've seen it before. >> thank you, vernon. >>> new jersey's oldest bridge is open to traffic after undergoing emergency repairs. the route 206 bridge over the stony brook and princeton reopened last night. the bridge was closed two weeks ago after the new jersey department of transportation found cracks in the bridge's support. a truck detour will remain in place until permanent repairs are completed this summer. >>> members of the delaware air national guard received a warm welcome home in new castle today. >> daddy. >> daddy. >> dozens of airmen received hugs and kisses as they stepped off the plane. the 166th air lift wing returned from a four month deployment in the middle east. these troops say they are thrilled to be reunited with their names. >> want to spend time with the family and spend as much time as i can. i hate going away and missing the time with them but, love them so much and happy to be back. >> over the next two days another 60 airmen will return home. >>> coming up

vernon odom and john rawlins are covering this story tonight. john lets start with you outside of the councilman's home. >> where the councilman is recovering and surrounded by members of his family and young wife and his 96-year-old mother, he arrived here from the hospital shortly before 3 this afternoon. i'm doing fine and good spirits and i feel fine physically. 18 hours after being stabbed an up beat david oh was thanking a flower delivery guy this afternoon. last night the councilman says that while unloading his car a man came up and mumbled something and anally demanded. >> he said the keys, the keys to your car. i thought was there an accident does he need my car and then punched me mountain lower rib and i know what that is. i said did you just stab me. >> and he had. >> oh a one time prosecutor described as weapon as an shiv a homemade knife. and tried to back away but the demands for keys and cars and money continued. >> he was wild and swinging and lunging. >> and at that time an odd twist. the occupants focused. >> they were outsid

we have got "action news" reporters bob brooks and vernon odom on this story tonight. bob, let's begin with you at the burned out hull of the structure on the 700 block of north franklin street. first thing we need to know, has everybody been accounted for? >> reporter: well, jim, good evening. the answer to that unfortunately is no. everyone is not accounted for. and when we asked officials at a news conference earlier today has anyone been killed they couldn't give us a straight answer. behind me you see the work continues out here to make sure these flames do not reignite. without the help of neighbors aiding first responders many more likely would have been injured. it was a blaze so big, so hot that it still smoldering today. the barclay friends senior living communities went up in flames before 10:30 last night and then the mission to save seniors' lives began. >> they were running back in right into the fire. at that time it was raging. >> reporter: neighbor and witness larry kingsland says the fire crews never flinched. he says he and his neighbors knew they co

vernon odom is live tonight with the story. >> reporter: good evening monica and brian. community leaders here tell me they did not even know this type of business you see behind me, i once respected place, they did not know the type of business was coming here in mid april until last thursday and they are quickly trying to organize their resistance. >> i am scared it would bring undesirables around and the different activities it could bring. >> gail, the leader of the homeowners association of pennypack woods is concerned about this, into what the new owners are billing as saints and sinners, phillies new adult playground. their motto i would rather walk with the sinners than run with the saints. >> we have a lot of children and two elementary schools and a child's playground right across the street. it's very upsetting to our whole neighborhood. >> local folks say they learnd this was coming from the 88 hundred block of frankford. the owners of saints and sinners have not returned our phone calls or emails. they also operate this adult can club on emery street in port

i'm vernon vernon odom channel6 "action news" at the philadelphia international airport. jim. >> you can be poetic, can't he? thank you vernon. >>> as you saw last night live on channel6 hundreds of thousands took to the streets of philadelphia to celebrate the eagles historic win and while most reveled responsibly there were a few celebrations that turned chaotic. a few windows were broken at macy's. traffic lights were brought to the ground in several locations and a car was flipped at broad and walnut right in front of the bellevue. an awning at the ritz-carlton collapsed after people were climbing on top of it. police say there were some arrests and more could be coming as they look at surveillance video. >>> philadelphia's newspapers commemorating the birds' historic win were a hot commodity today. fans stocked up on the super bowl souvenirs at newsstands throughout the city. the philadelphia inquirer shows the headline at last! you can see it sort of. the philadelphia daily news went with one for the ages splashed across the front page and of course the philadelphia

live in west philadelphia, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> okay, vernon, thank you. >>> meantime in northampton county a former juvenile probation officer is accused of having an inappropriate conduct toward a teenager under his supervision. 31-year-old ryan what iser is is charged with official suppression and obstruction of the administration of law. district attorney john morgue nellie said what iser is sent inappropriate text messages phone calls and also photographs to the teen after she turned 18. what iser is then allegedly threatened to hold her in violation of her probation if she did not comply. >> a 28-year-old man was shot in the stomach while leaving a port richmond bar along the 3000 block of frankford avenue. authorities say the victim was hit as he walked out on the street. witnesses gave officers a description of a vehicle fleeing the scene that was stopped nearby on tulip street. two people were arrested, several weapons recovered. the victim remains in critical condition right now. the motive is unclear.

"action news" reporters nora muchanic in solebury township, vernon odom in buckingham township and trish hartman in doylestown have covered every angle. we begin with trish hartman with a full accounting of what we learned today. trish. >> reporter: well, jim, we now know much more about what happened to these four young men who have been missing since last week according to what cosmo dinardo told investigators, the d.a. says dinardo and his cousin, sean kratz face charges of homicide, conspiracy and abuse of corpse. the d.a. also says without dinardo's confession they might still be looking for the final body. >> as a result of an agreement that i decided to make with cosmo dinardo, we were able to also secure jimmy patrick's body and bring him home. >> reporter: here's what dinardo told investigators. on july 5th cosmo dinardo agreed to sell jimmy patrick 4 pounds of marijuana for $8,000 and drove him to his family farm. when patrick only had $800 dinardo offered to sell him a shotgun instead. dinardo then shot patrick and used the backhoe to bury his body. then on july 7th dinardo ag

. >>> politician in nevada released the 911 calls that came in after lamar odom was found unconscioust a brothel. the 35-year-old odom reportedly told employees at the brothel that he had used cocaine before arriving there on saturday. during his stay, he drank alcohol and had taken an over-the-counter sexual performance enhancers. here is part of the call to authorities. >> they need to hurry please because he's got blood coming out of his nose, white stuff coming out of his mouth and they can't get him to wake up. >> odom remains on life support at a las vegas hospital. he was on an open-ended reservation at the brothel and was said to be staying in its best vip suite. >>> the owner of the u.s. cargo ship that sank with 33 people on board during hurricane joaquin is now facing a lawsuit. the family of crew member lonnie jordan claims the "el faro" was not fit to sail in the rough seas kicked up by the storm off the bahamas. their $100 million lawsuit accuses the company and captain of negligence for placing profits over safety. >>> an army captain in maryland is being given the high

good morning, odom. >> reporter: good morning, matt.iness starting to pick up in volume here at philadelphia international airport bright and early this morning. business as usual so far. now, here's the story. the woman denies she ever said the pilot was intoxicated but a passenger last night apparently got on her smartphone to start tweeting about her weird experience here and that brought a lot of grief down on her. a jetblue flight to boston was delayed for hours last night because of a passenger's so-called joke overheard and apparently misinterpreted by the pilot as the plane was being boarded. lisa carter knight was one of the passengers on her way home from boston. >> we had been waiting an hour. there was a joke by another passenger. been a long night, hope there's a fully stocked bar on the airplane and the pilot immediately ran out and said that's it, everybody back up on the -- up at the gate. i've been accused of being intoxicated. >> reporter: the pilot said he was now obligated to take a sobriety test. it came back negati

lets go to vernon odom live at hahnemann university. you have the latest on trooper casey's condition. >> reporter: trooper casey will remain in the hospital overnight mainly for observation, with all the gun fire, he comes out of this situation way flesh wound to the left shoulder but the bullet remains lodged in his shoulder and doctors will not operate and take it out for now. when trooper casey was rushed to hahnemann's emergency room it became a mad house when people like mayor nutter came to check on his condition and his colleagues deeply concerned until they got relatively good news that the wound was a relatively mild one. >> trooper casey is expected to make a full recovery and we are grateful for that. he has his friends and family with him and is expected to be in the hospital at least overnight. >> trooper casey's parents, fiance and brother remained by his side throughout the day. and the d.a. spoke with trooper casey and got the clear message he will be okay in the wake of the gun battle. >> he asked me how i was doing, t