we're live in hundreding park, katherine scott channel6 "action news." >> thank you katherine. >>> walterte may have been running a drug operation that was so big it could be listed on the nasdaq but a fight with a florida mom over breaking bad toys he could not win. maribel abaser live at the nasdaq in times square with more on this story. good morning, maribel. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. toys are us is pulling the breaking bad action figure toys from its shelves. the move comes after a florida woman launched an online petition against the selling of the toys and the action figures depicted breaking bad characters but also included a sack of cash and a bag of meth. the petition gathered more than 8,000 signatures since being launched earlier this month. >>> apple is beefing up security following a china icloud hackings. the company issued instructions on how to avoid attacks similar to those that took place in china recently. reports say chinese authorities were targeting customer data on apple icloud storage system. chinese officials denied the allegations. stocks surged th

we're live in doylestown, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> thanks for the update, katherine> the hunt is on for a hit and run driver in delaware county. the car struck a pedestrian along the 500 block of conchester highway in boothwyn at 7 o'clock last night, then the driver took off. upper chichester police have not released the victim's condition or identity. >> ♪ >> it is now 6:05 and today marks two years since superstorm sandy slammed into new jersey bringing along with it flooding and a lot of misery. many communities have bounced back from that initial devastation but some are still rebuilding on this seconds anniversary. erin o'hearn is live at the big board. she's got more on all of that. good morning, erinism good morning, tam. a long and exhausting two years for many of the families in communities ravaged by superstorm sandy and these arrows you see over the jersey shore taking days after the storm are sort of a grim reminder of just how powerful and destructive this storm was. it is still shocking to see some of these images in the widespread destruction in our a

we're live in atlantic city, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> katherine thanks.p us posted. >>> investigators say the deadly shooting at a pennsylvania state trooper at a shooting range appears to be a tragic accident. "action news" was there for the procession of flag draped coffin and trooper david kedra as it left temple university hospital last night. the 26-year-old was shot at the training facility in plymouth township yesterday afternoon. investigators say an instructor shot trooper kedra in the chest during an accident during a training session. so far police have not released the name of the instructor. >> new this morning, a man has been stabbed to death inside an east mount airy home and another man who lives in the home told police he knows the killer. the action cam outside the home on the 200 block of east philomena street. the witness told police that the 33-year-old man broke through a basement window to get to the witness' second floor bedroom. the witness said the 54-year-old homeowner saw the suspect and confronted him. that's when the suspect

live in atlantic city, katherine scotts channel6 "action news." >> good news. ks so much katherine. >>> for the second time in about three weeks pennsylvania state police troopers are mourning the death of one of their own. this time the trooper is the victim of an apparent accidental shooting. trooper david kedra's family walked behind his coffin last night as it left temple university hospital. an honor guard of police motorcycles then escorted the hearse. investigators say yesterday afternoon a police instructor shot the 26-year-old by accident during a training session at the montgomery county public safety training facility in plymouth township. the instructor's name has not been released. >>> there's been a break in the search for eric frein in the form of two pipe bombs. pennsylvania state police recovered the working explosives with a pile of discarded items. hundreds of law enforcement officers are still on frein's trail in monroe and pike counties. investigators say there has been one credible sighting of the accused cop killer since monday. the search

we're live from police headquarters, katherine scott, channel6 "action news". >> thank you, katherine >> all right. developing now a man thrown 15 feet from his crumpled car is fighting for his life. the vehicle flipped over on roosevelt boulevard in northeast philadelphia after police say the driver hit a tree. accident investigators spent the night on the scene. >> 6:37 now. we have new information on an amber alert in trenton that has been resolved. police say the five-year-old girl who was reported missing was found safe in a relative's home. police say the mother first told them that she had lester her daughter jania davis in her running suv last flight to go into a business and that a woman drove away with the suv and jania. about three hours later a relative of the child in trenton called police and said the little girl was sleeping at her house. police found the child there unharmed. >> first the kid is found safe so we're happy about that because it could be a lot worse circumstances. yes, we did a lot of resources and we'll do it again if need be, okay. however, if that -- i

live in tacony, katherine scott channel6 "action news." >> katherine thank. >>> hang today, the penalty phase of raghunandan yandamuriian's murder trial continues in montgomery county. he could face the death penalty or serve life behind bars. a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the deaths of 10 month old saanvi venna and her grandmother. >>> new here at 6:00 a.m. and allentown mother is going to prison for the death of her son. a judge sentenced essence james to a maximum of three and a half to seven years in prison for child endangerment. her 15 month old son died last year from several injuries to the chest, neck and head. james had blamed the boy's condition on her boyfriend but the judge blasted the mother for putting on what he said was an act during her trial. >> the chances of a regional rail strike any time soon is moving very close to 0 percent. maribel aber is live at the nasdaq in times square with septa news. good morning, maribel. >> reporter: good morning, matt. new deal will keep septa's train engineers from striking on the regional rail lines. the tentativ

we're live from police headquarters, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> thank you katherine. we've got breaking news in terms of the ebola outbreak. a german hospital says a un medical worker infected with ebola in liberia just died. >> the centers for disease control is being forced to rethink its approach on coin takenning the disease because people seem to be getting infected even as they take extra precautions. erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the latest on that. >> nina pham that second ebola patient in the u.s., a nurse who contracted the disease while caring for thomas eric duncan. she remains in stable condition at dallas hospital after receiving a blood transfusion from ebola survivor dr. kent brantly. officials do not know how pham became infected and worry there could be more cases. on the job pham wore protective gear a gown, a face mask and shield, two layers of gloves and shoe covers but all of this is less protection than the doctors wear in specialized bio containment hospitals. they have chemical resistent jump suits, taping gloves, sleeves and suit

live in south philadelphia, katherine scott channel6 "action news." >> katherine thank you for that.>> new this morning, a fast moving fire injured one person in the somerton section of philadelphia. crews quickly knocked down the flames on the 100 block of mandina street after 1:00 a.m. investigators believe the fire might have start in there a garage before spreading through that three story duplex. >>> parents are outraged after the sudden shutdown of a philadelphia charter school leaving hundreds of high schoolers looking for a place to get their education. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the bigboard. she's got more on last night's meeting. >> good morning, tam. if you think about just how difficult this is for these ninth through 12th graders who are almost two full months into the school year. apparently a robo call went out over the weekend notifying families that the walter d. palmer charter high school would be shutting down. >>> this left nearly 300 students 80 of them seniors scrambling to find new classrooms in the city and at a meeting last night in frank

we're live in doylestown, katherine scott channel6 "action news." >> katherine thank you. >>> the cheltenhamool district in montgomery county has its own hazing case on its hands involving the soccer team. players on the boys soccer team forcefully pulled someone's underwear until it ripped. the incident happened on september 23rd at the high school. the district reported it to police is that retraining students and coaches on all school teams about the school's zero tolerance policy. >> happening today, the mayor of wilmington, delaware is expected to sign an executive order. it will ban smoking in all city parks, playgrounds and bus stops. earlier this month city council reject they had proposal in a narrow six to five vote. critics said the ban would infringe too much on smoker's personal freedom. the mayor argues all residents deserve a healthier cleaner outdoor space. >> the citizens crime commission will present one of its highest honors totten dragons the little league world series team will receive the thomas jefferson award for conducting themselves with the utmost character and cla

we're live in south philadelphia, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> such disturbing detailsine. >>> new this morning a fast moving fire injured one person in the somerton section of philadelphia. crews quickly knocked down the flames on the 100 block of mandina street after 1:00 a.m. this morning. investigators believe the fire might have started in the garage before spreading through that three-story duplex. >> new here on "action news" a babysitter in berks county is accused of trying to kill a 14 month old child who was in her care. 32-year-old lisa while ler had told police the infant suffered head injuries during a fall at the home in bethel township but investigators believe there was some sort of physical abuse. the child remains in critical condition at hershey medical center. >>> this story is also new. a father from lebanon county faces aggravated assault charges for abusing his own son. police say andrew haas caused his five week old baby to have a fractured skull and several broken ribs because the newborn wouldn't stop crying. the child had to go to the hospital

we're live in doylestown, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> thanks, katherine. >>> the cheltenhamool district in montgomery county has acknowledged a hazing incident that occurred back on september 23rd. school officials say players on the boys' soccer team forcefully pulled someone's underwear until it ripped. the district reported it to police and is now retraining students and coaches on all school teams about its zero tolerance policy. >> ♪ >> happening dat mayor of wilmington, delaware is expected to sign an executive order. it will ban smoking in all city parks playgrounds and bus stops. earlier this month city council rejected the proposal in a narrow six to five vote. critics said the ban would infringe too much on smokes' personal freedom. the mayor argues all residents deserve a healthier cleaner outdoor space. >> 5:38 and today marks two years since superstorm sandy devastated the jersey shore leaving beach communities in ruins. officials in toms river township plan to update the restoration of ortley beach. the township has received more than 3 million onto dollars in

we're live in south philadelphia, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> katherine, so sad look aght those sweet puppies. thank you. >>> well, new this morning a fast moving fire injured one person in the somerton section of philadelphia. crews quickly knocked down the flames on the 100 block of mandina street after 1:00 a.m. investigators believe the fire may have started in the garage before spreading through the three story duplex. >> happening today, penn state's board of trustees will gather for app special meeting on the freeh report. the 2012 finding by former fbi director louie freeh concluded former college officials showed total disregard for the victims of jerry sandusky. the ncaa used the report for the basis of its sanctions against the penn state football team which have since been lifted. one trustee called the freeh report incomplete and inaccurate and is demanding the board to revisit the investigation. >> parents are scrambling this morning trying to place their children in new schools now that a charter high school in philadelphia suddenly closed. erin o'hearn

lie in hunting park katherine scott channel6 "action news." >> thanks so much katherine. >>> new jerseyte police released new surveillance video of two burglary suspects. you can see a man and a woman sneaking away from a parking lot in upper pittsgrove township there. they're accused of stealing power tools and wiring from that location on october 11th and back on august 25th. anyone who recognizes the couple should contact detectives at woodstown station. >> happening today, schools will be back opened in the pocono mountain school district. they were closed yesterday because of the search for suspected cop killer eric frein. police had thought they found their man when they stopped james tullly on the road, one of several times. he can't afford a car so he walks 5 miles to and from work. he stays near frein's hometown of canadensis. tullly says police have mistaken him repeatedly for frein. the worst moment happened back on friday night on his walk home. >> driver jumps out yelling to get down on the ground, has his rifle pointed at my head. now, i'm doing my best to comply with him.

we're live from police headquarters, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> hope someone does. k you katherine. >>> we have new information on an amber alert in trenton that has been resolved. the five-year-olds girl who was reported missing was found safe and sound in a relative's home. investigators are questioning the mother about her claim that her daughter was victimize in there a carjacking. police say the mother first told them that she had left her daughter, jania davis in a running suv and that a woman drove away with the suv and jania. a relative called police and said the little girl was sleeping at her house. police found the child there unharmed. >> first the kid is found safe, so we're happy about that, you know, 'cause it could be a lot worse circumstances. yes, we did a lot of resources and we'll do it again if need be, okay. however, if that -- if it was a false report, then the individual who reportd that is going to have to, you know, face the consequences. >> again, police are talking to the girl's mother to determine why she had said there was a carjacking.

we are live in doylestown, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> okay, katherine, thanks. >>> theunt is on for a hit and run driver in delaware county. the car struck a pedestrian along the 500 block of conchester highway in boothwyn at 7:00 last night. then the driver took off. upper chichester police have not released the victim's condition or identity. >> and today marks two years since superstorm sandy slammed into new jersey bringing flooding and a lot of misery in its wake. many communities have bounced back from the initial devastation but some are still rebuilding on this second anniversary. erin o'hearn is live for us now in the satellite center. good morning, erin inch good morning, tam. hard to believe it has been two years and a long and exhausting two years at that for families and communities ravaged by superstorm sandy. in particular, the bay front section of little egg harbor township called mystic islands. when sandy hit two years ago it was 7 feet under water and more than 4,000 homes were damaged. now, on any given day in this community you can still hear hammer

live in south philadelphia, katherine scott channel6 "action news." >> thank you katherine. >>> a communityting scheduled today to talk about a hazing investigation that shut down a football program at central bucks west high school. erin o'hearn is live in the satellite center with more. >> this will be a very public school board meeting after news broke last week that the district canceled its -- the remainder of its varsity and junior varsity football seasons in the wake of this hazing scandal. this meeting follows a meeting that took place last night just for the parents of football players. apparently monday night's meeting was in an effort to inform parents of the agenda for tonight's meeting. and of course this all stems from that hazing investigation that concluded some freshmen members of the team were forced to perform humiliating acts. in a letter to parents the district says one student was forced to grab a player's private parts while fully clothed. head coach brian hentzel and coaches were suspended. i'm erin o'hearn live in the satellite center. back to you. >> erin thank you

we're live in atlantic city, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> thanks so much, katherine. >>> new this morning, a key witness helped philadelphia police make a quick work -- make a quick arrest in a deadly stabbing. officers arrested the 33-year-old suspect who returned to the scene. it happened inside a home on the 200 block of east philomena street in east mount airy. the witness was able to identify the stabber who reportedly killed the 54 year old owner of the home overnight. >>> investigators continue to sort out the details of deadly shooting of a pennsylvania state trooper. a motorcade delivered the body of david kedra to the medical examiner's office last night. the 26-year-old trooper was participating in an exercise at the montgomery county public safety training campus when an instructor reportedly shot and killed him by accident. the instructor's name has not been released. kedra was a two year member of the force stationed at the skippack barracks. >> a man who recently flew to the united states from the west african country of liberia has become the first diagn

we're live in hunting park, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> okay, thanks so much for the update, katherine. >>> new jersey state police have released new surveillance video of two burglary suspects. you can see a man and a woman sneaking away from a parking lot in upper pittsgrove township. they're accused of stealing power tools and wiring from that location on october 11th and back on august 25th. anyone who recognizes the couple should contact detectives at woodstown station. >>> three american girls are back at home in denver after hopping on a plane to germany. federal investigators are trying to determine if they were trying to join isis terrorists. abc news jihadist propaganda videos like these lured three american high school girls on a mission to join terrorists in syria. the girls are ages 15, 16 and 17 and they are of sudanese and somali discents. authorities are not identifying them because of their young age. the girls had plane tickets that would have taken them to syria. after they disappeared last weekend, their families contacted the fbi. and the fbi is tr

we're live from police headquarters, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> okay, katherine, thank for that. and philadelphia police are looking for the suspect in a home invasion that happened along the 1600 block of reed street in the lawndale section at 8:00 p.m. police say the armed man barged into the home tied up and assaulted one person and ran off with about $5,100. the victim was not seriously hurt. >> a montgomery county jury spent only four hours to decide that raghunandan yandamuriian should be executed for his crime. the 28-year-old convicted killer took a sip of water while the jury announced its verdict last night. the same jury convicted yandamuri of killing 10 month old saanvi venna and her 61 year old grandmother. prosecutors say he murdered them during a botched kidnapping. the judge will issue yandamuri's officials sentence in about 45 days. >> let's turn to dave murphy now. it will be very rainy by the end of the day. >> yeah, in fact later this morning i think some areas anyway could start to pick up the first of these downpours. storm tracker 6 live double sc

we're live at police headquarters, katherine scott, channel6 "action news". >> thanks, katherine. >>>aking right now a german hospital says a member of the united nations medical team has died from the ebola virus. the victim was infected in liberia west africa and died in a german hospital despite intensive medical procedures. the dallas nurse who was diagnosed with ebola is getting help from another doctor who beat the disease. nina pham has received a blood transfusion from dr. kent brantly an ebola survivor. pham treated thomas eric duncan who died of ebola. erin o'hearn will take a closer look at hospital precautions for ebola, plus bring us more breaking information on that other ebola death outside of africa coming up in our next half hour. >>> 6abc is hosting a phone bank to raise funds for the fight against ebola. members of the red cross and the local liberian community will be on hand to take your donations. call (877)940-6222 between 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and i tweeted out this information in case you missed it. >> it is 5:06. happening today the penalty phase of raghuna

we're live from hunting park katherine scott channel6 "action news." >> dirt bikers in philadelphia gave of their own a wild and dangerous sendoff after his funeral. yesterday chopper 6 hd captured the chaos on the streets as about 100 bikers raced through the city. they sped up broad street from south to north philadelphia. the bikers repeatedly weaved in and out of traffic cutting off school buses several times. it was all in memory of 23-year-old kyrell tyler also known as dirt bike rel. last week he was shot to death while sitting in a car on a southwest philadelphia street. >> whole city love him. we brought people from everywhere. everybody loved rell all over the world. >> police kept an eye on the dirt bikes which are not allowed to be driven on the city streets. they did not make any arrests and there are no reports of accidents or injuries. >>> and the bikers wild ride has been a popular story on 6abc.com. there you can see more video from the scene as well as photos from the view of chopper 6. >> happening today, two news conferences in our area, both on the ebola virus. local

. >> reporter: katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> and we have breaking news here, a major earthquake in central america. the magnitude 7.4 quake rumbled off the pacific coastline and could be felt throughout several countries overnight. the epicenter of the quake was about 100 miles southeast of san salvador. these are pictures we're just getting in. tremors were felt from guatemala to costa rica. no of course have been reported and there is no tsunami warning in place. >> a deadly storm system covering a third of the nation is moving east. this is brand new video from alabama where a tree fell crashed into a mobile home and killed a woman inside. a state of emergency has been declared in louisiana. the storm spawned tornadoes in several states including arkansas and missouri. >> they're saying this will weaken once it reaches our region right david. >> yeah, but there's still a chance of a gusty thunderstorm or two tomorrow afternoon. we'll show that to you on future tracker 6 give you a and idea of when it looks like it will be here. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us that w

we're live in the satellite center, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." katherine thanks for all the late breaking updates. >>> new overnight japan agreed to join the u.s. military effort to fight ebola in west africa. the european union has set a fundraising goal of $1 billion for patient relief overseas. in the u.s. there are about 120 people in texas being monitored for symptoms of ebola. their wait period ends on november 7. another 140 people are under observation in ohio. they may have come in contact with amber vincent. she's one of the two nurses who treated -- tested positive for the virus in the united states. >>> "good morning america" will continue our coverage of both the pistorius sentencing and the ebola emergency. that's coming up at 7:00 a.m. right after "action news". >>> a disagreement between several students at camden high school led to a brawl off school property. and as is often the case these days, the whole thing was caught on cell phone cameras. what makes this violence even more of a concern is nobody recording the fight tried to