. >> be amy buckman has tips onw to save money at the costume store. >> reporter: before you spend bigeck out your local goodwill shop. >> halloween is for adults. it's on a friday night there will be a lot of costume parties, it gives people opportunity to come to goodwill and have some fun. >> reporter: if you're creative find what you need to make in-demand costumes from frozen. >> this is a regular gown painted with glitter and has jewels. this is a table cloth that sells for 99 sent. this if you are is a dollar 99. and the wig is 4.99. total cost $17. ana was put together for $11. >> this is applied tape and construction paper and wig for 4.99. the nurd costume was -- nerd costume was $11. some costumes are in their original packaging. >> these were gently used and donated after halloween. they are beautiful costumes that somebody spent a lot of money on. >> reporter: if you're the creative type or you like the ready made costumes, they keep restocking the goodwill stores right through halloween. amy buckman channel 6 "action news." >> there's some ideas. 5:47 we have brand new vi

. >> let's go live to amy buckman outside the link wheric only -- where i can only imagine fans are ready. we don't have amy right now. >>> next up, 12:03. it was a wreck for a delaware fire crew that crashed on the way to a barn fire. an empty barn was destroyed by an early morning blaze. several water tankers trucks were on the their way to the scene when one flipped over. fortunately none of the firefighters were hurt. >>> the condition of thomas eric duncan has worsened. he is in critical condition in the hospital in dallas, texas. his family tells abc news he is unconscious from heavy sedation. he is on dialysis because of failing kidneys and on a ventilator. cdc doctor said u.s. has resources to keep it from spreading in this county, but has serious questions about stopping the epidemic at its source in africa. so. >> i'm concerned, the longer the other countries will have to fight this on their territory, as well. >> duncan's girlfriend and their family we blurred their faces to protect their privacy remain in an isolated community in dallas. the cdc is watching them for any signs

amy buckman football fans like meat clearly, i am a football fan. up your game with the new ultimate meats pizza. a large for $12 dollars. add a mega chocolate chip cookie for just $5 dollars more. better ingredients. better pizza. better football. papa john's. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, shirleen allicot, alicia es with vitarelli and brian taff. >> hello again and "action news" continues now with a story that might take the political correctness cake. why one nebraska public school doesn't want teachers to call students boys or girls. >> plus, from health care to infrastructure our government has no shortage of ways to spend your money. that is why a new four year study has people baffled. find out what the government is spending a half million dollars on. >>> and his life was brief but full of love. a drexel hill couple said hello to their new baby and good-bye. they lived a lifetime of adventures through his bucket list. we begin in south philadelphia with a story you saw first on "action news," this is mel born f

amy buckman was there. >> polish pride filled the benjamin franklin parkway for the 1 po lass ski day parade. a polish nobleman that became -- the red and white of polish flag for on display as folk dancers and traditional costumes joined mashping bands and floats in celebration of polish culture. philadelphia is home to about 65,000 people of polish decent and for many today was a way to connect to native land traditions and pass them down to children. >> tell me what you did in the parade today? >> i danced. >> and did you have fun doing polish dances. >> yes. >> it's very important for us. because we don't have family here in united states. everybody lives in poland. we want to be able to see people it's a special day for us. >> it's good taste and see the polish community is still large in the united states and it's where we come from. >> had you fun dressing them up i take it. >> yes we did the whole family. >> just so show them it's important to be proud of your heritage and where you come from. >> general polaski pass away 2 35 years ago however for this parade it's clear his l

the "action news" reporter amy buckman has the highlights. >> ♪ >> reporter: music of string band providedound track for today's columbus day parade which marched down broad street from moore to oregon avenue. the parade was televised here on six abc with our own alycia vitarelli anchoring the broadcast. >> ♪ >> reporter: actor chas palmet teri it was grand marshall with the mummers marchers included representatives of numerous italian american social and cultural organizations and plus south philadelphia's school groups report. >> south philly is a melting pot. we all get along together. a great place. >> reporter: the parade was just a beginning of the festivities here in south philadelphia as for units passing through tell cast area everyone moved over to moriarty connie plaza for festival. while the festival draws out south philadelphia neighbors old and new italian food from pasta, to pizza, to pork to pastries, was clearly the star of the show. >> italian people, their heritage, you cannot beat it. our food is the best. >> it is just good, okay, because it is an art to food. it isn't

. >> now "action news" continues with the makeup tip that blew away amy buckman's mind. what she learned that can save your compact and save you money as well. >>> meet the mom that gave birth to a genetic gift, biracial twins. >> and bad behavior wins, ice boys are gone and ice girls are back. what made them decide to change their tune and give the fans what they want. >> but first a desperate plea from philadelphia, these precious faces were playing in this yard. two puppies being fostered by a young woman with a big heart. but soon someone break her heart by snatching the puppies in broad daylight. sara bloomquist is now live. >> reporter: those puppies were last seen on the 800 block of selma road jed afternoon, they were inside this enclosed yard and the homeowner was fostering the pups for a local animal rescue, she and the group are asking the thieves to return the dogs safe and sound. >> my big of the concern is the safety of these puppies, we just want them back. >> these are photos of the dalmation-lab mixes. >> they were cute and loveable and sweet dogs, they

"action news" reporter amy buckman has the highlights. >> music of string bands provided the sound track for today's columbus day parade which marched down broad street from moore to argon avenue. it was televised with alicia vitareli anchoring the broadcast. ♪ >> actor chaz palmenteri was grand marshall and mummers had representatives of italian social american cultural organization and south philadelphia school groups ♪ >> south philly is melting pot and we just all get along together. it's a great place. >> the parade was just the beginning of festivities here in south philadelphia after the units passed through the telecast area everyone moved over to marconi plaza for the italian american festival. while it draws out south philadelphia neighbors old and new italianp food from pasta, to pizza to pork to pastries was clearly the star of the show. >> i tallian people their heritage can't beat it. our food is the best. >> it is just good okay. because it's art. it's an art of food. it's not just about cooking. there's to be a lot of passion in there and the more time you invest in cooki

amy buckman, channel 6 "action news." >> still ahead, the first lady herself, michelle obama will bechew today. what is behind her visit to the talk show coming up and it's time to start searching for the halloween costume and it will cost you big this season. from costumes to candy >>> they estimate $7.4 billion will be spent on halloween, the average person will spend $77, on costumes for humans and $300 million will pay for pet costumes, candy and greeting carded bring in another $2 billion. that is a lot of money for pet costumes. wow. >> so -- halloween, any ideas? >> there is a ways away. we have time, you thinking of something. >> a trick or a treat? >> more of a treat. lets see what is going on outside with stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you it's quiet right now, no issues with precipitation but as we get into the start of our weekend, we are tracking a cold front that will move on through, with that we have showers for the first half of the our saturday. we will show you the picture outside sky 6 hd showing you a shot of wilmington delaware and the river there. we d

amy buckman joins us live. good afternoon, amy. >>> good afternoon i got the great assignment today. i wish we had snowvision so you can get a taste in sense of what is going on -- smellvision and if you look behind me you can see a small sampling of the food booths down here from pizza and pasta to pork and pastries and this is the place to be if you want to eat today. >> we have six different players of homemade italian sausage in our shop we make 29 different flares of homemade italian sausage. >> how many pastries do you think you go through in an event like this. >> 500 it 10,000. >> that's a lot of paging you do. >> good good weather and good crowd and everything is working for us today. >> everybody loves italian food which is it. >> it is good it's just good. it's not about cooking. there can be a lot of passion there. the more time you invest in cooking and preparation the better the food is. >> it's not the place to be if you're on weight watchers i'm telling you we're back here live. music is playing.

"action news" reporter amy buckman was there. >> polish pride fill the benjamin franklin parkway fornual polaski day parade. celebration honors general koz mere polaski who became father of american calvary aiding george washington during revolutionary war. red and white of polish flag for proudly on display as folk dancers joined marching bands and in a celebration of polish culture. >> philadelphia is home to about 65,000 people of polish deseptember and for many today's day was a way to connect to native land tradition and pass down to traditions. >> tell me what did you in the parade today. >> danced. did did you have fun. >> yes. >> it's important we don't have family here in united states. and we want to be able to see people it's a special day for us is. >> we see the polish community is large in the united states and it's where we come from. >> you had fun dressing them up. > yes we did. >> whole family. >> just so show them it's important to be proud of your heritage and where you come from. >> general polaski was mortally wounded in combat 2 35 years ago and for today's par

i'm amy buckman for "action news" at ten on phl17. >>> jeff skversky has a check on sports. help but they are fighting tonight in dallas, looking good tonight, at point, flyers one of just three teams in all of hockey still without a win. that is the bad news. here's the good news. flyers have looked like stars, against the stars, they have won seven in the the last eight games against dallas coming into play. flyers coach craig beruby, no, he was not happy. flyers down two, after two. he pulled steve mason as they try to pull off a come back. third period on the power play, that is andrew mcdonald who scores. the flyers within one. three minutes later, jake voracek, beats kerry, who has never beaten the the flyers. we are tied at four. but, 30 seconds later, jason beats roy emery. flyers fall back behind five -four. don't give up. just more than a minute later michael raffle scores. wild third per. four goals in eight minutes. right new we are in overtime, with the the game tied at five. hopefully it does not go to the shoot-out, flyers lost seven straight shoot-outs. >>> t

he has ties to the area and amy buckman shows us he made an impact on the community before he joined

he has ties to the area and amy buckman shows us he made an impact on the community before he joined the secret service. >> the lives of president obama and other officials are now in a havertown native. clancy was named the interim director of the secret service. he graduated from villanova university. >> he has a perfect background and he is perfectly quality if ied for the job. >> he spend time teaching at the high school while waiting for his secret service application to be processed and they said even then he showed characteristics for the job. >> a quiet guy, well liked here and he is very meticulous and organized and a detailed person and i would say that is an accomplishment. >> clancy began his career in government after teaching, becoming special agent in charge of the presidential protective division and he retired after becoming head of security for comcast. a job he is giving up to go to washington. >> he came with incredible credentials and we are thrilled to have him work on behalf of the country, that is awesome. >> those that new joseph clancy at different times dur

amy buckman has highlights. >> ♪ >> reporter: several mummers string band joined proud italian americanslumbus day parade marched through south philadelphia. along broad street, for more than to oregon avenue. parade broadcast on six abc was hosted by alycia vitarelli and grand marshall was actor chas, seen here with jerry blavat. students from a number of south philadelphia schools, also marched in the parade highlighting neighborhood long history of the melting pot, welcoming new immigrant from many different cultures. >> it is nice because we see neighborhood people coming out. it is not just italian. is there more nationalities that come out. it is nice. neighborhood gets together. good day for everybody to catch up a lot of people come that moved away and come back. >> reporter: the parade was the beginning of the festivities, here once the units crossed the finish line the italian festival was underway in the plaza crowds lined up for everything from pizza to pass to, to pork, to pastries, and from local south philadelphia eateries, that have international reputations. and like esp

amy buckman introduces us to the woman that helps you snag designer deals. >> lisa started a businesshat started when she wanted to declutter her kid's old toys. >> started as a lawyer and my kids wanted to sell their video games, i went on ebay and i got hooked it was awesome. >> she started selling her clothes and her friends clothes. >> i would like to say are you getting 70% and 80% and sometimes 90% off of retail. >> four versace leather dresses. they are among the 150,000 items for sale on linda's side, everything comes here to a warehouse in hatboro, they shoot them and describe them and then post them online. >> these items are for sale on this site. >> everything is listed on ebay, including this ball game? every piece gets a bar code and is placed in a storage bin until its sold. >> you can watch your item sell and you get 62% and you pay no fees, if it sells under a $1,000, if over $1,000 you get 72%. like this hermes burkin bag. >> because we are so big people follow our site like it's a kults. every day they go on to see what is linda's stuff listing today and they are th

amy buckman tells us an option that has animals feeling at home and saves owners money. >> allen leea trip and looking for a place to board dogs lacie and kelly. that's when they found rover.com a web site matching people that want their dogs to stay with people willing to host dogs in their own home. >> it's cheaper and you have several independent people competing at their own price point. usually it's between 30 to 35 dollars and sometimes a little more and sometimes less. >> that compares to 5 0 to 75 at a traditional kennel. >> you set up a profile and we set up a profile for our apartment and we wrote about ourselves and set a price ourselves and set calendar availability and anything we want to offer. it's been helpful. here and there being able to meet other people's dogs and have them in the house and earn extra money. >> before a stay is finalized host and dogs meet and owners share information about behavior, routines and medical issues if needed and then during a stay the host and owners daily updates. >> they get updates every day with pictures telling them what we did w

i'm amy buckman for "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> go ahead what are you going to do. >> love those >> if you ask prince george parents they'll it will you paparazzi is a royal pain. william and kate asked two photographs to stop following prince and nanny around public parks. william and kate want their son to have a normal childhood. prince george is third in line to british flown thrown and next year he'll become a big brother. time for sports. jamie apody is standing by live at the big board, jamie. >> shirleen, nick foles may not have the best season so far but after last year he's a household name. there's the guy the rams are counting on sunday you may have never heard of him. his name is austin davis ram's third strippinger after -- was lost free season and shawn hill lost week one the job went to kid walk on at southern mississippi he through 754 yards, three touch doupdz and three interception in two and a half games behind center and because of that eagle can not afford to overlook him. >> we have to prepare like i've been saying like we're playing tom braider payton mann

it's a great cleaning agent all around, amy buckman explains in this saving with 6abc. >> reporter: ifve got messes from your head like the curling iron to your toes like your sneakers there's one inexpensive cleaning product you can use to take care of them all. tooth paste. >> it's a great cleaner and saves you money. not only does it cost pennies, but it will save your items. >> reporter: dyi hip chicks shows us how to get rid of the rust stains off the bottom of an iron. >> it gets rid of all the begunking. the same thing you do with -- rid of all the gunk. >> tooth paste is good for cleaning sneakers. >> reporter: i can't tell you the collection of bitter buckman boys -- of dirty buckman boy sneakers in my house. you can get crayon off the wall. >> reporter: with that said i'm going to write on her wall. >> it's going to save many kids from the timeout torner. >> reporter: beth shared a tip that you can use tooth paste for, if you have a piano you can use the dry brush with tooth paste to clean the ivory keys. >>> a who's who's of hollywood comedians have assigned up for the film

i am amy buckman on phl17. >>> this next story is gross if you are eating a snack right now. corral. they immediately spit out a gray rodent. they think it's a rat's head with curly ears and a snagle tooth. >> when you saw it i ran to the bathroom and threw up. i couldn't get the taste out of my mouth. >> what did it taste like? >> nasty. >> wilson's friends called over the waitress. the restaurant comped his meal. he felt queasy and went to the emergency room. golden corral is looking into the matter. they are confirming if it really happened. wilson hired an attorney. or you have successful grossed me out. >> it was not hard with that story. >>> i am trying to shake it off, jamie. seriously. >>> now, you are going to me. that is not fair. i am questions a questionsi am . and the team missed him. he had 20 tackles. and evan mat mathas has been cleared. he can't come of the injuried list until week 10. and kelce is ahead of the schedule. jeff skversky caught up with a few eagles yesterday. >> we are well rested. coach did a great job to give us time off and decompression. >>

with 6abc this noon with halloween almost here it's time to think about the perfect costume, as amy buckmaney to have a great "fright night." >> reporter: halloween is quickly approaching before you shell out big bucks at a costume store check out your local thrift shop. here at the goodwill, you can save big. >> halloween will be for adults this career, it's on friday night, come to goodwill and have some fun. >> reporter: if you're creative you can find what you need to make in-demand costumes like these from frozen. >> this is regular gown painted with glitter and jewels. this is a table cloth that sells for 99 cents. this little if you fur is a 1.9. the wig was 4.99. anna is more remarkable bus this is not a dress, this a table cloth and one piece vest and apply tape and construction paper. >> reporter: this nerd costume was less than $11. the shop has ready-made costumes some brand new in their original packaging and some gently used. >> they are beautiful costumes that somebody spent a lot of money on, we sell them for 24.99. >> reporter: whether you're the creative type, or like the

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