. >>> there is a new miss in america, tonight, "action news" reporter annie mccormack has been in atlantic city which all of the action and she has the store, hi, annie. >> reporter: hey sarah, lets get right to the video that everybody wants to see the crowning of miss america. >> it is a three pete, miss new york. report report that is right, it is a triple crown for the state of new york, watch reigns miss america nina, places crown on new miss america 2015. again, for the third year in a row winner is miss new york, this year it is m miissss n new, and it is so exciting. >> good luck. >> reporter: for second year in the row back in atlantic city and televised live on abc miss america did not disappoint. two hour long special the make it past the the first cut. surprising especially for miss pennsylvania who won talent portion in the preliminaries. going into the show though family and friend beamed with pride. miss delaware's parents did not care if she won they are proud of her platform domestic violence. brittany lewis sister was a victim of homicide. >> she is allowing the tragedy t

annie mccormack joins us live in atlantic city tonight with all of the excitement, hi annie. >> reporter: thinks a bright light atlantic city needed after a really tough year here. i can tell you competition is still going on behind me in historic boardwalk hall. they are in the evening wear portion of the competition. i have to tell thaw our local girls, miss parks miss delaware, and miss new jersey did not make it past first cut but i can also tell you they had a love of proud fans out here today. dressed to the nine's people filed in to much was is america inside the competition's home, boardwalk hall. from ohio, to washington, people traveled far to watch one of new jersey's favorite traditions. >> we love atlantic city, it is home. >> reporter: anxious parents of miss delaware, william brenda lewis held daughter brittany sign high. >> miss delaware. >> reporter: lewis, born and raised in brigantine, new jersey, temple grad who lives in wilmington used tragedy of her sister's murder to hurdle her platform of domestic violence. >> tragedy that transformed her into someone that will be

he is brother of the district attorney of the dauphin county, pennsylvania and married to annie mccormack. >>> hundreds of volunteers expand out in charlottesville virginia to search for a college student missing for a week now. hanna graham was last seen in the early morning hours of september 13th, and investigators have spoken with a man they believe was with her in a bar the night that she was missing. police tell abc news that he and jesse matthews, searched his car and apartment but so far, no charges have been filed. >>> well, we all know that philadelphia police officers have guts, but today was a chance to see just how gutsy they really are. sixteenth annual hero thrilled showed was held today at wells fargo center and nora muchanic was there. >> reporter: do not try this at home. dare devil stunts like these are the specialties of the philadelphia police high waste patrol motorcycle drill team. the big draw every year is the hero thrill show. >> it is amaze to go me, this is my first time here and i'm enjoying every minute of it. >> reporter: hero thrill show has a long history

for now live in holland, pennsylvania, annie mccormack channel 6 "action news." >> a delaware neighborhoodying o'keeping an eye out for burglars breaking in in broad daylight. wilmington police tracked thefts occurring in the past few weeks in the hedgeville section of the city. they're getting in through first floor doors and windows. the same part of wilmington saw another rash of burglaries back in may of this year with sixburgh lears in a six-day period. >>> also in delaware police released a sketch of a suspected rapist. a 29 year old woman says she was sexually assaulted on the 1600 block of coleman street in wilmington. police were called to the scene late wednesday night of last week. the suspect you see there is described as a black nan his early 20's about 5-foot seven and thin. he was driving an older model silver sedan with temporary delaware tags. anyone with information should call new castle county police. >> philadelphia police are looking for the teenager who fired the shot that came within an inch or two of killing a nine-year-old boy. the shooting happened yesterday afte

his wife is "action news" reporter annie mccormack. >>> a bill to give much needed cash to the fill school district has won approval from the state house of representatives. yesterday, the house passed that bill, authorizing a $2 a pack cigarette tax in the city and now goes back to the senate. if they sign off on it, pennsylvania governor tom corbett has said he would as well. if it becomes law district officials say the cigarette tax will pump about 83 million-dollar a year into the philadelphia schools. >>> a rally in pennsylvania, capitol rotunda in harrisburg on the issue of hate crimes. one state senator is calling on law make tours pass legislation that would expand the state's hate crime protection law to include rest bee an, gay, by sexual and transgendered sittens. that comes as charges could be filed in the high profile incident that left two gay men hurt. police represented their findings on the case to the d.a.'s office yesterday and detectives believe that some people should, their word, be charged. police commissioner charles ramsey says the the state hate crimes stat the ou

from dauphin county pennsylvania and married to "action news" reporter annie mccormack. >>> nursers at crozer-chester medical center are set to go on strike tomorrow morning. roughly 600 nurses are set to walk off the job at 7:00 a.m. plan toys strike for two days. at issue staffing, pay cuts and pension funding but a spokesperson for the hospital says staffing levels are fine, and nurses there are among the highest paid in the state with full-time registered nurses averaging more than $100,000 a year. >>> it was a football game half century in the making for a school in philadelphia. for the first time in a 50 year history, strawberry mansion high school hosted a home varsity football game today. strawberry mansion knights played kip collegiate academy which is also a new team. knights coach said this is something special. >> boys were out here laying the foundation for the house that we're trying to build. years from now, these guys can take pride in the fact that they were here and they started this from nothing. >> it means a lot for my son to be playing not on the streets doing an

his wife is an "action news" reporter annie mccormack. >>> tolly give much needed cash to the philadelphia school district has won approval from the state house of representatives the. yesterday the house passed the bill authorizing a $2 a pack cigarette tax, in the city, and then it goes back to the senate, if the senate signs off on it, governor corbett said wow as well. if it the becomes law district officials say that cigarette tax will cost about $83 million a year in the philadelphia will school district. >>> our time right now 5:17. governor chris christie says weight looks surgery he than went early last year is working. he is revealing he has shed 85-pound. this is video of the governor in camden this month. christie underwent lap band surgery in february of last year. according to the new york times he revealed his weight looks to potential campaign donors at an event on friday but it is evidently, working, the lap band surgery for the governor, and for a lot of people dealing with health issues that surgery has help in the past. so we will continue to follow that. >>> all right.