our dann -- dann cuellar was in texas and got this story. >> reporter: nina pham was moved yesterday, late thursday the special plane carrying the 26-year-old arrived in frederick, maryland. the hospital conceded that moving her was the right decision that many of their medical professionals that would staff the icu were sidelined for monitoring. haz/mat decontaminating the apartment building of the second nurse who got it. in another development. the dallas county commissioners met in an emergency session to consider issuing a disaster declaration, but in the end decided against it for now. >> the key issue is the healthcare workers that came in contact with mr. duncan to make sure that they monitor themselves and stay away from all public places. >> reporter: now it's still unclear how the two nurses got it, but national in your presences united a union representing nurses blames the hospital for not providing proper information in a timely manner. the hospital said it was following cdc guidelines, from now on any worker who shows any symptoms will be tested pro actively for ebola.

he is live in norristown montgomery count which the capital defense, how are you, dann. >> reporter: ragu yandamuri placed his own life in his own lands by choose to go die even if himself. he faces a death sentence after being convicted of two counts of murder one. >> i think it is fair to say he was stunned. he thought that he was going to have a different verdict. >> reporter: ragu yandamuri showed no emotion as guilty verdicts were read. twenty year-old information technology work shore came to u.s. from india was convicted of killing a 61 year-old grandmother and her ten month-old granddaughter saanvi venna in their king of prussia apartment. >> we have gotten one step close inert closure of this for the venna family. it has been a long struggle, for them, two years. >> reporter: prosecutors have argued yandamuri plot todd kidnap the baby for ransom to feed his gambling habit which was spiraling out of control but things went horribly wrong and police say he later confessed to the killings. yandamuri had argued touring testimony that the testimony was coerced and tried to blame

dann cuellar is live outside that hunting park home where criminals were running the bogus store, dann. >> reporter: monica, police say they were rob rite aide to open up their own rite aide in the basement have of their home in the 4400 block of north seventh. police say they had a surveillance system to keep an eye out for shoplifters. this is 36 year-old juan augusto of hunting park the allege operator of the store. police say he behind coast heart edwin barge owes maintain a well stacked convenient store in the basement of the home. you can find just about anything you'd need, from shampoos, hand lotions, razors, baby products, you name it. >> detective were amazed by the sophistication of the operation. >> reporter: big problem was american, upwards of $50,000, had been stolen from rite aide. police say it appears the that the men had a deal with miguel ortiz who drove trucks to and from the rite aide warehouse at one jeffery road in fair less hills. police say a loss prevention officer for the company who was investigating losses in inventory saw ortiz park his truck in the darke

first, to dann cuellar in dallas, texas ground zero for the ebola investigation. dann? >> monica, it is certainly contrary to what federal health officials are advising, but it got a lot of attention here today. texas governor rick perry calling for a ban on air travellers from country with ebola except for the aide workers fighting the disease. >> based on recent and ongoing developments, i believe it is the right policy to ban air travel from countries that have been hit hardest by the ebola outbreak. >> texas governor rick perry concedes that mistakes were made after ebola was first discovered in his state. specifically pointing to the air travel of the dallas nurse, amber vinson. he says from the c.d.c. to the hospital it was indefensible that she flew from ohio to dallas after she said she had a low-great fever. and a carnival cruise with a health care worker on board who cared for duncan in isolation. they same the worker was put in isolation after contacted by the c.d.c. officials. and ordering health care workers treating thomas duncan before he died were told t

right outside pgw headquarters tonight "action news" reporter dann cuellar, dann. >> reporter: well, jim, it appears that the nation's largest city owned gas utility will remain just that for now, city own. council as you say has effectively killed a $1.86 billion deal to sell to it a connecticut company. >> i think what we have heard and what we saw today is quite possibly the biggest cop out that we have seen in recent legislative history in philadelphia. >> he clearly did not have the support for this. i cannot really say that anybody supports this proposal as submitted. that is the mayor's responsibility. >> reporter: city council president darryl clark and other members of the council say risk of possible sale to uil holdings out weighed benefits. mayor nutter estimated the sale would pump between 40600 million-dollar in the cities under funded pension plan. council says that number would more likely be, between 20,400,000,000. >> this was highest price offered by 33 companies. it has the best terms and conditions for our citizens, for our customers, for the work force, and for

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the satellite center tonight and dann, you have all of the details. >> reporter: that is right canada's prime minister says that this was a terror attack. this is more clear tonight that the man shot dead on parliament hill was acting as a lone wolf. dozens of gunshots echoed through hallways of canada's parliament [gunfire] >> reporter: this is as dozens of armed officers tried to locate and isolate the gun man, canadian prime minister steven harper rushed away. some members of the parliament were also rush out of the building while others barricaded doors with chairs and tables. >> literally i was taking off my jacket to go in the caucus. i hear pop, pop, pop. possibly gunshots. i didn't really know. >> call for shots fired, one solder has been hit. >> reporter: earlier the the gun man shot a canadian ceremonial solder standing guard at the national war memorial. tomb of the unknowns. >> i yelled out to my guys, there is a by shooting, everyone get down. >> reporter: solder, corporal nathan sirillo later died this picture taken moments

dann cuellar, "channel~6 action news." >>> thank you, dann. the pennsylvania government porn scandal led to the suspension of a supreme court justice. one seat will remain vacant for a time. he sent or received 240 e-mails containing pornography. mccaffery apologized calling it a lapse in judgment. >>> people caught with small a marijuana will no longer end up with a criminal record. carrying an ounce less of marijuana is punishable to a $25 fine. smoking in public leads to $100 fine or community service. >>> as expected the battle own the teachers contract is fought in the courts. a judge blocked the school district for making teachers pay for part of their health care. that is part of the preliminary injunction as they cancelled the teacher's contract. they staged a massive protest last week. the s.r.c. appealed today's decision. >>> the c.d.c. issued guidelines how health care workers should street the patients with ebola. it calls for garb that leaves no part of the bodies that exposed. it's the donning and doffin doff the protective gear.

dann is live in camden tonight and dann, you've got details here. >> reporter: that is right, brian. here we go again, two girls being pummeled and in one putting the cell phone camera down to help. a warning to our viewers, some of you may find footage too disturbing to watch. this was the scene last tuesday at a park across the street from camden, high school. two students being pummeled by a group of nine other students, just after school let out. >> i was in fear. i didn't know what to think or what was going on. i knew i was hitting someone. the it felt like five different people hitting me at once. >> reporter: sixteen year-old anesthesia castille say it began in school when a girl called her shoes dirty and she called her ugly. after school castille was walking home with her cousin, keyano blockington when they were attack. >> i was trying to see if i would survive. i could not see out of my eye. i'm surprised i can see new today because when i first got done fighting my eye ias closed. i could not see anything. >> reporter: what hurt relatives was to see onlookers video tapin

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is outside texas health presbyterian tonight with the latest, dann. >> reporter: monica in the wake of criticism of how texas health presbyterian handled first ebola patient here ever when he this patient here and he died and today staff members were olding rally in support of employer and staff members who cared for thomas dunkin. carrying signs which stated i am presby proud and wearing tees saying presby united they were outside the hospital today the rally comes a day after texas nurse's union and staff members criticized hospital for failing to give proper information and training on how to deal with ebola. two nurses subsequently contracted the disease and are being treated at emory in atlanta and another nih bethesda, maryland several others have been ordered to stay afriday for 21 days until danger of developing ebola passed. rick perry said mistakes were made from cdc to hospital in handling ebola. >> air travel in fact how this disease corss borders and it is certainly how to got to texas in the first place. >> with exception of medical tea

we're live at central bucks west doylestown i'm dann cuellar "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, dann. ducis rodgers there are a lot of terrific high school football programs in the area and few with the heritage of central bucks west. >> jim the call, cb west football program a storied program may not do it justice despite being 2-6 this season this is a school competing for championships year in and out. dominant since late 70s over late coach cb west won eight titles since 19 78 and 90s school ripped off three straight championships and tenton junior head cope of the browns. he tells "action news" tonight he is saddened by today's news. he knows some of the coaches on the staff. petin says he's certain they didn't promote or condone this in any way. if he had a school aged son, today, he would not has tate to have his son play for the coach. >> thank you, ducis. >> a gun incident at malvern prep high school today landed twod men behind bars. police arrested 22-year-old jabree richardson ofard moore and 59-year-old michael o'brien of glen mills they were using 2 caliber rifle to sho

that's the latest from there, dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, dap. continuing team coverage and health reporter and registered nurse alley gore map live in at lap ta tonight. good eveningeveningally. >> good evening, monica. is that the where amber vin september is not being treated and tonight in there's new concerns she may have had symptoms a few days earlier than once thought. meaning she could have been contagious a few days yerl are earlier than once thought. today cdc officials are facing tough questions. >> top helm officials including tom frieden were grilleded today on capitol hill about response to ebola cases in the united states. >>> hot officials from the dallas hospital where two nurses were infected state nurses were wearing protective gear prefer cdc protocol and admit the nurse he's no special training on ebola and as for thomas dunkin the first person to die of ebola in the united states. >> despite our best intentions and highly skilled medical team we have made mistakes. we did not correctly identify those symptoms of those of eb

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is following the raghunandan yandamuri trial in norristown, dann. >> reporter: raghunandan yandamuri chose to defend himself, the result he faces a possible death sentence after being quick of two counts of murder one. >> i think it is fair to say he was stunned. he thought that he would have a different verdict. >> reporter: raghunandan yandamuri showed no emotion, 28 year-old information technology work shore came to the u.s. on a work visa from india was convicted of killing 61 year-old grandmother and saanvi venna in their king of prussia apartment. >> we've gotten one step closer in the closure of this for the venna a family. it has been a long struggle, for them, two years. >> reporter: prosecutors have argued yandamuri plot todd kidnap the baby for ransom to feed his gambling habit which was spiraling out of control but things went wrong and police say he later confessed to the killings. yandamuri argued during testimony that the confession was coerced and tried to blame two strangers he says forced them into it but he never explain how he en

first, to dann cuellar in dallas, texas ground zero for the ebola investigation. dann?monica, it is certainly contrary to what federal health officials are advising, but it got a lot of attention here today. texas governor rick perry calling for a ban on air travellers from country with ebola except for the aide workers fighting the disease. >> based on recent and ongoing developments, i believe it is the right policy to ban air travel from countries that have been hit hardest by the ebola outbreak. >> texas governor rick perry concedes that mistakes were made after ebola was first discovered in his state. specifically pointing to the air

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is following the big story live tonight, dann, what is the latest. >> reporter: shirleen, detectives working swiftly from the special victims june to it make an arrest have charged 25 year-old brandon, in the brutal sexual assault and robbery as it turns out police say he wan the resident of the homeless shelter just a few blocks away from the art school here in chinatown, where the incident happened over the weekend. police say they are confident that brandon menially is man captured on surveillance foot and beating the the 45 year-old woman inside her art studio in the 100 block of north ninth. >> he enters in the front of the store and forced her in the rear office area of the store itself. >> reporter: it was around 8:00 a.m. the own are had opened the doors for the start of children's art classes. she was still loan inside when the suspect walk in and the beating and sexual assault happened. >> very violent assault. you see a good portion of it on the video. >> reporter: police say victim offered him machine toy stop so he took $600 fled. sourc

dann cuellar is live at police head quartsers with the full story tonight. dann. >> so, message to dirt bike and atv operators police say party is over they're coming after the machines and if they see you operating them and once they get them they're not giving them back. >> a city police impound garage filled one dirt pikes and tavrment vs con fis okayed over the weekend in northern section of sit yes this on the latest crackdown of vehicles illegal to operate in philadelphia. >> one of the operators of the dirt bikes behind you had a gun on him he was arrested for that. two dirt bikes were stolen and they were able to arrest the operators of those bikes. >> it comes dangerous ride 100 men dirt bikes and atvs raidsing through the city's busiest streets. this what was supposed to be a vigil in memory of slain fellow dirt biker. >> there's a lot of danger though. >> they drove to broad and south philadelphia and broad and north philadelphia and in a whim turned down one street and another and cut off a gas tanker and there were multiple times they cut off sc

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live in middletown tonight, dann. >> reporter: jim, police say someone had been stealing these signs the last few days so campaign work are stake out the area to see who was doing it. it appears to be husband of the democratic state senator bethenny hall long behind this and it was all captured on videotape. >> yo, man what are you doing this for? what are you doing this for? >> don't stop me. >> i can stop you. >> those aren't your signs budd. >> reporter: police say it was 4:00 o'clock this morning as campaign worker confronted a a man removing their political signs on delaware 299 near route one intersection. >> there is no name on these signs. >> yes, they are, right here property of the republican party. >> we got you brother. we have your license plate, your face and everything. >> reporter: police identified the man as 54 year-old dana long, husband of the delaware state senator bethenny hall long. a warrant has been issued for his arrest. we caught up with him tonight. mr. long, any charges on the charges filed begins you. >> on the advic

"action news" reporter dann cuellar was there. >> unaudible. >> reporter: over a hundred casino workers, members of the local 54 of the unite here union and others shut down the expressway entrance into atlantic city. >> what do we want people. >> reporter: move was deemed an act of civil disobedience to protest contract give backs to keep trump taj mahal opened. trump entertainment resorts is threatening to close taj november 13th unless union gives up health insurance and pension plan. the union says absolutely not. >> we will not give it up and we will negotiate this contract in the street, not on the table. >> reporter: company has asked billion air investor karl i can to take it over and invest hundred million-dollar to keep the taj opened. ican owns tropicana and won't agree to contract concessions. >> six major operators extended contract to march so we can get through this cat trove that i we are dealing with. >> reporter: four of the 12 casinos have already closed this year, although revel's new owner plans to reopen it. ican was unavailable for comment but tells the the press

dan is at dann cuellar and ali's is at ali gorman 6 abc. we have the latest on 6abc.com. >>> a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike left a tractor trailer hanging over the side of a buck county overpass today. it also caused a fuel spill that went right into neshaminy creek and cleaning up that wreckage is just the beginning of the process here. >> there is a lot to go on and the police investigate of course and the cleanup of the creek of the oil spill continues at this hour. at this hour, traffic is getting back to normal moving normally westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike here in bucks county. after the spectacular vehicle accident that fortunately did not cost lives or serious injury. this tractor trailer jackknifed over the neshaminy bridge. the driver was able to exit. state police did not say what his condition is. there was a major backup in the westbound lanes approaching route 1 as 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked into the creek. they dispatch aid private company to clean up the oil mess and they do not see any major environme

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is following this story live and dann, riders say that they did this as a tribute to a murdered dirt bike enthusiast. >> reporter: ahh, that is right shirleen for a while this afternoon city streets were taken over, in what was supposed to be a memorial tribute by men on dirt bikes and atv's but for hundreds of hot motorist and pedestrians across the city, things got down right scary and dangerous. it was supposed to be a vigil in memory of the slain fellow dirt biker, but it quickly turned into a dangerous ride of hundred men on dirt bikes and atv riding through some of the it is busiest streets. >> it was wild, it was dangerous. >> yes. >> they drove from broad in south philadelphia to broad and north philadelphia and at a whim they turned down one street and then another, here they cut off a gasoline tanker and weaved through traffic at the intersection there were multiple times when they cut off school buses a and drove around on both sides of them. elaine stern was in her car at forty-sixth and lancaster on her way home and got caught up and could

we're live in dallas, i'm dann cuellar, "action news" at 10 on phl17. >>> thank you, dann. the children's hospital of philadelphia is one of several pediatric hospitals designated to care for children who contract the ebola virus. chop has internal ebola task force that spent months planning the processes that are necessary for proper care. there are zero cases here right now. and stay with "action news" for continuing coverage of ebola. we'll have more live reports and updates on "abc news" app around the clock. >>> back at home tonight the kind of gamble no parent want to take. a lottery tonight to determine which charter school students and stay and which have to go leaving moms and dads with tough task of finding a new place to educate their children. by tomorrow morning. "action news" reporter chad pradelli was there as parents got that news tonight in northern liberties. chad. >> reporter: brian, really an emotional night walter d. palmer charter school these parents enrolled their students or sons and daughters here in the first place to get a better education. now t

dann cuellar, "channel~6 action news." >>> thank you. the fight against ebola came to our 6abc studio as we hosted a special phone bank. they joined the members of liberian community to help to collect donations from the public. >> the telethon this afternoon has enabled us to get good information to our community and to west africa and to ensure that people are safe. >> the res cross has 4,000 volunteers on the ground in west africa how to protect themselves. the money raised will help those volunteers stay stay of. we hosted a channel on facebook with a local doctor and disease expert answering your questions about ebola. we have the entire q & a on our action facebook page. there is plenty of coverage on her website at 6abc.com. we have a list of five things that you need to know about the virus. >>> and still to come on "action news" tonight. they are offering a fertility benefit for women. plus with the deadline at midnight. >>> cecily. >>> we are tracking a system that has a history of the violent weather including tornadoes headin

. >> dann cuellar is live in middletown and dann, you have details on the big story tonight. >> reporter: well, brian, police say someone had been stealing republican political signs over the last few days owe campaign workers staked out the area to see who was behind this. police say ate appears to be husband of the democratic state senator bethenny hall long who was behind this and it was all captured on videotape. >> what are you doing this for? what are you doing this for? hey, don't stop me. those are not your signs, budd. >> reporter: it was 4:00 this morning republican campaign workers confronted a man who was removing the political signs on delaware 299 near route one intersection. >> there is no name on these signs. >> yes, they are right here. right here, property of the republican party. >> we've got you brother, we've got your license plate, your face and everything. >> reporter: police identified the man as damon long, husband of the bethenny hall long, a warrant has been issued for his arrest. we caught up with him tonight. mr. licensing, any comment on the charges filed ag

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is following the big story live from the satellite center, dann. >> reporter: shirleen in, a admission today the nation's top disease fighting agency says it failed to do all it should have done, that it could have done more to prevent ebola from spreading from a liberia man who died last week in dallas to the nurse who was treating him. the the director for centers for disease control and prevention say they've bowl a response teams that will be sent out to hospitals, as soon as the patient is diagnosed with ebola, also, more training will be offered to health care workers as cdc tries to calm fears nationwide in retrospect with 2020 hindsight we could have sent a more robust hospital infection control team and been more hand on with the hospital from day one. >> reporter: texas nurse, nina pham has been improving and her condition upgraded to good as officials continue to investigate how despite wearing full protective gear she contracted ebola while treating thomas duncan the patient who died last week. >> we are surging resource these to dallas

dann cuellar is live on north broad street with the full story tonight. dann. >>reporter:jim, for a while the city streets across the city were taken over by men on a.t.v.s and dirt bikes. it was supposed to be a memorial tribute. things were scary and dangerous. it was supposed to be a vinyl memory of a slain dirt biker. they rode to broad and north philadelphia. here they cut off a gasoline tanker and there were multiple times when they cut off school buses. elaine stern was on her way home and got caught up in it and could not move. >> the operator was grilling me. did i see any knives? did i see that? i specified i was in my car. i had been surrendered. there is a mob scene. you need to send someone. >>reporter:they are driving on sidewalks. here they ran through a red light. >> it was like a thuggish type of atmosphere and ran through the red lights. to me it was dangerous. >>reporter:it was supposed to be in memory of kyrell tyler. he was gunned down last week after sitting in his car. he was shot nine times. by whom or why it is still unknown. many that

we spoke exclusively to "action news" reporter dann cuellar and he is live in lindenwald, dann? report report well, shirleen thinks a compelling story of a woman who wasn't about to give into her assailant despite being pepper sprayed in the face. looking back at it now she surprised even herself, that she fought off her assailant in some kind of survival instinct kicked in. it happened here in the joel court at 1:45 a.m., 66 year-old retired school teach shore asked we not show her face was coming down the stairs from the second floor when she saw a man starting to come up the stairs. >> i, of course, said something ridiculous like who are you? and, he was very quick and he came up and i proceeded down. >> reporter: instead of running away victim charged down the burglar whog bpepper y face. >> my eyes were burning but i kept my eyes opened because i had to get out of there he tried to grab my purse but it fell, and i'm screaming and making all this noise. >> reporter: the 66 year-old widow was so angry that someone would break into her home by breaking a basement window. with

the as "action news" reporter dann cuellar reports there are a arrests tonight, he is live in hunting park tonight, dann. >> reporter: shirleen, police say they were robbing from rite aide to open up their own rite aide in the basement of their home in the 44 hundred block of north seventh street. police say it had a surveillance system to keep an eye out for shoplifters. thinks 36 year-old juan agusto of hunting park the operator of the store. police say he and his cohort, he had bird vargas maintained for all intent and purposes appeared to be a well stock convenient store in the basement of the home. you could fine just about anything you would need from shampoo, hand lotions, razors, baby products, you name it. >> detectives were a amazed by the operation. >> reporter: big problem is american, upwards of 50 you this dollars, had been stolen from rite aide. police say it appears that the men had a deal with miguel ortiz drove trucks to and from the rite aide warehouse at one jeffery road in fair less hslls. police say loss prevention officer for the company who was investigating lo

live from the sat center, i'm dann cuellar for "action news" at ten on phl17. >> dann, thank you. >>> it has been as you know a damp, dreary day. sky six looking live at philadelphia international airport. it is slick runways, little bit of win out there tonight. we are told delays are averaging about 25 minutes there right now. >> it turns out these showers are going to last, into tomorrow. meteorologist adam joseph is watching storm tracker six double scan tonight, adam, is what the word. >> expect those delays to continue tomorrow morning, west tarmac and wet roads for us in the rush hour as we look the at double scan live radar right now, generally it is light rain but still, insult to injure after an entire day with cool temperatures, wind and that rain. as we look at double scan live, the motion coming from the north to the south and most of the steadier rainfall is from philadelphia a, throughout the entire state of new jersey. southern delaware. little bit more potty farther north and west you are from the city of philadelphia. in fact rainfall totals, less north and west away

. >> and now the latest on ebola in america, reporter dann cuellar is in route to dallas and ali gorman is headed to atlanta where the cdc is based and several patients have been treated. look for their live reports starting tonight on "action news." follow them both on twitter. at dann cuellar and at ali gorman 6 abc. >>> a multivehicle accident caused traffic to back up on moreland avenue, you can see the truck and a car to the right and no one was hurt but it slowed down the commute. hundreds of senior his to be evacuated when their high rise lost power. the lights went out at 4:00 yesterday and the seniors were moved to the park view apartment and when we arrived the crews were trying to firm the blown electrical switch gear, they hope to have it on by 5:00, 5:30 but it's only a temporary fix. >> the 11th annual pennsylvania conference for women was underway today featuring an all-star lineup from career and everything in between, including discussions on gender equality. thousands of women were in town for the event and it was filled with inspiration and advice from women on the mo

risk to other passengers were very low, but the news is not sitting well with passengers tonight, dann cuellar has more from philadelphia international airport. >> the director of the cdc says that the 29-year-old nurse that contracted ebola should not have been on a plane for 21 days, because she was one of 77 workers that came in contact with thomas duncan who later died of it. >> we'll make sure no other individual being monitored for exposure undergoes travel other thank controlled movement. >> the cdc is reaching out to all the passengers that were on board frontier flight 1143 and it has passengers here concerns. >> i am very concerned and i hope they did what they need to do. >> i had read about it, and i was a little nervous. i think that the airlines are trying to do the best they can to take care of everyone's fears. >> well, of course it's a concern but you can't stop living life, have you to travel for business or whatever. it would be nice if people stayed home if they think they are sick versus getting on the airplane. >> the feds have set up a quarantine room at the inte

dann cuellar reports from dallas. >> reporter: carrying signs which stated i him presbyterian proud, 50 staff members rallied outside the hospital. the rally comes a day after a texas nurses union and staff members criticized the hospital for failing to give proper information and training on how to deal ebola. two nurses contracted the disease and being treated at emory in atlanta at that and another at the nih in maryland. meanwhile, governor rick perry said mistakes were made from the cdc to the hospital in the handling of ebola. >> air travel is in fact how this disease crosses borders. it's how it got to texas in the first place. >> reporter: the governor is calling for a ban on air travel for countries hardest hit by the deadly virus. >> based on recent and on going developments i believe it is possible to ban air travel from countries hit hardest by the ebola outbreak. >> reporter: the carnival crews ship was turned away from mexico after it learned that a healthcare who handled duncan was on a board. from the national institute of health, word that nina pham is if fatigued, b

. >> dann cuellar is now live with more. >> reporter: hey rick, delaware county public health officials have a plan ready to go should ebola make its way here. now they are working this summer on how to respond specifically to ebola, the delaware county ebola and task force is made up of emergency responders, police and hospitals and municipal health officers, the goal is to have the most accurate information and respond accordingly to any suspects case of the deadly disease, officials say that in this day and age, a contagious virus like this is only a plane ride away and they have to be ready for the possibility. >> with viruses, they do not have borders or boundaries, so we have to be prepared. we have a very melting pot community, we have a community from west africa, we have a community, a large immigrant population from all parts of world and we must take the necessary precaution. >> dr. george is delaware county's senior medical adviser and he adds that the ebola situation is developing minute by minute and they want their health care sponsors to have the best and latest informat

keep saying the compassion is contagious and it's just heart are overflowing it means so much. >> dann cuellar, chapel 6abc news. >> still to come on "action news" tonight the health benefits of talking about other people behind their backs. >> the nypd releases new details about the hatchet-wielding lone wolf who wept after new york city police and local entrepreneur whose smart phone app for emergency landed him on shark tank today. >> high of 70. i'm tracking cooler air and gustsy wind for the weekend. i'll have details in the accuweather forecast. >> "high school huddle" coming up and jamie apody tells us which eagles are on the bubble for the first game after the bye week and quarter million is up for grabs in the mega millions drawing when "action news" for grabs in the mega millions drawing when "action news" continues tonight ♪ there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru. or was it that tree? (man) introducing the all-new subaru outback. love. it's

we are live here now at central bucks, dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> state police have identified the teenager killed in a crash at 12:30 in white marsh township. 18-year-old michael graham of norristown was a passenger in the car that struck a guardrail and struck a tractor trailer, and graham had to be freed where he died a short time later, they were taken to abington moment real hospital. >>> now judge thomasina tynes allegedly accepted a $2,000 bracelet from a businessman turned informant. david henry is live at police headquarters, david what is the details here? >> it's sad, she is 71 years old and could have eased in retirement after serving as judge of traffic court instead tynes spent the day in a holding cell here at police headquarterers all for a $2,000 tiffany bracelet. >> this is an example of tangible evidence of the quid pro quo. >> the d.a. says that judge tynes accepted the bracelet as a gift for a lucrative contract but that businessman was an informant wearing a wire. >> he said we are not going to the park right? we are trying to go to

live in police headquarters dann cuellar, "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> thank you, dann. it may be a new clue in the six week search for accused cop-killer eric frein. police are testing blood found at a home in can den sis. the person that lives there found blood spots near the chicken coop and there's no sign it comes from one of the chickens. he's been open the run since ambushing straight troopers in september 12 killing one and openeding the area. >> obama administration says it con vaipd concerns to the governors of new jersey and new york about the states mandatory ebola quarantine and a nurse is in garn teen now at new jersey hospital because she had contact with ebola patients in west africa. casey hickcox is showing no symptoms. chris christy says she cannot leave an isolation tept three weeks. hickcox lawyer plans to file a federal lawsuit to get her sglout these decisions should be based on medical fact. not on fear. nor myth. >> top federal health officials state quarantine policy is not necessary and called the policy not grounded in science. they fear it co

dann, thank you very much. the world health organization is admitting failures in efforts to stop the unprecedented ebola outbreak in west africa. internal memo noted people responding to the outbreak should have realized traditional methods of containing infectious disease with not work in the region due to poor health systems and open borders and blamed incompetent staff and own bureaucracy. there has been mainy fingers pointed at centers for disease control. "action news" reporter and registered nurse ali gorman is at the headquarters in atlanta with more on that. >> cdc has faced criticism but decision to appoint a new leader makes sense because health officials here already have their plates full and this job will not be easy. >> any help is welcome. >> that cdc medical officer francisco alverado reacting to at noupsment that president obama named ebola guard. he is ron claim. in the past he served as chief of staff to both vice president joe biden and al gore and he tackled the financial crisis. but some

i'm dann cuellar, "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> dann, fourteen age girls seen fighting in this video are charged with aggravated assault. teens say they beat two other girls in farnam park near camden high school and young people looked on and recorded the beating until a nearby police officer spot whad was happening and broke it up. the four girls arrested were 14, 15, and 16 years old. >> and tiffany charm place let is center of corruption allegations and former president judge philadelphia traffic court and investigators say thomas -- took 2,000 piece of jewelry from businessman seeking contract with the court. that businessman happened to be undercover informant wearing a wire during alleged transaction. philadelphia district attorney picked up the case after pennsylvania's attorney general kathleen kane dropped it citing informants own crimes and racial motivation. tynes is charged with prescribery sglont heads were bowed in atlantic city tonight for a vij nil support of the city's laid off casino workers, mayor don guardian joined local clergy at the second baptist church to ki

here's "action news" reporter dann cuellar. >>> i think it's fair to say he was stunned. he thought that she was going to have a different verdict. >> he showed no emotion as the guilty verdictists were read. the 28-year-old information technology worker that came to u.s. on work visa from india cause convicted after killing a woman and her granddaughter in their king of prussia apartment. >>> we have gotten one step closer in the closure of this for the venna family. it's been a long struggle for them, two years. >> prosecutors argued that he plotted to kidnap the baby for ran some to feed a gambling habit spiraling out of control and things went wrong and he later confessed to the killings. he argued during testimony the confession was coerced and he tried to blame two strangers. his standby lawyers believe he made a terrible mistake representing himself. >> absolutely. as a lawyer i would have representing him i would have went in different direction and hopefully would have come to at least save his life. >> during the penalty phase of the trial the defense presented

and first, dann in dallas. >> air travel is in fact how this disease crosses borders. and it certainly is how it got to texas in the first place. >> texas governor rick perry concedes that mistakes were made after ebola was first discovered in the state. specifically reporting to the air travel of dallasers in, amber vinson. from the c.d.c. to the hospital, it was indefensive that she was able to fly after she said she had a low-grade fever. and on a cruise ship, a health care worker who handled the speaks man from duncan and she was placed and they ordered 70 health care workers who treated thomas duncan before he died to avoid the public completely for 21 days until the danger of developing ebola passed. the ambulance that cared nurse nina pham to the airport for the trip to maryland was one specifically made to carry the ebola patients. wrapped in plastic floor to ceiling. >> and you can come in getting better, decrease in diarrhea and vomiting but are still very tired. this virus knocks you out. >> and governor rick perry reminded the public that the chances of con