live in springfield,aware county dann cuellar. >>> thank you, dann. you can see video of pope john paul the ii video back in 1979. and photographs of the action news crew of the john paul the 2° canonization earlier this year. accuweather has been warning this was a miserable day and for colder temperatures almost always, they were right. and cecily what about tonight and the deep freeze tomorrow? >> you were right there. the double scan shows that tomorrow we are going to be trading our umbrellas in for the thick coat the scarfs, the gloves the hat. most of rain is out of here. we have a steady batch over the mays landing. what it is going do is open the door for cold air. philadelphia is 50. that is the high for today. it 31 in pittsburgh. the cooler of the cold air is over the midwest and the plain states. that is where the temperatures, not wind chills be temperatures only in the teens. the air mass is moving our way. tonight we are drying out. of the winds are picking up 12 to 25 miles-an-hour. most of the roads will be blown dry. however, with t

i am dann cuellar. >>> thank you, dann. the upper moreland school district is dismanaging one and a half hours early tomorrow. the morning team will be on early. a half-hour early to begin to track the wintry system as it realizes. join them for updates and road conditions and any airport delays at 4:00 a.m. >>> the situation in ferguson, missouri seems to be this. there has been a small gathering cross the street from the police station where it has been tense at times but basically under control. in fact, there may have been more national guardsmen and members of police than the protestors. they are not waiting long taking away those that are acting aggressively. within the past five minutes a group busted out the windows of a police car and tossed a molotov cocktail but it turned on the sidewalk not in the car. darren wilson has a clean conscience "i know that i did my job right." he said that the bullets that he fired at michael brown was the first time that he ever fired a gun as a police officer. he told his superviso

we are live here in burlington county, new jersey, i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> we are also following new developments tonight in the deaths of cooper health system ceo john sheridan and his wife in their new jersey home. abc news has found out that the crime may have been committed by an unknown third party. police determine that john and joyce sheridan were both stabbed before their home was set on fire back in september. >>> now the latest on a deadly attack at a jerusalem synagogue. five people including three americans were killed while they were gathering more morning prayer. it's believed that two palestinian cousins went in with guns, axes and knives and carried out the assault. all the victim his dual israeli citizenship and one of the victims has family members

live here in pittsburgh, i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> voters in new jersey are deciding key congressional races today, they found steady foot traffic in burlington county. you can cast your ballots here until 8:00 tonight and several seats are at stake in delaware. voters lined up to do their duty. the replacement for state attorney general, beau biden. and the league of women voters are in our station now answering your questions, about polling procedures or possible voting problems, they will take your calls until 8:00 tonight. the number is on your screen 1-877-940-6222. >> and 6abc.com will begin streaming live results when the polls close across the tri-state area at 8:00 and we'll tweet them with the #~ 6 abc vote and

the full and exclusive accu weather seven day, jim. >> thanks, melissa. >>> sixteen years ago dann cuellar went out to preview channel six thanksgiving day parade. little did he know his preview would be a stapel of the "action news" holiday tradition. dann is live at 20th and market in center city. sixteen years in a row, dann, you have been doing this and floats keep getting better every year. >> reporter: they do, jim. you know, i always get a kick out of it my photographer, who has been doing this with me. parade seems to kick off the holiday season. we just have fun witt. as usual we are going to have fun witt and take you on a tour on board the holiday express. are you ready, one, two, three and blast off of the holiday express, a as we take you on a little tour to so so of the floats. on this one right now it looks like a bunch of nothing going on but there will be later on. we have acme super market with a season of thanks. after all this is what it is all about giving thanks for everything that went well for thus year. over here it looks like wired 96.5 will take us to the north p

dann cuellar joins us live from the scene of that crash in south philadelphia. dann? >> reporter: eva, we're at the corner of 28th and tasker behind me some of the charred remains left over from the burning police cruiser. the 17 district officer was responding to an emergency when he collided with a toyota pick up truck. the officer and the driver of the truck were both trapped in their vehicles and had to be rescued. >> reporter: dramatic cell phone video captured by clearance lemon shows the scene. >> i'm recording the cop car, flames come out of the hood and a seconds later, the car burst into flames. >> i said can you get out, i said i can't feel my legs his door was jammed shut. i said i can't tell get you out of the door i'm getting you out of the window. >> reporter: donte johnson helped pull the policeman out of the cruiser. >> pretty much he messed up his leg, if we hadn't gotten him out in time he would have been hurt bad. >> he was in and out of consciousness, he said, i can't feel my legs. >> reporter: once they got the officer over to the curb, the car b

dann cuellar has reaction from the neighborhood. >> give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespass and we for give those who trespass against us. >> reporter: holding candles and holding back tears people prayed for the family in tabernacle. >> nadia is my best friend and she always nice to me. >> reporter: is asavannah's motr said the two girls had thanksgiving lunch together at school. >> she never had to experience any kind of close death before, so this is very hard for her. >> reporter: monique said jeaninne lepage has been her best friend for 33 years. >> i can't believe it, i'm in to that shock, her kids were like my own kids, i can't believe it happened. >> reporter: she said lepage was a unemployed nurse who was having financial difficults. while authorities have not called this an attempted murder suicide, curry said if things got bad this is how she would end it. >> my heart is broken, this is awful. >> reporter: meanwhile, classmates of nadia were dealing with the harsh reality of losing a friend of such a young age. >> nadia was in my class and she was my frie

see you later. >> thanks, dann cuellar. don't worry, if you cannot make it to the parkway tomorrow because we're bringing the parade to you. our live broadcast of the six abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade begins at 8:30 with hosts rick williams and cecily tynan. again, it is the 95th year for the parade in philadelphia. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight a toy gun, a rookie cop and deadly consequences, we will analyze the video of the confrontation that claims the life of a 12 year-old boy. >>> the tragic end of the disappearance of the missing lehigh valley mother and how police say how her stepfather played a role. they don't feel alone in the the lone star state because birds arrived to the crowd of eagles fans. ducis rodgers is right there with the eagles in texas. melissa. >>> and jim, in the wake of our storm system temperatures along the i-95 corridor are in the lower 30's, 29 in the city, big concern with patchy ice overnight. we will have details in the accu weather forecast. >>> plus photograph of

and dann cuellar spoke to catholic students about the pope's visit. he joins us live in springfield. >> hi, monica. they decided to write letters to the pope asking him to come and visit. they were elated to hear that the pope is indeed coming to philadelphia. >> i wrote to him asking him to come to philadelphia. it would be a great honou honore d. >>reporter:a high honor to emma cliff. her letter to the pope is a letter chosen. >> i am proud. i thought it was cool that he picked me from my letter. >>reporter:the students not only invited the pope to come to philadelphia. he asked they visit the school after st. francis. the name that he chose as pope. >> it would be great if you could come and visit us at st. francis. >>reporter:they have not given up hope that he would visit their school in philadelphia. >> we had to ask him to come here to see a school that is named after st. francis and a parish. you never know. we will keep praying and maybe he can add it to his itinerary. >>reporter:waterloo pope francis visits st. francis's parish it's up in th

lets go live to dann cuellar -- we'll go to dan in a moment, lets go to sara bloomquist now. after a three month investigation, they caught the person that vandalized graves at two separate cemeteries. sara bloomquist is live with that story tonight. >> reporter: well rick on this veterans day, a young feasterville man is accused of vandalizing graves some of them belonging to veterans, some call the timing of this arrest particularly gratifying, they credit dna evidence to help them nab the suspect. >> this afternoon anthony carter denied he damaged gravesites. >> did you damage the cemeteries? >> no. >> do you feel bad about it? >> i didn't do it. >> the 29-year-old responded he did not feel bad. >> they said they have solid proof that the feasterville man set fire to graves and flags, two times in late august and early september. the damage was done here at the roosevelt memorial park on old lincoln highway and rosedale memorial park. these are photos of burned flags and a gravestone. >> he was taking american flags out of the ground, that people would leave and setting th

dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> philadelphia police are serving for a person that shot and killed a woman in tioga-nicetown overnight. the woman was shot multiple times 16 and rowjuan walk. officers found her lying in the street. they're working to determine a motive and identify a suspect. >>> a confrontation in the gentleman's club in south philadelphia resulted in gunfire overnight club onyx on south columbus boulevard. two security guards said they opened fireen a patron after he tried run them over with his carch the victim was angry after being kicked out of the club and sustained gun shot wounds to shoulders and legs and is now listed in stable condition. no word on any charges yet. >> tonight police in camden, new jersey are investigating two separate deadly shootings. at about 6:30 this morning investigators responded to gunfire on 11 0 0 block of chase street. she found 20-year-old wessley helms dead open the block. a few hours earlier gun fire was heard near interest section front and vine. investigators were told the victim was driven to the hospital in a privat

we are live on the parkway, dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news."appy thanksgiving everybody. >> thank you dan. join us on the parkway or on your television for the 95th annual 6 abc dunkin donuts thanksgiving day parade. cecily tynan and rick williams host the live broadcast tomorrow morning it kicks off at 8:30 here on channel 6. >>> the pulse is beginning to quickenin the tri-state area. the eagles and the cowboys with first place on the line. >> the eagles arrived at the dalles fort worth airport about an hour ago, they though that tomorrow's game is the biggest of the season and not because they are their biggest rivals. >> it's a division game, a tough one, in different years, it depends on how good we are and they are, now it's big because we are both good teams and on top of the division, it's a big game. >> not to take anything away from any other week, the main thick is, we are both ahead in the division and both teams are playing very well and that makes it a play for the division lead, that makes it an incredibly huge game. they will be

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i'm dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, dann. the would-be robber with a knife met weapon a security guard with a gun tonight west oak lane farm? i philadelphia. today the thief tried hold up write aid in 8200 block tendon avenue 8:30 and shot multiple times with security guard. and the suspect was rushed to einstein where knees critical condition. >> president obama announced today he'll take executive action that will spare over 4 million illegal imgrant from de being deport. immigration activists waved american flags outside the whitehouse while obama addressed the nation inside. obama said there are actions he can take as president without congress to make the immigration system more fair and just he said this is not amnesty plan nor does it grant sit sdepship. only congress can can do that. he can do, his order will apply to immigrants specifically immigrants in the u.s. for more than five years and parents of children who are citizens or legal residents. the benefits is registered with the government to pass background chec

"action news" reporter dann cuellar has the story. >>> meet-year-old henery norton of pennsauken, newrything you having fun? >> he looks like any normal kid but he has something virtually no one heard of usher syndrome. >> some are born deaf and lose vision in henery's case and some born deaf and blind. >> henery lost 90% of vision since february 201 3. fortunately thanks to two cochlear implants he's able to hear. >> amazing innovations. you can make the deaf hear should they choose to and we did. and henery will rely on his hearing more and more because as his vision diminishes further and further he'll be able to hear which is the difference. >> doctors tell the family there is no known cure for the genetic disorder. for the football team camden catholic that wreaks and they wanted to do something to bring attention to usher syndrome and henery's might. tonight they had a little tailgate party for him before camden catholic game. they were wearing red because it's easier for hen troy see. in fact team members have been wearing red tee shirts to practice which have not washed all we

we're live along the schuylkill expressway, dann cuellar for "action news" at ten on phl17. >> early start it is, dann. speaking of early starts, the "action news" morning team will get one tomorrow morning with the latest on the approaching winter storm. join matt o'donnell, tamala edward, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers for updated forecast and road conditions. "action news" mornings start at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow only on channel six. >>> the protests not over in ferguson, missouri but they are going on for a second night, in cities across the the country. >> all of this outrage over a grand jury a's decision not to indict darren wilson, the police officer who shot and killed michael brown. live pictures from ferguson tonight, there are 2200 national guard troops on duty, in order from the governor in an effort to prevent kind of violence that broke out this time last night. businesses burned to the ground, and shops were looted, and shots were fired, and a dozen cars were torched. we are also hearing tonight from darren wilson, him early is. >> it is first time he has spo

dann cuellar reports from tom wolf headquarters in pittsburgh. and nora muchanic is in trenton following the major new jersey races. brian taff is tracking the balance of power in washington. starting in york, pennsylvania and chad pradelli. chad? >>reporter:jim, wolf is now the 47th governor of pennsylvania. he wraps up his victory speech about 45 minutes ago. it was understated and brief and calm. much like the man himself. it's a remarkable story. he is not at political novice. he was a revenue secretary at one time. his assent to the governorship is astounding. he had a message and money. here was wolf as he enters in newark a short time ago. [ cheering ] like he has for much of the campaign, a fresh start for pennsylvania. he was joined on stage by his wife and two daughters. hundreds of sponsors had been waiting for him to arrive. he waited for tom corbett to give his concession speech. we talked about education that was at the top of the list. he pound the incumbent on education. that stuck with voters. he would like to the tax the driller

dann cuellar is live at upper darby police. do police have a better idea who is sending it and for whom it was intended? >> they sure do jim, police don't know if the center was high on the weed when he was writing down the address, vault he just blew the cover of a marijuana smuggling operation, because they know who it was suppose to go to and where it came from. >> this marijuana was destined for the streets of upper darby valued at $290,000, but someone as explaining to do because it was sent to the wrong address or maybe they mistook city blue clothing store for city green. >> sometimes we get a legitimate store employee who almost has a heart attack when he sees what is being delivered and the sender in california made the same mistake twice, he sent 60 pounds by fedex yesterday and another 30 pounds today. someone is missing a lot of marijuana. the person the pot was addressed to was unknown to the store but they now have a name. there is such a person on the slip and we are trying to locate that person as i speak to you

in south philadelphia, dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news" a man is dead and snon critical condition after the father shot his son and them himself until paoli. late last night officers were called to unit block of summit avenue and the victim john r. williams was able to tell them he was shot by his father. they located 70-year-old john richard berry at another address on the block. berry shot himself in the head and died this afternoon. williams remains in critical condition and investigators say the father and son had a dispute over financial matters. >> police in philadelphia are serving are to the person that shot and killed a woman overnight in tioga-nicetown near the corner of 16th street and rowan walk. she was found lying on the street with one gunshot wound to the back of the head. >> a confrontation at strip club in south philadelphia resulted in gunfire overnight club onyx on columbus boulevard. they opened fire on a patron after he tried to run them over with a car. investigators say the victim was angry of being kicked out of the club. he sustained gun shot wounds to sh

dann cuellar is in pittsburgh tonight covering tom corbett and chad pradelli is live in york staking out the headquarters of tom wolf. >> lets start with dan in pittsburgh. >> reporter: jim, with tom wolf leading independent polls, tom corbett's campaign is pointing to a narrow gap in this election. the governor voted in his home town of shaler with his wife susan dropping by polling places to shake hands with voters. he said that the final hours of this campaign came down to one word. taxes. he claims that wox wants to spend more tax dollars and he wants to keep them the same. there has been a declining unemployment rate. overall the race for pennsylvania governor has smashed the state spending record with more than $70 million spent, despite that, pollsters are projecting that fewer than 50% of registered voters will cast their ballots tonight. either corbett will make history for pulling off a stunning upset or going down as the first pennsylvania governor to lose a bid for re-election. we are live with the corbett campaign in pittsburgh, i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news."

firefighters were alerted to the flames inside of columbus's farmer's market at 2:00 this afternoon and dann cuellar is live at the scene with the full story. >> reporter: rick, a few firefighters remain on the scene here making sure the fire does not rekindle, officials say it's too early to say what caused the inferno that caused four alarms, today's high winds did not help. the scene from chopper 6 hd after the fire broke out at the columbus farmers market. shortly thereafter 150 firefighters began arriving to battle the inferno being fanned by high winds this afternoon. >> we were hampered by the winds, cold weather and winds were a big issue on this, give the fire a good head start once it started in there. fortunately the building was built with fire walls in place which helped us tremendously to confine the fire to one section of the market. >> it was confined to one of the four buildings at the market. that was built in the 1920s. officials say that ten businesses were lost. the co-owners of not just bagels says there's was among them and it couldn't be at a worst time. before the thanksgivi

"action news" reporter dann cuellar a live at the king of prussia mall. you're a veteran of black friday reporting how does it seem to you. >> reporter: jim you're right. we won't know until they crunch the numbers but from the looks of it they're off to a pretty good start here at the king of prussia mall. king of prussia was packed late today with holiday shoppers many of them carrying bags of all sorts. >> we've been here since 9:30 this morning and we've been in teenaged stores. >> reporter: yeah. >> we're finding good deals. >> i'm prettying good sales. i cleaned up in j. c. penney for my daughter. >> reporter: a number of stores were offering huge discounts on merchandise hoping to lure shop stories come in and buy, buy, buy. >> i got a jacket. it was ralph lauren. i think i paid like $60 for it so very good deal. >> reporter: for ralph lauren that's a good deal. >> very good deal yes. >> reporter: some were hitting store after store. >> h and m, gap, forever 21. we went to a lot of stores. they got a lot of deals. >> i got great stuff at victoria s

live in north philadelphia, i'm dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, dann. police described barnes as predator of women. "action news" covered his arrests when he was arrested for assaulting his family in northeast philadelphia. pennsylvania parole board denied his requests for early release four times saying he was risk to community and lacked remorse. gut he was granted erltly release one year ago. and tonight we heard from barnes' former father in law. >> well he's still walking a round ft. streets. he has no business walking around in the streets you know? if he has the same he's supposed to get with my daughter from easton this will happen to these two young ladies. >> a month before carlesha's abduction they accused barnes of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl if richmond, virginia. he hit her with a shovel and dumped her in the truping of a car sexually assaulted her and doused her with bleevrp and gasoline. she suffered third degree burns. investigators played a key role in identifying barnes as the suspect in carlesha's kidnapping. >>> and now we want to

we want to switch live to dann cuellar in pittsburgh.speech firsthand in a deflated room around you. >>reporter:that is right. just before 10:00 he gave a gracious speech. he called tom wolf congratulating him on winning the governor's race and wished him well. in a defiant tone he may be a one-term governor. he was proud of his record. contrary of what the opponents hammered that he increased it. >> together we cut waste and we reduced the state spending for the first time in 40 years. [ applause ] we passed four on-time balance budgets that had not been done before. [ applause ] and we didn't just stop there. contrary to what you heard over last year we increased spending and education to over a billion dollars. >>reporter:in closing, corbett said it's the end of one journey and the beginning of another. he and his wife, sue, will have the opportunity to do many things that they wanted to do. it was a sad note. up to the last minute they were trying to put a good spin on the thing in the polls but was not to be. i am dann cuellar on ph

at the criminal justice center dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> new jersey assembly passed a suicide and would allow doctors to prescribe life ending drugs to terminally ill parents. it comes after a similar law in oregon after britney maynard took her life. >> on "healthcheck" at 11 one of main causes for eye infection is sloppy care of contact lenses. report released from cdc tonight estimate there's nearly a million patient visits to doctors offices and hospitals for cases of

happens to be tens of thousands of have dollars worth of marijuana "action news" reporter dann cuellararby tonight. >> reporter: police say guy who sent all this marijuana to the wrong address has to be in big trouble, 90 pounds of high grade weed with a street value estimated around 290 to $300,000. does run or try to explain how he had had it shipped by fedex to the city blue clothing tore on 69th street in upper darby. the store owner ask that we not show his face out of concern that somebody will come looking for their pot. >> when i opened up the boxes and look inside there was no clothing, it was marijuana. my first reaction is one phone call and that is to the police only. >> reporter: adding insult to injure the the center in california made the same mistake twice. he sent 60 pounds of weed to the store yesterday and another 30 today. >> so somebody is missing a lot of marijuana in the treats of our community. >> reporter: the person the the ottawas addressed to was unknown to the store owner. >> person that was addressed to never work for this company. >> reporter: police say

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dann cuellar has the story. >> reporter: this story is not for the faint of heart. add sexual abuse to the case it will make the viewers sick to their stomach. in this darby home in the 200 block of north 7th, a house of horrors, five children under the age of 11, watched as adults engaged in sex. >> seemed like a common way of life for them. that disbursing to think people could live like that. >> reporter: the suspects have been charged with a slew of crimes against children. all lived or hung out at the house. the children were beaten and shot with bb guns. you heard right shot with bb guns all over their body according to court records, including the head, one boy told detectives it really hurt. >> hearing about the sex crimes was gut wrenching for me, pretty much had me in tears because i had kids. >> reporter: hammen was released from jail but wasn't home. i meanted ton about the charges charges -- i wanted fun about the charges filed against her. >> how can i know? >> reporter: the five are being charged with deviant sexual intercourse and corrupting the mora

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at northwest detectives and dann, you've got the latest tonight. >> reporter: well, tonight city has upped ant which mayor michael nut's proving a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. the fbi has join philadelphia police in the intense manhunt for the 22-year old victim and her abductor. a philadelphia police chopper scour the a area from the air while police cruisers on the ground went in and around the 100 block of west colter looking for clues in the violent abduction of 22-year old car leash a freeland gaither. surveillance shows it was 9:30 that the us peck's car drove down the block and then park, a man in the hooded sweat shirt gets out and walks over to the victim. she tries to run. man grabbed her and dragged her all the way down the block. she screamed for help. he they struggled and fell to the ground but man forced her in the ground and she has in the been seen ever since. >> i just want her to come back home safe. i don't care what anybody has to do i just want her to come home. that is all i'm asking. >

. >> dann cuellar at police headquarters. dann? >> mayor nutter is offering a 10,000 reward for leading to an arrest and conviction. they joined the philadelphia police for the intense manhunt of the victim and her abductor. the chopper scoured the area from the air and cruisers were looking for clues of the abduction of carlesha freeland-gaither. it was 9:30 that the suspect's car drove down the block and parked. he walks over to the victim. she tries to run. the man grabbed her and dragged her all the way down the block. she screamed for help. ththe man forced her into the c. >> i want her to come home safe. that is all i am asking. [crying] >> freeland-gaither worked as a nurse. she spent the day visiting her godson before she head home. she kicked out of the car's rear windows before the kidnapper drove away. it indicates that she does not know the attacker. >> i don't know why someone would do this to her. >>reporter:throughout the day they put up missing posters of freeland-gaither on neighborhood treats and any information o

dann cuellar, "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> thank you, dann. police officers had to interfere at this walmart during plaque friday today. shopers in houston, texas ended up on the floor fighting over flat screen televisions people involved threw a few punches to try to get a good deal. >> first lady michelle obama received the official white house christmas tree today joined by first daughter sasha and malia and bo and sunny. it is 18 1/2 foot douglass fir glon lehighton, pennsylvania, carbon county. the grower, chris bowtech is second generation stream farmer and it will be on display in the blue room. >> is looking a lot like the holiday season. is it feeling like it? meteorologist cecily tynan is here with the first look at the forecast. my guess is yes. >> that's exactly right. it's feeling like the holiday season. temperatures look at these eyes. allentown only made it up to 33 degrees today. pottstown 35. trenton 37. philadelphia 39 degrees. twelve below the average high for this time of year and dover struggled but hit 0 degree mark. tem

live here in center city i'm dann cuellar on "action news" on phl17. to you guys. >> happy thanksgiving to you dann, too. i will head town there tomorrow morning with my family. can't wait. such a great tradition. >>> light about now eagles are getting ready for thanksgiving day showdown with dallas. >> jeff skversky in for ducis rodgers tonight in in the "action news" sports center, jeff. >> can you wait, eagles and dallas for thanksgiving tomorrow for the first time in 25 years. with first place on the line. eagles could be thin on defense. linebacker emmanuel ac ho is questionable with a groin injury. >> wow, wow. >> reporter: that is the scene in dallas tonight, eagles fans in the holiday and football spirit as eagles arrived at their hotel in fort worth texas. this is by far their biggest game of the ease on tomorrow at 4:30. playoff implications a at stake, both teams eight and three and battling for the top spot in the nfc east. >> unaudible. >> everybody has been focused all week. but ate allows us to recover for this game. i really think the w

"action news" reporter dann cuellar talked to community members devastated by the violence. he's live now in tabernacle, dann. >> reporter: and shirleen, we're learning more tonight about what may have triggered this terrible tram di. in the wake of it all many including friend of the family gathered here tonight for an emotional vigil. >> forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. >> holding candles and wipe ago way tears they gathered in tabernacle to reflect on the tragedy. among them 8-year-old savannah heler who held a picture of her and her late friend nadia killed with her brother on holly park drive with her brother. >> nadia is my best friend and she was always nice to me. >> savannah's mother said they had thanksgiving lunch together at school yesterday. >> she never experienced close death before. this is very hard for her. >> also here tonight was monique who said janine the mother of the three children has been her best friend for 33 years. >> i can't believe this happened. i'm in complete and utter shock. her kids are like my own kids

. >> eva, thank you, let's go to dann cuellar who was following this investigation. joins us live from north philadelphia tonight, dann what you can tell us from there? >> reporter: federal authorities say delvin barnes confessed to the kidnapping and will be charged federally. he's on his way to virginia now. this say story of a smart, courageous victim that left clues for police to find her and dogged detective james sloane who never gave up believing they would bring her home. he describes the moment when he called relatives to deliver on the promise. >> she skans appsed the phone -- answered the phone and i said why do you sound gloomy you should cheer i said we found your sister and she's safe. >> riveting kidnapping has been seen around the world and it's only now we're learning how authorities were able to find carlesha and her abductor. authorities say the 22-year-old nurse deliberately dropped her cellphone at the scene to let everyone know she was gone. >> she theft there for us to sglind then used a hammer she found back of delvin barn barnes car to smash a

dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> take a good look at 31-year-old elliot knock authorities say he shot and killed daniel damon on monday. he is considered armed and dangerous, call police if you know where's. >>> kidnapping suspect delvin barns will remain behind barns until the trial begins. he agreed not to seek bail during an appearance in federal court in philadelphia. however the 37-year-old pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping charges. prosecutors revealed additional details about carlesha freeland-gaither's ordeal. she was tied up and forced into the trunk. if convicted barns could face life in prison. >>> with him police have arrested marcus crews for the murder of a man found dead in eaten park. a cleaning crew discovered donald smith's body. police say cruz and smith worked together, but investigators have not revealed a motive. crews is being held without bail. >>> the 48 day manhunt for accused cop killer eric frein cost pennsylvania taxpayers $11 million. that's the bill for pennsylvania state police and does not include federal agencies and the fbi and atf that to

this includes the race for pennsylvania governor, dann cuellar will be with the corbett campaign and chad pradelli will be reporting from tom wolf's head converts. if you have questions about the polls or voting procedures, find out here at 6 abc, volunteers from the league of women voters are here to take your phone calls and want to hear about voter irregularitieirregulariti. the search continues in delaware for a gunman that shot a student near delaware state university. the student is expected to recover from the shooting yesterday that happened outside of an off campus residence hall. no arrests have been made. >>> a deadly shooting outside of the coatesville ymca, police arrived when the man took his own life. we are still waiting for police to tell us it's name of the gunman and the woman he killed. >>> a school bus driver is recovering following a collision on i-95 in new jersey, the bus flipped on to its side in lawrence, township, mercer county. nobody else was hurt and the driver was treated for minor injuries at the scene and they are still trying to determine what caused

"action news" reporter dann cuellar was there as the investigation was underway tonight and he is live with the very latest details, dann. >> reporter: brian, accident investigators tell us that the five people injured, one was a philadelphia detective with major crimes, a assigned to work with the fbi. the dramatic scene on kelly drive near mid veil earlier tonight. police say it was just before 6:30 when a chevy trail blazer headed in the it is i lost control of the curve and went in the path of two vehicles going the the opposite direction. the trail blazer ended upside down. >> there were one, two, three patients who were entrapped. five total patients and three different vehicles. >> reporter: fire department lieutenant william finnegan was on his way to work in center city when he came upon the accident and called 911. >> hardest part of the job was calling in the run because we're on kelly drive and there is no landmarks. you cannot say, i'm here at pine. just giving them, landmarks to get here was hardest part. >> reporter: three people were trapped in the vehicles, fire fighte

live in tabernacle, dann cuellar, "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> all right, dan, thank you. breaking news now just a short time ago. rescueers helped a worker draped on scaffolding at a south philadelphia chemical plantsch the worker was unconscious when firefighters arrived. this happened at energy solutions in the 3000 block of penrose avenue and the works was stable when transported and the illness was not related to reaction to tem calls. we'll keep you updated on the breaking story. to some, it is incredible notion. bill cosby performed at sold out develop knew in melbourne, florida tonight even as the number of women accusing him of sexual assault continues to grow. tonight's performance, which also renderedrd a standing ovation, is the exception rather than the rule because the list of canceled events and social gatherings has been getting longer up to 6 now with another show cancelled as part of mutual agreement. for now there's 29 other shows still scheduled. >> you find your saevrlingz the longer you're married -- [ lau [ laughter ]. >> that's a sample of last nigh

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live from columbus burlington county where that fire is under investigation tonight. report report shirleen, what is behind me now is what remains of building four, of the iconic columbus farmer market. what set off the inferno is still under investigation but business owners say it could not have come at a worse time, right before the holiday season. seen from chopper six shortly after the fire broke out officials say an automatic fire alarm went off at 2:06 this afternoon. soon more than 150 fire fighters will begin to arrive at landmark columbus flea market which dates back to the 1920's, high wind quickly sent the inferno to four alarms. >> we were hampered by the winds, cold weather and wind were really a big issue on this, give the fire a good head start once it started in there. fortunately there was the building built with firewalls in place which helped us tremendously to confine the fire to one section of the market. >> reporter: remarkably, despite high wind, fire fighters were able to contain the fire to building four, built as oldes

dann cuellar has this story. >> reporter: meet henry north -- norton of pennsauken new jersey. he looks like a normal kid, but he has a rare syndrome, usher syndrome. henry has lost 90% of his vision since february 2013. thanks to two cochlear implants he is able to hear. >> you can make the deaf hear should they choose to and we did. henry will rely on his hearing more and more, as his vision diminishes, he'll be able to hear. >> reporter: doctors tell the family there's no known cure for the genetic disorder. for the football team that wreaks and they wanted to do something to bring attention to usher syndrome and henry's plight. they had a tailgate party for him before the game. they were wearing red because it's easier for henry to see. team members have been wearing t-shirts to practice all week and now they wreak, too. >> the football game tonight that will be a blast. >> wreak wreak. >> reporter: are you ready for football? >> wreak wreak. >> reporter: team members failed henry and gave him the sign language symbol for i love you, which he heartedly returned with cheers.

dann cuellar found out she might not receive any of it. >> it was only yesterday tamara britton told jurors her alleged kidnaper linda anne west inforced her to drink her own urine and starved her. she and other victims were held captive in so-called dunkon in a tacony apartment. they awarded britton 45 million in come pennsylvania tore dwri and punitive damages. >> she got the verdict she deserved. she suffered through ten years of horrible abuse at the hands of linda anne weston. >> weston and cohorts gregory thomas and eddie wright kept victims in a living owe hel as they cashed in on their disability benefits n an effort to not get caught she would move app activities from philadelphia, texas, florida and virginia. by the time biton and others were rescued in october, 2011 she looked like concentration camp survivor. she now lives with relatives in kensington. >> she's doing great. it's incredible after what she's been through. it's heartening. she has made tremendous progress. she's happy, she smiles. >> the $45 million was default judgment because defendants filed respond lawsu

"action news" reporter dann cuellar has their incredible story of heroism. >> dramatic cellphone video shows the firey scene 28 and tasker. >> the flame comes out of of the hood of the car and couple seconds later the car burst into flames. >> it was before 5:30 and second district officer cruiser collided with with a pickup truck. a man jumped in to help the officer. >> i said you can get out? he said i can't feel my legs. >> i said i cannot get you out throughout door i have to do it through the window. >> dante johnson helped pulled chambers out of the cruiser. >> he had a minor scratch on his head and messed up his leg. that was about it. if we had not gotten him out in time he would have been hurt bad. >> he was in tremendous amount of shock in and out of consciousness. he said i cannot feel my legs. >> once they got the officer to the curb the car burst into flames. i mean flames were shooting like so high this whole corner was yellow. >> they pulled the driver of the pickup truck unconscious to safety. >> i kept his next -- on me and two other dpiz pulled him out and laid him do

dann cuellar, "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> all right. thank you, dap. a man first described as fire survivor in egg harbor, city, is now the suspect in murders of two other people in the home where he was burned. joseph palmer is charged with murder and arson for those crimes committed wednesday. police are awaiting forensic analysis on the deceased family and they're believed to be michelle hite and 7-year-old gave inpabst. >> the community gathered to mourn the victims of that fire tonight at key remember field in egg harbor. its with a candlelight vigil and donations were accepted on behalf of hite and her son. >>> the owner of the trump taj mahal casino is threatening to close for weeks and it's a step to make it official. the court filed papers it will shut down december 12. trump entertainment asked main union drop appeal of court ordered savings package that stripped employees of benefits. the workers suggested and the last straw owners said they had not revved local and state tax baekz they requestedd there's charges of a bmw that collided with

dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, dann dann, "action news" was up with early risers they cherry hill mall. the malls did not have monopoly on black friday. "action news" reporter eva pilgrim was in center city philadelphia and this is what she says. >> the signs are everywhere. plaque friday here. >> we're in city and it's fun to walk around. >> it's great that's okay too better than the mall. >> in center city deals are mrntty and so are shopper. not everyone is shopping with christmas. today is family cadition for corgats. >> it's treat day. >> look a surgical strike we came in. >> shopped 15 minutes. now on to the hockey. >> only get one shot today. >> not everyone was ready to brave walnut for the black friday deals. >> we don't really do the black friday stuff we bapted to do something more fun and interesting. >> the traditional stuff. >> back on walnut the hunt for tree day continues. >> they might do candy and ipad and flyers jersey. >> it's long and tedious driving hours are late. wacky hours eva pilgrim "channel 6 action news." >> as always at least one bla

as the first pennsylvania governor to lose an election bid, we are live here in pittsburgh, i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> voters in new jersey are deciding key congressional races today, they found steady foot traffic in burlington county. you can cast your ballots here until 8:00 tonight and several seats are at stake in delaware. voters lined up to do their duty. the replacement for state attorney general, beau biden. and the league of women voters are in our station now answering your questions, about polling procedures or possible voting problems, they will take your calls until 8:00 tonight. the number is on your screen 1-877-940-6222. >> and 6abc.com will begin streaming live results when the polls close across the tri-state area at 8:00 and we'll tweet them with the #~ 6 abc vote and we'll have complete coverage of the winners and losers and changing political landscape in our area. >>> time now for the traffic report on a tuesday. >> matt pellman is in the traffic center with the very latest it is tuesday isn't it? >> can you move it right along, we vote that you stay