david henery called himself at the courtroom with the story, david. >> yeah, monica. raguyandahari is coming in the form of long, rambleing and incoherent statement to jury. since acting as own defense layer there's no questions and answers. he began his testimony not by explaining his theory that he was coerced into participating in the crime by two strangeers named matt and josh up stayed he began by attacking the prosecution's contention that he hatched the kidnapping nrot get out from under a moup tan of gambling debt. he allegedly killed 10-month-old and her grabbed mother during a bochd kidnap for ran some attend he claimed the money she wroou was ushd to bring mother and in laws to the u.s. for a visit and not gambling. she tried to show he was tricked into making a videotaped confession. so far there's been no information of how his dna was found under the fingernails of the baby's grandmother. he has not explained why the kidnapped ran some note was printed on a primenter at hisoffice and not explained how he was able to lead detectives to the baby's body in

"action news" reporter david henery live at the satellite september were this amazing story. david. >> walter it's the kind of story that reaffirms your faith in humanity. ordinary people coming together in crisis to do extraordinary things. in this case a group of fishermen that landed catch of their lives. >> it was reaction. >> louis ortiz and buddies were near the jetty pacific avenue when he spotted woman and baby in the watter. >> these rocks are dangerous and water is dangerous. >> witnesses say the woman took the baby girl from her stroll area walked out on to the jetty and jumped into the water an apparent suicide attempt. tom bell went in after the baby. >> the lady handed me the baby and turned her over and patted her on the back and stoodp a lot of water. and ran down the jetty and gave it to the ems people. >> louis spotted the woman 100 feet from the rocks. >> i said i'm going to go in for you. i said don't panic or try to grab me. >> louis was in it danger and seth perkins jumped in to help the woman get back on the rocks. >> i went back to the end and jumped in

for "action news" at 10 on phl17 i'm david henery, in the satellite center. walter. >> what a story. thank you, david. >> it looks like septa will serve commuters as scheduled tomorrow and even though union leaders got the okay today to call a strike. more than 1,000 septa workers voted to clear the way for the picket line this afternoon. and union president willie brown would not comment and gave no indication buses and trains would come to a stop. 47 0 0 employees were working without a contract for 7 months and they say they cannot accept septa's current offer. >> we waited and waited and it's time for us to get to what we do. we've been patient and understanding and it's about the future. >> i i have 33 years in the company and i put my heart and soul to work here and i'll take it away from us. i can't do that. >> step says it continues to negotiate in good faith and meantime union leaders have announced a news conference for tomorrow afternoon. >> wrapping up another beautiful weekend. >> yes. >> lots of sunshine. hopefully it reaches into the workweek.

david henery has the details. >> it was vin ka venna that went to his apartment after he was unable toeach his mother by phone. satyavathi was babysitting saanvi. he came them to find his mother dead on the kitchen floor and baby missing. raghu yandamuri a family friend is now facing death penalty after the jury found him guilt at the of two units could of first degree murder. they're hearing penalty phase convenient ka and his brother said he cannot sleep and has visions of baby's love and his mother's crime scene. >> they've been through so much with the case. it's been two years of dealing with this and as you might expect it afekdz people in dramatic way. >> before the jury was in the courtroom yandamuri said he didn't want to go through with the penalty phase and i will would rather take the death penalty. the judge pursuaded him to allow court appointed lawyers to save his life. >> ultimately the tier we would be this is act that occurred that was table and not born out of evil person and he's not worst of the worst. >> i'm david henery "channel 6 action news." >> police are look

"action news" reporter david henery is live in south philadelphia with the full story. david? >> sarah, over 1,000 septa workers met here this afternoon and voted to authorize ruinon leadership to call a strike if they feel it's necessary that doesn't necessarily mean there will be a strike any time soon. >> it is what it is. it's the nature of my job. i have a union job and i'll support the president. >> his president, willie brown had nothing to say after the authorization vote. >> what's the holdup here and the issues. >>:00, tomorrow 4:00, tomorrow at 4:00. tomorrow at 4:00. >> there will be a press conference. >> tomorrow at 4. >> why all the sickcy today. >> there is none we're tiling guys to come tomorrow at 4. >> brown would not say if the buses, trolleys or subways will be rolling tomorrow. there's no indication there won't be. strike authorization may be a warning shot for septa management showing the union means business. 447 septa employees have been working without a contract for months now and they're losing their patience and can't accept what septa is currently

live in northern liberties, david henery, "channel 6 action news," monica. >> thank you, david, president obama will be in philadelphia this weekend cam paining for tom wolff. white house says the president will travel to an event first in connecticut for democrats on sunday and then he'll make his way to philadelphia for campaign he for golf and tonight governor corbett will attendp and former governor jeb bush. they're celebrating completion of george h.w. bush gallery. >> time for a check of the "action news" report for a monday night. >> hi, matt. >> hi, guys, nice afternoon for a cruise up the delaware river. we've seen ships go through here and wrappedp a judge opening at the tack own owey palmyra bridge. the bridge is now back down. traffic moving again. i would expect another opening at the bur burlington bristol bridge. byberry at surrey road they have not fixed the road collapse. haven street still closed since late last week. stick to 320 or madson ford road instead. chester county crawl is on this afternoon around 202 southbound side approaching 29 on down to 40 for the work z

"action news" reporter david henery is live at union headquarters in northern liberties david commuters have septa and have to deal with uncertainty. >> that's right, jim the clock is now ticking towards the weekend. and the transit workers say if they have not broken the bargaining logjam by then they will consider a strike. words that are keeping commuters on edge. >> i just hope it's not a strike. i really and truly hope it's not. >> no one wants a strike. but the union says it may have no choice. and the 4700 employees and septa largest union have been working without a contract for the 7 months. there have been ongoing talks since then. union says things are started going backwards. now, they've reached the tipping point. >> it would be no striking in the immediate future. i can't proption anything beyond this week. >> the union says this all could be settled if septa would agree to pension payment party. >> we believe we have a pension plan that our members put three times as much into the pension as management, management gets three times as much out. >> step says it's bargaining

. >> i'm david henery. "channel 6 action news." >> police are looking for a man that is suspected of robbing 14 businesss in northeast philadelphia. the crimes started back in august and latest incident occurred yesterday morning. surveillance video shows suspect wearing different disguises in each crime. in all the suspect has stolen more than 9,000. if you have information you're urged to call police immediately. the coverage continues on 6abc.com. through find full details about every robbery in the case and see a dozen fur veilence photos and contact information for philadelphia police. >> this is new video of two men wanted for stealing from a t-mobile store in north philadelphia. police say they walked into the store north 5th last saturday and one of the men inquired about a phone. you can see the man looking at the phone there in the surveillance video and a minute later he runs out of the store with the phone in his hands. >>> president obama is once again stepping into subcontract dispute and pres

. >> i'm david henery, "channel 6 action news." >> and it was a frightening scene at the zoo in little rock aring arch after a 3-year-old boy fell into jaguar exhibit boy slipped over rail yesterday morning and right into pit with live jaguars and boy's father screamed for help while throwing things to fight off big cats attacking his son's foot and neck once new staff arrived they kept the animals at bay and child is at arkansas children's hospital in critical condition. >> a judge freed a california woman from prison saying she spent 17 years in jail for a murder she did not commit susan marie melon is 59 years old con vingted in 1997 of killing homeless man. biker haw now been convicted of the crime. a witness testified at a trial that melon was not present during the killing and mel don't told reporters after her release yesterday she believed god would eventually bring the truth to light. >> i'm feeling overwhelmed and nervous and excited i think i'm -- i don't know i'm numb t i have not had a breakdown yet. >> melon was convicted on testimony of witness who had a long history of

"action news" david henery as details. >> it was vinca venna that went to the apartment at lunchtime after his wife was unable to reach his mother by stone. satyavathi was babysitting saanvi and he found his mother on the floor and baby missing. a family friend raghu yandamuri is facing the death penalty they are hearing penalty phase testimony before besideing if yandamuri should get life in prison or death penalty. venca venna and his brother testified. he said he cannot trust anyone now and can't sleep with visions of his baby's love and mother's crime scene. >> it's heartbreaking in many respect. they've been through so much with this case. it's been two years of dealing with this. and as you might expect it's going to affect people in a dramatic way. >> before the jury was in the courtroom yandamuri told the judge he did not wanted to go through with the penalty phase sag i would rather take the death penalty. but judge persuaded him to allow the court-appointed lawyers to try to save his life. >> ultimately the theory is going to be that this was an act that occurred that was t

david henery is inside that media briefing right now. he'll have a live report with more on the issues in the negotiations coming up at 5. >> pennsylvania state trooper will have a tool in the manhunt for eric frein this gives them extra set of eyes in the sky. "action news" reporter walter perez is live in heneryville, monroe county with details on the new weapon hopefully walter. >> and rick it all resolves around the state police command post you see here behind me and as we look up this surveillance balloon as well equipped with cameras and sensors and they just launched it once again from this location at the top of a local ski resort. part of a new phase in the search now in the 7th week. >> investigators are taking the search for eric frein to the sky. as leaves continue to fall off the trees here in the poconos, authorities say their ability to search for alleged cop-killer improved by the day. this new phase is not limited to helicopters. ohio department of transportation donated use of large my lar balloon like a weather balloo