david henry has that part of the sporty tonight. >> reporter: if two nurses at a major hospital in full protective gear can come down with ebola, what chance does anyone have if an ebola patient walks in a small neighborhood clinic like this one here. that is a question that the city is struggling with. >> everyone in health care are worried about it. the city operates eight clinics like this. just last week, this clinic in west philadelphia had to call an ambulance after a patient came in with flu-like symptoms and they say they are as prepared as they can be. >> all the clerical staff is instructed that anyone that looks ill to call a nurse, there are masks sitting around a desk and immediately don a mask. the philadelphia department of health issued this advisory to their health workers at clinics to get history from patients with ebola symptoms and isolate them. but not how to protect themselves. like masks and gloves, they don't have full protective gear. >> we have standard gear, like gloves and masks and hand washing is big. >> hospitals are getting a lot of attention as they gea

david henry has spoken to police officials today and has more coming up tonight on "action news" at 6:00. >>> we are learning more tonight about thomas duncan, the man diagnosed with ebola in texas as well the local hospitals will take should a case turn up here. ali gorman is here at the big board. >> reporter: so many people travel now, many experts were not surprised that a patient was diagnosed in the u.s. with ebola, what happened in texas, could happen anywhere. that is why most medical centers in texas have plans in place, i got a look at some plans at a local hospital today. at jefferson university hospital, dr. kathleen squires an infectious disease expert says protocol is set. if a patient comes in with possible ebola symptoms, asking where it's patient has been is vital. the patient in dallas is reported to have told a nurse he was in liberia, the first time he was scene but that was not passed on but it wasn't until two days later he was put in isolation. health officials say they are monitoring 12 to 18 people, including five children that the patient may have had contact

officials discussed their preparation plans to deal with the outbreak, "action news" reporter, david henry has the details. >> i want to reassure all the philadelphians and the folks in the area, our team is working very, very hard and we know what we are doing. >> reporter: the city health commissioner said all city hospitals are prepared to treat and treat anyone who shows up with ebola. there are no cases of ebola in philadelphia, but if one shows up, it will show up at the university of pennsylvania hospital. it has agreed to treat healthcare workers who get infected in africa. anyone who has symptoms call for an ambulance or go to a hospital emergency room. if someone shows up at a city health center, it says the workers are well protected. >> we have gloves and gowns and masks. >> reporter: they may have gowns, but not body suits. the people who staff the ambulances say they are not protected. the head of the firefighters union said they have class b body suits and told to use a lower grade suits. >> if you have first responders contaminated and wind up contracting the disease, you can't

david henry has the latest from the trial.raghu yandamuri's fate is in his own hands as the defense takes over. but it was his own words that landed him here in the first place. >> we have his own words in a signed statement and his own words from the video that he agreed to do with detectives. in that video he demonstrates how he did it, he is accused of killing 10-month-old and her grandmother. he planned to ransom the baby to pay off gambling debt. he left behind ransom notes and confessed and led police to the body in the basement of a buildings in the apartment complex. before the prosecution rested its case, they use raghu yandamuri's concession again, in it he told detectives where he hid the jewelry stolen from the grandmother. he has since recan'ted the confession. he claims he was forced to participate in a kidnapping scheme with two strangers. >> all we know are the names of matt and josh. that's what he mentioned in the opening. >> reporter: how did these two strangers come into his life? >> i don't know i'm sure h

david henry has the details. >> i want to reshower and the folks in -- reassure all the folks in our area that our team is working very, very hard and we know what we're doing. >> reporter: city hospitals said they are ready to evaluate and treat anyone who shows up infected with ebola. if one does turn up here, it's likely to show up at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. the hospital has agreed to treat workers infected while working in africa. the city is urging anyone who has symptoms to call for a ambulance or go to a hospital emergency room. if the someone shows up at a city health clinic, they are well protected. >> we have gloves and gowns and masks. >> reporter: they have gowns, but not full body suits. city health workers have been instructed to isolate patients and call a ambulance. the people who staff the ambulance, say they are not protected. head of the firefighters union said they have class b body suits and told to use a lower grade suit. >> if you have first responders who contracted disease you can't say we made a mistake and we'll upgrade it to this. >

the young workers have been working without a contract since spring, david henry has the latest. >> reporter: rick, a strike authorization vote is a formality that sends a strong message to management, but it doesn't necessarily mean there will be a strike. there were no surprise his for commuters this morning. the buses are rolling, as are the trolleys and trains. the 4700 drivers and may not animals worker also fired a warning shot. they gathered yesterday to give their leadership the greenlight to call a strike. the move comes 7 months after the contract expired. >> we've been patient and understanding it's about our future. we don't want money we want our rights and benefits. >> reporter: union president willie brown had nothing to say after the vote. the major sticking point is the amount they have to pay into their pension plan. septa says it will continue to bargain in good faith, but that it has a responsibility to hold the line on costs. many commuters say they are ready if there's a strike. >> i walk and i also got rides from friends and relatives to get around from the last period

david henry has more, workers in the walk-in health clinics are worried about coming across a potential case. >> reporter: that is right brian, this is one of eight health clinics operated by the city, they are gearing up to deal with ebola but ebola can slip through the back door at clinics like this. >> just like everybody in health care, we are worried about it. health care number three serves west philadelphia with their large population from west africa. one member of the community showed up with flu like symptoms, they say they are as prepared as they can be. >> all the clerical staff are told they have to wear masks and they were sitting around the desk, immediately don a mask. >> but is mask enough? the workers are here are not given full protective gear, they have sent the advisory to all indicate clinics be the independent clinics located around the city. in are told to get a travel history from patients and to isolate them but there is no instructions on how to protect themselves. they will be the first to encounter ebola patients that are too sick to get themselves to a clin

has been unacceptable. >> and bringing it closer to home tonight, we bring in "action news" reporter david henry, he has more on how philadelphia leaders are preparing for the possibility of a case of ebola in the city. >> reporter: yes, almost two dozen people testified here today, mostly public health officials and the bottom line is we are either ready to face a possible ebola outbreak here or we are not. >> the head of the city health department gave a grade of either a or a-plus to its departments preparation, they are coordinating efforts with area hospitals and other health care providers to get ready, we have developed and updated guidance and information to help health care professions and the public based largely on guidance we referred from the center for disease control. >> they heard from government agencies and health care pro requireds as they assessed our overall readiness for dealing with a possible case of ebola, there are some changes just this week for first responders, fire commissioner derek sawyer says that some 911 operators ask some critical new questions before transporting a new pa

the accused is representing himself david henry has the latest from the trial. raghu yandamuri's fate is in his own hands now when the defense takes over. it was his own words that landed him here in the first place. >> we have his own worlds in a signed statement and from the video that he agreed to do with the detective's. >> reporter: else accuse -- he is accused of kidnapping the baby and her grandmother. he eventsly confessed and led -- eventually confessed and led the police to the body of the baby in the basement of his apartment complex. he stole jewelry from from the grandmother. he since recanted the confession, he claimed he was forced to participate at a time in the kidnapping scheme of two strangers. >> we only know the names of matt and josh. >> reporter: how did these two strangers come into his life? >> i don't know, i'm sure he'll explain that on monday. raghu yandamuri is getting advise from two lawyers, but doing all the talking in coulter. the detectives are finding themselves being cross-examined by the accused killer. it has been an emotion

. >>> the defense has the case in a double murder trial involving a baby and her grandmother in montgomery, the accused representing himself. "action news" reporter, david dd henry has the latest. >> reporter: raghu yandamuri's fate is in his own hands as the defense takes over. it was his own words that landed him here in the if i first plac. >> we have his own words from his signed statement and the video. >> reporter: he is accused of kidnapping and killing satyavahti venna. he recently confessed and led police to the body of the baby in the basement fers apartment complex. he told detectives where he hid jewelry stolen from the grandmother. he said it was behind a vending machine in his office. raghu yandamuri has recanted the confession, he claims he was forced to participate in the kidnapping scheme by two strangers. >> all we know is the name of matt and josh. that's what he told and mentioned in his opening and that's what's going to pursue in his case. >> reporter: how did these strangers come into his life? >> i don't know. i'm sure he'll complain that -- explain that on monday. >> reporter: detectives searched for the baby hoping to find her alive now

david henry is live at what has been the police staging area during the 48-day search. and vernon odom live in frein's hometown. and david, you were the only local reporter to have spoken with the federal marshals who captured frein. >> that's right, jim. they have quite a story to tell. it took ten days -- i'm say 48 days, $10 million but they finally got their man. speechers tightening the circle for days. and late yesterday eric frein spotted by a u.s. marshal. >> i caught movement in this area. it was high grass, weeds. >> scott milkowski and his team with searching an abandon airstrip and he spotted frein by chance. >> i turned towards me. i identified myself as law enforcement and i told him to get on the ground. he proposed out. and he was about 5 feet away. i said who are you, what is your name? he said eric frein. >> the end of a manhunt that gripped the nation. arraigned in the court this morning charged with killing the state trooper bryon dickson and wounding alex douglass september 12. the seven-week manhunt that followed kept the community on edge and teste

has the case in a double murder trial in montgomery county involving a baby and her grandmother. the accused is representing himself after recanting a confession. "action news" reporter david henry live in norristown outside of court with the latest on the raghunandan yandamuri trial. david? >> yeah, hi rick. the prosecution, as you said, now rested its case and the defense has taken over. and this is a highly unusual defense. that's because the defendant is acting as his own lawyer. 28 year old raghunandan yandamuri is accused of kidnapping and killing 10-month-old saanvi venna and they are grandmother at the marquis apartments in king of prussia in october of 2012. and yandamuri confessed demonstrating how he killed the grandmother and snatched the baby. and yandamuri since recanted the confession and now is representing himself in the trial. he faces an uphill fan with the evidence and the confession. he is assisted with a court-appointed lawyer but yandamuri doing the talking. he grilled two detectives. >> he might over do it but he is trying to make his points on issues regarding credibility. >> it constant be easy. yandamuri eventually led the detectives to the body of bab

"action news" has a crew on the ground, reporter david henry will bring you a live report coming up at 12:30. >>> police are searching through evidence as they busted a suspected dog fighting ring on mitland street. they discovered syringes during the raid. katherine scott is on the scene for several hours and filed this report. >> neighbors on this south philadelphia block are stunned after five adult dogs and pit bull puppies are scarred and carried out of this home this morning. authorities believe that a dog fighting operation, with breeding and training was running here for years. >> each place you go to like this, just saves another dog from a fighting ring. >> reporter: late last night philadelphia police and the spca were called to the home and nobody was there when they arrived. some were in filthy wire cages and others were tethered to radiators. >> the way they were chained throughout the house, these dogs couldn't get away, they were constantly wagging their tails into the walls and radiators and that was causing the blood splatter. they also found syringers that were likel

it looks like whoever it was has been there for a long time. david henry is live now with more on the find. >> reporter: neighbors were alarmed to find that a body was found on the property back there. now as they learn more it's something of a growing halloween legend and it appears that the remains are quite old. >> a long, long time ago, even the police went on the website and said this is not an active crime scene. >> reporter: police treated it like a crime scene draping crime scene tape across the neighborhood. keeping the curious away. they were discovered at noon excavating in the yard for a new swimming pool. the house was built around 1895 and there is no telling when the body may have been buried maybe even before the house was here. it will take some scientific detective work to determine if the remains are male or female or if the person suffered some kind of trauma. neighbors are curious more than anything else. a woman was shot and killed in a wooded area a year ago. >> riverton is a sleepy little town and nothing goes on here, all of a sudd

the src filed a preemptive challenge that the court has the authority to cancel the teacher's contract. david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> david thank you. >>> the ceo of cooper health system and his wife are being remembered today in trenton, new jersey, a huge line of mourners streamed in for the memorial of john and joyce sheridan, lawmakers past and present are among those that came to pay their respects. >> very smart, very, very intelligent man, went from one field to another field. >> he brought a level of respect and digity and a wealth of resources through his network through the state of new jersey to bear to the city of camden. >> he was a resource in the best sense of the world. he was a republican but never served for republicans, he served for the people. >> the sheridans died in an arson fire at their home on september 28th details of the couple's autopsies have yet to be released. >>> police are investigating a shooting. a man in his 20s was shot in the stomach, he was rushed to the university of pennsylvania and died a short time later. >>> the search for suspected cop killer

david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a huge fire in atlantic city has damaged several businesses and left more than aozen people homeless, the blaze began after 10:00 last night on the 1100 block of atlantic avenue, with adjoining businesses with the apartments on the second floors. everybody got out okay. 17 people including six children are out of their homes. >>> startling new details about another person that got too close to president obama, and is causing more concern about security for our commander and chief, karen travers live in washington with the very latest. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, the secret service is looking into how a man with a criminal record and possibly a gun was able to get into an elevator with president obama on a recent visit to the cdc in atlanta. another black mark for the secret service. on september 16th it was the final straw for democrat, elisha cummings. in an elevator there he encountered a security god that began to act unprofessionally and taking photos, the secret service did a background check and found a criminal record or at least charged with a crime

has an ebola czar to lead the response as containment efforts expand to include a cruise ship and multiple airline flights. "action news" crews have the story covered from philadelphia to texas. david henry at city hall with local preparations, ali gorman at c.d.c. headquarters in atlanta, georgia. 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

has an ebola czar to lead the response as containment efforts expand to include a cruise ship and multiple airline flights. "action news" crews have the story covered from philadelphia to texas. david henrycity hall with local preparations, ali gorman at c.d.c. headquarters in atlanta, georgia. 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

has both sides work to avoid a strike. union leaders promise to give 24 hours notice before walking off the job. david henry is monitoring the talks he is live from old city. >> reporter: hi sara, the septa negotiators are scheduled to sit down here to resume their talks and things are getting down to the wire. and union sources are it willing us it's not going well. on monday union boss, willy brown, said he was willing to give it one more week to decide if his workers would hit the picket lines, union sources tell us that things have not gone well this week. hopes were derailed a couple of weeks ago when septa started making new demands including a five-year contract instead of two, and septa says everything is negotiable and hopes that the strike can be avoidable. they didn't strike then because union negotiators thought they were making good process toward a deal. brown will make a decision on the strike tomorrow if they don't have a satisfactory contract by them and give commuters 24 hours notice before striking. commuters said it would be a big hardship. >> it's a bad thing for me, you can see i have

has dedicated her life to reducing the violence. >> numbers are greater that you mighag >> at the same time want peace. it is not about us it is about thil. >> henry david rodriguez going on 23. a great kid with a passion for sports. and plans for the future. he was studying to be a coach. three years ago in a terrible incident a surprise birthday party turned to anchorage. >> when you look towards the kitchen he saw someone with a mask. witnesses say he lunged in front of the weapon. >> 14-15 mothers. many other people who have been to our meetings. convene the first gathering providing a support group for grieving er >> our hearts are broken. we want answers. it isn't every day fight. why did this happen? >> where to turn on her older son was murdered as he pulled out of his cicero garage to go to work. two years after the killing police still did not have a suspect. we want justice. we want justice for our children. discourages mothers have inspired others including a young gang bge >> i was able to ask him why he was involved in gangs. i felt i needed to give him a hug. we were able to speak. the extraordinary encod to ongoing dialogue and remarkabl

has updated ebola information on the health department's website. you can also find the latest upon 6abc.com. live at city hall, david henrychannel 6 "action news." shirleen? >> all right, david, thank you. >>> right now we are hosting another facebook chat to answer your questions and supply you with facts about ebola. dr. judith o'donnell the director of infectious diseases at penn hospital are live in the studios now and will be there the rest of this hour. go to 6abc news facebook page to ask her questions. you have until 5:00. >>> a special section of our website with complete coverage of the ongoing ebola story at 6abc.com/ebola. and there you'll find a list of myths and facts about the disease. you can also see the signs and symptoms of ebola. >>> other news this afternoon, pennsylvania state police return today to the scene of a deadly crash that took the life of a south jersey woman earlier this week. chopper 6 hd over that crash site this afternoon. 44 year old lisa demayo was killed when cut off by the driver of a black van. the jeep swerved, hit the guard rail and flipped several times. the driver of the sedan

williams has indicted her on bribery and fraud charges, among other things a tiffany bracelet from a business plan in exchange for special consideration. tynes surrendered to authorities today and david henry will have a live report in our next half hour. >>> a man from norristown died after a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike. michael graham was the passenger in a car that collided with a tractor trailer. a 25-year-old woman was behind the wheel when she lost control and her vehicle hit a guardrail and went into the path of a tractor trailer. graham was taken to the hospital where he died. the four other people are hospitalized. >>> emotions ran high in canada's house of commons this morning following yesterday edwards shooting sergeant at arms kevin vickers got a standing ovation for stopping the shooter. >> reporter: good afternoon, canada's capital city is getting back to normal. some roads are closed but people, including lawmakers are getting back to work and the lockdown is lifted. prime minister, harper says canadians will be vigilant but not scared. >> an incredibly moving scene this morning, sergeant at arms kevin vickers was greeted with a standing ovation, parliament and offic