i'm erin o'hearn live in the sat center. back to you. >> going to get a lot of comments.nk you, erin. >>> this is breaking right now a-second healthcare worker at texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas who provided care for the first ebola patient diagnosed in the u.s. has tested positive for the disease. that is in addition to nurse nina pham who recently contracted the deadly disease. we will have a full report on this breaking story calling into question a lot of the procedures taking place at that dallas hospital coming up at 5:30 a.m. >> it is now 5:05 and developing this morning police are looking for the gunman who fired off a barrage of bullets in a philadelphia neighborhood and ended with two people wounded and the search is on for a murder suspect who tried to run down two officers. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at police headquarters after a busy night. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, it was another busy night for philadelphia police. we have two cases to tell you about so i'm just going to dive right in. let's

eva is off and i'm erin o'hearnment here's what we're following on stormtracker 6.rough the delaware and lehigh valleys. it's a cool, raw start to the weekend. protesters take to the streets again in furgeson, missouri. more demonstrations are planned in reaction to deadly police shootings. thieves allegedly hit one drug store to set up their own basement pharmacy. dann cuellar has that story ahead. and rainy start in the exclusive accuweather forecast i'm sure you are nrad to be inside. >> it's pretty miserable. i'll be outside soon enough. let's go live at sky6 and show what you is going on. we have a lot of events. it's the weekend. lots of fall activities and off to a rainy start. quite a bit of cloud cover out there. patchy fog. rain, and lot of wet roadways. make sure you take it slow. that's view of center city sky line and let's go over to stormtracker 6 double scan. heaviest pulling through now resumed to southern portions of viewing area you can see the line of of yellows extending from central portions of south jersey all the way down through delaware and

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is lie at the big board with more on this. h, this is devastating news just coming in. the second healthcare worker who cared for the first ebola patient diagnosed in the united states reported a fever tuesday and was immediately isolated at a hospital. officials just confirmed that individual did test positive for the disease. those results came in around midnight. now, health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures and those people will be monitored. this news can comes on the heels of the cdc admitting its response to the first ebola case in texas was not sufficient. the organization also admits nina pham the nurse who contracted the disease after treating thomas eric duncan may have never fallen ill if experts had been on the ground from the very beginning. so, the cdc is vowing to change its practices to prevent another nurse or doctor from getting the disease. the cdc will now sandy rapid response team to any hospital which diagnosed an ebola patient. tuesday n

>> good morning, i'm erin o'hearn, eva is off, here are some of the stories we're following for you on "action news." tracking rain cross the entire delaware and lehigh valley and we'll have details how long it will last in the accuweather forecast. a car is riddled with bullets after a gunman opened fire and killed a man on a philadelphia street overnight. and president obama once again tries to help resolve a contract dispute between septa and the union. first we head over to meteorologist chris sowers who joins us with a look that rainy start to a weekend, boy, it's a good day for couch and movie. >> sounds good to me. >> i am liking that too. >> there's a view of the philadelphia international airport. wet runways. rain throughout the entire delaware valley this morning and patchy fog as well. it will be a slow go early on. hopefully we'll get clearing late in the day and maybe even see a little sliver of sunshine before all said and done here. stormtracker 6 liver double scan showing washing to do. we have a lot of rain over the area. it's on the lighter side. we see lighter shade

i'm erin o'hearn, live in the sat center. back to you. >> erin thank. >>> this has been the most viewed story on our web site 6abc.com. we posted raw video from the incident as well as photos of the explosion and the aftermath. >> the public had a chance weigh in on a high school football hazing scandal in bucks county. a lost people were angry. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live outside central bucks west in doylestown with more on what parents learned and said at last night's meeting. katherine. >> reporter: and matt some of the parents here last night believe the school district handled this situation very poorly but school district officials stood by their decision to cancel the last two games of the season. one of them was supposed to be held here at war memorial field and central bucks west in doylestown. last friday that was their homecoming game, the final football game was set for this coming friday but again, both canceled amid the hazing allegations. all of the football coaches were suspended as well. at

erin o'hearn is live for us now in the satellite center. good morning, erin inch good morning, tam.ard to believe it has been two years and a long and exhausting two years at that for families and communities ravaged by superstorm sandy. in particular, the bay front section of little egg harbor township called mystic islands. when sandy hit two years ago it was 7 feet under water and more than 4,000 homes were damaged. now, on any given day in this community you can still hear hammering which is progress and progress is occurring more than 50 percent of the most substantially damaged homes have been rebuilt but of course there are still plenty of empty lots and abandoned homes and many people in this town like single mom valerie who has a 14 mold son lost everything and says two years of battling with fema and insurance companies has certainly taken its toll. >> i've had to get three jobs and support him and i'm on my own and my mom has been staying with me 'cause her house got destroyed, too, so the emotional distress is just hard like on the whole family getting back to normalcy i

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the latest on that. >> nina pham that second ebola patientthe u.s., a nurse who contracted the disease while caring for thomas eric duncan. she remains in stable condition at dallas hospital after receiving a blood transfusion from ebola survivor dr. kent brantly. officials do not know how pham became infected and worry there could be more cases. on the job pham wore protective gear a gown, a face mask and shield, two layers of gloves and shoe covers but all of this is less protection than the doctors wear in specialized bio containment hospitals. they have chemical resistent jump suits, taping gloves, sleeves and suits to boot. some healthcare professionals wonder if authorities should require ebola patients to be sent to sexualized containment hospitals. >> if this one individual was infected and we don't know how, within the isolation unit, then it is possible that other individuals could have been infected as well. >> take a look at this map. montana, nebraska, georgia, maryland. what i like about those places for years they have been pra

. >> "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is in the satellite center with the latest details.d morning. >> good morning. disturbing images and this was an unmanned rocket which blasted off a nasa base in virginia carrying supplies to the international space station but just seconds after liftoff, the rocket erupts into an enormous fire ball. take a look at this cell phone video poster on instagram. it shows the moments when it exploded as terrified families look on. now, the the antares was carrying a science experiment designed by teens from ocean city high school in new jersey. their project was one of only 19 selected to be on board and was intended to test the weight of bacteria growth on food in the absence of gravity. now, fortunately no one was hurt but clearly a group of students from ocean city watching the launch in virginia were traumatized. the cause of the explosion is unknown at this time but an executive at the private firm that contracted the launch said things started going wrong immediately and it was likely the staff center a message to destruct the rocket.

i'm erin o'hearn live in the satellite center.k to you. >> erin thank you for that. >>> it is now 5:04. happening today, a preliminary hearing is scheduled for the man accused of opening fire inside a delaware county wellness center. richard plots faces murder in and related charges in the july shooting that killed theresa hunt. she was his caseworker in darby. psychiatrist lee silverman was also wound in there that shooting. plots is being heldly in a delaware county prison. >>> crime investigators taking their search for eric frein to the area. the ohio state department of transportation is lending a mylar balloon equipped with cameras and sensors. officials think that the falling leaves will give them a much better view of the terrain using that balloon and helicopters. >> mayor michael nutter blasting city council for rejecting the proposed sale of the philadelphia gas works. council killed a $1.86 billion deal without even holding a public hearing. the mayor says the deal would have frozen rates for low income families for th

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we have erin o'hearn filling in for tamala edwards and we have david and karen.e looking at storm tracker 6 live double scan and there's a line of shower activity pushing into philadelphia. had some earlier thunderstorms down in southern new castle county, they appear to be gone. there are still thunderstorms in ocean county and burlington county right along the coast, most of this actually pushing away from coast cal burlington county right now. so, we're going to get a little wet during the morning and then during the afternoon we'll probably still be looking at some showers spinning through. as you take a look at satellite we have a lot of cloud cover out there. again, showers will be running through at times today. and staying cool and cloudy, too, with temperatures in the 50's all the way. today's high 59. karen, when i come back we'll have more on radar taking a closer look at where those showers are and what they are doing to your roads. >> all right, dave, we've got a horrible accident scene right now in wynnefield. city avenue is closed route 1 between 5

we have erin o'hearn, matt pelman and karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning., let's check the weather for you here. headed out the door, we have lots clouds this morning and the area mostly dry. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we had a little bit of sprinkle that's heading scan showing we had a little we had one in hammonton that's fading away and off the shore in atlantic city but most of the area is dry. can't rule out a brief sprinkle popping through today. satellite 6 and action radar slowing you the wider scene of this. lots of clouds in place. there's sprinkles around especially near washington and some of those that may hit our southern zone but at any point we could see a brief passing shower. 64 for your current temperature, 59 in allentown, 61 in millville. not feeling too bad out here right now. little bit of a light breeze out of the northeast. by 9:00 a.m., 67 degrees. lots of clouds. by noon, 70. maybe a passing shower at any point. by 3:00 p.m., 73. that's your high for the day. and by 6:00 p.m., we'll be coming down from that with a te

i'm live in the satellite center, erin o'hearn channel6 "action news.ack to you tam. >> thank you for that. >>> happening today preliminary hearing scheduled for the man accused of opening fire inside a delaware county wellness center. 49 year old richard plots faces murder and related charges in the july shooting that killed theresa hunter. she was his caseworker at the mercy fitzgerald wellness center in darby. psychiatrists lee silverman was also wounded. plots is being held in prison. >> mayor michael nutter blasting city council for rejecting the proposed sale of the philadelphia gas works. council killed the $1.86 billion deal without even holding a public hearing. the mayor says the deal would have frozen rates for low income families for the next three years and would have guaranteed current jobs and pensions during that time. >> i think what we heard and what we saw today is quite possibly the biggest copout that we've seen in recent legislative history in philadelphia. >> he clearly did not have the support for this. i can't really say that an

erin o'hearn shares her story next. >>> and a boy gets to live out his football dreams for one night.d david murphy returns with the exclusive accuweather forecast. i'm tom wolf. these are my parents. we look after each other. but too many seniors have no one. and harrisburg politicians don't seem to care. as governor, i'll create a registry so families can check backgrounds of care providers. and, i'll increase access to home health care, so seniors have the option of staying in their own homes. after all, seniors have earned that right. we certainly have! tom wolf. democrat for governor. >>> a northeastern pennsylvania teenager got to live out his football dreams for one night. the freshman with special needs got to join the team for one night. justin wore a uniform and crossed into the end zone, the 6 points didn't actually go on to the scoreboard but people in the stands said it was the biggest play of the whole night. >>> mozart had it and so does howie mandel. and so does a south jersey girl, who is helping people understand it. here is erin o'hearn. >> reporter: for anna the fi

i'm erin o'hearn. here's some of the stories we're following for you on "action news." firefighters battled plays in a north philadelphia hair salon police are looking for more suspects in a bizarre theft after a big drug store is set up in a philadelphia home. and gloomy start to the weekend you will need your umbrella if you head outside this morning. your whole weekend may not be a washout. meteorologist chris sowers joins us with a look at the accuweather forecast and sort of gloomy start. you're saying it may improve right? >> as you said the whole weekend doesn't look like a washout. clearing late let's go live on sky6 and show what you is going on. that's the view in atlantic city. the morning looks a lot more gloomy than the afternoon we'll see a lot of clouds throughout the day with gradual drying in the afternoon and maybe sliver of sunshine before the day is out. in the meantime that's what we're dealing with this morning low level clouds. patchy fog. and periods of rain here's satellite 6 and action radar setting in motion we start around 6, 7:00 yesterday e

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erin o'hearn joins us. we have david and karen.morning to you all. >> good morning, everybody. we have light rain falling on the terrace here for about 45 minutes now. take a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan. some thunderstorms pushing past us to the east and kind of wrapping in toward new york city. trenton as expected is picking up some steadier rain highlighted in yellow. that's on your way but that stuff down south of wilmington is now pushing to the west into maryland as all of this rolls in off the ocean and then kind of pinwheels counter clockwise down towards baltimore. looks like light stuff for the northern and western suburbs this morning, maybe a little drizzle but most of the action is in those other places highlighted in yellow. there's the wide view on satellite and radar, lots of clouds today, occasionally we'll get some of this rain spinning up and in over the region. it looks like the best chance of steady rain is probably in the morning hours with spottier steadier precipitation here and there during the

erin o'hearn is live at the big board. she's got more on all of that. orning, erinism good morning, tam. a long and exhausting two years for many of the families in communities ravaged by superstorm sandy and these arrows you see over the jersey shore taking days after the storm are sort of a grim reminder of just how powerful and destructive this storm was. it is still shocking to see some of these images in the widespread destruction in our area. one town that was particularly hit hard was mystic island. after sandy hit it was 7 feet under water and more than 4,000 homes were damaged. now t-on any street here you can still hear hammering which is progress. more than 50 percent of of the most substantially damaged homes have been rebuilt but of course there are still plenty of empty lots and abandoned homes. many people in this town like single mom valerie who has a 14 month-old lost everything and says two years of battling with fema and insurance companies has taken its toll. >> i've had to get three jobs and support him and i'm on my own and my mom h

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the latest.porter: good morning, tam. that un medical worker infected with ebola in liberia died despite intensive medical procedures. hospital said the 56-year-old man whose name has not been released tested positive for ebola back on october 6th. that positive test prompted liberia's un peace keeping mission to place 41 staff members who had possibly been in contact with him under close medical observation. this was the third ebola patient to be flown to germany for treatment. >>> meanwhile 26 year old nina pham a nurse who contracted ebola while caring for thomas eric duncan remains in stable condition. on the job pham wore protective gear you see in this graphic a gown face mask shield two layers of gloves and shoe covers but all of this is less protection than doctors in specialized bio containment hospitals are required to wear. those facilities require medical workers to wear chemical resistant jump suits with sleeves and gloves taped to sleeves and boots. >> if this one individual was inf

erin o'hearn joins us. >> i like your pink. >> we're all wearing pink and we'll explain why throughout broadcast. let's go in for karen rogers the broadcast. >> good morning. we have lots of clouds out there right now and a few spotty showers. we're looking at storm tracker 6 live double scan and we can see not a lot of rain. a little sprinkle near reading. we have one here moving just towards surf city and atlantic city right now. so, just watching for a spotty shower and lots of clouds. temperatures not too bad. 58 degrees in philadelphia, 62 in pottstown. it's 59 in saint davids and kennett square, 63 right now in chester and looking at some of the suburbs in new jersey where it's 61 in hammonton, 62 in buena and 62 right now in dover, delaware. as we look at the day ahead we're going see lots of clouds, a little bit of sunshine here or there, not as pretty as yesterday, not a lot of rain, just a spotty shower in a few spots. enough to make it feel unsettled today. 73 degrees for your high temperature. temperatures actually right about where they should be for this day. we'll see if

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"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the bigboard.he's got more on last night's meeting. >> good morning, tam. if you think about just how difficult this is for these ninth through 12th graders who are almost two full months into the school year. apparently a robo call went out over the weekend notifying families that the walter d. palmer charter high school would be shutting down. >>> this left nearly 300 students 80 of them seniors scrambling to find new classrooms in the city and at a meeting last night in frankford parents were outraged. >> pre. >> reporter: according to the founder parents were put on notice that the school was -- that closing the school was a very real possibility but parents were so outraged at the way this process was handled. for months the low performing school has been battling with the philadelphia school district which is in the process of revoking its charter. the school which also has k through eight in other locations had twice the number of students legally allowed. last night parents were confused, a

erin o'hearn joins us and here's what's happening. >> accuweather is tracking a rainy start across thephiladelphia row home

erin o'hearn is at the big board. >> reporter: matt, the cdc is admitting it could have done more att dallas hospital to prevent the spread of the potentially fatal disease. in fact, the cdc went as far as saying that nina pham the nurse that contracted ebola from thomas eric duncan so-called patient zero may have never been infected if experts had been on the ground since the beginning. to prevent another nurse or doctor from getting the disease, the cdc will now send a rapid response team to any hospital that diagnosis an ebola patient. thousands of nurses across the country are expected to join a conference call this afternoon to talk about how their hospitals are preparing to treat ebola cases. now, the nurses' union is pointing the finger at texas presbyterian hospital claiming it was not prepared to deal with an ebola patient and that's exactly how pham got infected. the ebola outbreak has global health officials on high alert. the world health organization is predicting up to 10,000 new cases a week in the next two months unless drastic action is taken. >> we've got a head sta

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with some of those parents' angry reaction. good morning. >> tam, you can imagine just how difficult this is for these ninth through 12th graders who are almost two full months into the school year. a robo call went out over the weekend notifying families that the walter d. palmer charter high school would be shutting down. this left nearly 300 students, 80 of them seniors scrambling to find new classrooms in the city. at a meeting last night in frankford parents were outraged. >> my niece and nephew still home from the elementary school. how you going to place a high school. you haven't even placed elementary kids yet. >> i let you guys in knowing what some of the reaction would be. i wanted you to see it. i want people to recognize these are the at risk children, at risk families that people don't care about. >> and that was actually you heard from the ceo there and a parent as well who is looking for a school for her child. it was well known that the school had low performance and financial difficulties for months but parent

erin o'hearn joins us. >> accuweather is tracking a rainy start across the region. >> brand new.ing from a rescuer who saved a baby from a burning porch overnight. >> breaking point, a petition gets a tv show toy line pulled from the shelves. >> and we have some weather and traffic, some rain issues out there. let's go to david and karen. good morning. >> light rain falling on the terrace right now, matt and erin. take a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan as currently philadelphia is kind of dodging the heaviest of this with just someline coming through highlight in there lighter shades of green.

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board. she's got more. good morning, erin. >> good morning, tam. that un medical worker infected with ebola in liberia died despite intensive medical procedures. the 56-year-old man whose name has not been released died overnight of the infection after testing positive for ebola back on october 6th. meanwhile 26-year-old nina pham a nurse who contracted ebola while caring for thomas eric duncan remains in isolation in stable condition. officials do not know how pham contracted the disease and fear there could be more cases. on the job pham wore protective gear you see there, a gown, a face mask and shield, two layers of gloves and shoe covers but all of this is less protection than the doctors in specialized bio containment hospitals are required to wear. those facilities require medical workforce wear chemical resistant jump suits with their sleeves and gloves taped to suits and boots. some health professionals wonder if authorities should require ebola patients to be sent to those specialized containment h

o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morning everyone. 6 o'clock, wednesday, october 1st, tam is off, erin o'hearnowing breaking news. >> forced out by fire. a multi-alarm blaze tears through atlantic city businesses and threatens a number of apartments. >> a pennsylvania state trooper is fatally shot at a montgomery county firing range in what appears to be a tragic accident. >> the first diagnosed case of ebola in the united states is now confirmed. hear how the cdc plans to stop the disease from spreading. >> we could see some spotty rain today. let's go to karen and matt. david is off this morning. good morning to you both. >> good morning. just a little unsettled today. as you're headed out we have lots of clouds. most of the area is dry right now. take a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan and you can see nothing more than a little sprinkle heading nearly a town. we had a f s

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