with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off and in the news federal investigator as arrive looking for the cause of a jet engine fire in florida and congress approves a two year budget deal that will avoid a government default. and the big story is breaking news from president obama, the pentagon ordered troops sent to syria, it will involve fewer than 50 special operation forces and will advise and train syrian troops in the fight against isis and will not be involved in combat. this news comes after a series of air strikes that proved mixed results. we'll bring you update on air and online at 6abc.com. >>> we are also following the accuweather forecast, for a busy weekend that includes halloween of course and a big game at lincoln financial field tomorrow night. sky 6 hd shows us the view outside of independence mall as we look live, tomorrow crowds will gather for espn's college game day product cast ahead of temple's showdown with notre dame tomorrow evening, anybody heading outside will need to bundle up. for the la

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> we are breaking news from wayne, delaware county, where a man is arrested for trying to lure children near a school. they have arrested daniel lee of wayne for trying to lure children near wayne elementary school. police say that wayne first approached the children on the street and then at the playground at the elementary school telling them he was going to a cabin in the woods. there will be a news conference on the case and david henry will have more as soon as it is available. >>> we have another big story, hillary clinton is in the hot seat on capitol hill. being questioned about the attacks that killed four americans in benghazi in 2012. >> reporter: hillary clinton under oath and once again being grilled by both party. >> there are people on both sides that say this is about you and let me assure you it is not. >> they are looking to uncover the 2012 september 11th attack. under the former secretary of state's watch four mens were killed including ambassador, chris stevens. >> despite all the previous investg

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, rick and sara are off and i'm matt o'donnell. then there were three, a democrat drops out of the race for the white house, an owl has landed. we are live on campus for temple's historic undefeated record. but the big story is the run of fall-like conditions just in time for the weekend. we have plenty of sunshine but breezy and seasonable with temperatures set to drop tonight. melissa magee is in for david and has an accuweather preview for us. >> you with definitely feel the change, yesterday we had high temperatures in the 70s and right now we are sitting in the 60s in a good chunk of region, 62 in philadelphia, 60 in trenton and beach haven, in the poconos only 47, it's chilly in reading and temperatures there in the upper 50s, here is what is going on, satellite 6 along with action radar showing you the cold front coming through last night, there was not a lot of precipitation associated with the front and that is sagging to the south and east and high pressure over canada will continue to nose

live in minquadale, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >>> the contractor on trial for the deadly center city building collapse took the stand in his own defense, griffin campbell told the court he was a small time self taught remodeler, and was the fall guy for a poorly planned demolition project. he faces six counts of third degree murder one for each person that died at 22nd and market. >>> friends and family gathered to celebrate the life of naacp president, jerry mondsire, it took place at the baptist church in northern philadelphia. speaker after speaker remembered him as a man that led his life fighting for justice and equality. >> just like a box score in baseball, our score cards are not measured by the power we accumulate or the wealth we accumulate or the fame that we get. it's measured by how many people you help. >> a prayer! >> he died earlier this month and today would have been his 66th brnlg day. >>> one of the nation's older organizations has a new home in philadelphia, the american bible society unveiled their new headquarters at fourth and market, the or

we have vernon odom in center city philadelphia and sara bloomquist in wilmington let tart with you. >> reporter: people in biden's home state and across the country were waiting and wondering what the vice president would finally decide to do. speculation reaching a fever pitch in recent day, and then mid-day today biden confirmed he would not run. >> he confirmed that his family worked through the grieving process after the death of his son but now it's too late to one for president. >> beau is our inspiration, unfortunately i believe we are out of time the time to launch a winning campaign for the nomination, while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent. >> in fact biden took considerable time to talk about his beliefs and his hopes for the nation going forward. >> we need to keep going forward in the arc of this nation towards justice. the rights of lgbt community, immigration reform, equal pay for women and protecting their safety from violence, rooting out an institutional racism. he called for an end to partisan politics and the nation needs to come together. we don't

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara is off, and in the news the last u.s. airways flight takes to the skies from philadelphia international airport season we are live, also police say this surveillance video shows two men that robbed and carjacked a temple university student. and the big story is the cold weekend ahead, and the colder air is coming and it will bring our first frost. sky 6 hd looking live at atlanta see and a mix of clouds and sunshine at the jersey shore but things are on the cool side, we'll go from cool to cold. meteorologist, melissa magee, joins us at the big board. >> hi there rick, extra layers will be needed but so far so good, 62 in philadelphia and 68 in trenton and 52 in the poconos, in beach haven, 63 and the winds from the northwest making for a breeze to contend with. we are looking ahead at our day planner, 3:00 mostly sunny and a temperature of 66 and 64 at 5:00 p.m. and partly cloudy at 5:00 p.m. and 56 is the number at 9:00 p.m. underneath mostly clear skies, we have changes on the way and stor

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> we are following breaking news out of philadelphia this noon, police are searching for a missing 13-year-old. she disappeared on the 400 block of south 62nd street, investigators say she attends bryant elementary school in philadelphia, but never showed up. she was seen wearing a blue polo shirt and khaki sneakers. anybody with information should contact philadelphia police immediately. >>> we are following the investigation into a violent home invasion. police say that a man and two women were roughed up during the early morning attack on f street, one suspect is in custody and the other remains at large. katherine scott joins us live with the latest information. >> reporter: that is right police are searching for one of suspects, there were three victims in all of this and two victims were tied up and they were able to free themselves to run and get help and a third was able to free themselves to go get money from an atm. >> they started screaming and i saw the cops. >> right before the woman started screaming, h

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon, a community is mourning the death of a toddler in camden county as police work to determine how he died. >>> and a small plane slams into homes in florida killing two people, what federal investigators just said about the crash. >>> but the big news is the announcement that philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey is stepping down, he announced hi plan to retire at the beginning of next year. david henry is live now at city hall with more on ramsey's departing words and plans for the future. >> reporter: good afternoon, he came out of retirement to join the nutter administration and now as it's mayor's run winds down ramsey says it's time for a secondary tirement. >> i'm not ready to kick up my heels but it ain't today, believe me. >> charles ramsey was sworn in as police commissioner on january 7, 2008 and will retire in january of 2016. mayor nutter gives ramsey credit for making a dent in the numbers. >> compared to this time in 2007, the homicide total for the ye

sara bloomquist is live at the scene in glen mills for us with the very latest. >> reporter: rick and monica, this is where it happened, there is orange paint on the pavement indicating where the bicyclist was hit and where he landed. you get an idea of the traffic behind me just how busy 202 is along this stretch and the hour that the crash happened it would have been dark but the driver should have seen the bicyclist and definitely should have stopped. >> certain parts of the road are bad. somebody is coming down going 65, 70 and they have to compensate and they didn't see the poor guy and no helmet or reflective helmet or whatever, but there is no excuse for not stopping. >> the victim rides his bike each day and was riding just north of naaman's creek, the driver of the car possibly an older model silver sedan, possibly a dodge neon swerved and when over the line and hit the man. the bicyclist was transferred to crozer medical center, they hope to find cameras to explain why the bike swerved and nevada stopped. the bike should have been so far the police have not come upon any sur

sara bloomquist is gathering new information on this right now, one of the latest in a live report coming up at 5:00. hello and good thursday afternoon, i'm brian taff. >> i'm sharrie williams, we are following a developing story out of camden county, where an 80-year-old crossing guard is arrested for distributing child pornography. david henry is live in magnolia with the details on this one. >> reporter: 80-year-old rudy cube was not at his post here as a crossing guard this afternoon, because he is behind bars unable to make $100,000 cash bond. >> i'm in a state of shock, i didn't think somebody of his caliber would do something like that. >> rudy cube is a member of the magnolia school board and works part-time outside of the magnolia school as a crossing guard and now he is in jail, police went in with a search warrant at 6:00 this morning and investigators say they found several computer hard drives loaded with child pornography. police were monitoring a sharing program and noticed that child pornography was being downloaded with an ip address located at his home. he is held on $10

. >> a lot of emotion in his voice, lets switch live to sara bloomquist in wilmington and getting reaction in the home state, quite a bit of reaction there sara. >> this being delaware, there is quite a bit of disappointment that joe biden will not make a run for the office of president however this is a state acutely aware of the recent tragedy in the vice president's life. this is the right way to go for now. >> oh that is who i wanted to vote for. >> they claim joe biden as their own, this is his home state and wanted to see their long time senator make a run for the office. >> i was hoping he ran, those of us in delaware are hoping he would run, i think he could have won. >> they understand this was a tough decision at a tough time given his son beau died of brain cancer a few short months ago. >> i'm not surprised he has a lot going on with his family, and that is number one with him, and he is a cool guy. >> i'm not really surprised. >> why not? >> his son died and family is more important. >> but not everybody was going to vote for joe. >> i'm a bernie sanders fan and i believe that

i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> a lot of work happening there thank you. if you are going to be in the crowd during college game day, we want you to join the action, send us your pictures and videos from independence mall as we cheer on the temple owls, use the #6abcaction or email us at jointheaction@6abc.com, of course don't forget you can watch the owls take on the irish right here on 6 abc kickoff at lincoln financial field is set for 8:00 p.m. saturday night. >> that student says it's a big deal, it's a huge deal. can't wait. very psyched for that. time now for a first check of the "action news" traffic report. >> lets go live to matt pellman. >> from that kickoff to kicking off our evening commute and it's looking a whole lot drier than this morning's commute, this morning we had huge delays on the schuylkill eastbound because they spent much of the morning cleaning out the drains around 28th street, this afternoon all lanes are open and still heavy eastbound traffic here approaching the vine, westbound travel times were stop and go sort of ride from

sara bloomquist is live in university city with more on that. >> reporter: hi there monica, many women are likely to find this confusing after all we hear so much about early detention, now the highly respected cancer society says it's better to start screening later and less often. medical experted reviewed records and recommended women with an average risk of breast cancer, start to have annual mammograms at 45, the society previously recommended able 40 and then 55 women should get mammograms every other years, there was substantial benefit of life saved compared to the false positive or overdiagnosis. mammograms have a relatively high false positive rate that leads to unnecessary testing, but dr. cohen would gladly accept the chance of a false positive at the risk of early detention. >> false positives are to fun, but if you ask women they would rather have a couple extra picture or an ultrasound. >> they emsidesed these guidelines are about informed decision making and tailoring screening to fit the woman, it's key that the woman is able to express her beliefs and her values and m

sara bloomquist is right there on independence mall tonight. sara exciting times for temple and a finance time for philadelphia. >> absolutely jim, this espn set is going up very, very fast and is impressive. they are putting it directly on market street so market is shut down between 5th and 6th and especially on temple campus excitement is building as they and philadelphia prepare for the national spotlight. >> giant white espn production trucks pulled up to independence mall this morning, they started quickly to put up the set for game day tomorrow. >> you ever watch it? >> every saturday yes. >> to accommodate the set market is shut down from 5th and 6th and now there say detour. >> it's impressive. >> thousands are expected to stand behind the set holding up all sorts of signs, temple is sending 40 buses of students. to be part of the broadcast. on campus students are having the time of their lives for the match-up with ninth ranked notre dame and 21st ranked undefeated temple owls. >> everybody is getting sided game day it coming. >> comin

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news a multimillion-dollar project aims to protect the jersey shore from future storms. >>> but the big story on "action news" is the gun point robberies of two studentses from temple university. both crimes happened early this morning one victim was walking near campus and the other was on school grounds. katherine scott is live at one of the scenes with more. >> reporter: that is right, two temple students were robbed at gun point within hours of each other and neither student was injured. the first armed robbery took place at 15th, about a block away from broad street. the executive director of public safety at temple says that robberies are down but last night's incidents show that there is work to do to make the number lower. >> two students were held up in two different armed robberies last night in north philadelphia. one was on campus and the other nearby, some students say they were not surprised. >> it's a dangerous neighborhood but you know the risks when you select to go to tem

i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> good news here, thousands of youngsters in chester will have a new place to play. yea! officials at the chester upland school of the arts cut a ribbon on a new playground today, it was built with the help of 200 volunteers and designed by the children themselves. also in chester today, dozens of young athletes hit the field at ppl park for a soccer clinic, students learned new skills directly from a coach with the philadelphia union. the clinic was sponsored by true mark financial. >>> athletes will have a new race to test their strength at the jersey shore. officials announced today that they will hold a half iron man triathlon in atlantic city next september, a 56 mile bike ride and a 13 mile run on the boardwalk the race is set for september 18th, 2016 and the producer of this broadcast jaily shore could do that without thinking twice. >> i don't think i could do an eighth iron man. >> i have trouble thinking about it. >> me too. >> how about the eagles. >> the birds are on a roll and they are about to face their toughest task yet and a

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> i signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in knowledge, giving our emergency management folks the tools they need to assure a speedy and orderly response. >> the big news on "action news" is breaking news, just moments ago governor chris christie declared a state of emergency for the garden state, officials are preparing for the worst as they plan for possible evacuations and shelters if necessary. >> this comes with a one-two punch for the jersey shore, right now there is just a taste of the system that is expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to the garden state. now hurricane joaquin, the storm is spinning off the coast of the bahamas, it's still unclear if at all joaquin will make landfall, there is a chance the tri-state area will take a direct hit. nora muchanic is down at the shore tracking the preparations for joaquin, but we begin with karen rogers, she is watching double scan all morning and joins us at the big board with the latest. >> reporter: we have big issue we are tracking,

what do we know about frick and his alleged crime, we go to sara bloomquist in minquadale. >> reporter: jim, we have learned that up until his arrest yesterday, 21-year-old christopher frick was a senior at the university of delaware majoring in mathematics but for the last three years, he harbored a secret obsession with dr. caroline ekong and the psychiatrist had no idea of his fixation. and he showed up at her hockessin home planning on murder. >> he planned this for sometime. >> christopher frick is held without bail on a first degree murder charge, accused of stabbing to death dr. caroline ekong, who police say frick was obsessed with and intent on killing. >> obviously some is someone obsessed with another individual. >> frick worked at the medical center in newark, they say that three years ago something happened and the pair had a profession profession professional interaction. ekong had no idea frick was fixated on her. >> he confronted the victim and a physical altercation occurred where frick stabbed the victim several times and she succumbed to her injuries. >> her daughter

sara bloomquist has studied this thoroughly and has the storery. >> the a.c.s. says that women should start at age 45 not 40, and then 55 once every two years. the acs says that doctors should talk to them about false positives and extra test that could result. >> women ages 40 to 45 will benefit. >> the guidelines only apply to women of average risk of breast cancer, but dr. emily koenen the head of best cancer at the hospital says the problem with that women cannot know their actual risk. >> most women don't have a known risk factor, we have not come up with that information, what really are all the things that cause breast can. >> the a.c.s. recommend that doctors no longer gift breast examines. >> we think that is wrong, women come in every day because they feel a lump and sometimes it is cancer. >> the time the physical exam is performed will be better spent counseling women on their options. >> this guideline is not a one size fits all, a woman is able to express her believes to her health care professional and can make an informed decision. >> the more fr

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.>>> good afternoon today, today on "action news" arc police are looking for a suspect in a possible case of road rage. >>> the big story on "action news" is the late october warm-up. sky 6 hd showing you the view over penn's landing and the delaware river. it's sunny and unseasonably mild on this wednesday afternoon, meteorologist, david murphy, tracking the temperature swing, he joins us live outside. that sun is doing its work david. >> it is, as is the southwest flow, i insisted on doing this report outside. lots of blue sky and just a little bit of cirrus cloud cover, look at satellite, the closest pronounced cloud cover continues to be in new york state and pittsburgh, there is a little bit of cloud cover and it's high and thin enough and temperatures are doing well and we are up to 68 in philadelphia, 66 in wilmington and 68 in trenton and several spots including allentown reading and millville and the airport in atlantic city, touching the 70 degree mark and a.c. higher than that. the ocean temperature is run

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sara bloomquist is live at the scene in glen mills for us with the very latest. >> reporter: rick and this is where it happened, there is orange paint on the pavement indicating where the bicyclist was hit and where he landed. you get an idea of the traffic behind me just how busy 202 is along this stretch and the hour that the crash happened it would have been dark but the driver should have seen the bicyclist and definitely should have stopped. >> certain parts of the road are bad. somebody is coming down going 65, 70 and they have to compensate and they didn't see the poor guy and no helmet or

sara bloomquist is live now tonight with the full story. >> reporter: rick and monica, to be honest, we don't know much, police here are very tight-lipped as detectives do their work and they will only say they are not looking for an additional suspect. the crime scene detectives spent the day in the sand ridge development. >> we are on the scene and our technicians are coming out and surveying the scene. >> police responded to a 911 call, after a report from a woman that she discovered her mother insood of her home. her body was inside of the home where she lived for years, she is identified at a 56-year-old psychiatrist and mother of two. >> extremely friendly, we discussed our children and all of that, like a neighbor type of relationship. >> about a half hour later, police got a 911 call, from a man claiming to be responsible for the woman's death. >> at 4:27 a.m., received a call from the subject giving us information that he was responsible for the incident. >> patrol unit s came to the hoe in the autumn wood development. >> we are not looking other suspects at this time. >> th

we have vernon odom in center city philadelphia and sara bloomquist in wilmington let tart with you.> reporter: people in biden's home state and across the country were waiting and wondering what the vice president would finally decide to do. speculation reaching a fever pitch in recent day, and then mid-day today biden confirmed he would not run. >> he confirmed that his family worked through the grieving process after the death of his son but now it's too late to one for president.

what do we know about frick and his alleged crime, we go to sara bloomquist in minquadale. >> reporterjim, we have learned that up until his arrest yesterday, 21-year-old christopher frick was a senior at the university of delaware majoring in mathematics but for the last three years, he harbored a secret obsession with dr. caroline ekong and the psychiatrist had

sara bloomquist is live now tonight with the full story. >> reporter: rick and monica, to be honest,uch, police here are very tight-lipped as detectives do their work and they will only say they are not looking for an additional suspect. the crime scene detectives spent the day in the sand ridge development. >> we are on the scene and our technicians are coming out and surveying the scene. >> police responded to a 911

brand new charge, another count of perjury after they say they found new evidence in her office, sara bloomquist is live in collegeville where we are waiting for the attorney general to arrive. >> reporter: alicia, we expect her to arrive any moment here in collegeville, her arraignments for 4:30 this afternoon, already facing a long list of charges for leaking confidential information and then lying to a grand jury, she said she made no agreement to keep the information secret but prosecutors seemed to have uncovered a document that proves otherwise. today the montgomery county district attorney added a perjury count and other criminal charges to those kane is already facing for lying to a grand jury all for embarrassing a foe and now they say she lied about an oath of seek secrecy in 2013, they say she never lied about an only of secrecy. but prosecutors searched her harrisburg office, and found this document, the only she signed when taking office. swearing to keep secret grand jury investigations. >> she has vowed to stay in office and pled not guilty to the charges. the pennsylvania state c