but conditions at mount vernon accented this trait. "i made no money from my estate during the nine years away from it," washington explained and he needed to write this unsustainable situation. he rode the circuit of his fine farms. he rode those around here and they're now all subdivisions around here every morning, monday through saturday, observing his some 200 workers, most of them black slaves. afternoons were spent planning ways to improve his livestock. he entertained a steady stream of visitors who arrived, often unannounced, to greet the celebrated general and inevitably stay for dinner and the night. unless someone pops up unexpectedly, washington noted in 1798, mrs. washington and myself will do what i believe has not been done within the last 20 years by us, that is to sit down to dinner by ourselves. this period, of course, covered his years at mount vernon following his retirement in 1783. second, no matter how much he hoped to unload it, he still carried the weight of a country on his shoulders. washington knew from exp

vernon became involved in the case and went to the police and said he was a witness.elf, and the other two as the assailants. later, we weres arrested and taken downtown and arraigned. we were held before a lineup. we weren't picked out in a lineup, but unbeknownst to us, we did not know this. we thought everything was ok. nobody came out and said, you guys are being charged, or anything. so we assumed we were getting our obligatory phone call after you are rested and we thought we were going home. that did not turn out to be the case. a few months later, we all went on trial and were charged with capital crimes. lost ourtly, we all trials. we were sent to death row. we were sent to die in the ohio electric chair. we stayed on death row and lingered and wondered and worried for 2.5 years. >> go ahead -- >> there was a lot of debate about the ohio death penalty. nullified out, they the death penalty at that time and everybody back there was given a life sentence in prison. ofnow, there was a period time where you were offered the possibility of parole. could you talk a

vernon odom is live in manayunk with more, vernon. >> reporter: the latest development confirmation tonight that the fbi joined this missing person investigation. the official word is that the fbi is assisting philadelphia police in the search for shane montgomery. again today, police spent hours searching frigid waters of the manayunk canal looking for any clues as to the whereabouts of west chester university student shane mc. the 21-year-old that grew up and lives in this section of town. he vanished in wee hours of thanksgiving morning after bar hopping with friends along the main street strip. he got separated from them and bouncer escorted him out of the popular pub 2 a.m. no one has come forward to say they've seen him since. his family continues to monitor the search. >> it amazes me that shane was out on one of the busiest nights party nights for kids that are 21 and over and nobody saw anything. >> montgomery extended family says they all refused to give up hope that he'll be found safe and sound. >> i never give up hope. i coach cross country for 15 years roman catholic high scho

i'm scott broom at mount vernon square.up police are making preparations, too. >> reporter: what will the ferguson grand jury decide and when will it be announced? i'm andrea mccarren monitoring the latest developments from our satellite center. i'll have a live report coming up. >> reporter: i'm kristen berset at the verizon center, the wizards hosting lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers. i'll have more in the big showdown coming up. >>> right now tensions are rising in ferguson, missouri, as the community awaits a decision from the grand jury whether to indict a police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed teenager. good evening. i'm derek mcginty. >> and i'm lesli foster. there are renewed calls for calm. michael brown is the unarmed teen killed by darren wilson over the summer. we've also learned a school district just outside ferguson has decided to shut down all next week just in case there is unrest. the mayor of st. louis has requested hundreds of additional national guard troops to support the local police a

live in northwest washington tonight -- >> indeed, there were hundreds who walked to mount vernon square and started into chinatown. this is the arch on h street. they moved to that intersection and shut it down for about 10 minutes. the protesters were loud and emotional and angry, but otherwise very peaceful. >> he got shot! >> a day after a missouri grand jury announced it would not charge a white police officer in the shooting death of unarmed police -- teenager mike brown, this coalition said enough already. >> let's be real. the grand jury was a set up. >> 800 miles from ferguson, they went to mount vernon square to send a message. >> we need to stand together and demand true justice. not only for mike brown, but for all the mike browns. -- chanted against what they described as unjustified police action around the country. i asked them how protesting would change anything. >> we cannot lecture our way to change. the only way you can get justice is in the streets. >> the groups moves through the h street corridor, briefly shutting down traffic and eventually moving to chinatown. "h

we have live team coverage of the winter storm, vernon odom is live at philadelphia international airport and nora muchanic has conditions from trenton. but first lets go to melissa magee with the latest. >> we are tracking stormtracker 6 live double scan with the coastal storm starting to wind down and pulling to the north and east and we'll show you what is going on, from the rain at the coast to delaware, we have mixed precipitation in delaware and the snow is north and west and we'll widen out the picture, affected by much of the eastern seaboard, on north and eastward in areas of maine, and the back edge is pulling apart and away from our region from three and a half to four hours from now, if you are traveling by air, and there are hefty ones, 103 minute delay there and boston logan is reporting delays, from o'hare to atlantic but newark, new jersey, and jfk and la guardia is also reporting delays. we'll talk more about the accuweather forecast in a bit. >>> now, for a closer look at the roadways, our mobile 6 camera is live heading towards i-95, and traffic is moving at a good clip

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon thank you. >>> leaders in the philadelphia school district met today to discuss the next steps it will take to fix the struggling walter palmer charter schools. the city already shut down the charter school because it had double the students it was suppose to have. parents are scrambling to put their kids somewhere else. the district says that palmer oz them $2.4 million for part of which is overpayments. >> that is because they were billing us for students they were not serving. >> do you have the money? >> at this point absolutely not, no charter school has that much money on hand. >> the district will vote whether to revoke the school's license all together sometime after the first of the year. >>> a golf course stirred up emotion in chester county, that a new school district development project could hurt their quiet community. john rawlins is live in phoenixville with that story. >> one of the attractions just outside of phoenixville is its quiet wooded areas in many locations here, with that if mind, a proposal by the sc

live at philadelphia international airport vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon the action news morning team will have updated information on the sky cap strike and now it is impacting conditions at the airport. joan matt, tam david and karen to learn everything you need to know before you head out. >>> in other news business owners are picking up the pieces after a raging fire destroyed businesses at the columbus farmers market. 10 of the 65 inside shops were destroyed in the four alarm blaze yesterday. the outdoor vending area and produce and seafood markets will reopen tomorrow but for many shop keepers the future is uncertain. >> we are waiting to find out what the next step is, we have not experienced anything like this before. it's all new to us. >> i want to cry and i want to go in and see it. obviously it happened at the same time and it's one of the big of the days, investigators are trying to figure out how the fire started. >> and now a fire that we brought to you first yesterday. a man stealing a package off an upper darby front porch holding a baby i

vernon square to participate in this 5th demonstration of the day. i would say 300 or so demonstrators now would be my best guess. by the way, they do have some specific demands. they've delivered letters to the police chief, city council, and the mayor-elect today, requesting that body cameras be issued to all police officers and the community has a better oversight of the police department as a whole. we're live in mount vernon square, andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> after going through all the evidence, attorneys vowed to keep on fighting for justice. they want to push for federal charges against wilson. >> we went through as much as we could and saw how completely unfair this process was. we object publicly and loudly as we can on behalf of michael brown, jr.'s family that this process is broken. >> now brown's family could file a wrongful death suit against wilson. >> he is still on administrative leave and his lawyer is out with a statement today. they say the 28-year-old officer and his family greatly appreciate the support for those who stood by h

live in chester county, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon there is word tonight that 22-year-old carlesha freeland-gaither is huddled with her family at an undisclosed location. her alleged kidnapper, 37-year-old delvin barnes is in custody after his arrest last night in jessup, maryland. david ryis live now where he learned more how the police cracked the case. >> reporter: we learn that carlesha is alive tonight in part because she kept her witts about her. that and a group effort that stretched from here to virginia and most important one man that got the ball rolling immediately. >> the gentlemen by the name of dwayne fletcher, he is the man seen on the abduction video after the car left and picks up the victim's phone and calls police. >> he witnessed it and watched and called the police twice, he called the police and waited for me. if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have the same outcome i don't think. this man is a hero. >> if fletcher had not done what he did it could have been a missing persons case that wouldn't have been reported until todays later. th

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news."evelopments on the miracle in maryland, carlesha freeland-gaither is home safe as her suspected kidnapper awaits his first appearance in court. delvin barnes is accused of abducting her in philadelphia and it came to a close in maryland last night. david henry is live now with the latest in the logan section. >> reporter: rick, the happy news is that she was recovered and police have a lot of backtracking to do and a lot of loose ends to tie up. they are trying to figure out how long delvin young was in the area. and comparing notes of other jurisdictions of unsolved crimes they may be able to pin to him. >> i have been around a long time, and that is the first time i have actually seen a kidnapping on video. >> it was video seen around the world, it was also followed by surveillance video of a suspect, take and before and after the abduction. the suspect delvin barnes was identified by police in virginia, as the man they had been seeking with a similar crime and the car dealer that so

it is in the area of oakdale west vernon -- oakdale and west vernon. we don't know who was able to make it out but we are hearing at least two people are in critical condition. that is a new update. we were not certain about injuries. you want to keep in mind this city has had financial problems. we will have to find out whether that was a factor here. detroit's weston side. it is apparently going to be some time before they able to get it on their control. back to you. >> a perfect situation. about the weather and what we have ahead. >> the weekend is going to be some fine. it ended really cold around here. lapses going to be a time for you. the clouds are through the day. a few sprinkles at times. the skies are clearing. it will be a clear and cold tonight. park, 48 degrees. the winds will diminish. just get ready for a very cold night. 51 at reagan national paid 47 degrees -- national. 47 degrees at bwi thurgood marshall. the clouds will diminish tonight and temperatures will start a pretty impressive plunge. we expect 29 237 degrees for the tempera

"action news" reporter vernon odom live in darby tonight with the very latest. vernon? >> it was down right awful and had it not been for a neighbor stopping by unexpectedly, it could have been even worse for the 14-year-old girl. this is 18 year old hill charged with multiple crimes related to the attempted rape of a 14-year-old neighborhood girl. he surrendered to the darby police this morning. the incident occurred inside his home on 9th street wednesday afternoon. the police say he lured the girl inside, spent the siblings upstairs and took the girl into a first-floor bedroom. >> she was sexually assaulted. had it not been for a person coming and knacking on the door because they left something in the building, i don't know how much farther this would have went. >> police say a friend of hill's came to the house, knocked on the door and eventually the victim ran out into his arms while hill fled, only to be surrendered by his parents today. >> he has a history of violence. we are extremely concerned about that. >> the victim's family says she is extremely traumatize

vernon square in d.c. >> this is a system that is not broken. it is a system that is made not to work for us. >> people in this diverse crowd hold sign that's read, black lives matter, no justice no peace, and end racial profiling. >> it is important to address racial injustice everywhere. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> right now the protesters have taken it to the streets walking towards china town. you can see them right here many of them have their hands up saying, hands up, don't shoot. >> please should not be shooting unarmed young men. >> organized events like this bring awareness. >> well we just found out that the next protests will be on saturday. georgetown at noon. some protesters plan on protesting black friday and cyber monday. live outside the white house. ne 4. >>> thanks. there's new information about funeral aranrangements for mari barry, viewing will be followed by funeral services at walter washington conventional center and burral on capitol hill, not clear if it is public or private. >>> also new, a child is in the hospital

. >> vernon got jarred, held the ball, and delirious. >> the entire stadium exploded at once.l was tears running down my eyes. it was an epic play. >> that really was the end to an epic game. >> the post to vernon was a new beginning. it was the new 49er era officially being born. at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, to move, to keep warm, to make clay piggies. that's why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. let's broaden the world's energy mix, let's go. >>> my wife didn't grow up in a household like i did that was a sports household. it's helped me kind of turn her into a niners fan. >> i was a saints fan early on in our relationship. but watching neal's passion is hard not to feel that passion and want to root for the niners as well. >> if she's not a niners fan by now, there's no hope for her. >> neal and terry live in prairieville, louisiana, in the heart of whodat nation, where the saints rule the land. but in the wilson household, the gold that normally dominates the

vernon odom is live outside of christiana hospital. vernon.er:tonight the state police sources are tell me that the driver that plowed into defrancesco's car will face charges for the tragedy that he created allegedly in the wee hours of sunday morning. friends and family are mourning the death of alexis defrancesco age 22 that was due to finish her studies next month and get her fashion degree in the spring. she was a passenger in the nissan which was brodsided by th-- broad sidedby the pathfind. >> we are taking moment by moment. >>reporter:her boyfriend alec clark was driving the altima. the driver of a pathfinders identified as ewing-wright roared into the intersection at a highrat high rate of speed. she worked as a sevener for twoo years. >> she had so many goals in fashion. he was about t graduate. >> it's shocking that someone is with you for a moment and the next moment they are not. it's just -- >>reporter:police sources say it will be up to the state attorney general general to decide what e charges will be. >>> thank you, vernon. a

vernon odom is live with more. >> reporter: as you drive down the high ways these days you cannot help but be elated when you see the price of gasoline and how it dipped. what sparked this was simple supply and demand. >> i'm glad and i hope it stays down. >> the mood is happiness and contentment, as consumers hail the lowest pump prices in years, that the middle east turmoil has not turned things upside down and with winter time coming the demand is at its lowest. >> we all of a sudden have a sudden wave of supply in the market and this sends a shutter through the market. quitd frankly we are at a time of year where demand is at its lowest and supply is at its highest. >> it's a pleasure to fill up the tank for under $50. >> this drop is leaving consumers with disposable income. >> they help people in their pocketbook that is for sure. >> the holidays are coming as well. >> as i understand it will affect heating and things like that. hopefully, it's good for families that could use the break. >> for me it's great because with transportation business your profit is limited. and gas can

live in parkside, vernon odom "channel~6 action news." >> thank you.oters in new jersey can cast their ballots at 6:00 a.m. polls open in pennsylvania and delaware at 7:00 a.m. and the polls in all three states will close at 8:00 p.m. >>> meanwhile, mailers with incorrect polling locations went out to 30,000 philadelphians. it was funded by an organization based in brooklyn. anyone that is confused about where they can cast their ballots you can find a link to that on 6abc.com. and to be an informed voter is on our website. which are following the candidates as you expect. you can see profiles of everyone running for office. tomorrow night we will have live results as soon as the polls close. you can find it all on 6abc.com /election. >>> the eagles paid a high price losing their starting quarterback and unquestioned leader on defense. jamie apody the fans will ask the question, which loss hurts more demeco ryans or nick foles? >> i posted that on our facebook and twitter pages. they say that demeco ryans is more than a hit than foles's loss. many are

. >> our scott broom is down in mount vernon square with details on what we can expect. >> reporter: mount vernon square already designated by activists as the meeting place for a protest the day after whatever time the grand jury in ferguson makes its decision. this video shot by the protesters themselves at previous d.c. events gives you an idea of the noisy but nonviolent demonstrations being planned by a group call d.c. ferguson. eugene courier is an organizer. aren't you jumping the gun organizing a protest before anything has happened? >> we want to be prepared because we see that in these situations very often police officers either aren't indicted or are indicted for lesser charges. ferguson is so caitiff it of things happening -- indicative of things happening around the country. >> reporter: meanwhile metropolitan police sources have told wusa9 civil disturbance units have been activated. outgoing mayor vincent gray is commenting. >> i don't think it will happen here. of course, i'm deeply concerned about ferguson, what's going on there, you know, whether people should be h

his friend vernon administers cpr. >> definitely vernon was a huge part of saving my life. he didn't do what he did, i wouldn't be here today. >> later at the hospital malu is given a clean bill of health. incredibly, his only injury is a stiff neck. but, in another close call with a bungee cord, this time in thailand, the injuries are far more severe. >> just jump? >> a bungee jumper's cord snaps, hurdling him headfirst into a river. this 21-year-old lives in wakefield, england. after securing a degree in economics from cambridge university, he decides to take a well-deserved vacation. >> after graduating, we all thought it would be fun to go to thailand, see the islands, party, have some fun. >> in august 2009, he and his friends head east. after several days of sightseeing, he notices an advertisement for a bungee jumping adventure. >> wow, this looks cool. i'm here, you know, carpe diem and all that. let's go. let's do this. >> along with playing the guitar, speaking italian and salsa dancing, bungee jumping is among his 15 things to accomplish in life. >> i'm was alway

today the local victim at the center of the case told his story to "action news" reporter vernon odom. lewis campbell started with what sparked the incident. >> a guy who i can readily identified mentioned something in the way a derogatory and sexual matter to my girlfriend. >> campbell outside of this restaurant the night of october 24 when he was surrounded and attacked by as many as six males. >> his friends jumped in. >> campbell had just moved to concern pennsylvania from westchester and was placed in a medically-induced coma for nearly a week. >> i had a skull fracture, nose fracture, bleeding on the brain. right now still suffer from severe headaches. almost deaf in my right ear. >> six members of the university's football team arrested and charged with aggravated assault. wrong them the 19-year-old son of a philadelphia police officer. campbell's lawyer is planning a lawsuit against the university claiming that some of the suspects from criminal records and the school knew it. >> we believe the football program knew of the dangers that these individuals possessed. and that the

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> a milestone day there vernon thank you. >>> an ocean county man hit a pedestrian while driving drunk and then drove with the person stuck in his windshield for more than 5 minutes, it happened on route 9 in ocean township, when they stopped martin ortega more than a mile away, the 66-year-old victim was still lodged in the windshield. ortega is facing a number of charges. >>> police arrested a man for robbing and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old at gun point. ortiz is the man seen in this surveillance video early sunday morning. police say that ortiz followed the male from the chinese takeout and attacked him. >>> two people were rushed to the hop after a fire in north philadelphia this afternoon. chopper 6 hd was over the 600 block of north franklin street, that is where officials say two people were hurt when a fire sparked at 3:00. one man was burned but other details have not been released. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> it was september 12th of this year that two pennsylvania state troopers were gunned down in pikes c

vernon odem asked him what led him to the prosecutors' office and which case sticks out the most. >>etimes, caring for your neighbors means going the extra mile. when our patient, susan, mentioned her dad couldn't make it in to pearle vision to get his eyes checked... we went to him. and we realized, if he had trouble getting new glasses... he probably wasn't the only one. to us, eye care is about living dr. pearles legacy. building a trusting relationship with the person behind the eyes. this is genuine eye care, right in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. we're getting warm and then cold. >> reporter: we've got everything, we have a little warm, a little rain, a little black ice, it's going on and on and on. there's the view of the camden waterfront. lots of clouds overspread the area we're expecterring -- expecting a mainly cloudy day. we had flakes flying in the poconos and now left us chilly temperatures. poconos 27, beach haven 36. cloud cover in advance of a system that is starting to develop down here, remember we were talking about this yesterday, the bundle of energy

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> vernon thank you. >>> an attorney at a center city law firms accused of paying for sex with a 14-year-old forced in prostitution, he allegedly contacted the girl's captors and paid to visit her at his office on numerous occasions and he was aware of her young age. >> believe there are a special place in hell for a man like brian meehan that rapes 12 and 14-year-old girls. >> his attorney says his client is innocent of the charges and in the meantime, a german town couple are charged with forcing that girl and four others into prostitution. their names are held until the grand jury investigation wraps up. >>> philadelphia mayor nutter invited the onners of several stores that no longer sell tobacco products to city hall, they have implemented the change in a desire to help the community. any store that stops selling cigarettes and chewing tobacco gets a certificate in their recognition. >>> one group is putting a patriotic thanks into thanksgiving. we put out thousands of thanksgiving items, a homeless shelter for veterans stopped to pack up th

"action news" reporter vernon odom live at darby police department headquarters with the story. >> the suspect held in the delaware county prison tonight. the police consider hill dangerous after he allegedly called them on the telephone and told them if they wanted him, they'd have to come get him. this is 18-year-old kassim hill of darby in prison tonight charged with attempted rape and charges on an ailied assault ona 14-year-old girl. occurring in his home on ninth street wednesday march. he lured the girl inside, sent his siblings upstairs and took the girl into a first-floor bedroom. >> she was sexually assaulted. i don't know that a rape occurred but i am not ruling that out. >> the police say a friend of hill's came to the house unexpectedly, knocked on the door and heard the child scream religion. eventually the victim ran out of the door into his arms he told the police. hill pled the police say, only to be surrendered by his parents this morning. >> he was holding her in the room because when the witness came to the door the door was partially open and the witness heard her

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a four alarm fire in north jersey forced ninemorning, firefighters were high above the smoke and flames trying to put out the flames in paterson. the cause remains under investigation. >>> the appeal hearing for ray rice is underway in new york city, he is fighting his indefinite suspension sparked by the video that shows rice attacking his wife. >> reporter: as he entered into an arbitration hearing this morning, ray rice was holding hands with his wife, janay, the same woman whose body he dragged out an of elevator in february. following the public outcry and the release of this second video, the nfl suspended him indefinitely. rice believes he was punished by the original two game suspension. expected to testify is nfl commissioner, roger goodell, for his mishandling of this case prompted some to say he should be removed from pro football. and the day before adrian peterson was in court, entering a plea deal on felony child abuse charges. >> i regret this incident -- >> this morning peterson is a free man as is female soccer s

"action news" reporter vernon odom has his story. >> this was ron more than 25 years ago.umber 57. a philadelphia eeg the linebacker. now he is a detective tackling crime problems full-time supervising more than 70 investigators of the first african-american to obtain the rank in the prosecutor's office. >> camden, yeah, it's just a tough city. >> so new to this top-level post dozens of his letters of accommodations have not been hung on the wall yet. the case that sticks out most hads a front-line investigator the two busts in the 2001 murder of in washington township, abducted in the parking lot of a patco station. >> this is one that really touched me, you know. it touched me because it was just such a senseless case. >> and he was a stand out at the university of florida before becoming a high florida draft pick but knee injuries ended his career. and he enrolled at rutgers to get a degree in psychology and it led him to the prosecutor's office. 19 years he has thrived and risen through the ranks working with anticrime programs and bringing criminals to justice. ron mo

. >> here is the famous bus stop according to the testimony by edmond >>> vernon this month admitted that he lied and police forced him to testify. the ohio innocence project picked up the case after a 2011 report from cleveland magazine. it interviewed ronny, who reason released from prison and pointed out numerous holes in the case, including a lack of physical evidence, and other witness testimony that was essentially discounted. the bridgeman brothers sat on death row together. >> it's been a 40 year battle. it's not that we won, it's that we have finally been heard. >> jackson spent more time behind bars than any other prisoner wrongly convicted in the u.s. he says he's looking forward to seeing his two childhood friends for the first time in years. >> i'm going to embrace them and hug them. we have been through a lot together, we made it, we are here. >> also of note - jackson and wylie bridgeman were asked about edmond vernon and both do not blame him for his testimony. >> it was powerful to hear him say it's not that we were won, we were finally heard. >>> a new report on the

. >> our jim osman is live in mount vernon square tonight where hundreds of demonstrators have gathered. >> reporter: there was a lot of passion here tonight, but it was all peaceful even as demonstrators took to the streets. mount vernon square filled with demonstrators who were peaceful, some angry and some weary. >> just tired. i mean how many times does it have to happen where you just stay on the side line and not do anything? something has to be done. we have to let those in power know we aren't going to take this anymore. >> reporter: the day after the demonstration follows a grand jury decision which declined to indict a missouri police officer for the death of michael brown. >> the final decision was not right and i think there's so much more work that our country needs to do. >> this is an opportunity to take the black experience and see it as a human experience. i think for so long that it's been shown as the other when i think that now is a real chance to show how many people that supported it, this is a real thing. >> reporter: the more than hour long rally then took to the

c-span veterans say coverage begins tuesday morning during washington journal with an interview with vernon jones. then the annual uso gala featuring general martin dempsey. then were live at 11:00 from arlington national cemetery with the traditional lease -- wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the discussion on mental health issues and selections from this year's white house medal of honor series. >> the berlin mall has separated ,ast and west since august 13 1960 one. as the wall came down on november 9, 1989, senate minority leader bob dole, republican from kansas, and george mitchell, democrat for maine, took to voice their thoughts. >> according to the news reports the east german government has just announced the opening of its borders to all citizens, including the right to free practice of the berlin wall. it appears that the berlin wall all it represents is crumbling. the people of east germany sought to take their own destiny into their own hands. by the hundreds of thousands they have taken to the streets, asking only two things --

it was vernon jordan. [laughter] maybe you know the voice.a subtle presence, vernon bolted forward and said to the t.s.a. man this is ben bradlee, the former editor of "the washington post". ben bradlee said the t.s.a. man, and then improbably and miraculously he waved ben through security. ben turned and gave one of those muscle pumps se with his right arm, he had beat the system again. [laughter] in those hard final years of his life as the great mind faded, four people really took care of ben, his beloved wife sally. that was a real 41-year love affair, their son quinn, dr. michael newman, a saint in the medical profession and carmen their housekeeper. not chronologically but psychologically ben's passing is and in some very clear ways marks the end of the 20th century. he is gone and for that we are diminished and the world is smaller. i will never forget the leadership and the smile of this man we love so much. [tenor solo singing] >> part of ben bradlee's incomparable charm was he already seemed ready to say anything to anyone. but ben

vernon square. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear from some young people about how the ferguson events have changed how they think about police. reporting live in northwest, mark segraves, news4. >>> and as you continue to watch, as you can also find some incredible photos from ferguson. we also have social messages from protests around the country on nbcwashington.com and on our facebook page. >>> former redskins player, fred smoot, facing domestic assault charges tonight, and is already being taken off the air as an analyst. tonight we're hearing firsthand from the former girlfriend who called police. she posted these pictures on instagram from as far back as august, showing red marks and scratches on her body. news4's chris gordon live now at the loudoun county courthouse. chris? >> reporter: tonight fred smoot is out of jail, released on his own personal recognizance, plus a $2500 bond. this morning here in the courthouse, he pleaded not guilty to the charge of domestic assault. today i spoke with t

for vernon odom, "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> a lawyer surround today saying he had sex of a 16-year-old. he had sex in his office 20 times. they forced the girl no sex trafficking rings. she was allegedly able to describe his office and divulged details. >> meehan told her that she knew that she was only 14 years old. the youngest girl that he had sex for money was 12 years old. >> meehan faces a slew of other charges. the couple has been charged. >>> a man accused of robbing several 7-elevens is behind bars. this is christian morgan. he is pulling a knife from his pants on the 6700 block of north 5th street. he tried the same thing this sunday. they arrested morgan a short time later. >>> as "action news" at 10:00 continues, some colleges are cutting ties with bill cosby. >>> and the reciprocate of the nobere -- recipient ofthe nobel. >>> and an arm >>> temple university may be standing by, bill cosby's growing sex allegations, other schools are distancing themselves. they will no longer award a scholarship in his name. 17 women have come forward, accusing the 77 of sexual ass

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. around the country hundreds of flights have already been canceled and thousands of delays as well. the lines here in atlanta are long, as people try to get a jump on the storm. but at the midwest's biggest hub, at chicago o'hare, people are already making backup plans. they have no choice. >> i have a reserved rental car in philadelphia just in case. >> in case you have to drive because of the weather? >> yes. >> the ripple affect is expected to spread to other airports by this afternoon. follow the path of this winter storm at 6abc.com, can you get life storm tracker radar and we are following the holiday situation as the storm moves through, it's all at 6abc.com/weather and don't forget we want to see your snowtographs as well. #~ 6 abc snow. >>> and a health scare for supreme court justice ruth baiter ginsburg. >>> plus, are you looking live at sky 6 hd at center city where snow is coming down. meteorologist, david murphy will be back with the exclusive accuweather forecast when "a

vernon odem talked to the local victim at the center of the case, about what sparked the incident. >> guy who i can readily identify mentioned something out of the way derogatory and in a sexual manner to my girlfriend. >> reporter: louis campbell was outside this restaurant the night of october 24th when he was surrounded and attacked bias many as 6 males. >> his friends jumped in, some of minutes later i am unconscious. >> reporter: he was placed in a million induced comma for a week. >> i had a skull fracture, nose fracture, bleeding on the brain and suffer from severe headaches i'm almost deaf in my right ear. >> reporter: 6 members of the university football team were arrested an charged with aggravated assault among them the 19-year-old son of a philadelphia police officer. campbell at lawyers are preparing a lawsuit gains the university of california pennsylvania. >> we believe the football program knew the danger that these individuals posed and that they want to whatever extent necessary to cover it up and keep them on the football field until this became so public they can n

and standing in line before the doors esses and into the evening rush hour, live in bala cynwyd, vernons." >> thank you. >> on the national front, the races to watch center around the u.s. senate, the magical number for republicans is six. the gop does have the edge. the latest "washington post" poll says that republicans have a 96% chance of taking control from the democrats. >> if you look at the map, they have multiple paths to get to their goal and take back the senate. >> louisiana and georgia are races that could create the possibility for runoff contests, none of the runners in those states have the majority of supporters. it's possible we might not know who controls the senate for months. the league of women voters are here tonight, taking questions and can you report voter irregulari irregularities. 6abc.com will stream results live tonight and we are tweeting them with the #~ 6 abc vote and please join us for all the results at 11:00. and we have live reports from campaign headquarters, dann cuellar is reporting from tom corbett's headquarters and chad pradelli is reporting fr

live at the police headquarters in chester, vic vernon odom. >>> they confirmed the deadly family shooting. we have a breaking news news out the clifton heights. the fire was in the 200 block of east beakly street. you see the firefighters working hard. no smoke currently is seen. it has gotten dark. it is hard to see. no active flames. no word on any injuries. we'll keep an eye on the home in clifton heights. >>> now, the police have confirmed that the deadly shooting in tabernacle, new jersey was an attempted murder-suicide by the mother. the state police held a press conference a short time ago. 44-year-old jeaninne lepage shot her two children and then turned the gun on herself. >>> a patient at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania tested negative for the ebola virus. the person recently returned to thtou.s. from west africa. they announced that the test results were negative for ebola. the hospital says that it started to prepare for the possibility of caring for an ebola patient several municipalities ago. >>> it's less than a week that the vatican confirmed that pope franc

investigators say it's the worst child abuse case they have ever seen.tigators say it's the worst vernon odom is live with more on this murder investigation. >> reporter: backing up what you said. chester county law enforcement figures emergency rooms and hospitals are calling it the worst case of child abuse they have ever seen. jillian tate and her boyfriend are in prison tonight facing first degree murder charges, the d.a. says they tortured her son to death. >> he was systematically tortured and beaten to death. he was punched in the face and in the stomach, he was scourged with a homemade whip. he was lashed with a metal rod, he was tied to a chair and beaten. he was tied upside down by his feet and beaten. >> they share this west town trailer, and all three worked at a local wal-mart, there were no signs that these people were on drugs and the d.a. says that professionals with deep experience in these cases were brought to tears. >> our e.r. nurses see terrible things but when they saw his body, they wept. >> the d.a. says they will seek the death penalty for the suspects. they onl

campaign folks were caught in a squabble with the bush folks, which is not unusual and jim baker and vernon jordan, got together had a great lunch. perhaps had a martini, i'm not sure. took them half an hour, the rules were done and say good-bye and remain great friends. he made the lonely decision to touch the third rail of american foreign policy and plunge headlong into the peace process at a time when there was very little support for it. and his work to build a global coalition to confront saddam hussein, ahead of operation desert storm to this very day is the gold standard by which modern coalition building is judged, which i will personally use as i go out in the next days to work on the isil issue. and henry kissinger, the man who as we've heard literally wrote the book on diplomacy, the secretary whose exploits and expertise gave us the vocabulary of modern diplomacy. the very words, shuttle diplomacy and strategic patience and whose special insight into history has been an invaluable gift to every secretary who has sat in that office on mahogany row ever since the day that henry l

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> topping the ticket in delaware, chris couns is big in the senatehe voted in highland elementary in wilmington. he won the seat formerly held by vice president joe biden, is he now seeking a full six year term, kevin wade is trying to unseat him. wade cast his ballot earlier this morning at a church in old new kastdle. there was a steady turnout in east vincent, people arrived shortly after the polls opened to kastd their vote in pennsylvania's governor's rate and who will win the seats in the u.s. house of representatives. >> and some encountered problems votesing this morning and their polling place was not open. in upper darby, they did not open until 8:00 a.m. and later and then police told us they had incorrect information on who would be voting there and organizers set up an alternate polling location. this reminder now, if you have questions about the polls or voting procedures, you can fine help here at 6 abc, volunteers from the league of women voters are here to take your phone calls right now and also talking about possible voting irregul

did a wonderful job. >> all in all, it was a wonderful day here at city hall, live in center city, vernondom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. >>> now, to a murder mystery in west philadelphia, where a woman was found naked and beaten to death, authorities responded to an apartment along 53rd street and market before 3:00 a.m. they found the victim. 62-year-old sandra barley, she was rushed to the hospital but later died of her injuries, her roommate told police that three masked men broke in and beat them but the evidence does not support that. >> i am grieving and trying to get things set up for her funeral. >> barley's roommate is being questioned by police. >>> two people were hurt in a house fire in philadelphia overnight. firefighters were called to the 1600 block of orthodox street just after 11:00 last night. flames were coming from the hom when firefighters arrived. the officials said the woman suffered first and second degree burns, residents in two row homes were forced out into the cold early this morning. this is the scene at 5400 block of florence avenue, aut

they marched from mountain vernon square.testers say they feel the system is stacked up against them. >> this is a system that is not broken. it is a system made not to work for us. >> they were joined by other minority groups, including asian-americans and say, they, too, are victims of racial profiling. >>> following a developing story a respected u.s. drone strike takes out four alleged militants. we're just getting details into the newsroom about the strike in pakistan's tribal region. they say the muss struck a compound in north waziristan. back to you now. >>> molette, thank you. 4:49. two minnesota men are charged with trying to support isis. the other man slipped out of the country to turkey last week. a dozen or more from joined terrorists groups in or around syria >> a woman for arrested for carrying a gun outside the white house. she participated in an immigration rally. when she was caught carrying a pistol, which is a fellow. >>> news 4 learned retail crime in the tyson's corner area is up. a special task force i

vernon square. at 5:00, you'll hear directly from some people who delivered the letters to public officials. reporting live, mark segraves, news4. >> we'll talk in depth about the feelings this case has generated in the black community with whur's troy johnson coming up in our next half hour. >>> first at 4:00, now a former nfl player charged with domestic abuse. and this time it's a former redskin. news4's dianna russini joins us in the studio with these late-breaking details. >> jim, pat, fred smoot is currently a football analyst on tv and radio here in washington but his appearances have been suspended indefinitely after his arrest on charges of domestic abuse. smoot played seven seasons with the washington redskins. on sunday morning, he was charged in loudoun county with a misdemeanor domestic assault charge after allegations he grabbed a woman during an altercation. this is a copy of the protective order the woman filed. smoot was booked and released from jail and appeared sunday on comcast s

on mount vernon square. the police are monitoring the events, but they will not say of any specific plans or strategies to deal with potential protests. roz plater, abc 7 news. updateswith abc 7 for on the developing situation in ferguson. as soon as the grand jury makes its decision, we will bring it here on air and online as well as facebook and twitter. >> developing news from prince george's county, were testing is happening after a positive case of tuberculosis was identified at potomac high school. parents received a letter informing them of the situation. prince george's county public schools is working with the health department to find anyone who had contact with the patient and to get them tested and treated. it is not known if the patient is a student or teacher or member of the staff. >> a doctor from prince george's county lost his battle with ebola at nebraska hospital. he contracted ebola treating patients in syria own. he kept working nearly two weeks after the initial test came back negative

vernon odom is here with more from philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: good evening, just how much service will be disrupted is unsure at this hour but there has

the protesters marched out of mount vernon square and down streets. d.c. police drove ahead to make sure the roads were clear. not only are protesters angry over this particular case, they're wondering what needs to be done to prevent similar shootings. >> how many times does it have to happen you where stay on the sideline and not do anything. something needs to be double. we have to let those in power know we're not going to take this anymore. >> reporter: that really was the reaction across the board with most people we spoke to at the protests last night and yesterday. they were peaceful and passionate. organizers hope they will continue to be without violence today. there is one more protest by that group that will be today at 12:30. they're calling it an education session. it will be at the naacp offices here in d.c. back to you. >> nikki, thank you. >>> 6:34. wusa9 and dc jobs are trying to get you hired. keystone human services is hiring direct support professionals. it's a full-time job. you need more than a year of experience for this. if you'd l

trubynored twobyme town heroes that saved a police quaicer during a car y vernon odom has morord >> reporter: this was the horrific scene in gray's ferry last weekend when a'trlice cla niser was t the sned and a broke out immediately, the off, hr marker tensyd didsad de, the wamor was stadqd and the flames were growing. along came a goday.not the 17-year-old first responder infrom wrigley park. >> i did whrk i had to do and what everybody else should have done if i wathat s't there. fi my hero. >> and honored was dante johnson, a gray's ferry reds thatadqrined chambers in theest r. towsaw joe running to the ca first. >> they also h was tred the de firb es and others inhnlluc in the carlesha freeland-gaither case, she was snatched off the streets in philadelphia only to be rescued in virginia day later. >> he shoul,0't havelven on the s was et but i'm glad they caug him and hopefully this time he remainslvhind bars for the rest of firss liford >> she came to visit and one neighbor was inconsolable, he we gu over the nd hoghbor's hou 'o put the neighbor at t is the kind of person she is. >>wil