live in montgomery county, vernon odom channel 6 "action news." >> vernon, thank you. as we said before we broke the news of frein's arrest yesterday on "action news at 6:00." on 6abc.com, twitter and facebook. get the latest breaking news and all-important updates. you can just like the "action news" facebook page. go to face book.com/6abcactionnews and check the like button. >>> and fire forced dozens of people from homes in west pennsylvania overnight. the blaze broke out at the chestnut apartments at 11:45. one resident and firefighter were taken to the hospital in stable condition. the red cross assisting 69 people homeless by the blaze. >>> one man in the hospital after a construction accident in middletown, delaware this hafrn. a crew working on the frame of a house when it collapsed. the 26 year old is in stable condition tonight. ♪ >> the candidates for governor of pennsylvania have a busy weekend ahead. the republican incumbent, tom corbett and the democratic challenger tom wolf are going from down to down rally be voters ahead of tuesday's esection. and wolf

airy, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> tom corbett was in pittsburgh himself this afternoon he is from the pittsburgh area, and standing on the side a steel mill, he talked about his administration's record on economic developmentp and criticized tom wolf for not being specific in his pledge to change the state's income tax. >>> they held signs today and spoke out in spring garden about the src's choice to end the contract for teachers and nurses and staff. the group called for an end to the src all together. we called them but they have yet to return our calls. >>> and district others announced today the release of $15 million in funds for new schools, the money is generated by savings from the teacher's health cache savings. 15 more million will go to schools inch year and then another $13 million in april. >>> time for a check of our "action news" traffic report for you. >> matt pellman is in the traffic center, kind of a tricky night traveling wise? >> lets keep the expectations nice and low, here on the vine street expressway, a bad crash approaching broad street, they

and vernon odom is live tonight. vernon? >> jim, so far this is it an internet scandal only, no known physical abuse. but tonight the chester county d.a. is asking the public to call its office if they have any, any evidence to that effect. tonight this man, mark haynes, age 55, a catholic priest for nearly 30 years is in the chester county prison unable to make $200,000 bail. he faces multiple counts of trafficking and kiddie porn. his most recent assignment was here as saints simon and jude parish in westtown. prosecutors were able to trace head kiddie porn account to this address. charged as posing as a young girl on instagram to send and receive child porn. >> so far the information we have is that everything is over the internet. what we are concerned about, this is a priest in eight different parishes with access to children at each one of those parishes. >> an undercover operation allegedly revealed that haynes set up an instagram account posing an a 14-year-old girl named katie to share kiddie porn. haynes assigned t

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon armed robbers assaulted a man in the logan section of philadelphia last night. the bandits pushed them into a house in west somerville and hit him in the head with the butt of a gun. they were seen running away with a tv and gaming system. >>> and this woman is wanted for committing fraudulent activity at td bank and susquehanna bank. >>> now a check of the "action news" traffic report on a wednesday. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> soggy, sloppy, slippery, slow. it's a mess as we head home on this wednesday afternoon, not helping the situation on 95 northbound is a broken down vehicle by the exit for the b betsy ross bridge, it's locked up through penn's landing and the betsy ross bridge. through the travel time and the work zones, in bucks county, we have the disabled freight train blocking wood road and oxford valley road as alternates, in newtown, a truck struck a pole and a vehicle overturned in buck county. a lot of serious accidentses this is allentown road. in voorhees, we are watching a crash at

live outside of the office of the camden county prosecutors is "action news" reporter, vernon odom. >> reporter: tonight one camden county police detective are furious about this development, how the young officer got through the screening process despite her marriage to an accused drug dealer. >> ashley bailey is accused of being a key dealer in a huge crack cocaine and heroin drug ring. >> accessing police reports to try to glean intelligence from her relatives and coconfederates in the conspiracy and running tags and things of that nature. >> local police and the fbi made 40 arrests including eric ing m ingram, whose brother is the coconspirator that triggered the far reaching probe. >> it all began when the camden county police department alerted my office and the state police that the officer's husband was an alleged member of this network. prosecutors say that the drug trafficking network that operated here on the busy mount ephraim avenue across the south jersey suburbs. police have seized 8,000 bags of heroin and 5,000 bags of crack and 10 pounds of marijuana and guns. they sa

vernon odom is live in middletown township tonight near the scene with the very latest. >> reporter: good evening, the pennsylvania state fire marshall remains on this campus tonight trying to determine the cause of last night's deadly blaze in a key residential hall here. smith hall, on elwin's 300 acre campus is where the fire broke out at 9:20, when firefighters arrived they found no flames but smoke coming outs of the residence hall, once they doused the flames they found one resident that had perished. he was the victim of smoke inhalation and burns. they evacuated the other 225 residents to safety. >> we had seven troopers on location that were helping to evacuate the residents. >> they have been resetled on the other rooms on this campus. that dates back to 1862. the state fire marshall has not issued a cause for this blaze and they are focusing on electrical problems for this cause. sources say that possible smoking has been ruled out here. live in middletown township, delaware county, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> breaking news now from montgomery county for a tri

vernon odom is live in middletown, delaware with the full story. >> reporter: jim, election day draws near and the gloves have come off even here in the peaceful delaware country side. >> late today middletown police released the mugshot of dana long, who surroundered to one count of misdemeanor theft, the husband of bethany hall long. a state senator. >> this video shows long clearly stealing republican signs. >> what are you doing this for? >> don't stop me. >> those are not injure signs bud. >> these shenanigans this is business as usual but in this rural community, the voters are upset. >> i saw it on tv, a dumb move made by a frustrated man. >> i think it's pretty despicable that you have to drop to such drastic measures. another bethany hall long or her opponent john marino would answer our calls today. senator bethany long issued a statement saying he did it for love. my husband is my high school sweetheart and loves me very much, i did not realize he let campaign tactics get the better of him. i will not allow my time to be diverted from issues. more reaction from local voters

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> still to come on "action news" tonight. serious competition went down at the senior games. and looking for the real mccoy on the football field. the issues facing the running back this season, that is coming up. a nice start to october and temperatures in the 70s and there is cold air over canada that is moving our way over the weekend right after the rain i'll have the details in the accuweather forecast. those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> the center for disease control confirmed four cases of entero virus 69 in new jersey. that brings the total numbers of cases in new jersey to seven. all have been released from the hospital and are recovering, the virus has sickened 472 people in 41 states since the middle of august. >>> students in montgomery county kicked off their school day by combining education and exercise, the children from hallowwell elementary school took a walk with their teachers and learned about healthy eating and bicycle safety and the importance of a good lifestyle and m

and vernon odom is live in mondroe county where they are excited and relieved that things are starting to get back to normal. >> they are. in fact some residents told me they were literally dancing around their homes in their bare feet last night. you can see the tension has been lifted here. now getting back to his regular way of life. with eric frein locked up and never to roam these woods good, joe could return to his routine of driving in from scranton to take care of his mother's property living a few doors from frein's parents and the constant presence of heavily-armed police and helicopters overhead unnerving, so he stayed away for weeks. >> and now i can come down and mow the grace without worrying about somebody coming around the garage with an ak-47 and saying what are you doing. >> feeling comfortable again walking the dogs in this remote section. and for weeks he has been haunted by the possible return of the cop-killing suspect eric frein trying to get back home one more time. >> you know you look over your shoulder all the time. you always tense up. we left our lights on

vernon odom joins us live with the latest from the manhunt. >> reporter: good evening rick, indeed a lot of folks in these parks are getting tired of the search for eric frein and wish the fbi would tonight it down some, they want him dead or alive, and all the alleged sightings and rumors are grating on their nerves. the sich here in the poconos remains intense but the locals are developing strong feelings on whether or not he is still in the area, but police say he was spotted twice in the last several days. >> there were sightings, i think a credible one the other day. >> i don't think is he still here, and i believe he has gone somewhere else. they can't find them with all the technology we have today and the technology they have that they don't let us know about, they can't find him? it doesn't make any sense. >> on day 40, many we find here are looking at the bottom line here, over a million dollars a week for the search and it's simply too expensive. >> they are spending too much money, they have dogs, as trackers and why won't they let them loose? let the dogs do their job i'

"action news" reporter vernon odom spoke with her tonight. >> right now i'm in the swift water section of paradise, monroe county. it was here apparently eric frein was spotted by a local residents 50 hours ago. she was out for a casual walk. >> he was standing over by achb abandoned truck. >> tonight, i spoke with the woman that state police are convinced ran into eric frein near her home not far from high school he attended here in monday count county friday night. she does not want her identity revealed. she told me it was at this empty house and abandoned truck she spotted a man with a rifle not realizing it was eric frein cop killing suspect who has been on the run up in the poconos for more than a month. >> he actually turned towards me and that's where you can see the mudd on his face and tell what hite he was based off of the truck he was standing next to. >> did he have a gun. >> oh, yeah you can clearly tell it was a gun. >> rifle. >> riv well a scope attached to it. it looked as though he was looking for something or looking which way to go. he avoided making eye contact. i

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live at phl with the story. orning, vernon. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it's business as usual here at philadelphia international airport. volume fixing up here so far this morning, even before it's bright and early. it's just early. but an incident here last night apparently got a woman on her smartphone to start tweeting about her weird experience and that brought her nothing but grief. a jetblue flight to boston was delayed for hours last night because of a passenger's so-called joke overheard and apparently misinterpreted by the pilot as the plane was being boarded. lisa carter knight was one of the passengers on the way home to boston. >> we had been waiting an hour so there was a joke by another passenger been a long night, hope there's a fully stocked bar on the airplane. and the pilot immediately ran out and says, that's it, everybody back up on -- up at the gate. i've been accused of being intoxicated. >> reporter: the pilot said he was now obligated to take a sobriety test. it came back negative bu

vernon odom. may we assume this action will end up in court with a challenge by the pft against src? >> you may go to the bank on it as a matter of fact. src says savings will go to balancing school district budget and funding additional resources to the classroom for many years to come. the union says today's move was illegal and they'll fight is in court. >> jerry jordan teacher union president called the report to scuttle health and welfare fund and run with corbett a political move engineered bit governor hammering the un gone nor months. >> polls said if you bill few the teachers in philadelphia that will help your reelection chances. >>> this morning with minimum notice src cancelled teacher union contract and they're forcing if it holds newspaper court 15,000 member range and file to pay anywhere from 5 to 13% of medical plan they've paid zero. src says more than 50 million in savings willing pumped back into the classroom with cash-strapped school district. >> almost everyone american i kn

vernon odom was there for the debate and he will bring us highlights in a live report at 12:30. >>> new from our delaware newsroom, police have identified burglary suspects wanted for breaking into four different stores in less than an hour. surveillance video linked norman young and 26-year-old christopher robinson to the crime spree, they allegedly smashed the front door of the businesses, all in dover, and got away with cash. anybody with information is asked to call the dover police. >>> the grace period is over for drivers caught by red light cameras in abington township. they will start to receive $100 fines starting today. they activated the cameras on september 16th, anyone caught from this point forward will have to pay the $100 ticket and any profits will go to penndot for distribution and statewide grants. >>> cloudy and cooler conditions have arrived on this first day of october. sky 6 looking live at gray skies off the ben franklin bridge this noon, we won't see much of the sun today, for more of that let go to the big board and karen rogers in for david murphy. >> hi sara,

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live at the airport with both sides of the story.d morning, odom. >> reporter: good morning, matt. business starting to pick up in volume here at philadelphia international airport bright and early this morning. business as usual so far. now, here's the story. the woman denies she ever said the pilot was intoxicated but a passenger last night apparently got on her smartphone to start tweeting about her weird experience here and that brought a lot of grief down on her. a jetblue flight to boston was delayed for hours last night because of a passenger's so-called joke overheard and apparently misinterpreted by the pilot as the plane was being boarded. lisa carter knight was one of the passengers on her way home from boston. >> we had been waiting an hour. there was a joke by another passenger. been a long night, hope there's a fully stocked bar on the airplane and the pilot immediately ran out and said that's it, everybody back up on the -- up at the gate. i've been accused of being intoxicated. >> reporter: the pilot said he was now o

that woman that saw frein gave an amazing exclusive interview with vernon odom. and along with previously shot video with eric frein, all while we keep an eye on the developments. in swift water. stick around. reporting live from swift water, walter perez, "action news." >>> it's an intense situation going on there right now. a group of temple students were robbed at gunpoint right in their own home. they are trying to track down the men that did it. >>> sarah bloomquist has more. sarah. >>reporter:they are going to check that area for surveillance video. there are a lot of cameras in that area. in the off-campus neighbourhood where it happened, we talked to two residents that lived in the house tha that was targeted last evening. this temple university sophomore asked us not to show his face. he was at north 18th street at 7:30 last night when two armed men burst in. they first approached his roommate that was outside smoking a cigarette. >> he pushed me into the door of the steps and proceeded to pistol whip him and hit him until he was unconscious. >>reporter:

"action news" reporter vernon odom is following this one live at police heads quarters, vern n vernon. >> reporter: good evening, tonight police have a man they want to question in connection with this murder. they wion't call him a suspect yet. or a person of interest. but they're looking hard for him tonight. in connection with the brutal murder after veteran city of philadelphia employee. tonight, this house in the 2800 block of south 63 remains a brutal crime scene. the 17 years it was home of veteran city corrections officer rode denny who lived here alone. her brother found her inside this morning dead from multiple stab wounds. she was assigned to this alternative and special detention unit in university city. her -- became suspicious when co-workers said she did not report to work today and have not seen or herdz from her since leaving work tuesday afternoon. inside the house detectives found the victim deceased on living room floor after a struggle that appears to started upstairs and no sign of forced entry. police believe the 51-year-old city employee new the killer. she ha

our vernon odom is live now in paradise township tonight with the latest. vernon. >> good evening right now i'm in the swift water section of paradise township where saerk frein was spotted by a local resident 50 hours ago. she was out for a casual walk. >> she was standing over by an abandoned truck. >> tonight a spoke with the woman who state police are convinced ran into eric frein near her home not far from the high school he attended in monroe county friday night. she's not wanting her identity revealed. she told me it was at this empty house an abandoned truck she spotted the man with a rifle not realizing it was eric freinch the cop-killing suspect on the run up here in the poconos for more than a month. >> he had actually turned towards me and that's where you could see the mudd on his face. you could tell what hite he was based off the truck he was standing next to. >> he had a gun you. >> could clearly tell it ways gun. >> rifle. >> rifle with a scope attached to it. it looked as though he was looking for something or looking which way to go. he av

live in tacony, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> camden is a little more green thanks to some td bank volunteers, they planted 100 sap lings in green park. it will mitigate the affects of storm runoff. it's part of the banks initiative to expand urban forestry and boost development. >> there is still more ahead on "action news" at noon. for the second time in a week another typhoon takes aim at main land japan. and a hacker planned for a bank where people keep their etire >>> they on storm watch again in japan, super typhoon, fongfong, continues to barrel through the pacific ocean towards that country. this shot was taken from the international space station. jap continues to recover from a typhoon that swept across the country on monday. >>> wild fires in california destroyed five homes and is threatened hundreds more. it's burning just east of sacramento and the cause of fire is under investigation, and they reported incidents where smaller fires started. strong winds and steep canyons are fueling the flames. >>> nissan is recalling nearly a quarter million ca

vernon odom was there. >> reporter: on their debate on all news radio, they mixed it up pretty well on education funding for example. >> have you not been a friend of education. >> i would disagree with you. >> and the 27,000 educators that lost their job the property taxes have gone through the roof under your administration, class sizes have increased. >> continue to hammer governor corbett on the issue of funding is a major issue of the campaign. for the first 15 minutes corbett stayed on the defense. >> the school district of philadelphia gets $4.3 billion. the four counties surrounding get less than that they get around a billion and they have two and a half times the children. >> i have been in schools in philadelphia where they cannot even afford toilet paper. we are talking about basics here. >> they clashed over pension reform and the state budget deficit and natural gas extraction taxes. >> it's into october and the gloves have come off. corbett and wolf will have one more face to face debate in pittsburgh and then it will be a full-court press to get their bases out to the p

the cap tower of frein and our coverage continues today on "action news" at 4:00, david henry and vernon odom will pick up our coverage from pike and monroe counties and vernon will talk to local residents that are trying to resume their normal lives. >> also, 6abc.com featured expanded coverage of eric frein's capture, you'll see a slideshow of his arrest and court appearance tomorrow and the video timeline of manhunt and tribute to fallen pennsylvania state trooper, bryan dixon. >> it's down to the wire for the transit workers union and both sides are trying to hammer out a contract. they could announce a strike before the day is over. eva pilgram is live in old city where negotiations are continuing at this hour. >> reporter: rick, the clock is ticking, septa and union reps are expected to resume talks at this hour in a conference room insides of the windham hotel and there is a lot on the line with the union bosses already planning to announce a decision today whether workers will head to the picket line. >> catch two to three buses a day and i have a family that depends on the bus too on

vernon odom joins us live now with the full story. >> rick, that new england passenger is due to fly out of philadelphia on a smooth flight but things quickly fell apart because her iphone tweets saying why her arrival in boston was drastically delayed brought on a load of grief from the airline. lisa carlyle arrived to get a ride home to the boston area, in the wake of the fiasco with jetblue last night that lasted until 2:00 in the morning. >> they were not comfortable because i shared my experience with friends and followers on a social media page. >> when the flight left philadelphia, carter was not on it. the joke overheard by and misinterpreted by a pilot when people were boarding. >> we were waiting an hour and there was a joke by another passenger, we joked we hoped there was a fully stocked bar on the airplane, he ran in and said everybody back up on the gate, i have been accused of being intoxicated. >> the pilot told the more than 90 passengers he was obligated by law to take a sobriety test that came out negative. so carter-knight began tweeting out the situation. >> neve

. >>> philadelphia is welcoming another high-profile visitor today vernon odom is live now at penn's landing with details on the presidential visit. >> reporter: hello sara, of course this is not suppose to be a political event, but everything that comes out of washington is totally political we all know with midterm election as approaching soon. the theme here this morning is infrastructure and what is being done to improve commerce here in philadelphia. at this hour, the vice president and robert casey jr. among other politicians are touring this dredging project that is bringing millions of dollars that they have invested here to bring this from 30 feet to 45 feet, the goal is to allow larger container ships to come up river and unload here. a dredging company is focusing here at penn's landing at a 2.5 mile stretch, it's due to be dredged from now until the 1st of the year. this entire river project and dredging this part of the river is suppose to be completed sometime in 2017, the ultimate price tag of this some $300 million. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you.

"action news" reporter vernon odom in tacony as they broke ground on a brand new facility. >> three, two, one -- >> the groundbreaking in tacony, philadelphia. ready to build their major distribution center he next tholt exi-- to the existing processing plant. bringing jobs to the city and retaining 691 jobs here. philadelphia battled new jersey to get the food manufacturer to come here after a devastating fire at their new jersey plant a year ago. the company started up here in philadelphia 75 years ago at third and vine. >> the fire, as devastating as it was, it provided us an unexpected opportunity. where we're standing right now, well close to where we're standing is where we build our distribution center. 10 years ago we had our eye on this property. >> the company remains family owned and operated. the daughter of the company's founder was here today to bare witness to a milestone in the company's remarkable history. >> i don't think my father ever thought this would happen. i didn't think it would happen either. that it would become a national company starting with a little ho

she spoke with vernon odom on the condition that we conceal her identity. >> she was standing by an abandoned truck. >>reporter:she was walking her dog when she found herself standing a few yards away that she was convinced it was eric frein. you can tell what height he was based on the truck that he was standing next to. >>reporter:did he have a gun. >> you clearly could tell it was a gun. >>reporter:rifle. >> with a scope attached to it. >>reporter:the woman came home and called 911. it resulted in a flood of personnel arriving in the community of swift water. they released video at the man of the heart of this search. this is documentary footage of people involved in the vietnam barrere-enactment. we are in a revolution war. it's not a place to re-enact the battle. >>reporter:the person that she encountered was calm and focused. >> it looked like he was looking for something or which way to go. i had the light shining on his upper half. it was confusing. this guy was not startled by me. >>reporter:despite the eric frein sighting, they decided to open school but with a lot of security aroun

live in middletown township, delaware county, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> in other news an electric worker was killed on the job in upper chichester, the man fell from a bucket truck on keenan drive. the truck had a mechanical failure just before the man fell to the ground, the victim worked for lenny electric. >>> chopper 6 was over a bizarre accident in doylestown where a horse was hit by a bus and killed. the transportation vehicle was heavily damaged in the crash on cold spring creamery road. the horse ran into the bus's path before 7:00 this morning, at least two people were taken to the hospital where minor injuries. >> happening now in montgomery county, the jury is weighing the evidence in a case against a man accused of murdering a baby and her grandmother. we learned that in the trial of raghunandan yandamuri, one jury had to be replaced. david henry joins us now. >> reporter: the deliberations hit a snag and the jury deliberated for five hours before sending a note to the judge indicating that one of the jurors had become incapacitated for some r

she spoke with vernon odom on the condition that we not reveal her identity. >> he

vernon odom has the story. >> i am bill campbell and i have seen a lot of sports events in this town. >> indeed. sixers and flyers flags fly at half staff in memory of legendry sportscaster, bill campbell, who passed away at 91. he did the eagles phillies, the warrior and college football and track and tennis and golf. a man for all seasons. >> bill campbell was my first introduction to phillies baseball and he made me love it because of his passion and unique delivery. >> his call of wilt chamberlain's call of the 100 point game will resonate through the ages. >> he's got it. >> you felt like you were there and part of the action. >> his career began in the 40s, this is bill at his 90th celebration last year. he was asked what highlight he remembered the most. >> it was it's eagles championship. >> he had wonderful descriptive powers, he was right pinpoint clear at all times, there was always clarity in his broadcast. >> some of bill campbell's most classic play-by-play calls were right here an franklin field. the phillies sports legend is survived by his daughter christ even and fou

live outside of the office of the camden county prosecutors is "action news" reporter, vernon odom. >> reporter: tonight one camden county police detective are furious about this development, how the young officer got through the screening process despite her marriage to an accused drug dealer. >> ashley bailey is accused of being a key dealer in a huge crack cocaine and heroin drug ring. >> accessing police reports to try to glean intelligence from her relatives and coconfederates in the conspiracy and running tags and things o

coming up tonight at 6:00, "action news" reporter vernon odom will tell us what was seized in that raid. >>> and turning now to the forecast, a cloudy night over philadelphia, and rain is starting to fall, the rain is expected to make a mess of the commute and adam joseph has the latest from stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> reporter: rick and monica, behind you sky 6 shows you a glow in the horizon, the clouds are breaking up and a thin line of showers are moving east and west of philadelphia, so double scan live radar, from pennington to writestowns and it's about to end in center city and drying up to the west and the showers are beginning to break apart in southern areas of new jersey and delaware with some communities there not seeing a drop of rain, what to expect over the n few hours, brief showers passing through and off the coast by 8:00 and the bigger story with this front that passed through is not the rain, it's the crashing temperatures and eventually some late clearing. temperatures are falling fast this afternoon, 1:00 we hit the high of 70 degrees and an hour later 66

she spoke with vernon odom on the condition that we not reveal her identity. >> he was stand everything by an abandoned truck. >>reporter:she found herself standing near the person that she thought was eric frein. >> he turned towards me. that is where you could see his mud on his face and tell what height he was based on the truck he was standing next to. >>reporter:did he have a gun? >> yes. >>reporter:a rifle. >> a rifle with a scope attached to it. >>reporter:the result was a small memorial of fbi and state police officers moving in on swift water. this is video from a documentary about vietnam war h re-enactmen. >>reporter:and the fears of carnies he's a phobia of crowds. >>reporter:he seems detached from her close encounter. >> it looked as if he was looking for something or avoid something. it was kind of confusion. this guy was not startled by me. >> they decided to open the schools today. the schools were surrounded by security as you imagine all day. lots of police activity in swift water today. as of right now eric frein remains on the loose. reporting live from swift water,

live in haverford, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, vernon. >>> chopper 6 hd over the scene of a deadly crash in exton earlier today the 300 block of commerce drive. two cars collided trapping two. 78 year old smith from downingtown killed. two other people including a child rushed to the hospital. the authorities not commenting on the condition. and the road closed for two hours for the investigation. >>> the philadelphia police looking for two armed thieves tonight targeting a hess gas station in west oak lane. surveillance video from west cheltenham avenue. and they got in through a backdoor, announced guns and demanded at the fill a trash can with cigarettes. and took a cash jar with about $300. the police want to hear from you if you know anything about the robbery. >>> and police looking for the armed gunman robbing a store. they said the suspect walks in before 8:00 a.m., approached the counter and demanded money. and the clerk gave him cash and the suspect ran off, the clerk not hurt. >>> and going golfing in montgomery county to give back to police officer

meantime, the school system will keep on limping along with far too little funning from harrisburg, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> two fall and officers were honored in montgomery county. district attorney fuhrman dedicated plaques, family was on hand at the administration building in ardmore, fanning suffer as heart attack on the judge in 1966 and fletcher died in the line of duty in 1937, he was killed in a motorcycle crash while pursuing a suspect. >>> new firefighters tonight, that brings the number of firefighters into the city to 24, and the mayor promoted several medical emergency personnel, including the first african-ame >>> jaime is here with sports now and the flyers still trying to get the elusive first win. >> can you believe that? it's like deja vu all over again. just like last year, the orange and black winless after three games, the third straight season they startd this way, last year peter laviolette was out of a job but berube has had big leads and lost them. >> we were skating well and working hard and just didn't pull one point out of it. it's different than las

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. >>> in other news, an electrician suffered burns inside of the projection room in langhorne today. chopper 6 was over the scene at 9:00 a.m. and authorities were working on an electrical panel when it flashed. he was flown to the burn center when it flashed. >>> now to a story that "action news" is following from berks county, birdsboro theater director mark drey is charged with inappropriately touching a young male actor and now he is charged with sexually abusing another boy. he told authorities, drey, the cofounder of the theater that he performed a sex act on him on at least one occasion. >>> an out of control school bus filled with children slammed into several cars filled with children in the bustleton section, the driver was headed to the ann frank school and somehow lost control and the bus hit five other cars before coming to a stop on the grass. 26 children and 6 other people were take and to the area torresdale hospital for bumps and bruises. >>> a driver that lost control on the scutters falls bridge caused an acci

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two new face are vaiing for the job and vernon odom with a look at the candidates. >> the 13th congressional district evenly divided and the democrats have an overwhelming vote or registration. >> i say thank you to each and every one of you going out and knock a door on my behalf. >> saying his formula for victory is to generate maximum voter turnout. already a three-term state lawmaker especially counting on his heavy support from the labor unions to help generate the turn-out. >> i believe the fact the minimum wage is lower today than any point since the late 1940s is a disgrace. my opponent believes it should stay where it is. >> and the retire air force colonel loseth bid for the seat two years ago, maintains that helping small business is the road to america's economic salvation. >> helping the economy in general is one thing that would help small business. right now the president could immediately sign the keystone pipeline bill. it's ready to go. passed g.p.a., passed everything. >> and both candidates are going door-to-door seeking turnout and voter support. trying to find those who

vernon odom.ay we assume this action will end up in court with a challenge by the pft against src? >> you may go to the bank on it as a matter of fact. src says savings will go to balancing school district budget and funding additional resources to the classroom for many years to come. the union says today's move was illegal and they'll fight is in court. >> jerry jordan teacher union president called the report to scuttle health and welfare fund and run with corbett a political move engineered bit governor hammering the un gone nor months. >> polls said if you bill few the teachers in philadelphia that will help your reelection chances. >>>

jamal delivering commencement address at alma mater garnett college in vernon odom. >> apparently there's a school they don't treat you there's advisors and i don't know who is advising them but they don't do a good job. >> they stood at a silent vigil for him sunday. a scene they believed would shift the folk us from jamal's prerecorded audio to 20 grads that chose him as their speaker. >> take what you know and apply it in the real world. help be the change you're seeking to make. >> faulkner's widow said abu-jamal will be honored as a hero and the college was glorifying the felon because he's a cop-killer. >> i think when people show up that, i think it hurt the strength to go on. >> a man claimed innocence and garnered international support. it's important we at guarder college surprise nort inquiry and freedom of speech. state representative has a bill knit legislature that gives the court power to step in. >> unless we build production videos for these thugs we continue to rip the scabs off victims' wounds. we have to do something. >>> if passed it could be met are with first amendm

live in buck county, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. new at 4:00 we learned the name of the man that died this morning after a nasty crash on the schuylkill expressway, chopper 6 hd was over the wreck of the eastbound lanes of montgomery drive, police say that sean burton was changing lanes when he hit another car and both cars went off the road and down a hill. burton's car bent down and landed in the lane, and died at the scene. the crash left the schuylkill closed for most of the morning rush today. >>> vice president, joe biden, is in philadelphia today touring a dredging barge along the delaware river front, he was here to promote the project that is deepening the river channel. bob casey and chaka fattah and bob brady where there to check on the project. brady says we need to check in on this project in order to become more competitive to keep the commerce and jobs at home. >> right now this supports 135,000 jobs, not minimum wage jobs, not jobs where people are barely scraping by but good paying jobs can you raise a middle class

and in many ways in the effortses to find frein, vernon odom will join us live from the search area wtd latest at 5:00. >>> and nearly 200 high school students will need to scramble now that their college prep schools have vanished. scores from the a.c.t. exam are lost in the mail and now early admission hopes are jeopardized. we'll have more on this coming up at 5:00. >> rick, thank you. >>> still ahead, have you seen the trailer for the new avengers movie yet? it leaked and you'll want to stick around with this one. >>> and a high school team disqualified for allowing a boy to pl mayor michael nutter was among the dignitaries on hand today to unveil philadelphia's newest mural and this is called staircases and mountain tops ascending beyond the dream. this is a project with the city of philadelphia and the arts program and covered the facade of the martin luther king jr. recreation center and it's truly a stunning piece of work there. >>> and now a look at the accuweather forecast it's starting to look better. adam joseph has a live picture and quite a few clouds out there. >> the sky

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> police in trenton are looking for the man behind a deadly shooting now. police swarmed the area underneath the route 1 overpass today. the man was shot and killed at 10:00 this morning and the shooter, ran off and police shut the road down before they looked for him. market street is shut down and so far they haven't caught anyone, they have not said what led up to the murder. >>> a pizza shop was damaged by massive fire today. chopper 6 hd through over pizza joe's in nazareth. everybody got out but the business is destroyed. they are worried now in a the building could collapse. >>> two people had to be rescued from an early morning fire, over fillmore street and riverside, where the flames broke out at 5:45, the flames were so intense we saw flames shooting from the roof when we arrived. both people trapped inside went to the hospital but they are expected to be okay. no word on the cause of this one either. >>> it's time for the accuweather forecast, as those clouds roll in. and those clouds bring rain in the not so distant future, adam joseph is

and vernon odom is live now. >> reporter: the theater was packed with enthusiastic people, those to see tom wolf but the majority of them were enthusiastic to greet michelle obama when she arrived here. she came to generate large turnout in this traditionally large turnout section of philadelphia. this is the 59th ward for tom wolf, michelle obama is making the rounds for the key governor races across the nation. here is the first lady moments ago. >> it's up to us to educate folks and to tell them why they need to pay attention and it's up to us to tell them where to go to cast their vote on november the 4th, it's up to us, we need all of you out there every day between now and election day, we need you to do the work you know how to do. knock on doors. make those phone calls. [ applause ] >> reporter: about 800 ward leaders rank and file democrats here for the first lady's appearance, it was an enthusiastic welcome for her and tom wolf as well. she goes to florida next for a height race in the sunshine state and president obama is set to come to pennsylvania later this month to stump

vernon odom live now in westtown township with the very latest on this arrest today. vernon? >> he posed as a 16-year-old girl allegedly and a 14 year old. another pedophile scandal involving a veteran pennsylvania priest. he has been working here at saints simon and jude parish since last year and now tossed off the campus in the wake of the arrest. tonight this man, mark haynes age 55 a catholic priest almost 30 years in prison unable to make bail. he faces and kiddie porn. they traced him to this address. posing as a young girl on instagram to sent and receive kiddie porn. >> we say if you are engaged in child pornography you will be arrested, shamed and going to jail. >> an undercover operation revealed haynes set up an inexti inexti instagram account. assigned to eight different parishes here since or tained. >> and inat that -- instagram allows you to put it out there. and we are studying to see who he might have had contact with. >> the statement reads in part -- these charges are serious and discuturbing -- >> horrified. i would never expect it. >> the chester county

out of camden, new jersey, a female police officer has been arrested as part of a big drug bust, vernon odoma news conference a short time ago. vernon what can you tell us? >> reporter: good afternoon, police are calling this a sweeping massive drug bust that the camden county police chief says will ripple down to the shore resort area. 40 people are indicted today for allegedly dealing heroin and crack cocaine. among them camden police officer, ashley bailey, 28, the wife of one of men accused of being a king pin in this operation. this in the wake of shootings here last spring, she is accused of using inside police information to carry this conspiracy out. police have seized 8,000 pounds of heroin as evidence they will use here. >> getting this person out of our organization and off the streets and causing to stand in the court of law at some time is one of our highest priorities. >> exofficer ashley bailey could get up to 30 years in prison if she is convicted of all the charges today. that is far more than the king pins involved in this conspiracy. police say that the camden operation ha

and vernon odom with reaction from the relieved community at 5:00. >>> and we have expanded coverage of frein's capture on 6abc.com. see a slide show of pictures of his arrest. and the time line of his man hunt and attribute to the fallen officer bryon dickson. >>> breaking news right now, chopper 6 hd live over the pennsylvania turnpike westbound between valley forge and downing town after an accident. you can see the vehicles that are involved in the accident on the shoulder there. you can see a tractor-trailer, as well as some other vehicles. you see a flat-bed. it looks like they are about to tow one of the vehicles that was involved in this accident. it looked like a serious accident as well. one of the vehicles caught fire in that crash. we are told two people suffered injuries as well. as you can see, it is definitely having some traffic implications here. matt pellman is taking a close look at this and he'll bring us the very latest as soon as we get to the "action news" traffic report. >>> more breaking news man. one man in the hospital after he was in a collapsing building.

vernon odom is live in middletown township tonight near the scene with the very latest. >> reporter: good evening, the pennsylvania state fire marshall remains on this campus tonight trying to determine the cause of last night's deadly blaze in a key residential hall here. smith hall, on elwin's 300 acre campus is where the fire broke out at 9:20, when firefighters arrived they found no flames but smoke coming outs of the residence hall, once they doused the flames they found one resident that had perished. he was the victim of smoke inhalation and burns. they evacuated the other 225 residents to safety. >> we had seven

vernon odom, "channel 6 action news." >> all right. vernon, thank you. a second child at one mercer county school is being tested for entrovirus d 68. and nearly two weeks after the first student infected died and tab that vassy said her son has been out of school three weeks with infection and he's in the morning preschool program yardville elementary school hamilton township. 4-year-old eli waller that died september 25 from complications with entrovirus was in the afternoon prek class. >> no fever no more symptoms and cold we are having trouble with breathing and gasping for air. we're trying to figure out is this normal with this virus or any virus going on. >> vase is keeping her son home from school until she hears from the cdc. >> ebola in spain may be the first time it's transmitsed outside of africa a nurse at hospital in madrid was part of a team treating a priest that was flown back to spain from sierra leone. that nurse was put into isolation. that priest died. doctors in dallas trying to save a man infected with ebola now have a new tool. th