Thomas duncan had contact with when he was sick. His family was ordered to stay home for 21 days. So far nobody has symptoms. Richard besser of abc news gives us a look at the dire situation in liberia. This is a place where you die of ebola, they are quick for you, but if you are living, there is nowhere to go. He is not dead. Dr. Better says an ambulance came to pick him up and hopefully he will find care. Back here it is a much different scene, hospitals in the u. S. Are prepared to treat ebola and contain the virus. Delaware senator chris couns chair of the African Affairs subcommittee, the u. S. Is sending 3,000 engineers and Public Health officials to west africa to help. Set up field hospitals and train workers and distribute kits to make it possible to begin to get a handle on ebola in west africa and tamp down this outbreak. People ask, why do we close the boarders, that would isolate the countries even more, if people felt like they one be able to leave, it would be difficult to get people to go and help the countries that desperately need that help. Isolating the countries would make the outbreak there and make it worse and affect the areas surrounding those countries. There say third focus on this story for us and that of course is for us at home. Eva pilgram has that part of the sto story. Reporter the Liberian Community here in philadelphia feels the affects of the liberia scare. My mother and my biological son is dead too. This woman has her whole family in a village that was wiped out. They are talking to their families as much as possible. You dont know what will happen tom, that is the fear, we are hoping and praying that they will make it through. I am scared but they are proactive and they are beginning to listen to what the Health Care Workers are telling them to do to protect themselves. The min sister is trying to help, collecting clorox and cleaners and food to help those in need in liberia. As we talked to people, they ren supplies in the stores so they need them. The group has collected some supplies, so much more is needed. Goodwill of good people of the delaware valley, we have seen it before and we are letting them know they can be a part of efforts. We appreciate everybody. If you would like to help the Liberian Ministers Association is holding a collection drive from october 23rd to the 25th, check out our website at 6abc. Com for more information. Eva pilgram, channel 6 action news. And can you find additional coverage of the ebola story at 6abc. Com, we have the very latest on the u. S. Cases as well as a list of seven things you need to know about the virus. World news tonight with david muir will have more on dr. Richard bessers travels to liberia. A third passenger has died following the tour bus crash in newcastle, delaware last month. A 43yearold woman from mumbai, india has succumbed to her injuries. The driver was charged with driving at an unsafe speed and prosecutors say additional charges are likely. Funeral arrangements are made for trooper david kedra when he was accidentally shot at a Training Facility in conshohocken. There is a service at the funeral home in southeast philadelphia and the funeral is monday morning at christ the king church. A firefighter is under arrest for allegedly impersonating a Police Officer and sexually assaulting a woman. Live tonight is action news reporter, david henry, with the details on this. He is a high ranking philadelphia firefighter and tonight his career may have been reduced to ashes, as you said he is accused of impersonating a Police Officer and forcing a woman into his car for sex. She was able to escape from the vehicle a little bit later and she contacted police. Police said it happened here on the 1300 block of west Russel Street last night. A woman was stopped by a man in a car and Police Identified him address fire lieutenant Jamal Johnson and they say he claimed to be a Police Officer. At some point he identified himself as a Police Officer, which he is not. This young lady gets out of the vehicle for fear she was getting arrested after what this man said to her. She was forced to perform a sex act before she could break free and call the police. Based on the information they got out to other officers they were able to stop the male on the 4800 block of north 12th street. Is he identified as being the individual and taken into custody. The Fire Department is waiting to hear more from police before commenting. Johnson was stationed at 26 and and york at ladder 16, he is facing charges of impersonating an officer, assault and kidnapping and sexual assault. The arrest was speedy. She provided Accurate Information and a great job by responding officers and patrol from the 33rd district, a Quick Response and being able to recognize the vehicle and stopping the vehicle. A philadelphia firefighter facing an uncertain future tonight. Live at police headquarters, david henry, channel 6 action news. Thank you. New jersey Lieutenant Governor is in the hospital after a rough fall this morning, she is being treat ford a broken wrist and elbow after falling off her bike in sea bright this moshing. She is there for an event with the governors association. She will remain in the hospital for observation. The Wilmington City Council will vote on a measure to ban smoking in public places. For playgrounds and public parks and transit facilities. Violators will be charged 25 for the first offense and 50s for the second offense and 100 for all subsequent offenses. The schuylkill banks boardwalk officially opened this morning the 2,000 foot walkway brings the trail from the schuylkill from locust to south streets. New views of city and a welcome new oasis. Its peaceful and calm and have you the schuylkill expressway on one side and you have the scenic apartments on the other side, its really nice. I think its wonderful and i work over at penn and its a great place to get away, i feel out of my element being here, its very cool. The project is part of the circuit, a master plan to connect 750 miles of trails in the greater philadelphia area and new jersey. Coming up on action news tonight, an innovative program. Ill tell you why we are giggling, but ill tell you later, a program in trenton that is teaching kids to play tennis while offering valuable life skills and ron jaworsky with what the eagles need to do against the rams. Cecily. I am tracking a rainy start to the weekend followed by the coolest air mass so far this season. Ill have the details in the sevenday forecast. Are you busy . Im just daydreaming. About your dream trip to italy . Yeah. With your sisters, to shop and see the sights. Is it that obvious . Youve been staring at that new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. Yeah, its the new frankenbucks. With 10 top prizes of 50,000. Is that painting crooked, or is it just me . [announcer] want to see your dreams come to life . You could scratch your way to instant winning. The pennsylvania lottery. Bring your dreams to life. This flu season. Remember this. Your immune system doesnt work the way it did when rock was young. So we made fluzone highdose vaccine. For people 65 . Fluzone highdose vaccine has a high high higher. Dose of antigen. For a stronger immune response. Fluzone highdose vaccine is approved for people 65 and older. Its not for anyone whos had a severe allergic reaction to any vaccine component, including eggs, egg products, or to a prior dose of any flu vaccine. Tell your doctor if youve had guillainbarre syndrome. Side effects include pain, swelling and redness at the injection site; muscle aches, fatigue, headache and fever. Other side effects may occur. If you have other symptoms or problems following vaccination, call your doctor immediately. Vaccination may not protect everyone. So if you hopped around the clock, ask your Health Care Provider about fluzone highdose vaccine. Fluzone highdose vaccine. Drexel university cut the ribbon on a new center for psychological services, the center will offer affordable counseling for all ages, under the supervision of faculty. So when is tennis much more than a game, easy answer, look what they are doing in trenton. Here is nora muchanic. Reporter its after school and instead of sitting in front of a tv or getting in trouble. These kids from trenton are playing tennis. They are part of the National Junior tennis and learning. Started by the late great arthur ashe as a way of engaging and helping at risk youth. Our focus is really the whole child, so its social and Emotional Development and healthy lifestyles, and building productive citizens. They unveiled the large of the outdoor youth focused tennis facility in the country. 70 kids participate in this program, it ties math literacy and activity together. If are you teaching gee metric angles, you are using the tennis court. It starts in grade school and tracked the student through high school. I when through the program and received College Scholarships at Drew University where i play tennis and i attended grad school and now im here. Its supported in part by private and corporate sponsors, they like combining continue nice, academics and nutrition for kids. We are delighted to see the great results. And all the programs are absolutely free. We want the kids to leave wanting to come back for more. In trenton, im eagles putting in the game plan for the st. Louis rams. They hope to bounce back, its impress he that they are 31 with the way their quarterback and running backs are playing. Nick foles is not as impressive as his rookie season last year. For instance, he and Reilly Cooper could not hook up on sunday. Foles says its a work in process. We are only four games in, its early in the season, very to make sure i give reilly a chance to make plays, very to give him a ball where he can make a play and i know he will make a play and be productive for us. Everybody has to be on the same page, it doesnt matter Michael Kendrick is still out but lane is back after being a key guy. I definitely needed a day mentally and physically to feel like i could do it full speed. I got two more days just to get better. And i am hopeful i will be able to play for sure. You look at the rams you think there is no way the eagles can lose to a team that is on their third quarterback. Their replacement sean hill was down week one. And ron jaworsky says do not underestimate him. They are lacking consistency in the quarterback position, this kid is a play maker and they have play makers on offense and they want to run the football, dont full asleep on the young quarterback and the offense of the rams, defense is the big of the disappointment for them. You will see the fear some four some with chris long and quinn, and the multiple fronts they can use and it hasnt happened. It wont give it done with the eagles, unless they pressure nick foles, well have you covered at the linc at 11 30 a. M. And then at 11 30 p. M. With mike quick and ducis rogers. How special is playoff baseball, the giants and pirates in a one game playoff last night. How about this catch by sandvol. Bases loaded and crawford launches a grand slam to spark the giants to an 80 win, they move on to the best of five series against the washington nationals. I have to say it, we miss playoff baseball around here. By the way we have to get on the same page. We have to work on that. More than 150 new vehicles are on display this week. You can see the rolls royce as well as the lamborghini, the show offers a uniquely delaware exhibit, the largest collection of license plates, 300 in all. Exhibit, the largest collection of license plates, 300 in all. It runs through ive lived hewith my mother, fortyfour who is ninetynine. People who do not live in Delaware County need to know that Tom Mcgarrigle raised our taxes five times. Five times in seven years. Meanwhile Tom Mcgarrigle gave a Million Dollar subsidy to an energy company. Tom mcgarrigle is not looking out for regular families or seniors at all. We need john kane in the senate. He gets regular families. So the reason why we were giggling a little bit before. We had a blizzard of bees on the studio floor. I have this great beaded neck lags necklace, it works with the outfit and seconds before he fell through the studio. Jaime here. They all fell on the floor. Making this cacophony of bean sounds. Well treasure these for 3 seconds. Lets talk about the weather. If we have to. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have dry conditions out in tonight. Lets go live to sky 6 taking a look at atlantic city, to a little bit of brightening on the horizon, we had a battle between the clouds and sunshine today. We go from sunny tomorrow to soggy over the weekend, just the first half of saturday, tomorrow afternoon 4 00 lots of sunshine and this is the cold front that is moving through on saturday and this will bring us a wet start to the day, then behind the system get ready for a blast of the coldest weather so far this season. Future tracker showing at 3 00 this afternoon, philadelphia 62 degrees and many of our northwest suburbs, the coldest air since last spring, temperature as above normal 69 and Sea Isle City 66. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing the system that brought us the clouds today. Its low pressure swirling off the new england coast, see how it is moving away from us and the clouds are breaking up and it will bring sunshine tomorrow. This system is bringing Severe Weather from st. Louis to dallas and it will bring us generally a half inch of rain the first half of the day on saturday, ahead of this winds out of the south and clouds at midnight and rain is a broken ban and sweeping into south jersey by 11 00, the good news is, the system clears out quickly, by friday, saturday i should say, the sunshine is back, plenty of sunshine on sunday, the temperatures will be on the cool side, lots of clouds and 62 in the suburbs and the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, a nice day tomorrow, mixture of sun and clouds with a high of 75 degrees, saturday the rain in the morning, late in the afternoon the sunshine is back and the high is 71 degrees, well likely hit that in the morning. Sunday plenty of sunshine and chilly and 62 degrees, if you are headed to the link, take a jacket and sweater and kickoff temperature is 70 degrees and by the fourth quarter, 62 degrees, monday if 62 is too cool, we rebound up to 72 degrees on monday and wednesday we cloud up with the possibility of showers, with a high of 70 degrees, the weekend is not a washout but saturday morning we are looking at a good soaking of rain but by the afternoon the sunshine is back, sunday looking good but on the chilly side. Twitter blew up in the wake of your explanation of what happened. Honestly can i fix the necklace . They are all over the place. The ice at the Wells Fargo Center is getting a dirty makeover, dirt was dumped on the ice for the monster truck show this weekend. It takes place tomorrow and saturday. Abc world news is next on channel 6, action news continues at 10 00 on phl 17 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, adam joseph and ducis rogers and join us for action news troubleshooters report at 11 00 on channel 6. Here is nydia han with a preview. Take a look at this a High School Senior was behind the wheel when the car started smoking and later burst into flames, the guy that sold her the vehicle would not give her a refund, so she came to me. See what happens tonight at 11 00 on action news. Im jim gardner we hope youll join us at 11 00. Bett whos have you seen tom corbetts ads attacking me. Get real. Its tom corbett whos been sticking it to the middle class on taxes. Corbett cut a billion dollars from education. Now almost 80 of School Districts plan to raise property taxes. Meanwhile, were the only state that doesnt charge oil and Gas Companies an extraction tax. But corbett raised your gas taxes through the roof. Im tom wolf, ill be a governor who stands up for the middle class for a change. Welcome to world news tonight. And major developments in that ebola case here in the u. S. The hunt is on for nearly 100 people he might have come in contact with. Did that patient hide the truth before boarding that flight to america . What United Airlines is now telling hundreds of passengers who were on board. And dr. Besser standing by in the hot zone, answering your questions tonight. Also this evening, the new fears surrounding that other mystery illness, striking american children. And tonight, the new cases of paralysis. We are with the doctors witnessing it, what theyre telling every parent to look for. The danger on the field. Three High School Football players dying in just the last week. The stunning view from inside a helmet. And, look at this tonight. The breakin caught on tape and the mistake so many of us are making. And the one thi
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