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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 trial for a man accused of killing a baby and her grandmother. raghunandan yandamuri is the name and the jury has a verdict but it has not been read yet. it has been a couple of years though since prosecutors said that raghunandan yandamuri killed a 10-month-old and her 60-year-old grandmother in their king of prussia apartment. they deliberated for six hours on the first day and then one was replaced by an alternate. the group was told they had to take up the case again from the beginning, can you get the latest in a live report at 6:00, if we get the news at 6:00 we'll break in and give it to you as well. police in upper darby are looking for a man that slashed someone in a bar last light. he is identified as miguel esclon. the victim's is critical condition at the hospital of pennsylvania, investigators are trying to determine what led up to that fight. a deputy sheriff at the apartment of ebola victim, thomas duncan, is showing no signs of disease, he was rushed to the hospital after developing a stomach ache and meantime some cleaners at la guardia airport walked off the job fearing they would be exposed by travelers. in a health meeting they talked about ebola today. ali gorman joins us live now with their comments. >> reporter: we are fortunate that the conference is here in philadelphia because really what it does is bring the top experts in this field together, some of those experts got together to talk about what many of us are talking about ebola, and entero virus d 68, it's a so-called meeting of the minds, one important topic is controlling ebola, dr. bruce ribner is a specialist at emory hospital in atlantic where two health care workers with successfully treated after being infected with the deadly virus in west africa. as the outbreak continues to worsen there, it will continue to affect us here. >> even the most optimistic estimates that there are tens of thousands of patients. so he says all u.s. hospitals have to be ready to identify ebola patients quickly and more center will have to be able to safely care for patients. mary ann jackson works for mercy general in kansas city, they were one of the first places to report cases of entero virus d 68, a respiratory virus that has sent hundreds of children to the hospital across the country including our area. >> there is the largest outbreak of this ever report the. >> she and dr. millstone of john hopkins says there is still a lot of questions. the cdc formed two groups one to investigate the illness and it's other to determine if d 68 is causing sudden weakness in at least two dozen kids. as we move into the season other respiratory viruss will circulate into the area including the flu, you can protect yourself by washing your hands and staying home if are you sick. >> of course those recommendations also include getting a flu shot and the vaccine is recommended for everyone, 6 months old or older. but it won't protect kids again enrow virus d 68 but it will protect them against the flu, a little more than 100 kids died last year from the flu, i recommend getting that flu vaccine. ali gorman, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you ali. we have been following the developments in the ongoing ebola outbreak all day at 6abc.com, and we'll continue to follow the story there and bring you any updates and find resources and more information about the ebola virus as well. the officials at callahan catholic high school had to act quickly when someone noticed an act of vandalism, a slur was sprayed on the door of the school. >> biglers spelling out a racial slur covered the door at callahan catholic high school this morning. >> it's a sad situation when have you kids or whoever did this. >> they didn't have any problems with this in the past, and we were surprised. >> i don't know where they came from it's not really residential. >> someone driving by the school spotted the derogatory word spray paints on the school and called police and notified the school. >> callahan officials made sure to clean up the graffiti so the girl would not see it in their way into school this morning. >> you don't want the kids to come in and see it, that is the main entrance that, is where they walk into school every day. >> the parents are surprised this would happen at a school because they promote diverse it. >> that is why i brought my daughter here because of the diversity. >> hopefully they find out who if it, and really its unfortunate. it's sad. i think it will be fine, and nothing to do with the school or kids themselveses. >> there are several surveillance cameras in the area and this will go over it for clues. if you spotted anything suspicious are you asked to call philadelphia police. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." time for a check of the "action news" traffic report for you thursday night. >> lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. hey tgit. >> almost as good as tgif but not quite. >> not quite great conditions on the schuylkill westbound, we jam past passyunk through 30th street station and we have the police and emergency situation taking out the right lane, traffic is moving slowly as you move towards the vine street expressway and it breaks up a bit and then you hit the brakes again from spring garden to bell monand westbound by gladwyne a crash got us off to a bad start and eastbound is heavy, you know gaper delays. i-95 slowing at the cotman avenue off ramp, here in upper ukland, a water main break by the harley davidson dealership, one lane is getting by either way, same in glassboro, one lane either way getting by at delsy drive at william dalton drive. and on the wilmington newark rail lines, not stopping at washington crossing this afternoon. >> thank you matt. much more to come on "action news" tonight, a teenager pepper sprayed inside of his own home after a neighbor thought he was a burglar. >> well, after a sunny early morning, clouds are rolling in and tracking rain along the way i'll have details in the accuweather forecast. a high school student in delaware sent home for violating the dress code, the family says the school was way off base and it involves a pair of leggings, see the out if it for yourself coming up. >> we'll have that and much more. the mother of a black 18-year-old teenager says her son was not armed and the police say he fired first and got off three rounds before it jammed but she says her son was holding a sandwich when the officer killed him. >> know that emotions are high and tensions are high, but i know what the evidence tells me now is that an individual fired a gun at an officer at least three rounds. >> they are protesting and comparing the incident to the killing of michael brown . now to a story we are following in delaware, because a family there is up set as their teenage daughter was sent home because of her out if it, this is what she was wearing, take a look. she is 17 years old and school leaders say if they wear leggings their lower house must be properly covered. they say it was not up to code and that has the mom furious. this is emily schafer, a senior in wilmington delaware. yesterday this is what she wore, take another look, this is what she wore and she is wearing a light jacket and heavy material green shirt and leggings and boots. the school asked her to go home and change clothes because she violated the dress code. the school says that schafer's top was not long enough. >> they are allowed with an appropriate length top, that is four inches from the top of your knee. >> during the time "action news" was at the school, cameras observed a number of students that may have been in violation of the code. parents said the code is not fairly assessed. >> i see kids walking out of school and their belly buttons are showing, why did this girl get picked out. >> some parents also say that the code is stricter on female students than the male students. but the school says the code never mentioned gender specifically, they are trying to teach the young ladies and men how to dress appropriately. another new mural was unveiled in the city of philadelphia today. this one may be the first of its kind, it's called journey to home, and it's meant to call attention to the problem of homelessness in our area especially with teenagers. it will be displayed in mantua and various people may be on hand to create images after spending time with the city's homeless residents and their children. >> we have more breaking news with the trial on montgomery county, guilty on all accounts. guilty of first degree murder in the killing of the 6-month-old baby and they are 60-year-old grandmother. raghunandan yandamuri is up forever the death penalty, he represented himself in the case and jurors deliberated yesterday and then one had to be replaced. we were not told why, but that almost triggered a restart of the deliberations. the judge told the group to start over deliberating the case and include the new juror from beginning to end and they did reach a guilty verdict just one day into the new deliberations, we'll have much more for you when we have a live report womaand the way it made me chronic feel,ipation, the discomfort, the bloating, the straining. i'd just felt this way for too long. so i finally talked to my doctor about my symptoms. i'd tried laxatives before. he prescribed amitiza (lubiprostone) for my chronic constipation. it works differently than laxatives. man: amitiza is clinically shown to help relieve common symptoms like 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met with students and teachers today announcing $33,000 in funds for the young scholars from the area catholic schools, congratulations to all the students. if you want to be a millionaire or perhaps go on the game show, she are at dave and busters in northeast philadelphia now, the long running popular game show is testing folks every 30 minutes until 6:00 p.m., have you 40 minutes left, how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40, $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. ♪ time for accuweather at the "action news" big board, cecily tynan is here and it sounds like our umbrella will get a workout. >> tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night into saturday morning. today was dry and the clouds rolled in and this dropped the temperature a little bit. the average high this time of year is going down, 67 in philadelphia and the same in allentown and wilmington 66 and sea isle city currently 67 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we did start the day with sunshine but you can see the clouds are rolling in and there is a very slow moving frontal boundary and what this is doing is it's a barrier of warm air being pushed to the south and cooler air streaming down from the north and a couple of low pressures from the north, the first one now is heading to st. louis, moving through on saturday morning, this is another one waiting in the wings, snow associated with that out west, we won't get the snow moving in on monday. we have unsettled weather on the way, future tracker showing tomorrow morning, a few light showers south of philadelphia, we won't have a problem with rain for the morning commute, the atmosphere will moisten by 4:00 and light rain and areas to the south, it does intensify somewhat by saturday morning and by 6:00 the rain is here and the good news is like last saturday the rain is out of here by lunch time. as we head into the later hours of the afternoon we'll see some peeks of sunshine, saturday will not be a washout but it will be a wet morning. these are the computer models that as meteorologists we look at for forecasting and it's a pretty good consisty for a half inch to inch of rain, that shouldn't cause any localized flooding and that is rain we really do need. fall foliage, they near peak in the poconos and most of our viewing area the foliage is low and we'll be peaking the first week of november. these are some places to look for the leaf peaking and the sassafras and oak is peaking near lake harmony, delaware water gap and tobyanna, clouds are here and it's a chilly night, 42 in allentown un54 in philadelphia and 52 in dover. the five-day at 5:00 shows tomorrow the clouds are here and the rain is moving in later in the day and it's a chilly day, a raw day, high only 59 degrees, saturday transition, morning rain and late sunshine in the afternoon and 62 degrees, sunday is the opposite, we start with sun and the clouds roll in and 63 degrees and a few showers sunday night and monday more showers and tuesday warm sunshine, 76 degrees, don't get used to it more rain is on the way. adam will talk about that in the seven-day forecast. >> big game sun night, maybe it can rain when the giants have the fall. >> i'll work on that. >> well, some famous chefs were in town promoting a tasty upcoming festival, this is a sneak peek of food, wine and spirits, it will be held at the valley forge festival next week but it was an opportunity to hear from chefs that are cooking, like food channel's terry french. and former white house chef, guy mitchell was on hand today. can you meet the chefs and taste their creations at the festival that starts next friday. >> more "ac football fans like meat clearly, i am a football fan. up your game 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"action news" continue with breaking news in the trial of raghunandan yandamuri, the jury announced they found him guilty of two counts of first degree murder. in the deaths of 6-month-old saanvi venna and her grandmother. raghunandan yandamuri could face the death penalty with this convince and we'll have the latest coming up on "action news" at 6:00. now to politics, new jersey governor chris christie is using his star power to help his fellow republicans in november. he threw his report behind pennsylvania governor, tom corbett, in valley forge a short time ago, the one place christie has not spent much time in his home state, earlier today in trenton he bought a powerful message about fighting trenton. nora muchanic is live now with that story. >> reporter: hi rick, the governor gets a lot of criticism for being away from new jersey while campaigning whether it's pennsylvania or across the country, when he is home the governor made it his mission to improving treatment and removing the stigma of addiction. >> i wouldn't be here today but in the ground with my
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