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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 October 6, 2014

Right now at 10 00, an ebola scare in delaware. A child is in isolation right now in dover. Good evening everybody. Im joyce evans. Im karen hepp. This patient is being treated at the Bay Health Medical Center and thats where dave kinchen is right now. So many questions, dave. Reporter . Dave, can you hears . Reporter well, i was but having some difficulty he is getting to dave. Can you hear us now, dave . Reporter officials here at the Bay Health Medical Center confirmed to us that a child from liberia was admitted to the er here on saturday showing ebola like symptoms. Lets go to some video right now. We actually have new information from the hospital. Theyve just sent us a statement. They tell us that the child from liberia was brought to Bay Health Kent general on saturday. Emergency staff completed an initial test that was guided by the centers for disease control, and after those tests were told that the child was admitted to a private isolation area while the medical staff gathered specime specimens, samples and sent them off for testing. The state of Delaware Office of Infectious Disease was notified of the situation as well as the cdc, and officials here at the hospital tell us that the cdc determined the likelihood this child has ebola is extremely low and therefore the cdc declined to test the child. Were told by hospital officials here at bay health that the child will continue to be observed by hospital staff until the cdc and doctors here give the all clear. They say as of tonight the child has not shown any symptoms. They say the child is symptom free. Again, hospital officials here at bay health cant General Hospital telling us a child from liberia was admitted to the er on saturday extensive testing under cdc guidelines taking place but hospital Officials Say the cdc says it is unlikely this child has ebola and therefore they will not test that child but they will keep the child here for isolation until they rule the all clear. Back to you, joyce. Ill take it, dave, thank you so much. That child may be eight years old according toes sources with fox news. A lot of people are wondering why travel to west africa is not bergere tricked. Why the head of the cdc a travel ban would make the e boat la outbreak for all of this count country. We continue to follow a developing story in south jersey tonight. Sadness and fear as satisfy and parents struggle to come terms with death of a preschooler an at Elementary School and theyre own fears about the safety of his classmates. The four year old boys death is blamed on the enterovirus. Tonight, there was a meeting that took place and trying to calm the fears of parents that they have about their children possibly being exposed. Fox 29s brad satin is live in Hamilton Township tonight. Brad, people there are really worried tonight. Reporter joyce, they are really worried because it was about 12 days ago this little boy apparently contracted pink eye but nothing more serious than that. Couple days later he had died. So it all happened very quickly. As a result several hundred people jammed this high school behind me for a few hours today trying to get some answers here. School and health initials trying to ease some concerns but that did not come easily. On the outside, signs of compassion from a caring community. Blue ribbons around yardville Elementary School in memory of four year old eli wahler but on the inside, families agonizing moms like katie juliano. Very scary. Im very nervous. Were very nervous. Both of us as parents. Reporter her five year old son suffers from asthma. And linda granddaughter was kept home last week the family just too afraid to send her to school. Contagious in the School System or is it just an isolated case . Roster. Reporter a question School Officials couldnt answer as they await tests oh and a second child from the school from the cdc. Also angry parents in other schools who were not alerted right away. The little boy died 10 days ago. It took until yesterday 8 20 a. M. For verbal call to be out to the entire school district. And scares over contagious virus arent isolated to just buildings. Im a schoolbus driver. Were is the protocol there for cleanseliness. I havent received anything. The School Superintendent promising to look into that tomorrow morning. Also, vowing schools are being scrubbed down and the communication will improve. They said communication could have been better. I agree with that. You know, we said that we would ramp that up. Reporter some fears were eased but the grandmother who was not at ease going into the meeting wasnt feeling a whole lot better coming out. Theyre not saying this is over with. I guess thats what i would need to hear, that it was an isolated case. Its not. Reporter in fact one thing that really struck a lot of people here is when the Township Health officer said we may never know how this little boy actually contracted the virus. Again, lots of questions. A lot of those questions though did not have answers to night, joy. All right, brad, thank you for that. Elis dad released a statement it was posted on nj. Com. It reads in part my wife and i simply cannot thank you all nearly enough for the roles you played in elis live and while our hearts break at his passing our hearts also overflow with overwhelming gratitude. We want everyone to know how grateful we are for such an outpouring of love and support, not only during elis life, but also after his passing. Were following breaking news in south philadelphia tonight. Thats where police are investigating a possible kidnapping. It happened just after 7 00 tonight on the 1400 block of south ninth street. Witnesses say they saw two men grab two boys and put them inside the trunk of their car. That vehicle is reportedly a gray honda and it was pulling an orange food cart. Well keep you posted on that. All right. To your Weather Authority right now. We want to know how the work week is going to begin. Right now first grab an extra blanket and turn up the heat because its a cold night dominica. Yes, indeed it absolute is. We had cold morning this morning and its going to be cool again tomorrow as you head to work and back to school. Lets take the counsel fee by county look at the temperatures were seeing right now. Already down to 35 in the poconos. So theyre going to fall few degrees and make it close to the freezing mark once again or even at the freezing mark. Allentown is at 42. Fairing better in the city. Holding in the low 50s. And were looking at 42 in doylestown. So still very cool air around with our winds starting to shift now coming in from the south and that is going to help us out big time tomorrow. So the temperatures warm up, and future cast pushing us right at 4 00 oclock in the afternoon. Temperatures make it back into the 70s. Warmer weather is on the way for the work week. We also have a couple of chances of rain to tell you about. So well do that coming up in a little bet and get a check of your wake up forecast. Thank you dominica. A philadelphia motorcycle officer is expected to recover another an accident on i95. You can see the motorcycle on its side. This happened after sick clock this evening on the northbound lanes right near academy road. The officer is in the hospital and is in stable condition, and is expected to be released. We dont know at this time what caused the crash. Charges are expected to be upgraded against a driver who fled according to investigators taking police on a chase thenned in a deadly crash thats the suspect. Police say 32 year old Steven Jeffreys led them on the chase thursday evening. It ended when he slammed into another car killing an innocent woman they say. The victims name is 53 year old mary smith. She died from her injuries hours later on friday evening. Investigators initially stopped jeffreys on suspicion of drug activity. He is currently facing several charges including driving under the influence and assault. Tonight Philadelphia Police are trying to piece together clues surrounding the death of a 41 year old man. His body was found this afternoon on the 3100 block of holly road. Thats in northeast philadelphia. His name has not yet been released. So far investigators have not said how he died. But they are calling his death suspicious. Violent weekend in philadelphia. Three people were shot early this morning in cobbs creek. Officers were called out to the 5200 block of delancey street by a strip club. Thats where they say they found a map lying on the roadway with several gunshot wounds. He died a short time later at the hospital. Another guy nearby he had also been shot in the leg and then a third guy showed up at mercy shop with some more gunshot wounds. Police have not made any arres arrests. Two men are shot in kensington near the Rising Sun Motorcycle Club at allegheny and sedgley. Investigators say they were leaving a grand Opening Party at the club just after midnight when a fight broke out. Shots were fired, both men were hit. Theyre being treated at temple. No arrests have yet been made. A Security Company takes a close look at fbi data and compiles a list of pennsylvanias most dangerous cities. Philadelphia came in at number eight. Number one on the list, chester in delaware county. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose spoke with residents who are rejecting that title. Reporter one down neighborhoods, a surge in homicides this year, now another blow for chester. The notorious title of most dangerous city in pennsylvania. But people who live here say the outlook is not as bleak as it appears. Every city has their proble problems. Reporter reverend johnson of First Faith Missionary Baptist Church says his parishioners believe that chester is turning itself arou around. The residents here in chester are very hard working people, community people. They are loving and caring people. They are family, very family oriented here in chester. But theres an element that, um, that seems to overshadow all of the positive things in the community. Reporter on a sunny sunday afternoon reverend johnson leads his congregation in prayer. He says these are the people who make up the heart of the city, not the criminals who make the headlines. Ive heard shots. Not near me but ive seen helicoptehelicopters flying ovet looking for people. Reporter residents like samuel wyatt who called the city home for own test years says things have changed and the cities streets are scary at night. I won walk the streets like i did in 1945. Reporter wyatt believes renewed Economic Investment will turn back the clock on the only home hes ever known. Reverend johnson says it will take time. It didnt happen overnight, and its not going to end overnight. Reporter in chester, Sabina Kuriakose, fox 29 news. And the flags that flew over the us capitol on septembe september 11th back in 2001 was consumed by a fire at the flight 93 memorial is Somerset County according to the National Park service. Fridays fire in shanksville destroyed the parks headquarters complex. Park staff say several items will lost along with the flag including personal items of some of the flight 93 passengers and crew. Dvds of annual commemoration ceremonies and about 100 tribute items left by visitors. People at the memorial this weekend say looking at the damage is pretty tough. Brings back, you know, that day again just looking at every name. I nothing al. I glanced over and it was just in the weeds there so i just out of respect. The cause of that fire is under investigation. A silent memorial on a busy philadelphia street as the convexed cop killers words are heard by college graduates. Hundreds of miles away. The anger and pain caused by one schools controversial Commencement Speaker. Thats next. And hang on, septa is about to take passengers on a hig hightech trip. Fox 29s iain page has an exclusive behind the scenes look fox 29s iain page has an exclusive behind the scenes look at whats in store over the past four years pennsylvania has gone from 9th to 47th in job creation. And now, news about our economy is getting even worse. Pennsylvanias jobless rate is up for the second straight month as employment fell and unemployment rose. Bond Rating Agency has cut pennsylvanias rating to double a minus because of recurring budget deficits. The State Government is out of cash and is scrambling to make sure School Districts and state employees can even be paid. Hustle and bustle at 13th and locust streets in center tee came to a stop tonight for 30 minutes. Police officers and young cadets stood together to hold a prayer vigil to remember the life of a murdered Police Officer daniel faulkner. The silent protest coincided with the commencement address given by his convicted killer jamal. He was selected by students at his alma mater Goddard College to deliver the message. It was a taped address that was played during the ceremony. Abu maly . Is serving live sentence. Officers felt the invitation was a slap in the face. I believe its despicable they would use a convicted murderer to as a Commencement Speaker especially that almost 33 years ago mumia saw fit to silence dannys voice. During his taped address abu jamal pushed for social change and encouraged graduates to find their own voice. Meanwhile, Goddard College released this statement saying many diverse Commencement Speakers have been chosen to represent perspectives not normally in our discourse. Even if it is unpopular. We need to listen to gauge in Difficult Conversations and discussions. This is what free speech is all about. Our students understand there is great merit in what mule me abu jamal has to say and it is important we at Goddard College support this complicated inquiry and freedom of speech. Fire truck that crashed in dover, delaware on the way to put out barn fire this morning. It happened pretty early on east denning road near sims wood road. The truck was passing another fire truck when all of a sudden it ran off the road and slipped over. Nobody riding in the vehicle was hurt. No charges are expected to be filed. A survivor of the ebola virus dr. Rick sacra is back in the hospital. Doctors at umass memorial Medical Center say that he has an upper respiratory infection. Sacra is in isolation as a precaution. He contracted ebola in august when he was working at a clinic in liberia. Doctors say its unlikely hes experiencing a resurgence of ebola. But he is being tested for the virus. Travel should it be banned from west africa until the Ebola Outbreak is under control . It is a question a lot of peel are asking. But as foxs Molly Henneberg reports the cdc sector says that could make the situation worse. Reporter cdc director is not in favor of a travel ban to and west african countries that Ebola Outbreak because he says that prevent medical workers and equipment from getting to places that need it most. As for the situation in the us, frieden says he expects more reports of possible cases but believes the American Health system can handle it. Here in the us i remain quite confident we will not have a widespread outbreak. We will stop it in its tracks because weve got Infection Control in hospitals, and Public Health that tracks and isolate people if they get symptoms. Reporter texas republican congressman ted post says, thats not good enough. Especially since theres now e bowl la case within the u. S. He thinks the Obama Administration should implement some type of travel ban. The answer is not let people come and then try to isolate them once theyre here. The answer is, not to let people come in from regions into the United States that are infected. That what it seems like tonight. We should have some perform of travel ban and restrictions to and from the infected area. Reporter the Obama Administration says its quote confident in its procedures in place to combat ebola and one Senior Adviser to the president says, if there are flaws in the system, the administration will address those. Its important to hospital this outbreak has been happening for seven months in africa and this is the first anybody came to the United States. Doctor frieden says today theres only one confirmed case in the of e bell la at this time. Thomas duncan in dallas in critical condition. His family is being monitored. So far no one else has come down with the disease. In washingto washington, molly , fox news. The popes call for two tweak conference of bishops and cardinals opens mass today at the vatican. More than 200 cardinals and bishops from around the world are there to discuss a number of topics including sex, gender, family issues and divorce. They talk about whether the Catholic Church should modify its teachings on some long held traditions. And we want to send out a big congratulations tonight a local high schooler who has a very special mission. He ran for the homecoming king to raise awareness for students with disabilities. He has asbergers syndrome end ran to spread awareness about that disorders

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