inside of the home where the couple was found dead over the weekend was intentionally set. now the big story is the arson investigation into the death of a prominent couple. now we don't know how john sheridan and his wife died. >> rick and monica, investigators are trying to sort this out to determine how john sheridan and his wife died. the fire in their bathroom bedroom was intentionally set but we don't know by whom. the fire in meadow brook township was arson but how the fire started was unclear. john sheridan died at the scene in the second floor bedroom where the fire started.

there does not appear to be an intruder in the house. when asked if the deaths were being treated as a murder-suicide, he said only that it was an ongoing investigation. john sheridan was a well respected state administrator and attorney and lobbyist and his wife joyce was a retired school teacher, the statement by their four sons readed in part, the death of our parents leave a hole in our hearts and our family that can never be filled. we cannot fathom or explain their passing. >> they said the news was an arson fire was tragic, still unanswer tonight who set the fire and how did the couple die and why? i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> nora thank you. turning to a developing story at the tioga-nicetown

neighborhood. a 6-year-old boy has died after being struck by a car here, it unfolded at 15th and pacific streets this afternoon. the child was pronounced dead and the driver responsible did remain at the scene, police did not make any arrests. we are also following a story out of washington, d.c. that, is where the director of the secret service, julia pierson announced her resignation, she was in the hot seat during a congressional hearing yesterday after she faced questions about a security breach at the white house, she was widely criticized for the incident that let a knife-wielding man run into the white house. we'll have more on the resignation and the recent string of embarrassments for the secret service. the revel casino is a step closer to opening its doors, the casino has a new owner after a multimillion-dollar buyout was

accepted. john rawlins live now in atlantic city. >> reporter: the first good news for folks in atlantic city in a long time. not unexpected the building behind me here bought at fire sale prices, the expectation is this casino could open under new management. >> today's news that brookfield asset management a canadian firm that owns a casino as well as atlantis in the bahamas, the company did not go into specifics between the three high quality properties. the mood here is hopeful. >> we are going to rehire the workers at revel that were laid off when it closed. after months of grim news, the contract of the casino industry,

a possible ray of light, brookfield bought revel for 5 questio cents on the dollar. dr. posner studies the casino industry and spoke to us via skype. >> atlantic city goes through tough times, so reestablishing confidence in the atlantic city market makes really for a winner all around. that is true for david ruffin that operates a rolling chair on the boardwalk. >> i just got evicted today because business is so hard on the boardwalk, it's hard to make a living if the revel opens it will be fantastic. >> all of this has to be approved by bankruptcy court. there are rumbling that there may be legal challenges of

auction process. we'll have to stay tuned at this point. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the pennsylvania state trooper killed during gun training yesterday is remembered as a young but dedicated trooper. 26-year-old trooper, david kendra, was accidentally shot and killed during a training exercise in conshohocken. david henry has spoken to police officials today and has more coming up tonight on "action news" at 6:00. we are learning more tonight about thomas duncan, the man diagnosed with ebola in texas as well the local hospitals will take should a case turn up here. ali gorman is here at the big board. >> reporter: so many people travel now, many experts were not surprised that a patient was diagnosed in the u.s. with

ebola, what happened in texas, could happen anywhere. that is why most medical centers in texas have plans in place, i got a look at some plans at a local hospital today. at jefferson university hospital, dr. kathleen squires an infectious disease expert says protocol is set. if a patient comes in with possible ebola symptoms, asking where it's patient has been is vital. the patient in dallas is reported to have told a nurse he was in liberia, the first time he was scene but that was not passed on but it wasn't until two days later he was put in isolation. health officials say they are monitoring 12 to 18 people, including five children that the patient may have had contact with, when he had symptoms and

was contagious, ebola is not easily spread. >> this is not spread through the air, not an infection that could be contracted by casual contact meaning being in the same room. >> she says that ebola is spread through bodily fluids and if the virus is suspected the patient should be put in isolation and health care works must wear protective gear, they use it to prevent the spread of ebola, with gowns gloves and face masks. meanwhile people traveling to the united states from west africa, this is dr. richard besser of abc news, having his temperature taken at nairobi national airport before flying home. >> the seener discovered the

better for the patient, treating them early with iv fluids. we spoke to the president of the the liberian association of pennsylvania, many members that visit the country during their holidays, have canceled their plans and anybody who is coming home to skip activities for 21 days and look for symptoms of the virus. >> people are dying, babies, i mean pregnant women and senior citizens, a lot of people are dying, we are asking everyone, hospitals and individuals and organizations to help us fight this deadly virus. >> if would you like to help fight the effort, we have information on our website at 6abc.com. and a list of seven things you should know about the ebola virus. things got heated today during a debate between governor

tom corbett and challenger tom wox. they fought over school funding in the one hour event in spring garden, and as is often the case, the pair talked over each other and directly challenged each other's claims and statements. you'll hear more on this coming up on "action news" at 6:00. and now the traffic report. >> midweek it will be a challenge. >> that is not a lively debate, every afternoon we have some or the of issue, during the rush hour home, big backups on route 1, the super highway headed toward the trenton morristown bridge, hear by pennsylvania avenue, heading to 95, elsewhere in buck county, a crash at perry road near old forge road and

they are repairing the water main and blocking off butler pike in the process. tioga-nicetown, that awful accident involving the child, stick with broad instead. and west philadelphia, the downed wires at broad and chestnut mean delays on the trolley. we'll check it again rick and monica in the next half hour. >> thank you. >> more ahead on "action news" tonight. a mayor in california is dead and police say his wife pulled the trigger, why she was released by authorities. >> we have a dry, comfort start to october and but i'm tracking rain for part of your weekend followed by a big cool down. i'll explain in the accuweather forecast. and we are learning about more confirmed cases of entero virus. coming up on health check.

i'm sharrie williams at the "action news" big board. we are following the death of a well known, and well likes mayor in california. he was shot to death in his home on tuesday police say at the hans of his wife. the two were together since they were teenagers, after hours of questioning she was released by

detectives. family members and friends are shocked by the shooting as questions of domestic violence are front and center. >> it was a shoot that shocked the community. daniel crespo gunned down in his own home by his wife and high school sweetheart. >> person unconscious -- >> according to the local sheriff's department, he and his wife were arguing over money and his son intervened. >> there was a physical struggle and the wife produced a firearm and fired several shots at her husband, struck in the torso several times, he was taken to the local hospital and pronounced dead. >> now it's up to the district attorneys office to decide if charges will be filed. family members are hoping for

details on exactly what happened. >> i love my brother and never you and niece and i love my sister-in-law. i just want justice. >> as part of the continuing investigation, authorities plan to look into whether there were any previous calls of domestic violence to their residence. >> thank you sharrie. health check for four confirmed cases of entero virus d 68 in new jersey, two were in burlington and one in camden and morris county. they are now out of the hospital and recovery, now three people have died after having entero virus. a popular philadelphia philly is going to bat for needy children through a special partnership that kicked off

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derek jeter is diving into a new career, just days after playing his last game in major league baseball, he is joining the media industry with the launch of a new website, the players tribune.com, that brings you access to top athletes of every sport. with podcasts and more, jeter wants to bring fans closer to the games they love. jeter retired after spending 20 seasons in new york. speaking of tech news in a way apple has rumors, and that is that apple may be releasing a

new version of its ixts pad this month. and bloomberg reports that new version of the ipad may feature gold as a choice. apple is not commenting on this latest report but analysts say that a new color could provide a new boost for the company as we move closer to the holiday shopping season, and it was just october when they introduced the new apple ipad and sales declined the last two quarters when the product was introduced in 2010, military veterans that want to try bee keeping, a unique opportunity is offered by the delaware bee keepers association and the state of delaware, vets can get training with hives at the hope gardens here in newcastle and one lucky

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time for accuweather at the "action news" big board, cecily tynan has the outlook on this first night of october. >> pretty comfort out there. quiet start to the month of october but october we cool down dramatically, the average high for october 1st, 72 degrees, then by halloween, last day of october our average high drops down to 62 degrees, october is typically a drier month than september, it's average amount of rainfall is 3.1 inch of rain. we are not getting rain today but we'll have rain over the weekend. right now it's seasonable. philadelphia 71 degrees, wilmington 72 and reading seeing more sunshine at 73 degrees, closer to the coast are you getting more in the form of clouds with a northeasterly

wind, and beach haven is 65 degrees and millville 69, satellite 6 along with action radar showing there is cut off low over new england, this is bringing a soaking rain. and what this is doing is throwing winds out of the northeast, and bringing cloud cover, areas east of philadelphia dealing with clouds west of philadelphia, it's all about location, these clouds will be thinning out as we head through the day tomorrow. satellite 6 along with action radar showing our next big weather maker, a cold front moving through the midwest, tornado watches associated with that, we are not dealing with severe weather but that brings us much needed rain unfortunately for the first half of the day on saturday. future tracker showing at 8:00 tomorrow morning rain is across the midwest and cloud cover and patchy fog as we head into saturday though, the rain is moving in after midnight on friday night, we could get a

good soaking a half inch of rain from midnight to noon time and it will clear out in the afternoon. the big change behind this system, the cold air, saturday 8:00 in the morning, not too cool here, 79 degrees, and temperatures in the deep south in the 40s and atlantic 49 and memphis 49 degree, this brings us a one-day shot of cold air on sunday. a bit of spotty drizzle tomorrow morning and allentown 52 and millville 53 and wilmington 55. and we are dealing with clouds in the morning and afternoon sunshine and 74 degrees, on friday partly sunny and 75 degrees, yom kippur begins at sun down through midnight and through the day on saturday. we begin to clear out peeks of sunshine late in the afternoon and sunday october chill only 64, and we rebound to 70

degrees, there is rain for next week, we'll talk about that in the extended forecast. >> thank you cecily, more to come in our next half hour of "action news" at 5:00, including come in our next half hour of "action news" at 5:00, including the resignation of the secret i've lived hewith my mother, forty--four who is ninety--nine. 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.

theredelaware just like us. fire companies in the state of something went wrong with the new health care law that threatened to shut us all down, and then chris coons got involved. chris did one heck of a job. he got senators in both parties to see that there was a problem. they fixed it, so now volunteer fire companies can stay in service. most guys in washington just want to argue. but our chris coons got results. i'm chris coons and i approve this message. it's not easy to get things done in washington, but i'm working hard to find common ground.

ous addererouser of of a 6-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a car. kenneth moton just arrived at that scene at 16th and pacific. what can you tell us >> reporter: we just got the update 15 minutes. they say that the 7-year-old boy was on it's way home when he was hit, he was with several of his siblings when they watched the vehicle strike the boy. the boy was on the sidewalk on the 3600 block of 15th when he darted between two parked vehicles, the driver of the buick did not see him until it was too late. the 7-year-old was struck and trapped under the vehicle, residents and others on the street ran over to help but the

child was pronounced dead on the scene, the boy was with several of his sisters when he was hit. and we spoke to one resident that heard the deadly collision and rushed to console the siblings. >> i was holding one sibling and trying to keep them calm at this time. during all the commotion. there is no words to describe what i just experienced. i never experienced anything like that. i really for sorry for the family. >> as you take a live look here at tioga-nicetown, the upset male driver was taken in for questions, they say he was not speeding and this all appears to be a tragic accident. family members including the boy's mother ru