this as cities and towns in the delaware valley reveal how they plan to prepare. also, the mid-term elections just weeks away. tonight we look at the race that will put a new congressman in an influential pennsylvania district. and a disease that affects so many. how families of women with breast cancer are now getting the support they need to help. coverage of ebola in america continues with the latest developments tonight. >> president obama today appointed an ebola czar. he is a trusted white house advisor. ron klain now the pointman on the fight against ebola in africa and at home. and a healthcare worker handling duncan's samples, is on a cruise ship. and that is now heading back to the united states. and nurse nina pham now in fair condition at the national institutes for health in maryland. we also learned today three pennsylvania residents were on a

flight with the second nurse diagnosed with the disease. they are not showing symptoms but are being monitored in texas. at home, cities and towns are preparing for the possibility of ebola in their communities. trenton, first responders are training to handle whatever hazards may come their way. and "action news" respondent with a look at that and joining us live from the news room with that. >> hi there, monica. they say the ebola crisis is being taken very, very serious by the department. that's why, like many other towns, firefighters and e.m.t. anticipates are reviewing policies and personnel issues and all of that to make sure they respond correctly should they have an ebola case. >> these are on every single one of our ambulances and trucks. >> and e.m.t.s are getting refresher courses on suiting up with protection equipment, the possibility they may handle a patient with ebola. under the suit, mask and goggles

is e.m.t. darrell wilson. >> if it is something i am extremely worried about, of course, i don't want to bring it home to my family and why we wear suits like this. >> and they are prescreening asking if patients have been in or had any contact with people in countries where there are ebola outbreaks. >> if in fact those key points get hit the dispatch he shall notifies the responding units whether it is the ambulance or paramedic units or the fire department as well. >> before they even arrive first responders can protect themselves. >> protect the mucus membranes. mouth, eyes. >> there is nervousness with the news reports and hearing about thes disease it makes me nervous to come into work. >> a little more kocautious and alert. >> the head's up from dispatch and the right gear they can handle an ebola case. the rescue one unit has decades

of experience handling hazardous materials, including anthrax in 2001. >> fresh water in this and a solution. >> trucks full of special equipment and a walk-through decontamination trailer to help. >> and set up hoses using breach or soaps to get rid of the chemical or whatever we are dealing with at the time. >> and trenton is ordering extra tyvex suits, goggles and gloves making sure every ambulance and fire truck has it on board if there were to be an ebola case here. nora muchanic channel 6 news." >> thank you. "action news" spread out across the country to get the facts for you. at 6:00, dann cuellar live in dallas, and ali gorman joining us from the c.d.c. in atlanta, georgia. and a special section of our website with complete coverage of the ongoing ebola story at

6abc.com/ebola. there we have a list of myths versus facts about the disease to help you steer clear of misinformation. and you can also see the signs and symptoms of ebola and a look at how it spreads. and find those stories and much more at 6abc.com/ebola. in other news tonight, two 21-year-olds killed in a head-on collision in delaware happening about 12:30 this morning on polly drummond road. and both the driver and passenger were dead at the scene. the driver of the suburban was admitted to christie an hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. pennsylvania state police back on the scene of monday's deadly crash here in bensalem. chopper 6 hd over i-95 near wood haven road this morning as investigators reconstructed a crash that killed lisa dimayo.

dying when she was cut off. and the car flipped and they are looking for the man. and a man accused of a bold robbery of a woman at an a.t.m. cameras captured this man walking up behind a woman in center city. he put two fingers against his back and said that he would shoot her if she did not hand over the cash. she did and he took off. if you have any information, you are asked to call the police. time now to look at the friday night commute. >> autumn is back in the traffic center with an update. looking forward to the weekend, aren't we? >> everybody wants to get home to start enjoying the weekend. lovely weather out there, but some slowdowns. this on the schuylkill expressway westbound heading out of the city, near highway 40 minutes going from the vine to the now. and looking at the ben franklin bridge, westbound lanes coming over into philadelphia. you see we are down two lanes there. it is causing the back up into

camden. actually overflowing on to the 42 freeway. these are the northbound lanes, people trying to make their way towards the ben franklin bridge and walt whitman bridge. and usually just 6 or 7 minutes to go from there. and mass transit no reported delays, that is good news. something to keep in mind the market-frank line boarding from 12:04 saturday until 4:00 a.m. have a good weekend. the voters go to a polls in less than a month. ones of the hot left contested for the 13th congressional direct. 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 can convince neighbors to fight the other way. starting to take the gloves off as they take skies off. >> a die-hard tea-party conservative and i don't think it is the best person to represent philadelphia in congress. >> and voters in the 13th congressional district, the difference in choices could not be more clear and distinct. and still to come tonight, important support. how family of a woman with breast cancer getting the help they need to help loved ones. look at this, a young woman showing the world what a winner really looks like. we explain. the winds of change this

weekend. and get ready for a chillier wind on sunday. the changes in accuweather. >> ok, thank you. that and more when "action news" comes right back. this is ceo tom macarthur's world. in macarthur's world, he opposes new laws to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work. and macarthur opposes a woman's right to choose backed by a group that would outlaw abortion even for rape and incest. for us in the real world, aimee belgard. aimee will fight for equal pay and protect a woman's right to choose. aimee belgard's on our side. i'm aimee belgard and i approve this message.

>> breaking news tonight. now from the city of chester, chopper 6 hd over the scene here where a woman was shot and killed in this neighborhood. you can see dozens of police cruisers on the street. this is the 2900 block of west 11th street in chester. what we know now according to the delaware county authorities, bullets rang out after 5:00 this evening and a woman was shot in the chest she was rushed to the crozer-chester medical facilities she did not survive. looking live from chopper 6, a woman shot in the chest, the 2900 block of west 11th street. police cruisers on the scene and suspect some type of homicide investigation is underway. no word yet on if there are any arrests or a motive for the shooting. a deadly shooting here.

no word on the identity of the victim, but she was a woman shot in the chest who did not survive her injuries. we continue to update the story as information becomes available from the city of chester. in the meantime, a picture of compassion and selflessness from minnesota today. two high school students competing in a cross country championship race when danielle injured her knee a runner on the opposing team, melanie bailey stopped, picked her up and carried her across the finish line. how about that? they came in more than eight minutes behind the first-place finish finisher, but both winners in our book today. >> a nice story. and jamie apody with the latest on what the sixers are dealing with in the top draft pick who has a fatality in his home country. >> the sixers top draft pick on the way to cameroon to the family after the sudden death of his younger brother. very sad.

and brown skipped the game to be by his side. releasing a statement in part that reads, to learn you lost a sibling or child to receive that 6,000 miles away from family is more than any of us are equipped to handle. and the coach echoed the sentiments. >> for him to be away from his country and to, you know, be away from his family in a time like this, you just try to do your best to help him get through this. and only time will have a chance to heal it a little bit. the eagles bye week continues. and ron jaworski says it is not too far-fetched to big think, real big. what will it take for them to be, dare we say it, super bowl

contenders? >> i don't think there is any doubt about it, they have to play den defense. when you are playing as well as this defense you will win a lot of football games. if the defense can improve and play the way they are playing, we can talk super bowl. i am not ready to go there yet, i want to get to the playoffs first. as i see the team together you can think maybe a world championship team in the making. >> how about hearing that. what can you say about chip kelly. he visited victor cruz in the hospital monday morning after he was injured for the season tearing up his knee in the eagles' game sunday night a classy move by a classy coach. and temple, tonight is the night for the temple owls to see if they can get off to a 5-1 start by the eagles. in texas taking on the cougars. >> the kids it is friday night lights in texas. you grow up dreaming about this,

playing on national team against an outstanding team a team that beat us last year. that's why kids came to temple, they want to play in games like this. if you love college football, a big-time showdown saturday. fifth ranked notre dame on channel 6. the world series set, the walk-off home run by ishikawa to advance. it is an all wildcard series against the royals. and the phillies are watching at home with the rest of us. and handing out food. and brown with a hard year. and the second worst batting average, you wonder if he has a future here. what does he do to get better and get his team out of the cellar? >> i have to stay hungry, like i was when i was first called up. the biggest thing i want to be in the line-up every single day and i am working my butt off to

get back to playing great baseball. >> do you still feel you have to prove yourself? >> i don't look at it like that, but i have to go out every single day and work my butt off and show that i belong here. >> pretty much sounds like he has to prove himself, and i think he does, monica, back to you. >> thank you so much. a breast cancer diagnosis does not just affect a patient, even the men in the family feel the impact. and ali gorman says they often become a vital part of the support network for women trying to beat the odds of breast cancer. ♪ >> abington hospital this is linda. how can i help you? >> linda is living her dream. >> since i was 5 years old i knew i wanted to be a nurse. >> back then, linda cared for her ailing grandmother. today she cares for others. but it almost didn't happen. just months shy of getting her nursing degree, she got breast cancer. her husband, family and friends were stunned. >> automatically i went into

prayer. i didn't know how to deal with it. >> despite long treatment ahead, linda determined to graduate. she knew she couldn't do it alone, but like many patients, reluctant to ask for help. >> let me take care of you, don't worry about me. >> but experts say good home support is crucial. patients do better with the support. and patients shouldn't rely on just one person, instead build a team. linda's team included her husband, james. >> he took me to each and every doctor's appointment. >> her son, darrick. >> he was comforting. he held my hand, brought my water ice when i couldn't eat anything. >> and her co-workers. >> they changed my wounds, bandages. and they came down and did the laundry, brought food. >> and organized a benefit to help the glovers play medical bills. and linda beat cancer, got her degree and uses her experience to support other cancer patients. >> i am a walking testimony that

you can too overcome this. >> ali gorman, channel 6 "action news." wow, you can help fight breast cancer helping those you know, or come out tomorrow morning for the walk. it is in fairmount park. the walk begins at 8:30, very inspiring. is your weekend forecast is right around the corner here on "action news at 5:00." >> checking out. stepping outside, looking again at center city, a gorgeous picture tonight as meteorologist at center city, a gorgeous picture tonight as meteorologist adam joseph with the thank you cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you, cable because if we never had you... we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. the numbers don't lie. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability, and hd picture quality. so join the millions who enjoy the difference fios makes and

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a beautiful end to the work and school week with double scan not showing a lot go on. 72 in philadelphia. reminding you, the normal about 66, 67 this time of year. 70 allentown and wilmington, and upper 60s at the shore. a little sea breeze from the boardwalk to beach haven matching ocean temperature of 67. and the front barrelled through a few days ago, heavy rain to the north. however, the low attached to that particular front continues to spiral north of toronto. like a big bicycle wheel sending

spokes of energy in the front through the weekend. one front through early tomorrow, but you wouldn't even know it, it will come through dry at 68 degrees. still rather mild tomorrow. then in the afternoon, clouds build as a second boundary passes through. with the clouds coming strong winds out of the northerly direction. by sunday, only 56 for the high behind the second front. so the coldest day so far since spring, winds gusting to around 30 miles per hour. 30 miles per hour we can easily take that compared to hurricane gonzalo, category three dangerous storm that now is barrelling across bermuda, winds sustained at 115 miles per hour. you can see how large it is compared to the tiny 22-mile i would have bermuda. in fact we look at the streamline, you can see how the winds are siphoning into the eye of gonzalo, which right now is to the south and west by less

than 30 miles from bermuda itself. winds right now at st. george sustained at 45, gusting to 67 miles per hour. you can see the very potent bands of very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms on the eastern area and drifting over the i will the next hour or two, winds between 100-120 miles per hour. clear and quiet at home tonight. 50 in the suburbs, 57 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 68 tomorrow as the winds of change arrive. windy and chilly, sun and clouds sunday, 56 degrees. and then common morning there could be some wide-spread frost north and west and interior southern new jersey. and 60 monday afternoon with high clouds before a low stalls to the east. tuesday, wednesday, thursday into friday morning, highs generally in the upper 50s to low 60s, very chilly and a lot of clouds. and wind out of the northeast

and on-and-off showers. unsettled next week after starting with the maybe the miles an hour frost of the season.g with the maybe the >> thank you so much. and stay on top of the accuweather forecast at 6abc.com. visit 6abc.com/weather for stormtracker 6 radar. we'll be right back with more news stay us with. and also tonight, it is "20/20" and a murder investigation that does unveil a secret life, shady businesses and a list of folks who may have wanted the victim dead. and that is tonight at 10:00 followed by "act

>> right now the "action news" team standing by with these stories and more next at 6:00. we are following all the latest developments on the efforts to contain the spread of ebola in america. live reports ahead from "action news" crews in dallas, atlanta and here in philadelphia. plus, what started with reports of a truck hitting parked cars in norristown ends in a wild chase and a shooting involving police. those stories coming up.

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♪ "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> friday night. jim is off, i'm monica malpass. in the news, lehigh university named its 14th president. and a bankruptcy judge deals a blow to casino workers at taj mahal. the big story is efforts to contain the spread of ebola in

america. the white house now has an ebola czar to lead the response as containment efforts expand to include a cruise ship and multiple airline flights. "action news" crews have the story covered from philadelphia to texas. david henry at city hall with local preparations, ali gorman at c.d.c. headquarters in atlanta, georgia. first, to dann cuellar in dallas, texas ground zero for the ebola investigation. dann? >> monica, it is certainly contrary to what federal health officials are advising, but it got a lot of attention here today. texas governor rick perry calling for a ban on air travellers from country with ebola except for the aide workers fighting the disease. >> based on recent and ongoing developments, i believe it is the right policy to ban air travel from countries that have been hit hardest by the ebola outbreak. >> texas governor rick perry concedes that mistakes were made after ebola was first discovered in his state. specifically pointing to the air