>> the u.s. has another case of ebola on its hands, this is one in the heart of new york city. hear how the city is dealing with this in a live report. >> reporter: clouds mixing with sun as we roll through the day, not as uncomfortable always yesterday, and the rain is gone. details is ahead. >> reporter: we have construction at i-95 we are in the process of clearing at cottman, i'll have details coming up. >> the officials in new york city are urging calm with the news that a doctor visiting west africa has the ebola virus. saying there's no channels he

infected others even though he rode the subway and was out bowling with orioles. >> reporter: the -- with others. the doctor is in isolation at bell view hospital. health officials in new york say they have been preparing for this moment and they are ready. he was rushed to new york city's bell view hospital. dr. craig allen spencer in isolation diagnosed with ebola. new york officials with a swift and strong message to the city's millions and visitors. >> we have been preparing for months for ebola. >> reporter: partly of the protocol a team of disease detectives tracing dr. spencer's movement since his return from west africa. specials flew home last week landing at jfk on october 17.

officials say he took his temperature twice a day, was mindful of contact with people, but did leave his apartment. despite feeling fatigued the night before the diagnosis he went bowling in britain and rode the subway and stopped in the restaurant. >> the thing to make clear the first time this patient had fever is today. fever is typical sign of a person developing contagious ebola. >> reporter: neighbor also of experiences seal off apartment can't help but be on edge. >> i am surprised he was allowed to come to the apartment building, where he was and what his exposure was. >> spencer's fiance is showing no signs of ebola, but is in quarantine as a precaution at the hospital. a few friends are in quarantine

at home. live, carolyn costello, back to you. >> we have more at 6abc.com compiling all the latest developments on the ebola virus. go to 6abc.com/ebola. busy morning didn't get to say good morning everyone, i'm matt o'donnell along with erin o'hern in for tamala edwards. >> reporter: good morning. it is friday, tgif. >> we'll talk about the accuweather forecast and traffic, first we go to david murphy, good morning. >> reporter: okay, guys thanks, digits know we would be doing this again. we'll be dressing the kids in jackets today. you can see on satellite there's very little rain popping through, all of this is evaporating before it gets into new york state. there's clearing to the west and

weapon expect a mix of sun and clouds, 49 in millville. 57 in wilmington, 54 in allentown. a cool start, but not as bad as yesterday when we had the rain and dampness and winds blowing through. 52 at 6:00. 53 at 8:00. as we head to the train station the bus stop or to school. the smart phone will tell you 56 on the storm tracker 6 live app and 53 by 8:00. 66 at 3:00 p.m. our high of 67 probably sliding in there around 4:00. it will wind up being kind of on the breeze side as we go through the day, at least it's dry with the mix of sun an clouds. the weekend call coming up, karen. >> reporter: looking live at i-95 southbound traffic heading toward center city. we see the cones out the process of clearing out the construction looking good.

let's take a look at the numbers, the speeds on i-95. mostly in the 50s, schuylkill expressway looking good. the blue route no problem. we have construction on the boulevard blocking the inter drive at cottman and rising sun eave. we have appear accident at west chester pike at providence road. burlington bristol bridge is closed for maintenance. use the turnpike connector bridge. >> a violent crash involving a pick up truck in the lehigh valley. "action news" has just learned was the end result of a police pursuit through several areas. the crash scene is at north 13th near spring garden street. police from palmer township were involved in the chase. we know at this point there were no reports of any police officers getting hurt. >> a big football rivalry was

set to go down tonight. the season was you tell cut short for one county high school over hazing allegations. katherine scott is live outside cb west in doylestown. >> reporter: today that football team is supposed to pay their big rival, but instead the last two games has been canceled. the coaching staff has been suspended. a school board investigation concluded that freshmen were subjected to humiliation. one student from the doylestown school was forced to grab a player's private parts while closed. the coach allowed team activities to spiral out of control. now the big homecoming game against central bucks east is canceled, as well as the final

game which was set for halloween. >> it's sad because like the rest of the season got canceled. i'm part of the marching band. it was my last two football games, were kind of taken. it kind of stinks. >> reporter: as a football team central bucks west is 2-6. dominant since the late 70s. they have won 8 state titles since 1978. in time 90s they won 4 chips three in a row. the school produced an nfl coach seen here with his father,ess head coach with the cleveland browns. he said he is sad by the news and knows some of the coaches on the staff. "action news" did reach out to the head coach, but last night he had no comment. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> there is new fallout for the

new jersey high school team to come under fire for alleged haitzing. hazing. the sayerville school district fired three paid part-time coaches and volunteers. criminal charges are pending against 7 players. a gun incident at malvern prep high school has landed two men behind bars. police arrested 22-year-old richardson of ardmore and michael o'brian of glen mills. police say they were using a 22 caliber rifle to shoot target practice on school grounds. nobody was hurt. first look at business, coming at you from the big board. cash-strapped sears holdings is closing 16 stores and laying off 6100 workers. him many are in pennsylvania and

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>> so. here's the deal about friday that i've learned so far. it's getting better. >> reporter: absolutely. the weekend is looking good today, a little changes as we move toward sunday. storm tracker 6 live double scan, yeha no rain. looking at center city, as you check out the ben franklin bridge. temperatures are as raw. it feels better than yesterday without the rain and the wind. it will get better today. we transition today toward more sunshine and we're actually in for a pretty long dry stretch. you'll see that in the seven day in a couple of minutes.

56 degrees, 45 is the dewpoint. the air is fairly dry. the winds west northwest at 5 miles per hour. it will get breezier later. the area of low pressure is well off to the north an east. we're getting a breeze around it later on, but a mix of clouds and sun today and no rain. as we roll through the day, temperatures improve, 53 degrees by 8:00. 11:00 getting up to 60. 2:00, 64. the high 67 degrees, probably around 4:00. 66 at 5:00. yesterday we got up to 57. today it will be better, temperature-wise. sun and clouds and breezy. high temperatures today, 65 in allentown, 64 in cape may. general you're looking for the upper 60s for the afternoon high partly cloudy and breezy, 51 degrees by 7:00.

60 degrees by 10:00 p.m., sweatshirt weather, but dry. the weekend we'll get up to 67 for the high. we have lots of sunshine. we have a cold front that's coming through dry late in the day and at night. behind it you'll notice it's cooler on sunday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we're going for a high of 67 today. breezy, milder than yesterday certainly, and most importantly dry. we'll get some of that sun back. tomorrow, sunny and nice. we'll go for a high of 68 in philadelphia. sunday, breezy and cooler we'll dip back to 65 degrees and the breezes will be stronger on sunday, it will feel a little cooler sunday than saturday, but not a bad day, you have plans to go outside looking at the falling leaves and no problems either of those days. monday, mostly sunny, 64, we're looking at the warmup as we head into the middle of next week. tuesday, warmer, 74. wednesday, 70 degrees, wednesday afternoon there could be a shower, you can see that nice

stretch of dry weather prior to that and it looks dry on thursday. >> thanks so much, david. >> terrorism, developing story now, terrorism is not being ruled out in yesterday's axe attack on new york city police officers. an officer suffered critical head injuries when a hatchet man attacked without warning. one officer was struck in the head. another in the arm. the other two officers suffered minor injuries, but managed to fire on the suspect. he was pronounced dead at the scene. >> this is new on "action news," a school district in nebraska will allow students to pose with their guns in their senior photos as long as as it is done tastefully. the broken bow public school board will allow students to display guns.

the district had not allowed guns in photos citing the number of school violence across the country. parents in the district pressed for the change. this north carolina woman is a tangle because of what deputies found in her hair we've at a county jail. before she was processed, deputies noticed her leaving a bathroom with her head tilted in an odd way. they searched and found a small handgun in her hair we've. police are trying to determine how the officers who arrested her in the first place did not notice the gun. >> happening today, investigators will return to the area where human remains possibly belonging to hannah graham were discovered. a skull and bones were found last saturday at this abandoned property. investigators are waiting for a positive identification. police say graham's missing person's case has been changed to a death investigation. the missing uva student was last

seen with jessie matthew he is charged with her kidnapping. >> "action news" is coming back, a barrage of bullets puts one person on the grounds in philadelphia and two houses are riddled with bullet holes, an update is up ahead. >> ebola themed halloween decorations has one texas town in an uproar. >> take 6abc news wherever you go. the lawout is -- the .

>> time to check the traffic we're looking at some construction here in chester county, but it's in the process of clearing out. this is 202 northbound at 29. we can see that it's in the process of moving on out of here, but it has been blocking the left lane and center lane, by the time you head out, it will be gone. it's dry this morning for a change. no problems in delaware county. burlington bristol bridge has reopened. the maintenance has cleared so no problems taking the burlington bristol right now.

in belmawr, camden county, 168 construction going on. the ramp from 168 that's the black horse pike southbound to 295. it's construction closing the ramble to 5:00 p.m. 295 southbound between 168 we have construction here, as well. it's blocking up to two lanes that's for another hour and 15 minutes or so. >> gunfire erupted in the bustleton section of philadelphia. a 57-year-old man is fighting for his life after being shot twice along the 8900 block of alten street. authorities arrested a 26-year-old man who lives on the same block. police say he used an assault rifle unleashing a barrage of bullets that hit two nearby houses. police say they are trying to nail down a motive for the gunfire. happening today a hearing in federal court that could send

philadelphia mobster joey him or her -- joey merlino back to prison because he met with fell mob bosses in florida. the judge has have rejected the paperwork argument. 52 was convicted of racketeering in 2001 and spent more than ten years in prison. >> all new in the next half-hour of "action news," the rare tornado that ripped roof off buildings and uproot the trees and shattered windows in the washington state. >> here comes honey boo boo is

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died from ebola in dallas, texas. police say the homeowner isn't breaking the law. >> the tlc said it is reassessing the future of its series here comes honey boo boo. the online sources say june shannon is dating a convicted child molester. shannon is the mother of the star. the molester served time for an inappropriate relationship with an 8-year-old relative of shannon. her daughter, lawyeren pumpkin shannon has come to her defense she said the allegations are just not true. >> 4:57 we have new video showing a rare tornado tearing through buildings in a town in the northwest. >> students and patterns are regal from a bombshell announcement in bucks county. a local high school cancel the the rest of the football season in light of a

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>> good morning, everyone, it is 5:00 a.m., friday, october this.ood morning, everyone, it tam is off, erin o'hern joins us, here's what's happening. >> new york city officials are urging calm this morning after an american doctor tests positive for ebola. >> a hazing scandal brings the football season at a bucks county high school to a sudden end. >> the purchaser of the struggling trump taj mahal issues a dire warning about the casino's future. >> weather and traffic, we have david and karen, good morning. >> reporter: we have a nyer day ahead. we have -- we have a nicer day ahead. we have rain moving through new york. there's drying to the west, and we expect the sun to share the sky with clouds. we didn't see a lot of sun yesterday, we'll see more today. 57 in philadelphia. 57 in wilmington. 54 in allento