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video and more on the punishments today. sharrie williams. >>reporter:the video is graphic to say the least it's violent in nature. it may be disturbing to watch. once it surfaced the team and league took quick action. take a look at the video. they enter the elevator at revel casino. it knocks her off of her feet. she hits her ahea her head on tg after falling to the floor. the aftermath was ugly. and dragging her unconscious out of the elevator. they terminated rice's contract. the nfl has suspended him indefinitely. at first rice crew a two-game suspension for violating the league's policy. his actions were inexcusable. >> violence of any kind,
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especially a man on a woman is not right. it is not right. it should not be tolerated. it's not right for society no matter what. you know, that is something that i stand by. i have to pay for that. >> the two-game suspension handed down by the commissioner of the nfl was too light. the league never saw the video. they did not have access to it and had not seen it no one in their office, until today.o it monica, we are expecting to hear from the bal mor baltimore raveh and players. the gunman went to the home and shot and killed the girlfriend's sister and the
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girlfriends and son before shooting himself. the 42-year-old gunman is in critical condition. we have a live report at 6:00. the authorities have made an arrest in a deadly hit-and-run. richard mclellan of mantua was struck and killed as he walked along a street in deptford county. he hit the victim with his dodge pickup truck and then kept going. kawasha is free on $10,000 bail. a man that robbed a north philadelphia cafe on tuesday. he put on his mask and took a pipe underneath his white-hooded sweatshirt. he got cash from a cafe worker, he ran north, still wearing the mask. anyone with information is asked to call the philadelphia police.
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a man shot a man in west philadelphia this morning. it was at the 6800 block on catherine street. the driver got into a cash. he took the 24-year-old to hospital, now in stable condition. there was a bustling resort town, they are weighing in how to deal with the community dealing with cacanadia casino cd massive layoffs. chad pradelli is there chad? >>reporter:chris christie is in a press conference as we speak. they are trying to figure out how to revitalize atlantic city. we didn't get any answers. they provided few details. short-term solutions are needed as long as long term solutions.
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earlier this afternoon, a couple dozen people many laid off casino workers were gathering outside of the building where it took place. they are upset. they have few casinos still in business. you have the closing of revel the atlantic club and showboat. 6,000 workers out of jobs. that is putting a strain on this company. that said, the governor said it's a $2.5 billion gaming industry. it has a future. the recent casino closings is not the end of the atlantic city. >> this was a city built on a gaming model when it was monopoly, east of the mississippi. you have 40 states to allow gaming. while there is lots of people
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out there declaring the demise of the city. that is far from true. you have a $2.5 billion gaming industry here. any state in america will be happy to take that $2.5 billion asset that we developed overtime. so we have work to do. >>reporter:there had been rumors that the trump taj~mahal will be closing. he would not deny or talk about that casino. today the governor along with the state attorney general, paved the way to have legalized sports gambling in new jersey. we tried to get answers to the governor on that topic. he said it was of the attorney general's directive. he says that he does support that new avenue. and possibly come help to help the struggling casinos down here in atlantic city.
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live in atlantic city, chad pradelli, "channel~6 action news." thank you, chad. moving onto the eagles and fans are still buzzing about the season-opener. that felt like a roller coaster ride. they managed to pull up with a thrilling comeback. ducis rodgers is here. just the way we thought it would go right? a lot of sweat. not many nails left after that game. the eagles fell behind to jacksonville. they were dropping like flies. the birds were able to win the game. the eagles did not provide an injury update on mathas. and barberry had a high ankle sprain. he could be out for weeks as well. 34 unanswered points.
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jeremy maclin cored in the third quarter. part of the reason, they never panicked. >> i didn't feel like we were in the game getting our tails blown off here. let's settle down and do what we can do. we wanted to play one possession at a time. you are not going to score 17 points in one game. >> clearly they have things to clean up. a win is a win. thank you, di ducis. there were mayor nutter and superintendent hite. they proudly showed what they did on their first day. how about that. [chanting] a team chanted and cheered the students as they arrived at their school in wynnefield. the goal was to dispel the
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jitters. taking it live to autumn. >> hi, autumn. >> hi, ric rick and monica. you have an accident in the 95 southbound lanes. there are police and ambulance on the scene. if you are making your way west a delay up to the schuylkill right now. we had a disabled vehicle taking out of the left-hand lane. it's pushed off to the left side of the roadway. you still see it is slow going right now. giving us problems is the schuylkill expressway as well. back to you rick and monica. thank you. more ahead on "action news" for
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you. a rare virus is bringing children to the hospital. what the experts are saying about this threat to our area. cecily tynan. it's breezy and cool today. i'll explain in the accuweather forecast. more baby news for the royal family. details of all the excitement coming up in the next half-hour. more stories when "action news" comes right back. to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match?
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and it revealed a sports star punching his wife, coming up. the world health organization is evacuating one of the doctors that tested positive for ebola.cuating one they cut back to the center until they find out how he got the virus. there was a lockdown this month trying to break the infection circle. cycle. there is no reported cases in our area. health reporter and ali gorman at the big board. hi, ali. high, guys.
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1,000 kids in 11 states were infected over the past three weeks. some entered the hospital. the parents should not panic. they should beware of the virus. >> the health departments are gearing up to identify. >>reporter:the doctor is a pediatric infectious disease specialist at cooper university hospital. the respiratory virus wreaking havoc will spread to our region as well. younger kids. [coughing ] >> they are at risk. >> to me it was scary. >>reporter:she spent days hooked up to oxygen. she was infected with enterovirus 68. her mother said it started as
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cold and quickly got worse. dr. finegold says to pay close attention. the colds are common. watch for symptoms out the ordinary. >> if there is something about the child's presentation that there is something different or any respiratory distress or new chizing anything out of the ordinary she should seek medical attention. >>reporter:the sooner the better. many cases of the virus are mild. some are severe like gabrielles. >> most end up doing in the majority do very well. >>reporter:as for prevention it's the same things we prevent any cold. frequent hand washing, sneeze or cough into your e elbow.
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kids 6-month-olds and older should receive the vaccine. thank you. the very first medical school celebrated a birthday. it is 250 years old. to commemorate the ceremony there was a cake-cutting smartphone. three cakes were served. there is one of them along with 500 cupcakes. to penn alumni no one was left out of the campus celebration. they continue to graduate students with exceptional skills and bright futures. he is giving out big slices. and twitter users will be able to shop while they tweet.
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chick-fil-a is mourning the death of the restaurant's founder tonight. they announced in truett cathy passed away after midnight. he was 93 years old. his business began in atlanta. the company is privately held by the family with his son, dan named the ceo last year. twitter announced it will test a buy button. they will see the button on the apple. when you hit the button the entire buying process is in the apple. yoapp.
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you don't have to leave twitter. it's not a seamless as the buy button will be. independence hall was honoured with a street retrailinrenamingtoday. it was five and 6, called world heritage way. it is is a partner in the world heritage cities. it has full heritage status. that is encouraging. over to sky6. and meteorologist, cecily tynan has the possibility of rain in the forecast when
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time to check on the accuweather forecast. some rain some the time tomorrow. not over at my house right? at your house it's fine. you are blessed never any rain there. and we are showing that most of the region is rain-free. we have rain moving into cape may county to southern delaware. if you look at the way it's lasting it's not progressing to and coowzói)xh;h;zz]9|h~,tu you, philadelphia, it
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is 73 degrees. it's 20 degrees cooler than the high on saturday. so a taste of fall. that is coming with a lot of clouds. satellite 6 along with action radar, showing that there is low pressure over north carolina. what it does it will head out to sea. at the same time high pressure up to the north. opposing forces bringing the winds out of the east. the easterly flow is pulling the moisture in the form of clouds it piles up the water long the coast. a coastal flood advisory is posted. times. high tide alontimes of hg flooding. lots of the clouds along the i-95 corridor. you see it advance across southern new jersey and parts of
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the kent county delaware. as we head into the day tomorrow, most of the rain is along the coast. inland, not at pretty day. clouds and a few pockets of drizzle. it keeps the temperatures down through the day tomorrow. the system will head out to sea on wednesday. future tracker 6 showing it's all about location tomorrow. north and west of philadelphia, a little bit of the drizzle here or there. the lehigh valley and the poconos barely anything all the. you get on the coast, we are looking to half an inch to an inch of rain from the low pressure system. we have one low pressure here. another one sitting off of the coast of the carolina. this used to be hurricane norbert. it's a disturbance now. it's pulling up all the tropical moisture. arizona is getting hit hard around phoenix today. more than 3 inches of rain.
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the wettest since the records began 119 years ago. up to today phoenix, arizona only got 2 inches of rain. back at home tonight cloudy and breezy and showers south. it will be a cool night. 64 in philadelphia. the five at 5:00 showing tomorrow lots of clouds. a steady rain along the coast. north and west drizzle. 74. on wednesday we brighten up to 78. you want a warm and humid day. 86 before a cold front brings storms. look at this. temperatures cooling off. 70 on saturday with showers. will we warm up on sunday? the swear in the forecast guys. a roller coaster week.
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thank you, cec. more to come on "action news at 5:00". dozen of employees are evacuated when their workplace catches fire in the lehigh valley. we have that story. they pull off a heist inside of a local charter school. the royal family is growing. more on will and kate's big announcement.
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tom wolf. he'd be a different kind of governor. he served in the peace corps in india. and then got a phd from mit. and as a businessman he gives between 20 and 30 percent of his profits back to his employees. when he served as pennsylvania's secretary of revenue. he turned down the perks. and donated his government salary to charity he refused take a state car, he drove his old jeep instead. can't argue with that. tom wolf. he'd bring a fresh start to pennsylvania.
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hello, again. here is what is happening on "action news" monday night. new castle police are searching those responsible for the beating of a mentally challenged man in newark. plus, a state of emergency for this major western city after record rain strands drivers and residents there. the deals the investigation of a brutal beating of a delaware man. it is sparking outrage across the country.
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two juveniles have been charged. they are looking for several other people involved. david henry is live outside of the police department. he had a run-in with one of the suspects. >>reporter:they are contacting the parents of the other suspects that they are looking for to face the music. we encountered one at police headquarters. he asked his mom if he is going to have to beat me too. >> does he have anything to say about it? >>reporter:an apparent admission of guilt. you see him beating a mentally challenged man. an geliz marrero was disgusted by the video. >>reporter:instead of looking the other way. she tapped into the internet and posting it