children's rights. >> this is not the end of what we started, i think this is really the beginning. >> malala yousafzai the activist in the spotlight again this morning becoming the youngest person ever to win the nobel peace price. sharing the honor with kailash satyarthi of india, also awarded for his work on children's rights. >> it is an important point for a hindu and a muslim, an indian and pakistani to join in the common struggle for education and against extremism. >> it was only two years ago a taliban gunman shot malala in the head for trying to get an education and for being out spoken about girls having a right to go to school. since then, she has turned her personal tragedy into a campaign for school girls whose educations and lives are threatened around the world.

>> i truly believe the only way we can create global peace and to our peace and prosperity is only reading, knowledge and education. >> she remained humble even in the face of extraordinary accomplishments. >> this award is not just a piece of medal you wear or an award you keep in your room, it is an encouragement for me to go forward. >> malala saying going to school is like going through a magic door to your future. today sure enough she was in a class when a teacher announced her good news. in washington for channel 6 "action news." >> incredibly inspiring. malala yousafzai will be in philadelphia to accept the liberty bell award later this month and that is at the national constitutional center on october 21. you can see this special coverage of the event on sunday, november 5 at 5:00 p.m. here on

6abc. a court hearing this morning for a 21-year-old man accused of stabbing and killing a homeless person late last year, he was arraigned this morning in camden and being held on $1 million bail. he was already in jail on unrelated charges when the authorities say he confessed to stabbing 50-year-old james connolly in a storage shed in cherry hill last december. connolly was homeless at the time. he died of his wounds six months later. detectives looking at surveillance video from inside of a northeast philadelphia wawa trying to identify an armed robber. happening at the story after 3:00 a.m. the clerked to the investigators that the suspect walked in, pointed a silver hand gun and demanded cash. he got away with $1,000 in cash. the clerk was not hurt. a chain-reaction crash sent debris over three blocks in montgomery county this morning. this was the scene along

cheltenham avenue three cars were involved and the driver of the white mercedes ran from the scene on foot. and one taken to the hospital with injuries. it is not clear what led up to the collision. they are hoping that neighborhood surveillance video leads them to a dangerous suspect who attacked a man on the street. take a good look at the man in the video. they say he tried to rob a 47-year-old man walking in the 900 block near darian street. and the suspect walked up behind him, allegedly punched him in the face and tried to grab his bag. they struggled and the attacker rather than off when neighbors came to the rescue. this is 47 year hold susan sim simonson. the authorities charged here with stealing $345,000 from her employer while serving as a bookkeeper. she told her boss the extra money was paying herself for unused vacation time. she is charged with 700 counts

of formi forgery and out on bai. and "action news" profiling big political races in our area. less than a month to go, matt o'donnell looks at the congressional race in the 7th district. >> the direct is oddly shaped as they come. some say it looks like donald duck kicking goofy. and a new comer hopes to kick out a republican politician. never leasing an election, he says he has the political experience you can't beat. >> i hope i am in a good position because people believe i pay attention to things i care about. >> giving you literature. >> and a la salle political science professor never holding political office, struggled to

match his huge fundraising advantage. but a poll recently found one in three voters in the direct even know that mehan is their congressman. >> the people that he helped, there are many people outside of the district, millionaires and billionaires. people in his direct are hurting. >> and preventing cyber crimes like that at acme. >> and it is not just about more taxes. the key to generating ref up into is creating a growth economy. >> and seeking to reduce gun violence, raise the minute natural wage and fight for gender equality. >> i have the best chance of being the only woman in the pennsylvania delegation. that's pretty pitiful out of, you know, 18 house members.

>> in pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. election day tuesday, november 4. matt o'donnell, channel 6 "action news." a northeast pennsylvania english teacher going to prison after leading guilty to having sexual contact with four of her own students. before she headed to prison she spoke exclusively with abc's 20 20. and cooper employed at we'll west high sentenced between 9 and 23 months in jail. and cooper sat down to talk about why she did it. >> an 18 year old. >> as crazy others this might sound to some people, he is very intelligent. i could have real conversations with him about real life issues. i did do wrong. but i am not a monster. i am human. >> one of she on tonight's "20/20" showing how far women are willing to go to get what they want. watch designing woman a special

here on 6abc. time for the update on the commute home on a friday anytime. >> matt pellman the man in the know. >> you are not in a hurry, are you? >> i am always in a hurry. >> let's do it. >> i hope you are not in a hurry. the blue route 476. if you are in a hurry not doing so well. the northbound side locked up approaching the schuylkill. and penndot assisting off to the side. on the schuylkill leading towards the blue route miles and miles of jammed traffic. speeds in the teens from university avenue out to 476, the blue route. it is a long, slow crawl. that trip should say over 20 minutes instead taking over an hour this afternoon. 95 by the betsy ross bridge luckily the crash completely on the side. a couple here in chester county, one at lincoln highway and independence way. and a crash at concord road, and new castle county a wreck on 495

southbound. the left lane blocked and speeds just around unlikely 13 miles per hour. but despite all that, have a good weekend. >> it is friday. that's for sure. >> thanks. and much more to come on "action news" friday night. the head of microsoft drawing fire from all sides following comments about how a woman should ask for a raise. explaining how karma comes into play. >> one of the most popular sweet treats around the world with its own interesting history. and more on the new chocolate exhibit opening this weekend. a couple much scattered showers this evening. a steady round of rain heading in from the west and we have the timing of it and what it means for your weekend in the accuweather forecast. in sports, jeff skversky with eagles' news. and temple reading ready for the homecoming match-up at the link tomorrow.

the c.e.o. of microsoft under fire after telling women they should trust in karma instead of asking for pay rises. and he was asked how woman should ask for pay raises.

>> one of the very few things that i disagree with you on. >> it is not really about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will give you the right raises as you go along. >> that smashed a backlash and quick retraction from him. a few hours later he said he answered it completely wrong and learned a valuable legson. in 2013 the last time they checked women paid 78 cents for every dollar earned by a man. and the big game between the eagles and giants. >> and jeff skversky with more. hi, jeff. >> hey guys. this week kind of feels like we are back in high school. all of the gossip and trash talking going on between the eagles and giants. things are building up between the heated rivalries and you can't wait for sunday night at

the link with sole possession of first place on the line. what a game it will be. the eagles' defense without kendricks again ruled out for the giants. and the linebacker questionable with a groin injury and the eagles having growing pains even though tied for first at 4-1. >> we are winning football games. do we have to improve? we do, definitely. and i think that's going to be the story throughout the entire year, is that we can always get better. there are things we can always do. we can always fix things. but, you know, we're 4-1 and we're going to stay positive and going to continue to try to win football games however that might be. >> don't pencil in a win yet. after 0-2 starts the giants won three in a row, and over that responsible scored over 100 points. and ron jaworski has more on the new york football giants. ♪ they look awful in the first

two games. eli out of sync. he was learning a new offense under a new offensive coordinator in new york. and the offense was just out of rhythm and they looked bad. low and behold three games later, three wins in a row, now playing good offensive football. they are always a good defensive team when healthy, like most teams. eli has tremendous confidence, so clearly the giants coming in as a hot team as well. >> more on the game sunday morning at 11:30 on eagles gameday kick. the flyers off to another 0-2 start. but mason says it is not time to hit the panic button. today mason now saying the flyers have to win the next game saturday night against montreal. the flyers will be without the defensive tomorrow, but good news after tests on his leg injury they do not think that he will be out for a long period of

time. perhaps only days or just a week or so. now with or without him, the flyers trying to avoid the third straight 0-3 start to the season. >> can't let it creep into your focus of playing the game. and everybody is going to think about it. you can't tell a guy not to think about it, but you can't get into your focus. big college football day tomorrow. how about penn state under the lights against the rival michigan up in michigan. what a game that will be. and of course temple with a big game as well, taking on tulsa in their homecoming. the owls tomorrow afternoon will be in action. they are the only football subdivision team average 36 points a game and only giving up 12 or less. tomorrow that will be a tough one for t.u. >> they throw the ball as well as anybody. i told our team, i think almost 500 yards against tulane, they can throw the football. and we haven't proven that we

can stop that yet, so it's a real challenge to our defense to show we can -- we have grown in that area from last year. and speaking of temple, coming up at 6:00, the amazing story of two blind temple university students trying to become sportscasters even though they have never seen the game. quite the story coming up at 6:00. you will not want to miss. monica and rick, back to you in the studio.t want to miss. >> look forward to that, thank you. it is a story that will definitely satisfy your sweet tooth. a new exhibit opening tomorrow. the sweelt treat good over milk, over ice cream or by itself. >> talking about chocolate. you have my attention. >> how about samples. >> i have nothing to give out, but called chocolate: the exhibition. and presented by drexel university. saying the exhibit shows the important roam the iconic sweet

played throughout history. looking at the first uses of the tree where it came from. and first used as a bitter drink in latin america. and then made to europe enjoyed by only the wealthy. in the late 1700s it started to change. >> eventually they added sweetness and that's where our love affair began. the 1800s or so that's when chock little -- chocolate was for the masses. and that is up until the way we consume it today. >> and chocolate represents us as a society, enjoyed by pretty much everyone. and they argue there are health benefits to eating the dark chocolate and encourage us to get a little in the diet each day. there is your pass if you neat it. >> thanks, and thanks for it. >> thanks, and thanks for sharing,

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>> some villanova students are helping to build homes for the homeless around the world during their fall break.homes for the 600 college kids, staff and faculty are helping both habitat for humanity and mission service from here in philadelphia all

the way to peru. and teaching english and working at aides hospitals and orphanages and helping rural farmers. a good way to put their faith into action. and adam joseph with a closer look he did weekend. not a complete rain-out. >> no, it starts a little damp but, you know, we're going to flip things around by sunday. that will definitely be the best day of the weekend. so 50-50 shot. as we look at double scan raid rraidar a couple of light showers. getting ready for some football games, generally cloudy and cool but could be a shower around or two. and near egg harbor, pushing between oceanville and ocean city. as it pushes to the east not much to the west behind it. but something we will continue to follow. and a bash of light showers throughout central parts of chester county, near malvern near route 100 up towards

pottstown a couple of sprinkles and the case at route 1 near chadds ford. and everyone cool. 55 in lancaster well below the afternoon this time of year. the high in philadelphia today 61. right now at 56 in the poconos. and millville between 58 and 59 degrees. a front that is snaking its way from the mid-atlantic through the ohio and tennessee valley into the nation's heartland. this is kind of a train track so to speak for a lot of ripples of energy from the west. a patch of rain in cincinnati coming in after the midnight hour. 10:30 tonight, generally cloudy. a couple of showers to the south. as we get into the 1:00, 2:00 hour and thereafter through 8:00 a.m., it is a steady rain with pockets of moderate rain at times. by about noon the steadiest, heavy rain often the coast. lingering showers and drizzle for early afternoon hours of saturday. by 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, very late in the day the sun will

return from the north and swing to the south. but it doesn't look like the sun will return to the southern areas before sunsets and we have to wait until sunday for southern new jersey and delaware to grab some of the sunshine. so a wet saturday morning, about 1/4 to 3/4 inch of rain. the temperature staying in the 50s tomorrow, so an another very cool day. and the late-afternoon sun coming from the northwest. the high pressure comes in and kicks the front way to the south. the low off to the east. high clouds. temperatures below average, 63 feeling pretty good. and just in time for football, kind of feeling like it here on sunday evening. the big game versus the giants. partly cloudy, the fall chill 58 degrees for kickoff, the fourth quarter at 55 under part highway cloudy skies. the seven-day forecast the wet damp start not weekend at 60 degrees. sunday better at 63. and then the front that gets pushed to the south because of the high comes back to the north

on monday with clouds and a chance of a shower of 70 degrees. it is warm, breezy on tuesday. we're going way up to 76 before another low comes in on wednesday. this could bring some heavy rain or gusty thunderstorm midweek at 74 degrees. but it should move along to bring more sunshine and seasonable temperatures thursday and friday around 70 degrees. so you take your pick of the weekend. what do you like, the indoor activities saturday or outdoor -- >> indoor activities. that's fine, thank you. and stay on top of the situation at 6abc.com. visit 6abc.com/weather for stormtracker radar, and the hourley and seven-day forecast and latest video from our meteorologists and our collection are weather then

♪ >> how about that. nice sound at the terminal market hearing for 30 years now.

named the reading terminals, celebrating the milestone. the band performing at the market monthly for three decades. started in 1984 by judge richard klein and the former city councilman, ed schwartz. >> right now the "action news" team standing by with these stories and more next at 6:00. hear about the terrifying moments when workers at a bucks county bar were forced into the freezer as a robbery took place this morning. and efforts underway to keep ebola and enterovirus at bay around the region. plus, a long-time philadelphia company expands bringing hundreds more jobs back to the city. those stories and more coming up. for adam joseph, cecily tynan, jamie apody, rick

♪ "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 a mercer county couple helping other children in the wake of the tragic death of their son to enterovirus. i do and falls township police bust a thief who open said a store with stolen merchandise. the big story on "action news" tonight, the search for armed robbers who locked some bar workers in a freezer. the robbery happened early this morning at bar louis in benefs m

bensalem. and employees locked in the freezer and the manager forced to open the safe. >> the police are asking for the public's help in this crime. they have recovered a knife that was used in this crime and they have also recovered what is i guess you call the initial getaway car. the victims dock a routine shutdown of the restaurant early when boom, in the middle of an armed heist. >> a gun to my head. machete to my throat, told me to be quiet. >> right here at your throat? >> yeah. >> this employee does not want to be identified, one of seven workers repeatedly terrorized by armed night. one employee shocked by a stun gun and others roughed up. >> and took me down to the ground, threatened me and my family. >> and they were doing clean-up and the first worker confronted exiting the backdoor. >> approached by three to five