Contact with duncan. Duncans nephew says the father and former chauffeur from liberia remains in serious condition at this dallas hospital and the public remains on edge. The bottom line it that we remain confident and contain the spread of ebola in the united states. We learned that that possible second case of of ebola in hawaii has been ruled out. And Health Officials across the country remain on high alert. Thank you elizabeth. We have much more coverage of ebola still ahead. Ali gorman is talking to local leaders about what they are doing and eva pilgram has more on the local Liberian Community trying to help friends and family in their home country. Can you get more information at 6abc. Com. We have the latest on the u. S. Cases as well as a list of seven things you need to know about the virus. The funeral arrangements are set for the Pennsylvania State trooper killed in an accidental shooting at a gun range. David kedra died at the training complex in conshohocken. They will celebrate his life sunday night on academy road in northeast philadelphia. The funeral for the 26yearold will be monday morning at christ the king church on chesterfield road and the burial will be private. Police in trenton are getting a big boost thanks to a federal grant, they are in the State Capitol to announce money to hire new officers. Nora muchanic is live now with the details. Reporter hi there, youll remember that in 2011 a third of the police force were laid off due to budget cuts. Now they say this grant say important step helping the department to recover. Political heavy weights, rory booker and Robert Menendez tout the rewarding of a 1. 5 million grant for hiring new officers. If you want to attract new visitors and see businesses grow, and for children on the way to school not be in the midst of a crossfire like what happened in trenton, you need the Police Officers that can create that safety. They will provide salary and benefits for three years and the city must pay for the rest. The department is devastated by the layoffs and the Economic Situation in the city, this is a step in the right direction for us. The city has 23 new Police Officers, its all part of rebuilding after a third of the police force was laid off three years ago. It means putting 36 more officers back on the street in 2015, that is huge for our community, where we have a great police force working hard now nora, but more officers will be on the beat helping our citizens stay safe. This comes a day of he was released from the hospital, he was released on tuesday recovering from a stomach flu. I am not sacrificing my health, making my mission better, my job is to be here so im here. Reporter back live now, trenton won a grant like this last year but turned it down because council did not want to raise taxes to pay the citys share, they are looking at their financial situation now to figure out how to pay for t nora muchanic, channel 6 action news. Thank you. A pornography scandal appears to behind the resignation of the top environmental official. Christopher abruzo is one of the employees that sent or received inter Office Emails that contained pornography. They went public with the emails a week ago and that they were all sent when governor tom corbett was in charge. Now, a big new edition to philadelphia. Chopper 6 hd was over the banks of the new schuylkill boardwalk, a walkway over the river, close to 20,000 people visit the area each day and they expect that number to increase in a big way. Three, two, one woo with that the ribbon was cut on a project eight years in the making. This is a boardwalk built over the river by necessity, and now that its built, we are glad we did that, its a great experience and people are out there now walking on water and we think that is pretty cool. And the thongs of people coming for opening day feel the same way. You feel like are you on a boat, the water is moving underneath you and the breeze is blowing, its gorgeous. Mayor nutter took a walk from south street. Youll feel the water and you walk along there youll reviews of the city skyline, that were never possible before, because you couldnt be out there. Its peaceful and calm and the schuylkill expressway is on one side, and the scenic apartments on the other side, its really nice. Some people said their lunch break felt like a vacation. Its wonderful, i work at penn and its a great place to get away. I feel like im not in the center of philadelphia. The city isnt done yet, by next year they want to ex tend the trail across county lines. This time i expect well be opening the manayunk bridge trail, making a new connection between philadelphia and Montgomery County with access to septa. We want to give you a chance to see what the boardwalk looks likes for your zfl, chopper 6 hd is in the air this very moment, can you use our brand new chopper 6360. This is the boardwalk right here, this really great overhead view and we can zoom in and so can you, can you do that yourself using your phone, tablet or computer to move the camera around. Just download the free app at 6abc. Com chopper 6, what you cant see is there are thousands of people enjoying this. Fun new toy for sure. Thank you. Another Exciting Development is underway elsewhere in centser city, officials broke ground on the east market transformation. The 23 million project will revamp an entire city block, bound by chestnut and market and 12th street. It fronts Market Street and the plan is to replace it with a tower that houses shops, restaurants and apartments. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast on a. Thursday. Lets go out side to adam joseph. Not bad today, a mixture of clouds and sunshine, as we watch a low Pressure Center off to the east move out to sea. Still bringing rain to southern new and, a decent amount of sunshine and then the clouds filled in throughout the afternoon and right now its starting to get the breaks of blue popping back in over philadelphia right now and many of the suburbs and the low will push away for the end of the week. We are 70 in philadelphia, which is pretty typical for this time of year. 71 in baltimore and 78 in new york city and closer to a low with the rain and low lying clouds, boston is just 54 degrees, a great night to hit a soccer ball around at ppl park at 8 00 p. M. The Philadelphia Union go against the cloudy skies and temperatures 66 degrees and by the 90th minute 62 degrees. Well talk about a big change coming in this weekend until the form of rain and ill have the timing coming up in accuweather. Well check back in later, thank you adam. In the meantime, the city council in delaware will consider to ban smoking in public places, the law would stop people from lighting up in parks, playgrounds, public spaces and public transit. Anybody caught would be fine 50 for the first offense and 90 for the second and 100 every time after that. The meeting is open to the public. Still ahead, a key u. S. Ally makes a decision on whether to join the fight against isis. And he is not a football coach, but hear his speech to a College Football team that only he could give. Turkey is joining the fight against isis, the turkish government voted today to start military missions again the terror group. Turkeys involvement is key because of its location, they share a border with iraq and syria. They voted overwhelmingly to attack isis in syria and iraq and it could pave the way for foreign troops to use turkish bases to launch an attack. Hong kong leader says he will not give in to pressure from protesters to step down from his post. They demanded he step down today and threatened to occupy government buildings if he did not. They warned the crowds if they followed through on their threat. To business now, and a mostly flat day on wall street, the dow was down less than 4 points and the nasdaq up 8 and change and the s p was almost exactly even on the day. Tesla motors is getting ready to unveil something new, ceo elan musk tweeted, its about time to unveil the d and something else. The companys electric car is called model s and analysts say that its unlikely that tesla will be unable to have a new car without anybody know being it. Last year they said though were working on an auto pilot for their cars. Veterans looking to get back in the civilian workforce, there was a veterans jobs fair, jobs that complimented military experience was available. On the spot interviews for jobs opening up in six months and volunteer mentors and experts giving them helpful, professional advice. Lets get some advice from matt pellman in the traffic report. Here is one to avoid. 95 in Delaware County, southbound side right behind me and right behind the tree, an accident taking out the left lane, right here by the blue route, with that left lane blocked, its really slow coming southbound approaching 420 at the blue route and backing up from pens landing to the betsy ross bridge where they pushed a broken down truck off the bridge. Speeds in the teens in that busy spot. Over on the schuylkill expressway westbound side just 15 Miles Per Hour, and they are less than the teens, 13 Miles Per Hour on 422, because of an overturned truck accident on royersford, and eastbound own only the left lane is getting by. The northeast extension north of landsdale, first northbound a vehicle hit debris and became disabled. And then southbound approaching landsdale there was a crash taking out the left lane, the bottom line is expect delays in both directions. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday. In bellmawr, we have traffic shifts at 295, giving us speeds in the 20s and teens as you get on 295, from northbound 42, we see a backup at this hour. Well check the backups again coming up in the next half hour. Thank you matt, meantime the delaware auto show has something new and something old and something for pretty much everyone this weekend, filled with the largest collection of delaware license plates. And the first to showcase the 2015 models this year, from lamborghini rolls royce everyone tesla, it runs at the chase center in wilmington. Residents of one philadelphia neighborhood are coping with an expensive act of vandalism. Monica malpass is in the newsroom now to explain. These victims tires were slashed while they slept. They have surveillance video, check it out, it captured three suspects wanted for the crime in the juniata neighborhood. Coming up well tell you what please are doing to find the suspects responsible. And a field trip that ended with a special surprise for these Elementary School students. Okay see you then thank you monica. Still ahead on action news this afternoon, Matthew Mcconaughey was suppose to visit with a College Football and he gave a rousing speech. Well show it to you. Plus, if you think your make up is used up and ready for the trash, think again. The could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Everybody knows that. Well, did you know you that former pro Football Player ickey woods will celebrate almost anything . Unhuh. Number 44. Whoooo fortyfour, thats me get some cold cuts. Get some cold cuts. Get some cold cuts whooo gimme some geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Whoo fortyfour ladies, thats me whoo. Gonna get some cold cuts today lets get a check of the accuweather forecast for you. Lets go to adam joseph live at big board. Nice day out there. A little bit of clouds around the region but overall temperatures are normal for this time of year. Allentown 72 and 66 in millville, along the shore from Long Beach Island 64 degrees from the tip of cape may at 67. We had low lying clouds and the sunshine quickly returned and you can see the hole in the clouds this morning and the sun went to work and energy west of a low out to sea, spun back a little bit of cloud cover through the afternoon hours and now its starting to thin back out and starting to break some sunshine and pops of blue upstairs. As we look at double scan radar from Oklahoma City to the deep south into the great lakes on the fringe of chicago and downpours and a few thunderstorms, this is a cold front that pushes through here for the beginning of the weekend. As we time it at 3 00 tomorrow afternoon, we have weak High Pressure in control, and that supplies sunshine for the end of the week, and you can see the rain in the ohio valley, its dry for much of the day tomorrow, and tomorrow night into saturday morning, the showers and heavier downpours arrive. At 8 00, you can see the rain across the entire region, as we get into the afternoon at 4 00, the rain will exit quickly from the west to the east, and right when the rain ends, the sun will come right back up and it will come out in the western suburbs early in the afternoon and Late Afternoon on saturday, the farther and deeper you are into new jersey. Fall foliage into the Lehigh Valley but if you head north of poconos or scranton, 20 to 73 fall foliage. The maple and dogwood and sas afras trees. Very far to the north and that is where we start to see at least 50 to 70 foliage peak. As we look at the forecast tonight, cloudy and seasonable with temperatures of 52 in the Lehigh Valley and 57 for philadelphia, and your four day at 4 00, sun and clouds and a beautiful end to the week and tomorrow night to saturday morning, a half inch on average, afternoon sun saturday of 71 and the coldest day so far in spring, only 62 for a high on sunday and then we jump 10 degrees on monday a nice rebound at 72, well have the seven day coming up my new favorite word, sassafr sassafras. Its a tree. Root beer. Thanks adam. Real man wear pink, the unofficial motto at the Fire Department, at engine 6 they are wearing pink tshirts, one of the departments long time drivers wore the shirts, and they sold close to 2,000 of those pink shirts to raise money for the Susan G Komen foundation. Some men with cuffer from breast cancer,s important to get the word out. The buzz is next. 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It is time now for the buzz and he said he wouldnt get all mcconaughey on them but in true matthew fashion, he gave quite the rousing pep talk to his alma mater. Complete with wolf of wall street chest thumping and singing. Lets get it going aah aah. He said they have to play for themselves and explains how he pumps his own chest himself and that is how it got in the film. That is how it got into the movie, i do that before a scene to get rid of nerves, do i that to loosen myself out. If this acting thing doesnt work out he could have a job as a coach. People magazine, shows Ashton Kuchar and mila kunis had a babe your girl. And finally tgit. Three hours of injure Shonda Rhimes favorites including how to get away with murder. You joined us with a Twitter Party for the premier last week and we are back at it. Scandal at 9 00 and action news at 11 00. Watch and tweet with us using the ~ 6 abc tgit. Are you all invited. Thank you alicia. Still ahead, who would steal two precious puppies and why. Those are the questions that a foster mom and Philadelphia Police are trying to answer. A report on the dog napping ahead. Alicia vitarelli takes us back in time to trace the origin of a south ph action news continues with shirleen allicot, Alicia Vitarelli, and brian taff. Now action news continues with the makeup tip that blew away amy buckmans mind. What she learned that can save your compact and save you money as well. Meet the mom that gave birth to a genetic gift, biracial twins. And bad behavior wins, ice boys are gone and ice girls are back. What made them decide to change their tune and give the fans what they want. But first a desperate plea from philadelphia, these precious faces were playing in this yard. Two puppies being fostered by a young woman with a big heart. But soon someone break her heart by snatching the puppies in broad daylight. Sara bloomquist is now live. Reporter those puppies were last seen on the 800 block of selma road jed afternoon, they were inside this enclosed yard and the homeowner was fostering the pups for a local animal rescue, she and the group are asking the thieves to return the dogs safe and sound. My big of the concern is the safety of these puppies, we just want them back. These are photos of the dalmationlab mixes. They were cute and loveable and sweet dogs, they come to everybody and this is how this happened. The puppies were playing in anastasias side yard in northeast philadelphia yesterday afternoon. I took them outside about 4 00 p. M. , they were out there just playing and enjoying the sun with my other two dogs and they started barking and i when out to let them in and my dogs walked in but the puppies never did. She is s