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Of it all is making some workers sign a contract to stay home. This as president obama picks his administrations ebola czar and tonight many lawmakers want to see a travel ban in place to cope with the ebola scare. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im dawn timmeney. Iain page is off tonight. The very first nurse diagnose with ebola receiving treatment in maryland. Fox 29s dave kinchen is live in bethesda outside the building where nina pham is under quarantine. Dave . Reporter thats right, doctors tell us nina pham is resting. They say she has been very, very tired because of her condition. Shes been here now for about 24 hours, and doctors tell us she will be here at the nih hospital for as long as it takes. Her condition is fair. She is stable and she is resting comfortably. Reporter nina phams first full day at the National Institutes of Health Hospital in bethesda, maryland, as tiring as you can imagine. 26 year old nurse continuing her fight after being diagnosed with ebola following extensive care for ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan who died last week. Health Officials Say she had significant exposure to his bodily fluids during treatment. I said she was in fair condition which implies that she does still have some symptoms. Shes very fatigued. This is a virus that really wreaks havoc on you. I mean you could come in and be getting better, you could have decrease in diarrhea and vomiting but youre still very, very tired. This virus knocks you out. Reporter she inter acted with medical staff in this vid video. Pham way the first dallas nurse to be infected with ebola after caring for duncan and was flown from dallas to maryland on this specialized jet. She was seen walking off the plane with workers in protective gear loaded on to an ambulance and taken to nih. We will get her here until shes well and clear of virus. Reporter 29 year old amber joy vincent the second nurse to be diagnosed with ebola after treating duncan and prompted the feds friday to reach out to 700 passengers and crew members after federal Officials Say she flew round trip between dallas and cleveland on frontier airline. Remaining Dallas Health workers are being restricted from dallas area restaurants, Grocery Stores and other Public Places out of an abundance of caution. Those restrictions will be in place for 21 days. Health Officials Say that is the maximum incubation period for ebola. Now, coming up at 10 30, well take a closer look at what the federal government is doing especially trying to contact hundreds of passengers who were on the same plane as another nurse infected with ebola. Dawn . All right, thank you, dave. Three people from pennsylvania were on a flight from cleveland to dallas with that second nurse that dave just mention hood tested positive for ebola. They are in texas now and theyre being asked to monitor their temperatures, but they are not under quarantine right now. Meantime governor tom corbett warning residents this morning not to be distracted by all the rumors that are going around. Philadelphia officials definitely insisting they are fully prepared for any possible Ebola Outbreak and they stress they have no evidence of any local infection. In fact mayor nutter said the citys top officials showed up at city council to ease public fears. Far commissioner derek sawyer says his First Responders have basic protection gear already on hand. That is gear recommended by the centers for disease control, and they say local hospitals are equipped and trained for any potential cases. Mayor got a few choice words for the spotlight trained on the ebola situation in the us. There is a line, i believe, between actively informing the public and potentially scaring the hell out of people. We need folks to stay focused, be calm, but were prepared for this. The city says Fire Department paramedics will be on the front lines of any potential outbreak around here. Health officials now say the texas nurse who flew to ohio felt quote funny during her time in cleveland. 29 year old Amber Vincent even spent extra time resting during her visit. This was days before she was diagnosed in texas on tuesday. Doctors say she did not have the typical symptoms of ebola at the time. But they still cant rule out the possibility that her illness began saturday or even earlier. Of course we are tracking the ebola situation on air and on our website. For up to date information throughout the weekend just go to myfoxphilly. Com. Look for the ebola coverage right there on our home page. A developing story right now delaware county. Police are trying to track down whoever opened fire killing a young woman on her front porch. Fox 29s brad satin talked to neighbors who heard the gunfire. Hes live in chester tonight. Brad . Reporter guys, we can tell you police left a short time ago but they have a lot of questions. The biggest of course is who did this exactly. It happened about half block down here again police now gone from the scene. What we know right now as you mentioned 25 year old was shot. She was taken to Crozer Chester Medical Center where she died and right now no arrests in this case. We were sitting in our living room and we heard like maybe a couple of shots and a girl scream. Reporter it was just before dinnertime neighbors heard a gunshot. Angela cruz walker went out to investigate. Everybody just came outside to see what was going on. Because its not normally anything, you know, dont much happen on this block. Reporter Chester Police quick to the scene spent hours looking for evidence and knocking on doors after 25 year old woman was shot and killed hit by a single bullet on the porch of the home where she had been staying. It happened around 5 00 oclock on the 2900 block of west 11th street in chester. Its shocking to say the least. Reporter this man lives right next door. He was not home at the time. But says, its not the first time gunfire has been this clo close. Two shots were run through the window of my house. Reporter how long ago . About two months ago. Reporter still and others neighbor its been relatively quiet in recent times. Thats too close to home. A couple doors down. Reporter it sure is. Family members still being notified for that reason. Victims name isnt being released. We asked police if the shooter may have gotten away by foot or by car. Right now, guys, they simply dont know. All right, brad, thank you very much. And now a look at whats on your radar tonight. There are some chilly changes headed our way. Fox 29 in Center City Philadelphia this evening. Not a bad night out there, but its a about to feel a whole lot colder. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams is here now and, scott, you have a huge hurricane on the radar. Yeah, thats certainly right, dawn. A lot to talk about as we move into the upcoming weekend. As far as weather conditions, locally get ready for a shock to the system for the second half of the weekend. Were going to watch a dip in the jet stream, a trough thats going to bring blustery conditions our way. Look at the temperatures on sunday morning. Upper 30s north and west. 44 degrees at 7 00 in philadelphia. But by sunday afternoon, low to mid 50s, High Temperatures well below where we should be for this time of year. As we move into your sunday overnight into early monday, 30s north and west. As well as in sections of south jersey. So frost will be a concern. In the meantime the tropics continuing to watch hurricane gonzalo it made landfall 8 30 with maximum sustained winds at 110 Miles Per Hour. A direct hit on the island of bermuda. Take a look at this radar snapshot from the Bermuda Weather Service about two hours ago. You can see right here in the center, thats bermuda and the eye went directly over that island which is about 21 miles square miles that is and just unprecedented for that to happen right over bermuda. Well talk much more about this system as well as the roller coaster temperatures ahead for us all coming up. Dawn and lucy. Thank you, scott. You can track the tumbling temperatures all weekend get the weather any time by going myfoxphilly. Com and clicking on the weather tab. A new day could be donning for the struggling trump taj mahal casino resort. The owners say a judges ruling in federal Bankruptcy Court today is breathing new life into the casino the casino is void Union Contracts with employees. The owners say its the only way the casino can survive and that is to shed costly pension and health care obligations. As you can imagine the union is quite upset and plans to have its members picket outside the casino next week. One old city hot spot isnt doing any business tonight. It is closed after a fire there early this morning. Flames were seen in a dumpster outside the city tavern restaurant at second and walnut street. It was put out just after 4 30 this morning its believed the fire may have started in linen bin. If you made a reservation for the weekend theyll reach out to you and let you know your stat status. Theres no damage inside in the building, but we have to assess we have to assess the smoke damage and Everything Else to make sure we can open and serve as soon as possible. The chef says hes very grateful National Park service acted so quick toll put out the fire and save the Historic Building from major damage. Electrical and mechanical checks are being made throughout the restaurant to make sure its safe before it reopens. Police are looking for an armed thief who hit two Stores Within 20 minutes of each other. Investigators say the man walked into the haircuttery on the 3900 block of lincoln highway just before 9 30 wednesday night. Police say he pull out a gun and demanded cash but took off before he got it. He then headed to the pizza hut down the street. 20 minute later where police say he robbed and assaulted an employee. Though, not before surveillance cameras caught a picture of the tattoo on his arm. If you know who this guy is, call police. The Pennsylvania State Police Trooper hurt in a deadly ambush in pike county is finally out of the hospital and this morning a Police Escort helped him to a rehab center. Police say eric frein shot trooper alex douglas and Corporal Brian Dixon last month at the Blooming Grove barracks in pike county. Corporal dixon died and the massive manhunt for frein is about to enter its sixth week. The man who threatened to below up the willow grove mall will have the next 18 months to think about it in prison. A judge sentenced 24 year old david barn house yesterday. He hacked into his neighbors wireless router and used it to email a bomb threat in 2013. Well the mall ended up having to ramp up security and his neighbors had fbi agents at the door with a search warn. Aside from his behind bars he has to pay res toy tying to the mall. Wall street manages to break a sixday losing streak just in time for the closing bell today. The dow jumped over 263 points today but it still closed down 1 for the week thats how bad things were. The market had huge swings this week including several sharp drops as investors worried about slowing economic growth, plunging oil prices, even ebola. Its road rage involving a schoolbus. Coming up, police may have found a huge piece of evidence that possibly could break open this case wide open. Also ahead puppy snatchers thieves caught stealing family pets right out of their backya backyard. The video the family hopes will bring their dogs home. You gas up your tank ending up sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. How much gas youre burning up by going nowhere. Talk about a lifesaver. A local firefighter going beyond the call of duty to help a three year old girl. Its a great feeling but, you know, people are saying that im a hero. I dont look at it that way. What this local man is doing a woman is robbed in the middle of the day at a busy spot in old city philadelphia. This is Surveillance Video from atm at fourth and mark streets. A man walked up and put two fingers against the womans ba back. He told her he had a gun so she handed over cash. If you know who this guy is, give police a call. A big break tonight in the case of schoolbus road rage. Now we told you last night that bus had more than 20 students on board when a group of women broke out a baseball bat and mace. The surreal seen played out in philadelphias mayfair neighborhood. But police think theyve now found the vehicle involved. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser picks it up from there. Reporter only fox 29 was there when police found the suv they believe was involved in thursday afternoons road rage incident with a schoolbus loaded with children. It just literally blows my mind. Get out with what im told baseball bat and mace . We got children on this bus. Reporter Police Believe there were four women inside the suv when it stopped the Durham School services bus at boulevard and levick just after 3 00. Thats when passenger got out, sprayed mace on the hood and another woman used a bat to break out the bus window. There was obviously some kind of dispute, verbal dispute, maybe some kids on the bus, maybe the bus driver, we still havent narrowed that down yet. Hopefully theyll find who and what this was all about. Reporter the bus companys general manager says there were 22 students on the bus, a 15 year old was slightly injured by flying glass. He praised the bus driver and the bus matron for keeping their cool. They kept the people off the bus and they didnt allow the children to get off the bus. So i think we have to give kudos to the driver and the matron on the bus. Reporter sources say investigators found several womens purses inside the suv. Police are still trying to identify the suspects. Well be talking to the owner of that vehicle, and who was in that vehicle yesterday. Hopefully that leads to the people that were looking for. Reporter the bus driver and matron did return to work friday, despite the frightening incident. Theyre okay. Everybody is okay. Thank god and the children most of all. I hope they can find these people, arrest them and do what needs to be done. Reporter Dave Schratwieser, fox 29 news. Did drugs play roll in the death of a new jersey mayors son william acres the mayor of Seaside Heights and his 20 year old son william died yesterday. Authorities are waiting for the results of toxicology tests to determine an exact cause but they say they did find drugs at the scene. Police arrested a man in connection with their investigation and he now faces charges of possession and intent to distribute. Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is in bucks county today addressing gun violence. Also among the speakers at tod todays round table discussion. Abused women are five times more likely to die if their abuser has access to a gun many Officials Say Domestic Violence Centers Across the state serve 85,000 victims each year. As promised the Union Representing philadelphia teachers is going to court. It filed several motions today. The union wants the School Reform commissions decision to cancel its contract reversed. About 3,000 Union Members and supporters rallied School District headquarters yesterday. The src voted earlier this month to cancel the contract and that means the teachers have to start paying health premiums. The district Officials Say they had no choice. And the move frees up million of dollars for classrooms. Good news for drivers who use the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike. A construction project marks major milestone that will cut travel time down significantly. At noon today, 6 miles of the northeast extension opened to six lanes of traffic, three in each direction. Thanks to the turnpike widening project. The recently rebuilt section of the road is located between the midcounty and lansdale interchanges. The 191 million project started back in february of 2011. Now, some of 476 is still under construction and that wont be done until the end of 2016. Well, a Community Turns really mean spirited act of vandalism into a story of triumph. We first told you about the Children Special Needs Children who play at field of dreams earlier this week. Somebody vandalized their playground making the equipment dangerous to play on. But little did the vandals know how resilient these children a are. Fox 29 Shawnette Wilson has their inspiring story. Reporter the playground that was vandalized is clean and back open again. Now these come back kids can once again enjoy the place built especially for them. It feels good. It feels great. It just feels nice. Reporter 15 year old Jacob Hackett was saddened to hear that someone doused the playground here at the field of dreams Sports Complex in absecon with canola oil tuesday. The equipment is designed for children with special needs. Like jacob who has cerebral palsy. What such persons wo