The world and thats just the scene outside. Take a look at the scene inside. This is the Media Filing Center a cavern building where thousands of reporters have come. They have been here 24 hours a day for the last couple of days blogging, broadcasting, writing, reporting the events of this incredibly consequential event up to and including as it plays out tonight and of course all of them will be analyzing what happens here tonight as it happens but sharrie, everyone is really interested in that picture donald trump, Hillary Clinton on the same stage. Yeah, and there absolutely is a process and a structure as to how things will flow tonight. At this point we know the positions of where the candidates will stand. We also know that during this 90 minute debate they want to try to be as fair as possible so that each candidate gets an opportunity to get their message out. We also know who will take the first question tonight. When the clock strikes 9 00 and those lights go on the debate will have a fast start with the first question going to Hillary Clinton which was determined by a coin toss and this is familiar territory for hofstra. This will be the universitys third consecutive time hosting a president ial debate. We have the will here at hofstra president believes very strongly in debates are great for the students and the Community Even when he they come with a few inconvenience so its been a great opportunity for us. The debate will be divided into six segments. 15 minutes each. The topics will focus on americas direction achieving prosperity and securing america. Each candidate will have two minutes to respond. That will be followed by 10 minutes of open debate and discussion which is a new element at the president ial debate. The format is set up to be more of a conversation, more of an in depth look at issues. The ability to drill down into more depth in things. In 2008 at hofstra the format was a table debate in the 2012 it was a town hall meeting held on campus where candidates could roam the stage but tonight donald trump and Hillary Clinton will stand behind lecterns to make their cases to the American People in a format that allows to go beyond the surface on the issues. Because debates really are not about issues. We say they are. They really are about theyre not about policies, theres about persons and thats what the people really want to see. They wander to see how people handle themselves. And so polls show that eight out of 10 people already know who they will be voting for but that 20 percent very crucial. They of course want to hear from the candidates. They wander to hear their message but people also want to see, brian, how these candidates behavior on the stage. Yeah, no question about that. Those are the moments that people remember more than what they said, how they said it and what they did with each other throughout the course of this debate. Right. Would you believe it or not but pennsylvania is going to play a pivotal role in this election that according to one expert here at Hofstra University. Coming up at 6 oclock well why he says you know what, pennsylvania could just decide this thing. More on that at 6 oclock but for now along with Sharrie Williams im brian taff at Hofstra University. Rick and monica well send it back to you. Okay. Thanks guys. Abc News Coverage of the president ial debate starts at 9 00 right here on 6abc and action news follows at 11 00. Then after action news at 11 30 join he me for a special edition of inside story. Our panel of local experts will break down the debater and whats said tonight and how it could impact the delaware valley. And while you watch the debate tonight join our panel and the Action News Team for conversation and commentary on twitter. Well share highlights as they happen, start conversations and ask your opinion in a series of polls. Make sure youre following at 6abc on twitter. From our delaware news room now investigators wander your help figuring out what sparked a deadly fire in wilmington over the weekend. Two firefighters died responding to a scene on saturday. Fire firefighter jerry fickes and lieutenant christopher leach. Two others were hurt, theyre still in the hospital. This afternoon fire officials said the investigation has been handed over to state fire marshals. Officials tell action news arson has not been ruled out. All right, for the very first time we are hearing at length from the couple whose daughter was attacked on the front porch of her friends home. She was found with her throat slashed last week in delaware county. Tonight police are still looking for her killer and action News Reporter vernon odom has the very latest. No one deserves that e the parents of Natasha Gibson grieve deeply in the wake of last weeks horrifying murder of their daughter. Natasha gibson aged 32 the mother of a 11yearold was slashed to death here on bailey road in yeadon as she walked Late Wednesday night to the home of a friend. Her throat was slashed and she sustained other stab wounds to the upper torso and head. Her killer remains at large. Someone murdered my daughter. I feel like something was taken from me. The lord wasnt ready for her yet. Somebody took something from me and im very hurt about that. Reporter this plan is detectives latest person of interest seen in Grocery Store video that night. Police say the killer received several lacerations during his struggle with Natasha Gibson and his blood trail led to the 6200 block of baltimore avenue in southwest philadelphia. Police found the murder weapon in a sewer nearby. Sources say gibsons purse was recovered on a rooftop in that vicinity. If you can help police find the man in the surveillance video, please Contact Police right away. Something should be done on black on black crime senseless crimes period. And, you know, im angry. I havent even begun to take it down to sad. Im still ill stim on revengeful angry he. All i want is the murderer found. We need justice. We need justice and i cant sit here and ask anybody someone to turn themself in because i know thats not going to happen. Reporter tonight the word from Yeadon Police is this. Nothing new to report on this murder investigation. Theyre still awaiting the results of blood and fingerprint testing. Im vernon odom channel6 action news in yeadon delaware county. Philadelphia police are looking for two teenagers accused of robbing a 71yearold man in east mount airy. On center 11th the victim got money from an atm on the 6500 block of ross street. The suspects followed him down the street and allegedly pulled a gun at him stole two lunn dollars credit cards and his house and car keys. Turning to the Philadelphia Eagles now and the soaring expectations for the team and rookie quarterback carson wentz. The birds scored a decisive victory over the steelers at the linc yesterday and theyre now three and o, one of just five undefeated teams in the nfl. The team is getting a big vote of confidence from the biden family this afternoon. The Vice President tweeted huge game. Strong starter for the eagles. Its our year. Well, today head coach Doug Pederson spoke about the big win and walter perez is live outside the linc tonight with more. Thousand how about that did he first walter. Reporter it was spectacular. Coach pederson said three games means absolutely nothing if they dont keep working hard but it sure means a whole lot to eagles fans whose hopes are rising by the moment thanks primarily to a 23yearold kid from north dakota. Carson wentz is absolutely the truth. Reporter honestly there is no other conclusion you could reach at this point. The 23yearold rookie putter on a clinic yesterday tossing for 301 yards two touchdowns and no interceptions as the eagles demolished the steelers 34 to three. He may be three games into his career but carson wentz is inspiring people to create new words for example head coach Doug Pederson today came up with a unique adverb to describe the rookies work ethic. Its peyton manningish. You late to label dont wander to put labels on going but thats how peyton prepared and thats how these top quarterbacks preparism all while members of eagles nation are renaming this city. Were number one, were going to the super bowl. Yes, i said it philadelphia will be in the super bowl this year. Reporter and the reason is simple. What started as a season with low expectations is developing into a magical run that is serving as proof that drafting carson wentz was a really good idea. I just thought that they would do really badly but theyve been real good. I play fantasy football. Wentz is a guy i drafted in the draft. Law my back up starting. Reporter i guess hes starting now. Coach pederson says the key is to keep their three and o record in perspective. We got to stay humble. The season is very young only three games in. A lot of football left as you know and we just take them one at a time. Reporter and rick as you mentioned some credit needs to go to that did he first. They held pittsburgh to 251 total yards yesterday and theyve given up only 20 points all season long so far and that is not too shabby. Reporting live from south philadelphia, walter perez channel6 action news. Back to you guys. Terrific. Thank you walter. Time for a check of our action news traffic report on a monday night. Thats right. Autumn marisa in for matt pelman. How are you on a monday autumn. Hi monica and rick. Im doing well. Ill take you out to 95, this is a tribute to those fallen firefighters in delaware. The Fire Department just raised that flag ladders fully extended and what it is doing, its slowing down the traffic on 95 northbound just under this overpass because we have police under there helping to assist with this procession right now. Moving right along and taking a look outside at the big picture you can see speeds dropping down into the Single Digits on the schuylkill expressway still. Were still slow going on those westbound lanes of the vine street expressway as well. We had an earlier disabled vehicle. Thats been moved out of the way. We expect to see things clear there. In trenton 295 southbound approaching 535 we have an accident to report to you and one in Chester Thomas street between johnson street and taylor street. Keep an eye on things. Well bring you an update in the next half hour. Sounds good. Thank you. Thanks autumn. Much more ahead. Some relief could be on the way for the cash strapped town Atlantic City. The big sale that could net a. C. About 100 million. Health check tonight the medical benefit researchers say some people battling kidney stones could reap all by riding a roller coaster. Cecily. The fall chill is here. Im tracking rain that will be moving through overnight and more opportunities for wet weather later this week. Ill have it for you when action news is back. Player of cash strapped Atlantic City is applauding a new proposal to pay down some debt. The Municipal Utilities Authority is offering to buy the former baeder field airport from the city for about 100 million. The money would go toward repaying the state. The deal would keep the Water Utility out of state or private hands. City council and the state must still consider the baeder field sale. Unless you are facing a Water Company out there wanting to take over our m. Ua theres no reason you would not see this as a good move forward. Atlantic city has tried to find ways to avoid defaulting on a state loan and then being taken over by the state. On health check tonight allergists say many kids urn using their inhalers properly which could lead to more asthma attacks. Ali gorman joins us at the big board with more. For kids with asthma this time of year can be especially difficult. We have fall allergies and we typically start to see more viruses going around. But some experts say most kids they see that have inhalers arent using them correctly. This means theyre likely not getting the amount of medication they need to keep asthma under control. Now the biggest mistake is not using a spacer. Without it about 80 percent of the medicine actually settles in the mouth and not the lungs. Many kids also dont realize that you have to exhale completely in order to inhale properly. Take some normal breaths and then a big deep breath to fully exhale so that you then have empty lungs to take a nice big deep breath to get all the medicine deep into the lungs. Kids should also stand straight and keep their heads level not tipped back. Doctors say most kids need to practice to get the technique right but when they do, it can significantly cut the number of attacks. And this sounds a little bit odd but a urologist at Michigan StateUniversity Says riding in the back of a rollercoaster can help people to pass kidney stones. The doctor david wordinger had heard this from some of his patients after riding big Thunder Mountain in disney world. He and another researcher set out to test the theory. They made a 3d silicone model of a kidney with small stones. After riding the coaster multiple times the stones moved. In fact when they sat in the back, the stones passed 64 percent of the time. Now, in the front of the car the stones passed only about 16 percent of the time. Of course he says this still needs to be tested in humans but he does say if someone has small stones, riding in the back of a rollercoaster may help them to pass. Disney is the Parent Company of 6abc but the doctor says this should work with many different rollercoasters. Rick and monica. Interesting. Fun test. You ever do the tower of terror, that now youll definitely pass you might pass out. Thank you ali. Still to come on action news at 5 00 philadelphia mayor jim kenney pays special tribute to immigrants and their contributions to the city. Plus the special celebration for hundreds of nurses today in south jersey when action news comes right back. Stocks dropped across the board today on wall street as Interest Rates fell. Banks led the way on todays broad decline. The dow jones fell 166 points on the day nasdaq down 48 the s p 500 slid 18. Two former wells fargo employees filed lawsuits against the bank in the wake of its fraud scandal. According to officials thousands of wells fargo workers opened millions of accounts that were not authorized by customers all to meet sales targets. Plaintiffs in the lawsuits say they were fired from the bank for not meeting their sales targets they claim they were made an example of to threaten other employees to follow along with the fraud scheme. Philadelphia mayor jim kenney honored the contributions of immigrants today at city hall. The mayor says they are a vital cog to the citys economic engine. He commended some of them during this gathering. The mayor says 28 percent of greater Philadelphia Business owners are immigrants. More than 300 nurses from across the Virtua Health system gathered in mount laurel new jersey today for a celebration of excellence. Virtuas first nurse day was a chance for the nurses to Network Learn new things and celebrate all they do to help the community. The day long event included displays and professional development classes. Still ahead on action news well check in accuweather forecast. As we look live outside sky6 hd showing you the Commodore Barry bridge on your monday night. Meteorologist cecily tynan has some precipitation in her accuweather five day forecast when we come right back. Stay with us. Im really good at war. I love war in a certain way. Including with nukes, yes including with nukes. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. I want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Katiejoey, ricky, eileen,hnny, me, and colleen. Immy, all 10 of us raised on a policemans salary and a mom working as a restaurant hostess. Imagine trying to do that today, with washington looking out for the favored few. Ill bring a different point of view to the u. S. Senate working class roots and the mother of three, ill put middle class families ahead of wall street. Im Katie Mcginty and i approve this message because its your turn to get ahead. Time now for accuweather at the action news big board. Meteorologist cecily tynan inside now to talk about the rain thats headed our way. Thats exactly right and the first full week of fall relatively cool and its going to be relatively rainy as well. Sky6 taking a look at the center city skyline. What a difference a few hours makes. We woke up with a bright sunshine, the blue skies but the clouds are rolling in ahead of a system that will bring us some rain overnight and its really having impacts on temperature. Earlier today hit 73 degrees. Normal high for this time of the year is 74. Right now its on the cool side. Philadelphia and wilmington 71. Dover 72. Trenton 70. Cape may 71. Allentown only 68 and reading definitely a chill in the air 66 currently. Satellite6 along with action radar showing High Pressure has moved off the eastern seaboard. Thats the system that brought us the bright blue skies yesterday. Now theres a cold front. The front itself is near pittsburgh but there are some showers right ahead of that front and thats what will be rolling in overnight really while most of us are sleeping. So, tonight with that clouds blanketing the earth it wont be quite as cool as the past two nights when temperatures dropped down into the philadelphia in philadelphia. Well be holding at school. Allentown 58. Cape may 66. Future tracker timing it out by about midnight well see some spotty showers breaking out. The steadier rain still west of our region. The heaviest rain arriving in the wee hours of the morning around 3 oclock. Could put some heavy downpours especially south of philadelphia but this system is rolling in pretty quickly. So, by day break, by 7 30, the steady rain is out of here. Still a lot of clouds. Still a few spotty showers a little bit of misting and then well be clearing out the skies from the northwest to the southeast by the afternoon, the sunshine is back. Actually should be a pretty nice afternoon but dont put the umbrellas away because we do have more rain moving in. As far as overnight were looking at generally about a quarter inch to a half inch but then wednesday night is when an upper level low rolls in so looking at the chances of rain 30 percent chance thats Late Wednesday. Thursday and friday, though, a pretty good chance of periods of rain, perhaps even lingering into saturday. Its an upper level low so its cut off from the jet stream so its just going kind of meander here bring us some unsettled weather. The five day at 5 00 showing tomorrow we wake up with early showers, sunshine by the afternoon. Not a bad day. 75 degrees. Wednesday its the opposite. Some sun early, then it clouds up, 77 degrees. Showers arriving Late Wednesday and wednesday night. Thursday and friday periods of rain. It will be chilly. Temperatures only in the low 70s. Saturday perhaps some lingering showers. Not quite as wet with a high of 73 and adam will let you know if we break out of this unsettled weather pattern by sunday coming up in the full accuweather 7day forecast. All summer long we were hoping for rain. Its coming this week. All at once of course. Thank you cecily. Much more a heads in our next half hour of action news at 5 00. Well continue our coverage of tonights president ial debate. Were live at a local pub at a watch Party Offering hillary hoagies and trump tacos. Those hoping to visit the Washington Monument have to wait awhile to go inside. Its shut down again and well tell you why. Plus pets are part of a family but would you want to spend forever with your dog or cat . A new law lets you do just that. Much more when action news continues tonight. Approve this message. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. Shes a slob. She ate like a pig. A person whos flat chested is very hard to be a 10. Does she have a good body . No. Does she have a fat [expletive] . Absolutely. Do you treat women with respect . I cant say that either. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Hello again. Heres whats happening on action news monday night. The stage is set for the first debate between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. And we are live at Hofstra University with a preview of the issues and the audience. Also protestors in charlotte angry over a Deadly Police shooting there plan to ask for action. What theyre expected to do tonight to demand change. Also if you have been waiting to tour the Washington Monument, well, get ready to wait a lot longer. The monument has been closed indefinitely and well tell you why coming up. Now the details. In a few hours the president ial candidates will face off in their first televised debater. We want to hear more from abcs Marci Gonzalez live from Hofstra University with the latest. Reporter good evening. Outside police are ready for the possibility of thousands of protestors. While inside here in the spin room and in the debate hall the anticipation is building for the biggest night yet in the race to the white house. Tonight facing off for the first time. Hillary clinton and donald trump taking on the issues and each other in the first president ial debater. We have to actually have to switch positions and he needs to be less visceral and more rational and more head and less heart just like she needs more heart and less head in the course of this debate. Reporter the 90 minute show down broken down into 15 minute segments with clinton going first each getting two minutes to reply. With the latest polling showing a close race tonight could be a turning point even with only about 3 percent of voters still undecided. The debate absolutely can have an impact on the outcome of the election. With such a small undecided vote but its also hardly any difference between the candidates in the polling. So, that a 1 percent, a 2 percent change could make all the difference. Reporter both candidates taking different strategies in preparing Clinton Holding mock debates studying video trump in his past 11 debates and meeting with trumps ghost writer for personal insight. Trump down playing the amount of work hes putting in to getting ready saying he wants to make sure hes himself. And about three out of four voters say they plan to watch tonight with estimates this could be the most watched debate in history. Live in hempstead new york, Marci Gonzalez abc news. Now back to you. Thank you for that report. In an era of social media tonights debate is expected to be a Rare Television event that brings people together to watch one thing at the same time. Watch parties are planned throughout the area. Including at mcgillans old ale house in center city. Thats where action News ReporterJeanette Reyes joins us live with a preview tonight. Hi, jeanette. Reporter hi, rick. You know, theres going to be a lot of watch parties all around the city. This is going to be one of the more popular spots mcgillans old ale house tens of millions of people are expected to watch this debate and some of those people will be here. First lets show you whats on the menu. You have the red ale blueberry red ale or blueberry lemonade. Then the hillary hoagies and the trump tacos your pick. The faceoff begins at 9 00 tonight and its among the most highly anticipated president ial debates in american history. One of the nations oldest taverns rights here in center city is taking thats right a way by holding a viewing party. Instead of football and basketball on the high def tv screens, mcgillans olds ale house will have president ial candidates. Owner Chris Mullins says in his 20 plus years running the business along with his wife and son hes never seen quite this much interest in a president ial debate. Its an opportunity for people to come in here and to check out the debate and were treating it like the super bowl. I understand the ratings are supposed to be like super bowl so, you know and its a noncontact sport i hope. Reporter that is the hope tonight and now the owner tells me that they are going to keep track of how many of each of these drinks they end up selling but he did tell me of course taste buds may prevail. Reporting live in center city, Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. Back inside to you. Jeanette thank you. Action news will have live coverage from hofstra with brian taff and Sharrie Williams both before and after the debate and you can watch the entire debate right here on 6abc starting at 9 oclock tonight followed of course by action news at 11 00. Then join us tonight after action news for a special president ial debate edition of inside story. Our panel of local experts will break down the debate and talk about what is said tonight and how it could impact the election. My colleague action news anchor Monica Malpass will host. Thats tonight after action news at 11 00. While you watch the debate tonight join our panel and the Action News Team for conversation and commentary on twitter. Well share highlights as they happen start conversations and accident occur pin in a series of polls. Make sure youre following at six 6abc. They say they are unhappy about how both hands the investigation into the shooting of a black plan by a black Police Officer last week. Police say Keith Lamont Scott refused to drop a gun but family members say he did not have a gun. Body cam and dashcam footage do not clearly show if there was a gun. In South Carolina attorneys are now screening potential jurors in the federal Death Penalty trial of this man dylann roof. Hes charged with 33 counts in the june 2015 shooting death of nine parishioners inside Emanuel Ame Church in charleston. Roof avoided eye contact with them. The trial is likely to start in late november or early december. New details in the shooting of a plan in his home late last evening. He was shot during a home invasion. It happened around 10 oclock in the 300 block of trenton road in the browns mills section. Investigators say two masked men burst into the home of 37yearold Norman Mosley and shot him. Mosley was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead a few hours later. Police are still trying to determine a motive. No arrests have been made. The victims in yesterdays plane crash in Franklin Township have now been identified. Officials say 59yearold gerard budge of robbinsville and 52yearold caron lowe of telford pennsylvania were killed when their plane crashed a half mile from the sky plan nor airport. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused that plane to go down. First annual legacy week in philadelphia is under way. Former mayor wilson goode made the announcement today at city hall. Legacy week celebrates people and places in our city that shape its history. Basic fabric of the city and changed neighborhoods and changed involvement of people as they become more and more involved in bringing about basic changes. On thursday an awards dinner will honor all of them and mayor jim kenney spoke at valley forge conference 2016 in center city. The event brings together innovators who test the limits of the digital space. The mayor talked about a variety of subjects including financial challenges that he faces on the job. All right. Time now for another check of the traffic situation on your monday evening. Autumn marreese in the action News Traffic Center with the latest. Hi, autumn. Hi autumn. Hi monica and rick. Well start out in new jersey on the 42 freeway. We have an accident to report at creek road as youre making your way in the northbound lanes up to 295 taking out the right lane. We have police on the scene but we just had a fire truck and ambulance just pull away. Well monitor that. Not slowing things down too badly as you make your way up to the walt whitman bridge. Taking a look at the schuylkill expressway one of the bigger delays the westbound lanes heading off the vine street expressway heading up towards the king of prussia area you can see at a crawl right there taking about 35 minutes to do that commute. Taking a look at speeds across the region other big picture you can see 95 northbound nice and slow from the vine street expressway up to woodhaven right now taking you about 40 minutes to do that. Blue route not looking to badly. We have some nice speeds over there. 95 northbound at a crawl from delaware up through ridley right now as well. Few incidents to tell you about. This is over in trenton. 295 southbound approaching 535. That has been cleared off to the shoulder. Back to you rick and monica. Okay. Thank you. Thank you autumn. Much more still ahead on action news tonight. Visitors to our nations capitol wont be able to tour the Washington Monument any time soon because its shut down again. Well tell you why its closed this time around. And spending forever with fido. Details of a new law that allows owners to be buried with their pets. Adam. Clouds quickly pushed in this afternoon and now rain is starting to arrive in the central parts of pennsylvania. Well have the timing of when it pushes into your neighborhood, how much to expect and even more rain at the end of the week in that sevenday forecast. All right adam. Those stories and much more when action news comes right back. 20yearold man has confessed to carrying out the mall massacre in washington state. That is from police before arcan cetin was arraigned on five counts of murder. He needed just one minute to shoot and kill four women and a plan with a rifle. His mother called police after seeing video of her son at the crime scene. Cetin had a falling out with his dad hours earlier. Its unclear if that is the motive. Cetin has a series of prior arrests. Bad flues for tourists who want to visit the Washington Monument. Its now closed indefinitely again. Workers have been trying to fix the elevator which keeps breaking down trapping riders and forcing visitors to walk down dozens of flights of stairs. The monument was shut down for repairs for three years after an earthquake back in 2011. But the elevator kept breaking down so the decision lab made to modernize it. That means it will be closed to the public until further notice. The 555foot tall monument by the way was built in 1848. At least 28 people were injured one seriously when two new Jersey Transit buses collided inside the lincoln tunnel this morning. It happened just before 9 00 a. M. Right at the height of rush hour. Investigators say one bus changed lanes quickly and the other bus didnt have time to stop. Took about an hour and a half to clear the scene which caused major delays. One of the passengers suffered a broken jaw another a broken arm. The driver of the first bus was ticketed. Flags at public buildings in pennsylvania will fly at halfstaff this week in memory of golfer Arnold Palmer he died yesterday in pittsburgh. Palmer was born in latrobe pennsylvania. A public memorial will be held next week. Palmer got introduced to golf while his dad was groundskeeper at the latrobe country club. He won the games biggest tournaments but was also flown for philanthropic work. What a legend he was. Time for sports and jamie is here now with the eagles story and were still basking in yesterdays victory. How can you not. Huge. Going to be basking for two weeks. Theyre on a buy. What a statement. The eagles are legit. Rookie quarterback continuing to look like anything but. Carson wentz will his first 200yard game definitely not his last. Eagles handed the super bowl contender their worst loss in 27 years. The defense held them without a touchdown. Theyve only given up two in three games so far. The birds are the only team in the nfl without a turnover. Get excited. Its okay. Theyre for real. Doug pederson wont let his guys buy into that yet. Years in the National Football league youve been on teams that started fast, on teams that started slow and its just how you stay the course and you cant substitute, you know, preparation hard work for anything and if you do if we just stay the course and the guys prepare the way theyve prepared each week, then well see what happens on sunday. One thing for eagles fans to get a little carried away but when the socalled experts jump other wentz wagon you cant help thinking ahead. Ron jaworski who said carson wentz shouldnt have started the first couple games is now using the word eagles and the word super bowl in the same sentence. When this season started i think just about everybody thought the steelers were a super bowl contender then still are so if i believe the steelers are now a super bowl contender i certainly believe the Philadelphia Eagles are not only a playoff contender but if they continue to play like they are through the first three regular season games they will be a super bowl contender. How about that . All right how about another Super Young Team with championship aspirations one day. Today media day for the new look sixers. What a sight the number one overall draft pick all dressed up in the largest practice facility in the nba. All the shiny new stuff to be excited about. Of course the only concern is that they almost have too many talented big men. After all we will finally get to see joel embiid in action. Got nerlens noel as well and he thinks embiid does it will all be okay. Im confident that im going have a long successful career and the way ive been feeling the past couple months and ill be i had a lot of confidence in myself and i believe in god and i put a lot and i think and i think things are going to work out. Phillies are off tonight but if you have tickets to the second to last game on saturday against the mets, i hope you didnt have any lunch plans. Originally a 7 05 game first pitch has been moved to 1 05. Crews at the Wells Fargo Center laid down the ice today as flyers get set for their Season Opener october 20th. This isnt ordinary ice. It dons a special logo honoring the teams 50th anniversary this Upcoming Season and then man they really work fast. That looks exhausting. Boy. I wish i could skate like that. Flyers open their prehe sees son tonight by the way. Thank you jamie. The governor of new york signed an unusual piece of legislation allowing people to be buried with their pets. Supporters say it makes sense since pets are members of the family. The bill allows humans to be buried with cremated pet remains with the cemeterys written consent. Only nonprofit cemeteries must comply. Religious cemeteries are exempt. Still to come it was a year ago today that pope francis came to philadelphia. Remember that . Well have a look back at his visit. And testifying outside, the center city skyline looking a little cloudy up on top and meteorologist adam joseph with that exclusive accuweather 7day next. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Which means we can fix things differently. Thanks for calling fios, this is ryan. You cant tell me this cord isnt in, i know its in, its in but its not working. Im sending you a link to the my fios app thats going to let me see what youre seeing. Really . Yes. Mr. Mcenroe. See that cord . Just plug it into the connector on the right. So you can clearly see whats in and whats out . Oh, absolutely. I like that. Get fios with virtual tech support for 69. 99 a month. A wildfire just north of San Francisco is 20 percent contained tonight but firefighters are battling hot and dry conditions along with the flames. The fire in rural Sonoma County has charred about 1500 acres so far. The blaze is burning near the geyser gigi yo thermal geo he thermal facility. The mayor of cedar rapids. The heavy rains forced the nearby cedar river to swell and overflow. Expected to crest tomorrow at near record levels. Schools have canceled classes through wednesday. One place needs less water one needs more water and were going get water. Were going to get plenty of rain this coming week. Kind of making up some ground after a dry summer season. It is dry right now. The clouds are here. The rain will soon follow and get used to the rain this upcoming week. As we look at the action cam claw down in wilmington, delaware, this afternoon, this is the time when we were in that transition period of when the sun was kind of leaving us and the clouds were taking over over the brandywine creek. A beautiful shot there. Notice Something Else . Not much in the way of fall foliage just yet given how warm it has been. Right now temperaturewise in philadelphia we hit 73 in philadelphia this afternoon which is typical for this time of year so if you thought it felt chilly today, this is normal. The normal 74 degrees for the high. The normal low is 56. We werent far off of that. Around 5 oclock this morning and that sun continues to set earlier and earlier now 10 minutes or so before 7 oclock. 68 right now lehigh valley, 66 in reading. Only in the 50s in the poconos right now with the clouds raced in early today so they didnt see all that much in the way of sunshine but southern areas a little more sun. Temperatures there into the lower 70s at the present time. As we look at satellite and radar, you can clearly see where low pressure is. You can see this kind of bowling ball type feature in the western and northern great lakes. Thats the low. Its a associated with a cold front in the shape of a comma here meaning this system is really wound up, beginning to push now towards toronto, east of the ohio valley and a very thin area of rain in western and central pennsylvania. Still going to take some time before it arrives here. At 11 oclock tonight maybe a couple of scattered showers in the western suburbs of philadelphia but the heaviest of the rain comes in when most of us are sleeping overnight tonight. Some steady showers even a heavy downpour or two, 3 00, 3 30 in the morning that sinks to the south and east. The heavy of the rain in time for tomorrow mornings rush hour. During the rush at 7 30 maybe some brightening to the sky lehigh valley, a lingering shower south and east of philadelphia and then the sun will take control over much of our tuesday late morning into the afternoon from the northern to the south and even at the shore by 4, 5 oclock you should see that sunshine returning to kind of get rid of the clouds and showers. What to expect overnight and early tomorrow morning. Rain begins at midnight heaviest near dawn about a quarter to a half inch of rain and a few lingering showers or patchy drizzle for that morning rush hour especially new jersey and delaware. Then as we go into the middle and end of the week wednesday, thursday, friday, low pressure will get cut off from the main river of air so it gets stuck and drifts around the region and that brings unsettled weather for the middle to the end of the week. And on the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, some bright fling to the sky sky brightening to the sky, Late Afternoon rain 77 degrees, periods of rain thursday into friday where we could see at least some of the region an inch or two of rain between thursday and friday and even some lingering showers into saturday of 73. The two of the brighter weekend days looks to be sunday right now of 75. Rosh hashana begins at sundown on sunday and then looking pretty good monday partly sunny at 75 degrees. Umbrellas getting a workout. Which they didnt get much of this past season of summer. Just dust them off. Thats the truth. Thank you. Cooler wetter weather is coming check in with 6abc weather often. Follow each our meteorologists on facebook and twitter for updates as well. All right, when we return, well have a look back at the visit of pope francis to philadelphia one year ago today. Hard to believe its been a year. Uhhuh. Well be right back. Dee it was on this day last year that philadelphia welcomed pope francis for a quick two day visit. Hundreds of thousands of people witnessed the magical moments from the time he landed at Philadelphia International airport and blessed a young disabled child to his address at independent mall. The cost for those two days ended up at about 17 million. Hard to believe this was a year ago but certainly its a visit that philadelphia will not soon forget. Once in a lifetime. Uhhuh. Right now jim gardner and the Action News Team are standing by with these stories and more next at 6 countdown on for tonights debate at Hofstra University. Security of course is tight. Well have a live report from new york. A key witness testified today in the socalled bridgegate trial. And the school in philadelphia is back opened to students today after a big makeover. Day one for them. That and much more coming up next at 6 00 for meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody Monica Malpass the entire Action News Team im Rick Williams. Have a nice evening. Good night. Good night. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. Monday night, the search is on for the driver involved in a deadly hitandrun. And the best police dogs in the country he compete to be top dog. But the big story on action news tonight is the buildup to perhaps the most dramatic Campaign Event in modern american political history. We are three hours away from the first president ial debate between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. This is the way the debate hall looks on the campus of Hofstra University in hempstead, long island. The debate will take place against a backdrop of a dead heat election, this from our new cnn orc pole. Clinton has lost her substantial lead in pennsylvania with 45 percent of the voters for clinton, 44 percent for trump. 6 percent for gary johnson and 3 percent for jill stein. Sharrie williams and brian taff are live outside the debate law hall tonight. Sharrie lets begin with you. Reporter good evening, jim. Hofstra has become in many ways like a small city with the additional thousands of people who have converged here additional people here to protest, people here trying to get their message out and we know that safety is paramount. Perhaps you can hear the helicopters overhead right now. Theyre taking extraordinary steps to ensure that safety. In fact one of the people that jim mentioned in introducing us tonight jill stein the green Party President ial candidate was on campus tonight and actually was