Today, and you can hold off until later in the day youll have much better conditions. By 7 oclock, 40 but by noon 62 at the polls and 69 degrees, thats your high today at 3 oclock. Some thermometers might even hit 70 today. Then by 6 oclock, 61 degrees for evening voting and as the polls are closing, 57 degrees in philadelphia. A little bit cooler in south jersey and delaware and in some of the pennsylvania suburbs but all Things Considered not a bad election day at all. Karen, it does get cooler tomorrow and weve got some showers on the way. Details on that coming up. Well, the strike is over and its nice that this mornings commute is the first time everything should be back to normal with septa. So, your buses, your trolleys, your subways all running on their regular schedule on this election day. If you are taking regional rails you might expect the normal delays that we saw before the strike 10 to 20 minutes so hopefully that will be all we see with the delays with the regional rails. So far so good just yet. Lets go on outside and check this construction. If youre driving in on i95 past allegheny we could see the crews out here and the cones. Theyre blocking the two left lanes but it should be clear within the next half hour here on i95 southbound past allegheny just a little slowing past this Construction Zone blocking a couple lanes. Vine street expressway looking good. Looking quiet right now. No overnight construction. Also, all those road closures in and around independent mall for the big rally last night have all cleared. Everything is reopened matt and tam. Sounds good. Thank you, karen. This president ial race has been tense, polarizing and even shocking at times. And now voters will finally have their voices heard. The first polls in our region open in about an hour and a half. The nominees have been in a flat out sprint to the finish. Frantically crisscrossing the country going back and forth between battleground states not stopping until early this morning. We have Team Coverage on this election day. Annie mccormick is live in new jersey. We start with Katherine Scott live outside a polling place in the citys mount airy section. Katherine. Reporter matt and tam, polling places in pennsylvania open at 7 00 a. M. , so just a few hours away from being able to cast your ballot and a lot of people seem very ready. Perhaps even more ready than usual to get this election season over and elect the next president. Who it will be we will see. We are at Grace Epiphany Episcopal Church in mount mary. Candidates were out making their campaign stops. Both candidates hit pennsylvania and Hillary Clinton was here in philadelphia on Independence Mall before heading to North Carolina for a midnight get out the vote rally. Last night it was packed on Independence Mall. Tens of thousands of people there as clinton made her final push to pennsylvania voters and she wasnt alone. President obama and the first lady took the stage. Husband bill clinton and daughter chelsea were there as well. Jon bon jovi performed as did bruce springsteen. These candidates want pennsylvania to fall in their favor and are urging their supporters to get out and vote today. Lets get out and vote philadelphia tomorrow. Lets make history together. Thank you and god bless you. Were also hearing a lot of relief from voters yesterday that the septa strike is over so that wont factor in to the election day today. The polls open at 7 00 a. M. In pennsylvania and they close at 8 oclock tonight. Were live in mount airy Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Tam. Okay, katherine thank you for that. Lets switch live to Annie Mccormick where poles will be opening in an hour and a half in cherry hill new jersey. Reporter good morning tam l you hear katherine talking about how people have relief about septa but some people are just releighd this day is finally here after this crazy year of campaigning. Now, here in new jersey polls open at 6 00 a. M. And they close at 8 00 p. M. We are at a polling location in cherry hill at kingsway church. Well, in the final hours leading up to the election like katherine said both candidates were out there. Well, donald trump covered thousands of miles hitting five states in just 12 hours including sarasota florida, raleigh North Carolina, scranton, pennsylvania, grand rapids, michigan and most recently manchester New Hampshire where he was joined by his family. On yesterdays campaign trail, the real estate tycoon talked about the polls saying he is leading in most battleground states. However, latest National Polls show him trailing close behind clinton. Now, he knocked clinton saying she needed celebrities and musicians to draw crowds. Trump spoke to electrified crowds at many of his rallies yesterday. Is everybody going to vote tomorrow . [cheers and applause] reporter and here in new jersey again those poll locations all across the state open at 6 00 a. M. They close at 8 00 p. M. Were told that the best times to come not to wait on line are early so if you get right here at 6 00 and also just before noon, around 11 00 a. M. To noon is some of the best times to go. For now reporting live from cherry hill, Annie Mccormick channel6 action news. Back to you. All right, good advice. Thank you annie. We have a local race in pennsylvania thats getting a lot of national attention. Pat toomey the incumbent republican and Katie Mcginty his democratic challenger are in a tight race for the u. S. Senate seat. They have spent 160 million this year making it the most Expensive Senate race in american history. Pennsylvanians will also have a new attorney general after the scanned end to kathleen kanes vote. Pennsylvania voters will elect a state treasurer and state Auditor General in addition to 18 members of congress. Voters in new jersey will be asked if gambling should be expanded in the garden state for the First Time SinceAtlantic City casinos were approved 40 years ago. The referendum asks residents whether to expand gambling to two counties in north jersey. Another asks whether to dedicate 100 percent of revenue raised by the new gas tax hike to the Transportation Trust fund. Voters in delaware elect a Lieutenant Governor anew representative in the u. S. House. Wilmington will pick a new mayor and New Castle County will select a new county executive. Stay with action news as results start to come in. Anchors Rick Williams and Monica Malpass will be with the trump and clinton campaigns and our jim gardner will be updating you online and on television once the polls close at 8 00. We want to hear about your experience at the polls good or bad. Share your story with us using the 6abcaction on social media or email us at join the action at 6abc. Com. New this morning, a row home fire injured a woman in philadelphias parkside section. The action cam was there as she was wheeled out on a stretcher for smoke inhalation. Flames broke out in the basement on the 1700 block of north 47th street. At least four other people are displaced. And septas buses trolleys and subways are expected to be back to full and normal operations for this mornings commute. Septa and the Union Representing about 4700 transit work terse announced a tentative agreement before day break yesterday. The settlement ended the six day strike and helped to calm the nerves of commuters stressed out about getting to the polls. And im glad its over. Everybody got what they wanted. Everybody can get back to work. Everybody can vote. Septa is oury offering credit vouchers to trans pass users due to the strike. Very much ertz must be used on future trans pass purchases. Turn plowing accuweather and septa and the weather are not mitigating factors for voting today. No, theyre not. Weather was looking pretty good for the last couple days but its actually gotten better over the last 24 hours. Good. Your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast shows us theres no rain out there. We have clear skies over the Commodore Barry bridge. Plenty of sunshine getting ready to come up early and just a few clouds filtering in as the day goes on but it is starting out chilly. Overall it will be a really nice day but grab your coat early. 41 degrees in philadelphia and most of the suburbs in the 30s. In fact weve got a lot of spots down along the freezing mark. Theres a frost advisory in Delaware County and down in New Castle County delaware. 51 in cape may. Thats one of the milder spots. As we roll through the day though it looks like its going stay sunny so shades on the highways and byways and to and from the polling station today and poll opening times, yeah were going to be pretty cool. On average at polling stations in pennsylvania about 38 degrees. Some areas will be a little cooler than that obviously. In new jersey the polls opening pretty quick at 6 00 a. M. Probably about 35 on average across the state and 37 in delaware. But things improve in a hurry and in the Lehigh Valley we wind up shooting all the way up to 68 degrees by about 3 oclock this afternoon. Sun mixing with a few clouds. Down the shore also much milder, 67 degrees, mostly sunny, not bad. Winds on the light side today. And in philadelphia a high all the way up to 69 degrees and that means some thermometers could briefly touch 70 this afternoon so if you have the ability to go out at lunchtime and do your voting then or during the afternoon youre really looking good. Winds light, six to 12 Miles Per Hour and as the polls close later on at 8 oclock were probably still looking at mid to upper 50s across the region. Then overnight we dip to 50 degrees which is pretty mild for this time of year. Clouds lynn crease and by the time we get into tomorrow morning there will probably be some showers as a front is pulling through and cooler air in place, too. Tomorrows high only 58 degrees. Future tracker6 showing that you by the time were on the air well probably have some at least light to moderate showers poking through. Thats the 9 oclock tail end of the rush hour and then it looks like most of this gets off the coast by about 4 30. Wouldnt even be surprised if theres a Little Pocket of steady rain that comes down in some neighborhoods for a while tomorrow. 69 is todays mild election day forecast and as we said pretty comfortable at the polls. Once we get past the Early Morning hours. Then mostly cloudy on wednesday with those showers, 58. Mostly sunny and breezy on thursday, 55 and veterans day friday partly sunny and windy, 63. Were going to take out the mention of a shower. If there is anything its probably up in the poconos the way things look now. Windy and chilly on saturday also going with a dry day there with a fair amount of sunshine a high of just 49 degrees though and then mostly sunny and breezy for the eagles on sunday and were tweaking that number up to 56. So basically youve done your job for america. Yes. Thank you. Washing my hand of the whole thing. Get out there and vote. The great meteorological patriot. 4 41. New details this morning on the establishing that critically injured a twoyearold boy and his mother. Angelina jolie and brad pitt reached a custody agreement for their six children. Well tell you the details. Karen. Well, david has done his job for america, ill see if i can do mine and give you good traffic. Right now were looking at the boulevard extension past the schuylkill. Just a little construction here. No big deal. It is blocking two lanes but traffic still getting by so stay left as youre coming off of the schuylkill expressway. Well check some of the other roads and see where construction is piling things up when action news comes right back. Welcome back. The platt bridge seems quiet at this early hour, 4 44. 41 degrees. If it was 44 degrees we would have had straight fours. Would that abroyal flush. One, two, three, it would be a winning hand karen. Lets play those numbers. All right. Lets check right now your transit overview. Things are looking up for us. The strike is over and we should be all back to normal with your buses, your trolleys and your subways. Everything will run like it should right now. Looking outside live on i95 past allegheny just some construction. We see the the crews up here blocking the left lane so traffic may be a little slowing past here i95 southbound near allegheny as you head towards center city but not really causing a big delay thats for sure. Its early yet and you could see these numbers on the big picture. Weve got 50s on i95 traveling nicely. Schuylkill 40s and 50s. The blue route near route one media bypass traveling about 55 miles an hour so no big problems on any of your highways if youre headed out youre going to be out there early to vote on the turnpike eastbound at willow grove we do have construction here blocking the left lane on the exit ramp so just be careful of that. Here on the waze app we found vick talking about a problem on the new jersey turnpike a problem youll see a lot of in mount holly southbound some animals near the road i passed that as i was coming in in a different area but that one in burlington county. Watch for that. Little chilly out there in the northwest. 32 in quakertown and pottstown, 38 in saint davids. A little better in the city, 41 degrees and new jersey though look at this 29 in hammonton, 30 in vineland, run in glassboro, 35 in dover delaware even though it will be a bit milder this afternoon matt. Thanks karen. New information here about a double establishing that injured a stabbing that injured a woman and her twoyearold son. It happened along the 700 block of north preston street last night. Police say the womans boyfriend stabbed the pair while he was high on narcotics. He is now custody. The 46yearold woman and her son are in critical but stable condition. Happening today, jurors will begin deliberating the fate of justin harris. The atlanta area father is accused of intentionally leaving his twoyearold son in the back of a hot car to die. Harris defense attorney painted him as clueless and forgetful. Prosecutors claim harris was leading a double life messaging teenaged girls online, cheating on his wife and that the child got in the way. Angelina jolie and brad pitt may have reached a custody Agreement Regarding their six children. A rep for the actress says an agreement was reached more than a week ago. Calls for the children to remain in jolie pitts custody with pitt continuing to see receive visits. Pitt had first fought this arrangement asking a court to grant joint custody after jolie asked for divorce asking for sole custody in september. Now pitt will get what is being termed therapeutic visits. Up next voters are flocking to a New York Cemetery today to pay tribute to a particular grave site. New this morning, police shut down a stars meet and greet inside a mall when a crowd of overa thousand became rowdy. David. Chilly this morning. 41 degrees in philadelphia currently but a lot of suburbs down into the 30s, so bundle up if youre heading to the polls right when they open at 6 00 in new jersey and 7 00 in pennsylvania and delaware. But things really warm up in a hurry. Ill have your 12hour forecast coming up next. Z254jz zi0z y254jy yi0y donald trump i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. And shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters, okay . And you can tell them to go f themselves you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. You gotta see this guy. Ahh, i dont know what i said, ahh. I dont remember. Hes going like i dont remember voters across the country are visiting the grave southeast susan b. Anthony in rochester new york. They left flowers voters and stickers saying i just voted. Anthony played a pivotal role in the suffragette movement. She famously said on her as she got towards death the only thing she regretted is that she never got to see women get the vote. But it happened all because of her. Nice idea that people are going to visit that. Lets take a look outside right now and check whats going on. Looking live in west conshohocken, this is the blue route at the schuylkill. No problems between i95 and the schuylkill expressway. We are looking good. Construction blocks the left lane on the northeast extension both ways between quakertown and lansdale and the strike is over. Everything is running back to normal. Yay whoohoo dave. Very good. Frost advisories through parts of the region for the second straight morning much Cape May CountyDelaware County and down through the state of delaware. Protect those plants if you havent already. And as we head through the day, 40 degrees by 7 oclock. In the 30s when polls open in a lot of neighborhoods this morning so bundle up early but by 10 00, 53. If you want to vote at noon, 62 degrees. An election day high of 69 degrees. It will be mild later this afternoon and by 6 oclock probably Still Holding onto 61 degrees. And as the polls close at 8 oclock tonight, im expecting a temperature of about 55 or so in philadelphia, some suburbs may be down into the low 50s. At the airport hoping for all green aircraft and no major delays and thats what weve got. Also theres no sign of did you like that any sign of any rain this morning in any of our big travel destinations so get up in that airplane and go matt. Will do. Thanks, david. If you like the Weather Forecast in long form, you can read davids discussions, he actually spends a lot of time writing these thing, doesnt he, go to 6abc. Com weather. A meet and greet with a rapper and a pro basketball player prompted police to evacuate a mall near boston. Boston celtics forward jalen brown and rapper designer were scheduled to meet fans at the cambridge side gallery mall last night. Police say some in the crowd of more than 1,000 people became unruly knocking over barriers and people. Police evacuated the mall and used pepper spray to disburse the crowd. These kids have been lined up since 1 oclock this afternoon waiting to get n i was there. I was there the whole time. And it just was it just went wrong all in five minutes time of them asking the crowd just to move back a little. Police ended up arresting six teenagers. It is now 4 52 and well have more live Team Coverage of election day coming up for you at 5 00 a. M. A driver in delaware slams into a pharmacy causing damage on the inside and out. That story is next. Pat toomey and donald trump theyre just wrong for the women of pennsylvania. New fallout for donald trump. Should a woman be punshied for having an abortion . There has to be some form of punishment. For the woman . Yeah, there has to be some form. I would support legislation in pennsylvania that would ban abortion and i would, suggest that we have penalties for doctors who perform them. Pat toomey and donald trump theyre not for you. Women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. Says it wont let up for a while. The cadillac xt5. What should we do . Tailored to you. Wait it out. Equipped with apple carplay compatibility. Now during seasons best, get this low mileage lease on this cadillac xt5 from around 429 per month, or purchase with 0 apr financing. At a neighborhoods a restaurafavorite a place for a good, family meal. She juggled customers, cooks, waitresses and never complained. My dad was a Police Officer walking his beat. I learned from both what it means to be honest, to work hard, and love family. Big banks, wall street, special interests thats who pat toomeys with. In the senate, ill work for you and your family. Im Katie Mcginty, and i approve this message. Welcome back. Taking a live look there, the view of sky6 out across the river over the the battleship new jersey. It is election day avery special day in america where we get to exercise our birth right hoping that everybody out there is able to make it to the polls today. And from our delaware news room, pickup driver slammed into the side of darleys pharmacy in claymont yesterday. The impact against the brick wall was so powerful that it knocked shelves over inside the store. Merchandise spilled everywhere. The truck has been pulled free from the building but a big hole was left behind. The the driver was not hurt. Former Rutgers University student faces two counts of attempted murder for a stabbing spree. 25yearold joshua thompsons bail is set at a million dollars. Police say he went to the Business School at rutgers on friday stabbed a faculty member a student and himself. All three remain hospitalized. A jury has awarded a university of virginia administrator 3 million over a now discredited Rolling Stone magazine article. Former associate dean of students nicole aramo sued the magazine. The article was about a woman named jackie who slammed claim she was gang raped at a fraternity party. A Police Investigation found in evidence to back up jackies rape claims. 4 56 now. Still ahead on action news voters across the nation hit the polls today. Finally making their choice on who should lead the nation. Hillary clinton and donald trump completed the final leg of this zigzagging journey noun wait to see if theyve won the white house. We will have live Team Coverage. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With matt odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning. Its 5 00 a. M. On this tuesday november 8th. Heres whats happening. Its election day. After a long and grueling campaign, this is it. Voters will head to the polls in a contentious and historic election. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton have made their case and now it is time for voters to make their decisions on which one of them should head to the white house. Septa is on track to return to full service today. Were making sure that everything is going smoothly. So, lets get the latest on what its going to feel like out there. David has got your accuweather and karen rogers is taking a look on what things are like now that that septa strike is over. Good morning. Overall its going to be a beautiful election day. Lots of sunshine on the way. You can see the lack of cloud cover. A little cloud cover out to the west. That will probably take until later tonight to get here overall. Were chilly to start out. If youre headed at the polls right at poll opening time at 6 00 a. M. And 7 00 a. M. Depending on what state youre in, still 41 degrees in philadelphia. Most of the suburbs down into the low to mid 30s so youll want that coat. Theres not a lot of wind out so thats good. Winds calm currently in philadelphia and the highest wi