Good afternoon, in the news a new York City Firefighter has died following an explosion at a suspected drug house. And a man stranded at sea is review nighted with his family. And the big story is the date after the president ial debate. Hillary clinton and donald trump are get can back on the campaign industrial following a fiery faceoff in new york last night. We are more on the candidates plans today and the highlights from the prime Time Showdown last night. Reporter rick, good afternoon. It was one of the most widely participated events ever. But the candidates have little time to rest. Clinton heads to florida and trump heading to north carolina. Both are recovering after last nights showdown. Hillary clinton and donald trump sharing the stage side by side match the first president ial debate turned back into a backyard brawl. Person ala tacks. He started his business with 14 million borrowed from his father. I know you live in your own reality. That is not the facts. You have no plans. Oh i do. Trump started out strong putting clinton on the defensive. Let me tell you, hillary has experience but its bad experience. You called it the Gold Standard you called the Gold Standard of deals. And you heard what i said about it but clinton turning nodes critiques of her against him i think donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And yes, i did. And you know what else i prepared for . I prepared for president. And the birther moment. I got him to produce the birth certificate and i think i did a good job. So he has a long record of engaging in racist behavior. And the birther lie was a very hurtful one. And then there is the whole sniffles controversy. Trump blames what many blame as sniffles on what he claims was a bad microphone. They gave me a defective microphone. Anybody complaining about a bad microphone doesnt have a good night. Clinton says she will be there even if she is the only one on stage. Despite the hype the question remains, does the debate sway undecided voters and will they make a difference election day . Maggie thank you for that report. Heading into last nights faceoff. The candidates were deadlocked in two battleground states critical to their chances of winning. Colorado and pennsylvania. A keystone state, a poll showed 45 for clinton and 44 for trump. Vernon odom is gathering debate reaction from pennsylvania voters and joins us live from suburban square in ardmore. Reporter good afternoon rick and sara. The key question will the numbers change dramatically in the wake of the debate performances last night. Its too early to tell but we got a random sampling from partisans on both sides. In ardmore, we at random found a mixture of opinions on the winner last night. I thought he was okay. He didnt set the world on fire and he was okay. Hillary . I thought she did well too. I didnt think they answered questions but skirted around the questions. I dont really have an opinion i am kind of ignoring him. Hillary clintons performance . I thought she did a great job. We found nobodys whose opinion. His performance was great. Did hillary impress you at all . Only in a negative way with her phoneyness and fakeness. He is a child. And didnt behave well, and as always didnt give us very many specifics. Sara that was an entirely random sampling that we took ill have more later today on action news. Vernon odom, channel 6 action news in ardmore. Today is National Voter registration day, Vice President joe biden is in philadelphia to encourage pennsylvanians to make their voices heard on election day, he is at Drexel University to announce a drive. Biden talked this morning about clintons plan including strengthening the middlecal and creating more jobs. Annie mccormick will have more coming up in our next half hour. We brought the debate live on 6abc. Com and can you head back there now to watch video of the entire debate. And on going analysis and an abc news fact check on both candidates. The skies are clearing up after morning showers, lets look live outside from center city to the center city skyline. The sun is slowly coming out this afternoon and immediate guest, david murphy, is out on the terrace with a first check of the forecast. Reporter across most of the region we see a fair amount of improvement, during the early part of the morning rush hour we were wet and in most cases now the rain is off the coast, but one bubble of precipitation that could be an issue for the next couple of hours along the southern coastline and clearing going on west to east and we see sunshine break out in the northern and western suburbs. Looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan you see an excellent live image of the showers in some cases of mays landing and milford and coming in across the bay to Northern Cape may county and southern cumberland county. There are steadier showers in yellow. For the next couple of hours it looks to be damp in the southern areas. 71 in philadelphia, we recovered from the rain and we see skies brightening a bit. 68 in allentown and 68 in reading and 70 in wilmington and 68 in trenton. And this afternoon we are going for a high of 75 degrees, very similar to the average high and even the low is starting to drop a bit closer to the average. Right around where we expect to be and increasing sunshine especially in the northern and western suburbs, and probably in philadelphia as well. As i say that the sun starts to break through the clouds a bit on the edge of channel 6s building here. When i step inside a nice start tomorrow and tomorrow night another round of rain and that goes off and on through thursday. And a look ahead at the weekend too. Thank you. Of course with rain coming and going this week, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar will keep you informed of any changes. Any time at 6abc. Com weather, and dont forget to stay connected with our meteorologist, by following each of them on facebook and twitter. From our delaware newsroom, plans are in place to honor the wilmington firefighters killed in the line of duty. For Christopher Leach and garyfickes. Two public viewings arer friday night. Services for leach will be at Saint ElizabethsCatholic Church on friday. That is open to families friends and first responders. We have all the details on 6abc. Com. The new York City Fire department is reeling from tragedy, a fire battalion chief was killed when a home exploded in the bronx this morning. First responders found what appeared to be a drug lab and the firefighter was trying to evacuate the home when the blast went off. 12 people were hurt including four Police Officers that were treated for minor injuries. A key government witness is telling the bridge gate jury how the alleged scheme unfolded. He continued his third day of testimony against two former allies of chris christie. Say that the former Campaign Manager was aware of the plans to close lanes on the George Washington bridge to publish the mayor of ft. Lee for not endorsing the governor. And they mocked him when he reported heavy traffic. Chris christie denied knowing about the plan and has not been charged. The walnut lane bridge is open in philadelphia. Chopper 6 hd was over the bridge a short time ago. The 109yearold bridge closed in april so penndot could install a new concrete deck and sidewalks, more than 16,000 cars used this bring every day, it just reopened at noon. Still to come on action news at noon, more people are ordered to evacuate as a new fire threatens homes out west. And a company that moved their headquarters and camden is giving back to city schools. And david murphy is back with the sevenday forecast from accuweather s when pat toomey went to washington, he didnt stop. Working for wall street. 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Meteorologist, david murphy, back inside now with a closer look at a soggy and clearing forecast. If are you over by the shore you have another couple of hours. Stubborn showers and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you in fact those showers and they are extending from areas south of dover, all the way up to Cape May County and then on into Sea Isle City. And when we come back in a couple of seconds well look at that. Lets go ahead and give you the great outdoors, we are looking at sky 6 hd, and looking great in center city, with increased sunshine and clouds and the brighter it is right now. Here is the closer view on radar, cape may and Sea Isle City and lewes, delaware. And every now and then a steadier cell coming through and the same time this comes up to the northeast it is slowly shifting to the east and you can detect a bit of that, and we hope that over the next couple of hours we can get that off the coast. Down to 57 and an indication of how the air dried out east of the philadelphia, winds are light now at 3 miles per hour. Could get breezy later in the afternoon not extremely so, 71 in philadelphia and 68 in allentown and down the shore we have the rain stuck in the upper 60s currently. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing you how the first batch of rain came through in the Early Morning commute. And we have dried out in most of the region and the shore area is the exception and see how the clouds are really thinning and that line of sunshine getting closer and closer to philadelphia and things in the process of brightening up. In the Lehigh Valley a clouds and sun mix, already breaking out sunshine in the north and breezy and 74 is your high, down the shore it looks like the clouds hang in longer and showers for the next couple of hours, and 74 is the high and if things work out well see a brightening of skies early evening and down at the shore as well. Happening as we speak, breezy and 75 degrees and winds 8 to 16 miles per hour. A few clouds left over tonight and cool and 57 in suburbs of philadelphia. And tomorrow morning, it looks like well start out with sun and see how the clouds will filter in and get thicker and then the evening hours there could be sprinkles and showers around and eventuallily as we get into thursday, steadier rain cells and that will be off and on through the day on thursday, because of a cutoff low, a low that gets separated and cant get through the region real fast it will migrate wednesday to friday to areas to our south and takes a while to kick out and as long as that sticks around the area it will be cloudier down here and we are looking at a tropical system that has a 90 chance of becoming a Tropical Storm and it is pretty far south of us, probably cutting in south of puerto rico, well have to watch that and see if there say change with that. Your exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast 75 today and clouds to sun and breezy and sun back to clouds and sprinkles and showers around in the evening and cloudy and occasional rain, and high of just 69 and we could be look agent steady rain on thursday, mostly cloudy on friday and 72 with a scattered sprinkle or shower around and saturday mostly cloudy and 73 and a chance of a shower not a big chance and clouds and sun and dry on sunday for the phillies final day and a farewell to ryan howard. Thank you. Still more to come in our next half our of action news at noon. Problem after problem at the Washington Monument causes officials to make a decision that will upset visitors to the nations capital. Those stories and more next. Action news continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. Hello again here are the stories we are following for you now on action news at 12 30. They went back and form talking policy and taking personal jabs at each other, Hillary Clinton and donald trump survive debate number one. One the victims in houston speaks out from his hospital bed after the motive remains a history. And a florida marlins come together to give an emotional tribute to a teammate who lost his life so young. The candidates are back on the campaign trail today after their first debate and it got heated at times. Clinton has the unscientific google edge. Google trend says more people looked up clintons name than trumps following the debate in all 50 states. Clinton says she is looking forward to the next debate and their exchanges showed differences for their qualifications for the