Action News Delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. The deadline is in one hour. For now buses, trolleys and subways continue to run in the city of philadelphia but one hour from now, 60 minutes they could all come to a halt and once they stop its anyones guess when they will start again. Its monday night and the big story on action news is the 11th hour. We are waiting to hear if 4700 septa workers will walk out on strike at the midnight deadline. We have two reports tonight Jeannette Reyes is at the firm rock Transportation Center but we start with Christie Ileto outside the hotel negotiators have been holding bargaining talks and christie what is the latest there . Reporter well jim septa came out and handed us a release saying they mad progress in negotiations and both parties have decided to continue talk ing this the hopes of coming to some sort of agreement but as you know what is on the line is a strike and the possibility that 4700 workers could walk off the jo
Bicycle, its nowhere near as cold as yesterday. The temperatures have been running 10 to 15 degrees warmer, a beautiful start. 49 degrees in the suburbs. Thats down one degree in the last hour. Thats now 44 degrees in the Lehigh Valley. Thats up a degree in the last hour. 53 now at philadelphia international. Thats also up. Weve got a southwesterly wind at 5 miles an hour. Thats not a big win but that is a warming direction for us. Thats going to lead to a big warmup during the day. Heading for the low 70s this afternoon with plenty of sunshine. Any light fogc disappears firs thing this morning, bright sunshine, 70s, a few scattered clouds as we head into the evening hours. Pleasant all day long for the suburbs, new jersey, the Lehigh Valley and delaware. Ill take you through it hour by hour when im back in less than ten minutes. Thank you, bill. Another rough commute is under way on the second day of the septa strike. Both sides head back to the bargaining table later this morning af
Authorities have captured the man suspected of killing two Police Officers during an ambush in iowa. With less than a beak to go until the election. A new poll shows the president ial candidates are in a tie. But the big story is the second day of frustration for local commuters fighting to get around the septa strike. Thousands of people had to battle traffic jams and overcrowding on the regional rails because all buses and subways and trolleys are shut down. But they maintain they are making progress at the bargaining table. Annie mccormick is live now. Reporter steady progress cautiously optimistic. Those are the terms we are hearing, and that progress was made overnight but not revealing specifics. The union is reviewing changes from a proposal from septa. This is the scene of the transport workers walking off the job at midnight and picketing, almost two full days of the strike. Initially it included pension and health care and scheduling, septa said they released at 1 00 a. M. Th
Reporter we have cloud cover early in the morning and in the ranch, shower or thunderstorm. 58 in philadelphia. 53 in trenton. 65 in wilmington. 50 in millville. 63 in cape may. 59 degrees by 7 00 a. M. 64 by 10 00 a. M. Noon, thicker clouds, 72. Well see a high of 76, well probably spike with that as soon as 2 00 p. M. The clouds come through and the numbers start to dip. 66 by 6 00 p. M. Through the afternoon hours, a shower or gusty thunderstorms possible. Afternoon well look at that on future tracker 6, of course theres word of a cool down for the weekend. Reporter enjoy that before the rain, septa strike day three, no buses, trolleys or subway. We saw big delays yesterday. We had more trains yesterday that seemed to be overcrowded bypassing stations becoming express because they were overcrowded. The Chestnut Hill west line and the fox chase line. We want to expect delays everywhere. Those delays seemed heavyier, it was a difficult day to drive around the city because people could
They are very light. Only run be 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. 59 degrees by 7 00. As we look ahead in the next 12 hours. 64 by 10 00 a. M. Noon, dry in most neighborhoods. 2 00 p. M. Were expecting to get the high of 76 degrees, the thicker cloud cover and the showers will start to move in and that will knock the numbers back down, back to 72 by 3 00 p. M. 6 00 p. M. , 66. Through the afternoon and early evening theres a chance of a shower and a couple of you gusty thunderstorms take cover on lower floors indoors. Reporter ill have more for the weekend. Reporter all right, dave. Eastbound on the viern vine street expressway, you can see the emergency workers that have come here they are blocking the right and center lanes, a new accident coming in on the vine street expressway, approaching broad street. You want expect extra congestion on the vine on all the area city roads ways. Thats because its day three of the strike, no buses, no subways, no trolleys running once again. People turning