Right . Right. And the striking workers, they are back on the picket lines. Most of them have been here for quite a while. A lot have not left at all. In fact, you can see just behind us there, this he have a whole setup with a barbecue grill, tables there. These guys are plan for the long haul here although they do hope that a deal comes quickly so they can go back to work. Theyre among the nearly 5,000 who walked off the job more than 24 hours ago. Negotiations continued well into the night. Septa says they and the transport Workers Union local 234 continue to make steady progress toward reaching an agreement on a new contract. At one point yesterday during the evening rush as we mentioned, picketers started interfering with Regional Rail service. A judge stepped in to stop that. Congressman bob brady stepped into the negotiating process. The big issues have been health care and pensions. Brady told us he is concerned about this stretching into election day. I worry about people not
And action News Reporters Annie Mccormick and gray hall will bring us live reports on contract talks and what commuters can expect today but lets start with meteorologist, david murphy. All right, guys, well, were starting out in a little better shape this morning than we were in yesterday for day one of the septa strike. There are a few clouds out there but theyre melting away and i think well have a fairly bright start this morning and temperatures are not as cool as yesterday. 52 in philadelphia right now, 46 degrees in allentown. We actually got down to about 40 in most of the suburbs were in the 30s yesterday but you can see how much better we are today. 49 wilmington, 50 trenton, 56 in cape may and like yesterday the winds are still pretty but light and manageable. It is going to get nicer this afternoon. 49 degrees by 7 oclock. 55 by 10 oclock. 63 by noon. At times there might be a few high clouds filtering through. Then your high this afternoon is 73 degrees so it is going to b
Says at least youll have a little sunshine on your shoulders as you hoof it around the city he. Absolutely. Things are improving temperaturewise too tam. Theres satellite and you can see how the clouds have begun to erode across most of the region and were expecting a sunny start and then partly sunny skies later on and these temperatures are definitely better than yesterday. Remember how we had 30s in a lot of suburbs. Well, today 43 in allentown, 46 in reading. And all the way up to 50 in trenton. Philadelphia currently sitting at 52. So, even if you have an early commute down into the city and you have to do some extra walking this morning the temperatures arent that bad. And this afternoon is going to be really nice. We start at 49 at 7 00, 55 at 10 00. By noon up to he 63 and were going for a high of 73 today at about 3 oclock. Now, it is november, the sun angle is low and we wont holds that 73 he for long. By 6 oclock well be back down to 66 but even that is a better number than
Good morning. It is now wednesday, november seconds. Of course we continue to follow the strike thats left nearly a half Million People in the lurch. Karen rogers leads off live Team Coverage. Annie mccormick is following those contract talks and gray hall is out there with commuters. But first up lets go on over to dave murphy. Hes got something to put a smile on your face. Its going to be a really nice day, david. Yeah, it is and its already milder than it was yesterday. Yesterday we were heading down into the 30s in a lot of neighborhoods or at least the low 40s. Today weve got plenty of sunshine on the way a little bit later on with a lack of cloud cover and the numbers are definitely better. Were at 53 degrees in philadelphia currently. Just 44 in allentown but thats better than the mid 30s from yesterday morning. And then 50 degrees in trenton. 45 in reading. 48 in wilmington and 57 as you head out the door in cape may. As we roll through the day, it looks like a sunny he to part
Gangs all here. Look at us. Good morning, bob, good morning, sue. Good morning. Yes, yesterday was tough one, wasnt it . Not only was it tough for the morning, it was tough for the afternoon. And were you pulling double duty so asking people if they have any questions for you, were you great answering all of the questions. Because i am tired of answering my cell phone, people are calling me nonstop. Lets have a segment and have everything live on tv. Tweet us please, use our hashtag fox 29. Use being septa. Fox 29 septa. And bob will be answering your questions. Good questions, not, you know, what time are we serving breakfast or what time are we getting our refunds or anything like that. Well help you through it all today. And a lot to answer. Also, talking about the weather forecast, weaver some good news. Another good one today, yes. But bob is first. All right, well have that in just a momentment it is day two of the septa workers strike as we mentioned, this was the scene last nig