Program called tag, its towns against graffiti. Its run by Anthony Hartman and his job is to remove and cover up graffiti as quickly as possible. For hartman its a labor of love. I when to Bensalem High School and its gratifying to me to help beautify and keep buck county as beautiful and it has been and should be. He says this job is particularly bad but should be as good as new by the end of the week. This is music to jerrys ears. You feel so much better, its a wonderful program. Yes, there is a happy ending. Now tag is funded through donations and grants but any time the vandal is cost, they are handed a bill to pay for the entire cleanup. Anyone with any information about this case is asked to call police. Reporting live from south ham fon, walter perez, channel 6 action news. All right walter. Two philadelphia neighborhoods are on alert tonight after a string of armed robbery, in all five homes and businesses were targeted in fairmount and Spring Garden in he less than a month. Some in the middle of the afternoon. Police say that this video shows two suspects they are looking for. Bob brooks has reaction from the neighborhood as the Investigation Continues, bobs story is coming up at 6 00. The search is on for two armed suspects that broke into a center city home in broad daylight. And one person a student at the university of the arts was home at is the time. Sara bloomquist is live now at the scene at broad and lot board and sara you spoke to the victims roommate . Reporter just moments ago sharrie. This is a neighbor add on edge after this College Student became the victim of a Home Invasion right in the middle of the day today and right here on lombard off of broad street. We spoke to the victims roommate and she says the victim is doing okay but she is quite shaken up. This 19yearold university of the arts student lives in the apartment where two armed men barged in this morning looking to rob the place and she didnt want to be identified. She happened to be in class at the time. Her roommate another university of the art student was home alone in the apartment on the 1400 block of lombard. Someone knocked on the door and she opened it and they barged their way in and they were like they were asking her for money and they like ransacked the place looking. The two men got away in the car heading westbound on Lombard Police believe it this was a crime of opportunity. They strike wherever they can. Its a crime of opportunity. I dont think it was directed towards us but i think it was a random act. Word spread quickly about what had happened. I think its crazy i never had issues with violence or anything around here. Its weird, i felt like this was an okay neighborhood. The place was ransacked and dusted for fingertiped. The roommates will be staying elsewhere for a while. They set us up with a room for a couple of weeks before we get back together. Reporter p the suspects got away with the students rent money and also a phone and xbox and other personal items, police will be checking for Surveillance Video on this block of course and they will definitely be running the fingerprints they found. Live in center city, im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Philadelphia police are looking for the gunman that shot and killed a man on his birthday. At 11 30 last night. The 30yearold victim was shot multiple times on the 700 block of East Allegheny avenue in kensington. Police believe the shooting stems from an earlier argument. A Philadelphia Police officer is dead tonight after suffering a heart attack at the criminal Justice Center this morning. Officer justin vanburger was on duty and was a 16 year veteran of the Philadelphia Police department. In less than 12 hours, faculty at more than a dozen Pennsylvania State universities will walk off the job unless their Union Reaches a new contract deal. The main sticking points are benefit costs and workload assignments and issues related to the classroom and the union is meeting behind closed doors and more than 100,000 students will be affected if the strike happens and the deadline is 5 00 tomorrow morning. All right politics tonight. We are exact three weeks and counting until election day and the push for pennsylvania continues. Former president , bill clinton appeared at an event in blue bell to campaign for his wife, Hillary Clinton. In south philadelphia meantime several demonstrators rallied outside a Donald Trump Campaign office. It was part of gop hands off me. Protesters around the country called for republicans to reject trump as their nominee in light of his lewd comments about women. Nationwide all eyes are on nevada for the third and final debate. It has only been nine days sin the last debate but in that time both campaigns face new scandals and tough questions. Monica malpass is live in las vegas with a preview. Reporter hi rick and sharrie, the Thomas Mack Center buzzing with media and security personnel and as well as political advance teams for both candidates, this is where clinton and trump stage their final showdown, the stakes are high, not the typical boxing match they are used to in las vegas, hundreds of media from around the globe are setting up their equipment. Satellite farms sprung up in the parking lot for live coverage, but inside there are two key areas, the spin room where our desks are, there are 19 rows of journalists and then the debate stage and organizers are working hard. It has taken a year of planning to build the set. They accomplished all of that as well as accommodating 3,000 media members from around the world. The Little Things like security and logistics, for tens of millions of people around the world. If everything goes well you never notice. Reporter so the final light and sound checks were done today. A pair of standins rehearsed and it may need last minute tweaks, and audience of 90 million will be watching, its garnering high ratings we think. They are sweeping at arena doing a 12 hour check and well have to clear out shortly and well be back. They dont want issues when the stakes are so high for both sides. Reporting live im Monica Malpass back to you. Of course join action news for local analysis of the debate. Matt odonnell hosts a special debate edition of inside story after action news at 11 00. We are gearing up for the second senatoral debate here in pennsylvania. Submit your questions by using 6abcaction, and email your questions to jointheaction 6abc. Com. And our very own jim gardner moderates that debate live next monday at 7 00 right here on 6 abc. Time now to see how much action is out on the highways and by ways, in our action news traffic report. Autumn marisa is in now for matt pellman. Reporter hi sharrie and rick, we are dealing with that out on the roadways now just a lot of volume. But no major incidents no report. But a slow go on the schuylkill expressway as you can expect. And taking 30 minutes to go from the vine to the blue route and the same in reverse. Jumping on to the vine to 95 northbound also slow going. Travel times and speeds, on the big picture, we are in the low teens in areas and Single Digits on 95 northbound making your way up to woodhaven right now. A few incidents to tell you about. Many heller town 78 eastbound one lane is closed because of an accident and over into new jersey, 295 northbound at 541 staying in new jersey looking good on the 42 freeway. Well bring you an update in the next half hour. Still more ahead on action news at 5 00. An alleged meth lab it was busted up today in Delaware County. Ahead at 9 30, the three people facing charges because of an observation by an eagle eyes pharmacist. Well, our taste of sum under october continues, im tracking another day of record warmth tomorrow and then a dramatic cool down right in time for your weekend. Ill explain in the accuweather forecast. Ill explain when action news returns. It has been more than two months since an elevator accidents since he their emergency response. Today that Elevator Bank remains closed. And a sheriffs deputy inside of the elevator at the time is still on a long road to recovery. Sergeant owens remains hospitalized. Vernon odom has the story tonight. His spirit is high and is he trying to recover. Chef Jewel Williams describes his visit to sergeant owens, he was injured in early august when an elevator at the Justice Center crashed. He was in an induced coma for a long period and many fears he would not survive, and now he is in a rehab center with his full faculties but paralyzed. They will hold a beef and beer fundraiser at the fop lodge in the northeast. The goal is to help the family offset some of the costs and help his wife get around. Its a long road to recovery so she needs the support. The cost to fix the elevator rising out of control, the accidents is still under investigation. The elevator used excusely for judges and Court Employees is facing major changes in the way people are moved around in the busy cjc. Because of us using other areas understood to move people up and down the building, but we continue to work with what we have. The owens family said nothing publically about the accident itself or their subsequent ordeal. They have filed a lawsuit again the government and the elevator company. Im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Breaking news now, an off duty crossing guard has been hit while crossing a street in south philadelphia. It happened less than an hour ago on the 100 block of schneider avenue, the 70yearold woman was attempting to cross the street and was hit by a Freightliner Truck who was attempting to make a turn on to schneider, she went to hahnemann with a broken thigh bone. No word on her condition and the Investigation Continues tonight. Former phillies pitcher, curt shilling wants to add a new line, u. S. Senator. The republican and three times u. S. Champ wants to run against massachusetts senator, elizabeth warren. Last year he was fired from espn after making a Facebook Post critical of transgender rights and back in 2012, shillings video came company went bankrupt leaving a 75 million loan unpaid. The poll puts him behind warren by 19 points. Some young gymnasts put their tumbling skills to the test. 2012 olympic Gold Medalist jordan weaver was on hand to watch them compete against one another. She is in town ahead of the tour of gym thist champions that comes to pennsylvania next month. And this is on display at dillworth park, trying to set a record for the longest putting green. Here is the catch, someone needs to sink a hole in one for this record to count. Hundreds lined up for a chance but so far no one has been successful. [ keyboard typing ] intercom the library is now closing. Ok kid, closing up. Goodnight. The hardest part about homework shouldnt be figuring out where to do it. Through internet essentials, comcast has connected over 3 Million People in need to lowcost internet at home. Welcome to a brighter future. Comcast. Health check tonight. Federal money to fight the zika virus will soon be on its way to our area. Ali gorman is at the action news big board to tell us how much is coming. Reporter the funds are from the zika funding bill that finally cleared Congress Next month. Texas and california get the biggest amounts more than 3 million, and pennsylvania gets 1. 7 million and new jersey 1. 3 million and delaware 143,000. Today they announced that two pregnant women are among the cases of the new section of miami where zika has popped up. And if you have expired or unused medication as the home. This weekend you can get rid of it safely. Saturday is National Prescription drug take back day. The location is set up and you can drop off the drugs no questions asked. Four out of five people addicted to heroin started with prescription medication, it stops those drugs from falling into the wrong hands. We have times and locations at 6abc. Com. And we all know that stying hydrates is good for your body but cannot drinking enough cause you to gain weight . One study says yes. It found people that didnt drink enough water were more likely to be overweight. The reason is our bodies confuse thirst with hunger. You end up picking up food but you are actually dehydrated. There is no signs by how many you need to drink every day, that depends on weight and activity level and other factors, you should drink enough that you rarely feel thirsty and the color of your urine is light. And water is the best option but drink decaffeinated tea or carbonated water or eating fruits and vegetables will help keep you hydrated. What about diet drinks. Not so much. Okay got to move on. Looking live outside. Sky 6 hd showing you Atlantic City tonight. Not a bad sight for a tuesday evening. Cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast. And the warming temperatures. Time now for accuweather at the action news big board. Meteorologist cecily tynan, has the very warm forecast. Did we break a record today . Not yet in philadelphia. So far 83 degrees. But we set new records in allentown 85 and trenton 83 and wilmington 82. And so far the high in philadelphia 83 but well get the official high in a few hours and see if we hit higher than that between hours. Right now 82 in philadelphia, allentown 83 and trenton 81 and wilmington 81, we see the winds out of the south off the ocean and quite a bit cooler in cape may, the current temperature is 69 degrees and october so far in Philadelphia Running two and a half degrees above normal. If you look globally we keep breaking records, september of 2016, the warmest september on record across the planet. Most of the warmer was across the Northern Hemisphere instead of southern hemisphere. They date back to 1880 and the past 12 months globally we set record highs, that is astounding. We have 6300 weather stations across the world and we get data from buoys and ships and research stations in the antarctic and 2016 will go down on the warmest in record globally beating 2015. Back home satellite 6 along with action radar showing High Pressure dominating our weather and keeping that cold front at bay. That front will slowly creep towards us and once it passes through, that will bring down the cooler air. Its not arriving tonight though, the overnight low for philadelphia 66 and you know what our normal high is . 66. Our lows are typical of normal highs. Allentown 63 and wilmington 64 and cape may 65 and like last night we start off clear and fog developing by early tomorrow morning. Tomorrows temperatures are off to the races, i think the heat will be peaking in philadelphia calling for a high of 85 degrees, many allentown and trenton and Atlantic City airport also likely to at least tie the record highs. But it comes at a cost. On thursday future tracker 6 showing clouds are rolling in as the front gets closer and as it gets closer could have a few showers developing and again on friday the possibility of some showers. The fiveday at 5 00, feels like summer again, 85 degrees and thursday mild and 78 and scattered showers and friday the same at 73. Look at this on saturday. It stays cool on sunday and well let you know if the cool weather lasts into next week in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. Action news at 5 00 will be right back. Yeah. We love low prices. No bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. Thousands of low prices. My giant. Vo donald trump and pat toomey anhave plenty in common. Theyre both putting pennsylvania women at risk. Even after trump bragged about sexually assaulting women, toomey stood by him. On Womens Health both trump and toomey would defund planned parenthood. On abortion trump there has to be some form of punishment toomey i would suggest that we have penalties for doctors who perform them. Pat toomey and donald trump too dangerous for pennsylvania women. Trying to make me eat my greens . Low. No, just trying to save you some green. Whaaat . thousands of blue tags. Thousands of low prices. My giant. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Hello again monica is on assignment and Sharrie Williams is joining us tonight. Here is what is happening on action news this evening. President obama takes a jab at donald trump and trump says that they could be behind the accusers. And can you help the people down south that lost everything to the devastating floods to Hurricane Matthew. The president ial nominee, donald trump is campaigning in colorado and Melania Trump spoke out about his lewd sexual talk and called it boy talk. And Hillary Clinton is behind closed doors. And president obama disputed Donald Trumps remarks that the president ial election is rigged and spoke to abc news about the claims of him sexually assaulting women. You start whining before the game is even over, whenever things are going badly and you lose you start blaming everything else. Then you dont have what it takes to be in this job. I have tremendous respect for women and they come out for a little fame or maybe they are part of the clinton campaign. While Hillary Clinton preps for the debate her daughter and husband are on the campaign trail today. Former pre