It for the long haul. At the roberts avenue yard in tioga nices town. They were blocking the Employee Entrance to the Regional Rails running on schedule but septa warns the pickets could disrupt service through the evening rush. At midnight the Union Workers hit the picket lines here and across the city. Am here since 94, this is the first time i can remember this part of the gate being shut off. At the fern rock transportation center, striking workers give us a long list of issues they hope they can resolve with the transit authority. Pay, pension and health care but however there is still work rules. For me the priority is the pens, for me its do or die. Many prepared saved money some how knowing the strike would come and some open to get back to work soon. There is anxiety. Are they talking making progress . How long will we be out here. But we are out here for the duration however long it takes. We are hopeful, we dont want to stay out any longer than anyone wants taos be out. They are prepared to be out here 24 hours a day for as long as it takes, they have food and fires and grills going. The last strike in 2009 went on for six days, they can remember a strike in the 90s that lasted 40 days and one in the 70s that lasted 44 days, they hope to be back at work as soon as possible and definitely before election day. Im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Thank you. The septa strike is putting a crunch on families. The action cam caught up with families outside of the high school today. The change is a big inconvenience. I had to drive her all the way here. An inconvenience waking up early and got her here. Its not easy to come to School Every Day without the bus, they have to fix that. Less than two hours ago the School DistrictOfficials Say they are monitoring the situation license continue to assess the strikes impact. Meantime in the middle of the first evening rush since septa went on strike. Matt pellman is in the traffic center. Reporter we heard sara say 40 days and 44 days, we hope and pray that is not the case this time. One day is bad enough. Picketers blocking access to the Regional Rail facilities and crews cannot get to their trains and septa has canceled a number of Regional Rail trains, a couple on the wilmington line and even those running are running with severe delays and some crossed the hour mark. A 60 minute delay on the doylestown train. And the Regional Rails were a viable alternative well they are running way behind and much worse than normal today. So what is running . Patco is running helping you get between old city and rittenhouse and lucy running and cct connect Services Running good news for the dialysis patients and suburban buses and 101 and 102 trolleys but when you get to 69th street the market frankford line and broad street line is not running and city buses are not running either. On the roads extra gridlock on the city streets when people drive because mass transit is not a great option across the board this afternoon. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you. Stay with 6abc. Com as the septa strike continues well have constant updates for you on negotiations and any other service delays. Of course action news will be on early tomorrow to help you navigate what could be a tough morning commute. Join matt and tam starting tomorrow at 4 00 a. M. In other news tonight, we are working to get more information on an incident involving eagles wide receiver, josh huff. He was pulled over for speeding across the walt whitman bridge, and the Associated Press say police found marijuana and a loaded gun. Bill cosby has left court after a fight over potentially damaging evidence in his Sexual Assault case, cosbys lawyers want a deposition ruled out of bounds for his current trial citing a promise from a then District Attorney bruce caster. And wants the testimony of 13 accusers thrown out calling them tainted and unreliable memories. Turning to politics, election day is just a week away now. Now the race for president is in the home stretch, both Hillary Clinton and donald trump are focusing on pennsylvania. The newest 6 abc franklin and marshall poll shows clinton with a 11 point lead in the keystone state but a majority of the polling was done before last weeks statement from the fbi on clintons new email issue. Trump and his running mate were on the ground in king of prussia gaining support and walter perez joins us there later. It was a more subdued donald trump speaking before a packed crowd of hundreds at the Double Tree Hotel and wasted no time going against delicious and president obama. Donald trump showing just how important pennsylvania is to his campaign with a stop today in king of prussia. And he did not come alone. Running mate mike pence also spoke with several highprofile supporters including dr. Ben carson. Trump touched on subjects but his desire to repeal the Affordable Care act commonly referred to as obama care. Here in pennsylvania premiums increase up to 40 and that is nothing compare to the future. In the future if im president this wont be obama care. Polls have Clinton Holding a sizable lead. Some have it tighter, including the abc News Washington post poll showing trump with a slight edge over clinton leading 46 to 45 that in the wake of the new information regarding the fbi email investigation involving the democratic nominee. We spoke with reporters here at the Double Tree Hotel in king of prussia. I hope that everybody comes out in pennsylvania to vote. I think that trump is just so great, the speech today was wonderful. I think we need a change, everybody has had it with the same old Government People in there for years and dont really live in our real world. And just to show you how important pennsylvania and florida are in this race, trump is now on his way to the Sunshine State for three Campaign Stops tomorrow before running to pennsylvania on thursday. Reporting live from king of prussia, walter perez, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Local supporters of Hillary Clinton worked to get out the vote in pennsylvania today. They stressed the importance of going to the polls next tuesday as clinton worked to garner support in florida, well have more on the race for the white house coming up tonight at 5 30. Well, its a new day for drivers in the garden state. At midnight new jerseys first gas tax hike since 1988 took effect. And drivers are paying up big time. The average price per gallon yesterday was 2. 04 and now it sits at 2. 24 per gallon above the national average. Nora muchanic spoke to drivers about the hike. She is live in ewing, mercer county. Driver was like to turn back the clock yesterdays prices were so much better but this is the new reality. Higher prices at the pump to pay for transportation projects nobody we talked to today is happy about paying more. I think its outrageous, i cant believe they would raise the prices up like that. Drivers filling up suffered from sticker shock after the 23 cent gallon hike went into effect overnight. Its crazy i was here two days ago and it was 2. 08 and today 2. 35 its mind blowing. Roberto stopped by this lukoil in ewing and was none to happy to see the jump in gas prices. That is yearsy for you, i came from delaware, i had everything tax free and now im here paying taxes. We were spoiled here in new jersey, for years we had the lowest prices anywhere in the country. That is until today. Most operators pay for their own fuel, that hurts when they go from one state to a different state. Its used to finance 16 billion theres in road and bridges in the state over the next eight years. If that is where the money goes im happy with it. But the family what owns the mini mart connected spot station worried that the rise in gas surprises will drive business down and customers away. They come inside and get merchandise or lottery i feel like now it will affect the business a lot more. Take a look at that 3. 15 for premium. And speaking of affecting businesses, uber is raising rates 2 cents a mile to help drivers pay for the more expensive gas. Not everyone pulling up to the pumps knows about the hike in the gas tax and they are getting unwelcome surprises. Live in ewing, im nora muchanic, channel 6 action news. Okay thank you. All right much more ahead on action news tonight for you new details from maryland officials after a Deadly School bus crash in baltimore. What they are saying about the person behind the wheel at the time. And one company is bringing magic to life with a feature on their smart phone. Clouds are rolling in and im tracking record warmth on the way followed by storms im have details when action news returns. When government bureaucrats refused to approve a cancer vaccine equally for both girls and boys, i stepped in to change that rule. When my own party held up recovery funds after sandy hit us, i took them on and won. And when veterans were forced to travel out of state for health care, i brought in new local clinics and expanded services. But theres much more to do. My mission is to protect south jerseys way of life. Im Frank Lobiondo and i approve this message. Im Frank Lobiondo z25pkz zi0z y25pky yi0y six people were killed when the school bus and a public bus collided in baltimore, the impact whenned the school bus into the side of the commuter bus. There were no students on board at the time but the bus driver was killed. Officials on the scene say there was no skid marks suggesting that the brakes were not applied that could mean that the driver may have suffered a medical emergency, the ntsb is now investigating. Health check tonight, the u. S. Is losing is ground in preventing a serious threat to infants, premature birth. Ali gorman has the latest for us at the big board. Reporter the march of dimes set a goal for 2020 that just 8 of babies will be born early but that goal seems harder to reach now. For the first time in a decade premature births when up in this country to just under 10 . Rates are higher among africanamerican and native americans, prematurity being born before 37 weeks is the leading cause of infant death and leads to dozens of clickations, some doctors believe a rising rate of smoking during pregnancy could be a factor. Montgomery county earned a b grade the best in our region while philadelphia got a d, that is the worst in the region. And halloween is over, and you have managed to limit the amount of candy your kids eat but now you and your coworkers have way too much at the office that includes here at the station. So how do you limit your candy consumption . First, try to keep it out of sight. Experts say your First Defense is to start the day with a solid breakfast high in protein and healthy fats like eggs or avocado or nut butter and to fight the afternoon craving cinnamon tea can help. But if you have to have the goodies eat one or two and do it mindfully. Sit down and eat with your nom dominant hand. It helps to slow down and giving that piece of candy all of your attention so you can savor it. Another strategy is to get up and walk around and that should prevent you from eating candy all day long. Unless of course you are Rick Williams, he walks around while eating the candy. He just ate them while you were talking about not eating them. He didnt share either. Fyi. These are vitamins. Thank you ali. Thanks for nothing. Coming up tonight at 11 00, the action news troubleshooters tackle customer complaints about a certain cable company. Here is our nydia han with a preview. Youll meet two different men with two very different problems from the same cable company. You think you know your cable bill it may not. I didnt question why that may not be on there. As soon as he tested the system and smoked from the circuit boards. One of these stories may inspire you to check and see if are you owed money back. Tonight only on channel 6. Katie my mom was a restaurant hostess at a neighborhood favorite 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. In pennsylvania, a packet of heroin can be cheaper than a sixpack of beer and prescription painkillers are too easy to get. As the head of the Pennsylvania Commission on crime, ive helped local Communities Fund drug treatment programs to save our kids. Im josh shapiro, and as attorney general, ill crack down on the drug dealers and stop the overprescribing of opioid painkillers. Im proud to be endorsed by Law Enforcement organizations representing 14,000 Police Officers. This is a fight we cant afford to lose. Wall street starts off in november on a sour note. Maran analysts say that a meeting sent markets plummeting. The nasdaq was down 35. 5 and the s p 500 finished down 14 and change. Here is a sign that the holidays are coming up fast. Amazon is getting a jump start on black friday deals believe it or not. They launched their sales today and amazon is following a shift in holiday shopping, roughly 41 of shoppers begin their crossing october or earlier. Amazon deals rotate until december 22nd. A touch of harry potter is included in Google Android phones saying okay you can turn the flashlight on and off and ringer and notifications off all of those terms are fixtured in har harry potters world. Having some fun. The ymca of delaware is getting a new home here on the 400 block of north cast street. A Youth Program and free baby sitting, the new y opens next year. Sounds nice. Still to come on action news a check of the forecast for you. Taking you live outside the ben franklin bridge at sunset. A pretty sight. Cecily tynan as the accuweather forecast. Z25pmz zi0z y25pmy yi0y time for accuweather at the big board. Cecily tynan has the first forecast for november. Not a bad way to start off the month. We had clear skies earlier and now sky 6 hd looking at a veil of clouds over Philadelphia International airport cloudy skies are pretty typical of november. In november we get into the lower sun angle and even a thin veil of clouds can make things pretty dark and temperatures really drop by the end of the november the average high is down to 50 and todays average high is 61. And on sunday when we begin Eastern Standard Time the sun will be setting at 4 54 by the end of november its 4 37 p. M. We touched 60 earlier today. This is seasonable. Allentown 56 and trenton 58 and cape may 58 and wilmington 57. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing the sun was out this morning and the clouds building in now again with the winds out of the southeast. But the good news is when you get clouds at night. The cloud cover acts like at atmospheric blanket and that means tonight not nearly as cold as last night. Last night in philadelphia all the way down to 39 and relatively mild 51 and allentown dropping to 54 and cape may 53. Future tracker 6 showing after clouds in the morning by a noon the sunshine is back, and look at that, 71 degrees by 4 30. And walltowall sunshine in the afternoon and then as we head into thursday, we get increasing clouds in the afternoon ahead of a cold front. By 2 30 showers breaking out in the northern Lehigh Valley and the poconos. And look at this surge of warmth ahead of that front. 76 degrees, we have a chance to touch 80 in philadelphia on thursday that, would tie the record high and then the showers perhaps a rumble of thunder moving through i95 at 5 00 and moving off the coast at 8 30, and behind that system much cooler air will move in on friday. The fiveday at 5 00 showing tomorrow much milder than today with a high of 73 degrees good amount of sunshine and thursday record time warmth with a high of 80 and afternoon showers and thunderstorms and behind that system we cool off to 57 degrees, on friday with chilly winds out of the northwest. The weekend looking really nice for the unity cup at Citizens Bank park and tuesday 62 as we fall back one hour sunday night. The weekend will be an hour longer than usual. Well have an early look at election day coming up in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Nice to get that extra hour sleep. We can use that. Quick break and more news when we come right back. I approve this message. Donald trump i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue 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 pat toomey and donald trump theyre just wrong for the women of pennsylvania. New fallout for donald trump. Should a woman be punished 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, i would suggest that we have penalties for doctors who perform them. Pat toomey and donald trump theyre not for you. Majority forward is responsible for the content of this advertising. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Hello again, here is what is happening on action news tonight. Seven more days for