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Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 4PM 20161101

Makes 69,000 annually. We hope both parties will be engaged at the bargaining table. But the talks broke down at midnight and resumed this afternoon. We are urging them to continue to talk and work on this, and we understand that people are upset and they should be because its very inconvenient. This is something that is bad for everybody and it has to end. And septa says they are going to do everything to make sure this doesnt disrupt the november 8th election. They will go so far as get a federal unjunction if they have to to get the voters to the polls. Wenty thank you. The action cam spotted workers picketing at various stations, this group was in fern rock carrying signs that said on strike for dignity and justice on the job and Union Employees gathered in West Philadelphia outside of the callow hills bus depot. Not know what to expect commu commuters had to make changes some carpools and some bikes and walked in the cold. Im sorry are you on strike. But i had to get to work. I live many hunting park. It took me 40 minutes to walk from hunting park to here. And this is what it looked like as folks waited to board the trenton reeceal rail at the bridesburg station. Lines were added but there were delays and overcrowding. And drivers are feeling the effects as well with most Public Transition off the table people hopped in cars making it harder than usual to find a spot. One garage at 15th and fine filled up quickly. The ppa is offering special rates, a flat 10 fee for 10 hours of parking. This strike is causing traffic problems we are here to help you get around all of that. Matt pellman is live in the action News Traffic Center with a first look. How are things looking right now . Reporter lets start with the acknowledgment that for a lot of people its a huge headache. Im going to make suggestions but for a lot of people this is a big inconvenience, and we feel for those people. No city buses are running, that is 79 different routes, if your bus is a number less than 90 its not running or a letter designation its not running because of the strike. The subways, broad street, and broad street spur and the market frankford line and sixest septa trolley routes are not running much the norristown high speed line and 101 and 102 trolleys, but you get to 69th street and you cant go anywhere. The Regional Rails are running but they are lengthy up to an hour. We are used to delays, this is not something new today but they are worse than they have been. We see half hour delays, one of the landsdowne delays. The trains are packed with people trying to avoid the halts subways and buses. Use stations like north broad and University City they are accessible via Regional Rail. But expect crowding and jove crowding on the Regional Rail trains. Chopper 6 hd high in the sky over 16th and vine, the vine street expressway underneath and extra traffic on the roads this afternoon. And the parking lots are full. This is delco by 452, both southbound and northbound accidents, got a guy in the median and the lane blocked towards delaware. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this trying tuesday afternoon. A crash reported in preliminary ounl township by ridge pike by the overpass. That is causing a parking lot there as well. Thank you matt. You and karen rogers doing a great job helping drivers. We are posting everything around this strike at 6abc. Com septa strike. We have live updates as events happen and a full list of plans released by city government, schools and any businesses. And action news gets an early start again tomorrow to make sure you are up to date on the strike and its impact. Join us starting at 4 00 a. M. We are following a developing story now involving eagles wide receiver, josh huff. According to the Associated Press huff was pulled over for speeding and police found marijuana and a gun in the vehicle. The incident happened on the new jersey side of the walt whitman bridge early this morning. The ap reports that he was in possession of a small amount of marijuana. The eagles released a statement that they are aware of the incident and huff has 13 catches for 72 yards this year and two touch downs. Bill cosby is back in a Montgomery County courthouse as his lawyers fight for potentially damaging evidence. They want the judge to keep cosbys deposition from a lawsuit that was out of his current Sexual Assault trial. Vernon odom is live now outside of the courtroom in norristown to explain what exactly happened today. Reporter good afternoon sharrie and brian, that is one of key issues that is being talked about and discussed. And battled about among the lawyers in the hearing here and the principles have gone back into the courtroom. They were in recess all afternoon as the lawyers tried to work out a compromise on a left over prearrest issue. Two other issues here with far more critical. The 79yearold showbiz legend is trying to get key pieces of evidence ruled inadmissible. Cosby says that 13 of his 50 plus accusers are tainted unreliable memories of women in their senior years, more than a dozen are lined up to testify that they were drugged and assaulted by bill cosby. The prosecution says it would show a pattern of his bad behavior. Gloria allred represents many of those women on the list of potential witnesses. Their testimony would tend to show a common scheme or plan by mr. Cosby. And therefore it is relevant. Cosby faces criminal charges in Montgomery County for an alleged 04 assault on temple employee, andrea constand. She prevailed in a civil suit and now the government wants to use a sworn deposition he gave in a criminal trial. He wants that ruled out of bounds because he received a promise from then District Attorney that it would nevada be used in a criminal trial. The hearing is expected to continue tomorrow and two more full days in december. Im vernon odom, reporting live from the Montgomery County courthouse in norristown. Time for a first check of the accuweather forecast. As the clouds built in. Lets head outside to adam joseph. Barely any sunshine out there now. Reporter the clouds quickly increased here ahead of a warm front pushing in and temperatures today are warmer than yesterday. We are at 60 degrees right now in philadelphia. But even warmer temperatures take a look at the numbers, 60 in philadelphia, 61 in washington, and again pittsburgh 76 degrees behind that warm front, 80 in charleston, West Virginia and cincinnati 78. And look at the warmth waiting in the wings that is beginning to pull up from the south and west. And nashville right now 87 degrees and the frontal boundary supplying clouds as we go through the overnight hours. It stays cloudy between 7 00 and 11 00. Temperatures fall but only a degree or two between the 7 00 and 11 00 hour. And the low tonight not much farther south than that. 54 at 11 00 and dipping to 51 by morning. So for the next few days temperatures go back into the 70s to near 80 degrees, thursday afternoon we watch for gusty thunderstorms much like here on sunday and behind that cool and windy weather to follow. Well talk about all of those changes coming up guys in the full accuweather forecast. All right adam thank you. Next on action news at 4 00, a flight out of Philadelphia International airport was delayed for hours today because of a cell phone scare. Well have the details coming up. And reality check for drivers in new jersey, the days of cheap gas are now behind us. This is an individual who mocked a disabled reporter. I dont know what i said, ahh. Who attributed a reporters questions to her menstrual cycle. Trump blood coming out of her. Wherever. He is not a person who is equipped in temperament, judgment or character to lead our troops. Donald trump has created a toxic atmosphere pitting one group against another. Hes a mexican. Claiming a person cant do the job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Priorities usa action is responsible she ate like a pig. Trump has said and done. You can do anything. I moved on her like a [bleep]. Trumps just so disgusting and degrading. It just seems like hes invaded our lives. And hes the republican nominee for president. And republican Brian Fitzpatrick supported trump. Look, we just cant vote for fitzpatrick or trump. House majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Well, we are exactly one week away now from the election and donald trump spent the early part of the day here in the battleground state of pennsylvania. The republican nominees running mate, mike pence, joined him at a rally in king of prussia to present their health care proposal. Trump says here in Pennsylvania Health care premiums are expected to go up more than 40 and he says that his first move would be to repeal the afford care act. Hillary clinton wants to expand obama care and make it even more expensive. She wants to put the government totally in charge of health care in america. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton spent the day campaigning in another critical battleground state, florida. She was introduced by Alicia Machado who claimed he repeatedly insulted her for the weight gain. Clinton has continued to delve herself in the wake of the fbi investigation into her private emails. She pushed voters there in florida to get to the votes early. Florida can decide who our next president is, which will affect the nation and the world. And i want to make sure that every voter in florida spends these next seven days thinking about what is at stake in this election. Now the latest abc poll shows donald trump with a slim lead over clinton, 46 to 45 . 1 point is well within the margin of sampling error. Thank you and the Trump Campaign presence in pennsylvania comes as another new poll shows how steep an uphill climb has here. A 6 abc marshall poll released this morning gives Hillary Clinton a 11 point lead over mr. Trump. 49 to 39 . But there is an important caveat here more than half of those polled were before the announcement of the renewed email investigation. The poll gives democrats a big advantage in the senate race. Katie mcginty leads republican incumbent by 12 points. 47 to 35 . But some voters have not yet made a decision. A plane had to be evacuated at Philadelphia International airport due to fears that someone brought a fire prone samsung device on board. The American Airlines flight was getting ready to leave for miami when the crew learned there may be a galaxy note 7 on board. The phones are fow banned by the faa and officials forced all passengers off to be rescreened but they did not find the note 7 during that process. The flight finally took off more than three hours late. The jury in the socalled bridge gate trial asked a revealing question to the judge today. Two former top aides to governor Chris Christie are accused of a political motivated plot to cause traffic jams. They asked if the defendants could be guilty of conspiracy even if they did not think the closure was meant as punishment. The judge said yes to the objection of the defense. The gas tax went up in new jersey, soaring to 23 cents a gallon. The money will pay for road and bridge repairs, even with the hike new jersey still has a cheaper rate per gallon compared to pennsylvania. Nora muchanic has more on the hike coming up at 5 00. All right here is a look at todays closing numbers and the first day of trading at the month. The dow down triple digits closing down 105 points and the nasdaq down 35 and the s p 500 down nearly 14 and a half. Coming up tonight at 11 00, two consumers that separately took on a major Utility Company came to the troubleshooters for help. Reporter tonight youll meet two men with two very different problems stemming from the same cable company. You think you know your bill, you may not. I never questioned why would that not be on there. The minute he tested the system it arced from the hd wire and then started smoking from the circuit boards. We reveal the results from the troubleshooters and one story may inspire you to check to see if you are owed some money back. Tonight on channel 6 action news at 11 00. All right time now once again for the check of the accuweather forecast. Lets check in with adam now inside with us, but a cloudy day outside. Reporter first day of november not the brightest of afternoons, but temperatures close to average. As we look at sky 6 hd over the ben franklin bridge, dry roadway as long 95. The ben franklin itself and a canopy of gray as we start this new month. And that is pretty typical for november around here. With the much lower sun angle as we go into the month of november we typically have more cloudy days as opposed to sunny days, by november 30th our average High Temperature goes down to 50 degrees and on the same date the sun will set at 4 37 p. M. , not the brightest of months. Or the most enlighten month we get around here throughout the year. As we look at temperatures 56 for allentown and reading and 57 in wilmington. 60 in the city and near 60 degrees along many of the shore communities. Sunshine was around this morning. And the clouds tended to push in from the west and northwest. Its a warm front that is drifting through here during the overnight hours tonight and with the clouds in play. During the overnight hours, it will hold in some of the warmth here and not as chilly as it was last night or this morning. 44 allentown and 45 in reading and 51 tomorrow morning and 51 for dover and 52 to 53 degrees from Atlantic City to cape may. Future tracker 6 after morning clouds tomorrow, southwesterly winds will scour the clouds away and well see a decent amount of sun here tomorrow afternoon and if you look at the numbers, they will really boost above normal s 70 in philadelphia or so. And upper 60s in the Lehigh Valley and the poconos 66 degrees. Going into wednesday night thursday morning high clouds filter through and we start in the mid50s 9 00 thursday morning and as we get into the afternoon around this time on thursday well track a strong front to the north and west and temperatures going into the upper 70s to near 80 degrees, gusty thunderstorms are passing through here late thursday afternoon into thursday evening dropping the temperatures quickly from the 70s to the 50s. As we take a look at the four day at 4 00 forecast, kind of a roller coaster ride 73 and warmer tomorrow, record warmth here on thursday. Another 80 on the board with some of the strong storms late in the day. And blustery cold winds come in behind it on friday and only 57 and saturday sun and clouds with the unity cup at the bank, 62 degrees, you go from 80 to 57 you know something will happen. We could see wind gusts of 40 to 45 Miles Per Hour. Thank you. Still ahead at 4 00, a delaware brewery taps a new beer for the wilmington fire department. And video shows a little boy dodging traffic riding his toy. See how he was saved coming up. And meet the man called the fire of the year for finding a creative way for his little girl to trick or treat even though they were on an airplane. Y the. When youre a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. More accusers coming forward to say they were sexually assaulted by donald trump. Ill go backstage before a show. Yes. And everyones getting dressed. Donald trump walked into the dressing room while contestants, some as young as 15 were changing. Standing there with no clothes. You see these incredible looking women. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. She ate like a pig. A person whos flatchested is very hard to be a 10. Do you treat women with respect . Uh. I cant say that either. Alright, good. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. At a neighborhoods a restaurafavorite 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. A mission to give more children access to Early Education is picking up steam. Today House Minority leader, nancy pelosi and jim kenney joined forces in center citiment looking for ways to fund universal prek in the city and across the country. There is a really good excuse to indulge in a tall glass of beer in delaware. Wilmington firefighters helped to launch ipa to honor their colleagues who died in september. Members of the department had the first pour today in Iron Hill Brewery in wilmington its served along a brisket chili and firehouse wings. Money made will be donated to the firehouse union. I cant put into words and express that people come to us and want to help us out. Todays fundraiser also supports the two firefighters that remain hospitalized from injuries from the fire that happened back on september 24th. Some flyers players brought smiles today to patients at Saint Christophers Hospital for children in philadelphia. They talked to warriors battling cancer. These kids cannot get out to the games so the players came to them to talk about hockey sign autographs and give them a few gifts and im sure a few smiles today. A happy kid right there. Great to see. A father is winning over the internet for how he made trick or treating possible thousands of feet in the air. We have the details in big talkers and our coverage of the septa strike continues, see the alternate ways commuters for forced to take. And well explain the new trips claims against uber. Does pat toomey speak for you . I also want to thank the nra for its, uh,

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