a real clear politics poll average has her less than one point behind trump in that sta state. and donald trump isn't waisting any time either. the republican nominee is in miami, florida. looking to capitalize on his slight lead in the sunshine state. the businessman has been talking to an audience made up largely of cuban-americans today. meanwhile he reflected on the debate this morning on fox and friends saying he thought the moderator lester holt should have asked clinton harder questions. >> well, he didn't ask her about the e-mails at all. he didn't ask her about her scandascandals,. he didn't ask her about the benghazi deal that she destroyed. he didn't ask her about a lot of things she should have been asked about. i mean, there's no question about it. >> the most recent real clear politic polling average shows clinton leading trump by more than two-points nationwide. meanwhile, each side is indeed claiming victory aft last night's debate. >> million of americans were glued to their screens watching the highly anticipated matchup and now we're just six weeks out from the election. each side is hoping to win over any undecided voters. >> if you wanted to see fireworks you got them. two major party nominees taking aim at each other last night in hofstra university. >> i will release my tax returns against my lawyer's wishes when she releases her 33,000 e-mails that have been deleted. >> you know what, he tried to switch from looks to stamina, but this is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs. >> donald trump and hillary clinton coming into the debate in a virtual tie for the oval office. the two hoping to sway voters their way by laying out their views on issues like the economy, police community relations and cyber security. each campaign claiming victory. >> he took the case right to her especially on matters like trade and isis, basically, holding her to account for her record and for president obama's record on the issues. >> she came in prepared ready to talk about the economy, ready to talk about all the issues. she had specific plans. and i thought he came in unprepared and kind of fell apart particularly towards the end of the debate. >> trauma and clinton will have two more opportunities to face off in october. vice-presidential nominees mike pence and tim kaine will debate next tuesday in virginia. well a lot of you took the time to weigh in on last night's debate on the fox 29 news app and there were more than 4800 active voters using our rate the debate feature according to the numbers the moment during the debate that both democrats and republicans agreed the most was trump' comments on clintons e-mails saying it is a disgrace that hillary's staff takes the fifth. highest disagree ratings for republicans was when clinton discussed how the economy soared in the '90's when her husband was. for democrats they disagreed the most when trump claimed we need law and order. it is national voter registration day at drexel university vice-president joe biden was on campus today to encourage young people to register. turning out the vote is critical especially when it's very close election. >> that start with voter registration. clinton campaign brought in a heavy weight surrogate to the city tuesday to push the issue. fox 29's jeff cole here with that. jeff. >> reporter: iain, it was joe biden popular long-time senator from neighboring delaware drexel had all the trappings, music, emotion hooked with that push to sign up voters but this high stakes game is not only played by the democrats. >> our vice-president joe biden. >> reporter: with a tight race in a voter swing state like pennsylvania, every vote, every voter are gold so tuesday at drexel vice-president joe biden was on the hunt for young voters using an upbeat theme. >> ladies and gentlemen, given a fair shot the american people never ever ever ever ever let their country down. >> biden's message was not just pro hillary -- >> hillary demonstrated she's a leader. she has courage. she cares about the circumstances of the american people. >> reporter: and anti trump. >> man who seeks to so division of his own for his own gain and his own benefit. >> reporter: but pro voter registration delivered by young people. >> find an organizer and sign up to register voters make phone calls or knock on doors. >> reporter: a check of voter rolls in the tri-state area shows voter list swelling as the election nears. democrats added 54,000 voters to the roles while republicans have increased their numbers by over 74,000. independents and others have grown by over 57,000. in new jersey, in august, democrats have upped their ranks by nearly 32,000 republicans by over 10,000 voters while others dropped by 1800. and in delaware, democrats in august grew by 1300 voters. 533 new republicans registered and other voters jumped by over 1200. >> so register, vote. >> at drexel students seemed to get the message. >> will you vote and will your friends vote? >> oh, yes. i'm going vote. yes, definitely. and my friends are going to vote, too. we are will all register together. >> that's what these events are all about getting people signed up and juiced up. getting them to the polls on election day that's the ground game and it can be the difference between winning or walking away the loser. iain, back to you. >> all right. no second place, jeff, thank you. reminder about voter registration deadlines where you are. pennsylvania voters have to register by october 11th. the deadline is october 15th in delaware and new jersey's deadline is october 18th. meanwhile the first lady will make a couple of stops in pennsylvania tomorrow she's campaigning for hillary clinton at lasalle university in the morning. then she's heading to the university of pittsburgh. >> developing now the head of the philadelphia parking authority has been suspended. ppa's executive director vince, facing sexual harass many charges. ppa board chairman joe ashdale says he'll recommend that he be fired when the board meets again on thursday. the first case of sexual harassment was made public last week when feather tee was accuse much harassing an throw at the agency the board chairman says he just learned of some new allegations today accusing fenrert of harassing a second co-worker. >> turning to your fox 29 weather authority now. live look at the ben franklin parkway. nice and mild day today. but get ready for more rain. meteorologist kathy orr is tracking the next system. >> we talked about yesterday, lucy, was being in and out of rain and that's the way this week is going to fly. last night into the early morning hours rain. now a break, beautiful flew blue sky and by tomorrow evening we'll be talking about rain again. take look i'll show what i mean right now we have a bit of a clear sky out there in philadelphia still some clouds in south jersey down the shore in our delaware beaches and you can see the temperatures reflect that. sunshine from philadelphia north and west. that's why we have temperatures mainly in the 70s. we reached our forecast high of 75 in philadelphia. 60s through south jersey and delaware with a cloud cover but pretty nice throughout new york and new england extending down through our tri-state area. this evening, temperatures will be falling through the 60s. still pleasant at 9:00 p.m., 67. a partly cloudy sky at 11:00 p.m. dry and cool with a temperature of 63 degrees. now, coming up we have a lot to talk about because the weather is going to change rapidly. a break tomorrow during the day. then a rainy stretch beginning tomorrow night and that will go through at least friday. along with the rain, some gusty winds. some of us will be feeling winds gusting to 35 even 40 miles an hour. it's been awhile since we've seen that. so details coming up with the seven day later in the broadca broadcast. i'll see you then. >> all right. enjoy the time outside. it's gorgeous out there. thank you, kathy. the families of two wilmington firefighter who's died in the line of duty are laying them to rest this week. family and friends and colleagues will pay their final respects to 41-year-old lawsuit christopher leach onofre today. viewing and funeral mass that day is opening to family friends and first responders. services for firefighter fickes begin on thursday with a public viewing and final funeral frid friday. on saturday a joint memorial service that is open to the public is at the chase center on the riverfront at 1:00 p.m. the firefighters died saturday and side a burning home on lake view road. a lot of questions tonight in reading after police say someone stabbed 16 year old boy to death. it happened sunday night on the 1100 block of locust street and police say it all started with a neighborhood dispute when teen identified by authorities as christian torres was killed. the berks county district attorney says they're looking for a person of interest that was wearing a mask on their head during the incident that is from the movie purge. >> three girls who prosecutors charged with the beating death of a 16-year-old girl are headed to trial. a judge in wilmington, delaware, scheduled the court date for april 3rd. it will not be in front of a jury. prosecutors will try all three girls who authorities believe are responsible for amy joyner francis' death as juveniles. now, on autopsy found that joyner francis who had pre sifting heart condition died of a sudden cardiac event during a bath rom fight in wilmington howard high school technology. in bridge gate trial jury heard the first testimony today that suggests new jersey governor chris christie knew about the traffic scheme as it was happening. david wildstein return to the stand in the case of against two governor christie's former allies testified that governor christie was told about the 2013 traffic jam while it was happening. seemed happy about it. wildstein is key witness for federal prosecutors he admitted and plead guilty to orchestrating the george washington bridge lane closures. christie has repeated denied those accusations and has not been charged. a scam alert. local man hired someone he thought was a contractor. how he found out he was a victim and not a client. and one young man is in the fight of his life. more than 650 pounds. he's desperate to lose weight. the program that can help save him. a court employee posted inflammatory comments about police. should she lose her job? >> we talked with police about the impact of the post. >> a local high school senior battling a terminal disease has a new title tonight. homecoming king. what his classmates did when he was crowned that's coming your way at 6:00. approve this message. i'd look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. she's a slob. she ate like a pig. a person who's flat chested is very hard to be a 10. does she have a good body? no. does she have a fat [expletive]? absolutely. do you treat women with respect? i can't say that either. >> delaware county employee is under fire for faith facebook post about use of force by police. >> court worker now deleted post was full of profanity and anti police statements. fox 29's bill anderson in the newsroom now with some response from the public and the fop. bill? >> iain fop of delaware county lodge 27 they're pretty upset about a court worker's post it's not so much that she clearly expressed her anger towar towars police in some pretty explicit terms, but also the fact that she works with them regularly in court. they wonder if she can be this angry and continue to serve. >> freedom of speech is one of our basic constitutional rights, even with our constitutionally protected rights, is it possible to go too far? >> her saying you got cops who ain't bleep, a bunch of bleep. that's not appropriate. >> reporter: after darby court worker posted a profanity laced facebook message about police brutality, the delco fop thinks she should face some consequences. but the public isn't so sure. >> i think it's freedom of speech but she did cross the line by saying bleep. >> all the police aren't bad. >> she has every right to say whatever she wants. >> okay. >> freedom of speech. >> even thiothece she's a court worker. >> yes, freedom speech. >> the message has been removed and the worker isn't talking. the fop went to their facebook page. no court worker should make the comments she shouldn't but aclu told me they probably can. >> as a citizen i'm a citizen whether or not i work for the government. she's a citizen whether or not she works for the government. she has a right to speak her mind especially on such important social and political topics. >> reporter: as is always the case with controversial topics, there's some who want to silence opposing views. worker at the fop told me an investigation is under way to see if any policies were viola violated. take a long look and you tell me. freedom of speech or crossing the line? >> so i mean there's many ways you can voice your opinion but not through social media. >> i do think it went too far. >> she should be able to put anything she wants on media. >> social media. it's free. >> reporter: now opinions varied as you saw. but whether or not it's her right to express herself, will it hurt her relationship with the police she works with every day? at 6:00 i'll try to answer that question. i spoke to upper darby superintendent mike chitwood about the impact these comments have on officers and lucy the public. >> all right. thank you very much, bill. torments night philadelphians have a new root to travel between roxborough and west mt. airy work on the walnut lane bridge is now complete. the bridge spans the wissahickon creek. penndot shut down the bridge in april to add new sidewalk and repair the arches underneath the bridge. that project costs $14 million. meanwhile penndot makes announcement today about another pig project to improve traveling between philly and the king of prussia. penndot and septa are partnering to expand travel on the i-76 corridor. the plain includes expanding transit on the manayunk norristown line using shoulder lanes to try and smooth the traffic flow and improve traffic on local roads. workers are also looking to improving the schuylkill river trail. lessly richards says it's to make traveling more efficient. >> whether you're driving on the expressway, riding septa's regional rails, traveling on nearby roads that parallel i-76 or bicycling on the schuylkill river trail there are ways we can improve your travel experience. >> septa's general manager also announced they are debuting by level trains on the manayunk norristown line in the next few years. in your money tonight warning about how to protect yourself from fraudulent contractors. delaware county man says a contractor preyed on him because he's a senior citizen. >> he's now sharing his story in the hopes of preventing others from falling victim to similar scams. our shawnette wilson talked with the radnor township police about what you should look for. >> it's a sad, sadder thing. >> reporter: 79 year old james block is talking about the shoddy work a contractor did on his radnor township home before taking off without finishing the job. >> the last slat here is made up of three pieces of wood instead of one. roar. >> reporter: block hired this man, 60-year-old matthew johnson of norristown, after he left a card in the door soliciting wo work. >> he was going to fix the down spouts and the gutter. he was going to clean gutters. he was going to clean the roof. he was going to fix the deck. he was here maybe two, three days in a row, and then maybe he'd skip a few days. >> reporter: even worse, block says he paid the guy up front and without a contract. >> it was all verbal. i thought, i said, i am dummy. why in the world wouldn't i ask for a signed estimate? >> reporter: he didn't call police until one day he noticed a chainsaw missing from his tool shed. >> why in the world would he take it when he would be the first person i would thought of. >> reporter: police were able to track down johnson only because block had taken down his license plate one day while he was working at the home. police say he ultimately plead guilty. today, block met with police and the district attorney's office at a local senior center. >> about how you can keep this from happening. >> reporter: police say they can do something if seniors say something. >> they live with the fact or the embarrassment that they've been victimized, and, um, they don't think there's anybody out there who will do anything. >> reporter:. >> if you believe you were a victim matthew johnson or another contractor exam, call police. more than 150 high wage jobs are coming to philadelphia. mayor can't nia nounsed five below corp. head quarter social security expanding in the city. the store sells all kinds of knickknacks for less than $5. growing rapidly and needs a bigger place to call home. five block moving from its current headquarters at 18th and market to bigger space at seventh and market. new space will be the new work home of 154 new employees. for the past 15 years five below has been an iconic brand and we are proud to support the company as it continues to grow. their new headquarters on east market street will only add to the bustling seen east of city hall. companies like five below help create a desired environment for professional toss live, work and enjoy downtown. >> five below says it will invest $10.5 million in building improvements and new equipment. massive wildfire fight in california. the threat facing hundreds of homes. houston police officer resigned following this beating caught on video what investigators say led up to the violent confrontation. a special tribute for marlins pitcher jose fernandez after his deadly boating accident. how his team remembered him on the field. ♪ ♪ new evacuation orders for those living in the path of the low ma fire in california. brush fire is threatening hundreds of homes. it's already burned more than a thousand acres and fire officials say it's only 5% contained. nearly 200 firefighters are on the scene battling the fire which is producing flames up to 100 feet high. so far there have been no reports of any injuries. a texas transit police officer is now out of a job after violent take down on train platform. >> a camera caught the whole thing. houston metro police department released this footage showing the police officer and other officer approach darrell miles actually giles. moments later warren drew his baton and repeated hit giles. the officers say giles became combative as the responding officers asked him to leave the platform several times earlier in the day. giles says none of that's true. >> he hit me so hard he knocked me to the ground. so first couple of licks he knocked me to the ground and he just standing over me going make something noise. >> officer warren resigned yesterday after an internal review recommended the department fire him for using excessive force. the department suspended the second officer at the beating then cleared him. a big announcement today from the bar association that could mean a chance employment for thousands of philadelphians. the association is holding a free citywide expungement clinic. they'll help people who committed minor crimes clear their records after the state pass add bill expanding criminal record ceiling in pennsylvania. for many this means a chance to get a job or housing that would otherwise be unavailable to th them. >> when i was growing up in the '60s, um, and '70's, there was kind of lock them up mentality. lock them all up and throw away the key. that never work. it won't work and we have so much talent like the movie bronx tale the worst thing in life is wasted talent and i think bring people back with this. >> that free clinic will take place on november 12th at several locations in the city. alarming report from the world health organization how bad pollution is all over the world. what it says about the majority of us living in poor conditions. and the government security officials today grilled on capitol hill about the response to terror watch officials are saying about the difficulty of stopping loan wolves. kathy? >> lucy, right now we have clear sky over us just look beautiful out there. we have an upper level low pressure system over the great lakes and that system is going to cause some problems. we'll talk about clouds. we'll talk about rain and wind in the seven day forecast. i'm really good at war. i love war in a certain way. including with nukes, yes including with nukes. i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. i want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> to a developing story out of new york now. house explosion in the bronx claims the life of a batallion chief. michael fahey was killed when he was hit by falling debris on the street. he was a 17-year veteran of the fire department of new york and a father of three. authorities say the home and its surrounding buildings in the kings bridge neighborhood have been evacuated because of a gas leak. before it exploded this morning the blast jolted people out of their beds and left parked cars covered in debris. investigatesare still working to try and figure out whether it was a marijuana lab. philadelphia police are looking for the man who shot someone in port richmond sunday morning empty 2600 block of elkhart street. a man says he was walking when an armed man came up to him and asked for his stuff w that guy tried to take off he was chased by the gunman. the person fired one shot, hit the man in the leg. he was taken to temple hospital where he was treated for his injuries. you decide 2016. the push to register voters heating up in pennsylvania and today vice-president joe biden came to the city of brotherly love for the cause. biden hung out at drexel university to help get out the youth vote in this battleground state. of course he campaigned for hillary clinton while he was at it calling her a leader with courage. and getting out the vote is a big deal especially educating the kiddos about why it's so important to vote. >> absolutely. all comes on national voter registration day. for the high school voter registration initiative city officials went to various schools across the city and they spoke to high school seniors about why each vote counts and they encourage them to register before the deadline. one teacher at philadelphia high school for girls says he believes about 95% of the students registered today. >> i'm the social studies department chair and, you know, it's part of our department's responsibility to teach civic responsibility, and we try to do that. >> october 11 is this the deadline to register to vote in pennsylvania. some troubling statistics now from the world health organization. a new model from the united nations agency shows the majority of people worldwide are living in places with air pollution exceeding their limits. >> fox's kitty logan has a closer look at the health alert. >> reporter: report from the health organization nine out of 10 people around the world live in areas with excessive air pollution. nine 2% of us living in places where air quality exceeds limi limits. >> it's extremely important to stay outside -- tour citizens to be aware of this for countries to take action. >> reporter: who says outdoor air pollution causes some 3 million deaths each year when combined with indoor air quality that number jumps to 6.5 million annually. nearly all of air pollution related deaths are caused by non communicable diseases such as cardiovascular problems, stroke and lung cancer she is particles can go inside your lungs an taj to the arteries. they can block your arteries. >> the organization lists inefficient modes of transportation household fuel burning and industrial activities as major sources of air pollution. natural occurrences such as dust storms can play roll. southeast asia and eastern med derian among the hardest hit regions. >> in europe and north america they have made a major effort in cleaning the air. there's still room for improvement. >> reporter: the world health organization is launching a live campaign meant to raise awareness of issues related to air pollution. it encourages things like walking, bike riding and energy efficient homes to help improve aerial. in london, kitty logan, fox news. >> to your fox 29 weather authority now. more rain in the forecast. meteorologist kathy orr tracking the timing of this storm. >> yeah, we had a lot going on this week, lucy. it will get more complicated. ultimate doppler you can see our front almost clearing the coast, and some clear skies working their way in. we have upper level low pressure system that continues to spin over the great lakes, and our weather will not totally clear until this is completely out of the picture. we also have some tropical moisture streaming northward so a combination of several different things that will combine to give us a rainy end to the month and end of the work week. right now 76 in philadelphia. far cry from this morning when we had gloomy dreary conditions. 65 in the poconos. cooler through south jersey and delaware. of course because we still have lingering cloud cover there but it will be a pleasant evening for sure. atlantic city 68. wildwood 68. right now in millville it is 68 degrees and as we look down the shore, wildwood, cape ma may point, avalon, upper 60s. the boardwalk in atlantic city checking near 70 degrees. so we'll watch this front continue to move offshore, but an area of low pressure along it will ride to the north and some tropical moisture will combine to keep some wet weather in the delaware valley as we work our way through the week. tomorrow afternoon temperatures rising into the 70s with increasing clouds and showers slowly moving up the coastal plane. i think tomorrow evening we will be seeing some heavy rain and that will continue into the day on thursday with some gusty on shore wind. so the fox future cast times us out. no issues tonight just a great night to be outdoors and even during the day tomorrow we start off with sunshine increasing clouds and then by about 6:00 o'clock we start to see some spotty showers, you can see some moving on shore as well. and some lifting up from the south. and then more rain filling in late tomorrow night. but the heft yesterday rain is going to be to the west. that has been the trend for the past 24 hours, so you want rain, but you don't want too much of a good thing. so additional showers during the day on thursday. lancaster westward it looks like we could see inches of rain which is a concern for flooding. and that rain will continue through friday as well. so as we look at the accumulation, wednesday night through thursday additional showers on friday you can see those reds further to the west. 2-inches plus in these areas and that could include new castle county, delaware. in philadelphia around an inch. where you see that purple through parts of chester county, also into south jersey into reading, berks county a little bit more than that possibly one to 2-inches of rain. over the course of that period wednesday night through friday. in the city overnight 58. in the suburbs 52. mainly clear and seasonably cool. this is where we should be for this time of year. it's been pretty warm around here though. during the day tomorrow 75. morning sunshine. increasing clouds and some spotty showers late in the day toward the evening period. so pretty much a rain free day on your seven day forecast after the break on wednesday, thursday rain and gusty winds. that lingers into friday with occasional showers. saturday still a chance. sunday increasing sunshine. monday looks good. next tuesday looks good. next week the first full week of october. october begins on saturday. now i know there are big concerns for thursday night at the linc. beyonce' i think half the building will be empty but it looks like we'll have showers thursday evening i'll see you later on in the broadcast and at 6:00 o'clock. >> kathy, thank you. nasty bus crash in the lincoln tunnel watch police say driver did just before the collision. and doctors at chop are promoting the importance of reading. how they're using literacy to improve the well-being of children. when it comes to risking social security on the stock market... pat toomey wrote the book. 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danny briere joined in on the fun making his rounds and reading to some patients at the hospital. the program gives books to children between the ages of six months and five years. >> there was nothing like coming into the doctor's office and seeing a wealth of books you and your children could explore. we would never mind the wait because we would spend time read book after book introducing to us world filled with animals, monsters and spectacular journeys. >> books open world. chop has give haven't out more than 1 million books to primary care patients. more than 138,000 this year alone. one young man is in the fight of his life. at more than 650 pounds. he's desperate to lose weight. the program that could save him. >> lawmakers grilled national terror and security officials on capitol hill today. what they're saying about stopping loan wolves. sean. >> sixers started training camp today and it could be a new year for jahlil okay for. he got in lot of off the court issues last year. he talk about what he learned from it all later in sports. ♪ times underway for the funeral and memorial service miami marlins pitcher jose fernandez. he died this past weekend in a boating accident that also killed two other people who were with him at the time. fans of fernandez can gather tomorrow afternoon at marlins park for fernandez final departure from the ballpark. public visitation will follow at a church in miami while a private funeral is thursday. the investigation into his death continues. toxicology reports still pendi pending. meanwhile fernandez's teammates took to the field for the first time last night since his death. >> the whole team wearing fernandez jerseys, lead off batter d gordon wore his helmet and stood on the right side of the plate for the first pitch and then he switched sides and hit a lead off homerun. >> fitting. >> very emotional for the entire team as they beat the mets seven to three. at the end of the game, the marlins all gathered around the mound before leaving the stadium they left their hats to the mound in honor of fernandez. >> on capitol hill republican senators press government security officials about whether anything more could have been done to prevent recent terror attacks. >> a mid concerns of attacks becoming more frequent, security leaders say loan smaller attacks are more difficult to stop. fox' lauren blanchard has more. >> we see the global terrorist threat evolving, and the threat to our homeland evolving. >> reporter: for the first time since the attacks in new york and new jersey and minnesota, security and counter terrorism leaders meeting today on the state of terrorism around the world and here at home. >> the director of national intelligence saying small scale quickly put together attacks are harder to stop and becoming more frequent. >> we've seen a decrease in the frequency large scale complex plotting efforts, sometimes span months or years, we're instead seeing much more rapidly evolv evolving threats or plot vectors that emerge quickly or suddenly. >> reporter: chairman of the senate homeland security commit senator ron johnson saying the terror threat in the us remains significant. despite years of work. >> america is not lead enough to actually accomplish the goal president obama laid out two years ago which is defeat isis. >> reporter: fbi director james comey warning isis loses ground overseas in iraq and syria, terrorists will turn their attention to the west. >> when isil is reduced to an insurgency and those killers flow out, they will try to come to western europe and try to come here to kill innocent people. >> reporter: something making it more difficult to detect these small scale attacks is technology that allows terrori terrorists to hide their communication. one tool they hope will help increased out reach to the muslim community. in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >> lawyers for the man accused of in last week's bombing incidents in new york and new jersey say ahmad khan rahami' rights are being violatedly. aclu representing him after judges in both new york and new jersey denied public defenders the right to represent rahami. that's because the judges agree with prosecutor that is rahami had not officially been arrested by federal authorities since last week after he was in the hospital after he was caught during a shoot out with police. aclu has been informed he's still unconscious and investigators say rahami had planned this attack for months. another class action lawsuit has been filed against wells fargo bank in connection with that sales quota scheme. six former wells fargo employees filed the class action suit. they're seeking more than $7 billion in damages for employees who were fired and penalized for failing to meet senior management sales quote toes. the suit is a cushion the bank of orchestrating fraudulent scheme to boost its stock price that forced mose employees to to choose between dipping keeping their jobs and opening unauthorized accounts. >> your health an big drug problem in pennsylvania that is infecting newborn babies. the state says the rate of infants born with drug problems is up 250% from 2000 sand to 2015 the report says more than half of new mothers who were hospitalized for substance abuse were on painkillers, heroin or both. it also says that last year most newborns hospitalized with substance abuse issues were addicted to opioids. just who are breaking. a georgia man is in the fight his life 25-year-old man weighs more than 650 pounds. now he's on a mission to lose all that weight. he's already lost 60 pounds thanks to the help of a georgia hospital. fox's beth galvin has his story. >> reporter:. >> i'm feeling good. >> reporter: actua actually ramn mitchell doesn't just feel good. mingled in there you some is a another emotional he hasn't experienced much of until now. hope. >> when he first really started walking i think he surprised himself. really encouraged himself to say this is something i can do. >> reporter: what mitchell wants to do is lose at least half his body weight. but first the story of how he got to over 650 pounds. there aren't a lot of photos between the early years and the hard ones but mitchell says he grew up struggling with emotional eating and his weight and by his early 20s realing from the losses of three close family members, almost back to back -- >> i just wanted to shut down mode -- i just went into shut down mode and it was bad. >> i went from being like maybe three something maybe four to all wait up to six, 625. i was diagnosed way anxiety. heart failure, kidney failure. >> reporter: in august mitchell landed in piedmont fayette hospital with severe respiratory infection. >> because i had fluid all in my chest. >> reporter: he recovered but when it was time to be dischar discharged and go home that was weak and too big to stand up. >> i didn't want to it back. i felt like it was up to me to do what i need to do. >> nice smooth pushes. >> reporter: mitchell got really lucky break here at health south rehabilitation hospital. after hearing his story, health south agreed to allow mitchell to be transferred to inpatient facility where at no charge to him physical therapists assistant kelly atkins and the team members began working with him. to get him back on his feet. >> we warmed him up with doing leg exercises daily kind of working his cardiovascular health as well and his strengthening and endurance. let's go up and down like you're marching. >> in week and a half of intense daily physical and occupational therapy, mitchell regained his footing and his pride. >> from losing all mobility in my legs to being able to get my strength back in my legs. being able to walk now, i feel like that's an accomplishment in itself. >> you doing much better. >> reporter: now down 63 pounds, mitchell hopes this is just the beginning. >> he wants to eventually lose 300 pounds in about two year. >> i think it's highly possible. if that's what he really wants and striving for. >> he's highly motivated so he has best hopes for him in the future. >> reporter: for the fox medical team i'm beth galvin. mitchell is back in the hospital with some complications but he says that despite that, he feels better than he's ever felt and he hopes he will soon be able to start outpatient physical therapy. fitness instructor is hoping start a dance revolution. why busting a move may be the best way to drop some weight. >> local high school senior battling a terminal disease has a new title tonight. homecoming king. what his classmates did when he was crowned. that's coming your way at 6:00. >> one of philadelphia pots universities making a big adjustment to tuition. why lasalle says it was time to adjustment to tuition. why lasalle says it was time to make the change. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows 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zumba to is it tae-bo. >> how do you pronounce that. >> tae-bo. >> i've never done it to hot yoga, 51 done that. plenty of exercise crazes. >> new exercise class putting a new twist on fitness. >> what we're going to do. >> enthusiasm alone could inspire everybody to move. >> are you ready? >> yes! >> former professional dancer benjamin allen started his own dance revolution at his studio in culver city when he create this one hour cardio funk dance and fitness class he calls groove three. >> groove flee is absolutely for anybody who wants to learn how to dance. and anybody who used to dance. and also people who just want to break sweat. >> there's no judgment and it's fun and it's challenging. >> here we go. >> one, two, three, take that step up. >> reporter: admittedly inn testimony dated and stiff at first -- >> rock it out. loosen up those knees. shake it out. >> his teaching style first half time and full tempo allows me to start getting the hang of hiph hiphop. >> now, scoop the booty back. >> right. >> scoop it back. >> yes. wahoo, watch out. >> the class i crashed is representative of the widespread demographic group three a tracks from high school math teacher elli lieberman. >> do your students show know you can get your groove on? >> yes, they do. >> show them a little something. >> to lifetime dancer christina potter. >> i'm no whipper snapper. i'm up there in age. um, and as you can see it's all levels. >> reporter: you may not move like beyonce' at the end of the 60 minutes, but it is fun tryi trying. >> come to class. experience it and groove with us. >> hey, hey, hey. >> that's a song. ♪ >> right now at 6:00, caught on camera. a man carrying a peace of lumber into a local convenience store. sent a store worker running for help. what investigators say this guy did with that piece of wood that has them on the hunt for him. ♪ a local high school student fighting a rare terminal disease what his students did for him over the weekend brought a big smile to his face. the video you have to see of this newly crowned homecoming king. ♪ live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >> we begin with breaking news right now. skyfox is live over a septa train along the thorndale paoli line that was just evacuated crews reported seeing smoke coming from the train and people are on the scene working to find the source of that smoke. passengers were let out at the overbrook stop. no one was hurt. right now service is up and running along the line. we'll keep you posted. meantime you decide 2016. the first presidential debate in the books. the candidates head back to the campaign trail. hillary clinton making her first post debate stop in raleigh, north carolina, think afternoon. meanwhile, donald trump taking part in hispanic town hall in miami, florida. he'll attend a recall toll night in melbourne that's just outside orlando. both candidates focused on winning over voters in those battleground states. early numbers suggest that last night's debate could be the most watched in history. good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. trump and clinton of course are hoping they won over as many voters as possible in the process. nearly 5,000 fox 29 viewers gave us feedback in real time during last in it's 90 minute debate they you've the rate the debate feature on our fox 29 app. so here's some of what hit home. secretary clinton saw her highest degree rating among independents when she talked about trauma pops economic pla plans. >> it would be the most