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>> we're following several developing and new stories on this thursday october 30. two dogs may have caused an overnight crash that sent a driver to want hospital. >> a war of words, new jersey governor chris christie did his thing he marked a somber anniversary by exploding at a heckler. >> get ready for a dip in temperatures. >> we were talking about how much fog we saw in neighborhoods as we left.
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it's serious in spots. let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers will have what it means for the roads. >> reporter: we'll look at that in a second, cloud cover has been sweeping through and we'll get a break in the action. most of the rain is gone, we have some in cape may county. but we'll be transitioning to partly sun skies. there are some areas having visibility issues. in wilmington, it's below a half mile. not so bad in philadelphia. a little pocket where we don't have the fog, but in the suburbs and northern reading, a half mile. getting better toward the shore. no high beams and be careful of animals near the roads, we've got that at this time of the year. 46 degrees in philadelphia. 41 in allentown. 40 in millville. as we head outside to catch the school bus.
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temperatures in the low to mid 40s between 6:00 and 8:00. partly cloudy skies. as we roll through the day it will be cooler. mid 50s by noon, 59 by 3:00. high of 60 we hit that around 4:00 before dipping back to 56 degrees by 6:00. so cooler air is in place, how long does it hang around how do we dress the kids for halloween. >> i was driving so slow in my neighborhood hope deer would not surprise me with the fog. this is king of prussia on the ramp from 202 to 422 eastbound. it's slow going through the area, but not causing a delay. watch for the fog and use caution in the area. we've got an accident involving an overturned vehicle on the boulevard northbound at oxford circle. hard to see disabled vehicles
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when you've got radioed visibility. montgomery we have we have a disabled vehicle at old york road and rubicam avenue. >> reporter: the ramble from i-95 southbound eastbound just opened it was closed overnight. >> we begin with developing story, two pets may have played a role in an overnight wreck. a pair of dogs in a car might have distracted a driver who collided with an oncoming vehicle and slammed into two parked cars. the dogs are okay the owner is in the hospital in stable condition. septa talks are to continue for a 4th straight day. some progress has been made to try to avert a transit strike. katherine scott is live in frankford with the overnight details.
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katherine. >> reporter: that's right, that source told "action news" that progress is being made, but there's no contract yet and that's on peoples' minds as they head out to work an school. today the talks about continue between union representatives and septa negotiators on sunday they voted to authorize a strike and they promised not to strike and promised to give 24 hour notice for commuters. workers left a union meeting carrying on strike signs just in case. a strike would shut down trolleys and bus routes. ological 234 said the final sticking point is pension reform. >> people are talking about it. some people are upset about it.
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we need the transportation people have jobs to worry about, it's a big concern. >> reporter: and back here live at the frankford transportation center people getting on the buses and subways and heading off to work this morning, septa is the nation's 6th largest transit, 60,000 public schools students use septa everyday. they will reassess progress tomorrow before calling a strike and the strike would happen next week at the earliest. new this morning, two police departments in montgomery are teeming up to find an armed robber. this is the dollar general, a man threatened workers with a handgun and nobody was hurt. a black face mask and long robe
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discovered his features. republicans in delaware say any caught a political dirt trick on camera saying this is democratic party activist stealing road signs in the early morning hours. police say he is the husband of a state senator and could be turning himself in today. >>man, what are you doing this for? >> don't stop me. these aren't your signs, bud. >> reporter: republican campaign workers confronted a man who was removing their signs 299. >> there are no names on these signs. >> yes. we got you brother, your license plate and face and everything. >> he has been identified as the husband of state senator.
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>> mr. long any comments on the charges filed against you, sir? >> i can't make any comments at this time. >> when were what were you doing in the video with the signs? >> reporter: the head of the republican party in delaware is outraged. >> this should not happen in a campaign especially when you're the spouse of a sitting senator. she owes the voters of dare an apology. >> >> the senator said he is my high school sweetheart -- police expect he will turn himself into police headquarters later this morning. in middletown, delaware, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> governor chris christie went
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to the shore to mark the second anniversary of super-storm sandy. instead he ended up in a storm of words with a heckler. the republican governor was in the shore resort of belmawr when a former democratic city council for asbury park accused christy of not doing enough for the victims of the storm. he defended that the recovery work is done, then he let the guy have the full christy. >> listen you want to have the conversation later i'm happy to have it, buddy, until that time, sit down and shut up. >> later the protester called christy a bully. the governor's office had no response to the comment. it comes at the time when christy makes a decision about whether to run for president. >> san francisco giants are the world series champs again, this is their third win in the last five years. thousands giants fans watched
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the game on a a big screen tv in front of city hall. you saw them erupting at the final out. san francisco's 3-2 win ended a world series streak that home teams win the last 9 game 7. everybody thought kansas odds was in the favor. former philly, hunter pence. scored runs and drove in five. temple nurse had been honored at temple hospital for her great taste in potato chips. it beat out other chips in do us a flavor contest. she'll get $1 million a set percentage of a year in sales whatever figure is large he
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were. >> it does sound tasty. 4:39. the search for accused cop killer eric frein is going into its 7th week. >> a camera in a lapel shows how the fbi tricked themselves into a gambling event. .
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>> residents of a small town in hawaii are on a moments notice to evacuate. lava is creeping into a rural town with one already in its sights. the people have weeks to prepare, so most have already left. the lava mass will likely destroy slowly dozens of structures. >> we were talking about the fog, it was hard getting out of my neighborhood. you couldn't see in front of you. >> reporter: and you get into philadelphia and there's not much. but there's fog and sometimes
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you can get drizzle out of the in a fog. if we look at storm tracker 6 live double scan's fog view. the visibility is under a half mile or worse. looks like the area is just around philadelphia especially to the west and north and even over to the east where we have the worst fog conditions right now. this is a fluid situation and it could change, basically you're driving around this morning you hit the fog you have to slow down. as we look outside we have sky 6. looking at penns landing. in philadelphia, no fog just yet. the temperatures are cooler this morning, 46 degrees in philadelphia. dewpoint, 44. close to the temperature which means the air is failure saturate that makes it easier for the fog. if the winds would kick up a little bit that would dissipate the fog.
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satellite showing we have breaks in the clouds with the rain pushing off and the rain away from us now we'll transition into partly sunny skies. it's going to be cooler. the temperature are starting to fall. 44 degrees by 8:00. 54 by 11:00. 556 by noon, 59 by noon. high temperature across the region, everybody on the cool side. 60s on the nose in through philadelphia and down into cape may. we might get better along the jersey coast and atlantic city. tomorrow, sun and clouds as we have another frontal boundary out to the west. it will be cool on halloween. looks like the two systems will stay far enough away from us, where we're on the dry side. look for mostly cloudy skies for trick or treating in the evening. temperatures are cooler, 50 by
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9:00. cooler in the suburbs. dry, but the best chance of rain later at night into saturday. speaking of saturday it's going to be a damp and dreary day. we'll have low pressure system off the coast that will circulate clouds and showers around the region. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 60. tomorrow, clouds and 59 degrees, dry at night. saturday, not a great day, high of 56. temperatures fall and it's going to be windy and dreary, occasional showers, damp conditions, while we're dry on sunday, brisk wind even if we hit a high of 51 it will feel like the 30s and 40s with the strong windy. >> pennsylvania state police are sending back the balloon they borrowed in their search for suspected cop killer eric frein. the terrain proved too tough for
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the unmanned aircraft so they returned the mylar balloon. frein has been a fugitive for nearly 50 days. new this morning, a poconos police department is beefing up its own security in connection withing with the search for frein. workers are installing a new security fence around the parking lot at the barrett township headquarters. the department patrol area crudes frein's hometown of can canadensis. cyber security experts warn a major cyber attack will happen between now and 2025. pew researchers interviewed 1600 experts and many predicted the attack would be large enough to cost significant loss of life or property at the cost of tens of billions of dollars. experts warn you should watch
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how much information you put online. crash test dummies are making 270-pound version it's to better mirror the u.s. population. futures indicate we could see buying at the opening bell. the inventors of the flying car said it's ready to go into production. it can drive in traffic and fit in a standard parking space and runs on gas, it's going to cost less than a small plane and more than a sports car. >> that looks like a james bond material. that's pretty neat. we have dramatic video of a beer delivery man stopping a would-be robber at a oklahoma convenience store. stay on top of your
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changing weather situation at 6abc.com be go to our site 6abc.com/weather for storm tracker 6 live radar covered in fog right now. both the hourly are you busy?
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the various live cameras we have at our disposal this morning. atlantic city doesn't have anyve fog here, at least just yet. other places it's thick. >> that could mean trouble on the roads for your commute. let's check in with karen rogers. good morning. >> reporter: this is really dark, 42 we have heavy fog, watch for reduced visibility in that area. burlington county, route 130 southbound past river ton road we've got down traffic signal blocking the right and center lane. if you have pedestrians or construction workers, something on the road like the downed traffic signal you need to use extra caution through the area. burlington bristol bridge open to traffic this morning, there was no overnight construction there was one bit of good news for the early morning commute. you can see the construction crew, malvern, chester county. 202 approaching 29 construction
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blocking the right lane stay with us left coming north of frazier, no major delays, but construction crews out there at this early hour on 202. in franconia, we have an accident he will roy road we have an accident. a little bit busy. >> philadelphia police are looking for a thief whose thirst for cash led him to a bridesburg beer store. he broke into the wall, put on gloves and mask and went to work. he i wouldn't you said a crow bar to open a cash register and took off with ipads and cash. if you somehow recognize him, contact police. a man from oklahoma is being hailed a hero for taking
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down this would-be robber. he rushed in and tackled the robber who was only 14 yores old. the teen is facing armed robbery charges. next a ahead in the half-hour of "action news," a cameras caught a brutal attack on a pedestrian in south philadelphia. police are asking for your help to track down the suspect. >> every october it fills andy bowls and trick or treat bags >> every october it fills andy bowls and trick or treat bags and s party on people! blinds to go's 60th anniversary sale continues celebrating with 20% off the entire store. you heard right, 20% off the entire store. we're talking employee pricing baby! hey, you need 'em,
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>> new on "action news" an under cover government agency wearing a lapel camera and posing as an internet repair man recorded everything he saw as part of an internet gambling bust. it it went down at caesar palace in july. they shut off access to the villa. defense lawyers are challenging the fbi's undercover evidence saying it was an illegal search. former rapper cat williams for robbery. prosecutors say the two stole a photographer's camera. if convicted knight and williams could get serious jail time because they have a criminal
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history. >> today is national candy corn day which is appropriate given that halloween is tomorrow. more than 35 million pounds will be produced this year which adds up to 9 billion individual pieces. production of the this colonel dates back to the 1880s. yum yum yum. police are looking for a driver who set up a chain-reaction crash on a philadelphia street and took off. >> a person was beaten own shot this is ceo tom macarthur's world.
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in macarthur's world, he opposes new laws to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work. and macarthur opposes a woman's right to choose backed by a group that would outlaw abortion
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even for rape and incest. for us in the real world, aimee belgard. aimee will fight for equal pay and protect a woman's right to choose. aimee belgard's on our side. i'm aimee belgard and i approve this message. >> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m. on this thursday, october 30. here's what's happening. >> accuweather is tracking widespread fog not here, at penns landing, but there is some out there and that's going to lead us to a sunny, but cooler day. >> police released a disturbing surveillance video of an attack that left residence on edge. >> september at that