>> an estimated 81.4 million people tuned in to make it the most watched presidential debate in history. hillary clinton is already looking forward to the next debate last month and was happy to lay out her plans for the middle class and foreign policy and attacked trump for his demeanor during the debate. >> i think his demeanor, his temperament, his behavior on the stage could be seen by everybody and people can draw their own conclusions. >> clinton got help from another big name in politics, vice president joe biden, stumped today here in the city and had choice words for donald trump. >> meantime, republican presidential candidate, donald trump claimed his own victory speaking at a college in miami citing several polls putting him on ton of clinton. still trump is putting blame on

moderator lester holt for favoring hillary clinton and blamed the microphone for the sniffing sound. >> i wonder was it set up that way on purpose. the microphone in the room they couldn't hear me. >> new jersey governor, chris christie was in last night's audience and understandably the trump supporter is tapped to lead the republican nominee's transition team should he win the white house, tonight christie is facing his own problems amid new testimony in the bridge gate sandal. nora muchanic is live with that story. >> reporter: hi there monica. former christie appointee, david wildstein is the key witness in the bridge gate scandal. he plead guilty and is testifying against two others, he testified that he told governor christie about the lane

closure as they were happening that is something that the governor denied. >> there is all kind of of stuff going on in the courtroom in newark and i want to be clear. >> that is governor christie saying he knew about the lane closures when they were happening, testimony from david wildstein, a former christie operative, former deputy baroni bragged to christie that they shut down traffic lanes to punish the mayor of ft. lee for not endorsing the governor in the election. >> no matter what was said up there, i had no knowledge prior to and during these rain realignmentses, i had no role in authorizing it and no knowledge of it. >> christie says despite the claims that those and former

chief of staff, engineered the lane closures as pay back he had nothing to do with it. >> i want the people of new jersey to know while this goes on up there, the reason i am here and not there is because what i said in january of 2014 was true then, it's true today. >> now, wildstein testified that governor christie's former campaign manager, bill knew about the lane closure as they were happening and he has denied that. it's trial continues up in newark. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the executive director of the philadelphia parking authority is suspended after a second alligation of sexual harassment. vince fennerty admitted to the incident in 2013 and allowed to keep his job, but ordered to

undergo behavioral counseling and lost some privileges and authority at work but they found another complaint dating back be to 2006 and now he is suspended and they are recommending that he be fired. new tonight police say that a three day operation made the city of philadelphia a whole lot safer. many wanted criminals are behind bars and weapons and drugs are now in custody. here is bob brooks with more on that massive effort today. >> reporter: good evening, we are talking about a lot of drugs and suspects that are off the street and behind bars and most importantly, a lot of these suspects arrested were considered very dangerous. >> it was a three day mission, in the northwest police station, busing in almost 100 bags of evidence including marion, oxy cotton and crack.

and 60 arrests were made and many suspects were wanted for violent crimes, investigators say that the streets in the northwest division are safer today. >> we'll continue to try to apprehend violent suspects, drug dealers, drug users, every day. every day. >> we are start what sparked the raids were high crimes increasing, and some locations bags of cash and marijuana were found and the suspects range from age from teenagers clear up to those in their 60s. detectives say the amount of drugs and crash is great but not what is most significant, it's the arrest of several dangerous suspects off philadelphia streets. >> the quality of life is important when you own a home, we want to make sure that they understand that we have not forgotten them. >> okay back out live here, detectives say this is not over

and more arrests need to be made and they will be made. reporting live in north philadelphia, bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police are looking for at least one shooter and possibly two in connection with last night's deadly shooting in german town, it happened at the 1300 block of east johnson street, three people were shot one person in the eye and another person in the leg and one victim died at the hospital. police say that two different caliber shell casings were found at the scene that could suggest two shooters. a man from ocean county whose pickup truck plunged into a frozen river last march admits he is sponfor his dog's death. andrew mayer plead guilty to animal cruelty, that he drove on to the river and started to spin circles, they recommend a year in jail and barred from owning a

pet and paying restitution. three delaware girls charged in a fatal school bathroom fight will go to trial nearly a year after a 16-year-old girl's death. a family court judge scheduled the trial for october 3rd. the girl is accused of repeatedly hitting this teen, amy joiner francis, attorneys say it could last up to two weeks in court. time for a check in the "action news" traffic report tuesday night. >> lets take it live to matt pellman. >> time for burlington county backups. northbound side of 295, jamming by exit 43 because up ahead of exit 45, mount holly willingboro there is a crash taking out the right lane, and a southbound gaper delay and it's heavy on both directions of 295, and the

new jersey turnpike may be a better bet in galloway township, an overturned vehicle crash, stick with vienna instead of cologne avenue. a crash in cinnaminson at 10 at riverton road and nearby the tacony palmyra bridge, open for the southbound ship as we watch live, you'll want to head for the betsy ross bridge, heavy in delco just out of view up ahead approaching the commodore barry bridge taking out the right lane. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thanks matt. >> much more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. a rising start in the new york fire department is dead after this house explosion in the bronx. what officials say the house may have been used for. >> the number of concussion diagnosises are on the rise in the country, why they are

calling it a spike of a good sign. >> early morning rain gave way to a dry, sunny afternoon inland but i'm tracking wet weather on the way and once it moves in it will take a while moving out. i'm explain in the accuweather forecast when "action news" returns.

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a new york city fire battalion chief is dead and officials were hurt after this house explosion in the bronx. cues were called to a gas leak, after what was found as drug lab there was an explosion and he was hit by debris and later died at the hospital. the cause of the blast is not determined. investigators are determining if the home was used to grow marijuana. the u.s. senate has blocked a spending bill that would keep the government open past friday at midnight. members from both sides of the aisle voted to brock the bill that has a pleasure to increase funding for zeke a they want more money to help flint, michigan, and their tainted water crisis. dry and hot conditions are fueling a fast moving fire in

northern california. burning not santa cruz mountains destroyed two homes and several homes could be in the path of destruction. people were told to evacuate. residents in iowa second largest city are temporarily watching a temporarily flood watering keeping the rising water from flooding a city there. several thousand people were evacuated but the flooding as been minimal. they expect the waters to recede by the end. weekend. health check. now they say that concussion numbers have spiked in the last fi years for teens. but that could be a good sign. ali gorman is at the big board to explain. >> reporter: we obviously talk about concussions much more now than in the past. it's a growing concern for

parents who have kids that play sports and a new national study from blue cross blue shield shows the rising awareness is helping. kenne kenne kennedy dirk played soccer. >> and they bumped heads. >> it's a common occurrence, doctors diagnosed 71% more concussions in the past five years from 10 to 19-year-olds. and among girls it went up 118%. they say that the scary sounding numbers actually mark progress a major shift to the old shake it off and get back in the game philosophy. >> parents and coaches and medical professionals are much more willing to say that an injury is a concussion, and to treat it seriously.

previously many head injuries are not recognizes and that could increase the risk for post concussion syndrome, a more serious condition with memory loss and thinking problems and headaches. >> it's two to three months before the headache dissipated. dr. list says that new laws requiring medical clearance before kids can go back to sports has helped and so has training for coaches and athletic trainers and family doctors, and now some parents keep their children out of sports, dr. list says they should not avoid all activity for fear of getting hurt. >> take prudent measures and using common sense and encourage kids to be physically active. >> that means proper technique followed and safety equipment used and rest when needed. this is the peak season for teenage boys for girls it's steady throughout the year. >> all right ali thank you.

philadelphia based discount store chain, five below is moving their headquarters but not too far. company executives announced the move from 1818 market street to 701 market street. with that comes an expansion expecting to bring 150 new jobs to the city. folks that stopped by a popular cheesesteak spot got to support a worthy cause, pat's king of steaks dished up steaks for $10 each. 100% of the proceeds go to heart screenings for kids. preston and steve were there to draw attention and get the lunch crowds in today. >> still more to come on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. the record breaking patient for brigantine's marine mammal station. and a find in japan that dates back 2,000 years, what

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appearance on dancing witness stars face criminal charges. they interrupted the live broadcast to protest lochte's casting, they filed criminal cases against them and they have since been charge. they face 6 months in jail and a fine. tonight another celebrity gets the boot. on dancing with the star, the 12 remaining celebrities were paired off and the six losing couples now face elimination, find out who goes home tonight on koigs, the two hour results show is followed by an all new marvel "agents of s.h.i.e.l.d." and stay tuned for "action news" at 11:00. still to come tonight a check of the forecast for you. penn's landing looks beautiful, there is sun out there and cecily tynan with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. .

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hd location, looking at the commodore barry bridge you see bright sunshine and blue skies, however the clouds really hanging tough along the coast. this is sky 6 hd in atlantic city, showing thick cloud cover and showing a little bit of brightening in the skies, that is all with the cold front that brought us the early morning rain. that has stall add long the coast. cape may and atlantic city airport. 68 degrees and same in millville and philadelphia though with the sunshine pretty comfortable, 75 degrees and lancaster 75 degrees. enjoy the sunshine because it's not lasting very long. satellite 6 along with action radar showing here is a cold front that slipped through this morning if you look at this bunle of energy, this is an upper level low cut off from the jet stream, there is nothing to steer it quickly, but what this will do is meander to the south and east over the next couple of

days. this will bring us unsettled weather and windy weather and cool weather as well. tonight is a quiet night, we don't have the thick blanket of cloud cover and feeling like fall tonight. future tracker 6 showing us we have sunshine at 7:30 in the morning and as we head through the day, the clouds will be rolling in and wednesday night we are looking at heavy rain setting up generally west of our region, the access of the heaviest rain depends on where the low pressure goes, at this point it looks to stall over kentucky and that brings heavy rain into thursday morning, the heaviest west, that is the big of the concern at this point with the potential for flooding that is in parts of north carolina, virginia, into central pennsylvania, 3 to 6 inches of

rain. we are looking at 1 to 2 inches of rain, much needed rain, we'll look at the track of the low pressure that would move the access of the heaviest rain. tropical satellite showing a disturbance east of barbados, and a 90% chance of becoming tropical storm matthew, and there is good agreement with the computer models bringing it into the southern caribbean over the weekend and as we head into next week a lot of they turn it sharply to the north than could threaten the east coast of the u.s. this is a week away and this is something i am monitoring as we head through the week. the five-day at 5:00, it clouds up 75 degrees and rain moving in late tomorrow and tomorrow night and thursday rainy, windy and raw and only 69. very unsettled on friday, and 70 and some showers around on saturday and sun breaks of sunshine, and adam will let you

know if the clearing trend continues. >> more "action news" when we come right back.

"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. vice president joe biden stops at drexel university wasting no time throwing jabs at donald trump's presidential debate performance. a man trying to avoid a robbery ends up in the hospital. and a major artery connecting the city to the philadelphia suburbs is now open to traffic. >> now, the details, the day after perhaps one of the most watched presidential debates in history. tensions between hillary clinton and donald trump have been building for months and last night they went head to head and the political fireworks were flying. both candidates are claiming victory both hit the campaign trail with new confidence. donald trump is in the battleground state of florida. and he hold a discussion at miami-dade college in miami. he enjoyed the debate last night

and was quote interesting. >> won almost every single poll, cbs and drudge and slade and "time" magazine. all of them we won all of them. that was a great honor. >> a very big moment -- >> mr. trump went on to say he will participate in the next two debates in st. louis and in las vegas. >> did anybody see that debate last night? [ applause ] >> oh, yes. one down two to go. >> hillary clinton supporters applauded her today in north carolina. she said she was happy to lay out her vision for the country. as for future debates with mr. trump she simply said one down one to go.

>> vice president joe biden had plenty to say at drexel today about trump's debate. >> hello drexel. >> reporter: vice president, joe biden, greeting the crowd of several hundred at drexel university on the heels of last night's first presidential debate. biden slammed donald trump's response on not releasing his taxes. >> he acknowledged not paying taxes because he said, because he is smart. makes him smart. tell that to the janitor in here who is paying taxes. tell him my dad who was alive busted any neck working 60 hours a week paying all of his taxes. tell that to mothers and fathers that are breaking their next to send you here. >> biden targeted students in the crowd. when you sit on the top of trump

tower, not one joke, what do you care about the people that i grew up with in claymont or south philly. >> with only one week to register to vote in pennsylvania, biden made a push to sign up. >> last night, i really wasn't any contest. i feel like trump was too busy getting flustered and caught up in the moment. >> i am a democrat myself, i am supporting her because she is part of the party, but is she the lesser. the two evils or someone i really want? >> this reminder, it's deadline to register to vote in pennsylvania is october 11th, in delaware october 15th and in new jersey the last day is october 18th. >> as we mentioned last night's

debate was the most watched in television history. most folks that were glued to their tvs had official media devices in hire hands. alicia vitarelli join us from the big board with the biggest attention getters from the evening. >> talk about multitask, the big question today is who won the debate. it seems like the winner is social media and by a landslide. while people were watching they were live tweeting and posting on facebook with a record number of social cyber interactions happening real time when the candidates went head to head. >> i know you live in your own reality. but that is not the fact. >> clinton was one of the biggest one liners of night with her quota appearing in more than 26,000 tweets. >> i will release my tax returns against my lawyers wishes. when she released her 33,000

emails that have been deleted. >> the first moment to draw a verbal reaction from the crowd and a massive moment on social media, followed closely by this one. >> i have a winning temperament, i know how to win. a statement that garnered 10,000 tweets alone. >> woo okay. >> the hashtag shoulder shimmy twitter is calling this the most tweeted debate ever. when it came to retweets, this one reigned. he denied calling global warning a hoax. it was retweeted at record speed proving he did. and talk of trump made up 79% of debate chatter good and bad compared to 21% for clinton. fact checkers up 21% but the

back and form was hard to watch because of all the inter upting. >> you have to plans. >> oh i do. >> then there were trump's well sniffles which generated memes, parody twitter handles and hashtags. by the way he says he does not have a cold. and if you ask who won they are both claiming a win in person and on twitter. >> okay thank you. well, we brought you the debate live on 6abc.com, you can head there to watch the entire debate. we have on going analysis and an abc news check on the claims made by the candidates. >> turning to other news, a man trying to escape a robbery in port richmond ened up getting shot. and police are asking the public to help identify him.

it happened on sunday before 6:30 a.m. along the 30 hundred block of east thompson street in port richmond. the man said the suspect followed him and then produced a gun and demanded his stuff. the thief chased him to the 2600 block and shot him in the leg. the suspect jumped in the car and took off. >> nearly 30,000 philadelphians arrested or convicted of a crime had an subject to clean their slates. mayor jim kenny was at the city wide expungement clinics those that qualify can clear their report or have it expunged from the record. new jersey is expanding efforts to prevent reads from falling victim to opioids or other highly addictive drugs,

governor chris christie issued a an executive order for fentanyl. he made the announcement with former governor, jim mcgreevey. >> i work at a job now that offers me a career. >> i have benefits and medical and paying taxes i'm being productive and it feels good and i have a lot of hope for the future. and i never had that before. >> christie's administration is also expanding a recovery coach program to connect overdose survivors with treatments. after nearly six months of alternate routes, the commuters can use the walnut street bridge. the 109-year-old bridge closed in april so penndot could install a new concrete deck and sidewalks. before it was shut down 16,000

cars used that bridge every day. >> now a check of the commute home with matt pellman. >> drove across it this afternoon and it's very smooth and nice wide sidewalks and the round about looks great. that is your traffic news, otherwise keep the expectations very low, we have big problems in lower marion with a fire on a train. fire crews are responding on marion road at city avenue and word from septa of one hour delays on the paoli thorndale line. we believe the two are connected but don't know that for sure. if you can use the norristown high speed line go ahead and do that this afternoon because the paoli thorndale rails will be way late. a vehicle into a tree in northeast philadelphia northbound at boreback avenue and inner drive is blocked off and expect delays in the outer drive. and buck county, 202 parkway you can't keep going north at

bristol road because up ahead there is a motorcycle accident, so 202 parkway is closed. head for lower state road as an alternate. word of a vehicle fire past arm and hammer with a gaper delay as well. and delco from the state line to the commodore barry bridge accident there takes out one lane. it turned busy on us. safe travels getting home. >> thank you matt. more ahead on "action news" tonight. an incredible tale of survival. a man survives the week stranded in the ocean and now he is back home. and a labor of love brought talented hands together. and low pressure is off the coast and high pressure is sinking into the atlantic and a dreary stretch is setting up in the accuweather forecast.

authorities in texas are looking to find out what led a man to open fire at a strip mall in houston. officials say that 46-year-old

attorney nathan decisai was takg shots an moving vehicles. >> i heard my airbag deploying and noticed my neck was bleeding. and i just started holding pressure. >> police killed asigh in a shootout and a gun and ammo and nazi emblems were found in his porsche they don't believe it's tied to terrorism. a man stranded at sea for seven days is reunited with his family. nathan carmen returns after his rescue by a cargo ship, he was found off the coast of massachusetts on a life raft. his mother is presumed dead.

>> when the boat took on water, he got the life raft and went to look for his mother. he showed little emotion and family members say he has aspergers syndrome. you can watch more on this story following "action news" at 6:00 on world news. time for sports and jaime is here. we are talking eagles but not the fact that they are playing but not play. >> i wish they had the by later in the season. they earned a much needed week off, and able to reconvene to get ready for the lions, carson wentz is going hunting and flexor cox is also going hunting and the birds alone in first place without a single turnover. you wonder if the by week will mess with their momentum. >> the message is just get away, get away from football and free

your mind a bit. it's a long hard training camp into the long hard season and three physical football games already. and get healthy, and rejuvenate and rest and come back ready to go. >> we know we could be better and we have to go take this by week and you know, take some time off and get ready for detroit. >> you glad there is a by week now, or do you wish it was later in the season? >> it's good and bad. people are smart in the by week, take care of their bodies and get ready to come back. >> the nfl power rankings were released today. the eagles making quite a leap all the way to four in the usa power rankings and they jumped ten spots. of these ranked the birds 30th out of 32 teams. the sixers may also be a team to

surprise people this year. actor will smith, one of the team's minority owners showed up to the dinner, he left them star struck and smith told them to surround them with the right people and expect failure and get right back up. >> ben simmons and company working out at stockton university. quite the different vibe with all the talent in the room. >> it's optimism, a lot of fun, we are a bunch of young guys and added some veterans, we are all excited about it. >> after their final night off phillies are back in action to begin their road serieses in atlanta. such a tribute amid such heart break, their first game since jose fernandez' death. he crossed home plate he was overcome by emotion and greeted by his teammates in the dugout also in tears.

gordon told his teammates if you don't believe in god you may just start. he never hit a ball that far not even in batting practice. talk about an expensive night on abc prime time tonight. especially for marvel "agents of s.h.i.e.l.d." >> there are issues i would like to discuss with agent carson alone. agent may, i can tell you the one to keep an eye on. linda may, now there is a riddle i would like to solve. >> agent carlson and agent may meet their new boss. getting ready to introduce shield as a legitimate agency again but it may not be as aall appears. and remember elimination night on dance with the stars kicked

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z24kmz z5yz y24kmy y5yy breaking news from the overbrook section chopper 6 hd over the scene here where a septa train has been stopped

because of possible smoke in the cabin, passengers called in and said passenger train 47 was fill with smoke and they were taken off of taken back to overbrook station. septa officials are there in the jacks looking for a cause of the problem and will provide shuttle buses for passengers that would have taken the train. service is suspended until further notice due to this. in the meantime, meteorologist, adam joseph, has the soggy word from accuweather. don't put the umbrella away. >> we have temporary drying tomorrow morning and then rain back tomorrow evening. the sunshine returned from the northwest to the south and east and at the shore we are waiting for some breaks to occur. where we saw a good amount of sunshine today. philadelphia 75 now and 74 in allentown and reading and lancaster, and 60s to the south

and east. again with the clouds remain dominant with a few slivers now beginning to break in the southern areas. in fact satellite and radar will show the thickest of the clouds, the brighter white clouds are exiting the coast and clouds here in delaware and central and southern new jersey are again high clouds and filtering through them and critical clear skies through the state of pennsylvania and then you bump into this, high pressure winding around the great lakes and the low is drifting to the south and continuing to migrate to the south here through the rest of the week. for tonight, that is just a few clouds lingering especially south and east otherwise it's a chilly night with the winds switching to the northeast and 46 in the suburbs to 57 degrees in center city. future tracker 6 setting up to be bright and sunny here tomorrow morning, no problems for tomorrow morning's rush hour only some sun glare if you head

eastbound and future tracker showing in the evening commute clouds are rolling in and still rain free at that hour but soon after that, during the evening hours we start to see drizzle developing with the heaviest being south and west of philadelphia and that is where the target zone is over the next several days, low pressure is settling over kentucky and parts of the ohio valley, in addition we have high near quebec and near the high and low a tight pressure gradienting meaning strong winds wednesday evening until friday? off the atlanticic linking with the low and the heaviest access of the rain is south and west of the city, where parts of lancaster county can see an inch of rain. especially during the rain on thursday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, turning cloudy tomorrow afternoon late evening rain of 75 and raw and

windy and rainy on thursday, the heaviest rain is west of the city, winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. this is thursday afternoon at 4:00, still periods of rain and breezy for friday, 70 degrees and the low will finally start to lift to the north and we'll have a lot of clouds and a few showers around saturday before we see a little more in the way of brightening to the sky, the second half of the weekend pushing the temperatures into the upper 70s and a really nice beginning of next week monday and tuesday, the temperatures between 73 and 75. much needed rain on the way but a dreary stretch for the next several days. quick break and more news when we come right back.

in glen mills, pennsylvania. they are marking a milestone, making wonderful blankets to donate to various organizations they call themselves the circle blanket club and they donated

their 10,000th blanket to someone in need and they celebrated their remarkable accomplishment with a luncheon. have a great night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. tuesday night. governor chris christie again denies any role in bridge gate and philadelphia police show off the results of a three day violence crime crack down. but the big story on "action news" tonight is out the door for the executive director of the philadelphia parking

authority. just hours after he got a vote of confidence from the board chairman he was suspended with intent to fire. what happened? a second woman came forward with a second claim of sexual harassment that is what happened. >> john rawlins is live now. a roller coaster day for vince fenerty. >> it looks like the job was secure as of early this afternoon he was suspended. >> the day began with the authority's chairman, joseph ashdale defending the decision not to fire director vince fenerty citing a finding citing his otherwise hed record. we are confi