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but roughly two dozen republican lawmakers have written off the republican candidate including speaker of the house paul ryan. trump when on the attack saying that the shackles are taking off calling ryan weak and ineffective. >> democrats continue to rally around hillary clinton. with just four weeks until election day. clinton teamed up with former vice president al gore to push for voter support. and it marked a milestone for the battleground state of pennsylvania. it's the final day to register to vote. and they are pushing to get as many voters signed up as possible. bob brooks live with more on today's efforts. >> reporter: monica and rick, there are a lots of people working really hard all over the place to get people registered to vote so they can do so on november 8th.
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today is the deadline, the last day in pennsylvania to register to vote. if you want to do so, and you only have seven hours you have to make a move. >> good morning thank you for calling voter services. >> from philadelphia and in the streets so many people are giving it their all. there are only a few hours left to register to vote to be eligible on november 8th. >> for me it's important because of the historic nature of hillary clinton's candidacy as a woman. >> making sure everyone is registered. the slogan every vote matters has never been more true. >> we have a say in the change in the country. and people don't realize that, if they go to vote they can make a difference. >> so many view the election as important. hillary clinton versus donald trump has been polarizing, it's turnout to vote is huge in philadelphia.
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>> our doors open at 8:00 a.m. and we are non-stop. >> in montgomery county, more than 16,000 voters have registered since the primary. >> we are really busy and we see this every presidential cycle, we see a real uptick in our rotor registration. and our staff in montgomery county they are working so hard. >> and there are only two ways to register, online, and you can send a test and you'll see a registration link will come right up. or walk into your county's voter registration office. many are staying open late. philadelphia open until midnight and montgomery county open until 8:00. >> "action news" wants to you exercise your vote. we are helping outweigh link on our 6 abc app. head there for information. bob brooks, channel 6 "action
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news." >> thank you bob. if you live in new jersey or delaware you have time to register to vote. the deadline in delaware is saturday 15th and new jersey residents have to register a week from today. can you get break ago ing alerts from the campaign trail. in other news tonight philadelphia police want your help tracking down a gunman in connection with last night's deadly shooting in the city's may fair section. the video shows the three victims standing outside of the grocery store before 9:00 p.m. it shows a white car pulling up a short time later and a man dressed in black getting out of it. according to police that is the man that opened fire on the victims in the alley. 17-year-old later died at the hospital. >> we kept his friends clothes. he is in philly all the time. >> he was in philly all the
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time. >> "action news" reporter sara bloomquist has more on the surveillance video and the latest on the investigation and she will have a report coming up on "action news" at 6:00. the eagles will have to play without their starting lane johnson until the end of the year after the league decided to uphold johnson's suspense. the league claims he violated the policy on illegal substances, he appealed the suspension and lost it today. tests show that young children in trenton have higher blood led levels than those affected in the flint, michigan, crisis. now new tests have parents concerned and officials making district wide changes. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in trenton with the full story. >> reporter: hi rick. advocates here in new jersey and
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two counties in new jersey have young kids with elevated led levels with a higher percentage than flint. that prompts them to test water levels. they list school water and fountains that tested above the level 15 parts billion of led among them the sink in this high school at 100 times more than that level. and parents today just hearing the news. >> concern you? >> very much so. >> why? >> because my son is here every single day of the week. monday through friday. >> the district says that it took action on learning the results. >> there was a hit above what is required certainly we would immediately shut the fixture down. >> after that a decision to recap it replace the filter or the unit. >> i think it's good that they
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have identified the problem because for so long this area of led and water has been invisable just off the radar. >> in the wake of the flint debacle the led in the water is on the radar. now they focus on led paint remediation in homes still considered the biggest threat to kids. >> our experts tell us that 80% of led exposure comes from old paint in housing not well maintained. >> young children are especially vulnerable no matter the source. >> no led level in water or housing dust or whatever is safe. exposure to led is cumulative problem. >> well, led exposure of any kind is bad for young children in particular. we have a link to trenton's results at our website at 6abc.com and we have the results from tests from the philadelphia school district at the same site. live in trenton, john rawlins,
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channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a man hurt in last month's deadly train crash filed a notice. he was ride in the front car when he train crashed in hoboken and lost part of a finger and broken nose and face injuries, new jersey transit has six months to respond to the claim. the crash killed one person and injured 100 others. and now they have identified a woman hit and killed by a suv. gloria baptista of camden was crossing the road and was hit by a ford explorer. baptista died at the scene and the driver is fully cooperating. turning to accuweather now the seasonable finish to the afternoon following a chilly morning. as we look live from sky 6 at penn's landing, it's a pretty picture some folks woke up to
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temperatures in the 30s and a frosty start to the week and not to worry there is sunshine on the way. cecily tynan is live outside with more. >> hi rick, it's a beautiful afternoon lots of sunshine and this morning, temperatures took a real tumble. the poconos dropped all the way to 29 degrees allentown the coolest morning since april. 34. and trenton 39 and wilmington 39 and philadelphia down to 49 degrees, the coolest morning since may. nice recovery, all the sunshine and millville 69 and reading and trenton 64 and wilmington 66 and cooler down the shore with the wind off the ocean, atlantic city airport right now 61. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we had plenty of sunshine earlier today still a lot of sunshine now and you see how high thin clouds are beginning to advance from central pennsylvania and then if you look over the ocean you see
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clouds beginning to move in off the ocean and a bit of a squeeze play going on. we'll have the next two mornings with low clouds and fog and brighter afternoons and mainly dry the rest of the week into next week. so if you need to get your car washed it's a good time to do that. i'll have more details in the full accuweather forecast. time to get a check of the "action news" traffic report tuesday evening. matt pellman is live with the latest on that commute. looks like a backup behind you. >> we are going from bad to worse, a parking lot from 95 in delco, we surpassed the hour mark at 54 minutes on the northbound travel time. are you not moving between the state line and 320, that is where the accidents is blocking all the northbound lanes toward the airport and a huge southbound gaper delay as well. you want no parts of 95 through delco and stay local on 213 or
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route 1 the baltimore pike or work your way into new jersey and use 295 between the delaware memorial and walt whitman bridges. and 95 in delco is an absolute mess. and big buck county backups on 611 southbound parked here because a crash atoms road. we'll see you then thank you. there is more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. the new move from samsung, 24 hours after more reported problems with one of the company's most popular smart phones. plus, the fight against addicti addiction being staged by a south jersey town in order to fight heroin.
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for samsung, the south korean tech giant stopped production of their galaxy note 7 smart phones permanently. after the company stopped selling the devices after numerous reports of the batteries catching fire. the phones were considered so dangerous the faa told passenger they could not turn them on while on board. they are giving discounts or replacing them with another samsung phone. taxes on sugary drinks like the tax in philadelphia are getting a big boost tonight. ali gorman is at the big board with the details. >> reporter: now the world health organization has put its stamp of approval on taxing sugary drinks, officials say that the taxes could help reduce obesity and reduce type 2 diabetes and reduce tooth decay. it significantly cuts
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consumption and obesity has doubled around the world since 1980 and the number of people with diabetes has nearly quadrupled. skyrocketing drug prices have not just hit the pharmacy but at the hospitals too. medications went up an average of 38% in the last two years and widely used generics on the market for years have tripled in price and the hospitals say increasing competition between drug makers and limiting consumer ads and reforms are badly needed. americans are hooked on taking supplements, fewer people are taking multivitamins but at least half americans are taking a single supplement, they have little evidence to prove they help but researchers say that fancy ads promote their use. >> it creates a market for well
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lit store shelves and friendly sales people where they appear to be checked out by the government and is safe and affective but may not have evidence to back them up. finally today taking your aggression out at the gym may not be a good thing. we know that exercise can promote heart health but strenuous request sides when are you angry can create problems. it shows an intense run while angry or upset doubles the risk for having a heart attack for within the hour. the guys is to exercise regularly but if are you angry or stressed out do something to calm down like going for a walk or call a friend before the intense physical activity. >> thank you ali. a south jersey town is tackling the opioid ep emic.
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the mayor of sea isle city announced the program. they will have free presentations led by experts. >> this is the perfect time to host such an event because every day another family is affected by the heroin epidemic and prescription drug abuse. >> the two seminars are open to the public held at the municipal gymnasium on park road at 1:00 p.m. the ralston center at 58th and chestnut hosted a pop-up park for older adults and several took part with gentle pilates and tai chi. and experts were on hand to provide free physicals and it's part of wellness programs here at the ralston center.
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grabbing attention only if you have a birds eye view. look closely. they created an homage to new york mets catcher and hall-of-famer, mike piazza. it's an image along with his jersey number. the most challenging maze they have ever made. >> rome's bid for the 2024 olympic is suspended because of heavy opposition from rome's own mayor. the second time in four years, paris, los angeles and budapest, hungary are the only countries vying for the game. president obama is talking about sending people to mars. he is saying he expects to be around to see it when it happens, the goal is to get humans on mars by the 2030s, several have received awards.
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and his new message about mars including his visit to font yours conference on science and technology. two lucky winners will split the latest cash five jackpot. both matched all five balls. 8, 12, 17, 29 and one was sold at a turkey hill in boyer town berks county. be the other was sold at the speedway in bucks county. each gets $125,000 minus taxes. >> wow. still on "action news" a check of the accuweather forecast. sky 6 hd showing you the jersey shore from cape may, not a lot of folks on the beach but a nice tuesday afternoon. cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather forecast when we come right back. planned parenthood.
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do you own a bank? pat toomey owned both. but it's the fact that toomey owns a seat in the u.s. senate that should really concern us. while on the senate banking committee, pat toomey voted to rewrite rules to help bankers like him ...and he tried to eliminate protections put in place to stop wall street's risky practices. pat toomey: looking out for wall street and himself, not pennsylvania. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board tonight. cecily tynan is here with the forecast for the rest of the week. >> hi monica and rick a beautiful afternoon for the start of the day. we are live on sky 6 hd taking a look at the airport in philadelphia. and actually i think i have the wrong thing up here -- let me change it. that is what i want to show you, same picture but different
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source, we are looking live at philadelphia international airport sunshine and high thin cirrus clouds are moving in and they are thickening a bit in the overnight hours. right now nice recovery after 45 in philadelphia and 65 right now and allentown 65 and cape may 61 and wilmington 66 and reading and trenton 64 degrees, it feels like fall and look ago head we don't have 20 days until halloween. find the halloween costumes, 44 days until thanksgiving and 21 days until we say good-bye to fall and hello to winter. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have high pressure over new england, what this is doing is starting to bring us an easterly flow that brings some of these clouds in from the atlantic, we have thin clouds beginning to move in from western pennsylvania, so that means tonight we have low clouds developing and also a chance of patchy fog and with the cloud cover acting like an atmospheric
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blanket holding in the heat. philadelphia 49 and allentown 40 and wilmington 46 and the boardwalk in atlantic city 52 degrees. temperatures close to 50 in philadelphia and as we head through the afternoon we should recover to a seasonable high of 68 degrees. good amount of sunshine and more sunshine to the northwest and more clouds to the southeast. but generally a nice day. in the meantime, hurricane nicole could cause big problems for bermuda. it's strengthening. this is beginning to look like a healthy hurricane, it looks to begin hitting bermuda to the west thursday afternoon as a strong category 2 hurricane, that is on the verge of a cat 3 and can cause problems for bermuda. fortunately for us that pushes
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away from the u.s. coast. the five-day at 5:00, showing low clouds and fog and afternoon sunshine and 58 degrees and 72 on thursday, friday 65 and saturday and sunday a beautiful weekend, we deserve it. it's been a while. good amount of sunshine on saturday and 66 and sunday up to 70 and adam will let you know about the warm-up in the seven-day forecast. >> thanks cecily. >> more "action news" coming your way.
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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. hello again, here is what is happening on "action news." the final four weeks of the season and candidates are kicking it into overdrive. he had a weapon and a plan and a bag when he walked into dunkin' donuts and now police help in capturing a dangerous robber, and eagles right tackle lane johnson will not take the time any time soon and jaime apody has more on his suspension coming up in sports. in a month people will go to
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the polls to elect a president for the united states. >> they have 28 more days to sway the minds of millions of undecided voters. donald trump is in panama city and hillary clinton campaigning with former vice president al gore in miami and mike pence is rallying supporters in des moines, iowa another battleground state. newly released poll numbers tonight taken after the release of the trump video and the second debate show that hillary clinton holding a lead in the contest. among likely voters, clinton has 46% of the vote and donald trump has 37%. voters are asked about third party candidates. >> kenneth moton is following all the developments from washington, d.c. he is live with the latest. >> a busy day in battleground florida, where the state was ordered to extend registration
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because of matthew and the hurricane there. hillary clinton she wrapped up her event with al gore just a couple of hours ago and now all eyes are on donald trump's rally where he is expected to come out swinging. >> trump's twitter tirade but not against hillary clinton. >> we are in a rigged system folks. >> and donald trump set his sights on paul ryan in washington, who said he would not campaign for the nominee after his lewd comments about women came to life. the weak and ineffective leader, when his members went wild with list loyalty. >> the arrogance of washington, d.c. will come face-to-face with the righteous verdict of the american voter, we are going to smash the washington establishment -- >> trump said that the shackles have been taken off me. >> our next president -- >> and apparently so have the gloves, the trump campaign
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released this new video -- >> hillary clinton doesn't have the fortitude, strength or stamina to lead in our world. >> clinton is leading trump nationally by 9 points took him on in florida. >> i'm running against a guy that denies science and denies climate change and says it's a hoax created by the china. >> clinton campaigns with al gore in miami and former president bill clinton was on the ground in north carolina. >> and al gore is a man that knows that every vote especially in florida counts. house speaker paul ryan's office responded saying that ryan is focusing the next month in defeating democrats and republicans in office should probably do the same. kenneth moton, channel 6 "action news." >> all right kenneth thank you.
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one race that is one to watch is between republican senator, pat toomey and democratic challenger, katie mcginty. >> millions have been spent on the race and it shows a close race still. senator toomey is sticking to statements saying he is not ready to commit if he is backing donald trump for president. >> i think we have two badly flawed candidates. that is my view on this. i am clear about it. and i have been openly critical of policy positions that donald trump has taken. >> democrat mcginty continues to hammer toomey over his failu failure -- >> it's unacceptable for our senator to have stood silence for so long in the face of a campaign that is divisive and disgusting. >> toomey encountered criticism
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over trump saying she refuses to attack hillary clinton over the failed policies, critical experts agree that the winner of the senate race in virginia will be a key factor in the control of the u.s. senate? washington. >> can you get breaking alerts by downloading the 6 abc news app. available on the apple and google play stores. the man is dead and a kill ser on the loose in north philadelphia. it happened this morning before 11:30 a.m., at the intersection of north 11th street at eerie avenue. the victim was shot four times in the head and neck and still not clear if the man was the intended victim or it he knew his killer. detectives in north philadelphia want you to take a good look at the man in this surveillance video, the prime suspect in a robbery of a dunkin' donuts backs on august 29th on north broad street. the man walked in and threw a black bag on the counter and pulled out a gun and demanded
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money from the cashier, the man walked out with the cash. a south jersey housestained extensive damage this afternoon when a fire started inside. chopper 6 hd was over the scene in burlington county at 9:00 a.m. along sherwood lane. firefighters surrounded the home and you see thick black smoke pouring through the roof and it took 20 mines to put it out. fortunately nobody was hurt. chopper 6 hd also over a home damaged by fire in philadelphia's port richmond section. this one happened at 8:30 this morning on frank ford avenue. nobody was injured and firefighters are trying figure out how this one started as well. >> nobody was hurt when a school bus struck the stone wall a bridge in princeton. there were 11 middle school students on board when it happened at 11:00 a.m. this goes over stoney brook near mercer road. the bus was damaged and had a
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flat tire. philadelphia's comptroller says a followup investigation into the city's mail distribution center uncovered fraudulent activities by employees. >> the workers were unaware they were under surveillance for eight weeks, some including two supervisors allegedly falsified time sheets, he turned over his findings to the district attorney's office. >> the supervisor was the most ago egregious example. costing an excess of $5,000. he is investigating the mail center for months and found thousands of pieces of unprocessed mail just sitting in baskets. lets go to matt pellman in the traffic sentwer an update on some of the trouble spots from
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our last half hour. >> the process of getting home on i-95 northbound is a hard one. we'll take 17 minutes northbound instead of the 54 minutes last half hour. we have improved because of the northbound accidents at 320 is now gone. however are you still looking at speeds like 3 miles per hour coming off 495, on to 95 northbound. it is still severely congested both ways really but the northbound accident is cleared out of the way. here is more good news, in valley form park, they reopened 352 closed since april 1st we have months without 352 but back in business and yellow road will be blocked until sometime next month. a broken down vehicle south of landsdale has cleared out. and parked in buck county at 611 because of an accident investigation by the pizzeria.
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and all southbound lanes are blocked. use 202 instead. over on the a.c. expressway past williamstown there is a crash in the right lanes, just 26 miles per hour there. >> we thank you matt once again. hurricane matthew is gone but the heavy rains continue to plague communities across several states, still to come tonight, what is being done to keep the residents safe from dangerous flooding. and new developments in the case against eagles right tackle lane johnson who will not be suiting up for the birds any time soon. >> it's the coldest morning since mid may. 30s and 40s to start and we are tracking a warm-up in the seven-day forecast. we'll have all the details. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back.
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federal aid to reimburse. the disaster aid is not currently availableable for individuals. world news tonight will have more on flooding danger as long the southeast coast because of hurricane matthew you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. some local job seekers met with dozens of employers today in montgomery county. the willow grove job fair was held at the huntington value country club. more than 100 companies were looking to fill positions from mechanics to nurses to physical therapists. time for sports and jaime apody is here with the latest on lane johnson's suspension could be the end of the year before we see him again? >>ing it be. the nfl upheld his suspense and we are not see him until december 22nd against the giants. he was caught ingesting a banned
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substance for the second time in three seasons. eagles executive vice president of football operations issued this statement which reading between the lines oozes with disdain for lane. we are disappointed that lane johnson is suspended ten games his actions have affected the entire organization and we are working under a clearly defined set of rules and regulations set for by the nfl. moving forward he has no choice but to hold himself accountable to jeffrey lowry and coach peterson and his staff and teammates and the entire organization and fans. we will welcome him back to the team and moving forward with our prep for the game in washington. >> given the fact that his replacement is expected to be a fifth round rookie who has not suited up yet for a game. known as big v to hold down the
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fort for the next two and a half months. >> it should be interesting for the sixers as their season continues, no nerlins noel or okafor. and they kick off in l.a. against the kings, last year the orange and black eked into the playoffs only to lose in the first round. and now he has a year of experience under his belt. >> we are beginning with a little bit better foundation than what we started with last year. again, that is a lot of that has to do with you know most of this group being together for the year. you know that started before, that doesn't guarantee anything. >> temple owls hoping to get back to their winning ways after falling 3-3 with a loss to memphis last week. they are facing a central florida team that did not play last week because of the hurricane. guys were scraping and a couple
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of times had to be separated. the way the coach like its. after falling 1-1 in conference play is it a must win. >> for me to say must win, we have six games left, if you win all six you go to the conference championship game and if you lose all six we are tremendously disappointed. all of that is still there next week, you have to fine a way to win this week. >> we'll have more from the coach coming up this saturday on temple football play book. we'll look at the big picture saturday morning 9:45 a.m. the big story lane johnson gone for the next two and a half months. >> thank you jaime. abc's the middle is moving to a new time slot tuesday night. tonight it kicks off its eighth season premier. >> april are you from around here? >> well, not this street but i
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graduated from orson c.c. that is commune college, and now i work at orson cc that stands for country club, it's confusing, lets use other letters of the alphabet, there are like 35 of them. >> frankie thought this girl might be the one but her first impression may leave her hopes for a daughter-in-law dashed. star patricia heaton says the key to the show's success is the relatability factor. >> it's a very relatable show to the majority of americans whose lives reflect the family. >> the fact that they develop the characters to beautiful. we don't really have to stretch, it progresses naturally. >> the middle returns tonight
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think this week. >> it felt like fall this morning and others said it felt like winter. >> it felt like winter to me. >> but things are moving up during the week as we look at double scan live radar a lot of sunshine helped to move the temperatures into the mid to upper 60s for most of us and high clouds are moving in from the west. but it was a beautiful day to capture a few photos from your iphone. or your samsung phone or whatever phone you got. allison took this picture from fairmont park from the schuylkill river, the zoo balloon going up and a beautiful day and foliage around the delaware valley, little color at this point running behind schedule with the hot, dry summer and leaves are just dropping and dying prior to even turning color because of the stress of this particular summer. 65 right now is the current temperature right now in philadelphia.
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dew point 34 and winds from the east-northeast light at 6 miles per hour. and easterly component to the wind that will throw clouds our way off the ocean late tonight. especially fresh is falling and the ocean temperature is falling to 63 degrees. we are hovering around the 63 degree mark around the shore. lehigh valley, 59 in the poconos and we reached the 60s thereafter starting at 29 degrees in the mountains. high clouds from the west and high clouds are filtering in of the ocean. and increasing cloud cover overnight and that helps temperatures to stay up a bit. 40 to 49 degrees seasonable overnight tonight with the east-northeasterly wind continuing. then as we go through the day tomorrow any of that low clouds or even fog tomorrow morning. we'll start to burn away late in the morning into the afternoon for spine to return and that will move the temperatures back into the upper 60s here as we go
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from 2:00 and 4:00, this is for philadelphia specifically, from you closer to one of these cities not much of a difference here tomorrow for the city, 68 in millville and same for allentown and reading and upper 60s at the shore with low clouds turning to sunny skies in the afternoon. the exclusive accuweather forecast both wednesday and thursday morning some of the low clouds around giving way to sun as we go through the afternoon. thursday afternoon the cold front comes in and we could see the sun return and the clouds emerge once again. upper 60s to low 70s. behind the front it's bright and breezy and winds in the morning at 7:30 a.m., if you head to the bus stop or head to work breezy from the north-northwest at 25 to 30 miles per hour and a sunny start to the weekend at 66 and a few clouds nice on sunday at 70 degrees and temperatures above average as we go into the beginning of next week a lot of clouds and showers monday and
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turning partly sunny on tuesday and overall a dry seven-day forecast for the most part and temperatures going above average almost every day there. >> good week to wash the car adam. remember to check back often at 6abc.com/weather. for updated hourly forecasts and the latest from accuweather and use facebook and twit toward stay connected to our meteorologists, 4 hours a day. kevin hart is officially a hollywood start. the actor and median celebrated the moment along hollywood's walk of fame. he posed with the proclamation, they rank hart as the highest paid comedian this year breaking jerry seinfeld's decades long reign.
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all seems beautiful to me. katie v/she stays late.rd. but she gets paid 21% less than her male coworkers. pat toomey has voted time after time against equal pay for women, against pay that helps hard working families get ahead. katie o/c: for my daughters and yours, i'll fight for equal pay for women. families need it; you've earned it. katie v/o: i'm katie mcginty, and i approve this message because it's your turn to get ahead. delaware governor jack markell declared october
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domestic awareness month. last year the state documented nearly 23,000 cases of abuse and shelters took in 650 women and children a 12% increase over the prior year. newcastle county has a 24 hour hot line, the number is on your screen. right now the "action news" team is standing by with the stories next at 6:00. comcast is facing a historic fine from the governor over its practices. and nouveau shows a teen minutes before he was gunned down. and time is running out to register to vote. we'll show you the final push in pennsylvania with a midnight deadline. that and more coming up next. for meteorologist, cecily tynan, jaime apody, melissa magee and the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams have a good night.
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do you own a plane? do you own a bank? pat toomey owned both. but it's the fact that toomey owns a seat in the u.s. senate that should really concern us. while on the senate banking committee, pat toomey voted to rewrite rules to help bankers like him ...and he tried to eliminate protections put in place to stop wall street's risky practices. pat toomey: looking out for wall street and himself, not pennsylvania. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising.
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. tuesday night and jim is off and i'm monica malpass in the news temple names its new president and trenton reports more than 100 school drinking water sites are tainted with led. and the big story is the clock clicking for pennsylvania voters, the deadline to vote is just hours away. it's been brisk business at county locations. and the push continues at city street corners to get people on the rolls to vote for november. tonight we are exactly four
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weeks from election day. "action news" reporter bob brooks live with the details. >> monica, good evening, i want to give you stats here. since the primary elections, 40,000 people in pennsylvania have registered to vote. and montgomery county 16,000, there is a lot of excitement as we know about this election. if you want to register to vote you have time tonight but you only have six hours to do so. >> voter registration -- how may i help you? >> at the voter registration building they believe that every vote matters that is why they are open until midnight montgomery county is staying open until 8:00. for carlton murray he believes that slogan he is volunteering his time to get people registered. >> we are involved in the change in the country and people tonight realize that, if they go out to vote they can make a dfe
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