calling it an intentional and evil minded act. >> this corroborates the work of the committee and the suspicions that many of us had all along that the governor's office was not acting in the public interest but more for the political interest of the governor's campaign. >> and the judge agreed that there was enough evidence to summon christie into court. they cochaired the special committee that investigated christie's involvement in bridge gate. >> i believe there were people that came before the joint committee under oath and were not exactly forthcoming which is the kind of sway i can describe there are texts they never told us about or meetings. >> but david wildstein testified that christie did know about the closures and the governor's

office released a statement saying this is a dishonorable client filed a known serial complainant. and that the governor had know knowledge of the lane realignments and now it's in the hand of the prosecutor who was recently appointed by christie. >> his appearance is scheduled for october 24th and they plan to appeal the summons immediately. >> thank you. the push for pennsylvania continues with just 26 days to go. until election day. today ivanka trump, daughter of donald trump made a swing across the keystone state. she had stops in buck county and another stop in montgomery county tonight. it comes at a rough time as they lose some gop support. they hope the party changes its

tune. >> i'm upset with the way the media has treated him and the way the republicans have treated him. >> i'm upset that the establishment for not being behind donald. i feel like hillary clinton is a bad, bad choice. >> the trouble comes after leak sd recordings making derogatory remarks against women and accusations of illegally groping women all which his campaign says is false. >> these alligatiegations of inappropriate conduct with women are absolutely false. >> ivanka campaigns and trump himself is striking back in florida. announced all the allegations he is facing in no uncertain terms. we'll have more on the claims and how trump is fighting back

coming up at 5:30. and surrogates tore hillary clinton reacted to the latest controversy. first lady michelle obama delivered a speech in new hampshire saying the remarks are not only painful but below the starn standards of human decency. tim kaine says the comments clearly show a lack of respect for a woman. >> i don't think he can look at a woman and see an equal. it's more than words he says locker room talk but behavior. the way he looks at women and i think that is manifest throughout the campaign. some acts surprised by the tape, the tape was shocking and gross but not surprising. given things he has said but not

just women but others as well. >> tim kaine was on "the view" where he said the ac sacusation against trump by other women are not shocking. >> the action cam was at buck county community college where they scared off for the 8th senate seat in the house. and two reminders as election day grows closer, folks in delaware and new jersey still have time to register to vote. the deadline in the first state is saturday and new jersey folks have until next tuesday to sign up. and also get breaking alerts from the campaign trail by downloading the free 6 abc news app. available on the google and apple stores. turning to another news, parts of north carolina are returning to normal after

hurricane matthew left behind devastating flooding. this morning the state's governor says that 50,000 customers are still without power. and new video from bermuda shows the tall hurricane nicole is taking on the island. it made landfall today. the conditions are expected to last through the evening with storm surges up to 8 feet and a half foot of rain. lets turn to cecily tynan at the big board. >> this is the only time we have had two major hurricanes during the month of october. this is satellite of the hurricane nicole moving over bermuda. one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit bermuda. the eye rolling right over the island. it hit this morning as a cat 3

hurricane. 120 miles per hour sustained winds. fabian hit in 2003 and back in 1926. pearl islands in great sound. 119 miles per hour wind gust and commissioners point 112 miles per hour wind gust fortunately nicole will go out to sea and dissipate in cooler waters, closer to home we have a cold front moving through. that brings us a cool start to the weekend but then big changes on the way and i'll have details on that in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. new at 5:00 we hear from the first time from a buck county cell phone store employee who was tied up and locked away by a trio of robbers. that robbery you see was caught on surveillance video in the store. and tonight those suspects are on the loose. "action news" reporter gray hall is reporting for us this evening and this afternoon he spoke to the victim who feels lucky just

to be alive. >> reporter: absolutely right. this was a terrifying situation and the employee describes having a gun pointed at his head and is grateful to be alive and desperately hoping that police will make an arrest. >> they told me they didn't want to kill me. i said i have a family please don't kill me. they said they didn't want to they wanted the money. >> brian keg is the manager at this metro pcs. three criminals one with a gun robbed the place. >> they had a gun and pointed the begun at me and the first thing i thought of was my kids of course. he was in the store with another employee before closing when the crooks showed up two men and one woman. it happened so fast they barely had time to think.

two cameras inside and outside of the store and entered without masks and in a calm pace. they went straight to the registers. >> with all the cameras we have in the story couldn't imagine something like this happening at this location. no customers were in the store and both employees were duct taped and locked inside of separate rooms. and then they released him and and left. >> they have my wallet, license and credit cards, they know where i live. >> there are people on the street that have guns and doing violence crimes that know where i live. >> so again back out live the good news in this no one was hurt and the crooks got away with a dozen cell phones and

cash. we are trying to get in can't with police all day and have not heard back on the latest on this investigation. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. time now for a check of our "action news" traffic report tonight. thursday evening lets go live to matt pellman. >> that means almost friday. that means slow going on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side from 202 to this point at conshohocken into the curve and slow again farther east from girard and to the boulevard to gladwyne. an accident north of 73 skippack pike and northern delaware at paper mill road by the paper mill park. in glassboro cleaning up a crash by the smash burger close to william dalton drive. and a wreck by the orchard and farm market luckily that has cleared out. earlier issues on the septa

trolleys and they are back to normal. and on the regional rails a few delays owe on the lines. much more ahead on "action news" at 5:00, new details on last month's deadly train crash in hoboken, what the ntsb says that the data recorder recovered reveals. and news from ocean county. after a trash can blew up.

the ntsb released the first of several reports on the deadly train crash in hoboken, new jersey. the train was going 10 miles per hour and then when it hit the terminal it was going twice the speed. the engineer says he was fully rested and doesn't remember the accident xg the ntsb is waiting on toxicology reported. the man accused of setting off bombs in new jersey and new york made his first appearance in

cord ahmad rahami made his first appearance via skype since he has been hospitalized. bail is set at 5.2 million there's. he is accused of planting the bombs at a charity race at seaside heights and manhattan's chelsea district. 30 people were hurt when the bombs exploded. a trash can exploded in ocean county. local and state officials were in barnegat today combing through the debris. they believe the motive is more likely criminal mischief than terrorism. the philadelphia department of prisons opened up today. it's the oldest prison and opened up in 1874 and then was torn down in 1925 and rebuilt on the same site using the same materials, the biggest challenge

is expanding training and the inmates make a quick transition back to the community. >> philadelphia city council pays tribute to the wife of a civil rights icon. anita abernathy was honored -- she stood by her husband during the civil rights movements. abernathy was one of martin luther king's closest friends. and worked on the boycott after rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. ralph abernathy died in 1990. the philadelphia flyers got a big nod from the city. the city council made a resolution on the team for the 50th season playing hockey in philadelphia. and remembered former chairman ed snider after a battle with

cancer. the flyers kick off their season tomorrow in los angeles. he teamed up with union coaches to run the kids through soccer drills. the students earned the clinic by raising more that be 1600 there's for financial literary awareness. >> still to come we'll check health check and ali gorman sits down with -- thanks to a new hit show on abc.

6 abc's newest comedy is taking on a not laughing matter. cerebral policy.

putting the disorder in the national spotlight. doctors at dupont hospital have been helping him out since he was a baby. ali gorman caught up with him in wilmington. >> it was a celebrity sighting at dupont hospital for children. his life lately has been anything but routine. >> you want to spend it in this line? mikea plays jay jay in the new abc comedy, specialless. mikea has cerebral palsy. >> i am so thankful. he feels grateful and honored to represent people living with special needs. his family could not be prouder. >> he has blown us away above and beyond what he could do. we never knew he could pull off the long hours and so many different expressions and has gotten into it and loves it.

>> the show of support. >> his doctor is thrilled by the impact of the show. >> i think it gives hope to others with special needs that they can do anything like micah is doing. >> micah's family hopes the show breaks barriers and thoughs that people with special needs are not defined by their disables. >> that they don't look at people with disabilities any different. they are regular people dealing with different challenges. >> micah has a message for other kids with special needs, always follow your needs and never give up. ali gorman, channel 6 "action news." and speechless is part of 6 abc funny lineup. airing wednesdays here on 6 abc at 8:30. >> looking live at the ben

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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. time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. >> cecily tynan is here. >> a good amount of cloud cover thanks to a cold front checking in. drone 6 is flying above fremont

park. you can see when you look down a whole lot of green and not much change in the color here. however, there are some leafs that are really peaking up to the north. the fall foliage report shows you have to go across new england and the catskills and northern poconos to see the leafs at their peak. here in south jersey and the nearby suburbs fall foliage is low, we'll peak at the end of the october and early november. and lehigh valley some good color there. a picture from lake harmony two nights ago and the leafs are starting to change. if you want to do leaf peeping the best side yeah is to head north. hickory run state park is a good place. and the weather should be perfect for that. today clouds and a few scattered showers earlier ahead of a cold front. temperatures holding in the 60s.

philadelphia 67 and allentown 65. and winds have shifted out of the west, that is an indication that the cold front has passed and it's pretty breezy out there, winds 5 to 15 miles per hour. and the winds out of the northwest will pull down drier air and clear out the clouds but also bring us chilly air tomorrow. satellite 6 along with action radar showing us brief showers in between noon and 2:00 this afternoon and that front has now moved off the coast. we get the winds out of the northwest and that breaks up the clouds tonight. it is breezy all night and temperatures fall quickly. philadelphia dropping down to a low of 46 degrees, toms river 39 and lancaster 40 and allentown 39 and wilmington 44 degrees. it's a cool night and the friday day planner showing don't forget the day planner, wall-to-wall

sunshine and a bright blue sky, breezy and cool, and 49 degrees and 2:00, 62 and by 5:0064 and temperatures drop back down into the 50s by 8:00 but loads of sunshine. the five-day at 5:00 nice fall weather on the way breezy and cool tomorrow high of 65 and saturday for the leaf peeping sunny and comfortable, 67 degrees and watch the temperatures climb. sunday 73. monday a cold front can bring us morning shower and 76 degrees and then a warm front moves in behind that system tuesday. 80 degrees, the record high is 85 on tuesday so not a record on tuesday but we could have record warmth on wednesday. adam will talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. summer comes back for a brief visit next week. >> leaf peeping. i have been saying that wrong. i was saying leaf raking.

>> that's it.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. hello again.

here is what is happening on "action news." donald trump is once again dealing with sexual abuse allegations from women. and hillary clinton is trying to rise above her opponents dark and divisive campaign. >> two men captured on surveillance video and philadelphia's penning soda tax was the hot topic in the city today. what they are trying to decide. 26 days until the general election donald trump finds himself in another scandal involving the mistreatment of women and the candidate is threatening to sue. >> and hillary clinton is trying to invoke the words of michelle obama, when they go low we go high. >> compared to a report released today two women accuse trump of sex assault and both were decades apart and trump took to twitter saying the phoney story and the failing of "the new york

times" is a fabrication, he is vowing to take legal action against the paper. hillary clinton took her campaign to the west coast, to california. he told volunteers, quote we learn who donald trump is, we have to prove who we are. >> two key battleground states are up for grabs. in ohio donald trump 42% and hillary clinton 41%. when factoring in third party candidates and both polls are within the margin of error. kenneth moton is tracking the candidates from washington. >> reporter: good evening rick and monica. yes, donald trump says the accusations against him are all lies and they are hurtful.

he is calling them all a clinton corporate smear campaign weeks before the election. donald trump on the defense against the accusers. >> these vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false. the gop nominee rallied in florida amid mowning attacks and allegations that he sexual assaulted women. >> when he started to put his hand up my skirt. that was it. that was it. i was out of there. >> "the new york times" reported jessica lee's claims that trump groped her three decades ago on a plane and entruced himself to -- by kissing her on the moung. they did not report it at the time but came forward after the recent release of trump's vulgar

comments about grabbing women. >> they are out right lies. >> these events never ever happened. the accusations against trump. not so easily dismissed by clinton. >> we already learned who donald trump is, what we have have to prove in this election is who we are. >> clinton stopped by a field office and first lady michelle obama made a plea to women voters in new hampshire. >> this is disgraceful, it is intolerable and should dismiss this as every day locker room talk say ikechuku ndukwe sult -- insult to decent men everywhere. >> he says he will release the evidence and information soon.

kenneth moton, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the "washington post" editorial borden divorced hillary clinton for president today. saying that clinton is not the lesser of two evils but a choice that americans can be proud of. the expose of donald trump's recording sent shock waves across the world in the last several days. officials in boston say there is no evidence of an ambush in the shooting of two officers there. now the top cop details how their fellow officers likely saved their fellow officers lives. the suspect 33-year-old curt figueroa suddenly opened fire and fellow officers grabbed their two fallen colleagues and dragged them out of the line of fire. one officer was shot in a major artery and one officer plugged the wound with their hand likely saving their life.

>> there will be more on the shooting of the two police officers in boston and more on the presidential campaign trail. watch it tonight at 6:30 after "action news" at 6:00. now to a major break in a missing persons case in the lehigh valley. police believe that holly grim was murdered by someone she knew and that man is now behind bars. john rawlins with the story. >> reporter: for almost three years holly grim was listed address a missing person but police say that grim was kidnapped and killed. a co-worker, michael horvath was arrested long a person of interest. >> we talked to hundreds of people and kept coming back to mr. horvath. and other people were ruled out and we were never able to do that with mr. horvath. >> blood belonging to horvath was said to be found at the victim's home. they located human remains at a

shallow grave on his property. >> and the cause of manner of death was homicide and violence. >> shattering news for the victim's mother jeanette. who days ago held out hope that she was still alive. the family is grieving and looking for answers. >> there are still a lot of unanswered questions that will unfold. >> court records show that video was discovered related to murder, sexual deviation and hunting humans and hand written notes about stalking someone. they both worked for a company that made church organs but the defendant told police he had been in the victim's home to carry in a washer and dryer. >> the investigation is by no means cleat. in addition to the videos and notes found inside of the defend's house, and they

discovered a stun gun, hand gulfs and leg shackles. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." one man is dead and another is in the hospital after both were shot in philadelphia's lawn crest section overnight. officers arrived and found a 20-year-old man lying on the sidewalk and found the second victim a short distance away. investigators say the gunman shot one man and chased after his friend and shot him in the back. still not clear why the victim were targets. police are searching for two men that attacked another man. it happened on the 1600 block of morris street. they ride by the victim and park their bikes and sound him. one man punched him and knocked him to the ground and took his money and cell phone and fled. three thieves were caught on camera breaking open an atm in

the cobb's creek section of philadelphia. two men were inside of lucky chinese restaurant trying to force the machine open this month and a woman was outside acting as the lookout. the group got away with close to $1700. the food and beverage tax was the topic of discussion. the group took public input on how to regulate the tax and which sweeteners will be taxed and which drinks will get special exceptions. a group of businesss trying to get the tax blocked but the city is carrying on with their plans. hopefully traffic home not too taxing tonight on a thursday. but almost friday right matt pellman. >> problems are bubbling up on 40 and not so sweet. northbound side of 295 a crash off to the side. nj dot and police are on the

scene. it's on the shoulder but attracting attention. northbound is heavy coming away from route 38 and the accident scene. franklin township a new crash along 555 main road at mill road. and hockessin a crash along lancaster pike at mitchell road and the crash near paper mill park near newark is in the process of clearing out. delco we are riding into the sunshine, a slow pace from the airport to 320 and earlier crash has cleared out and a vehicle fire in port richmond. fire crews are on the scene by i-95. and portions of 10th and race are going to be clocked that means that things will be congested through chinatown and normal delays on the schuylkill with speeds like 15 miles per hour. have a safe ride home rick and monica. >> thank you. still to come on "action

news" thursday night. the eagles are looking to get back to their winning ways again the red skins this weekend. jeff skversky has more on that coming up in sports. >> plus, local school students getting help to make sure they have the strength they need to do their best in class. and warmer temperatures coming in and highs in the 40s and 50s around the great lakes and this is temporary, summer warmth is returning in the seven-day forecast. >> sounds good.

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senior citizens now have help with the court system. they hoped the resource center in city hall. it helps seniors that need legal help or referales with elderly abuse and aging. the south school in philadelphia pause to give thanks for their meal and their now lunch program. and then it was on to the meal. there were signs encouraging

students to eat healthy. the new hot meal program is provided by the archdiocese and provides healthy meals for students throughout pennsylvania. jeff skversky is here with sports. the eagles getting ready for the red skins. malco malcolm jenkins believes it will not spiral out of control because of one loss. eagles fans have not forgotten about desean jackson and they are making sure his players don't forget either on sunday in washington and they expect them to throw deep to desean. the eagles don't want carson wentz and his first interception from throwing deep again. receiver jordan matthews is not gun shy in practice. expect wentz to take a shot or

two down in washington. >> i liken him to a boxing match you are throwing jabs and combinations and looking for the right opportunity to get the big left hook, if you come out and throw big hey makers you end up getting knocked out. that is as an offense and play caller, how many of that do you put in and how often do you throw the big left hook or right hook, it's a feel thing. >> and the fight on sunday. the eagles may not have to worry about jordan reed one of the best in the business, he has a concussion but the eagles not ready to rule him out. the eagles hoping not to lose four times to washington. >> this is not the same eagles team that lost two games to the red skins last year. a lot of new players and

coaches. and doug is saying this was chip kelly's bunch and this is a whole new team. don't be a historian and talk about the path but be a pioneer and talk about the future. want to see more of noel embiid. they have upped his minutes from 12 to 15. embiid is looking more and more comfortable on the floor in preseason and scored 25 points combined in the last two preseason games, the regular season is less than two seasons away. college football, temple looks to avoid losing two straight since the end of the last season when they lost their bowl game in boca raton. and the owls flying to orlando to play central florida. temple is desperate to get the season running in the right direction. >> it's definitely a point you

go down there and get back on track, and get back to winning football that comes with great effort in practice. you know and guys just locking into the small things we got away from that. the self-inflicted wounds that killed us last game. minus that we have a great chance of winning the game. more on the big game saturday morning on temple football play book saturday on 6 abc at 9:45. and finally we thought carson wentz looked good. look at toronto maple leaves rookie, the first player to score four games in his debut but toronto lost. but high expectations. they open their 50th season on friday. >> another night of surprises and intrigue tonight on abc prime time with "grey's anatomy" at 8:00 and at 10:00 how to g"ht

away with murder". >> this is a private meeting, this conversation is privileged. >> it was an assault? >> who said that? >> you can defend yourself at the disciplinary hearing. >> my clients are poor people and children they need me to do any job right now. >> this is jeopardized after the philadelphia bar association discovers damaging information about analise. and frank discovers an act that someone close to him has to deal with. at 10:00 philadelphia's own "how to get away with murder" and after that "action news" at 11:00. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. we guarantee to make switching easier. we'll show up on time.

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adam is here with accuweather. don't put away the short-sleeves yet. >> whatever. >> temperatures are coming back in the seven day. >> as we take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan showing some showers that passed through earlier are long gone and we have lingering clouds

around and overall a decent day despite the quick window of wet weather. as we take a look at the action cam that was down in franklin square earlier today. you can see the fountain still going strong and soon they will shut them off for the winter season. as we look at temperatures now, 67 in philadelphia and 65 in allentown and reading, 70 in dover right now with the wind coming in from the west and eventually switching from the northwest and that will pull in some colder air during the overnight hours. satellite and radar, there is that quick hit of light showers and the clouds breaking up west of the philadelphia and breaking up quickly. they are taking pictures of their feet on the news desk -- is this going on social media. oh my gosh. 39 to 46 degrees for the overnight low. 63 allentown and trenton 65 and millville 64 and wilmington 64.

tomorrow a perfect cloudless sky and 7 to 14 miles per hour wind. and over the weekend the sunshine remains in control and high clouds on sunday and 67 for your high on saturday. and then turning much milder on sunday with a high temperature of 73. bermuda did get whacked by a hurricane 3. when the eye wall when over bermuda. the winds clocked in at 122 miles per hour. it is sustained as a cat 2 and continues to head into the north atlantic weakening and not affecting any other land mass as it dissipates over the weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast temperatures will be on the rise after they cool down the next couple of days, bright and beautiful throughout the weekend and a morning shower with a cold front on monday. not a lot of rain, the afternoon sunshine returns at 76 and back

to the 80s on tuesday and wednesday, and in fact record warmth a nice but not as warm but still above average on thursday of 74. do you hear her laughing? >> sounds like a chicken back there. >> we put our best foot forward. it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands.

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