they turned into burned out homes and police are desperately trying to find the person or persons who did this overnight before they can strike again. it is monday night and the big story on action news tonight is the latest on an arson spree in west philadelphia, live in southwest detectives is action news reporter dann cuellar and what are investigators saying about this? >> reporter: well jim they now have a task force to try and solve the case quickly and help is surveillance footage that captured the arsonist in action. the scene at 56 and master in west philadelphia around 4:20 a man in a hoodie is seen walking up to a dumpster and pouring some type of fluid into it seconds later he ignites it and the dumpster burst into flames right below the bedroom of a family sleeping up stairs. the fire department came quickly against a wall that was cement and did not ignite the whole building.

>> reporter: 5700 jefferson he torched a car belonging to delores hill. >> i said on fire you got to be kidding. >> reporter: in the 6,000 block of columbia police say he torched four cars leaving people in the area on edge. >> it's terrible i'm going to put my car in the garage. >> reporter: you are not taking any chances. >> not taking chances at all. >> reporter: the police say they torched seven cars and a dumpster within a 5 and a half period overnight. >> going through the neighborhood to see the fire response and not quite sure what his motivation is at this point but a lot of damage out there. >> reporter: many here worry about what else he will do. >> more than willing to keep my eyes open and encourage everyone that i see to do the same. >> i know it will be hard to sleep tonight to watch the neighborhood. i guess that is why people come over here and do stuff because it be so quiet over here. >> reporter: now agents from the

alcohol tobacco and firearms assisting in the investigation and hoping someone will recognize something about a person in the video that could lead to his identity and where bts dann cuellar action news. burlington county and chopper six was on the scene at route 206 and vincentown road and this was at 7:30 and flown to the trauma center at the regional medical center the car stopped at the scene and route 206 is closed at this hour. newark police looking at a sexual assault of a student and 20-year-old was walk along on corbet at 10:30 saturday night and attacker reportedly snuck up behind her and pushed her against a parked car, the victim says her asiaaasiel -- assailan

off. the race got hotter as toomey and mcguinty were in pittsburgh and focused on healthcare and energy policy and asked about gun violence and toomey crossed the aisle to work with mansion to forward information about background checks. >> i'm a big believer in the second amendment and it's important one at that and do not any there is a conflict between the second amendment and a three-minute background check. >> it was right for joe mansion to leave the charge and senator to lend his name to the background check loopholes and such a shame when it failed by a couple votes the senator said the senate has spoken let's move on. >> reporter: once again senator toomey refused to say if he would vote for donald trump he did reject trump's instance that the election process is rigged.

in a university poll toomey leads 49-45% and has a margin of error of 3.8%, i'll have the good fortune to moderate the next live debate between toomey and mcguinty and invite you to send us your questions so you can be a participant and send them through social media using the #6abc action or by e-mail to join the action at 6abc.com. the debate will be monday october 24 that is next monday a week from today live at 7:00 p.m. it is right here on channel six. also in pennsylvania democrat hillary clinton holds the lead over republican donald trump in the presidential race but the poll of likely voters again released today shows clinton with 47% to trump's 41%. the survey has a margin of error of 3.8% in a four-person race. the clinton campaign is denying that it had anything to do with

the request from the state department last year to reclassify, to reduce the classification level of an e-mail from hillary clinton's private server. f.b.i. records released today show the request was made to the f.b.i. as part of a proposal to send more agents to iraq, f.b.i. denied the request and said there was no quid pro-quo and donald trump said it is proof that clinton coluded with the f.b.i. and jeannette reyes is there and donald trump continues to make incendiary action and threatened to send people to polling places to watch out for voter fraud. >> reporter: many people calling those threats disturbing and could lead to voter intimidation and donald trump doubling down on comments that voter reside e

registration or fraud could threaten him at the white house and spoke out on both sides of the aisle after donald trump singled out philadelphia. >> it's a rigged system it's a rigged election and rigged like you never seen it before. >> reporter: weeks to election day and slipping numbers warning that voter fraud is widespread and the system is rigged against him and used philadelphia as an example of a city where voter fraud could steal the election and this weekend his surrogates reiterated the claim. >> do you want to tell me i think the election in philadelphia and chicago is fair i zould would have to be a moron to say that and dislearn everything i learned in 40 years of being a prosecutor. >> reporter: they believe voter fraud will be a problem, one in three adults on both sides of the aisle consider it a major problem. >> let them just create controversy so that when they move, you know, then they have

something to gripe about that is all. >> i think voter fraud would be a problem anywhere in any state in any city. >> reporter: but experts have long dispelled the claims and trump's rhetoric has drawn attention across the country and in philadelphia they say he is wrong and he is the city commissioner and a member on the three member board. >> there is much that can and does happen but none of what happens under minds the integrity of elections the way the comments do. voters should have confidence that every vote will be counted and every vote counts in philadelphia. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan and donald trump's running mate both distanced themselves from comments, trump responded today saying the gop is naive, jeannette reyes6abc. they still have time to vote for the general election the

deadline in the garden state is tomorrow. you will find information on how to register at 6abc.com. and we are just two days now from the third and final presidential debate. action news anchor monica malpass is in las vegas for the show down and look for her live reports beginning tomorrow right here on action news. a former aid to new jersey governor chris christie charged in the bridge gate scandal took the stand in his own defense today. bill said he was duped into believing those lane closures were for a study and he said he trusted david wild steen who took the lead role in the traffic survey and he told jurors that christie was told of traffic jams on the george washington bridge but not alleged scheme and they are accused of causing the jams to punish a democratic mayor for lee for not endorsing christie. random attacks have a west

philadelphia neighborhood on alert tonight investigators say that a paint ball gun is the attacker's weapon of choice and action news reporter christie alleto spoke to one of the unsuspecting victims who was shot in the eye. >> pop pop pop. >> reporter: his left eye hit with a paint ball and now has limited vision and this man wants to be identified as jay is one of several residents victim to an unidentified shooter firing pellets and paint balls near 52nd and jefferson. >> did not know what happened. i was just -- this happened so fast and so suddenly. extreme pain at the time, i mean i was down on many my knees in pain. >> reporter: during the monday evening rush. >> i heard a pow and didn't think much and the second time pow and it hit me and i jumped and fell. >> reporter: smith and carson had a similar encounter at the same spot, where did you get hit? >> leg. >> reporter: you got hit where?

>> here i was kind of scared because it could have been a real gun. >> reporter: no description of who is firing at residents and pedestrian but jay tells action news he remember seeing the shooter in a car, witnesses from tonight's incident said the pellets came from a nearby apartment building still. >> you think you are safe in your neighborhood but apparently you are not. >> reporter: three months to regain sight in his left eye and remarkably it has not scared him into leaving his home but anyone with information about the shooter or shooters is asked to contact detectives, reporting in southwest philadelphia christie alleto action news. still to come on action news a rocket goes off from virginia carrying much needed supplies to the international space station and it's visible to sky watchers at the jersey shore plus a change could be coming at the doctor's office the test some women may be able to skip for up to ten years melissa.

and jim highs today across the eastern half of the u.s. in the 80s and 90s and the october heat pump continues with records on the way for tuesday details coming up, with the accuweather forecast. a rare picture of a moon bow when action news continues tonight.

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a long away of defensive to take the city of mosul from i.s.i.s. has begun and u.s. war planes hit east of the city as kurdish peshmerga fighters led the initial assault today. [gunfire] the opening phase of the campaign could take weeks if not months and will involve more than 25,000 iraqi troops and

mosul home to a million people fell to i.s.i.s. in the summer of 2014. the private and terry's rocket is on a mission to the international space station tonight and took off from the island virginia at 7:45 carrying supplies and science experiments this is the first launch since 2014 when an explosion destroyed another one during lift off and it was visible on the north six and our very own sky six camera in atlantic city caught that view of a streaking one. new jersey's busy train station is up and running at full capacity today nearly two weeks after the deadly new jersey transit train crash and at hoboken have been repaired and in use and september 29 a train crashed through the bumper block and concourse of the station one was killed and more than 100 others injured, officials say

they are still working on repairing the station itself. prosecutor seeking a prison term for attorney general kathleen kane and faces sentencing next week in her perjury and obstruction case a jury convicted the 50-year-old of leaking grand jury material to a newspaper reporter and then lying about it under oath. a maximum sentence could be 12-24 years and kane will push for probation or house arrest. the civil trial against penn state university got underway today and former assistant football coach mike mcquery is suing for $4 million in lost wages and provided key evidence that was used to get jerry sandus sandusky conducted for sex abuse and let him go after the scandal broke and a lower for penn state says it's not the university's fault mcquery cannot find a new job in coaching. f.b.i. agents believe they know

what a serial bank robber dubbed the straw hat bandit looks like under his disguise and he is accused of holding up 11 banks in montgomery and banks and in each case the gunman wore some kind of had or hood usually a straw hat and believe he is driving a late gmc or chevy silvarado and live in delaware county and straw bandit got away with 11,000 and some women may be able to get a common exam less and should get a pap smear every 3-5 but looking into getting a papoloma exam could reduce it to once in ten years and studies show the hpv vaccine

is effective of 95% of strains that cause cervical cancer men and women who give their name to steer young people in the right direction were applauded for efforts and seth williams thanked the volunteers of the youth aid panels it's a diversion program for first time juvenile offenders charged with minor offenses and the adults monitor the city youth and help them learn from mistakes without them being entered into the criminal justice sysystem. philadelphia's police advisory commission met with residents in honey park session and concilio had the event and it's to improve relations and to investigate individual complaints against bless police officers a man in england captured a rare photo of a moon bow during a lightning storm yesterday and they are formed when moonlight rather than

sunlight is refracted by moisture in our atmosphere the best time to see an lunar rainbow is when the moon is near its fullst when the lunar light is at its brightest, i think that is the first moon bow i have ever seen. >> same for me, a beautiful picture. >> gorgeous. >> we have really nice weather and warm for october through the next few days and show you what is going on with storm tracker six live double scan radar and dry and no issues with precipitation and it's all about the ridge of high pressure pumping in a lot of warm air and show you the picture outside the action cam we were outside earlier tonight at boat house and see the homes lit up with a mostly clear sky in fair mount park along the schuylkill river and dry conditions and mild weather at 11:00 and coming in at 68 degrees after a high today of 82 in the city, 61 allentown, 65 reading at the coast in cape may 66, upper 60s in beach haven and 66 dover.

satellite six along with action radar and clear and quiet and see a big ridge of pressure in southeast united states and it's clockwise and tapping in the warm southwest wind and helps to warm up the eastern half of the u.s. and mid-atlantic and something to keep in minds with the southwest wind areas of low level moisture and watching out for patchy fog for the morning drive and drive with the low beams on and 6:00 coming in at 60 and hold at 7:00 and 8:00 at 62 so areas of fog tuesday morning and breaking off and burning off to plenty of sunshine tuesday afternoon because of that southwest early win at 6-12 miles per hour. the high in philadelphia 86 degrees if we hit that it would break the record of 85 setback on this date and turning a touch more humid with the southwest wind and forecast across the region and records along the way and where you see an astrict is

a place we will tie or break a record underneath a mostly sunny sky that is the case for allentown and reading and willingtown and philadelphia and trenton and millville calling for a high tomorrow of 80, 82 in dover 84 in toms river and 85 cape may so really records to watch across the region. in philadelphia 85 degrees is a record number and calling for a high of 86 and we will break the old record setback in 1908 allentown calling for a high tomorrow record close to that 81 degrees, 82 trenton watching these records that could potentially fall in wilmington and also in atlantic city with numbers there in the middle and lower 80s here is exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast so fog in the early day to record warmth and high 86 in the month of october and wednesday another record on the way at 84 near records once again on thursday and 80 and the wake of that however late thursday into friday there is a cold front coming on through so a much

cooler day by the end of our workweek with some sunshine in at 71 then the reality check comes as we get into the weekend on saturday it's chilly and mostly cloudy a high temperature of just 58 degrees and on sunday a high temperature of 61 partly sunny next monday sun and patchy clouds high temperature in at 60 so we go from 80s so a big dip as we head into the weekend jim. >> thank you melissa. it was the show of party unity tonight in newark delaware and gathered for the jefferson jackson reception tonight and governor jack markel joined with coons and congressman carney and the special guest is elisha comings of baltimore and helps candidates in the election three weeks from tomorrow. sweet sounds of classical music filled the cathedral of saints peter and paul in philadelphia tonight. ♪

the coral art society of washington opened the sixth season with concerts at the cathedral. six other ensembles will perform in the coming months in the city jimmy coming up, at 11:35 after action news here is jimmy with a preview of tonight's show. >> thanks jim and hello philadelphia i've seen the future and it's this are you still riding your motorcycle, this is a photo and either you are now dressing like

i guess it's fair to say the euphoria3-0 start is wearing off. >> 3 and 0 and it's not from partying but seeing how the eagles team went 3-0 to 3-2 and yesterday's loss raises concern especially with the right tackle position and we were worried about halapoulivaati vaitai going in for good reason and he was eaten up by washington and halapoulivaati vaitai was coach

pederson to replace the suspended lane johnson and the move did not workout at all but the coach says he is sticking with big v. >> i'm not going to stand here and point the finger at big v because that is not what happened there is enough mistakes all around in this food ball game that cost us this game and you know but i thought as the game progressed he settled in nicely and did some good things. >> logan an injury in the second quarter of the loss and calling the status week to week. good news on the sixers injury front and took part this portions of practice today and the team has been cautious with his troublesome knee and oglethorpe said he is getting healthier. >> this is the first day of training camp and i feel good out there and with the recovery i will do it tomorrow when i wake up ahead in sports a crazy

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the flyers had the night off and their three game road trip to start the season will wrap up tomorrow with the black hawks in chicago and through the leg and worth a few more and through his legs and past the goaltender and

goalie never had a chance and never saw it. alc game between cleveland and toronto and leads 2-0 this game has just gone final and cleveland wins 4-2 mike with two rbi and jason kipnis with a solely homer so now the indians lead three games to none, game four and will go for the sweep tomorrow afternoon in toronto the philly phanatic is like the rest of us minus the movie star good looks and called in for jury duty at the criminal justice center in center city and he is just as bored as you and i will be, he is anxious to do his civic duty. >> downloaded some books. >> thank you ducis and finally tonight four of the top people were honored tonight and hosted

the event at 19 restaurant at the hyatt in center city the hospitality professionals the consigers were selected for helping to make their guests visit to philadelphia a wonderful experience. jimmy kimmel live on six is next followed by night line and kobe smolders and performance from 1975. action news continues at 4:30 with edwards and matt o'donnell and murphy and karen rogers with traffic and for cecily tynan and melissa magee doo-doo and the entire action news team i'm jim gardner good night.