"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon. we begin with breaking news s word of a massive settlement for

the victims of the deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia. >> amtrak will pay $265 million to settle all pending claims due to last year's fatal derailment in port richmond. the train went off the tracks in 2014. today they approved the settlement by the victim's attorneys. they are all expected to receive their payments by next summer. federal investigators determined that the train engineer was distracted and he learned of another train getting hit by a rock. meanwhile, in northeast philadelphia a woman was shot to death behind an apartment complex. and police are still looking for her killer, the attack happened overnight on the 2600 block of welsh road. a second victim was shot at the same location and the surrounding neighborhood was

littered with bullets. annie mccormick is following the investigation and joins us from police headquarters. >> reporter: rick, neighbors there say that this is not something they are used to seeing in the apartment complex. at least a dozen shots were fired and it appears that the homicide victim was the intended target. there was another man also shot but he did survive. >> a hail of gun fire hit apartment windows and vehicles parked in the apartment complex. when police responded they discovered a 35-year-old dead her body found in between two cars. one of those cars was owned by resident, april. >> i saw a bullet hole in my car and nearby gas tank. i said what is going on? the cops said we'll take your car. >> i said i'm on my way to work. >> while investigators scoured the crime scene at 2600 welsh

road, a second victim, a 36-year-old man arrived at the hospital with gunshot wounds to the neck and arms. he said he and another man was in the vehicle with the homicide victim when she arranged to buy drugs from the man. when they approached they were robbed and shot. police are looking for shooter and his accomplice. >> she was going into meet someone else an unknown individual and when she got there the individual robbed her and killed her and shot her friend. it's too early for me to tell you what the motive is. >> there was a third man in the vehicle with both victims before the shooting did happen. that person did escape without any injuries, that victim in the hospital is in stable condition. reporting live outside of police headquarters, annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. controversy surrounding last night's sixers game or what

happened before the game. a singer is speaking out when she was silenced by the sixers while trying to make a personal statement during the anthem. she was set to perform the star spangled banner and she showed up in a shirt that said we matter. prompting the sixers to pull her from the program. and she talked out to the host of the breakfast club a radio show. >> they gave me the option of wearing a sixers jersey, but it defeats the purpose of what i had on what i had on. >> our lives are just way more disposable. like why are our lives so much more disposable. it really bothers me. >> a sixers source says that streeters signed an agreement not to use her performance to

further any type of agenda. a member of the sixers dancers went on to sing the national anthem instead. gray hall will have more coming up later at 12:30. turning to accuweather, cloudy with periods of rain, looking live at sky 6 hd at penn's landing and a few showers came through. more widespread rain is arriving this afternoon. david murphy is here with a first check of the accuweather forecast. >> we had the round one this morning and then a lull and now on stormtracker 6 live double scan you see a few more scattered showers beginning to work their way in. every now and then most of this is light rain, you see a blip highlight the in yellow and some some pushes into northeast philadelphia. there is northeast philadelphia airport and montgomery county and bucks county picking up some of this. and a little more in north montgomery county and up around doylestown.

around the allentown and easton area and fleet wood and reading it's in and out of light precipitation. this lighter shade of green is producing light stuff on your windshield. this is coming out of york and lancaster and in chest eer coun and not getting hit with this you will probably later on. this is moving west to east with a push to the northeast. we have colder air in place and the same system produces light snow. more than light in some cases 3 to 4 inches. you see the area of blue, this is a mix of freezing rain and rain to the north. a freezing rain advisory that was to expire at 7:00 this morning. it's extended until 2:00 because of cool conditions at the surface lingering, if you have plans to drive to mt. pocono or jim thorpe over the next couple

of hours be careful of the freezeup on the roads. be careful of strong winds blowing leaves on road surfaces, with the water coming down it's as slippery as ice out there. if you slide on the leaves, the waxy coating tends to repeal water from the leaf's surface and that could give you a loss of traction. we'll talk where temperatures are going win i come back and we'll track the departure of the rain and then set our sights on the weekend with the warm-up opening. >> looking forward to that thank you. septa riders are being told to have a backup plan in case it's city transit worker goes on strike. they are planning to walk off it's job next tuesday november 1st if they can't reach a contract deal by monday. city buses and trolleys will stop running if this happens. and septa plans to continue talks with the union this week. closing arguments are

delayed in the bridge gate trial. jurors were expected to hear the arguments but the judge instructed them to go home. they are accused of causing lane closures on the george washington bridge to punish a mayor that did not support the governor politically, they thought the closures were part of a legitimate traffic studiy. turning to the white house now we are in the home stretch with only 12 days left before the election. newly leaked documents from wicky leaks could be bad news for hillary clinton as she and michelle obama campaign together for the first time this afternoon. lana zach joins us live from washington with more on that. >> reporter: hi there rick, can you believe only 12 days to go. we expect to hear about the wicky leak documents from donald trump. and he is in ohio. a recent poll show clinton and

trump there neck and neck. >> overnight a new issue for the clinton campaign, another batch of hacked emails from wikileaks. some from clinton's long time aide. they have not validated the documents, where they were encouraged to hire former president, bill clinton, for lucrative speaking engagements. they tied the documents to russian hackers trying to interfere with the election. >> they believe the russians are behind the leak why don't you believe it? >> i don't know who is behind that. >> he said the same thing. >> he told you that he thought the russians -- >> hacking is interesting, it's hard to determine who did what. okay -- >> during that interview trump repeated his controversial

remarks. if i were president at that time. captain kahn will be alive today. kahn's father called the comments cruel. >> with only days to go hillary clinton will be joined on stage with the person believed to be her strongest advocate. it shows this race is only getting tighter. clinton and trump separated now by only 8 points. and the biggest concern now is about voter turnout but booked her venue at the javits center in new york so she will literally be standing under a glass ceiling. the story of our nation's founding is coming to life one piece at a time at philadelphia's newest museum.

the crews installed a liberty museum in old city. a replica of the trees used as a gathering point to plot a revolt against the british empire. other galleries at the museum feature revolutionary era weapons and documents and artwork. it's expected to open in april. still to come a local hospital just accepted a check for a half million dollars and we'll tell you why. and a reason for local seen yours to get out and move. a hiking program at one of the favorite parks.

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killed nearly 300 people in august. and a person has died when flames tore through a three story apartment building. here on east 93rd street. some residents ran into the street in their pajamas. no word on a possible cause. investigators believe that sparked a fire that ignited panic in boston's subway during rush hour last night. officials say it was likely caused by an overheated engine. frantic passengers escaped windows to get out of the locked cars. they say they never heard an announcement over the inter come. that particular train is removed from service. three people were treated from minor injuries. claims of voter fraud and election rigging. and some is directed at philadelphia. a massive investigation through

voter records and wendy saltzman is revealing the results and irregularities. >> they died years ago but an investigation reveals that votes were cast long after they past. >> it's funny, unless a dead person came out of their grave. >> our investigation of the philadelphia election rules is uncovering questionable voters dating back at least a decade. and we are taking our results to the state and city of philadelphia to get action. >> doesn't that open the system to the possibility of fraud. >> it definitely makes it so there is an opportunity for it. >> don't miss my special investigation, voting from the grave tonight on "action news" at 11:00.

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health check this noon, people in desperate need of a kidney transplant are jumping ahead in line because of a shocking experiment. some people agreed to accept kidneys from dead donors with hepatitis c. they are okay with transmitting the virus. and they believe they can save lives with organs that would go to waste. buy lot studies are underway at the university of pennsylvania and john hopkins in maryland.

doylestown hospital was rewarded with a half million dollars in incentives from peco as a thank you for installing a new energy system. they began using a new gas and heat powered turbine that produced electricity and heat. and fall foliage is at its peak making it a perfect time to walk outside. in this week's art of aging report tamala edwards talks about the efforts to get seniors to strut their stuff in fairmount park. >> every year they stage the senior strut. >> so strut my stuff. >> the park is the perfect place to get out and move. >> it's one of the biggest urban parks system in the united states and incredibly varied. >> for seniors that walk in the

park it's a chance to appreciate the park's beauty. >> it's nice to get out and enjoy the fresh air and socialize with their peers. >> it promotes happiness and a good state of mind. >> my mother said do as much as you can when you can. >> harold says that hiking is his go to exercise. >> i walk about 4 miles every morning and i feel great and it starts my day off. >> and they can connect seniors for the buddy system for walking. >> if you have a buddy and you'll have conversation and you'll walk and it will go fast. >> the next hike is november 6 and, a walk through the wissahickon. >> you need to motivate yourself and get out. >> you can find the details on our website at 6abc.com/art of aging. channel 6 "action news." the action news team is out working on news stories tonight beginning at 4:00. lets go to alicia vitarelli with a preview. >> reporter: you guys coming

over? >> we are walking. >> a cool story for today. if your dad say professional paragrapher you have cool photographs in your lifetime. but this one is amazing we'll call it super. he went all out and turned hi daughter into wonder woman and included all kinds of props. we'll show you the final photos and they are really amazing today at 4:00. >> and if you have a hobby there are chances of things going wrong. what happened to this seasons rock climber when his fingers slipped. >> that is like a rick joke. >> that is hilarious, i'm going to use that. >> thanks alicia. accuweather is coming up. i cut out wall street middlemen to protect pensions.

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meteorologist, david murphy, is back now with a closer look at the some what dreary forecast. but we are holding on to the weekend. >> it looks like we'll see improvement. stormtracker 6 live double scan at noon shows you reemerging showers from the west. a break for a couple hours this morning after morning rush hour rain but starting to get damp again. and we'll look at some of this in a second. the action cam earlier in camden, new jersey, over on the society hillside at penn's landing, you see how the clouds early on were a factor and they still are. we look at some of that rain passing through the immediate region and philadelphia is back in a break and northeast philadelphia on the northeast edge of the city on up into southern buck county and parts of montgomery county seeing the

shower activity and occasionally you get a steadier cell that probably only takes a few minutes to get past. in most cases this is just light rain highlights in the lighter shade of green. temperatures on the cool side. 51 in philadelphia and the winds are out of the east-northeast at 10 and they pick up a little bit over the next several hours and become more blustery in the afternoon. 42 in allentown and 43 in reading and 57 in millville and closer to 60 in cape may. future tracker 6 showing united states that for the next several hours we will be in the lull with some off and on shower activity but the next round of steadier more widespread rain comes in during the afternoon and the poconos could have freezing rain up thereafter 2:00 or so. it will probably change to rain as well. this just fileters in and comes through with more widespread and steadier cells right up to 6:00. and then we get into the rest of the evening we are in and out of

the rape as well. by 11:00 cecily and adam won't have as much to show. in the lehigh valley cloudy skies and 53 is the forecast high and down the shore we have the rain coming in a little later on, you haven't had too much down the shore so far today but getting some other over the next several hours. 62 is the high and a round of of rain arriving and winds from the southeast at 10 to 20 miles per hour. 58 by 4:00 and 57 by 5:00 and just holding there, and it's possible that we hold off and get that 58 a little bit later around dinner time. upper 50s pretty much all the way. and then the overnight low is 48 and rain ending at midnight and a blustery by dry day on friday. today's high 58 and cloudy and breezy and rainy and 57 tomorrow and bright and blustery.

and on saturday, clouds and sun and milder, 72 is the high and a late day shower but it looks like a decent day for temple football fans for the 3:30 game at linc and then clouds moving in and if they hold off a bit we may go higher than 69. but eventually a shower in the afternoon as well. it looks like the rain is gone along with the warmer air for monday and halloween looks partly sunny and dry and 61 degrees and probably mid up toer 50s during trick or treating. nice numbers into next week as well. voting to gut consumer protections that crack down... on predatory lending and fraud. to take money from you and... line the pockets of wall street millionaires like... himself. pat toomey: out for himself, all in for wall street.

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