telling the crowd she is ready to beat pat toomey and donald trump come november. taking the fight of working people from philly to d.c. she also thanked her opponents, john fetterman and joe sestak for an ideas-based campaign. in her speech, she spoke of raising the minimum wage. she would be the first female senator from pennsylvania. take a listen to her speech from just a couple minutes ago. >> you know, you hear a lot about momentum in an election year. who's got wind in her sails? who's moving in the right direction and who's got the best shot to come out on top? but this year, the momentum is about one person, one group of people. it's about the people of pennsylvania. >> reporter: big cheers here at south philadelphia at the international stage worke erers union complex. thanking her fans again. looking ahead to the fall. she did say she would face incumbent republican pat toomey calling the trump/toomey ticket a brand of bigotry and hatred. let me see if i can grab her real quick. no comment from the senator tonight. we'll try to grab her later if possible

>> there are four people vying for the democratic nomination to run against republican senator, pat toomey. john sestak, katie mcginty and businessman joe bavarka. sestak is a former navy admiral that came within 2 percentage points of beating toomey in 2010. despite that sestak has alien e alienated himself. enter katie mcginty, she has not been elected to public office but ran against tom wolf who later pointed her as his chief of staff. the democrat party all but recruited mcginty to run and pours millions into her campaign. supporters don't get it. >> he has good name recognition and has widespread support, it puzzles me why the democratic party would leave a good viable candidate when we need a strong candidate in november. >> but the mcginty supporters say that the democrat party are virtually supportive for her says a lot. >> i think you guys are doing it for a long time and it's time for us lady to have a try at it. the more of us the better it is. >> reporter: back out live at the episcopalian church. the latest polls have it tight between mcginty and sestak, once again the winner

here i have a disagreement with pat toomey, pat toomey who has done nothing to move along the declaration of war against isis that the president proposed well more than a year ago has done nothing to move on the nominee that the president put forward. the expert in cutting offensing for terrorists, those are priorities i would push them anne working closely with the white house on those key issues. >>> mr. fetterman. >>> my campaign believes good judgment trumps bad experience. all across the state on the campaign i have not encountered a single individual that has been happy or pleased or proud how iraq turned out. it's one of the worst foreign policy blunders the government ever made. the so-called experts out there, that we can bomb our way into imposing our will and way of life in the countries we've seen how that worked out. the kennedy school of government the best things i was exposed to was the former defense secretary during the vietnam war. he said the vietnam war didn't have to happen. this is a war of choice and it was a mistake. no one learned that lesson we went into iraq an

in pennsylvania, meanwhile, former retired admiral, joe sestak is looking for a rematch against pat toomeyematch, sestak has to get past katie mcginty tomorrow. she has some big name backers and her ads are not afraid to let you know that. >> why have president obama and vice president biden endorsed katie mcginty for u.s. senate? because she's a champion for working families. katie mcginty will take on the republicans and protect social security and medicare. >> should have said, by the way, that katie mcginty is the former state environmental chief. vice president biden was in pennsylvania today speaking out for her. >> how are you, ladies? >> i'm good, how are you. >> sestak, though, says the flow of money and endorsements against him may be just what turns voters toward him. >> people are really tired of a system where someone can be down in washington, d.c. and dictate, through power, through money, what's to happen. it's amazing where we are today. $4.2 million has been poured into this race from outside pennsylvania. special interest groups, all orchestrated by the democratic senato

nomination to learn more who they are. >> reporter: four pennsylvaniaians are hoping to take on pat toomey in informed me each brings their own reasons for running and ideas how to best represent pennsylvania. brad mayor says. >> this idea that if you washington i'll go in and change it. it doesn't work that way, you're one of 100 people in the senate. because something is difficult doesn't mean it's not something that should be attempted. there's a moral duty to do that. despite the odds and the in any sayers, we were able to create success and get things done. i believe the same thing can be held true in the united states senate. >> reporter: katie mcginty most recently served to tom wolf but he also has experienced in private sector. >> i think people are tired of the business sector. i started a small business. helped funnel a larger business, worked with entrepreneurs and helped to grow up very creative high tech companies. that brings a common sense of a no nonsense too of what i believe is missing in washington dc. >> joe says stack unsuccessfully ran against senator toomey in 2010,

senator, pat toomey. fresh off her primary victim, mcgonety's already under attack in this brand-new ad from a conservative political group. she supports the largest tax increase in pennsylvania history. now, she runs for senate. >> for us, it's about focusing on the issues. i know why senator toomey wants to change the subject. his record is not a record that's worked for working families. >> katie is very liberal. never separates herself from the liberal wing of her party. i reach across party lines to find good solutions. >> reporter: both toomey and mcginty were at our studios today for interviews on this week's nbc 10 "at issue." it's not about a label from my point of view. it's about can we build good jobs, good paying jobs, do that while protecting the environment? >> i'm going it make sure i've got the resources to get my message out to talk about my record of creating a better environment for job creation, creating more security. >> reporter: mcginty got the back of high-level democrats in washi

senate now, ap has called the race for katie mcginty in that race toward being able to take on pat toomeyh. interesting because this is going to be battle that everyone across the country will be looking at. because there's so many races up for grabs that are held by republicans that democrats think they can take. pennsylvania being one of them. >> all right. thank you very much, bruce. more election results as we take a break. back with more in a moment. the e-class has 11 intelligent driver-assist systems. it recognizes pedestrians and alerts you. warns you about incoming cross-traffic. cameras and radar detect dangers you don't. and it can even stop by itself. so in this crash test, one thing's missing: a crash. the 2016 e-class. now receive up to a $3,000 spring bonus on the e350 sport sedan. unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. flonase is the first and only nasal spray approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory s

the stage is set for pennsylvania's next senate race and mcginty will try to unseat pat toomey, she beat joe sestak by 10 points. today the action cam caught up with mcginty as she thanked voters at murray's deli. >> i think it's hurtful to women and to families when pat toomey leads the charge to take away planned parenthood that serves 104,000 of his very own constituents or opposed to increasing the minimum wage and equal pay for equal work. >>> senator pat toomey -- blamed mcginty for following the democratic party to a letter and is willing to stray from the gop if necessary. >> i have been willing to celebrate myself from the republican party when i think the party is mistaken. i don't know any case where katie mcginty has separated herself from the most liberal wing of her party. >> if mcginty were to win she would be the first female senator from pennsylvania. stay with "action news" for continuing coverage of this fall senate race we'll post updates on the "action news" facebook page as well as at 6 abc at twitter and online at 6abc.com. >>> in other news, philadelphia police ar

we'll tell you who will be taking on pat toomey in november's u.s. senate race. >>> in honor of the primary we decided to put a twist on tonight's good question. if you had to vote, who would be the eagles 2016 starting quarterback? nicole brewer tallies up the results. >> in the wake of tonight's strong thunderstorms we're finally seeing everything clear out. now much cooler air moved in. we'll be with us through the end over the week. few more rain . >>> back on "eyewitness news," another big race was the democratic primary to determine a challenger for pat toomey. >> katie mcginty is the former, she has defeated former representative joe sestak. there are the numbers 42% to 32%. mcginty spoke a short time ago. >> just had the opportunity to speak to congressman as you say tack and mayor fetterman and i want you to join me in graduating both of them for the principle ideas base debate we just had. >> take a look in the resource attorney general kathleen kane this is the dramatic side and josh shapiro has been declared the winner with 47% of the vot

we'll tell you who will be taking on pat toomey in november's u.s. senate race. >>> in honor of the primary we decided to put a twist on tonight's good question. if you had to vote, who would be the eagles 2016 starting quarterback? nicole brewer tallies up the results. >> in the wake of tonight's strong thunderstorms we're finally seeing everything clear out. now much cooler air moved in. we'll be with us through the end over the week. few more rain . >>> back on "eyewitness news," another big race was the democratic primary to determine a challenger for pat toomey. >> katie mcginty is the former, she has defeated former representative joe sestak. there are the numbers 42% to 32%. mcginty spoke a short time ago. >> just had the opportunity to speak to congressman as you say tack and mayor fetterman and i want you to join me in graduating both of them for the principle ideas base debate we just had. >> take a look in the resource attorney general kathleen kane this is the dramatic side and josh shapiro has been declared the winner with 47% of the vot

mcginty will go autopsy begins pat toomey in the fall.ur coverage of the pennsylvania and delaware primaries continues right now, six a abc,.com that is where we've lex results for all of the races thaw care about, and they are updated, live throughout the overnight hours, and the final tallies are coming up, and "action news" continues in just a moment. we've lex. dear fellow citizen, time spent with my son really makes me appreciate "the now". but i also have to plan for my family's future. and that means taking on debt. in a smart way. like my mortgage - it's working for me. and if he needs a college loan down the road, that'll be worth it too. it's all about having a strategy, that fits your life. so, if you have a question about how to make debt work for you, ask me. sincerely, brandon heaven fellow dad and fellow citizen. >>> phillies begin a series with the hated nationals in washington. >> that team has given phillies fit over years. phillies were man handled in their last series with the nationals. they lost two of the three game

mcginty will go autopsy begins pat toomey in the fall.ur coverage of the pennsylvania and delaware primaries continues right now, six a abc,.com that is where we've lex results for all of the races thaw care about, and they are updated, live throughout the overnight hours, and the final tallies are coming up, and "action news" continues in just a moment. >>> phillies begin a series with the hated nationals in washington. >> that team has given phillies fit over years. phillies were man handled in their last series with the nationals. they lost two of the three games while being out scored 19-five. phillies trying to get back to 500 tonight. that is a good start. andres blanco, the two run home run. >> it is gone. >> two to nothing phillies. the the nationals would later tie it up but in the seventh inning miguel franco smacks a rbi double. blanco come home. franco would come up limping in second base but wow say in the ballgame. four-three phillies. bryce harper up with the tying run on first base. gomez gets mvp to ground out to third. p

(applause). >> are you ready to beat pat toomey and donald trump? >> yes yes ay!dy to go. let me stop and congratulate and just say that i have just had the opportunity to speak to congressman sestak and mayor feather man. and i want to you join me in congratulating both them for the principals issues, debate we both just had, thank to you both of them. (applause). >> are we eager to bring this fight forward to november? >> yes! >> let's go! >> you know you hear a lot about momentum in an election year. who's got wind in her sales? (laughter). >> who is moving in the right direction? and who has got the best shot to come out on top? >> you. list seasoning to katie mcginty who's addressing her supporters she's been declared the winner in the pennsylvania us senate democratic primary in south philly to night. >>> seventh grader in texas could get cut from school if he doesn't cut his hair. isaia, is wearing the sign around his hometown of arlingt arlington. he says his school told him his hair is too long and violates the school rules. the policy says boys hair cann

and would become the keystone state first female us senator if she defeats incumbent republican pat toomey any november. she says, bring it on. >> i feel just terrific. i'm ready to get to workment i'm fired up. let's go get them. you know what? time is short in a lot of ways. because families need help now, and i can't wait to jump in. and work with everybody in this country that is ready to lift our country up, lift families up, let's go get them. >> i want to congratulate katie on the nomination for u.s. senate for the democratic party and ask you all to congratulate her with me. (applause). >> of course now sets up a campaign that will likely have gender politics not just at the national level, with the presidential race, but, in pennsylvania, of course, for the senatorial race, as well, so this will be a big one to watch. as with many others. back to you guys. >> for sure. let he is get back to the chaka fattah story, white house not too happen which his campaign yesterday. >> philly voice and later philly.com report that fattah used three year old complimentary comments from presiden

and they are all hoping to unseat the incumbent, pat toomey. vernon odom spoke to the three candidates about their plans for office. >> reporter: former congressman joe sestak canvass in media, delaware county, part of his former district campaigning hard for the democratic nomination hoping to once again confront pat toomey. he is still a pariah to democratic party bosses, he is a pro obama progressive but refuses to take orders from chuck schumer. >> a u.s. senator -- sestak whenever i tell you anything it's answer is to be yes. this is no longer a nation of kings and king makers. >> katie mcginty has never held an office but is the choice of the establishment. the unions have poured in money and president obama is on board and so is governor wolf. >> pat toomey's voting record, trying to privatize social security and voting against health care and aiming to repeal the medicare expanse we worked so hard on. and voting against veterans benefits. >> he fights hard to reyou've night his town out west and endorsed bernie sanders for president and

they will challenge republican senator pat toomey in the fall. keep it right here on of abc. after this week at 10:00 a.m., you can see the democrat debate. it will get underway at 11:00 a.m. >>> flyers playoff hopes on the brink, chapter 3 will play out in south philadelphia. "action news" was in washington, d.c. as the flyers walked off the ice winners of game number five. they shut out the caps despite being badly outshot. the win puts the series the once 3-0 caps. to 3-2 caps. michael neuvirth has been stellar in the past two games. >>> i like playing in the playoffs. i like playing under pressure. i know i can play good in the playoffs. i play with confidence and believe in myself and trust what i do. >>> we know what we are, we know what we're about, along the way we can make a few adjustments here and there, but, you know at the core we know what we are. >>> ahead in sports, you'll hear from captain claude giroux and general manager ron hextall. >>> bruce springsteen honors superstar prince. >>> new video here, an apartment building becomes a towering inferno. >>> look

they hope to challenge republican senator pat toomey in the fall. you can watch the debate in its entirety at 11:00 a.m. on 6abc. >>> stay with "action news" for primary election coverage on tuesday, we'll have representatives from the league of women voters to answer any questions you have. call the number on the screen from 7:00 a.m. when the polls open until the polls close at # p.m. >>> 9:04. we're tracking other stories of the morning. this morning police are working figure out who killed a teenager in a fight outside a north philadelphia nightclub. police were called to the emergency cafe and lounge on the 400 block of east wyoming avenue at 3:30 a.m. someone shot a 17-year-old in the chest. crews rushed him to saint christopher's hospital for children where he died an hour later. investigators are looking for suspects in the shooting. >>> in south jersey, police are investigating the crash there involving a pedestrian. the victim was hit on route 42 near green tree road in washington township gloucester county last night. police say they were

senate primary and who will take on republican senator pat toomey in november.emocrat katie mcginty governor wolf potions former of staff is leading former congressman joe sestak 39 to 34%. john feather man has got the vote of 14% of those polled. remember after you cast your ballot tomorrow tune in for the results tomorrow night fox 29 news at 10:00 and then stay with us at 11:00 for special extended coverage of the primaries in pennsylvania and delaware. >>> undecided 13%. on your radar. more heat and storms on the way. live look at reading as most of us are still hovering in the mid 60s right now. kathy, you're tracking not only more sun but storms. >> um-hmm. you know they go together. summertime weather is coming our way and you can see some showers moving toward the delaware valley we have a front moving our way that will put us in the slight risk of severe weather. the highest risk is out west. but about 47 million people will be in this end hasn'ted risk in the delaware valley as part of that. the possibility of damaging winds and even hail with these st

this is a chance to challenge a relatively vulnerable incumbent pat toomey. and the democratic race here was hard fought. fetterman came in third. joe sestak came in third. mcginty has been a chief of staff to pennsylvania's democratic governor, tom wolf, she has a lot of establishment support tonight. she will be the democratic candidate for that senate seat against pat toomey in the fall. now, this race, we don't necessarily talk about house races on nights like this. but this is actually an historic event this evening. chaka fattah, this is the first time an incumbent member of congress has lost his or her seat in a primary all this year in every state of the country. he was indicted on 29 counts, including racketeering, bribery, mail fraud, all for allegedly misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money. he's facing significant jail time. he has lost his seat tonight in the democratic primary. state representative dwight evans served in the legislature for nearly four decades. and he will be the democratic nominee to try to hold that seat in

senate to run against pat toomey. the primary candidates debated the issues in our 6abc studios. the democrats are former congressman joe sestak and katie mcginty and john john fetterman, and joe vodvarka vod vod -- got in the race last week. >>> i don't like politicians i don't see no difference between democrat and republican. its all by design they control everything. this is the worst the country ever had. >>> the biggest issue in my campaign is the scourge of inquality in this country. >>> i will uphold social security and stands with taxpayers against wall street excesses. >>> when the "wall street journal" endorsed me they said he can bring integrity. >>> mcmelissa. >>> a 17-year-old boy is dead after a fight ended in a shooting in philadelphia. the police responded to east wyoming avenue around 3:30 a.m. reports of several people fighting. the 17-year-old was shot in the chest and taken to st. christopher's hospital where he died. no arrests have been made. >>> we are learning from new information about a deadly rollover crash in cumberland county, new jersey. police say

all four candidates were here for the 6abc democratic debate hoping to win against pat toomey. you can watch the debate tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. on 6abc stay with "action news" for complete coverage on tuesday, we'll have representatives from the league of women voters to answer any questions you have. you can call the number on the scene from 7:00 a.m. when polls open until the polls close at 8:00 a.m. >>> if you're just waking up with us, the flyers avoided playoff elimination again. in washington, game 6 they let goalie michael northberth hanging out to dry, but he stood tall. they had 11 shots the whole game. the game winner hit a washington goalie's skate and went in. game -6r happening tomorrow at noon in south philadelphia. we'll hear from the players coming up in sports. >>> there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning, frustrated with the cell phone battery that constantly needs to be charged? we have tips on extending the battery life. >>> how can you pay tribute to the musician prince by visiting a local movie theater today. >> reporter: gray we

talk to senators that are running and are in trouble, pat toomeys of the world, they won't have anything nice to say. they'll make peace with a changing fluid situation. when we get to the convention, that's when you see people put their cards -- >> pat toomey said he voted ted cruz. didn't say much more. former senator from new hampshire was supporting john kasich, said i am not going to the convention at all now, sick of the whole thing. i would vote donald trump in general election but not vote ted cruz in any circumstances. are you beginning to see a never cruz movement? we had the comments from john boehner that called ted cruz lus fer. >> two unpopular candidates for the nomination. that's the reality. look at more generally hillary clinton and donald trump will be two of the most unpopular nominees of major parties in history. >> the voters bowed to their choices, to john mccain and mitt romney. it turned out a miserable failure. time for the establishment, john boehner and everyone to stop. >> i agree there's a collapse of trust in institutions and to some extent the establishmen

senate primary and will take on republican senator pat toomey in november. democrat katie mcginty, governor wolf's former chief of staff is leading former congressman joe sestak 39 to 34 percent. john fedderman has the pole of 14 percent polled. after you cast your ballot today tune in for your results at fox 29 news at ten. stay with us for our special extended coverage of the primaries in pennsylvania and in delaware. >>> loaded guns in your luggage, tsa finding an alarming number of weapons that passengers are bringing to airports all over the country. we will break down those numbers coming up next. we don't decorate in one color. we don't stick to one fabric. or one shape. so why use traditional aerosols that are one-dimensional? new air wick room mist with life scents is a multi-layered fragrance, just like scents in real life. our homes are rich, varied, and pleasantly surprising. and air wick room mist is, too. finally, a true-to-life fragrance, for your lively home. air wick. home is in the air. china. india. some of the world's worst polluters. as

pennsylvania, it's a senate seat that's currently held by this guy, republican incumbent senator pat toomeyseen as one of the most vulnerable republican incumbent in the whole senate this year. democrats think they have a really good chance to pick off his seat in november. depending on who they pick as their democratic candidate. and that is going to be decided on tuesday where the two leading democratic contenders in pennsylvania are joe sustack, almost beat pat toomey once before. katie mcginty, chief of staff to the current democratic governor tom wolf, has lots of institutional democratic support in the state. joe sustack has been up in the polls in recent weeks but today there's a monmouth poll in pennsylvania that shows joe sustack and katie mcginty tied, 39 points each. then there's john fedderman who's running for the same seat. the tattooed, telegenic, harvard-educated 6'8" size of a silo mayor of the rust belt town of braddock, pennsylvania. even though fedderman doesn't have the same name recognition ar the establishment support his opponents do, john fedderman did just get a ma

philadelphia environmentalist democrats the democratic party in the november election against incumbent pat toomey to the democratic primary for pennsylvania attorney general, montgomery county commissioner josh shapiro coming out on top beating out allegheny district attorney steven zappala during last night's primary, will face republican state senator john rafferty of montgomery county. >> congressman chaka fattah senior lose to go state representative dwight evans, 11 term incumbent, charged with taking bribes, misusing campaign funds, grant, to help pay off loans from a failed campaign. that trial set to begin in may. >>> and our coverage does not stop on air. you can head over to our website fox29.com for complete breakdown of last night's result. >>> 4:37. we are following breaking news out of north philadelphia. police say two plane clothe officers were hit by another car at broad and brown street. >> those officers were taken to hahnemann expected to be okay but police do tell us the person who hit the officers did leave that scene. we have a crew headed to the scene. and we will bring yo

. >> mcginty will challenge republican incumbent pat toomey and that could tilt the control of the u.s. senate. >>> accuweather is tracking possible showers today as we go live outside sky 6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge on a cooler and mostly cloudy afternoon. adam you have to save me here. >> one could say ghouly out there. clouds out in cape may misting with showers on the southern tip of cape may county. look at the temperature only 48 degrees at the shore. and the dew point and temperature are close that means the atmosphere is saturated and winds from the north-northeast at 9 miles per hour. as we look at double scan live radar, sprinkles down to cape may and lewes delaware and these are slowly working west to the east, the only area seeing concentrated showers. temperatures no matter where you are. what a drop from yesterday. 50 in allentown and 50 in philadelphia and 52 in dover. we have the easterly wind through much of the day and at times northeasterly and southern areas pulling off the cold ocean at 54 degrees, and an impressive drop over the last several hours. co

senate to face pat toomey in the fall. joe sestak and katie mcginty are running in that race.cginty cast her vote in rain. and the race for attorney general is closely watched. two democrats and two republicans are running to succeed kathleen kane following her perjury scandal. annie mccormick is talking to voters all morning long and joins us live in bala cynwyd. >> reporter: hi sara, you talk about the crowds athe official polling locations. you can see crowds at this bala cynwyd location, we have been through points county and delaware county and bucks county and every place polling places are telling us they have seen crowds they haven't seen before. voters talked about what is drawing them in. >> it's the presidential race and also the senatorial race. >> there are some that are even more important, that is where the action curs. >> in lafayette hill in montgomery county, the presidential election was on their mind. >> i voted for bernie sanders. >> i'm looking at maybe john kasich. >> i think at this point i'm a trump voter. >> and signs and candidates greeted voters and

people casting ballots already, including, steve, senator pat toomey. we are just confirming with the senator's office that he did in fact vote for ted cruz in the pennsylvania primary this morning. he told -- the senator told the lehigh valley morning call that he did so because he believes cruz is a solid conservative and has a real viable shot in his words at beating hillary clinton in the fall. >> and pat toomey has to care especially about that question of electability in the fall because he's running for re-election this year. it's going to be a very tough fight for him in pennsylvania. ted cruz making noise about vice presidential picks, trying to look like a plausible nominee here. what's he saying about that? >> trying to portray confidence that, hey, we are looking ahead to a general election and vetting vp prospects. his top aides are saying, hey, of course we're vetting vice presidential prospects. it's may of 2016, why wouldn't we be looking at that when you are the last couple of candidates in play. that said, the fact that they're talking

the winner of the democratic primary takes on incumbent republican, pat toomey. pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane is not seeking re leaks as she fights perjury charges. two lawmen are on the ballot and allegheny county d.a. and state senator john ravty is courting the republican nomination. you can rely on "action news" and 6abc.com all day long as pennsylvania and delaware voters decide the races and the ballot questions. as soon as we get the results we'll bring them to you. look for the results on our facebook page as well. >>> looking at the weather now if you head out to vote today you may want to grab the umbrella before you leave. it's warm now and we are tracking spotty severe storms heading our way as we look live at sky 6 hd from penn's landing. david murphy is outside of our studios with an update from accuweather. >> reporter: we have bright sunshine breaking out and that will help to warm things up and make things unstable and set the table for the spotty storms later on. it's warm across the region, 78 in philadelphia, some cooler spots u

democrats believe the republican incumbent pat toomey is vulnerable this season so the nominee chosen by the democrats on tuesday will be a key figure in the battle in the fall for control of the u.s. senate. i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news in wynnefield heights. >> and you can watch the democratic senate primary debate in its entirety. tune in sunday morning at 11 o'clock right here on 6abc. >>> and when election day comes on tuesday, stay with "action news." in addition to complete coverage we'll also have representatives from the league of women voters right here to answer any questions that you might have. you can call the number on your screen from 7:00 in the morning when polls first open until 8 o'clock at night when the polls close. >>> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> all right let's do it. it's friday. we made it. matt pelman get us home, please. >> and the league of afternoon commuters are hitting the roads this afternoon trying to get home and start the weekend, start the passover weekend for our jewish friends. this is 95 northbound side already sluggi

he said if he's the nominee, if cruz is the nominee, then pat toomey gets re-elected. if donald trump is the nominee, the senate is gone and there's nothing you can do about it. cruz is trying to make the argument with donald trump at the top of the ticket, down ballot races won't be successful for the republicans. he's acknowledging openly that both he and john kasich could potentially beat hillary clinton, although polling doesn't necessarily correlate with that. he's trying to argue that he can beat donald trump and move into the fall. there's a lot of arguments cruz is trying to make, but so far it doesn't look like they will be successful for him in these northeastern and mid-atlantic states that vote tonight. the campaign is aware of that. they are looking to turn the corn tore indiana and that's why cruz will be over at the hoosier gym in knightstown. talk about a classic indiana location, we'll be heading over there in just a little bit. >> hallie, real fast, cruz, is he trying to insulate his campaign, his ticket, by the talk of the vp pick and the vetting tha

senate to face pat toomey in the paul.nd katie mcginty and joe sestak running at the top of the field, and fattah battling to keep his seat against three challenges while facing corruption charges. and those running though to battle against kathleen kane. >>> and representatives from the league of women voters here at channel 6 studios to answer your questions and your concerns. just call the number you see on your screen from 7:00 in the morning when the polls open until closing time at 8:00 tomorrow night. find the number at 6abc.com. >>> a large crowd gathered in agony and grief tonight at a murder scene in new castle, delaware. two hours ago police responded to the park on the 400 block of anderson drive for the report of a shooting. the victim, believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene. officers have not identified him or a motive, and the killer remains at large. >>> the first time since the death of amy joyner last thursday they are searching for answers. and christie ileto ther

she beat out joe sestak -- she will challenge pat toomey in the fall. >>> from our delaware newsroom, state lease say that speeding led to a deadly crash in wilmington overnight. an suv landed upside down after crashing at 202 and faulk road. police say that 28-year-old devon johnson was behind the wheel and lost control of his ford explorer and he was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> one person was hurt when several cars collided during the morning commute on the new jersey turnpike in mercer county, it happened in the northbound lanes near exit 7 and 7 a in windsor township. it was triggered when one vehicle slowed down and was rear ended by another car. >>> philadelphia police are looking for two men behind a violent armed robbery on the streets of old city, it happened on april 8th on the unit block of bank street. one suspect got out of a parked car and approached with a gun in hand. police said the robber actually dropped the gun, the man made off with a wallet and cell phone and cash. anyone with information should call philadelphia police. >>> turning to the forecast it's a c

jessica dean sits down with the democratic candidates hoping to go up against incumbent republican pat toomey and the u.s. senate race in pennsylvania. >>> also today was pretty much a perfect spring day. beautiful out there. it can be more sunshine as we head back to work on monday? meteorologist lauren casey is live on the cbs3 sky deck. with the answer, is it still pleasant. >> very pleasant. nice light breeze, clear sky conditions. temperatures starting to cool off, feeling very nice. 55 degrees is your current for in philadelphia. we're at 51 in allentown. a little bit chillier down the shore where we had a cooler afternoon. temperatures in the 40's. stormscan 3 showing us the trend of the day-to-day and that is a bunch of nothing just a couple of patchy high clouds working through the delaware valley. we do have our next to storm system pretty far up wind at this point but it is a potent system in the upper midwest it will continue moving eastbound and arrive in our neck of the woods as we head to tuesday. out the door tomorrow morning, on a monday morning, sunrise at 6:08, nice clear s

. >> among them four democrats are vying a run for senate against republican incumbent pat toomey, note high profile race kathleen kane. three democrats and two republicans are on the ballot there. >> bucks county's eighth congressional district is up for grabs with candidates from both parties running to row place retiring representative mike fit patrick. and formality voters will state-wide be asked about a bob ill i shall -- abolish philadelphia traffic court. >>> the pole in pennsylvania and delaware open at 7:00 this morning, you have until 8:00 tonight to vote. >> meanwhile, in other news, all lanes of the eastbound pennsylvania turnpike in bucks county open this morning. but it wasn't that way for last night's evening rush. chopper three over the turnpike in bensalem where clues worked to clean up deadly accident and closed all lanes. one person was killed when a tractor-trailer overturned onto a karat about 3:00 yesterday afternoon. it is not clear what caused the accident. police are still investigating the crash. >>> the wilmington police chief expects to file charges by the e

. >>> pennsylvania senator pat toomey is proposing an amendment to air travel legislation in the namef a bucks county native who died in the 9/11 attacks. victor saracine was aboard one of the hijack ed hijacked airpl. we spoke to saracine's widow who was an capitol hill for the event. >> i can't look another family member in the eye and say, i'm sorry, i knew there was an issue and i didn't do anything about it. life after september 11th is not easy. it doesn't go away. >> she says she will not quit fighting until the barriers are in place. >>> 5:17. happening today, city council members, volunteers and local homeowners will clean up camdenç they'll pick up litter in marlton and stockton neighborhoods. this is the first of 11 cleaning and greening days in camden this spring and summer. >>> 5:17 on this wednesday. those trouble spots are starting out on the roads. >> they do. they can start out early, in the middle of the week, jessica. what are you following now? >> we're watching the schuylkill expressway right now. we do have an accident scene that looks nasty around the girard ave

senator pat toomey ran unopposed. >>> josh shapiro won the democratic primary to replace pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane. he was running against steven zappala a and john morganelli. >>> on the republican side john rafferty junior was declared, he beat out joseph peters. >>> welshing still ahead a major recall may have you thinking twice about your dinner plans tonight. >> um-hmm. we will tell you what to look for to see if you are affect. >>> also ahead how a quick thinking new jersey police officer helped save a man's life. this morning he is being called a hero. >>> plus more wild weather in the southwest, storms bring lightening, hail, tornadoes, wait until you hear how one woman is protecting her car from all this. we will explain when we come >>> new jersey police officer is hailed a hero for chasing down a man and stopping him from jumping off an overpass. >> don't, don't, don't. >> this happened monday morning, on route 287 in river dale, morris county. the sergeant made a split second decision to run after the man and tackle him. beneath overpass, speeding cars an

the democrats trying to take on incumbent pat toomey., counter charges a lot of money pouring into the race. the city of philadelphia got an honor. macarthur foundation giving them $3.5 million to reduce prison population. can they cut it by a third in three years. we'll talk about the idea and will it work and what it means. we'll talk about that on inside story. >>> everybody get outside today. >> reporter: don't forget the sunscreen, there's a lot of sunshine expected not only today, tomorrow, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. it's great it's like we moved to san diego. 74 degrees, sunny and warm. the jersey shore onshore sea breeze kicking in, upper 50s, close to 60 degrees. 80 degrees is the high tomorrow. 15 degrees above average. sun and clouds, tuesday, 72. wall-to-wall blue skies, 69. more sunshine thursday, 74. friday, clouds, shower activity strolling through, 77. saturday, 67 degrees, sun and clouds. >>> ceanlts beat it. >>> and you say -- can't beat it. >>> awesome. >>> this week with george stephanopoulos coming up next time

this for a chance to challenge incumbent pat toomey.race is viewed as one the democrats could take in november. >>> and to an interesting house race in pennsylvania. dwight evans who has served for nearly four decades is the winner ahead of 11 term congressman chaka fatah. it's the first time that an incumbent has lost their seat in any state. of course, fattah was indicted on 29 counts including racketeering and bribery and is facing sitting kantsdz jail time if -- significant jail time if convicted. >>> a new york judge has ruled that a lawsuit against trump university can head to trial. the $40 million civil suit accuses the quote university of scamming hundreds of students by using fraud and false advertising. >>> and jimmy kimmel has some ideas for the tattooed bernie sanders supporters. >> it's not looking good for bernie sanders, despite the fact he has some passionate, very enthusiastic supporters. a lot of them have been getting this bernie sanders tattoo. this is -- i don't know who drew this or who started it, but it will be

. >> mcginty will face republican incumbent pat toomey in november.now to the race for pennsylvania attorney general. >> montgomery county commissioner josh shapiro won the democratic nomination. >> so many people told us talon the way that a pragmatic progressive reformer couldn't win a statewide race. friends, we showed them that we could do it the montgomery county way. thank you al&hvery, very much. >> shapiro defeated allegheny county d.a. stephen zappala and northampton county d.a. john morganelli. in november he'll face john rafferty also from montgomery county. both vying to succeed democrat k kathleen kane who is not seeking a second term. >>> if you have the nbc 10 app, you're getting realtime updates. see all the results for the races that impact you and what's next for the nominees. >>> 5:38. after 13 years, a philadelphia neighborhood is getting some closure. police say they have finally found the arsonist who killed five people in a home in olney. >> every time you lack over there, i can remember it. i feel so bad for the family. >> more

today democrats will decide the winner of the four way contest to see who will challenge senator pat toomey in november's general election. katie mc begin i, chief of staff for wolf, vying for the senate seat. "eyewitness news" at motorcycle begin i's polling place in wayne early this morning. that's where she cast her vote as one of her daughters stood by her side. >> we also caught up with one of her rivals, former congressman, and three star navy admiral joe sestak. he stood in line with other voters before casting his vote at the polling location in grade iville montgomery county. also, voting today, candidates john vettor man and joseph vardca. >> candidates push to go replace pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane. "eyewitness news" was there as democratic josh shapiro cast his vote. republican candidate john rafferty headed to the boot in eagleville. also on the republican side, joseph peters on the democratic side, john morganelli, steven zapalla. no local races running decided, there but residents are headed to the polls to cast their votes to determine who will be the republi

. >> mcginty is challenging incumbent republican pat toomey, what hes unopposed in the primary. toomey plans to focus on the economy and fighting terrorism. >> america faces some big challenge is a head and we have an economy that is in the growing fast enough, threat of the terrorism is expanding, and the government in washington just isn't getting the job done. >> in the the race to replace pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane, josh shapiro wins the democratic nomination. he defeated steven zappala and john morganelli getting 47 percent of the vote. shapiro will face republican john rafferty, he defeated joseph peters 64 percent to 36. stay with "eyewitness news" as we stay on top of campaign 2016, we're the road to the white house as it returns to philadelphia for the the, democratic national convention in july. >>> new for a look at newspaper headlines across our region. >> press of atlantic city, new jersey forest fire service spotted a 95-acre blaze tuesday in winslow township camden county just near the boarder with atlantic county. service has been warning of high

primary, six abc hosted the debate among all will four candidates hoping to challenge republican pat toomey this fall and you can watch that debate, in its entirety tomorrow morning, and we invite to you tune in at 11:00 . >>> of course, stay with "action news" for complete primary election coverage on tuesday. we will have representatives from the league of woman voters on hand to answer any questions that might arise throughout the day. you can call the number on your screen from 7:00 in the morning, when polls opened, until 8:00 o'clock at night when polls close. >>> the search continues, for the suspect who killed eight people, and at four separate locationness ohio yesterday. authorities say that all eight were shot in the head, and it appears that some of them were killed as they slept. investigators say they had received an overwhelming number of tips as of tonight the but in one has been arrested thus far. one suspect is thought to be at large. >>> investigators continue to sort out, what exactly was behind a deadly shooting spree in georgia last night. the shooter, 50 year-old, way

six abc hosted this debate, among all four candidates hoping to challenge republican pat toomey in the fall and you can watch the senate debate in its entirety tomorrow morning, just tune in at 11:00 o'clock right here on six abc. >>> and first stick with "action news" for complete primary election coverage on tuesday, we have got candidates, representatives from the league of women voters here to answer any questions you might have throughout the day. you can call the number on your screen from 7:00 in the morning when polls opened until polls close at 8:00 o'clock tuesday night. >>> tires of more than a dozen cars in the the south philadelphia neighborhood were slashed, early this morning, and police say the suspect was easy to catch. he was crouched between two parked cars, next to a knife. police were called to the 1700 block of christian street just before 1:30 this morning after a resident there spotted someone slashing a tire. they arrived, and found 13 cars were damaged, during their investigation. they spotted a man between the cars, and took him into custody. >>> lots of dama

. >> mcginty will place republican incumbent pat toomey in november.sh shapiro won the democratic nomination for attorney general. hear from him about his victory in the next half hour. >>> for a more detailed look at all of the races in pennsylvania, tab the free nbc 10 app or logon to nbc10.com. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> it's a cool start this morning. the temperatures are still falling. there's still clouds in the area. but those clouds will be clearing during the day. right now, this is what we're looking at. 50 degrees in philadelphia. south jersey is just shy of 50 degrees at 49. the jersey shore is 49 degrees while delaware is currently 50 degrees. the lehigh valley, just a little bit warmer. the pennsylvania suburbs, some of the cool spots have produced a little bit of fog. be on the lookout for that. malvern is 49 and ft. washington 47. bensalem holding on to 50 degrees right now. this is our starting point. we'll see a warmup today. not like yesterday. it will be 60s this afternoon. see it with