septa railway workers and electrical workers have gone on strike. here's what that means. 13 regional rail lines have broken down. that will affect 60,000 passengers. the trains go to newark, the airport and trenton. the el if the broad street line are still running. they service # 5% of septa riders. the next step is governor corbett is expected to ask president obama to a point a presidential emergency board to mediate. that would force workers to return to their jobs for 240 days. the standstill has been part of a long-standing dispute over wages. >> i want to thank the national mediation board and the governor's office for their efforts to try to to avert this work stoppage. unfortunately we have been notified by the blet and the ibw as of 12:01 a.m. their workers will walk off the job. >> i'm not as worried as what they will say or how it will affect them. we have friends and family that live in the community. we are from this community, we did not want this to result in a stoppage of work. which is why we repeatedly offered to settle the dispute in a binding manner in a process

there was a septa regional rail line strike, but that strike was short lived. and ride remembers happy to hear that we have video with a what it looked like when they formed picket line. now the strike started saturday at midnight, president obama signed executive order last night appointing emergency board to mediate the labor dispute. and ordering the union back to work. now, had the president not gotten involved, all 13 regional rail lines would have come to a halt. first strike in 31 years, last septa regional rail strike in 1983 and lasted more than three months. now, more than 400 engineers at electrical work verse had a long running labor dispute with septa, and septa officials and union work letters now be forbes dollars to go back to the table that will be mediated by the president's emergency board. we have reaction from union. >> we will certainly comply with the mandates of the law, and we will be given the opportunity to present our best case to the presidential emergency board, with respect to the economic issue and dispute. >> back to work for th

the septa regional rails are once again rolling. after federal intervention. commute letters have their rides ready to go. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is live at the fernrock transportation center, where riders are back on the rails and i'm sure they are happy to hear t hey, syma? >> good morning, signing of relief, regional short lived strike yesterday. >> places, like, come on, this is ridiculous. >> riders upset at the septa regional rail strike can now breathe sigh of relief. the strike began saturday, at midnight, and ended early this morning. president obama signed an executive order last night, appointing emergency board to mediate the labor dispute. and, ordering the union back to work. had the president not gotten involved, all 13 regional rail lines would have come to a halt. the strike was a first in 31 years. lags rail strike, 1983, lasted for more than three months, more than 400 engineers and electrical work verse had long running labor dispute with septa. septa officials and union workers will be forced to go back to the table, that

i'll have your father's day forecast coming up. >>> this morning hundreds you of septa regional rail employees are on strike after the workers walked off the job just after midnight. nbc 10 is live at a regional rail yard and, jesse, what can you tell us about the mood of the work eers this morning? >> reporter: rosemary they are resolute about hanging in there for the strike. it just started but a lot of union solidarity as you can see behind me. they are lined up maybe about a half dozen to a dozen union members here at the train yard on roberts avenue. the overpass that goes over roberts avenue. the when i asked the strike captain gene hill how long they're going to stay outer ll said until we'r told we can avk at the video. se etives representatives told the authority they were on s effective 12:01 this morning. the regional rail system stretching 280 track miles is shut down for the first time since 1981. the issue that's created this is offers to other union employees and four years worth of raises. the two strikingons d not have a pension and seek e ecomic value. e 60,0 daily r

septa regional rail commuters are breathing sigh of relief. president obama has stepped in to make sure the trains keep on running. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry live at the fernrock transportation center, where ride remembers back on the railings, syma? >> well, nicole, there was a septa regional rail line strike, but that strike was short-lived. we do have video whatever it looked like when electrical workers and engineers formed a picket line. now, the strike started saturday at midnight, but president obama signed executive order last night, a point ago emergency board to mediate the labor dispute and order earth the union back to work. had the president not gotten involved all 13 regional rail lines would have come to a halt, now there is strike was the first in 31 years, the last septa regional rail strike was in 1983. that lasted more than three months. now, more than four engineers and electrical work verse had a long running labor dispute, will be forced to go back to the table, that of course will be mediated by the presid

septa and two unions failed to reach a contract deal. wendy saltzman joins us live at the 30th street station with more on the work stoppage, wendy. >> reporter: eva, be trains that service 13 regional rail lines have been parked. 400 septa engineers and electrical workers have walked off the job. that's when negotiations broke down at 12:01 and they officially went on strike. here's what that means, there are new trains running on the 13 different commuter rail lanes affecting 60,000 passengers these are the lines that go to places like newark, the airport and trenton. service on the septa buses and trolleys and the broad street line and the el are running. those services affect 85% of the riders and will be available. septa is pushing riders to use alternative forms of transportation. union representatives have pushed for binding arbitration, septa declined saying they can get a better deal in negotiations. the next step is for governor corbett to step in and ask the president to force a federal mediation that would force workers back on the job for 240 days. >> it has been very frustrating the last four years have been frustrating. we've been talking about these issues and we're

septa regional rail lines are back on track after a short work stoppage.he strike started saturday at midnight but president obama signed an executive order last night appointing an emergency board to mediate the labor dispute and ordering the union back to work. had the president not gotten involved, all 13 regional rail lines would have stopped servi service. >> people need to get places like come on. this is ridiculous report roar this strike was the first in 31 years. the last septa regional rail strike was in 1983 and lasted for more than three months. more than 400 engineers and electrical workers have had a long running labor dispute with septa. now, septa officials and union workers will be forced to go back to the table that will be mediated by the president's emergency board. >> we will certainly comply with the mandates of the law, and we will be given the opportunity to present our best case to the presidential emergency board. report engineers and electrical workers have to work for the next eight months which means service could not be disrup

. >> septa's regional rail is back running this morning. president obama has intervened to get septa commuter trains back on track. the action cam was at the market east in center city as the stalled trains got moving once again. the president has the power to step in under federal law which regulates railroad labor disputes. now, all the workers who walked off the job at midnight have been recorded back to work. kenneth moten has more. >> reporter: nearly 24 hours after septa regional rail cars stopped running, the operators were coming off the picket line. saturday evening president obama used his federal hand to push the transportation agency and unions blet and iebw back to the table. >> the sooner we can resolve problems and make compromise to finish the strike, the better. >> reporter: the president's executive order created a 3-member board to mediate the dispute. the strike shut down 13 train lines that carries tens of thousand from philadelphia to the suburbs, the airport and jersey. neither the union or septa wanted the temporary i

broke down overnight eva, as of 12:01, the septa railroad engineers and the electrical workers went on strike. it's been a long dispute. 13 different regional rail lines have been shut down. when the work he weres went on strike they parked the trains and affecting 60,000 passengers, services on septa trolleys and subways are still running. those services take 85% of the septa riders. here's the next step governor corbett is about to ask president obama to step in to order a presidential board to mediate that would get worker to return to their jobs for 240 days. the standstill has been part of a long-standing dispute over wages. the union push to have both sides meet in binding arbitration. septa declined they thought they could get a better deal through negotiation. septa had a previously-agreed upon wageses, but the union turned that down. we have no idea how long this strike is going to last and exactly what that's going to mean for the long term future. doesn't look like the negotiations will start up soon. looks like the passengers will be crowding other modes of transportation. there are concerns how it will affect the commute. we'll

while the strike was brief and over the weekend much to relief of 60,000 daily commuters that use septa regional rail and it will be another 8 months, 2 40 days before they have to worry about the possibility of a strike again. the trains of septa 13 regional rail lines were rolling for the morning commute. the engineers and trtionz will be on strike midnight firday president obama at the request of governor corbett convened a precedential emergency board to arbitrate the dispute that forced striking workers to return to the job much to the relief of commuters who had been def advising a elaborate contingency plan. gale was lining up bus routes. >> i was not taking 44 because it goes over expressway i would have caught the 52 and l. still crowded but i think if i would have went over the expressway i would have been there for a while. >> next monday the president ben shall emergency board will hear testimony from both sides. a couple of weeks later they'll make recommendations. and the two sides then have 120 days to accept the recommendations. if they don't, that triggers another round of heari

on this monday june 16 here's what's happening. >> septa's regional rails are running again. we have more on how president obama intervened and why the contract dispute is far from over. >> a house erupts in flames in south jersey and investigators are calling it suspicious. >> labron james and the miami heat no longer tops in the nba. the spurs a made it look easy. >> let's go over to karen rogers, she has accuweather and matt pellman is looking at traffic. good morning to both of you. >> reporter: good monday morning, a good week, at least to start out, we have basically clear skies a few clouds up to the north. we'll see a few clouds mix in in the afternoon hours, starting

. >> septa's regional rails are running again. we have more on how president obama intervened and why the contract dispute is far from over. >> a house erupts in flames in south jersey and investigators are calling it suspicious. >> labron james and the miami heat no longer tops in the nba. the spurs a made it look easy. >> let's go over to karen rogers, she has accuweather and matt pellman is looking at traffic. good morning to both of you. >> reporter: good monday morning, a good week, at least to start out, we have basically clear skies a few clouds up to the north. we'll see a few clouds mix in in the afternoon hours, starting off with bright sunshine, the current temperature, 66 degrees, comfortable in philadelphia. we're in the upper 50s in the lehigh valley, as well as trenton and millville, so some of the suburbs just a bit cooler in the city. along the coastline, mild, mid to upper 60s along the coastline, as well. as we look at the day ahead we'll start out with mostly sunny skies, during the daytime we're dry, though, i

. >> hundreds of septa regional rail workers are on strike. the action cam was in bucks county this morning where the union workers hit the picket lines. this after talks between septa and two union failed to reach a new contract deal. "action news" reporter wendy saltzman joins us live from septa's roberts avenue yard in nicetown where workers have gathered. >> reporter: 400 workers have walked off the job and taken their post on the picket line. this strike is the first time since septa workers walked off the job in 1983 that lasted 108 days. this railroad yard is usually empty, but you can see there are dozens and dozens of trains that have been parked, pile up, they are not going anywhere anytime soon. 13 regional remain lines have been shut down indefinitely affecting some 60,000 customers who travel to areas like newark, trenton and the airport. service on septa buses, trolleys and subways and the el are still running. septa is pushing customers to use the alternative forms of transportation. next up governor corbett is expected to step i

on on this monday, june 16 here's what's happening. >> septa's regional rails are running again.e'll have more on how president obama intervened and how the contract dispute is far from over. >> a house erupts? flames in south jersey, and it is being called suspicious. >> the spurs win the

all be a short strike, more than 400 septa regional rail employees from two unions walked off the jobaturday morning. instead of running the rails, many picketed on platforms. leaving thus sands who rely on the 13 regional lines looking for new ride. >> i'm like kind of upset about this because i really need to get hormion have to get to work and like, i'm late. >> reporter: later in the afternoon governor corbett stepped asking the fred intervene requesting that a presidential emergency board mediate the dispute between the transit agency and its engineers and electricians unions. that request was granted and the striking union members were sent back to work. >> we will certainly comply with the mandates of the law, and we will be given the opportunity to present our best case to the presidential emergency board. >> reporter: the two unions have been working without a contract for four and five yea years. the main sticking points they say pension benefits, raises and retroactive pay. >> it's significant am of money that is owed to our members. >> service is suspended until further no

septa regional rails handles about 120,000 ride areas day. >> stay with "eyewitness news" for coverage of the possible septa regional rail strikement follow us on tv or on line at cbsphilly.com. >>> we have new video hereof one of two bears on the loose right now in camden county. take a look. you can see the bear walking across lawns on auburn avenue, this is in waterford township camden county. that bear eventually went into the wharton state forest. then, a second bear was spotted along wharton avenue in winslow township wednesday morning. police are warning residents to be on alert. call 911 if you spot those bears. >>> a local music teach is her behind bars this morning, charged with sexually abusing his young student. >> forty-four year old antoine phoneman, abused six children all three years old, at the malvern music school in chester county. the investigation began, when a student told her parents he allegedly touched her private parts during a lesson. >> i was shocked and an agree of distraut and sad, it is hard for me to put words to as to how i feel. my heart goes out to th

mixed reactions tonight and workers believe septa regional rail workers willing back on the job in an hour. 24 hours after septa regional rail cars stopped running the operateers were coming off the picket line. saturday evening president obama pushed the transportation agency and union blet and iebw back to the table ending the strike that impacted commuters. >> the sooner we can resolve problems and make compromises the better. >> the president's executive record created 3 member emergency board to mediate the dispute. 400 electrical workers and union workers went own strike shutting down 13 train lines that carries tens of thousands to philadelphia, airport, energy njs, neether union nor septa want the the intervention calling it a temporary fix. >> we'll be given the opportunity to present our best case to the residential emergency board. >> they have not had a contract and pay races in four years and ibew electrical workers five years. they want retroactive play and additional 3% raise on top of what septa is offering. >> we have 7400 unionizeed employees and 7,000 of them alread

riders were all smiles as they boarded septa's regional rail line to thorndale.a time it looked like there would nobody regional rail service today or for the foreseeable future. that's because 400 engineers and electrical workers went on strike on friday. they have been working without a contract for four or five years. on saturday, president obama stepped in at the request of governor corbett and created a presidential advisory board, appointing three people to act as mediators for the contract negotiations. an important move for something that services 60,000 people every day. >> i'm not surprised at all. it would have taken me an extra two hours. without these trains to get from here to my workplace. i would be getting up at 3:30 instead of 4:30 in the morning. >> the next step is for the heads of the union and septa to receive at a public hearing next week. reporting live in the overbrook section, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> the passengers on a lufthansa jet who were on a plane that had to make an unexpected landing in philadelphia are once again scheduled

>>> right now at 6:00 septa regional rail comes to a halt, as hundreds of engineers and electrical workers walk off the job. now, governor corbett is going to the white house, in hopes of ending the strike. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm todd quinones, natasha has the evening off. union workers wentz on strike at 12:0; after needed contract talks failed. out to jan live at philadelphia's overbrook station, jan? >> todd, the only trains that have been coming through this section have been amtrak trains this evening. otherwise, the rales have been silent, not even other people in the area here tonight, even if the president does stands in to ends the strike temporarily, septa says when the workers return, it will take eight to ten hours to return the service to normal. so the regional rail lines will not open at least tonight. >> rail workers not manning the trains, but pact g at many stations instead, 12:0; septa's regional rail lines screeched to a halt, after more than 400 workers and two unions walked offer the job. >> i have not had any contact with septa today to schedule any addition

. >>> in the news this morning, septa regional rail trains are up and running after president obama intervened the strike. >>> police in south jersey are investigating a drive-by shooting that left two people in the hospital. >> hundreds of runners are lacing up getting ready to fight the battle against prostate cancer in the gary pappa 5k run. >> happy father's day to all the dads out there. >> reporter: wasn't yesterday lovely it was chilly sitting in the shade with the breeze. today it will be nice and comfortable once again as we go live on sky 6. we won't see the wind, temperatures will be milder, the humidity levels will be nice and comfortable. that's the view overlooking the ben franklin bridge. you can see the sun starting to climb and temperatures are starting to rise. 60 degrees in philadelphia. trenton, 56. allentown, a cooler 53. poconos dropping into the 40s, you're starting to rebound. it was a chilly start. 53 degrees, wilmington, 55 and dover 58 degrees. for the most part yesterday was mostly sunny. during the afternoon we had a couple of clouds starting to bubble up north and

. >>> septa's regional rail line is back on track after a short, brief strike.the suspended service this morning. katy zachry is live in the overbrook section of philadelphia. how are the rails running this morning? >> vai, look behind me, so far, so good. a septa spokesperson tells many he that 60,000 people, 60,000 people, use the regional rail system every day during the week. right now, no trains are here but everything is slated to run as normal. if trains were not running today, you can imagine what a nightmare it would be. so on saturday, president obama stepped in at the request of governor corbett and created a presidential advisory board, basically appointed three people to act as mediators. for the last four to five years they've been working without a contract, arguing with septa over wage increases and pension contributions. train operations did resume yesterday on sunday but there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes. we have it broken down for you. within seven to ten days of president obama's signing the executive order which he did on sat

. >> thanks, chris, septa's regional rail is back running. president obama had to intervene to get the commuter train back on track. the action cam was at roberts avenue in nicetown this morning. the president has the power to step in under a federal law which regulates railroad disputes. all the workers who have walked off the job this weekend have been ordered back to work. kenneth moten has more. >> reporter: nearly 24 hours after the septa regional rail cars stopped running the operators were coming off the picket line. president obama used his federal hand to push the transportation agency and unions back to the table ending the strike that has impacted commuters. >> the sooner we can resolve problems and make compromises to finish the strike, the better. >> reporter: the president's executive order created a three-member emergency board to end the dispute. 400 electrical workers a enengineers went on strike should go down 13 train lines. neither the union nor septa wanted the intervention calling it a temporary fix, but tom corbett call

septa regional rail lines are back on track after a short work stoppage.he strike started saturday at midnight but president obama signed an executive order last night app pointing an emergency board to immediate the labor dispute and ordering the union back to work. had the president not gotten involved, all 13 regional rail lines would have stopped service. >> to get places, come on,. >>. >> reporter: more than 400 engineers and electrical workers have had a long running nabor dispute with septa. now septa officials and union workers will be forced to go back to the table that will be immediated by the president's emergency board. >> we will certainly comply with the mandates of the law and we will be given the opportunity to present our best case to the presidential emergency board. >> reporter: engineers and electrical workers have to work for the next eight months which means service could not be disrupted before february. >> that would give 240 more days of discussing this one issue and then after that point, if we can't come to agreement, then there

he's creating a presidential emergency board to resolve the contract dispute between septa and regional rail workers. goes into effect at 12:01 a.m., just about an hour from now. the board will help with negotiations while employees get back to work. live at septa headquarters and you spoke with members on both sides of the issue, when can riders expect to have service back? >> trains can be up and running by 5:00 tomorrow morning, that is, of course, if those workers are there. we talked to the union and they said they will tell their workers to return to work so the trains will be running tomorrow. today septa's regional rail lines looked like the ghost towns of the old west. >> regional rail division train service is suspended until further notice. >> reporter: starting tomorrow morning these rails will come alive, again. this after the president issued an executive order creating a special presidential emergency board. that board will negotiate between the unions and septa effectively ending the hours' long strike that had the potential to cause disruption for riders on monday morni

developing right now septa regional rail on strike.ore than 400 workers walk off the job after midnight, shutting down 13 train lanes that carry commuters to the suburbs and philadelphia international airport. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is live at the powelton rail yard with more details on the strike, good morning. >> good morning, story about numbers, if you look at the numbers, 06,000 riders per day take those 13 regional rail lines, which as you mentioned are not shutdown -- are now shutdown after septa and the union could not come to agreement. further numbers, 450 workers those are engineers electricians, with two unions, now walk being off the job. they are fighting for what you might expect, wage increases contribution fos healthcare, for those septa workers. it is not everybody though, it is important to say the strike does not include other methods of transportation with septa, buses subways trolleys, all every those are still on. in fact, septa officials say they're adding additional transportation as part of

regional lines. mc danielles doesn't even want to think about it. >> if they go on strike again, i'm going to be extremely piss pissed. >> reporter: yeah arc lot of people feel that way. septafficials say they have contingency plan in place in case of a strike. essentially, it means market frankford line, broad street line and several trains and trollies throughout the region will be prepared to take on more people if they do shut down the regional lines. but that still means there could be lot of back ups in place. also the corbett administration governor corbett's administration reaching out to all parties as well to try and make sure some kind of a deal is reached to avoid any kind of a strike. iain? >> all right. dave, thank you. >>> some of the first equipment to fix the i495 bridge is now on sight. delaware governor jack markell and the estate transportation secretary touring the site today. the bridge has been closed since june 2nd. last week an inspection showed four columns supporting the bridge were tilting. the southbound lanes expected to reopen around labor day and the northbound lanes shortly thereafter. >> a drunk drive with long history of getting behind the

. >>> we are no less than six hours away from the possible strike on septa's regional rail line. governor corbett's office is offering to get involved. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live in center city tonight with the latest developments, walt. >> the decision on whether or not your regional rails train will be running 12:01 a.m. tomorrow may well be made right behind me, closed doors of the law office, on the 32nd floor of two liberty place, septa, union officials and federal mediator spent three hours this morning, they will be back at 8:00 tonight, so far, cbs-3 has confirmed that governor tom corbett's office is getting involved trying to head off the strike and sources also tell cbs-3 that a discussion of the possible two week extension is in play. as the negotiating team for two rail unions arrived for a session with septa officials and a federal mediator, they made it clear, after four years, without a contract, and, fruitless negotiations, they were prepared to strike at 12:01 a.m. saturday, idling all 13 septa regional rail lines, that carry 120,000 riders ea

our pat ciarrocchi has closer look when we come back. >> septa regional rail now on strike, engineers, electrical work, walk off the job after midnight. electrical workers have been working without a contract since 2009. the engineer since 2010. main sticking points are healthcare contributions, and retroactive pay raises, regional rails will not be in service during the strike, but most other septa service also continue to operate. >>> well, a pothole stops a large moving truck, in its tracks, in center city. the moving truck was on 18th and sansom when it got stuck in a newly filled pothole. tied up the lane for some time while waiting to be hauled out of the hole. move remembers just a bit delays. >> new this morning, amateur video captured the scary moments when dozen of indian students were swept away last sunday, when a dam released a rush of water without any warning in himalayan river. six bodies have been recovered, 18 more are missing. all this as search efforts continue. now, the students want a fieldtrip and had stopped to take pictures when they were washed away. that's h

. >> big relief for commuters, septa regional rail is running this morning after brief strike. but the two sides are far from reaching an agreement. but certainly, a lot of people just whew this morning. >> dodge add bullet with that. that would have been a big mess this monday morning, thank goodness. >> got that worked out, also, forecast working out not too bad. what a beautiful weekend? not terrible, flight. >> now starting to heat up. so, get ready to be heading to the pool, i would say here, next couple of days. right? >> if you have got one. >> hottest weather we've had so far this year coming up. very toasty conditions, along with that we'll have unsettled weather that we have to deal with, some showers, some thunderstorms do come along with, that but overall the big story for us really will ends up being the heat as temperatures get chance to really climb here. so we will be talking about the thermometer becomes your feels like values, too, because the humidity starts to go on uphill climb, as well, full details for you, all coming up in the next couple of minutes, guy

. >> septa's regional rails are running again. we'll have more on how president obama intervened and how the contract dispute is far from over. >> a house erupts? flames in south jersey, and it is being called suspicious. >> the spurs win the nba. it's a game that was seen on 6abc. >> reporter: good morning we have a great start to our workweek, we have sunshine and few clouds. the temperatures in philadelphia, 66. 54 in allentown, trenton, 57. along the coastline you're in the mid to upper 60s already heading out the door this morning, satellite and radar, showing we have clear skies bright sunshine you see a few clouds that are streaming in from the north and you can certainly see the clouds that are building in from the west, but today we're going to have a day with early sunshine fading behind some clouds this afternoon. 8:00 a.m., 72. 1 1:00 a.m. we're up to 80 with bright sunshine, by 2:00 p.m. really warm, but terribly humid, 85 and more clouds are starting to fill in in the afternoon, by 5:00 p.m. 86 degrees, a fair amount

into today, you would have 60,000 people scrambling to get to work. 60,000 people who rely on septa's regionalrail system every weekday morning, scrambling to find a way into work and home from work because the regional rail system would not be working. fortunately, that is not the situation because president obama this weekend stepped in. let's look at our video. 400 workers on saturday were striking and they are fortunately this morning back on the job. they were part of septa's engineering and electrical unions who were striking. they spent the last four to five years without a contract. the sticking points, wage increases and pension contributions. the strike lasted less than 24 hours because governor tom core bet asked the president to create a board which in essence mediates between the two sides. once the presidential emergency board was created, the workers who were striking had to return to the job. they did so yesterday. the trains ran yesterday without incident. we are anticipating no problems again this morning. coming up at 5:00, i'll give you a breakdown of the time line of negot

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septa's regional rail is on strike. negotiations between septa and two unions failed. that forced more than 400 workers to walk off the job after midnight. now the electrical workers have been working without a contract since 2009. the engineers since 2010. main sticking points are healthcare contributions and retroactive pay raises. regional rails will not be in service during the strike, but most other septa service also continue to operate. >>> now, let's get a check on for the cast, weaver some good news, right, carol? >> we do. the weather really cooperating for this weekend another great weekends around here weather wise. let's look outside and find some sunshine, and we've also got great weather the temperatures 69 degrees out at the airport in philadelphia, 66 trenton 66 degrees in wilmington. we have temperatures this afternoon get to go 80 degrees sunshine, breeze, less humid, than it has been, and the five-day forecast, looks great the seven day forecast, as well, but notice that warm up. maybe 90 degrees by

bring us up to dayton that situation, walt. >> reporter: paoli thorndale line behind me is septa's busiest regional rail line. come 11:01 a.m. saturday morning this and others could be extremely quiet. the unions, two of them and septa both right now predicting a strike almost appears to be inevitable. septa riders who they may worry about missing their train each day now have an even bigger concern. come saturday 12:01 a.m. all their trains may be missing. septa and unions both predicting a strike idling all regional rail lines. >> it appears at this time they are preparing for a work stoppage. >> it would be a inconvenience to say the least. >> reporter: for 120,000 daily regional rail riders it is time to start making alternate plans and hoping for the business. >> well, taking the trolley, it will have an extra 20 to 30 minutes to my workday. >> reporter: add to go worries, the national vice-president of one of the two unions tells cbs-3 that a strike is a virtual certainty, strike will go forward unless there is a settlement. >> hopefully we will work it out before they have a strike or maybe

. >> a possible strike by workers at septa's regional rail service is hours away. with one negotiation session left. the deadline for a deal is after midnight. jesse gary is live in jenkintown montgomery county. everybody is getting their plans ready in case of a work stoppage. >> reporter: rosemary, that includes the transit authority, septa, they are -- officials are quick to stress that potential work stoppage would only affect the regional rail you see at the jenkintown station. all other would be running. the last time the trains along the 280 miles between center city and the suburbs stopped was 1983. the current contract expired months ago and top brass describe what's left as quoting here, minor issues that can be resolved without a work stoppage. the unions that represent the workers say conditions other workers will not work because it's not the same total package. septa officials say a strike seems likely. >> we're going to do everything that we can reasonably to avoid a strike, but again, that is up to the union. it's totally up to the unions whether or

. >>> septa's regional rail system could come to a hat if federal mediators cannot defer a strike. e strike would shut down the regional rail system that would affect 126,000 riders each weekday. >> i come from delaware, it would be difficult. i would have to drive in town and park which would mean more money. >> if the rail strike does happen city and suburban services including buses trolleys and subway would still operate. >> 6:37 yet another morning where david is tracking rain showers. all week long, right? almost over. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we have lingering showers from overnight rain across the region. as we take a closer look you can see in and around philadelphia, yeah, still looking at some of the stuff pushing through northeast philadelphia. it is moving from south to north, as you can see. as we go in tighter you'll get a better idea where we still got it. northeast philadelphia, and bensalem and southern bucks county looking at some of this. another little hit coming up from south jersey, those of you in parts of burlington county near the river will g

we are counting down the hours to a possible work stoppage by employees of septa's regional rail service. the deadline is just after midnight that's under 20 hours away. there is one final negotiation session with the federal mediator planned for later today. jesse gary is live in jenkintown, montgomery county. a strike could impact more of the riders of regional rails and others. >> reporter: rosemary, septa executives say 60,000 passengers ride this part of their system each day. a work stoppage would force the folks off the trains and into their vehicles. let's take a look at our video. last time the trains running along the 280 miles of track between center city and the suburbs was 1983. the current contract expired months ago and septa is on the verge of imposing the same wage hikes on the regional rail workers it has negotiated with other unionized workers. the two unions say that's not going to work because it's not the same total compensation package. animosity threatens more to drive when there is a major construction project on i-95 and bridge closure in delaware. >> this is an

. >>> new tonight the countdown to a strike on septa's regional rail. more than 100,000 commuters could be impacted as soon as saturday. the newest strike possibility comes months after septa's city division threatened to walk off the job. george spencer has been following the agency's labor troubles. the two sides don't meet again until friday. >> reporter: that's right. a planned meeting for today didn't work out because of scheduling problems. it will go right down-to-the-wire on friday. union leader told me tonight his workers will strike on saturday unless septa changes its stance. as regional train stations hum into the evening, a ritual could be halted by a strike as soon as saturday. euphoria davis' whole family rides. if these trains stop you guys would be in trouble? >> yeah. >> reporter: 126,000 commuters a day rely on 14 regional rail lines through pennsylvania suburbs, north delaware and trenton. but the division's 400 employees have been working understand an expired contract for at least four years and lengthy mediation has been fruitless.

. >>> a heads up for commuters who depend on septa's regional rails. potential strike is looming. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live in bryn mawr with the latest on those negotiations, walt. >> reporter: well, every day, septa riders here in the paoli thorndale line worry about possibly, missing their trains. come saturday at 12:01 a.m. their trains may be missing completely, the chance of the regional rail strike definitely growing in the words of septa and at least one of the unions that may go on strike. the warning is being sounded by septa, come saturday at 12:01 a.m. a strike may well shut down its regional rail lines that carry more than 120,000 riders, each day. >> it appears at this time they are preparing for a work stoppage. >> reporter: riders made it clear a strike by two unions brotherhood of local automotive train man and interest nal brother of electrical workers who have been without contract for four years would be a huge inconvenience. >> it would be a inn conn convenience to say the least. >> it is unexpect. i was than the aware. so probably changes

. >>> septa's regionals rail system could come to a halt in 24 hours if the mediators cannot come to an agreement. the strike would shut down the regional rail system affecting 126,000 riders each weekday. >> i come from delaware. i would have to drive in town and park which would mean more money. >> if the rail strike does happen, city and suburban services including buses trolleys and subways would still operate. >>> from our delaware newsroom the u.s. transportation secretary plans to visit the i495 bridge. it received federal funding to fix the support towers. the bridge is not depicted to open until labor day at the earliest. >>> hail fell in the state of texas where there was a report of a tornado. chunks of ice fell fast and furious in abilene yesterday. people reported busted car windows and police cars took a beating. new nearby conrow lightning light up the sky and struck a telephone pole. make sure you are prepared when storms are about to hit. the storm tracker 6 live app features live audio alerts and look at radar on apple and android devices. >> we get a live look at d

septa rail union strike. at 12:01 this morning, 450 train engineers walked off the job. it's the first regionalail strike in 30 years. >>> good evening. i'm chris o'connell. joyce evans is off tonight. >> tonight tens of thousands of regional rail riders are figuring out new way to get around. fox 29's dave kinchen is live in center city and, dave, the governor is asking the white house to step in tonight. >> reporter: that's right. governor corbett has reached out to the white house to intervene such an invention would appoint committee and also stop the strike while both sides get back to the table, but the unions say they have a way they want to solve this as well. >> we have consistently said that, you know, binding resolution to this dispute is -- the one we think is appropriate. >> reporter: there may be another answer that gets the septa regional rail lines running again with septa and two unions representing 400 engineers and electricians back to work. septa management is expecting the white house to appoint a presidential emergency board to pick up the talks. that would stop the strike

septa regional rails, no delays, limited parking at the west trenton line because of construction. rristown line back this week after shuttle busing. >> reporter: 68 degrees that's typical of the numbers across the immediate region. 68 at the airport. 67 in wilmington. closer to 70 in allentown and reading. 70 in sea isle city. if you're running errands, 76 degrees by 9:00 a.m., in the afternoon, we shoot up to the upper 80s. the high today is 88. it will feel more humid as the day goes on, certainly compared to where we are over the weekend. matt. >> i'll take this, thank you, david. >>> more search warrants will be issued in a disturbing child death investigation out of georgia. the boy's mother conducted online searches about kids dieing in hot cars just before her husband left their toddler in an suv earlier this month. mrs. harris has not been named a suspect. she told authorities she was afraid this might happen to her son police say her husband intentionally left the boy in the car when he went to work after doing internet severance of his own. >> i think the person is not al

septa regional rail employees are on strike this morning.off the job just after midnight. jesse gary is live in fi philadelphia. jesse, you've been there since the first picket signs went up. describe the mood there this morni morning. >> reporter: just over the past couple of hours things have changed subtly.

which i'm not really wanting to do. >>> septa employees told us today some people thought step regional rail workers were on strike and ridership was down on this sunday. wednesday again normal hours and normal schedules for that monday morning commute. reporting live, bala-cynwyd, chapel 6 a, news. kenneth moton. >> police are investigating a doubled shooting not far from a father's day block party in north philadelphia. two men exchanged gunfire on 3200 block of randolph street. officers were in the area when they heard gunshots. one officer shot eye us suspect in the arm and he was taken to the hospital in stable condition and another suspect is critical after being shot repeatedly. they don't believe that suspect was shot by police. no word what superior courted shootout. >> thousands of people took place in the app you'll gary papa run. 5 years ago the run was named of memory of former sports director here at "action news" and many of his friends and whoa workers were today. >> this was a smaller affair when he died everyone came out to honor him. i think he would be honored and am

." >> septa's regionals rail system could come to a halt in several hours if the mediators county divert a strike. the union representing engineers and electricians will walk out at midnight tonight. the strike would shut down the regionals rail system affecting 126,000 riders each weekday. however, city and suburban services including buses, trolleys and you subways would operate. >>> an ton fox will join -- anthony fox will join delaware officials for a briefing on the status of the bridge's repairs. the bridge is not expected to reopen until labor day at the earliest. >> time to take a first look at. >>> as the violence in iraq is escalating look out for rising gas prices. industry experts say gas prices rise a nickel. ment violence in iraq pushed stocks closer on wednesday. stock are pointing to having a mixed open. >>> internet gambling fell for the second straight month in new jersey. it took in 10 million in may that's down a million from the take in april. the car maker ford it has cut the fuel economy ratings on 6 of its vehicles. these are cars that were touted as the most fuel

septa regionals rails and subway on time. >> reporter: cool an comfortable today, karen, we have temperaturestime low 60s. 62 in pottstown, 59 in quakertown and 62 in chester, pennsylvania. across the river in south jersey, a lot of 60 hes. 66 in vineland and bridgeton. 66 in sea isle. up close to 70 in smyrna and dover. if you have errands get them done early, afternoon it gets warm and humid and we have a flash-flood watch that kicks in at noon there's a chance of spotty showers and producing thunderstorms. the morning more tranquil, the afternoon burch -- bumpy in spots. >> a new york city club manager and four women described as professional strippers are going to extremes to run up the bar tabs. they will spike the men's drinks with drugs and run up tens of thousands of dollars on their credit cards. they targeted doctors and lawyers and finance professionals. all suspects pleaded not guilty. >>> surveillance video was released of an alleged incident of a bus driver hitting a special needs boy. the video shows the boy hitting hardy and hardy hitting him back. haroldy was in her son's per

watching a downed tree in cheltenham at johns road, and we told you about mass transit delays on the septa regional rail line the airport line and that has sub dieded and back to normal now. in dover we'll see an awful lot of people heading down to the fire fly music festival, campers started to arrived to. expect extra traffic on 1, 15 and scarborough road. >> thank you matt. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. more tough questions for the head of general motors, testifying before congress about the auto maker's handling of a deadly issue. >>> there needs to be a balance to get the most out of hitting the pavement. those stories and more, plus cecily tynan returns with the accuweather forecast including when we can expect a break from this heat. >>> the ceo of general motors was back in front of a congressional committee on capital hill, mary barra testified about the ignition switch problems that led to crashes and deaths and the recall of millions of vehicles. this is her third time in six months in the hot seat. lawmakers want to know why it took some many years to do the recall. >> i'

. >> it's a waiting game on both sides of the bargaining table as a possible strike for septa's regional rail that could happen in a matter of hours now. both are expected to resume with a federal mediator. the strike will begin if septa doesn't change. any locomotive not outside of the station will be halted. on sunday, septa is set to impose wage increases. cydney long is live in center city tonight. so far the office has not intervened. >> that's correct, but the governor's office told me they are watching the talks closely and pennsylvania transportation secretary also reached out to both sides, urging them to try to come to a resolution into this evening and before midnight. because this is a federal railroad, either the mayor or another could reach out to president obama and order the federal mediation. so far that has not happened. they may be waiting until a strike occurs. >> for could last as long as a week or a couple of days. >> the philadelphia labor relations attorney said a strike on the lines will cripple the city and said if it happens, it will likely stretch into several

. >>> 60:00 46789 happening right now, trains are running on septa's regional rails following a week even strike that got attention of president owe bam. >>> fox 29's steve keeley is live in center city with the details on this this might be just prolonging the pain, steve. >> reporter: well, these days the way most political leaders solve most of our problems is just to push them down the road and let's keep that road met a for going. we're on market street where septa trains run underneath and septa business run on top of, and both, they are still running somehow, because we just have a temporary fiction saturday to this problem. and trying to follow septa and all of those different unions and strike possibilities is real confusing these days. earlier this spring our viewers will note there was a threat of the strike by all of the city bus trolley and subway staff. they have decided to keep working and hopefully keep talking, the suburban trained staff doesn't have the freedom that the city staff does because they have fallen under the federal railway act which essentially gives th

. >>> the big story is developing, septa regional rail strike continues at this hour as does the headaches for commuters. 13 train lines that take people from the city to the suburbs are sitting still. governor tom corbett asked president obama to step in. we go live to the powellton yard with kenneth moten. >> reporter: president obama stepping in is neither the union or septa wanted because it's a temporary solution. come monday if these trains are not hoove moving commuters will feel the dispute. the hustle and bustle on the concourse was none exist nonexistent. one big headache for passengers. >> it's very inconvenient because i have work for manayunk. i have idea if they are on strike. >> reporter: regional rails were on the picket line after the deadline passed between septa and the unions. 13 train lines that carry commuters from the suburbs to new york and new jersey shut down. >> this is nothing new, septa should come to an agreement with their workers rather quickly. >> reporter: the engineers haven't had a contract raise in four years. the record lickal worker in -- electrical w