Terms before the strike our workers would be getting less of a salary than they are today. Septa says that Union Members have to pay almost 1 120 more a month for their health plan but gridlock and delays continue and action needs to happen fast. Its impacting too many people the children cant get to school and we cant get to work. Dont give in to the union. Really . Yes. Are you okay with the long lines and delays. No, but you cant give into it. I would like to see it resolved for next weeks that is really important. If the strike drags on to election day, septa asked the union to temporarily suspend the strike, and they responded that is not helpful and to focus on coming to a settlement. Thank you christie. Now matt pellman in the Traffic Center tracking the evening commute. How bad is it . At least we have nice temperatures for the people walking or taking bicycles. For now they are doing okay because they condition use the buses, subways or controlies and people are using their cars once again today. You see the heavy volume here getting reports of heavy traffic of police directing it at city hall and pen square, one again its congestion in the city this afternoon and congestion on the regional rails. People are trying to use them in lieu of the city services. Delays most 10 to 20 minutes on most of the different rail lines. An accident at butler pike at Skippack Pike and one at conshohocken by lennys italian deli. And construction continues at 95 northbound at the scudder falls bridge but the slower speeds are on the southbound side. And a water main break at river road. Well check it again in the next half hour. Join matt, tam, david and karen a half hour early tomorrow morning starting at 5 00. And police in Chester County are trying to track down the two men in a violent home invasion, they are exploring a link to a similar attack on a nearby house a week ago. Upper township, any crime especially a Violent Crime is a rare occurrence but in the middle of the night two men armed with handguns barged into the house and tied up the homeowners and their two Adult Children and demanded money. They are unknown to the owners or anyone that lives in the house and they were all sort of huddled into the same room and each Family Member was bound as well. The family handed over a small amount of cash and the two men fled. Two weeks earlier a strikingly similar crime. They came enside and showed the gun. Two masked men barged into patels home at gun point they rounded up the family in the living room and filled the bag with 10,000 in cash and jewelry. My son was scared and they closed him in the closet and from outside they closed the door. Police are exploring links from the two home invasions but havent found any yet. They dont think the crimes were random but dont know why the victims were targeted. I dont think they have knowledge or knew these folks but they ended up there for a particular reason it would seem. Eagles wide receiver, josh huff, has issued an apology after his arrest earlier this week. Huff was dropped today and pulled over from speeding on the new jersey side of the walt whitman bridge and then arrested and charged with carrying a gun without a permit and possession of marijuana. Eagles executives say the decision to cut huff was hard but necessary. We are trying to build something and trying to build something that lasts and some of that means we have to make hard decisions and all we can do is do what we think is right for the philadelphia eagles. Huff issued a statement saying im sorry if any by me brought negative attention to this organization. Donald trumps melania hit the campaign trail in the state today. And she spoke at the Main Line Center in berwyn. If she becomes first lady, the platform is fighting online bullying. Trumps rival Hillary Clinton will use the days to gather support in pennsylvania and clinton will appear with her husband bill, daughter chelsea and president obama and the first lady in philadelphia. Monday night less than 24 hours before the polls open. Well have more on the campaign trail at 5 30, gray hall was at todays speech by Melania Trump and will have the details tonight at 6 00. Meantime the race for Pennsylvania Senate is heating up with just fivedays to go until election day. It shows pat toomey and Katie Mcginty in a statistical tie. Down from a 4 point spread two weeked ago. Toomey appeared with Law Enforcement in landsdowne Montgomery County. His stance on Law Enforcement is a corner stone of his campaign. Democratic challenger, mcginty focused on the africanamerican vote and was at the 10th Baptist Memorial Church this afternoon and met with black clergy members to discuss what is at stake next tuesday. Montgomery county board of elections was grabbed an extension and now absentee ballots must reach the officers by tuesday at 8 00. After voters expressed concerns about meeting the deadline, check 6abc. Com for a break down of extended hours at voter services. In south jersey some parents are stuck in a bind now that an entire School District canceled school on election day. This comes after teachers requested the day off because they were worried they would not be able to cast their vote. That is Washington TownshipSchool Superintendant who announced yesterday that the districts 11 schools will be closed next tuesday for election day. For the purpose of instruction and well being and safety there was no way i felts i could open the schools. Wednesday afternoon the superintendant received a stack of requests from 300 teachers asking for election day off as is their right. Some want to campaign and work the polls and others are concerned about safety in what they call the contentious president ial election. We felt compelled because many of our parents reached out to us and questioned the possibility of volatility during the election site. Bell elementary on greentree road is the only school used as a polling place. Children are sealed off from the public when the voting occurs. It causes a problem for parents when they thought their kids would be in school on election day. I know it was last minute and i guess everybody has to scramble. We have work and have to find sitters and have someone for our children to go. Washington townships teachers are working without a contract and the School Calendar was approved last year and some question the motive for teachers to take off on election day. Is this a job action . No, that is indirect violation of our contract. This is exercising our state right to request off on election day. Camden is off and lower township in Cape May County is open. And Washington Township schools will be closed. Im nora muchanic, channel 6 action news. And this reminder, action news will have Live Team Coverage on Election Night. Monica and i will be with donald trump and Hillary Clinton as the results come in. And crews fanned out across the region covering the major local races. And we are giving you a chance to add to your Election Night coverage with the special digital coverage. Following local state and National Races after the polls close. Starting at 6 00 p. M. On channel 6 action news. Tonight at 5 00 the curse is broken, what is next for the chicago cubs after a nail biting world series victory more than a century in the making. And a new outlook on children and salty foods, it may have you rethink what you pack in your childs lunch tomorrow. It was record highs in our region and now a front with scattered downpours will bring a big change our way. Ill explain in the accuweather forecast. In pennsylvania, a packet of heroin can be cheaper than a sixpack of beer and prescription painkillers are too easy to get. As the head of the Pennsylvania Commission on crime, ive helped local Communities Fund drug treatment programs to save our kids. Im josh shapiro, and as attorney general, ill crack down on the drug dealers and stop the overprescribing of opioid painkillers. Im proud to be endorsed by Law Enforcement organizations representing 14,000 Police Officers. This is a fight we cant afford to lose. Does pat toomey speak for you . I also want to thank the nra for its, uh, strong support for my campaign. Pat toomey he opposes an assault weapons ban and got an a rating from the nra. I have had a perfect record with the nra. And on Womens Health . I would support legislation in pennsylvania that would ban abortion, and i would, i would suggest that we have penalties for doctors who perform them. Pat toomey does he really speak for you . Majority forward is responsible for the content of this advertising. The cubs win the world series, bryant makes the play and its over and the cubs finally won can all the cubs win their first world series since 1908, a nail biting finish with a close game seven that last the 10 innings. They returned with plenty of fan nar and they will celebrate with a traditional championship parade in chicago. What a run. It was a great game. American kids continue to eat a Staggering Amount of salt. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman is out now with the numbers. As a whole we eat two much sodium. That includes 9 out of 10 kids, they should only have 1900 to 2200 a day and on average they have 3200 a day. And teenagers eat even more salt in their food and lunch accounts for a third of the sodium and dinner accounts for nearly 40 . Pizza is the top culprit followed by mexican and sandwiches, burkers and breads and cold cuts and soups. To help your family cut back on the sodium try to limit processes foods and number two check nutrition labels and look for lower salt labels and try to add more fresh fruits and vegetables to your meals. That will help. New Research Shows the virus is a way to stop an aggressive type of brain tumor, it carry a special gene and that makes tumor cells for sensitive to a newly created medication and after the medication reaches brain cell s infected with the virus it turns into a powerful chemotherapy. Its only cells that have this gene that can convert it into a toxic chemotherapy. They show that the therapy is safe and for one patient it was extremely affective. With conventional treatment. Survival is usually measured in month and not years. They are also testing viruses against other cancers in some of those its the virus itself that attacks the cancer and many experts say this is a promising avenue in the fight against cancer. Back to you. Thank you. Tonight on action news at 11 00, investigate of reporter, Wendy Saltzman looks into a claim that a local farms market is not selling what shoppers think they are buying. Fruits and vegetables sold at a local farmers market. Be aware a action news investigation found you may not be get what you think you are paying for. I found the Business Practices deceptivdeceptive. We take you undercover is it farm fresh, local . Or flown in . And we do that in front of the customers take them out of the container. The undercover video and what you should look for when you shop local. Z25pkz zi0z y25pky yi0y the Philadelphia Parking Authority is facing a new audit tonight. Pennsylvania attorney general bruce beamer approved the new audit Digging Deeper into the ppas financial practices. One is focused on street prices and if they are reasonable. And if the appropriate ppa revenue is given to the philadelphia School District as promised. This is on top of a simultaneous audit on rules and employee policy on sexual harassment. Microsoft is boosting its press enin philadelphia. Today mayor jim kenney celebrated the opening of a microsoft reactor located in the Science Center providing resources for students, developers and startup businesses. Philadelphia is only the third city in the u. S. To host one of these behind new york and san francisco. Thanks to budding designers in east falls, showed off these avant guard looks for an annual fashion show using pipe cleaners and garbage bags and even chicken wire. Each student only has a budget of 20 theres. Dont they look cool. Christmas shopping is officially underway in trenton, at 421 east state street, craft vendors are selling for the next two months. Its a low cost way to have businesses decide if they want to open a permanent store. 6 abc is partnering with a local cheesesteak shop for a charity event. Alicia vitarelli is at pats king of steaks to make the 6 abc cheesesteak. All the proceeds go to cradle to crayons, a local charity that will help children feel safe and warm and have everything they need to go to school. Well be right back. Grab em by the p a a. When youre a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. More accusers coming forward to say they were sexually assaulted by donald trump. Ill go backstage before a show. Yes. And everyones getting dressed. Donald trump walked into the dressing room while contestants, some as young as 15 were changing. Standing there with no clothes. You see these incredible looking women. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. She ate like a pig. A person whos flatchested is very hard to be a 10. Do you treat women with respect . Uh. I cant say that either. Alright, good. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. No warning, no hearing. Its a lending practice sorcing outrageous, most states banned it. But at the bank founded by pat toomey it was business as usual. Forcing Small Business owners out of their homes. Toomey even used his power in the senate to help himself, voting to gut rules that protect us and crack down on big banks. Pat toomey. Out for himself, not us. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Our crew is hard at work planning the philadelphia veterans day parade. An a 10 fly overis kicking off the parade and Alicia Vitarelli will host at 12 30 right after action news at noon. Might be a nice weekend for a parade. A little on the cool side cecily but then again we are in november. It will be seasonably cool this weekend, not anything like today when it was warm and humid and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have got a cold front moving through montgomery and buck county and this is bringing a broken line of showers and downpours, and no lightning with this. No thunder and its heading towards doylestown and going down 476 at 30 Miles Per Hour. So warrington and worchester and jacksonville all in the path of these downpours. And they are beginning to break up as they sink to the south and that is the system that will bring us the seasonably cool air and windy weather tomorrow. Today record highs, Atlantic City airport hitting 81 degrees and dover hitting 82 degrees, got more sunshine in parts of delaware and new jersey today. And philadelphia currently 70 degrees and allentown 63 now that the front slipped through and wilmington 70 and cape may 67 and trenton 72 degrees. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing we had a band of showers today known as a prefrontal trough, it robbed the atmosphere of moisture and when the cold front slips through you can see it right there, its going to be limited as far as any shower activity but behind that system we have kind of a reality check for tomorrow. Tonight a few scattered early showers, mainly north of philadelphia, that system is kind of breaking up and breezy and cooler, 50 in philadelphia and 44 in allentown and 53 in cape may and wilmington 49 degrees, tomorrow the day planner showing brighter skies than today and temperatures about where they should be for early november. 8 00, 51 and 2 00, 60 and 5 00 back down into the 60s and feeling cooler with wind gusts in the 30 Miles Per Hour at times. As far as your chance of rain, good time to go ahead and wash the car, we have a zero percent chance of rain through election day dry conditions with a good amount of sunshine. The fiveday at 5 00 tomorrow it will be windy and sunny with a high of 61 degrees, great weather for saturday for the union cup, 60 dont forget to fall back and set the clocks back one hour as we end daylight savings time late saturday night. Sunday 62 and monday we drop down to 59 degrees and tuesday is mild for boaters and dry. 65 degrees and we have a possible of showers in the middle of the week, adam will talk about that in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Next fivedays are looking nice. Thank you cecily. In pennsylvania, a packet of heroin can be cheaper than a sixpack of beer and prescription painkillers are too easy to get. As the head of the Pennsylvania Commission on crime, ive helped local Communities Fund drug treatment programs to save our kids. Im josh shapiro, and as attorney general, ill crack down on the drug dealers and stop the overprescribing of opioid painkillers. Im proud to be endorsed by Law Enforcement organizations representing 14,000 Police Officers. This is a fight we cant afford to lose. At a neighborhoods a restaurafavorite a place for a good, family meal. She juggled customers, cooks, waitresses and never complained. My dad was a Police Officer