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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 November 4, 2016

Montgomery county normally pretty quiet, but tonight its at the center of a hitandrun investigation. This is where Police Say Driver hit an officer and just kept on going. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Thanks for joining us. Authorities say the whole thing started with stray dog. Lets get out to fox 29s Shawnette Wilson in witness pain. Shawnette. Reporter well, we do begin tonight with some good news. Police tell us this officer is expected to be okay. He should be released from the hospital tonight. In the meantime they are still looking for that driver who they say stopped for a moment then kept going. I was standing in my driveway, the officer was crossing the street right here, and i heard a big loud bam and thud. Reporter Jennifer Rice says she was there when witness paper Township Police officer was hit by a car that kept going. It happened just before 6 00 this evening on the 1900 block of polaski drive near north wales road. The officer respond to do her call for help with a stray dog roaming the neighborhood. Well waiting for the dog the officer decided to let the dog lead him to see if it would lead him home. Reporter she says thats when someone hit the officer. All i saw was the officer stagger across to the driveway across the street and fall down, and they kept going. Reporter whitpain Township Police confirmed the officer was on a call for service but did not go into detail. They say he suffered an injury to his left leg. Officer trying to save a stray dog. Reporter and police say they are looking for a small black sedan with tinder windows that is the car they say hit the officer. As for the dog it took off running neighbors tell us tonight they have been outlooking for it. Iain. Shawnette, thanks. Less than two hours well be in day four of the septa strike. The buses, subways and trollies came to a screeching halt early Tuesday Morning across philadelphia and they have not moved since. So far, for three days thousands of people across our area scrambling and waiting to get where they need to go. Its been a day after day of long lines for trains and gridlock in some of the busiest parts of the city. For days now Chris Oconnell has had his finger on the pulse of talks between september tan the Union Representing thousands of workers. Chris, bottom line, still no deal, right . Reporter i wish i had better news, lucy. Day number three of the septa transit strike. Now pushing to a day four. No word over the past 10 hours from negotiators who are here with the septa officials and the Transit Union workers. They are both here literally at the the bargaining table as we speak according to a source but right now theres no end in sight. For the third night septa transit workers walked the picket lines as a fight over pay and pensions continue. Striking workers say they sympathize with frustrated commuters. We as union do apologize for the unconvenience of the riding public. You know, because we dont want to do this. Septa just forced our hasnt. Reporter while the strike continues, so does commuter chaos across the city. This is horrible. Taking me 40 minute just to get the kids to school and around in traffic and just its just really bad. Traffic is seems like its double the traffic these days. Reporter they are late for work, missing doctors appointments and 400,000 similar stories of how the strike is affecting them. Im about to take 25 minute walk to my car. Because i usually drive to a train station but the regional rails have been so crazy its better to park somewhere and just walk. Reporter they traded their buses for skateboards. Their trollies or cars. And bikes seem to dominate the city streetscape. How have you been dealing with all of this. Im been hopping on the bike using the bike share. Have you used it before. No. I just signed up tuesday. Reporter there is growing concern tonight about the strike having a paralyzing effect on election day. Septa saying it plans to file a Court Injunction to force workers back to work. Meanwhile, striking workers say they are preparing for a long fight. Well stay out here as long as it takes. All night, 24 hours . Six months. Reporter back out here live at the center city sheraton, that is where all eyes are trained right now. On the elevators coming down from the Conference Rooms where negotiating teams are at this hour. I am told if and when this strike is over it would take four to sick hours to get workers back on the job. But right now time is running out to have that done by the morning rush hour. This strike continues tonight. Lucy . All right, thank you much, chris. Were monitoring the breaking details on air online at fox 29. Com. If the strike continues no a fourth day you know the bob kelly will help you wade through the mess starting top at 4 00 on good day philadelphia. A 22yearold man is in the hospital tonight police say someone shot him in the citys logan section just before 9 00. The 4500 block of north gratz street the scene. Gunman hit him five times. Hes at einstein hospital in Critical Condition but he is stable. No arrests yet. You decide 2016, and philadelphias transit strike is become major talking point in the upcoming president ial election. The Clinton Campaign has long said it needs a huge voter turnout on tuesday. It has begged its supporters to not become complacent which makes the septa strike worriso worrisome. Some pundants say that may be why Hillary Clinton has decided philly is going to be the place for her last major rally. This coming monday the democratic nominees husband and daughter will join her along with president obama and the first lady for one big rally right here. We know its kicking off at 7 00 in the evening. We dont yet know where. With just days until the election today Hillary Clinton and donald trump focused on those key battleground states. Trump started his day in jackson, california. Near sacramento attack clinton over her private email use. The gop nominee held an afternoon rally in battleground North Carolina and promised to repeal obama care so that Health Care Costs are affordable again. Meanwhile clinton attacked trauma tap rally of her own in the same state. Im asking for your vote so we can replace obama care and Safe Health Care for every family in North Carolina and frankly in the United States. Donald trump was endorsed by the official newspaper of the ku klux klan. Do any of us have a place in trumps america . Lincoln Communications Direct told tonight Hillary Clinton would not be talking about the fbi email probe before election day. Starting tomorrow trump plans to visit 11 states through the weekend and have events in all of them. Meanwhile mel len ya trump is fighting to win over women voters in our area. She stumped for her husband in berwyn after weeks of controversy over Donald Trumps remarks about women she vowed to fight for women and children if she becomes the first lady. Mrs. Trump also said her husband would provide women equal opportunities. Its her first time on the campaign trail since the gop convention. On your radar tonight little more november warmth but things are about to feel more seasonal. Kathy orr here to tell us about some changes. We always have some changes dont we . Thats right. Never stays that consistent well we are talking about some clouds giving way to clearing during the Early Morning hours and any showers will stay well to the south. Cold front has moved through and we are beginning to see the changes take place. 48 in the poconos. 51 degrees in allentown. Still holding on to 61 degrees in philadelphia and in wilmington. But look at that blue contour buffalo, new york, 49. Southeastern canada ottawa the same so those 40s will be sneaking in to some of our suburbs during the morning of your friday. Tomorrow morning, 7am, northwesterly wind. In philadelphia it will be around 50. Elsewhere for the most par in the 40s dover 50, wildwood 53. Ac bottom out at 51. Coming up well talk about the cool down in the seven day forecast. Wind will get gusty that will be noticeable change. Sunny stretch in the seven day and some unusual get out the vote weather. Well talk about that when i join you later in the broadcast. Talk to you soon, kathy. Us Department Education just hit Penn State University with an almost 2. 5 million fine. Todays announcement concludes the fiveyear investigation into how the university handled complaints about former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The depth says penn state officials ignored their duties under the cleary act. It requires colleges and universities to report campus crimes and warn people about any threats to their safe team this is the largest fine under the act. A jury found Jerry Sandusky of 45 counts of child Sexual Assault in 2012. Eagles made a roster move today. Got a lot of fans confused. They released josh huff a day after they said he would suit up plane in sundays game with the giants. Trouble stems from huffs arrest on the walt whitman bridge Tuesday Morning. Sean bell is here with a reason the eagles called that reverse. Lucy, listen, the eagles are singing a totally different tune from what they were singing yesterday. Doug pederson said he wanted to be father figure and put his arm around the kid but instead, they decided to give josh huff the boot. And apparently huff had a few incidents the eagles were already concerned about before huff was arrested on tuesday. So this may have been the final straw that broke everything. So today after meeting with all of the top guys in the organization, once again the eagles decided to let huff go. We spent a lot of time over the last 48 hours just making sure that we had the information and that we werent rushing to judgment, and we have a process in place for these sort of things that could lead to us what we think is the right decision. A lot of guys doing the same thing josh was doing. Sometimes some people get caught. Sometimes some people lyin lyinm other learn from other people. Hopefully people learn from the situation. Another athlete leaving philly but this one we kind of all expected. The phillies have bought out ryan howard and decline his option for 2017. He said during his last game as a phil he thinks he has more left in the tank we may see him in another uniform. But once again everything is about josh huff especially the fact that he had a gun. Later in sports one of the guys talk about the culture the gun culture in the nfl. Lucy. Thank you very much, sean. Drinking water in the spotlight and parents in one Camden County town have a lot of questions for school officials. Theyre concerned after lead turned up in the water of five schools. The superintendent of cherry hill schools posted a letter on the districts website saying that heart, johnson, mann, sharp and woodcrest Elementary Schools testified positive for above levels of lead. The food preparation and drinking areas were among the spots where lead was found. The district is already working to try and fix the problems but many parents told us they wouldnt how long the issue has been going on. It is concerning cause my daughter oldest daughter has been here for a few years and went to middle school. My youngest is still here, and i think they should have been on ton of this a long time. We pay a lot in real estate taxes for the school board and i think that they shall have been testing this a little bit more frequently. The testing is part statewide program. The superintendent says they plan on examining the middle and high schools in the coming week. She looks like most any other little girl. Smiling and laughing and playing, but youre about to see what happens when she has a seizure and hear from her father who would do anything to protect her. No one should live like this. No person in this world should live this way. He says he knows what could help his daughter. Tonight, his uphill battle to get it. After spending more than a month in the hospital a wilmington firefighter is finally home tonight. How his fellow firefighters made sure it was a heros welcome. I approve this message. Donald trump i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters, okay . And you can tell them to go f themselves you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of r wherever. You gotta see this guy. Ahh, i dont know what i said, ahh. I dont remember. Hes going like i dont remember developing now in Delaware County allegations of socalled rigged elections could be gaining steam tonight. Law enforcement has made a second raid in less than week. Questioning the for Profit Company that registers voters on behalf avenue aggressive candidates and cause. Bruce gordon live in philadelphia hunting park second. Bruce . Reporter lucy were outside the offices the philadelphia offices of field works llc where state investigators spend most of this evening looking for evidence that someone who here may have created documents that might allow an ineligible voter to cast ballot. Uniformed Pennsylvania State police said investigators with the state attorney General Office raided the field works llc office in philadelphia thursday evening looking for evidence of Voter Registration fraud. Search warrant for the raid shows investigators were looking for among other things templates that could be used to construct fraudulent Voter Registration forms. Anything to say at all any comments about the kind of work you do here. I have no comment. Several people left the field works office after spending time with investigators inside. They had no comment. Republican Delaware County congressman pat meehan was talking. This is about protecting the integrity of Voter Registration system. Reporter he joined gop officials thursday afternoon to blast field works which they say flooded the election offices in delco with bogus Voter Registration forms. Last friday feel works office in norwood was raided based on a search warrant identical to the new one. That warrant also seeks evidence of at a information or bonuses related to the quantity of Voter Registration forms completed. So its not clear whether investigators are probing whether field works was trying to deceive Election Officials or whether field works employees were trying to deceive the company. This is registration fraud. Is it voter fraud . Thats to be determined. Well see what happens on leck day. Reporter we sure will. At the moment at least the investigation on going. Field work has not been charged with any crime. The company did not respond to our emailed request for statement tonight the. After last week pogging raid they released a statement saying they would fully cooperate with any investigation. Look its important to note here that these bogus registration forms that were discovered were for first time voters apparently and that means those folks would have had to have an identification with them to actually cast ballot. So even if the bogus forms were brought to the polling place its not at all clear they can have actually resulted in fraudulent vote due to the sensitive nature of this case were told to expect a statement from the Pennsylvania Attorney general tomorrow morning to hopefully add further clarification as to the nature of this investigation. Iain. Bruce, thank you. Defense in the bridge gate trial asking for mistrial lawyers making the request today in the middle of a fourth day of jury deliberations. Theyre also asking to have some evidence removed from consideration. Verdict has not yet been reach in the trial of Bridget Kelly and bill baroni. Prosecutors say two former staffers for Chris Christie caused traffic jams on the George Washington bridge all because of political retaliati retaliation. Prosecutors in new jersey say they have caught some members of a big drug ring. Among those arrested one of the biggest cocaine and heroin suppliers in our area. All of this stems from what investigators call operation inferno. It was a sevenmonth investigation by state and local officials. Prosecutors say it culminated in charges against 15 members of a major drug ring that supplied cocaine and heroin in camden and throughout north philadelphia. They say they also caught the ringleader Fernando Rivera diaz. Were stopping literally thousands of heroin doses from reaching users across the region each week and theres no question that as a result of this operation lives will be saved. Investigators say rivera diaz rang the ring from puerto rico ag office deceased cocaine and heroin worth 2 million on the street. True hero left a wilmington hospital sick days after deadly fire that killed two of his colleagues. Firefighters Brad Speakman is back home tonight with his family. Dawn timmeney was there as he left Crozer Chester Medical Center in Delaware County. Reporter the smile on Brad Speakman<

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