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WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 November 7, 2016

Independence mall as you just saw forcing traffic which now include septa buses again since their strike is over, theyre causing cars to be bumper to bumper on the street that is are open. Then theres the line of people everywhere. People walking from every direction to get to the Hillary Clinton rally. And these people dont mind waiting in line. Awesome. Its a big event. I go to the university so im happy that the strike is over finally. Took the broad street line down. Met miranda here after work and here we are. Its a hail larry recallly. Leave on time. Leave an time. Huge traffic. People everywhere. Everybody everywhere people are walking. Reporter and so back here live again incredible line of people here waiting to hear Hillary Clinton hopefully energize them tonight. On the eve of the big election day. So just so youll know parts of Market Street, fifth street and sixth streits are closed to traffic and also we just talked to someone who says that this line has gone all the way to south philadelphia passed south street people waiting to get back to old city to the event tonight. So crazy and exciting night. Exciting time right now. Back to you. All right, shawnette, meanwhile, donald trump is spending his day rallying in five swing states. That includes a stop here in pennsylvania and a little later tonight lets get out to Chris Oconnell on Independence Mall with a look at trumps election eve. Chris . Reporter well, thats right, first of all, Hillary Clinton certainly bringing out the big guns here on the night before election day. As you said, guys, becoming all too clear pennsylvania is a must within for both candidates. Set the stage here behind me. That is where Hillary Clinton will be coming to night in a couple of hours. Shell be joined by president obama, her husband president clinton and his wife Michelle Obama and probably the biggest stars of the show will be right there on the stage right on Market Street right across the street from the liberty bell thats where youll see heavy hitters bruce springsteen, bon jovi scheduled to perform tonight as you can see the gates are open. The music is playing. And its almost show time. Now both candidates spending their final hours in pennsylvania trying to rally what become a coveted vote. Donald trump already hit florida, North Carolina, on his way to pennsylvania. New hampshire, michigan at a recall in North Carolina. He made fun of this rally in philly. And i dont have a guitar and i dont have a piano. All we have is Great Concepts for our country which is the most important thing. Because frankly when people get on stage and theyre entertainers and they entertain in order to get people to fill up a room, for Hillary Clinton reporter as we bring you back out here live, everyone supposed to hit stage about 8 00 oclock. After tonights rally, Hillary Clinton scheduled to fly off jet setting with bon jovi for midnight rally in raleigh. Hillary clinton, both trump will be in home precincts tomorrow to cast their vote. Guys. All right. Chris oconnell. You know it were counting the hours until polls open across our area. All kinds of preparations happening right here right now. Thats made amid of speculation from the Trump Campaign that the election process is rigged and hes taking aim at the city of philadelphia. Tonight officials assuring voters they dont need to be concerned about voter fraud. Dave kinchen joins us with a preview of the preparations. Dave . Reporter iain and lucy, philadelphia Election Officials tell us they take pride in running a fair and transparent system, ton night, weve learned that the feds will be on hand to make sure voting take place without a hitch. People walk through the chilly november air in Chestnut Hill are eager to end the political hot air filled this president ial election. I think its been so contentious, and im very anxious to foy my person to win. Im looking forward to, um, moving on from the constant commercials and, um, you know, just the horrible talk back and forth. Reporter the feeling is much the same across town in west philadelphia. Ready for election day tomorrow. I just want to get it over with actually. To me its a big circus act, though. Sooner its over the better it will be. It dont matter who win or lose. Reporter whether the goal to to choose the neck leader or stop the madness, the city officials who run elections in philadelphia say the final preps are underway with some machines already being warmed up. Were just fielding phone calls and dotting our eyes and crossing our ts and getting ready for tomorrow. Reporter commissioner deal z sets says 220,000 new voter applications were submitted from the primary to the end of registration last month. And she guarantees the process will be free from the accusations of fraud that donald trump has suggested charges Hillary Clinton has dismissed. In this particular race were fortunate to have the older equipment because it drowns out some of the noise were hearing about possible hacks or improprieties in the system. Reporter as added securit ae security u. S. Department department will monitor poll activity in 28 states and Civil Rights Division will have personnel right here in philadelphia. We do all that we can to have transparent wellrun elections. Reporter polls open at 7 00 a. M. And the feds say those investigators will be there all damon touring everything and of course well keep an eye on it tomorrow. Lucy. Thank you very much. Speaking keeping an eye very close eye on an even closer race here in pennsylvania. Pat toomey and Katie Mcginty crisscrossing the keystone state. A last ditch effort by both to win votes in the us senate race. Polls show they have they are mc and neck and you know what, the whole nation really is watching this race. The reason, whoever wins tomorrow, could determine which party gains control of the us senate. On election day be sure to keep it tuned right here to fox 29 news. Well have live results for you as soon as they come n your fox 29 team will also be live in new york at both trump and lynn clinton headquarters and well be tracking major local elections as well. Its all right here on fox 29. Developing to night in philadelphias logan neighborhood, police are searching for the person who shot a man putting several schools on lock down it happened around each lm at broad and olney. A man walked into einstein hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg. School administrators put four surrounding schools or lock down for a half hour. So far though no arrests. In kensington, 16yearold girl is in Critical Condition after police say someone shot her in the head. It happened along the 2100 block of east first street around 2 30 this afternoon. Investigators say they have a person of interest in custody. Happening right now, the engines on septa buses and trains and subways are finally revving again after six days of septa strike has come to an end. Septas management and Union Leaders came to tentative agreement under contract early this morning. Comes just in time for election day. But there are a lot of hard feelings left behind. Lets get out to bruce gordon live right now in center city. Bruce . Reporter guys, theres no question about it. Still hit and miss service at this hour on the buses, the subways and the trollies. But for the most part, septa service is back up and running tonight. Just in time as you say for election day, and 91 too soon for hundreds of thousands of septa riders still angry. For them mass transit is an necessity of life. As mass transit began stirring back to life at the Frankford Transportation Center late monday morning we found Joseph Williams waiting for bus service to a Blood Plasma Center near the Franklin Mills mall. Williams was look to go make up for a lot of week of donations and the cash they bring. Just missed a week of i could have made over 70 some bucks going to the Plasma Center but, you know what indeed, six day strike was the 12 toth represent septa Service Since 1975. Early morning News Conference 10 to tiff five Year Contract was announced fox 29 asked septas Board Chairman why it so often takes walk out to get a deal done. Its just the normal course of business. How it gets done in the city. Its unfortunate. We we all work together. It all comes out in the end but its just part of the process. Reporter septa has already announced it will offer credit vouchers to those rider whos lost money on weekly or monthly passes. Go to our website for details, but that offer does not satisfy all of the hundreds of thousands of passengers impacted. Were asking the general population to present these passes when they are boarding septa vehicles. Reporter this group set up in front of septa headquarters monday. Distributing free passes for those inconvenienced by the walkout. A purely symbolic gesture aimed at bringing attention to the effective walk outs on the working poor. If they dont accept it, i have at least got my message across and my message is tepp at a meet the needs and stop the greed. Full bus, subway and Trolley Service will be up and running in time for the Tuesday Morning rush. Election day. Welcome news for riders but lots of these folks know its only a matter of time till the next labor dispute interrupts service and cost them time. Money, a new job. You get the impression either side listens to or cares about people like you . Sometimes i feel they dont. Reporter it has been a rather brutal stretch for septa of course. What with the summer long disruption to Regional Rail service and now this strike. But come tomorrow morning, aga again, election day theres nothing more important than th that. Everybody gets their life back. Iain . All right, bruce, thank you turning to your fox 29 Weather Authority now. Heres live look at trenton, new jersey, right now. Those summer like temperatures not here any more. Umum. Not too bad out there. Kathy orr is here now. Kathy, Everyone Wants to know whats the forecast for election day. It will be a nice day but behind me very busy. This is the roadblock catch between fourth and seventh on market and you can see festivities will be gettin gettg underway soon for that rally on Independence Mall. 54 the temperature the. The high 56. Winds out of the north at six. If you will be in center tee tonight temperatures will be falling through the 40s. As we get out the vote on election day, 7 00 a. M. , 44 degrees. By noon 62 if and pleasant bite evening at 5 00 oclock, the temperature 65. So no reason not to get out there and get out the vote. Well send it back to you. Thank you very much, miss kathy orr. Dunkin donuts making some changes. Good news if you like a certain hot beverage. What you can expect to see more of on the menu at your local donut shop. Holiday signs already popping up in stores. So how do you plan to do your shopping . Where one new survey says people are flocking to. Police say this guy tried to steal something from a local target. What happened outside that had him running away empty handed. Coming later at 6 00 local mom has a problem that nearly a hundred thousand people in this country face but her situation is more dire than most. Shes opening up about her struggle and you could help. Dangerous thing. When i come home and dinners not ready i go through the roof. 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 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. Pat toomey and donald trump theyre just wrong for the women of pennsylvania. New fallout for donald trump. Should a woman be punshied for having an abortion . There has to be some form of punishment. For the woman . Yeah, there has to be some form. I would support legislation in pennsylvania that would ban abortion and i would, suggest that we have penalties for doctors who perform them. Pat toomey and donald trump theyre not for you. Women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. Day before election day and the latest fox news poll has Hillary Clinton with a fourpoint lead over donald trump nationally 48 to 44 . Stay with fox 29 throughout election day. Well bring you results live as they come in. Shocking moments caught on camera at a target store in port richmond. This happened last month in the store along castor avenue. Police say security cameras caught the man stealing an electronic item and when he went to leave the store without paying for it, investigators say a store guard tried to stop him. That led to a struggle. Police say the accused thief came back with a knife threaten the guard he ran off without taking anything. Thankfully no one else was hurt. A warning tonight if youve gotten text from your bank. Pennsylvania attorney general says people are getting messages that look like theyre from legitimate financial institution. Its asking users to fill in bank account information, another text looked like from pay pal. Both of these though could be scams. If you have any doubt about a text you are receiving always contact your bank. New castle county, Delaware Police are looking for whoever shot a woman as she leapt in her bed. Officers respond thed Sparrow Run Community in delaware delaware. They found a 38yearold woman shot it appears those bullets came from the outside of her home. Medics rushed her to the hospital. Authorities say she should recover. They say bulletsly hit several other homes and nearby cars. Theyre now offering a 20,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and a convi convict. A man is recovering after getting dumped into a trash truck in port richmond. Police say the guy was sleeping in a dumpster on aramingo avenue when a trash truck came by to empty it sis this morning. Fortunately he was rescued and taken to the hospital. We dont know yet what his exact injuries are. Fire Officials Say hes in stable condition. These two past mondays have been the equivalent of i say a hangover for eagles fans. For the second week in a row the birds lost this time, of course, to the new york giants. And now coach Doug Pederson is talking about what to expect for the rest of the season. All right, sean bell is in the house. Sean, i guess aspirin wont help us with this one. Past five games only one win. Hangover usually means you had a good night the night before. Right . Its not the case for the eagles. All their losses coming on the road, too. All of them coming down in the final minutes like this team just cant get out of their own way. Whether its a fumble, an interception, its always something with this team. Yesterday it was a slow start. They couldnt recover from. Carson wentz had two, two interceptions in the first two possessions. That really put them behind the eight ball. Giants racked up 14 points eagles could never fully get back from that. Even when they finally did get close the defense got shredded by eli manning. Man hemoglobin 4tds only sacked once. Eagles lost 2823. Each loss was by seven points or less. Fourfour at the bottom of the division and somehow they need to bounce back in the second half of the season. Could they make the playoffs . I dont know. Keep working. Keep working. And keep grinding because like i tell the team, you know, after games like this, i promise them if they keep working the way theyve been working good things are going to happen down the stretch. We still got a lot of games to go. We got eight games left its on us. We can either we can either go 12four. You know what im saying or we can keep losing week to week. Our mindset we going to try to win out. Thats the goal. Were halfway through a lot of football to play. Good thing were coming back home. You look around the league right now, obviously not in the spot we wanted to be but were in a good smother spot. Later in sports carson wentz talks about the struggles hes having in the last few games to start off these contests. Former eagles josh huff already found a home. Also hear what he had to say about his second chance. Lucy . Thank you sean gel bell. You decide 2016. Security is on the minds of officials in new york city. For the First Time Since the 40s both parties candidates will election day gatherings in the big apple. Mayor diblasio says new yorkers were rest assure the nypd has comprehensive plan in place. Police deployment about the same when pope francis visited the city. Hillary clinton and donald trump will have their celebrations in midtown manhattan only about 1 mile from each other. These kids are still staying engage in the election process. Charter school in parkside held a mock election today and during the school year the kids had a number of political themed project to teach them about their government. Tonight the nation is remembering its first female attorney general. Janet renos family says she is died from complications of parkinsons disease today. She was 78 years old. Reno was one of the most prominent

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