News, this will be affecting everyone, throughout the delaware valley, on this tuesday, november the first, new day, new month, big problem. Good to have have you with, Thomas Drayton with karen hepp. Septa a workers are on official licensely on strike. City buses, trolleys and trackless will trolleys are not running this morning. The so is what running. Regional rail, the norristown high speed line, suburban buses, c ct connect and lucy. We do have Team Coverage on this one. We have bob kelly tracking everything in the studio, of course but we will begin with steve keeley, to tell us more of the latest details from Jefferson Station. Steve, kid still have to go to school. Reporter this is awful. Look at the this bus stop. We are telling people septa is on strike. We are waiting on buses. We are driving down Market Street and people are unaware because they were at work doing their life and not following the news at midnight. Who else would know they are surprised. So buses are not going to come. The these two folks here to the left, that we talked to in the bus stop they are wondering how they will get home to West Philadelphia, right now, and that is quite an expensive cab ride, and they dont have money for a cab. So we are across from septa headquarters. You see big emblem up above the the front doors there. You can bet there will be a picket line out the here, pretty soon, probably, in past strikes they waited until the morning commute, when people would be on the street to see the the pickets before they got out and about. But youll be be seeing picket lines all over this city, as early as the next hour. Im sure now that the news is on and so news is pretty bad. Commuters, that we talk to last night, late last night, they were still hoping, but expecting to hear the word strike for sure. All right. Our steve keeley, time is 4 02. More than 400,000 riders have to have find other ways get to work and school as steve just mentioned. Lets get tout bob kelly what can we expect . What are we looking at right now, bob. Reporter good morning everybody. 4 02. Those born and raised and lives here in philadelphia we have been used to the septa strikes no matter how you spin it, it doesnt get easy but as we mentioned heres is what not running. Basically anything within the city limits. No city buses or trolleys, no market frankford line, in broad street subways. We just saw steve down there at Jefferson Station. The what is running are your Regional Rail lines. Septa has made tweaks on the Regional Rail services throwing in a few extra express trains, turning some trains part of the way they would be local and then they then turn into express. So do check with, the the web site, septa. Org, we have everything that you need to know, on our web site fox 29. Com. And now that is the place to go. They have hopefully you have been thinking about some alternates the last couple of days. The car pooling, cabbing, giving uber a shot, pumping tires up on the bike and check with your employer. The city of philadelphia, has put shuttle bus services, running the exact routes of both market frankford and broad street subway, so that employees, City Employees, can get to work. In order to board bus you need to show your city id. So that is an example of where the employers are jumping in, to make sure or i should say make it easier to have have their employees to get to work. So check with your employer. But again city, city, city workers will have that opportunity to use that shuttle will service that runs the exact same route as market frankford and the broad street subway. Otherwise, vine expressway looking good. You have to think bit, within the city limits anyone who would typically be using mass transit are going to have to get another means. So we will have grid lock, quick, here in center city. Ninetyfive, the schuylkill, as we mentioned earlier, the schools are opened, Public Schools are opened, and youre expect to get your child to school, today, and the archdiocese schools are closed today, due to all saints day. So we will get the a break there, with a 50 50 on the schools. Otherwise right now no problems on the turnpike, 202, looking good, and no problems up and over bridges. By the way, patco, high speed line, for anyone coming in from new jersey, that is not, affected at all. So patco trains are running, to at least get you in the the city and then on your own from there. Thomas and karen back to you. Governor wolf releasing this statement regarding the strike. The hundreds of thousands of pennsylvania resident rely on septa to travel each day to and from work and will school and the in ability of twu and septa to reach an agreement is devastating for many of these individual and their families. This will create extreme hardships for the city and for businesses. I have spoken at length with both side and i continue to urge them to come together and continue to talk until a compromise is reached. Philadelphias mayor jim kenney had this to say i urge both septa and transport Workers Union to maintain communication despite work stoppage. The tens of thousands of philadelphians rely on the buses, trolleys and subways. So it is vital for everyone that this situation be resolved as quickly as possible. Make sure to stay with fox 29 mayor kenney will be joining us live at 8 00 oclock on good day philadelphia. Meanwhile Ride Sharing Service uber is looking to cash in during the septa a strike. Company announced it will expand its Uber Pool Service which allows customers to share rides with fellow passengers traveling to nearby locations. It is starting to day. Uber pool will be available in new jersey, reading and southern parts of the delaware. So obviously this is a developing story. We will stay on top of it the because it will be fast moving and changing all morning long. You can always go to our web site at fox 29. Com for a link of everything that you need to know about this, just click on the as seen on tv tab. Lets finally get the a check of our weather, sue serio because it was a nice night for trick or treating. It was great, i dont have any problems to report with the weather. We will go right to the number of the day, it is a ten out of ten. There is one thing in your life that is not complicated. There are hardly any clouds but it is chilly this morning as we check or temperatures, only 41 degrees in philadelphia. That is radiational cooling we talk about when there are no clouds. 73 percent relative humidity. Sunrise 7 30 on the dot as these days get shorter and shorter. Look it is below freezing in mount pocono, allentown, pottstown. 36 degrees in trenton. Thirtyfour in millville. 40 degrees down in wildwood. It was spooky sunshine yesterday during the day but it was chillier then average. The average high 62. We went to 57. Today i think we will be right where we are supposed to be with a High Temperature of 62 degrees. Your sunset time is 5 58. Seven day forecast just ahead, karen and thomas. Such a busy news day because also happening on this day bill cosby will be back in court for a key Pretrial Hearing in the Sexual Assault case. His defense team argued that he is blind, unfit to stand trial. Lauren johnson joining us from the the Montgomery County courthouse. What can we expect from the proceeding to take. Reporter good morning, thomas. Todays hearing scheduled to start at 9 00 at Montgomery County courthouse and we are expected for this to last for about two days. It is his latest attempt to clear his name of Sexual Assault charges. Judge Steven Oneill will hear specific arguments in the case this morning. But first whether a deposition by cosby admit to go using drugs to give women for sex can be used at trial. Another key issue is when a presents can bring up cosbys prior bad acts against a dozen other women. Cosby, who is expect to go to trial in june of 2017 faces three sex Assault Charges stemming from 2004 encounter with Temple University employee andrea constand. She said cosby drugged, assaulted her unside his Montgomery County home. Her story sound similar to five dozen others who have come forward a cowing cosby of the same thing. Prosecution will argue to allow testimony from the other women to prove cosby had a pattern of sexually assault would go man and many other cases. The statute of limitations has expired so this is the only time cosby will be able to be tried, for those charges. Thomas and karen. Thanks, lauren. Well, also happening today, such a busy day we will be paying more in new jersey for driving in that area and through the state and where you live there. After 28 years without a gas hike new jersey lawmakers proved a 20 percent up crease bringing tax to more than 37 cents per gallon. Lawmakers said money will fund state road, bridge improvements. Supporters say hike is desperately needed because state Transportation Fund is simply out of money. Uber now says it will be hiking its price for ride in new jersey, because of the gas tax increase. The it will cost more for them. So in response uber is adding a two cents per mile fee to fares to help drivers pay for gas. New jersey once had secondlyes gas tax in the the nation. You decide 2016. Today, marks one week until the election and new numbers show the president ial race is a toss up. In a key Battle Ground state latest poll Shows Hillary clinton and donald trump are tied in ohio, florida, clinton is leading trump by just one point. In North Carolina a shes up by three points. New National Washington post abc news poll show they are equally unpopular, 59 percent, and unfavorable view of both. New fbi email probe surrounding email probe surrounding clinton being addressed at Campaign Rallies on both side. Im sure they will reach the same conclusion, that they did, when they looked at my email for the last year, there is no case here. Our country will continue to suffer, shes unfit and unqualified to be the president of the united states. In the meantime some republicans are calling for the National Security community to halt clintons classified briefing until matter is resolve. Trumps retargeting states where clinton has had a slight edge including pennsylvania where shes up by five points in the polls. He will be in valley forge this morning for rally with is in double tree by hilton in king of prussia that begins at 11 00. Once again we are covering breaking news this morning, septa workers are officially on strike. We will stay on top of this because you need to know all of the developing situations. We have Team Coverage what you need to know before you head out the door. Plus, we want to show you a note, will this get your attention, freak you out, a note from the Zodiac Killer on cars in one of our neighborhood. Maybe just a creepy halloween prank but police say it is in laughing matter. You out. No warning, no hearing. Its a lending practice so 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. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, 4 14. We have an accident here on i95 at i95 southbound between street road, and woodhaven road. It looks like when we have that within lane, squeezing on through at the moment. Light volume, right now but that is all going to change as the morning moves on because a lot of folks, are going to be jumping in the car finding alternate means to get to work today with the septa strike. No problems at the moment on the blue route looking good on the schuylkill and, of course, on i95 in towards the city. Lets bring in Heather Redfern, good morning. It was a crazy busy night last night. Give our viewers a run down of exactly where we stan right now. Lets begin first of all with what is not running this morning. All City Transit Services are in the running. Any bus routes through city market frankford line, our broad street line, routes ten, 11, 15, 13, 34, and 36 trolleys are not operating. So they are basically all or any of the mass transit systems within the city limit is what is not running. What is running this morning. Regional rail is operating, any of our suburban bus routes, however, some suburban bus routes will not becoming in the city, and norristown high speed line, and the routes 101, 102 will trolleys are operate to go day. Heather, we talk maybe make something tweaks for some express trains, explain how that may work for folks on the Regional Rails. We did add several trains in between the schedules trains on Regional Rail, across most of the lines and all of those trains are listed on our web site and that for the morning rush. There was adjustments made to a couple existing trains, so we asked everybody to city, transit riders, Regional Rail riders to go to the web site and all of that information is there. Heather, we have all of the details, tips, links, all up on our web site at fox 29. Com and then we have a direct link right to your web site. Heather, just if you can answer for me what happened last night at midnight with the bus that he is were out on the streets, where did they go, did everyone strategically go back to the garage. All the buses are back at their districts. So everything is lock up, and doors are closed and everybody got back safely there were no issues or anything last night. No issues last night. Where do we stand with the bargaining table . What is the next possible time we may hear, a change in the status. We will put information out as soon as it is a rail be. The right now talks are broken off but we are hopeful to get back to the bargaining table. Reporter Heather Redfern, thanks so much for joining us. We will check with heather throughout the morning hour by hour and hopefully get those guys back to the table. Contingency plan, think about it this morning, a car pool, hopefully you thought about this already, a cab, maybe first time you will try uber, the bicycle, i know that is easier said then done especially for myself. Also check with your employer. Heres something interesting, the city of philadelphia is offering free express bus services, for City Employees, only. Those buses, shuttle buses are going to run the exact same route, as the market frankford line, and the broad street subway. All you have to do is just show your city id in order to get on the bus. So that is an option that the city is using to make sure that the City Employees get to work and keep in mind with the schools, the School District of philadelphia, Public Schools are opened today and they expect everyone to be in attendance, however, the archdiocese schools are all closed, they were scheduled to be closed to day with a holiday. We may get a little bit of the break there. As far as folks, they are looking for conn singcy plan, sueby how is the forecast. Just about perfect, bob kelly, it will be warming up over the next couple of days, not unlike what happened last weekend, but this morning it is chilly out there. Waiting for a ride or whatever you will to have make sure you have enough on, and what you wear a coat or a swelter, we have High Pressure in control, milder days are ahead as High Pressure will move off shore and a it the is not until thursday that we will see this warm front start to affect us with some rain. Heres a look a at your future cast to day, lots of room for sunshine just a few clouds here and there just the same for tomorrow but as we head into thursday we will see rain from the warm front it wont roll until the afternoon so we will get the a chance to get the in the 70s. By thursday we could even tie a record for thursdays high. But heres chilly temperatures here are chilly temperatures for this morning, 35 degrees in reading, 31 in pottstown, 41 in philadelphia, 40 degrees in wildwood. This is chillier morning then it was yesterday but we will recover for a warmer day. Wind are not really a factor your average high 61, what do we get for halloween . We have a High Temperature of 57 degrees, below average but today right where we are supposed to be and 37 tomorrow. Seventyfive on thursday. But after that warm front the cold front comes through, then it chills down friday, sat the day and sun take. So back to that autumn chill, karen and thomas. Lets get to this developing story, coming to us from mississippi, excuse me, three people have died, several others injured after a car hit a flatbed trailer carrying adults and children on a halloween ride last evening. Police say two children and one adult all related were killed in the crash that happened on highway 80 in mississippi. It is located 80 miles east of jackson, other people in the crash did suffer life threatening injuries, we will bring you latest information as it is still coming in. Heres the other top stories we are following this morning residents wake up to creepy notes on their cars park in fishtown. Sinister words written by the Zodiac Killer. The letters were found on two street. Police are investigating it as a mischief us halloween prank some one pl