right now at 5:00 back together after a deadly hit and run, a young boy with special needs is reunited with his missing dog. tonight, an important piece of the story is still unsolved. plus new details tonight on the video everybody's talking about. how this two-hour chase through two states all started over stolen underwear. and the heat is on. today was day one of the next heat wave and this one is going to stick around even longer. "nbc 10 news at 5:00" starts right now. first alert meteorologist sheena parveen is tracking the temperatures. >> you are outside the nbc 10 studios tonight. how is it feeling? >> well, it feels hot outside. this is all because of the humidity on top of the heat that we have in place. it's making it feel about three to five degrees hotter than it really is. take a look at that feels-like temperature. 94 degrees in philadelphia is what it feels like. it feels like 94 in millville

and atlantic city and it even feels like the mid 90s in some areas closer to the shore with the humidity. feels like the low 90s in areas north and west through the lehigh valley. we are at the beginning of a heat wave. today starts that. we already hit the low 90s today. tomorrow and thursday we expect to be in the mid 90s, low 90s friday. this will be more than just three days of 90 degree temperatures. we expect this to last through the weekend. this is going to be a very prolonged heat wave. aside from that we are also talking about the humidity over the next few days making it feel a lot hotter outside. for the rest of this evening it will stay hot and humid, near 90 degrees by 6:00 p.m. by 8:00 p.m. only in the mid 80s. still hot and humid. by 10:00 p.m. in the low 80s. tomorrow, a little bit hotter than today. the 90 degree temperatures don't look like they will break in the forecast. we won't get too much of a break from the heat but some of you may see a bit of relief come thursday from some of the rain showers and thunderstorms we expect to move in.

either way, still hot and humid before the week is over. coming up we will take a look at that and talk more about the heat and show you how hot the weekend will be. turning to this. new at 5:00 some positive news for a family rocked by tragedy. philadelphia police have reunited a young boy with his therapy dog that went missing after a hit and run crash. that crash killed his uncle and injured his father. nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah is live in the digital operations center with more on this reunion as well as the search for the hit and run driver. >> reporter: the family certainly did need some good news. the arroyo family telling us a neighbor called police after finding max, the dog, and an officer brought him home. they shared these photos with us. here's max with the officer and osvaldo arroyo. here is max in bed with arroyo's 12-year-old son, jonathan. we're told max is a comfort to the boy who was born blind and deaf. osvaldo and his brother were doing repair work on a van

sunday. they headed out around 10:30, made a u-turn on luzerne street. that's when a mitsubishi suv broadsided their sedan. police found and impounded the suv and are trying to find the owner, a local tattoo artist. >> they know who it is. right now, i don't believe it. >> reporter: the family talking to denise nakano. the grieving family say they have faith police will catch up to the driver. if you know where to find alberto vangas police want to hear from you. live from the digital operations center, i'm renee chenault-fattah. back to you. also new at 5:00 one man is in custody and his passenger in critical condition after police say the driver took off after seeing a cop car behind him. nbc 10 in philadelphia's port richmond neighborhood. police say the driver hit the

gas when he saw police in the rear view mirror. after blowing two stop signs, police found the driver had crashed into another car. no word if the men have any outstanding warrants. now to new information on the police chase that had people glued to these images from sky force 10. a robbery suspect led officers back and forth from south jersey to philly for two hours. we have learned the man behind the wheel was wanted in part for stealing underwear. nbc 10's cydney long has been following the developments for us and joins us live. >> reporter: police tell me ritter was willing to fight a grocery store security clerk to get away with two packs of men's underwear worth about $21 two weeks ago but his rap sheet has arrest warrants totalling $20,000. police spotted that white van down the street on the white horse pike parked secretly between the cvs farmpharmacy and local car wash. he has been jailed in cumberland and camden counties. 54-year-old robert ritter is the man who led police on that

dangerous pursuit monday night. >> he is well known to law enforcement. he's ran from us before. >> reporter: in fact brooklawn patrolmen have been trying to catch ritter since the shoplifting incident turned into a strong arm robbery july 9th inside this shop-rite on route 130. ritter captured he says on security surveillance video stealing underwear and shoving a loss prevention officer to get away with it. >> he actually concealed a couple items of men's undergarments, teeshirts and boxers secreted them in his clothing and attempted to walk out of the store with them. >> reporter: taking off in that same dodge white van. >> yes, it was the white van was involved. we had been looking for it for some time now. >> reporter: according to these complaints so were gloucester township police. they say ritter stalked and harassed a woman who had a restraining order against him. that was july 1st. 15 days after being released from the cumberland county jail.

it was oaklyn police who initially gave chase monday night, sticking with ritter as dinnertime hour turned into darkness. ritter's m.o. is to not get caught. >> minor traffic violations. nothing quite serious. simply officer stops him, makes contact and he takes off. >> reporter: the $20,000 in outstanding warrants are for things like motor vehicle violations as well as failing to show up in court. i asked police and the prosecutor but it's unclear right now just how quickly ritter could be extradited back to new jersey to face charges here. i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> how did police do? tonight a security expert is grading the chase. the score he gave officers and what brought down their final grade coming up on "nbc 10 news at 6:00." authoritieshere are the stories making headlines on "nbc 10 news at 5:00." a woman is dead after a crash this morning on new castle county. a car collided with a truck at the intersection of christiana

and airport road just before 7:00 this morning t woman who was driving one of the vehicles was rushed to christiana hospital where she later died. no one else was hurt. septa will now offer a lottery next monday for papal passes. this afternoon the transit agency announced its solution on how to sell special train passes to see the pope. the passes are the only way you can travel on regional rail when pope francis is here in september. the first attempts to sell them last monday crashed septa's website. online registration for the lottery will begin just after midnight next monday. the lottery will run for 24 hours ending at 11:59 that night. septa will notify winners thursday with an e-mail allowing them to purchase the passes. the agency will then mail the passes to customers and septa says no matter what time you enter the lottery on monday, everyone has the same chance. ten is the maximum amount of passes you can buy. for more information on the

lottery, to get your pass for the pope check out the nbc 10 news app. you will find details for septa patco and amtrak. super bowl mvp tom brady will not be on the field for the start of the nfl season. late this afternoon, the league announced it was upholding its four-game suspension. comcast sports net's john clark joins us with the details. big update here. >> lots of things happening this afternoon with this. first the nfl announced it will uphold tom brady's four game suspension. within the last hour tom brady has asked the nfl players association to appeal the ruling in federal court so it's not over. not over by a long shot. the nfl introduced new information in upholding the suspension. the nfl says tom brady had his assistant destroy his cell phone shortly before he was scheduled to be questioned by investigators so the league and ted wells were not able to review his text messages that he reportedly had with the patriots

ball boy and equipment personnel. the nfl issued a statement in part reading the commissioner found that brady's deliberate destruction of potentially relevant evidence went beyond a mere failure to cooperate in the investigation and supported a finding that he had sought to hide evidence of his own participation in the underlying scheme to alter the footballs. coming up in sports at 6:00 we will tell you which phillie will be traded definitely will be traded by the deadline on friday. i'm john clark. see you then. now to decision 2016. where in philadelphia do you go when campaigning for president? pat's and geno's of course. we caught up with republican nominee scott walker at pat's. he ordered american without. new jersey governor chris christie spent a lot of time trying to win over voters in new

hampshire but is still being bested by donald trump. in a new monmouth university poll trump is leading the presidential race in new hampshire. look at the percentage of voters who support trump compared to those who back chris christie. four out of ten people polled said if trump weren't in the race they would vote for someone else including christie. the poll director says despite all the time christie spent in new hampshire, trump is stealing his tell it like it is thunder. >> donald's got lots of skills and lots of talents that have made him wealthy and made lots of people around him wealthy. that's a great thing. it's not necessarily the same skills transferrable to governing. so you need to understand how you have to work with other people, how if you disagree with somebody you just can't fire them. >> christie is battling to be one of ten gop candidates from the field of 16 to make the cut for the upcoming debate. christie and other candidates struggling for support. we will watch the polls very closely over the next few days. the first republican debate will be held next week.

only 10 of the 15 candidates will be invited. fox will make its list based on the average of five national polls. to getting a second chance a young boy and his family are celebrating after doctors at c.h.o.p. gave him new hands. we will hear from the child and the doctors who pulled off this historic surgery. plus protecting your pets from the heat. it's a message we hear every single summer but one owner ignored that warning. how police in new jersey worked together to save a bulldog from a sweltering hot car. turning the tables. a former prison worker pleads guilty to helping those two new york inmates escape. how long she will be behind bars and what she got in return for her plea.

a new york prison worker has pleaded guilty for her role in helping two convicted killers escape. the plea agreement means joyce mitchell will the not face any additional charges for an alleged plot to kill her husband or for any sexual contact with the two inmates. prosecutors say mitchell helped richard matt and david sweat by smuggling escape tools in frozen meat. >> nbc 10 national correspondent jay gray has the details. >> reporter: removed from her shackles briefly, joyce mitchell wiped away tears as she signed

off on a plea deal for her role in helping two convicted murderers escape the clinton correctional facility in upstate new york. >> she got in over her head into something that she never should have started but she did, and she's paying the price now. but she realizes that she made a horrible mistake. >> reporter: wearing a striped prison jumpsuit mitchell's voice was soft and cracking as she told the judge she understood the terms of the agreement and pled guilty to criminal facilitation and promoting prison contraband. she admitted to smuggling hacksaw blades screwdrivers and other tools into the prison in frozen meat to help sweat and matt tunnel out of the facility. >> because the evidence was so overwhelming miss mitchell acknowledged her guilt by appearing in court today and entering a plea. she wanted to expedite her case proceeding and move on. >> reporter: mitchell will spend up to seven years behind bars and pay a $6,000 fine.

as part of the agreement, she will not face any additional charges for alleged sexual contact with the inmates and allegations she was involved in a plot to kill her husband, who also worked in the facility. formal sentencing in the case is set for september. jay gray, nbc 10 news. there was a call for stronger gun background check legislation today on capitol hill. two groups teamed up and want congress to require legislation that would require a background check on all gun sales. we spoke to a man who lost his son in last year's shooting rampage. >> whatever i thought was important before in my life isn't to me anymore. the only thing that's important to me is that no other parent in this country should have to go through what my family's going through. >> the groups say 88 americans are killed by gun violence every

day. firing a gun into the air in reading, little closer to home is now considered breaking the law. the city council passed an ordinance making it illegal to fire a gun in city. to fire shots into the air, you will be arrested. helping members of the military and veterans make the transition back into civilian life with a quality career. today, $100,000 was donated to the helmets to hard hats initiative. donald norcross of new jersey was among those who attended the ceremony. the group works with dozens of trade unions and corporations to help find job openings and training for candidates. it's helped an estimated 20,000 people so far including military members in our area. just because school is out doesn't mean teachers aren't working. nbc 10 at stockton university in atlantic county. today dozens of teachers from across new jersey took part in a

seminar titled holocaust and human behavior. the highlight, they were able to meet and talk with six local holocaust survivors. they are also receiving copies of each of the survivors' memoirs which will be used in the classroom for fifth from twelfth graders. it is hot outside today. i'm right outside the nbc 10 studios in bala cynwyd where temperatures feel more like the mid 90s because of the humidity. it will keep feeling hotter through this week so we are talking about a heat wave in the forecast and not just a couple days but several days of 90 degree temperatures. the heat wave is actually going to be starting today with temperatures already hitting the low 90s and it will be feeling close to 100 degrees at least one day this week with the humidity and several days of 90 degree temperatures even as we go through the weekend. we are at 94 in northeast philly, 90, philadelphia. 91 in chester springs.

it feels about three to five degrees hotter with the humidity. actual temperature is 91 in allentown, in reading. 90 in blue bell. closer to the shore, temperatures about the mid 80s. 88 a little farther in in millville. 86 dover. 90 degrees in newark. the future feels-like temperature when you factor in the humidity take a look at what happens. overnight, we won't feel any cooler than about the 70s. by 10:00 tomorrow morning, we are already going to be feeling like the low 90s with the humidity. through the afternoon tomorrow feeling like the mid to upper 90s in some areas and watch as we go into thursday. thursday morning around 9:00 10:00, already feeling like the mid 90s. thursday afternoon, we could be feeling like triple digits. that's what we expect as we go into thursday through the afternoon hours, triple digit feels-look temperatures when you factor in the humidity. i'm outside in the heat. i will go inside in the air conditioning in just a minute. some areas could be seeing a little relief from this heat.

chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is standing by with that. >> couple of places. first you can go towards the shore, it's definitely cooler at the beaches. little bit of a sea breeze here. this is cape may. lots of people there. and the wind a little bit of a land breeze. atlantic city marina now down to 79 degrees. that is a nice break from the temperatures inland. if you think we're hot, head to the west. 99 degrees in st. louis. 99 in wichita, kansas. the feels-like temperatures 112. 112 in st. louis. 105 in wichita. it won't get that bad around here. maybe that will make you feel better. we do have isolated showers between philly and the shore, going down the atlantic city expressway. there's the ac expressway there. this heavy shower near galloway township drifting to the south. the light showers around south

philly have gotten even lighter. another shower near williamstown in new jersey. the heaviest activity has been right near the maryland border in extreme southern delaware getting some of that rain. as we go into tomorrow nothing more than isolated showers again. watch what happens as we go into thursday. computer models suggesting even a couple showers around in the morning. then with the heat and humidity of the day, feeling like close to 100. we start seeing showers and storms move through. behind it it's going to not cool off a lot, but the humidity's going to be going down. that is about the only significant change coming as we head through the rest of the week and into the weekend. it is just going to be hot day after day after day. we've got a seven-day forecast. every one of those days we have 90 plus. 74 tonight with the early

showers, just isolated. even hotter tomorrow. still humid, mid 90s. nothing more than isolated showers. best chance of storms is on thursday but it's also maybe the hottest, feeling like 100 plus. humidity goes down a bit friday but the temperature stays 90 plus perhaps for the whole seven days. >> welcome, summer. there are a lot of new names on the eagles roster this year but they are already a hit with fans. see which jerseys are some of the best-selling across the entire nfl. and a new revelation from one of bill cosby's accusers. how a former temple university worker is refuting the comedian's claims that he can read women's romantic cues.

you can bring your own, you can use a glass or enjoy it straight from the bottle. >> no matter how you drink it the beer industry makes a huge impact on our economy. according to a new study, brewers, importers and distributors generate more than $250 billion. it also serves up close to two million jobs across the country. take a look at the impact of the industry on our region. in pennsylvania it supplies more than 70,000 jobs. in new jersey it's about 34,000. in delaware, 4300.

we know often beer and football go hand in hand. speaking of football we know the eagles haven't even started training camp yet. >> according to jersey sales, two new eagles have already won over fans. tim tebow's eagles jersey is number 16 on the nfl's top 25 bestsellers for the month of june according to nfl shop.com. eagles running back demarco murray is number nine. >> new to town and already making an impact. are police being transparent with the public? today the state promised to do better. >> tonight, nbc 10 asked police for more information on two deaths that happened in their custody. see how investigators responded. plus the woman sitting on her front stoop in southwest philly robbed at gun point. coming up at 6:00 what these two guys took and what they made the woman do before they ran off.

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this is a good place to beat the heat today. the jersey shore was a bit cooler than the rest of the region which is now on its way to another heat wave. >> first alert meteorologist sheena parveen joins us live outside the nbc 10 studios. we are in it for the long haul aren't we? >> yes. it won't be ending any time soon. at least the 90 degree temperatures aren't. later this week the humidity will drop a little bit but we still expect 90 degree

temperatures so we expect a pretty long heat wave in the forecast. that starts with today. right now we are at 90 degrees in philadelphia upper 80s for millville. 87 in atlantic city. in the lehigh valley temperatures are right around 90 degrees. take a look at what we will see over the next few days. temperatures will be hotter tomorrow than today. we expect mid 90s. all we need are three days of 90 degree plus temperatures, that's a heat wave. again, the temperatures will be staying in the 90s as we even go through the weekend. it is going to be a long stretch of 90 degree temps in the forecast. even for this evening, it will stay very warm. it's warm and humid outside right now. by 6:00 p.m. near 90 degrees. hot and humid. by 8:00 p.m. mid 80s, hot and humid. by 10:00 tonight, temperatures only in the low 80s. we are not going to see relief overnight tonight. tomorrow morning, many of you will wake up and by 9:00 a.m. it could already be feeling like 90 degrees when you factor in the humidity. again, that humidity is going to stick around.

later this week we will see a drop but then it will come back over part of your weekend. coming up we take a closer look at the heat, how much longer it will be lasting and the next round of thunderstorms in the forecast. right now at 5:00 does the public trust their police officers? today officials in new jersey announced a series of changes to make their departments more transparent. >> so far, two departments in cumberland county have given very little information on two deaths that happened in their custody. nbc 10 wanted to put their promise of transparency to the test. nbc 10's drew smith joins us from cumberland county. >> it's been months since these deaths occurred. did investigators have any new answers today? >> reporter: all we were told is investigations take time. i have calls in to the cumberland county prosecutor's office but since 1:00 we have not heard back. meanwhile the attorney general here says he has faith in the investigations. acting attorney general john

hoffman held up a body camera while announcing the plan to equip thousands of new jersey officers with the technology. he also explained new guide tl lines for how to investigate use of deadly force by police. >> this system of independent investigation and multi-tier review has worked very well. we are raising the bar even higher today. >> reporter: that's what we asked about two cases in cumberland county, both captured on cell phone video. in december jermaine reed was shot and killed during a traffic stop in bridgeton. in march, philip white died in custody of vineland police on the way to the hospital. a struggle was captured in this video. months later there are few answers. >> there are no shortcuts. >> reporter: the county prosecutor is investigating both. the attorney general's office is involved in one. the prosecutor's office said back in april it wanted to review any video of the white incident. the vineland police said there was more to the story. a criminal investigation also continues in the reed case. it's even delayed testimony in a

civil lawsuit this month. >> i have confidence and faith that those investigations are being done in a way that's efficient and comprehensive. >> reporter: as the attorney general praised the addition of body cameras across the state today, he said that won't necessarily speed up the pace of investigations. one big change if prosecutors investigating a deadly force situation decide not to bring charges, they will be required to make a public statement. i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> here's a closer look at the proposal for police transparency. the state will buy 1,000 body cameras for all state troopers on the road. they will also give out grants to help local departments buy cameras as well. the state will also update its policy on deadly force investigations. breaking news in to nbc 10. we learned of a deadly shooting that happened within the yellow tape in the streets of philadelphia. this is in kensington. so far we have learned there are

no arrests on this case no description of the suspect so far and no motive at this time. as soon as we know more about this deadly shooting in which one man has died we will get it back to you. the accuser in the only sex assault case that bill cosby has ever settled is fighting back in court. she worked for temple university when cosby befriended her and is questioning his so-called ability to read women's cues in sexual situations. a deposition released this month revealed cosby said his relationship with her was consensual and that he considered himself a decent reader of people in these situations. but in a court motion her lawyer revealed that despite his talent for interpreting female reactions to him, he did not realize the plaintiff was gay until the police told him. both parties in that 2005 sexual battery case are accusing each other of breaking the confidentiality clause.

philadelphia police need your help tracking down a man who stole a cell phone from a teenaged girl. that's him right there. take a look at the top of your screen. you can see the man following the 14-year-old last tuesday on south 16th street near ritner in the city's point breeze neighborhood. he approached her, grabbed her phone and took off. if you recognize this man, call police. residents in lancaster will have access to some of the top doctors in the country starting august 1st. lancaster general health will join the university of pennsylvania health system. the combination opens the door to potential treatments procedures and research. according to "u.s. news and world report" both hospitals are among the top five systems in the state. right now residents from three south jersey counties are weighing in on a controversial pipeline proposal in manchester ocean county. meeting with the state's board of public utilities and new jersey natural gas. the plan is to build a natural

gas pipeline through northern burlington, monmouth and ocean counties. new jersey natural gas says it needs the high pressure line to provide for its 500,000 customers in that area. residents are worried about safety. others are concerned about environmental impact and the line's route which crosses a portion of new jersey's protected pinelands. in gloucester county they are using fish to fight mosquitos. next week 10,000 mosquito fish will be released into retention basins throughout the county. the goal is to reduce the number of mosquitos, especially those that could be carrying the west nile virus. we have one fishing tale that made the record books in delaware. >> this is jesse kegley holding his new state record 21.8 pound blue line tidal fish. he caught it in norfolk canyon

on july 25th. the fish was 36 1/2 inches long. look at the size of that thing. since he caught the fish in a boat that returned to a delaware port it's recognized as a state record there. the fish feed on crabs, shrimp and snails and share space with groupers and snappers. wow. >> that's a lot of muscle to pull that in. we have a really remarkable story to tell you about. a little boy forced to grow up without his hands. >> that's right. tonight that boy is getting a second chance after doctors performed a rare transplant. >> how you feel about your hands? >> happy. >> still ahead, we will hear from the young boy, find out the one thing he he asked for after getting out of surgery.

a florida man repossessing

an suv found a 10 month old baby in the back seat. now the baby's father could face charges. police in orange county say daniel rivers left his daughter inside the running suv while visiting his friends. rivers was also driving on a suspended license for the third time in the county. the baby was still sleeping when the repo man noticed her and called police. >> it was a shock. i have been doing this 30 years. i have never found a baby in the back seat of a vehicle. >> rivers could face child neglect charges if the state attorney's office decides to charge him. for now the baby is allowed to stay with rivers. no secret that texting and talking on the phone can distract us from accomplishing everyday tasks. a new study shows just hearing ring tones and cell phone alerts can be equally disruptive. researchers sent automated phone calls or texts as participants worked on a demanding computer task. people who got the alerts made three times more mistakes.

listen to this. those who received phone calls performed worse than those who got the text alerts. silence the phones. pets can be like members of our family but police in new jersey say one wasn't treated that way. how they rescued this little bulldog left in a sweltering car. and speaking of that heat it's not just going to be today. that will continue all the way through the weekend. we are tracking a very long heat wave in the forecast. at least one day this week some of you may get relief from the rain. we will he see how hot it will be and for how long, coming up. we will tell you why it will be harder than originally thought to get your hands on a septa pass during the pope's visit.

today was day one of a heat wave across the region that could last up to a week. tonight we have some important information to keep you, your family and pets safe. today's hot temperatures could hit you hard her than usual if you take certain medications, even over the counter drugs. >> the risk of heat related illness or death goes up if you take psycho tropic drugs, medications for parkinson's disease and high blood pressure tranquilizers or diuretics. >> common antibiotics can make you susceptible to sunburn. if your medication comes in the mail, don't let it sit in the mailbox for hours. it could become less effective or crumble. we also hear a lot of this during the summer weather. protect your pets. tonight a bulldog is reportedly doing okay after being left in a

hot suv for almost an hour in north jersey. >> fortunately a good samaritan saw the animal and called police for help. nbc's jen maxfield has the story. >> reporter: the female bulldog named fifi was looking out the window of the black mercedes as a crowd began to gather. the car was parked right outside salon pavel where a hairdresser and dog rescuers robin was working on a client. >> at least ten people walked by the car and did nothing. >> reporter: robin left the salon and called tenafly police who sent an officer to unlock the door and free the bulldog. >> she was a little out of it. a little drunken. we took her out, poured water on her. she drank a little bit and was a little stunned. >> reporter: witnesses say another ten minutes passed and the dog's owner emerged from a store, furious about all the commotion. >> she came out carrying a whole bunch of bags from cvs and came around her car and started yelling at me. >> reporter: what did she say?

>> she knows me and i'm a crazy dog lady. >> reporter: police let the dog owner go with a warning. the spca is investigating possible animal cruelty charges. >> it's ridiculous that people think that it's okay that you can leave an animal trapped in a car for that long without the ac running. >> reporter: animal cruelty investigators at the scene on washington avenue today estimate the temperature inside the mercedes was at least 125 degrees. >> it was a bulldog. they have a very short snout which doesn't allow them to cool the air quickly and they overheat very quickly. >> reporter: after some water, fifi was fine and returned home with her owner. >> lucky. this is an important message today, especially for sheena parveen right now. >> sheena joins us outside on the patio with her very own dog bella. one of the things we have to remind people of when it gets this hot. >> you would think you would not have to remind people. my dog has actually been inside this afternoon in the air

conditioning while i have been outside but remember these dogs have a fur coat and like you just saw in the story there about the dog, the car heated up to 125 degrees in a very short period of time. the windows weren't even cracked. remember, regardless of if the windows are cracked or not, it still heats up to over 100 degrees. you cannot leave a dog in a hot car, that will heat up to well over what the dog should be at temperature-wise in order to stay safe. again, remember if it is hot outside, do not leave your dog in a car even if the windows are cracked. what you would want to do if you do have to have your dog with you in the car while you do something somewhere else you need someone with you so you can leave the air conditioning on in the car or leave your dog at home. this is very important, he especially with our heat wave starting across the area. that starts today. temperatures will be feeling near 100 degrees at least one day this week because of the humidity. then we have several days of temperatures in the 90s. that will last through the

weekend. right now we are at 90 in philadelphia, 91 allentown and reading. 75 in atlantic city. little bit of rain in the vicinity there. 87 degrees in mt. holly. it feels about three to five degrees hotter because of the humidity. because of the heat in place and the air pattern, our weather pattern, we have an air quality alert through tomorrow. unhealthy pollution levels for much of pennsylvania through the lehigh valley across philadelphia, south jersey and delaware. this is unhealthy pollution levels for the elderly, those with asthma and also children. you certainly don't want to be exercising in this kind of weather. look at future feels-like temperature when you factor in the humidity. overnight not going to feel cool. it will stay in the 70s for the feels-like temperature. 9:00 a.m. tomorrow feeling around 90 degrees already. tomorrow afternoon, feeling more like the mid, maybe upper 90s in some spots. thursday morning by 9:00 a.m. feeling like the low 90s. then we go into thursday afternoon. take a look at dover and millville, feeling like triple digits. areas through the lehigh valley feeling like the upper 90s.

along with the temperatures heating up to possibly triple digits on thursday we are also talking about some thunderstorms in the forecast. at least it will provide a little rain relief through the area for those who see the rain with the temperatures. don't worry, my dog is going back inside in the air conditioning. remember in this type of weather as we go through the weekend especially, never leave animals in a hot car. it will be very dangerous. they are wearing a fur coat. let's pass it to chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz to talk about the rain in the forecast. >> there are even isolated showers right now cooling some folks off but they are not moving very much so they are causing some problems from philadelphia all the way down the atlantic city expressway towards atlantic city. there is the ac expressway right there. it is right over the ac expressway. the white horse pike black horse pike affected. flood advisory for those areas around 9:15 because the rate of rainfall one to two inches per

hour and it hasn't been moving that much so we've gotten that much rain one to two inches in just an hour. showers around philadelphia pretty much died out. one shower around williamstown is still there. and the one storm that was in southern delaware that caused the flood advisory that has moved down to the south into maryland. so that's a good sign too. as we go through tomorrow nothing more than an isolated shower again, but then as we head into thursday the atmosphere starts getting a little more moist along with the heat and humidity that sheena just showed you where it's feeling like 100 degrees, could get some thunderstorms during the afternoon, then drier air starts to come in behind it and that sets us up for lower humidity friday but it's not going to be that much cooler. it will feel a little bit better but that's about it. isolated early showers, you just saw, patchy fog late 74 degrees for the low in philadelphia. tomorrow it will be even hotter, it will be humid.

we have the code orange for ozone for much of the area. high in the mid 90s feeling like upper 90s. then the seven-day forecast thursday is 96 feels like 100 or a little hotter in some parts of the area. then the thunderstorms cool you off a little. the humidity drops friday and then the heat hangs in there and the humidity starts coming back early next week. could be a long-lasting heat wave. will the real keith jones please stand up? >> i landed my dream job at nbc 10 three years ago and quickly realized i wasn't the only guy named keith jones on tv. take a look at this. all three of us got together this morning for a fun comcast sports net segment. there's jonesy current nhl on nbc broadcaster. next to him, long-time parx racing announcer keith jones.

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a history-making surgery in our own backyard. >> a young boy has a new set of human hands thanks to doctors at c.h.o.p. the first transplant of its kind. >> let me see how strong you are. >> reporter: 8-year-old zion survived a nightmare infection as a toddler but the disease cost him his hands and feet.

doctors were forced to amputate them to save his life. >> i don't know what a child's hand looks like. >> reporter: everything changed several weeks ago when a team of 40 specialists from children's hospital of philadelphia did what's never been done before. zion had a double hand transplant, the first for a child. >> it's a huge step forward in the movement of reconstructive surgery and now what we call restorative surgery. >> reporter: during the 10 1/2 hour surgery, doctors could see signs of success. blood was pulsing through the attached hand. >> you can see the hand right here is starting to pink up. >> reporter: zion who came to c.h.o.p. from baltimore can already wiggle his fingers. his mother tells us even though her little boy was doing well without hands, the surgery was what he wanted. >> some of my classmates don't mean to say mean things to me but it just slips out.

>> when he says he wants to do it, who am i to hold him back. >> reporter: doctors expect the new hands will grow with him but he will need extensive physical therapy. in the meantime during today's news conference the little boy who stole the show asked his extended family to stand so he could thank them. breaks your heart when you hear him say the reason he wanted it was because kids were mean to him. hopefully only happy days for him from here on out. doctors will watch him closely for any risk of infection or rejection but they say he should lead a fairly typical life. >> we are also thrilled that after surgery, zion asked for a puppy. so far, he's still waiting for that. i think he deserves it. >> yeah. come on mom and dad. "nbc 10 news at 6:00" is next. >> here are renee chenault-fattah and jim rosenfield. >> up next on "nbc 10 news at 6:00" -- >> feeling the heat glenn. >> oh, yeah. just how long is this hot weather going to last? plus i'm tracking the humidity.

when it's at its highest and when it will drop. it was a police pursuit that could have gone many ways wrong but didn't. we talked to the trooper who gave the order to stop that right then and also a law enforcement expert about what they did right and wrong. i'm doug shimell. the story coming up. iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism.

a number of people are very anxious about what is going to be happening in the city. septa does not want to be part of that anxiety. >> clearing up confusion. the new plan for septa when it comes to how people will get in and out of the city during the pope's visit. and what you'll have to do to get your hands on one of those special train passes. plus thousands of you watched this wild police chase end in a crash. we talked to the man who gave the call for this maneuver and asked police what went right and what went wrong. good evening. i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield. we begin with the heat and humidity. it won't stop people from going to the shore. cape may, people are catching late afternoon sun. >> we have team coverage on today's hot weather. tim furlong is going to be joining us in just about 15 minutes from the delaware state fair. >> first, glenn "hurricane" schwartz here with the first alert weather forecast. you say we could be in for the longest heat wave of the year?