"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

good afternoon in the news this noon, new information about a police standoff at a buck county neighborhood. >> also, a grand jury is looking into bribery allegations. and the big story is the heat advisory that took affect across the region. >> it's hazy and humid as we look across the region on sky 6 hd. lets go to meteorologist, karen rogers in for david murphy. she has the latest from accuweather. >> the heat advisory is from noon until 7:00 tonight because of the hot and humid conditions, it's right along the i-95 corridor, where we expect the heat and humidity to create issues making it feel like the mid to upper 90s.

85 in pottstown and 87 in kennett square and 90 in chester as well. in new jersey, it's already 91 in vineland and bridgeton and 92 in smyrna, delaware, and 87 even on the boardwalk right now in a.c. lets look at what to expect today. sunshine mixing with clouds and hot conditions, it's a bit breezy and 96 degrees for your high. that was set in 1967, as we pull in stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see storms right now, they are building in from the west and you can watch it start to fall apart. first cluster of the red and yellow and then it fades through state college, many areas stay dry today and a better chance for that later on tonight. details on the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a minute rick. >> karen, thank you.

>> lets switch to "action news" reporter, katherine scott at a cooling center in camden, new jersey. >> reporter: rick, it's not like we never see days like this in the summer time, but at this time of the season people are just not used to these temperatures, that is why the cooling centers are so great. there is a pool table and an air hockey table, there is lots to do to come down and beat the heat. the sun is strong and the temperature is rising, people are looking for places to cool off. the camden county health office issued a heat alert today for cooling seners in the county. in collingswood there are three including the public library. >> stay here all day if you like and stay in the coolness. >> there is built-in

entertainment, and read a book or just go online. there is plenty to do while you sit in the cool, cool air conditioning. >> watch a movie, books are always good. it's nice. >> it's hot outside, it's one of the coolest places in the area. >> outside the pending sign of the summer season can be seen in car windshields. brian says he is a library regular but expects more company today. oh stops here during his morning workout so he is a regular here. >> i come here and cool off before i go to the second part of my morning walk. >> and back here live at the cramer hill community center, there is a table tennis here, so you can workup a sweat but the air conditioning is pumping here.

there are cooling centers around the county, contact your municipality to find the one nearest you. >> all right katherine, thank you. >> as always, you can keep track of the temperatures by downloading our free 6 abc storm tracker app. it has updates for your area. former district attorney, seth williams has convened a grand jury to see if several elected officials accepted bribes. the grand jury will look into whether the four lawmakers and a judge accepted money from an informant in exchange for political favors. kathleen kane abandoned the case because of -- and today williams said he is focused on making sure all investigations are treated with the same due di

diligen diligence. >> we will not let this go and have separate standards for people selling drugs than those in the capitol rotunda. >> he says the probe may be broader than initially reported. robert kerns still faces counts for allegedly assaulting a para legal from his law form. chad pradelli joins us with more in blue bell. >> this is not the first time that charges have been dropped against kernz, all the charges were dropped earlier this year after the district attorney admitted to bungling lab reports but it appears that kerns will go to trial that is if a plea deal isn't reached.

defense attorney, brian mcgonegal called the charges against kerns a victory. >> we say this is an innocent man and we believe we'll be able to prove that in this case. >> the former head of the gop is charged with several counts of indecent assault and misdemeanors and the prosecutors say that the judge made the right call. >> i am pleased and it allows us to take the strongest charges in and put them in front of a jury. >> the district attorney's office originally filed the charges and kerns's law office plied her with ambien. the case was set for trial after she said he assaulted her at his

home. but then they misread the lab report, after saying there was no ambien in her system. kerns still faces significant time behind bars if convicted. >> there are several counts of indecent assault, each one facing incarceration. >> we said from the beginning there is no crime committed here. there is no question that the parties were together and that these are two people that had their worlds collide one evening. >> kerns was wearing a security bracelet but it has since been removed. a teenager wanted for punching a man in the face as part of the so-called knockout game has surrendered to the

authorities. trent epp turned himself in, the 18-year-old allegedly punched the 58-year-old victim in the face and knocked him unconscious. today upper darby police superintendant, michael chipwood, spoke about the severity of the crime. >> this is a mean spirited act committed for absolutely no reason other than just to be vicious. >> epps now faces simple assault and making terroristic threats. a disturbance in buck county has ended peacefully. police were called to lower southhampton when his roommate call -- the suspect edward nomwitz barricaded himself

inside when officers arrived. neighbors were asked to stay inside of their own homes during the standoff. he is expected to face several charges. thomas jefferson university is less than an hour away from receiving a historic donation. he will accept $30 million and the medical school will be renamed of sydney kimmel college. the money will be used for financial aid and cancer research and new facilities. we have this just in, philadelphia public schools have decided to close early at 12:15 because of the heat and humidity today. so parents philadelphia public schools closing today at 12:15, we'll put that on our website as well at 6abc.com if you need

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another tornado sighting in nebraska overnight. just one day after twin tornadoes devastated the town of pillger, these twisters were spotted over cherry county, nebraska, officials estimated the three tornadoes formed early this morning. the overnight storms caused severe flooding in parts of minnesota and south dakota. there are no reports of injuries. iraqi security forces are battling militants that are trying to gain access to the world's large of the oil refinely. they say they have gained partial control of the city that is it home to this refinery and accounts for more than a quarter of the country a refining capacity. they claim that 40 attackers were killed in fighting near the refinery early this morning. right now there are several reports that exxon is evacuating

all of its employees from iraq. 275 armed american forces are positioned in and around iraq to secure u.s. assets there. the suspected mastermind behind the bombing of the american embassy in benghazi is on his way to the u.s. he was captured during a raid in libya over the weekend. president obama said he will be brought to justice for the attack that killed four americans in 2012. in new york, a woman and her baby narrowly escaped when a plane crashed just feet from their home in long island. the pilot was killed when the single engine plane went down into a backyard yesterday. the windows were shattered spraying glass into an infant baby's crib. the mother grabbed the child and ran outside unharmed. residents of a kaelt retirement commune r stunned

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looking live from chopper 6 hd over george washington high school in northeast philadelphia high school. they are dismissed about 7 minutes ago. students have been dismissed from philadelphia schools because of the heat about 15 minutes ago. we'll update you on the story.

but they are dismisses for almost ten minutes now. karen is tracking the heat and temperatures, it doesn't feel oppressive. >> we have a bit of a breeze and the dew points in the upper 60s this morning dropped to the low 60s. so a little bid of relief but the temperatures are way up there. looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the region, we are dry in philadelphia, you can see the showers out to the north and west. just north of harrisburg, we can go into a closer view, they are moving through state college right now, a cluster of storms we are tracking in western pennsylvania. lets head outside, chopper 6 was up above and you can see the haze as the chopper flies arnz and taking a look and a good amount of sunshine out there this morning. and certainly right now mixing with the clouds, how about the temperature, 90 degrees, the current temperature is 62

degrees, so earlier any time you get over 60, we are feeling it out there. the winds out of the wet northwest at 16 degrees, it's a breeze but a warm breeze, the pressure 24.0 inches. 90 in the city and 91 in millville and the lehigh valley, mid to upper 80s and how does it feel? this is the heat index. it feels like 90 in philadelphia, and 98 in dover and 96 in fillville, and even on boardwalk, 93 is what it feels like, especially areas south of the city. you feel the mixture of the the city, clouds up to the north that are falling apart with the showers, clouds and sunshine and certainly you see showers building in from the north and west. this could trigger off a storm later on today. much of our region remains dry and maybe a couple of showers

try to pop up and then a better chance tonight. long what happens in the overnight hours, watch for a cluster of showers and thunderstorms that produce heavy downpours, the reason we watch it so closely, is because the storm prediction center changed the threats to include philadelphia, much of our region is at risk for severe weather but we are not expecting a lot of storms anyone that pops up could be severe. watching the radar closely, right now we are looking okay. >> looking at the shore, hard to find relief there, hot and sunny and a land breeze. 90 degrees even sitting on the beach at 3:00 p.m. for your afternoon commute expect the temperatures 96 by 4:00 p.m. and by 9:30, 64. and here is a look at the exclusive accuweather forecast, it's hot today and fortunately we vtd breeze helping us out a

little bit. just a chance for a shower or thunderstorm and a better chance in the overnight hours. tomorrow we see a few showers move through and it cuts down the heat to 87, less humid and 84 degrees and quiet and no showers to talk about. spotty showers around on saturday, the weekend will not be as great with a high temperature of 79 degrees, 84 on monday and 88 on tuesday. >> okay thank you karen. >> the "action news" team is working on news stories for tonight at 4:00, investigators say this man has a dark past, the man accused of working at a concentration camp during world war ii was just arrested. and they are giving the atlantic club a new future but it does not include a casino. for karen rogers, sara bloomquist, and david murphy,

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