investigators are still here on the scene voest gating this home invasion. they believe this family is targeted because they own businesses and rental properties. they held their son hostage demanding they give up the money. >> they put us down and asked us for the money. >> chris describes a harrowing ordeal after two men invaded their home at 2:00 this afternoon and they received a message from their son who was walking home from school. >> they had my son kidnapped and they called from the phone and said give them everything, i gave them everything, the money, the jewelry, my son was scared and he gave them everything we had and they took everything. >> he tied up his wife before the bandit took off with 30,000

in cash and valuables and they took their son with him later dropping him off at 23rd and fairmont. >> we don't worry about material things, money and jewelry, we worry about my son. >> he says the two bandits got into a silver subaru suv being driven by another man, they got away with roughly $30,000 in cash and jewelry and other val ubs and took the dvr to the home's video surveillance system. they are gathering all the particulars and have no suspects at this time. dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you dann. >> other big story is 94 degrees, that is what we hit today 2 degrees short of the record in philadelphia and with the heat advisory in affect until 7:00 tonight, folks were looking for any way to stay cool, this was the scene in love park as folks were dipping their

feet in the fountain and in fact more than their feet and catching a little spray any way they could to stay cool. lets check in with meteorologist, cecily tynan for the facts and figures from accuweather. >> a lot of people are trying to find creative ways to stay cool. we had two days in the 90s, today's high 93 and that is 10 degrees above normal and that is 2 degrees shy of the record high in philadelphia. however atlantic city airport hit 95 degrees and that is a new record high and the old record is 93 set in 1962, lakehurst 3u9d and millville 94 and allentown 90 and wilmington 93 and reading's high 91 degrees. if you add the humidity, the heat index was higher south of philadelphia and dover it feels like 100 degrees and feels like u79d in millville and 97 in

wilmington, you need to find the air conditioning this evening, it's hot and humid and it's not stormy yet, stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing locally we are not storm free, i want to widen this view, this is a complex of thunderstorms moving through the region, more than 3500 lightning strikes, that system is heading in our direction. and that is coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> lets switch live to 42nd and chestnut, "action news" reporter sara bloomquist is outside of the greenfield elementary school that dismissed early today. greenfield and every other school in the district. >> here is why, officials are monitoring the temperatures in the buildings across the schools in the city. they kept going up and for logistical reasons they sent all the students home. they didn't stick around on the

playgrounds today, for most of the day today the playground registered atwell over 100 degrees, it doesn't become summer officially until saturday, this was quite a spring time scorcher. philadelphia's public school buildings let out early. students were sent home because of the extreme heat, some buildings were too hot, the students set out for home but some didn't want to go, buildings like west philadelphia high, had heat. >> it's better outside than inside. >> at the schuylkill river park kids and parents found their relief in the water, in the fountain and from some cool spray, some don't mind heat and humidity. this is what i'm used to, the

winter is brutal and a welcome change for me. this is how i grew up. >> you must be able to deal with the heat to play basketball mid-day and that is what these guys were doing, last winter was too much, warmer and even much warmer weather is welcome. >> soak it up for the winter. >> district officials won't have any more days to make decisions like early dismissal. this is the last day of school for philadelphia public school students, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara, can you stay on top of hot weather, with the 6 abc storm tracker app, can you get heat watches and warnings, and the app is available for apple and android devices. rape and sexual assault charges were thrown out today against robert kerns, the former head of the republican party,

the 66-year-old was back in court today, on charges he raped a female para legal back in 2013. today they dismissed the rape charges but he faces aggravated assault and indecent saultd and is currently free on bail. attorney general kathleen kane dropped the investigation saying it was tainted. but seth williams has a different point of view, he has selected a panel to look into charges. live in philadelphia is "action news" reporter david henry. >> reporter: well, as you know this case say political football bouncing back and form from the attorney general and the philadelphia district attorney. and now the d.a. is running with the ball and handing it off to a grand jury. >> i won't allow this case to just disappear.

there has to be accountability. >> published reports named the targets of the investigation and state representatives and former traffic court judge. sources close to the investigation confirm they are among those under investigation but the d.a. says it's not just limited to them. >> this investigation is much more expansive than what has been previously reported. >> the five that have been name ready accused of accepting gifts and cash from an undercover informant. and they have complied dozens of audio recordings and they are convincing enough to send to the grand jury for criminal charges think the investigation is going on since 2010, before kathleen kane was elected. she dropped the case shortly

after taking office and said it relied on a shaky informant, and williams blasted kane for that decision and turned it over to williams. >> to be clear none of the officials named are charged with anything yet, that is up to the grand jury, we reached out to all of them but they have not returned our calls for comment, louise bishop's lawyer says she expects to be indicted but that the kasz will not hold up if it goes to trial. david henry, channel 6 "action news." from our delaware newsroom, federal officials are saying that huge pile of dirt along the 495 bridge in wilmington did

indeed cause support columns to tilt. the bridge was well maintained and that has been ruled out as a cause, the estimated $20 million cost of repairs will be covered by emergency federal relief funds. a swarm of bees caused an unusual hazard for much of the day at the valley vornlg interchange, tens of thousands of these clustderred around the lights, they made the lanes around the bees easy pass only so drivers didn't have to roll down their windows, an expert says that heat may have been a factor in the swarm. coming up, an emotional scene in new jersey as hundreds of troops leave to serve their country. we'll tell you where they are headed and why. and the phillies try to pull off a sweep in atlanta, we'll have

the highlights there and cecily tynan has the late word from accuweather.

89-year-old johan briar is in custody accused of being a nazi war criminal. briar admits to being an s.s. guard was arrested on a german warrant be they say he took part in murders at the ashwitz concentration camps, briar says he only worked outside of the camp and never killed anybody. emotions ran high as hundreds of members of the national guard began to prepare their deployment to the persian

gulf. nora muchanic is live, what was it like there today. >> this was a tough day, for the soldiers and their families today, it's the last time they will see each other for at least a year. missing birthdays and weddings and holidays, the things most of us take for granted. >> about 460 troops from the 400th infantry battalion gathered for the departure ceremony. they are preparing to head to qatar in the persian gulf. >> i have been to iraq in '08. >> you know what to expect? >> yes. >> nervous? >> not at all. just nervous to leave my kids for a year. >> that is how long the soldiers will be deployed that means leaving family and loved ones

behind. >> you r it's hard you have a 4-year-old and one on the way. it's tough. >> he thinks daddy is coming right back home and he doesn't realize it's going to be as long as it's going to be for. >> what doesn't kill us makes us stronger and it will make us stronger and it's good. >> sergeant bill is saying good-bye to his girlfriend and daughter and admits that rising tensions in iraq is making them nervous about the deployment to the middle east. >> yes, i am nervous. >> am scared for him and i wish he didn't have to go. i looked up to him for so long. >> deployment takes on new aspects, aefrg is new, i am looking forward to it, accomplishing missions and looking forward to coming home. >> the troops will train in texas for a couple of weeks before shipping out but today is

the day they say good-bye to family. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we told you about this yesterday, they made it official today, officials at thomas jefferson university hospital announce the gift of $110 million from sydney kimmel. hundreds of doctors and nurses and staff members, jefferson president, and ceo steve classco, and that is not he -- announced the donation and thanked kimmel for what he called transformation gift. maybe it was, he took his glasses off. i have to check the video, from this day forward the name of the school is the sydney kimmel medical college at thomas jefferson university

who would have expected that the phillies would have gone to atlantic and sweep. >> i did. >> you are the only one. we call this road trip tough, the phillies leave atlanta red hot and made it look easy. the temperatures were in the 90s and that translated to a win. the fill-s fall behind 4-2 and they put up a five spot, and

ryan howard drives in six runs and two here. a few innings later he drives in don brown. today in the eighth inning bird flexes his muscle -- that one is hit deep, his eleventh home run of the season. the phils won 7 of 9, just 4.5 gamed out of first place. >> that is huge. giving ourselves an opportunity, we haven't been out of it all year. up and down and hot and cold as we have been, this puts us back in the mix. this keeps us going from there. >> day two of the mini camp, desean mccoy comes off one of the best seasons as a pro, but during the offseason they added

another bat in darren -- >> you am productive in any system i have been in. i look to make plays and be productive. i am the guy that will carry the load and be the focal point of the offense, i look forward to those things, i think coach kelly knows the type of player i am and the type i want to be. sunday brings another powerhouse for the americans, portugal. they continue to train without josie altador. they are calling it a pulled hamstring. >> we have to see how he reacts the next couple of days, with his hamstring and we are full of hope that he comes back still in this tournament. >> spain and chile from group b.

47th minute chile up 1-0, he stops the initial blast but can't stop that one, chile wins 2-0 and spain is eliminated. from world cup contention. that is sports. >> thank you ducis. today was a special day for 12 students that are working hard to finish high school. the commencement ceremony was held today, and the program helps students get back on track, and earn their high school diploma, they sp

we made the point, it's hot it's going to be hot. when does this cool off? >> tomorrow. storms are moving in and this

won't be a heat wave. not three days. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we don't have any storms or showers to cool us off this evening. what we have is a lot of sunshine to heat things up. lets go to sky 6, the sun is setting at 8:32 this evening. summer sizzle, the high in philadelphia, 10 degrees in philadelphia, the record high just 2 degrees higher set in 1957, and then add the humidity, it felt just a little bit hotter in philadelphia. in wilmington the heat index hit u89d and millville hit 100 and sea isle city, the heat index, 100 to the westerly wind broad the heat to the shore and it's still hot with the lan breeze, it's 92 and atlantic city

airport 93 and in philadelphia, it's 93 and allentown it's 88, and if you want relief from the heat, you want to go to the poconos, 81 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing there is cooler, drier air encountering that steamy air mass, with a battle zone, and this whole complex, diving to the south and east, and it will take its time getting here and we have a risk of severe weather, overnight into tomorrow, mainly west of philadelphia, this is where we have the best chance of damaging winds and hail and locally heavy downpours, and most of this is holding off until after midnight. skies mainly clear and cloud cover bubbling up, as you get into 1:30, intense thunderstorms develop in the lehigh valley and the poconos, early morning at

5:30, rumble of thunder south and east of philadelphia, and then the system reloads in the afternoon. tomorrow is very unsettled at noon time. showers and thunderstorms lasting into the evening commute and we could end up with a half inch to ridge of rain. we keep the humidity, very uncomfortable tonight and warm with predawn thunderstorms, say that twice, i can't say it once. planning out your day tomorrow, plenty of clouds in the morning, it's still humid tomorrow but not that hot. by 11:00 some showers and 81 and showers and thunderstorms lasting into the afternoon. the exclusive accuweather forecast, showers and thunderstorms tomorrow humid but not as hot as today a high of 84

degrees, friday you'll feel the difference in the air mass. lots of sunshine and 84 and on saturday, this boundary comes back and that brings us an easterly flow, lots of clouds and showers, cool for the first day of summer, 75 degrees, but we bring back the sunshine and dry weather on sunday with a high of 80 degrees, on monday seasonable and 83 degrees. tuesday and wednesday a little bit and settled and temperatures in the 80s, it will be warm tonight and beware of those predawn thunderstorms tomorrow morning. >> abc's world news with diane sawyer is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues on phl 17 at 10:00 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, adam joseph and ducis rogers and join us for "action news" here on channel 611:00.

welcome to "world news." tonight, the heat emergency, record highs, emergency rooms on alert, nearing the 100 degree mark across much of the country. >> holy cow! >> double jeopardy, the giant tornado hitting the same part of the country twice. 40 minutes on the ground and where they're on alert tonight. breaking news from iraq. militants now arriving at the oil fields, already affecting gas prices here at home. under arrest, the breaking headline today, the arrest in an american neighborhood. authorities say he's a nazi war criminal, a guard who had been living in plain sight. you'll hear from that teen stow away flying five hours in a wheel well. what he saw, what he felt, how did he survive.