and hitchhiking robot on dwoingt find the best in human kind meets his demise in philadelphia. "action news" is g? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac. hey! hey! go back to your wife you sociopath! leave slow internet behind. the 100% fiber optics network is here. get out of the past. get fios. now $79.99 a month. go online or call now. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >> another warm night across the city of philadelphia and the region. we're on day 6 of a heat wave.

as we look live at center city tonight and the temperatures could hit 90 degrees again tomorrow. the relief is on the horizon. sunday night and the big story on "action news" is hot start to the month of august and the good news is things do look to get more comfortable as the week goes on. meteorologist melissa magee is live at the big board with the check of the accuweather forecast. >> sarah as you moneyed this is day six and counting as our heat wave. as you may recall it started us tuesday and continued today. outside tonight warm this 11:00 hour. 78 philadelphia, 68 poconos. and 74 lancaster and 78 along the dmooingt sea isle city. winds shifting and coming from south wrlly direction. when you look at dew point it's level of moisture in atmosphere and for most of the weekend dew point numbers 60 or below. nice and comfortable. that is changing for start of our workweek on monday.

when you look at dewpoint scale you can see monday and that matter tuesday dew point numbers in lower 60s. slight increase in humidity nothing unbearable for august standards. here's why change is occurring. stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing a ridge of high pressure over mid-atlantic region region and ridge scoots north and east. we tap into return flow that pumps in moisture and pumps in humidity across the region. we'll talk about what you can expect in what's ahead and return of humid air tomorrow and with that threat of showers and storms and we'll let you know when the heat wave will come to end. those details sarah with full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> long heat wave thank you melissa. the "action news" team is tracking temperature throughout the night and into the morning. be sure to tune into "action news" starting at 4:30 a.m. for latest forecast and as you begin your workweek. >> in just about 57 minutes from now septa will on up

lottery for regional rail passes for pope's visit to philadelphia. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at septa headquarters in center city with more than what you need to know. andy. >> sarah, septa has a message for riders. with that said as long as you sign on monday and log on all submissions will be treated the same no matter what time you do it on monday. but, if you do want to ride the regional rail when the pope is in town that weekend you have to have the pass when clock strikes 12 midnight the lottery opens 24 hours. >> we are excited to come in and see him there out of town. >> some for the experience and some necessity. >> i have to do it. stri no options. i'm going to do it for the fact i am a students and i have to get down here.

>> papal passes are one-day passes for regional rail travel saturday or sunday the weekend the pope is here and there are limitations to which stops you can leave from and arrive to. and only 18 stops are operating and only 18 stops are operating. emails are expected to go out thursday through sunday notify thursday through sunday notifying riders if they're picked. after the web site crashed last week septa eliminated the option to pay up front instead if you are selected only then you will fill out payment information and only have three days of receiving. mail to respond. >> because the phillies world series parade overwhelmed system septa is increasing number of riders and switching to express trains. that way it's a better guarantee even regular riders like people who have to work will get one. >> hopefully they'll be more trains and i won't have to wait long. >> septa tells us there will be other lotteries for other forms of septa transportation in the coming weeks and they're hashing out the details on those.

stay tuned. also head to the web site before you go on to the lottery so you can find out all the details that you need to know. they also tell us that in regards to 18 stops you can find out all that information again on their web site. for now reporting live in center city annie mccormick, >> annie thank you. get updates on the pope's visit by following 6abcpope on twitter we're posting news picks and information as the pope will arrive in september. >> recoughing the bodies of local husband and wife near jones port may. a58-year-old roy and 53 a58-year-old roy and 53-year-old judeth caroline of warrington pennsylvania. they found his body entangled in lobster gear chandler bay. his wife's body was found in the watt they are morning. both were wearing life jackets.

their canoe has not been found. tonight, police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that vuk a 5-year-old girl and then took off. the child was hit around 5:00 in the 2200 block of north lambert street in north philadelphia. the child was taken to temple hospital and is in stable condition. police believe a light colored jeep or suv was involved and it may have had a pennsylvania tag number jsg 663. >> six people injured in a crash in yardley pennsylvania, tonight. it happened on i-95 south of yardley newtown road exit before 7 pbg. before 7:00 three victims were thrown from the vehicle. no word yet on what caused crash. >> a lot of people headed back from jersey shore are stuck in gridlock traffic tonight. this is how it looks on cameras from the traffic page at 6abc.com. you can see the northbound lanes route 76 gloucester city,

new jersey approaching walt whitman bridge barely moving. a lot of headlights. this is why. this is brand new video from "action news" video oscar haring showing a tractor-trailer fully engulf ofed in flames. it caught fire 5:00 this evening possibly damaging part of roadway and expert from nj dot son the scene surveying damage and there is a chance the road will have to be repaved overnight. four lanes are still closed and the right lane and shoulder are squeezing by. >> one person was injured are when a car crashed into a petco in bensalem bucks county an a female driver lost control and hit the store 3:30 this afternoon. police are investigating to try to figure out what caused the crash. no pets were hurt in the crash. but the store is closed for the rest of the day. it had had to be closed while crews checked on stability of building. more on this story in the next half hour. >> well, his mission was to explore the kindness of people

all across the nation. and but a hitchhiking robot from canada found anything but brotherly love in philadelphia and after just two weeks on the road hitchbot's life was cut short early yesterday morning. "action news" reporter jeff chirico has the full story from old city and the scene of the crime. >> hitchbought was made by canadian scientist and there were more than 47,000 people following hitchbought on twitter and many of them are outraged of what happened to them in philadelphia. >> somehow it came to me and i'm part of the journey for this crazy robot. >> this is one of the last images of the hitchhiking robot that became a celebrity canadian experiment that tests kindness and curiosity of skaivrpingzer gone hor be skaivrpingzer gone hor bally wrong two weeks into the trip. >> it's supposed to be philadelphia brotherly love.

>> popular youtube irz were also last known people to see hitchbot intact and they stumbleded across it at the art museum. >> i sweeted two our fans that following me on youtube and stuff if anyone wants to take it to its next destination. >> they left it on a bench own hoping someone would take it to washington d.c.. hours later he was headless electronics stolen. >> this is where hitchbot's body was found in pile of leaves and trash in old city this after the social experiment made its way through can darks germany and netherlands and just last week new york city. >> new york new york city! it went to new york city no it's here in philadelphia and gets destroyed. >> i'm upset, represent you. >> the hitchbought posted photos in boston and new york

and the only thing more tatter and the only thing more tattered than hitchbot is philadelphia's reputation. >> it's been all over the world and welcome to philly let us kill you. >> it just showed don't >> it just showed don't hitchhike in philadelphia. >> researchers are not going to fill a police report or try to find vandal they want to focus on the good that hitchbot did. in old city, jeff chirico "channel 6 action news". >> more to come on "action news" it hit fast and furious a sudden ep storm in midwest collapses dome, uprooted tent enforcing evacuation of outta outdoor concert venue and california's biggest wildfire grows to twice the size of san francisco. >> and coming up on "action news" at 11 tomorrow a local politician admitted to embellishing military service

and wendy saltzman. >> we have military records that detail mayor's service and tonight at 11 we'll tell what you we found. >> turn it off. turn it offer for a second. >> what made this mayor so angry did he embellish past for political game and allegations had he used his power to negotiate against a city i iic who made a facebook pain. >> it's been a vendetta against me. >> and should taxpayers foot the bill for the police investigation. that's coming up tomorrow night on "action news" at 11. >> plus, tonight we'll hear from now former eagle brand dan boykin about controversial on -- comments on chip kelly and race.

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>> >> receive here weather brought down a tent at a music festival in check chick. three victims are in the hospital tonight with serious injuries. witnesses say they saw the tent fly through the air and land on several people. police had to cut holes in the tarp to get people out. >> all of a sudden you could see the rip in the dome and it blew down. >> chairs, tables and other debris went fly when high winds kicked up this afternoon. today was final day of the festival after the tragedy

organizers cancelled the rest of scheduled performances. >> wildfires continue to rage out of control in northern california the largest blaze spread overnight and charred 71 miles of land. consider all of san francisco is 49 square miles and you'll realize how big that fire s more than 1,000 people forced to evacuate. two dozen homes destroyed and today 9,000 fire fighters working to contain plays got help in the mill taishy. two c 10 firefighter two c 10 fire fighting planes were called in from colorado and those on front lines say challenge is explosive rate at which the fires spread. >> wild life officials in zimbabwecy say a second american is now wanted for second illegal lion killing there's an ongoing investigation into the case that happened back in april. jan sesty a doctor in pittsburgh killed a lion

without approval and authorities are trying to extra diet walter palmer for killing cecil the lion. >> tomorrow obama administration will unveil a major climate change plan the plan will detail ways to reduce greenhouse gas he messes from the nation's cool burning power plants. they plan to sue immediately and block temporarily. many states are threatening not to comply at all and the video released today president barack obama call the tougherer greenhouse gas cuts biggest most important step we've ever type combat climate change. still to come tonight on "action news" ending the weekend on high note. few drinks and dancing and we'll take you to one of northern liberties biggest street festivals. meteorologist melissa magee has the 7 day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

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>> first day on field at eagles training camp. not a lot of talk what was going on on the field. again behind the scenes controversy. >> he seems caught off guard. boykin gave chip kelly a big hug yesterday on the way out. well what would eagles training camp be without a little controversy. there's no quarterback controversy thousand it's chip callly under fine day one from another former player that's trade away. brandon boykin hot topic at camp after being traded to bits puring tonight. chip kelly is uncomfortable around grown member of our culture. many are reading into it imply many are reading into it implying eagles' coach is treating black players differently which lesean mccoy and others claimed as well. boykin clarifies today from

steelers camp. >> i'm not saying he's a race >> i'm not saying he's a racist at all. that's not what i said. i think i don't know its with taken out of context. i'm talking about in a state of you know when i -- when you were a player you want to be able to relate to your coach. there were times when you know he just wouldn't talk to people he just wouldn't talk to people. as a player, you know i wanted to be able to relate to my coach a little better and i felt like a lot of guys in the locker room feel the same way. >> i can't ra agree with the comments but at the same time everybody has an opinion. >> i've always been a brandon boykin fan. he did an unbelievable job in the 2 1/2 years i was with him an i wish him nothing but success. >> no watt water back corporate versey. his left knee is healthy and takes all the repsz on day one. bradford is on tarring tote start first preseason game. we throw to ducis rogers for more. >> there are lots of questions concerning this year's eagles team but the most prominent one surrounds sam bradford's knee.

bradford took part in day one training camp with no noticeable limitations he feels he'll be ready to go in opener in six weeks against atlanta. >> i run best on the field getting represents. so to be out there playing with those guys and getting know how they feelle game you know how they feel space creating that chemistry with wide receivers and running backs that's where i'm most excited about during the camp. >> when you talk to him he feels confident and he's right on track to where he wanted to be. >> the eagles were smart to resign mark sanchez in off season and he's solid backup. don't use that word with him. sanchez sees himself as starter. >> we compete no matter what we do out here always a competition. >> chip didn't bring in guys just to compete. he's brought in players who buy in. >> the geez we have here on this team are i know trust coach kelly we'll put a product on the field for minimum and fans and everybody in the organization that everybody can be crowd of. >> we have the right type of people that want to do that and so we have to make this more

tan a team. you have to be a family to mack a push into tat postseason. >> eagles will have to pack it in first preseason game is in two weeks against indy. with the birts, i'm ducis rogers "channel 6 action news". >> eagles back on the field tomorrow and when the fill liz return to the field tuesday jimmy rollings will be back for the first time. still to come in sports. eye lights from phils finale plus chase utley back on the field and talking about the trade rumors. hear from