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the heat is on say good-bye to milder conditions because heat and humidity are on the way if you're out and about tonight enjoy it. because staying outside could be uncomfortable in the days to come. saturday night i'm walter perez. the big story is the up impending heat wave coming our way. in fact we could be on the brink of a long heat wave. we start with meteorologist melissa magee at the "action news" big board with the forecast. >> walter we had a hot start to the weekend. in fact today could mark beginning of prolonged period of heat and building humidity. highs today across the region 91 in philadelphia, 91 atlantic city and allentown today maxing out at 90. same thing for quakertown and trun ton and as we move across areas along the coast. still warm at this 11:00 hour with southwesterly wind. it's 77 in city. 78 reading and 67 up in poconos along the coast at this hour 76 in beach haven and same thing in sea is aisle city. we do have changes on the way. dew point is level of much

moisture is in the atmosphere and tomorrow you will notice the difference. dew point numbers ranging from 60 to 65 degrees and so touch of humidity overhead and it looks like this will be stick around for the next several days and we'll talk about what we can expect. humidity bumps up tomorrow for second half of weekend. lots of 90s on the board. in fact extended heat wave on the way. numbers in the full exclusive accuweather forecast. >> melissa talk to new a bit. the body of a swimmer who went missing in the schuylkill river has been recovered. and the man had been swimming near venice island in man junction section of philadelphia. "action news" reporter jeff chirico joins us live with the details, jeff. >>reporter: walter we're on venice island now. it's quiet in and out. earlier today was packed for a blues festival. we're told the man that drowned was here enjoying music with friends when he decided to go for a dip and got swept away by

a current. >> all out search for a missing swimmer does not end the way emergency crews expected and they pulled body of a man in 50s an hour after he was reported to have gone under. >> we thought it would be a rescue effort and it became a recovery effort. around 7:16 we recovered body of a male who was reported missing 6: 15 this evening. >> this happened as the man was attending a blues festival on venice island as screws served by air and boat distraught friends waited nearby hoping for news that he would be found alive. and these festival goers say they spoke with those friends. >> it said he went to the river to cool off and went 15 feet out and they gave him thumbs up and that was last time they saw him. >> apparent drowning happened not 235r from why the body of shane mc was tountd last year after west chester university student accidentally drowned in the river.

fire officials warn incidents prove how treacherous the schuylkill can be. >> it's different trous swim in the schuylkill. we do not recommend it at all. >> supposed to be a happy, relaxing day and it's sad to see what happened here. the name of the man who drowned was not released. philadelphia police are investigating. we're live in manayunk. jeff chirico, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, jeff. >> a 6-year-old girl is recove recovering after hit by a car in north east philadelphia. at about 7:00 tonight the driver hit the girl along the 6600 block sylvester street and took off on foot. she is at the hospital where she remained in stable condition. the driver was found and areceipted a short time later. police in philadelphia investigating a homicide in kingsessing. a man was shot ra long the1500 block of south 53 street three times in fact in the chest,

head and stomach taken to presbyterian hospital where pronounced dead 7:00 tonight. no further information was released about a possible suspect or motive in this case. >> demolition began tonight after a fire ripped through five homes in trenton. action cam was on the scene this evening 6:00 when crews began demolishing what is left of the homes located on 200 block of hills place. chopper 6 was overhead after the fire broke out late last night 10:00. officials say fighting this fire was that much more difficult because of narrow alleyway and low water pressur pressure. >> it was laying in bed and heard like a big cannon went off like explosion and i heard you know people screaming so i went out to see what it was. ape looked to the left and then seen the house was engulfed in flames. >> officials say one woman a-year-old who just celebrated her birthday that night suffered burns covering 70 to 80% of body and she remains in

the hospital in critical condition. nobody else was injured and more than a dozen people were displaced. this fire has been ruled an accident. from our delaware newsroom state place are investigating a serious crash involving atv. the vehicle hit a tree tonight south of dover and it happened on south old mill road at the interest section rising sun road. both roads were closed for several hours. no further details have been released about the victims. >> and "action news" has new information about last night's big drug bust at hilton hotel penns landing and investigators tell us they use surveillance from the hotel to identify the suspect after hotel employee reported seeing something suspicious inside one of the rooms. the officers were outside the hotel when a suspect pulled up inside a vehicle with three other men. all four of them were taken into custody without incident. during ensuing investigation police say they found a loaded handgun and more than 2 pounds ever illegal narcotics in the room upstairs. >> and some block captains and local activists celebrated

another year of working together to keep their neighborhood safe. they gathered today to hold a block can tan boot camp bieber middle school in west philadelphia. curtis jones junior hosted this events and each captain took a pledge to uphold duty request anticipates provide lightership to all neighbors. >> slowly returning to normal tonight after air traffic computer malfunctioned causing massive delays across much of the northeastern us. in fact we're told there's lingering delays tonight at airports in new york city and washington d.c.. all said more than 2,000 flights were delayed after the problem surfaced at the faa air traffic center in virginia. at one point air traffic above d.c., virginia, maryland and north carolina was all but non existent and faa has not released details about the glitch and say they were not hacked. >> moving on to coverage of the upcoming papal visit in philadelphia, if you plan to take new jersey transit trains

into city that weekend tickets are now on sale. those tickets officially went on sale noon today. there are limited number of special passes available 4,140 for each day to be specific and it's important to note that regular tickets will not work during the pope's visit on weekend of september 26 and september 27. and remember to visit our special pope channel on 6abc.com. you can see the security perimeter maps and other road closures in detail and get more information on the special transportation guidelines set bicep ta and new jersey transi transit. and "action news" will bring you stories from pope francis's hometown next week. jim gardner is in bun ees ar ge s. reports begin monday on "action news" 6 and 11:00. >> much more to come tonight new concerns tonight as more fires erupt at the sight of deadly warehouse explosion in china and why a teenager says if it was not for siri he would

not ab live today. >> walter, partly cloudy, quiet across the delaware and lehigh valley and key to sticking around for the weekend and humidity ramps up as well. you have numbers you may or may not want to see with the accuweather forecast. >> thank you melissa jeff skversky breaks down the battle for eagles third stripping quarterback in sports. will it be tim tebow or matt barkley when "action news" will it be tim tebow or matt barkley when "action news" comes right back

the search continues that hour for those missing as soon as a massive there were more fires near the chemical warehouse that erupted and officials ordered more evacuations in the area amid fears of airborne chemical contamination. local authorities continue to assure people that the air is safe. >> we are getting new details about the nsa snooping. no new documents reveal at&t had a highly collaborative relationship with national security agency and is described as having "extreme willingness to help. new details come from joint report in "new york times" and pro publica. at&t has not respond totd report. >> two military parachute jumpers were seriously injured during chicago and air wane

water show while they collided midair while nerveing a stunt. one jumper landed on the nearby road and both were taken to the hospital. one was listed in serious condition and other critically injured. >> at this hour there's 68 wildfires burning out of control in 7 states out west. more than 13,000 fire fight rerz working to contain those flames temperatures peaked in some locations sending firefighters to the hospital with heat caughton. all told hundreds of homes have been evacuated. >> and siri of course is not human. still a teenage frer tennessee says siri saved his life. >> hello rutherford county 911. >> help me i'm stuck under the truck and can't get to the phone sgln sam ray was working on his truck when it slipped off the jack piping him underneath that. his phone was in back pocket

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>> today in philadelphia thousands of people celebrated india's independence day. the 21 annual festival went on

all day penns landing. music, dance, authenticate indian cuisine. vends dorz were on hand selling clothing and jewelry. >> more than 25 builders are spending their time helping out for habitat for humanity. they plan on doing it in three days. the action cam on the scene in north philadelphia where they were hard at work today. this builder's challenge as they're calling it ahelping habitat reach a deadline for moving families in by the holidays. since workers are volunteering this effort it will save non profit $50,000 in materials and labor and it's all helping them finish the project weeks ahead of schedule. >> and people in egg harbor township new jersey came together today to stuff a bus. bunch of non provrts work with united way to organize the school supply drive right there in front of boscovs and they collected supplies to fillmore than 300 back packs for needy children in the area and more than a dozen local companies and organizations also donated to this thoughtful cause.

>> and all right. time for a check of the accuweather forecast and heat to come. it was hot today but comfortable. >> humidity was in check. >> i list haden melissa. >> i'm glad you're play paying attention, walter. >> it was hot today. humidity ramps up second half of the weekend and. >> possible protracted. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. >> i hope i use that word right. >> dry and cloudy now across the delaware and lehigh valley. high pressure in control. so we'll show you picture outside. sky live in hd we're at penn's landing looking at the rink. a lot of people doing roller skating here and it's partly cloudy and quiet and warm that 11:00 hour especially with that southwesterly wind. after a high today in philadelphia 1 degrees we're coming in at 77 city and pair of 7s in trenton and poconos 6 67. along the coast that's where you want to go to beat the heat and humidity as we get to

sunday. 75 beach haven and 76 boardwalk in atlantic city. here's satellite 6 and action radar queue eight cross much of mid-atlantic region. cold front stretched out across upstate new york and portions of new england. you notice as the front down to south and east a lot of moisture fizzles out and dissipates. we'll stay dry and quiet the rest of tonight. in fact that is the call from accuweather. a few patchy clouds. slightly humid with more moisture coming into the atmosphere and overnight low in suburbs dropping down to 64 and 7 as we get to philadelphia. it's about the numbers as we press forward here. future tracker 6 showing you 9:00 tomorrow morning numbers along the 95 corridor easily climbing into the upper 70s. you have upper 70s as well north and west of town and 78 degrees there in lake huvrts as we get to 1bg tomorrow afternoon already reaching 90 here in philadelphia. and at 1 p.m. tomorrow a lot of action taking place at the lin linc. eagles at home.

preseason game up against the colts. hot and humid. stay hydrated. perhaps doing tailgating as well. kickoff temperature 90. once ge get to 4th quarter we bump up temperature 936789 where do we good to beat heat and humidity down at the shore. beach, sapd tomorrow mostly sunny. warm and pretty humid. high temperature 85. not bad especially with afternoon seabreeze kicking on n up north, poconos, 85. touch on toasty side. sunshine and clouds sharing by the afternoon. exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. hot and humid. you'll notice difference tomorrow. high temperature 93. eagles home at the linc 1 p.m. and philadelphia union plague ppl park 7 p.m. tomorrow night and core of heat moves in monday with high temperature 9 94. record is 96 setback in 1995. on tuesday it's hot, humid, popup shower or thunderstorm lukely high temperature 94.

we'll keep threat of showers and storms popping up as we fwet to wednesday and thursday. and chuck out the numbers. 91 midweek. 90 thursday. and we're more than likely going to have extended heat wave into friday. high temperature 90. hot and sticky saturday. 95. all we need is three straight days with temperatures in the 9 0s and that's more than likely going to happen. if it does walter this will be heat wave number four for philadelphia. we'll keep you posted. >> all right talk to you in a bit. thank you, melissa. >> athletes took a trip down the schuylkill. action cam on the scene here stopping by 34 annual biata regatta. it's the country's oldest and largest competition that gives disabled athletes an opportunity to feel freedom on the water through adaptative rowing. >> some volunteers spent saturday morning renovating new room for a teenage frer king of prussia deal with a serious health issue taylor neran has mass sell aggravation disorder rendering her unable to goudz

outside especially in springer summer and they painted a chalkboard wall and installed a new ceiling fan. >> i am thankful for them to give up their time to mack a room ki go and hang out with my friends since i cannot go outside with my disease. so it's nice someone wants to do something for me. >> it makes all the difference in the world to my to be able to help somebody and put a smile on somebody else's face. >> mass cell aggravation disorder is a rare condition that leaves people susceptible to severe itching, his, an afall axeic shock and to release antihistamines inside the body. >> tim tebow gets ready to place in first game in two years taking the field to badle for the job of third string quarterback and in the next half hour we introduce you to ryan why he's spending last few weeks of summer running determined to make a sdivrps weeks of summer running determined to make a sdivrps for a young

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>> the delaware valley is ready for football. >> do you want to see sam bradford look at the sidelines. mark sanchez, don't blink he'll be out for a series or so. if you want to see tim tebow and matt barkley sanchez getting limited time against the colts. tebow and sanchez will see extensive time. tebow has not played in two years and has lowest completion percentage over the last decade as far as barkley he's yet to flow a touchdown. >> just to prove i know what i can do in this league and for this team and i want to show

coach kelly -- >> i'm looking forward to it play playing ball. i love. it something i've been doing as soon as a little boy. love playing and it's a blessing being at practice and everything but it's fun to strap it up too. >> with bradford and possibly demarco murry too out for this game. chip kelly not dying to see his reconstructed roster come to life in preseason. all kelly cares about week one in atlanta. >> my job is to make sure our team is ready to play against atlanta falcons. i'm not a fan of anything. my job is to make sure this team is ready to play when they go to play atlanta. eagles kickoff the preseason tomorrow one later tomorrow night kickoff "action news" sunday 11: 35 and ducis, jamie and myself. >> chase utley appears to be atop the list with few contending teams. once again tonight milwaukee

utley is atop the phillies lineup. the phils star yet to waive his no trade clause and has to do that for a deal to get done. utley knit out yet. pitch third inning here we go. utley gone. solo homer first homer since beginning of june batting 500 since off the dl. phils take a 2-0 lead. fifth inning and two costly errors. ash he boots. it later in the the fifth. herrera in the right and jeff rancor to third and ball gets away, brewers would tie and later take the lead. phils down in the eighth, two on, freddie down on strikes. phils lose 4-289. hottest team in baseball cooled off and lost 4 of last 5. they're 0-6 against brewers for the first time in team history. still to come in sports everybody likes to get up close and personal to favorite athletes and golfer at p xwxt a

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