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rick, we have the heat overhead and it's heat wave number five for philadelphia this year, it started out on sunday with a high of 91, yesterday's high was 90 and today climbing up to 94 degrees, average for us this time of year is 83, we are well above that this afternoon. number as long the 95 corridor are still in the lower 90s although 89 in trenton but you look at the numbers off the coast, beach haven 80 and 80 in cape may, a strong sea breeze pushing inland and impacting temperatures in millville, 87 there but along the 95 corridor, you jump to the numbers in the lower 90s, the dew point is on the hot side but we are not dealing with oppressive conditions along the 95 corridor and points north and west where we have the strong sea breeze pushing inland and you are dealing with the warmth and humidity, the dew point 73, you
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can feel the oppressiveness, satellite 6 along with action radar shows us this ridge of high pressure, we are tapping into the return flow and the winds out of the southwesterly direction, future tracker 6 showing you these numbers from bismark to dallas, texas, pointses to the east are in the 90s, and it looks like 4:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon if philadelphia, we'll max out in the lower 90s, we'll take a closer look at the forecast and let you know how long this heat wave is sticking around and all the details with the full and accuweather forecast. >> as p you can get the latest from checking 6abc.com/weather, and get expert nal list when severe weather happens and follow our team of meteorologists on facebook and twitter. in other news tonight, no
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arrests are made in the deadly shooting of a man in chester this morning, police say the victim was in his 50s and shot at west 5th and lloyd streets before 6:00 a.m., there were several bullet casing as long the block and the victim has not yet been identified. charges are filed after decomposing bodies were found in a funeral home operating without a license, annie mccormick is live now with more on that story. >> reporter: today investigators worked with the medical examiner it to identify the bodies deposing inside and they are working to notify next of kin and working to find out who the organs belong to that were found in trash bags. >> blair hawkins charged with three counts of abuse of a corpse. they found three decomposing
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bo bodies. southwest detectives are investigating and they were working out a license and one was embalmed but not properly and in a casket awaiting remation and one was waiting to be embalmed and another body in a body bag so decomposed they didn't know the gender. >> there are two separate set of organs found in this bag belonging to two different people. the medical examiners are working to find out who they are. >> he says he was out of town and unaware of the situation. he had this message for the families. >> they deserve an apology. >> just last week in strawberry mansion a foul odor led police to three decomposing bodies in
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powell mortuary services then were operating without a license. they say that hawkin has has a funeral license unblemished since 189. >> there is money he is not getting and not taking the steps he is taking because it costs money to do that and he is not receiving the money from the family, there is a requirement you have as a director that regulates this. >> and hawkins tried to keep investigators from entering when they showed up and there was little ventslation inside and mixed with the heat it made the situation even worse. annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. meantime, the news photographer shot and killed on the job in virginia, was laid to rest today. family, friends and co-workers gathered to remember the life of adam ward, ward was gunned down
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last year during a live tv interview along with television reporter, allison parker, the shooter, vester flannigan was a former reporter for the station where they worked. james madison universe, parker's alma mater will have a memorial exactly one week after the shooting. as we prepare for pope francis's first visit to the united states including a stop in philadelphia, the pontiff made a major change in the way the catholic church will treat women that have had an abortion. pope francis stated in a letter that he is letting all priests in this year upcoming year of mercy absolve the sin of abortion, that god's forgiveness cannot be denied to those that repent, until then all women that had abortions were excommunicated by the church. pope francis and the people.
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abc news anchor david muir was in the vatican to sit down with the pontiff and hosted a paperle audience with members in three cities. you can see it all here on 6 abc. you can get updates on the visit to philadelphia by following at 6 abc pope on twitter. we post pictures and news preparing for the arrival of post francis. and a gas leak caused people in hamilton county to evacuate from their homes. a construction crew hit a gas main at landing village and nobody was hurt and folks were allowed to go back home once the gas company secured the leak. >> peco helped the red cross and the fire department install 400 smoke detecters. they were delivered to homes
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across philadelphia, this is the kickoff for preparedness month and a continuation of the fire department's efforts to save lives. >> this year so far we have lost 10 people to fires, last year this time 22, obviously what we are doing is working. >> the volunteers also talked about residents today about making an escape plan in the event of a fire. well, it may not be an olympic event, the sport off dock diving is getting attention in burlington county, because the top two participants are dog gone good. >> reporter: most people just walk their dogs, jenny and brian's dogs go for a flying leap. the german short haired pointers are two of the top dock diving dogs in the country and rated internationally. >> they are fun and energetic
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dogs that love to compete and play, and they think of this as playing. >> they need extreme exercise, your exhaustion point is their starting points. >> in competition they are judged by how high, long and fast they can jump. their home is filled with ribbons and metals. they are ranked number one for big air and the equivalent of a triathlon. >> they can run for hours on end and they will keep going, they are working dogs, they will keep going until you shut them down. >> the newest member is lagger, a former bomb sniffing dog. he is adjusting to his new digs. they are highly trained and they may be world class dock divers, but if you ask me they look like they are just having fun.
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>> the adults take it seriously but the dogs just like to be out with their owners and jumping in the water. and their love for life. it's fun for us as well. >> they traveled with the dogs several time a month, the cash prizes, they win are turned over to a rescue group. >> the amount of work that goes into it and the enjoyment of the dog is the best. >> i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> they had a better summer than most folks. >> time to check the "action news" traffic report. >> lets see if matt pellman is making a splash. oh, no 95 no good. >> this ride home will make you want to take a dive off of something. this is a mess, 95 northbound side, a 10 mile parking lot that at most points looks like this, a slow crawl, northbound from tasker the whole way up to cotman, the bit of good news is the fuel spill is out of way, the three lanes are open, but
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the traffic in them, not moving well at all at 53 minutes, worse in one direction than the other, if you are headed to the one direction concert, just normal southbound slowing through the work zones but it's northbound you want to avoid, stay local on the city streets or the roosevelt or think outside of the box and use 130 or 295 instead. and the garden state parkway northbound remains closed in galloway township, because of an overturned vehicle accidents shutting it down at the a.c. expressway. from there in pomona get back on the northbound parkway. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thanks matt, more to come on "action news" at 5:00, flu season is upon us and it's time to start preparing to fight the virus, ali gorman is talking about the changes we can expect
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a kentucky county clerk could be facing legal trouble not issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, the courts have refused to support her position but she still stood firm sparking a showdown in her office. >> why are you not issuing marriage licenses today nk because i'm not. >> under whose authority? >> under god's authority. >> now the aclu is calling for the clerk to be held in contempt of court, and more on today's clash and what is next for the clerk at 5:30. >> we are barely into september but have you probably seen signs around for flu shots. you may remember the vaccine fell short and ali gorman is at the big board no fill us in. >> last year the vaccine was not a good match for the virus going around and it offers protection
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and some is better than none, researchers are hoping for better results and working to make changes in the future. last year the flu arrived just before christmas and didn't finally move out until mothers day. and less than 20% of people that were vaccinated got full protection, the vaccine missed bought the influenza virus mute tated or changed before it got here. >> there was five or so mutations, can you see them in red or yellow in this microscopic image but they blame most of the mismatch on a single mutation, his lab is trying to get a better match to see what triggers mutations and what will affect the vaccine accuracy. >> for now he says that the drive is on to find an easier way to make vaccines, right now
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most flu vaccine is made in eggs, a six month process, so the decisions on the strains to include, must be made before the last flu season is even over, and there are alternative methods but they are not widely used. much of this year's vaccine will offer more protection, guarding against four strains instead of three and despite the faults, it still saves lives. >> people may have gotten sick, chances are if they were vaccinated the severity of their ill bans was not as great. >> 42 kids died from complications because of the flu a little higher than the year before but in 2009, 348 children died that year, that is when the h1n1 spread before the vaccine was out. now they are creating a universal vaccine so it wouldn't
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have to change every year but that is several years away. >> meantime the action cam was in philadelphia today as wal-mart donated $75 now is to the philabundance relief center. the food bank is holding a fundraiser and food drive to bring in 30,000 meals during the 30 days of september, after the donation, wal-mart employees spent the day volunteering and packing food, philabundance served 50,000 people. ava and i needed a little vacay. but we needed to watch our spending. meaning i needed to watch nikki. she's the spender. i'm the saver.
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one of amazon primes most promising perks being scaled back, offering scaled back shipping for those that pay $99 a year for the service, now amazon is testing a new program calls shop by region, allowing merchants to know how far their items have to ship. most prime items ship directly from an amazon warehouse and are not effected by the program. yahoo! ceo, marissa mayor is expecting a child but this time
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identical twin girls, the pregnancy is health and uncomplicated. they plans to take limited time away from home again, she spends to stay away two weeks for maternity leave at home, and some said it set unfair working expectations for new moms. it's action cam was at ridge park elementary in conshohocken today as kids head back to school, from summer adventures and their classmates and set up their desks to get ready for the year ahead. up next at five, we are checking the forecast. from sky 6 hd, a warm night in center city. details from accuweather, from heat wave number five.
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melissa magee is here with the latest news, same weather new month. >> that is right, once again we deal with the heat and humidity depending on your location. this is heat wave number five for philadelphia for this year, someplace you can beat the heat is down the shore, sky 6 hd live in cape may, not a bad picture,
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the temperature coming in at 80 degrees and a lot of folks on the beach and sand parked underneath their beach umbrellas, a nice afternoon sea breeze kicking in at this hour, look at the numbers, at the coast, 80 in beach haven and cape may, as you press inland, the heat continues, 94 in philadelphia, and 92 in wilmington, and upper 80s in wilmington all the way down to lancaster. the first day of september a preview of what to expect. the average high is 83 degrees, but keep in mind as we tail through the rest of this month, the end of the month, we are 11 degrees cooler making the arm high 72 degrees. and september is a wet month as well. average rainfall is about 4 inches of precipitation, 4 inches of rain and a lot to go through as we go through the rest of the new month, here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have a mostly clear sky
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across the region and high pressure is dominating and a few puffy cumulous clouds popping up and pop-up showers and storms thanks to the building heat and humidity, the call from accuweather, it's a moon lit sky and warm and muggy, dropping down to 65 in allentown for the overnight low, 73 in philadelphia and we'll drop down to 71 in cape may, 70 in dover out to the west in lancaster, your overnight low in the middle 60s, here is your call from accuweather in the middle half of the work week, bright and sunny, a temperature of 77 and 11:00 a.m. 85 degrees and mostly sunny, and 2:00 in the afternoon, the temperature around 93, but be are expecting more in the way of a few high, thin cirrus clouds, the same thing holds through at 5:00 p.m. and the clouds put a cap on how high the temperatures go by mid to late afternoon, 92 is the number at 5:00 p.m. your five-day at 5:00, showing you the heat wave continues tomorrow and a september scorcher on the way and high
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temperature of 94 degrees, thursday it's hot and steamy and up to 95 and then we get relief on friday with a scattered shower and thunderstorm, 88 not bad for the start of our holiday weekend and the heat returns just in time for sunday, we'll have more details on what to expect for labor day. coming up in the next half hour, more from adam joseph. >> thank you melissa, some people are targeting taxi drivers how they are doing it and why police want them in custody. and people trapped underneath the thrush they were trying to build.
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special bags for thousands of pope francis visitors. first latest on a massive manhunt for those suspected in the kill of an illinois police officer, it happened in fox lake, 50 miles north of chicago, the officer radioed in to tell dispatchers that he was in a foot chase with three suspicious men, the communication ended and he was found with a gunshot wound, he was rushed to the hospital and later died. >> now several law enforcement agencies including the fbi and atv and u.s. marshals are scouring that area from air and by ground searching for the three suspects, we'll continue to follow the story for you. a kentucky county clerk who has refused to hand out marriage licenses to same sex couples,
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continues to defy a federal judge's ruling. >> why are you not issuing marriage licenses today. >> because i'm not. >> a gay couple confronted kim davis in her office in moorehead, and they said she has no legal grounds to refuse to issue gay marriage licenses, but that did not stop her from turn ago way couples throughout the day. >> reporter: rick, that county clerk in kentucky has not issued any marriage licenses, since the supreme court ruled in june that gay couples could get married. her attorney says there are other options not just through her office. >> will she quit or will she approve same-sex marriage licenses, kim davis, stop issuing licenses to gay couples
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the say day that the supreme court issued the licenses. >> she would not officiate a wedding, just verifying signatures and information you would give to the dmv and now the clerk and two of her assistants are refusing to issue licenses to anyone in rowan county, kentucky. the supreme court refused to take the case. she however is not budging. >> i have asked you all to leave. >> i pay your salary, i pay you to discriminate against me. do your job. >> she is not discriminating against homosexuals, she refused to issue marriage licenses all together. >> davis says to issue a marriage license with my name attached would violate my conscious. >> protesters greeted her
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outside and inside of the courthouse bs. >> this couple tried to get a license but were told no for the fourth time. >> a shouting match ensues with davis supporters hollering from the back room. >> stand firm. >> davis and her entire staff have been summoned in court to answer a complaints filed by the american civil liberties union. >> the a.c.l.u. says they do not want her locked up but they want big fines so she will be persuaded to issue licenses to all couples. >> stephanie thank you. on world news tonight with david muir, there will be more on the same sex marriage battle in kentucky. and the search for three suspects in the killing of a police officer. watch that tonight at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. philadelphia police are looking for a thief, who used a
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2 by 4 that threatened people at a west kensington business, this is from inside of lee's food carton north front street, the suspect walked in early last month right there carrying a big wooden board and walked up to the counter demanding cash and he acted like he was about to hit someone and goes behind the counter and grabs cash and runs off. northeast detectives are hoping you can help identify these three men wanted in connection with the robbery of a taxi driver and two other attempted robberies, on august 23rd, the trio hail aid cab on the 1600 block of santhose street and were take and to deal street. the suspect tried the same thing the next day but the second driver also got away and then on august 26th, a cabby was hit on the head with a gun and his wallet was taken. if you recognize these suspects please call 911.
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a brawl outside of a youth softball game earned two south jersey fathers a year of probati probation, "action news" showed you this video from maryland, it shows the fathers fighting after the game. police say their daughters used to play together. according to officials he drove to the game to confront him about the team. both fathers are fined $100. >> a 5-year-old and 1-year-old child were injured in a crash in winslow township, a pickup somehow collided with another truck going south, the two children that are brothers were taken to the hospital and both are expected to be okay. it's not clear what caused the drive toward swerve into on coming traffic. well, the countdown is on as we watch and wait for the pope
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to arrive here in the delaware valley, we are 24 days away and one south jersey business owner is getting her biggest break ever thanks to her faith and her hard work, linda melano run a small marketing company out of her home in sicklerville, she reached out to the archdiocese with an idea to make these clear backpacks. and the idea was a hit, they have the colorful lowingal printed on them and more than 15,000 are ordered so far making it the largest contract melano ever received. she was laid off and started her own company last year, being a part of the pope's visit lets her know she did the right thing. >> it's scary starting a business but this was a
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confirmation i am doing the right thing and this is the path that god wants me to do. it's beautiful and shows very well on the backpacks. >> melano suggests that the bags be transparent that will help the security personnel to see the contents inside and with all the heightened security in place, they like having these clear bags, friday night at 10:00 p.m., tune in for a special edition of 20/20 pope francis and the people. abc news' david muir moderated the event from the vatican and see it here friday night at 10:00 here on 6 abc. and head to 6abc.com for details on the pope's visit as well as the papal play book and jim gardner's special reports from the pope's home town of buenos aires, argentina. administrators for the minnesota state police are
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getting new office space, the action cam got a first look at the new barracks today in the winfield heights section, an easy move for state police, they are right next door to the old barracks, including a new communications hub and a new conference room. >> looks nice, time for an update on the commute home tuesday night. >> 95 is still a mess, rick and monica, although, lets take the glass half full approach and we started this afternoon at 4:00, it was 70 minutes, it's half of what it was, a delay traveling north ahead of the crash at cotman avenue, now southbound is getting busier as people head down to the one direction concert at the linc, here is the vine street expressway parked in both directions, the schuylkill out to 95 and eastbound
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especially because of the 95 delays and slowing on the southbound blue route. and big problems continue on the garden state parkway in atlantic parkway, shut down southbound, in atlantic county, head for route 9 instead. rick and monica back over to you. >> thank you again. more to come on "action news" tonight, one minute she was standing on the roofp the next mind she is on the ground and a college student is facing criminal charges, a match-up in trenton with local little leaguers and a team that crossed an ocean to play them. >> one of the hot of the days of the year and 95 officially in philadelphia, and the heat wave will continue, and you are tracking another heat wave as well. and jaime apody has eagles, phillies and college action news.
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were under a building when it collapsed. it happened outside of providence and men were working on different parts of the building when it collapsed. everyone is expected to be okay. the cause of collapse is under investigation tonight. a students is facing charges for pushing a girl off the roof of a house party. it happened at bridgewater state university. a 20-year-old woman was caught on camera, falling 10 feet into a landing below and police said the whole thing happened. and they arrested marquez. he is held on $5,000 bail. los angeles is officially the u.s. bid city to host the 2024 olympics, the u.s. olympic committee made that official after the l.a. city council
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allowed the negotiations to start. the deal is still vague at this point, they hosted the 1924 and 82 olympics if selected they will be the first city to be chosen three times. eagles are fine tuning before their final preseason match-up on thursday, jaime apody is here with more on the preseason. >> one more to go, you don't normally see starters playing in this game, but keiko alonzo will take a few snaps, he hasn't gotten into a game and needs some work, it's make or break for guys trying to make this team. there is an intriguing scenario to watch, matthews and sproles but chip kelly pointed out that kenyan barner is taking not one but two back for touch downs
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this season. >> there is always more you can do. more that you can correct and more you can get better at. >> there are decisions at almost every position, there is not one more important or one that is one we are looking at harder than the other positions, there say lot of competition still going on and it's an important game for a lot of guys on thursday. >> like this guy, rasheed bailey, he grew up rooting for the eagles and is one game away from possibly making this team. all of philadelphia will be behind this team on thursday night and more on that tonight at 6:00. and it happened again for the 10th straight time, the phillies and mets don't mix, they will try again tonight, they have to beat them eventually right? right? he had only allowed one hit into the fifth inning when the home run gave the mets the lead and
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then he allows another, curtis granderson's shot. they fell 3-1 and have yet to win at city field this season. there is a trend to build all these new stadiums with shiny amenities, shane victorino tried to make a catch and the wall broke and then he tried to break it some more. i wonder if the a's are jersey shored for that. temple and pennsylvania state kick off their season at the linc this saturday, this may seem like a miss match, the owls have not beaten the nittany lions since 1941, and they would love nothing more than to stop this more than 40 game losing streak to their instate rivals. >> they understand what it's like to play a game team like
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penn state. understand what it's like to play a good team not the name. it's not the name of the quarterback it's a good player, that is a great team, if you get the win we know what we are doing is right and on the right track. >> if you can't wait until saturday for a taste of local college football, the wildcats move up to play division one connecticut on thursday night. the third time they play the big d 1 school and the other times were season openers. >> first it gives us confidence to play with them last year and last year we thought we had the game against syracuse and we took that going into the rest of season and that attitude we got passed up by a lot of these schools. >> never count out guys that have a chip on their shoulders. >> okay words of wisdom.
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a little league baseball team came from uganda to play a game in trenton, they took on a team as part of a major league baseball play initiative. the players happily took to the field to play america's favorite past time and they seemed excited about the 7,000 mile trip and mayor jackson helped to orchestrate the trip. so everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network to the home, so you can get access to the fastest internet and in-home wi-fi available. and fios gives you big capacity too. so everyone in the house can get online. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. ultimately, that's why. get 25 meg fios internet, tv & phone starting at $79.99 a month. plus get $350 back.
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crews are working to clean up after a monsoon swept through phoenix, arizona, it went through and toppled trees and ripped off roofs and left behind this damage at the phoenix international airport. it left 15,000 schools and businesses and residents in the dark. we don't have problems like that? >> no we have a heat wave. no break whatsoever, as we take a look. we have no choice really, double scan live radar, one thing we show you on here, this sliver of green north of vineland east of the philadelphia snaking its way through trenton than is double
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scan live radar picking up on a sea breeze front nts that front comes in from the atlantic ocean and it will make its way through philadelphia in the next half hour. as we look at the action cam, speaking of philadelphia, center city, the carousel goes around and around at franklin square, a perfect spot to go down there and you go round and round on this hot day, the temperatures have been on the hot side for the last three days in fact today's 95 degrees, is really the hottest it has been this year, we have a few days of 95 in july and august and we are doing it again on the first day of september and again only 2 degrees shy of the record which was 97 degrees for this date. as we look at the numbers from ocean city to avalon to cape my, it feels cooler there in terms of temperature but oppressively humid at the shore and coming
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off the warm ocean of 71 and inland 87 in millville and still in the 90s, wilmington and philadelphia, yet to see the easterly wind puncture in over i-95 at this point. in the lehigh valley, cooler at 89 because of the higher terrain. as we look at satellite and radar, all the cloud cover arcing over the great lakes, over the hudson bay and north of the canadian maritimes, that is where the jet stream is and that is where it will stay over the next few days. that means we'll be under the blazing sun moderately humid and not the oppressive humid with this heat we saw through july and august, 94 degrees tomorrow and high pressure remains the muscle maker and a front slips into northern new england on thursday and doesn't push through until late thursday night and friday morning and that means 85 and moderately humid and could be a scattered
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downpour or thunderstorm overnight and fresh high pressure comes in behind the front and slips in from canada for the holiday weekend, down the shore a popular place is atlantic city, we have the atlantic city air show from 11:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon, sunny and humid, drink lots of water and 83. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, a september scorcher, tomorrow 94 degrees and hot and steamy on thursday and 95 same as today and early on friday morning, there could be a scattered downpour or thunderstorm, with the front that drops the temperatures to 88 and still above normal for this time of year, nice and beautiful and low humidity and 85 and stays dry and sunny and monday labor day and tuesday as we go back into the 90s, so if you get three more 90 degree days after the 80s this weekend, another heat wave number six could be on the way. >> thank you sir, the delaware
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areas first ever school district is marking 100 years, the action cam in wyoming kent county, unveiled this new historical marker at district officers, the district was formed in 115, joining schools from the town of camden and wyoming and it's in honor of the revolutionary war hero and states man. good intentions. is paved with
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whose leaders stone women, hang homosexuals, sponsor mass terrorism, scream for the destruction of israel and death to america. so, what if you're wrong? and they can't be trusted? senator casey, don't trust iran. vote this down. right now the "action news" team is standing by with these stories. a wrestling hall-of-famer is under arrest for the death of his girlfriend in the lehigh valley more than 30 years ago. and a funeral director is facing charges after police find three decomposing bodies in his mortgage wear yea. i'm rick williams, join me
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. "action news" delaware valleys leading news program, with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >> jim is off i'm rick williams, two local senators add your support to the iran nuclear deal, and the pope relaxes tis stance on abortion. and now the arrest a wrestler after the death of his
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girlfriend 30 years ago. chad pradelli is live now with the story. the question is, why now after a local newspaper uncovered new potential evidence, the district attorney decided to reopen the case and took it to a grand jury and decided to arrest who was once known as super fly with murder. >> the 23-year-old was found in an allentown hotel struggling to breathe, she later died at a local hospital, authorities said an autopsy showed traumatic brain injuries, he wrote in an auto biography he was innocent in her death and allegations he may have been involved ruined his life and was taken to civil court by her family. >> bail is set at
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