way to dodge the rain drops in center city philadelphia. the good news here is we need the rain, but we don't need what is coming next. let get the latest from meteorologist, melissa magee, at the big board. >> we are tracking the moisture across the delaware and lehigh valleys. on stormtracker 6 live double scan light moisture across the region but we are tracking some pockets of heavy rain to the north and west and we go on tighter with stormtracker 6 live double scan and you see the downpours there in lancaster county traveling along route 30 closer to downingtown and coatesville. they continue through a west-east direction in the evening hours. 3 inches of rain in warminster and black bird close to 2.5 inches of rain and about an inch of rainfall report there had in dover. once we get rid of the moisture it's about the heat, an excessive heat warning is posted

from trenton to philadelphia to wilmington. a heat quiz rr rry for the oran shaded counties. heat indexes in the triple digits if not higher than this as we go through the rest of today. future tracker 6 showing you by thursday 4:30 in the afternoon. look at the numbers, it looks like 103 in the city and upper 90s north and west of town. we'll let you know how long the heat is sticking around in the accuweather forecast jim. >> with pop-up storms possible. we suggest that you follow each of our meteorologists on facebook and twitter for latest information, 6abc.com/weather remains your go to resource with the power of stormtracker 6 live double scan radar at your fingertips. we have a developing story, a nasty crash shut down a portion of martin luther king drive in fairmount park in

philadelphia. the multivehicle crash happened just before 5:00 at the strawberry mansion bridge. six people were injured. we know that three children, 6, and 14, plus two adults were taken to hahnemann hospital and a man was taken to penn presbyterian for treatment. and crews are clearing the wreckage of this crash. it hit the temple university campus like a flash. the president is bounced after 3.5 years on the job. vernon odom is live at temple. there are few people on that campus that saw this coming. >> reporter: jim, for most here it landed like a rock out here. they seemed to come out of nowhere and sources tell me that president theobald and the board of trustees were wrangling over major budget issues for more

than a week. >> the situation with the budget rests with the president and someone has to be accountable. >> so the president, neil theobald is out the door. word spread that the president will be fired by the board of trustees. trustee chairman, patrick o'connor says that the vote was unanimous because they are still hot under the collar that the board is facing a shortfall of $22 million in student aid money. the merit scholarship program is in the red big time and the board says they were kept in the dark. >> when dr. theobald first learned about the deficit it was at million and instead of ensuring that the deficit had been resolved or addressed. the deficit grew and the board was not aware of it. >> temple's administrator will be appointed acting president, and he served in that job before

as well as serving athletic director as a search for a new president goes forward. dr. theobald is president here for three years but the budget gap is his waterloo. the reaction from summer school students. >> it's crazy how to miss manage $22 million, that is not small. >> $22 million deficit right now, so i just hope they are working to figure something out for that. >> you are shocked about it? >> yes. >> he was a good president? >> he was. >> jim, dr. hey bold . >> thank you vernon.

>> sub contracted workers at philadelphia international airport voted today overwhelmingly to walk off the job during the democratic convenience. the union trying to organization security workers and baggage handlers and cabin cleaners are fighting for higher wages and benefits. they work for contractors hired by airlines and mayor jim kenney issue aid quote, they deserve good wages and the right to form a union without interference from their employer. the body of a volunteer firefighter killed during a training exercise is back in his home town. representatives escort the the body of tim mcclanahan to lewes this morning. the 46-year-old was killed when he fell from a helicopter in georgetown monday night. the federal aviation administration is leading the investigation into his death.

members of the 48th basic recruit class graduated from the gloucester police academy. 46 men and women earned their badges in sewell. they were on hand in gloucester county. it will will he one of the philadelphia largest projects ever. and we are seeing how it will transform one of the busiest neighborhoods. john rawlins took a tour of east market today. how did it go? >> reporter: it's still a work in progress and you don't come without a hard hat t was a year ago that they started to pour the concrete here. a century old department store warehouse is being revamped. when the workers are finished, east market will have housing and easeries and bars and it

will connect with adjoining neighborhoods. >> the village and washington scare west and the convention center. they are making this part of the community. >> there will be a 17 floor apartment building and restaurants and shops here, and the design center, firms that support architects and designers, gregory august walked us through it. >> this was a prime location, a central spot and really evolving naturally into this design hub. on the ground floor of the warehouse, that used to be family court, is mom's an organic market. >> we are pretty radical for lack of a better word in our culture. >> that means 100% organic produce and wind power and sustainable protein which means

foods from insects. >> we have cricket flour and things with ants and whatever you want to call it, it's truly gross. >> an acquired test i would think. this is the old warehouse and the hope is to have commercial tenants in here later this year probably around fall and behind me is the residential tower, they hope to have the first move-ins sometime next april. live in center city, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. this want as emotional day as three families were welcomed into their homes, their now homes in their old neighborhood in mount holly. this was more than decade in the making because of a lawsuit they filed in 2002. developers wanted to knock down their blighted neighborhoods to make way for new projects,

residents said it mounted to discrimination because they could not afford. it three years ago they won their lawsuit. this is part of a larger development that including 44 residents and 17 of them are replacement homes for plaintiffs in the lawsuit. coming up a bicycle that took a delaware county man to the road to self discovery, ahead his message for the thief that stole his bike. >> and the villanova basketball team is up for four espys tonight and ducis rogers speaks with the champions about their big night in california. and jim, heat indexes in the region across the east coast and the triple digits in some locations will tap into a piece of this hot hair as early as tomorrow. details are coming up. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

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an american flag stolen from a south jersey home on it's 4th of july is back where it belongs tonight. the corcoran family says a woman dropped the flag off in a box on monday. and the corcorans say they are sincerely thankful for the person righting a wrong. the flag was originally given to the family for the funeral for this morn, a brother that was killed fighting for vietnam in 1969. new at 6:00 tonight, the story of a young man and the loss of his constant companion but this companion has two

wheels and jimmy wants his bike back. >> reporter: it was late last year when jimmy mull holland at the able of 20 found himself at a cross roads. >> i was doing really bad in school and i needed something to cheer me up and self-confidence and i did a bike trip across the united states by myself. he throughout to portland, oregon and started his 2,299 mile journey back to the east coast. >> i biked in rain and snow and 100 degree weather and i saw it all. >> along the way he took photos, lots of photos and poefrting it on inis a gram and the response he received sparked his passion for photography. >> if he missed a day people would call me and facebook me

and say why didn't we get a post from jimmy. >> jimmy and his bike arrived in new york town, virginia, with his newly complied portfolio he women's clothing company.h a and then last week jimmy locked his beloved bike at 30th street station and when he returned several hours later it was gone. he is not looking for donations or handouts, he simply wants his bike back. >> i saw a lot of things and met a lot of awesome people and that bike was there with me the whole time. >> if you see his 1984 fuji touring bike, you'll know. >> it's gray and stickers from every single state i went through, there is no other bike like it. >> if you know anything about the bike you are asked to call philadelphia police. law enforcement officers served up a taste of summer to

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sixers remaking their roster and they welcome two new players today. >> they have a lot of big men and need guards. they put pen to paper and they get sergio rodriguez and ballis's got a three year deal. his shooting percentage was 43%. certainly sergio is a native of spain and has experience with the knicks and kings. ben simmons will not play in the

summer play tonight. he scored 8 points and snagged 8 rebounds and admitted to being a bit winded and the team is ging him a night off. villanova takes over the espys, the champs are up for four awards, best team, best coach, best play and best game. for the win over north carolina. >> when you watch the espys in the past you ever think you would be up there on stage? >> not at all. not at all. >> like i said it's a crazy experience, growing up watching it, you see lebron and kd and steph and d wade. all the great guys in our sport. you know you don't think about really making it on that stage. just to have the opportunity it's very humbling. a lot of stars from the entertainment and sporting world. who are you most anxious to see. f everybody knows me the

know how big of a drake fan i am. if i had an opportunity to meet drake that is only time i'll be star struck. >> and drake is probably saying if i get a chance to meet chris jenkins i would be star struck. >> well the feeling is mutual. >> who do you hope to win? >> the great play by ryan and chris. i think the stage that it was on, hopefully that would put that over the top. >> some people say it's the greatest ending to a college basketball game. >> do you agree? >> i'm a little biassed, i definitely agree. >> will nova be victorious again? watch the espys tonight to find out. it begins here on 6 abc. score another one for the nfl with their long on going battle

with tom brady, they won a court battle with the patriots quarterback. they issued a one sentence rejection trying to get deflate-gate overturned. it's friendly time. the union hosts crystal palace in an international friendly. john daly bought his sunday best for the open championship. golf's third major gets underway in scotland. a favorite is rory mcllroy and another favorite is dustin johnson. >> it's just the mindset, it's just different, i am not trying to win the first one i already have, on sunday as long as i'm in contention, knowing i can get it done is a big confidence booster. >> they'll tee off in the we wee

hours of the morning. >> it's not the british open anymore but the open championship. as far as they are concerned it's the only open championship. there was a big birthday celebration in northfield today. they celebrated sc robinson's birthday. they had a lunch enin her honor, a former missionary who helped to build schools and wells in africa and india. the key to a long life for robinson must be moderation and her favorite foods are fried chicken and salad.

are there still these pop-up storms moving across the area? >> we still have them. the heaviest at least is west of philadelphia. we'll show that you on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, we still have some light rain scattered about the delaware and lehigh valleys and a heavier pocket to the west we go in tighter on street level. with storm tracker 6, you can see that we are track that moisture now and we have the flood advisory posted until 8:45 this evening, this is for lancaster county, they have seen 1 to 2 inches of rain. you see the heavy rainfalling in lancaster traveling along route 30 and pressing into coatesville and downingtown at this hour, and it will move on in and move on out and in the wake of that we have the heat and heat warnings, we'll show you the

picture outside at the art museum. a cloudy sky overhead and it held our temperatures at bay. it was not as warm as anticipated because of the cloud cover and moisture. 77 in philadelphia and 75 in allentown un71 in the poconos, at the coast in cape may 75 and beach haven 78 degrees, you look at the dew points, this is the measure of moisture in the air, a 73 degree dew point in philadelphia. when have you numbers at 70 or higher it's quite oppressive outside and you feel the moisture in the air, 77 in dover and satellite 6 along with action radar showing you the ripple of energy across the region. clouds and the moisture is moving in from the west east direction and will exit later earlier this evening and then we have cloudy skies ons the way for the rest of the night. the call from ac weather, showers and downpours early and then stuck in the summer soup. we drop down to 70s in the

suburbs and 75 in philadelphia for the overnight low. here is the setup for the next two days, the warm front lifted across our region for the next few days, it's hazy, hot and humid and highs in philadelphia at 95 degrees, it's dangerous heat and you need to take it easy, we have the excessive heat warning for the i-95 corridor and north and west the heat advisory, heat indexes over the next couple of days will top out at 100 degr here is the tracker over the i-95 metro area, 8:00 in the morning 84 and quickly feeling like 93 at 10:00 in the morning and then triple heat on the way at 3:00, 4:00 and 5:00 in the evening and then 95 into 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. a place to beat the humidity is at the shore. 86 in new jersey and 92 in delaware and clouds to sun and the afternoon sea breeze that

kicks on it. heat indexes tomorrow 100 or higher and a high of 95 season continued dangerous heat on friday at 95 degrees, on saturday hot and partly sunny and we stay dry a high of 90. rather muggy on sunday at 91 degrees and the heat continues on monday jim with a high temperature of 92. >> thanks melissa. world news tonight is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at sock on p had l 17 with brian taff. sharrie williams and ducis rogers. please join us for "action news" at sec here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, melissa magee, ducis rogers, and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

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