"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. in the news now, a man shot to death by police in minnesota is

laid to rest today. plus, a building buzz on the campaign trail, as donald trump prepares to announce his running mate. but the big story is the heat and humidity in the entire region. sky 6 hd showing us the view from penn's landing. on top of those steamy conditions, accuweather is tracking the possibility of storms later today. for more on that david murphy joins us from the "action news" big board. >> reporter: we start with the big story and that is the heat and humidity, an excessive heat warning and advisories kicked in at the 12:00 hour and they don't expire until 8:00 tomorrow evening, all day today and all day friday you have these issues. excessive heat warning up and down the i-95 corridor, it will feel like over 100 degrees at times, maybe even 102 and 103, and concerns about the excessive

heat maybe not as bad in the central area but keep the drinks throwing and check on your neighbors and take shady breaks in the a.c. today. 84 is the current temperature, we are running behind where we thought we would be by noon. we were socked in with cloud cover through most of the morning. and now we expect the numbers to shoot up. 88 in dover and 86 in wilmington. dew points a big problem today like yesterday and even worse in some cases. anything over 70 is oppressive. you have that everywhere. 75 in philadelphia and 76 dew point in wilmington and how about this dew point of 82 that is the dew point, not the temperature, this sort of dew point is the kind of thing you feel on a bad day in new orleans, louisiana or biloxi, mississippi, that is true gulf air there. when you look at the heat index values, 105 degrees, that jumped

up in the last hour, that is super oppressive humidity at this point. 92 is the heat index in philadelphia and keep in mind we could add another 9 degrees to the temperature, so we are in line for the potential of high heat index values up over 100. and the possibility of showers and thunderstorms, not a lot happening now the all to the north and west and we are not expecting this until later this afternoon into this evening. a live view at stormtracker 6 live double scan it shows the disturbance that is bringing the storms east and lightning forming in the southwest and after 3:00 in particular, i would be on the lookout for some of these pop-up showers and thunderstorms, and maybe even before then in the northern and western suburbs, i'll show you those on future tracker 6 and talk about what is half this on saturday and sunday. >> thank you. within the past five minutes the city of philadelphia

activated the heat line. if you have a heat related issue contact the number on your screen. 215-765-9040. the corporation for aging is manning the phones until midnight and some folks are getting outside despite the soupy conditions and "action news" reporter, annie mccormick joins us live from dillworth park. >> reporter: yes rick, oppressive is definitely the word of the day, you feel the humidity around 5:00 or 6:00 this morning. all across the city we are talking to people that are dodging the heat. here at dill worth park it's so hot we see kids behind me getting up into the air before they lay down into the water because they want to cool down as as soon as possible. morning workouts from yoga to running the rocky steps at the art museum as people cope with the muggy conditions.

>> we run at least a mile and we are hydrating today. this group powered through pokemon go all night looking for their next pokey. >> nothing is stopping the pokemon go? >> not at all. >> with two heat waves under our belt could today be the start of another one. eileen has another week to go until her due bait. it does not make pregnancy easier. >> it's a difference experience thank our first boy, he was born in the spring. >>ling patrick and his dad is okay. but little stella takes it harder. >> she doesn't like the humidity, she quits earlier on her walk. >> humidity takes its toll on pets, pet owners should walk dogs early in the morning or late at night.

dogs like gee with flat faces have a harder time breathing and they have tried a few fixes. like coming in an hour earlier. >> you can barely breathe out here, the sweat is spraying out of me, i drank like 10 bottles of water already. >> i feel exactly the same way at this point in the day. the heat line is necessary for people to look out for others, that is what the city of philadelphia is hoping we do, you look out for the homeless people that may be struggling and check on your seniors, use the line if they need a little extra help. and definitely today do not leave any pets in vehicles. reporting live in dillworth park, annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> the heat line again, 215-765-9040. thank you annie, keep track of the rising temperatures with 6abc.com, there you can find the seven-day forecast and view stormtracker 6 live double scan and don't forget to follow our

team of meteorologists on twitter and facebook. for the first time we see the problem plaguing thousands of septa users that ride the regional rails, they were over the septa maintenance yard showing the cracks that took 120 trains off the tracks, the problem is hard to see but the officials caught the problem with routine inspections. septa is trying to figure out what caused the defect. >> we sent the sample of what broke out to the lab so they can understand how that fails and we took samples that had cracks out to the lab to see how far the crack is, we are still doing a lot of technical testing. >> "action news" reporter, john rawlins was at the septa maintenanceance yard this morning, coming up he'll detail the problem and the work to get the trains back in service eventually. we are still working to find out the names of two men killed in crashes this morning. along the 1700 block of broadway

in salisbury township. investigators say the driver lost control and crashed into a tree and he and his passenger were both killed. president obama will host a nationally televised town hall tonight, focusing on community and policing. abc lana zach joins us live from washington's town hall location. >> reporter: good afternoon, the crowds are starting to line up here outside of the president's town hall, and d.c. feels relatively calm there were protests overnight in many areas of the country including minneapolis. the casket of philando castille made its way through st. paul, minnesota, castille would have turned 30 years old but today they remember his life. >> you told him to give you his

i.d., his drivers license. the after imagine of the shooting was broadcast live on facebook. >> it's time to look at the mirror and ask ourselves what are we doing to create change. at the espy awards a powerful plea took center stage. the shoot to kill mentality has to stop and the retaliation has to stop. >> and from the halls of congress -- >> i simply ask you this, recognize just because you do not feel the pain or anguish of another does not mean it does not exist. >> to the white house -- >> we stand ready to make change. >> activists lawmakers to the president of the united states pledging to do more. >> as a country we have to sit down and grind it out and solve

these problems. >> reporter: and following the president's four hour meeting at the white house they came up with a list of priorities, but the president cautions that progress on this is going to be frustratingly slow and he continues the conversation here tonight at the town hall. reporting live from outside the town hall, lana zach, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. you can watch is the president and the people a national conversation here on 6 abc, it airs tonight at 8:00. still to come on "action news" at noon, guilty of road rage, the most common group of americans that admit to bad behavior on the road and is there a magic time that preschoolers should be going to sleep? and hot and humid and oppressive. we are on the lookout for showers and thunderstorms. it might not be much longer before they are here. we'll have the latest from

stormtracker 6 live double scan and show you how high the heat and humidity will be. all ahead. >> all right david, those stories and more when "action news" comes right back.

today, lori grabs delicious jimmy dean sausage from the fridge, fully cooked and ready in seconds. it makes breakfast complete, which makes bill feel like completing the gazebo, prompting a celebration in lori's backyard. with jimmy dean, good mornings lead to great days.

a fast moving wild fire in new mexico, has burned nearly a dozen buildings to the ground and more are in danger. officials are going door-to-door evacuating hundreds of people about 200 miles south of albuquerque at least 800 acres are burned since the fire started yesterday. no reports of injuries or deaths reported. britain's new prime minister is keeping a packed schedule. theresa may is getting rid of rivals while adding new people to her team. she added boris johnson, the former london mayor was the prominent member of the campaign to leave the european union. new numbers show a major fear factor in the race for president. according to an associate the

press poll. 81% of voters say they are afraid of at least one of the two candidates winning a spot in the oval office and three out of four voters are more motivated to vote against hillary clinton or donald trump rather than for a candidate. >> most american drivers admit they suffer from road rage, aaa released the results today. nearly 8 out of every 10 drivers admit to expressing anger over the past year. that means gestures or yelling. the most are young men between the ages of 19 to 39, the most common behavior reported was tailgating on purpose. and revealing the nominees, find out who is up for an emmy this year. that is in our next half hour, but first finding fitness and friendship on wheels, meet the

senior skaters in the art of aging report when "action news" comes right back. i've been blind since birth. i go through periods where it's hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. learn about non-24 by calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com.

health check this noon, an early bedtime has an affect on children's weight. children that go to sleep by 8:00 p.m. are far less likely to be obese teenagers.

bedtimes after 9:00 p.m. appear to double the possibility of obesity later in life. establishing a bedtime is a concrete thing a parent can do to give their kids an adventure. >> there are plenty of ways to stay healthy but seniors in new jersey found fitness and friendship on wheels. tamala edwards has more in the art of aging report. >> roller skating is not just fun it can burn more than 500 calories an hour. >> i love this sport i have been doing it since 16. now 69 going on 70. it keeps you young. >> some doctors call it the ideal low impact workout and can relieve stiffness and improve mobility. >> you feel like you are gliding around like an angel. >> i feel like a bird, the birds feel free and they fly high, and

in fact my coach says i'm like the energizer bunny. >> the senior skaters turn out in the morning. >> i didn't want to go to the seep you're club and play bingo, and i saw the skating rink and we went down and got hooked. >> some like alfred lee get hooked on the competition. >> i had a dream of learning how to dance skate, so my partner and i we came here and we found a teacher and we have been practicing. >> we met at a roller skating rink in 1960. >> we started practicing and one thing led to another and we started to enter competitions, it's the friendship that brings them back. >> come on join us, you'll have a good time. >> tamala edwards, channel 6 "action news." well, the "action news" team is out working on news stories beginning at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli with a previ preview. >> reporter: they were putting me to shame there. love that story.

coming up today at 4:00, the state stepping in to help folks in horsham township over concerns of water contamination, a story we are following for you this afternoon. that contamination believed to have come from firefighting foam used at the willow grove air station. we'll have all the latest from the news conference. plus, how do you keep your grass looking green in the summer heat. consumer reports says it's easier than you think. we have the simple tips coming up for you at 4:30, and you can take us with you on the go, if you have not downloaded the free 6 abc news app. watch us live streaming on your smart phone or tablet. and in the next half hour i'll join you in the studio an iconic ice-cream treat that has roots here in philadelphia. a bit of ice-cream history. >> so samples sound like you'll be bringing into the studio.

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a big donation today for the village of arts and humanity. giving children the chance for self expression, they were the precrecipient of guitars. today was delivery day and the guitars will be used to give children music lessons during free summer camp offered by the village. what a nice gift. you played guitar? electric bass. >> yes, and plunged on the piano a little bit?

>> well -- >> stormtracker 6 live double scan don't have a whole lot of rain out there just now but you see the formation of showers and thunderstorms well to the north and west of philadelphia and we'll watch the northern suburbs in particular for the potential of that later this afternoon. looking outside at the beach. there were umbrellas up for beach visitors and now things are getting better out there. we started out cloudy and in some cases foggy this morning. definitely warm and muggy and now with the sun coming out it feels worse. 84 in philadelphia, currently it's zooming up pretty quickly, your dew point is 75, anything over 70 is oppressive humidity, and it follows sticky out there. winds from the southwest too, the usually region for humid air, 12 miles per hour as we continue to draw in that gulf moisture, temperatures across the region warming up well, 83 in allentown untrenton and 86 in will tong and dover the sun is

breaking out and up to 88 degrees and most of these spots are on their way to the 90s later on as i said the heat index values are climbing as with. feels like the 90s in philadelphia and the hot oppressive spot of the day is the majority of delaware from south of wilmington through dover. 109 index, that is just about as bad as you'll get around here. we have future tracker 6 picking up the possibility of the showers and thunderstorms and the new model runs are you pressing this up near allentown and the northern suburbs, anyone around the region needs to look out for this, they are normally in the northern suburbs, maybe something near philadelphia and maybe not. they could produce brief, heavy downpours and isolated gusty winds so get out of that pool if you hear thunder same thing goes for the beach but the beach is

far from thunderstorms field. hot and humid and a spotty thunderstorm is possible. clouds to sun down at the shore today. 87 degrees in atlanta sfic city. inland 75 in the water. notice how the wind coming up from the south doesn't bring that cool breeze into the delaware beaches, down there you'll be hot and humid too, 92 in rehoboth. 94 in philadelphia, and we are waiting until in the afternoon to get there. a thunderstorm cannot be ruled out and it will feel like it's over 100 and for the evening commute it's air conditioners on everywhere, 90s and high humidity and the thunderstorm chance especially up north. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we are going for a high of 94 today and tomorrow we do it again. 96 and it's still oppressive and heat index is over 100 and we get into the coming weekend and things get better and warm and sunny and a high of 89.

could be rain in parts of the region saturday night into sunday morning. this weekend is not nearly as oppressive as today or tomorrow. improvement is on the way. >> there is more ahead of in our next half hour of "action news" at 12:30, prince harry gets personal by taking a test with his health. and the ice-cream float was apparently created right in our area. alicia vitarelli has the history lesson.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with sara bloomquist, rick williams and david murphy. >> hello sara bloomquist is on assignment. down at the jersey shore, it's a combination of fog and heat and humidity today. meteorologist, david murphy has the latest on the exclusive heat warning. and a look at the troubled regional rail trains as septa with works to get them fixed and they say it's this generation's creative leaders in television. find out which shows are nominated for an emmy. >> now the detale, the dangerous heat is in our region when are under another excessive heat warning, they want everyone t