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there is new information about a murder in bucks county and police say it was connected to a love triangle. septa is adding borrowed trains as the delays continue on the regional rails. the big story on "action news" is the beginning of the show in cleveland. the republican national convention is getting underway today and trump is expected to make an unexpected appearance. stephanie ramos has more. >> even donald trump says this is an unconventional convention. the theme make america great again. the stage is set for the republican national convention and donald trump said he wants to see it on day one. >> we spent so much time building the center, we're very proud of it. >> the headliner, trump's

melinia. >> reporter: strump -- trump was side by side for interview. it hadn't been all love, they are differences for one pence supported the war in iraq. but donald trump's ghost rider said he is the one who made the miswhen he wrote the art of the deal. he genuinely believed when he gets the new codes it will need to the end of the civilization. >> i have not slept a night through, when trump announced he would run for president, he is so insecure and easily provoked and not as smart as people

imagine he is. >> reporter: the trump campaign said this is week is about helping the american people understand donald trump as a candidate. he will have him do that by having the family stake the stage. stephanie ramos. >> our jim gardner and sarah bloomquist are in cleveland this week, tune into their live reports from the republican national convention on "action news" at 4:00 p.m. meanwhile, philadelphia is getting ready to host hillary clinton for

national convention. before she comes here she also spending time in ohio expected to speak at the naacp conv in cincinnati today. her campaign is spending a million dollars in tv ads cross buckeye state this week. back here air force one made its way to philadelphia not by air, but by ground this morning. philadelphia police escorted the replica of the president's plane to the center. it's being installed as part of political fest for the dnc, a series of nonpartisan political exhibits around the city to engage convention goers and tourists and residents. "action news" will cover all the angles of the democratic national convention starting this friday. developing news out of baton rouge, louisiana where police continue to uncover more information about the gunman who ambushed 6 law enforcement officers yesterday. investigators say shooter gavin long was seeking out police to shoot them. he was identified as a former marine sergeant. the violence unfolded less than a mile from police headquarters. at this hour one officer is in critical condition, while

investigators try to find a motive for the attack. we'll have more on the deadly shooting in the next half-hour. developing news out of ballot where a judge has acquitted one of 6 officers charged in the 2015 death of freddie gray. gray died after suffering a spinal injury in police custody. lieutenant brian rice was the highest ranking officer charged with mansion, reckless endamagement and millions conduct in office. this morning a judge acquitted him of all charges. two other officers were acquitted in the case, as well. turning now to the accuweather forecast, it is day five of a very hot, very humid heat wave out there. as we look live from sky6 live hd from our temple university cam at the center city skyline, once again we're dealing with sticky contingency into the archful there could strong storms popping up around the region, as well. let's join david murphy at the

"action news" big board. >> reporter: rick you're right there are two issues. we assumed up to 90 philadelphia. 89 in millville. 86 in cape may. there's not a heat warning in place, part of the reason for that not everyone is experiencing that oppressively high dewpoint. in philadelphia we've seen the number drop to 67. anything 70 and up is oppressive. obviously we have it in wilmington, millville and cape may. a little bit less humid to the north, everybody dealing with high heat and pretty uncomfortable humidity values today. the heat index is making it feel like 95 in philadelphia. so a three degree spread there, we are looking for a high of 95 which means heat index values will make it feel like it's close to 100 in spots this afternoon. we're over 100 in dover, delaware, 96 in wilmington, 97 in millville. again, today's high, 95. sun and clouds for a while. and then we get a transition into bumpy weather this

afternoon. we're looking at the potential for thunderstorms to drop down out of the poconos through the lehigh valley and make it down to philadelphia either late this afternoon or early this evening. the national weather search villas storm prediction center has now drawn the slight risk category which was in allentown and reading down to the i-95 corridor. what this means, any thunderstorms that form in this area highlighted by yellow would have a chance of producing strong damaging wind gusts and hail and slight chance of a tornado, as well. it would be isolated, but a possibility. as we look at the local view on radar, nothing is here yet, well west to harrisburg and the poconos thunderstorms are beginning to pop and there's a line forming. they could spotty before they get here, oncer they do get here they could pack a punch. we'll have more on future

tracker 6 and much better weather tomorrow. >> all right let's check on katherine scott for the sweltering situation on independence mall this afternoon. katherine. >> reporter: hi, rick, we're here on independence mall we spoke with a lot of the out of towners even though this is hotter than some are used to, they say they knew what they were getting into when they came into philadelphia this time of year. they will duck into into air-conditioning to cool off, but they plan to plow ahead to see all the sights, but that's why they came here. >> it's hot. >> reporter: july -- julie is visiting from chicago, she was out early climbing the art museum stems. >> -- art museum i'm going to the barns and then i'm going to the phillies game. >> reporter: the heat

while the sun is low in the sky. >> it's too hot. in the heat i lose motivation. >> i try to get out here earlier, the sun beats down on you after a while. >> reporter: a slight breeze is coming off the fountain in franklin square. nearby tall trees shady spot. you don't have to travel far to see the real thing on independence mall visitors came to the city to see the sites, 90s tomorrow. >> we're going around the city and tomorrow we're going to a phillies game. i plan on loading up on water. >> i figure if i don't get loopy in the head and i don't fall over, i will press through. >> reporter: as you take a live look at independence mall, virtues have their

people their tourism maps and we've seen people with umbrellas trying to shield themselves from the bright sun. it is a hot one today, but we're expecting a little relief tomorrow. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> with thunderstorms possible in the afternoon and cleaning, tune into 6abc.com/weather for the hourly

tracker 6 live radar. follow our team of meteorologists on facebook and twitter or updates as well. septa's regional rail troubles are entering the third week, but they added more trains to help the congestion. officials hope the additional trains relieve overcrowding after the fleelt was taken out -- fleet was taken out of service because of defects. >> i continue to expect the delays, try to catch an earlier train in and earlier train home trying to beat the crowds on the train. i'm fortunate that i have the flexibility to work from home. >> you want to get in early and get out early is the key. >> reporter: septa said the problem could cause service issues beyond labor day. annie mccormick will have a full report at 12:30 p.m. still to come on "action news" at noon, police relieved details on a murder connected to a love triangle in bucks county. president obama is bestowing an honor an a vietnam veteran who rescued soldiers. meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right

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was 33-year-old edward dubinsky involved in a love they are looking for jeffrey gould and his girlfriend. developing right now, eagles wide receiver, nelson ago similar will not be charged -- agular will not be charged with the rape allegation against him. a dancer at cheerleaders gentleman club accused him of sexually assaulting her. williams said there's not enough evidence to bring charges in the case. we learned that the truck driver who killed dozens of people in nice, france searched online about isis propaganda and the orlando attack. police arrested 7 people believed to be connected to the

driver fethullah mohamed lahouaj bouhiel. today france held a national moment of silence for the 84 people who died in the rampage. he helped rescue dozens of american soldiers from certain death during the vietnam war. today at the would you also, lieutenant colonel charles kettle received the nation's highest honor, president obama present him with the medal of honor. he returned to a landing zone under heavy fire and credited with saving 40 soldiers and four members of his unit. >> three, two, one, main engines up and running liftoff of the falcon 9 to the space station. >> and with that space x launched that unmanned falcon rocket early this morning in florida. it's carrying a docking port to

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it appears cinnamon can give your brain a boost. reachers fed the spice to laboratory mice. they became better learners. researchers saw the results after including the spice in their diet for one month. the "action news" team is up working on stories beginning at 4:00 p.m. alicia vitarelli is in the newsroom, how was your weekend? >> reporter: i hope it was great for you, as it was for myself. this morning we have positivity it's going viral coming up in big talkers, a local high school teams up with a clothing company to surprise a life-long volunteer. they are spreading an important message, be nice, they are two words having an impact on the community and beyond. training to be a firefighters involves a lot

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meteorologist david murphy is back with a closer look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. some relief on the way. >> reporter: tomorrow it will feel wordle different and today we have to get through heat and humidity and potentially strong storms. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows there's nothing local, but north and west of philadelphia we're seeing the afternoon thunderstorms still pretty far away, looks like we'll have to

wait probably until later in the afternoon before allentown and reading start to get hit by that. strong storms may make it down to philadelphia. taking a look outside we have the action cam out earlier, that's a nice picture on a hot and humid day, you sit down by the fountain you get a spray coming character way in center city. you kind of need it there and elsewhere, too. 92 degrees in philadelphia. a quick climb in the low 90s as expected. the dewpoint dropped out of the 70s down to 67. that's noble humidity the winds out of the -- noble humidity, the winds out of the west/southwest is humid air. 90 until allentown and reading. up in the northern areas not as humid as philadelphia. once you get into wilmington and south jersey and delaware, the humidity levels are higher. we have oppressive humidity out there. heat index gives you an indication the higher numbers to the south, the higher humidity. 99 degrees heat index at the airport in atlantic city

in dover. these are some of the hotter spots. we still have a few hours to add to the temperature and get the heat index values up. i think so a lot of you will experience conditions feeling like the upper 90s or worse today. as you look at rain, looks like between now until 3:30 p.m. there's not a lot going on. but by 3:00 p.m. look out for strong thunderstorms. there's a few dropping out of the lehigh valley into philadelphia. by 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. there's a chance that spotty but strong storms are coming through the i-95 corridor and looks like it gets off the coast by 9:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. tonight. down the coast it should not be as bad. this is a brand new update from the national storm prediction center. earlier this morning when we went on the air, they had the slight risk category in

allentown and reading. before we extended it to philadelphia, now they are bringing it to the shore. this is an update. looks like everybody is in line for potentially strong thunderstorms. there's a slight risk for tornados, as well. that's being pushed back up into the northern and western suburbs. anything that pops in through here could produce strong, damaging wind gusts and the possibility of lightning downpours and strong winds there's a chance of a an isolated tornado that's this afternoon into this evening. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 95, hot and humid, we've got the storm channels as we go into the afternoon. tuesday, the storms are over, humidity is dropping during the day and it's getting nice around here, 89. wednesday the pick of the week, 84, gorgeous day, back to 89, nice on thursday. unfortunately as we head into the coming weekend, friday, saturday, and sunday, we're back in the 90s, the humidity is up again and again we'll be on the look out for thunderstorms, probably the best chance would be sunday. there could something popping friday and saturday, as well.

>> thank you again. a first of its kind job fair opened in gloucester county a free workshop and job fair for residents who are disabled. it's being held in sewell, new jersey, job seekers are not only taught how to prepare resumes, and interact with potential employers, but a

>> hello, again, sarah is on assignment in cleveland, ohio, here's some of the stories following on "action news" at 12:30. new information is coming in about the man who shot and killed three baton rouge police officers. republican national convention gets underway in the next half-hour and thousands of police officers are fanning out. steamy and stormy, most of us are baking. storms are moving through parts of the area right now. meteorologist david murphy has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up in just a moment. we begin with developing news at 12:30 we're learning more about the marine veteran who place shot and killed three law enforcement officers in baton rouge, louisiana.