the ongoing drama since the first day. today a speech writer is apologizing for melania trump's speech scandal. >> just a few hours ago donald trump makes his grand entrance by air into cleveland. on the tarmac he was greeted by his children along with mike pence and pence says he believes what begins in cleveland will end at the white house. >> sara bloomquist is live in cleveland with what local delegates are expecting. >> reporter: the republican national convention gets back underway in just under two hours from now, yes tonight is the big night for donald trump's vice presidential pick, indiana governor, mike pence, his big introduction to the nation. we caught up with the delegation to get their thoughts on this evening. >> i want to hear governor pence say he is enthusiastic about the

ticket and enthusiastic about the platform and that they have a plan to win the presidency. >> i want to hear conservativism and calm and the way he will back trump. >> i want to hear fundamental values and he has a reputation of being a fiscal conservative. and i they can he but the a brake on fiscal spending. that i think is his strongest asset. >> so the news of the day should have been about mike pence that is what the campaign wanted. but melania trump's speech is making most of the headlines and some are referring to it as speech-gate. >> the fallout continues after melania trump's apparent

plagiarism on the convenience floor. the similarities are highlighted over and over again. today melania trump's speech writer came forward and took responsibility. she explained that melania referenced michelle obama's 2008 of what she wanted to say and those examples ended up in the final draft. mcguyver says i did not check mrs. obama's speech and i feel bad for the chaos i caused. and mcguyver went on to say she offered her resignation and donald trump rejected it and he said people make honest mistakes this just hours after the chairman had this to say on "good morning america." >> we don't know who it was done by, as far as we are concerned it's melania's speech it's her

stories, what she conveys is a genuine message from the heart. >> the trump campaign hoping this distraction is behind them and the end of it and they will try to make new headlines this evening, on the speaker's list is newt gingrich and mike pence and marco rubio and ted cruz. >> thank you sara. of course visit 6abc.com of during the convenience to expand your own understanding of the issues and see slideshows and more, on facebook and twitter check out the live updates from the "action news" team and make your own voice heard by joining the conversation. >> we are just five days away from the kickoff of the democratic convention. and philadelphia is ready to

show the world the best it has to offer. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live at independence mall. >> a lot of stuff going on they are used to dealing with stuff but a big political convention like this is a big deal. the expectation is that out of towners will look for authentic. >> they will focus more on the little guy and come out and come to the jazz clubs and the local bars. >> the lure a good dinner before and good jazz after the convention along with cocktails. >> cocktails favorites of past president. >> they are gearing up for the a.m. >> the terminal opens up an hour earlier we open at 7:00 instead of 8:00. >> there are hotel rooms

available but 50,000 visitors will make it a busy week. >> our restaurants and bars will do well. >> and they believe that dncors will have monday to spend on bobble heads and stuff. >> plus a high end furniture store says they expect regular conventioners to do the same. >> take items that are easily shippable. with a little more intention put into it for the convention as well. >> what is all of this buying and spending and eating worth? they estimate $250 to $350 million, that dwarfed the diabetes convention in 2012, they were $59 million in economic impact and they had 17,000 attendees. >> that was a big convention at least under conventional terms, a national political convention

is much, much bigger, four to five times bigger, spend by the media and the delegates and the convention goers and a lot of money spent on security. all of that is cranked into the factors into how much money is spend with a national political convention. back to you. >> thank you. as we mentioned we are just five-day as way from the beginning of the dnc here in philadelphia and the entire "action news" team will bring you every angle. our live coverage from the wells fargo center kicks off this friday. >> residents of a street in dar darby borough woke up to tires on multiple cars were slashed. chad pradelli has the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: darby police say that vandalism crimes like this

are unusual. whoever was responsible went to town with the knife puncturing tire after tire. murphy as he is known around here lived on the 1100 block of chestnut for 65 years and it's the first time he had his tires slashed. it wasn't just one vehicle but two. >> two on this one and one on the suburban. >> tires are not cheap. >> no, they are not. >> 11 tires in all on nine vehicle as cording to police. >> what do you get from doing something like that for someone you don't know or anybody. >> dale's wife was awake at 2:30 a.m. and did not hear anything suspicious. police believe whoever is responsible likely slashed the tires with a knife sometime after then. police have no suspects and murphy's bill to fix the tires, three tires at $115 a pop.

>> rest assured i will be checking on the street. >> reporter: and we have seen some surveillance cameras in the area, that one we are told by police is not operational but detectives are searching around for surveillance to get a better idea of who the suspect or suspects are. >> thank you chad. an "action news" viewer captured the scene of this fire this morning in the city's may fair section, it left a firefighter battling heat exhaustion, it broke out in the 4700 block and it started in the basement and then spread to the upper two floors and it took an hour for the firefighters to get it under control. no word yet on what caused it. >> police are looking for a woman they say is brewing up a scam involving wawa coffee, this woman pocketed more than 3,000 there's by returning stolen

items. she steals bags of coffee and returns them to another wawa where she returns them for cash. >> in several of the thefts she is wearing scrubs. if you know who she is, police to like to hear from you. matt pellman is in the traffic center. how are we looking so far? >> trouble brewing. we had two crashes earlier on 95 southbound and still sluggish now in the southbound lanes coming away from woodhaven to bridge street but the crash there i showed you in the last half hour is off to the side. this one is blocking a lane in the lehigh valley near 15th street, you see single digit speeds coming east of 476, the northeast extension. no question you want to use 78 instead of 22 in allentown. and how about our turnpike troubles.

the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound approaching fort washington there is a wreck on the shoulder but all the way to valley forge to fort washington. and the new jersey turnpike an earlier dump truck fire in mercer county approaching 7 a and lane restrictions in the inner drive and multidelays on both directions. in franklin township gloucester county a pole was hit and dutch mill or weymouth roads are alternates around that mess. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> okay. thanks matt. children in south jersey will learn that police officers are their friends, the gloucester market is holding their annual police academy for the next three weeks, they learn about weapon safety and bike safety and k-9 safety and physical fitness and more. >> i think it's fun even though in the morning it's really hot.

and we have to do a lot of workouts out there. >> the officers say the goal is to teach kids to be partners with police, this is the fifth year for the junior league in gloucester township. a texas deputy that was feeling discouraged needed a sign that his work was worthwhile. and how a speeding car and a pregnant woman and a detour in the parking lot gave him the miracles he needed. and the promise of life, the unique program gives them the chance to donate an organ now into the investment of another person's future. we enjoyed a break in the heat and humidity, with the extended heat wave that brings record setting temperatures, the details in accuweather when "action news" returns.

in texas a newborn baby turned out to be the answer to one sheriff deputy's prayers. the deputy pulled over a jeep passing him little did he know that a passenger destiny hall was in labor and her husband was rushing her to the hospital. but little evelyn could not wait. he guided them on what to do

with the work. little evelyn was born in a gas station parking lot. >> personally i needed it. that morning more than ever. it was an answered prayer. literally. >> recent events had him questioning his role as a police officer. he asked god for a sign and now he believes that one was literally delivered. 11 gop staffers remain confined to their hotel rooms in cleveland. they have confirm that the norovirus is to blame. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us with more. >> reporter: this was suspected yesterday and confirmed today. those 11 staffers from california have norovirus, and the focus is on preventing others from getting sick. it causes nausea and vomiting and diarrhea and typically lasts one to three days but people can

be contagious much longer. we see this spread quickly on cruise ships and can live on surfaces for days and only takes a small amount of virus to make someone sick. >> normally you get it from shaking a hand or sharing utensils or touching a surface that that person contaminated. >> the staffers are asked to stay in their hotel rooms and wash their hands frequently. also today in florida, health officials investigating a case of zika virus that may not be related to travel or sexual contact. if this is the case it will be the first locally acquired zika case in the u.s. also, today a grandfathers way to help his grandson could change the country's organ donation system.

his grandson quinn was born with kidney problems, and he will need a transplant one day and by then he will be too old to donate. he worked out a deal with a doctor to give someone a kidney now and give him a voucher for his grandson. and nine other institutions are coming on board. >> i left a legacy of putting him from perhaps at the bottom of the list to the top of the list and i changed my grandson's life and i may not even be here. it doesn't get much better than that. >> ucla doctors believe that the voucher concept could leave to living donors. >> that is a great idea. still ahead an icon of jazz is coming to philadelphia. we'll have the details. and also, why you shouldn't chase a pokemon character into saudi arabia, what they have to

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time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. >> cecily tynan is off and we

have add adhere to tell us how it's going. it looks pretty good today. >> today is the best day of the week and the best day of the next seven as the heat and humidity builds again. we look berks county westbound, haze in the distance but that haze will build especially friday, saturday and sunday into monday. but for now we have an easterly wind at the shore. pulling the numbers into the 70s around 80 degrees, the ocean temperature sitting at 70 degrees, inland locations below average for this time of year. and rare for the month of july. 85 in reading and 83 in wilmington. a few high clouds bubbling up from the north and west and that is the flow now with the drier winds coming in although they are light, it's bringing in lower humidity and the winds switch from the southwest here starting tomorrow. >> so another comfortable night tonight under a clear sky and

gently breeze. 62 in reading and 66 in wilmington and similar to that along our shore communities. thursday tomorrow there is some minor changes with respect to the temperatures. today again 86 for the high and tomorrow we should hit 90 in philadelphia. a little uptick in the humidity but it won't be terribly humid tomorrow. a lot of sun and a few clouds but heat continues to build in the northern plains and everywhere in this area has heat warnings in the purple there. this expands to the east and you'll notice many more cities being added to the heat warnings as we get into thursday and friday. future tracker 6 heat indexes here feeling like 112 in ohio and kansas city. as we get into friday, the heat continues to build and expand to the east, we receive 110 plus

degree temperatures and the heat index variety across much of the nation's heartland and we'll be seeing close to those numbers as we get into sunday and monday. >> the five-day at 5:00 forecast, hot and humid and 95 on friday, with thunderstorms and spots in the afternoon, feeling like 100, saturday the temperature goes up to 98 and the heat index stays the same but the humidity drops a bit on saturday, and it boosts back up here on sunday, heat index of 103, and a heat index of 98 and your heat index near 106 in philadelphia, record highs in philadelphia on sunday and monday, and on monday afternoon, there are some thunderstorms developing to cool off locations but we'll let you know if we let temperatures climb or fall back in the seven day in the next half hour. as we prepare for another heat wave, keep 6abc.com/weather open on all of your devices,

rely on stormtracker 6 live double scan showing changes heading your way and get updates from our meteorologist by following them on facebook and twitter. >> still more to come in our next half hour. we'll have much more when we come back.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, williams and monica malpass. >> in the midst of the flurry of activity is the anticipation and excitement of the democratic national convention. what visitors can expect in the coming days. and children are pulled from a father's car when police find explosives inside of it. and hundreds of children go hungry each summer and they don't have to. there is a program that makes sure children have food and fun while school is out and it's absolutely free. we are less than five-day as way from the national convention here in philadelphia. in the coming days more than 50,000 politicians and celebrities and media will head to the city in support of hillary clinton, there are construction projects to wrap

up. organizers want everyone to remember that it's an historic and exciting event. gray hall is here with more. >> reporter: the hope here is to impress visitors enough that they want to extend their stay or make a return trip here to philadelphia. take a look behind me here in the convention center, workers have been busy around the clock making the final minute preparations on dnc projects. last minute preparations are underway in philadelphia just days away from all eyes being on the city as the democratic national convention takes the spotlight. >> we are excited but have some work to do. >> she says that workers and volunteers will be busy until the convention starts july 25th and during the big event to make sure things go as smoothly as

possible. >> we don't get into the politicses for us it's about showcasing the city. >> all the pomp and circumstance takes place in the wells fargo center but events take part across the city for the delegates and visitors, one is a political fest, an affair that has seven exhibits. christian aldridge and her team created the exhibits. >> one stop is here at the convention center where people like louis is here to sell items from local artists. >> i am from puerto rico and to be part of this this is home for me and it's awesome. >> they are adding final touches to city hall turn nood a political entertainment center of sorts. >> it's exciting a lot of us are philadelphia locals and it's incredibly special to represent our home town in this way.

>> back out live, you see the sign, six days, seven stops, political fest, all the fun begins this friday and ends on wednesday the theme for inside of the convention center is politics and you, and of course for everything political fest and dnc go to our website at 6abc.com. reporting live inside of the convention center, gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. hillary clinton is running out of time to choose her vice presidential running mate. senator tim kaine of virginia and agriculture secretary tim vilsack are among the contenders, she will be campaigning in florida, and could make the announcement then. when asked senator tim kaine said he is not expecting a decision from her until the weekend. the list keeps growing by the minute.

"ugly betty" start america ferrara says she and leana dunham are speaking in support of hillary clinton. and basketball great, kareem abdul-jabbar is honored to be supporting hillary clinton at the convenience in philly next thursday and demiato tweeted i am going to the convention. >> we are ready to bring you coverage from every angle. in other news a strong odor of marijuana led police to search a parked minivan and that search turned up homemade explosives. 32-year-old derek mckinney was

behind the wheel and his two children were in the van with him and with them was two homemade sticks of dynamite. 71% that is how many underprivileged children go hungy in new jersey and they don't have to. >> nora muchanic has more on a program that provides meals and fun for children while school is out. >> it's lunch time at the boys and girls club in trenton where roughly 100 kids are getting a healthy meal they may not otherwise get. >> some kids wouldn't eat unfortunately. we have breakfast and we provide lunch. >> it's part of the federal food service lunch program, it's part of the free and reduced lunch program that kids get during the school year. it's critical for kids during the summer. >> statewide there is 340,000 kids that live in households

that often don't know where their next meal is coming from. >> every kid under the age of 18 is eligible for this program and the state is trying to get the word out. >> we have 98 cities that are area eligible and it's important for us to raise awareness of where the locations are and when the meals are serve and what time. >> courtney paige heads the program through the department of agriculture, there are over 1200 feeding sites in new jersey. they are looking to expand partnerships like this with towns and libraries and food banks. >> we are looking for the community based solutions to end summer hunger, currently 85,000 kids in new jersey participate in the free program and that is 19% of those eligible, those part of the program want families to sign up so no children go hungry this summer. for information on a feeding

site near you call or go to our website at 6abc.com. nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." time now to see how the traffic is rolling out there. >> lets go to matt pellman in the traffic center. with more as we try to get home tonight. >> i have something that is not palletable. it's the vine street expressway and as always it's jammed in the westbound lanes approaching the schuylkill expressway. not far away, another protest near city hall, i would not be surprised to see rolling closures in that neck of the woods, near south street 14 miles per hour with afternoon volume. and a concert at the mann music center tonight so not a great time for a crash at belmont at concourse drive but there is one. we had a dump truck fire on the new jersey turnpike in mercer county, some lanes are still blocked at the inner drive.

in burlington county a crash on 295 southbound by rancocas woods delran. and problems on route 40, first in franklin township. the overturned truck is blocking hardy highway, and on 40 in new casting, we are still without all the lanes bought of a building fire, this is 13 southbound all traffic is forced to stay on there, getting on to 40, delays across the board on the regional rails, but rick and monica, most of them are 10 minutes. but not as bad as some afternoons there. a group of philadelphia students have a story to tell as they start school in the fall. how they take what they learn in the classroom on the road. the brightly colored donkeys with the theme on them they are part of a hunt to land you big

prizes. >> we have a break from the heat and humidity building to 100 in many locations, we'll talk about when it arrives here in the accuweather forecast. >> jaime apody has sports, and marlins action in philadelphia. when "action news" continues in just a moment.

we have brand new video of a man shooting up a west philadelphia donut store. it happened at the fresh and tasty donut on westland caster avenue. the man tried to open the door and shut it from the inside. the man fired three shots and took off. the person holding the door was hit and was taken to the hospital for treatment. police are still looking for the suspect tonight. a man who was shot in the face continues to cling to life tonight as the search for the gunman continues, this was the scene just after 9:00 last evening along the 1500 block of west olney avenue, officers found the 22-year-old victim and put him in the squad car and rushed him to einstein for treatment. >> a delaware man says he was burned when an electronic

cigarette exploded in his pockets. we warn you these images are graphic. >> he says he put the e-cigarette in his pocket when unloading groceries in march and it caught on fire and caught his pants on fire. >> i had second degree and third degree burns from my hip to my knee on my right leg and it had to be skin grafted. >> the store delaware vapor has no comment on the case. we reached out to lg cam america but have not heard back. the phillies are still searching for offense? >> they can't hit. >> okay we'll be right back stay with us -- >> they were able to hit at points but boy the phillies have had chances and dug themselveses into a hole, two straight games of extra inning losses, two straight days with the bats

broken. jeff skversky is at citizens bank park. >> the phillies won't wet any offense if i'm at the plate. but the hitters meeting tonight before the game against the marlins. manager pete mccannon is switching up the lineup. herrera is in a giant slump. they went into the all-star break red hot and came out ice cold. they lost four out of their last five and the phillies have fallen back from sixth in the wild war to nine. they believe they can get back on track. >> no matter what happens the rest of year, we'll have our good times and have our bad times, we are in a bad time and we have to break out the sooner the better. >> for the phillies they have to swing the bats better, they are averaging two runs perfect game since the all-star game and they

have the worst on base percentage in baseball and the lowest in 74 years. >> it's not an easy game, you go through stretches like this, and you continue to battle but you can't get down because you are probably facing some of the best pitching in the league the last three nights. >> you go through that and have you six strikeouts in a few games it's just part of the game. >> among the lone bright spots right now is tommy joseph hitting a homer every 12.54 at-bats, that is the best in baseball. we'll have more on that coming up at 6:00. >> thanks jeff. baseball you know can be a game of inches and given how close the mound is to the plate. look at this from yesterday's pirates game. that is rookie pitcher, look him take this line drive to the back of the head. the ball estimated going 105

miles per hour ricochetted to the out field. he then stayed in the game and was forced to duck when a line drive came his way. he tweeted later he was going to bed feeling extremely lucky. the philadelphia union last won a road game in march and it's july. they got two starts with the final with the revolution tonight. >> we'll go up there and try to impose as much of our game on them as possible. we know it's do or die and winner go home and try to thrive in that environment and that atmosphere. we need to go up there and be confident. >> they have nine road games left. better start winning some. >> thank you jaime. >> dozens of students are heading to africa to serve as ambassadors of the city of philadelphia. 65 students from the african

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more than a million dollars in grants will pay for projects to protect and enhance the delaware river. the national fish and wildlife and the william penn foundations presented a joint check to the restoration fun. that will restore natural habitats and protect critical sources of drinking water. they provide drinking water to 15 million people including new jersey and pennsylvania and new york. >> we talk about the democrats coming into town they better have light clothing and water. >> you listen to us. light, loose clothing and water. >> you have a fan? >> double scan live radar we have a lot of sunshine just a few clouds out there. this afternoon low humidity and the action cam along the

schuylkill expressway, you see a few of these geese here sunning themselves on a rock and if i was them i would be jumping in the water. that is something you want to do into early next week. if you don't have air conditioning keep the windows open with the fan in the house. 87 was the high temperature today that was perfectly normal. for this time of year, the same thing for the low. 70 which the normal is 70 degrees and the sunsetting at 8:25 p.m. right now 79 at the atlantic city airport and 77 in the poconos and the rest of the numbers are uniform in the low to mid-80s, 83 in wilmington and similar to that in dover. high pressure is to the west with the high winds are clockwise and we get the flow out of the north north westerly direction bringing in the fresh lower humidity air from canada but the high moves to the east and we get the return flow from the south beginning tomorrow, for tonight it's clear and comfy

with a gentle breeze out there, 69 for center city, the day planner for thursday it's sunny and hot once again and back up to the 90 degree threshold and clouds late morning into the afternoon and temperatures hitting the 90 around the 4:00 hour tomorrow afternoon and warm at 8:00 at 84 degrees, down the shore tomorrow plenty of sun and a wind and uv on the high side. at the shore it's 9 degrees cooler or so at the shore. 80s in sea isle city and cape may and warmer at the beaches in delaware. rehoboth 83 with the winds from the southeasterly direction. the jet stream is buckling into canada and the northern plains and then dives over our reaction but the jet stream will lift to the north during the week and

the upcoming weekend and allows that to expand in the northeast states and everyone is baking here with blazing sun and record temperatures over the latter part of the weekend, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 90 not to humid tomorrow and it's hot once again, 95 on friday and an isolated thunderstorms with a heat index of 100 and saturday 98 degrees and heat indexes near 100 again and they surpass the century points with record setting temperatures on sunday with 103 degrees and record heat on monday with the dnc with 106 degrees and dangerous and thunderstorms are developing in the afternoon way high of 99. still hot even though we are at 94 with storms on tuesday. still humid as well. and the heat wave extends in wednesday at 90 degrees with the prolonged heat wave ahead with record setting numbers, need to

slow down and stay indoors as much as possible. >> thank you. college students from across the country gathered at temple university to talk politics, there to lead them is our own anchor, matt o'donnell. the seminar is topics how social media is playing a role in the race for president.

the painted donkeys you see around town are part of a scavenger hunt. you just need to download the app. you can win a slew of prizes including a stay in philadelphia. just go to our website at 6abc.com. >> right now jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with these stories and much more next at 6:00. donald trump makes a grand reentrance at the republican convention in cleveland and jim gardner is live with more. and grand expectations for vice presidential candidate, mike pence as he takes the stage tonight. and vandals target tires in darby. what people found when they walked out to their cars this morning. those story are coming up. for adam joseph and cecily tynan

and jaime apody and rick williams i'm monica malpass "action news" at 6:00 is next.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. wednesday night and we are live at the republican national convention and the big story on "action news" tonight the arrival of donald trump in the city of cleveland. and as you might have imagine he landed here with some measure of fanfare. >> trump's helicopter touched down at the science center where

he was greeted by running mate, mike pence and his first words were all about winning. >> we are going to win ohio. come here mike we are going to win ohio and win it all. we will make it great again. >> more word on the melania trump speech. a speech writer named merriam mcguyver took responsibility for using some of michelle obama's speech from 2008. she offered to resign but the resignation is not accepted. she worked on number of donald trump's book. she was brought in after melania nixed drafts done by two professional speech riders. >> i feel terrible for the mistakes i caused for melania and the trumps. wednesdays at national completecal conve