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moments before police shoot a man that was lying on the ground in miami, florida. and we are following new developments in the shakeup of temple university's president. but the big story is the breaking details of the murder of a 15-year-old boy gunned down as he was leaving a basketball game. police now have a suspect in custody of barnes. barnes was the shot in the face back on july 11th. the 16-year-old was arrested at his house this morning and is currently being questioned by detectives. moving to the weather front now, we are expecting dangerously hot conditions over the next couple of days including an excessive heat watch along with plenty of humidity. sky 6 hd looking live at center city, the warmer air is beginning to move in with perhaps another heat wave. karen rogers in for david murphy

outside on the terrace with the latest from accuweather. >> reporter: you can feel the difference today beautiful and bright but getting height. looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan we have clear skies and a few high clouds up there we are looking good as far as that is concerned. right now we are heating things up. 84 in martins creek and 86 in coatesville and 86 in saint david's, that after this morning we were starting in the upper 50s in locations. 85 currently in center city and right now 85 in browns mills and 85 at the boardwalk in a.c. and 85 in glassboro, and 85 degrees in smyrna, delaware. so turning the temperatures up a bit. but how about the dew points. right now it's not terribly humid. the humidity is not bad at all at 61 degrees, maybe slightly humid, i think it will drop

further. here is what you can expect for the evening commute, we are staying dry today and keeping our sunshine and hitting a high of 90 degrees, so a few degrees above average, and a few degrees above yesterday's high of 87. 5:00 p.m. 88 and bright sunshine and a few clouds around and 6:00 coming down from that and 7:00 p.m. 86 degrees. the national weather service has already posted an excessive heat warning for saturday morning to sunday afternoon and they will likely extend that to sunday. here is the impact over the next five days, today a moderate impact at 90 degrees and more so tomorrow heating up and turning up the humidity. saturday is hotter still and sunday will be humid and monday is when the core of the heat really hits us. when i come in in a minute and show you the seven-day forecast, it will be surprising to see 90s every day in the seven day

period. it will be a while we deal with this heat. well, that impending heat wave is coming in time for the democratic national convention, when a lot of people will be working ougt side and philadelphia's top cop is watching the sweltering forecast. >> it will be excessive next week with all the police officers involved standing on the lines as well as the protesters some of whom may overestimate their ability to walk in some of these demonstrations, a lot of things we are concerned about right now. philadelphia police are monitoring the security at the republican convention going on in cleveland as they get ready for a similar operation here in philadelphia. right now donald trump is getting ready to accept his party's nomination for president in cleveland. the final night at the convention last night had tense moments when ted cruz was pulled

off the stage. >> reporter: ted cruz is defending why he did not endorse donald trump. today ted cruz who at one point was donald trump's toughest challenger, told the texas delegation he could not endorse trump. that day was the day this became personal. i am not in the habit of supporting people that attack my wife and my father. cruz's speech overriding everything including eric trump's speech. up staging vp nominee, mike pence. >> stand and speak and vote your conscious and that caused this -- during cruz's final lines, trump entered the convention hall from the back and cruz made his swift exit at

heckler hecklers shouted at him. so why did cruz show up? >> he believes that ted cruz as one of the candidates that ran for president should help to bring the party together again. >> the theme is make american one again, as he delivers his speech on the biggest night of the convenience and accept the nomination. >> he still needs to bring the republican party behind him and then the american people behind him. >> back to that texas delegation breakfast. ted cruz shouting that cruz will never be president and some vowing to write in cruz in november. in cleveland, stephanie ramos, channel 6 "action news." >> back here philadelphia of course gearing up to host the dnc next week. there are ways to take part. political fest say series of exhibits across the city. ed rendell a member of the host

committee took a tour of the sites by way of the flash bus, it put memorabilia and history on display. gray hall joins us live at 12:30 for a look at what visitors can expect. in our live coverage from the dnc from the wells fargo center starts tomorrow. the entire "action news" team is ready to bring you every angle of the convention. in other news, hundreds of flights are canceled or delayed because of a computer glitch at southwest airlines and the problem is continuing for a second straight day. katherine scott joins us live now looking at the impact for passengers at philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: rick, southwest said most of their systems were back online this morning, it just takes time to recover. we are standing in the checkin area, and there is still a line but this is actually a lot shorter than earlier. there is still problems, southwest can expect

cancellations and delays today while they position aircraft and crews. >> on the way to the airport or upon seeing the line -- >> they had a line from here all the way to around here. >> it was bad news no matter where they found out. this morning the southwest checkin area at philadelphia international airport was packed with passengers, after the airlines technical problems stretched into another day causing hundreds more cancellations and delays across the country. >> i had a connecting flight from st. louis, and well you are not going to get to tulsa from st. louis today. i may have to go to dallas and then take three flights. >> the problems started yesterday afternoon, southwest began having intermittent issues, after an outage. customers could not check in or board their planes. by late afternoon it appears to be corrected and then the system

crashed again. >> the employees are helpful and friendly but it is what it is. >> more than 700 southwest flights were canceled yesterday and they said the trouble could continue today and indeed it did. >> my feet hurt. >> reporter: people wondered if they would make the plans they set out for. >> my son justin gorini, is doing a show. >> we are going to san diego, and they said there is nothing today owe and nothing tomorrow. >> that wedding was tomorrow and he was looking for another airline and was not alone today. there is improvement but there is still room for more. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. meanwhile, new developments this noon at the drama of the

ousting of temple's president. a settlement was reached to allow neil to resign -- the due if part to a financial aid deficit and the chancellor will act as president until they find a permanent replacement. two men lost their lives to gun violence in separate incidences this morning. one man was a 20-year-old man that was shot 14 timed on the 2100 block of north masher street in philadelphia. at 1:00. and at the same time another 22-year-old man was hit by a barrage of bullets in his car and was driving in winfield when he was killed. investigators did not name suspects in either case. it's possible that the zika virus is being carried by mosquitos for the first time in the united states.

we have the latest. and new video shows a man with his hands up lying on the ground just before he is shot by police. details on the investigation in miami coming up. and meteorologist, karen rogers is back with a look at the hot and steamy forecast from accuweather. when "action news" at noon continues in just a moment.

this video from miami is sparking out rain this noon, it show the moments before and after a behavioral therapist lying on the ground with his hands in the air was shot by police. kinsy works at a facility and the man was an autistic man that is from his home. he was trying to calm the man. >> i am unarmed and he was an autistic guy with a toy truck in his hand. i had my hands in the air and i just got shot. i said sir, why did you shoot me and his words to me was i don't know. >> that police officer is on

administrative leave. it is possible that the zika virus has reached a dangerous new milestone in the united states. a woman in miami could be the first person infected by mosquito bite on the u.s. main land. she has the virus but not from traveling or sexual contact. now mosquitos are being tested to see if they are carrying the virus linked to birth defects. they are now giving zika prevention kits to pregnant women. and a man is now behind bar, the man intentionally sparked ten different fires that joined together. a man was there and took this video while he called 911. the firefighters rushed to the scene and stopped the flames from spreading into a full blown wild fire. still to come, this noon, he fought in vietnam and is in the midst of a battle here at hom.

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more than 1,000 striking casino workers are planning to surround the trump taj mahal in atlantic city. the striking casino is in its fourth week, they walked off the job during a contract dispute centered on insurance and

benefits, they are set to march around the casino. now they are questioning a common belief about exercise, lifting relatively light weights could do as much as heavier sessions. a test on 49 young women with and men found no significant difference between the group that used lighter weights with more reps versus the one that followed the standard routine. veterans returning from war often face many more battles when they come home. in today's art of aging report, tamala edwards introduces us to an advocate that fights for his blood brothers and sisters every day. >> george washington said it right, if you take care of your veterans you take care of your country. >> every saturday afternoon at 4:00 you can hear joe on the radio in ocean city.

the vietnam veteran hosts the welcome home show. >> like vietnam veterans they never got the welcome home. it's a sounding place for veterans of all wars. >> i don't think we do a good job in this country of taking care of our veterans, it was sparked by his own feelings of mistreatment when he went to court to fight a traffic citation. >> i was angry and my wife said do something about it or forget it. >> he decided to do something, his first battle was over beach badges. >> why do veteran goes to foreign countries and fight for our freedom and have to buy a beach badge when they come back to new jersey. >> so he lobbied for a bill from governor chris christie, allowing beach access to veterans. >> it's all about veteran know they have not been forgotten

about. and now on a mission to help young vets returning from iraq and afghanistan. >> one thing that veterans don't know is that there is a lot of benefits available. nobody looks and said what is coming to me. joe tells them. >> shines a light on the needs of vets from health care to the spotlight on suicide with 2200 a day taking their own lives. >> they are the only ones raising their hands and willing to die for their country. we should treat the veterans like royalty when they come home. the "action news" team is working on news stories tonight at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli with a preview. >> reporter: we are talking about solar panels, more and more people are putting them up on their homes, they are easy to install and of course they can save you money but there are some pitfalls, we have everything you need to know coming up in, what's the deal?

>> and down the shore today to margate where the famous landmark lucy the elephant is running for president. it all begins at 4:00, take us with you on the go, download the free 6 abc news app and watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. >> a quick break and another check of the accuweather forecast when we come right back.

whenthe state made aers, commitment to us. i knew that i wasn't going to make a fortune. but i would have a secure pension plan when i retired. each and every one of us made that contribution from every paycheck we ever earned. they've been negligent in their responsibility over the years of not funding this pension the way it should have been funded. they have made a promise, they've made a commitment, and they need to stick to it.

meteorologist karen rogers is back talking about the sizzling temperatures and the potential for heat wave number four. >> it's day one and we are going up from here too. lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the area, we are dry, lets go on outside and heat things up today. chopper 6 hd is out there doing a little flying and checking out the philadelphia museum of art. we have blue skies and lots of

sunshine and just a few clouds out there. if are you outside make sure you drink a lot of water because the heat is starting today and lasting for a while. 85 is the current temperature. the dew point is 61. not terribly humid and the pressure is holding steady and the winds are out of the south-southwest at 9 miles per hour. and the ocean temperature warms up significantly from yesterday. lets look at satellite 6 along with action radar nothing going on and nothing but sunshine, there are clouds out to the north and west. the front to the north and west, and nice and dry. how about the highs hit 90 in philadelphia, several degrees warmer than it was yesterday. 90 in reading and 89 in allentown and trenton and 80 in cape may cooler along the ocean that is nice, you have a sea breeze to help you out. hour by hour 2:00 p.m. 88 and bright sunshine and humidity is not bad.

4:00 p.m. we hit a high of 90. by 6:00 dipping down to 87 and it turns more humid tonight. 10:00, 82 degrees. and some suburbs drop to the upper 60s that will not happen tonight we hit 73 overnight in the city. but down the shore you have the nice sea breeze that is helping you out. don't forget the sunscreen the uv is high. and 85 and warmer in delaware and bethany beach and 75 along delaware. that is pretty good. the core of the heat is out to the west and we talk about the plains and how hot it is time-out -- hot out there. take a look at what to expect. friday we are tracking some of the hottest temperatures we have seen in years. at times the heat index will range from 100 to 105, and

record highs are in jeopardy, cumulative highs will affect your body. we are in the 90s and today we are border line, high of 90 and just starting to heat things up. tomorrow 95 is your high not only hot but more humid. it will feel like 100 tomorrow. we have just a chance for an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow and i think everyone stays dry. saturday hot and breezy and 98 and sunday hot and more humid 95 and monday we are talking record heat for the dnc 99 with a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. it will feel well over 100, and tuesday turning less humid, and keeping the heat even with wednesday, 90 degrees and partly sunny skies, we are looking at an extended period of heat, check on your pets and older friends. >> check on me.

thank you karen. much more to come on the next half hour of "action news" at 12:30. technology brings changing to the delaware state fair and we'll tell you all about it. >> and fans of the late singer, david bowie, gets a chance to own some of his beloved art collection. coming up next. (vo) we went to hollywood to ask if america's favorites - burgers, tacos and chili could taste just as great made with turkey.

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hello again sara bloomquist is on assignment in cleveland. and here are the stories we are following on "action news" at 12:30. no arrests are made after two lives were lost and others were injured when shots ring out in philadelphia. prosecutors are trying to keep convicted murder, oscar pistorius, behind bars even longer, and just in time for the democratic convention you can go from one stop to the other in philadelphia to learn about our city's rich history. two men are dead and two others survived after being shot in separate shootings and police hope the public will come forward to help catch the gunman. annie mccormick talked to the police commissioner -- >> reporter: you can see the bullet hole here's in the vehicle at malvern. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. one of two homicides that happened overnight and in both cases police say they need help with leads.