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night's stormy weather. >> 7:00 a.m., sunday morning, we begin with the near triple digit heat gripping the area. sky6 live hd looking live right now. it is hot out there, so be ready. >> outside we go, meteorologist chris sowers with the accuweather forecast. chris, slightly less humid today. >> reporter: yeah, i was going to say it feels a whole lot better than it did yesterday, the air was really, really thick. the dewpoints were in the 60s and low 70s. we had a cold front slide through that's what touch off the showers and thunderstorms. feels okay right now, 76 in philadelphia. allentown. 70. cape may, 75. beach haven, 77. here's satellite and radar, just like yesterday for the most part it will be a nice day, combination of sun and clouds, he won't see the spotty showers and thunderstorms, most of the time we're dry and with lowering humidity levels even though it will be hot, it should not feel
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quite as intense. the call from accuweather, lots of blue upstairs, mostly sunny, 96. yesterday we topped out at 97. 89 feels like temperature was 1 oh, 3 or 104. today it will feel like 96 or 97. a little bit better, but it will not last, near 100 degrees for tomorrow. that's the actual air temperature you factor in the humidity, it could feel always hot as 107 or 108. it will be the hottest temperatures we've seen in almost four years in the city of philadelphia. the good news there's a little bit of relief in the accuweather seven-day forecast. i'll have the details coming up in just a bit. guys? >> thanks for the update. once again, the philadelphia corporation of aging is activating the heat hot line, 23157659040. volunteers will -- 215,
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765-9040. gabriel lee died last night while on duty. this is video of firefighters forming an honor guard early this morning as lee's body was brought to the medical examiner's office in university city. the firefighter was in his 40s. he was found unconscious in the basement gym in the engine 50 firehouse. gabriel lee was taken to temple university hospital where he was pronounced dead. lee responded to a fire earlier in the day and returned to the firehouse to work the night shift. the eve of the democratic national convention right here in philadelphia. >> final preparations are going on right now for the democrats gathering at the wells fargo center for the convention. if you park on south broad street, time is running out to move your car. parking restrictions go into effect this morning. >> that's right, the parking authority handed out flyers yesterday, as you see here, they were warning the drivers about the towing.
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any car parked in the median of south broad will be towed at starting at 8:00 a.m. parking will be allowed at legal spots and at the curb and owners in violation will be hit with a 51-dollar ticket and vehicles will be taken to the im pound lot. drivers must present a proof of ownership to retrieve their cars. jeanette reyes is live at fdr park where protesters have started to gather before the dnc. >> protesters will be out there in the triple digits, right? >> reporter: that's right, nydia, they are coming prepared, before we get into the details i'll give you a live look what you will see as you head out the door around this area. this is pattison avenue not too
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far away from the wells fargo center. on my right here you can see fd r park. this will be jam packed with bernie sanders demonstrators. what they will find are a lot of security measures put in place by the city. this road is blocked off. you have the barriers and on top of that you have the dumpster truck that's letting in very limited authorized vehicles through. on the other end of pattison avenue, you'll see another barrier. so demonstrators in support of bernie sanders are starting to arrive for the 8:00 a.m. rally. thousands are expected to attend. the city has granted them a permit for everyday this week. the reason for the demonstrations very greatly, 27 are permitted, 7 are against police pliew at the -- brutalita
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mock trial for hillary clinton. 30,000 demonstrators are expected this week. we mention the the heat and this is how they are preparing. >> i have a spray bottle, it's going to be 100 degrees that's a good way to stay cool, if other people are suffering it's a good way to cool someone off real quick. >> and speaking of cooling off, the city will be providing misting stations along the demonstrations routes. they will have pal -- of water for everyone coming to town whether it's for the dnc or at demonstration, reporting from
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fdr park, jeanette rayes. back to you. >> the democratic ticket of hillary clinton and tim kaine made their debut. the senator and former governor is in virginia to go to church with his family. although he said he is boring, she said he is qualified to lead from day one. republican nominee donald trump calls the ticket the ultimate insiders and said a vote for them is like giving president obama a third term. we'll have more on the candidates and the report from the wells fargo center in the next half-hour. you can find all of our convention coverage online at 6abc.com/delaware valley -- dnc. that will include live streaming coverage from the "action news" team and local road closures and parking restrictions.
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abc's prime time coverage is 10:00 p.m. monday through thursday. a man is fighting for his life after being shot near a play ground in wilmington, delaware. officers responded to 35th and church street late last night near the east lawn playground. they found a man in his 20s who was shot multiple times. policing questioning several people. >> happening today, noncongressional democrats will join the picket lines of striking workers outside the trump taj taj mahal. 1,000 people have been on strike since july 1. the main issue in the strike is the union's demand that healthcare and pension benefits be restored. the casino has withdrawn it's health insurance offer that the unions rejected. >> changes coming for smokers in pennsylvania. coming up on "action news," the price of lighting up is going
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up. the hike is just a few days away. >> things have gone from bad to worse as wildfires threaten los angeles, people there are dealing with mandatory evacuations and a whole lot more. >> reporter: things are going from bad to worse in the weather department. feels-like temperatures tomorrow will range from 105 to 1 10e. 100 ten the hottest weather in the last four years. relief is in the forecast, coming up next.
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now out of burlington county, authorities are searching for a man who fell into the delaware river around 5:40 a.m. in bordentown. police and fire boats along with the u.s. coast guard are searching the delaware river. the man was on a boat near the board -- bordentown yacht club. there is no word on how the man fell off the boat. burlington county authorities are searching for the man who fell into the delaware river around 5:30 a.m. >> 7:12 as you plan your day, meteorologist chris sowers says a little less humid today. >> reporter: just a bit. it's just degrees of awful at this point, though. let's get you outside and show you what's going on. yesterday was really, really awful. tomorrow we're back to two
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reallies again. let's get you back outside and show you the view looking at the commodor barry bridge, good mixture of sun and clouds. double scan live is clear, we'll keep it that way. we're not anticipating stray thundershowers ors thunderstorms like yesterday -- showers or thunderstorms like yesterday. today is 96. monday it will be closer to 100 degrees. that's the actual air temperature we're forecasting. the humidity could feel as warm as 110 in some locations. 76 in philadelphia. dewpoint, 64. pressure reading 29.98 inches holding stealed. winds out of northwest at 5 miles per hour. there's a heat warning that remains in effect through monday evening in the i-95 corridor. there's an excessive warning for
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the new york city metro area and baltimore and washington, d.c. metro area. it's an advisory north and west and advisory south and east. the core of the heat the most intense heat will be along the i-95 corridor. philadelphia, 76 degrees, allentown, 70. millville, 72. trenton, 73. cape may, 75. future tracker 6 later on today, combination of sun and clouds it's a nice looking day, it will be hot, lower humidity level, it will be tolerable easier to handle. tomorrow we'll have a flare up of showers and thunderstorms, most of it looks to be north of the pennsylvania turnpike, areas that missed out on the stray showers and thunderstorms yesterday could be the locations that pick up the showers and thunderstorms tomorrow morning. they should dissipate and pull away quickly. tomorrow sun and clouds with one or two pop-up showers and thunderstorms. if you pick up the pop-up showers and thunderstorms, they
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could produce drenching downpours and gusty winds. heat index values, later today, the eat -- heat index values will mirror the feels-like temperatures. tomorrow, we're forecasted 99. , with the humidity it will feel like 107 in philadelphia. 106 in trenton. today hot, less humid, 96 degrees, winds out of the south southwest 5 miles per hour. 96 is hot, take breaks and stay hydrated. 3:00 p.m., 93, 5:00 p.m., 94. a good deal of sunshine the rest of the way there. overnight tonight, clear and muggy. 73 degrees outlying suburbs, 78 for center city. winds are light out of the southwest at 5 to 10 miles per
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hour. for the poconos today it's a gorgeous day with low humidity levels and highs in time mid 80s. combination of sun and clouds. nice stuff in the higher elevations. the jersey shore you didn't benefit from a sea breeze yesterday you got as high as 93 on the sand, today is better, sea breeze kicking in, 86 on the sand, sunny conditions be high, thin clouds, the ocean temperature is up in the low 70s. not as chilly as the number is suggesting. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, the start of the dnc tomorrow, warm and humid, highlighted monday because of the dangerous heat and humidity, forecasting 99 that's the hottest temperatures we've seen in four years. it will feel like 107, 108. tuesday, 95. wednesday, 93, thursday, 93. friday, 90. saturday, 88 degrees saturday's high temperature. we're sitting closer to normal. >> that's a long stretch.
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>> reporter: long stretch. >> it is now 7:17 more now on the sporadic, but strong storms in south jersey, a massive tree came crashing down on top of a car while a woman was inside. this happened in magnolia township, camden county. firefighters came to her rescue along lincoln avenue. pse&g and atlantic electric got to work repairing thousands of outages. a fast-moving brushfire in southern california falls scorched 20,000 acres and forced evacuations and launched a mystery about a man's body. 50,000 homes are threatened north of los angeles, one home was burned to the ground along with several structures on a movie set of a ranch. firefighters found the body in a car near a neighbor where a home was leveled. other buildings have been destroyed, but firefighters have not been able to get close
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smoothies for breakfast, it may be better to skip the blender and eat the ingredients. she ate apple and pineapple and after the smoothy, the blood sugar went up, that caused her to crave snacks. when you eat fruit fiber slows down die -- digestion. >> with the fruit smoothy, you miss the first step. pick one or two fruits add venl
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tables and -- vegetables and protein powered or milk. it will keep blood sugar more stable. this week's democratic convention is the 1st political convention hosted by philadelphia. >> we made history along the way. >> the convention will come to order, we not only hate war, but we shall do nothing to provoke war. >> reporter: in 1948, the republicans and democrats and the progressive party brought their conventions to philadelphia. it was the first time conventions were broadcast on television, the parties needed coverage and tv as a medium was trying to get off the ground. philadelphia was picked because of the location, it was the main carrier of live television in the united states. harry s.truman held on to the presidency. philadelphia welcomed the
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republicans to convention hall in 1940. before that in 1856 the republican first-ever convention was held here a small venue on locust street. >> mr. chairman fell delegates and citizens i proudly accept your nomination. >> this is 2000 texas governor george w.bush accepted the nomination in philadelphia. the last time people elected a republican candidate was in 1988 when his dad defeated george due e white house. i approve this message.
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>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 7:25 sunday morning, extreme humidity is on the way. cold front is right there, there's philadelphia. this is what produced the showers and thunderstorms across south jersey and delaware. the air behind the front is still lightly humid, but it's a lot better than what we saw yesterday. down here is at her ablg with very high humidity levels that are comparable to places like miami and houston. all this pushes back to the north as we get into tomorrow. there's philadelphia. this returns in the form of a warm front this whole area is extremely humid with dewpoints well up into the low to mid 70s. i hope you can see the red there. maybe an idea for tomorrow or later today would be to head to the beach. it will be better as we get the
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sea breeze kicking in. no 90s down there. 86 in atlantic city. ocean city, 87. rehoboth beach 87. look for a combination of sun and clouds. gray. >> thank you so much for the updates. eagles rookies report to training camp tomorrow and the phillies and pirates continue their series in pittsburgh. here's jeff skeverski. >> reporter: what's going on, the phillies have not won an aaron nola start in 7 weeks. while everyone was encouraged by the last start, nola failed to host three separate leads against the pirates in the game, in the 5th he allows the first three batters to reach base including back-to-back walks. a short time later he takes a walk himself. he charged with 6 under runs in 4 innings. he has ran era over 10 over the
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last 7 starts. phillies have dropped 6 of 9 since the all star break. when it comes to lesean mccoy image the former eagle star claims there's a difference between perception and reality. he said he is perceived as a bad guy on television. back in his hometown of harrisburg, mccoy had a wild off season accused of getting into a brawl with two off duty police officers at a philadelphia nightclub. he won't be charged with a crime or suspended from the nfl. still, mccoy said his image is not fairly portrayed. >> to me they paint the picture of this player of whatever it may be that's what the people see. i know what kind of of person i am and with a i do for my community and what kind of father i am. you can't change it, i'm fine with that. >> reporter: there are question
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marks with the eagles training camp kicks off tomorrow. can sam bradford shine as the starter, and can the receivers catch the ball. will marcus smith live up to the hype. he has yet to start a game and played 80% of the defensive snaps, but moving from linebacker back to defensive end, the position he played in college. >> now i'm going back to a position that's comfortable, i'm excited i leave this sunday i'm ready to go i've been training in atlanta with a pass rush coach his name is which you can smith. he has gotten me right for the season. i'm ready, i can't wait this season is going to be great. >> reporter: kicking it over to soccer, the union could have been tide for a win in in first
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hd taking a live look right, an excessive heat warning is posted. it will feel like almost 100 degrees or hotter to start the week. if you're going to be out and about for the democratic national convention which begins tomorrow, dress appropriately and drink lots of water to stay hydrated. >> let's get you outside to meteorologist chris sowers with the accuweather forecast. you're smiling, there must be good news somewhere, right? >> reporter: i'm just a happy person, gray, at this point you have to be happy. balls if you let the numbers depress you it will be one of those days again. yesterday we topped out at 104. 70 degrees in allentown, philadelphia, 76. wilmington, 69. millville, 72. dover and trenton also checking in at 72 degrees. now, the dewpoints have come down a little bit. this is the way we measure the amount of moisture in the air.
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you can see the scale at the top of the screen. 65 is humid. you get into the 70-degree plus dewpoint it's awful. you can see the 65 in south jersey and delaware, that's where the frontal system stalled out yesterday. it's cooler to the north and sticky in cumberland, cape may counties in new jersey. that's the drier air that's pushing in here later this afternoon. it will give us a little bit of a break today. richmond dewpoint of 74. roanoke 68. charleston, 70. all that humidity comes pouring in tomorrow. the day planner looks like, sunny, hot and not as humid as yesterday. it will feel better, 90 degrees by 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m., 93. 5:00 p.m., 94 anticipating a high of 96. it will actually feel like 96 degrees or 97 give or take. look what's when all the humidity comes rushing in. the actual high for the day
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forecasted to be 99. that will be the hottest temperatures in four years to start the dnc. factor in the humidity it could be dangerously hot, 107, 108 degrees during the afternoon of that's pretty dangerous stuff. when i come back in just a few minutes we'll see how long the heat last in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> hopefully not long. we would like to remind you can get the seven-day forecast at 6abc.com/weather. the time 7:33 a.m. the philadelphia medical examiner is trying to figure out what caused a firefighter to die while on the job. firefighters formed an honor guard early this morning always gabriel lee's body was brought to the medical examiner's office in university city. the firefighter was found unconscious at the engine 50 firehouse on west came cambria street. lee respond to do a fire earlier in the day and returned to the
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firehouse to work the night shift. let's go live to the action cam, ladder 12 is in mourning today, our thoughts and prayers are with the firefighters and lee's family, as well. >> many are gathering in philadelphia for the democratic national convention. >> democratic delegates and protesters are in town as our city take its turn to be in the national spotlight. >> reporter: with the debut of the democratic ticket in miami, philadelphia now in focus. thousands of law enforcement finalizing the security plans for the democratic national convention preparing for up to 50,000 protesters he is a day. it's been an unusual year and the political fights that have gone on, that's certainly something that is taken into account. >> reporter: the arena ready for presumptive democratic nominee
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hillary clinton and vp pick tim kaine after making their first appearance together as running mates at a rally saturday. >> make no mistake behind that smile tim has a backbone of steel just ask the nra. >> reporter: kaine beat out 23 other candidates for the vp spot and walessed no time -- wasted no time beating you mean on the republican nominee. >> donald trump tweeted just saw hillary clinton and tim kaine together, our isis enemies are drooling, they don't look presidential to me. wikileaks released 20,000 internal dnc e-mails showing efforts to undercut the rise of bernie sanders. his campaign manager saying it's a clear example of the dnc taking sides and somebody has to
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be held accountable. bernie sanders is expected to speak on monday, hillary clinton is expected on thursday, lauren lister, abc news philadelphia. >> dnc rules committee members gathered to advocate for an end to the super delegate system but the effort failed. the amendment was defeated during a hearing, but campaign for bernie sanders and hillary clinton worked out a compromise agreement to create a unity commission to readvise the nom -- revise the nominating process. >> this week with george stephanopoulos is at the wells fargo is from this morning. plus, bernie sanders weighs in on whether hillary clinton can unify democrats, this week begins at 10:30. if you have not moved your car off the median off south broad street. you have a half-hour to move it if you don't want it towed.
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crews will start ticketing cars at 8:00 a.m. the parking authority handed out flyers yesterday warning people about the restrictions. violators will be hit by a 51-dollar ticket. parking is allowed at legal spots at the curb. "action news" reporter, jennette reyes is live at the fdr park where protesters will make their voices herd. >> bernie sanders rally is ready to get ready in just a few minutes. there's another rally at 11:00 a.m. that will be a little bit hotter. take a live look the barrier put in place at pattison avenue a main they are fair here, you ever the dumpster truck moving every once while for authorized vehicles. this is where you will see the activity not far away from the
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wells fargo center. thousands are expected to attend. the city has granted them a permit for everyday this week. the reason for the demonstrations we'll see dozens of them. the reasons vary. of the 27 permitted. several are against police brutality, one for clean energy, a smaller one, it's a mock trial for hillary clinton. the city is is expecting anywhere between 30,000 and 50,000 people. demonstrators will tell you it will be more, we'll have to see if that's the case. the truth if you're a true and loyal follower is coming out in the heat. take a listen to what one bernie sanders follower has to say. >> i was getting worried when i heard it was going to be 100 over the weekend, i was the still going to go, we have to support the effort. something has to be done and people have to speak out, this can't keep going on. >> one thing you'll see along with the posters and things like
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that that the supporters have is heavy book bags with boltses of water. one -- bottles of water, and one woman had a spray bottle. the city will pitching in helping police officers and demonstrators to make sure everyone stays in order and protect them, as well. the city is providing missing station and water throughout the day to help people stay safe in record breaking testers this -- record-breaking temperatures this week. jennette reyes. "action news" morning team will have live reports from the wells fargo center all week. tune in tomorrow at 4:30 a.m. they will have an update on the heat wave and the traffic restrictions related to the dnc. if you smoke you want to listener to this, by gets in pennsylvania will cost more money. another dollar of tax will be
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added to each pack. counting the tax, philadelphia will charge 4.60 in taxes per pack. that money partially funds the city's cash-strapped public schools. 7:40, much more to come on sunday. a feat, we'll tell you about the shoe collection for the ages. >> sky6 live hd giving you a live look at the mini golf course in atlantic city. the beach is the place to be, meteorologist chris sowers is back next with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast
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will have to spend part of the day cleaning up the damage lester by yesterday's powerful, but are the scattered storms. dozens of trees could not stand up to the high wind. a woman was inside a car in camden county when this tree fell on it. amazingly the woman inside was not injured. atlantic city electric worked through the night to restore the power to thousands of households. >> chris sowers looking cool. >> reporter: i was going to say your little combination. >> taking notes from you. [laughter]. sorry nydia. >> reporter: there we go looking back from the temple university
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camera. it's a warm and humid morning around the delaware valley. the good news it's not as suspense as yesterday at this time. frontal system swept through yesterday evening, the humidity levels have dropped down a little bit. today will be more bearable than yesterday. i had pictures sent in from viewers on twitter and facebook. this is down in ocean city, look at the lightning strike. only a handful of people picked up the storms yesterday, they were stray in nature. those who saw them they were packing quite a punch. winds over 60 miles per hour. trental rain for a short period of time. some areas picked up quarter-sized hail. that was impressive. with all the heat and humidity in the atmosphere that's what happens. 96 degrees that's the high. there's the normal. it's way above the seasonal averages. the low 75 degrees.
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uv index will be high today on a scale of 1 to 11 it's a ten. rarely did it get this high. the burn time is 15 minutes or less for someone who has fair skin. between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. if you're out doors especially at the beach apply the sunscreen. low 70s, upper 60s south and east. 59 in vineland, hammonton, 73. sea isle city, 79 degrees and very humid down there. satellite and radar, clear as a whistle from maine to the virginias and the carolinas. this right here, though, this is a complex developing now, showers and thunderstorms it will round the bend, round the ridge, the huge high sitting here will come up and over the top and produce showers and thunderstorms first thing tomorrow morning aerials north of philadelphia. -- areas north of philadelphia. future tracker 6 nothing going on today, the atmosphere is
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drying out a little bit the. tomorrow morning, the humidity levels go through the roof again as the cold front that slipped through yesterday returns in the form of a warm front. that will produce showers and storms in the morning hours and in the afternoon we'll have one or two hit or miss showers and thunderstorms. the storms could be severe again with a lot of cloud to ground lightning tryings. lightning strikes. look at tomorrow, these are the air temperatures, 3:00 p.m., 99 degrees in philadelphia. with the humidity it will feel like 107 or 108. for the next three days we have three more to go. highs in the upper 90s. feeling like 107 or 108. take breaks and make sure you're seeking out the shade here, stay in an air conditioned room and relax. reading allentown, 95.
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millville, 92. cape may, 86. nice sea breeze today. shorepoints you remember baking yesterday. beach haven, 86. sea isle, 87. rehoboth beach 88 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 96 degrees today hot and humid, but not as humid always yesterday. -- as humid as yesterday. extremely humid tomorrow, 99 feels like 107 or 108. 95 tuesday, it pulls back wednesday and thursday, 93, and friday, 90 degrees, and saturday, 88 degrees, getting back to normal. >> i'm love be this love fest by the way. atlantic city is helping people stay cool during the excessive heat workers set up cooling stations throughout the city and handing out ice cold water.
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shoes, temple university has a collection that will knock your sox off, in 6abc loves the arts, karen rogers takes us to a hidden gem in the middle of center city. >> reporter: temple university school of pa -- poe -- podiatry at 8th and race you'll find food wear shoes housed in cases and cases that line the school corridors. there are shoes from ballet, broadway and television. that's lucille ball whose silk sandal sit next to sally
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strutters' platform. the collection includes foot wear from four first ladies and a president. >> there are the athletes. those are the nikes from the olympics in ens. there are shoes from around the world. >> these are egyptian, very old sandals. >> reporter: hand stitched men's wedding shoes from indian.chinet binding. enormous shoes made for a woman with giantism. they are girl's size 7.
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>> tours are wednesday and friday by appointment only, they are free, you can find a link at 6abc.com/arts. for 6abc loves the arts i'm karen rogers. >> that's pretty neat. as the entire city gears up for the democratic convention we want to invite you to be a special part of the coverage. gray and i will be hosting a dnc debate and conversation at the famous 4th street deli. it's a popular spot for politics. both democrats and republicans have left party lines at the door and gathered to break bread and talk deals. we thought this was the perfect stop to start off the week. if you can't stop by in person they will be taking questions and holding conversations on social media.
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ready or not, the future is here. the all-new e-class. self-braking, self-correcting, self-parking. a mercedes-benz concept car that's already a reality. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> the heat is on and it is staying on, right? >> it's going to stay on for a while. temperatures in the mid 90s, 3:00 p.m., 94. same number by 5:00 p.m. the with the feels-like temperatures being lower today it will be easier to handle. the dnc it will be extremely hot. 9 of today, 99 tomorrow, feeling like 107, 108. >> 7:56 we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." >> reporter: hey, gray and nydia, good morning, coming up on "g.m.a.," the so-called heat dome bringing stifling
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temperatures to much of america and bringing a dangerous situation in los angeles. 1500 homes evacuated there. t-minus one day the big news in your city. there's hillary clinton introducing her running mate tim kaine at a joint event on saturday as they prepare to take the stage in your fair city. hanging over this convention a scandal over leaked e-mails showing top democratic officials mocking bernie sanders. finally a different kind of convention thousands of super fans hitting comic-con. this year is about girl power wonder woman and the first female led captain marvel coming up next on "g.m.a." >> we'll see you back here at 9:00 a.m. is
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good morning, america. breaking overnight. california inferno. the wildfire burning out of control, exploding in size. >> what we saw was extreme fire behavior. >> homes threatened, smoke and ash darkening the los angeles skies. firefighters battling triple-digit temperatures in a desperate fight. the democratic duo. hillary clinton and her new running mate, tim kaine. ready for the first big test of the ticket -- the democratic national convention, which starts tomorrow in philly. clinton confident in her choice. >> senator tim kaine is everything donald trump and mike pence are not. >> how tim kaine is answering critics who call him too boring. ♪ wikileaks bombshells. 20,000 leaked messages from th
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