meteorologist adam joseph in the studio today with the call from accuweather. adam. >> yeah, brian and sharrie we just hit a record tying high in philadelphia of 96, 97 in dover, 90 the lehigh valley, 94 at the atlantic city airport. this doesn't tell the whole story. you know when you step out that heat whacks you in the face like a steam beth. heat index feels like 108 degrees if philadelphia, 100 seventy seven wilmington millville, 114 in dover and it's this innocence heat and humidity that is sparking severe storms. in fact we have a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of the lehigh valley until 4:45, the storms are moving to the east at 40 miles an hour near east ton. winds with the storms near 60 miles an hour. we take a look at it on storm tracker6 live double scan here. you can see all the intense lightning to the north and west of allentown skirting north of that region but there's a storm to the west of allentown along 78 that will parallel into that region as we go over the next 45 minutes

but as we widen out, there are these scattered storms that are developing ahead of a main line, a cold front to the north and west and until that cold front passes through, these storms are going to fire up and be on the intense side because of that extreme humidity. so a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 10 o'clock tonight for the entire viewing area. the main threat the very strong powerful winds with the storms and even some isolated hail. so, what to expect. you're going get a round or two of storms between now and until it clears the coast around 11 o'clock tonight, extremely heavy rain, blinding rain to the point you're going have to pull over many times and also those damaging winds we'll be tracking but brian and sharrie, this does not end the heat wave after this cold front passes through. we'll talk about more 90's and heat indices above 100 coming up in full accuweather forecast. >> okay, adam, thank you. let's take a live look now at the floor of the convention here of course at the wells fargo center. we are awaiting for the

convention to get officially under way and the gaveling. that will be done by baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. no longer will it be the party chair of course debbie wasserman schultz she's out. >> the party hoping to avoid an embarrassing scene on this convention floor following an event that happened this morning and here's what we're talking about. this has been an extraordinarily tough day for debbie wasserman schultz. the outgoing dnc chair hecklers loudly booed her when she arrived to speak to her home state delegation in center city this morning. she delivered brief remarks urging the delegates to get on the same page and get hillary clinton elected. >> to make sure that we move forward together in a unified way. we know that the voices in this room that are standing up and being disruptive, we know that that's not the florida that we know. >> now, wasserman schultz left that room today surrounded by

security and just a few hours later she announced that she would not be opening the convention as mentioned. they are hoping to avoid boos to start off this event. >> the replacement avoided a repeat of another ugly scene. >> so let's get right down to "action news" reporter bob brooks live on the convention floor. bob what's the mood down there right now? >> reporter: brian and sharrie, having a hard time hearing down here on the floor. it's pretty loud. pretty exciting here. i want to show everyone what it looks like right now at the wells fargo. you can see people starting to fill up the stands here, the delegates arriving up into the rafters, down here on the floor where we are more of the same. you still have people funneling in here getting into their seats, lots of media interviews taking place, security personnel and there is the stage where it's all about to start but first let's take a look at what got us to this point today.

>> ♪ >> reporter: the dnc turned concert for a few minutes when pop star debbie lovato took the stage one of many acts going through sound checks leading up to the start. >> ♪ >> reporter: throughout the day the wells fargo center got some fine tuning security checks, media setting up, delegates poking around. that included 93-year-old ruby gilliam of ohio. the oldest delegate in the house, 93 years young. this is her eighth dnc. >> i'm excited because we're going to nominate hillary clinton and then she's going back to the white house. when i was growing up girls don't do this, girls don't do that. now they found out that a woman can do better. >> reporter: the wells fargo began to fill so everyone knows one of our own philadelphia's bobby hill who sang for the pope is slated for the national anthem. >> i'm just so excited to have

this opportunity and to just be at such a historic convention to see hillary clinton get nominated. >> reporter: the sound check audience had its most important fan. >> he has the support of his family. >> reporter: okay, back out live here, we wish bobby hill the best of luck to that young man and there is the stage again. the gavel set to drop at 4 o'clock. well, it is past 4:00 so any second now we're going to get things started down here on the floor. reporting live at the wells fargo center bob brooks channel6 "action news." brian, sharrie. >> okay, bob, thank you. busy down there on the floor and of course you know that young man has a great voice. >> yeah. >> we look forward to hearing from him. we know the order of speakers for tonight and it's a jam packed lineup. pennsylvania congressman bob brady and brendan boyle and philadelphia mayor jim kenney are expected to speak in the 6 o'clock hour. pennsylvania senator bob casey will speak after 8:00 and new jersey senator cory booker will address the convention in the 9 o'clock hour and then at

10 o'clock, first lady michelle obama, senator elizabeth warren and senator bernie sanders will speak. of course we'll carry every speech tonight on 6abc.com. turn to 6abc news app. senator sanders is one of the key figures of this convention. his supporters have been marching throughout the city today advocating for a number of his causes. >> yes, i spoke to a huge crow today at the convention center and that's where "action news" reporter john rawlins is live to continue our team coverage this afternoon. john. >> reporter: high, guysly after spending an hour in a room with passionate supporters of bernie sanders that's the one word that keeps coming to mind is passion, intense passion. now they say not for the man. they say this is not a cult of personality but for the movement that he leads and represents. >> bernie sanders. >> reporter: the grand ballroom shook with the sound of more than 2,000 sanders supporters emotions were evident.

the vermont senator talked of political revolution and changes his insurgent campaign has forced on party elites. there were major cheers but it was mentioned that debbie wasserman schultz e-mailed her departure new leadership possibilities. then came the who we must vote for pitch. >> we have got to defeat donald trump. we have got to elect hillary clinton and tim kaine. >> reporter: that advice triggered boos and cries of know no as well as bernie, bernie, bernie. later as they departed, some said they could accept sanders' advice. others cried never. >> i think we should back hillary. hillary is the clear choice at this point. she's done a fine job, he brought a lot of issues to light and hillary's got to be the labor choice candidate. trump is not that candidate. >> we told bernie we love him and he we appreciate him and we do not accept him telling

us to vote for hillary. he's doing it because he has to and not because -- i mean clearly the movement doesn't want to and we don't accept it. >> reporter: so, a wide range of reactions there. some arguing you must be pragmatic at this stage and compromise. others saying no way. this was just a warmup for sanders. as you said he'll speak tonight at the convention. he'll roll up his sleeves and again make his pitch during prime time. >> reporter: live at the convention center john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> john, thanks very much. bernie sanders before the convention even begins emerging as a major factor in how the next several days progress obviously given protests rallies like the one we just saw today traffic is quite a bit different at a. >> yes, time for the "action news" traffic report. let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. matt you're keeping an eye on all the activity across the city and the area. >> yeah, we sure are sharrie and brian.

i was saying late last week this is not going to be like a papal visit. this event is still having a significant impact on traffic. as we look live in center city at the vine street expressway eastbound come the headlights here by broad street and they are moving once again. we just had all eastbound traffic stopped for a motorcade that went through and throughout the day they've been stopping all traffic on the vine from time to time to let the delegates buses onto the eastbound side to get over to 95. it's not only heavy volume on the vine it's also a series of closures for different reasons that have been messing things up throughout the day. now, part of the reason the vine is a little extra busy as is the schuylkill and the platt bridge is because vehicles over 5 tons are not allowed on 95. between the vine and the platt bridge there by the airport. so, they have checkpoints set up to prevent vehicles over 5 tons from getting on that stretch of 95 that runs through south philadelphia. and throughout the day we've seen delays going into those

checkpoints just 14 miles per hour southbound right now headed towards girard. the same 14 miles per hour northbound right around this point at airport where the left lanes are blocked as they check to make sure those vehicles going through on northbound 95 are not over 5 tons. of course there are all the local closures in south philadelphia. protestors have been on broad street so we've seen the closure actually north of packer avenue up towards center city this afternoon. we'll talk more about all of this and the impact on septa coming up brian and sharrie in just a little bit. >> okay, matt, thank you. and we have much more coverage still ahead. nora muchanic has been following the new jersey delegation today. she'll have their story at 4:30. then at 5 o'clock ali gorman is talking with people in town for the convention who are trying to beat the heat and walter perez will be live with protestors marching through the city. >> in the meantime 6abc.com/dnc is your online convention coverage headquarters. you can find the latest reports and breaking news stories and you can see

traffic advisories across the city because of this democratic national convention. >> as the crowd begins to cheer behind us still ahead we'll check in on the candidates and what's been a busy day of campaigning. find out how last week's republican national convention is influence and the race between hillary clinton and donald trump. >> plus a downed utility pole knocks out power to more than a hundred people leaving a day care and a senior sent out in this intense heat. how the community is helping people there keep cool.

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philadelphia. this is the democratic national convention which will be gaveled in officially any minute now and as you can see this wells fargo center is packed with delegates eager to get this event under way. welcome back once again inside of our sky box here in south philadelphia for our continuing coverage of the democratic national convention. >> we are of course awaiting the arrival of the democratic nominee hillary clinton but before she makes her way here to philadelphia, she is still working to rally potential voters. clinton hit the campaign trail hard in north carolina today. she was in charlotte this morning to speak to more than 10,000 veterans at the annual veterans of foreign wars national convention. she he said a commander-in-chief faces no greater decision than the choice of sending american men and women to war. she also said that she has a plan to fix poor healthcare concerns following that va scandal. she also took a jab at donald trump saying insults and provocative language are not

the solution. >> meanwhile as the tension begins to shift to hillary clinton and this convention in philadelphia, donald trump enjoying a bump from his convention in cleveland. a new cnn opinion research poll out today gives trump a lead nationally 48 percent to clinton's 45 percent. that is within the margin of error but notable for a lot of reasons. the poll also suggests clinton has a whole lot of work to do here in this city this week. it shows. only 68 percent of respondents called clinton untruthful and untrustworthy. they will eager to see what she has to say. it's a busy day here as the dnc officially gets under way. we'll be back at 4:30 with a live report on how the new jersey delegation spent this day. >> for now let's send it back to the studio. alicia vitarelli has today's other news headlines. hi, alicia. >> hey, guys. set looking great there at the wells fargo center and of course the other big story we're following for you today is this record heat. more than 100 people have no

power right now in delaware county. meaning they are dealing with the sweltering and stormy weather with no air conditioning. jeff skverskjeff chirico live fn ridly township where the problem has forced people out of their homes. >> reporter: take a look these three poles have been hanging over the street ever since a box truck snagged some low hanging wires. now, verizon and peco crews are on the scene, all of this happening in the dangerous heat with has forted local officials to take precautions. utility poles hovered over south avenue for much of the days as residents and emergency crews scrambled to keep cool in the sweltering heat. >> hottest day of the year. you figure something was going to go wrong. >> reporter: officials say this box truck hit sagging utility lines near grand avenue after 9:00 a.m. snapping three poles and initially knocking out power to 600 customers. peco restored electricity to all but 100 in an hour. >> due to the heat we started

evacuating multiple buildings. we had a day care and a school and we're in the process of evacuating seven apartment buildings. >> reporter: one person was taken to the hospital for heat related symptoms. divine providence sent home its 250 special needs clients for the day. >> got hot really fast. >> reporter: jennifer and her family were among the few neighbors who evacuated to a shelter at the ridly high school cafeteria. >> we're traveling with my grandmother who is on oxygen so it was nice to be able to come here and hook her oxygen machine up and stay cool with her. >> reporter: at the scene emergency crews beat the heat with misting fans lots of water and breaks inside an air conditioned septa bus. it's unclear what caused the wires to sag but officials say a township road crew was on the scene at the time removing a fallen branch. lines fell on their backhoe as peco crews worked throughout the day to restore power, neighbors waited patiently. >> not bad right now. so we're going to hang in here for a little bit and then we're going to make provisions and leave i think. >> reporter: officials are

worried about the folks living in the presidential square apartments. they tell us the high school will remain opened as a shelter until the power is restored here in secanely i spoke with officials at peco and they could be until nine or 10 o'clock tonight until the electricity is restorm. live in secane, jeff chirico channel6 "action news." >> the southeastern the better to get those air conditioners back up and running. time for a check of the accuweather forecast. we'll take it over to adam joseph. adam it has been absolutely brutal out all day. >> this was the most intense humidity we have felt in years around here spiking that heat index and now fueling these storms that are developing to our north and west. so it will be a stormy evening as we watch storm tracker6 live double scan. severe thunderstorm warning continues for parts of the lehigh valley just to the north of bethlehem includes easton pen argyl. again this until 4:45, winds near 60 miles an hour as this

storm pushes to the east at around 40 miles an hour near chapman you see some pink now blossoming on the radar which would indicate some hail with the storm as well. there are the towns near nazareth at 4:26, that's when the heaviest part of the storm will pass through. we're hearing lightning and thunder continuously in the lehigh valley even in allentown a storm sneaking up from the south and west along 22, 165 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes with this storm and as we push to the south this is not severe but heavy rain just passed along route 309 and the interchange there with the pennsylvania turnpike. now heading into montgomery and bumping over into bucks county again some strong winds with this, some intense lightning but nothing severe at the point anywhere around the heart of the delaware valley. we hit a record high temperature in philadelphia and allentown today both old records set back in 1999 shy of it so far in reading as well as trenton and wilmington but still very brutal out there. when you take a look at the

dewpoints this is the highest i have seen in many, many years. it is 80 in wildwood, seventy six in wilmington, basically that is that oppressive tropical humidity out there that you feel and what's helping to fuel these really strong storms and also when you have a higher dewpoint you can get very intense lightning as well. it feels like 108 in philadelphia, 107 in wilmington, as well as millville. 114 in dover. so very dangerous with respect to the heat and humidity and dangerous with these storms that are passing through. that watch up, severe thunderstorm watch until 10 o'clock tonight especially for the shore. we're watching a cold front to press in from the north and west. future tracker shopping the heart of thatrack tracking tracg blank. tomorrow morning the sunshine will be around. it's going to be another very hot day tomorrow. equally as hot today but the difference will be slightly lower humidity but the heat

index still hitting that 100-degree mark in many locations so this heat wave will continue dangerously as we go into the middle of the week. as we look at that four day at 4:00 forecast, 95 tomorrow, still on the humid side. not as oppressive as today but again it's another day with that uncomfortable heat and humidity. same thing for wednesday of 95 degrees and then the humidity spikes again on thursday. 95 degrees feeling over 100 much like today with late day storms coming in, heavy storms and that could continue into the day on friday with temperatures still at 90 degrees but we'll talk about a better change to come in for the weekend in that seven day in the next half hour. >> hopefully some of our visitors will stick around for some better weather. >> let's hope so. >> adam thank you. we'll go back to south philadelphia for more live coverage of the democratic national convention. but up next another nightclub shooting rocks a community in florida. what we know about the incident that left two teenagers dead.

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>> ♪ >> a nightclub shooting that killed two teenagers in florida was not an act of terror but police still aren't quite sure of the motive. two boys ages 14 and 18 were shot to death at a teen party at club blue in fort myers. at least 17 other people were shot and they are hospitalized. the shooting happened around 12:30 this morning just as the club was closing and parents were picking up their children. police had dee -- have detained three people. no arrests have been made. we're going to take you back right now to the wells fargo center where boys to men have taken the stage. everyone is jamming there. we're going to listen in. it doesn't get more philly than this. >> ♪

>> okay everybody one last time. can i get a oh, yeah. >> boyz ii men. take care everybody. (applause). >> ♪

>> ♪ >> welcome back once again. 4:30 and we are live inside the wells fargo center in south philadelphia where the democratic national convention kicked off just a few minutes ago. >> outgoing democratic

national committee chair woman debbie wasserman schultz did not gavel the convention to order. instead, it was baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. she currently serves as secretary of the democratic national committee. >> wasserman schultz abruptly canceled just a few hours before she was to gavel open this convention. all of this came after this dramatic event this morning. she was booed during a delegation breakfast. yesterday the florida congresswoman announced she would resign in the wake of an e-mail scandal that showed some aides including wasserman schultz apparently favored hillary clinton and sought ways to derail bernie sanders. >> meantime the delegates from across the country have been busy all day. today we caught up with some new jersey delegates. >> new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live at the hotel in essington. nora, you've got the story. >> reporter: hey there brian and sharrie. the jersey delegates -- delegation will be boarding their buses just any second now. take a look around.

they're going to be heading over to the wells fargo center. they're finishing up at one of the many receptions. there are 142 members of the jersey delegation and i can tell you they are psyched to get this conversation started. even if there's been some controversy leading up to it. >> i'm sure it will be a spirited convention for the first night. >> reporter: camden mayor dana redd has her floor pass and other credentials ready to go for the first night of the convention. she and the rest of the new jersey delegation are staying at the renaissance philadelphia airport hotel where a number of delegates were keeping their cool at the hotel lounge. a big topic today the resignation of debbie wasserman schultz and her role in the convention. >> i know it was the highlight of yesterday but i would like to focus on the important matters that we need to make sure that we get a democrat in the white housism first time delegate danielle is glad wasserman schultz will not be gaveling open the convention tonight after the e-mail leaks

about the dnc favoring hillary clinton over bernie sanders. >> she's done a lot of work up until now but i think it's creating more controversy than needed at this point. >> reporter: some did he go gates headed to the battleship new jersey in camden for a tour before tonight's activities at the wells fargo center which will include speeches from the first lady, new jersey u.s. senator cory booker and senator bernie sanders. >> he's going to say that i ran a good race, i was unsuccessful but i stand together with hillary clinton to do everything we can to protect america and elect her president. keep donald trump out of the white house. >> reporter: the mercer county executive who is also a delegate is confident the party will be unified. >> i think once we get that room crowded, ones we get it packed you'll see a party ready to go and ready to go for november. >> reporter: back live now this is going to be a busy night for the delegates. they are getting ready to board buses taking them to the convention floor and when it's

over at the wells fargo center it's not over for them. they've got a reception planned in the city at the old bar on walnut street from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. remember, this is just the first night so the delegates are really going to have to pace themselves. that's it from new jersey, headquarters here in h essington, i'm nora muchanic back to you guys. >> nora, thank you. speaking of senator sanders just now in your piece, here in the convention hall some of senator sanders' supporters erupted into bernie, bernie during the prayer that was being given here. a prime time convention moment is reserved for pennsylvania democrat katie mcginty. she'll address the dnc on thursday, the same night hillary clinton delivers her nomination speech. today mcginty downplayed suggestions of a democratic divide. >> we are a party united in lifting people up and that's what you will see this week and a strong party emerging at the end of this week. >> mcginty is running

against pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey in a race that could tilt control of the u.s. senate. muslim american delegates in town attended a welcome lunn chen this afternoon at independent mall. the event was held at the lowes hotel. it also served as a time to honor the life of mohammed ali. muslim american delegate caucus has other events over the next few days. >> well, throughout this historic convention we invite you to be a special part of our coverage. "action news"'s gray hall live now at the famous fourth street deli in queen village where some of our viewers a rushed getting involved, gray. >> reporter: indeed brian we sent out the call and many viewers showed up here to the fourth street deli participated in some lively and healthy debates. it was more than just about good food at the famous fourth street dell he lee. the order of the day was politics and 6abc was allowed to set up shop as voters faced off about who they support and why. emily cowens and ben sacks went head to head.

she supports clinton sacks supports trump. >> as far as experience goes, there is -- there has never been at least in any of the elections that i've been able to vote in anyone who has been more qualified for this position. out of all of the things that she's done and the positions she served in and just the things and people that she supported over the years and the things she's been able to accomplish in this country as well as around the globe i don't think that there is another person more qualified. >> reporter: you probably disagree with there. >> i do. i would say that the question is up to what is the number one problem facing our country and i would say that's $18 trillion of debt. because any country needs funding, you have to have money to support it. so far our country has been mortgaging off our troops and i think we have to turn that around. diminish the financial gap that our country has and we need somebody who is business

minded and ready to take on that -- that insurmountable odd. >> reporter: both were patient passionate about their candidate of choice. the real debate lapse in november, the nominee who can win over the most voters will be the next president. >> can you unify your party enough to get the base to turn out and then can you find ways to persuade those few persuadables where they are and they are in some of the key states like pennsylvania. >> reporter: back out live the conversation does not end here. stay with us because coming up tonight at 5:30 we'll hear from more voters also we will hear from the governor, governor tom wolf, that is tonight at 5:30. that is the latest from the famous morning street deli, gray hall channel6 "action news." back to you. >> viewers are the voters. so glad we can get them involved. thank you so much. 6abc.com/dnc is your online convention headquarters this week. find reports of breaking news stories as well as traffic advisories and there will be a whole lot of them in the city

due to the democratic national convention. of course we'll have live continuous digital coverage on 6abc.com every night of this convention beginning tonight at 7:30 p.m. >> tha >> we'll send it back inside to alicia vitarelli in the studio. hi, alicia. >> hey, guys. the other big story the heat. right now we are experiencing the hottest temperatures we have felt in awhile and now some storms are moving in as well. meteorologist adam joseph joins us live at the "action news" big board with the details on this extreme heat and now the threat of severe storms. >> yeah, it's the heat and the combination with that intention humidity that is fueling some pretty nasty storms right now especially in the lehigh valley. severe thunderstorm watches the entire viewing area until 10 o'clock tonight. watch meaning many of the storms will turn severe as we go through the evening hours. we're awaiting a cold front to the north and west. that doesn't push through here until about 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock philadelphia and then off the coast around 11 o'clock. severe thunderstorm warning in

effect until 5:30 p.m. for parts of the lehigh valley and it extends into northern bucks county in and around easton and also down to quakertown. winds near 60 miles an hour and hail over quarter size. in fact as we take a closer look here on storm tracker6 live double scan we're starting to see some cylinders as well indicating some very strong winds with these storms as they pass through the lehigh valley, bethlehem heading towards easton. 149 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes, hampton expect the heaviest part of the storm just three minutes after the top of the hour and as we flip the radar you can see this area in purple is where we're seeing hail being released by the storm, very intense hail now just to the west of easton so expect at least half an inch to an inch in diameter hail as that storm passes through downtown easton. in fact we take a look at the risks with all of the storms until that front passes through, a very high risk for very vivid dangerous intense lightning, very heavy downpours, very strong winds

but a lower risk for large hail when you're talking over an inch and half, 2-inches in diameter and also a low risk from tornadoes although we've been seeing many tornado warnings popping up just north of the lehigh valley. alicia, when i come back we'll chat more about this heat wave continuing through much of this upcoming week in full accuweather forecast. >> just in time for tens of thousands of visitors adam thank you. philadelphia's corporation of aging has activated its heat line. the number to call is right there on your screen (215)765-9040. staff members can answer your heat related questions until 6 o'clock tonight. and still to come on "action news" donald trump says you can ask him anything. no questions off limits. the details coming up in big talkers. plus we're following the latest on this wildfire in california that officials say is burning out of control. also find out why some athletes refuse to move into the olympic village. and meteorologist adam joseph returns with the full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00

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>> welcome back in. our coverage of the democratic national convention continues here live inside the wells fargo center in south philadelphia. >> raucous applause under way. let's take a live look from our convention camera at the stage where we just heard moments ago from stephanie rawlings-blake who opened up this convention just about 20 minutes ago, a lot of applause here and former congressman bernie frank -- barney frank from massachusetts one of the first openly gay members of congress speaking now. this convention though so far defined by what was not supposed to happen. obviously stephanie rawlings-blake was not supposed to gavel this convention open. that was supposed to go to debbie wasserman schultz embroiled in a e-mail controversy suggesting that she and top aides were facing hillary clinton and trying to derail bernie sanders. we also heard chants of

bernie, bernie drowning out the opening convocation by the reverend cynthia hail moments ago. this convention not lost for the stars the republicans had. >> democrats vow their party will unite and we shall see. of course we want to send it back inside to the studio where alicia vitarelli is standing by with more on the news of the day. alicia. >> all right, massive wildfire is burning at this very hour in california and it has destroyed at least 18 homes and charred more than 23 square miles. since the fire began on friday, 10,000 homes have been evacuated. more than 1300 firefighters are battling the blaze that officials say is simply burning out of control. the summer olympics in rio de janeiro less than two weeks away but athletes arriving at the olympic village say it is completely unlivable. there are reports of blocked toilets leaky pipes and exposed wires. athletes from australia

refused to move in at all. the olympic committee says the problems will be addressed within the next few days. >> ♪ and now to your big talkers today. and of course the big hot happening right now in philadelphia is the democratic national convention. and with all of the dnc events and parties on tap that means a lot of food being prepped and served and that often means a lot of leftovers. have no fear our city of brotherly love has figured out a way to eliminate waist and use all that extra food to feed the needy. a brand new app just launched it's called food connect. our city's hunger fighting organizations teamed up to create this app which links restaurants hotels, caterers anyone prepping food with pantries and shelters. the creators say they were inspired by the papal visit to philadelphia back in september where they say a lot of good food ended up getting tossed. food connect is making its debut right now for the dnc but it will stick around once

the convention wraps up. pretty genius idea. and check this out. if you have a question for donald trump, here is your big chance. the republican presidential nominee has been very active on social media as you know during his entire campaign. and now he's using it to open up a direct line of communication with voters. he's taking any and all questions and answering them personally and it's happening this wednesday on reddit. the trump campaign says this wednesday night he will host a forum on reddit called ask me anything, nothing is off limits. that session begins again on wednesday night at 6:30. this happens to be the very same night that president barack obama and vice president joe biden will be here in philadelphia. and of course speaking at the dnc. you got any questions for matt pelman? we have him live right now with a look at the roads and you know what, the traffic has been quite an issue today, matt. >> yeah, alicia, i think a lot of drivers have a lot of questions about how the dnc is

impacting their rides. one of the major impacts weight restrictions in place along 95. as a result of those weight restrictions which are no vehicles over 5 tons can travel 95 between the platt bridge and center city, as a result of that, they've set up police checkpoints to make sure that no vehicles over the weight limit do travel on that chunk of 95 so all day long we've been seeing delays going into those checkpoints. this is the northbound delay approaching philadelphia international airport and the exit for the platt bridge. coming southbound you also have a delay from past the betsy ross bridge into girard where lanes are blocked with those police checkpoints. coming eastbound on the vine there's a checkpoint right up ahead as you try and get on 95 to make sure no vehicles over 5 tons are getting on the southbound side. we've also seen intermittent closures throughout the day of the vine street expressway as motorcades have moved through and the delegate buses have moved through. the ramp from the schuylkill eastbound to packer avenue is closed all week in the

afternoons and evenings and of course south broad street is closed between packer and terminal but it's also extended north that closure during the day today because of protestors marching down broad. you can imagine a lot of septa buses are on detours, septa's broad street line is not running between oregon and at&t because of security but on the regional rails everything is pretty much as it's been for the last few weeks with the trains running a little bit behind on those interim schedules. we'll check it again though alicia, coming up at 5 o'clock. >> all right, matt, thank you. and still to come on "action news" we're going to tell you about a deal for the kids that is heating up with the weather. parents are going to love this one. stepping outside sky6 hd is looking live at the wells fargo center. meteorologist adam joseph with your exclusive hot and steamy accuweather 7-day forecast next. longhorn's grilled tastes of summer.

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>> welcome back once again inside a rather raucous wells fargo center. the temperature rising inside this building right now as we have just heard from congresswoman mary. the convention claire woman here. she was drowned out by boos and chants of bernie just moments ago. in fact, when she mentioned hillary clinton's name this place broke out in very loud boos. rough start. >> all developing right here in front of us. we want to switch now to the temperature also outside. meteorologist adam joseph joining us with the details on the extreme heat. >> extreme heat sharrie and brian also the extreme humidity that is fueling the storms along with a triggering mechanism in the form of a cold front approaching from the north and west. we've had many severe storms in and around the lehigh valley in the last hour on storm tracker6 live double scan and that warning still continues until 5:30 here for easton right on the edge of bethlehem and as you push to the north and east winds near

60 miles an hour with these storms and has had a history of producing hail up to 1 inch in diameter. you can see this cluster of color here along i-78 and extends down to macungie, 101 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes so it's a continuous flashing and rumble of thunder time of evening here in and around parts of the lehigh valley but this storm, at least the intense part of it with the hail looks like it's beginning to fall apart. another severe near bucks county princeton pennington until 5:15, winds near 60 miles per hour as it pushes to the east-northeast at about 35 miles an hour approaching pennington route 31. you can see this purple developing along i-95 heading towards 206. that would be small hail with this storm with about 30 to 35 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes so passing north and east of new hope as well as newtown and now heading into downtown trenton.

watching this severe storm heading to the north and east and again, it's that heat index of 108 in philadelphia, 101 in trenton that is helping these storms to reach levels of 30 to 50,000 feet in the atmosphere, tapping into strong winds as well as that hail core that high up in the atmosphere, 107 in wilmington as well as millville and feels like 114 degrees in the last hour in dover. satellite and radar, the cold front is still way to our north and west. these are just kind of renegade storms that are popping ahead of the main line. we're going to track that main line that passed through philadelphia between about the eight and 9 o'clock hour so at 7:30 future tracker showing the actual front pushing through wilmington, philadelphia and trenton, hits the coast around 8, 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock and even by 11 o'clock, we could still see some scattered storms trying to fire up even as that cold front slowly pushes through. now, behind this boundary it's still hot tomorrow. there's no relief. we hit 95 degrees in the

afternoon tomorrow and it is still humid. it won't be as oppressive as today but it's going to feel like 100 degrees or so for the main area around philadelphia between about 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock so very little in the way of relief even after these storms pass through. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast hot, still humid, 95 tomorrow. a little break in the humidity on wednesday but still blistering hot of 95 degrees. the humidity spikes again on thursday so thursday very much like today with the heat and humidity feeling well over 100 degrees with storms coming in once again in the evening and those storms could linger into friday of 90 degrees but we are back to the 80's with still high humidity over the weekend but hey, we'll take 88 degrees for three days in a row for saturday, sunday and monday around here. still a very brutal week for those folks who are in town for the dnc. no really break from the humidity and heat until the weekend. >> we do have a hot deal for parents trying to keep their

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there 5 o'clock hour. with the strike of the gavel the democratic national convention begins and our live team coverage of course continues next. >> those stories and so much more when "action news" continues next.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> ♪ [cheers and applause] >> and with the sound of that gavel the 2016 democratic national convention is officially under way in philadelphia. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake was chosen to do the honors in the wells fargo center today. and philadelphia's own boyz ii men kicked off the party itself with a performance. it is monday night. the big story on "action news" is of course the convention that has the world watching philadelphia. hillary clinton will make history here as the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. we are live at the wells fargo center where it is all happening and "action news" anchor rick williams, my colleague is joining us live there. rick, a lot of