getting started. looking live outside. accuweather says we'll have clear skies up above for a bit and clouds moving in but we are tracking several days of high humidity oppressive heat and the chance for more storms around the delaware valley. thursday night an excessive heat warning is posted for our area already. lets check in with cecily tynan live at the big board tonight with the details. >> reporter: hi rick and monica, the heat wave is just getting is started. yesterday's high 93 and the heat index up to 100, so far today 94 in philadelphia and add 10 degrees with dew points in the 70s, the max heat index 104 degrees, this is really across the board, it's very intense out there. allentown 100 and atlantic city airport 104, and millville 103 and cape may 100 degrees, the heat and humidity will build through the week and through the

weekend. that excessive heat warning posted along the i-95 corridor, that has now been extended until 9:00 sunday night, and the out lying areas all under an excessive heat advisory, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are getting pop-up thunderstorms north of philadelphia, right now the most intense is just crossing north of new hope, right across route 202, in this view alone, we have 64 lightning strikes, it's also unleashing heavy rain and the problem though, it's really not relieving the heat and humidity at all. tonight if you head to the eagles preseason game at the linc it's not your typical football weather, it's steamy and kickoff temperature is 89 and the fourth quarter 84 and the heat index will be in the 90s through the game and definitely want to drink a lot of that water and i'll talk about when the relief is finally on the way coming up in the full accuweather forecast.

>> all right cecily thank you. >> if you have any concerns about you or your loved ones in the heat. the philadelphia corporation of aging is taking your questions once again, the heat line numbers are on your screen. 215-765-9040, it's open until midnight tonight and tomorrow as well as saturday. the heat is not stopping fans from heading to the eagles preseason opener. the action cam found plenty of fans gearing up for the birds to take on the buccaneers, they are allowing each fan to bring in a medium size sealed water bottle. meanwhile, jaime apody and ducis rogers are standing by at it's linc with a preview of what to expect from the eagles. a lot of excited fans. >> reporter: hey there. lots of excitement here for a new team and new era, people want to see what the team will look like in 2016. a new coach in doug peterson. jordan matthews and malcolm jinx

ins you won't sjenkins you won' >> carson wentz will play the second half and if all goes well, the birds plan on not using him all season long. this may be the first chance to see carson wentz in the preseason and jeff skversky caught up with wentz this week. >> is it easy to simplify things and say it's just football, the same size field at any level? >> that is the approach i have the whole time since the first rookie mini camp, it's just football and play the game you were playing since you were a kid. and it helps me to stay grounded and go out and play. >> do you feel the expectations and pressures from outside when you are picked number two overall.

and suppose to be the face of the fan chase. >> it comes with the territory, i block it out and i inherited some pressure on a smaller sense back in college, have you to block it outs and go play ball. >> i can't wait to see what the kid does tonight and sam bradford gets the start. >> kickoff against the bucks comes up shortly after 6:00, ducis rogers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we'll talk to you again soon. meanwhile in other news, day three of pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane's perjury trial. a confident changed the tune on the stands, and john rawlins is live with the details. >> reporter: hi rick, well the testimony today is that kane was deeply involved in the leak of information and the subsequent cover up and in an odd twist.

the one time confident says he was stopped by kane's security detail that asked for his wallet and phone and keys, and a wand over his body looking for a wire. >> that story of kathleen kane using her security team to check friends for recording devices came from this man, morrow. he says that kane had nothing to do with the leaked information he provided for the daily news story that triggered the case against kane. now with a grant of immunity, he said he initially lied to protect kane. and a former prosecutor is observing the trial for us. >> he is not only begun to provide significant evidence of a motive, that is antagonism to

frank fina and the delivery of the leaked documents. >> he says he handed the leaked documents to the daily news at the behest of kane. they waited for the daily news to establish and anxiously asked where is my story i'm dying here while you are drinking. as for motive, morrow backs up the theory that kane was in a feud with fina. for a previous article. >> she was hell went to get back at fina. he has baggage that the kane defense will likely focus on given that he lied twice about the source of the grand jury leak. >> well, that issue of the earlier false swearing there came up a number of times in trial today both indirect trial and cross-examination, morrow

said he did it to protect kathleen kane and to a certain extent himself and was bothered by the lies and wanted to come clean. >> thank you john. this man 0-year-old brandon speech is in custody of police, he was wanted for posing as a woman online to get nude and expolicive video from underage boys, he was active online in fact for four years, taken into custody without incident. a boy has fallen from a wooden roller coaster in western pennsylvania. the third accident involving an amusement ride in the u.s. in less than a week. this happened at the idlewild and soak zone, that is 50 miles outside of pittsburgh, the child was conscious when air-lifted to the hospital. the roller coaster he fell off was open until 1938 and does not require seatbelts. rescue crews in maryland are

searching the rubble of this morning's deadly apartment fire looking for survivors. at least two people are dead after flames ripped through the building and at least five others are still unaccounted for. the virginia man that scaled the side of the trump tower in manhattan using suction cups now in the hospital. 19-year-old steven regatta of virginia faces charges of trespassing, and he made it to the 21st floor before being pulled in by police. he wangted a one-on-one meeting with the republican nominee but not clear what he wanted to discuss. >> time for a check of our "action news" traffic report thursday night. >> lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> people are trying to get down to the linc to do some sweating and watch the birds as well. highways are busy, like the blue route 476 and southbound a slow crawl from the schuylkill to

broomall. the whole way down to 95 and it doesn't help us out that we have a crash on 95 by the commodore barry bridge and that is now out of the way but left us with southbound delays. if you want it avoid the traffic, septa is running extra trains on the broad street line, the sports express trains leave fern rock every 10 minutes. a few issues on the trolley and still 10 minute delays on the route 10 because of a disabled trolley and the route 18 shuttle buses through labor day. a crash in stanton, delaware by telegraph road by the cvs and the gas maintains to block ocean heights avenue and sounds like it will most of the evening and everything is open on the garden state parkway. we'll check it again coming unin the next half hour. >> sounds good. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. the millions of dollars that officials are taking from other health programs to help fight

the growing threat of zika in the united states. and an imminent terror attack foiled in canada. the isis sympathizer shot and killed by police.

back to that breaking news for you, in egg harbor township, the past ten minutes "action news" got a statement from south jersey gas saying that this started when a live wire came into can't with a guardrail. chopper 6 hd is zooming in to show you it's an active flame, this fire started at 3:45 p.m. ocean heights avenue remains closed. but it started when a live wire came in contact with a guardrail and the gas is still flowing there. >> in canada, they thwarted a terror attack by killing a suspected isis sympathizer, erin driver planned to detonate a suicide bomb. officials were watching driver for a year and he was killed

after he tried to blow up a taxi and police opened fire on him. in health check the federal government is shifting more money from other programs to the fight against the zika virus. the word came when officials updated the preparations, health reporter and registered nurse is live with the story tonight. >> government health agencies are fighting zika in florida and elsewhere with money transferred frombola projects. more is needed for tests on a zika vaccine and one trial on a potential vaccine started with a handful of volunteers but the next most important phase in zika areas is in jeopardy. today's transfer will help a little but at the expense of other vital medical work.

>> that is really bad. that is bad for the bio medical research enterprise, we are taking money away from cancer and diabetes and all of those kinds of things. >> dr. anthony says if there are gaps in funds, control in florida and puerto rico may very to be scaled down and the affected area in miami has been reduced but said that three new cases of locally spread zika is reported in the area. that brings the total to 25, rick scott they are confident their efforts are working to educate the public and get rid of mosquitos but continues to blast congress for not passing federal funds to fight zika yet. closer to home several state and health officials came together including tom carper, officials have an action plan if zika is here.

to educate the public and control mosquitos and help to protect pregnant women and their unborn babies. senator carper says he hopes that congress can address the issue once they are back in session. they are scheduled to be back in session in september. many say they should come back now to get this done sooner. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you the latest updates. >> thank you ali. delta's top executive is speaking out for the first time since the airline's massive system shut down, what the company's ceo is promising to the thousands of customers left stranded this week. >> and so many of u.s. have shared memories of captain noah with you this week, and we are remembering his legacy as well. we posted several episodes of captain noah including his first episode from 1967 on 6abc.com. and we'll have a tribute in the

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macy's says it will close 100 more of its department stores, that is 15% of its stores nationwide. after the chain revealed weak second quarter sales, it faces more and more competition from online retailers. they will not say which retailers are closing but that most will shut down early next year. >> the ceo of delta airlines taking full responsibility for the worldwide system outage that left thousands of passengers stranded. more than 72 hours after an electrical failure led to a small fire and power outage inside of the center. that caused a domino effect and caused the airline to cancel 2100 flights in four days, many passengers complained of poor communication a situation that

ceo addressed directly. >> we could not communicate with them directly, our system was down. >> he says the airline plans to repair the reputation with passengers with actions moving forward. pope francis had lunch with a group of syrian refugees that was brought to italy thanks to the pontiff's inter session, he brought toys for the children. and they spoke to the pontiff about the beginning of their lives in italy. they are receiving housing from a catholic charity. still to come a check of the accuweather forecast. lets do it as we look outside from sky 6 hd showing you the beaches in atlantic city and a few folked out there. why not it's hot enough. cecily tynan will have your forecast. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message.

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time for accuweather forecast at the "action news" big board. cecily tynan has an update on the steamy forecast. and some precipitation that was in buckets cecily. >> we did and when have you the high humidity, any thunderstorms can drop a lot of rain if a short period of time.

double scan live radar showing not really widespread i'm watching a batch of thunderstorms work out of bucks county into hunterdon county and in addition to the downpours we see a lot of lightning strikes, this cell right here 146 lightning strikes moving pretty slowly to the east at 15 miles per hour. and we can flip this, and show you the rainfall rates, this is pretty close to the radar site, we have intense rainfall rates, the rain falling at the rate of 2.5 inches per hour. this is hard to drive through if you get a downpour like this, the best idea is to pull off the side of the road and wait it out until it passes. dew points show you it's tropical out there. . the dew point 72 in philadelphia and 75 in allentown and wildwood 79 degree dew points. they do not get much higher than that. and the heat index makes it feel like 101 in philadelphia and 100 in cape pay point and 104 at the

atlantic city airport. and the heat and humidity is building towards the weekend, satellite 6 along with action radar this shows the set up well, the classic bermuda high going nowhere fast and the ridge keeping most of the thunderstorm activity this evening up to the north and areas to the south will have clearer skies than areas to the north, if you head out to watch the peak of the perseid meteor shower, it should be a good show, around 1:00 in the morning, before dawn and before the sunrises, we are looking at the rate of 150 to 200 meteors per hour, could be the best shower in decades, adjust your eyes for 30 minutes, away from city lights and look up to the north. tomorrow afternoon though, here we go again, the heat index

soaring, 106 in philadelphia and 105 in reading and 106 in trenton and saturday it intensifies more the eight warning is in effect sunday night at 9:00. 96 tomorrow and 97 saturday and 95 sunday and 93 monday, add 10 degrees for the heat index. finally after showers and thunderstorms, temperatures drop into the 80s, good place to go, down the shore meteorologist, melissa magee, i challenged her to get in the water, she is pretty close -- >> reporter: that is right cecily and you challenged me to get in the water, and i never turn down a challenge but i think i'm facing the wrong way with the surf board, we are down in a.c. having a lot of fun and the place to be to beat the humidity. we'll have all the hot happenings down at the shore and a.c. this saturday is all about jimmy buffett and we'll have the latest on that when "action

news" comes right back. i'll send it back inside to you. think i can handle the wave. >> i have no doubt. >> we'll see how much time we have. quick break and more news when we come back.

"action news" at 5:00 continues, and you are taking a live look at a developing situation in egg harbor township. a gas main burning for four hours now. this is a live picture from the action cam on ocean heights avenue and the avenue by the way is still shut down. this is between steelmanville road and blackman road. >> this is near the garden state parkway and matt pellman from the traffic center tells us that all lanes are open on the garden state but folks are slowing down to look at the flames and activities. gas officials tell us that a caller informed dispatch that a live electric wire came in contact with the guardrail. the electric current went through the guardrail and into a gas main and that cause tropical disturbance to ignite. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you updates

through the evening. meanwhile the scene in egg harbor pales compared to the one we saw in the olney section in philadelphia. that is when they ripped through a gas main and that sparked two massive explosions, hundreds of people were evacuated and it took crews nearly four hours to get that situation under control and amazingly no one was injured. meanwhile another day on the campaign trail and another chance for the nominees to target each other's policies and positions. donald trump took a swipe at hillary clinton saying that she and president obama created isis and clinton attacked trump's economic plan. >> i believe that every american willing to work hard should be able to find a job that provides dignity and decent pay to support a family.

>> clinton gave her position in michigan today. confirmed her commitment to creating millions of new jobs and expanding mall businesses. >> we need help, iowa is help, and most of you are in florida, but if you could send out the word to ohio, pennsylvania, some of those really important swing states, i'm telling you -- >> donald trump lobbies a group of religious leaders to share a good word or two with voters back home. >> karen travers is following the latest developments from the campaign trail tonight. >> reporter: good evening monica and rick. it was an unusual day for donald trump on the campaign trail. low energy as he might call it. he kept up attacks on hillary clinton, but it was clinton that may have landed the toughest jabs by focusing on the economy. hillary clinton says that donald trump is all doom and gloom.

>> when he visited detroit on monday he talked only of failure and poverty and crime, he missed so much about what makes michigan great. >> clinton speaking on the economy in michigan just like trump on monday, going second has its benefits, she used his speech to pick it apart there. >> he would give trillions in tax cuts to big corpses s -- corporations. >> and trump preaching to the choir. >> i grew up with a home builder and i would listen to my father negotiate on the phone. he spoke with the economy and also kept out his latest attacks. >> i call president obama and hillary clinton, the founders of isis, they are the founders. in fact, i think we'll give hillary clinton the you know sports team, mvp most valuable

player. >> six states are rated toss-ups but team clinton is looking to make a push in the lean republican states, georgia and arizona. >> we'll have a national race because the map is so big for hillary clinton now and the plap is smaller for donald trump. >> patty davis whose father ronald reagan survived an assassination attempt. has a message for donald trump, says that words matter and the recent comments on hillary clinton and the second amendment could inspire violence. >> thank you. this reminder download the 6 abc news app this election season to get breaking news alerts from the campaign trail and live results on election fight. the 6 abc news app is a predawn load. >> jerry sandusky will testify during his appeal hearing in centre county tomorrow. sandusky's lawyer expects the

former assistant penn state football coach to testify at length. he is petitioning for a new trial saying his previous lawyers did not represent him adequately. he is accused of abusing ten boys. and chad pradelli will be there tomorrow at the hearing for the sandusky appeal hearing and have a live report on what happens in the courtroom tomorrow on "action news." a 20-year-old man was shot in philadelphia's hunting park section and it's not clear why he was targeted. this was the scene in the 3800 block of north percy street at midnight. a person that saw the shooting rushed the victim to the hospital and authorities have not released information about possible suspects. from our delaware newsroom, newcastle county detectives want to know if you recognize the man coming up there in the white hat, they say that he bust nood a woman's car as he went to noon time services at wilmington

community evangelical church on bracken road on tuesday. they stole her purse and wallet and cash inside. all right, time to once again see what is going on down at the shore this weekend. a lot of folks are heading there or already enjoying it. melissa magee is live with the scoop in atlantic city. >> reporter: hey there monica and rick. you know what guys, we are having a fantastic time. the weather feels great believe it or not because of the southerly wind. we are gearing up for the jimmy buffett concert coming up this weekend it's about the a.c. beach concert series, i have jim with live nation putting it on. >> a lot of jimmy buffett, his fans are known for being some of the most fun, festive audiences that you'll ever seen, bringing a beach vibe to anywhere they go. >> what time is the concert?

>> 4:00. >> we'll have more if you are not in a.c. we have more going on down at the shore. for all the parrot heads here is what is going on where you live. >> they are part of the latest food sensation and can you sample a few during the truckerton brew truck and brew fest in tuckerton new jersey, they will host gourmet food trucks from the east coast for a blast of flavor, simple a variety of sweet and savory foods saturday and sunday. >> folks wanting to get some ink will get plenty to choose this weekend in south jersey. the wildwood concencenter is hosting the wildwood bash more than 200 tattoo artists will be there to show off their work. and art exhibits and musical performances and a tattoo contest. >> reporter: a classic car show

and cruise is rolling into cold spring village in cape may this weekend. enjoy a walk in the shade among dozens of vintage cars and trucks, the hours for saturday and sunday from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. so rev on over and hope to see you this weekend down at the shore. so i don't know if you can hear it but we have the jimmy buffett tunes going on and joe it's your bishlg day today and they are heading to the concert saturday. give us a line from a favorite song -- ♪ wasted away in margueriarita margaritaville ♪ >> we'll be at the concert, and we have food at land shark, their nachos and watching out for the seagulls they took a dive and have you to have the

margaritas, have fun this weekend down at the shore i'll save you a spot on the beach, it's fantastic. >> enjoy. thanks melissa. you can use stormtracker 6 live double scan to keep an eye out for pop-up storms including during the concert. one of many tools available 24/7 at 6abc.com/weather. don't forget stay connected by following our meteorologists on twitter and facebook. lets go to matt pellman. see if he is singing a happy tune. >> usually not a happy tune and that is the case this evening. we are 15 miles away from where melissa was in a.c., this is egg harbor township. the ac cam remains on the gas fire along ocean heights avenue, it's blocked off with fire crews and emergency responders between steelman mill road season blackman road. this is closed most of the night books night and stay on zion road or somers point to the

south. garden state parkway on top traffic is moving, a little activity on the shoulder, and i would not be surprised if people were slowing down to see the huge flames. in hammonton an overturned vehicle crash at 206 at middle road and we are thinking green tonight with the eagles game, but we see a whole lot of red, brake lights on the schuylkill. coming into the game stacked from 202 into belmont and then the boulevard, you are barely moving into south street. the blue route southbound extra heavy approaching the schuylkill down to 95. earlier crash on 95 southbound is cleared. but in glasgow look for a crash at polanski highway. >> thank you matt. it is the first true test of the number one draft pick carson wentz, and the eagles first preseason game. coming up later we'll head down to the linc for a live report

from ducis rogers and jaime apody and cecily is in for adam tonight. it will be a hot time at linc. most of the thunderstorm activity is missing us to the north and we have storms across hunterdon and mercer county, but everywhere we have the heat and humidity. i'll let you know when it finally breaks in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. if you have medicare

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report the wait is over for eagles fans and the preseason match-up is just hours away. jaime apody and ducis rogers is live at the linc. >> reporter: can you believe it? football time. hot and exciting. tonight everybody is going to wait and see what sam bradford looks like and doug peterson looks like but that is not what everyone wants to see. >> we got the word from the head coach, doug peterson will start

the third quart and play most of the second half against the buccaneers. he had a good training camp thus far and practice and actual game play are different things, wentz is a confident young man but concedes he may have butterflies. >> yes, but this is just a game and i go out and have fun with it. i have to calm down the excitement, but once the first snap is going i'll be ready to play. >> everybody wants to see how he performs in nfl competition. >> some people we won't see, jordan matthews, michael kendricks and jason peters and malcolm jenkins. that is a lot of people. being out of camp the last couple of weeks there are a lot of faces around, many guys that could play key roles are making their lincoln financial field debuts tonight. >> this is different, an excitement of being in a place

like this. a football town and that is exciting but from a football thing you want to treat it like any other game. go and make plays for the team. >> are you ready to face someone else? >> yes, it's about that time. >> when we run out of the tunnel. that is great. these fans are some of the best of the league. >> moving on to baseball, the phillies are off tonight and tomorrow they begin a nine game home stand. first up the colorado rookies. everybody that goes to a baseball game dreams of catching a foul ball, sometimes you catch something else entirely. check this out from a pirates game. the ball heading to the fan and the fan was hungry and thirsty, the fan catched the plate full of nachos and it was messy and

ugly and his shirt was ruined and his face was ruined. >> i had beer and nachos and tried to go back to my seat and the ball was at my face, i lost all quote and tried to grab the ball and the nachos ended up on my head. >> they did. he didn't get the ball but the pirates made sure he got a ball and a t-shirt and a new plate of nachos. >> they probably cost $15, for jaime apody, i'm ducis rogers back to you in the studio. >> all right guys thank you. we'll check in throughout the evening as the eagles game gets closer. we'll be right back. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee,

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alone has 84 lightning strikes, we have a flash flood warning in parts of hunterdon county because this shows how much rain has fallen, about 3 inches in this area around 202, part of the reason why is the humidity is so high and they are not moving quickly. this is the situation you get in when have you the heat and humidity, you can get a lot of rain in a short period of time. the dog days of august are here. yesterday was 93 with a heat index of 100 and today even higher, 95 degrees the official high the heat index 105, the second day of our fifth heat wave of the year and it looks like four more days before we get a break in the heat and humidity. the heat index 101 in philadelphia and cape may and atlanta airport 104, and trenton 92 degrees from some of that rain. satellite 6 along with action radar showing this ridge of high pressure, this high pressure

over bermuda, you see how the showers and thunderstorms are arcing over the ridge and this is also the wind direction out of the southwest. that is the heat pump, so tonight it's going to be very warm and very muggy and a spotty thunderstorm possible north of philadelphia, 75 degrees is the low in the suburbs and 78 in center city and enough clearing in the skies to get a view of the perseid meteor shower. and our temperatures peak on saturday. tomorrow 96, heat index 106. saturday 97 and heat index 108 and sunday the high of 95 with a heat index of 106. so a good thing to do is get into the water but even the water is not that refreshing, the ocean temperature yesterday in atlantic city was measured at 83.3 degrees a record high breaking the record of 83.1 set in 2011. the beaches you do get a sea

breeze so a good idea to relax and sit down and enjoy the sea breeze and that is what meteorologist, melissa magee, is doing. melissa do you really get paid for this? >> i mean hey i roll up to work and they tell me what to do. and today i'm at the shore cecily and it certainly doesn't feel bad. as you mentioned we have the sea breeze kicking on in. without that it would be hotter. we have the shore forecast covered for you into the weekend, on friday it's warm and humid with a high temperature of 88 degrees, and on saturday, we'll keep the heat going, it's hot and steamy and a high of 90. and on sunday same thing, hot and sticky with late day showers and storms and high temperature of 90 degrees, the ocean temperature not as warm as it has been with the record of 83.3, but today we are up to 78 degrees and there is a moderate risk for rip currents in the ocean tomorrow. something to keep in mind,

always swim where the lifeguards are on duty. i am going to put my feet in the sand and enjoy the nice ocean breeze see you in the 6:00 hour with the hot happenings down at the shore. >> you need a drink with and umbrella. >> and my sun glasses. >> she has the toughest job in the world. 97 tomorrow and 97 on saturday and 93 on sunday, each day add 10 degrees for the heat index and then a cold front moves through and that drops the temperatures into the upper 80s on tuesday, officially ending the heat wave and then wednesday and thursday, it's seasonably warm and moderately humid and 88 on wednesday for the atlantic city air show and thursday 87 degrees. relief is on the way but not until tuesday. until then dangerously hot.

right now the "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. the gas main fire is burning for hours after being sparked by an electric fire. and what to do if you spot dangerous behavior on the roads. >> an archeological dig on the waterfront revealed artifacts from 1400 b.c., i'm nora muchanic and you'll get a look at all of them.

>> for adam joseph, jaime apody, monica malpass and the entire "action news" team. i'm rick williams join me next for "action news" at 6:00. >> good night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. thursday night and jim is off and i'm rick williams, and the big story on "action news" is developing in atlantic county? >> a gas main fire in egg harbor township has been burning for four and a half hours now. chopper 6 hd was over the scene on ocean heights avenue. south jersey gas responded at 1:45 this afternoon.

a caller told dispatch that a live electric wire came in contact with the guardrail and it traveled to the 8 inch main causing it to ignite. the action cam is live at the scene and the gas company says no customers are affected at this time and they evacuated one building as a precaution and no one is hurt. gas crews are working to shut off the flow of gas to clear the scene. look for updates at 6abc.com. now, to the excessive heat warning in effect tonight. the fountains at dillworth plaza. this is day two of likely heat wave number five this year. and temperatures are expected to soar, so get ready. lets check in with cecily tynan outside with all the details from accuweather. >> it feels like a steam bath out here. we are on day two of what is likely a six day heat wave. we are not