and you see heavy cloud cover up above the sun trying to peek through a bit and we have no sign of this heat letting up any time soon. on top of that more storms could be on the way. >> it is friday night and the big story on "action news" is the excessive heat warning that remains in effect for our area. >> we have team coverage for you tonight. ali gorman with more on the dangers this oppressive heat possess to us in a moment but we begin with meteorologist cecily tynan with the latest. >> three days of temperatures in the 90's officially makes this a heat wave. we're up to 96 degrees so far in philadelphia. the problem, though, we're not even halfway through. looks like this heat wave could last longer than initially thought. could be more than a week. good shot this could be an eight day heat wave and with the temperatures we have dewpoints in the 70's, oppressive humidity so the heat index, the way it feels philadelphia 107, allentown 101, wilmington 103, millville 107 and the atlantic city airport it feels like 108 degrees and this

oppressive heat and humidity sticks with us right through the weekend. we have been seeing some pop-up showers and thunderstorms and one cluster has turned severe. a severe thunderstorm warning has been posted for a large section of chester county also southern montgomery and northern delaware county until 5:30 tonight. i want to show you this line of storms because this line is really vicious. it's moving east at 35 miles per hour and it stretches from 422 to the route 30 bypass p, 187 lightning strikes with this, so very heavy downpours making a mess of the evening commute and even the potential for small hail. so exton, grove, frazier valley forge malvern and paoli all in the path of the storm. you really want to get indoors immediately with all this lightening this is dangerous and unfortunately it's not going to relieve the heat. an excessive heat warning has been extended across our entire viewing area saturday and sunday and the heat index actually could be worse than today tomorrow.

we have a large section along i-95 where the heat index could hit 110. that's the highest so far this year. i'll talk more about what to expect over the weekend and when relief is on the way in the accuweather forecast. monica. >> thank you cecily. the city of philadelphia is taking steps to make sure that everyone does stay cool as much as possible over the weekend. 21 public pools were slated to close this weekend marking the end of the summer swim season. that number though he has been cut back to eight because there are not enough lifeguards to keep them opened. the pools that do remain operational will be opened from noon until 5:00 tomorrow and sunday. and for more ways on how to stay safe this weekend we turn to health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman. she continues our team coverage now from center city. hi, ali. >> hi, monica and yeah, weather like this can be extremely dangerous. i'll tell you what, though, the kids behind me at this splash park they have the right idea. you have to do what you can to stay cool and this is especially important for some

people. blazing hot sun and high humidity. even if you catch a breeze, it's not cool air. >> ooh, it's hot, hot. >> super hot. it's like very thick air. >> i'm not a big fan of hot whether it's just a little bit too hot. >> excessive heat can be dangerous even deadly. >> this disaster could kill most americans and particularly more dangerous if it's prolonged. so we're now entering a period of several days of very high heat so it's really quite dangerous. >> philadelphia health commissioner dr. thomas farley says they're hoping to prevent any more heat related deaths. there have been four in the city this summer during previous heat waves. >> he's calling about his status. >> they've activated the heat line through the philadelphia corporation for aging. >> anybody, any age can give us a call and we can see what we can do to help out either give them a resource, tips hon on how to keep cool or put them in touch with the medical staff that's here. >> the very young and very old

are most at risk for problems. but everyone should drink more water, avoid exercise midday and limit time outside. dr. farley also stresses check in on neighbors especially the more vulnerable. >> many of the people who end up getting severely ill or even dying are very much isolated. they tone necessarily have family that is going to be checking in on them. >> and the number for that heat line is (215)765-9040. it is open 8:30 to midnight tonight and tomorrow and sunday until 9 p.m. and for everyone, the first signs of trouble can be excessive sweating, headaches, fatigue. if you start to feel this way, those are signs that you need to get inside and do what you can to cool down before things get worse. reporting live in center city, ali gorman, channel6 "action news. rick. >> all right, ali, thank you. well, about 90 minutes ago philadelphia police released new information about a late night shooting that sent a

six-year-old boy to the hospital in critical condition. happened at around 11:30 last night on ashmead street in germantown when the boy and three other people got caught if the crossfire of a gun battle. the shooting came three days after another gun fight sent another six-year-old to the hospital. "action news" reporter trish hartman is live at police headquarters tonight with the new details. trish. >> reporter: well, police are now offering a $10,000 reward in both shootings that critically injured six-year-old children this week. that little boy injured last night is recovering from surgery and neighbors are anxious for answers. >> he was hit in his groin and it shattered his leg, his left arm is shattered. his intestines were tore up. >> reporter: mahaj brown's grandmother describes the six-year-old's devastating injuries saying he'll need several surgeries after being shot multiple times in his godfather's car.

>> people -- children are dying for no reason. my grand baby is up there suffering for what? he did nothing. he was going home. >> reporter: police say around 11:30 last night between 30 and 40 shots were fired around the 500 block of east ashmead street. police say the shots came from two vehicles and one of the weapons used was an ak-47. investigators are looking into the possibility of a turf war between two groups. police say they are desperate for information from the community and stress that tips can be made anonymously. >> it's nothing new about people being afraid and sometimes paralyzed and reluctant by that fear to come forward but we're trying to give them vehicles in which they can remain anonymous. >> reporter: neighbors many of whom have bullets in their cars and homes are afraid for their children. the shooting comes after a six-year-old girl was slot in west oak lane earlier this week. >> crazy 'cause i got a little baby and then we got kids that be in our house so it's like i don't want them to come out and just randomly get shot.

>> reporter: 75-year-old lucille had several bullets go into her front bedroom and is angry that so many guns are in her neighborhood. >> this is not the military. why do they have these guns. why? >> that's a good question. >> reporter: now, that little six-year-old girl who was shot on tuesday has been upgraded to critical but stable condition at saint christopher's hospital. now, in regards to last night's shooting police are looking for two vehicles in connection with it. one of them is a new model -- into your model two tone mercury mountaineer. anyone with information is urged by philadelphia police to call 215-686-tips. reporting live at police headquarters, trish hartman channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you, trish. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky was back in court today trying to get his 2012 conviction on sexual abuse charges overturned. "action news" reporter chad pradelli was there as sandusky took the stand. he has more from belfont.

for the very it? jerry sandusky took the stand in his defense and proclaimed i'm innocent. at times he appeared confident at other times uncertain. in the end his message was he trusted his defense attorneys but they were ill prepared. sandusky walked into center county court and took the stand. his lead attorney al lindsey immediately questioned sandusky about his infamous network broadcast interview with bob costas in 2011. his awkward response to this question was ultimately entered into his trial. i sexually attracted to under aged boys? sexually attracted, i enjoy young people. i love to be around them. i -- i -- but no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> reporter: sandusky testified he'd only learned he'd do the phone interview 15 minutes prior at the urging of defense attorney joe amendola.

amendola testified today the court of public opinion was against his client and he advised the now 72-year-old to just maintain his innocence. >> do you regret that interview. >> well, sure. i mean, in retrospect just that one part. the rest was fine. >> reporter: his legal team questioned by amendola decided not to have sandusky testify on his own behalf. >> in order for you to give up that right to testify in your own behalf it has to be something that is very, very important. >> reporter: amendola decided to keep sandusky off the stand because it would open the door for jerry sandusky's adopted son matt sandusky to testify against his father. matt sandusky flipped to the prosecution at the 11th hour and claimed he, too, was that sexually assaulted by jerry sandusky. >> at the end of the day do you think jerry sandusky got a fair trial? >> no. and that's the whole point and i don't think he got a fair trial because of the time constraints. >> reporter: this is day one of the three day scheduled appeal hearing. there will be one week off and then it will resume on

august 22nd. in belfont chad pradelli channel6 "action news. >> lawyers for pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane rested their case today without calling a single witness. kane stands accused of leaking confidential grand jury information to the media and then lying about it. well, today the defense asked the judge to dismiss all charges because the prosecution failed to prove anything. the judge declined so the defense rested. closing arguments are scheduled to begin on monday. >> time right now for a check of the "action news" traffic report. >> it is friday and matt pelman and the "action news" traffic center with the low down on the slowdown at least the weekend is upon us. >> at least we have that because otherwise we have a bunch of strikes against us on this friday afternoon including downpours here in chester county, rick and monica. you can see them as we look live at the lionville area. this is 113 just west of 100 by the hampton inn. also had a motorcycle crash here. luckily the crash just cleared but it's still very wet here in chester county. elsewhere in chester county,

crash on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound past valley forge blocking lanes. you might want to head down 202 to the 30 bypass to 100 to get around it. there comes that precipitation traveling through chester county. on the big picture a crash on the lincoln drive northbound by gypsy lane. a broken down vehicle on the roosevelt boulevard northbound past ninth street blocking a lane. crash on 95 by the walt whitman bridge. in mount laurel a degree has come down along 38 eastbound along marter avenue blocking the right lane. downed wires in pennsauken on the admiral wilson boulevard eastbound approaching 130. right lane has been blocked there since this morning. lots going on rick and monica. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> will do. thank you, matt. a cross country flight was forced to make an emergency landing after hitting severe turbulence mid trip. coming up next at 5:00 the sudden and chaotic moments passengers described on board that sent more than 20 people to the hospital. >> new at 5:00, pennsylvania governor tom wolf is hard at work despite the state legislature being in recess.

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>> more than 20 people are hospitalized after one very bumpy cross country flight. >> it happened last night aboard jetblue flight number 429 headed from boston to sacramento. that plane hit severe turbulence over the midwest throwing anyone without a seat belt on out of their seats. pilots made an emergency landing in south dakota. that's where one flight attendant was taken off in a neck brace. passengers said it felt like the plane hit a wall. >> guys behind us had hit the over compartment -- over compartment. it cracked. you could see where it cracked. that's how hard they hit. >> and then all of a sudden there was quite a big shake. you said whoa and then right after that there was a drop. >> everyone is expected to be okay. a different plane was brought in to get everyone who was not injured to california. >> well, pennsylvania state legislature may be in recess but governor tom wolf is hard at work crisscrossing the commonwealth pushing key parts

of his agenda. governor wolf dropped by the 6abc studios to discuss the budget, opioid abuse and other topics as well. "action news" anchor tamala edwards has that story tonight. >> this is a disease that is different in everybody. >> though it is august pennsylvania governor tom wolf was not focused on summer pleasures. instead, he stopped into a center of excellence in norristown one of 20 new treatment centers across the state aimed at helping families fight opioid abus. >> 2500 pennsylvanians died in 2014 of drug overdose. that's more than died in traffic accidents that year. and last year 2015, 3300 people in pennsylvania died of drug overdose. we cannot afford a budget that doesn't provide the things that pennsylvanians need from their government. >> speaking of the budget a lot of people have called it a bit of a loss for wolf who didn't get a rise in personal or state income tax or a tax on fracking. he says the gas tax does sting a little and he may fight for that again but on the larger

point he disagreed. >> i feel great. my view is what we got was something that was great for pennsylvania and by the way i was not personally committed to either one of those revenue streams. i was committed to a balanced budget and i was indifferent to how we got there. >> wolf argues he not only got a better bottom line he also got increased funds for priority like education and medicaid. as well he says pennsylvania will soon have a quality of life win. people able to grab beer and wine in places like grocery stores. in fact you can enjoy one major alcohol change right now. >> people were tired of taking a trip to california and having people say you can't -- i can't ship wine from the winery to your house. well now you can. >> wolf says he's hopeful for more cross party cooperation in the fall in harrisburg. but his tone turned harsher talking about donald trump and his recent comments which some saw as advocating gun violence against hillary clinton. >> i don't care whether he was joking or not. you don't say that. that's absolutely unacceptable for anybody to say that let alone somebody running for the highest out of in the

happened. >> if you would like to see our full interview it's there for you right now on 6abc.com. tamala edwards, channel6 "action news." >> and still to come on "action news" tonight, the thousands of dollars going to kids in need thanks to coffee for a cause. also the helping hand for one local school just before students head back to class. >> and a reminder "action news" is honoring captain noah's life and legacy this weekend. join us for outer loop special remembering captain noah sunday during "action news" at 10:00 a.m. we'll be right back.

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close. that means the end of internships and philadelphia mayor jim kenney congratulated students who completed internships in different city departments. 51 of them each intern got a certificate along with well wishes for the future from mayor kenney. fresh paint and some new plans spruced up a school in the frankford section of philadelphia today. lowes partnered with the community to give the harding middle school $4,000 worth of improvements before the school year begins next month. looking good. >> yup. much more still to come on "action news tonight. a check of that forecast for you. >> all right, let's take you live outside sky6 hd checking out atlantic city, folks in the surf enjoying some cool water. we'll be right back. >> ♪

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>> time to check accuweather for you at the "action news" big board. >> that's right. meteorologist cecily tynan. cecily it was so hot today i saw a greyhound bus and the dog was sitting on the inside. [laughter] >> have you been working on that all day. >> i'll use that again later. >> he can use it next week unfortunately because the heat wave will still be here. with this buildup of heat and humidity we are seeing some pop-up showers and thunderstorms and some of them are pretty intense. this few alone 71 lightning strikes. little bit of activity across new jersey. another cell that's heading towards new hope but the

strongest right now is a cell that's been pushing through chester county and right now it's right over radnor heading into the blue route. 27 lightning strikes here. this system is moving to the east at 35 miles per hour. so, rosemont west conshohocken, seven stars all in the path of this storm and storm tracker six double scan can actually dissect the storm and this is the cell we're looking at and i don't know if you can see the legend it bit rises to about 40,000 feet in the air. so, the more lift you have with a storm, the stronger it is and when it gets that high, it's not out of the question it could even have some small hail with it. really, though, i think the biggest concern is the lightning, the heavy downpours and the potential for some damaging winds. and this is why we've had the heat and humidity and it has been a hot summer. so far we've had 28 days of temperatures in the 90's. average to date 21 and we have several more days on the way

and with the heat, we have the humidity. so, the heat index makes it feel like 107 in philadelphia, the same in millville and dover, 103 in wilmington and it feels like 101 in allentown. satellite6 along with action radar showing some of the thunderstorms bubbling up as we are heeding through the afternoon and that's going to be the case through the weekend as well. the best chance philadelphia and areas to the north so tomorrow down the shore limited chance of storms, hot and humid, though, the high of 90. philadelphia 98 degrees with a heat index around 110 and the poconos 87 degrees warm and muggy with a possibility of some late day thunderstorms. best chance will be in the poconos. so, the five day at 5:00 showing the heat is on tomorrow. the record high 99. we're going to be close. 98 degrees. sunday still scorching, 93. monday not as extreme but still hot, 93 and look at this. looks like that front does not move through on monday. tuesday and wednesday the heat wave lingers, temperatures in the 90's. melissa will let you know if we cool off at all later next

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>> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. we're in for a weekend of dangerous heat with oppressive humidity making it feel like it's above 100 degrees. also donald trump is now focusing his efforts on winning over voters in pennsylvania. and it's smooth snailing chester county. officials are celebrating an end to a multi-million dollars road project. >> now the details for the third day in a row the oppressive heat has continued across our area. today the heat index shot up to 108 and it wean get any won'y better as we head into the weekend. meteorologist melissa magee has the details of this dangerous heat right now. melissa. >> and it is that way monica because it's a prolonged stretch of heat and humidity that we will be dealing with as we head into our weekend. so, the current heat index numbers across the region feeling like 98 in boston, the heat index in philadelphia 100 new york city i should say.

philadelphia 107 and 109 there in washington, d.c. we have heat warnings and heat advisories as far north as portland maine and northern portions of new england and as far south as washington, d.c. we'll goly in a little tighter to our region for the delaware and lehigh valleys. we've got an excessive heat warning both tomorrow and sunday for a good clunk of our region because we're talking about the heat and the heat index numbers ranging anywhere from 100 to 110 across the region. here's storm tracker6 live double scan radar 3-d. we've got a lot of pop-up showers and storms moving across the region but we want to go in a little tighter and there is a cluster north and west of philadelphia, north of malvern pressing into pottstown. she's showers and storms are moving to the south and east at about 35 miles per hour. we've got a lot of lightning associated with them and i would expect this activity to continue as we go throughout the early evening hours as well. something to keep in mind if you're north of the city in bethlehem, the lehigh valley, sabrina carpenter will be taking the stage for musikfest.

keep a watchful eye to the sky as number will be ranging in the middle to lower 80's. more details monica coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you melissa. philadelphia's heat line is being extended now since the excessive heat warning runs through sunday. that number is on your screen (215)765-9040. operators can answer questions about meet stress and medicals wang signs. the heat line is opened until midnight and it will be back up again tomorrow morning at 8:30. stay with 6abc.com/weather throughout the week. you'll find the latest on the heat and the first word on any pop-up storms. don't for get to stay connected by following our meteorologists on twitter and facebook. >> turn to politics now. and the race for the white house donald trump was in eerie, pennsylvania, today trying to drum up support. this is hillary clinton releases her tax returns and urges trump to do the same. abc's karen travers is following the latest developments from the campaign trail and joins us live from

washington. karen. >> reporter: good evening, rick. donald trump was fired up today. it was a total 180 from his campaign events yesterday. hillary clinton was off the trail but she released those tax returns as well as tim kaine and that's sending a very public message and putting pressure on donald trump to do the same. pennsylvania shaping up to be a must win state for donald trump. >> we win pennsylvania, we're going win it. >> reporter: but polls show he's trailing hillary clinton there by about 10 points. undeterred trump today keeping up his attack. >> because i know what to do. hillary doesn't know what to do. did you see her yesterday? she has no clue about what we're talking about. folks, she has no clue. >> reporter: and amid reports of tensions between trump and the republican party, today a strong show of support from rnc chair reince priebus. >> don't believe what you read. let me tell you something, donald trump, the republican party all of you we're going to put him in the white house

and save this country together. >> reporter: last night on fox news trump brushing off questions about his campaign strategy. >> i think people that really want to vote they're going just get up and they're going get out and they're going to vote for trump. >> reporter: hillary clinton at a releasing her 2015 tax returns. running mate tim kaine did the same. 10 years worth. the democratic ticket putting public pressure on trump to do the same. so far he's refused. >> i'll release them when the audit is completeddism hillary clinton and bill clinton's adjusted gross income was $10.6 million. they gave over a million away to charity almost all of it to their own foundation. the clinton's federal state and local tax rate was 43.2 percent. they paid $3.6 million in federal taxes alone. and rick, what a difference a year makes. the clinton's combined income dropped by about $17 million in 2015 compared to 2014. that's because when hillary clinton started campaigning, she stopped giving paid speeches.

reporting live from washington, karen travers, channel6 "action news. rick. >> karen, thank you. of course download the 6abc news app this election season to get breaking news alerts from the campaign trail and live results on election night. the 6abc news app is a free download for your mobile device. >> police in maryland say they expect additional fatalities from an explosion and fire that have already left two people dead and a number of people missing. a few hours ago investigators say they expected to find more bodies in the debris of an apartment building in silver spring. they have not said how many people remain missing. the explosion wednesday night shook buildings more than a mile away. more than 30 people were hurt. investigators have not determined a cause. >> philadelphia police have identified the name of the man who was murdered in an apartment yesterday in point breeze. police say they found 24-year-old malik wilson shot in the chest yesterday afternoon here on south 22nd street. he died at the scene. police say they think he was killed after an argument with

someone but they have not said who did it. >> major delays this morning in delaware county after this tractor-trailer caught fire. chopper6 was overhead on route 322 in upper chichester around 8 o'clock. police say the truck's brakes caught fire igniting the entire trailer. the truck was carrying cardboard which spilled onto the roadway. fortunately no one was hurt. it took police almost two hours to clear the road. >> penndot officially marked the end of a $300 million road project this afternoon here in east whiteland township. more than 6 miles of route 202 have been widened to six lanes of traffic between route 252 and u.s. 30 in chester county. the new lanes opened last wednesday. this afternoon officials held a ribbon cutterring ceremony to celebrate the completion of the project. an estimated 70,000 drivers travel that roadway each day. a new law that requires rear facing car seats for young children went into effect today in pennsylvania and it applies to all children until they are two.

advocates say facing children toward the back of the car dramatically lowers their risk of death or serious injury during crashes. drivers who violate the law could face fines of $125. >> the battleship new jersey invited veterans back on board today in camden. they were there for the grand opening of a new exhibit dedicated to u.s. navy chiefs. vets from world two to the persian gulf attended today's ceremony. they had lunch and also toured the ship. philadelphia mayor jim kenney toured a veteran owned medical supplies manufacturer today. he got a look at how day to day operations go. the company focuses on employing veteran and citizens returning to the united states. they provide medical waste systems to hospitals around the world and recently completed a $1.5 million expansion project. >> time for a check of the roads out there friday night. >> for that we go to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center with an update and boy, oh, boy getting home

is quite a challenge tonight. >> downpours have been barreling through the region. traffic has been coming to a stop unfortunately. that was the case in chester county just a couple minutes ago and we had a crash on the westbound turnpike just west of valley forge. now off to the side but you're still seeing delays because of it. those downpours also bringing down trees and wires like here in west pikeland. byers road partially blocked near 401 conestoga road. plenty of accidents elsewhere. big picture lincoln drive and northbound gypsy lane one on the boulevard northbound by bridge street in the outer drive. we've got plenty of shore traffic of course across the walt whitman bridge onto 42 seaboard. there's a downed tree in mount laurel along 38 eastbound at marter avenue by the wegmans taking out a lane and septa's trolley tunnel blitz. which is a whole lot less fun than it sounds starts tonight around 8 o'clock. trolleys won't operate in the center city tunnel. all service begins and ends at 40th and market. that's the next three weekends and a bunch of overnights.

we'll keep tabs on that as well as new regional rail schedules rick and monica, monday morning 4:30 a.m. i will see you that then. >> thank you sir. a maryland winery abruptly closed leaving dozens of local couples planning their weddings at that site scrambling to find a new venue. the winery at elk maryland is located about 45 minutes outside of wilmington delaware. the business distributed an e-mail tuesday saying it would be unable to continue operations because of circumstances beyond its control. court records show the owner pleaded guilty to tax fraud in federal court in may. he's accused of accepting more than $3 million in kick backs when he worked for google in 2008. >> i asked them to please call me that i had paid for my wedding in full and i haven't heard from them yet so he. >> the owner does asymptomatic face sentencing in january after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud the internal revenue service. >> an olympic athlete has

gotten sick from polluted water. we'll tell you about it. >> plus some of prince's properties are now going up for sale. we have details. melissa. >> and monica, storm tracker6 live double scan radar 3-d tracking the showers and storms firing up across the region. this will continue as we go throughout the weekend and the heat will roll on. details coming unwith the accuweather forecast. >> jaime apody live at citizens bank park where phillies are celebrating a baseball legend. that and more when "action news" continues tonight. if you have medicare

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>> property owned by the singer prince will soon be up for sale. a judge in minnesota has given a straight administrator approval to sell the late singer's properties. prince owned several homes and buildings. some of them are estimated to be worth up to $22 million. the first six properties will go on the market in two weeks. prince died in april at age 57 of a drug overdose. >> a belgian olympic athlete is sick after racing in polluted water at the rio olympic games. athletic sailor evi van acker reported feeling sick after wednesday's racesly here on the bay. her coach says she was vulnerable to disease because

she contracted an intestinal infection while training in rio last month. van acker is the first athlete to get sick from the polluted waters. >> time for sports. ducis is here an little bit about the aftermath of the eagles win last night. >> they looked pretty good. >> yes. >> got reason to be optimistic in these parts right now. there are several take aways from the win over the bucs last night. some good some not so good. special teams came up with a turnover on the opening kickoff. that led to a ryan matthews 5-yard touchdown run. it's imperative that the eagles keep matthews healthy. eagles jumped out to a seven-nothing lead. they would never trail. everyone came to see carson wentz. second overall pick made his debut late in the first half. he went 12 for 24 for 89 yards. he rushed for 15 yards. went did throw an interception. this quarterback is fun to watch and wentz says he enjoyed himself out there. >> i was a little nervous. i never really get that of. it's just a game.

i'm very fortunate to play it. >> for a young quarterback it was tremendous opportunity to get the amount of snaps that he got and, you know, i just look forward to next week again playing another game. >> lane johnson did play despite reported suspending suspension hanging over his head. if he is gone for 10 games the eagles depth along the offensive line will be explode. the second unit nearly got chase daniel killed. the eagles gave up four sacks and several other hurries. >> we struggled there a little bit and too much pressure actually on the quarterback starting with chase in the game and that's something we got to look at on tape went got to make the corrections and keep working. i mean by no means is this a finished product. >> the phillies are back home to begin a nine game home stand. first up the colorado rockies but that is taking a back seat to something really cool. jaime apody is live at the park with more on jim thome's night. jamie. >> reporter: yeah, ducis tonight jim thome will be inducted as the 38th member of the phillies wall of fame.

it will happen right out there in the outfield and what you will see is there's a banner on top of the ivy a huge banner of thome that will be unfurled. pat burrell will hand thome a very special jersey. thome fan favorite had two stints in philadelphia 2003 to 2005 and again in 2012. his first season he led the majors with 47 homers 42 the year after that. injury paved the way for ryan howard to take over at first base. in 22 year career for an all around good guy and howard told me how instrumental thome was on his career. >> he was always very helpful to me and always gave me good advice and just always very upbeat. you know, even when he came back and i think it was 2012 for a little bit and just still just kind of kicking out advice and just trying to help any way he could. >> reporter: did that make you feel old thome going on the wall of fame tonight. >> no doesn't make me feel

old. i think it's cool. he's had a great career. >> reporter: age is just a number ryan howard told me. makes me feel old. one transaction for the phillies today 33 sent cody asche back down to aaa. we talked to codey and he was very professional and obviously disappointed. it's also really hot. live at citizens bank park jaime apody channel6 "action news. >> find somewhere dry and cool jamie. u.s. women's soccer team out after losing to sweden today. >> okay. >> thank you ducis. >> parrot heads will pack the beach in atlantic city tomorrow. jimmy buffet and the coral reefer band will take the stage off michigan avenue. the show is a first in a series of beach concerts scheduled this summer. other performers the zac brown band and florida georgia line. w

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>> chopper6 over hazy center city earlier today. the hot and humid weather is sticking around for a few more days. in fact an excessive heat warning remains in effect until sunday night so you better take precaution. >> that's right. melissa is here for adam. >> it's not going anywhere any time soon. you have the heat and humidity. it's also fueling showers and storms. we'll show you what's going on with storm tracker6 live double scan radar. for philadelphia we're still really dry but there's a cluster of activity to the

north and also to the west. we'll go in a little tighter on street level with storm tracker6. we've got some activity there just to the north of trenton in mercer county moving into pennington. also if you're traveling along route 31 at this hour, moderate if not heavy pockets of moisture about 64 lightning strikes associated with this just to south of hunterdon county in sergeantsville. another cluster north of philadelphia along i-95 pressing into riverside also to the north and west into jenkintown and to the south and west between route three and also route 202 in west chester. we've got some pockets of moisture moving on through and allow this to continue as we go throughout the early evening hours and things to fire up once again as we get foot start of our weekend with the building heat and the humidity. that's a bit of a side note. the big weather story today and as we head into our weekend is it's going to be pretty hot. the hottest day so far in philadelphia coming in at 97 degrees. it's quite humid as well so he today officially becoming heat

wave number five and we've seen three days of temperature in the 90's. this heat wave could last for a total of eight days. the heat index in philadelphia today coming in at 109. at this hour the heat index feeling like 107 in the city, 105 wilmington and dover, 87 in allentown, the lehigh valley where you are get something rain cooled showers and storms moving through. at the coast in cape may, some relief. a heat index of 103 with that south facing wind. here's satellite6 along with action radar. you can see essentially we're tracking a frontal boundary, a cold front there wants to dip down to the south and east and because of that, it's clashing with the building heat and humidity and it's firing off those showers and storms across our region. so, over the next 12 hours, this uncomfortable. we'll drop down to 74 in the suburbs. we've got a spotty shower or thunderstorm overhead, 80 degrees the overnight low in philadelphia. future tracker six taking you into time here. 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, most locations will have heat indices in the triple digits. the poconos very hot for you, a temperature then of

94 degrees. that's why those excessive heat warnings have been posted for all of our region both tomorrow and sunday. 3:30 tomorrow afternoon -- sunday i should say we've got a heat index of 107. 106 at the airport and 103 in reading by sunday afternoon. down the shore you can get some relief especially if you stay close to the ocean. 90 on saturday. it's hot and humid and on sunday 92 with an isolated shower or thunderstorm. there is a moderate risk for rip currents. something to keep in mind and also swim where those lifeguards are on duty. near records tomorrow with exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast on saturday a high up to 98. we've got those showers and storms. scorching sunshine on sunday with a thunderstorm around and at 97. not as extreme on monday with a thunderstorm and at 93 we'll lower the temperature to 91 on tuesday. it's hot and sticky. the heat wave lingers for the atlantic city air show on wednesday. and at 90 then the upper 80's next thursday and friday, guys. keep yourself really cool.

>> absolutely. thank you, melissa. we are celebrating the life of carter merbreier the man you know as captain noah. we invite you to join us. tune in sunday morning during the 10:00 a.m. edition of "action news" for a special tribute to captain noah's career in children's television. we'll have videos pictures interviews and much more on his incredible legacy that will continue to live on.

>> the iowa state fare under way in des moines. this year there are 26 new

foods including funnel bacon on a stick. fried fruit kebob and ice cream nachos. it raped today but that didn't top thousands of from tasting the food and riding the rides. the fair attracts more than a million people a year. >> my cholesterol climbed hearing all those things. the "action news" team is standing by with these stories and much more coming up next at 6 o'clock. a reward on the table to final the suspects behind a neighborhood gun battle that left a six-year-old boy in critical condition. >> defense for attorney general kathleen kane what they decided not to do if court today. those stories coming up at 6: 6::for adam joseph, cecily tynan jaime apody rick williams the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass. have a good night. "action news" at 6:00 is next. >> good night.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> friday night, jim is off i'm brian taff. in the news tonight jerry sandusky testifies for the first time in court. and a new jersey fire company donates a truck to firefighters in central america. but the big story on "action news" tonight will come as no surprise to anyone who has stepped outside for so much as as a second today. it's swelters again. this is day three of the summer's fifth heat wave as temperatures conspire with humidity to make a brutal one one-two punch of discomfort. jeanette reyes feeling the heat in philadelphia but we begin with meteorologist cecily tynan and cecily, we're not done yet. >> we're not close to being done brian unfortunatelily three days of temperatures in

the 90's officially makes it a heat wave. today's high 97 degrees tying the hottest day so far this year. but this heat wave likely will last eight days so that will make it the longest heat wave of the year and it's definitely going to be the most intense. today the heat index soared up to 109 in philadelphia. the same in millville and wilmington. allentown and trenton 107. cape may 108 and reading 104 and the heat index likely tomorrow will be even higher. now, storm tracker6 live double scan slowing that we have been seeing some pop-up showers and thunderstorms, nothing severe right now. there is one right over i-95 near palmyra, another one crossing the new jersey turnpike north of mount holly and another cluster near west chester and there's a cluster of thunderstorms leaving hunterdon county right now. not really cooling things off, nothing severe but we do have some lightning, some thunder and some heavy downpours and unfortunately this excessive heat warning last through the