stormtracker 6 live double scan radar and she is live with the latest. >> double scan live radar showing that we have a broken line of storms hitting the western and northern western suburbs, if you see the yellow boxes that is the thunderstorm watch in effect until 11:00. that is for the viewing area except the shore and delaware. these storms are beginning to break up. the cell that i have been track that is heading just to the south of honey brook, it's heading west of downingtown and heading towards the pennsylvania turnpike. seven like strike as associated with it. that is an indication that that is weaken and as we head farther up to the north riding up the northeast extension to the east. easton have you a heavy cell roll through, 15 lightning strikes associated with this. we had a report from reading airport of 45 miles per hour wind gusts. thee come with gusty winds be the threat of lightning and

heavy downpours. a broken line of storms, this means not everyone will see them. those that do the strongest storms north and west of philadelphia, since we are getting them during the heating of the day and strong winds and heavy rains. i think southern new jersey be parts of delaware will miss out on the activity. this comes at the end of the day seven of our heat wave. the air temperature up to 94 degrees but with dew points in the 70s, the max heat index soared up to 106 and it looks like this heat wave will hold on several more days, i'll talk more about that in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you. meanwhile, the start of school is still a few week as way and athleteses are already hard at work preparing for the upcoming season and that is a tough task in this heat. and the norristown football team is taking precautions, staying

in the shade and using misters and drinking plenty of water. and the athletic trainer is keeping an eye on the heat with a temperature tool. >> this tells you the environment, it shows the coaches how hard you can push the athletes. whether we just go uppers for football or remove the helmet? under piaw rules, they need a heat for week acclimation, they perform drills without wearing pads. norristown did that last week. if you are looking for relaxation to beat the heat, the jersey shore was the place to be. water temperatures dropped a bit and a nice breeze for beach goers here. if the heat has you worried about yourself or a loved one, the heat line is open today. call the number on your screen, 215-765-9040.

operators are taking calls until 8:00 tonight. pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane says she will resign. this comes a day after a perjury conviction. john rawlins live tonight. you spoke to the man that will temporarily take over as pennsylvania attorney general. >> that is right rick, he is a familiar face to people in the philadelphia area, former montgomery county d.a. bruce caster he is the man that steps in for the interim here when kane steps down tomorrow he is the acting attorney general of the state of pennsylvania. kane brought him into the office to run the legal side of things. bruce caster was asked if he advised kane to step down and he only asked her this afternoon. >> thought it would be difficult to remain in light of the developments in montgomery county.

>> the rise and fall of kathleen kane, a political unknown but friend of the clintons won in a landslide. the first woman and democrat elected at a.g., she talked about fighting back against political corruption. kane made national news when she decided not to defend the same sex marriage ban and then that she secretly killed a sting. kane was feuding with a former prosecutor, was convince fina was the source. and thinking the resulting article would embarrass fina. it backfired, kane was indicted and ta led to last night's convictions. >> the grand jury in montgomery county, and lying to that grand jury. >> kane was prohibited during trial to use the porn-gate

emails. she argued there was a link of sharing the obscene emails and her legal woes. >> it's not a story about sting investigations or proposed vendettas, or press leaks, it's a story that begins with pornography and racial innocencetist and racial bigotry. >> that was miss kane from a year ago, she will step down and resign at the end of the business day tomorrow and bruce caster will step in as the acting attorney general for the state of pennsylvania. >> all right john thank you. philadelphia police made a public plea for help tracking down a home invasion suspect. investigators say they may be searching for three others, more man bowman is under arrest and they are so muching for anthony

campbell. they say they are behind home invasions targeting the asian community. while police want campbell in custody, his arrest may not close the case. >> we believe it's a group of persons, we think these are the two main players however there could be as many as four or five individuals. so we are hoping to not only after we get mr. campbell in custody, we'll see where the investigation leads from there. >> police say that campbell and bowman threaten their victims at gun point and sometimes the victims were tied up. a lehigh valley woman is behind bars accused of stabbing and killing her husband of 41 years. they were called to park south in bethlehem. they found 66-year-old roger death with multiple stab wounds, they arrested his wife. court documents reveal that she

confessed to the crime saying she became enraged after her husband said he didn't need her anymore and was kicking her out of their apartment. the comptroller puts former mayor michael nutter on the hot side and ignited a scathing war of words. it is about $400,000 of spending and whether it was proper. chad pradelli is following story from city hall with more. >> reporter: rick, the city's financial watch dog put out the press release, the headline, mayor's fund for philadelphia was used like a slush fund, an explosive charge, but former mayor michael nutter and his right hand are fighting back. >> city comptroller alleged that $400,000 in questionable spending from the mayor's fund, a nonprofit that says the aim is

to improve the lives of all philadelphians. >> among the spending $52,000 at the courtyard marriott in philadelphia, and a $45,000 trip to rome for michael nutter and his staff and $80 shoes at macies. >> if they had done it through regular city channels and processed the trip through vouchers and the treasurers office we would have insisted on receipts and had an internal debate and they knew there would be scrutiny for that. >> but political insiders, say that the mayor's fun is used when public funds should not. >> they say that the former chairwoman circumvented the policies and approvals for spending money and provided no receipts or documentation to support the alleged questionable spending. they released a statement. the purpose of expenditures was to fit within the five goals,

the fund's director signed off on expenditures to indicate her approval that all criteria was met. but it was her that went to buck variety when he left office. when mayor nutter and his staff travelled to rome in 2015, the goal was to lure the pontiff to visit philadelphia. one the five main goals of the fund is to promote tour i. when asked if a crime was committed -- >> we are going to do more work on it. >> mayor michael nutter released a statement. the controller is a lier and hypocrite. every expenditure was proper and for an approved purpose. >> he looked at 2014 and 2015 in the mayor's fund finances and now will go back to 2008 when mayor nutter first took office. >> i am live outside of city

hall, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. still to come on "action news" tonight, hillary clinton is on a mission to register voters in her first return trip to philadelphia since the dnc. and chase utley makes his first philadelphia appearance wearing dodger blues. hear what he expected from phillies fans when he takes the field tonight. our heat wave has gone on for a full week, we have storms rolling through but not much relief from the heat. and in sports, the eagles make a preseason trade. that and more when "action news" comes right back. hello!

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democrat presidential nominee was in west philadelphia today where she opened a new campaign office and helped to kick off a voter registration drive. the deadline is less than two months away. vernon odom filed this report -- >> reporter: hillary clinton double digit lead in pennsylvania's polls have provided the comfort level to tone down her tv ads for most of the september. the same for most battleground states. the trip here today was to shore up the ground game. the team is trying to battle complacency for this typically democratic strong hold. >> don't be complacent, because i am not taking anywhere for

granted and we'll work hard and i can't do it without your help. >> you need to register and get up off your couch. >> this weekday early afternoon crowd were filled with hillary devotees. secretary clinton drew the loudest cheers when she vowed to keep fighting for gun control laws. >> yes, i'll take on the gun lobby to try to save people here in philadelphia and across pennsylvania. >> some concerns about the potential dakers of taking this election for granted in the wake of trump's slump in the polls. >> this is still august and we need to get out and vote. >> we need to continue mobilizing and understand the seriousness of this hour and get out and vote. >> hillary clinton's tv ads will resurface here in the delaware

valley and will return time and again to try to generate the type of turnout that barack obama received during his two historic victories. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." meanwhile, republican, donald trump was in milwaukee as that city deals with an out break of violence. he met with law enforcement this afternoon coming amid days of destructive demonstrations following the shooting of an armed black man by a black police officer. he says that protesters must respect law and order. he will receive his first classified intelligence briefing in new york. people at the jersey shore got a preview of tomorrow's 2016 atlantic city air show. pilots spent the day flying over for practice. the show kicks off at 11:00 and runs until 4:00 in the afternoon with dozens of demonstrations including the air force

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just excitement tonight. chase utley is in town. >> chase are you still the man signs out there at the ballpark. chase utley was part of the backbone of the glory years if philadelphia. he will wear dodger blue with you fans will cheer him. >> fans are pumped here to give utley the good-bye, and check it out. we have fans, chase utley, still the man, utley jerseys and everyone so excited to give an ovation to their favorite player chase utley. sort of surreal to say utley is in the ballpark wearing blue and not red. these guys just saw each other

last week in l.a. utley homering against his old home team. he said it was strange to work past the home clubhouse, and to the visitors one. he has a home here he is trying to sell. i asked about what he expects for his return tonight. >> i hope positive. you know we had a lot of great times here at this stadium. obviously bringing the championship here but you know that five year run was pretty special. and you look back on it, and it was i just feel fortunate to be on the team at that time. we had a pretty good squad and it will be interesting experience tonight and i'm excited for it. >> it's going to be a wonderful experience, fans cannot wait to see him. and they will get a chance right away, utley is leading off and

playing second base for the dodgers. live at citizens bank park, chase utley night and beatles mania night. back to you. >> jaime thank you. to football now the eagles have two main areas of need, wide receiver and offensive line, they improve one by perhaps weakening another, they acquired green beckham in exchange for dennis kelly. this is green beckham's second year in the league. he comes with some baggage, while in college he was invest gated for duringry and assault after allegedly pushing a woman down the stair. and twice arrested for marijuana but never charged with a crime. >> we are not in the rehabilitation business but at the same time we feel with the staff that i have assembled on offense and the personnel staff, we can bring guys in that might have had a little bit of a

history and help these players. >> we spent a lot of time here in the past few weeks behind the scenes doing some background work, he comes in with an opportunity, no promises have been made. >> brian dawkins has been bumped up in the eagles organization. he joined as part of the scouting department and dawkins will work full-time in the front office for player vemts -- development. >> okay that is nice. thank you. quick break and meteorologist, cecily tynan has your accuweather forecast. my son has meningitis b. but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were no vaccines

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cecily is back for the heat wave, the seventh day of the year. >> tomorrow eight days, the longest of the years and that could extend through the weekend with temperatures near 90. we have storms out there. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the storms are really starting to fall apart and nothing severe now, there is one cell working through chester county. it's heading just to the south of route 1, 19 lightning strike as associated with that. it's pushing north and east at 5 miles per hour. and one little isolated cell in northern ocean county right now, heading toward the garden state parkway and moved through lakehurst and lake wide. just a heavy downpour. and light rain in the delaware valley right now. mt. pocono and reading rain

cooled in the 70s. philadelphia 93 degrees and millville 90 and trenton 89 and atlantic city airport 90 degrees and factor into the dew points, it feels like 104 in philadelphia and feels like 106 in millville and 104 in dover. the dew points will be dropping tomorrow but the heat is sticking around. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that this line of thunderstorms i am tracking since 4:00 beginning to fall apart. this is known as a prefrontal trough, jim gardner likes that term. we have the actual cold front across the ohio valley, that moves through in the wee hours of the morning. what will happen behind it, tomorrow inland dew points drop into the 70s, it won't be quite as intense but tonight an isolated thunderstorm is possible and warm and muggy and 73 to 79 degrees and tomorrow day eight of the heat wave, 92 degrees and still humid but not as oppressive as today.

and this front will stall just to the south, a wave of low pressure develops along it and that brings a few evening thunderstorms, much like tonight, they will be spotty and not everyone will get them and on thursday, not a big change with the forecast, hot and humid and a high of 90 degrees, if you are down the shore tomorrow. 72 degrees and the ocean temperature, low risk of rip currents is good but you are not getting a sea breeze. delaware beaches 91 and new jersey beaches 88. if you head to the air show drink lots of water, it's going be a hot day. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 92 degrees hot and humid and not as oppressive as today. on thursday hazy sunshine and again a possibility of a thunderstorm with a high of 90. friday the heat wave continues, 91 degrees and heading into the weekend it will be hot and not as oppressive as last weekend, 90 on saturday, and sunday 90

and on monday a good strong cold front moves through and that will bring us a chance of afternoon thunderstorms, and tuesday this is the air mass a lot of us have been waiting for. 85 degrees and mostly sunny, and here is the key, low humidity, so tuesday we should all get the day off to enjoy the weather. finally it will feel good but we say long haul before then. >> abc world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and sharrie williams. and join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for jim gardner, cecily tynan, and ducis rogers, i'm rick williams have a nice evening. we hope to see you tonight at 11:00.

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