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kensington section and all three victims were targeted riding bikes. young citizens salute 0 those lost and those who rushed into danger to help as we near the 15th anniversary of 9/11. >> extreme heat has prompted schools across the region to send students home early. archdiocesan schools and public schools are sending kids home early and transmit schools are -- trenton schools are dismissing early, as well. melissa magee is in for david dd murphy. katherine scott is live with more on the early dismissals. >> reporter: rick, that's right, many schools are letting out early dismissal due to the heat. in parkside they would a field trip to the zoo this morning.

they were able to fit that in, but like students across the city it's timeo head home. >> you get out early it's a friday, i'm happy. >> reporter: the heat is turning up and students are heading out. noon dismissal for public and afternoon archdiocesan schools and catholic elementary schools in philadelphia. >> yesterday the teacher us when we was in the classroom. >> they had to let us out early today. >> reporter: at benjamin franklin high school in spring garden, students were preparing for short classes. >> i don't think we have soccer today. >> you can't be out here, you will pass out. >> reporter: over in wynnfield parents dropped off their children for a day. parents say afterschool programs

relief the stress for early pickup. >> even if the school district shut down we have an after school program that takes care of the kids. >> the day care will pick them up and take them to the day care and i will pick them up when i get home. >> reporter: all sports are canceled and philadelphia public schools are canceled tomorrow due to the heat. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." rick. >> thank you. let's turn to melissa magee who is in for david murphy with the latest on the sizzling temperatures out there. >> reporter: rick, we're reaching the 90s along i-95 corridor. this is heat wave number 7 in philadelphia. the numbers in the city, 91. 93 in wilmington, 87 in trenton. to the north and west in oursubh valley, 86. 91 in ac. beach haven in the upper 80s with the southwesterly winds. you factor in the heat and

humidity, dewpoints are in the 70s feels like 96 in philadelphia at this hour, 104, the current value in dover and 91 for reading and allentown at this hour. here's satellite and radar, there's a cold front har believe draped to the north and west, it has yet to make progress to the south.

that's why we're still dealing with the heat and the building humidity across the the rest of the day. the heat advisory stays up along i-95 rea and the suburbs to the north and west, as well as down in dover, this stays up until 6:00 p.m. heat indices anywhere from 103ed

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and, we are in center city. seventy-one key glee dew point numbers, and 77 in allentown and cape may. factor in the heat and humidity and certainly oppress any of some expulsion and here's part of the reason why. here's satellite six with action radar you can see we have a cold front draped to our north, and, couple of showers, blowing up across new york, pennsylvania border, and this front will try to make some progress to the south today but it gets stuck, just to the north of the city. so, a shower, thunderstorm is possible, mainly north and west of that 95 corridor and eventually relief will be coming, as we get in the second half of our weekend. here's future tracker six, 5:00 o'clock this evening some spotty activity north of philadelphia, from the poconos down to allentown, reading and on west ward as we get in the 7:30 in the evening, some spotty activity with that front, just not making much southward progress today, so the shower activity, will be,

confined to our north and west as well. so thunderstorm threat to the north otherwise behind philadelphia, 95 degrees as we hit that we can break record setback in 1884. heat index could sore to 100 if not higher. that threat stays to the north on saturday, a high temperature then, 96 degrees, hazy, hot, humid, steamy and sult try as well as those adjectives as well, heat index close to 103. it moves on through as we get into late saturday and sunday in the wake of that by sunday some relief is coming, with high pressure returning across the region. good place to be today is down at the shore, certainly not as hot and, inland locations. warm muggy on our friday at 88. eighty-eight tomorrow with sunshine and cloud and we have a nice northwesterly breeze on sunday with the temperature at 84, drying out everything as well. the here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, record heat, humid to day, high of 95. very hot, and sticky, still on saturday. high of 96. and the eagles are at home at

the link and they are home opener, breezy less humid, on sunday in at 86. eighty-four on monday. eighty-six on tuesday. eighty-nine wednesday, but 70's, that looks good, that will return. >> um-hmm, that would be nice to see. >> yes. >> all right, thanks, melissa. is there a brand new world record on the books to talk about it is for the fastest speed on the skateboard. twenty-nine year-old kyle wester smashed current record by going more than 89 miles an hour, on the skateboard, he set that record in a winding mountain road in denver and then posted it on you tube. previous record was 81 miles an hour. wow, he is flying. much more still ahead in the next half an hour of "action news" at the 12:30. nfl season kick off with controversy last night, another player, chose to take a knee instead of honoring our nation. also, it was a birth one mother and entire flight crew will never forget, we will tell you why. will never forget, we will tell you why. those stories and much more hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady

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"action news" at 12:30 continues, with rick williams, sarah bloomquist, and meteorologist david murphy. hello again, sarah a's off here's some of the stories we are following on "action news" at 12:30. heat is on and people are could go whatever they can to cope. we have team coverage coming up with the latest on early school dismissals and when we will get a break from the the forecast. we have learned new information about a philadelphia police officer who was off-duty when he shot

his own son. also in politics donald trump says he favors russian president vladamire putin over president barack obama. now the details we remain under a heat advisory this noon as the oppressive conditions, continue across the delaware and lehigh valleys. without air conditioning this heat can be down right dangerous. that has prompted many schools to send their students home early this friday. the as we look live from sky 6hd showing you ben franklin bridge, the sunnies shining bright and really beating down on everyone and everything. we have team coverage on the heat, "action news" reporter janet reyes is live in camden where few schools had early dismiss willal but first lets head back over to melissa magee for the very latest from the the forecast, melissa. >> part of the problem is right now we have current dew point numbers in the upper 60's, lower 70's. there is moisture in the the atmosphere at this hour adding to the oppressive eras well. so dew point numbers 69. seventy-two in