i'm monica malpass. the big story tonight is the fifth heat wave of the year in the books with no sign of winding down as we approach the weekend. adam joseph has the alert. >> 95-degrees in philadelphia after yesterday's high of 96. tuesday, 91. you need three day in a row consecutively to call it a heatwave. we are there at this point, heat waive number five of the year. heat warnings ongoing throughout the night tonight and tomorrow. they don't go down until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow evening. it's the counties along i-95. that's where you feel the heat index near 100-degrees tomorrow afternoon. severe thunderstorm watch in effect this evening. north of philadelphia, you see the storms that pushed out of the mountains near scranton and poconos, lehigh valley, mercer county, trenton and off the

coast. no storms, but lingering clouds respect harrisburg, baltimore across philadelphia to the shore. future tracker, feels like 96 in philadelphia tomorrow. 102 in charleston. for the weekend saturday, feeling like 96 in philadelphia. at that point, you start to see the core of the heat being pushed down to the south. you see 80s coming in from the north and west. there is a transition that the heatwave will end in the seven-day forecast. we'll let you know when that is, monica. there are stormy times when we get there. all of the details in accuweather. >> philadelphia declared after heat health emergency this afternoon continuing through 11:00 p.m. tomorrow. that order activates several programs, including cooling centers at the library branch and act vaights o activation of. >> as the extreme heat continues

use our mobile app to stay informed for tips to stay cool to "6abc" live. it's a free download for your mobile device. >> a forest fire is burning tonight. it's consumed more than a thousand acres. chopper 6 captured the flames licking the basis of trees. 50 firefighters and 13 trucks are battling the blaze. they established a 3500-acre containment zone and plan to work through the night. the fire poses no threat to property or people for now. it may not be the crime most people associate with o.j. simpson but it sent him to prison for nine years. a robbery at a las vegas of hotel. he is counting down the days until his release on parole. we begin with marcy gonzales outside simpson's prison in

nevada. >> o.j. simpson soon to be a free man. >> mr. simpson i vote to grant parole. >> thank you. >> the 70-year-old dressed in prison blues pleading to the board after serving his nine year sentence. >> contributing to the board's decision, testimony from one of the men simpson attempt today rob reclaiming his memorabilia. >> >> this is a good man. he made a mistake. >> the board receiving hundreds of letters, many asking them to factor in the murder of simpson's ex-wife and ron goldman. >> these items will not be

considered. >> they did consider his age and testimony. >> i'm sorry to the board and to nevada. >> in making their unanimous decision. simpson told the board he plans to move to florida when he is released. the soonest that could happen is october 1st. marcy gonzales, "action news." >> christie ileto has been gathering reaction locally about the simpson news. good evening, christie. >> good evening, monica. it has a lot of people talking. some say it's time he was released. others are stunned his parole was granted. >> the juice is free. >> not quite but the news spread fast. >> social media is going crazy. >> it didn't take long for the social board to take off. >> he's been a model prisoner

according to all reports. >> defense attorney george perry. >> they look at other factors such as prior criminal history. he has none. he was not convicted of murder in california. >> found guilty in the murder trial of his wife and ron goldman, simpson has struggled with his public image. >> i don't know. i don't think he served enough time, really. >> i will honor what the jury said. >> you could see in his eyes he's ready to come home. he said he was sorry. oo >> you think he meant what he said? >> he's an actor. >> what do you say to people that say this was his second chance and be he messed up and he's in jail. >> i dare them to count the mistakes they have made on their

fingers. >> he should be quiet and live the rest of his life. >> do you think he can do that? >> i hope so. i hope he learned something sitting in jail nine years. >> the chairman of the parole board warned simpson they don't look kindly on parole violations. the earliest he can be released is october 1st. >> there is more coming up on "6abc" right after "jimmy kimmel live." >> search teams collected more evidence at the buck's county farm where four young men were killed and dumped last week. the farm belongs to the parents of the suspect, 20-year-old dinardo charged with four counts of officers brought dogs to scour the property to be sure they found everything. and his cousin kratz are being held in the

case. they both confessed. >> the funeral home in b remembered 22-year-old mark sturgis. he leaves his parents and six siblings behind. >> funeral services for tom meo was held in philadelphia. >> a trend setter is the newest district attorney taking over after seth williams pled guilty to bribery. the city selected the first african-american d.a. dann cuellar joins us live from center city with more on her story. good evening, dan. >> good evening, monica. in historic vote among 83 judges, kelly hodge was named the first african-american woman to head the office of the philadelphia district attorney. she is a former assistant d.a.

in the office. she tells "action news" she never imagined returning as district attorney even on an interim basis. >> i'm humbled and honored. it's something i couldn't imagine or conceive of. >> that is kelly hodge after being elected in the first judicial district. this to fill the remaining term of disgraced d.a. seth williams. her first priority? >> to restore faith in the community in the office and looking to the transition that will take place in the next few months. >> hodge started in 1987 as a public defender in richmond defender. she was appointed as philadelphia's safe school advocate in 2011 by governor tom corbitt. currently, she's in private practice with the law firm in blue bell. >> i enjoyed the time there. i'm happy to do this for the timeframe i have.

hopefully, i'll do it wet. well. that's my intention. >> by tradition, the 83 judges that voted placed their ballots in old top hat. hodges won with 43 votes to replace seth williams who resigned in his corruption case and is awaiting sentence. >> we want to send a message that we are running an office of integrity that will treat everyone decently. >> this is a positive result. >> when do you start? >> i don't know yet. i have to talk to the judge to set up the swearing in as to when that will take place. >> invariably, that's likely to take place in the next few days. stay tuned for that. >> live at the office of the philadelphia district attorney, dan ciewdann cuellar, "action n"

>> body cam shows the moment officers opened fire on an armed suspect yesterday. >> department officials say they want to be transparent about the incident on the 400 block of east somerset street. they have identified the suspect as jose lebron. he pointed a gun at his own head and officers after shooting the woman he lived with. he faces charges. >> police will be back in the home of a missing mother. she had not been seen in three months. officials arrived at the property with a search warrant. th wey wt they were looking for. her husband has hired an attorney and has not spoken

publicly about his missing youno hospital to be checked out after a school bus accident today. they are from a daycare in bear. they cited 32-year-old bus driver for failing to yield the right of way when making a left turn into the path of a pickup truck. the man that shot a folcroft police officer will go to prison 33 to 100 years. dante confessed to shooting the officer last year. doorman was shot seven times. >> i'm fortunate to be here and see dante get the sentence he did. >> officer doorman underwent several surgeries but is back on duty. >> still to come, elon musk promotes plans for a hyper loop

through philadelphia. plus, will attorney jeff sessions resign? the top lawman in the country reacts to criticism from president trump. and why the zoo is sending away this adorable tiger cub ten days after she was born. adam? >> it's day three of a seven day heatwave as temperatures climb to the 90s. cooler to the north but thunderstorms earlier. feeling like 93 in wilmington and atlantic city right now. we talk about that coming up next if seven-day forecast. >> ducis rogers has a preview of eagle training camp believe it, when "action news"

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criticism from president trump. in an interview with the new york times the president expressed frustration over sessions reaccusing himself from the russian investigation. had he known he would do it he would never have appointed him to the point. >> i have the honor of serving as attorney general. it goes beyond any thought i have had for myself. we love this job, this department and i plan to continue to do so. >> a white house reporter said sessions has the president's confidence but the president didn't say that. >> john mccain is fighting back against a brain tumor and vows to keep presidt trump's feet to the fire. he i has the same tumor that killed bow biden's son.

>> officials say they have taken out the most notorious market site on the web where people buy drugs, guns and illegal items. european law took control o of another dark websi. they have been tracking the dealing for the last month. it's causing panic amongst criminals that the anonymous black markets are no longer anonymous for them. >> the medication naloxone will be easier to buy. the governor signed the bill making the medication available. it was administered 1500 times last year and today's bill signing will undoubtedly save more lives. >> the parents of a former

drexel university student are filing a civil suit alleging that 23-year-old ian was neglected ten hours after falling and hitting his head on the cement. students and the place the students were drinking are all named the lawsuit. >> elon musk received approval for a new york to washington d.c. hyper loop that includes a stop in philadelphia. the future transportation system would be in an underground dig. the trip would take less than half hour ultimately. right now it takes three hours on the amtrak. there are several reasons to question how soon it will happen, the main one, there is

no prototype of a hyper loop and no cities have signed off on itm and elon musk has had no contact with philadelphia officials. this tiny tiger cub born at the philadelphia zoo will be adopted at another zoo. the mother here is showing no interest in the ten day old cub. her litter siblings have died, so keeperers are trying to keep her healthy and give her a chance to be a mother herself one day. a soldier deployed six months pulled off shock and awe for his own kids today. >> dad! sweet reunion. staff sergeant kyle woods

embraced his older son at school. a few minutes later did the same for his younger son. mom was there as well for the sweet moment. nice to see him. welcome home to him. sorry there's no cooler weather, but it is july in philadelphia. >> a lot to go through with the heatwave over the weekend. we have a steamy stuffy night right now, live over the sky 6 skyline looking from our semple city university camera. temperatures are running warm at this hour. it's remaining that way. over the next eight hours, how it's going to feel into the wee hours of the morning, 80s from midnight to almost daybreak. you can see it really isn't until 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning that we could finally cooldown to the upper 70s. that's why the excessive heat

continues in wilmington, philadelphia and trenton. you can't cool the overnight in this kind of a pattern. as we head into the weekend, it's hot and oppressively humid, 95 saturday, 92 sunday. there is a good chance of storms both days as the atmosphere turns, a bit unstable this weekend. as we look at double scan, we have storms that pushed north of philadelphia earlier this evening lehigh valley, poconos, trenton, burlington and ocean county. things are quieting down with be are picking up the forest fire in what ar what are wharton sta. the radar picks up the puffs of smoke as they pass through southern burlington and southern ocean county. heat index, 85 in philadelphia. we had a rush of storms to the

north. you see cooler temperatures where it rained. it's blazing hot. 11:00 at night, 93 wilmington and 93 at the atlantic citthered through. we are dealing with high cloud cover lingering around here. friday, heat indexes 100-degrees with air temperatures 90s in the afternoon. it feels like 90, 9:00 in the morning. saturday, scatter downpours in the morning. things fire up during the day and especially afternoon. heavy hitters coming through. we repeat that as we get to sunday. down at the shore, 89, hot but dry. evening storms and a hot day saturday, and sunday, 87-degrees, moderate risk of rip currents in the ocean water.

heatwave lasts through monday. tomorrow is a dry day not humidity wise but storm wise. that changes this weekend, active saturday afternoon, throughout the day sunday. we continue hot monday with scattered storms and the breaks arrive tuesday, the humidity drops and a nice stretch of weather middle of next week. >> sounds good. thank you, sir. today's heat gave a group of competitors all the heat they needed to make a splash at a local resort. the pool at the valley forge casino resort, while sports.

folks are looking for football. >> they have to wait a little longer. >> quarterback carson wentz a new runningback. >> jeff skversky caught up with analyst adam can lynn. >> if the struggle this year, is doug pederson on the hot seat? >> absolutely. >> he's connected to carson wentz. >> they wanted to keep continue newtty. i think they feel good about the other fl good about doug. they respect him. he has to show progress. 7-9 would show progress. 9-7, 6-10. he's in trouble. >> howie kendrick makes an appearance for reading to b ton.

he hoper homers in his first at. >> i was initially supposed to play seven. they were like play nine for me, i'm healthy. seven or nine, two extra innings, another at bat. that's the biggest inning. the other part is we have a win. that's important. >> still ahead here in sports, a set back for top pick nolan patrick, plus a log jam top of the day of

>> flyers today was supposed to be the day nolan hit the ice. that didn't happen. flyers say patrick has an infection in his face. this is due to his second sports hernia surgery. >> 57 players par or better. opening round at best of your recollectiobest of yourburkedall long birdie putt, five on the front nine. >> third coleader is jordan speith. they share the lead at five under par.

>> good start. everything was strong. i gave it a nine across the board, t ball, ball striking, short game in putting. things are in chec it's just about keeping it consistent. >> the second round begins in a matter of hours. >> thank you, ducis. >> cross properties of the construction kickoff gave folks a chance to learn more about a $100 million plan to reinvent bay la avenue. it inexcludes electric car charging stations. reconstruction includes 10 union avenue. "jimmy kimmel live" live is next. for all of you also at "action news," i'm monica malpass. make it a good night. see you back here tomorrow night. ♪ ♪