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firefighters are battling a forest fire in south jersey and the smoke can be seen for miles. and a visit from the u.s. attorney general is sparking protest in old city, philadelphia. and the big story on "action news" is an accuweather alert. it's muggy and uncomfortable outside as we look at the ben franklin parkway from sky 6 hd an excessive heat warn remains in effect until 8:00 tonight. david murphy is in the weather center with a first check of your friday forecast. >> it's going to be a hot one and stay that way all the way today. you see the excessive heat warning is in effect until 8:00 tonight and it's in the center portion of the region and could feel as hot as 105 at times this afternoon. for now satellite is showing auto i mix of clouds and sun and fairly bright out there. there is rain popping in from the west and ohio and southwestern, pennsylvania, that is not an issue for us today. that will change tomorrow. temperatures right now, really

shooting up there at the noon hour we are already at 90 degrees in philadelphia. just as accuweather called. 90 in wilmington and 89 at the airport in atlantic city. and not quite so bad in cape may way current temperature of 85. 94 by 2:00 and your high is 95 and we'll hit that around 3:30, 3:40 and still in the low 90s in philadelphia as late as 8:00. we'll be back to the mid-80s by 10:00 and heat index values again up over 100 degrees. a code orange ozone action day. that includes young kids and senior citizens and everyone suffering from heart and lung conditions including asthma. from you in the risk categories it's one more reason to stay indoors this afternoon. i'll have the heat index values for the city of philadelphia and

elsewhere across the region as we build into a very uncomfortable afternoon and see if we can get a little relief over the weekend and weekend storms to talk about rick. >> thank you. meantime, the city of philadelphia has declare aid heat, health emergency, it continues through 11:00 tonight. the order activatesself programs including homeless outreach and cooling centers at library branches along with the city heat line. bob brooks joins us live now from spring garden. rick, we are at the philadelphia corporation for aging and that is where they are operating the heat line, if anyone has problems happening or needs tips they can give them a call. as we heard david talking about mr. are people of all ables and especially senior citizens, they say that some seniors may not know they are having a problem. >> it's no secret it's hot and

in a city with big buildings and limited green space it gets hotter that is why the philadelphia corporation for aging is keeping the line open until 8:00 tonight. pete gallagher told us an alarming fact. in weather like this senior citizens may not know they are having an issue. >> they may have a medical condition that they don't deal well with the heat. >> if you know a senior citizen check in on them. >> there are homes in philadelphia that hold the heat for hours and hours. >> take a cool bath or shower and wear light clothes and light activity. this time of the day you missed your opportunity to work out in the morning. >> and we spoke with carmelo and her brother, they are both over 90, and their air conditioning

is broken and they have a contract with sears to fix it but they are not getting help. >> they keep saying they will send a man down but they don't do it. >> that is the exactly is the kind of situation they want senior citizens to avoid. >> aefsh year people die from the heat and the majority are seniors. >> i'm 91 myself. >> we hope that brother and sister in south philadelphia can get that taken care of. >> we have a heat gun, when you point it here at the sidewalk, where i'm at, 122 degrees heed the warnings and be careful going outside today. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the phone number for the heat line that bob mentions, is on the screen. 215-765-9040.

you can speak with someone and request a home visit. find this all online at 6abc.com. dozens of firefighters continue to fight a fire in burlington county. it has burnt through 1,000 acres of land in wharton state forest. it's 60% contained and residents in ocean, burlington counties may see and smell the smoke. >> investigators are looking for the two men responsible for a deadly home invasion. the late night attack killed a man in a wheelchair. katherine scott has the latest. >> reporter: a 36-year-old man in a wheel chair was shot and killed here and the 51-year-old caretaker was also wounded. the motive remains under investigation. >> he was pairalized in a shooting more than a decade ago. late last night a shooting claimed his life. a 36-year-old man in a

wheelchair just returned home with his 51-year-old caretaker when two men with gun as approach approached. i paid no attention and then laid down. this happened on the 3300 block of north brad street before midnight where the victim lives with his mother, sister and her father children. the caretaker helped the man up the front steps into the house. >> the 36-year-old wheelchair bound victim was struggling to keep the door closed when one purpose traitor fired at least one shot. >> the 36-year-old man fell out of his wheelchair and was bleeding from his head, neck and chest and the caretaker was struck in his back and leg and on the ground outside when police arrived. the caretaker was taken to the hospital in stable condition and the other man was pronounced dead on the scene.

>> the perpetrator two males medium build and one with a beard and both wearing dark colored possibly black hooded sweatshirt and seen running south on the 3300 block of graph street. >> his mother and sister and her children were upstairs when this was going on. they heard the commotion but did not see anything and were not injured in all of this. >> a funeral mass is held today for another victim of the bucks county murdered. the 19-year-old jimmy patrick was a classmate of cosmo dinardo. attorney general, jeff sessions is in philadelphia this hour talking about efforts to combat violent crime. he is currently addressing members of law enforcement in

old city. say that crime in a city is highest in a decade and gangs are a major problem and discussing sanctuary cities. sessions was greeted by pro tests. "action news" john rawlins is at at event and will have a live report at 12:30. this half noon president trump's legal team are denying reports, about using presidential pardons into russian interference in the election. his son, donald trump jr. and former campaign manager, paul manafort must respond by this evening to attend the invitation to publicly testified nemt next week. and if not they will both be subpoenaed. and o.j. simpson was granted

release after asking for parole yesterday. and a 65-year-old woman accused of stealing a taxi cab in philadelphia. see the video of her alleged crime coming up. and meteorologist, david murphy, is back with a closer look at the accuweather forecast.

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we are following breaking news at this hour. abc news confirmed that sean spicer has resigned. according to white house sources president trump did not ask for the resignation. and a new -- has been named. we are wait doing learn more on the resignation, abc news confirmed sean spicer confirmed he is leaving his job at white house press secretary. a powerful earthquake rattle the greece and turkey. two tourists were killed when a building collapsed on them. two people were air-lifted from the scene in athens and caused a massive crack in the boardwalk that lines the harbor and a small tsunami on the shores of

nearby turkey. former nfl star, o.j. simpson will walk out of prison after a parole ball granted his request for freedom yesterday. marcy gonzales reports from reno, nevada, with the latest. >> the details of where and when simpson was released was kept quiet. we are learning how he is spending his final days behind bars. o.j. simpson being held in a separate part of this prison away from the general population a precautionary measure for protection now that he will be a free man. >> vote to grant parole. >> thank you, thank you. >> that unanimous decision made by the parole board nine years into the sentence for the robbery in las vegas. >> it was ruled by the state of california that it was my property and they have given it to me.

>> he told the parole board he plans to move back to florida where he live ford a decade. >> i think he'll come to the tampa area. a lost of his friends are in tampa and his kids are here. but they disputed that on "good morning america." saying that he plans to live elsewhere. refusing to share the plans beyond this. >> he wants to visit all the people that died while he was in prison and pay his respects and wants to visit his daughter's grave and visit nicole's grave. >> the 1994 murder of simpson's ex-wife nicole brown, for which simpson was infamously acquitted. >> i was expecting him to be paroled, yes. we'll continue and trench forward and make the best of a bad situation. >> the goldman and brown situation are trying to collect on the $33 million settlement they were granted in the

settlement of the civil lawsuit. they have no claim on the nfl pension. that is protected. the trump administration is planning to ban americans from traveling to north korea following the death of otto warmbier. the college student died after falling into a coma in a north korean prison. it would make it illegal for anyone to enter using a u.s. passport and goes into effect 30 days after notice is posted in the u.s. ridgester. it's not clear when they will be. police in paterson, new jersey, say that i toddler fell from a three story balcony and survived. a 13-year-old sibling was suppose to be watching the younger child and the 1-year-old boy managed to climb on to a chair and topple over the railing and fell in the grass below narrowly missing a spiked

fence. >> we don't want it to happen at all. but when you look at this situation it's a miracle zblm no charges are filed but police are investigating. >> still to come at noon a piece of the moon is sold to the highest bidder, hear the price that was paid for a bag of lunar dust collected by neil armstrong: new charmin ultra soft!

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health check this noon, officials held an event to raise awareness for fox chaseine vert. in partnership with the fox chase cancer center. women can receive a mammogram. it was parked outside of boyle's district office. one person tested positive for the norovirus after eating at a chipotle restaurant in west virginia after 60 customers reported getting sick. they are waiting for results for the cause of the rest of the illnesses. the latest food scare comes two years after an e. coli outbreak. a new pickup truck made for police, ford is rolling out the f-150 police responder. the truck is quipped to go off road into forests and deserts

and it's a four-wheel-drive vehicle based on the fs 4 truck and could be used by sheriff's department in rural areas and for border patrol operations. the "action news" team is out working on news stories beginning at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli live in the newsroom. >> happy friday, happy freebie friday. school supplies and coffee and cheese dip and dance classes all the things you'll get for free if you tune in today at 4:00, and how about this story. if you get sterilized you'll get out of prison early. we'll tell you the offer that one tennessee judge is making inmates if they stop having kids. >> and coming up if today's show if you need proof that the friendly skies are not too friendly. we'll hear from the jetblue passenger that ended up sharing an aisle with a stranger's feet. we'll see you at 4:00 and leave you with that rick.

>> we'll take a quick break accuweather when we come right back.

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meteorologist, david murphy, is here now with a closer look at the forecast. including our favorite flowers. >> i can't wait. stormtracker 6 live double scan right now shows you we are high and dry across the region. a green blip here and there, nothing but that virga and ground clutter we get on radar. as we look at flowers in center city they are lilys. day lilys i think. casablanca we were discussing that my wife has those. these are beautiful day lilys and no matter what you call them they are looking good. and not wilting. they must have a lot of water in

the ground. because it's wilting weather. 95 in philadelphia and the dew point sagged to 67 and we have technically below the threshold for oppressive humidity and the dew points even this high it is going to be a day for cool drinks and lots of breaks and staying inside. winds from the west northwest at 5 miles per hour. ocean temperature 71 and plenty of other neighborhoods that have the dew points in the 70 degree range and talk temperatures in the region, 86 in allentown and 88 in reading and we have hit 90 in philadelphia and wilmington and cape may easing behind at 86 degrees, and even in cape may, look how much of an impact the high humidity is having. the temperature is 86 and the heat index making it feel like 96 and this morning on the broadcast. why the heat index values could go as high as 5 to 10 degrees

above the temperature than is what it is in cape may. 93 in philadelphia and 95 in wilmington and again the heat and humidity combo is with us today and the rest of the weekend as well. today is the intense day. cloud cover out there mixing with sunshine and rain to the west will not be an issue today. and we'll talk about that tomorrow. and lehigh valley hot and humid and oppressive with heat index views in the mid up toer 90s. upper 80s is where we stop along the jersey coast. for those of you thinking of swimming if the ocean water. really high humidity, you want to hydrate on the beaches today. today in philadelphia. oppressive and a high of 95 degrees and heat index values get up to 100 or so. and some going higher than that. it's going be muggy, 89 degrees

at 7:00 and 79 at 8:00 bring along cool drinks if that are where you are going. partly cloudy and humid there. as we take a look at saturday a sprinkle our shower or thunderstorm. but the period is late at night after 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 you are looking at showers and thunderstorms that could role through and produce heavy downpours and gusty winds. 95 is today's high and we have the red bar up there because of the excessive heat warning and you want to hydrate today and take it easy, for the weekend low 90s on saturday and sunday and each day could feature a thunderstorm at times and could be a strong storm especially saturday night and we die down a bit on sunday and still sticky and monday humid and 90 and later next week, tuesday, wednesday and thursday we are back in the 80s. >> dog days of summer. >> yes. >> thank you. we want to see how you at home are coping with the heat

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"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again sara is off, here are the the stories we are following for you now on "action news" at 12:30 we are dealing with the heat and humidity yet again whether are you in philadelphia or in the suburbs it's unbearable to be outside and the latest from accuweather coming up and attorney general, jeff sessions was in philadelphia and told a roomful of federal prosecutors and officials that cities like ours are giving sanctuary to criminals and the 65-year-old woman who stole a taxi has been identified. and investigators are on the scene of a suspicious death in perkiomen township.