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places close p in the mid-90 extremely high humidity and index value feeling near or above 100. as we take a look at satellite not a lot of cloud cover aft c helping to aid and abet the heat and showers and thunderstorms to the west and that is an issue late today and this evening. here are the numbers now. 85 in philadelphia and 8 allentown and 84 i wilmie expec the numbers to be uver heat index values are in the 90s in spots. by 4:00, 87 degrees coming down from the high of 93. it looks like we'll be back in the 70s tonight. phillies and marlins are playing a twin bill. two baseball games, tough on the players and fans too. if you are not careful at the ballpark. by 4:00, 91 degrees, coming down from the high of 93 and 11:00,

81 degrees we'll play two with cool drinks and be smart if you. word of the wise, if you are among the senior citizen population it may be a day you don't feel that bad but you nee. when i step bang things get better in a hurry. >> you can get weather updates and real time views from 6 abc live. in other news bill cosby returned to court in norristown montgomery county this morning. he has a new legal team for his retrial on sexual assault charges many katherine scott is live from the courthouse and new developments pertaining to jury selection. >> reporter: sara the judge covered several orders of business including granting a

request by the defense team for a trial. and the judge granted the request and they don't have an exact date but think sometime in the spring. bill cosby and his legal team left without comment. >> 83-year-old bill cosby left montgomery court with his new legal team by his side. including michael jackson's former lawyer. and kathleen bliss of nevada. and they granted motions from the defense lawyers to withdraw from the case. they did not specify why. they were commended by judge steven o'neil for their extraordinary advocacy during the first trial. cosby is retried on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted former temple university employee, andrea constand. and cosby maintained the encounter was consensual.

it ended in a mistrial because they could not reach a unanimous verdict. while no final decision was made the team would be looking to move forward in the case in montgomery county. >> we are ready to proceed as we told you before. we are confident in our case and the evidence, and we'll be ready when we get a trial date from the judge. >> reporter: and at this point the judge is loosely looking to look at scheduling somewhere from march 15th and april 1st for the start of the trial but it depends on scheduling. jury selection could take place if allowed. >> thank you. "action news" has learned one of the 10 sailors missing from the uss john mccain is a

young man with ties to new jersey. from saint andrews men difficult church in cherry hill. smith has family members that attend the church but the pastor there would not say more. his mother april brandon of michigan sent us this same. on behalf of our entire family i want to thank all of those that express concern and offer prayers and support as we await word from the navy on our son k kenneth. it's a difficult time and we thank you for honoring our privacy. president trump has left for arizona to hold a campaign style rally. he is likely to hear protests over his immigration policies and comments about a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia. the rally comes hours after he laid out the plan for the war in

afghanistan. >> reporter: before an audience of troops the commander and chief admitted he has changed his mind about afghanistan. >> my original instinct was to pull out but all of my life i heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. >> president trump says he is following the advice of his national security team that believes the way to beat the taliban and isis is with more boots on the ground but there was no specific number given. >> there say number i am authorized to go up to. >> and he has a strategy against terrorism requiring more cooperation from pakistan and india. u.n. ambassador, nikki haley says it's a new approach. >> pakistan can't be a safe

haven for terrorism and idea has to do their part. >> and republicans like john mccain is praising the speech. but tom massy hoped it would end soon. >> the taliban called the president's policy unclear and old. and critics say that 100,000 u.s. troops were not able to defeat the taliban so they question if a minor troop increase could help. abc news washington. city leaders in charlottesville, virginia, voted to cover up two confederate statues, the monuments of robert e. lee and stone wall jackson are covered in fabric. the move is meant as a sign of mourning for heather heyer, the 32-year-old that died when a car

ran into a crowd of people protesting a nationalist rally. we are waiting a decision on the frank rizzo statue in center city. critics say he was a racist and supporters call him tough but fair. it has come under attack by vandals. and philadelphia will host four more army nayy football games. host the match-up in 2018, 2019, and 2022. and philadelphia is most frequent because it's halfway between west point and annapolis. the city has hosted 86 match-ups since the first in 1890, and will host the 87th time this december. that power ball jackpot jumped to $700 million. that is the staggering grand prize in tomorrow's night's drawing, you have until 9:59

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david is back with a check of the accuweather forecast. it's a steam bath out there. >> just one day of it out there. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you we are looking at precipitation free skies and we are on the lookout for a shower or thunderstorm moving in from the northwest later on and as we look outside. that is chopper 6 hd looking into the haze and heat. i hope they have air conditioning in the shot. i think they do but man it's hot out there and hot up the 82 philadelphia and dew point 73, iteels moremfortable than it otherwise feel west at 12 and ocean temperature at 77.

numbers across the region, 85234 allentown and reading and similar in lancaster, wilmington and trenton and 88 in millville and dover and 85 in cape may. the dew points and this is the really big ticket number. all the numbers even allentown are up over 70. if you get to 70 and stop there are you talking about oppressive humidity but we have 76, and 77 and 78 in cape may. it's very uncomfortable out there. taking a look at future tracker 6 the rest of the afternoon is dry and could be a pop-up shower or thunderstorm here or there. the big ticket precipitation will be later on in the evening hours as a cold front comes in from the north and west. there is the possibility that some of this comes down in the northern and western suburbs and kicks up trouble. the strong storm is not out of the question in the evening hours. after that it falls apart as it makes philadelphia runs outs of the upper level support.

the severe storm threat, an isolated threat from the city to allentown and there is an isolated chance of a tornado but that looks to be outside of our region. and lehigh valley 92 and hot and humid. and late storm possible later this evening. down the shore oppressive humidity, highs in the mid-80s so not quite as warm. and the ocean water may look tempting there is a moderate risk of rip currents in the water today. could be more of that over the next couple of days and into the weekend depending on the tropics. hot and humid in philadelphia. 93 is the high and a spotty thunderstorm can't be ruled out but that is mainly in the northern and western suburbs and mainly this evening. the overlight low stays muggy overnight. but then tomorrow front gets off the coast and the humidity during the day will start to drop and we'll get a high of 86 that is better and gets better than that as we go into the

weekend with high pressure building in and a nice almost autumnal feel especially in the mornings. it will be crisp. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 93 degrees and hot and humid. and the accuweather alert is up because of the excessive advisory that starts at 1:00 and endses at 8:00 and the thunderstorm chance later. clouds mixing with sun and wednesday and humidity dropping and 88. and sticky at the shore with the hair show and thursday sunny and pleasant and high of 82. low humidity and lots of sunshine than continues friday, saturday and sunday and how about monday too. no worse than partly sunny skies during the period. low humidity and big night on saturday with the union at home and the soul in the arena bowl. that is here on 6 abc saturday night. >> thanks david. there is more ahead on "action news" at noon. bucks county authority is looking for the person behind a tire slashing spree in levittown.

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an empty train. and bill cosby heads to a retrial. and a boost in u.s. forces will not stop them -- and more on the developing story. service is restored but the investigation is just getting underway into an overnight crash on septa's norristown high speed line 42 people including the operator were hurt. they hit a train already parked there and the number of injured caused a full mass casualty response. john rawlins is live now with the latest. >> reporter: hi sara, i guess the latest is there is an expectation we can hear from the national transportation safety board and they are on the ground. we'll get a briefing, just a briefing not many details but an idea how their investigation

will proceed. >> an estimated 20 ambulances responded to a mass casualty call shortly after midnight. 42 passengers injured and taken to multiple hospitals. four of them said to be serious trauma cases