chad perdelli spoke with people trying to beat the heat today, he joins us you live from logan circumstance him. hi, chad. >> reporter: hi, sarah, certainly steamy it's turned uncomfortable in the past hour, on a day like today there's no better place to be than the fountains of logan circle. 8-month-old everyrette has his baby skin protected. >> we're trying to cool off, it's hot, he is enjoying the water. >> i like to get him in the water exercise and sun and get him home. the humidity seems brutal especially for those making a live outdoors. this man will standing behind a hot grill in a 3 by 3 box for most of the day. it's either too hot or too cold. >> the temperature in the food truck was 100 degrees by 10:30, and he not gone to work on the grill. water, however wax a hot commodity. most people are taking the most recent heat wave in stride, after all it is august. >> it's been a nice summer. i feel like we had cool days in august, i feel like the heat has taken up again. for now live in logan circle, chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >>> before heading out into the heat check 6a

chad perdelli is following the investigation from police headquarters, he joins us live from there. chad? >> reporter: sarah, the suspect's name has not been released. we know he is a 58-year-old and police say he is expected to be charged with dui and leaving the scene of an accident that killed officer pool poom. a -- lamar poole. a police escort took lamar poole 's body to the medical examiner's office. investigators say the driver got out of the car briefly and jumped back in and sped off. >> lamar poole was an 18 year veteran of the 12th district. survived by his wife and seven kids. >> reporter: investigators say a tow truck driver was stroormtal in catch -- instrumental in catching the hit-and-run driver. police arrested the driver not far from the accident. >> a 58-year-old man from philadelphia. he has not been charged yet, he did exhibit dui and he did leave the scene of the accident. >> reporter: this is the second off-duty officer killed on the road this month. rafael ali was killed after his pick up truck left the road that crash is under investigation. fop union held sa

chad perdelli is standing outside the courthouse in norristown, chad. >> reporter: rick we have yet to see kathleen kane rave at the montgomery county courthouse, but the preliminary hearing begins at 1:00 p.m. we don't know what evidence prosecutors will prevent, but the judge will decide if the purjury case goes to trial. pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane is accused of leaking grand jury material to the press and lying about it under oath and order top aids to find out who was cooperating with the investigation. she has maintain the her innocence. >> my defense will not be that i am the victim of an old boys network or otherwise. my defense say that broke no laws of this commonwealth, period. >> reporter: her legal troubles began after she shuttered a corruption sting of several philadelphia democrats. the lead investigator in the sting who led the sandusky, legislation left the ag's office and revived a probe for the district of philadelphia office. prosecutors allege kane sought revenge and leaked grand jury files against former why i can't tell moneydesire which has not

. >> reporter: chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >> well, thousands of homes are still in the line of fire literally, more than a dozens wind-whipped wildfires are raging in washington state. the situation is so bad, volunteers firefighters are being called in some from overseas. local firefighters are exhausted from trying to tame walls of flames. one person called it all too chaotic to know how many homes were lost. better weather expected this weekend could help firefighters make headway. >>> just released internal doubts show managers at the environmental protection agency knew about the potential risk of a cat trafficker blowout in an abandoned mine. the document stated it could release large amounts of waste water laced with toxic materials. 3 million gallons were released back on august 5. the disaster tainted rivers in three states, several investigations are now underway. >>> a mother confronted a man she said was taking lewd video of her daughter and he did it right in a crowded walmart. the 58-year-old need down and used his cell phone to peek up the skirt of the woman's