. >> chester officials working -- working on ways to cut the city deficit. one proposal shutting down one of the area fire stations. dave kinchen live in chester with some concerns people living there have with this idea. hi, dave. >> reporter: yes, a loft concerns, in fact, it was a packed city council meeting yesterday when this idea came up. trying to trim $5 million from the chester deficit, at the deficit that continues to grow, but this idea has drawn a lot of fire from residents here, i can tell you two fire stations, city officials took heat from resident in the meeting over proposal to close one of those stations and reduce its firefighter staffing. one of the ways the city trying to save monday nay plan called act 47, drawn up by an outside financial firm the plans rec cutting the number of police officers in chest it is, not popular given the have i lens, but the fire part that got blasted. >> and not replace them, putting citizens in jeopardy, safer tip at risk? we cannot afford to shut a firehouse. weaver old dwellings, they're match boxes, and w

chester city council has to approve the recommended recovery plan by august 27th or come up with one of its own. no one in the room appeared to support it. >> taking things away from the city and the people is not going to help us recover. >> reporter: in chester, denise nakano, nbc 10 news. >>> the first u.s. roman catholic priest convicted of helping to shield child molesters in the church is out of prison tonight. monsignor left prison today. the state supreme court granted him a new trial. the court throughout his conviction saying the trial judge allowed too many priest abuse victims not tied to the case to testify. so if he's found guilty, how much time could he now face in prison? >> he served about three years so far, is my understanding, so he could be subjected to at least another six months if he was given the maximum sentence. >> lynn was charged with endangering a boy by transferring a suspected predator priest to his parish in the late 1990s. >>> a bucks county couple will go to trial for allegedly giving their daughter to a man who helped them out financially. they were

it is just one of the ways chester city is considering trying to cut costs. chen live in chester this morning, with the plans to potentially shutdown a fire station, dave? >> reporter: yes, bit concerning here, chester trying to eliminate a growing $5 million deficit, and one plan is drawing plenty of fire from resident, there are two fire stations covering both ends of chester, city officials took a lot of heat from resident, in a packed city hall meeting over proposal to close one of the fire stations, and reduce its firefighters staffing. it is one of the variety of ways to save finances, in a plan called act 47 drawn up by outside firm. the plan also recommends cutting the number of police in chester, but it is the fire part that got blasted by most residents and a firefighter. >> reporter: i'm telling you right now, i don't care what you got to do in your budget it, ain't going no where, neither is the police department, any of our officers and risk their lives every day are headed into. you cut them out, they're going to be hurting just like the city is.

plan drawing plenty of fire from resident, there are two fire stations covering both ends every chester, city taking heat from resident over proposal to close one of them and reduce its firefighters staffing. it is a variety of ways that they're looking at doing this to save city finances and in a planned called act 47, drawn up by an outside firm. the plan also recommending cutting the number of police officers in chester, also, controversial, but it was the fire part that got blasted the most, by residents, and a firefighter. >> i'm telling you right now, not taking away any fire department. i don't know care what, it ain't going no where, neither is the police department, anybody here, all of our officers, and risk their lives every day, are needed, you cut them out, they're going to be hurt cents just like the city. >> i will tell you specifically and we can proof it that the chester fire department's response from the time of dispatch to your front door is under four minute. i defy anybody's fire department to make that kind of response. i live on the west end of the city. we are not clo

chester residents packed a public hearing at city hall last night.n independent consulting firm recommended the city cut police and firefighting jobs through attrition to save money to help prepare the city's finances. the residents spoke out against the plan. >> i know the majority of the fire department and the police department. and the ones that i know are very good workers and they care about the citizens. so i'm pleading to you not to cut any jobs from there. >> chester city council has until august 27th to approve the recommended recovery plan or come up with a plan of its own. >>> delaware's supreme court ruled that state's death penalty unconstitutional. the justices announced they took issue with the fact the law alaw lous a judge to sentence a person to death regardless of what a jury recommends. the u.s. supreme court made a similar ruling earlier this year. >>> delaware isn't the only local state debating its death penalty. pennsylvania governor tom wolf put a moratorium on executions last year. opponents are now challenging that in chor

chester residents packed a public hearing at city hall last night.n independent consulting firm recommended the city cut police and firefighting jobs through attrition to save money to help repair the city's finances. residents spoke out against the plan, saying the loss against the police and firefighters would jeopardize their safety. chester city council has until august 27. >> to approve the plan or come up with a plan of its own. >>> 5:03. this morning, monsignor william lynn is waking up a free man. the first u.s. roman catholic priest convicted of helping to shield child molesters in the church was released yesterday. the state supreme court overturned his conviction granting him a new trial. the court threw out his conviction saying the trial judge allowed too many priest abuse victims not tied to the case to testify against him. so if he's found guilty, how much more time could he face in prison? >> he served about three years so far, my understanding. could be subjected to at least another six months if he was to be given the maximum senten

chester city council has to approve the recommended plan by august 27th or come up with one of its ownwithin i see you next hour, we'll tell you what the former fire chief here in chester thinks about these proposed cuts. that's coming up at 6:30. reporting live in chester, i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> pakula, thanks to are that. >>> police in delaware county are continuing to investigate a hit and run crash that landed a person in the hospital. skyforce 10 was over the scene in prospect park. police tell us the driver hit someone who was walking at chester pike and route 420 and then kept on driving. the officers followed the car and eventually arrested the driver. the persond was taken to the hospital. >>> philadelphia police shot and killed a dog attacking a woman in the city's point breeze street. officers arrive on dickinson street and found the dog biting the woman. that's when they shot and killed the dog. >>> >>> the parents accused of gifting their daughter to a man who helped them financially will go to trial. daniel and seville were in court yesterday. they with are a

. >> on the cover of the delaware county daily times latest economic recovery plan for chester city calls for reduction in police and fire staff, closing one of the chester's two fire stations, raising earned income tax toes residents and initiating an amusement tax in the philadelphia union tickets. the the changes are among those suggested by a state appointed firm in order to avoid a crippling financial crisis. >> the mercury, jury convicted a pottstown man on charges he had indecent contact with the female patient at a drug rehab facility where he once work. forty-seven year-old raymond golightly is free, on bail and faces 14 years in prison. >>> in the burlington county times, officialness palmyra are talking trash, boro wants to get word out that televisions, computers and other electronic will not be collect. state prohibited them from being dispose of in landfills since 2008. >> that is some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >>> well, coming up, still ahead forget balls and strikes, an umpire in last night's phillies game is making decisions about the fan

. >>> today is the dead lien for chester city council to approve an economic recovery plan that couldinclude layoffs for police and firefighters. an independent consulting firm recommended cutting first responder jobs through attrition and adding a 5% tax on entertainment tickets. some citizens in chester who attend public meetings on the plan were upset over the possible layoffs that they said would affect their safety. the council passed amendments to the plan. if it does not approve the plan, they'll have to come up with one of their own to cut spending. >>> a south jersey camp dedicated one weekend a year to kids grieving a loved one. the kids spend time canoeing and doing other fun activities they also receive counseling and support to help them cope with their loss. >>> i like to see the smiles on sunday when it's time to leave. that's what it does for me. it's a great thing for the kids. >> the camp has been doing this special weekend for these kids for more than ten years. >>> the st. joe's basketball team is getting new bling today. philç martelli and his 2016 te are getting

. >> dozens of chester firefighter its attended a public meeting at chester city hall to petition against proposed closure of a firehouse. a state appointed firm made the recommendation in order to solve the city's $16 million budget deficit. former fire commissioner jim plea johnson also attended to speak out against the proposal. >>> a south jersey family just found out it's been living on a toxic waste dump for decades. someone buried car battery casing on the west deptford property before the martin family's home was built in the late 1980's. now the environmental protection agency is out at the scene carefully digging up the hazardous soil. it includes high levels of lead and possibly pcb's which are a known carcinogen. >> there's a very thick layer of casings in the subsurface, up to 4 feet thick and it goes down to about 6 feet deep. >> the martins only discovered the dangerous conditions when they hired someone to repair a sewer line beneath their home. they'll have to stay in a hotel for weeks as the cleanup is performed. >> happening today, we may learn more about septa's long t

it weakened part of a five unit building in chester city.two parked vehicles and shoved them into the building yesterday around 2:15 in the morning. >> we cannot have them occupy them until they building is fixed. >> the driver of the car went to the hospital after getting hurt. the accident is now under investigation. >> for the second time in less than a month, smp has returned to a busy san jose street to cut down a row of trees. a total of 46 trees have been sliced with a clean cut to the trunk. environmentalists are appalled and a reward is now being offered. >>> the damage is now spread down both sides of meridian avenue. 23 threes were cut nearly a month ago on the left side, and now the matching 23 on the east side have been cut. >> this does not happen in a minute. it would take up to a half an hour to saw off of the trees. it is time and i know this is a busy street that has, even in the dead of night, there is traffic. >> it may be a busy street, but no one has reported seeing anything suspicious. a reward is being offered of $5,0

. >> let's get to chester city. >> officials trying to work on ways to cut the city's deficit. >> a currentroposal would shutdown one of the firehouses, they've two there, one at one end of this town, and the other one at the other end of the town. >> so this is a lot of people in the area concerned. understandably. because they want to make sure they'll be protected if something happens. >> so they came out in force last night for a meeting about it. very vocal. very passionate. just like dave kinchen. >> yes, a lot of passion, a lot of vocal activity over this, including some firefighters, who don't want to see any jobs lost, let alone a station closed here. one of two in town, a proposal to save $5 million in a deficit, that continues to grow, as we speak, plenty of fire from resident, two fire stations coming -- covers both ends of chester city. officials took heat from resident over proposal to close one of the stations and reduce fire staffing. one of variety every ways to save city finances in a plan called act 47 drawn you will by outside financial firm. the plan also recommends cut

safety, which is why people in one delaware county city are sounding off over proposed cuts to the police and fire departments. people who live in chester packed a public hearing at city hall last night. an independent consulting firm recommends the city cut police and firefighting jobs to save the city money. taxpayers smoke out vehemently against the plan, saying the loss of police and firefighters would jeopardize their safety. chester city council has until august 27th to approve the recommended recovery plan, or come up with a plan of its own. >>> this morning, monsignor willian lynn is waking up a free man. the first u.s. roman catholic priest convicted of helping to shield child molesters in the church was released from prison yesterday. the state's supreme court overturned his conviction, granting him a new trial. the court threw out his conviction, saying the trial judge allowed too many priest abuse victims not tied to his case to testify. so if he's found guilty, how much more time could he face in prison? >> he's served about three years so far, is my understanding. so he could be subjected to a at least another six months,

they handed out fans at chester city hall this morning. the platinum selling rapper and producer teamed up with the help partners foundation for the giveaway. this heat wave is finally starting to let up. now you're tracking storms, right? >> it doesn't feel as oppressive outside today, but we do have some thunderstorms moving in. some of these will be here, while many of you are sleeping. i'll show you the timing of it, and if it will last into your thursday, that's coming up next. one day, history was made. number 21 in the books. a dog, talked. we're decedent from the mighty wolf. a voice was heard. if you build it, he will come. a girl discovered magic. a revolution began. welcome, to the wonders that happen, everyday. welcome, to it all. comcast. >>> the eagles travel to the other side of the state today as they get ready for their second preseason game. the birds arriving this afternoon in pittsburgh where they'll take on the steelers tomorrow night. see the game on csn, or wamp it on our sister station cozi tv. 847, 576 on verizon.

chester city council has until august 27th to approve the recommended recovery plan or to come up withown. reporting live in chester this morning, i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> a philadelphia police officer is being hailed a hero after pulling a man from a burning car. police tell us just after midnight a car was speeding down broad street in the nicetown neighborhood when it jumped a median, crashed into two parked vehicles and then caught fire. an officer happened to be driving down broad street at the same time. the officer rushed over, pulled the driver out before the car went up in flames. the 47-year-old drive her to be revived at the scene. he is now at einstein with a concussion and injuries to his face. >>> the parents accused of gifting their daughter to a man who helped them financially will go to trial. they were in court yesterday, the bucks county couple is accused of giving their then 14-year-old daughter to lee cap len. investigators say kaplan fathered two children with the victim who is now 18. she testified in court yesterday that she cares for kaplan. nbc 10

chester. center city one of the few places in southeastern pennsylvania that is holding on to the low 70s at this point. we have low 70s and upper 60s from cinnaminson toward the shore. looks like delaware folks are starting out in the mid 60s. cool and comfortable humid down south, but everybody will see the humidity levels drop today. 70 degrees by 8:00 a.m. as we check the 12 hour forecast. 74 by 10:00 a.m., a great morning to head to the market and get the shopping done. 78 degrees by noon. this afternoon we'll see a high of 84 degrees. it will be mostly sunny all the way, breezy and lower humidity a very nice day out there. >> thanks, david you can get the extended forecast at 6abc.com/weather. >>> new on "action news," a man drown at a water park in washington state. a swimmer found the man unresponsive at the bottom of the pool. swimmer alerted lifeguards who pulled the man out. paramedics did cpr, but he could not be saved. an autopsy is being done to see if the death was related to a million crisis. >>> a special guest is providing comfort to for the brn heart of an indiana deputy. there

. >> today is the dead lean for chester city council to approve an economic recovery plan that couldde job cuts for police and firefighters. an independent consulting firm recommended cutting first responders jobs through attrition and adding a 5% tax on entertainment tickets. some citizens in chester who attended public meetings on the plan were upset over the proposal that they say would impact their safety. the counsel passed amendments to the plan. if it does not approve that plan today, it will have to come up with a plan of its own to cut costs. >>> decision 2016. donald trump will visit detroit on saturday to reach out to african-american voters. the republican presidential nominee plans to speak at a predominantly black church in the heart of that city. democrats and others have criticized trump for asking for african-american votes in front of mostly white audiences. this week, we'll hear donald trump's plans on immigration. yesterday he tweeted that he'll speak about it on wednesday in arizona. on "meet the press" on saturday, the head of the republican national committee o

>> dozens of chester firefighters attend add public meeting at chester city hall to petition againste of a firehouse. state appointed firm made the recommendation to help solve the 16 million-dollar budget deficit. jimmy johnson attended to speak out against the proposal. >> south jersey boy responding to his bullies. that is taking the internet by storm. either child may fun of the child's fila sneaker at the most. in this post nyeeam proved to be wise beyond his years. >> i told this kid it's not about what i have on my feet it's about were i have inside my head. no matter what i'm wearing no matter what i have on, it's about my information, the knowledgeable things in life. these sneakers are not even going fit you in 20 years from now. so it's about what you have in your mind, your wisdom, your knowledge, the power to inspire. >> nyeeam has over 50,000 instagram followers wasn't nominated by the nehemiah davis foundation for young entrepreneur of the year and fila released a statement saying they're thrilled their shoes have been featured and with a role in hudson's anti-bullying

comes to making cuts. >> everyone in this room has seen death and despair in the city. >> reporter: jay gray is chesterfirefighter ple pleading with city council shot to cut staff or shut down one of two fire departments in the city. >> if you're going to he will eliminate 30% of our fear fighters and not replace them, you're putting the citizens in jeopardy and our safety at risk. >> reporter: he's one of dozens of people mostly resident who spoke at city hall tonight after e consult solutions a firm hired by the city presented a financial recovery plan for chester called act 47. the plan includes several ways to cut down the city's deficit. but proposed cuts to fire and police through the most -- drew the most heat from residents. >> if you lived on the west side, right, only fire department was on the east side, you know what i'm saying, god for bid ya'll house catches on fire. >> the chester fire department time of dispatch to your front door is under four minutes. i defy any kind of fire department to make that kind of response. >> reporter: they spoke of opening up one fire department and opening

heat warning everyone else the heat advisory. 75 in quakertown. 78 in saint david. 79 in chester. 81 in center city. 78 in levittown. as you look at the numbers, 77 in toms river. 82 in glassboro. 81 in woodbine, 78 in dover, delaware. uncomfortable with the humidity so high, as well. satellite and radar showing again we're starting the day with a good amount of clouds, weak disturbances trying to ride along the north and west. it will not help us break the heat, you'll see a spotty shower north and west. 7:00 a.m., 82. 10:00 a.m., 85. by lunch time we're in the 90s. you'll see clouds mixing with sunshine. 3:00 p.m., 96. that's the high. 5:00 p.m., we're still in the 90s. look at the heat index tracker. at 8:00 a.m., it will feel like 90. 10, 9 of. lunchtime, 102. it will feel at the height of the afternoon between 104 and 106. it's dangerous heat. we'll talk about how long it lasts. i have new numbers in the seven-day forecast. >> reporter: i think i'll have to visit my good friend rita, i need water ice. we're checking out an accident in can a ca camden. it's the eastbound side of the boulevard b

83 degrees in martins creek, 7 in pottstown, 86 in coatsville, 80 in saint david, 79 in chester, 83 in center city. 78 right now if you're heading out in levittown. in new jersey, 74 in browns mill. 82 degrees in hammonton. rowan university, 82 in glass borough. 86 in smyrna, delaware. 88 in dover, delaware. overall it's been feeling good and we've seen beautiful pictures everybody has sent in here, like steve from longwood gardens, even though we woke up with mostly cloudy skies, you sent these pictures in. thanks everybody. if you're heading out doing golfing before the heat and humidity come roaring back, it's warm and comfortable. you have a light breeze a 5 to 10 miles per hour out of the of the northeast. 2:00 p.m., 86 degrees, the high is 88. we'll be sitting at that at 5:00 p.m. here's a look at the forecast for bethlehem, pennsylvania for musikfest. it's a great night partly cloudy skies, 7:00 p.m., 79. 8:00 p.m., 75. by 9:00 p.m., dipping into the low 70s. further still at 10:00 p.m., 71. bethlehem 68 degrees comfortable at 11:00 p.m. tonight. big changes in store for the seven-day forec

and new this morning gunfire left a young woman wounded who was walking back to her home in the city of chesterate last night. the action cam was at tenth and upland streets where police were searching an overgrown lot for clues. the woman who was in -- who is in her 20's was shot in the leg and suffered a graze wound to the head. she is in stable condition. no arrests have been made. >>> earlier in the day gunfire injured a child about a mile away. shell casings were scattered across the tell hundred block of west ninth street in chester. police say one of the bullets struck a six-year-old boy in the finger. the child's mother says a man started shooting in the direction of her son who was outside his home playing with other children. no one else was hit. >> a camden man will be in court today accused of a despicable crime beating his girlfriend's two-year-old son to death. he's charged with beating the child inside a home in pennsauken on saturday night. the toddler's mother called 911 and mentioned her boyfriend in that call. >> my boyfriend is like trying to get him to wake up. >> can you s

chester, 67. center city showing 72 degrees. glassboro, 71. cinnaminson, 67.a beach beautiful morning on the delaware bay. 67 degrees. dewpoint, okay, this is the way we measure the amount of moisture in the air. you seep the darker shades of green. look how far they are to the south. you have to look toward the bottom of the screen to get into the soup. the cold front came through and knocked the humidity leaves down and now it has stalled around the virginia cape stretching southwesterly through the tennessee valley. the good news when you start to see dewpoints in the 50s to the north and 60 in philadelphia. that feels pretty good, especially for this time of the year. that's the air mass we'll be in for the next 48 hours. with that said temperatures will climb up close to 90-degree, but without the humidity it should feel okay. satellite and radar no complaints this afternoon. we have no threats for showers and thunderstorms, actually there will hardly be any clouds in the sky, day planner, 8:00 a.m., 82. mostly sunny, 1:00 p.m., 85. 3:00 p.m., 88. 5:00 p.

if you're heading to the union game taking on kansas city in chester.y clear, nice night, 86 degrees for the start, 79 degrees by 90th minute. >> thank you so much. jack hanna's "wild countdown" coming up next on channel. "action news" continues later tonight. the eagles tackle the colts and indianapolis tonight we'll have highlights. plus a picnic in a cemetary. we'll tell you about a special event that unveils a hidden treasure in the city of philadelphia. for chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall, we hope you make it a great day! announcer: "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. jack: hi, everybody, i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." did you know some marine mammals are 20 feet long, like killer whales? hurricane jack: look, jack, right at the front of the bow. jack: boy, that is close. i've met mammals that live in the scorching heat-- hoo! and others that thrive in the north pole. i guess this time of year you can only see them from a

. >> today is the deadline for chester city council to approve an economic recovery plan that could includes are upset over the proposal that they say would affect their safety. we'll have another update in about 25 minutes. now back to the "today" show. have a great day. >>> we are back with dr. oz who has his finger on the pulse of your health and ours as well. >> okay. you gave us three important tests. you already have one down here. >> blood pressure optimal is 120/80 or below. yours is high. only because i'm sitting next to you. white coat syndrome. in addition, busy work day. but you want it to be less than 120/80 if possible. do you have a pulse even? that's really low. >> my resting heart rate is about 65. >> people athletic have heart rates in the 60. yours is reasonable as well. when is the last time you had your blood pressure checked? >> i've not been to the doctor in two years. okay. let's not judge. i'm going to be honest. i have insurance of course. i'm one of those people i made a point of going to get my annual female exam. i've not been to the doctor in two years. i know,

center city, 76. chester, 76. gandys beach 75. smyrna and dover, 74. sea isle city, 76 degrees. a cold front approaching all the humidity out there, a lot of heating from the sun, the sun will get us up to 90, 91. look out for afternoon thunderstorms. some of those could be on the stronger side. as we get into tomorrow, it's beautiful, temperatures around 89. the high knocks all the humidity out to sea. the 89 feels like 89 not 98 or 99. lots of sunshine expected for tomorrow, as well. future tracker 6 we'll take you into the afternoon hours, late morning we catch a break, combination of sun and clouds, 3:00 p.m., there's the cold front western suburbs you get hit first. moves into the city 3:30 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. 5:30 we stop the clock. heavier weather over cumberland county. money island seeing good thunderstorms. after 6:00 p.m. most of the activity should clear the coast. there's sunday right there. sunny and nice with temperatures in the upper 80s. heat indices today upper 90s. be on the look out for that. don't overdue it. with the heat and humidity it puts wear and tear on

suburbs faster than it's growing in the city of philadelphia, communities represented by republicans, not represented by democrats. these issues -- >> not chesternty. >> poverty is growing faster in the suburbs than it's growing in the city of philadelphia, and part of that's in chester county. and so, unfortunately, you know, having been in government, i've been in the crosshairs of these investigations, and the unfortunate part about it is that the smart thing for all of them to do, and these people who do more litigation than i do, is to get yourself a good lawyer and be quiet. i mean, there is nothing -- you can't -- >> and they've all, of course, said they're not guilty. >> right. >> dougherty says it's because they've had three supreme court justices elected and a mayor, and he feels like, you know, the focus is now on this success rate. >> monica, above and beyond, you know, you're both -- you both have good points, but above and beyond the politics of it, why should -- you know, george, you might have an answer to this. why should city council members be able to have side jobs? why shouldn't it be enough that they're city council member

city. levittown down to chester, mid 70s in glassboro and low 70s in vineland and hammonton. we roll through the day, 71 by 8:00 a.m. 86 by noon. 90 degrees by 3:00 p.m. high of 91 we'll see that at 44:00 p.m. >> i was hoping to pick up apples oranges and bananas later, thank you for the reminder david. >>> 6abc.com/weather is where you can track the hourly forecast and if there's rain heading our way view storm tracker 6 live. >>> a dramatic rescue in northern california might have never happened if it wasn't for an insisting daughter. paris steel was in the middle of a solo hike in the see sierra national forest when she suffered a strike. her daughter made her take a locater beacon. the stroke impacted her balance and vision, but her resolved remained crystal clear. >> being alive and doing what you want to do is important. that's what i want to do. >> she hopes to continue her hike as soon as doctors clear her. >> rescues pull a child from a fiery wreckage of a crash in delaware. we'll have the details in a full report at 6:00 a.m. i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this

. >>> for years city of chester has been mostly known for high crime rates and poverty but now, a change is coming. >> cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio caught up with the man who lit the transformational spark. >> you cannot say the community, without owning the lane. >> reporter: devon walls is putting his money, where his hearties. >> tell me where your stance is. >> well, our stance is up and down the block. >> reporter: walls is a celebrity individual grapher and artist but his new title is real estate investor. >> i feel as though i'm one of the people that would come back and make some change. >> reporter: he bought property after property along avenue of the states, here in downtown chester. he has used art, hosting performances, camps and paint days to change the culture and new businesses,. >> thinks under construction. >> reporter: he is juggling projects including a new coffee shop this will be the front counter. >> artist studios, theater, living spaces, dance studio, furniture store and more. >> we're building up for a court yard with dreams space. >> his

creek and 83 in fleet wood and pottstown and coatesville, 89 degrees already and 83 in chester and 85 degrees in center city. and 87 in levittown and 85 in browns mills and cinnaminson. hammonton 86 and 82 on the boardwalk in a.c. and feeling comfortable there with the sea breeze. and 85 in dover, delaware. it's a warm afternoon, how about the dew points, it varies depending where you are. 59 is comfortable in allentown, 6 degrees in reading and humidity as well as in philadelphia. 66 not too bad but 76 in dover and 75 in cape may feeling oppressive down there. if you want to head to the playground, the weather goes downhill a bit after today. enjoy it while you can. rather warm and 88 at 2:00, and we'll come down from your high at 4:00 and 87 degrees. the real heat and humidity is coming your way and a real heat wave is coming our way too. i'll have the details with the accuweather forecast coming up. >>> stay connected with our team of meteorologists by following them on facebook and twitter, and let us know what is happening where you are. and turn to 6abc.com/weather for the latest information and storm

city. berks, chester and montgomery counties all under a severe thunderstorm warning until 5:15. meteorologist kathy orr will have more on that in just a moment. >> we begin with pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane preparing to step down. this is just one day after a jury found her guilty of perjury obstruction and official oppression. >> good evening i'm lucy noland. >> iain page. all major down fall for the state's first female attorney general who is now accused of of abusing her power to get back at a rifle. fox 29s jeff cole is live in harrisburg tonight following all the fallout. jeff? >> reporter: iain she's not just the first female attorney general first democrat attorney general. we've had historic 24 hours. not only was she convicted last night on all counts including important perjury counts but by early this afternoon kathleen kane quit. so why are we in harrisburg? kane isn't here. i think she's in scranton. we're here because her first deputy bruce castor who will take over for her tomorrow night had a press conference. let's take look at some pictures i'll

they are going to be falling apart as they move toward chester county overnight 71 in the city. 67 inhe suburbs. 82 degrees for your morning. with a few spotty showers that afternoon high will feel good but below average temperatures and here's look at your extended forecast. 82 for your tuesday. 84 for wednesday. thursday 86. friday warming up. hot again saturday. with showers and storms. that's our next best chance of rain. and you can see sunday and monday looking dry with high temperatures in the 80s. shore temperatures looking good as well with 80s across the board after tomorrow the weather improves but the saturday storms could be a big deal coming up later in the broadcast we'll talk more about those and we'll look in detail on the timing if you have weekend plans already looking ahead, lucy. >> i'll always look toward the its weekend. thank you very much, kathy. >> west philadelphia police need your help of two men accused of of robbing a video. 14-year-old boy was walking with someone else when the armed robbers demanded they empty their pockets and withdraw money from nearb

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chester, 85. center city approaching 90. 87. hammonton, 87. woodbine, 87. dover, 87.beach and vineland, 85. that doesn't take into account the humidity. when you add the humidity it feels like the mid to upper 90s in several areas. cold front to the west it will not get in here until wednesday night or thursday, so if you're heading to citizens bank park later this afternoon, i love a sunday baseball game especially at the bank. this is going to be a hot one, you need to stay hydrated. 894 degrees by the first -- 94 degrees by the first inning. 9th inning 97 degrees and we'll have a feels like temperature 105 to 107. another oppressive day is on the way tomorrow. we get a break in the seven-day forecast, i'll let you know when it arrives when i see you in ten minutes. >> people are doing everything they can to avoid the excessive heat. our cameras caught up with woodland playground. customers are packing into the water ice in west oak lane all weekend long. >> bring a book to work, i didn't bring a book because i knew i wasn't going to be able to to read. >> many seni

areas that are 8 million people, bucks, burlington accounts montgomery, chester, philadelphia counties certainly that does include cityf philadelphia and that goes until tonight at 11:00 p.m. here's the warning that is in place. the it is for reading, boyer town, robeson and northern chester county including my hometown of phoenixville, west chester, east whiteham township, southwestern montgomery county including in that warning as well in 5:15. i expect these warnings to follow storms as they continue on that north/northeasterly path through the next couple of hours. if we pick up a storm here in philadelphia alikely between six and 7:00 o'clock hours. we will have more on these storms as we continue to track them throughout the rest of tonight but one delaware family received quite a shock, last night, their house was hit by lightening. it caused quite a bit of damage. meteorologist justin drabick is live in middletown new castle count which more on that are ordeal, justin. >> reporter: that is right, kate. you know lightening so unpredictable you just never know when and where it will hit and it could be so strong

of the southwest at 13 miles per hour and the ocean temperature is 73. 92 center city and 93 for saint davids in chester and 92 in kennett square and 92 in new holland. down in new jersey, inland in the 90s but at the coast 9 woodbine and 89 at the boardwalk and 89 in surf city and hockessin 91 and 95 in smyrna, that is not factoring in the humidity. here are the current heat indexes. 103 in philadelphia and a heat index in allentown 1012, and 102 at the coast in cape may. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's dry and quiet across the region and you'll notice activity with a frontal boundary works its way to the north, if you are outside of philadelphia in our northwest suburbs that is your best bet today of finding a pop-up shower or thunderstorm, the big weather story is the heat and humidity into the weekend. if you head to bethlehem, musikfest going on this weekend and sabrina carpenter is the headliner, it's oppressive, 96 at 8:00 p.m. and lower 80s at 10:00 and 11:00 tonight. future tracker 6 taking you into time, 9:00 a.m. on saturday, heat indexes in the lower 90s and 6:00 tomorrow ev

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city. timoney will then be laid to rest in west chester county, new york, the 68 year old passed away last week after battling lung cancer. he served as new york city police commissioner, and miami chief of police in addition to philadelphia. >> swimmer ryan lochte bad behavior in rio now cost him about a million dollars. twelve time olympic medalist lost four seans or ship deals about being lied, the biggest sponsors to drop him, speedo and ralph lauren. we spoke, who say companies don't want lochte associated with their brand. >> you expect that athletes to act with integrity, to act with line, and in accordance with that brand. ryan lochte throughout all of that good will, and all of that trust in just a few minutes, and then maybe even worse, by lying afterward. >> now speedo says the monday that i would have gone to lochte will now be donated to children in brazil. >> still ahead: two month after a toddler was killed in an alligator attack at disney world, the final report is in, and it is offering new details about what happened. >> we'll tell you just ahead. plus this: >> a big welco

as their customer base grew far beyond the main line across chester county and delaware county on into the cityiladelphia. >> it's sad but it's true and as i said it's acceptance and once you come to that realization then it's -- it makes it a lot easier. >> reporter: on august 20, just a few days away, howard and his father will turn off the lights here, close the door and walk away into history that dates back to the civil war era. so, it is goodbye to a family business there has thrived and survived for more than a century and a half of american history. in berwyn, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> children who had a scare at summer camp earlier this week were rewarded for their bravery he today. newport delaware police provided school supplies to the kids who were stung by wasps. many of these officers helped take care of the campers during the incident at rock wood park on wednesday. about a dozen kids were stung, three of them had to go to the hospital. thankfully none was seriously hurt. >>> we are celebrating the life of carter merbreier the man you know fondly as captain noah

she's just outside of new york city in west chester county where hillary clinton received an intelligenceriefing a short time ago. casey another good day for you. what can you tell us? >> we are so close and yet so far. we can tell you that hillary clinton received her intelligence briefing this morning. her first intelligence briefing, likely the only one she'll receive before election day. she came here with no aids and was inside for two hours and 17 minutes. approximately. it's interesting that there were no aides that went in with her. some have been ensnared in the e-mail brouhahbrouhaha. huma abidin. there were questions about security clearance because of the issues raised and whether or not there was mishandling of classified information. in this case now the question wasn't raised whether they should be inside the classified briefing or not. they weren't here. hillary clinton is headed to the hamptons later this afternoon. she'll be fund-raising there for the week and taking a little bit of r & r. >> okay. let's talk about the briefing in terms of what you know about it. did it

city philadelphia. but this line extends through chester and all the way down claymont, delaware, and it's moving acrossiver into south jersey. so you may hear a few rumbles of thunder but general just pockets of heavy rain moving into south jersey tonight and it will be did he say is he pating during the early morning hours. update you on tropical storm fiona you may have heard about this storm with maximum wind of 45 miles an hour moving toward the northwest. the good news, it will lose strength become a tropical low and stay far to the east of even bermuda as it takes a northerly turn over the next couple of days. lows to night in the city in the 70's. in the suburbs 68. around of rain moving south and east that was south jersey overnight. tomorrow 90 degrees again. hot and humid. down the shore looking good. a chance of a few spotty showers saturday. late storm sunday but i think you'll get your beach day in and look at that land breeze and very comfortable by monday. ocean water temperatures mainly in the 70s. rehoboth beach, delaware, 78. lewes, delaware, 79-degree water. extended forecast calls f

city. but he goes to school in west chester. let me tell you west chester today it felt like about 110.do you think it feels like here. >> today it feels like 75 it's wonderful out here. i love it down here. >> what is the one thing everyone is talking about? the warm water it's been really warm recently. pretty exciting. hopefully a lot of people will come down this weekend have a good weekend to work. >> it will be a business so weekend. how long have you here till tonight. >> tonight heim here till 8:00 p.m. >> perfect. save to go in the water till 8:00 o'clock because shane is here. thanks shaken. >> you're welcome. >> we appreciate it. take look at all the people in the water because these beaches are guarded. the ocean water temperature ate 83-pint three. we cooled down couple degrees that's why we have a nice sea breeze. take look at the temperatures. in philadelphia 92. none in millville. down the shore right now we're looking at a temperature in ocean city of 87 degrees. the ocean water temperature is 83 degrees. the factor the peak of the heat the next couple of days when it w

too bad right there but 65 in coatesville and saint davids. 66 this morning in chester and kennett square. 70 in the citytself. 65 degrees in warrington and the suburbs in new jersey it's 66 in cinnaminson, 64 in hammonton. it's 73 this morning on the boardwalk in ac. and 70 in sea isle city if you're enjoying a morning there. 65 degrees in dover delaware. here's a look at your day hour by hour. 7:00 a.m., 71, bright sunshine. by 10:00 a.m. 76. feeling kind of humid this afternoon, 85 degrees at lunchtime. 89 is your high at a. we'ltoday.we'll hit that at 3 o. starting tomorrow we're turning up the heat turning up the humidity, turning up the chance for storms. it's all come your way in that seven-day forecast in just a few minutes matt. >> you're telling me it just gets worse and worse. >> yes. >> that's how it is on the traffic front. several big problems out there at this early hour karen including a crash involving a pedestrian in burlington township burlington county. the accident is blocking the southbound lanes of 130 at columbus road. let's stay over on old york road or even 295 southbound instea

chester 70. up north, newhall, 76. 68 degrees for the beach. the coast and city, 75 not bad at the boardwalk.ere is satellite 6 along with action radar. you can see it is dry across the region. a ridge of high pressure to the north. as you are tapping into a northeasterly wind, there will be an issue at the coast. it pushes moisture. it keeps moisture away out of the great lakes and the ohio valley. it stays to the south and the west. throughout the day and into sunday, the hourly forecast looks like this. 73 degrees is the semiat 8:00 in the morning. 85 by noon. some time between 2:00 and 4:00 tomorrow, we max out at 90 degrees in philadelphia. the numbers fall off as the sunsets. here is the weekend concern. tropical storm gaston has been upgraded to a hurricane. 85 miles per hour. moving to the northwest well away from u.s. mainland. as we teal with a long period of swells, coupled with the fact we have the ridge of high pressure and the northeasterly wind. there's a chance for rip currents at the coast. swim where the life guards are on duty. the ocean temperature 74 degrees. otherwise, a

((aaron shrugs shoulders)) 07;02 chrissie baumann, west chester, pennsylvania "the food has been incredible." 06;18 anupam dutta, new york city "i have heard the fried shrimp on all these beach bars are to die for." shrimp it is! the food is prepared in an underground kitchen. ((food served)) 13;07 jasmine brooks "this is living the life. thank you so much. coconut water and a delicious meal on copacabana beach.">>> dominate in rio.. we've got 93 medals -- the most in every category .. 30 gold.. 32 silver and 31 bronze. ((brian loftus)) >> china behind us with 54 medals.. great britain has 50 and russia has 41./// ((brian loftus)) at today's events.. las vegas local vashti cunningham will compete in the women's high jump qualifications. finals are on saturday. and local connor fields will ride in the quarterfinals for bmx. another top event- usain bolt looking to make history in the 200 meter final. if he captures gold, he'll have won both the 100 and 200 meter races at 3 consecutive olympics./// ((brian loftus)) >>> and team usa once again proved their talent on the >> our guys beat argentina ... 105 to 78 in the quarterfina

sixty in hazel ton, 73 in west chester, we will head down to atlantic city at the airport at 68. lewis, delaware at 68. pleasant morning there nothing to show you on radar just a few cloud around this morning, small frontal system to our south, we will talk about that later on and what that has in store. how about 88 degrees, mostly sunny, warmer than average, pretty decent day. we will talk about the changes in the seven day forecast as we try to get through monday, bob kelly. how are you doing. >> doing good. it seems like yesterday it was friday and then it is monday, exactly 4:02 on a monday morning. good morning. live look at the schuylkill expressway maybe going to the zoo today with the kid in, problems at all here at inquire regard avenue. we're in good shape one end to the other on the schuylkill. good morning to the 42 freeway. folks coming back from the shore with the sand on your shoe, sun on your nose working your way toward philadelphia light volume. monday mornings we see that extra push, from folks coming right from the the shore in toward philadelphia as we go no

west chester has 72 degrees, looking down atlantic city at 68. in lieu is, delaware 68 degrees as well. other temperatures include 61 degrees in pottstown and 60 in poconos. it depend where you are how cool it is. looking at the seven day forecast we will see the warming trend. eighty-eight today. eighty-nine tomorrow. we will hit 90 by wednesday. it could happen tomorrow actually but it does look like we will be able to string together three days of 90 or above and you know had that means, chris and lauren, a heat wave. >> oh, fun. >> yes. >> sue, thank you. >>> septa's adding more trains to the warminster and lansdale line for today's busy commute. bob made mention to this. they added trains and they will run during morning and evening rush hours. septa also changed sometimes from the trains running from manayunk and trenton. so check the schedules. it comes after the agency yanked a third of the cars off the track because of the structural defects. you can see a full list of septa's new schedule changes on fox 29.com. >>> speaking of travel pa

city. steve johnson in west chester.hine, he checks in at 68 degrees, we are close by just to the north, eagleville lewis at 69, again mostly sunny skies, starting to see 70's showing up, we will go into new jersey and see what is happening in cherry hill. lynn, she has got 72, once again, sunshine. that is the trend. it depend where you were, you may have saw fog interior central new jersey and this is ed connor in chesterfield, new jersey. he had fog. visibility dropped a half mile around trenton. that is dissipating. visibility looks good because of that heat, already from the sun. this is philadelphia, sunrise, phil chapline beautiful shot there with the blue skies and no issues in south jersey, peter plantameant shows crystal clear morning in williamstown, new jersey. great beach day. the jersey shore, delaware beaches, check it out. boardwalk picks up in rehoboth beach we are looking live here people outside on the beach, got umbrellas up. sun. make sure you have sun block. notice wave activity will increase over n