these storms on track to be in middletown delaware, about 6:37.n hour from now you'll see them moving in with lots of lightning from the west. this is only the first chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day. there's a possibility of more this afternoon for parts of the area. in between the storms we'll get sunshine and another hot, humid day today. things are changing in a big way later this week. the seven-day forecast when i'm back in ten. >>> jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. we are trying to look at 95 at state road. roadways are a little bit damp. a 15-minute trip headed southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. that's through the work zone. you can start to see the traffic buildup, just a little bit of a jam headed into the southbound section. more cameras for you in the next ten minutes. >>> pay back for donald trump after giving out senator lindsey graham's phone number. remember that? trump's number was leaked. we will tell you who's behind it and what trump is saying about it. >>> spea

evacuation center is at middletown high school south of the fire. weather tonight forecast wind of course. but a little better humidity. recovery. so they'll be working through the evening to try to contain the fire. >> how people are affected by that and how many people have been sent to that evacuation at middletown high school. >> we don't have an exact amount. most people will have friends and relatives in the area. so we won't see them automaker at the evacuation center. >> how about the structures threatened. do you have a count on how many structures have been damaged or how many have been lost. >> we don't have an exact number on the structures that were damaged. the exact number of residents in the area that might be affected i don't know that number. it's a very rural area. lots of ranches. >> and are more resources being brought in tomorrow. i know it's dark, you don't generally fly aircraft at night because it's so dangerous. but how many firefighters are on the line and how many more to you expect to be on the lines tomorrow? >> well, i

for the people here in middletown. with the evacuation center run by rick cross and it >> i am very anxious as to what has happened to my home as a measure up other people are as well. you have >> no inkling as to its a has been destroyed her partly damaged. you just do not know? >> live on the north side of highway 20. >> reporter: discarnate not did you start packing your personal belongings that a not would be at the door shortly?-- did you start packing >> i was not necessarily prepared as much as i should have been. >> reporter: they are encouraging people to go to red cross dot auric and make financial donations because it will be a long call. not just your but featured in the future as well. -- redcross.org >> grant: we have additional images the chicken see the invisible to miles in steep tough terrain in range. helicopters dumping water critical. 24 homes have been lost and countless vehicles like this truck are now destroyed. you could check out kron4 dot com. >> diane: yesterday we were in the upper 80s and

just to the north of middletown and moving into southwestern new castle county.we'll get breaks of sunshine hot and humid again today. back to the low 90s this afternoon. then late-day storms could turn severe. tomorrow, though the storms are out of the picture and it turns less humid. not as hot either. 88 degrees tomorrow afternoon and we will see sunshine on thursday. partly sunny skies and 84. then it's rainfall that could be heavy for much of the day on friday. keeping our temperatures in the 70s in the afternoon. showers taper off on saturday and a warming trend. 85 with sunshine on sunday. then a chance of late-day showers and thunderstorms monday. >>> bill thanks. 6:21 right now. new jersey governor chris christie is always one to evoke a strong ereaction from people. this time he says teachers unions deserve to be punched in the face. how the union is responding this morning. >>> just ahead the online video that is supposed to shed some light on who destroyed the hitchhiking robot. >>> and good morning everyone. jessica boyington with your first alert tr

. >> on most days 11-year-old ryan terapchak runs in middletown township with his mom janine and hiswith consumed by one thing. >> it's hard to deal with cancer and if my sister had it, i know somebody else would do it for her. >> he's talking about 6-year-old isabella o'brien sister of one of his friends n march he was diagnosed stage four sarcoma a rare form of cancer that affects the body's connective tissues and ryan said he wanted to help isabella using something he knows he does well. >> i was really good at runnin running. so i wanted to run for isabella and raise more money. >> for 30 days ryan will run up and down streets of neighborhood and so far longest run has been 6.2 miles and he hopes to go further. he says the most important goal is to raise $10,000 for isabella's family. >> after months of chemo and proton therapy at chop isabell isabella's father says her tumor is shrinking and unexpected expenses like travel costs and wigs for his daughter who lost all of her hair, quickly add up. >> it's wonderful knowing we have a cushion if something should happen we won't get

we're a few miles east of middletown on jerusalem valley road. as we came in yesterday afternoon and evening you could see paths were dozers cut more lines, trying to slow down the fire in its path. in lake county, andria borba, kpix 5. >> some 50 structures are still threatened. >>> check out these pictures from the california national guard. it shows crews building on a bridge to assist with the "rocky fire" fight. it's strong enough to cross cache creek. the fire is 90% contained. >>> new questions being raised about the teen accused of killing maddy middleton. police say 15-year-old aj gonzalez posted a comment on instagram about his crippling anxiety before the kidnapping and killing of his 8-year-old neighbor. now investigators are looking into whether he was behind a threat against santa cruz high last november. that same phrase was used in emails threatening a mass shooting at the school. >>> alameda police warn precedents a suspect serial burglar may be getting bold. a man in this surveillance video is a person of interest in half dozen

the middletown school district is delaying the opening of school because some schools are being used as evacuation centers. >> the president asked his team to stay in close touch with governors and local officials as their efforts continue. and the white house will continue to monitor the situation from here. these are selfless individuals and we owe them a debt of gratitude. >> wayne freedman is live with an update. >> reporter: you mentioned the 65,000 acres that burned. this is behind highway 20 that burned just yesterday when the highway jumped the ridge. all of this burned in an afternoon. some of it is still burning. this is one little spot they didn't get to. this has been a fire that mostly laid low today. 12% containment. they are hoping to improve on that. this is not what the books say a fire at 12% containment should look like. a gray day puff of smoke a couple of helicopters dumping in the distance and stil only 12%. has the rocky fire ever been what they expected? relief still no on so many levels. that's dave brookens with his wife worrying about their house. they are

evacuees are being send to middletown high school. cal fire expects to know more about daybreak about any structures that have born. >>> this picture was taken in santa rosa more than 30 miles from middletown. this is the view. that is more than 40 miles away. at the same time, firefighters are making progress and getting the nearly 70,000-acre rocky fire under control. con tape. is now at 85% with full containment expected in the next few days. all evacuations have been lifted. >>> a firefighter was killed over the weekend while battling a fire in california. mike hallen back died in the el dorado national forest. a large tree fell on him who was serving as an on-cal firefighter. >> he had that desire to contribute. and so that's any comfort, he lost his life making a real difference for all the people in the basin. a close group that worked together. a loss of one person reverberates through this entire agency. >> governor brown has ordered flags at the state capitol to be flo flown at half-staff. he is the second u.s. forest servic

probably going south of middletown delaware and then we'll see if it makes south jersey. are the times with the arrival time of the heavier rain and lightning that you see on your blue box there. lightning could even jump out ahead of those times a little bit. 81 degrees by 9 o'clock. today we'll see 87 by noon. most of the day is dry with clouds and sun. 92 is your high. it's still going to be hot and humid out there and during the afternoon hours there is the chance of a spotty pop-up storm especially in south jersey and delaware. some of those could be strong so if you hear a rumble of thunder at a, guys, you head indoors on the lower floors. matt. >> you got it. thank you david. >>> happening today, philadelphia police recruits will visit the holocaust memorial museum in washington d.c. the action cam was at the police academy in northeast philadelphia this morning as the recruits headed out. the visit to the museum will expand on their classwork on ethics. the anti-defamation league partners with the holocaust memorial museum to offer the training program. >> vandals

it's from i-95 south towards middletown. very light rainfall there. jusf a few sprinkles this morning and an isolated shower possible this afternoon. most of the day you'll see clouds and breaks of sunshine, 69 degrees at 7:00. by 10:00 this morning, 76 degrees and at 1:00, near 80 degrees. we'll go through the forecast hour by hour with the neighborhood by neighborhood forecast. that's when i'm back in ten minutes. let's find out how the rest of the morning commute is working. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> bill, good morning. good morning, everyone. we are out in philadelphia in the lawncrest section, still watching for that active scene on the roosevelt boulevard where we do know from matt delucia, traffic is getting through the area right now. it is on the roosevelt boulevard between adams and whitaker avenue. they are directing traffic around the scene. you should be just fine. you can still take wyoming to castor and that will get you around the scene as well. on 95 around girard avenue, we're seeing the typical increase of t

the jerusalem fire named after a road in the area is northeast of middletown. you can see it's not far from the rocky fire around clearlake. andria borba spent many nights up at the rocky fire and is back tonight covering the jerusalem fire. andria, here we go again. >> reporter: here we go again, liz. we're a few miles east of middletown on deer valley road. the fire blew through hours ago. you can still see the remnants, but it rages on tonight in the hills here in lake county. smoldering, flaming, raging, in less than a day the wind driven jerusalem fire jumped from small to out of control. >> we are experiencing a little bit of wind shifts which is dangerous for firefighters because the fire will be going one way and all of a sudden start burning the other way. >> reporter: sending up towering cumuluslike clouds again. >> 0% contained again. >> reporter: it's on the end of the rocky fire. while the terrain is less rugged than the stark wilderness of the rocky fire, the vegetation the flames are ripping through is thicker. embers and sparks were sent flying

steadier showers in the middletown area. chance of showers won't be great today.you'll see breaks in the cloud cover. you can start to see some of the clouds moving into the area. this is a live view from here at the nbc 10 studios. the flag is at rest. wind is not an issue. the temperatures climb in spite of clouds moving in. we'll get breaks of sunshine. by 10:00, 75 and 79 degrees at 1:00 today. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> and jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. we still are watching this accident scene out in the lawncrest section of philadelphia on the roosevelt boulevard where we have an accident investigation. active police activity there as well. and that's on the roosevelt boulevard southbound between adams avenue and whitaker avenue. they are still directing traffic around the scene for right now. you can scoot on over to wyoming avenue to castor avenue and jump back on the boulevard there and you'll do just fine. also the vine street expressway, around 8th street if our cameras were working p

we're few miles east of middletown out on jerusalem valley road. as we were coming in yesterday afternoon and evening, you could see paths where dozers had cut more lines, more breaks, trying to slow down the fire in its path. in lake county, andria borba, andria borba, kpix 5. >> juan silva says he was trying to create a fire break by burning vegetation around his home near the "rocky fire" but that's against the law. only professional firefighters are allowed to create those breaks. that man is now under arrest. >>> we were talking about how disappointed those firefighters must be because they just got the "rocky fire" almost fully contained and then boom another one. >> afternoon winds will be up to 20 and we have the particular fire creating its own windstorm. good morning, everyone. this is our live weather camera looking towards the transamerica pyramid. it stands just over 1,000 feet tall and you can now see the tip-top of it which leads me to believe we will have airport delays on some arriving flights at sfo because of that very low ceilin

it will be heading towards middletown.w more rain drops, seeing scattered showers move through lancaster county and into berks county with heavier downpours just to the west of pottstown and eastern berks county. the showers are on the move. the light rain is starting in the pottstown area. a chance of scattered showers, 70 degrees for mount pocono, upper 70s for allentown and reading. increasing clouds with temperatures moving into the low 80s for norristown, mount holly and trenton. along the shore, lots of sunshine with late-day clouds. 81 for cape may, atlantic city and upper 70s for rehoboth beach and dover. upper 70s also for wilmington and an isolated shower this morning. just a chance of a shower in philadelphia at 81 this afternoon, 82 for williamstown. temperatures will be climbing at the end of the week. before we get there, we'll get much-needed rainfall on the way. your hour by hour futurecast when i come back in ten minutes. >>> 6:38 now. it's time to check the roads again. make sure everything is going to be

just thunderstorm activity moving n middletown high school, houses full sun. not anymore.ook at that lines as these storms push n they are heading toward shore points the right now. 72 degrees at middletown ship high school as rain begins to fall. here's what we are dealing with right now. here that is line of storms. one batch moving through ocean county. there that is line pushing in cape may county and delaware beaches. i mentioned a few sprinkles. you can see them right here popping up on the back edge. nothing more than a few rain drops. worse of it coastal new jersey at the moment and you can see just now pushing into west cape may, cape may point, right along the garden state parkway. here from 7 miles, on south, and into the delaware beaches. that is where we will get soaked here in the next ten to 15 minutes. we can see up here to the north, we still have heavy rain in portions of burlington, and ocean counties. as far as how much rain has fallen, we have heavy rain here across burlington county. some spots with over an inch of rain. .91 in hammington, 1.11 inches

where we have a few cloud here and there, 87 degrees there at middletown ship high school looking justeautiful this afternoon. but, there is a chance, just one portion of our area to pick up strong storms later this evening and tonight. that is southern delaware and extreme south jersey including cumberland county and shore points. a few storms firing up to the south right now, philadelphia is not seeing much of anything. keep an eye on these showers and storms near baltimore but worst to the south where dew points are high. dew points in the 07's. they have moisture to work with. this particular storm just up and across sussex county delaware, further south across maryland and bay we have strong storms as well. these storms will move east through tonight and may not exit completely until two or 3:00 in the morning. in south jersey, delaware even overnight there could be rumble of thunder and flash of lightening. ninety at airport. eighty-four in allentown. down the shore, temperatures 90 in cape may. ninety-two in row rebeach right now, 88 in stone harbor and 82 in ocean city. our hig

jackie on the update of this fire. >> i'm in middletown. i'm a couple west of where the fire is.ay. cal fire updated the acres burned earlier this morning. as you said marc it gained some two thousand acres. out in the jer jerusalem area. they do have evacuations for that area. it is a very populated area. very rocky. makes fighting the fire very difficult. they have already switched a lot of the firefighters that were on the rocky fire over to the jerusalem fire. now, as i said here in middletown at the evacuation center this has been set up for the rocky fire. yesterday they had packed up and ready to go home only to come back. >> we thought we were going home and then about 5:00 we >> on a conference call and heard a number of sirens and all of a sudden we are back in business so everything that was packed up, we are unpacked and we reopened the shelter at middletown high school. >> i can tell you this morning, the temperatures are starting to rise. the good news is there is not a lot of wind out here. i'll turn the camera towardings the fire is. you can see the sky are blue o

in the middletown memorial fire hall in middletown, delaware. job fairies free. no registration is required. the second one will be held in september in dover delaware. >> then senator carper will be serving run to much kid and playing frisby as part of the food bank's summer food services program. volunteers help fill the meal gap during summer months when school is not in obsession the programs included this one are part of the healthy hunger free act. >>> and it is a rap, fourth annual black film festival closed in philadelphia and there was a special award ceremony 46789 day festival highlighted independent black film makers and films about black people from around the world. eighty films were part of the years festival. >> i got to meet spike lee. >> i didn't meet him i saw him across the way at lunch in beverly hills. >> what was it like? >> he walk in, and when we got there, it was pretty cool because lenny cravats was in the back of the restaurant. >> nice. >> and so we're there. it is an outdoor place. it is call the ivy. licensing story about why we wer

we're few miles east of middletown out on jerusalem valley road. a few miles east of middletown out on jerusalem valley road. as we were coming in yesterday afternoon and evening, you could see paths where dozers had cut more lines, more breaks, trying to slow down the fire in its path. in lake county, andria borba, andria borba, kpix 5. >> some of the people evacuating from the new fire had already fled once more because of the "rocky fire." so far the "jerusalem fire" no homes destroyed. >> they need a break and i don't think it's coming because winds are picking up? >> yes. yesterday they were more erratic. i'm hearing from a lot more people experiencing smoke than in the last fire. 11 1100 firefighters are fighting this fire. we are hoping to have containment on the 17th day of this month. erratic winds today as they rotate from the stay with us. a little more sustained and settled out of the west 10 to 20 late day humidity 30 to 40% temperatures near the fire 78 to 85. air temperature 61 degrees. we have a deep marine layer. this morning, that

in middletown township, trish hartman for channel six "action news". >>> good for you, ryan. >>> ryan isn't the only one with the big heart, coming up, on "action news" how a group of volunteers spent their saturday helping a teenager with a serious health issue that prevents her from going outside ever. >>> pens, pencils, notebooks, binders and backpacks this busies full, where donations are going coming up, melissa. >>> and walter, we have another warm evening on the way tonight but the heat and humidity will return for the second half of the weekend. we have got numbers that you may or may not want to see with the accu weather forecast. >> thank you, melissa. >> jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back. i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad. i knew i was cutting it close. but it was ok. i use td bank. it's got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. i'm sid. and i bank human at td ba

middletown, 49 in lake county. the coolest low since june 5th and then the napa airport also dipped to 49. maybe where you are as well. tom smith at blossom hill, 56. i know that doesn't sound cool but a lot of reports coming in it's chilly. well, it is. thank you for that. cheers to you as well. decent little low for this time of year. couldn't buy one in january. here it is now. a little bit too far to the west. if we can take it over there. i would say increasing clouds with the possibility of rains. it will stick around today and then tomorrow start to work its way toward northern california coast also toward the oregon border. that will ramp up the fog bank even more so. but today seems to be more to the north and south. some areas are cool on the coast. 49 knoxville creek. good news for the firefighters. temperatures will be slow to rebound. they will be in the upper 80s. the cool lows more of a westerly breeze and the higher humidity helps taubd and tomorrow. friday and saturday, the temperatures will get ho

the "jerusalem fire" is northeast of middletown and near the "rocky fire."ria borba reports from the scene. >> reporter: firefighters are hoping to wake up sometime this morning with more of a sense of containment around the "jerusalem fire." it raged all afternoon long torching land and taking up everything in its path. smoldering, flaming, raging. in less than a day, wind-driven "jerusalem fire" jumped from small to out of control. >> we are experiencing wind shift which is dangerous for firefighters because the fire will be burning one way and then all of a sudden start burning a different way. >> reporter: sending up big clouds over lake county yet again. >> zero percent containment. >> reporter: the "jerusalem fire" is burning on the southern edge of the nearly contained "rocky fire." >> we just can't get to some of the areas that are so remote. >> reporter: while the terrain is less rugged, the vegetation is thicker. chaparral and manzanita burn quickly and sent embers and sparks flying leaving a post- apocalyptic landscape in its wake. this fire conti

evacuees are being sent to middletown high school. cal fire expects to know more about daybreak about any structures that have burned. and the smoke can be seen for miles. this picture was taken in santa rosa more than 30 miles from middletown. and this is a view 40 miles away. at the same time firefighters are making progress in getting the nearly 70,000-acre rocky fire under control. containment is now at 85%. full containment expected in the next few days. >>> 6:03. checking the commute. a rough start? >> yeah, it's getting worse. those delays are building in san jose both directions. chp on scene for an investigation of a fatal car crash that happened before 3:00 this morning. south 101 completely shut down. taking you off the freeway there and rerouting you on capitol expressway. so kind of an early backup there for your morning commute. southbound beyond 280 your alternate is 87, 880/17 and state route 85. other than that a new accident 580 at 680. >>> good morning. time check at 6:04. we have overcast skies from theski city acr

it was from 10:00 until 2:00 at the middletown memorial fire hall on west green street in middletown.0 employers were there looking to hire veterans as well as others an second job fair will be held september 3rd. that one is at wilmington university's dover campus. >> still to come on "action news" at 5:00 we'll check the forecast for you. >> let's look outside right now. sky6 hd at the ben franklin bridge. a hot one out there. the heat wave continues. meteorologist cecily tynan with details from accuweather when we come right back. so, i needed to deposit a check. i was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techno-thingy to the rescue. i'm rayna. and i bank human at td bank. >> time for accuweather. meteorologist cecily tynan here. day seven of the heat wave. doesn't appear we'll get out of it today. >> tomorrow one more day and then it will be over. if you like the heat though, we've been having it for a full w

stone in middletown some folks are just hoping that a home to go back to. the key >> reporter: that net 10:00 and said get out and do not stay we got out. one of >> reporter: hundreds because of a fire near clear lake left waiting with their husband and two caps. "scary it's really scary. little bit of denial and went to a thrift store it might not be their only home.. >> reporter: 40 images like this on tv that and she says middletown high school one of two evacuation centers set up by the red cross location home to around 30 people sunday night at a location that she's looking forward to leaving that is when it's finally safe to go home. "the nub brand new refrigerator and it's like a new roof last year the only thing i can keep this a little bit number of dwellings hasn't changed in today's have been destroyed which means an all-pro ability or still ok to help my houses there and i want to get home. >> reporter: see some of our visa have been setup in the parking lot directly behind me so many of these people i talked with hopeful that have a place to ca

it is going on at the middletown memorial fire hall in west green streets until 2:00 p.m.e than 30 employers are there looking for new employees. a second job fair will be held september 2 at wilmington university dover campus. >> still to come on "action news" at noon, a manhunt continues for a suspect who shot and killed a police officer in tennessee. investigators believe they know who they are looking for. >>> who is behind the series of explosions at new mexico churches. federal investigators join in the search for the person responsible for the crime. >>> david murphy is back with the word on the break from the heat wave hopefully. that and more when "action news" continues at noon in just a moment. >> a dozen people were hurt after being struck by a car on a north jersey sidewalk in jersey city yesterday. witnesses say a minivan was speeding when it struck a sedan. the force of the collision hit several pedestrians and a uniform police officer. 12 people were injured and in stable condition at this hour. >>> a manhunt is underway for the suspect who shot and killed

>> yes. >> middletown high school. >> is your family with you, are your neighbors with you as well?> i met a lot of neighbors. >> it's kind of nice in that way, you meet people you never saw before but yeah i don't have family so -- >> all right. >> everybody as far as i know is fine and got out. that's the important part. >> that is the important part joyce, thank you so much. we're glad you're okay and we hope your house stays safe. >> thank you. i hope so too. >> all right. thanks joyce. >>> coming up on the lead. the controversy that isn't going away about the planned parenthood sting videos. a brand new undercover video released hours ago by the anti-abortion group. that group says this is more shocking than the rest. >>> another video getting a lot of attention, a school police officer putting a third grader in handcuffs as he begs to be released. the student's family is suing. that story ahead. >> why would you behave this way. i have type 2 diabetes. i started with pills. and now i take a long-acting insulin at night. i take mine in the morning. i was trying to eat right, st

evacuees are being sent to middletown high school. cal fire expects to know more after daybreak about any struck thundershowers that have burned. >>> firefighters are making progress on getting the nearly 70,000-acre rocky fire under control. containment at 85% with full containment expected in the next couple of days. evacuations have been lifted. >>> a funeral in south dakota for a firefighter killed while helping battle a wildfire in northern california. hundreds gathered in rapid city over the weekend for a tribute to david rule. he was killed july 30th at the so-called frog fire in the modak national forest. he had been helping fight the wildfires? june. another wildfire was killed while battling a california wildfire. mike hallenbeck died saturday. the u.s. forest service says a large tree fell on the 21-year-old serve. governor brown has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of hallenbeck. >>> we concentrate on the fire itself. can't forget about the guys fighting away. >>> you have something cooking in traffic, too,

. >> reporter: the red cross evacuation shelter at middletown high school is open with room with more. >> we're expecting a possibility of more if the evacuations in clear lake become mandatory. so we have ramped up the shelter to accommodate 100 people. >> despite the hour by hour uncertainty, locals are grateful for everything firefighters have done. in lake county cornell bernard abc 7 news. >>> firefighters had a hard time getting ahold of the fire because of the weather. abc meteorologist has more. >> this is the time of day firefighters like. the air temperature controls off. et the relative humidity rises. the air temperature is at 83. are the relative humidity is on the rise. 34% right now. the winds out of the west southwest at 7. gusting right now to about 15 miles per hour. future weather shows you the wind gust over the next 24 hours between 2:00 and 10:00 a.m. they're going to calm down to less than 5 miles per hour, which is great news for firefighters. unfortunately, we get the heating of the day later in the afternoon, the winds will increase to about 10 to 15 miles pe

and we will see lightening and heavy downpours around maryland this cluster is heading toward new middletown delaware. wilmington you are hearing some thunder this morning. it seems to be holding together. one thing about these storms and rain, it is moving quickly. this area in southern chester county around east nottingham and all heading in to wilmington and new jersey and another area that we have been watching in ocean county, new jersey as well around toms river. so lots going on there, but some of you haven't seen anything in the way of thunderstorms this morning particularly down here where temperatures are warmer, lets say, the new jersey shore and in southern delaware, although around dover you'll hear thunder soon. temperature i should say win speed is 6 miles an hour out of the south right now and we expect like we said to get in the 90's. so there is seven days in a row of 90 or above, today will be number eight because now we're going for 92 degrees with thunderstorms around. still hot today, sunny ape breezy tomorrow high of 89. showers roll in late in the day thursday, they a

this by comparison is outside cape may courthouse in middletown ship high school. we get the idea it is a split forecast depending on location meanwhile we will take you to the forecast in the rest of the afternoon. in philadelphia specifically that is what we're talking about here. if we have any cloud left, they are very thin and few and far between. and, nice afternoon for the city. we're talking temperatures in the mid 80's. a little up tic from what we had seen forecast ted simply because we have more sunshine to work with as the storm has decided it wants to speed up a bit, because of its speedy timing it means that the weekend is looking pretty fantastic, at this point so i'll come bearing that nice weather news as the show goes on erika. >> fantastic. >> love that on a friday. thanks katie. >>> coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" so long jon stewart, the final episode of the daily show and start of the a party details coming >>> jon stewart says good bye to the daily show after 16 years on comedy central and he got sentiment willal with his send off. >> i

and jason, is in middletown at 80 degrees right now which vice comfortable for late august.nother beautiful day, this day, and compliments across the board. back to storm scan three not showing much of anything at all, cloud, that have proliferated over great lakes and a few clouds drift nothing to our area but those instability showers you see over portions of eastern canada and upstate new york will not impact us, few showers in central pennsylvania and we are quiet through tonight, through tomorrow, and right into friday. eighty-one right now at the airport. feels great. seventy's in reading, wilmington and lancaster as well. cool pocket in the great lakes. today even though our high was a degree below at 83 our morning low was slightly above. it is era above average day by 1 degree. look at how warm this august has been, all but three days have been at or above normal and days that were below, did it by 1 degree and 3 degrees. we haven't had any cool wet they are august and next few you days look like they might be right about average. generally a warmer than average aug

this one heavy storm has just gone through middletown. another one has gone through dover. closer to the philadelphia area, it's mostly light to moderate showers but this area of heavier rain is moving toward wilmington and eventually into portions of chester county and delaware county. there is even more back to the west that's going to be coming through later tonight. it's going to be quite awhile before we get out of this. here's the future cast. this activity moves up to the northeast and we may get a bit of a break but that doesn't mean the whole system is over, because remember that second batch, that is coming through generally after 8:00 or 9:00. this particular model shows that it stays here through 11:00 tonight and even into the early morning hours. slow movers. that means we can really get some heavy rain and localized flooding. there are flood warnings around harrisburg from this system that is coming this way. 82 degrees in philadelphia now but we did get up to 90 degrees extending the heat wave officially by one more day. we will talk more about when the show

jason is in middletown delaware at 88 degrees. today was nice. we hit a high of 92.umid and the breeze, breeze really helped outside. thanks to the weather watchers. the lets look at is what happening on storm scan three because, it is not much. little boundary. a few clouds drifting through north and western suburbs. maybe a stray spring until northern new jersey. sometimes when we get that cooler dryer air to move in, we will get instability showers with that cooler air aloft. for the most part it has been dry all day across the region and will stay dry tonight. with great weather out there right now. temperatures cooler up in the poconos, it is only 71 in mount pocono. that sound fantastic if you ask me. eighty-eight in philadelphia. eighty-eight in millville. eighty-nine in dover. our high officially 89, and the heat wave has been broken, average high is 87, so we are close, only 2 degrees above average and that eight day heat wave is now over. lets, go to the 90's across the the northeast. we have had an average of 21. we have had 22 days. we have beaten the ave

fair will be held from 10:00 to 2:00 at middletown memorial fire hall in middletown delaware. job fairies free, no registration is required, second one held in september in dover delaware. >>> senator carper will also be on hand serving lunch to kid, today as part of the food bank summer food services program. volunteers fuel meal gap for low income families during summer months. when school is not in session programs including this one are part of the healthy hunger free app. >>> later today president obama will unveil new regulation toss curb power plant's missions. the obama administration unveiled this video in relation to today's announcement. revised clean power plan is an attempt to remove carbon emissions from the power sector. the goal, to cut the emissions from 32 percent in the 15 years. nine percent increase over a previous proposal. president obama calls power plants the biggest source of harmful, heat trapping gases. the emissions limits could cost billions of dollars annually. energy producers and opponents are gearing up to sue. >>> stay with politics at 5:11.

that will meanwhile, outside we go to the live neighbor network, middletown featuring with it low-lyingloud cover with the very light wind and all of the moisture to work with outside at cape may courthouse. 71 degrees, feeling awfully muggy, pretty much everywhere right now. nine about the expected hi, spotty shower, storm being nothing more today. same idea tomorrow, even though again we break the heatwave, it just doesn't feel good outside. so muggy, so seek out the air conditioner try to beat the heat. >> we feel for you walking around out there, kate. >> i it is not comfortable. i'll be honest. >> feel the pain. >> the roads looking pretty good, heating up as well. we usually see this on monday or tuesday, usually around the 6:00 hour, we start to see things heat up. of course when we hit the rush hour. right now dealing with for the lit overnight construction project have lived yeah for that. do have couple every accident to tell you b1 just cleared actually, the vine street expressway westbound before the schuylkill. they just pulled away as i was walking up to the desk actuallim

chopper three over that scene last night in the 500 block of trappe lane in middletown township. we're told the stabbing was a result, and, between a father and his son. police have not released their identities. >>> philadelphia housing authority begins its new smoking ban today. it prohibits lighting up inside phl owned homes and public housing property except in designated outdoor areas. lease helders could face eviction from new buildings after a fourth violation. violators in existing buildings will have to attend counseling. new policy effects 80,000 tenants. >>> also happening today a rally for justice for brandon tait brown. the 26 year old was kill during a traffic stop in december. the officers involved were cleared of wrongdoing, rally organizers, including the philadelphia naacp want the officers removed and they want an independent investigation by the department have of justice. the ride will be held later this morning in mayfair where tait-brown was killed. >>> white house is going full throttle on the nuclear deal in iran. president obama will push for the the dea

an evacuation center is set up a middletown high school.alem valley road is closed at spruce grove road. >> we don't have an estimate for the potential growth of the fire, the number of acres. it's slowly moving to the southeast corner of the rocky fire. >>> calfire says the resources are being moved from the rocky fire to the jerusalem fire. >>> meantime, firefighters battling the rocky fire are making progress. that fire is now 85% contained and all evacuation orders have been lifted. the fire burned 69,000 acres and destroyed 43 homes since it started on july 29th. calfire hopes to have it fully contained. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> 8:11. a second firefighter has now died fighting a northern california wildfire. 21-year-old hollandbeck was ill killed -- was killed. he's the second firefighter to die in just over a week. >>> highway 101 in san jose is now back open. but it was a mess earlier today. remember all of the southbound lanes were shut down for hours this morning. we'll tell you about the serious accident t

in delco, middletown township, lenie road will be closed through the midday. stay on route 1 baltimore pike. astin mills road bridge remains closed through late fall. new work zone on mill road eastbound side near zion road through september. we have a pothole along boyington street in philadelphia. >>> hillary clinton is set to air the first television ads of her presidential campaign tomorrow while joe biden considers joining the race. abc news said biden's political team is exploring a presidential campaign and talking to possible donors. this will be his third campaign for the white house. >>> police are looking for a suspect accused of killing one of their own. they say at her main willborn shot sean bolton. investigator say the two scuffled before shots rang out. officials say officer bolton had come upon a drug deal. >>> new on "action news," surveillance video shows the exact moment when gunfire erupted at a house fire in brooklyn. the video shows two men walking into the backyard moments later they begin shooting. at least 13 people were injured. poli

also today in delaware, congressional leaders are hosting a veterans job fair at the middletown memorialfire hall in greene street. the event is free and runs from 10:00 till 2:00. >>> tonight in montgomery county, the planning commission will meet to talk about a proposal to turn the community's oldest church into office and apartment space. developers are converting two other church properties, the former united methodist church and st. margaret church's gleason center into condos. >>> 4:08. today the philadelphia eagles report to the nova care complex for day two of training camp. head coach chip kelly caught the attention of fans. he answered a question in response to brandon boykin and how he didn't relate to some players. >> when he left here last night, shook my hand, gave me a hug. >> i want to be able to sit there and talk to you about whatever. i'm just saying that as a player, i wanted to be able to relate to my coach a little bit better. >> chip kelly traded bicyclen to pittsburgh late saturday night. many players came to the defense of their coach. nbc 10 is the official sta

71 for him, and we have a few 60s as we head into the lower hudson valley, and this is adam in middletown. it's 69 where he is. let's look live outside to see what we are dealing with. this is from our camera high atop of the empire state building, and it's not a bad night. partly clear now. 75degrees, winds out of the south at 6 miles an hour. overall, not bad tonight and today was not bad either. 83 for jfk and laguardia, and bridge port connecticut, and islip, both reporting highs of 80 degrees. so, guess what? the streak continues, and 45 straight days where the temperatures have been 80 degrees or higher than new york city, and we are still counting, and it has definitely been a nice, warm summer, making up for the brutally cold winter. could add rain to the mix as early as tonight, although, there's not much left to tonight. i will say the overnight hours. the vortex satellite and radar showing the impact of the high pressure right now. not a lot to talk about, but we have this front to the west, and as that cold front approaches, it will pass our area, and we will have several chan

this is on trap lane in middletown township bucks county. a 26 year old man is in police custody after he allegedly stabbed his father to death during a argument yesterday afternoon. their identities have not yet been released. >> and a bus accident in wilmington sends seven people to area hospitalization. it happened near 22nd and walnut st. about 11:00. four adult, three young people were injured. the driver of the suv was trapped and crews used rescue tools to free that victim. officials called all of the injuries non-life threatening. the intersection will remain closed for the police investigation. >>> well, the line up is set for tomorrow night's first prime time republican debate. candidates made the cut, the rest will take part in a separate debate earlier in the evening. craig boswell with the details for you in you from washington, d.c. >> fox news unveiled who earned a spot in tomorrow's prime time debate. >> in the first spot, directly center stage, businessman, billionaire, donald trump. >> joining trump will be jeb bush, scott

red cross workers are in evacuation shelter in middletown and were closing up when they got the fire on the jerusalem fire and openedded it backup. >> now, ferguson, missouri, a gunfight broke out on the anniversary of michael brown killed by a white police officer a year ago. today, more demonstrations are expected. our reporter is watching the latest developments. >> today, more protests planned in ferguson after a chaotic night. a black teen shot by police after they say he opened fire on officers. the violence and looting following a weekend of peaceful protests and marches. >> give all my love to my family. >> commemorting the first and was of the shoot death of 18-year-old michael brown by police officer darren wilson. >> there is a small group of people out there that are intent on making sure that we don't have peace prevail. >> police say the 18-year-old shot last night, tyrone harris, was not part of the roast but in the crowd when gunshots ranks out at 11:15 between two rival groups. investigators say harris ran and started shooting at a police s.u.v. with four detectives

the smoke plumes can be seen for hours. 30 miles from middletown. this is how the plume looked. another one, 40 miles away. gives you an idea of the extent and the range of the fire. the weather conditions could be worse. the temperatures at the scene. low 70s. a general cooling over the next 48 hours. tomorrow, winds out of the southwest. gusts at 20 miles an hour. highs are expected to be near 90 degrees. even that is cooler than it has been. the cause of the fire tonight still under investigation. there is a chance it was intentionally set. tonight, lake county sheriff deputies say they have a suspect in custody for allegedly starting a smaller fire in that same area. >> meanwhile, firefighters are making good progress in getting the nearly 70,000 acre rocky fire under control. containment is at 85% tonight. with full containment expected in the next few days. all evacuations have been lifted. sad news tonight from southlake tahoe where the wildfires taken another deadly turn. 21-year-old mike halenbeck was killed battling the sierra fire in the national forest. the forest se

so far no homes have burned. 50 structures are threatened near middletown. the cause is under investigation. this fire is burning near the larger destructive "rocky fire" which is now 88% contained. >>> an apartment explosion in oakland left a man dead and wounded two alameda county sheriff's deputies. a man being evicted allegedly set a trap by turning on the natural gas and jamming the lock. when the locksmith tried to drill it open yesterday, a spark set off the explosion knock the two deputies against the wall. the deputies and locksmith were hurt but survived. two families ended up homeless. >>> oakland may be the hottest rental market in the nation. the average cost of rent jumped 20% in the past year according to to a website. it's now nearly $2,000 a month for a one bedroom unit in oakland. as kpix 5's christin ayers explains, what you will get for all that money. >>> reporter: kate miller is lucky. my jaw dropped when she told me how little she is paying for her rent controlled studio in oakland. >> i pay like $600. >> reporter: $600? that's all? un

nearly 40 evacuees checked into middletown last night but others continue to camp out at sites throughout the area. >> we can run the air conditioner so the baby is cool. we have a dog with us and my husband and i. >> reporter: geri driver and her foster baby were able to evacuate from their home last week and set up a mobile home camper with free power and water hookup thanks to the association. it's a challenge to be here so long because the animals are used to running around on their property. >> we packed up our stuff, grabbed our animals and had to go because we saw the flames coming. we were like yeah we're not going to stay here any longer. >> reporter: at the equestrian center the stables have become one of the area's most popular livestock evacuation spots. one of the largest groups are 17 alpacas. >> they came to us wednesday night and we've been housing them since then. their owners have not contacted us. >> reporter: they were brought here along with two goats. the staff hopes to make contact soon with their owners. otherwise they may have to get foster homes for the whole gro

look at this high temps in new york city, look at these other readings, 91 in monroe township, middletown new york, 86, and michael gave me that reading, let me show you what i see in new york city, manhattan we've taken the camera angled it right up to the moon, pick a color any color. the blue moon, there you have it gang. right now i will show you this. this is a beautiful one out there things look great the headlines look like this. it will be a nice weekend and not too much of a problem the water temperatures in our oceans are so inviting in new york city 74-78, eastern tip of long island where you find the coldest water in our area, down on the jersey shore you have water possibly approaching 80, 81 degrees, 82 degree reading at one buoy. and the skies will cooperate on saturday, sun and clouds 85 to 89 on sunday things look good out there 84 to 88, and actually find a pm pop up storm, 84 to 88. anybody could see that pop up shower or storm on sunday just more likely to be north and west because this is where the front is as of right now, it is making it very slow trickle close to o

blue bell is 68. 69 in dover and just a little bit warmer in middletown, newark.ok at atlantic city, mt. holly, beach haven all in the 70s to start with this morning. there's the wind. a little bit of a southwesterly breeze, just enough to bump up the humidity compared to yesterday. we see light winds. they should stay below 10 miles an hour during the day today. bright sunshine, a quick warmup into the 90s this afternoon. a little bit hotter than yesterday. a few thin clouds at times. no rain showers, until we get to the end of the week. we'll be watching a system to the west. this first line of showers will fall apart over the next 24 hours. it's the next line that will bring us showers, possibly heavy downpours later in the week. possibility of isolated showers in central pennsylvania tomorrow afternoon. looks like philadelphia will likely stay dry. then into wednesday, a chance of spotty showers and we'll be watching the showers coming from the west for thursday and friday. for today, though, watch for some shady spots if you can find them. temperatures will b

an evacuation center is set up at middletown high school. firefighters say they are doing everything they can to keep the fire from spreading. calfire says it's now moving resources from the rocky fire to the jerusalem fire. the rocky fire is now 85% contained and all evacuation orders have been lifted. it's burned through nearly 70,000 acres and has destroyed 43 homes since it started july 29th. calfire hopes to have it fully contained by thursday. >>> another firefighter has died fighting a wildfire in northern california. 21-year-old michael hollenbeck was killed saturday night after a tree fell on him. another firefighter was injured. flags at the stat capitol will be flown at half staff in his honor. and the governor released a statement about him saying, "this tragedy reminds us of the dangers firefighters face every time they suit up. ann and i are grateful for the u.s. firefighter's service and on behalf of all californians, we extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. he's the second firefighter to die in