they are part of the fabric of what makes trenton trenton. when you drive across the bridge and you see from the other side the sign that says trenton makes the world, the roebling's were part of that. the unique thing about the company was they had made a decision to make their own steel. roebling's son was following in his father's footsteps and was at odds with his uncle. -- and his eldest brother washington, who was also an engineer, they were sort of at .dds charles knew he had a hunch and it was the right hunch and so he followed that. in 1904, he comes to this area, right along the delaware. very accessible in a short time to places like philadelphia. easily accessible space. a little further from trenton that they might have wanted because people would hear the name roebling and the acreage prices would go up. he went a little further out, dressed plainly and thought -- bought about 150 acres of land. he begins immediately hiring a force of people to come in and build. not only the new steel mill, but the town. a uniquely build and de

and it originated here in trenton. john was born in 1806 in prussia which later became part of germany. the town he was born in is about 100 kilometers southwest of berlin. when he came here, he had a first class engineering education in germany by some of the best architects and engineers in europe and he arrived here just as america was taking off in terms of the industrial revolution. and there were very few train engineers here. -- trained engineers here. so he showed up with tremendous skills and was able to, you know, really live his dream to designed suspension bridges. the first suspension bridge was an aqueduct to carry a canal over the allegheny river. and that led to other commissions, including to build a canal, a suspension aqueduct, for the delaware and hudson canal, and that aqueduct is still in existence. it's up in pennsylvania on the delaware between pennsylvania and new york, and it is the oldest suspension bridge in the united states. roebling really loved engineering. that was his passion, but he a

trenton. 58 in wilmington, we're already down into the 40's in the poconos. overnight, going to need the blanket. and dropping into the 40's in the lehigh valley, bucks county. trenton dropping into the 40's with 46. bottom out at 54 in philadelphia. showers possible over the next couple of hours, otherwise cloudy and the north easterly winds stay in control. i think we're going to go see late day sunshine, maybe a brief light shower, high temperatures running about 15 degrees above average but a big ridge in the jet stream. a quick transition as we head into the upcoming weekend in our temperature department with hot air building in. upper 80's in store as we head into sunday but for today, have the cool air, have the clouds, of course, and the damp conditions once again and more rainfall, we tallied up over an

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upper 80s in trenton, allentown and reading. 90 in millville. down the shore, 88 in brigantine and 84 in cape may. satellite and radar shows you there's not a lot of cloud cover around we expect it to remain sunny this afternoon and hot across the region. 93 degrees is the high in philadelphia or allentown, i should say in the lehigh valley, lots of sun and hot and humid moderately so, no oppressively humid up north. down the shore, 87 degrees high in the atlantic city. mid 80s in places like cape may. it will be warm and humid, the humidity grows as you go south along the coast. in cape may it feels stickier than in brigantine and a-c. in philadelphia, 94 skin and moderately humid, not super oppressive, but you will want cool drinks if you're out and about. records could fall in more than place than philadelphia. philadelphia the high 94. we're forecasting record highs in allentown and reading all three of these records set a couple of years ago. in trenton we're within one degree of a record high and we're forecasting a couple of degrees below

he's worked in trenton public schools since 1997. >>> the u.s. supreme court will take up new jersey's push to he willize sports gambling -- legalize sports gambling. it could mean billions in new revenue if it gets the green light. the case will be argued this fall. >>> new tonight, lawyers for bill cosby say the comedian's speaking tour will likely have to wait, saying his town hall tour is unlikely to happen before he's retried on sexual assault charges. two weeks ago, a jury announced they were deadlocked and the judge declared a mistrial. and today, cosby sent out a tweet disputing his own spokesman's suggestion that part of the tour would focus on sexual assault. he wrote, the current propaganda that i am going to conduct a sexual assault tour is false. any further information will be given at the appropriate time.

he said, no, move to trenton, new jersey. i never worked in cable.was one of my later businesses in life. my dad was in his 40's when he started comcast. that is a great lesson for people. if you have not found your thing yet and you are 40 years old, it is not too late. many people think it is way too late, but he said i will never know this business. you have worked from the bottom so i moved to trenton and learn up and learned every job. so i moved to trenton and learn -- you have worked from the bottom and learned every job. so i moved to trenton and learned the billing system, worked the counters when customers paid their bill, and when the truck delivered the new system, everybody got out, unrolled their sleeves, and unloaded. i loved the business. i love being around people. i'd love to being in management -- i loved being in management at a young age. when you are in business with your father, did you call him dad or ralph, as other people do? brian: i called him ralph. when he had grandkids he had all , his grandkids call him ralph. one of t

67 in wilmington, 64 in allentown. 63 in trenton. 68 degrees in cape may. the dewpoints right now are beginning to tick up a little bit, numbers in the 50s means it's not humid at all. trenton, allentown, reading, no problem, philadelphia getting up to 60 on the dewpoint scale which is where we begin to think it's slightly humid, down south we have numbers in the mid 60s, it's definitely humid there. all this is on the rise as we go through the morning and afternoon. we're looking at it getting increasingly humid today. noon, 77. 3:00 p.m., 82 degrees that's the high this afternoon we'll probably sit on that between 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m., as late as 7:00 a.m. we're holding on to 80 with the humidity on the rise. weekend unsettled and sticky, probably spotty showers around today and saturday and sunday. monday, downpours and maybe some gusty thunderstorms. so a lot of to talk about in the seven day. >> reporter: i've had a lot of construction to talk about, we were watching some on the ben

three regiments of 1400 men were stationed at trenton. planned to bring 2400 continental soldiers across the river overnight. he wanted to march to trenton and attacked before dawn. other elements of the army were also part of the plan, but they did not make it into the operation. ,he bad weather that occurred dependedhat everything on the army of washington. of passcode for the evening -- was victory or debt. washington wanted to send a small group of troops over the delaware first to secure the land. james monroe was with this contingent. in his autobiography which he wrote in the third person late in life and did not complete before his death. he describes the mission. the command of the vanguard consisting of 50 men was given to captain william washington of the third virginia resident. lieutenant monroe offered his services to act under him which was accepted. on december 25, 1776 they passed the delaware in the evening. they hastened to a .1 .5 miles from it in which the road at which they descended intersected that which led from t

trenton ties the record this afternoon. even some points at the shore, ocean city and cape may, could reach into the low 90s. 88 degrees for atlantic city on the beach. and wilmington up to 94 degrees. short of the record high of 96 for reading. doppler radar is clear for our area. i'm not expecting to see showers during the day. there is a cold front which is great news because it will come by overnight. the cool air from canada will swing in, and it could bring us a few of these during the evening hours. let me show how it will affect us. 6:00, hot and humid. 95 in philadelphia. watch those temperatures stay in the 90s at 7:00. some showers start to pop up ahead of the cold front. we could see some isolated showers and thunderstorms at 10:00 this evening. and around midnight, some of the suburbs could see a thunderstorm or a shower. quickly moving through the area. still a possibility first thing tomorrow morning. scattered or isolated showers in delaware and south jersey. that's at 5:00 in the morning. and then we will c

that is trenton water works. it caused a dip in the chlorine and that is what purifies the water that we use in our homes and businesses every day. in fact a little less than half of all trenton residents, roughly 35,000 are being asked to bill their water. the area is from delaware river to the duck island area. residents are being asked not to drink the water, wash dishes or brush their teeth until this advisory has been lifted. some residents say they didn't know until they woke up to hear their reverse 911 phone call. it was a little too late. >> the city advised not to wash your hands or face, brush your face or ingest while showering. do not wash dishes without dluting. >> nobody let me know. they should know. sorry, do you know this? no. oh, my goodness. >> reporter: the city advising restaurants to throw away any food recently made or ice cubes as well as not to allow your pets to drink the water. i have asked what caused this water treatment technical glitch and how soon it will be fixed. we are told at

away from philadelphia up into the i-95 corridor and it looks as though they'll probably be past trentonhe heaviest stuff already getting past areas like trenton before too much longer but there is a trailing line of precipitation pushing through berlin, medford lakes and then on up the new jersey turnpike. if you have plans to travel the turnpike even in areas where this heavier rain is beginning to push away you're liable to still have a little bit of ponding and pulled ling on the roadways so that is your radar imagery match this morning. as we take a look at temperatures we're off to an okay start. 62 degrees in philadelphia, 67 in dover, 67 in cape may, 66 in beach haven and like yesterday at noon, some of our reporting stations not coming in because of some maintenance issues with the national weather service but hopefully they'll get those fixed before too much longer n allentown you're very likely in the upper 50's right now. as we take a look at our day planner, it does look like another warm afternoon. we're going to wind if you not quite as warm as yesterday but 76 degrees by

he said, no, move to trenton, new jersey. i never worked in cable.was one of my later businesses in life. my dad was in his 40's when he started comcast. which is a great lesson for people. if you have not found your thing yet and you are 40 years old, it is not too late. many people think it is way too late, but he said i will never know this business. why don't you learn it as well from the bottom up. so i moved to trenton and learn the billing system when the customers pay their bill. deliver the new cable boxes, it was a new system in trenton, i helped unroll their sleeves and unloaded the warehouse i loved the business. . i love being around people. i loved being in management at a young age. david: when you are in business with your father, did you call him dad or ralph, as other people do? brian: i called him ralph. when he had grandkids, he had all his grandkids call him ralph. one of the great things he did for my daughter, who has now just had her own child a few weeks ago, he said every kid learns the word 'no.' that is one of the first wo

we'll make a zoom, here's trenton, yardley and southeastern bucks county, newtown right here, heaviest rain pulling out of the newtown and yardley passing over the river and getting into lawrence and crossing over 206 racing off to the northeast at 30 miles per hour. give it maybe a couple of hours and then we'll see clearing. everything looks really, really nice later this afternoon. national weather service issued a flood advisory, berks county in the lehigh valley until 7:30 a.m. where we're seeing reports of one to two inches of rain already that's creating minor flooding. there's reading and allentown and palmerton area. flood at advisory until 7:30 a.m. morning rain until 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., once we get beyond that we'll see the skies open up a little bit. we'll call it mixed skies sun and clouds, very, very nice, breezy, hot high of 90 degrees, less humid drier air working its way in during the afternoon. there you have it, there's a quick check of the forecast for now. when we come back we'll talk cooler temperatures in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> thank

he said, no, move to trenton, new jersey. i never worked in cable.t was one of my later businesses in life. my debt was in his 40's when he started comcast. if you have not found your thing and you are 40 years old, it is not too late. he said, but i will never know this business. trenton and learn the billing system, worked the counters when customers paid their bill, and when the truck delivered the new system, everybody got out, unrolled their sleeves, and unloaded. i loved the business. i love being around people. i'd love to being in management at young age. david: do you call your father dad or ralph? brian: i called him ralph. calld all his grandkids him ralph. one of the great things he did nowmy daughter, who has just had her own child a few weeks ago, he said every kid learns the word no. that is one of the first words they learned. he went on the ground with all the grandbabies and said, yes, yes. one of the most amazing things my wife and i enjoyed with my dad was his positive attitude about life. it came out for all employees. he had a y

live in trenton, i'm nora muchanic. "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, nora. >>> as this extreme heat continues, use our mobile app to stay informed for tips to staying cool to stormtracker 6 live. it's a free download for your mobile device. and we do have breaking news to give you at this hour from the bill cosby trial in norristown, montgomery county. this is the comedian and former actor who is appearing today along with his wife, camille. she came for the first time today to the proceedings. the jury has just now begun its deliberations. as you recall, this was the jury that was brought this from pittsburgh, and they have been staying in montgomery county so they could hear the trial. they did decide to stay late even though usually court proceedings end at about 5:00. they did decide to stay late so they could begin the proceedings and try to render a verdict. again, the bill cosby trial now in the deliberation phase. >>> a driver was killed during this crash in gloucester township this monk. chopper 6 over el

they would march to trenton and attack before dawn. other elements of the army were also part of the plan, but they did not make it into the operation. the bad weather that occurred stop both of those deployments, meaning that everything depended on the army of washington. the army's password for the evening was victory or death. washington wanted to send a small group of troops over the delaware first to secure the army's route of march. james monroe was with this contingent. in his autobiography which he wrote in the third person late in life and did not complete before his death, monroe described the mission. the command of the vanguard consisting of 50 men was given to captain william washington of the third virginia regiment. lieutenant monroe offered his services to act under him which was accepted. on december 25, 1776 they passed the delaware in front of the army in the dusk of the evening at mcconkey's fairy 10 miles above trenton. to 1.5 miles from it in which the road at which they descended intersected that which led from t

and a cool northeasterly wind 67 allentown and trenton and 66 in philadelphia and mid-60s south jerseys well as delaware. satellite and radar shows again there were a few breaks in the cloud cover today at times, but if you take a look at the immediate shore there was this window of clear sky that developed with clouds to the west and east and a little bit of a winning forecast at the shore here this afternoon. but there are more clouds and heavy rain developing down to the south stretching from the out ever banks of north carolina and low pressure in the panhandle of florida, this spins up into a sizable storm off our coast. missing us here tomorrow and friday. and whacking part of eastern parts of new england for friday. partly cloudy and cool again 40 for center city and you'll see the stars reappear overteet night tonight and that spills into thursday and much brighter here and north-northeastly wind for the shore and temperatures in the 60s and better inland with temperatures close to 10 degrees above today in the middle 70s. the pressure that brought the cool air and above is pul

again that one batch of rain pushing away from trenton leaving some wet roads behind it and then we have lighter precipitation out to the west. a big batch of it that's slowly migrating toward harrisburg and may eventually push in toward our northern suburbs. if you're in reading and pottsville over the next hour or so, maybe you see some of that, maybe not. a little blip down by baltimore as well. as we look at temperatures, we're looking at a cool start across most of the region. 63 degrees in philadelphia right now. dover 66. and it looks like mid to upper 60's up and down the coast. notice how some of our reporting stations aren't reporting this morning. they have some maintenance issues at the national weather service but we're hoping they get that pulled together. may look like some of our outlying smush may be in the upper 50's right now. it looks like it's warm again, not quite as warm as yesterday. 76 by noon and your high today at 3 o'clock will be 79 degrees before we fall back to 76 degrees bicep clock 7 o'clock tonight. >> all right, dave, roads are a little wet, slow it dow

nora muchanic is live in trenton and nora you have the details on this. >> reporter: hi there brian we are outside of friendship baptist church. a location for the big gun buy back planned for later this month. it's a place you can turn in your guns and make money on it. >> there is no doubt that the fewer guns on the street means that people are safer. >> friday and saturday, july 28th and 29th a buy back for guns will be held in mercer and burlington county newark and trenton. citizens can turn in as many as three firearms at baptist church in camden and friendship baptist church in trenton. >> it can't be stashed in a vacant building or be used as a neighborhood gun. >> they want to do more than preach. >> this program takes them off the street and destroys the gun and won't go back out into a child's hand. >> so many children being shot because of the drive-by shootings and i think each gun taken off saves somebody's life. >> officials say they are doing this for victims including 8-year-old gabby carter of camden who was caught in gun crossfire last august and was killed. >> if th

trenton and wilmington, not records, but certainly very hot, 93. even cape may hit achigh of 90 dros -- degrees before that sea breeze kicked in. so your evening planner -- once the sun sets, temperatures will be dropping into the mid-80s. but the problem is when the sun sets, the humidity will increase. it's going to be a warm and muggy night. by 11:00, 82 degrees. that's the normal high for this time of the year. overnight low dropping to 74. and tomorrow, the heat will be intensifying. we have a heat advisory posted from noon until 7:00 for the heat index close to 100 degrees. but relief is on the way on wednesday, a backdoor front pulls in dropping temperatures back into the 80s. but that front returns as a warm front by the end of the week. i'll talk about what that means for your weekend coming up in the full seven-day forecast. back to you, jim. >> thank you, cecily. >>> because of the extreme heat, all philadelphia school district schools will be closed early tomorrow. school also let out at 12 noon. after-school activists -- activity also

in new jersey, 65 for trenton. hammondton at 65, as well. to mid 60s possible in the jersey shore. delaware, 73 for smyrna. that's the warmest we may see is low 70s. most of us will remain in the 60s. the good news, we'll stay cool wednesday and even thursday. friday, we see a warmup. by the weekend, things are great to be outside. 85 in philadelphia on saturday, all the way up to 90 on sundays. you also see the warmer temperatures through new jersey, 90 sunday and 91 in delaware. sunshine over the weekend, as well. we'll get to the ten day on 10 coming up. >> stay focused on the weekend, we'll be just fine. thanks. >>> 6:51. we'll get you to work on this tuesday. >> yep. you might want to leave a few minutes early. is that sage advice? >> yes, that's pretty much -- i don't know what's going to help you if you leave just a few minutes early. you'll be stuck no matter where you go. blue route to route 30, we'll get through this quickly. southbound from the schuylkill to route 1, 18 minutes, an accident to the right-hand shoulder. the southbou

delays on both the media elwyn and the trenton line. minute delays already, on that trenton line. and grab a new schedule, because it will change up over the weekends, new schedules go into effect sunday. and they're coming back, westbound at girard avenue. leaving center city from 9:00 to noon going to the zoo today? class trip going to the zoo? there you go. going to be right there waiting for you. tooth the horn and wave. use the kelly or martin king drivers in and out of center city today. right after they're done working westbound, they flip u-turn, come back and work eastbound from noon to 3:00. same spot, bridge inspections, doing it during the midday, will cause a big delay. what's traffic, i should say, what's the weather like for sitting in traffic later today? sue has it in 15 seconds. >> is it a wiped wood day for you? cooler at the shore today than inland, quite pleasant. humidity down, have a jack with you. it is 59 degrees right now in atlantic city, here is your wildwood temperature, 64, 62 in philadelphia, so much more

same thing in allentown, 92, yo2 for trenton.t the heat indices across the eastern half of the u.s., we've got a lot of the air. 1 woun in st. louis. 97 in wichita. 94 degrees in dallas. so the heat certainly continues to build across our region. back here at home tomorrow, records within reach, philadelphia we're calling for a high temperature tomorrow 96. if we hit that, we could break the record of 95 set back in 1956. watching the records there in allentown, trenton also had a high in 1892 of a temperature of 95. 96 in wilmington. we're watching the record in atlantic city tomorrow with a number in at 96 degrees. coming up, we're going to take a close look at the forecast because we're tracking the records tomorrow. but releaf is on the way if this hot is just a little too soon for you. those details coming up with a full and exexluisive accuweather forecast. monica. >> thank you. >>> and you can use our mobile app to stay informed from tips about staying cool and of course the 6abc news app. it a free download for your mobil

take a live look now out of the trenton area. once again we're dealing with a lot of very heavy tropical downpours. rainfall rates of 1 to 2" per hour and in and around the trent tore mercer county area moving to sections of south jersey. here's a live look now as we move towards 4 2. you can see tropical downpours as we head to the ac expressway. there very wet conditions here early on this saturday morning as we deal with a lot of heavy rainfall just really raining in sheets across the area. so allow extra travel time or just kind of sleep in until all of this activity moves toward the area. still showing that tornado warning and lot of rotation right now moving to the east of the mercer county area on owe ultimate doppler. back to the radar. take a look at reds. yellows and oranges that is where we really have a lot of heavy rain. not only are we dealing with the heavy rain we're dealing with the gusty winds and also we had that threat once again for power outages and wind damage. wind with this line in excess of 6 0 miles per

coming out of trenton, new jersey, coming out of new jersey, headed south down toward new hope-yardleytill have the one lane blocked there. downtown we go. the vine expressway still closed. both directions between the schuylkill and broad street. again, these guys will be out there until about 5:00. coming off of 95, you're push off at broad street, use vine st. local or from the schuylkill you use 30th or spring garden or south street. now, in delaware, an overturned tractor-trailer. this is along the northbound lanes of i-95 as you approach 295 which would then give you access to the delaware memorial bridge. there is a fuel spill. there are some injuries. two of the lanes are block at the moment. so again coming from the south, and headed north on 95, that is if you are headed up in toward wilmington, be ready for delays this morning, trying to get a handle on he can actually how long that will be out there. it is tough because it is right before you get to the 495 interchange, otherwise, that would be great alternate. then as i just showed you in the camera, construction crews out

trenton dropping into the 40's with 46. bottom out at 54 in philadelphia. showers possible over the next couple of hours, otherwise cloudy and the north easterly winds stay in control. i think we're going to go see late day sunshine, maybe a brief light shower, high temperatures running about 15 degrees above average but a big ridge in the jet stream. a quick transition as we head into the upcoming weekend in our temperature department with hot air building in. upper 80's in store as we head into sunday but for today, have the cool air, have the clouds, of course, and the damp conditions once again and more rainfall, we tallied up over an inch in pottstown, same in reading, doylestown picking up about seven ten of an inch six inches of wildwood. dover picking up over five inch, doylestown five inches in the 3030 days. stormscan 3 showing us we're contending with the upper level, counter clockwise precipitation, wrapping its way. the shower activity is starting to wayne. we had a couple of rounds of light rain, about over the last three hours that since diss

pleasant there. 80 in reading, 80 in trenton. it's in through here the humidity is low. stickier in wilmington and millville. not bad with low 80s and more humid in dover and cape may. temperatures there are in the low 80s at this noon hour. satellite shows you there's a little bit of cloud cover popping up, but generally speaking there's sunshine and few scattered clouds and sunshine breaking through to require the sunglasses. as we go into the afternoon, future tracker 6 shows us 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. there's a chance of a spotty pop-up shower developing. storm tracker 6 live showing a little bit of that north and west of the region, but it my slide in as we go into the afternoon. as we get into the evening looks like we're calming down and settling down. overall, the call sunny and pleasant, high of 85 degrees. can't rule out a late day spring of or shower popping through a couple of neighborhoods. most of you are in good shape. if you see a shower it will be quick and kind of nuisance stuff, a little bit on the breezy side. up in the poconos, a nice way 0 to wrap up t

mass transit, watching sent acht west trenton train -- septa. west trenton rain 1522 running late. amtrak, septa, and patco on time. >>> in london, fire raged through an apartment building as hundreds of residents slept. officials say there are confirmed fatalities. they don't know how many yet. at least 50 people are hospitalized, though. the fire is still going this morning. the mayor calls the situation unprecedented. and you can see from this live picture. smoke is still pouring out of the charred highrise. engineers were working to determine if the building was in danger of collapse but say it's stable enough for firefighters to go inside. they are still monitoring it. witnesses say they saw people screaming for help from their windows. >> people dangling children out of windows. trying to get them out of the way. it was horrendous. like an inferno. completely engulfed. >> one witness said he watched as a mother dropped her baby out of a ninth or 10th story window into the arms of a man below. fire officials say it is unclear what sparked the fire, though people inside say the

. >>> today new jersey governor chris christie embarked or earmarked more money to continue trenton's renaissance, he announced $9 million in funding to subsidize the affordable and market rate rental units in the capital city. >> we know the available of high quality housing in trenton along with the safety and quality of life initiatives we announced previously is essential to it's efforts to attract and retain residents and employers as well as visitors. >> christie says that the downtown living initiative will increase commerce for local businesses and create jobs. last month christie announced plans to demolish hundreds of abandoned homes and install dozens of cameras and i prove lighting to create safety in trenton. >>> for months law enforcement in chester county are rounding up drug -- here is bob brooks. how did this all come down? >> reporter: jim, it's no secret that the use of heroin and opioids is out of control and the da wants to put a stop to it period. that is what he and local law enforcement is trying to do. >> 2016 was a catastrophic year for drug overdoses in sout

here's the highs, upper 70s, allentown are trenton, millville. down the shore, low to mid 70s under a lot of clouds. look at the green mass moving into the region by 6:00, 7:00. that's the humid air, the dewpoints will get into the 70s. that's oppressive. phillies, 80 for the first pitch, 27 in the 9th inning. the shower might happen and you should be prepare for that. 78 more humid on saturday, 81 with a thunderstorm on sunday. at the shore, 67 in the water, maybe rip currents swim near the lifeguards as always. 71 today. 74, more humid on saturday, 77, humid on sunday, the seven day from accuweather shows a high of 82. more clouds and spotty showers, humid with a spotty thunderstorm possible on saturday, 86. humid again on father's day, again, just a spotty thunderstorm, but a high of 90. it will be hot and sweaty. monday look out, cold front comes at us, warm and humid, high of 86. there's a possibility of downpours and gusty thunderstorms. rest of next week looks okay. >> kidnapping suspect is still in a standoff with police right now. the ma

he was in trenton on monday.r asked governor chris christie if he would be willing to meet with chapman. the governor said he would sooner meet with the reporter asking the question than to meet with chapman himself. ouch. >>> philadelphia may be the land of cheese steak, but newly minter sixers topic markelle fultz has another sand mitch on his mind. he said in a piece that chick-fil-a's crispy chicken sandwich was his good luck charm. after learning the sixers would take him, he was happy to learn there were six restaurants in the philly region. chick-fil-a tweeted out this message today, we've got more good news, there are eight locations around philadelphia. his math may be off, but his game isn't. >> i ate at chick-fil-a tonight and that is for real. >> what did you have? >> chicken sandwich, no pickle, every time. we'll tell yourera is getting the night off tonight and behind the scenes. they're hoping to be healthy, together for the first time when the season starts. that is next. ♪ it's not carbonation. t

trenton, voorheis, hamilton, in the middle 90s. and the humidity will be higher.eels-like temperatures, by lunchtime -- there's noon -- it's going to feel like 93 in philadelphia. 94 in swedesboro as we go into the afternoon hours. this is when it feels hotter. 95 in philadelphia. swedesboro will feel like 99 this afternoon. it will feel like middle 90s for most of the area. doylestown, 94. 95 the feels-like temperature. at 6:00 p.m. this evening in trenton. then things will cool down as we go into the evening hours. there is relief on the way. you won't see it during the day. right now, in the clear. the radar and satellite shows nothing in our area just yet. i'm watching these storms to the north. there's a cold front to the north. it's going to pass by overnight tonight. we could see some showers and thunderstorms develop during the evening hours. at 7:45 this evening, it's looking quiet. most of the storms are going to fall apart before they move into our area. and then we'll get a dry start tomorrow morning. there is that chance of an evening shower or thunde

we're looking at low 60s in trenton philadelphia and millville.emperatures tomorrow morning comfortable but the sunshine that southwest wind heating up. we're looking at 89 degrees for the high temperature tomorrow afternoon. down the shore, 76 degrees tomorrow. 78 degrees for your friday. looking pretty good. the seven day forecast showing you, the up tick in the temperatures that potential heat wave. best chance for rainfall and evening thunderstorm chance on saturday followed by maybe some morning thunderstorms on sunday. pop-up showers and thunderstorms likely for the fourth of july. and afternoon high right now of about 89 degrees. and then low 80s for those evening firework. back over to you. >> all right, scott, thank you. >>> all right. sean bell -- >> listen nba is lit right now. i'm loving every part of it. okay. way better than the season right now. all season moves are crazy. big-time super star just got traded and knicks fans are celebrating like they won a championship. we got all the latest updates with the nba plus the phillies in

93 degrees as s what it feels like in trenton also pretty breezy. look at the sustained winds right now. atlantic city 21 miles per hour. so that make it feel cooler down the shore but a warm breeze right now inland around philadelphia at 21 miles per hour. coming up, much more on the timing of those thunderstorms and the 90-degree heat that we anticipate for much of the upcoming holiday weekend. back over to you. >> all right. a lot of people will be headed down the shore this weekend why don we go down there ourselves. >> ocean city, new jersey, is where we will find our brad sattin, and tough assignment, brad. looks like a beautiful night there. >> reporter: i'll tell was, the problem is the sun. i'm told according to my producer i'm getting sunburn and that's even with a little sunscreen. so you want to have it for sure. it is picture perfect here the breeze as scott was talking about is just perfect. not a cloud in the sky. the waves is a little rough according to some surfers but the beaches here are jam pack. let's come back to the boardwalk

other places in the 70's like allentown and trenton.e're in the 60's in mount pocono right around 65 degrees. now, as we head throughout the evening hours things are just looking fantastic. if you'll be out and about late tonight maybe a good idea to grab a light jacket because it's growing to be going to be turning cooler. 8:00 p.m. plenty of sunshine 71. we'll see sunset just before 8:30 this evening. here's what we're going to be talking about coming up. a nice comfy night but a wet start to the work week and much cooler as we head into next week. details in a bit. natasha back to you. >> thanks chelsea. >>> crowds gathered in philadelphia to take part in the nationwide march for truth rally. many folks held signs on the ben franklin parkway. they called for an independent investigation into alleged collusion between russia and president trump's 2016 campaign. pennsylvania congressman dwight evans used this occasion to celebrate the resistance movement against the trump administration. he urged the crowd to stay involved for the long

the trenton school district will also dismiss early. >> well, let's find out about how much more of thist do we hee on that and karen rogers has your commute. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. we didn't have this yesterday but with the higher heat and humidity combining today, we do have a heat advisory that's in effect. now, this kicks in at noon, it extends until 7 o'clock this evening. during that time the heat index will make it feel like it's in the mid to upper 90's and your temperatures going into the upper 90's as well. we also have a another air quality alert, another code orange ozone action day so those of you in risk categories want to limit your outdoor exposure. i know that said tomorrow, it should say today. satellite shows you a lack of cloud cover aga ts going to buid really quickly and right side. 75 degrees is your curre millvi. and low 70's to mid 70'se shore. dewpoints are higher today, too, in most neighborhoods. getting up closer to 70 in some spots down south and we'l really kick in today. 77 degrees by 7 o'clock. as soon as noon, we are hotter than yester

trenton dropping into the 40's with 46. bottom out at 54 in philadelphia. showers possible over the next couple of hours, otherwise cloudy and the north easterly winds stay in control. i think we're going to go see late day sunshine, maybe a brief light shower, high temperatures running about 15 degrees above average but a big ridge in the jet stream. a quick transition as we head into the upcoming weekend in our temperature department with hot air building in. upper 80's in store as we head into sunday but for today, have the cool air, have the clouds, of course, and the damp conditions once again and more rainfall, we tallied up over an inch in pottstown, same in reading, doylestown picking up about seven ten of an inch six inches of wildwood. dover picking up over five inch, doylestown five inches in the 3030 days. stormscan 3 showing us we're contending with the upper level, counter clockwise precipitation, wrapping its way. the shower activity is starting to wayne. we had a couple of rounds of light rain, about over the last three hours that since diss

trenton, 73, wilmington, 74.s allows out there this morning. -- it feels absolutely lousy out there this morning. once we get the sunshine and combined humidity it will feel really lousy. we have clear conditions across the mid atlantic. we expect to see sun before all this moves in overnight tonight and through the day monday. we're watching a cold front. the warm front slid through yesterday, that's why the humidity increased so much. we saw sunshine during the late afternoon hours but most of the time it was cloudy. once this gets over us, the front will sit over top of us, we'll get thunderstorms developing and some of these could be on the stronger side. future tracker 6 for father's day looks pretty nice, sun and clouds, that's the call from accuweather. more like a lot of clouds to start breaking for sunshine during the afternoon. one or two areas maybe you see a stray shower or quick-hitting thunderstorm date late in the day. it will be areas confined to the lehigh valley or the poconos. if you see it, it

mid 70's in trenton a little bit cooler down the shore.re in the low 70's wildwood and atlantic city and it's 72 degrees in millville, 75 degrees right now in wilmington. we are warmer compared to just 24 hours ago a-6 degrees warmer in philadelphia, 5 degrees warmer in allentown. this is setting us up for a very warm night a-very warm tomorrow. and we also have an air quality alert in place for your sunday so this means you're going to need to take it easy especially if you belong to one of those more sensitive groups. we're heating up as we head into tomorrow a heat wave is expected. not only are we talking heat, we're also talking humidity so it's going to feel even hotter than what you city on the thermometer. details in just a bit natasha. back to you. >> thank you chelsea. >>> a call for action in new jersey as family and friends walk in honor of autumn pasquale. you may remember the 12-year-old little girl was killed for bicycle parts in clayton gloucester county. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan in clayton tonight with the ka

wilmington, trenton and the mid 80s. atlantic city 80 at the airport.ight now, it's still well in the 80s with some humidity and down the shore it is much cool cooler. at the ac airport it's 79. but look at the shore temps the boardwalk in atlantic city is only 71. north wildwood 72 and here in cape may it is 72 degrees. winds out of the south sustain at 21 miles an hour in dover. you can see in wildwood sustained at 16. we're gusting to about 30. so down the shore cool tonight, sweatshirt weather but at home still pretty balmy. 83 at 7:00 p.m. 77 at 9:00 o'clock and still 75 degrees at 11:00 o'clock tonight and the philadelphia area and guess what? we have a potential heat wave by the time we make it through the holiday weekend. we'll talk more about that coming up with your seven day forecast. and boot camp on the beach. want to work off those after dinner drinks, lucy and iain? >> this is how you'll do it. >> that and the fudge. >> all right. thank you very much, kathy. [ laughter ] >>> so philadelphia police have a man in custody who they his shot a