extended through tomorrow afternoon. it will feel like it s about 100 to 105 degrees. this evening temperatures not falling all that much staying basically in the 80s right through the 11:00 o clock hour. so coming up we ll talk more about the heat wave record heat in the forecast and potential for some weekend rain. we need it. my garden is scorched. unfortunately i don t think we ll see a lot of it. we ll talk more about that coming up later in the broadca broadcast. you and me both kathy. this extreme heat is behind some school troubles. many schools are letting kids out earl ball it s too hot. fox 29 s karen hepp is live in mayfair tonight. early dismissal something students don t mind too much, karen. reporter: gosh, they re cheering. they re so excited. we already saw with the trenton schools they had half day. reading schools the same problems. now it is philly s turn so the kids of course couldn t be happier. the parents sort of on the fence m say i ve got scram
rush hour train crash. they are still having a hard time get to go all the mangled wreckage tonight we re learning more about the engineer behind the controls when that train crashed. good evening, i m iain page. i m lucy noland. the engineer is 29 year new jersey transit veteran. he s out of the hospital tonight and talking with investigators and we now know 34-year-old fabiola bittar de kroon was the woman who died while she was waiting for the train. more than 100 others are injured though many of them are out of the hospital tonight. the train did not have positive train control. in fact, no nj transit trains have it. the transit agency has until december of 218 to install it on all of its trains. the investigation into the deadly tragedy is only just beginning. ntsb says there s work to do before its investigators can get a close look at the crash scene. chris o connell is live in hoboken, new jersey torque night. chris? reporter: iain, lucy, federal investigator
philadelphia only 63 degrees. as we look at the temperatures north and west, upper 50s. 64 right now in atlantic city. so the bottom line if you re stepping outdoors, grab a jacket and also keep the umbrella handy. temperatures will be in the low 60s and we also have the cloud cover and cool temperatures. first pitch is going to be kind of damp and dreary with that mist and temperatures in the low 60s. we ll time out more rain for the weekend coming up. all right, scott, thank you. you can stay one step ahead of mother nature with fox 29 weather app. you can get the extended forecast and live radar sent right to your phone. new details tonight about the police involved killing of a man in cobbs creek. tonight questions about the police response when they went after a dangerous suspect. police fired more than a hundred shots at one man and this evening commission are in richard ross is addressing the issue after questions from fox 29. our dave schratwieser joining us liv
thicker clouds to the west, we ll transition to a more sun and clouds mix as the day goes on. this came in late yesterday, but a frost advisory was posted up until 8:00 a.m. in rural areas in south jersey, especially in the pine barrens. 47 degrees currently in philadelphia. 37 in millville. 38 degrees in allentown. 44 in wilmington. more of the same up and down the i-95 corridor. but this afternoon it s going to be another one of those warmup days, by 1:00 p.m., 67. 3:00 p.m., 74. the high today will be 76 we ll hit that around 4:00, 4:30 p.m. the clouds get thicker and winds running 4 to 7 miles per hour. that s not all that strong. wik when i come back inside we ll look at the weekend call coming up. reporter: we are more comfortable with the situation at the delaware memorial bridge this morning. yesterday morning, we saw miles and miles of traffic that moved at a stopped pace coming off 2935 and the new jersey turnpike trying to get into delaware all because of the e
it is a tough job. police told us late today that the suspect tried to steal the gun of the arresting officer. there was a tussle before he was handcuffed. coming up at six tonight, how this crime touches the two hottest topics in san francisco politics today. homelessness and the mario with police shooting case. remember, mario woods also had a knife. new at five, a woman with some unusual tattoos who was on the run for days has been brought to justice tonight. he was arrested yesterday during atrophic stop in san jose. she is accused of stealing a campbell police cruiser. police say that she was involved in it wild scene, and she and two other suspects ran into a police cruiser. than the suspects stole another police car and made her get away. one other suspect is also under arrest and they third suspect is on the loose. a neighborhood in neighborhood in oakland is on edge tonight, beneath that black tarp the hillside is eroding. two homes are in jeopardy. can, in