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WPVI Action News Weekend 6AM August 14, 2016

Open up the oven, thats what it feels like. The humidity is through the roof. Lets get you outside and show you what is a beautiful shot. Once we get outside its uncomfortable. Mainly clear conditions, humid weather will continue to grip the delaware and the Lehigh Valleys over the next 48 hours or so. Today should not be as bad as yesterday. The excessive heat warning will continue right through the evening for the entire viewing area, it expires at 9 00 a. M. , thats when the humidity levels start to die down a little bit. 6 00 a. M. , it feels like 92 in philadelphia. 94 in millville. Dover, 93. 90 in Atlantic City, close to 90 in wilmington. Satellite and radar, we really havent seen much relief in the form of thunderstorms. We were hoping we would get a few of them in and around the immediate philadelphia area, but a lot of were confined to the Lehigh Valley and the poconos and upstate new york and southern portions of the great lake states. Thats where they will stay today. One or two areas could pick up a pop up short term later on, most of us stay dry, 97 degrees is the forecasted high with the humidity. It will feel like 107. It will be another awful feeling day, yesterdays heat index was 111. Its better, but still in the dangerous category. When i come back well show you cooler temperatures, finally, in the sevenday forecast. Our heat wave has turned deadly in philadelphia. The temperature is part of the story. The humidity is also a factor. Bob brooks has more. Reporter if it wasnt hot enough already how about adding fire. Philadelphia firefighters battled a blaze tan abandoned Church Steeple in mount airy. It was about ice cold water and cold wet towels. The Philadelphia Health department reported the first two heat related deaths of the heat wave, one in brewerytown and the other one in port richmond. This crew of army vets meets every year at Fairmont Park. They made sure to find a spot under the shady tree for the cook out. Describe the heat. It was brutal. Reporter kids down the street did ice cream. For people looking to get exercise and run, like malik rush did it on the trail. These sisters stuck close to the water for fishing. I caught one bass. And two bass. Reporter for dad, he brought two poles, he was trying to stay cool. Stay hydrated and stay out of the heat. We hope everyone stays cool we are hearing one of two women, one in her 60s and one in her 80s. They had other medical complications as well. Reporting at belmont plateau, bob brooks channel 6 action news. The corporation for aging heat line will be open today, 215 7659040. It is open from 8 30 a. M. To 89 00 p. M. Operators can answer questions about heat stress and other heat related illnesses. In louisiana its not the extreme temperatures, but flooding that turned tragic. Three people have died. Rescue crews are searching 100 closed roads where many vehicles were stranded in rising water. Heres dramatic rescue. Im drowning. Were coming, were breaking the window. Get my dog. Dramatic and frightening scene there in louisiana. The people were able to save the woman along with her dog, at least 1,000 people have been rescued from towns inundated by rivers and creeks, some people in shelters say there was time to get out. Many dealt with different wild creatures as a result of the rising water. We had spiders and snake in the kitchen. We got in the car and tried to leave, but we couldnt. That woman is grateful that she is safe. One down got 24 inches of rain in an hour, rivers in mississippi are expected to crest four feet above record. Officials in milwaukee, wisconsin are calling for calm after a Fatal Shooting by police. Firefighters couldnt put out the fire because of gunshots. One officer was hurt by a brick hurled through window of his car. Police in wilmington are looking for a person who shot a man leaving him critically wounded. It happened on west third street. Police say a man was shot in the chest outside a park, he was rushed to Saint Francis hospital. This week democratic nominee Hillary Clinton brings her campaign to pennsylvania that includes a stop in philadelphia. Tuesday afternoon clinton will hold a Voter Registration rally at West Philadelphia high school. Tomorrow she stumped in scranton with Vice President joe biden. Hillary clinton and joe biden both have family ties in scranton. Donald trump took his message to connecticut. Trump won connecticuts primary. Trump said he went there he said you never know unless you try referring to the outcome in november. Tomorrow he exainls in ohio. Campaigns in ohio and later in north carolina. Mike pence said he may release his tax returns before the election. Democrats are pressuring donald trump to release his own tax returns. Hillary clinton and her running mate have released there. Channel 6 is paying tribute to our late friend carter merbreier, you know him as captain noah. His show was a staple on 6abc for decades. That famous call from captain noah. His show born here at channel 6 became so popular it went into syndication in 22 markets elsewhere. His late wife pat was his puppetier on the show. Join us for a look back of clips, photos and interviews of those who knew him and helped make captain noah and his magical ark the show it was. Many will remember him tomorrow, visitation begins at paint paulan church in ardmore. We have the 1967 pilot episode. It relives other nostalgic moments from the iconic childrens show. I love that voice. An imam and his assistant are shot and killed in new york city. No more dicking for spare change in your pocket or running to add time to your parking meter. A park be app is up and running in philadelphia. Reporter its the hottest day of the year so far near triple digit heat with the humidity it felt like 111. Today it will feel equally as hot. Ill have the details in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. We buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com any any any any did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money . A recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of 990 dollars more. So dont trade in. Sell it. To we buy any car. Learn more and get your free online valuation now at we buy any car dot com find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com with us on this waking up with us odds sunday morning. Look at that, 6 12, sky6 live hd giving you a glimpse over the the philadelphia airport. This heat is no laughing matter. People need to take precautions. Reporter yeah, unfortunately we had two deaths yesterday. The heat index will be 105 to 110 today. There is relief in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Ill show you that in a couple of minutes. Lets get you outside and show you the view, its a steamy morning, beautiful shot of cape may. Just like yesterday even though the shorepoints will be baking today. Yesterday cape may had a peak index of 110 degrees. You had a sea breeze by afternoon. But it was hot even on the sand. There will not be much relief anywhere across the delaware and Lehigh Valleys today. High temperatures, lakehurst, 99 degrees. Philadelphia that was the hottest temperatures of the year, 98. Doylestown, 98. Smyrna, topping out at 97. Today a degree or two colder not much better. 83 degrees dewpoint, 77. Pressure holding steady. The winds are light out of the southwest at 12 miles per hour. Feelslike temperatures already in the 90s across the city and areas south and east. Dover, 93. Feels like 94 in millville. 90 in Atlantic City. 90 in the city, mid 70s north and west. We had good thunderstorms up here in the Lehigh Valley yesterday evening, that cooled you down. Thats why temperatures are down in the 70s right now. It will heat up in the 90 later on as well. Satellite and radar frontal system is stalled out to the north. Beautiful conditions out here, you get into the high plains, the great lake states its comfortable up there. The front stretches like this. The problem is it is having a difficult time sinking to the south because of this heatpump high, this bermuda high sitting off the coast of the carolinas, until this guy nudges himself out to sea that will allow the cold front to drop in and allow the cooler air move through. Doesnt look like that process will happen until wednesday night or thursday. We have a few more dangerous days to go. Heat index numbers, the model has us at a peak index of 107. We get into tomorrow, this is a little bit better, peak heat index about 97. Wilmington, 98. Millville, 98. Trenton, 94 only to see the humidity increase again as we get into tuesday all of a sudden were back in the triple digit heat. The next three or four days, temperatures in the 90 feeling like 100 degrees if not higher. 97 feeling like 100 to 107. Popup shower or thunderstorm like i in some locations mainly north and west of philadelphia. Even south and east theres a chance. 11 00 a. M. , 90 degrees. 1 00 p. M. , 93. 3 00 p. M. , 95. 5 00 p. M. , 96. Theres the peak index 107. Yesterday jersey shore on the sand 94 on the the beaches when you factor in the humidity it will feel like triple digit heat. Sunny and humid be on the look out for a late day isolated thunderstorm. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, weve highlighted today again because of the excessive heat and humidity, that 97 will feel like 107. Monday, 94. Tuesday, 92. Thats the Atlantic City air show it will be hot and humid, thursday, sun, less humid, 90. Finally 80s showing up friday and saturday, 89 and 86. Guys . Philadelphias new Morman Temple is offering public tours. The first church of jesus christ ladder day saints in pennsylvania. It features crystal chant leers and period rs and period furniture. The temple is open four public tours through september 9. The temple will be dedicated on september 18. A nice place to try to stay cool. 6 17. All morning long were looking back at captain noah on 6abc. Heres another clip from the classic show. It says there that pennsylvania gazette, oh, no. What, what, what. The pennsylvania gazette that was presented by ben franklin down in the Old Printing Office that still exist at independence square. My son has meningitis b. But how did we end up here . His mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. Until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u. S. Now there are. While uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. Trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. Trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. Most common side effects were injectionsite pain, fatigue. Headache, muscle pain, and chills. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. Meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing like. A drink. A spoon. A kiss. It all started here. It might have been prevented with trumenba. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about trumenba. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. How do we make the economy work for everyone . Hillary clintons plan starts here. By making big corporations and those at the top finally pay their fair share in taxes. And those companies that move overseas . Shed charge them an exit tax. Then shed use that money to make the largest investment in creating good paying jobs since world war ii. Millions of jobs. You can read the plan here. With us, 6 20, the National Constitution center will release tickets for the Liberty Medal ceremony, john louis is the recipient. The ncc says the tickets will be available on their website at 10 00 a. M. The ceremony is september 19. 6abc is a proud broadcast partner. People in New Hampshire are playing it forward with the most popular game on the planet. Pokemon launched pokeaid. Players were asked to bring cash or canned foods during their hunt to give to people who are homeless. Whats old is new in the germantown section of philadelphia. Exciting times there, philadelphia leaders dedicated the wister playground and recreation center. Plenty of kids got to enjoy the equipment and the playground. Theres also a mural by Philadelphia Artist louis mum free. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. I had an injury to my neck. It wasnt as serious injury it was a herniated disc. Anything that could go wrong went wrong. Ive been in the hospital twenty three times since. The bills started to pile up. I had nothing to give. We had nothing in the refrigerator. I would be dead and not sitting here right now if it wasnt for pond lehocky. Everyone, 6 23 sunday morning, another scorcher is on the way. Yesterday we had a heat index of 111. Today is better, but not much. You can see how it will play out. Lunch time, 102. 2 00 p. M. , 105. 4 00 p. M. , 105. Somewhere in between we should reach a peak index of 1107 degrees. Jersey shore this is similar to what you experienced yesterday. Highs top out well in the 90s before a sea breeze kicks in. 94 is what it will feel like on the beaches. Beach haven, 94. Sea isle cape may, 95. Ocean temperatures in time mid 70s, thats comfortable, but just like yesterday theres a moderate risk for rip currents. You have to be careful if you venture into the water. Theres going to be a lot of sunshine out there. All in all its not a bad day down the shore at all. Its going to be hot and steamy. Heat continues. Thank you so much. Eagles have lost carson wentz to injury, offensive lineman lane johnson is addressing his possible suspension, heres jeff skeverski. Reporter ouch, this hurts more ways than one, eagles quarterback carson wentz could miss the rest of the preseason with a hairline fracture in his ribs. They hope to have him back by the end of the preseason. Carson wentz was hurt late in the preseason game. A scan revealed the fracture. Lane johnson expects to be suspended ten games for taking a supplement that was approved giving to him by the Players Association. The union thats supposed to protect the players. Johnson said he was under the impression the amino acid he took was okay, because the nfl approved the supplement. The tackle is blaming the Players Association for not testing the supplement the app approved. Johnson is having the sample and the amino acid tested again for hidden ingredients. They give us an app when you call and ask if you test positive and they approve, ive known this for couple weeks, last thing i want to be labeled as is a cheater. Reporter the nfl fired back saying in part mr. Johnsons statements are incorrect. Weve been in touch with lane and his agent who understand the facts. Nfl pa did not approve any substances or supplements. For several years. Nfl pa has provided a free service to every nfl player who wishes to have us test a supplement they send to us and this service was offered. Ryan howard, stand up and cheer for this. Phils out to a 30 lead. Franco not happy about this. He stares him down, beerches clear everyone cools off. Rockies putting up a fight on the score board. Threatened in the 9th. Phillies win 63. Another save by grow mez. New england win in new england 4nil thats their first win in more than a month. Thats sports, im jeff skeverski, have a great day. Hot weather or not, eagles fans flock to the linc. The eagles hold another practice starting at 7 00. Head house plaza and inter stadium gates open at 5 00 p. M. And spent eleven months in a pow vcamp. M what donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. When you fly over enemy territory, the odds might be against you being able to come home. Donald trump doesnt understand the weight of sending americans into harms way. Hes unfit to be president. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Looking live at the sunrise over camden. Another day of excessive heat is ahead. It has taken a deadly toll in the city of philadelphia. A crash, a getaway another crash ends with an arrest near the campus of Temple University. Feed the meter without cash, philadelphia expands its pay by phone app meter up. Chris sowers joins us with the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Another day of oppressive heat. Reporter this is the last of it, it slowly gets better. Reporter lets get you outside, were talking heat and humidity as we look live in wilmington. Look at the haze. We have dewpoints in the mid 70s, usually that kind of air mass is confined to areas of the south, gulf coast states, florida, houston, texas t its rare that you see these kind of dewpoints up north in the delaware and Lehigh Valleys. Its been like this for the last several days. Today, unfortunately, another uncomfortable day. It will feel like 106, 107, 108. 70s north appear west, raincooled air from the thunderstorms. Atlantic city, 82. Trenton, 78 degrees. Yes, once again it is very oppressive out there with dewpoints well into the 70s and it will stay that way throughout the day. Satellite and radar be theres the relief, the cold front is knocking on the door, the problem it is not moving. Its stuck in place because of the heat pump high is not budging, its holding its ground off the virginia capes, it will continue to do so for the next three or four days. If youre heading to Citizens Bank park, this is going to be a hot one. Wear sunscreen if youre in the sun, cool drinks should do the trick. 94 fort first pitch, 97 by the 9th inning. With the humidity it will feel like 107. Thank you. This brutal heat wave with real feeling temperatures soaring over 100 have taken a deadly toll. Two women in philadelphia have died in part due to the excessive heat. The victims were a 67yearold woman from brewerytown and 82yearold woman from port richmond. We

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