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WTXF FOX 29 News At 6PM September 7, 2016

87 in dover. 89 in allentown. Even in the poconos its 81 degrees. Normal highs there only in the 70s. The heat advisory goes into effect for those highly urbanized areas in our suburbs. Highlighted in orange on that map. That means it will feel like its around 102 tomorrow afternoon. My main concern is those inside that dont have airconditioning. Especially our schools. It will feel like its about 100 to 103 tomorrow afternoon. So stay hydrated. Make sure the kids bring lots of water to school. Reduced strenuous activities outdoors if youre working or if you have sports in the afternoon and, of course, coaches, give the kids lots of breaks because it is going to be something that is unusual for this time of year. At least a fourday heat wave and recordbreaking warmth coming our way. Well talk more about that and when it will feel more like september coming up in the seven day forecast. Ill see you later in the broadcast. Isnt all right. Talk to you soon, kathy. All of this heat had Trenton School officials calling out its a wrap early today. The citi Public School district dismissed students and staff at Elementary Schools and the Childhood Center at 1 00 this afternoon. Middle schools let the kids go at 12 45. High schools dismissed a little bit earlier at 12 30. The same thing is happening tomorrow and friday. Meanwhile, the temperature is not stopping tens of thus sands of Bruce Springsteen fans from flocking to Citizens Bank park. The boss set to take the stage at 7 30 tonight. Could be a late one for the boss and his fans. The show as of late have lasted nearly four hours. Happening now, Chester County police are looking for a group of thieves who made off way big stash stolen from vehicles overnight that even includes a mini van itself. Police say the group was highly organized. And that the thefts had one thing in common, that made the victims very easy targets. Our karen hepp explains. Reporter Gretchen Barnes had to bring a locksmith in after thieves stole her money knee van right out of her driveway. Shes got five kids, her husband is out of town. But she has the best attitude. Shes just grateful they dumped her car seat and papers a few blocks it way. They did have conscience. I had bunch of paper work my one son is in Speech Therapy and they bundled it together and put it in wholefoods bag. They did have a conscience i guess. Gretchen admits she did leave the keys inside hers was the only vehicle stolen but police say more than two dozen other unlocked cars were hit overnight in the village of berwyn. They were fairl fairly organd where they came from i cant say for sure yet, but, you know, it seems tour more than just your run of mill kids running through the neighborhood. Reporter so many cars were broken into neighbors began immediately emailing their stories trying to figure out what wound up where if at all. Anything that could be opened was opened and all the contents were strewn all over, um, i way lucky i only lost some change. I looked through my sons gear we have all his baseball stuff and bats can be expensive. And i noticed one of his bats was gone. Most of the other stuff they didnt really touch and we found out later that our bat is down the street at our neighbors house. A bat over here. Car seat over there. And a lot of sense of security everywhere. The big take away in all of this no matter where you are or where you live, its a good idea to lock your doors. If you have any information please call the Easttown Township Police from devon, im karen hepp, fox wine news. A worker in Atlantic County recovering from some burn injuries tonight after an explosion at a work sight. Skyfox over the swift School Complex in Egg Harbor Township this morning. Police are telling us that crews were working on some underground fuel tanks when something exploded. Worker was burned on his arms and torso area. Theres no word yet on his condition much police are still trying to figure out what caused the blast. Family in bucks county is absolutely desperate. Last night they reported Lindsay Piccone missing and today search and rescue crews spent the day combing through Tyler State Park in newtown. The family joined park rangers. They did find her car at the park but Authorities Say the search covers a wide area. Lindsay, if youre listening, you are so loved. Your parents love you so much more than i could ever begin to express. All of your family and friends are here with them helping search for you. We love you and desperately want to been you home. Please call us. We arent giving up until we find you. And you can call Bucks County Emergency Services if you think youve seen Lindsay Piccone or know where she is. Now on to you decide 2016. The race for the white house. Peace through strength. Reporter donald trump comes to philadelphia to talk national security. The republican president ial nominee making some big promises today to keep that promise though mr. Trump first has to win the white house. And winning pennsylvania would greatly aid that effort. So he chose Center City Philadelphia for a major policy address today and our bruce gordon was there. Bruce . Reporter yeah, it was really a National Even international oriened speech that could have been delivered almost anywhere in the country, but the fact it was delivered here gives you some sense of the importance of a state the gop clearly believes is in play come november. It was far from the usual raucous Donald Trump Campaign event. In fact it was down right staged. Billionaire businessman appearing before invited guests at the union league to talk national security. We should work with any country that shares our goal of destroying isis and defeating radical islamic terrorists. Reporter trump promised major rebuild of the u. S. Military. And blasted away at his democratic arrivals record in iraq, libya, syria. Clintons policies as secretary of state have left the middle east in more disarray than ever before. Not even close. Had we done nothing, we would have been in far better position. Reporter a new Monmouth University poll shows what most of the old polls have shown, trump trailing Hillary Clinton in pennsylvania by 8 taj points in this survey. Four years ago, president obama wrote huge margins among minority votes to win big in philadelphia. Big enough to overcome losses in the rest of the state. The monmouth shows clinton leading trump back black, hispanic and asian voters 90 to five. We heard that sent many first hasnt. A loft his ideals just are very contrary to my own beliefs. I think some of his comments are at times, different minorities and ethnic groups. To me he decided a lot of uneasiness to everyone. The head of the gop in philly in the audience for the trump speech said the minority vote just may surprise you. Black female take three buses, 62 years old democrat her entire life never voted republicans. Took plea buses to get to our office to change her party and left with five forms for her neighbors. I dont believe the pollsters are talking to women like that. Reporter Wishful Thinking . Maybe. Pennsylvania has chosen the democrat in the last six president ial contests. And trumps problem with minority voters makes breaking that streak even tougher. Lucy . All right, thank you very much, bruce. Not the best greeting for donald trump in philadelphia. A couple of dozen protesters waited outside the union league to greet him today. They lined the streets Holding Signs challenging the candidate on everything from Climate Change to his failed casinos in Atlantic City. Among those voicing their opposition to a trump presidency, a group of veterans from pennsylvania. They called trauma trumps ideas dangerous and point out his previous remarks about senator john mccain and as his time as a prisoner of war. When you support donald trump, thats what youre saying that you support. Youre saying that you support privatizing the va. You support committing war crimes. You support the dangerous divisive rhetoric that donald trump has built this campaign on. However, in his speech, trump vowed to fight for veterans. Hes also previously promised to reform the va. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton spent the day off the campaign trail. But with the military in the spotlight today. The Clinton Campaign announced 95 generals and retired admirals are publicly supporting her. This comes a day after donald trump said he had 88 in his corner. But clintons military backers argue trumps proposed band on muslim immigrants would alien 88 u. S. Allies in there middle east and defending clintons ready as instead and experienced torments night voters will get a preview of whats to come as both clinton and trump appear at a forum in new york focused primarily on national security. Pennsylvania has launched a Voter Registration service that involves a simple text. All you have to do is text the letters pa2 to vote. In return youll get a link to Voter Registration information including applications, your current registration status, polling place information and details about county or state officers. About 2 million eligible voters in pennsylvania are not registered so says the us census bureau. The campaign trail stretches on. Keep following it on fox29. Com. Youll find links on the home page for all the breaking news. In new jersey, you can now text 911 for an emergency. State leaders rolled out the new Emergency Service option today. They say its designed to help people who cant make a phone call either out of fear or because they have trouble hearing or speaking. However the state is still urging to you call 9,111th if its possible. New at 6 00 classroom fill back up families in one state wont have to make a tough decision any longer. The now law about children and medical marijuana. Its been a fixture in one of philadelphias top attractions for more than 80 years. But now this plane is on the move. Where its headed and why. Sean . Iain, eagles getting ready for week one and hopefully what happened in Doug Pedersons press conference wont be an omen for this season. What happened coming up later in sports. Katie on crime, pat toomeys attacks on me are shameful. Hes making it up. Of course, anyone who commits a Violent Crime needs to be prosecuted and put behind bars. Narrator Katie Mcginty will keep us safe more police on the streets, better training and equipment, and take on the gun lobby for gun safety laws. Katie im the daughter of a police officer, and the mother of three. Ill stand with Law Enforcement to fight crime, and protect our families. Im Katie Mcginty, and i approve this message. For senate, Katie Mcginty or pat toomey . Mcginty supports clean energy jobs. Pat toomey voted to protect tax breaks for Oil Companies. Mcginty is prochoice. Toomey wants to overturn roe v. Wade and criminalize abortion. Mcginty will consistently stand up to the gun lobby. Toomeys against an assault weapons ban and gets an a rating from the nra. This year, pennsylvanians have a clear choice. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. If americas favorites vo burgers, tacos and chili ask could taste just as great made with turkey. Thousands stepped into the jennieo tasting booth to find out. With just one bite, they knew. Now its your turn to make the switch. Parents in delaware can now treat their children with medical marijuana even in schools. Governor jack markell signed a bill into law today that lets children use Marijuana Oil at school. Now the law lets certain caregivers administer the drug to qualifying children on the schoolbus or on school grounds. An important restoration project is now underway at the Franklin Institute. The worlds first stainless steal airplane will be refurbish for the first time in nearly 50 years. Going to get spruced up signature bb1 pioneer aircraft was removed and dane a it way so they can get it ready for the restoration job. Its been a fixture of the Franklin Institute since 1935. Pioneer was created a 1930 and was designed in philadelphia. After logging 1700 air hours successful flight. The bud company presented the plane to the Franklin Institute for exhibition. The restoration could take up to two years. How can you not smile with all these cute pups begging for your attention . Who doesnt love a pup. The pennsylvania spca brought these adorable adoptable dogs that the workers at lutheran settlement house as part of its Employee Appreciation celebrations. The cement house serves more than 7,000 of philadelphias most vulnerable residents theyre all oh cute. That includes homeless mothers and children as well as Domestic Violence survivors. These four legged friends stopped by to recognize the employees hard work and provide little love and comfort. Looks like they did. Umhmm. All right. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority now. After labor day but kind of feels like august out there. Yes. I will concur with that. Kathy orr. Yes maam. I feel like im in trouble. Im going to the principal office. Not. Iain loves this. Iain loves it its heat wave number seven. Were talking about 42 days so far including today of 90degree heat since may. So really incredible. Right now 89 the high today 91. Winds out of the east southeast. Usually we need a southwest wind to get that warmth. 89 in pottstown the same a allentown. Reading and lancaster in the upper 80s. Wilmington 90. Millville 87. Its pretty hot everywhere. Even down the shore we have the 80s. Boardwalk in Atlantic City 78. Beach haven some clouds from hermine keeping temperatures in the 70s to lower 80s. As the storm continues to move off the coast of long island and well out to sea, off the coast of nantucket island, we see a thrust of southwesterly winds with warm and humid air coming in ahead of a cold front. This front is not really going to pass until late saturday into sunday. So until that time it will be hot, it will be humid, and at some sometimes it will be dangerous. During the day tomorrow, we will watch these numbers go up as heat advisory goes into effect and by the afternoon, once again, it will feel like july. It will feel like august. It will feel like the middle of summer in philadelphia it will feel like 102. Where you see that magenta thats the area of concern on either side of the i95 corridor even down through wilmington and dover it will feel like 100 degrees. Even as you head toward the Lehigh Valley which is unusual especially for this time of year youll still see a heat index with high humidity around 100 in pottstown, even in allentown. So we have the heat. We have the humidity. And were nearing the peak of hurricane season. For more on that, ill send it over to my colleague scott williams. Good evening, scott. Hi there, kathy. Those temperatures will be heating up in the tropics still likely to heat up in the days to come as well. As we near the climatological peak of hurricane season. In fact you can see the number of storms will start to increase typically as we approach september 10th. Thats this upcoming weekend. Then we see the number of storms decrease for a bit but as we move toward late objection, early november, thats the second peak of hurricane season. So were not done with jut yet. So far weve had eight named storms. And the last one, of course, hermine. As we move throughout the month of september, well watch the gulf of mexico. Well watch the cape verdict islands and also much of the open waters of the Atlantic Basin for development. So where do we stand right now . As we take look. Well out to the cape verdict islands, theres about a 70 chance over the next five days that that disturbed weather to develop into a tropical depression perhaps a named storm. The next up on the list is ian. But as we zoom in a little closer you can see whats left of hermine finally start to go pull away. The spaghetti plots taking it out to sea. Well be saying goodbye finally to hermine over the next couple of days after caused coastal flowed flooding and beach erosion. As we take a look at the names, hermine next up to ian followed by julia and then carl. Back over to you. Kathy. Wow, thanks very much. We are looking at conditions that are going to get worse as far as the heat and humidity are concerned but for tonight, it will be on the mild side. A little bit comfortable. 73 in the city. 68 in the suburbs. Tomorrow hear we go. All of us in the heat and humidity. A record tying temperature of 96 degrees. The old record in 1939 and look at this extended forecast. Heat wave will be official on thursday. Temple plays on saturday. Its going to be a hot game. Look at that. The temperature 94. And then after some showers and storms late saturday night into sunday we cool it down with temperatures back in the 80s where they should be for this time of year. A good sports weekend, sean bell. We just hope its nice for that eagles game and they gave us something nice to cheer about. Were getting ready for that browns game on sunday. Carson wentz ready to get his feet wet. Going into the fire just a to you days ago. Well talk about hes ready to take on that big tas

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