Heres a look at where they are stage iing. If we can pan up, you get a sense of howe big this fire is. He said about 3,000 acres. As far as the smoke is going, its tracking southeast towards cape may and Atlantic City and the heat is making that fire fight tough. But when you see the smoke is actually drifting towards the southeast, if youre on the other side of it, you can certainly smell it where we are now. Its drift iing away from us. So the smell in the air is a little more clear. Reports, as you said, 70 contained. More than 50 firefighters we know operating on it at staging area. That state and local and as well as state conservation officers. The good news is that the high humidity is keep iing the fire from spreading. We keep seeing these pop ups where the smoke turns into what looks like our pilot described it as little volcanos erupting of thick, black smoke. The winds are helping to get the fire contained. Back to you in the studio. The direction of that wind has a lot to do with who will feel the impact of the forest fire. Tammie souza is here with us now on where that smoke is heading wp he pointed out its kind of helping to keep the fire danger down. Nonetheless, its still a land breeze affecting them. 91 is the actual air temperature. So a little bit cooler there. Lets take a look at the winds right now. The winds are very light anywhere from 5 miles an hour. 12 miles an hour in philadelphia, but you get out here into new jersey, they are anywhere from 5 to 10 miles an hour and they are generally out of the west and southwest. So this is not a sea breeze thats cooling things off at this point. Were still looking at fairly strong winds there. Looking at the Doppler Radar, we dont have any rain out there to help them. We have a sea breeze thats making it inland, but the showers are formingen o the sea breeze, not near the fire line. What were going to be watching is is probably showers tomorrow that may help extinguish some of this. Well talk about the heat and the storms that it are moving in because some could be severe. Even though theres a warning to stay out of this dangerous heat, some cant resist spending time outside. Tim furlong has their stories new at 5 00. I would recommend any of our sandwiches. Reporter outside the food truck, way hotter inside it. 106 degrees. Body heat on top of heat. Its too much sometimes. But in the food truck game, you dont make any coin. They are working it. Its pretty hot, but were having fun so its bearable. It didnt phase these guys. They are supposed to be outside doing something. Tennis in the heat, the young and the old, this older crew here pounding the h2o between every game. As hot as it was last night, they had 5,000 people here on market street. These will be long in bed the concert starts. Thats their plan. When in doubt, tire them out. Dont take the heat lightly. Speaking of which, sometimes it can be difficult to spot a heatrelated illness. A team is on hand to take questions heat stress. The number is is 2157659040. This heat wave is so severe, they are seeing an up tick in the number of calls for road side assistance. More than 5300 have been rescued since monday. The biggest heatrelated issues is overheating and battery failure and tire blow outs. To get aletters when a storm is about to move through your neighborhood. Developing now out of washington, yet another shake up in the Trump White House today. Sean spicer has resigned. The decision that comes just six months after President Trump took office. Reporter spois spooean spic Sarah Huckabee is now the new press secretary. Sanders read a statement about spicer from the president. I wish him continued success as he moves on b to pursue new opportunities. Just look at his Great Television ratings. Reporter he said to acquit after appointing the washington outsider anthony as White House Communications director. Reince priebus objected to anthony, but says hes 100 behind him. Reince and i have been personal friends for six years. We are a little bit like brothers, we rough each other up once in ail why. Spicer butted heads with the press from day one. This was the largest yens to ever witness an inauguration period. Its byebye an honor and privilege to serve potus. The taem confirmed that its investigating the investigator, special Council Robert mueller because his legal team contributes to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obamas campaign. What folks pass in their motivations and political motivations are. These werent minor donations. Its reportedly part of an overall effort to discredit the investigation into trump ties to russia. It sort of looks paranoid to me. President trump is already asking aids the possibility of pardoning family members and others caught up in this probe. The number of people who attended to wearing his American Flag pin upside down, he definitely grab bed headlines during his short time as press secretary. Were looking back on some of his most memorable moments at 5 30. The u. S. Attorney general was greeted by protesters in old city today. Jeff sessions wants them it change the policy of not holding undocumented immigrants for i. E. Without a warrant. They are not allowed to come without permission. Thats an unlaw school entry. If they commit a a crime while they are in here, what roigt do they have to demand that they not be deported. Its just common sense. Coming up, how the immigrant community and the citys Police Commissioner are reacting. Now to an nbc 10 exclusive. For the First Time Since two men were arrested in a a killing spree, learning new details about what went on behind the sce scenes to find the bodies of the victims and trk down those responsible. The case grabbed the attention of our area and the rest of the nation. The District Attorney became the face of it all. They were leading a huge team searching for evidence, bodies and suspects. Today we asked him what he thought the first time he heard about the disappearance of four young men. We started getting those disparate calls tr all the sources you just described and we figured there has to be some kind of connection or probably some kind of connection. Deanna durante sat down with the d. A. For more than an hour today. Working on that story now. Youll hear more details from behind the scenes on that investigation tonight at 6 00. Prosecutors say the cold case of a teenage girl from ben bensalem is finally over. Testimony resumed today. Earlier this week a man told the jury he was inside of shaws apartment in 1984 when shaw allegedly raped and murdered barbara rohan. Sanders helped shaw hide the teens remains and never came forward to police out of fear for his own life. A Center City Gym owner says his building is being targeted by the philly fitness owner. Someone lit trash bins on fire and tossed them into a hallway last night. He sent us these pictures. Its a second foire in the past week. We reached out a response but have not heard pack. Moments after two men used a fullsize pickup truck to break into a philadelphia pharmacy. They ramd the ford f150 through the security gates, scooped up narcotic pills and took off in an unknown direction. Are you fed up with robo calls . The calls have made their way to our mobile phones. Harry hairston and nbc 10 responds shows you how to stop them. We have uncovered new details about a florida woman accused of steal iing a cab. Thats not all. Police say she picked up passengers too. The ambitious plan to get from new york to philly in just 15 minutes. New at 5 00, the local students helping to build the hyperloop. Its a tweet that seemed to come out of nowhere. Elon musk says he got verbal government approval to build a hightech Transportation System connecting new york city to philly to d. C. It is called the hyperloop, promising to get passengers from city to city in 15 or 30 minu s minutes. Randy gyllenhaal checked with riders in disbelief and local students who are working on b this project. Even in the best conditions, the train can take hours to ride from philly to new york and d. C. , so when passengers saw that elon musk tweet. The loop, new york to d. C. In 29 minutes. Reporter it seemed more like science fiction. A lot of questions about this futuristic tube. It comes from the same mind that brought us paypal, tesla and spacex. I wonder how you feel inside. Does it feel like a plane where your ear pops. I would have to see a a picture of the train. Thats pretty crazy. Reporter its no train. It sends pods filled with passengers through a low pressure tube accelerating to 800 miles per hour. The plan may seem ambitious or even farfetched, but already research is being done by local students right here at drexel university. It uses a a new form of transportation. Reporter peter is a drexel grad who works with 150 cla classmates last year. For our hyperloop competition. If. You can imagine air hockey, thats what were creating. He believes this can be built. But critics say its likely just a pipe dream that will face zoning issues and local obstacle cans as they dig into the ground. This is not going to be a fast solution. Its going to go very fast, but its not going to be built very fast. Reporter randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Elon musk said the approval he got was with states and cities like philadelphia. Would be cool and quicker. Theres commutes longer on the expressway than that. It would be amazing. Watch as this man uses two babies as his accomplices to steal sunglasses. You can see him putting the glasses inside their carriers. Police say he choel stoel about 1,000 worth of sunglasses from design provision. If you recognize this guy, youre asked to call police. New drone video e reveals the devastating effects of an earthquake that rattled greece early this morning. Two people are dead. 200 others were injured on the islands. The 6. 5 mag ani the 6. 5 mag antude quake create a small tsunami. Back here at home, it is a brutally hot day. But some jobs have to be done despite the heat warning. We followed a mail carrier on one of her routes. If youre heading outside tonight, make sure you take plenty of water. That really is the key. Great advice. A live look down the jersey shore. Cape may where the ocean breeze is just a little bit of relief from the heat. Look at all those people on an early weekend. Tammie souza joins us how. We wont see relief until next week. We wont see is relief until early next week, but back in the day i dont remember when there wasnt a lot of airconditioning people would go to it the beach and sleep out there. They would stay there until the heat broke. A lot of people taking advantage of an extra day off this week. 91 in new jersey. Lets go ahead and check out the Lehigh Valley. No relief there. 90 in delaware. The feels like anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above that. So were still dealing with this excessive heat warning in place until 8 00 tonight. Lets check out what it feels like out there at the beach. Ocean city it feels like 96. 104 is what it feels like. Cape may feels muggy at 95 degrees. The water down to 76. Its dropped a few degrees. Im sure thats refreshing for anybody out there. This is where were going. 91 at 8 00 tonight. And 84 at 11 00 tonight. So not a a lot of relief. Youll be. Waking up 75 to 80 degrees tomorrow. We do actually have the threat of Severe Weather. Check out the areas in yellow. This is what were dealing with. A slight risk of Severe Weather for the entire area tomorrow. This extends into sunday. Here we are on the scale right in the middle. This is something thats actually wind hailproducing storms. Theres an outside risk, but intense lightning well be looking for. The radar is quiet. And we saw some showers forming right along it. Enough lift from the sea broez to create some of the showers and storms. Well probably see more of that this evening. You can see some of the clouds out there. Sol of this near where the huge fire is. And theres going to be a little more cloud cover. This is our visible satellite. And this is that brand new government. Visible satellite. You can see the wind blowing by, but you can see the bright shades. Popping up where they may have a few hot spots out there. Big storms coming in out of the Northern Plains and upper midwest. And thats what well be watching for with this soupy atmosphe atmosphere. Lets go through tonight. Well see the 90s dropping into the 80s and youll wake up 75 to 80. Could see a storm in south jersey. And the place is not as important as that the forecast models have grabbed on to these storms and were going to see them tomorrow. By midday, maybe some showers in philadelphia. Well be in the 90s. Could see some showers going into the evening. The latest forecast model lifted the line from south jersey up towards doilstown overnight and into sunday morning. Well have to see where it winds up and things slowly clear out into sunday afternoon. It locks like things quiet down for us. This is when youre looking at for the next three days. Were going to be continuing with the heat. Pennsylvania suburbs will drop into perhaps the upper 80s and low 90s tomorrow. And we get into the Lehigh Valley and looking at 80s. New jersey, 90 to 80s. And even the jersey shore will stay warm but in the 80s. Nbc 10 making an impact in our community. Yesterday they hosted a phone bank right here in our studios. 18 lawyers were on hand. Called from viewers with questions about immigration. 275 people called in. This is the third phone bank of its kind held at our studios this year. A a mom of three is really beating the odds. A a shark bit her arm off last month. Some are calling her progress amazing. What she did for the first time that even surprised doctors. Oh my gosh. This little girl is a a survivor. Her heart stopped for two hours during a popular summertime activity. The warning for all parents, next at 5 00. A permanent memorial now stands along a south jersey highway marks the site of a crash that killed navy officer two decades ago. A section of route 40 in upper township will be known as john r. Elliot Hero Campaign way. He was killed by a drunk driver in 2000. The campaign. An amazing story of recovery of a 2yearold walking and talking after nearly drowning in the pool. Her mother performed cpr for two hours after finding the toddler face down in the pool and the effect on her brain was devastate iing. Couldnt talk or walk or even hold her head up until she was treated in a hype bark chamber a year after the accident. After she had the treatment here, we repeat ed the mri at home and they were shocked. Its amazing. The doctor said the treatment regrow the parts of the brain that had been damaged. Her mom says shes improving every day. That is incredible. Unbelievable. A philadelphia man in a wheelchair murdered. His caretaker shot too. Tonight we are digging through details in the investigation to find the gunman. Snow, sleet, ice and extreme heat, they endure tough weather all year round. How they deliver what youre counting on in height of the heat wave, next. Coming up at 6 00, an nbc 10 exclusive into the confession in the bucks county killing spree. How the victims families helped to find the body of the last missing man. The dangerous heat is sticking around. We issued a first alert through the weekend. We have issued a first alert through the weekend. A forest fire in these conditions, this is what crews are battling in south jersey. Look at the huge plumes of thick smoke. Sky force 10 is over the area. We are tracking the current conditions. Plus how the teheat is impactin those who have to work outside. Erika martin is sweating it. Reporter keith said three letters, hot, im going with omg its really hot out here. Conditions are stifling. Were feeling like the trip the l digits even though temperatures are in the mid to upper 90s. We have a first alert that has beened for this it heat. Booer still going to see temperatures climing into the 90s. In addition were also tracking really strong storms especially for your saturday night. So keep in mind we have a a lot of hot air in place to start off your saturday. Then woer going to have some really strong storms later on saturday. It includes heat exhaustion and heatstroke and as far as the storms are concerned, damaging wind, hail and lightning. The isolated threat of a thunderstorm. So conditions right now are very hot. So back to the studio to tammie souza who has more information. Were going to go from one thing to another. The storms will be in here by tomorrow early in the morning. Things are quiet going on. What we are watching is this little sea breeze developing. The atmosphere is soupy enough its fascinate whg you see storms form right on the sea breeze and continue with the. Natural flow of the wind, which is basically a westerly wind. You dont see the storms here. They pop up, boom and off they go. Now what were really watching is whats m coing out of wisconsin and iowa and north dakota. We have a dip in the jet stream. Were going to have those energies coming towards our area thats going to create a lot of lift. Thats going to create some very strong storms as we head into the weekend. So be shower to download our app. Thats going to have the radar to cope you up to date. Ill be back with the timing of the the storms in a few minutes. Now to the littest developments in a forest fire burning in south jersey scorched 3,000 acres. The smoke now making its way into neighboring counties. Theres some of those scorched trees you talked about. The last time we talked, that was part of that fire. As we can pan up to see what is happening right now in the forest, youre looking at what is left of this fire. We were seeing a lot of black plumes kind of rising from the force. Now were seeing this whipsy white smoke, which is an indication the is starting to quell. The crews are letting it burn out. Out. The pilot is talking to the fire service. They have been flying that helicopter pretty low over the5 fire just to get a really close look at it and see where the hot spots are and see whether or not they need to put water on it. So far, they have not. They have not. Dropped any water and the fire was much angrier just about a half hour ago. Cydney long spent the day with a postal worker and continues our team coverage. Reporter good afternoon, it is this soupy, saunalike weather that hits you. These mail carriers are hitting the pavement, the hot pavement at that with nothing more than their sunscreen, hats and water bottles. With a swig from her frozen water bottom a shady spot on this street, Michelle Hansen steps out to cover seven miles on her walking route. A headache or maybe dehydrated or need something to heat. Not only worries about herself in extreme heat. We have had a lol of bad summers. She goes the extra step to check on the elderly. If i came outside, i said to make sure they have something to dri drink. Its very hot. I should know. I used to work in this stuff too. Now retired, he witnessed hansens comradery and care. And you can see very little breeze out here providing any reloaf. The carriers do continue to deliver through 6 00 in the evening. Should sol call out sick, the other ones have to pick up the slack, which is pr time outside. You can even sign up to get alerts sent directly to your phone. Heres a look at the stories making headlines county by county across the region in philadelphia. Police are looking for two gunmen who ambushed and killed a man in a wheelchair. Hes helping him into his home just after midnight when two men showed up with gun. S. The caretaker was shot in the leg as he tried to run away. Also Surveillance Video shows what happened when a woman stole a cab. You can see her climbing into the cab and taking off. A woman is accused of stealingst Social Security benefits. The mother died and the child moved in with another adult who pocketed nearly 24,000 in benefits. Two men will start decadelong prison sentences for their part in a new jersey heroin trafficking ring. Youre look iing at richard. Both are part of a group of 19 people rounded out in a drug bust. Prosecutors say the group trafficked heroin in patterson, atlantic and ocean counties. Sean spicer resigned. Comes up, a look back at his most memorable moments. And drinking a cup of coffee is interrupted by a crash. What caused a car to come plowing into this shop. This crash happened yesterday. The red car hit another car before blasting into the building there. Supporting the initiative, a teacher needed help in the classroom and you answered. Nbc 10s aundrea clinethomas shows us how. It started on monday and now we have another project thats fully funded. The Charter School in philadelphia. The funding forced teachers and administrators to slash the supply budget in an effort to save other programs. So she went to the donors website asking for copy paper, workbook material so the school would not have to buy so many brand new books. E she asked and you answered the call. Shes very grateful for the generosity. Now the more than 900 teachers projects all across the region on the donors website. All you have to do is go to nbc10. Com or on the app and click on the supporting our school story on the home page. You can find out how you can help. Im aundrea clinethomas. Sean spicer calls it quits. Its pretty much on the hot seat since day one. I didnt say in person and around the globe to witness it. Thats actually what i do best. A look back at his most talked about moments. And now we have the combination of heat and storms. They are going to hit us this it weekend. Ill tell you when in the full forecast. Coming up at 6 00, peeping in the rrl. The popular Fast Food Restaurant this targeted. We buy any car any make, any model, any age, any price from 50 bucks to 100 grand we buy any car any, any, any, any at webuyanycar. Com, the gimmicks stop with our ads. Trading in our selling your car is hasslefree with just three easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, drive to your local car buying centre. And three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes. So dont wait. Get your free online valuation now. Find out how much your cars worth at webuyanycar. Com im sorry. Youre shaking your head. The face behind some contentious white house exchanges is off the job. White House Press Secretary sean spicer e resigned today. He held the position for six months, but the man behind the mike became part of culture in a way few people in that role have. We didnt use chemical weapons in world war ii. You had someone as despicable as hitler who someone who didnt sink to using kweps. He later apologized for those comments, but it wasnt the only time his words were questioned by the public and the press. No one had numbers. Because the National Park service which controls the National Mall does not put any out. He went after journalists over coverage of the crowd size at the inauguration and there were some lighter moments as well. John roberts helped me. I appreciate that. Spooiser h spicer had fun wh they pointed out his American Flag pin was upside down. Sara Huckabee Sanders will take over. Now to the weather. To oppressive heat wave is baking our region. Temperatures felt like 100 degrees in some areas but it didnt stop a game of soccer. The coach says its mandatory. We almost have that. They want to breaks after six minutes. Heres a live look. Many people will find a spot in the water to cool off this weekend. Not necessarily, but sunny skies over the Liberty Towers in center city. This view here, it looks lovely. You have to take this heat seriously. It can be dangerous to your health. Lets check in now with first alert chief meteorologist tammie souza with your hour by hour forecast. Plus a threat for storm this is weekend. Were going to cool down, but were going to do it at the cost of some storms that could be strong and se at times. How do you cool down at home. A lot of people jump in the water. A lot of people stay in the airconditioning. Send me a note on facebook. Id like to figure this out. Today philadelphia, 93 the high. Highest wind gust is 19 miles per hour. And your sunset is probably going to be pretty with all of this moisture in the air at 8 24 this evening. So the heat does roll on. Take a look across the region. You can see everybody is suffering. Were sitting at 92. The only places that are cooler are places that generally have some storms move through the area. So allentown at 90. Mount holly at 90. And we go out to the beaches, Atlantic City. Drops to 88. No relief anywhere. You notice the wind thats off the land. The only place that may be get ing a little bit of relief could be along some of the delaware beaches. Lets check out first whats going on in the suburbs. It feels like 103. Thats the feels like in unionville. So no reloaf for today. Lets head up to warrington. Feels like 105 degrees. Now lets go to delaware. This is kind of interesting. It feels incredibly hot. Feeling like 106. But you get down here and it feels a little bit better. You get here and look at the winds. They are coming up across the water. They are hitting some of the beaches. Some of the land there and keeping it just a little cooler. The Doppler Radar showing no showers here for relief yet, but coming out of the Northern Plains, we are watching some storms that are going to be headed our way. Lets break down whats going to happen for the weekend. The potential for Severe Weather exists tomorrow and into early on sunday. Here comes the first wave. Perhaps showers and storms through early tomorrow morning. Well see periodic showers and storms coming through throughout the day. Not a total wash out. Midnight we have a line of strong storms coming through before the whole thing clears out. And then maybe just an isolated shower along the jersey shore later on sunday. So maybe you want to go to the bea beach. Things will be comfortable in wildwood as well. That should be the weekend. Lets go ahead and take a look at your tenday. 92 for tomorrow. 90 on sunday. Were looking at 88 on monday. 83 on tuesday. Really comfortable there with much, much less humid air. The same on wednesday with 82 degrees. Guys, back over to you. A shark bite victim from North Carolina has a prosthetic that will. Help her carry on and it comes with new technology. She has her starter arm and with the help of a computer, she is moving her prosthetic hand with her mind. The mother of three lost her arm after being attacked in the bahamas. Through it all, she says the support shes received from the community continues to inspire her. I get teary eyed thinking about it because total strangers have reached out to me on facebook and just so blessed. Doctors are not only amazed with the progress but also her attitude. Always remains positive. Shes an inspiration right there. Dont you hate it when the marketing calls disrupt your day. Harry hairston and nbc 10 responds can help. All new at 5 00, they are helping you find relief from the annoying row b annoying robo calls. The bucks county District Attorney kept asking for hope in this search for four missing men who were found murdered on a family farm. New at 6 00, he talked only to us about the deal he med to get closure for the victims families. In the state that invented the american vacation. A legendary adventure awaits. Heroes will rise. Bonds will be forged. And memories will be made to last a lifetime. New york state. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your summer trip at iloveny. Com fios is not cable. Were a 100 fiber optic network. And with the new fios gigabit connection. You get our fastest. Internet ever. With download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. Switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for 79. 99 a month online for the first year. Plus hbo for one year and multiroom dvr service for two years, all with a twoyear agreement. And switching has never been easier. Get out of your contract with up to a 500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. Go to fiosgigabit. Com a warning story here. We are all dealing with those un. Wanted robo calls. They can feel like they are nonstop. He Harry Hairston has advice about what to do to get unplugged from those calls. Reporter its one of those calls that interrupts your day. It comes time and time again. Hello. Reporter . The calls have him at his wits end. Itnt ha got to the the point where i have thrown the phone across the rom yet, but its get ing to that points. He works from home and says the calls have to stop. We are getting robo calls as many as 15 a day. Reporter he says hes complained to the ftc and it didnt seem to help. He says the callers are offering everything from lower credit card rates to special trip deals to Home Improvement products. We are on the do call list, which seems worthless. Hooe also noticed the callers are becoming more clever to get him to pick up the phone. Actually came in with a caller i. D. That had the name of a local college. The gets 200,000 complaints about robo calls each year. As frustrating as they can be, the they said not all robo calls are illegal. Dont answer calls from unknown numbers. That i instruct you to hit a button to be taken off, dont do that because thats just one of the tricks they are using to make sure you are a real person. And ask your phone Service Provide isser if it offers a robo blocking service. Once again be careful. Dont hit the butt. They are trying to target you. Advice there. If you have a Consumer Complaint for nbc 10 responds, head to nbc10. Com and fill out the form or give us a call. Well respond to you. Good work. Nbc 10 news at 6 00 is next. Heres Jim Rosenfield and jacqueline london. New at 6 00, a an nbc 10 exclusive. Brand new insight into the making process that ended in a murder conviction in the bucks county killing spree. This is what we may be. Able to accomplish. The bucks county District Attorney talked only to us about asking for help from the families to get that confession. The countrys top law enforcer wants philadelphia to change. How it handles imfwrants, but the city listen. And weekend heat is still going to be here. Plus were facing severe storms. Ill break down the forecast coming up. Coaxing a confession, an exclusive into how police found the final body in the killing spree. Forest fire now tougher to breed in the dangerous heat at the jersey shore. Quitting the white house, a decision the president made pushes sean spicer over the edge. Right now at 6 00, miserable Fire Fighting conditions for crews trying to stop a forest fire in south jersey. Sky force 10 live over the raging fire. Emanating smoke into four counties and all the way down the jersey shore beaches. That air already because of the heat and humidity is worse because of the thick smoke. Good evening, im jacqueline london. And im Jim Rosenfield. We extended the first alert through the weekend. Lots of people escaping to the shore. Everyone is sweating it out. Extra water breaks on the mail carrier routes in new jersey. Sweltering on the course in wilmingt wilmington. The kids refusing to leave the sprinklers. And water parks are busy tonight as well with people swimming and sliding their way to try to cool off. This is a live look at the water park. Fans will be sweating in the stand at Citizens Bank park. A live look at first pitch in an hour. Were bringing you Live Team Coverage tracking every angle of this dangerous heat Ted Greenberg is