Climbing. The normal High Temperature is 87. We pass that at lunchtime. Well into the 90s this afternoon. 96 in new jersey. 96 in philadelphia. 95 degrees in delaware, not much higher in the Lehigh Valley or the suburbs. The shore, up to 92 degrees. Ill break it down hourbyhour and show how temperatures climb and how quickly they move. First, Jessica Boyington has the first alert traffic. Route 73, over in mt. Laurel, around 295. No problems reported right now. Actually, both directions look good. We are dry, not seeing a ton of delays there. We are watching in a different spot in the new jersey turnpike, approaching route 73 around exit 4. If you are feeling nervous, take 295 or head northbound toward the trenton area. Right now, its blocked off into the shoulder. Watching the p. A. Turnpike, the drive times look good. 21 minutes. Westbound and eastbound from route 1 to valley forge. Stolen cab chaos, a woman takes off in a taxi in what was a bizarre story. She stole a cab from broad street. She picked up a mother and her baby for fare. Police caught the fake cabbie on whittaker avenue. Matt delucia join us us live from Police Headquarters. What do we know about the suspect . Reporter her joyride is over. She is urpd arrest. It started when the cab driver was trying to do a good deed and help the woman out and gets his car stolen. It happened around midnight. The cab driver picked up a fare. He was driving the woman to the casino. She wanted to stop for water at a convenience store. The cabbie opened the door to help her out. He noticed she had a limp. With the drivers seat empty, she got in and took off. Police caught up with her a half hour later. The 65yearold was inside but she wasnt the only one. There was a 23yearold woman and a 10monthold baby in the backseat. The thief, yes, was picking up passengers. They just were being innocent. They thought they were getting a ride by a cab. They didnt realize the driver of the cab had just stolen the cab minutes before. An unusual job. A happy ending. Reporter the real cab driver you see there was not injured. Detectives were able to speak with him and also that mother who unwittingly was riding in the stolen cab, its unclear if the thief of the cab is under the influence of anything at the time, drugs or alcohol. Hes at Police Headquarters being questioned. She was urpd arrest, not behind the wheel anymore. Matte, nbc 10 news. Battling brain cancer. Senator john mccain has been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Mccain is in good spirits. Hes recovering at home in arizona. News of the diagnosis is sparking reaction from both sides of the aisle. Pam, we spoke with people here in philadelphia who were close to mccain. Tell us more about that . You will hear from a fellow p. O. W. Lets talk about how doctors came to the diagnosis. Senator john mccain was out for jurnlgry last week getting a blood clot removed from behind his left eye. The surgery took place on friday. When doctors took a closer look at the tissue they removed, they discovered a brain tumor associated with the clot. Doctors say the surgery was a success. The scans they have done show the tissue in concern was cut out. Theres been an outpouring of support from lawmakers on capitol hill and people from our area, ralph, a retired air force captain from Delaware County sat down with us last night. He was a p. O. W. With mccain. He said the 80yearold was a fighter then and will fight now. Hes a tough guy. Not a big guy, but hes been through a lot. It would not surprise me if tomorrow we dont see a statement from him somewhat whimsical, talking about when hes going to be back in the senate. Wouldnt surprise me if he is. Former Vice President biden tweeted his support saying joe and i have been friends for 40 years. Hes gotten through so much difficulty with so much grate. We will talk about the diagnosis and hear from experts. Pam osbourne. For complete coverage and reaction, in 15 minutes well talk live with a neurosurgeon about the cancer. Senator mccains surgery is the reason senators delayed the attempt to repeal and replace obamacare and now the Health Coverage of millions of people hangs in the balance was washington fights over what to do next. According to brandnew numbers. The republicans plan to repeal and not replace obamacare would cost 17 million more people to lose insurance in one year. The cbo also says premiums would go up by 25 . Republican leaders have tried and failed at least three times to get Health Care Legislation passed in the senate. Several members of the Trump Campaign inner circle are set to testify at hearings including the president s eldest son. Donald trump jr. Is on the list, along with former Trump Campaign manager, paul manafort. They will interview the president s soninlaw, Jared Kushner in a closed session. All three attended that meeting with a russian attorney who allegedly promised compromised information on Hillary Clinton during last years campaign. The search is on for the killer of a man riddled with bullets on a philadelphia street. The victim was found face down on the sidewalk in southwest philadelphia. Police tell us when he was shot multiple times with an assault rifle. In south jersey, Police Recover the body from a late overnight we were over crystal lake a few hours ago. We are working to find out more about the investigation and what led up to the death. Loved ones will gather for more services to remember the victims of the bucks county killing spree. Family and friends will attend a memorial for mark sturgis. It starts at 7 00 in benefit salem. The bodies were the four were found last week. They were shot and buried on a farm. Family and friends paid their respect to tom mayo last week. They gather for another visitation this morning, followed by a funeral mass. Dinardo confessed to the killings and sean kratz are charged with murder. Women gunned down in a truck in philadelphia last week will be remembered at funeral services. Police continue to look for the killer or killers of a woman and her 19yearold stepdaughter. Both were shot in the head july 12th in a red pickup truck on North Lawrence street. 5 38 and its a steamy start this morning. Going to be a hot afternoon. What we are looking at a temperatures in the 70s, closer to 80 degrees in philadelphia. Its going to be hotter than the last few days and feel hotter. 92 degrees by lunchtime. Factor in the humidity, it will feel like 99 degrees this afternoon. The feels like temperatures top 100 degrees in philadelphia today. The suburbs, 73 degrees right now. Blast through the 70s through the 80s and into the 90s. 97 degrees at 2 00 and 4 00 this afternoon. Lehigh valley, the sun is getting ready to come up. Wont be in the 70s long. By 10 00, 83 degrees. It will feel like 88. By lunchtime, it will feel like its into the 90s. 98 is the feels like temperature. The actual temperature is in the low 90s. Thats the shade temperature. Get in the sun and it will feel hotter for you. 62 degrees in new jersey. Neighborhoods will quickly warm up. Spots in the 60s, wont last long. 91 degrees at lunchtime and 95 degrees this afternoon. Factor in the humidity. It will feel like 10 degrees at 4 00 this afternoon. If you are looking for relief, typically the shore is the place to find it. Today is steamy enough, it will feel like 101 degrees as it has temperature climbs into the 90s at the shore. Delaware, you can see clouds moving through. Theres a chance of an isolated shower this afternoon. Most of the day is going to be dry. Most neighborhoods wont see that activity popping up. The temperature is a different story. Pops up ten degrees by 10 00. Into the 90s at 94. At 4 00, feels like 102 degrees. This is not the end of it. This is the longest heat wave of the season. A brutally hot day tomorrow and into the 90s saturday and sunday. It finally comes to an end monday for the entire area and by tuesday, the temperatures are even below average by tuesday afternoon. But, the weekend, and into the next week, chances of showers and thunderstorms. Ill show you when they are likely to pop up. The ten day on ten in a few minutes. Lets check the ride to work with a look at the boulevard. Traffic reporter, Jessica Boyington has you covered. Watching the boulevard around the cameras at 17th street. Everything looks good so far. We are quiet. When we say into the 5 00 hour, we are light in terms of traffic. Both directions look good. Southbound, toward the schuylkill expressway, no problems yet. Watching a crash in mt. Laurel. If you are heading northbound, toward the trenton area, past route 73, which is exit 4, you are going to pass the accident scene. All lanes are open. Its not messing with the morning commute. If you are nervous, take 295, if you want. The delaware Memorial Bridge construction, we have been dealing with it the past few weeks, ongoing work. We typically dont see with the lane restrictions increase in that until later in the morning. Now, everything looks good from new jersey over to delaware. Here on 95, 95 moving through delaware. We look good in both directions. Ten minutes on the northbound and southbound side to 495. Vai and tracie. Thanks. The end of the taj. An officer is accused of planting drugs at a crime scene. Video you need to see. Senator john mccain begins his cancer fight. A neurosurgeon explains Treatment Options and several survival rates. Access to a life saving drug. The move delaware is making to save lives in the opioid crisis. 4 06, senator john mccain has been diagnosed with brain cancer. It started with removing blood clot. A test determined it was blee owe blas toma. Dr. John lee joins us. Doctor, thanks for being with us. The first signs, none of us knew it, but the first signs showed up a month ago when senator mccain had speech trouble in the comey hearing. Talk about those symptoms and the road to diagnosis. For those of us trained in the study of the brain, one of the best tests of brain function, really, is just to ask questions and talk to the individual to being able to form sentences, ask questions appropriately. All of this is a very good insight and test of ones brain. Dr. Lee, this is the same type of cancer bo biden suffered from. We know how deadly it can be. Is this curable and how effective are the Treatment Options . 40 years ago, the median survival for glioblastoma was three to four months. We have made progress with chemotherapy, radiation, surge ral reception. However, the survival is on the order of 1518 months. So, have we cured glioblastoma . Its difficult to say we have cured it. However, we are always looking for new Treatment Options. Thanks. Coming up, we are going to talk with one of your colleagues about a Ground Breaking new study on glioblastoma that is giving new hope to patients. Down to 13 candidates for the bid to become philadelphias interim district attorney. Yesterday, the acting d. A. Dropped out. A city board of judges will vote on the choice today. Abraham told us why she wants the job. I think the office is in such dispair and disarray, the disgraceful conduct of the prior d. A. They need a champion to go back and help the office become what it used to be. Abraham and the other candidates are vying to fill the seats the next five and a half months that was left vacant when Seth Williams pled guilty to corruption. He is in jail, awaiting sentencing in october. 12 minutes before 6 00. Cape may, the sun is just starting to come up. Its going to be a hot one, even at the show. Temperatures reach into the lower 90s. Tas a live view. 73 degrees at cape may point. Cape may courthouse, 76 and 78 in Atlantic City. Its going to be a quick warm up at the shore. We are seeing clouds now, you can see breaks in the clouds for sunshine as the sun is coming up. The clouds will clear out. A mostly sunny and hot afternoon. 70s for the Lehigh Valley. Upper 70s this morning for delaware and philadelphia. Look at south jersey at 74 degrees. 76 degrees right now in woodstown. Pensville, 77 along with audubon and fitman. Florence, princeton cooled down to 67. Typically cooler than it is this morning. Even princeton is going to see temperatures climb into the 90s this afternoon with higher levels of humidity today. It will be Dangerous Levels more oppressive, difficult for your body to stay cool. Pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware from noon today to 8 00 tomorrow evening. Thats when the feels like temperatures will peak in the upper 90s and above 100, possibly up to 104 degrees. Heat exhaustion and heatstroke are the main dangers with what we see for today and tomorrow. As far as showers and thunderstorms, nothing happening this morning. Theres a chance well see popup showers in a few neighborhoods like yesterday. A better chance of wet weather for the weekend, saturday and sunday. Until them, steam heat for today and tomorrow. The first alert in effect until friday evening at 8 00. Its hot this weekend and steamy. 90s for philadelphia saturday and sunday. Showers and thunderstorms, the storms more likely saturday evening than during the day. Another round coming through on sunday. Then, we get a break from the heat wave. Theres still going to be shower and thunderstorm activity in store for us monday. Once that clears out, drier air moves in. You can see it reflected in the morning temperatures, cool into the 60s tuesday and wednesday. The High Temperatures will be cooler for tuesday and wednesday and thursday. Then warmer next friday and saturday, but topping out in the 80s this time around. All right, bill. Thanks. Nine minutes before 6 00. Lets get you to work. Lets start on the new jersey turnpike. We identify ourselves as exits. Exit 4 is where i live. There was an accident earlier. How is that going . We are going to get to that. This is exit 1 or so near the delaware bridge. It looks good in both directions. I just wanted to check in because there is construction over the delaware Memorial Bridge. We were seeing delays earlier in the week. Back to have vai is talking ability. Mt. Laurel, route 73, around exit 4 on the new jersey turnpike on the northbound side. Moving toward trenton, a crash there. Everybody is getting by. The traffic is not jammed up around the scene. You can take 295, still if you want. New jersey northbound and southbound, we are looking good. The four minute trip from 55. Speeds into the 60s chld we end with bridges. Everything looks good. The delaware memorial is good. The ben franklin is good. Later construction is going to mess with us a little bit. There were delays yesterday morning because of that. Thank you. A major makeover is under way in Atlantic City. The changes made to the iconic ton taj mahal. Why an officer whipped out a machete on the road. A mans birthday surprise for his wife doesnt go as he hoped. We help a couple get their money back. Day 13. If only this were as easy as saving 600 when you switch to progressive. Winds stirring. Too treacherous for a selfie. [ camera shutter clicks ] sure, ive taken discounts to new heights with safe driver and paperless billing. But the prize at the top is worth every last breath. Here we go. [ grunts ] got em. Ahh. Wait a minute. Whole wheat waffles . [ crying ] why five minutes before 6 00 a. M. A south jersey mother is charged in the death of her 4yearold daughter. Friends and family gathered to remember her. When paramedics got there, they found the 4yearold unresponsive with cuts and bruises to her face. Police charged the mother with endangerment. The family had a message for her. I love you so much. Dont cry. Keep your head up. Something is going to come out of this. You need to speak up. She needed her family and help. She had some influence that was blocking the help she always had. Police have not charged anyone else in the death. A 13yearold boy lost his leg trying to jump on a moving freight train. It happened around 5 00 yesterday afternoon. At last check, the teen was in critical condition. A Baltimore CityPolice Officer planting evidence. He found a bag of drugs in the backyard. It shows the officer planting it about 30 seconds earlier. An investigation is under way. They have one of the largest body cam programs in the country. We want to show you cell phone video of two men fighting on the streets of new york city. One is armed with a machete, the other with a trash can. They were arguing before it turned physical. The man with the machete threatened the man with the gun. The man with the machete faces several charges. Lets take you state by state and county by county with a look at stories around the area. Governor john kearney will sign a bill to dispense narcan without a prescription if you are educated with how to use the drug. Two montgomery county, former 76ers player doug overton sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to exposing himself on a trail. He was arrested on indecent exposure charges. He had to go to the bathroom and went into the woods. At the jersey shore, contractors are starting to tear down the facade outside the Atlantic City casino as the owners get ready for a makeover. Say goodbye to the gold trim that symbolized the taj mahal. Fun things to do in the area today, including a lego night for adults. The first adult night at lego land. They can experience all ten lego play zones, participate in lego themed activities. This is 19. In philadelphia x you have a chance to win free seats to see the broadway blockbuster, wicked. The Kimmel Center is giving away tickets. Between now and friday, the wicked balloon is flying over philadelphia. If you spot it, take a picture, post it to facebook, instagram or twitter. Organizers will announce the winners on monday. Now to breaking news from overnight. A south philadelphia mother is killed and her daughter injured when police say an angry ex went on the attack. Battling brain cancer. John mccain reveals the rare diagnosis as poll decisions send messages of hope. Fighting for freedom. O. J. Simpson asks for a chance of life outside his prison walls. We have a lot to get to this morning. 6 clng a. M. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news. Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Bill, the graphic behind you says it all. The temperatures have been hot the last couple days, but the first alert for today, pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. The temperatures and humidity will go higher. Noon today to 8 00 tomorrow evening is when the temperatures will peak. The feels like temperatures will hit, head to the upper 90s and could top 100 degrees. This afternoon will be the hottest. Its going to be close, another hot one tomorrow. This hour, the temperatures are cooling down. The sun is up, not long enough to start the heating process. 68 degrees in some of the suburbs, 79 in philadelphia. Look at the 70s for new jersey, delaware and the Lehigh Valley. The sun is just coming up in the Lehigh Valley. Hot weather all around. Lehigh valley, 90 degrees. At the shore, warm into the 90s. The hottest temperatures are going to be inland, 96 for