Remain in the 80s sparking lightning flashes over the city, people across the tri state area doing anything and everything to keep cool but to no avail. Saturday night im walter perez and story on action news is the lingering extreme heat heat indexes topping 110 degrees today and it will be similar tomorrow. This afternoon officials in philadelphia announced two heat related deaths, bob brooks will have more on the women who died today in just a moment but we begin our Team Coverage of the dangerous heat with metrologist Melissa Magee at the action news big board melissa. Walter its the heat in combination with the humidity that makes it feel unbearable at times outside as you mentioned and day four of heat wave number five here in philadelphia and this is part of the problem. This is really the big problem. You look at the dew point numbers across the midatlantic region with the exception of bingianton and most locations have dew points in the 70s right now in philadelphia we have a dew point temperature of 78 degrees so you can feel the moisture, you can feel the humidity in the atmosphere at this hour and very high for the midatlantic region and feels like 101 degrees and feeling like 100 in washington d. C. 89 degrees the current heat index number in richmond feeling like 93 degrees up to 95 corridor there in new york city. A little closer to home the excessive heat warning is posted for the rest of tonight and sunday for delaware and lehigh valleys because one again calling for heat ranging 100110 across the region. As far as what we can expect in the heat index tracker waking up at 10 00 a. M. Feeling like 99 and peek of the heat at 2 00 and 4 00 tomorrow afternoon with heat index close to 105 back in the triple digits as we do throughout the rest of sunday evening. Its dangerous heat that we are tracking and a prolongd ed and stressful event 105 or higher and uncommon for the area because its a prolonged stretch of heat and humidity and good idea to limit your Outdoor Activity and coming up, walter heat tips on the way and when it will break in the accuweather forecast. Long and stressful right, we mentioned moments ago two women died today as a result of the extreme heat one in brewerytown and one Port Richmond and total number of rerelated deaths in philadelphia to six and sent action News Reporter bob brooks out to see if those statistics have people taking the heat seriously enough. Reporter if it wasnt hot enough already today how about adding in some fire, philadelphia firefighters battled a blaze at an abandon Church Steeple in mourt airy with the gear and it was about ice cold water and cold wet towels and luckily no one was hurt today, others today not so lucky. The Philadelphia Health department reported the first two heat related deaths of this heat wave one in brewerytown and one sadly in Port Richmond and those who ventured out today tried to take precautions, this crew of army vets meets every year at fair mount park and made sure to find a spot under a shady tree for the cookout describe the heat for me today. Very brutal today but we survived. Reporter kids just down the streets did ice cream. Ice cream make you feel better . Yes. Reporter for people looking to get some exercise and run like molike rush he did it at valley green on the trails. Cross country and soccer. Reporter and the simmons sisters stuck close to the water for some fishing. I caught one bass. I caught two bass and a yellow belly sun fish. Reporter dad brought two poles, he was just trying to stay cool. Stay hydrated, you know, and stay out of this here heat if you can. Reporter we certainly hope everyone stays cool out there now we are hearing of the two women that died one was in her 60s the other in her 80s and on top of the heatrelated problems we are hearing they also had other medical complications as well, for now reports at bell mount plateau bob brooks channel six action news. Dangerous heat settled in the city of philadelphia is taking steps to make sure everyone stays safe the corporation for aging is taking calls on heat line and workers answering the calls through the weekend to connect people to resources to keep cool and a nurse on staff to answer any medical questions as well as dispatch of a mobile team if necessary. Its very easy just to fall into this pattern of your body is hot, your environment is hot, if you dont leave that heated environment and go to air conditioning you could run into some serious medical problems. Reporter and the heat line number is on your screen 2157659040 once again op operators available tonight un8 309 p. M. Tomorrow and stay with us throughout the weekend and find the latest on the heat and latest on pop up storms and dont forget to stay connected by following each of our metrologists on facebook and twitter. A shooting about an hour ago in bloomington delaware on 1600 west third and a man shot in the chest outside of judy johnson park and rushed to st. Francis hospital and no arrests in the case thus far. Police in North Carolina stay they are still trying to figure out if a shooting actually took place inside a mall in raleigh, shoppers were seen running out of the Crabtree Valley mall after several gunshots were reportedly heard about 2 30 this afternoon. The mall was immediately put on lock down as police swarmed the area. One witness who was with his Young Children at the time claims he not only heard the five or six shots he says he actually saw the gunman. I grabbed the stroller and wife and started running out and we heard a few more shots and probably 10, 15 feet from the shooter and probably the scaryist thing i went through in the life. Reporter evacuated the shoppers and leave with their hands on their heads and no suspects identified and no victims found. The leader of a mosque in new york city and assistant are dead after they were shot while walking home after prayers this afternoon, police say 55yearold Imam Maulama Akomjee and a 64yearold associate tharan uddin was both shot in the back of the head as they left their mosque in queens, investigators say they were wearing religious attire at the time but added as of right now there is no indication that their faith had anything to do with these murders. Police in Hamilton Township say a man shot and killed be aoff duty correction officer was under restraining order and ban dominic neal from contacting the officers girlfriend. Investigators say the officer was inside the home right there on vicky court when he saw neal approaching his front door at about 3 30 in the morning, the officer shouted at neal telling him to stop and when he didnt the officer fired several shots through the glass door. Neal was rushed to the hospital and died this morning so far no charges filed. Police in philadelphia say a 18yearold is dead after being shot repeatedly in the middle of a road in german ton on the 200 street and rushed to Einstein Medical Center and pronunsed dead and Police Searching for three suspects in connection with the case. Police in doug evaelaware founds body floating in new port and made the discovery at 8 00 near the new port boat ramp on cooper drive and experts trying to determine the victims identity and the cause of death. Never too hot for a night at the zoo the you are a kid especially if there is free water ice involved in the deal and Cancer Patients had a time at the philadelphia zoo with food, games and Face Painting fun. The eagles fly for Leukemia Organization hosted tonights event with the help of several corporate donors including Hatfield Quality Meats which had its pig mascot on hand to entertain the kids. A true taste of summer in new castle delaware with something delicious and the Food Festival joined the line up at Family Fun Day with 18 different vendors on hand, this events hosted by New Castle County officials but the biggest draw is the county Police Mounted Patrol and their majestic ylydesdales and more to cock on come on action news and death toll rising in louisiana where dangerous floods are inundating the homes movie fans mourning the death of baker playing r2d2 in the star wars franchise. Tracking spotty storms north of philadelphia in the poconos and excessive heat warning continues as we close out our weekend with heat index once again topping the century mark and we have exclusives in the accuweather forecast. And Jeff Skversky has details on the injuries suffered by the eagles rookie quarterback when we come back. Dont let dust and allergens get between you and lifes beautiful moments. By choosing flonase, youre choosing more complete allergy relief and all the enjoyment that comes along with it. When we breathe in allergens, our bodies react by overproducing 6 key inflammatory substances. Most allergy pills only control 1. Flonase controls 6. And six is greater than one. With flonase, more complete relief means enjoyment of every beautiful moment. Flonase, six is greater than one, changes everything. Death toll has risen to three as dangerous flooding continues to ravage the reason and it dropped three months worth of rain in one day in the state and prompted officials to issue a state of emergency. The National Guard was called in to help because police and Fire Departments were struggling to keep up with the demand of all people calling for help and in one case a Good Samaritan jumped in to rescue a man from his sinking vehicle. I told him dont panic, im here for you and get you out of the waters. Helicopters are primarily they are an active search and rescue right now and trying to coordinate with the officials on the ground and make sure we get to the crew. Reporter more than one thousand people have been rescued since the flooding first started. And take a look at this puppy rescue in hard hit livingston paris and it was used as a raft to bring the dogs to safety and saved the dogs and neighbors pets as well and he says this morning was only dealing with 2 of water but quickly rose to three feet and he knew he had to evacuate along with his dogs. A sixmonthold baby is the most recent child to die inside a hot car this summer and police in texas say the baby boy was left in the parking lot of a walmart for nine full hours. The babys father apparently forgot to drop him off at daycare before heading to work at the store. Discovered his fatal mistake when he finished his shift and the father had to be hospitalized with chest pains after he realized what he haddon and police have not said if he will have charges and its the 27th hot fatality here in america. You may not recognize his face but now the lovable droid r2d2 he played this the franchise and mourning the death of kenny baker at 3 feet 8 tall he operated the costume from inside for the original 1977 movie. Baker performed in all six of the original star wars movies and may recognize baker from the movies willow and labrinth and died at his home today in england at the age of 81. Hey hows it going, hotcakes . Hotcakes. This place has hotcakes. So why arent they selling like hotcakes . With comcast Business Internet and wifi pro, they could be. Just add a customized message to your wifi pro splash page and youll reach your customers where their eyes are already on their devices. Order up. Its more than just wifi, it can help grow your business. You dont see that every day. Introducing wifi pro, wifi that helps grow your business. Comcast business. Built for business. Six camera at all these people packing the Atlantic City beach front thousands of parot heads came to see jimmy buffet perform on the sands of ac near Michigan Avenue and one of the hottest days of the year and prepared in true jump my buffet style. Water, water. Oh, the heat is rough. Im a winter person. I love snow but i can do this with jimmy. Reporter opening up for the cheese burger in paradise singer was philadelphia g love and special sauce and two other big bands on tap to perform in ac this summer and the Zac Brown Band and Florida Georgia Line and time for a check of the accuweather forecast with Melissa Magee and if you are at an outside concert with the ocean there its the best venue. The southeast wind at coast and hot everywhere and the humidity made it feel hotter and this is what is going on outside with live double scan radar and spotty showers and rain in the poconos but that is actually lifting off to our north and east so we are dry for the rest of tonight and that moisture continues to move on through which means the humidity is up there. We will show you the picture outside. The action cam was outside earlier tonight here in the streets of philadelphia. You can see a lot of folks strolling along there and strolling slowly but eventually they are coming in to frame. It was one of those nights where you really wanted to limit your time out door. There they with, they are walking along the streets there. Very hot so make sure you are dressed appropriately. Hottest day so far in philadelphia coming in at 98 degrees. Quite humid, hazy hot and humid this is day four of heat wave number five here in philadelphia, the heat index coming in today 111 degrees and this heat wave could last a total of eight days. At this hour with that southerly wind 88 philadelphia, 76 allentown 72 poconos at the coast in cape may 81, 83 out to the West Lancaster and 86 in dover but here is the big story you factor in the humidity and it feels much hotter and feeling like 101 still at this hour in philadelphia. The heat index in dover 105, 96 in wilmington and 93 in ac and beach haven and 93 as well. Satellite six along with action radar and a frontal boundary draped to the north and finding activity and where it will stay for the rest of tonight but things will refire in the heating of the day once again on sunday afternoon. Future tracker 6 showing you 8 30 in the morning as you are waking up how hot it will feel feeling 93 in philadelphia and heat index in allentown 87, feeling 93 degrees in wild wood and by 5 00 in the evening tomorrow we have a heat index number of 104 in the city, 100 lancaster and 103 drover that is why that excessive heat warning stays posted for our region. Heat tips something to keep in mind check on the seniors and the pets, stay hydrated with lots of water, seek out the shade, avoid that afternoon sun if you can if you dont have any air conditioning get a fan or open up the windows to get some type of circulation going on. Some relief at the coast come tomorrow at the shore and calling for a high of 92, sunny and humid with an isolated shower or thunderstorm but keep in mind that heat will be brutal if you are outside, the accuweather forecast steamy tomorrow with a thunderstorm popping up at 97 not as intense on monday with a thunderstorm overhead and 92, sizzling sunshine on tuesday and still a pop up thunderstorm possible and at 92 day eight of our heat wave on wednesday and at 92 then the upper 80s return into next thursday through the start of next weekend walter. Nothing but hot. Very hot. Thanks melissa and turns out a pool fundraiser was all it was wrecked up to be in the cony section and donated money to buy one of 5 thou ,000 ducks for a raffle of sorts and plucked out the lucky ducks and the donors won prizes and cash and an ipad and much more, all money raised benefits the animal care and control team of philadelphia. 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Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. The doylestown 9u Baseball Team and home video of the moment this years team was the first Athletic AssociationBaseball Team for a call ripken championship and others won district and state championships over the years but the nine year olds are the only daa team to ever win the regionals and tigers win their magical with a 366 record and the title, well done. Time for a check on sports and Jeff Skversky is here with news about the rookie quarterback. Carson wents is expected to play and enhance his experience, enhance his ability to play down the road and yeah they are shutting him down and hurts more ways than one eagles quarterback carson wentz do not have a timetable when they will return and hope to have him back by the end of preseize and on wentz was hurt in wednesdays preseason game and attempted a practice today but was too sore a scan later today revealed the fracture. Johnson calls it a nightmare the eagles lineman expects to be suspended ten games for taking a supplement he says was approved by a phone app given to him by the nfl Players Association, the very union that is supposed to protect players. Johnson says he was under the impression the amino acid he took was okay because the app the nflpa gave him approved the supplement. But thats not the case. The eagles tackle is blaming the Players Association today for not testing these supplements the app approves. Johnson is having his sample and the amino acid tested again for any hidden ingredients. Want to be clear the nflpa does not stand up for players or the supplements and if you test positive for something they approve it doesnt matter and have known this a couple of weeks and i come out and say nothing is wrong and that has been the hardest thing and you know last thing i want to be labeled as is a cheater. Reporter the nflpa fires back in a statement to 6abc and they say in part mr. Johnsons statements are factually in correct and in touch with johnson and understand the facts and does not approve supplements or substances and for years we provided the service for every nfl player who wishes to have us test a supplement they send to us and this service was offered to lane. The statement goes on to say they warn players to be careful of supplements because they may not list all of the ingredients on the label. Moving on to baseball ryan howard is on fire, the Phillies First baseman is hitting 500 with three homers in august and including last nights home run and what does he do tonight against the rockies sits and no curtain call and on the bench with colorado despite hot numbers and he will cheer for the first inning and franco and phillies three nothing lead but next at bat he is not so happy about this, in the fourth drilled by tyler anderson, ouch, broncos stairs them down anderson yells at the bench, he is ejected, benches clear, everyone cools off. Rockies putting up a fight on the score board and ninth and gomez strikes out the side, phillies hang on to win 63 and won three straight for the first time in a month thanks to another save by gomez. Respect he was the last choice to be there, as closer we gave everybody an opportunity and he just stayed with it and did a good job, he stays poisoned on the mound, im thrilled for him, he is such a great guy. Go for the sweep and Michael Phelps adds to his gold metal collection and plus the union looking for their first one in more than a month, we are right back. For senate, a clear difference. Katie mcginty for background checks, for banning assault weapons, and banning highcapacity ammunition clips. And pat toomey . Against an assault weapons ban and against banning high capacity ammo clips like those used in the orlando massacre