Warning stays into effect until tomorrow night. Thats a long time. Satellite and radar were currently dry. We have storms in chicago, we dont expect, though to see many more storms today. Well stay dry through the day, look at the numbers, 73 in reading. 79 in philadelphia. 78 even in Atlantic City at pomona international Atlantic City international in pomona. 7 00 a. M. , 79 degrees. Well be in the 90s by lunchtime. At 3 00 p. M. , 95. Your high today is 97. At 5 00 p. M. , coming down from that, 95 degrees, at 7 00 p. M. , 91. Sunshine mixing with clouds today its just going to be a brutal day. You need to be careful. The dewpoints, 74 dewpoint in philadelphia. Millville and dover, 76. We have the oppressive air mass that we continue to see thats going to be a problem through the region. The excessive heat warning goes into effect at lunchtime today. It lasts until friday at 8 00 p. M. Because it will feel like its over 100 degrees. Reporter ready or not here we go. Police activity, good old flashing lights along the schuylkill expressway these are the eastbound lanes east of montgomery drive in toward center city. Most of the activity is off to the side. People are tapping their brakes to see whats going on on the shoulder. As you continue on you cant get on the eastbound vine from the eastbound schuylkill expressway, they have reopened the westbound ramp from the schuylkill expressway to the eastbound vine. Were starting to pack up the construction, but restrictions where the schuylkill expressway meets up with the vine street expressway. Work overnight, i95 northbound side near the walt whitman bridge, that zone has cleared. Lets see if this is out of there, northbound side close to the betsy ross bridge, yes indeed they have cleared. All northbound lanes reopened near cottman avenue. Crash in Chester County, 30 bypass past reeseville road. Bridgeport a crash at 4th street prospect avenue by the locker room self storage. A mother and daughter have been stabbed and we learned the mother has died. It happened in south philadelphia. Police are searching for the attacker who they believe is the exboyfriend. Katherine scott received an update from police live on the 2700 block of daily terrace. What do you know . Reporter we did speak to police, were hearing a mother and daughter were stabbed overnight. Initially the mother when Police Arrived was talking to them giving them information and telling them what happened. Were hearing that she succumbed to her injuries at the hospital. This happened in south philadelphia around 2 00 a. M. , were hearing the suspect is 25 years old, an exboyfriend who was arrested before, we dont know why, police remain on the scene as they gather evidence inside and outside the home. Police say the exboyfriend upset about a recent break up stabbed the mother and daughter. His exgirlfriend, the 21yearold daughter was rushed to penn presbyterian with a severe stab wound to the neck. Her 48yearold mother was stabbed in the neck and chest. She was rushed to the hospital. When police got here, she was talking to them, but she died from her injuries around 3 45 a. M. The 21yearold victim broke up with the boyfriend a few days ago. He feels upset about it. Role time cameras captured images of him fleeing on foot. We have his name and address in the 22nd district in north philadelphia. We have Police Officers in the area, so if this individual returns to his last known address he will be taken into custody. Reporter there was another person in the house when all this was going on. Police say the person was an witness to this, they were not injured, they are not providing information on what the relationship was, but they were taken to homicide to be interviewed. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. Thank you. Katherine. Developing overnight, a bizarre incident in hunting park, a woman stole a taxi cab and pretended to be a driver. The strange incident started around midnight when the driver pick up a 6yearold woman in hunting park. The cab driver got out and helped the woman because she had trouble walking. She illuded the driver and jumped in the cab and took off. Police took out a description of the cab and the woman and a halfhour later, they found her and pulled her over. The suspect had a fare in the back seat. Police took the suspect into custody, the fare did not know the cab was stolen. Police are investigating a deadly shooting this is video from chopper 6 hd showing Police Investigating the shooting late last night on the the 5600 block of gibson drive in southwest philadelphia. According to police the victim was shot in the head. No word on a motive or any word on who police are looking for. A boy is fighting for his life after unsuccessfully trying to jump on to a moving train in philadelphia. It happened on the 3600 block of castor avenue in the u. N. Juniata section of philadelphia. He try to jump on the train and he missed his leg was severed. They are thankful he is alive. He is a great spirit, he plays all the sports, him losing his leg is a horrible thing. He remains in the hospital in critical condition. One of the four young men who was murdered in the bucks county killing spree will be laid to rest today. A visitation was held for the family of tom mayo in the torresdale section last night. His funeral will be held in northeast philadelphia thorning a memorial gathering will be held for mark sturgis. Cosmo dinardo confessed to killing tom meo and mark sturgis and two other young men. President trump insisted that congress hold off on their august recess staying in washington and get something to his desk. The Congressional Budget Office released their findings on the outlook if the Affordable Healthcare Act is repealed and not replaced. A measure the senate has considered. They find it would leave 17 million americans uninsured in 2018 and 32 million than that without coverage in 2026. As bad as its been over the last couple of days, today will be worse. Reporter today will be worse. Well be at the height of the heat wave that will last a long time. Theres an excessive heat warning and air quality alert, two good reasons to stay inside if you can. Storm tracker 6 live double scan dry in the area, you can see a few specks on the grounds, but nothing reaching ground at this point. Sky6 live hd looking live a pretty shot of the Commodore Barry bridge. You can see breaks in the clouds. Youll see a good amount of sunshine. It will work to heat things up today and not in a pleasant way. Lets look at the current numbers, 79 degrees. The dewpoint 74. Oppressive humidity. The winds are out of the South Southwest pumping up the warm and humid air mass. The pressure is falling and the ocean temperature a warm 78. Satellite and radar weve got clouds out to the west. Well see clouds spilling in, i think today things will stay quiet as far as storms are concerned. Well see something spark up, theres a low chance of it. 97 is the high. It will feel hotter at 9 00 a. M. Lunchtime, in the 90s. 3 00 p. M. , 95. 6 00 p. M. , 94 coming down from a high of 97 degrees. Today heres how it will feel, the heat index tracker, showing the height of the arch, heigt of the afternoon, 2 00 p. M. , 3 00 p. M. , 101. Seek out airconditioning if you dont have it at home, go to a movie or mall take breaks in the shade, check on the seniors and pets. You need to be careful today. You could get some relief down the shore, its sticky, but with the sea breeze you can see that temperatures will hold in the upper 80s. Even though its muggy and you have the hot sand its better than the city. Delaware beaches in the low 90s. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, today heat index of over 100. 97 is the high, take it easy in the heat. Tomorrow its oppressive humidity, saturday, clouds and sun, temperatures drops a little bit. Its moderately humid on saturday, clouds and sun, 91, thundershowers and thunderstorms. Sunday will be the more active day for afternoon thundershowers and thunderstorms. Monday is sticky. Some models suggesting upper 80s, 90s not a lot of relief. Finally on tuesday we get the relief right there. You can see by then, 86 degrees, wednesday more comfortable and 86 degrees. So finally were seeing relief in the sevenday forecast of course but you have to wait until early next week. Senator john mccain is facing a battle against brain cancer. We take a look at the treatment and the president prognosis. Neighbors in familiar are on alert because the massive sinkhole is getting bigger. Reporter the delay will not grow here, because construction crews cleared out on time with the schuylkill expressway meets up with the vine. Theres a crash in Chester County and a new one in south jersey when action news continues on this thursday morning. Welcome back youre tr ago live look here, at penns landing, the lights all the stuff out there makes it look like a lot of fun, but not today. This is not a good day for a walk along the water. Its a good day to stay indoors. 5 14, 79 degrees. Karen rogers said the heat index will feel like 100. This is kind of weather that causes roads to buckle here and there. We have not seen that yet, right . Reporter some of our western routes, especially. We see that along 422. Fingers crossed we dont see anything like that today. We are seeing a number of accidents and construction zones. Crash in Chester County, eastbound direction near thorndale past reeseville road. Speeds increasing as we watch now in the mid 50s. I have a feeling were getting the crash pushed off to the side. 30 bypass eastbound driver in the morning. Bridgeport, updated location on this accidents a couple of blocks where we thought it was, 4th street at coat es coats street. Heading toward the turnpike, construction crews out of here, 476 approaching the mid county toll plaza youre good to go there and farther north on 476 the northeast extension roving crews near lansdale have cleared. Were watching construction in Ewing Township along 29 northbound and the ramp i95 southbound to get to 29. That ramp is closed until 6 00 a. M. This morning. Time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app, a crash on the new jersey turnpike near mounted laurel exit 4, its off to the side, but something to watch out for in burlington county. John mccain mass a glioblastoma, it is the most aguessive aggressive type of brain tumor. It was discovered under he underwent surgery last thursday tow remove a blood clot from above his left eye. This particular type of cancer has a prognosis of months of survival with treatment and radiation and chemo therapy. There are 10 of people survive five years or more. Mccain is recovering at his arizona home. He and his family are considering treatment options. Mccain is set to be in philadelphia in october to receive the liberty medal. Thousands of people have been forced from their homes because of a wildfire that exploded in size. The detweiler fire has scorched 20,000 acres so far. In all there are 37 large active fires burning across 12 states in the west. Bad news fore People Living near the massive sinkhole in florida. It is growing still. Officials say i expanded ten feet wired than servitudes. Because of that residents in two additional homes have been told to get out. The sinkhole swal rowed two homes last week. Engineers hope to bring in dirt and remove debris over the weekend or early next week. Its go time at dunkin with two egg and cheese wakeup wraps for 2. Enjoy two freshly made oventoasted wraps and keep on running all day long. America runs on dunkin. An Outdoor Oasis is reopening along the parkway. The action cam is live in front of the art museum showing you what is called the oval. This year visitors can enjoy movie nights and music and games for children and adults there will be a rotating lineup of food trucks and beer garden, it is open until august 20th. Reporter sounds like a good time. Do they have ministers . Reporter were looking good on the roads for the most part, i95 at the delaware state line, traffic is moving fine, headlights coming southbound toward naamans road. In delaware, northbound construction toward christiana 273. A couple of lanes out out there until 6 00 a. M. Mass transit so far so good train and buses on time this morning. Karen. Reporter 97 is the high today. Hot and humid hazy sunshine the winds out of the west 6 to 12 Miles Per Hour an excessive heat warning goes into effect until noon today and lasts until 8 00 p. M. On friday, because weve been in this heat wave for a few days, this is our thirty straight day of 90degreeplus temperatures. Today and tomorrow the height of the heat wave. In addition to that we have ozoneaction day, there are a lot of particles for kids, the elderly and people with heart and lung issues. This was a crazy scene new yorkers are used to seeing unusual things, but this caught people by surprise, a man wielding a machete faced off with a man armed with a garbage can. The driver made a comment to the man walking on the street. The cops eventually busted up the fight and arrested the man with the machete. More dangerous weapon of the two. Next in the morning buzz, how a paternity test involving a Famous Artist could be solved decades after his death. The Wildwood Police department made a little boys dream come true. Reporter in g. M. A. s first look, madonna singing a happy tune. A new york judge blocking an auction house to remove 22 of 28 memorabilia items for sale. Among them a break up letter from tupac. She said she had no idea that the letter was no longer in my possession. She notes most of the memorabilia put up for sale it was put up by darlene lutz. Well have more on the madonna people biel i cant coming up at 7 00 a. M. With g. M. A. First look, abc news new york. So, your new prescription does have oh, like what . Ects. Youre gonna have dizziness, nausea, and sweaty eyelids. And in certain cases chronic flatulence. No sooooo gassy girl. So gassy. If youre boyz ii men, you make anything sound good. Its what you do. If you want to save 15 percent orore on car insurance, you switch to geic its what you do. 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I dont know how you fit it in. An impressive rescue by Delaware State Police see how they saved a woman using a helicopter. Half dozen police opened fire on a single man in kensington. Hear why they rained down a hail of bullets next. Breaking on action news, police say an angry exboyfriend went after a mother and daughter with a knife. The mother died of her wounds. A dozen Police Officers shot at a single armed suspect in kensington. Open swim the city does everything it can to keep everyone cool as an excessive