You factor in that humidity it feels like 96 degrees right now in philadelphia. So far the High Temperature has made it up to 94 degrees. Making today the hottest day so far this year. Look at the numbers. 90 in wilmington. 91 right now as we look at trenton. 92 in dover. But these are the air temperatures. You have to factor in that humidity how your body reacts and look at this. It feels like 101 degrees right now in dover. It feels like 98 in wrightstown. It feels like 97 degrees current currently in allentown. So thats the danger and thats why we still have that heat advisory in effect for much of the region along the i95 corridor interior south jersey north and west for feels like temperatures approaching that century mark so just take it easy outdoors. Hazy hot and humid. 90 degrees still by 7 00 oclock 7 00 oclock. Temperatures are going to be low to follow if youre stepping outdoors keep that in mine. Muggy conditions. 82 degrees by 11 00 oclock tonight. So what about the upcoming weekend . Will we cool down and also we have neurally issued Severe Thunderstorm Warning to talk about north and west. Isolated thunderstorm produce something gusty winds as well as some hail. Well focus more on this situation right now coming up. Back to you. All right. Scott, thank you. Beat the heat with fox 29 news app. You can track temperatures see just how hot its going to get and when things will finally cool off a bit. It is free to download. Just search for it in the apple or google play stores. Todays hot and muggy weather isnt enough to stop thousands from flocking to lincoln financial field tonight. All worth it by suppose to see taylor swift. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson live in south philadelphia tonight with a whole lot of t swift fans. I know shawnette you are one of them. I know youll be dancing to night. Reporter listen, i am but im not the highlight. Right . Take look at the highlight behind meme some of the concert goers just starting to arrive. Who you girls here to say. Taylor swift there you have it. They just got here. Some people have been here as early as 8 00 this morning. They have field seats and want to get there to try to get to the front row as possible. Crowds gathered early for the taylor 1989 concert at the linc. Their decked out in taylor swift t shirts, homemade posters and if theyre lucky enough wearing vip passes around their neck. But the hype of the show is being challenged by the oppressive heat. The only way to deal with it drink bottles of water and find any shade you can. Fans say its all worth it. The heat isnt going anywhere and neither are they. We really wanted to see and weve been waiting since december when when we got the tickets. Weve been real excited for long time and now that its here, you know it is hot. Hot weather but you got to do what you got to do. We brought a lot of food. Weve been preparing for like, yeah, about a month. We brought water. It. So hot. And humid. And icky and hot. Youre going to brave im going brave this for my daughter daughter. She turned 16. This is her 16th birthday present. Here i am as mom. Somebody is up for mom of the year right . Of course, the big thing is trying to stay hydrated here tonight. Were told you can only bring in one bottle of water, of course, you can buy more once youre inside. So we hear emergency crews are also going to be around the area were hoping that they dont have to do too much work tonight in terms of anyone getting heat exhaustion. Dawn, other than that, theyre ready for a good show. All right. Thank you shawnette. Because of the huge crowd of taylor swift fans headed to the linc tonight septa is beefing up Service Starting at 6 08 tonight there will be 10 extra trips so riders will be able to catch train every 10 minutes. There also be extra trips on the market frankford line as well. Thats starting at 6 05. As always transfer from the market frankford to the broad street line for free at the 15th street station. Developing now one person is dead after a house fire in north philadelphia. Skyfox above the home on avon street this morning. Three people were inside when the fire broke out. One of them couldnt get out in time. Fox 29 weekends karen is live in the citys somerton section for to us name karen, this is a tragedy for this community. Reporter so sad. Tragedy for everyone this is our seventh fire fatality of the year. The woman who lost her life, 45 years old up here on the second floor. She was in a bathroom. Her mother was found right by the front door very critically burned in fact she probably has to be transferred immediately over to a burn unit. The father was in the basement and there was a Good Samaritan who helped to kick down that door right there. The heart wrenching call no one ever wants to make. A pain so deep all the hugs in the world do little to comfort that sadness. A grieving family today in somerton after this deadly house fire killed a 45yearold woman and critically injured her 75yearold mother. Her father escaped but is in shock. So many lives devastated a community in disbelief. What goes through your mind today that you were just speaking with her yesterday and now shes gone . Really sad. Really like, i just saw her yesterday and shes gone now. Its sad. Daughter always out walking the dog. Investigators say that dog did die in the blaze. There were no working smoke detectors and the family may have been trying to tackle the fire themselves. Preliminary investigation indicates that they may have have been trying to fight the fire. There was a lot of smoke damage throughout the property. Most of the fire on the first floor. Members first arrived, there wasnt a lot of fire, just a a lot of heavy smoke. That tells us the fire was burning for awhile. So smoke, new york smoke alarms. Get out and stay out. Fire prevention came out to the block this afternoon going door to door to install free smoke detectors. They are always available by calling 311. You can get a free smoke alarm from the philadelphia fire department. Call our number 311 and well come out install the smoke alarm for you. 10 year lithium Battery Powered smoke harm. You dont have to worry about changing the battery it actually lasts 10 years. Prevent tragedies like this one the message is make sure check at this minute the smoke detectors in your house to make sure they are working. If you need one call the fire department. Prepare a plan and practice your plan. Get out stay out is the other thing. Do not fight a fire. Get out and immediately call 911 to prevent further tragedies in around our area. Chris, back to you. Good advice karen. Thank you. Firefighters also busy in south philadelphia this morning. This fire broke out just before 6 00 on the 1,000 block of schneider avenue. Crews had it under control in less than an hour. A woman in her 50s was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. She is expected to be okay. Big cleanup in southwest philadelphia. This after part of a business ends up on a sidewalk. Youre looking looking at the awning for the golden cup salon it used to hang above the forty four strong on 6400 block of woodland avenue. Witnesses say it collapsed around 6 00 this morning. No one was hurt but three People Living nearby are being helped by the red cross tonight. Happening now, more than 30 cats and kittens are rescued from a horrible hoarding situation in Newtown Square. These are just some of the little kittens varying in age that had to be removed from the property barely fit for human habitation. Put two traps over there. This is video shot a couple of days ago by rags to riches Animal Rescue as they tried to trap and catch more than two dozen kittens and about 15 adult cats from what can only be described as a house of horror. Garbage and cat feces strewn everywhere. They were actually living in the floor boards in the basement basement. You can barely walk in the basement the smell of ammonia takes over. We had respirators on. And it was pretty gruesome. Apparently theyre up in the ceiling. The rescue learning of the hoarding situation at this hour on surry street in Newtown Square after the man who lived here for years had to suddenly move. The property which belonged to his mom sold at sheriff sale and all of the cats left behind. I would be out cutting the grass and youd see a cat face every once in awhile pop up and i had no clue that there were that many more behind the scenes. Reporter neighbor john berberises occasionally he would notice a strong odor coming from the property but never ever imagined what was inside. Really not a bad person. Nice guy. Would help out and, you know, i guess its just one of those things. Got ahead of him, you know and got out of control. Fortunately these sweet kittens safe and sound and being properly fed and cared for now. All need homes. They appear healthy and are adapting although they are a little shane. The cats are all scared. They dont know whats going on. Their world has been turned upside down. I have foster homes for about eight of them. And well try and adopt them out. Theyre adorable. They are adorable. As for adult cats the Chester County spca spayed and neutered help and helping to place them at an area farm that takes rescues. If youre interested in adopting one of these cute kitties go to myfoxphilly. Com for more information. A racial controversy tonight surrounding the woman in charge of an naacp chapter in washington state. Rachel has been the president of the spokane chapter of the Civil Rights Group for years but recently comments by her parents have raised concerns about her integrity. They say their daughter is a white woman pretending to be black. She represented herself as a black on a job application with the citys police commission. It is triggered a National Debate over race and ethnicity. She herself is now at the center of a city ethics investigation. Are you africanamerican . I dont understand the question. I did tell you yes thats my dad and he was unable to come in january. Are your parents white . As you can see she has not commented directly about her family background. She says the question is not as easy as it seems. Meanwhile the naacp issuing its comment saying they respect her privacy in the matter. They added that once racial identity is not a disqualifying standard for leadership. The group is also encourageing americans of all stripes to become members and serve as leaders of the organization. Broken windows an weed choked lawn createing a eye snore local neighborhood after several years neighbors so fed up they called fox 29 and after we got on the case, it did not take long for to us get results. Wait until you see what happened happened. Plus, a bullet goes flying through the window of an elderly couples living room in georgia. But they are okay and they say this is not about luck. Why they credit divine intervention. And it is white Appreciation Day in a colorado restaurant. Why people offered 10 discount even more shocking the person who came up with this idea. And at first it seemed like a sweet romantic video of a fairy tale wedding but the drone capturing this moment is about to run into some trouble. Wait until you see what happened next. Its become a problem in every corner of the city. Vacant homes left to rot while neighbors pay the price. Its no secret that philadelphia philadelphias population is far less than it was 50 years ago. Right. The evidence is in the thousands of vacant homes left crumbling all over the city. Bruce gordon joining us in the studio now for all too familiar story the neighbors left behind the deal with that abandoned home bruce. Philadelphia officials love the term city of neighborhoods but in all too many of those neighborhoods there are vacant houses literally falling apart and taking with them the Property Values and the piece of mind of their neighbors. The weather beaten sign at the corner of 61st and washington speaks to the past glory of this neighborhood. The Horticulture Society green nest block award four years running but that was nearly their years ago. Before a single home took the life out of this southwest philly oasis. There it is mid block. A ram shackled connected twin with waste high weeds. Vacant for many years and falling apart. Neighbors say theyve call the city repeatedly with nothing to show for it. We called down to license and inspection and told them about it and theyre like unless the house is going to fall down theres nothing they can do about it. But were just tired of it. Take a look at it. You know. Reporter frustrated neighbors say the old owners of the place passed away many years ago and left the home to their children. For while there was some effort at maintenance when that effort ended neighbors picked up the slack. The woman next door paid to have the backyard weeds cut down. Theyre on their way back. Its dangerous too. A lot of times the door is wide open, the front door is open. You never know when somebody can go in there or start fire or anything can happen. Theres children in this neighborhood. Reporter families who have lived there most of their lives. They tend to their homes and plant flowers and generally take pride in their block. And they must put up with this. Weeds, trash and danger as their longtime neighbor. This is horrible. Would you want to live on this block . No. If i wasnt living on this block now, i would never moved here. So we need help. Somebody has got to help us. Reporter dont hold your breath waiting for help from the city. Their Contact Information for that husband and wife owner of the property shows only a mailing address. You guessed it. The vacant house itself. Took me about 15 minutes of digging to locate the owners. I was able to speak to the wife by phone. She told me there is no excuse for their lack of maintenance and promised they will be over to begin cleaning upper happens as early as tonight. Well keep an eye on it, chris. Im sure you will. Thanks bruce. If you need our help getting results go to our website myfoxphilly. Com scroll down to the getting results section of our home page. Well speaking of Vacant Properties more than 150 Philadelphia Properties hitting the Auction Block today. Fisher Auction Company handling todays event on mark street. About 160 City Owned Properties in south philadelphia and kensington up for grabs. Many of them small single lots. Organizers say auctioning them off is a way to improve the neighborhood and also to generate revenue for the city of philadelphia. So when is your iphone not really an iphone when you buy a refurbish model from a National Cell phone store. Investigative reporter jeff cole digging into this issue. Hes live in the newsroom with a look ahead to the story coming up after the game. Jeff. Single mom from downingtown wanted to make her 11yearold happy the child wanted an iphone iphone. So Amber Martinez bought her a pre owned phone from a National Chain few months later the problems started. Martinez paid three freight bucks for the phone which she actually financed. 11yearold daughter was happy using it for snap chats and instagram postings. But when the phone got hot during use and wouldnt charge, her mom returned it to the National Cell phone store where they she bought it. They told her hey take it over to apple for repairs. Regardless where it comes from youre certifying it as a real apple phone. Im expecting it to ab real apple phone. And i found out that its not because a real Apple Company wont fix it. Reporter thats right. Apple wouldnt fix it. She had an iphone but apple would not repair it. Tonight after the game, learn why apple took a pass and what that National Cell phone chain is now willing to do about it. Plus some tips on how you can avoid the same trouble. Cell phone chain will also explain what happened here tonight its after the game as fox 29 investigates. Im jeff cole. Dawn. See you then. Thank you jeff. Graduation day today for thousands of students on the Drexel University campus and between ceremonies yesterday today and tomorrow over 7,000 bachelors and masters graduates receiving their degrees. The University Also award warding 14 honorary degrees one of them going to tennis legend billy jean king. King delivering the commence many address today for the new graduates. Tennis great ending her speech by serving tennis balls into the audience. So definitely a memorable commencement address. Absolutely. Skyfox over levittown today capturing incredible tribute to our countrys fallen youre looking at more than 65,000 american flags placed at the false township park. Each of them representing americans killed or missing in action during the vietnam war. The flags were placed in the same size and shape of the Vietnam VeteransMemorial Wall in washington. Dc. Childrens hospital of philadelphia raising money for Cancer Research today. All part of their 12th annual alexss Lemonade Stand event. Over 30 let me made stands set up throughout the hospital. Some of them at chop satellite offices as well. Officials also say using the day is one to honor their own dr. Garrett was awarded the picture of hope. He is a Pediatric Oncologist and neuroblastoma researcher honored for his outstanding research. Proceeds from todays event go towards pediatric Cancer Research. The manhunt continues for two convicted murderers who escaped from a new york state prison. Tonight shocking new details about how investigators believe they broke out and who may have helped them. Also almost eight decades after her disappearance they still have no happened what happened to Amelia Earhart. We have a look at what could be her final moment before take off. What the new images reveal. And from mild mannered kids to karate super power. Taking the nation by storm. Are you kidding me . This is only some of it. The bigger ones are upstairs. How a south philly 13yearold is proving to be just as inspirational as rocky balboa in karate and in life. music hey let me help with that. Oh, thank you music introducing the oneandonly Volkswagen Golf sportwagen. The sportier utility vehicle. Trouble for a Malaysian Airlines flight moments after takeing off from airport in australia. The jet forced around to make an Emergency Landing in belie melbourne. The pilot making that decision after the fire warning light caiman. 300 passengers on board and thankfully no one was hurt. Those on the plane actually praising the pilot and the crew for keeping their calm. No panic. The pilot kept saying this is all under control. Considering the malyasian airline and whats happened in the past it was pretty scary but we all fine now. You might recall that Malaysian Airlines was involved in two air disasters last year and mh370 disappeared over the southern indian ocean last march and mh17 shot down over the ukraine a few months later. Life is still disrupted for people in upstate new york as the search for two escaped prisoners ends its seventh day. David sweat and richard matt are still on the run after breaking out of new yorks clinton correctional facility. Both are convicted murderers. Main roads local schools are still closed as hundreds of state and local officials comb that area. Officialofficials are questioning prison employee Joyce Mitchell as a possible accomplice. She was under investigation for potential relationship with one of the convicts before the break out. Were continuing to work with her learning more and more information each day from her. As far as establishing a timeline on how this process occurred want her involve many was. Officials say that employee did not provide the power tools the two inmates used to escape but did provide them with other contraband. A bullet goes flying through the window of an elderly couples living room in georgia. They are okay tonight. But they say this isnt about luck. It is about divine intervention. And a teen survives a scary shark attack. What she had with her that may have saved her life. Scott . And dawn, today hazy, hot and you humid the hottest so far this year. Will we catch a break for the upcoming weekend . Your forecastheew is next. You youll never know how delicious 100 sirloin tastes. And thatd be a gosh darn shame. Try any one for just 4. 99. The sirloin third pound burgers at Mcdonalds Mcdonalds asked me to remind you that their new sirloin third pound burger wont be around long. If you miss out, youll never know how delicious 100 sirloin tastes. And thatd be a gosh darn shame. Try any one for just 4. 99. The sirloin third pound burgers at mcdonalds one woman is dead after a fire tour through her home in north philadelphia. The fire broke out this morning on the 600 block of avon street in somerton the victim a 45yearold woman found inside the home by fire investigators. Fire prevention officials were back on that same block in the neighborhood this afternoon passing out smoke detectors door to door. More than 30 cats and kitchens rescued from a home in Delaware County rags to riches Animal Rescue says it removed two dozen kittens and about 15 adult cats from a horrible hoarding situation in Newtown Square. Some of the kittens are now being cared for by foster parents and are available for adoption. If youre interested in adopting one of these kittens go to myfoxphilly. Com for more information. Meantime about a dozen stray cats turn up dead in Northampton County. Police think they may have been poisoned. Lower saucon Township Police say the cats had no signs of trauma and appeared to be in good condition. Police are investigating whether someone gave the cats antifreeze. Investigators are wouldnting in someone is trying to curb the stray cat population. In georgia an elderly couple says it was divine intervention that saved them from a stray bullet shot right through their living room window window. The bullet peered the wall just inches away from a 10 commandments plaque but thats not the end of the story. Foxs Jacqueline Schultz picks it up from there. The lord was with us. Reporter commandment number six. That was shall not kill inch ace way from plaque of the 10 commandments. It traveled on an angle. Reporter something that could have killed donny and his wife linda in their home off of shot them down road. Someone hit the side of the house. Reporter and someone did. Late at night with a bullet straight through the outside of their house and through their living room wall. I didnt see nobody. I just wept by the bed. Reporter days later lynn fell down here. Freaky find by the kitchen. 22 caliber casing. Someone could have died or got badly injured. Reporter donny doesnt know had did it but notice the bullet came from field in the back of his home. Wouldnt ifs the shooter was horsing around or firing at a critter. Donny says loud noises now make him jump but his wife tells us she believes this holy reminder on the wall saved everyone in the home. Donny hope the shooter gets the message besides watch his aim. I hope he knows the 10 commandments. Maybe theyll understand what they mean. In forsythe, county Jacqueline Schultz fox news. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority now. Today was the day i got out the up flatable pool for my daughters to go out gone swimming. Really what a scorcher. Hottest day so far. Hottest day so far. I mean, temperatures have been in the mid 90s. It felt close to 100 degrees right in philadelphia and right now really no relief in sight. Take a life look the Philadelphia International airport. The air temperature is 93 degrees. But take a look at that heat index. Down a few degrees from earlier this afternoon but it still feels like 96 degrees. Thankfully there is a little bit of a breeze, however its kind of humid when you step outdoors. So lets take a look at the air temperatures right now. None in trenton. 93 philadelphia. 92 in dover. Whats going on here . Pottstown 77. 75 in allentown. Were talking about a few scattered showers and thunderstorms rain cooled in those areas. But take look at the feels like temperature. You can see it feels like 101 right now in dover. Feels like nick degrees right now in trenton. So that is the danger and as we take a look we still have those heat advisories in effect for the urbanized areas along i95 interior south jersey north and west until about 8 00 oclock. Feeling close to 100 degrees. So hazy, hot and humid still 90 at about 7 00 oclock tonight and as we roll the clock ahead it stays warm. 85 by 9 00. Low 80s by 11 00 oclock but still pretty muggy. As we take a look at ultimate doppler you can see a few a couple of popup showers and storms Severe Thunderstorm Warning north and west until 5 45. Zoom in on this action right now. In sections of Chester County, moving toward the easton area. Some of this activity going to try and move toward the norristown area but this particular popup storm has begun to weaken a bit. Well take up to sections of Northampton County right now and you can see were watching a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 5 45. Some gusty winds downpours. This activity is moving toward the easton area owe just be on the look out for that. Well continue to follow the popup showers and storms and then theres a front well off to the west. That will bring us a little bit in the way of some relief by the upcoming weekend so one or two pop up isolated thunderstorms. Otherwise temperatures are going to be slow to cool as we go to your friday evening. For tomorrow, were looking at a mixture of sun and clouds maybe a few scattered showers and thunderstorms but still kind of hot. 93 philadelphia. But take a look behind this front at the cooler air. Upper 50s in chicago. 79 degrees currently in detroit. So for tonight its scatter clouds muggy conditions. Upper 60s mid 70s and then as we move ahead to tomorrow 99 degrees. If we hit 90 tomorrow that will make an official heat wave. The first so far this year. A few once again popup scattered showers and storms similar to whats happening today. Down the shore for the upcoming weekend its going to be a warm one out there. 80s tomorrow. 70s upper 70s on sunday. Maybe a few scattered late day saturday afternoon and evening thunderstorms. So have the sunscreen handy and just take look at the water temperatures improving a bit still a little chilly but in the mid 60s that Weather Authority seven day forecast showing tomorrow hot humid a few scattered showers and storms. Then not quite as humid but still kind of warm. 86 for the High Temperature on sunday. Its flag day by the way and as we take a look at monday, 87 degrees. Maybe a scattered popup storm and then temperatures still above average as we move into the first part of next week. A little cooler and maybe unsettled for the latter part of next week. But the average high this time of year is 82 degrees and were well above that certainly today and for tomorrow as well. Its hard to believe last week, remember last week . Umhmm. People were we were in the 50s. Exactly. Rather be in the pool than the ocean this weekend. Its white Appreciation Day at a colorado restaurant. Thats right. White people offered a 10 discount. But even more shocking, the person who came up with this idea. Almost eight decades after her disappearance, we still have no idea what happened to Amelia Earhart. But we do now have what could have been her final moments before take off. What these new images reveal. And what started out as a Simple School project now has some local police depths upset. Tonight, well show you the display that started this whole controversy. Ive been drivin a lincoln since long before anybody paid me to drive one. I didnt do it to be cool. I didnt do it to make a statement. I just liked it. Lease an mkc for 329 a month plus competitive owners and lessees get 500 bonus cash, only at your lincoln dealer. Severe weather in surgeon colorado bringing hail and heavy rains causing major flash flooding. It is createing a mess in towns like colorado springs. Drivers attempting to drive through what they thought were puddles getting stranded after realize those waters were several feet deep. Now, crews had to rescue at least two women whose cars became submerged in the flooding flooding. It was storming and i couldnt see anything. So i pulled over and i put gps how to get home and it tack me down this dark street and i didnt realize that because like lake and i drove right into it. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for eastern colorado for the rest of the night. A North Carolina girl is lucky that be alive following a shark attack thanks to her boogie board. This happening yesterday at ocean aisle beach. Witnesses say the 4foot shark was really going after the teens board but ended up catching her foot as well leaving her with some cuts to her feet. Those watching from the beach say the whole thing was surreal. She wobbled out and left the boogie board and it just went at the boogie board i wasnt like oh my gosh i hope she has her legs. I felt so bad for her because she was so young. Police say she had a few cuts to her toes and was taken to the hospital. But she will be okay. Well almost 80 years after her disappearance the fate of Amelia Earhart remains a mystery mystery. But thanks recent discovery were now getting a new look at the iconic aviator as she prepares for the flight that would become her last. The discovery of new film footage appears to show earhart getting ready to board her lockheed electric 10e this footage would have been shot in 1937. Earhart posed at an airport tarmac believed to be in california. This never before seen footage was discovered by the photographers nephew. Earhart and her husband flew more than 29,000 miles around the globe before vanishing without a trace. President obama having some fun with some of his predecessors today. Kind of. The president raced against the Washington Nationals mascots. Tom, bill, george, teddy and abe theyre all former president s youll see them running around during the fourth inning of every home game. President obama reportedly saw the race going on. He stopped his motorcade as it left the stadium to meet them, then the challenge was on. All this took place at the 54 many annual congressional baseball game by the way democrats beat republicans five fivetwo and you know what the prize was . Takeing home 24 bottles of white house brewed beer. Are you kidding me . This is only some of of it. The bigger ones are upstairs. How a 13yearold fighter from south philadelphia is proving to be just as inspirational as rocky balboa. But in karate and in real life next. And at first it seemed like a romantic video of a fairy tale wedding but its about to take a dramatic turn thanks to a drone. Well show you the rest of this video coming up. Sean . Chris, the phillies on another slump its probably going to continue tonight against the pirates. Chase utley is slumping more than anyone check out how bad its gotten later in sports. music hey let me help with that. Oh, thank you music introducing the oneandonly Volkswagen Golf sportwagen. The sportier utility vehicle. Huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Everybody knows that. Well, did you know genies can be really literal . No. What is your wish . No. Ok. A million bucks oh no. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more car insurance. Summer are dealing with the heat others are dodging storms much this was the scene from one much our fox 29 crews headed to allentown a little while ago. You can see the skies opening up there. Bring something heavy rain of course scott will have more on your forecast coming up in just a little bit. Well the new rocky movie set to hit theaters in november but right now a different south philly fighter is grabbing the spotlight. He weighs about 74 pounds. Hes 13 years old and its karate that has landed him on the national stage. Youll meet reigning National Champion reno dagostino. He trains just as hard as rocky balboa and probably inspires just as many. Heres lucy noland. Reporter yeah, the rocky theme really does blast as reno dagostino carves it up with his bow staff. Rocky training in philly. Reno representing. Reporter heres the thing. At 4foot sick inches, his competition can look like giants. Hes always the tiny yesterday one. Usually comes out on top and everybody is scratching their head like oh, my god. Reporter usually comes out on top . Reno is reigning two time National Champion for weapons and sparring and this middle schoolers days begin with training. Normally most days break out the bow and start whipping it around and working on did you have things. Scratches on the floor. Thats why were not allowed to have dining room furniture yet. Reporter teacher at south phillys Meredith School lit the Marshall Arts fire in reno with one simple book. Its about these five boys and theyre orphans in a monastery but they train in a training is so intense its so incredible. Reporter four short years ago renos martial arts odyssey began. He just doesnt let anything stop him. Crazy to think it starred in your third grade class with that book. With that book. Yes. Reporter are you kidding me . This is only some of it. More of the bigger ones are upstairs. Wait. This is only some of it . Umhmm. Reporter its a whole room. Reporter trophies, plaques, cups, belts. This one. Reporter but one trophy stands out above all of the renos other others because it doesnt come easily. It was really challengeing and i actually had to work really really really hard for that one. Reporter but you got it . Yes. Reporter and this is first place again. Its first place yeah. He comes on sunday mornings to train. Reporter tucked away on this south philly street positive force karate a door thats really easy to miss. But opens to whole new world. Master hugo armandos world. Six time world champion. Black belt hall of famer 42 years in the art. I havent seen any ive seen children come in this art and get good and leave. Reno gets good and gets better. Ive been in the art for a long tile and he comes in school some nights and he says hes moving. Where did you get that. I was practice testifying and it came out. Reporter even your jaw drops . Yeah. Yes, it does. Reporter jeddi knight. Youre into the whole star wars thing. You know, the moves they do. I mean thats pretty crazy. Are you thinking about that ever when youre out there coming up with these routines . Yeah. Reporter yeah . Yeah. Reporter renos hard work isnt limited to Marshall Arts. His school held a pi contest as in that infinite numbers used to measure circles reno was all in. Who could tick off the great testify number of digits. And he cep going. And going. 107 digits. And the crowd went wild. And reno got to pie the teacher of his choice. Sweet victory. Just like on the mat. Youre running out of time. Go reporter it doesnt come easily and thats a good thing. Its helped me to persevere through hard challenging things. Schoolwork and like if theres like a move that im trying to do with the bow and i cant get it just got to keep doing it and eventually youll get it. Reporter youll eventually do it. Talk about inspirational. Who needs movies when youve got a real life south philly champ . You might want to keep an eye on reno dagostino. He is shooting for the 2020 olympics and good luck to him. Impressive. Turning to your health tonight ladies, you may want to consider taking an aspirin every day even if you feel just fine. New study suggesting that a daily dose of aspirin can stop the spread of Breast Cancer. Doctors believe it can be particularly helpful for those who have already had Breast Cancer and beat it. They found that aspirin can cut the risk of secondary tumors if the cancer comes back years down the road. Past studies have also found taking aspirin every day can stop the spread cologne gas tow intestinal and prostate cancer. The search is for four men who tried to steal an atm. It turn out these guys werent very skilled criminals. Surveillance video shows a vehicle plowing into the front of a cvs backing out then driving back into the store several times. Several masked men also entered the store. The driver hit the atm self times trying to dislodge it from the base but no luck. The wannabe thieves finally gave up and ran off. Troubling video showing three athletes being hit by a shuttle bus. We want to warn you this video is difficult to watch but everyone is expected to be okay. Take look. You see a group of teenaged austrian swimmers crossing the street. The group is european games and as they cross a bus swerve around a turn, hitting three of the Swimmers Police are looking into if weather or not the driver was under the influence during the crash. One of the teenagers is already out of the hospital and the other two are being treated for nonlife threatening injuries. What started out as joke and a bad joke ends up cooking up controversy that colorado restaurant. The owner of rub and butts barbecue hosted a white appreciation discount day yesterday. Edgar, a mexican american, claims it all started us a joke and never intended to be taken seriously. He says the 10 discount for white customers was really meant to go to all customers. I thought about the consequence ifs we do do it. The good, the bad the ugly. We just decided role with it and see what came about. Restaurant received a few bomb threats and death threats. Their website is also been taken down due to all of that attention. Well we know that wait times in Emergency Rooms can be long at times but one woman went to Great Lengths to get one hospital staffs attention. Police say Caitlin Milligan used a lighter to set off the sprinklers in the ladys room at er waiting room in North Carolina. The alarm triggered the Sprinkler System and flood the emergency room with an inch of water. Hospital Officials Say the incident happened during their busiest time and for staff and patients to evacuate the area. She knows what she did was wrong. Instead of receiving care and going home, well, milligan ended up going right to jail. She was freed on 5,000 bond. Taking wedding photos some of the most intimate moments avenue couples special day. A lot of weddings are doing this now. Using drones. Well one photographer went too far. Using a drone to capture these newlyweds. Check it out. Yeah, that didnt go so well. You saw he had a great shot for 10 seconds but he didnt see the few trees in his way. The photographer said he was able to fix his drone and his friends, well they were pretty happy with that video. The heat is here. Temperatures reaching the 90s today. Now, many are under a heat advisory. Controversy brewing at one local school. Its this display that has a lot of people talking. The message behind the display and what the school is saying tonight. It is a friday sizzler. A heat advisory in effect right now for much of our viewing area. No need for us to tell you, it is hot outside. Tonight we are definitely bracing for sweltering heat and unbearable humidity. This wicked weather is going to stick around for a couple of days. Good evening im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. Lets get straight over to our Weather Authority chief meteorologist Scott Williams in the Weather Center tracking the heat. Scott, just how hot did it get today . Well, recordbreaking setting heat across the area today. New information just in. Right now you can take a look at this chris and dawn. 95 degrees. The official high at the Philadelphia International airport and take look at that. It advertise the record from 1947 on todays date of 95 degrees. So thats the air temperature but today we had feels like temperatures right around 100 degrees. Right now its 93 degrees. The heat index how it actually feels it feels like 95 right now stepping outdoors. We still have the heat advisories in effect for feels like temperatures in the upper 90 toss near 100 degrees along the entire i95 corridor. Also weve been keeping tabs on few pop up isolated thunderstorms right now far north and west of philadelphia its starting to weaken right now around the norri