Summer storms are moving out of the area as more determiningous heat is moving in. A perfect ending to his career. Michael phelps captures another gold medal. An update on a young boys road to recovery after he was caught in the crossfire. We begin with the summer storms. Take a look at the ominous clouds hanging over music fest in bethlehem. The Stormy Weather forced concert goers to evacuate. The big issue right now, the dangerous heat. Heres a live look at boat house row. Its steamy out there at this hour. Thanks for being with us. We have been in the grips of a heat wave for four days and its turned deadly. The hot weather is being blamed for two deaths in philadelphia. We is Live Team Coverage of this extreme heat. We begin with karen thomas. We are not talking about a break any time soon. We are not. A lot of times we look to the overnight hours for relief. Not much overnight and we are back again tomorrow. Temperatures are across the board and mainly in the mid to upper 80s. Eve
Metro area. Some of the gusty winds in the backyard. Far cry from this morning. Were looking at all this sunshine over downtown denver and still waiting on a little rain. Hitting folks from the south and north and still in the isolated pocket. For now in douglas and elbert counties, 232 lightning strikes and also some small hail too. Colorado, up to the east. Heavier showers and more on the way out there in arvada as well as evergreen. Snowfall, yep. Upen the high country across Rocky Mountain National Park. The showers and thunderstorms with us for the next several hours. Could be heavy at times around dinner time in weld county and throughout this evening, 8 00, thunderstorms. The showers beginning to break apart. Still with us in some areas overnight. Temperatures keeping it cool today. Hit the low 70s. Now with these thunderstorms pushing in, cooling us off to the 60s and 70s in denver. Ray 81. In the 50s in leadville. And gunnison. So the rest of the evening anticipate the showers
Good morning, im tai hernandez. And im t. J. Holmes. Later and im t. J. Holmes. Later today, we expect to hear from the family of peter kassig. The third american beheaded by islamic militants. Isis released the video with the same man from the other videos. The 26yearold former army ranger taken captive in syria more than a year ago. Tahman bradley with more. Reporter t. J. And tai, good morning. President obama offered prayers and condolences to the family of this american aid worker. In a statement, the president called this an act of pure evil. In that hospital, i was able to share a little bit of hope and comfort with some people. Reporter american aid worker peter kassig came to syria to help. After he was captured last year, he converted to islam. But yis yi showed him no mercy. The terror Group Released a gruesome video of the 26yearolds execution. A masked man appears with a knife and with kassigs severed head at his feet. The man refers to kassig as a former u. S. Army soldie
Holy Cross Parish Church was completed in 1920. Currently serves 600 families. The fire depth says the building is made of heavy timber chris why the flames spread quickly. Crews went from offensive to defensive mode, meaning theyre objective was to save the nearby area. No one was in the building when the fire broke out. The church has just finished mass. We had just finished 1 00 mass, and then close the church, and five minutes you could see the smoke, and then i went inside, i could see some fire, so when i turn off the electricity, and we call the fire company, the fire guys, and we are very sorry to see that property is a complete loss for our church. While the sanctuary was destroyed the rectory is okay. The pastor wanted everybody to know that 6 00 mass is cancelled. The robbery capital of the nation is here in the bay area, with an average of one robbery for every 82 residents. Federal numbers obtained by our media partner, the bay area news group, show oakland had nearly 5,00
Fire ripped through a Century Old Church just minutes after mass ends. Heart broken parishioners watched the building burn. And right now firefighters are still dousing the rubble to make sure the fire doesnt flair up. Good evening. The fire at Holy Cross Parish in san jose started at 2 00 this afternoon. Abc7 News Reporter lilian kim is there live with the story. Lilian . Reporter katie, this is as close as we are allowed to get. The fire captain says these walls could collapse at anytime. A sad day for those who have been going to this church for decades. It took only minutes for a centurys old church to be a raging inferno. He just locked the doors. 1 00 mass had ended. In five minutes you could see the smoke and then went inside and could see the fire. It didnt take long before they realized there was nothing they could do. The fire burned through the roof and parts chapsed. Collapsed. Tried to distinguish the fire and went off from an offensive strategy to a defensive. The church