Philadelphia was 94 degrees. 96 in allentown as well as reading, 92 in wilmington and zeal aisle city even at the shore did break 90 degrees. This was the highest heat index this afternoon. The peak of the day it was 102 in allentown, 100 in philadelphia, over the Century Point Trenton Dover even Sea Isle City beach haven hit 90 for their combination of air temperature and humidity. And theres no relief in sight. These are air temperatures. Saturday, sunday, monday mid to upper 90s. Monday that will be the peak of the heat and humidity when the dnc begins and a record High Temperature and doesnt fall much as we get into tuesday and wednesday with highs at 95 degrees. So, some of these numbers that were going to be feeling moving forward, we havent seen from three to four years ago. That 99 was back in 2012 was the last time so its been awhile weve had consecutive days if not temperatures this hot. Well talk more about the numbers and let you know if theres any relief coming up monica w
And virginia we feel great about bunch them obviously some of them it is really close. What i know we will get lot of delegates tonight. As we move towards. Donald trump answering with unrubio recents insult after the new York Business man landed in ohio with new Jersey Governor Chris Christie by his side. Trump said rubio lied about trump having small hands. Other day i rubio you know i call him correct. I call him. I call little marco. Little marco. Hello. He said i had small hands. Actually i am 6, 3 not 6, 2 but he said i have small hands they are not small are they. I never heard i never heard that one before. I have always had people saying, donald trump you have most beautiful hands. Candidate John Kasich Ben Carson hoping breathe new life their campaigns answer after immediately bottom of pack in race he so far. Ojai governor kasich hoping for boost from his home state. Carson actually sits at the top of the one poll. The list of who people think ought to be trumps running mate
Philadelphia classes resumed following the lockdown. At the town hall meeting the president announced the former students detailed for police for allege allegedly having a gun was released. Its my understanding the prosecutor decided to not to press charges there was not enough evidence to press charges against him. Beginning monday students will have to not just show but swipe ids to enter buildings and the system would flag those not currently enrolled. While other Security Issues were also discussed both in practice and theory up to and including the possible use of metal detectors sometime down the road that was debated and talked about today. I have more on that when were back at 6 00. Live in center city, john rawlins, channel 6 action news, ryan. John, thanks very much. From the delaware newsroom today a fire forced everyone out of legislative hall today in dover. It started before 2 30 this afternoon. Firefighters say they saw smoke coming from the top floor of that building. A
Precipitation. From noon until 3 00 a. M. That is northeast, if we look at philadelphia and the metro area, what we think percentage wise about how much snow before it changes to rain, the highest percentage is 60 a light accumulation of 3 inches and if are you looking for 6 inches its less at 5 . Well have more about the storm on its heels come next week in the accuweather forecast. Thank you adam. Follow the storm with the 6 abc Storm Tracker app get the latest from accuweather and access to our live radar and use the report your weather feature, to let us know what is happening and where you are, and show us photos of the snow and create a digital postcard to give to your family and friends. It started with a murder suspect and when one of their own stopped them from solving the case and that officer is facing charges. John rawlins live now, the story is beginning to feel a bit like a soap opera. Or a cheap novel. That was the words of the d. A. Today. The case is there is a former
Her home, he confessed to strangling her and setting her body on fire, this morning a judge rejected an attempt by the defense to have that confession thrown out and to prevent the jury from seeing graphic pictures from the murder scene. Look at this incredible picture from cheltenham township this afternoon this is the view from chopper 6 hd a massive water main break created a geyser with water shooting high into the air and the action news viewers are shooting the video that happened at the 600 block of ashburn road. Myra edwards send us this one where you can see it spewing from street level. It was shut off at 2 40, gushing for more than an hour. When you see breaking news like myra and jason, join the action. Email your pictures and video to jointheaction 6abc. Com or use 6abcaction on social media. As you can see we use your foot able in our newscast. Thanks alicia. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter had strong words for the candidates hoping to replace them today and wondered if