New jersey, 97 at morristown, you get a little rain cooled or not rain cooled but cloud cooled 88 on the shore at belmar. The heat index values well into new jersey. We have an air quality alert in effect until 11 00 p. M. Out there. If you have any type of heart or lung condition you would want to avoid any type of strenuous activity outdoors into the evening hours. These are the storms we have been talking about, one blew up right near the George Washington bridge, affected inwood, parts of the bronx and then moved into parts of queens. That has since weakened. One little shower on the queens brooklyn border, couple of other showers north of and east of long branch in new jersey so again this first heatwave in central park since july of 2013, over two years ago, youre going to want to stay in air conditioned places if you can. If you cant, stay hydrated and avoid heavy exercise outside. A little bit of relief from the heat tomorrow but at the same time the humidity is going to come u
Afternoon. 94 yesterday. The heat looks to have peaked yesterday afternoon with that 94. The humidity, its just as high this morning and it will stay steamy through the day. Clear view across the delaware. This is the view from the adventure aquarium. Philadelphia International Reporting a few scattered clouds but thats it. Widespread wet weather will wait until later in the week. Youll feel the mugginess through the day today. Temperatures climb with bright sunshine, into the low 90s this afternoon. The sun coming up just after 6 15. Well be watching for the few clouds this afternoon and a slight chance of an ice stated shower later today. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Right now lets get a check of the first alert traffic. Katy zachry is taking a look at this this morning. As the skies are clear, so are the roads this morning. No major accidents on any of the major routes in pennsylvania, new jersey or delaware. Taking a live lo
Historic firsts. Two women will graduate this week from the elite army rangers. The effort that they put forward has been significant. Theyve impressed all they have come in contact with. If theyre combat ready, why wont the pentagon let them fight. Straight out of compton, the top movie in america. But with hiphops reach, the rising anger on how the media is covering it. Tonite for the first time in nine years active duty soldiers have been called up to help fight dozens of wildfires raging across th across the american west. There is slow progress against the blaze called the shlane complex fire. It has forced thousands to evacuate the area. Were in shalan, washington, with more. The best way to describe the number of homes lost here and elsewhere in the u. S. Is simply devastating. In washington more than 50 structures are destroyed, including the one behind me where you see a chimney standing, and in idaho more than 40 destroyed a couple dozen in oregon and more than 175 in califor
This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im tony harris. The last charge of a Chemical Spill in West Virginia has pled guilty. Robert ray is at the courthouse. Its been a year and a half in the making. Since West Virginia residents here in charleston, nine counts were effected by a Chemical Spill that went into the elk river. That caused by Freedom Industries here. Five of the executives pled guilty already, and the last one, the main guy, gary southern, has pled guilty to charges. Hell plead guilty in september. They walked into the court a little earlier. Are you the example of a greedy executive who doesnt care about people. Sir, excuse us. Even though the executives have already pled guilty and will face fines and potential jail time, many of the 300,000 people effected here a year and a half ago still want answers from government agencies. They wonder why they were sick. Why the entire area smelled of lick russ and why still some are having nausea because of this Chemical
A look at your bus stop Weather Forecast in the next weather and traffic on the 1s. Whats happening now, melissa . Update on the 95 northbound situation. We are still quite slow. Getting a tiny bit better. 95 north at courthouse road, got the crash on the shoulder. It was a semi in the center lane. Still going pretty slowly as youre headed northbound. The problem is in fredericksburg, northbound here after stafford as you approach triangle. After that, its not so bad. The travel times are fairly good from quantico northbound. 70 south, to clarksburg and then some red line delays to shady grove from earlier delays. New this morning, d. C. Police investigating two shootings that happened hours ago. One on florida avenue in southeast d. C. , a man was shot on Frederick Douglas place. Molette green has more on the violent night. She is at police headquarters. Molette . Reporter yeah, aaron, two shootings as you mentioned coming just hours after the Police Chiefs latest appeal to the public