Neighbors. If you or a friend need help call 21576590 40e. 215 7659040. Lets go over to david murphy. Reporter usually i do my reporting outside this time of the year, but not today. With the high heat and the temperatures climbing in the 90s its uncomfortable. Its hard to escape it if youre outdoors. Heat warning in effect not only this afternoon but until 8 00 p. M. The warnings is in the Central Counties highlighted in purple where the heat advisory is at its worst the heat indices will make it feel between 100 and 105. Of even in the outlying counties the advisory areas i think youll get up to 100 in terms of of the heat index. Lets talk about the seniors cool drinks and ac is important. If you dont have ac drop the shades on the sunny side of the house, but keep the windows open and get fans going too. Good idea to call relatives or friends or neighbors if youre having problems and of course the heat line is active today. Cool drinks a good idea for everybody. The pets keep them i
On double scan live radar moving away from bear and parts of central parts of New Castle County but this is beginning to fall apart but it would be nice if many of us could see a quick little shower to cool us off. Thats not going to be the general trend this evening. Future tracker showing tomorrow afternoon our heat index near 90, 94 philadelphia. So were getting rid of the 100s as we get into tuesday. When i come back well talk about a beautiful stretch probably the best so far this Summer Season ahead in the full accuweather forecast. Well focus on that adam. Thank you. Todays temperatures mean more than just another day in the soup for some people these conditions are down right dangerous. David henry continues our live coverage this afternoon. Hes live in logan square. David. Reporter yeah, alicia, kids have an easier time of it with this heat. They can take a dip in the fountain like here at logan square or in the Neighborhood Rec Center pool but seniors cant cool off so easily.
Then floods a powerful storm smashes records. And why forecasters fear for whats in store. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. No backing down today by gop president ial contender donald trump whose unfiltered and blunt talk has again ignited controversy. The latest came over the weekend when trump said vietnam war veteran and former p. O. W. Senator john mccain is not a war hero. And while the comments like those trump made about illegal immigration recently have sparked outrage it is worth noting that he leads the latest republican president ial poll though deeper examination suggests the mccain comments may be hurting him. We begin with nbcs katy tur. Reporter donald trump being donald trump today, refusing to apologize for saying john mccain is not a war hero. Telling matt lauer this morning well im not a fan of john mccain. Hes done a terrible job for the vets. I go around ma
Hottest night of the year. Pepco confirmed pour outages and the heat and humidity could be factors. Our Garrett Haake has been on the story all evening talked with affected residents and businesses. Hes live in northeast. Garrett . Reporter debra, thankfully the power is finally back on here in northeast for all but a few dozen people who might still be without it. For a while tonight, though, there were more than 4,000 people across the district without electricity. Pepco says the first outage tonight in northwest was not caused by the heat, but regardless of what caused it all these people had to deal with the high temperatures. At andre jones home in upper northwest the power went off just like that. The next thing we know, bam. You know, so i ran downstairs. I thought maybe it was a breaker. Reporter jones was one of more than 2,000 pepco customers in northwest to lose power around 7 p. M. He and his kids couldnt stay indoors after that. Very, very, very hot, extremely hot. Reporte
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