Democratic national convention. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, in accepting the republican nomination for president , donald trump promised to put america first. His speech lasted more than an hour, as promised. Trump vowed to restore law and order, control immigration, and negotiate new trade deals. And he lashed out at Hillary Clinton. Weijia jiang is in cleveland with the details. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Donald trump spoke for 76 minutes to be exact but his address did not offer any specific details about policy and it also lacked the humor and impromptu style that once defined trumps speeches as he tried to convince the country that he in chief. Fireworks lit up the sky outside of the arena as balloons rained down on donald trump and mike pence and their families. The joyful celebration in which he vowed to restore law and order to a nation in peril. The crime and violen
Caught in the downpour. Our high today reached 97 degrees, and that makes it a tie for the hottest day of the year plus we had couple 97 y but heat index reached 109, and it may get even hotter, tomorrow. Temperatures right now have back off just a little bit a at 94 degrees in philadelphia 92 millville. Eightyfour allentown in the wake of the rain. We have improvement if you can get a thunderstorm to move through but heat index values from the city on south where we havent had any storm Activity Still feeling like the triple digits, look at dover, 116 the heat index. Coming up we will tell you how hot it will feel tomorrow and sunday and when we may get relief from the heat, that is coming up in a few minutes. Nicole, back over to you. While the excessive heat warning remains in effect so will the Philadelphia Corporation for agings heat line. If you or someone you know needs help beating the heat call 215 7659040, between now and midnight. The heat line will also be opened, saturday
The warmest low temperature for the day. Were still in the 80s, pretty impressive at this hour. 76 degrees in allentown, suburbs same deal, quakertown, feeling the best at 73. That dew point tells us how much moisture is in the air. Humidity very high, 77. I dont think ive seen it that high. That might be the highest so far this summer for philly t makes it feel insufferable. That will be the trends throughout the day today and tomorrow. Humid index values up to 90. It feels like 90 degrees outside in philadelphia already at 6 00 a. M. Ninetyone, in dover. Actual air temperature, mid 90s today, maybe we get some brief relief later today with the scattered shower or storm, thats about it. The shore stays dry. Thats probably the best place to be as well as poconos, upper 80s to 09 degrees. We will get rid of the 90s coming un in the seven day forecast. Rahel, back to you. Thank you, justin. Trying stay cool when it is so hot and humid. It is easier said than done. Cherri gregg from siste
David allard who police say broke into their home in broad daylight on tuesday and was stealing valuables when the couple came home. Before he ran out, he threatened the 67yearold woman with a knife. A man in our house, a young man carrying a green bag running down the street. Reporter allards 18year old cousin was driving the get away, allegedly and arrested. Allard was stealing to support a drug habit with so many people in our state addicted to opiates, police in every town and city said they had seen a tremendous spike in the number of property crimes. We have seen an uptick in residential theft and in conjunction with that, with shop lifght because of the large commercial district. Frustration with the opiate problem and lives ruined. There is no community that is immune unfortunately and its a sad day when you see these things transpire and people affected by it. Reporter allard and has cousin were held on bail. Bill shields, wbz news. Police in New Hampshire are investigating a
Fill get some help from folks up in bucks county. But once again the big story on action news tonight is day four of this brutal heat, heat index making it feel like well above 100 degrees across the region and we have just learned that two people from philadelphia have have died as a result of the heat, all as the entire viewing area remains under an excessive heat warning until tomorrow night. We have live team coverage. Trish hartman joins us from Fairmount Park where people have been seeking out the shade anywhere they can find it. But we will begin with meteorologist Melissa Magee and the latest from accu heather, melissa. Walter, it is just not the heat but it is also the humidity that makes it unbearable stepping outside. As you mentioned this is day four of the heat wave number five here in philadelphia a. It started wednesday with a high of 93. Thursdays high 95. Yesterday we maxed out at 97. Today our high in philadelphia 98 degrees making this the hottest day so far, this ye