And the heat is intensifying. Yesterday high is 93 with a heat index of 100, today the air temperature up to 95 and the heat index soared up to 105 degrees, that is dangerously hot and trenton higher up to 106 and cape may 107 and allentown 104 and wilmington 102 and beach haven the heat index up to 104 degrees. Most of the thunderstorm activity this afternoon and this evening is missing us to the north but one cluster of storms over bucks and hunterdon and mercer and there say flood advisory in effect for central bucks county. We saw 3 inches of rain in parts of this area and vivid lightning can as we head through the week the heat is intensifying. The National Weather Service Extended the heat advisory until 9 00 sunday night. This heat will last through the weekend and im tracking heat next week ill let you know when in the full accuweather forecast. All right cecily well check back in later thank you. If you have concerns about you or your loved ones during the heat wave. The Philadelphia Corporation of aging is taking your questions. The number is on your screen, 2157659040. Folks are there to take your calls until midnight tonight as well as tomorrow and saturday. Its certainly not football weather exactly but the eagles take the field tonight in their preseason opener, despite the temperatures the fans were fired up to see the team in action. Gray hall is live at the game. Reporter the heat is not putting a damper on the excitement, the tailgaters are here and the party is in full swing, this is the gaden family, they have the grill going and they have the adult befr ables, they are ready to cheer on the philadelphia eagles, we should mention that typically, liquid is not permitted inside of the linc tonight that is changed because of the excessive heat. Fans are allowed to take in one 16 ounce factory seals bottle bought of this heat. Hot outside but the fans hope that the eagles bring the fire inside. Eagles baby it didnt take long to find pumped and excited eagles fans to watch their team play the first preseason game against the tampa bay buccaneers. They were all excited to get a glimpse of the birds in action. I like them all. They are all good looking. This is the first year i got season tickets. Im super excited. Ill bring one of my grandkids to each game. They are expecting to see signs of a great team on the field and all eyes on Carson Wentzs and head coach, Doug Peterson. I am excited to see carson wentz play, we are looking for the w. Its not a must win game, its not that important but its a good idea to get it against someone else. Fans fly to the birds next to see their eagles take a victory. When the game starts, the fans say they want to see the eagles get down to business. Its a while and the eagles had a rough start to the last season, new head coach, new offense, new draft pick looking to see what they do. People are sleeping on our team and dont expect much but i think youll be surprised. Maybe 115 or 106 and make the playoffs. Go eagles all right go eagles, back outside the food is on the grill and fans heading inside of the linc and the game starts tonight at 7 00 and the fans are hoping for no injuries, it goes without saying that the fans are all rooting for the eagles. Gray hall, channel 6 action news. All right gray thank you. Lets go inside the linc ducis rogers and jaime apody a preview of what to expect in the eagles first outing tonight. Reporter rick, can we say what happened two seconds before we when on the air. A football hit me in the back of the head. They are doing punting drills and that might have saved your life. Im okay. Well, we are in the line of fire here at lincoln financial field. Eagles and bucks exciting, i hope you are not concussed. Lets look at what is going on behind us, shall we . Guys getting ready and ducis getting hit with the ball. Doug peterson in his first game as head coach of the eagles, all eyes on carson wentz. Sam bradford starts the game against the bucks. Well be here to give you the coverage, concussed or not. Well have the latest in sports. Im jaime apody, with ducis rogers live at lincoln financial field. Im okay. Should have caught it, thank you ducis. Jurors heard from a key prosecution witness in the trial against kathleen kane, josh morrow says he conspired with kane to leak the documents. He took the stand in exchange for immunity. And she is accused of leaking grand jury material to a newspaper and lying about it under only all to embarrass a prosecutor. You may have seen this video, a case of extreme distracted driving, a woman was texting while steering with her foot. A story we brought you last night and Jeanette Reyes is gauging reaction today. What should folks do if they see a similar sight on the roads. Reporter that is a good question, this takes distracted driving to a terrifying new level. This video left our viewers and the country in shock. But experts say not so fast, most of us are guilty of doing something similar. The kind of thing that makes you do a double take, how can someone text with two hands on the phone while driving down the schuylkill expressway, use your foot that is what this woman did im a cld driver im driving a tour bus for 25 years and i have never seen that. Sara was driving along with her husband when they captured this jaw dropping video, they followed her along 76 and then into center city. Their calls to stop texting and put the hands on the wheel was left with a smirk. But perhaps more concerning is that most people engage in some form of distracted driving, it contributed to 5,000 fate ilts a year. Research shows that half of people can successfully multitask. People feel they can do this, i have done it before, read this email quickly, im good at it, but i dont want to see anyone else doing it because they are distracted and they will cause a problem. Denise was there when its too late to send the text. Life is fragile, you have to pay attention, you can pull over and text someone. God forbid someone dies, you say im sorry . That is not good enough. A lot of people are wondering what happened to this woman . What consequences will she face. We know that the woman sent a copy of the license plate to state police but Philadelphia Police tell me that unless the Police Officer catches this person in the act its tough to face consequences or for police to issue a citation, your best bet is to call 911. Reporting live along the schuylkill expressway. Back inside to you. Thank you. Much more ahead on action news thursday night. An historic find, see the incredible artifacts unearthed on the camden waterfront some dating back to 1400 b. C. The heat index today making it feel like 101 and it will get worse before it gets better. And cecily we are having a fantastic time at the shore. We have birthday ladieses, the birthday lady is here and well have the all important shore forecast because it is heating up inland. Where do you want to be . At the shore to get the relief. That is coming up. Happy birthday out there. Those story and more when action news at 6 00 continues in a moment. They were dishing the dirt over an extraordinary find in camden. Literally. Archeologists went underground at the camden waterfront for precious and historic items. Today the finding were put on display. Nora muchanic has the story tonight. Its neat to find this is an urban setting. Adrian bailey is showing off artifacts after a months long archeological dig on the camden waterfront. From the 1400 b. C. I am flabbergasted knowing it goes back 1,000 years before christ so to speak. That is powerful stuff. It includes 1300 ancient items. This is a piece of hearth darkened by flames and this is believed to be a grinding stone and this was likely part of a vessel or pot. These items are fairly rare and its exciting to find this, native americans of this period did not paint their pottery and it give us the possibility of learning a lot of how people were living. They prepared for the giant project now underway, it included realigning nearby broadway and when the digging started one thing led to another. The team of archeologist are cataloging and analyzing the pieces. And the state will decide what to do with them. After the state categoryizes everything it comes back to camden county. Mark settler the head engineer on the project is a fifth generation camden resident, we are bringing camden back and making sure to preserve the history that is there. I approve this message. Donald trump i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters, okay . And you can tell them to go f themselves you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. You gotta see this guy. Ahh, i dont know what i said, ahh. I dont remember. Hes going like i dont remember continuing the count down to eagles football going back to amy and ducis at the linc. The eagles take on the buck fears Everyone Wants to keep an eye on the second draft pick. Carson wentz is out here a long time warming up making his lincoln financial field debut tonight. He will play the bulk of the second half minutes and remember that the eagles plan to red shirt him this season. So if all goes according to plan you wont see him during the year. This is the chance to check out the second overall draft pick in action and is excited about the team playing in this game. Its real exciting its a Long Time Coming and we are out here going against each other for quite sometime now, and we are ready to face someone out and im ready to play in front of the linc in front of the fans. What do you expect. . A lot of excitement and we know its cut down here eventually and a lot of guys fighting for spots it will be a lot of fun out there. It will be a lot of fun and its exciting out here right now, guys are heading on the field as we speak. Changes on the team offense and defense and Doug Peterson is coaching his first game as a head coach for nfl. Early on in Training Camp players were quick to point out he is different than the last head coach, chip kelly, and hopefully he has more success. Im excited looking forward to getting the first one at the linc and have the fans there and the opportunity to play against northern opponent and watch our guys, and how they have competed for the first two weeks of camp and watch them go against another team. And you want to come away with no injuries and at the same time, we stay aggressive. Peterson is waiving to the fans, that is much different than the chip kelly era. The phillies will be back for a home stand tomorrow. And jim thome was at the phillies alumni luncheon this afternoon and tomorrow thome goes on the phillies wall of fame. What made him special was not just his play on the field but his passion and attitude. It was an old saying put your team before yourself. All the other things just kind of happen in place. 612 career home runs, seventh all time in baseball history. One of the cool things you may see, a row of seats on the field in the end zone now, they are 1100 a seat and they sold out almost immediately. We are live here at lincoln financial field. Eagles play the bucks and well be back at 10 00 and 11 00 to elyou how that went. Youngsters with the variety charity, had a hans on lesson in farm to table cooking today. And magical it was, students with the help of chef bill in skippack whipped up produce they picked from their own garden. This was made possible by agrant from region gallant tamt group. And spent eleven months in a pow vcamp. M what donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. When you fly over enemy territory, the odds might be against you being able to come home. Donald trump doesnt understand the weight of sending americans into harms way. Hes unfit to be president. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Cecily is back now talking about heat wave number five. Its a tough one to get through. We are not even halfway through it yet and the heat and humidity is building, several days with a heat index above 105, that is tough to take. Double scan live radar showing we are not seeing a lot of activity in the form of showers and thunderstorms to cool us off. But there is one cluster sitting over bucks and hunterdon and mercer. New hope you get action and it just crossed gardenville. 15 lightning strikes and the atmosphere is loaded with moisture and the rainfall totals are very impressive. We have rain near gardenville up to about 2 inches and then parts of Hunterdon County 4 inches, we have flash flood warnings for Hunterdon County and flash flood advisories for central buck county and that cell is moving to the east at 15 miles per hour. Right now the big story the temperatures philadelphia 92 down from the high of 95, allentown and reading its 90. And millville 91 and a rain cooled 92 and factor in the dew points in the 70s, the current heat index, feels like 101 in philadelphia and 101 in cape may and allentown and reading and unfortunately the heat index will be building as we head into the weekend. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing you can see the showers and the thunderstorms most of the activity north of that ridge of High Pressure, and that High Pressure is sticking around. So tonight will be a warm and muggy night. Isolated thunderstorms mainly well north of philadelphia, partly cloudy skies and hopefully you can get outside late tonight and take a look at the perseid meteor shower, it should be the best one in decades. Philadelphia 78 and allentown 75 and cape may 78 and wilmington 77. Future tracker 6 showing its brutal tomorrow. 2 00 a heat index in philadelphia, 106 and then saturday, the heat index even higher up to 108. This will could be the toughest heat wave so far this year. Have you to be careful this is prolonged and stressful on the body, including today we are looking at four days of a heat index. 105 or above. Something we typically dont get in our area. Limit your Time Outdoors especially in the afternoon. A lot of people work outside, you need to take breaks in the shade and drink lots of water. A good idea also, go down to the beach. Melissa magee is in atlantic city. You may be giving free boat rided today to everybody right . We can work on that sure. That can be arranged. We are hanging out in atlantic city, its capsized aparentsly, but we are having fun. Its a great day to be at the shore because as you mentioned its hot inland and the shore forecast is covered for you on friday, its warm and humid, a High Temperature of 88 degrees and on saturday, that heat continues to roll on, its hot and steamy and a high up to 90 and sunday hot with the late day showers and storms that move on through, a High Temperature coming in at 93 degrees. Ocean temperatures in the 70s pretty warm for this time of year. Something to keep in mine, if you are in the water and in a boat, a moderate risk of rip currents into tomorrow as well. In the me time im soaking up the sun and seeing the waves as we have one last hoorah at the shore. So the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast the heat is on, 96 tomorrow and 97 on saturday and 95 on sunday, and 93 on monday with dew points in the 70s and 10 degrees for the heat index. Showers and thunderstorms on monday with a cold front behind the system. Temperatures should drop into the upper 80s on tuesday, if this happens, the heat wave is officially over and on thursday, 87 with moderate humidity and this is a tough one, definitely take it easy. Abc world news tonight is next on channel 6, action news continues at 10 00 tonight on phl 17, and then join us for action news at 11 00 here on channel 6. For jim gardner, meteorologist, cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire Action News Team im Rick Williams have a nice evening. We hope to see you tonight at 11 00. Tonight, as we come on the air, the deadly explosion. And right now, the search for the missing. A massive fireball rocking that apartment building, and this evening, search teams remain on the scene. The investigation now, into what caused this. Also breaking tonight, the new roller coaster accident, this time, a 3yearold air lifted to the hospital. Now three accidents at parks in just the last week. The moment of misfire. The wife and retired librarian shot and killed in a safety exercise, and new tonight here, the moments before it happened. The officer raising a gun, not realizing it was loaded. Tonight, authorities want your help after two cases of road rage. The woman, waving her gun, and the other case, a driver firing at a car with a child inside
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