homes. what can we do about it and why is it happening? specifically. >> you know the cockroach, when he it gets this hot, they multiply faster, they run faster, they have sex faster. >> really? >> yes. >> fun facts on good day philadelphia. it is wednesday, august the 17th, 2016. let's get right to breaking news, three fires overnight. >> out of burlington county, new jersey, commercial building, in edgewater park. >> steve keeley is at the scene, steve? >> reporter: well, we hanging out with six burlington county fire departments over in moorestown, right on dan r a/k/a to's road, quick action for lightning strike fire, now we see them all leaving there, now going to edgewater park. bob kelly take note, on 130, southbound, you can see, at least the right lane is shutdown, and you definitely want to go slow, in the other two lanes, this is normally like the atco raceway here, so take it slow. you have got guys putting lives on the line fighting a fire, you don't want to hit them. 130 you see firefighter up on his truck here, look at all of that equipment he's got. that's the story of the day. great firefighters around philadelphia, dealing with the highest humidity level yet during this heatwave. and i can say that personally because i exercised this morning, and i was pushing it to the limit. and we had a thundershower go through here overnight, and that's what made the air super thick. the smoke, not as bad as it was when we got here, about quarter to 6:00. and that's good news, we got beverly, edgewater park and a lot of firefighters all here now doing another job, and here at the willingboro rv center, looks like storage area in the back of the showroom. you can see the light still on in the showroom. that tells you power still out. right next to very popular super wawa right on the other side to the left, where chris will show you where all of the rv's are. chris, pan to the left if you can hear me please. i guess he is not hearing me again, that's where the super wawa is down there. guys, i send it back to you as we see firefighters doing a great job once again overnight if the ill i area. >> two more fires to tell but, firefighter in the hospital after getting hurt in an apartment fire. >> crews say the blaze broke out around 1:00 this morning, to dave at the scene. >> south philly. >> yes, that firefighter in stable condition, right now, the fire commissioner, not specifying the exact injuries of that firefighter. but the fire commissioner, did say, that the heat has taken a toll on fire officials, over the last week, or so. here on the 1300 block of south broad street, you can see, the home here, gutted by fire. we can tell you that crews are obviously still on the scene trying to deal with hot spots in south philly. fire commissioner telling us that the heat was a major challenge for fire crews, who dealt with this blaze, and they also dealt with downpour every rain as well, at least one person lives at this home, where the fire started, around 1:10, this morning, we don't know if this place was divided up into apartments, or not, and a neighbor described the scene. >> i woke up from some guy laying on the horn. like screaming at everybody to wake up. i looked out the window, and i see the second floor, it has like flames inside of it, and like people lining the block, knocking on doors. >> the heat really still hot out here, even after the storm, it is not as hot as it was. really takes toll on firefighters. they've been working, i was down in this neighborhood sunday. we had three all hand fires going at the same time across the city. so, our firefighters, working in this heat, really for almost a week now. and it takes a toll. hard to stay hydrated when you're out here doing this every night. and they've been out here doing it every night. >> indeed they have been, and the fire commissioner says it took about two hours to get this particular fire under control, it is not clear if weather was a cause. there was speculation that lightning may have been a cause. but nothing official, again, firefighter in the hospital, in stable condition, the exact injuries, not known right now. thankfully no other injuries in this case, fire officials still investigating at this time. back to you, mike and alex. >> the third fire this could be caused by lightning in moorestown, new jersey, group of townhomes went up in flames. broke out around winds row cluster drive just before 2:00. it was placed under control in about an hour, several homes were damaged, and flames were showing through the roof of at least one of these homes. no word yet on what started the fire, but firefighters are kind of leaning toward lightning on that one. >> you certainly have to think about the firefighters and what all they are going through in this heat. >> yes, sure. >> okay, so, when did this big storm mover through? scott? >> mike, alec, take a look behind me, at ultimate doppler. over knit we saw the gusty thunderstorms, kind of move through the philadelphia area. parts of south jersey, across the delaware river, into south jersey. i'll zoom in a little closer. you can see, a lot of heavy rain as well as vivid lightning with the storms that just kind of blew through the area, crossing route 130 there in part of south jersey, cinnaminson, moorestown, saw the very heavy rain, gusty winds, lightning. just adubado lot more moisture to the atmosphere. so still a humid start out there. weather by the numbers, scale everyone to ten, today we give it a eight. we take live look right now at the airport. 79 degrees. you can see, it feels like 82 degrees. so high temperatures, not mid 90s, 90 for the high in center city. down the shore big ac air show, 87 for the high temperature, lehigh valley, 86 degrees, and we're look at temperatures not as hot and that humidity will drop during the day. bob kelly? >> scotty, good morning shall everybody, we get ready to step out the front door. 6:06 on this wednesday morning, the storms that rolled through leaving some debris behind this morning, maybe a downed tree branch or something, trash can lids, trash boxes, if it was your collection day, last nightment accident here on the roosevelt boulevard, this is southbound, the left lane block, pretty much from the kelly drive all the way down to approaching the schuylkill expressway. so bumper to bumper, broad street, coming down for folks trying to get on to the schuylkill, maybe use hunting park drive as an alternate. accident near the heart museum, martin luther king drive right at the art museum, again, everything is wet and could be slippery. some of the areas that got the heavy rain last night, puddle laying there, could cause some hydroplaning this morning. here is a location, where steve is set up over in edgewater park, new jersey, route 130, as you mention, southbound, that right lane is blocked. right in front of the rv sent their at mt. holly road. and lower merion, a downed tree, at waverly and river view. otherwise, mass transit looking good, mike and alex, back to you. >> district attorney bruce castor, you know that name, says he, attorney general, well, for awhile, comes with big learning curve he says, he's going to learn fast, he became the acting attorney general in the state of pennsylvania. that's going to happen today because kathleen kane announced she will resign at the close of business today. >> and this is after a jury convicted her of perjury. resignation places castor in a job that he's long south. castor said i'll work to restore confidence in the office. and he told reporters he and kane, they have been in communication. >> i felt it very difficult for her to remain in light of the development in montgomery count. >> i i don't know that anybody is prepared to assume a job of this nature. i certainly have spent my entire professional life learning how to run a large government operation. >> castor said the state court justice -- >> well, bring in, isn't it ironic music for that story, wow. 6:08. what a night. grand entrance, former phillie second baseman chase you willly -- utley welcomed back. >> before becoming a dodger he played 13 seasons with the phillies of course. makes sense that waist would welcome him like this. >> well, yes. >> fans greeted him with a, what i am calling, massive standing ovation. i don't know how one standing ovation is bigger than another. >> you could only have a section standing up, or have the whole stadium standing up and clapping? >> the whole stadium stood up and clanked when they introduced chase utley. (cheers). >> fans continued to clear even as the dodgers were pounding the phillies, you know what the final score was? fifteen to five. now, here is the deal, ladies and jep, if you would like to hang around, didn't go to the game. if you would like it hang around and watch what this dude did last night, it was impressive. his first hit as a philly, in his career, was a grand-slam. >> yes? >> he comes back into south philadelphia last night and hits a grand-slam. and i just can bet we'll have those highlight coming up. >> wouldn't you think? well, let's do it. hey, unexpected creepy crawly consequence in this brutal heat. cockroach running all over the city. have you noticed them on the sidewalk? >> they're everywhere. >> what is this about? how can we get rid of them? >> trying to look for cool spot. >> i don't want to say that, because i don't think looking for cool spot. don't cockroach like the heat? >> i think it is the opposite. >> you said they multiply in the heat, they like to have sex in the heat. >> they do like to have sex in the heat. still looking for a cool spot. well, i digress, cockroach are crawling all over the city. the critters have been invading several local businesses likely, expert say the heat is contributing to the rise in these roaches. summer conditions increase the metabolism of rome. who doesn't know that? and their ability to reproduce, they're getting it on, so this plaza down here, restaurant, this is in south fuller washington street, shutdown by the city health department after the insect were found on the walls and behind the pipes. so, this guy, his name is cbsphilly.com troll, not fidel castro's brother, but the guy who owned this restaurant for 14 years, getting committed to getting his place cleaned up. >> now here is my question. it they enjoy the heat, that's how they thrive and multiply, then i guess they need to ask an expert, are they looking for a cool spot or just moving around because of the heat and they're excited. >> we do have an expert coming in, doctor john, all he does is study cock riches. >> might and fun guy to date? >> yes. >> interesting job, studies roaches. anyway i say they're looking for cool place but like to have sex during the heat. >> all right. >> taylor swift coming to the rescue of folks in louisianna, special reason why she is go knitting $1 million toward all of these people, whose homes are flooded out. for senate, a clear difference. katie mcginty: for background checks, for banning assault weapons, and banning high-capacity ammunition clips. and pat toomey? against an assault weapons ban and against banning high capacity ammo clips like those used in the orlando massacre. listen to pat toomey brag: "i have had a perfect record with the nra." pat toomey gets an "a" from the nra. he's not for you. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. pearle vision has been providing expert eye care. today, we make caring for your eyes even easier. right now, buy one pair of glasses, and get another pair free. this is genuine eye care in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. >> looking at bus stop buddy, short sleeves on, the shorts, temperatures this morning, 70s and 80s, it is going to be another steamy one out there, with high temperatures around the region upper 80s, hazy sunshine right now, here in old city, as we spell everything out for you, the extreme heat ends, and we're talking no heat advisories, or heat warnings, but one against, high temperatures still near 09 today, could be an isolated storm, as well. >> much improved, overnight saw showers, thunder storms, waking some folks up, across the area. a cold front will be moving through the area, so, winds will shift more out of the west-northwest, and that will mean that humidity level will be dropping throughout the day. 79 degrees, right now, hazy sunshine, right now. 82 degrees what it feels like, temperatures right now 80 in dover, 80 millville, 70s as we move north and west. so once again, going hour by hour, watch the clock, frontal boundary moving across the area, so still hot, but less humid, high temperature in philadelphia of 90 degrees. bob kelly? >> hey, scotty, good morning, everybody, we get ready to head on out the front door this morning. on a wednesday, everything leftovers, everything little wet and damp, and we got this accident on the roosevelt boulevard. and southbound, roosevelt boulevard, just past the kelly drive, penndot will go ahead, play around with their cameras, the minute that we're on the air here. somebody's not paying attention this morning. approaching the kelly down through the schuylkill expressway so getting ready to head out the front door, again, stack up, from pretty much wissahickon, all the way down to the schuylkill expressway, you can jump off at the kelly and work your way down to i should say jump off at the kelly drive get down to the river drive there, and that will give you access to the schuylkill at city avenuement coming in from south jersey, watch for delays, starting to build here, on the 42 freeway, that fire location, where steve was set up, edgewater park, route 130 south at mt. holly road. and then an accident on the martin luther king drive, right at the art museum circuit. mass transit, though, looking good, mike and alex? >> did you ever think about changing your name legally to kelly drive? >> bob kelly drive. >> just kel kelly drive. >> what, his first name kelly, last drive? >> and weathercasters around america, like a dad, his name was frank, he named his kid storm because he was weathercaster, then he became a weather cat err, storm. >> i like that. >> guy out in los angeles, his lame in a is rain, he so he is a weathercaster. >> dallas rain. >> that's cool. work in dallas? >> la. >> he should go to dallas. >> go to work in dallas, his name is dallas rainment donald trump is overhauling his campaign. here we go. he's banking in bright news head guy steven, and as his campaign ceo what he is calling it, promoting pollster kelly ann conway, who is on the show, as his campaign manager now, so what happened to mantaford? >> trump delivered most aggressive call yet to would african-american voters, vowed to restore, after fatal police shooting after black man spark more street violence, also asked for the vote for every african-american citizen who want different fight your than what hillary clinton can provide. >> my oponent hillary clinton would rather protect the offender, than the victim, big problem in our society. hillary clinton back policies, are responsible for the problems in the inner cities today, and a vote for her is a vote for another generation of poverty, high crime, and lost opportunities. i'm running to listen to your voice. , to hear the cries for help from so many people in our nation. the quiet voices in our society, not the loudest demonstrators, need to have their demands heard. >> so ya, he did this, some people are saying, it was interesting that he gave this speech, and he is targeting african-americans, but the audience in the area where did he it was white only area. >> pole numbers nationally un 1%. >> maybe that's why he is trying to reach out to african-americans, saying i am here for you. >> welshing heist a long way to go through there. hillary clinton in philadelphia yesterday. >> west philadelphia high school, clinton urged everyone to register vote ahead of the october 11 deadline. foreign secretary of state also jabbed donald trump. she took aim at one some consider the vagueness every his policies. >> i talk specifically about what i want to do, you know that some people make fun of me, oh, she has all these plans, and could you go to my website and read my plans. but i tell you, you know why i do that? because i want you to know what i am going to try to do so that you can both help me and hold me accountable for doing what i told you i want to do. >> you know, she said she was going to open a campaign office in southwest philly. well, that's basically around 52nd and cedar. i guess that's southwest philly, isn't it? we always get into that discussion, on one side of the street. >> west philly, isn't it? >> southwest. >> baltimore avenue? >> around cedar park, yes. thousands of people are displaced in louisianna from that devastating flooding, 11 people have been killed, in what's being called the worse flooding in the state's history, and remember, they went through katrina. >> and so taylor swift is making a big donation, to all of those affected by the devastating floods. giving $1 million toward flood relief. >> wow. >> she says that she want to help the people in louisianna, the same state she started her 1989 world tour last year, she said she got such a warm welcome from her fans there, she said it is heart breaking that philly people have been forced out of their home. more than 60,000 people have registered, four disaster aid, through fema. and remember seeing the story, cell phone service goes out, a lot of first responders saying a lot of people don't have land lines any more, have trouble reaching people, they don't know who is still trapped in there, so once everything goes down, they have took in each home and check to see who is there. >> unreal. >> what was it, 11 years ago, 11 years august 29th, 30th, katrina? >> the thing is with katrina, at least well not katrina specifically, when it comes to hurricane, you gather warning. with this, there was no warning. >> they noah week out the thing was coming. chase utley dominated, big time, two homeruns, one a grand-slamment look at this, kaboom. wow. what a night. what a return. >> five rbi's. he is a lucky dude. lottery numbers. iso let me tell you what i knowe about senator pat toomey.. my mom was the principal at sandy hook school in newtown. she died that day protecting the young children in her care. when it came time to vote on background checks, pat toomey crossed party lines to do the right thing. that's who he is, and i'm grateful. independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. 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(avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get zero percent on select subaru models during the subaru a lot to love event, now through august thirty-first. >> good morning, i'm howards eskin, phillies and dodgers last night, but chase utley night returning to philadelphia, for the first time since being traded by the phillies last july. let's go to the ballpark. all right, fifth inning, chase utley o for two, not here. the homerun against vince val as quest in philadelphia, hit homerun, then in the seventh a grand-slam. the salom i, the dodgers win it 1505. chase you were the man. all right, the eagles, need wide receivers on this team. they made a trade yesterday. they traded right tackle dennis kelly who would not really have made the team, traded him to tennessee for wide receiver door yo green-beckham. second rounds pick with previous off field issues. >> we spent a lot of time here in the last few weeks behind the scenes, doing some background work, he comes in with a opportunity, no prom i cents have been made. and we felt comfortable bringing him in here, giving an opportunity to compete. >> and that is sport in a minute. i'm howard eskin. from howard eskin to utley. good morning, take a look behind me, this beautiful sunrise across the area. hazy sunshine, that's going to be another hot day. but not quite as humid by the afternoon. we will talk about that break in the humidity, later on in the day, coming up. steve keeley? >> well, here is the sunrise you are talking about, scott williams. while it looks nice, it doesn't feel so nice, when you are worrying about 07 pounds of firefighter gear, and going into a garage, to fight a fire in this hot, humidity, these guys are doing fantastic work, all over philly, on both sides of the river today. i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. michael hayden: if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. gillian turner: he's been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. max boot: this is not somebody who should be handed the nuclear codes. charles krauthammer: you have to ask yourself, do i want a person of that temperament controlling the nuclear codes? and as of now, i'd have to say no. 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>> it looks like tomorrow may not hit 90. it is going to hit 89. >> oh, some relief is some relief. >> we'll take it, couple of degrees, hey, 89, 90 versus 94, 95. a little bit of good news today. because we don't have an excessive heat warning, or a heat advisory, for the area, so we'll take what we can get. as we plan your day across the area, looking at temperatures, though, still hot, 87 by noon, 09 degrees by 3:00 then by 7:00 temperatures around 84 degrees, what a light show we had overnight, showers and thunderstorms, kind of blew through a part of the area. and, in particular, philadelphia, sections of camden county, burlington county, but we stay dry, and much of the shore community. so as we take a look at what's going on, we have weak frontal boundery will kind of stall across the area, but it will be enough to provide a wind shift, wyndmoor out of the north and west, ushering in some drier air, lower humidity, by the afternoon, 79 philadelphia now, 80 millville, and dover, so as we go area wide, across the region, 90 degrees center city, not as oppressive, 87 down the shore, big air show today, lehigh valley, 86 degrees, that humidity drops by the afternoon. seven day forecast, shows upper 80s to near 90 degrees, with couple of the pop up storms returning specially by the weaken. bob? >> hey, scotty, 6:32, watch for extra volume for folks headed down the shore, to catch the air showdown there in atlantic city. here comes the sun. get ready on cue here, north on nine the a, some sun glare already in our camera, coming up from say hi land avenue up through the commodore barry bridge. hello fishtown. live look at i95 at girard avenue. time to make the donuts. head today work here, starting to see that volume build from cottman in to girard. good news we just cleared the accident out of the way on the boulevard. so, traffic starting to move again. heavy though from broad, down through the schuylkill expressway. downed tree at is that stenton and butler, also edgewater park where steve has been set up, route 130 southbound, right lane blocked, right at mt. holly road. and a crash along the martin luther king drive, between sweet briar and the art museum, so folks using the kelly drive as the option. mike and alex back over to you. >> you just mentioned a location, let's get to it. >> commercial building up in flames in edgewater park. >> that's where steve is. steve? >> reporter: the story of the day, these fires have been put out real fast, nobody was hurt, at least here in south jersey, you got one firefighter, but look at the firemen, they are coming out from this garage back there, that we showed in you our tees. and they are drenched. not from any water from the hydrant, just from sweat. these guys are taking the run-off at the hydrant. you can see, putting wet towels over where ever some leak may be, and they are using that. these guys look like they just got out after comb a chris, walk sideways to the left, behind this red truck, see one of the firemen staring, there you go, when they training off that mask they got the black face like they just came out after coal mine all day. very hot, humid, if they were just standing out here, and you are looking at what bob kelly was talking about, these guys even walk to the truck, life remains in danger because some people just don't get it, and thank god for back up traffic, and these people are forced to go slow. we saw people going 70, 60, even though these other fire police are out here saying slow down with the signs, even at the cones, bob kelly, that light up like little christmas trees, upside down, because people just keep hitting their cones. so, very tough day. chris, come back with me, you can see all of the gear, on the ground, chris, come back to where i am standing here. and you can sigh, all of the gear on the ground, air tanks, the mask and the very heavy truck. so mike, i know you do more than every anchorman in town. you wack down the street, and these full men's suits. but we can't complain working in business suits, when you see the suits these guys wear, and this high humidity, because we have the thunderstorms over night, the air so thick out here, with humidity, and smoke, these guys all get an a-plus on both sides of the river fighting these three fires today, and these kind of conditions. >> i put all that gear one time down market street, i barely made to to third. unreal. two more fires to tell you about. there is fire fight nerve stable condition after getting hurt in a fire last night. >> this fire started 1:00 a.m. 1300 block every south broad street. >> dave kinchen is still there. what is right around broad and wharton? >> yes, yes, right around there, also, broad and read, i'll step out of the way, by the way that firefighter's injuries not clear at this time, what the exact injury was. the fire commissioner, not specifying that. but that firefighter stable right now, in a hospital, you can see as we get more daylight on this fire damage here, certainly, the top two floors, damaged in the rooftop. fire crews still on the scene right now, a couple engines have pulled out, but where they are still trying to figure out exactly what started this fire here, the fire commissioner telling us the heat was a major challenge, for crews, who dealt with this blaze, they also dealt with downpour of rain, at least one person lives in this home where the fire started around 1:10 in the morning, neighbors actually were honking their horns, people in their cars trying to get the attention of people inside to get them outside. we don't know in this is a house or divided into apartment unit. >> someone yelling, when i went, i yelled, knocked on my neighbor's doors. i didn't, you know, know what was going to happen, so i figure they should know. >> this was aggressive outstanding attack, transitional attack by our fire department. everybody's been working hard, had very busy couple of weeks in the heat. a real challenge for us. so this was very, very challenging fire. once again, philadelphia fire department did an outstanding job putting this fire under control in about two hours. >> fire commissioner also says that there were p a firefighters working on this whole case. we can tell you that there was speculation that lightning may have been a role, played a role in terms of starting this fire, but that has not been confirmed. we don't know if weather was even involved in the cause, all of that under investigation. again, the heat headline, firefighter hurt in stable condition, exact injury not disclosed, but that firefighter recovering at this early hour. back to you. >> good job, let's get the third fire, over across the river in moorestown, new jersey, group of townhomes went up in flames overnight, fire broke out along winds row clusters drive, just before 2:30 this morning. under control in an hour. several homes were damaged and flames were showing through the roof at one of these locations. no word of course on what started the fire. they have to investigate that. that, tendency to believe in this one, could have been lightning strikes. that's what some of the firefighters were talking about over in moorestown last night. 6:38. >> authorities are working to get a handle on fashion moving wild fire, in southern california. that is forcing 82,000 people to evacuate. >> wow. >> the wild fires burned at least a dozen buildings, gross to 15,000 acres, california governor jay brown has declared state of emergency, for san bernardino county. in northern california, fire crews are making progress on wild fire there. authorities arrested a man, accused of start that fire. >> unreal. close to 100,000 people. >> 6:38. >> montgomery county district attorney bruce castor will become acting attorney general today. castor says state supreme court justice will throw him in, and he would like for his parent to be there to see. that will kathleen kane announced she'll resign at the close of business today. after jury convicted her of perjury. >> so his mom and dad might be there. >> i would want my mom and dad there if i was being sworn in. >> interesting part of that story, want his moms and dad there. >> touching part. >> somebody always wanted, just ironic the way he got there. >> always want something, wouldn't you want your family to see you, cheer you on? >> yes. >> okay. 6:39. philadelphia's controller says his office found that hundreds of thousands of dollars in proceeds from the philadelphia marathon were used as quota slush fund for all sort of purchases. >> oh, man. city controller allen butkovitch, says investigation into the mayor's fund for philadelphia found several red flags. that funds operates mainly on proceeds from the philadelphia marathon. and money was supposed to be use for grants, instead the controller says tens of thousands of dollars were used during the nutter administration to pay for a trip to rome, pay for hotel rooms in philadelphia, and other credit card purchases. so the controller says the spending was approved only by the chair woman of the fund. city representative desiree peterkin-bell. >> question to the credit card purchases, also used the marathon reserve account to fund celebration events, instead of making grant awards. including $45,000 paid to various vendors for the mayor's 2015 tree lighting ceremony. >> the controller says a more in depth audit of the funds will happen. >> what do you think mayor nut her to say about that? he was steamed. former mayor michael nutter released a staple slamming allen butkovitch. look what it says: the controller is a liar, a snake and a hipocrit. there is no truth in what he says, every expenditure was proper, and for an approved purpose and he never talked to either desiree or myself about any concerns. wow. all right, 6:41, what is it, wednesday? >> it is wednesday. >> wednesday. and what, well, like like innocent tweet by ellen de jen remembers last night, people on twitter got very upset with her. we will show you what she tweeted out, it involves bolt, one of the best runners in the worlds. >> plus twitter coming it gabby douglas defense after the olympic gymnast target of on line bullying throughout the 2016 olympics. >> here we go. >> leave her alone. david was proud to be an american soldier. and i know i'm prejudiced because he was my son, but i don't think he had a mean bone in his body. there is not a day that i don't think about david. when i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. "she was standing there, she had nothing to say..." if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. votevets is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> this will be great today. i love air shows in egg harbor township, folks got early preview, this is yesterday, of the atlantic city air show. the annual free event happens today. along the highlights, the thunder birds, the us air force thunderbirds. activities will begin at 10:30 this morning. i got to fly with the blue angels once. >> how was that? >> unreal. >> gray, pull g's, bob kelly, we flipped upside down, we did loops, they let me fly the plane. >> they let you fly how did that go. >> pulled back on the stick, went whoa. >> first and last time flying. >> they isn't ask him again, bob. >> we should take skyfox, middle of the show, pull in, drop in the middle. >> you're a trouble maker, man. >> just -- live look at 422, starting to see, oops, there go, look at that, sun glare instantly right there. this is 422 eastbound, heading in toward that saint gabriel's curve. hello northeast philadelphia. south on 95, heavy from cottman, in through girard avenue, again, the beginning after morning rush hour, you never know, we got wacked with some thunder boomers last night. everything looks like it is dried out at least for now, but watch for left over delays today, from last night's storm. philadelphia international airport, petty much went into shutdown mode. some flight may not have been able to make it into town this morning in order to pack you up and get on out of town. check ahead with the airline, and i would do that any day that we do have those storms, that kind of roll through, south philly firefighters, hitting it hard, taking care every business there, broad street between wharton and read, tough this morning, too, for the firefighters, all of that double parking, in the median, there, firefighters have to pull their hoses up and over some of the cars, to get into the homes there. martin luther king drive blocked, from the art museum up to sweet briar from earlier accident, and still delays on the boulevard, as we head southbound, approaching the schuylkill expressway. more thunder boomers on the way, scotty has the answer coming up in 15 seconds. >> overnight across the area, thunderstorms have moved out. looking at hazy sunshine, could be isolated pop up across the area by the afternoon, but for the most part i think we're done with the rainfall for today. the extreme heat, will come to an end today, but still going to be holt, not as humid by the afternoon, high temperature around 90 degrees. hazy sunshine, center city skyline right now, 79, waking up on this wednesday morning, feels like 82 degrees, and look at the humidity, 90%, the pocono mountains, 100%, still, in dover, 77% in philadelphia. those showers, and thunderstorms, are out of here. we have this weak cold front that's going to be moving through. but that will mean wyndmoor out of the west-northwest. that is a drier wind. so as we take a look at some of the winds, you see shifting more out of the west northwest, north and west of philadelphia, so that will lower the humidity by the afternoon, not as oppressive with the heat. seventy-nine right now, center city, as we go hour by hour, watch the frontal boundary moving through. so still hot, less humid, though, high temperature of 90 degrees, by the afternoon, and in philadelphia. let's talk about the ballpark for tonight. first pitch, 84 degrees, not as humid. nicer evening, pretty stick out outside, as far as temperatures, upper 80s around 90. couple afternoon summer pop up showers and thunderstorms. back over to you guys. >> us has really good beach volleyball team. expected to win the whole hinge. >> you love beach volleyball. >> i like beach volleyball, yes. i know where your minds is going. anyway -- >> all of us are thinking that. >> anyway. >> when it comes to you, anyway. >> if any country was going to beat them, wouldn't you know it would be brazil? in brazil. >> it is the way they got beat. >> you want to see some of this? watch this. >> right now, to the brazilians. that's it. brazil has upset the united state. >> see the americans there, walsh-genes, april ross, yes, they came up short. they lost to the brazilian team, such denying walshjennings of another gold medal before this lost, walsh had never lost an olympic beach volleyball match ever. >> they are amazing, gosh. >> can't win them all. let's take a look at the overall medal count. way up, 84, to 51. so we'll continue on with that today. now, check this out. amazing show with sportsmanship, during the women's 5,000-meter qualifying run. >> i was watching, oh, my gosh, look at this, one of the runners stalls in front of abby. >> the american. >> yes. >> new zealand nicky. they both fell down. look, she helps her up. and they help each other finish the race. >> ouch. >> look at that. >> ouch. >> she is seriously injured. >> oh, man. >> so what happens? >> so of course they finish last. >> yes. >> but here is the thing. they still got to pass to go to the final on saturday. >> are you sure of that? >> that's what our produce remembers telling us. >> because of the sportsmanship. >> no, no, no, no. a guy yesterday from france has false start, they throw him out. >> but he didn't help anybody. that will was just his problem. >> he wiped out. they get to go pass -- they didn't finish? >> shock. telling us, yes, they get to move forward. >> so the point is -- >> that's unheard of. >> if there was a nicky, new zealand nicky who stalled in front of you, would you stop and help her up, would you just keep running, go ahead to get that mediale. >> can we look at that again, next time can we cut this, can you cut five segment before the fall so i can kind of get a grasp whatever is actually happening here? let me know in my ear if we are doing what i'm asking. >> did they say anything? >> i got nothing. >> let's look at this again. gabby douglas, still down there, gabby douglas who i love, now getting some star support after being criticized and bullied on social media throughout these olympics in rio. >> i can't believe we are still doing there is last olympics, talking about her. >> her hair, right? >> this time it started when she did not have her hand over her heart during the national anthem. so people got upset by that. they also called her out for not appearing to support her teammates when they won individual medal. >> oh, i didn't notice. that will her mother said the criticism is unfair and really so upset over it, heart broken, now many celebrities defending the 20 year old on twitter using the hashtag love for gabby usa. >> so let's take a look. gabriel union says from one gab toy another, i know you are loved, you are celebrated, your queen, and we support you with all of these hearts. and leslie jones over in rio right now says gabby getting tap on her page, show her the love you showed me. remember, leslie jones getting hate on twitter too, so she sign off. leslie loves, comes back on. >> is that leslie jones? the olympian? >> she sure did. >> this is leslie jones the one on ghost busker? >> yes. >> all right. so, douglas spotted all of the support, tweeted thank you so much for all of the love. my heart is full. >> how about her fellow teammate, fellow teammate? if you are a woman? >> fellow, what are we? what's the original? >> gal teammate? fellow teammate? >> your teammate. >> anyway. >> is there female version of fell snow. >> i don't know. >> the song for she's a jolly good fellow. some say she's did. >> i'm sure twitter, facebook, will let us know. we digress. >> simone biles is now considered the best female gymnast ever. >> yes. >> think about it, last olympics, we were all about gabby douglas, gabby, oh, so amazing. >> and the show moves on, we're going to talk about, this program we call good day philadelphia, it started as an innocent tweet by ellen degeneres, now everybody is flipping out. we'll show you what she posted, get your opinion on that, ellen degeneres is not a racist. 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[ coughs ] sorry, tickle in my throat! water would be nice, but that would go right through me. ghost problems. >> getting some tweet, carol says i would stop and help another runner. that's good karma. >> i agree. >> mike, you should stop and help the runner. when walking through life. >> stop and help the runner. >> hey, one of the fasters men in the worlds, we're seeing bolt, got his thirds medal thursday. memes of the runner looking back at his opponent are still floating around the internet. >> and so, ellen like she normally does, trending, she responded: and now people know they are talking about what she tweeted this time. she posted, this picture on twitter of herself, riding on the back of bolt saying this is how i'm ringer and, hashtag rio 2016. >> i get the idea, he is fast, she get her errands done quickly. >> some saying oh, this is racist, referred to slavery where white people would use black people as mules and ride on their back. >> racism that exists in our country, the furthest thing from who i am. >> wow. >> all right, it is 6:57. we have three fires to tell but from overnight. steve's at one location. steve? >> reporter: mike, i heard a fire in my hometown at moorestown at 1:30, a lot of the firefighters that were at that scene got done with that scene, were soak in sweat, and then had to rush it to this scene on 130 southbound. this is the shot bob kelly has been talking about all day. so traffic story, weather story, news story, all combined in one. >> firefighters battling flames and the heat. >> you know, really takes a toll on a fire fighter. >> how this extreme weather is affecting our first responders >> creamy crawly consequence of the brutal heatwave. cockroach. >> what they're doing, looking for a cold spot. >> yes, roaches are running wild around local businesses. the special power they're getting from the humidity. >> plus donald trump is

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