what was that engineer dogging? why were you traveling at that rate of speed? what else was going on in that engine compartment. >> still so many questions after the news that amtrak train number 188 was going more than hundred miles an hour as the investigation continues, crews removed wreckage from the track. and i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. also we are learning more about the man behind the controls and engineer brandon bostian. >> we want to start with the very latest from the the scene. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us with the the latest, jan.

>> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning we now necessity just how fast this train was traveling right before it the derailed. it was speeding down the tracks at more than twice the limit. big question this morning is why and how did this happen. investigators will remain on the scene here for days for a thorough investigation. take a look at the video. the we are getting a full scope of what has happened here at least seven people were killed and more than 200 injured when amtrak train 188 derailed here tuesday night. investigators work hard, nt. b says train was traveling at 106 miles per hour, coming into a sharp curve in the track. they say train's engineer applied emergency break moments before the derailment but that only slowed slightly to 102 miles an hour. limit here is just 50. now the train's black box and front mounted camera have been recovered, up rest gators hope those provide vital clues. the they a if automatic breaking technology called positive train control was in place as it is in many areas

on amtrak's northeast corridor this accident probably wouldn't have happened. amtrak throughout the the good bit of the northeastern corridor has advanced civil speed enforcement it is called ases. ases is installed throughout most of the northeast corridor for amtrak, however it is not installed, here for this area, where the accident occurred, where the the derailment occurred. that type of a system, we call it a positive train control is tell, that type of system is designed, to enforce the civil speed, to keep the train a alone, and below its maximum speed. we have called for positive train control for many, many years, it is on our most wanted list. congress has mandated that it be installed by the end of this year. so, we are very keen on positive train control.

>> reporter: meantime a lot is still unclear about the he can near here. investigators want to talk to him but at this point they want to give him a couple days to recover. we are reporting live, from port richmond, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we have an important update for anyone riding amtrak. once again there will be no amtrak services between philadelphia and new york. there will also be modified amtrak services between philadelphia a and washington, and philadelphia, and harrisburg. right now lets get the latest on the traffic situation with vittoria, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. we will talk about those mass transit modified schedules and cross honoring and all that in a second but if you plan to continue to travel in and around the area of the amtrak derailment in port richmond we still have a closure of wheatsheaf lane between frankford avenue and aramingo but now they have opened up castor avenue, they have opened up frankford avenue. but police are directing traffic. if you are traveling frank for avenue between torresdale and

castor and aramingo and erie, you mindful of police. still april active investigation area so still an area to void if you can. let's touch upon our checklist. i will step out of the way. we have a lot to touch upon. amtrak as erika mentioned has canceled between philadelphia and new york. if you are traveling between philadelphia, and d.c., the the running is on a modified schedule. keep that in mine. atlantic city what i will line is shuttle busing between pennsauken and 30th street station so just know. that market frankford line making all stops due to increased traffic have the west trenton line they are also adding a additional trains there because of increased traffic. and cross honoring, situations or options that you have at least this morning as we continue to keep you updated will be new jersey river line, new jersey transit the bus service, some of the new jersey transit the bus service and patco high speed line. definitely follow me on twitter, vittoria cbs-3 with the latest. now lets get to katie.

>> thinks a ever traffic it ways as morning goes on so a really good twitter handle to follow. storm scan three is totally empty. good morning everyone. weather will cooperate for whatever your plans might entail here today. storm scan, empty. high pressure settled in. there is a hint of the breeze but it the is diminishing. it got quite blustery yesterday and now starting to calm down in the weather department and then that has a a looked the temperatures to drop off easily. since this same time yesterday we have bottom out close to 50 degrees in speaks spots. very cool start to the morning. by comparison but it is pretty typical. we are a few degrees shy of seasonal. the this is a dose of reality for springtime. we're talking more sunshine, low humidity, comfortable warmth. i like to call these weather try affect as because they are so nice. everything about them is beautiful. low to mid 70's the the spectation later today. just a beautiful day unfolding as we said. we have put it in the head lines too. my advice is to even eye this

while you can because because tomorrow we will see a warm front coming n with the warm front lift nothing we will see potential for showers thunderstorms returning to the forecast especially for the upcoming weekend. we will talk a little bit more about that later in the show. ukee, back to you. more on the amtrak tragedy, seven people confirmed dead and we're starting to learn about the the victims. latest victim to be identify is 42 year-old derek griffith, dean of student affairs at met gets ever college in new york city. thirty-nine year-old rachel jacobs missing ceo of a philadelphia tech company has been confirmed dead. and also killed 48 year-old jim gaines of plainsboro, new jersey who worked as a video software architect for i a the the associated press. justin zemser of rockaway beach in new york was a mid ship man this is his mother. >> absolutely wonderful. everybody looked up to my son.

there is just no other word i could say. >> more than 200 others were injured in the derailment. we will have a live report from temple university hospital coming up at the top of the hour. now we're also learning more about the engineer behind the control of the the train. brandon bostian's professional page on linkedin shows he started with amtrak in july 2006 a as a passenger and conductor. bee can aim an engineer in december 2010. hours after the the derailment he changed his profile to a black square. he gave a statement to police, at this point and has not talked directly with the national transportation safety board. you can also get very latest information on the train crash anytime at cbs philly.com. and new this morning the u.s. house passes a bill to curb spying by the national security agency. that bill called u.s.a. freedom act would bar nsa from collecting bulk information about who people call and the the duration of conversations. a practice that is used since

2006. the bill, on the table now would create a new system that requires court approval to search data held by telephone companies on a case by case basis. the the house passed a similar bill last year but it the failed in the senate. well, a happening today a federal jury resumes deliberations on whether to sentence convicted boston bomber dzhokhar air neff to death or life in prison. the 21 year-old was convicted in the boston marathon bombing in april 2013 that killed three people and injured more than 260. defense claims tsarnaev's older brother led him down the path of terrorism. it must be a unanimous decision to impose a death penalty. levittown exterminator has been found guilty in the murder of a center city doctor. jason smith was charged with first degree murder, arson and other related counts in the 013 gruesome death of 35 year old melissa death nutty. smith confessed in the basement of her home after an argument. smith told police he felt that

she was disrespecting him after he showed up to her house for rodent problems. we have new information on the hit and run involving four philadelphia police officers. all of those officers have have been released from the hospital and their injuries were moth serious. rodolph kit junior is still in the hospital. authorities say he hit three officers with his car and then took off before hitting a fourth. eyewitnesses say that keitt was on medication after a recent heart surgery and that may have caused him to hit the officers. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning more on the amtrak tragedy. one former transportation official says one change could prevent a injury and fatality when an accident happened. after a a cool evening, it is looking like a wonderful day today. the but looking ahead we could see storms for your weekend. katie has your forecast

pennsylvania state flags at the capitol and other state

buildings will fly at half staff today. governor tom wolf made the order yesterday to honor victims of the deadly train derailment. they will remain lowered until sundown on sunday may 17th. pennsylvania congressman bob brady is one of many civic leaders to visit the thent site. our chris may asked him what he plans to do in washington in the wake of this tragedy. >> well, i go back there and we will ask for a publicist tell wide audit from the department of transportation, with all of our railroads. >> late last night the republican led house a appropriations committee voted 30 to 21 along party lines to cut amtrak budget from $1.4 billion to $1.3 billion. >> would seat belt have saved lives in the amtrak derailment. former transportation secretary ray lahoud suggest federal investigators consider them. he ride the line frequently and often thought about seat belts. 2007 study by britain's rail safety and standard board said

seat belts would not necessarily reduce the number of serious injuries. our coverage continues all morning. 4:43. a chillier start this morning but it will be a nice day. >> this is springtime the at its finest. we start off chilly if you want to have a sweater sweat shirt or fleece, a lot of options, but it will be more warmer later today. we live for days like this. they are so, pretty. i call them weather trifecta when we have sunshine, comfortable warmth, low humidity. whatever a four trifecta a would be. we have lighter wind that comes with a day to day too. this is really good stuff. problem is eventually we will see wet weather return. it is not enough to get completely rid of the pollen but it will turn our forecast, somewhat dreary with time. in atlantic city we are completely crystal clear. this is going to be a nice

sunrise in about an hour, so i will bring you that view. meanwhile, on sky scan three it is clear and storm scan is empty with high pressure now just settling in. but, eventually the beginning of the the next storm system start to lift in here, specifically as a warm front. it looks like that warm front will kind of just get stuck over our area for a couple of days. right now activity is a across the the central plains. it is mainly just a big, swab of showers over that area ape that will head our way with time. for now though look at how chilly it is. thirty-seven in mount pocono. you can see talking blue, the dark blue contouring, you know it is getting chilly. you can see how it is sun pressing the warmth with the high from north to south. off to the south we have temperatures in the 60's. it is cold enough with the light enough wind to have prompted freeze and frost advisories and warnings. north of our area not here. it is chilly up in luzerne or lackawana county, so not that far from frustrates, they are

waking up to a little frost out on the grass and path yes this morning. over the course of time we will heat right backup, mid 80's by this weekend but that is when that warm front comes n it does its job and heat things up but it will bring in more cloud and showers and thunderstorms but no day is a wash out here coming up. ukee back to you. the phillies will play afternoon baseball today. it is 1:05 start against pirates and phillies have have a new name in their record books. the last night a win for cole hamels, saved by jonathan papelbon. he becomes phillies all time saves leader and helped out by jeff francoeur in the right and he makes a catch and guns down a runner at the place to owned the baseball game. phillies win three-two. papelbon holds both phils and red sox all time saves record. well, big night the for another pitcher last night corry kl uber he got his

first win striking out 18 cardinals over eight innings of work in, cleveland. the record is 20 by roger clemens. he didn't walk a batter and a allowed one hit. indians won this 12-one. birds promoted lewis clark to senior director of pro personnel and they name dwayne joseph director of pro personnel. joseph joins the bird from the bears. great playoff hockey last night when game seven between capitols and rangers goes to overtime. it is over, when the rangers derek stephan scores 11 minutes into the the extra period. rangers face the the lightening in the next round beginning saturday, at the madison square garden. erika, back to you. i love playoff hockey. thanks ukee. coming up, wal-mart has a new service to appeal to on line shoppers. jill wagner has details in the money watch report. >> but first here's what is a head tonight on cbs-3.

i'm lynne abraham. when i became philadelphia's da, child victims had to face a judge ...a jury...the public... and testify eye to eye with their attackers. it wasn't right. so i got a constitutional amendment passed allowing children to testify remotely. i'm running for mayor for the same reason -- our children should come first. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i disagree. we have to improve education for all of our children.

federal investigators want to know why the train that derailed tuesday night was traveling more than a hundred miles an hour through the city of philadelphia. at least seven people were killed when that train 188 jumped the track. more than 200 people were injured and ten remain in critical condition this morning. investigators say the train was traveling 106 miles an hour when it entered a curve with the posted speed limit of 50 miles per hour. the engineer of that train has not yet spoken to authorities and has retained a lawyer. up investigators with the national transportation safety board say that reporters from inside the train will aid their investigation. we will have another live update on this deadly crash at 5:00 o'clock. 4:49. retailers are compete to go get all important on line shoppers and now wal-mart is rolling out a new service. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the the new york

stock exchange. jill, what have you her about this. >> reporter: wal-mart is testing a new unlimited shipping service that cost $50 a year, products would arrive in three days or less. this would compete with prime shipping service from amazon that cost $99 a year for unlimited shipping. for now wal-mart service is invitation only. i did not get my invite, i don't know about you. >> it is exclusive. >> jill, 16 million people use star bucks mobile phone app to pay information coffee. there were reports that it was hack but star bucks says that is not true, um. >> reporter: yes, star bucks is denying reports that this mobile phone app was hacked. media outlets pointed to two specific cases they say cyber criminals were using systems to drain money from customers accounts and steel credit and debit card info. tar bucks isn't sure and could not comment on specific customers but 16 million people use that star bucks

famous system. big business there. >> no kidding. >> very popular, got that right. thanks jill, appreciate it. coming up, traffic and weather together and we will do it

let's get traffic and weather together. good morning vittoria. >> good morning everyone. we are going in the northeast section of philadelphia to the accident scene ongoing at the this time where two vehicles are in transport we are getting word. this is traveling not too far from that bustleton area intersection is grant and wells. you will notice it does seem to be that vehicle there obviously one involved, two vehicle crash, one off to the shoulder, one off in the embankment. you will net is camera zooming in, another tragic scene that we're looking at here in northeast philadelphia, at grant and welsh. as a result of this accident you will note closures at this point in the northeast traveling in and around this area, you will want to do maneuvering if you can. we will continue to keep you updated on that. as we have move now we will update you on the traffic

situation, around, the amtrak derailment. if you are travel in and around the the accident scene in port richmond, frankford avenue and castor avenue police are directing traffic. the wheatsheaf lane we are still dealing with the closure. you definitely want to keep in mind that lots is happening with mass transit and we are still dealing with the sus pension of amtrak between philadelphia and new york, katie. vittoria, for how much is going on in traffic at least weather is totally opposite. very quiet pattern at least initially here but as we look a head to the tail end of the weekend, things start to look a active. if you look closely you can see lights of the plane descending into philadelphia international airport. the center city off in the distance there. we are at 48 degrees. chilly by comparison at least. storm scan three is empty. we have high pressure built in place. a as we go out to the first pitch here, man, business persons special, we are talking absolutely pristine conditions. full sunshine, 70 degrees at

1:05 and tack a few additional degrees on that in the course of nine innings. as the day progresses we are expecting mid 70's, similar scenario with temperatures tomorrow but eventually included start to build in ape that marks the arrival of the next warm front at least the the leading edge of it. as early as friday night we might see a shower but saturday turns more active and warmer 84 degrees and we are tracking later in the day a a couple scattered showers or then are storms, back to you. here's some stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 will be following today. philadelphia school district is considering out sourcing its school health services, the pennsylvania house has passed a a property tax relief plan for homeowners and pennsylvania senate has sent the the house a bill to over all the pension system for school and state employees. check in, two three, four times a day kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial, erika. a surprise visit to temple university hospital provides a happiness during this tragic

time. >> nurses at the hospital were in for a treat when they saw two eagles football players walk through the door. check out these photos, you can see quarterback mark sanchez and connor barwin posing with the staff. temple is one of several hospitals where victims of last night's train crash were taken, mark and connor hung around to help cheer up patients and their families, nicely done by those guys. >> terrific to see that. >> no doubt about that. >> to take the initiative to get out there. >> lots of smiles. >> nicely done. coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news" we have live team coverage of the aftermath of the deadly amtrak train derailment, from the investigation to the victims we have the very latest overnight developments. and many are still waiting to hear if governor christie will run for president he explains who he still needs to convince about his possible candidacy. we are back at the when we take these tests we don't actually do anything. we use the tutorials. one of the tutorials showed things like how to change the background color in an online test environment and it takes time

away from learning math and science and english and all the things that i really enjoy learning. they can't do as much because they have to administer this test on the computer. and that's really one of the worst parts of the test.

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good morning everyone. all night long crews have been on the scene of the amtrak tragedy in port richmond cleaning up wreckage from the crash that killed seven people and hurt hundreds more. as we wait to find out what went wrong on amtrak's 188 all eyes turning to the engineer in charge of the speeding train. >> clearly it was reckless in terms of the driving by the engineer. there is no way in a world he should have have been going that fast into the curve. >> now we're learning new fur about the victim as the search for passenger who are still missing, continues this morning. it is thursday, may 14th hello everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. time to get back to work for

investigators in that amtrak train derail many. >> national transportation safety board will hold a briefing later today. owe far the ntsb says the train was going at 106 miles an hour, more than twice the speed limit before it ran off the rails. now sources tell "eyewitness news" the engineer gave a statement to police but he has in the directly talk with the ntsb. the the crash killed seven people and injured more than 200 others. "eyewitness news" has live team coverage of the aftermath of the amtrak tragedy. the justin finch has more on the victims coming up in a moment but first lets get out to jan carabao at that scene in port richmond with the very latest developments, jan. >> reporter: a lot to do on the the scene here. the first up is this very thorough investigation. investigators have remained on the scene here overnight and ntsb tells us that these officials will likely stay on the scene for at least a week. they also want