crash. rachel jacobs, laura finamore and robert gildersleeve all laid to rest today. "eyewitness news" investigative reporter walt hinter is live with more on lawsuits filed today walt. >> reporter: jessica, from their law offices here in center city, the attorneys who are suing amtrak, on behalf of six crash victims, say that they hope to depose the engineer, in order to learn more about the deadly wreck. attorneys suing amtrak on behalf of six crash victims says highly publicized disclosures by the ntsb that the engine might have been struck by a projectile have nothing to do with what caused the crash. >> it is a red harring. it had nothing to do with the operation. >> problem they alleged speed, that the train according to the ntsb traveling 106 miles an hour, more than twice the 50-mile an hour speed limit on the frankford junction curve. >> the conduct here by the

engineer is both unfathomable and unconsciousnable. >> reporter: attorneys representing victims like philip armond who may have of her arm amputated and daniel armond said they want to mare what engineer brandon bostian has to say including why the the engineer told investigators he remembers nothing about the crash. >> it is always, raises red flags, when someone who has been involved in an accident going too fast has a sudden claim of no memory. >> reporter: suit also faults amtrak for failing to install speed restricting safety equipment on the northbound tracks where the wreck occurred. after they had previously put it in on the southbound tracks. finally district attorney seth williams says that he is awaiting more ntsb findings, before deciding if he will launch a criminal

investigation. >> so we will be very methodical, we will take our time, we will dot all of our i's, cross's all of our t's. >> reporter: the district attorney told me it could be months before he get enough information to make that decision, on whether or not to open up a criminal investigation. meanwhile the attorney for the engineer and amtrak officials did not respond to our request for comment. live from center city, walt hunter cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you very much. commuters were able to travel the rails between philadelphia and insuring today, and passengers who made that journey had amtrak tragedy on their mind. team coverage continues now with steve paterson. >> reporter: message to passengers is amtrak is safe to ride. monday amtrak officials bolding, italic and under lining that message. for the first time since last week's deadly accident, service from philadelphia to new york restored. >> if i had to be in new york today i would have been on that train or one later on

this morning. >> mayor michael nutter was there as first train left in the northeast corridor. >> system is safe, works i take it all the time. you know, this is highly unusual. >> reporter: part of the monday's reopening is new safety features on the track. for the the first time north bound rail near accident scene will feature automatic train control, spokesperson craig schultz calls it a speed safe guard. >> what that will do is basically provide an assurance that the train will come to a top if there is a violation of speed in that area. >> reporter: schultz says tech was in place in the southbound side but testing found it wasn't needed where the accident occurred since the crash, the federal railroad administration, put in a new directive. >> there is now a speed restriction basically in that curve, on the northbound track where there hadn't been before. >> reporter: regular customers say they are happy to service is back and feel safe riding once again. >> i'm sure they have done the necessary repairs and taken precautions and safety. aim not worried.

>> reporter: that is our steve paterson at 30th street station. septa officials today talk about their train that was hit by something that was just before the the amtrak train derailed. this is a picture. you cane front window of that train had its glass shattered. the engineer saw a trespasser, and in the the track and shortly after that a bang on the window and window spiderwebbed. >> it is still unclear exactly what may have been thrown at or hit that septa train. stay with "eyewitness news" as investigation in the amtrak tragedy continues when we're not on the air you can find very latest anytime at cbs philly.com. keep an eye to the sky we're tracking chance of storms heading throughout the evening and meteorologist kathy orr is keeping her eye on the radar she has her first forecast now kathy. >> we have some hours storms and some fog that the tail of two different weather systems work ago begins thus afternoon. ocean city, cape may county,

you can see fog that ocean air that marine layer moving in with a stiff easterly win it is cool, and it is foggy. the visibility reduced in many locations down the shore .8 of a mile in atlantic city airport. fogged in along jersey shore and poconos visibility sits at zero. can see that we have some activity through state of delaware but this is dying down thankfully and another line of showers thunderstorms to the west, but we do have that on shore flow, and that is keeping it dry through the the philadelphia area, and northward, that dry air is expected to create a little bit of the roadblock so youe these storms to the west, they hud be dying out as they encounter the dryer air over philadelphia and its suburbs. we have that flood advisory once again for poor train age areas until 8:00 for central delaware. for rest of us it will be dry. on shore flow pulling in the cool air in trenton 60 degrees. sixty-eight in philadelphia after a high of 87 this morning. you can see that dry air that

cool air trying to push toward the southwest, with this back door cold front. and those and and keep the storm away, and dew point in the 50's and dry air and moist through dover where we have the shower activity. for the rest of this evening and, random showers and, to the west. and, by 11:00 p.m., and mostly cloudy skies and more storms and late inert broadcast. >> all right kathy and the phillies game, wasn't on the field, it was in the stands. television cameras followed remarkable home run showing a female fan grabbing the ball, and, only to have it snatched away. with a tv exclusive she tells her story to "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry. >> i was robbed. >> reporter: bases weren't only thing stolen at phillies game sunday. >> i am thinking my gosh it is

coming right toward me so i reached over the fence as best as i could. >> reporter: joyce kinder has been to several phillies game bull she has never caught a ball in the stand until right now. man nearly body checked her from miguel franco's first career home run ball during eighth inc. >> i can't believe you did that you dog. >> i'm thinking to myself really nothing. he just, yep kept his back to me and walked away. >> reporter: joyce and her husband dan were celebrating their 32nd anniversary and got last minute tickets to the game. both life licensing phillies fans. moments before the ball came flying into their section dan got up to go to the concession stand. >> i gave my glove to mize wife and told her to defend herself. >> reporter: she's only 4 feet ten and no match for this thief. >> if only my husband was here this would have never happen, he would have had it because he is 6-foot five. >> reporter: gloucester county couple didn't argue with the man but internet for the back. >> that lady was rob. he called some names.

>> reporter: dan says philadelphia fans get a bad rap and this incident adds to that. >> all you have to to is read what has been out there on the net. >> reporter: joyce has this message to the man and other fans who would steel a home run ball here at citizens bank park. >> shrivelry is dead. how would he feel if someone did that to his sister, his daughter or his mom? you know, it was not nice. >> reporter: joyce would accept an apology from the man but says. >> you cannot fix stupid. >> reporter: in national park, gloucester county, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> through are. >> she's right about that. >> i mean this move, the push off. >> it is a little physical and uncalled for. great to hear from joyce today. she will be on "eyewitness news" this morning at 6:30 and also some in members of the phillies organization are going to be here as well to meet with her. we will see what they can do to smooth waters to make things better with choice. >> looking forward to that. we have more big sports news out of south philadelphia today, the the flyers have named a new head coach.

>> long last many surprised by this move today let's check with the sports director beasley reese now beasley. >> it is a new direction for flyers with dave hakstol signing on as 19th head coach. hockey fans stun by this move, perhaps especially with experienced n hl options available. why hextall signed hack well, because his on played for the the guy and he believes that he is the right man for the job. so we will talk more about that ahead in sports. >> we all hope he is, beasley thanks very much. the president comes to camden, we will tell you yes is spotlighting that cities police department and message he has for camden's young people. kathy in. we are looking ahead at more stormy weather tracking some current storms on storm can three but another round comes tomorrow, i'll have latest coming up as "eyewitness news"

tonight a loop hole in the law that allows your tax dollars to fund pensions of convicted criminals. >> defense lawyers who are gaming the system. they a make a deal with the prosecutor. my client keeps his pension because i'm not going to plead to something on the list. >> that is right this man broke the law taking valuable

property from the local school district where he work but he is still eligible to collect a full state pension. sound crazy? the iteam investigates tonight at 11:00. tomorrow, it is primary day in pennsylvania, one of the big races on the ballot is democratic nomination for philadelphia mayor. six candidates are seeking the nomination and they are city councilman jim kenny d.a. lynn abraham state senator anthony williams, former city solicitor nelson diaz, former communication chief for michael nutter doug oliver and former state senator milton street. on the republican side business woman melissa marry bailey is running unopposed for her port i's nomination. the she's a business woman from society hill. count on "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the primary election and race for mayor, we will have you covered on tv and on line at cbs philly.com. president other bam a a maid a visit talking about community policing.

the president met there with police and some young people to get their take on the department's initiatives. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan was there. >> reporter: known for years as america's most dangerous city camden is gaining a new reputation as one of the country's most progressive communities. >> fit is working here, it can work anywhere. it can work anywhere. >> reporter: speaking at camden crock center president obama recognized the strides camden, and violent crime by 20 percent. since becoming running a county run department. it noise coincidence that companies are running to the city. >> people in camden still face very big challenges but this city is on to something. you have made progress in just two years. that is why i'm here because we want to focus on the fact that other cities across america can make similar progress. >> reporter: camden's community policing places emphasis on foot patrols and neighborhood interaction. they read to children and

check with business toss see if they have problems. >> we have been walking the street. crime rates are down. people can sit outside more. you can walk around and get air and don't be afraid. >> it is in the as bad as what everybody makes it out to be. is there just a few bad people in the city. >> reporter: while praising camden's efforts president obama talked about departments cutting back on what he calls military type equipment. camouflage uniforms, high powered rifles and armored vehicles when used too often it can under mine community trust n camden i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". honoring first responders was the the order of the daze in center city philadelphia today. mayor michael nutter helped kick off national e ms week, during a ceremony at city hall. after it wrapped up e ms workers free blood pressure screenings and cpr demonstrations to those who were there we appreciate all of the hard work they do on a daily basis. well, while you are keeping an eye to the sky because we have a lot of storms popping up and then moving through it is fast

moving. >> good news is they are moving away, at least for today but they will be back. >> they always are. >> bye we are looking at conditions changing rapidly over the next couple of days. warm, stick think morning and then a big cool down with storms this afternoon tomorrow it will be steamy and sticky again. take a look outside where we are dealing with some areas of fog, believe it the or not because we have this marine flow, on shore flow that is bringing in cooler air and it is getting even foggy in center city philadelphia you can see cloud there. on storm scan three we are seeing some cloud popping up, especially through delaware, but those are fading as well as they encountered some dryer air and we are losing daytime heating. that ocean air which is cooler a and dryer is actually winning out. you can see some the poconos and to the west of the lehigh valley, reading, berks county, these are slow moving and as they encountered trier air they will be weakening as they move eastward toward the philadelphia area. that will take a long time for

these to move eastwar. right now on 76 moving to the east a very heavy rain is falling but nothing severe. biggest threat is heavy rain. high today in philadelphia 87 degrees. you felt it. that was earlier this morning at the 10:00 a.m. right now only 68. so why is it 19 degrees cooler in the afternoon in this is why? a back door front has snuck from new england and cooled things down big time, toms river 57. philadelphia is 68. wildwood 66. georgetown delaware still at 77. baltimore 84. but that cooler, dryer air has won out mess of the delaware rally. good news it is keeping us on the the dry side the storms to the the west and south and as these storms move east and even count their dryer air they will begin to fizzle. you can see by 11:00 that real strong line of storms just widely scattered. everything moves east and dies down overnight. during the day tomorrow we will mix of cloud and sun steamy again by the afternoon

showers bubble up a and we will be seeing some in the afternoon, possibly severe and then dry it the out again. we are in the low risk for severe weather through parts of the montgomery and bucks county to the north and east. possibility of hail, strong wind, and even some heavy downpours. mostly in the afternoon between about two and 6:00. in the wake of this front cooler air will be moving in. you have one more steamy day tomorrow, and then wednesday is dryer. temperatures in the 70's and even cool again for thursday as we get closer to the holiday weekend. the it looks like we will have some really quiet weather, a and that is good for memorial day. overnight tonight mainly cloudy. low temperature is 61. tomorrow repeat performance steamy, some sun scattered showers and storms. we are not dealing with that back door front. we have seen front moving from the west. high temperature is 84. we will income down that heat. planning your day tomorrow morning commute is 68 in the morning and with the humid air it will feel even warmer. lunch outside will be steamy, after school a few showers and thunderstorms so keep your eye

to the skies and that includes afternoon activities. the on the exclusive seven day forecast 71 on wednesday. thursday orr at the shore begins. temperature 7o friday 75. saturday 72. and sunny for sunday and memorial day 81 with a chance of a few scattered showers. we are counting down to summer, the unofficial start memorial day weekend, two days, 22 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds until orr at the shore. we will count down to thursday because we know that everyone will take off on friday. >> does that mean we can. >> is that all of us. >> i agree. >> all right vittoria has check on traffic now. >> i will be here. if you do take off on friday, in the morning i will be on there to let you know how your shore commute will be looking but right now commuting to and from work heading home or ma an avenue southbound looks like we have improved throughout

construction zone. northbound i wouldn't say the same. would i take 95 and schuylkill expressway right around roosevelt boulevard with the grain of salt because still on i-95 in the construction zones we are still slow and on the schuylkill we have usual patches. the here at city avenue westbound toward western suburbs and eastbound coming from the the area, take a look at that from king of prussia down towards gladwynn we will catch a break but around rine street expressway you get caught up. speed sensors low, 20 on the vine. seventeen on i-95. twenty-three in delaware county. same thing for traveling on 422 as well as 202 around malvern. amtrak back to normal but we have delays for septa regional rails. stay with us, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news"

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.

at long last the fly guys have their man behind the

bench. >> it took about a 30 day search but they found their guy, a move very similar to the eagles move, signing one of the best coaches in the college ranks. dave hakstol is 46 years old with a very impressive resume. general manager ron hextall pluck him from the university of north dakota where an 11 seasons his teams made the the frozen four, seven times. >> well, there will be several adjustments along the way but i think number one, you know i believe in what we do and i believe in the things that i do. i'm not going to change that as i come to this level. >> i had a list of things that i wanted from a head coach. i went down this checklist in my mind and every box was checked except for nhl experience and quite frankly for me, that was one of the least important. it is no different then a rookie player.

>> lets turn to the phillies, they start a ten game road trip with the rockies. cole hamels on the mound for fightins. yesterday phillies won that are fifth straight game thanks to the rookie, miguel franco, he went two for three including his first major league home run as phillies beat diamond backs six to nothing. more news, this time from the sixers, the forward nerlens noel, made first team nba all rookie. he averaged almost ten points, eight rebound on the game. he will be on the podium tomorrow night at nba draft lottery. they have a tenth 15.6 chance of winning number one selection. the the draft is on, june the 25th. >> so tomorrow's lottery. >> scientific break down there. >> big night for sixers tomorrow night. >> they could get real lucky tomorrow. >> lets hepp so good we will be new customers can save an average of $500 just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com.

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we are down to the last three late shows with david letterman a contacted my award winner tom hanks is stopping by tonight it will be his 60th appearance. >> wow. >> wow. >> yeah. >> eddie vetter will be stopping by and on tuesday great bill murray will make his forty-fourth and final appearance. on wednesday dave's final show will be an hour filled with surprises highlights, and his final top ten. it is all right here on cbs-3. looking forward to that. >> indeed. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on our sister station wpsg the cw philly and we're back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. "cbs evening news" comes your way next tonight. those that took part in the biker brawl in texas could face charges besides capital murder, they will take a look at. that plus classmates turned sisters a reunion story you do not want to miss. scott pelley reports tonight from new york.

>> pelley: 170 are arrested after a deadly shoot-out in wakeo. some could be charged with capital murder. also tonight the f.b.i. determines whether the derailed amtrak train was hit by gunfire. and what could be the most dangerous sport in the world and two sisters make a startling discovery that has changed their lives. >> the lightbulb went off and i had this big ah-ha moment. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this evening nearly 200 people are being held on murder-related charges. police provided the transportation for motorcycle gang members rounded up after yesterday's deadly shoot-out in