>> remembering the victims, searching for the cause of the deadly amtrak crash, a year after that train jumped the tracks. good afternoon, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan.

well, we are hearing from survivor who describes the months when his family didn't know if he would survive. eight people killed in that crash, and hundreds of people were injured. our walt hunter is live at city hall with more from one of those injured in the derailment, whose life has never been the same. walt? >> jim, that survivor, bob hewett, along with his wife and daughter, now attending memorial service just getting underway behind closed doors here at city hall. on that night, last, may 12th, he was sitting in a amtrak train coming from dc to his home in nuttily, new jersey, texting his wife about vacation plans. terrible, painful, life threatening journey began. >> and i remember being thrown out of my seat, hitting the ceiling, rug and rats, seats. >> bob, his wife, and daughter at his side, remembered the sudden impact that ripped apart the first carve train 188. he was riding in, one year ago

tonight. >> woke up, laying on pile of rocks, all of my clothes had been ripped off. i couldn't move my legs, i couldn't move my right eyes. >> he recalls first responders finding him and realizing just how potentially how deadly his injuries were. >> one of them shined his flash lied on my head and yelled for help, and i remember him saying. >> this guy's got to go now, the whole back coming off -- >> in constant pain, 24 hours a day, his breathing stressed by chest and lung injuries, that will never heal. hewett says, simply surviving the crash back in those days was an hour to hour medical battle. >> we had a terrible ride to philadelphia, not knowing what his condition was at all

whether he is dead or alive. >> avenue 15 month old granddaughter, i can't pick her up and hold her, i can't play with her. >> reporter: and the hewett's right now, along with a loft other victims and first responders sharing their thoughts and feelings at that closed door service behind me at city hall, for the hewett's, a special mission today, based on what their daughter, emily has told them, she wanted to meet the first responders in the picture you saw that saved hewett's live, hopefully that meet that reunion may well be underway now. we'll have all of the details on it later at cbs-3. live at city hall, walt hunter, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". walt, there is a ceremony and candlelight vigil, amtrak crews in port richmond this morning cleaning up trash in the area. the memorial ceremony candlelight vigil starts at 7:00. the crash along the 2,000 block of wheat chief lane.

local school goes into lockdown after bomb threats from a student. chopper three right here over phoenixville high school. where student and teachers were sent to the football stadium for safety. according to the letter from the superintendent, the student place add back pack on classroom floor and claimed there was a bomb inside. he was over heard by a teacher. and police responded, the student sent in custody, no explosives were found. authorities gave the all-clear, and classes were able to resume. enjoy the sunshine. >> i have to tell you, jim, feels very nice out here, even though we had seen couple of clouds move in, overall, we just got nice, what we call, partly sunny afternoon unfold willing here, further north you go, further brighter to the south, but regardless everyone is actually dry for a change. and we are expecting these temperatures to continue to rebound, and we start things off by taking a quick view of storm scan, at the moment

locally, not actually tracking any wet weather. no storms in site here locally right now. but you can see within the last few hours, some clouds have gun to filter in here, from southwest to northeast. that is basically what it will look like the rest the day. here's where we stand temperature wise, it is mild, guys, 75 at the airport, we're at 69 atlantic city, very quickly as we check around the region as a whole today, mid 70s, the expectation the rest of the day, low 70s in the mountains, again some sunshine, enjoy this while you have got t we will be tracking storms already by tomorrow, and more details in my full forecast a bit later in the show, guys, back over to you. >> we have breaking news for you right now. chopper three live over route 130. in cinnaminson, where a van, slammed into a fire hydrant, which is now spilling swat near the street. we're told the crash happened in front of the cinnaminson motor lodge. one person was taken to the hospital. no word on how serious those injuries are. traffic is backed up, as people try to get around the crash and the water.

stay with "eyewitness news" for updates. >> donald trump is in washington today to smooth things over, with the republican leadership. >> the presumptive nominee met with paul ryan for the first time since the house speaker expressed hesitance i over backing trump in the general election. here, cbs news con spore dent, weijia jiang. >> donald trump offered a wave before heading into the republican national committee building, the party's presumptive nominee sat down with house speaker paul ryan, and rnc chairman, prebus, issued joint statement saying this was our first meeting, but it was a very positive step toward unification. >> outside, protesters. demonstrators including those opposed to it up's plans to support undocumented immigrants. >> we're here trying to give presumptive community, and they have closed their doors. >> much anticipated meeting

came week after ryan publicly refused to endorse trump. highlighting the party's struggle to ends its in-fighting after devisive primary season. but, on wednesday, ryan seemed determined to move forward. >> we are committed to putting that effort in. i want to be a part that far unifying process. so that we're at full strength this fall, so that we can win this election. >> the meeting has drawn international attention, here's the main door of the rnc building, than is the scene right in front of it. a massive media filling the sidewalk, on both sides of the street. trump is also meeting with congressional republicans today. talks that could define the future of the gop. weijia jiang, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". the two candidates on the democratic side will be out on the trail today. hillary clinton will meet with hiv and aids activists in new york city and bernie sanders will hold community meet in south dakota he is -- philadelphia police need your help tracking down an escaped prisoner.

they say 24 year old call eel robinson took off from pen presbyterian hospital last night. robinson was in the hospital, after arrest for dui and narcotics offenses. off the ers chased him out of the building and on to the street where he was able to get away. if you have any information, please, call police. in other news, police hope you can help them finds a person of interest in the connection with a septa records from camden county records store. here's the person caught on security cameras, the tombs record store on route 73 marlton says someone has stolen more than $8,000 in vinyl records from the store since last december. call evesham police if you have any information. >> meanwhile, two people are in stable condition at the hospital after this roll-over wreck near ridge and midvale avenues in east falls. it happened about 1:00 this morning, and when emergency responders showed up, a fight broke out nearby. there is no word what started the fight and there is no word on possible arrests. investigations underway right now into whether police used excessive force at the

end of a two-state chase. chase started in massachusetts, and ended in new hampshire, and anna westerner shows us chopper video of police repeatedly punching a suspect. >> reporter: about an hour after he sped away from police wednesday afternoon, richard simmone of whoos err, massachusetts, was on his knees on a dead-end street. facing about ten officers, some, with their guns drawn. one officer seems to lung at him, then lands a punch. and others appear to join in. the beating went on for more than 20 seconds, the 50 year old suspect took over a dozen blows from officers fists and feet. a massachusetts state police spokesperson says simmone had warrants, for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, larceny, and failure to stop for police. >> he wasn't fighting them so it was a little bit much, i think. >> the massachusetts state police said they will conduct two separate reviews, to determine whether the level of force used was appropriate. >> this is a high pressure situation, everybody's adrenyline is pumping.

>> former boston police commissioner, ed davis. >> it does appear that he's complying with the officers, and until they start to move very close to him, there doesn't appear to be a problem. now, what happened in those last seconds is going to be crucial for this investigation. but, clearly, this is cops video. >> anna warner, cbs news new york. >> just getting started here on "eyewitness news" at noon. >> with a fortunate stay, we'll show you a first look at the young man claiming to be the son of rock star prince. he has a record too. but not the musical kind. >> also, traveling at the speed of sound. it is a reality, but there is just one problem. how do you stop this thing? we'll be right

a first look at the carolyn cue william, filed a claim, seeking his share of the late musician's estate, he said his mother had a fling with prince back in july of 1976. he wants prince's dna tested. right now, williams is serving 92 months in a colorado federal prison for possession after firearm by a fell on. all right, we all agree. waiting in long lines at the airport is the last thing you want to do when you are going on vacation. well, suffer in violence no more. an airline industry group wants you to take pictures of long security lines, and post them on social media with the hashtag i hate the wait. the campaign hopes to push tsa into hiring more staff, while also giving other travelers a heads-up on the long wait time.

>> 2us senators say baggage fees play a role in long wait times at airport security, and they are calling on airlines to stop charging them, at least temporarily. senators richard bloomenthal, ed marquis, argue getting rid of the fees could reduce lines this summer. check bag fees have been around for nearly a decade. and have become a key maker for the airlines. >> in travel delays in this next story. getting our first look at what traveling at the speed of sound might look like. >> hena daniels shows us hyper loop t could rocket passengers and cargo from la to san francisco, in just a half hour. >> three, two, one. >> if traveling hundreds of miles at the speed of sound, while sitting in a pond sound like something out after sci-fi movie ... holds onto your imagination. if hyper loop one has it way, this new way to travel may be a lot closer to becoming a reality.

>> turning real engineering into real hardware, and watching it execute, is really, you know, the best parts of life. >> hyper loop one is just one company, trying to make billionaire ' long must being vision come true. the founder of tezsla and space suggesting cargo and even humans, inside giant vacuum tubes between los angeles and san francisco in 30 minutes. >> as we time move through the summer, you'll see us begin construction of the tube's 11 half feet in diameter, up on pile ons. >> during 62nd demonstration in the nevada dessert, engineers conducted what they're calling propulsion open air test. they energize an electromagnetic power system, and send dummy shred do you know the tracks at up to 300 miles per hour. the sled then crashed into a pile of sand, because they haven't yet developed brakes. >> we'll have the leaf takes system, which doesn't use energy, but uses passive methods, very efficient electricity, kitty hall molk, that's the next big milestone.

>> and by 2021, hyper loop one expects passengers to be riding in the tubes. hena daniels, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". still ahead on "eyewitness news", a prom dress code flap. >> it looks like a perfectly nice suit. why one school said it wasn't appropriate for their prom. and why another school is giving it a huge thumbs-up. katy? >> and brooke, we are looking ahead here to some additional thunderstorms, what else is new? more wet weather in the seven day forecast, as we track not one but two separate cold fronts, we'll tell you what it will mean for the rest of the forecast, that's all coming up.

>> fire fight remembers using their boots to kick off big fundraising campaign, the annual fill the boot campaign started today athen gin 53, ladder 57 at fourth and snide nerve south philly more than 2200 members of the firefighters union local 22 will be asking motorists for donations, with boots in hands. the drive benefits the muscular dystrophy association, last year, get this, raised more than $155,000. good for them. >> yes, really amazing thing, nationally. >> that's cool. good stuff. >> talk about cool, the weather? >> finally, yes. >> one happy person here. >> yes, cool as in awesome. because, yes, eventually, it will actually turn cooler in terms of thermometer readings, but for now, i know, i know, but bear with me on this one, today still nice day, even though there are some clouds out there, and we had fog issues on earlier on this morning through the western suburbs, right now we take you

out to "skycam 3", and look at wide zoom of center city philadelphia. this scene taken from very own station headquarters, high atop the roof. we are seeing, again, sort of just mixed bag. you have some sun filtering through the clouds, some clouds obviously as well, but it is a dry day for everyone, which we have not been able to say, and really long time. at least but one day here this entire month so far. which is crazy, every single day otherwise has measured at least a trace of rain in philadelphia. let's go next to time lapse. we just talked about the fog there is was about 5:00 this morning, outside kutztown area middle school. as i put things into motion, take a look what happens. you can actually see the sun goes right up into the sky. that sun so critical helping to get rid of the fog which it certainly d if you look real close you probably saw the kids out there for recess, an hour or two ago, now, at this point, again, partly sunny skies, still overhead, we just talked about the fact that we had a lot of rain in recent days here, even, so far, only, what a week and a half into the month of may. already had over two and a

half inches of rain, a lot, so we've got serious surplus at least for the average, only one day so far, again, that didn't measure something in the way of rain. whether it was a trace or not. meanwhile, outside we go to storm scan3, nice wide regional zoom here across the mid-atlantic. see again just couple of clouds overhead right now. we expect to stay dry the rest of the day. there is still frontal boundary hung up nearby. and we look at the wide zoom, you can start to see a lot more clear cut organization with the storm system that's going to bring in the next round of showers, storms. you can see, the center of circulation up here, counter clockwise rotation, and then trailing cold front, extending all the way down into the lone star state. that cold front is what's going to bring us, again, showers, thunderstorms, so ahead we go to friday. there is two separate fronts that cross through. one tomorrow, one on saturday. tomorrow's front bridges with it couple of showers, thunder storm, likely through the midday. we catch little break-in between. and then the second system comes saturday with additional showers, wouldn't be shocked to see thunderstorm out of that either. by sunday though the damage

will have been done, the temperatures that will have been in the 70s, get knocked back to the low 60s at best. and with breeze, that's actually going to feel little cool to you here. so let's save or what we've got out there today. 76 degrees some might evening out higher temperatures, 75 degrees tomorrow, still with showers and thunderstorm, on the way, though, i don't think it will be a severe situation, we'll let you know if that should change. afternoon showers as we mentioned saturday, and by sunday, cooling down, but, at least the sun returns, jim, tan will linger on monday. >> i like lingering sun. >> i know you do. thank you very much, katie, appreciate it. update on story we brought to you last week, pennsylvania teenager wards from her own prom for wearing a suit instead after dress gets new invitation. >> she said she has always worn a shirt and pants, that's her normal uniform. she does it every day, at bishop mcdevitt high school in harrisburg, but had he family said the dress code for prom was little specific for girls. normal dress, you need formal dress on. so when she showed up wearing

a suit, she got kicked out. but don't worry, because now, william penn senior high in nearby york county has now invited her to attend their prom, next saturday. i say bravo. >> you know, you want to have that experience. >> do you know what i bet? >> logical. >> student stood up for her and said can we invite her, and i think that's awesome. >> i agree. >> not 1950 any more. we will be b

get ready for wet and wild time in philadelphia this summer. >> we are talking about a water slide about three city blocks long. check this out. here is a picture of the thousand foot long flag coming to the neighborhood near the art museum. and here is some fun from the slide in another city. philly's flag will be stationed at sedgley and popular for block party august 6th, you can sign up, for your slide on line, beginning next wednesday. there are some restrictions for safety reasons. ticket packages start at $10. i want to be there. i know you turned 21 right around that same time. so you probably won't be able to make it. >> no. >> looks fun. >> big deal. >> well, that's "eyewitness news" today at noon. i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. for katie all every us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. we're always on line for you at cbsphilly.com. >> the reap is next. the young and the restless is next.

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