conrail. the very old trouble bridge behind me is repaired and still in use. the safety panel blasted the railroad saying the derailment was because the train was allowed to pass a red signal without the locking mechanism being totally engaged. >> i think they wanted to get the cargo through instead of thinking about the safety of this community. that led to the release of 20,000 gallons of toxic vinyl chloride. >> i couldn't see at all. >> i think the emergency responsible for this derailment was in one word, abyssmal. >> reporter: calling the emergency response chaos without organization. they found the measures to be

slow and incomplete. they filed pictures of this personnel close to the area woutd protective gear. >> the conrail people had no breathi breathing apparatus. they say that circumstances were okay to walk into. >> and now people in paulsboro have filed suit because of the exposure to the vinyl chloride. >> have you signed on to a lawsuit? >> yes. >> what do you hope to gain in the long run? >> i hope we don't have any health side effects. >> the bridge repair is now locked in place so it won't have a repeat issue if a train goes over it. there is, as can you see behind me, there is construction going on and they will replace the old

bridge with new bridge. conrail put out a statement saying they regret what happened and they have taken into account the report by the ntsb. >> thank you john. the two men accused in the carjacking and deadly crash in tioga, made their first court appearance this morning. and the memorial continues to grow. sara bloomquist is there live. >> reporter: shirleen, a steady stream of people stopping by this growing memorial and by this evening, the crowd here will grow, a number of anti-violence groups will be set to be here at 6:00 p.m. from this neighborhood and from across the city. from german town and allegheny, people stopped to drop something at the memorial and pray for the

people of the carjacking and deadly crash. >> it's heart breaking. >> on friday 10-year-old thomas reed and his brother terrance moore and their sister kiara williams were selling fruit for a church fundraiser when an out of control suv hit and killed them. their mother, keesha was critically injure and thelma brown was also hurt. people felt compelled to come back to the scene again and again. >> are you happy and blasting your music and then in the drop of a second you see how short life can be. >> the suspected carjackers were arraigned overnight and denied bail. investigator says they carjacked a real estate agent and sexually assaulted her and then blew a

tire and went flying into the fruit stand and the family. the carjacking victim was in the backseat and was also injured. the victims were taken to the hospital and it started a manhunt. >> we have to pray for them as well. >> and nba great, charles barkley has offered to pay for the children's funerals, again an anti-violence rally set to happen on this corner this evening. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. remember we'll keep following updates on this story as they happen on 6abc.com. stay with us as developments in the criminal case continues to unfold and we have more photos and videos from our ongoing coverage. >> violence in the middle east is peaking and israel has stepped up their assault against

hamas. gaza's only power plant is dark today after officials say that an israeli tank attack left it in flame. 109 were palestinians were killed in today's violence, bringing the total number of death there's to more than 1200. on the israeli side more than 50 deaths so far. the prime minister, nat in a -- secretary of state, john kerry, taking heat for failing to produce a deal. >> what we put on the table, in fact allowed israel, let me make this clear, allowed israel to continue to deal with its tunnels even as they were in a short-term cease fire to try to see if there was a way to reach a sustainable cease fire.

>> in a new audio tape, a leader of the hamas military wing rules out gaza's truth until demands are met. once again a cease fire deal is not looking likely as violence continues to rage in the middle east. >> meantime, the united states has issued a new round of sanctions against russia over the violence in ukraine. president obama just announced them within the last half hour on the white house lawn. they are in response to the downing of malaysian airline flight 17. and he says there is conclusive evidence that the russians are firing across the border on the ukrainian targets. >> if russia continues on its current path, the cost on russia will continue to grow, and the united states means what it says. >> it targets financial sectors.

a fire led to a hazmat situation in northeast philadelphia today. chopper 6 hd was over the allied tube on norcomb road. crews say that there was a pot of zinc on fire and hazmat crew his to clean that up after firefighters put out the flames and there is still to word on how this started. no one was hurt. the s.a.t. have long been a necessary evil for people hoping to get into colleges, but they have changed all of this. they are making it optional. temple officials want bright students that may not test as well as others. students that don't submit test scores have to answer test questions, to -- and she will

have a live report on this on "action news" at 5:00. now a check of the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist, adam joseph, has the abc's as far as the forecast is concerned not a bad day. >> easy as one, two, three today. not much to speak about with these very cool temperatures, it's only 70 in lancaster, a fall like 73 in philadelphia and the ocean has dropped to 64 degrees think the poconos just 65 this afternoon. when you step outside for the next two days right through thursday, it is going to remain comfortable out with really a lack of summer humidity with dew points remaining in the 50s and that changes as we approach the end of the week and the upcoming weekend. with the unusual cool air both at the surface and aloft in the atmosphere with that very strong july sunshine, it has gone to work and the atmosphere has

self-destructed this afternoon with cloud cover and once the sun gets lower on the horizon, it will break up the cloud cover, and temperatures this evening. quickly dropping into the upper 60s between 9:00 and 10:00. when we come back we'll talk about the cool temperatures in the next couple of days and then we heat it up and the temperatures are back up there for the weekend. still ahead, a three hour tour turns into a nightmare at sea, how a whale watching boat ends up stuck on the coast. >> she made history when she swam from cuba to florida.

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