rash. >> reporter: the train left charlotte north carolina around 12:15 this afternoon as you showed us before that train colliding with that tractor-trailer. it was heading from charlotte to new york city with a stop here in philadelphia and the moment of impact was caught on camera by a woman who witnessed it right before her own eyes. >> oh, my god! oh!, oh! >> ooh, ooh. >> reporter:. >> reporter: unbelievable. the crash happened in halifax county north carolina. the locomotive and baggage car, carolynian train 80 derailed. the train's engine flipped on its side. one of the passenger cars is off at an angle and there is debris everywhere. authorities in north carolina have closed two highways near the crash site. there were 212 passengers and eight crew members on board. so far only minor injuries

reported. of course amtrak releasing a statement just moments ago letting everyone know that as this investigation is under way there are of course a lot of people who are worried about friends and family members who may have been on that train so they have set up a special 1800 number for anyone who has any questions or concerns. we have that for you right at the bottom of your screen and also on 6abc.com where we will, of course, continue to follow this story. back to you guys in the studio. >> alicia thanks very much. as we mentioned that train was due in philadelphia in just a few hours. kenneth moton continues our coverage right now with reaction from 30th street station this afternoon. kenneth. >> reporter: well, brian we just spoke with amtrak passengers just moments ago. they're starting to hear the news of this crash and derailment. it's definitely on their minds. take a look at this video. there are no visible signs of any problems inside 30th street station, no disruptions for other trains arriving and departing from this busy and northeast hub for amtrak. as mentioned that train that

derailed in north carolina was supposed to arrive here in about three hours before heading onto new york. passengers who ride the train often say that scene down in the carolinas is tragic when it comes to the safety rail travel they have no worries. >> i don't worry about train accidents. i think about trains are faster and get me exactly where i want to go without having to wait in long lines at airports. >> i don't think about that. airlines i do. but not trains. i don't think about derailments. >> i usually feel pretty safe dealing with trains. >> reporter: and that's word from amtrak, passengers after that derailment. at this point for those who were supposed to get on that train near philadelphia, we expect that other arrangements are being made but we'll have another update coming up right here on "action news." reporting live outside 30th street station kenneth moton channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, kenneth, thank you. we continue to update this story on 6abc.com. you can find the very latest

on that collision as well as pictures and more of that incredible video from the scene. >> we are also following a developing story in camden county right now. that is where a police cruiser slammed into a house in winslow township earlier this afternoon. "action news" reporter walter perez is live now at the scene with the details on this. hi walter. >> reporter: hey, share here. it happened on berlin cross keys road when this winslow township squad car slammed right into that house right there. as you can see, the scene has been cleared up but we did have a chance to speak with the homeowner. >> shocking. >> reporter: jim bell of winslow township says it was just before 1 o'clock this afternoon when he heard what sounded like a car crash outside his living room window. he quickly peaked out to see a local police squad car careening toward his house. the police vehicle slid sideways on bill's wet lawnside swiping the front of his home. bill says after bouncing off a utility pole on the passenger side and then skidding into

the house on the driver's side that officer was stuck inside his vehicle. >> he was trapped in there for probably just about an hour before they cut him out and he went to the hospital where they said he definitely had a concussion. >> reporter: the officer was reportedly responding to the scene of a crash further south on berlin cross keys road when he tried to pass a pickup truck traveling in the same direction but making a left onto terrace avenue. it's unclear what happened next. but it was at that point when the officer lost control. >> the kid that was making the turn he parked his truck right there and he come running up over the hill and apologizing to the cop and all. he was pretty well shook up himself. >> reporter: all right, back out live, now the police report we're told is not yet complete so the names of the people involved have not been released and no word yet if the driver of the pickup will face any charges, but we're told the officer suffered

relatively minor injuries and is expected to fully recover. reporting live from winslow township, new jersey, walter perez, channel6 "action news" shirleen. >> thank you walter. there is a vigil planned for tonight in honor of fallen philadelphia police officer robert wilson. the group one day at a time is hosting the remembrance at hope plaza where wilson was killed last thursday. wilson volunteered with the addiction recovery group. he was killed thursday while picking up a video game for his son who turned 10 years old today. sarah bloomquist will have more on tonight's vigil tonight at 5:00. >> historic inn that stood for hundreds of year in hunterdon county burned down today in a matter of minutes. huge flames tour through the inn this morning. it started right around 2:00 a.m. at the centuries old building in the 600 block of rosemont ring goes road. fortunate no one was hurt here. investigators still have not yet said how it started. >> it is time for a check of the accuweather forecast on a

beautiful sunny monday. >> one of those days that makes you just smile all day long. meteorologist adom joseph live outside smiling from here to ear and for good reason. >> not a case of the mondays today as we had that sunshine and very comfortable temperatures despite we still have snow on the ground. in fact, in philadelphia we're calling it the fabulous 50's. 57 so far today. the warmest day in over two months for philadelphia. have to go back to january 4th when we were 58 degrees. in fact, some areas are at 58. millville and dover, atlantic city airport on the brink of 60 degrees the same for beach haven. reading right now 50 degrees and a lot cooler in the lehigh valley to the north where temperatures have been stuck only in the upper 40's. however, if you take a look at the lower 48, no signs of winter. spring is finally trying to take over here as we're heading into the middle of march. 59 degrees in bismarck, 58 in wichita, atlanta at 65 degrees

and jacksonville 75. down to the south on double scan live radar we're seeing a bunch of showers downpours and thunderstorms that are pulling together from omaha city dallas to houston all the way over to new orleans and atlanta and a piece of this will be moving in our direction so we are calling for some wet weather as we get into late tomorrow morning and especially in the afternoon. but beyond that, we'll be making a run at 60 degrees, so overall this week we're looking at very mild temperatures. finally a change. shirleen when i come back we'll show you those numbers and it's not the only day we're tracking rain this week. we'll have it all in accuweather. >> as long as you're still tracking some sun, all good. >> all that matters. >> police are asking for your help to find the man police say pulled off a pair of armed robberies. the first happened on february 25th at majestic sun on cottman avenue. police say the suspect pulled a knife on 20-year-old employee and made her give him money from the register. on march 2nd he robbed sally

beauty supply on the same block of cottman avenue. again he had a knife and took cash. police are asking anyone with information to call them. police have looking for the man who robbed a teenaged girl at gun point in philadelphia's pens port section. they gave a surveillance video from february 13th. hopefully we can show that you video. they say the 16-year-old girl was walking at second and moore when she noticed a group of men following her. one stepped in in front of her showed a gun and demanded her cell phone. she gave it to them and they ran off. the teen was not hurt. we'll show you that surveillance video when we can. it is time now for your "action news" traffic report. let's send it on over to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center on a monday. >> yeah, hey shirleen. hope you had a nice weekend. >> yeah. >> and you know, on an afternoon like this everybody wants to be about -- out and about. it is pretty nice. but when we get so many people trying to be out and about well things start to happen. we had a crash here on the

schuylkill expressway eastbound side right by conshohocken. a vehicle flipped over. was blocking both of the eastbound travel lanes for awhile. the good news is as you can see now, the crash is clear. both of the eastbound lanes reopened but very heavy from 202 through this point at conshohocken and westbound you're looking at a 42 minute travel time so just as heavy over there from the vine out to near this point at the blue route. we're also watching a water main break this afternoon in middletown township bucks county blocking big oak road. same general vicinity as where we had problems along big oak on friday morning. this afternoon it's between wood burn and chance reroad. a crash in the work zone on 95. that's gone of course the slow speeds, many in the teens in both directions on 95 are not gone. this is the scene along 95 in delco. southbound side the off ramp from the southbound lanes to 320 is shut down right under the overpass here there's a vehicle facing sideways into the barrier so that off-ramp 95 southbound to 320 is closed

and a couple accidents in burlington county. one's on 295 southbound by 541 with an overturned bus accident in lumberton along main street. fostertown road would be a better bet. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. one of our friends using the waze app talking about water on the roadway along penllyn blue bell pike. you'll get a lot of that with all the melting snow. driving through some puddles. we'll check it again brian and shirleen in the next half to you. >> that's the kind of water we don't mind. >> exactly. >> melting snow. a building collapses in south jersey and a family of four was inside when it happened. we've got the latest. >> plus, a college fraternity makes national headlines for video filled with racist chants. the offensive video causing all kinds of outrage and how it ended up going public. >> and a truck goes into the water in south jersey but now more than a week later crews finally pull it out of the ice and they had to use some unusual methods to get that truck to dry land. >> ♪♪

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>> gloat a camden family is out of their home this afternoon after part of the house suddenly collapsed while they were inside. the brick facade crumbled here on the 400 block and line street about 11 o'clock last night. gratefully no one was hurt. the homeownerrer says his parents, sister and a two-year-old niece were inside when it happened. >> my dad said he heard a squish. he was sitting in that room right there. we could see the top room. next thing you know he just sees the streets. >> now ali has owned that home since the 80's and says it was compromised by the demolition of the house next door 12 years ago. just last week the city gave him two weeks to fix his home or move out. the red cross is helping that family until they come up with a long term plan. >> well, it's the offensive video that got a fraternity shut down and stick kicked out. it has been closed at the university of oklahoma after this video surfaced over the

weekend. it started with this shocking video appearing to show members of sigma alpha epsilon or sae chanting a racial slur and indicating that african-americans would never be admitted to their fraternity. >> in 20 years i have not seen anything that has so deeply troubled me as this. >> the video was reportedly shot this saturday and posted on youtube by an organization called unheard an alliance of african-american students. it's unclear how it was obtained. overnight the national chapter of sae shut down the oklahoma chapter saying in a statement "we apologize for the unacceptable and racist behavior of the individuals in the video and we are disgust they had any member would act in such a way. students and staff gathered on the university of oklahoma campus before dawn in a peaceful rally. >> i think the strongest thing we can do right now is express

our basic values, condemn what has happened in the strongest possible terms. >> reporter: vandals struck the fraternity on sunday after the video went viral and quickly spread across the campus community. >> we were deeply outraged and disturbed by the incidents that took place. >> reporter: but others say they don't want this incident to represent their school. >> learn from it, grow from it and build as a community and unify. >> reporter: well, oklahoma's president says that all ties between the university and sae will be severed. and that fraternity members will have until midnight to vacate their house. shirleen. >> all right, alicia to business now. and stocks started the week with a rally. the dow spiked almost 138 points. the nasdaq was up 15. the s&p gained eight. apple unveiled a slew of new products today including the highly anticipated apple watch. ceo tim cook showed off the watch which will hit the market next month. apple also debuted a new skinny mac book which weighs

just 2 pounds. the company says it's the most energy efficient laptop in the world. apple also made a surprise announcement about a deal with hbo to offer streaming service through apple tv. 6abc is also working on an app for the watch. general motors announced a huge buy back of its stock in a move designed to appease some of its shareholders. it comes after shareholders expressed concern over how gm is using its cash. the company will buy back $5 billion in stock. one shareholder hedge fund manager harry wilson says he will no longer seek a seat on gm's board as a result of the buy back. >> reading terminal market turned into a master's class in conducting today. >> ♪♪ that was how it sounded. very lucky members of a lunchtime crowd got to take the baton and lead one of the world's most preeminent orchestras. the musicians from the

philadelphia orchestra lent their musical talents from this kick off event for the musicians in the schools it is all part of national music in our schools month. how cool is that. >> i guess reading terminal wasn't already an awesome place, you can walk in on a day like this. >> and conduct the philadelphia orchestra. >> exactly. >> amazing. >> awesome. >> it is time for your accuweather forecast. >> amazing awesome all words that apply to this forecast as well. adam joseph standing by. if you liked today you'll love the rest of the week. >> if you like those warm temperatures. everyone has a smile on their face today. as we take a look at sky 6 live right now you can see a chopper going right over the river right there. you see that little black dot. when you take a look at the river we can see that there's no more ice chunks at least in this section of the delaware river. so some good news that we're slowly melting that ice along our local rivers. numbers right now across the area were coming in at 57 degrees in philadelphia, 49 in the lehigh valley. very warm to the south as some areas are trying to reach that

60-degree mark. atlantic city airport 59. millville 58. dover 58 and beach haven coming in at 52 degrees. as we take a look at the last, oh my gosh, about a month or so we have been really in the freezer and february 8th to the 14th, that's when temperatures took a nose dive to around 4 degrees below normal. then the next week we had a stretch of 20 degrees below normal temperatures in philadelphia. then february 22nd to the 28th 11 degrees below normal and just last week temperatures were close to 11 degrees below normal. so, finally we're breaking that weather pattern and getting temperatures that are at or above the norm around here. satellite and radar we see clouds building to the south and you can see all this moisture pulling out of the gulf of mexico that is aiming for our direction. so, future tracker tomorrow morning it's dry. it's late into the morning into the afternoon we see this rain kind of draped over the region and it will be a steady rain tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night. so, even through 9 o'clock

we're seeing a soaking rain around and then it slowly pull asway early on wednesday morning. still some leftover showers in southern areas. so tuesday afternoon tuesday evening into tuesday night when you take a look at all the different models here, you're forecasting anywhere between about .4 of an inch to an inch of rain so a good quarter to three-quarters inch of rain will be pulling in here over the next 24 hours. and that will help the snow melt as well as these warm temperatures. in fact, tonight the clouds move in. it's a seasonable night. 20's in the northwestern suburbs where any melt dag will refreeze tonight, 34 for philadelphia. and your four day at 4:00 forecast, 49 tomorrow so that's average for this time of year with that rain coming in in the afternoon and evening. and how about this? with the sun returning on wednesday afternoon, the first 60-degree day of 2015, but then we back it off but it's still beautiful, above normal on thursday at 51 and then rain pulls in very late in the day

again on friday with temperatures dipping into the upper 40's, so no snow, no sleet, no freezing rain. just above normal temperatures. >> shirleen just gasped. she's like uhhh. >> if 50's wasn't exciting -- >> imagine 60. >> 60's, too. wow. >> winning you over today hm. >> yes you are. >> thanks. >> thank you adam. looks like the philadelphia flower show got a boost this year thanks to movie magic. the pennsylvania horticultural society says about 250,000 people came out for this year's event. that is up 10 percent from last year. the flower show takes in about $2 million to help fund the phs. this year's theme was celebrate the movies and exhibits paid tribute to disney and pixar movies. organizers say the theme brought in more students and children than ever before. disney is the parent company of 6abc. >> it was a pretty magical show this year. >> yeah, good stuff. >> still ahead bill cosby breaks his silence. he's about to post a video message online and we've got

an early look. >> up next, a truck finally pulls out of the icy water in new jersey. the unusual steps crews had to take to get the vehicle to shore. >> and registries for gifts are becoming all the rage for kids' birthday parties. convenient or arrogant? that's the debate coming up in big talker. >> we want to remind you go to facebook and like the 6abc "action news" facebook page. that will give you access to all of the top stories we're following, weather updates breaking news and the best and most current viral videos. you can also communicate with members of the "action news" team and that includes all of us right here in the studio. we'll be right back.

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spinning in circles before breaking through the ice and into the water. police found a dog dead and side the cab of the truck. the driver, 27-year-old andrew meyer was arraigned today on charges of reckless driving criminal mischief and animal cruelty. >> a montgomery county task force revealed its plan to help stop overdose drug deaths in the community. the task force spent the last six months developing a strategy to help prevent overdoses from prescription drugs and heroin. part of the plan includes prevention and public awareness beginning, they say with familiar police. >> still ahead, they're coming together in bryn mawr one day after a missing teenager's body was recovered. his school pauses to remember cayman naib. >> plus, from aspiring rapper to convicted killer we're live with details on why patch vic your ya' windslowe was that found guilty today of murdering for administering black-market buttocks injections.

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slammed into a small -- stalled tractor-trailer. the impact toppled the engine car afternoon today. here's what it looked like from a nearby road. >> oh, my god. oh my god. oh oh! oh, jesus. oh, my god. oh jesus. >> unbelievable. 55 people were hurt. 30 were taken by ambulance to the hospital. the others were not seriously injured. amtrak officials say the train was heading from charlotte to new york city stopping in philadelphia. it was carrying an oversized load. it was being escorted by hey way patrol vehicles. it is not known at this hour whether police notified amtrak that the truck was stuck. >> an aspiring rapper turned black-market plastic surgeon is now a convicted killer.

padge victoria windslowe who once bragged she was the mike angelo of buttocks injections was that found guilty of administering a lethal injection back in 2011. "action news" reporter vernon odom was in court today. he joins us live in center city with the details. vernon. >> reporter: the black madame looked extremely upset this afternoon as the jury foreman read the verdict in court guilty on all counts. the defense claims she meant no harm. they hoped to get away with a lesser conviction of manslaughter. padge winslow aka the black madame was convicted of multiple charges including third degree murder. now she's looking at up to 70 years in prison. she injected industrial silicone into the rear end of this woman british break dancer claudia a department rotima.

windslowe who once ran an escort service had taken the witness stand in her own defense. >> when she testified i think her personality was leading a life tricking women and putting on this facade that she's helping people. >> reporter: windslowe's sister left court with no comment. the black madame was also convicted of aggravated assault. she'll be sentenced early june. >> she got a chance to tell her story from day one when i met her. at least i feel very good about the fact she had a full trial. >> reporter: lieutenant john walker led the police investigation into the sensational murder case. on the witness stand the black madame said she had injectioned silicone into thousands of customers over the course of 20 years. >> we started getting calls from numerous young ladies who were injected by this female and suffered serious injury. >> she did it for the money pure and simple that she could bring in women and charge them thousands of dollars to put a fraudulent product in their body. >> reporter: the black madame's sentencing date has been set for june the 11th.

live at the criminal justice center vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> okay, thank you vernon. jurors have gone home for the day without a verdict in the case of eric torres. he's accused of attempt murder in the shooting of philadelphia police officer edward davies in august 20's 13. prosecutors say torres shot davies during a struggle outside a convenience store. davies had to undergo several surgeries and lost a kidney following the attack. jury deliberations will continue tomorrow. >> it has now been 24 hours since students in bryn mawr learned one of their classmates would not be coming what tock school today. 13-year-old cayman naib's body was discovered yesterday afternoon just yards from his own home. "action news" reporter chad pradelli spoke to the students who are still struggling to cope with this devastating news. he's live in newtown square with the story today. hi chad. >> reporter: hey, brian, we've now learned the cause of death of cayman naib the delaware county medical examiner has ruled his death a

suicide from a self inflicted gunshot wound. shipley students walked into school today their minds not on mathematics or the sciences but rather, on a life lost too soon. an assembly was called and counselors and students reflected on the death of cayman naib, the eighth grader downed dead near darby creek yesterday. >> our goal is to try to be there for each and everyone and to work with the parents to make sure that our students are getting the support and direction they need. >> reporter: cayman disappeared wednesday after receiving an e-mail from the school saying he had incomplete work. an exhaustive search followed focusing on the area near the family's expansive newtown square property. sunday search crews fanned out and found naib not far from the home. shipley headmaster steve pilch says students often receive progress reports via e-mail. >> i don't believe anything we issued inappropriate was communicated.

you can never tell what's going to be the trigger for someone in terms of making the kind of decision that cayman made. >> reporter: last night there was a vigil held at shipley, the exclusive main line private school of 840 students prek through 12th grade. naib's sister is a ninth grader at the school and pilch says his job remains the same, to be there for the kids naib's family and the shipley community. >> if there's anything for all of us to learn it's the importance of reaching out and being together and hopefully being able to identify when someone might be in need to be able to get him or her some help. >> reporter: and there is the question of where cayman naib got that gun. the district attorney's office says it is working to verify that information as we speak. i'm live in newtown square, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> just an awful update there chad. thank you. we are getting a look now at the moments right before a wrong way driver barreled into

oncoming traffic in langhorne bucks county last night a driver laid on their horns trying to alert others to the danger coming straight at them on route 1. it was too late. the driver slammed into several cars injuring six people. the driver was also hurt. fortunately, though, nobody died here. police think the driver might have been under the influence at the time. charges are pending the results of a dui test. >> police in delaware are looking for two men allegedly involved in a scam to sell apple ipads. these are pictures of the ipad boxes purchased by a woman in the parking lot of the new castle farm's market yesterday. she says she was approached by the men to buy them for $400 and she agreed. but when she opened the boxes she found ceramic tiles inside instead of an ipad. police are asking anyone with information to call them immediately. >> bill cosby is out with a

new video today that some are calling a first step towards reputation rehab. the 102nd video is an effort by the embattled comedian to win back fans as he heads out on a tour with stops in several small city. the video was accompanied with this note. "dear fans i hope you enjoy my wonderful video message filled with laughter. hey, hey, hey, i'm far from finished ." >> yes, i'm going to be in wheeling west virginia capitol music hall and you know i'll be hilarious. can't wait. >> now cosby makes zero mention of the scandal that has tarnished his reputation or of the two dozen women who have accused him of sexual assault. many argue this video is too little too late in an attempt to repair this image. abc will have much more on bill cosby's attempt to fix his image with david muir. that begins after "action news." >> now that forecast that has people smiling in a good mood

on monday. really? >> because it's been over two months since the temperature has been this warm so it's time some signs of spring are beginning to pop around here. as we take a live look at sky 6 philadelphia international airport no weather woes locally as all the run ways are looking pretty good there. they're lined up and thee keep on moving. 57 degrees your temperature the dewpoint 29. winds out of the west at 14 miles an hour. and in atlantic city, your temperature 54 degrees with that full sunshine. wind chill not much of it when you have temperatures above that 49-degree mark. although winds are light out of the west-northwest at seven. and at shawnee you can see some folks skiing and snowboarding this afternoon. pleasant temperatures at 42 degrees and this time of year if you plan on hitting the slopes if they're still opened with the resort you like to go to you got to remember your sunscreen because that snow has a very high what we call albito, meaning it reflects a lot of the sunlight and radiation and you can get a nasty burn this time of year on the slopes. caulk about some rain coming

up in that seven-day forecast. >> you had to go and ruin it didn't you. >> had to tease something. >> okay, i guess. thank you adam. some students from the university of georgia will be spending their spring break giving back right here in philadelphia. (applause). and what a welcome the group spark philadelphia held an exciting pep rally for the 12 young men and women who will be volunteering their time right here in north philadelphia. for the entire week of their stay they'll be paired up with people with developmental disabilities. good for them. still ahead, is it practical or is it in poor taste? we explore the trend of gift wretch industries for kids' birthday parties. >> and those aren't bales of hay. they're bales of marijuana and now police are having a hard time collecting the evidence. we'll explain. >> plus a man proposed to his girlfriend every day for a year. what makes this love story really unique? she had no

idea he was doing it. you won't want to miss one cherry hill woman's incredible engagement. >> and that has gone viral for all the right reasons. meteorologist adam joseph back with a full accuweather forecast. we'll just ignore that he said rain. coming up right after this

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>> two suspected drug dealers tried to lighten their load while running from fleece arizona. an officer's dashboard camera captured the men hurling large bales of pot out the window. we're not just talking two or three bails. these guys tossed 17 bundles of pot onto the road all while keeping speeds greater than 100 miles per hour. though the duo was eventually captured police are having a hard time recovering the evidence. why? they think other drivers stopped to pick up some of that pot along the way. >> in health check at 4:00 a young couple is taking a creative stance on a controversial medical issue. carson and karen benefit

created their fully vaccinated t-shirts to keep other parents from wondering whether their children were up to date on shots. they say the idea came before the current outbreak but since then the shirts have really taken off. after many requests, the bennetts are making adult versions as well. one dollar of every sale goes to a kid's health program. here at the big board with the big talkers and this instagram picture caused outrage. that's vogue's style editor at large who took it and she has since taken it down. it shows a homeless woman reading a copy of the magazine with the caption paris is full of surprises and vogue magazine readers even in unexpected corners. well instantly people accused her of being disturbingly out of touch, cruel and tasteless. the homeless woman 65 year old told the dale mail that it's no joke being destitute. elizabeth followed up with a

new instagram post extending her sincerest apologies for the offense she caused. well, people often register for baby showers weddings engagements but now gift wretch industries are becoming all the rage for kids' birthday parties and for as popular as it's becoming it's also drawing major criticism. this particular snore new york city allows the child to write their wish list down on an index card. but retailers like amazon.com and toys are us also allow you to set up an on high pressure registry. some are calling the new trend tacky and excessive but some parents say it helps take the guess work out for guests. >> mothers will call me what does she want and i'll tell them this is where you should go. they appreciate it 'cause they don't know what to do. >> others argue it makes kids more greedy and more entitled and parents should be preaching that old adage you get was want and you don't get upset. finally there's one very lucky lady in cherry hill who has quite a story to tell.

not to fast forward but here's jennifer companies sent her fiancé dean smith. let's rewind for you. dean actually asked her to marry him 365 days in a row. >> ♪♪ >> yup, he secretly popped the question every day for a year and showed her the moments before he got down on one knee. this guy does it all lip syncing holding up the sign while brushing flossing, showering, working feeding the pets cooking dinner, you name it and see that right there she even slept through it once. then as she watches this video, he lays down roses and heads towards his future bride. he even new in her whole family of course. she said yes but you know what you guys, watch that that video. i mean everyone is tearing up

over this thing. >> looks like the sun was in on it, too because how perfect is the sunset. >> yeah and you know all those people watching are other guests at the resort and they said you know what we're going write down our addresses. we want an invite to the wedding. >> a beautiful moment. >> pretty special. >> he raised the bar. >> sure did. >> let's get a check of the roads. >> matt pelman with an update for us. >> we're not quite as jealous as that beach in aruba this afternoon. it's a little bit nicer out there for an afternoon drive. you just don't want to try to take this ramp. in chester delaware county it's the one from the southbound lanes of 95 to 320. we've got a nasty accident. looks like the vehicle the minivan here plowed into the barrier. got the fire truck on the scene as well as police and they have the off ramp from the southbound lanes of 95 to 320 shut down. if this is your ramp, couple options. you could get on the blue route northbound take that to macdade to work your way into the neighborhood or else keep going south to 322. elsewhere on 95 we had another broken down vehicle this one

southbound in the work zone just past cottman. it's out of the way now. northbound you're still jam packed from approaching the vine up to the work zone at cottman n middletown we have that water main break near the market at stireo orchards. maybe stay on langhorne yardley road. tacony palmyra up for a northbound ship. opening was scheduled at 4:55. they're a little early. head for the betsy ross instead. our crash on 295 southbound approaching 541 in burlington county cleared but speeds still in the 20's coming down from florence columbus and our overturned school bus accident in lumberton along main street is also out of the way now. everything reopened there. we'll check in again brian and shirleen coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> all right, see you shortly matt. thanks very much. meteorologist adam joseph back with that exclusive and largely lovely accuweather forecast coming up next. >> we like those numbers. [laughter] >> ♪♪

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>> ♪♪ >> i don't want to put the cart before the horse but i'm going go ahead and say i think we've turned the corner because it's a beautiful monday, days are longer. >> a month of really brutal cold temperatures, we finally flipped the calendar and we've flipped the season so to speak. that last hurrah of winter with that snowstorm, now the temperatures are off to the races so to speak talking about horse talk, off to the races. as we take a look at the action cam which was along the schuylkill river we still have in some ice as you can see a thin layer of in it spots of the schuylkill and it will slowly melt this week with the warm temperatures and some rain. as we take a look at double scan live radar not a cloud to be found today, so that radar scan looking pretty good. we go to the temperatures which has been the talk of the town the last two days. yesterday thrift degrees in philadelphia today so far 57 degrees so with that pair of 50's that is normal for

this time of year today just a little bit above that. to the south 58 in millville right now, 59 atlantic city, beach haven at 60 degrees right now. dover at 58 and a little cooler to the north and northwest. you could see between lancaster and allentown on either side of about 50 degrees. we get the clear skies sky right now but you see some high clouds building just down the pike along washington, baltimore down into parts of central virginia and the clouds will really start to thicken up after midnight tonight as a shrug of rain is pulling out of the gulf of mexico and this is along a boundary that will pull through here tuesday afternoon into tuesday night. so early tomorrow morning for your way to work, to school, it looks dry just some high clouds coming in with some filtered sunshine but by lunchtime rain will be breaking out south and west of philadelphia, turning steadier and heavier into that evening rush tomorrow which will take you extra time to get home from work. even some pockets of moderate rain in southern areas and even 11 o'clock tomorrow night

you can see some of those yellows popping on future tracker so good soaking to come in here tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night and then it starts to push off the coast as we grab more sunshine working its way from the northwest to the southeast on wednesday morning. how much rain are we looking at? anywhere between about a quarter in far southern areas to a good three-quarters of an inch for much of the delaware valley including parts of the lehigh valley. tonight 28 to 34 as those clouds move in and any of that snow that melted today, it will refreeze in those far northwestern suburbs but staying above freezing for philadelphia tonight and the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast afternoon and evening rain, tomorrow 49 degrees. and then the first 60 of the year comes on wednesday with returning sunshine, so very mild midweek. and we stay mild on thursday. a nice day despite we drop about 9 degrees with that full sun. and then more rain coming in friday evening into friday night and right now saturday looks like a washout with

temperatures at 49 degrees and some sun trying to return on sunday. the system may try to lag into sunday morning. and then mostly cloudy on monday a week from now at 50 degrees and notice those overnights in the city, not one number below freezing over the next seven days. >> i was thinking this, we lost an hour of sleep but -- >> we gained so much more. >> we real are. >> mother nature has finally woken up. listening to us. >> another reason to smile saving with 6abc coming up next.

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>> time to save with 6abc and today we are extending the life everything from the food in your fridge to your furniture with some simple clever and maybe little known tricks from daily finance. these are some new to me. first, to extend the life of some of your groceries did you know that you keep your baked goods fresh by placing a slice

of bread in your cookie jar and you can keep your bread fresh by sticking a celery stalk inside the bag? i did not know about either one of these and i love this one. urban manassas ripen more slowly if you break them apart. in the bunch they brown more quickly and get those spots. you know what i'm talking about. okay. now to some clothes savers and we're not making this up. put your pantihose in the freezer to prevent runs, something to keep the elasticity. speaking of the bananas you can use the peels to polish your shoes. for your furniture rub wall nuts on wood to remove scratches and you can get water stains off wooden pieces by rubbing mayonnaise on it with a paper towel. for scratches and leather furniture try olive oil. right now on 6abc.com a list of stretching your beauty products like putting saline in your mascara to keep from it drying out. well, not your mascara brian but anyone out there who happens to be using it. i love these tips today.

>> got to take my pantihose out of the freezer tonight. have you ever been caught doing something a little weird like many of the things alicia just mentioned you can probably relate to this. the video begins with a feline cleaning her favorite furry toy with the utmost care and diligence. >> oh. >> completely oblivious to the fact that her owner is speaking up with the a camera. just watch. her casual attempt to put that toy down and act like nothing happened thwarted by her own tongue. nothing to see her human nothing to see at all. go on about your day. >> that is what i love about cats. so private and they get embarrassed like we do. >> i'm brian taff. shirleen and i along with adam and ducis rodgers back tonight. we hope you'll join us as always for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass.

>> coming up next on "action news" at 5:00 tonight the latest thon amtrak derailment in north carolina. what we know about the crash involving a train that was heading through philadelphia. >> plus a local family searches for a missing woman from montgomery county. her loved ones speak to "action news" tonights. >> potholes are frustrating drivers all across the region. we'll show you the special machine being used to fill those craters on local roads and if you know urban manassas -- if you separate ban flan nas you can fill potholes. >> meteorologist cecily tynan coming up next. >> pantyhose bananas. >> don't keep them together. you separate them.

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>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> developing right now an amtrak train derailed sending dozens of people to the hospital. this video shows the cars slaming into a truck that was stalled at a railroad crossing in north carolina and that train was scheduled to stop in philadelphia. monday night, the big story on "action news" is an accident on the tracks involving a train head up the east coast. >> sharrie williams is following the latest from the satellite center tonight. sharrie.

>> rick and monica, this collision happened in the noon hour in halifax, north carolina. the train was set to make a stop in philadelphia around 7:07 tonight so if you have a loved one or friend who was on board that train we want to tell you right away that amtrak says none of the injuries are life-threatening. that's the latest report on the injuries. so, let's get to the video of what we've seen happen today. we want to start with the aerials of the aftermath of this crash and walk you through what you're seeing. the portion lying on its side there is the train's engine. the luggage car is off at an angle to the tracks and behind the luggage car, you can see a passenger car that was also derailed but remained upright. again this is a collision between amtrak train number 80, the carolinian an low boy trailer truck. the cab of the truck is still intact but the trailer carrying a large load covered in a blue tarp was shredded by the force of the impact. we actuall