it is thursday, may 14 we're following the latest on the deadly train derailment including details on the man who was at the control when the train topple off the tracks. >> a shocking discovery the derailed train lacked the latest u.s. safety controls that could prevented the tragedy in philadelphia. >> police scramble to a massachusetts train station after a father's at terrifying call to 911. >> good morning 4:30, may 14.

let's get weather and traffic. >> reporter: on satellite we're not looking a lot of cloud cover. we're looking for high pressure bringing us a better day today. 51 in philadelphia. 44 in allentown. we have cooled down overnight as expected just 49 in wilmington and 52 in sea isle city. as we head out the door to catch the bus between 6 and 8:00. 49 degrees by 6:00 a.m. 59 degrees by 8:00 a.m. rolling through the day, 54 by 8:00 a.m. noon, 66. this afternoon, 72 high of 73 around 4:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m. we'll be holding on to 71 degrees so pretty nice. as we head on it and check out the pollen count we're running into the medium high leaves we're down a little bit as we head in through the weekend. this is where we were last weekend way up high.

karen what are the roads looking like. >> reporter: we're looking at philadelphia, new york city, still no amtrak service everything canceled. running on a modified schedule on the northeast corridor, washington, d.c. and philadelphia new york city and boston harrisburg an philadelphia. new jersey transit is honoring amtrak tickets at this point so you can take new jersey transit between trenton and new york city, new jersey transit ac rail line between 30th and pennsauken, still canceled not running once again patco is honors amtrak rail tickets. all trains making all symptoms. trenton line is still suspended. the west trenton line they have added extra cars to help with the volume. chestnut hill east is on time complexity delays with the

chestnut hill west line. chopper 6 on the scene of the accident pennsylvania turnpike between fort washington and willow grove an accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer has cleared. happened at 9:00 a.m. just opened at 3:00 a.m. >> thank you karen. investigators say they are looking at speed as well as a whole string of other factors as they try to pinpoint the cause of the accident. >> ntsb said the train was going over 100 miles per hour before the crash. katherine scott is live near the crash scene with the morning update. katherine. >> reporter: matt you can see the police block aids are up in the neighborhood. federal investigators have determined that the train was speeding leading up to the fatal crash. what the engineer was doing at the time remains under investigation. we are learning about the

engineer for tuesday's night's amtrak wreck that killed 7 and injured 200. he was identified as brandon boxin from queens, new york. it was going 106 miles per hour as it approached the curve that has 50 miles per hour. >> moments before the derailment, the train was placed into engineer induced breaking. >> reporter: it only slowed the train to 102 miles per hour. the surveillance footage captured the train speeding a few hundred yards before the derailment. seconds later you see the bright flashes of light as the power lines came down. he has been an engineer with amtrak since 2010 and a conductor four years priority prior to that. his lawyer said he doesn't remember what happened. he previously worked as a clerk

for target. >> he was on speed restricted track and the next thing he recalls is waking up and looking for his cell phone. >> ntsb spent hours gathering perishable evidence that would go away over the passage of time. we're live in port richmond, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> philadelphia district seth williams said his office is looking into the deadly train derailment along with federal authorities. >> issues that have to be looked at, the mechanics why all different issues have been investigated and root out before we hold anyone criminally responsible. >> if criminal charges are filed, williams said federal authorities may want to prosecute the case. >> no one wants to know what happened more than those who lost loved ones.

kenneth moten spoke to an employee in university city that lost it's brand new chief executive in the crash. >> reporter: the words from family of rachel jacobs, the ceo killed in the amtrak derailment. she was a wonderful mother, daughter, sister wife and friend. she was devoted to her family and pursuit of social justice. we cannot imagine life without her. her colleagues searched for her looking at hospitals feeling desperation. "action news" has confirmed a senior vice president for wells fargo also died. abid gilani a valued member of the commercial device passed away. jim gains was on the way home

from washington, d.c. when he was critically injured in the crash. he was pronounced dead at temple university hospital. his grieving wife said jim was more precious to us than we could adequately express. justin zemser. the mid shipman was on his way home to his mother. he was a loving son and community minded this tragedy has shocked us all in the worst way. >> reporter: meanwhile family of bob guildersleeve are handing out pictures hoping for word on his whereabouts. the acting dean of student affairs at megger evers college in britain. while we have five confirmed names we know there were search

killed in the tragic crash. we are waiting on information from the other victims. reporting in university city, kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >> now amtrak has set up a hot line for anyone trying to connect with a loved one who was on the train. (800)523-9101. officials are cag the passengers who -- passengers who got got off safely who have not called check in right away. the federal railroad commission found commuter trains are the safest form of travel. we found stats and nobody has been killed in a train accident up until last night. 35 people have been hurt from 2006 through february of this year. there have been 77 accidents over that time in the city, the main cause mechanic or equipment problem or something wrong with the track and human error the third region. >> at the big board ntsb said

technology exists right now that automatically slows down speeding cars. when the track 188 left the 30th street station, the posted speed limit was 80 miles per hour. at the curve where it crashed 50 miles per hour. official say the train was going 106. the hitech system would have determined the right speed ahead of time and made the correction. the system is installed throughout most of the northeast corridor for amtrak. this section of track was due for the upgrade later this year. >> based on what we know right now we feel that had such a system been installed in this section of traction this accident won't have occurred. >> just yesterday a republican-led house rejected funds for amtrak. they said we want to see the

results of investigation before they consider funding. there's more online at 6abc.com. a massachusetts father calls 911 after he realized he forget something very important at the train station his 1-year-old daughter. >> you can order pizza by using i am -- imogi. >> reporter: we have a warm upcoming in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, this morning jackets, this afternoon, shorts and ts.

>> 4:43. chilly. >> reporter: some neighborhoods in the 40s. this afternoon it's going to be [whistles]. >> reporter: it's going to be gorgeous this afternoon. as matt mentioned it's cool out there, but look at how rock-steady the camera is. we have a breeze, but not as winds as yesterday. temperatures, 51 in

philadelphia. as i said some suburbs in the 40s, you want to bundle up a bit this morning not bundle, but put on a light jacket on. the dewpoint, nice alone the winds north/northwest currently. generally speaking they will be lighter than yesterday. when when we check out the winds across the region, a lot of spots single digit winds. overnight cloud cover melting way as high pressure buildings in. the temperatures improve this afternoon, it will be nice, it's just about my perfect kind of day. 54 degrees by 8:00. 64 by 11:00. you want to go out and do morning exercise great day for that. 2:00 p.m., 71. the high is 73 today. probably hitting that late in the afternoon 3:30, 4:00 p.m. 70 degrees 5:00 p.m. down the shore, mid to upper 60 oh,s.

73 in philadelphia. northern suburbs, all in the low 70s, wind on the light side mostly sunny and pleasant. and we have 105day baseball for the phillies and pirates. 69 degrees at the first pitch and 73 in the 9th inning sunny and nice today. tomorrow, high pressure starting to fade off the map we get a warm front to our north. they will give us more of a sun mix with high clouds look to the day. we'll have a lightly warmer south/southwest wind 76 degrees and going up from there for the weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, sunny and nice, 73. gorgeous day tomorrow, partly sunny and 76. there might be a nighttime shower around up north, most of us stay dry. saturday 85 degrees with the front going to our north we'll inject higher humidity into play saturday warm and humid

clouds and sunny breaks, there's the chance of a spotty thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening in particular, it's not a washout i wouldn't cancel my plans just have an out plan in case a thunderstorm pops up in your neighborhood. warm again on sunday, another high of 85. the phillies at home during the day and the union at home in the evening. there's a spotty thunderstorm chance, most of the day is dry on monday, as well. monday, 73 degrees monday, cloudy skies on tuesday a kick-moving feature brings us a thunderstorm in the afternoon. and back to sun on wednesday. a father calls 911 from a commuter train trying to get police to his young child. >> i left my one-year-old baby in the suv this morning. >> the man was heading toward boston when he remembered his child locked in the suv. the father said he drops one

child off first and the second one before jumping on the train. for some reason he forget a second one a sleeping baby girl. the father said in a later statement it was one of the worst daysful his life. a masked man wanted for attacking several people with a hammer earlier this week was shot by police officers yesterday after swinging the tool at a female officer. the suspect struck the officer several times when the partner saw all this going on, he gave chase shooting and wounding the suspect. the suspect is the same man who attacked four people on monday. >> now for the first look at business at the big board. theives are using the starbucks mobile app to steal money from people's credit card and pay pal account. it's connected to personal financial accounts. starbucks believes the problem is customers using weak pass

orders. a california woman was fired for her job for disabling the gps on her work phone. she is suing the former employer. she said she said her boss forced her to download a phone app that tracked her 24 hours a day. the company has no comment. stocks are mixed on wednesday and they are mixed this thursday morning. domino is rolling out a new app on twitter the tweet to order. regulars can tweet a pizza imogi. two dominoes place the order. that's all you want to do. >> i'm waiting for the story on the 2-year-old who is pressing the imogi and someone gets 20 pizza. police question a suspect who decides to speed away when

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morning to you we're live on i-95 at girard, the overnight construction is clear and moring fine. we have a serious accident head on accident four people injured on the scene. welsh road is closed between alberger in north philadelphia. action cam is on the scene a terrible accident coming into us in northeast philadelphia. another accident cheltenham avenue at school lane. we had this accident here on the turnpike involving an overturned tractor-trailer. the accident itself cleared but the turnpike was shut down from 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. in the morning. it's open now so you're okay on the turnpike between fort washington and willow grove better news this morning. fairmont park, don't forget, kelly drive will close strawberry mansion drive and

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>> new on "action news," a jewelry heist at a california bloomingdales outside of the stanford campus, took minutes particulars used an suv and stole a massive amount of jewelery. police found the suv five hours later, but the thieves had taken off with the loot and the cash. the san francisco area has seen half dozen crash and grabs since last fall. a pennsylvania nursing student who keeps failing a required court said it's not her fault. she filed a federal lawsuit. she attended college. she has anxieties and needs extended time to finish exams.

because miser icodrda wouldn't do that, she is suing for discrimination. >> plans to shut down a major carrier that serves philadelphia international could begin in months. "action news" continues.

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>> good morning everyone, it is 5:00 a.m. thursday, may 14. here's what's happening. as crews continue the pains-taking process of clearing amtrak's toppled train cars we are learning about the man at the controls at the time of the crash. >> 7 people are confirmed dead while we hear from those who survived. >> let's go over to karen and david with the weather and traffic. good morning. >> reporter: it's going to be a nice day. we're starting out cool. the clouds have broken up and we're expecting sunshine over the horizon. 50 degrees in philadelphia. on t