traffic. >> reporter: we have high thin cloud cover. we won't have that bright blue sky, but it will allow sunshine through at times because it is high and thin. 46 in allentown, 49 in trenton. 52 in wilmington and 55 in sea isle city. as we taking a walk awldz to the bus stop -- outside to the bus stop 53 degrees for the kids. loot jackets on the kids. tgif kids, 8:00 a.m. 58. all the way up close to 70 by noon. the high is 76 degrees that will strike at 3:00 p.m. before we dip back to 71 by 6:00 p.m. not a bad day high clouds some sun, humidity remaining low. we have pollen counts in the medium high range theyese back a little bit but stay in the orange category straight through the weekend. the difference this weekend is the rise in humidity and

temperatures and we are going to introduce the idea of a spotty shower or thunderstorm both saturday and sunday afternoon, i'll have future tracker 6's latest take on that in a exaf seconds. >> reporter: no weather-related problems on your morning commute. schuylkill expressway spring garden mlk drive over to the sight looking good, you'll want to take that instead of kelly drive because it's shut down doesn't open until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow that's closed between strawberry mansion drive and fountain green drive. we have a disabled vehicle partially blocking the ramp bensalem, traffic is squeezing by. let's get the latest with mass transit. no service on amtrak. officials say they hope to he resume some service on monday and full service on tuesday

we're with a watching for that the early part of next week. otherwise we're seeing modified schedule for the rest of the northeast corridor. this is affecting mass transit here. new jersey transit is honoring amtrak tickets between trenton and new york city. the atlantic city rail line is resuming service between 30th and pennsauken. septa is encouraging everyone to go to the corn well heights station to catch the market frankford lionel. >> of course we're starting with the latest on the train derailment. the message from the president and ceo reads in part. with truly heavy hearts we mourn those who died on behalf of the amtrak family i offer our sin sympathy and prayers for their loved one. amtrak takes full responsibility

and deeply apologizes for the role in the event. the engineer of the train says he will share his story. katherine scott is in port richmond with more on that angle. >> reporter: good morning, tam you can see the police barricades are still up in the neighborhood. ntsb has released the site to amtrak. ntsb has started to interview passengers on the train and they are planning to interview the engineer in the coming days as they work to determine the cause of the fatal crash. this video shows the train moments before the crash. federal investigators say it was speeding up from 70 miles per hour to more than one hundred when it should have been slowing down. the engineer applied the brakes before the curve. >> seconds into the turn we could see the train tilting approximately ten degrees to the right and then the recording

went blank. >> reporter: so far the investigators have not found problems with the track, signal or locomotive. 32-year-old engineer was in the front of the hitech engine. on the left the thodle handle to in-- throttle handle to increase speed. on the lcd scene a speedometer that would tell him how was -- how fast he was going. there is no sign to show reduce speed ahead like you see on the road. >> that's part of the engineer's qualifications that they are supposed to know. you're looking at a rail car being moved to a facility in delaware overnight. ntsb is planning to interview the engineer in the next couple of days, and we're starting to

learn more about the engineer, the fact that he had issues and concerns about train safety that he has voiced in the past. we'll hear about that coming up at 6:00 a.m. live in port richmond, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we now know the names of all 8 people killed on the train. 47-year-old laura finamore was returning to new york. jim gains associated press. abid gilani, as bob guildersleeve of baltimore. daric griffith and rachel jacobs and justin zemser who was a naval academy mid shipman. moke and flames -- smoke and flames shot of a rail car in wisconsin, all 51 passengers got out safely. the train was heading from

chicago to milwaukee when it caught fire. democratic lawmakers from new jersey will make a call for more funding for railroad safety. bob menendez and corey booker will hold a press conference at a train station in newark. house appropriations committee voted to cutting amtrak's budget. john boehner argued that this week's crash is not connected by a lack of federal funds. >> new this morning a fire forced four people from the house in camden county. the action cam was on the unit block of hidden acres drive in voorhees township. firefighters had a tough time getting their ladders around the trees to the attic where the fire broke out. crews do not know what started. a gunman carried out a deadly ambush in a philadelphia

neighborhood in olney. witnesses say the 50-year-old victim was sitting on the front steps of the neighbor's house the gunman ran out of a rear driveway and fired three shots at the victim at close range. police do not know who shot him. 6 drug officers were acquitted in a corruption case they are accused of stealing money and beating suspects and lying. family and friends of the officers cheered outside the federal court house after hearing the not guilty verdict yesterday. >> else going home to his -- he is going home to his wife and children and his badge. >> a lot of time people said a lot of things about us, the truth came out. >> reporter: the president of the fop said the acquitted officers will begin arbitration to get their jobs back. president obama will

address thousands of the country's law enforcement this morning. the president will visit camden, new jersey only monday and meet with the county police force about it's efforts to forge better relationships with the communities. camden has designated one of 8 promise zones. time to turn to weather and traffic. what can we expect today. >> reporter: tomorrow we'll have spotty thunderstorms, storm tracker 6 live double scan shows no such issues with rain today though. we have dry and tranquil conditions, a few clouds overhead. generally speaking in terms of low humidity. it will get milder as we move through the morning into the afternoon. winds are light, 6 miles per

hour it's not humid out there. satellite shows you we have had high, think cloud cover coming into play. i think this will be thin enough where sunshine will work through the clouds or at least share the sky with the clouds for most of the day. it's going to be warm later after a cool start 8:00 a.m. 58. by 11:00 a comfortable 66. we get up to 2:00. 74 high of 76 around 3:00 p.m. before dipping back to 73 degrees later on. we'll keep that always on day planner up there for those of you with hd tv. high temperatures north and west, 77 in allentown. 78 in reading. down the shore, 65 in ac. 70 down the coast in cape may. clouds and sun the high clouds today in place. for the phillies tonight it's back to nighttime baseball after yesterday's afternoon win the arizona diamondbacks in town tonight we're looking for partly cloudy skies with high clouds in

place, 70 degrees for the first pitch and 61 in the 9th inning. you might want to bring a jacket as the temperatures drop. if you're planning to barbecue in the backyard. not a bad night for that. 70 degrees by 3:00 p.m. low humidity get the grill going. as we look at future tracker 6 we'll start out with a sprinkle in the morning. during the afternoon we expect the possibility of a spotty shower horror thunderstorm. the model in the -- shower or thunderstorm. the model in the afternoon wants to put this north of philadelphia and drag it through the region. not everybody will see this stuff, it won't be happening all the time. you want an out plan if you're outside to get inside in case one of the drenching downpours hit. sunday morning, it's dry but in the afternoon a chance of

showers filtering in and it could produce down you pours. we have a high pressure ridge to the north an high temperatures in times 80s and humid. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast going for a high of 76 and pleasant. tomorrow, 85. humid with a spotty thunderstorm i just showed you and sunday, humid and showers and thunderstorms, high of 88 degrees. monday that front is pretty much off the coast although well get clouds circulating around the low, clouds and sun, 75 the high. could be another shower buildings in. tuesday, another system gives a spotty shower or thunderstorm. >> 5:41 we're following breaking news, the search for a missing are a mean helicopter may have come to a tragic end. >> investigators he in washington, d.c. comb through the ashes of a deadly blaze near the home of the vice president they are calling it suspicious. karen. >> reporter: we're looking live in delaware county on the blue route traffic is moving nicely. we'll get the latest on the

problem that's restricting a ramp. >> one of kind no more. the world loses a blues guitar legends overnights we'll have more on the passing of bb king when "action news" continues.

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.

>> welcome back taking a live look there across the delaware, all the way over to ben franklin bridge, beautiful start to your friday, still a cool morning

though 5:44, 57 degrees, stop, dead end one way, what is going on in the suburbs, karen rogers. >> reporter: so many things i'm here to numerous rate them -- epneumonia rate them for you. >> we have a tractor-trailer blocking the ramble to bensalem. it cleared. you're looking better, overall we're looking better all the overnight construction is in the process of getting out of there too. things are looking better on the turnpike. we like to start our friday with good news. academic drive is good between pemberton browns mills road, it's the community college commencement. you want to stick to benchmark per ton browns mills road. this is whitpain township, 202 at swede road.

we had debris on the road. it looks better now, looks like something fell off a box truck maybe they realized it was missing and came and got it. i'm not seeing too many issues somebody is talking about the construction zone in belmawr. when you join waze you can be part of our 6abc team. 55 degrees currently in philadelphia. no weather weather-related problems we're off to a good start it's a beautiful spring day ahead. breaking overnight a helicopter crew has spotted wreckage in the himalayan mountains in nepal believed to be the marine helicopter missing since tuesday's earthquake. nepal defense secretary said three bodies were found. 6 marines were among the 8 people on board.

ground crews are heading to search for survivors. breaking news from the entertainment world blues legend bb king has died. [blues] [. >> you knew it was him the minute you heard that guitar. he rose from the cotton farms of the segregated south. he earned the name blues boy with his ga -- guitar he called lucille. bb king died peacefully in his sleep in his home in las vegas last night. 89 years 0 old. >> police in washington, d.c. say a deadly fire at a corporate executive's home is highly suspicious. officials recovered the bodies of three adults and one child yesterday afternoon. the names have have not been

released. they say they recovered an abandoned porsche that disappeared from the fire scene. on wednesday tanner brown attended an auction to billed on his patrol car. the price soared higher than the colorado teenager could afford and he took it all in trialed and then this happened. >> $50,000. >> reporter: here's your car. that was the right thing steve wells said it was his plan all along to make the winning bid. the auction raised $70,000 for charity that helps the families of fallen police officers. you see tanner jump up and give him a big hug. >> 5:48. woman attacked and robbed her home and the frightening ordeal was caught on video. >> a man sets out on a day to

go fishing and saves another man's life. >> reporter: we have jackets on the kids, this afternoon, shorts and ts, we'll have the day planner forecast and let you know how the numbers progress today.

a spring snowstorm hit the sierra nevada mountains as people are about to open their summer cabins for the season. a light coating covered the area near lake tahoe yesterday. lower elevations saw rain. >> reporter: we're dry today, we have a good morning commute so far, the ben franklin bridge westbound traffic on the right heading toward center city. the on going construction is blocking the right lane. you can see how few fema people

are up and about. you know, what other people have good hours. >> reporter: we're off to a cool start, some suburbs in the 40s 46 in coatsville, 50 in fleetwood and 51 in chester and center city. agenda beach 58. 45 in hammonton. 54 in avalon, low 50s from hockessin to dover delaware. cool, high clouds, mixing with sun. high is 76 degrees, winds on the light side humidity low. matt. >> thank you david. the school board at a private academy in georgia fired the principal who made occasionally charged comments. the principal apologized she said she was trust frustrated people walked out before the ceremony ended. a college student survived

a frightening attack and claims it was a friend who set her up. you can see o'connor struggling to breathe while her capture keeps her in a chokehold. the woman reportedly brought over two men who presented to be interested in purchasing tools from o'connor. they ended up stealing the equipment all the cash she saved up for hardware college tuition. we have more news you didn't see last night including details on a local high school coach facing sex charges. we have more on the engineer who was at the control of the amtrak train including what he was posting online. a live update at 6:00 a.m.

>> this is dramatic video on "action news" showing a 19-year-old man from tennessee trying to spend a relaxing day on the riverbank and ends up jumping in the water to save a man's life. he had his go pro trapped to his chest when he noticed an elderly man splashing in the water. he jumped in to pull the man to shore. the man was not seriously injured. arake born u.s -- an iraqi born u.s. citizens is accused of pledging aallegiance to isis. he admitted he wanted to travel to syria to fight with the isis

control free syrian army. jeb bush is trying to clarify a recent statement about iraq trying to make it clear he thinks the u.s. invasion was a mistake. he skirted the issue for sometime, he has defined his position on a war his brother authorized. the iraqi invasion cast cost price of a flight skyrockets after a rail disaster. we'll that when "action news" continues.

>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this friday, may 15. here's what's happening. >> a new question emerges in the amtrak train derailment why was the train accelerating as it supposed to be slowing down. >> the first lawsuit stemming from the derailment has been filed. >> accuweather is tracking warmer air this weekend with a few showers and thunderstorms. >> let's find out the details on that and karen rogers is watching the commute. good morning. >> reporter: no problems this morning, we have a little bit more cloud cover around than yesterday, as satellite shows the cloud cover filtering through. we do think it will be high and thin enough where you'll see sun, but no bright blue skies we had yesterday from end to end.