and top officials order changes for a stretch of track where the deadly derailment took place earlier this week. "action news" is next. >> federal investigate towards are now coming through the wreckage of that doomed amtrak

train looking for any clues in the-er isp for what precisely went wrong. this as a clear picture he mothers of a night on the tracks reportedly punk waited by a series of dangerous disruptions. saturday night i'm walter perez and the big story on "action news" is new details about the investigation into that deadly derailment of amtrak train 188. as federal investigators try to determine if, in fact, the train was hit by some kind of projectile before it jumped tracks. we're hearing for the first time frantic calls made by transit about another incident that same night. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the crash scene in port rich manned with more dann. >> work contains round the clock to repair the damaged railroad are tracks and electrical system that powers the trains. meanwhile, with the fbi looking into possibility amtrak train 188 may have been struck by projectile before the crash the ntsb continues its own broken and was scheduled tonight vie

awe a septa train engineer who was talking with 188 shortly before derailment taking being about their trains hit by a rock or being shot at in the moments before the fatal crash. >> an unknown object made contact with the train shattering the windshield. >> in it they were responding to reports that trenton septa line train number 769 was hit by unknown object. >> let those personnel know they put out a report the train was shot at. use caution. >> all units copy. >> ntsb says at the time of the incident the engineer of septa train was talking to engineer of train 188 saying his train was also struck according to conductor interviewed by agency and the conversation was captured and tape and is being tushdz over to ntsb. investigators would determine the septa train was not shot at but hit by unknown object.

>> a southbound acela train was struck in the same general area same time frame. they are examining the whipped shield of the doomed amtrak train to determine if they're pullet holes. amtrak engineer brandon bostian who suffered a concussion said he cannot remember anything before the crash. >> my take there had to be impact on the window to get that kind of damage. >> michael calahan works as a conductor in connecticut and used to work 188 traveling the same route five years ago. he believes an outside force was responsible for kicking the speed up to over 10 0 miles an hour. >> we have had our trains stoned before. i mean all kinds of stuff happens on northeast corridor if you name it i've seen. it baltimore we've had children zoning train. throwing rocks at train. and that particular area north philadelphia is a bad area.

>> back here live, amtrak is still hoping to have service between philadelphia and new york restored by monday or tuesday. meanwhile federal officials today announced amtrak must immediately expand use of speed restriction system on northbound rails here where the speeding train reached 106 miles an hour. and amtrak says it will abide by that emergency order. that's the latest live in port richmond i'm dann cuellar "channel 6 action news." >> dann thank you . >> an investigation is underway to what caused a fire at popular shop on ocean city boardwalk tonight. fire broke out at 7th street surf shop. crews arrived to find flames shooting from the store. they were able to get it under control in half an hour, though, no injuries reported and we're told the shops sustained heavy damage. sadly comes one week before the summer vacation season begins. >> investigators in montgomery county are trying to piece together the moments leading up

to a crash that ended with a death of a man. 1:30 this afternoon 32-year-old phillipe a andre point owe silva drove his pickup at high rate of speed into lower moreland high school the truck plowed its way into the janitor office tearing down wires and bursting water pipes. nearby in cafeteria people were cooking food for pasta fundraiser and no other injuries were reportd a man from south philadelphia who won big at sugarhouse casino in fishtown overnight had a frightening experience when robbed by a masked gunman and his lucky street had not ended yet. investigators were able to quickly find the thief and return the cashch the victim not identified won 12,000 at the casino. when he arrived home with cash though a mavrked gunman period. out of nor. >> get on the ground or i'll kill you. >> you complied of course. >> i put my hands up and actually laid in my neighbor's she's got a little bed of rocks

next dar and there was a flower pot there. pull the pot over your head don't look at me or i'll put a bellet in your head. >> the man called 911 and when police arrived they were able to track the ping from the man's stolen cellphone and that led police to the suspect back at the casino. thieves june dumped cash and phone and into the casino where he was arrested hiding in one of the bathrooms. >> police in camden county are investigating a sooting that unfolded outside a motel in cherry hill. early it morning police respond toyed call of shots fired at the inn of above motel on route 38. when they got there they learned that a 24-year-old man was taken to cooper university hospital after being shot repeatedly. he remains in stable condition tonight. investigators think the shooting was the result of a fight inside one of those rooms where a big party was taking place. no arrests were made just yet. >> and overseas now and for the first time u.s. commandoes had killed a senior isis leader in battle that turned so intense it ended what military officials

are describing as hand to hand combat. rate happened deep inside syria forces targeted abu sayef top money for isis the raid took place at his home. his fighters started using women and children as human shields. still he was killed along with a dozen isis soldiers. meanwhile we're told his wife is captured and being questioned. we'll have more on this story coming up at 11:30. >> moving on to oklahoma, storm clouds gathering all day as you can see there. another around of strong storms are now moving through and several tornadoes have reportedly touched down in the southwest part of state. those twisters thankfully were in very rural areas and no reports of any injuries just yet. storms are also moving across parts of texas kansas, nebraska and minnesota. around here it was one hot day capped off with a round of showers across the region in spots. meteorologist melissa magee joins us at the "action news" big board with the first check

of accuweather forecast. melissa. >> walter, a lot of that activity now sliding south and east of the 95 corridor. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar hows us that activity with scattering of showers now mainly south jersey into burlington and ocean counties and pressing to at plan take, salem and cape may counties and little activity at this hour moving into dover delaware. we deposit pick up a lot of rain. but what we got was much need add cross much of the area. lancaster, .81" p three tenths for trenton and philadelphia and doylestown .22 and .he in reading. we have a drought situation across the mid-atlantic region. any moisture that moves into the region even in form of thunderstorm is definitely appreciated. 1 outside of philadelphia, 69 in wilmington. same thing in dover. upper 60s in allentown and lehigh valley. and 68 degrees along the coast. and sea isle city. here's the problem however if you step outside any time you

have dew point temperatures above 60 you know we have a humid air mass overhead. and overall we have dew point temperatures 63 poconos to as high as 67 degrees in philadelphia. so the humidity is overhead. and it's stick around for the second half of the weekend. so we will continue to track the scattered showers and thunderstorms for sunday and it stays warm and humid with temperatures back up to the 80s. details walter coming up with the accuweather forecast. >> thank you mel us a a true philadelphia hero was honored today [ bell tolling ]. >> that there is traditional return to quarters tribute offered today as a remembrance of fallen firefighter joyce craig. cais was first female firefighter in philadelphia to die in the line of duty when she responded to a call last december at a home in west oak lane. officials then unveiled a memorial canvas to the members of engine 64 where craig served. >> we really really miss joyce

craig. the members of engine 64 have done a great job trying to keep her memory going and we want to make sure that we honor her family by the memorial. >> joyce craig left behind a teenage son and a 3-year-old daughter. the fraternal order of police held annual survivor's fund benefit in northeast philadelphia. there was plenty of fun, dunk tank, live music and auction. money raised will benefit the families of fallen philadelphia police officers. 70 college-bound students from our area received scholarships tonight to help them pay their way through school. 2015 empowerment gala in center city this black tie event hosted by urban league of philadelphia. more to come on "action news" tonight, a paddle and seattle to protest arrival of oil rig. they have more man activism planned on the bay. >> eyes on the skies high above the ground with a look at the rise of the drones.

meet a local man on the cutting edge of this increasingly popular technology. plus phillies take on diamond back at citizens bank park. jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.

>> was the scene across elliot bay as kayakers turned out for protest. these floating kayak-tivists protests about drilling for oil. they will try to shut down shell operations for the day. they promised non-violent protests but extra police and coast card are on standby just in case. >> drones are the high tech toy of the future. for many they're taking advantage including us here at channel 6. in fact we debuted drone 6 live

during "action news" at 4 yesterday which will allow us to literally give you a new perspective on stories during news gatherings it can hover at lower altitudes to get close up aerial footage complementing chopper6hd. here's the man that brought you oush first look at drone 6 yesterday namely brian taff. this beautiful shot was taken using drone. >> it gives you time per spec toyv get no other way. >> a little more than a year ago matt ci te l started company philly by air. , as what you might call a side job. >> we do high end aerial photographery and video and video productions. it's incredible feeling the first time you fly a grown 100 200 feet and see the view up there. >> the faa is using rules for commercial drone flight. until then they issued strict guidelines for fwhoyn wants to use them and granted several hundred commercial use exemption

which is different twhan might be a recreational user. shitel is neither of those but mind faa parameters. >> we go above and beyond what faa requires we only fly during daytime hours and don't go any hire than 3 to 400 feet and maintain line of sight. >> law makers in trying to hammer out issue of privacy you. >> have drones fly around and piering into placing that people orldly think they have a reasonable expectation of privacy. >> an attorney with fox roth child says with any new technology there will be a steep learning curve. >> no government agency gets it right the first time. >> if are you thinking of getting into the drone game remember this. >> it should be used safely and it should be used with other people's rights in mind. shatel's advice is simple. >> start small. take your time. practice before you go outside. >> brian taff, "channel 6 action

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. are you ready or for a check of the accuweather forecast you better be because mill melissa magee is here. >> a lot of people need a nice drink of water from mother nature. >> we'll take it. >> stormtracker 6 double scan radar you can see we have showers overhead. mainly across south jersey and atlantic county across cape may and salem and cumberland counties and spot shower pressing over to dover, delaware. this moisture will continue to move on off to the south and east. but we have another round more than likely that will refire as we get into second half of weekend on sunday. outside we go. sky6 live in hd looking at the center city sky line on this saturday night. it's mostly cloudy. still very warm and still very sticky at this hour. otherwise let's talk about the situation across much of the region as we look at month of

may so far. it's been a warm one. temperatures 6.5 degrees above average and it's been dry. we've got a drought situation across much of the mid-atlantic region and so far for the month of may in philadelphia we seen three tenths of inch in rain and deficit is more than deficit is more than 1.35". >> 64 in poconos. 69 dover. upper 60s in trenton. along the coast in sea isle city 68. same at the boardwalk in atlantic city. problem, however, tonight is that the humidity is overhead. and any time you have dew point temperatures between 65 to 70 degrees you have oppressive it not humid air mass overhead and that will more than likely be the case tomorrow. satellite 6 and action radar shows you moisture moving through. all because of warm front and frontal boundary comes to ride north. it taps to that moisture coming

in from southwest direction and tapping into warmth and humidity quite a different story out across the plain states where we currently have tornado watch as cross minneapolis, minnesota and as far as south as dallas, texas. and severe weather threat will continue to slide a little further east as we get to sunday. back here at home we'll time out the precipitation for you. future tracker 6 showing you throughout the overnight hours scattering of showers and storms getting more are mist than hid hit across the region. rain into the area. sunday afternoon, 3:00. mostly cloudy. popup showers and thunderstorms popping up depending open location and all because of building warmth and building humidity kak, scattered thunderstorms. stays humid, dropping down to 68 in philadelphia and 65 in suburbs. and the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. humid tomorrow. once again thunderstorm bit afternoon and high of 83. monday, not as warm, in at 79

and tuesday another front moves through high of 84. behind that on wednesday it's sunny and pleasant. high up to 76 we're looking good for thursday. clouds and sun high of 74. putting sunshine on friday high of 77 and the start of memorial day weekend yes, i did say it. >> what? >> saturday, 77 degrees. we're getting closer and closer. >> that's next week. >> next weekend. >> unbelievable. >> here is comes. >> time has gone by. >> yes yes has sports. plus a neighborhood in philadelphia doesn't let a little geography stop them from celebrating preak ntion and hundreds donned their hats for a

>> hundreds of people donned fancy hats and bow ties in northern liberty this afternoon. this was third annual preakness at the piazza. it helps raise money for national excel owe sis society. it included minute ju li ps, fashion show and judged by eva pilgrim. >> time for a check on sports and you know phillies looking good. >> how about that? almost don't recognize the team. who are these guys? worst team until baseball looks lifeless. what a difference a few games can make. first time since last august trying to make their run. >> showing signs of life tonight against arizona. rancore out there instead of revere. pays off. 7th inning frenchy the solo

homer. ryan howard swipinging a hot bat since end of april deep to right. it's rbi double. freddy galvis come on down. phils score three times in the third. they get three more in the fifth. chase utley coming up right here. down the right field line. miguel franko trucking around right field. afternoon up to 18. highest in a month. right now the phillies up 7-5 in the 8th. >> will american phroah become american legend others come close like smarty jones and now american phroah a mile and a half away from ending drought in history. it's party act preak ntion all eyes on american phroah. starts pouring through the race. he loves slop his mother foreman was a muddier and his mother is a muddier. >> he is all by minimumself five

lengths in front. american phraoah has won and the preakness. >> bow wow. dominates the win. next up belmont stakes could become the first win triple crown in 37 years. his owner lives newspaper teeneck, new jersey. >> sixers rebuild, requires patience talent and luck, too, how lucky will the sixers be in nba draft lottery. we'll find out tuesday at the lottery. they have a little less than 16% shot at the number one overall pick. sixers will walk away with at least top six pick. they desperately need a point guard. deangelo russell on their radar. they met russell at nba combine. could be a perfect fit. 19 point per game. him and embid played together in

high school. >> i try to be smart with my size and iq that gives me great edge and i use that to my advantage. >> nba draft late next month. still to come in sports catching one zach attorneys talk quarterbacks and you won't believe what these baseball teams do to kill time during rain delay.