wanted to know about the cell phone belonging to the engineer was it operating at the time of the operation at this point it can't tell. >> congress wanted an update from among others from safety investigator on what was learned since last month's crash. it learned little from the ntsb, they found no flaws in the locomotive, and tests from brandon bostian has not come back they have access to the phone but cannot tell if it was used. >> this involves looking at the times from different time zones, the outward facing video cameras and surveillance video. >> amtrak took post crash heat because they only had controls on southbound and not northbound rails at the curve.

they explained the derailment speed is calculated higher at 98 miles per hour, train as rising arrive at 110 miles per hour so it was decided to put the control southbound as a precaution but they arrive at the curve at 80, an automatic train control would not be needed. >> the idea that the engineer would accelerate into the northbound curve was not a circumstance we anticipated. so we did not mitigate. >> the ceo renewed his prom toys upgrade the entire northeast corridor to a new state of the art system called positive train control by the end of year. >> i promise you that by the end of this year, this system which will dramatically enhance safety will be complete and operational

on the nec. >> reporter: an emotional moment there for the ceo of amtrak, this was a three and a half long hearing and ranges on tommics including safety and a second engineer in the cab. and seatbelts in the cars? would that help survivability in a crash like this. but they did not get many answers about amtrak 188. vice president joe biden and his family are planning a saturday funeral mass for his son and former delaware attorney general, beau biden he will lay in hall in dover at 1:05 and two viewings at saint anthony in the morning, the viewings are from 1:00 until 4:00 and from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. and a mass and bural at the church at 10:30

saturday morning. a new charity has been created to credity on beau biden's life passion his wife announced the foundation beau biden foundation for the protection of children, throughout his work and life, he was committed to helping innocent children being abused. >> the checks are going to be coming in and people are calling from all over how do we do it and we just put it on our website. >> donations are already being accepted online, find the link on the website by logging on to our website at 6abc.com. turning to the forecast now it has been a cloudy and damp day today with cooler temperatures outside, a few showers popped up through the afternoon but nothing like the huge rain of yesterday, cecily tynan is live now with the latest from accuweather. >> double scan live showing the setup of why we are stuck in

this gloomy damp pattern, showing the cold front that brought us the weather, is stall to the south and low pressure arriving along this front is bringing us moisture and tomorrow had a bit a change and high pressure is trying to built in from the north and it only gets so far and that means the best chance of seeing breaks of sunshine is north of philadelphia tomorrow. today though we are stuck with the clouds and showers and the steadiest showers right now north of philadelphia and you notice we are looking at the green, no severe weather or torrential downpours generally light rain with a few spotty downpours embedded with them. may we could barely buy rain, 1.25 inch for the entire month of may and now the first two days of june we have 2 inches of rain and some areas more than that. the past 72 hours south of

philadelphia where you see the orange and red, 3 to 5 inches of rain and parts of northwestern atlantic county reporting 6 inches of rain. we have gone from a drought to drench. temperatures also show the story, it feels like late march temperatures only in the 50s and i'm tracking more seasonable weather on the way. i'll let you know when in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >> as always stay ahead of changes in the weather by checking 6abc.com is it weather, you can find live storm tracker 6 radar and get the lake-effect from our team of meteorologists. they have no signs of explosives on a flight that flew to philadelphia, a bomb threat indicated there were multiple devices on board 648, but the flight landed safely and passengers were escorted off and along with police fire

department fbi and bomb squad were called in but nothing was found. more than 400 people are still missing after a cruise ship capsized in china the country's official news agency says that 15 your rescued and five others are confirmed dead. here is the latest as rescue workers continue to search for survivors. >> reporter: racing to find survivors, rescuers are out on the water pulling some to safety and looking for others by tapping on the hull of the overturned visel this than confirming hearing cries for help from the ship. this happened on the river after the pleasure cruise sunk off the coast of china. it was caught in a cyclone and drifting two miles in a heavy

current on board 458 people mostly seep you're citizens and most still missing. >> desperate and furious relatives are demanding answers from local officials from a travel agency that booked many of the passengers, i am angry this man says we have no idea whether our relatives are dead or alive china's prime minister is at the scene with the whole nation watchinging drivers are working around the clock it was just last year where a ferry disaster in south korea killed more than 300 many of them young students when the boat capsized. the captain in that case was sentenced to life in prison for murder. >> the captain and chief engineer are among the survivor they are in place custody and reportedly telling investigators that rough weather is to blame and their ship sank in minutes. >> he was reelected to a

four-year term but barely made it four days, fifa president, blatter announced he was resigning because of a far reaching corruption scandal and that he does not have worldwide support and fifa need a profound restructuring. the 79 idea was reelected to a third term and nine soccer officials were arrested and blatter was not named the indictment. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report tuesday night. matt pellman is here. a wet slippery mess? >> not a crisis on the roads but it's not so good. south on the blue route extra slow on the schuylkill, can you see the flashing lights a crash at villanova extra slow speeds

southbound but the northbound travel time is even slower a 35 minute ride should ideally be 18 minutes. to the north in conshohocken watch out for downed wires closing 11th avenue and 10th gets you around it. wet and foggy conditions off the schuylkill up to broad street a bunk of accidents if camden county one past wood crest station off to the side and giving us extra slow speeds from 38 and a crash along the white horse pike next to the dunkin' donuts. we'll check it again rick and monica coming up in the next half hour. still ahead chester high school is turning around the lives of several young men with amen mentoring group. find out what they are learning

outside of the classroom. >> and a prison food tasting, why these not so appetizing meals were put to the test. cecily is back with the full accuweather forecast. when "action news" continue.

in washington special honors for world war i veterans after they risked their lives to save their comrades. they received the award posthumously they were denied the honor earlier because of zrims discrimination, they were given the honor for rescuing soldiers in france in 1918. secretary of state john kerry is out of surgery in boston where he is treated for a broken leg, it happened during a bike accident in switzerland causing kerry to fly home canceling a diplomatic trip to fran. kerrie hospitalized in good condition tonight. in health check tonight,

south korea reported its first two deaths as it struggles to contain an outbreak of merz. a 58-year-old woman and 78-year-old woman that died stayed at the same hospital they were isolated after having can't with the first patient. a new study could reassure women having contact -- it does not raise the risk of a breathing disorder pphn, with their newborns babies cannot adjust to breathing outside of the womb. the fda had said they were not sure if the anti-depressants were links and obesity and diabetes is more likely to cause it than the medications are.

many youngsters can have a summer slide forgetting what they learned. reading books in the summer can lead to better reading scores in the fall especially when the children pick the books themselves it's better to pick the books while they are in school so now. >> if they pick the books they are more likely to have a better outcome. >> and set aside a special reading time right before bed or first thing in the morning it establishes a good reading habit that could last all year. >> leaders are taking steps to create a reading system for universal pre-k. mayor michael nutter unveiled a new initiative a running start will help parents of pre-k age children get more information. they would create a commission

to implement universal pre-k this relies on $23 million proposed by the governor chester high school students that take part of in a mentoring organization had a chance to speak with jack waylan today. it was created to help young men make good decisions. >> the responsibility of learning how to be good, respectful young men. >> the importance to stay in school and work hard and stay away from drugs and crime and these kids are interested in doing better and succeeding. >> the chance organization started with 15 members and is now 89 strong and they hope to launch a girls program in the near future. this group recently took a trip to washington d.c. to make a visit to the u.s. justice department, this is just an

example of the opportunities they are given through this program. >> very nice. >> exciting. >> thank you sharrie.

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a new report shows google has to work on its diversity. that 70% of the workers are men and 60% of the men are white. and the company's leadership roles women hold 22% of positions, last year google launched a recruitment plan trying to recruit more diverse talent. and now they have provided more energy in philadelphia they hoped the grid of exlength at the navy yard, it could be the hub for developing an energy micro grid, mayor michael nutter says the center shows the world of technology, math and science is expanding. peco is a partner in the expansion by the way. it was an exciting day for seniors in montgomery county

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. they are kindergartners no more they had a special ceremony here in chester county at the elementary school in phoenixville, plenty of parents were on hand as the little ones move on to the challenges of first grade one of the graduates was 6-year-old megan davis the daughter of our 6 abc news boss, tom davis, congratulations to megan and her classmates. time to check the accuweather forecast, it's been a wet messy day. will this continue? >> a few more days of this, it's not quite as active as today we are not dealing with flash flooding and a steady light rain that is great for our lawns or gardens steadier north of

philadelphia a slug of moisture and waves of low pressure on a stalled front bringing us rain this shows exactly what is going on in the atmosphere. low pressure, cutoff low in the jet stream, nothing to steer it out of here, with that counter clockwise circulation it's pulling up all the moisture from the gulf of mexico, and from the atlantic and that is why we are stuck in the clouds and dreary conditions today. and these temperatures it certainly doesn't feel like june and it feels like late march, 57 in philadelphia that is our high so far that is 22 degrees below normal, pretty much the same in allentown sea isle city temperatures uniform and overnight lows are in the 50s, we are not dropping off much but the air is pretty saturated so visibility shows 3

to 10 miles and a low cloud deck and i would not be surprised if we had issues with your morning compute. "action news" showing this stalled front with a wave of low pressure along that, what happens tomorrow? high pressure tries to nudge down to the north that brings brightening skies for part of our viewing area, 53 is the low in philadelphia, 53 in allentown and 54 in wilmington a cool night, future tracker showing a cool morning and at 7:00 lots of clouds and through the afternoon you'll notice the drier air trying to move down from the north, the best chance of seeing sunshine, in the lehigh valley and the poconos, the possibility of a couple of spotty showers, mainly south of philadelphia, still a little bit unsettled the five-day at 5:00,

temperatures in the 50s up to the 60s, on thursday another area of low pressure and thickens the clouds and scattered showers and 66 and more seasonable on friday and more humid and 77 degrees, could have a late day thunderstorm and saturday back to the 80s and 82 degrees, a mixture of clouds and sunshine partly sunny and 76, we are tracking much warmer air next week, adam joseph will talk about that in the accuweather forecast. we are enjoying this cool, wet trend. nice change. >> yes it's a nice change here. >> we need the rain come on. more to come in the next half hour of "action news" at 5:00. all eyes are locked on the skies in hawaii, as nasa gets ready to test a new aircraft and a local mother stands shoulder to shoulder after they are loved ones were lost to violence. and there say special event on

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"action news" continues. >> hello again. here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. lawmakers are demanding answers as the u.s. continues to investigate the takata airbag recall. nydia han has more on what driver shoz do in the meantime. and a violent confrontation in northeast philadelphia caught on camera, police need your help catching these attackers. and one wrong move sends a car straight into the dining room of a boston market. now the details, last month takata corporation named 134 millionaire bags faulty. now they want to know how the inflaters installed are different so they won't suffer the same defebts going forward and how long the repairs will take.

nydia han joins us with more at the big board. >> this is not easy and this is the latest update here is the data base you can use to search your vin today ford vehicles were added to the data base and yesterday bmw's were added and here are the other vehicles chrysler and mitsubishi motors and subaru, getting the information is one thing but getting the part for a fix is a whole other story. >> one of the challenges that comes about with 134 million cars that need new airbag there's will be a phase in process. >> they will prioritize with a geographic region making sure those with the highest risk get theirs fixed first. >> in states like florida and south carolina and georgia, and the gust states with the humidity will get the parts in first to get the recall done. >> ch means despite our hot sticky summer, it could be quite

a wait for parts to get to us. if you find through the vin lookup that your airbag needs to be fixed. call your dealer if they don't have parts mail something to the manufacturer asking for an estimated time of arrival. >> they have twitter feeds just like all businesses go on there and share your experience that you can't get this part. >> if there say delay ask your dealer or manufacturer for a loaner car. >> but lemon law attorney says that they are not required to provide you a loaner so you may have legal action. >> you may have a lemon law claim if your vehicle is sitting there for a long time waiting for the part. >> if you drive the vehicle listen to this? >> we know that some dealers are disconnecting the passenger airbags, they should put a

sticker on the dash board so that people know there is no airbag. we do not believe they should be disconnected at all. >> you can look up your vin at 6abc.com and we post all the latest updates on the recall there as well. >> thank you nydia. camden county authorities say that three cars caught on fire overnight and it may be the work of a fire bug investigators say the incident happened within an hour, the first at the 3900 block of royal avenue and the second incident in garden and woodland avenues and the third was at garden and high lan investigators are trying to determine if the three are connected. a driver lost control and sent this car flying into a boston market restaurant in delaware this afternoon investigators say that the driver was on welsh track road when the driver jumped the curb and went into

the dining area, fort fatally nobody was hurt and it's not clear if the driver will face charges. in south jersey a registered sex offender that escaped from police this morning is now back in police custody, authorities say that caesar lockly was still handcuffed and arrested at 10:30 a.m. and was found at the fair grounds, he was taken to the headcal center for evaluation. local families that lost loved one to gun violence is vowing to take justice to our nation's leaders. now mothers in charge are planning a national rally this weekend in washington, d.c., each member wore orange ribbons as part of a nationwide gun movement. they say that gun violence is an epidemic that needs to be addressed at the highest level. >> better education programs

mentoring programs anything that can stop the spread of homicides across this country. the rally begins at 10:00 a.m. at the lincoln memorial on saturday. >> at the "action news" news big board with the story of a vicious assault caught on tape. a young man was caught and left for dead on a south philadelphia street, now they need the public's help tracking down the people that did it. look at this surveillance video outside of the hooka lounge on the 6700 block of caster after few, back on may 23rd. several men punched and kicked the victim and at one time they shot him. police officers arrived and found him wounded. he was rushed to the hospital for treatment and the man does not remember being attacked. we have an update to a story that "action news" brought you last month philadelphia police released new surveillance video of a pair of thieves who have been tied to 17 scooter thefts

in the area. you can see them walking along the 1900 block in south philadelphia on may 6th and they walked past the scooter and turned around and pick it up and walked off with it and in each case, the locks and chains would actually be cut. be sure to contact the philadelphia police. we have posted a link to 6abc.com to get a closer look. over to monica. >> folks who commit crimes in delaware may face pun irkment thanks to a new bill today. they changed the state classification of several crimes and those removed include none violence escaped after conviction and lower level drug conviction and the governor says the decision was for prosecuting crimes go where they are needed

most. some crimes rise to the level of a violence felony where we make it easier for people to be successful and they are not incarcerated any longer. we ought to be doing that. two crimes are also added to the felony list, promoting solicitation of a child or resisting arrest with force or violence. and from our delaware newsroom the center for disease control confirmed that the anthrax accidentally sent to a delaware laboratory was live samples, part of a nationwide mistake by the u.s. military but the delaware anthrax was low concentration than less dangerous than highly concentrated anthrax and the public was not in danger. "action news" was in ewing township where owners with casting their ballots, all five of the 40 districts were holding elections today seats and

county races were on the ballot and voter turnout will likely be low. strong storms pounding our region tonight is being blamed for a destructive house fire in delaware blue tarps cover several holes on the unit block of marlin drive, a lightning belt hit the roof and sparked a fire. and they got out without being hurt unfortunately, the damage is estimated at $30,000. speaking of traffic lets see the commute out there tonight. how are we looking matt? >> we have a whole bunch of traffic troubled and one cleared off to the side of 476 in delco this is villanova saint david and it's pushed off to the side as you come down to the schuylkill and route 30 on route 1, there is a crash on the baltimore pike portion of 352

this is the ben franklin bridge getting off the ben you are looking at jammed solid traffic in both directions through center city and north on the new jersey turnpike, watch out for a truck fire past 7 a taking out the outer drive. this afternoon is not as bad but issued along 30 at the white horse pike, bellevue avenue and a crash closing 295 southbound to clarks borough paulsboro. we'll tell you what lawmakers in the senate have decided. and they made it through four years of studying and hard tests and today high school students took a big step towards their future. >> it was a chilly dreary june afternoon, only 40s and 50s to

the mid-atlantic and little will change in the next couple of days. i'll let you know when it returns in the accuweather forecast. and eagles return to the practice field that is coming up in sports when "action news" comes right back. ♪♪ i am never getting married.

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the friend of dzhokhar tsarnaev will go to prison he was sentenced today and was found guilty of interfering with the investigation. he removed items from his dorm room after recognizing him in fbi photos. there is in reform for the domestic surveillance program it heads to president obama and he says he will sign it. the usa freedom act phases out the nsa's bulk records program but it will be kept with phone companies but the government can search them if it has a warrant, this vote comes two days after a showdown on capitol hill that saw key provisions of the patriot act expire. >> in ports of hawaii it may

look like the scene from a sci-fi movie nasa will test an object that looks like a flying saucer it is from rough ocean conditions and it is expected to lift the craft 20 miles into the sky and free to test the rockets and supersonic parachute that splashes into the sea. it will help to change future missions to mars. turning to sports eagles are back on the practice field today. jaime apody is here with more on that. >> they canceled yesterday's practice because of thunderstorms, but it went on today because of a chilly rain storm, and football weather in june, chip kelly had his eagles back on the practice field will they continue to have michael kendricks in their rotation he is the subject of trade rumors

after they brought in keiko alonso, and there is no talk of a contract extension and also said if you can pay you can play he believes he can somewhere. >> the confidence you have in yourself, does it give you a chip on the shoulder to hear the rumors. >> i just do what i do i am doing what i have been doing does it put a chip on my shoulder to go out and prove myself? is that what are you asking? no i'm going to do what i do regardless of the situation and what is play great football and go out to be the best. >> for the first time sam bradford threw during the seven on seven drills nelson agholor feels that he is the real deal. >> he is silent but in terms of how he carries himself but he is

a great football player. >> the phillies have not won a game since memorial day seven straight losses in the books hope they regroup now as they start a series with the reds tonight, if they start the series, no batting practice in these elements phils need to find some way to get out of this slump, they have dropped nine of their last ten and the second worst record in the majors. >> each person has to look at themselves and evaluate how they will get better and stay eager to improve. when you go through the stretches there will be improvements to be made and it's not always an overnight thing have you to be focused on how to approach and stick with it. >> here is something nobody saw coming, after calling himself the president of everybody fifa's newly reelected head, blatter, said he would step

down the 79-year-old was reelected for a fifth term on friday despite the fact that 14 high ranking officials under his reign were arrested accused of taking $150 million in bribe ss blatter says will stay on until they can elect a successor. >> and now waiting for the nba final tods finally start and if you think you are getting antsy imagine being steph curry, it has not sunk in yet he is in the finals. >> it will probably hit me during the warm-ups of game one this week is weird and you sit and wait. >> game one right here warriors and cavs, thursday night at 9:00 p.m. the nba finals on channel 6, you don't want to miss it. sharrie back to you. >> thanks jaime a bit a twist on the phrase signing day for

some students in philadelphia. it's not about sports but about academics for seniors in the class of 2015 at mastery charter nearly 600 mastery graduates paraded into the center their signing day is heading off to college, a trade school or military. many students have overcome obstacles in poor neighborhoods, signing day celebrates their new ventures that lie ahead. steven smith is moving on to college. >> well, mastery charter graduating class earned more than $18 million in scholarships. job well done and also graduations going out to the graduates at conwell eagan high school the class of 2015 gave mom and dad a picture to

treasure in northeast philadelphia.

now the accuweather forecast. >> that is the one thing we agree on. >> the only thing. it was a damp chilly june day and as you can see still a decent amount of showers in the region, especially to the north

and west of philadelphia a little more broken in nature in southern new jersey and delaware as we close in from media to chadds ford east of road 100 norristown and the northeast extension north of landed dale darker green setting up here and enough that the windshield wipers are pushing in from the west, as we look at some of the impressive rainfall totalled over the last 72 hours in philadelphia in philadelphia over 2 inches of rain and 2.5 in the lehigh valley and wilmington close to 4 inches of rain and folsom over 6 inches of rain and much of that came within the afternoon and it's chilly as well. so far in philadelphia it's 58 degrees for the high temperature and 21 degrees below normal and that is typical of late march

around here, so the air conditionered are shut off in the homes and some folks on my facebook page are saying i put the heater back on and the raw wind is coming in from the northeast, and 55 in trenton and the poconos, and just 57 degreed, and the atmosphere nothing is moving and a bit of a traffic jam we have a stalled boundary to the south and low pressure is developing in the virginias and carolinas and north and west of buffalo and this pattern is slow to progress to the south and east, tonight showers and drizzle and areas of fog and 51 to 55 and the high pressure is not strong enough to push everything to the south however if you are near trenton or the poconos it will be brighter with 66 and a spotty

shower especially in south jersey and the low tries to push to the north and little in the way of sun and still only 66 degree, a lot of clouds in the next few days, north of city and the lehigh valley seeing peeks of sun and a shower or two on thursday and warmer on friday because of a few peeks of sun 77 and that could lead to a spotty thunderstorm in the afternoon, and over the weekend, right now not horrible but not the best sun and clouds and still a chance of a thunderstorm at 82 and better on sunday and 76 in the way of sunshine and more showers and thunderstorms monday of 80 before it turned warmer of 82 degrees, and a spotty thunderstorm around and not one dry day and not a day with the amount of rain we had yesterday. >> thank you sir. >> quick break and more news when we come right back.

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visitors to the state penitentiary can get a taste of prison, they got to sample recipes served as prisons across the country. on the menu something called newtry loaf, they said that samples were disgusting. you don't want to try it. visitors can record their own thoughts saying if nutri loaf is its own form of punishment. next at 6:00, plans to honor beau biden the memorial is open to the public this week and president barack obama will pay his respects. a hoax on a flight into philadelphia what they say about that scare and the threat to other airports today. and more on the train derailment in port richmond. at the nation's capital.

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♪♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> tuesday night a main line bank is robbed for the second time in less than a month and this woman is accused of stealing from a chester county artist known for a very famous photograph. but the wig story on "action news" is the disclosure of funeral arrangements for boweau

biden biden, he died over the weekend from brain cancer his funeral will take place in wilmington and that is where chad pradelli is tonight at saint anthony church chad what are the details on these arrangements. >> there will be a public viewing for most of the day here on friday at saint anthonys and then a mass of christian burial on saturday and that is where president obama is expected to deliver the eulogy former delaware attorney general, beau biden pass add way from brain cancer this weekend, he was 46 years old. >> beau was a friend to almost everybody in this building we all had interaction with him but i would venture to say that 99.9% of it was positive. thoughts were on