eau 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 biden in the

state house of representatives. >> all rise for a moment of silence for our friend, beau biden. >> his body will be brought to saint anthony's for a viewing for most of the tie. and prepare for the president and his father vice president joe biden. >> we will also be one family and this week we are all part of his family. >> they are asking that in lieu of flowers donations be made to their new organization for charity. >> they wanted to honor beau's commitment to protecting innocent and abused children. >> if you would like to donate you can fine the link at our website 6abc.com. i'm live in delaware, chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you.

>> one again beau biden will lie in honor at legislation in dove from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. there are two viewing at the church in wilmington and the funeral mass is at the same church on saturday morning at 10:30, we have posted all the funeral arrangements at 6abc.com, can you fine the photo gallery of beau biden's life and career. >> there was very intense moments this morning at philadelphia international airport passengers were escorted off a flight that had just landed from san diego the problem someone it called in a threat saying there was a bomb on the plane. david what have investigators been able to find out sin the plane landed this morning. >> >> reporter: they have been able to find out that the threat was a hoax but whoever is behind it remains under investigation,

there were passengers on that flight from san diego to philadelphia and disrupted operations at the airport as emergency personnel scrambled. the emergency center in washington, d.c. received a threat that there was an explosive device on the plane. bomb scads and police came racing to the airport and the plane was escorted to a remote section of the airport, the 93 passengers and crews were escorted off the plane and their carry-ons and luggage was lined up on the tarmac. >> we had to wait and they went through all the luggage. >> it took an hour and a half for bomb sniffing dogs to go through all the luggage and the bomb threat was an empty hoax and they mentioned other flights and planes in chicago and

atlanta were also searched. the philadelphia passengers were loaded on to buses and brought back to the terminal after a long and annoying delay. >> it's a safety precaution, i can understand that but it has to be done. >> it comes with other threats over the last few weeks the fbi is police are working to track down whoever is behind that. >> there is an active investigation to find out whoever did such a thing. >> investigators do not know if it's the work of one individual or a copycat, and that someone may be testing the system. live at the airport david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david. a pennsylvania woman is accused of stealing from an award winning photographer is chester county, prosecutors say that 32-year-old brie distefano took

more than 50 prints from steve mccurry's studio in exton including a copy of his afghan girl. distefano allegedly stole $650,000 of items from the black market as she worked as mccurry's manager, most of the stolen items are recovered and returned. >> the ceo of amtrak and other officials when to washington today to review the why's and wherefore's of the deadly train derailment and there are still unanswered questions. john rawlins was on capitol hill today. >> reporter: congressmen wants answers several zeroed in on the engineer's cell phone was it in operation prior to the derailment, on may 12th? >> there is a lot of frustration in this kpit eand the attention

to lack of answers thereof. >> congress did not get many answers about the wreck of amtrak 188 in philadelphia, several members wanted to know if the cell phone was in use prior to the derailment. the ntsb chair says they cannot say yet they have the phone records but are having a hard time getting the precise times. >> we are getting the records to correlate the data and voice activity with the timeline. >> he appreciates the task when you have a hearing and you hear that they don't know if the cell phone was turned on or if the gentlemen was texting or talking on the phone it's just a little hard to accept. it's a little bewildering. >> amtrak tried to explain why they had not installed an automatic speed device on a curve when it slowed the curb.

while the curve has a 70 miles per hour speed limit it's calculated at a higher speed of 90 miles per hour, and it was decided to put the device southbound as a precaution but northbound lane as arrive at 80 the thinking was that automatic train control would not be needed, the idea that an engineer would accelerate into the northbound curve was not a circumstance we anticipated and we did not mitigate for it. >> it was made back in 1992, post crash it was ordered switched on by the federal government so the atc is now in place on the curve in philadelphia. in washington, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." police on the main line are looking for a bank robber who struck this afternoon in bryn mawr, a man walked into the

wells fargo branch at 4:00 this afternoon by the train station, he was able to take cash after he suggested he had a weapon and fortunately nobody was hurt, this is the second holdup at this branch in less than a month, they reported a robbery there on may 14th an armed thief made off with $82,000 during a morning robbery in west philadelphia and it happened at 11:00 a.m. on north 57th street police say that a man struck another man over the head with a gun and took his bag full of cash investigators believe that the suspect has unique tattoos on his face, two arabic markings under each eye and a tie diamond shaped tattoo under his eyebrow. in one month the unit will be spun off to an independent

company. roughly 1200 people work for the chemical performance unit currently, they have not confirmed how many will lose their jobs. police are trying to track down the owner of a mistystery man discovered on the boardwalk in ventnor. >> well it was a cool and damp day, more showers are moving through tonight i'll let you know when we dry things out and warm up our weather in the full accuweather forecast. >> the eagles ota and the phillies begin ota with the reds.

the county council is suing over missing 911 fees, officials made the announcement at the county's 911 center in lima, for six years the providers failed to assess the fees, that funs the emergency operations and the suit is seeking to recover more than $41 million, police in ventnor, new jersey are trying to solve a mystery but so far without success they are trying to identify a found object, that happens to be the bust of a man nora muchanic has the story. >> do you recognize this face? ventnor police are hoping so back in november cops found this life size bust of a man on lafayette avenue they suspect that someone stole it from a home that has not been discovered yet they found it

was too heavy and would never be able to pawn it and they dumped it there when they saw a patrol car on the boardwalk. >> the only include was hildda 72, they posted the mystery man but no leads people speculated that it could be a bust of newt rockne or luka brazy from the godfather. >> we don't know we put it in the detective bureau hoping that someone will walk by and recognize it. >> if you can identify the mystery man police would like you to give them a call. >> it's like a missing person or a found object we fine a lot of

things they get turned into us bikes radios and cell phones this is really distinct. as residents return to town, they hope that someone will report the bust missing so they can solve the mystery of who the statue is and where it came from. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news."

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they go to ota's but rain does not delay today. after the birds got off the field everyone wanted to talk about byron maxwell, he said that they won't reach the super bowl this season. >> it was not a prediction, more like confidence in my teammates what we can do and what we should do. i think every team has that. when they start the season.

>> we have the tools and the plan we plan on executeing the plan if that is not to get us to the super bowl, we need a new plan and everybody believes we will be there. >> agholor is a very fast receiver he is being looked at for a replacement for jeremy maclin, agholor feels he landed with the right team. >> as a cookie and a special organization it's probably easier here because you have a lot of vets to bring you along it's been good in terms of feeling comfortable but like we just said this is the professionals, you have you to come every day with the right preparation and focus to do what you have to do out here. >> there are only two things the phillies can do to stop the losing skid, another loss or rainout, the rain is out there they begin a three game set with the reds tonight.

the seven game losing streak is the longest of the season and they are in last place in the nl east, it's dreary at the park but not in the clubhouse. >> how do you keep these guys positive? >> we bounce back guys are ready and positive. in this game you'll have a lot of negativity all the time, no matter if you are winning 100 game a year, it's negative with stuff coming in and out, lets stay positive and keep playing and keep guys going. friday he was reelected to an unprecedent the fifth term and now sepp platter is out he announced his resignation today. last week 14 fifa officials were arrested in zurich on charges of corruption but abc news reported that he was a target of the probe, and he said they were in need of an overhaul.

cleveland versus golden state, lebron james versus steph curry the reigning mvp. >> the coach does a great guy putting guys on the floor to make plays no matter who it is they are high motor guys and you condition relax one second they make you pay. >> every single game, getting choked up over it. every single game can be seen here on 6 abc, game one between the cavs and warriors slated for thursday night. >> easy for you to say. >> all right thank you ducis more than 200 students faced off in a special competition at the link-but this had nothing to do with football, they competed in the annual chess term many, they played each other and took on eagles players. after the competition they held a special awards ceremony to

honor the winners.

here is another down fallen tree, police closed the road in both directions while crews cleared off the tree and it is still raining, it's two days of rain rain. wilmington about 4 inches of

rain and we are hope fogger drying out but it won't happen tonight, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that most of the rain right now is steady moderate rain, however there is one little batch of some heavier downpours, moving through mays landing right now south of millville crossing route 49 and most of the rain we are dealing with overnight is the light ser variety rain, the kind of rain that gets soaked into the ground, the problem the last 72 hours, you can see how much rain is falling north of philadelphia, light 1 to 2 inches, south of newcastle delaware, 3 to 5 inches south jersey 6 inches of rain near folsom, northwestern atlanticic county, more rain is on the way and this won't cause any flash flooding sunday the last day of

may the first 90 degree day, today's high only 58 degrees, that is 21 degrees below average, the maximum low temperature 56 degrees set way back in 1946, it is unusually cold for june, temperatures are uniform, in philadelphia and allentown and wilmington and the pord walk in atlantic city,' in trenton and temperatures will not be dropping too much tonight generally the low to mid-50s, 53 in philadelphia and trenton, millville 55 and reading 52 degrees, and all the moisture in the air, we'll get showers and drizzle, fog could be a concern for your morning commute. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that we have a conveyer belt of moisture bringing us showers with a stalled front and tomorrow high pressure is trying to bring in try air in the afternoon, future

tracker showing lots of clouds at 7:30 in the morning, as we head through the day the dry air is eroding the clouds this is the best chance had of seeing sunshine, showers are still lingering to the south and more showers are developing on thursday. 66 degrees, and leaving temperatures out of the 50s, it will feel better broughter north and spotty showers to the south and that low pressure will thicken the clouds and bring us scattered showers on thursday with a high of only 66 degrees, we stay on the cool side for the next few day, the accuweather forecast, cool tomorrow and showers south of philadelphia and some brightening of the skies, 66 degrees on thursday we cloud up with scattered showers and a high of 66. 77 degrees, it's hard for me to say, it's been a while.

77 degrees, and could get a shower and thunderstorm in the afternoon, you like the 80s and they come back for one day on saturday and 82 degrees, the cold front is moving through late in the day and could kick up showers and thunderstorms and not widespread, on sunday looking good and partly sunny and 76 degrees and 80 with afternoon showers and thunderstorms and tuesday it turns warmer with a high of 84 degrees, and stuck in the gloomy weather pattern. students in north philadelphia are painting for the pope, students from saint malaki and saint veronica schools are taking part in the first paint day they are paining a panel on a pureal commemorating the visit of pope francis, the pope will be here in late except for the meeting of families. it will have more than 150

individual panels when the pope arrives. it will be something. >> abc world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, ducis rogers and adam joseph and join us for "action news" here at 11:00 on channel 6. for cecily tynan ducis rogers, and the entire "action news" team, we hope you join us at 11:00.

tonight, the knife-wielding terrorist suspect turning on police. the takedown in boston. officers opening fire. the suspect had been under surveillance for possible ties to isis. we're on the scene. the moment of impact. the amtrak train carrying 171 passengers colliding with a car, slicing it in half. rescuers racing to help the people inside. just as authorities reveal new details in the deadly train derailment in philadelphia. the race against time tonight. the search for hundreds of passengers after their ship capsizes. some trapped inside. their cries for help. and the captain under arrest tonight. the head of the tsa now out. the story we broke. the undercover sting revealing just how much slides right past those airport security agents. and the roller coaster crash. >> oh my god. >> 16