the ntsb issue a report today and we now know what engineer, brandon bostian was not doing before his train accelerated into the junction curve and left the tracks at the cost of eight lives john rawlins is at the scene in port richmond, we are talking about his cell phone. >> reporter: that is right. you remember last week there was concern that the ntsb could not say if the engineer was on his phone or not at the time of the crash, they can say that no he was not, not talking on the phone, not texting and no way connected to an outside network that said, however, they condition tell yet if the phone was switched off or on in the airplane mode. that is something they are

continuing to investigate. >> in terms of cause of the philadelphia accident, do we know anymore about that yet? >> the senate hosting rail safety experts including an ntsb board member was engineer brandon bostian using his cell phone prior to the crash the latest finding analysis of the phone records did not indicate that any calls texts or data occur during the time before the crash and he did not access the train's wifi system while operating the locomotive, the board member put it this way. >> we have determined that there was no talking or texting or data usage involved however -- >> however the safety agency went out of its way to explain it can rule out that the phone was connected to wifi or a cellular system but cannot tell

yet if it was connected to an outside system. the significance in airplane mode the phone could be a potential distraction if someone was accessing video or email. >> there are 400,000 pieces of data involved in the analysis because of the exten of that, the use of an app or other use of the phone has not been determined. >> the big question is of course, why did amtrak 188 with bostian at the controls speed up to 106 miles per hour speed up at the curve that has a 50 miles per hour speed limit, he told investigators he cannot remember what led up to the mishap. was the phone switched off or the airplane mode they will look at human factors and get drug and alcohol testing back, and mechanical issues eight people

died in the crash and four people as far as we know remain in acute care hospitals here in the philadelphia area, two in temple and two in hahnemann. live in port richmond john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> the mystery deepens, thank you. 6abc.com has the latest on the ntsb's investigation and more on the victims in the hospital and the slideshow of the derailment. authorities have taken 3.3 million there's worth of heroin off the streets of philadelphia district attorney seth williams, said this afternoon that the operation was one of the biggest drug bufrts in the history of the city, and investigators said they confiscated 22 pounds of heroin from a stash house and police arrested three men at the scene. a teacher has been arrested

for allegedly sexually abusing a student at phelp school sin 2013. chad pradelli is live with more. >> reporter: the chester koipt district attorney says that the teacher befriended, groomed and then sexually assaulted the students. >> chester county authorities say that matt scavitto sexually assaulted the student at his apartment and at a summer camp in new hampshire and told them he was instructing them how to be with a girl and the victim was afraid to go to authorities. >> they manipulated someone that relied on him and took advantage of the trust. >> he taught social studies and taught basketball. and police arrested him there last night after the victim

eventually went to police two days ago and phelp's -- many students from around the world. >> the teacher was this student's teacher coach and dorm supervisor manipulated the student to come to the teacher's house which was an on campus apartment at the phelps school and sexually assaulted the student an his own home. >> the student has since graduated but they worry there are other victims. >> the school has been cooperative and we encourage parngs to talk to their children. >> a little over an hour ago the school released a statement, the phelps school was shocked and saddened to learn of the arrest ofa faculty member and we can assure members of phelps

community the safety and well being is paramount. chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. ten protesters arrested at a philadelphia police town hall meeting in march were acquitted of disorderly conduct today. but outside the courthouse the protesters and supporters continued to express their frustrations with police. back in march the group confronted officers about the shooting death of brandon tate brown, it came at a meeting at lawn crest after seth williams announced that the officers were justified in the shooting. >> parents held a news conference to oppose a proposal to outsource school nurses and substitute teachers they split their time between more than 200 schools and many philadelphia children have chronic health issues that need to be managed

closely. >> if you think that investing in real estate is part of your future, mark this on your calendar. vernon odom has a preview from the shore. >> the bella penthouse building a landmark building in atlantic city a block from pacific avenue where swank condos sold for a half million a piece but that was before the market fell, prices have sunk despite the great ocean view. >> most of the units are on the upper floors. >> you have a good view of -- >> ocean inlet and the downtown view is gorgeous at night. >> dan is the auction ear selling the units here 40 of them some may go for below

$200,000 a 60% discount the owner swiss banks wants out of atlantic city fast. >> it's a beautiful building, once the investors are out of here prices will start to go up. >> a heavy weight local realtor will gobble up some units he is certain that atlantic city by the sea will make a dramatic come back. >> it takes time to turn around but the construction on that is several times what you can pick it up for. i don't think you'll get this many condos available at this price. >> to buy in for a fantastic number is not of had. >> it's scheduled for june 28th at the borgata. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." a piece of the world trade center will reside in gloucester county, the 4,000 steel beam

arrived in arrived in arrived in arrived in warwitch township. a caravan of township officials and police and firefighter escort the the beam from new york down the new jersey turnpike today. coming up camden high school celebrates its seniors that overcame obstacles to make it to graduation day today and ducis rogers has more on why zach erst has other goals today. >> and the first heat wave of the season has record highs and storms all the details in the accuweather forecast. those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight.

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no the delaware prisoner they escape the work detail is back in custody tonight, police arrested 25-year-old isiah thompson early this morning at the first data facility in wilmington, a security guard spotted thompson crawling through a broken door and he was serving time for a carjacking and now burglary criminal mischief and resisting arrest. this is graduation season and often producing inspiring stories of people overcoming challenges to forth their path to adulthood. katherine scott was right there. >> i was young when i had a daughter. >> taylor paterson was only 14 years old when she had brielle, and four years later taylor is

graduating camden high school and she is one of five students being honored for overcoming adversity to get her diploma. >> me and my family faced hard struggles but through all of that i had to find a way to get my family out of here. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> taylor turned to singing and was featured in this video for an organization dedicated to prevent high school dropouts, by the time she entered high school she had had a baby and was put out of two homes with her family and now plans to attend rowan university and jasmine wilson's path was different she was in foster care since she was free and last year her sister left jasmine and her sister alone in the apartment and never came back and she got jobs to pay the rent and will graduate this

spring. >> mahogany robinson moved through foster placement and is having her second daughter this spring and plans one day to be a homicide detective and her family will be there at the award ceremony. >> i told her and it's i'll be her first grab daughter to graduate and go to college. >> it's not an easy path but here they are earning their high school diplomas and want to send messages to others in similar situations that yes it is possible. >> it may not be the life you chose but it's it's life have you to live so live it.

afternoon baseball and phillies and cincinnati, same result last night not very good right now the phillies never play another road game it will be too soon, they wrap up their

serieses with their seventh straight road loss, heels over head. jerome williams is the second to take it on the chin. jesus jr. his second homer this year and he gives up four runs in six innings and then an rbi double and he drives in both of the phillies runs today and it's 4-2 and relief in the seventh. and another run scores and the phillies lose 5-2 they are outscored 22-8 in the series. game four of the stanley cup final in chicago, the black hawks lead the lightning 3-1. the cavs took a lead on the warriors and lebron james scored 40 points in the victory and is

nearly a triple-double if the finals two wins stand between him and his third nba title. he is long on talent and short on modesty. >> a difficult challenge and tough challenge but i knew that, being the sole lead of a team and franchise it's taxing but you know, i accept the challenge. >> it's hard work. >> game four is also in cleveland, set for 9:00 tomorrow here on 6 abc. the eagles continued their offseason training zach ertz sees big things for birds and noemg team he has a connection to. jaime apody explains. >> despite what folks are saying zach ertz thinks it's quite the catch this season is it enough to make up the loss of maclin and goes catching passes before? >> technically we only lost one guy jeremy is a hick of a

player, and we got a lot from those we drafted and with jordan and josh and bren and myself it will be a fun year. >> ertz has plenty of goals for himself and the season but right now he is focused on goals of a different kind -- >> ertz's girlfriend, julie johnson is a center back for the u.s. cup team, they met in stanford in 2013, what it is like to watch your girlfriend on this world stage? >> it's fun i sit back and try to be a fan but it's hard to be a fan, i know what my mom is going through for the past couple of years. but it's fun to watch what she does. >> do you play soccer with her? >> in college she would shoot on me and we would play goalie, and then we switched and it was a poor loss for me. >> in other words you are in the

write sport? >> yes i can catch but not kick very well. >> the womens team play friday against sweden in the world cup. >> all right ducis dozens of people took advantage of a chance to sharpen their business skills in bensalem. matt o'donnell shares his experiences with this leadership program and nodes attending were able to pick up tips in marketing themselves and their business it was hosted by holy family university.

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>> it was nice, but tomorrow it will be hot and very humid. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are rain free tonight and we are comfortable so try to enjoy it this morning, the action cam is taking a look on kelly drive it's a beautiful shot showing the angel sculpture, and also shows we have plenty of sunshine and blue skies today. as well as somewhat comfortable conditions, it was on the warm side actually the past three days, temperatures running 5 degrees above normal, three days with a high of 86 degrees but the humidity was in check and it felt night. currently 84 degrees in philadelphia and wilmington 81 and millville 78 and trenton 82 and a great beach day at the boardwalk in sea isle city currently 75 degrees, dew points tell the story it's a lot more comfortable than the past several days, dew points in our

viewing area in the upper 50s, when you get dew points less than 60 degrees it's a comfortable air mass but unfortunately it's not staying that way, satellite 6 along with action radar showing high pressure is building to the soung and a cold front to the north and that stalls just north of our viewing area and that helps to pump up the winds, partly cloudy skies and low of 69 degrees in philadelphia and millville 65 and allentown 64 and wilmington 67 degrees, future tracker 6 showing tomorrow we see a few spotty thunderstorms popping up with the increase in heat and humidity and that front is close to us but really the big story is building the heat, tomorrow's high, the record high 95 set back in 1986, and we have a good shot of at least tying that if not breaking it some thunderstorms around with the cold front. not everyone will see them, the

best chance of severe storm is in philadelphia. it washes out and that means it's a hot day, 94 degrees on friday. the humidity is building as we head there tomorrow and especially on friday future tracker showing dew points instead of in the 50s, dew points in the upper 50s and low 60s and friday it gets tropical dew points this time on friday low to mid-70s, to put this in perspective the dew point in new orleans is 66 degrees, you'll feel that oppressive heat on friday. so the exclusive accuweather forecast, near record heat tomorrow and highs soaring to 95 degrees and late day thunderstorms are popping up and they are scattered and they could be strong with damaging wind and hail, on friday almost as hot 94 degrees and more

humid, and feeling closer to 99 and saturday is close if we hit 90 degrees that is three days in the 90s and officially our first heat wave of the year and building clouds and thunderstorms as a cold front sweeps through and that takes the edge off the heat on sunday and a chance of a linking er on monday 84 and tuesday scattered showers and thunderstorms 84 degrees and wednesday sun mixing with clouds with a high of 86 95 is the hot of the day so far this year take it easy and remember your pets and elderly people with you. it could be tough for them. >> don't drive through hot water. >> don't leave your pets and children in the car. be safe. finally tonight it's a marriage of art and eats at a popular restaurant in center city philadelphia the shake shack has unveiled a new mural

on sampson street it's called summer rendezvous and is designed to capture the family friendly atmosphere of the restaurant as well as pay homage to philadelphia's parks and as an extra touch the mummers were on hand to help dedicate the mural today. abc's world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and ducis rogers and please join us for a special health check at 11:00 here on channel 6. new health crazes seem to pop up all the time and registered nurse ali gorman asked about three popular trends including one that helps you lose weight, which one works and which are just hype, ali tells us tonight at 11:00.

new developments tonight. those two escaped killers, where they might be headed now. authorities warning many to lock their doors. and new details on the prison worker, the woman in the tailor shop. the trip to the hospital on the day of the escape. trapped in the tunnel. the horrific rush hour collision. two buses, multiple injuries. drivers trapped. a pregnant woman going into labor. new reporting on the officer who threw a teenage girl to the ground, then drawing his gun. now, his side. we learn of the two calls he answered right before. american troops, back to iraq. the president sending additional american troops to help iraqi soldiers take back their cities. and abc news has learned, that home set on fire, the family inside -- tonight, a new discovery. what was found inside the home.