condition and john rawlins live from the scene tonight. john what is the latest from train service and on the investigation? >> well, as far as the investigation is concerned jim. it is at an early stage. the ntsb is on the ground and we saw twoeinspectors here at the site. it took heavy equipment and dozens of specialized workers and saws and cutting torches to finally cutaway the damaged rail cars and clear the tracks, removed to a nearby maintenance shop. where they will be investigated by the national transportation safety board. the collision occurs tuesday morning and one was stopped when

it as rammed by a second train and pitched the lead car into the path of a third train. and the operator of the striking train remains in critical condition and why the collision occurs remains the big question, was it human error did the operator have a medical emergency or was there a mechanical problem. >> and they explain that the cars are quipped with automatic train control or atc an electronic safe guard that in part will maintain the safe separation of trains. >> it's a signal system the trains move under signal authority and the signal system keeps the train separated. the separation could also be monitored by septa's command center and "action news" asked to talk to someone about the capability of the system. we were turned down because it would likely be a central part

of the crash investigation. we are at an early stage of that investigation, the investors will collect data and other evidence and talk to people involved and they will even possibly run tests on certain systems and equipment. and then there will be a thorough process of elimination and the fact finding could take weeks and even months and then a final determination could take as long as a year. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a 15-year-old boy suffered smoke inhalation this afternoon in a fire that destroyed a row home in wilmington and firefighters were called to the 1300 block of east 14th street at 3:what, they battled heavy smoke and flames coming from the three story end unit and crews had to contend with live electrical lines but had much of the fire knocked down by 5:15, the home next door is now

unliveable and no word on what sparked the blaze and police are trying to track down the individual that tried to abduct a woman from in front of her home. gray hall is live on may apple road and gray what is the update there? >> reporter: well jim we can tell you that the suspect in this case was actually a passenger in the suv that the police are looking for. there is no trips of the person or driver but police hope that someone saw something or heard something that could lead to an arrest. the gloucester police department says that an abduction case could be a lot worse. >> we say all the time make a scene, kick scream and yell. grab attention, because the suspects sushlly don't want confrontation or to be seen. the frightening crime played out monday night after 9:00 and the victim's sense of security was

shattered as she went out for a cigarette in her front yard. she says a man tried to grab her and throw her into an suv. >> a while male asking her if she lived in the neighborhood and during the conversation made an attempt to grab her arm and pull her towards the vehicle. >> people living in sicklerville in the neighborhood are alarmed by the news. >> it's creepy, it's creepy. no one wants that in their neighborhood especially it's right there. it's little lit right there. >> it's scary. we don't have that. it's everywhere but we never had anything like that here. >> there is no good trips of the vehicle involved and the suspect is described as a man in his 20s with patchy facial hair. gloucester township police are looking to make an arrest.

>> if anyone in the neighborhood has a security camera that recorded the vehicle or suspect please call us and let us know. >> reporter: all right so back out live we can tell you there were concern that this case was linked to the recent kidnappings intel wear and police tell us that at this point there are no links. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> all right gray, thank you. police say that a driver out searching for a missing man accidentally kill that man and was then charged with his sixth dui. the incident at 619 at old state road in delaware. investigators say that that man. 40-year-old luis rivera did not see him on the roadway and he died at the hospital. he now has six dui convictions dating back to 1993, he is held on $15,000 bond.

in the wake of the deadly prison take over in smyrna delaware, the state senator has found a way to compensate corrections offices and hire more. that existing overtime funds could be used to pay officers a more competitive salary and increase basalry to $37,000. current officers would get an additional $4,000 added to their paychecks and the proposal would add 180 new recruits. so if you think everybody will enjoy the next several days in the 70s. let us disabuse you of that right now. there are a lot of farmers in the tri-state area that are nervous tonight. >> we want the peaches to grow big and juicy. >> that is a farmer in lawrenceville and she is keeping an eye on the warm weather and what it means for her peach, cherry and apple crops, the

unexpected heat could cause the trees into blossoming too soon they bloom early and there say frost that could knock them out or super cold they could be frozen on the tree. >> it happened to peach farmers last year. a streak of warm weather forced the blossoms and then a freeze snap and he lost half of his crop. >> the uncertainty of it all is nerve-racking. >> this snap in february doesn't seem lightning the trees have woken up yet. they are still dormant. >> the crop of strawberries are wintering under a grow cover and lettuce is already growing if the greenhouse. >> our approach it to be very diverse. if we lose one kind of crop we

have some oirnl kind of crop. >> farmers are watching the weather closely it's the extremes that cause problems for them and the extended period of warm weather now could have consequences in the spring. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." this was a day to recognize philadelphia police officers for their outstanding service to the city. the 17th district county elhad their blue ribbon awards ceremony. they were nominated by their supervisors to be awarded officer of the month. and mayor jim kenney brought his appetite to the terminal market to judge a sandwich contest. they gathered ingredients to build the best sandwich. he chose one made of eggs and scrapple as his favorite led by the team of dwight evans, the contest was the kickoff to saturday's party for the market

fundraising event. some fourth grade students attended a cooking class at the core community center in east philadelphia today. the youngsters learned how to make chicken with ingredients available at food pantries. coming up on "action news" tonight a buck county community now has bragging rights. the contest victory that gives a boost for small businesses to grow in the area. and the trip of a lifetime a teachner camden needs your help to expand the education of her students beyond the confines of the classroom. way beyond. >> the temperatures are on the rise and 55, and today 58 a lot warmer the next three days before the big change over the weekend. i'll have it all in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> and ducis rogers with the sixers option with the trade deadline approaches tomorrow and that and more when "action news"

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behalf of her children. she is a french teacher where best to give her students a less on. that would be france. >> paula is not just a french teacher she is passionate about the french people and their culture. that is why she never limited the legs sons to the confines of the classroom. >> i have taken french students for in years to paris but this is the first time i'm fundraising and doing it in camden. >> paula teaches in camden, woodrow wilson high school to be ask expect. her plan to take 20 juniors and seniors to paris for spring break. it sounds like a dream for these teenagers many of whom have not been outside of camden. >> have not been far just new york and pennsylvania. >> i have been to florida. but that is when i was little, i don't remember anything but i would love to go to europe. >> there are two things standing

in the way of this trip a reality mainly time and money. they don't have enough money and they are running outs of time. the cost is $40,000. but with less than 7,000 raises and less thank to months to go until spring break it's looking like the trip may not happen and for these students it may never happen. >> i'm a senior in high school, i don't think it will be another opportunity to go to france. >> this was not designed to be a vacation but to give the young people a different perspective on the world and see there is month to life than what surrounds them and she was told that her plan was too ambitious. >> if i don't get to go this year they will not go. and i want to make this happen. >> you can find the link for

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nba trade deadline tomorrow and all the talk and buzz is focusing on one guy. >> jahlil okafor. i highly doubt he'll be on team tomorrow. what is the injury status and the trade rumors, our jaime apody gets the details. >> as the sixers return from the all-star break the elephant in the room. the trade deadline hanging over jahlil okafor's head ready to burst. >> i could be out of here tomorrow. >> is there a part of you that cannot wait until tomorrow. so you know where home will be. >> here or somewhere else, i am ready for my career. >> and when will ben simmons

career begin, a followup scan on his foot tomorrow. >> my comments are very much influenced by his reciprocal desire to play this year. >> joel embiid may not play again this weekend, listed address doubtful for friday and saturday, even after going through a full practice. >> hope they will let me play. i want to play. if it was my decision i would be playing. >> embiid's game is rusty but his trash talking is in tip-top shape. when embiid and sarge were going at it. >> he likes playing me. but he never wins and he doesn't handle me talking trash and i would like to play against him all the time because that gives me confidence.

>> in camden, new jersey, jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> okay then. the flyers figured to have a tougher week than a pledge at a fraternity. and the penguins on saturday. indoors at the wells fargo center with and they were bounced out of the playoffs by the caps last year but split this year and they were blasted last month 5-0. it's a nice rivalry, i love playing against them because they are good and we need to be great. and especially at this time of the year when every point is crucial. >> villanova has revenge on its mine, tonight the cats will host butler at the pavilion, the second ranked team in the nation and one of the two losses came against tonight's opponent, butler. it snapped the 20 game win streak. >> they do a lot of things they try to do at the game at butler,

they did the little things better than we did and that is why they won the game. >> doing little things is something that temple womens basketball will work on tonight. they play undefeated uconn. >> you tell people you are beatable. >> why not us, they are on the streak for almost three years now eventually they have to lose it happen to happen so why not us? >> it could happen this evening. >> you and i do a lot of trash talking during the commercial break. >> we should record that, no we shouldn't. >> no no. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment.

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all right get ready for three days of bizarre weather. >> 70 degree weather in february. stormtracker 6 live double scan has dried out after we had a few morning showers with a warm front passes through this morning. the action cam looking up and showing that sunshine was back kind of filtered behind the high, thin clouds and we'll have a decent amount of cloud cover to start the day tomorrow. and likely some fog and the highlight is the temperatures are getting warmer. the normal high is 46 degrees and today is pretty mild. 58. but tomorrow 12 degrees warmer than today and friday 17 degrees warmer than today and saturday

likely nearly as warm as friday. and before you think that tomorrow will be a great beach day, if you are along the coast, along the bay with the winds from the southwest. it's going to be a lot cooler, cape may 57 and atlantic city 56 and philadelphia 70 and 71 in wilmington and allentown close to that. and 68 degrees. the ocean temperature is still 42 degrees, even now you can see the difference that makes, cape may 48 degrees and philadelphia 54 and cape may cooler than the poconos 49 and allentown currently more sunshine 58 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have partly cloudy skies and the combination of the fact that winds shift from the southwest and a little cloud cover means that temperatures are not dropping much. unusually warm night for february, 48 degrees in philadelphia and 2 degrees higher than our average high for this time of your. normal lows in the 20s and

allentown 41 and cape may 45 degrees, we'll have fog developing as temperatures drop around the dew point and future tracker showing tomorrow morning at 7:30 we have what is known as the low level inversion and warmer air higher in the atmosphere and trapping moisture at the surface in the beginning as we head into the afternoon, the atmosphere can mix out and see sunshine and the possibility of a pop your shower across the poconos and temperatures are warm and not quite at record levels, philadelphia the record 75 and forecasting a high of 70 and wilmington 70 and the best chance of tying the record and having it one degree shy of the record high of 72 degrees and friday we have a shot of a record. 75 degrees the old record is 74 and we are looking at temperatures, 20 to 30 degrees above average, from the ohio valley, to the mid-atlantic and that cold front late on saturday, will bring changes by sunday. the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast, morning clouds and afternoon sunshine and fog in the morning as well. a high of 70 and friday 75 degrees and saturday almost as warm 74 and showers and thunderstorms late in the day and the best chance between 3:00 in the afternoon and 9:00 at night and behind that system temperatures drop nearly 30 degrees, 46 degrees is the high with the wind windchills in the 30s and then warms up again 52 on monday and tuesday rain and 54 and wednesday as we start march 65 degrees before a cold front drops temperatures down to more normal levels by thursday. roller coaster ride with temperatures. >> abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17. and please join us for a special report at 11:00 here on channel 6. it has been a month since president trump took office and political tensions across the country continue to dominate the

headlines and conversations at work and at home and on social media and those tensions are jeopardizing and ending personal relationships. >> i unfriended everyone on facebook that was pro hillary. for the simple reason that those people conpossibly share my core values. >> my brother disowned me and myself and my wife and forbid us to come to his son's homecoming dinner. >> experts say it's time to take a political time-out. >> and erin over person explores how to do that. how it could help your marriage and friendships and sanities. only on "action news" at 11:00. for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, we open you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

tonight, the town hall fury. members of congress return home to anger across this country. frustrations boiling over. [ chanting ] some calling out president trump. others fed up with congress. tonight, the white house calling some of them professional protesters. president trump tweeting about the so-called angry crowds. also breaking news tonight on two girls found dead in the woods. authorities now releasing sound of the suspect. investigators believe one of the victims secretly recorded him before she was killed. the off-duty officer who opens fire after a confrontation with a group of teens. the video now revealed chlgts at this hour, police moving in at the controversial dakota pipeline. fires set, protesters under arrest. a