bostian left the criminal just its center in philadelphia today a free man with the judge saying he saw no evidence of criminal negligence in the crash of an amtrak train in philadelphia that killed eight people in 2015. john rawlins is live outside of the cjc. john, is the bottom line case closed? >> reporter: well, nothing is etched in stone. the ag's office could refile charges and after a short statement. they were looking into such options about this but did not make a decision at this point in time. for now the man that was the defendant in a high-profile case is now not a defend. brandon bostian continued his long public silence letting his

trial react. >> the charges that were brought should not have been brought. and a good judge made sure that justice was done. >> bostian was at the controls of amtrak 188 when it crashed in 2015. blair berman had a few words using his cell phone to call family and the state called first responders and a rail expert the contention was that the defense was negligent and pushing back findings that after being distracted by a rock attack on the nearby septa train it was possible that bostian lost situational awareness. but the judge says it was more likely an accident than a crime. >> brandon bostian is a good man and his heart breaks for the loss of life in this case and the tragedy that occurred but he is innocent.

>> tom klein that represents many of the victims upset by the dismissal saying that eight people are dead. >> one man is aquadriplegic and others have life disabled injuries all because of what was done by one man, brandon box. patrick murphy was on the train. >> the judge said it was an absolute tragedy but an accident. i think it gives some of us a sense of closure but never change the fact that eight people lost their lives on our train that night. >> reporter: again, charges dismissed today by a municipal court judge, the attorney general's office who said they inherited the case after the da's office declined to prosecute. it has the option to refile charges or do nothing. live in center city, john

rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we are of course continue to follow this story on weekend. right now we have the latest from the courthouse following the judge's decision and photographs and videos from the crash and the investigation. >> 10 million people are still without power in irma ravaged florida. it could take ten days or more to fully restore power. president trump will visit florida on thursday. some residents are returning to the keys where one in four houses are destroyed. and although most homes suffered varying degrees of damage. it left flooding conditions in south carolina and this is the scene in atlanta as a woman narrowly escaped injury after she drove into a falling tree. and french president emanuel mccrone toured the island.

and the plane brought water and food and emergency equipment and medicine. for the latest on irma itself let go to meteorologist, melissa magee. will we feel remnants of this form? >> in a much weaker fashion. it works its way into the atlantic region but looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan you see the remnants of what was once irma widely spread out in the eastern half of the u.s. and the showers are starting to dissipate and as you go in tighter you see moisture inching closer and closer to our region and a lot of that moisture is falling apart. over the next few days, expect the next few clouds than sunshine. and a shower here or there is likely and a rumble of thunder very little .25 inch to .50 inch of rain and isolated spots could fine more than an inch of precipitation and you'll notice it will become more muggy and

dew points comfortable in the 40s and 50s and turning that up into the lower 60sment the summer like air is starting to return. more details in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. of the course world news tonight with david muir has more on the cleanup in the wake of hurricane irma next at 6:30 right after "action news." authorities are trying to determine if alcohol was involved in the death of a student at lafayette college. he died yesterday at 5:00 p.m. walter perez is live in easton. >> a lot more that we don't know but we know that a promising young life was cut short. an autopsy was scheduled for tomorrow to find out how a freshman at lafayette college lost his life. da says there are unanswered

questions but they do not suspect foul play. >> we lost a student here and the details and facts surrounding this is not clear yet only that the death is an end result of a chain of events that cull nated into a medical emergency. he was found unk. outside of the building and pronounced dead the next day at lehigh valley hospital. the college president released a statement reading in part. losing a member of the class of 2021 is a heart breaking start for the year for the newest students in particular. we hope that the community will be helpful to all. >> the baseball team and lacrosse team and basketball team and all the female teams also everyone is trying to stick behind the lacrosse team as a whole and hold the family in our prayers. >> it's awful for everyone

involved and not involved but as a community we rally together. >> mccray williams is remembered as a standardout athlete from a boarding school in massachusetts. his heart goes out to the family of the victim. >> a great opportunity to do well. and skills with lacrosse and good student from what i know about him. we want to answer questions for his family eventually. but we can't answer them today. >> reporter: now officials from the victim's high school released a statement that he died of a severe head injury but nobody we spoke with would confirm that. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." thank you. this is new at 6:00. an arrest is made in connection with the discovery of deadly drugs in the parking lot of an elementary school.

29-year-old delinda williams turned herself in and she dropped her student off in drexel hill last week and two dozen bags of fentanyl fell out of her purse or pocket. williams was charged with possession and reckless endangerment. >> investigator trying to determine what caused the fire last night in wilmington. the fire that claimed the life of archie monroe. vernon odom has the details. >> reporter: archie monroe was a quiet man who lived on this block with his wife donna for more than 40 years, they were highly respected in the neighborhood. and tonight the entire wilmington community is mourning their cruel fate. >> all day wilmington firefighters were collecting samples at this rowhouse fire scene as they try to determine the cause of last night's deadly blaze in the 100 block of west 37th street.

the home of archie and donna monroe, he was killed as he charged back into the inferno trying to rescue her believing she was trapped on the second floor and then jumped into the arms of neighbors. among them jamar warren injured making the catch. and donna remains hospitalized in critical condition and family and friends are mourning archie monroe's cruel fate. >> going in after a person is out of the fire and he goes in to retrieve his wife. that alone shows his character. that speaks for itself. i pray to god, for his wife. she is going through something now and to heal the family. >> they are really good people. really family oriented. just sad. >> reporter: indeed. jim, tonight the fire marshall says the official ruling on the cause will not come until

sometime next week as they wait for the test results. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." live in wilmington delaware. >> thank you. a water main break has damaged a street in newcastle county, delaware, the break buckled a section of polydrummond hill road. they found the 12 inch break this afternoon and capped the water supply without impacting customers. they expect to finish repairs before the end of the day. coming up on "action news" tonight. questions answered about the swarms of bugs we saw around the delaware valley and as the eagles get ready to face the chiefs, defendants will be the key. plus, the birds start a new kicker this week. we'll tell you about him. jim, another beautiful day across the area as we look at the statistics today. the high today in philadelphia 79 degrees and not a bad afternoon, we'll cloud up into

wednesday. details coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> don't bump into that augmented reality. when "action news" continues tonight. sfx: t-mobile mnemonic sfx: t-mobile mnemonic sfx: t-mobile mnemonic

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the villanova university community said good-bye to coaching legend coach massimino. mourners paid their respects at a funeral mass at st. thomas church. coach jay wright lending his words. he was remembered for the values he taught all of his basketball players including those part of his 1985 ncaa championship team. he died last month at the age of 82. community college of philadelphia students will have

a new housing option. officials broke ground this morning on the hamilton. the $150 million development at 15th and hamilton includes 600 apartments and there will be retail space on the ground floor. build on the philadelphia inquirer's transfer facility. and the recipients of a million dollar grand for the wells fargo regional foundation, they have developed a 10 year plan to improve their communities. philadelphia mayor jim kenney was on hand for the announcement this afternoon at supper sessions on the avenue a weekly street festival that features mown airy businesses. and an update to a story we reported on last night swarms of insects. caught on video. this is medford, new jersey and

swarms were found in north philadelphia. people didn't know what they were but we have the answer. the culprits are flying ants that emerge at the end of the sum toward breed. >> they get wings and go out in these huge, huge swarms and made in the air and go find areas to start new nests. >> the ants sense when conditions are perfect and all rise up at the same time. the experts agree this has nothing to do with the hurricane and don't let these insects bug you they will soon be gone.

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and tareq hill had hundred yards receiving and 250 all purpose yards as defensive coordinate points out the chiefs have a lot of offensive weapons. >> they have weapons across the board and if you want to spend attention on tyreke, then kelsey and running backs all of those guys can make plays, have you to play good sound defense and you have to be good across the board. it's not just about taking one guy out of this offense. >> the phillies 2018 schedule they open march 29th in atlanta, the home opener is in miami. and aaronal tar is in center field working his way back from the hamstring injury and reece hoskins is at first. he explains the lineup. >> it's good to get him back into the fold and playing again.

and i need to see hoskins play more at first base and see how good he is over there. and in order to get crawford at-bats i need to take someone out of the infield and today is caesar hernandez day. and they look shaky on the football field. the owls were beaten soundly by notre dame. they narrowly escaped villanova. coach collins excited about playing under the lights. >> this will be the first friday night i have played or coached in in a long long time and that is pretty cool. growing up you want to play high school football and play under the friday night lights and we get to go back to that a bit. and play on friday nightp i think that will be cool. >> we'll recap the game on a live edition of temple play book saturday during the 9:00 a.m.

half hour of "action news." the flyers were in pine hill, new jersey for the celebrity golf invitational and all proceeds benefit the ed snider youth foundation, using the hockey stick is easier than a golf club. ask wayne simmons, the flyers are hoping to get off to a quick start of the season. >> we don't want to repeat last year and the position we were in around christmas. make sure that we are going to be better this year and make the playoffs and make a push in the playoffs. >> excited we have a different look and we'll be a pretty young team. excited to get going and see how things shape up. >> this was a flyers event but long time rangers event mark mess yea was on hand and wearing rangers blue. >> i am nervous coming into flyers country, i am treated really well.

i'm here to support ed's charity. he was a big supporter of my own. and we had a great relationship through my career. and what he has done is quite remarkable. >> they are friends now. drop the gloves. > melissa magee with the late word from accuweather.

obviously not a big deal but we begin to see irma clouds pretty soon. >> the overnight hours and the next couple of days. we'll show you the picture

outside out there in south philadelphia where a lady is painting a picture. we had comfortable conditions once again and temperatures were slightly below average but tonight the phils are back at home taking on the marlins, what to expect for the game the southwesterly wind at 5 miles per hour. the first pitch shortly after 7:00, that temperature of 76 degrees and 10:00 tonight the number drops down to 70. but numbers all in all were comfortable. the high once again. 79 degrees in philadelphia. right now coming in at 78 in the city. 77 for allentown and the lehigh valley. and same in reading and 70 in the poconos. and 70 at the coast in cape may and dover 72. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you it's quiet across the mid-atlantic region but what we are tracking was once irma, you see the moisture starting to thin out across much of the tennessee river valley

and the ohio valley. the rain shield is spreading out and as it does so the precipitation is falling apart as well. the moisture is creeping into the region into tomorrow and on thursday as well. so for the next 12 hours the clouds increase and showers are likely by dawn, we drop down to 60 and 65 in philadelphia for the overnight low and 60 at the coast and the boardwalk. over in toms river we drop down to 55. fast forward into the middle of our work week. 8:00 in the morning, the clouds are starting to spread out across our area. these are the showers from what was once irma. also to the south and west of wilmington as we go throughout the day, 4:00 in the afternoon, spotty, and a quarter inch and half ink of rain and some spots could get higher amounts than that. to the tropics we keep a close

eye on hurricane jose. maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. jose is starting to do what we think it will do stay away from thesy main land. this is the track with jose, it does the loop deloop into the end of the work week and weekend. you notice it's 480 miles north-northeast of the grand turk island. it stays away from the main land and stays in the atlantic on wednesday the big difference is the humidity. it feels different with the moisture overhead. a high temperature of 77. humid on thursday still with a high of 80 and thundershower is likely. and friday clouds and sun and a high temperature of 81 degrees. saturday it's warm and muggy and a high up to 82 and sunday a

partly sunny skies at 83 and not bad on monday clouds and sun at 79. and sunshine and clouds sharing the sky on tuesday with a high of 78. we are watching the clouds and a few showers. >> abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and sharrie williams, and adam joseph and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for melissa magee, cecily tynan, and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. please join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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tonight, breaking news. the catastrophe in the keys. extraordinary access tonight, all the way down to key west. the full scale of irma's wrath. in some places, up to 90% of homes damaged or destroyed. we're embedded with the air national guard unit. we witness the search and rescue teams now going door to door, knocking on front doors to make sure the people who stayed behind survived the storm. there are still millions without electricity across the state tonight. concerns about the drinking water. in many place, there is no public water at all. and tonight, how long will it take to restore power? as neighbors across florida just begin to return to their neighborhoods to see if they still have a home. also tonight, the dire situation in the caribbean. so many of the islands wiped out. the calls for help growi