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is a big question. what caused a new seattle to portland train to jump the tracks today sending the cars to the highway below killing three and injuring a hundred more. marcy gonzales is live near the crash. >> good evening. part of the highway is still shut down. you can see bumper to bumper traffic on i-5 as investigators work into the night investigating. >> the car dangling is part of the aftermath of the crash that killed three people and injured more than a hundred others. >> emergency, we are on the ground. >> all but one of the cars careening off of the track in washington, several crashing on to the highway below during the morning rush. >> things started tipping over and everything went dark.

>> the train started to wobble for a moment, and then we were catapulted at the seats in front of us. >> chris onboard for the inaugural run of the newer faster run. after 7:30 a.m., locate motivate and 12 cars with 86 passenger and crew lunge at the curve and plunge over both sides of the overpass. >> is everybody okay? >> that is the story from duponte, washington. for our area, it was eerily reminiscent of the deadly amtrak accident may 12, 2015, amtrak 188 went off the track going

into a turn at 100 miles per hour. eight people were killed and 200 injured. the ntsb investigation determined that speed of twice the limit was a factor and technology to automatically slow the train could have prevented the crash. that technology was not in use on the washington track. >> they have clearly not learned. how many more people are they going to kill before this company makes safety first? they obviously haven't done it. >> there will be much more reporting on the deadly amtrak crash on "nightline" after "jimmy kimmel live" tonight. the "action news" morning team will track any overnight developments. they'll be on beginning at 4:30. >> you can follow the late etc. development of the fatal amtrak derailment in the state of washington "6abc".com to view video clips from the scene.

>> a high speed flight from police ended in deadly fashion in tabernacle new jersey when a stolen suv crashed into a utility pole. two men and a pregnant teenager were killed. dan, what is the latest information about this ill fated escape attempt? >> we have learned from multiple forces that state troopers were in pursuit when the fatal crash happened. >> this is what was left of the gmc investigators reported stolen. two adult males and a young woman we have been told is pregnant. it was around noon when tp vehicle was pursued traveling 12th in tabernacle over 80 miles per hour when the driver lost

control. the gmc wrapped around the utility pole near the intersection and burst into flames. all three died in the wreckage. it happened right in front of the sequoia high scho dismisd early due to e horrific accide. >> tonight so far there is no word on whether all of the proper procedures were followed in pursu of this nature. they say there is no further comment pending the outcome of the investigation. i'm dann cuellar, channel6 "action news." >> thank you, dan. it was a deadly accident in galloway township. a car struck and killed a pedestrian. it happened at the intersection of aloe street and new orleans avenue just after 6:00. police have not yet said if charges have been filed. >> a warm up is in store

tomorrow. cecily tynan is live outside the first look at the forecast, cecily. what's the story? >> jim, temperatures are trending up from the beginning of the weekend. the high 42. yesterday, 44. today we hit 50-degrees, six degrees above normal. the warmest day in nearly two weeks. during that time, 7.7-inches of snow in philadelphia. that snow has been melting. even now step outside, not that cool. 47 in philadelphia. there's no cold air across the lower 48. you have to go north to alaska where the bitter cold air is. that's arriving for the midwest for the plains on christmas day, but until then, we definitely stay on the mild side. even milder tomorrow, temperatures rising up to the mid 50s, 12-degrees above normal as we head toward the beginning

of winter officially on thursday. temperatures cool to near seasonal levels. for the weekend, i'm tracking warmer air and rain on the way. i have details on that and what it means for christmas in the full forecast. jim? too thank you, cecily. >> pennsylvania governor tom wolf came to pennsylvania to officially veto the bill that would legislate banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. >> pennsylvania state senator daylin leech says he will step back from his campaign for congress in the allegations of behaving inappropriately toward female campaign aides.

>> governor wolf set leech should step down an he didn't think that was premature. >> zero tolerance in the executive branch. this is not something that anybody, male or female should be forced to subject themselves to in the course of doing a job. >> leech's state senate office building open for staffers, but staffers not wanting to talk about the cloud hanging over the boss. leech reportedly touched female staffers and in other instances made crude remarks. >> detailen suggested i didn't get the joke. labeled me pudency and characterized me to the colleagues as the wet blanket. the more uncomfortable he made

me, the more he dialed up the humor. >> leech flatly denies he touched anyonen inappropriately. as for montgomery, in the office when the humor was flying, she was racy as anyone else and told me how proud she was to work for me. but another staffer backed up the view saying he witnessed a pattern of inappropriate behavior. >> no sign 4r50e67 i leech is lo resign. he says he will represent his constituents with honor. >> john roland, "action news." >> police are looking for a man who walked up to the door

pirating packages. the photographer alexis says one box contained new camera gear but the other included photographs back from the printer. the area sees five thefts like this one every week during the holiday season. >> i was aware of it being a problem, but it's never been a problem on this block, and i work from home, so it didn't seem it would hit me. >> she says her clients will get the photos after christmas. she will have to pay out of her pocket to replace them. >> this video shows a person stealing three small christmas trees from fitzgerald street early in the morning december 9th. if you recognize the thief you are asked to contact south

detectives. >> former philly pitcher cole hamel and his wife heidi or donating their $10 million home to a nonprofit organization. the home is in missouri, ten bedrooms, 13 bathrooms and four living areas. >> as required by congress, president trump has issued his administration report on national security threats and his approach to deal with them. trump delivered a speech that focuses on china and russia as combative rival in perpetual competition with the united states. trump's report highlights that economic security is national security. >> we'll stand up for our country like we have never stood up before. >> but trump has removed climate

change as a world-wide threat against the united states. the last such document prepared by barack obama identified climate change as increasing national disaster, refugee flows and conflict over basic resources. >> the house of representatives is expected to vote and pass testify tax reform bill tomorrow with the senate following suit wednesday. that would give president trump the chance to sign the bill into law before christmas. approval is expected though the joint committee on taxation reported today that within ten years everyone making up to $75,000 a year will see their taxes go up. >> but wall street is optimistic about the tax cuts with three indexes posting record highs again today. the biggest stock gains go to companies that pay the highest tax rates since they'll be the

beneficiaries. the dow's close broke two records, 70th all time high, the most record closes for blue chip in a year. the nasdaq closed under 7,000 at its own record of 6994 and the s&p 500, 2690. matthew peterson could not answer basic questions and admitted to his lack of experience. >> ever tried a jury trial? >> i have not. >> civil? >> no. >> criminal? >> no. >> bench? >> no. >> state or federal court? >> i have not. >> president trump had nominated peterson to a lifetime judgeship to the u.s. district court for washington d.c. >> the airlines are on the way

to the airport in atlanta after a massive power pa failure but they are having problems trying to connect people with their luggage. thousands of people and their luggage were separated. many passengers were forced to go carousel to carousel in search of their bags. in short, it's a mess. >> it's a week until christmas and the shipping rush is on at fed ex and the post office and ups. don't panic if you want to get your gifts delivered on time. here's christie ileto with what you need to know. >> today was the day. >> busiest shipping day of the year. >> it was a cycle. people dropped off presents and occucouriers picked them up.

>> you have to prepare for it. you can't get overworked or under worked or stress yourself out. >> same at the south street business center. >> i went to the post office and the line was out the door, so that's why i'm here. >> they want to get their packages delivered by christmas. after today, it may not be fobl. >possible. >> tuesday is the deadline for express saver. >> we have people come on the 22 or 23rd and say, i want this delivered by christmas. that can't happen unless you pay for delivery, but it's not guaranteed. >> fed ex expects to 150e 400,000,000 packages sent. monday was dsl's busiest

shipping day of the year. >> i'm a last-minute person, but my daughter is not coming home for christmas, so i can't wait for the last minute anymore. >> you have until the 20th to use pr priority mail and the 22o use the priority mail express. >> the next class of teachers in philadelphia may be working here. the school district of philadelphia hosted a recruitment fair for student teachers tonight. superintendent william height was there to talk to future educators one-on-one about working in the public school system. new teachers could be placed by january. >> nine teams of entrepreneurs are getting the chance to make their dreams come true. they are the winners of the kensington storefront challenge. they'll be given funding to open on kensington avenue, part of a

larger project to revitalize the neighborhood. >> from our delaware news room, the wigged firthe wilmington fit is asking for a change to state law so the firefighters can save people overdosing on opiods. firefighters carry norkam but a technicatechnicality prevents wn firefighters from doing so. >> more people are calling uber than an ambulance during an emergency. researchers at the university of kansas is found that usage is down 7% where uber is available. ambulance rides can stick you with a massive bill. uber is cheaper in comparison.

>> we have something of a warm up for christmas. let's go to cecily tynan. what's the story? >> we have the christmas weather last week. temperatures are mild. it is in fact the holiday season, looking good all decorated for christmas. looking at the ben franklin bridge, partly cloudy, dry out there and temperatures mild, 47-degrees, the average high, 44. well above that. allentown, 43. trenton 45. wilmington, 44-degrees. as we head through the overnight hours, temperatures essentially holding in the 40s all night long in philadelphia so you don't have to bundle up at all as you head out tomorrow 6789 tomorrow will be warmer than it was today. today 50-degrees with a mix of

clouds and sunshine. satellite and radar showing more cloud cover. we have sprinkles across the lehigh valley, a weak disturbance pulling through. that continues pushing east tomorrow. the bus-stop forecast, kids head to the bus stop. philadelphia believing, 42, suburbs 36. i think tomorrow will be the nicest day of the week if you like things on the mild side. we are looking at several hours of temperatures in the 50s. mid 50s by 3:00, 5:00, in the 50s. 56 the high, 12-degrees above normal with wind out of the southwest. the front moves through dry tomorrow evening, a bit of cloud cover, providing a wind shift. temperatures step down wednesday and thursday. 45 wednesday.

not bright and sunny. we don't get rain, but high thin clouds. temperatures drop more thursday before they start to trend up again heading into the weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow, 12-degrees above average. mix of sun and clouds and sunshine, 56-degrees. the front moves through dry, behind it wednesday, cooler with high thin clouds, 45-degrees. thursday is when winter officially begins, 11:28. the sun's direct rays are over the tropic of capricorn, northern hemisphere tilted away from the sun. we get less sun, colder during the winter, seasonably cool for thursday. friday, we rise again with temperatures, 49-degrees, clouds, clouding up. friday night into saturday, rain is on the way.

it's from a system that cuts the west. the high on saturday, 61-degrees despite the rain that front will pull up a surge of warm air. it stays on the mild side. christmas eve, 49-degrees. christmas day, mostly cloudy with the possibility of more rain, could be wet for the eagle's game with a high of 50-degrees. a lot of people hoping for a white christmas. we have cold air in time for dpms, doubtful but it will get cold next week. >> after the 21st, the days get longer. >> we are almost there. >> spring is almost here. >> tonight marks the seventh night of hanukkah. to celebrate, wilmington's jewish community took to the streets for the menorah light's

parade. on to rodney and trolley square. this has become a much anticipated part of local hanukkah events. ♪ >> aspiring young dancers from the philadelphia area are performing with the moscow ballet. they are dancing in the version of the nutcracker. the students have been rehearsing three months. tomor

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>> no doubt eagle's fans may have found yesterday's win an early christmas present, but what makes us philly proud is how eagle's player jenkins and

teammates surprised a family. several members of the philadelphia police department accompanied them showing up with gifts and a holiday meal. >> beautiful. >> i love it. >> go eagles, right? >> we have been blessed enough to have these holidays with our families with food and gifts. this is our way of giving back. >> this is just one way they are helping to make a happy holiday. spearheaded by the malcolm jenkins foundation and philadelphia police department. >> to see what else makes us philly proud, log on to "6abc".com backslash proud. >> flyers were not terribly

proud against their effort against the kings. >> flyers hoping for seven wins in a row. they have been on a roll but something happen today their power supply tonight. flyers taking on the l.a. king. flyers down 1-0, make that 2-0. >> voracek, eighth goal of the season, flyers down 2-1. kings score two more times on the rush. flyers lose 4-1. the win streak is no more. >> the sixers have been trending in the wrong direction. tonight they visit the bulls without joel embiid. embid is still not clear to play consecutive night. fourth quarter bayless, sixers up by five.

sixers down five under a minute to go, dario, 27 points, sixers down by two. at the other end, one of seven chicago players in double fig years, sixers lose 117-115. >> eagles wrapping up a buy. eagles could have the number one seat locked up. a minnesota loss on saturday would make the eagle final two games meaningless. it's an enviable position to be in but a tough position to be in as head coach. >> you make the best decisions for your football team. if that means resting a guy, you rest a guy or two or three, but you have also have to maintain the edge with the players. you have to maintain the confidence and dominating swagger and keep that alive. >> still ahead in sports we

check the local basketball team michael: i'm thankful that

i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov.

villanova remains the top basketball team. drexel in a nail biter wins 72-71. >> host: st. joe's annual

tradition, the basketball team went shopping for five families delivering the shopping thursday with what's needed for dinner. this is the 23rd year the team has done this. thursday, bad mower gas pa ril la bowl. 78-degrees and sunny there. coach collins plans to strike a balance between work and play. >> when it's time to have fun, we are going to have fun. when it's time to lock in and be about business and film study, that's what it's about. that's the challenge to our older guys that they hold the team accountable, that, that's how we go about our business. >> coach selecting teams for the lawn mower race.

that's mikalstat team temple, temple loses the race. all we care about is thursday's bad mower gas april la game. >> the winner of the lawn mower race has never won the game. >> is that right? >> "jimmy kimmel live" in the case on channel6. guests dewayne johnson and music from g. easy, for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. goodnight. ♪ ♪