rachel jacobs a wart more college graduate had been traveling from new york city to commute to her job here at the university of city science center. he was living in insuring with her husband and her two-year old. the ceo along with the award winning associated press employee also wells far go executive and a young u.s. naval academy student are among the dead. this is an unspeakable tragedy, word wednesday night from the family of the 39 year-old rachel jake opposite. ceo of philadelphia base afronet kill in the amtrak derailment. rachel was a wonderful mother, daughter sister, wife and friend. he was devoted to her family, her community and pursuit of social just advertise. we cannot imagine life without her. and jacobs collogues spent the take looking for her searching hospitals and desperate for any information. >> i think we're in the just trying to find her medicine without thinking of the worst case scenario right now. >> reporter: "action news" has confirmed that the senior vice-president for wells fargo, also died. the company says abid gillani a valued member of the commercial real estate division

kenneth moten spoke to an employee in university city that lost it's brand new chief executive in the crash. >> reporter: the words from family of rachel jacobs, the ceo killed in the amtrak derailment. she was a wonderful mother, daughter, sister wife and friend. she was devoted to her family and pursuit of social justice. we cannot imagine life without her. her colleagues searched for her looking at hospitals feeling desperation. "action news" has confirmed a senior vice president for wells fargo also died. abid gilani a valued member of the commercial device passed away. jim gains was on the way home from washington, d.c. when he was critically injured in the crash. he was pronounced dead at temple university hospital. his grieving wife said jim was more precious to us than we could adequately express. justin zemser. the mid shipman was on his way home to his mother. he was a loving son and community minded this tragedy has shocked us all in the worst way. >> reporter: meanwhile family of bob guildersleeve are handing out pictures hoping for word on his whereabouts. >>> the acting

we will be jumping here at university city university of penn it is move out day grab mini fridge and get out. they will be shutting down spruce from 34th to 40th so student can pack up their stuff. you'll see a lot of double parking, station wagons, moving vans, mom and contacted to come into town to to pack the stuff up. that will block the schuylkill at youth and south street. same deal we had to deal with a few weeks back with the running of the penn relays. curb check no problems at all, coming into or out of the city so we are off to a good start there and live look at 422, where we are probably going to see them cutting grass later today working your way out of troop inner to king of prussia mass transit septa's bus route 40 and 42 will be on a detour around university of pennsylvania, and a otherwise in good shape, chris and lauren back over to you. >>> philadelphia police in the middle of reviewing surveillance video in connection with the attack on school bus carrying special needs student. >> they were armed with rocks. fox 29's steve keeley tells us one student had to be t

he holds three warrant for his arrest back in january committed two robberies of university city student and burglary at a home. >> i'm shock. that a prisoner was allowed to escape. and it is casino of dangerous to have this person out here on the loose like this. >> so this news has people in the neighborhood on edge as the search for this have i lent teen continues. police say, he is from the area of the 3700 block of wallace street. he also is known to hang out at 46th and market street. mike al next. >> my goodness, all right 6:05. >> now $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot a little girl in the head. police say this all started as a case of road rage. police say ania's curry's family pull up in front of their home, 5400 block of haverford avenue saturday night. someone in another car approached them, fired single shot where ania was sitting with two other little girls. still in the hospital this morning and yesterday report that she is supposed to have surgery because she has a bullet lodged between her scalp. so we're wait to go

you can see extra volume in and out of the university city most likely using south street and university on and off ramps there off of the schuylkill expressway. but currently in delays at all on the schuylkill expressway i-95 in good shape and mass transit running with no delays chris and lauren, back to you. >>> police right now are calling a deadly kensington apartment fire a case of arson. >>> they say blaze was started after someone threw a firebomb in the building yesterday morning. jenny joyce is live there in kensington where one man died trying to escape, jenny. >> reporter: good morning chris and lauren. yes, yesterday there were as many as 18 people lost their homes in this fire and one man lost his life. the investigators are trying to find out who set this fire. it happened yesterday morning at 6:15 here on kensington avenue near will air. witnesses a neighbors say when they saw flames they rush ladder over to the window to start rescuing people inside the building. thirty year-old matt pope was trying to come down that ladder but piece of equipment collapsed and he fell to

the mother after two year old son, and ceo of the start up tech company in university city was headed home to new york after a late meeting when the tragedy struck. the search continues for victims like bob of baltimore the man's 13 year olson is pleading for help to find his father. >> i was just helping trying to spread the word to see my father. i mean, we don't know where he is which hospital he's at we're not sure. we have very little information. and it is frustrating. for me i haven't seen him since two hours before myla cross practice. everyone us a just frustrated. the numbers that they told us to call, they supply very little information. everyone's just frustrated and worried and it is just hard to wait. it is hard to keep the patience. >> and the family says he works for a chemical company. he was on train 188 headed to business meeting in new york. he has a wife and two children, if you have any idea where he may be you are asked to call amtrak or philadelphia police as officials continue to try to will he kate other missing victims. lauren chris? >> all right jennifer, t

that's because of resurfacing projects in several neighborhoods including olney, germantown university city and center city. it's going to be completed by the end of june. >>> and good morning, everyone. i'm jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. slow going through the work zone here on the vine street expressway right around 18th street. you can see you are losing that right hand shoulder. only one lane getting by for the predominant part of the morning. now we can't recover some residual delays there as we head out to new jersey. ocean heights avenue is closed in both directions at english creek road. your alternate is to take the garden state parkway or the black horse pike. i wish i had good news for you. for now over to bill henley with a lot of it. >> getting some sunshine to start with jesse. live view from the link this morning. temperatures have cooled down into the 40s. 47 degrees here at "nbc 10" at 6:25. there is a chance of a rain drop or two. we have some showers overnight in delaware and south jersey. they have since pushed to the south. >>> well tens of thousands o

that's after officials held a groundbreaking ceremony today for the study at university city. e new hotel expands the company's concept to deliver high-quality full service lodging to university markets. it's expected to open next fall. >>> her name is mary lee. >> sounds like a sweet name, doesn't it? until you see her face. >> and now, as of today, she's enjoying herself off of atlantic city. >> mary lee is a great white, and she is close to the coast today. experts are keeping tabs and feeling good about her location. nbc 10 explains why. >>> also -- >> i had to fight this guy and i'm thinking help me, help me, help me, please. >> battling back. a 13-year-old girl puts up the fight of her young life when a stranger bursts into her home and attacks her. >> then all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5:00, graduation season is here. and that means yeah entry into the real world. ahead, advice every grad should hear about how to best prepare. >>> thousands of babies dream full-size cribs and furniture being recalled. the products are in violation of lead paint standards. specialty f

street resurfacing projects taking place in several neighborhoods including olney, germantown university city center city in south philly. the work starts tonight and it's going to last until the end of june. definitely you'll want to notice construction cones and detours. >> don't forget about the race on sunday. there will be detours around that as well. let's get you to work on friday. jessica boyington is in the traffic center. >> on the schuylkill expressway all clear. no problems. spring garden 12 minutes or under headed from the blue route to the vine street expressway. no problems headed eastbound or westbound. as we head forward to 422, you can see the same thing there. 9 minutes from 29 to 76. cheltenham as well dealing with hazardous road conditions. reports of that on east township line road and walker avenue. you want to use some caution when driving through. we'll check it in with new jersey turnpike coming up in 10. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> almost 19 minutes after 5:00. we're seeing temperatures fall this morning. it's going t

jacobs took the train after a late night meeting and her business in university city.he used a pass to get on and was not on the train's manifest. her family confirms she did not survive. they have released this statement quoting, this is an unthinkable tragedy. rachel was a wonderful mother, daughter sister, wife and friend. she was devoted to her family, her community and the pursuit of social justice. we cannot imagine live without her "we respect ask for privacy so that we can begin the process of grieving. >> the search continues tonight for a number of people still missing more than a day after amtrak train 188 went off the tracks. fox 29's shawnette yale wilson in center city tonight. shawnette a lot of family still hoping for answers. >> reporter: yeah, iain. amtrak and the red cross have been using the marriott somewhat of a shelter for families still looking for loved ones. it is where we met a 13-year-old boy today desperately searching for his father. >> i was just helping trying to spread the word to see my father. we don't know where he is, which hospital

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from university city with the information you need toecessity to stay safe on the road. a lot of folks worried this could be their kara expected jan. >> reporter: erika and ukee, to figure out if your car is on this recall list you will need your car's vin. you can find that number on the lower left hand portion of the windshield. then event their number pot web site, and we have that at cbs philly.com. in the meantime as you mentioned the secretary of the transportation is calling this is biggest and most comprehension complex consumer safety recall in u.s. the history. it is a problem that is turning what should be a life saving device into a hazard, angelina, knows all too well. >> i had had a hole in my chest, clear enough to see the bone in the bottom. >> reporter: she was driving a 2001 honda civic when she was involve in the 25-mile per hour crash, her takata air bag exploded and piece of shrapnel ended up in her chest. >> everybody kept telling me air bags don't do that, the the problem is, these ones are and that is in the right

. >>> at 5:13 on this saturday here is a live look toward university city. we are looking at some pretty humid conditions today. it going to be another hot one. it's going to feel very sticky. meteorologist brittany shipp says by tomorrow we can expect showers. she'll have details in the first alert forecast. >> an emergency landing caught on camera. this plane touched down in east rockhill township yesterday. the pilot was forced to set it down without the use of the landing gear. investigators are still trying to find out what happened. nobody was hurt. >> we have new information this morning about the anthrax scare. the opinion gone says the shipment of live anthrax were more widespread than first reported. they say now they sent live samples to 24 states including new jersey and delaware. they were also isn't to south korea and australia. the anthrax was irradiated and supposed to have been made fully inactive before it was shipped. so far nobody has become ill and the cdc has said there's no danger to the general public. >> cuba is no longer on the u.s.

live in university city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." back to you all. >> all right, john, thank you. >>> delaware law enforcement agencies are reminding all drivers to buckle up as part of the nationwide click it or ticket campaign that starts today. and as an incentive to get more drivers safe they announce the buckle up 200 contest. to enter you take a photo of yourself or your passengers wearing a seat belt and post to it twitter or instagram using #buckle up selfie. nine photos could win you tickets to their nascar xfinity race at dover international speed way at the end of may. officials warn everyone who wants to take part to take the photos only when the vehicle is parked. >> definitely. >> uh-huh. >> time for a check of our "action news" traffic report monday night. >> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. how was your weekend matt. >> weekend was good. how was mother's day monica. >> very nice. >> you had a good one too: northbound side because of this bad accident here in delco by the exit for the commodore barry br

today philadelphia hosted the first annual courage game at penn park and university city.he goal of the event is to encourage and support gay youth while fighting bullying. it was started after a young philadelphia boy came out to his family and classmates and then a tough time. >> everybody just wanted to do what they could to stand up for him, stand up for the cause. i mean every kid out here should be able to play the sport that they love and get the support from the community and just a no-brainer. >> several major league lacrosse stars also showed up for today's event. >>> and temperatures warmed up today and they'll continue climbing right into your memorial day. i'll let you know what to expect for the holiday coming up in my 7-day forecast. >>> [ bleep ]! >> oh my gosh! >> stop stop stop. >> he needs to get out. >> caught on camera fear and desperation as a suv gets swept away in the texas floodwaters. the driver tried to go through a flooded road and was stuck. fortunately, bystanders were able to rescue him and drive him home. texas and parts of the midwest have

and university city, it's penn's commencement 10: 15 you will see extra congestion as you head out.res remaining because of amtrak investigation and repairs through there. we want to look at another accident shut down in montgomery county, douglass township between tlush and varmay drive use route 100 good test around the problem. eastbound heading to downing up to. no 345eu78 or delays at this point. i would say if coming in from parksburg or coatsville you're looking good. i say it's impacting traffic right now. let's look first at the visibility reports five mile visibility philadelphia international and 2.5 lancaster and that's improvement. two mile visibility and stormtracker 6 double scan and sprinkle near khardz fort route 1 media bypass and say em49 andelmer near route 40. and accidents keep coming in >> new video of heavy flames in blocked mode billowing into the sky. oxford made a hard landing in awahu yesterday. the extent of injuries is not known. >> consumer reports ranks new smart phones and those made by apple are not on the top. here's today's "tech bytes". >> consum

nbc 10 and university city for a dry night.omorrow will be hot and we're also tracking our storm chances. let's get details from nbc 10 first alert. >> you night have noticed a little more humid. tomorrow the same thing. a little more humid in the afternoon and our thunderstorm chance goes up. locally we're dry right now. we'll stay dry overnight. just notice the clouds increasing and the rain chances go up in the afternoon and evening and we do need the rain. the rain is moving through ohio. the storm continues down do our south and southeast as well. here is what future weather looks like. watch the temperatures rise through the afternoon near 90 degrees. by the eveningnw h valley and pokeconospoconos. the rest of us staying very warm until the storms roll in. i don't think everyone will see the storms tomorrow but some of us could see locally heavy rain briefly. we could see some strong winds to report. we'll talk more about that and take a closer look at0kÑ timing and how long all this will last for the rest of the week co

friends and family gathered for rachel jacobs, ceo of a software company in university city, but livedl services will be held in her hometown outside detroit michigan. >>> our coverage continues online at 6abc.com, you can follow the latest on the ntsb investigation and see pictures and read more about the victims. tragedy. >>> the final week of mayoral election candidates are out campaigning. many voters have not made up their minds. >> president obama will visit camden county, new jersey, to see how the police are doing to build trust with the community. camden was recently designated one of 8 federal promise zones a grant program meant to reduce crime and improve public health and boost the economy. >> from our new jersey room, the public has an opportunity to weigh in on the rate hikes. they feel they want to increase the rates by 9%. 9 sessions will be held throughout the week including two at the atlantic city rail terminal and monmouth county agricultural building in freehold. >>> a bill will allow people to pump their own gas they must provide full service, new jersey and orego

university city penn's commencement at 10: 15. you'll see extra congestion because of that as well. >> slow speeds, how about i-95 with normal volume looking at 12 miles an hour southbound near girard. this is bucks county. we're looking at mincey trail at 313 dublin pike watch for accident new this morning and reduced visibility and fog not bad. five mile visibility at philadelphia international and three mile visibility mill three mile visibility millville and and also stormtracker 6 live double scan couple showers through the region we're following route 55 in south jersey and millvale long route 49 mays landing maybe a sprinkle at route 406789 watch for that. we'll be tweeting all the latest with rails and roads with #6abc traffic trying to help you through this monday, matt. >> thank you karen. breaking a fire broke out at a carwash in delaware. happened on the 1900 block of polaski highway bear at 4 a.m. flames coming through the roof and fire crews arrived and they climbed to the roof to put them out. no one was injured. >>

today's forum took place at international house in university city. >>> and tonight we will continue our look at the 2015 philadelphia mayoral candidates. the youngest in the field doug oliver told me it is his life experiences both personally and professionally, that make him uniquely qualified to lead this city. doug oliver is a new name in philadelphia politics. >> i think that this city could use a different perspective on some of the challenges that it faced for years. >> reporter: challenges on the mind of so many philadelphians. >> i'm very concerned about the the child ren and my city. >> i share her concern. i have a 12 year-old son. unfortunately if i only care for mine and i don't care for yourself i'm not leading to the city i want. >> reporter: ol letter, a former press secretary for mayor and executive at fill gas works is a product of this city. growing up in germantown he switched schools five times in eight years as his mother searched for the right fit for her son. how would you say your childhood has shaped the way that you see so many of these issues. >> when i lo

6abc was proud to host the annual asian american heritage dinner tonight at the sheraton hotel university citybc president and general manager bernie prazenica and tom davis was on hand seen was nydia davis was on hand seen was nydia. >> i want aid gorgeous family room height i see in the mag teen. that's why a complete makeover. >> so after all this trauma of phillies inability to trade ryan howard he's having a pretty good year. >> he's heating up which likely means he'll get traded and they'll get more offers for him. >> split in colorado is not end of the world that's what they settle for after the poor pitching performance they turned in this afternoon. ryne sandberg's team woning 7 of last 8 games. ryan howard against lefty. top off that. his second straight game home they are is sew loy shot this make it 3-0. five dingers in last 15 games check out catch by fan. here's wearing a phillies hat nonetheless. >> all right. moving on. colorado respond bottom half. michael mc henry crushes one and jerome williams gifts up five runs in i've innings. and they visit the nationals tomorrow f you'r

about 5,000 students received their diplomas today at franklin field in university city.a power the u.s. ambassador to the united nations delivered the commencement address and she and six others received honorary degrees today. >>> abc's world news tonight with david muir is next on channel six. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff shirleen allicott, adam joseph and ducis rodgers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel six. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00. >>> tonight, trapped in the middle. the deadly shootout. nine dead 18 injured. the fbi now called in. rival bikers and a bloody battle in a busy restaurant. tonight, video during the chaos. >>> the emergency landing late today. 300 passengers. mechanical trouble. and the other flight. the computer expert who says he got control of the cockpit through the in-flight entertainment system. >>> the fiery crash. the marine killed. there were already serious concerns about that aircraft. >>> the cuban boy

jacobs was ceo of an educational software company in university city, philadelphia, but lived in new york. >>> the search is on for cause of the massive fire at plymouth township early this morning. the the flames tore through philadelphia a flooring and sintech blind around 3:00 a.m. chemicals and hardware housed inside this facility, made fighting this fire particularly difficult. because on have that residents were told to shelter in place as fire fighters poured water on the structure. some we spoke to say they heard explosions, during the fire fight. >> they are pretty nervous my wife woke up in a panic. we moved our son out of the back bedroom into the front. we were ready to leave if we had to. >> we will have much more on the fire coming up in our next half an hour. >>> an update now to a story we first brought you last night at 11:00 a a store on the ocean city boardwalk is considered a total loss after a fire. the it is a big setback for the popular, seventh street surf shop just a week before memorial day weekend. the fire broke out around 8:00 o'clock inside the store. it

today, lynn abraham and nelson diaz appeared at a mayoral forum hosted by international house in university city the other four democratic candidates did not attend but two sent representatives. the heart of today's discussion focused how the next mayor will make philadelphia a global destination. here's a look at all six democratic candidates that face off in the primary next tuesday, may 19th. abraham, diaz oliver street and williams. the winner will take on the lone republican in the race in the november general election. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well a warm and kind of muggy day today. tomorrow will be warmer but first we have another round of morning fog. patchy fog in your morning forecast wouldn't be surprised if some areas saw a little drizzle around otherwise through the afternoon we'll see developing sunshine and near record high temperatures at least for part of the area. then we have a big cooldown as we go into wednesday. we're going to see a huge drop from tomorrow into wednesday. here's a look at your morning planner, 8:00 tomor

we are reporting live from university city this morning jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> and, it is on to november, now that philadelphia voters have pick their two candidates for mayor. jim kenney won the democratic primary and defeated five challengers. he defeated state senator anthony hardy williams by two to one. former d.a. lynn abraham was their, three others nelson diaz, doug oliver and milton street got less than 5 percent. after roads were counted kenney claim the nomination at the a spring garden restaurant. he credits his win to the coalition of diverse groups. now kenney wants that coalition to grow enlarger to take on the cities challenges. >> to achieve these goals the entire city must come together and work together regardless of whether you work in city hall or resign temporarily up on state road, we have a responsibility to our city and to each other. >> business woman melissa murray bailey spoke to her supporters at united republicans club. she said philadelphians have two choices murray bailey said that she represents a different way of doing things, e

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reporting live from university city tonight kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >>> thanks kenneth. >>> six homes burned in reading this morning, one person suffered an asthma attack after the blaze at 7:30. it happened on the 900 block of east laurel street. it took fire fighters two hours to get the situation under control. they needed to call in reenforcement. as many as 20 people are out of their homes tonight. >>> that fire that killed three members of the same family yesterday was apparently sparked by carelessly discarded smoking materials. fire marshall in west caln township chester county made that determination today. the blaze spread quickly from trash and recycling bins and engulfed the dwelling. victims, all of whom actually live in colwyn, were trapped in the rear of the house. >>> more than a dozen citizens crime fighters were honored in delaware county tonight. the radnor police department's first ever citizen police academy class graduated tonight. officials say the academy is a great way for people to see what police training is all about and what officers face on

he's the suspect in two gunpoint robberies that happened in university city in february. now when singletary escaped he had his hands cuffed in front of him and was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, black pants with a dark blue stripe down the side and blue shoes. if you see him call police. >>> jury deliberations begin today in the corruption trial of six former philadelphia narcotics officers. only one of the accused officers took the stand during the trial. he denied charges that his squad regularly stole cash and drugs from suspects over a period of six years. prosecutors built their case on the testimony of suspected drug dealers and one ex-officer who pleaded guilty. >>> on to this video now of a training exercise on a burlington county military base that has a lot of people talking. in case you haven't seen it or if you want to -- >> keep going. >> this video shows captain sarah cub falling several times with heavy gear on her back. she refused to give up. this was the end of a 12-mile rigorous training course that lasted 10 days. joint base maguire. some people,

the action cam was at a world calf faze live in university city and showcase is held every year so students show off their skills in music and academic. it is now a five-year tradition. >>> abc world news saturday is next on channel six followed by fyi philly at 7:00 and melissa has a preview of that. >> summer shore special walter, thinks coming up tonight on fyi philly. it is down the shore special in cape may becoming wine country because of the between between bay and ocean. region is able to even eye longer growing seasons. we will take you on a wine tour coming up plus sweet treats and good eats down the shore, we've got you covered on fyi philly starting at 7:00 that sound summishish too. >> yes. >>> world news saturday next on channel six. don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight. then we're back here on six abc at 11:00. for melissa magee jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. why am i so awake? did you know your brain has a wake system... and a sleep system? science suggests when you have insomni

a suspect in two gunpoint robberies that happened in university city in february. >>> and nbc 10 is live at the scene of that crash in tacony that jessica mentioned. the car flipped and hit several parked cars. nbc 10's monique braxton just got to the scene a minute ago. what can you tell us? >> hey, tracy. we did just arrive here and i've checked with police and they are still investigating exactly what happened here at the scene. sketchy details now, but this is what we do know. the two people were inside a car, at least one person is under arrest. we understand the car was driving on charles street. it hit some parked cars overturned and the impact of the crash damaged also other parked cars here as you can see. some cars are pushed here on the sidewalk. we will talk to some of the witnessesp. also touch base again with police to find out exactly what happened. we did see that one person was taken away on a stretcher. he was also hand cuffed. whether or not they're investigating him for dui, speeding, that is still unclear at this time. but an amazing scene here at tackwana and charle

take a look right now at ultimate doppler, you can see here's center city and just off toward university citymoving toward boat house row watchingwatching a diminishing shower that will continue to weaken itself and it is non-severe and not amount to go whole lot. right now as we move into sections of burlington and ocean counties still finding some very heavy rainfall right now around the maxwell earthrises approaching the bass river area and eventually little egg harbor be on the look out for brief downpours. we saw very heavy rainfall several hours ago around seaside heights, toms river moving toward the barnegat light area. that has prompted a flash flood warning because of that heavy rainfall until 7:45 this evening evening. we've seen thee to 4.5-inches in this green highlighted area and that has caused some problems on several of the roadways. but as we zoom in a little closer, you can see around the seaside heights area moving back toward ocean gate anywhere from 3.5 to almost 4.5-inches of very heavy rainfall. just torrential downpours there around seaside heights. most of us are dry

in university city, philadelphia, keith jones, nbc 10 news. >> so glad we could help get that ring backhill. >> it is pretty loose. >> yes. needs to get that resized. >>> if you missed this year's broad street run, you'll get another chance to watch. >> our coverage will air this saturday. you can watch at 12:30 p.m. on comcast sportsnet and 3:00 p.m. on the comcast network. >>> and the warm weather continues. >> it really does. heating up sheena. >> oh, yes, it certainly is. today we were in the mid-80s. tomorrow we'll still be in the mid-80s. but some of you will have at least a little rain relief by the afternoon. so another hot day again tomorrow. i guess you consider it hot. but over the weekend, we actually have 90s in the forecast. but 80s again as we go into tomorrow. afternoon thunderstorms for some of you tomorrow. then we'll be cooler by the middle of the week. once the storms leave, temperatures will drop down to the low 70s. so here is what it looks like. today we got to 85 degrees. tomorrow we expect to hit 85. average highs actually 70. we were 15 degrees above that today

he's a suspect in two gunpoint robberies that happened in university city in february. last night his mother made this plea to her son. >> i love you. i want you to turn yourself in. it's going to be all right. it's enough you didn't hurt nobody, didn't kill anyone. we want this over. i want you home honey. please. >> now when singletary escaped he had his hands in front of him and wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, black pants with a dark blue stripe and blue shoes. >>> the philadelphia woman accused of helping isis is expected to be back in court. keyana thomas faces arraignment. a federal grand jury indicted her on charges she tried to aid a foreign terrorist organization. prosecutors said thomas who called herself the young lioness on social media planned to fly to spain in hopes of reaching syria to fight with isis. >>> information on the latest penn state football coach jerry sandusky. his new lawyer called for sandusky's child abuse conviction to be thrown out. the lawyer blamed pretrial publicity, leaks and unprepared defense team. prosecutors are vee viewings

he's the suspect in two gunpoint robberies that happened in university city in february. last night his mother made this plea to her son. >> i love you. i want you to turn yourself in. it's going to be all right. it's enough you didn't hurt nobody you didn't kill anyone. we want this over. i want you home honey, please. >> when singletary escaped he had his happeneds cuffed in front of him, wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, black pants and dark blue stripe on the side and blue shoes. if you see him call police. >>> jury deliberations will begin today in the corruption trial of six former philadelphia narcotics officers. only one of the defendants took the stand during the trial and he denied charges his squad regularly stole cash and drugs suspects over a number of years. prosecutors built their case on the testimony of suspected drug dealers and one ex-officer who has pleaded guilty. >>> also happening today, a philadelphia woman accused of trying to help isis is expected to be in court. keyana thomas faces arraignment this morning. a federal grand jury indicted her la

this morning, jacobs, a wife and mom of a two year old boy was the ceo after tech company in university cityck home to new york after a long work day when the tragedy struck. associated press video software designer, jim gains is among the victims. he died at temple university hospital. doctors say the husband and father from princeton had a massive chest injury, and he could not be revived. wells fargo confirmed a senior vice president abid, also died in the derailment. this is a picture from his linked in profile. >> and the latest victim to be identified is derrick griffith. a dean of student affairs and enrollment management at evers college in brooklyn, previously a school principal and found the the city university of new york prep torrey transitional high school. in 2003. >> twenty-two patient, eight in critical condition however, chief medical officer here is pretty confident that all will survive their injuries. mike al next. >> jenny, boy, sad report. >> 6:47. >> hard to hear about the stories. yesterday, rachael jacobs probably one of the first victims really talk about. >> showed

there's the view of the center city skyline looking back from our temple university camera. rees on city avenue. officially philadelphia coming in at 69. sws look at storm tracker 6 live -- as we look at storm tracker 6 live double scan we're crystal clear. today for the most part we don't have any issues, later in the day, 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. that's when we start to see the showers and thunderstorms develop. there's the 69, reading 70. wilmington and millville, 68. this is the important number this measures the amounts of moist in the air. we're in the mid of 60s. anytime we're above 60s that's humid. you get into the # 0s -- 70s that's awful. fortunately we don't have any 70s in the forecast. you can see how the numbers climb through tuesday and then they drop off. tuesday into wednesday thursday friday, setting up the end of week. works nice, 48 to 72 hours it's going to feel not so nice out there, you'll need the ac. satellite and radar we expect more sunshine as the day wears on. future tracker 6 we'll time it out for you we'll see combination of sun and clouds, warm and

university city. two days a week she went to philadelphia to run the business. mourners talked about her. >> her friends and family spoke and painted the most beautiful picture. >> she was beautiful inside and outside and smart and friendly and very giving. >> the world went into a net deficit today because this woman was a giver not a taker. >> jacobs leaves behind a husband and 2-year-old son. her family is considering starting a scholarship in her memory at columbia. >>> accounting firm director was remembered at a wake yesterday. her funeral is scheduled later today. >>> "good morning america" will pick up our coverage of the amtrak tragedy and "g.m.a." will have more on the tornados touching down overnight. >> in the final weekend of campaigning for the primary race for mayor of philadelphia. voters will head to the polls on tuesday, the 6 candidates for the democratic nomination are crisscrossing the city to gain support. the race is very excessive and many have not made up their minds. inside story will have more on the mayor's race in philadelphia we'll

jacobs was the ceo of an educational software company in university city and lived in new york. our coverage continues at 6abc.com. you can follow the latest on the ntsb investigation you can see pictures and read more on the victims of the tragedy. >>> school officials in montgomery will decide later today if lower moreland high school will be opened for class. yesterday, a 32-year-old was killed when he lost control of his dodge ram and sped across the parking lot into the building. the impact brought down record electrical wires and caused water pipes to about burst. nobody was hurt. >>> a university of notre dame senior has died after falling from the roof of one of the school's athletic buildings. he fell to his death early yesterday morning. police found him on the ground outside the joy center. that's the buildings that houses the school's basketball arena. university officials say he gained access to the roof with a small group of other students. the roof was slippery from rain. the county coroner is trying to determine the exact cause of death. >>> there's much more to

he's the suspect of a robbery in university city. when he escaped he had his hands cuffed in front of him. if you see him, call police. >>> a 19-year-old is in critical condition after being shot near cambria street in north philadelphia. investigators found more than a dozen shell casings from two different guns. it indicates a likely shoot out happened. the other gunman was not there when police rooifarrived. >>> we have this new video into nbc 10 from philadelphia police. they are asking for your help to find three guys in this surveillance footage. they are wanted for robbing a convenience store back in december. two of them had handguns and grabbed cash. >>> only one of the accused officers took the stand during the trial and he denied the charges that his squad regularly stole cash and drugs from suspects over a period of years. prosecutors built their case in the testimony of suspected drug dealers and one ex-officer who pleaded guilty. >>> we have new information on the latest court appeal by former penn state football coach

it spread from the far east university city west to montgomery county officials say it was the kind of emergency they practice for again and again and last night the practice paid off. well if you are looking for a loved one that may have been on the amtrak train a hot line is established to learn about their whereabouts. the number is 1-800-523-9101. >> the amtrak derailment closed a busy corridor between philadelphia and new york leaving travellers stranded and looking for other options. eva pilgram is live for us at the 30th street station. >> reporter: sharrie, it has been quiet here, at 30th street station here trains come in and out of here but train service between philadelphia and d.c. has been canceled at least for tonight and there are no trains going into new york or new jersey. >> the derailment screamed through 30th street station many came in after being released from the hospital. >> i remember a hit. and i just remembered i flew all over the place. >> screaming and black out and luggage falling over and people falling over. >> the red cross set up a station to help the

. >> this is in the university city fro-yo. watch as the customer throws money at a cashier.hen the cashier throws a bowl of frozen yogurt at the customer. >> on my face, clothes, shoes, everywhere, my head. >> jimmy: okay. so does anyone recognize that guy? well, maybe this will refresh your memory. >> i'm not gay no more. i'm delivered. i don't like men no more. women, women, women. i like women. i'm not gay. i would not date a man. i would not carry a purse. i would not put on makeup. i will, i will love a woman. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's the "i'm not gay no more" guy. he got hit with a fro-yo. his name is andrew caldwell. he won the prestigious "jimmy kimmel live" clip last year. he loves women and fro-yo apparently. we tracked him down. there he is. we have him standing by. when we come back, we will learn everything there is to learn about andrew. hi, andrew. we will get to the bottom of this fro-yo. stick around. ♪ they think it smells fine, but you smell this...room. eliminate all the odors you've gone noseblind to with febreze fabric refresher. mmmm... so you and y

. >> a grown breaking for a new hotel being built in university city, the new hotel will feature restaurants and meeting space and the college oriented study hall will go up at chestnut and 33 streets, drexel got final approval last year and it's set to be finished by 2013 and they build a similar hotel at yale that has become a great success. >>> it's time for accuweather and adam joseph knows thousand pick them because the second day in a row he has gotten lucky. >> he is live along the banks of the schuylkill river for this year's aberdeen dad vail regatta. >> beautiful along the schuylkill river right behind us we have the race going on this is the freshman novice eight behind me one team already went across the finish line and a few still behind here and that is not easy when you have to have the coordination of the entire team rowing at the same time and the coxswain sitting there yelling the time. it's one of the hardest jobs of that particular team. the temperatures in philadelphia it is warm, rowing on the river even warmer 83 in philadelphia and 50s at the shore with the sea breeze

today i sat down in university city with an expert in transportation systems and we have talk about how a crash like this one could happen and why better safe guard are not in place. the one variable in the amtrak crash that is not in question is speed investigators know the train was traveling more than 100 miles an hour when it crashed. >> i think there is no doubt if he was at 50 miles an hour this would not have happen. >> reporter: doctor bucheck a renoun transportation expert and emeritus professor at university of pennsylvania has seen this happen before. he says in most train crashes two, sometimes three things go wrong but the the speed of the train, he says, is solely in the control of the engineer. in this case, brandon bostian a three two-year old with less than five years experience. how can you explain that train traveling that fast, at that particular place. >> he did something that is terribly wrong. so there must be some explanation. either in him, or certainly within him, yes. >> reporter: what that explanation is right now. >> i cannot guess. >> reporter: amtrak train

the mother and ceo of the start up tech company in university city was heading home to new york whenhis tragedy struck. the she's the the daughter of ex-democratic state senator guild a jacobs now chief executive of the michigan league for public policy. chris and lauren. >> all right, jenny joyce thanks very much. >>> 5:36 is the the time. garden state preparing for a presidential visit. president obama is heading to camden to meet with members of the camden county police department ape tour the time operation tactic california center. camden reduces federal crime and improve offer all quality of life of people living there. >>> coming up, the phillies, oh yeah, a whole lot of first including the first, five game winning streak, since last summer. much more straight ahead in sports. >>> the phillies sweeping arizona lets go to citizens bank park, what hasn't happened sean osullivan winning in the major league. in the paying attention to the catcher when he throws back the baseball. darren ruf starting at first base, two hits, this home run which gave phillies a two to nothing lead.

we just opened up our second location in university city on 40th and walnut. >> congratulations, youhank you. >> is this like california rolls then. >> we have our slamming salmon which is our most popular roll and then high street chicken which is second and then we also have, a port bell owe mushroom for vegetarian mushroom. >> that is for another show. >> good to see you. >> i want those guys to come in because they held seven us out with our fundraiser, you've got to try this. i will give you more details. >> will you be hosting again. >> yes. >> you will be there. >> of course, i wouldn't miss it. >> jen would be there like she was last year. hey, jen. >> hi, guys. you know this, mike, you have heard the great nail debate, do we go with vinyl, gel, what is this stuff? we will talk bit. we have all of the answers and she has hot colors you need to know about it. >>> i actually hear these conversations up in the news room because 90 percent of our have staff are women. >> yes. >> and oh, you got your nails done is that gel or vinyl whatever. >> vinyl yeah. it is not a regular mani

you can see volume popping on the northbound side just keep in mind university city today it is move day on the campus of the university of pennsylvania. so sprees street will be closed between 34th and 40th so they can double park the cars and moving vans and parent pick kid up with all of the mini fridges and junk that they have accumulated this semester and septa also will detour bus route 40 and 42, that starts, actually already started 6:30 into this evening. a lot of extra volume exiting the schuylkill there at university. mass transit is looking g mike and alex back over to you. >>> boy, tense moments in the skies after a plane is forced to make an emergency landing, at lax, los angeles international airport. officials say plane's landing gear would not drop all the way down. pilots however did manage to land the plane beautiful job. nobody hurt. mechanics are inspecting the plane to find out what went wrong with the landing gear. tilting to the left there. good thing it didn't spark any fire. >> that is dangerous, wow. >>> how about this a bolt bus on its way to boston from n

thirty-nine year-old rachel jacobs was ceo for start up tech company in university city heading home to new york, when this happened. now family and friend will honor jacobs during a ceremony today. the she's daughter of ex-democratic state senator guild a jacobs and now chief executive for michigan league for public policy. she leaves behind a two-year old son and a husband. >> lived in new york, worked in fail but was from michigan. >>> 6:38. >> you can find our coverage from the beginning on the deadly derailment on my fox philly.com. get updates sent to the phone with the fox 29 news app, down load it right from the home page. >>> and one person is dead after a box truck overturn in are and caught fire on i295, that big overpass there in mount laurel. the the accident happened over 8:45 last night. officials shut down north and southbound lanes of route 73, overnight, due to infrastructure damage, to the overpass. now this morning both side have been reopened, and no word on the identity of the victim. we will get it and pass it to you i would imagine by midday. >>> new this morn

today at the headquarters of the innovation center in university city no one was there.workers tweeted out this message. thank you for your thoughts and prayers for our ceo rachel jacobs. we are still looking for rachel and hope they will be with her family soon. >>> rachel is a swarthmore grad and a mother of two-year-old son son. her mother is former michigan senator gill today jacobs who was traveling to our area now. rachel's friends and family are desperate to find her. >> i think we're in the just trying to find her mode without thinking of the worst case scenario. >> karen hepp reporting there. ntsd now updating us on the investigation. litz listen in. >> we're charged by congress to examine transportation accidents and issue safety recommendations to try to keep these accidents from happening again. before i go any further, i would like to offer our sincere condolences for the loss of lives and the injuries people have sustained and our thoughts and prayers are truly with them. ntsb investigators began arriving here in philadelphia between four and 5:00 this morn

currently hold three warrants for his arrest from back in january he committed to robberies of university city students and also burglary at a home. >> reporter: police say singletary fled to tennessee. then to florida where he was pulled over in a stolen car and philadelphia warrant surfaced. private transportation company called pts contracted by the city to extradite suspects flew singletary to philadelphia international airport. then rented this white kia to bring him to southwest detectives. he somehow got out a block away. >> they placed him in the back of the car with a waistband and handcuffed in front. as they got the 500 block of 55th street here today block and a half away from our headquarters the mail was able to get out of the back seat and he runs eastbound through breezeway and northbound through an alleyway in this block. >> reporter: neighbors are frightened. >> my door is locked. i'm in total shock. total shock. >> reporter: police say the suspect was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants with a dark blue stripe and blue shoes. he's known to the 3700 block of wallac

catching a break throughout your western suburbs or around downtown or around south philadelphia or university city. it is every where. traveling in the 20's on 476 14 on i-95, delays around mid county toll plaza and that will affect 476 northeast extension and the pennsylvania turnpike, also big time volume on 422 westbound out toward oaks. be mindful of this accident here 202 concord pike, southbound at silverside road traveling in this area now back to the desk. >>> vittoria, thanks very much. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" promised are excited but they are also expensive. so imagine arriving to the big event only to have it canceled? that happened at one local high school, we will tell what you happened exactly coming up leslie. >>> high hopes for penn state football after last years dramatic bowl win, we sat down with head coach with head coach james franklin to talk about his team and happy >>> it was one of the biggest nights of their young lives but it didn't go at all as plan. a power outage wrecked the winslow township junior and senior prom. >> good news, a do over is in the works.