northeast corridor runs through chester. first responders study and train about what could go wrong on the tracks. a lot of is still unknown. how did a regularly schedule southbound train end up striking a right of away construction vehicle a backhoe on a clear, sunny morning. they have the locomotive recording device that will supply the train speed and what the career saw and did approaching the backhoe. >>> we're gathering the facts at this time. we have recovered the event data recorder and forward facing video and inward facing video from the locomotive to send to the laboratory in washington, d.c. >> reporter: there are four sets of tracks where the collision occurred. other critical evidence the investigators need what kind of work was being done by maintenance crews at 6th and booth in chester. were they doing the tracks that the palmetto was signed -- signed to or the adjacent tracks. this morning chester officials and public safety officers thanked responders from nearby communities to help with survivors. the trai

that was in chester county, and moving into delaware county and that continues to move right towards philadelphia and into new jersey. pretty active over the next couple hours. more on the local weather and neighborhood forecast in a few minutes. >>> voters are still voting, polls close at 8:00, and the primaries are for the race to the white house. we're two of five states, voters in connecticut, connecticut, and rhode island as well. >> here's a look at the stakes tonight. we could have a better idea of who clempgets the nomination, n to do well in five states including delaware and pennsylvania. on the democratic side, hillary clinton cannot get enough delegates to lock up the nominati nomination, and could get her closer, sanders, though, vowed to take the election all the way to the convention no matter what. we have team coverage. what are republican leaders saying, tim? >> reporter: depends who you ask, and back to the beginning here, it's an exciting day here in delaware because the primary means something to presidential primaries on both sides, here at highland elementary,

the suspect is not a west chester student. police do not believe the two attacks are related. >>> airport in brussels, belgium has opened for the first time in the last 12 days. it was closed since the deadly terror attacks. the airport ceo said today's move is largely symbolic. the airport is praying at only 20% -- operating at only 20% capacity. intensified security is in effect. that includes spot check of vehicles and new controls on people and baggage before they are cleared to enter the terminal. the march 22 suicide bombings, as you remember killed 16 people at the airport and another 16 in the brussels subway. >>> now to the race for the white house. it is 2-minus two days until the owe t-minus two days until the wisconsin primary. devon dwyer has more from milwaukee. >>> raise your hands, i promise donald trump. that i will never take drugs. >> reporter: donald trump is delivering a pledge. >>> and you know what else no cigarettes. >> reporter: cigarettes. >>> come here, they are beautiful kids. >> reporter: trump pro

lights set up on the site where an amtrak train hit a piece of construction equipment in chester. federal and local investigators working into the night trying to figure out what happened. the crash kill two long-time amtrak workers and hurting dozens on that train. good evening, i'm iain page. lucy is off tonight. here want we know tonight. the ntsb arrived on the scene late this afternoon. there's no indication how long they are go be to be out there. investigators pulled the data recorder from the wreckage hoping it will provide clues into today's crash. meanwhile amtrak service has resumed in the area. we have live team coverage of the crash with crews around the area tonight. sabina kuriakose talked to passengers on the train as they got back at 30th street station, but let's begin with chris o'connell live in chester at the point of impact. chris? >> reporter: good evening, investigators with the national transportation safety board have been working here through the night. as you said, we are at the point of impact here in chester. showing you what's going on behind me. whe

the second time in less than 30 years amtrak train has crashed in chester. on january 29th, 1988, a train was w 130 people on board slammed into a maintenance vehicle. the track was supposed to be closed. twenty-four people were hurt, non-seriously, the national transportation safety board said the fault fell on both amtrak and a tower operator, who fled his post after the crash. that controller then resigned. >> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the deadly amtrak crash. and when you're not near a tv, go to our website cbsphilly.com. >> excitement is heating up for tonight's ncaa championship game. villanova will be taking on north carolina for a shot at their first national title in 31 years. i know. let's get right to "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen live at villanova campus with more on the preparations, i'm assuming the excitement is building, pat? >> good morning, guys. yep, who is ready to party like it is 198 an in i know everyone out here s maybe not quite. i mean, tell hire on campus, it will be filling up quite soon. you m

the suspect is not a west chester student. police do not believe the two attacks are connected. >>> new jersey is cutting emissions testing for orderly cars, vehicles from 1995 and orderly will no longer have to submit to tail pipe emissions tests. the move will only effect 200,000 vehicles out of the state's 7 million. but some environmental groups argue it will add to pollution problems. >>> there's much more to come on sunday morning edition of "action news." sunscreen may protect your skin, but there's questions whether it can affect fertility in men. >>> people in parts of the delaware valley will be cleaning up today after strong storms left a path of damage and destruction. >>> right now you're looking live, sky6 live hd showing you this glimpse of the philadelphia international airport where it is still a bit windy out there. meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. >>> but, first, we have pictures of nova pride! introducing oikos crunch. greek nonfat yogurt w

berks county, western chester county. new castle county delaware are starting to see the first rain drops. there's a wind advisory that kicks in at 7:00. this is in south jersey and the entire state of delaware, even parts of the eastern shore of maryland. wind gusts this afternoon could go up to 45 miles per hour. it's not like they stop at the border, we could see them up to 30 miles per hour in southeastern pennsylvania. a blustery day ahead. it's 56 degrees in philadelphia. 54 in wilmington, 55 in millville. 47 in allentown. 53 in trenton with the breeze blowing. on the backup this morning most of the kids can getaway without umbrellas sirsdz, breezy,

we're talking southern sections of chester county, also, delaware county right now.oderate to heavy rain gusty winds and lightning so as we zoom in a little closer, we'll put a tracker on that system for you and it will be moving toward the philadelphia area over the next 15 minutes or so. so keeping tabs oh and that heavy rain, vivid lightning rainfall rates one to 3-inches per hour brief downpours in association with this cell moving out of chester county into delaware county. so you can see mediaing looing at heavy rain. concord moving toward glenn mills. fisher corners upper chichester moving toward chester moving toward the philadelphia international airport as well looking at potential airport delays with that thunderstorm cluster that is moving right now toward the airport and also if it holds together moving toward center city. so just keep that in mind. of course it is primary day. brief downpours through this evening. that severe thunderstorm watch in effect for the and tire area until 9:00 o'clock tonight winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. no reports o

it's blue route now getting heavy downpours and lightning, a cluster moving through honey brook, chester county and the cells are moving southeast at 40 miles per hour. the national weather service has posted a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00, what this means is every storm has the potential to have damaging winds and small hail, especially since it's warm and humid out there. 85 in philadelphia right now and the average tie for this time of year only 6. here is what to expect into the early evening, a threat of scattered thunderstorms a lot of areas will stay dry, this is a system where one neighborhood gets heavy downpours and another neighborhood doesn't get a drop of rain and that could be briefly heavy and there is potential for small hail, pea to quarter size. >> we'll check back in later thank you. >>> philadelphia police say they have solve aid cold case that dates back to 2003. five people were killed in a fire in the city's olney section and 13 years later police figured out who started on purpose. chad pradelli is live at police headquarters tonight with the details. >> r

for now, live in chester, delaware county, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", brook, jim, back into you. >>> thank you so much, jan. meanwhile stay with "eyewitness news" as we continue to cover the deadly amtrak crash. our coverage continues on line at cbsphilly.com. well, tonight is the night. villanova will be taking on north carolina for the ncaa national championship, first shot at the tight until 31 years, team getting red any their final barak at this cents in just two days ago the wildcat made final four history beating the oklahoma sooners by record 44-point. villanova comes into the national title game as a three-point underdog, also the last game for senior star players, here's what coach jay wright has to say about this. >> for this senior class i am really happy for them. i just want them to go out playing villanova basketball. i don't want us to go out changing something and not playing to our best, and then if you don't win that way it kills you. if they play their best, give their best effort, it is a good chance it will be good enough. >> our leslie van arsdale is w

initial impact tombs in chester, but -- took place in chester, but train number 89 traveled about a mile before coming to a stop. >>> we hit something, you can see the impact it was a big bang. >>> more than 300 passengers were on boar the savannah-bound train 8:00 a.m. sunday when it slammed into a backhoe on the track also. the backhoe operator and supervisor both amtrak employees were killed. on board the train, the ceilings cairveld -- caved in, passengers were knocked to the ariels -- aisles. >>> rapid deceleration and the car filled with smoke. >>> the train hit a backhoe, multiple injuries reported. >> reporter: dozens of passengers were rush to the hospital. while the rest hauled their belongings to hall of a church. >>> my understanding it will be quite sometime, our prayers go out to their families and their loved ones. >> reporter: ntsb has sent the data recorder to washington, d.c. to look at a number of factors including mechanic and human component. >>> our coverage of the deadly crash continues at 6abc.com with the latest on the investigation. you can find photos and video

the crash happened shortly before 8:00 this morning at six and booth streets in chester. investigators say the train crashed into a backhoe with two workers inside. in addition to the two fatalities there are 35 injuries tonight. they were taken to local hospital. some service is affected on north easter corridor. and the train has not yet been moved off the track. we have live team coverage. let's begin with eyewitness news reporter a knee too oh at the scene with it latest on the investigation. anita. >> reporter: hey good evening natasha. after that deadly crash this morning, still few answers but a lot of questions remain of the biggest one being if amtrak dispatch must november workers where and when trains will be passing why was anyone on the tracks? >> like most days you hear the amtrak train rolling through pennsylvania. but sunday shortly before eight a.m. it was the sound of a crash that startled the near 305 people on board the train. >> all you could see is a lot roof dirt and debris. a couple of fire flashes. and then came to a stop. >> reporter: officials s

so heavier rain, lightening over chester, that is happening at the moment. 6:19. men from now. deptford 6:33. gloucester 6:38. winslow at 6:53. there is a lot have rain even to the north of that particular cell and this is all converging on center city philadelphia if you wait todd get your vote in it will be raining steadily here within the next half an hour or so in center city philadelphia things going downhill wrappedry through the next hour. severe thunderstorm watch has been scaled back. bucks count any longer included, rest of the region still is and that goes until 9:00 o'clock tonight. i wouldn't be surprised if they scale bakhtiyor it looks like within next two hours or so steady will be moving out of here. in the meantime temperatures are rain cooled. we have dropped to 71 after daytime high of 86 in philadelphia. seventy-two in reading. still warm in millville, and dover, areas where storms have have in the yet pushed through, they will possibly eventually they they will weaken after sun goes town and you can see after eight or 9:00 everything is outs of here and we

we begin with stephanie ramirez in chester, pennsylvania who talked to crash, stephanie? >>> tkep ra, we heard from the ntsb awhile ago. they are saying little at the moment as to why there wassa a backhoe on live tracks and one of amtrak's busiest corridors. we know they are taking evidence back to d.c. the incident happened further down the tracks in this direction. people ran for safety here. this is where the police and red cross set up their mobile command units. >> they were running across the field and people were coming from everywhere. >> members from chester, pennsylvania opened their doors to the dozens of people injured or stranded after train 89 collided with a backhoe on its tracks. ambulances rushed more than 30 people to the hospital and the rest of the passengers bussed back to philadelphia. but for northwest dc's terry dixon who lives out of the church. she suffered a leg inju then -- then the seat i was sitting in -- there was a big fireball that came up on the side of the window and then the train got smokey. we started coughing, they asked us to go to

look for gusty winds ahead of southwestern chester and parts of lancaster county towards the chester county border. areas of northern chester county will see that before too long. strong winds followed by a real heavy downpour. it looks like this is going to be a less than all day affair. this will probably get through the big batch of heavy rain and we'll get into the lull and not as much is going on we have to keep our eyes on the secondary system coming through and it brings lighter more scattered showers through the late afternoon and evening hours, round one now and then heavy stuff and lighter stuff coming in later. we have a wind advisory mainly over south jersey and delaware where wind gusts off the ocean could go as high as 45 miles per hour. up to the southeastern side of pennsylvania. it's not like the wind just stops at the delaware river, we could have gusts up to 35 miles per hour there. gusty from the shore on up. most gusts in the 30s but they could go higher than that. this is an issue behind the wheel because if you are driving a minivan or a high-profile vehicle, i

snow pushing through chester county. of the western suburbs in concord township, parts of westchester seeing snow right now but mainly rain there in south jersey. as i said, some heavy rain moving through atlantic county right now possibly even some thunder. rosemary i'll be back with more in just a bit. >> thanks. we'll see you then. >>> in burlington county between a man and a police officer who saved that man's mother's life. nbc 10 was at the evesham township for the tears and hugs. here's the story. pete wait ad month to meet and thank brian strockbine who was named officer of the month. his mother was not breasting and had no pulse after an assault last month. officer brian strockbine performed cpr for several months until began to show signs of life. >> this award doesn't do justice for what you've done and to see that you saved two other people is amazing. amazing. you are the definition of a hero. >> i didn't realize how emotional something like that would be just because it is a real impact, i was able to impac

nbc 10's tim furlong is live in chester with the update. tim, when we last saw you about an hour ago chester's mayor had just begun a press conference detailing the investigation. what else have you learned? >> that's right. we ran up to 60 yards. the mayor didn't say much in terms of details about the investigation. that was sort of a -- we were brought here thinking about what happened to chester's response. a lot of it was offering condolences and congratulations to all of the first responders who went out to the scene yesterday morning at 8:00. they did say some of the training after the derailment last year in philadelphia and a lot of the training paid off and they're still awaiting answers from the ntsb. why was there a backhoe on the track? chuck schumer said among other things, that there is a 20-step protocol to make sure the tracks are safe when they put equipment on there. it is unclear if those procedures were followed. the ntsb will have their own news conference later today and i am told by an ntsb spokesperson and at that po

actually i'm sorry this is chester county. first avenue between modena road and new linville road.ole. peco is on the z. it will be closed. stick to dough run road as your alternate. here's the downed pole and wires you a talking about here in wilmington in delaware. haines avenue is closed near river road so stick to lore avenue as your alternate. the downed pole and wires still a problem if yesterday and now an issue still with your morning commute. let's show you storm tracker6 live double scan. we can see the rain covering the i-95 core dorm look at the west that's the heavier rain inching its way here. the roads are really wet. they'll get even wetter. coming down pretty good in honey brook pottstown and coatesville and all that will be headed towards malvern shortly matt. >> thank you karen. >>> we have a breaking update on the brussels terror investigation. authorities have arrested two more suspects they say the men were involved in renting the apartment that served as a hideout for the bomber who attacked the subway and a suspected accomplice. 16 people died in the march 2

chester county is the most expensive county in pennsylvania. a lot of people can work here and work here all their lives but cannot afford to continue to stay. >> the program proved so popular with older women that it is building a home in coatesville and will host six seniosenior. >> their doctors are all here and their family members are here and they have friends and they have build up a communities and a network. >> the shared housing program built on the network and they often become friends and it eases the financial burden for both. >> i need a home for my children to come to, and don't want to pay the rent. i can share it. >> i don't know what i would do without this program. it's a win win situation. >> health check this noon, one minute of all-out exercise could be just as good as a longer workout. 60 seconds of strenuous exsertion could have the effect as regular exercise. the typical ride at a moderate pace for 45 minutes, after 12 weeks both groups made virtually identical fitness gains. >> wow. >> go rick. >>> lets check in with a

heavy rain moving into chester county soon. but the most severe part of this thunderstorm is moving to the northeast. so, in areas like exiter, 525, approaching pottstown 5:31. limerick, knife:37. parts into berks county, with this 60-mile-an-hour winds, lightning, heavy rain and the potential for small hail. it also to the south this whole thing is moving to the northeast the line itself is moving from west to east, the storms within this line moving to the northeast so if we track the line itself, coatesville you can expect by 5:27, phoenixville 5:45 and westchester closer to 5:50. so these storms will be moving toward the i-95 corridor and eventually into the philadelphia area. a little bit farther down to the south to the west of baltimore we still have more showers and storms trying to develop. there, we'll be watching that as we go through the rest of the evening. right near heller town in the lehigh valley across 78, we're seeing the heavy rain richland, upper bucks couldn't and we also have heavy showers here but the mo

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo is live in chester to bring us up-to-date. jan? >> reporter: brooke, jim, good morning, you can see that the trains are running here in chester, delaware county this morning. this investigation is now well underway, as well, and bit of progress. investigators have now recovered the data recorder as well as both the outward and inward facing cameras on this train. now, the nfsb is leading up this investigation, they're going to be looking at all of the possible causes, including mechanical, operational track issues, human error, big question of course this morning what were these workers doing on a track that was in use? take a look at this video. what the scene look like here in chester delaware county where amtrak train 89 crashed into that piece of construction equipment. autopsies are scheduled for those two amtrak workers today. their names have not been released but lawmakers briefed on the accident satisfy they're veteran employees, 140 years, the word 20 years of experience and they were the back hoe operator and supervise o

acland and chester reported trees down and the high school a scoreboard was actually blown over with the wind and the queen city airport in allentown reported a wind gust of 49 miles per hour. and some storms did have small hail. forks township penny size hail and 49 miles per hour wind gusts and easton, pennsylvania, reporting trees uprooted. the good news is the severe weather is done. however, we do have some wintry weather on the way. right now it's not bad out there. 62 degrees and peeks of sunshine in philadelphia but waiting in the wings some very cold air across canada temperatures are in the 20s. this is heading our way during part of the weekend as well as some wet snow. i'm talk about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> we'll check back in later thank you. >> from our delaware newsroom a $500 reward is offered for the arrest of this man. michael hawkins wanted for at least two alleged sexual assaults including one mentally challenged woman using a wheelchair. he is known as zombie mike by friends because of his poor hygiene, he is believed to be hiding in t

they had thunderstorm damage in parts of chester county. and the scoreboard was blown over near acland. queen city reporting a 49 miles per hour wind gust. so we do have a few pockets of severe weather. now that that batch as moved on temperatures feel like spring. it's 60 degrees in philadelphia, but before you get used to it, i am tracking a real taste of winter over the weekend. you can see temperatures across canada in the 20s and that is moving our way as well as wet snow on saturday. we'll have more details on that and take a look at the villanova victory parade forecast coming up later on. >> thank you. as rainy weather coming through go to 6abc.com/weather. >>> the democratic candidates for president continue to focus on philadelphia today. senator bernie sanders made his pitch to pennsylvania's labor leaders and president bill clinton was here to campaign on behalf of his wife. vernon odom is live on west oak lane with details from both camps. >> reporter: good afternoon shory, the primary is coming up later this month and makes us

treated for injuries following an am track train crash in chester.look towards the bridge. here is what we know. the train hit a backhoe, a piece of trucks equipment that was on the track. the train partially derailed around 8:00. the northeast corridor is shut down as well as septa's wilmington newark line. you heard from nbc 10 monique braxton not too long ago. she's there on the scene gathering information as soon as we have an update we'll bring it to you. >> now, nbc 10 first alert weather. >> all right first alert weather, seeing gusty winds, gusting near 50 miles per hour. earlier this morning winds gusting over 60 miles per hour. 63 mile-per-hour wind gust newcastle county airport. high wind warning continues until lunchtime. feels like february. we have wind in place, cold air in place. feels like teens across the area. we also have a little snow in spots. two inches in parts of monroe county. 36 in philadelphia, winds west northwest at 29 per hour. 17 degrees colder than yesterday. big difference from the 80 degrees on friday. high wind war

first of all on the radar, thunderstorms of rockland and west chester counties getting thunderstorms over fair field county connecticuit. it's this squall line here moving into eastern parts of pennsylvania moving off to the east at 60 to 70 miles per hour in with this line a heavy downpour and potentially some damaging wind gusts about an hour and 30 minutes away from new york city right around 12:30 to 1 a.m. as it moved on through washington d.c. they had a 66 miles per hour wind gust at dallas international airport north and west of washington d.c. this means business as it moves on in. here is our future cast around 1 a.m. right down to the jersey shore at the same time it is a long and behind that line that the wind really starts cranking over night right into tomorrow morning. the line maybe heavier downpours maybe rumbles of thunder and then that transitions into a brief burst of snowfall which could accumulate areas north of new york city, along and north of i- 84 out of here by 7:00 in the morning to our east, temperatures not recovering much during the day. high winds over

a little lighter stuff in chester county.hen the second batch up here in allentown, bethlehem, ooh eston pushing down toward quakertown again all of this pushing down from the north to the south and then finally down in cape may, new jersey, it looks like that stuff that we have been watching earlier is now pushing off the coast. it's a little more pronounced but should be getting off the coast shortly. as we take a look outside, we do have cloudy skies overhead. there's the shore view. and as we take a look at temperatures this morning, well, along with those light snow showers we also have dropping numbers and a lot of us below freezing. upper 20's in trenton, allentown reading. freezing mark on the nose in philadelphia and wilmington. 33 in millville and slightly milder numbers are going to continue to go down. satellite shows that you there is some clearing off to the north and that dry air is quickly entering the picture. it does look like overall we'll see plenty of sunshine today. in the lehigh valley 41 degrees, mostl

day at philadelphia a union game and chester, delaware county. you saw that here on channel six. soccer fans got a chance to meet our collogues before the match, david murphy, a huge fan, came out to talk soccer and the weather. and allie gorman, sarah bloomquist, chris sowers all on hand to snap photos and play some games before the game. >>> good stuff. >> perfect day for that today. >> chris looks like a good goalie. >> not bad, chris. >> good form. >> yes. >> hey, flyers, game six, big game tomorrow night. >> speaking of goalies, michael neuvirth has flyers in game six tomorrow afternoon, at home, and it is unreal. the flyers, yes, they are still alive, so just how unlikely is this? it is only second time in team history flyers have forced i game six after trailing three-zero. only other time 2010 when they came back to beat bruins. can they do it again? flyers goalie michael neuvirth back on the ice after saving the season last night in game five against the capitals. and you better believe it, neuvirth will start game six tomorrow at noon at wells fargo center. neuvirth has

chester county, you may run into some fog if you plan to go out right now and drive. so, for right now, we have 50 degrees in philadelphia, but you can really feel that it is a little chillier, 83% relative humidity, sunrise, 6:06 this morning. we only have 40 degrees in mount pocono, 52 in reading, 48 in pottstown and trenton, and 49 degrees in atlantic city, so definitely cooler than it was yesterday. 9-mile an hour winds, out of the north-northeast in philadelphia, 13 miles an hour to the south of us in wilmington. so it was a summary tuesday. we march and dollars to get to 86 degrees yesterday. when the average high is 68. so, that's well above average, just reverse the numbers is all we did. for today thinking high of 63. much cooler, but we will see some sunshine, so this is dray day for most of us. now, if you are in southern delaware, still could see some of the rain today. 49 degrees tonight, we will tell when you rain returns, and we'll get you ready for the weekends coming up in the seven day forecast, so did you have drama at your house, bob kelly? >> i di

the actual impact was up the track near the booth street bridge in chester. at the time this large yellow track maintenance machine sometimes called a rail vac or vac train was in place on a closed track. sometimes backhoes assist the vac train's crew. it's also normal for a safety supervisor to be on location and be in radio contact with dispatchers in order to avoid a collision. investigators are expected to look at the instructions given sunday to dispatchers, the engineer and work crews. were they all on the same page or was there a failure to communicate? so we should be getting a better idea of what the ntsb has been looking at today, what it has learned and what it can report so far today when it gives its briefing in about 30 minutes. live in trainer, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you, john. >>> from our new jersey news room now, south jersey man is facing murder charges accused of slashing his wife's vote and leavin's throatand leaving . about the time of a crash on route 130 in delran township. fortune was arrested at a near

frontrunner donald trump will hold a rally at west chester university this afternoon. ted cruz is focused on the primary in indiana. >>> a segment of the pennsylvania state budget legislation will become law nearly ten months after it was due and two months before the next one is about to get underway. the bill includes how to distribute $200 million in state aid among school districts and authorizes up to 2.$5 billion in borrowing for the state's share in school construction costs. >>> students returns to a new jersey school while a classmate fights for her life. gavin remains in a medically deuced comma. the 21-year-old driver left the scene and returned ten minutes later. >>> gavin is the sweetest and caring little girl. we need your prayers at this time. no charges have been filed. >>> the obama administration might release 28 pages of the secret 9/11 report that may shed light on the saudi attackers. indeed word that they may not prevail is why the president got a frosty reception in saudi arabia last week. intelligence officials will decide whether or not to rele

we do have some fog in chester county, mostly, also, parts every montgomery and bucks county, looks like, you know, those outlying areas, could you run into some fog. a lot of moisture still in the air. visibility not big issue this morning, unless you're in those particular suburbs. 50 degrees, with northeasterly breeze at 13 miles an hour here in philadelphia. humidity is at 74%. our sunrise time is official at 6:06 this morning. i think we'll see mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. 39 degrees, much chillier in mount pocono than it was yesterday. forty-eight in trenton, 47 in pottstown. it is 48 in atlantic city to get you started, and those northeasterly winds keeping us cloud think morning, 15 miles an hour in wildwood. soap, we ended up with very summary and breezy tuesday. 86 degrees was the high temperature. and today we expect a high of about 63. eighty-six to 63, what a difference for today, and some sunshine, some clouds tonight, down to 49 degrees. are we going to be dry by the weekend? we'll let you know in the weather authority seven-day forecast, coming up. hey, bob k

southern chester county, moving soon into wilmington.ers continue this morning as the system is really not much behind it, but it's getting ready to sort of continue to push right off the coast. as it does we can expect more scattered showers moving through the area. so here is the time line in philadelphia. 66 at noon. 71 by 4:00. 8:00 finally the showers getting out of here. we'll have to give some time for the system to move out of the burbs. still temperatures not doing too badly. cooling off to 59 by 8:00. here in the lehigh valley, mainly clouds for a good portion of the day. peeks of sunshine towards the evening hours and then clearing, clouds he getting out of the lehigh valley, 58 degrees. to cool there. i'll be back with a look at your 7-day plus and we'll talk about when the next chance of rain comes into the weather picture. >>> climbers are returning to everest by the hundreds this year, despite two disasters. it was just about a year ago that an earthquake brought tons of snow and ice crashing down on the mountain. 18 hiker

a bit more for west chester.al we'll see thunderstorms pop up with some downpours, and that's a possibility to the west, and by saturday morning, there may still be a few scattered showers in the area first thing on saturday morning. maybe slow to clear to begin with, but we will see sunshine by the end of the day if not a little before that on saturday. for today, the winds have been increasing. this is helping to boost our temperatures. now, a 13-mile-per-hour wind in wilmington. up to 17 miles per hour at the shore. sunshine, even though it's fading, we're getting that nice warm-up. the rain to the west, that could start falling during the early afternoon hours. see some light showers moving in to the new castle county in delaware and philadelphia, too. the showers will continue on and off this afternoon. not looking all that impressive. but by the afternoon commute, some wet weather, especially likely in delaware and south jersey. if you're headed out during the evening hours, the best idea is to take an umbr

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every now and then lancaster has given up light sprinkles into chester county. main activity is up to the north and west. as we look outside we have cloudy skies over most of the region. as you look south and east, you see breaks in the clouds. looks like we'll see early sunshine in philadelphia. the farther north and west you go obviously, the thicker the clouds will be. winds out of the east, it's cool not all that windy to start out. 38 degrees in allentown. 40 in wilmington, farther south you go we're up to 52 degrees in cape may, new jersey. future tracker 6 handling the precipitation, the model wants it cool up to the north, suggesting wet snowflakes doesn't look like we're getting that. as we go to 9:00 a.m. there's wet snow in the poconos. down here there's sprinkle as showers during the morning hours. as we get into the afternoon, the cold front gets closer and we winds up buildings a little bit more of a -- building a little bit more of a widespread pattern in the northern and western suburbs. during the afternoon we're watching that drop into the i-95

two reported sex assaults in two days at west chester university. tonight one person's under arrest, police are still searching for a second suspect. the suspect in custody is a student at the school. >> austin edye sexually assaulted a fellow student on april 1st. the victim told police it happened inside the new street parking garage on campus. the next day, a woman reported she was assaulted in her residence hall. that suspect is not a student. a push to end sexual violence took center stage on another local college campus tonight. delaware valley university in doylestown hosted take back the night as part of sexual assault awareness month. some people share their stories by decorating t-shirts with art and clothes. >> we teach people not to get raped we're just now starting to teach people not to rape. that's an uncomfortable part of the conversation we have to have. >> events like this are held in hundreds of communities around the country and the world to help put an end to all forms of sexual violence. >>> the three democratic candidates in p

her son enan was shot and killed in chester in 2005. >> he was a happy, go lucky guy, and i necessitye don't want me to be sad. so i pick it up, and then i am embracing it and i i have to pick it up. >> reporter: group provides support for mothers in chester with similar experiences this event gives parents the chance to celebrate birthdays of those killed over dinner and a comedy show, including the parents of the charles reynolds junior. >> aim's excited about today to laugh and remember him with people that knew him. >> to have his first, you know, celebration of his life, 31 years he had been here. he accomplished a lot in his 31 years. >> reporter: after four years after franklin carter junior was shot and killed his mother says that there has been no arrests. she says that this group has been a god send. >> getting around with the women built me up and kept the lord on my side. i'm just so happy to be with this wonderful group. >> reporter: it was a pack house, all 150 seats were filled, organizers hope to make it a yearly event and maybe bigger next year. reporting from marcus

we found out governor wolf's initiative is supported by west chester university interim president dr. christopher. the university says it wilt not tolerate violencen campus. >> we want them to know safety is our priority and we're here for them. >> a spokeswoman says it e-mailed alert to students and is encouraging them to report anything suspicious. counseling is available for the victims. at west chester university, "nbc 10 news." >>> the woman accused of kidnapping a newborn from the king of prussia mall is out on bail. the district attorney says cherie amoore posted the cash needed for her to leave the prison. she is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next friday. investigators say she is the woman in this surveillance video carrying the 7 week old boy out of the mall a week ago. the mother says amoore befriended her, then followed her family to the food court before stealing the baby right from his stroller. >>> nouf to new information on this week's deadly derailment. federal railroad administration says amtrak workers weren't following basic safety rules when the crash occurre

check out what happened at objection at a rare rah high school in chester county today. the wind blue over the scoreboard. knocked a tree on to cars and then blew the roof off the softball dug out. thankfully no one was hurt. >> things are much calmer tonight but we're already tracking the changes to come and among those change changes the possibility, yes, for snow. >> good evening, i'm dawn timmeney in tonight for lucy noland. i'm iain page. a busy few days fort tuck 29 weather authority. let's get trite chief meteorologist scott williams. >> busy indeed. right now as we look at ultimate doppler you can see all that nasty weather that moved through earlier in the afternoon most of us lifting into new england but look off to the west. moving out of maryland, back toward the delaware area we'll have to keep tabs on more rumbles of thunder. possibly even some gusty winds imbedded in this moving out of the baltimore area. but earlier in around the chester county area, look at that bow echo causing some damage. trees down, also, that scoreboard around the football field the

eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer is live at the scene in chester with the latest information. tim. >> reporter: and sandra that crippled train is still on the tracks here in chester tonight, but from our vantage point you can clearly see the engine itself is off the track. it derailed, but the nagging question is why this backhoe that was struck by the train ended up on the same line. >> the front of amtrak train 9 is smashed and mangled with the lead engine off the tracks after it had slammed into a backhoe killing two people. >> sir, be advised, train 89 hit a backhoe. there's multiple injuries reported. >> i woke up to the scene in front of me and the window got blown out right beside me, and fire ball. >> smoky, kind of nasty smelling smoke started coming in the train. people were -- it was scary. >> the train had left new york's penn station and was heading towards savannah georgia. it was just past philadelphia passing through chester when amtrak officials say it suddenly came up on the backhoe and two men operating it. senator schumer says he was told by amtrak's chairm

there are some students over at west chester planning a protest.rst, john kasich here at the penrose diner here at 10:00 this morning. it will be interesting to see if either candidate talks about this latest development. >>> 4:05. meantime, tonight, the democratic candidate for president will be in philadelphia to speak to voters on the eve of the pennsylvania ç primary. msnbc will host back-to-back town halls of hillary clinton and bernie sanders. the candidates will take questions from voters at the national constitution center. host chris hayes will moderate a town hall at 8:00. rachel maddow will handle the clinton town hall at 9:00. >>> a new poll shows sanders has an uphill battle to win tomorrow's primary in pennsylvania. the new nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll shows hillary clinton holding a double digit lead, 55% to 40%. and donald trump has even a more commanding lead, 45%, as compared to 27% for ted cruz. >>> barber shop politics. see how the men style hair across philadelphia are using their chairs s as a platform t educate

degree below freezing in chester county and nottingham. now we have battle of the win.wind. i'm assuming thinks a gust, 51 y at james house. 30 miles an hour, in middletown, delaware, over 20 in willow grove. that is what we're dealing with this morning behind last night's arctic cold front and it did bring some powerful storms in the region. we have one shot from williamstown, new jersey, peter plantmeanti brings thus cloud to cloud lightening strike around 11:30. they dropped down hail, large trees and we have damage reports all across the region in parts of the south jersey and in delaware. the those wind gusts up to 70. the lets go up to berks county where we have a snow shower breaking out. cool shot with those cloud moving off to the south and east. you can see sun peeking out. we're a few flurries a few minutes ago but fast moving flow in the upper atmosphere these snow showers are passing by quickly. 27 degrees with the northwest wind at 14. that cold air continues to move in. couple flurries, eastern berks county southernly high and northern bucks and montgomer

you can see heaviest rain shower activity over chester county, west chester, downingtown, route 30, heavierwers, moving off to the east and north east. here's the front. this is what left over rain showers, slowly moving eastward. morning is best shot to see wet weather. arctic front over wisconsin right now, that moves in here later on tonight. so still heavier showers, still up across chester county, lancaster count that i still needs to get through here and seeing improving conditions as far as sky conditions go this afternoon. today wind gusting to 30 miles an hour, later this afternoon but really tonight we will get win energy, gusts over 50 miles an hour overnight into tomorrow morning, that is when high win warning goes into effect. cold front number one comes through. it is weak. here comes arctic front coming through tonight, strong, bringing in the colder air. we are dry on sunday with the sunshine. then we will watch the next arctic front come through monday. active pattern. temperatures up and down for the next week or so. mid to late mornings, still a chance for some showers, t

we have snow right across northern chester county. river valley, slippery slush, as much as 1-3 inches of snow there. that will change over to rain by midday, rainy, chilly >>> 4 and 5 trains, mechanical problems at 116th street. grand central to 125th street. service suspended, morris essex, hackettstown and mount olive because of a downed tree. 287 north, exit 22. tractor trailer fire, we have all lanes closed down and detoured through the area as a result. we are looking at the band wick, jammed to hillside avenue with the accident cleared. alternative parking rules are in effect. >>> a smoky fire led to evacuations this morning at newark airport. dray clark is live with important information that passengers need to know. good morning. >> reporter: first the good news is, no injuries in the fire. business as usual as the airport with flights departing and arriving on time. most of the emergency vehicles outside terminal b left the airport. let's show you scene from earlier this morning, the fire that broke out happened in the delta

the reported attacks happened on back-to-back days in west chester.april 2nd another woman reported being sexually assaulted in her residence hall. the university says her attacker is not a çstudent. >>> health officials are concerned that the warmer earth could bring an invasion of the zika virus to our region this summer. montgomery county health officials warn that it is possible the mosquito-borne virus could come to the philadelphia area. right now there are no mosquito-borne cases in the u.s. pennsylvania does have a dozen confirmed cases of people who are affected. they contracted the virus while traveling out of the country. one kind mosquito that could carry the virus is in the u.s. the centers for disease control says the range of that insect could potentially extend into parts of pennsylvania, including philadelphia and all of new jersey and delaware. >>> amtrak workers are now taking part in safety reviews. that's in response to a federal order following sunday's deadly train crash in delaware county. the federal railroad administration t

you can see over portions of chester county these storms headed for delaware county. there is one warning over portions of northern bucks county, pretty nasty conditions traveling here on the northeast extension through you that particular cell. lets zoom in on this entire line here and again you can see some rain, some lightening, over northern montgomery county, possibly some hail with this particular cell as we look up into bucks county the at the moment. that is where our warning is in effect until 6:15 tonight and it includes perkasie, tinicum, dublin and into cynwyd mercer county, new jersey. we expect these storms to continue possibly moving through philadelphia area by 6:30 to 6:45. then weakening a little bit, not as much instability in new jersey but we could see he gusty wind and heavy rain through 8:00 p.m. and then those storms will move out of here. once we get rid of the strong thunderstorms we will have showers redeveloping overnight and tomorrow morning could start with rain and that will kick off a wild weekend. i will tell you about a high wind watc

northern chester county getting a few sprinkles at this hour. they're streaming into new jersey and across delaware as well. looking to the west, this is where the weather is coming from. not a lot of rainfall but there are scattered showers to be found. those are going to be moving through at times during the day. moving out the door right now, here's what's happening right now. a live view of philadelphia, 46 degrees and cloudy skies. we'll see a little bit of drizzle this morning. those clouds hanging in there. not much of a warmup today. 9:00 hour, 51 degrees. we'll be stuck in the 50s throughout the day. south jersey is in the 40s to start with. it will warm into the 50s this afternoon. but occasional light showers. it's certainly not an all-day rainfall. 54 degrees in interior new jersey. 50 degrees at the shore while it's up to 55 degrees for philadelphia and clouds will hang in there with occasional light showers, later this morning. again, later this afternoon. we'll go through the timing of those showers with the futurecast when i'm ba

all of the pro east will go to the west chester food cupboard. behind tonight's event, said her goal was to educate her peers on the issues facing people in their community. >>> freedom foundation handed out distinguished citizen award tonight in phoenixville. david eisenhower, university of pennsylvania professor and yes, grandson of the president dwight eisenhower, was on hand to deliver remarks tonight. four recipient of the medal of honor were also there including the country's highest >>> flyers are back in washington trying to hang on. >> looking for repeat performance of what they did last night. the last night was about pride and not being swept. game five tomorrow is about getting back in the series with the capitals. flyers could have easily lied down last night but there is no quit in them, none the at all. >> this isn't a group to that, you know, wants to stop anytime soon. so right now, you know, you are on a one kay basis, win and continue to move on. that is probably a good scenario for us. i think we have been very good, you know

berks county, western chester county. new castle county delaware are starting to see the first rain drops. there's a wind advisory that kicks in at 7:00. this is in south jersey and the entire state of delaware, even parts of the eastern shore of maryland. wind gusts this afternoon could go up to 45 miles per hour. it's not like they stop at the border, we could see them up to 30 miles per hour in southeastern pennsylvania. a blustery day ahead. it's 56 degrees in philadelphia. 54 in wilmington, 55 in millville. 47 in allentown. 53 in trenton with the breeze blowing. on the backup this morning most of the kids can getaway without umbrellas sirsdz, breezy, cloudy, 52 degrees by 6:00. 56 by 8:00 a.m. the rain is poking boot western areas around 9 -- into the western areas around 9:00. in the afternoon look for rain coming down heavy at times. 58 degrees by 11:00 a.m. 60 by 1:00 p.m. by 3:00 p.m. when the kids are coming home we're transitioning back to a spotty, lighter precipitation. you might want to keep rain gear handy,

elsewhere in chester county it's a standstill coming down 202 from west chester pike through this pointon school road and skiles boulevard crash taking out one of the two lanes. i'd use 352 or 52 as alternates and 42 in camden county doesn't look too bad this afternoon but the important note here is the creek road bridge over top 42 is closing tonight throughout the weekend. head for the 551 spur instead. also weekend shuttle busing on the west trenton line and 15 minute delays right now on the norristown line but have a good weekend, rick and monica. >> all right. >> except for all those details. >> if we could get home we'll have a good weekend. >> a tribute to a baseball icon who broke down barriers for players of color. we'll tell you how the phillies are honoring jackie robin on. >> a labor of love for a delaware veteran who is breathing new life to a local memorial. adam. >> beautiful afternoon, really a cloudless sky as we look live right now in honey brook and chester county and get used to an image like this with warming temperatures to almost summer-like levels. we'll have tho