a conrail statement says "recently however the city has cut off dialogue with conrail and pursued a more adversarial approach. ". >> this is their life. this is a they do. they think there's no help no nobody cares. >> gloria doesn't think a fence will solve the problem. >> my biggest concern is that where are they going to be placed at? once the area gets clean out where are these people going to go? >> reporter: the city administration says conrail has 30 days to respond. the mayor also says the city is prepared to take action. back to you. >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> now to your fox 29 wet authority. as we take a live look at allentown hopefully the worse of the rain, wind and storms have moved out of the area. >> let's head over to meteorologist kathy orr. looks like the sun is finally starting to come out. >> i know. i tell was wild afternoon though, kathy. >> it sure was. it was just a couple of hours ago we had those strong winds and drenching downpours rootage at any timing through the delaware valley everything sweeping off to the north and east but in its wake a little b

clean up efforts along the tracks and guerney street saying conrail will be find by l and i and theepartment of public health for not keeping drug users and dealers away from what kenney says has become a hiding spot for their illicit activity. the city administration wants the area fenned off. >> mothers, daughter, sister, brothers and friends have died on those tracks from overdoses. the impact of that drug activity on the surrounding neighborhoods has been nearly as fatal. >> reporter: last month fox 29 highlighted the severity of the heroin epidemic in the same ar area. conrail says it's aware of the crisis and has worked in good faith with community leaders in west kensington and fare hill but talks have apparently hit a snag. saying "recently however the cty has cut off dialogue with conrail and pursued a more adversarial approach" meantime, neighbors who try to help those on the tracks aren't sure a fence will keep them out. >> all it is is just put a fence. all they going to do is move to another area. you always going to find some place to go. >> reporter: the city administ

the mayor says conrail has not secured its lander in the kensington area keeping drug users from shootingayor says the department of licenses and inspections along with the office of public health will now start issuing citatio citations. >> our administration is repeatedly asked conrail to clean and secure its property but unfortunately we have not been able to come to satisfactory agreement. >> conrail tells fox 29 it has had productive talks with community leaders in the west kensington and fair hill enableds but it appears talks have fallen off. the rail line says in a statement recently however the city has cut off dialogue with conrail and pursued a more add as a result approach. ba tock your fox 29 weather authority now. the rain finally out of here as we take live look into trenton tonight but the winds are still kicking out there tonight. kathy orr has your forecast in just 15 seconds. >>> after the storms skyfox captured this beautiful rainbow over new castle county delaware. spectacular late this afternoon and into the evening. now we're left with partly cloudy sky out there an

rail line says in a statement recently, the city has cut off dialogue with conrail in persud of more adversarial approach. we will see what happens. >>> sad passing but this guy had a wonderful long life, we called him mr. warmth, don rickles nobody was off limits to his humor, he would take on presidents, celebrities and better hope he was not in your sites during that classic dean martin roasts. >> jack bennie a great start, milton burl, great people, this is wonderful being here at the home. do you remember watching him on the tonight show with johnny carson? he also starred in movies and, he was the voice of mr. potato head in the toy story movies. he died in his home in california, and his local connection to philadelphia is his wife was from philadelphia , and he was 90 years old. >>> all right. lets get back to breaking news right now. we have some pictures of the syrian base that the u.s. hit with missiles last evening, do you see, pictures just coming in right now, you can see they are taking from a distance. we believe that is site where there was deadly chemicals that were

and it's technically owned by conrail and today the city issued them a violation notice saying if they don't clean up the area and fix the broken fences the city will file a lawsuit. >> we thought we were making progress with conrail but there seems to be a hesitation on their part but the only way is to take this action and wind up in front of a judge. >> we need to get the addicts off the street and intotreme. i go through all the streets of kensington we want them to get into treatment. we don't have enough beds and turned down because they don't have an i.d. >> conrail issues a statement saying in part, it's committed to working with the city to address the opioid crisis by finding a comprehensive solution, and they recently cut off dialog concerning the issue. >>> april 6th marks the 100 anniversary of the u.s.'s entry into world war one. they took part in an event to commemorate the day and met at the war memorial and remembered the sacrifices made by new jerseyans 100 years ago. >>> and tep septa is urging phillies fans to ditch their tokens and and get a key card a way to get o

we'll hold them to it. >> conrail has 30 days to respond to the citations and if the company refuseso, the city will take legal action and conrail says it remains committed to addressing philadelphia's opioid crisis. >>> students and faculty at temple university practices for emergency situations, everybody sheltered in place for the hazmat drill today when the siren sounded. the director of emergency management, sara powell says that most people are used to evacuation drills but people don't know what to do when staying inside is the safest option. >>> two row homes were damage fire department an overfight fire that broke out the winfield section of philadelphia. crews were called to diamond street as flames engulfed the first and second floors of a house and the fire spread to a neighboring unit. everyone inside is able to get out safely. no word on what caused the fire. >> a local pastor that served the community for decades, reverend dr. william shaw was at philadelphia chamber as long with his wife and congregation, he led the white rock baptist church for 60 years and to celebr

the city issued citations to conrail. the company has 30 days to respond. in a statement, conrail it says hopes to work with the neighborhood to find a long-term solution. >>> philadelphia continues to rack up overtime costs. the city has spent more than $91 million on overtime just in the first half of the 2017 fiscal year. at this pace, the city will go over its budget for the year. >>> and remember the nfl draft experience starts on april 27th. that's when the special events -- one of the special events where city police departments could see more overtime costs. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist erika martin with the most current forecast. current temperatures from the poconos, 37. lancaster, 44. reading, 44. philadelphia at 46. and trenton also seeing a pair of 4s. let's look at what's going on in your neighborhood. delaware, we're seeing lots of 40s for today. temperatures will be below average. so unseasonable for this friday. but no worries, we'll climb nicely by this weekend and certainly by the following workweek. marshallton, 46. talliville, 44.

conrail had been playing ball for awhile, and then everything kind of stopped. the inside story is that the reason is they won't build a military fence, which is breachable. that's what they need to do. the city can't do it because it's private property. if the president wants to build some walls and fences, start with this one. >> all right. sam katz. >> this is a city with the highest poverty rate and the lowest job production rate. paul levy and jerry sweeney have been pushing this constitutional amendment uphill. they've gotten it through the legislature on one occasion. they need to do another pass and then to the voters. and lo and behold, the chamber of commerce comes out against it. and what the sweeney-levy proposal will do is to create a tax structure that helps us create jobs. hopefully the chamber will revisit their position. >> all right. want to thank you all for coming in on this holiday weekend, spending some time with us. and certainly want to thank you at home as well. for all of us here at 6abc action news, i'm brian taff. if you believe, have

earlier this month the city announced that it's considering legal action against conrail, the can ump that owns the lands a-- the company that owns the land along the tracks. >>> next at 5:00, breaking news. the supreme court rules on the first of a record-setting amount of planned executions in arkansas. >>> plus, connecting passengers. we'll tell you about the new feature being tested on septa buses that could change the way you ride. >>> and return of a.i. we'll tell you when you can see them back on the court in philadelphia. >>> good morning, everyone, jessica boyington watching the roads now. we're watching quiet streets on route 7 it 3 voorheis at cooper road. a few cars out the door. a good drive so far. that's not what it looks like everywhere. i'll check out bordentown township. a crash on the new jersey turnpike. i'll tell you where and what's going on when i come back. >>> four minutes before 5:00. former president obama is expected to attend today's funeral for pittsburgh steelers chairman dan rooney. rooney served as ambassador to ireland under president obama. the steel

it is considering legal action against conrail that's the company that owns the land. >> addiction recoveryment was the topic of discussion in university city today. recovery centers of america held a behavioral health symposium at the university of pennsylvania. they discussed the relationship between substance abuse and mental health disorders. officials from the lighthouse, a recovery center in mays landing attended today's event. >> if you look up tonight you'll be seeing red, sky scrapers will be lit up in red in celebration of world homofillia day. it is a rare genetic bleeding disorder. >> mike soren teeno the reality tv star better known as "the situation" is back in a federal courtroom today. sorentino and his brother are facing new charges of tax evasion and falsifying records. they're pleading not guilty. the two were indicted in 2014 for other tax offenses. >> a delaware county man agreed to filing -- prosecutors say between 2009 and 2014, he faked things like deductions, tax credits and dependents on returns. that ended up costing the government more than $175,000. he's facing

if it will be taken over by conrail or some portion of amtrak, how do you think of the evaluation of the business that has not made money for the last 25 years ? he love the stuff. should it be reproduction value, how much would it cost to rebuild the railroad given the crowded venue that the track would have to be laid or should it be liquidation value which is nothing, scrap iron and scrap wooden rails and cross ties or should you think of it as in some other fashion, if you had a charity you went value a charity by its actual stream of income you value it by its social virtue. then he retired, we had an oriole argument in the biggest courtroom in washington which i guess was the court of claims. down by the white house. the judge always had his notes on the table and often times they were on a slanted pedestal and he summons me up and i go and he says, where are my notes? judge, i put them on your table. they are not here. i went back in the other room to look for the notes and they weren't there. i came back and were all there and i stand waiting to be recognized and dismissed an

the place i visited these conrail tracks and these railroad tracks are having overpasses and underpassese crevices and nooks and crannies people can hid in, it's a big business. each addict spends a hundred dollars a day fixing -- getting their fix which means if you got third addicts living under bridge you've got a million dollars of product being sold real businesses being trying to protect the businesses people dying right and left. dead bodies are tossed area they don't want to scare away business. quote unquote doctors these are addicts veins help other addicts hit their veins then charge for that. it's unbelievable eco system but the real tragedy i was taken there by dea agents very well armed because security was big concern, is that vietnamese war lost about 55,000 americans soldier. we lost the same number of people last year from drugs in america. washington, d.c. like most states and areas in this country increased rate of death from opioids we are losing this battle and dea was very clear. we cwe can arrest our way out of this problem we'll have to use communities and get su