bob menendez and corey booker will hold a press conference at a train station in newark. a house appropriations committee voted to cut the amtrak budget. john boehner argued that this week's crash was not connected to a lack of federal funds. >> fire forced four people from a house in camden county. the action cam was on the unit block of hidden acres drive in voorhees township. firefighters had a tough time gettinged ladder around trees to the attic where the flames broke out. they do not know what started. >> a jury cleared 6 former drug squad officers in a corruption case they were accused of stealing $400,000 in drug money and beating suspects, the defense lawyers attacked the credibility of a drug dealers and disgraced former squad member. the former officers will begin arbitration to get their jobs back. >> turning to accuweather it's a lot of warmer that were yesterday. >> reporter: we're heading for a nice low humidity afternoon things change for the weekend though. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us we're dry as you wake you mean on a friday morning. as we

senators bob menendez and corey booker will hold a press conference in newark. on wednesday a house appropriations committee voted to cut the amtrak budget. john boehner said this week's crash was not caused by a lack of federal funds. our coverage of the train derailment continues online at 6abc.com follow the the latest on the ntsb investigation and read about the victims of the tragedy. >> fire forced four people out of their home, the action cam was in voorhees township. the fire is under control. crews do not know what started it. >> we have brand new details on a shooting in philadelphia. police told "action news" overnight that it was a deadly ambush. it happened in olney last night. witnesses tell police the 50-year-old victim was sitting on the front steps of the neighbor's house the suspect ran out and fired three shots at close range. the man died at the hospital overnight. police do not know who shot him. >>> 6 drug officers were cleared in a corruption case. they are cooled of stealing drug money and beating suspects. the defense lawyers attacked th

bob menendez and corey booker will hold a press conference at a train station in newark. house appropriations committee voted to cutting amtrak's budget. john boehner argued that this week's crash is not connected by a lack of federal funds. >> new this morning a fire forced four people from the house in camden county. the action cam was on the unit block of hidden acres drive in voorhees township. firefighters had a tough time getting their ladders around the trees to the attic where the fire broke out. crews do not know what started. >>> a gunman carried out a deadly ambush in a philadelphia neighborhood in olney. witnesses say the 50-year-old victim was sitting on the front steps of the neighbor's house the gunman ran out of a rear driveway and fired three shots at the victim at close range. police do not know who shot him. >>> 6 drug officers were acquitted in a corruption case they are accused of stealing money and beating suspects and lying. family and friends of the officers cheered outside the federal court house after hearing the not guilty verdict yesterday. >>

i'm joined by corey booker of new jersey. senator booker welcome back to "meet the press." >> good to be here. thank you. >> i want to start with the isis raid then infrastructure, which i know you've been focused on with the amtrak derailment. what you have heard about the raid, do you feel, a, it's a success from what you understand about it now and, b, the overall campaign against isis is more successful than failure? >> certainly, this raid looks like it was a success. a lot of the information we pulled out could be very, very valuable. the computers and other data that was recovered that is now beingage analyzed. this is going to be a long effort. isis is a terrible threat in that region as well as american security. we are going to be involved in a many month, if not longer effort. we have seen some gains from the recruitment of foreign fighters going down and their territory. then we see things like this week, where we end up losing some ground. i'm encouraged by the progress, but we have more work to do to eliminate t

. >> i agree with corey booker in a the lack of investment in infrastructure generally has been scandalous particularly in an era of low interest rates. the fact we reason is taken advantage of that is scandalous. but i think americans get fed up when they see -- i mean before the bodies are even removed from the crash people are rushing to blame each other for it and they are looking for our folks to fine out what happened and address it. and so no i don't think it was the right thing to do to leap in there and politicize this thing. >> but at the same time republicans are probably now going to have to be more open to amtrak funding? >> perhaps. but i do -- democrats have been smaim shameful this week on this. if amtrak was a corporation you would fire the ceo and replace the board. the reality is it loses money every year. the reason it loses money is because it face to prioritize. these needs. you could argue along the west coast but much of amtrak is spread around the country and there is nobody riding it. >> tom, you spend lot of time on this issue. should amtrak be run as a for-profi

and finally we roochd out to the office of senator corey booker to see if he can help expedite the process that office agreed to speak with the family tomorrow morning. reporting from penn station in manhattan, ida seal for nbc 10 news. >>> last week's derailment high looitsz the lead need for blood and blood donors. the red cross hosted a blood drive with mgk radio station and the aquarium today. more than 150 donors rolled up their sleeves to help save a life. >> disasters can happen at any time it's really important we have an accurate blood supply available and on hand so we can get this blood to our hospital partners in the event of a train derailment like we experienced this week. >> red cross officials say it is an important time of year to nths. >>> environmental officials do not believe the chemicals burned in this fire are health risks to residents nearby. the warehouse was full of flooring he is materials. monique braxton has more. >> reporter: the early morning inferno was heavily involved when 100 firefighters arrived here in this industrial park. the intense flames coming fro

debate worth having for our country on the transportation authorizing subcommittee will be led by corey booker from new jersey. welcome. senator booker: my colleagues' comments have been strong and salient. i have nothing to add and only to echo. therefore i'd like to open it up to questions for any of my colleagues here. >> right after the train event, some of your republican colleagues were saying there's understandable reluctance to give money to amtrak because of mismanagement, poor purchasing decisions and yen need to reform financially. how do you address those concerns? >> the bottom line is amtrak is profitable. senator schumer: ridership is up. the on-time record is improved. it's a chicken and egg. if they're not going to give it the money, they're not -- it's not going to do everything it needs. but with the limited resources it has while it has problems and needs improvement, it's done a good job compared to most other railroads. >> let me just add, the way to do body building is not starvation. amtrak is profitable in the northeast, it's the only part of amtrak that's profitable.

corey booker saying we use social media effectively in political campaigns. can't we use it more effective to fight the propaganda and fight alongside of them to send different messages than isis is sending? >> these people are more committed. it's a death cult. those two guys that died in texas, they consider that a victory, dying for the prophet. normal people don't look at the world that way. so these are marchal people joining the islamic state yet they are ready to die and pick up weapons and that's what makes them so dangerous. we can't win this war on twitter. . >> bob and kimberly, thank you so much. we're continuing to track the very severe weather across the midwest. we're talking about millions of people under the threat of possible tornadoes right now including dallas and fort worth. an update, next. last year, bud light built a town called whatever usa. this once in a lifetime town is happening again! and all that's standing between you and a chance at - woooooo! - is sharing a fifteen second audition video! tell us why you should go using #upfor

. >> senators as disparate on the political system as corey booker and rand paul and dick durbin ander. it's rare to see democrats and republicans agree on anything today. but we're beginning to agree on this. >>> joining us now with a look at the key findings jeremy travis, president of the john jay college of criminal justice. good to have you on board there morning. this is synergistic to what we're talking about today. first of all, that speech by hillary clinton you said is important? >> it's noteworthy that in her first major domestic policy address of her presidential campaign she chose criminal justice as the topic and what she is seizing and many people are observing is this moment, this rare moment in our history of bipartisan consensus that we need to change course. so for a presidential candidate of her stature to say in essence to the nation "let's get this done was abimportant moment. >> so for people who may not be tapped in on the issue, some numbers. 2.3 million americans incarcerated. one in every 100 u.s. adults are behind bars. the united states spends $50 billion