a representative from csx said that did not happen. there is no indication as of right now that that happened. there is no word on how this happened i know trains are set up the same way. so first couple cars are the quiet or business cars then after that dining cars car followed by a number of coach cars coach, coach, coach, after that. no word on exactly which of the front trains those train passengers there, were involved in that. we do know five have been confirmed dead. 243 individuals on the train, seven deceased, like i said. seven cars, including engine were damaged. some saying they've never seen an accident like this. trace can you give us the latest? on what you're hearing? >> there were local reports the train may have collided with something. if you look pictures going over tonight there is nothing obvious the train may have collided with. but the wreckage is extraordinary extraordinarily torn up. you can tell interest is a catastrophic misstep. we've had investigators on who said these trains, if they derail, there can be

what you need to know about acs ask tall project -- a csx tunnel project. jummy: an oregon mother says she plans to sue after her family was kicked off a flight because of an issue raised by her autistic daughter. the mother says juliet got frustrated guy she had nothing to eat. after some back and forth she said the meal finally came but it was too late. the pilot declared an emergency landing and had police escort that girl off the plane. united airlines is standing by its decision saying the crew made the best decision for the safety and comfort of all the other passengers. a big construction project in southeast d.c. it will probably impact your commute for several years. the virginia avenue tunnel project will affect the intersections of virginia avenue and fifth, sixth eighth and 11th streets. the work is expected to continue through september. i know a lot of that construction will be good if they have that good weather. doug: today, a couple showers. a little bit of a stretch but it is part of a tropical depression. kind of cloudy day with a few pea

that is a representative of csx. they're saying there is no information to indicate a csx train was involved >> that is interesting. by now they should have indication if one was involved. so that would put us more into a scenario perhaps the train collided with something else heavy and thick. like perhaps a bridge or tunnel or things of that nature. >> this is a busy area. amtrak northeastern that shares rail lines with freight trains it's busy for rail traffic. it's not like the train would have been the only train on this train or on this track or on the track that was right next to it. right? >> is that is right. there have been indications it derailed on a curve. if it has, it may have subsequently struck something hard. perhaps a train on a different track. if it collided with a train on the same track, then the question arises as to why were the two trains on the same track? one of them shouldn't have been there. >> we had a train crash just north of new york city back in 2013. there was a metro north crash th

this viaduct is actually owned by csx a railroad company. they have come under scrutiny in philadelphia. last month csx announced that it is going to invest in improvements. it says that the bridge is actually structurally sound but just looking at it is definitely something on people's radar. >> in preparing for today and in hearing what we have, you have spent time on the phone where is the rail industry? >> the rail industry has said one objection they had to these safety measurement the government announced, the braking systems they said they are too costly and this is one of the bone of contentions that they have. >> they don't believe they are necessarily going to be effective? >> correct. one of the safety measures stronger cars, two recent incidents, one in illinois and one in west virginia, those accidents actually involved newer cars that were supposed to be safer. >> what about the oil industry itself whether it comes from bakken or oil sands in canada to market? >> they went a step further and went to court to try and block some

this project has drawn protests from the people who live nearby but csx says it is committed to safety and respect for that neighborhood. >>> new at 11:00, when marlin o'malley announced his presidential plans saturday he should expect some unwanted guests. baltimore accountability activists say they will protest the former maryland governor's speech. one activist says baltimore police tactics and the death of freddie gray trace back to the zero tolerance policies when o'malley was mayor. o'malley has defended his record saying the city is safer now than it was when he was elected. >>> still no answers tonight about who former house speaker dennis hastert is accused of paying to keep quiet or why. the former speaker was indicted today. he's accused of lying to the fbi and agreeing to pay $3.5 million to an unidentified person as hush money for some quote, prior misconduct that is not explained, but it could have occurred when hastert was a teacher outside of chicago. hastert was the speaker of the house from 1999 till 2007. >>> next at 11:00, those fitness trackers that count your step

. >>> plus, a csx train hits a bus injuring six. plus, more severe weather over the weekend. plus, a murder mystery that has the nation's capital on edge. "early today" starts right now. good morning. thanks for waking up on this monday with us, i'm betty nguyen. 22 marines were on board an mv-23 osprey when it slammed into the ground. one marine died. this is video from the scene. the others were taken to the hospital as a precaution. the unit is from camp pendleton, now, there's no word on what caused the hard landing. >>> let's take you to texas, biker gangs converge at a restaurant to talk recruitment. when things went wrong. right now, nine people are dead. nbc reports. >> reporter: police and witnesses say that it was chaos and engaged in a full on turf war. >> people started pulling guns out and shooting people. no one was doing anything. >> it started with a brawl in the bathroom spilling into the bar and then the parking lot. at least nine gang members dead and 18 or more injured. >> this is the worst crime screen the most violent crime scene that i have been involve

for about, for, you know, close to 20 years now. >> we're also hearing there are reports about that a csx freight train may have been involved in this. and csx is denying those reports and saying they have no indication at this point that one of their trains was involved in this. so amtrak is asking they're asking people who have questions to call this number, 1-800-523-9101 if you have questions, if you have a loved one on the train or someone you were waiting for, for interested in trying to figure out exactly what happened. but don't flood the lines if you have no connecion to this train. but if you have a connection to this train, please call amtrak. they're asking you to call 1-800-523-9101. we got word shortly before the top of the hour that the mayor of philadelphia michael nutter would give a press conference to update these numbers. and we're still awaiting that press conference. but we also are getting official word from amtrak 238 passengers were on board this train, five crew members, and there were injuries there are injuries and those people are being transported and now bei

police csx rail workers counter terrorism officers even passers by stopped to help shock at the news.> if you don't want the baby send it to somebody that cares about it. >> reporter: surveillance video catches the couple near the scene a blackmail and black female maybe 17 to 20 years old. the woman wearing muslim gash with a flower cover. two trains passed one head to do chester county. the other towards bucks and they were inspected but turned up nothing. but still with so much ground to cover, police had little choice bout keep on looking. >> i hope it's not true. but at this point from the description we have that she's provided us and the fact she works with infants um, we have nothing at this point to lead us in the direction it's not true. >> reporter: police did call off the search when it got dark tonight. they'll re-evaluate in the morning. clearly they need to find that couple but they're also hoping someone out there could lead them to couple who has a baby less than a-year-old and suddenly that baby is missing. police obviously not treating this as a hoax. chris? >> i ho

septa bus driver missed a cross over and instead jumped the curve here narrowly missing an on coming csx train. >> it was just something unbelievable. >> reporter: frank berk and other witnesses could not believe what they were seeing around the dinner hour that a csx freight train was blocking cross over traffic on columbus at tasker as it was hooking up boxcars. witnesses say septa 29 bus was traveling north trying to get around the train and was making a turn at dickinson. >> the bus actually crossed over where you can drive over from the track and then pulled a u turn and went in the train track and then got caught upright in front of the train there. >> reporter: witnesses say train was traveling north bound at a slow rate of speed. >> it came narrowly from hitting the train by about 10 feet or less. >> i thought maybe they were going to collide and cause a big, you know, explosion. >> reporter: berk says thankfully the engineer was able to stop the train. >> i saw it in time and was able to stop before major catastrophe. >> reporter: the the driver and two passengers on board suffe

csx started removing the trees this week as part of the project to rebuild the virginia avenue train tunnel. residents want csx to hold off on cutting down the trees until the court rules on a lawsuit aimed at stopping the project altogether. csx tells news4 that it plans to replace the trees in other parts of the neighborhood. >>> a burglary ring busted. police say it was kind of sophisticated. and investigators say a group of teenagers are responsible. we'll report how they were able to allude the police for more than a year. >>> plus, training day. how this event could help save lives in an emergency. doug? >> reporter: a beautiful day down here in ocean city. absolutely gonchsrgeous. the sun is still shining. in the shade it starts to get a little cooler. you'll need the sweatshirts and jackets this weekend. >>> this may look like a typical police training class but it's actually very different because there are firefighters training right alongside the police officers. it's part of a new emphasis on being ready for the worst kind of emergency an active shooter like what happened

csx wants to rebuild the tunnel to make it easier for freight and passenger trains to move in and out of d.c. >>> maryland regulators are once again delaying a final vote on proposed merger between exelon and pepco. the deadline was extended to next friday. d.c. regulators haven't approve the $6.8 billion merger either. if approved it will be become the largest utility company in the mid atlantic. credit ikeds -- critics say it will raise your power bill. >>> just in time for the sunrise you see behind us it's a beautiful image, isn't it? >> it really is. it looks like it's going to warm things up too. >> we're going to show you chuck bell. whatever that's worth. >> wow, chuck. i was going to say speaking of beautiful images. >> i was busy filling out my employee of the month forms. we will not be putting aaron gilchrist on. what i can say is the setting nearly full moon out of the in western sky. out in your way outside, you should plan on a mild start to the day. short sleeves is about all you are going to need have your umbrella ready to go. rain chances are 60% later on today. you

construction has started on csx's virginia avenue tunnel project. this is video of the tunnel. construction is happening near second and 4/streets southeast. right now, crews are building reports for a temporary retraining wall. the project has drawn protests from people who live nearby. csx says it is committed to safety and respect for the neighborhood. >>> one place you will not see ads of the prophet muhammad is on the metro. metro's board of directors issued advertising space closed to all issue ads until the end of the year. that includes religious and political ads. the group says metro caved to terrorists. >>> today, people in arizona will gather outside an islamic community center to draw cartoons of the profit muhammad. earlier this month, two muslim men started shooting tat an event showcasing cartoons of the prophet of muhammad. >>> nor than two dozen people are being treated after accidently exposing people to active samples of anthrax. the u.s. military shipped at many as nine samples to other states via fedex. more than 300 samples were shipped last year. dr. ric

dozens of homeowners along the site will get $500 a month from csx to compensate for noise, dust and other construction problems. >>> a federal commission with kick off a two-stage international design competition on thursday. you can submit your proposal regardless of whether you are a design professional a state of the union or want to participate. submissions are due july 21st and finalist will be named in august. the winning design will be announced in january. the memorial will be built-in pershing park along pennsylvania avenue near the white house. >> they won't let me anywhere near that contest. >>> let's head out and take a look at conditions you are going to deal with this morning. your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> if you are driving, you'll be encountering some wet pavement in the region s all clear around the metro area. a little bit of sun breaking out but still some standing water, a little caution for the morning commute. then midday should be all dry. during the afternoon, some roads may be wet again from some passing thundershowers during the afternoon. dealing

overturns in philadelphia after slamming into a csx freight train. again, that's according to new jersey fire alert. we're checking all that information with our affiliates and they're telling us it's train 188. and we will certainly check that out. i want to tell you, as we were talking about this mary the northeast corridor is the busiest railroad in north america. 2,200 trains operating over some portion of the washington to boston route, every single day. every single day. and that is thousands and thousands of people who are familiar and who take this train, this route. and again, if it is indeed the case that there was some sort of incident with a csx freight train, mary how does that happen? >> well it happens because of problems on the track and scheduling the cars on the track and not getting enough information to the engineers of the train. now, that is one of the things that this system called positive train control won't solve all the problems. it can't, for example, an accident of a semi-truck pulling on to a track, the train won't be ab

i like csx. i like kansas city southern more.they have a line that goes through panama. the new panama canal is opening up. it will be absolutely amazing. absolutely amazing. i think it's a great investment. i do. i will argue, it's not sexy. it doesn't sizzle. and they've been under pressure. i don't see how you can go wrong long-term with the rails. thank you a lot. see you guys later. we'll look at the candidates in 2016. break down their economic views and what it means for you and your investments. we'll tell you all about when we come back. live from las vegas. ♪ ♪ >> live from caesars palace in las vegas. here again is charles payne. [applauding] charles: welcome back, live, from caesars palace. "making money" with charles payne. okay. so some politician once said, it's the economy, stupid. well, guess what, he may actually play a role in this whole thing. americans want to know what the next president will do to fix this economy. no more excuses. how do we fix it? we want to talk about what the 2016 candidates may or may

but csx is now saying that they have no indication that any freight train was in that area or at all involved in this derailment. so, that is the word from csx they are saying that there is no indication that a freight train was involved in this crash tonight. so perhaps that is something that we can wipe out as a possibility. what we know investigators will be looking at very closely is the speed of this train. the tracks themselves, what kind of condition they were in. the train itself, what kind of condition it may have been in. but those are questions again that are going to be left for another day. the pressing issue right now is the status of those who may still be on board that train. we do know that several many, dozens have gotten off. many have been transported to hospitals. many have been able to walk away without serious injuries including the two that we spoke with just a moment ago. but the question is are there still people left on board train cars that are crumpled right now off the tracks and on the ground there in port richmond. again, amtrak confirming 238 passenge

. >>> one person is dead after being lit by a csx train -- hit by a csx train. it was on its way to south carolina from baltimore. no one on the train was hurt. >>> the charges have now been dropped against everyone who was arrested solely for violating baltimore's citywide curfew. the baltimore sun reporting prosecutors are calling the arrest punishment enough. however, the move comes as public defender are questioning whether mayor stephanie rawlings-blake actually had authority to impose such a curfew. >>> as baltimore is trying to get back to normal, according to the baltimore sun thousands of people had to be turned away from the jail after they were arrested because they were hurt too badly while in police custody. this news comes as the department of justice it beginning to probably into the baltimore police department practices in the wake of the death of freddie gray. >>> why coffeemaker keurig is apologizing tonight. >> plus you might want to hold onto the wheel in some of those self-driving cars. i'll tell you why in tonight's consumer alert. >> plus

. >>> suv crash test results, >>> police say a woman killed by a csx train in prince george's county was trying to cross the tracks. this happened yesterday morning at about 11:00 a.m. in college park. that 33-year-old died at the scene. >>> several d.c. council members will speak out about the possible pepco merger ex-elon is set to buy them. they will speak at 9:00 on the steps of the wilson building. the merger is said to increase reliability for customers. >>> a review by the news 4 i-team reveals more than 2,200 drivers have been charged with passing school buses. at each of the stops, the i team cameras captured images of drivers bypassing the bus stop signs even as children were standing or walking in close proximity. >> did you see the bus? did you sign the sign? >> i see it. >> you kept going because they kept going? >> well, i know that was wrong. >> between 2011 and 2013 154 drivers were cited in arlington county 655 fairfax county drivers were ticketed in that same time period. in between 2012 and 2014 460 drivers were cited in prince george's county. >>> your children ma

csx says it's committed to safety and respect of the neighbor. >>> fifa's president, sepp blatter is up for his fifth term. more indictments are on the way according to the united states authorities. sepp blatter is refusing to step down saying he had nothing to do with millions of dollars in bribes allegedly collected by his top lieutenant. >> we -- or i cannot monitor everyone all of the time. if people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it. >> russia has slammed the investigation saying the u.s. merely wants to steal the 2018 world cup. the u.s. denies that claim. sponsors are demanding fifa clean up its act. blatter has not been indicted. >>> former first lake maureen mcdonnell's corruption conviction should be upheld. they say she has a fundamental misunderstanding of bribery law. mcdonnell were convicted of trading gifts. prosecutors say the judge handled the case properly. mcdonnell's reply is due june 11th. >>> right now, a liefr look at the washington monument for you. we are working to find out whether the monument will open today. an electrical issue caused theel

. >>> one person was killed walking in the path of a csx freight train. it happened at 11:00 this morning. we are told the victim was hit at a crossing point and police are investigating why the person was on the track. d.c. firefighters are pausing to pay tribute to one of their own. firefighters lined the street today in southwest as the body of lieutenant kevin mcrae moved from the morgue to the mortuary. he collapsed and died wednesday after batting a two-alarm high-rise fire in an apartment building. there will be awe public viewing at the armory at 9:00 a.m. this friday. followed by a public funeral service. thousands of police officers flood the district. next what officers say solution of the tension between the police and people they are sworn to protect. and we're headed for early taste of summer tomorrow. how hot will it get and what will we expect for the rest of the week? >> i'm at the verizon center where wizards are trying to go up 3-1 games on the hawks. breaking news out of the nfl. i have the latest on tom brady. "abc7 news at 6:00" cont

>> i've heard reports that there may have been an impact with a csx freight train of some type. we don't know any details of that we have reports of significant damage to the front end of the passenger train. and one of the only things that would be likely to cause that would be impact with something very substantial most likely another train. >> something like that happens, if -- and i understand you're just hearing these things we don't know if it's factual as of yet. if an impact like that what kind of force are we talking about? >> we're talking enough force to derail an 8 to 10 car train, possibly the entire train. a lot more force than if you collided two automobiles. the amount of weight and momentum is unbelievable. >> i would -- this is exactly what you're seeing i'm not sure robert and again, for people who are joining us you are a railroad accident reconstructionist, if you've seen our video from sky fox, have you seen it at all? >> yes. >> you've seen what we've all been looking at which looks like a bunch of twisted metal and wreckage. we don't know whether some of

happened on the csx tracks. we don't have details at this time but when we do, we will post them on wusa9.com and on our wusa9 app. >>> also breaking news from prince george's county where a sheriff's deputy has shot and killed a man. it happened last night on mallee road in landover but the sheriff's department has just released details in the past hour. they say deputies were pursuing the suspect when that man rammed his truck into the deputy's car. two deputies opened fire. the suspect died at scene. the deputies who are five and six-year veterans of the force are on routine administrative leave. >>> a mother's day tragedy and now a mystery. their children discovered rich dhard and -- richard and julianne vilardo dead. police have no motive or suspects leaving those who live nearby on edge. nikki burdine has more from rockville. >> reporter: since we've been here several neighbors have been stopping by and talking to police officers and asking them if they have any updates. they want to know what happened to

a csx train hit and killed 35-year-old rebecca sellbeck 11:00 this morning. selleck was from riverdale and died at the scene. >>> the lawyer for the d.c. rabbi who secretly recorded dozens of women in a ritual bath says prison is not necessary. the rabbi barre freundel plead guilty to 52 counts of volunteerism. each count punishment of up to a ar in jail. prosecutors are only asking for 17 years but his lawyer filed the court document asking for commute service instead. he will be sentenced on friday. >>> two girls, not even old enough to drive yet, were taken to a fairfax county motel for sex. police say two men lured them there with promises of drugs and alcohol. only the those men have been locked up. jackie that bensen explains how to comes tracked down one of the men in our story. >> reporter: it was the absence notification system used by fairfax county schools that alerted the girls' parents to the fact there was something wrong. according to search warrants obtained by news4, 27-year-old julio velasquez is charged with the rape of two girls. one is 13

the engineer on the csx freight train reporting that he saw two people standing on the bridge as wells he passed underneath it. >> she cease a mail kiss what she describes as baby, like brown complected with fuzz on his head, and she continues driving passed she looks in the rear view mirror and cease the male leaning over the train bridge here. >> i hope it's not true. this point from the description we have she's provideed us and the fact she works with infants we have nothing at this point to lead us in the direction it's not true. >> police stopped the train that passed through during the incident in chester and searched it but found nothing. helicopter also brought in to search the railway and a train in bucks county. meantime police are asking the man and woman scene in that video to come forward. >>> it's going to really feel like summer in your fox 29 weekend weather authority. chief meteorologist scott williams here with a look ahead. might be dodging raindrops scott. >> yeah, that's certainly right chris and dawn. we're looking at ultimate doppler right now tracking rainfall

look at fedex, ups, csx. these are charts that look pretty good. fedex's business to me and their margins is something i would be investing in today. >> josh? >> if i were to detail every time a breakdown in the transports did not signal doom for the industrials, we would be here all night. the second thing is absolutely i agree with guy. now the airlines are breaking down. prior to that it was the rails. but we cannot have this discussion without talking about oil. oil getting killed was terrible for the rails last fall. it's where they make a lot of their money and obviously coal and all of the other pins that get knocked down. now the resurgence in oil is terrible for the airline. oil is up ten straight weeks since march 21st, has been relentless. you're kind of getting this second shoe dropping with the airlines. that's what's keeping this index depressed. the third thing, the dow jones transport index is up year after year. it's not like it's getting killed, it just hasn't been doing well, to which i say big deal. >> the negativity out there c

so again, csx moving on that bit as well.r to you. >> now it is time for the daily segment, trading nation. you are subject to cisco systems. naming a new ceo that will replace the legendary. chuck robbins who is like john who is am can be from the sales side. >> thanks for having me. this is pretty well telegraphed. he would leave within two to four years. 20 internal candidates and they thought another guy rob lloyd from the sales side would be named. chuck is a solid candidate and his resume looks similar and not a big difference between him and rob lloyd. it's the kind of business as usual from cisco. >> a lot of people may not know this, but you worked for a cisco competitor. you know the industry from the inside out. is this the right bet to go with somebody from the sales side as opposed to say the marketing or the emergencying side. >> i think it's a good ideaed to go with the sales idea. investors have been telling me they thought that john chambers leaving would be a positive catalyst. not because they could run the

this time a male on a csx track. it happened before 5:00 this morning in the 1900 block of m. street southeast. the conductor of the train reported the accident and someone was also struck and killed by a m.a.r.c. train yesterday outside union station. there's no word on the identity of either victim. >>> and today, one of the victims of the deadly philadelphia amtrak train crash will be laid to rest. navy midshipjustin zemser was among those killed tuesday when train 188 derailed. the 20-year-old was a sophomore traveling to his home in new york city. the navy says approximately 160 fellow midshipmen are attending the funeral that will include full military honors. zemser had a 4.0 gpa and was a member of the navy sprint football team. the semper fi society. >>> meanwhile, at the crash site today, all of the wrecked train cars from that amtrak crash has been removed and investigators say they are focusing now almost entirely on the engineer. brandon bostian. they say he has agreed to do an interview. his childhood friend james wear spoke to bostian after the accident. >> he's

they sent a letter to csx and norfolk central railway. they asked them to take voluntary action including slowing oil speeds to 35 miles an hour in populated areas. right now the speed is 45 miles an hour. among them there was a train derailment over the schuylkill river in january of 2014. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> nine minutes after 5:00. skies are starting to brighten up. humidity has been so high over the last several days. it's really come down. nice, cool change ahead for today. pretty good breeze out of the north west up to 20 miles an hour. that's the dry air riding into place for today. tomorrow there's a chance you'll need your up blael in the afternoon tracking showers that could be moving through parts of the area later tomorrow. right now the temperatures moving down 55 in doylestown. philadelphia is at 63 degrees with clear skies. 62 in millville. no sign of the fog starting things off in south jersey. we have a happy spider this morning. that's the live view from the comcas

it shows the csx train slamming into the back of a bus. it happened yesterday near atlanta. six people were hurt when they trained to get off the bus and run to safety. they are all expected to be okay. >>> coming up on 4:40. your weatherwe start with another big-time warm-up today. tom? >> yeah. steamy start too this morning. it is very humid. dress accordingly today. short sleeves. sunglasses this morning. you'll likely need your umbrella this afternoon as we'll have some passing thunderstorms rolling on through. it will be mild between 7:00 and 8:00. partly cloudy. temperatures in the upper 60s. patchy fog in some of the rural areas. watch out for the school buss there. between 8:00 and 9:00 you'll notice the steamy humidity getting more uncomfortable as temperatures climb into the 70s by then. as you're out and about, keep up with the storm team 4 radar on your storm team 4 weather app. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51 a look at your memorial day weekend forecast. first look in ten minutes. now we have some slow downs this morning. melissa, what's going on? >>

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csx train had been blocking crossover traffic on columbus boulevard in philadelphia last night.es say the driver of the route 29 bus turned onto their tracks to try to detour around the train and got stuck. the train started moving slowly toward it but managed to stop right in time. the bus driver and two bus passengers were treated at the hospital. they're expecting to be okay. septa is investigating the driver's actions. >>> the six democratic candidates for philadelphia mayor took part in their final broadcast debate right here on 6abc before the may 19th primary. they mostly talked about education and the relationship between police and the community. erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the debate break down. erin. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the hot topic certainly was leadership in the philadelphia police department and practices used by officers which is also at the forefront of a national discussion as well. all six candidates said they would put an end to the department's stop and frisk policy. as for the candidate's thought on the current leadership of the

the railroad, csx, says crossing gates and warning lights were working. bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >>> and staying in washington, d.c. and that mansion fire that killed four people. tonight, the mystery deepening. one woman who said she was supposed to be at the house that day now said she received an unusual text message telling her to stay away. here's abc's gloria rivieria. >> reporter: tonight, arson investigators and dc police are back at this burned-out mansion, searching for clues. >> the fire appears to have been intentionally set. >> reporter: this tight-knit, affluent and well-patrolled community grieving the sudden, grisly murders of a well-liked family. savvas savopolous, a leading ceo in the iron industry, his wife amy, their young son and family housekeeper. >> i've been here for 25 years. nothing like this ever happens. >> reporter: thursday's time line. at 9:56 a.m., a woman who says she worked for the family told wjla she received an unusual text from amy telling her to stay home. >> i don't understand why. >> reporter: around 10:

the csx train had been blocking across overtraffic on columbus boulevard in south philadelphia last nightses say the driver of the route 29 bus turned onto the track to try the detour around the train and got stuck. the train was moving slowly toward the bus but managed to stop in time. the bus driver and two pus passengers were tweeted at the hospital. they're expecting to be okay. septa is investigating that driver's actions. >>> the six democratic candidates for philadelphia mayor took part in their final broadcast debate right here on 6abc before that may 19th primary. they mostly talked about education and the relationship between police and the community. erin o'hearn is live at the big board with a debate break down. erin. >> reporter: good morning matt. the hot topic was the leadership in the philadelphia police department and practices used by officers which is also at the for front of the national discussion as welly all six candidates said they would put an end to the department's stop and frisk policy. as for the candidates thought on the current leadership of the ppd by commi

her 10 years and she has the best luck have never seen a report where the food was not good every by csxr a bite does not work for 10 years every time she put something in their normally when your garden someone they boy you over and you pretend you got to finish me off this is a jump shot he was trying to get call did i get the call but he made the basket he was flying today find $5,000. the big story of course we you talk to to allow the appearance last night during a post-game press conference a few members of the media in fact they've been here many times skipped bail this pretty well set there is no place for this this is supposed to be a serious question and answer session of course the fans all over these guys for saying that but what they think ? this the for some more of their was a little nervous and she started to run around she's definitely a call at home i will also carry but there is a time and place as i was saying those messages his idea but it for guy like me i would never and mitchell is a little child who did it hurt that is all the fans are all over this guy as headed

earlier today, in an interview at the conference, he said, i am not going to talk about csx.an see there was a dramatic move in the stock as a result of that. he will be giving a formal presentation later. we have to wait. you are going to talk about a big call that probably had the biggest fireworks. that had to do with something near to your heart, the fracking industry. alix: fracking mother fractures -- frackers, i believe david einhorn said. pioneer national resources -- natural resources plummeting after david einhorn criticized the cost to rack -- frack a well. david: we used last june's commodity curve and otherwise held our assumptions the same, including the cost cuts available in today's low-price environment. the result is a value of $78 per share, less than half of the $172 where the stock trades. pioneer is hermetically overvalued, even if you assume it has 11 billion barrels of resources and we see a return to prior peak prices. the problem is that oil fracking is high cost. alix: joining me now on the phone is karen morrow, executive at the american petroleum

the rest are down. >> csx people felt that it was going to be hurt so badly by coal.'ll tell you what i can't figure out the saga of jc penney their comps weren't bad. jc penney's shares right now are up 2% still down this quarter, but they're up to year to date. this stock is highly volatile. everyone is watching this level, the stock seems to can't get out of its own way. is there a real turnaround to the turnaround. >> they really lowered the expectations for 2016. then you'll have a stock that will start percolating. almost, there are too many retailers. that's what plaguing these guys. >> yes. >> for instance what happens when a company blinks let's look at hertz closing some of its offices and what happened with avenue vision. avision goes up. because hertz blixt blins. you need a sears to blink, a k-mart to blink. >> america, i'm going to throw out the numbers they're not right. america has to three-times, to five-times per square footage devoted to stores to the next highest country. when i think about stores closing, i also would look to kimco -- >> first of

csx says it's committed to safety and respect for the neighborhood. >>> take a look at that. the sun is start to go peek out of the clouds. >> we have a look at our forecast today. amien meal ya. >> hazy hot and humid. a high temperature of 88 degrees. scattered mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. because of the heat and humidity and the chance that you're dealing with some rain today the weather having a low to mild impact on your day. it's another one of those days where not everybody is going to get rain. right now, we're at 75 degrees. we're humid and going to remain that way through sunday. most of us dry right now. a lone shower in culpepper county right now. any isolated shower activity comes to an nd by 7:00 8:00 a.m. low 70s by 7:00 a.m. low 80s as we get into the mid day hoirs and getting into the afternoon and evening hours. isolated storms. some ref rate. for tomorrow partly to mostly sunny, hot and humid. not the case though on sunday. rain is likely later in the day. some heavy rain in the forecast and some thunderstorms, as w

might talk about it with relation to his investment in canadian pacific he was not going to talk about csx those shares are lower as a result of that. some of the other companies we heard about earlier included fracking companies, david einhorn coming out very strongly with eight there is case on those companies, saying their spending too much money, that they have not really adjusted expectations for oil and natural gas prices. in particular, he called out pioneer natural resources, whose shares have been down sharply today. on the bullish side, we heard from barry rosenstein calling out walgreen and qualcomm as his two long picks for today. much more is coming out today on what the investors do and do not like. emily: thank you so much for breaking it down and thank you all for watching this edition of "bloomberg west." we will see later. -- you later. ♪ . mark: from bloomberg world headquarters in your, i am mark crumpton. this is "bottom line," the intersection of business and economics with a main street perspective. to our viewers here in the united states and to those of you joining

csx is spending hundreds of points of dollars in the project has started. we started to do a double track to allow double stacked trains to go through that tunnel so it would be to trains that can go through the same time and both of them would be able to carry double stacked containers which would eliminate the bottleneck. this is a multi-million dollar project that the reward is doing spending their own money. we spent over $2.3 billion in infrastructure last year just redoing tracks and redoing projects such as this and this is just one example that i think we will hear more of an r. next panel. let me introduce and start with jennifer and i hope i get the names correctly. is that the correct pronunciation? jennifer amman is with as a group general manager with transit north american we are delighted to have the jennifer at. we will ask them to make their comments and summarize them and have time for questions. jennifer thank you for being with us. >> thank you and it's a pleasure to be here. i want to thank secretary slater for being here creating an op

the engineer on the csx freight train also reported seeing two people standing on that bridge as he was passing underneath it the train that passed through during the incident in chester was searched. the helicopter was also brought in to search that railway and a train in bucks county, but so far nothing has been found. if you know anything about that couple as we take a look at them right there, please call police right away. and an unexpected wakeup call overnight for a family in washington township, new jersey. take a look at this picture. you actually see the truck that crashed into a condo complex. this picture and there's firefighters on the scene. fox 29 viewer actually sent us these pictures. all we know right now is that the driver of the truck was taken to the hospital. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. still ahead on fox 29 weekend, comedian bill cosby breaking his silence, what he has to say about those numerous sex allegations against him. plus a father and a son meet for the first time ever. why they were apart for 60 back to fox 29 weekend, taking a lo

csx is rebuilding the virginia avenue train tunnel in southeast washington and the railroad says it will remove trees only when necessary to maintain the tree canopy around the tunnel as long as possible. opponents posted signs on the trees. homeowners get $500 to compensate for noise, dust and other construction problems. >>> community is cleaning up today after a tornado lipped through town. it happened the town of tickfaw, louisiana, small town of 50 miles northwest of new orleans. three homes there were damage destroyed that is. the national weather service said the town was hit by an f-1 tornado, winds of 110 miles per hour. >> a lot of tornadoes and that season is just getting started. we have our own weather issues. >> nothing severe in our region. i don't think we'll see severe weather but that's what it's looking like. black skies just off in the distance right now. where the shower activity is as we look towards the area right now. what we are going to be seeing is the temperatures. upwards of 90 degrees in the parts of the region. let's take a look. a little bit different vant

carlisle where main street conjures images of a bygone era, and except for the daily passing of the csx freight line, this one-light town might be all but forgotten. just a couple miles down u.s. 41, however, is evidence that carlisle is anything but forgotten. >> it's 2 1/2 hours away from everywhere. it's just the middle of nowhere. what goes on out here? prison. that's what goes on out here. >> surrounded by little else but big skies, the wabash valley correctional facility houses more than 2,000 convicted felons, including some of the highest security prisoners in the state. it is a fortress among farms. >> we have a total of seven towers blanketing the entire facility, including one tower that's in the center of our south yard. we've got the two sets of fences all the way around the facility. the inner fence is a stun fence, it's a nonlethal stun fence. the outside fence another 14-foot fence covered with razor ribbon. shaker alarm on the motion detector. motion detector in between the fences. we think our perimeter is very, very secure for us. >> security is tight inside the perim

governor wolf today sent a letter to csx transportation and norfolk southern railway. the letter asks the two to take voluntary action. that includes slowing oil train speeds to 35 miles an hour in areas that have a lot of people. right now, the speed limit is 40 miles an hour. the governor's letter follows a string of oil train accidents. among them was an oil train derailment over the schuylkill river in philadelphia in january of last year. >>> from freight trains to passenger trains. we have new information now about that deadly amtrak derailment. today, the number of lawsuits against the passenger train company is growing. and the engineers are speaking up. what they now want to see in their cabs in the trains. >>> flag on the play. check out this viral video posted online that shows a penn state football star in action but off the field. what his head coach is saying about him tackling that tree. >>> and do you pump or leave it to someone else? for new jersey drivers, that's an easy answer but changes could be coming to the gas pump. what that means for drivers a

csx is tunnel near the southeast-southwest freeway. it can take more than three years to complete. the trains are running on time this morning, however, you can expect possible delays this evening into fredericksburg leyland and brook. >>> problem in east riverdale, an update on that as we do have a closure there right along 410. >>> it's all quiet at d.c. pools this morning but the city is gearing up for the busy season. the steps being taken today to make sure they're ready for the upcoming memorial day weekend. ♪ ♪ ♪ you're only young once. unless you have a subaru. (announcer) the subaru xv crosstrek. symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 34 mpg. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. >>> welcome back. 6:39. right now a look at gas prices in the region. aaa the average for regular is 2.70 a gallon. in west virginia the average is $2.63. the consumer watchdog group says the profits have gone up this year and high gas prices in california are being blamed on refineries. the problems are being used as an excuse to fleece drivers. >>> so you had to see this coming. self-driving cars a

police say this was a csx train and they're trying to figure out why that person was on the tracks. > 6:32. today we're going to learn how long a d.c. rabbi can spend in jail. prosecutors asked the judge to sentence freundel to prison for 17 years. >>> today dick and jody vilardo's funeral is this morning at the fourth presbyterian church in bethesda. someone killed the couple on mother's day. a relative discovered their bodies. a law enforcement source says it was one of the worst crime scenes in recent years. >>> a man is facing charges in connection with four high end jewelry thefts in fairfax county. jan parchewski of chicago is facing burglary and grand larceny charges. the thieves targeted wealthy homes and official documents say he's tied to an organized crime family. >>> the president will honor members of law enforcement who have lost their lives in the line of duty. he is speaking at the 34th annual police officer's memorial service at the capitol. it's open to the public. >>> many of you and your friends might be getting ready to ride to work today. today is bike to work to