. >>> "action news" reporter dann cuellar is as close to the scene as he is being a allowed, and dann what can you see, what do you know. >> reporter: well, just a few feet from mere commissioner charles ramsey just came out, a little bit ago to talk to us and tell us how much he can tell us. he says it is not very much. we were here earlier right where it was unloading passengers from the overturned train and using ladders to unload the the injured passengers. many of the passengers were shell shocked and were in disbelief and wanted to know what happened. we asked them what happened. they said there was no warning. before they knew it, the trains were on their side. there were people screaming and they were trying to help people that were injured, at the same time, trying to exit the train themselves. but we understand from the officials here that as many as 60 people have have been injured, in this derailment. the cause of which it is yet unknown. people from home land security are here on the scene just in case to see if any foul play was involve. they have no reason to believe th

the streets of philadelphia, "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live in west oak lane and dann cuellar is live outside of einstein medical center. john lets start with you. >> reporter: well, we spoke with the suspect's girlfriend moments ago and spoke with officers and us before heading to the hospital after all the chaos on the streets of philadelphia and even after getting shot the suspect made his way home on west colonial this vehicle they say was used to injure several of their officers. >> the dramatic cell phone video captured by a viewer, shows the scuffle between a man and police in olney. he jumped back in the vehicle and dragged and hit three officers. he is identified as rudolph. >> he doesn't cause no trouble, i'm trying to see what is going on myself. >> campbell says that kidd suffered a heart attack recently and that it caused the out of control violent encounter with police. >> he could have had a seizure and was disoriented. i think that is what happened. he was trying to come home. >> i can't tell you why this male did this and what prompted it, we don't know much m

, dann cuellar is live at the scene at frankford and wheatsheaf in port richmond. dann, bring us up to dayton what officials are doing and what they are saying. >> reporter: well, jim tonight we hear from the lawyer representing train engineer brandon bostian the ntsb has not ruled on what caused this derailment but mayor michael nutter was shocked and dismayed the engineer was taking a sharp curve at a speed of 106 miles an hour. >> i mean that is devastating information. >> reporter: sources identified the engineer as three two-year old brandon bostian of queens, new york. according to data retrieved from the black box the train was going at a speed of 106 miles an hour as it's a approached the curve with a 50-mile an hour speed limit. >> just moments before the the derailment, the train was placed in to engineer induced braking. >> reporter: ntsb says engineer tried to slow the train down, into last seconds but it only slowed down to 102. surveillance footage captured the train speeding by in the top right of your screen, a couple hundred yard before the derailm

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the crash scene in port rich manned with more dann. >> work contains round the clock to repair the damaged railroad are tracks and electrical system that powers the trains. meanwhile, with the fbi looking into possibility amtrak train 188 may have been struck by projectile before the crash the ntsb continues its own broken and was scheduled tonight vie awe a septa train engineer who was talking with 188 shortly before derailment taking being about their trains hit by a rock or being shot at in the moments before the fatal crash. >> an unknown object made contact with the train shattering the windshield. >> in it they were responding to reports that trenton septa line train number 769 was hit by unknown object. >> let those personnel know they put out a report the train was shot at. use caution. >> all units copy. >> ntsb says at the time of the incident the engineer of septa train was talking to engineer of train 188 saying his train was also struck according to conductor interviewed by agency and the conversation was captured and tape an

dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >>> officials in delaware county say a freak accident led to a crash that killed a pedestrian. police say a driver lost control and rode up a driver way crash into the garage. the victim was caught in the path of the vehicle and killed. the driver was not hurt. no word on what caused the driver to lose control. >>> philadelphia police identified the suspect they are looking for in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman in fishtown, this is manuel cintron. they say the van he used was caught on video. the 22-year-old victim was abducted at gunpoint. police think cintron tried to attack another woman an hour earlier in the city's logan section, she was able to fight him off and run for help. >>> in new york city a police officer killed in the line of duty was laid to rest. brian moore was remembered during funeral services. he was shot while chasing a suspect in plain clothes. thousands lined the streets to show solidarity with their brothers and sisters in blue. officer moo -- moore was 25 years old. >>> attorneys for the officers in freddie

live at police headquarters, i'm dann cuellar "channel 6 action news." >> thanks dann. philadelphia police officer fired a shot while pursueing a fleeing suspect tonight. the chase started near 5 and arch in west philadelphia at 5:00. officers say they spotted a man driving erratically that crashed on sidewalk and bailed out and started running. police chased him to 53 and race where an officer's gun went off during the arrest a parentally by accident. and though a witness says the bullet narrowly missed suspect's head. he was not hurt. >> philadelphia police also opened fire intention alley tonight. shooting pit bull that was attacking a teenager. authorities say the dog bit the 16-year-old boy in the face. and the boy is in critical condition that hour. this happened in the rear of the 200 block of hiingby street in lawncrest 7:30 tonight. >> there are developments tonight in the bridgegate scandal. federal government indicted three former allies of new jersey governor chris christie, one of the three, former port authority official david whinestein plead the guilty t

dann cuellar is live at the scene, the guise senior gone but what about the status of the repairs. >> well, repair crews managed to excavate and remove the area that burst and now they are in the process of installing the new section but it will be a while before they restore water service to people on this block. this is what it looked like this afternoon shortly after 1:30 when the water main burst. >> when i came out to get my mail all a sudden i saw the burst it looked like a volcano. >> we heard noise and then boom, and there was water coming out. like a fountain big fountain coming out. the gusher spews rock on the street and on a neighbor's driveway on ashburn road. >> the water came bursting out to the top of the trees chopper 6 hd came from above with the gusher reaching 30 plus feet into the air. >> it made a lot of noise and workers said it took almost an hour to shut off the water. >> are you without water? >> no water. >> it's going to be a while before they get it back on? >> yes, probably. >> and right now ten homes remain without power aqua america estimates it should

a "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live with the full story, dann. >> reporter: we have learnede vice-president was with his son beau when he passed away tonight at walter reid medical center. "action news" has learned that beau biden was surrounded by his entire family his wife holy their two children natalie, hunter, his father vice-president joe biden and jill. former delaware attorney general died from brain cancer according to a statement from the vice-president the the statement said in part it is with broken hearts that holy, hunter ashley, jill and i announce the passing of our husband, brother and son beau, after he battled brain cancer with the same integrity, courage, and strength he demonstrated every day of his life. as a young lawyer beau biden work to establish the rule of law in war torn kosovo, a major in the delaware national guard he was an iraqi war veteran and awarded the bronze star. biden had been diagnosed with brain cancer in august of 2013. he underwent a successful surgery, and m.d. anderson in houston followed by a normal course of treatment of radiat

and "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at city hall tonight. and all in all dann protesters and police have to be satisfied with the way things went tonight. >> they are for the most part satisfied things did not turningly and people got seriously hurt. they had a few minor injuries. marchers had been going sporadically through streets of center city going this way and that. startling motorists suddenly got caught in middle of things. it was when the demonstrateers marched detectively into the path of the philadelphia police patrol that the morses got spooked and things got ugly. >> at broad and vine things turned ugly after protesters spooked police horse when's they started marching through them. police held them back to prevent them getting hurt and things only got worse. protesters tangled with police refusing to be blocked from taking over the streets which they had vowed to takeover during the march a march that began over an hour and a half earlier at city hall. >> protesters began throwing bottles and object at police and some began lun

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the special victims unit with philadelphia police. dann police conduct aid raid today did that bring them closer to the suspect? >> well, as a matter of fact it d. jim they found new evidence now that they believed links him to the crimes. the guy they're looking for recently got out of prison after serving two years for attempt aattempted murder. his mother want him to turn himself in. >> i need you to come home son, turn yourself n get this over with. >> reason ert amaking that plea after u.s. marshals and police raided her home looking for 32-year-old sonndear-old son and >> after police released new and better footage ever the man they were looking for they got a tip. the footage allowed investigators to create a better timeline and they now believed he first burglarized victim's home. stole her car and parked it a few blocks away. then wentz back and sexually assaulted her as she slept. >> just goes to the boldness of this particular individual that he can feel he can enter the property not once, but twice and get away with that.

live in port richmond i'm dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you dann. midshipmen from the naval academy gathered in hughlet new york to say goodbye to their friendious tin zemser. he was on his way home for break. they could not control their grief here today. >> we urge you to stay with "action news" throughout the weekend for developments in the amtrak train derailment investigation and, of course, you can get the latest information on 6abc.com and our social media outlets. >>> it took 14 hours of deliberations but a federal jury in boston has sentenced boston marathon bomber to death. dzhokhar tsarnaev showed little emotion when he heard the jury say he should die by lethal injection. they swept aside that he was just a kid falling under spell of tam plan. a crowd gathered outside the courthouse to hear a sentence that brought relief and grim satisfaction to many in the city. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live in the satellite center tonight. annie you've been keying on reaction to the death sentence. >> victims families, survivors and ma

at the special victim's unit dann cuellar "channel 6 action news." >> thank you ux dann. paern in the -- parents aupset they're just learning of alleged rain at dieruff high school and they were notified not by the district but learned about it in other ways. they actually found out about the sex assault on social media. school officials are not giving out any details skopt say it happened sometime may. we learned a 15-year-old boy was arrested for raping allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in the school's base sglment the vatican official charged with organizing the world meeting of families in philadelphia, is now under investigation in italy. archbishop palia dime philadelphia a number of times to meet with local officials and catholic school students. world came today he is one of ten people under investigation over the sale of castle in former dioceses of rny. yesterday's indictment against former house speaker dennis hester talks about banking fraud. today anonymous source familiar with allegations told ap this is about sexual molest station. hester allegedly agreed

dann cuellar is live at 11 and arch streets. dann you have the full story. >> that's right jim tour night chinatown were endureing a beautiful evening when tragedy struck nowhere. it peers a victim a 68-year-old tourist from texas never saw it comeing. the horrific scene 11 and arch police had to use a yellow tarp to cover the mangled body of the victim struck by the duck boat at the hite of rush hour. >> the 68-year-old female was trapped under the vehicle medics pronounced her dead 5:27 p.m. >> duck boat driven by 72-year-old man traveling westbound on arch carrying 28 tourists and tour guide. witnesses tell police the duck boat had the green light. >> this 68-year-old female was crossing street against steady rooelt. >> it appears the woman was looking down doing something on her ipad and did not see the duck boat coming upon her. >> it was back in july of 010 with another serious incident with a duck boat. 2 was in the delaware river and lost power and two were killed in the miss pap happen. today's accidents left visitors to

we're live at cooper university hospital, i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". jim? >>> thanks dann. we are supposed to get rain tomorrow. that is a very good thing. parts of the area like dry new jersey pine barons need rain to lesson the threat of fire. lets get the latest information from accu weather and meteorologist cecily tynan. >> jim, we desperately do need rain. we have been abnormally dry. last 29 days in philadelphia, we have received less than a half inch of rain. so taking a look at the graphic. that is close to 3 inches below normal in rainfall. we really could use a good soakings. we will get some rain. storm scan live showing low pressure near nashville. that will be moving to the east and moving up the eastern seaboard. what this will do is bring us some rain in the afternoon and into the evening time tomorrow. future track are showing morning we will have cloud. rain is here around lunchtime. you can see at 4:30 we have light showers around philadelphia. steady rain will be areas further down to the south. cape may kent county, delaware, that is whe

live at the special victims unit, dann cuellar "channel 6 action news." >> thank you dann.his evening's storms brought a torrent of rain to parts of new jersey shore dumping more than 3" of rain in tom's river. police say tevrl people had to be rescued from the flash flooding. residents were twoornd find higher ground. dozens of cars were stranded needing a tow. storm trains could not keep up with the deluge and many roads were swamped and left impassable before water receded to tom's river and barnegat bay tonight. but, it's now over. meteorologist cecily tynan has been tracking it all with live double scan radar. >> and jim double scan live shows that the showers and thunderstorms have moved on and they were all triggered by a cold front moving through and there was one cell that sat east of toms river for 2 1/2 hours and double scan tliv shows rain amounts you can see east of toms river we had 4" of rainfall and pretty short period of time and that's what caused that flash flooding and a lot of cars stranded when they drove into the flooded water. part of the reason we h

we're live at special victims unit i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dann. >>> surveillance video shows two wanted men who police say had been on a spree robbing people, at gunpoint. many of the victims are temple university students. up investigators believe that these suspects are behind at least six armed hold ups in north philadelphia, over just the past two weeks. the suspects have been stealing wallets and cell phones fortunately no one has been hurt. >>> the the deadly derailment of amtrak train 188 on may 12th is prompting amtrak to put cameras in all locomotive cabs. it will begin installing 70 new amtrak locomotives in the northeast corridor plus keystone services between new york philadelphia and harrisburg. the cameras will record the actions of all train engineers. brandon bostian the amtrak engineer of 188 which accelerated to 106 miles an hour before reaching the curb at frank for junction says he does not remember anything that happened. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in text a and oklahoma flood have killed at least 15 people, 13 o

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the zion ranger station. dann, what's the situation now. >> reporteer: well, jim, these firefighters almost 100 of them made tremendous progress in battleing a fire which stretches 710 acres. they report tonight the fire is 50% contained as efforts continue. >> new jersey forest fireers rushed to attack the fire on all fronts. in the air a hughie helicopter 225 ball on buoy bucket brought back and forth water from the lake. >> a lot of this area has not burned since 20s or 30s it's dense. >> they were fighting fire with fire lighting backfires around the fire to stavb it of fuel. >> it's a great feeling when what's happening on the ground and what happens in the air comes together. >> as night progressed and firefighter effort continued the plume of smoke rose hundreds of feet into the new jersey sky. >> all sides of the fire were being drawn in together by burnout operations. and by the main fire. they're all coming together. >> at that point the fire was imploding and firefighters had hoped. >> right now we'

live at the scene tonight columbus boulevard and dick inn on is "action news" reporter dann cuellar. dann? >> reporter: well, yes jim investigators still trying to figure this one out trying to figure out how a 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,

we are live from lower moreland i'm's dann cuellar channel six "action news". back to you walter. >> thanks, dann. >>> all southbound lanes of the roosevelt boulevard were shut down for hours today around sully avenue because of issues around a pedestrian bridge there. road crews found the problem right around 11:00 this morning and called penndot to inspect the bridge. that inspection took two hours and the boulevard was then reopened but no further information has been released about the issue that they were looking into. >>> well, to say that luck can be fleeting and that was certainly the case for a man from south philadelphia. he had won several thousand dollars at huge air house casino last night only to be held up by a man who had apparently been watching him. as it turns out gambler's good fortune had not run out just yet. "action news" reporter vernon odom joins us live from sugar house with the full story hi there, vern om. >> reporter: good evening, walter. at the this hour police are still holding two suspects, in this case from fishtown, along, i-95

. >>> now, lets go to dann cuellar, he is at einstein hospital. >> the officers at the 34th district are are listed as stable and one officer is getting a cat scan to look at the extent of his injuries. >> i talked to all four officers including the officer about to have a cat scan, he had a neck brace on the other three officers are basically together the deputy indicated and i saw them they are banged up they have scrapes on their legs and arms and one officer is pretty sore shoulder but again all talking and alert. >> reporter: again all the officers are pretty banged up but they suffered no life-threatening injuries and they are in good spirits and some of them visiting with their family members. i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news" back to you guys. >> thank you dan. >> again we want to show you the bizarre cell phone video as this entire scene unfolds and it's quite frightening you see police trying to pull the suspect out. they are trying to extricate him, but he fights off the police officer police officers and drives off in the maroon car and strikes three police office

lets go live to "action news" reporter dann cuellar at 30th street station dann? >> reporter: well, jim, with the northbound corridor now back in service it would not be entirely accurate to say things are back to normal. there is a new speed control system in place that some say could have prevented the tragedy among passengers a heightened level of awareness and in some cases trepidation in boarding the train. amtrak train 110 was first north bound train to depart just after 6:00 a.m. with 109 passengers on board. >> no nerves. >> a lit bit but nothing that will keep me from getting on my commute. >> reporter: "action news" was on board as it made its way through sharp curve where amtrak train 188 derailed traveling at 106 miles an hour, over twice the the posted speed limit. along with making speedy repairs to the track and electrical system amtrak has activated a computerized system called automatic train control. >> what that will do is basically provide an a hours that the train will come to a stop if there is a violation of speed in that area. >> reporter:

. >> now lets switch live to dann cuellar, outside of einstein medical with the latest there. >> reporter: all the indications we are getting is that the four officers all from the 35th district are pretty banged up but their injuries arep non-life-threatening one officer is wearing a neck brace and undergoing a cat scan. >> talked to and have seen all four police officers they are pretty banged up but in good spirits the four district officers were injured as the suspect used his vehicle as a weapon to flee the scene mayor nutter says they suffered back and leg injuries and one has to undergo a cat scan because his injuries were more serious. he had a neck brace on and the other three officers are basically together they're -- the deputy indicated and i saw them they are banged up and they have scrapes on their legs and arms and one officer has pretty sore shoulder. >> pedestrians had to jump out of way and the suspect struck a fire truck while trying to flee. >> and indication that some of the dangers that philadelphia police officers encounter on the streets of our city trying to do th

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the scene. dann, it seems the questions that must now be answered have all to do with engineer brandon bostian. >> reporter: that's right jim brandon is now agreeing to talk to ntsb. they really want to hear his side of the story and also, tonight, a look at where the engineer was sitting and how an engineer brakes. you can see the train speeding by in this exclusive video obtained by "action news" and ntsb says engine camera recording shows speed increasing from 70 to 100 in last minute and engineer applied brakes before the curve. >> mere seconds into the turn we can see the train tilting approximately 10 degrees right and then recording went blank. >> ntsb says train left 30th street station on time and inspection records show no problems with train or tracks. investigators expect to speak with the engineer in the next few days. his attorney says he's banged up and has little memory of the accident or why the train was traveling 106 miles an hour, twice the speed limit. >> i believes a rut of

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the scene of the theft. dap, are lease making progress on this case. >> reporteer: jim, they are continuing to gather surveillance foot tooth get better pictures of the culprits. behind me you see boarded upwind owe where they made their way into the gun shot shop. some of the help were captured up and down macdade as you're about to see. >> grainy images show at least some of the burglars in action as they moved to suburban armory store in koling dale after 4 p.m. here two men out gout of maroon mini van and you see them braking and removing front window of the store and another camera captured them placing glass at nearby parking lot and return to the mini van perhaps spooked bypassing car and then go into the store and made a mess of the place before running off with 19 firearms. >> there is revolver, glocks. auto mat ikdz. >> i don't think ammunition was taken. >> the store owner arrived minute later he was relieved to see they doesn't get the guns secured to the wall even though they dried. but the dama

tonight, we have learned more about the circumstances surrounding the blaze, "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at police headquarters and dann, you've got the full story. >> reporter: that is right jim. tonight we are learning from investigators that the arsonist did not want anyone to escape that fire. source telling us that the person poured an accelerant on the stairwell, of the three store i building which forced one man to jump for his life. he suffered injuries that would prove fatal. >> i was sleeping. i heard somebody screaming. throwing baby out of the window. i seen smoke over my head. >> reporter: officials say this blaze at this boarding home at kensington avenue near willard broke out at 6:15 a.m. there was panic as the fire quickly spread. >> there was no lights, alarms or nothing. we just heard people saying fire fire. >> completely dark. i'm feeling walls. i'm scared. i'm like sue less get out of here. >> reporter: thirty-one year-old man was killed when he jumped out of the window to escape the blaze. >> he was standing there. i guess he was overwhelmed by the smoke or

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live in the satellite center with details dann. >> reporter: new jersey state police calling it a tragic loss for their family. his family calling him a phenomenal young man with the heart of goal. state toe boheas lease identified trooper killed as 24 year-old anthony raspa based out of the hamilton county station. he a and his partner 29 year-old gene hung were on patrol on i195 in upper freehold township when their cruiser struck a tear dear at 12:48 this morning. >> the car veered off the road in the wood striking some trees. one troop her who died, he died immediately. the other trooper fortunately sustained relatively minor injuries. he has already been check out and released from the hospital. >> reporter: spokesmen captain steven jones says troopers were traveling east bound on the stretch of highway in monmouth county when their ford crown victoria struck the deer no other vehicles were involve. raspa was a graduate of the 152 class that graduated in october 2013 and lived in middlesex county. in a statement his family a says in part antho

in wilmington i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dann. >>> still to come on "on news" tonight police figure out motive for bike are gang mayhem in texas. hear what set off the carnage. champ >>> plus mirror ball moment, we have the winning couple right after their big victory with dancing with the stars tonight. >>> cecily. >>> our warm humid air mass is retreating, our cool air is moving in. i'll let you know how long it sticks around in our accu weather forecast. >>> erin o'hearn joins us with the special report. >> brutality of the attack was disturbing but even more shocking it happened in broad daylight. victim of the the new years day parking garage assault speaks exclusively to "action news". >>> and ducis rodgers with the nba draft lottery and where did the sixers end up we will find out when "action news" continues tonight. ÷h g rival motorcycle gangs apparently started over a parking dispute. they say that an uninvited group showed up for a meeting of biker gangs on sunday, a vehicle struck one gang member's foot and that led to a dispute and then gu

we're live from south philadelphia, dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> dann, thank you. >>> son of the allentown police chief is now on trial. charged with pointing a gun at police officers. some of the dramatic confrontation including 23 year-old christopher fitzgerald was captured in the parking lot of the lehigh valley mall last august. that is while his girlfriend and one year-old son were in the car. >> lay down. put them up. >> authorities say fitzgerald thought a car was tailgating him and eventually pulled over and pointed a gun at them. but inside the unmarked vehicle were two under cover lehigh county detectives. fitzgerald's attorney says his client had feared for his life worried that someone may have been targeting him because of his family connections, and his job as a corrections officer. >>> philadelphia catholic high school teachers voted unanimously to reject archdiocese latest contract offer. negotiations have been going on since the middle of april. one year deal would cover school year starting in the fall details weren't disclosed but the union tells

that's the latest, port richmond, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> more passengers killed on amtrak 18le have been laid to rest memorial was held for rachel jacobs. two days a week she traveled to philadelphia to return -- to run her business. her friends talked about her legacy. >> they was beautiful inside and outside, she was smart lovely friendly and very giving. >> the world went into a net deficit today because this woman was a giver not a taker we're all at a loss. >> jacobs leaves behind a son husband, and 2-year-old son. her family is considering starting a scholarship in her memorial at columbia university. >>> accounting firm director was remembered at a wake yesterday. "good morning america" weekend will pick up the coverage of the tragedy, "g.m.a." will have more on the tornados touching down overnight. >>> we're in the final weekend of campaigning for the primary rails for mayor of philadelphia. voters head to the polls on tuesday. democratic candidates are crisscrossing the city this weekend to get out their support. the race is competitive and i felt voters ha

in chinatown, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> police in delaware county say a freak accidented to a crash that killed a pedestrian. chopper of was over the scene on the 300 block of chestnut road in drexel hill. police say a driver lost control and rode up a driver way crashing into a garage. the victim was caught in the path of the vehicle and killed instantly. the driver was not hurt. no word on what caused the driver to lose control. >>> philadelphia police have identified the suspect they are looking for in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman in fishtown. this is manuel cintron. they also the minivan they he was using was caught on surveillance video. the 22-year-old was abducted at gunpoint. police think cintron tried to attack another woman an hour earlier in the city's logan section. she was able to fight him off and run for help. >>> an fbi agent was shot while serving a warrant in colorado. the agent was part of a somewhat operation going after an alleged serial bank robber. as law enforcement moved in, the suspect fired two shots one agent was shot in the l

dann cuellar is there. >> reporter: well it's a horrific scene here at 10 and and arch, police had toellow tarp to cover the body of the pedestrian that remains underneath the duck boat which is full of tourists they have been told to stay put as accident investigators are asked to gather eyewitness accounts of what happened. this happened around 5:30, the duck boat was traveling west on arch when it struck the pedestrian here at 10th unclear if the driver failed to see the pedestrian or if the pedestrian darted out suddenly. the area is cordoned off by police and that has created a traffic nightmare here in center city in the middle of rush hour. it was back in 2010 when we had a serious accident involving a duck boat, one was in the delaware river when it was struck by a barge, two hungarian tourists were killed in that accident. >> the investigation is well underway right now and we'll have more later on "action news." live here in center city, i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you dan. >>> firefighters have contained the wild fire that burned more than 700 acres

at special victims i'm deny dann cuellar -- channel 6 "action news." >> the an traction scare is morely thought. the center for disease control prevention is testing to see which ones were live. they were supposed to be inactive. cdc is investigating the army dugway proving grounds in utah that ships anthrax. the general public is not at risk. >>> the priest in charges. world meeting of families is under a investigation for probe into the a castle. the investigation will not impact the pope's visit and world meeting of families this september. >>> former house speaker dennis hastert has resign from the board of christian school that bears his name. he is accused of violating banking laws. a person familiar with the allegations contained in the indictment he paid hush money to conceal claims of misconduct. >>> the daughter of devon steel has suffered a setback a result of a compliks -- complication of stem cell transplant. in march her father announced she was officially in remission. >>> a new jersey community welcomed home one of their own last night. there was a big well how many ho

. >> i'm dann cuellar "channel 6 action news". >>> vice-president joe biden called his son the finest manny of us have ever known. beau helped nominate his dad for vice-president 01 democratic national convention. >> tonight, mr. chairman it's my great honor tore place into nomination for of the office of vice-president of the united states my father, my hero, joe biden. so i move to suspend the rules to knowledge that by acclamation joe biden as democratic advise precedential candidate. >> he's exception father and exceptional vice-president and leader and i'm hop order are to be part of that. >> joy biden graduated from the university of pennsylvania. before the tint he served five years. federal prosecutors in philadelphia. >>> in 197 at age three he was seriously injured in a family tragedy in a crash that killed his mother and infantd sister. he was sworn in while at the bedside of his son. after a stroke in 010 beau biden said sometimes it's not good to look too far down the 'roid. having a plan has never worked for me because life always intervenes. >> dann cuellar mentioned be

i'm dann cuellar "channel 6 action news." >> vice-president joe biden called his son the finest manny of us have ever known. beau helped nominate his dad for vice-president at the democratic national convention. >> tonight mr. chairman it's my great hon other to place into knowledge daition for the office of vice-president of the united states my father, my hero, joe biden. so i move to suspend the roles and nominate by acclamation joe biden as a democratic vice-president den shall candidate. >> he's an skeeption father and vice-president and leader. i was honored to be part of that and do that. >> beau biden graduated from the university of pennsylvania. before stints in the military and as delaware attorney general he served five years as a federal prosecutor in philadelphia. in 1972 at age 3 he was seriously injured in a family tragedy a car crash that killed his mother and infant sister. vice-president joe biden was sworn into the u.s. senate while at the hospital bedside of his son and after a stroke in 2010 beau biden said sometimes it's not good to look too far down the road ha

dann cuellar has the details. >> reporter: it was a ten thousand dollar reward and tipsters that led police to radine welder. sources tell "action news" it appears if he woulder was packing his bags and fled before lawmen could get there. >> how do you feel he is being sought after. >> i feel terrible. i am in shock. >> reporter: sources say they did find gloves and sneakers and clothing that appear to match those worn in one or both attacks. the one in rosewood and the attempted assault of a 30-year-old woman on chadwick back in march. according to to his mother he was released from prison for serving 12 years for attempted murder. police are waiting for the results of dna evidence to see if rahime if he if he if heelder can be linked to the assaults. >>> anthrax went to 11 states, south korea and australia. the center for disease control is testing to see which ones were live. the cdc is investigating the army's approving dwrownd in utah -- approving -- proving ground in utah where the anthrax was handled. >>> philadelphia archdiocese has released a statement saying the investigati

we're live here in port richmond, i'm dann cuellar channel6 "action news." >> dann thank you.arned that the ntsb news conference will begin just before 5 o'clock this evening. of course you'll find it live here and our coverage of the train derailment continues online. you'll see photos and read more on the victims of this terrible tragedy. >> a new learning space opened today at the university of pennsylvania. the henry a. jordan medical education center is a three-story addition to the pearlman school of medicine it's named after former faculty member and devoted alum the jordan center is among the first in the country to combine educational facilities with clinical care and research. >>> west philadelphia's red paw emergency relief team received the keys to a brand new car today. the organization specializing in caring for people's four legged family members after a disaster really needed this new ride. their current car is more than 10 years old and very unreliable. the four wheel drive hybrid was donated by nrg energy incorporated nrg homes subsidiary. it was chosen speci

i think we should make the point, well, let's go to dann cuellar also live at the scene, but dann, before, let me just say this to you, we keep talking about the the mayor, and the commissioner, and, by commissioner we're referring to, commissioner charles ramsey but it is important to understand this is not primarily a police department operation this is a fire department operation, and police commissioner charles ramsey is one of several department heads who contributed information to that news conference that we know commissioner sawyear is in in fact the fire commissioner of philadelphia is the lead official, in this entire event. so, when you say commissioner we should be referring to, derek sawyer and not charles ramsey, dann, what do you got. >> reporter: here's a recap of some of the important basic information, about what they told us here about what happen. we had 243 people on board that train, and from washington to new york city, and, in that train five people were killed, 53 injured, 63 critically taken to several hospitals, four hospitals in the philadelphia area for treatm

live here in center city, i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you dan. >>> firefighters have contained the wild fire that burned more than 700 acres in shamung township. officials say that dense fog this morning helped effort to fight the blaze. here is the journey of mary lee. so who or what is mary lee. she is a great white shark and scientists are following here for years she pings when she hits the surface because she has been tagged. >> kenneth moton is on the mary lee watch. >> we are told this is not a jaws situation. people are looking through the fog wondering where is mary lee the shark. fishermen were trying to reel them in and they want nothing to do with mary lee. >> that is a nice name and i done want to run into mary lee, i fish a lot on this beefrp i don't know what i would do if i caught it. >> a 16 foot long great white shark swimming off the jersey shore. >> jaws out there somewhere. mary lee was tagged by nonprofit o search she was 10 miles east of prig teen this morning in atlantic city. >> they were doing this for eons but we didn't know it we have

in port richmond, i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >>> a passenger on that southbound about the impact. kam decide of ocean city, maryland said he heard a loud banging sound and say a circular pattern of shattered glass in the window. that happened when the train was just outside of philadelphia. he said that he heard it was likely a rock or a debris but he said whatever it was it hit with force. >> it was a pretty substantial shatter mark and with a thickness i was pretty surprised how deep, you know that projectile was. >> when the train stopped and amtrak officer boarded and took pictures of the damage, then and then the train went on its way. >>> mid ship man from the naval academy gathered in new york yesterday to a good bye to their friend justin zemser. he was killed in a crash on his way home for break. the future military men and with men are trained to be stoic but they could not control their grief. >>> stay with "action news" throughout the weekend for developments in the amtrak train derailment investigation. you can always get the the latest information o

in port richmond i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >>> passenger on that acela train that was hit by some sort of object is speaking out about the impact. cain m desigh, heard a loud banging sound a saw a circular pattern of shattered glass in the window. that happened just outside of philadelphia. he said he heard it, it was likely a rock or debris but he said whatever it was it the hit with force. >> when it started to register it did seem like something had really hit the train very, very, you know, with a lot of force good when the train stopped and amtrak officer boarded, and took pictures of the damage. then the the train went on its way. >>> stay with "action news" throughout the the weekend for developments in the amtrak train derailment investigation. you can always get the latest information on six abc.com and our social media accounts. >>> well, boston bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev has been sentenced to death and his death could make history. yesterday's verdict sets the stage for the nation's first execution of a terrorist in the post 9/11 era. the the legal appeal

that's the latest in port richmond, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> meanwhile, those killed in tuesday's crash on train 188 are being remembered this weekend. friends and family galleried in new york for a memorial service for 39-year-old rachel jacobs a ceo for an educational software company in university city, but lived in new york. funeral services will be held outside her home in detroit michigan. our coverage continues online at 6abc.com you can follow the latest on the ntsb investigation. you can see pictures and read more on the victims of the tragedy. >> from our new jersey newsroom, the public has opportunity to weigh in on the public rate hikes. they will want to increase fares by 9% off setting a 60 million-dollar short fall. 9 more sessions will be held throughout the week including two tomorrow in atlantic city and freehold. >>> a new bill will let drivers in new jersey pump their own gas. it will call for a three year period where merchants can offer self service and full service. >>> a man who had a big win at sugarhouse casino was robbed at gunpoint. we told

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"action news" reporter dann cuellar live at the philadelphia police special victims unit and spoke toictim of a similar attack back in march. >> that's right, monica. police believe it may be the same man involved in that assault of another woman who lives just around the corner. this assault happened a few weeks ago. she too, awoke to find a man standing in her bedroom in the middle of the night. she spoke with "action news," but we are not identifying her. >> he told me to give him the money and i told him i didn't have any. >> and he broke into her home through a window. the asill lent resembles the man in this sketch. couldn't believe what he did next. >> dropped his pants and motioned he wanted to have sex with me. i got scared. he grabbed mow by the hair and throat and thought he would kill he. >> and by the grace of god but courage and decided to fight him off. the television in the bedroom fell to the floor making a lot of noise and the attacker ran off. the police believe it may be the same man who broke into another home on rosewood this morning. in this case too, the woman