officers cameron long and david edwardson saw the whole thing happen and jumped into action.hey spoke exclusively to nbc 10. >> hands up in the air telling it to stop. once it came to a screeching halt, made sure the mother was back up. >> it could have been a lot worse. thank god everyone is where they were. >> police arrested her. she is charged with attempted murder. >> in new jersey state lawmakers are taking steps to protect sanctuary cities. don't honor federal imfwrags authorities. lawmakers introduced add bill to provide state money to cities in the new jersey that would lose federal funding under an executive order signed by president trump. it's unclear whether chris christie will sign the measure. in the meantime philadelphia is a sanctuary city and could be a step closer to losing millions of dollars in state funding. yesterday passed a bill that would withhold state money for sanctuary cities statewide. that money pays for law enforcement and programs to protect neglected children. in a statement mayor jim kenny called the senate's action extreme reaction. >>> pe

officers cameron long and david edwardson saw the whole thing go down and without hesitation, jumped right into action. today those officers spoke exclusively to nbc 10. >>> hands are up in the air. telling the train to stop. then once we heard it come to a screeching halt, the little girl was safely back up by her mother's fiance. >> it could have been a lot worse. thank god everyone was where they were. >> she was arrested and charged with attempted murder. >>> new at 11:00 after 100 years of bottling coca-cola in bethlehem, soda production has fizzled out. the coca-cola bottling company of the lehigh valley will no longer make soda. coca-cola is restructuring its north american operations. the spokesperson for coca-cola says the impact on jobs in bethlehem will be minimal. 124 people work in the plant. >>> from our jersey shore bureau a state senator has introduced a bill that would make it easier for the rebel casino to reopen in atlantic city. the bill says hotel owners would not have to have is a casino license as long as the company operating the casino has one. request the de

. >> reporter: officers cameron long and david edwardson got the radio call to look for a woman acting erratically on the river line platform, then right before their eyes. >> i see a female throw a little girl on to the tracks. >> reporter: in disbelief by what they saw. >> just stopped right there in the road, threw my lights on and ran right out of my car. >> reporter: the inbound river line train would have run the child over if police hadn't gotten the engineer's attention. >> there was not even a doubt this my mind that i was going directly on to those tracks in front of that train. >> when that adrenaline kicks in, you're just moving. >> reporter: were you scared at any moment? >> not enough time to even think about that. >> both hands are up in the air telling the train to stop. >> reporter: the mother's fiance grabbed the girl and got her back on to the platform safely. police recall the chaos of passengers yelling as the 20-year-old suspect autumn matachairia. >> officer pierce was on the platform and he immediately tackled her and put her into custody. >> reporter: the littl

officers cameron long and david edwardson saw the whole thing. jumped into action. spoke exclusively to nbc 10. >> hands were up in the air, telling the train to stop. once we heard it come to a screeching halt. made sure the little girl was safely back up by her mother's fiance. >> could have been a lot worse. and thank god everyone was where they were. >> police arrested her. she's charged with attempted murder. >>> it is 6:07. give you a live look right now at pens landing. >> going to look much different 24 hours from now. >>> warm winds have boosted temperatures for much of the area into the 60s. clouds breaking. get sunshine. 65 degrees. break the record of 63 for philadelphia. clouds move in tonight. those are the clouds that are going to bring us snow tomorrow morning. so cold air will also be moving in. right now, 59 in south jersey and philadelphia. delaware just dropped to 59 degrees. there are some chillier neighbors. 41 degrees right now. not everyone seeing cooler temperatures. further to the south, warm. west bradford township. head to the north. look

. >> reporter: cameron long and david edwardson hit the brakes on their cruiser and made a run for thelatform. new jersey transit's river line train was about to arrive. >> adrenaline shot from 1 to 100. there was nothing else. >> reporter: that's when police say they witnessed 20-year-old autumn grab a 5-year-old girl who was standing beside her mother. >> as we get to about the middle of the tracks i see a female throw a little girl on to the tracks. >> reporter: you saw it? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: both officers jumped a small barrier in front of the oncoming trains. >> both hands up in the air telling the train to stop. once we heard it come to a screeching halt, made sure the

. >> reporter: cameron long and david edwardson hit the brakes on their cruiser and made a run for the platform. new jersey transit's river line train was about to arrive. >> adrenaline shot from 1 to 100. there was nothing else. >> reporter: that's when police say they witnessed 20-year-old autumn grab a 5-year-old girl who was standing beside her mother. >> as we get to about the middle of the tracks i see a female throw a little girl on to the tracks. >> reporter: you saw it? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: both officers jumped a small barrier in front of the oncoming trains. >> both hands up in the air telling the train to stop. once we heard it come to a screeching halt, made sure the little girl was safely back up by her mother's fiance. >> reporter: another officer tackled matacharia. >> everyone who was getting ready to get on the train, i hear them, oh, my god. why did she just do that? did that really just happen? >> reporter: the family of the little girl didn't want to talk today. their attorney told me if not for these officers, this could have been a deadly situation. >> it d