this all happened at a home in frankford.ice were called out just before 12:30 overnight on the 1900 block of pratt street. a 13-year-old girl met police and told them she had been sexually assaulted in the basement by a family member and that the person was still inside the home. police knocked on the door of the home. they got no response. so, the officers went to the neighbor's, climbed over from the second floor landing. they looked through the bedroom window and saw a woman bleeding profusely from her head and face. she was missing teeth. with the woman injured and the suspect potentially still inside the home the officers notified the swat team who made entry but the suspect had already fled. >> we know who he is. he is a family member. we have his name. we have his information. but he was not in the house. so, police right now are actively looking for this individual. >> reporter: and police say after that alleged sex assault the 13-year-old girl was able to run to her neighbor's home to get help. the neighbor called 9

let's go to jenny joyce in frankford with the latest on this. jen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the police say that the search continues for the suspect took off running from the 1900 block of pratt street apparently name. police believe that this man is responsible for both the rape of the three-year old girl and brutal assault on the child's mother. police say around 12:30 this morning a call came for the sexual assault of the child when police arrived. no one answered the door. police officers went to the neighboring home and scaled the properties to be able to see inside the home in question. they could see a woman lying in the bed bleeding profusely. swat team was called out to clear the property, once inside they rescued the adult victim, the child had already run to the neighbor's home for help. >> we have a 13 year-old female who was victim have of an sexual assault at st. christopher's hospital, we have a 38 year-old female who may be the mother of the 13 year-old and she's suffering from aggravated assault, trauma to her fa

full train service returns on both the market frankford and the subway, chris, lauren, back if you. >> thank you so muchment following breaking news, shooting around 2 15, leaves one man dead. >> police say this happened near wayne and west chelten avenues in germantown, going to steve keeley live on scene now, steve, good morning. >> reporter: well, victor's tavern, where somebody was kill here couple of years ago, right out front, has a second murder here, the victim was in this bar, just before closing time, came over into this parking lot, that's his hat you see in the parking lot there, among all of the evidence markers, lots of bullet casings, at least, 2 guns, and in this case even though it is only an hour and half old, it is like sadly to say this like an up sewed of law and order, because it seems like the police have it solved and have maybe the killer's in custody already. great police work here in germantown, by the philly cops. and with us is the man in charge, commander overnight, you know him, scott small. what happened here as far as you know? >> well, police officers

he said in the frankford area police believe they are connect. both victims are expect to survive. >>> 4:36. new jersey governor chris chris toty says he is making all of the states test for lead in their the water starting next school year. governor yesterday said in the last legislature for ten million-dollar to pay for testing in about 300 schools starting in the fall. he says that the states education department will publicly, test the results and notify parent immediately if the detection of the lead. federal law requires testing only in schools that run their own water systems. >>> a man who was a loud to leave a correctional center to work has gone missing. search is underway delaware for brian cooper, the 49 year-old left the suspect's work release center in georgetown yesterday and then never return. the corrections center where he was staying, allowed the prisoners to work as as transition back in the community. cooper was serving for violation of the probation related to a original charge of robbery. >>> let's go to dave kinchen. a loc

this is in frankford where an american legion post is on fire.e a look at the video on oxford street. at this point, no injuries reported, and we're on the scene now gathering new information. a live update coming up at 4:30. >>> dogs on illegal drugs, that's right, a problem vets are seeing. >> what's growing the concern, and strip tease on stage. why this politician bears it all before a crowded audience. >>> and a local couple tried to get money back after janet jackson put the tour on hold, but had no luck. see what happens when nbc 10 responds, and what all concert goers can learn from the battle. >> reporter: one of the girls group, fifth harmony and flint, michigan have in common? a young south jersey girl who loves them both. we'll bring her reactions. >>> no one is hurt after a car barrel through a store. the driver was drunk when she missed a curve and slammed into the smoke shop. several customers were inside at the time of the crash, and they all made it out safely. >>> a candidate for the chairman of the libertarian party dropped out

>> we again with breaking news two, women assault in the their frankford home, why police were fors today surround the house before they could get inside. live update coming up. >> new this morning, someone is hurt during a home invasion in delaware county. we'll tell you what happened when robbers broke into their home. flames break out from an american legion post. what they saw on the scene. >> i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. meisha is here with a check on your traffic. >> welcome back, jim, nice to see you again. yesterday was weird, brooke, you know, were you with us yesterday. we denied it would just be dead, we had accident after accident. today just a lot of construction, but a lot of people outside. >> all right. >> so katie is out today. we have kate bilo joining us in a little bit. meanwhile, looking live at center city, still sticky out there. it is going to be less humid today. >> let's take a look at the weather right now, doesn't look that bad as far as temperature wise in philadelphia, mostly sunny day is expected, with a high of 87. and the shore, 74. morning patch

it happened in the city's frankford neighborhood.sponded to that reported rape at about 12:30, they also discovered the girl's mother semiunconscious, unable to speak. she was so badly injured, medics thought she may have been shot. at last check she was listed in critical condition at einstein. the woman's daughter was checked out and then brought to svu for for questioning. they are now searching for the suspect. reporting live in kensington, pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> more breaking news. a home invasion in delaware county leads police on a chase in philadelphia. police say just before 11:00 last night, three men broke in a home with several people inside. police caught one man. we'll send you breaking news updates on the nbc 10 app on this story. >>> and this just in, the vatican just announced a local church leader will become a bishop for the archdiocese. he will be introduced formally later this morning by archbishop charles chaput. >>> and today the villanova to be honored for their championship season. president obama w

the home owner was not the seriously hurt. >>> we're following this developing story, also in frankford investigators working to figure out how an american legion building was destroyed by fire on memorial day. >> on memorial day of all days. members of the organization just devastate by this loss. dave kinchen live in frankford with more, dave, good morning. >> reporter: chris and lauren, good morning to you. we have a very active scene here. let me step out of the way. you can see fire crew is applying water to the second floor of this building. they have been here all night, working on hot spots here after a massive fire destroyed this american legion post behind me, on memorial day. the blaze went to four alarms ripping through, post 396 on orthodox street, we are told that the building served as an american legion post for decade, neighbors say it just hosted an event earlier in the day yesterday, more than 100 fire fighters battled the blaze and took two and a half hours to knock the flames down to get under control. the as you can imagine members say loss is heart breaking. >> un

nbc 10 is live at the scene in frankford. mitch, what's the latest from investigators?eith. at this point, the firefighters say they have the fire completely under control. they will be here all night putting out hot spots, pumping water into the american legion for at least the last hour and a half just in the side hot spots they are trying to settle down. occasionally there's flair ups under the roof. this is video from earlier today just to give you a look at how hot this fire burned, how much spoke we're talking about. 33 unites responded. 1 hur 100 fight fears, a two and a half hour fight in the frankford section of philadelphia. they are still working on hot spots. one was injured with a minor wrist injury. the fire commissioner just got done talking with us about the situation. >> very difficult once we get in, we can't get in there, there's exterior attack. you can't get in and find the fire. that's why we are here for a while, cometing to put water on it. the building is not stable enough to put firefighters in it. >> just smoke, flames from the roof, but that'

an ugly scene in the frankford section where police say they discovered a woman badly beaten and her teen daughter sexually assaulted. they say that they're now after a family member. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live outside of police special victim with the latest. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. that's right, this all happened at a home in frankford overnight and police continue to search for the man they believe is behind this sex assault of a 13-year-old girl and the aggravated assault of a woman. the call came in just before 12:30 this morning and police responded to their 1900 block of pratt street a13-year-old girl met police and told them she had been sexually assaulted in the basement by a family member and that the person who did it was inside the home. police knocked on the door of the home. they got no response. the officers went to the next door neighbor's and climbed over from the second floor landing. they looked through the window and saw a woman bleeding profusely from her head and face. she was missing teeth. the officers notif

yesterday, flames at the legion post in frankford were so intense, they broke through windows. it sd stroyed keepsake photos, uniforms and medals. several people inside the building were not hurt physically, but emotionally, it was difficult. the fire took its toll on neighbors. >> things that can't be replaced. i think god none of my friends were hurt. >> very heartbreaking. >> we're supposed to be here this afternoon. >> one firefighter had a minor wrist injury. investigators are looking for the cause of the fire. >> philadelphia police hope new surveillance video can help them catch a man who robbed a thai restaurant in chestnut hill. they entered the restaurant late friday night armed with a gun and ordered everyone to get on the floor. then they took cash from the register. they also stole money and a cell phone from workers before running off. if you recognize these men, you're asked to call detectives. >>> really nice way to end the month of may. sunshine and blue skies, as we take a live look at citizens bank park in south philadelphia where the phillies will take on th

believing erroneously he was already past a sweeping curve at frankford junction. traveling twice the posted limit the amtrak 188 train derailed killing eight and injuring nearly 200 more. >> with his attention divert the to the septa train, the amtrak engineer may have lost situational awareness. >> reporter: the safety board made repeated references to positive train control. technology that would have automatically she'd the train down to a safe speed at that curve but was not installed test crash. >> ptc had been in place at frankford junction on may 12t 1h 2015 we would not be here today. >> reporter: amtrak officials were on hand and accepted the ntsb's list of safety recommendations. as for the passengers -- >> we immediately said we were responsible. we took responsibility. we know that there is pain and suffering. we understand that. >> reporter: also on hand an amtrak 188 passenger injured in the crash. temple university professor on his way home to north jersey when his world was turned upside down. >> part of me is mad at amtrak. part of me is resigned

live in frankford, brandon hudson, nbc 10 news. >> brandon, thank you. >>> let's take a live look at the roads tonight as we wind down our memorial day weekend. right now things look clear on i-95 in south philadelphia. today's rain had many people heading home early from the shore. after a weekend full of sun, today was more of a washout. nbc 10 in ocean city where the rain put a damper on most people's outdoor plans. we saw a long line of people heading out of town early today. after they made the most of the good days at the start of the weekend. >> usually we'd stay on the beach until about, you knows, until about 3:00 or something like that and then shoot home from there but we're going to head home now. >> we were here thursday night, so friday, saturday and sunday were beautiful. >> reporter: you got a great stretch of das there then. >> yeah, so today's not bad. >> most shore businesses seem to fair pretty well. the shop owners were talked to said the beautiful days heading into the weekend were enough to get the unofficial start of summer off on the right foot. >>> let's tak

frightening night in frankford. >>> plus american legion goes up in flames on memorial day the major impact it is having on veterans in the community. >>> and this... >>> the city has to clean up, what these people have done to our beautiful beaches. >> come on, people. we have to clean up after yourselves. thousands spent the holiday weekend at the beach in the jersey shore but one community is not happen bye the mess, that we all left behind. >>> good day it is tuesday may 31st, last day of the month. june 1 tomorrow. >> oh, man. >> story after story about all of us, stuck in the traffic on the ac expressway, thousands of people stuck especially at farly exit there. >> it was crazy. >> the week on friday it was a mess. >> coming back yesterday was horrible. people have their stories. who can score the highest. how long were you in traffic yesterday? get on twitter use the #fox 29 good day. who wins, five, six, seven hours. >> we heard four, five and six. >> so get on twitter. >> back to reality today but back to sunshine now that the the holiday is over, thanks a lot. some people d

we continue to follow breaking news with from philadelphia's frankford neighborhood.at's where police say a mother and her teenage daughter were both assaulted inside a home there. why police think the victims know their attacker. >>> also, worthy of the star treatment. find out why this camden county 10-year-old got to celebrate her birthday with her favorite pop group in new york city. morning noon or night there's always a moment to discover visit annapolis and create your moment >>> good morning. i'm katy zachry with a check of the roads. just a few minutes before 5:00 a.m. on your tuesday. this is a live look outside along the garden state parkway at the great egg toll plaza. light traffic headed north on the parkway. if you are driving this morning in the shore, you will encounter areas of fog. there's also moisture on the roadways. just take it a little bit slow and be cautious about that. coming up after the break, i'll show you conditions throughout our coverage area. >>> a civil lawsuit in pennsylvania is raising questions about who can be held responsible f

that's right, this happened at a home in frankford overnight. police are looking for a plan they believe is behind the sex assault of a 13-year-old girl and the aggravated assault of a woman. this all remains under investigation and again, they are still searching for this man. the call came in just before 12:30 this morning from that home in frankford. a 13-year-old girl met police and told them she's been sexually assaulted in the basement by a family member and that the person was inside the home. police knocked on the door of the home on the 1900 block of pratt. they got no response. so the officers went to the next door neighbors and climbed over from the second floor landing. they looked through the window and saw a woman bleeding profusely from her head and face. she was missing teeth. the officers notified the swat team who made entry and were able to get that woman to the hospital. they looked for that suspect. the suspect had already fled. the teenager was taken to saint christopher's hospital. police were able to talk to her a little

. >>> to a developing story tonight out of city's frankford section. skyfox over a tragic scene right under that i-95 overpass. authorities tell us a septa bus hit a man on his bike and although medics rushed him to the hospital, it was too late. >> tragically he later died. let's get right out to fox 29's dawn timmeney who is live in frankford tonight. dawn? >> reporter: well, iain and lucy, this is such a sad story. police have not yet released the identity of the bicyclist. we do know he was a 25-year-old man and he died just minutes after arriving at the hospital. >> i just heard lot of sirens. i figure it was something serious. >> alicia mcdonald was right. septa bus hit bicyclist op orthodox street right under i-95 afternoon. she owns an insurance and auto tag on the corner of orthodox and aramingo and came out to see quite a commotion. >> usually when there's a lot of sirens around here it's pretty devastating the street was jammed up for while. a lot of police officers. a lot of transit police. >> i just scene the bus out here. that's about it.

. >> thank you very much, meisha a well, more on the breaking news in frankford, mother and daughter viciously assaulted. >> "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is liver at the scene to bring us to up date. justin, what do we know? >> jim, brooke, good morning, police are remaining on the scene this morning, and soon with a warrant will search the pratt street home at the center of this investigation, inside that home, a mother was found badly beaten, a daughter said she was raped, and a suspect is now on the loose. now, police say, a man was seen running naked from this home on the 1900 block of pratt, just after 12:30 or so this morning, 15th district police arrived and may have found an answer as to why. a 13 year old girl wrapped in a blanket outside the home complaining that she was raped in her basement by a male family member. when officers knocked on the front door, there was no answer. a first search for a suspect led police to next-door vantage point from which they saw through a second floor window the girl's 38 year old mother bleeding heavily from her head. investiga

it went out at 5:00 and is affecting rail traffic along the market frankford line. it's not clear if the person was struck by a train but the power has been shut off in the area. this is 13th and market in center city and septa is shuttle busing passengers between 30th street station and spring garden station, because of this incident. again, there are reports of a person that may have been on the tracks and the power is shut off and again it's causing big problems for folks along the market frankford line. we'll keep an eye on the situation and bring you information as it becomes available here in center city philadelphia. >>> now the 2016 race for the white house. the democratic and republican frontrunners are increasing their attacks on one another. hillary clinton and donald trump are looking ahead to the general election, bernie sanders continues to fight on. but first candidates must focus on the primary prizes, worth millions of votes and hundreds of delegates, democrats head to the polls in california, montana and new mexico and north and south dakota. 800 t

. >> also developing in frankford philadelphia police are investigating two shootings they believed to be connected. shots were fired around 10:00 last night on the 4900 block of charles street. police tell us that the 20 year-old man was dropped off at aria frankford hospital, shot in the arm and leg, while investigating that shooting detectives say a 22-year old was taken to temple hospital with three gunshot wound to his back. >>> here we go again, police say some of the alleged encounters, happened during class with other students, nearby. unreal. upper dublin high school that is where davis, hi there, dave. >> hi mike and alex, good morning to you. students coming back to class in a little bit they will be likely talking about these disturbing allegations against a popular teacher here in upper dublin high school. investigators say rose limuli of lansdale has been charged with 12 counts of the institutional sexual assault have after an alleged relation ship with a 18 year-old male student that began last december. investigators say that the student and others hung out in her class

yes, chief thomas was providing back-up during disturbance, 2500 block of frankford avenue. that man was taken into custody. no other injuries were reported. >> 4:19 the time. now to chester count a mother admitted to doing the unthinkable. well, she has now learned her fate. police say this woman jessica lynn riffy injected her 14 year old daughter with heroin. she also injected another teen. and she did it several times. this is all last fall. she pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges last week, yesterday a judge sentenced riffy to four and a half to ten years in prison. prosecutors say riffy will testify against her boyfriends, who faces charges of supplying heroin to those teens. >> philadelphia police offering $20,000 reward for information leading them to the person who murdered a man. this happened on 30th and oxford street around 2:30 tuesday afternoon. the victim, 24 year old ma'am, was shot several times in the face, chest, arms and legs. he was pronounced dead soon after at temple university hospital. at this time police don't know who did it or why. >> a n

thank you very much. >>> from frankford to the u.s., ted cruz is making what could be his last stando stop donald trump from winning the reputation nomination outright in today's indiana primary. meanwhile, the democratic front-runner hillary clinton is hoping her showing today will convince bernie sanders to end his campaign. nbc's edward lawrence is in washington. edward, it's heating up, the last stretch? >> really, louisa, all eyes are on indiana at this point. it's an open primary, that means that independent voters can also vote in this primary. historically both bernie sanders and donald trump have done very well in states with open primaries. now, senator ted cruz on the republican side has drawn a line in the sand. and that line goes right through indiana. he's spent week it's in states trying to unseat donald trump as the front-runner and favorite among voters in indiana. still donald trump has a double-digit lead over senator cruz in the state. and donald trump calling senator cruz, quote, crazy. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders says that he will not bow out

you can take frankford avenue, tacony. that might work.t cars are trying to get around the scene. we're seeing big delays out in deptford township. there's police department activity shutting down all lanes of route 55 right around the 4 freeway due to a fatal accident. take delsea drive to get by. >> coming up, a check of the day's headlines and the stories you need to know as you head out the door. >> another check of weather and traffic. plus, what you need to know about this weekend's powerball drawing. here's a hint, it is a big one. >> huge. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington following breaking news on 95. we have a live shot for you. watching huge backups on 95 around academy road where we have a jackknifed tractor-trailer blocking all of the lanes for the most part headed northbound approaching the scene. out of center city we're seeing massive delays. you can see right now they have part of the shoulder just trickling by, one car at a time. big delays there. we can show you some of the backup on our cameras. this is cot

the market frankford and the broad street subway both using shuttle buses to 5:00 as they typically do during the weekdays, otherwise regional rails, nothing to report. patco, new jersey transit, looking good, as well. they are doing some paving on the parkway, as well as paving on the kelly drive. that continues. watch out on that kelly. i sipped home there yesterday. they had the uneven surface at times depending upon what stretch you use. and it casino of difficult when go to hit the lane changes there, you got big old speed bump in the wayment and those manhole covers are all sticking up couple of inches. turnpike, little slow from bensalem into philadelphia. but otherwise looking good on i-95. chris, lauren, back over to you. >> bob, thank you so muchment robbery at gunpoint usually quiet south philadelphia neighborhood. now police are hoping surveillance video will help them catch the suspectment take a look, it happened last wednesday on the 400 block of catharine street in queen village. police say man pointed a gun at another man, then grabbed his wallet and his phone. he took

mother and daughter recovering from assault overnight inside their frankford home. police a family member raped her. >> a hearing today could decide if delaware teen faces trial as an adult in the death of her classmate. amy joyner francis died after a beating in the bathroom of her wilmington high school. >> presumptive gop nominee donald trump holds news conference to account for millions of dollars, his foundation claims to have raised for veterans. and that's three to go. >> last check on weather and traffic, kate? >> guys, today is turning out pretty nice, warm again, but the humid it dropping just slightly, shear quick look at your eyewitness weather seven day forecast, which is beautiful through thursday. lot of sunshine each day, and slowly those temperatures drop, back to where we should be for late may or early june. friday, 76, that's our next chance for showers, and thunderstorms, and mix every sunday and clouds on saturday. before we see showers and storms re-appear sunday and mop day, and here is the poconos peak we promised you, looks beautiful, take

we're live here in frankford, i'm dann cuellar channel6 "action news. back to you, rick. >> all right, dann, thank you. >>> turn and now to the soggy memorial day accuweather forecast. a wet day at the shore prompted dozens to end their holiday weekend a bit early. let's get right over to meteorologist cecily tynan at the "action news" big board. cecily how long will the rain stick around. >> rick, along the shore the rain, the steady rain should be moving out within the next hour or two, which is good because it has been a washout down the shore. double scan live showing the big picture. we've got this low pressure that used to be tropical storm bonnie and what this is doing is supplying that steady rain right along the coast. at the same time there's a cold front that's beginning to push into the western suburbs and this does have a broken line of some storms. a lot of those storms should be breaking apart but what this front will do is finally pushing that moisture across the shore out to sea. we'll begin to dry things out but zooming in you can see

says he doesn't remember the moments leading up to the crash and detectives determined he hit the frankford curve going twice the speed limit. since the crash amtrak put safety measures in place between delaware and philadelphia. and the ntsb is expected to put more insight into the derailment's cause. city officials pause to remember those that lost their lives one year ago or had their lives changed forever. eight people died and hundreds of people were injured and to this day some victims are on the road to recovery. chad pradelli is outside live of 30th street station with more on that part of the story. >> reporter: monica, we heard from one of the victims this morning before a memorial this afternoon at city hall. he says his life is now terrible. it's a long road to recovery for many of the victims. one filled with pain and despair. >> robert hewitt was the first victim of amtrak 188 to enter hahnemann hospital and the last to leave. >> i have pain 24/7 problems breathing because almost my entire rib cage was shattered and it didn't heal properly. and it's not where it's suppose to b

police now say they're looking for a man who went running naked from a house in frankford.st got information about the mother's condition. we'll have a live report coming up. >>> all new at 6:00. nbc 10 responds when a high pressure sales call leaves a local college student out hundreds of dollars. we'll tell you who called him and how you can avoid a situation like this. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >>> we are following breaking news, a teen tells police she's been assaulted. when officers get there, they find her mother laying in a pool of blood. we're live with what police know about the man they're looking for. >>> more breaking news spanning two counties. investigators remove a chunk of the door as evidence after a home invasion in delaware county leads to a police chase in philadelphia. two people are still on the run. >>> an aggressive fire rips through an american legion. hear from neighbors who say this is an emotional loss. >>> it's 6:00. it's "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. warm this morning, 72 degrees

in frankford, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> justin, that's awful. philadelphia police are planning an update at 1:00 p.m. on their investigation. so stay with cbs-3 "eyewitness news" for updates today at 5:00 and 6:00. search continues this noon for cause of memorial day fire at northeast philadelphia american legion post. this fire broke out just before 3:00 yesterday afternoon, on orthodox street bridesburg, veterans and families were there to observe memorial day, firefighter suffered a wrist injury, but no one else was hurt, all the same, it was a frightening scene. >> windows came out, they had to move us back, back further down, from where we were, so it was horrible. >> the fire eventually reached four alarm, two nearby homes were evacuated during the fire, but no damage to the houses. >>> sad news this afternoon, as the flyers announce one of their all time greats has passed away. >> team announced this morning that rick mccleesh died yesterday, he spent part of the 12 seasons with the flyers, including playing on both stanley cup winning te

philadelphia police say a teen and her mother were both attacked inside her home in frankford and the suspect could be a relative. >>> also breaking this morning, police in delaware county are searching for three men who broke into a prospect park home and led police along a chase along i-95. >>> memories destroyed. flames burned through a philadelphia american leith post on a day dedicated to honor men and women who serve their country. >>> this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get started with meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast, a close look at conditions at communities across pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. good morning, bill. >> good morning, tracy. most of the area is completely clear of fog. but we are watching for some spots and finding it at the shore, north wildwood, new jersey, no rain here but the fog is coming in as cooler air comes across all the moisture that was left over from yesterday. the showers are out of the picture. fog is thick in hazleton. light fog for the rest of the area. toms river, down to a mile an

the devastation in the frankford session of philadelphia as veterans had to flee and stand back and watchheir gathering post burn. that's where "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live with the latest. dann? >> rick, the four-alarm fire here at american legion post 396 left this community devastated. many events were held here through the decades, and it is all the more devastating that the fire broke out while they were commemorating memorial day. a 10-year-old "action news" viewer captured the huge enfernio. the two-story brick building fueled by a lot of wood materials inside of the structure. about 20 to 30 veterans and families were wrapping up a memorial day banquet when somebody noticed smoke. >> somebody said there is smoke coming out of the ventilatovent. so my son-in-law ran upstairs and here in the attic upstairs a motor had caught fire. >> they just thought it was a little fire. they tried putting it out with a fire extinguisher and then they came out and said everybody out. >> and within minutes it went to four-alarm with firefighters battling the blaze. >> it is very diff

on may 12th, 2015 philadelphia's frankford curve. for 58-year-old bob hewitt and scores of fellow passengers, life would never be the same. >> i was in the business class car the first car that train and i remember being thrown out of my seat hitting the ceiling. luggage racks, seats. >> reporter: eight people all in that first car were killed. more than 200 others were injured. hewitt a regular on this route he was on his way home to nutley, new jersey, a woke on piling of rocks much his clothing torn from his body or what was left of his body. he spent weeks in a medically induced coma and even today as he spoke from his attorney's office in center city -- >> i'm currently seeing five doctors. i go to therapy three days a week. i have pain 24/7. i have problems breath breathing because almost my entire ribcage was shattered. it didn't heal properly and it's not where it's supposed to be. >> reporter: for the victim of the amtrak 188 derailment this has been a year full of excruciating pain. it has been no better for their loved one

the turkey was known for roaming the streets in frankford, sussex county. saw the animal as a traffic hazard and danger to children. the issue was brought up at a council meeting last week. shortly after the meeting someone ran over the turkey in front of its owner's house. jodi clark says she can't imagine how anyone could hurt her pet. >> so many people love that bird. i've had people stop by and tell me how much they miss him. >> frankford police are look for the person who was responsible. >>> you might be groggy when you head to the shower this morning. >> i think this is everybody's worst nightmare. if you found something like what we're about to show you, you'd wake up pretty quickly. a woman in san diego discovered this snake in her bathtub last week. animal control officer was able to snake it out of the drain. the python was taken to an animal care facility. residents of the apartmentç building say they have no idea how the snake could have gotten into their building and into a bathroom. holy smokes. >> after months of back and forthwith a contra

. >> this building is one that those who live in bridesburg and frankford noel.ow most of it is destroyed. >> i seen a parade there. when i was a little girl. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a day to remember those who died fighting for our country. but win minutes, flames shot through the roof of the american legion on orth dock street. >> this was so big and the flames. we pull up the windows game out. they had to move us back further down. >> reporter: they had ceremony earlier today and they were supposed to be cooking roast beef, meatballs and whatever supposed to have members over there. we had a parade out in brides burg. >> reporter: crews with the philadelphia fire department were on scene in matter of minutes. at one point the fire hit four alarm. people were inside but made it out. >> it's memorial day. we're working, fast response time, four alarms, aggressive attack. outstanding property safed mirror by the philadelphia fire department and our partners. >> reporter: philadelphia fire commissioner told one firefighter was taken to the hospital for

so you take a look out here, overlooking spring garden, but specifically the frankford and the pennypack creeks, when the heavy burst of rain came through, they quickly came out of their banks, thankfully they're receding nearly as quickly, but regardless, those flashflood warnings stay in effect for portions every philadelphia county, central, northeastern philadelphia county through 6 30 this morning, so, another 90 minutes or so, still going to likely have some minor or at least, yes, at least minor issues out there. but certainly outside we go to spring garden and broad street. still quite wet. looks like the crews are replentishing the beaches on the shore, still very hazy, we're essentially talking completely saturated air mass. so when the rain comes through, it comes through heavily. you get drenched when that rain comes down. but outside ocean city here in cape may county things are more than anything just very, well, foggy, hazy, and very moisture-laden, for sure. lets guess next, out to our live neighborhood network, where at this . looking at is the daily rain, just within th

. >> this building is one that those who live in bridesburg and frankford noel. most of it is destroyed. >> i seen a parade there. when i was a little girl. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a day to remember those who died fighting for our country. but win minutes, flames shot through the roof of the american legion on orth dock street. >> this was so big and the flames. we pull up the windows game out. they had to move us back further down. >> reporter: they had ceremony earlier today and they were supposed to be cooking roast beef, meatballs and whatever supposed to have members over there. we had a parade out in brides burg. >> reporter: crews with the philadelphia fire department were on scene in matter of minutes. at one point the fire hit four alarm. people were inside but made it out. >> it's memorial day. we're working, fast response time, four alarms, aggressive attack. outstanding property safed mirror by the philadelphia fire department and our partners. >> reporter: philadelphia fire commissioner told one firefighter was taken to the hospital for a

this is in frankford where investigators are investigating multiple assaults. >>> hears a live look from sea isle city where we're continuing our live coverage from the jersey shore all week long. good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. it's 5:00 a.m. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley and the first alert weather center. we're focused on the fog. >> not everybody is seeing the fog. clear view over philadelphia though there are still some clouds. the temperatures will be climbing. look at the quick warmup. low 70s right now. the areas of fog, the pocono mountains seeing improvement in hazleton. half a mile visibility there. clouds over the city and mt. holly, blue bell, keeping the fog from forming. but in south jersey and wildwood, that's where we're seeing thicker fog. the worst of it in south jersey at millville. we are seeing foggy spots at shore. the temperatures have been cooling down. with the moisture left over from yesterday, that's where the fog is coming from. 66 degrees in vineland. 71 in philadelphia. vineland is 6 deg

saying that bostian lost what is called situational awareness just before the big frankford curve here, distract by all of the talk on the radio just before he sped up to 106 miles an hour. then there will be the completely obvious recommendation investigators expected to make while concluding that the engineers being distract that having two engineers and not just one, would have been safer. no kidding. that is why airplanes have co pilots in case one is overcome by sickness like a heart attack or one in the bathroom. wall street journal reports this morning other recommendations will include ordering the windows on the railcars changed because their factor and failure led to the causes of many of the deaths and injuries from being thrown from the train from the crash and there will be recommendations even for philadelphia officials here alex and mike and how to better tiehl with the mass casualty. maybe what we already know as well, that if that automatic train slow down system had been in place, like it is now and was until seven months after the crash none of it would have happened

philadelphia's frankford curve, the sight of one of the worst train crashes in u.s. history. >> it doesn't feel like a year but feels like it was yesterday. >> reporter: patrick murphy was on amtrak train 188, he tried not to think about the crash that killed eight and injured 200 but these images he snapped from inside wrecked cars are hard to forget. >> there was a lot of blood, a lot of screams and did what any solder, i would do i got up to try to help other people. >> reporter: murphy a former congressman and captain in the united states army is acting secretary of the army. he was on his way to the trenton stop one year ago when train derailed and his training kicked in. >> people on my left and right, they were knock unconscious, bleeding, hurt, so i had to get them up and out of that train. we didn't know what was going on. i climb up, knocked out window and help those people out and stayed back with the wounded. >> reporter: he took real heroes were first responders. >> the philadelphia fire fighters and police officers were there within moments, climbing th

. >>> tonight philadelphia police say a man hit and killed by a train on the tracks is a market frankford line was a tourist from texas. paramedics and firefighters rush to the scene between the 11th and 13th street stations in center city. the man died just before 5:30. >>> investigators say his death was a tragic accident. he had just finish visiting the liberty bell with his wife. >> according to witnesses, he walk out to the platform and stuck his head down into the tunnel to see if the train was coming. and according to witnesses, he strag gird, lost his balance and fell on tracks and within seconds the westbound train came he wasn't struck by the train. >> service is now resumed on the market frankford line following that accident. >>> bill cosby's attorney calls it a tr travesty of justice. the judge him to stand trial. andrea constand did not appear in court but parts of her 2005 statement to police were read. constand claims cosby assaulted her after giving her wine and pills at his montgomery county home in 2004. cosby waves his right to appear at a july 20th arraignment setting

market frankford and broad street subway uses shuttle buses until 5:00.far so good at the airport, chris and lauren back to you. >>> now to a developing story out of canada more evacuations as crews continue to battle that massive wild fire there. same fire that forced more than 80,000 people to flee their homes about two weeks ago. those people still not able to return home and now, there are more mandatory evacuations for 600 people. workers from the oil sand drilling industry are being moved out of that area. there is still no time line for when residents will be able to return to their home. >>> could the cia have played a role in the decade long prison term served by nelson mandela? yes, according to a former spy who is now deceased. the story, agent donald picker was just published by the sunday times. he said that he tipped police off to mandela's whereabouts in 1962 which led to mandela's arrest and then 27 years in prison n an interview before his death in march he did not express any regret about his actions. >> wow. >> today in history major vi

chief thomas nestle was providing backup during a disturbance near the 2800 block of frankford avenuethat man was taken into custody. no other injuries were reported. >>> a chester county man is in the hospital under arrest tonight after prosecutors say he killed his girlfriend and investigators say they heard the murder happen in an audio recording. keith smith now facing murder charges. prosecutors say his girlfriend wesley web had asked activate add recording app on her phone which captured the shot fired by smith. prosecutors say the two were living together in phoenixville with three children. but had been fighting. they say smith shot web on may second then tried but failed to kill himself. >>> a big manhunt comes to an end. police say this is the guy who temperature got so out of control on a local road he shot at another driver. incredibly he didn't hur anybody but that driver's car ended up with a bullet hole. >> ever since police have been after the shooter and police say a crucial tip led them to the man they were looking for. fox 29's karen hepp explains. >> reporter: 50-y

chopper6 hd was over the area around frankford avenue and wellington street just after 10:00 p.m. last night. this is where a police cruiser and a civilian's car crashed into each other. so far no word on serious injuries to anybody in either car. >> ♪ >> new on "action news," the search for three people who carried out an armed rob real in the city's roxborough section. it happened along the 500 block of gary hard street yesterday morning. a woman tells police she was about to unlock the front door of her house when three masked men confronted her and her two friends. the robbers stole purses wallets credit cards and iphones and took off in the woman's blue 2008 acura. none of the victims were injured. >> it is 5:06 and the preliminary results of an investigation into the pennsylvania state e-mail scandal will not be released today. attorney general kathleen kane ordered the independent review in december. she says inappropriate content was found in e-mails on state servers. kane alleges judges prosecutors and others in the criminal justice system have been viewing and sharing th

. >>> tonight philadelphia police say a man hit and killed by a train on the tracks is a market frankford line was a tourist from texas. paramedics and firefighters rush to the scene between the 11th and 13th street stations in center city. the man died just before 5:30. >>> investigators say his death was a tragic accident. he had just finish visiting the liberty bell with his wife. >> according to witnesses, he walk out to the platform and stuck his head down into the tunnel to see if the train was coming. and according to witnesses, he strag gird, lost his balance and fell on tracks and within seconds the westbound train came he wasn't struck by the train. >> service is now resumed on the market frankford line following that accident. >>> bill cosby's attorney calls it a tr travesty of justice. the judge him to stand trial. andrea constand did not appear in court but parts of her 2005 statement to police were read. constand claims cosby assaulted her after giving her wine and pills at his montgomery county home in 2004. cosby waves his right to appear at a july 20th arraignment setting

. >> philadelphia police are trying to figure fought two shootings in frankford are connected. a 20 year old was taken to area frankford by private car, and told police he was shot on the 4900 block of charles street about 10:00 last night. police found a gun and seven spent shell casings there. another man is at temple. it is unclear if he was shot at the same scene, but both victims are in stable condition. >>> philadelphia police say weather was a factor in a deadly crash in east falls this weekend. most of the victims were not wearing seatbelt. it happened on sunday afternoon on henry avenue. a 20 year old man and a six year old boy were killed. a babe hoy was in the carseat was critically injured. however, three adults, four children, were not restrained. >> there is no way to know but certainly if everyone was restrained, there clearly would be less severe injuries for sure, and maybe not anybody killed. >> two people in the other car were wearing seatbelt. they suffered leg injuries. >> convicted pedifile jerry sandusky appears in central pennsylvania courtroom asking fo

. >> breaking news from frankford. >> looking for known offender, hopefully these cameras can help us with this investigation. >> first, 13 year old girl tells police a male, member of her own family, raped her. >> police are looking for three suspect, wanted for home invasion in delaware county. the homeowner suffered minor injuries. >> the smoke was so big, and the flames, just poof, we pulled up, the windows came out. >> investigators are trying to pinpoint what caused a fire at american legion post in northeast philadelphia. >> donald trump is holding a trues conference this morning to explain where the money went. bernie sanders will be in month array santa cruz california. hillary clinton spent the weekend in her hometown in new york. >> he fires, yes. >> i don't even want to see any highlight. golden state warriors will head to the nba finals, beat the oklahoma sit thunder 96 to 88. blah blah. our pat gallen will have more about the future everyone of the superstars from that game, coming up in about 15 minutes, and i'm going to cry. >> okay, all right. weep, weep, weep. meanti

. >>> tonight we finally know the official cause of last may's deadly amtrak derailment in frankford.tsb officially releasing its findings. they concluded train engineer brandon bostian was distracted just before the crash by messages on his train radio from a septa engineer whose train had just been pelted with rocks on an adjoining track. the board concluded bostian lost track of where he was and accelerated to 106 miles an hour, not realizing he was headed into the curve where the speed limit was just 50 miles per hour. temple university professor was on bore the train in night and watched today as the board announce its findings. >> am i mad? part of me is mad at amtrak. part of me is resigned that there's something that happened and i have to endure and survive and move on. >> lawyers for some of the victims are unsatisfied with the ntsb's report. they say distraction isn't good enough explanation. >> we're looking for a real concrete answer for the people who we represent, the families who lost loved ones, the people who were so horribly hurt and who have had their lives destroy

septa's market frankford and broad street subway are using shuttle buses until 5:00. >>> lauren dawn johnson you graduated from a college called thurmond college, correct. >> university. >> i'm sorry. can you tell me who gave your commencement speech. >> oh. >> can you remember that far back, 73 years -- i mean how many years has it the been now. >> 2003. >> i don't know, i dent remember. >> i can't either. i can't remember be these guys will never forget at the university of pennsylvania. a very special guest in the crowd and secret service was all over this at franklin field yesterday in attendance, vice-president joe biden, and in the same crowd, republican presidential candidate donald trump both had a connection to the 1500 students graduating. biden's granddaughter niomi a and trump's youngest daughter tiffany. they were sitting right there in the same front row. biden and trump received cheers and friendly welcome by people sitting there, many were eager to catch a glimpse on both of them. >> when trump came in there was applause, energy, he was waving, when biden came in the