joel waldman, fox news. >> they also worked here in the bay area about five years ago.andon operated trains on the peninsula line between san francisco. he was a contract worker and not a caltran employee. >>> a cruise ship being disinfected after norovirus on board. we got this picture of the star princess which arrived from hawaii this morning. you can see workers on board. the cdc says at least 138 passengers got the highly don teenagous stomach virus. 18 crew members became ill. this is the ninth cruise ship to report a norovirus this year. that is the same number reported in all of last year. >>> dramatic surveillance video who searched for thieves who used a stolen suv to break into bloomingdale's. we have more on the investigation into this smash and grab robbery. >> reporter: police don't have much to go on right now from this surveillance video. you can't tell if the burglars are men or women or whatth necessity day are. they are hoping it might prompt someone to come forward. here is a red jeep cherokee bursting through the front doors of the bloomingdale depa

in washington, joeld wald -- joel waldman, fox news. >>> personal information about many americans may have been compromised or stolen last year. the head of the committee wrote to president obama saying, like any entity that handles personally identifiable information, the white house has a responsibility to notify americans about security breaches. committee chair senator john thune says people have to submit personal information before they can enter the white house. the white house took steps to mitigate damage caused by the security breach. >>> take a look at the weather with rosemary. it was a cool start today. >> temperatures are running cooler than yesterday at this hour. the clouds holding tough over the bay along the coastline. giving you a live look there from san francisco across the bray where you can see -- bay where you can see gloomy. it feels better than yesterday with the sunshine. a live look here at the clouds, they are beginning to retrieve. you can see how it pulls back. inside the bay and along the coastline will be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. the winds are o

joel waldman is in washington where the controversy over government surveillance programs is on center stage at capitol hill. >> i will not let the patriot act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged. >> reporter: calling the patriot is unconstitutional intrusion on american's privacy, rand paul took to the floor for nearly 11 hours to try to prevent renuflt of the post 9/11 -- prevent renewal of the post 9/11 law. the program which has been controversy set to expire at the end of the month. with the clock ticking away and with lawmakers in both parties and both chammers of congress oppose posed, it -- chambers of congress opposed, it appears they may not have the necessary to pass the bill long-term. >> there will be a vote to extend it for two months. that will pass. it's kind of the classic washington's solution, kirk the can down the road and keep arguing about it. >> reporter: last week the house voted overwhelmingly in favor of the u.s. freedom act which preplaces it with a system to search records held by phone companies on a case-by- case basis. a justice department memo

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >>> the 9th circuit court of appeals has ruled a controversial film that sparked death threats and protests in the middle east should not have been pulled from youtube. the movie is called innocence of muslims. it's considered blasphemous for insulting their religion and the prophet muhammad. the woman said she thought she was acting in a different movie and her dialogue was dubbed over. no word if this will result in the movie being reposted to youtube. fire crews spent the night for watching flareups at the scene of a grass fire that threatened mobile hoebles in san jose -- mobile homes in san jose. you can see how close the flames came to the mobile homes. the two-alarm fire started about 9:30 last night. firefighters say quickly burned about five acres uphill before crews got it contained. investigators are also trying to figure out what started this brush fire near the altamont pass. it started around 2:30 in the afternoon along interstate 580 near north flynn road in livermore. firefighters from several different exas helped put out the fla

. >> joel waldman live on the ground from philadelphia. >> as you mentioned, six did, eight critically injured but officials are staying quiet about whether any of the 238 passengers are unaccounted for but clearly they are taking no chances. look at what is going on out here. amtrak brought in heavy machinery to scoured the crash scene. philadelphia mayor michael nutter as you mentioned said the conductor was injured and treated but he is getting information to police. the mayor talked about how the black box was recovered. >> whatever is comparable the black box has been recovered. it is now in the amtrak operations center in delaware for analysis. we have no information from that particular device at all because it is being analyzed by the experts. john: we lost our connection to joel waldman who is on the ground there but you can see so many people in new york city are saying the same thing this morning. i ride that train all the time. it is the most popular amtrak routes between washington d.c. and new york city. many of us fox employees ride it all the time. unfortunately maybe e

joel waldman has more.s will be a long job to get it cleaned up. >> reporter: disturbs news out of the news kf -- disturbing news out of the news conference. some passengers are unaccounted for. they've just brought in -- amtrak has brought in heavy machinery to try to raise and lift some of these cars here to begin this rescue/recovery effort. >> this is a nightmare. it can't be happening. >> reporter: train 188 was heading from washington, d.c. to new york city when it derailed. the impact mangled the front of the train tearing cars apart and causing others to completely overturned. >> i heard like a big bang. it was a big bang and then -- it caught my attention. helicopters and everything just started coming. >> reporter: the cause of the derailment is unknown but the area where it happened has a big curve and passengers say it was going in the curve when it began to shake. >> we were in the front seat and this huge red suitcase came flying at me. our train was on the side. it pushed me on the side of th

in washington, joel waldman fox news. >> there's more of the jersey shore this year.d replenishment project as relatively camp winter resulted in little erosion. beaches are in great shape. coastal experts see no winter erosion and forecast for tropical storm this summer is a mild one. u.s. army corps of engineers is widening beaches along much of the state's 127-mile coastline. >> we have had some changes over the last couple of days. today hot humid we go to cold. then we wake up to fog and then it's nice. hot and humid again. >> right. >> the humidity is back up this afternoon. but temperatures are going to drop tonight and the humidity is going to change for the middle and latter part of the week. what about the upcoming memorial day weekend preview? planning ahead let's cut to the chase and focus in on that forecast down the shore for saturday, it will ab little cool. 66 degrees. but looking pretty good. allow sunshine. mild upper 60s. on sunday memorial day itself temperatures will climb into the low 70s. there could be a pop-up storm and chilly water temperatur

in philadelphia, joel waldman, fox news. >> president obama is expressing condolences. he said, our thoughts and prayers are go out to the families and friends of those who we host last night and to the many passengers who today begin their long road to recovery. >>> toyota is exspending the recall -- expanding the recall over problem air bags. toyota is recalling almost 5 million more cars worldwide. more than 630,000 of them are here in the u.s. the corolla, rav4 and tundra are affected made between march 2003 and november of 2007. toyota says air bags in the front passenger side and front driver said can deploy be a normally. tekata is cooperating with the recall. >>> police are investigating a violent brawl between art vendors and state vendors. it happened in justin herman plaza. a woman who sells t-shirts shot video of the mayhem. people were using hammers, and skateboards as weapons. one woman said it looked like a riot. four people were hurt. it's not clear how it started but there are reports that some some boarders were fighting and the situation escalated whe

joel waldman has more from washington. >> reporter: attorney general lynch says the department of justice needs more money to carry out its mission and points to recent civil unrests. >> when there are allegations of wrongdoing made against individual officers and police departments, the department of justice has a responsibility to examine the evidence and if necessary to help them implement change. >> reporter: it was ten days ago, mere hours after lynch took her oath of office that racial tensions boiled over that erupted in riots. >> although the city has made significant strides, i've not ruled out the possibility that more may need to be done. >> reporter: lawmakers also questioned lynch over the fbi's investigation into this weekend's shooting in garland, texas, involving two radicalized muslims who ited a free speech event -- who attacked a free speech event in texas. >> they are trying to claim this kind of responsibility to show that they are winning and the only way that we can curb that type of inspiration is we have to demonstrate to the world and to their supporters that isi

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >>> the u.s.s it is using all available tools to fight state terrorists, including social media. they say recruiting videos made by isis and released online are becoming increasingly sophisticated with better production value. officials say they are concerned the videos will become more effective in reaching potential recruits here in. >> very definitely in a new phase in the global terrorist threat, where the so-called lone wolf could strike at any moment. >> they can be activated by the internet and really terrorism has gob -- gone scrirl. >> the u.s. state department is using social media as well trying to discourage people from joining isis. it's posted at least 16 videos in a campaign called think again, turn away. one of those videos has been seen at least 850,000 times. >>> government prosecutors and defense lawyers in the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev have rested their cases. his lawyers ended their bid to save him from execution after calling death penalty opponent, an expert, to testify. sh

joel waldman has more from washington. >> reporter: isis is expanding their reach now using social mediaa reasons to radicalize potentially thousands of individuals around the world. in a briefing with reporters about the shooting in texas, fbi director james comey spoke of more home grown threats saying i know there are other elton simpsons out there. it's almost as if there's a devil sitting on the shoulder saying kill, kill, kill, all day long, recruiting at the same time. elton simpson is one of the two gem killed on sunday during an -- gunmen killed on sunday during an attack on free speech in a cartoon contest of the prophet muhammad. isis claimed responsibility within days of the attack. >> isis is being -- they are having a lot of success using social media capturing the imagination of young americans. they are black. they are asian, they are middle eastern. they are all across america. >> reporter: while that investigation is ongoing, reports are surfacing that thousands of americans are exposed to terrorist propaganda over the nest every -- over the internet. >> they move peopl

let's bring in philadelphia fox news's joel waldman with the latest. joel, what now happened? >> reporter: liz, good afternoon to you, yeah, sad day, confirmation now that eight are dead, and they explained in the news conference, they had reason to send out a cadaver dog to the scene behind us, that got three different hits. they checked on it and found the remains of the eighth person. a little good news, the recovery effort is now over, they're working on the tracks here. take a live look what is going oworkers over my head. all day long bringing in heavy machinery here. they are working on removing all the cars that were involved in the derailment but they're also laying new track already. but really today the focus is on the 32-year-old engineer, brandon bostian. they say he was going 106 miles per hour in this curve, which is set for 50 miles an hour, if you do the math, that's obviously more than double. there's been a little discrepancy going on. his attorney says that he has been cooperating with authorities, but one police official says that is not the case. his atto

joel waldman live at the scene for us. >> 26 minutes after the top of the hour.he top story the deadly amtrak train derailment. what went wrong? a recent expert will weigh in. >> what's more important fighting isis or climate change. a shocking statement about where the white sows is invest-- white house is investing. {off-line} {off-line} >> it is wednesday, may 13th ks a fox news lart. off the railsive five people dead and dozen ns others injured when a amtrak train goes off the rails. >> it is a disastrous mess. never seen anything like this in my life. >> the moments of panic on board as passengers try to get out. >> are you okay? >> keep calling, okay. >> we have team coverage witnesses and expert analysis all ahead as the sunrises over philadelphia. >> but first we start with rick they have enthall. he's lye on the ground for us at this hour. good morning rick. >> good morning. a devastating scene in the richmond neighborhood east of downtown philadelphia where the train de trailed about 9 the o'clock last night. search cars and the engine itself went off t

right now we will go to fox news joel waldman. he joins us with details from philadelphia. >> alyssa, good afternoon to you. revealing news. >> we will now confirm that unfortunately there are seven individuals that are deceased as a result of the tragedy from last night's train derailment. the mayor went on to say that he would not reveal the names of those people. what was interesting was that most of the people on the train are accounted for. melissa: i will interrupt you for a second. the mayor has gone back to the microphone. we want to listen to what he has to say. >> the engine completely separated. you know that this is a devastating situation. that was last night. to see it in the daytime that is almost indescribable. it is painful. it is amazing. it is incredible that so many people walked away from that scene last night. i saw people on the street behind us walking off of that train. i do not know how that happened, but for the grace of god. thank you. melissa: that was the mayor. a few extra questions about what he saw