developments in two deadly amtrak crashes both in our area, federal investigators from the national transportation safety board announced today that the engineer of the re of the amtrak train involved in a deadly crash in delaware county last april had marijuana an opioid in his system. the ntsb said the engineer felt rested and alert at the time of the character, two maintenance workers died in chester. the engineer behind the control it's of try and 89, no longer employed. meanwhile the deadly derailment in port richmond is suing amtrak brandon boston said hey nailed to address reports of people throwing things at pass trains. he claims he was disoriented or unconscious when something hit his train moments before the train left the tracks in may of 2015. eight people died. federal investigators found no evidence the train was hit with anything. bostian is seeking more than $50000 for physical and psychological injuries. >>> have you started stalking up on your snacks? are you planning on doing drinking, this particular bag could save your life. >> it took three continents, 70 years and a whole lot of luck bu

. >>> well, we just found out t national transportation safety board will see what caused two sets of trolleys to collide yesterday. more than 40 people were hurt near 38th street yesterday afternoon. all of the injuries were minor. both route 10 trolleys were heading west on lancaster when one rear-ended the other. passengers described the scary moments. >> you want to slam on the brakes yourself and before we knew it, we smashed. >>> the one in front of us. >> like a bomb set off and it just really hit us so hard that it just knocked everybody on the floor and everything. >> they say the trolleys should have been running ten minutes apart. so the transit agency will try to figure out why they were so close to one another. >>> teens in trenton may have to wait until they are 21 to buy a pack of cigarettes. today city council will consider raising the minimum age to buy cigarettes, e-cigarettes and cigars. and right now the age limit is 19 in trenton. >>> on the hot seat, top intelligence officials are on capitol hill taking questions about russia's alleged meddling in the presidentia

. >>> a new top cop is on the job from the national transportation safety board.efore that he spent several decades in law enforcement out on the west coast including four years as commissioner of the hot california highway patrol. he succeeds old cook to w.h.whod last october. >>> the skin made more in table games than any other in maryland. that's one of the revelations gathered by the gaming commission and the i-team. they scooped up $17.5 million on tables during the first weeks in operation. that's slightly more than maryland live earned in december. state records reviewed by the i-team show the casino respondsed responds ed to -- responded to several incidents including five deaths and six physical altercations. six underage people had to get booted for entering the gaming floor. >>> ask most kids if they would rather go to a museum or amusement park -- you probably know the to some kids who answered that question saying it depends which museum. she has more on a new gallery in washington that kids of all ages were testing out. >> reporter: the u.s. patent o

a national transportation safety board investigation found that there was a failure to properly deice >>> the author has died. he is seen here -- well, this is not him. he died yesterday. his story of a 12-year-old girl inhabited by satan was published in 1971 and sold more than 10 million copies. the film starring linda blare came out two years later and was a huge success. he was a graduate of georgetown and george washington universities. he was 89 years old. >>> and we have some great news to report about the missing mother from silver spring and her daughter. the 34-year-old and her 4-month- old daughter were found safe and sound. they vanished yesterday. police aren't saying what led to their disappearance or how they were found. >>> i was born this >> a sit down interview with a marijuana patient. she has a message for the incoming administration. >>> and meteorologist melissa nord is tracking the ice and snow heading it's the little things in lilife that me me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. before those

national transportation safety board report reveals the engineer tested positive for marijuana and opioids. april 3rd amtrak train 89 collided with a backhoe on the track. two amtrak employees on the ground were killed. forty-one train passengers were hurt, in the report federal investigators also cited a lacks safety culture that they believe contributed to the crash. >>> a bucks county judge ordered a new trial for death row inmate, alfonso sanchez was quick of murder in the 2007 shooting deaths of lisa diaz and menendez thomas in warminster. both victims died of gunshots to the head inside a street road apartment. authorities say natalie crime was drug-related and an appeals court ruled that prosecutors failed to turn over lab reports of dna testing to sanchez's defense team. as a result the district attorney's office requested a new trial. >>> police are investigating how two pit bulls got out of their owners home and attack a 96 year-old in philadelphia's germantown section. police say witnesses found the victim being attacked on 5800 block of rush road just before 4:00 yesterday afte

pipeline safety rules prior to the explosion and one point of obstructing an official national transportation safety board investigation into the explosion. now, today, as i said, victims spoke, including sue bullis, who lost her husband, her 17-year-old son, her mother-in-law, and dog in the explosion. we checked in with her afterwards. >> it is hard to make it through the day without thinking of my family. and although there was a point in my life six and a half years ago that i wanted to end my life, i truly can say now with the help of my therapist that i don't want to do that anymore. but if i could help anybody else through this type of tragedy, i would go and do that. >> reporter: she tells us that she still suffers from anxiety, depression, ptsd, she's in therapy frequently and will likely have to deal with this for the rest of her life. the other victims that we heard from echoed the same heart-breaking sent minutes. we also spoke to the mayor of san bruno who's been very instrumental in the city's fight against pg&e so we're going to hear from him at 6:00 and exactly how he's feeling about these

that is according to federal investigators from the national transportation safety board in a report released today, the ntsb says the engineer said that he felt rested and alert at the time of the crash in april of 2016. two maintenance workers performing work in chester died when train 89 ran into their equipment. the ntsb also reports that a safety culture contributed to the deadly wreck. engineer behind the controls is no longer employed with amtrak. the engineer at the controls on amtrak train that derailed in port richmond and killed eight people is now suing amtrak. brandon bostian said amtrak never addressed reports of people throwing thing at passing train. he claims he was left disoriented or unconscious when something hit his train moments before the train left the tracks in may of 2015. federal investigators found in evidence the train was hit with anyone. he's seeking more than $50000 for physical and psychological injuries. >>> a dumbbell flew out of nowhere and ended up killing a south jersey man on the new jersey turnpike at that time detectives say they have yet to f

that's according to federal investigators from the national transportation safety board.n a report released today, the ntsb blames the april, 2016 crash largely on miscommunication. two maintenance workers performing work on the track in chester died when train 89 ran into their equipment. the ntsb also reports that a lacked safety culture contributed to the deadly wreck. the engineer behind the controls of train 89 is no longer employed with amtrak. >>> on the mainline an exploding man whole and terrible timing for a 50-year-old woman walking by. the cover just shot up. hit her, broke her ankle. the cover blew off after something went wrong under ground in ardmore. this is at west athens and ardmore avenues, nearly 600 businesses and homes lost power but services back up and running now, peco tells us the blast came from an under ground cable still investigating exactly what happened. . >>> right now in southwest philadelphia, the search for a violent robbery, this is surveillance video tough to watch. it shows a guy attacking the owner at a clothing altercation to store

national transportation safety board is sending a team to new york begin an investigation >>> it is ski season and look at this, ski patrol crews coming to the rescue of a young boy hanging there. fell and was dangling from the lift at the sun dance resort in utah. the ski patrol quickly jumped into action. watch as the ski patrol was get the kid down safely >> we looked at each other and in the disbelief like we could notth this was just happening right in front of us. they grabbed a very long ladder and brought it up to the lifts and leaned it up against the chair lift. one individual climbed up. >> this is the second time in just a few weeks a young signature's back skier's backpack got caught leaving him dangling in the same police officer following a pool party. that teenager filed a lawsuit against not only the form re officer but also the city of mckenny and the entire police department. she claims corporal eric bluden violated her rights by holding her without probable cause cause and using excessive force, the city denied the claims made in the lawsuit. >>> the virginia legisla

and national transportation safety board has not issued an official rule. director of ntsb tells us they've been pushing for required testing for years and because this not yet a federal regulation many don't test for the condition. >> that doesn't exist in railroad it's just hearing and vision and it's sgrepcy that existed for a period of time and something we're looking to get fixed. >> sleep apnea specialists say treatment is easy with use of c pap masks which aid in nighttime breathing the users can get the sleep they need. >> anybody with bmi over 3 gets a sleep studies. they can be home studies now they're not expensive. it will cost money but think about the accidents. accidents and the legal costs related to these extent you probably would pay for the entire program good the federal railroad administration tells fox while the agency has been working on a rule the railroads do have the ability to implement programs on their own. and now the president trump has put a hold on all new and pending federal regulations, that rule could take a while. in new

. >>> a preliminary report released by the national transportation safety board is a tough reminder of the deadly chattanooga school bus crash in november, and the driver left the normal route, hit a utility pole and then transportation of students to and from home is exempt from many federal regulations including routine physicals for drivers. >>> to a developing story, d.c. police are waiting for the medical examiner's report in the death of a 3-year-old boy. sterling moore stopped breathing yesterday while at the day-care center inside the u.s. department of labor. his mom is a labor department employee. according to a day care worker, sterling choked on a meatball during lunch time. he died at the hospital. now his grandmother is demanding more answers. >> i want to know where the teachers were. what were they doing? how long did it take for them to realize that he was choking? >> the day-care center released a statement saying that they are devastated and are working with police. >>> we're learning how an officer involved shooting unfolded in herndon, virginia.- on monday. before

sleep apnea was reportedly a contributing factor in the crash of the national transportation safety boardsued an official ruling. the director of the ntsb tells us they have been pushing for require testing for years but because there is not yet a federal regulation many don't test for the condition. >> that doesn't exist in the row road. it's a discrepancy that has existed for a long period of time and something we are looking to get fixed. >> sleep apnea specialist say treatment is relatively easy with the use of the cpap mask which aids in nighttime breathing. users can get the sleep they need. >> everybody with a bmi over 33 gets one. they are not expensive. it will still cost them money but think about the accidents. if you can prevent one accident and the legal costs related to these accidents you would pay for this entire program. >> the federal rover defenestration tell fox 5 agency has been working on a ruled the railroads do have the ability to implement programs on their own and now the president trump has put a hold on all new and pending federal regulations that rule could ta

the national transportation safety board and faa are investigating. ♪ >>> our bill anderson taking usnt making a big difference for local people down on their luck and the people running that restaurant say hoping those who are homeless real until that complicated. >> the owners of federal doughnuts showed our bill anderson providing light in people's lives just requires a little hard and selflessness for goodness sake. >> reporter: the rittenhouse square area of the city is always been a bit of a contradiction. on the same blocks where you have some of the most expensive real estate and restaurants in the city, you also have people walking passed and over the homeless population to get there but the sub somewhat obvious option of the two working together to help each other never seemed to happen until now. ♪ >> initial idea was federal doughnuts which is our business has extra chicken, bare chicken basically. they're parts of the chicken that are intensel intensely useu will not fry and serve like a chicken drum stick. how can we use this food and not let it go to waste and help broa

last year, it turns out he had marijuana and opioids in his system according to the national transportation safety board n a report released yesterday, ntsb says engineer said he felt rested and alert at the time of the crash in april 2016, there were two maintenance workers doing work on the track in chester and they tied, when train 89 ran into their equipment vehicle. the ntsb says lack safety culture also contributed to that deadly wreck, that engineer is in longer employed with amtrak. >>> another engineer to tell but the one behind controls of the train 188 that derailed in port richmond two years ago killing eight people, he is now suing amtrak for unsafe working conditions. brandon bostian says amtrak never addressed reports of things being thrown at passing trains, he claims he was advertise disoriented or unconscious when something hit his train homes before the train left the tracks in may of 2015. federal investigators say no evidence was ever found natalie train was struck with something, bostian is seeking more than $50,000 for physical and physiological injuries. >>> all right. as we go t

railway crash, sleep apnea was reportedly a contributive factor in that crash, the national transportation safety board has not issued an official ruling. the director of the ntsb tells us that they have been pushing for required testing for years, but because there is not yet a federal regulation, many do not test for the condition. >> that does not exist in the railroad. it is just hearing and vision. it is a discrepancy that has existed for a long period of time, and it is something we are looking to get fixed. >> sleep apnea specialists say treatment is relatively easy with the use of cpap masks for users so that they can get the sleep they need. >> everybody over 33 gets a sleep study, they can be home studies, not expensive, use that as your screen. it still going to cost them money, but think about the accidents. if you prevented one of these accidents in the legal costs related to these accidents, you probably could pay for the entire program. >> the federal railroad administration tells fox while the agency has been working on a rule, the railroads do have the ability to implement programs on

the national transportation safety board announced investigators plan to interview the three person crew including the engineer who suffered a minor in the crash. the train's black boxes have been recovered and the engineer was tested for drugs. >>> new this morning, another terrorist attack in turkey. at least three people wounded today when a car bomb exploded near a courthouse in the city of ismir. so far no one has claimed responsibility. this follows a nightclub attack in istanbul where 39 people were killed during a new year's eve celebration. >>> for one stockton school police officer the real life scenario of a school shooting hit close to home. he himself was a victim of an active shooter when he was just six years old. 28 years ago a gunmen carrying an ak 47 opened fire at cleveland elementary school where young was a student. five children were killed and 32 others were hurt. young was shot in the chest and foot. >> i was running and when the round hit my right foot my feet went above my head and another round skipped across the ground and hit me in my chest. i carry large bul

holiday week when traffic is down and i know if you look at nation wide i know in the nation transportation safety board it unsure what traffic collisions are going up as the millions are going up or staying the same do our collision numbers mirror for the federal and others cities and just as the federal government keeps - >> not necessarily but i don't think we have yet that clockwise data was muni cloiksz so actually a very, very small subset of the traffic cloiksz concurring in the city for or less impartial to the national numbers the national numbers did uptick in the last year or two i don't think we have the most current numbers but ours are closer to flat and at the same time having more trips from the cloiksz are going certainly for the fatalities er the numbers are staying flat a lot of speculations as to why cloiksz nationally are increasing i think that there are more definitely more trips with the growing economy that happens ♪ industry not necessarily others and distracted driving is something that possible is a possible factor i think any instinct the distracted drivers we'll pointed out

jurisdiction very simply have not been implemented, according to the latest numbers from the national transportation safety board. there are hundreds of open safety recommendations, 305, at the federal aviation administration, 61 at the federal railway administration, 91 at nhtsa. these recommendations are, essentially, potentially, life-saving, for people who are effected by them. and the agencies have failed to fulfill recommendations, and so, my first question to you is, what can -- what are your plans to close those recommendations, make sure they are implemented? >> as mentioned, safety is a top priority of the department. if confirmed, one of my first tasks will be to get briefed on all of these outstanding issues, and i look forward to working with you and your committee on all of this. >> i know there's a tendency, sometimes, to be dismissive about these kinds of recommendations, i hope that you will make them a priority. >> if confirmed, i will look at them very seriously. >> and make sure that they are implemented. i know you are a doer, and these recommendations need doing. let me turn to one of the a

holiday week when traffic is down and i know if you look at nation wide i know in the nation transportation safety boardit unsure what traffic collisions are going up as the millions are going up or staying the same do our collision numbers mirror for the federal and others cities and just as the federal government keeps - >> not necessarily but i don't think we have yet that clockwise data was muni cloiksz so actually a very, very small subset of the traffic cloiksz concurring in the city for or less impartial to the national numbers the national numbers did uptick in the last year or two i don't think we have the most current numbers but ours are closer to flat and at the same time having more trips from the cloiksz are going certainly for the fatalities er the numbers are staying flat a lot of speculations as to why cloiksz nationally are increasing i think that there are more definitely more trips with the growing economy that happens ♪ industry not necessarily others and distracted driving is something that possible is a possible factor i think any instinct the distracted drivers we'll pointed out

holiday week when traffic is down and i know if you look at nation wide i know in the nation transportation safety board it unsure what traffic collisions are going up as the millions are going up or staying the same do our collision numbers mirror for the federal and others cities and just as the federal government keeps - >> not necessarily but i don't think we have yet that clockwise data was muni cloiksz so actually a very, very small subset of the traffic cloiksz concurring in the city for or less impartial to the national numbers the national numbers did uptick in the last year or two i don't think we have the most current numbers but ours are closer to flat and at the same time having more trips from the cloiksz are going certainly for the fatalities er the numbers are staying flat a lot of speculations as to why cloiksz nationally are increasing i think that there are more definitely more trips with the growing economy that happens ♪ industry not necessarily others and distracted driving is something that possible is a possible factor i think any instinct the distracted drivers we'll pointed out

holiday week when traffic is down and i know if you look at nation wide i know in the nation transportation safety board it unsure what traffic collisions are going up as the millions are going up or staying the same do our collision numbers mirror for the federal and others cities and just as the federal government keeps - >> not necessarily but i don't think we have yet that clockwise data was muni cloiksz so actually a very, very small subset of the traffic cloiksz concurring in the city for or less impartial to the national numbers the national numbers did uptick in the last year or two i don't think we have the most current numbers but ours are closer to flat and at the same time having more trips from the cloiksz are going certainly for the fatalities er the numbers are staying flat a lot of speculations as to why cloiksz nationally are increasing i think that there are more definitely more trips with the growing economy that happens ♪ industry not necessarily others and distracted driving is something that possible is a possible factor i think any instinct the distracted drivers we'll pointed out

safety measures in the wake of recent train crashes. new jersey senators cory booker and bob menendez are among five senators asking the national transportation board to conduct a comprehensive review on sleep apnea testing for railroad engineers. the group is hoping to prevent future accidents, like the train derailment in hoboken, new jersey, and in brooklyn, new york. >> coast guard video here shows the rescue of two men from a small fishing boat. this happened late last night in the delaware bay near salem, new jersey. the boat became disable, the men were able to call 911 for help. they were not injured, luckily. >>> and it is an amazing achievement. new jersey woman defies all of the odds, and completes a triathelon, now, they're hard as we know, but her medical condition makes this even more incredible. we'll tell you all about kelly's story coming up next. >>> some septa riders probably doing double take here today when they saw what others were riding in. little or nothing. we'll have a little bit more on that for you coming up. we'll tell you why. lauren? >> we are entrenched in this arctic air mass, but relief from the colds is on the wa