dealing with a suspension on the light rail service for new jersey transit from broad street up to penn station. septa's trenton line up to an hour delay. check before you head out the door. vai. >>> jessica, the first train heading out of the station to new york is on its way. a live look from sky force 10. there it is. northeast regional 110. supposed to leave at 5:53. got out a little bit late. 6:05. supposed to arrive at 7:22 at penn station. jesse gary is on that train. we'll get a report from him. >>> last-minute push for candidates in the race. candidates for philadelphia's mayor will have one day to win over voters. we'll continue to watch the train as the northeast corridor reopens between philadelphia and new york. just leaving 30th street station as vai said a few minutes late. "nbc 10's" jesse gary is on that train. more coming up. >>> just about 6:15. amtrak's northeast corridor is back on track this morning. this is a live picture from sky force 10 over the country's busiest rail corridor. over the first train from philly to new york. last week's train left minutes ago. "nbc 10's"

it seems like all over penn station, people are settling in for a trip. and they are offering to honor your ticket so they'll get you to newark penn station, princeton junction trenton, metro park. they are willing to let you kind of hop a ride with them if they can get you there. they just made that announcement. >> thank you very much. on the phone is larry mann who is described as a railroad expert. larry, can you hear me? >> i can. >> thank you for joining us. as i'm sure you understand, we have a lot of unanswered questions tonight and we may not have those answers for a while and i hate to ask you to speculate but if you can shed a little bit of light on this for us, i would appreciate it. >> sure. >> how could this possibly happen? what could be the most likely cause or causes? >> well congressman murphy indicated there was significant vibration and shaking right before the train derailed. so immediately it indicates to me that it was either track caused or there was a wheel failure. it's possible that speed had some play in this as well. we don't

this was a train that was supposed to go into new york's penn station rues what is typically a very easy ride. it was in the darkness that the jarring impact happened and that must have been a of course very scary very sudden for so many people. david was saying, too that a lot of these people that were getting off the train did seem to be a bit panicked. once they saw those first responder there is that helped them to calm down just a little bit and of course they are trained in doing that. we know there were 240 people on board this train bound for new york. we know that 50 plus have been injured. that number could grow as the night goes on. all of these being taken to area hospitals where they'll receive treatment and we know that this is train 188 that was headed to new york tonight. so about 10 cars we think have gone off the rails here and again once the light comes out tomorrow, right now the darkness of course hamper erring them. when the light comes can up tomorrow this is going to be a massive scene of mangled metal that we can see in pieces from chopper3. >> matt rivers report

there was an officer-involved shooting near penn station. cops apparently shot a man that was attacking them allegedly with a hammer. susan candiotti is here with details. >> scary moments out there and things are just now starting to calm down. according to a law enforcement official, this man was outside three blocks north of penn station waving this hammer around. police are on the scene. they try to get control of the man. there's a struggle. one of the officers falls to the ground. that's when another officer fires his weapon at the suspect who had the hammer. and the suspect is shot. we don't know his condition right now. the police officers appear to be okay. there are no passersby that appear to be hurt. >> there's someone attacking people, police say, with a hammer in new york in this area. so they have been on the lookout for just this type of thing. >> that's right. i don't know if we have it handy but even a sketch they put out very recently. this man as recently as monday there's a report of a suspect wielding a hammer who attac

cnn's jean casarez joins from us penn station.o. >> reporter: it was so exciting. they let us go down to the tracks. the people came and boarded. it wasn't a lot of people but 5:31 is when the train left the tracks. it was all aboard. there they went. you know we spoke to passengers. one man saying he was so excited that he finally would be able to get his train travel back. he said last week cost him over $1,000 because he had to fly to d.c. and several times. so economically, he is glad this has been restored. we know the ceo of amtrak said his workers have been around the clock to restore the infrastructure so the trains could start running today. we know the fbi is going to be on the scene today to look at what possibly happened to the windshield of the affected train. if you look at it it appears as though a projectile or a bullet. there will be fbi analysis on that. ironically, another amtrak train and another line the pennsylvania train reported and radioed in they had a projectile hit their train. the question is what happ

it was scheduled to arrive at new york's penn station at 10:34. >>> "action news" reporter dann cuellar is as close to the scene as he is being a allowed, and dann what can you see, what do you know. >> reporter: well, just a few feet from mere commissioner charles ramsey just came out, a little bit ago to talk to us and tell us how much he can tell us. he says it is not very much. we were here earlier right where it was unloading passengers from the overturned train and using ladders to unload the the injured passengers. many of the passengers were shell shocked and were in disbelief and wanted to know what happened. we asked them what happened. they said there was no warning. before they knew it, the trains were on their side. there were people screaming and they were trying to help people that were injured, at the same time, trying to exit the train themselves. but we understand from the officials here that as many as 60 people have have been injured, in this derailment. the cause of which it is yet unknown. people from home land security are here on the scene just in case to see if

this video shows the crowds at penn station chose the ripple effect the derailment is having. >> randy gillen haul is live at the station. you're seeing an impact there in. >> reporter: yeah, the biggest impact is going to be rail travel from here to philadelphia and new york city. outside 30th street station the flags are being flown at half staff for the victims of the derailment. while inside amtrak is trying to get a handle on moving thousands of passengers between major hubs while dealing with extensive damage on their tracks. from sky force 10 we spotted amtrak crews installing brand-new tracks at the crash site. but until monday all service between philadelphia and new york remain shut down. that is causing a ripple effect of frustration. at new york's penn station, passengers describe a chaotic scene. >> we got near three or four hours later than we were suppose to. >> passengers heading to washington are seeing cancellations as well. >> i had to rush down here and make the last one they had available to me. >> amtrak still needs to repair the tracks and service is disrupted fr

disaster, outside penn station, well, a horrible scene.here is new video now of a wild and alarming situation that played out as police say they shot a man who swung the claw end of a hammer at a female police officer. that unidentified suspect had been wanted in at least four hammer attacks in the city. our susan candiotti joins us now on set. susan, what does this new video show us? >> it's pretty scary. and all of this unfolding just after rush hour in midtown manhattan near penn station. you see this guy. and the police had been on routine patrol, just finished investigating an incident when they see this guy. they approach him. and they say unprovoked, he whips around and starts going after one of the two police officers, the female. she kind of falls, she loses her balance and her partner immediately picks up the gun and shoots this guy down firing four shots, two of them strike the suspect. and scary when you think about it because as you said, they happened to notice that he matched the description of someone that they had been on

from broad street up into penn station. that's to downed wires in the area. they're also shuttle bussing passengers to help with that. out the door to 295 in new jersey, through the work zone. not an active scene. where it typically tends to jam up in the early morning hours. and as we head out the door to the blue route, drive times there are free and in the clear as well. currently no problems. 15 minutes or just under 15 headed northbound from 95 up towards the schuylkill and southbound in the other direction. we have more drive times coming up in ten. >>> well we are heading into the busy summer travel season, and from airfare to prices at the pump what you can expect to pay as you plan your family vacation. plus, this. >>> thinking about how those guys did it on 9d oe/11 in full gear under stress trying to save people incredible. >> the first ever stair climb at one world trade center. >>> 5:41. a live picture from sky force 10 at 30 street station where we are counting down to the first amtrak train to deploy since tuesday night's deadly derailment. we'

so far from the morning from broad street into penn station and for right now they are shuttle bussing passengers to try to help with that situation. as we head out the door from 95 around academy road in the southbound lane, no problems here or extended volume. just 13 minutes. if you're headed southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. we're still watching an accident in upper merion and we'll check in with the new jersey turnpike coming up. tracy. >>> 11 minutes past 5:00 right now. heading into the home stretch. with just over 24 hours on the primary election a local person who weighs in. the one thing he says will make all the difference in the outcome. >>> firefighters, city officials, coming up on how you can weigh in on the proposed budget cuts in atlantic city that could impact hundreds of people. >>> just about quarter after 5:00 this morning. president obama will be in camden. here's a look. he's expected to highlight the strives they've made in improving the relationship with the community. kentucky senator rand paul is scheduled to visit the nati

do we have our reporter on the scene at new york penn station? we've got our producer, rachel maddow show producer at new york penn station talking to people expecting this train and reacting to the derailment of the train cars and these injuries. nick, what have you been able to find out tonight at new york penn? >> hey, rachel the train station here is mainly filled with people that are right now delayed. amtrak announced that all of their northern corridor trains are suspended indefinitely at the moment so it's right now filled with people mainly trying to figure out how they are going to get on the train or the directions they were supposed to be going prior to the derailment. it's not filled here necessarily with families waiting for information, everybody doing that has cleared out at this point, but that's the situation here. >> all right, we'll check back in with you, nick. let's get back to nbc philadelphia's coverage. >> reporter: you can just imagine how much force this train had when it went off the track to be able to bend the track

that train was spoedzed to -- supposed to arrive at new york's penn station at 10:30 last night. the train would have left the philly station around 9:10 and we know that it was about 9:30 when the derailment happened here not far from where with we're standing right now. it was supposed to be a 3 1/2 hour trip that ended tragically last night. it could be quite a while before we have answers about what went wrong here, eun. in the meantime, we are going to wait for as much asservice to resume here. it could be several days before amtrak can repair the tracks and get service going again through philadelphia. >> all right, aaron gilchrist, we'll check in with you once again. thank you. >>> crawl forward, sir. >> this is footage from instagram just into the newsroom showing people trying to escape the train. you can see how scary the situation was after that crash. many people had to squeeze their way out of that train. we have heard from witnesses who said they had to break through the emergency windows, the trains were flipped over, people were on the ground. one person showing th

it all came to an end wednesday near penn station. quickly pulled his gun.is now in serious conditions. some are asking how the police lost track of him the more important question surrounds how people did not notice that this might happen, see the warning signs and why did they not say something. i found numerous goods. another one he wrote in his notepad take them with force and speed. i am going to make you an angel, pour cement on your head. and another he said, i do not know who i am anymore. lastly we must obey the government. diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia recently but he discharged himself in january. spoke to former police detective to get more insight. >> they would not be a cop left on the street by noon. this is something where hopefully the families can recognize problems and alert police but a lot of times until they actually attack someone it is not a police problem. >> in charge of taking care of and watching every crazy person and wondering if they should. >> we always say that hammer picture really isn't anything. i saw this coming.

there has been disruptions across the northeast corridor as you mentioned, and disruptions here in penn stationi grew up in new york and went down into the station this morning, and normally a very busy time and passengers clearly got the message last night and didn't even bother showing up this morning. the few passengers that i spoke to really didn't have an alternate route to get to philadelphia this morning. we talked to several of them who were just wondering what they were going to do because amtrak over the pa system were saying they were not providing alternate routes to philadelphia, and we don't have any visibility of what travel will look like in the coming days, and it comes at a time when there is a decreased demand for rail especially in the northeast corridor amtrak and they saw a record number of passengers last year, and there will be questions about infrastructure and whether the infrastructure along the corridor can handle the kind of capacity it has seen in the last couple years, and how recent increases will tax the system. >> it's interesting, christina, because at 10:00 a

no surprise here if you've been in new york's penn station, it's the busiest station, not just the corridors train was heading but in the country. that's followed by washington, d.c. and philadelphia. to put train travel into perspective, other forms of transportation between the nation's capital and new york city amtrak carries more than three times as many riders as the entire airline industry. >> that's amazing three times as many. >> three times. >> amanda sakuma thank you for being with me. >>> we've been hearing from crash survivors and witnesses since last night. here's what some of them had to say about what they went through in their own words. >> we were sitting there, then it just -- you saw it go like that, swung, you could feel it off the tracks and then we just rolled and rolled. >> all of a sudden we're on our side and it looked like we were going to flip. we never flipped. we went on to the side and back off the side. >> fit like the brakes were hit hard. our car, we were third from the last slowly started going over to the right so i braced many i arm against it. >> next th

bordo, tomamos las reacciones de los usuarios esta maÑana antes de abordar el tren en la estaciÓn penn stationhaciendo el mismo recorrido. >>> asÍ lucÍa esta maÑana la terminal en penn state en nueva york. luego del restablecimiento de servicio de trenes de amtrak a philadelphia. >>> no me da miedo. no pasa siempre. >>> virgilÍo ortega iba hacia washington dc desde partiÓ el tren de amtrak que se descarrilÓ. aunque las causas del accidente estÁn bajo investigaciÓn, ortega que viaja con regularidad, teme que suceda de nuevo. >>> estÁn conscientes de lo que hacen, y pasan esos accidentes. >>> el pasado martes. cuando viajaba el doble de 50 millas por hora permitidas. luego de la tragedia el nuevo limite de velocidad es 45 millas y se estableciÓ un sistema de frenos automÁticos que antes no tenÍan. >>> en el trayecto rumbo al sur del corredor del noreste, la cÁmara estaba instalada. mientras el alcalde saludaba a los viajeros, investigadores federales tratan de investigar por quÉ el tren acelerÓ en lugar de disminuir la velocidad en la curva, y si el conductor habrÍa acelerado manualmente. luego

ones, does the red cross have people in new york at penn station waiting? >> you know, we are working across state lines. we are working to reunite families in the safest and fastest way possible. we are seeing a lot of reports of family members traveling here from the new york area. so we are working to get them reunited. >> it is nice to have people there to offer a cup of coffee, a shoulder, someone to talk to. how are you working through this with the people who, the walking wounded, those who managed to survive this wreck. >> we have coffee, we have water, we have snacks. most importantly we have a friendly face. as you know the red cross, you kn know, our volunteers responded. it wasn't when we first saw this report it was all hands on deck. and my volunteers were ready and reporting to the city to respond. before that call came. we couldn't do our job without these dedicated volunteers that have given so much tonight. and i have got to say, i said this earlier, but it is such a tragic event this evening, i'm so proud of the city of philadelphia, the

larry saya was supposed to pick giuseppe up at penn station the night of the crash.when he didn't show up they searched desperately for information. at one point, the family says they were toelt told giuseppe was to an subtle bus heading into new york and he was alive. although it wasn't true. they say they were told an amtrak representative made a mistake. >> it's hard to the family. they are waiting. the wife is still in disbelief. she kept on asking me are you sure it was him? it's him. >> reporter: once it was established giuseppe was killed they asked his body be kept in philadelphia so the family from italy could claim it. days later it was moved to new jersey without their consend. now the death certificate and other paperwork has to be shuttled back and forth between two states. and that takes time. the family has been told they may not be able to send giuseppe home until friday or sunday. >> whatever rofds records they have with the body now. they have to go to philadelphia, back to harrisburg then back to philadelphia, back to here and then back to the ital

this video shows the crowds at penn station, the ripple effect this derailment is having up and down the northeast corridor. philadelphia's 30th street station passengers are dealing with delays and cancellations. some people are telling us it's taking them an extra 4 or 5 hours to get where they're going. katy zachry is live in center city. when can commuters expect service to be fully restored? >> reporter: hi, tracy. according to the head of amtrak he said service to philadelphia and points south service could be restored as early as monday. until then take a look around 30th street station. the ripple effect continues. there are people who have been affected by what happened tuesday night. their travel plans delayed or even canceled. as we take a look at the derailment site you can see crews are making progress there. sky force 10 they were hauling in new sections of train tracks on thursday. they don't expect the stretch rail to be restored until monday. amtrak between boston and new york has been restored. trains are running on a modified schedule due to crews needing to restor

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the accident has happened who may be waiting for loved ones or friends to arrive at penn station this train. you can see there, we've been told there was no collision, but boy the train on the top part of your screen the car on the top part of your screen certainly looks like it impacted something, you can see that one appears to be where the most focus seems to be right now. there are first responders up and down the tracks and the trains that derailed. the ones at the front there, it seems, as kyw seems to pan out. that seems to be the buzz of activity clearly looking for anybody who may be trapped in the wreckage right now. the numbers we have very early, that 50 people were injured, really there's no way to tell at this point in time because it's so early in the game. you have a couple different views here one from a little further off, and one off on the left of your screen focused on the actual collision impact area we're working to get ahold of amtrak to get you more information, as we do we'll bring it to you. >> that is obviously a twisted train car. now we're going to go int

>> new york, penn station. >> reporter: when did you find out and when did you find out you had to get off here? >> we found out like probably like 20 minutes before. >> this is an inconvenience, nothing compared to what people are going to right now so my heart goes out to everybody who are dealing with this. >> reporter: and we heard that sentiment a lot, even as the lines got longer. many people in line talked about the six lives lost and the scores in the hospital. definitely commuters took some pause this morning. back here live, union station is bustling like it normally is. lots of people coming through here. the challenge is not over yet for people coming back to d.c. or commuters tomorrow. for more on that let's toss to larry miller. larry? >> that's certainly one of the things we're going to keep a close eye on tomorrow is what the impact that crash in philadelphia will have for commuters for tomorrow. but today still one of the cants rations we've been -- cancellations we've been talking about, 181 and 151 canceled. what might be an alternative for folks tomorrow might be to

massive manhunt under way, two police officers neon penn station, a couple blocks north of penn stationolice say the officers approached the suspect. the suspect then picked up a hammer with the claw side and went at the female officer knocking her to the ground. that's when her partner pulled out his gun and fired four shots, hitting the suspect twice. he is now in critical condition at bellview hospital. both officers we're told suffered minor injuries and are at a local hospital as well. >> so the female officer is okay minor injuries? >> yes. >> and this whole event has been resolved at least for now. there will obviously be an investigation into the shooting but suspect is still alive. >> yes, the suspect is still alive. they believe they can link him to the four previous incidents, and he apparently has a long rap sheet. we're tloeld's previous assaults, including one on a law enforcement officer along with drugs and weapons possession so -- and a history of mental illness. appears to be a somewhat troubled man who acted randomly picking his targets at random and decide it turn an

amtrak will have to be informing those people at penn station, i'm sure there's been some method used for that by now. janelle richards, we have images up on the screen of some of what's going on down there and this clearly, there's one shot here of a derailed car that's lying on its side. have you -- were you able to see when you were standing outside the train how quickly medical technicians were able to respond to the scene and help the most injured people? >> you know i know in these situations just from what i've reported in the past it always feels longer than it actually is. so i'm really not sure. it felt like it took a while, but, you know, they ended up getting here i'm sure very quickly. maybe 10 minutes, maybe less or more. >> and what about the passengers who are okay who have not been injured. are these all gathered somewhere there in the street waiting for transportation? >> yeah. everybody is gathered on the sidewalk watching -- watching people get into the ambulances now. >> has anyone communicated with the passengers who were uninjured about here is how we're going t

. >>> a police drama near busy penn station.ance video captured the moment that a man with a hammer attacks a police officer. the suspect in critical condition. he's wanted in a series of other attacks in the city. the police officer was not seriously injured. >>> a woman who is accused of killing her fiance has offered a confession confession. >> angelikag graswald. >>> surveillance cameras catching this. an suv plowed through the front door of a bloomingdale's store. they crashed the car, smashed the cases, took the loot. >>> a mortified massachusetts dad is trying to bounce back. he parked in a commuter lot, was on the train heading to work that's when he realized he had left his sleeping toddler in the backseat of his car. that's when he made this frantic call to 911. >> i left by accident my toddler in my suv at north quincy station. >> you left what? >> my little baby. >> all right. how far out are you? >> i'm at charles and mgh. i'm on my way back. >> emergency crews found the car with the baby still inside. paramedics sa

amtrak train 123 got stuck around 10:00 last night traveling from penn station in d.c. to new york when a loose cable caused the train to stop. we have a picture that was sent to us from one of the passengers on the train. they were stuck on the track for about an hour. the power was out for about 10 minutes. another amtrak train picked up some of the stranded passengers who arrived in d.c. nearly two hours late. >>> 4:07. we have new video this morning of a boarded up blankenberg elementary school hours after a car slammed into t. one person went to the hospital after this. no word on what caused the driver to lose control. despite the damage this morning students and teachers will report to class. >>> there are new details about a deadly crash in cumberland county that killed three people including an 8-year-old girl. police say the driver of a black honda lost control, ran into a silver camry in millville on sunday. police tell us the driver was chris clack. he died with another driver michelle zenchuck. a 3-year-old survived. a neighbor nearby said he and his wife r

the crowds at penn station, it shows the ripple effect this derailment is having up and down the northeast corridor. philadelphia dealing with delays and cancellations. crews were hauling in new sections of track working to restore service. the head of amtrak said service could be restored between philadelphia and new york as early as monday. trains are still running on a modified schedule from philadelphia south of d.c. and amtrak is addressing the tragedy. yesterday joseph boardman released a statement saying the railroad takes full responsibility with the derailment and they are cooperating fully with the investigation. >>> pennsylvania senator bob casey plans to visit those recovering at temple university hospital a little bit later this morning. you're looking at casey touring the crash site on wednesday just under a half dozen derailment victims remain at temple. six are in critical condition with more surgeries planned. all are expected to recover. >>> family and friends will say good-bye to one of the victims of the derailment. funeral services will be held in new york for 20-year-

chaos in new york city and this shows the crowd in penn station and the ripple effect this is having in the northeast corridor. frustrations are still high on the corridor as they try to navigate all the changes. katy zachry is live with an update on the rales. katy. >> reporter: hi, tracy. we heard from the president of amtrak who says regular service between philadelphia and new york could be restored as early as monday. there is some good news there but unfortunately until then the ripple effect continues. some good news however, from the derailment scene is that crews are making progress out there, from sky force 10 we saw them hauling in new sections of track yesterday. while they do not expect that stretch rail to be restored as i said until monday. amtrak announced regular service between boston and new york has been fully restored. from philadelphia south to washington, d.c. trains are still running on a modified schedule. that is expected to be restored also over the weekend hopefully by monday. septa's trenton line is also shut down because it shares rail tracks with amtrak

last night red cross volunteers were at new york's penn station to offer support to about 150 people who were on the train. a spokesperson described many of them as shaken or distraught. craig boswell, cbs news, philadelphia. >>> as we reported more than 200 amtrak passengers were injured. this morning about two dozen remain hospitalized. they described a chaotic scene as hundreds scrambled for their lives. john shaw said the most frightening part was when the lights went out. he said it was the scariest 15 seconds of his life. >> you saw people being thrown out of their seats, luggage going everywhere. it took a few minutes to realize the amount of pain they were in and that's when you really started hearing the screaming. >> nearly all of those injured had fractured ribs. doctors say that indicates they were rattled around a lot. >>> the house appropriations office is taking heat after talking about cutting amtrak's budget. when wednesday's vote came hours after the crash. they would cut their spend big $251 million. the representative criticized his colleagues for letting the publ

o'malley plans to sign a lease for office space near penn station. he is casting himself as an alternative to hillary clinton. o'malley held a call with supporters yesterday saying that he can bring new leadership and progressive values to the white house. >>> the arlington county police department has named an official police chief acting chief jay farr will permanently replace retired chief doug scott. farr has been serving in the role since march. he has been a member of the arlington county police department since 1990. >>> montgomery county also has a new fire chief this morning. county executive ike legget promoted mike goldstein to the post. he said he always wanted to be a firefighter. >> that was a childhood -- you know a fascination with fire trucks that never went away. i was very proud of the day i was able to start at the training academy back 20 25 years ago. >> goldstein succeeds former chief steve lohr who retired this year. >>> vcu is one of 55 centers in the country for disease control and prevention. the u.s. health department want

. >>> a police drama near busy penn station.ance video captured the moment that a man with a hammer attacks a police officer. then her partner shoots the man. the suspect in critical but stable condition. he's wanted in a series of other attacks in the city. the police officer was not seriously injured. >>> a woman who is accused of killing her fiance has offered a chilling on fegs according to prosecutors. they say angelika grass wald tampered with his kayak. she told them quote, it felt good knowing he would die. she first claimed her fiance disappeared while kayaking on the hudson river. his pod has not been found. >>> a brazen group of thieves here. near stanford university. surveillance cameras catching this. an suv plowed through the front door of a bloomingdale's store. they crashed the car, smashed the cases, took the loot. police found the suv, which was tollen. no sign of the jewel thieves, though. >>> a mortified massachusetts dad is trying to bounce back. from what he says was one of the worst days of his life. he pa

this is new video from penn station, where trains from new york to philadelphia have just departed.ng from philadelphia to new york are set to leave in just about a minute right now. over the weekend crews made the necessary repairs to the track damaged in tuesday's deadly derailment. amtrak has also upgraded its safety measures, putting in place a speed control system for northbound trains, southbound system had already been in place. >> also, today president obama is in camden, where he'll check out the city's community policing effort. the president will also meet with young people, during his visit to the city. >> nine bikers are dead, and 18 injured after a violence broke out among at least five rival gangs at a central texas restaurant. police locked down parts of the town of wako, and at least 100 people are being questioned by police. >> 5:53, let's check in with katie and get our forecast. >> forecast, generally speaking, off to pretty nice start here. we do have the mugginess factor going for us on a monday morning, atlantic city though the sun shining through some cloud c

that first train was behind schedule, it arrives at penn station about 30 minutes late and there have been trains that took off after that. amtrak says there are minor repairs that need to be done aren't that accident site but nothing to prevent trains from running. live at 30th treat station catherine scott channel six "action news" rick. >>> funeral service is are being held for three of the victims of the last week derailment. rachel jacobs is being laid to rest in her native michigan. she was a ceo a philadelphia base the start up company. services for bob gildersleeve new jersey is happening in new jersey and funeral mask held for laura finamore in new york. she was riding in the train home when she was killed that evening. >>> meantime new lawsuits from passengers involved in last week's deadly derailment were filed in federal court this morning. tom kline and robert, are representing four people, who survived the crash. attorneys say that they filed suit quickly so their clients could have access to as much preserved evidence, as possible. >>> police feared that the threat of v

let's go to penn station to christina. >> reporter: i am standing in front of penn station, which ish america, and it is, as a result of that a major stop along the northeast corridor the busiest rail passenger line in the country, and what we are seeing today is a lot of service disruptions, not just from new york to philly but throughout the line and this is creating major problems for travelers, major logistical problems for amtrak and it has not updated its service page since 3:00 in the morning and it's trying to respond to people on social media. i was inside the train station early this morning at 5:00 a.m. typically a very busy time and most passengers -- actually it was kind of quiet this morning, and over the pa amtrak saying there is no alternative to get to philadelphia except that the new jersey transit is honoring tickets to trenton, but that is still 40 minutes away from philadelphia so people will have a tough time getting around. there is no real visibility about when it's going to get better at this point. this is a railway line and if you look at it stretching from

do they try to take their chances and use a charter bus that amtrak has set up to take them to penn station in manhattan and see if they can try to increase their chances of getting to their destination. one of those passengers we ran into a short while ago was staying with family and trying to get out to rhode island. had not heard about the crash. her name was mary. she had to go quickly from plan a to plan b. >> original plan was to take the amtrak from philly to rhode island, and now i'm going to go back and stay with relatives another day and figure out the best way. probably by bus. >> reporter: a lot of passengers from the original train, 188 coming from hospitals over here to 30th street station. these are people who did not have private transport, did not need some emotional or psychological care. we did speak with a mother and daughter from france. when i mentioned were they going to be put on another form of rail or train they said absolutely no train. they went by private transportation. they are gradually starting to make their way to their destinations. >> thank you for that i

terminals have not been upgraded and that is what we should be doing, upgrading terminals in kennedy, penn station you so much for your time today. the author of the op-ed in the new york times mets adjusts we should just shut down laguardia. chairman and ceo dick parsons weighing in on consolidation taken place in the cable industry. hear what he has to say. ♪ scarlet: welcome p ryan scarlet fu. we will get a check of commodity prices. let's start off with oil prices. perhaps that is one reason why it will and other commodities are showing signs of falling. is that the easiest reason? >> across the board, you see commodities in red. fundamentally, you are looking at prices for oil and copper that had huge runs in the past week and they are retreating a little bit. todayys had a note out lumping in oil and copper saying in theory, higher prices should point to stronger growth globally. however, that might be wrong and it might not actually be the truth. i love -- >> i love how circular this argument can get. now there is inflation and the inflation will feed into the growth and what the central ba

journey, which started off just after 7:00 yesterday evening and due to end at 2:34 in new york at penn station, it was a fully-booked train. it was fully reserved, so they pretty much know who was on and who was not on the train. that said, there are people who buy tickets and not get on. and there are amtrak workers who take the train to get home for the evening and they don't need to buy tickets. there are many who may have walked away unscathed there are seven dead, now and they want friends and relatives to call this number to register concern about their loved one. it's a 1-800 number. 1-800-523-9101. 1-800-523-9101. let me say that one more time. i slightly fluffed that last attempt. 1-800-523-9101. >> there were a number of speakers the mayor mike nutter, the real work is in delaware where the event recorders are being analyzed, information is being downloaded. that's where if we're going to learn what really happened here, we're going to learn what happened when we get more information and those event recorders are analyzed, right? >> they have already does cover what had they call an

the first of hundreds to arrive on the train from penn station to washington union station. amtrak works around the clock to get the northeast corridor service back online earlier than anticipated. also this afternoon, amtrak says it installed speed son sors where train 188 derailed. they will slow the engines down if it's not automatically done by the train's engineers. this morning as the trains return to service the f.b.i. is joining the ntsb in the investigation. it remains unclear why train 188 reached speeds of 106 miles per hour in a 50-mile-per-hour zone. the f.b.i. now must determine whether the train was hit by a projectile or even a bullet. the two other trains reported being hit by projectiles, minutes before 188 crashed tuesday night. passengers on this morning's train say the service was slower than normal. >> it was a bit slower. before that i drove. >> the train's arrived a half hour late but there were no real problems on board and things are getting back to normal. this afternoon, there are still people in the hospital from last week's derailment. reporting

are here at penn station.f you take an amtrak train to or from new york city. this is where you will arrive and leave. we went down stairs to look at the schedules everything is canceled. here is the schedule. everything on this piece of paper is scheduled to leave or come into new york today. that's not happening because of this amtrak derailment in philadelphia. there are modifications between washington and philly and new york and boston, call amtrak or go on the website and learn about the modifications. no service between new york and philadelphia. new jersey transit is going to honor your amtrak tickets between new york city and trenton. if you go online on amtrak.com. it's canceled. everything is just shut down. one million people travelled that northeast corridor on amtrak in the month of march. a lot of people are affected. we arrived here this morning. we talked to one lady. she was actually on the train behind the one out of philadelphia. that was derailed. so they had to wait on her train for about

coverage begins live at new york's penn station. >> reporter: good morning, it's quite a morning heremtrak tweeted out that this morning at 5:30 service would resume. the first train would go out and it did. they let us go down there when the first train was leaving so we saw not that many people on the train, but passengers said they were excited. it was very needed. i spoke to one man who says he has to go to washington, d.c. several times a week and spending $1,200 round trip to fly there last week. he was relieved a little scared but ready to go. the northeast corridor is the most traveled train area of the country country. over 750,000 passengers a day. amtrak's cost to the economy, 100 million. you can see how happy they were. the ceo of amtrak released a statement. he said the safety of our passengers and crew remains our number one priority. our infrastructure repairs have been made with the utmost care on infrastructure integrity, including complete compliance with federal railroad administration directorives. just a minute ago, the first train that came from philadelphia to

bound for new york city's penn station. the train consisted of one locomotive and seven passenger cars. and according to amtrak there were 238 passengers and a crew of five for a total of 243 occupants of the train. at 9:21 p.m. while traveling through a left-hand turn the entire train derailed. just moments before the derailment the train was placed into engineer induced braking and this means that the engineer applied full emergency brake application. maximum authorized speed through this curve was 50 miles per hour. when the engineer induced brake application was applied. the train was traveling at approximately 106 miles per hour. 3 seconds later when the data from the recorders terminated the train speed was 102 miles per hour i'll indicate that these were preliminary figures of speed subject to further validation, but we are pretty close on that. that is our first look at it it's a complex thing you don't just press a button and it spits out a speed we have to measure the wheel speed and put it into a formula but we a

beginning at 5:30 tomorrow morning when the north-east regional train pull us out of penn station. the engineer has been questioned who says he has no memory. a conductor told officials she heard that engineer report on impact over the radio. officials listened to the dispatch and did not hear the engineer make the call. they say there's evidence of something hitting the windshield. when asked if it's possible someone shot at the train, n f.s.b. had this to say. >> i'd like to downplay that. it looks like something the size of a grape fruit. it did not penetrate the windshield. we are looking at everything. this is another piece of the investigation. >> almost 20 people injured in the crash are in the hospital. five of them in critical condition. on friday an amtrak employees filed the first lawsuit acting for more than 150,000 in damages. congress limited the amount amtrak could pay out lawsuits to 200 million. that cap was instituted in 1997 when amtrak was facing bankruptcy. that amount would be under 300 million. some attorneys are predicting that this could be the first case i

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bound for new york city penn station. the train consisted of one locomotive and seven passenger cars. and according to amtrak there were 238 passengers and a crew of five for a total of 243 occupants of the train. at approximately 9:21 p.m. while traveling through a left-hand turn the entire train derailed. just moments before the derailment the train was placed into engineer-induced braking and this means that the engineer applied full emergency -- a full emergency brake application. maximum authorized speed through this curve was 50 miles per hour. when the engineer induced brake application was applied, the train was traveling at approximately 106 miles per hour. three seconds later, when the data to the recorders terminated the train speed was 102 miles per hour. i will indicate that these are preliminary figures of speed subject to further validation but we're pretty close on that. that's our first look at it. it's a pretty complex thing. you don't just press a button and it spits out a speed. you have to measure the

bound for new york city penn station the train consisted of one locomotive and seven passenger cars and according to amtrak there were 238 passengers and a crew of five for a total of 243 occupants of the train. at approximately 9:21 p.m. the entire train derailed. just moments before the derailment the train was placed into engineer-induced breaking, and this means that the engineer applied full emergency--full emergency brake application. the maximum speed was 55 per hour. when the brake was applied the train was traveling at approximately 106 miles per hour. three seconds rate when the data terminated the train speed was 102 miles per hour. i will indicate that these are preliminary figures of speed subject to further validation but we're pretty close to that. it's a complex thing. you don't just press a button and it spits out a speed. you have to measure the wheel speed but we're confident that the train was traveling pretty close of those speeds within one and two mile per hour. the train had recorders. it had forward facing video cameras and it had an event data recorder. both of

to the new york city penn station. it stopped at the 30th street station here in philadelphia.st night, and just a short distance away, after it left that station the train started to come off the tracks. several cars left the tracks. the engine part of the train separated from the rest of the train, came off the tracks as well as the train started to round a curve in this area. five crew members on board, and over 300 on board when this accident happened. as we have been telling you, 140 people taken to area hospitals. every hospital in philadelphia received some patients woe understand as they had to ramp up their staffing late last night. some of those injuries severe. and at least five people confirmed dead at this point. as many as six or seven people have been found dead already in this investigation. so from here, eun, that's what happens. an investigation that's happening with the fire department, also happening with the ntsb will be happening as the day and the days

york and washington dc beginning 5:30 tomorrow when the north-east regional train pulse out of penn station. investigators questioned the engineer who says he had no engineer. a conductor told he heard the engineer report an impact. they listened to the impact take and did not hear the engineer make the tall, but there is evidence of something hitting the windshield. when asked if it's possible someone shot at the train n.t.s.b.'s robert had this to play. >> i have seen the fracture pattern, it looks like something about the size of a grape fruit and did not penetrate the wind shield. we are looking at everything. this is another piece of the investigation. >> reporter: almost 20 injured in the crash are in the hospital. five in critical condition. friday an amtrak employee filed the first lawsuit asking for mon thafr $150,000 in damages. congress limited the amount paid out to $200 million paid out in lawsuits. that cap was instituted in 1997 when amtrak was facing bankruptcy and hasn't been raised. adjusted for innation it would be under $300 million and this could be the first case in wh

. >> some of those treated and released made it to new york's penn station on another train and while the search for those stilg missing -- still missing continues. >> and what can you tell us about the patients still in the hospital? do we know how many there are and how many are missing? >> this is one of six hospitals that the patients were brought to last night at temple university hospital but they are the closest to the crash site and only three mielts away -- miles away, so they have the majority of the patients, 54 patients and half have been treated and released but 23 patients remain here, including eight in critical condition. now according to the medical director we know that many of the patients had partially collapsed lungs. he also said pointedly that nearly every patient had some sort of rib fracture. and we know there are three major surgeries scheduled for this hospital tomorrow. anderson. >> appreciate the reporting. here in philadelphia, at the nearby station, the red cross is providing counseling and support for the survivors. they have been helping out since abou