john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you john. we have also learned that the 32-year-old engineer of the amtrak train is at east detectives for questioning he did suffer minor injuries and we heard this morning he was refusing to make a statement until his lawyer arrived at the police division sources tell "action news" that at this point speed is the focus of the investigation but still in the preliminary stages. ali gorman is live at temple university hospital where many of the injured were taken last night what is the latest there? >> reporter: passengers were taken to ten different area hospitals including temple. when something like this happens it's all hans on deck at the hospital and the chief medical officer tells us that they were ready. >> it happened in seconds. >> passengers on board the train tell a scary and chaotic scene more than 200 people were taken to area hospitals some on stretchers and some out of police wagons and some by septa buses. 54 came to temple university hospital and one died here because of massiv

live at ocean city, john rawlins "channel 6 action news" back you to walter. >> thank you john. of course you did not have to go far to find a great time today. lots of us stayed home and enjoyed a stunning spring day. "action news" reporter kenneth moton found plenty of people enjoying start of long weekend right here. right, kenneth. >> that is right, walter, the is they has been busy tonight and penn's landing has been the place to be. people have been on this roller skating rink here and enjoying the numbers. there were a number of those plague here and the pack had him sglakd unofficial start to 2015 game with a lot of people out and about enjoying beautiful saturday night. >> it's awesome beautiful someday to be out here. >> spruce street harbor park swung into action for food, fun for families that came from all over. >> everybody is m coming together and it's fun. you can play with all the families and see everybody is everybody is having a good time. >> it was time for selfies and water on the delaware. and we found this plaque flying memorial day weekend. >> those refl

john rawlins has been down the shore all weekend long and joins us live from margate with more on how people are enjoying the holiday. better out there today right. >> reporter: much better off the chill is gone, unlike saturday or sunday you don't need to put on a sweatshirt or bundle up to go to the beach. as you can see behind me the beach ef beach is filling up with sun worshipers. earlier, some took time to reflect on the reason for the holiday. ♪ margate's memorial day parade is not a big one. there's a the piper, the marching band, the vfw ascertain civic leaders and lots and lots of kids and their families sporting red white and blue. there's reason to be here, charlie mullen summers in this shore town. >> it's a way to honor the men and women who gave their lives for our country and the disabled, as well. they have to live the rest of their lives remembering what they want through. >> reporter: precede watching is massive for -- parade watching is passive for most of us, but not arleen who moved here in the 1960s. >> it's about enjoying life. >> reporter: after the parade,

"action news" reporter john rawlins live in ventnor where it was too chilly for a beach day, right john. >> reporter: let's call it brisk. you had to be up and hardy to wanting to down to the beach. folks did. this may be the unofficial beginning of summer but it is springtime. big factor today is the wind. looking to my right that big flag that was the big deciding factor, if you went down on to the beach today is the wind. at first glimpse some delightful day at the beach plenty of sun but with the temperatures barely in the 60's and a steady off shore breeze, it it was, well, goose bump chilly. >> i feel the cold is just a frame of mine. for us, we have more layers, it the is just the temperature you want to be. >> reporter: just hoping in snow. >> there you go. >> it is cold today but still worth it to make a trip down, dip your toes in the sand. >> reporter: are you sure. >> absolute thely. >> reporter: i think you are shivering. >> i'm living but dress add pope eighthly. >> reporter: that being a hooded sweat shirt no such luck for young model focus of the photo shoot that feature

rawlins. >> and john rawlins live at the derailment scene. that scene was a rescue mission last night. what is the specific mission there tonight? >> well, now it's a recovery mission at this point they are looking for anymore bodies that may have been trapped in the wreckage or thrown from the wreckage, we heard from the ntsb a short time ago we learned that there is a safety device known as a possive train control that could have slowed this train down and prevented the accident the black box says the train was speeding and the engineer put the train into a full emergency braking mode but it was too little too late. >> 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. >> the ntsb knows the train was moving more than 50 miles per hour over the posted stead limit but does not at this point know why. >> our mission was to find out not only what happened and why it happened so we can prevent it from happening ag

john rawlins channel 6 "action news." back to you, rick williams. >> thank you let's switch live to meteorologist david murphy for more on the weather conditions that are contributing to the fires. >> reporter: john hit it on the nose, we not only have low humidity and dry fuels on the forest floor because of our lack of recent rain, but it's expected to become breezy in the arch for that reason we have a red-flag warning which means an enhanced chance of brushfires starting and spreading. it winds are expected to pick up at 1:00 p.m. the winds are not that bad but they are getting higher. 7 miles per hour a half-hour ago, now up to 9. it's a little bit more blustery down south. the winds will continue out of the southwest i expect on the average in the afternoon hours they will run 100 to 20 miles per hour. which is enough to kick upment flames and make it harder for the firefighters. that's the red-flag warning. we have another issue that involves the air quality. before we hit that, some bit of advice for you, if you o

live in margate, john rawlins channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you john. >>> many folks chose to stay closer to home to celebrate the holiday. families like this one in camden gathered at area parks for some good food and lively conversation. but the solemn meaning of memorial day never far from their thoughts. and be sure to check 6abc.com/weather as you head back to work or school tomorrow. also don't forget to check our storm tracker six radar in case any storms hit in your area later this week. >>> firefighters are working to contain a brush fire in oaks county tonight. crews were called to the area of reed road and perrinville road in jackson township about 4 o'clock this afternoon. the fire is burning in a wooded area. no structures appear to be threatened at this time. >>> and in other news police investigating an early morning attack in south philadelphia. investigators say a woman woke to find an intruder standing over her bed. "action news" reporter chad pradelli live at the scene on south rose wood street with the rest

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. as john mentioned the rail cars and and begins are being moved to the amtrak maintenance yard in bear, delaware there the wreckage will undergo three dimensional scans they take precise measurements to show the damages to the cars. most of our focus now is on the engineer of the amtrak 188 brandon bostian, it was going 106 miles per hour when it derailed into a 50 miles per hour zone. chad pradelli is live now outside of his attorney's office. >> reporter: his lawyer says he remembers nothing from the accident and why the train was going so fast. but the ntsb should letter more when bostian is interviewed. >> the fact that the train was going at excessive speed but the reason is to be determined. >> he entered the curve and attempted to reduce speed and little else afterwards, he suffer aid concussion that killed eight and wounded 200 others. >> as for the concussion, he has no recollection of the events i am told his memory is likely to return as the concussion subsides. >> a fellow

in white fog village in pemberton township is john rawlins. john what is the latest there. >> reporter: jim, this is the command post of the firefighters, the latest came about four minutes ago that fifth fire has been declared contained and that's good news there. all five fires have been contained. it's been a long fight for some of the folks on the fire line today. they've been here since 4 a.m. >> things are running down we're starting to get it mopped up. we called the fires a hundred percent contained. >> reporter: at the peek five wild fares raged a few miles from one another. both aircraft and ground crews battled the flames that burned more than 80 acres. to slow the advance firefighters using gasoline set back fires, smaller control fires. the idea behind using a backfire is to deprive the main fire of its fuel. the goal to stall and contain the wildfire. authorities concluded the five fires were deliberately set in part because two smaller fires were discovered and extinguished earlier and the five bigger fires started during the re

lets begin with john rawlins live at the scene. >> reporter: we heard from mayor nutter, he cautioned that much of the information is preliminary and subject to change this is a mass casualty situation and there is also confusion, the death toll does standard at six at this time, that is the confirmed authorized death toll and there are many many people that are very sick and hurt in the hospital there is not a real clear picture of how many people are missing or unaccounted for at this time. the mayor suggests that some people may have missed the train, as for survivors they describe what was a routine train ride that became suddenly chaotic. >> you feel the car tipping over and then it was just blackness of flipping in the dark, not sure where i would end up by being hit by seats and things. >> passenger beth davis describing the violent derailment. as of this morning four bodies were removed from the train and one is still inside and one died in the temple university hospital. it's unclear how many people are missing, the people do not sync up with the medical personal. we have not

. >> we move on to "action news" reporter john rawlins at the place to be at the jer jury shore. >> joining us live where officials are hoping for a big sgleekd it's doll down here next to atlantic ocean. indicates are that will be the case earlier return at least. we talked to the amusement folks and said sales this year up significantly compared to last year at this time. so things looking good and certainly apt dot alley they were just mobbed the boardwalk today in atlantic city. those things have been -- somewhat now. something new in the night sky. i think time square meets boardwalk. this sound and light show part of 50 million up grate at the trop can a reaction. >> anything that brings people out is that the non-gambling that children can enjoy also is a plus for atlantic city. >> and this is our attraction the boardwalk. >> the boardwalk getting new focus as ac attempts to get you a gambling resort. if they have toe adjust we'll do that. >> attracting more families and non-gamblers of camden sghi have a pier. >> right. >> and oceans. >> lopez they would like to see. >> i owe would

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"action news" reporter john rawlins is live at 30th street station. john back to the commuters. perhaps some were slightly anxious travelers today but overall i imagine everybody was glad to see service back online. >> reporter: yeah, there were some anxious travelers today. but most folks were not. they had been waiting for this to happen as you say the train left little after 6 o'clock this morning. there is a regular sort of cad dray of people who use amtrak to commute from 30th station up to points north. they have been waiting to get service back. the first northbound train departed with 109 people on board. >> no, no. >> a little bit outyeah. nothing else going to keep me from getting on my commute. >> there's risk in driving risk in flying. i don't see any difference with the train. >> reporter: train 110 passed smoothly at about 45 miles per hour over the newly installed replacement track. amtrak was ordered to switch on an automatic device that can if needed prevent overspeeding along this northbound stretch. prior to last week's derailment it had only used the system o

live at temple university, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you john. the childrens hospital of philadelphia cut the ribbon today on a new surgery center in king of prussia, it's on goddard boulevard and replaces an existing one nearby the new facility is 135,000 square feet and allows children to have same day surgery close to home. >>> they held an official ground breaking today for a high-rise about to open near drexel university. it will have 212 rooms the building at 33 and chestnut has a restaurant and meeting space the hotel is scheduled to open in the fall of 2016. >> coming untonight a mulenburg student back from nepal shares her experiences with the tragedy. >>> and jeff skversky is live where new eagles showed up today. >> first day on the job for the new eagles rookies some guys believe they can make an impact in week one, we'll hear from them coming up in sports. hot out here i need a pool. >> come over my house it's warm this weekend, we'll have severe storm warnings out west and what we can expect closer to home. >>> many american college

john rawlins is following the latest developments from there at the crash site. what is the update from your vantage point. >> reporter: from our point was not only did they confirm the eighth death and that is seven at the scene, it also means the city announced that it would be able to account for all 243 people that were suppose to be aboard train number 188 when it pulled out philadelphia's 30th street station and in the meantime the probe into what caused the incident continues by the ntsb. >> they continue their job at the crash site and some of the damaged stock is removed to be examined late under delaware the ntsb knows that train 188 was going too fast but not why. others will look at the rails and signals and mechanical system as board the locomotive and look at human performance factors, the engineer did give a blood sample, toxtesting is required by federal law and amtrak did that in compliance with the law those results take a while to get back, cell phone records is something we do as a matter of routine. >> the engineer brandon bostian's attorney

in northeast philadelphia, john rawlins channel6 "action news". >> the competitors getting ready for sunday's broad street run. thousands of people are stopping by the health and wellness race expo at the pennsylvania convention center. everyone can pick up their bids and packets for the race. the expo runs tonight until 7:00 tomorrow again from 9:00 until 6:00 then the nation's largest 10-miler begins at 8:00 a.m. sunday. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, a gift for the families of two fallen heroes. how geno's steaks gave back today. >>> and the newest eagle has landed. nelson agholor is introduced at the novacare center as the birds prepare for the second day of the draft. cecily. >> well, cool and cloudy today, the high 64 degrees. by sunday up into the upper 70's. it gets even warmer next week. i'll have that taste of summer in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> ♪♪ >> and a multi-million dollar project could bring 5,000 jobs to delaware. that and more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪♪ >> hundreds of demonstrators marked this mayday with a march through we

but first we turn to "action news" reporter, john rawlins with more on the fires burning. >> reporter: hi, sarah multiple fires burning about 65 acres by our calculation apparently not an accident or act of nature. you'll hear about that in a moment here. officials awoke to five sprid -- spreading brushfires in pemberton township. ground crews and helicopters are using to contain the fire. two. largest are a work in progress. as for a cause -- >> these are man-caused fires. it's suspicious, the fires are under investigation local county law enforce. are working together, state park police are involved. >> reporter: well, it's that criminal investigation go forward, the fire fighting continues. the hope is to have the fires contained asap. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> let's he -- let's go back live outside, sky6 live hd showing you the center city skyline. like we mentioned the dry conditions and high winds could make for a dangerous situation. our team coverage continues with meteorologist david murphy outside the studios with the latest from accuweather. >> reporter: not

live in west oak lane, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." tam. >> okay, john, hope that is the case. thank you. >>> the manhunt goes on for a predator who has struck twice in south philadelphia. police say he invaded a home on the 1800 block of south rosewood street on monday. sources say the suspect was hiding in the shower for several hours he waited for a woman to go to sleep and then sexually assaulted her. investigators think he's the same man who the a tacked another woman at home on the 1700 block of south chadwick street back in march. in that case the victim was with her two young children. altogether they managed to fight him off. >> the idea of using children, you know, just their presence alone, using that as a shield or a means to get what you want it's something wrong about that, folks. >> in both cases police say the predator was wearing red or orange gloves. they say he entered both homes through an unlocked door or window. >> authorities in cape may county, new jersey have busted a widespread student sexting ring and one sch

lets get started with john rawlins, you have the latest. >> reporter: it continues in a number of directions, the analysis of the recorders continue in washington d.c., the train cars are slowly moved to delaware for further analysis there and down at the crash site site investigators look at the track and the signals and getting the cars and locomotives ready to move. >> this morning the fire department got a call from the crash site to bring a cadaver dog to the crash site and the dog found an additional victim. >> we were able to extricate that person that brought the death toll to eight. >> with today's discovery the city can account for all 243 people on board at the time of the crash. >> all the individuals we believe we were looking for or trying to identify have all now been accounted for. the crash investigation continues, it's being brought to bear delaware where it will be part of an accident reconstruction. we know now that the train was moving at 106 miles per hour. twice the speed allowed. but they don't know why. >> it is absolutely too early to draw conclusions but we are her

live in west oak lane, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." back to you all. >> okay, john, thank you for that. >>> it is 5:04 now. and philadelphia police are desperately trying to track down a predator. they say he's already struck at least twice. sources say the suspect was leading in the shower of a south philadelphia home on monday. he waited for the victim to go to sleep and then he sexually assaulted her. police think this is the same man who back in march attacked o woman in her home in point breeze. he entered through an unlocked door or window. >> the underage and unlicensed driver that was that the wheel of of a crash that killed three teen. the 16-year-old was placed on probation yesterday. the judge in wayne county ordered her to do community service, pay restitution and write apology letters to the families. the three students from council rock high school south were in the suv she was driving when it crashed in the poconos back in august. her father, michael wear, phases charges for giving his underage daughter permission to dri

rawlins. >> and john rawlins live at the derailment scene. that scene was a rescue mission last night. what is the specific mission there tonight? >> well, now it's a recovery mission at this point they are looking for anymore bodies that may have been trapped in the wreckage or thrown from the wreckage, we heard from the ntsb a short time ago we learned that there is a safety device known as a possive train control that could have slowed this train

the "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in port richmond with more, john? >> reporter: hi rick. the on site portion of the investigation has wrapped up. it continues off site, however, high on the a agenda for ntsb will be to talk to the engineer, specifically, about that period of time. that one minute or so, prior to the crash when the train was accelerating when it should have been slowing. investigators also want to look at his cellular and data phone data a devices to see if they were switched honor off. federal regulations are they are to be switched off during operations here. the as for the site in port richmond the focus is now honorary building. crash scene tuesday night focus was on rescue, by wednesday and thursday, it transition todd recovery and investigation. now with the damage trains moved to delaware for further examination, restoration of service is the the priority. orange vested workers can be seen piecing together a temporary track and restringing overhead wires. amtrak's goal. >> we expect that we will be within limited services at le

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> a great opportunity there, thank you john. now to accuweather lets go live outside outside sky 6 hd showing you the camera is bumping around a bit. david murphy is outdoors. >> it's feeling very warm here on the terrace, a half hour ago we had thick cloud cover and now the sun is breaking through, there is satellite, the sweep of the thicker cloud cover in white coming through and now we break back into the darker shade of gray where the sun is able to burst through, it looks mainly dry and a slight chance of our shower and mid-atlantic is warm by the coast 83 in new york and 86 in washington and even warmer down in richmond virginia cooler air to the west as the frontal boundary inches its way in our direction and sweeps the cooler air in here, windy here too, 21 miles per hour wind in atlantic city, 16 in philadelphia, can you shuffle the numbers around and wind gusts are higher 25 to 30 miles per hour. the rest of the way, 87 degrees by 2:00, looks like we'll be back to 87 at 4:00 after briefly bumping up to 88 and 86 degre

live in south philadelphia, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." back to you all. >> okay, john, thank you for the latest. >>> in another developing story now, three people are recovering after bullets went flying overnight in west oak lane section of philadelphia. this happened just before 11:30 on the 1500 block of kinsdale street. police say that two of the three people are in stable condition. the third is critical. several bullets also went through a home in the area. police also tell "action news" that a mother and two children were inside asleep. luckily no one unside the house was hit. police are still looking for the gunman. no word on the motive for this triple shooting. >> 6:35 and breaking right now, a deadly accident in south jersey with mysterious circumstances. it happened along the 1400 block of elm road in vineland cumberland county. police say the driver hit a guardrail and a pole and was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. the wreckage was discovered at 3 a.m. but police believe the accident could have happe

let's go right over to john rawlins. he's live on that scene in west oak lane. good morning john. >> reporter: good morning tam. this is 16th and kings dale in west oak lane. police say about 11:30 they started getting multiple phone calls along the 911 system of much gunfire here. actually you can look around here, there are places where you can see where there was brass all over the place here. somebody fired many, many shots. police arrived and found multiple gun shot victims as well. three men from the scene were taken to einstein, one in critical condition shot in the back. police say the evidence is at least 12 shots were fired several of those bullets slammed into a house on the south side of kings dale occupied by a mom and her two children. >> four stray bullets went through the first floor living room windows of the property. inside the property at the time were a 32-year-old female with her two children ages 10 and 12, both boys. fortunately very lucky for all three of them they were upstairs on the second floor asleep when these four stray bullets ca

john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> john thank you, we have been seeing the startling images the new video from the ntsb and the video we just saw and all of it which spells out the enormity of this disaster and that could be spelled out by response to it. and off to my right 100 feet down the street there is media from clear around the world gathered here at frankford in the city's port richmond section that only compliments the law enforcement response there are investigators from every level federal, state and local here coming through the wreckage, blocking the city streets and all the helicopters many state police helicopters and philadelphia helicopters in the air as well. you heard john mention the black box i want to tell you about that it's at the amtrak operation sentner delaware investigators are trying to pull whatever they can from that device right now t. works differently for trains than it does for airplanes on train there's is only one such black box and it should tell investigatest ers how fast the train was going. and the major part of this investigation will c

they are asking for the public's help "action news" reporter john rawlins has more on who police are looking for coming up tonight at 5:30. >>> philadelphia police are searching for three men in an overnight home invasion robbery, this happened in the city's jewel juniata park section. they stole $600 in cash and jewelry and a gun a man suffered a cut to the ear and the suspects fled in a red suv and they are still on the loose. >>> police are trying to identify the man in this photo they say he robbed the artisan bank on williamson road yesterday, he got away with an unknown amount of money if you know the man contact delaware crime stoppers. >>> memorial day weekend is fast approaching and businesses are busy getting ready for the big crowds eva pilgram is live in atlantic city with a look at what to expect down at the shore. >> reporter: hey the weekend is so close we can almost taste it but for those of you that have to work now some people are getting a jump on the unofficial start to summer. >> the sun is out and so are the people in a.c. the party is already starting. it's suc

john rawlins is live tonight. he was at the ntsb press conference. what is the status of the investigation. >> reporter: jim from our

. >> so "action news" reportser john rawlins found out by nightfall, the fun was heating up. >> reporter: at the ocean city music pier big band sounds, the first of a series of seasonal pops concert. outside the question was what season is this? >> it feels like winter. >> reporter: kind of chilly. >> it's very very windy right now. >> i don't think it was going to be this windy. it teams like it dropped ten degrees in the last five minutes. it's cold. >> reporter: windy and chilly. you're still here. >> of course. >> reporter: why. >> for these guys. >> reporter: at the shirt shack brisk business, tonight t-shirts were not the big sellers. >> on nights like this, it's sweatshirts. >> reporter: some bundled up and ate ice cream no matter what the weather. >> we had pizza french fries and ice cream and popcorn. >> reporter: a young marine opted for a t-shirt and shorts, he said he had his love to keep him warm. >> i've got a warm pretty lady here. >> >> reporter: you've made points. >> the pretty lady with the gentleman was his wife grace. they are having a great time down here despite th

live in perkasie john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you john. >>> delaware attorney general's office has indicted a dover police officer on assault charges after being caught on camera kicking a suspect in the face the dash-cam ra captured officer thomas webster approaching latease dickerson he is seen kicking him in the head and knocking him out and breaking his jaw webster was suspended. the grand jury indicted webster on monday on assault charges, delaware naacp leaders are criticizing them for releasing the video they needed time to stem any -- from the footage being released. >>> she was a pediatrician at philadelphia hospital she was found burned and strangled in her row home in 2013, yesterday the judge rejected a defense request to have smith's confession thrown out. today a crime scene investigator took the stand. >>> the superintendant of brick township schools is facing corruption charges, he approved a plan to give his granddaughter special treatment. the preschooler received $40,000 worth of fraud len benefits including transportation for day care when she didn't

in northeast philadelphia, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> pennsylvania governor tom wolf is moving ahead to maintain federal health insurance subsidies for hundreds of thousands of residents. wolf administration sailed he wrote to the -- said he wrote to the department of health and human services to join the exchanges next year. >>> how modern technology is helping doctors to better detect breast cancer. going above and beyond the call of duty, a family of geese is safe thanks to the helping hand of a police officer. and meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it's a beauty! "action news" saturday morning continues in just a moment. ghirardelli of san francisco. we carefully craft the finest chocolate so you can savor life's sweetest moments. we pour our hearts into every square. caring for you... ... and your eyes... ... just got a little easier. right now, buy one pair of eyeglasses or prescription sunglasses and get another one free. this is genuine eye care right in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. >> cute video alert a

john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you john. >>> now, lets go to dann cuellar, he is at einstein hospital. >> the officers at the 34th district are are listed as stable and one officer is getting a cat scan to look at the extent of his injuries. >> i talked to all four officers including the officer about to have a cat scan, he had a neck brace on the other three officers are basically together the deputy indicated and i saw them they are banged up they have scrapes on their legs and arms and one officer is pretty sore shoulder but again all talking and alert. >> reporter: again all the officers are pretty banged up but they suffered no life-threatening injuries and they are in good spirits and some of them visiting with their family members. i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news" back to you guys. >> thank you dan. >> again we want to show you the bizarre cell phone video as this entire scene unfolds and it's quite frightening you see police trying to pull the suspect out. they are trying to extricate him, but he fights off the police officer police officers and drives off in

john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you john. seems an probe note to check with the "action news" traffic report. lets check in with matt pellman. >> just a few days until shore traffic becomes part of my voke vocabulary vocabulary. here on the westbound side of passyunk and the on ramp from 26th street is taking out the left lane and traffic is squeezing by and not a huge jam at this point but a large amount of emergency vehicle at the crash and at 30 and street station there is a vehicle in the right lane and a tight squeeze there as well. and nearly the same spot as this morning there is a crash at the pennsylvania turnpike just past norristown taking out a lane and a bus accident in bridgeport. at depot street. look for a wreck at 202 and one in berlin county on the white horse pike that just cleared out. and now i can say no problems this afternoon across the board on mass transit. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this warm tuesday afternoon. a vehicle is stopped at brighton road at the cape may courthouse an

john rawlins filed this report. >> reporter: at the ocean city music pier big band sound. outside the question was what season is this? >> it feels like winter. >> reporter: kind of chilly isn't it. >> it's very very windy right now. >> reporter: i don't think it was going to be windy. it seems like it dropped ten degrees it's getting cold. windy and chilly. and you're still here. of course. >> reporter: why. sphwhr for these guys. >> reporter: at the shirt shack brisk business, but t-shirts were not the big sellers. >> when it gets chilly like this, it's all sweatshirts. >> reporter: most folks bundle the up and had ice cream saying it was first day of the beach tradition no matter what the weather. a few like this young marine opted for a thin t-shirt and shorts, vick told us he had his love to keep him warm. >> i've got a warm pretty lady here. >> reporter: you made points. [laughter]. well the pretty lady with the gentleman with a was his wife grace. they had a great time down here despite the weather. they are very, very happy that the forecast for sunday and monday i

live at temple university, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you john. >>> the delaware river port authority will ask the federal government for money now to reopen a station that has been shuttered for decades franklin square station is the first stop over the ben franklin bridge for anyone riding path co it closed in 1979 and has been abandoned ever since but riders pass by it and the dim light has dubbed it ghost station,. >>> speaking of the rails lets go to the roads with the "action news" traffic report. matt pellman is standing by not a ghost town out there. >> no no our delays are not invisill that is for sure as we look live at the schuylkill expressway you can see them on the eastbound side approaching mointd drive and eastbound is worse because of this crash that they got pushed off to the side approaching the roosevelt boulevard, it doesn't look so bad right here but it's a slow moving line of traffic from bear avenue south when you look at speeds of 12 miles per hour through the accident scene and roosevelt boulevard making this more problematic i'm not aski

"action news" reporter john rawlins will have more coming up in a live report in a bit on "action news" at 12:30 a delaware county mailman was honored going the extra mile, 1 million of them actually and he did it all without causing a single accident, jerry o'neal scoped his award at the landsdowne post office, he prided himself in delivering the mail in a safe way every day. >> the philadelphia 76ers have a new updated look, the team's new logo is a modern take on the classic sixers look with a new blue border and philadelphia in the heading the basketball and logo has been rotated. new uniforms are also in the team's future the sixers will debut their complete new look next month. >> and coming up a bus exploded on the busy new jersey turnpike. >>> plus a stay at home mom takes on target what she says the major retailer stole from her small business. >>> police say they have identified a serial killer connected to seven murders in connecticut. since 2007 bodies of seven women were found behind a stupor market. they did not release the name but is expect to announce charges soon. >>>

. >>> the blue skies and warmer temperatures have many flocking to the shore, john rawlins has been there all weekend long, the weather is warm be -- warming up about the same time it's time to go home. >> reporter: hardly seems fair saturday and sunday you needed a sweatshirt or wind breaker to make it on the beach. today is lovely. it has brought the folks out in margate to the beach and enjoying themselves down here is at the shore. before some people hit the beach they stopped for this memorial day parade this morning with fire trucks, kids decked out a red, white and blue, a brass band and vets from the vfw. local leaders stepped out to say hello to these long time residents of this comfortable shore town of 6300. >> it's a community event and getting to know margate as a community and we hear the speakers and the mayor the goodness of the people. >> reporter: we believe we found the number one fan of this parade, the lady with the flag. eileen rich was once one of the kids parading proudly. >> i moved into this house when i was fierch -- five, 1954, there were how many kids on the b

rawlins has the story. >> reporter: the money repairs are already underway at the overpass at route 55 exit 26 in vineland, in this case tiny cracks were found near critical bolts today workers drilling holes to mown the scores of new support plates. this when into service in 1968 and the state says work here and at other route 55 bridges means occasional lane closures and that could slow and inconvenience drivers. >> it will be but better to close it down and fix it. >> worth the hassle. >> yes, to me it is. >> it could be a big accident. >> it's worth the hassle frmg definitely worth it. >> with memorial day coming up they are committed to keeping all lanes open from friday until tuesday but the repair will stretch into the summer 55 is a popular way to reach shore points and this could mean slow going for travelers. >> this is hard for businesses and people coming from pennsylvania coming in and obviously the local people as well. >> they say that the repair work could take 90 days and it could impact drivers and it's critical to keeping the ten bridges safe. we work weekends her

john rawlins live in allentown with details on this this afternoon. john. >> reporter: brian, this is 1700 plus students here in allentown. authorities saying next to nothing at this point other than to confirm they're investigating an alleged rape. the allentown school district not returning calls about the alleged rape not saying when it happened other than this movement it took place in the basement which students say is under the school's gym and contains await training facility. the perpetrator a 15-year-old boy the victim a 16-year-old girl. reactions from students range from shrugs to alarms. >> i saw it on facebook. >> reporter: you saw it on facebook. >> and the reaction of those around you how did they react. >> i don't know, they were like -- they were mad surprised about it. >> reporter: they were surprised. >> yeah, 'cause they didn't know something like that would happen here. >> reporter: other students off camera only skeptical whispering it was a consentual relationship gone bad. this man summarized what those students were saying. >>

live in university city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." back to you all. >> all right, john, thank you. >>> delaware law enforcement agencies are reminding all drivers to buckle up as part of the nationwide click it or ticket campaign that starts today. and as an incentive to get more drivers safe they announce the buckle up 200 contest. to enter you take a photo of yourself or your passengers wearing a seat belt and post to it twitter or instagram using #buckle up selfie. nine photos could win you tickets to their nascar xfinity race at dover international speed way at the end of may. officials warn everyone who wants to take part to take the photos only when the vehicle is parked. >> definitely. >> uh-huh. >> time for a check of our "action news" traffic report monday night. >> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. how was your weekend matt. >> weekend was good. how was mother's day monica. >> very nice. >> you had a good one too: northbound side because of this bad accident here in delco by the exit for the commodore barry br

live in margate, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> all things coming to an end. john, thank you. in wilmington the city opened a public pool early so people there could enjoy the beautiful holiday weather. price's run pool will stay opened. all other city pools will open up on june 13. >>> what a day it was to get outside. meteorologist melissa magee continues that team coverage with the latest from accuweather. hi, melissa. >> reporter: hi, sharrie. as john mentioned once you ventured back to the real world i think you'll be pleasantly surprised. we have really comfortable conditions across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. in fact we have a warm streak for our memorial day. the high so far in philadelphia 87 degrees. nine of the last 10 memorial days have been well above average and we were once again above the norm today. it's 86 in philadelphia, 81 in millville, 82 up in the poconos and lancaster out to the west 83. but much cooler with that south facing wind from beach haven down to sea isle city. temperatures are currently in the upper 60's. check ou

john rawlins has that stories. mark smith is recovering from a broken ankle and he is looking for the time to search for a little brother he has never met he was born in west philadelphia a part of st. vincents home for unwed mothers, he posted on facebook what he if knows, maybe 45 or 46 and yes he was a big baby. >> approximately 12 pounds at birth, smith was adopted by a loving family but he became to think about his birth parents, he found his birth mother and this is a picture of his half sister and his birth father now deceased wanted nothing to do with him. >> it was a negative but i gained so many people in my family through him. it was a positive. >> it's possible his brother won't want to meet or even know he is adopted. he hopes that smith finds his brother. we would welcome him as part of our family as we did mark. he is our family we got to meet mark and mark's kids. he has children of his own, including teenage twins, he asked him why finding his brother was so important. >> i said to them could you i

rawlins is there now with an update. >> things are wrapping up not quite over yet a lot of happy people packed inside of the center that is for sure the happy graduates are on the ground level and their loved ones are up in the stands cheering them on. a sea of caps and gowns 72 nations and loved ones trying to find the certain grad. and her sister marcia she is getting her degree in -- >> human resources. >> what does she plan to do? >> work in the hospital. >> are you proud? >> yes, she came a long way. >> the clasz of 2015 thelma reyes looked up and said i condition believe i'm here. >> because i'm 56 years old i started college at 19 and i was young and i didn't know how to treasure what i have been at this very moment i treasure all the this experience and everyone that has been so kind to me. >> the commencement speaker, espn speaker kevin nagondy. later today the mother of hit and run victim rachel hall is expected to receive her daughter's graduation certificate. hall a 2015 grad was struck driving her bicycle a few blocks from here on april 28th. >> an arrest in the case was ma

john rawlins is live at 30th street station with the details. john. >> reporter: well, after davis no service north to trenton or new york service is basket it returned early this morning just in time for the morning rush. the view from a train window passing some of the equipment used to stitch together the damaged portions of the northeast corridor. >> our guys have been working around the clock. we have 300 some crews out there over the weekend really all week. >> reporter: the first train shortly after 6:00 a.m. the train 110 with 109 passengers was running late but no one was complaining. as for any nerves given this was the first train back an opinion is split. >> no. amtrak is awesome. things happen and i'm sure they'll be extra careful. >> i'm a little nervous. my family is a little more nervous for me. i have to get back to new york of course this morning and this is the quickest and best way. >> reporter: two center city law firms joined forces today in announcing the first lawsuits against amtrak on behalf seriously injured passengers

john rawlins is live now with an update. >> reporter: police continue to come and go and they have held this scene before 5:00 this morning, one of things they are trying to determine is whether or not this morning's incident is connected to what happened here on monday. police were called to an address on the 1800 block of south rose wood for the second time in three days. mona woman was sexually assaulted at a home on this block. the officers returned after two women reported that a man tried to open a door and gain entry. and he was unsuccessful. police appeared to transport a female from the residence and earlier they detained and questioned a man from the area and it's not clear if he is in any way connected to the attack. police released this video of the man they say is the suspect in monday's attack in the victim's car which he stole. described as a black male 6 foot to 6'2" medium build. the attack is baffling to long time neighbors. >> it's weird one girl in one house with this problem, it's a shame i feel bad for her had. >> police released the sketch of this suspect from an

. >> "action news" reporter john rawlins live outside of city hall. john, it would appear that we have fire works in this campaign. >> interesting a stinging rebuke from the mayor who is across not running, he is preparing to leave office next year but directed at two men that would like his job. >> it came at the memorial service for police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. against those critical of those against charles ramsey and stop and frisk. >> you want to make a political foint in this environment i have to speak out. >> during the mayoral primary debate, street and williams said they would not retain ramsey because how stop and frisk was used in minority communities. >> ramsey is out of here. >> they have to be

rawlins is live in ocean city to explain. >> reporter: hi rick for the pros at this point in time it's time to evaluate evacuation plans and shelter plans and check lines of communication and inventory and that sort of thing, what the pros are hoping is that they will pay attention to them should something come roaring out of the atlanticic. 30,000 year round residents add 6,000 visitors and mix in a hurricane and things can get busy fast. we are getting ready to roll in hurricane season in a week, and conference on an emergency preparedness and efforts are made to approve emergency information sites and sandy information sites that beaches had power but -- way too soon. >> but massive traffic jams into cape may county because not all the barrier areas were clear we had sink holes and gas leaks. >> a sink hole can knock out power. it can tell a customer when power might return. >> when we'll estimate their power will be restored. this mobile animal shelter, countless pets in the wake of hurricane katrina and some died as well when they refused to evacuate without their pets. >> people

in ocean city, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> looks like fun. there is much more to come on "action news" sunday morning. >> a retired american serviceman reunites a -- with a mother and daughter he rescued from iraq. >> show me the money that's not the only lottery money up for grands fer grabs. >> reporter: the dpiewpts will be high oaf -- the dewpoints will be up for in the next a couple of days and we'll see the first heat wave of the year. i'll have that when i see you in just a few minutes. severe weather is wreaking havoc in oklahoma. take a look at this twister that forced the evacuation of a music festival. they were under to get into their cars or camping area to wait out the storm. highways were closed across the state because of historic flooding. officials have issued evacuation orders in elk city. >>> texas is being hit hard by flooding. evacuation orders were issued in wichita falls. many people near dallas had to change their plans this weekend boat docks were closed because of heavy rainfall. "good morning america" weekend will

john rawlins joins us live now all of this was in response to the debate here on 6 abc last night. >> so it would seem brian this was an annual remembrance for officers and firefighters that died in the line of duty, two new names were placed on the roles today one from the police and one from the fire department. the mayor had sharp words for those critical of a policy and the police commissioner. >> when someone wants to run their mouth to score political points, i have to speak out. >> mentioning no one by name, the mayor told those attending today's memorial service, to set the record straight on the police department and stop and frisk and commissioner ramsey. here is what was said by anthony williams. >> number one commissioner ramsey is out of here. >> people have to be replaced when they stand for a policy that people in the community don't trust. >> concerning the policy of stop and frisk and implied it could have made a different in the death of robert wilson last march. >> when two cowards took target practice at sergeant robert wilson i know we wished we had been able to g

. >> reporter: in middle town delaware, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." no. not possible. we're the settles! when we go on vacation, it's hard to find, like, those little activities that are kind of fun and educational. i think with williamsburg, you have all of that educational part rolled into the fun. it's already here. this is probably the most fun i've had all summer. a part of what standardized tests don't measure, very frankly they don't measure the diligence, the potential passion of a student. so it's really a measure of how adept you are to working out a problem quickly. but what if you're brilliant and it might take you twenty minutes, but you can figure out something if you were just given time to do it and show real brilliance. is that a real measure of ability and intelligence? what you can do in one minute on a problem? get out of here. >> in sports the phillies and mets wrap up their series with a mother's day matinee at citizens bank park. jeff skeverski has highlights of last night's close game. >> reporter: chase utley is off to the worse start by a big