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Everyone wanting to know why that train accelerated so quickly just before it hit the curve. The lawyer for amtrak engineer bostian says investigators hope they can fill in the blanks to what happened. Why did the train speed up so rapidly before going into the curve . And why did bostian deploy the emergency brakes when he did . Sources tell me he gave blood and urine for testing and thats standard. And the District Attorneys Office wants to search through his cell phone records. His attorney has publicly claimed the cell phone was off as amtrak requires. Sources tell me the ntsb is also looking at internet posts that bostian rote v wrote, talking about rail safety. I did ask the ntsb about additional video, perhaps from on board the train. They tell us they are in the process of looking at all Surveillance Video from around the area trying to figure out why this train derailed killing eight people. Again, that briefing set to come up in less than a half hour and we will bring it to you as it happens. Deanna durante, nbc 10 news. And the first funeral was held today. U. S. Naval Academy Midshipman Justin Zemser was laid to rest. Members of the academy gathered with friend and family on long island to say goodbye. He was traveling from annapolis to his home in new york when he was killed tuesday. He was a member of the Navy Sprint Football team, the Jewish Midshipmen Club and the semper fi society. Today his fellow midshipmen at the academy lowered the flag to honor him. His funeral included full military honors. His commander officer called him a phenomenal young man. His fellow cadets agreed. Very humble very passionate young man. Its really all i can say about him. He was great. Nothing is overinflated that you hear about him. There will be a private Memorial Service at the academy on sunday. Zemser was one of eight people who died in the derailment. The eighth was a man from italy who was in the United States on business. Some of the injured are still in the hospital. Temple is treating nine victims, five in critical condition. Five patients remain at Jefferson University hospital and six are at hahnemann. Torresdale has two critical patients. Amtraks plan to get rail service up and running next week may not happen on schedule. Nbc 10 newss drew smith is back in Port Richmond for us. Gives us a Progress Report on the work being done. Reporter renee and jim, crews continue to work around the clock. This is where theyre coming in and out, access point to the southern end of the tracks. You can see workers up on the power lines up there. We have a live look from sky sky force 10. You can see a better view of the action. A big difference from a few days ago, but amtrak originally thought limited service would return monday but now its looking like tuesday before trains will move through here again. Amtrak workers were on the job before the sun came up installing brandnew railroad tracks. They have to replace about two dozen panels. The wrecked railcars are gone but a pack of heavy equipment is still here. Cement trucks, excavators and electric repair units. Ive been here 45 years. Never experienced anything like this in my life. Reporter the clock is ticking as passenger who is rely on this busy corridor hope to be back on board next week. You can see crews putting power poles back into place this morning. They have new tracks down and everything. Theyve been doing an excellent job back there. Reporter there is so much activity, nearby businesses barely have room to move. Peter loads tankers right next to the crash site. It was almost like they were going to bapg the two big trucks were going to bang into each other. Reporter we spoke to csx which runs lines through frank ford junction. The company did not have to take any extraordinary measures to keep operations going. They offered assistance to amtrak. Neighbors are still mourning the loss of life and look forward to normalcy returning. No one wants to see this happen, but 100 trains go by here every day, and between 1944 and 2015 there was never an accident. Reporter ive been on the phone with amtrak several times today. We did finally just speak with a representative minutes ago. He came out and told us a few new details about what theyll be doing on the tracks over the next couple days. Well work on listening to that turning it around and see you again at 5 00. Drew smith, nbc 10 news. Ahead at 4 30, we sent nbc 10s jesse gary out to get from here to new york. Jesse will show us the hassles and the detours commuters are dealing with. Today we heard for the first time from those who got the derailed train before anyone else did, the men and women of the police fire and office of Emergency Management who braved horrific conditions to save lives. I had a hard time accepting as truth what i was seeing with my eyes. Reporter in a press conference at city hall, First Responders describe the almost unimaginable scene they found at tuesdays deadly train derailment. The scale and the damage to the to one particular car was practically unrecognizable. Officer steffen said its very chaotic. I mean it was like the scene of a movie. When we first got there, one of the commanderings mentioned to our group if you had military service you may be used to seeing something along these lines, if not, you better steady yourself. When i picked up the phone was controlled chaos. Thats basically what i heard. Reporter First Responders described an unsettling and unstable scene. Regardless, Police Officers firemen, and Emergency Personnel rushed in doing the job theyve been trained to do. Nothing prepares you for what you see that night, and when we turned the corner i turned the corner and what i saw, just the heroic act, the selfless acts being committed by police firemen, putting themselves in meeld danger. Reporter responders also leaned on help from fema k9 search specialists like wyatt, who help find human remains. They do their job, ensuring that everybody that was on the manifest went home. K9 specialists say it takes hundreds of hours to train their dogs. As for dispatchers, they say the first rescuer made it to the crash site within minutes of that first phone call. Count on nbc 10 to bring you a live News Conference of federal investigators today at 4 30. Our nbc 10 digital team is working around the clock to bring you new information about the deadly derailment information you can get on the go with our nbc 10 news app for your smart fon andphone and tablet. The clouds are moving in as the phils prepare to host the diamondbacks tonight at 7 05 as we look live at Citizens Bank park in south philadelphia from our live Skycam Network this friday afternoon. Looking at the chance for showers and storms as we head into the weekend, and we certainly need the rain. We sure do. Nbc 10 first alert chief mural glenn hurricane schwartz here to tell us what to expect. A warm weekend right, glenn . A warm weekend, a humid weekend, and some showers but neither saturday nor sunday will be a washout. We have a mix of sun and clouds which is what weve seen today. We had a stretch of some clouds then sun, now here are some clouds returning to the area. There are some showers, too, in central pennsylvania. Could possibly come up toward the poconos this evening. The rest of the area gets some later tonight. Were in the low to mid70s across much of the area except for the 60s right at the shore, and even in some places just a little bit inland. Its going to be a real pleasant evening across much of the area. Again, just a chance of a shower well up to the north and west early. More shower chances this weekend. Ill break it down to you hour by hour with the sevenday in a few minutes. With rain and Storm Chances as we head into the weekend, be prepared. Take the First Alert Weather Team with you. We will be updating the first alert forecast on our news and weather apps throughout the weekend. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with the potential health scare for people who have eaten at a certain south jersey restaurant. A restaurant worker who handles food has tested positive for hepatitisa. Bureau reporter cydney long is covering the story. Do we know which restaurant it is . Also whats being done to protect people who eat there . Reporter jim we do. It is the Iron Hill Brewery here at the town center. One of the franchise owners just came outside a few minutes ago to tell me that as a precaution all 100 employees who work here have been vaccineated for hepatitisa as a precaution. Also, their employee who tested positive is a food server or wait association while he carries the food they say he doesnt prep it or touch it otherwise. I wouldnt want to know that he was touching my food. Reporter barbara wisenback just wrapped up lunch at the Iron Hill Brewery at the town center, this as the Camden County Health Department is confirming an employee of the restaurant recently tested positive for hepatitisa. That employee were told is a food server and didnt have direct access to preparing the food. He went to the hospital last weekend but told doctors he never felt sick at work. The owner here at iron hill tells nbc 10 that worker is recovering at home and hasnt returned to work since becoming sick last week. 10 that worker is recovering at home and hasnt returned to work since becoming sick last week. They are fully cooperating with sanitizing all areas of the restaurant. Iron hill and Camden County had to alert the public as a precaution. Whenever you eat out, you always wonder, you know is everything clean, is everything up to snuff, you know, the way you would want it. So it is scary. But as long as you say that they cleaned everything, then im okay with it. Reporter the owner says they have an impeccable sanitation record and are following with the local board of health and also says they never had to shut down the restaurant as a result of this scare. In voorhees cydney long nbc10 news. A mysterious odor forces workers out of a Postal Center in Hamilton Township mercer county, about a dozen workers smelled Something Sweet like syrup, then became sick and diz s. One person fainted for a short time. Everyone went outside while crews checked for hazardous chemicals. Everyone who felt ill was treated at the scene. This is not a center where customers go. All biologicals have been ruled out at this point, and we have not seen any evidence of any spills any powders, no liquid residue or anything like that. Any mail and parcels that went today are fine according to the postal service. Sky force 10 sat over philadelphia today where this suv punched a hole in a house. This was the scene along loney street before noontime. Everyone is okay. Not clear what caused the driver lose control. New information in the case of a missing Atlantic City woman. Authorities believe woman is dead. Sapphire wiggins was last seen in october. Police say her boyfriend, kevin shelton, committed suicide after telling family members he had done something bad and was going to jail for a long time. Police believe shelton may have left wiggins body in hopewell township. Theyre asking anyone who saw a blew porsche 911, or gold ford escape parked on the side of the road back on october 17th or 18th to contact them. In Lehigh County a bethlehem coach is free on bond after facing a judge on charges he sexually assaulted a student. Adam bednarik is facing several charges including statutory Sexual Assault an alleged incident involving a 15yearold Freedom High School student. The judge today ordered bednarik to have no contact with the victim, is the victims family or any witnesses, and was told to have no contact with anyone under 18 years old. Bednarik coached Girls Basketball at east Mills Middle School where he met the alleged victim when she was a student. He also worked as a teach ears aide at liberty high school. His Attorney Says hes a respected member of the community. Has distinguished himself as a good citizen all the years hes made his friends, his relatives, and the community proud. Dont be so judgmental right now. Bednarik has been suspended without pay since february when the Bethlehem Area School district learned of the allegations. New developments in the case of a North Hampton county man sent to jail for letting his teenage girls teeth rot. Authorities say his 6yearold girls teeth were so infected she could have died from this. The judge sentenced want maker to 18 months in prison. The biggest organizational crime unit has been busted. 38 members of the Group Calling itself the sixth Ward Organization are charged with robbery, theft fraud, and more. 28 of the suspects were rounded up this morning. Prosecutors say the conspiracy unraveled when four members robbed the west Redding Sunoco last year. A Traffic Alert from long beach island. Crews have closed part of the eastbound righthand lane in the man hawkin bay bridge. In the meantime drivers headed to lbi should expect delays. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is on the road as he decides whether to run for president. Today hes in georgia for a couple of events organized by his Political Action committee. Christie headed to athens and atlanta to raise money. He was in New Hampshire earlier this month. Christie has been traveling all across the country fundraising and campaigning as he decides whether to jump into the president ial race. Candidates running for philadelphia mayor are in their final weekend before the primary. Voters will head to the polls in four days cast their ballots in the primary election. It will be held coming up on tuesday, of course. Voters will choose between lynn abraham, nelson diaz doug oliver, jim kenny, milton street and Anthony Harding williams. The winner of the Democratic Party primary will face Marissa Marie bailey in november. This weekend, lynn abraham and jim kenny talked frankly to us our final installment of meet the candidates. We asked the candidates why theyd be the best mayor. I have a big, fat baseball bat and im going to stand at home plate and im going to swing at the big problems that have come across the plate that people tend to shuffle off to the side. I think what you see now is the real jim kenney, certainly more disciplined because the job youre asking for requires more discipline, but you also need to be authentic with people. Im a philadelphian, through and through. Catch more sunday at 11 30 on nbc10. In this final weekend before the primary, learn about the candidates, where they stand on the issues by tapping on the nbc10 news app. President obama is among those paying tribute to blues legend b. B. King. He died last night at his home in las vegas. He was a 15time grammy winner. He continued a busy concert schedule. Everybody wanna know cant get enough of that guitar. You know what he called it lucille. President obama says the blues has lost its king and america has lost a legend. B. B. King was 89 years old. Developing now overseas searchers found the bodies of three of the victims of a u. S. Marine Helicopter Crash in nepal. The chopper disappeared tuesday while on an earthquake relief mission. There were six marines and two nepalese soldiers on board. It was a severe crash and based on what we saw the condition of the aircraft we believe there were no survivors. U. S. Military officials said earlier this week that the huey crew was overheard on radio chatter talking about a possible fuel problem before the chopper disappeared. Recovery efforts were suspended today because of bad weather. And fears of another quake are keep manager in nepal out of their homes. Two major earthquakes hit the country within three weeks. A makeshift camp had been set up among the ruins of one of kathmandus main tourist attractions. The United Nations estimates that at least 3 Million People will need tents, water, food and medicine over the next three months. It was a perfect day for some planting in camden today. Landscapers sprucing things up at Federal Street and hadden avenue during the day today. Nice and comfortable for any kind of Outdoor Activities but we do need the rain. Weve got another dry day today, comfortable night tonight. A hot and steamy weekend out there, but we also have some thunderstorms that were going to be watching through the weekend. No real threat of rain for the phillies game this evening, but tomorrow evening its a different story. There may be some thunderstorms around. 75 degrees now. The winds south at 11 miles an hour. Look at how low the humidity is. 25 . Very low. We continue to see the pollen relatively high, but with some of the rain expected tomorrow it may drop and then take its time Building Back up. But it all depends on the rain where you are, of course. Temperatures generally in the mid70s across much of the area. Its cooler farther to the south. Lets see just how much cooler it is right at the beaches. Its 60 in avalon 63 in beach haven, so way cooler than it is eve a few miles inland with that southerly wind. Now, theres a west wind coming in to pennsylvania bringing in some of that warmer air where its close to 80 in nashville, little rock and that west wind bringing some of that warmer weather our way. Now, you can see some clouds and showers even in central pennsylvania. Now, that first batch could hit the poconos, but the main action is going to come generally over the weekend tomorrow lets say. You can see by tomorrow morning, things relatively quiet, humidity really goes up tomorrow. The temperature goes up as well. You see mid80s. We only got to mid70s today. But later in the day, some of these thunderstorms popping up especially north and west and you can see even into the evening hours, some of this rain on the heavy side but not everybody is getting it. Thats going to be the issue this weekend. You can see some going into new jersey and delaware as well. So weve got a chance a good chance of getting snooes at least some of that muchneeded rain. Mostly cloudy chance of a shower generally late tonight, 60 for the low in philadelphia 52 north and west. Tomorrow warm and humid day, mid80s with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the area. Warm again and humid again sunday with some more showers, chance of showers monday, and the best chance of showers and storms tuesday before we dry out and cool down. Happening now, the regatta is under way on the schuylkill. Its the largest high school championship. More than 5700 studentathlete athletes from 181 high schools are competing. It is the oldest rowing event in the u. S. It started as a single race in 1927. It now includes 31 championship events. The 89th annual stotesbury cup regatta continues tomorrow. Grand prix weekend in wilmington. Cyclists from around the world complete many the next three days. A live look at monkey hill cobblestone stretch of north van buren street. Thats where the sing lists are getting ready to compete in time trials right now. A preview of the excitement at 5 00. Closed rails making it tough for commuters. I got to take three more trains and a bus to get to my destination. Reporter im going to new york and back finding the best options for travel and how much it will cost you. Roadside service now being offered for you even if you dont drive a car. The Company Helping stranded bike riders in pennsylvania new jersey, and delaware. Then the coast guard givious a look at their new technology designed to save boaters at sea. Probably know about aaa roadside assistance for your car, but now you can get fit youre on a bicycle, aaa announcing its offering bicycle coverage to members in all three states in our area so if you break down on a bike a Service Vehicle will take you and your bike to a shop your home or other safe place. No extra charge for members. Delaware governor jack markel joined triple nashgs wilmington for the announcement. He is an avid cyclist and says he hopes he doesnt have to use it but hes glad for the safety net. I hope not to have to take advantage of it anytime soon. But it is of comfort to know that it is there. The announcement also included a bike ride on this National Bike to work day. By the way, aaa says it will only come out to help if off bike problem. If you just get too tired, youre caught in the rain or Something Like that youre on your own. Oh darn it. Mary lee, the great white shark, is back along the jersey shore, tracked off new york tuesday, but yesterday the tag tracking her progress pinned off long island beach. The tag records mary lees location every time her fin breaks the water surface. You can follow mary lees journey on twitter at mary lee shark. Back now to our breaking news story. The verdict is death for the Boston Marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. Im tired. No. Thats not right. Commuters in crisis. Our jesse gary leaves the nbc10 vehicle behind and shows us what its like to get to new york city without amtrak. Right now at 4 30 questioning the engineer who was at the controls when a speeding amtrak train derailed in philadelphia killing eight people. Were about to hear from federal investigators and their latest find fpgs big question of course remains why did that train suddenly speed up. Investigators have subpoenaed the phone records of the amtrak engineer. Brandon bostian met with ntsb investigators today. His lawyers say he doesnt remember what happened. Were waiting to hear what the ntsb learned. The youngest victim of the crash was remembered today. The funeral for midshipman Justin Zemser was held on long island. He was honored with full military honors. He was a popular athlete at the United States Naval Academy in annapolis annapolis. He was going home when the train derailed. Zemser was one of eight who died in the derailment. 200 more were hurt. Almost two dozen remain in the hospital today. Want to show you a live peck chur of picture of the Sheraton Society Hill. Waiting for that News Conference to begin. Breaking news police are trying to figure out if someone threw a baby off a bridge in southwest philadelphia. Sky force 10 over 68th and kin cessing. A woman says she saw a couple toss a baby off a bridge. She said the baby landed on the train. Police searched the train and the path of the train and havent found anything but want to be sure. Hoping it wasnt what this young lady saw, but at this point we have nothing to refute, three sources of information that indicate that this had happened and if someone knows of someone who had a child recently within the last year and no longer has a kid can please alert us. Police have gotten Surveillance Video from the area of the bridge. It shows a Couple Holding something but its not clear if its a baby. Were working on getting that video for you. Stay with nbc10 for more. Nice day to end the week. Our live nbc10 skycam showing the friday afternoon rush here along Market Street in center city, philadelphia. Not too busy out there. Nbc10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz here with the nbc10 first alert forecast. Our pleasant conditions are about to be replaced with heat humidity, and the chance for storms . Weve had too many pleasant days so we really need some rain. Timing isnt exactly great for the weekend. Looks real nice out there now, doesnt it. Lot ofably blu sky there. We had some clouds this morning, another round of clouds coming in from the west generally some fairly light showers associated with that. Could move into the poconos or Lehigh Valley in the next few hours but more sprinkles than rain. Mid70s across much of the area cool right toward the shore where the southerly winds are coming in. And its going to be just a delightful evening across much of the area. Again, a few sprinkles up to the north. The rest of the area generally dry as we go through the evening, but its not going to stay dry over the weekend. Well have the hour by hour breakdown what to expect with the sevenday in a few minutes. Expect a tale of two very different jersey shores this summer. Thats what the experts say when it comes to tourism. Panel of tourism leaders met in Atlantic City today. They say towns from cape may to sandy hook will have booming tourism, but Atlantic City lit continue to struggle. Atlantic city unfortunately is not at the same level, but theyre still seeing decline. But, again, the good news is that the jersey shore as a swhoelwhole is doing very well. All this part of the seventh annual jersey shore cast. A live picture of the Sheraton Society Hill in philadelphia. Were awaiting the News Conference from the National Transportation safety board. Were hearing it is delayed now. So well keep an eye on this and bring you that information live to you when it happens. Memorial day weekend just a week away. And theres new lifesaving help for those planning adventures on the water. Reporter boating season is shifting into high gear but before you hit the water, the coast guard wants you to download this app. Better prepared in the long run. Im Ted Greenberg with the new way boaters can quickly call for help. Next it is something to see. People dressed in character and images that will take you back. The local event certain to make memories. All new tonight on nbc10 news at 5 00, the philadelphia mayoral primary days away. What our exclusive poll shows is the most important issue to philadelphians. Monday morning on nbc10 news today, president obama is coming to camden and its who hes meeting with that is most interesting about this trip. Plus what one community is doing to make sure scenes like this never happen again. Theres over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. Jim kenney and Tony Williams are fighting over Public Schools versus charters. I think theyre both wrong. Its making sure they all get a good education. Teachers should have their contracts respected. They also should be held accountable. And its wrong philadelphia gets less School Funding than other parts of pennsylvania. Ill work with harrisburg to change that. But if they refuse ill take them to federal court. As mayor ill do whats right for them. Heres a reason to marvel today at the jersey shore. A comic convention is bringing in colorful visitors to the Atlantic City convention center. You can check out the world of comics and all things geek. The Atlantic City boardwalk con runs through sunday comiccon, i guess is what that is. Celebrity attendees are expected to include William Shatner and adam west. If youre out this weekend, check out this brandnew mini golf course along the river part of the delaware childrens museum. The city is trying to bring more families into town. It opens to the public saturday morning at 10 00 and will be open seven days a week for the summer. He lost his father. And nearly lost a special memory of his dad as well. Tanner heres your card. Well show you how one young man gets his fathers prized possession after all. Even when it looked like it would never happen. Were facing steamy and stormy conditions as we head into the weekend. Get my updated outlook including what you can expect for saturday and sunday and beyond. A live picture of the Sheraton Society Hill in philadelphia where were waiting for a News Conference to begin from the National Transportation safety board. But were hearing now the News Conference has been delayed as investigators work to get more information from the people theyre interviewing. Well keep an eye on this. Tuesdays deadly crashed closed a portion of amtraks busy northeast corridor, the most heavily traveled stretch of Commuter Rail in the country. We sent nbc10s jesse gary to explore alternative, the time as well as the cost of getting to new york without amtrak. Reporter red bull in hand, our run to new york begins at 10 50 a. M. First stop surveying the Service Board at 30th street station. Amtrak trains arent moving beyond philadelphia and theres confusion for commuters at their counter about the alternative. You can take the septa. You sure . Im positive. Reporter actually you cannot. This flier says septa is running to a nearby station. This says west trenton. With the confusion cleared its a long walk up to septa on the second floor. We found passenger mercedes kirksey traveling from florida since webzdnesday, frustrate fwid service. I have to take three more trains and a bus to get to my destination. You think thats right and im tired, been traveling since yesterday . No, not right. Reporter while she fume, we need tickets and then a run to catch septas 11 05 west trenton train. Its been 15 minutes and 9 for a ticket. We find a crowded platform at the top of the stairs with dozens of passengers taking the same trek. Along the one hour 20 minute tip we find david and Karen Shulman brooklyn bound for their 40th wedding anniversary. How has it been so far . Fine. I mean, were alive. Its fine. Its fine. You know its not the easiest way to get there, but its okay. Reporter the journey is far from over. Once in trenton, a walk downstairs an underground passageway. Connection at the corner of the parking lot. Reporter then to a parking lot and shuttle bus for a 15minute ride to trentons train station. Its difficult for passengers and people pulling lots of luggage. This wasnt part of the trip. Reporter this was not planned . No this was not planned. The plan was i was supposed to ride the train all the way. But with that accident. Reporter once in trenton, more tickets, this time on new Jersey Transit to new york total cost 15 for for a oneway ticket. Then another long ride about an hour and a half to get to new york. This couple says its been a long and at times confusing journey. Six hours. We could have gone to l. A. Reporter okay. Weve reached penn station in new york around 2 48 in afternoon, almost four hours after we left 30th street station. Total cost for one ticket about 25. Thats a lot cheaper than an amtrak ticket but also much more time consuming. Coming up the way back to philadelphia, this time by bus. We veal that story. In new york jesse gary nbc10 news. Stay with nbc10 news because we will continue to monitor jesses journey back from new york to philadelphia without amtrak as he said during the busy friday afternoon rush no less. Youll get updates on nbc10 news at 5 00 and 6 00. A mixture of clouds and sun today on the wilmington waterfront. People checking out the Christopher Columbus replica ships in town for the week. And nice quiet day, comfortable day, but hey, weve had enough of these already. 24 days weve had practically nothing in the Rain Department. Weve got a comfortable night out there with low humidity but the humidity is going up this weekend as well as the temperatures. Youll neitz that quite a bit. And also some weekend thunderstorms around. We have some clouds starting to increase in the western sky. And its 75 degrees. The winds out of the south, relative humidity very low, 25 , 6 degrees warmer than it was at this time yesterday. And the reason the wind coming right out of the south here and eventually thats going to push not only the temperatures up into the 80s but increase the humidity quite a bit. Its 75 in allentown and redding now, 72 in doylestown 77 swedesborough, 75 in mt. Holly and trenton, but right at the beaches, jersey shore as usual much cooler 61 in avalon, 62 in beach haven, 65 in lewis, delaware. Theres the temperature change in 24 hours. And then 24 hours from now, you may see some 10s on the map like that. 10 degrees warmer than at this time today. Few little showers coming across pennsylvania, but more action more significant action back near st. Louis. Thats whats going to be headed in as we get toward the lets say middle and end of the weekend. Heres the futurecast hour by hour. You can see the temperatures staying up during the night tonight as the humidity increases. During the day tomorrow maybe a slight chance of a shower in the morning, but the main threat comes in the afternoon. This is 2 00 and its starting to get a little more active but it really gets more active after 4 00 or 5 00. And then even into the evening hours, those temperatures in the mid80s. Look at some of these red areas indicating possible thunderstorms and locally heavy rains but not everybody is getting it. Some of that goes into new jersey later saturday night, and then on sunday we could have another round of some showers, a couple showers in the morning, a couple in the afternoon as well. So weve got several chances of getting some rain by monday. And if we dont get the rain monday or tuesday, the rest of next week forget about it. Mostly cloudy chance of a late shower. 60 for low in philadelphia, 52 north and west where there could be some sprinkles in the next few hours. Warm and humid with scattered mainly afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms. High temperatures in the mid80s. The greatest chance of that rain north and west. On sunday warm humid, mid80s and rel live the high humidity with some more scattered showers. Chance of some showers on monday. They become even more likely tuesday as a cold front comes in, and behind that front it gets windy, it gets colder it gets drier. So weve got some chances here to catch up a little bit in the Rain Department watch thatsh that pollen off of everything but after tuesday chances go way down. All right. Hopefully well get some rain. Thank you, glenn. Well, this is a heartwarming story out of colorado. This Dodge Charger was driven by a sheriffs deputy killed in the line of duty some five years ago. His sons were hoping to get it at an auction this week but the winning bid was 60,000 and that was just too steep, until winning bidder surprised everyone. Heres your car. The rancher who paid 60,000 for the car as you just saw there handed the keys right over to the slain deputys son. The two had never met each other before the auction. And to top things off, the 60,000 goes to the families of fallen officers. Nice story. Very thoughtful. Before you set sail, theres something you should have. Not just life jackets and the usual safety gear. And its free. It can be a lifesaver. And its just a tap away. Well show you what was just unveiled down the jersey shore and how it works. That all new tonight on nbc10 news at 5 00 what matters most to philadelphia voters just days before the mayoral primary. gong blend kikkoman into your burger patties to beef up their savoury meaty flavour. taiko drum beat taiko drum beat music hey let me help with that. Oh, thank you music introducing the oneandonly Volkswagen Golf sportwagen. The sportier utility vehicle. Just a week away from memorial day weekend. Hard to believe the unofficial start of summer and jersey shore waterways are getting busier as the boating season shifts into high gear. Now the coast guard is launching its first boating safety app aimed at preventing mishaps on the water. Nbc10 Bureau Reporter Ted Greenberg shows us how it works. Reporter chris boat just went back in the water in ocean city for the first time this season but his prelaunch checklist includes more than cleaning. Before we go out beginning of the year we get the coast guard safety check. Reporter now you can request a safety check and find other crucial boating information on this brandnew coast guard app. Better prepared in the long run. Reporter a few app for apple and Android Devices also lets boaters file a boat plan with up to three people providing details of a planned journey. While not a replacement for a vhf radio, the app can alert the coast guard in an emergency if there theres cell service available. It will send a signal out and provide latitude and longitude about your location so that way we can get an idea of where youre at. Reporter the apps release coincides with the kickoff of National Safe boating week, a yearly event that stresses responsible boating to avoid tragedies on the water. According to the coast guard there were 610 boatingrelated deaths in the u. S. Last year. That figure is a nearly 9 increase from 2013, which had 560 boat deathing. The leading contributing factor alcohol. Drinking and driving the boat is the same as drinking and driving a car. You just dont do it. Reporter chris will soon join thousands of others on the water but the coast guard hopes that isle first float the idea of using this new tool. Did Ted Greenberg just make a pun . Yes he did. Nbc 10 news at 5 00 is next. Here are jacqueline london and keith jones. All new, we have new developments in this weeks deadly train derailment. We are awaiting an update from the ntsb expected to start any minute now. Sheena . Dry into the week but now we have showers and thunderstorms were tracking for part of your weekend. Warmer and also more humid. Ill show you the timing on the rain coming up. And picking philadelphias next mayor. Primary day is tuesday. Next on nbc 10 news at 5 00, what voters told us is the most important issue in this race. 10 news at 5 00, what voters told us is the most important issue in this race. Federal investigators are about to brief us on their entire with Brandon Bostian at the controls of the speeding amtrak train that derailed in philadelphia killing eight. Were awaiting the ntsbs final update any moment now. Investigators have spent part of their day talking to the engineer. Randy gyllenhaal is live in society hill. Whats the latest . Reporter we are awaiting a final News Conference from ntsb investigators. Theyve told us it has been delayed till about 5 00. They eneeded more time for officials to get information from interviewees people theyve been talking to. Were expecting it to begin soon but sources have told nbc news that investigators are meeting with the trains engineer behind amtrak 188, Brandon Bostian. Officials have been hoping to speak with him after they say evidence is showing in the minute prior to the crash is train accelerated from about 70 to 100 miles per hour. Todays briefing will be the last one here in philadelphia. The crash scene in Port Richmond has been turned back over to amtrak as they begin the cleanup process to reopen those tracks. Investigators will continue to work through the evidence and have been talking with that engineer, Brandon Bostian. Officials say this News Conference will begin at is Sheraton Society Hill. Well be live bringing this News Conference to you as soon as it gets started. In the meantime, the victims of the derailment are now being laid to rest. The first funeral was held today