Reporter somehow, no one on the interstate was killed. The train was traveling a new route for the very first time today. It was a new highspeed route that local leaders warned could be dangerous. Recovery crews are expected to be out there until late this evening. Right now theres no word on what caused the crash but investigators will look at the cause. The ntsb is now investigating and it could be a year before we finally have an official cause of the derailment. Jim . Harry hairston in our breaking news center. Todays derailment comes more than two years after a similar crash in our area. Eight people were killed in may of 2015 when an amtrak train from washington, d. C. , to new york derailed in philadelphias Port Richmond section. The train was traveling more than 100 Miles Per Hour in a 50mileperhour speed zone. Our coverage continues on nbc nightly news with lester holt. They will have the latest on the rescues as well as the investigation at 6 30. Here at home, Sexual Misconduct allegations kick up a congressional race in our area. Daylin leach announced hes stepping back but hes Still Holding on to his place in the Pennsylvania State senate. Hes accused of acting inappropriately and some are calling on leach to resign. Deanna durante has the latest. Reporter he has not talked to state senator since the accusations were made public and he says that does not matter as hes calling on the state senator to resign. We need to make a statement about what kind of commonwealth we are. Staffers were there but no leach today. And no one answered the door at his home. Calls for his resignation come after some say they felt uncomfortable. She says she was offended by a sexualized tone in the office saying, when i expressed my discomfort, daylin suggested i just didnt get the joke and labeled me a prude. A longtime friend joan says she doesnt believe the allegations. You saw him yesterday. How was he . He was hurt. He was sad and its hard. He dedicated his life to the people of pennsylvania to the district and for them to turn on him like that is crazy. Reporter she says shes disappointed for the call for the resignation and that is before leach released this statement saying, while ive always been a gregarious person, its heartbreaking that ive put someone in a position that made them feel discomfort for disrespected. Ill take more care in my words and actions. He says hes taking a step back from his campaign for congress and also vows to continue the work hes doing in the senate to advance progressive issues. Reporting live in center city, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Follow this developing story on the nbc 10 app. Two people are dead in tabernacle, new jersey, after a car accident. The crash prompted police to evacuate more than 50 students and staff from a nearby school. Turning now to your first alert neighborhood weather, a mild start to the last week before christmas. A live look as we expect mostly dry conditions. A live look at i95 in south philadelphia. A road that many people are taking in and out of town very soon to get to their holiday destinations. Lets bring in glenn hurricane schwartz with what to expect for the rest of the week. Were getting pretty good travel conditions across a good part of the country. As you can see later, the temperature is above normal in plane places. Were looking at the shore here in cape may and nice and quiet. At the other end of the area, Lehigh Valley. Clouds coming across from the west, as you can see, and a couple of showers in central pennsylvania. The temperatures are still well above average. 47 degrees in philadelphia. It has cooled down in south jersey and parts of delaware. 46 in millville with the clear skies and relatively light wind and low humidity. Those areas cool down the fastest but the fact that its not cooling down is a sign of the atmosphere continuing to warm and as we go through the night tonight, the temperatures are not really going to drop very much except for those areas in interior delaware. Ill tell you when you will need your coat and you will need it within the next ten days. Thats coming up. All right, glenn. America first. Thats the promise tonight from President Trump after he laid out a National Security strategy. The president vowed to build the border wall and cut deals with other countries that would be best for americas interests. Upon my inauguration, i announce that the United States would return to a simple principle. The first duty of our government is to serve its citizens, many of whom have been forgotten but they are not forgotten anymore. With every decision and every action, we are now putting america first. The president also claimed that america is coming back strong in trade and the economy. New at 6 00, pennsylvanias governor vetoed a bill that limits abortions to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Governor wolf rejected what planned parenthood said would be the most restrictive abortion law. The 20week limit would have kept in place exceptions except when a mothers life or wellbeing is at risk. There was no exception for rape or abnormalities. Its a vial assault on a womans ability to make decisions about their own health care. Make no mistake about it. Sb3 is an attack on women, their health, their freedoms, their choice, their liberties. New at 6 00, a south philly youth soccer coach accused of having sex with a young player pleaded guilty to having unlawful contact with a minor. Prosecutors say francisco lured one of his 14yearold players into a sexual relationship and fathered a child. He will serve 2 1 2 to five years in prison. He was coaching for an Athletic Program affiliated with a recreation center. Airlines struggle to get back on schedule after a fire knocked out power to atlantas airport for hours yesterday. The lights came back on around midnight but it was far from business as usual. It forced the cancellation of more than 1400 flights. Delta hopes to be mostly on schedule by tomorrow. Officials at Philadelphia International say the same each is not likely to happen here. The airport recently worked with peco including a replacement of an underground electric cable to boost reliability. Also, new jersey lawmakers want to protect the internet as you know it. A new bill would create a system to make sure all new jersey customers get proper Internet Service from their providers. Last week, the federal government voted to do away with socalled Net Neutrality and that decision could mean higher prices for you or no access to the shows and websites that you want. You can read more about what could happen to your internet on the free nbc 10 app. Just search Net Neutrality. New at 6 00, a new move in new jersey to protect every moms right to breast feed at their desk. Holiday hatred. The spring of hatred in one local town. And later, time for a rest . Eagles coach Doug Pederson talks about giving some players a break on game day. Well hear from him coming up in sports. Welcome back. Heres a live look at boat house row. It shows the houses lit up for the holiday. But to jersey shore tonight, police dont know who damaged a trio of menorahs. Ted greenberg tells us one has been repeatedly targeted. The large menorah outside the Jewish Community center taken inside after someone vandalized the hanukkah symbol. Smashed, chords cut, branches broken and another at the citys recreational complex. The fourth time in as many weeks, that menorah has been vandalized. Its just really sad. I really dont. Police are trying to find out out if the cases are connected and they are being handled as act of hate. To live a life with such hatred like that. Reporter at the recreational complex, the city has put a replacement menorah up on the flagpole. Its now repaired and its being fixed as well. The menorah is going back up tonight because its a symbol of victory and light. We want to make sure that that continues. Reporter resilience rising above hate. Ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. The Police Department is getting creative to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Santa claus is coming to town this video was put together to help showcase several events that the department does every year around the holidays. A local Recording Studio donated its time for the department to record its version of santa claus is coming to town. And listen to that excitement. This was about an hour ago and they were at this Christmas Party and everyone got a brandnew bicycle. Donors and parishioners. Here first alert weather now, a nice evening for outdoor holiday fun. A live look at the biggest ice skating rink on penns landing. Its packed out there tonight. Temperatures are mild. Just one week from christmas. This is a live look at the museum. Beautiful ben franklin parkway and, you know what, we can deal with mild temperatures. The weather is is going out to the malls. And we dont have any of the problems going out this week its cooler and its 56 in mt. Pocono. Its not going to be all that cold tonight. Land breeze. Cooler at the ocean and its 43 degrees. We have some clouds in central pennsylvania but not really associated with any kind of storm or anything like that. Conditions are pretty quiet across the country. So good traveling just about everywhere. Pacific northwest and there is rain in the south but its rain and not snow. In this area of snow coming towards chicago, its mostly in the north of chicago and as we head towards saturday, up and down the east ccoast, there is rain and not with snow. So were in pretty good shape here. As we go through the next few days, tomorrow is the mildest day for the rest of the week. 54 degrees and we drop some on wednesday. Drop some more on thursday. Going back a little bit below normal. But thats just for one day after a cold front moves through. So thursday should be the coldest day of the week. And it looks dry. All of these days. Tuesday, wednesday and thursday throughout the area. So, again, great opportunities for shopping. And as you head towards the christmas weekend, friday, daytime hours are looking pretty good, except perhaps the Lehigh Valley could see showers late in the day. Most likely they would come to other parts of the area by friday night. Saturday looks like the wettest day coming up. It also was the mildest day. It hit 60 degrees on saturday. Kind of windy at the jersey shore. And then on sunday, we still have above average temperatures but we have the possibility of some lingering showers. So the nastyist weather is saturday and sunday. And then we have a pattern that is assuring us of getting hit by what is going to take some time and it will meet us christmas or christmas night or wait until the day after. Thats the only real question here. Its coming. Its going to get cold. Christmas week up to new years day, its going to be very cold. Now lets show you this. Winter officially begins on thursday which is the coldest day of the week and then the rain comes on friday night and into saturday. Its a piled mild day and then we work our way down. And it looks like its later on monday and tuesday and look at these temperatures going down as they are even colder by next thursday. All right, glenn. Look at this, the lives of three students changed dramatically. They found out that theyve been accepted into three of the countrys top military schools. Delaware senator chris coons surprised the students and delivered that news at the high school in wilmington. Senator coons nominated several students. The military academies select the winners. The three academies are the u. S. Naval, military and u. S. Air force academies. Big news for them. John clark . Yeah, hey, for the eagles to start resting players christmas night. We take you into the locker room where doug speaks to the team. That is next. Sorry. I cant make it. Its just my eczema again, but its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. And im john clark. The eagles will be home for the holidays and could be home for the entire post season until the super bowl. They clinch home field throughout the playoffs. the raiders come to philly christmas night after losing last night. The ball was fumbled going for the win. The eagles have clinched a firstround bye. Theres a chance they could climp clinch before they win monday night. Doug pederson is already considering resting some players. Its not a preseason game where you can rest in week four. Youre Still Limited to the roster limits on game day. Guys are still going to have to play but at the same time im going to be smart for decisions moving forward and giving guys rest, if possible, the guys who need it. The eagles are 122 after 14 games. Doug pederson after the win wanted to remind them, if you play like this against the lowly giants in the playoffs, the run will be short. I dont know if we had that dominant swag ger today like we normally do. It didnt show earlier in this game. The second half of the game is different. Defense plays like you know how to play. Make great stops at the end. Were still working but stay in the moment. We talked about that all year. Lets not get away from that now because were getting away from the finish line. It aint busy. It aint going to be easygoing forward. The birds held on and won at metlife stadium. They took over at giants stadium. They were trying to win the game. Defense, defense, it was so loud the giants had fourth and goal and the giants offensive line man couldnt hear eli asking for the ball to be snapped. You have a lot of eagles fans and they were loud and we couldnt hear so we jumped offsides. Doesnt that bother you that it bothers me in a sense i dont blame our fans. Eagles fans getting it done. Back to you, jim. We love that. They are loud. Speaking of loud, tonight on nbc news at 11 00, ringing off the hook. Why people are getting the most robo calls in the country and whats being done to stop them. Thats tonight at 11 00. We push back. Challenging conventional thinking. Finding smarter solutions. Thats what makes Cancer Treatment centers of america one of the leaders in precision Cancer Treatment. 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As we go friday night into saturday, it starts to get wet, mild and then next week we freeze. Yeah, if you still have shopping to do, it needs to be done by the end of this week. Good luck with that. Nightly news is next. Well see you at 11 00. Tonight, what caused a deadly disaster on the tracks . Amtrak 501, emergency, emergency, emergency. We are on the ground. A passenger train flies off an overpass slamming into cars on the highway below. At least six are dead, dozens more injured. Investigators hunting for clues in the mangled wreckage. Also the race to get back up and running after a daylong power outage crippled the Busiest Airport in the world. Dustin hoffman accused. Three women detail Sexual Misconduct allegations against the oscar winning actor in their First Television interview. Nbc news exclusive, a warner from senior fbi officials to candidate donald trump during the 2016 campaign. What he was told about russia