Could rise. This is has been a difficult rescue mission as crews struggle to try to get into those crash train cars still dangling over the highway. Amtrak train 501 is still dangling from an overpass tonight after it derailed in Washington State just outside of tacoma this morning. Five crew members and 78 passengers were on board. Three were killed. When i stepped out i didnt really realize i was standing on train car. Reporter Emma Schaeffer is one passenger who had no idea something was wrong until she woke up in different place than where she was originally seated. I was thrown from my seat. You were throw thrown, into the other seats. Okay. Because i was taking a nap at the time actually. Reporter horrific seen shows train cars crushing cars that were driving on the highway below. Multiple cars and trucks were struck by train cars that left the train tracks went down on to the road. Reporter investigators say self people on the ground were hurt but the deaths were all people on the train in it was oval yous there were some fatalities and there were a lot of injuries and some people were able to get off the train. Reporter theres still no indication of whether speed was a factor in the crash. But investigators say the train was going more than 80 miles an hour headed to portland. The route was being touted as a faster way to get there and the trains first trip on that rou route. Im just wondering if they did any dry runs on this before the passengers aboard. Reporter and one official tells the Associated Press that the train may have hit something before going off the track but the ntsb has not confirmed cause yet. Lucy. Thank you very much, shawnette. Of course, this is nothing new in philadelphia. We are unfortunately all too familiar with sites like this. In 2015 an amtrak train careened off the tracks in Port Richmond killing eight people and hurting more than 150 others. A tragedy that has rushed back to the forefront of minds. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser was one of the first people on the scene of that crash. Live now in Port Richmond, dave, for many this latest derailment brings up all of those painful memories. Reporter lucy, as you can well imagine, this kind of situation on the west coast that tragedy there brings back a lot of bad memories here in philadelphia for First Responders and folks here in the Port Richmond area. Some telling us tonight its a night they will never forget. Amtrak trains crewed on by monday night in Port Richmond right where amtrak 188 derailed two and a half years ago killing eight and injuring over 150. Brings back a lot of memories sure it does. Very sad memory. Probably never forget that day im guessing. Reporter anna says the crash remains fresh in her mind. She works right up the block at angelos pizza house. When she heard about the amtrak crash in Washington State, bad memories came rushing back. Its a shame that it had to happen but what can you do . It was truly surreal. The best word. Reporter Deputy Police commissioner joe sullivan remembers the twisted rail cars the darkness and chaos the night of of the amtrak 188 crash. He was in command of first responding police officers. People calling for help. There were people that you must take a chance and get in and rescue. Reporter depth fee sullivan can relate to the scene outside tacoma. The train here was traveling over 100 miles an hour. The train on the west coast over 80 miles per hour. Both were mass casualty events. Looks like a movie scene initiainitially. You just cant imagine youll see train cars in that position. Reporter anna remembers how the community here pitched in to help victims. Just like many did in Washington State on monday. There is humanity out there that people do help one another. Reporter now, Officials Say positive Train Control Technology was not in place outside tacoma. It was in place here in Port Richmond. Baaing in may of 2015 it is now at this point. Commissioner sullivan praisin pg First Responders and offering condolences to the families of the victims. Lucy. Prayers going up. Thank you much, dave. Of course nobody likes getting pulled over but whats happening in new jersey takes that to a whole new level. And it is a scary level. New Jersey State Police believe a man stole a police suv from a troopers home and used it in at least two robberies. In that suv trooper uniforms. Other police gear and weapons. Fox 29s gentlemen an pileggi is live in pennsauken with more. Joanne . Reporter good evening, lucy. The guns and state Police Uniforms are still missing. Out there somewhere. State police have recovered that up marked troopers suv. Thats why there is a warning tonight for all new jersey residents to be on the look out for someone who could be posing as a new jersey state trooper. My first thought was wow. It is. Its scary. Reporter new jersey residents feeling unnerved after reports that someone stole a state troopers unmark suv and it contained two weapons and at least two new Jersey State Police uniforms and other official police gear. Next thing you know how could that happen . You know, how does it get stolen . I guess they break in just like anybody elses car. Reporter state police say the troopers suv was stolen from his home in middle second county early sunday and the suspect committed three robberies. Pulling over a truck driver on the new jersey turnpike and stealing cash. Then stopping at a gas station to fill the tank and taking off without paying. And then, pulling over cab driver near a mall and stealing money from him. They say he didnt use a gun in those robberies. I would be very cautious if you got pulled over at any point. I dont know that i would open my window or door or perhaps not stop. You know, i mean, that would be kind of scarier. Its a little scary obvious obviously. Um, you dont always think to ask state trooper for their identification when tecum up on you or something, you know. Reporter state police issuing a warrant for all new jersey residents saying anyone concerned or suspicious about the validity of an officers identification should call 911 to report the information and seek confirmation of of the officers credentials. People have to have their guard up. I mean, what else are you going to do . Reporter people do have to have their guard up. Several people we talk to tonight wondered in it is Police Protocol to leave their guns in their cars. We contacted the state police today and they are not issuing any further statements other than the one they released earlier today. They are investigating. Back to you lucy. Thank you much, joanne. A south philadelphia homeowner says she is just had enough. Thieves have just stolen her handmade holiday decorations in front of her home for the third time in two years. Security cameras on the 1100 block of fitzgerald show a look out and a thief working together in the pre hoy dawn areas of december 9th. One guy used wire cutters to disconnect the decorations from their moorings. Josephine machete says in 2015 thieves stole her outdoor hold ha halloween decorations. Two months later came back and wiped her christmas displays. An array of security cameras caught the whole thing right across the street this time around. Its terrible. How could somebody do that. Ruin someones christmas, you know, take everything out of you. Next year lie not do anything. Reporter no more deck indications. No. Not for someone just to come along and take them. Terrible. Reporter kind of stolen your christmas spirit. Really did. Those heartless guys were certainly thorough. The video she is they spent more than three minutes in front of her house making sure they stole just about everything they could get their hands on. Okay. Its weird, creepy, just some of the ways Delaware County family describes something erie that popped up in a Family Picture. So some people are asking is it a ghost or some logical explanation. Fox 29 resident ghostbuster dave kinchen went to investiga investigate. Live now in center city. All right. All right. Dave what did you dig up here . Reporter i gladly septembered this assignment because, well, hey, if im in the afraid of any ghosts. Beside that point this family felt like they were taking a christmas picture feeling warm and festive for the season but when they look the picture it fell like halloween. When you take a Family Picture in Winter Wonderland the last thing youd expect for a stranger to crash the shot. Who or what is this figure. I started going through them. What is that. I zoomed in. Tricia and says she and her husband look at holiday pictures he took outside their home late last week when they couldnt help but notice a friendly face in the corner. First i was little freaked out by it. Little creepy. I woke up my hubble. Check this out. Hes half awake it look likes kung fu panda my sons favorite movie. Reporter is it a gloat or glare. We went around city to hall see what people think. I see a ghost. Light something with lights or i dont know. Reporter does it kind of look like a ghost . Maybe a little bit. Reporter it could be a light flare some people think. No. Its a ghost. It looks like a ghost. Its a ghost. Thats ghost. Reporter we took our investigation to john levy founder of old old city paranormal. Thats right, folks a professional ghost hunter. Theres really cool picture, um, but what i see out of it is what we call may tricking effect you can get that if youre taking pictures fully blossomed trees maybe dirty windows. If you look to the left, around the lights around the window, you almost see the same kind of little glare from the lights. Reporter okay. So its not a ghost according to an expert but we were still curious. Have you sensed any spirits for anything . No, no. I really its more welcomed it i dont like anything like that im going with lighter fun its just something that maybe spark out light but i dont kn know. More i look it i just dont understand it. Reporter we were hoping this was spirit because quiet frankly i had hard hitting questions for it. But, well, we got ghosted. Back to you. [ laughter ] dave, i have to tell you dave in our editorial meeting he comes up with these singers all the time. Laugh plaintiff. Be safe getting back home. Dont feet too creeped out at all. Reporter you got it. Philadelphia schools dealing with Financial Issues is nothing new. This is. One city councilman is taking matter noose his own hands Pennsylvania State senator daylin leach is stepping back from his campaign for congress but says he is not resigning. You see former female staffs archiving him of sexual misconduct. In faceboo post this afternoon leach wrote its heartbreaking to me that i have put someone in a position that made them feel uncomfortable or disrespected. Yesterday the inquirer reported leach made sexualized statements around young female staffers and touched them in ways some found inappropriate. Governor wolf is now calling on leach to resign. People come forward with evidence that he acted inappropriately we need to say thats in the who we are and we cant have that kind of behavi behavior. Sources tell fox 29 at this point leach is not dropping out of the race for congress but may reevaluate after the holidays. So Governor Wolf was here in philadelphia to veto bill that would have limited abortions to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Pennsylvania current limit is 24 weeks. Its supported say new medical breck throughs have saved younger baby. The 20 week limit would kept in place exceptions when mothers live well being at risk. It had no exceptions for rape, incest or fetal abnormalities passed 24 weeks. This legislation is a disingenuous and bald face bold face attempt to pass the most extreme anti choice alleges laying in the country. This legislation is attempt to criminalize decisions that women must be allowed to make about their own hell care. In bipartisan vote last week the pa house passed the bill by a 12170 margin. Its not secret the School District of philadelphia has Financial Issues. Well one city councilman is helping out of his own pocket. Councilman alan dalham presented check for 25 hun dead dollars to five philadelphia Public Schools at city hall today. Before taking office in 2016 he had pledged to donate his entire salvy to philadelphia Public Schools and that year he donated 23 schools across the city. Winston churchill, he is greatest line that i love. He says we make living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. Thats what today about. That you go. He also gave 2,500 to six Public Schools in june of this year. A major provider of hot meals for the homeless reopened its doors after months of renovation and just in time for the holidays. Face to face in germantown served its first meal today in its new dining room. The 132yearold building on east price street began renovations seven months ago. So congratulations and good timing. In your health tonight, a local woman defying the odds after a life alters diagnosis. In december of 2013, doctors diagnosed 28yearold shanay pits with a condition that basically as well as the brain and spinal cord. She went into a coma. Isnt doctors believed she would never talk or walk again. But look at her now. Getting around today she was at the jefferson cherry hill outer loop physical Therapy Department to say thank you to the staff who helped her in her amazing recovery. God bless her. That is great. Cases of sanitizing wipes are just about every Grocery Store these days. Thats just portion avenue billion dollar Hand Sanitizer industry but are they keeping us germ free and healthy . A Johns Hopkins dr. Says yup they are. Juan, with hand sanitize kerr you can kill viruses on your hands in ten or 15 seconds. He cites studies is that have shown if School Children use sanitizer four times day it could cut back on 25 of sick days. Someone who sneezes or coughs then touches an object then you go and touch and you get those viruses on your hands, you dont get sick until you bring your hand to your mouth or knows. He says make sure your sanitizers and wipes have at least 60 alcohol to be effective. Got to wonder about them being able to increase the super bug potential as i recall good old plane water and soap works pretty well, too. Just a thing. Reading in berk county nobody likes mrsa. You may be dreaming a White Christmas but it doesnt look like were actually going to see one. Meteorologist kathy orr is here with your forecast at 11 00. Were talkin talking about se warmer temperatures. Were going to be up, and down. Much different than the beginning of the month when it was just frigid. I wish we could have flip flopped it then we would have had White Christmas. That doesnt look to be the kay at this point. One place youll see the white is the poconos. Cold enough to make snow. Right now the temperature is 37. 43 in allentown. 41 in pottstown. 47 in philadelphia. 45 in Atlantic City and in wildwood. So mild night out there. Normal high is 44. So were already above that at this point. Overnight 40 in philadelphia. 36 in pottstown and 37 in wilmington. Everyone above freezing overnight. Skies will be partly cloudy. But were talking about a big warmup on the way. You can see a ridge in the east. Some colder air is going to be coming in to the north and west by saturday. But look at this warmth. The pattern is going to be fairly warm even into the christmas weekend. Well talk more about that and have your christmas forecast coming up lucy were talking about chasing 60 degrees. Wow. Not once but twice for the rest of this week into the week glenn isnt that amazing. It is. All righty. Kristen, lets clarify Something Real quick. It is not the North Carolina panthers, right. Right. Well get to that. With the Carolina Panthers up for sale people have already stepped forward wanting to buy them but i have one important criteria in mind for whoever the Carolina Panthers will be on the market this off season in the aftermath of the misconduct allegations towards giroux richardson but it didnt take long for people to show interest foo buying the team. I need to stepped message out to everybody in the beautiful state of North Carolina. I will be the best nfl owner that you can imagine. Yes that is Sean Diddy Combs saying he wants to buy the panthers. Actually kept saying the North Carolina panthers. I think hell get the name right soon. He followed that video up boy saying hed bring in Colin Kaepernick as quarterback. Kaepernick actually responded on twitter saying he wants to be on management and then steph curry says he also wants in. Now look it doesnt seem likely these threes will be able to actually buy the franchise. Nfl usually leans towards a Single Family kind of model bodied did he would become the first majority africanamerican owner in the nfl considering social issues that dominated this nfl season i think theres lead need for new voices at the executive level something to keep in mine as the candidates start to step forward. Kathy, whats going on in our weather . Starting to warm up a little bit, yeah. Yeah. Were talking about temperatures that are going to be slowly but surely warm overnight. 30s and 40s tomorrow. Look at this. The high 56 degrees. Very mild for december and take a look at the seven day foreca forecast. The temperatures go up and go doughnut one thing that stays steady is the sun until the weekend. Late rain friday. Saturday showers likely but it will be 60 at least on saturday. Sunday 48 and for Christmas Day mostly cloudy, a temperature of 50 degrees its going to be a little bit more wet than white this year. All right. Warm is okay. Yeah, warm is okay. Plus we can change the anyhow so might as well revel in it. Thats the general consensus its not the North Carolina panthers. No Carolina Panthers. They do play in charlotte. A song from journey it says in south detroit theres no south detroit. South detroit is a canada. It is. [ laughter ] windsor. Anyhow so facebook has something to admit to you guys. Whats that. Do you know you may be better off without it. Can we tell our bosses that . Wow. Social media giant conduct add study with carnegie melon university. Its site could result in you feeling a little worse about yourself. Folks hari received and stepped more messages and posts are mock likely to feel better themselves and their social support system system. Other whos scrolled through what others post. In that makes sense. I know. Dont let it bother you. No. That social media is just social media. Exactly. How many people signed your yearbook. It does and matter. You know. It just doesnt matter. Some people are mean. Dont listen to them. We got to move on. Money cant buy happiness the amount of it you have may influence how much you have joy in your life. So university of california you are 59 research cher rich and poor folks see things differently in, you know, in their daily experiences. Apparently, richer people tended to derive happiness more emotion that is maced emphasis on themselves look at my cool new shoes poor individuals derived their happiness on the emotion that is involved focuses on others and compassion in life. Like the compassion and love thing right there. Op that note youll have more compassion and love with good day at 4a right now on good day philadelphia, was speed to blame . Investigators at the scene of yesterdays deadly amtrak crash are trying to figure out what caused it to derail. We have had a deadly shooting a man, thanks, sue serio. Ore good morning. We are getting ourselves together and organize in a live report in what happened in this neighborhood more in a second. And also, really nice sweet surprise, the East StroudsburgUniversity WomensBasketball Team coming up big for one of their own just in time for christmas. Good day, everybody we are getting our team assembled on this morning, im normally one who drops it. So sorry. This is my clicker and i dropped it not once but twice i pick it up and dropped it again. We will to have get what do you call that a sticky, velcro velcro, exactly. Wrist band. Zone on to my hand. So sorry. Not at all of course, good morning thanks for joining us. Thomass off. Heres the gang. We are here, ready to go, hold on to that thing. You have great news. Well, you will like me now because there is a good weather forecast, wow, we will go with a nine out of 10 today it will look good and comfortable. Bus stop buddy has a jacket on in this National Hard candy day, big pile of candy like what he need more sweet stuff this time of the year. Temperatures in the 30s and 40s. We have a little tiny bit of rain, sprinkle or two on radar showing up in lancaster and chester counties. We will talk about that in a moment. But weve got a nice day in store. It is 43 degrees. Normal high for this date is 44, 76 percent relative humidity, sunrise time seven credit 18 on this almost last day of winter. Fiftyfive should be our high. Mid 50s in many other places, including wildwood, wilmington , reading, we will be at around 40 degrees, for our High Temperature in mount pocono with a mixture of sun and cloud, kind of on the breezy side today but all looking good a lot of changes as we head into christmas. We will talk about that in the seven day forecast and i will try to hold on to well, everything i need to hold on to bob kelly. I will get you a velcro gloves and just stick there and you will always know where it is, good morning, 4 00 oclock on a tuesday we have left over construction, live look at the schuylkill expressway out near king of prussia crews will be out until 5 00, one lane pattern all the way in from conshohocken all the way into belmont. They are also still working here on the schuylkill all eastbound lanes closed here at 30th street, either jump off