Investigators spent the afternoon searching the train tracks. Canine units were brought in to assist. We talked to the people operating that train. They do describe a male and female on the bridge overpass right where the young lady described them. Reporter Surveillance Video also corroborates the witnesses story. Two trains have been searched so far but no child has been found. Police brought in a chopper to assist in the search. Unfortunately we got a lost mileage to cover here and were going to try to do that with a helicopter at this point. Reporter Police Believe that young couple lives here in the neighborhood. Anyone who may know them is urged to call police. Live in southwest philadelphia, chad pradelli. Thank you chad. Workers removed the last of the wrecked cars from amtrak 188 today. The ntsb is trying to get to the bottom of what caused the train to derail. Investigators are expected to give us an update in the last half hour or so. Reporter thats correct, shirleen. It was
She had overheard radio chatter, twoway radio chatter between a septa engineer and bostian. The septa engineer had reported that his train had been struck by rocks or a bullet. Then Robert Sumwalt of the ntsb picks up what she said. She also believed that she heard her engineer Say Something about his train being struck by something. Our investigation does not independently confirm this information but we have seen damage to the left hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield that we have asked the fbi to come in and look at for us. Reporter so, this is all going to be subject to further investigation as you heard. They are concerned about that condition of the windshield even though it has been a the train has been in a major crash. They are asking as you heard the fbi to come out tonight to examine the windshield of that amtrak locomotive. So as we say we have a startling revelation here, the possibility of some sort of crime or some sort of force acting upon the train independent o
They suspended him for two games. Your whole career is messed up based on some marital issues. A lot of young boys want to be like the guys in the nfl. I think that is a good move to cut them. The actions are not only in your sport but in your community and family and everything. It plays a major part. Reporter ray was accepted in a pretrial program. The case is adjudicated. The case cannot be reopened. They suspended rice for Domestic Violence. They asked the revel hotel for the video. The statement that video is not made available to us. No one in our office had seen it until today. Activists have been blasting the nfl saying they are too lenient on rice. They are asking to have uniform accessories in purple to highlight Domestic Violence. This happens to one in four women, serious, physical, Domestic Violence. That is double the rate of breast cancer. Jim, we may point out they raised the permit to players to an automatic six game suspension. Live in center city, vernon odom crimina
A young boy survives a Mountain Lion attack in california. But the big to her on action news this noon is the new school year for the kids in the cashstrapped Philadelphia School district. The bells rang across the city as 135,000 students went back to school, the first day of classes comes as the district is trying to overcome a budget deficit. John rawlins joins us outside the new link high school. The new school is in an unused portion of the middle school. As the district continues to battle an 81 milliondollar deficit, still the superintendent said its important to innovate and open the new schools. School open on time for the 130 Public School kids, but future operations remain in doubt. More than 1,000 employees could face pink slips unless harrisburg approves a cigarette tax hike. Well get to a time during the year where well have to make reductions. Im concerned about that. Reporter mayor nutter at the first day of school at one of the districts New High School dubbed link for
Atlantic county womens center, says she fears for palmer who married rice a month after the attack because she says far too often. Interpersonal violence is handled differently than other criminal behavior. Reporter further burdening a victim to prove or defend what is a crime, not a private matter between two people. Often times what we hear from victims is that they just want the violence to stop. That the perpetrators are not one dimensional. Reporter she says it may force communities to be empathetic and stand up for victims. She thinks, too, the nfl must step up to capital aggrevate audiences with they make a commitment to educate themselves. Educate their players. Educate viewers on Domestic Violence. And what it is in our society, why it cant happen. Reporter the Prosecutors Office at this stage of the game is not willing to say if they saw that video from the elevator as part of the investigation. We did some homework of our own, reaching out to five Law Enforcement officials o