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in most of the suburbs, 47 in trenton, 42 degrees in allentown. heading out the door to catch the school bus a light jacket, the winds will not be like yesterday, but cool. as we roll in the afternoon the temperatures roll up. noon 66 degrees, it's going to be a pleasant morning for an exercise walk or walk rover. 72 degrees by 3:00 p.m. high of 73 slips in late in the day 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., 71 degrees, as we look at the pollen count we're no longer in the super high zone but medium high over the next several days, straight through the weekend a word to the wise for allergy sufferers. karen, what about the roads and the rails. >> reporter: between philadelphia and new york city everything is cancel. the rest of the northeast corridor running with a modified schedule between washington, d.c. and philadelphia and new york city and boston. new jersey transit is honoring amtrak tickets. atlantic city rail line, new jersey transit still remains canceled patco is honoring the rail line tickets as well as amtrak. market frankford you can take all local service all trains trying to make all stops with more passengers. the trenton line is canceled. there's extra service with the west trenton line. chestnut hill west expect delays there, a lot of issues there. on the roads i felt, we have issues as well. northeast philadelphia, a serious head on accident closing welsh road between alburger avenue and alton street. bloomfield or red lion good alternates. >> authorities have not given official cause for the deadliest train wreck in america for almost 7 years but we're getting a clearer picture of the moments leading up to the crash. katherine scott is live at the scene in port richmond, good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam we know the train was going twice the speed limit. the question now is why, you can see the police barricades are set up in the neighborhoods as the investigation continues. we're starting to learn more about the engineer. overnight crews worked at the site of tuesday night's amtrak crash that claimed the lives of 7 people and injured 200. sources have identified the engineer as 32-year-old brandon bostian of queens new york, the train was going 106 miles per hour that approached the curved that had a 50 miles per hour speed limit. the ntsb said the engineer applied the brakes moments before the crash and slowed the train to 102 miles per hour. the speed limit before the bend is 80. >> our mission to find out what happened and when it happened so we can prevent it from happening again. >> reporter: this surveillance caught the train at the top of the screen before the derailment. seconds later you see the bright flasheses of light as the power lines came down. bostian has been with amtrak since 2010. he was a conductor prior to that and perceivesly worked for target. i said he doesn't remember what happened. >> he was on speed restricted track and the next thing he recalls is waking up and looking for his cell phone. >> reporter: mayor nutter was upset to learn how was the train was -- how fast the train was going. >> unless there's an explanation for his condition or something happen or some kind of trauma to him we need to know why you were going 106 miles per hour. >> reporter: we're being told the engine was less than a year old, the tracks had been inspected an hour before the crash. no defects were found. the black box was recovered. there's a video camera in front of the train and hopefully that can she had light on what happened. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> it is 5:05 now and there are seven people confirmed dead in the train derailment. that includes associated press staffer, jim gains a father of two. wells fargo said it killed one of their executives, abid gilani. and rachel jacobs the mother of two was the ceo of a philadelphia based tech company. justin zimmerman was on -- just sin justin zemser was on leave as a mid shipman on his way home. bob guilder sleeve is still missing. >> you could feel the car tipping over and then it was a blackness of flipping in the dark. >> passenger jeff cutler suffered injuries to his head and leg. the west oak lane notify lives in brooklyn and grateful. >> it was enough of a concern that they wanted to x-ray us. i'm mobile, i can walk, slight limp there's to break i'm lucky i'm standing here. >> many of injured are hiring attorney general to consider legal action. >> amtrak has set up a hot line for anyone trying to connect with a love one on the train. 800502 9101. our coverage continues at 6abc.com. you'll find the latest information being posted, photos from the scene and viewer videos in the aftermath. 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"action news" was in the north philadelphia as police were in hot pursuit of two suspected carjackers. the driver of the stolen chevrolet impala lost a wheel and stopped on the sidewalk. police caught one immediately and caught the second man a few blocks away. the authorities have not said if the owner of the car was hurt in the carjacking. >> so david just as i get rid of the boy's winter coats jackets we have a morning that's cold. >> reporter: it's cold, a lot of neighborhoods are in the 40s but won't last. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're dry this morning i suppose that's good for a thursday morning commute. as we look outside we have sky6 live hd in center city, the camera wiggling just a bit as we have winds ranging from the single digits up to the mid teens. overall it's not as windy as yesterday and we have big time improvement. 50 degrees in philadelphia. 42 degrees currently in and i woulden town. 45 in reading lancaster 45. 47 in trenton. it's the northern areas that are the coolest. wilmington millville and dover we have numbers in the upper 40s, we're at the point in the morning where the number could drop before it turns around, but turn around it will. overnight we have cloud cover dissipating, so we're expecting sunshine up over the horizon at dawn and we'll probably maintain fairly sunny skies throughout the day. allentown, sunny pleasant, in the 40s less wind than yesterday. down the shore 68 degrees, not too bad. lots of sun there, in philadelphia 73 degrees, plenty of sunshine, less wind than yesterday, winds averaging 7 to 14 miles per hour. of course yesterday at times we had the winds gusting up over 30 miles per hour. it will not only feel comfortable with low humidity today it will looking look like a great day and feel better in terms of of the wind. 54 at 8:00 a.m. 64 by 11:00 a.m. it's a great morning to run errands. 71 at 2:00 p.m. the high of 73 late in the afternoon, 3:30 or 4:00 before we dip back to 72 at 5:00 p.m. nice conditions. we have day baseball as we wrap up a four game series with the pittsburgh pirates. low humidity, lots of sunshine. first pitch temperature 70. by the end. game we should be hipght on -- hitting on the 73-degree high. tomorrow, we have sun and high clouds beneath the front we'll get milder. a high of 76 degrees, overall partly sunny skies later at night we'll see a shower in northern areas closer to the front. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we have a high of 73 today, sunny and nice really gorgeous weather low humidity. tomorrow, 76, still a very nice day. partly sunny skies saturday, there's when the warm front gets off to the north a cold front gets in from the west we get into the warm and humid sector of the storm system, 85 degrees, it will be unsettled but any thunderstorms we see on saturday would be very spotty mainly in the afternoon it's a day where i would definitely not cancel plans, but have an outplan in case a thunderstorm happens to pop up 30 to 45 minutes in the area. sunday warm with a another scattered thunderstorm, mostly dry, another high of 85 degrees, the early part of next week, behindment departing front we cool down, 73 degrees, very similar to today. sunday mixing with clouds, tuesday, a little bit more cloud cover around and there will be a thunderstorm popping through at times and then we're back to the sun on wednesday. >> 5:11 we're following a developing story overseas. the death toll from the factor fire in the philippines climbs while crews search for workers still missing. >> a three time winner rights to win by flipping through the area in a heart-stopping crash. >> reporter: can't bring yourself to break up with somebody face-to-face, looking them in the eye a company will give you an easy way out. we'll talk about it in the morning buzz. >> we're not going to, though. >> we're not going to, no, no. >> good morning everyone, 5:14, taking a live look at philadelphia international airport. >> let's go over to karen rogers to give you the latest in your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning we have a serious accident in northeast philadelphia, we're hearing four people injured on the scene, it was a head on accident here, that's closing welsh road between alburger avenue and alton street. this is happening right now. stick to bloomfield or lion road to avoid the problems there. in time suburban traffic report we have an accident at cheltenham avenue at school lane in montgomery county. on the turnpike it's open in both directions between fort washington and willow grove. we had an accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer. it happened late last night. it was closed all late last night and into the early morning hours, traffic is moving better right now. let's look outside we're looking at the tolls and the trees here, plymouth meeting the blue route mid county tolls no problems you're looking pretty good with that. checking the commuter traffic report, i have the waze app it's illegal hands, 295 southbound, there's a pothole on the road watch for that. temperatures 50 degrees in philadelphia. 42 in allentown and 49 degrees in millville, new jersey. if you look at the temperatures difference it's a good 14 degrees cooler than yesterday. if you step outside and think it's cooler, you're not alone. factor fire has killed 7 # people broke out at a rubber slipper factor near the capitol of manila. the blaze trapped workers on the second floor where iron grills on the windows prevent anybody from escaping. a jury in boston is deliberating whether boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev will spend life in prison or die of lethal injection. plea people were killed and 200 wounded in the april 23 attack near the finish line. phillies beat the pirates last night 3-2. cole hamels struck out 9 over 7 strong innings jonathan paplebon made his 113th save as a philly. he is the all time leader. former "dancing with the stars" contestant tried to exit and went airborne. he hopped back into the cockpit and took 11 more lapse. >> wow after 75 years of flying the end is near for one airline. new research may get you starting brushing flossing and seeing a dentist regularly. temperatures in the 40s so a light jacket for the kids would do, in the afternoon shorts and ts. i'll be back to check out the severe weather for those of you traveling across the nation. > "action news" conductedden undercover -- conducted an under cover investigation over children going to school and their safety may be at risk. >> reporter: this is one of the busiest intersection also in the city. you pay for someone to stand out here arena look after your kids. tonight we'll show you the potential dangers we caught on hid hidden camera. >> what i saw on the tape was unacceptable. >> reporter: this tipster contacted us after getting no results. we'll tell you what we found. >> i'm not standing out there in the street anticipate stopping traffic. are you serious. >> you get out there and stop traffic. >> reporter: what police are doing to make sure your kids are safe it's an investigation only you'll see on "action news" tonight at 11:00. >> i want to show you what's happening on the airport line. we're seeing ten to 20 minute delays because of single tracking. held to the airport that's going to cause you a problem this morning. the trenton line continues to remain suspended because of train derailment. west trenton line added extra service. chestnut hill west expect delays there. the ben franklin bridge on going construction continues to block the right lane. dave we're not seeing any delays just yet. >> reporter: on the big board we in the 40s and by 9:00 a.m. 59. noon 66, 72 by 3:00 p.m. looks like we'll get a high of 73 degrees late in the day 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. before zipping back to 71 degrees by 6:00 p.m. no severe weather, we had that in texas or at least the threat of it. today severe weather threat away from any major population sisters and to the west. philadelphia international no delays and no rain showing up in our most frequently traveled destinations, tam. >> coming up in "healthcheck," if you've never had a caift you' cavity you should consider yourself lucky. only 4% of adults say they have never had cavity. only half of adults under 65 have all their own teeth. in fact one in 5 seniors have no natural teeth at all. why she would this matter, oral health is an indicator how your overall health is doing. >> if yew worried about skin cancer consider vitamin b3. over a year those who took a invite man had a 23% of lower rate of skin cancer. >> the u.s. airline industry is about to shrink again. here's abc's america's money. >> reporter: good morning, topping america's money. phasing out u.s. airways. it is merging with american airlines. a 90 day transition will be used to integrate it into a single reservation system. for smokers looking to quit put money on it. $150 of their own money at stake were more likely to 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