He tells us he has a good guess as to what caused todays derailment raiment. Here at 30th street station many students are heading home for the o holidays and they were concerned given amtraks derailment south of seattle. Its a little scary. I think its crazy and i really feel for those people andheir families. Generally i feel safe but aveling in inclement weather its in the back of my mind. Robert mongeluzzi represented 34 passengers on amtrak train 188. The train derailed in Port Richmond with 238 passengers on board. Eight were killed and over 200 injured. The train was traveling over 100 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour zone when it hit a curve and went off the tracks. He sees striking similarities to todays derailment. The first thing that you think about when a train derails on a curve is it was going too fast. And when you see the locomotive, which is heavier and goes on a Straight Path while everything behind it falls over, it is eerily reminiscent of amtrak 188. Reporter the ntsb found that the philadelphia derailment could have been prevented by positive train control, a computerized speed limiting system. The safety measure is not in place nationwide and reportedly was not being used on the rails the washington train was traveling. Well, they clearly havent learned. How many more people are they going to kill before this Company Makes safety first and they obviously havent done it. Reporter amtrak ceo confirmed in a Conference Call this afternoon that positive train control was not being used on the stretch of track where the washington train derailed today. The private owner of that rail says it is installed there but that does not necessarily mean that it was activated. Of course we dont yet know the cause of todays derailment south of seattle. Thats an investigation thats typically takes about a year. Lie live at 30th street station im Sarah Bloomquist channel6 action news. Follow the latest on that amtrak derailment on 6abc. Com. Watch video from the scene in washington state. A vote on the republican tax bill could come as early as tomorrow. President trump has said he would sign the bill before christmas calling it a great gift. If he signs the bill by december 31st, the changes would take effect next year. The tax plan would cut the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 21 percent and lower the top tax rate from 39. 6 percent to 37 percent. The new bill also eliminates the obamacare mandate. The white house is confident they have enough votes. But not everyone is pleased with the republicans proposed tax cuts. This was the scene outside of congressman brian costellos officers in Chester County earlier today. The southeastern pennsylvania American Federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations hosted a rally against the tax reform plan. Those against the plan believe it will result in a loss of jobs higher taxes, restricted social services and an increase national debt. New Jersey State Police are investigate what caused a serious crash in burlington county. Chopper6 hd over the scene at carranza road in shamong township. State police say the vehicle ran into a pole around noontime. Two people who were inside the vehicle died. The victims have not yet been identified. Well, eagles fans have a lot to celebrate today following the teams win against the new york giants yesterday. The 3429 victory was the first full game without carson wentz this season. Starting quarterback nick foles threw four touchdown passes. The win secured a first round playoff bye for the team as well. The eagles will take on the Oakland Raiders next and you can watch that game christmas night right here on 6abc. And while some eagles fans might consider yesterdays victory an early christmas present, eagles player Malcolm Jenkins spent part of his day surprising a family in philadelphias Strawberry Mansion section with that Real Christmas gifts. Action News Reporter bob brooks has those details tonight of the big surprise. Great story here, bob, hm . Reporter yeah, rick, good evening, yeah, great story. Ill tell you what, were up here at the Police Athletic center in Strawberry Mansion. Theres a lot of people working really hard to make sure that a lot of people out there have a happy holidays. It all started with the eagles Malcolm Jenkins. Lets take a look. By the looks of the smiles on their faces and display of talented dance moves its a happy day inside the home of berniece beatty and her eight grandchildren but its not hard to see why either. The eagles Malcolm Jenkins some teammates and several members of the Philadelphia Police showed up with gifts and an incredible holiday meal. Its beautiful. The kids love it. I love it. Reporter go eagles, right this is one of many families jenkins and company are making deliveries to to ensure a happy holidays. Its all made possible by Many Organizations but it was spearheaded by the Malcolm Jenkins foundation and philadelphia Police Athletic league. We caught up with jenkins and Deputy Police commissioner joe sullivan at the pal center in Strawberry Mansion before they and volunteers packed everything up and shipped them out. Weve been blessed to have holidays with our families with food and gift. Its our way of giving back. For these families christmas would be just another day of the week. Thats whats really great. This the third year that the Malcolm Jenkins foundation has done this, second year they invited the Philadelphia Police department to come in and partner with them. Reporter 27 organizations are going to make deliveries to five families each in need. One organization thats being helped the Ronald Mcdonald house. They showed us what theyll be getting. A huge turkey dinner with everything from soup to nuts from the turkey to the delicious apple pie, theres toys for the kids as well as gifts that the center will be able to use year round. Reporter ill tell you what, great story here. Looking at my notes a lot of families were helped, rick. In all im told about 140 deliveries were made. For now reporting live in Strawberry Mansion bob brooks channel6 action news. Rick back to you. All right, thank you bob for that report. Time now for the action news traffic report. Monday night. Matt pelman in the action news traffic center. How was your weekend, matt. You know, i wasnt sure how much of a weekend id have left after i made it home friday night. What a mess that was. But after that, it was pretty good, rick and sharrie. This afternoon travel times look a whole lot better on the schuylkill than they did friday night, but theres still not ideal. 32 minutes is still more than double what it ideally should be here on the eastbound side. Weve got a vehicle off to the side just east of montgomery avenue. Police assisting there. But overall the lanes are opened. Its just heavy traffic in them. Better news in cheltenham. Our vehicle fire on the southbound side of 309 near cheltenham avenue cleared out so speeds there back up into the mid50s. Well take it. You might want to use 309 northbound instead of the northbound side of the northeast extension headed towards allentown this afternoon. Theres an overturned truck on the ramp from the northbound side of 476 to lehigh valley. You can squeeze by but its a tight fit. Back to normal on 422 our eastbound vehicle fire near royersford is off to the side. Westbound you have your typical slowing headed out towards phoenixville and collegeville. A number of accidents in delaware. Theres one along route four at samoset drive. Overturned vehicle along 495 northbound north of 95. Just 15 Miles Per Hour there. Well check it again though rick and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. Matt well see you then. Thank you. Still ahead on action news at 5 00 are holiday celebrations hurting your heart . A look at the dangers this time of the year can bring to your health. Also an iconic vehicle can soon be yours. Coming up how you can get your hands on the fiat the pope himself rode in philadelphia. Cecily interested. No, but you know what i want . I want a convertible and put the top down because today we made it up to 60 degrees, thats 6 degrees above normal. Tomorrow even warmer. Ill let you know how long the springlike weather sticks around in the accuweather forecast when action news returns. Health check tonight. The fda is trying to crack down on homeopathic drugs that can do more harm than good. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the big board with new details. Agency proposing stricter enforcement saying it will target products that pose the greatest risk. Those are the ones that include targeting kids or elderly products that come in the form of an injection, products that could have potentially dangerous ingredients and also ones that claim to treat a serious disease. In the past the fda has issued warnings about nasal sprays containing sink. Like Dietary Supplements the agency doesnt review safety or effectiveness of homeopathic products before theyre sold but unlike supplements these products are are marketed towards a specific medical condition. The fda is taking Public Comments about this new proposal. Hustle and bustle of the Holiday Season can be exhausting. It can also be dangerous for some people due to a condition known as holiday heart syndrome. It can happen when youre running from one place to another eating drinking and celebrating the season. If you drink alcohol excessively, it could spark your heart to beat in an abnormal rhythm and it can happen even to healthy people. The most common heart arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation. Youll feel like your heart is racing, you may feel dizzy or short of breath. For some people afib is temporary. If youre in afib youre probably going pretty fast. To be in that fast rhythm for a long time can cause damage so its important to be seen by are Doctors Office or your local Urgent Care Center or emergency room. Dr. Cho says thi i a reminder to be mindful during the holidays and try to do everything in moderation. Now, as a nurse i tell people even if youre not sure theres a problem, if you feel like something is off, its best to listen to your body and get it checked out right away. Especially when it comes to your heart, dont delay. Rick and sharrie, back over to you. All right, good advice. Thank you ali. A new bancroft campus for children with autism and special needs opened today with a Ribbon Cutting and tours of the new facility in new jersey. The raymond andanne wsh campus in mount laurel is one of the nations first schools specifically designed an inspired by the needs of children with autism. The 80acre campus will support up to 265 children ages eight up to 21 years old. Following todays Ribbon Cutting guests were also invited to help create a butterfly cllage which will be displayed throughout the school. What do you think . Hey, think ben will like it . Yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music . Im serious, i never know what to get him. Just tell me you got him fios too. Sigh. Mrs. Layne, fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. That, plus this sick console, hell be like whaaaaaattt. Your new tech is best on the 100 fiber optic network. So get fios. Now just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. If you ever wanted to ride in pope style now you can. One of the two fiats that the pontiff used to get around philadelphia during his visit in 2015 is up for auction. And action News ReporterTrish Hartman has the details tonight. As you can see the car is in excellent, excellent condition. Its been garage keptism in the. In the basement of a parking garage in philadelphia sits a special vehicle waiting for its home. The biggest selling point the holy father was in this car. Reporter the fiat fun hundred hatchback used by pope francis when he visited philadelphia for the world meeting of families in september 2015. After the pope left, the cars were donated to the archdiocese of philadelphia. The first was auctioned off last year and went for 82,000. We decided to auction the second vehicle for charity just as we did with the first. All the roads will benefit the annual Catholic Charities appeal which is in its 59th year. Reporter ken gavin with the archdiocese says any security modifications made for pope francis have been returned to factory specifications. In true pope francis fashion, archdiocese vehicles say its a humble vehicle with heated seats or a sunroof but it does have low mileage, 459 miles to be exact and pope francis did sit in the back seat. That back seat, the seat he sat in i like to consider it a grace filled object. Reporter gavin says hes not the only one. We had individuals helping us with transportation and he had a granddaughter who was ill and said could i please just sit in francis seat and say a prayer. I think thats going to make a huge difference. Reporter find a link to the auction on 6abc. It ends on december 20th. Reporting somewhere inly philadelphia, Trish Hartman channel6 action news. The president of espn is stepping down from his post citing a substance addiction problem. John skipper has been head of the Company Since 2012. In a statement skipper said the most important thing he can do right now is take care of my problem but no specific details of the problem were provided. George bodenheimer will serve as acting chair. Espn and 6abc are owned by the walt disney company. You could call it a tasty marriage of the sweet and salty. Hersheys is buying the maker of skinny pop popcorn. Hershey says it will help them become an innovative supply house. Hershey recently took over a bid from Oreo Maker Mondelez International incorporated. Peco is lighting up the holidays including a popular holiday garden rail way at the moores arboretum. The quarter mile of track features tunnels with 15 different rail les two cable cars nine bridges including one you can walk under. Nine display made of natural materials like bark leaves and t theres even a replica of t Fairmount Water Works and of course it is all decorated with twinkling lights. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This Holiday Season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Time for the accuweather forecast. Meteorologist cecily tynan is here now with the warm details, unseasonably warm today. 6 degrees above normal. Last week at this time i was tracking snow on the way. Right. Actually two bouts of snow. Lets head over to the Action News Weather Center and we are live on sky6 taking a look at the rothman ice rink at city hall a lot of folks out and about looking all ready for the holidays and you better get ready because christmas is now only one week away. I know my kids are really excited and the main question everyone asks me as i do my live facebook chats in the afternoon everyone says whats the chance of a white christmas. Historically we dont have a good chance. 7. 9 percent chance that we will have at least an inch of snow on the ground in philadelphia. This year the chance is no higher. We have a very active pattern setting up this week. We had a lot of systems moving through. However most of them will be cutting to our west pulling in warm air so christmas unfortunately for a lot of people is looking more wet than white right now. Right now out there if we did have any precipitation it would be rain, not snow, just too warm for that. 47 degrees in philadelphia, again our high 50 degrees. Allentown 44. Trenton 46. Cape may 48. Even in the poconos, pretty mild, 38 degrees. Satellite and radar showing kind of a mixed bag today. Mix of clouds and sunshine, more clouds rolling in in the afternoon. Now the clouds are really retreating so tonight just a few patchy clouds. Temperatures very mild. Normal low for this time of the year is 29 for philadelphia. So nearly 10 degrees above normal. 38 degrees allentown 34, cape may 39 and wilmington 36 degrees. As we head through the day tomorrow, its going to be a pretty nice day but not feeling like mid to late december. Temperatures up to about 45 degrees by 9 oclock. Should manage to make it up into the mid 50s about 10 degrees above normal under partly sunny skies and then temperatures start to step down on wednesday and thursday. So, future tracker showing wednesday afternoon instead of temperatures in the 50s, were generally in the 30s and 40s. Thursday will be the coolest day of the week before temperatures start trending up as we head towards the Holiday Weekend. The five day at 5 00 showing tomorrow 56 degrees. Thats 12 degrees above average. Mixture of clouds and sunshine. On wednesday a lot of high clouds. I think well get some filtered sunshine. The temperatures drop down to 45 degrees. Thursday as w