Violence in the middle east and elsewhere. For american citizens there is a security cost in the near term. And israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu ed he was profoundly grateful and called it an important step towards peace. The controversial decision of President Trump continues at 6abc. Com. And we posted opinions on what it means moving forward and the security concerns being raised tonight. Mccall Elementary School in philadelphia was placed on lock down this morning after officials discovered that a student brought in a loaded gun. Action news reporter, sara bloomquist, is live at the school on south 7th street in society hill. Sara what happened there . Reporter jim, the 13yearold was taken into Police Custody without any problem after the loaded gun was found in the School Building this morning. I am told by a source that the 7th grader is telling investigators that he found the weapon. He still will face charges because i am told he will bring it into the School Building
Our coverage of this deadly derailment continues at 4 40. Positive train control is the technology that can automatically slow down a train to avoid an accident. Thats ahead at 4 30. Now to south jersey where two people are dead after this crash, where one of the cars went right into a pole. State police on the scene right now of this creek. It happened around noon in tab p bett tabernacle. Ted greenberg is there. What can you tell us . Reporter the investigation is well under way. New Jersey State Police confirmed to me two people are dead. They were inside that vehicle, a gmc yukon, which is wrapped around a pole right near the intersection and it hit the pole and caught fire just before noon today. Right now theres no word from state police on what led to the crash. It did prompt authorities to evacuate. More than 50 students and employees from the sequoia alternative program, which is part of the school district, and that program is housed in that building and that evacuation as a
Showed it was going 80 miles an hour in a 30 mileperhour zone. The highspeed train nosedived off the overpass and landed on a busy highway below. At least three dozen dead, more hurt. Officials worked to rescue those trapped in the train cars. A couple who did survive spoke from their hospital beds. Kind of got dark found myself on the floor. Count your blessings, yeah. Try to leave day to day. Maybe i should stay off trains. Amtrak says the train was rolling on refurbished tracks designed for faster trips. The agency also says positive train control or ptc was not in use on the stretch of track where the derailment happened. Ptc can apply a trains brakes to slow it down and avoid crashes. Congress ordered ptc criminals on all major pcc systems on all major lines, but hurdles and high costs have delayed the process. There was a similar crash in philadelphia in 2015. An amtrak train traveling from washington, d. C. , to new york jumped a curb in port richmond. It was going more than 100
All the new details. Theres a News Conference about to get under way. Im keeping my eye on that. Authorities say at least 100 people were injured on the train and on the highway. Reporter out of 14 train cars, 13 crashed. At least one of them dangling over traffic. Drivers in disbelief. Several of the train cars smashed a semitruck. Anthony escaped by climbing out a window sfwl it seemed going really fast and everything went dark. And tipped over. Reporter everything went black. New tonight. Fire crews say they searched every train car and made dozens of rescues. Using jaws of life. And saws to get into the crashed cars. Reporter the next goal, recover the trains black box to determine speed. And whether the brakes were applied. The curve was restricted to 30. And it looks like he failed to slow for the curve. Reporter officials are examining the tracks condition and whether anything was in the trains way. That track hadnt been upgraded with positive train control. A hightech safety up
Were bringing you Live Team Coverage tonight from philadelphia to berks county and Atlantic City. Well begin here in studio where its a little warmer. Glenn, first snow and then more brutal cold . As low as those feels like temperatures went in the core of this cold blast, its going to be worse by new years day. Up here in camelbin back and poconos, its going to be feel like its 20 below zero on new years morning. The first alert covers the entire area as weve been saying. Its a double whammy here. The snow part starts Early Saturday Morning and the worst of the bitter cold ends about 8 00 a. M. On tuesday. Subzero wind chills through much of the area with this cold air mass. The amount of snow, not as big a deal as the slipperiness. Its moving fairly quickly, its a sure bet its coming in. Its a sure bet its not a major storm, but it may only take an inch to cause some roads to be slippery. There it is, 7 00 a. M. Its just getting started. And once it does start, its a steady snow for