the absolutely chilling when you watch that. >> reporter: officer jesse hartnett, ambushed in his patrol car, and the suspect, edward archer, fired, and fired, and then fired, at least 11 shots, striking hartnett, three times. >> he stated that he pledged his allegiance to islamic state, he fouls allah and that is why he was called upon to do. >> now philadelphia police, fbi and home land security are all investigating. good evening, i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. as officer hartnett received treatment at a local hospital accused gunman is a await ago rain. in a philadelphia jail cell. we have our team all over the area tonight covering every angle of the story and we will begin with "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter at philadelphia police headquarters with new information about the the suspect, walt. >> reporter: ukee, odd that a police officer could survive nearly a dozen shots a at point blank range in an ambush are very slim, but officer jesse hartnett did survive,

due to the commissioner says his will to live and his raw courage. now as an expanding fbi investigation into the suspect has allegedly confessed saying that he tried to kill the officer, in the name of islam. this picture, police say shows suspect opening fire, moving closer as more bullets slam in the car where officer jesse hartnett ambushed and wounded, calls for help. >> shots fired, shots fired. i'm shot. i'm bleeding heavily report report his left arm disable by three bullet wound the five-year veteran bleeding heavily jumps from his vehicle, pursuing, shooting and wounding the suspect. thirty year-old edward archer of yah den who was then captured. >> the bravery he demonstrated was absolutely remarkable. his will to live undoubted saved his life and we're ever so thankful to god that he is here today. >> reporter: hours later archer allegedly confessed claiming he did it the in the

name of islam. >> he has confessed to committing this cowardly act in the name of islam. according to him he believed that the police defend laws that are contrary to the teachings of the quran. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news that the archer traveled to the middle east including trips to cairo and saudi arabia in 2011 and 2012 and sources tell cbs news that while in prison the fbi is investigating he may have converted to islam. bill screen i, special agent in charge of the bro's philadelphia office declined to answer questions about what the fbi might know. >> i won't confirm that for a variety of reasons but one is so we don't let folks who were probably or maybe know what we know. >> this is a criminal with a stolen gun who tried to kill one of our officers. it has nothing to do were being a a muslim or following islamic faith. >> police commissioner says gun allegedly used to shoot the officer, in fact, was stolen from a police officer

in 2012. finally, on monday at 2:00 o'clock the the suspect was scheduled to be sentenced in delaware county, on prior criminal convictions. as of right now it is not known if the timing of that sentencing played any role in the a alleged attack. live from police headquarters, i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thank you. local federal investigators are executing warrants as they hunt for evidence in the shooting. we will get more from "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco in yah den, delaware county, diana. >> reporter: ukee, edward arch aer is believed to have floated back and forth between residents here on mapel street in yah den and at least two others. tonight investigators have just finished, conducting a search on this home, belonging to archer's mother. lawmakers say they often saw him coming and going, they had no reason to believe he was radicalized. investigators in white suits pulling evidence from the yah den home of edward archer a's

mother, one of his three known addresses. atf, fbi and other police agent the cyst spent hours serving a search warrant. neighbors say they often saw archer coming and going. >> sometimes he would play with the kids, they might play football, there was something. >> reporter: unaudible. >> sometimes but most of the time he haddon regular stuff. >> reporter: yah den's mayor says archer had recently been released from prison and was known to them for drug and weapons charges. >> according to my police chief he has a long criminal record. he ace long rap sheet. so he has been on our radar screen and i believe he was scheduled to be in our county court next week. >> reporter: earlier investigators were the at 61st and pioneer the shooting scene in philadelphia, and a apartment belonging to the archer family, possibly his grandmother. archer was believed to be headed thereafter the alleged shooting, and sources say a key to the apartment was found on him when he was caught.

and investigators did remove at least two boxes of evidence from this home tonight, no word on what was inside, those sources tell "eyewitness news" that archer also, frequented a residents in chester. we will have much more coming up on "eyewitness news" tonight at ten and 11. live from yah den delaware county, i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". officer hartnett is being treated tonight at penn presbyterian medical center and he faces a lengthy recovery. rahel solomon is live at the hospital to continue our team coverage, rahel. >> reporter: jessica, police say of course this officer was just sitting in his car when he was ambushed and shot several times. he was on duty, when we learned today it is a job he always wanted to do. >> he continued right on into the academy. >> reporter: robert heart necessary says his son grew up wanting to be a police officer. thursday night the five-year veteran of the philadelphia police department faced every

officer's worst fear. >> shots fire, shots fired. i'm shot. i'm bleeding heavily. >> reporter: driving through 60th and spruce in west philadelphia police say he was ambush, shot at more than a dozen times and then struck three times in the arm. >> again the whole culmination of things, and everything involved in this, it is just both confounding and astonishing that he was able to escape it like this. >> reporter: before joining philadelphia police hartnett served on the east lansdowne police force for a year. the police chief there tells me he was a great officer, well like in the community and continued to say i cannot say enough good things about him. philadelphia a police commissioner richard ross added he too had only heard good things. >> i just had a discussion with the vice-president of the fop and everyone says that in addition to the acts of bravery that was demonstrated here that he was a compassionate the police officer in that even as an individual he arrested not long ago for narcotics he stopped and got food for that

individual's son. very person he arrested. >> reporter: an act of kindness where it wasn't necessarily required, possibly true reason he wanted to be an officer, something many are hoping once he recovers he can get back to doing. officer hartnett is listed in stable condition, we're told he likely has more surgeries ahead of him but we spoke to his father today and he said he is a a tough guy. reporting live, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". stay with us as we continue to learn more about the injured officer and the suspect gunman, we will have the latest tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 and anytime at cbs philly.com. officials say space heaters may have sparked a fire that killed a pregnant mother and her son in west kensington. fire broke out around 4:00 this morning in the 2800 block of north fourth street. fire officials tell us that elizabeth perez who was eight months pregnant got out safely and then went back inside to rescue two-year old nathanal but they both became trapped by the fire.

official says five space heaters were running at the time of the fire and home did not have any working smoke detectors. "eyewitness news" on north fourth street in philadelphia a a to daze where members of the fire department went door to door. they distributed their home fire safety checklist as well as smoke alarms. taking a look at the weather now we are looking at spring-like temperatures this weekend but rain is on the way, meteorologist lauren casey is on the sky deck to tell us what is in store, lauren. >> reporter: yes, it was a bitter cold, start to the week, remember that, everyone just shivering but we will warm things up, significantly as we head into the upcoming weekend and on this friday. temperatures end up not feeling too bad for a january day. our current conditions in philadelphia, 43 degrees, not too much of a breeze we are at 42 down the shore and breezy mark in the poconos. storm scan three showing us trend of the day those how clouds in place, still cloudy conditions, precipitation, up wind that we will contend with north and west of the city as we head into the night tonight

and just through the day, and isolated shower, damp but mild with high temperature climbing in the 50's, talking about some 60's on sunday but that will come with a heavier rainfall we will talk about the timing on that. after this weekend, winter returns big time as we head into next week and we will talk about all of this coming up in your extended forecast in just a couple minutes. >> lauren, we will see you then, thank you. the smell from the tell i town landfill is just too much to take so they decided to take it to court. waste management agrees to pay off millions of dollars to property owners on both sides of the delaware river. >> "eyewitness news", reporter cleve bryan has the story. >> rotten fish smell. >> reporter: andrew says there is an array of awful smells that come across the delaware from the tulleytown landfill to his house in florence, new jersey. >> it is just terrible at times. you want to have people over and things like that but you are in the the sure if you can. you never know which way wind is blowing and you get an

oppressive odor. >> reporter: for more than a year people living near landfill have been suing its operator waste managerment to get relief. now some are about to cash n company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit which includes spending $600,000 on deodorant equipment and creating a 1.4 million-dollar compensation fund for residents. >> that is financial compensation for the fact that they had to experience these odors. the odors interfered with their ability to use and enjoy their homes. >> reporter: waste management said waste management is pleased that it resolves this issue. waste management remains committed to operating as a good neighbor. 9600 households eligible to receive money. depending how much people sign on the lawsuit the pay off could range from $100 to several hundred dollars. according to the attorney representing the class action lawsuit, the the settlement the money is only to pay people for dealing with the smell of the link next to the landfill. it wouldn't stop them, some

day if they want to sue for health concerns. >> it is a good thing. i'm in the looking for money but looking to get the smell out of town. it is just that bad. >> reporter: deadline to join the class action lawsuit is february 3rd. in florence, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still to come, to tenthensing day for two men convicted in the center city building collapse. find out how long they will spend behind bars. new treatment for mental conditions without the pill, how doctors are using virtual reality, in a whole new way, leslie. i'll have latest on the eagles coaching search could a current broadcaster maybe leave the booth for the sidelines. i'll have that coming up. what did former eagle desean jackson have to say about chip kelly. let's just say he is not a fan, coming up.

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archer confessed to last night's attack and pledged his allegiance to islam. sources tell cbs news that he traveled to egypt and saudi arabia in 2011 and 2012. prison sentenced for handed down for two men found criminally responsible for center city building collapse at 22nd and market. demolition contractor griffin campbell apologized to the victims and their families before a judge sentenced ten to 15 to 30 years. excavator operator sean benschop received a septemberens of seven and a half to 15 years in prison. back in 2013, six people died, 13 were injured, when a four story wall collapsed on a salvation army thrift store. on the cbs-3 healthwatch overcoming phobias when people have extreme reaction toss things like snakes or speaking in public. >> virtual reality is now being used to help people conquer real world fear but health reporter stephanie stahl is here to talk about technology that is using a combination of video games and

graphic. >> that is right video games being used therapeutically now, this is about facing your fear in a safe way, with a virtual world. it is computerized cognitive behavioral therapy now being used for a variety of phobias. what are you afraid of? elevator? closed spaces? maybe bugs. and heights can cause instant anxiety, for many. for michael rosen, when he he went flying it used to induce anxiety, so much that sometimes he would actually get off the plane before take off. so when he found out about a trial to face his fear, using virtual reality. >> i jumped at the opportunity. >> reporter: after several sessions with a virtual reality headset, combined with therapy and information about air safety, he says that he was cured. >> i was amazed, i was gratified. >> reporter: doctor elizabeth mcmahon says virtual reality lets patients confront their fear in the controlled setting. >> we can individualized this to be most effective for exactly what you need to get a

over your fear. >> reporter: doctor skip rizzo at institute the for creative technology uses virtual reality to treat veterans with post traumatic stress disorder. >> we can put people back in simulations and help them confront a process very difficult emotional memories. >> reporter: doctor rizzo says simulation works because of the way our brains function. >> earn though at some level the the patient know i'm in a virtual reality world i'm not the in the real world the brain still reacts as fit is real world. >> reporter: michael says he is cured and is now a million miler. very drastically in and prevalent and severity. the doctors say virtual reality does in the work for everyone but it is a new treatment and technology, that several companies are developing more sophisticated symptoms for this. and, this is desensitize going, like high tech desensitizing. >> yes, make it less scary, less emotional. >> right, interesting.

>> thanks, steph appreciate it >> lauren joins with us our forecast. i don't know what to pack. >> do a combination, use both as we head into next week. >> it is easy no problem. >> we need all of the weather accessories, even spring accessories, we need umbrellas heading in the upcoming weekend. it will be a mild one, much colder, as we head into next week and we will bring back sunshine this weekend. it will be sparse. the that is the case through the day-to-day, cloud in place and didn't see too much sunshine and we have those cloud a as we get live look right now, at center city philadelphia, darkness has fallen across the city and we still have to overcast conditions, 43 degrees right now your current temperature, not too chilly, light northeasterly breeze though making the feels like temperature down at 40 degrees right now but temperatures across the the area are right where they should be for this time of the year, upper 30's in the the lehigh valley, freezing mark in the poconos, lower 40's down the shore right now so cool but in the

too chilly by january standard. storm scan three is showing us clouds in place a across the delaware valley but they are in the precipitating. up wind seeing rain showers, some sleet and snow moving into parts of the state college where we see bright red reflectivity. that is rain changing over to snow, right there, heading toward state college. we will see wintry type weather north and west of the city this evening, and overnight tonight, winter weather advisory in effect for monroe, northampton counties as we head throughout overnight period until 9:00 o'clock tomorrow morning with that chance of kind of a patchy, freezing drizzle, freezing rain, maybe some snow mixed in overnight tonight, accumulations will not be significant, maybe a trace of ice, dusting of snowfall but any type of wintry weather hits the roads, sidewalk, and will make for slick conditions. keep that in mind out and about tonight in the poconos. overnight the tonight we are closer to the city. cloud, isolated shower, low of 38 degrees. we will keep wind through the the day tomorrow, bump

temperatures up. 52 degrees. 10 degrees a above average. it will be cloudy, foggy, drizzling, maybe a few light showers possible for first part of the day. future weather will show dry as we head in the next couple hours, chance of the passing shower overnight tonight, better chance north and west of the city and then that threat of wintry weather toward extreme northeastern pennsylvania, and tomorrow morning, a light shower, possible and as we head into the afternoon just a chance of fog, mist and drizzle. so a very dreary start to our weekend. as we head into saturday night the dry conditions, through midnight, and then as we look toward sunday morning, this wide area, widespread area of heavy rainfall that will move in and we will deal witt for the first half of sunday and residual showers as we head in the afternoon. but for tomorrow is there your dreary day but mild one, 51 degrees the high, we are up at 62 by sunday, windy conditions but on monday the the bottom falls out, blustery, 38 degrees, a few flurries possible by tuesday

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well, in the investigation in the ambush of philadelphia police officer jesse hartnett. he remains hospitalized tonight recovering from three gunshot wound to his arm. police say bullets were fired at point blank range by 30 year old edward archer of yah den delaware county. archer allegedly confessed to caring out the brazen attack on behalf of the islamic state. the sources tell cbs news the the suspect traveled to the middle east making trips to egypt, saudi arabia in 2011 and 12. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00. we are back at ten on the cw philly and back here at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news", charlie rose anchors from new york, take care family we will see you you tonight.

>> rose: they got him. the most wanted drug lord in the world wanted no more. also tonight -- >> i'm shot. >> rose: a philadelphia cop ambushed by a gunman inspired by isis. >> that is chilling, absolutely chilling when you watch that. >> rose: a grandmother gives birth to a granddaughter. >> they pulled her little head out, and that was the most amazing thing i've ever seen in my life. >> rose: and steve hartman with the most efficient power source we have ever seen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> rose: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm charlie rose. the drug lord known as "el chapo" was captured today six months after he broke out of a mexican prison for the second time.