authorities say the suspect was angry about police shootings of black men. this must stop. this divisiveness between our police and our citizens. >> tonight we are learning more about the five men who died while protecting their city and a father talks about the moment he learned his son was gone.

>> i couldn't believe it. i couldn't cry. i just couldn't believe it. >> a dark day for dallas and the entire nation. this is the deadliest tack on police since 9/11. good evening i'm jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer. ukee washington has the night off. tonight police are revealing new information about the gunman and his motive. >> here's the latest right now. the white house says president obama will cut his european trip short and visit dallas early next week. dallas mayor mike rawlings says authorities believe gunman micah johnson was the lone attacker in the ambush that left five police officers dead and wounded seven others. during a standoff with police, investigators say johnson told them he was upset about the recent police shootings and wanted to kill white people especially white police office officers. today during a prayer vigil the mayor said dallas is safe and the city can begin to heal. >> i get to quote st. paul.

>> all right. >> in the end three things remain. >> right, right. >> faith, hope and love. >> yes. >> that's right. >> okay? we need all three today! (applause). >> police ultimately killed johnson with a robot delivered bomb after he refused to give up. tonight, we're seeing the faces of those five officers killed we're also hearing from the father of one of the men. >> it doesn't matter whether you're white black, white, green, purple we all need to get along this has to stop. >> in dallas patrol car serves as fallen officer' memorial. five police officers killed and seven others wounded. rick lost his son patrick. >> i would always text him when something happened when police officer get shot or something goes on. you okay? text me right back. last night he would never call

me. i knew something was wrong. >> patrick was a 32 year old navy veteran of iraq and a weapons expert. his father told cbs news he leaves behind a wife and two-year-old daughter. >> good young man. he's my boy. the world lost but not as much as his daughter and his wife. he'll never get to see her graduate, get married, have kids become a grand daddy. hopefully god willing he'll give me the strength to be able to see that. >> also killed in the ambush, senior corporal lauren err rants a 48-year-old husband and -- lorn air reasons. michael smith a married father with two teenagers known for being a bops cops. brent thompson a 43-year-old marine corps veteran who married another transit officer two weeks before his seth death. michael control a 40-year-old

man who died dull filling his life long dream of being a cop. >> most of the wounded officers have been released from the hospital and all are expected to survive. >> tonight we're hearing from eyewitnesses caught in the crossfire in dallas. protesters scrambled for cover when the gunfire rang out and some of them ran into a nearby mcdonald's using trash cans to barricade the doorway. they described the chaotic scene. >> shooting in one direction and started dotting back. >> everyone in the mcdonald's we all were frantic and we started running. everybody started running towards the back and we were hearing the gunshots. >> many eyewitnesses recorded the events as they unfolded last night and police are asking them to turn over any pictures or video that could help in their investigation. and as police rest gate we are learning frightening new details about the gunman. detectives say they found bomb-making materials during a search of micah johnson's home today. they also found rivals an

personal journal of combat tactics. johnson spent six years in the army reserve where he received several awards. police do not believe he was connected to the black lives matter movement and he had no criminal record. well just one day after the ambush in dallas, two more police officers have been shot in separate states. in both case authorities say the officers were ambushed. in south georgia, police say a man called 911 to report a break in and then shot the officer who came to investigate. both men were wounded in the ensuing gunfire and both are expected to survive. in st. louis the suburb of balance within an officer was ambushed while walking back to his car during a traffic stop. the officer is in critical condition. the suspect is charged with assault of a police officer and is behind bars tonight. it's been a third day of demonstrations on the streets of philadelphia. protesters joining the growing national outrage over the recent deadly police shootings of black men. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandra half off is life the city hall with that part of our

coverage. alex? >> reporter: jessica, about half hour ago two groups marching together all evening long met up here to celebrate what became five hours of piece pull protests. >> we toll them we want to talk to him between our communities and them. >> step by step, marchers departed from broad and erie around 5:30. it was a 4.5-mile walk to city hall and they weren't going alone. >> at first, philadelphia police who shut down broad street for much of the evening large the out numbered just a dozen or so protesters. but the crowd grew as the miles came. >> see how many cops they have walking us down the street? >> yes! >> they thought we was going to be violent. that's not how we do things. in philly we come together. >> we don't hate police. we just hate watching our children be murdered. >> marchers gathered at city

hall boasting bees condemning what they see as discriminatory police violence and denouncing the murderous actions taken towards officers in dallas. >> before night fell, a second group joined in and they all continued on as did a flock of officers assigned to protect them. >> tell me what it was like to be surrounded by so many officers almost escorting making sure that this was a safe demonstration blocking traffic, how does that work into this conversation? >> failure to plan is preparing to fail. we planned before we went out and we talked to them. we let them know what we were going to do and they actually worked with us and came out go good. >> reporter: ass i mentioned there were two groups that joined up together tonight. they concluded here at city hall but there was a third group protesting in north philadelphia we're told they have made their way to center city and right now police are monitoring that situation. reporting live from city hall,

alexandra hoff cbs3 it witness news. >> alex, thank you. family members of philando castile and alton sterling are reactioning to the police officers killings in dallas. he died wednesday after being shot during a traffic stop in minnesota. and his girlfriend live streamed the aftermath of the shooting on social media. a day earlier in baton rouge, louisiana alton sterling was fatally shot during a confrontation with police. the mother of sterling's son told cbs news she can relate to the families of the police officers in dallas are going through. >> the presidential candidates are calling on americans to work together in the wake of the shootings. nominee hillary clinton brought her message to philadelphia tonight. we get more now from "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. he's live at the pennsylvania convention center. david? >> reporter: hillary clinton was supposed to meet with vice-president joe biden in scranton today.

that event was canceled due to what happened in dallas last night. but she decided that this conversation here was important. >> hillary clinton wasted no time getting to the shoots in dallas minnesota and louisiana when she took the stage. >> i have been following the news of the past few days with horror and grief. >> clinton called for calm in front of about 4,000 at the ame church convention in center ci city. >> no one has all the answers. we need to find them together. indeed that is the only way we can find them. >> reporter: clinton told the crowd she would invest $1 billion in police training if elected president. ame members who watched clinton praised her idea and tone after a rough week for americans. >> there seems to be a lot of divisiveness and i think she wants to help to build those

bridges. >> we want calm. we all want justice for everyo everyone. because this is america. and it is great and i'm glad to be part of it. >> reporter: clinton ended by telling the crowd their role in the church can make a difference. >> but i would not be here tonight if i did not believe we can come together with a sense of shared purpose and belief in our shared humanity. >> reporter: the dnc is a little over two weeks away, and we learned tonight that city officials are changing their security plans because of what happened last night in dallas. reporting live tonight, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, david, thank you. meantime donald trump canceled a campaign event in miami today. the republican nominee released a video statement on the shootings. >> a brutal attack on our police force is an attack on our country and an attack on our families. we must stand in solidarity with

law enforcement, deaths of alston determine in louisiana and philando castile in minnesota also make clear how much more work we have to do to make every american feel that their safety is protected. >> trump ended his statement by saying he will make america safe again. it's been a slow week on the tracks for people who use septa's regional rails. >> still ahead at 11:00 what the transit authority is now doing in hopes of easing the commute. plus this. this south jersey mom was blinded in one of her eyes at the dentist. >> this was a hundred percent preventible what happened to me. >> i'm health reporter stephanie stahl. a safety precaution was ignored by the dentist and it happens all the time. find out what and how to protect yourself next. and it was another hot, humid day today. it started with sun then the clouds rolled in and heavy rain impacted portions of the area. so can we expect more rain for the weekend? i'll tell when you the wet weather could move and when the humidity breaks coming

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cbs3 house watch exclusive. south jersey mom who lost part of her vision at the dentist. >> an accident that could have been prevented but her dentist didn't use eye protect. it's a federal recommendation that some dentists don't follow. health reporter stephanie stahl explains. i love it. >> reporter: jenn maroney tried to family art projects with limited vision. her right eye was destroyed during a routine dental procedure. >> this is the morning after i woke up and i actually took a picture of my eye of what it look like. >> when you saw that was did you think. >> i was really scare at that point. >> after getting an injection of nova cane the needle was fumbled and dropped in her eye. it was bacteria from her mouth that destroyed her vision not the needle.

>> the bacteria germs that live inside the mouth are very dangerous inside the eye. >> dr. christopher brady at wills eye at the time tried antibiotics and a number of surgeries but jenn who lives in collingswood was eventually fitted with a prosthetic eye. >> this was a hundred percent preventible what happened to me. if eye protection was worn, we wouldn't be here. i would still have my vision and my life would be a lot differe different. >> jenn is talking about plastic glasses like these the cdc and american dental association recommended that all dental patients wear eye protections. it's a guideline that isn't always followed. >> i really trusted my dentist. i did not know that i would have -- eye protection was so important. >> protective eye wear is critical. >> dr. barnett says eye protection should be used for all procedures even cleanings because spray from the mouth can be dangerous. >> what do you think bowden tifts who don't use these protective eye glasses? >> i think they're running a

risk of injuring themselves, they're assistants as well as the patient. >> reporter: dentists surveyed for one study showed 54% had patients wear safety glasses sometimes. only 6% said most of the time. 20% said never. >> i personally do think it should be mandatory and honestly before i got involved i wasn't aware of this as problem. >> doctors say it's unclear how many people have eye injuries from the dentist. it's jenn's mission now to raise awareness about prevention. >> anybody you know who goes to the dentist which is pretty much everybody when you go you have to wear eye protection. >> she started a sunglass selfie campaign and has a big presence on facebook with jenn's vision. >> i had to fight back and i had to fight back the only way that i can, and one of the most important things to me was making sure that this didn't happen again. >> jenn did sue the dentist under terms of the settlement she isn't allowed to reveal his

name. >> no amount of money in the world would ever get my eye back, would ever get my vision back. it would never make me the person i used to be. >> that dental accident happened three years ago. jenn is calling this the third annual day of awareness for eye protection at the dentist. >> i'm stephanie stahl cbs3 "eyewitness news". it's now been four days since septa removed defective cars from service causing commuter chaos but help is on the way. this was the scene at jefferson station tonight as many commuters finished off week of delays and missed trains starting monday septa will run lease trains from amtrak, new jersey transit and the maryland area regional commuter train service. septa says it expects defective trains to remain down through labor day. former eagles running back lesean mccoy will not face any charges for a fight in a philadelphia nightclub that left two off duty police officers injured. the pennsylvania attorney general's office made the announcement today. solicitor general bruce castor

reviewed the case at the request of philadelphia police's union but it has now been dismissed. the fight happened back in february at the recess lounge in old city. police say it was over a bottle of champagne. the showboat in atlantic city is back open for business tonight after closing its doors in 2014. the resort property opened to guests today but no longer operates as casino. the hotel features over 800 rooms with 38 ocean front swee sweets. developer black steen purchased the property in january and plans to keep the showboat name but offer a different theme next year. get those lottery tickets out. the winning numbers for the $540 million mega millions jackpot revealed a short time ago. it was a busy night for lottery retailers across the region tonight this is the 35th drawing since mega millions had a winner it'sly the longest rollover stretch in the game's history. so here are the winning numbers. eight, 19, 20, 55, 73 and the

mega ball is five. you can see all those numbers at cbsphilly.com. get those tickets out. >> news flash, you didn't win. (laughter). >> spoiler alert. >> the good news we'll see you again on monday. >> that's right. >> i will be right here on monday for sure. >> good to know. >> i wouldn't have been here any way. >> with better forecast. >> much better forecast next week much lots of sunshine on the way but first we've got to get through rest to have night and tomorrow we've got little bit of more wet weather to talk about. showers here and there overnight tonight. and then the chance for couple of scattered thunderstorms again tomorrow. much like what we saw today hopefully not as heavies as the ones we saw today. let's take look what's happening this eveningly you can see the clouds are in place over center city physical. and it look like it will stay pretty cloudy overnight and into the day tomorrow. that means temperatures may not get past the upper 80s meaning today looks like the last day of our heat wave so that's the good news but tomorrow is still very steamy at least until a front

comes through to clear everything out and start that humidity dropping for part two of the weekend. storm scan3 this is a six-hour loop i want to show you the one cell that came through the region earlier this evening and produced a good deal of rainfall. it started off here then just dropped down south from portions of bucks county right through atlantic county clipped portions of burlington and camden counties on its way finally that cell is out to sea and while we can't rule out another stray shower overnight tonight worse has moved on out. let's zoom back to the west and you can see we have to put our excitement on hold for lowering humidity at least until this front comes through you see it right here with showers and thunderstorms across portions of the great lakes. this will come through tomorrow afternoon and then humidity will start dropping and nice sunny stretch to look forward to. that particular storm i just showed you dropped lot of rainfall one bulls eye over 3-inches in bucks county zoom down toward atlantic county right around atlantic city some very heavy rain in fact 3.47-inches of rain was reported at the atlantic city airport in pomona.

many pots over 3-inches but the good news i have for you that the flash flood warning that was in effect for that area has been canceled early. the rain has moved on out the flooding has receded and no more threat lingers in that area so that's good news. 75 degrees right now at the airport. 77 in wilmington hold pretty steady through the night he is supperly with the cloud cover. it sticks around overnight and again can't rule out a couple of spotty showers overnight noon tomorrow morning here's 10:00 a.m. cloudy start to the day that should limit temperatures a bit. around three or 4:00 o'clock scattered thunderstorms that try to pop up they'll move east pretty quickly they won't be everywhere. they should be generally brief but they could produce locally heavy rainfall finally late tomorrow night we clear it out sunny is not the sun yesterday day we'll start to feel the humidity dropping sun will return in the afternoon and it will be a whole lot nicer outside. overnight showers maybe even a thunderstorm but i think it's more just scattered showers overnight. tomorrow clouds, some breaks of sunshine and then those afternoon showers and thunderstorms could impact the shore as well especially in the evening. but much better beach weather

sunday and monday. and that's the same story for the city as well. we've got nice weather starting on sunday. sunday will be in and out of the clouds here and there maybe even a stray instability sprinkle and cooler air moves in but monday, tuesday, wednesday next week looking fabulous perfect summer weather. could get hot again by next thursday or friday but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. >> nice stretch the start of the week. >> yeah. great. >> nate, thanks. >> don is up next with sports. so much to talk about. pro athletes take to social media to weigh in on the tragic violence over the last couple of days. talk about and that phillies get a do over tonight in colorado but find out if it's the same old story. sports coming up next.

do, there's sadness and grief all over the country and the athletes are included in that as well. >> it's been a rough week. >> yeah. >> one that you want to go away. start over again. let's talk about it wins and losses are irrelevant that is week because the massive loss of life. nobody wins to sit here and talk about sports seems inappropria inappropriate. we do so any way because the games go on and few things serve as better distraction than sports. entire industry first reacting to the tragic events in our nation. for that we turn to sweater twister phil martelli tweeted... eagles wide out jordan matthews...

newly minted chicago bull dwayne wade i keep waking up tonight mares with each passing day it's getting worse and worse. these are sad days in our country, i pray for peace. and dallas maverick and future hall of famer durk novitski still in shock, saddened to hear about the tragic events in dallas. my thoughts are with everyone who are affected. hash tag stop the violence and speaking of dallas, this was the scene 20 miles west of the city in arlington, texas. texas rangers hosting the minnesota twins. they had moment of violence before the game to remember those who lost their lives across the nation over the last week including of course the five officers killed thursday night. making the difficult turn here transition if you will, the act on the field. phillies visiting colorado the story of the four game zeros so far has been a kid named trevor story the 23-year-old had two homeruns again the phils on

thursday night. and he was looking for an encore in game two. so pick it up in the bot. to fifth. rockies one unone to nothing the phils can't get story out of the way. double to left. carlos gonzales scores and colorado with a two-one lead until the seventh. who are nan dez that gets past story for a base hit. rough will score the fightings trail by one. two on for pinch hitter tommy joseph. gone. three run shot. the phils it's their first pinch hit jack of the season. hard to imagine that right now they have a four-three lead in the ninth inning trying to shut this thing down. >> hang on phils. >> good stuff. >> they can do it. thank you, don. >> we'll be right back.

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