officer's heroic actions all next. ♪ find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories. america runs on dunkin'. these are the images that are getting now national a attention. they are images of a man ambushing a philadelphia cop, and pumping bullets at point blank range. >> shots fired. shots fired. i'm shot. i'm bleeding heavily.

>> despite serious wound to his arm, officer jesse hartnett emerged from his cruiser and fired back. so why has this become head line news across the country? because the gun man told police he acted in the name of islam and pledged a allegiance to isis. friday night, the big story on "action news" tonight is the big question: does 30 year-old edward archer, the man who has confessed shooting a philadelphia a police officer have ties to terrorist? the the the fbi is now investigating why archer may have traveled to saudi arabia in 2011 and egypt in 2012. police say there is no indication that anybody else, was involved in the ambush. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live at penn presbyterian where officer hartnett is being treated but first lets go to dann waste air at police headquarters. officials are marveling over the fact that hartnett survived the attack.

>> reporter: they sure are, jim. they are marveling, indeed. we are learning from sources tonight that the suspect had recently traveled to the middle east, saudi arabia in 2011, egypt in 2012 and had coverted to islam. question police and investigators are trying to answer tonight is whether or not he had been in contact with radical muslims. the ten seconds of terror were captured on the police surveillance camera. gunman dressed in the white robe, charges toward jesse hartnett a's police cruiser, must will will flashing as he fires off a dozen shots. he reaches in the car with the gun and then runs away. incredibly the officer who was shot three times in the left arm manager toes radio in. >> shots fire. the shots fired. i have been shot. i'm bleeding heavily. >> all cars stand by we have an officer shot 60 spruce. >> that is chilling. absolutely chilling when you watch that. >> reporter: police officials stun by images of the the brazen attack. >> if that doesn't make hairs on your neck raise when you see that, it is just scary. >> reporter: even though he was badly wounded officer

hartnett gets out of his patrol car, wounded left arm dangling. he fires back and strikes his a attacker three times. >> officer did strike this male. he is down, and also hit. we will need, rescue unit as well. >> the the bravery he demonstrated, was absolutely remarkable. his will to live undoubtably saved his life. >> reporter: police say that the suspect 30 year-old edward archer told them he ambushed hartnett in the name of ice is because police defend laws contrary to the quran. >> he follows allah and that is yes was called upon to do this. >> reporter: police say the gun used was stolen from a police officer several years ago. fbi and police executed two search warrants cart ago way boxes of potential evidence. tonight police officials could not say enough about officer hartnett's courage and bravery in the line of fire. >> he really just, demonstrated, i mean paragon of excellence when it comes to what it means to be both a police officer in terms of being a warrior and everything

else when he had to be. >> reporter: and, tonight, officer hartnett is in fair condition, but faces a long road to recovery. investigators continue to comb through evidence to see if the suspect had any direct ties, to isis. we're live at police headquarters, i'm dan cuellar for channel six a "action news". police raided two locations, connected to the suspect today. the as they work together to gather evident and pin down a motive. one was at 61st and pine just blocks away where swat officers a and a member of the bomb squad saved and served a search warrant. neighbors say archer spent time at the this home visiting a a relative who had recently moved out. the fbi searched the house for several hours and removed at least four boxes a and a bag. investigators also descended on the delaware county home where archer lived with his mother, on south mapel avenue in yeadon. the mayor of that small boro says archer was a known

criminal but reports of possible radicalization, came as a shock. >> he has a long criminal record, so he has a 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 for another incident. >> indeed that is right. archer pleaded guilty to charges in philadelphia from 2013 of assault and carrying a firearm without a license in delaware county, and he had recently been convicted of forgery, altering a document, careless driving and driving on a suspended license. in fact, archer had been set to be sentenced on those charges, three days from right now. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live at penn presbyterian hospital in west philadelphia. jeff, you have heard from both the muslim community and from police. >> reporter: jim, both communities are shaken by that frightening ambush, in response, the muslim leaders

held a news conference this afternoon to condemn the a attack and reaffirm their support for police. >> i would like to say that we're sorry that another philadelphia police officer was injured in the line of duty. >> reporter: muslim leaders in west philadelphia expressing sorrow and disa vowing the shoots of officer allegedly in the name of islam. outside this mosque, this man with 18th district police by his side says the shooting is not consistent with islam. he does not know at alleged shooter edward archer but admits he may have worshiped here. >> thinks a public mosque. we have people from all over the city that comes here, and he may have attended here. but, you know, again, has no reflection on on the way we feel and the way we interact with the the philadelphia a police department. >> it was an assassination. >> reporter: images of the shoot's approaching jesse hartnett's cruiser haunts fop president john mcnesby and says attitude toward men and women in blue need to change.

>> we have to look back to see what we're doing. everybody wants to feel good about everybody and black lives matter, it is a all lives matter. our police officers lives matter. we better start paying attention to it. >> reporter: at a beef and beer fundraiser for a late officer's family in south philadelphia, many attacks here on the one of their brothers make them a little more nervous but just as dedicated. >> our lives are in danger every day, but we do the best we can to help the the community. >> are officers more on edge because of this do you think. >> well, yes, you know, it isn't like these officers are rookies, this puts it in perspective. you know, it approaches people with more caution and respect also. >> the philadelphia police department has, issued a new order, a new safety measure, we're told all officers will patrol, two to a car, at least temporarily. we're live in penn presbyterian, jeff chirico for channel will six "action news". "action news" spoke with witnesses to the gun fire who

described the frightening sights and sound of watching an officer of the law come under fire. >> it just went boom, boom, boom. that is why everybody was scared. people were standing outside, they were running out of the bars. we hit the floor. >> when i actually heard it, i heard a cop yelling to the guy got the f down. so i said is what the the the commotion. i go to the window. i'm looking. i actually see them apprehend him. >> fortunately despite more than a dozen round, fire between the the suspect and the officer, nobody else was hit. pennsylvania governor tom wolf issued this statement tonight, saying quote, we are thankful that officer hartnett is alive and not facing life threatening injuries, after being ambushed. we wish him and his family the the best during his recovery. the the governor went on to say this alleged intentional act of violence against an officer seeking to help a fellow citizen is horrifying

and has no place in pennsylvania. the new york police department issued an officer safety alert tonight in response to the the shooting, for more than a year, the department has been warning cops that their uniform or an official insignia make them a target. two nypd officers were ambushed with deadly result in december of 2014. the the obama administration is launching a new counter terrorism task force to combat extremist propaganda on line. this is an effort to keep people from becoming radicalized. members of the president's national security team traveled to silicone val will i today seeking the help of the tech industry. there will be two counter terrorist center, one to focus domestically, and the the other to be abroad. check with our web site six abc.com throughout the weekend for the very latest developments in the police officer ambush investigation. right now you can view the surveillance images, raw video from the scene and our reports

on the suspect's background. in other news tonight, gunfire prompted a large police response in the kensington section of philadelphia, late this afternoon. police found on patrol and heard spots and spotted a car fleeing 600 block of allegheny avenue. they chased the car to f street and heard more shots as the car's occupants bailed out. two suspects were captured, one had been shot, police are searching for a motive and more evidence of the apparent gun battle. chopper six was over a river rescue tonight, philadelphia police pulled a man from the delaware along columbus boulevard. medics were waiting at the peer, washington avenue pier. authorities say the man was in good condition a as he was being transported to the hospital, officials say he had slipped and fallen in to the river but was otherwise okay. still to come on "action news" tonight a solemn candle light vigil tonight in memory of a pregnant mother who ran back to save her son from fire

but never came back out. plus, in the line of tire, we will hear how a a woman's son borrowing her car may have saved her life from this flying axle, adam. our weekend storm is beginning to grab moisture out of the gulf of mexico. we will let you know when it will push through, how much we will sianni record high temperatures as well in the accu weather forecast. and jeff skversky reports on who apparently won't be the eagles next head coach when "action news" continues next. this price can't be right...

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dozens of people turned out to remember the lives of the pregnant woman and her child. they were killed in an early morning house fire in north philadelphia a. elizabeth perez and her two-year old son, nathanal, died inside the the home on the 2800 block of north fourth street. perez initially made it out but went back inside to save her little boy. neither made it out a alive. investigators found at least five portable space heaters inside the home. there were no working smoke

detectors. >> you see these things and you have to make sure that you have to practice that safety theory. when you put them too close to anything combustible it can start a fire. >> perez was due in february. june 5th, 2013, the the day that six people were killed and 13 others were injured in the center city building collapse. today, two men were sentenced for their crimes. demolition contractor, griffin campbell, will serve between 15 and 30 years in jail for involuntary manslaughter. the operator of the excavator heavy equipment sean benschop was sentenced to seven and a half to 15 years behind bars. bill cosby will be due in front of the judge on february . at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown. the his lawyers were granted a a postponement of the preliminary hearing that had been scheduled for next tuesday. defense attorneys say that they needed more time to get ready. prosecutors, will argue that they have enough evidence for the one year-old cosby to proceed to trial on the charge

of indecent aggravated assault. the philadelphia water tenth wants to raise rates, beginning this summer. the utility filed a request for a hike of 11.7 percent, over two years. officials say that would raise the the typical household bill by $8 a month. they say it is needed because philadelphia has aging infrastructure, and suffered more than 900 water main breaks over a one year span, and that is the the highest total since 1996. if the hike ace proved by city council and the independent water rate board will go into effect on july 1st. all septa a police officers are now wearing body cameras. the program was launched, department wide, at the start of the new year. septa a shows off the technology at a news conference today. the officers will be expected to turn them on, while responding to radio calls, and during all of the interactions with the public while they are on patrol.

this solute echoed through the streets of easton today following funeral services for a local air man. air force start sergeant peter taubb was one of six troops killed in the suicide bombing in afghanistan last month. he grew up in wyncote, montgomery county. it was a heart breaking moment outside saint john's evangelical lutheran church as the the honor guard presented an american flag to the three-year old daughter, that taubb left behind. a new report shows the american economy is growing at a solid pace. a according to the labor department, employees added 292,000 jobs, last month. the the unemployment rate stays the at 5 percent for the third month in a row. last year overall, employees created more than 2.6 million jobs. that makes 2015 the second best year for hiring, since 1999. this break out six months ago was the the stuff of hollywood movies, but today

the capture of notorious mexican drug lord, el chapo, was no less dramatic. joachim guzman was cuffed after a wild shoot-out in the mexican sea side city that left five people dead. guzman has escaped mexican prison twice. u.s. officials has requested his extradition but there is no word yet where he will be locked up. the mother of the so-called affluent teen will spend this weekend in a jail cell. tanya couch faced a a texas judge today, she expressed displeasure with the condition of her cell. the judge reminded her, this is not a resort. tanya couch ace cues of behindering apprehension of her son, ethan couch, who avoided jail time after killing four people, while driving drunk in 2013 is in a mexican detention center tonight. for the first time since world war two, book sellers in germany are rolling out a new addition of hitler's murder us

manifesto, the the copy right protection, expiration, enabled the public tore put out this new addition. the publisher says it is heavily annotated to expose its lies and to help understand mein kampf. health check at the 1:12 recommendations on alcohol consumption conflict with each other. u.s. issued new guidelines yesterday, saying one drink a day for woman and two drinks a day for men are okay, but now britain's chief medical officer says that there is no safe level of drinking. that any alcohol, increasing the risk of cancer and liver disease. uk is now recommending that the their citizens drink no more than 6 pints of beer or four glasses of wine per week. there are close calls during car accidents, and then there is this, on wednesday morning, in lackawana county an axle came flying off a truck and sliced through windshield of an suv being driven wife a woman with her

two children inside. the woman says the a axle missed her by just inches. she credits her teenage son for that, he had been driving the suv the night before and moved the seat back. the biggest lottery jackpot in you had history is up for grands this weekend. right now, the power ball prize is 800 million-dollar, but with ticket sales so strong, that number is bound to go up even more. you can see the frenzy here as hundreds wait in line in california. many from necessity vat a which does not the take part, and they crossed the border in california f no one wins the jackpot will go up to a billion dollars. you can see the winning power ball numbers, drawn here, on "action news" at 11:00 tomorrow night, right here a after the accu weather forecast. speaking of which, adam joseph with the weekend story from accu weather. >> we're all dreaming big numbers when we talk about the temperatures, record here on sunday, yet again, just like

this winter season a lack of winter. we will take a look. >> we will keep it that the way. >> we could. lets look the at double scan live radar, not much going on. the there is a aloft cloud, warm front is about to pass through, not a lot of moisture with it but we could see a sprinkle, spritz or patchy drizzle late tonight. temperatures are warm, 42 in philadelphia, 41 in trenton, 41 in wilmington. many numbers are above our normal highs this time of the year. lehigh valley, upper 30's in the poconos. the sitting at 33 degrees. flirting near freezing in the poconos with some precipitation that could pass through later on tonight the through 7:00 o'clock in the morning. the winter weather advisory continues. there could be a couple of slick spots in the higher terrain but overall not a big deal during the overnight hours tonight. warm front to the south, it will pass through. low pressure number one south of chicago, that lifts to our north and west. pulls in the warm air. and then the secondary area of low pressure which will be the

beast of the two, starting to pull moisture out of the gulf of mexico and that also goes to our north and west and it will bring even warmer air during the day on sunday. so future tracker timing this at 9:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. again, there could be some of that light mist or a drizzle, freezing on contact in the poconos but the the rest of us, majority of us, tomorrow morning, already in the 40's. tomorrow afternoon a lot of cloud around, again, not a lot of rain here on saturday, and most of us staying dry from start to finish, with temperatures on either side of 50 for your saturday, and then in the we hours of sunday morning, this is just after midnight on saturday, that is when the rain starts to arrive from the south and west and will turn heavy, steady, you can see pockets of these really intense downpours. 9:00 a a.m. sunday morning with temperatures already near 60 degrees. we will have a very strong jet stream off the the atlantic. there could be a thunderstorm with gusty wind. then in the a afternoon, some breaks of sun will develop and

a secondary area of showers will come in late in the day with the cold front when we reach the the low to mid 60's and early on sunday morning take a look at the wind near 40 plus miles an hour at the shore, even upper 30's wind gusts in the northwest suburbs. so this exclusive accu weather forecast shows it is warm the entire weekend. fifty-two tomorrow. mainly cloudy. heavy rain sunday morning. a thunderstorm. the then record in the afternoon of 63 degrees in philadelphia a, some areas even higher then that, and then the same storm that brings in the warmth will wind whipped us on monday. they will be much colder. a high of just 37 degrees. a bump up temporarily on tuesday at 43 before an arctic front comes through wednesday morning and could touch off a flurry or a snow shower. that introduces some arctic air wednesday, thursday, friday, with highs only in the the 30 a's, but no big snowstorm in that seven day forecast despite those temperatures dropping. >> thanks, adam. well, "action news" was at a dance party on skates in

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wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. get out of the past. get fios. so, we will put you on the spot. >> all right. >> i will not ask you who the coach will be. >> i thought you were going to talk about power ball.

>> no. >> will they have a coach next week, they still have guys to interview and one of the candidates may be getting a way here. they have interviewed four guys, nothing to show for it. eagles fired chip kelly before their final game to get a jump start on the coaching search while a week in the interview process, still no coach. chiefs coordinator doug peterson is expected to interview next, on sunday. the philadelphia a daily news reported jon gruden was interested in the job but in a statement to six abc, gruden's represent are i have tells us that john has no plans to go back to coaching. the monday night football analyst has not coached since 2008. if the eagles are serious about hiring bears offensive coordinator adam gase, they better move quickly. the the eagles met with him on tuesday. he then met with the giants today and gase will reportedly meet with the dolphins for a second interview, tomorrow. so what kind of coach is the eagles players hoping to have? we caught up with linebacker

jordan hicks at dynasty sports and framing at the oxford valley mall to find out what he is looking for in a new boss. >> somebody who justice always there, you you know, and a understands the the game and develop it from there. somebody gives himself as a coach and as a person at the same time. >> chip kelly still looking for a job. former eagles boss interviewed with the 49ers yesterday but there are reportedly eyeing another candidate. meanwhile, desean jackson is still giving chip the evil eye. jackson tells the the the football site monday morning quarterback i'm's a firm believe their bad karma comes back on you. when you ruin a team like that you do things to peoples family, you release people, you trade people, you get rid of the good players who build something with the community, with the fans, with the kid, and to have a guy come in and change that team up, i just believe in karma. so for everyone to go separate ways and to see how it all ended up, it is a very sad thing. we will be right back with more sports.

eagles fans, you wanted andy reid out in 2013, and, careful what you wish for his replacement chip kelly failed while he is red hot in kansas city. they have won a team record ten straight, heading in the playoffs. reid and chiefs face texans tomorrow, led by former eagle jeremy maclin. he has been one of the best receivers in the the nfl this year. j mack is what the big difference in big red right now in kansas city. >> he is a lot more laid back, and, you know, he is still the same person, i think that is what you can respect about him. but you know, you can definitely see he is kind of gotten a new life, you know, in a sense. >> andy reid, jeremy maclin and the chiefs face the texans tomorrow at 4:30, right here on six abc.

former eagles star quarterback randall cunningham will be induct in the college fat ball hall of fame but here's the kicker, cunningham will go in as a punter. yeah, cunningham played college ball at u.n. lc has one of the best punting averages of all time, and, of course, eagles fans will always remember that 91-yard punt return with the giants in 1989. >> they say you are a a a lot more laid back then you used to be. >> what, like andy. >> no. >> not enclose. >> high strung. >> if you say so. >> jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. i don't think so. "action news" continues at 5:30. for jeff skversky, the laid back one, adam joseph, cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team, have a good night and great weekend ahead. >> ♪