learned about some people that did cash in on some pretty nice prizes. it's thursday afternoon and i'm brian taff. >> the big story on "action news" is the winners of that historic jackpot, three stores sold winning tickets in three different states, one was a 7-eleven in california and the others were tennessee and melbourne beach, florida. they will split the $1.6 billion prize. >> but they are not the only ones, some hit is big for a million dollars or more. vernon odom is live where someone bought a ticket worth $2 million vernon. >> reporter: good evening brian and sharrie, that ticket holder has yet to surface here yet, a $2 million winner and a person that won $100,000 in that

drawing last night. lots of buzz at this tiny wawa in west burlington county, because someone that bought power ball tickets here did okay. they did not win the power ball but he or she has a $2 million ticket to cash in. the general manager is charged up because wawa's employee fund will go in the fund here. that fund is used for our associates and managers in time of need. >> the losers tell me they are happy for the winner but envious, nevertheless they will keep trying. >> early yesterday morning i played. >> someone won $2 million out of here. but it's not you? >> unfortunately. >> are you going to try again. yes, i'm going to try again. >> here in chester county, no

power ball ban an saturday, but one of the three winners, the first in land hope farms. >> we are really happy for the person that won. >> reporter: sharrie some employees of the wilmington, delaware auto dealer near kennett square claim they have the winning ticket but that has not been officially validated. live in southern new jersey in west hamilton, new jersey, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. we have developing news right now, one of the men in the running to be the next head coach of the eagles has reportedly withdrawn his name from consideration and as that news broke we got word that chip kelly found a new gig. ducis rogers is live in the newsroom. a busy day on the nfl coaching carousel. >> we'll start with chip kelly,

he signed with the san francisco 49ers, kelly interviewed with the team, he calls this job a tremendous opportunity. the introductionry news conference will be held next week and he is reunited with his former personnel man, tommy gamble. >> in case you are wondering, the eagles do not play the 9ers next season too bad. tom coughlin is not coming here, he is removing his name from consideration, his former job goes to ben mack do adoo . running back stanley, and chief offensive coordinator doug

peterson, it's 16 days since chip kelly was fired. brian and sharrie back to you. >> lets see what the next move will be. time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> chilly out there, and a beautiful day all blue skypes, meteorologist, adam joseph standing by. >> a quick turn around in the last 24 hours, yesterday it was freezing out here and today very tolerable. as we look at the present number with the southerly winds, we are at 47 degrees, washington 52 and richmond 56 and it's north of pennsylvania, and binghamton and 42 is the present number, we are 19 degrees warmer than this time yesterday in philadelphia and 16 degrees warmer in pittsburgh and 30 degrees warmer in west virginia, there is a storm developing near houston grabbing moisture out of the gulf of mexico and this will be our friday night date in the form of

heavy rain. as we look ahead in the accuweather forecast to the 50s we go for the next couple of days, the friday night soaking, and then more arctic air coming in we'll chat about how much rain to expect and how cold it will get, as cold as the last round coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> thanks adam. pat toomey met with injured philadelphia police, jessie hartman, too muchy and senator bob casey talked about the investigation and the possible terror threats that philadelphia is facing. gray hall is live now with all the developments on this. >> reporter: hi brian, we are actually here at the fraternal order of police lodge number 5, they will hold a benefit for officer hartnett, in the meantime as he recovers investigators are searching for a motive and learning everything they can about the suspect.

>> that many gunshots at that close range he was trying to do serious damage. >> as officer jessie hartnett recovers, the investigation continues, local and federal authorities are working around the clock to get information about the suspect, edward archer. >> they are not limited to countries far away. >> archer is charged with attempted murder and confessed to trying to shoot the officer in the name of islam. >> washington should be a full partner. >> local officers and fbi are on high alert as the investigation is being investigated as an act of terrorism and he claims he is connected to isis. the claims of archer being radicalized should not be -- the

muslims in the city. >> he is a criminal and they are not criminals. >> for now authorities say they are not speculating but will wait until the investigation is complete before they connect him to a terrorist group but the ambush is a reason for concern and a wake-up call not just for police departments but for all americans. >> so far we see no indication that he was part of an organized cell of any sort, and no indication that there is any follow on plot connected to that. >> reporter: and back out live a reminder that benefit for officer hartnett will happen january 28th in the meantime, investigators stress tlg is no imminent danger as a result of that ambush on officer hartnett but the investigation continues.

gray hall, channel 6 "action news" alicia back to you. >> thank you. meanwhile, isis is claiming responsibility for deadly blasts that rocked indonesia's capital city, suicide bomber set off explosions outside of a busy shopping area. a tower camera recorded one of the blasts and witnessed horrific screams, the attackers had grenades and homemade bombs, they said they targeted foreigners at a starbucks and nearby police, as one militant detonated his bomb inside of the coffee shop and another aimed at people on the street. minutes later two more attackers rode a motorcycle toward a police post and blew themselves up. by the time the dust settles, five attackers and two other people are killed and another 19 are recovering from injuries.

starbucks announced they have temporarily shut down their coffee shops across indonesia all 200 of them. >> all right thank you. lets get you caught up on the "action news" traffic report today. we have trouble spots out there. >> reporter: this afternoon commute not proceeding by the book like we like it to, a big mess on the northeast extension coming southbound because of this accident involving this truck carrying a delivery for amazon, the crash is bad with fluid on the roadway as well. taking out of the left lane and police remain on the scene and it's right on the work zone, that is what happens with these sorts of accidents, southbound traffic what a delay we are looking at and it pans back the scene of the crash is four miles south of the landsdale interchange, and it continues south of that accident scene,

where just one lane is getting by and a sea of headlights is waiting to get past the accident seen, if you are coming south on the extension. speeds of 14 miles per hour and bail by landsdale if not quakertown, in hatfield you are watching a crash and fire and police helping you around it. a nasty afternoon yesterday on the schuylkill expressway, this afternoon everybody is open just a little bit slow, but what else do we expect from the schuylkill expressway. and this is east heading towards the vine. and accidents one on the new jersey turnpike southbound in belmar, lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday afternoon, people talking about the stand still on the northeast extension, 309 is much better and have you to deal with all the traffic lights. we'll deal with again in the next half hour. matt thank you. still ahead, movie fans

everywhere are mourning the loss of an actor that played in the most iconic on screen villains of all times. and the oscar nominations are out. and how philly's own creed did today. and philly's former police commissioner has a new job at a local university.

award season is in full swing and they unveiled the nominees going for the goemd, the big news here in philadelphia, sylvester stallone's nomination for best supporting actor for creed. yo we are all about that today. he is up against christian bale and tom short and mark ruffalo and tom hardy. creed of course filmed in and around philadelphia, the seventh

in the rocky franchise born here in the city. stallone is fresh off a win at the golden globes. the revenant leading the pack including leonardo dicaprio for best actor, the question is, is this finally his year? he has been passed over three times already. he did just win the golden globe by the way. mad max trailing behind with 10 nominations and another local tie to celebrate. the big short has five nods including best picture and a best director nomination formal vernon native and temple grad, adam mckay, we are rooting for him. the ladies big competition, academy golden girl, cate blanchett is up for her role in carol and brie larson for room

and jennifer laurence for joy and the big short and bridge of spy, and mad max and the marathon and spotlight. you can see a complete list of the nominations and watch the oscars here on 6 abc, we are your home forbe the big show, the 88th annual academy awards hosted by chris rock airs here on channel 6 on february 26th. despite the excitement of the oscars, actor alan rickman maz died at the age of 69, he was relently known for playing professor snape and was hans gruber in die hard and played

the sheriff of nottingham robin hood prince of thieves, he died surrounded by loved ones. >> my wife's favorite actor right there. now they square off tonight for the republican debate. ted cruz and donald trump are expected to spar, he has questioned his eligibility to run being that he was born in canada, and cruz attacked trump's foreign policy credentials, one of the last before the iowa caucuses. it's getting wider not because the wealthiest people are bringing in more money, according to census data, pay for the poorest of americans have not recovered since the

recession. it actually fell in 2014 even as the economy got stronger, the biggest gap is the housing market with the poorest americans forced to use most of their income to pay their rent or their mortgage. and wall street, this is what investors like to see, green arrows across the board, the dow up 227 points and nasdaq up 89 and s&p 500 up 31.5. and former police commissioner charles ramsey landed another new job at drexel university. taking on a newly created fellowship geared toward urban revitalization, and earlier this week as we told you ramsey began working as a consultant for the police department in wilmington, delaware. >> a busy man, no retirement yet. time for a check of the accuweather forecast. adam joseph is here.

not much to track today? >> no, it's quiet today and overall tomorrow and then friday night we see a storm pulling in. cape may, new jersey, a calm ocean overall and clear skies and temperatures warmer than they were yesterday at this time. it's 47 in philadelphia on the brink of 50 in millville at 50 in dover and even up to the north and west, reading 42 degrees and near 40 degrees in the lehigh valley, when you look at that change over the last 24 hours, it's impressive. 22 degrees warmer in millville and 23 in lancaster and even above the 10 degree threshold in the lehigh valley, high clouds stream by and they continue to push off to the east and to the north and clear sky to deal with, especially philadelphia to the south when are on the edge of the cloud line straddling

i-80 to the north, temperatures tonight, not as cold as the last few nights and a few clouds out there. 23 in allentown and 24 in reading and 30 in millville and in the upper 30s for the shore communities. as we look to the south in the gulf of mexico. there is a system developing south of houston, the southerly winds starting to pull the moisture from the gulf of mexico and this becomes a pretty sizable storm as it passes the carolinas early tomorrow morning near atlanta bringing moisture in off the atlantic, still sunny here for the first part of the day, and clouds increase in the afternoon and by late evening tomorrow, by 9:00 we see the showers developing in philadelphia, and it rains heavily overnight friday night especially close to the center of the low, you can see the spin there south of dover, pulling in warm air off the ocean, heaviest rain atlantic city to cape may and it winds up and pulls out 9:00 saturday morning, lingering

showers from allentown and the poconos, and even there it's rain this go around and we dry out this saturday afternoon in the form of sunshine, your four day at 4:00 forecast, clouds increase and 52 and it's a perfect sandwich, we get the rain in the overnight hours on friday and saturday breezy and sun returning and mild with a high temperature of 50 degrees, and then the temperatures drop on sunday, 40 we see an arctic front arriving in the evening hours, sometime between 8:00 and 11:00, snow showers possible, that could coat the ground like we saw the other night, windchills in the teens with the next round of arctic air a high of 28 on monday, that is the holiday and people out doing a day of service, a little on the cold side but run around and do what you are doing and keep your core temperature warm. >> thanks adam. coming up at 4:30, a woman in labor tries to uber to the hospital but it didn't go as

planned. >> and up next she was under the influence driving without a license and this was the start of the problems, what happened next that sent two philadelphia police officers to the hospitals. and in big talkers, there is no shortage of folks trying to ruin the new star wars movie for people but wait until you see what has people talking and fuming coming up. "many patients and their doctors unfortunately are

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we are still working to learn the names of two philadelphia police officers who were hurt when a car ran a red light and collided with an unmarked police car, the officers were responding to a call and had their lights and sirens on at the intersection of b street and east west moreland street, when a car ran through the light, the driver got out and ran off and officers chased him and caught him. he was resisting arrest and driving under the influence and with an expired license, the

officers in the original car were in the hospital today, one has a head injury and the second has an injured hand. a group of young talented musicians are rocking out in style thanks to a generous donation, franklin center got a boost today receiving brand new instruments, drums and guitars and microphones were handed out made possible by little kids rock and beach glow, making sure that musiced case continues in the city of philadelphia. >> it means so much, that means i can further expand my love for music. >> the donation totals $30,000 and several philadelphia schools will receive the new instruments and musical training for the teachers. and still ahead for 4:00, talk about a spoiled sport, what one

driver did to be public enemy number one with star wars fans. and research shows that stepping on the scale often could be a motivator. where did we get that video right? today's digital devices do more than simply display pounds, we are weighing in on when ones measure up ahead.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with the rising age of first time moms. we'll tell you what the new average is. >> and a new york woman has a uber har or story that will beat anyone you heard before, why a driver refused to pick her up when she was in labor, he charged her $13 for the time he spent with her husband negotiating the ride. she wanted a smile but ended up with the opposite. bleeding with blistered lips, what is behind the potential class action lawsuit against the makers of the popular lip balm eos. but the big question, who are the country's newest multimillionaires, that is the question on so many minds today, at least three people are holding very valuable tickets in

three states, it's their piece of the biggest power ball jackpot in history, we turn to alicia vitarelli live at the big board. >> reporter: yes, and some lucky customers holding the winning tickets will split nearly $1.6 billion, even though we don't know who will cash in on the prize, we know that store owners in tennessee, california and florida, are feeling almost as lucky as the winners themselves. last night it was a party. today it was a million dollar payday for a store owner who didn't win the lottery but sold the winning ticket. even without a winner coming forward it's a scene at this chino hills 711 since the newscast last night. the store sold the power ball ticket in the nearly $1.6 billion jackpot. the winner has a year to come

forward. >> we want to talk to you and help you start this journey, winning a cash prize should never ever be a nightmare. >> two other jackpots were sold, one at a melbourne beach, publix store. >> it's awesome, incredible. and one more sold in mumford, tennessee, a city of just 6,000. >> get advice and enjoy it. >> other power ball ticket buyers knowing they need no such help in managing a new fortune. >> i tried. >> we all did. and if you caught power ball fever and you can't shake it, you can still play, the next drawing is saturday but officials estimate that is near $40 million. seems like nothing next to the $1.6 billion. >> pocket change.

>> many in the tri-state area will get a nice prize, three $1 million tickets were sold in pennsylvania, the other two were bought in lehigh and lancaster county, and six players won $100,000, including delaware county and one in minneapolis county. meanwhile a ticket sold in west hampton, burlington county wound up being worth $2 million and the garden state had three $100,000 winners, one in ocean county and one in atlantic county and the delaware lottery says that three people won $50,000 prizes. >> nice. in other news detectives need help finding a smash and grab burglar targeting the hunting park section. they saw a man walking up to a car early sunday morning, a few minutes later you see him throwing something at the driver's window, smashing it and

the driver returns later and removes the combination dvd player radio from the dash, if you recognize the alleged thief call philadelphia police. a few people in philadelphia's holmesburg section woke up to find their cars damaged, someone smashed two windshields and there are reports that up to four other vehicles are damaged as well. we turn now to meteorologist, adam joseph, really a cold day out there, but beautiful, not a cloud in the sky and temperatures back above normal in the 40s especially to where we were yesterday, it feels a whole lot better out there. we are taking a live look at sky 6 hd, the center city skyline, it's dew point of 20 and there is the southwesterly winds that warmed up today at 17 miles per hour and this coming after the quick shot of arctic air that brought the first trace of snow on tuesday night into philadelphia, and that was the

latest ever first trace of snow we saw this deep into the season in philadelphia's history, going into today's weather classroom, the question is we had a trace of snow and you can't measure that, and when was the last time we had no measurable snow this late in the season in philadelphia. 2000, 2002 or 2007. tweet me your answer and the first person to answer correctly gets a shout-out. >> i like that. thanks. median sherry shepherd is taking a complicated custody battle to the pennsylvania state supreme court, she is trying to have her name removed from a child's birth certificate. it was born to a surrogate using

her ex-husband's sperm. >> shepherd is hoping her appeal will absolve her from paying child support to her exwho is now raising the child. a diet and exercise is important when it comes to controlling your weight and a chef is living proof that it works. >> thank you brian, quite a success story, chef mike went from 390 pounds to 230 pounds which is quite an accomplishment. mike says that being around food all day was a huge problem for him so he made a big change and that included preparing his meals ahead of time and adding regular exercise into his daily life, hear more how he achieved his weight loss goal, and how to help someone mentally get through the process and it's not always easy.

ali gorman more on this story of success coming up on "action news" at 5:00. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. philadelphia's router museum was full of medical oddities including pieces of einstein's brain and now it expanded to include a new display making its first appearance on the east coast, it's images of body parts set against gold leaf, a shimmering study of what makes us human. it opens tomorrow and stays open until early july. >> the kimmel center for the performing eyes are celebrating the life of martin luther king jr. with music and singing and spoken word and dance and local talent from area schools and organizations took to the stage to remember dr. king and his fight for civil rights for all people. the matinee performance was held at the perlman theater, and it

included a video tribute putting back the powerful words of dr. king himself. we are following breaking news out of trenton, new jersey, chopper 6 hd live over the scene of an apartment building, the luther arms apartments in the 300 block of south broad street, this is the scene of an active fire underway right now, it's in the sixth floor apartment and you can't see flames but it's an active scene, we can presume there was the possibility of evacuations on the way, a chopper remains overhead and we'll follow the situation, breaking news at the luther arms apartments in trenton. still ahead here, he definitely will not be getting five stars why a new york city uber driver refused to pick up a woman in labor.

>> plus, from body mass to fat. if you are in the market for a new scale we have more on how they measure up. is this the worst spoil sport in the world, we'll tell you what the driver revealed about the new star wars movie and we won't give anything away we promise. >> no spoilers here and meteorologist, adam joseph is back with the forecast from ac weather.

they represent blood cells. and if you have afib-an irregular heartbeat that may put you at five times greater risk of stroke they can pool together in the heart, forming a clot that can break free and travel upstream to the brain, where it can block blood flow and cause a stroke. but if you have afib that's not caused by a heart valve problem, pradaxa can help stop clots from forming. pradaxa was even proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke, in a clinical trial without the need for regular blood tests. and, in the rare event of an emergency, pradaxa is the only oral blood thinner other than warfarin with a specific reversal treatment to help your body clot normally again. pradaxa is not for people who have had a heart valve replacement. don't stop taking pradaxa without talking to your doctor. stopping increases your risk of stroke or blood clots ask your doctor if you need to stop pradaxa before any planned medical or dental procedure. pradaxa can cause serious, and sometimes, fatal bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding. and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising.

pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems, stomach ulcers, a bleeding condition, or take certain medicines. side effects with pradaxa can include indigestion, stomach pain, upset or burning. don't just go with the flow. go with pradaxa, the only blood thinner that lowers your risk of stroke better than warfarin and has a specific reversal treatment. talk to your doctor about pradaxa today. in an interview this morning america had no reason to offer an apology when the sailors were detained on monday. the pentagon says that may have been an effort to defuse the

situation, all 10 sailors were released on tuesday. they busted an unusual drug operation. this may look like a batch of fresh carrots but it's marijuana, they hid 3,000 orange shaped packages in a huge shipment of real vegetables and the drugs have a street value of half a million dollars. on health check at 4:00, first time moms in america are still getting older, back in 2000 the average age was 24. but new government figures show that a woman's age is 26.3 when she has her first child, fewer women are having babies under the age of 20 but more women are having their first child over the able of 30, experts think economic factors and interest in higher education is the cause.

the popular eos brand of lip balm is starting a class action suit after it hurt her mouth, rachel says she got blisters and painful cracking on her lips after losing the product, and eos which stands for evolution of smooth says the health of its users a top priority and believes the suit has no merit. big talkers now the story out of new york city causing uber shock and disgust. an uber driver refused to pick up a woman in labor but then charging the couple for negotiating the ride that never happened. david lee and his wife called for the car and his wife in active labor vomited on the sidewalk, the driver said turned

them down and said he would lose $1,000 if she got sick in the car. the couple begged and the driver would not budge and he charged them $13 for lost time, there is good news here another uber driver took them to the hospital and the baby is doing great and the family is fuming and uber has not quite apologized but they refunded their $13. for whatever that is worth. >> there is no shortage of spoilers ahead of the star wars "the force awakens," and out of respect for those that have not experienced it. we won't ruin it for you. but there is someone on the road a spoiler on wheels, this picture is going wildly viral people freaking out, it says blank dies in the force awakens, we are not telling you who and

they are revealing it and the commenters are furious and scared for the suv and the spoiler at the wheel. we are over it. finally apple's personal assistant siri has a lot of tricks up her sleeves, she beat boxes. >> here is one i have been practicing, cats and boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and i can do this all day. just ask siri to beat box and she jams, this is going viral everywhere, posting videos to vine and youtube. not sure about the cats and boots bit, but if that is the one you get when you ask her to beat box, it's someone's job at apple, and come up with things and make her do that.

>> and for users to try to unlock the hidden secrets. >> cats and boots. >> you are doing great. lets get the update from matt pellman in the traffic center. >> can you work on your latest novel or do a crossword puzzle, speeds of 16 miles per hour as you come past lanned dale, four miles south fbt interchange there is a crash in the work zone involving a tractor trailer and a fuel spill still has one of the lanes blocked and 309 southbound better bet than the northeast extension this afternoon. in hatfield township, a crash at broad street by meehan transmissions, and westbound in chester county, a stand still coming away from 202 from this point at 322, where the tow trucks are there and hopefully

the accident is not too much longer but right now the left lane is blocked. and by presbyterian church a crash at route 10, and a crash that brought down wires in cheltenham at brief road, at cheltenham avenue, not bad on 95 or the schuylkill, just normal afternoon delays but outbound at kelly drive at the art museum, a broken down vehicle taking out the left lane. we'll check it again at 5:00. >> very good matt, thank you. meteorologist, adam joseph, is standing by with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

time now for the accuweather forecast as we inch closer to the weekend. >> we do, we are having a date here on friday night. >> a date with?

>> a rain storm. >> sorry. bumm bummer. a second date with that one. >> take a look at the weather question that deals with snow. when was the last time without measurable snow. we had a trace and no measurable snow. 2002, 2000 or 2007. well everyone of those years didn't have measurable snow, it was 2007 but 2007 was the closest to this particular date. are the people at home feeling as bummed. it's a trick question, .1 inches fell on january 18th and only 13.4 inches fell that season and all the seasons from 2000, 2002, and 2007 snow this late in the year and those three years, the year ended up below average for

total snowfall for the entire season. 38 in allentown and 50 in millville and 50 in dover and 47 in philadelphia. clouds north of i-80 that brought cloud cover in the poconos but sunshine is taking control for most of the area, and low pressure developing in the gulf of mexico and pulling the moisture out of the gulf and streaming it up the eastern seaboard. and very early on saturday morning. 23 in the suburbs, 33 for center city with the southwesterly winds, and on friday high pressure is to the east, and it pumps the southerly wins as the north front passes through and rain at night 52 warm degrees and the low head to our south and brings the round of rain, a half inch to inch of rain and

saturday itself clouds in the morning and transitioning to sun in the afternoon, windy 15 to 20 miles per hour and temperatures warm at 50 degrees and a cold front slides through here an arctic front sunday night and brings another round of arctic air through the day on monday. the accuweather forecast, morning sun of 52 and friday night early saturday the round of rain and half inch to inch and sun returns saturday of 50 degrees and sunday evening the arctic front comes through any time from 8:00 and 11:00 at night that, could bring another round of snow showers or snow squalls of 40 degrees and opens the door to cold winds, teens only for windchills and mona high of 28 and more arctic air lingers on tuesday of 30 and still chilly wednesday 38 degrees and we start to climb closer to normal on thursday of 38 degrees so the next round is going to last a little longer

than the one day affair we had yesterday with old man winter. >> adam thank you. we have breaking news to get to hear at 4:00, the information is in reference to renee angelou, the husband of celine dion has died. dion recently took a break from her residency in las vegas to care for him. she posted on her website and twitter that his battle with cancer was courageous.

called a body pod, testers used this scale for accuracy reporting the body fat, nothing came close from the body pod for the volunteers. >> they were not accurate for the body fat but they were to track over time. and this oneida tracks the best

for consistency for body fat and this fit bit scale can send results to your smart phone via wifi. it's useful to know how much body fat you have, but an overall look at your health is body weight and height. >> you only need a basic scale, the taylor 7506 for $25. >> the good old scale, body fat can be a good indicator of obesity, you can calculate that with our scale on 6abc.com. and if you have given up on your resolution in 2016, you should no are you not alone, this dog named maggie can relate, the folks says the pup does not share the same

enthusiasm, as her friend havoc does. she did not commit to an annual gym membership. like mine lately. >> that is a rough two weeks there. all right that is it for "action news" at 4:00, for brian taff, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph, join us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. we'll see you tonight.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. philadelphia police officer jessie hartnett continues to recover tonight as the investigation intensifies into the ambush that could have killed him and extra steps to keep all officers safe are in place after the shooting was linked to terrorism. the big news is officer hartnett's condition and the latest from the fbi on the investigation. chad pradelli is live in center city with the latest.

>> reporter: the director says this is being investigated as an act of terrorism and would not provide specifics about what detectives and special agents say so far. but that it is on going, fbi director, james comey says that they are trying to figure out the motive, direction and inspiration and who may have assisted him when he opened fire and ambushed jessie hartnett when he sat in his police cruiser last week. >> we see no indication that he was part of an organized cell of any sort. >> archer confessed to the crime and said he did it in the name of islam. and he made two visits to the middle east in recent years. it is a focus of the investigation. >> no indication that there is any follow on plot connected to that, and any specific or crib