a local police officer, is coming under attack. storms blast parts of our "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. dash cam video of an attack on police, today, sent a chill up the spine of everyone who worries about the safety of our men and women in blue. it starts with the rock

thrown at a cop car, but it doesn't end there. monday night, jim's will be joining us shortly from the republican national convention i'm monica malpass. the big story on "action news" tonight is a a coatsville policeman hospitalized another nursing bruises and suspect in handcuffs. "action news" dann cuellar is only reporter at coatsville police tonight with that full story, dann? >> reporter: monica a 48 year-old police detective is hospitalized in stable condition, following the attack on police, another officer scuffed up but otherwise doing okay tonight. a 29 year-old man is in custody in connection with the attack. this is the cruiser involved in the a tack, windshield smashed by a large rock all capture on the cruiser's dash cam. police say it was 1:50 p.m. that 27 year-old officer jared davis was on patrol in the 500 brook of east lincoln. video then shows a man running toward the car and throwing a large rock smashing the windshield. officer davis maneuvers the car a little bit forward.

>> he proceed to try to pull the vehicle over and note cyst in his mirror that this person is running toward this vehicle. he tries to give him more distance between himself and the suspect, and he gets out of the vehicle and then gentlemen attacks him. >> reporter: police say suspect identified as 29 year-old eric watson, jamaica immigrant, tries to strike officer davis on the head with the large rock. the others responded. one of them a detective was struck in the chest during a scuffle and suffered a broken sternum. >> our officers showed great restraint by subduing this gentlemen by using less than lethal force. they did use the taser on the gentlemen. >> reporter: watson said to lock him up and throw away the key and deport him back to jamaica. he says he has been homeless for the last four years in coatsville. officers has in the seen any attacks on them until now. >> we are height even level of awareness. you know, up until this point we have not experienced anything here specifically in coatsville.

but, you know, it is an example of not letting your guard down. >> reporter: thinks eric watson late night being led away to prison. he is being held on $100,000 bail on two counts of the aggravated assault, terroristic threats and related offences. judge ordered that he get a mental healthy valuation, his preliminary hearing is set for next monday. we're live here at coatsville police i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". monica. >> thanks, dann. a ferocious line of storms swept toward the tri-state area tonight, sparing anyone with heavy downpours thunder and lightening. when skies cleared damage had been done. the trees were down all over. we will show you more n wilmington they are thankful no one at park place trailer park was hurt. take a look at these incredible images of the storm system rolling into strathmere cape may county tonight. it is a shelf cloud. it is a warning of the leading edge of a gusty front and that

rushing wind thaw feel, as a thunderstorm approaches. thousands of people are without power tonight, in new castle county was hardest hit. delimar virginia power reports 8500 outages. peco energy say 4500 are in the dark here tonight. at the shore ac electric is trying to turn the lights back on for nearly 1200 people. pp and l reports 1700 outageness northampton and lehigh counties. "action news" reporter christie ileto live in havertown with some folks who fell victim to mother nature tonight, christie. >> reporter: that is right, monday contact every other tree driven down here in this neighborhood you see massive trees that are still at this hour, still laying, across the middle of the street. buried underneath this tree is the wick's family crush car. >> rain started, wind, it was crazy. i thought all of the siding was lifted off the side of the house. >> reporter: what kelly wick

really heard was sound of her 07-foot tree crushing her new car. >> it was pretty scary. >> reporter: wick's yard and thousands of havertown residences were draped in snap trees, pummeled utility poles and down power lines like this one blocks away. >> we saw flash, and then the whole thing came down. >> reporter: charred tree trunk that felon wires bears the scars of the lightening strike. and andrew watson and his family recorded this video seconds after seeing the bolt. >> it was still smoking when we came out. it was insane. bolt came down. tell you the truth after it hit we could not see it hit the ground because storm was so hard. >> reporter: resident gawk at a partially peeled up lawn. >> it looks like a children's science film where you see a cross section of the grass, it the is just torn up. >> reporter: employees at swiss farms cleaned up what is left of the 40 year-old silo, that sat next to the drive through. >> no one was hurt. that is most important thing. we could have had two or three

cars in the lane. no one was hurt thank god. >> reporter: the damage mother nature leaves behind is costly. >> i made all of the phone calls. i'm waiting to hear back on how to take care of the tree removal and the crushed car. >> reporter: now we have seen a lot of crews out surveying damage and peco working to restore power this this area no telling how long it will take, to get these trees, removed. reporting live from havertown, christie ileto for channel six "action news". >> thanks, christie. a thanking his lucky stars he is safe and can get home. his hummer won't be able to james taylor tells us he was driving on church road in wilmington tonight when trees started to fall around him. >> i could not get out of the way fast enough. >> reporter: what did you think? >> i said my prayers. >> reporter: taylor was trapped inside until rescuers could cut the tree limbs back.

he believes if he had been driving a small are car he would not have walked away without a scratch. meteorologist adam joseph is standing by with a live look at storm tracker six radar and will join with us the full accu weather forecast in just a little will bit. day one of the g.o.p.'s big dance, and in cleveland, ohio brought a last ditch protest by anti trump forces, amid heightened tensions over recent violence at home and abroad. today's theme was make america safe again, with reassurances that republicans will restore peace while they say hillary clinton cannot. the first night of the donald trump's convention is in the the book and belongs to melania who wants to show personal side of her husband where she work with a speech writer for five or six weeks to make that speech perfect tonight. it gave donald trump a first hello to delegates. biggest names on the stage were trump family making their appearance. "action news" anchor jim gardner and sarah bloomquist. jim's joining us first with more from cleveland tonight,

hi there, jim. >> hi monica. the session has just ended, and it is the first night of the donald trump convention. it is in the books. i think it is fair to say that when you consider everything that happened here tonight, tonight really belonged to donald trump's wife melania who said that she wanted the opportunity to show the personal side of her husband, and for someone who has largely avoided the spotlight in this campaign, she seemed to have stepped up there with poise and with confidence. she obviously worked very hard on this speech but she seemed to really enjoy giving it, and the delegates really seemed to embrace her. as you said, her speech gave her husband the opportunity to say the first hello to the dell

>> we're going to win so big. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. thank you. ladies and gentlemen it is migrate honor to present the next first lady of the united states, my wife, an amazing mother, an incredible woman, melania trump. thank you very much. >> let's all come together in a national campaign like no

other. the race will be hard for the all the way to november. there will be good times, and hard times, and unexpected turns. it would not be a trump contest without excitement and drama. ladies and gentlemen, donald j trump is ready to serve and lead this country as the next president of the united states. thank you, god bless you and god bless america. delegates reaction to the night tonight and to melania

speech and the the appearance of donald trump. lets go live to "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist. sarah? >> well, jim, first night of the convention, delegates are energized, excited and they were exited to see donald trump tonight. lets go to video from the convention floor just a short time ago, late this evening, you can see donald trump he did get a standing ovation. would i say it was tempered, not overly donnas if delegates are feeling this out. they were in good spirit. many moved by the earlier speeches of the night. this was so rare to see the nominee on the first night but that is exactly what the delegates told us they like about donald trump. >> it is unprecedented. it is not like a lot of his campaign has been an unconventional campaign. but it is different. >> that is what he thinks he should do, and introducing his wife, i think it is great. >> what has been put together

as a program is exceptional. it is addressing a lot of the emotional issues and if he had anything to do with the program, which i suspect he did, we will have a hell of a cam pain. >> reporter: difficult noti new jersey governor, chris christie, got a front row seat with a new jersey delegation, during melania's speech tonight and chris christie will take the stage tomorrow night, the theme tomorrow night, make america work again. live, i'm sarah bloomquist for channel six "action news". jim, back to you inside what they call the q. >> the crowd here went bananas for robert son from duck dynasty who said we will need a president who will have our back and he said donald trump is that person. rnc had its sights on hillary clinton with the appearance of former marine mark geist, survivor of the benghazi attack for which former

secretary of state hillary clinton has been criticized. >> benghazi was about opportunities. opportunities taken when we defied to stand down orders. an opportunity squandered, when hillary failed to protect her people on the ground. >> reporter: earlier today convention erupted in to momentary chaos when anti trump delegates made their final attempt to get a convention to change the rules, so delegates could be unbound, free to vote for any candidate. the rnc stopped that last gasp rebellion in its tracks but not without infuriating some of the delegate who want anyone but trump. >> but cannot be so lightly. >> that is the first night of the republican national convention, in cleveland, a good night for the delegates here and one would have to say a good night for donald and melania trump. tomorrow night, again, it is christie on the podium here in

cleveland. monica, back to you good thanks, jim. we will look forward to that. our expanded coverage on six abc.com includes live streams from abc news with images and highlights from the convention floor, and we invite to you join the conversation on facebook and twitter where we are sharing constant updates from the "action news" team, there in cleveland. hillary clinton was also in ohio today, cincinnati, and condemning the recent shootings of police. she told the national naacp convention it will be difficult, painful work repairing bond between officers and communities in louisiana, minnesota and dallas. secretary clinton wants to reform guidelines for the use of police force and help ex-prisoners find jobs. she also launched a nationwide voter registration drive. she's trying to add more than 3 million americans, to the rolls, by election day. still to come on "action news" new surveillance images shows a police killer stalking the officers at baton rouge

ambush, but we also saw an emotional moment of unity and hope. plus we will find out if pennsylvania's casino's luck has run out, adam. monica, earlier storms ended our five day heat wave to day's high 96 degrees. it started on 96 at thursday. we will talk about a brief break but another heat wave on the way in that seven day forecast it is summer here. >> jamie apody with a decision on whether a eagles player will face serious criminal charges. that and more when "action news" continues tonight.

hundreds came out tonight to remember the officers killed in that ambush in baton rouge, lou san a there was a candle light vigil just one day after six officers were shot by a lone gunman. >> the [gunfire] moment gavin long hunted down police officers yesterday morning was captured on video,

investigators released new pictures that show long wearing a mask and carrying a rifle. the former marine knew exactly what he was doing and scouted the area before the shooting. officers montrell jackson, matthew gerald and brad garafola were all killed. a fourth officer remains in critical condition. police say ambush ended after long was killed by a swat team rifleman. there is no doubt whatsoever that these officers were intentionally targeted, and assassinated. it was a calculated act, a begins those who worked to protect this community, every single day. >> to daze, at the a memorial for three officers father of slain officer montrell jackson was joined by alton sterling's an. sterling was shot and kill earlier this month. both are calling for the community to come together. in light of the recent violence begins police families in bucks county came together tonight to show their support. hundreds, packed the levittown fire company number two, for a chance to meet some of the

police and fire fighters who work in the community. originally the event was just planned for fire fighters but organizers decided to put the focus on law enforcement. >> everything that has been going on, we felt that these guys needed a little help and pat on the back and let the community know we're here for them. >> the event raised money for bucks county hero scholarship fun which grants scholarships to children of emergency responders killed in the line of duty. i should specify i was talking about a small segment of the black lives matter movement. >> that is a superintendent of police in radnor township delaware county apologizing for controversial remarks he made about the black lives matter movement. william colorulo addressed the town council meeting n an interviewed published after the deadly police attack in dallas, he referred to the black lives movement as quote a violent hateful organization, that condones violence against police.

a woman struggled against thieves -- seas, and got stuck by a jetty and could not get back to shore on her own. fire fighters rescued her and performed cpr at the beach before rushing her to the hospital. her condition has in the been released. pennsylvania casinos are on a roll. game blink revenues set a record for the fiscal year that just ended june 30th. state's 12 casinos took in more than $3.2 billion from slots and table games, that is up 3.6 percent over last year. all right. lets check that accu weather forecast, cecily's off, adam is here. are we past the rough part. >> we have a few extra thunderstorms developing but we will not get severe weather we had earlier as this front passes through and wipes humidity away. looking at storm tracker six live double scan you can see that cluster around berks county, northern lancaster county and lehigh valley and montgomery county getting wet here at this late night hour.

pottstown a bit of the thunderstorm and down important passing to the south of the boyer town. right along 422 and especially as you head west of pottstown, on 422, and you bum in to reading at 222 the interchange there nine lightening strikes in the last 15, heaviest part of the storm passing south of the downtown reading, brief heavy rain here, reading, looking forward to some of this rain, everyone can use the rain especially in southeastern, pennsylvania. reading missed out earlier with the storm, and now getting hit at the present time. we will watch those as they fall to the south and east but earlier those thunderstorms packed quite a powerful punch with wind in the lehigh valley of 62 miles an hour. wilmington 53 miles an hour. blackwood, new jersey 47. clock nothing at 52 in atlantic city. harvey cedars where there was a severe thunderstorm wind gusting a at the 51 miles april hour earlier this evening. temperatures in the 70's area wide but it is extremely uncomfortable out there.

we're await ago this cold front which is right along that ban of downpours and thunderstorms that have developed to pass through here and that will send a northeasterly wind in and the rest of the overnight hours tonight and through your tuesday. so as we look at day planner 77 at 8:00 in the morning. jumping to 83 at 11:00. topping off in the upper 80's in the afternoon. sunny, very warm, less humid as high pressure comes in from the north and west. sixty-seven the ocean temperature, in new jersey. eighty-five tomorrow at the shore. delaware beaches 87. lots of sun and a few clouds. no sea breeze tomorrow with wind out of the northwest and uv index on the high side. that high pressure, going to be our friend for another day on wednesday, that in fact will be the pick of the week, very comfortable, 85 degrees, and then this high slips off the companies and get a return flow and that brings in heat and humidity at the end of the week. exclusive accu weather seven day forecast we have two days back to back here with low humidity and highs in the 80es

a. turns hot more humid thursday. ninety. that steam bath is back here on friday at 95 degrees and with the peak of the heat and humidity the triple h's here, saturday and sunday 97, feeling at or above 100 with the isolated thunderstorm. it backs off a bit but still rather hot at 92 as we start the dnc monday with the scattered thunderstorm in the afternoon. >> thank you, adam. young musicians rock out tonight in front of the live audience. >> ♪ students from the school of rock performed at world cafe live in university city, young musicians made up of the program's most dedicat

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joseph. he struck out everybody else. his 14th strike outs tonight. jeanmar gomez on to close it out. nope. he knocks hot tying run. and no decision for nola. that was a shame. phillies tied at two. breath oberholtzer facing martin prodo and he didn't disappoint. phillies fall in 11, three -two. >> it is too many. i don't care who is pitching. we had too many strike outs. what did we have four hits. we had a chance, to win the game. we did not get the big hit. >> coming up nelson agholor hears from the district attorney and update

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fairmount park spent $500,000 on this project. the lights were last replaced back back in 2005. jimmy kimmel live is next followed by night line. jimmy's guest are cristina applegate, mike piazza and music from the last band, "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist goodies david murphy and karen rodgers for traffic. for the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass, make it a good night tonight. >> ♪

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