accuweather and vandals strike another historic cemetery. that's next. ♪ ♪ "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. ♪ >> it has been a night of thunderstorm watches, even tornado warnings. there is lot of we are keeping a close eye on the lehigh valley and delaware

valleys. there is nasty stuff out there tonight. it is tuesday night. the big story on "action news" let's waste no time and go to cecily tynan with the trouble spots tonight. >> jim, we have an atmosphere battle ground being waged right now. we have a cold front pulling cooler, dryer air into the warm air today. this is bringing an intense line of strong and severe thunderstorms. this line is holding well though it's pulling in more than three hours after the sun has set. a severe thunderstorm warning has been posted along the i-95 corridor extending to south jersey until midnight tonight. any of the storms contain hail and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. as we zoomed in, we get

landfill, media, chads fort. this part of the storm is intense. we have had reports of wind gusts 60 miles per hour, moving east at 50 miles per hour. jacksonville, southampton we flip this over, this shows the velocity. the bright green is pential for wind gusts up to 60 milesn e damaging winds, we have had reports of hail especially in berks county moving through between 8:30 and 9:00, 61 to 222 to cooks town with hail the size of quarters along the path. the storm damage is ling up, especially lehigh and berks county. bethel, a tree struck a house. e hail, 50 miles per gusts.

gilbertsville, an inch and a half of rain in 30 minutes. mind the system we have behind a change in air mass. >> another cemetery has been struck by vandalism. this time it's st. luke's memorial church in the bustle town section of philadelphia. "action news" reporter annie mccormick was there today. >> police believe this was an act of vandalism. the discovery made this morning. police say at least 20 head stones were toppled over amounting to thousands of dollars in damage. the historic cemetery off welsh road has plots dating back to the civil war. >> my family has been in this

church since 1891. >> i don't want to tell you what's going through my mind. i would like to meet up with the people that did this took joy in turning these over. >> just after 10:00 this morning, a caretaker called police. members are devastated. >> what kind of person could do this? who could do this? why would you want to desecrate a cemetery? >> it's the fourth cemetery under investigation in recent months. in other cases, two jewish and one catholic. st. luke's is e pisk pailian. police believe this may be teens causing havoc. >> the clues to the scene lead to the kids where we didn't have that in officer cases. there were cases across the

country that made us think it was an organized event for jewish cemeteries. >> the cemetery considered using surveillance cameras. now they say they'll definitely put a system in place. reporting in bustleton, annie mccormick, "action news." >> several authorities are investigationing the collision involving two septa trains in upper das darby at the 69th strt terminal. a norristown high speed train line arrived at the station when it crashed into an empty stationary train. >> i fell out of my chair. i hit my head. everyone was on the floor. >> most passengers suffered minor injuries. four people required observation at trauma centers. the national transportation safety board recovered video

from onboard the train. that video has been sent to washington for analysis. this is second crash in six months involving septa trains at the facility. >> the retrial of bill cosby won't happen until next year. the judge granted the delay so cosby's new defense team can get up to speed. this time jurors will be chosen from montgomery county. cosby is accused of drugging and sexual assaulting oon dra constand in 2004. >> derek rolands was captured this afternoon. authorities say he killed a man. he was wanted for a shooting

earlier the same dai day in the overbrook section of philadelphia. rolands remains in jail in georgia awaiting ex-diction to philadelphia. >> donald trump is holding his ninth campaign style rally since becoming president, back in friendly territory in phoenix. outside, several thousand protesters on one side of the street, supporters on the other with police keeping them a apart. trump attacked the media for reporting his reaction in charlottesville. >> one day he talked. he didn't say it fast enough. he didn't do it on time. why did it take a day?

he must be a racist. it took a day. dishonors people. >dishonest people.the rally is . donald trump was one of the discussions when brian fitzpatrick held a meeting in salem. reporter christie ileto has that story. >> with questions submitted in advance, freshman congressman brian fitzpatrick explained to residents where he stood on immigration, foreign affairs and whether donald trump was fit to serve. >> a tame crowd was passionate when the question was posed. >> do you feel the president is able to do his job? >> i'm not a psychologist. >> what does your gut say?

>> we'll see how it plays out. >> 120 residents from the eighth district were selected at random after registering to attend the event. in some cases, fitzpatrick, a moderate republican has stood his ground against trump including climate change and calling what happened in charlottesville domestic terrorism. the small size prevented many from attending. >> it's by lottery. it's invite. it was easier getting tickets for faith hill and till mcgraw friday night. >> organizers say the venue allowed for more meaningful engagement. >> it was a nice forum and he should have more but he spows

his party line claiming he's an independent but when push comes to shove, the party tells him to line up. >> i think he did what he can do and his heart is in the right place. >> residents did request that future town halls be held at larger venues. christie ileto, "action news." >> jury selection began today in the trial of richard menendez.