Harris perry. Police departments say theyre on alert after a gunman attacked a Philadelphia Police officer on thursday night, wounding the officer. Police say 30yearold Edward Archer approached the officer in a car late thursday night and opened fire. Officer harnette was struck three times and remained in critical, but stable, condition. Philadelphia police say archer claimed that he shot officer harnette, quote, in the name of islam. Hes in custody. Joining me now is correspondent adam reese in philadelphia. What do we know so far about this suspect and who he is and how he got his hands on a gun . Oh, i think we maybe lost adam on remote. So sorry about that. We will come back to that story. Its a critical question. In part because this sort of ongoing gun violence that president obama took head on this week, when he announced several executive actions designed to further regulate access to guns. Actions that he says will ultimately save lives. In his many public statements, the pre
today. noda is to be japan s sixth krm in five years. convicted lockerbie lopper al megrahi is in a coma and apparently near death. krn can cnn found him at an expensive village. freed from a scottish prison in 2009 after doctors treated him for cancer said he was dying. libyan rebels are advancing and have 14,000 fighters set to liberate moammar gadhafi s hometown of sirte and have given loyalists there a monday deadline to disarm and surrender peaceful lp. the rebels gained control of the city. and 28 people killed when a suicide bomb went off at a sunni mosque in baghdad. a member of parliament was pun of the victims. other attacks elsewhere. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee and world news today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong. welcome to world business today. stop stories this monday august the 29th. now the citizen for japan s revolving door