Im shannon mulaire. We start with that breaking news overnight. A Philadelphia Police officer ambushed and shot at least three times inside his cruiser. Phillys Police Commissioner says33yearold officer Jesse Hartnet is lucky to be alive after a suspect tried to, quote, execute the officer. Just before midnight eastern he was driving through a philly intersection, the suspect fired shooting 13 times, walking closer and closer until he was actually shooting from inside the driver side window of the police cruiser. Shots fired. Shots. Shots fired. Im shot, im bleeding the commissioner says the suspect emptied his entire nine millimeter handgun but the officer returned fire and hit the shooter at least three times. Police caught the assailant a short time later not far away. Hartnett is in surgery and is expected to make a full recovery. Well have more details as we get them into nbc news. Two men have been arrested on terrorism related charges here in the u. S. And Authorities Say there
the railroad. reporter: instead the state is planning to install more sophisticated warning sensors. jurgen hopes they might help make these crashes a thing of the past. or better yet, water under the bridge. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, durham, north carolina. very appropriately named the can opener. it s a busy week in politics, and boy did the late-night hosts take full advantage of the fresh material. that s next. does a freshly printed presentation fill you with optimism? then you might be gearcentric.
all captured on web cams. it s pretty crazy sometimes. reporter: all thanks to jurgen hans. i sit there at my desk working peacefully and all of a sudden there s this massive crash out there and i almost fall out of my chair. reporter: his videos now draw millions of hits on youtube, even collects the debris and sells it as crash art. and sure enough, just after we finished speaking with him, hard to believe, but this happened. the driver rattled, but okay. i thought i had enough clearance. reporter: the bridge was built for trains 75 years ago. the clearance 11 feet, 8 inches. about two feet lower than usual. the locals know that but many rental truck drivers don t. 95% to 98% of them are following gps. reporter: the state s put in lights and signs but drivers either don t see them or ignore them. why not raise the bridge? you d be looking at significant cost to either lower the road or raise the grade of