canceled his two events that he had scheduled for tonight and i have confirmed that that is related to talks over the sugary drink tax. he wants three cents. one of the questions is will he get that full three cents, will he agree to something smaller. so a lot of talk tonight a behind closed doors after a day of shouting out in the open. inside city hall chambers, you can see and hear the fight over a soda tax in philadelphia. it bubbled up to a allowed roar. so one side, supporters of the mayor's proposed sugary drink tax hold signs about the pre-k it would pay for. kids can't wait they yell. opponents yell no new tax. their lobby includes the american beverage soerassociati. council also considering a container tax that would charge you 15 cents for bottled stuff

including water. >> dr. pepper may want you to drink so he today, but dr. bishop wants you to give a nudge away. >> reporter: we saw the anti-tax protests outside city hall. chairman of the philadelphia republican authority addressed the crowd. >> the mayor and everybody in that room, they want all these things. but they didnon't know how to p for it, so they want to come after your wallet. when is enough enough? >> reporter: and inside, children lined up to support the tax that would fund pre-k and it would also pay for community school, something important to this mom. are you is you are priu surprist has fight has gotten so big? >> i am. everybody says our kids are the future. >> reporter: this debate is being watched by cities around the country. waiting to see what happens. and in philly, it's getting loud. council is set to come back here at 6:30, but they have already

pushed that back once today. and tonight is the deadline to get some sort of deal if they want to keep their schedule for a summer recess starting late next week. live in center city, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. heavy rain, strong winds and hail came down around lunchtime today. and across the entire region, sky force 10 found a ton of trees just leveled. look at this, this one we found in the east oak lane area of philadelphia. and it was a close call for neighbors. >> andrea klein thomas joining us live with some of their stories. >> reporter: well, neighbors here are happy that this tree did not cause anymore damage. it fell just shy of these hopes. i talked to peco and they say a

crew is on their way to assess the damage. >> i heard the crack and just as i'm running, it was behind me. >> reporter: it was a close call for rose as storms passed through the strong winds toppled a tree headed straight in her direction. >> the line broke, trees fell down and i ran. i was inches away from the door and i had just that it in the door. >> reporter: the bad weather did not last long. >> just heard the crash. pop. >> reporter: but it was long enough to make a big mess that knocked out power on the 6100 block of north 7th street. >> i heard something, but nothing that loud that you would think that a tree came down on your block. >> reporter: no one was injured, but the tree crashed into an suv shattering its back window. the branches are just shy of slamming in to anyone's home instead littering the front yards. >> i don't know who will clean it up. the man responsible across the street because it was his tree, i'm not sure.

the city. the electric department. i don't know. >> reporter: now, we just talked to residents, they tell us that their power is back despite the huge tree being in the middle of the street. i'm seeing crews actually turning on the road. peco tells me that the first job is to assess the situation, make sure that the lines are not active. their second job will be removing the tree. andrea klein thomas, nbc 10. and the best way to see all the damage is sky force 10. >> mitch blacher bringing us aerials of toppled trees and power crews. so what do you see now in chestnut hill? >> reporter: we see some tree damage. i want to take you to chestnut hill. this is abington avenue near the intersection of germantown avenue where the tree sthap snapped and fell on to that car. peco crews are also trying to

restore power and get the lines bag up. right now piceco says about 11,0 out argues still remaining. mitch blacher, nbc 10. nbc 10 also in delaware where you can see you will the tree limbs down. >> in south jersey, cherry hill was hit pretty hard. several roads still closed. 70 east was closed when utility wires caught fire. and talk about a tree uprooting, this goes from the sidewalk all the way to the house. the home did sustain some damage. it will be a while to clean up this mess. the storm reached the jersey shore. check out the damage to an apartment complex on saints james place. the roof ripped off and debris hit firefighters near by and

landed on some cars. the skies are clear down in cape may county. glenn "hurricane" schwartz will have your warmer forecast in a few minutes. if you have photos or videos of the damage, post them on nbc10.com and the app. the defense rested in shack came fatah's corruption trial, but not before ed rendell was a witness for the defense. he but he wasn't there to support fattah but one of his co-defendants. deanna durante, you spoke to the governor. what did he have to say? >> reporter: governor rendell says he was here to support vederman. congressman chaka fattah is not taking the stand in his own defense. none of the defendants are. a big witness, former governor

ed rendell to support herbert vederman. >> he didn't think giving him the little bit of money was going to get him an ambassador ship. that's rekick could y that that's ridiculous. >> reporter: he said he reached out to the obama administration and says his appearance to educate jurors about politics. >> we're not all bad. we're not all evil. we're not all seeking to do things for some tuel tearer motive. >> reporter: he says vederman's generosity is not a bribe. >> it had nothing to do with -- i think the allegations against the congressman are approach, he should go to jail. that's a serious offense. >> reporter: prosecutors again pointed tofattah's mean problems. >> he said he's in some trouble,

he owns a piece of trouble. would you buy the property. either he would pay you rent or you could own it directly and do anything you wanted with it. >> reporter: rendell says his wife can't like the deal and that was the end of it. closing arguments are expected to take place monday. deanna durante, nbc 10. the race for the white house is now down to two. hillary clinton is the presumptive democratic nominee and she'll takes off with donald trump on the republican side. the next step for bernie sanders is downsizing his presidential campaign. and tomorrow the vermont senator plans to head to washington, d.c. to meet with president obama. last night sanders said he would continue to fight to the convention here in philadelphia next month. for complete decision 2016 coverage including how the democratic national convention is gearing up for protests, make sure you have the nbc 10 app.

well, if you've ever driven here along lincoln drive, you may feel like it's an accident just waiting to happen. some improvements are on the way over the next few months. to tell you about the focus of the construction project, including traffic light, improving drainage issue, paving sidewalk improvements and also uptrades to t tradtrad tradtrad barriers. in about 45 minutes, there is an open public meeting at the unitarian society of germantown. the dogs that work to keep philadelphia safe will soon be safer themselves. today the nonprofit philadelphia police foundation announced a $22,000 donation to purchase k-9 body armor. that's enough to outfit the entire police dog force in the philly police k-9 unit. 23 patrol dogs. armor is bulletproof and puncture proof. if your supermarket sells

beer, don't be surprised if you see wine the on the shelves, too. today governor wolf signed a measure that allows about 14,000 holders of takeout bheer licenses to sell up to four boolgts boogtss of wine to a u.s. the union says the reform will lead to less foot traffic at state stores. next ones in 10 news at 6:00, putting on the brakes. why it's getting tough to get a driver's license in pennsylvania and what could help speed things up. plus an eagles defensive star may not have the contract he wants, but today he talked about what he is excited about. colder air moving in. how low is it going to go? i'll have your neighborhood weather next.

new at 6:00, a new hotel is coming to center city. this is what the 14 story hotel will look like when it's belt and opens next year. today was the official ground breaking along the avenue of the arts. there will be more 200 hotel rooms.

also new at 6:00, stuck in neutral. people in pennsylvania are honking maddriver's license. >> rosemary connors on the problems and the new solution. >> reporter: there is nothing like the feeling of getting behind a wheel for the first time at 16. but for andrew in delaware county, it was a bumpy road. >> about you want to take your driver's test, you have to wait a couple months because they're so booked up. >> reporter: andrew like half the drivers did not pass his test the first time. he explains reserving the next one on line was not easy. >> i had to go on 4:00 in the morning to try to schedule the test. >> inconvenient and frustrating for everyone. >> reporter: andrew's mother shared with me this e-mail confirmation for the next available time and prailace the were able to book. it was two days away, but they

have to drive to scranton. coal leap says she then learned the dmv wasn't open on mondays. theyharrisburg. >> i think maybe they need more driving ib strublgnstructoinstr. >> reporter: pep do t. >> we can get in you as in as early as 48 hours. >> reporter: at driven to drive, you don't have to wait weeks or months for an p a appointment in the till l philly area, but it cost you $75. >> people that have gone through the process, they hear that they can come here and be in and out so fast. like a no brainer. >> if that was an option for me, i think i might have done it because i didn't want to drive 2 1/2 hours to take the test. >> reporter: it's still free at the dmv, but be prepared. you may have to wait.

rose marrow connor, nbc 10. and four new schools are part of the new program. back to the storm damage from this afternoon, here is another one, a large tree that came down and power lines in the middle of ridge brooke. also look at this in moorestown, electrical wires on fire right in the middle of road there. it moved through quickly and packed a punch. >> and it's the winds pushing it fast that came down to the ground and created those strong wind gusts. and the wet ground. all of that rain that we got in the last month, that didn't help either. and we have maybe more storms

coming over the weekend. our camera showing blue right over billy penn there. started the came day off with sunshine, ended the day off with sunshine. and in between, wow, we started off here is the morning rush, just fine as we expected. and here comes the line of storms and it really intensified just as it got to the philadelphia area. i-95 and that's why we had so much reports of wind damage. this is right at noontime. there is that line, each one of those little red dots, a strong thunderstorm with a strong gusty wind. and we had many reports of that. right now nothing on the radar close by, so we're in pretty good shape. all these dots indicate reports of extremely strong winds or wind damage. you don't notice many north and west of tilly.

a lot from philadelphia all the way down to the shore. but strongest wind gusts, 72 miles an hour cumberland counter. and that wind second place, 66 miles per hour long beach township near beach haven. many reports over 50. temperatures now in the 60s in many parts of the area and the wind is strong out of the west. a strong land breeze. now we cooler days on the way. we've been in the 80s for a good bit of this month so far. 83 yesterday. only 73 today. 76 only. 80 on friday. at least the next two days will be dry. the next rain is coming over the weekend. and we might get another round of thunderstorms.

but most of the weekend is dry. p friday is dry. saturday morning is dry. watch what happens here in the futurecast. there we go. saturday morning, it's dry. and then here comes this other disturbance from the great lakes. 3:00 in the afternoon, some pounded in the lehigh valley and poconos. take a little longer later in the afternoon the philadelphia area. more toward might time toward the jersey shore. and that is when we'll get the rain over the weekend. just that one shot of it. we're getting a lot of sunshine tomorrow after a chilly start. look at easton, 46 degrees in the morning. wynnefield, 49. reading, 49. need a jacket in most cases. 77 degrees tomorrow in atlantic city because the land breeze will be with you again. for the weekend, it will being were with aest on saturday for

some places. but at the jersey shore,le it l be way warmer sunday because of the land breeze. remember thunderstorms late saturday and saturday night. i'm john clark. we'll hear from sam bradford on what new doug pederson is allowing him to do that chip kelly didn't. and did thlose a paper. that's next at longhorn steakhouse, we know there's nothing better than a steak and an ice cold beer. if there was, we would have made this commercial about that. longhorn's grilled tastes of summer. our new smoky pepper crusted filet with shrimp.

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. i'm john clark. the eagles moving inside today for day two of their mini camp

because of the storms. sam bradford a healthy. pederson says sam has separated himself from the other offense. sam will be allowed to audible and change plays at the line of vict line of scrimmage p. >> you want the ability to make things right about it puts more pressure on you to study. >> reporter: sam is stepping up as a leader. he's organizing his offensive teammates to get together in san diego for workouts before training camp. >> as good as it is to get on the field and throw route and workout together, i think it's even bernie time you can spend time away from the facility. >> it's all about relationships. if we can have the guys closers then when you play, there is more responsibility to take care of your job. >> reporter: and here is fletcher cox today mugging for

the camera. fletcher was limited again in practice, but he's ready for the 4-3 defense. >> that's what i played in college and i'm excited to's what it brings to the table and what we can do as a team. it's about having fun. making plays. that's what i like. >> phillies got beat bad by the best team in baseball today, the cubs. bigger news, they lost have a vasquez in the first inning. watch this pitch. he will look at the dugout. he's like something's not right. and then dexter fowler flies out on the next pitch. velasquez knows something isn't right. a lot of shaking of the head. so the manager and trap trainers

come out and remove him. it is being called a biceps strain. he will be reevaluated tomorrow. in the sixth inning, a two run shot. it is 3-1 cubs. and then later in the sixth, bailey in. zobrist, gone. phillies lose 8-1. >> i don't know what to expect. all i know is just to have the right behind set and to hope things turn out for the good. >> went back to the first pitch, and i looked at what the gun said and i just immediately looked in the dugout and i was like we have to get him out of here. >> women's ten miss star maria sharapova banned for two years. kevin love not the playing tonight. we're right back. hello,

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the one saturday afternoon and nighttime thunderstorm. >> plenty of sun tomorrow. all right. for all of us here, lester holt is up next. tonight it's war. trump versus clinton. the start of a general election from the ages. can he overcome fears in his own party, can she get sanders to finally back down. i'll talk to the democratic presumptive nominee. terror attack in tel aviv. gunman opened fire in a crowded market. killing and wounding people all around. police make a dramatic takedown. bicycle crash horror. a pickup truck plows into sirk willists. erratic driver, and why authorities couldn't stop him. maria sharapova, slammed with a punishment that could effectively hurt her career. the hero mom who saved her daughter as a man tried to drag her