improve rec centers and libraries. >> i ask you all today, do you really believe this was all about the kids? >> reporter: the concern as the tax squarely targets the beverage industry. and some of the money generated will also be iced for programs that have nothing to do with needy children, not broadly advertised my the mayor's administration when selling the idea. after months of wrangling and millions of dollars spent lobbying the issue, city council approved the proposal making it the first major city to pass a soda tax. the question is, what will it cost you in the end. despite the major defeat, the opposition tells me they don't plan on going away. they say right now they're reviewing their options and we could see a legal battle shaping up. reporting live outside of city hall, nbc10 news.

and our team coverage continues now with lauren meg inside council chambers for that vote. >> you just spoke with mayor jim kenny moments ago. it was a bit of a compromise. >> reporter: yeah, it was. he wanted a tax that was double what he ultimately got. but you could tell here today, that he is certainly happy with how things turned out. now, as you just showed, there was a cheer in council chambers today when this happened. let me show you what it was like in there. it was really packed. folks on both sides came out with signs today and packed the chambers. they waited for about five hours for this final vote to happen today. it was 13-4. and as we came out of there, i saw people who are for this smiling, hugging, cheering, and some long faces on the people who are not in favor of r ráy

the smiles, though, for mayor jim kenny. let's take a listen to his reaction just moments ago. >> this is a terrific day, but this is just the beginning of the process. it was certainly a long road to get here, but this is the beginning of the process of changing the narrative of poverty in our city. and this is the first step in finding the resources and revenue that we need to get our kids' pre-k education. >> reporter: so he is certainly happy with how things turned out. i did speak with people on both sides of this, got their reaction as they got out of council chambers today. take a listen to what they had to say. what's your reaction? >> we're feeling great. it's a great day for philadelphia. we're going to see investment in parks, rec centers, an expansion of pre-k. it's just a great day for philadelphia. >> with the increased price,

jobs are going to be lost. >> there's no way you could work around it? >> nope. >> what is your next step? >> we'll probably be in court tonight or first thing tomorrow morning. >> reporter: that last person you heard from, that was daniel grace from the teamsters. they probably won't be in court tonight. they will have to wait until this bill is signed. mayor kenny plans to do that on monday. we asked him here about the idea of this court challenge, what will happen then. he says they're ready for it. live at cityybfy hall, lauren m nbc10 news. >> it's still unclear how much of this soda tax will be passed onto you at the checkout line. remember, this tax is on the distributor. but if the entire tax is passed onto you, here's what it could cost you. on a 2 liter bottle, the tax would be about $1. on a 12-ounce can, it comes out

to 18 cents. stay with nbc10.com and the nbc10 app as things change by the minute. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with must see video of a homeowner chasing down a man who broke into his car. it shows the alleged thief crashes on his getaway and the homeowner getting out and opening fire. that's right next to trenton. both men could face charges. >> reporter: the chase ended right here on bridge street in morrisville with begin shots. the entire thing was kagt on surveillance video. it's just before 5:00 a.m. as cameras catch this stolen suv swem swerving and slamming into a building. police say the victim woke up and saw the suspect breaking

into cars inside his neighborhood. >> the homeowner went back inside, retrieved the weapon. >> reporter: after the crash, that homeowner pulls out a gun and fires at the suspect who tries to run away. >> the homeowner shot him once in the arm. >> reporter: meantime, shop owners are cleaning up a big mess. >> bounced off of this wall and crushed into that tree and pieces of the car flew all the way right in front of my shop. >> reporter: diane questions why that homeowner would open fire in a busy intersection. >> it's a little surprising this guy jumped in his car with a gun and chased down the person. it seems a little bit extreme to me. >> reporter: by police say no charges have been filed yet. it's still quite early in this investigation. >> nothing yet. we're -- this is very fluid investigation. we're -- a lot to look at first. >> reporter: including multiple angles of surveillance video

which could be crucial evidence in this case. nbc10 news. to the weather, it's been a day of downpours in some parts of the area. shoppers got a soaking at the farmers market this morning. here's a live look at center city philadelphia from our campus camera where the rain has moved out and it's now just cloudy and cool. city hall is always so pretty. parts of the area could see more rain tonight. >> glen is joining us now with your neighborhood forecast. >> we have cloudy skies across the entire area. and those clouds of course kept the temperature down. it's iny.jo the 60s across most the area. warm spot, 71 degrees in trenton. look how much colder than at this time yesterday. now we've had some showers during the day today, by things are really quieting down right now. there are heavier showers back to the west.

but those look like they're going to be heading down to the south. and missing most of our area. few little light showers in redding area. some coming into chester county. another in ocean county. they're ail on the light side. through the evening, if there is any rain, looks like it's going down into delaware andéh south jersey, extreme south jersey during the night. maybe the middle of the night. in the meantime, we have just a chance of a light shower over the next couple of hours. philadelphia to pa suburbs. lehigh valley already pretty much drying out. and in new jersey, we're going to be seeing much of that drying as well. maybe a shower at the jersey shore. but things are going to change. big time as we go into tomorrow. more on that in just a few minutes. >> glen, thank you. now to the latest on the terror in orlando. an all too familiar sight today.

president obama traveling to meet with the families of the victims of that mass shooting. the commander in chief arrived earlier this afternoon with vice president biden and senator marco rubio. they planned to meet privately with several families of the 49 victims. this is his tenth trip to a community shattered by a mass shooting during his presidency. 25 remain hospitalized, six in critical condition. doctors warn the death toll could rise. meanwhile, a senate committee is asking facebook to provide information about the orlando gunman. rob johnson sent a letter to facebook ceo mark zuckerberg. johnson says during the attacks at pulse nightclub, mateen made several facebook posts and searches. the fbi is also trying to determine how much mateen's wife may have known about the attack and if charges will be filed against her. >> communities continue to honor

the orlando shooting victims. new jersey governor chris christie signed an executive order for all state buildings to fly flags at half-staff tomorrow. here's a look where the arch diocese of philadelphia plans to hold two services monday. hours after a nearly 15-hour filibuster, senate democrats were at it again today. >> making a major push for tougher gun legislation. today, they held a news conference with victims of gun violence, including a woman whose mother and two cousins were gunned down in a charleston, south carolina, church. >> i plead with you, i plead with you with everything that i have in my heart. i ask everyone to join me in this wake to disarm hate. >> this country is rising up and demanding that the united states

congress take action to address the epidemic of gun violence in this nation. >> murphy wants a vote on legislation proposed by senator feinstein which could prevent gun sales to suspected terrorists. they backed legislation favored by the nra. thousands of atlantic city casino workers are voting today on whether to authorize a strike. they are deciding whether to support a walkout at several of the largest casinos. workers of the taj mahal have already authorized the strike. we spoke to workers both for and against the strike. >> we're saying believe in us and appreciate what we're doing to help bring these companies back to profitability. >> it's going to hurt us and the city. we're not going to make money and the city's not going to make money. >> if they vote yes, members

would walk out july 1st. major makeover is on the way for philadelphia's 30th street station. it's expected to take more than three decades to complete. a live look now at 30th street station. it will involve concourse improvements and a tunnel linking amtrak with septa trolleys and the l. all told, it's a $6.5 billion overhaul for the station and the area surrounding it. you see what it's expected to look like in these rendering. >> we've develop add road map for world class, well-integrated 30th street station that anchors a dynamic, connected, liveable and inviting neighborhood and creates an incredible gateway for this amazing city. >> the entire project is expected to take 35 years to

complete. to our decision 2016 coverage, hillary clinton picks up an endorsement from the nation's largest labor federation and donald trump isn't happy about it. the aflcio threw its support behind hillary clinton today. but presumptive republican nominee donald trump slammed the move. he said the aflcio sold out its more than 12 million members who said mrs. clinton is quote, the enemy of working people, end quote. philadelphia city council is waiting until the presidential race. they passed a resident liegs condemning donald trump. they said trump has expressed racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-american values. >> the council should not be weighing in on a presidential candidate's comments. >> we have a right to -- first

amendment rights to speech. we don't have a right to be avoided from criticism of such. >> three republicans of city council voted against the resoluti resolution. meanwhile, senator bernie sanders will speak to supporters tonight about his political fiech. he will deliver live online message at 8:30 this evening. he will continue his campaign up until next month's convention despite the fact hillary clinton has won enough delegates. casino gambling has been legal in atlantic city for decades. could recreational marijuana be next? they introduced a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in ac. they designed it to aid atlantic city's sagging economy by attracting tourists. the new jersey assembly is also considering a bill that would allow people suffering from

post-traumatic stress to take medical marijuana. medical marijuana is currently approved in new jersey for people suffering from terminal cancer, multiple sclerosis, seizures and other illnesses. medical marijuana is also legal in pennsylvania. and delaware. happening right now, there is some action at the courthouse of the chaka fattah corruption trial where the jury is deliberating for the first full day. the jury was sent home just before 4:00. lawyers had two conferences after the lunch break. there hasn't been any announcement about what the issue might be. we have been at the courthouse all day and will up date throughout our newscast. a british lawmaker was killed during an attack north of london. police say parliament member jo cobs got involved in a scuffle

between two men when one of them shot her several times. authorities arrested the accused gunman. cox had been campaigning ahead of next week's vote. both sides have sis pended their campaigns because of today's shooting. a nebraska town is mourning a little boy killed in a gator attack at disney world. lane graves was from elkhorn, nebraska. they remembered the child during a rosary service this morning. his family was vacationing at disney world when an alligator pulled the child into a lagoon tuesday night. officials believe graves drowned. no swimming signs were posted around the lagoon, but there were no alligator warnings. the sheriff says the boy's parents will not face charges. crash investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from that egyptair jet that went down in the

mediterranean sea. egyptian officials say the so-called black box was damaged, by a recovery team was able to salvage the memory unit. the ntsb tells nbc news they are sending two investigators to cairo to help analyze the voice recorder data. it went down on a flight from paris to cairo last month killing ail 66 people on board.e we started off the day with a lot of the area getting rained on. some of that rain on the heavy side. by as expected, it's all quieting down as we go through the late afternoon hours. the last of the rain moving off the shore. the heavy stuff in central pennsylvania, look at this just dying as it was headed in our direction. that's good sign if you're looking for some clearing. nothing more than one or two little blips on the radar, couple sprinkles at the moment. we have cloudy skies everywhere.

69 in philadelphia. 67 pa suburbs. near 70 across most of the area. and of course at the shore, it's been a little bit cooler with the wind coming in off the ocean. but that 65 degrees, that's a fairly warm ocean temperature as we head into this weekend. and that's going to help the temperatures at the beaches because there will be sea breezes over the weekend. you can see it's 68 degrees in mays landing and little egg harbor. not a big temperature difference today partly because of all the cloud cover. we're drying out gradually. first, we've got the rain out of the way. and then the clouds are going to be getting out of the way. that comes next. we have colloilouds moving in r now. southern portions of the area are going to be getting some of the clouds tomorrow morning. and then we clear from north to south. and the weekend, as we've been advertising for days, it's going

to be a beautiful one. tomorrow, it's going to be quite an improvement over today. we could see the temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. fox chase at 79. we start with some clouds and then that sunshine comes out in the afternoon. landsville, 79. allen town, 80. easton, we could see a shower in the afternoon in some parts of the lehigh valley. a brief shower. by still relatively warm. 81 in redding. we continue to see the clouds in the morning in new jersey. atlantic city, wilmington, dover, we got the rain drops there. that is for the morning. by afternoon, i would expect the conditions to be improving everywhere across the area. of course you can see your own seven-day forecast at the bottom of your screen at any time. as we head toward the weekend,

what a weekend. this is the shore, and brigatine, 74 degrees saturday and sunday. nothing but sunshine. in the poconos, nothing by sunshine. comfortable, 76 on saturday. 78 degrees on sunday. some pretty incredible weather around here. here's the ten-day. you can see on saturday and sunday, loads of sunshine. some clouds move in on monday. i've lowered the temperatures a little bit. not quite as much heat monday and tuesday. chance of thunderstorms on tuesday as a front comes through. and then fairly comfortable weather through much of the rest of next week. much of the western united states is going to suffer with a terrible heat wave. we're just going to get a tiny piece of that. >> all right. on a $46 dinner tab, you leave $10 for a standard tip?

>> one man added a few zeros. but not on purpose. the money mistake that had him running back to the restaurant the next morning to beg for a refound. police, fighting zika. nbc10 took an expedition into the woods to see how the scientists are working to prevent infected mosquitos to make it into our area. >> and this -- >> what we need is a revolution. >> seeing more of this eighth grader's campaign trail imperson nation in his graduation speech. first, a look at the closing bell on wall street. doi jones, nasdaq, they're all up. we'll be right back.

you're about to see video of a drunk driver slam into a store in england and plow right into a little boy. he was just picking out candy in the red shirt. it's important to note right away that the boy is doing fine. not before his family frantically dug their son out of the debris. you see that happening right now. happened back in may. police just released this video. the driver pleaded guilty and lost her license for three years. a colorado man says he was drunk when he left a $1,000 tip on a $46 bill.

>> he was also very lucky because the restaurant returned that cash when he sobered up. the server says she was shocked when she got ten $100 bills. then the customer came back the next morning. once the restaurant handed the cash back, the customer gave them a large but more reasonable tip of $70. to illinois. this is where an eighth grader's graduation speech is getting national attention now. >> he knows a thing or two about the presidential candidates. check out his hillary clinton. >> they've been our champion. they've given us the skills we need to get through sixth grade, seventh grade, eighth grade. >> jack stole the spotlight on graduation night by impersonating the presidential candidates. from hillary, donald trump, ted cruz, to bernie sanders, even

president obama. here's his trump. >> hello. and graticongratulations, you aw getting to hear a speech from the magnificent donald trump. thomas has been such a great school. >> all 350 people in the graduating class were given the assignment of writing a speech, but it was clear jack was the winner. his speech has received more than 93,000 hits on youtube. >> he's even got the -- >> the hand gist chiestures i k >> class clown and most talented. snl better be watching. >> water whoes left a local family thirsting for help. >> they called nbc10 responds. we step in with the solution next.

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ayes are 13, the nays are 4. >> with that philadelphia city council made history by voting to approve a controversial tax on sugary drinks. the 1.5 cent per ounce tax applies to sugary drinks that are bottled, canned or from the fountain. philadelphia becomes the first major american city with a soda tax. the majority of the money will fund universal pre-k. jurors in the chaka fattah trial just went home after their first full day deliberating.

lawyers met for much of the afternoon. >> we're live outside the courthouse. what can you tell us? >> reporter: what those lawyers were meeting about was not made public. there were two separate long meetings. the jury had lunch from 12:30 to 1:30. lawyers left the courthouse, and when they returned, they met in chambers. later in the afternoon, they met in chambers. after that, the jury was brought in and sent home for the day. we don't know what was being discussed. we don't know if there was any communications from the injury to the judge at this point. there were a lot of meetings behind closed doors. typically what you see when the jury is deliberating is a lot of waiting around. the defendants and the prosecutors waiting for word, waiting for questions. so far, no questions the jury has had have been made public. first thing this morning, lawyers from both sides got all of the exhibits ready. hundreds of exhibits, they were

shown throughout this five-week trial. they are all at the jury's disposal. they can thumb through the bank statements, e-mails, and other documents they were shown. at this point, no word if the jury is close to reaching a verdict or where this process stands. congressman chaka fattah and four others here are charged with a number of crimes. the jury has to sort through all of these crimes and determine the guilty or innocence for each of these defendants. they will all be back here tomorrow morning for another day of deliberations. nbc10 news. in today's nbc10 responds, a local family is frustrated after they were told a faulty water line in their fridge could not be mixed. >> after the family heard from the company, they just weren't happy about it. we have their story. >> when i came down the other morning, i opened it and nothing

worked. >> barbara brady says a broken refrigerator was the last thing she needed. she says by the time she found out it was out of commission, all of her food was unfit to eat and her daughter's medicine was ruined. >> i was shocked. i hoped the refrigerator, everything was warm. >> reporter: she immediately called sears. that's where she purchased the refrigerator nearly four years ago. brady says a repairman came that day, but he didn't have the parts to fix the fridge. >> he quoted that they would not be in for another 12 days. >> reporter: when she told sears she couldn't wait that long, they told her to buy a dorm fridge. she did. but it was only big enough to hold a few items. >> i called my sister and told her about my frustrations. she said, you really should call

channel 10. >> reporter: nbc10 responds reached out to sears. just one day after we got involved, brady says the repairman returned with the needed xy(jparts. >> i have a refrigerator that works. >> reporter: police, the mini fridge she purchased. brady tells us she's glad she took her sister's advice. >> thank you nbc10 responds. i got my money back. >> reporter: nbc10 responds. >> we're going to add that $415 to our nbc10 responds recovery counter. that total now stands at $37,567. >> racking up the dollars. if you have a consumer problem for nbc10 responds, head to nbc10.com/nbc10responds. and we will respond to you. >> animal workers raided a philadelphia property filled with dozens of cats.

the spca received a tip through its cruelty hot line and serve add washt on two separate homes. officials estimate 30 to 50 cats were living together in the apartment on the first and third floors. the residents willingly submitted the animals. a spokesperson says the homes were unfit for the animals. >> the conditions on the first floor are what i would describe as filthy. feces, urine, bugs throughout. >> the cats were taken to a shelter hospital evaluation. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused this home in gloucester county to go up in flames this morning. no one was hurt. the ride to and from school could soon be a little safer from students. that's what lawmakers want to do. plus, the cost of the summer

barbecues could be going up. what's driving up the price of pork next. and all new tonight on nbc10 news at 5:00. >> like it had a knife in it. i couldn't even lay down. just laying down hurt. >> and that was all caused by this tiny jelly fish. nbc10 first told you about it last week. now it's being spotted in more places. what you should know before your next trip to the jersey shore.

sky force 10 live over breaking news in philadelphia's queen village section. crews on the scene of what we believe is a restaurant fire. the name of the restaurant is hurricane alley. there's no word on any injuries. south street in that area, as you can tell is closed. we'll let you know if we hear anything else. new jersey could soon have a

new weapon. >> i'll take it from here. to catch drivers who choose not to stop for school buses. lawmakers were in trenton today to push for a new bill that would put cameras on the outside of buses. schools could then hand the video over to police. next time you buy hot dogs for the grill, you may notice they cost a little bit more. that's because the price of pork is on the rise. >> analysts say all-day breakfast menus have something to do with it. by foreign countries have placed big orders for u.s. pork, so it's in high demand. it's likely prices will keep climbing between now and labor day. plans for a new hot spot are on hold in wilmington. >> next, the concern that has neighbors fighting back and the city listening. and i'm tracking the chance for more showers tonight following today's downpours. who's going to see the next

round of wet weather? that's next in my first alert forecast.

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>> this is the fifth year of the festival. this is video from last year's event. this year's big acts include mumford and son and florence and the machine. it runs through sunday. from our delaware bureau comes a revamp at a new castle county fairground. campers are getting their first look at a number of upgrades and additions. they include new hookups for water, sewer and electrical service. other improvements include a new bathhouse and five new walk-in tent sites. >> we're thinking it will allow people to stay longer, come more often. it's certainly now built to accommodate campers. >> other recent additions include a zip line course. the opening of a new beer garden along the wilmington river front is being delayed.

some residents are concerned about late night noise. these are rendering of what the beer garden is expected to look like. a public hearing has been called for july 7th to listen to residents' concerns. nbc10 needs your help recognizing people making a difference in your community. nbc10 and nbc universal are giving away grants to local nonprofits. the goal is to support organizations implementing new and innovative programs. the application's right on our website, nbc10.com. the deadline to apply, august 26th. well, lot of our lawns needed the rain. but we've had enough. we had some downpours this morning. a lot of people got rain. look back to the west, though. that is one nasty storm in maryland. that's headed right down toward

washington. that's not coming anywhere near us. and so we're overall in pretty good shape as we see those light showers headed down from redding pretty much falling apart. the other thing that's happening, this massive area of dry air goes from new york state all the way up to canada is going to be moving down this way. and that's why we're going to be seeing such improvement in the weather. cloudy skies everywhere. temperatures mostly in the 60s. let's see how delaware is doing. 60s here. wilmington, 69 degrees. the delaware beaches have been colder than the rest of the state, and they are again today. lewis beach at 65. bethany beach at 66 degrees. but that rain that we saw earlier, moving out. could get a light shower in part of the area, maybe some more

rain later on tonight. we showed you one computer model earlier that had some rain in delaware and south jersey in the middle of the night. this particular model just in, minutes ago, not showing very much. it's showing the drier air coming down pretty early. 7:00 a.m. already starting to get into the philadelphia area. and if we get the sunshine earlier in the day, we'll hit 80 degrees again. areas to the north are likely to hit 80. but you can see how cloudy it still is in delaware and south jersey. it's going to take pretty much all day for that clearing to take place. could be one or two showers up toward the lehigh valley in the afternoon tomorrow, but that would be relatively brief. so let's go flying around the area and see what to expect. we have a mix of clouds and sun in redding at 81 degrees. easton at 82.

more sunshine, higher temperatures. a little bit less sunshine, 79 in west chester. 78 in newtown. don't expect any rain from philadelphia northward. as we head southward there's a little better chance. more sunshine in trenton at 79 degrees. farther to the south, that's where we'll see showers early. atlantic city, avenue lon, that includes delaware too. some showers first thing in the morning and then we dry out during the day. the weekend itself, it's looking great. we've got nothing but sunshine on saturday. temperatures about average for this time of the year. very low humidity. the shore of course a little cooler in the 70s. but even that's nice and the ocean temperature is in the mid-60s. really couldn't ask for a whole lot more this time of the year. >> glen, thank you. nbc10 is getting an niinsid

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local scientists are on the front lines in the fight to stop the threat of the zika virus. camden county stepping up efforts to identify the culprits that could cause big concerns. you found camden county also has a new handout for residents. >> reporter: that's right.

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ayes are 13, nays are 4. [ cheers and applause ] >> right now at 5:00, a celebration at city hall. philadelphia's now the first major city to put a tax on sugary drinks. when shoppers will see it in their local stores. plus, breaking news at 5:00 starts right now. x months of wrangling on both sides, the soda tax now a reality. >> we've been hearing from both sides this evening. lauren? >> reporter: this today was the culmination of months of negotiations and a last-minute burst there where the city council and the mayor compromised. the mayor getting a tax a little

different than he originally proposed, but he got it. and the city could start collecting this money in a little less than six months. [ cheers and applause ] a cheer from supporters erupted in city council chambers as the vote came in. it was packed and peppered with signs before and50 against the sweetened beverage tax. supporters continued their celebration in the hallway. >> it's a great day for philadelphia. >> reporter: thelma peak runs a pre-k. >> i'm so excited that history was made in philadelphia today. >> reporter: but there were long faces from business and union leaders who argue the tax will cost jobs. >> i believe january 1st, 2017, when this tax goes into effect, there will be many hundreds of hardworking men and women that will lose their jobs in our