numerous locations. big trees felled by high winds on this case a tree fell on a car in wilmington. rescue crews worked for 15 minutes to extricate the driver from the vehicle. a tree brought down electric wires in huntington pike and had is the way it looked at manayunk avenue in bala cynwyd where a downed tree crashed through the window of a parked car. here is the situation if palmyra, new jersey. chad pradelli is live on firth lane. >> reporter: jim, crews were busy all afternoon cleaning up out here. take a look. there were two massive trees that when down narrowly missing the house there, they are cut up and cleaned up but talk about near misses, wait until you see the one on federal avenue in camden. here it is. >> i am just driving down the street and the wind was blowing and the tree hit me.

>> janet blake is arrive without a scratch but this is her car. a crumbled piece of metal and plastic after this tree crashed down on it. she thinks of what may have been. >> i just dropped my baby off. thank god he was not in there. he definitely would have been hurt on the passenger side. >> mother nature showed her fury as well. >> everything was bent and windy and blowing and black skies. >> it uprooted two trees and just missing houses. >> ever have a tree come down like that? >> never, never, never. >> it was a day of close calls and the damage was extensive. the cleanup labor intense he and those affected are feeling blessed. >> it's a blessing from the lord because from the looks of that car, i should have been dead or

something. >> what astory for that young mother. she survive that tree crashing on her car and last check no reports of any injuries. live in palmyra, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a delaware county woman and her two young children had a close call with a tree on west springfield road. the large limbs crashed on to the vehicle while they were stopped at a red light. >> it was just a loud crash on top of my car and then glass broke on the left hand side and i just wanted my kids to be okay. and they are okay thank god. >> this is springfield township, another huge tree follow fel on a house on locust street causing extensive damage to the roof. nobody was at home. melissa magee is live at the "action news" big board. how did these severe storms develop and what about tonight and tomorrow? >> reporter: we had a lot of energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere and enough

moisture and energy to trigger the showers and storms. we'll put it into motion, you see the bowling ball of energy and it quickly raced out to sea to the north and east as we speak, it was brief and fast moving across the region. we'll time out the precipitation for you. 10:00 this morning, the showers and storms were well north and west of our viewing area by 11:00 this morning we had the showers and storms from the poconos all the way down to lancaster, by 11:30-noon today we had the showers approaching the i-95 corridor. 1:00 this afternoon the showers are starting to exit coastal sections of new jersey and a mostly clear sky on the way tonight. but the storms did pack a lot of damage, gusts across the region. up ever deerfield, gusts as high as 72 miles per hour. millville 66 miles per hour and atlantic city 63. gusts today in maple shade 60

and philadelphia international airport reporting gusts as high as at miles per hour. and sicklerville .25 inch hail. and newcastle reports of trees on car and same in cherry hill and lumberton trees and signs were knocked down. we are clearing out for the rest of tonight and the coolest air for the past 14 days, we'll take a closer look at that coming up. thank you melissa. we are following developments in today's deadly terror attack in israel. police say that two palestinian gunman opened fire in tel aviv and killed four people and wounded at least five others near a popular open air market. both suspects are apprehended. israeli police are calling this a terror attack. and world news with david muir will have the latest information

at 6:30. closing arguments in the corruption trial of chaka fattah will begin on monday in philadelphia. the defense rested its case late today while trying to discredit the government's two star witnesses, fattah is charged with using grants and nonprofit funds for enripping his family and friends and paying off campaign debts. vehicles were vandalized in fishtown overnight. multiple cars on york and birch. a home surveillance camera may have captured the crime, it shows a vehicle at 4:00 in the morning after it passes a window is shattered. that video is turned over to police. chopper 6 hd was over dillworth park as members of the teemsters union and independent grocery stores protests the 3 cent

proposed soda tax. they were taking up the tax proposal again today. john rawlins live outside of city hall. what is the status of the situation? >> reporter: well jim, the committee as a whole, the city council is in recess until 6:30, the pro poopponents of the tax don't have a consensus, they need nine votes to move forward. chants of no new taxes and kids can't wait facing off in council chambers, the idea is to expand pre-k programs across the city. one alternative is a 15 cent per

container tax on all containers, but they say it would not raise enough money and. >> it won't have the same health benefit. water is essential for our well being and soda is a choice. >> the soda tax remains controversial as well. retailers and unionized workers organized the rally. they don't understand how higher soda cost will cost jobs. >> i don't believe that they believe that there is 2,000 jobs at stake here. >> supermarket manager, tony jackson -- >> i was incarcerated a lot -- >> he turned it around and wanted council to foe that a tax that could double or triple the cost of drinks could be a cost. >> i may be one of the people that goes, not only me but the people under me are the first ones that go.

cashiers and they can't provide for their families. everybody is in a tough squeeze. >> a lot of passion on both sides of the issue jim. we don't know how the council will vote? will the mayor prevail or will there be a compromise. the count ill is in recess until 6:30 maybe we'll learn more then. >> john thank you. pennsylvania's alcohol laws are changing, governor tom wolf put his signature on a reform bill in harrisburg this afternoon. it allows bottles of wine to be sold at supermarkets, restaurants and bars and hotels and delis, a limit of four bottles per customer and gives convenience stores permission to sell beer and does not allow the sale of hard liquor. and colleges are getting top level attention at harrisburg, coach jay wright joined tom wolf

to promote it's on us. to promote the reporting of sex assaults on campus and break down barriers that keeps victims from coming forward. villanova bad one of the first schools to join the campaign. >> we have ways for our students to report and we have responsibilities put on our students to look out for one another. and it is on all of us at villanova. >> the governor has asked for money in next year's budget to support schools in eradicating the violence that affects one in five young women. coming up delaware valley hotels are getting ready for a flood of visitors for the democratic national convention. and honors for the man that became the first african-american police officer in newcastle county. >> phillies-cubs afternoon action ducis rogers has that.

a 14 story hotel is going up in center city philadelphia. construction crews broke grown on broad street and offers 222 guest rooms and a restaurant and rooftop lounge. meanwhile the hospitality industry is awaiting late july and the democratic national convenience in philadelphia. the eyes of the world are focused on the city and hotel rooms are filling up in the region. that is commerce and that means money. walter perez has more. it's expect that 50,000 guests are being booked across

the delaware valley but when the democratic national convenience arrives this summer, rob wonder ling says that it's just one more in a string of events that put philadelphia in the spotlight and generated lots of business for the hotels in the city. >> you want to imagine the democratic convention being similar to the army navy weekend and if you think about it on a regional basis we should be in great shape. >> and they have thinking of it on a regional basis. the board launched an aggressive campaign. they sent out launch kits connected with democratic officials on social media and created a virtual tourism brochure and a website for the democratic convention. dnc officials estimated there

would be 15,000 rooms booked. >> across 27 contracts hotels, ten of those are housing actual delegates coming for the convention. >> ed harris, vice president of marketing for the tourism board comes on the heels of the papal visit also a boon for hotels in the area. >> to have two monumental events -- >> and the convenience begins on july 25th, now less than sex books seven week as way. >> and they pay tribute to a trailblazer in delaware today. had is retired corporal robert snow, he became the first african-american police officer in newcastle county when he was hired in 1968. they named conference room after

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phillies trying to keep it going against the cubs, can they win two in a row? cubs are the best team in baseball for a reason. one step forward and one step back for the phillies. their bats fell asleep during the game this afternoon. starter vince valesquez left after to pitches. it's a strainedm string. two batters later, the cubs bang out 13 hits and lead 4-0 at this point. john lackey goes four innings.

be the phillies lose 8-1 and drop two out of three to the cubs. >> it was a pretty big gap. like i said earlier i'm glad we don't have to see them again. we know where we are at and where we want to be and hopefully that is what will happen in the near future. the eagles were on the field for nearly two hours today part of mini camp but everybody was focused on two players, sam bradford and carson wentz. >> he did his homework but one thing surprised him. >> the locker room. everybody talks about it being a business and everybody is there to get there's and coming in here is a bunch of awesome guys and a close knit group. that is a positive surprise for me. >> among those guys the one he will likely replace but it

sounds like his new coach is the key to fix that. >> he is a class act, a great guy and i think i'm closer to him now than before. >> one thing that excites bradford is he has more -- in his offense. >> you can get out of a bad play, you are responsible for everyone out there. >> after camp tomorrow the team has a six week break before training camp. the wide receivers head to an yag for one of those weeks to work together. >> to develop a report and hang out with the guys and know them on another level. >> jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." basketball now it's not time to pull out the cliches yet but the cafes are in a must win situation.

cavs trail 2-0. they are in cleveland for game three. they have won with steph curry not at his best. lebron james knows it's critical. >> all the conversation you have on a daily basis means nothing, have you to go out and lay it on the floor and lay it on the line and live with the results. nba finals game three here at 9:00 on 6 abc. cricket club is ready. senior championship is tomorrow. one draw is john daly, who recently joined the champions tour, he is still a fan favorite. >> i love it. home field advantage tends to be the best and i feel like i have that everywhere i go. >> just turned 50 and can still hit it a country mile. melissa magee has the accuweather forecast.

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substantial damage out there. lots of trees fell victim to really high winds. the strong showers and storms we had are already moving off the coast and clear skies and weather on the way for the rest of tonight. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's dry and quiet, and in the wake of the severe thunderstorm warnings that popped up earlier today. and in the wake of the heavy damage and rain we saw across the region. we show you the picture outside, sky 6 hd looking at the commodore barry bridge the clouds are breaking apart and we

have a bright blue sky and it turns mostly clear as we go into the rest of this evening. temperatures are on the cool side. we max out at 73 in the city and right now coming in at 66 in philadelphia and definitely a cooler day in comparison to yesterday. 69 in dover at this hour. and 65 in allentown and the lehigh valley. we have showers and storms, not much in the way of precipitation but the winds are bluffer we today. a gust as high as 37 in wilmington at this hour. gusting up to 28 miles per hour in beach haven. here is why, satellite 6 along with action radar showing you the short wave that moved through and triggered those showers and storms across the region. it was brief and fast. right now moving off the coast and we have got clear skies across the ohio valley, that heads our way the rest of tonight and the last two days of our work week here. the call from accuweather forecast turning clear and the

northwest suburbs dropping down into the 40s and 55 degrees in cape may for the overnight low. looking at how things pan out tomorrow. 8:00 in the morning, a chilly start and bright and sunny nonetheless and sunshine all wait through. and 2:00 in the afternoon 72 and 75 is our high temperature tomorrow. by 8:00 p.m. that temperature coming in at 69 degrees. here is our look ahead for our thursday. it's pleasant and we have a west northwesterly win sustained at 20 to 25 miles per hour and gusts of 30 to 35 miles per hour across the region, cool for june and this time of year we should be in the lower 80s and mid to lower 70s by then. friday it's sunny and comfortable as high pressure sets up shop across the region and winds relax by then. here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast no complains tomorrow. sunny and breezy and 75 degrees,

delightful on friday, a high temperature of 78, and then on saturday, warm with a high temperature of 34, we'll be tracking afternoon showers and storms, in fact future tracker 6 showing you by 2:00 saturday afternoon showers dip down in the poconos and continue to move to the south and east as we go throughout saturday afternoon into early saturday evening. sunshine returns as we get into sunday afternoon in at 85 degrees and winds pick up as well. monday breezy and cooler with a high of 76, tuesday clouds and sun in at 80 degrees and by next wednesday, it's partly sunny with a high temperature of coming in at 82 degrees. it's cool tonight and give the a.c. a break and get some fresh air in the windows. >> finally tonight it takes determination, and perseverance to get through high school but nobody knows that any better than frieda johnson, she left

high school in florida in 1955 and always dreamed of getting her diploma and after a career and family, and locating her old transcripts she went back to school and today at age 78 she graduated from south philadelphia high school during the school ceremony at temple university. we wish you our congratulations. abc world news tonight with david muir is next. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams and ducis rogers and please join us for "action news" after the basketball game tonight here on channel 6. for melissa magee, cecily tynan and ducis rogers, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us after the game.

as we come on the as we come on a air. also tonight, making history. the first woman to be nominated by a major party. tonight, we ask about donald trump, about the fbi investigation into her e-mail. can she assure voters nothing is coming? and what she revealed about the debates this fall against trump. the abc news exclusive. the swimmer convicted of sex assault. the image now uncovered by our team. the stunning surveilla