the president arrived in orlando with vice president joe biden and florida center marco rubio, they met with survivors and families of the dead and police responders and doctors. the meeting was private but later we saw president obama and vice president biden deliver white roses, a total of 49 roses. obama took the opportunity to once again call on congress to approve gun control measures. he says the people he spoke to don't care about the politics of it all they just want to keep weaponed out of the hands of people bent on war. >> if we don't act we'll keep seeing more massacres like this. because we'll be choosing to allow them to have it. we'll have said we don't care

enough to do something about it. >> on capitol hill the 15 hour filibuster demanded congress allow a vote on two gun control measures, but senate leader, mitch mcconnell said it was a campaign talkathon, but there is word on tuesday there will be a vote on a republican bill that would delay a gun sale to a suspected terrorist for hours. philadelphia city council today approved a new beverage tax that raises $90 million next year. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live at city hall. there is controversy over this but the vote was decisive. >> 13-4 and they only needed 9

and they got 13, opponents say they are not about to throw in the towel. the number one fan of the new tax is the mayor. that will buy 6500 pre-k slots and help sure up the city's general fund. >> a little tired but gratified. >> pre-k expansion a kenney campaign promise, they say that voters want it and we are following through with what they want, they want pre-k for their kids. in council today public support. >> this fall i start at swarthmore college, as a product of pre-k, i can see its importance and i hope others have the same chance as me. >> the controversy a 1.5 cent sugary beverage tax saying that would cost some that work in the

beverage industry their jobs. >> these people live paycheck to paycheck -- >> those trying to win hearts and minds and some children watched science demonstrations. >> it's an exciting day for the city, we can't do fireworks, so thanks to youtube we know that this trick works. >> this ants eye tax pop-up stand, the lesson here it's 1.5 cents ounces add up. take the gallon of sweetened iced tea. >> the mayor to signed measure on monday. >> i really don't have any timeline, if he signs the bill today i would love to start the case tomorrow. >> proponents of what was passed today point to a blistering op-ed piece from ron castille,

his view is a thinly disguised sales tax and violates a key clause of the state constitution, after monday's signing it appears that the next stop will be the courts as far as the opponented are concerned. >> all right john thank you. a pennsylvania judge has granted jerry sandusky a hearing in his appeal of his sex abuse conviction . the appeal focuses on whether prosecutors leaked information. the former penn state assistant football coach is serving 30 to 60 years in jail. and the corruption trial of chaka fattah, pollute prosecutors say that fattah stole from charities to pay off

personal and campaign debts. in morrisville, bucks county, a car break-in turned into a chase with a victim an ledged thief and then gun fire. nora muchanic is live at bridge street where bullets brought the episode to a close. nora what exactly happened? >> jim it was a wild scene here. one neighbor describes hearing the gunshots and his wife dove for cover to protect their 10-month-old son and another neighbor describes the car crash that brought this chase to a halt. >> it rocked the whole building. >> joe was rocked out of bed when the car chase ended with the car crashing into the building where he lives in morrisville. it started at the woodland manor apartment complex. the man grabbed a han gunned and

gave chase. the suspect lost control of his car turning from pennsylvania avenue on to bridge street. hitting a garbage can and into a beauty salon. >> the chaser fired twice and hit him once in the arm. >> it shattered his elbow. >> you saw him plow in here. surveillance cameras athe jags barbershop caught it on tape. >> it was a forceful crash and then to see them jumping out of the car is shaking. >> this woman's beauty salon took a brunt of the crash, this is something that doesn't normally happen here at all. it's quiet and peaceful, i'm very, very surprised. >> while detectives processed the scene the gun used at the scene laid on the hood of the car. and they were surprised that it escalated to a crash and gun fire.

>> he just has a bit of a temper but nothing bad we have seen but gets upset with different tenants for different things. >> are you looking live at some of the damage done when the suspect's car crashed in the beauty salon. district attorney tells me that he participates both people involved in this incident will be charged and those charges will likely come tomorrow. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you nora. in philadelphia, the removed 60 cats and they seize the 17 from a first floor apartment and two others were dead and they called the conditions were deplorable. 16 cats living on the third floor were willingly signed over and another 18 cats live on the second floor and that apartment is tidy so the owner is allowed

to keep those cats. big news today for a big chunk of philadelphia real estate. a full 40 acres that could look different in the years to come and the work could spark tens of thousands of new jobs. gray hall has the story. >> reporter: big changes are on the way to the area surrounding the 30th street station. amtrak, septa and brandywine trust and drexel university announced plans for a massive $6.5 million transformation. >> transforming this station to the needs of the future. >> leaders are planning the construction and they have a lot to work with. 40 acres of open space are all part of this gigantic facelift it includes houses of 8,000 to 10,000 new residents. transportation complex and new bus terminals and an updated

plaza that stretches to the other side of the station, it creates a transportation hub and an economic boost to the area with the potential to generate 3 parking lot anywhere from 1,000 to 15,000 employees. 8,000 to 10,000 residents, creating 22,000 construction jobs through the term of it. the enormous undertaking create a concourse from the 30th street station and possibly relocating the on and off ramps to 30th street. and that could create a transportation center ain thriving place to live and work. >> how that comes to fruition is a process that will unfold overtime. we know it's feesable. >> we don't know when it will start on this massive project but everything should be

complete by year 2050. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." and we have got a first glimpse today at the museum of the american revolution. the building on third street and chestnut in old city is still under construction, the officials announced today that the museum will open on april 19th, 2017. that will be 242 years to the day since the first shot was fired in the revolutionary war. the museum explores the revolution with a distinguished collection of artifacts and manuscripts. and chairman donated another $50 million to the project today. a delaware county hero is taking the next step if law enforcement. and the wet morning gave way to a cloudy evening and i am tracking brighter days ahead as

you head through the holiday weekend. all the details in the accuweather forecast. >> melissa? >> cecily we are down the shore here in ocean city, it's a cloudy start to the day but the sun is trying to do a late day peek. we have more on that plus the shore forecast. >> thank you, those forries and much more when "action news" continues tonight.

thousands of unionized workers are voting today in atlantic city whether to authorize a strike it could

happen on july 1st the height of the tourist season. it would affect ballies and caesars and the trump taj mahal. the last strike was 2004. a teenager in ridley park already a decorated hero will graduate from the delaware police academy tonight. two years ago when joe chambers was 17 he helped to rescue a philadelphia police officer from a burning vehicle. until that moment he toyed with the idea of becoming an officer, after he rescued officer mark kimsy and the two became close chambers knew exactly what he wanted to do. >> the stories he told me that copped actually do the good side that people don't see, the stories he told me got me going and excited and i wanted to go out and be a cop and help the community. >> chambers goal is to join the

philadelphia police force and ultimately to become the partner of the officer he saves.

tonight we hear from fletcher cox who has a new contract. >> a lot of money in the bank now. the eagles did their part set fletcher cox up for life and now it's time for him to do his. jeff skversky hears from the new 1$100 million man. >> it's mind blowing when are you dealing with that much money. >> even eagles player, fletcher cox can't believe he signed a contract for $103 million, the highest paid defensive back player in the division. >> i have to be fletcher cox and be humble and come to practice every day and show up every day and let my teammates know i'm

there for them. >> he has the chance to be a great player in the history of this franchise. >> the eagles have given out $280 million in offseason, that is more than any other team in the nfl. what is the eagles game plan here just to give away money, the eagles believe they are building for the future and keeping the core players. >> we need continuity, i take responsible for the change we have had and the longer we wait for contract players, the closer they get to free suggestion the more it will cost us. >> they believe it will pay or in the next three years as their core players hit their prime. the phillies will try to salvage a split of their home and home serieses with the blue jays, they have been out scored

18-5. franco will be back and bat third. aaron nola gets the start. he came off his shortest outing of the season. he was tagged last week against the nationals. the flyers are parting ways with rj they will buy out the remaining year of his contract. the 34-year-old recorded just 11 goals over the past few years. rain is hampering play all day for round one at oakmont, your leader is andrew landry, bub awatson 2 under at 14 holes. a second shot at the second straight title. the warriors will try to close out the cavaliers, game six of the nba finals in cleveland. they know what they are up against. >> it's hard no matter where you are but especially the team's

home floor. when you get to the finals, both teams are fantastic and competitive. we know we are playing a great team and we have to come in here and play a really, really solid game to have a chance to win. >> the warriors may be crowned back to back champs or we could be headed to a game seven catch the game here on 6 abc coverage begins at 9:00. who you got. >> i say cleveland tonight. tough to win on the road. >> so we have a game seven. >> i hope the warriors. >> okay i don't know why. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment.

what grim day. when does this move out? >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow? >> it's improving now. it's not raining it's getting better already. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we got rid of the rain we had this morning and still a lot of clouds upstairs and on the cool side. philadelphia currently 69 degrees and down from the high of 70. that is 13 degrees below normal. allentown saw more sunshine and 71 degrees and ocean temperature 65 and 66 on the beach and wilmington 68 degrees. with this cool air in place, we have missing an outbreak of severe weather that really isn't that far away from us. double scan live radar showing we have a massive squall line moving through west virginia now and low pressure near cleveland is pushing this along and we see super cells developing ahead of

it. one confirmed tornado in martinsville, west virginia, i post aid photo on my facebook page. another rotation now in the red, this is a low level lock, the rotation is not just high in the atmosphere but at the surface. so tornado warnings there. we'll miss out on the severe weather although we could get severe thunderstorms in southern delaware and extreme southern new jersey overnight. the next 12 hours, mostly cloudy skies and isolate the shower is possible. 58 is the low in the suburbs and 64 for center city. the temperatures don't drop down much and heading into the weekend, this is what we want to see a broad area of high pressure, you have the sinking air, and that means loads of sunshine and seasonably warm. temperatures in the 80s and low 80s tomorrow and mid-80s on

sunday. it will be a great father's day weekend, a great weekend to get outdoors. melissa magee is at ocean city. i think i see a few peeks of sunshine behind you. it's getting better. >> reporter: yes cecily finally. it was a cloudy day and finally late breaks and peeks of sunshine and the sunshine will return for the second half of the day tomorrow. here is your shore forecast on friday it will start to clear out and clouds to start and then clouds and sun into the afternoon hours, a high temperature of 72. saturday high pressure continues to build into the region, sunny and beautiful, a temperature of 73, sunday for father's day, it's nice we have the nice afternoon sea breeze kicking in and the ocean temperature not bad in at 65 degrees. down the at shore it looks like a fantastic weekend to get out and enjoy. >> thank you melissa. if you head to the mountains

it's looking nice, tomorrow mostly sunny skies and afternoon high of 73 degrees, saturday we bump it up to 75 and father's day sunny and weather with a high of 79. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, kind of damp tomorrow in the morning, showers south of philadelphia and sunshine is back in full force in the afternoon. a high of 80 degrees and tomorrow 83 degrees and plenty of sunshine, sunday 85 degrees and loads of sunshine and looking great for the gary papa run. 7:00, 64 and 10:00, 63. and heading into next week summer begins on monday evening and it comes in on the warm side with a high of 88 degrees, the temperatures spike up to 92 degrees on tuesday, noticeably more humid with thunderstorms and a cold front. behind that front temperatures drop down to the mid to low 80s on wednesday and thursday looking good and father's day weekend i would call it a 10 and a scale of 1 to 10.

>> you gave us a weather term, low level lock. >> you don't want to see that locally, that means tornadoes. >> finally, they were cooking up a bright future today in camden, 15 men and women graduated from the cathedral kitchen, the commencement was the result of 17 weeks of training and internships at restaurants throughout the area, this is the second chance for many of these students that were unemployed and at risk of becoming homeless. abc world news is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" after the game tonight on channel 6. i'm jim gardner we'll see you later tonight.

as we come on tonight, new reporting. were warning signs missed by the fbi? tonight, brian ross reporting, the gun store that says it called the fbi several weeks before the orlando massacre. concerned about a customer. now, convinced it was omar mateen. they say the fbi never paid them a visit. also, late today, the president and vice president in orlando, meeting with the families, and what the president said right afterward. the alligator attack at disney world. the 2-year-old boy from nebraska. and now, the new photo. the family that says their own boy was standing in that water just hours before. and tonight, disney says there will be new signs warning of alligators. the searing heat tonight. it's on the way. wildfires already burning out of control. hundreds evacuated. a