. >> but remember, sam katz is still watching and waiting and considering and he has the the money. remember, 24 million-dollar, that is a lot of money. but, anyway, bottom line is katz can come in with heavy duty money also. >> i think sam katz, i would not count out candidacy by someone like bill green and a lot of wild card out there. but senator williams has like jim kenny had has a wide base of support not only african-american support but also in the business community, on education. >> he has been fund raising quietly before declaring. >> yes. >> i think a lot of people saying this is not an exciting race this will be a heavyweight bought. we have a lot of interesting people. they are not interesting because we know them but there have been public servants for many, many years. they know ins and outs of our government. they know the city. so we do have have a nice portfolio of people who know our city, pretty well who i'm just waiting to see what the next vision is for next 50 years. >> yes let's talk state politics now. new governor has had a busy couple weeks. tom wolf step

anthony williams, sam katz told me he reregistered as an independent. else thinking about running later on in the election and doesn't have to go through a primary. >> >>> how do you think the race is shaping up? >> typically by this time you have a clear frontrunner that's different than in years past. we need someone to speak up for the business community on that side. somebody needs needs to grab that mantel. john cast cast steel. local republicans would like to see him get in. >> i think he said no. >> he wants to be woo'd i'm hearing. >> whomp the next mayor -- whoever the next mayor is going to be will be looking at dha and what decision they might wants to make in that job i do thing that one of the things by not having quote unquote what is considered the frontrunner there's no question that tony williams is in the lead. >> kenny is a close second? >> we haven't seen any polls. it will be interesting to see where the polls come out. if things are in flux it gives the voters an opportunities to get into a conversation. what's going to happen with

sam katz changed his party affiliation from republican to independent.verbrook millionaire says independent better fits who he is. katz has run for mayor three times in the past. he's not saying if he's running this time. >>> there are already five candidates declared in the race for mayor including lynn abraham, nelson diaz doug oliver milton street and anthony williams. >>> an armed robber is caught on tape inside a philadelphia drugstore, but the crime didn't exactly go as planned. the cashier took action. wait until you hear what happened next. >>> and philadelphia leaders celebrate the 2016 dnc. others aren't so lucky and we have reaction from the runners up, new york and ohio. >>> here's what's coming up on nbc 10 news at 6:00. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >>> new at 5:00 a cashier tried to turn the tide on a man holding her up at a local cvs, but it didn't work. this is video from inside the cvs in philadelphia's east mount erie neighborhood. on tuesday, a man with a bb gun handed a demand note to the cashier. as the cashier put money in the bag she g