senate president steve sweeney said the proposal cost too much money and didn't have enough votes. >> i expect we'll come to an agreement. sometimes crisis brings people together sooner. >> the transportation trust fund could run out by august. >>> whether you're in jersey, pennsylvania, or delaware, a lot of people will be filling up their tanks before they hit the road this holiday weekend. this is a live look at a jammed-up i-95 in south philly, bumper to bumper. you could be dodging some rain out there tomorrow. >> sheena parveen is here with a look ahead to the holiday weekend. >> yeah, you know, today is fantastic. but tomorrow, if you're starting your weekend early, we have showers and we have thunderstorms in the forecast. so keep that in mind. take an umbrella with you. keep an eye to the sky. we do expect lightning and gusty winds, even very heavy rain in some of these thunderstorms. here's a live look at center city, mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. beautiful day today. don't forget, though, your seven-day forecast is always at the bottom of the screen for you, and you'

. >> senate president steve sweeney is not on board with the gas tax, he has to look at what it means for the state budget. >> thank you nora. >>> officials in camden county are investigating the collapse of a deck late this morning, that injured a man, authorities were called to a scene at the 8700 block of windham road in pennsauken. it took a half hour to rescue the man from the debris. he is in his 70s. >>> several people were taken away in handcuffs following a protest over immigration in the spring garden section of philadelphia this afternoon. demonstrators blocked the ramp connecting the vine street expressway to 15th street. the group linked arms and sat in the road and they are protesting the supreme court decision ta blocked president obama's plan to shield millions of immigrants from deportation. police arrested five demonstrators. >>> one of the most popular coaches to ever work in philadelphia has died. former eagles head coach, buddy ryan died at age 82. and jaime apody, ryan really tapped into the philadelphia culture and fans adored him. >> despite the fact that buddy

. >> reporter: senate president steve sweeney does support a proposal that would raise the gas tax 23 cents a gallon. he says the money is needed for the state's transportation trust fund which is running dry. >> this is a serious vote, you know, you can tell a lot of people aren't happy, you know, but at the end of the day when the bridges start to shut down and the roads continue to crumble, you have to come up with a solution. report roar tracy, with aaa mid atlantic region says a gas tax is long overdue. >> our roads and bridges are in dire need of repair. we just received a d rating by the association of civil engineers which is unacceptable. the cost of doing nothing core far greater. >> reporter: so a reprieve for drivers at the moment. senate lawmakers and assembly lawmakers plan to get together with the governor to hammer out deal that is acceptable to all sides. so stay tuned, iain and lucy. isn't all right, dawn, thank y you. >>> ugly crash sends one person to the hospital in southwest philadelphia. the car flipped over in front of this row home on south 61st street just be

. >> back live now, senate president steve sweeney is not on board to lower the income tax while the gas tax goes up, this could blow a billion and a half dollar hole in the budget. the senate is set to vote on this on thursday. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news". >> thank you nora. >> we'll keep talking about that. >> time for the "action news" traffic report. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> we have taxing traffic troubles for the trip home. a crash happened on the roosevelt boulevard extension, northbound by the ridge avenue on ramp, you can see the emergency crews on the scene taking out the two right lanes on the twin bridge away from the schuylkill expressway, you are hitting a jam because just that left lane is open to northbound traffic. if you come out of the city this afternoon, you might want to use kelly drive and the hunting park avenue, just off the schuylkill. had a crash much of the afternoon in lower merion that was closing 23 at state road, that is in the process of clearing and that should be reopened in a few minutes. trouble in delco

that is the deal, the problem is state senator steve sweeney, senate president and all of his other senators have not agreed, they weren't happy with this, assembly passed this in the middle of the night. we have breaking political news this happened just before 1:00 a.m. deal after christie made after dinner time. senate wasn't in this deal. sweeney was unhappy. he said we are off until thursday. we will see what happens then. that is the deal. it effects everybody buying everything at wawa whether you are a new jersey resident or pennsylvania resident and they say 30 percent of the gas buyers here in new jersey are either from pennsylvania or new york. this is a story that effects our viewers for ones. >> all right steve. >>> tell us what you think about that on twitter. >>> next up supreme court rules on abortion in one of the biggest decisionness two decade. how the news in texas is inn influencing us in our area. look around pennsylvania and it's not hard to spot winners. and with over 2 million winners match 6, cash 5, and treasure hunt every single month, that's hardly a surprise. win

. >> reporter: state senator steve sweeney does favor 23-cent as gallon tax hike he just wants different tax cuts, and did he not like the drop in the sales tax for the state of new jersey. so more work still needs to be done and attacks hike for gas could still be coming. lucy? >> all right, thank you very much, dawn. >>> an agreement reached in a union representing thousands of atlantic city casino workers says it's got a deal with most of the casinos. local 54 says it has worked out a deal with four of the five casinos at targeted by this weekend's threatened strike. it's with balances' caesars and harrah's and the tropicana soon that list. terms of the contract not shared yet. the taj mahal is still in talks with union leaders f they do not reach a deal by tomorrow, workers could still hit the picket lines. >>> a woman is recovering tonight after collision with a hit-and-run driver in point breeze. fortunately her injuries are minor. the accident happened at midnight at south 23rd and moore. police have little information to go on about the driver that left seen. >>> charges have now

the lawmakers say there is actually enough money to fund road projects for another month but steve sweeneys he wants to reach a deal as soon as possible. >> this isn't a competition. we are looking to fight. we are looking to come to a solution. we want to unite, not divide. >> reporter: so now leaders in the senate and the assembly will meet together to try to to one of two things. either reach a deal if they think they can get governor to sign off honor go to old ideas, rally around that and try to make it veto proof. but none of this is expect to happen until at least after the fourth of july. reporting live from trenton, i'm cleve bryan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thanks. >>> pentagon suspend ban on transgendered troops in the military, defense secretary ash carter called policy change the right thing to do. >> starting to day, otherwise qualified service members can in longer be involuntary separated, discharge or denied reenlistment or continuation of services just for being transgender. >> it is another step in insuring that we recruit and maintain the most qualified peop

so steve sweeney, if not already book for good day within a great guest on thursday because he is not happy with this deal. he was kept out of it. he had another deal in place that included raising the jet fuel tax. it would be great to have him thursday last day before the transportation money runs out and lets see how senate goes with this but they have in choice if they want this gas tax because they have got something christie agrees to retirement deal in there as well. plus since we started on atlantic city do we have an answer to my wawa trivia question, i just gave it to you. >> there is no wawa in at atlantic city. >> how about that. >> i was doing my research, steve and ready to give you my answer. >> reporter: that is a surprise, because how many people would be in a super wawa. there is five super wawas within five minutes of this one i'm not lying, not exaggerating they are all over place. none in atlantic city. you get hot coffee and a slot machine at the same time would be a huge hit. is there your future investment, mike. >> think of it in the middle of the night orderi