decided to change mayor jim kenney's proposal in two ways. they decided to lower tax increase and they decided to include diet drinks. by doing so, city council president darryl clark says this broadens the tax responsibility. following weeks of contentious, public hearings, inside city hall, and testy protest outside city hall, philadelphia city council has given preliminary travel to the beverage tax increase, instead of the 3 cents tax proposed by mayor jim kenney that did not include diet sewed, council agreed upon a one and a half percent tax on all sugary drinks. >> with the addition of diet at the request of the members of the council it is a broader based responsibility for funding these initiatives. >> reporter: ninety-one million-dollar in estimated revenue slate todd fund prefer prek and parks and recreation programs through the city. >> is there so much unmet need in philadelphia and we know high quality prek can put our kids on a road to success in school which we desperately need here in philadelphia. >> reporter: many are skeptical especially after the kenney admini

, and jim kenney, the mayor of philadelphia, when he chimes in, also big, ben simmons fine young man, great prospect, new era for our team hash tal nba draft. pretty big, brooke, are you excited? >> totally. i love how carson wentz now is like a philly pro. that's a cool tweet. sixers fans reacted to the new era as well with wild cheer. as soon as the pick was announced. >> (cheers). >> look at that. the fans went nut at the big draft party at eakin's oval. cheers, music and confetti greeted the name of ben simmons, and sixers fans predict big things from the new big man in town. >> i'm loving it, loving it, i think this is a good decision. i love it. >> ben simmons, yo, let's go. >> going to get bigger and better, real poised, like him on the podium, looks real nice. looks philly. >> he looks philly. get even more details on the newest member of your philadelphia 76ers, and the rest of the of the team's draft choice, cbsphilly.com. >>> in other news this morning, police searching for the gunman who opened fire on another man sitting in a car in east germantown. the 29 year old victi

probably be stripped of his pension because of the convictions. >> reporter: mayor jim kenney was out of town at a convention when the jury came back with the guilty verdict. he weighed in from washington d.c. >> i think the district there needs a voting member, and, you know, the jury has spoken. >> reporter: fattah's lawyers say he didn't know about the illegal schemes. if the congressman does resign governor tom wolf would have to call a special election. fattah's sentencing hearing is scheduled for october 4th. live from the sat center, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thanks, very much, jan. >>> time is 5:36. in business news, customers could start seeing some money to day. >> twitter is making changes. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, brooke, and jim, tomorrow investors are focused on the vote in the uk whether they decide to leave or exit european union. dow jones rose 24 points, nasdaq jumped six. janet yellin says it could have a significant economic repercussions. she's back for

fearing up for a final vote on a 1.5 cents per ounce tax, now. that is half of what mayor jim kenney proposed initially. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is at city hall with more information, alex? >> reporter: ukee, smaller cities have had similar measures but does so for health purposes but philadelphia has been made clear that the goal, it has been education and community improvements, but what has not been made clear is the plan. into the sixth month of the first term mayor jim kenney is pleased with the green light given to his plan that would make philadelphia the first major city in the u.s. with a tax on sweetened drinks. >> it came down to a compromise that i think is workable for everyone. >> reporter: at 1.5 cents a ounce the taxis half of what kenney thought but inclusion of the diet beverages brings projected revenue close to the goal of 95 million-dollar a year. why do you think that this hasn't worked in other major it is is. >> it wasn't tied to initiatives people could understand. >> reporter: not everyone does understand how enhancement to prek, pa

even mayor jim kenney saw her talent. >> she was a beautiful athlete, i watched her play many times against numerous and goretti, which happens to be my team, but she was the best player on that squad. a thousand points scored. >> the large crowd soon found solace in song. >> ♪ >> then spontaneous tribute, a march around city hall, in her honor. >> family's friends said murray at pulse with a friends, as well, patience carter, who is recovering from gunshot to her leg. brooke, nicole, back into you. >> thanks, justin. in roxborough, bells told for the orlando shooting victims. at saint timothy e physical tow church the bells rang out once for each person killed in the attack. now, investigators are revealing more about what they've learned about that gunman. sources tell cbs news that omar mateen was active on social media and the internet. the fbi found evidence he may have researched disney world as a possible target before choosing the pulls night club. mateen has been on the fbi radar in the fast, in fact, may 2013 co-workers explained he was boasting of family connection toss

have preliminarily approved one and a half cents tax on all sugary drinks, half of what mayor jim kenney initially wanted and that includes sweet but diet drinks as well this taxis expected to bring in 91 million-dollar over the next year and money is slated to fund universal prek and parks and recreation programs throughout the city but some are skeptical after hearing some of that money will be diverted to the cities general fund. others say there just isn't enough known about exactly how fund will be implemented. the beverage industry has spent millions of dollars on ads to block the tax, industry leaders and store owners say it will cost business and jobs, the industry is expected to sue the city if the measure is adopt but it all comes down to this today, final vote is scheduled over at city hall for later today. reporting live from center city, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> jan, thanks very much. >>> president obama will travel to orlando later today to meet with the survivors and families of those killed in the pulse nightclub shooting. meanwhile investigators

victory for mayor jim kenney intend to go raise more than 90 million-dollar per year to benefit expanded prek and community programs. >> we will start to see ramp up of prek. it will happen over next couple years but we are thrilled about what will happen for our city. this is a big win for our city. >> reporter: not so much for those in the soda, labor industries hoff opposed the measure. >> with the increased price, it is jobs that will be lost. >> reporter: opposition is tax discriminatory. >> we have to go to the next step and we will do what we have to do to protect our members. >> reporter: meaning taking this issue to court, challenging the cities authority to implement such a tax. we are told legal battle will enter the drafting phase tonight. come up mayor kenney responds to the possibility of the legal battle and still some questions over compactly where this money raised will be going. we will cover that in an hour. live from city hall, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> also, a bucks county home owner, catches a suspect thief in action, it takes matters

could learn today if philadelphia's mayor jim kenney's controversial soda tax will be a reality. city council is set to vote this morning. >>> one round, struck the rear passenger side area of the victim's vehicle. >> pennsylvania state police are looking for a driver who fired a shot during a rush

, prompting philadelphia police to shut down jfk boulevard to traffic. mayor jim kenney even got emotional when he talk about murray. >> i can't tell you how devastating it was that she was in that club. so make sure we grab each other, hole onto each other, we'll get through this altogether. >> members of murray's west catholic high school basketball team held a vigil around city hall. >> the center in university city lighting up to show support for the orlando massacre buildings, one of many victims across the world beaming in rainbow colors all to stand in solidarity with the 49 victims of this horrific tragedy. >>> and from philadelphia to the state capitol, people all across our region are showing their support you can see here the capitol building also displaying rainbow colors to honor those lost in the massacre. >> orlando shooting put gun control in the spotlight of 2016. >> hena daniels reports, the candidates row response cents to the massacre could not have been more different. >> democratic vote letters head to the polls today. same day party rivals, bernie san ers, and hillar

. >> in other news, mayor jim kenney signs philadelphia newest legislation, the sugary drink tax into law. they'll be a 1.5 sent per ounce tax on sweetened beverages lick regular and diet sodas, sport drinks, bottled coffees. opponent of the bill say it is unconstitutional and have i to fight it in court. mayor says the city prepared to take on those critics. >> we've been talking with our law department, which is extremely capable every handling the situation. going forwards, nothing happened, we're prepared to fight it. >> tax expected to raise about $90 million in annual revenue. that would go toward expanding universal pre k, improving parks, rec centers, and various other budget programs. it goes into effect in january. >> a judge has denied bail to a man who allegedly tried to kill donald trump at one every his rallies. this happened saturday, in las vegas. authorities say michael steven sanford tried to grab an officer's gun to shoot the presumptive republican presidential nominee. now, police arrested him immediately. investigators say sanford, british citizen, had been planni

philadelphia's mayor jim kenney's controversial soda tax will be a reality. city council is set to vote this morning. >>> one round, struck the rear passenger side area of the victim's vehicle. >> pennsylvania state police are looking for a driver who fired a shot during a rush hour road rage incident on i-95. >>> i cannot feel my body. >> winning that ticket rose was the best thing that ever happened to me. >> i'll never let get jack, never let go. jack, jack. >> clearly hard to look serious while wearing ping-pong eye balls. jude law tried and still didn't look serious. that was the late the show last night. >> let's head outside to the sky deck. what is it looking like outside so far. >> i put a coat on in between the commercial there. i came running out here so darn fast i forgot how much cooler it turn. then i had a chill when i walk back in. i better get extra layer. the sunnies about to pop up over the horizon here in philadelphia a minute shy of that. as it does so it will warm things up a little bit but here's the thing, it is net isably cooler outside just in general today. we had

expressway. fail's mayor jim kenney with u.s. department of transportation secretary anthony fox, announced that philadelphia is one of four cities to win the every place counts design challenge. vine street expressway successfully connected i-95 to the schuylkill expressway, its construction managed to split city communities but improvements are coming. >> our teamworking not only with the u.s. department of transportation but even some of our non-government organizations stake holders will work to provide technical assistance to philadelphia as it reimagines the connections between the communities impacted by this project in the past. >> planners a and designers will meet with local residents to plan on site technical a assistance next movement. >>> also a stretch of i-95 in philadelphia will be off limits to certain types of the vehicles traffic during the democratic national convention. penndot says vehicles over 5 tons like tractor trailers, dump trucks and mobile homes will not be permitted to travel along i-95 between philadelphia international airport and the vine street expressway.

jim kenney says, to funds parks, regular creation programs, universal pre k across the citiment even though those are noble initiatives, not everyone is happy about the new tax. >> this is the first step in finding the resources and revenue that we need to get our kids pre k education. >> it is crazy, everything is staggering, philadelphia, we tai so much tax for everything. i think it is not fair. >> now, this is attacks on the drink manufacturers, not the individual items within the store. but "eyewitness news" has already spoke tone several business owners, who say, they'll have to pass that cost along to customers. the beverage industry also warns this new tax will cost jobs. >> now, mayor kensy expected to sign off on the new law next week t won't take effect until january, though. but again, industry leaders are expected to start planning a legal challenge as early as this morning. nicole, back into you. >> jan, thanks so much. in other news atlantic city main casinos worker union says they'll strike on the first every july if they don't have a new contract. casinos facing the

downtown arena will be handed out tomorrow morning. >>> philadelphia mayor jim kenney want to do something no other major american city has done, passed a so-called soda tax. >> it would help fund universal prek and other programs and city council will vote on it tomorrow. that brings us to tonight's good question. if the so-called soda tax passes what exactly will he tax? >> i don't know. >> it is a all sugar beverages. it will affect too many people that cannot afford to do it. >> reporter: if the tax passes, who will bear the brunt of the cost? our nicole brewer found out. she has answer for you tonight at 11:00. >>> do you have a good question? log on to cbs philly.com/good question. or tweet us, using the #, cbs-3 good question. >>> a young history buff spots something unusual inside al capone's cell at eastern state penitentiary, coming up what he saw and what changes were made the to the exhibit because of it. >>> also a head a final farewell to the four legged hero, by the death of this doggies closing an important chapter in american history. >>> and should someone warn

. >> the judge in the case has yet to make a ruling. >>> philadelphia a mayor jim kenney signed the cities new sugary drink tax into law earlier today. the new legislation levees and 1.5 cents per ounce tax on sweetened beverages like regular and diet sewed, sports drinks and bottled coffees. opponents say it is unconstitutional and vowed to fight it in court. the mayor says that the city is prepared to take on those critics. >> we have been talking with our law department which is extremely capable offhandeddeling this situation going forward, nothing has been filed yet so it is hard to comment on something that has not happened but we are prepared to fight i >> taxis expected to raise 90 million-dollar in revenue annually that would go toward expanding universal prek, sparks and recollect centers and other things. it will go in effect in january 2017. >>> jury deciding fate of chaka fattah wraps up a second full day of deliberations without a verdict. jury originally began deliberations last wednesday but were forced to start over after a why dismissed a juror. that person has bee

in 2008 and they support him, no matter how he is playing, mayor jim kenney also speaking out today begins that bottle thrower and said we understand that philadelphia fans can be passionate, we have to understand that baseball is still just a game. >> i think that person with the bottle should be banned from that building forever, we don't throw projectiles for people. it is cowardly and wrong. i'm sure there is not a big, he will not go to jail for it but i think there should be a punishment commiserate with the type of reputation that it gives philly fans that is uncalled for because is there only a handful of knuckle heads that do that stuff. >> reporter: philadelphia police say sidney smith a 21 university of delaware student is person responsible for throwing that beer bottle at ryan howard at a phillies game earlier this month. we stopped by several addresses for smith today and also tried to reach him on social media but we have not heard back yesterday. live, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. >>> a driver loses control and crashes in to a pennsauken ho