In the business for many years is skeptical and wonders if their haulers and some middle men who might find a way around much of that tax. So, how will the beverage tax be collected . The city says there are perhaps tens of thousands of stores and vendors that sell sweetened drinks but they wont be taxed directly. Instead, the city will target the next level up. It estimates there are only dozens of wholesale distributors each distributor would have to register with city hall and in theory every ounce headed to philadelphia would be taxed. Each retail order would include an invoice proving the tax had been collected. To enforce that collection, the measure self funds the hiring of new city workers. 1. 8 million. How many more revenue staffers. About 15 staffers performing a variety of functions to make sure this all goes smoothly. Reporter david day runs days beverages in yeadon in 18 states they sell 12 to 15 million cases in a lot of flavors. 24 flavors. Reporter days openly skeptica
Show you how much. Thousands of people started off the day with a run for a great cause. Well have more on the gary pappa run in honor of other colleague who lost his battle with cancer seven years ago. Those stories in a moment, but lets go outside to chris sowers with the accuweather forecast. Reporter im standing in the shea, i have a nice breeze blowing across city avenue. Temperatures are in the mid 80s. 85 in philadelphia. Atlantic city, 87 at the airport. On the beach its 3 or 4 degrees cooler. Cape may picking up a bay breeze, 77. 86 in trenton, 84 in wilmington anne 84 in millville. Satellite and radar youll see a ton ever blue sky from start to finish. If youre heading to Citizens Bank park two things you have to remember, sunscreen a lot of water stay high doppler hydr. 88 degrees at 1 30, 9th inning, 90degree mark. Phillies taking on the arizona diamondbacks. The heat cranks tomorrow, tomorrow could be the hottest day of the year so far. Were forecasting a high of 93. You f
Virginia capes that will switch the winds out of the of the southwest that will force the heat in here monday and tuesday. Forecast for this afternoon, 83 degrees by 11 00 a. M. 1 00 p. M. , 88. By 3 00 p. M. , theres the 90. 5 00 p. M. , 90 degrees, it wouldnt surprise me if one or two areas get warmer than that. Mostly sunny skies, thats the call from accuweather, hot today, not humid, i would advice you to keep cool and seek the shade and have plenty of bottles of water handy. When i come back well talk about the hottest temperatures of the year in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Thousands of people are donating their time this fathers day to a cause that is near and dear to our hearts. 2016 gary pappa run is underway at the Philadelphia Art Museum, you couldnt ask for better weather. Trish hartman is live outside the art museum for this special eventful weekend trish this is a great way to celebrate our dads and start the day. Reporter absolutely, weve said it all morn
Chirico has more from berwyn. Reporter news of the murderer on the loose in this quiet up scale neighborhood has shocked folks living here, police say a Family Member found a body of six twoyear old denise barge erin side her home in the 900 block of Heather Stone drive, friday morning, the police say she was beaten to death but they are not saying if they have any suspects. Bargers husband died in march, and. And sold her home but had not moved out just yet. Neighbors didnt want to speak on camera about barge error this homicide but they tell me, they are not worried for their safety. Meanwhile police are not saying much other than that barger died of Blunt Force Drama and they are investigating this as a homicide n tredyffrin township jeff chirico for channel six action news. Search is on for hit and run driver who hit and chris thecally injured a bicyclist in camden county. It happened just after midnight on black horse pike near haddon township. Investigators say the driver hit the
Outside that has some bombs. You people are going get it and im going to ignite it if they try to do anything stupid. No explosives are ever found. At 4 21 a. M. , police pull an air conditioning unit evacuating a group of survivors. The chief of police stressing there was no gunfire in the three hours it took for s. W. A. T. Teams to take mateen down. I think there was this misconception that we didnt do anything for three hours and im just trying to clarify thats absolutely not true. We have been training for this situation for many, many years since columbine, since 9 11. Reporter factors that add to an already complex investigation, abc news learning days before the standoff mateen spent 9,000 on jewelry, two months earlier he signed over his interest in this florida home he owned with this father for just 100. And the fbi initially releasing portions of that 911 call in written form omitting any reference to radical islam. They later corrected course after get something criticism