Shooting on top of car. Neither man has been charged. You see the car directly in front of the shop. If it wasnt for the trash cam that they hit it would have came through the shop. Surveillance cameras recorded the crash and shooting. It was frightening, to think that happens here in a place we are doing business for 15 years. Reporter back live now, you are looking at the holes at the back of the beauty salon, they anticipate charging both individuals in this incident and likely the charges will come tomorrow. Im nora muchanic, channel 6 action news. Thank you nora. At the big board now with the history making vote today by Philadelphia City council. Mayor jim kenneys beverage tax was passed by a vote of 154. Philadelphia is the first major city poised to put a tax on soda. Dann cuellar is standing by live with more on the tax and the controversy. Reporter all right rick the tax on sugary beverages passed. The eyes are 13 and the nays are 4. The historic new tax passed by a 134 vote
Reports of 80 Miles Per Hour gusts in Cape May County. That caused a lot of problems, these are some of the storm reports, they are still coming in and Barnegat Township reporting hail and wind gusts causing problems, a tree fell in a house in whitesboro and lots of Power Outages in lower township. This was sent to me from britney off the whale watching ship off the coast of cape may showing the shelf cloud moving in. Ill have more on the storm damage coming up in a few minutes. Thanks cecily. Philadelphia congressman, chaka fattah, is facing serious jail time after the verdict was handed down in his Corruption Case today. We are going to confer with my lawyers and pick out what the next steps are. Those were congressman fattahs first words after he was convicted in the Corruption Case, he was found guilty on all counts he was facing in federal court. The trouble began back in 2014 ben a complex Money Laundering scheme surfaced tied to an illegal Million Dollar loan for fattahs Unsucce
Laid to rest today. Plus, a building buzz on the campaign trail, as donald trump prepares to announce his running mate. But the big story is the heat and humidity in the entire region. Sky 6 hd showing us the view from penns landing. On top of those steamy conditions, accuweather is tracking the possibility of storms later today. For more on that david murphy joins us from the action news big board. Reporter we start with the big story and that is the heat and humidity, an excessive heat warning and advisories kicked in at the 12 00 hour and they dont expire until 8 00 tomorrow evening, all day today and all day friday you have these issues. Excessive heat warning up and down the i95 corridor, it will feel like over 100 degrees at times, maybe even 102 and 103, and concerns about the excessive heat maybe not as bad in the central area but keep the drinks throwing and check on your neighbors and take shady breaks in the a. C. Today. 84 is the current temperature, we are running behind w
Family out of financial ruin and the girl testified that after she gave birth to the first child. Her mother and nine younger sisters came to live with her in feasterville. And that she knew of the sexual relationship of her daughter and kaplan and added that she was okay with it. The girl told the judge today that she still trusts kaplan and arraignment is set for september 2nd and, daniel is charged with conspiracy to commit statutory Sexual Assault and his wife is charged with felony child endangerment. Im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Thanks very much. A former Catholic Church official once convicted of shielding sex abusers now a free man. Monsignor william lynn, is released on bail. He was the First American Roman Catholic official convicted of helping to shield child molesters within the church. This is the second time he appealed the ruling. Now we hear from Seth Williams, the d. A. We have more coming up from him at 6 00 tonight. Its nearly 24 hours after a woman was
Getting any of this out and turning off the audio from cspan and it was emotional and some were tweeting from the floor and paul ryan is saying this is all a publicity stunt. The democrats are taking the floor hostage. We are calling on the leaders of the house to bring common sense gun control legislation, give us a vote, let us vote. In a sensational protest. Democrats interupted republicans and said she will sit on the house floor until house speaker, paul ryan allows a vote on gun laws. The state is not in order due to the present of member who are not recognized. Pushing for a bipartisan amendment that would extend background checks and block gun purchases for those on a terror watch list before the members leave for the 4th of july break. All americans are calling for a vote. The move coming after days after four gun amendments failed in the Senate Despite mounting pressure following the orlando nightclub massacre. They feel like the mood of the country is with them at this momen