Right now making history tonight. Philadelphia has become the first major city in the country to pass attacks on sugary and diet drinks that. Vote late this afternoon ended months of heated debate. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. City lawmakers passed the 1. 5 cents ounce tax by a vost 13 13four. Mayor jim kenney intends to use the millions raised for philadelphias pre k initiative, rec centers, other programs and the controversial decision to kick money into the general fu fund. Of course mayor kenney quiet pleased but not everyone is happy. Certainly a long road to get here, but this is the beginning of the process of changing the narrative of poverty in our ci city. Were all disappoint, because it creates attacks against the poor people of philadelphia. Mayor kenney says he plans to sign the legislation monday. The tax kicks in at the beginning of next year. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson spoke to one group supposed to benefit from the tax and joins us live at city hall tonight. Shawnette . Reporter volunteers at one rec center say they have mixed concerns about this soda tax that is supposed to funnel money their way as well. They are concerned that they wont get as much money as they first thought despite the fact that they say theyve been operating for quite sometime with hardly any help from the city. We think right now, they dont wanted to nothing for us. Reporter keeping coleman says the condition of West Mill Creek rec center in west philly is the same as when our cameras were there more than two months ago. Nothing is really changed except for the fact that we know we going to have to pay more when we go to the corner store to buy beverage. Reporter he says the new tax on sugary drinks promises for community including city run neighborhood rec centers such as this one but hes not so sure. We dont actually know what it is that the city wants to do for us. Reporter i vivid in april and found an empty run down building overflowing with problems. This storage room is if you feel equipment Bike Computers yet there are no programs here. Staff says bathroom plumbing barely works and the playground and Basketball Courts are in disrepair. My friends and i paid for it out of the our pocket. Like every time the court got painted we paid for it p every time a new room rim got put up we paid 40. 26yearold antoine pastel who grew up here he and his friends held a cleanup just as recently as sunday. He runs a Neighborhood Basketball League and does Maintenance Work he says city officials have ignored. He does it all for the kids. Guide them in another way to show them different. If the city not going to do it for someone not going to come along and do it well do it ourselves. Reporter carl smith was at city hall for the soda tax vote which he supported. He says although parks and rec will get the least of all the funding, every dollar counts when it comes to the children. I think our center being overlooked. As a matter of fact, there has been times when we were supposed to get funds we never got it. Reporter and back here live, again, reminder the soda tax wont kick until january 1st. Lucy . All right, thank you very much, shawnette. On your radar tonight, say goodbye to the rain. Live look allentown tonight after wet and gloomy day. Kathy, let me get this straight. We actually have sunshine to start weekend. Umhmm. We sure do. There are showers well to our south. Actually Severe Weather but here at home, no problem. A cloudy sky but very comfortable outside. Still have that low humidity and the sun will return tomorrow. Wait until you see the weather fort weekend ultimate doppler you can see clouds over the Delaware Valley but this is a line of Severe Weather and possible wind damage is going through washington all the way through richmond this goes to the south tonight but some of these showers could move into delaware. Right now, 67 in philadelphia. Pottstown and wilmington. 64 in lancaster. 64 degrees in allentown. Well take look at our High Resolution model that has a real fine tune look whats going on right now. The rain heaviest goes to the south some of these showers possibly making it into southern and central delaware and possibly through south jersey into the Early Morning hours. But then its just out of here. Now coming up well talk about quickly well be drying out across the Delaware Valley with sunshine returning. The fathers day forecast and when we will be back in the 90s feeling like summer. Summer begins on monday. Ill see you later in the broadcast. Kathy, thank you. Morrisville police say a man opened fire on a guy he says tried to steal his car. This all start at an apartment complex along woodland avenue. Investigators say the bucks county man noticed someone trying to break into his car. Then that guy hop flood a stolen car and took off. Only to be followed by that witness. Coming up later here on fox 29, what police say happened next right before the witness opened fire. An absolutely brutal deadly attack on a street in england left a british lawmaker dead. A man shot at britain first then shot and stabbed 41yearold joe cox outside a library in bird stall. She just met with constituents. Police arrested the man and this attack comes as british Lawmakers Debate leaving the european union. Both sides of that debate has have suspended their campaigns in light of coxs death. New tonight, wall disneyworld resort adding alligator warning signs to its property. This comes of course after twoyearold lane graves of nebraska died after an alligator got a hold of him in the lake on the florida resort. The medical examiner says he died from drowning and traumatic injuries on tuesday the boy was standing in Shallow Water when Authorities Say the gator snatched him away. Divers found his body 16 hours later. Disney resort beaches remained closed today and the Company Reviews its procedures and protocols. New information tonight about what else the shooter at orlando nightclub was doing as he carried out that massacre. Investigators say omar mateen text his wife during the rampage asking if shed seen the news. She reported texted she loved him and tried to call him during the attack. Meanwhile president obama and vicepresident biden were in orlando today to visit with the family of victims and survivors. Two of those survivors fox 29 intern patience carter and her best friend tiara parker from philadelphia patience says meeting the president is unforgettable. It was so comforting. Having him it didnt seem rehearsed it didnt seemed staged. It was like he truly cared about us and our pain. It was the most amazing experience i ever felt in my life. Weve had an outpouring of the requests to help patience we have a link under scene on tv on fox29. Com. Meantime the president and vicepresident placed flowers at a make shift memorial in orlan orlando. President obama says lawmakers have to Work Together to prevent home grown terror. Unfortunately, our politics have conspired to make it as easy as possible for a terrorist or just a disturbed individual like those in aurora and newtown to buy extraordinarilily powerful weapons and they can do so legally. The white house has continued to reiterate support for legislation that would ban assault weapons. Memorials and tributes the youngest victim akyra murray continue. The 18yearold west catholic prep graduate was in orlando to celebrate when Authorities Say mateen shot and killed her at that club sunday morning. Well today Philadelphia CityCouncil WomanJanie Blackwell summit add resolution honoring murray. Murray had just signed a National Letter of intent to attend mercy hertz college and play basketball on a full athletic psychology scholarship. Governor christie at state buildings lowered to half staff tomorrow in honor of the shooting victims in orlando. Now in statement the governor called the shooting a deliberate and callus assault on the freedoms we cherish as america americans. Chester residents sick of scenes like this one had a chance to speak their minds tonight and they let it rip. The department of justice now reviewing the Chester Police department in a meet to go night they told doj officials about problems plaguing their city. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell was at that meeting and joins us live from chester tonight. Chris . Reporter iain, thats right. Tonight the department of justice heard some frankly blistering criticism from chester residents about its Police Department. The meeting here at Widener University was the first step in what will no doubt mean big changes for the Chester Police department. Chester Police Department for me, they do not treat the residents of this Community Like were human beings. Reporter bill as a listening session. It is racism here. I dealt with it. Reporter but tonight was a night to vent the. The target the Chester Police department. Yall got sneaky cops in this city. Real crafty. A white officer comes up and puts the gun right in my face and ransacked my car. Nothing to be found it in. Reporter one by one residents took to the mike at Widener University taking issue from anything from Police Brutality to stop and frisk. The crowd was small but passionate. This room should be swarmed with people. It should be people standing outside of this door. Reporter public input session is the first step in sixmonth program bite Us Justice Department office of community policing, a full review could lead to big changes in training, policies and overall culture in the department. Theyre candid assessments. Its not going its going to point to the deficiencies in the department, but more importantly, its going to talk about what are the things and steps that this department can do to remedy those problems. Reporter federal review is requested by the Chester Police department itself. Although city and Police Officials were purposely asked not to attend the meeting. They wanted a frank discussion to lead to positive change. For the first time, well see if this department is serious about moving on, building trust, community policing, making sure that theyre engaged in constitutional policing. Reporter now, the same department of Justice Community policing review also led to some big change thats philadelphia and camden Police Departments. This task force will be in chester for the next two years to make sure those changes are implemented. Iain. All right, chris, thank you. Skyfox over a deadly shooting in the citys olney section earlier today. This was just after 3 00 this afternoon on the 5100 block of arbor street. Police found a man inside a car. He had been shot in the face. The man was dead on the scene. Tonight investigators are still trying to figure out who who shot him. It look like this guy is just talking his dog down a local street. But one couple says, he left a disgusting surprise right at their front door. A little extreme. That was the extreme. Reportwhy the couple senior cis think they were targeted. Three friends walked into a wal mart but police say they were not there to shop. What cops say they unleashed right in one of the aisles that forced the whole store to evacuate. An shocking diagnosis for their sevenyearold little gi girl. Usually the first symptom is a heart attack. It was mind blowing to know that was even possible. What you need to ask the doctor that could save your childs life. Alright guys, weve brought you to this construction trailer to talk about trucks today. Which truck brand offers engines with best in class v8 towing or fuel economy . Are we moving . Where we going . Its the answer to the question baby silverado. Oooh thats cool. Its truck month. Qualified buyers get 0 financing for 60 months. Plus, find your tag and get 8,250 total value on this silverado all star. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer Philadelphia Police want to identify this man caught on camera stuffing his pants with things from a Family Dollar store. This happened on g street yesterday around noon. When female employee tried to stop the guy before he walk out, she says he lifted his shirt, showed a gun and asked her what are you going to do . He left without hurting anyone. Skyfox over a fire the building on the 300 block of south street is home to both apartments and businesses. Fire started right around 4 00 this afternoon. Firefighters had it under control in about a half hour. Everyone got out of the building safely. Investigators are looking into what started it. Torments night the lehigh District Attorney says police were justified in shooting an allentown man who opened fire on officers as they tried to serve a warrant. Allentown police say walter, was shot after answering his front door with a rifle. And shooting one officer in the arm. Both men survived. Officers were at his apartment to serve a search warrant in connection with the killing of his girlfriend. Brad fold is said to go in trial on in his girlfriends murder and officers shooting. Take a look at this guy in the Surveillance Video. Appears to be just out for late night walk with his dog in philly. Even cleans up after the pup. Kind of. You see, one couple says the guy left a surprise at their front door that nobody wants. Not only that. They think they were specifically targeted. Fox 29s bruce gordon is trying to get to the bottom of whats going on. Report roar this is really all about quality of life. When people and pets live side by side in a crowded urban environment, sometimes nature calls. The result, well, lets call it potty problems. Everywhere you look you see it. People and their pooches enjoying live on four legs or four wheels. Truly mans best friend. Now meet arlene and jim. Yup, thats their real name. I had dogs growing up and when kids were growing up you like dogs. I love them. She doesnt love dog owners who fail to clean up after fido and shes not shy about letting them pet poo is her petpeve. You confronted folks. Yes. Over this issue . Yes. Reporter it wasnt long after one such confrontation the morning after mothers day when arlene stepped out her front door and well i looked down and there was dog mess on the top step. Reporter your reaction. I closed the door. I cant believe it. No dog got on that step to do this business. Somebody put that there. Reporter she race to do her Security Camera and found this seen from around 9 30 the night before. A man and his dog up the street doggie does his business and well well let arlene do the play by poop play. You can see him pick it up, walk looks at the house and looks at my step and puts it right on the top step. That was really nasty. Reporter a second camera catches the man looking back to see whether hes been spotted and at the end of the block he discards his waist bag into the trash can. You watched that video want goes through your mind . If i had begun id shoot him. Reporter the couple reported the incident to philly police since you cant actual seal the waist leaving the bag, theres not much cops can do. Theres a Bigger Picture here about respect for peoples prompt . None. Theres none. Reporter 91 . None. Umum. None. Reporter makes i was little sad. Its sadder. Its stinky. Are a leap didnt recognize the man or the dog in her Security Camera video. The guy got lucky quiet frank physical police had been able to id him and better make out the do drop, he could face criminal charges. Bruce gordon, fox 29 news. Well told bruce gordon. Atlantic city casino workers could strike during one of the citys busiest times of the year. Union members have voted to authorize a strike against ballys caesars harrahs and tropicana. If a new contract isnt reached the striking workers will walk off the job on july 3rd. The union says workers make painful sacrifices that need to be reversed because it says the casinos are regaining the financial footerring. Trump taj ma shall have already agreed to strike. Theyve granted Jerry Sandusky a hearing as he tries to have his conviction overturned. Judge john klee land says the proceedings will focus whether prosecutors leaked information about the investigation and whether defense lawyers should have called sandusky to testify. The three days of hearings will happen sometime in august. Sandusky is currently serving a 30 to 60 year sentence. In philadelphia frankford section the pennsylvania spca says it has saved dozens of cats from two apartments. Spca says 33 cats are living inside a building along the 4400 block of griscom street. Humane Law Enforcement officers say a first floor apartment was in absolutely filthy conditions. They found two dead cats in the building. The pscpa says charges are pending its team is now caring for all those animals. Some students from one Pennsylvania High School just graduated twice. Repeat was meant to show support for a classmate three weeks after their own graduation. Dozens of students at East Juniata High School were back that in their caps and gowns to hold a special graduation for one. Yeah, just one student. Scott du inform n walked across the stage to receive his diploma tuesday. Du