The big story on action news tonight is the sour reception from mayor kenneys proposed tax on sugary drinks. Action News Reporter Christie Ileto is live outside city hall tonight. Christie, this soda tax, prompted serious opposition, today. That is right, jim. It is a hot button issue for months. Supporters say this will fund much needed programs like prek but critics, businesses and even some consumers say this will hurt their bottom line. Right here in the neighborhood everybody is talking about it. Reporter proposed 3 cents per ounce tax on sugary drinks is talk of Corner Stores across town. Dollars will go toward city programs like prek. Thank you. Do you think that will hurt the store. To go to the store to buy soda, no. Reporter a many small businesses, workers and consumers voiced their displeasure at city hall followed by pun hearing inside council chambers. It costs all of us. Yeah. I dont want to meet those kid in my er, i want them to go to kindergarten. Reporter supporters
Be migrating to the south over the next couple of days. Temperatures are chilly, 50 degrees, might dip into the 40s over the next hour or so. In the upper 40s in trenton and allentown and millville. Jackets required dont need the rain gear. 47 degrees by 6 00 a. M. 48 degrees by 8 00 a. M. And the numbers dont climb that far, 1 00 well be struggling to get into the low 50s, 54 by 3 00 p. M. The 56 around 5 and 6 00 p. M. More rain on the way tomorrow, in fact it could be a wet morning commute and maybe somewhat damp for the afternoon commute. Ill details on that and the weekend call. Reporter we have a morning commute where its not raining. Thats the best news, right . We have construction i95, Delaware County. I95 approaching the blue route we see the Construction Zone blocking the two lanes and the off ramp youll see slowing heading toward the airport. Expect it to clear in the next halfhour. Kelly drive we have this going on between hunting park and fairmont avenue they are doing re
Tuesday. Buckel was serving time for an aggravated assault and was just weeks away from parole. He disappeared from the bayside state prison. Now police are looking in barnegat township, ocean county, where they found a car they he think stole. Pamela osborne is live in barnegat town shup this morning. Schools will open in a couple hours but with an increased police presence. Give us a sense of the scope of the search. Reporter absolutely, vai. I can tell you that schools are going to be open again today. As you mention pd, there will be a Police Officer on patrol at every school. Police say theyre going to do this until theyre able to get buckel back into their custody. This search really is a joint effort by many different Law Enforcement agencies. Theres the ocean county sheriffs department, s. W. A. T. Teams, local agencies all combining their resources as they try to track buckel down. Theyre using canines. There have been sightings. There have been leads. But it has not led them
Of this moving inland with a persistent northeasterly flow if the kids have softball game, lacrosse game soccer this evening it should be a go but tomorrow is the really wet day. This is a developing coastal storm and now it look like its going to add little bit of insult to injury with the track of this low. Watch as we go from friday and into the weekend. First we have rounds of rape being pushed inland, and then this low actually retro grades or pushes toward the land. Very unusual but it is known to happen. So this means the rain will linger into the weekend. Unfortunately. Now, we do have coastal Flood Warning in effect for the jersey shore. For times of high tide and advisory for the delaware and also the rancocas. High tide down the shore between 7 30 and 9 00 p. M. It will be overnight for the delaware. So Delaware Avenue early tomorrow morning there could be some localized flooding. This evening down the shore, minor to moderate flooding is expected and some road closures are
The week with rain, rain, rain. It better in the be raining mothers day or moms will get their hats wet. All right. Right. Right. Speaking of mothers day send in a picture of your mother. What will you do with your mom this sunday. What is the. Fox 29 good day. You have to use it the so we can see it. This morning we are doing something called the pour patrol. If it is pouring, let us necessity right now. We will look at radar and see if we can pinpoint the pour. We have only got three out of ten today. Pour or pore. Temperatures in the 40s or 50s right now, bus stop buddy has full rain gear on. We are not fooling around. This is heavy rain, anyplace you see orange or yellow that is where we will see heavy downpours, many in kent and New Castle County in delaware. It is pouring in delco, central, montgomery and bucks county, part of the berks county, eastern part getting heavy rain and it looks like jersey shore is about to get that heavy rain as well. The it is raining but worse in ot