tale to think that atlantic city restructuring how they pay taxes could rescue the resort from falling off of a financial cliff. governor christie. >> i'm not going to put the people of new jersey in the position of writing another blank check to atlantic city. >> reporter: and mayor don guardian say they have the best interests of the people at heart. >> we're not playing games. we're taking every recommendation seriously so whether we're raising fees or adding new parking meters or selling property. >> reporter: their numbers tell a different story. guardian points to trenton. >> we're in the situation because the governor didn't give us 33.5 million. he is with holding that. so we had a shortfall of about 14 days. >> and christie points back using charts to illustrate that atlantic city spends two to three times more per resident than any city in the state. >> if he was the ceo of a company the board would have fired him. >> we asked the governor if residents of atlantic city are being held hostage in what has

been a weeks long political fight. >> the people of atlantic city we're trying to rescue them from their government. not hold them hostage. trying to rescue them from the government. >> being fed a lot of incorrect information so a couple days before he said the problem was we were paying $148,000 for each of our beach patrol captains just for the summer season. but he should know that his monitor suggested to us and the life guard union elumnated all captains last year. we don't have beach patrol captains anymore. >> reporter: christie says atlantic city's disaster without a takeover by trenton will lead to defeat for north jersey gaming. no way they will approve north jersey casinos when the only city that has casinos has gone down the toilet and he will campaign against that ballot referendum question this fall. cydney long, "nbc 10 news."

let's talk about our weather. gorgeous spring day in the 70s today. taking a live look at center city skyline from the eagle's nest camera at financial field. big changes are coming and those changes start overnight. tracking april showers and a chance for thunderstorms that could impact your morning commute. nbc 10's chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz joining us with his first alert forecast. >> jim, one thing i can guarantee you it's going to be warm tomorrow morning. you're not going to need any kind of coats during the day tomorrow. we had a lot of clouds today, a little bit of sunshine from time to time. the temperature shot up in the 70s. a lot of clouds around, and the nearest showers, pretty light showers in central pennsylvania right now. and that could potentially affect us overnight. heavier activity in ohio and indiana, some thunderstorms there. that could be affecting us during the day tomorrow. the current temperatures are in

the 70s. in most places, even 71 in allentown and reading. mount holly. cooler right at the beaches with the southerly wind coming in off that cooler ocean. you can see that wind there. 20-mile-an-hour sustained wind in atlantic city. doesn't get too warm with a wind like that. 15 to 20-mile-an-hour winds in parts of the area. and with that southerly wind, that's going to keep the temperature up. it just barely moves overnight tonight. but we do have an increasing chance of at least light showers later tonight. the heavier storms come tomorrow. we'll have the timing on that and big changes for the weekend with the seven-day in a few minutes. >> see you then, glenn. new at 6:00, several health clubs are facing thousands in fines for not complying with consumer protection laws. fitness centers in wildwood, galloway, west winsor and vineland failed to register their businesses with the state.

and the state attorney general says consumers who pay for memberships deserve to know they are signing contracts with licensed clubs. each club is facing a minimum $5,000 fine. police in upper darby want your help finding the killer who left a woman's body in her bathtub and a disturbing note on her wall. mar kia benson lived there. her co-workers found the violent scene in her home. investigators believe the killer knew benson. she was found naked with injuries all over her face and neck and there were signs of strangulation. >> this was a very, very violent scene. it was a senseless killing. and this guy meant to hurt her and embarrass her and meant to harm her. >> and police say the writings on benson's wall pointed to the killer's senseless hatred. benson worked for a packaging company and was also a part-time student. to decision 2016 now.

candidates now have their sights set on pennsylvania. as the day to the primary gets closer. john kasich just finished speaking to supporters at the union league in center city. and during his speech he took on rival donald trump. >> it's clear that he is really unprepared to be commander and chief, leader of the free world. and to have a steady hand to try to get the united states back on track. >> kasich says he intends to compete aggressively in pennsylvania, before the april 26th primary. in a surprise move gop front-runner donald trump met privately with the republican national committee this afternoon. that meeting comes just a day after trump faced criticism for saying that if abortion were to become illegal, he would advocate some form of punishment for women who receive abortions. earlier this week trump said he feels he's no longer bound to the pledge he made to the party

to support the gop nominee. >> ted cruz will appear on pennsylvania's primary ballot after winning a case in the state supreme court that challenged his citizenship. the court upheld the judge's decision to dismiss the case. a pittsburgh man argued that cruz is not eligible to run because he was born in canada. democratic candidate bernie sanders rallied this morning in pittsburgh. he discussed trade policies and how they affected workers in pennsylvania and around the country. sanders trails clinton, in polls of likely pennsylvania voters. and voters in pennsylvania and delaware will head to the polls coming up on april 26 as we said, new jersey doesn't hold its primary until june 7. and for complete decision 2016 coverage, including a list of upcoming primaries and information on each of the candidates, just tap the nbc 10 app. all new at 6:00, nbc 10 is live in the lone star state for

villanova's march to victory. our team of reporters took off from philadelphia international airport today, touched down in the last two hours, in houston, texas. and look at that. that's where keith jones is joining us live. keith, you were surrounded no doubt by nova nation on the flight down to houston i bet. >> reporter: hey, jim. a ton of people from villanova. a lot of syracuse fans too but we landed about 90 minutes ago. we hustled down here and stopped on the side of the road to make sure we could say hello to you. look at this place we stopped at. a fine tex-mex, representation of the houston astros on the rooftop. a walk with me a little bit to get a taste of what houston is about. you see the texans emblem. as we go across, i know it's the 70s there, but it's 86 degrees here, it's hot enough to go to a car wash. and sweeping all the way left you see of course the skyline there of houston, texas.

a lot of talk here about our villanova wildcats. comparing them to 2009's final four team. we caught up with head coach jay wright and asked him about what's different then as opposed to this final four team. >> it's amazing what they have done. from the hotel to the gifts they get, it's amazing. we are fired up to play a great oklahoma team that -- this is what college basketball is all about. >> you walk in, there are so many pictures of us and villanova it's surreal. you don't know what to think. you can't get caught up in that stuff. >> reporter: we're headed to the team hotel just next, we're here to bring you live behind the scenes me and matt delucia and our photographers, we're going to bring you here, we're going to talk to players, coaches, alumni and everyone who made the trip from the philadelphia area. live in houston, keith jones, "nbc 10 news." >> keith, get yourself some tex

barbecue. we look forward to your future reports. >> the men's basketball team is in houston, final four fever swept over villanova's campus at home while the men's basketball team is there in houston final four fever look at it in the book store. it was packed with fans looking for the latest gear. students believe the momentum helped to elevate the school's status. 600 new shirts arrived this afternoon. basketball success does help enrollment. after 2009, the year the men's basketball team made its last final four appearance, there was a jump in applications in 2010 to 14,362. and the university says the last three years have been record breaking for applications with more than 17,000 in this past admission cycle, prospective students tell us national attention on the team is an influential factor. >> funny because they have the accepted students facebook page and after the kansas game there were so many people like i'm committed, i'm committed.

so i mean it's a great time to be on campus. it's exciting. >> that excitement for nova nation is only growing as we get closer to saturday. we have our own team at the final four. you saw keith. we also have matt delucia there, they are going to have live reports from houston and comcast sportsnet john clark live coming up in sports in about 20 minutes. then tomorrow make sure you tune in to our special, villanova march to victory, live from houston. we'll have keys to the game, players to watch and we'll get the flavor of houston. so much excitement for the game. we extended the show, it is now one hour long. march to villanova, march to victory airs tomorrow at 7:00. the north carolina tar heels weren't the only winners last week at the wells fargo center. the ncaa tournament brought in big business for philadelphia. with a record number of hotel reservations, center city hotels were at 95% occupancy, the basketball regional final and

the volley ball tournament brought more than 30,000 people and $40 million to the area. amtrak is expanding its wi-fi on several long distance trains, the free service is called amtrak connect and will now give 90% of customers access on board amtrak will focus on replacing its original outdated equipment with more updated technology. from the doctor's office to the courtroom, what police say they found in a local pediatrician's home that has he and his wife -- him and his wife facing charges. >> today's dry and very warm weather is going to be short-lived. i'm tracking april showers and thunderstorms and cold blast this weekend. >> plus, the new stores coming to suburban square, less than two weeks after macy's closed its doors. >> go nova, march to victory.

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>> you? stores coming to suburban square. it will take over the denim habit space, a couple weeks after macy's closed. the landlord also expects to announce smaller retailers. a bucks county pediatrician is facing charges this evening

after police say they found a large marijuana business growing in his home. investigators believe the doctor and his wife were growing the drugs, then selling them. but the couple's attorneys gave their side of the story. and deanna durante was there when the couple was in court. deanna. >> reporter: a brief court appearance. what they were here for didn't happen, a preliminarying got continued because the prosecution said it was waiting on lab results on what was confiscated and the defense says without that lab testing no one can be sure what it was police took. dr. jan widerman and his wife arrived for court. he refuses to talk to us. police say the discovery was made in his home in bucks county last month when they say that they responded to a car fire that spread to the garage. inside a locked room near the garage police found 40 marijuana plants packaging material and a safe with more than $16,000

inside. >> they are alleging possession with intent to deliver. >> i'm alleging neither. >> the defense attorney says so far no one can prove what was inside that house because lab testing on the materials was not presented today in court. >> the evidence seized is being tested. >> we asked around the neighborhood, one told us he doesn't care what happened in the house and at least one supporter showed up to see hum at court today. >> what he did to help his wife. we think that the laws should be changed. we think that medical marijuana should be absolutely legal and we think that this is unconscionable to put someone in the jail because he was trying to cure his wife and help his wife feel better. >> the defense gave no explanation for what they found. he is a licensed pediatrician with an office in northeast philadelphia. he wasn't there today, the staff said it was open. >> this doctor dedicated his life to the service and the healing of others, he is a decent human being. he does not deserve this. >> now according to the criminal complaint police say they found

those marijuana plants and a grow facility, prosecutors told me they believe based on the number of the plants it was a large grow facility, and the district attorney prosecuting this case reminds you that having marijuana, possessing it in pennsylvania, is illegal. reporting live, deanna durante, "nbc 10 news." today was an appropriate day to end one of the warmest marches in recorded history of philadelphia. warm and windy and we're going to have another one tomorrow. friday thunderstorms added to the warmth. and then some cold weather coming at the beginning of april. as we go into sunday. the flag still blowing, it was w blowing from different direction. 15 gusts to 25, the temperature is 72 degrees. 14 degrees warmer than it was at

this time yesterday. it's near 70 throughout the area. with the exception of the poconos and also the areas affected by the water. millville and atlantic city, the southerly winds, yeah, that prevents the temperature from getting up there. and it's going to be a really warm night, temperatures holding fairly steady through the 60s. all night. until it's not going to take much to get to the upper 70s tomorrow. when we're starting that warmth. it's cooler yesterday and we jumped up 1 fuf degrees today. we're going to jump up tomorrow and then the plunge comes, cooler saturday, much colder sunday and wind on top of that on sunday. speaking of wind, there's the southerly wind. the wind gusts 25 to 30 miles an hour. not quite as strong as they were an hour or two ago. we're seeing peeks of sunshine in here after the clouds came in during the afternoon. these light showers in central pennsylvania really falling apart. this is in ohio and indiana,

that is what's going to be affecting us during the day tomorrow with the showers and storms. now of course we'll be warm all night tonight. not going to need a coat tomorrow. at any time. there's some showers, though, around for the warning rush. and then later on during the day we may see some thunderstorms. those areas of red indicate some locally heavy rain and thunderstorms, and then we start to dry out friday night. but not the whole area. because look what happens. we got more moisture coming back up from the south, and especially in delaware and south jersey, could be lingering moisture saturday. mild and windy tonight, a chance of a late shower, 62 for the low which is not very low. during the day tomorrow, we've got showers and storms, it's not an all day thing but it sure is going to be warm all day. upper 70s, some places could touch 80, and gusting to 35 miles an hour. now, saturday the showers especially in delaware and south jersey, even in the philadelphia

area there could be some rain in the morning. windy, gusts over 40 miles an hour sunday, and then monday we got some showers, tuesday may be cold enough for snow showers. >> well, it is 90 degrees here in houston, hurricane, i'm john clark, villanova prepares for the final four in a football stadium. we'll hear from the cats on the hype.

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hey, i'm john clark live in houston, texas for the final four, villanova is preparing for

oklahoma, and the hype. they are going to have a practice tomorrow with 30 to 40,000 fans watching, play in a football stadium saturday night, 77,000 plus. and they have been dreaming about this moment since they were young kids. >> it's something you dream about since you're a little kid. to be in it is crazy. but we just got to work. when we lost i wouldn't watch, so to be here and able to playen the game it's awesome. >> ryan arcidiacono said it really hit him that he is at the final four when he walked in his locker room and saw his face in it. >> walk in here, there are so many pictures of us and villanova it's just surreal. you don't know what to think about it. you can't get caught up in that stuff. once you got on the floor it was pretty awesome. >> the difference between '09 and this year in terms of how they treat the players, how they set everything up, it's already significantly more hype than it was in '09.

and so, we started to explain to them last night. this is the beginning. we got to take it in but remain hungry and humble. >> reporter: they were sent home early the last two tournaments making the final four now makes it sweeter. >> we've been through the struggles, my freshman year, even through this year it's been inconsistent. we've had our battles in practice with coach, with each other and it hasn't been pretty but to have an end result like this, have an opportunity to win a national championship if we are able to win on saturday is something everyone would dream up. >> everybody has to hold each other accountable. just bass we're playing on the biggest stage doesn't mean playing villanova basketball goes out the window. we have to do the things that got us here. >> reporter: so, villanova will try to advance to the national championship game for a third time in school history. you know the 1985 team won it all. the only title. the '71 team, guess where they

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♪ >> yes, singer sir elton john and his band are coming to town. a stop in allentown for a concert featuring hits along with tracks from his latest album as well. eten john will perform for the first time at ppl center on september 27, tickets go on sale a week from tomorrow. did he have a song named hurricane? >> i don't think so. >> we don't have any kind of weather like that. we have a lot of wind. not quite hurricane force but i'm telling you, sunday is going to be a windy day with gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour. tomorrow's going to be windy. warm wind with thunderstorms.

then we've got the big changes. >> almost texas weather. hillary clinton loses her temper today. what caused this flash of anger caught on camera. tornado outbreak. tearing across the south, new warnings tonight for 34 million in the path. secret tape scandal engulfing alabama's governor refusing to resign under threats of impeachment amid allegations of affair with a top aide. and fighting for equal pay. american 0 soccer stars launch a turf war over wages. why are they paid four times less t