>> we've never made atlantic city a destination city. saturday you have hotels and everything else is poor and seedy. a lot of people don't want to spend anytime when they get out of that situation. if you're going to gamble, you can go nirl to gamble. -- any place to gamble. put in something that's family friendly. put a roller coaster in it, make something that attractions the institution. >> so many families have tradition where they go, if you go to long beach island or cape may, could you do something to reroute something to atlantic city. le. >> i think nelson is spot on, if you make it more than a gambling destination, restaurant and food and other activities as vegas has done, 30 to 35% of vegas' revenues come from gambling. in atlantic city, it used to be 71 now it's 71% coming from gambling. you have injection additional diversity of reasons why you want to go to atlantic city, it doesn't have to be a family destination, but it can be a live entertainment destination, fantastic place for food and retail. if you took the vegas m

the fact of the matter is that atlantic city is no longer afamily destination. and unless they -- it's beyond what a mayor can do. the problem transsends what an individual, chief executive of a city can do. it's now a much bigger task and much bigger problem that will take a concerted effort and. >> state? >> and the competition -- look, in pennsylvania, gaming revenues are now down. right? 2.6% in our state and pennsylvania is talking about on-line gaming. they don't call it internet gaming. i don't know why. they call it on-line -- i'm joking. on-line gaming in new jersey. on-line gaming as i understand it is just for new jerseyites. still defraction traction and takes money away. how much we don't know and they don't say but ultimately gaming is not answer to healthy economy. >> here's what i can't figure out, if -- let's put it this way. you have a city in the middle of a sderlt and you have a city on the beach. and both have gaming. which one will you put your money on? the city next to the beach. because it has asset. city in the dessert is in a dessert. h

"eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan has more. >> reporter: it just over a week atlantic city will host free beach concert with two country music's biggest star blake shelf even, and lady antbellam. >> i got tickets, yeah. >> reporter: fans were freaking out in center city philadelphia yesterday as free do ac pro nation team handed out tickets. >> some country, rock and rel role fun, summertime, yes. >> we are letting everyone know atlantic city ace live and kick. nineteen concerts. free on the beach. beach is free there. boardwalk is always free. >> reporter: with as many as four casinos finally closing this year atlantic itself. the concert may give visitors a new perspective on the city. >> spend a lot of time and money on our boardwalk, beaches, on our landscaping, on our paving and lights and things. come back and kick tires. you will be happy what you see. >> reporter: atlantic city mayor don guardian and state lawmakers talk about the pro shop to talk about atlantic city's future. senate president steve sweeney plans to call a meeting in the next six weeks with business

but atlantic city is a drive-in market.rtunity to build things up to people want to be there for two or three days, but people are staying in philadelphia to gamble. they are saying in maryland if they are from maryland, to gamble. so that drive-in component has been decimated. because why would they drive 60 miles to atlantic city to philadelphia, when you have sugar house down the street 20 '10 minutes from your house. >> is there an obvious solution? is there a market atlantic city can target? is there some solution? is there something on the table that can help revive atlantic city? >> city officials like the major envision creating a beach resort, where you have more things to do with the family, nightclubs, entertainment, lots of beach concerts. but here is the problem, three months out of the year they make a lot of money, but what do you do in the winter? and that's where atlantic city is having a very difficult time competing with the warm-climate places you can go, including las vegas in the wintertiwintertime. an

once touted as vegas by the sea, atlantic city seems to be going bust. and where does the city go from here? a reporter for the daily news, he covers atlantic city, and he joins us from philadelphia. chuck, this is not -- atlantic city is a big deal. and what has happened? >> well, what happened is two words, it's called convenient gaming, and simply what that means, the example that i always use to illustrate what happened in atlantic city. up from 1978 to 2006, grandpa and grandma, who lived in northeast philadelphia, which is an hour and a half plus ride to and from atlantic city, they have their favorite slot machine, and they would go down there once or twice a month, ride the buses and play the slot machine and go home and come back the next week. and what happened was, pennsylvania, specifically southeastern pennsylvania, the philadelphia region, got a handful of casinos, four or five, and for instance, now grandma and grandpa, who don't care about celebrity chef restaurants, and 24-hour spa treatments, and kanye west and jay-z concerts, that you c

it's what atlantic city has done for 106 years.hat's exactly what we're building now. >> reporter: the free show is a side of ac many say they're excited to do. like the mayor, they believe more of this could help boost the economy and stop another casino from cashing out. >> i think this is great because i think this is getting people that don't want to just come and gamble there's something else to do here like go to concert and be on the beach. >> reporter: all right. shelton expected to take the stage in about 30, 35 minutes from now. he's expected to play for about 90 minutes. atlantic city is going to continue to try to get positive momentum out of these free concerts on sunday another big act, lady antebellum will be here at 6:00 o'clock sunday evening on the beach in atlantic city. they're hoping to get more people to continue to come out and boost up this economy. back to you. >> all right. >> they're excited lined him. >> they're excited. >> it's a sickness that is rarely fatal but still makes lot of people nervous. >> no

"eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is live in atlantic city with the very latest. matt. >> reporter: natasha, and with nothing but more bad news coming out of atlantic city the 2014 is shaping up to be one of the worst years in the resort town's history. if the trump plaza shuts its doors it could take the jobs of over 1,000 casino employees with it. owners of the atlantic city staple tell the associated press that though no final decision has been made yet, they are expecting to close their doors by september 16th. the trump plaza has been one of the boardwalk's worst performing casinos for some time now opened in 1984, its owners have been trying to sell it for years. it took in less than $73 million in gambling revenue last year but enough for last place among all the casinos in ac and this year's revenues are already down 27 percent. the trump plaza hardly stands alone in its trucks. the atlantic club closed earlier this year, the showboat will be closing by august 31st and revel can follow shortly if it's unable to find a buyer. that means one in four casino w

it will be a devastating impact on atlantic city. we are looking at a quarter of its, of the casino employees leaving town. >> reporter: this news follows the the closure of the atlantic club casino, show boat announced its plans to close on august 31st and now trump plaza says its stores will be closed by september september 16th. revel filed for bankruptcy last in for the second time in a year, and could close if it does not find someone to buy the luxury casino. the gaming expert that we talk to predicts that at least one or two more casinos will close before the markets, leveled off, kerry and dawn. >> not a good situation there at all. >> thanks, jen. >>> comedian tracie morgan was released from a rehab hospital over the weekend. he was seriously injured, in a deadly crash, on the new jersey turnpike, this was back in june. this latest news comes just days after he filed a lawsuit begins wal-mart alleging that the contact was negligent when ate loud truck driver kevin rope tore get behind the wheel, despite being awake for 24 hou

morgan brennan halls more. >> reporter: once the east coast schemeing mecca, atlantic city has fallen on hard times. >> it's a scene of a lot of changes. i have seen a lot less people come down here. >> reporter: by the end of summer, the seaside city could have 25% fewer casinos than it started the year with. as the showboat gets ready to close next month and the rebel heads to auction, in bankruptcy for the second time in two years. >> five years ago that monopoly ended. we didn't act quick enough to realize we needed to invent ourselves. there 23450edz to be a transition period and having a lot more venue itself and activities to give people reason to come to atlantic city. >> reporter: atlantic city's main source of income, gaming revenue, has tumbled 45% since 2006 as states that once provided atlantic city's gambleers now compete for them. pennsylvania now claims the most casinos in the region and new projects are slated or opening in others like new york and maryland. experts say this is a part of a larger industry trend, casino saturation. in 1988, only two u.s. states actuall

look at what is happening in atlantic city. >> reporter: four casinos could be shutting down for that very reason. here in philadelphia four developers are vying to open up cities second casino. >> when i think bit, i don't understand how numbers would pencil out for second casino. >> reporter: ceo greg carlen says expansion's non-gaming focus will add protection from market pressure. >> if lou at expansion itself we are not adding a ton of gaming. key toys find a great customers experience. >> reporter: states gaming commission is deciding on a second license for possible second casino here in philadelphia, meanwhile, the expansion is set to be completed here at sugar house sometimes in 2015. in fishtown, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, keeping philadelphia clean and green. still to come here on "eyewitness news" credit this may look like a regular parking lot and could impact our environment. >>> also ahead you cannot go to the boardwalk without getting boardwalk food. i'm syma chowdhry. i'm telling but a list that ranked boardwalk food across the nation. i

low 80s right now in atlantic city.ooking pretty good for that blake shelton concert later on tonight. 78 right now in allentown. we're looking at 79 currently in lancaster. 74 in the pocono mountains. so as we talk about the forecast there could be isolated shower north and west. 80 degrees by 7:00 o'clock. mid 70s by 9:00. low 70s by 11:00 and that humidity will start to be on the increase. spotty shower right now north and west but coming up, we'll talk about some tropical moisture brewing to our south iain and lucy and it will impact the weekend. >> a lot to talk about. talk to you then scott. >> as the weather changes check in my myfoxphilly.com. click the weather tab at the top of the home page to watch the rain move in with life radar images. >> happening now, tens of thousands of people packing the beach in atlantic city. country music star blake shelton is about to rock out with a free beach side concert. it gets underway in just about an hour from now. some 60,000 fans have tickets for the free concert but eve

, atlantic city had 12 casinos, and by the end of the summer, it could have just eight as the mecca gambling city is down on its luck. >> the fourth atlantic city casino revealed that it will shut down this year. the trump plaza will close it's doors by the end of september. >> my daughters take me here for my birthday. and i'm very disappointed. >> the atlantic will close in january, and showboat in august, and revel is in bankruptcy court. that means 1/3 are closing, leaving up to 8,000 people without jobs. >> this is going to be a very difficult time in atlantic city for employees losing their jobs, but the properties closing are not totally unexpected. >> atlantic city has been trying to shift away from gambling, but the big casinos are having a hard time. even donald trump slimmed down to a 10% stake. and he said many mistakes were made by government, tremendous mistakes, including no reinvestment in towns, and they would put them in investments that had nothing to do with atlantic city. legalized casino gambling, for years, it was the only place to go, and now analysts say that the bus

if you head to concert in atlantic city we can see volume headed to the shore today and this afternoon. if you use the ben franklin out of september are city they have to right lanes blocked with construction. schuylkill express we a live look good morning to downtown philly in the background, spring barred garden street. uneven pavement spring garden and 30th. part of that milling and paving operation on the way. atlantic city expressway towards philadelphia watch for construction. right near the freeway until about 5:00 and again with that big concert on the beach we'll see a lot of unusual volume heading towards the shore towns and later on today and into the evening rush hour and late tonight that exodd us coming back all the way into philadelphia. unless we stay at yuki's sure house. >> what? >> is the key still under the matt, ukeee's shore house. >> when did that happen. >> i have to work on that idea. >> yeah i think he'll have to buy a house first. >> yeah right. >> oh, man i'm surprised we deposit have a line of people waiting to go down to the, where were you trying to send

wildwood, atlantic city and ocean city are in the new list have best boardwalk food. >> rehoboth beach in delaware made the cut as well. syma chowdhry show you what is on the menu. >> reporter: shore means sun sand and, of course, food. it is in surprise that seven shore towns in new jersey ranked high on a national list for top boardwalk food. web site call the daily meal ranked ocean city 15th. >> we like everything stake sandwiches sausage obviously custard. >> reporter: there are popular spots for goodies in ocean city. >> salt water taffy is key component to your jersey shore travel. >> reporter: pizza is another stapel boardwalk food. you have been working your way through different shops on the boardwalk. >> that is right. >> reporter: delicious fried food. >> funnel cake vice popular and fried food report report water ice and frozen ohio court cool off like these kid but mom isn't worried about the sugar overload. >> one day is okay. run it off on the beach. >> reporter: four boardwalks in our area made the cut including atlantic city which came in fourth. >> only number four.

♪ >> breaking at 11:00 o'clock tonight, news that a struggling atlantic city does not need.here is talk tonight another cass zen know could be headed foreclosure. >>> good evening, i'm chris may. >> i'm jessica dean. >> there's talk on the boardwalk the trump plaza hotel and kaseen 93 may shut down. high witness news reporter todd quinones is live in atlantic city with the details. todd? >> reporter: jessica, right now, we are still waiting to hear back directly from officials here at trump plaza to confirm what in fact worry hearing tonight is that we're being told that notices to employees may be sent out as early as monday. >> i've been back and forth between being depressed and angry all day. >> reporter: new jersey state senator and former atlantic city mayor jim whelan tells me credible sources are telling him come september, unless a buyer steps in or if there's some kind of dramatic financial change, trump plaza will be shutting down and laying off roughly 1,000 employees. >> i'd love to stand here and tell people particularly the employees don't worry, we'll fight,

it was a miserable morning in atlantic city along the beaches. show the action cam the waves crashing on the shoreline there. many are heading to the jersey shore for the holiday weekend. instead they were stuck inside this morning. we are heading over to the big board david murphy, the latest from accuweather. it's not going to look like that all day right david? >>reporter:no, it's not. they didn't cancel their plans. we are excepting improvement this afternoon. now at the noon how are things are going according to schedule. the rain, the heaviest of it is off the coast. the last of the rain along the jersey shore is beginning to break up and beginning to be not as much of an issue. it could hang in for another hour or more. you can see it push away from us. philadelphia is in the process of drying out. obviously, big time improvement. the wide view with satellite, i'll point out the back edge of the cloud cover chasing the storm away is getting close to battle. places like gettysburg to our west and harrisburg sees sunshine returning. it's thi

atlantic city at the airport, 70 on the boards, 72. ocean city, 73. sea isle city and avalon, 72. cape may, 74. ocean temperature off the coast of cape may, that's refreshing. 74. delaware bay, temperature of the water, 79 and off the coast of atlantic city, 67. depending on where you are, the temperature of the water is extremely warm or chilly. 81 degrees that's what the forecast model has in philadelphia. look at atlantic city with that onshore wind. the numbers will top out around 76 or 77 and then pull back later this afternoon. same thing with wildwood and lakehurst. everywhere from sandy hook to cape may, you'll see that sea breeze developing. so, forecast for today, the you're in the city, mostly cloudy, 8 the degrees is the forecasted high, normally it should be 87. it's should be a nice comfortable day. jersey shore, 76, 77 a lot of high clouds, the poconos comfortable 75 degrees, also dealing with a lot of the high clouds, tomorrow it's better, we start out with clouds, maybe a brief sprinkle in the morning for the jersey shore and we'll see an increase in sunshine as t

here in atlantic city, they are rescheduled for sunday night. live in atlantic city, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> you can dramatic arthur at path with our -- you can track arthur's path with our storm tracker 6 live app and audio alerts and weather warnings. >> gunfire on a philadelphia street leaves one man dead and another hospitalized. it happened in the frankford section. both men ages 25 were shot at 10:00 p.m. one died from his wounds, the other is in stable condition. several cars were damaged by the gunfire, police are searching for suspects and a motive for the shooting. >>> a boat fire in egg harbor township was so intensity melted the siding on two homes. flames erupted at 5:00 p.m. it is unclear how it started, but nobody was hurt. >>> it is 5:06. the wawa welcome america celebrations, some high notes last night. >>> the philly potassium were forced to -- philly pops were forced to perform inside the kimmel center at independence hall due to the storm. the show went on with the patriotic atmosphere still intact inside. joi

the atlantic city police department is holding its first ever junior police academy.the students are attending lectures, getting physical training and learning about fingerprinting and crime scene processing. >>> a montgomery county man accused of stealing from four wedding receptions has been sentenced. joseph franzone jr. will spend four to eight years in prison. he pleaded guilty in march to stealing thousands of dollars in wedding gifts. he hit receptions in upper providence and lower gowynette. >>> both directions are very clear right now.ç we've been lucky this morning. no accidents to report, no significant delays just yet. we'll take the clear roads while we have them. first, let's head outside to a hot and hazy view of society hill towers. i don't think it will be gettin at thihour. 73 for on ribo h o >> h m b houy'een morning lon nth unitactth >>> i'm feet ahide lives e and thafte the cadillac summer collection is here. ♪ ♪ during the cadillac summer's best event, lease this 2014 srx for around $329 a month or purchase with 0% apr and make this the summer o

. >>> is trump plaza in atlantic city cashing in? what workers are looking out for today. >>> and a body falls out of the coroner's van what one passerby thought was really happening? it is the interview you will see only on fox 29. >>> it is the big fast bird verse the scared cat. role reversal coming up in the trend. >> that is so cute, look at that. >> just a have 5:00 o'clock, good monday morning, july 14th, 2014, glad to have you with us on this muggy monday. >> if you are waking up brace yourself when you step outside, sue. >> you will want to have the rain gear with you because we are in the situation where we can see a shower, popping up, at anytime. a couple unsettled weather days to start your workweek but it will end much better than it began. today's number is a mere four today, yeah, temperatures are warm and rain won't be constant but very humid today, mostly cloudy, limited sunshine and scattered showers and thunderstorms. some of them later on could be strong to severe. that is why we have a flash flood watch in effec

. >>> new at 5:30 a new direction for atlantic city.officials are pointing to two concerts on the beach as proof of how the town is trying to lure visitors as gaming faulters. "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live on the beach with more now, cleve. >> reporter: chris, a summer with more lows than highs for atlantic city but two concerts that will flood this area with beach goers, concert goers are intended to show off atlantic city's first and biggest attraction: the beach. in just over a week atlantic city will host free beach concert with to of country music's biggest stars blake shelf even, and lady antbell antbellam. >> fans were freaking out in center city philadelphia on wednesday as do ac promotion team handed out free tickets. >> some country, rock and roll, summertime, yes. >> we are doing that to let everyone know atlantic city ace live and kicking. there are 19 concerts in the summer three, on the beach. beach is always free there. boardwalk is always free. >> reporter: with as many as four casinos possib

wildwood, atlantic city and ocean city all make a new list of having best boardwalk food around. by the way rehoboth beach in delaware also made the cut. syma chowdhry shows you what is on the menu. >> reporter: the shore means sun, sand and, of course, the food, so it is in surprise that seven shore towns in new jersey ranked high on a national list for top boardwalk food. web site call the daily meal rang ocean city 15th. >> we like everything stake sandwiches sausage custard. >> reporter: there are popular spots for goodies in ocean city. >> salt water taffy is key component to your new jersey shore travel. >> reporter: pizza is another stapel boardwalk food. >> you can actually been working your way through different pizza shops on the boardwalk. >> that is right. >> reporter: don't forget delicious fried food. >> funnel cake is very popular and. >> reporter: water ice or frozen ohio court cool off like these kids but mom isn't worried about the sugar overload. >> one day is okay. >> reporter: run it off on the beach. >> yeah. >> reporter: four boardwalks made the area includ

we're live in atlantic city, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." matt. >> all right, eva, we'll check in with you later. >> reporter: stay on top of arthur's impact w 6abc news app. we have posted five things to know about rip currents as we've been talking about, it's a risk this weekend at the jersey shore. as always stay on top of the weather all the time with the accuweather and storm tracker 6 live app, the 6abc news app, get them all, download them for your android devices. >>> severe thunderstorms rumbled through our area last night. trees came crashing down on cars in places. a flood watch remains in effect, even though it may not be raining several waterways continue to rise. >>> here's brand new video showing wires coming down in philadelphia, sparking and arcing in the street. this happened overnight storms that rendered in gifford street in assortment -- somerton section. peco has 63,000 without power. delmarva is reporting 3600 customers without electricity, and pse and g, and atlantic city electric report scattered outage also. the fo

seventy-five atlantic city. sixty-seven mount pocono. dew point close to 07 degrees. not too much of a breeze. here's what we can expect this week. we are looking at clouds, fog muggy, scattered showers and thunderstorms, afternoon and evening storms tomorrow and then relief wednesday through friday as dry air moves in. hi kacie, happy monday. >> happy monday sue serio. happen think construction is finally cleared out of the way today. southbound side of 202 off ramp to 29 was closed until july 14th. out of your way in malvern. looking at your majors 55 out there, no huge slow downs this morning, so looking for some incidents, i have not found any just yet. >>> thank you. 4:03. hazmat crews investigating a mysterious odor in montgomery county. more than a hundred homes have been evacuated in skippack. steve keeley is live on the scene with the very latest, steve. >> reporter: well, it is very dark out here and very quiet because all of the town homes and condos have been evacuated. even though you see their cars

we have 64 in atlantic city. 10 miles inland where the official temperature is taken, 64 degrees, down in wildwood, right at beach. sixty-six millville. p-1 in philadelphia we have 66 degrees in allentown and 61 the coolest spot up in the poconos, and it is 63 in quakertown. comfortable morning out there dew points are not that bad meaning humidity is not all that bad. a few clouds. they are off to the west. they do want to make their way to the east and they're in the as big of a deal as they may look here. if you see a couple of clouds they are still not doing too much to block the sun. high pressure is here today. temperatures will be reaching the upper 80's just as they did yesterday, yesterday we were at 89 degrees. we will be right about that same level today, lots of sunshine. tomorrow, we will get some sunshine, once again probably a few more clouds, and then by the time this front starts to get even closer, we will be watching for the air mass to get a little bit more agitated and monday and tuesday at t

maybe 77 or 78 in atlantic city. forecast for the rest of the afternoon in the city itself, philadelphia, mostly sunny, 86. breezy sunshine for the jersey shore. comfortable 82 degrees and pleasant and sunny for the poconos high of 78 degrees, today looks good, tomorrow is when heat wave number two begins or the potential for heat wave number two. hot and humid, breezy high of 94 degrees, of course, the humidity will make it feel worse than that. when we come back in just a few minutes we'll talk about the heat and humidity on the way and i will have the extended accuweather forecast. >> a southwest philadelphia community is calling for donations to help dozens of people burned out of their homes in a tragic fire. four young children were killed in the blaze. amy buckman is live outside christ international baptist church where donations are being accepted to help the fire. >> the chump service is -- church service is going on right now and they are praying for members of the comient. the church is on -- praying for

happening now, another casino may be cashing out in atlantic city. trump plaza may be the next one to go. a devastating below to ac's crumbling casino industry. a notice is expected to be sent out on monday alerting about 1,000 employees. fox 29's drew dickman spoke with a expert all about it. live outside the trump plaza there tonight. >> reporter: joyce, this would be the third announcement this summer that could mean that casino would be closing in atlantic city and the fourth for the year if the trump plaza does indeed close in september as we have heard. the gaming expert said that saturation is a problem with casinos nationwide but it's hit hitting atlantic city especially hard. seven years ago we had over $5 billion in gross gaming revenue in atlantic city. today we have just about half of that. >>> roger gross kept his finger to the pulse of casinos for more than three decades publisher of global gaming business magazine says it might not be the end of tough times in atlantic city. >> do the math where you had 12 casinos back then and half th

atlantic city, 53, cape may, wilmington, 57, philadelphia, 62 degrees. we have rebounded into the 70s, and 80s today. philadelphia so far 80. right now at 78, the same in trenton, 76 in millville, 80 degrees right now in atlantic city, at the airport. you can see the west state college 70, buffalo, new york in the 60s, cool tonight, but not quite as cool. now this evening, temperatures will be cooling down, through the 70s, by 9:00, clear, 74, 11:00 p.m., few clouds, 70 degrees. we have some showers coming our way, coming up, we'll talk more about those, and also, a spoiler coming our way. i'll have that with the seven day late another broadcast. >> kathy, thanks. >>> it is almost show time in atlantic city. crews there getting ready for two free concerts on the beach. >> tomorrow the country mega-star blake shelton will perform. "eyewitness news" reporter noel mcclaren live for us on the board walk with more on the preparations there, noel? >> reporter: chris, jessica, this is the busiest we've seen this boardwalk in weeks, actually, and as crews set th

todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, closure of trump plaza is not a certainty but atlantic city trouble extend beyond that hotel. the atlantic club casino closed its doors in club. tropicana and caesars teamed up to buy it and then shut it down. show boat casino was set to close august 31st and revel is in bankruptcy for the second time. its future is up in the air. at it peak in 2006 gambling revenue totaled $5.2 billion. the last year revenue was half that amount, only $2.86 billion. >>> well, now to the latest in the rising tensions in the middle east, palestinian officials claim hundreds of israeli air strikes have kill at least 100 people and wounded 600 others. israel accused the palestinians of launching no fewer than 500 rockets from fast adjust this week. now that resulted in several injuries but no deaths. despite international calls for a cease-fire there appears to be no end in sight to military operations against those militants in the gaza strip. >>> well from around the the world to right here in philadelphia, the conflict is cause for concern. demonstrators ralli

with their fellow participants, and they're going to enjoy the rest of the evening at a public in atlantic cityin center city, syma chowdhry, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> thank you, syma, such a great cause. now, a young woman in california is killed in a tragic accident. but it is what her mother and father finds in her bag that is helping them cope. cbs correspondent steve hartman, has this story, as they celebrate their daughter's life in a very special way. >> along base road in chico, california, there is a memorial to a young college student killed on her bike by an alleged drunk driver. christina chesterman just two; going to be a nurse, but she had a lot of other dreams that no one really new about, until a few months ago. when her mom and dad went to clean out her old apartment. >> i opened up a drawer, and i found just make up bag. >> sandra said there was no make up. instead, in that zipper compartment, she found a single sheet of notebook paper. christina's bucket list. >> i mean, what kid writes a bucket list? there is not many. >> christina probably wrote it in high school. >> ca

. >> pelley: atlantic city is known for >> pelley: atlantic city is known for its monopoly on casino gambling in new jersey, and through the street names it lent e the game monopoly, but a.c. is losing the real life game. the trump plaza casino told doployees it's shutting down in september. michelle miller said trump is one latest player on the boardwalk to fold. >> first, the atlantic club, then in june, caesar's entertainment announced it's shutting the showboat. and rebel, the two year mega casino, which never turned a profit, is filing for bankruptcy. now, the trump plaza. together, those casinos make up more than 6,000 jobs, 20% of the llrkforce. shlanie gillespie is a cocktail waitress at the showboat for 18 years. she's already been warned she could be laid off by the end of august. >> if that happens, what do you do? to well, i have to do something. i have a daughter to raise and, you know, we need health benefits, so i'm willing to do whatever i have to to make sure my family stays afloat. >> reporter: don guardian is atlantic city's mayor. over the course of seven months,

who ripped off ceasar's casino in atlantic city? >> like one of the oceans, 11, 12, 13. steve keeley live in atlantic sit which details. so what's going on? how did these guys make off with this much cash? >> reporter: well, that is the number one question, we do not have that answer yet. you got to wonder do state police feel they are any closer to gets the answer themselves? here we are, 25 hours, and still nothing put out publicly yet by new jersey state police on this. maybe because they've got enough surveillance video from ceasar's, information, or even identities, and don't think they need the public's help. or don't need it just yet. normally police always like to have all eyes possible on the look-out for nip get away vehicle, or criminals caught on video, someone may recognize an aid getting them caught by police. but police told me last night, to expect, some news release this morning. and they were for sure busy last night, getting the details from the casino workers, and any surveillance, at what happened and how it happened. what we did learn came from a bul

atlantic city where the concert is going on tonight blake shelton down there in atlantic city.packed since 11:30 this morning watching this camera, pact rye now, as things get underway, there and they're enjoying a lot of sunshine, kathy will shows us conditions down the shore in just couple every minutes, as well. quick look at storm scan3 showing, a few showers that have popped well off to the north and west, now southern lehigh county. that's about all we're seeing. south of allentown here, traveling, perhaps on 29 there, or even if you are on 476, turnpike, you may be traveling through a stray shower out there tonight. but that's about it, most of the region is quiet. at least for now. unfortunately, that's going to change. take a look at temperatures, feeling pretty comfortable close to normal for late july day. last day of the month, eight an at the airport, 84 wilmington, little cooler in our north and west suburbs where temperatures are in the upper 70s. dew points have been rising as well. little more moisture content in the air now and through the rest. week, dew poin

it would be the third of 12 atlantic city casinos to shut down this year.t's a tough pill to swallow for employees. >> it will be worse because nobody will be hiring. >> reporter: atlantic city, once the mecca of glitz and glamour. immortalized in films like "american hustle" and shows like "boardwalk empire" now falling on hard times. it's pulling in just half of what it did from casinos seven years ago. sin city is feeling the pinch too, with reportedly 1.3 billion in net losses in last year alone. online gambling and local casinos changing the game. >> casinos are closing now in atlantic city because there's much more competition from surrounding states like pennsylvania, new york and maryland. >> reporter: leaving atlantic city desperately hoping for a lucky break. ryan smith, abc news, new york. >>> and now to indiana and a deadly accident involving a greyhound bus and a stolen car. police say the car was traveling the wrong way when it slammed into the bus. the driver of that car killed. and 20 people on the bus were injured. the bus was traveling fro

lit up the atlantic city skyline, but the official show was disappointing to many. >> we didn't know. including this family pro drove here from -- who drove here from paramus. >> i'm making the best of it, because the rain stopped and it is nice outside. >> reporter: most jersey shore towns postponed fireworks in anticipating of hurricane arthur. he started our nation's holiday with downpours up and down the shore forcing families to find indoor fun and left the lifeguards on the offense. >> it's a dangerous surf. once it breaks and comes in it wants to run back out. >> the waves are high and big and kind of dangerous. >> reporter: with the rough sea came a beautiful end to the holiday and did not take away for why families trafficked here to celebrate in the first place. >> i love it, nothing greater than america. >> reporter: for the full list of the fireworks display head to 6abc.com. reporting in atlantic city, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> happening today the celebration of patriotism continues in delaware county. the marpal newton -- marpal to newtown parade begin

northeast philly is in the clear at 73 but the rain is coming down in atlantic city with temperaturesthe 70s. brace in the clouds, this is the view from nbc 10 looking over center city. clouds that are dry for now. but this afternoon, that will likely change. radar shows no showers in the city but look to the south and the st. millville getting some rain, moving through the atlantic city area. now cape may county is getting me showers. they've been stretching across delaware as well. central and southern delaware. this afternoon, doesn't look like much here. these showers and thunderstorms will be firing up again and the potential for gusty winds will be with us, especially in delaware and south jersey. 83 degrees by 10:00 this morning with clouds returning in philadelphia. will be in the middle 80s with a chance of showers at noontime to the south and east. then north and west we'll see the shower activity this afternoon. that:0 showers and temperatures well into the 80s later today. the forecast for today for the pocon it will be low 80s with a chance of showers, partly sunny skies.

. >>> there is a buyer for the revel casino in at atlantic city, that is the story coming up. >>> those stories and more are on the way but lets talk about the weather. storms rolled through last night and cooled things off, things are really nice today. >> nice and breezy still breezy. yes, breezy yesterday too but it was just so steamy outside. it is still muggy out there but we are starting to clear out. today is a transition to better day. >> better. >> transition goo worse, but now that the front is getting out of here but what i want to do is take you back in time and show you on storm scan three what went on yesterday. we were looking at yesterday at noon. we were on the air at talk philly nothing to find but as time progressed, sun was shining and steaming things up. look at these lightening strikes. we calculated thousands of lightening strikes, as those storms went through last night. here we stand at 4:00 he clock hour still lingering presip out there, no lightening strikes to be found but we're not completely out of the woods yet. it will be a matter of time but it is gettin

north of atlantic city, north of brigantine, actually, pushing through lbi and surf city and beach haven reporting drenching downpours. we're seeing cloudy to ground lightning strikes. storm tracker 6 live double scan all of this activity is pushed off the coast. we have couple of cells hugging the coastline from belmawr to cape may. as you can see 90% of the activity is out to sea. this will continue to push east. it's moving fairly rapidly at 20 to 25 miles per hour. notice behind there's not too much activity across the heart of the delaware valley. now, there's still that chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm during the morning hours. looks like the worst of it is pushing out to sea. surf city getting hit at this point. beach haven, heavy drenching downpours, and cape may, heavy downpours pushing out of avalon, stone harbor, sea isle city, everything is east of the garden state parkway. cape may and wildwood seeing drenching downpours and there's lighter stuff off to the west as we get into western portions of cape may county and cumberland county. fortescue reporting light rain

curtis, let's start with you on atlantic city. heard sheldon adelson say he created a model of hotels, entertainment, and gaming all in one. how come that did not blossom in a place like atlantic city? >> well, atlantic city was a resort for 100 years before it was a game in gaming to resurrect a town about 40 years ago and it has had a medium-size casino in the marketplace for the last 40 years. the scale of the town is an island and it was never able to build a huge mega-resort, but gaming has taken a hit because it has been encroached upon in every jurisdiction surrounding atlantic city. the monopoly atlantic city once enjoyed has been encroached upon and it has left a need for real innovation in the marketplace. click some of innovation includes putting more >>, thatment and -- innovation includes putting more entertainment, and essentially more activities for people, and i know some of your imax theaters are in these gaming complexes, aren't they? asked as a matter of fact we -- >> as a matter of fact we have an imax theater

one bill allows the company to own two casinos in atlantic city. other two is stopping the practice of casino companies selling properties to non-casino properties that some fear will happen to the show boat if a buyer comes forward it will be unconsciousnable if caesars refuses to accept the offer and chooses instead to further limit its competition. >> reporter: talks are escalating about putting a referendum on the ballot to expand gambling in north jersey. steve sweeney tells me he is only on board if revenue gets divert todd atlantic city. in atlantic city, i'm cleve bryan, cws3 "eyewitness news". >>> two young girls are expected to be okay after they were hit by a car a short time ago in philadelphia chopper three over seventh and lehigh, police tell us that the car, hit a septa bus, and then careened into several other vehicles, and then the girls. police suspect the driver of that car, was drunk. >>> police in bucks county are investigating a possible home invasion that ended with one man dead and two others injured. "eyewitness news" on th

and trying to sell atlantic city as being more than just a gaming destination. and that's what tonight's concert is all about. >> ♪ >> the music has started and so has the party on the beach. thousands of excited fans all day have been on the sands anticipating the blake shelton concert tonight. the free concert, which is sponsored by the casinos in atlantic city, has drawn a crowd of around 60,000 people, many fans started to show up at 10:00 this morning. >> so excited to be here, awesome. >> love this concerts i can't wait. owe would are -- i would love to go up on stage and sing with him. >> number every casinos looking at the possibility of having to shut down at the end of the season. thousands of casino employees are fashion g the possibility of also losing their jobs, but the marking arm of the casinos here, which help promote this concert, indicates the financial woes aren't that bad. >> honestly, i think one of the major obstacles we have the fact that the minute media portrayed atlantic city as dying, in reality, as you can see, we 95% occupied, our b

. >> pink slips are expected to go out to hundreds of casino workers in atlantic city today. we'll update you on the fate of the trump plaza coming up. >> violence continues in the middle east, in israel's defense into hamas stretches into another day. >> start in the just a bit. let's start with our forecast. talking steamy stormy? >> feels that way right now. >> oh, yes, definitely steamy. he know, erika, you said you got woken up because of the storms last night? >> sophie, did, too. >> actually looking at yet another day of stormy weather out there. you probably heard the rumors about this polar vortex style cold front, that's dropping in. true. there is going to be some much cooler air starting to settle in, back to the midwest, northern planes, for us, though, it is not so much a cool-down that waits in the wings, rather, just the stormy conditions that we are we'll finds out in advance of t now, we're had some storms in the last couple of hours, but there is also a batch out there right now of storm scan3, just southwest of our viewing area. so, if you have any kind of