. >>> thousands are expected to flock to atlantic city for grand opening of the new store. >> take a live look at the pro shop that opened up ten minutes ago. we will tell you why city leaders say they have ruled in more than just another store. >>> plus, helping rebuild lives, the important major milestone that these volunteers reached today. >>> kathy? >>> we're dry for now but not the for long more rain in the forecast, before some warmth really kicks in, and we will head in the weekend, we will have that coming up in the seven day. >>> it comes to an end tonight for sixthers what would a win against the heat do for their lottery chapses. will craig beruby be back next season as head coach. g in m ron hextall will tell us about that in sports. >>> a welcome to new jersey bass pro shops just opened up their first store in the state in atlantic city. >> local officials are hoping that this new store will be a big boost to their economy. "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter, cleve bryan is live in atlantic city at the grand opening. a lot of people there, cleve. >> reporter: well, c

. >> it is the end of atlantic city the way we know it. it's not a gaming community, a resort destination the best of atlantic city is yet to come, starts here, starts today -- >> eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >>> think about all you do in 24 hours and think about being in motion the entire time. that is what drives maggie gutrol, she is gearing up to represent the 2015, 24 hour running championships. they attempt to run as many as possible. maggie's goal is to run 150 miles and bring team usa home the gold, it's possible because of support here in the delaware valley. >> i wouldn't be going without the support from friends and family, and runners, runners who i have never met. >> now just 8 years later she is running for team usa on the world stage they take place in italy on april 11th good luck to maggie. >>> jeff is here with sports and the flyers still have to play the games. >> yes they do. they are not fighting for the penguins it feels like a bad april fools joke, before april 1st. sadly no punch line here more like a punch

this was an atlantic city version. here again we have atlantic city quaker board. this is the charles todd board. you look at this the similarities between it and the monopoly board become closer and closer. charles todd lives in philadelphia and learned the game from a friend in a friend atlantic city and runs into friends on the street. he says, why don't you come over and will have monopoly night which was very en vogue at the time. so they have this monopoly night. todd teaches darrow the game afterwards he asks can you type of the rules for me. todd think this is a little strange because it would be like someone coming to your house and you play checkers and chess and asked for a copy of the rules. he does it anyway. his secretary types of the rules and gives them to darrow. let's cut to parker brothers in the 30s. part of brothers was a firm completely in crisis. like a lot of companies no one was buying anything the balance she was a disaster. there is george parker sitting down. he founded the firm and it was not looking good. his son-in-law 2nd the left ha

we have an atlantic city board. this is charles todd board and you look as this compared to the lizzie magie game the similarities become closer and closer. charles todd lives in philadelphia and learns the game from friends in atlantic city. we runs into the friends and says come over and we will have a monopoly tide. so the darrens and the todds have marketplace -- monopoly. after the game he asked for a copy of the rules. he does it even though it is odd. charles todd's secretary types up the rules. let's go to parker brothers in the '30s. in the mid-1930s it was a firm in crises. no body was buying anything. george parking founded the firm in the 1880's and it wasn't looking good. his son in law who is second from the left just took over at parker brothers and he was a lawyer by training and very little gaming experience. he needed a solution and needed it fast. darryl starts selling the monopoly game. this place is still in philly. if you were a fan of "manequin of "manequin "that is where it was shot. this is

there's the live shot in atlantic city. bright blue skies a delightful morning around the delaware valley. millville, 51. 50 degrees in philadelphia. alare town 45. trenton, 48. dover 45 degrees. satellite and radar we're watching this little system right here, it's racing along the east/southeast at 20 to 30 miles per hour. it will brush the poconos with a shower. a 20, 25% chance the a best. most of us are dry. it's a very isolated chance here. day planner we're seeing sunny conditions chilly, temperatures around 50 degrees, lunchtime turning milder, 59. by 4:00 p.m. combination of sun an clouds. philadelphia 63 degrees. south and east, a degree or two milder. north and west a degree or two cooler. the slightest chance of a pop-up shower. when i come back we'll talk about the changing weather pattern. most of the coming week looks miserable. i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> christians across the world are celebrating easter this sunday morning. that includes tens of thousands in v

atlantic city at the airport 55. forty-one in the poconos. warmth is really close, not that far. raleigh-durham 60's. charleston 60's. birmingham in the 80's. feeling like summer in the south. we will get a taste of that later this week. it is clear as high pressure dominates from maine to mid at the plant i can. even in the midwest. you have to go to texas to see some wet weather and that would be moving our way, i would think by early friday morning. the thursday is warm, we will see warm front lifting through, temperatures in the 60 ease and win kick nothing gusting to 30 miles april hour tomorrow afternoon. then rain will be a arriving early friday morning, two or 3:00 in the morning and strong wind ahead of the cold front will pump up the warmth up the coastal plains. we are talking about wind gusting to 35, even 40 miles an hour but it will be warm with some areas touching 70 before that cold front moves through. of course, wind shifts and saturday gets a northerly wind and temperatures back in the 50's. we are not talking about highs in the 30's or 40's. here's what to exp

we're at 31 degrees, atlantic city, only 30 degrees. so both of those cities are under that frost advisory at least for another hour and a half or so. temperatures in shenandoah at 36 degrees. 28 this coatesville, 38 in bluebell. 37 degrees in kennett square. 33 in washington township. we're in the low 30s in mt. holly, right along the shore, a bit warmer here in beach haven at 43 but atlantic city the airport there, 30 degrees. 33 in woodbine. 30 degrees this morning in millville. it's a big difference for us. we are down 11 degrees in philadelphia. it's about 18 degrees colder in atlantic city and 14 degrees colder in dover. the areas highlighted in blue under the frost advisory at least until 8:00 a.m. so hopefully you covered up your sensitive plants or brought them inside. our satellite radar shot shows quiet conditions. we have high pressure just to the south of us it's going to stay in control, and that will given us plenty of sunshine and warm conditions with temperatures ranging between 65 and 68 degrees are average for this tim

of jobs to atlantic city. finally optimism and good news. we will wait and see fit actually comes to fruition and truth. we will wait and see. we have heard good naus before that never came through. hopefully this time it does, in time for memorial day weekend coming up. >> very true, we will keep our fingers crossed coming up. >>> lost at sea the amazing coastguard rescue for the man missing for two months how he managed to survived. >>> lightening doesn't strike twice but lottery does. odd this couple beat to become millionaires two times over. >>> good morning i'm howard eskin. phillies ended their games in florida exposing their flaws. let go to clear water. the fourth starter in the the rotation this year jerome williams. five and 23rd inning, six runs, two home runs and three run home runs there. three starter. jonathan papelbon wearing carlos ruiz jersey because he wants to. he gives up four runs in one inning. phillies lose, in tampa, ten-one. >>> kentucky head in the weekend as favorite to win ncaa to

atlantic city at the airport 39.es the winds will whip around all day long. prepare yourself you'll get wind whipped if you're out and about. trenton, 27. millville, 29. tomorrow morning easter morning you'll be dealing with a breeze out of the southwest that's a milder breeze. 15 to 25 miles per hour. godover, 30 miles per hour. you get the idea it will be windy over the next 24 to 36 hours. thinks calm down as we get into monday in time for the phillies home opener. skies clear that will be the trend throughout the afternoon. sunny, breezy, 40 miles per hour we're in between two storm systems here. we get into easter sunday this guy drops down from the north could be close enough to trigger an isolated shower north and west late in the day probably after 5:00, 6:00 p.m. easter sunday. 54 degrees in philadelphia. clear conditions, overnight tonight, clear colder, temperatures dropping into the low 30s north ran west, mid to upper 30s points south and east. allentown, easter sunday, 34. poconos, 32. philadelphia, clo

one of the groups that really increases monopoly is the quakers of atlantic city, this is picture whereve wooden boards, people would make the sports on their own and they would have properties for whatever city they were in philadelphia versions of the game boston versions, this is an atlantic city version you can either. and so here again we have atlantic city quaker board, here is the charles todd board. if you look at this compare to the lizzie magie game that i showed you, the similarities between these become closer and closer. so charles actually lives in philadelphia and he runs into print on the street and he says why don't you come over and we will have a monopoly night which was very in vogue at the time. so they have this night. afterwards they say type of the rules for me and he think that this is strange. because if you like someone come into your house i'm a if you you play checkers or chess and ask for this he does it anyway. so the secretary typed out the rules and gives them to him. so cutting over to parker brothers come in the mid-1930s they were a firm that was in c

low 40s in atlantic city. and 44 currently in dover.nd as we head into the next couple of hours, you will notice temperatures don't move much. we are in the mid to high-40s today. 45 degrees by 8:00 a.m. by 11:00 a.m. more showers in philadelphia. 46 degrees. and mostly cloudy skies by 2:00 p.m. with temperatures at 47. i'm also tracking warmer weather as we head into the end of the workweek. plus we'll dry out pushing closer to the weekend.

beach haven on the boardwalk in atlantic city, 50 degrees, reading, 49. lancaster, 50. dover the warm spot at 53. in the poconos 43 degrees, winds speeds generally light out of the southwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. that will be the only issue out there today. once we get past this cloud cover we should get out of here over the next couple of hours wall-to-wall sunshine from that point on, it will be a chilly breeze out of the northwest temperatures climb into the 60s, it feels cooler than that thanks to the wind. lots of sunshine, 59 degrees, 3:00 p.m., 60 degrees, the sun will set at 7:30. again we're expecting a high of 62. there's more rain unfortunately in the seven-day forecast, when i see you in ten minutes i'll go over the timing with future tracker 6. eva. >> developing right now a pedestrian was seriously hurt by a car that careened out of control following an accident in east oak lane. the two cars collided on north broad at 4:45 a.m. the force of the collision sent a car into a man in his 60s he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. the man who

in atlantic city, cleve bryan cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> all right you see the big crowd that was at that event. >> right. >> during the event some eagles fans extend add little bit of brotherly love to governor chris christie. >> no surprise. the governor met with some boos even an eagles chant there. and he wound up appealing to eagles legend who was on hadn't to bail him out. that didn't go exactly as plan. watch. >> i -- brian. where is brian. get up here brian. i love brian westbrook. what are you talking about? >> hey eagles fans i hear let's give the governor a chance. say the with me. >> e-a-g-l-e-s! >> thank everybody. thank you new jersey. thank you eagles fans. >> governor christie a huge cowboys fan he's had not so nice things to say about the eagles faithful before. >> we have long memories here. we remember the red sweater. we remember him hugging jerry jones. >> yes. >> in the box. >> going to have to work harder than i think to kind of smooth out this bad blood. maybe make brian dawkins governor for a day or something. >> okay. >> let's look into that. >> all right. >

in dover, 25 degrees warmer in atlantic city. well with all the clouds suppressed all sorts of showers. down to the south where they've had the sunshine temperatures in the 80s. they've got severe thunderstorms. that's what we would have been seeing if the temperature would have gotten the way it was supposed to. look at the dry air. back to the west that's what's coming in. once it's in it's going to stay with us for the rest of the weekend. for the phillies tonight it's looking pretty good. the wind blowing out. getting stronger as the northwest wind will be blowing toward the right field corner pretty brisk as skies clear as we go through the early evening. temperatures in the 50s. pretty pleasant for baseball weather considering how nasty it's been lately. we could have showers way down in southern sections for the first couple of hours. then we dry out. the west wind comes in and that takes care of business. we're dry all night. dry tomorrow. and the wind continues. that keeps the sunshine with us. so it's going to be a real

atlantic city, 54, winds are off the water. that's where you'll top out 54, 55 degrees thanks to the northeasterly breeze it will put a cam on your temperatures. you guys closer to the water will be cooler than inland locations. saint davids, 58. center city, 61, dover coming in at 59. gandys beach 59. glassboro sitting pretty at 60 degrees, winds speeds off the water, you can see how much breezier it is down the shore. 14 miles per hour in atlantic city. 1 # in beach haven. everybody else seeing a light breeze at 5 to 10 miles per hour. satellite and radar producing showers around the delaware bay and super spritzes and sprinkles that's racing out to sea. this is little disturbance here that's parts of the same system, as that pulls away that will wrap in on the backside. that will trigger the isolated shower tomorrow, this is the area of high pressure, once this system pulls through tomorrow the high sets up for most of the week. we have real nice weather coming in as a result. the surface maps looks like. an isolated shower

stockton students, workers and atlantic city resident are all expected to take part. they are protesting karl eye can's refusal to how stockton university to open up a campus on the site of the former show boat casino. >>> new project is revealed that could be a game changer for struggling atlantic city. philadelphia developer bart blatstein unveiled his vision for transforming the half empty peer shops at caesars into the playground it will be called. it the will feature new shops restaurants, bowling alley and 14 music venues perfect for live entertainment. >> the pier is a symbol, it is a symbol of what atlantic city is going to become. >> the first phase of the playground is expect to be ready by the the fourth of july. perfect timing. >> great. >>> still ahead, my gosh talk about a rough day on the job for one jockey you will be stunned when you on he this frightening fall and the tumble he takes and he walks away from it. >>> mcdonald's promises a pay raise for tens of thousands of workers. why not all of the fast foot chain workers are eligible for the raise? >

from our jersey shore bureau fire burned through a building on the atlantic city expressway.ke poured from a storage shed, no injuries. investigators are now trying to determine how that fire started. >>> loved ones of this injured philadelphia mother and the son she lost in a hit-and-run crash say they are still waiting for justice. 2-year-old david alicea died in a hit-and-run in kensington monday night. police say they figured out who's responsible, but have not made an arrest. >>> relatives of friends of 4-year-old latif wilson who died in a hit-and-run, a different hit-and-run, on monday held a memorial service yesterday in west philadelphia. a car struck the child in kingsessing and drove off. police say they know who the driver is but she has not yet turned herself in. >> it's a terrible loss of both families and we need justice. people at this point just need to step up and help us have closure. >> police say the woman wanted in the crash that killed latif has hired a lawyer. that attorney says it's not likely she'll turn herself in today. >>> a trenton man who police

atlantic city, 51. sea isle city, 51.e in the low to mid 60s today. philadelphia we're going 64, the model has us at 63. note what's going on closer to the shore. it's going to be that time of the year where the ocean temperatures are in the 40s anytime you pick up an east or northeasterly breeze it will keep the communities on the sand cooler than inland locations. 64 for philadelphia. atlantic city, avalon, sea isle city 54. 55 ten degrees cooler down there. double scan live showing the showers and patchy drizzle we saw across the delaware bay region. that's all working west to east to the south and pushing away from the region. whatever cloud cover you're seeing right now that will give way to sunshine this afternoon. citizens bank park game 3. phillies taking on the braves, clouds and sun first pitch temperature, 61 arena by the 9th inning -- and by the 9th inning 64 degrees. don't forget the sun screen. monday, clouds and sunshine, 60 degrees. we'll have a big warm up in the forecast. i'll have the details when i see

and atlantic city 58 degrees. waiting for rain. and it's moving in to the area.rain will be falling over citizens bank park. there's a game tonight. a preseason game. may see some showers and thunderstorms roll through during the game. right now, it's the wind that is starting to pick up. 20-mile-an-hour winds currently in dover. some 13-mile-an-hour southwesterly winds in philadelphia helping to boost our temperatures this morning. plenty of clouds with sun. taking a break today, the sun will be back this weekend. behind the clouds there's the light rain we have. and here's the heavier rainfall that is moving in through portions of kentucky, southern ohio that's going to be moving into our area later this morning. the first showers are going to arrive and then this afternoon and this evening heavier downpours and a chance for thunderstorms. so today, grab your rain gear. temperatures will be mild. you will not need the big winter coat that you have to leave the house with lately. temperatures are much warmer this morning and get chillier over the weekend tomorro

atlantic city, 36, trenton 24. the poconos 32-mile an hour wind gusts right now. that's the headliner today clouds and sun strong gusty breeze all day long. temperatures holding steady in the mid 50s. we'll see the sun/clouds mix all day, lunchtime skies of blue and noon 55 degrees, 3:00 p.m. 56. with the wind it will feel like the mid to upper 40s out here, not too bad considering how chilly it's been over the last several months. easter sunday looks good and unsettled next week. it looks miserable tuesday through thursday i'll have the details alicia when i see you again in ten minutes. >>> all right chris, thank you. >>> just into the newsroom from gloucester county new jersey, a driver has struck and killed someone walking on route 55 in mantua. state police have closed the northbound side of the road to investigate. we're waiting to learn if the driver is cooperating with police stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for updates. >>> and we are following this developing story this morning in philadelphia. we have an exclusive update for you, "action news" has j

up 21 in atlantic city.r look at our radar shot shows most of the shower activity confined to the lehigh valley and also parts of the poconos. we'll continue to see passing showers as we head into the next few hours or so. we could see closer to 7 p.m. another round of heavier showers and rainfall even moderate rainfall near atlantic city, stretching into cape may and down toward lewis. by 8:00 we'll see most of the moisture push offshore and we'll see more clearing and that's going to set us up for a nice and enjoyable weekend. plenty of sunshine as we head into saturday. all the sunshine will stick around as we head into sunday. if you're planning on heading out to the phillies, we'll see a southwesterly wind. shifting to the northwest as we head into the rest of the weekend. our temperatures will be relatively mild with a few passing showers and then we'll start to dry out quickly. by 9 p.m., 56 degrees, dry and breezy for us. by 11 p.m. 54 degrees, dry and breezy. not too bad. at least it's a bit warmer

fo ♪ >>> we have some very good news tonight for atlantic city. jobs hundreds of them. new report by the casino control commission says currently the city eight casinos have 1400 job openings. >> some believe it's sign of a big turn around for the struggling beach town. fox 29's chris o'connell spent some time with some of those people and this news couldn't come at a better time. >> reporter: really the start of summer, iain. the story of atlantic city these days can really be told in a single intersection here. look behind me here. that is the -- now shuddered trump plaza where hundreds of jobs were lost last year. well, wait a minute. take a look across the street now. signs of rebirth. this is the new bass pro shops just opened a couple days ago with a couple hundred new jobs with one month till memorial day day, some are hoping this summer will mark the beginning of atlantic city's rebirth. 47 floors of steal and metal 1400 hotel rooms sit eerily dark at the north end of atlantic city's boardwalk. the city's one shiny new crown jewel revel casino might have well hav

atlantic city, 52, cape may 53. trenton, 54. and for your easter sunday, lots of sunshine, cool to start temperatures moderating quickly. 37 degrees by sunrise lunchtime, 52. afternoon 62 degrees, and again the lightest chance of an isolated shower well north and west. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, there's our 56 today. 62 tomorrow. 70 for monday, monday is fantastic for the phillies home opener. combination of sun and clouds. the pattern doesn't look so friendly. 64 tuesday, 50 for wednesday, 53 thursday, each and everyday, cloud skies and periods of rain. right now the model are indicating that the things will clear out next weekend and warmer with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. >> we need to crank this up. >> reporter: it's been a late start to spring. >> a holy weekend for many people across the globe in rome, the coliseum filled as the backdrop for the torch-lit good friday mass. pope francis recalls jesus' crews takes fiction. the pope calls for mercy on christians worldwide. >>> jews around the world and

pocono. 65 in atlantic city and 65 in dover. we're off to a mild start although the temperatures will dip a bit as that cold front completely sweeps through. temperatures steady this afternoon. winds gusting to 44 mile per hours in philadelphia, up to 33 in mt. pocono. for today, by 9:00 a.m. 54 partly sunny, mostly sunny by noon, 54 and by 3:00 56 degrees. we'll talk more about today's forecast and then your easter sunday forecast in just a few minutes. >>> new this morning, police in philadelphia are looking for the driver behind a deadly hit and run. the victim was hit and killed last night on delaware avenue in the fishtown section of the city. nbc 10's jesse gary joins us live from the scene of that crash. fill us in on what happened. >> reporter: rosemary i just got off the phone with the accident investigation unit of the philadelphia police department. the victim was walking across delaware avenue at penn street but coming east -- west to east. walking towards some of the clubs that are over here on delaware avenue when

in the atlantic city casino crisis the city council tonight is expected to approve rezoning the old showboat casino so stockton university can use it as a satellite campus. stockton bought the show boat but agreed to sell it because of the agreement requiring the property to only be used as a casino. if rezoning is approved it will prohibit showboat from being used as a casino and designate stockton as an education-related developer. the move can be challenged in court. we'll keep you posted. >>> and a revel deal became official yesterday. glenn straub closed on the sale paying $2 million for the casino hotel that costs about $2.5 billion to build. straub sealed the deal after four earlier attempts failed. his lawyers say that he wants to reopen the casino this summer. >>> good morning. we are going to see a cold and wet wednesday for your temperatures to stay well below average. only staying in the mid-40s today. and a closer look at the radar shot shows isolated showers moving through cape may. we'll continue to see light showers throughout the day and colder temperatures. our actual tempe

trenton. 54 in millville. 55 in wilmington, a little better along the oceanfront. 57 degrees in atlantic city isle city. as we roll through the day it's going to be warm with a capital w. 78 by 3:00 p.m. 79 by 3:30 or 4:00 and holding on to the upper 70s by 6:00 p.m. a day to make plans. we have a red-flag warning in the northern suburbs. we have not had much rain and today we'll see the low humidity and breeze kicking in and the dry forest floor that means if a brushfire could start it will spread. be careful if you're doing camping or cooking out extinguish the flames and get rid of the ash. the pollen is running high, extremely so today and tomorrow. one negative for the weekend despite nis -- weather you'll be sneezing a little bit. when i come back we'll detail changes in the weekend forecast. it will be cooler tomorrow and there's rain on monday, i'll have the details on all that. >> we have breaking news this hour, the action cam was on the scene of the 6000 block of marsign street in the fern rock section. police believe they found the durango that was used in a hit-and-run. police re

we'll explain in big talkers. >> but we begin in atlantic city where officials are engaged in a fierceer revel casino. the shore city is now fining the new owner of the shuttered property for shutting off the electricity and they plan to continue doing so until the power is back on. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live down at the shore with more on the fight. hey, john. >> reporter: hi, sharrie. it's a mess down here. the firm -- it all starts when the firm that provided power to the revel complex which is now called polo north claimed the new owner who is a florida developer glen straub wanted free electricity so they pulled the plug. now that shut down the fire suppression system the fire safety systems in this massive building and that prompted the atlantic city government to fine the building's new owners. >> as a response the city had to fine polo north $10,000 on the first day and we will continue to fine the company because they're the owner of the building $5,000 each additional day. >> reporter: with no power the 63 story building's fire systems from smoke detectors to

and 42 degrees in atlantic city. our feels like temperature, because we're seeing wind speeds gusting up to 20 miles per hour sustained at around 10 to 15 it feels like it is only 37 in philadelphia. 34 in wilmington. 38 when you step outside in dover and 34 in atlantic city. our satellite radar shot shows we're seeing light showers moving into parts of the poconos, also lancaster county and the central and northern parts of delaware county at this time. everywhere else cloudy skies, light drizzle. that's going to be the trend as we head into the rest of today. we'll continue to see the on and off showers throughout the rest of your afternoon and you'll notice our temperatures don't really move still in the mid-40s, even by 1:00 p.m. as you head out for lunch. if we fast-forward this closer to the time you're heading home from work we're still mainly in the low 40s with on and off showers expected to continue into our overnight hours. and once again, on thursday. with our temperatures still on thursday staying below

atlantic city at 32 degrees. atlantic city the airport, also under that frost advisory for another 40 minutes or so. we're in the mid-30s here in the poconos. 28 in coatesville. 34 in bluebell. 36 degrees in wilmington. 35 in washington township. 36 in northeast philly. mid-30s in trenton. right along the shore, 41 degrees. but at the airport in atlantic city right at freezing. 31 in woodbine. definitely below freezing in millville. our current temperatures only at 2 degrees. much warmer until dover at 38. so a closer look at our 24-hour temperature change map. it shows our temperatures in mt. holly are about 21 degrees colder than this time yesterday morning. we're down 17 degrees in atlantic city. down 11 in philadelphia. and down 14 degrees in wilmington. so here are the areas highlighted in blue that are still going to be under the frost advisory until 8:00 a.m. so hopefully you brought your sensitive plants inside and definitely your pets. closer look at our satellite radar shot so quiet conditions. we will

atlantic city is 31 degrees.he areas below freezing could see some ice on the ground because of the rain yesterday. but it is fresh snow in the pocano mountains. look at the clouds just high clouds. no sign of any snow or raindrops for us today. just cold. 32 degrees right now in trenton. doylestown is at 29. wrightstown, 31 degrees. wilmington has dropped below freezing. lang horne is down to 30 degrees. it could be icy this morning and it will take time to disappear, but we'll be drying out. as temperatures warm up the ice will melt and it will disappear. very dry air is blowing in. we have sunshine for today. in fact, you need sunglasses today. and again tomorrow. but we'll end the week with some wet weather. it's a long way off moving into montana. you can see some light rain showers with the steady rain by the time it gets to us on friday. but we will see temperatures climb before we get there. today, still chilly and near 60 degrees this time of the year. for the first of april we'll be in the low to mid-50

: you could drink shots and beer right now in atlantic city and there are no bars or restaurants servingiquor in ocean city. you will not make those two anywhere similar. i don't think you want another ocean city because there are people that like to do stuff that atlantic city has to offer. they need get word out. people don't know taj mahal inside there they have another white house sub shop. that is the best food in the world. if i had last meal on death row would i want a white house sandwich. those rolls from atlantic city is best bread in the world. something to do with the air and water. ac has cool stuff that people don't necessity b they need to get somebody that knows about it and get the word out. >> you should contact the people at the the white house right now and suggest that hud be their new ad campaign. if you are going to have your last meal. >> on death row. >> on death row, this is death row good. >> yes, how about that. >> maybe. >> death row delicious. >> or steve should run for mayor. >> governor at this point. >> thanks, steve. >> 7:38. you may soon have to pay 5 c

atlantic city is also boasting better numbers. ing profits by 44% last year. four casinos closed last year. atlantic club showboat revel and trump plaza. >>> and lawmakers will give medical marijuana a second hearing. the house judiciary and health committees will discuss that later this morning in harrisburg focusing on the practical implications of legalizing medical marijuana and the impact that would have on law enforcement. >>> and i'm tracking a cold and wet start on this wednesday. we're stuck in a wet pattern and we'll let you know when we'll start drying up and that's coming up in the seven-day forecast. >>> and taking a look outside, there's not a whole lot going on. no major accidents to report but we have wet roads out there with the precipitation moving through our area. be on the lookout for slippery spots. i'll have a look at the drive times when we come back. >>> and a new lead in a local kidnapping case. we'll have more of the surveillance video police want you to take a good look at. >>> after collapsing during la

down the shore a couple of spots stuck near the low 50s and atlantic city maybe only 49 today, same storycoast at surf city more or less. >> thank you david. >>> finally at 12:30 how would you like to stay in a hotel at 30,000 feet, can you now thanks to this bowen 737 it features 52 flat bed seats and hand woven carpets and tableware and has a four seasons trained cabin crew and a sioux chef. it will cost you just one ticket it goes for $132,000. sure, sign me up. a look now at the stories coming up later this afternoon. one berks county lottery holder has hit the jackpot, the slip of paper that is worth $900,000 one fast food giant is now delivering the deal available here in philadelphia from taco bell. >>> don't forget to join us for "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> have a nice afternoon we'll see you back here later today. >> announcer: today on "the chew," do you plan on entertaining this weekend? well we got you covered with an extra value friday full of weekend wonders. and one busy mom is about to become clinton's sou chef. as he shows her the perfect weekend supper, that

the boardwalk in atlantic city, 52. and surf city 53.d radar we'll see sunshine from starting point to finish that will help to warmment temperatures up quite a bit. we're shooting for highs in the upper 60s and low 70s. forecast for today sunny skies and pleasant, 68 degrees that will be your forecasted high, normally we should be around 62. about 6 degrees above average. believe it or not, it will get warmer for tomorrow. the only negative in the forecast is this right here, if you're an allergy sufferer, today and tomorrow, tree pollen will run high. all running through the roof here pack the medicine and pack your patients. the allergies will pull back by tuesday thanks to frontal ask him that will bring wet weather here. we'll talk about the timing of the event and we have a bigger system and show you that on radar in the seven-day forecast when i see you in just a little bit. guys. >> now to the latest on the disturbing case out of the philadelphia's cobbs creek section. the mother accused of abandoning her quadriplegic son in the

all across the board we're looking at sunshine, enjoy it. 60 in reading, 66 in atlantic city. what a beautiful start to saturday and we're going to be just as nice later this afternoon. taking a look outdoors we're looking at sunshine, a nice start to the day and temperatures mainly in the 60s at this point. 56 58 in allentown, 56 in the poconos. a warm breeze in place, especially by this afternoon, we'll be into the mid 70s by lunchtime, some spots in the 80s by later this afternoon. we're going to wake up chilly on sunday and cooler by the afternoon. into the low 60s but lots of sunshine. so a beautiful start to the weekend, a beautiful end, just not quite as warm as today. enjoy it because we do have cloud coming in late sunday night before showers come in early monday morning. your monday morning commute, you're going to be dealing with the rain the windshield wipers going and it could be heavy at times throughout monday so a raw, dreary day on monday before the sunshine returns on tuesday. bucks county we're looking at the coast here we're looking at 60s. a sea breeze wil

has a big impact on temperatures sea isle city currently only 48 degrees and the boardwalk in atlantic city only 47 this is why the winds out of the south 23 miles per hour in philadelphia so it's warm and windy and 20 miles in dover and 19 in sea isle city and tomorrow the winds will increase out of the south-southwest out a cold front and that brings us afternoon highs near 70 again not a bright and sunny day tomorrow. satellite 6 along with action radar showing clouds are moving in high and thin and we get the filtered sunshine and some showers across central pennsylvania have evention showers. this is causing cold weather across kentucky sweeping through tomorrow night with a round of steady rain as passover begins and then easter weekend is going to be quite a bit cooler. >> the next 12 hours overnight lows, 51 degrees in the suburbs and 54 for center city and temperatures not dropping much and breezy and increasing clouds and showers developing late tonight. future tracker showing as we head into the morning tomorrow there will be a lot of clouds and temperatures are already in the 60

boardwalk in atlantic city, 49. allentown, 49 and trenton, 47.atellite and radar the bulk of the cloud cover is working its way out to sea. if you look towards the left-hand side of the screen, lots of clear skies to the west. that's high pressure rolling in. that will provide us with a nice one today and sunday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, sunny and breeze the 62 will feel like the mid 50s because of the wind, but, again it should feel better this afternoon. a nice start to the weekend when i see you in ten minutes we'll focus on tomorrow's weather and the possibility of a few showers monday night into tuesday, for now looking and feeling pretty good, eva? >> thanks, chris. >>> breaking news this hamp -- half-hour, two lanes of i-95 northbound near the newark service plaza are closed. it happened just before 7:00 a.m. police tell "action news" that the driver of a minivan lost control and ran off i-95. the vehicle flipped several times into a wooded area. four people inside the minivan were rushed to christiana hospital to be t

up in the teens in atlantic city.e point in sea isle city and cape may county and is a miles per hour in -- 15 miles per hour in philadelphia. the wind will pick up averaging 12 to 25 miles per hour as we go through the afternoon. a little bit breezy, cooler than yesterday, a little clouds too although they are high and thin, but the sunshine will get through. the clouds will get thicker as the day goes on. it's cooler. in the lehigh valley, high clouds breezy and cooler, 66 degrees, milder up north than it will be the farther south you go, when you get closer to the cool onshore flow. in atlantic city, high clouds, breezy and cool conditions with the winds wrapping in off the cool ocean water. in philadelphia, 63 this afternoon. breezy and cooler sun trying to bust through the clouds. having more trouble later in the day. there's the east wind 12 to 25 miles per hour. 54 degrees by 8:00. 58 degrees by 11:00. in the low 60s the rest of the afternoon with a high of 63. right around 3:00 p.m. and as you head to the golf

control their anger in a civil and constructive way, here at the big board with big news from atlantic city today where plans were unveiled for a $50 million playground at the pier at caesars, what is now the upscale but struggling pier shops, it will be a mecca of shopping music venue and bars and even a bowling alley and it will all spill on to the beach and all by summer it's the brain child of philadelphia developer bart blatstein, with a.c. losing four casinos and 8,000 people losing jobs, it's time to bring business and big time tourism back to the beach there and today he promised his plan will not fail. >> all year they visit caesars and we hope to bring people here to atlantic city and to caesars, in fact i commit and i promise you this will become the number one tourist attraction in atlantic city. >> now the concept is modeled after biel street in memphis and 6th street in austin texas and burban street in new orleans. a beach club and pool is on the horizon big news and a big investment there in atlantic city. >>> pennsylvania government tom wolf, is looking in our area to fill

renovation of atlantic city's tropicana casino is expected to be completed by memorial day.he plans include an outdoor light show on the building's facade, that will be visible from miles away. the project also calls for a fitness center that will be open to the public. >>> well philly tech week is now underway. the week kicked off at dillward park. the app arcade featured more than 50 locally developed games. tech tweak 2015 is featured by comcast, the parent company of nbc 10. >>> mostly clear skies right now. clear of any rainfall. there are some high clouds moving through, but we'll see lots of sunshine. but compared to yesterday, it won't be as hot. we saw 81 degrees ss yesterday afternoon. we'll be in the 60s today. right now we're tracking some rain that's due in tomorrow morning, and for much of the day tomorrow, we'll see some rain possibly some late-day thunderstorms as well. those heavy downpours could lead to some localized flooding tomorrow. right now, you can see the high clouds moving past the camera at the nbc 10 studios. 59 degrees at philadelphia internatio

we will show you when we will warm upcoming up later in the broadcast, jessica. >>> new 59:30 atlantic city is growing list of communities where police wear body cameras during patrols among several new initiatives apartment plant i can city is taking to support and improve officer performance. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan has the details. >> reporter: from ferguson, missouri north charleston, south caroline, baltimore maryland to bridgeton, new jersey. allegations of police brutality have calls for accountability, echoing throughout our country. >> starting friday a atlantic city police will be one of new jersey's largest departments to require every uniform officer wear a body camera. >> that deride between law enforcement agency and the community here in atlantic city. >> reporter: in the last two years internal affairs complaints against officers have decreased from 215 to 144. excessive force complaints have also dropped from 57, to 42. the department credits the improvement to new software, that tracks officer behavior, and alerts supervisors to negative patterns. friday the

right now 59 degrees and we spotted a 69 on the map in allentown and wilmington, 59 degrees at atlantic city airport. i told you it was cooler in cape may, 49 degrees in sea isle city, with the flow off the ocean and the ocean only 43 degrees it's cooler there a big warm-up and cooler sunshine and clouds and 65 is your high, a gusty wind at times gusts up to 29 miles per hour through part of the region cloudy and late rain in the overnight hours the day is dry and go outside and enjoy it in the even hours, overnight you'll get showers around and 54 degrees, if you have anything to do early saturday, it's not freezing like the past couple of mornings. in the clear, but not for long, this is because we have high pressure off the coastline it's holding the clouds at bay and they are coming our way and that is ahead of the next frontal boundary, getting wet in pittsburgh and that spreads to our region and a wider look there is more where that came from and friday looks like a pretty wet day, on future tracker 6, at 8:00 tomorrow morning not much just a shower here or there. expect it to be damp

. >>> one day you spend $82 million to buy the revel casino in atlantic city, the next day or almost the next day, you're paying thousands of dollars in daily fines because the massive building has lost its power. that's the world of glen straub. live in atlantic city tonight is "action news" reporter john rawlins and john, straub had to see this coming, didn't he? >> reporter: everybody else saw it coming, jim that's for sure. after months of contentious bankruptcy proceedings here the handwriting seemed to be pretty clear on that wall that the power company had signaled it needed to have some sort of deal in place if it was to continue to provide power or otherwise it was going pull the plug. it pulled the plug yesterday and that has brought the city into the mix. the city says with no power the building's fire systems including sprinklers won't work, that even a small fire could grow into a threat to firefighters. >> if it is a small fire it's going to propagate into a large fire because no system is in there that can help contain this area. >> reporter: officials say the current

we have 41 degrees in atlantic city. we have 42 in millville.0s right now in dover as well as wilmington. 40 degrees in pottstown and mid 30s currently in the pocono mountains. so that wind direction is still generally out of the east right now on average 10 to 15 miles per hour but tomorrow we'll see winds out of the south and that will help to warm the temperatures up. so tomorrow morning it's still going to be a cool start temperatures will be right around 52 degrees in atlantic city at 7am. 46 in philadelphia. but watch the wind direction. the going to turn out of the south and southwest and by 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, we're looking at temperatures feeling like spring, feeling like april. 73 degrees in millville. by 2:00 o'clock tomorrow 75 in dover. what about 76 in wilmington and philadelphia even upper 60 toss near 70 degrees once you move north and we have. but because we will see temperatures climbing into the low 70s and we have that front that will be approaching the main timing for potential severe weather is between 4:00 and 8:00 o'

not on the list is atlantic city. depending which list you consult. >>> well it has been a busy off season for the eagles and the birds just landed another addition to the organization "nbc 10." we'll tell you how we are teaming up with the birds to bring you coverage like you've never seen before. >>> and an old factory in a philadelphia neighborhood will soon be transformed into a state of the art concert venue. where the concerts are taking place and its potential impact on the local economy. >>> a former factory in philadelphia will become a new concert hall. fish town has a factory that will become a state of the art venue and more. kid rock and fireworks, what more could you want? the fillmore music hall that's what they're calling it. it will create several hundred jobs and it should be open by october. we'll keep you posted on the acts they attract. >>> it is the beginning of a new era in philadelphia. "nbc 10" is now the official station of the philadelphia eagles. for you birds fans that means more coverage

atlantic city at the the airport 31. wilmington 31. philadelphia 33. we will come very close to these record during tomorrow morning. during the day saturday philadelphia is 60. mostly sun i down the shore partly sunny 56. in the poconos sun and breezy conditions. high temperature of 53 degrees. i don't think it will feel so cold if it wasn't for last week even. on the exclusive seven day forecast sunday 63. monday 61 with a few showers. tuesday a really nice day this is first day we will break into the more seasonal weather. i'm liking wednesday 69 degrees. what the heck i will up it to 7o it feels warmer. appears warmer. thursday 66. friday 65. that is what it should be like this time of the year. go on line and look for those telescope locations because i will pop up at one tonight. >> you you are. >> great. >> we won't tell you where but what i loved about that when you get a guy experienced and derrick pits and he still has that moment. >> those are very powerful and amazing what you can see. >> thanks, kathy. >>> you may remember the local police

right now atlantic city and pottstown are close to the freezing mark. and the wind is blowing to make it feel like the 20s for much of the area. so it's a cold start to april, but as you can see, bright sunshine will help us out today. near 40 at 9:00. by lunchtime, the upper 40s and still climbing. the hour by hour forecast when i'm back in ten. now we'll go to first alert traffic reporter christine maddela. >>> good morning to you. if you are traveling on the bridges, things are looking good out there. the tacony-palmyra betsy ross walt whitman, no problems there. take a look at interstate 295 at 16, we are seeing some increased volume here on the northbound side, but the good news is that construction project that was blocking two lanes is now out of the way. so no major delays to speak of out there. and the drive times on 95 76 in montgomery county we're getting a green light there. >>> and we could learn more about the montgomery county couple's death whose teenager son found their bodies cut with chainsaws. the teenager made the discovery yesterda