. >> by midmorning, the boardwalk was filled with people carrying their blankets and chairs and cooler, ready to see the acrobatics, and of course the thunderbirds, they were not part of the show last year because of government budget shut down. >> what do you love about the show? >> the thunderbirds, they were here last year but we have been coming for eight years now. >> he staked out a great viewing spot by 8 and avenue. >> the boy in me that wanted to be a pilot. the jet planes, the speed and they have equipment, jet planes that stop, we think of a helicopt helicopter, just phenomenal stuff. >> he came from overbrook but others came from far away. >> what did you enjoy about the show? >> the atmosphere, the planes were awesome. the noise, the people. >> tourism officials say that the draw of events like this is the key to the future success of atlantic city. about 800,000 people are expected to watch from the beaches of brigantine down to ocean city. i think for everybody it's a chance for us to catch our breath and enjoy a patriotic great event and hopefully build towards the futu

williamsport witness news on the atlantic city boardwalk. the rain came down in sheets there this evening. also we were in wilmington, the rain there not as severe, but the umbrellas were still up. developing at 11 a flash flood warning in effect. i'm chris may. >> let's get right over to kate. where are the trouble spots right now. >> well, chris and jessica, the trouble spots remain in cumberland county, now also portions of atlantic county as well. heavy rain continues to move through the area. it almost looks to me as if the center of low pressure is trying to develop off the delmarva. try to pivot that band of rain a little bit closer to philadelphia and into central new jersey, but again the areas that are hardest hit include portions of cumberland county. we're still tracking showers and storms along the old front. we are far from done yet. let's zoom in again on the heaviest spots. you can see the heavy red and orange shading there indicating where the heaviest rain is currently falling and it does include the city of vineland, right

summer season. >> i just like the beach and walking the boardwalk and doing stuff on the boardwalk. it is fun. >> it just doesn't get any better than this, does it? the sand, sun and beautiful atlantic ocean. the beaches are packed. the taylor family of millville is wrapping up a week at the shore. >> yeah, we did all kinds of stuff. the rides, waterpark. what did we do, we did waterpark yesterday. >> now it is almost over. >> yeah, it is sad. >> it is a great day, i have been playing in the water with my brother. >> i was worried about school starting next week, how am i going to top this? >> the food stands doing big business no matter what the food. >> you can't come to ocean city without getting johnson's popcorn. >> how does it taste today? >> it is great. >> a good summer at the shore and lots of people are sad to see it end. >> a little sad that the summer one ending. you gotta do what you gotta do. get inasmuch fun as you can. >> back to school, back to work. >> excited for school? >> not so much. >> yeah. >> amanda is not on board. >> we wanted to do something different, ha

. >> next at 11:00 o'clock, pole dancing on the boardwalk.t's raising more than a few eye brows tonight. up next, see the video of this new shore attraction that some say goes way too far. >> then the new way to protect your credit. it's as simple as turning your credit and debit cards on and then off. three on your side shows this credit lock down. kate. >> and we enjoyed beautiful monday it's nice again t tomorrw but unfortunately we are tracking some rain by the end of week. i'll have your full seven day forecast coming up in weather. >> i'm beasley reece in new york at the cbs broadcast center where we are kicking off thursday night if the ball on cbs-3. now we talk about that plus a lot of the pros talk about the eagles as team. how will they do? find out what the pros are saying comin >> new attraction on a popular boardwalk has some visitors looking the other way. this is video of a woman pole dancing on the boardwalk in ocean city, maryland. chelsea, who once work as an he can on the tick dancer in washington, d.c. thought she would p

on the boardwalk at rio grande avenue. tomorrow the convention center >> reporter: welcome back, everyone, 7:25 saturday morning, time for the travel forecast we'll start you out with the wide view. east coast is quiet, west coast is quiet. we have a frontal system and areas of low pressure. one is right here across the western portion of the great lakes. trailing warm front punching through the mid atlantic this morning and cold front pushing through the ohio and tennessee valleys. of lots of moisture along the gulf coast and heavier thunderstorms expected across the heartland of the nation later on. most of the county is quiet. philadelphia is on time, 63 degrees, boston be chicago, midway and o'hare on time. atlanta the weather is nice, 74. newark is on time and the new york city airports jfk are quiet and on time. >> penn state's football season starts this morning they kick 06 against central florida at 8:30, the game is being plated in ireland. villanova lost a heartbreaker, the cats kicker missed a go ahead field go

we are at the newly restored garden pier on the boardwalk in atlantic city. and in just a few days, tens of thousands of others will be here, as well. the atlantic city air show is this city's signature summer event! flyers from all over the country soar just feet over the boardwalk and beach. local crews too. we took to the skies with the raiders demo tm

for more than 100 years, this family has run an amusement company on the boardwalk of ocean city, marylandi went down to spend a summer day with the family to find out the trick to surviving through so many generations and to running a decidedly old school business in today's modern world. ♪ >> for brooks and christopher and their aunt stephanie trim per lewis, taking over trimper rides on the boardwalk in ocean city, maryland, was as much destiny as choice. >> it's what we do. we don't really know any different. >> my grandfather called and wanted me to be involved with the family business. >> the boardwalk is my heart and soul. >> the company was founded in 1890 by daniel trimper who visited from baltimore and then never left. >> we tried many thing s on the property. movie theaters, mini golf, tank battle. >> today it includes an amusement park, games, restaurants, and other attractions. as the ocean city boardwalk grew over the last century, so did the company. ♪ from here all the way to the end this is all trimper. >> yes, to the water. >> and the clarm is brooks trim pper, the fifth

live at 5:00 on the boardwalk is christine maddela.any agree that this is exactly the kind of event atlantic city needs to survive. >> reporter: right. the atlantic city air show is one of the biggest events of the year here in atlantic city. even though it wrapped up more than an hour ago, there's still a lot of people out here on the boardwalk. they are sticking around. >> i think it's great. >> reporter: this woman lives in philadelphia. >> easy place to come. we get here in about an hour travel time. once we are here, we put the bags in and we out enjoying ourselves. i love it. >> reporter: she takes her kids to atlantic city every year. this is the first time she's come to town for the air show. she wasn't the only one in town for the show. spectators packed the boardwalk and the beach. >> atlantic city is still alive, it's still a place i come every summer in spite of the other trips that we go on. atlantic city will still always be number one for me. >> i'm surprised to see so many people here now. i didn't think there would be

. >>> atlantic city boardwalk. it is not a storm but hundreds of thousands pack the beach and boards, for this, something that they did not get to see last year. kate. we are keeping a close eye on the weather and it looks like things have cleared out just in time and drying out through tonight as all that heavy rain moves away, so will it stay away, for weekend that is big question and i have the answer coming up, beasley. >>> eagles, continue joint sessions with the patriots in new england and cowboys join sessions with the raiders for a fight breaking out. near the spec taters. i'll show what you one raiders fan did to a cowboy, with a helmet that he snatched. coming up in sports. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will be waiting for him. (vo) the longest-lasting midsize sedan in its class.

. >> plus pole dancing on the ocean city boardwalk? is it legal? and the facebook messenger backlash. 7 on your side with the truth behind the new app. >> and what impact does the the influx of undocumented minors have >> a local medical center that treats undocumented children is seeing a costly surge in patients. >> so where does the money come from and how much longer can they keep up the care. suzanne kennedy live at the white house with this project immigration report for us. >> well alison, leon, federal authorities say 63,000 undocumented children have come into the united states, come across the u.s. southern border and been apprehended since last october. when they come here those children need help and some localagiancies are strug -- local agencies are struggling to keep up. >> 17-year-old sandra is one of thousands of unaccompanied minors who have come to the u.s. this year. this guatemalan immigrant is applying for help at mary center a nonprofit social service organization that in this case is offering healthcare. >> i feel healthy at

on the boardwalk in atlantic city, 75 degrees.o quickly refresh your memory, yesterday at this time we had temperatures in the 40s and 50s across the lehigh valley and 50s across the interior sections of south jersey. we're 20 degrees warmer today than we were yesterday at this time. documents running through the roof now, this will continue just about all week long. we get into the 70s that's very oppressive. that's sticky stuff feeling more like the gulf coast states. looks like that will stick around through wednesday. if you're not a big fan of the heat and humidity, you'll have the air-conditioning running through wednesday and even thursday, with the dew points down in the mid 60s we'll have temperatures in the high 80s. we have this spinning out in the western portion of the keystone state. we'll see sunshine this afternoon that will act as fuel for the thunderstorms to fire up and produce pretty good gusts of winds and drenching downpours. future tracker 6 shows most of the day is quiet. 5:00 p.m., western suburbs starting

it's the most gorgeous casino on the boardwalk. it's very impressive. >> reporter: 5,000 people will be laid off when revel closes on tuesday and the neighboring showboat casino shuts down sunday afternoon. >> i don't know what i'm doing next. >> reporter: this woman has worked at showboat for nearly a quarter century. at age 65, she's worried about her prospects for finding a new job. >> it's not easy. >> reporter: in a memo to employees today obtained by nbc 10, showboat's parent company said they placed 470 workers with three other casinos. >> it doesn't get the company off the hook. >> reporter: trump plaza is set to close september 16th. to hand male surge in unemploym, they will open a special resource center next week incite the atlantic city convention center. >> we will get through this. this is the dark time. there will be a better time. >> reporter: the mayor believes the properties won't stay vacant for long. >> we can't have three massive empty buildings on the boardwalk. we have to see this as a short-term period. and

the casino never turned a profit in its short time along the boardwalk. plans for atlantic city's newest casino were unveiled in september 2007. by january 2009 revel was running out of money before the project was complete. it issued layoffed on march 26, 2012, revel received its license and opened to the public in april. less than a year later, the casino filed for bankruptcy. then it did so a second time in june of this year threatening now to close. that news became official today. doors are expected to close september 10th. the economic impact of the crisis is staggering. that's why we have a special section dedicated to this major local story on our website. atlantic city on the brink right now on nbc10.com. >>> new at 6:00, pay up now. the man who keeps track of philadelphia's money wants businesses to settle their $2.5 million tab for past police services. city controller wants to go after 389 businesses with unpaid police bills. 168 of them are 90 days or more past due. some are more than ten years old. for instance, the commonwealth of pennsylva

boardwalk atlantic city and sea isle, 80.temperatures, again, will range anywhere from 94 to 96 up and down the i-95 corridor. it will be hot and humid. you'll have to take it easy out there if you have outdoor plans stay with us hydrated and take frequent brakes in the shaid. we'll see this heat pump high hit the eastern seaboard. what tends to happen across the county, what must go up must come down, the jet stream on the west coast now. we've seen the jet stream dip across the mid atlantic most of the month that brings cooler weather to this partly of the country when we see it slide into the carolinas. we're seeing the opposite that means heat and humidity. clouds are running southwest to northeast, it's not quite in our neck of the woods yet. it will swing through probably after 4:00, this afternoon. the more sun we see the better chance this will turn strong to sphere. we'll have scattered stuff over the city this marchs east into the city by 8:00 p.m. and through south jersey and off the coast by 11:00 p.m. it has the

a beautiful day to be here on the boardwalk outside convention center and it wasn't that long ago that we saw feet of snow, even down the shore and now we have this beautiful day this weekend probably one of the best of the entire summer season. so first lets talk about the weather and then we will tell you what is going on this weekend if you have plans to come on down. first lets look at storm scan three we have a few pop up sprinkles here and there otherwise a really nice day with sunshine. temperatures are still warm, in the lower 80's in philadelphia, millville is at 82. eighty-two wilmington. 80 degrees in trenton. down the shore it has been warm on the boardwalk, someone said to me it feels hot if you are away from the surf. in ocean city 8o stone harbor 8o ocean water temperature 75. rip current risk still is in the moderate category and will go low tomorrow. lets look the at shore forecast. during the next couple days it looks great. plenty of sunshine. temperatures around 79 for friday, saturday, 76 and then by sunday 75 degrees and nothing but sunshine. back here live we hav

check out boardwalk there. swamped. that rain came down hard and fast. >>> now the same storm, just dumped several inches of rain to our south, several water rescues were reported in kensington, maryland, just outside of our nation's capitol. >>> it is wednesday august 13th, hi, good morning i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm quarter von tiehl. we are expecting more wet weather. we will check with katie fehlinger outside on the sky deck with what we can expect, good morning. >> i obviously do not need the umbrella right now. it is more hit and miss. the worst is absolutely, done. don't worry about any additional flooding concerns but with that said we do still have a number of advisories and warnings that we have just mentioned that we will walk you through. storm scan three shows wide zoom here and actual center of circulation with the storm that brought us all this rain well up a across quebec here but what we need to have happies a cold front to get out of here. when we zero in on our area you can see we certainly do still

we're taking you live to the boardwalk where an out-of-town gaming hall is looking for new hyers.once again, the overnight sensation, mo'ne davis, "sports illustrated" cover. those who know her best explain how the 13-year-old is handling the national spotlight. >> go, dragons! outside right now, mostly cloudy skies. mild outside, low 70s. rain is on the way. we'll show you when we we come back. stick with us. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist tedd florendo. >> warm for your wednesday but at least it's not going to be hot. humidity will be up slightly for the day today. keep that in mine. warm again, the humidity goes up and the rain will return. not today, though. we're tracking it. we'll show yowl exactly when to expect it, coming up. outside your current temperature is at 77 degrees. for trenton, bensalem at 71. westchester. philly 72 degrees along with wilmington. glassboro at 70 degrees. temperatures are warmer than we were yesterday at this time. especially for the lehigh valley. 10 to 11 degrees warmer, slightly cooler for millville hour than we wer

. >>> it's official, the showboat casino closed its doors this afternoon after 27 years on the boardwalk"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson reports, it's just the first of three casinos that will shut down for good in atlantic city. >> reporter: an emotional sunday on the boardwalk. closing time for the showboat casino on this labor day weekend the worst kind of irony sunday near 2,000 employees lost their jobs. >> everybody was in tear. >> reporter: 12 atlantic city casinos will be down eight and nearly 8,000 workers will be jobless. >> 8,000 families out of work in an eight-month window of time is an economic disaster. >> reporter: former employee ruth ann joyce was hired along with her husband as bartenders when the casino originally opened at nearly 30 years ago. >> it is very difficult for the guests, it's very difficult for the employees. it's a sad time in atlantic city. >> reporter: joyce and her husband are among the 470 workers being transferred to another site by owner caesar's entertainment but she was quick to point out there's no guarantee. >> being repositioned with

hundreds of thousands of people, ooed and aaed at 2014 atlantic city air show thunder over the the boardwalk. >> amazing. you can't have a better location for an air show. >> reporter: marry bet caller took in the sites with their nephew nick whose aviator sunglasses made him look the part of the next generation of dare devil pilots. >> i like how it is all amazing and has planes, with the stunt planes and stuff. >> reporter: thinks largest air show in the east coast with private and military pilots showing off their aircraft maneuvering capabilities. some highlights included the golden nights parachute team and air force thunder birds who weren't around last year because of sequestration. >> we have been here two or three years and loved it. happy to have thunderbirds back report report family friendly festival is the

live on the boardwalk in atlantic city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> good morning.h 7:00, big problems for drivers on 95. take a look at this accident scene. we have a lot of activity out here. this is 95 southbound, just past the exit for the vine street expressway. you can see police out there, ambulance out at the scene, fire autothe the scene. one lane of traffic is squeezing by on the shoulder but this is creating a huge backup on 95 southbound. it is pretty much a parking lot southbound, right at the vine street expressway. these are drivers staying on 95. that's drivers that are exiting off the highway to get on to the vine street expressway. as you can see, they are just basically crawling along right now. that delay is pretty significant out there on 95 southbound. this is what it's looking like at girard avenue. traffic is crawling along here at the scene. remember just a few minutes ago i thought this number was going to jump, that's what it did. 95 southbound your drive time from wood haven to the vine. just a few minutes ago was 19 minutes. it's reading

i was inside the shoe pushing it down the boardwalk. never forget. it was a hundred degrees. quite an experience. >> thankfully it is not hundred degrees now. >> here's tiffany mom with tiffany baby this child will have good taste what do you think very good taste. it is all with the baby parade. floats, they are so good. the kids are waving if they are awake. >> absolutely if they are awake. that is the key. >> look at the crowds. have you noticed over the years since you lived here since 60's it has gotten more crowded. >> everybody wants to see the baby parade. it is an annual affair. 105 years. people plan their vacations about the baby parade. >> if you want to know more about the baby parade check out fred's book, the title, the ocean city baby parade. pretty simple. just a great afternoon. have one gets in to it. wonderful family event. back to you in the studio. >> lie forward to that every year, they are so cute. i should dress mize baby as a little crab he has been a little crabby. thanks so much. it looks beautiful down the shore, today and gorgeous in the city as

some shops along the boardwalk went dark for few hours. nobody was hurt during the fire.e still don't know how the fire started. >> police in philadelphia's fair hill neighborhood take drastic actions to prevent a big accident. officers say they purposely used their vehicle to stop a truck rolling with no driver. it happened at c street and east somerset. the person behind the wheel jumped out of the truck along with a passenger after they realized police were on their tail. police believe the truck was stolen. those men are still on the loose tonight. nobody was hurt. >> a developing story out of radnor township tonight involving another man looking up women's skirts. police have arrested 5284 old brian bailey for disorderly conduct, harassment and invasion of privacy. the woman he targeted was shopping at a grocery store and as fox 29's drew dickman reports, this is not the first time this guy has been caught. >> reporter: 52 year old brian bailey denied all allegations that he used his cell phone to try and film up a woman's skirt and sigh this giant on lancaster avenu

play up the boardwalk and beach.ive years, he hopes this will be ac's reputation. >> we have thinks to do in this city you can't do in your hometown. there will be venues you can't find anywheres in the united states and we're going to diversify our market. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> school district teachers and parents will spend participant of their labor day protesting budget cuts. today they will spend time outside governor correspond belts philadelphia's office on broad street. corbett sports the measure of cigarette tax, william hite said it could prevent more layoffs. lawmakers will not return to harrisburg until after the school year begins. >>> new this morning, a man is fighting for his life after being shot in west philadelphia. police say his family knew the gunman, the man was shot in the leg around 11:00 p.m. on the unit block of north edge wood street. police say they tracked down the 21-year-old shooter driving this suv at 61st and market. detectives are talking to him, no word on charge

. >> this couple bursting with the news as they stroll the boardwalk. ray popped the question as they spent the long labor day weekend at the shore. >> it's a lot of fun down in atlantic city. a lot of things to do down who are. >> the boardwalk, the pier. casinos. we like played. it was fun. >> couple from linden, new jersey, celebrate agnew beginning as atlantic city braces for the end of an era two cass zen notice revel and showboat shutting their doors this weekend trump plaza following suit later this month. 6,000 workers losing their jobs and the city struggling to redo its image. the experience of egg he enjoying atlantic city as it is now has added urgency. >> it's a good time to come down here to actually see the casinos before some of them closed it's a lot of fun until they're gone. we wanted to make sure to make the most of it. >> absolutely. >> reporter: earlier this afternoon, we caught up with the mary. he says atlantic city is down but it's not out. the city is just going to rebrand itself and keep attracting people like ray and lindsay.

we are standing here towards the south end of the boardwalk. some lighter traffic but also very steady all throughout the day. a lot of families out here enjoying the beautiful weather and staying for the long weekend overnight. also a lot of gamblers squeezing in some time at the slots trying some trying to get in their time at the revel and showboat before those closed. we talked about the casino closing it's bittersweet for tourism and tradition of the town but the definite stating part the damper on his holiday weekend 6,000 people are losing their jobs between now and mid september. that's because the revel, showboat they close this weeke weekend. but the trump plaza also closing two weeks from now. so it's going to be a very different landscape here in atlantic city. we caught up the mayor today. he says this holiday weekend marks the end of an era but also marks new beginnings. >> it hit us hard because we had all our eggs in one basket, and we were just known as a gambling town. i think tofu look around me today you can already see that

the boardwalk is packed. this is probably the highlight event of the summertime. >> reporter: this man says he has seen a lot of foot traffic this summer despite news of casino closings. >> there's been bad news. the word is atlantic city will remain open. >> reporter: you have not been struggling? >> no. happy to report. >> reporter: the air show helps. you can see people flocked in to see the action. filling the boardwalk and the beach. >> we are hoping that atlantic city can bring something new to keep people around. the air show today has turned out a huge crowd of people. we're doing great today. >> reporter: frozen yogurt shop just opened two locations memorial day weekend. did that make you nervous with all of the closings? >> definitely. i mean, with everything so uncertain, everything up in the air, you know everyone has felt it. it's been -- everyone is proceeding with caution. we're hoping that it turns around and get great turnout. >> reporter: we hear atlantic city's mayor over the loudspeaker ev

thunder over the boardwalk and we should get in the mid 80's by 2:00 in the have afternoon. for all of us we're going to with a six out of ten in our weather by the numbers. humidity will be dropping eventually but we will have on and off showers around. not too much. just cloud cover with bus stop buddy and still pretty muggy out there. we have temperatures in the 60's and 70's this morning. little bit of rain here and there on ultimate doppler radar but not much. most of the thunderstorms have moved off shore. 71 degrees at the moment with 84 percent relative humidity ape high later on of 84 degrees with showers leading to sunshine, this afternoon. tonight, it cools down with those clear skies, it will be a little bit the breezy side as well. 60 degrees in the city and 50's in the suburbs. that is your fox cast from the weather authority with the latest on this i-95 in mess with kacie. >> first we will talk about the accident that just cleared this was cause ago lot of drama, southbound side of i-95, past the walt whitman bridge so it was really jammed at that scene. that

on the boardwalk of atlantic city, 67 and beach haven 65. i'm sure a lot of folks are anxious for good beach day. you'll get oneod. you're deang with ittinge b sing tesit will create rgheas, waves will build to 4 to 5 feet. avalon, 65 and cape pay, 65. the city, poconos the shore we're expecting a lot of sunshine today, so it's perfect finish to the weekend. mostly sunny, 80 degrees for the city. jersey shore,ezy, nice, 77. in the poconos you're in the process of getting rid of the morning for now, otherwise it's a mostly sunny and cab day with 75 degrees in themount. when ihe numbers inenay forecast and we'll talk about4 the tropics. >> we have the latest on the militants knownns for the beheadingf james foley. u.s. officials think they are close to identyi e el's e gscra a thr li sevalnwh j terrori thr ntrmchn hosta neosionger trele chid ieysdweven,repareytorstistke sa ight.,ll oes i'm escrow torres, abc news, new york. >> good morning weekend will have more on the search for those somebodiesible for the execution of journalist james foley

crowd of people following him down the boardwalk. he is a champ. >> no crowds here in the frenchmanor in the pocono mountains, not at this hour 567:89:30 is your time. >> all you get is us. >> it is tuesday, august 5th, 2014. hi, sue. >> good morning, tranquility now, of course, it will be heat and humidity now coming up but bus stop buddy is on summer camp cute think week. he is in the mountains too along with muggy, the dog. you know what that means, yes, it is a muggy morning, it is mile. temperatures in the 60's and 07's and we are going to have a hot one today. we have an eight out of ten. we will have the warm sunshine a few breezes here and there but high humidity and air quality alert in effect for today. all of the counties that you see highlighted there, it is a code orange kind of a day. so it could make it a little difficult if you have health issues for the elderly, make sure your pets if the plenty of water on a day like this as well. seventy-one in philadelphia. 81 percent relative humidity. calm wind. not a breeze to

voters approved a plan to allow casinos on the boardwalk on the promise they'd raise funds for public services. suddenly atlantic city became the only place outside nevada where commercial casinos were allowed. by the end of the '90s, the model had spread to 11 different states across the country. today commercial gambling is available in 23 states including all of atlantic city's neighbors. >> hello. >> hi, how are you? >> great. >> frank knows atlantic city as well as anything. he and his jittney are a local institution. they've been leaving here for three generations, so for him the current crisis is personal. >> this is 61 #. going to be popping in on ohio avenue, and i'm going to make an eastbound trip. we feel like we're under siege from the national media, believe it or not. it's true that we have casinos closing, but casinos have been here for 30 years, 32 years, i think. they've opened and closed throughout the history of gaming in atlantic city. right now we're going through a transition where for the last few years there's been a contraction. now you can go to any casino al

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. >> but on the boardwalk the sky is not so blue and an economic tsunami is about to hit with 1600 plus casino workers about to lose their job. the trump plaza and the revel and the showboat. this in a town where unemployment is already 13%. visitors at the showboat says that the mood inside is grim. >> you go inside and talk to the workers and you look at them and want to do more for them. >> where are these people going to go, jobs are scarce as it is. putting 6,000 people out of work. >> the concern here rick is that this will have a ripple affect on the economy at the shore. in edition the housing market takes a hit when unemployed workers consider selling their houses and moving away and in some cases unemployed they cannot make their mortgage payments. it's a rough patch for the folks here along the shore. live in atlantic city, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> the made in america festival has taken over the ben franklin parkway with lane closures in affect. crews made final preparations to the stages, several popular artists will perform at the festival this weekend incl

. >> bop to the boardwalk beat in atlantic city for the 3-d sound and light show, a free nightly show for the entire family as boardwalk hall is transformed into a colorful display of art set to music. once the sunsets you can check out the cool attractions every half hour starting at 8:30 p.m. the show runs through september 21st. >> try some of jersey's best tomatoes during the two-day tomato festival, you can find fresh tomatoes and tacos and tomato inspired jewelry and stained glass, the festival takes place from 5:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. hope to see you down the shore. >> and you guys, a short trip would not be complete without the shore staples, we have johnson's popcorn and taffy and gelato and of course you need the curly fries, let me tell you what is going on in ocean city. they have family nights from 7:30 until 9:30, we have a preview, there is a lot of activity. we have magicians, even rick. do a trick for me. >> here is the ball hold on to it melissa. grabby grab in philadelphia, grab it quick like that. hold it nice and tight, how many balls do i have crowd. >> one ball

as vacant as this boardwalk looks now, it will for sure be packed later. this is probably the biggest day for atlantic city tourism. you heard kacie mention, atlantic city air show, close to million people will be standing on this boardwalk, and this beach, to see a great air show, probably the best in the count retirement you get so close. these planes are not worried about flying over buildings or people. they fly over the ocean and the beach. so you get great look. that's why they have it on a wednesday. because the idea was to have it in the middle of the week to keep the people here not just on the weekends, where even the revel sells out at $499 a room a night, but every casino does. so that was the idea of the air show. it is a shame, chris, that they can't have air show every day here in atlantic city. because they need something besides casinos to bring them here. the air show does t that's just one day. if they can figure out the other 364 days, they'll be in business. >> all right, steve. certainly a shame these kins are all closing. thank you.

>> reporter: jessica definitely a disappointing day here on the boardwalk in atlantic city with news that the revel will close, taking witt more than 3,000 jobs. the hotel and casino is scheduled to close no later than september 10th and when it does it will be third out of four casinos in atlantic city toy close their doors just this year. it was a decision thousands here the atlantic city's new casino had hoped they would not hear but made official on tuesday. after failing to find a buyer, in bankruptcy court, revel will shut its doors for good next month. >> everything will be okay. >> reporter: trying to stay positive news has been especially tough for sarah mayes. >> she works full-time at show boat which is closing at the end of the month and part-time here at revel. >> i would hope someone would step in. >> reporter: after two years and filing for bankruptcy twice 2.4 billion dollars casino never turned a profit. company officials issued a statement that reads in part despite the effort to improve the financial performance of revel, it has not proven to be enough to put the p

. >> i am going to the boardwalk on saturday. and i am also going to leave the beachouse and on saturday i'm going to go to sugar. >> we still have work to do. >> you have work to do, you are like 8, right? >> 10. >> what work do you have to do? >> school work. >> and jacob is not the only one with the reality check. in ocean city, today's perfect beach day made let going a little easier. >> the last thing we are doing for the summer as a family, i guess. enjoy the beach. we are both educators, so we are looking forward to school starting as well. >> i had to make it to the beach win more time. so it was a must. we talked about it earlier in the week and we're here. >> take a look at the family there on the beach on newport avenue soaking it in. we still have three days left for the rest of the weekend. we will all hold on for dear life and enjoy every moment of it. for now live in ventnor city, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> and live on the ben franklin parkway. and the stage is set for tomorrow's made

boardwalk plaza down in rehoboth beach notice people are out there.t this point they're moving around in a very jerky fashion, but they're moving along. so we're getting the waves to come in, too as we take a look, in our neighborhood weathernet work. we have temperatures great. we have sky conditions that are definitely improving now that the sun's up. we also find few showers that have been continuing to hang around just to the east of saulsbury and right along the coastal areas of sussex county delaware, but otherwise, that seems to be moving out. but it is moving out slowly, so it will be gone, and we will be watching for some better weather down there, too. 62 degrees, in philadelphia right now 59 degrees in wilmington, 53 degrees in trenton, cool morning in a lot of locations, in fact, it is in the 40's in the poconos, at this point. so nice morning to open up those windows enjoy the day great afternoon temperatures getting into the middle 80s today. do we find a chance of a shower? as we go through tomorrow morning? specially? we'll take a look

allentown, trenton and millville. 63 in sea isle city and up the coast in atlantic city and on the boardwalk. 68 by 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. in the low 70s, mainly clear and obviously on the comfortable side, low humidity very similar to what we felt yesterday. yesterday was a gorgeous day. 71 degrees by 9:00 a.m., noon, 80. 3:00 p.m., 83. we'll hit our high of 84 probably around 3:30 before dipping back to 82 degrees by 6:00. sunscreen weather for sure if you're going to be outside today. the humidity returns in the forecast in a couple of days, matt pellman i'll have that coming up. >> reporter: all right, the beautiful weather wasn't the only good thing happening this weekend, we had 495 reopened. they were ahead schedule on the northbound side just like 9 southbound side. northbound lanes were not to open since june 2, but now you're good to go in the first state. the off ramp from the northbound side of girard avenue was closed, good to go in both directions. in hatfield we have an accident investigation shutting down north broad street by medical campus drive and cow path road. we're heari

le and down to 06 along the boardwalk.s we roll through the day it will be warm, low humidity, 67 by 9:00. 74 by noon, a great morning to go out and get an exercise walk in. the high of 81 will hit at 3:30 or 4. 6:00 p.m. we're back down in the 70s. a little cool issue if you're out on the town holding in the upper 70s and low 70s by 10:00, 11:00 tonight. your weekend is more humid and down right steamy later in the weekend. i'll have the details in the seven day. >> reporter: the reopening of the ramps is so close we can will also taste it, i think it tastes like eggs. the overturned ramp was carrying eggs, it flipped over before 1:00 a.m. on the ramps from the schuylkill expressway westbound to city avenue and the roosevelt boulevard southbound to the schuylkill expressway westbound and city avenue southbound. they just got the truck towed away. penndot is out there, putting sand down because there was fluid that spilled. we're waiting for the first cars to come by on the ramps. there come the cars, as we watch live thos

. ♪ sounds great can you watch them every night if you want to on thursday night up and down the boardwalkand someone that is 7'7" tall, this is our stilt walker and he is zoro, and if you are not in ocean city attending family night it goes on between 7:30 and 9:30 this evening, check out what is going on this weekend down at the shore. start the holiday weekend off right with the fireworks spectacular. the fireworks will light up the night sky from pine avenue, but are visible from almost anywhere in the wildwoods. the show starts at 10:00 p.m. the summer is winding down but you can keep that beach body in shape with a run, the ocean city labor day race gets underway on monday and you can participate on a beach run with a mile run and a mile walk, $20 is required for preregistration and $25 for the day of the event. >> and it wouldn't be labor day weekend without barbecue, in ventnor can you fire up the gorilla long the beach for the holiday weekend, just grab your ribs and hot dogs and buggers and head to the beach on this saturday, sunday and monday only. no fire pits are allowed only

sea isle and boardwalk in atlantic city, 81.im if you in fact in the humidity, feels like 87 in allentown. feels great in dover, 99. obviously i'm being sarcastic about that. 890 in reading. this is one of the more uncomfortable days we've had around here in threas 2 1/2 weeks -- in at least 2 1/2 weeks. we're seeing a heat pump high hitting the eastern seaboard. that's allowing the winds to shift out of the of the south. we'll see this cluster of showers and thunderstorms sweep through late this afternoon as it runs into that warm and soupy air it will ignite showers and thunderstorms. we're seeing it across western portions of pennsylvania. we have a couple of lightning strikes, but for the most part these are heavy downpours, as it continues on its journey east and crosses over the appalachian mountains it will become more intense. this is 5:30, we have stuff going across the western suburbs according to the model. western suburbs getting pounded, nothing going on across south jersey. that model is between 8 and 9:00 p.m. and

. >> something new to come and bring new energy to the boardwalk. you know, i have my family here. and there's not that much for them to do as a family. >> mixed feelings on this labor day weekend which is supposed to be joyous. this showboat casino is the first of three to close and will be followed by revel this weekend and trump plaza come september 16. it's unprecedented. there is encouraging news. we're told nearly 500 of the 2000 employees at the showboat are being placed with new jobs within ceasar's entertainment. in atlantic city, sharee williams, "channel 6 action news." >> meantime, elsewhere at the shore ocean city was packed. families soaking up one last weekend of summer fun. despite clouds it was a good day for paddle ball competition an boogying boarding and people were happy to enjoy a final taste of summer. >> it's sad to see summer go. it's beautiful. we are happy we got a good weekend here. >> unofficial end of summer provided one final push for business owners along the boardwalk hoping to cap off a successful summer vacation season. >> meantime, music fans opt

itpe of popularity during prohibition, an era of decadence captured in "boardwalk empire." >> take it easy, fella. >> but all of that was a distant memory by the time the s arrived. even as the gleaming towers rose, some neighborhoods still struggled. there were a lot of streets that gambling gold didn't reach and once again, people here, like club owner eric millstein worry. >> every day, you're nervous. you worry about the lack o empymt atoueaabt. you worry about the casinos being os a h is in to negatively affect your business or if you're even nex >> report: e yosa h town is already reinven itself you as it has in the past. it won't be easy. it never has been. harry smith, nbc news, atlantic city. >>> and some of those out-of-work employees could soon be in our area. with the new mgm resort opening at national harbor lots of casino jobs and revenue happening here. maryland live casino went to new jersey to discover some new employees. >> not just diners and grills participating in restaurant week. a growing company in d.c., also trying to get in on those deals. >> also we're going

for now but we are facing the boardwalk. we are not facing the ocean. we will be seeing that rip current risk, stronger surf pick up here as berta is making its closest path to the shores right now. lets go to storm scan three. right the now things are quiet on cry land. we have had nothing more than a handful of clouds out there throughout the overnight. wider zoom starts to show signs of life through western pennsylvania. that is our next cold front starting to get it act together and then somewhat slow to move. we have the entire morning at least until we start to see any activity on the radar firing up here at home. meanwhile lets talk about that rip current risk one more time. berta is not making any direct impact to our shoreline but rather a northeast turn, it could clip new foundland and canada but that is it as far as north america is concern, but the ocean swells obviously radiates out away from the storm itself because of the wind, that is associated with the storm. that kicks up our surf and can lead to higher ri

i honorary owe grand and the boardwalk. you will be a at boardwalk and schillinger where the ferris wheel is. in wildwood, on monday, schillinger that is where we will be, you will get to meet alex holley, meet mike jerrick, the whole cast, that would be fun. new listen, our mystery guest will be here soon but thank you, mazda, for this mazda m6. it is a luxurious car. they have a lot of food in wildwood. a lot of food. we have some of the best places where you can get food. we have johnson's preponderance corn right here. they have been here since 1940. how are you doing. >> all right. >> how are you doing. >> great, how are you. >> what kind of pop cover do you have. >> carmel, peanut crunch and cheddar. >> you said they make it every seven minutes. >> you have to come down to the boardwalk and have have have it. it is most fresh you'll ever have. every seven minutes, hot, delicious. >> i will come down here. nineteen poured walk food you must eat this summer a alumni grill what do you have here. >> we have garlic mash po