a little while one of the big issues is the city of atlantic city spends almost $7,000 for each resident compared it to newark and produce a there are a tourist i that those 25,000 our a part of that. >> 51,000 quirkier 24 hours a day kind of a town. is specified day or saturday years and deny. newark is much bigger but $900 million that they are giving $340 million. >> here are the date is you will do if we will give you women -- we will give you the money. >> new jersey will help us to redirect the casino funds. so the state has no plan everything the government has asked we have done. >> what you want to say everyone that this is to me you need to pray to treat people fairly and atlantic city we want to sit down and find a solution to redirect the funds from the casinos of the taxpayers will not be stuck with the bill with the disproportion. >> but how conversational it was. note political speak just the guy talking about how he cut through a lot of political nonsense and a really shed some light on what is really happening in atlantic city. will the governor listen to what the mayor

feels like 23 in philadelphia and 25 in atlantic city. headlines today, cold and windy, a blustery day. keep that cold air in place later this afternoon. keep wind in place until sun sets. just not gusty winds we're seeing this morning. tonight clouds build back in, in the poconos to kick off monday. otherwise clouds really take over on monday and then we have rain developing later on monday. so grab umbrella. your monday afternoon commute could be a wet one. by tuesday we'll see -- monday night clearing skies, see those temperatures really drop overnight. freezing monday night into tuesday. tuesday the sunshine returns but it's cold once again. temperatures not going up really far during the day on tuesday. right around 45 degrees. we have a couple days in the 40s and typically in the upper 50s. very windy this morning, windy this afternoon and. 43 to 46. winds out of the northwest at 25 to 35 miles per hour gusting closer to 60. then tonight as clouds build in we wake up to snow north and west, parts of the poconos, rain develops later.

atlantic city mayor opposes a state takeover. and he's planning a 12:30 news conference today in response to the governor's comments. originally the mayor and other local officials planned to shut down city hall for three weeks beginning friday because the city was scheduled to run out of money. but city council will vote today on a plan to avoid that shutdown by paying workers every four weeks instead of every two. >>> now to decision 2016. we are a little more than three months away from the democratic national convention right here in philadelphia, and both candidates are in town after a big primary win for one of them last night in wisconsin. hillary clinton will speak at the pennsylvania afl-cio convention in center city just minutes from now. and nbc 10's lauren mayk is inside giving us a preview. >> reporter: good morning. we're waiting right now to hear from former secretary of state hillary clinton who is expected here at the afl-cio pennsylvania meeting. take a look behind me and show you what is happening here today. t

the 42 freeway around the atlantic city expressway. before that split where you merge on to the atlantic city expressway from the 4ç freeway looks okay as well. if you're headed down south, you'll be fine that way. >>> mid-50s this tuesday morning at 6:10. another donald trump rally is making decision 2016 headlines. >> down on 7/11 at the world trade center. >> donald trump has a mix-up while talking new york values. >>> no selfies, please. why septa is asking riders not to snap any pictures on the track. do you think when you are president you'll be paid as... much as if it were a man- male this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesnt happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same as the men who are doing that job. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. >>> 6:14. 55 degrees outside. >>> donald trump made an unfortunate slip of the tongue while campaigning in buffalo yesterday. listen to this. >> i was down th

this is a vitac captioning test >>> chris christie put more pressure on atlantic city as he ramped up his fight for state control of the struggling resort town. this afternoon the governor ordered the state to file a lawsuit against atlantic city to stop it from making pay roll payment on friday. christie wants atlantic city's school district to get the money it's owed first. >> we'll prevent them from making atlantic city students and their families collateral damage to their reckless financial gain. >> every payment made to the school has only been made through the governor's office. it is the governor's office and the monitor that determines when school payments are made. >> the mayor of atlantic city responded to the lawsuit saying that monitors for the school and the state meet daily to tell his city when to make those required payments. >> reporter: live in houston, i'm keith jones. villanova alum and i want to show you villanova now, this is the fan fest. look on the stage. they did a whole segment on the villanova wildcats. and their journey so far to this game happening in un

atlantic city faces the same problem. atlantic city wanted to get off of gambling but it is difficult. >> how do you continue to give kids a better education and prepare them for a good life and good paying jobs? >> only way is to find something aside from gambling to bring tourism to atlantic city. back to you. >> thank you, douglas. >>> we are waiting a decision pie a california parole board on the younger member of the mans're mansion family. leslie was 19 years old when she took part in one of the country's brutal murder spree. it was a brutal murder in the home. the couple of stabbed multiple home. and word "war" carved in a stomach. and she arguing that she has exhibited exemptary behavior in the decades in prison. >> on a different note. an escaped chimp. to dodging crews trying to catch him and how all of this crazy chase ended and the u.s. government sounding the alarm on a mosquito-borne disease confirming that the zika virus can cause devastating birth defects. and i never get tired of it. are you entirely prep

and atlantic city will hit 70 degrees this afternoon. wilmington, dover, dewey beach, all into the 70s. you'll feel those winds. they'll be strongest during the afternoon hours. what you won't see any rain-producing clouds. we are still completely in the clear for philadelphia and wilmington and that doesn't change until the very end of the week. you may have seen that on the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. warming up, again, after a little bit of a cooldown over the next five days. today, 75 degrees, insteed, above normal. in delaware, same story, middle 70s this afternoon, bright sunshine, the temperatures dip tomorrow and warming right back up at the end of the week. there is your chance of showers into friday. closer look at that wet weather when i come back with the exclusive ten-day outlook. tracy? >> thanks for that. 11 minutes past 4:00. let's check your ride to work. especially if it includes the vine street expressway. >> the vine street expressway closed to traffic east and westbound in between broad street whe

the money problems in atlantic city has them battling. they say the mayor's plan is too far reaching. christie didn't hold back when he was asked why he didn't meet with the mayor next door. >> we don't do business with a liar. >> he's starving us. >> those debates continue today as to what to do with the bailouts. the state assembly speaker is introducing a new plan, one that would establish goals that atlantic city would have to reach before the state takes over the city's finances. a plan has passed the senate and has christie's backing. live in the digital operating center, deanna durante. >> thanks, deanna. >>> archbishop chaput will be joined by elementary and special education students throughout the archdiocese. the bishop will give a speech and offer a blessing. you may remember in 2012 for the first time the church convicted a church official over sexual abuse complaints. that conviction was overturned. >>> nine minutes after 4:00 and 55 degrees. we've got a mild morning, but there is rain on the way. i'm tracking some showers a

city, 58 degrees and the atlantic city airport earlier today hit a high of 80 degrees, the winds from the northwest and wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. that is why we have the red flag warning until 8:00 tonight. the ground is dry and it's easy to spark a brush fire and they can spread easily. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a band of clouds, that is the back door cold front moving through and high pressure builds in tonight and that clears out the skies and the winds diminish. overnight low 48 degrees for sent city, tomorrow morning you may want a light jacket for a chill in the air but more high pressure builds in from canada and that means bright sunshine and blue skies, temperatures a little cooler with a high of 70 degrees and then heading into thursday, the high pressure sinks to the south, we get the winds from the southwest. so the high a little bit warmer 74 degrees and we start the day with sunshine and clouds roll in ahead of the system. that will move in on friday and that brings a chance of showers and thunderstorms, we could use it, not only is the ground dry

the atlantic city mayor don guardian says the city lawmakers have the interest of the people of atlantic city at heart. they say the city is in this situation because governor christie is withholding $33.5 million. christie fired back and says atlantic city spends three times more per resident than any other city in new jersey. >>> christie says a state takeover of atlantic city and a measure to create alternative tax payments for the casinos are the only solutions. >>> well, the transgender community is fighting for equality in philadelphia and across pennsylvania. >> they're pushing for new laws that would protect them from discrimination. a pink, blue and while flag flew outside philadelphia city hall yesterday, a day the city dedicated to transgender visibility. in north philadelphia, philadelphia deputy police commissioner stood as a proud ally for those gathered for a rally. the transgender community pressed for changes in pennsylvania to protect them against possible workplace discrimination. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 5:38. a warm m

now, the mayor and the governor were both in atlantic city yesterday talking about the city's issues. and the two did not meet. instead, they offered dueling press conferences on the issue. >> because there's no purpose in meeting with a liar. >> if we do a bankruptcy, it's not an atlantic city bankruptcy, it's a chris christie bankruptcy. he's forcing us into -- he's starving us. >> now, critics of the plan that's already been passed by the senate say it is an attack on organized labor. they say the plan christie supports would give the state power over collective bargaining. the plan being talked about right now would create benchmarks for the city and put local officials on a committee to try and cut spending and get the city's money problems straightened out. but this bill does not have the support of governor christie who has taken to twitter just within the last couple of minutes calling it irresponsible. live in the digital operations center, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> it's a soggy morning throughout our area, but fans of the wilmin

overnight an nbc 10 viewer sent this video of hail near atlantic city. one resident managed to pick up hail to share with us thau for that. conshohocken, neighbors moorehead wake up to a tree crashing down on this car. our cameras captured this at athens and cricket avenue. you see the roadways being cleared, it is the time of year trees are blooming. howling wind in chester county, pikeland, a large tree that couldn't stand up to the forceful wind. we've been receiving video and pictures overnight. we're going to try to share as many of them as we can with you this morning and keep you abreast of when you may have power if you lost it while you were sleeping. live in mayfair, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >>> all right. thanks for that, monique. we just found out this morning's get your rear in gear walk was canceled. the event was scheduled to begin at the museum in philadelphia to raise money to fight colon cancer. organizers sent out a message on their facebook page saying they decided to cancel due to the weather. if you see damage in your neighborh

he'll stand up for us. >>> governor chris christie is in atlantic city as the city's budget crisis continues. christie met with city count executive this morning. he says that atlantic city will run out of money and negative spill over will affect other cities in the state. he plans to introduce new legislation to create benchmarks that the city has to meet. >>> a drug company merger is called off. pfizer was going to acquire the botox maker but the $160 billion merger is not happening. they say it makes tax inversion a lot less lucrative. >>> the white house is moving funds to fight the zika virus. $600 million left over to fight the ebola virus will be turned over to fight zika instead. and it will pay for treatment and stop the mosquitos to spread it. some will go to foreign countries where the virus is more rampant. >>> the rising cost of insulin is needed to keep blood levels in check and the prices have nearly tripled in the last few years, far out pacing inflation. and other diabetes medication has not. they are not sure what is making insulin so expensive. >>> coming up at 4:00 we'll

the state education department is suing atlantic city to get tax money the city collected on behalf of the schools. the city still owes the state more than $40 million that was due last friday. the state wants atlantic city to freeze spending until it hands over the rest of the money. if the court agrees, some government services would be shut down and police, firefighters own other city workers would be paid with ious. >>> there's no progress to report in the ongoing verizon strike. check out the sea of red as striking workers hit the streets of manhun of manhattan. thousands of workers crowdedmenttown. union workers are upset with verizon for failing to reach a new labor contract. 36,000 verizon workers walked off the job last wednesday. >>> lying about being in the military is bad enough but authorities say oneç berks couy man lied about it to a judge. shane sparrow of st. lawrence is being sentenced in an unrelated theft case. that's when prosecutors say he lied to the judge, he led the judge to believe he was a retired and decorated marine. the quick check by the county's adult

atlantic city seeing heavy rain. that is quickly moving up to the north and will be moving in ocean county soon and moving into chester county some locally heavy rain, heading toward newark and new castle county wand delaware more moderate to heavy rain there too. if we take a wider view out now you can see all of the showers heading our way, strong thunderstorms right around washington, and i circled this area because this is most likely going to hold together and move through as we go through the next few hours. so again, we do have more rain in the forecast this evening. here's future weather by 7:00 p.m., already seeing the cluster around washington, moving into south jersey and delaware. maybe showers around the philadelphia area too. and then we get closer to about 9:00, still showers on the radar expected by 9:00 but bigger improvements overnight and for friday. so we'll talk about your friday and the villanova parade as well as a wintry mix for part of the weekend. the forecast straight ahead. >> to decision

winds in atlantic city gusting around 46 miles per hour. with the wind we also have the cold in place. it feels like winter, feels like teens in some spots. air temperature 39 degrees. right now in philadelphia, 24 in mount pocono, 34 in reading, 39 in atlantic city, 41 in wildwood. i know it's the time of year for 5ks, 10ks, half marathon. if you're outdoors, exercising on your own, you want to bund up. windchills around 9 degrees in mount pocono. feels like 28 in philadelphia and feels like 30 degrees in millville. so a cold and blustery day we have several chances seeing a windy day. also seeing temperatures in the 40s throughout the seven-day. we'll talk more about that coming up. >>> thanks, michelle. a history making win for wildcats that sends villanova fans into a frenzy with a commanding victory over oklahoma. now to the ncaa finals. we've got highlights plus team reaction next in sports. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. we are a 100% fiber optic network... and fiber optics move at the speed of light. over the last 10 ye

atlantic city employees won't be getting paid every two weeks, this as ac's financial crisis continues. >>> great day for a parade in in just hours, the champion villanova wildcats will be getting the attention in center city. >>> we'll get a taste of winter just in time for the weekend. we'll have details on that in just a moment. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm rosemary connors. it's just about 4:00 on this friday. let's get right to that forecast with meteorologist bill henley. good morning, bill. >> clear skies this morning. it is chilly and the wind is bleing. a live view of center city where the winds are at 22 miles an hour. it's giving us a chill we didn't see yesterday at this time. we're running 8 degrees cooler, 45 at philadelphia international, low 40s in allentown and reading. across delaware and south jersey, 40s this morning. sunshine, clear to begin with, 44 degrees. winds out of the west at 14 miles an hour. we'll see enough sunshine to warm us into the 50s. by lunch time, 49 and still climbing. got your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm bac

cooler in atlantic city thanks to that same wind. inland, you'll find 70s, 75 in dover. 77 this afternoon in philadelphia. seven-day when i'm back in ten. >> bill, 20 minutes before 5:00 right now. let's get you to work, especially if you travel the ben franklin bridge. we start there with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. jessica? >> we are starting on the ben franklin bridge right now. that's behind me. the base of the bridge we're looking at. this traffic right in here, all four lanes are open headed westbound over the span of the bridge. no backups, especially as you head towards the vine street expressway and into center city. once you get to center city, we do have construction, broad street between city hall and spring garden street and some paving work being done on 15th street and south penn square. that will be out there until 5:00 this morning. probably another half an hour that we'd have to worry about that scene right there once they start cleaning up. here's the pa turnpike, no problems in either direction

intervenes. >>> now, atlantic city mayor don guardian opposes a state takeover. he plans a news conference at 12:30 today in response to the governor's comments. they planned to shut down city hall for three weeks beginning this friday because the city was due to run out of money. city council will vote today on a plan to avoid that shutdown by paying workers every four weeks instead of every two weeks. >>> more love this morning for the national champion wildcats. the "daily news" shows appreciation for the villanova team. this special cover will wrap the newspaper this morning, the title, "bringin' it home!" >>> it's back to class today at villanova university. >> the talk on campus will be all about the wildcats. coach jay wright led the cheers inside the football stadium. >> nova -- >> nation! >> the school honored the team for their victory. hundreds of villanova fans showed appreciation for the national champions during the homecoming celebration. the coachç and his players too the stage to thank the fans for joining them on the ride of a lifetime. and fa

just to the north of atlantic city. this is an area of some light rain right around brigantine up to beach haven. it's going to be moving offshore, though, very soon. this is really all we have left. overnight tonight, though, we cannot rule out some more showers trying to move in. i think most of that will be south of philadelphia. here's a look at future weather. so as we go overnight tonight, the clouds are going to hang around. and then you see some light spotty showers. now we're looking at 7:30 tomorrow morning. can't rule out a couple showers in new jersey or delaware. and then by the later morning hours, the models have been fairly consistent afternotries one area of moisture moving in from baltimore, possibly delaware and south jersey still having that better chance of some showers. at least through the first half of the day tomorrow. so, your forecast tomorrow, if you're in the lehigh valley, you'll have a better chance of seeing sunshine, but cooler temperatures than today. we were in the mid 80s today throug

look at those sunny skies for haddonfield, linwood, atlantic city 59 degrees. cooler at the shore. delaware will see the warmer temperatures at 70 degrees. that's after morning temperatures in the 40s. that's for today. for tomorrow, the wind will be on the increase. the wind speeds will make for a warmer day tomorrow and they'll be more of a southerly or southwesterly wind which tends to warm things up for us. you can see the warmup we're expecting on the seven-day forecast. it's definitely going to be windier for tomorrow and it looks like it's going to be sunny at least to start with during the day tomorrow. today, no sign of any clouds or wet weather. but that changes as we head into the end of the workweek. which you can see on the next five days. for philadelphia, 07 degrees, brilliant sunshine. clouds on the increase, not just for philadelphia but at the jersey shore, 67 degrees. here comes the chance of showers for friday and into saturday morning at the shore. less likely that's going to happen in philadelphia. the temperatures in the 70s for the weekend. but a little bit

this morning atlantic city set a new record 22 degrees it was in atlantic city. breaks record of 24. we had a very cold start to the day, new records falling. afternoon, it got better. the wind now is picking up a bit and gusty wind making it feel chilly outside. i was outside on the sky deck and got blown away out there the wind will stay strong tonight but tonight not as cold as what we have been dealing w no more freeze warnings at least for now but i kept those garbage bags close at hand because you will need them again this weekend. lets take a look out first and foremost to bethlehem where things are looking pretty this evening. we have blue skies out there you can see the green, green grass, trees, getting a lot of their leaves by now and everything starting to pop into bloom. it looks like flowers and bird got the memo that spring has arrived but mother nature doesn't seem to have gotten that memo. we are going to be cold through the weekend and it looks like we may have a few snow showers to contend work on saturday. let's check our eyewitness weather wa

. >>> turning to the crisis in atlantic city. today city workers received their last paycheck for weeks. >> cydney long spoke to people about what's next for them and the city still struggling for cash. >> reporter: after losing his casino job two summers ago. >> i'm taking each day as it goes, you know. and just going to see what happens. >> single dad anthony didn't think his career in the city's traffic maintenance department might also come undone. and he's not alone. >> we're concerned. we're scared. the rest of us that are left are scared. >> we spoke to dennis, a mason for public works two weeks ago. and then again today. about making today's friday paycheck last for 28 days for his wife and two kids. >> we have to make every penny count right now. we cannot be wasteful at all. getting paid 28 days from now is going to be difficult. >> we've been staying on top of all of the players, governor christie, the speaker by phone and e-mail as well as their social media posts. mayor guardian says some came to city hall's revenue

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holding on in surf city and points south and west from mays landing down to atlantic city and millville. we will start on see moderate banding break ago part for south jersey at seven or 8:00 o'clock tonight. then mixing over the coast and then clearing comes in later on this evening. we will show you picture outside action cam outside earlier this have afternoon. you can see folks with the umbrella trying to dodge wet snow flakes across the region. certainly not a sign that spring is here even though the calendar does actually say that. so it is more like a month, then winter. snow so farrah cross the region at valley forge three and a half inches of snow. glen mills 3.3. mullica 3 inches of snow. estelle manor 2.7. graterford we have 2 inches of snow so far. things are dying down and chill off as this upper level le moves out. thirty-eight in philadelphia a. thirty-nine in allentown. thirty-seven in lancaster. at the coast in cape may 34. 41 degrees in dover. we have got those wind come out of the northwesterly direction, as the storm system pull as way. wind chill in the city right n

. >>> coming up, new developments in the atlantic city financial crisis. governor chris christie a nunsed a lawsuit, we will tell you what it could mean for schools and the cities employees. >>> new at 6:00 another local school with dreams of a championship, the delaware chess team, that is looking to check mate their way to a title, and why it is so >>> and a lot of rain moving through the area right now, and then get ready for the cold. temperatures where to plunge. >>> "eyewitness news" continues 59:30. good evening i'm's ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica teen. the lets get over to kate bilo live from the cbs-3 weather center, kate. >> jessica and ukee, if you thought yesterday was cold you will not like tomorrow, we have got a brief respite today in the wake or i should say out ahead of this front with a lot of cold air lock up behind it. temperatures in the 20's in portions of new york right now and here comes the front through our region. we will see rain through next hour or two and then, that is when dramatic drop begins. lets zoom in, you can see h

rain nonetheless. 53 in philadelphia. 54 in atlantic city. and 53 right now in southern delaware. the rain showers will continue through the morning and then the winds are expected to pick up later today and strengthen as we move through the overnight starting at midnight tonight we have a high wind warning in effect. we anticipate wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. take it easy there. for today, 60 to 64 degrees for high temperatures across the region. we will stay with cloudy skies. rains are expected to clear out later on this afternoon. as i mentioned, winds later on tonight and we're going to keep a check on our falling temperatures because there's the other part of the weather story. temperatures will be taking a dive into the subfreezing category overnight tomorrow night into monday morning. we're setting up for a more winterlike pattern. i'll be back with details on that and a look at the seven day in just a bit. >>> in just about 15 minutes from now, runners and folks walking will hit the streets in philadelphia to help people with blood cancers. the walk and run kicks of

sky 6 hd showing you the sunshine over atlantic city. meteorologist, karen rogers, has your update from accuweather when "action news" comes right back. a little child with big dreams. dwight evans. first a community activist. a legislator at 25. always looking out for us. he worked to create a thriving commercial district. and he's brought new grocery stores to underserved areas. dwight evans is committed to revitalizing neighborhoods in all of philadelphia. he'll be a block by block congressman for us. i'm dwight evans and i'm proud to approve this message. >>> some of the best young chefs in our area went head to head in the kitchen. the career for arts program cooking competition was held in philadelphia. finalists representing 11 high schools had two hours to create and prepare and serve a two course french meal. the students competed for full and partial scholarships for local colleges. >>> karen is back with the accuweather forecast. here is the problem as i see it. days that were so warm was a cruel trick. >> maybe a treat so you

. >> to the crisis in atlantic city. this afternoon lawmakers considering a new plan to keep the cash strapped city from shutting down but the governor is not going for it. nbc 10's cydney long is following the story. what is this new plan? >> it is brand new rescue legislation during what felt like an emergency or last minute hearing, this new rescue bill was presented and passed in the committee this morning. it was introduced by the legislature who governor christie called a one-man obstruction crew. assembly speaker vince preatoo. on a gray day in atlantic city there is a glimmer of hope on the financial horizon. lawmakers in trenton considered a new bill that falls shy of trenton totally taking over all of atlantic city from an audio feed in the state house we hear directly from the speaker who presented the new rescue bill he says it includes previous pilot legislation to restructure how casinos pay taxes and it's not an open credit card for atlantic city. >> there's nothing they are getting carte blanche. they are

the atlantic city marina is in the low 40s. mullica township, drops down to 36 degrees and it's still falling at this hour. en is's not up for another hour and 20 minutes. stand by. we will see sunshine, though, satellite just a few high clouds to the north. those are going to fizzle. nice warmup during the day today after you get that jacket this morning. you'll need the sunglasses, 51 degrees in the pocono mountains, 57 in quakertown, allentown at 59. the wind will stay light through the day. what little breeze we feel during the day will come out of the north/northeast, 50s for doylestown, trenton and mt. holly. without that wind we would pop into the 60s in each of those locations. inland, it's a warmer afternoon for vineland and dover, near 60 degrees for philadelphia, drexel hill and wilmington. the weekend, yes, there it is. the big warmup. sunday we'll be in the 70s. saturday doesn't look too bad either, up to 66 degrees. the seven-day forecast details when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> 5:10. this is like watching cat vi

. >>> the bad news keeps piling up for atlantic city. a new report calls a.c.'s credit rating the worst in america and businesses are nervous about the bottom lines. ted greenberg has been talking to business owners today joining us live from the jersey shore bureau, ted? >> reporter: well, jackie, you might remember after hurricane sandy national media reports left visitors thinking the entire atlantic city board walk washed away when that was not the case at all. now business leaders are working hard to avoid confusion about the resort being open for business. >> we're doing well, picking up business. >> reporter: this year has been a bright one so far for atlantic city's historic lighthouse, and executive director hopes widespread news coverage of the resort's financial crisis won't change that. >> they are hearing something negative about atlantic city, it may spill over into the businesses. >> reporter: among local business leaders who are trying to spread the message there's still a lot of good happening in the seaside city. >> whereas a lot of news is bad

she was 90 years old. >>> from our jersey shore bureau now, check your bill if you're an atlantic city electric customer. you may be getting money back. this month and into may, customers will see a credit of $113. the company says it's the result of the merger last month between exelon and pepco holdings, the parent company of atlantic city electric. >>> happening today, the city of philadelphia, septa and penndot want riders and drivers to give input on roosevelt boulevard. the city is beginning a program to make roosevelt boulevard safer and more accessible. there will be a forum tonight at 6:00 at the lenfest center on north 10th street. >>> tracks are for trains, not photo shoots. >> we've probably seen these pictures pop up on social media. septa officials say the warmer weather often brings amateur and professional photographers to the train tracks for that perfect picture. but shooting video or taking selfies on septa's train tracks can be dangerous because a train could come on any track at any time in any direction and they say a picture just is not worth the risk. >>> we are

. >>> now, to the crisis in atlantic city. still no deal in a.c. but lots of finger pointing between governor christie and mayor don guardian. they had news conferences 100 steps away from one another. denise nakano joining us with this war of words. >>> no progress to report on the desire financial crisis looming in atlantic city. instead, the blame game and name calling continues. city council meeting as we speak and will vote whether to approve a 28-day payroll period to replace a biweekly play paoli check for employees. it will help the resort avoid a shutdown but only a temporary fix. governor christie came within footsteps of city hall talking with the county and how to foster shared service agreements if the state takeover bill passes. christie stood his ground when asked why not meet with mayor guardian face-to-face next door. >> there's no purpose in meeting with a lier. >> he said can you come and sit down at table the answer's yet. he wants me to me with other people, yes. we've got to be reasonable, not unreasonable. >> on atlantic city

in atlantic city, linwood, warmer than yesterday. delaware gets even warmer at 75 degrees this afternoon for wilmington, dover and dewey beach. the winds will keep temperatures uniform during the day today. the sunshine will be bright, satellite and radar shows there's no activity in our area. drenching rain has finally let up in the houston area. they picked up anywhere from 10 to 20 inches of rain. that system moved on. it's moving into the midwest and to chicago and st. louis. that is due in here for the end of the workweek. until then, we've got nice dry conditions. won't be breezy and cooler, won't be 82 but still warmer than normal. another cool morning on thursday and we get another warmup ahead of the chance of showers on friday. should be out of here for the weekend. there's a slight chance of an early morning shmwi on saturday. back in the low 70s and 65 on monday. we need the rainfall, since the beginning of march it's been fairly dry. a chance of showers for tuesday and wednesday and thursday. your exclusive ten-day outl

. >>> now to the crisis in atlanta atlantic city. they could miss a multimillion dollar payment next week making it the first new jersey municipality to default on debt since the great depression. ted greenberg is live at the jersey shore bureau now with the message city leaders want neighbors and tourists to hear. ted? >> reporter: well, jim, looks like the city is going to avoid that historic default on its debt by making a key loan payment. just like the city for its employees, money is also extremely tight. >> a lot of people rearranged their finances. >> reporter: crystal louis says going without a paycheck for three weeks has been somewhat of a struggle. >> we just fell back on some things we couldn't do that we normally would do. >> reporter: the assistant director of public works and 27-year atlantic city employee is among hundreds of municipal workers who agreed to stretch the pay schedule from every couple weeks to almost a month. the move allowed the nearly broke resort to keep city hall open through april. >> no eating ou

. >>> meanwhile tornado in trenton, how to saving atlantic city. >> tliets. they'll vote on another. deanna durante is live in the digital operation center to explain that plan and fill us in on the plan. deah narks tell us what ee happening about it. >> right now they're looking to buy some time. payroll will be met on friday but then people won't be paid again for a movement the council vote last night to adopt a 28-day pail rolle structure instead of the 14-day cycle. the longer pay cycle going to allow the may 1st tax collections that's hoped to keep the city going. they'll keep it going until friday and then not begun until may 6th. governor chris christie slams the mayor saying, he has no idea what he's doing. yesterday they held dueling news conferences. they were within feet of each other. they have plans to battle them out. he no longer backs the plan to bail out the city. christie quickly explained why he was refusing to sit down with the mayor who was in a room next door. >> because there's no purpose in meeting with a liar. >> if we do a fwruptcy,

. 51 the at the cape may courthouse. 55 in atlantic city. through the afternoon we're looking at the potential for rain later this afternoon. here is the system we were talking about. that will move to the north and east and bring us the potential for rain overnight into your early sunday. so it will be a soggy one. we'll track this out for you. dry today. you don't need the umbrellas today. get your yard work done today compared to tomorrow. a look at 4:30 still doing well. as we go throughout the evening to overnight hours. by 11:30, getting closer to the doorstep. by 7:00 seeing the rain falling. some of it heavy to the north and west. that will stay put as we head through the early part of sunday into the afternoon and evening hours. spotty but periods of rain throughout the day. we'll see quite a bit of rain before it's said and done. from .5 inches to 2 inches of rain. these are a look at the rainfall totals. 1.4 in philadelphia. close to 2 inches in wilmington and swedesboro. a lot of rain for the race tomorrow so be prepared for that

. >>> and now to news about the financial crisis in atlantic city. the city very well may run out of money and today municipal workers will be getting their last paycheck until next month. on wednesday, the city council voted to convert workers from a two-week pay period to four weeks to help keep city government running. labor unions gave their okay. a new bill in trenton to keep atlantic city financially afloat would give ac the chance to cure its mistakes through benchmarks and accountability. here's governor chris christie's response to the proposal. >> i'm not gung to permit the taxpayers of the state of new jersey to be taken for a ride by atlantic city. >> the new rescue bill would allow atlantic city's eight casinos to make payments in lieu of taxes. state lawmakers could vote on the measure as early as monday. >>> this morning, sources tell nbc 10 that a changing of the guard is in the works at the philadelphia fire department. according to multiple reports, mayor jim kenney will name adam thiel to replace garrett sawyer. thiel is currently

everything on time. >> in atlantic city temperatures dropped to 23 degrees at pomona atlantic city airport right now and the record was 18 degrees or actually 24 degrees set back in 1982. so in philadelphia it doesn't look like we're going break any records. too. th32.the record is 28n allentown the record low is 18. new record low in atlantic city telling you it is cold out there this morning. unusually so. when you're dressing the kids even this time of year, yeah you need to tell them to put on the heavy coat. i left a note for my husband make sure my son's got the coat and gloves and hat. let's take a look at the high today. 54 degrees. even though we're starting off cold the afternoon is not going to be so. with sunshine, dry conditions, 54, we'll take it, matt. >> thank you, karen. >>> and you can get the seven-day forecast and a live look at storm tracker6 radar any time at 6abc.com/weather. >>> two police officers made a startling discovery behind pet shop in north jersey. they found 67 puppies and small dogs packed in crates inside the van in paramus early monday morning. the offi

. >>> to the crisis in atlantic city now. tonight, lawmakers made a move to stave off a city hall shut down coming up this friday. the city council voted yunanim s unanimously for a 28-day payroll cycle to stay afloat. workers get paid this friday but then not again until may 6th. earlier today, the governor chris christie and atlantic city's mayor held duelling news conferences within feet of each with the mayor who was right next door. >> because there's no purpose in meeting with a liar. >> doing a bankruptcy, it is not in atlantic city bankruptcy. it is a chris christie bankrupt bankruptcy. he's forcing us into it. starving us. >> meanwhile, speaker plans to unveil new legislation tomorrow that would provide atlantic city with casino payments in lieu of property taxes. >>> oh! >> you just saw a police officer body slam a 12-year-old girl. what happened just before that confrontation? what happened to the officer? because of it. >>> also a teenager becomes a hero. how he saved an 84-year-old woman trapped inside an abandon

this is route 73 right around the atlantic city expressway. so not a lot of cars clearly on the road, but you can see when cars move by water spraying out from underneath and every once in a while you see drops move past the camera lens. this is the schuylkill expressway around the vine street expressway. very zoomed in and right underneath this overpass here we have a disabled vehicle. you can see the flashers on. not a clear picture what's going on except it's a disabled vehicle on to the shoulder which will create some delays. some construction outside center city 33rd street northbound between south street and market street reduced to one lane. jam ups there. also in montgomery county, an kpent in cheltenham. if you are taking a flight. there are still some delays at philadelphia international airport due to weather. about 20 minutes for arriving flights at the airport. check if you're departing as well before you go this morning, vai. >>> thank you, jessica. skyforce 10 was over this accident in montgomery county this morning. one person

this is sustain wind in atlantic city and wildwood so a breezy beginning to the day at the shore. hour by hour we will go and it is a milder day, we expect to hit 26 before the cold front crosses but right around lunchtime but then as it is crossing through pockets of heavier rain on the way, i will track that for you later in the show. stay tune. here's a heads up for weekend by the time we hit saturday we are stuck in february territory with mid to upper 40's at best and yes, meisha, there are a couple of snow flakes on that saturday icon and we will explain more about the next system that might bring white stuff later in the show as well, now back inside to you. >> no fun at all. >> i guess we will have to deal with the punches that are thrown, right? forty-two freeway north bound at creek road in new jersey to 29 five a lot of the drivers are on the roadways but at this 5:00 o'clock hour this is typical of what we see. a lot of early risers, good indication that it will be busy as we know thursday typically are. here's i-95 south right before girard, earlier we did have that c

some showers just moved north of atlantic city across 322. we've got other spotty showers coming into vineland and areas of south jersey, interior south jersey. here is a shower coming through wilmington. this is what i mean by scattered shower activity. this will continue as we move through our morning because there is more rain to part of the system. there is still more rain to come through. heavier rain possible too. could get a heavy scattered shower before it's all said and done. >> as far as our future forecast, what can we expect here? we have a time line of 9:00 a.m. again, scattered sort of popup shower activity. a lot of the area clear at 9:00 a.m. then this model has at 11:30 a lot of atlantic city and parts of cape may into southern and central delaware and even philadelphia having rain by midday. the system moving out quickly. so by later on this evening, look at this, moving west to east, the clearing, looking like showers along the shoreline. they will be the last to see the rain go ahead and get on out of here. we should be dr

it hit 80 this afternoon in dover and millville and the boardwalk in atlantic city. the boardwalk was 80 late this morning and now it's down to 57 degrees with that wind switching off the water. winds have been gusty 20 miles per hour sustained in philadelphia. 16 in allentown and 14 in read prognosis and the winds ease overnight as high pressure arrives from the north, the front is now pushing to the south with again high clouds and no precipitation with it. but the wedge of clear air moves in for wednesday and the system in the midwest that brought flooding rains into parts of texas, it has weakened creditably and pushing east with more clouds by the end of the week and more showers. a moonlit sky and 48 degrees for center city the high is coming in tomorrow and that means wall-to-wall sunshine and hardly a cloud to be found on wednesday, still pleasant temperature-wise sitting at 70 and we get a return flow around the high and it warms up back to the mid-70s on thursday, we start with sun and ends with clouds as that system starts to approach and the showers come

. >>> to the crisis in atlantic city. two weeks, ac will be out of money again, as the city struggles to fight off bankruptcy. it's a battle chris christie is talking about today. nbc 10 south jersey reporter cydney long in cherry hill with the governor. >> reporter: christie says what's happening now in trainen is a big game of political chicken with the speaker not mushing his bill before the general assembly and it's coming at a critical time with the clock ticking nor atlantic city at onset of summer. it's no secret chris christie loves bruce springsteen, but new jersey's top political boss referred to a tom waite song to describe the crisis. >> a line that says down the shore everything's all right. but down the shore everything's not all right, not right now. turn to atlantic city. >> reporter: christie telling a crowd of 200 business owners he simply doesn't have the power to swiftly fix their financial crisis. >> i'll let the mayor keep the job and he can drive atlantic city into the ocean. may 10th or thereabouts

city. >>> signs of life on a desolate part of atlantic city's board walk as a shuttered megaresort is set to reopen. >> i know everybody down here's excited. >> ted greenberg, how putting the revel casino on the ropes is a plan to lure people back. >> and we still have showers in the forecast for your friday night. some areas will see linger into the weekend. i'll show you which neighborhoods expect that coming up next. >>> a major announcement about the 4th of july in philadelphia. how the sell brcelebrations are nothing seen before. >> tracking showers and storms. look at this, cape may a short time ago, a warm day and a wet night. you can see the rain popping up on first alert radar. the showers are popping up there, there's been a few storms in the region as well. i'm keith jones. let's get to our weather for a look at what's out there in your neighborhood. what's coming down now? >> we don't have much locally, keith, but west and down to the south, you can really see it on radar. we have storms to the south. scattered showers and storms to the west. this is a very unorganized wea

it cannot make payroll. >> atlantic city runs the home of the casinos and it's going broke. they're fixing a 1 million-dollar budget deficit and that's not including its debt. this is happening because the city's leader refused to cut cost especially when it comes to services and munificent municipal salary. >> 93% are in the police department or fire department. >> he is opposing bankruptcy because it would hurt credit of towns all over new jersey. he would only sign a package of the comes with legislation that allows them to take over a large part of a local government. >> i don't want this response i don't need the responsibility of running atlantic city on a micro basis on top of being governor of the state of new jersey. >> it is my responsibility to make sure it gets done. >> he added the major city had agreed to the takeover at one point but they talked him out of it because of his opponent who will be on the democratic ticket. he said there is zero substance to the accusation and this amounts to nothing more than a they also responded with a statement that impart rea

the mayor of atlantic city claims that monitors for the school and the state meet daily to tell his city when to make the required payments. >> we'll prevent from making atlantic city students and their families collateral damage to their reckless financial gain. >> for every payment that's been made to the school have been made through the governor's office. it is the governor's office and the monitor that determines when school payments are made. >> ac's city council scheduled a vote tomorrow on whether to convert workers to a 28-day pay period in order to keep the government functioning when the city runs out of money this friday. >>> if you thought villanova's last-second victory was exciting on television, imagine being there in person. >> i cannot imagine, actually. nbc 10's own keith jones is a nova grad as we've been telling you from the beginning and the former manager of the basketball team and he captured the dramatic moment that three-point shot on his cell phone. watch. [ buzzer ] >> oh, that just doesn't get old. as you can see, keith was lucky enough to be courtside, he wa

only 29 in atlantic city. 27 degrees in wilmington. a northwesterly wind now, 7 miles per hour in philadelphia. 10 miles per hour in wildwood, 12 in atlantic city. with that wind out of the northwest, factored in, we have a windchill out there. you want to bundle up. that's the name of the game this morning. sun and clouds across the region today. breezy conditions and we're looking for a high temperature in philadelphia of about 49 degrees. 52 in the outer lying suburbs. we'll be happy to get to that for sure. plenty of sunshine on tap and we should remain dry, giving a chance for any snow that was left behind on the grassy surfaces to just sort of melt away hopefully. saying good-bye to snow and winter and we will be saying hello to spring-like temperatures. i'll be back with the forecast, seven-day forecast to let you know when we will warm up in just a bit. >>> the only woman on the fbi's most wanted list is now in custody. >> after i heard that she's been captured, it was like the weight of the world came off my shoulders. >> how