property damage is an active scene on the atlantic city expressway eastbound. right around exit 28, route 54. they have active work crews here as well. use caution when traveling through. >>> the man accused of shooting philadelphia police officer james mccollough is under arrest. he's expected to be arraigned later this morning. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside philadelphia police headquarters. katy, we're learnino lore about the suspect's long police rap sheet. >> scott griffin, he does have a long rap sheet. he's been held at police headquarters in center city philadelphia. we are told he should be formally charged with a number of charges in just a few hours from now. this is a picture of scott griffin. he has 14 prior arrests according to court records for things like drugs, weapons and theft. this is philadelphia police yesterday afternoon arresting him after an hour's long manhunt in the shooting of officer james mccollough sunday night pep interrupted a carjacking with griffin and another suspect when mccollough was shot in the leg. griffin had been in jail less than a

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, dover 7:00, milford at 7:35 and atlantic city by 8:00 p.m. we still have quite a few hours left of this rainfall moving in and again i showed you the reds and oranges that shows us the heavier rain. this line of rain is moving west to east. we'll continue to see it move through new jersey and delaware the next few hours, but areas north and west of philadelphia, pretty much drying out at this point. now this is all poart of a biggr storm system. the snow is timely starting to move out of new england. we're only going to deal with the rain from this but once the rain moves through it's going to get a lot colder. so future weather taking the rain, mostly moving into new jersey and delaware by 7:00 become. then a couple hours later most should be gone by about 8, 9:00. then colder, we have a freeze warning out for part of the area. i'll show you who can expect that coming up. >>> no criminal charges for former eagle lasean mccoy being investigated for that bar fight that involved two off-duty philadelphia police officers. this video shows the chaos that unfolded back in february at th

takeover of atlantic city. governor chris christie is scheduled to speak to reporters at 11:30 as he continues to wrangle with state assembly leaders about a proposed takeover of the financially struggling resort town. now, governor christie warned yesterday that atlantic city could go broke by memorial day unless the state intervenes. we will bring you the governor's news conference live when it happens right here on nbc 10 at 11:00 a.m. and we'll also stream it on our website nbc10.com, or you can find it on the nbc 10 app. 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 c

philadelphia, 48-mile-an-hour wind gust in atlantic city and 49 in reading. you're going to feel that and hear that as you step out today. along with that cold feels like february, looking at temperatures right around freezing. 33 in allentown, below freezing lancaster, 31. mount pocono, 32, 38 atlantic city, dover. feels colder 40 on april 3rd. reading, lancaster, 23 in philadelphia. as we go throughout the rest of today, we are looking temperatures not going very far. windy by noon. mostly sunny skies 41. 4 by 3:00. by 6:00 temperatures topping out around 45 degrees. a few more blustery days in our seven day coming up. >>> in less than 24 hours we've seen heavy rain, winds, lightning, hail, in some neighborhoods snow. a brief burst of snow hit philadelphia's mayfair neighborhood just before sunrise today. it came down on princeton avenue where last night's storm toppled a tree right onto a car parked in the street. you can hear the hail and also hear the thunder in the video sent to us by a viewer overnight. plenty of people woke up to it, wicked weather passed through our area. mother natur

atlantic city. governor chris christie says the state is trying to rescue the people of ac from their local government. one week from today, city employees will cash their only paycheck for a month. 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 tran

are downed wires over in new jersey on route 50 southbound, just south of the atlantic city expressway. the right shoulders is getting by. that's how it's been all morning. no big delays there. we are still in the green in the area. 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

governor chris christie slams the mayor of atlantic city saying he has no idea what he's doing. yesterday they held news conferences within feet of each other. 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. >>> nin

allentown, 33 lancaster, 39 atlantic city. factor in the winds feels colder than that. feels like 9 degrees april 3rd in mount pocono, 33 in pottstown, 33 in millville. by this afternoon we're going to see snow shower activity, winds diminishing around 45. several chances for rain, even more snow and 40s in the seven-day. talk more about this coming up. >>> we're good. we're focused and ready to go. >> villanova heads into the ncaa title game as the underdog. the team is up to the challenge. we'll hear more from the players next. vo: president obama endorses katie mcginty for u.s. senate, calling her "a champion for working families." the 9th of 10 kids, her dad's union pension and social security made all the difference. in pennsylvania, mcginty helped implement obamacare and expand coverage. trump and toomey have attacked obamacare and social security. to fight back, president obama wants mcginty in the senate to protect women, families and seniors. vote in the democratic primary, april 26th. mcginty: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message. >>> a quarter after 6:00 sunday mo

arraigned on attempted murder and robbery charges today. >>> atlantic city won a fight in court today as it it tries to cope with a desperate financial situation. a judge rule that the city will not have to freeze all assets, the city is fighting a takeover by the state and john rawlins has the story. >> the city by the sea has very little money in its municipal covers, the christie administration went to court asking for an injunction for the city to set aside $25 million it owes the school system so it's not spent on something else. >> they have to make tough choices but one choice they will not have to make is their payment to the school district, their absolute duty to pay -- >> atlantic city says such an injunction would tie its hands and premature. it was delayed in making the latest payments as of today they are current according to the pay schedule. >> we achieved the end, making sure the school is paid in a timely fashion. >> judge julio mendez agreed with atlantic city and denied the injunction request and woman ter the situation to make sure future payments to the schools are

. >>> last payday, at least for a while. 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 neighborh

the northern part of the staut. that could spelldom for atlantic city. and douglas kennedy has the latest for us. >> reporter: for decades atlantic city is suffering and the towns around her is thriving. there is only one thing to blame the mayor said. >> promise of gambling solve your problems. >> reporter: don gafshin is the mayor of atlantic city which is on the edge of collapse. if is a new cosano project that may put the final nail in the atlantic city coffin. new jersey will vote on the ballot measure. they will be located near new york city taking away the incentive for gamblers to come to atlantic city. new jersey state senator is a key supporter and disagrees, predicting a win/win for everyone. >> our proposal would generate hundreds of millions to build atlantic city and create thousands of jobs. we need job and additional revenues. >> reporter: it is what gambling opponents say sound familiar. >> casinos promise new jobs and revenue to the state. but we see that promise is one of the biggest lies in american culture today. glambling experiments in connecticut and delawar

. >> 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 getting ability to come out of the woods and they need that. >>

as it happens. >>> the showdown over the future of atlantic city is shaping up right now in trenton. a state assembly committee is considering a measure to help keep the cash-strapped city from shutting down. nbc 10's deanna durante is monitoring the hearing in our digital operation center. good morning, deanna. >> good morning, vai. that hearing has just begun. lawmakers are continuing to debate what's the best way to get atlantic city out of its money troubles. an assemblyman trying to get his bill passed he says it will help protect jobs and get atlantic city out of the fiscal mess. the plan is being pitched in trenton right now. city officials have said the city would be out of money by friday. and they'd have to shut down city operations keeping only essential staff working, but they wouldn't be getting paid. yesterday city council ordered a new pay cycle for the employees there. so they'll be paid on friday, but not again until may. that will allow the city to collect may property taxes and use those funds to try and stay afloat, while state senators have passed a governor chr

route 50 headed southbound just south of the atlantic city expressway. all lanes are closed at this time but the right shoulder is getting by. not a big backup. and with that traffic behind it, it's still early. we're not seeing a huge amount of volume heading that direction. also, construction on kelly drive westbound between sedgely drive and brewery hill drive. here's the vine street expressway around broad street. we're still closed east and westbound. all traffic being forced off of the broad street exit. it's closed between broad street at this point and the schuylkill expressway. it looks like a backup with the cars getting off of the exit ramp. other than that, not a lot of problems. take vine street local as your alternate. we'll keep you updated as soon as these construction sites are lifted. tracy? >>> 4:31. in custody, the man philadelphia police say shot an officer over the weekend is being held right now and awaiting arraignment. and police tell us he had been arrested 14 times before sunday's violence. nbc 10's katy zachry is live at philadelphia police headquarters w

any showers or storms that move in over the next several hours. 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 2016,

officials are due back in court in the fight over atlantic city's financial crisis. the state education department is suing ac to get tax money. the city selected on behalf of the schools, the city still owes the state more than $4 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 will be shut down. and police, firefighters and other city workers will be paid with ious. >>> members of the commune came together to discuss the heroin crisis in philadelphia at northeast high school last night. for the first of a series of community meetings. city councilman david oh is urging people affected by the drug to share their stories. he got feedback about methadone clinics that help wean addicts off the drug. city council plans to hold hearings on the heroin crisis next month. an nbc 10 digital exclusi, "generation addicted" takes a hard look at the heroin epidemic. find it now on the nbc 10 app or nbc10.com. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill hen

university city, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >> katy, thank you. >>> union workers in atlantic city are fighting for a bill to keep their contracts in place. the new jersey state afl/cio and public workers union led a march from caesar's casino to city hall yesterday. the workers believe a bill introduced last week will help the city recover from economic woes without breaking their collective bargaining contracts. governor chris christie supports a state takeover which allows the nullifying of contracts an a sell-off of city assets. >> obviously the state wants to come in and break our contracts. we feel that there's other ways to get it done. >> last week atlantic city workers got their last paycheck until early may. >>> meanwhile, according to philly.com, the christie administration is threatening to close atlantic city schools if the city does not make payments to the school district. the state education commissioner told the senate yesterday he doesn't know when it will happen but said the process has already begun. >>> it's 5:04. the neshaminy school district is closing two bucks

. now it's really just around atlantic city where we have one shower left over. this is mostly just some light rain right around galloway township, up near beach haven, just north of atlantic city. that's going to slide off shore very soon, though. as we go into tomorrow, we are going to have more clouds in the forecast. cool when you wake up. 51 degrees 7:00 a.m. through philadelphia. by the afternoon, topping out in the low 60s. suburbs in pennsylvania, clouds around. 47 degrees by 7:00 a.m. by the afternoon, low 60s. through the lehigh valley, topping out in the low 60s. a little more sunshine farther north and west. i did mention some more showers tomorrow. so if you're in delaware, in new jersey, especially along the shore, you have the better chance for some rain and temperatures here only about the upper 50s for a high. so it's going to be much cooler tomorrow. more rain before the week is done. i'll show you those forecasts coming up. >> all right, sheena. >>> back now to our decision 2016 coverage. and results from pennsylvania's democratic race for u.s. senate. tonight kat

app. >>> 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 window to pay their may 1 taxes early because the ci

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 neighborhood from windy conditions, please send a video on t

conference to talk about the future of atlantic city. now, the governor will speak to reporters at 11:30 this morning as he continues to wrangle with state assembly leaders about a proposed state takeover of the financially struggling resorttown. governor christie warned yesterday that atlantic city could go broke by memorial day unless the state 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 th

atlantic city. governor chris christie says the state is trying to rescue the people of ac from their local government. one week from today, three employees will cash their only paycheck for the month. atlantic city mayor don guardian says city lawmakers have the best interest of the people at heart. the city is in this situation because governor christie is withholding $33.5 million. christie fired back saying ac is spending two to three times more peres dent than any other city in new jersey. >> i'm not going to put the people of new jersey in the position of writing another blank check to atlantic city. >> we're not playing games. we're taking every recommendation seriously. >> christie says a state takeover of atlantic city and a measure to create alternative tax payments for casinos are the only solutions. >>> a tragedy at a greyhound bus station. a gunman shot a state trooper at close range, killing him. the latest on the investigation. >>> and we're following the march to victory as villanova and their fans get ready for the wildcats date with destiny at the final four. a live

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, it's not an atlantic city bankruptcy. it's a ch

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 because of the fiscal situation of the government, the town it

under investigation. >>> 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 abandoned home. >>> and would you try those fri

and 20 in allentown and only 13 in mt. pocono and a new record low in atlantic city, 22, the record was 24 set back in 1982, so it's very cold out there this morning. part of the reason was clear skies and hardly any breeze in the overnight and early morning. and we still see the skies full of sunshine, you look at this image you see the clouds building in from the north and west and the rain is not that far behind. that will impact us tomorrow. already temperatures are better here. 47 degrees, that is higher than yesterday. so not bad. 44 in allentown 36 in mt. pocono. and 47 after a cold start in atlantic city and 48 in dover, delaware. but because of the humidity that we have, that is very low and a gusty breeze that is beginning to form, and will be more so this afternoon. there is an increased risk for fire danger not enough to call it a red flag morning but the national weather service wants us to be extra careful for an increased risk of fire danger. these temperatures are all over the place. 65 on saturday and down to 48 on sunday and today's high is 54 degrees, we are inchi

may mainly in the lower 50s down there. 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

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 the deputy secretary of virginia's homeland security and veteran affairs department.

for trump as a reason for disliking him. >>> 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 out. eating o

favorite healthy food. you can tweet me or the show. >> the turf for about how to save atlantic city feels like something out of the movie mean girls. they have resorted to name-calling and fighting over who looks the most irresponsible and of course atlantic city is no better for it. >> the city's failed to pursue any outsourcing. the playground operation, even trash collection. >> did not even flinch and head back. does not know what real grass looks like. >> sports field of synthetic. >> atlantic city. >> lots of grass. typical. i did not say cut their fields. i said cut the grass. this is the mayor trying to distract. >> after know what you think about all of this. >> check out the slow-motion guys. this one is #do not try at home. bill: coming up. >> do blondes really have more fun? >> scientific evidence ♪ to you, they're more than just a pet. so protect them... ...with k9 advantix ii. it not only kills fleas, ticks and mosquitoes, it repels them, too. so do more to defend your four legged friend... ...with k9 advantix ii. for the love of dog. ♪ >> checkout. over a hundred thousa

atlantic city expressway. the right shoulder is getting by. no big delays there. something to use caution with and trafing through. all of those construction workers on site. more updates when i'm back in ten. >> now to decision 2016. a few of the presidential candidates will be campaigning in our area today. their focus will still be on the new york primary, which is today. >> it's a critical state to win for candidates like donald trump and bernie sanders. of course, trump is trying to get closer to a nomination while sanders hopes to gain on hillary clinton. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in the digital operations center. why is new york so important to the delegate count? >> vai and tracy, we've been hearing a lot about new york in recent days. a big state, especially for republicans. because if one of the candidates gets a majority of votes today, then he stands to get all of the delegates, 95 up for grabs in the empire state. going into today's contest, front-runner donald trump needs to win 61% of remaining delegates to secure the nomination. if he wins all of the delegates

agrees. allow atlantic city to file for bankruptcy if it runs out of money. this comes more than a week before atlantic city faces possible three weeks government shutdown because 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

, 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 cooler at the shore. that's the five-day forecas

in the poconos as well as dover, 26 miles per hour in millville and atlantic city at the airport. 25 miles per hour. a red flag warning remains in effect until 8:00 tonight for the entire viewing area. a red flag warning means we have the combination of the winds sustained 15 to 25 miles per hour with gusts up to 30 until 8:00. and a bone dry air mass in place, dry for the last six days and a very dry ground and with the warm temperatures, that mean fz a fire was to spark it could easily spread. we'll talk brian in the accuweather forecast, the first chance of showers a couple of days from now. we'll let you know when they arrive in the full accuweather forecast. >> the lawns could use it thank you. >>> the flyers are on the brink of elimination after the playoffs after a brutal loss to the capitals in game three that featured ugly behavior from the fans at the wells fargo center. when fans arrived they received a wrist band that lit up as a tribute to the late owner, ed snider. fans started to throw the wrist bands on the ice and it got so bad they received penalty. after the mornin

hd showing us the jersey shore in atlantic city. conditions expected to stay dry throughout the day, for more on that meteorologist, karen rogers, is in for david murphy. >> hi sara, we had widespread freeze this morning, a cold start to the day, we dipped to 13 in mt. pocono and 29 in allentown and 29 in philadelphia and atlantic city 22 degrees. that is a new record low for us, the low was 24 set in 182, it's unusually cold. usually we have an overnight low of 41. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we still have the sunshine and you can see the clouds coming in from the north and west season the rain is not all that far behind it. and that will impact us tomorrow, today we have a dry day and the sunshine and we'll see a few more clouds filter in during the afternoon hours but we stay dry today and tomorrow is the wet one. 47 degrees and we rebounded nicely. 44 in allentown and 45 in trenton and 48 in dover, delaware. it's been up and down. something of a spring seesaw. saturday's high 65 and dropped down to 47 on sunday and back up to 65 on monday and tuesday dropped down

collapse. >>> 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 side speaker of the assembl

skewer. >>> how new jersey lawmakers are pushing for a state takeover of atlantic city. >>> giving them a good run, but in the end the california highway patrol just a little quicker than the speeding chihuahua. and that and more when "action news" comes right back. >> from our new jersey news room, some democratic state lawmakers want action on a bill allowing the state to take control of atlantic city. in a letter, 13 members of the assembly called on the speaker to post the bill. and he opposes the measure, but many lawmakers say that if he holds it up much longer the city will go broke and city workers not get paid. >>> and the home of veterans and senior citizens in philadelphia receiving tlc today. volunteers from the jewish federation teamed up with habitat for humanity. >> and in montgomery county, the families came together to sing, listen to thes stories of the jews' exodus from slavery. and several holocaust survivors talked about their release from the nazis. >>> and some of bucks county best young artists take the spotlight today. the action cam on hand for the 21st an

today, the tug-of-war over plans to save atlantic city goes on. assembly speaker vin center prieto plans to introduce new legislation to help the cash strapped resort town. it's in direct opposition to a senate backed takeover bill can which has the full support of governor chris christie. in fact, chris christie will be addressing the crisis today and so will mayor don guardian. he'll deliver a response to all of these ideas as well. meanwhile city council will vote on converting city workers to a 28-day pay period. they say that would keep the government afloat after it runs out of money on friday. >> 5:35 now and happening today, mayor jim kenney will join other philadelphia officials to break ground on a memorial park at the site of one of the city's deadliest building collapses. six people were killed and 14 were injured when a building under demolition collapsed onto the salvation army below. it happened at 22nd and market streets on june 5th, 2013. the memorial park is expected to be completed before this year's anniversary of the collapse. >>> princeton university has hired

, there's an 80 for trenton, central new jersey, glassboro is at 81 degrees. atlantic city is 68 and 76 this afternoon with sunny skies and wilmington. a little cooler for atlantic city. most of the shore towns right along the coastal state stay cooler. the sea breeze kicks in during the day today. next five days for philadelphia and the jersey shore, you can see the temperature difference during the day today. 80 degrees this afternoon in philadelphia. 68 at the shore. tomorrow we'll see a northwesterly wind. that will keep everybody more even and cooler in philadelphia. a bit chillier on wednesday. at the enchd the week on friday, we're in for showers and possibly thunderstorms. you can see it on the seven-day forecast scrolling at the bottom of the screen. take a closer look at the potential for rain over the next ten days with the ten-day outlook when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> all right, thank you, bill. 5:10 this monday morning. if you want to beat the morning rush, the 5:00 hour is a good time to beat it. >> it looks good on the blue route around the schuylkill expressway. n

out here in coatesville. as we get closer to the shore, atlantic city checking in at 62 degrees. more shore numbers here. 57 in atlantic city. cape may courthouse. cooler at the point in cape may at 57 degrees. our weather story for this morning hours anyway, scattered showers. some areas seeing the rain. other areas not getting anything yet this morning. down here in south jersey, for example, look at this. plenty of cloud cover and humidity. but the rain is not falling here. 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

the atlantic city airport. fifty-one in allentown. you can see that cold air returning to the great lakes region and upper midwest. that is behind this front coming in tomorrow afternoon and bringing scattered showers all day long. so 5:00 a.m. still quiet. the showers move in by end of the morning commute. heaviest rain looks to be midday but another round of showers tomorrow evening. expect again scattered showers and storms, half inch to an inch. wind gusts to 30 miles an hour and we are in the marginal risk for severe weather. damaging wind with these threats and heavy rain. overnight mostly cloud which showers arriving. cloudy, breezy with showers and perhaps a thunderstorm but it is milder at 62. friday, not too bad for the parade, at 53, and the coldest air holds off for weekend and sat the day is 47 degrees, with scattered rain and perhaps wet snow showers, definitely going to feel like a return to winter this weekend but i do have better news in the seven day next half an hour we could ab approaching 701 day. >> talk to me. >> we will take it. >> thanks, kate. >>> wedding s

be no quick end in sight, no solution in the coming days in the battle over atlantic city's finances. new jersey governor chris christie announced yesterday that he's ordered the state to file a lawsuit against atlantic city. the governor wants to stop the city from making a payroll on friday because he says it owes its school district more than $30 million through july. 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, imagi

traffic was moving just fine across that region. >>> in atlantic city, city snow has been falling for most of the the day. action cam on the scene here catching people who decided to venture outside, road were starting to get slushy in the afternoon but that hadn't slowed things down for drivers, too much. >>> stay with six abc.com/weather, as storm tracker six live double scan radar for very latest on the snow and be sure to follow the members of the "action news" weather team on facebook and twitter, for any updates. >>> off-duty police officer in philadelphia shot and killed a robbery suspect this afternoon. investigators say the suspect had just robbed someone near broad street and olney. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live at the scene and he has full details, jeff? >> reporter: walter, having just after 2:00 this afternoon on the 5700 block of park avenue, the off-duty officer who just happened to be in the area, foiled that attempted robbery, which cost the suspect his life. >> he tried to rob the wrong one. >> reporter: viewer video shows aftermath of the police involved sh

philadelphia. 48 in allentown. 48 in wilmington and 48 in atlantic city. 47 in mount holly. off to a cold start. you need the layers this morning. we're warm compared to this time yesterday. yesterday we were about 5 degrees cooler in some spots. as we head throughout the afternoon we'll be up to ten degrees warmer. if you're headed to the penn relays today, better day than yesterday. it was chilly yesterday. we had showers in place. by 12:00, 58, by 3:00, 61, by 6:00, 63. we'll top out around 63 degrees. so much, much better. throughout the rest of the afternoon we're looking at temperatures mainly in the upper 50s, low 60s across the area, but we are tracking pretty heavy rain for sunday. we have a system to the west that will move to the east and affect us as early as overnight. so your saturday night plans should be okay. it's really the early part of your sunday and we're looking at a soggy broad street race. you'll need your umbrella a couple times this week. >> we'll see you in the neighborhood forecast in a few. thanks. >>> comcast cares day is in full swing. today thousands of vo

atlantic city feels like something out of the movie mean girls. they have resorted to name-calling and fighting over who looks the most irresponsible and of course atlantic city is no better for it. >> the city's failed to pursue any outsourcing. the playground operation, even trash collection. >> did not even flinch and head back. grass looks like. >> sports field of synthetic. >> atlantic city. >> lots of grass. typical. i did not say cut their fields. i said cut the grass. this is the mayor trying to distract. >> after know what you think about all of this. >> check out the slow-motion guys. home. bill: coming up. >> do blondes really have more fun? >> scientific evidence fios is not cable. we're wired differently. we guarantee to make switching easier. we'll show up on time. you're right on time. as promised. to install fios and set up the wi-fi that janet, jamie, jenny, jemma, and jasmine need on their birthday. thank you. for all their new devices. you can't break me. you wanna piece of cake? our switchers guarantee makes it easy to get 100 meg internet. plus tv and phone for jus

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, they will have no money. >> reporter: speaking of dough -- >> it'

degrees colder in wilmington. and look at atlantic city. it's 34 degrees colder than it was this time yesterday. so the bottom line temperatures hold pretty steady through the low 50's. wee keep the clouds around. 50 degrees by 11:00 o'clock tonight. look far north and west, moving into northampton county, bethlehem, nazareth, easton we're looking at a frost advisory until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. so just watch out in proper ticket those plants coming up we'll talk about below average temperatures the unsettled pattern will remain and also rain could impact a part of the upcoming weekend. we'll spell it all out with the seven day forecast coming up. back to you. >> thank you very much, scott. philadelphia police want to you take very good look at this newly released surveillance video. cops say it shows the moment two guys robbed two others in old city. it happened earlier this month along bank street. investigators say the two robbers pulled up in newer kia optima pull a gun on two men and punched and rob the men. the wanted men then got back in their car and sped off. >>> the fam

speeds out of the south at 20 miles an hour. 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