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ocean city at 63 degrees. atlantic city at 65. the winds are coming off of the ocean so that's going to keep the beaches cooler today. that's a 13 miles per hour wind for atlantic city this afternoon. wildwood a 12 miles per hour wind but inland it's coming across so we'll see a quick warm up. we'll get the cool ocean breezes and humidity will be running higher today and the temperatures really moving up for philadelphia. 77 degrees at 9:00 this afternoon and then into the middle 80s by 1:00. upper 80s to near 90 this afternoon. same for the lehigh valley. 70s to start with. mid 80s by lunchtime. there's a chance for spotty afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. we'll see them in the western suburbs. less likely in delaware. can't completely rule it out though. 76 degrees to start with. the quick warm up by 1:00 in the afternoon. upper 80s during the late afternoon hours. this is where we're most likely to see them develop between 1 and 5:00. most locations will be dry. 77 degrees and then ocean breezes by late this afte

city. >> if atlantic city default on it bonds it, would be the first new jersey municipality to do so in 78 years. and it could impact the entire state. because in atlantic city default could hurt new jersey's credit rating. atlantic city bond payment technically due on sunday but it gets an extra day since that fell on a weaken. and it is expected to soffits next tax payment, but mayor don guardian says it is unclear if that's issues enough cash. continue to argue over plans to help atlantic city avoid bankruptcy. state senate passed take over plans supported by governor chris christie, but democratic assembly speaker has refused to put it up for a vote in that chamber partly because it would allow to break contract. has instead introduced his own plans that would give the city two years to fix its issues before the take-overtakes effect. >>> now, if atlantic city does default on this payment, then it would be the first to do so since fort lee back in 1938, that borough went onto bankruptcy later that year. this decision by mayor don guardian announced here in atlantic city at 11:00

atlantic city will avoid a state takeover for now. the city has five months to balance its books for the next five years. in exchange, a.c. will stay financially afloat with temporary loans. the holiday weekend started out windy on the atlantic city board walk. that didn't stop people from going to the beach, taking advantage of shopping on the boards. abdul owns a t-shirt shop there and he tells us he and others are pleased to see the crowds back at the shore. >> like 70% of our annual business is -- will come in the next three months. >> atlantic city this time of the year is fabulous. i encourage everyone to come down and stroll on the board walk. >> memorial day is the kickoff to summer. >> i have been waiting for it. >>> visitors and the businesses they'll patronize are expected to give take a look city an economic boost after a slow spring. ♪ >>> yeah. you know who that is. if you're staying in philly this holiday weekend. summer fest is open for the season. you saw dj jazzy jeff. the ice rink has been transformed into the cit

give atlantic city another two years to fix it finances, but sweeney announced yesterday he expect atlantic city to go bankrupt by the end of next week and he says even if this bill passes, in the assembly later this morning, when it is voted on, he's not even going to put it up for senate vote. because he said then if it passes the senate the governor would surely street veto it, no surprise there. so you have christie, sweeney on the same side, and christie, you would think, would be more in cahoots with the assembly democratic leader, but you have got the democrats fighting amongst themselves over atlantic city right now. so, for the next 24 hours, we've got big breakfast meeting with the governor, assembly republicans, because he doesn't even want this to get passed in the assembly, so he'll give one last ditch effort to say don't vote for this because it needs some republicans to vote for it to pass. and then, you have later today the vote, and a scheduled 11:00 vote could mean 10:00 tonight the way trenton works, no surprise, right? and then chris, lauren, tomorrow the biggest day of

[ cheers and applause ] it's summer in atlantic city. how cool was that? thousands of these beach balls just got dropped on to the crowd here on the board walk. there are tons of people here, and i can tell you we were worried the weather would not hold up for the weekend, a lot of gray skies and rain in the previous week, but it is sunny. there are huge crowds here, hey, guys, let me see these. thousands of beach balls on the board walk means it's summer here in atlantic city. >> it's her birthday! >> one, two, three! >> reporter: countdown to shore season is over, families flocking to atlantic city with beautiful sun on this crucial tourism weekend. >> just coming to the beach, beautiful day, nice weather after all the rain we've had. >> reporter: the ac board walk coming off a budget crisis and near bankruptcy affecting even the beach patrol dealing with cutbacks. >> because of the certain situations in the city, we have been unable to bring on new life guards since yet it would be four years this year. we're anxiously looking forward to new blood and s

city finally. >>> the future every atlantic city, in the hands of new jersey officials today. will a vote today affect your holiday weekends plans? >> speaking of memorial day weekends, off to a good start with weather feeling hot, hot, hot. but will it last through monday, monday, monday? sue has your full forecast. >> plus a little boy, a bike collides with a car, watch what the driver does right after it happens. why witnesses believe the person behind the wheel took off backward leaving that boy lying in the road. >> all right, hard to watch that, especially as a parent, or just a human being. how does the driver not stop? it is a little kid. we'll get into that in a minute. it is thursday, may 26, 2016. you know, so many famous birthdays today, john wayne, right, lenny kravitz, stevie nicks, maybe we'll play a little lenny and stevie coming up. >> and lauryn hill is on the list, there is more. sue serio, miles davis? >> oh, my goodness. >> hang william, jr.? >> really. >> anyway. >> so many famous people born this day. >> a lot of talent came into the world on may 26. if

atlantic city avoided a state takeover for now. the city has five months to balance its books for the next five years and in exchange stays afloat with temporary loans. nbc 10's brandon hudson found out how business is doing tonight. >> reporter: a somewhat windy start to the holiday weekend here at atlantic city on the boardwalk, but it's not stopping people from getting out here on the beach. more importantly, supporting local schools. we caught abdul, one of the few times he wasn't busy today. abdul owns a t-shirt shop on the atlantic city boardwalk. >> 70% of our annual business is -- will come in the next three months. >> reporter: seeing more foot traffic on the boardwalk isn't the only good news for atlantic city this weekend. new jersey governor chris christie signed reform legislation into law which will give atlantic city a boost from the state to help with its crippling debt. mayor don guardian says beginning tuesday his office will work on a financial recovery plan. he'll have monthly meetings to update taxpayers on wha

. >> and another measure to help atlantic city avoid bankruptcy. but not without opposition from the governor. we'll tell but special meeting planned ahead of the big vote. >> looking forward to this, not only cinco de mayo, also national hoagie day, thanks to mr. bob kelly who does traffic here monday through friday. he got us some wawa hoagies, knew you. >> made sure you touched them all. >> no one else will touch my hoagie. >> he knows how to mark his territory. >> oh, good. what a hog. >> i looks good. happy hoagie day. now you know what to have for breakfast. we've got a lot of cloud cover moving in off the ocean this morning. but not a loft action on ultimate doppler radar. there you see where the rain; down to the south and west, in west virginia, virginia, western maryland, western part of the state, that low pressure system, is going to make it way here, but it is going to combine with a coastal low, we will talk about in a in a little bit. but i think we will still stay cloudy today. still looks pretty drizzly, some of us still need the i

. >> and, atlantic city you're running out of time. chris christie, calls an emergency meeting at the governor's mansion this morning, that should be interesting. what he's encouraging lawmakers not to do when it comes to atlantic city, financial future. good day everybody, it is 55:00/2016. use the #fox29goodday, to let us know, your favorite hog. >> i so many good ones. >> i am already had a few hog ills, i pick up hoagies on my way in at 3:00 a.m. we had some roast beef, turkey, italian. >> thanks, bob. >> interesting breakfast. >> and we're not finished. >> oh, no, just getting started. >> what's the number today? >> not a four. >> a five. >> not a lot of rain but drizzle, and just casino of misty out there this morning, so, temperatures are in the four's, it is still on the cool side. woe don't skee any green in our neighborhood, ultimate doppler, but more on the way looking out to the west, see the low pressure system there. so in philadelphia, right now, 50 degrees, we just had our sunrise, but we don't have any sunshine. 5:56,

here on this beautiful weekend brings people to atlantic city, and helps them rediscover atlantic city and take advantage of all the family friendly events in a.c. this is no longer a gambling town but a beach town with gambling, including a block party at tropicana, all weekend long events happening here in atlantic city. if you have an opportunity come on down and check it out. a beautiful weekend. jeff jericho, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the memorial day weekend festivities kick of this morning with a traditional unlocking of the ocean. here in wildwood tourism officials used a giant key to help usher in the summer season. now, lets take a look at traffic going to the jersey shore, as you can see we have plenty of it. let me describe to you exactly where we are. this is traffic coming off the walt whitman bridge, which is 76 and merging with traffic on 676 coming from the ben franklin bridge. this is where it gets together, it will eventually go on to route 42 and then the atlantic city expressway and the white horse pike. as you can see plenty of traffic moving slowly r

city, first of it kind, a new rv park that the owners ape city leaders hope will be a new draw for atlantic city. for decade the atlantic city transportation center was on a roll, one of the biggest bus lots on the east coast but as gaming decline, fortunes turn. >> we lost 90 percent of our business in that ten years. we were forced to reinvent. >> reporter: while remnant of the bus parking remains, ownership is trying something new for atlantic city an rv park. >> rv parking which is a natural fit, we have 22 acres here, lot of open space and just a really compatible use. >> reporter: atlantic city rv resort and marine ace having a soft owning for what they envision as a big time camping attraction in atlantic city. a third of the 60 sites are operational and the a meant now include a game room, movie room, indoor lodging, as well as access to a variety of water sports in the on line marine a plus, of course, all of the atlantic city action close by. >> beaches, boardwalk, casino game and having they have to offer. >> reporter: mayor don guardian is happy to have a non-gaming attraction i

ocean city and atlantic city is 64 degrees. these numbers will climb into the upper 70s but inland a hotter wind today. we'll keep the beach cooler but near 90 degrees this afternoon. we could see showers develop. most of the day is going to be dry. near 90 degrees this afternoon and upper 80s to near 90 degrees. a good chance to see showers and thunderstorms develop in new jersey. atlantic city up to 84 degrees. can't rule out an afternoon shower and thunderstorm. not much to show you just yet but even though it's going to be at 10:00 and lunchtime it's going to be quite watch what happens as we go into the afternoon hours. there's the showers and thunderstorms developing and there's a chance of them popping up. a look at the ten day outlook when we're back in ten minutes. >> 19 minutes before 6:00. we'll approximate keeping our eye on this at 76 westbound in min montgomery. >> we have our cameras still on the scene because it is still a scene. the camera is moving around right now but it does look like from the emergency vehi

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic joins lives from atlantic city. hi there, nora. >> reporter: hey there, walter. been a strange day at the beach. absolutely beautiful in some places, really chilly in others. look at the boardwalk, right now we have had a heavy haze, here in atlantic city all day but i can tell you the fog we have had here did put a dent in anyone's fun. >> it is beautiful. i haven't to the beach in ten years. >> reporter: heavy haze over the shoreline left an erie effect at the beach but this was no movie scene but a pleasant escape from work and school to sit for a few hours near ocean even if the sun wasn't there and obscured. >> we could not wait until it got hotter. the water is cold but we could not wait. we love it. >> reporter: torres family of northeast philadelphia was camped on the beach off columbia place and enjoying the sand and the water, even though it was a cool, 59 degrees. >> it is cool. you cannot stand in there. you feel like you can't believe. it numbs your body. >> reporter: not staying in there long. >> foggy

mid-50s in atlantic city. but with your neighborhood weather you can see the big temperature difference. wood bin 68. cape may point 60. 62 upper township. 56 in atlantic city. 66 in mays landing. cooler along the water in atlantic city. for the most part, most of the area in the 60s. radar now, we have rain up towards the north and west across the lehigh valley, upper montgomery, bucks county. most of this is fairly light but it is pretty steady, near franconia, pottstown, 476 into the lehigh valley near allentown, 78. we'll watch the rain as we go through the next few hours. i think it will start to move out but we can't rule out overnight light showers. now looking at closer parts of upper bucks county, montgomery county, you see it across 476. steady light rain isn't for everybody. ing looking at dry conditions. now off to the west. we only see dry conditions. over the past several days we look off to the west and we see rain heading our way. but that shows you that we're going to be set up with more sunsh

the jersey shore bureau reporter, ted greenberg, is live in atlantic city. >> reporter: jackie and jim, in the second straight day of campaigning in new jersey, sanders told thousands of supporters that what we see in atlantic city capsulizes ugliness and greed seen all over the country. >> thank you, at lan tick city. >> reporter: inside next to the shuttered trump plaza casino. the senator used the resort's troubles to take aim the donald trump. >> oh, you know donald trump? [ audience reacts ] >> oh, i get it. you don't think he's a brilliant successful businessman? [ audience reacts ] who can bring the kind of prosperity to america that he's brought here to atlantic city? is that your point? >> we think bernie sanders is very honest politician. he believes in the things that we duo. >> before an energized crowd of 2,000 supporters, the democratic presidential candidate sharply criticized another billionaire, carl icahn. >> we are going to tell the carl icahns of the world that that greed is not acceptable. >> reporter: icahn now owns the struggling trump taj mahal casino, locked in

fifty-five at atlantic city airport. we have an east wind developing once again so that cool flow off chilly atlantic ocean, so like it has been through much of the month cooler then average temperatures throughout the entire weekend. so for today period of rain, a at times, steady rain this afternoon, heaviest rain will fall, south and east of the city, so delaware, south jersey, you guys will see most, potentially to get an inch of rainfall. then further north and west of the city amounts to drop off to a quarter inch toward lehigh valley and poconos and then highs today in the 50's and 60's ape throughout the entire weekend it the stays unsettled. new tomorrow it toss look a little bit better. a at this point i don't think you should cancel your outdoor plans just yet but there will be a chance for a few showers, they will be scattered though and those showers do linger even into next week but there is a big change in the weather, and i think we will like it, i will she thaw in a few more minutes, rahel, back to you.

. ♪ ♪ >> the battle over how to save atlantic city briefly appeared on the presidential campaign trail today with senator bernie sanders making a stop in atlantic city as part of his campaign for the democratic nomination for president. wiz there when sanders -- i was there when sanders walked out to cheering crowds at boardwalk hall. [cheers and applause] now, sanders briefly but specifically mentioned atlantic city's ongoing financial problems that include a proposed takeover by the state supported by governor christie and state president steve sweeney that would possibly strip away collective bargaining rights of union workers, sanders' base. there was a lot of union turnout at the rally, and sanders spoke directly to them when he said he was on their side. >> i stand with those workers. [cheers and applause] the workers here are trying to maintain the health care benefits that they have received for decades. that is what we are seeing all over this country, the billionaire class, the icahns, the trumps, all of these people who want more and more. they're squeezing working people ha

we're on the the boardwalk in atlantic city. the sun is up. we see people walking and jogging and riding their bikes. the city has been in the throes of financial turmoil, so memorial day is welcome to stir up commerce and get people out here and on the beaches. it starts with the annual memorial day tradition, the unlocking of the ocean outside resorts casino. mayor don guardian will be at the north carolina beach to turn the key and welcome the summer season. the hope is to bring visitors to the cash-strapped city the focus is to boost tourism that will bring people here. this summer a number of beach cons srts are playing -- concerts are playing, jimmy buffet is coming. there's plans for 200-foot high observation wheel on the steel pier. they gave us a sneak peek on the gondola car. that won't start until after labor day, but that won't start until next summer. we're live in atlantic city, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >>> love that smile this morning. >>> speaking of atlantic city, we're waiting to hear as governor chris christi

. >>> deadline day in atlantic city. we expect to find out later today if the resort town can make a major bond payment. we ' tell you what happens if they don't. >>> jerry sandusky heads back to court today. what his luster will be asking a judge to do inside a center county courtroom. >>> and young boy is killed in a deadly crash in east falls. what police are saying happened in the moments before the crash, plus an update on the other passengers. >> today is monday, may second, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. happy monday. it is monday, yes, meisha here with traffic. katie has your forecast. >> good morning, kicking off brand new week together two, accidents already out there. hopefully that's not a precursor of what's to come this morning. >> unfortunately, i got not the best news here to report, guys, another -- >> oh, starting already? >> i know, we had wanted to see things finally brighten out for mid week. just not looking like the cards are in our favor this time. so take a look at storm sca

atlantic city to not make history today and that is a good thing. the historic possibility would have been that bond default, the first in new jersey, since the 1930's and the great depression. certainly atlantic city is running on fumes at this point in time according to the mayor here but as of 10:00 o'clock this morning the city did wire out 1.8 million-dollar in its bond obligation. >> we have made the decision to pay our bond payments as of 10:00 o'clock this morning, 1.8 million-dollar. if i believed that a full state over was helping save atlantic city, i would say quickly conceded as the white cat to follow and support its passage but i just don't. >> he doesn't. that of course he is talking about the potential of the state take over something that governor christie and number of people in trenton want at this point in time. atlantic city is fighting that and trying to get a less contract cone yan take over modified plan if you will. at this point though atlantic city is on its own, given what they call a burn rate how much money it spend pe

zoom in here along atlantic city. that's where we are tracking the heaviest of the rain, but that has moved offshorement it's really just north of atlantic city, up closer to shift bottom and ocean county we still see the rain, so as you notice, a lot of the rain staying offshore now continuesÑiñr to move overs and we watch, though, for light showers to be redeveloping behind this, but i really think it's not much, sprinkles in parts of montgomery and

if you are not in atlantic city, wildwood has a lot of new things going on as well. they have new attractions and videos and also new places to eat. we'll have more on that, and guys as you check out what is going on this weekend down at the shore i'm going take a selfie and work on my fish face. >> from a previously vacant lot rises a 27 hole mini golf course at the corner of rio grande and ocean avenues in wildwood. >> we replaced it with a great gateway project. people will enjoy it for decades. >> this section of morey pier is so new we were there as they were putting on the finishing touches. >> we thought it was appropriate to do a beach theme, an ocean theme and a boardwalk theme. >> at adventure pier shore goers will be excited to know the adventure got longer and faster. >> we have a brand new go-cart track. >> it's double the size, 425 feet and sport 18 go carts. >> we have a new joe's fish and chips. >> the brick oven pizza store front is gone, replaced by what morey says is the most ordered item on the boardwalk. fish and chips. >> betsy's rooftop garden

because in atlantic city default could hurt new jersey's credit rating. now atlantic city bond payment was tech neckly due on sunday, but the city gets extra day since the due date fell on weakenment and today, the city is expected to receive it next tax payments. but mayor don guardian says it is unclear if that will provide enough cash to cover what's due. this latest predicament comes as state leaders continue to argue over plans to help atlantic city avoid bankruptcy, the state senate has passed a take over plan supported by governor chris christie, but democratic assembly speaker vincent preateo has refused to put it up for vote in that chamber partly because it would allow the state to break union contract of the preateo induced his own plan that would give the city two years to fix its issues before the take-overtakes effect. >> in 20144 casinos closed along the board walk here in ac, the mayor said that swept away 70% of the tax revenue here in atlantic city. we'll continue to follow this story. again, big decision being made at 11:00 a.m. for now

. >>> booze on the boardwalk of atlantic city. there are those who strongly feel it is an idea whose time has come and that time was almost tonight. let's go live to atlantic city and "action news" reporter dann cuellar. dann, what's the story on this? >> reporter: well, jim, it seems a last-minute hitch caused the matter to be pose ponked for a while longer but it has widespread support and it seems it will pass because official are looking for new ideas to save this cash-strapped city. alcoholic beverages on the boardwalk? why not? >> i didn't know you could have anything on the boardwalk. >> they let me out. >> reporter: they did from resorts? >> anywhere. they'll let you out. >> reporter: she said is the no alcohol container law is loose so why not make it official? >> they need to do it to save atlantic city. >> reporter: it would allow open alcohol from the caseenies. that has the backing of the control board whose chairman argues it makes sense. the city already has four beach bars that sell booze. >> i really believe that

. >> atlantic city this time of the year is fabulous. i encourage everyone to come down. >> memorial day day is the kickoff to summer. >> i have been waiting for it. >>> visitors and businesses they'll patronize are expected to give atlantic city an economic boost after a slow spring. remember it rained for a good bit of the month of may. we'll have a live report from the shore later in the news cast. >>> this weekend extra bomb screening dogs and screeners will help people get more quickly through the airport. the dogs allow travelers to leave their shoes on going through security. >>> today burlington county will honor our nation's heroes with a memorial day weekend tribute at the william doyle veterans cemetery in rightstown, at the cemetery yesterday. boy scouts, girl scouts, clubs and brownies placed american flags on the graves. each child will receive a patch for their work honoring the vets and reminding all of us what memorial day is all about. >> i have had family members who have fought in every single war this country has eve

we are just getting started here in atlantic city. coming up in the next half hour we're going to make our way from the boardwalk here over to the pier to check out the summer cuisine here in atlantic city. for now we're live on the boardwalk. nbc 10 news. >> that sounds good matt, thanks. take the free nbc 10 app with you. you can check out the first alert forecast and personalize it directly for your neighborhood or where ever you are this weekend and traffic alerts and push alerts. >> hurricane season begins in a few days and officials will spell out how they're getting ready for it. officials will hold a briefing on their preparedness plan and also offer suggestions for residents to get their homes and businesses ready to face the possible storms. it starts june 1st and runs through november 30th. you'll pay more for your next uber ride in philadelphia if the ride is short. they raised the minimum fare to $5.75 according to our partners at the philadelphia business journal. you'll pay the same prices as before but with that option

city needs. >> it would put everybody else on notice for the city of atlantic city there we play not be making payments so i don't want to have to worry that we have to have advance cash to pay for fuel and utilities. >> reporter: with some taxes due now in early may, guardian said the city should have enough money to make this month's payroll for its employees due this friday and school taxes due the 15th. he and the council president marty small though again blasted a proposed state takeover championed by governor christie and others saying it would overnighter negotiated union contracts and violate the civil rights of locals. >> as i told you i'm not commenting any more on the mayor's statements. the mayor spends his time running his city. if he had he wouldn't have run it into that the ground and had it out of money by may tenth. >> reporter: doesn't sound as if the governor is softening his position on the situation here of a takeover or nothing at all. as for atlantic city's immediate financial situation the mayor said it should be able to meet all its obligations in may if peo

construction over on the atlantic city expressway. if you're headed down the shore eastbound between exit 33 winslow and exit 28 in hammonton, the right and center lanes are closed. mass transit doing great for the most part. everything running on time for delays. back in the text ten. >>> we continue to track the rain across the area and the threat of flooding along the jersey shore. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live in ocean city with an update on conditions there. pamela, what have you found? >> good morning. you know, the rain is very light right now. we're only an hour and a half to the wind and the rainfall that we're seeing down here so far. here's what it means for you. if you're going to be driving along the coast today, keep in mind rain will likely impact your morning commute. we're on bay avenue and as we were getting ready for a live report, a man who lives in the area stopped and told us this is one of the spots that tends to flood here in ocean city. high tide will occur on the ocean front between 7:00 and 9:00 this morni

look, it's packed on the ocean city board walk, and similar scene in atlantic city. >> couldn't ask for better weather, right, randy? >> reporter: you know, officials were so worried we'd have gray skies and rain, but everyone here has a pair of sunglasses and having a good time. look at the big crowds at the board walk near north carolina avenue. that's good news on such a crucial tourism weekend. >> welcome, everyone to 016 summer season. >> reporter: to officially open the jersey shore to summer guests, atlantic city mayor had to first unlock the ocean, a symbolic moment for a city that desperately needs tourism dollars. >> and we're turning the lock on a brand new atlantic city. we're resilient, coming back from our financial troubles. >> reporter: once on the brink of bankruptcy, atlantic city's looking forward, hoping big memorial day crowds spend money and raise tax revenue. >> this is a place you want to be if you live in new jersey, new york, philadelphia, why would you be sweating when you can be chilling along the jersey shore? >> we normally go to seattle, but this year, we

over in atlantic city, there is some construction. the atlantic city brigantine connector southbound and northbound between the expressway and the white horse pike is closed. that's scheduled until may 12th. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> a chilly morning and rainy one. rain falling from the jersey shore, philadelphia and delaware and into the suburbs and the lehigh valley. though it's the steadier rainfall that's in new jersey. everybody is seeing the cool, exton at 50 degrees right now, 49 degrees in north wales. going to be another cool, dreary day. you'll need your rain gear this morning. this is what we're expecting and it will be here through the morning andç into this afterno. that steady rain coming onshore. there's more to the south in fact this is the center of the storm system. that will be riding up the coast. until it makes its move we are going to be in for a rainy one today. look at the rainfall totals. this is just updated by noontime today. closing in on three-quarters inc

the atlantic city expressway, the brigantine connector. something you want to plan into your morning commute. that's closed right now with that construction. also a disabled vehicle still out there in philadelphia on 95 southbound around columbus boulevard. 422 looks okay. no big delays here yet, even through the work stones. eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill expressway, still an eight-minute strip with speeds into the 60s. more on 95 when i come back. >>> 50 degrees here at our studios at 5:41. honoring a hero. >> instead of people attacking right away, look at all the facts. >> only nbc 10 spoke with philadelphia police officer jesse hartnett after he was honored for surviving an ambush. hear what he said about the night of the shooting. >>> plus, the largest backlog in the state. how philadelphia is falling short when it comes to processing a certain kind of police evidence despite a new law. >>> it's 5:44 and 50 degrees outside. in an nbc 10 exclusive, we're hearing from philadelphia police officer jesse hartnett, who's recovering af

the jitneys that are popular in atlantic city will serve people in margate. starting thursday the jitney service will make several stops in margate. the goal is to cut down on drunk drivers and traffic congestion. rides will cost about $3 to $4. the service will operate for a one-month trial period to see if it will become permanent. >>> students in our area helped to spread the gift of music. members of haverford middle school's seventh heaven musical ensemble delivered new music equipment and supplies to hesson elementary on monday. seventh heaven bought the supplies with the $5,000 first prize they won this year in the christmas choir competition. >>> we continue to follow breaking news from northeast philadelphia. police are searching for a hit-and-run driver. next in a live report, find out why officers think the driver who hit and killed a plan at a bus stop may be hurt in the crash. >>> also, for the birds. that's what a west philadelphia woman says about a city law banning chickens as pets. next, hear how she and others are fighting back. >>> good mor

here is a live look at the boardwalk in atlantic city. a few people are out and about this morning getting their jogs in, getting htheir bike rides i. erica martin is tracking it all for us. >> i recommend getting out there and enjoying today because it is my pick of the holiday weekend. conditions topping out in the 90s. a little muggy out there. live shot outside. the sun is peeking through but we have showers in the forecast. i'll explain on the other side of the break. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with disruptions. get better internet installed on your schedule. comcast business. built for business. and enjoying today because it s >>> nbc10 news starts now. [ cheers and applause ] >>> memorial day

you saw that live picture from atlantic city. looks a little gray now. >> reporter: a little gray, we had sun early we expected the clouds to take over during the day, and that has happened. it's dry in most neighborhoods and very mild. starting the story with the rain down south. let me give you the two mentional view. there's a decent shower coming out of queen an. anne, and easton. cape may picking up a sprinkle. most of the showers will be in these areas andy won't last all -- and won't last all day. as we look outside, the cloud cover is over the commodor barry bridge, but dry in chester and philadelphia and across the region. frontal boundary today is just too far south to trigger showers very much farther north than what we showed you. forecast for today, it's going to be mild. despite the increase in clouds we'll get into the low 70s in most neighborhoods. not bad. tomorrow, cooler in the low 60s in most neighborhoods, at times it will be damp. we'll show you that in a second on future tracker tomorrow. it's dry on wednes

in atlantic city it was in full swing as families hit the skiddy rides. and the bensons from bear, delaware among them. >> we have eaten, we have gotten our rides, so we're just having a wonderful time. >> if only this 1-year-old could say the same, the carousel not her cup of tea. >> i had a good time. she didn't enjoy it, she didn't want to go on the horsey, we sat on the bench. >> and our kids are playing some games. as soon as we are done here we are going to be home. >> earlier in the evening the tanger outlets were busy leaving beach bags behind switching to shopping bags before the wet weather arrived. >> going home tomorrow, so hey, we had a good time this weekend. >> then you don't have to put up with the rain. >> before the rain. >> trying to get fun in before that? >> yeah, we are leaving tonight. >> and tornadoes? >> no tornadoes. >> we need to get back to virginia. >> and atlantic city in a thick haze all day, the fog giving an erie feel to the beach but not stopping them from enjoying the day. >> you couldn't see what was in front of you at

it did not stop in atlantic city. until recently, the latest trump hotel in new york -- at least it has his name on it even though he is not the owner of it -- "the new york times" revealed his partners in that were a bunch of russian mobsters. wh he was asked about it, donald trump said the same thing he said about the mobsters in atlantic city him about the ones in developing he dealt with in new york, "he would not know them if you knew them." juan: what about dan sullivan? talk about that and the polish immigrant workers that trump employed. >> you were there when i told a story. it is one of my favorites. i love it because of the fact i got it from a crusty old rank-and-file member of the house records union who had sued donald trump for the fact that in making way for trump tower -- that is his signature congressman is his high-rise condo palace right at the corner of 57th street and fifth avenue -- and to do that he had a knockdown a building that was a former famous new york city department store called -- he

leaving you guys with a beautiful live picture of the atlantic ocean here in atlantic city. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> that's a beautiful shot. look at this. people trying to make their way to the shore. this is a look at the skhuykill expre expressway. nbc 10's tim furlong is checking out the traffic situation for us across the region, tim, how's it going? >> reporter: yeah, take a look below. things are moving well here as you get to the tolls to get heading north on the blue route when you go on to the pa turnpike eastbound or westbound. here's the bad news. there was going to be bad news. all those people we talked about going up to the mountain destinations, as you go up the northeast extension about, i'd say about maybe three or four miles north of the tolls here, you are going to start finding some delays back there when the highway narrows down a bit, so, yeah, you're going to see as we come around here, you'll see delays, everything's still moving. that's the good news. nothing is stopped, which is what we don't want to see. that's what happened to delaware i

sixty-seven in the airport in atlantic city. it is all no where but up from here with the temperatures and in precipitation to show you anymore in the viewing area lets get to the forecast, it is going to be 90 degrees today, just a couple pop up then are storms late her this afternoon but notice that it is more humid, then and it already feels like it. bob kelly basking in the beautiful sunrise this morning. >> oh, it is beautiful. good morning from ocean city, new jersey. this is unofficial start to the um is are season but it does than the get any better then this. on the boardwalk, with the sunrising in the background, we have got ocean breeze, folks getting set up, we will have a fantastic morning here. come on wye we are at music pier on the boardwalk in ocean city, new jersey right between eighth and ninth street you know the spot you cannot miss it the but some of us to have get to work before we can start that holiday weekend. lets check the jam cams, we had an early morning accident, this is on the schuylkill expresswa

still continuing up in the atlantic city area. this is more likely where we'll see more wet weather during the day. possibly even thunderstorms this afternoon. right now, 57 degrees in new jersey. the lehigh valley, still some clouds around. we will see the clouds break for sunshine. 61 at 8:00. near 70 degrees at 11:00. a quick warmup for philadelphia, too. clouds are over the city. we'll see them thin out at 7:00. 59 degrees. look at thecj$Áquick warmup, 67 degrees by 10:00. still a slight chance of a shower for philadelphia. some of the inland areas this afternoon. it's more likely you'll see them over new jersey than the lehigh valley, delaware or the suburbs. 78 in interior new jersey. low 70s at the shore. a chance of showers and thunderstorms popping up this afternoon. over the coming days, it's the temperatures that are really going to start popping up. seven-day forecast, at the bottom of the screen it has more than one 90 in it for our area. a look at the warmup when i come back in ten minutes. right now, let's find out

the plan would give leaders in atlantic city roughly five ms. to cut municipal spending in half if they don't, the state will step in and take over. a formal bill has yet to be introduced. right now atlantic city is grappling with more than $550 million of debt. >> one year after the deadly amtrak train derailment in philadelphia, senator bob casey is talking about safety and transportation funding. senator casey held a press conference this morning at 30th street station. he said the implementation of the positive train control has been successful in increasing safety of trains but he adds that more should be done. >> none of us should ever put a transportation system or amtrak or any other entity in the position of having to choose between implementing a new safety feature and repairing crumbling infrastructure. >> senator casey says he hopes lawmakers in washington will pass a $1.9 billion transportation spending bill. >> a septa construction project is under way right now in delaware county. that's about to put a wrinkle in thousands of comm

a wrath of bills to keep cash strapped atlantic city from going broke. the bills give ac's government five months to get a plan together to balance its budget once and for all and get rid of a state takeover threat to for now. they're heading to the desk of governor chris christie the legislation is. no word on when he might take action. >> for the first time u.s. defense department researchers have found a super burglary assistant to antibiotics. now, the anti bic resistant strain was found in urine sample of a 49-year-old pennsylvania woman. researchers say she carried a strain of e. coli that was resistant to antibiotic used when all others fail. >>> happening right now, keep your butts off the beaches of new jersey. today the state senate and state assembly voted overwhelming to pass bill that will snuff out smoking on public beaches and parks and fined if you're caught smoking on the beach or parks will cost you. >> first governor christie has to sign the bill into law. fox 29's dawn timmeney is in wildwood with reaction to the vote today. dawn? >>

atlantic city and cape may, light shower activity. meantime, those are steadier, heavier showers in for wilmington, philadelphia and trenton. then it pushes inland. still a few scattered showers. that's at 5:30 this afternoon. there will be breaks in the rainfall. the evening commute is going to be drier than what you have to deal with this morning. the forecast calling for a cool one and rainy, too. 8:00, noontime, the temperatures barely move in philadelphia. at 4:00 this afternoon in the suburbs, light rain and 51 degrees. the lehigh valley, a chilly one there, too, with rain reaching into the lehigh valley. delaware, a rainy morning and still some showers during the late afternoon hours for new jersey, the same deal. at the shore we'll see breaks in the shower activity by late this afternoon. sunshine not happening today. but it is in store for us this weekend. a look at the mother's day forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. >> thank you, bill. the threat of flooding may keep focus in south jersey this morning. let's focus on tra

these nice long days, i love them, 52 degrees in mount pocono, 62 in trenton, 63 in atlantic city, only 55 in millville, but even that is pretty comfortable. winds in the process of changing direction, buns we get to the southwest winds as we mentioned earlier, that's when it starts to get stickier out there. no precipitation to show you on ultimate doppler radar. none expected today but air quality alert in effect for today with, you know, just the ocean area, a lot of air pollution around, and we have 88 degrees for high temperature yesterday, 88 degrees, but by the end. day it will feel little more humid than it did yesterday, which was definitely delightful. sunset time 8 19. that's your thursday, with a lot of kids offer school tomorrow. get away night tonight. >> what? are they off from school tomorrow? >> some are. >> we have half day friday. >> oh, that's even worse, the half day. >> it is the worse. >> look at lauren shaking her head. >> just saying. >> you're just saying? come on over to my side if you want. we'll drop all of the kids off at sue's house. >> sure. >> at 5 01. >

here is a live look at the board walk in atlantic city. plenty of people out getting their bike rides in, morning walks. a couple people out jogging. here is the deal. enjoy it while it lasts because we know rain is coming. we'll let you know how long it will last and when it's come. thanks for being with us on this saturday morning. i'm rosemary connors. let's get right to meteorologist erica martin. she is tracking all the changes. right now, erica, looking at the shot behind you, nothing but clear skies! >> nothing but clear skies. nothing to complain about. not today. in fact, we do need some rain showers. as you mentioned, your parents were talking about cooler along the shoreline, that's because we have the onshore flow. gorgeous outside right now. that's the story for today. we'll start to see changes later tomorrow into monday. as we track the tropical depression that will make landfall along the carolina coastline. it's gorgeous right now. seeing a few clouds out there. sunny skies, 72 degrees. 74 in lehigh valley. only getting be

atlantic city, cape may, in fact the entire area is dry right now. but that is going to change at times during the day today. it's going to be a mainly dry day and cloudy too. at lunchtime, we'll be tracking light showers. futurecast shows them moving inland. scattered light showers possible as we go into the afternoon. most of the evening commute will likely be dry. you won't need your sunglasses today. the clouds are staying put. that's going to keep temperatures limited into the 50s this afternoon. at noontime, philadelphia will be up to 53 degrees. the pennsylvania suburbs, mostly cloudy skies. winds out of the northeast at nine miles an hour. may see a scattered shower in the lehigh valley. most of the day it's just going to be cloudy and cool. 52 degrees at lunchtime. go to the south and south jersey, the jersey shore will see temperatures with a minimal warmup today. into the very low 50s at lunchtime. winds will be a bit stronger at the shore. shouldn't be a problem during the day, but there is a potential for some minor flooding along the co

moving right down the atlantic city expressway. we'll follow that and changes coming in a few minutes. >>> all right. investigators try to figure out what sparked a fire in a montgomery county high school. we were over north high around noon. fire broke out in a maintenance room. no one was hurt. >>> a nanny is accused of stealing $15,000 in cash and jewelry from the family she was working for. police say she wore the jewelry in pictures she posted on facebook. investigators recovered some items in a pawnshop in the area. she say she swiped it working as the family's nanny for the last four months. >>> a warning impacting an entire camden county community. >> a group of women are on the prowl preying on the elderly. they are wanted for targeting at least one couple in winslow township. >> reporter: shut your doors, lock them. that is the message from winslow police. on friday, a group of three women driving a white van with florida tags scammed their way into an elderly couple's home on pump branch road near route 73. >> a group of

atlantic city's mayor says the city will be out of cash most likely by mid-june. in atlantic city, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> south jersey town is suing its own board of education, over the decision to close an elementary school. evesham township mayor randy brown says that the plan to close, fd evans elementary in 2017 was never presented to the township planning board, for review, which is required by law. the district voted in march to shutter the school as a cost saving measure as township student enrollment shrinks. >> it is financial and financials will be devastating, you know, i put a speech together where it could be a loss of of over 50 million-dollar minimal in assessed values in home values. it is proven in suddens. >> superintendent jonathan certificate valley says the closing can save the district one and a half million-dollar but mayor brown says all of the numbers have knott drop enough to warrant the closure. about 500 students attend evans. >>> mallia obama is harvard bound but she plans tea a detour before settling into mom an

live in atlantic city, nbc 10 news. >> officials are also preparing for memorial day weekend crowds. crews said the past few months they have gotten them ready for the summer season. >> looking to having a little action. nice action. quite action hopefully. >> most of delaware could see temperatures in the high 80s today. meantime temperatures are running near 60. >> all weekend long you can make sure to check the nbc 10 app because we'll have the latest updates on your neighborhood weather that could change. you could get traffic alert bfrs heading to your holiday destination. >> he continues his push with community schools. he met with parents and students in center city yesterday to talk about the benefits. community members are filling out surveys identifying which schools would be best for the program. the mayor wants to open more than 2 dozen community schools by the end of the material. most schools would act as family service centers. >> now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with bill henley. >> getting a quite start at the shore this morning. a chance of the showe