city, his district and to the people of atlantic city. his district, during my nearly eight years in trend on i came to know him know jim as a for

from city hall to the state house he for the for atlantic city and surrounding region for more than 30 years. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan looks back at his life and career. >> hear jim whelan's name you think of atlantic city. >> reporter: shore town grieving after sudden death on tuesday of former mayor and state senator jim whelan. >> a real good man and we are certainly or toy lose him here in atlantic city. >> reporter: whelan served more than 35 years in government and atlantic city councilman from 1982 to 1990 and mayor from 1990 to 2001 before moving on to state office. >> anybody for school system whether it was, increasing the public safety, he is always, an advocate for atlantic city in the strongest way possible. >> reporter: born in philadelphia whelan's first job was on the beach patrol. he became a teacher, assemblyman and rounded out his career for state senator for new jersey's second district. former mayor scott evans and current mayor don garden counted on whelan as amen for. >> he was like a big brother to me, a lot of advice. >> he was very smart, methodi

. >> also an air show this morning in atlantic city at 11:30. let's get to bill henley with his most accurate nbc10 neighborhood forecast. >> we're still looking at clouds rolling through the area. the heavy storms from last night are out of the picture. what we have are a few showers moving into the trenton area and more lining up to the west. it's cleared out at the shore but that may not be the end of the clouds or the chance of showers at the shore. a sprinkle or two this morning. a brief shower possible in south jersey and the shore. overall we'll see improving conditions in philadelphia and areas north and west will see that first. the shore may have to wait for a while. even though the storms are gone for now and the clouds have broken, that's not the end. up to 84 degrees in jersey. 83 in delaware. the humidity comes down this afternoon for philadelphia and a beautiful day ahead for the suburbs, too. take a look at the shore. take a look at forecast for atlantic city forecast when i'm back in a few minutes. first, jessica with your traff

and we've got a vehicle fire happening near atlantic city. details on that one coming up next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back. taking a live look here philadelphia international airport. you can see a little bit of a grayness to the sky this morning. you will need the umbrella. some rain could be cupping our way. it's 6:14, 73 degrees. >> what you got going on in south jersey there karen. >> we've got a new problem matt just popped up. a vehicle fire happening on the atlantic city expressway westbound near route 42, so as you're passing cross keys shopping plaza out there and then heading towards 42 near turnersville, that's where a vehicle is on fire right on the atlantic city expressway. crews coming to the scene right now to help with that so watch for that one. here's a live look at the schuylkill westbound approaching girard. we have an accident here involving three vehicles. it looked like they towed a couple of them away. we're still seeing police and penndot on the scene. at one point they were blocking all lanes with this multi-vehicl

we have it over parts of south jersey from vineland to atlantic city. around wilmington over in through southern delaware county and right up the i-95 corridor into camden county north of trenton there are a couple of flood warnings. heavy rain overnight and you might find some flooded roads. turn around don't drown. most of our precipitation is now moving off the coast to. there's a couple sprinkles out there. 76 degrees right now in philadelphia. 73 in trenton, 74 as you head out the door in allentown. 79 in cape may. 75 in wilmington. and it is on the humid side yet across the region. you'll definitely feel that as you head outside but as we go through the day we're looking at improvement over yesterday. 74 degrees by 7 o'clock. by noon, 81. and by 3 o'clock, 85 degrees. that will be your high. not in the 90's again today and humidity will have a tendency to dip as the day goes on. could be a little pop-up shower down the shore as we take a look at the forecast for the atlantic city air show. karen, i'll have more on that coming up. >> dave let's hit

not good time for the atlantic city air show. cape may is dry right now, a little light fog in the view from march get to lafayette hotel. the clouds will linger for the air show. 1:00, 82 degrees. at 4:00, 83 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. there's even a chance of an isolated shower at the shore. right now it's dry in cape may, cape may courthouse and atlantic city. where you're finding showers is inland areas. reading is seeing light rainfall. this is where the storms last night got started. even a few showers moving through chester county and into montgomery county. milford, you're about to get rainfall. just light scattered showers. there are more to come moving through baltimore right now. mostly it is going to be dry during the day. we will see plenty of sunshine. this is your hour by hour forecast. clearing off to the northwest. low 70s for allentown and pottstown. at 9:00. mostly cloud withy. we'll get breaks of sunshine in philadelphia and a chance of a few showers we're seeing inland making their way to south jersey and

seventy-five in atlantic city. seventy-three allentown. cool spot on the map, right around 65 degrees. these showers and storms associated with the very strong cold front that is continuing to make its way south ande even at this hour we will still be stuck in the cloud for next couple hours, we could see redevelopment of the shower or storm here right along this cold front pressing to the south ande for areas south ande of philadelphia near atlantic city, millville and we will see cloud moving out. cloud will be last to move out for our shore communities and then we will see breaks of sunshine by noon time and then full sunshine as we head in the afternoon and this evening , with mostly clear skies, so things looking much better behind that front. we have lower humidity. not feeling too bad by this afternoon but feeling pleasant , awesome heading in to thursday and friday, that is well deserved after a day like yesterday when humidity made it feel so much warmer out there turning sunny less humid 84 for that high. heading in the overnight

before that, the democrat was a three-term mayor of atlantic city a city school teacher an lifeguard, he was 68 years old. >>> the philadelphia parking authority parking ap will be back in operation. the meter up ap allows people to pay with a smart phone, it went dark about four months ago after the could we behind the ap. a new vendor is in place and customers will have to fork over a 40 cent user fee >> atlanta georgia, they have seven years experience in the u.s., their main business is the phone parking application. >> if you want to use meter ap, you'll have to download the new ap once it goes live. >>> a huge jackpot one in nearly 300 million. >> but even with the odds many still feel they have a chance. >> when it comes to playing powerball, we know the odds aren't great. >> slam, real slam. >> 10 million to one. >> describe it to my parent as getting struck by lightening and then standing up and getting hit by a car >> for tonight be $700 million jackpot, your chance as winning, 1 in 292 million >> insert sarcasm here, why do so many of us stand in line when we're pretty much

some sort every incident at a popular atlantic city casino. what happened at the tropican tropicana? >> war of words, and now, the threat of nukes, our president warns north korea. >> north korea, best not make any more threats to the united state. they'll be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> north korea has a threat of its own. and that has the world worrie worried. >> please, lever the premises. >> we just got here. can you tell us why -- >> , no can you please just get off my property. the cops are in the way. you guys have been harassing me all day long, bye. >> local mom accused of abandoning her ten year old son with special needs in the woods. >> and will smith is taking carpool karaoke to another level. >> ♪ get jiggy with it ♪ >> kicking offer the new season in style. good day philadelphia, at 5:00 . >>> and it is going to be a great day to pop your head out through the sun roof if you can. right now, it is a nice start to this day. let's take live look outsid. let's get right over to sue serio with what the

attack tuesday at his house in atlantic city. originally from philadelphia, the temple university graduate gravitated toward the shore where he was once a lifeguard on atlantic city's beach patrol and a teacher in the school district before he entered politics becoming a city councilman and a representative and senator in the legislature. >> we have to change some things both in trenton and here at home. >> reporter: whether it was new development or beach replenishment, he was considered the greatest advocate. >> you got to have all three. >> you're starting to see atlantic city turn around. it's because jim wayland had the courage to do the tough things. >> times were tough in recent years when atlantic city was on the brink of going bankrupt and defaulting on its debt. wayland supported the takeover of the finances, which resulted in a a tax cut for homeowners in >> he sat at the table to make sure atlantic city had all the protections they needed and all the tools they were going to need to have a rebirth. you don't fill thos

the atlantic county prosecutor's office says its major crimes union got the call from atlantic city police around 5:45 this evening about a death under investigation. >> people that were involved in this matter were guests and that they had over stayed their registered time. so as a result of that, when hotel staff went to, you know, check on them, that at that time the police were call. >> reporter: atlantic county prosecutor damond tyner says his office can't say how many people were involved or what injuries they suffered. but we spoke with atlantic city police before the prosecutor's office was called in. they say one person is dead and another was taken to atlantic care regional melter center. we don't know that person's condition or the circumstances of what happened. >> it's an active investigation. and our investigators are -- have taken control of the scene, and they are investigating the scene and processing the scene at this point. >> reporter: prosecutors tyner did say the public shouldn't be concerned. the prosecutor's office handles homicides but they also respond to drug rel

atlantic city expressway. even with that diverse, you're going to be at complete dead stop. diverted off right this. in a stand still for that entire amount of time. my alternate for you there is to take black horse pike. black horse pike northbound past the accident scene, get back on the 42 freeway. exit for the 42 from the plaqbl horse pike. now if you're coming back the other way, there's another crash. southbound side just around belmar. few lanes lost there. not a lot of traffic moving oei right now. not usually the most traveled roads. we'll end here in north philly. a crash on route 1 side. boulevard dealing with that. traffic getting by the scene really easy. i'll have details for you on that when i come back in ten minutes. for now, let's get a check on today's forecast with bill henley. >>> just 30 minutes away from seeing sunrise this morning. skies starting to brighten up. looking good in the lehigh valley. 65 degrees. in twilight right now. 83 degrees at 11:00. delaware, 66 degrees with a little

before that, the democrat was a three-term mayor of atlantic city a city school teacher an lifeguard, he was 68 years old. >>> the philadelphia parking authority parking ap will be back in operation. p ap allows people to pay with a smart phone, it went dark about four months ago after the could we behind the ap. a new vendor is in place and customers will have to fork over a 40 cent user fee >> atlanta georgia, they have seven years experience in the u.s., their main business is the phone parking application. >> if you want to use meter ap, you'll have to download the new ap once it goes live. >>> a huge jackpot one in nearly 300 million. >> but even with the odds many still feel they have a chance. >> when it comes to playing powerball, we know the odds aren't great. >> slam, real slam. >> 10 million to one. >> describe it to my parent as getting struck by lightening and then standing up and getting hit by a car >> for tonight be $700 million jackpot, your chance as winning, 1 in 292 million >> insert sarcasm here, why do so many of us stand in line when we're pretty much it won't b

may at the airport in atlantic city. future tracker 6 the rest of the way between now and 2:00. a light sprinkle and shower popping up across the coast. this one has showers and thunderstorms skirting by in the afternoon and evening. stick with adam and cecily tonight they'll have a better read on that it's fluctuating. and clouds and sun and less humid and a lot less hot too. at the shore on or about 80 at the coast, a low risk of rip currents that is nice. and late afternoon sun is possible and morning showers and some in the early afternoon too. 80 in the beach in rehoboth beach and heading down for the second half of the a.c. air show. 80 at 2:00 and 81 really you have the second two-thirds of it as it goes on until 5:00. and 4:00, 80 and peeks of sunshine and every now and then a pop-up shower and nothing to hinder things too terribly much. clouds and sun already way less humid than it was yesterday and even this morning. that is thanks to the northwest wind that is picking up later in the day. clear skies and comfo

as we look at the shore melissa magee down in atlantic city. the breeze in her hair on steel pier. >> reporter: it feels nice we are standing in the shade and getting that nice breeze coming up from the ocean. so not bad today. mostly cloudy on friday and tracking the thunderstorms by the afternoon that looks to be the most active time period and high temperature of 80 degrees but we clear out in time for the weekend on saturday, a partly sunny skies and high up to 86 and sunday mostly sunny and high temperature of 83. and the ocean temperature in the upper 70s but there is still a moderate risk for rip currents as we head into the weekend because of that constant on shore wind and the increasing wind from the coast. that is the latest right now adam it's gorgeous out here. i have a ride lined up for you in just a little bit and maybe ride it in your honor. >> the crazy mouse maybe? no? >> the crazy mouse? is that what you are going to do? >> crazy mouse or the sling shot i don't know. feeling daring. >> we'll tune in at 6:00 to see. the exclus

seventy-five in atlantic city. it will still be on the muggy side this morning. we will see showers winding down. muggy side around 7:00 a.m. dew points in the 60's. look at the improvement throughout the day. by noon it is feeling more comfortable out there 60 degrees and mid 50's as we head into this evening. perhaps you can dine outside, it will be a comfortable evening across the delaware valley. sunny, less humid, 84 for that high temperature, looking for a low around 64. we can give ac a break. mostly clear, comfortable. now lets look at your seven day forecast, it goes like this 83 on thursday. tons of sunshine. look at that sunshine in the weekend. temperatures feeling like fall as we head into saturday and sunday. meisha. >> that looks beautiful, the weekend, they will love those zero seven's. thanks very much. very good morning to you. happy wednesday, or should we say happy hump day. we are talking about a water main break, real quickly here, flashing lights here, egypt road at trooper road. head up on this, not too much right now but maybe a little bi

you can see 77 at the airport in atlantic city, and about the same in cape may. as we go through the day we're expecting mostly cloudy skies not that you can't see a sunny break, showers and thunderstorm around by 7:00. steamy conditions building with high humidity today, as we get into the afternoon we get to a high of 88 around 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. there's a chance of additional showers and thunderstorms. i want to point out to you that we are very humid this morning and the numbers are expected to continue to rise most of us us see dewpoints in the 70s that's oppressive humidity. gets better over the weekend, karen i'll have the details coming up. >> reporter: let's hit the roads on friday morning, everybody, you made it. i-95 northbound off to the betsy ross bridge we have construction crews blocking two right lanes, light volume, so it's not causing a big deal. down tree on the schuylkill expressway westbound between conshohocken and gladwyn, watch for the right lane blocked with a tree toppled down. medical campus drive north line drive hatfield township, c

a really important event for atlantic city. it really relies on the tourist. this year the beach has been home to pop, country and starting tonight hip hop stars. >> dmx is here, let's go. >> reporter: atlantic city got the boardwalk packed with plans to fill the beach tonight. >> today is a great concert. this really brings back benefits for the city. people have been coming all day. you stay wheith your family, e enjoy the beach and have a great concert. >> reporter: the struggling resort ended its tradition of free concerts for the locals and those times are over. >> the response was overwhelming. >> reporter: for tonight's performance they gave out 9,000 free tickets. >> we're very excited. >> but there are many people from out of town who are buying. organizers are not sure how many to expect in total. estimating 20 to 40,000 people including some kids invited here by the stars. >> this is the third concert in this series of throw. yesterday was a community event. and the ceo of the ruff ridersen wept to the boys and girls club and invited all the kids he

take a look around the atlantic city expressway. approaching an accident scene that we had before we even came on at 4:00 this morning. accident investigation underway at gloucester township. detoured around college drive. exit 7-b. because of that detour, also have major tuoverturned tractor at the same place as the ramp. now the ramp is partially blocked. massive delay. black horse pike was a great alternate earlier this morning, now starting to see some of that delay heading northbound on tha road that. you can still take that. you'll sit in delays there too. anything is better of course than the 4 #2 freeway. 55 is still open. you can see the delay here. still open. the white horse pike is another alternate for you there. really depends where are you're coming from. 42 freeway closed on the northbound side. want to avoid that. updates all morning long and back in ten minutes. >> 6:41. spoiler alert. hackers could ruin episodes of favorite hbo shows. >> latest on the online heist. game of thrones compromise. >>> plus, unforgetta

and police were investigating after a body was discovered on the atlantic city boardwalk. but the big story on "action news" is the growing tension and escalating threats between the u.s. and north korea. much of the world is on edge after president trump and north korea's leader ramped up their rhetoric. the latest from washington. >> reporter: good afternoon. u.s. intelligence believes that north korea has as many as 60 nuclear weapons far more than once thought. >> north korea best not make anymore threats to the they will be met with fire and fury. >> an overt military threat from president trump turning up the dial on nuclear tensions with north korea and their leader, kim jong un not backing down. overnight responding saying it's seriously considering a plan to target guam, a small pacific island crucial to military bases and home to 7,000 u.s. forces. >> an attack on guam is a threat or attack on the united states. >> the heightened tensions coming from the u.s. intelligence analysts that now believe that north korea can make small enough warheads to fit inside of a

america pageant began in atlantic city in 1921. a way to extend the summer tour season to the weekend after labor day. >>> 4:25. day two of allentown fair. one of country's biggest stars is set to take the stage toni t tonight. >>> keith urban, headlines tonight's festivities and the big names will keep coming for the rest of the week. tomorrow nights is john mellencamp, rascal flats performs friday night. >>> 4:26. 62 degrees outside. another round. tropical storm harvey is set to make a third land fall. much of houston is left underwater. rescues continue as the death toll rises. plus, breaking overnight. locally house fire leaves a couple dead. this morning investigators trying to figure out what sparked it. >>> 62 degrees at 4:26. live view from lincoln financial field. we're clearing out. we're going to see a lot of sunshine on this camera and all the other cameras and out your window too. pretty nice day ahead. neighborhood forecast coming up. first, jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. how is it looking ou

a few showers south of atlantic city. the heavier storms on offshore. isolated thunderstorm, just a few sprinkles moving through the suburbs, light rainfall in chester county through northern delaware and montgomery and delaware counties. we're not completely done with the rain. no heavy downpours. look at the clouds breaking. just outside of the lehigh value valley. parts of berks county too. hour by hour forecast shows 9:00, the spreading through the day. clouds will be thinning out in delaware. there is still lingering clouds at new jersey and the shore. to the south you can see mostly clowy skies and 77 in cape may. 1:00 in the afternoon, not much to the showers, and then it starts to clear out at the shore, especially for atlantic city, with late day clouds giving way to overnight clouds. we're in for nice weather tonight. look at the 70s this evening. we're seeing some days with high temps in the 70s. you may have noticed it with the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. >>> ten minutes past 4:00 a.m. on this wednesday. let's find out ho

already 10 miles an hour in atlantic city and wild wood. not stronger than what we're seeing in philadelphia. look at wilmington. steady 16-mile-an-hour wind. during the day. winds gusting 35-45 miles an hour. along the coastline. steady winds of 24 miles an hour. look how the winds increase for philadelphia and wilmington. not as much wind and not as much rainfall. the shore and delaware beaches going to see the impact of the system. part of that is rip current risk. heard matt talk about that. remaining high for dangerous surf and potentially life-threatening conditions. here komcomes the rain. just shy of womening torn. a system i mentioned could become a tropical storm. little less likely happening today. will give us a rainy and windy day. see tropical affects at the shore. why we issued a first alert. rainfall totals during the morning not a lot. quarter of an inch in avalon. barely anything in philadelphia. later this afternoon, that's when we're close to an ninch dover. avalon while we get a third of an inch in philadelphia. today,

this is the atlantic city expressway westbound approaching route 73. you see the cones that are blocking the right lane so crews are out there working so slow it down for their sake. here's 42 and again as you look in the distance you really see the fog out there as you're traveling so it's causing an issue but not a lot of major accidents right now. hopefully we can keep it that way as volume builds, matt and tam. >> all right, thank you, karen. >>> lawmakers from both parties continue to criticize president trump. his responses yesterday about the weekend violence at that rally of white nationalists in charlottesville now kicking off a new firestorm. >> the president defended his initial remarks once again blaming both sides for the violence that happened during a white nationalist rally. >> reporter: you look at both sides. i think there's blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it and you don't have any doubt about it either. and if you reported it accurately, you would say. >> during an impromptu question-and-answer session in the lobby of t

big atlantic city air show is today. we've been talking a lot about it because hundreds of thousands of people come to the boardwalk in a.c. so, you will be among them if you're driving to it. right now we're looking at the green traffic flow on the a.c. expressway, on route 40, on the parkway but i think all those areas will be jammed as people head to the a.c. boardwalk. 11:00 to 3:00 is the time of the show. on the commuter traffic report i found devil moon 2004 whose name i really like talking about an object on the road on the blue route near west conshohocken. so, watch for that. and i want to show you storm tracker. we're looking at conditions mainly dry, couple of sprinkles here or there moving through but the big storms from yesterday, that's out of here and we'll have lowering humidity today, family okay, thank you, karen. >>> a crafty thief in florida used a forklift to pull off an atm heist. it happened under the cover of darkness. the forklift was stolen from a construction site across from a bank. authoriti

also now low 70s atlantic city. as we get in to the afternoon, temperatures will rebound into the upper 70s and low 80s. but still below average thanks to this front passing. we'll talk how long the below average conditions last. >>> and we're following breaking news related to our weather. there were power outages as trees toppled on to wires in bucks county. aundrea cline-thomas is live in doylestown and you found some damage there. >> reporter: that's right. and within the last 30 minutes, crews put up these barriers to stop access on to north street. if you look up, you see why power poles and lines were knocked over like dominos. take a look at some of the video we shot earlier this morning. trees came down from route 313 to e street and residents in those four blocks are in the dark. police are here securing the area. pico is also here, but work to clear up the mess has not begun. so as you wake up this morning, you're going to want to avoid this area. we're told that roads will be closed for hours. that is th

north of atlantic city in between atlantic city and toms river. those move offshore and the rest of day saturday is going to be beautiful and those temperatures nowhere near as warm as what we're seeing today. take a closer look at the weekend forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. >> ten minutes past 4:00 a.m. let's get an early morning look at your commute to work. >>> including look at 42. first alert traffic reporter katy zachry has your discovered. >>> start things off for drivers in new jersey. looking at the 42 freeway. don't be alarmed. there is construction as you approach the interchange for 295. it may slow you up a bit. let's take a look. it's not affecting your drive times. before your make your way, that same stretch southbound about a five minute drive in boast directions. see from graphic. realtime graphic showing light rain out there. just be aware of that. might want to slow up a little bit. staying with that, route 295. no major issues to report on 295 or any majors in new jersey. moving to pennsylvania now can't say the same th

floor of the tower, major crimes unit called in by the police here in atlantic city. that's protocol. about 5:30 p.m., after the initial 911 call made by the hospitality staff after couple in the room on the 37th floor guest who did not leave on their scheduled check out time. marne dead, woman hurt, information given to the first called. and the prosecutor showed up to talk to report he is but would not say much beyond saying this is a death investigation. meaning, would not say it was foul play or not. would not say whether it was a drug-related death which they also investigate, like an overdose, or a possible domestic attempted murder suicide. what he did, was this was not random. so, no one here at the drop had reason to fear any further incident, meaning, it was all contain to that one guest room up on the 37th floor here, at a very popular peak week here, mid summer. >> yes, what happened in that room, 6:07 now. >> battle over the margate dunes project. moving from the shore to the courthouse this morning. >> yes, this is unusual for us to cover, a lawsuit over

atlantic city, up to 80 degrees for the air show. wilmington, still a chance of a shower in central and southern delaware. through the day today, the humidity drops as the tempted climbs. much dryer air that moves in. it stays low tonight. then tomorrow that line goes lower. the air mass is dryer. we peak near 80 degrees tomorrow afternoon. we still have to get rid of these last few showers and clouds. can you see sprinkles moving through reading and into chester county. at the shoreline it's dry. that line of clouds will push into the southeast. a chance of showers will arrive at the shore. look how nice and clear in pittsburgh. that's the weather coming our way for tonight and tomorrow. you'll start to see it later today. 85 degrees this afternoon. perfect weather for the eagles game. the temperature will be in the 70s in south philadelphia. tomorrow, sunshine during the day, high of 81 degrees. look at these temperatures. friday, the weekend may be one of the nicest weekend of the entire summer. morning temperatures in the low 50s

also 73 in atlantic city. move inland find cooler temperatureses and most of the area actually -- well, it did cool down from yesterday afternoon. 60s for allentown. trenton, mount holly. seven degrees warmer this morning compared to yesterday at this time. look at trenton. nine degrees warmer. warmer start. bit warmer this amp. see plenty of sunshine. no activity here. doppler radar is clear. not expecting to see showers during the day today. we will see a lot of sunshine. fast warmup from the 70s into the 80s. that's by 11:00 this morning. 84 degrees. 89 degrees a little bit warmer than normal for this time of year. at 3:00 this afternoon. for the suburbs, sunshine here too. just starting off a little bit cooler in the city. 66 degrees at 7:00. middle to upper 80s this afternoon. might see a few scattered clouds. stays dry in the suburbs. lehigh valley starting off in the lower 60s, 64 degrees at 7:00. low 80s by 11:00 and upper 80s with sunny skies at 3:00 this afternoon. humidity will be a little bit highe

you will hear the roar of thunder the other boardwalk >> it's the 15th annual atlantic city air show, and here's a look at what's on tap for this year's show. >> those planes are just cool. i don't care what kind. >> it's a fascination of something heavier than gravity that's able to fly >> the 2017 atlantic city airshow will have everything

years for atlantic city casinos, but the casinos that manage to remain open are posting gains. saw 3.9% increase over last year, including revenues from internet gambling. those numbers are without the trump taj mahal, which closed last october. the biggest increase was posted by resorts, which was up 14.4%, overall, the casinos have made more than a billion dollars so far this year. >>> some folks in south jersey aren't happy about new utility polls popping up in their backyards. massive polls just like this one have already been installed in gloucester and salem counties. atlantic city electric says it is all part of a project spanning a 18-mile stretch between paulsboro and woodstown, some homes in east greenwich township, already have the polls. neighbors say they weren't expecting the polls to be as large as they are. >> well, i didn't realize it was going to be this big. they had just dropped a little card off and said we're going to be putting polls in. i come home from work, i work two jobs, and this is what i okay.ome to. >> now the new polls are made to with stand 1 o

. >>> the atlantic city air show. we'll take you live where 400,000 people are expected to enjoy the action. >>> and later, making their voices heard. women received the right to vote. ahead, details on two special events honoring national womens equality day. >>> authorities trying to figure out what cause add septa train to crash into another in upper darby delaware county. they want to hear from the man at the controls of that train. we are live to tell you more, pam. >> reporter: ntsb investigators will be speaking with him. we asked the ntsb if they would be making that available. the answer is no. we can tell you the camera is pointing in the direction of the train's engineers. the video recordings have been downloaded and sent back to washington for analysis. the investigation could take months. dozens of passengers, including the train's engineer are recovering from injuries. four are critical but all are expected to survive. this is the second train to crash here in the past six months. the investigation into

coming back from the shore the atlantic city expressway just a parking lot, atlantic city expressway merges with the freeway and there you go, a live look at just everybody, all four lanes going into one working toward philadelphia. your best bet this morning leaving south jersey, get over to route 55, if you can get to 55, it will be a clean shot toward philadelphia and you can avoid that grid lock. we will have more when we come right back. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of you contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com countless ailments. countless hours. and guess what? you can handle it all. be a leader in your field

we're at 70 in wilmington and also 75 in atlantic city. so we have the temperatures that are starting out in the 60s, low mid-70s. as we get into the afternoon, we will make it back to the 80s, but it won't be one of the hot days because of the rain that moves throughout. here are the headlines as we move forward. in out storms, tomorrow a sunny and dry weather. so 50/50 weekend. and not a bad 10 day, we'll get to that coming up. >> keep track of the rain with the nbc 10 app and you can get weather alerts sent right to your phone. >>> this morning police are looking for the shooter who wounded one person and sparked fear among shoppers at a philadelphia target store. randy gyllenhaal is live with the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: police say this started as some sort of fight or confrontation between a group of men, one of them the man police here are searching for is accused of pulls outing out a gd firing five shots in that busy target parking lot. one person was shot in the back and rushed to the hospital. police arrived and

seventy-six in philadelphia 75 in atlantic city. seventy-four millville. seventy-seven down the shore in wildwood. as we head in the next several days, look at how humidity continues to drop, this is what i'm talking about pleasant conditions on thursday, feeling down ride awesome as we head into friday and rest of the weekend. by the weekend we could talk about dew points in the upper 40's, you heard me right, that is feeling spectacular and in the something we see this time of the year. these showers, these cloud also with that front, looking at it move out. we are seeing a couple cloud and redeveloping showers, and various south and east of philadelphia but overall look at how those skies clear out this afternoon. we will see increasing sunshine and things looking so much better out there. here's what you can expect for today, high temperature right around 84 degrees, turning sunny and less humid, i'll have your seven day forecast in a bit. meisha, how are road looking. >> i have to say they are looking good. what we were talking about, every 30 minutes

sixty-nine atlantic city. 3-mile an her breeze. you can see wind direction is all over the place as we wind with low humidity, toy higher dew points, and a southeasterly win. 89 degrees yesterday. today 91. tomorrow, 90. and is there an outside chance we will get another heat wave, could happen if we get to 90 on thursday as well, we just need three in a row. we have had five already this year. so maybe we will get number six this week to begin the month of august. regardless it is improving a bit that forecast for saturday it may not be a wash out after all. temperatures won't be quite as hot, either. a remind their when you get in your car tune to 101.1 more fm because your weather authority forecast is available on the radio as well. how is it looking in new jersey, bob. >> well, here's the latest, we are looking live at 42 freeway , i have got my camera zoomed in here. this is off ramp for college drive which is exit number seven, on the outlets for our shopper friends out there this is an exit so you are familiar with that com

wheel and represented the atlantic city area and the new jersey senate. a city he served for more than a decade. he had surgery last month to remove cancerous cells from his kidney, and complications from blood thinners. governor chris christie remembered wheel and: the sudden and unexpected passing of jim wheelan enormous lost to the people of atlantic city his district and all of state of new jersey. during my nearly eight years in trenton i came to know jim and for the right hanlon he is leader whose word was his bonds. >> tireles advocate for atlantic city, atlantic county, but also advocate for bettering all of new jersey, it is impossible to imagine the state house without jim and his thoughtful necessary. >> all right, the time right now is 4:00 so. a -- 4:10. we've all got powerball fever again, the number keeps rising. $700 million. that is how much is up for grabs. let's get out to jenny joyce who is in bridesburg, jenny? >> $700 million, that sounds really good, doesn't it? but the odds of winning, well that will burst your bubble. we were out

seventy-four in atlantic city. seventy-six down the shore in wildwood. here's what you can expect today up in the poconos, 84 degrees in philadelphia with increasing sunshine, spotty morning showers, for areas down the shore with a high of 85. in the poconos right around 84 , turning mostly sunny, cloud moving from the mountains much quicker then the shore. eyewitness weather seven day forecast 83 on thursday. look at that stretch of sunshine from thursday, all the way through sunday, temperatures very fall like as we head in the weekend and start of next week. how are those road looking. >> they are looking good. i'm still stuck on your forecast, that looks beautiful >> it does. >> all that sunshine, we so need it. we got rain, we got that out of the way so hopefully it is just smooth sailing from here. thanks very much. looking outside very good morning to you, happy wednesday, we have an accident , so where is this? 422 eastbound at trooper. we have people outside their vehicles. we will see gaper delays and tap

you can barely see them right 42 at atlantic city expressway. so south jersey, you might see spots of reduced visibility. so be careful out there. we'll check in with construction i come back. >>> call him a safety crusader. >> a 9-year-old delaware boy saw a problem in his neighborhood and is getting it fixed. josh worried about people blowing through a stop sign right outside his front door at the intersection of church in newark. while visiting his grand parents, he saw the word stop ahead written on a busy street. he thought, well, that could work in my neighborhood. so he reached out to the mayor. >> i remembered my letter writing skills from school and i just decided to write a letter. >> and that paid off for joey. the mayor invited skroe i to a meeting with the city traffic committee yesterday and they said yes to his idea. >>> gloucester township is launching its bike sharing program today. the mayor will kick off the new initiative at the bike share kiosk on west church and washington. the program is free and people will be able to use

it would not be complete without a trip to atlantic city and the steel pier. are you guys having fun? >> yes! >> we have a brand new attraction, check out the observation wheel 220 feet tall and the all important accuweather forecast. when "action news" comes right back. hands up you guys! >>> well, as confederate monuments statues and plaques are coming down across the country, president trump is taking to social media to denounce their removal. the president tweeted sad owe see the history and culture of our great country ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. you can't change history but you can learn from it. robert e. lee, stone wall jackson who is next? so foolish. >>> and the president seemingly equated the white nationalists and neo nazi with those protesting the racist views. >> you have bad people in that group but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> and today a new round of criticism on his response from both sides of the political aisle. some business leaders are turning their backs on th

for this time of year, atlantic city is the airport 87, wilmington 85. philadelphia 84 the same in trenton, reading and allentown, at 82 degrees. so we're looking ahead to a really pleasant today during the day tomorrow as well. 80's mainly in most locations. 79 in pottstown. the poconos it is a very comfortable 73. down the shorecast a look at this, land breeze, temperatures in the 80's with the exception of north wildwood and that ocean water temperature still at 75 degrees. as we go hour by hour this evening, we'll see that westerly wind still looking at partly cloudy skies temperatures in the 80's, through the 9:00 hour then 78 with a northwesterly wind but that is a dry wind for us and then by about 11:00. temperatures in the mid 70's with that persistent westerly wind but almost calm by that point. coming up. we'll talk about the work week weather, it looks very quiet. storms will return, eventually this week. and eclipse weather it's only about eight days away. are you ready for it? we'll talk more about that coming up with your seven-day forecast

before that, the democrat was the long-time mayor of atlantic city, a city school teacher and lifeguard, whelan did not seek reelection in november, no word on the cause of his death. jim whelan was 68 years old. >>> in statement tonight, governor chris christie said i came to know jim as a forthright and honest leader whose word was his bond. the efforts and passion of a jim whelan and steven sweeney said jim was one to raise his voice, but was an advocate for atlantic city. a city he loved dearly and was determined to see it thrive. >>> tonight, we're learning one of the sailors missing after the accident after the u.s.s. john mccain has ties to our area, >> alexandria hoff has the details from cherry hill. >> his father and i couldn't be powder. >> reporter: 22-year-old kenneth smith was working as an electronics technician aboard the u.s.s. john mccain when it collided with a tanker ship early monday in the waters of southeast asia. he and nine fellow sailors had been missing since. >> his father was in the navy, his step mother had been in the navy. my father was in the navy. >> re

boards in atlantic city, 82. toms river, 82 degrees, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, one thing you don't see, 90-degree temperature it's nice for the month of august. 83 today. 83 tomorrow. monday we kept the temperature down a little bit because of the all the clouds and thunderstorms we're expecting to develop. tuesday we rebound nicely, 81, comfortable. wednesday, sunny and nice, 84. thursday, another 81. friday turning a little bit more humid and thunderstorm 83 degrees. humidity levels will be fairly higher than what we'll experience sunday, because they will not be outrageous like what we dealt with the last few days, we're not talking about drenching downpours. monday is the worst. >> if you give me more 70s, christy will sing here. >>> a lick tore -- liquor store is getting a lot of attention for this blunt sign. the sign reads pull your pants up or don't come in. store management said they put up the sign because of the customers coming in with low-riding pants. >> i don't want to see anybo

miren ayer, 82 atlantic city y hoy 76. las temperaturas han bajado en toda la zona y la brisa se ha mantenido en las Últimas horas de 10 a 15 millas por hora. y la vigilancia de inundaciones permanece para gran parte del Área. hasta la medianoche por la lluvia que ha estado cayendo y todavÍa queda un poco mÁs de lluvia en las prÓximas horas. lo principal va moviÉndose hacia el mar una perturbaciÓn en ese sistema frontal. aquÍ tenemos la baja, frente frÍo y ha estado trayendo toda la lluvia, pero la situaciÓn cambia para maÑana. usted vio hoy planes que no pueden ser al aire libre, maÑana sÍ. franklin, tormenta tropical que va hacia mÉxico, todas las playas. acÁ estará llegando tarde y por segunda vez llegando a veracruz mÉxico. esta es la zona donde se forman los huracanes de agosto, a vigilar esa zona del atlÁntico. maÑana temperaturas denotan calidad para gran parte de la zona en los 80. la lluvia pudiera llegar no con tanta fuerza a partir del viernes. ilia: regresamos con mÁs. ♪ ♪ ana: quÉ tal,

we will get out the door in atlantic city at 63. we are cooler compared to 24 hours ago, 13 degrees cooler in allentown, nine in philadelphia, 12 in wilmington overall a very refreshing start to your thursday morning here's what you can expect as we head through the afternoon around 9:00, a comfortable morning low 70's, all day, gorgeous sunshine by lunchtime you can eat that lunch outside , right in the mid 70's , 83 degrees by the afternoon a very nice afternoon on tap. you're witness weather seven day forecast looks like this looking good for komen three day friday, saturday, sunday temperatures near 80 degrees. sunshine through the weekend. we will not see more cloud in the forecast until we head into the tuesday time frame and we will have potential for a shower, as we head into wednesday right around 79 but nice stretch of very dry weather heading our way. what can we expect on the road , meisha. >> roadways are looking g i cannot take my mind off that forecast, that looks absolutely stunning, it makes so many people so happy.

could be something popping up later and we maintain dry conditions for the rest of the atlantic city air show. we have outside speaking of air shows, some air here. and some planes in the foreground. there is the airport and a lot of sunshine digging out from behind the clouds, 81 is the current temperature in the city and your dew point is 54 and this morning in the 70s everywhere, it was yuck. any time you get a dew point down below 60 that is what we got. the winds get breezy as the day goes on. dew points across the area as i said on the broad waft everybody was humid and we talked about how they would lower, starting in the northwest and then philadelphia and then folks down south especially along the coast have to wait longer. cape may that 73 degree dew point indicates thick, humid air. future tracker 6 picking up possibility of showers between now and 3:00 something like coming through and this model run unlike former runs wants to pop a thunderstorm around wildwood and lewes delaware, that could skirt the coast and it's a possibility. but the bottom line things are improving

the thunder over the boardwalk is back in atlantic city. how the spectacle in the skies boosting the town's bottom line. and we take you inside of the brand new school building that has families excited in camden. >> are you excite fire department you like cooler temperatures as we move forward in the accuweather forecast. and temperatures drop from 80 at 7:00 back to near 70 at midnight and we'll talk about the long stretch coming up. >>> a high flying spectacle above the boardwalk for the 15 and annual air show. it featured the u.s. air force thunderbirds. they are incredible. they show skill and patriotism, it attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators from all ages across the country. >> the show is cool, every day you don't get to see giant helicopters and people parachuting everywhere. >> this shows the unity of america and the people here in america. the resilience of americans. >> our own matt o'donnell and matt pellman was there as well. it provides a boost to the local economy. it is expected to bring in $26 million to atlantic

. >>> service will resume today on the atlantic city rail line. service had been suspended while crews worked to repair a rail bridge hit by a garbage truck last friday. you can see the bridge there. transit said the repairs would take two weeks but crews finished early. >>> possible victims following an explosion of a school in minneapolis. nine people in total were hurt in the blast yesterday. four of them are still in the hospital. students, teachers and staff members were attending summer classes when they had to rush to safety. >> as soon as they said hey, we smell gas, that's when it exploded. >> investigators believe this was a natural gas explosion. the school receptionist was killed, a part time janitor was missing after the explosion but authorities vice president confirmed whether he was the second victim found last night. >>> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are questioning the support for the plan that would slash legal immigration by half over the next decade. yesterday president trump  announced his support for a bill to overh