The area for 20 years. We are committed to do one thing and one thing only. Do it right. If we cant do it right we are not going to do it. Wednesday morning the announcement was official. Hard rock will renovate the property and give the local economy a shot in the arm. 1,000 construction jobs and 3 thousand permanent jobs are expected and hard rock already hired 23 employees. Many are excited about the project. Its the world, getting revived. We are getting a Second Chance at what everybody said would be a failure. And getting a Second Chance. Thank god. Hard rock purchased the hard rock in march from billionaire carl icahn. He closed the casino after a devastating strike by workers and the new owners and state leaders are looking toward the future. It will have a Significant Impact on the local economy not only from the jobs created and to have a brand like this saying Atlantic City is worth coming into. The Hard Rock Hotel and casino will have 124 slots and two separate arenas offer
Crews will search the grounds and the body of water at the arboretum. Nikki burdine joins us live from the search in northeast washington with more do. We have reason to believe that there is something there . Reporter other than the fact that police got a tip, no other reason. We are at the arboretum at the new york avenue exit. This is as far as the cars can go. It is closed otherwise. The search crew has been here all day and will be here all day tomorrow and no doubt an extensive and difficult search. A team of about 60 people, including divers, canines, and dc police, all here, searching for relisha rudd members of the Harbor Branch will dive into the body of water on the property as well and although it is not huge, it too take some time. Todays search is thanks to a tip. The chief would not go into specifics but says new information coming out, even now, it is not unusual in a missing people to provide information that they have had for a long period of time that they just provi
Menendez has betrayed the trust of new jerseys families. His actions reenforced all that the American People believe is wrong, with washington democrats. Governor Christies Office says he has no comment at this point. Of course we will follow this breaking news and bring you more throughout the the the newscast. Live from the sat center natasha brown, cbs3 Eyewitness News. I turned around and i had the gun pointed towards my face and he was, threatening all of us, not to run. Reporter tonight Eyewitness News takes you inside a Montgomery County firehouse, the scene of the tense hostage situation. Were now hearing from Fire Fighters, held begins their will and learning more about the the suspect, exfire fighter paul jordan who reportedly opened fire. The standoff ended peacefully, those hostages talk with the suspect, who they used to work with getting him to earned iser his weapon moments before police burst in. Eyewitness News Reporter walt hunter live outside firehouse in cheltenham
Driveway here. Reporting live in lower moreland township. Kenneth moton channel 6 action news. Thank you. Now to a developer story in montgomery county, an exfirefighter is under arrest after he took his old coworkers hostage. The man was just laid off yesterday and came back today with a gun. Chopper 6 hd was overhead as he surrendered to s. W. A. T. Teams. Lets get started with vernon odom, the good news here is that all of this ended peacefully here today. Reporter we are thanking the lord for that here the lamott section of elkins park is quiet and peaceful once again after there was a serious confrontation and the firehouse was ground zero for the confrontation. A volunteer fireman just fired last night came in with a handgun and took four members hostages. The police came and started negotiations by telephone and he did fire one shot into the basement wall. One male was holding four males in the basement with a handgun and threatening to shoot the same. Before our arrival before
Morning for sure. We even have a little ice on the terrace. Lets take a look at satellite6 and action radar. You can see the rain and snow from yesterday move on out. Weve got some high clouds up to the north but clearing skies in philadelphia. Were going to see a good amount of sunshine today but that moisture came through yesterday and now temperatures are below freezing. So you could see some slick spots. In fact its just 30 degrees in martins creek, 31 in quakertown sitting at the freezing mark in pottstown but below that in coatesville and Kennett Square. And we dip to 34 degrees in center city. In some of the suburbs in new jersey youre in the 20s. 29 degrees in buena, 31 in glassboro and 35 in dover delaware so it is a cold start to the day. But as we look at the day ahead were going to see those temperatures progress. So, by 8 00 a. M. , 39 degrees with sunshine. At least we have bright sunshine. By noon were up to 47. By 3 00 p. M. , only a few clouds out there and 53 degrees.