one purpose. >> i'm a practicing buddhist i follow the teachings of the dally lo dalai lama. we wanted to show our support for our jewish brothers and sisters. >> reporter: while students from a local hebrew academy sang songs, politics was the motivation for many to demonstrate. >> we're here to say to the world and our elected officials who aren't reflecting our values this is what we stand for. >> reporter: what do you think is driving this hate? >> fear. misinformation, what happens is when you get this kind of establishment in washington, it gives permission to the crazy people who think they have a right to go out and do this. >> i think the responsibility lays with the white house in planting the seeds for this kind of hate. >> reporter: does this hatred stem from the trump administration? >> i don't believe so. unfortunately, human kind sometimes has a very dark side to it. >> i don't know where it comes from, it's wrong. >> reporter: demonstrators insist speaking out is the best weapon. >> what moves us forward is making sure we say over and over again no. this is not who we are. >> reporter: many demonstrators today told me that they thought it was their patriotic duty to be out here at this rally. governor tom wolf told the crowd here today that he is pursuing -- calling on the justice department to pursue the investigation into these recent hate crimes in our region. he says those responsible will be held accountable. nbc 10 news. it's been five days since vandals damaged the headstones at the mount carmel cemetery. >> the reward is now $69,000 for information leading to an arrest. and our first alert weather whipping winds continue. look at the flag atop the aramark building there. we are in for a cold night. and the coldest weekend in two months. let's get a first look at the weather. >> here is nbc 10 first alert meteorologist erika martin. we got to dig out the coats and gloves. >> definitely. we will need them for the next several days. here's some really great and interesting facts. today's high temperature was hit at 2:01 a.m., 62 degrees. since then it's been a nose-dive. philadelphia, 46. allentown, 32. wilmington 47. and here's why. we do have northwesterly winds. this is actually considered a fresh breeze. i consider this to be cold with that northwesterly component. feels like temperature, that's the big story for tonight. as we get this into motion, 10:30 p.m., it's going to feel like it's 17 in allentown. 19 in potts town. 21 in doylestown. and 24 in philly. dangerously cold conditions for tonight through the overnight hours into early tomorrow morning. 6:00 a.m., it's going to feel like 14. allentown. 15 in doylestown and 17 in philly. coming up i have your most accurate forecast. we'll talk about a major cooldown for this weekend. a cold blast. thank you. to a developing story, about 45 minutes ago, the new attorney general of the united states, jeff sessions said he will recuse himself and he will not conduct any investigations related to russia's involvement in the election. you watched it here live on nbc 10 news at 4:00. he said he did not lie when he testified during his confirmation. he said he had no interactions with russians during the presidential election. tracy potts reports now from capitol hill. >> therefore, i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> jeff sessions must resign. >> reporter: demands from protesters and democrats today for attorney general jeff sessions to step down. >> the fact that the attorney general, the top cop in our country, lied under oath to the american people is grounds for him to resign. >> reporter: sessions is under fire for saying this at his confirmation hearing in january. >> i didn't have communications with the russians. >> reporter: his office confirms sessions did meet with russia's ambassador. twice during the campaign. >> this is pretty suspicious. >> the underlying meeting is a nothing burger. it's what senators do every day. >> reporter: this from the attorney general today. >> i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaigns. >> reporter: because he failed to disclose the meetings under oath, a growing chorus of republicans agree that sessions should not oversee the investigation into ties between russia and the trump campaign. >> i don't see any purpose or reason of doing this. >> based on what i've heard i have not reached a conclusion yet. >> reporter: president trump touring an aircraft carrier today, told reporters he has total confidence in sessions. but did not know about the meetings. >> when you were aware he spoke to the russian ambassador. >> i wasn't aware. >> reporter: white house aides are said to be huddling tonight to come up with a plan to handle the situation. tracy potts. the president did not speak about sessions during a speech at the navy's most expensive warship. he kept his comments relatively short and on point. focusing on rebuilding the military. he specifically talked about the navy that's been dwindling for years. he said that will soon change. >> our navy is now the smallest it's been since world war i. don't worry it will soon be the largest it's been. >> president trump says he's calling for the largest defense spending increases in history. insuring the military has the finest equipment in the world, planes ships and everything else. those are his words. dr. ben carson was confirmed as the department of housing and urban development secretary this morning. he doesn't have experience in issues related to housing, but carson promises to work with members on both sides of the aisle to address the nation's top housing issues. this afternoon, al qaeda officials confirmed that their deputy leader is dead after a u.s. air strike in syria. this we're going to show you here, video of the aftermath, a recent air strike in syria. intelligence officials say al qaeda's number two may have been killed in a car on sunday. the egyptian militant was named deputy leader after the death of osama bin laden. a young south jersey man became well known a month ago. a.j. solomon is a recovering heroin addict. >> today and his longtime friend, governor christie helped open a new drug treatment recover center in camden center. cydney long has a.j.'s story. >> a lot of you don't know the pain and harm that i caused. >> reporter: it's been just over a month since a.j. solomon was revealed as the person who would help craft governor christie's final year in office. >> i first met a.j. when he was 11. >> reporter: he choked back tears as he listened to his own story of a near death addiction becoming public. >> he would travel to north camden on his way to the state capital to work for me to buy his heroin for the day. >> reporter: the son of new jersey supreme court appellate justice lee and diane solomon. he now has a prominent position to boast. >> i'm a drug addict. an alcoholic. that's what i am. >> reporter: he thanks his addiction for creating his path and giving purpose to his life. with the governor's support to create dozens of more detox and drug facilities like this, solomon and his sponsors cut the ribbon for victory bay out patient facility. it's where he'll pass along that giving back is the only course to stay clean. >> if i drink, i'll likely do heroin, if i do heroin i will likely die. it took me a lot of tries in treatment to get that through my head. >> reporter: a.j. is grateful, still pinching himself that the governor is publishing his fall and rise. >> he implemented things to fix things in new jersey. that's a gift for everyone who is suffering. >> i'm here as the governor because this issue is the single most important thing that i would do as governor. you will see miracles happen right here. >> reporter: and addicts and their families are welcome to begin walking through these doors right now today. part of solomon's passion is ridding new jersey of the stigma of heroin abuse. he says it takes longer than 28 days to do so. victory bay will be based on a six month program to getting clean and sober. and their programs are accepted by most health insurance providers. live in laurel springs tonight, i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. appeal denied. tonight that's the judge's ruling in the so-called bridgep bridgep bridgeplegate trial. they were convicted in november for a 2013 plot to close traffic lanes at the george washington bridge. at the time kelly was chief of staff to new jersey governor chris christie. they say bridgegate was politically motivated . we have new details about lewd acts near the university of delaware campus. delaware state police arrested a guy named donald maxwell. here he is, last night after we first reportts thing they were looking for him. he is accused of exposing himself to two women. he's out of jail on bond. a former lehigh valley councilman accused of repeating molesting a girl was convicted. prosecutors say the 66-year-old sexually abused his victim from the time she was five or six until she was about 12. he will be sentenced in june. next at 5:00, does the n mayor's budget call for lowering tax? outside city hall making their voices heard about the soda tax. tied up and left in a dark room for days. tonight, a break in the case, how police tracked down the suspect. also, ahead, an alternative to taking medicine to reduce fatigue related to cancer. now, at 5:00, digging through the numbers. today at city hall mayor kennin revealed his budget. >> he has big projects planned for the money. >> reporter: he's looking at this year and the next five years to spend $174 million on improving streets plus money each year for combatting addiction to opioid and heroin addiction. and there is money in there each year as well to protect children against lead. but, you know, there are also some funding uncertainties for this city, including a big one from an initiative from last year. >> our work is just beginning. >> reporter: in philadelphia city council chambers, the mayor laying out a $4.4 billion spending plan for the city. he is proposing hiring more paramedic and firefighters, housing units for the city's homeless and a longer term capital plan. at the same time, dealing with some uncertainty about revenue from last year's big budget initiative. the city's beverage tax still in a court challenge and still sparking protests today. a day after pepsi announced lay offs. >> i worry every day about my job. i'm not sure what's next to come and how they'll feed their families. >> reporter: the city said it collected double its expectations in january and the tax is funding pre-k. >> i've been in this 15 years, wow we're being seen as professionals. we're being able to provide all these spots. >> reporter: she says she's not nervous before the future of the tax. the city is holding off on $3 million of bonds for a rebuild program. until beverage tax litigation is resolved. mayor kinney closed today with talk of uncertainty in washington and harrisburg and with a message. >> we can get through anything if we have each other's back, stick together, show love and affection and care for each other and march forward into the future together. >> reporter: something else that could affect funding here, efforts at both the state and national level to crack down on sanctuary cities for undocumented immigrants like philadelphia. if that funding is withheld, it could cost philadelphia hundreds of millions of dollars. the city council president telling me today, they have a meeting tomorrow with state lawmakers. live in center city, i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. the mayor also proposed adding $500,000 in funding to provide housing for those experiencing homelessness. >> money would cover 33 new housing units offering a home for the city's most vulnerable populations. nbc 10 shed a light on the problem in the special report faces of homeless youth. young people between 18 and 24, especially vulnerable because of a lack of services tailored to help them like housing. our report put a spotlight on these issues and led to increase federal funding. learn more about the faces of homeless youth on our website. take a look at the scene out of connecticut. small winds flipped that plane. >> officials clocked wind gusts between 40-50 miles per hour. the plane was tied down to the ground but the anchors were no match for the wind. they were easily ripped out. crews say they were working on the plane and the plane didn't have an engine. >> we're seeing strong winds here in the delaware valley. >> first alert meteorologist erika martin is here with the weather in your neighborhood. >> our top wind gust today, 51 miles per hour. that was official at philadelphia international airport and top wind speed 40 miles per hour. tonight, unforgiving winds across the delaware valley. frigid feels like temperatures for us. on friday we're tracking flurries, possibly light snow. still blustery however. the winds will be strong throughout the weekend as well. below average temperatures on saturday. and below freezing. get ready to bundle up. satellite images picking up not much. as i go out a little bit, we have the cold front to the east of us which is why we're feeling the cold blast. a little bit of energy to the west of us which is why we'll see snow flurries and snow showers tomorrow. a 24 hour change since yesterday. it's 21 degrees colder than the same time yesterday. 26 degrees in trenton. and 21 colder at the same time in allentown right now. so considering the fact it's very cold and only getting colder, that's the big story. current temperature, 44 in trenton and mount holly. allentown, 43. today's high 62. we reached that at 2:01 a.m. sunset at 5:54 p.m. a little bit more sunlight. current winds out of the northwest. 17 miles per hour. coatesville and philadelphia, 18 miles per hour for millville. we consider this to be a fresh breeze on the scale. it certainly is very cold and strong. especially when you consider the feels like temperatures. we add those together, the wind and temperatures, this is what it feels like, 36 degrees in doylestown, 38 in trenton and it starts to feel colder by later tonight. we pause this by early tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. it will feel like a blustery 17 in philadelphia. trenton, 16 for you. 14 degrees in allentown. and swedesboro. 18 for you tomorrow morning. it's not going to get better, it will feel like 13 in allentown at 7:00 a.m. be sure you bundle up. hour by hour forecast starting at 5:00 p.m. i did talk about the little piece of energy that will affect us by tomorrow. we start this and pause this at 2:30 p.m. notice we are starting to see a little bit of an influence here. some blues there, light snow, flurries moving across the delaware valley by 4:00 p.m. we could see a wintry mix for parts of new castle and kent county. otherwise for the most part, clearing by about 6:00 p.m., this is certainly not going to be a whiteout situation, but we do have that light flurry, and of course a little bit of a wintry mix. your ten day on 10 brings a much colder weekend on the forecast. if you follow us on social media we'll have more updates to you. thank you. now, a consumer alert. more than 36,000 ford calls and suvs are being recalled because air bags are not inflating properly. it affects the 2016, 2017, ford edge and continental. the air bags were made by takata. that is not the problem here. madeleine albright discussed the middle east with philadelphia high school students. she was joined by former national security advisor, the two co-chairs of a middle east strategy task force. they took questions from students. a camden charter school will be forced to close its doors. it is revoking the charter of the camden community charter school. it's only been open for three and a half years. the school must close by june 30th. the school says it's extremely disappointing and completely unwarranted. still ahead at 5:00 tonight, the hard rock casino coming to atlantic city. how the local boy now turned ceo plans to transform the taj mahal. plus, a special surprise for children. a look at the first lady's guest appearance. where things come from? how they get here? what they're packed in? it's a lot of stuff. and these things add up. that's why we recycle. 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reporter: just the opposite, in fact. the latest research shows exercise works better than medication to relieve cancer-related fatigue. >> walking, running, anything aerobic which gets the heart rate up. >> reporter: in a review of 113 studies, researchers found no risks, only benefits to physical activity during cancer recovery. >> it means the difference into whether they'rible e able to coe to work. >> reporter: patient whose can overcome the fatigue are more likely to keep up with doctor's appointments. >> we can avoid medicines, costly options for treatment and it's something you can do in your home or the community. >> reporter: short brisk walks and resistance training were most effective. erica edwards, nbc 10 news. a mouse, yes, a mouse caused a big delay on a british airways flight from london to san francisco. passengers were in their seats, they were ready to go when the crew spotted the mouse and said they couldn't take off. the crew joked the mouse couldn't international u.s. airspace without a passport. passengers waited four hours for a new plane. >> wow. next at 5:00, an electronic and appliance store is pulling the plug on several locations in the delaware valley. the stores that are closing, next. and money for the special olympics gone. tonight, the crook caught on video. also, a woman attacked and locked in a basement. tonight, a break in the case and how the victim survived for days. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to worry about student loan debt. i graduated into it. it was keeping me from doing the things i love, like traveling to see my nephews. but i knew there had to be a way to manage it. citizens bank education refinance loan. call... or visit citizensbank.com/refi to find out how much you could save in less than two minutes. i refinanced more than 6 federal and private loans. even if you've already consolidated, you can still refinance your undergrad and grad loans. now that i'm saving, i can visit my nephews. and i can help 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animal. he left her to die. >> reporter: her attacker officials say chose her at random, put a shopping back on her head, sealed it with duct tape and left her there. her family found her four days later. >> there were times i think i would have given up in the dark, nothing to eat, nothing to drink. and she just kept going. >> reporter: investigators tracked the grandmother's stolen car and credit cards leading to a teenage student who lived down the road at a behavioral school. officials say the juvenile suspect, originally from thailand has a history of trouble. authorities say the 17-year-old somehow escaped from this wooded rural school, and from here it's not far to the victim's house, about two miles on foot. >> he could walk to it, get there, choking her out. telling her she's going to see jesus soon. putting the bag over her head. then he threw her away like she was garbage. >> reporter: the school says they're cooperating and investigating what happened, prosecutors say they'll try that teenage suspect in court as an adult. >> everything that he did was designed to terrorize this poor woman. >> reporter: in chester county, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. tonight in center city, a call to end stop and frisk policies in philadelphia and a defense of its sanctuary title. this was the scene this afternoon at the defy trump, defend philly expand sanctuary rally. demonstrators called for an end to the city's stop and frisk policy along with added protection to transgender people. police in sanctuary cities do not cooperate with i.c.e. officials in the cases of undocumented citizens who have not commit ted a felony. to your first alert weather. it's windy out there. nbc 10 at the shore in atlantic city, check out the wave action there. we didn't see a soul walking on the beach. i wonder why. just a little too chilly. this weekend won't be beach weather either. >> erika martin has a look at what you can expect. great observation, nobody wants to be outside right now. the winds are strong still. let's take a look at the temperature dive. we hit our high temperature of 62 at 2:01 a.m. since then, we have been just trending downward. currently, pretty much in the 40s across delaware valley. so the story is we are trending colder through tonight into tomorrow. current temperature for mount pocono, 33. pots town, 43. philadelphia 46. 44 for trenton. mount holly 44. notice the northwesterly winds and gusts. 28 for philadelphia. wilmington, 35. top wind gusts in philadelphia, 51 miles per hour recorded at philadelphia international airport. so, of course, there's no surprise there as far as the flag is concerned. that's why it's wildly blowing around right now. consider the fact we have really strong northwesterly winds and this is why the feels like temperatures are going to be a lot colder tonight into tomorrow, feeling like 17 and allentown by 10:00 p.m. and 19 in potts town. i have your most accurate ten day on ten. a strong winds this morning knocked over trees in clifton heights where a tree fell on a house. one man was injured when the tree crashed through his bedroom. now, here's a look at some of the other stories making headlines county by county. camden county police are looking for this guy, he's accused offend stealing a donation box from the wawa the money was meant for the special olympics. there is a new place to buy your groceries in the city. a fresh grocer supermarket opened up off city line avenue. it replaces an old store. it will sell beer and wine. the supermarket says it won't be subject to the soda tax. appliance and electronic retailer h.h. gregg is closing 90 under performing stores, more than a dozen are in our area. a distribution center in philadelphia will also close. they're expected to be closed by midapril. you can find a complete list of stores on our website and on the nbc 10 app. in lehigh county the krahei sold its property. the company plans to demolish the plant and build two warehouses in its place. no word on who will occupy those ware houses. vice president mike pence tells small business executives in ohio that the trump administration will, quote, lift the weight of obamacare off american families and businesses in his words. vice president pence saying the administration will repeal and replace the affordable care act. he also assured the group the most vulnerable under the repeal will be seen to and taken care of. the senate confirmed rick perry as the next secretary of energy. he won approval to serve in the department he once promised to eliminate. the energy department is charged with protecting the nation's nuclear stockpile. first lady melania trump celebrated dr. seuss's birthday by reading to children at new york presbyterian hospital. she told the kids it was one of her favorites. the first lady greeted every child and asked them how they were feeling and encouraged them to be strong. students rushed to the e.r. what police say some students swallowed that got them sick. plus, casey anthony is back in the news tonight. the judge who is now retired gave his take on the case. tonight, new castle county, six middle school students are in the hospital after taking pills that a student brought in. officials say they believe the pills were vitamin c, but the student who gave them out may have told the others it was something else. so as a precaution, the students were taken to the hospital. we're working to find out their condition. the luck of the irish strikes again. this afternoon, the archbishop has given the okay for catholics to eat meat on st. patrick's day. this year the holiday falls on a friday, during the lenten season, catholics abstain from eating meat on fridays. to mark the beginning of lent, pope francis spoke to hundreds of priests gathered at the basilica in rome. >> he gave a lengthy speech on the importance of resisting temptation. the pope heard the confessions of a dozen priests. the judge who presided over casey anthony's murder trial is opening up. now retired, the judge said anthony may have killed her 2-year-old daughter by accident. in an interview, perry said anthony may have been trying to keep her daughter quiet with clore form by using too much. she was acquitted of her daughter's murder. still ahead, stocks are skyrocketing, what's behind the surge and what you should do to cash in? it's been a while since we've seen temperatures below average, but before below the freezing mark on saturday for some i have your most accurate forecast coming up in just a bit. all new at 6:00, missing mountain of evidence. what vanished from a local police department and what the discovery taught authorities about a detective who died in december? that story all new on nbc 10 news at 6:00. 200 students in west philadelphia participated in this year's charter school science fair. the project focused on science technology engineering and math. also known as s.t.e.m. professional scientists were there to judge the projects and interview each student. some positive news on the employment front today according to the labor department. the number of americans who applies for jobless benefits last week dropped by 19,000. it marked the lowest level in 44 years. the closing bell rang on wall street today with the dow nasdaq and s&p 500 down tonight. they've been soaring since president trump took office. >> all this as investors are betting big on a very popular social media app that just went public. nbc 10 national correspondent cri chris pelon has the story. >> reporter: the creators of snapchat, silicon's valley newest billionaires, it started as an app teens used. now it's a company valued at more than $30 billion. >> you have to be useful or entertaining. snapchat is both. >> reporter: in the first day, stock is garnering attention beyond tech investors. >> if the hot tech npo can be successful it may tell us about the sentiment in the marketplace. >> reporter: the parent company of nbc news has a business relationship with snapchat. the dow jones industrial average closing above 24,000 for the first time. it's been a bull run for month. the dow is up 15%. >> a stock market at record highs means there's optimism where america is going. >> reporter: what's driving the optimism? analysts say policy signals from the president are playing a role. plans to reduce regulations, build infrastructure and cut taxes on corporations. >> the sense right now is that the markets and investors are giving at least a benefit of the doubt to president trump and his administration that he can get his agenda passed. it could be months or years before we see the real benefits. >> reporter: a little more than half of all americans say they invest in the stock market. for them, the recent surge is a welcome addition to their portfolios. nbc news, new york. to our first alert weather. probably a little too windy to be on the river today. a live look at boathouse row as the camera is shaking in the wind. we're seeing good bye to the warm weather and cold air is coming back. >> that water is moving. let's check in with first alert meteorologist erika martin. >> actually, these windy conditions are perfect for these wind turbines, harvesting energy. we have feels like temperatures in the low teens. i'll get to that in just one moment. wind gusts, 28 miles per hour for philadelphia. coatesville 25. wilmington 30 and millville 28 gusts. we have a blustery night in the forecast. here's the frontal boundary. we have a cold blast sliding into place with north westerly winds. we have some light flurries, some light snow moving across the delaware valley for tomorrow. neighborhoods right now in and around philadelphia seeing lots of 40s. andorra 43. we have parkwood current temperature, pair of four's for you. p.a. suburbs seeing lots of 40s. a couple of upper 30s. bed minister 41 and new hope 43. the feels like temperatures for tonight into tomorrow, i'm going to start this at midnight. impressive. it will feel like 17 in allentown at midnight. 21 in doylestown. tomorrow morning, getting ready for work and school, be sure to bundle up and layer up. it will feel like 15 in doylesto doylestown. 16 in trenton. philadelphia 17 for you and west chester a blustery 16 degrees. 7:00 a.m., only getting colder as far as the feels like temperatures are concerned. 13 for allentown, potts town and doylestown, 14 degrees for your feels like temperatures. hour by hour forecast, starting this at midnight. notice we start to see the influence of energy just to the west of us. all of that colder air sliding into place, so we are seeing some white and blue, some light flurries, light snow moving across the delaware val aemley. everything moves offshore by about 7:00 p.m. tomorrow's temperatures colder than today. we topped out at 62 at 2:01 a.m. and then a dive down since then. reading, high temperature 38. seeing some light flurries making it through. 41 degrees for new town. mount airy upper 30s for you. haddonfield 42 is your high temperature. and it looks like avalon is going to see temperatures, certainly below average for this time of year, 41 is your expected high temperature with a mix of sun and clouds. dover, a mix of sun and clouds for you. 43. rehobeth beach seeing 40s. your ten day on 10 brings colder temperatures for the upcoming weekend. 35 on saturday. a windy saturday. 39 on sunday. and we get a little bit warmer by monday. hitting 50s and 60s. back to you. the company that owns dun n dunkin' donuts and baskin robbins is removing artificial colors. that means changes to frozen drinks, baked goods and sandwiches and synthetic colors from ice creams, syrups and sauces. the gall course set to host the 2020 olympic games in tokyo appears to be changing its policy of not allowing women to play any time they want. right now the club doesn't allow women to be full member and women can't play on sundays. the vice president of the international olympics committee says the course will change its policy by june. an adopted son of convicted child sex abuser jerry san dusky will advocate for victims in atlantic county. he will give a public presentation at stockton university. the author and advocate revealed he was abused by his father as a child. the presentation will promote stronger statute of limitation laws, education for children and adults, stronger mandated reporting laws, and other legislation. matthew's brother, jeffrey who was also adopted by the sanduskys was arrested last month. their father jerry is serving time in prison for sexually abusing ten boys. a new start for atlantic city. >> instead of pink slips, there soon will be job postings at the taj mahal. >> all new at 6:00, weeks after the death of a little girl who lived at this home, a local reverend is facing charges tonight. what authorities say he did. all new on nbc 10 news at 6:00. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why 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decision this afternoon to recuse himself from investigations into russian meddling in the election. will it end the firestorm over his contacts with the russian diplomat? also, the stock being snapped up today creating instant billionaires and the surprising thing doctors say fights the fatigue of chemotherapy. more about that when we see you coming up on nbc nightly news. we'll send it back to you for now. >> we'll see you at 6:30. finally, good news for workers in atlantic city. >> the news of hard rock buying the closed taj mahal has thousands of possible employees seeing green. and man with local roots is playing a big part in all of this. ted greenberg reports from atlantic city. >> reporter: many here now have high hopes for the future of the former taj mahal. especially because it's being purchased by a successful company with world wide recognition. >> very, very exciting for me. i'm thrilled. >> reporter: sean will be even more thrilled if he's among the 3,000 people who get hired with atlantic city's shuttered trump taj mahal is reborn as a hard rock casino hotel. >> the sooner it opens the better. >> reporter: he worked as a valet ticket issuer at the taj from the day it opened and has bi been unemployed since it closed. the property has been sold to hard rock international and its partners. >> i will definitely reapply and i believe hard rock, i'm confident, that they will treat their employees with respect. and give us good jobs. >> reporter: local leaders believe the hard rock casino will open next year. the buyers planning to invest more than $300 million, saying the property will be completely remodeled and rebranded. >> brand recognition in today's market is really important. >> reporter: the executive director of stockton university's institute of gaming, hospitality and tourism is optimistic about the transformation an the taj. hard rock partner ing with the jin jingolii family. >> mr. allen knows the market. he's been here and worked here and knows the market. >> reporter: experts telling me the deal shows confidence in atlantic city and that the resort is ready for boom time. i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. now, when the hard rock opens in 2018, there could be up to nine casinos in atlantic city. hard rock, tropicana, bali's resorts and 10, if it opens. all new at 6:00, missing from the evidence room. >> what vanished from a local police station and what it taught the department about a detective that died in december. a live report next on the changes now being made within this building. and the winds of change. today's guests, just a start of a return to winter. bitter cold air on the way. plus maybe a few flakes. break it all down next in my exclusive first alert forecast. supporting his son. former vice president biden weighs in on the interfamily relationship that has everyone talking tonight. those stories and more ahead on nbc 10 news at 6:00. where should you start when you're told you have cancer? start with a 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across the country. >> it's just really wonderful to see people show up like this. look at the size of the crowd from the air, a sea of people there gathered on independence mall to take a stand. and to deliver a message in the face of a menacing act at a jewish cemetery in the city. hundreds of headstones toppled less than a week ago. a show of solidarity from jews, muslims and christians alike. nbc 10's rosemary connors joins us live from independence mall. >> today's rally attracted people from well beyond philadelphia. >> reporter: from students in the suburbs to lawmakers in harrisburg, they all gathered here on independence mall to make their voices heard. ♪ lending their voices to the cause, students at the hebrew academy learned first-hand what it means to be a social activist. >> it makes me feel good that i'm in a community where there is hate in the community, people are willing to stand up together to come together. >> black, white, brown, jews, christian, muslim, rich, 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