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The morning. Nbc 10s lu ann cahn talked to casino workers as well as an Industry Expert tonight. Shes live tonight in Atlantic City. Lu ann . Reporter yeah, you remembered just a week ago revel casino announced it could be closing its doors soon. Showboat now could be closing within 60 days. Casino workers on this boardwalk are reeling. How long you work here . Like, two months. Reporter juan is a cook at showboat casino. Where did he work before . Revel casino whose owners announced last week theyll close without a buyer. You worked at revel, heard they were closing then you came here . Yes. Now im trying to find another job because i cant stay without job. I feel really sorry for the employees. You know, its going to hurt the economy. This was the worst kept secret in Atlantic City for many months. Showboat was most likely to close down. Reporter roger gross is a journalist whos been covering the gaming industry for 30 years. He says showboat Parent Company cesars entertainment have
Im chris cato. Lets get to bill henley. Good morning, chris. You felt that dry air move in and yesterday cool, too. Parts of the area 12 degrees cooler than yesterday. And skies are clearer in center city. We saw a few spots overnight but most of the area is clear and cool. 63 in wilmington, millville is down to 60 degrees. Low 60s for pottstown, allentown, look at the pocono mountains with 53 degrees right now. We will see sunny skies and a cool one to start. 75 degrees by 9 00. By lunchtime, sunny comfortable and 83 degrees. Well go through it hour by hour when i come back. But first, jillian mele has thursday morning traffic. Good morning to you, bill. First of awe, no accidents to report on the majors. We are following that typical construction. This is i95, the southbound side of i95 between bartram and 320. Yesterday, it was up around 5 30. 422, Armand Hammer boulevard. Detours will be posted for drivers in the lehigh valley, some of that normal construction is out there on the n
In West Philadelphia this morning, nbc10s Monique Braxton is on that. Monique. Reporter tracy, firefighters remain here on the scene in the 5100 block of funston. To douse hot spots and also checking on other locations of hot spots. Weve been told by fire investigators that squatters were inside this vacant home. They also found what is believed to be an illegal hookup for electricity. But right now, the cause of the blaze remains under investigation. Weve been told by fire investigators that one philadelphia firefighters suffered a minor injury. He was burned on his wrist also there are no other injuries to report at this hour. But right now, firefighters are at this scene continuing to pry back some of the vinyl siding thats here on the scene and find out exactly what sparked the blaze that started about 4 00 this morning. Fire investigators told us that the fire was under control at 4 19. Right now, close to a dozen firefighters are still here on the scene. Were going to continue to
Look at the 50s for pottstown and doylestown. Its 63 in roxborough. And south philadelphia, 70 degrees. The bus stop forecast, 7 00 this morning, a much cooler start to the school day, 67 degrees with sunshine. Upper 80s this afternoon. Humidity takes a break today but not so much tomorrow. Well go neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back. But first jillian mele has traffic. Good morning, bill. A live look at 76. This is the westbound side of schuylkill avenue, west of city avenue. Give it another 30, 35 minutes and is this going to be a muff different scene. I anticipate the delays starting to build between 6 30. Drive time looking good 14 minutes both way between the blue route and the vine. The vine is clear so is the blue route. We still have an accident at new hanover at hoffmansville road and layfield road. Weve had this fire that were dealing with on funston street, between 53rd. So far, were not reporting any majors with problems. Mass transit on schedule. The School Year