House down. His chilling words left behind in a note. Aloha means goodbye. President obama cuts his hawaiian vacation short to deal with the fiscal cliff. It is already too late . Good morning, 7 00 in the east. Im alina cho. And im drew griffin. Soledad obrien is off today. Starting point begins right now. Our starting point, a cruel one. A onetwo christmas punch from mother nature. Tornadoes and blizzards tearing through the south and midwest. Oh, my god. We need to go. Its right there. Mobile, alabama, took a real beating. A twister blowing up transformers, leaving more than 25,000 customers without power. Reports to damage to homes, a high school, and church. It came in behind the church right there, and then all green fluorescent lighting and popping transformers left and right. And we heard the crashing and everything and the power went out. I prayed to god as loud as i could, and i was just praying for my safety, and i knew the church was shaking. I just prayed that the church s
Close. I have had people tell me they cannot see more than six casinos surviving here. I see a few more than that i see about eight but that means we have to eliminate two more before we get to the stable situation. Reporter heres a positive scenario this casino could be turned into a nongaming, hotel if another buyer does come along. Also customers could spread to the other casinos lifting up their revenues. In atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Cleve, thank you. Breaking news right now in camden county, chopper three over the scene of the stabbing. This is the parking lot of the shop rite supermarket on Blackwood Clementon road in clementon. The the suspect fled the scene we are working to get you more information. We will bring it to you as we get it. Developing at 6 00 Police Released a new photo of the woman wanted in the brutal beating of a mother in salem new jersey. Take a close look at le tea Harris Police are asking her to turn herself in. Investigators say she
January. The future of revel is uncertain. Revel is in the middle of its second bankruptcy filing. Earlier it warned workers that it could close by the end of the summer if a buyer wasnt found. The ripple affect of the closing casinos is being felt across the resort town. Matt, what did the mayor have to say about the future of the gambling city . Reporter quite simply, he says the focus now really does have to shift away from just gaming toward other ways for this city to make money. As you can see behind me, there is still some construction out here. There is a lot more building. Is it really enough . I dont think theres a single casino in Atlantic City that thinks they can exist any more strictly as a casino. Reporter the mayor insists that should come as no surprise as gaming revenues continue to drop. But adds he feels sad for the 2,000 workers at showboat who will be out of a job. While we may lose casino jobs, we will gain the jobs not only constructionwise all around town in th
It would be easy to mistake the seagulls floating past the showboat for vultures circling Atlantic Citys latest victim of gaming competition. Its sad when anything closes up and people lose their jobs. Reporter youve got your own memories here. Absolutely, yeah, our wedding was here many we love it. Reporter showboats within a key indicator of Business Success is down a whopping 45 since 2009. And so the more than 2,000 workers who will lose their jobs were saddened but not shocked by its closing. Today i think everybody is a little numb. But tomorrow, you know, after you get a chance to think about it, everybody will be all right. Its terrible, man. Everybody worked here very hard. Its a sad thing. But they got to do what they got to do. Reporter back in january the Atlantic Club closed its doors. Sending 1600 workers out on the street. And if a buyer cant be found for the revel cass zone know it too will close. Come september. Costing 3200 workers their employment. Atlantic citys may
Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of aweso awesome. We begin tonight with breaking news. Skyfox over the scene of a deadly shooting in north philadelphia. This is along the 2800 block of north fifth street. Police say a 32 year old man was shot in the head and the chest. So far there have been no arrests. Also breaking to night sky fox over the scene of an accident in atlantic county, new jersey. Traffic is closed in both directions along bears and estelle avenue in hamilton township. This happened around 8 30. Officials say there are some injuries and you are of course asked to avoid the area. And developing to night in south jersey, a food deliveryman is lured to an abandoned house and attacked. The victim says he was jumped and robbed by at least six people. And it happened in vineland Cumberland County where we find fox 29s shawnette wilson. Shes live there tonight. Shawnette . Reporter well the victim i can tell is you a young man. Hes a fulltime College Stude