Themselves. Now you talk. Reporter governor christie did the same at a bigger table. There are opportunities here. Reporter steps away from the quiet breakfast spot surrounded by city and state leaders, he says they cant win without a state casino competition. With a tremendous loss in its tax base which declined in tandem with casino revenues. Reporter among the recommendings to fix the fiscal crisis, appointing an emergency manager. Marvin williams lost two casino jobs after investing 30 years here. It opens up in other states. I never dreamed these casinos would shut down. Reporter still the time line to bring the jobs and the casino back is on the horizon. The fact is the first thing you need to do is stop the bleeding. Reporter now, governor christie did not comment on stocktons interest to buy the showboat casino. He said what will happen next will be careful review and consideration of both recommendations, possible school, tax and Pension Reforms that could happen by means of executive order or bipartisan support in the legislature. Live in atlantic city, im cydney long, nbc 10 news. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Hate to break it to you, say goodbye to that warm weather. Cold air is moving into the area tonight. I refuse to accept it but i dont have a choice. Its going to be here do ip r tc while, too. Nbc 10s first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen kicking off our weather coverage. The cold air is on our door step. Temperatures go through most of the area, though were still mild. You have a couple hours left to enjoy it. 61 in philadelphia right now, south jersey, delaware in the upper 50s. Mt. Pocono 48 degrees. Take a look at what is right to our west. This will be moving in very soon. We have 30 degree temperatures just in parts of western pennsylvania. So in the half of pennsylvania we already have the cold air moving in. It will continue to come in as we go overnight and especially tomorrow morning. Heres a look at future temperatures. Notice the numbers dropping down as we go through this evening by 11 00. Many of us already in the low 40s and waking up in the morning. Temperatures will be in the 30s but this is not the end of it. Its going to last for several days and its going to get even colder than that. Ill have the numbers coming up. Brittney shipp is here with a look at how the cold blast is hitting other parts of the country. Thats right, sheena. Its not just the cold but the snow. Weve been getting great pictures on social media of how the cold blast thats coming our way is already affecting other parts of the country. The snow is not coming our way but the snow is. Heres the university of minnesota, the leaves on the tree, were also dealing with the snowfall here. Heres another shot at the university of minnesota. Joe rio says its been snowing since monday. Im so over the snow although its not even winter yet. Heres another look from denver, below zero, another look at some of the pets playing in the snowfall. Weve seen 3 to 6 inches in the denver area the forecast high staying in the single digits. Thats more than 45 degrees below the average. For other parts of our country, were 20 to 30 degrees below average. Take a closer look at some of the temperatures well see as we head into the rest of tonight, we stay at freezing for oklahoma city. Single digits in denver, mid20s in minneapolis, 32 in chicago. For other parts closer to nashville, 40 degrees. Even as we head into tomorrow, we are still going it see those temperatures staying well below average. You can see thats just the beginning of the cold blast thats going to continue to spread throughout the rest of our cregion. Keith . We are all too familiar with high wind and winters worst, bringing trees and power lines down. Ahead at 5 30, peco has invested 500 million to reduce Power Outages. Do people in areas that have been hard hit by ice storms believe it will actually work . Well try to answer that question. Imagine becoming the victim of a crime in the privacy of your own home. It happened overnight five times to residents in swarthmore, wednesday. Lu ann cahn is live with the details. This isnt an experience that experiences crime all that often. Reporter no. Police say this is a brazen burglar but forthright. Someone asked him what he was doing in the Early Morning hours and he said, robbing your home. I think its fair to say swarthmore has never seen anything like it. Five breakins, one burglar. Terribly unusual. Reporter no one can remember an overnight rash of burglaries in this Small University town of 6,000 people. Were assuming it was through unlocked windows or doors. Reporter swarthmore is the kind of tree lined community where we all know one another. Reporter theres very little crime. Im surprised. It hasnt happened here before. Reporter police say the burglar walked into homes between 1 00 a. M. And 4 00 a. M. When most of the residents were asleep. He grabbed whatever he could on the first floor. Cash, credit cards, laptops. It all went into his backpack. One homeowner spotted the suspect in his backyard after he heard noise in the house. Hollered down, what are you doing here . The person said, im robbing you and ran away. Its scary to think the people are home and could encounter this guy. I know some of my neighbors will lock their houses. Still, you can say it all you want, sometimes its things like this that brings about a change in behavior. Reporter police say there is going to have to be a change of behavior. Swarthmore residents will have to start loblging their wind lo and doors. Lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. A public defender was appointed to represent 37yearold Delvin Barnes and also scheduled his detention hearing for friday. In the meantime, barnes will remain in custody in philadelphia. After court the prosecution remained tight lipped about their case. How confident are you about the prosecutions case against mr. Barnes . Im just not going to comment at this time. Its an ongoing investigation. Reporter Authorities Say barnes is the man seen in this Surveillance Video struggling with his victim, 22yearold carlesha freelandgaither. Investigators tracked barnes down in maryland and rescued carlesha one week ago today. An Atlantic County mother and her young son are dead after a suspicious fire and sources tell nbc 10 authorities are handling it as a homicide investigation. The fire started soon after 8 00 this morning at a house on washington avenue in egg harbor city. Sources say the boy was just 7 years old. A third person, the womans boyfriend, according to neighbors, was taken to the hospital. He appeared to be stabbed. He was telling investigators someone broke into the house, yes. Should residents fear Something Else further could happen . No. We dont want to alarm anyone in the area. Police say the man is in stable condition. Soon into their investigation, sources told nbc 10 the fire may have been deliberately set. Authorities have not yet released the names of anyone involved. Tonight the case of the clumsy crook. Philadelphia police are asking for your help identifying this man. Hes wanted for robbing the omega pizza store in Rittenhouse Square back on october 16th. Investigators say he pulled a gun on an employee behind the counter, demanded money and on his way out, this happened. He trips and drops the cash. He ended up coming back to pick up what he could. And this man is wanted for robbing the dream boutique adult store on october 28th. Surveillance video shows the guy shopping to a few minutes, then aetch pros the counter and pulls out the gun. The employee handed over about 170. Ready or not, the holidays are approaching and philadelphia nonprofits want to help sweeten your thanksgiving table. Pie in the sky is an annual fundraiser for the organization. Pumpkin, sweet potato, apple and pecan pies as well as cheese cake. Money raised from pie sales go to preparing and delivering nourishing meals to people suffering lifethreatening illness such as cancer, Kidney Disease and hiv and aids. It is the tallest building in the western hemisphere, eye catching from every angle. All eyes were actually on new yorks brand new World Trade Center for a very different reason. Take a look. How these window washers got stuck hundreds of feet in the air. And how they got to safety. Water visible for miles. What caused this wet mishap in a california neighborhood. And back in our area, beach business battle. A summer staple could soon be history in delaware. Why a Bethany Beach official has their eyes on chairs and umbrellas. Two window washers in new york have quite the story after being rescued as they dangle from the side of of the nations tallest building. The two were trapped 69 stories up on one World Trade Center after a cable on their scaffolding broke. That was around 1 00 this afternoon. Pictures taken from inside the building show those trapped workers communicating with rescuers after firefighters cut the window. The entire ordeal played out on live tv. Around 2 15 after the workers had been tethered to harnesses they were guided through the window. The two were okay and were taken to the hospital to be checked out. A hydrant mishap sent water shooting into the air and all over a california freeway early this morning. It took commuters in los angeles by surprise, actually. A construction crew working in the area sheered off a fire hydrant sending a giant stream of water 50 to 60 feet in the air. The road was closed as crews scrambled to shut offc the val and cut that flow of water. More than a dozen horses are dead after fire ripped through a barn in michigan overnight. This was that scene as the smithfield stables went up in flames in the town of edwardsburg. Heavy smoke, flames, poured from the building as firefighters worked to bring the fire under control. At least 17 horses were killed. There was a Family Living in the apartment on the second floor. Thankfully, two men went in and helped them get out safely. They came downstairs as fast as they could. They wanted to get the hers out, they were screaming and we couldnt get the horses out. There was just too much smoke. Just barreling out. The cause of the fire is under investigation. To this now, nine patients with ebola have been treated in this country, Thomas Eric Duncan is the only one to have died. Now duncans family reached a settlement with the dallas hospital that admitted it made mistakes in his treatment. Nbcs Erica Edwards has the latest. Reporter Thomas Eric Duncans four children will be provided for in a financial settlement between duncans family and Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas where he died of ebola. Texas Health Presbyterian took the initiative to go ahead and make this situation a better situation so we can all move forward. Reporter the details of the agreement are confidential but it will also create a Charitable Fund in duncans memory. That money will go to victims of ebola in africa. A statement from the hospital reads in part, we have, again, extend our sincere apologies to the family. Duncan arrived at Texas Health Presbyterian in late september with a 103 degree temperature and told staff hed recently come from liberia. He was sent home only to be rushed back to the hospital several days later. The hospital later apologized in a Video Conference during a congressional hearing. Unfortunately, in our initial treatment of mr. Duncan, despite our best intentions, and a highly skilled medical team, we made mistakes. Reporter meanwhile the governments response to the Ebola Outbreak was the subject of another hearing wednesday on capitol hill. President obama has asked congress for 6 billion to fight ebola both in west africa and here in the u. S. We have taken active stebs here and abroad to protect the Public Health and safety of the american people. And this Emergency Funding request is vital to continuing that work. Reporter the virus has infected more than 14,000 in africa. Erica edwards, nbc 10 news. Could the Boston Marathon bombing suspect have been coerced by his older brother . Thats the question lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pose in court. Today they asked a judge to order federal prosecutors to turn over any information they have about his brothers participation in the 2011 bombing. Until that happens, they want the trial postponed. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured when the two bombs exploded. Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty. Sun survivor had her left leg amputated monday. She underwent 17 surgeries trying to save her leg. The mother and newlywed got a pedicure and held a last supper party before that surgery. You were thrilled about having this amputation. Yes, i am thrilled because im moving on with my life. I am taking away the old and bringing in the new. I just cant wait to see what it brings me. She has such a positive attitude from her hospital bed, demartino took to social media to make several positive posts before the surgery. Attorneys for a man convicted of killing chandra levy were back in court pitching to a judge that he deserves a new trial. Lawyers argued there were problems with a key witness in the case. They say he was convicted on false or misleading testimony given by a former cell mate. It may be a while before the judge makes a decision. Levy disappeared in 2001. Her remains were found at Rock Creek Park in washington, d. C. One year later. President obama continued his threenation tour in the asiapacific today. He wrapped up his visit to china and headed to myanmar for regional meetings with the association of Southeast Asian nations. After arriving, the president had dinner and watched the summits Opening Ceremony which included a performance by hundreds of singers and dancers in traditional dress. A few weeks ago cprodemocracy and myanmar resident Aung San Suu Kyi said her country was back sliding. We have new information on the last month, deadly crash involving an experimental space ship in the california desert. Turns out the surviving pilot was thrown from the ship before it broke apart on october 31st. He told investigators that he unbuckled from his seat at some point during his fall and his parachute deployed automatically. He also says he wasnt aware his copilot had prematurely unlocked the crafts reentry braking system. His copilot was killed in the accident. The Virgin Galactic spaceship is designed to fly tourists to the edge of space. Speaking of the atmosphere, history was made in space today. For the First Time Ever a spacecraft has land on the surface of a comet. It was a journey ten years in the making. The rosetta space probe went into space in 2004 and traveled 4 billion miles. The probe will examine the comets surface. They hope that will answer Big Questions about the origin of the universe. Will it be that the origin of life has not evolved here on earth but was brought to earth via such comet. The probe is about the size of a washing machine and its batteries are expected to last just 64 hours. But Scientists Say that should be enough for scientists to gather a lot of data. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well, another mild day today but this is the last of the warm days. Today i hope you enjoyed it. Because we cold air moving in. Were still in the low 60s in philadelphia. Look at the cold air on our door step. We have 30s and 20s that are setting up to move in and they will be here as we go into tomorrow morning. So the cold starts as we go overnight tonight. Tomorrow youll definitely feel a big difference and it lasts for several days, not just a few days. We dont have the warm air coming back in the forecast. So the average high is 58 degrees. Today we were around 70. Tomorrow well be 20 degrees colder than today. c so just keep that in mind, friday and saturday well be colder than tomorrow. So, yes, it is going to be cold, especially in the Morning Hours over the next several days. Temperatures right now through the lehigh valley, were still in the mid50s for the most part. 55 in westchester, closer to the shore, temperatures still around 60 degrees. These numbers we will not see them again for a very long time. I hope you enjoy them today. We are dry in the area. Snow up to our north and west. That will be staying there for the moment. We do have a few flakes in the forecast as we end out the week, though. Until then we do stay dry going into tomorrow. Heres future weather. Now were looking at overnight thursday into friday morning. Notice some snow up to our north, rain down to our south. Theres a possibility we could have a few passing maybe rain or snow showers. Then we go into the weekend. We stay colder and well have rain moving through as we go into monday. Monday, even though the snow mainly stays to our north well have the rain around so it will be a rainy, cold day as we start off next week. In behind that rain, colder temperatures move in. You see the cold into next week. The cold keeps on moving down. We dont break out of the pattern for quite a long time. Yes, get out the winter jacket. For tonight, turning much colder. 38 for the low in philadelphia. 30 degrees in the suburbs. These will be temperatures that will be hitting around 6 30, 7 00 a. M. In the morning tomorrow then through the afternoon. More clouds but temperatures will only be topping out around 50 degrees. Well see showers late at night tomorrow, maybe some rain snow showers not accumulating to much. Mid40s saturday. Were starting off the weekend with highs in the low 40s. Sunday locally well be in the mid40s. But for the eagles and green bay on sunday, it is going to be a very cold game. Temperatur