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WCAU NBC10 News At 4pm May 27, 2016

Guests, Atlantic City mayor had to first unlock the ocean, a symbolic moment for a city that desperately needs tourism dollars. And were turning the lock on a brand new Atlantic City. Were resilient, coming back from our financial troubles. Reporter once on the brink of bankruptcy, Atlantic Citys looking forward, hoping big memorial day crowds spend money and raise tax revenue. This is a place you want to be if you live in new jersey, new york, philadelphia, why would you be sweating when you can be chilling along the jersey shore . We normally go to seattle, but this year, we thought we would do something different. Reporter this family decided to give ac a shot this holiday. Just coming to the beach, a beautiful day, nice weather after the rain. Its really hot today. Reporter while they were digging for shells on the beach, they came down from philly, and the family from new york city found plenty of life in the waters. I think its a sand crab. Reporter spending the whole weekend here and spending hundreds of dollars along the way, a good sign for this tourist town on the rebound. Eat, swim, and have fun. Try not to gamble too much. Reporter good idea. In the next hour or so, were expecting thousands of these beach balls to fall from the sky on to the board walk below. Fireworks later tonight, and were expecting bigger crowds and great weather again tomorrow. Live on the board walk in Atlantic City, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Thank you. As people head to the shore this Holiday Weekend, how about we get a check of the first alert traffic. I want to take a live look at route 73 and Atlantic City expressway. Traffic not bad there. Volume on the roads, but moving nicely, but the holiday traffic rush got taoff to a bad start i bucks county. The tractor trailer fire turned down the road for hours. They reopened at 2 30 this afternoon. You can expect company on the roads and lowest gas prices in more than a decade, making this one of the busiest ever. Tens of thousands of drivers rolling over the bridge over the next few days, of course, as crowds head to the shore. Aaa has a bigger showing what company you can expect coming up this Holiday Weekend. It is projecting 38 Million People travel 50 mimes or more over the Holiday Weekend, but thats about 700,000 more than last year, and the most since 2005, overwhelming majority, 89 planning to travel by car. Helping boost the numbers, average price of gas, of course, is 2. 30 nationwide, about 34 cents less than a year ago. Aaa estimates americans have saved more than 15 billion on gas so far this year. If youre not headed out of town, youll be in the city. Blue cross river rink kicking off the unofficial start of summer. A live look at the celebration in philadelphias only outdoor roller skating risk, its back for a second season. More music is coming tonight, and its definitely going to get packed, Dj Jazzy Jeff starts the party with a spin session from 9 00 until 11 00 p. M. This is the debut of the water front crab shack. Score samples or grab a cocktail and beer. There are arts and crafts for the kids, and theres golf and Face Painting and live music. Check out our app throughout the memorial day weekend, the latest updates to the neighborhood weather ape traffic alerts before heading to your holiday destinations. Suspected driver in this case took off from the scene and we have a better look at the suspects car that police are trying to find right now. Nbc 10 is following the investigation, and, andrea, do police know who they are looking for . Reporter they are not sure who nay are looking for, but they have a description of the car. A dark colored saab, a model between 1998 to 2008 and expect the car to have extensive damage. No shortage of kind words used to describe him. Whatever you ask him to do, if he saw somebody, he needed something, he was there. Reporter last night, his church on germantown avenue, an assistant pastor. The best one. Reporter after service, he drop off men at the soldier of the lord ministry, a rehabilitation on north front street, where he stayed to prepare sand witches before leaving. I have to leave, i have to work tomorrow. I said, okay, god bless you, he head out the front door. Reporter not long after somebody knocked oven that door and said that the man been hit by a car. And that he was laying on the floor. Reporter according to the police, the 57yearold was trying to enter his van which struck by another car similar to this and dragged 20 feet. The driver of the car left the scene, but investigators recoffered a saab logo off the grill. You know, we want to reporter especially since he devoted so much time to helping people in rehab better their lives. Only to have his own cut short. We know he was a man of god. We show that hes in heaven. Reporter back out live, we want to show you that that van that the victim was trying to enter is still out here on the scene. According to family, he leaves behind two brothers in philadelphia and a 19yearold daughter in connecticut. Family also tells us that they are hoping to bury him in connecticut. Reporting live in north philadelphia, nbc 0 news. Thanks for that. New information on a fire that forced a Montgomery County school to e evacuate this week. A student is in custody in connection with that fire that happened at north penn high school. 3,000 students and staff had had to get out of the building on tuesday. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but several classrooms were damaged. New video into nbc 10 showing a deadly Chain Reaction crash in delaware. A driver heading south on route 1 captures this video here. Look at this. Wow. This happened just before 2 00 in the afternoon near route 42. You see several vehicles go flying in the crash. Sky force 10 shows us the aftermath from the air. Total of five vehicles involved here, one person died, and the accident prompted police to shutdown route 1 for hours. New video of a man assaulted when he was just out walking his dog last weekend. Police say ateen approached the man, asked him for the time, and he began punching him and knocked him to the ground before taking off. The victim was taken to the hospital with a broken nose. Police say the suspect was with four other teenagers. If you recognize him, police do want to hear from you. This just in late this afternoon, new jersey governor kris kentechris christie will s to stop Atlantic City from running out of cash for a few more months. They passed a bill this week, giving acs government five months to device a plan to balance the budget. This deal eliminates the threat of a state takeover for now. The verizon strike is just about over now. The company in the unions representing its workers come to a deal on a fouryear contract, a written agreement needs to be submitted for approval. Dl 39,000 employees on the east coast have been on strike since april, and this new deal, if approved, could be working as soon as next week. History was made in japan today. President obama became the first sitting american president to visit hiroshima, the city where the u. S. Dropped the first at atomic bomb more than 70 years ago. Keith jones is live in the Digital Operations Center with more on the president s visit, and, keith, as expected, president obama did not offer an apology for the bombing. He did not apologize or second guess president trumans decision to drop the bomb on hiroshima in 1945, but he laid outside a vision for a World Without nuclear weapons. This is video from president obama arriving at hiroshima Peace Memorial park. He and japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, where the president signed a guest book. He laid a wreath at the park to honor those killed and comforted survivors of the attack. It was back on august 6 when the u. S. Dropped a bomb on the city and three days later, another bomb on nagasaki to force japans surrender in world war ii. Mere words cannot give voice to such suffering, but we have a share ed responsibility to look directly in the eye of history and ask what we must do differently to curve such suffering again. And president obama considered visiting hiroshima since first days in office. This was the last stop on his current trip to japan. Live in the Digital Operations Center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. New developments in the zerch search. The search teams in the mediterranean picked up signals from the planes emergency locater transmitter believing this narrows down the search to a three mile radius now, but that does not mean they found the black boxes. Crews have been searching for flight 804 since it went down last week in the med trainian with 66 people on board. Authorities still dont know what caused the crash. A scare in tokyo today. Engine fire broke out on the korean air jet. It forced passengers to evacuate and took firefighters less than an hour to get out the flames, 19 people hurt or didnt feel well. A different plane took the passengers to seoul, south korea. The cause of the fire is still under investigation right now. Decision 2016, the possibility of a debate between sanders and trump is getting some more attention today. It would be a first, a democrat and a republican, facing off before the conventions. Today, trump focused on Hillary Clinton. At a rally in fresno, california. Trump told the crowd clinton does not look president ial and told voters that he can solve californias water crisis. The state is dealing with a fiveyear drought. California holds the primary tuesday june 7th, the same day as new jerseys primary. Sanders continued his campaign run through Southern California today. He drewtous to a water front rally in san pedro pushing a platform on wage inequality and health care reform. Sanders shows no sign of dropping out of the democratic race, but analysts predict that Hillary Clinton will clench the nomination in the next round of primaries on june 7th. Today, clinton was campaigning in california. She chatted with voters at a Community Forum in oakland on breaking bare yores and increasing opportunity. Clinton talked about her plans for criminal Justice Reform and for creating Second Chances for people convicted of crimes. Bill clinton on the trail, in new jersey, drumming up support for his wife. The former president talked to voters inside a steamy gym in edison. He pushed his wifes economic plans saying the stagnant economy fuel intensity in the democratic and republican primaries. Clinton never mentioned donald trump or Bernie Sanders by name, but said his wife is the only candidate with a proven record of getting things done. For complete decision 2016 coverage including an updated delegate count and social media updates from the campaign trail, tap on the nbc 10 app. Skyforce10 above the scene of a disturbing discovery. At 11 00 this morning, a mans body was found in a white chevy van there on woodland avenue and 47th street. The body partially decomposed. Its not clear how the man died. A map and woman treated at the hospital right now after this crash in philadelphias frankfurt section. Skyforce10 flew over the scene at 1 00 this afternoon. In all, three people were hurt here. The two taken to the hospital are now in stable condition. Investigators looking into what caused this house fire in southwest philadelphia. Skyfor skyforce10 above as they fought the flames at 9 00 this morning. A 75yearold woman taken to the hospital with breathing problems. Shes now in stable condition. From the delaware bureau, cracking down on mosquitos. The New Castle County council is considering a proposal for penalizing Property Owners for standing water. They face a 50. One says the legislation is partially motivated by recent headlines about the zika virus. Most who contract the virus do not have serious symptoms, it can cause serious birth defects. Three people have contradicted the disease from outside the u. S. The steps tied to boxes thanks to rocky, but right now, they belong to soccerment teams from across the country compete in the street soccer usa philadelphia cup at the base of the steps, and players as young as 6 years old, adults as well, competing in four versus four 15minute matchups in this specially built stadium. One of the fields will be placed in a philadelphia neighborhood thanks to comcast, the Parent Company of nbc 10. Now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with chief meteorologist, glen hurricane schwartz. Told you this for a week now, at least the start of the holiday is going to be a hot one. Its hot and its humid. We have temperatures in the upper 80s, near 90 in much of the area. The exceptions are, well, closer to the water. You can see its 90 degrees in newark right now. 89 in wilmington. And so northern delaware is pretty hot. Southern delawares hot too. Millsboro at 89 degrees. As you get to the beaches, its not so hot. Its 80 in bethany beach, but 69 in dewey beach. Wind from the cooler ocean. You can see what a tremendous impact it is. Louis is 85 degrees. So were going to have those differences during the day tomorrow. Thats why we do this neighborhood Weather Forecast because sometimes you can get huge differences over small areas. Its hot. Its more humid than it has been. Remember, less than a week ago it was 62 degrees for the high temperature. Weve gone up every single day. Yesterday, we got up to 90. We expect to be around 90 today or maybe even a little bit higher, and then the memorial day weekend, the trend does not continue through the weekend. It is going to be hot on saturday. Thats going to be the hottest day, generally, the sunniest day, lowest chance of any kind of rain, and thats true just about everywhere. We do have a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm in the Lehigh Valley, but its hot at 91 degrees. Jersey shore at 76. Right at the beaches, of course, itll be much warmer inland, but expect a nice sunny day. Ocean, of course, is cold. And then on sunday, down to 73. The clouds increase during the afternoon, and we get a chance of rain. And then rain becomes pretty likely on monday. All through the areas, as you can see, knocking the temperatures down. Philadelphia only 76 degrees. Its not a picture perfect forecast for the whole area, thats for sure. Now, the radar, not showing you much right now, despite the heat and humidity, theres one or two little showers. This one is right on the pennsylvania turnpike in chester coupe, just north of westchester over east whiteland township. This one by coatesville. These are very much isolated. The area to watch is down in the at lap tick ocean. Theres possible Tropical Storm development and it could at least indirectly affect our weekend because the track takes it towards South Carolina and then at least the remnants of it coming up closer to us, and what that does is increase the moisture, and so, for example, rehoboth beach, sunny, sunday, starting off sunny, showers late in the day, and monday, we have rain, thunderstorms, and colder weather. Its going to be a chilly monday. Thats the day that is not going to be the beach day. Sunday could be at least for the morning. Tomorrow, definitely. Tuesday, sun returns, tropical system is gone. Warms up again. Wednesday is fairly warm. And then the east wind comes back, and the temperatures go back down later next week and into next weekend, so this heat is not going to last that long. For the first time ever, the philly pops and center of performing arts presents memorial salute, a concert honoring all those who served happening tomorrow night at 7 00. Its up to the public. Glen is the m. C. Veterans and active military and firefighter as Police Officers watch the show for free as well as their families and schoolteachers, students, and administrators can get free tickets. Go to nbc10. Com for more information. Comcast and nbc 10 are proud sponsors of this moe mori yal day salute this weekend. If you have kids, you want to hear this. 3 million sippy cups recalled. Why the reason coming up. Cell phones and cancer what a Study Released today revealed. Also ahead missed a lot of school, but its you have a reason to. Graduation ceremony, why theres so much controversy over where one student has to sit. The future is here, an atm like never seen before. Those stories and more ahead at 4 00. First a good day on wall street, this friday, the dow, nasdaq, and s p all closing higher. Great time for a shiny floor wax, no . Not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. Timings important. Comcast business knows that. Thats why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. Even late at night, or on the weekend, if thats what you need. Because you have enough to worry about. I did not see that coming. Dont deal with disruptions. Get Better Internet installed on your schedule. Comcast business. Built for business. Link between cell phones and cancer, well, theres a new government study on rats that appears to show that researchers expose 2500 to cell phone radiation every day for two years, finding low rates of brain and heart tumors exposed male rats, but not females. The Toxicology Program is analyzing the findings, but a Spokesman Says Data Collected in large scale human studies found limited evidence of developing cancer from cell phone use. An arizona teenager recovering from leukemia not allowed to walk with his class at graduation. He missed class in the final year of high school while battling cancer, but the senior class president work hard and was only two and a half credits shy of graduating from the end of the school year, and still, the School District would not let him wear the cap and gown and had to sit in the audience, not the classmates. Missed a lot of school, but had a

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