Point during the day. Right now, its the winds, you probably heard them howling through the area overnight. Topping 30 miles an hour in philadelphia, coatesville and allentown. Wilmington, closer to 40mileperhour winds. Above 40 miles an hour for dover an millville. And close to 50mileperhour wind gusts right now in toms river. Thats cold air just starting to move in. The coldest air isnt here just yet. The winds, though they wont be as strong this afternoon, theyll still be with us. That will be the colder air that keeps coming in during the day thats going to lead to temperatures pretty much going nowhere. 47 degrees in Lehigh Valley. The temperatures will be coming down in the short term. 8 00 with some clouds blowing through. 41 degrees. And then down to 40 degrees, in spite of more sunshine later in the morning. Its the wind thats really going to hold the temperatures back. 50 degrees right now in philadelphia. In midnight, it was in the low 60s. Winds out of the west at 24 miles an hour. Down to 45 at 8 00, at 11 00 this morning, philadelphia, 44, those winds will still be present and sunshine will be nice and bright but not looking for a big warmup this afternoon. In fact, much of the area will be cooler than where it is right now. Sunshine, windy, 49 degrees in philadelphia. 40s across the board including the jersey shore. The wind will be dying down and older air moving in. Ill show you where to expect that in your neighborhood when im back in ten minutes but first Jessica Boyington has the first alert traffic. Were starting on its vine street expressway. Weve skipped right over that construction project as well so were all clear we dont have to worry about any lane restriction restriction. The camera is clear, the camera looks like its shaking around. Bordentown township, watch for a ground tree, 295 southbound. Trying to clear that on 206 on the righthand shoulder partially blocking that. Right around exit 56, the traffic is getting by the scene. Hammonton, another downed tree southbound. Ashton road. The once iconic Atlantic City casino, a deal has been reached to buy the now closed taj mahal. The knicks 10s matt delucia joins us live from Atlantic City. Matt, this could potentially change the future of the boardwalk. Telling us how. Reporter right, and people here in Atlantic City, those who live here, those who are in the government here, they are very hopeful by this new announcement, that hopefully, this will be the start of Better Things to cheo8come. Its now 3,000 jobs are expected to be brought into Atlantic City with the new casino here. Here you see the taj mahal, it is shuttered behind me. It closed in october after being in business for 26 years. But now there is new hope with that hard rock buy. Hard Rock International bought the vacant property from carl icahn and through a partnership with other investors they say theyre going to put in 300 million roughly to renovate and rebrand this casino here. Theres been a Hard Rock Cafe on the boardwalk for are 20 years. The taj shut down, you might recall after icahn and union workers, they could not agree on a new contract and Health Insurance and pension benefits have been the latest in a series of closing in Atlantic City. Governor chris christie, hes called this great news. He hopes this is the beginning of more comebacks in the city. And Atlantic City mayor don guardian says this is great news as well. I think its a highly competitive property and a reason to come to the city. Its something, hopefully, it brings entertainment to everyone. Especially in the summer. Its something to go and explore. Reporter as we take a look here live on the boardwalk, you can see the Hard Rock Cafe here on the boardwalk. And you can see as we pan over just how close it is to the old taj mahal. Connected really. Hard rock cafe will have a Hard Rock Hotel and casino here in Atlantic City. Now you see for the taj mahal, the lights remain off. The plan is to open next year. The company says it is 100 convinced that this casino will be a success. Live on the boardwalk in ac, im matt delucia. This morning, attorney general Jeff Sessions is facing growing criticism that he had two conversations with the Russian Ambassador and did not disclose them. A spokesman for sessions told nbc news that he did meet with the ambassador twice last year while a senator and Armed Services committee. This morning, house democratics leader nancy pelosi, maryland congressman Elijah Cummings and massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren are calling for sessions to resign. In a statement late last night, sessions said i never met with any russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. I have no idea what this allegation is about. It is false. The White House Ethics Office says president ial counselor Kellyanne Conway acted snad v e inadvertently when he urged people to buy ivanka trumps clothing line. And said its highly unlikely conway would the same thing again. Happening today, religious leaders, lawmakers and citizens will gather at Independence Mall for a stand against rahate rall. Meantime, the reward continues to climb in the philadelphia Jewish Cemetery vandalism case. 69,000 is now being offered for information leading to an arrest. Hundreds of headstones at mt. Caramel cemetery were damaged. The fbi opened a civil rights investigation. The naacp claims racism played a role in two africanamerican workers punished in the Atlantic City build collapse. Griffin campbell and sean benef benshop were sentenced for their roles in the Building Collapse that killed six people. They argue that other people in the case who were white werent charged. The District Attorneys Office has yet to comment. A bucks county man accused of raping a teenage girl who was allegedly difficulted to him by her parents can get funds due to the sale of his house. A judge approved the housefeite set aside for sale and to pay legal fees. Teacher is sending a message to mayor kenney saying that the city doesnt Value Public School teachers. The fact that we were able to raise that much money so quickly just shows the teachers in the city, the school advocates the parents, im a parent in the city, too, were all fed up. A statement the School Spokesperson said the desire is a contract which fairly compensates our teaches but also retains the stability that the Philadelphia School district has fought hard for. Warm weather could continue and could impact your budget. Pgw customers listen up because you may soon have to pay more. Pgw says warmer winters are partly the blame. They saying less costs to pay their employees keep rising. Pennsylvania regulators will spend the next nine months reviewing requests to hike gas bills. If approved, pgw customers will pay about 11 more a month. 5 39. Youll be cranking up the heat during the day today. Look at the flags rolling. Thats cold air thats rushing into the area. Now, first thing this morning, at midnight, the temperature was in the 60s. But wind has brought the temperatures down low 50s. The howling winds will be strongest this morning. Cold wind with lots of sunshine. Well see blue sky, but not much of a warmup during the day. Then it turns colder today. Cold enough for snow. We wont get any snow tonight. Tomorrow say different story. 30mileperhour winds. This is hour by hour. This is first thing this morning. Watch how those wind gusts will be dying down. Some during the afternoon. Noon time, winds gusting to 19 miles an hour in pottstown. 22 in millville. Later in the afternoon it will come down a bit more. But it wont die down completely. So thats just enough wind to bring in the colder air. 24mileperhour wind in philadelphia. It will drop into the 40s. Thats where temperatures will stay with that wind. 47 degrees at 2 00 this afternoon. 47 47 also at 4 00. The suburbs, 43 right now it drops into the low 40s first thing. We will see bright sunshine, and as the wind speeds come down, the temperatures will come up a little bit but just a couple degrees for the suburbs. Unto 45 degrees this afternoon. Lehigh valley, 47 degrees right now. Its warmer right now than its going to be for the rest of the day. Especially when you factor in the wind. The northwesterly winds wont be as strong this afternoon. Strong enough to make 45 feel like in the 30s. New jersey youll see bright sunshine, 50 right now. Even though we have no sunshine right now, youll have lots of it during the day. Its going to be cooler all day long than at this hour. 55 at the shore. 40s with winds at 26 miles an hour at 10 00 this morning. Off to 23 miles an hour at 2 00 this afternoon. Thats the colder air thats moving in thats going to be staying with us right into the weekend. Delaware is at 49. Right now, skies are clear, well see bright sunshine in delaware. 43 degrees at 8 00. Up just three degrees in spite of that sunshine at lunchtime. And the winds will hold us in upper 40s in delaware today. Clear today. Lots of sunshine today. Dont be surprised if you see some snow showers before we get to the weekend. Ill show you where to expect those when i am back in ten minute. Snow showers . Yes, after yesterday it doesnt compute. Well find out whats going on on the schuylkill expressway this morning. Jessica boyington is watching that. Right, watching the schuylkill. No problems yet, at montgomery drive. Eastbound side, drive time were looking at from blue route headed towards center city, the vine street expressway, about 13 minutes. Speeds are still in the 60s in both directions. There is a new crash east no norrit norriton, the scheduled opening coming up for the Burlington Bristol scheduled for 5 30 this morning. Eight minutes or so well see that. Were clear on the ben franklin bridge. And the taconypalmyra. The fight over the soda tax continues to grow. Why it is now being blamed for costing jobs. And who the city says is helping. Banning news. Why a pennsylvania gym is no longer allowing members to watch 24hour News Networks. Its a quarter to 6 00. Philadelphias soda tax is getting new pushback from the beverage industry. Pepsi say the soda tax is forcing them to lay off 300 workers. Pepsi said that led to a 40 drop in sales in philadelphia. City leaders questioned the need for layoffs pointsing to the companys profits and the hundreds of thousands of dollars pepsi spent to try to kill the soda tax. Money from the tax paid for philadelphias universal prek program. The city says that program has created more than 250 new jobs. About 2,000 children started the first stage of the philadelphia prek program when it launched in january. Just about a quarter to 6 00 a. M. This morning. Starting county by county coverage. In Lehigh Valley, police and prosecutors have formed a task force in order to track down Armed Robbers who target cell phone stores. Robbers robbed and tied up employees around the area. Camden county police need your help finding a man caught on video throwing a cat into the air. The video turned up on social media is now being investigated as an incident of animal krushlkrushl cruelty. Family friends and Police Officers will come together to remember two delaware officers killed in a crash last weekend. Dover police announced the funeral and memorial supervises for rob defont and jimmy watz. The dover Fraternal Police have set up a Scholarship Fund in honor of those two officers. At the jersey shore, officers want federal authorities to train three of their officers to enforce immigration law. Law enforcement departments in salem, monmouth already participate in immigration customs enforcement. In january, President Trump signed an executive order to help expand the mission to help deport undocumented immigrants. Governor carney signed an executive order that creates a uniform antidiscrimination policy. It establishes guidelines and procedures. The governor hopes to have that new policy in place by april 1st. 2 1 2 years after his arrest a jury has found a Burlington County firefighter not guilty of setting this fire at an auto body shop. Police arrested robert longo after the building was torched. If all the news is stressing you out, youre not alone. One pennsylvania gym is taking steps to prevent political arguments. The scranton ymca will no longer broadcast 24hour News Networks in their workout room. The ceo said several recent political discussions have become very heated. Almost caused a locker room fight. The y hopes turning offer the news can help lower stress levels. Now the ban of the news is a subject of debate. I think its probably an overreaction. In my opinion, they should remove it. That will stop the problems, people fighting. As of right now, the ban is permanent, if things calm down, directors say they could possibly reconsider. We have a. He panel here with us now. Is that permanent or not permanent . Yeah, until they see things tone down a little bit. I see. I see its happening in my gym. But they dont even have the News Networks. Right. They fight . No, they come in already with their ideas and they discuss it. Right. What . Yeah. If youre running on the treadmill, liar, liar. Youre at the gym, right . Whats troubling is, it happens in the locker room and their buck naked. Well that turns to the weather where youll have to leave the house with bundling up or putting something on at least. Its cold wind blowing into the area. This is a view from center city. Look at the winds. The winds will stay with us during the day. Colder air is blowing in on the winds so youll definitely have to wearing in in the Lehigh Valley and suburbs. 50 degrees currently in philadelphia. 50 in millville. This is the warmest its actually go to be. The winds goring to bring in colder air in the pocono mountains, 38 degrees. Its going to be a colder morning, thats for sure. At the bus stop, yesterday, we were in the 50s and 60s and 70s, back to typical march weather. 36 degrees in allentown. The wind will be blowing, feeling like 20s for exton. 40s in Atlantic City. And in the 30s, wilmington, 39 degrees. And even a light shower, a few sprinkles moving through berks county. Coming off of snow showers that falling a part. What the snow showers show is the wind, those things on the move, the wind, weve had colder air thats coming into the area. So, we will feel the cold, and its tomorrow that may see snow showers. The snow showers stay to the west today. Well be dry today and see lots of sunshine. But the gusty winds bring flg the cold. So, tomorrow, this is 9 30 this evening, you can see snow showers in southwestern pennsylvania, this is the culprit for tomorrow. This may bring us some snowflakes during the day today. Theyll be on the move. At noon time, theyll be in harrisburg, just reaching into berks county and towards the Lehigh Valley. Thats at noon tomorrow. These of fast moving snow showers, 2 30 in the afternoon, then they clear out for tomorrow night. We may see a dusting on the grass but the rest of the area too warm for any accumulation. The weekend that will be cold enough for snow but well get sunshine. Look at the temperatures 40s for saturday. A bit warmer for most of the area on sunday. Thats a trend that will continue next week. A blustery day today, 49 the high. Here comes the cold for the weekend. Cold on saturday, especially in the afternoon. Sunday morning in the 20s. Then the warmup begins on monday. Low 60s. Tuesday, showers coming through tuesday. With the cold front that will bring the temperatures right back down for wednesday. But thursday and friday will be chillier. With highs in the 40s. Next weekend, another warmup into the upper 50s on saturday. With a chance of your rain showers next weekend. Bill, thanks. Grab the coat. You might think its warm. Grab the coat. Lets check area roads and bridges for you. Jessica is starting at one of my favorite bridges to pass because theres no toll there. The platt bridge, it can be your favorite because theres no stopping on it as well. You can see both directions looks just fine. We do have problems on some of the bridges. We have an opening scheduled for about this time on the Burlington Bristol. Scheduled for 5 50. Should be open right now. Nice and clear on the ben franklin. And i havent seen any openings scheduled for the taconypalmyra yet. 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