The area for 20 years. We are committed to do one thing and one thing only. Do it right. If we cant do it right we are not going to do it. Wednesday morning the announcement was official. Hard rock will renovate the property and give the local economy a shot in the arm. 1,000 construction jobs and 3 thousand permanent jobs are expected and hard rock already hired 23 employees. Many are excited about the project. Its the world, getting revived. We are getting a Second Chance at what everybody said would be a failure. And getting a Second Chance. Thank god. Hard rock purchased the hard rock in march from billionaire carl icahn. He closed the casino after a devastating strike by workers and the new owners and state leaders are looking toward the future. It will have a Significant Impact on the local economy not only from the jobs created and to have a brand like this saying Atlantic City is worth coming into. The Hard Rock Hotel and casino will have 124 slots and two separate arenas offering 10,000 seats and a completely new interior design. Its a powerful bran they do their homework. They wouldnt be here if it wasnt going to be successful. Back out live we are told that the new hard rock casino and hotel is expected to open in the summer of 2018. And when complete it will have no resemblance of the taj it will be renovated right down to the bathrooms. Gray hall, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. Turning now to ac warren and the threat of severe thunderstorms in the forecast tonight. As we look outside sky 6 hd showing you the center city skyline and today was picture perfect. A nice spring day and sunshine and a change will arrive early tomorrow morning. So get the umbrellas ready. Cecily tynan has the deal tails at the big board. Reporter today is the calm before the storm. Double scan live radar showing a powerful storm and the serp of it is moving into the midwest an head of it we have a significant outbreak of Severe Weather including a half dozen tornadoes and parts of georgia and South Carolina this batch will be missing us and what the low pressure will do is move towards buffalo and we have a triple point low that develops over virginia and that brings us the heavy weather through the day tomorrow. So its kind of a onetwo punch, the first punch the potential for flooding. And thursday into friday afternoon for the potential for widespread 1 to 2 inches of rain. The water levels are already high and the grown is saturated from the past two rain storms and the second part of that punch is the possibility of Severe Weather. The best chance is philadelphia and delmarva, and any storm could have damaging winds and hail and the possibility of an isolated tornado. The rain begins after midnight heaviest in the morning and midafternoon. Early afternoon we have a chance of Severe Weather with the damaging wind gusts and perhaps an isolate the torn. Well talk about this and the taste of winter behind the storm in the accuweather forecast. Thank you. The Investigation Continues tonight into possible links between russia and President Trumps 2016 campaign. The president told the New York Times he believes that susan rice may have committed a crime. This as a major shakeup among President Trumps current Security Team happens. Megan hughes is following the developments outs of the white house, live in washington with more. Reporter hi monica. The former National Security adviser was facing republican demands that she testify on capitol hill. And now the president is accusing her of a felony. President trump as a News Conference with Jordans King Abdullah rallying against the obama administration. I inherited a mess. He took aim at susan rice ask if she committed a crime. Do i think . Yes i think. After accusing president obama last month of wiretapping trump tower and in both incidents the president offered no evidence. There was no such collection of information from trump tower. She did unmask the identity of americans picked up on surveillance and that is not illegal and that was only illegal if she leaked the fames to the press. I never leaked anything to anybody. And never would. And the white house is throwing dust over the real investigation into russia. Nancy pelosi for devon nunez to recuse himself. They cook up some intelligence and they rank the chairman of the committee a distinguished position she has tarnish tarnished. And steve bannon removed from the role on the Security Council committee. The replacement for michael flynn, h. R. Mcmaster shares bannons vision. And a spokesperson for rice responded to the latest comments, saying quote, i am not going to dignify the president s ludicrous charge with a comment. Megan hughes, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Back here police now say that a teenager already accused of eight robberies is fow now facing a murder charge. Macking stewart is the one charged. It is day to of eric freins trial in pennsylvania. Jurors heard firsthand accounts of the night he allegedly killed Corporal Byron dickson and this emotional testimony is just the beginning of the case. John rawlins has the story. Reporter those in Court Hearing from a string of prosecution witnesses, on the stand both civilians and troopers. Outside of the barracks the first of four shots from a rifle left Corporal Byron dickson on the ground. And william fells told of the chaos, he was alerted by dispatcher Nicole Palmer who testified about the ambush and seeing the officer suffer. And that troopers armed themselves with rifles and learned from douglas that a sniper may be in the woods across the street and testified that he and two other troopers moved a vehicle to near the front door as a shield and scrambled to get dickson inside and help. And looking into dicksons eyes there was nothing. Farina arrives at the courthouse with a heavily armed escort. Joe kahn is getting serious support. He was endorsed by former governor, ed rendell. During his endorse many he says that the das office is currently in crisis and the current da is facing current corruption and bribery charges. Last month williams said he would not run for reelection. Time right now for a check of the action news traffic report on a wednesday. Lets go live to matt pellman in the Traffic Center on this hump day. Hi guys. It feels like we cannot get anywhere quickly. Northbound side is backed up from north of the walt whitman bridge to the work zone southbound side has speeds if the teens by the betsy ross bridge, just 17 Miles Per Hour. Still watching the bad crash in Prospect Park delco, lincoln avenue near 13th after few, stay on south avenue as an alternate. And a bad one in landsdale at 9th a good spot to avoid. And still a bunch of speeds if the teens in that neck of the woods and better news in cherry hill by Mercedes Benz and the overturned vehicle crash has cleared. Well check it again in the next half hour. Still ahead on action news at 5 00 tonight. Tough talk from President Trump, after that horrific chemical attack in syria. Coming up what the president says should be next for the Syrian Government after officials there attacked their own people. But first a scary sight two men trying to kick down his front door, how he managed to scare them off even though he wasnt home. When action news continues tonight. Two suspects burglars try to kick the door in of home and the owner was away at his daughters softball game. Did alerts him to the activity at the house and the man at the game was able to yell at the bad guys pretending he was at the house and local police have the video and trying to identify the two suspects who left. Facebook is stepping up the fight against what is called revenge pornography. The social media giant will use photo matching photography to make sure that images reported cannot be up loaded again and will cover all facebook property including mention and instagram. A new study is giving evidence to the belief that vitamins cannot aid in preventing heart disease. Low levels are at risk but the latest study followed 5,000 people over the age of 50 and some taking a high dose of vitamin c. They found no benefits for those taking the supplements when it came to a healthier heart. The start of spring means sunshine and flairups for anyone suffering from allergies, and experts say it pays to be prepared especially if you know it will be warm outside. You want to make sure you have the medications and dont need to run out and be exposed you want to have them ahead of time. Doctors say that tree pollen is the most common culprit this time of of year. Anyone with allergies are advised to keep your windows closed and avoid trigger plants and tries. Are you advised to discuss prescription options or allergy shots with your doctor. Stocks quickly reversed course this afternoon. The Federal Reserve released the minutes of last nights meeting. The minutes showed the beginning of a plan to unwind the central bank 4. 5 billion Balance Sheet and the dow jones was up 20 points. And the dow lost 41 on the day. Pay less shoe store is closing 40 Locations Nationwide and four in our area. The chain followed for capital 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday and the closures are part of that reorganization. If you need a job more than 80 employers will be on hand tomorrow in bucks county to fill openings. The spring career fair is at Bucks County Community college at the links pavilion. Brush off your resume and put on your best look and good luck. Still ahead on action news at 5 00, a big welcome home for basketball coach, dawn staly after she led the gamecocks to their first championship. And action news is about interaction with you, follow us on social media forever the latest headlines and to communicate with us. Facebook, facebook. Com 6abcactionnews. Ch,d didnt recognize our grandson. woman 2 vo thats when moderate alzheimers made me a caregiver. avo if their alzheimers is getting worse, ask about onceaday namzaric. Namzaric is approved for moderate to severe alzheimers disease in patients who are taking donepezil. 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This morning the Main Line Chamber of commerce welcomed Big Brothers Big Sisters as their guest speaker and the military cadets were there to help serve breakfast and its a sell bragts of lives as americans and serves as an acknowledge many of the privileges we enjoy every day. Future scientists are showing off their prize money in montgomery county. Prize winners came to the philadelphia expo sent toward compete for 2 million in scholarships and prizes, there are 15 categories for students grade sixth through 12 and this is the 29 and year for the competition. Pass overtook on new meaning. Students hosted students from Mary Magdalene church. All an effort to increase tolerance and respect. Philadelphia native, dawn staly will be getting a winners welcome at her alma matter. She led the South Carolina gamecocks womens team to their first ever ncaa championship. Monday night. The school is throwing a celebration in her honor at 1 00 doors open at 12 15 and the event is open to the public. Well, the philly phanatic helped to deliver smiled at Dupont Hospital for children. The phillies home opener is friday at Citizens Bank park and the phillies ball girls joined the party and 15yearold fred had a practice catch with the phanatic not bad he will throw out the ceremonial first pitch on friday. Coming up a check of the accuweather forecast. Looking live outside sky 6 hd showing you Philadelphia International airport the clouds coming in and the soggy weather bringing us a lot of rain when we wake up tomorrow morning. Meteorologist, cecily tynan, has the exclusive accuweather forecast when action news comes right back. Leave it to the pros . I am a pro. I made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than youd think. To those whod say the grass is greener on the other side. I politely disagree. Pennington smart seed. Guaranteed to grow with 30 less water. Reclaim your turf. Alright gus,[giggle]next. Ready . Ok. Go . Seahorse. No. Giant snail. Flamingo. The water. Under the. Pony no. Bow and arrow . Oh oh. Uhhuh. Yeah. The Leaning Tower of pisa. Ahoh. [giggle] really . [ding] ohhhh. What was it . Bank on it. Ohh, the new scratchoff from the pennsylvania lottery. With top prizes of 300 grand oh, i knew what it was the entire time. [laughter] keep on scratchin. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. Youll love today and not so much tomorrow. Get out and enjoy the weather its gorgeous out there and still bright and we went to the bright blue skies to the milky white skies this morning. High cirrus clouds moving in ahead of the storm system and they continue to thicken through the evening hours. Temperaturewise knocking at 70 degrees, philadelphia 69 right now. Reading 68 and allentown 67 and trenton and wilmington 66. Youll notice though the easterly wind the ocean temperature 56 degrees and beach haven only 48 as well. The system im tracking is large and powerful. The main low is across the ohio valley. And we have got two areas of convection of Severe Weather across the deep south and midwest. What the low pressure will do is form another low to the south and that brings us some heavy rain and some potentially strong to severe thunderstorms kind of two areas of that during the day tomorrow. So tonight the clouds continue to thicken. Rain should be holding off until after midnight and overnight lows dropping down into the 40s. And future tracker the latest showing a round of pretty heave thunderstorms before the sunrises at 5 00 in the morning and a good line of gusty thunderstorms rolling through and the morning commute, it will be wet and generally scattered light showers and the system reloads as we head into the afternoon. Future tracker showing 2 00 in the afternoon the threat of Severe Weather moving in from the west with gusty thunderstorms could spin up an isolated tornado and into the evening commute. It all winds down some left over showers. Future tracker 6 showing a threat of of Severe Weather and a lot of rain, generally a solid 1 to 2 inches of rain and areas more than that. And a flood watch is posted for the potential of localized flooding. As far as Severe Weather the highest threat is for very heavy downpours. And a moderate threat of lightning and damaging winds and isolated tornadoes south of philadelphia a low risk of large hail. So definitely a stormy day tomorrow. The fiveday at 5 00 tomorrow heavy rain and severe thunderstorms, 63 degrees and friday the low pressure stalls up to the north. That brings cold air and the high only 50 degrees and cloudy and damp with showers and dress for winter and rain if you head to the phillies home opener, 57 on saturday, sunday 66 and monday warm start to passover. 75 degrees and gets warmer on tuesday and adam will talk about that in the sevenday forecast. More action news coming your way. Careful joe, theyve got you outnumbered. The dinosaurs extinction. Dont listen to them. Not appropriate. Now im mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter. Why dont you sit over here. Something for everyone is awesome. Find your awesome with the Xfinity Stream app. More to stream to every screen. Action news