foreign policy. >> peace through strength. >> reporter: the mantra once championed by ronald reagan now used by the republican nominee, as he explains why he wants to take the country, and how the country fits into the rest of the world. >> history shows that when america is not prepared, is when the danger is by far the greatest. we want to deter, avoid and prevent conflict through our unquestioned military strength. >> reporter: trump is proposing a military buildup. and the elimination of defense sequestration that cut military spending. >> funding-wise, is it realistic? >> i think it has to be realistic. yes, it's realistic. >> reporter: re mired major general gary harold is among about a dozen leaders endorsing trump this week. >> those of us who have been in the military think that's long overdue. we are concerned about the fact that the numbers in the military, both men and women and

ships, airplanes, you name it, is too low. >> reporter: but analyst ed trazinski said it would be expensive. >> the devil is in the details. >> reporter: trump did address the cost without going into detail, saying the government would cut waste and bureaucracy. now, coming up at 5:00, we'll tell you more about his message here in philadelphia today, as well as what one general told me about the change he's seen in donald trump. live in center city, i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> prior to trump's speech, a group of pennsylvania veterans denounced the republican presidential candidate. >> hillary clinton supporters say trump would endanger national security. >> you hold awesome power, the greatest military in the world. you need to demonstrate a restraint with that. it's not a car you can take out for a ride and nuclear weapons, you get to see how fast it gets

to 100. >> the group also condemned trump's recent comparisons of inner cities to war zones. >> chelsea clinton is campaigning for her mother in pennsylvania this week. the secret service is protecting her again. she's stopping in carlisle and state college. she'll be in scranton tomorrow. chelsea clinton, of course, had secret service protection when her father was president. >> voters will hear what hillary clinton and donald trump have to say tonight at the commander in chief forum. crews spent the day setting up the stage at intrepid sea, air and space museum. they'll appear separately here tonight. they will discuss national security, military affairs, and veterans issues. don't miss nbc's commander in chief forum hosted by the "today" show's matt lawyer here on nbc 10. randy gyllenhaal is in new york for the forum. he'll have a live report on nbc 10 news at 5:00. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> let's talk about the weather

today. look at this. this is the scene in fishtown. at least one person was out there enjoying the summer sun. the warm temperatures there for the runner in the park. and a similar scene on the banks of the schuylkill river. it is calm out there. there's one boater right there. skulling their way on the schuylkill. the heat and humidity are not letting up for the first week of september. >> chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the temperatures in your neighborhood. glenn? >> yeah, jacqueline, if you think today is hot and humid, just wait 24 hours, because it's just going to get hotter and more humid, up near 90 today. 95 tomorrow with high humidity, making it feel like it's over 100. 93 friday. 96 on saturday. we're going to be close to record levels for this time of the year. right now, it is 89 degrees in philadelphia, 87 in trenton, 92 degrees in wilmington. and it feels like 92 right now.

so the humidity is not extra high, not yet. tomorrow it will be a different story. we're still seeing the clouds from the remnants of hermine out in the ocean. but the showers that were at the shore late yesterday and last night have pretty much moved out. we have a few clouds out there. but that's not coming back. as you go through the night tonight, it's dry, but it's increasingly humid. the temperature not dropping below 70 in philadelphia. we'll be in the 60s in the p.a. suburbs, lehigh valley where it would be in the 50s if it was kind of a comfortable night at this time of the year. jersey, jersey shore up near 70 degrees. we'll see how hot it's going to get and how long with the rest of the forecast. >> all right, glenn, we'll see you soon. still feels like summer break for students in trenton. >> the heat and humidity are forcing the district to dismiss students early. cydney long is live in trenton

with how parents are managing this inconvenience. cydney? >> reporter: jackie, it's been a bit of a balancing act for working moms and dads. they said they got the word about 5:00 this morning, that the school day today and through the rest of the week would be abbreviated. with four kids and two jobs, having the first day of school suddenly be a half day due to mother nature, well, it's a little bit of a jug willing act for kendra knox and hundreds of other trenton parents. >> tomorrow is supposed to be a bit hotter. i can understand that. but i thought they had air conditioning. >> reporter: not all trenton public schools have central air. >> you've got to go all the way around. >> reporter: across the board the trenton school district decided overnight to dismiss all schools pre-k to 12th grade staggered by grade no later than 1:00 p.m. the heat and rising humidity by tomorrow and friday during yet another heat wave this summer is to blame.

>> it was hot today. the classrooms, they don't have even a fan. >> reporter: at the high school students and staff do enjoy air conditioning. >> i guess they were being protective for other schools. and out here, it's going to get hot. they want to send us home. >> reporter: senior lavender presley plans to help her sister by babysitting a niece and cousin this afternoon. >> she needs to leave early to get to me and the others. some of us go to different schools. >> reporter: teachers like dawn consider it a smart move to make sure the learning environment for kids isn't overbearingly hot on top of the jitters that often accompany the new school year. >> make sure they're safe, and stay hydrated. students that may be asthmatic. if it's humid, you don't want to bring them outside because they might have an attack or something. >> reporter: the trenton school district has nearly two dozen schools. we don't have an answer as to which schools have air conditioning or not.

one of the teachers at this preschool, she tells me this week's heat and humidity came to the rescue of the younger kids. i'll explain how when we see you at 5:00. cydney long, nbc 10 news. from trenton to philadelphia, summer vacation is officially over for students throughout philly. school is now back in session. with that, it's official. mayor kenney and dr. william hight helped ring the bells in mount airy to mark the start of a new school year. students were excited to begin classes again. >> amazing. it's great, because it's meeting new people. >> so excited, the philadelphia school district is made up of more than 130,000 students. philadelphia's catholic school students are also saying so long to summer. classes began here at the emac

you lat heart of mary. it's part of the archdiocese of philadelphia. the archdiocese's students returned to class today. the rest of the high schoolers go back tomorrow. >> the backpacks are looking bigger and bigger there. more than 100,000 pennsylvania college students looking at the possibility of an unscheduled break. the 14 state universities are voting whether to authorize a strike next month. they're casting ballots this week and next. they've been working without a contract since june of last year. classes set to begin monday and administrators say they will start on time. we have new details concerning the now defunct itt technical institute community college in philadelphia today. they reached out to students in a post on facebook. it is inviting them to contact ccp about enrolling in the classes this fall.

itt technical institute announced yesterday it is shutting down all 130 of its u.s. campuses. seven of those campuses were in pennsylvania. out with the old and in with the new. governor chris christie wants to attract more private businesses to downtown trenton. christie explained how the project would work today. it includes constructing a new seven-story building on john fitch way and south warren street and a five-story building will go up to make room. several state buildings will be torn down. >> we're committed to try to make our capital city better tomorrow than it is today. and i'm relieved and happy that we finally have the leadership at the city level that we can count on to do those things in an honest, fair way. >> christie said the move will create more jobs and attract new residents and visitors. an explosion injured a worker outside a school this morning. the worker was burned in the

blast while working on underground fuel tanks next to the russell swift school in egg harbor township. no one in that school was injured. new surveillance video captures the robber who hit up a northern liberty gas station. philly police say on labor day afternoon, this man went behind the counter at the luke oil station on north delaware avenue. the suspect then grabbed an employee and demanded money. he took off with cash from the register. he has a long beard and was wearing a white t-shirt, black shorts, black boots and glasses. apple is lifting the wraps on its latest products, including the iphone 7. the phone has water resistant features. also, no longer headphone jack. iphone owners will listen with wireless blue tooth headsets or ear phones that can plug into the phone's charging port. orders start this friday and will ship september 16th. the people in pennsylvania can now register to vote starting with a text message. a new service is called to vote

today. pennsylvania residents text the word p-a 28683 on your smartphone. you will get a link with direct access to the online voter registration application. wilmington city hall was a place for job seekers to be today. they were here looking for potential employees. city council organized today's job fair encouraging people to show up with resumes and a desire to work. among the employers on hand were avon, the postal service, and comcast. supporters of convicted cop killer jamal are demanding his release. they rallied in center city today. they say he's not given proper treatment for hepatitis c. he's in pris for killing a police officer back in 1981. the mayor of nazareth is stepping down five months after being charged with theft.

carl stride jr. announced his resignation in a letter to the borough council. he is charged with stealing $8,000 back in april. john stamos will complete his mayoral term through december of next year. from our south jersey bureau, the police chief of cherry hill is holding a town meeting to talk about body cameras. they recently purchased the cameras and now the public can see how they're going to be used. the meeting is at 7:00. three-time gold medalist ali raisman isn't done working for a medal just yet. >> on the ellen show today said she will be back in tokyo. she won a gold medal as part of the final five and won two individual silvers. look at her go. she told ellen she'll take a year off before she starts training for what will be her third olympic games.

>> yeah, i'm really excited. i thought i was in the best shape of my life in 2012. i was even better now. so i'm excited to see what will happen in 2020. >> her parents are going to be even more nervous. they also joined her on ellen today. they've become stars in their own right for how nervous they get when their daughter competes. a local olympian returned to the place where she began her playing days. she was a member of the u.s. field hockey team. she spoke to students in wilmington today. she's a 2008 graduate of the tower hill school. she said it's always good to come back home. >> it's comforting when you come home, and things haven't really changed. but it's great to be here. and hopefully i can inspire some other athletes who might want to do this down the line. >> what about 2020. well, she says she's still on the fence about whether she's going to give it another go. tonight is night two of the miss america pageant in atlantic

city. the winner won't be crowned until sunday night. but one contestant is already making history as the first openly gay contestant since the pageant started nearly a century ago. ted greenburg is live in atlantic city with more on that contestant's personal story. ted? >> reporter: jackie, her name is erin o'flaherty, representing the state of missouri here. she is being embraced by both the pageant and her fellow contestants. >> i am very proud. >> reporter: erin said all the attention she's getting at the mid america pageant is personally overwhelming. >> i'm happy to stand here as a representative for the lgbt community. so proud of what this represents for our community and breaking the feeling. >> reporter: o'flaherty, miss missouri, 2016, is the first openly lesbian contestant in a national pageant's 95-year history. >> i do recognize that i have a responsibility to -- for the

lgbt to be visible in this capacity. i'm just trying to take that on and understand that this is bigger than me. and this can help so many other people than me. >> reporter: at nearly 24 years old, she came out when she was 18. >> i don't know if it's actually hit me yet. every day i receive messages at the end of the day when i have a chance to look at my phone and they're all just thanking me and encouraging me and being so supportive of me. miss america is no longer a cookie cutter person. she represents so much more. it's such a melting pot. it's awesome we have someone willing to speak out for the lgbt community. >> reporter: a new miss america will be crowned sunday night in atlantic city. leaders in the local lgbt community are ecstatic o'flaherty is among those competing. >> i think it's wonder if will for her. it shows a lot about her character. and of course, we hope she wins. >> i'm happy to do it for the lgbt community. but i'm just erin and i still live my life. we'll see what happens.

>> reporter: o'flaherty's platform is suicide prevention after having lost a close friend to suicide when she was just 13. live in atlantic city, i'm ted greenburg, nbc 10 news. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> pretty warm day at the shore. but it's even hotter inland. close to 90 degrees in philadelphia. the p.a. suburbs. 87 in much of new jersey. 92 degrees in parts of delaware. we'll show you how warm it is at the shore. the ocean temperature 73 degrees. 89 in ventnor. only 78 in holgate. long beach island. we continue to get a flow around hermine that is still affecting that. woodbine is up to 89. stone harbor 83. cape may point 81 degrees. it's going to be a good place to be the next few days, because it's going to be mighty hot. especially that hermine is going

to be moving out. it's starting to lose its grip here. you can see the showers that were in coastal new jersey, moving out. we have another heat wave on the way. we've got humidity coming with it. today around 90, feeling like 92. tomorrow, 95, feeling like 102. not quite as hot on friday. but then we could get even hotter on saturday, going up for 96 degrees for the predicted high. and that would close in on a record here in philadelphia. thursday's record, 96. predicted 95. friday's record 94. saturday's record 97. right now we just happening to be predicting within one degree of record for all three days. eight days of 90-plus, in may and june. 16 days in july. 17 days in august.

41 days of 90-plus. last year we only had 36 for the whole season. and the record, 55, the latest 90 in philly's history, october the 7th. so we're not necessarily done with the 90s even after this week. feeling like 101 in packer park tomorrow. 98 in newtown. 1000 in upper makefield. 98 degrees. not quite as hot or humid at the shore. there's harringtonton again, feeling like 105, parts of delaware really get the hottest out of this. but there's the hot weather on saturday. really hot, really humid. but we get a break on sunday. the temperature down about ten degrees. the humidity down quite a bit. so if you want more comfort, sunday's the day. just so happens there's some football being played. now, this is still warm for

football. but if that game was being played on saturday, it would really be difficult. at the least. 95 thursday. there's the 90s through saturday. then the 86 on sunday. look how basically dry. could be an isolated shower, but it's mostly dry for the next week, or more. then we start getting more comfortable monday. warm up again toward wednesday. and then we get a whole lot cooler toward the end of next week. >> we are not finished with the heat just yet, are we. >> no, we're not. summer actually goes to september 22nd. we have two weeks left officially speaking. >> devils in the detail. i don't mind it actually. bring it on. a home at the franklin institute for more than 80 years. >> but now a big piece of history has been taken apart piece by piece.

still ahead, on nbc 10 flus at 4:00, why the world's first stainless steel airplane is moving outside philadelphia. also, thousands of dollars worth of memories missing after a family's birthday party for their daughter. how "nbc 10 responds" to sort out the situation after the family ran into a dead-end with the business. plus, how a trump supporter is literally shocking his neighbors with the campaign signs in his yard. first, here's a look at the closing bell on wall street. the nasdaq posting a four-day winning streak.

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the u.s. open. caroline swats an autographed ball into the stands after a win. she makes a great one-handed grab. a terrific catch. she knows it. and now she has an incredible souvenir to take home. >> nice. in delaware, making a difference for kids in tough spots. the annual two-day radiothon is under way at the hospital for children in wilmington. stations from around the region are all broadcasting from the hospital's new atrium, raising money for research to give children a happier hospital stay. a donald trump supporter in washington state is fighting back against thieves. >> he was so shocked how quickly his trump signs were disappearing, he decided to give the culprits a shock of their

own. his security system captured people stealing his trump signs, so now he's wired the signs to an electric fence unit. it will give a zap to anyone grabbing those signs. >> it's my property. it's over three feet off the sidewalk. if the parents did the job they should have been, i wouldn't have to be taking care of it now. >> police say as long as gillbright isn't injuring anyone, he has the right to protect his property. getting serious out there. you know the saying, a picture is worth a thousand words. >> for one family, the missing pictures from their daughter's birthday party were worth thousands of dollars. we'll explain how "nbc 10 responds" steps in to get back the money and the memories for the family. citizens bank park, it's going to be rocking tonight. nbc 10's in south philadelphia, as fans get ready for the boss. and it's going to be a hot one out there. >> yeah, pretty warm. the first week back to school for many. still feels like summer. i'm tracking the september scorcher and just how high the

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that was beautiful, special moment for us. >> reporter: but long after the celebration ended, the pictures and video have still not arrived. >> calling them, texting them a lot of times. it's been three years. >> reporter: you heard right, this has been going on for three years. she reached out to employees of the company numerous times and was told she would receive the images, but never did. >> i feel mad. and disappointed. >> reporter: then she called "nbc 10 responds." we contacted the former executive director of the company who told us the firm closed down in 2013, after the event. but he told us he'd look for her images and video in the company's archives. a few days later he found them. we gave her the good news in person. >> we spent a lot of money. all my family helped. i'm happy. >> consumer experts recommend using a credit card instead of a check or debit card for these types of payments.

that way you can dispute the charge if the service was incomplete. our "nbc 10 responds" and telemundo responds is now at 108, 902. >> she's now 18 now. >> we were just aghast, three years, how long she waited. and brought her to tears to get them finally. >> sure did. >> if you have a consumer complaint, reach out to us, the website, the phone numbers, there they are. right on your screen right now. breaking news right now. let's go to nbc 10's keith jones in our breaking news center. keith, you have your eyes on a fire in south carolina. what can you tell us? >> reporter: the fire is at a business that makes wooden pallets. this is live from that scene. the fire burning. in spartanburg county, just outside of greenville, started

around 3:00 this afternoon. you can see it is still burning, smoke billowing high into the sky. no one is hurt. we are going to continue to monitor this fire, though, as it continues to burn there in south carolina. so stay with us for updates on this breaking news situation. live in the breaking news center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> the heat is not keeping people from getting out and about in center city today. no, they're enjoying it. walnut street right near the schuylkill river trail, a little skateboarding. looking live down the shore in cape may. we're past the holiday so not nearly as crowded as it was a few days ago, but still some umbrellas out there. we have a couple of weeks left before summer officially ends. so the beach days and picnics don't have to be over just yet. >> let's go. chief glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here tracking what is another heat wave. >> we haven't officially hit 90

yet, but we've been 89 degrees three hours in a row. i would think in between hours, at least one of those hours we've hit 90 degrees. we'll get the official word at about 5:30. it has been in the 90s. wilmington at 92 degrees. 88 degrees in allentown. 86 in vineland. 85 in atlantic city. and the feels-like temperatures just a little bit higher in some areas. the humidity creeping up, compared to the way it was yesterday. dover, their humid as usual is a good bit higher than the rest of the area. you can see hermine's just still spinning out there. but it continues to weaken, continues to get smaller. and now starting to move back out into the ocean. so we're not seeing the cloud cover and the showers right along the jersey shore that we were last night, and even into this morning, as you can see, that's starting to spin offshore.

the 90s, yeah, returning. we were 88 yesterday. around 90 today. 95 tomorrow. 93 friday. 96 saturday. all three of those days very close to record levels for this time of the year. as we go through the evening, of course, it's a warm evening. the humidity going back up. so it's not going to drop very much, into the 70s in philadelphia, and into the 60s in some of the suburbs. we'll see how long the heat lasts in a few minutes. >> all right, glenn. the boss is back in town. we're not talking about glenn. >> no, the other one. >> bruce springsteen performing tond in philadelphia. >> one of two big concerts in our area. yeah, that boss right there. and the e street band at the wells fargo center. back in february. weather much nicer now so

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just four days to go until the eagles open up their season at the linc against the browns. >> big question is, will they be ready, jackie? what do you think. >> yeah. >> yeah, they will, probably so. >> amy? >> yeah, a bit of a curveball a week bch the season opener. carson wentz said he's ready to go. he put in a full work day today. john clark has more on wentz as he prepares to make his regular season debut. >> reporter: carson wentz will become the first eagles rookie quarterback to start a season opener in 77 years. and it is a crash course for carson this week. here he is at his second practice this week with the

first team offense. he did not practice with the first team offense all summer. carson says his family will be coming in for his nfl debut, and he can't wait to play at the linc in front of eagles fans. >> i'm excited to play my first nfl game. to get in front of these fans that are so hungry for wins, and seeing these fans, the passion they have, i'm excited to get out there in front of them. i know they'll bring the juice. i know that. >> reporter: carson says he will not be too nervous for this moment. the stage will not bother him. and he says pressure has never really affected him. at the nova care complex, john clark, csn. >> thanks, john. we'll have more on wentz. he'll talk about his confidence level coming into the opener on sunday at 5:45. >> nbc 10, also your official eagles station. join us for a full hour of

eagles coverage that starts at 9:30 in the morning sunday. we'll have an exclusive interview with carson wentz and we'll break down all the action after the game. a new nfl season gets under way tomorrow night. catch all the action right here on nbc 10. a super bowl rematch between the panthers and broncos. coverage starts at 7:30. love that music. football season is here. but the temperatures are not like football season. we don't want to be playing games in numbers like this. 89 degrees in philadelphia. it's 87 in much of new jersey. this picture was totally overcast yesterday and raining at this time. now it's nice and sunny, nice and sunny in much of delaware, too. and we've got at least a couple of spots that have hit 90 degrees. greenville at 90. marshallton 90 degrees. middle town is 88 degrees.

and as we head closer to the beaches, it's still pretty warm. but it's only 79 in bethany beach. 85 degrees in rehoboth and in lewis, delaware. it's going to get hotter. and that's hermine moving offshore. so those clouds are not in abseeken or any other place at the shore right now. and that will be the end of any clouds related to hermine. the temperatures are going to keep going up. near 90 degrees today. now, the average high this time of the year is only 81. and temperatures near record levels, thursday, friday and saturday. but beyond that, it's just going to feel even hotter. feels about 90 right now. tomorrow this time, feeling like 100. 101 in sweets boro. yeah, that's going to be one

really hot day. and perhaps getting even higher than that 100 that you saw. and then as we go to friday, it's not quite as hot. not quite as humid. but that's only a temporary trend. 99, it's high enough in wilmington, the way it's going to feel. 89 in allentown. it goes way back up as we go into saturday. here's what to expect for the rest of the night. we've got mostly clear skies. the temperatures not going down as much as they did last night, because the humidity is up. so by tomorrow morning it's 64 in allentown. but we've got 70 degrees in trenton and atlantic city. by noon, we're already 88 degrees in philadelphia. we're getting a sea breeze in atlantic city there, only 78. by 5:00, in the 90s across much of the area except right at the jersey shore.

the temperatures over the next several days, in allentown, you can see, again, 93 on saturday. look at that drop on sunday. wildwood, actually goes down, much more comfortable. philadelphia, see that drop saturday to sunday. dover, the drop 91 to 86. and good thing. we're going to be seeing a drop on sunday. because this is warming up for football weather. 86 degrees. and low humidity. so it's not going to be as uncomfortable, nowhere near as uncomfortable as it will be on saturday. any college games played on saturday, unless it's at the shore, where the temperatures are down, it's going to be very, very hot for football. >> i know. they wear all those pads. but they've been practicing in all this weather, too. >> that's true. at least sometimes.

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getting out of class. on defense, donald trump stops in philadelphia to talk about his plans for the military. going unplugged. apple lovers can soon get a new iphone, but one very important feature will be missing. how hot is too hot. that's the question a lot of parents are asking in south jersey. >> students from trenton left class early because of the heat. that will continue every day this week. first alert meteorologist cristal klei will tell us more. >> cydney, these early dismissals can have a real impact on families. >> reporter: denise, you and i both know, many moms and dads who are counting on that routine of a brand-new school year, they had to suddenly and dramatically change their day today to accommodate the youngest of students. shortly before the hot sun rose

this morning -- >> last minute. >> reporter: trenton father of four learned the first, second and third day of school would be half days. to blame? mother nature. as the heat and extreme humidity make a comeback just in time for the new school year. does this put a major kink in your schedule? >> yeah, it does. i'm a barber. so today i had to cancel all my clients from 11:00 to 2:00 in the afternoon. >> reporter: he's now on pickup patrol at three schools where we found tiny traffic jams. >> i have to get my daughter from here. rush home, wait for my son to get off from the bus. then i have to go get my oldest one. >> reporter: at a time when families are shelling out uniform and school supply money, hitting them square in the pocketbook. >> my wife stayed at work. >> i got off work today. it wasn't inconvenient. >> reporter: but this mom going to school works two jobs and has four kids will have to enlist her support system the rest of the