noose found hanging in center city. the second time a noose has turned up recently in philadelphia and a a civil rights group calling it part of a hateful national trend. good evening, i'm jim rosenfield. >> and i'm jacqueline london. today that noose was found hanging tr a tree in graduate hospital. last week one was left on a worker's desk inside the u.s. mint. aundrea cline-thomas explains why neighbors believe these incidents should be a wakeup call. >> reporter: the noose was in this tree. it's the latest series of hateful acts causing concern. just before 10:00 this morning in a busy neighborhood of graduate hospital, a noose was found by a passer by tucked in a tree at 18th and lumbar. the woman alerted penn opinion security, who called police. >> it's a symbol of a a lot of pain and this country's history. >> reporter: detectives are canvassing the neighborhood to

not only found who put the noose but why to determine if a crime was committed. >> kids playing a joke, that's one thing. if it's someone with intentions, wement to get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: a noose was found at the mint in tld. as a result, another employee was placed on administrative leave. >> reporter: 130 hate incidents in this area already this year. an increase that's being felt across the country. >> certainly the political environment has not helped the situation in any way. >> while officers do not believe a specific individual was targeted, residents say this should be another wakeup call. >> philadelphia is a city of brotherly love. and clearly that's not happening right now.

>> reporter: in a statement they called this appalling saying hate has no place in the city. he urged anyone with information to call police. aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. breaking news right now, we just learned that police in newark are investigating the case of a body found on the side of a road this morning as a hit-and-run. the body found near chapel roads police say the man was walking when he was hit. before the driver took off. no word on any description of that possible car involved. we are tracking rain for your friday night plans. you can see the rain moving in on the first alert weather. we're seeing a break in the rain. it won't be a weekend washout. quite a few people out there. if you're going out in center city, you might want to take an umbrella. let's take a live look tr our

kimmel center campus camera. >> let's bring in glenn schwartz so what's the rest of the evening looking like? >> it looks like a lot of people will be experiencing a brief shower or thunderstorm. and that sets us up for a a nice weekend. it's a nice end to the day. we were saying yesterday rain in the morning. sunshine and warm in the afternoon. that's what we've got all across the area. this is ocean city. and still good bit of sunshine out there. it's going to be a nice weekend at the shore too. nothing on the radar close by, but to the west, that line of showers and thunderstorms is passed harrisburg and continues to move in our direction. these are not moving in our direction. some pretty fierce weather out there to the west. we'll take a look at this up near detroit for potentially

later on tonight or in the morning. here's the futurecast as we go into the evening. that line is come iing eastward. maybe a gusty wind and then it's gone. so take the rain gear for tonight. let you know if you'll need it for the weekend, coming pup. it's friday night. that means party time on south street. >> police are rolling out a new parking crackdown to stop it people from lingering outside and also causing trouble. >> parking won't be. allowed on the north side of south street between second and sixth. >> let's go live to steven fisher live along south street. show us the changes we're talking about. >> a as you mentioned, it's going to be the north side of south street. that's this side that we're standing on. check out the signs that were put up here. midnight to 3:00 a.m., you can't park on this side.

we did talk to a lot of people about this. they have had a lot of mixed reaction. >> we don't want it to be overcongested and want traffic to flow and to have public sa safety that allows vehicles to get through and keeps people moving. >> police and parking authority came up with this safety lane to prevent parking on the left side from midnight to 3:00 in the morning friday through sunday. sgl they can't get down the street and that's a safety issue. >> the popular spot any time day or night, this won't hurt his bottom line.

>> it means cars will come through, more pedestrians will be able to come through. it will allow for better crowd management. >> reporter: customers, not everyone feels that way. >> it's an issue with the parking we have. it's going to be more difficult when you only get half of that. >> reporter: she travels to south street on the weekends often. >> they just started that? >> reporter: this is enough tr her to start looking for a a new spot. >> it's getting even worse. >> in two weeks, phase two will go into effect. they are also going to end later. it's going to stay this way until the tall. they will decide this is going to be permanent. reporting live, nbc 10 news. philadelphia police are search iing tr the people who st four people with a paintball gun yesterday and were heard laughing about it. the shootings happened within minutes of each other. three people sitting on the porch of a rehab center were

hit. all the victims are transgender, but police tell us think don't think this was a hate crime. overseas, president trump and vladimir putin finally meet face to face today. during their much anticipated meeting, administration officials say president trump did push putin about russian interference in the election. the two world leaders spoke for more than two hours as they were this germany for the summit. the u.s. secretary of state says president trump opened the talk by grilling about the election hacking. but trump stopped short of threatening any punishment. both leaders say they are hoping their countries can work together in the future. >> we look forward to a lot of very positive things happening. and for everybody concerned. >> as president trump and putin and world leaders meet, thousands are protesting outside the summit.

police say more than 100 people have been hurt, dozens arrested as the demonstrations have turned violent at times. officers have used tear gas ask say protesters have been throwing items at them. stay tuned for "nbc nightly news" for the latest on the protests and on president trump's meeting with vladimir putin at 6:30 right after this newscast. governor chris christie's beach visit during the government shutdown is inspire ing a possible change in the law. you'll remember christie and his family enjoyed the beach this weekend while it was closed to everyone else. someone made a sand cattle hocking his trip. christie was using the governor's beach house. now a democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill to close that it beach house during any government shutdown. and there's another bill to let the publicen rent the governor's beach mansion. >> state-owned property, then why not have it available for others and to make some money. >> i'm picturing his house like

the white house. youen don't it out to the public. >> he's facing an ethics complaint over beachgate. the governor said he would not apologize. you have the right to record police on your cell phone. today a federal appeals court in philadelphia ruled that recording police this public is a a first amendment right and there should not be any retaliation for doing so. the court joined five other circuit courts that made that same ruling. pennsylvania state troopers are getting body cameras soon. today governor wolf announced a federal grant to fund a pilot program. the $52,000 grant will be enough for 30 cameras. the governor says the cameras will make troppers more accountable and help avoid confrontational situations. police are trying to find a a dirt bike rider who assaulted an officer. take a picture of the medicine. police need help identifying him. he assaulted an officer along ridge avenue yesterday.

up next, basketball block, why the mayor is ripping the rims off these courts in one local town. use cuss words when you have no intellect. >> joel embiid intelligence attack in a feud that keeps escalating. and i'm tracking some rain tonight, but in your weekend it's going to be mainly dry. the forecast you need to finalize plans, next.

basketball hoops ripped doin in one park. the mayor says the town did it to try to clean the area up. people have been trashing the park, driving on the grass and blasting music late at night. >> as randy gyllenhaal explains, the reck leagues who use the park want their hoops back. >> reporter: players are squeezed into this half-court after the city removed three out of the four basketball rims. >> i feel disappointed. >> with only one hoop left, it's not enough to play a full game. >> i just hope that e eventually

they put the rims back up so the kids can play full court. >> reporter: the decision came after years of noise complaints after neighbors living next dor. >> it got to a boiling point. . we have to do something to help these folks. >> he describes late night games with hundreds of people blasting loud music, illegal activity, and some riding dirt bikes. police tried to quell the crowds, wu they kept coming back. >> versus the quality of life happening with the neighborhood. >> i don't feel like what zip code you live is where you should have basketball courts. >> they are find iing a solutio keeping the noise down while still allowing kids to play. >> they are staying out of trouble. they are not on the streets. >> kids with free time on your

hands are going to do good things or bad things. you give them something to do that's positive they are going to do positive things. >> the neighbors is scheduled for this tuesday at the high school here. one possible solution is installing detachable or lockable rims that cannot be used at night. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. they are icons of america. >> and today took a stroll right through the city of beth hem. we're talking about the budweiser clydooids dales. if it you leave a a donation when you visit them, the proceeds go to some lehigh vl lee nonprofits. the fourth of july weekend came and went, but business owners at the shore hoping it's a gift that keeps on giving. . the extra long weekend drove up sales about 25% compared to previous holidays. part of the weekend will be

beautiful at the shore. this is a live look at the beach in ocean city. >> a live look at the river rink on penns landing. people enjoying a a break in the rain. sun is still out. and the phillies are hoping their game wasn't get rained on tonight. a live look at citizens bank park. but we are not in the clear for the entire evening. >> need to take some rain gear with you. wauz of this, this line of showers ask storms continues to move toward the east. and it's not going to miss. there's no reason for it to fall apart in the next couple hours. it should hit reading at 6:44.

philly just after 8:00. and trenton at around 8:30. and brief downpours, gusty winds and then the rest of the night is okay. 86 today. you can see all the sun. the sun came out. the temperature went up. 85 at the airport. but it's 89 in penns port. >> after 90 on tuesday, we went way down. 5 yesterday. 85 so far today. and 90 degrees for tomorrow. >> just getting into newark

delaware, 7:30, just outside of philly, the main line down toward wilmington. by 8:00, it's now getting into northeast philly. and into camden county. it's out of there. so maybe a half hour of heavy rain. look at the rest of the night here. more toward daybreak. and then tomorrow is locking good. it's going to be hot. somewhat humid. warm at the jersey shore. then on sunday, it's really comfo comfortable. bright sunshine, low humidity, that's about as nice a weekend day as you can get. all across area. here's the shore forecast.

it's going to be kind of hot on saturday. that's a land breeze. then a little more of a sea breeze on sunday. and again, sunday is just spectacular. saturday, warm in wildwood. not quite as warm sunday. we get enough of a land broez for the temperature to go up. the ocean is is 1 degrees now. that is pretty warm tr this time of the year. we continue to monitor the tropical depression. then latest advisory came out and expected it to totally dissipate. so good news there too. all good things for the weekend. >> thanks tr the good news.

lavar ball returns comments and does not hold. back. plus the fliers. development camp opens, next in sports.

happy friday to you. the war of words between embiid and louisiaavar ball escalated .

>> [ bleep ] lavar ball. >> that it wasn't the first time they crossed paths. he tweeted that simmons should dunk on his son. ball responded to comments today when they caught up with him. >> he got three words. because his vocabulary is limited. he's not intelligent at all. i got three words for him. can't play at all. shoot, that's four. >> what's going to. happen when you play the 76ers. >> he won't even be on the court. >> that saga continues. now to the fliers who opened up their development camp. there they are. also a chance for fans to see.

they read about up close like oscar. he was just happy to finally be be healthy. >> this is the first time in awhile i'm 100% healthy. that injury was bugging me all season. i didn't get to the top of my game at all. i knew it had to be done, i got it done three days after. i'm excited to get back on the ice. i'm looking forward to it. >> finally, we're seeing teams take their social media games to the next level all the time. the panthers may have outdone themselves. they sent out this tweet asking fans to read the first word of all their tweets from the priest three days. when you tally up the words, it adds up to the theme song to the fresh prince of bel air. check out the tweelts. phillys and padres set to start in ten minutes. smell you later.

>> now for a look at what's coming up on nbc 10 news at 11:00. >> a driver says he recorded this school bus speeding down the streets of the jersey shore. how fast e he claims it was going with students on board. that's at 11:00.

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join our sister station this weekend for the 36th annual hispanic fiesta. live spentertainment, dancing a a a beer garden. speaking of penns landing, a live look at the ferris wheel going at the blue cross river rink. folks ride iing it as the blue skies if and a few white clouds are there. >> a half hour or so of heavy rain this evening. then we're in pretty good shape for the rest of the weekend. es herbally on sunday. just ab incredibly beautiful day. monday we start heating up again. then we get kind of a stormy

period tuesday through thursday next week. >> that's our news at 6:00. i'm jim rosenfield. >> and i'm jacqueline london. up next "nbc nightly news." tonight, trump and putin, the two leaders finally come face-to-face. the president confronting putin on russia's election hacking, but both sides putting their own spin on what happened in that marathon meeting. while outside protests continue to erupt at the g-20. nuclear plants hacked. an urgent warning. hackers targeting critical u.s. facilities. could they trigger a massive blackout? air rage. a delta flight attendant assaulted in the air. passengers smashing wine bottles on the alleged attacker's head as they leapt in to help. moment of impact. what new video reveals about that fatal car crash involving tennis superstar venus williams. and perfect matches. the emotional moment when donor recipients meet those who gave them life-saving