. >>> new at 6:00, no new trial for the lehigh university graduate who sued the school over a grade. yesterday the pennsylvania supreme court sided with a northampton county judge who rejected giving the new trial. megan had sued lehigh university and her coordinator over a c plus grade she got in a course because of her views on marriage. >>> it's the first time this bug has been seen here in the u.s. a new invasive species that threatens fruit farmers and vineyards is spreading in berks conte. farmers are inspecting their trees and plants for the hungry spotted lantern fly. the bug is native to china and korea. recently it has popped up here. it is known to feast on fruit trees and grapes and could threaten the local produce and wine industries. five townships have been put under an agricultural quarantine. >> go to the limbs to see if it's on the smooth bark or crevices. it's an insect with bright colors, so it should stand out. >> state officials hope to stop this fly before it infects neighboring areas. >>> well, it was really blowing out there this afternoon. we had peak wind g

. >> a former lehigh university student sued over getting a c and we'll see ft. judge aif they deserved that grade. >> remains of a ship wreck dating back to 1850 have been discovered on ocean county beach. we'll take you there at 10:45. >> next this man's parents turn him over to police. >> next this man's parents turn him over to police. the disgusting things he's and here's a look now at the big stories we're following on "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> a vigil was held this morning to remember two people's whose lives were tragic by taken. scottie mcmillan store toured and beaten and his mom and live in boyfriend charged with that crimech the da will seek the death penalty. >> at the same vigil 31-year-old jacinda miller was shot by her boyfriend as she arrived to work at the brandywine ymca and then he turned the gun on himself. >> delvin barnes is on suicide watch. accused of kidnapping carlesha freeland gamer holding her for three days before a task team rescued her. barnes is in virginia jail where he's accused of kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old from

an msnbc contributor and director of africana studieÑ and associate professor of english at lehigh university also ari melber, who is a co-host of "the cycle" and who has been helming most of our coverage this evening, who is a man not exhausted, i take it? >> still going. >> still going. okay. excellent. but let's talk about the reaction both of you having witnessed that press conference that just took place. and james, let me start with you. the authenticity of the language that's being used by two men who are not only professionally drained but personally sxem oceanly drained by what they're seeing out of their community. >> yeah. they're fatigued. you can see the night didn't go the way they wanted it to go. obviously, chief belmar seems very upset about the proceedings as well as captain johnson. but i just think we need to be very, very clear here that the fracturing and fragmenting of this community is not just about the burning buildings and the businesses that are lost. the fragmenting and fracturing of this community is about the grand jury decision that was delivered tonight. if yo

ferguson state of race relations here in the united states we're joined by james peterson from lehigh university he is here in studio and by ta-nehisi coates of the atlantic joins us from new york. let me ask you, the president of the naacp was leading this march has compared it to the 1965 selma to montgomery march. will there be change? >> i think ultimately we have to remain hopeful about having some change around some of the things that mr. crump was talking about. maybe this body camera law, maybe some progress, revising, rethinking the grand jury process might be useful around these kind of cases. but i don't want to compare what's going on now to the civil rights movement. the civil rights movement was its own awesome history and impact on american society. sometimes we get so caught up in what the movement was that it obscures our capacity to understand the work that we have to do now. what is going on now across this nation, young people, people from all different backgrounds who are organizing peacefully and protesting peacefully around these particular issues there has to be certain s

. >>> a lehigh university professor who was supposed to be conducting research for nasa has been charged with defrauding the agency. he is accused of wire fraud. federal investigators say he created a fake business to apply for grant from nasa and pocketed the money. court documents show he requested $600,000 for one project alone. ding said he had demo involvement with the company, but a criminal complaint shows the only office is in his home in center valley. >> the eagles are ready to take on the carl thrien in -- carolia panthers, and hope to remain in first place with mark sanchez in as quarterback. the eagles and chip kelly take on the panthers they say they are not worried. sanchez started for the jets and had the most turnovers by the way. coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. with our pregame show countdown to kickoff. the eagles/panthers kick it off at 8:30. the holiday will be brighter for thousands troops overseas thanks to operation taste at home. we caught up with volunteers filling up wawa coffee and beef jerky and around written note from customers. the goal is to donate five thou

. >> a lehigh university professor is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from nasa. business to apply for grants from nasa and pocketed the money. he requested $600,000 for one project alone, but didn't do any work. he said he has no involvement with the company, but the criminal complaint shows the only office is in ding's home in center valley. >> two witnesses join forces to rescue a police officer from a burning car, the fiery wreck as you see caught on video. ♪ there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru. or was it that tree? (man) introducing the all-new subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> breaking right now, three people end up in the hospital after sickened in their home by carbon monoxide. the hospital a child is one of the victims. we're live at the scene. >> a car goes so far off the road it lands on the second floor of the home in delaware. we're hearing from the people who were inside when it happened

i mean, lehigh university changed from the engineer to the mountain hawk? keep it the engineers. like this kind of p.c., you know, maneuvering around. >> what would they change it to? volunteers would be the men's team. would you say the women's -- do we want women's instead of -- >> they don't want any differentiation. >> kennedy wanted it the volunteer babes. >> that's not gender specific. >> what i said is i hope oregon university doesn't force the team mascot name change. >> aha. what would it be? >> they're the beavers. i don't want them to change because -- you know, it's a college in pennsylvania. >> oh, boy. >> i see. so look. >> i'm a big fan of the pac four. >> it would be one thing if the lady athletes felt offended and the argument is that the male teams, it's solely the name volunteer and if a lady is an at legality, they have ton a lady volunteer. but if they aren't asking for this, why is the newspaper deciding this? >> it's a good question. everybody relax. i'm talking about these people. >> i digress. how do you differentiate? do you say of the -- you don't say w

we found lehigh university that their campus cash cards could be used to pay for tanning. clean bill of house for university of pennsylvania, temple and drexel. we did not find tapping on campus and any evidence the cash cards could be used to pay pour tanning that was good news. >> that's great news. your final thoughts on this what do you want view others to take away from this. >> i'm hoping parents are aware of the trend and this the their children who are students may have access to tanning and may be even paying for it with campus cash cards. it's something to look into when looking for khej colleges for young teenager this is the year we're doing that and to be sure that they don't have access to things that are not safe for them and not healthy and could increase their risk for cancer. >> your research helps us open our mind and eyes and be aware of these things, thank you so much for that. >> thank you. >> let us nose what you think campus cash cards for tanning sounds crazy to me. give us your opinion. use our #fox29weekend29weekend. >> major changes taking to the

joining me now, james peterson director of africana studies at lehigh university. clearly, there's a sense what happened in ferguson is spreading across the country. there's solidarity there. how do you harness that energy in a positive way? >> i think, one, we have to acknowledge why it's spread nationally. the reason why, this is not just the ferguson problem, this say problem we're seeing all over the place. there's a community in cleveland in angst around the shooting death of a 12-year-old. we still have the new york community with eric gardner. the communities around john crawford. there are people all over who are wrestling with these unjustified and these sort of shooting of unarmed young young people in cities all over the nation. that's why you can see people across the nation sort of stepping up. i think the way we channel it. the way we use it to focus on issues at hand is making sure we understand what the issues are. there are few things to consider here. number one, we need a serious overhaul of policing strategies and tacktics when it comes to peopl

. >>> go lehigh university!0th birthday today. >> georgia peach turning 35 in new york city. >> i turn 16 today! >> whoo! >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome back to "today." we have a great, boisterous crowd out here on the plaza. >> wow! >> savannah guthrie, tamron hall and al roker. >> i love how you're keeping your composure with this crowd. >> i know. >> lehigh and lafayette this weekend and they are fired up, ready to go. as are willie and carson. they're about to get their testicular exams live on the air, part of our campaign to raise awareness for men's health. >> early detection, 95% cure rate. >> and we're tremendously proud of them and the awareness. it's really touched home. a lot of the tweets and facebook posts you've sent to us from home touch on this as well. >>> let's get a check of the top stories. natalie is over at the news desk. >> good morning to you once again. republicans in congress are pushing back hard against president obama's immigration reform detailed in a speech thursday nigh

lehigh. the victim was hit at 8:00. medics drove him to temple university hospital. there's no word on his condition. so far police have not said if the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene. >>> an alter outside a philadelphia night -- an argument outside a philadelphia nightclub led to shooting. police say a 28-year-old man was security guards were arguing when the man pulled out a gun and fired. the guard fired back as the man drove off hitting him in the shoulder an hands. police say a bullet struck the car and caused the suspect to breakdown on the ramp of i-95 north. police found him walking on the road and took him to jefferson hospital in stable condition. >> the search is on for a gunman who shot a temple student during a robbery. "action news" was there as he left temple university hospital. he declined to talk to us, but it was was in good spirits. he was standings outside a party with a friend when a gunman approached him and demanded money. the student was shot in the leg when he lunged at the gunman. >> i thought i heard gun shots, it was like oh,

now, this is i-78 at lehigh street in allentown where sleet could mix with the rain. here's 76 at universityvenue in philadelphia where the roads are still wet tonight. the roads are also slick in new jersey here at route 70 in haddonfield road in cherry hill. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is live along the pennsylvania turnpike in chester county. you checked with local road crews about the morning. >> reporter: while we may not get snow, penndot says we should take it go easy on the roads. we will get a significant amount of rain and further north could see sleet and wintry mix and people across the area are preparing for the next few weeks as winter starts to get real. on roads and highways, it was mostly rain tonight with a few patches of sleet and ice. on the off chance this turns to snow, you will see some penndot drivers roving around just in case. >> we will have some trucks out overnight. probably a third of our complement, if that. and treat any areas that ice up. >> reporter: penndot says the storm is just practice and don't expect real problems but they are prepping for the big one, e

university hospital, in camden tonight, ken, "channel 6 action news." sarah. >> kenneth, thank you. >> state police need your help trying to find a woman from lehigh county missing since friday. this is 33-year-old jessica pagat of whitehall township last seen leaving northampton day car care where she works. she was supposed to return a short time later. her car is recovered and pagat has not been seen since. if you have any information about this case place contact pennsylvania state police. >> we have update to a story we brought you at 6. investigators say a woman found dead near a warehouse on columbus boulevard may not have been murdered after allch the woman was found naked with a homeless man sleeping nearby. and investigators have deemed her death suspicious but it turns out she was not stabbed as previously thought. the woman's identity has not been established yet as police continue to piece together exactly what happened. >> an elderly couple was tied up and robed in their home. the neighbor, who does not want to be identified. saw the men breaking into the neighbor's home. she called 911. but the men managed to geted in through a window. they tied u