lehigh university plans to use its share for scholarships, while the long delayed museum will use it on exhibits and operating costs. >>> next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, a world war ii mystery when this flag washes ashore on the jersey shore. >> i haven't heard from you in a while and thought maybe you forgot about me. >> a local mother shames her son, a freshman in college, and it becomes a viral hit. tonight we caught up with the mom before she appears on the "today" show tomorrow. glenn? >> well, our week of summer-like weather is coming to an end. we'll talk about the changes coming with our first alert forecast next. we work weekends here. because it works for our patients. here, at cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, we give our patients the freedom to make appointments that fit their schedules, even on weekends. because we believe in being here when our patients need us, so they can keep living their busy lives. weekend appointments are now available here. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> a mystery washes ashore along the jersey

later this morning, students at lehigh university will be putting flags across their campus this morningthe second year this school has done that. we're right back. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley.ç >>> 20 minutes before 6:00. the heavy rain is done. still a few sprinkles in the area. we're starting to dry out northeast philadelphia is at 69 degrees. humidity is elevated this morning. it will be coming down as the day goes on. we'll see sunshine. just a few scattered showers in central new jersey and at the shore. they're pushing offshore atlantic city one more just light rain shower coming into the atlantic city area in the next half hour. during the day, we'll see more and more sunshine. 70s for the pocono mountains. in the 80s, low 80s for allentown, reading and quakertown. partly sunny skies for doylestown, trenton and mt. holly. at the shore, the clouds break to warm rehoboth, 80 degrees, 83 for cape may and atlantic city. a nice summer day today. a warm afternoon with clouds breaking, 85 in philadelphia, 84 for wilmington and williamstown. dr

for the second year in a row, lehigh university students planted nearly 3,000 small flags early this morning, one for each life lost that day 14 years ago. the display stretches across the lawn at the center of campus and will be removed at 7:00 p.m. >>> a september 11th ceremony included a tip of the cap to a wounded delaware county police officer. county officials recognized ridley park police officer mark hanley as they mark the 9/11 anniversary in media. officer hanley is still on the mend after being shot late last month. authorities say hanley and his partner were trying to convince a suicidal man to surrender when that man opened fire. officer hanley was shot in the chest and leg. he credits his bulletproof vest with saving his life. today, he received the district attorney's order of merit for heroism. >> the order of merit can be awarded for heroism and bravery and it represents the highest recognition of valor awarded by the district attorney's office. >> the police officers who rescued officer hanley after he was shot were also recognized at today's ceremony. >>> the city

, let me bring in james peterson, an msnbc contributor and director of african na studies at lehigh university to bring back stop and frisk despite the pushback saying that, you know, was everything right about that program? >> there's so much wrong with what governor christie is saying here. and i can't help but think that this needs to just be situated within the context of governor christie running for president of the united states in a trump moment when he's got to outflank everybody and move to the right. what we know about stop and frisk, not about throwing out the baby with the bath water, stop and frisk was the bad bath water and the bad baby, right? the policy is wrong. the data on that shows us that almost nine out of ten people who were stopped and frisked were people of color. this sort of attrition rate, what they yielded from that, the percentages were so low, it smacks of discriminatory practices. there's no way or no data that suts that the correlation between stop and frisk and the actual crime in the city makes sense whatsoever. he's literally speaking politics here. he's no

lehigh university is in 47th place with a tie with penn state in happy valley. in new brunswick 72. university of delaware coming in on this list as 75th. directsle -- drexel 99th. widener 187th. all of our pioneering four wheel drive experience. come together in one amazing new vehicle. this is the all-new gle coupe. a mercedes-benz suv with the heart and soul of a race car. big board with big talkers. good news when it comes to our environment on how we fuel our cars. researchers have discovered a new method of harnessing solar energy. it's to harvest raw energy and certain metals when still lated by sunlight. they are using lasers to determine which materials form the best. >> all energy we need is the solar energy without burning fossil fuel. >> reporter: we are making a big step forward with the solar panels, but the currents methods being used are too costly. >>> a refreshing hands off to collect money for students in a cheeky kind of way. a letter from a pta middle school going viral. 15-dollar donation option reads i do not want to bake, so here's the mon

closed down an area in front of episcopal hospital temple university campus after a suspicious pack and was found at the main entrance this is at lehighnd 8th. they have roped off the main entrance. security guards found a suspicious brown bag with writing on it at the main entrance around 7:00 a.m. police were called in they have secured the area and waiting for the bomb squad to arrive. the parking lot has been closed. however, the hospital has not been evacuated, there's no word that any evacuation from the hospital will happen. most service at this particular hospital are on outpatient basis. police have closed down the area afternoon episcopal hospital. >>> let's turn to chris sowers outside with details on possible storms raining on our parade this weekend. >> reporter: korea, a little bit of shower and thunderstorm act act -- activity possible. it is really, really sticky with dewpoints into the 60s already at this point. so thool help to trigger -- so that will help to trigger the showers arena thunderstorms. fleetwood, 59. it's a shame, otherwise the temperatures are nice and cool. it doesn't feel as refreshing as it normally

university camera looking south at center city from north philadelphia and everything is in pretty good shape. 62 degrees in philadelphia currently. 49 degrees in allentown. if you're waking up in the lehigh you're a little bit cooler up there this morning. 53 in reading, 56 in trenton, 58 in wilmington, 60 in millville. there's a little bit of a breeze dropping down out of the east-northeast running around 10 miles per hour and once the sun gets up over the horizon your winds are going to be about 10 -- well, six to 12, maybe 15 miles per hour today. so, a little bit on the breezy side but lots of sun on the way as you can see cloud cover overnight receding and heading off the coast. southern delaware still has a little bit more of that. up in the lehigh valley today, mostly sunny skies, pleasant with a high of 79 degrees. down the shore, we're going to go for mostly sunny and pleasant conditions with a high of 75 degrees on the boardwalk in case are you taking a stroll. and in philadelphia we're going for a warm high today of 80 degrees. the world meeting of families officially starting yesterday. i know we've got a lot of pilgrims in town and today especially as we get past about nine