craig: i m glad it happened before tonight. geoff: you re not kidding. craig: this one they can t all win the peabody. in fact, as it turns out, only one of them can win the peabody. so there you go. i beg your pardon? geoff: craig: you don t even have lungs. how can you do that? geoff: i ll show you after the show. craig: good night, everybody. this is 9news now. shock and mystery surrounding a jaw-dropping announcement made by howard university officials today. athletic administrators say they have imposed a penalty on themselves as they investigate possible ncaa rules violation. but they aren t saying much else. our ken molestina has been following this. reporter: the headline has stunned this howard university campus. the howard community and quite frankly college sports throughout the country. but tonight university officials are refusing to elaborate on what exactly is behind the self-imposed penalty. confusion and awe struck on howard university s campus. a
its doors. arlington, al alexandria, and manassas. saying it was forced to close its doors and students studying for careers in healthcare are left with their academic future in limbo. kristin fisher is at their manassas campus where students and staff are accusing administrators of mismanagement, defeat, and corruption. kristen. that s right. the truth of the matter is, most people here simply don t know what to think. they came here for answers, but nobody with the school is inside and in fact, a lot of the folks that are still sitting on these steps have been out here all day long. they want to know what s going to happen to the tuition that they have already paid. what s going to happen to the credits that they have already earned. will they transfer? so far, they have gotten zero answers. we were seven weeks away from accomplishing a 20 month program, sacrificing time, relationships, money, jobs, you name it, and yesterday that all was brought to an abrupt stop. de
2012, maryland, wisconsin and the district will hold their primaries tomorrow and that means 95 delegates are up for grabs heading toward that republican convention. danielle nottingham has more on that story. reporter: mitt romney is reaching out for every last vote in wisconsin. thank you, please. reporter: he s hoping to get a boost from popular congressman paul ryan. we have an opportunity to give good wisconsin hospitality to this gentleman on my right shoulder of. reporter: rick santorum enjoyed some famous wisconsin cheddar and he worked to get the cheesehead vote in appleton. if we can get a good vote out of wisconsin, a loud confident vote from conservatives, then we can go into this race and win this. i m rick santorum and i approve this message. reporter: santorum launched a new ad that appears to criticize president obama on healthcare, but is actually an attack on romney. what if i told you the man i m talking about isn t him? it s him. report
last chance to prove it. president obama s team is already getting ready to take on mitt romney. on face the nation sunday vice president joe biden called romney out of touch with the average american. monday romney responded. well, my guess is i get a chance to be with a lot more average americans every day than he does. reporter: romney s counting on wins in all three of tuesday s contests to bring him closer to the magic number of delegates needed to lock in the republican nomination. even though newt gingrich trimmed down his campaign staff and cut back on travel to save money, he campaigned monday in maryland ahead of tuesday s round of primaries. at the white house danielle nottingham, now back to you. in an editorial the washington post is urging d.c. voters to clean house beginning with tomorrow s d.c. council democratic primary. the powe says in couple post says marion barry and yvette alexander and vincent orange should be sent home. their challengers face a
we love you. reporter: that sentiment was shared by the players. we always want to play for him. i hope he s doing okay. reporter: in less than a week, the winning coach has gone from glory to trying to shield himself from prying cameras. still, people rallied outside his ohm after the game. as penn state investigates the child sex allegations, university officials say they made the right decision not to cancel the game all together, but the scandal was definitely on the minds of fans. as promised, the crowd wore blue, the color associated with child abuse prevention. it s about the kids. that s what we need to focus on. reporter: the capacity crowd was more low-key than normal, fans say. this is a penn state grad and so are his father and daughter. they re cautious not to rush to judgment, but he cites the school s motto. may no act of ours bring shame. reporter: in the end there was extra security, but no trouble. just a tightknit community coming together.