It was a natural fit for me to come here. Where is Howard University located . At the Nations Capital in washington, d. C. On georgia avenue. I like to point that out because i think of georgia and florida as the center of the city. You get a little bit of everything on that very corner and i think it represents exactly the cosmopolitan of Howard University right now. How many students are there . About 10,000 students, about 6500 in undergrad and the rest in our graduate programs. What was the original creation of howard based on . You know, there was a charter back on march 2, 1867 which was founded by ten men to put forward and that charter really spoke to giving opportunity to those who otherwise would not have an opportunity. Howard has a hospital on its campus which was known as freedmans hospital and that was back five years before the university. The concept was to allow freed slaves an opportunity to get medical care as they moved from the south to the north but also as the un
Lets go over to meteorologist david murphy with accuweather. Reporter good morning, matt and tam, were expecting a fair amount of sunshine off the coast later this morning with just a little bit of cloud cover gathering to the west of us. 58 degrees in philadelphia. Up in allentown, 47 right now. 49 in trenton. 53 in wilmington. 350 in millville. 62 in sea isle city. These numbers will drop a couple of degrees before they start to turn around. As we heading out to catch the school bus or heading out to do whatever year going to do. 56 by 6 00 a. M. , 8 00 a. M. , 60 degrees. Noon, 72. 3 00 p. M. , 75. A high of 76 around 3 30 or 4 00. Still in the low 70s by 6 00 p. M. We have a shot of rain in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast and were still looking for the warmup over the weekend, tam, details coming up. Thank you, david. Happening today, hundreds of people will come out to pay their final respects to a Pennsylvania State trooper who was ambushed and killed. Corporal brian
Spree. It happened saturday night. Police used this sketch to track down the suspect. Hes a 15yearold and is now locked up in juvenile hall. This is Surveillance Video of carjackers outside the store, and police say he shot him to death when he tried to drive away. He was remembered yesterday during a Memorial Service in campbell. He was a great kid, practical jokers. Two in a related story, the first Public Meeting in the search of a new police chief. The current chief plans to retire the end of january. While the search is already underway, officials want input about what qualities they should be looking for in the new chief. The first meeting is at 6 30 tomorrow night. What does this south bay city need from its new top cop . Were going to talk to council members. Hell join us at 8 30 here on Eyewitness News this morning. New this morning, a woman who was walking on highway 101 is dead. Theyre trying to figure out why she was walking on the highway. She was hit and killed on 101 nor
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