one of the things that howard university and howard university hospital has identified was that we have a large population of at-risk drinkers, substance abuse patients, and that we wanted to find a way to try to really help our population. we didn't have enough social workers or frontline people to do it. so what we had done was put together a proposal to train our residents. and samhsa was very helpful in that and provided us with a grant to train our residents and our staff about screening, brief intervention, and referral for treatment. so when a patient comes in on whatever service... they may not have come in for an alcohol or substance abuse problem, but the results of the discussion may have been screening that patient just to see, is this person at risk? and once you have done that, you really go through a process of educating the residents and staff about how you can have open-ended questions, affirmative listening, reflective listening, that really allows a person to open up and tell you what is going on. now we know physicians and health care personnel are very busy, so the

that can you talk a little bit about what role hospitals... and you know-and we are using howard university hospital as an example-are doing or should be doing in order to engage in these efforts? i am glad you asked that question, ivette. the hospital has suicide prevention, suicide groups as well as recover... people who have recovered from post-traumatic stress disorder. so there are some groups to help and address some of these issues, but there is still a larger community that we need to get help to. the identifying and screening, not only for just substance abuse but for the mental health that jordan was talking about previously so you can identify patients a little earlier. you start seeing the patterns: this person got shot last year, now they got shot this year, they're under the age of 17 and as a trend may go... that third time may be a fatal one. so getting the family involved, getting the child protective services, getting our community involved to really try to address some of the greater issues that may be going on and not just putting the patient right back out on the street, but you

medics rushed the man to the hospital and he is expected to be okay. >>> howard university is taking some of its student-athletes off the field. the school is conducting its own investigation into possible violations of ncaa rules. we do not know how many students are involved, but teams are still playing. we can tell you that we have learned that the violations may be linked to a textbook system where student-athletes were pocketing extra money. now that's according to the "washington post." >>> we could hear today from the department of education about what's going on with a.c.t. college. all three campuses in arlington, alexandria and manassas were closed without warning yesterday. the school's president blames this on the federal government. he says the department of education refused to release funds to the college after an audit turned up some problems. >>> well, the jet blue pilot who was accused offer into fearing with a -- of interfering with flight crew won't be in court today. the judge ordered the pilot to undergo a psychiatric examination. karen brown is in dallas, texas

hospital. one of the naval aviators is listed in fair condition, the other in good condition. bruce leshan, 9news now. >>> an update now on the howard university athletics program. the student athletes who were declared ineligible to compete have now been reinstated. last friday the university announced it was going to temporarily withhold the number of student athletes from competition as a self-imposed action, part of an internal investigation of possible ncaa rules violation. as a result of today's decision all spring sports teams will compete as scheduled for the rest of the season. despite today's news howard's internal probe continues. >>> despite a maryland attorney general's opinion that says you do have the right to record police doing their jobs in public, we've got some new evidence tonight that some officers have not yet gotten that message. 9news now has uncovered an encounter with prince george's county police in college park. it happened yesterday when an officer claimed that police rights were being violated by a woman with an iphone. scott broom investigates in a story you will see only on 9. >> my neighbor's house was surroun

university is closed indefinitely, according to police chief howard jordan. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> two of the shooting victims still hospitalized in oakland.new information on one of the victims who was murdered while the gunman tried to make his getaway. katie marzullo is live at highland hospital to continue our coverage. >> reporter: we don't know the extent of the injuries of the two people still inside the hospital here. we understand they are not life-threatening. they are among a lucky three. take a look at video from outside the emergency room yesterday. you can see all of the activity most of which is police activity. officers and detectives, coming and going. seven people were killed in the shooting, six women and within man from 21 to 40 they come from india, koreaos6z, tibt and nigeria. the only man killed was a buddhist who emigrated from a town deep in the himalayan mountains he wasn't to school during the day trying to become a nurse and janitor at night to pay the bills by all accounts a smart and kind man he was shot and killed while being carjacked in the parking loft of the school. the only survivor released from the hos

hospital. >> i'm happy to be alive. i'm going to cry. >>> we have breaking news out of howard university tonight.arts right now. >>> megamillions mess. new comments today from the maryland mcdonald's worker who claims she hit the jackpot but refuses to share with her co-workers. >> picking up the pieces in dallas. we will be live as residents assess the damage after that series of tornadoes. >>> and bat man's other job. a recent traffic stop threw him into the spotlight but tonight we meet the man behind the mask. good evening everyone. welcome to news 4 at 5:00. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. we're going to begin with breaking news that involves howard university. there is a report tonight from the washington city paper that howard has temporarily suspended its athletics program. the paper published a statement from a howard university spokesperson saying the suspension is self-imposed and the university is conducting a review of the alleged violations. news 4 talked to the spokesperson who tells us an official release is coming as soon as we get that or learn more about this reported susp

hospital for several people including a child. there is new fallout from a possible ncaa investigation at howard university.ll tell you how it's having an impact on some of the athletes there right now. >>> and we've got something to show you. it's a massive dust devil on mars. that and more. coming up. >> that's cool. >> actually i think it was a guy in manassas with an iphone probably. >> right. they're good these days. >> yeah. very good images. >> thank you, vance. we'll see you in a few. >>> coming up next a look at the evidence in the trayvon martin case and the police protocol for that investigation. >>> for all your news follow news 4 online. just search nbc washington on facebook and twitter. we're coming right back. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provi

university in oakland. oakland police chief howard jordan just wrapped up a press conference at the school and lisa washington is at highland hospital with no intermission on the victim's but first let's get to the shooting scene with what we are just learning about the suspect. >> franken michelle, we're learning new details about the suspect right now. there's still no murder weapon. still no motive but there are clues in the case that will lead us to figure out why this tragic event happened. let's take a look of the scene from yesterday. police told us that the suspect took a receptionist by hostage looking for a particular female administrator. he walked into a classroom and line students up and shot them execution-style. he left and realized there was more people in the classroom and shot more. he left in the victim's car and was found two hours later 3 mi. away. we're learning more details about that suspect. that he had a hard family life. within the past you year he lost two family members and one of them was his mother who died after leaving oakland and his brother was a former u.s. army sergeant who died in an automobile

hospital, we are live on the scene with the very latest. >> athletes at a local university under fire this morning turns out students won't be competing this spring, at howard university the school ordered several suspensions as it looks at possible ncaa violations. >> a top aid turning up the heat on idol. >> contestants traveled back to the 80s last night our idol chatter panel is back to break it down performances along with a special guest. >> also coming up this hour we are going to the movies 13 years after the original american pie made its big screen debut the cast is back together again, for an american reunion, kevin mccarthy sat down with films stars, allison happen began and jason bigs this hour. >> right now we have to give people a peek at the weather. >> mm-hmm. >> here is the headline tucker, take your jacket today. >> maybe a light jacket, it is not going to be that cold and all morning long wisdom and allison have not been terribly happy about this forecast but to be honest it will be beautiful next couple days a little on the cool side. take a look at your map and let me show you the cloud cover which continues across parts of the area, s

university. that female victim was the first to be transported to the hospital. we also want to mention that just after midnight, an urgent alert came out from the police chief. howardas not el answer cervellon the program director as thought but a different female administrator who is not being named. the director did have an argument with one goh after has tuition in the fall, the ellen was a a victim's memorial yesterday but declined to comment. >> she's absolutely devastated. not eating, not sleeping, crying. she cried all all night last night. she's not doing very well. but she's focused on the kids and the families right now. >> meanwhile, the 43-year-old suspect made his first court appearance yesterday. but cameras were not allowed. goh was seeking revenge, killing seven people and injuring three monday morning. we did get an inside look at goh's cell where he stays 23 hours a day, separate from the other inmates and he will remain there presumably until his trial begins. he is set to enter a plea at the end of this monthly. tara moriarity, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we're gathering more information about a story we first brought you at 4:30 this morning. poli

two people still in the hospital this morning with gunshot wounds after yesterday's deadly shooting rampage at oikos university. in a news conference, the police chief howarding expelled. he opened fire in a classroom in the university killing seven people and wounding three others. >>> want to check the morning commute now with mike. >> we'll update the south bay, northbound 87 still recovering. we had a big backup because of a sigalert situation. two lanes blocked northbound at julian. they cleared a half hour ago, still slow from 85 to downtown. 101 shows a jam from 680. try to avoid the downtown area. southbound 101 cleared after earlier accident at willow. slower through the castro valley, jamming at 238. no accidents on 880 or 238 off the caster valley y. the metering lights are on. back to you. >>> for the latest traffic and news updates, check out nbc bay area on facebook. i will have another local news update for you in a half hour. see you then. ♪ ♪ some day somebody's gonna make you want to turn around and say good-bye ♪ ♪ until then baby are you gonna let 'em hold you down and make you cry ♪ ♪ don't you know don't you snow noechlt things will c