this includes 16 organizations at rutgers, nora muchanic is gathering reaction on campus and she will have a live report at 12:30. >>> the revel casino sale is slated to close today florida developer, is buying the failed resort for $82 million, it's worth 4 cents on the dollar compared to what it cost to build revel. the fate of the tenants including bars and nightclubs remains unknown. >>> the 2015 subaru cherry blossom festival is underway in fairmount park, there was a lesson in sushi making in center city. the cherry blossoms represent the end of the winter and the entrance of new life in spring. the festival ends on sunday. >>> still to come here on "action news" at noon a child with autism spends four night as loan in the woods. >>> and meet the middle schooler whose college basketball bracket beat thousands of grown ups the young winner of the espn bracket challenge. >>> an is he-year-old boy with autism was found alive after spending four nights alone in the woods. a team of 120 searchers were combing the dense woods finally a police officer in the helicopter happened to catc

rutgers cracks down on greek life. find out why parties are now banned at all fraternities and sororities. >> also, risky rescue after climber falls 50 feet down a cliff. now, we're hearing from the rescuers who helped pull him to safety. >> ♪ ♪ >> the weather is changing, katie looking at some showers and a dip in the temperature. we will de traffic and weather together on the other side. we do it on the three's good morning, family, we'll see you in a bit. >> the party is over at rutgers university. >> ban on fraternity and sorority parties for the rest of the school year. sus continue finch is in our news center to tell you more about it justin? >> good morning rutgers says the current climate of controversy including college week life was a major factor in their decision. broke the news to greek leaders last week and now the talk of campus. >> i don't think it is really fair that everyone should be punished for the poor decisions after few people. >> student reaction, at rutgers, after word the university has banne

changes are coming at rutgers. >>> administrators were planning the merge rutgers school to newark andcamden. the school board of governors voted to approve the merger yesterday and the two locations will remain in place, but the school will start to use the single applications for students enrolling next year. this change still needs to be approved by the american bar association. >>> jon bon jovi is going to be sharing words of wisdom with graduates at rutgers' camden ceremony. he does a lot of charity work there and will get an honorary degree from the university. and bill nye will be speaking at rutgers' new brunswick campus graduation. >>> in camden there's a place for lower income students and their families to go for medical treatment. the leap american charter school opened yesterday and will be staffed by three medical officials. they call it a welcomed addition to the community. >> we want to be able to provide holistic wellness in the community where the parents can come, one stop, one shop. >> and the new health and wellness center is a partnership between leap economy and

a rutgers eagleton pole just released this morning shows 58% of people think the democratic senator should stay in office unless proven guilty. one out of three people polled think he should resign immediately. menendez is accused of using his job to help a donor. he qualls the charges politically motivated. >>> well the duke blue devils are the champions of men's college basketball, beating chester bo ryan and his wisconsin badgers. add rihanna diaz shows you fantastic finale to march madness. >> duke is college basketball's best. number one seed wisconsin, beat to win the ncaa title. the game was build as class of the titans. as blue devils star freshman, okafor starred off against badgers senior frank kominsky. both teams caught out to play and played hard. the lead changed 13 times in the fast paced first half alone. duke and wisconsin played each other just four months ago duke won that contest, but both teams have changed quite a lot since then. in the second half, duke stumbled early. wisconsin held the blue devils scoreless, for almost four minutes, and ran up a nine-point lead. la

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. >>> now the details rutgers university has banned house parties at fraternities and sororities for the rest of the semester after several alcohol related problems this year including the death of a student. nora muchanic is live now at rutgers with more on the story. >> reporter: hi there we are getting really mixed reactions today from students in and out of greek life, but one thing everyone seems to agree on that just because parties are banned from fraternityies and sororities the parties will not stop. >> there are 16 greek organizations here on rutgers, there were several incidents this year including the death of kaitlyn kovachs of monmouth junction who died of alcohol poison. >> i don't think it's a bad idea, people are dying. >> there are a lot of rough things going on not my fraternity in particular, but it's good to take a break for now and get things back to normal next semester. >> think it's a horrible idea, greek life is important and that is a part of college experience, going to fraternity parties. >> rutgers takes seriously the commitment to maintaining a healthy

a new ban now in effect at rutgers.at is not allowed for the rest of the semester. >>> and tax freedom day. that's when one person has earned enough money to cover their tax bill. we'll tell you where that is this year and it may surprise you. >>> and all house parties have been banned at the university. house parties will be off limits for the rest of the spring semester. now this comes after several alcohol-related problems this year including the death of a student. 19-year-old katelyn covack died after attending a party and last month officials shut down parties at rutgers because of a drinking incident. >>> and last week leaders at penn state suspended phialpha phi along with another fraternity for photos of women appearing online. >>> and right now the judge is not releasing details of jerry sandusky's appeal and his attorney is not commenting. a status hearing is scheduled for april 22nd. we should learn more then. sandusky is serving 30 to 60 years for abusing young boys. >>> settling the score for the tax man.

>> guest: well, i was at rutgers. >> host: rutgers. >> guest: and before that i taught at the university of north carolina at chapel hill. at chapel hill i've always, you know, my background as a scholar is in the history and sociology of science. so it's inherently multidisciplinary. it's a field which is historically grounded. it says that you have to be able to see contemporary issues from a long perspective, put them in perspective. my first job was in a medical school as well as the history department at chapel hill. so teaching professionals how to think about health care and health care reform. when i landed in chapel hill bill clinton was just elected president, and we were thrown into a discussion about the role of government in health care reform. when the health care reform died in the clinton administration the next concern students had was the role of the private sector hmos in tying the hands of clinical clinicians from making medical decision making. so i've worked at the intersection, you might say, of history and policy for a long time. at rutgers i worked in an institut

. >> if rutgers cannot successfully stop a relatively simple attack how can i stop someone with deeper who can attempt to access this servers stealing information, addresses, phone numbers. >> the twitter sphere has been full. what did you find? >> a lot of students. i hope this hacker get stoned to death obviously very upset. and is he going to pay for my data usage. >> stanford and cal tech. the world university keeps getting hacked and why they cannot deal with it. >> $25,000 if you are out of state to go to rutgers. ♪ >> an update on beautiful young cancer survivor natalie up in her school for their hike in the hills fundraiser. we saw her story about being diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. the stress today she is cancer free. >> as of november 2014 she is cancer free. we are blessed we are blessed to continue to four john. >> her family has been on a mission to raise money for cancer research raising over a quarter million already this year taking it into high gear. >> it is great. they actually explain why they are doing it. >> now we are following the rules. i have

the big story is rutgers attempt to keep students safe on campus.ic is live. >> can you imagine this is a controversial decision 10% of the students on this campus are involved with greek life, the university says they are doing this out of concern. we see where the administration is coming from, it's not fair to the greek organizations that do a lot for the community fair or not, cutrutgers university is banning all fraternity parties for the rest of the semester including the death of kaitlyn kovachs from monmouth junction. >> they run into trouble at these fraternity parties. >> it won't change much at the university for the next month but maybe make us remember what we are here for. growing as a sisterhood. >> we only have a month left,

so mike reached out to rutgers university spokesperson.aternity and sorority affairs is taking a step out of caution that concern. >> i was in the united states army. i was not going to join any organization. rutgers, 1845. it used to be a public service minded mission. maybe they got away from that. bill: we have a 21 -year-old drinking age. if you lower the drinking age you will have so much out of control boozing. i think it makes sense, but it would be up to the college students to pay attention. good chase. a man turns 100 and allegedly -- >> took her life with an ax accident his own with a knife. ♪ ♪ hello, i'm here to talk to you on behalf of windex. recently we've noticed a series of advertisements created by these two birds, inviting you to stay away from the streak free shine of windex. their advertisements are false. sfx: squeaking from window cleaning clean glass is better than dirty glass. and to prove it, here's a real demo: here i can clearly see my hand and here i cannot. don't stand for dirty. sfx: glove removed from hand

." >>> leading the news from nbc new york rutgers bans fraternity, sorority parties for the remainder of the semester. they're all being forced to hold their gatherings off campus or face discipline. this after a rutgers student died of alcohol poisoning following a frat house party in september. >>> a hollywood reporter a scary lucille ball artist apologizes. it is by far the most unsettling sculpture. >> how do you put that in public. >> in her hometown upset locals. you can probably see why. >> wouldn't you ask one person how do you think it looks before you put it in town? >> 400 pounds of copper. it inspired a facebook group. locals are upset. they are dedicated to the removal of this. the artist has said he's willing to fix it for free. >> someone paid for it. >> some other stories we're following. a tragedy in maryland. a father and his seven children ages 6 to 15 found dead inside their home. reports say carbon monoxide poisoning is expected. the power had been cut off and a generator used inside the home. >>> next in bird napping in dallas. surveillance camera captured a man

rutgers takes seriously the commitment to a healthy and safe environment. we have dance marathon one of the greek communities and fundraisers of the year, it's a very much social drinking environment they are doing the community service to make it look like they are doing good things, when in reality they are drinking a lot. >> several students subjected that they have not stopped children from drink they will do is somewhere off campus and not a sorority house. >> if it's not a lettered house it's not affiliated with the university. it will be there. >> it's going to be happening? >> of course. >> greek organizations can hold parties off campus where third parties can serve alcohol, fraternities and sororities that defy the ban will face consequences. >>> drexel university is investigating a law professor who mistakenly sent an email to students that contained a link to pornographic websites. >> it wrote this article on writing will be interesting for all of you. drexel issued a statement saying that the university takes this alligation seriously and is in

rutgers internet service went down 1:00 monday morning. cutgers technician his to restore internet service following a cyber attack at the beginning of the month that lasted five days. >>> a philadelphia school has decided to dismiss class early due to this planned baltimore support rally in center city. prep charter high school in point breeze dismissed at 12:15 because a large number of students use the broad street line that passes under city hall and at 4:30 there is a solidarity rally at city hall following the death of freddie gray. >>> part of 611 in montgomery county was dedicated today to a local veteran that died in vietnam. they were joined by the family of joseph park ii this morning. park is a graduate of hatboro high school and the military academy, he died from a hostile gunshot wound in vietnam in 1968. >>> the nfl draft begins tonight and the eagles have eight picks beginning with the 20th pick in the 8th round, you may have thoughts on who they will choose, they have needs at safety, corner back and wide receiver. they ar

this is the second cyber attack at rutgers. the fbi is investigating. >>> this morning officials in nepal say the death toll from the earthquake that hit saturday is now over 5,000. mean time, storms and mudslides are making recovery efforts more difficult. thousands are living outside their home without clean water and sanitation. the u.n. says this is the worst quake to hit nepal in 81 years. we spoke to a montgomery county man who isn't sure when it will be safe for his mother to return to nepal. his mother was supposed to go home this sunday after spending time in this area. they worry if she does go to nepal she'll be stranded somewhere where it is likely in ruins. her immigration attorney helped her get a visa extension for two to three months. >> the road between her home and the airport is pretty bad. >> extend your visa for at least a month, see what happens because what happens is once you file with extension until it's denied, at least your status will be valid. >> the family says their attorney is also reaching out

. >>> and not giving up we have new video of former rutgers player eric legrand who was paralyzed. we'll share a chapter of his inspirational road to recovery. >>> a quarter to 6:00. we continue to follow breaking news out of north philadelphia where police say a driver crashed a stolen suv into a church parking wall. here's a live look at the scene, 21st and somerset. all three people in the car were taken to the hospital with serious injuries including a 16-year-old. no word on any charges. >>> 1500 people are being evacuated from a town in chile after a volcano erupted. this appears to show rising and striking at the time we see the eruption there at the volcano. authorities say it really took them by surprise when it started erupting yesterday. there was apparently little warning with this one. officials are keeping people out of that area and have closed schools. this first volcano erupted in 1972 and considered one of the top three potentially most dangerous among chile's active volcanos. >>> happening today congress is expected to take up a vote for attorney general loretta

staff has been working since yesterday to restore service to the rutgers campus. >>> happening today in washington, new jersey lawmakers will help launch the sandy task force. the task force was created to examine problems with fema's national flood insurance program that cropped up after superstorm sandy. a couple of issues. underpaid insurance claims and bogus insurance adjustments. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> coming up on nine minutes after 4:00. we're starting off with a few showers in the area but they're not going to last. showers have moved past philadelphia. to the south and heading out of the area. breezy day is ahead. we will see sunshine today and a nice warmup too, that's going to go beyond today. right now 48 degrees in doylestown. philadelphia 52 and cloudy and millville has just seen the rain come to an end. the wind is quickly blowing that rain to the south. see some clouds over center city. a live view from here at the "nbc 10" studios. here's millville. there go the sprinkles. moving to the south out of new jersey. ce

it's a team effort between leaf academy and the rutgers school of nursing.s a welcome addition to the community. >> the health care disparities in this community are massive. we have tons of families here suffering from issues of hypertension diabetes a lot of children with asthma. a lot of kids here who are overweight and we want to be sure that we provide a holistic approach to wellness in the school community where the parents can come, one stop, one shop. >> studies show that having school-based health centers improve as well. >>> there have been plenty of bumps in the roads for drivers this season. >> now you're stuck with the bill to pay for the repairs done by potholes. today, the nbc 10 investigators talk with those who don't have the money to pay. >> we're facing some spring showers and even a chance of a thunderstorm. gets timing on my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast. >>> all new at 10 news at 5:00 we show youed these horses living among trash in a philadelphia lot. what we learned today about the animals and their owner. >>> sky force 10 ove

. >>> party is over for fraternities and sororities at rutgers university. school announced its banned greek organizational parties for the the rest of the spring semester this follows several alcohol-related problems this school year including the death of the student. we did check rutgers camden and it told us it did not have any fraternity or sorority owned houses. >>> we have learn that the shut down of the four atlantic city casinos has been benefiting those casinos still in business. remaining casinos increased their gross operating profits by 44 percent in 2014 to 341.1 million-dollar. the golden nugget had biggest profit jump of all up 144 percent. also, the average hotel occupancy rate was up 3 percent, compared to 2013. >>> one casino that we know failed is now getting new life, the revel officially has a new owner tonight. revel sold for just 82 million-dollar, to the florida developer glenn straub. that building cost more than 2 billion collars to build initially. straub was on site today he told "eyewitness news" he wants to do 150 million-dolla

rutgers university says lord nelson was 42 that's 126 in human years. of lord nelson's duties during his 37 year rutgers career was carrying the school's scarlet knight mascot during football games. well in 1994 lord nelson was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct after breaking free and racing down the side line at giants stadium. he retired as equine professor emeritus in 2000 sand to teach children about horses. >> equine professor of emeritus. that's wonderful. ba tock your fox 29 weather authority. it has been wonderful outside but there's serious business, too. >> wind and conditions ripe for brush fires out there. >> that's right. we've seen a couple across the area today. but thankfully those winds have started to diminish across our area and we'll continue to do so hour by hour. but right now you can see it's dry as we look at ultimate doppler scanning the area. much improved from this same time yesterday. we were dealing with the clouds as well as scattered showers across the area. but we do get a dry break for now. but unfortunately, we do h

jon bon jovi will give the address to rutgers camden grads. and tv personality bill nye will be speaking at the new brunswick campus graduation. >>> there are some spots getting rain this morning. 60 degrees currently in philadelphia. there you can see the light showers moving through the trenton area. north and west into chester montgomery and bucks county this is just very light rainfall. during the day today, we'll see heavier showers, possibly even some thunderstorms. light rainfall to begin with with heavier showers to the southwest this morning. i mean well to the southwest and moving through the ohio valley. but this afternoon, that's the timing for those heavier downpours. 7:00 this morning, 58 degrees. look at the temperatures climbing in spite of occasional showers, it won't be the all-day rainfall with temperatures climbing to the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. this is updated information with heavier downpours moving into chester county and there will be more showers as we head into the

the latest rutgers eagleton pole shows 58% think men elides should stay in office unless found guilty. 34% believe he should step down. >> happening today, the jury in the boston marathon bombing trial begins deliberations. the lawyer for defendant, tsarnaev, said during closing arguments that the defendant's older brother was the one behind the attack. tamerlan died during shoot-out with police. if found guilty tartar could -- tsarnaev could fate of fails the dent penalty. aaron hernandez former patriots player, charged with 2013 killing of oath end -- owed end lloyd. that was the boy french his fiancee's sister, he was shot six times at industrial park near hernandez's home in massachusetts. >>> now, an update to story we first reported yesterday morning. the family after young man shot at a dance party in camden county is pleading with the public to help find his killer. eighteen year old bright was killed on crescent boulevard in haddon township. shot in the parking lot of former car dealership where apparent night club now exists on the second floor. the party had been peaceful u

rutgers will give a report on its efforts to restore internet to the campus. they don't consider this a cyber attack. the i.t. staff has been working since yesterday to restore service to the rutgers network. this isn't the first outage. in march hackers did interrupt service for an entire weekend. >>> new jersey and pennsylvania both rank within the top ten smartest states for educating kids before college. according to wallet hub pennsylvania ranks 10th new jersey ranks 1st. the personal finance website says new jersey provides the best education for kids kindergarten through high school. >>> from our delaware bureau now today's delaware senators will vote on a bill looking to establish a moratorium on new charter schools. the bill would suspend the approval of charters until june 2018 or until the state school board develops a plan for delaware charter schools. governor jack martell ordered a statewide approval of all public schools. >>> new jersey lawmakers will hold their first meeting as part of a new sandy task force. this task force was created to exam

this is the second cyber attack at rutgers. the fbi is investigating. >>> in this highly digital age in which we live your kids may be spending more time writing on their phones we're talking texting, rather than writing on paper or typing in a document, so we wanted to find out if texting and shorthand is having an effect on students' formal writing skills. can they really sit down and write a letter if they needed to? the short answer is yes, there is an effect. that's according to teachers at council rock high school north though they tell us older students do a better job of transitioning between the two writing styles than the younger students. younger students may abbreviate where it's not appropriate like using the letter u versus writing y-o-u. >> now when i think of how much they're writing every day, their choice method of communication is to write albeit in text form i find they do write with a greater fluidity. >> some teachers say with the emphasis these days on texting and shorthand, it has become easier to get st

despite the ban the 86 recognized greek letter organizations at rutgers will be allowed to hold spring where alcohol is served. >> 5:06 now. happening today the revel casino sale is officially set to close. florida developer glen straub refused to fold during a several months long legal rollercoaster in bankruptcy court. his $82 million deal is worth just four cents on the dollar compared to what revel cost to build. one sticking point that's not been resolved, what will come of revel's former tenants such as the restaurants bars nightclubs and power plant. we do know straub has an ambitious half billion dollars plan for atlantic city. last friday he came to an agreement to buy the showboat casino as well. >> david, there's rain out there but not a washout today. >> no, not really, no. storm tracker six live double scan shows that you, matt. most of the area dry right now. if we go in a little bit tighter, you can see how there's some sprinkles popping through philadelphia so perhaps your roads are a little wet. the biggest cell of rain is actually still to the west of the region and i

this ban only applies to rutgers new brunswick campus. we check with rutgers camden and told us it does not have any fraternity or sorority owned houses. >>> well, what was once considered a savior for a failing atlantic city was finally and officially sold today for pennies on the dollars. revel who tell and casino was a shining star of the sky line down the the shore but quickly became a falling star that money problems that just never went away. let look back at the brief history of the revel hotel and casino. it opened in grand style on may 25th of 2012. but the revel wasn't quite finished the at the the time. its opulent accommodations, restaurants and stores stood in contrast to areas still under construction. two years later september of 2014 having never turn a profit, the revel then closed its doors. it went to auction, there were four failed bid but finally today revel sold for 82 million-dollar. our new jersey reporter cleve bryan is joining us live in ac, he talk with the new owner today and got a look inside the revel, he has

she wept to high school in edison, new jersey graduated from rutgers university.e'll head up to edison later in our newscast. >>> investigators trying to figure out what started a fire in the upper darby app complex. it happened at the long lane apartments earlier tonight. no one was hurt but did it reach two alarms as firefighters worked to track the source. >>> on your radar tracking a great start to your week. arrive look at south philly caitlin here's a thought. i have an umbrella handy just in cages i was listening to your earlier newscast. >> just in case. never know. that will be the case tomorrow ba we're only talking about the chance for a shower or two very isolateed but don't want to be caught without it. overall it should be a nice week. nice end to the weekend. clear skies outside right now we saw lot of sunshine, temperatures today a little bit warmer. at least closer to normal. it's been so actually over the past few days. 64 was the high in philadelphia. low 60s north and west. upper 50s cooler still by the shore we saw that ocean and bay breeze de

we will speak with saudi expert toby jones of rutgers university. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. warplanes from the saudi led coalition struck the yemeni cities as aden early today despite a previous claim by the odd it had ended its nearly month-long operation. saudi officials said wednesday it will limit their military role but continue to respond to houthi attacks. human rights watch says they have appellate deliberately bombed near that contains supplies to facilitate access to clean water for thousands of families. international committee of the red cross has warned the humanitarian situation in yemen is catastrophic. we will have more later in the broadcast. in the european country of malta, 24 and identified migrants who died in the worst migrant boat disaster in the mediterranean have been held in european country have been laid to rest. as many as 850 people drowned after their boat capsized while headed to europe from libya. in britain, protesters climbed into body bags and laid on a

. >> in a rutgers eagleton poll only 24% think he would do a good job and 69% say he would not. >> to business now, it was a mixed day for stocks today. take a look, the dow closing up at 60 points, the nasdaq lost 11 points and the s&p gaining about 3 points and energy stocks did well today and oil closed up above $53 a barrel. >>> it's bank earning season on wall street and the first report inspired confidence in investors, jp morgan chase says profits raised 1% in the first quarter. that is $1.45 per share 5 cents more than analysts were expected. >> the sounds of an english opera classic fills the camden rutger university campus today. the school's ensemble performed a consertd of a popular opera of a love triangle. it was composed of some of philadelphia's best musicians. >> it's time for the accuweather forecast. and a grim day out there. >> hoping for a better tune in the next couple of days. adam joseph is standing by with the details. >> really its just a bump in the road and as we move forward to the end of week looking nice as well. looking at double scan live radar right n

. >> the university says that rutgers takes seriously to maintaining a healthy safe campus environment. they can still hold spring formals off campus with a third party vendor may serve alcohol but inside sororities and frats it's a no go. >> the more people will rebel and throw parties at different locations. >> one frat member says you may not see drinking parties at houses with frat letters on them but you'll see them elsewhere and those that defy the rules will face consequences. >> nora thank you. >>> meantime philadelphia police released new surveillance photos today of a van at the center of an abduction investigation, three masks men pulled a jewelry employee into a van into a parking lot over the weekend. she was tortured for a half hour while the suspects demanded keys for the store she worked in and codes to the safe and she was dropped off at a cemetery in darby, they are looking for a dark maroon econo line van. >>> meantime a murder investigation is underway in montgomery county after a man who was shot drove himself to the gas station and then died at the hospital. it ha

they can earn a full scholarship to rutgers by maintaining a 3.5 grade point average.parents say it's the opportunity of a life time. >> leap has a 100% graduation rate and 95% of the kid from the charter school go on to college. >> breaking news on a hit-and-run investigation in philadelphia. jesse gary is following brand new developments in the case. jesse? >> ted, they found the vehicle in yesterday's hit and run that severed a woman's leg. i'll tell you where it is right after the break. >> get ready for a saturday that will feel like summer. temperatures near 80 degrees later on this afternoon. we're starting out in the 40s and 50s with partly cloudy skies. not a bad start and a warm finish. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> 5:28. we have breaking news this morning. police say they have found a vehicle involved in a hit and you run investigation that left a woman without one of her legs. we are following the brand new information. jesse gary is live with all the details. we know it was all part of a violent love triangle according to police. plus crews are getting read

. >>> all house parties at fraternities and sororities banned at rutgers university. they made that announcement today after several alcohol related problems. house parties will be off limits for the rest of the spring semester. spring formals that will include alcohol are still allowed. last month, a fraternity was shut down because of an under age drinking incident. >>> penn state is making headlines for a number of scandals involving their greek life. a fraternity was in trouble, and last month, another frat was suspended for a year for posting nude photos of passed out or sleeping women. >>> prosecutors are set to meet with jerry sandusky's attorneys. the judge scheduled a status conference now for april 22nd. his lawyer filed that new appeal last week, but the details are sealed. he's serving 35 to 40 years. >>> more tonight about the germanwings plane crash. the airline said they issued a fit to fly certificate that same year when a new law went into effect they said there was no reason to change the pilot's status. he has now being blamed for deliberately crash

she went to high school in edison new jersey, graduated from rutgers university. meanwhile, one local family is trying to reach loved ones impacted by the quake. live in lafayette hill tonight, brad? >> and iaian good news, they've been able to reach those family members, those loved ones, they are accounted for, they are okay, although, as you are about to see they lose their home. we chance to talk to the family here, actually own this restaurant behind me, the persian grill. they've owned it for about 13 years, they make up the nepali community. there is about a thousand members in our area, primarily in montgomery county, and in philadelphia, seeing all of this on tv, and just kinds of feeling helpless. so this family here trying to do something about it. the family has relatives in katmandu the capitol of nepal, finding out yesterday again, as we mentioned everyone's okay. but some close calls. they were telling us that the military there has been going around working with a working cell phone giving people at least a minute or two to use that cell phone to t

some rutgers camden students are applauding the move to make the university offer cheaper alternatives to traditional college textbooks. they issued its recommendation to the school's president to promote the use of open scores textbooks. those would be online free and a printed version would be offered at a produced price. >>> now, back to our top story -- >> a new clue in the abduction and beating of a jewelry store worker in center city. police released this video of the burgundy van. they say it contained three suspects and the 53-year-old victim. investigators say those men assaulted and tasered the woman before dropping her off at a cemetery in darby borough. the suspects are still on the loose. >>> couldn't see leaving the borough without payroll. >> she says she loaned thousands of her own money to her town so workers could get paid. why she may not get it. >>> i'm tracking rain, plus a chance for spring storms. and then temperatures are going to take a tumble. find out how low they'll go in my exclusive "nbc10 news" first alert seven-day forecast. >>> then coming up tonight on

rutgers efforts made headlines last fall. sophomore died of alcohol poisoning after attending a party at this fraternity. four of five college students drink and the national institutes of health estimate over 1,000 a year die due to alcohol-related injuries. >> that's something that may be a quick fix or a band-aid. >> reporter: the executive director of the cleary center for security on campus says schools need to take a more holistic approach. >> survey your students. understand your culture, how much they're drinking, the prevalence of these crimes and look at the results and create programs that you can evaluate. >> reporter: kris van cleave, cbs news, new brunswick, new jersey. >> several universities in our area are clamping done and policy experts hope it's the start of a much broader wave of reform. >>> caught on tape, a police officer beating a defenseless handcuffed teen. i'm prince prince george's county bureau chief scott broom, coming up details on a guilty plea in court today. >> reporter: protests continue ove

in march hackers did interrupt internet service at rutgers for an entire weekend. >>> anyone traveling on new jersey transit can use their smart phones to purchase and display passes for interstate and intercommuter bus passes. the feature is already available on all rail lines and on south jersey bus routes. in a statement new jersey transit says this expansion of the mobile ticketing app gives all of our bus customers the ability to treat their smart phones as both a ticket vending machine and a monthly bus pass all in one. >>> 6:15. if you take the bus, mass transit, you drive or if you do both, park and ride it's time for us to give you a little look in your commute. >> jessica boyington has that. jessica. >> thank you, guys. good morning everybody. we have some good news in traffic world. we don't have a lot really to talk about in terms of volume. a lot of our majors red wings doing just fine. starting off out in new jersey on 295 around route 70. so right in the cherry hill area you can see everything smooth sailing if you're headed northbound or southbound. just under 13 minute

this is the second attack at rutgers this month. the sfooi is investigating. >>> 6:17. let's get you to work. check the roads. >> jessica boyington with all the details. hi jess. >> hey, guys. good morning, everyone. happy wednesday. we're starting to see a little bit of a busy rush as we head out the door to bryn mawr where we're dealing with a water main break on new gulph road. not a closure on morris road. as we head out the door to 95 around state road you can start to see some jams here. this is the southbound side. that's typically where it starts to jam up. you can see 22 minutes southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. no real problems if you're headed northbound in the other direction. so out in bustleton we are dealing with krewstown road. take bustleton avenue to get on by and more details to come with katy zachry. no problems for the betsy ross bridge or walt whitman bridge. three lanes are open due to ongoing construction as opposed to the normal four. we'll check in on new jersey roads in ten minutes. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert

. >>> rutgers graduates will hear words of wisdom from famous name names this may.ovi does charity work in camden and he will be given an honorary degree as well. >>> scientist and tv personality bill nye will speak at the new brunswick campus graduation. >>> your first alert weather with meteorologist, sheena par vene. parveen. >> after a really nice day, tomorrow today, we're tracking rain tomorrow. temperatures this afternoon still warm still 70 degrees as we go through your friday with the showers around. then it clears out just in time for your weekend. that is good news. the weekend will in fact be cooler with cooler weather behind the rain. at 8:00 we expect clouds around and chance of showers for everybody. north of philadelphia, in the mid-50s and suburbs around 60 degrees, very mild start to your morning. local locally, just seeing the cloud cover, parts of bucks county and mercer county could be seeing a few sprinkles. most of the rain is still well away from the area and that will be here come early tomorrow morning for some of you but mostly afternoon w

that is story i'm supposed to be teasing but another story is bon jovi commencement in camden at rutgers i got a sneak peak. he was in the band called atlantic city expressway, coincidence, when i was into band and this is a song she don't know me. he said i like this because they didn't write this song. anyway mike, he will say to the kid ha for you you are a hundred grand in debt i didn't get to college and i just sold my penthouse in manhattan yesterday. guess what he got for it. >> what did he get. >> 37.5 million-dollar. >> he can tell the college kid don't get to college waste four years of your life and tens of thousands of dollars. that is probably in the what he will say but he you want i fix this mess? a mess? i don't think -- what's that? snapshot from progressive. plug it in and you can save on car insurance based on your good driving. you sell to me? no, it's free. you want to try? i try this if you try... not this. okay. da! >>> two young men shot police say there were 100 people there at the time and how accused gunman tried to get away. >>> we have good news/bad news. do

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. >>> the internet is still down at rutgers university. they hope to have an update on the latest cyber attack to cripple its computer system. internet service went down at rutgers monday morning. second cyber attack on campus this month. the fbi is already investigating that first attack. >>> from our jersey shore bureau stockton university may scrap plans to transform the show boat casino into a satellite campus. he called the deal to use a former atlantic city casino a mistake, but he says he still may want to use another facility in a.c. as a campus. >>> electronic cigarettes could soon be added to delaware's indoor smoking ban. the statehouse is debating a bill today that would do just that. e-cigarettes would be included in a 12-year-old law that prohibits smoking in restaurants, bars and other public places. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues in montgomery county where drivers have a much nicer and safer place to park. county opened its newly renovated main street garage in norristown today. the garage was originally built in

. >> some rutgers students getting big celebrity?will speak at rutgers university camden commencement next month. bon jovi done charity work in camden as you may recall, a lot of it, too. commencement taking place may 21st, at the susquehanna bank center. he'll receive an honorary agree. he does so much to give back. >> yes, he does. >> just great. >> right now 6:53, oh, grab the raincoat, goloshes, whenever your rain gear; right, cattery. >> yes. >> april fools, you guys! >> you got me. >> that's all right. >> we'll talk about that in a little bitty guess right? for right now we talk about little bit of traffic. right now traveling on the 42 freeway, no delays in either direction, still moving fairly well. that's the good news, unfortunately, bad news is that back on over the bridge, where all of our bridges are moving well, in pa, dealing with delays on 95. ninety-five, you're specifically traveling in the northbound direction, that earlier incident, approaching the area of girard avenue been cleared. unfortunately we have some pol

confidential informant a prominent attorney, an iranian american professor of international relations at rutgers university, these are upstanding individuals who are being monitored by confidential informants. when their friends and communities realized what law enforcement is doing it infuriates them. >> i can understand that. i have no comment on these particular individuals but the fact of the matter is because you are an outstanding member of the community gives you access to the community but doesn't means you are absolved from criminal activity. i'm not making statement or suggestion that any of is these individuals were involved in wrongdoing but the fact of the matter is people involved in wrongdoing comes from every segment of society. >> law enforcement has $16 billion that they are using to monitor law enforcement in the united states, confidential informants that want to provide information to the fbi and the fbi that wants to continue getting their funding. >> again it is a very valid point but i can tell you from personal experience when i was running the joint terrorism traffic an

this ban applies to all of rutgers' 86 fraternities and sororities. groups will be permitted to hold their end of the year formals at off campus facilities where third party vendors serve alcohol. still ahead here at 4:00 a trip to d.c. that oprah won't soon forget much the latest on the power outage that left parts of the district and maryland and oprah in the dark. >> i knew that god could get us through that. i didn't think it was too big for god. alison: a story of faith. hear from the wife who refused to take her husband off life support even when the doctors advise her to do so. leon: let's continue now with coverage of the top story this evening. power outages around d.c. and maryland. pepco says shortly before 1:00 this afternoon, a transmission conductor in charles county fell to the ground resulting in a loss of power supplied to a couple of stations. the u.s. capitol, the state department and several museums in d.c. lost power along with the university of maryland. but since then, power has been restored to some of those buildings. crews ar

majority of voters back home in new jersey do not think that christie would make a good president in a rutgers poll, only 24% think that christie would do a good job in the white house, 69% say no still 57% of those polled believe that christie will become a candidate for president and 32% say he will not and 11% are unsure. >>> hillary clinton has made her way to iowa where she will hold her first official campaign event today. clinton will tour a community college and talk to students and teachers in monticello, iowa, she will hold these small gatherings to launch her campaign she promised to "work my heart out to get every single vote". >> and a man in a college campus shooting, where they found him coming up. >>> and the efforts to remove a mountain lion hiding underneath a home. and david murphy has a closer look at the accuweather forecast. >>> the suspect in a college campus shooting has been captured. police found kenneth stansell sleeping on a florida beach this morning, he is accused of killing his former employer in the print shop in north carolina yesterday. they is being investiga

i got into brown, kearny melon, georgia tech lehigh, northern west northwestern stanford stevens, rutgers, upenn, uva and yale. receiving acceptances from seven of the at ity league schools. the only one left out of that school is dartmouth, a school nick didn't even apply to. i tried to find schools that had strong computer science programs. a senior at verona high school his days are jamb packed from 7: 10 to sometimes 8 or 9:00 p.m. at night at enucleation nick is inside that school band passion, ap study session, you name it, nick takes it. all while balancing a 4.5gpa. pretty good right? it's been a lot about balance. just figuring out what's important to me and finding the time to do all of it and not feel overwhelmed. i couldn't help thinking was this nick's master plan to win over all the ivies. i don't dread coming to school i like learning these. when i don't know something i'm asking why this, why not. >> many of the nation's topical yes, sir are reporting some of their lowest acceptance rates. has for nick he has a decision to make and the clock is ticking. he has to may # to

according to a report released by rutgers university philadelphia is the most under funded major urbant in the country. height says he's optimistic about getting more financial help from the state. >>> police in north jersey say they have captured the coyote responsible for attacking a man in bergen county. late last night the norwood police department posted a message on its facebook page alerting the community that the coyote will be tested at a state lab. the attack in norwood comes two weeks after a coyote attack in saddle river. saddle river is about ten miles away from norwood. the coyote in the saddle river attack toewsed positive for rabies and was euthanized. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> cloudy skies and a bit of rain in the area. clearing skies as the wind picks up. southerly wind. 59 degrees. running warmer than yesterday. beach avenue the rain for the most part stays in land the last couple of hours. it's been dry. clouds are starting to thin out overhead and we're on our way to a pretty nice spring day, but heading out right