herbert spellman says he got hurt on the job and cannot work, but the city pension board doesn't see it that way. fox 29 jeff cole investigation. >> form from a distance, 50 year old herbert spellman has the body of pro-football player, broad shoulders, on 6-foot frame weighing 300 pounds. but to see him walk is to witness a man who appears to be in bone grinding pain. >> what kind of pain are you feeling right now? >> back, neck, nerve damage, knees, you name it, it is painful. >> spellman is a former phillie cop. >> i love protecting and serving and helping people. that will was my nature. >> who wore the uniform for 20 years. before he says a crash had his patrol vehicle back in 2006 earned dollars his career. >> that rearend err, knocked unconscious, and as a result that far i'm in terrible pain. >> spellman says his pain is so severe, he cannot return to work. he wants the city to grant him full pension and cover his medical benefits. but the city does not believe he's injured. in fact, he's been denied full pension benefits related to his injury continually, both in front of th

. >> reporter: from a distance 50 year old herbert spellman has the body of a pro if the ball player,ad shoulders on 6-foot frame weighing 300-pound. but to see him walk is to witness a man who appears to be in bone grinding pain. >> what kind of pain are you feeling right now? >>> back, neck, nerve damage, knees, you name it. it's painful. >> report roar spellman is a former philly cop. >> i love protecting and serving and helping people. that was my nature. >> reporter: who wore the uniform for 20 years. before he says a crash in his patrol vehicle back in 2006 ended his career. >> i got rear ended i believe and was knocked unconscious. as a result of that i'm in terrible pain. >> reporter: spellman says his pain is so severe he cannot return to work. he wants the city to grant him full pension and cover his medical benefits. but the city just does not believe he's injured. in fact, he's been denied full pension benefits related to his injury continually both in front of the pension board and in court. medical records given to fox 29 investigates by spellman show in july of 2006, ju

among the larger historicically black colleges and universities, we still charge less than spellman and moorehouse, two colleges we are a full research university and our graduate students are being exposed to a full experience. we charge less than those institutions. so i still believe that we are a great bargain in terms of from a course point of view. the other difficulty we have is that 56% of our jund grad students are program eligible. that means their families are under the lower income part of the spectrum and i think that's the real difficulty at the howard university. we have private institution, and we are attracting a student body that you would see more at public institution. and that's another beauty about what we do is we're still able to afford those students an opportunity to get a world-class education despite their financial circumstances. and that is our mission. >> as you know there's been a lot of controversy about howard over the last, 20 years or so. mostly because of financial problems. straighten us out on that. i've read that the last couple of years, the bala

morehouse in atlanta, spellman. wonderful schools for anyone of any race. whether they should be given special status anymore and why other schools who reach out to a highly diverse population are not given that status. >> about a quarter of a billion dollars a year under the higher education act of 1965, this is what the law says. any historically black college or university established prior to 1964 whose principal mission was for african-americans, what kind of impact could that have and should that have on federal grants? >> you know, i think the was and is part is important. i think that if you have a school that's now gotten to become majority white, it should not receive the funding that's designated for historically black colleges and universities. i don't think that funding schools that primarily serve african-american population should stop the government from sitting aside money going to school to make sure we're getting equal access to education and affordable education. i have to disagree with the last guest. we're still dealing with rampid rac

joining me right now, mark spellman from alpine funds.usly, earnings is a big story, even though we're watching geopolitical concerns right now. do you like this market at these levels here? >> not particularly. i think it's amazing how resilient the market is, considering the valuation level. you see these geopolitical events going on. the market is clearly more interested in gdp, employment, industrial production. >> and fed policy. >> and fed policy. we in the alpine foundation fund, we have a little more cash than we've had in some time, and believe it or not, we still own some treasuries. >> there are those who feel that there's a bubble going on in the treasury market right now. >> yeah. >> >> the ten-year is -- >> the list not to own treasuries is a mile long, but there are two major thinks that i think are keeping yields where they're at. treasuries are still effective. the spread is 135 points, the bund is 113. secondly, let's go back to last thursday. a big geopolitical event happens, u.s. dollar's up, gold's up. treasuries was