Ensure student safety . University says it has heightened security here and sent word out. One of the things is people know about it. This is the letter sent out by someone with a picture of the university of missouri president angry he was forced to leave. They say they will take it out on Howard University students, saying anybody left at howard by 10 00 today would be the first to go. Word of the online threat spread quickly on social media to the point virtually every howard student we spoke to knew about it. The university announced it was increasing security on campus and at area metro stops. And encouraged anyone seeing suspicious activity to report it. E fbi has issued a statement with a similar request. It remains open today. Acknowledged some individual professors canceled classes. It has left students concerned, if not frightened. Getting an education you should feel safe. I dont feel safe. It happened in connecticut. Now they are just targeting black people. I dont want it
Well have a full forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Remember, you can track the storm right in the palm of your hand with the news4 new york app. New at noon, a big announcement from the mayor of newark. Hes calling on the state to come in and help them patrol the streets. Ryan thompson joining us now with some of the details. Reporter newarks mayor and brandnew Public Safety director are calling this a 45day plan. It really sounds more like an emergency. Asking the state police to come in in force. No numbers yet on how many troopers would hit the streets. This Crime Fighting plan also asks for more help from the u. S. Attorney and the county prosecutor. Getting the state police here is significant. Im asking them to come in us on the investigative side. We will have troopers in our Major Crimes Task force. Reporter one big concern of course is that following 104 murders in newark last year, there have already been 14 killings through yesterday. An Alarming Number for officials
Off right now on 95. Actually around cottman avenue. You can see right here, 13minute drive time if youre headed southbound through the work summary here. All lanes open. Watch out for the shoulder. Average speed 62 miles per hour. No delays or problems. On the 42 freeway in new jersey, five minutes northbound or southbound from 55 up towards the walt whitman bridge. No problems on the walt and the rest of the area bridges are doing just fine. The tac pal, the ben, the betsy ross are all nice and clear. In cheltenham, an accident scene on east glenside avenue and north avenue. A wild story here. Breaking news, a man fleeing from police carjacked a driver, taking two unwilling passengers on a ride. Those passengers are safe. The man is it still on the run but he left behind an unbelievable clue. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live in south philadelphia. All right, katy, lay this out for us. What happened there . Reporter chris, a lot happened this morning in south philadelphia in a very short a
Forecast. There he is. Hi, bill. Its a beautiful start. The humidity is low. Skies are clear. The numbers, at this hour theyre falling. 49 degrees in the pocono mountains. 59 in trenton, wilmington at 60, 66 in philadelphia. Were running a bit cooler than yesterday. Just like yesterday, low humidity well see lots of sunshine. Clear skies at 6 00. 65. By 9 00 up to 71 degrees. We still see the northerly wind. The humidity stays low. Warming into the upper 70s by noontime today. In ten minutes ill have the neighborhood by neighborhood forecast for you, show you how warm it gets where you live. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic on a friday morning, jessica. On a friday morning in the last month of the summer had is actually a good thing for commuters. We do have to head out the door. We pretty much avoid a lot of delay and jam up for friday morning, right before the weekend, especially you can see a threeminute drive time. Headed westbound, westbound lanes right in here from
So are you hacking to beat hackers . Yes. And the hospital setup is no joke. While your data is the vulnerable every time you so much as step into a pharmacy they know hackers are trying to get inside hospitals, too. Devices are connected to people. So drawing a connection between physical danger to cyberattacks is something that isnt that farfetched. Its not science fiction. Its possible. Possible enough symantec is developing this portable Security Operation Center to bring security closer to the scene of the crime. Fighting cyberattacks with cyberpower to keep your data safe. According to dell a typical credit card number will get about 2 on the underground market. Health care information more like 20 per person. Back to you. All right. Thank you very much. Lets give you more details. Why is this medical data so desirable be . Aside from what scott said the answer is money. A medical insurance profile is hes for up to 20 times more than simple credit card information. With medical f