. >> joining us live from sydney is roger shanahan an associate professor of the australian national university. we appreciate your time. how do you characterise the pace and developments of the talks thus far? >> they've been drawn out over the space of 18 molths. we are talking about fundamental issues in relation to how iran sees sovereignty, differing views of iran's place in the region, from regional countries and a desire on the part of president obama to leave a legacy in the region it's a complex mix of motives. everyone is trying hard to get to a negotiated settlement. >> this is the talks before the talks. how is what is happening in yemen and iran's backing of the houthis affecting what is happening now in switzerland? >> well i don't think it's had much impact on negotiations themselves. they are separate. but i think in a broader sense you see saudi arabia put together this air coalition for operations inside yemen, sipping a message that it is a regional power. if there were any questions that it wasn't - that it is capable of corralling sunni arab states to take action in what it

>>reporter: the funeral service took place at the national university. here his elledest son and current prime minister spoke warmly of his father's achievements. >> mr. le went for the nobler dream of a multiracial, multireligious nation. singapore would not be based on race language, or religion but on fundamental values multiracialism equality meritocracy, integrity, and rule of law. >>reporter: there was a military guard of honor and a 21-gun absolute. this country has been in mourning for seven days and monday a new political dawn approaches. his legacy will endure and be interpreted in many ways in the coming years. but how this island nation moves forward socially and politically will depend on the new younger generation. >>> students from the southern mexican state of guerro have fought with police. the students have been demanding answers about the september disappearance of their classmates, the 43 students vanished last september. local media says that these students were travel in a hijacked bus police used force to stop it. later in the day,

. >> the funeral service took place at the national university. here his eldest son and current prime minister spoke warmly of his father's achievement. >> he went for a multi-racial, multi-religious nation. singapore would not be based on race, language or religion, but on fundamental values, multi-rarism witness equality, integrity and rule of law. along with much of the journey was a military guard of honor and 21 gun salute. this country has been in mourning for seven days. as monday approaches, a new political dawn begins, one without lee kuan yew. his less will endure and be interpreted in the coming years but how this island moves forward socially and politically will depend on the new younger generation, al jazeera singapore. >> students from the southern mexican state of guerrero have fought with police. the group had been traveling from the state capitol in what police suspected was a stolen bus. police tried to stop the bus to check it and masked students set fire to a police car and ambulance outside the police station. >> france is hea

. >> senator brook, a world war ii veteran was laid to rest at arlington national university. >>> expelled a racist rant that went viral. the student identified the fraternity brothers as leaders of the chant that featured the n-word. another video has surfaced showing the 78-year-old frat house mother using that racial slur two years ago. >>> hillary clinton defended her practice of using a personal e-mail account while she served as secretary of state. clinton also said that in hindsight, it would have been better to have used a government account. it's the first time she's faced reporters since the e-mail controversy erupted. >> when i got to work as secretary of state, i opted for convenience to use my personal e-mail account, which was allowed by the state department because i thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal e-mails instead of two. >> clinton said the vast majority of her e-mails were sent only to government accounts so they were captured and preserved immediately at the state department. she's asked the state department to make all

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his coffin was carried from the parliament building to the national university of singapore. people braved heavy rain to watch the funeral procession along a 15 kilometer route. >> he did sacrifice a lot for us his whole life. lifelong sacrifices. lifelong commitments to make our country from a poor nation to what we are do one of the richest nation in the world. >> because of him i have education and i'm able to speak english and chinese. i feel like i want to do something. >> reporter: world leaders, including japanese prime minister shinzo abe and indian prime minister narendra modi attended the ceremony. lee's eldest son delivered the eulogy. >> mr. lee once said that we intend to see that singapore is here 1,000 years from now, and that's your duty and mine. mr. lee has done his duty, and more. it remains our duty to continue his life's work to carry the torch forward, and keep the flame burning bright. >> reporter: singapore had few resources when it was expelled from malaysia and became independent in 1965. even its water was imported. lee launched a program of nation

reporter: my question is about one of the units, the national defense university. my organization published yesterday findings that the center -- two professors that ombia,een -- in colu and what is now teaching at the national defense university. i am wondering if you have any thoughts on that and if you have any thoughts about the vetting process. i wish it didn't work for me, but i did not hear about the chilean. i do not know about the colombian, and i do not know how the professors. i am very heavily involved in human rights. i meet with the human rights groups here in washington about every three or four months, and spend a couple or three hours talking to them. they share their concerns. sometimes they will ask me about specific cases. i can pick up a defense minister in guatemala or simply high up in honduras and can you give me some situational awareness on that. dialogue.od when i travel to the bears countries, just about every time i go down there, to any country, i will have a discussion for a couple hours with local human rights groups. i was just in ca

. >> the funeral service took place at the national university. here his eldest son and current prime minister, lee suang long spoke warmly of his achievements. >> mr. lee went from a multiracial multireligious nation singapore wouldn't be based on race or religion. but on equality, meritocracy integrity and rule of law. >> along with much of the journey there was a military guard of honor and a 21-gun salute. this country has been in mourning for seven days. and as monday approaches a new political dawn begins one without lee quan yew. his legacy will endure and be interpreted in many ways in the coming years. but how this island nation moves forward both socially and politically will depend on the younger generation. sahil raman, al jazeera singapore. >> what the international criminal court means for israeli-palestinian relations. next. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we're following right now. western leaders are meeting in switzerland for negotiations curbing iran's nuclear prospects. secretary of state john ker

. ♪♪ >>reporter: the funeral service took place at the national university. his oldest son and current prime minister spoke warmly of his father's achievements. >> mr. lee went for the nobler dream of a multiracial and multireligious nation. singapore would not be based on race language or religion but on fundamental values multiracial immaterial, equality integrity, and rule of law. >>reporter: along with much of the journey there was a military guard of honor and a 21-gun salute. this country has been in mourning for seven days and as monday approaches a new political dawn begins one without lee kuan yew. how this island nation moves forward socially and politically will depend on the new younger generation. >>> egypt's top prosecutor has described 18 muslim brother hood members as terrorists. the list includes the group's leader seen here in court last year. it's the first use of a new antiterror law passed in egypt earlier this year. they were convicted in february of orchestrate orchestrating violent in 2013 in which 11 people were killed. >>> tunisia's

as you say, world leaders from all over the globe gathered at the national university of singapore to pay their respects. you mentioned former u.s. president, bill clinton and indian prime minister, modi. there are dignitaries from russia, israel, former u.s. secretary of state, henry kissinger is there. they were great friends. kissinger is also 91 and traveled all the way from the united states to bid farewell to his friend. >> thanks very much. now, a robotic device is opening doors to all museums, even those who cannot travel. we'll explain on cnn news room. [ male announcer ] you wouldn't leave your car unprotected. but a lot of us leave our identities unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012. but for every car stolen, 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money, damage your credit, and wreak havoc on your life. why risk it when you can help protect yourself from identity theft with one call to lifelock, a leader in identity theft protection? lifelock actively patrols your sensitive, personal information, helping to guard your s

. >> the funeral service took place at the national university. here, his eldest son and current prime minister spoke warmly of his father's achievements. >> he went for the nobler dream of a multi-nation, multi-religious nation. singapore would not be based on race language or religion, but on fundamental values, multi-racialism, equality, integrity and rule of law. >> along with much of the journey, there was a military guard of honor and 21 gun salute. >> this country has been in mourning seven days, a new mythical down begins monday, one without him. how this island nation moves forward both socially and politically will depend on the new, younger generation. al jazeera singapore. >> time now to catch up on all the weather. rob's here. rob, the last time we spoke, we were talking about too much rain now there's not enough of it in some parts of america. >> this is an ongoing situation for years, we are talking about the desert states of the western u.s. the feed for this is what we call the pineapple express. the desert states down here, of cou

. >> the funeral service took place at the national university. here his eldest son and current prime minister spoke warmly of his father's achievements. >> he went for the nobler dream of a multi-racial, multi-religious nation. singapore would not be based on race language, or religion, but on fundamental values, multi-racialism, he equality, integrity and rule of law. >> along with much of the journey was a military guard of honor and 21 gun salute. >> this country has been in mourning for seven days, and as monday approaches, a new political dawn begins, one without lee kuan yew. his legacy will endure and be interpreted many ways in the coming years but how this island nation moves forward socially and politically will depend on the new younger generation. al jazeera, singapore. >> we're approaching the midway point on the news hour. still to come, jordan makes overtures towards iran but joins the fight against shia houthis in yemen. we report on their conflicted foreign policy. >> in canada's yukon territory some live off the grid, no running

a noted leader, a former senator , of great renown, probably one of the nation's most prominent university president, he has been very involved in this action. a lot of people understand his decision to expel the students at the center of the video. it seems like that might not be on very firm legal ground, they undercut the freedom of association and freedom of these rights of those students. it will be interesting to see as you might have seen, some of the students and some members are looking at legal representation, maybe suing the university down the line. host: if you want to join this conversation, democrats can call in at 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. and dependence, -- independence, 202-748-8002. guest: can i add one more thing about the university of oklahoma? things like this spread across social media, and one of the things that struck me very -- a very public letter written by the president of another chapter at the university of oklahoma, the president of five delta theta, an african-american member of the greek system. made some outstanding points and i encourage

one is now teaching at national defense university. i am wondering if you have insights. >> it does not work for me. i wish it did. but i heard about the chilean. i don't know what the colombian and the professors. i am heavily involved in human rights. i meet with human rights groups in washington every three to four months, a large group at the kerry center. sometimes they asked me about specific cases. someone else high up and honduras and give me situational awareness. it is it is a good dialogue. when i travel to various countries, just about every time i go down there to any countryw will have a discussion for a couple of hours with local human rights groups. i never know what i we will get, but they all have specialties. two people that were very involved coming off guard. it's a big deal the human rights in general. good questions about it. the 1st time conversation with people that were experts in that field. field. women's rights, another couple of representatives. colombians. i did not know this until i got this job, but pro

so much of the nation's focus was on racial healing, what has played out at one of this nation's major universities may seem particularly galling. it centers on a video that has exploded across the internet. it captures members of a university of oklahoma fraternity chapter spewing a racist chant referencing lynching. the target was black students, but the hurt has been universal. on that campus tonight widespread condemnation of those on that video from other students and university officials who quickly moved to shut down the fraternity chapter behind it and launch an investigation. nbc's gabe gutierrez is on the story for us tonight. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] >> reporter: the video first posted sunday has sparked national outrage. [ bleep ] >> reporter: now a second recording from a different angle shows members of the fraternity sigma alpha epsilon or sae at the university of oklahoma chanting racial slurs. ou's president joined hundreds of students at a pre-dawn rally, many with tape across their mouths. >> it really hurts that we're still going through stuff like that and it just needs to stop. >>

period.ning it started in the parliament house and ended in the west of the country at the national universitycultural center, where more than 2000 guests attended eulogies, including that of the prime minister. i want to put things in perspective. guest is with the institute of defense and strategic studies -- good to happy with us. the singapore governance model has been counted as a model that can be adopted by many countries. things that he has left behind in singapore with regards to governance -- number one would be the strength of political leadership. political leadership was crucial or even critical to the overall success of governing a country. the second thing would be that this whole idea of domestic complicity -- it is not a case of interest groups getting what bey want, but there needs to within governance this broader idea. last but not least, for government to be corrupt-free. that is the lesson many of us have learned. structure,government corruption is something that cannot be tolerated. haslinda: a legacy he left behind. i have been getting tweets on it. most technologies co

the other amount were reserved for a national university, the idea which grew after that into george washington, to gw, which was around 1800. statuary which we see today fountains. an entire part of the plan has the health benefits of long white avenues and fountains. places like london, paris, and philadelphia where disease would spread quickly, this was the era of the enlightenment were people are starting to understand that air, rather than the movement of air being a bad thing, carrying -- it was a good thing to prevent the communication of disease. some fountains were known to be on wide avenues. a church was one of the -- now that certainly doesn't end up anywhere on this, it is north of georgetown. it is not part of this. the idea for it. we do know, in the meetings with george washington, who brings that up first? we don't know if it was l'enfant or george washington. george washington would've been very interested in a nondenominational national church. in the back. >> two questions. number one. i'm not assuming he borrowed anything, but there are any p -- any presidents is

universal. by sunday night, s-a- e's national headquarters suspended its o-u chapter. >> "it's absolutely appalling and disgusting. we're just as shocked and outraged as other people because that's not the type of behavior that s.a.e. is about. that's not what our organization is about and that is no way acceptable." >> reporter: today, the university president announced all fraternity members were evicted from their house. >> "as they pack their bags, i hope they think long and hard about what they've done. this is not who we are and we won't tolerate it -- not for one minute from anybody, so the house will be closed and as far as i'm concerned, it won't be back." >> reporter: storm clouds were overhead as fraternity members loaded up u-haul trucks outside the sae house earlier today. campus police stood guard. some of the frat brothers had reportedly received death threats, and on one side of the house, someone had spray painted graffiti that appeared to read tear it down. the university continues to investigate, saying expulsion is one option on the table for anyone chanting such hateful words.

reason that we projected up to 75% over the next two years is if you look at the national literature what's considered universal for a pre k program is between 65% and 80%. that's the national average and there's all sorts of reasons that that's the case. we decided to pitch our goal a little bit higher with going to 75%. although 65% would be considered universal in the rest of the country. we wanted to talk a little bit about the targets for enrollment for fiscal year '16-17 because that's the groups that are the hardest to bring in the program so the first is religious affiliated programs. first five has done a great work working with many of the providers in the city to adapt the eric mar to meet the requirements for preschool for all and participate. more of that work will go on in 16 and 17 and leading up to that time. next bullet to bring in additional family child care homes. the percentages a bit lower. it's a bit more challenging for the family child care providers to get to the point that they can meet some of the requirements and again first five has done a wonderful job of working with those provid

it was held at longwood university in virginia and cohosted by the university and appomattox courthouse national historical park. topics from the session recorded sunday included the surrenders of alabama and indian territory, confederate immigration to brazil and the war's legacy. this is about three hours. host: i want to go ahead and introduce our first speaker. he's a historian. , award-winning author. he has a degree in history from st. vincent college and a masters in historic preservation from middle tennessee state university. in murfreesboro, tennessee. he has worked at nine different historic sites, most recently and currently at richmond national data field park. he has written two books and i think we have at least one of them in the for-sale bookstore his most recent one, "the most famous bridal" -- struggle" -- i grabbed the wrong one. what is the most recent one? "to the bitter end," which deals with the surrenders in north carolina. his talk today will be on the forgotten surrenders. since i did my dissertation on florida, i hope you might mention florida once or twice because it

however, my republican colleagues seem to have a fundamental distrust of scientist from our nation's universities. because h.r. 1029 puts in place a number of requirements that will liking dissuade academic scientists from serving on the board. it is difficult to understand how anyone could object to the most knowledgeable academic scientists offering their advice and expertise to e.p.a. who would know better whether e.p.a. had mischaracterized the science on an issue than the people who are leaders in their respective fields. to be clear i am not arguing that indesignificance not to have representation on e.p.a. science advisory board. their insight is valuable also. do i not support weakening conflict of interest practices so more industry representatives can serve on the board. the bill also favors industry by tying the board up with procedural burdens so unlimited that it is unlikely any science advisory board panel could ever render an opinion in a useful period of time. i assume that that is the point for h.r. 1029. endless delays leave plenty of time to manufacture doubt in the science and

i mean, you've taken some responsibility as the president of the university. the nationality has obviously, been talking about it. what about parents? what about others in the community who may be aware of this kind of behavior but haven't acted on it? >> they have-- they have a duty to come forward. you know, you look back at the-- and students, we cannot insulate ourselves from the broader society. students come here, what have they learned at home when they come? what have they learned in high school when they come? what does society around them find acceptable when they come? and we have to deal with that. we can't avoid it. but where we find that they've come with a set of values that are not thoroughly right, when they come with a wrong outlook, we need to be educators and train students to think in new ways, to understand the feelings of others, to be sensitive to the feelings and the rights of other people because we're talking about, also a chant that talks about excluding them from a fraternity, threatening them, talking about hanging them from a tree. now, i tho

university of oklahoma. this racist chant from some fraternity members let the national organization of sigma alpha epsilon to close the chapter and expel members from the fraternity house. university president david boren announced he would seek the permanent expulsion of members involved and especially those leading the chant. >> the repercussions are just beginning. a top recruit from the dallas area is decommitting and go elsewhere. current ou football player eric striker went on an outrage on snapchat. he was hurt by the damage of the school's reputation. he calls the back to expel those responsible. >> it is playing out. it is out there. i'm not saying it hasn't happened before but this is something that really not the little things should get pushed under the rug. we believe that president boren is taking the right actions and investigating and doing the right thing. more than just suspensions and expelling these students. the people responsible for it and people on the bus. this is how we feel. that action should take -- students should get expelled. >> early monday hundreds of students march silently

the other about 14 were reserved for the national university which grew to george washington which was right around 1800. the statuary which we see today the fountains, there is an entire heart of this plan that has to do with the health benefits of avenues and fountains. places like london and paris in philadelphia, disease would spread quickly and this was the era of enlightenment when people would understand that rather the movement of air being a bad thing, it was a good thing. to prevent the communication of disease. some fountains were known to -- but a national church was one of the -- now that certainly does not end up anywhere on this. it is north of georgetown. is not part of this plan. the idea for it -- what we don't know is in the meetings with george washington who brings that up first. we don't know if washington or l'enfant did but it is likely george washington had something to do with the idea. washington would have been very interested in a more or less nondenominational national church. >> i have two questions. number one is that i am not assuming he borrowed anythi

students triggering demonstrations suspending fraternity life and putting one of the nation's most elite universitiesunder the microscope. tonight, after months of investigating, charlottesville said they could find in their words, no evidence that attack ever happened. abc's linsey davis leads us off from virginia. >> reporter: the allegations were shocking a freshman student named jackie supposedly lured by her date to a party at this fraternity house a night of romance turned to horror. a brutal sex attack by seven fraternity members. her story, published in "rolling stone" magazine triggering a movement on campuses around the country. but today, charlottesville, virginia, police say they found no proof the attack at the frat ever happened. >> we have no evidence to support those assertions. >> reporter: soon after jackie's story was published, it began to unravel. "rolling stone" saying it never contacted the alleged attackers. and today said there was no party at the frat on the night in question and no proof the student jackie says brought her there gisexists. they say jackie herself refused to

now a fellow at the national defense university. university or the pentagon or anybody else, just himself. good to see you again. >> we're working in one town to take things back and then in tikrit it's just the iranians and the iraqis. is this mix problematic for you? if so, how and why? >> well it's good to be here, and a month ago when we last to talk we talked about the town of al-baghdadi which you just reported the pentagon says had been taken back. it's important to note that in a month's time we're now talking about two locations where isis has been that's under duress but as your noting here it's-under duress by a different combination of players and i don't think we should have an inordinate amount of concern that it is a combination of iraqi security force backed by iranian militias. and their senior leadership. largely because they're doing a lot of the work that would otherwise either not be getting done right now to put isis under duress or have to be done by ill-equipped and ill-trained iraqis still being vetted by u.

comment came after several dozen students of the nation largest university system stripped off the shirt yesterday regent meeting and began chanting. 3 day meeting wrapped up today. >> more than 2 dozen california winery named in a class action lawsuit alleging that they knowingly have been selling wine with high levels of arsenic. denver base lab tested more than 1300 bottle of wine for the contaminant and discovered unhealthy amounts of arsenic and many popular low cost bran. some named in the suit souter home, charles shaw cup cake and barrenger we know. the lab accuses wine makers of selling a product unsafe for consumers. >> we are not here attacking the win industry. we drink wine. just about every other american we like wine but we don't want wine that has dangerous levels of arsenic in the wine. >> trade group representing california wine makers rae fut the fineings and they said this the fineings and they said this. we are concerned that the irresponsible publicity campaign by the litigating party could scare the public into thinking that wipe is not safe to consume. which is pa

that may not be true, according to a study by san diego state university. national guidelines call for 60 minutes of vigorous exercise a day, yet researchers found that most teens who play soccer baseball, or softball exercise heavily for only about 45 minutes. even with long practices, it turns out that teens stand around a lot, or they're working that don't require intense physical effort. so even if you're a star player, you still might want to do a little extra biking or walking every day. your heart and maybe even your hips will thank you for it. >> the chinese have their great wall, and so do the british. coming up, i'll take you to hadrian's wall. >> robert frost's poem "mending wall" starts with the line "something there is doesn't love a wall." by that he means that unless a wall serves a true purpose there's no reason to build and maintain it. nicole tells us now about a wall that helped the romans define their empire. [ "rule, brittania!" plays ] >> it stretches like a stone snake over the hills and fields of northern england. it was built by roman soldie

only on 7 america university here in the nation's capital is reeling from a racially charged incident there. stephen tschida has more there. stephen: american university prides itself on diversity and inclusiveness but this freshman feels less welcome. >> blew up with horrible comments. stephen: the mobile app is for anonymous posts. readers can see where they originate. last week, someone uploaded a string of racist rants apparently from a.u. they state "slavery was the worst thing to happen to this country. bringing them over here." and "the entire culture isn't conducive to a life of success." also "it's obviously racist but i really don't like 99% of the black people i meet." >> i was hurt. i was disgusted. i was angry. stephen: the university september -- sent an e-mail to students saying the a.u. community is offended by the recent anonymous racist posts on yikyak. >> nobody is making a threat to body. nothing can be done in terms of finding out who said these things. stephen: some students believe whoever posted the comments are in minority themselves. >> reflective of a small

both the university and national fraternity are investigateing. meanwhile, another investigation under way on the university of maryland baltimore county >> it isn't who we are at all and certainly it is the disappointing. >> reporter: five members of the women's lacrosse team now suspended, after a series of texts emerged. texts they allegedly wrote about their freshman teammates. 16 pages of screenshots of the texts were sent to the baltimore post examiner. in them the students allegedly posted messages like "can we just kill them," and "kill the freshmen." overnight, a prpd firm issues a statement on behalf of four of the five suspended young women, saying the players have indicated they never intended to harm anyone. linsey davis abc news, new york. >>> when we come back here that surprise for grandma, and the whole family. >>> and the news coming in tonight on that solar storm, hitting earth right now. the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-d

racial discrimination and violent sometimes criminal behavior has brought greek life on university campuses to the national spotlight. >> sigma alpha epsilon, sae, at the university of oklahoma was disbanded after a late video showed members chanting a racist song. >> now the national executive director is making moves to eradicate any racial discrimination among all chapters. jay gray has more on what this means for current and future members of any fraternity. >> reporter: it has become a national epideming. >> it's intolerable. it's not right. it's despicable acts. you better rip that page out of your book. >> reporter: allegations and some cases evidence of racism dangerous and even criminal behavior at fraternities from the northeast through the southwest. police and officials at penn state have identified two private facebook pages run by members of the kappa delta rho fraternity that allegedly include photos of sexual misconduct drug deals and hazing. >> we're working throughor process to determine which individuals may have been involved. >> reporter: a criminal investigation is under way at the un

national lead. oklahoma university kicks out two students i.d.'d on a video expelled that video of frat boys chanting the "n" word. now their house mom who just earlier was swearing this disgusting behavior is not sea, she's caught on tape herself. >>> in other national news prosecutors in court detail what the admitted boston bomber scrawled on the inside of that boat. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." you hear the closing bell. i'm jake tapper. breaking news in our money lead. the dow tanking, closing down more than 300 points today. let's go to allison kosik. alison, what happened? >> investors got spooked, selling stocks as fast as we could because the dollar is crushing currency and gaining on the euro. the worry is the stronger dollar spells bad news for u.s. company that's do a lot of business overseas. sure, the strong dollar may speak to the health of the u.s. economy, that it's doing better than the rest of the world. but here's the rub. that stronger dollar cuts into profits for companies and makes their stuff more expens

a racist, i never considered it a possibility. >> reporter: tonight, the national organization doesn't dispute the university's findings but insists there's no evidence the chant is widespread. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> ryan thank you. >>> and to the extreme weather in the heartland tonight. the deadly tornadoes, outside tulsa tulsa, an ef-2. listen to this. >> oh my god. keep going. >> and we saw the pictures decimating a gymnasium. teachers keeping the children calm. and let's go to ginger zee. >> we're talking freeze warnings and watches as far south as atlanta. parts of missouri to south carolina north carolina all in blue. sub-freezing. louisville pittsburgh. and the antithesis the other side. 180 degrees different, 10 to 20 degrees above average. 100 for yuma. tons of records broken. >>> and businesses may now cite religious belief to refuse business to gay people. and the ncaa expressing reservations. but supporters saying worries about discrimination are overblown. >>> and harry reid announcing he will not seek re-election. saying his decision has nothing to do with his injuries exercising. >>>

palestinian -- syria's palestinians enjoyed the same rights and benefits as syrian nationals, rights to schools universitiesare. this is not the case here, accord to this united nations relief and works agency, 75% of the 45,000 palestinian we have gees from syria cannot survive without handouts. and for many this camp is a prison. the lebanese government which has had a history of conflict with its own palestinian population has imposed tight restrictions. >> one of the biggest problems that the palestine refugees from syria have, is the fact that their visas have expired and that puts them -- that makes them much more vulnerable about restrictions of movement, they can't come in and out of the camps as often as they want. they can be stopped and their documents can be confiscated they could be detained. >> reporter: this is just one of the reasons why many of them tried to find a way out. and at times it has cost them their lives. this palestinian family was hosting the relatives from syria before they were lured by smugglers to take a boat to reach europe. >> translator: my cousins and friends were on th

. >> national defense university. among the big difference issues that u.k. will face in 2016 is that main gate decision on replacing -- how strong of support within the conservative party is there for a like for like replacement? very quickly, since you were the defense minister at the time you signed the defense treaty with france, are you satisfied with the level of british-french defense? >> all right. >> that is how you have to end up with the last five minutes. >> about guessing on the concept of the parents in general, we seem -- concept of veterans, -- deterents, they are not -- they are becoming completely adept at extracting information. we seem to have failed of understanding potentials that it gives us. i'm entirely with you on that and we need to really -- in terms of strong support for replacement, the biggest argument against in is why would you spend so much money on a system that you will never use? they fail to understand the concept which is that we are using it every day. as a deterrent. i point out that we are very happy to spend $9 billi

the associate professor of the national defense university and former military mercenary talks about the use of mercenaries in wars around the world today. he says we are headed towards a future that will resemble the middle ages hiring mercenaries to fight in wars is the norm. [applause] >> thank you. thank you to atlantic council for hosting us and thank you for making at out on a less than auspicious weather day. this book is about the return of private military force international relations today. i wrote this not simply as an international relations scholar but also as a practitioner that i work for a company called dyncorp national for several years in africa and while i was working there i saw many press reports, many think tank reports, a lot of left-wing and right-wing knee-jerk reaction to simply did not get what i thought the industry was right. the genesis of writing this book was not in any way a whistleblower book. it was really to paxton salience around a very polemical issue and that is the origins of way wrote this book. now before you begin the actual argument i wan

operators on the college campus and i further think that the national interfraternity council should make it a policy that every time a university closes down a chapter that the individual fraternity itself should shut down the chapter. there are campuses all across america where the college president has shut down an individual chapter the national fraternity didn't shut it down and kids are living and partying and the pad bad acts continue. >> this is being fueled by families that are paying 20, 40, even north of $60,000 a year to keep their students on campus, don't parents get a vote in this? are they aware of what's going on? and how little oversight there is upon the part of the university itself? >> you know when parents figure that out it's when something terrible happens to their child. it's when a daughter is sexually assaulted in a fraternity house and suddenly they look into the deeper history that fraternity house in the news and they found there's been a lot of criminal allegations or maybe a death in that fraternity house or when someone was hazed and they try start a lawsuit against the fraternity and they find o