. >> 14-year-old ahmed muhammed was let out led out with handcu when he had this at school. this is clearly a clock. ahmed had a starring role. >> now we are going to talk with ahmed muhammed. >> i have a quick note to your teachers they are watching. please don't be alarmed this isn't a wall of explosives behind us. >> this won't be my last invention. >> something tells me we have not heard the last from ahmed muhammed. >> mark zuckerburg offered him to visit facebook. the president invited him to visit the white house. there must be no gray area in this story. marc cuban spoke with ahmed and had this to say on real time with bill maher. >> he is from dallas. i talked to the people in the school district. the kid is super smart kid, science geek. we talked about science. while i am talking to him on the phone as i asked him a question tell me what happened? i am curious, right? his sister over his shoulder you could hear her giving him the anticipateses. >> ahmed's sister told the daily beast, quote, i got suspended from school for three-days from the stupid same district fr

. >> ahmed muhammed says he just wants to sleep and wants his clock back.fter being arrested earlier this week, he brought oh homemade clock to school that teachers mistakenly thought was a bomb. that led to police coming and arrestedding him, but dropped the case. he was still suspended for three days. he said every felt he was discriminated against for being muslim. >> there's a lot of stereotypes for people who are for the purposes and they have muslim names, not specifically muslim names, but names mainly in islam. >> you don't think that would have happened to one of your classmates had they brought a clock in to school. >> no, this would not have happened to any of my classmates. >> you are sure of that? >> yes. >> why did the police officer say to you, one of the four said that's who i thought it was. >> yes. i think it was because of my race and because of where i'm from, and because of my name. >> how does that make you feel. >> it makes me feel different, like i didn't belong there and that i was a threat to them. >> obviously you're not a threat

a ninth grader named ahmed muhammed is arrested at school for a homemade clock he brought to show his teachers. police said it was a suspected hoax bomb. now thousands are rallying behind him all the way up to the oval office. >>> and jon stewart takes to capitol hill trying to shame congress into extending health care funding for 9/11 first responders. >> i'm embarrassed for our country. i'm embarrassed for new york. i'm embarrassed that you, after serving so selflessly, with such heroism, have to come down here and convince people to do what's right. >>> tonight's gop debate is being dubbed fight night. and all eyes are on donald trump, of course, because it might be very different from the first affair with many. of the 11 candidates on stage promising to come out swinging, trump, the undisputed front-runner who leads all national and early state polls, could draw the brunt of the attacks. trump is going to see what low energy looks like. predicted one adviser to jeb bush. i think he deserves both barrels, warned rand paul, i want to make sure everyone in the whole country knows he

ahmed muhammed did not enter the fair but met others who did. to ali velshi, muhammed said he's trying to move past of the incident and focus on the future. >> i'm not ok going back to my school, because it's really -- it didn't really feel good about what happened there and i don't want to go back to that. they could apologize, but that's not going to change anything, because what's done was done. >> muhammed officially withdrew from his school on monday. his family says they are still deciding where to send him instead. >> china's president arrives in the u.s. today. why technology and cyber security are tops on his agenda as he tries to boost confidence in the chinese economy. >> a close call for a man out on a stroll. the move that just might have saved his life. >> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:30 eastern, taking a look at today's top stories. republican presidential candidate ben carson is clarifying his stance that a muslim should not be president. he said a muslim could be elected if he rejects the tenants of the faith. >> scott

. >> it's the look of a confused boy, this picture on twitter of 14-year-old ahmed muhammed appearing to be puzzled over how his homemade digital clock landed him in handcuffs. >> it wasn't the first time i brought an invention to school. >> he said is engineering took a look and told him to keep it out of sight, but when his english teacher so you the messy wires and pencil case he packed the clock in, she alerted the principal and the principal called the police. >> they arrested me and they told me that i committed a crime of a hoax bomb, a fake bomb. >> the device apparently was a homemade experiment and there's no evidence to support the perception he intended to create alarm. no charges will be filed and the case is considered closed. >> the case may be closed but it's far from over. it sparked a wave of allegations, including discrimination by some in the mutt lick community. >> i think this wouldn't even be a question if his name wasn't ahmed muhammed. he is an excited kid who is very bright, likes to in vent things and share it with his teachers. >> police say they were follo

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muhammed used pieces of scrap metal and computer parts to build a homemade clock. teacher at his suburban dallas school heard it ticking and thought it was bomb. she called police and ahmedas hauled in for questioning even though the device was found to be harmless. ahmed plans to turn his scare foo a positive force. >> i will try my best not just to help me but to help every other kid in the entire world who has problem locate this. >> ahmed says he made transfer to different school and hopes one day to go to college at mit. >> as college costs continue to rise one local institution is reversing that trend. rosemont college in bryn mawr slashing tuition by 43% to make it affordable for students. the president of the small liberal arts college says the current tuition system does not work. >> model based on high sticker prices that keep going up every year, and high discounts. >> when she president hirsh announceannounced you heard this overwhelming, you know, round of applause and cheers just like a weight off everyone's shoulders. >> room and board will be nearly $2,000 cheaper. rows mon college says the cut in tuition will not affect faculty pay for lead to any layoff

muhammed was released without charge. police and skill districts are defending their decision, saying they've done everything in an abundance of caution. chris hayes spoke exclusively to ahmedappened. >> what did those teachers say when you showed them your clock? >> the first teacher, he was impressed but he advised me not to show any other people. >> he told up not to show any other people? >> yes. >> do you think he said that. >> he told me it looks like a bomb. >> with me now to talk about all this is "daily beast" columnist. dino, how are you? >> i'm fine. ahmed huhallah is doing fine, too. >> i felt like i was a criminal. i felt like i was a terrorist. >> so, dino, what are your thoughts about all of this? >> well, we can't look at this in a vacuum. i want people to understand in texas and especially in irving, this year, there's been stoking of anti-se sensen sensent -- an sentiment. the idea to arrest a 14-year-old student who brings a clock to school, deprived him of being with his parents, he asked for his father, he said no. they pressured him until he was in tears. i think it's ridiculous. >> and in texas there was a shooting and a killing that people came to th