delia goncalves is live at american university with more on the story and what the university plans to do. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. first let me tell but this social media app. it's called jik yak and it works like -- yik yak and it works like twitter. you can see the posts only of people within a ten-mile radius of you and they are all anonymous. so administrators at american university, even though they denounced these comments, they don't know who posted them so they can't go after anyone. there's no accountability here. however, a number of young people that i spoke to here on campus say it's still affecting them and other people who are reconsidering coming to american university after reading comments like this. some say, quote, chain these monkey -- tame these monkeys. isn't there some cotton that needs to be picked? then there are even threats, including, quote, i would like to protest those protests with molotov and tear gas. the racist comments started in january aft ferguson protest nationwide and a number of protests happening on the au

. >>> racial tensions boiling to a point at american university right now. school leaders have denounced some racist comments that were posted on the social media site yik yak. but can they ban that site? delia goncalves has more. >> i think yik yak is a dangerous social media tool. >> reporter: yik yak is a new app where you can read posts from folks within a ten-mile radius but all of them are anonymous. here at american university, some people are hiding behind racist comments like, quote, tame these monkeys and isn't there some cotton that needs to be picked? >> it should be taken as serious as a death threat in my opinion because, like, really it creates a horrible atmosphere. >> reporter: school administrators say they have been on top of this issue not only releasing a statement denouncing the racist comments on yik yak but well before this situation. in fact, after ferguson, they have launched a series of forums to discuss racial relations on au's campus and college campuses around the country. >> i think they have been positive toward racial inclusi

a series of offensive posts were reportedly made by american university students are or were posted near the school. they appeared on the online form yik yak which shows anonymous comments in their immediate area. au is hosting a meeting tonight to discuss the postings and strategies for creating a more inclusive community. au's vice president of campus life e-mailed students saying it cannot be stated strongly enough that these posts stand in stark contrast to american university's core values. >>> it is now 4:37. today you can learn more about the future needs for montgomery county public schools. the county's education committee will meet today to look at changes that may need to be made to capital improvements program. portable cloos rooms will be a hot topic as the county prepares for increased enrollment. any increase in students may impact the bolt line and by 2020, there may be as many as 11,000 additional students in the county. that meeting happens today at the 2:00 p.m. at the council office building in rockville. and you can find more information about that later today on nbc

meanwhile, another terrific story locally as the american university women who are going to the ncaa tournament for the first time ever! the american team which won the patriot league tournament championship will open against third seeded iowa and they are thrilled to be hitting the road for march madness. going to the big dance. alison: good for them. tim: more on this coming up at 6:00. leon: you know about this you know, offices all across the country buzzing about brackets all this week. tim: sure. alison: what your odds really of picking perfection? listen to this a professor at depaul university says the odds are less than one in 9.2 quintillion? by the way that has 18 zeros. in fact, you have a better chance of winning the mega millions lottery two times in a row by buying one ticket both times. it's also more likely that the chicago cubs and the white sox would win the next 16 world series titles. leon: you know what every sports fan is saying so you're saying there's a chance. tim: it's more likely that leon would meet me on the golf course. leon: and pick up the tab. tim: la

this is the deadliest attack on civilians in the north african country in 13 years. >>> american university is hosting a public forum after a series of racist postings. those posts appeared on the online form yik yak which shows anonymous comments in the immediate area and may have been made by american university students or people near the school. au eat au's discussion is about strategyies for creating a more inclusive community and say it cannot be stated strongly enough that these posts stand in stark contrast to american university's core values. >>> and d.c. police tell us a concerned citizen brought a box full of grenades yesterday to a substation. the person discovered the grenades in their attic. officers cordoned off the area and an explosives team has determined the devices are safe. >>> surveillance tapes from the latest secret service scandal outside the white house may have been erased. two senior agents hit a barricade outside the executive mansion earlier this month after the agents attended a party. congressman jason chaffvitz asked for more tapes and joseph clancy told hi

alison: well you know, it's really an exciting time for american university's women's basketball team. tim has been talking about this for a while. and really exciting. they're preparing to head to the ncaa tournament themselves. tim: yeah, this is great. you guys filled out your brackets yet? now we're talking. it's really truly one of the great stories this season in all of college basketball. the american university women's basketball team is making its first ever trip to the big dance and the team is really excited to go. at american university where teaching history is nothing new, they can now add a new chapter to the curriculum. >> this is the first women's team to make it to the ncaa tournament. tim: the a.u. women are making their big dance debut. >> we're excited. tim: so today, a sendoff so many years in the making. >> this is something i've been waiting for personally for over 40 years because i played women's basketball for american university. yeah. tim: the team clinched a bid on saturday but it didn't really hit home until the official invite came monday night. >> we'r

that's what big names in law enforcement are talking about tonight at american university. jackie benson is more in northwest with what they discussed. jackie? >> reporter: one of the questions put to the panelists is how to regain the trust of entire communities and the a ens answers were surprising. the panel was made up of former police chiefs including cathy lanier and brought to be by the associations of chiefs. this is an effort to address the crisis in community law enforcement agencies after the unarmed shooting of michael brown. audience members submitted questions, including one that asked, what could do you in the 90 days to re-evaluate trust. >> when you're evaluating your recruits for the job, one performance measure that you rate them on empathy. >> do you incentivize on low-level offenders? >> the audience included many american university students. >> i want to hear from our law enforcement to hear what they have to say about how they are bridging gaps between the community they serve. is within the community. we don't need to go to the university or even th

tim: meanwhile, the american university women made their first ever ncaa tournament appearance. nice cut to the ba up and around, under the basket. but in the second half the crowd got behind iowa. whitney jennings, watch this, from the bonus-sphere. stop, pop, bang! hawkeyes win it. a 14 seed which a.u. was is now 0-85 in the tournament. wow! meanwhile, the terps lead by one over valparaiso. more of that coming up later in sports. leon: getting it together. getting it together. alison: up next here on abc 7 news at 5:00, police say she was just driving to work. leon: now she's fighting for her leon: a texas woman is being treated after she was shot in the head following an apparent road rage incident. alison: it we want down in houston this morning. police are still looking for the gunman. reporter: instead of arriving at center point energy where the 28-year-old works as a customer service representative, she's spending her friday morning in the hospital with a gunshot wound. >> one gunshot was fired. striking our victim in the back of the head. reporter: police think the prob

>> reporter: well, i had to race from the american university this evening at the height of the rush hour to the center of town where a suicide car bomb had gone off killing seven people and injuring 31 as so often the case del. all civilians heading home from work and that's the kind of thing that they want to see end. they want ordinary. they want to be able to drive down the roads and the highway. the highway linking kabul to kandahar, 13 people were killed on that highway just a couple of nights ago. so a lot of insecurity certainly outside of the cities and the district centers, in many of the rural areas life hasn't changed very much. a third of the country still lives below the poverty line. so there are still very, very many poor afghans, and it is going to take a lot more effort to get this country back to the place where ghani would like it to be. he said he envisioned a future where america would come visit. and the country is stunning del. beautiful mountains and rivers and valleys. we would like to see the americans and their children come visit as tourists but that is a

possibly one of the last places you'd expect to find an american university.four girls chat and giggle discussing their dream with their principal. for these girl just to be here today is a testament to courage and hope. around a year ago i met this teenager. she just escaped the boko haram abduct of nearly 300 of her friends from that school. last time i saw you, it was very very different. you just had gone through something really horrible. and you said that you western sure you could ever go back to school. now, here you are. the change in her is remarkable. all, she says, thank to her teacher. she hopes to follow in their footsteps. boko haram targeted these girl and hundreds of others like them across nigeria's north for daring to go to school. 21 of them are now back in education, enrolled on scholarships at the american people university of nigeria. the school's vice chancellor and native kalean is a long way from home. but she says she's exactly where she's meant to be. >> we drove up one morning as the curfew was over. and we came to anjection and ha

. >>> today american university is hosting a public forum after a series of raceis postings on social media. the posts appeared on the online form yik yak which shows users anonymous comments in their immediate area. based on location the posts made have i been made by american university students or by people near the school. au's discussion tonight is about strategies for creating a more inclusive community. >>> on monday, au's vice president of campus life e-mailed students saying it can be not be stated strongly enough that these posts stand in stark contrast to american university's core values. >>> right now d.c. fire and ems investigating a case where an ambulance never showed up. firefighters say a d.c. police officer hurt his leg while arresting someone in northeast washington earlier this week. a fire truck came within minutes, but police say the officer needed an ambulance. firefighters requested one five times with no response. now, according to the fire department an ambulance was sent out 26 minutes after the fire truck arrived. by that time, officers had driven the inju

that's where american university hopes to beat the lafayette leopards. and punch their ticket to the ncaa tournament. but let's not get ahead of ourselves, first things first the number six eagles have a wednesday night date with the number four leopards. but the patriot league championship on the line. >> i think they got a pretty good mindset. i mean we approach every game you know the same way. so they know the challenge ahead of them. >> we're not taking anything for granted right now. i mean we definitely understand that but at the same time, we want to focus on our preparation and focus on what the coaches are giving us as a game plan and really just preparing like we would any other game. >> this is the second straight finals appearance for the eagles who hope the win the second conference title. the senior was there the last time and hopes for a repeat. he and the rest of the seniors don't want their run to be over. coach doesn't want the season to end either. >> last game is -- i don't want to think about that. >> i mean right now it's everythin

this is between 7:00 and 9:00 at american university in northwest washington. >>> at the live desk following a developing story out of san jose california. a standoff with a suicidal suspect that killed a police officer overnight. 57-year-old scott dunham apparently was drunk and threat evening to kill himself. police officers arrived to his home. that's when police say dunham started firing at the officers. he struck and killed one officer there, a 12 year veteran with the force. still unclear if the suspect may have been hurt in the exchange but for now much of the neighborhood is being locked down and partially evacuated for the savefety of the people in the area. >>> today marks 40 years since anybody saw two missing sisters. police are hoping for a break in the case that could come any moment. 10-year-old cath lynn lyon and 12-year-old sheila lyon went missing from wheaton, plaza on this date in 1975. the bedford county sheriff's office says new leads whether he had to another search this week on taylors plnt ss mountain in virginia. authorities have named richard allen welch sr. and hi

this is between 7:00 to 9:00 at american university in northwest d.c.. >>> and maryland's gun laws may be changing. today a federal appeals court will hear arguments on key provisions of maryland's sweeping gun control law. gunned a stroe case groups say the ban on.45 assault weapons and limit on gun magazines is taking safety too far. maryland lawmakers approved the measures in response to the deadly shooting of 20 children at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. >>> just before he became virginia's governor in 2014 terry mcauliffe's electric car company received special favors from the department of homeland security according to the "washington post". the inspector at dhs says that mcauliffe and other politicians were granted special visas for foreign investors. the report says those favors were not illegal, but they created the appearance of favoritism. mcauliffe's office says that he asked dhs to process visa applications in a timely fashion. >>> former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. will be released from federal prison tomorrow and he will head straight to d.c.. h

he was an american university professor last september when he was arrested in a bizarre case where he set fires, perhaps to distract authorities so he could burping lashize a new mexico avenue pharmacy of prescriptions and prescription pads as legal documents. he pleaded guilty in january of burglary and identity theft and sentencing today before the judge joey bird, pitt said i owe my people an apology listing university, the students and hisd paner of six years adding "i ask for their forgiveness and the opportunity to earn their trust." we talked to a man who said he was pitt's husband but would not give his name. >> are you his husband? what's your reaction to the sentence? >> that's ok. we won't do that. ok? >> he's a good person. and i look forward to the day when he can get his life back together. and for those of us who love him and care about him, this has been a difficult day. sam: the judge said he had long standing issues of mental illness and substance abuse adding one reason she gave him prison time was his setting of fires could have led to loss of life. reporting from

alison: american university is under the microscope as well for how it handled sexual violence and harassment complaints. the school is part of a u.s. department of education investigation into 104 colleges and universities. a.u. representative said the school is cooperating with investigators. students said the issue was bigger than the university. >> i think it's really important and i think it's very sad and it happens too much on many different campuses. i think a.u. is doing a lot, but they could be doing more. alison: they are the second area school being looked at with title ix. catholic university is also an under investigation. leon: tonight friends and family cope by sharing memories of a two-year-old little girl. she was struck and killed in bowie, the accident still under investigation. roz plater has more on the story. roz: leobnn, the vigil took lace where the accident happened. most folks who came out were strangers, never meeting the little girl or the family but the tragedy touch them deeply and the hurt runs deep. >> oh, my baby! roz: the heartbreaking cries of a mother wrac

let's bring in james golddire the dean of international service at american university.e joins us live. thank you very much. how are we supposed to process this idea have o the iranians leading the iraqis whom we used to arm and train and now apparently serve under the iranians. >> one of the big outcomes of the 2002 invasion of iraq has been the expansion of iranian influence in iraq. we are just seeing that continue. here we have the revolutionary guard force from iran won the ground working with the iraqi military leading the defensive and the united states is sitting on the sidelines. >> what do we do? >> the big concern we have with the iraqi government is its ability to be inclusive its ability to include the sunnis. until it does, the sunnis will continue to be attracted to isis and the big concern we should have right now is whether or not the iraqi military working with the iranian government will exacerbate the sectarian divide that already exists in iraq. >> it feels like since we will be treated like libber raytors nothing has gone well with this group. when

was hurt when a tree fell across massachusetts avenue in northwest d.c., the 4200 block near american university. two cars hit the tree after it fell. both sides of the roadway reopened about an hour ago. today storm left a coating of ice on just about everything. awesome video, shot by one of our producers after getting into his car in alexandria. he was not alone. just about every car in the parking lot was encased in the same sheets of ice. the maryland state highway administration and the virginia department of transportation are asking drivers to stay off the roads if you can. they will be working on the roads through the night to keep them passable. be sure to get up early with "good morning washington" to find out how the roadways are doing. we will have all the closings and delays as they come into the newsroom. all of that get started dark and early at 4 a.m. tonight is not the night to be traveling by air, either. there are delays and cancellations at just about every major airport in the country. airlines canceled hundreds of flights today. while on the east coast we are dealing with

and it's been a good year for american university basketball. the men will also play for a league title, playing lafayette. you have gw, maryland is winning, and a.u.? i don't know if that has ever happened before. leon: how about that? robert: girl power. alison: thank you, robert! leon: if they win tomorrow, we all have to wear pink. alison: here's a question -- could you run a reindeer? -- outrun a reindeer question leon: think of this as a safer version of the running of the bowls. this is the running of the reindeer in anchorage, alaska. the races for a worthy cause. on my short list, running with a reindeer. alison: it looks like the ice is more dangerous than the reindeer. leon: i told you it was a short book. one opage. steve: 50 degrees the high tomorrow with rain, then clearing out thursday. leon? leon:alison: okay, i need a better pizza. one made with only real cheese. and dough that rises naturally. with no chemical leaveners. a pizza my family will love. (announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. no other pizza tastes like

a series of racist online the lead a rally at american university. the post appeared on yik-yak. those posts are anonymous and only travel 1.5 miles away from their origin. students linked arms in a show of unity. a big celebration on the other campus in college park. the terps advancing in the big tournament, but the fans had to sweat it out. they win by just three points. tim brant, you expected this to come down to the last possession? tim: absolutely. thevalparaiso hit eight threes, but marilyn survives. melo trimble had a double double, dez wells had 14. a tough win, but mark turgeon will take it. >> is hard to win this time of year for stop really proud of my group. >> we just have to ignore the scouting reports and come ready to play. tim: 65-62 was the final for the maryland terrapins. they will play sunday against west virginia. west virginia will be tough. west virginia is very athletic and they will run the floor. they are very quick. leon: just as close, last possession? tim: absolutely, melo will have to have a great game. leon: the d.c. streetcar project, is it read

than 30 years, former producer for 60 minutes and is now april faster of journalism at the american university in washington. idol have zephyr teachout start out. enjoy. >> thank you for being here. good morning. my book is called "corruption in america". it is not a history of all the corruption in america. if it were i would be much older than i am now. before i came out of the cave could tell you the story. it is a history of what corruption has meant in american law. i use the word corruption called lee but think about what it would mean if you were a juror in a case and you had to decide whether an act was given corruptly. what does corruption mean? i actually think that within corruption in the language of corruption there is a whole bunch of different theories been batted. your theory of what correction means implies your theory of what democracy means and your theory about what corruption means has implications for what you think a person is, with you think a person is capable of serving public good or whether you think a person is necessarily statistical and self-serving. the book beg

will go to the dance and so will american university for the first time ever. so the big dance tonight for the first time. leon: and the ncaa gets a chance to do a do over. tim: they have no chance. they went undefeated. they have to. doug: show you another sign of spring here thanks to john saunderman. he took that. and you can see him more if you follow him on twitter. this is down in cherry blossoms and it looks like the florets are visible. we're on cherry blossom watch. temperatures are going to take a nose dive tomorrow with the cold front. maybe some midday showers and gusty winds. then it turns colder. it's going to stay chilly for sometime. steve rudin will have more what to expect in the morning when he joins us tonight at 11:00. leon: that's it for us now. "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. >>> on this monday night, the famous multimillionaire under arrest. about to be extradited. long suspected of killing his wife and friend robert durst, and his stunning words. saying he quote, killed them all. tonight, authorities preparing to mo

for more on the situation, i'm joined by the dean of international services at american university. why d you think president putin has made this documentary? >> i think it is all about the propaganda. it's about showing he is in charge and that this is not some fly-by-night type of operation he is in gauged in. >> he says there were no russian troops in crimea and now is saying i ordered it all one month before the referendum. >> even beyond that, he is giving the order that he needed to bring it back. that the military resins had to be in place longer before them to do that so efficiently and effectively. he is simply saying that is when he gave the go order to go in and do this. the referendum was a pretext for something he had already decided to do. >> do you think this will show us or tell us anything about his plans in ukraine? >> i don't know if it tells us about his plans for eastern ukraine, but the place of crimea in russian history, to remind people he is the russian president who returned crimea to russia. that is a big deal and a big legacy. president putin says i broug

and final note, american university is at lehigh tonight. >> he was part of that. >> russell westbrook can do that. >> still standing still. amazing. all right. >> all righty. let's end this on a bright note. >> ok. temperatures tomorrow, 30 degrees. it's going to be cold but sunny. we'll start the melting process, 42 for a high on saturday. daylight savings time starts early sunday morning so we lose an hour of sleep in exchange for sunset after 7:00. the end of next week. middle to upper 50's to around 60 degrees. "world news tonight" is coming up next. >> leave you with as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $200 back when you upgrade to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $200 back. hurry call now it's your last chance. this offer ends march twenty-first. okay, i need a better pizza. one made with o

. >> also the american university women's basketball team making their ncaa appearance their first, theyved a 14th seed and will face iowa in first round friday. also nfl news at only 24 years old, 49er chris borland has retired. he said he's concerned about head trauma. this is a big story for the nfl taking this >>> are you ready for this? mitt romney's getting back in the ring. not for another presidential bid. he is literally getting into a boxing ring to fight one of the greatest boxers for charity. romney will spar with five-time heavy weight champ evander holyfield. >> don't do it mitt! >> the light-hearted fight is part of a fund-raiser for charity vision. that group helps restore vision for people with incurable blindness. >> i don't think lighthearted. >> i'm calling a knockout. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- jim parsons, miles teller musical guest wiz khalifa

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a lot near american university and the school's paper said today we'll hear an update.far the paper said that au was testing cyber weapons back then as chemical weapons are buried there. the cleanup has been going on for 20 years according to the school paper. >>> and stay with us news 4 today continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> all right. take a look at storm team 4 radar right now. you're seeing a lot of green on the radar. all the rain is heading our way. we'll let you know how it will impact your morning and afternoon commutes. >>> right now keeping an eye on a water main break on a major road through prince george's county. we'll check with richard jordan how it will impact your drive to work. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'mwe'll go to tom kierein for a look when the rain is moving in. >> that will be later today. there is the capitol under a most

. >>> american university is taking on yik-yak.postings are threatening to divide the campus. tonight jackie benson is getting reaction from the students. >> reporter: what did it say in that's what you had students say after receiving this e-mail. it says, "the au community is deeply offended by racist posts on yik yak." few students are exactly aware of what the offensive posts said. >> it was a very broad e-mail about yik yak so i don't really know. >> i know a lot of people get personally attacked on sites but when they are not, it's not as big of a deal. >> reporter: some believe the university e-mails concern posts made last month, commenting on nationwide unrest following the police shooting of unarmed shooting michael brown in ferguson missouri. >> it was -- this was during -- yeah it was last semester. >> the app today had a feature where if enough people find it offensive or don't agree with it it will delete but at the same time they are putting something on social media. >> reporter: the first takes place tomorrow. in n

. >>> later in sports the american university women looking for an upset. we've got highlights from their first ever tournament game. >>> next fighting cancer can lead to forgetfulness for some patients, what they can do >>> in today's health alert an estimated 1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer. many survivors claim forget wasness and mental -- forgetfulness and mental fogginess. yvonne pressure on was a teacher -- brower was a teacher for 35 years, but after chemotherapy for breast cancer she became forgetful and depressed. >> i can't remember what i taught for all those years because i couldn't remember the names of the countries and capitals and i thought i can't teach. >> reporter: robert jenkens enrolled in a ucla study investigating team owe brain. up to 1/3 -- chemo brain. up to 1/3 of breast cancer survivors suffer from chemo brain. >> concrete examples, i lose my place when i read and i'm distracted by thoughts or little noises. >> researchers created a series of puzzles and tests to help improve memories. one set of patients did the

. >>> can we just have a word for the american university eagles, my alma mater?ody thought they were going anywhere and they are one game away from the big dance. >>> seven-day, temperatures above or average, just one little exception friday a bit below average, 51. we have rain friday, gorgeous tomorrow, saturday milder, the tradeoff for more showers, sunday very nice, mr. mcginty here lamenting the fact it was 64. now it's 56. i don't think those 8 degrees will change your plans much, 58 monday, mid-50s tuesday and wednesday. i still assume you're man enough to ride if it's 56 instead of 64. >> it looks like we're coming into a good stretch here. >> can we say old man winter has been vanquished at this point? >> yes. we'll probably see a flake in the next couple weeks, but yeah, he's done. >> out of here just like us. cbs evening news is next. >> i'll be back at 7:00 with jan jeffcoat. we will see you then. >> bye. others. now, americans everywhere are discovering that... spoon after spoon... dish after dish... time, after time, after time again... deliciously

american university looking to keep dancing against colgate. first half, eagles up one.three-pointer. moore from the sharp-shooting shoa shoaf, another one. then under a minute left in the half au putting it away early. jessie reid's three. and they defeat colgate 71-63. they'll take on lafayette in wednesday's championship game. >>> the terps women looking to flex their muscle in the big ten championship game facing ohio state. second half maryland up big. pass inside here to lauren mensy, who goss off the glass. terps are up 15. but ohio state did battle back. kelsey mitchell shot them back in this game. she had a game-high 31 points osu down just two. a little over a minute left four-point maryland lead but kate craft will cut it to one. we have a ballgame now. 3.8 seconds to go. terps lead it by three. long pass to mitchell here puts up the heat but it's no good. how about that? maryland win this one 71- -- 77-74. and terps take the big ten championship in their first seas. >>> george washington facing dayton in the a-10 championship. skip ahead to the second half. d

. >> did you know that american university is using adjuncts to replace tenured positions and drive down the quality of our education. i ask you, what's disgusting? you're disgusting. what is outrageous? adjunct wages. >> welcome those back. those are students here in d.c. that are outraged by the working conditions of adjunct professors many of whom are living at the poverty line. maria, let's get to the fix. you have been involved with organizing contracts. why is that a good solution? >> i have not been involved in organizing contracts. our organization is an advocacy that is trying to spread the word about the reality of these working conditions. also supporting adjuncts who are trying to organize in union contexts and outside of union connell text. and trying to work with a broad bates to figure out practical and ethical ways to solve the problem. >> john is unionizing the answer? >> it certainly is one answer. the evidence that we have showings that faculty part time faculty, other types of contingent faculty members earn more and have better job security and that enables them -- i

we're talking with william who is a professor at american university. mentioned the justice department is suing the ferguson police department. what is sort of the scope of d.o.j.'s ability to enforce its recommendations on the police department? guest: so the situation that the department in ferguson are in now is that the department has issued this lengthy and detailed report. and it has come up with roughly 26 things that need to change in the ferguson police department. large things. and so ferguson and the do justice are now in negotiation to see if they can work out an agreement that will bring about the kind of thorough systemic change that is necessary to fix the ferguson police department. if they cannot reach an agreement, the justice department will file a law suit. if they can reach an agreement, then that agreement will be entered into court as a consent decree and then it will -- the implementation of the reforms will be overseen by the court who will most likely appoint a monitor who will keep a detailed eye on what's going on and make su

students at american university are hosting a blackout rally today. the event is partly in response to an incident on the anonymous app yikyak. someone from a.u. or close to campus uploaded a string of racist rants. demonstrators plan to protest those comments, racial profiling and police brutality. a scary situation for a helicopter news crew in seattle. take a look at this. as a drone is seen flying just feet away from them. the news crew was flying at about 1500 feet, more than four times regulators allow for drones. a cameraman who filmed the drone was able to follow it to a man with a remote and law enforcement tracked him down at his house and we're told that no one there owned a drone so the f.a.a. is now investigating. the united nations is warning that the world could suffer a 40% shortfall in water by 2030. that is unless countries dramatically change their use of the resource. many underground water reserves are already running low while rainfall patterns are predicted to become more eradic with climate change. the shortfall could cause ind

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we have more on that controversy in charlottesville where an african-american university of virginia student was hurt. his forehead split open after a confrontation with police officers. you're looking at a live shot of attorney together speaking for the student. the student's name is martese johnson. let's hear what the attorney is saying. >> martese presented a valid illinois state identification card issued in 2011. the employee then asked martese for his zip code and he recite his mother's chicago city zip code at her current address which is different from the chicago city zip code on the identification card that was printed almost four years ago. at no time throughout the encounter did martese present as -- excuse me at no time throughout the encounter did martese present as has been reported by some in the immediate why a fake i.d. nevertheless, virginia abc officers who were present on the scene questioned my client about being in possession of false identification. the conversation resulted in my client being thrown to the ground, his head hitting the pavement. the officer's

she went to american university of afghanistan where she not only top of had her class but aided by a fulbright scholarship went on to get a master's degree from the ohio state university. today formererly her uncle is so proud of her that he tell his grandchildren, both little boys and little girls, they must be as brave as their mother. like thousands of afghan women thanks america for those opportunities. from the primary schoolteachers, university in kabul for the scholarship to ohio. that changed her life and her children's future. she has educated -- she is dedicated to create opportunities for millions of afghan women. the second pillar is that woman must have the same access taking on the opportunities as man. woman's full empowerment will come about not through global conventions or government programs but when they own jobs and businesses. the united states has been a steadfast supporter of the nationwide national solidarity program which for 10 years has given not thousands but millions of poor village women their first chance to have their own resource. our third and final

we're talking with william who is a professor at american university. mentioned the justice department is suing the ferguson police department. what is sort of the scope of d.o.j.'s ability to enforce its recommendations on the police department? guest: so the situation that the department in ferguson are in now is that the department has issued this lengthy and detailed report. and it has come up with roughly 26 things that need to change in the ferguson police department. large things. and so ferguson and the do justice are now in negotiation to see if they can work out an agreement that will bring about the kind of thorough systemic change that is necessary to fix the ferguson police department. if they cannot reach an agreement, the justice department will file a law suit. if they can reach an agreement, then that agreement will be entered into court as a consent decree and then it will -- the implementation of the reforms will be overseen by the court who will most likely appoint a monitor who will keep a detailed eye on what's going on and make su

american university. his last book, getting it wrong, was a provocative book which in 2101 the society of professional journalism, national award has lectured at the library of congress help develop and write as many of the permanent exhibits. some watershed years are immediately obvious. how did you realizes it was one of those. you can really see in retrospect some passage of time was a critical distance how important that moment in particular time that year was. and in many respects it has to have lasting consequence in reverberate through the years. i would argue that 1995 was both a watershed a watershed year, a hinge moment that one could detect at the time as well as with the passage of 20 years now. the verdict in the o.j. simpson trial in october 1995 was a flashbulb moment for many people. people. people remember where they were when they had the verdict in october of 1995. similarly with the bombing of the oklahoma city federal building it was the worst deadliest act of domestic terrorism and a

understood that if that went in the value of all these patents that the american universities have been developing would dramatically go down. it would diminish the value of all patents when you eliminate that right of people to invest in patent enforcement. that makes sense. and so there was an upheaval, almost every american major university and many other industries that deal directly with long-term research and development, like the pharmaceutical industry, for example, they knew that we could not allow this to happen. so that was stopped in the senate. that was stopped in the senate last time around. people realized that this type of crony capitalist attempt was to the detriment of the american people. now we have some of the most powerful multinational corporations still at play, trying to push this through this session of congress. people have to know that h.r. 9 is crony capitalism personified. they need to talk to their congressman and my colleagues need to talk to each other about this bill and not just accept what is being handed to them as something that's made its way throu

. >> for more we're joined by a professor after american university school of international service from washington d.c. let's assume the final tallies confirm this dead heat. israel's president then has to ask the two leaders to form a government. >>reporter: at this point it may be a national unity government has the president of israel apparently wants to see or it might be a narrow right wing/religious government headed by netanyahu. >> a series of right wing parties that have won at least five seats giving netanyahu the best chance of cobbling together a government without the zionist union. >>reporter: that's right. >> herzog and netanyahu have been called to form a union. >>reporter: i think there is a realistic chance that it will happen. as much as netanyahu supporters really don't want to see that happen and in fact when he gave his victory speech his supporters chanted no to national unity. but there are also basically realities and you can't avoid the numbers. we're seeing a tie here. it's going to be difficult for him to cobble a narrow right wing religious government. it ma

>>> shocking video, fraternity members at a major american university slouthouts slurs about african-americanss still happening? i will ask the university president. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in the swas room. >>> breaking now. massive protests another another shooting of an unarmed teenager by a police officer. hundreds of people fill the wisconsin state capital chanting black lives matter and don't shoot, outraged at the death of 19-year-old tony robinson. we are following a racially-charged story. those are members of a popular fraternity at the university of oklahoma. the group now being disbanded and the young men possibly facing expulsion after this video of their racist chant. will talk to the university president to find out what action is being taken. >>> isis and growing signs that the group may be crumbling from within within beaten down by air strikes and on the vernl ofge of a military defeat. all those stories and more with our correspondents and our guests and the white house deputy security adviser. let's

we spoke with a senior fellow at the american university in beirut. >> the only way that a dispute ofthis conflict will be resolved i believe, is one of three options. either there has to be a change of leadership. the other way this could happen is a massive grassroots movements on palestine and israel to push forward a negotiating mechanism that the leaderships could agree on. the third way is massive external pressure on both sides by international powers the u.s., the europeans, russians and the others using flora like the united nations. those are the three mechanisms that seem likely it's hard to tell which may happen to become operative. >> we invite you to join us tomorrow night as we take an indepth look at the fragile relationship >>> getting new information on the germanwings plane crash in the french alps. german authorities say there's no indication na german pilot andreas lubitz was motivated by terrorism. >> today near the crash site the families of the victims held a memorial. the service was attended by residents. many say they were deeply affected by the crash and ca

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you were college roommates with president ghani he wasn't president then but at the american university of beirut what do you think is the weakness and strength of the president? circulate i've known him for 47 years. one of the things i've been impressed with him is from an early age he had passion and this consistency of commitment has been at least five decades that i have known. that makes him the strong leernd leader and the right leader in afghanistan. that's why he can move the country forward, he believes in accountability, transparent government, tough pined but fair. he is certainly not sentimental but he has the interest of the country and the region in his heart and his mind and that's how he's working based on those principles is that have guided him for at least the last five decades that i have known him. >> and his greatest weakness? >> well i think all of us as human beings have weakness but what i would like to do is concentrate on all the strengths that he has and the strengths that he has is how he can really move the country forward as quickly as possible. i think t

. >> i'm dan whitten with american university.you mentioned multilateral organizations and countries like nigeria. i don't think i've heard conversation about the african union as potential clients for these services. they have had a lot of success in doing tko in this region. what is the present and future of the use of this type of service by those entities? >> my sense is that both for the african union and its regional economic communities that they are more interested, my personal opinion, a programmer so, more interested in seeking collaboration between the member states of each region and the larger african union. there is as you rightly point out, there is a fiscal reality here that's is probably the au without external funding from the international community such as the african union mission in somalia would not come simply would not have the wherewithal to undertake a significant private contracting military effort. i think the same would probably be true for the regional economic communities. i think there is a role th