combat troops to stay past august but left that possibility open in an exclusive interview with arwa damon. >> translator: it depends on the future on whether established iraqi army and police would be enough or not so this issue is depending on the developments of the circumstances and reg laid by the strategic framework agreements between the united states and iraq. >> reporter: so just to clarify, if the situation dictated it, you would be willing to have u.s. forces extend their stay in iraq. >> translator: absolutely. >>> education is a right. >> so nyu students fed up with the rising costs of higher education and one of dozens of walkouts held coast-to-coast yesterday. >> this is not a matter of budget, it's a matter of rights. we have a right to education. we have a right to affordable education. >> many of us have to work two jobs to support ourselves to pay school, to then buy our books. >> okay. following up on yesterday's day of protests, later this hour we will hear from a student organizer in california where this nationwide movement started. >>> police are digging today