. >> ashford university is proud of our student veterans. >> reporter: dozens of other veterans have filed complaints about ashford university. >> so what we were are sales people. >> reporter: eric dean recruited veterans for ashford. >> we were expected to make 100, 150 dials a day. >> reporter: when they asked about graduation or employment rates. >> we wouldn't lie, but we wouldn't tell them either. we would just say, well, people go to other schools and drop out, but it's up to the individual to be successful in these endeavors like education. >> reporter: the va says over the last two years, ashford received more than 70 million taxpayer dollars. ashford said vets make up only 8% of its enrollment and denies misleading prospective students. >> certainly they prey on veterans because they know these future student comes with cash, real cash. >> reporter: california attorney general javier bacera is suing ashford for allegedly making false statements to prospective students. he stepped in because education secretary betsy devos did not. devos has reversed regulations that reined

were are salespeople. >> reporter: eric dean recruited students for ashford.ed to make 100, 150 dials a day. >> reporter: when asked about graduation or employment rates? >> wouldn't lie, but we wouldn't tell them either. we would just say, well, you know, people go to other schools and drop out, but it's up to the individual to be successful in these endeavors, like education. >> reporter: the v.a. says over the last two years, ashford received more than 70 million taxpayer dollars. ashford says vets makeup only 8% of its enrollment and denies misleading prospective students. >> certainly they prey on veterans because they know these future students come with cash, real cash. >> reporter: california attorney general xavier becerra is suing ashford for making false statements to students. he stepped in because education secretary betsy devos has not. devos has reversed regulations that reigned in the legislation. >> i'm not going to tell you the sector is perfect. this sector grew too much, too fast at the height of the recession. >> reporter: he says his scho

he lobbies for for profit schools but not ashford. >> i'm going to tell you the sector is perfect. this sector grew too much too fast at the height of the recession. >> he says his schools don't target veterans and believes for profit colleges were unfairly sij singled out by the obama administration. >> secretary devos agrees and says schools should not be targeted because they're for profit. he has found a new career but not in television. he's now a wind turbine safety instructor. nbc news washington. >> coming up, a conservative speaker at cal. the college is welcoming former white house press secretary sean spicer. details on that coming up. did you know comcast business goes beyond fast with a gig-speed network. complete internet reliability. advanced voice solutions. wifi to keep everyone connected. video monitoring. that's huge. did you guys know we did all this stuff? no. i'm not even done yet. wow. business tv. cloud apps and support. comcast business goes beyond at&t. start with internet and voice for just $59.90 a month. it's everything a small business owner needs. com

says over the last twoea ashford received more than 70 million taxpayer dollars. ashford says vets make up only 8 % of the enrollment and denies misleading students. >> they prey on veterans because they know these future students come real cash. >> reporter: the california attorney general is suinghf d for allegedly making false statements to prospective students. he says he stepped in because des did not. devos has reversedt things t reigned in problems. >> i'm not going to tell you this sector is perfect. this sector grew too much, too fast at t height of th recession. >> reporter: he says his schools don't target veterans and beliefs for profit colleges were unfairly targeted by the obama administration. secretary devos says schools should not be targeted because they're forprofit. as for andre, he's now a win turbine safety instructor. nbc news, washington. >>> well, ready or not, today is the day april 15th, it is tax day. you have until the end of today to fileour return and pay what you owe. you can still file for an eetension. you still to get your check

, they moved me on, i sold i have my land in ashford, they moved me on, isold it i have my land in ashfordt still say they do not want gypsies in their towns. sherrie, say they do not want gypsies in theirtowns. sherrie, briefly, what is the legacy of that? ivy was saying it toughens you up. is the legacy of that? ivy was saying it toughens you upm is the legacy of that? ivy was saying it toughens you up. it does toughen you up, and it makes you lock yourself off, this is what it does, it makes you shut yourself off to the rest of society if you spend every day being persecuted. and as she says, this year is the 70th anniversary of roma genocide, it is not taught on the national curriculum, not at any level, not even to teachers. how can we expect the general public to begin to understand us if they don't have any information? every year as a group we go out from the uk to crack —— crack of to celebrate our memorial. there are flowers from around the world but never from the uk and it isa snub world but never from the uk and it is a snub and i hope the government can listen this time. this

she is currently in bronzefield prison near ashford in kent, awaiting her retrial.released on bail tomorrow. the judge said the trial would take place onjuly 1st, adding, "if necessa ry". richard lister, bbc news. the difference in pay between men and women has widened over the past year at nearly half of britain's biggest companies, and in favour of men. firms had until midnight to file information about the so—called gender pay gap, orface legal action. overall, about three quarters of companies who met the deadline had a pay gap benefiting men, while only a seventh favoured women, as our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. the construction sector has got a job to do. on today's figures, the industry's going backwards in its efforts to ensure women are, on average, paid the same as men. rebecca mcdonough's firm has been doing all it can to go in the other direction, by ensuring it can recruit and keep female engineers, like her. she is now pregnant with her second child. when i firstjoined, there weren't many mums that were working within the same compa

she is currently in bronzefield prison near ashford in kent, awaiting her retrial.ce onjuly1st, adding, "if necessary". richard lister, bbc news. we are now going to take a look at the weather pros —— prospects for the weather pros —— prospects for the weekend. a change of fortunes for this weekend. we are going to find more in the way of sunshine for the western side of the uk. eastern parts are more likely to have cloud and rain. this is what we have seen over the last few hours. this is the main rain band, wales, the south—west of england and northern ireland, that is clearing away. the rain that we have got in 0rkney is going to push into mainland parts of scotland. in between, there will be some clear skies but nowhere to call. temperatures similar to last night. cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing in on an easterly wind into scotland. it may well cloud over in the afternoon. a much better day further west. again, we are likely to find some showery rain coming in across the eastern side of the uk on sunday. may be the chance of a rumble or two of thunder. this

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she is currently in bronzefield prison near ashford in kent, awaiting her retrial.would take place onjuly1st, adding, "if necessary". richard lister, bbc news. the difference in pay between men and women has widened over the past year at nearly half of britain's biggest companies and in favour of men. firms had until midnight to file information about the so—called gender pay gap, orface legal action. overall, about three quarters of companies who met the deadline had a pay gap benefiting men —— while only a seventh favoured women, as our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports.( the construction sector has got a job to do. on today's figures, the industry's going backwards in its efforts to ensure women are, on average, paid the same as men. rebecca mcdonough‘s firm has been doing all it can to go in the other direction, by ensuring it can recruit and keep female engineers, like her. she is now pregnant with her second child. when i firstjoined, there weren't many mums that were working within the same company and project as me, in that kind of position. but