. >> ben state university is settling another claim in the wake of jer san dusky sex abuse scandal. the school wornt comment on the details. the case had been scheduled to go to trial next month. so far the school paid out more than $109 million. to settle abuse claims by at least 35 people. >> new district attorney is defending the big shake up in his office. >> he came under fire for asking 31 prosecutors to resign. in an interview today he called the city's homicide rate dismal. to make real change a reality. one of the changes involves kbroufing the relationship between residents and law enforcement. >> when they feel like they have a police department and district attorney who are not interested in abusing them and protecting them. we'll get more information and solve more cases. >> the district attorney office says five to ten cases had to be continued following the staff change. critics say many more will be affected. >> under the radar. the eagles aren't getting a lot of love as they get ready for the play offs. >> that's the story all philly fans can relate to. next keith j

university. >> dagger weld from m.i.t. >> ben nelson from minerva. >> jeff slingo, arizona state university. >> julie young, arizona state university. >> justin berod. >> i'm j.b. milmilliken, chancer for the city university of new york. >> matt siegelman. >> rick o'donnell from skills fund. >> dayan debacker from the kansas department of commerce. >> thank you. i'd like to thank our first group of presenters, jeff and ben, for giving us a lot to think about and certainly what your presentations have gener e generated a lot of questions amongst this group and probably beyond. so i'd like to just start our discussion with a question and then invite any of the rest of our participants to join in and pose questions. let's just have a free-flowing discussion about what we've heard in this first section. i'd like to begin by asking each of you to comment briefly on when you were considering your unique approaches to meeting students' needs, how did you go about considering the question of delivering quality and ensuring quality? >> i can give a quick answer to that. so we built minerva actually just published a book if you're

university of penn's ben franklin room in houston hall. it's opened to anyone who wants to attend. >>> students at penn state mourning the death of a fellowf student t19-year-old william denton was that found dead in his dorm room on monday night. his family asked penn state police to perform a welfare check. authorities are awaiting toxicology results to determine a cause ofh. >> the first of two viewings scheduled for fallen philadelphia fire lieutenant matthew letourneau begin this afternoon. it's from 4:30 to 9 p.m. a second viewing will be held tomorrow morning followed by a funeral mass. lieutenant letourneau died saturday while battling a house fire in north philadelphia. he was just 42 years old. >> well, the search for survivors continues in southern california where a deadly mudslide sent walls of mud and debris into that communities. at least 17 people had been killed and 48 others are missing. >> reporter: the debris field from the deadly montecito mudslides covers 30 square miles. search dogs are assisting in the ongoing rescue effort but for responders time is running out. friends and family members are joining in the search

. >> ben how for the conservative site red state and christina greer political scientist at new york university. christina greer, i will say the red starbursts are the most flavorful. >> they are. >> i don't even mess with the yellows. >> no, the orange is the worst. >> but the congressman raise as point i would like you to speak to. is it that bad and is it just flattery at this point? >> i think he is right on. we've had this conversation for a year and change now. the executive legislative and judicial branches are an equilateral triangle. that's what the constitution mandates. and we're seeing members of the house and members of the senate completely abdicate to this president. not just in their behavior of sucking up and giving starbursts. but this is a real policy issue now. the house and the senate, they're supposed to make laws that the president then signs. and so we know that this president is a racist. we don't have a few years of knowing this. we have four decades of knowing this. we can look to his father and see where he got it. so this is -- it's not something that the president

state republicans vow to fight it. ainsley: fear of conservatism taking center stage on another college campus. the university of connecticut banning the public from attending benat he had to say. steve: how many students were offended? todd piro was there. he joins us live. there was some fair and balanced going on there. >> this was a fascinating dynamic at play, guys. packed house for ben shapiro at uconn. the democrats hosting a speaker. we visited both for you. check it out. >> i want to see ben shapiro. >> i think he is pretty intellectual person. he has insightful opinions. >> i'm here to listen to his ignorance and listen to him, hopefully get a word in. >> i love the way that he really comes forward with thought-out ideas. >> we should be able to freely be open about who we are, whether we're democrat or republican. [applause] >> something has to be done about a system where a few crazed leftists decide they don't want to hear somebody speak and therefore people from the outside, who pay taxes to universities like this one, can't get in. that has to stop. >> why is an event like this so important for first amendment rights. >> i think it is always impo