sounds great. >> then, come back and we will talk about safe spaces. >> tucker: what did you make of betsy devosation secretary. >> i will tell you what. why she took that gig, i don't know. betsy needs a new agent. here is where you succeed, like will ferrell sings, hillary clinton recently just told people what they want to hear, that is all you can do. betsy devos should have held up a giant check and showed how much money she made, popped some champagne, and walked out and let some jay-z music play. she just mic dropped, walked out like a boss. i love the hillary clinton one. that was great the other day. i don't know if you saw that. she was like, i have been drinking chardonnay and reorganizing my closet. i bet she was reorganizing her closet. the skeleton goes here, that one goes there. hey, bill, remember my plan for socialized medicine? it's in this box. >> tucker: i would like to picture that happening in the post presidential bedroom in chappaqua. [laughs] that's hilarious. did you go to college? >> i did. i went to ohio state university. i found it to be a giant waste.. nothing happe

betsy devos is a living human being.ever that is. >> is every black employee of e administration -- what are you talking about, i'm sick of this. >> [laughs] allow me to tell you what it is that i am talking about. >> tucker: go to. speaking in terms of betsy devos and her connection, why the students would be upset, number one, she wants to cut $4 billion from pell grants. students receive pell grants, we know african-american students at large are more likely to receive them because they are more likely to be poor, actually, three times as likely as white students. she also wants to and a student loan forgiveness for people who are in service. these are all things that are going to affect african-american students. what if we are talking about the trump administration -- >> tucker: they also affect students of every -- hold on. this we are -- we are talking about policies that are federal law and therefore, affect everyone, regardless of what he looks like. they are not inherently racial, okay? >> that is where you are

betsy devos was given one hour to make remarks but finished in just 20 minutes. >>> what is the fuss about divorce and hbcu? >> reporter: betsy devos came under fire in the past for historically black colleges and universities and it was all part of the reason why some are having trouble warming up to her. in a tweet, education secretary betsy devos said she's committed to supporting hbcus but we learned quickly during her first commencement speech that others are not ready to support her. >> we undoubtedly disagree at times. [ booing ] i hope we can do so respectfully. >> reporter: in february, she angered many in the black community when she referred to historical universities as, quote, real pioneers of school choice. in fact, hbcus were founded during a time when african-americans could attend white schools. students hand-delivered petitions with more than 50,000 signatures asking the school to reconsider her as the commencement speaker. >> we always make new friends and if you don't have friends, it's very difficult to raise money. >> i'm honored to become a wildcat. [ booing ]

. ♪ >>> rough day for education secretary betsy devos.te address at the commencement at the historically black college in daytona beach. bethune-cookman university in florida. here's what happened. >> i am honored to become a wildcat. >> nbc's mariano ostensio was at the ceremony. that was quite the scene. you could hear the booing. what happened? >> reporter: so, peter, now behind me, you see families are heading home to celebrate, but before, inside the venue here at bethune-cookman university at the commencement ceremony, secretary of education betsy devos got on that stage and started to hear booing from the crowd. many in the student body also in the graduating class getting u and giving their back to betsy devos, they did not agree with her being named commencement speaker at a historically black college. you also had the president of the school pleading with the student body to stop the ruckus, to stop the booing and respect his inviteee, threatening students at some point to have to mail in their degrees if the booing continued. >

and it's -- betsy devos.to explain her vision for bringing educational opportunities to low income -- paul: and explain what she did. she worked for something called americans for -- >> school -- i'm blanking on the exact name of her organization. paul: educational freedom or something like that. >> but betsy devos spent a lot of money pushing for school choice. paul: right. >> which is very popular in the black community. you won't hear that from the -- paul: charter schools. >> vouchers, charter schools, home schooling, you name it. she wants better educational options, and she's pushing for the types of schools that are, in fact, closing the achievement gap. so she really did deserve to be heard on this subject, and it's a shame she wasn't able to. paul: kudos, though, to the president at bethune cookman for standing up and saying, look, let's tone it down or we're going to call this whole thing off. >> well, i thought that was fantastic, and i wondered when i was listening to those students, you know, wha

betsy devos, her values, beliefs are not in line with the general public.: what are your thoughts there? >> my thoughts are, what general public? that's what i'm saying. the nation has been divided up on black and white, hispanic, andation and arab when we should have been looking at each other as americans, and i believe the black graduating students, the hbcu's, whatever university, the blacks and latinos are, we have a president in office that has extended the hand of friendship to people of color, whether you are in the inner cities or in the universities. and i think that it would be a travesty if we don't take up the offer to sit down at the table with our president, donald j. trump. with our education secretary, betsy devos, and sit down and eat at the table. not just for ourselves, our community, but as well for as americans. liz: brunell, we have this story for your reaction as well. delphi university men's lacrosse team in new york is under fire after they ran onto the field under a voice-over of president trump's make america great again speech.

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this past week, education secretary betsy devos faced an auditorium full of jeering graduates as she delivered a commencement address that many students and graduates said she was in a place to get. andas the latest seen, there is a worry that the right to speak freely enshrined in the first amendment is losing ground at institutions of higher learning. is free this morning, speech at risk on college campuses? the line for democrats, republicans, and independents are on the screen. we're asking college students to call a special line. at can reach us online @cspanwj and facebook at facebook.com/cspan. for now, let's take a look at the less than warm welcome thomas received -- welcome de vos received. >> i am grateful to speak with for those of you disagreed with the invitation for me to be here. one of the hallmarks of higher education and of democracy is the ability to converse with and learn from those with whom we disagree. this behavior continues -- your degrees will be mailed to you. choose which way you want to go. graduates, would you please be seated? graduates, would you ple

long way out. >>> betsy devos no doubt hoping her next commencement speech goes better than her firstessing the hostile crowd of graduates at the thune cook university, a historically black college in florida. >> director jackson, board of trustees, thank you very, very much for this great honor and privilege -- [ audience booing ] >> graduates booed, standing, turning their backs on devos as she spoke, drowning out some of her remarks. the rude reception prompting the university president to intervene. >> if this behavior continues -- your degrees will be mailed to you. choose. choose which way you want to go. >> students had petitioned school officials to choose another commencement speaker. the primary reason for protesting devos' appearance is her statement which she later recanted that founders of historically black colleges and universities were "real pioneers of school choice." after the speech devos tweeted, i have respect for all those who attended bethune cookman, including those who demonstrated their disagreement with me today." >>> coming up on "new day," alison camerota

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host: another story on the washington times talks about secretary, betsy devos, and the reception she commencement ceremony saying on wednesday she plowed through her first of her ment address tenure over the noisy chorus of the university. after booing and cat calls began devos took the podium, many, but not all students stood up and turned backs on her while one could be heard chanting, every out the ocean center in daytonia beach, there anti-devos signs. early on, the president of the interrupted mrs. devos to say he would scrap the ceremony unless the crowd quieted. way you want to go,pted he said, in video to the graduation posted by several t.v. stations, the selection of keynote speaker ignited critic when is she students, way you want to go, he facult and he community leaders. d.c., republican line. hello. going. hi, how's it ust wanted to discuss comey firing and discuss the fellow who say that hillary clinton has been doing dealings and -- [cutting out] -- apologize, your dropping off in a really fast way. i apologize for that. do try scombak we'll see if we can get you back

wonder how this is going to go. >> the honorable betsy devos. i -- greg: maybe they're not booing. maybe they noticed lou dobbs in the audience. [laughter] he gets around. but maybe it'lling get better when devos takes the stage. >> thank you so very, very much, for this great honor and privilege. i am honored to become a wildcat. greg: anyway, it didn't get better. maybe if she talks about the options one has when meeting someone new? >> anytime we meet someone new, we have two options. we can focus on differences that might divide us, or we can choose to listen, to be receptive and to learn from others' experiences and perspectives. greg: well, that's the definition of irony. [laughter] what's not predictable in all of this is bethune cookman university. it did two brave be things. one, the school invited devos in the first place even though critics believe the administration is a threat to the school's federal funding. and, two, they didn't dis-invite her even after a petition went around to keep her out. and what about president edison jacks

betsy devos and students at methuen-cookman university. >> i am honored to become a wildcat.os] >> it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the bassoon-cookman university graduation. >> greg: others booed and heckled. still, she persisted. not that the left to throw that phrase around with care. see how the media reacted. an industry web site said that may be betsy devos should have taken the hint because of an earlier petition that was circulated against her appearance at the school. meaning, don't show up. there is a solution. if people wish to silence you, stay home. a censorship, approved by the media. imagine if betsy wasn't betsy but michelle obama, hillary clinton, and elizabeth warren. what with the media take be the then? we just got another glimpse of the assembly line where the cases get filled. i want to do -- i have to give credit to the college. the college could have canceled and they didn't. they went through it. a lot of people canceled these events or speakers but they went through it. this was edison jackson, the president. >> if this

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include,end speakers let harris at howard university in washington, d.c., betsy devos at the thin cookman university. ceo and president of aerojet rocketdyne, eileen drake at university of alabama in huntsville, executive chairman schultz, at, howard arizona state university, tempe, senator elizabeth warren at the university of massachusetts amherst, and senator rob portman at ashland university in ohio. this saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and seized on -- and c-span.org. live, today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. at 9:00 a.m., the u.s. house returns. off the floor members are invited to a classified briefing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on the firing of fbi director james comey. up in 30 minutes on "washington journal,", congressman jim himes of connecticut, ranking member of the intelligence of committee on the nsa and cyber security, on the latest issues into the russianand -- into the interference. and representative kevin cramer from north dakota, on the future of the paris climate agreement and other international efforts to reduce climate change.

as betsy devos gave their commencement address. >> to be with you as we celebrate the -- >> many turnedr backs, drowned out much of her speech, booing at the historically black university in daytona beach. devos caused a backlash after she called historically black colleges and universities, quote, pioneers of school choice. after harsh criticism she acknowledged that the abcus are born out of segregation when black students had no choice. they were barred from attending white institutions. also coming under fire for inviting her to speak today. >> for an artist getting your work into a museum can be the ultimate accomplishment. a group of artists from prince george's county has done just that and teenagers. their part of the club called culture keepers. >> reporter: stroke by stroke, using her brush to paint a story about people of color. >> i also wanted to make her angry because that's one of the biggest stereotypes of black women. we have a reason to be angry and i wanted to portray that. we're still angry and beautiful at the same time. >> reporter: her painting will be hanging at

university wednesday as the graduating class literally voiced their displeasure with education secretary betsy devoscement speaker. devos already had a contentious history with hbcus stemming from a recent statement referring to them as pioneers of school choice. instead of necessities from a segregated past. she was the -- was the chilly reception entirely her fault? no. the white house issued a budgetary signing statement that week before this that many interpreted as endangering a federal program for hbcu improvements on the grounds that it is racially biased and therefore unconstitutional. this just three months after president trump hosted several hbcu presidents at the white house. a meeting that critics cast as a photo-op then and especially now. and it is against this backdrop that secretary devos walked into a minefield, but she's not the only conservative rejected by hbcu students this week. more on that in a bit. but joining me now are two who are at bethune-cookman who were there wednesday, university alum dominic whitehead who organizes the petition against secretary devos' speech, a pe

betsy devos giving a commencement each and the students at bethune-cookman university where she was onnesday. >> i am honored to become a wildcat. [boos] >> it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the bethune university graduation. speak to >> greg: others booed and heckled. still, she persisted. not that the left to throw that phrase around with care. they enjoy seeing it outside clobbered. see how the media reacted. an industry web site said that may be betsy devos should have taken the hint because of an earlier petition that was circulated against her appearance at the school. meaning, don't show up.r there is a solution. if people wish to silence you, stay home. a censorship, approved by the media. other reporters on twitter seem to enjoy the mass bullying too. imagine if betsy wasn't betsy but michelle obama,e hillary clinton, and elizabeth warren. what will the media take be? we a know the answer. we know the media isn't much different than today students. after all, campuses are aware the intolerant left-wing is made. we just got another glimpse of the as

education secretary betsy devos testifies about the trump administration's education policy. later, an interview with house speaker paul ryan. >> the congressional budget office today released their analysis of republican health care bill, including 20 million americans who would lose health insurance under that plan. it would reduce the deficit by $119 billion over 10 years. democratic leaders held a news briefing on the cbo report. and her opposition to the health care passed by the house. this 20 minute event began with senate minority leader chuck schumer.

. >> but if you thought that was rough, betsy devos gave her first commencement address since becomingecretary, and, well, you could hear most of it over the booing. >>> education secretary betsy devos gave her first commencement address yesterday. the same betsy devos who has education secretary issued a statement saying that historically black colleges and universities, quote, are real pioneers when it comes to school choice. after a backlash, she acknowledged hbcus were also born out of racism. despite opposition, her invitation to the university was not withdrawn. >> dr. jackson, board of trustees, thank you so very, very much for this great honor and privilege. [ audience booing ] i am honored to become a wildcat. and it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the class of 2017. [ class of 2017. congratulations to all of you. >> if this behavior continues, your degrees will be mailed to you. >> both the secretary's speech and the reaction continued but graduates did receive their diplomas. what do you got? restrained driver in a motor vehicle. sir, can you hear

. >> yesterday education secretary betsy devos refused to say whether she would block private schools that discriminate against lgbt students from receiving federal dollars. that according to

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boo betsy devos after she mentions visiting the gravesite of dr. bethune>( darya ) students also stood with their backs turned to devos during her speech... one student was escorted out.( mark ) peaceful protests against devos' appearance began last week.... students were upset about her now-rescinded statement that founders of historically black colleges and universities were "real pioneers" of school choice. devos took back her comments, conceding the schools were born of racism. ( darya ) most americans are not happy with the college system in the u-s. according to a new survey, 75 percent of adults do not think the college system is functioning like it should.( mark ) one of the biggest complaints was the debt that students are left with after they graduate. the study also found that most americans see community colleges as more promising that four-year schools. ( mark ) coming up... a high school coach breaks up a fight at an east bay school. hear why students are worried that his job may be in jeopardy.( averi ) plus... four cars are set on fi