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ambassador carolyn kennedy. threatening phone calls to kill the ambassador were reportedly made in tokyo. the calls were received last month from a caller speaking english and possibly blackmailing kennedy. no word on a motive. jummy: fraternity whose chapter at the university of oklahoma was at the center of that racist video scandal is taking action at all its chapters. sigma alpha epsilon fraternity is set to unveil a national plan to combat racial intolerance. it includes an extensive review of all s.a.e. chapters around the country. last week, the video surfaced showing members chanting a racist chant. a fraternity at penn state has been suspended for a year. a whistle blower led police to the private facebook page. an investigation uncovered members useed it to post nude photos of women. some of them were asleep. others were passed out. penn state's vice president for student affairs vows the university will find those responsible and hold them accountable. they could even face criminal charges. coming up

ambassador to japan carolyn kennedy. he is accused of calling in the threats to the u.s. embassy in tokyo. the state department says the threats against kennedy are not connected to the recent knife attack on mark lippert the u.s. ambassador to south korea. >>> >>>. >> this is local what started out as a community meeting between police and public turned into a protest over a deadly shooting and ended with ten people under arrest. protesters tossed chairs and shouts nod justice no peace at the meeting in lawncrest after the district attorney cleared two police officers of wrong doing in the shooting death of brandon tate-brown. police commissioner charles ramsey and d.a. seth williams were at this meeting. >> we found what the police officers did on december 15th as it related to brandon tate-brown, while sad, was not criminal. >> the commissioner called this protest embarrassing saying it was the wrong way to start a discussion with the community. police shot tate-brown to death last december after pulling him over in mayfair. yesterday, the d.a. showed video clips of po

these threats by this man allegedly were threatening the life of carolyn kennedy as well as a u.s. consul general also in japan although based in okinawa. we don't expect the threats to affect the travel of the first lady who will spend the next two days in japan, brianna. >> tom, when you look at this and you're hearing about threats, it's coming out through the media, is this something that with your law enforcement background that you would treat very seriously? >> yes, they'll treat it extremely seriously even though it was a month ago and doesn't seem to be related in any way to the visit of the first lady you know in terms of the timing. the japanese police were working on this and u.s. embassy personnel would, of course be working on it. the officers from diplomatic security regional security office and the fbi office in tokyo so the fact that this was actually leaked by apparently a japanese police official to a japanese newspaper and that that's how this got out. i should add that these kind of threats are very common all the time all over the world and it's just the world

ambassador carolyn kennedy. they are investigating phone calls to the u.s.the life of the ambassador. jen ptaki responded moments ago. >> we take any threats to u.s. diplomats seriously and take any steps possible to protect our personnel. we are working with the japanese government to ensure security measures are in place which is something we would do and continue to do around the world. we won't comment on any details or steps we take to address them. >> so news of the potential threat comes two weeks after the u.s. ambassador mark lippert was injured in a knife attack and out of the hospital and recovering well. >>> and breaking news near phoenix, arizona and we learned there will be a 3:00 p.m. news conference, four people have been shot in two different locations. police believe a gunman acted alone. not sure of a motive. and a news conference coming up at 3:00 with the latest details. >>> bibi's big win and the victory but at what cost to the relationship with the white house. and i'll talk about that with david axelrod, former adviser to the presiden

allegedly they were made by an english speaking man threatening to kill ambassador carolyn kennedy.hat we know at this point. we're also being told by the white house that we don't expect this to affect the first lady's travel. she just landed in japan. she's going to be spending the next two days there but, you know if these threats are confirmed and we're hoping to hear that sometime soon from the state department you have to expect that they're taking security of u.s. officials in general there very seriously, especially since you mentioned the attack just this month on the south korea -- the u.s. ambassador to south korea, michaela. >> all right. those are the pictures there of the first lady arriving there in tokyo. we're going to keep watching that situation. thanks so much michelle. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu declaring victory in tuesday's israeli elections announcing that he's ready to begin forming a new coalition government despite the fact that the official election results won't be released until next week. let's get to cnn's oren lieberman live in jer

what justice kennedy was saying that that cannot be a constitutional proposition, that there is that much -- you know of a coercive element on the part of the federal government. >> and carolyn what you are saying here this whole argument centers around the six words and, "an exchange established by the state." and looking back at precedent, how did you balance the clear intent of the lawmakers who crafted there bill with the actual technical language that they find in the bill itself? >> well you know it is sort of funny. this is why i said it is a last desperate act. i was rummaging around through the constitution yesterday and picking out randomly four or five years here and if you go to the first amendment and it says congress shall make no law. and if i stop there, you would think the first amendment shut down the congress right. but if you have to look at the other words. and that is what you learn as a basic method of statutory interpretation in your first year of law school. it is elemental. you have to look at the text and the context. so it is not just a few words here and there to pick out of the statute and find the meaning is opposite to what every other piece -