it is a given -- again a pleasure to be standing next to a graduate of columbia university. there is much that unites us. your mother was an inspiration to us. he got the job because he invoked your mother's teachings. thank you for according him that. president obama: without, let's take a couple of questions. military times. reporter: thank you, mr. president. with the increased slow down and draw down here, we are looking at more risks, more danger for u.s. troops in afghanistan. have you justify that to them? had you tell them the mission is still worth it? have you assure them that there is a incoming to this mission question mark -- mission? you are at arlington earlier today. how do you tell them that this continued sacrifice will be worth it to them as well? president obama: first of all, it is important that we remember the timeline for a withdrawal down to an embassy centered presence, a normalization of our presence in afghanistan. it remains the end of 2016. that has not changed. our transition out of a combat role has not changed. now, i am the first to say that

we have digitalized at columbia university with a transcript. anyone who wants to pour through it and i recommend it to anyone interested in history. you can get google record of fugitives and you will find a link to it. it has been put up by the columbia university library system. read through it. as hating stuff. >> host: excellent. i know you are familiar with the williamsville collection two in philadelphia and recorded information from fugitives arriving there as well. how do the two record compare? >> guest: by the way william is also online at the pennsylvania historical society. still kept these records. not all of them have survived. very similar although not a churn the last psych gay's you don't get the rich stories that gay recorded the tennessee is a journalist and writing as if he's writing newspaper articles here. what is important as you can use the two together to link up these stories. over half of the people who pass through new york city came from williams still from philadelphia. still talking about experiences. gay talks ab

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he happened to go to columbia university where we both studied. then spent time at the world bank down the street from here. so here's life reflects in many ways the friendship and mutual respect between americans and afghans. and mr. president i want to extend to you the warmest of welcomes. president ghani's presence here today underscores afghanistan's progress. in last use election, millions of afghans defied the threats from the taliban and bravely cast their ballots. in the spirit of comp romise, president ghani and abdulla insured the most peaceful transfer of power in its history. it reflects the strength and determination of the afghan people. the government signed a bilateral security agreement between our two countries. on december 31, after 13 years, america's combat mission in afghanistan came to a responsible end. afghan forces now have full responsibly for security across their country. some hundred 33,000 afghans -- some 133 ,000 afghans serve in their military. they grow stronger month by month. today, we honor many men and women

it's again a pleasure to stand next to a graduate of columbia university. there's much that unites us. and your mother as an inspiration to us. i understand the president of the world bank actually got the job because he invoked your mother's teachings to convince that -- so thank you for according him that great opportunity. the president: we'll take a couple questions. leo. reporter: thank you, mr. president. with the increased slow down in the drawdown here, we are looking at more risk, more danger for u.s. troops that are in afghanistan. how do you justify that to them? how do you tell them that the mission is still worth it? and how do you assure them that there is an end coming to this mission? for president ghani, you talked the last couple days a lot about sacrifice of u.s. troops. you were at arlington earlier today, how do you tell them that this continued sacrifice will be worth it to them as well? the president: first of all, i think it's important we ought to remember the timeline for a withdrawal down to an embassy centered presence, a normali

we go to a constitutional law professor at columbia university. he has been legal council for both democratic and republican administrations. professor, good to see you. is this case happening because the affordable care act was poorly written or is this a purely partisan spectacle? >> a little bit of both. the passage of the affordable healthcare act did not go through the typical process between the house and the senate. it might have caught this language, so it is in part a complex statute that went by an unusual legislative route but partisanship does play a deal of the role here. >> professor, what is really at issue here, whether the law was written in a way that precludes or blocks the federal government from set be up healthcare exchanges. that's it, right? >> i wouldn't put it quite like that. i might prefer to say that the issue is whether or not congress has authorizeed federal exchanges, and whether or not this particular language, because it doesn't mention the federal exchange excludes it by inference. >> could the court say--could t

it is again a pleasure to be standing next to a graduate of columbia university. [laughter] there is much that unites us. your mother was an inspiration to us. i understand that the president of the world bank actually got the job because he invoked your mother's teachings. to convince you that an anthropologist could lead the world bank so thank you for a 40 him that opportunity. president obama: with that let's take a couple of questions. leo shake, "military times." reporter: thank you, mr. president. with the increased slow down and draw down here, we are looking at more risks, more danger for u.s. troops in afghanistan. have you justify that to them? -- how do you justify that to them? how do you tell them the mission is still worth it? how do you assure them that there is and end coming to this mission? you were at arlington earlier today. how do you tell them that this continued sacrifice will be worth it to them as well? president obama: first of all, it is important, leo, that we remember the timeline for a withdrawal down to an embassy centered presence,

stand here today as someone who in his 20s was at columbia when the students were trying to get columbia university in new york to divest from south eventual i've think arrested from che iron across the way i've been looking at issues with comments made by the commissioners supervisor cohen brought up the history of previous actions along those lines in the case of tobacco there's the ever increasing expenses of health care and all the things whereas with fossil fuels you're talking about not only the increasing costs another a status level but those things are accelerating as a british person said within another lifetime we'll be looking at 20 percent of the gross world product going to e military and mitigate the damages caused by global warming 83 he said about three or four years ago i don't remember his name that means a status investment is losing money so as people as perceptionsers and members of the san francisco community those are all expenses part of it i support 350 and fossil free california san francisco those are expenses that are going to be coming fast and furious and determining

it's again a pleasure to be standing next to a graduate of columbia university. there's much that unites us. your mother was an inspiration to us. and i understand the president of the world bank actually got the jump because he invoked your mother's teachings to convince you that anthropologists could lead the world bank. so thank you for according him that opportunity. >> all right. with that let's take a couple questions. leo, "military times." >> thank you, mr. president. this is on right? >> yeah it's on. i can hear you. >> with the increased slowdown and drawdown here we're looking at more risk more danger for u.s. troops that are in afghanistan. how do you justify that to them? how do you tell them the mission is still worth it? and how do you assure them that there is an end coming to this mission? and for president ghani, you've talked last couple days about the sacrifice of u.s. troops. you were at arlington earlier today. how do you tell them that this continued sacrifice will be worth it to them as well? >> well, first of all, i think it's important t

stone" magazine they have called for an independent investigation that is being conducted by columbia university. they are expecting the results of that back within the next two to three weeks and at that time, they will publish those results to see exactly what columbia university found out. as for the phi kappa psi fraternity, we went by there a few hours ago and they wanted to make no comment about what happened here this afternoon. reporting live in charlottesville, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. alison: activities have resumed after a bomb threat this morning, officials closed the lake braddock secondary school out of an abundance of caution. they searched school for six hours and they say nothing turned up and they say the building is now safe to occupy. leon: turn to the weather now. folks, beautiful looking day. but it wasn't as good as it looked. still chilly outside. alison: i know you look outside and you want to go for a walk and you get out there and you change your mind pretty quickly. leon: that's right. alison: doug hill is in the storm watch weather center with what to expect toni

will only say that it's expecting an independent investigation into that article conducted by columbia university's journalism school to be published within the next few weeks. >> thank you. charlottesville police chief will join us with more on the investigation later. now to israeli prime minister who's dealing with fallout on many fronts this morning. a stunning report in the wall street journal claim israel spied over a possible nuclear deal 2346789 benjamin netanyahu allegedly used the information to urge members of congress to oppose any agreement. officials say those disclosures outraged the white house more than the spying itself. benjamin netanyahu and israel ambassador are reportedly knew their objections would damage ties to the white house but decided to deal with it to go forward because the end result justified the means. however, the plan apparently backfired as many democratic lawmakers were not on board. israeli officials say they did not spy in the united states or other allies. meanwhile netanyahu is apologizing for saying arab voters were voting in droves. he is still facing cri

director or the earth institute at columbia university puts forward a sustainable development plan to address global poverty political corruption and environmental decay. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everybody. and to those of you who have struggled here on a freezing day, congratulations. to those smart ones who are watching online well done. and jeff sachs is well known to us very good friend of the multilateral system and of the goals we all share for development. i want to read you what bill gates said about jeff. sachs could have had a good life doing nothing more than teaching two classes a semester and pumping out armchair advice in academic journals. but that's not his style. he roles up his leaves, puts his theories into action, he drives himself as hard as anyone i know. jeff doesn't always make friends. his goal is clearly not to make friends. some of you will know of the controversy around the free insecticides treated bed neats. some will have followed the exciting exchanges online about millennium villages. jeff doesn't pull his punches in discussion and

. >> reporter: turns out he's still practicing and a professor emeritus at columbia university. he says new parents with an intersexed baby are often desperate to have their child fixed, surgically turned into a boy or girl as fast as possible. >> have you had parents thank you for intervening early? >> all the ti >> what do they say? >> well, "thank you for big me my little girl." >> reporter: the photos are too graphic to show on television but dr. hensle wanted me to see how ambiguous these cases can be. >> what do you tell mommy that is? >> uh -- yeah what is that? >> reporter: sifa argues in his case, there was no medical urgency. but many docrs argue doing it younger can avoid painful scarring down the road. both physically and emotionally. >> i think it's more parents' anxiety about information being disseminated about their "abnormal" child. >> reporter: the very definition of gender normality is evolving. >> a person's biological sex is not determined -- does not determine their gender. >> right so gender is not genitalia? >> it's not. it's in the brain, it's in the spi

a new study by columbia university.ren children. >> more than 1,000 teens were compared from nine different cities. researchers say more brain surface area is linked to being more intelligent. >>> the dpe tigs is over for a local voice contestant treeva gibson. the coach told her she had the best attitude and will definitely have more chances to showcase her talent. >>> stay with us now news 4 today continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> all right. breaking news right now off the top here. there is an active shooter situation at inova fairfax hospital at falls church. >> zachary is there live following the breaking news. he's back with us now for the latest on the situation. zachary? >> reporter: yes, good morning. i'm standing off of gallows road here outside inova fairfax hospital. our partners at wtop have confirmed it's an active shooting investigation. heavy police presence out here. guns are drawn. swat team is here. choppers overhead. the point of emphasis this morning has been this women's center wing just left of your scre

. >>> a columbia university is reviewing rolling stone's article and is expected to publish its review within the next couple of weeks. >>> there's also new information on the marquis johnson case. the law firm representing the uva student says johnson will plead not guilty when he appears in court this thursday. johnson was arrested last week by agents with virginia's alcoholic beverage control on charges of public intoxication and obstruction of justice. he suffered a cut to the head that required stitches. state police are investigating circumstances around the arrest. >>> searching for a missing 5-year-old boy. his name is noah thomas. last time anybody saw him it was in dublin virginia right near roanoke in the southwest part of the state. the sheriff says there's no amber alert because police don't have a vehicle or description of a stranger to give out. noah's mom told the cops she saw the little boy yesterday morning watching cartoons. she fell back to sleep and within 90 minutes he had vanished. police now believe noah walked out of his home. 150 law enforcement officers are l

stone" will only say it expects the independent investigation into that article conducted by columbia university's journalism school to be published within the next few weeks. lester. >> gabe, thank you. >>> robert durst, the real estate heir accused of murder, appeared in a louisiana courtroom today as a judge ordered him held without bond deeming him a dangerous flight risk. and tonight we're learning about one of the cold cases that has generated renewed interest. it involves a missing college student who disappeared in the town while durst had a business there long ago. nbc's stephanie gosk reports. >> reporter: robert durst is charged with two counts of weapons possession in new orleans. not nearly as serious as the charge that he killed susan berman 15 years ago in los angeles. but serious enough to carry a sentence of 15 to 20 years without parole. >> obviously a very, very serious charge as you well know. >> reporter: today the judge ordered durst held without bail, calling him a flight risk. his lead defense attorney thinks there's more to it. >> maybe louisiana wants a bite of the public

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we have digitalized it as columbia university with a transcription. anyone who wants to pore through it -- and i recommend it to anyone interested in our history -- just go to the web site -- you can google gaye record of fugitives, and you'll find the link to it. it's been put up there by the columbia university library system, and you can just read through it. it's fascinating stuff. >> host: excellent. i mow that you're familiar with the william still collection too, william still who was in philadelphia and recorded information from fugitives arriving there as well. >> guest: right. >> host: how do the two records compare? or do they at all? >> guest: yeah that -- it's great that william -- and, by the way, william still's stuff is also online at the pennsylvania historical society. still kept these records, not all of them have survived i think, but very similar to gaye's although still was not a journalist like gaye. in still you don't get the rich stories that gaye recorded because, as i say, he's a journalist, and he's writing as if he's, you

highly intelligent jason rose above his difficulty childhood to anterior master's degree from columbia university and in 2010 began a legal career on wall street. >> how was he able to get so far? to get from a foster home and get an ivy league education and get to wall street? >> whatever jason wants to do he does. there was one tri when he felt he was being abandon by his girlfriend, he would become very very violent. >> you know what? you're so -- >> stop. >> ingger.une of 2012 b in a fit of rage, jason beat danielle to death in their manhattan j apartment. danielle inadvertently dialed a friend of hers that night leaving a recording o murder. >> i'm going to let you up. >> jason claims he remembers nothing of the night. he was convicted of first degree murder andf the sentenced to life without parole. >> how did you feel physically when you loved somebody? >> sometimes i would shake cry foam fe mouth. sometimes i would feel like i was watching it over there. >> i wanted to spend more time with him. i wanted to understand him better. part of jason was really open torom th that. he wanted to un

[cheers and applause] >> we're joined today by professor of history at columbia university. author or editor of two dozen volumes many our award winners including fire by a trial which won the of pulitzer in 2011. thank you for joining us today. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: how did you arrive that this subject and this title? >> the title is that the book centers on the york city although it deals with other places but it would suggest that it was said in a way when fugitive slaves got to new york city very quickly they were sent to upstate new york and canada to achieve freedom so the york was the pivotal turning point from their journey from slavery to freedom. i got into this subject accidentally. a student of mine was working on her senior thesis about the abolitionist journalist and is interested in his journalistic career but she said in the papers there is the document about fugitive slaves and you may find it interesting. i filed that way and to with the record of fugitives but basically for two years a journalist and an activist of the underground railro

stolen by another member of the rosenberg ring, a scientist named william perl, from his safe at columbia university. during a july 4 weekend with a state up 24 hours photographing everything camera. and then handing it, the last day of the july 4 weekend, to a kgb agent waiting for sobell at the platform of the long island railroad. from long island to new york city. that is it for the new information. other commentators, steve and alan, will have more details to the nature of this new evidence. >> stephen will be speaking about the rosenbergs network key role in soviet technological espionage. >> i want to start with the word about the motivation of the rosenberg ring. it is something that hardly -- harvey touched on. i got interested in the rosenbergs because i met one of the members of the ring. we became good friends in moscow. we spent time on a sofa in my living room. i got to know him and sobell. the thing that strikes me as important is that they were not spying because they were trying to help an ally of the united states fighting fascism. they were fighting because they were dedicated to

we begin strong in conversation with professor calomirs from columbia university. bob dahl, chief strategist. and let's begin with a collective great extortion. we have an economics guy and investment guy. bob, are we in a bubble? all weekend, everybody, this question, this question. are we in a bubble? do you feel like the dow, the s&p is bubblelike, whatever that means? >> not at all. to me bubbles have overownership, overvaluation and overleverage. stocks are not overvalued relative to the alternatives. >> michael mckenzie saying this is the most unloved bull market since time began. >> totally agree. the walls of weary are fierce and wonderful. >> so we see this. let's bring it over here. you is euclidian march and within our economics, has janet yellen put us in a bubble? >> you can't say for sure whether you're in a bubble until after -- but i'm sympathetic to what bob is saying. i don't think that for example, rises in interest rates, judging from past experience, are going to cause the stock market to decline. i don't think -- that's sort of a test whether

epibone, a startup founded by two former students at columbia university, are aiming to do just that. somebody would need a bone made out of something else rather than from their own body? >> if people need a bone replacements, they might get a cadaver bone or synthetic implant. or cut a piece of bone out of yourself. that's called autograft. that might be more painful than the actual surgery that that piece of bone is meant to replace. we think epibone has the potential to be better because it is an anatomical shape and a perfect fit. because it is alive, it can model and grow with the patient. we are proposing a different view of the body. to view it as a renewable resource. >> engineers can grow stem cells with any kind of human tissue. but simply having stem cells does not mean you can grow a bone added peachtree dish -- out of a petri dish. >> some stealth, -- stem cells and bioreactors. we need to put them into something that help them understand how to differentiate -- >> what to become. >> exactly. we are using a bone tissue from a cow stripped of its cellular material. but th

the magazine asked a dean at columbia university school to review the handling of the story and promised to print it unedited unedited. >>> happening now. a road rage murder suspect on the run. a former police officer believed to be the enraged killer. details next. >>> a texas woman recovering in the hospital after being shot in the head by an angry driver who allegedly opened fire on the highway after she honked at him. police are reaching out to the public for help. cnn's shasta darlington has more. >> reporter: a manhunt is underway in texas after road rage incident turned violet. kay haford was on the way to work on friday and someone tried to cut in and she honked. the situation escalated and unthinkable happened. the driver pulled up on the right side of her car and pulled out a gun and shot. the bullet went through her window hitting her in the head. she managed to pull over to the side of the road and call 911. >> being run off the road and shot at her. she is bleeding in the head. >> reporter: she was rushed to the hospital for surgery. her husband was angry, but optimistic abo

. ♪ >> we are back with jeffrey sachs, professor at columbia university.s switch gears, sustainable development. on the website project syndicate, you were a piece -- wrote a piece which reads in part glowing -- growing threats are coming, whether developers like it or not. what is recent research tell us? >> we are seeing droughts like the serious drought in california. the very serious drought in sÃo paulo, brazil. the very serious droughts in serious, iraq, iran afghanistan, yemen that are destabilizing those countries. we are seeing massive floods like we saw in the balkans last year, with a massive floods that we saw in japan. we are seeing the upheaval of our own winter weather system in new york, with this unbelievable amount of snow and the polar front dipping so far south in the united states at the same time, the alaska is experiencing 40 degrees fahrenheit above their normal temperatures. a lot of derangement of the climate system internationally. >> you believe sustainable development will be the central policy issue framework for the next gene

. -- columbia university.r foreign editor at "newsweek." i mean, this man is a real, honest to goodness journalist. stuart: and he's got three different sources. >> yeah. stuart: now, they don't know each other. it's not like they colluded. three separate independent sources. >> forgive me, but in washington, d.c. in the white house it is bigtime, hardball politics. don't ever forget that. stuart: and there is no love lost between the obama camp and the clinton camp, period. >> his book, "blood feud." stuart: much more on hillary's spiraling scandal next with bret baier. this is a huge problem for hillary. can she just run out the clock all the way through til 2016? we'll see. bret baier on the show shortly. >>> and nbc news host al sharpton demanding first class treatment when he speaks publicly in front of colleges and universities. we've got the full story for you next. ♪ ♪ [announcer:] what if one stalk of broccoli could protect you from cancer? what if one push up could prevent heart disease? [man grunts]

my wife and i are both graduates of columbia university. i was another beneficiary of americans' wonderful generosity that has built so many long-standing friendships throughout its universities. i ate corn beef at new york's greatest melting pot. close friends were working near the trade center. my children who were born in new york and my daughter was living in new york when the twin towers fell. i visited ground zero that very week. seeing first hand the tragedy and devastation drove home the realization that after 9/11 the world would never be the same. i went home knowing that america would seek justice and i began to write the plan for our national reconstruction. justice came swiftly al qaeda terrorists were killed or driven underground. the taliban acknowledging their losses after the initial encounters quickly vacated the cities with their leadership moving to pakistan and their rank and file returning to their villages. there was considerable anxiety about how the afghan people would respond to the american presence. the issue was

he is a nobel laureate, a professor at columbia university, and a howard hughes medical investigator. i am pleased to have all of them here. eric: wonderful to have you here. this is our third series. in the first series, we dealt with the normal brain. in the second series, we considered abnormalities schizophrenia, depression, parkinson's, alzheimer's. now we are considering the brain in society. here we are going to consider a number of issues, gender identity, sports induced concussions, brain science, and the criminal justice system. green the criminal justice system. today we are going to consider brain science and aggression and the social amplification of violence. when you and i talked about this particular series and aggression, we knew this was an important topic and we've known it since the beginning of time. cain killing abel. it was not clear that today this would be an even more important topic. where ever you go, when you pick up a newspaper or listen to a news program, you see one episode or another of aggression. sexual assault in the military. bullying in school. ge

obama was an under grad at columbia university and the school could end up as the site of his presidential library. in other news, obama also sat down with the creator of the whopper to discuss the drug war and prison problems facing the nation and it marked the first time obama said something everyone can agree on. >> i am a huge fan of "the wire." omar is my favorite character. >> mine too. i also love "the wire." here is one of the scenes from "the wire." >> oh boy. i didn't know they were going to play that video. >> by the end of season frief. >> i am going to get in trouble for that. >> as well you should. >> comparing a black man to a cat playing the piano. >> you know what that's code for. >> obama meeting with simon to say it is not okay. >> "the view"? i do not agree that omar is the best character on "the wire." >> who >> proposition joe followed by stringer bill. >> yes, have mercy. >> omar is a good character. >> great and a handsome man. >> the biggest mistake they made was killing offspringer bill as early as it did. >> can't the president get into a discussion about that. t

my wife and i are both graduates of columbia university. i was another beneficiary of americans' wonderful generosity that has built so many long-standing friendships throughout its universities. i ate corn beef at new york's greatest melting pot. close friends were working near the trade center. my children who were born in new york and my daughter was living in new york when the twin towers fell. i visited ground zero that very week. seeing first hand the tragedy and devastation drove home the realization that after 9/11 the world would never be the same. i went home knowing that america would seek justice and i began to write the plan for our national reconstruction. justice came swiftly al qaeda terrorists were killed or driven underground. the taliban acknowledging their losses after the initial encounters quickly vacated the cities with their leadership moving to pakistan and their rank and file returning to their villages. there was considerable anxiety about how the afghan people would respond to the american presence. the issue was

the way that worked was that when i talked to columbia university, in the 1990s i was back in britain nor summer and the phone rang and somebody said before i had a what happens to say who i was this the andrew melon foundation in new york. we want you to write the life. i said this is david cannadine in england, you most have the wrong number, and he said we want you to do that and rather like how did i become a knight? the process how these things happen i don't know but it was irresistal. he had an incredibly interesting life as a pittsburgh banker the create you're of gulf oil a whole slew of companies. as the secretaries of the u.s. treasury in the 1920s, spectacularly and asksful and audacious art collector and the founder of the national gallery in washington. what was not to like about that? it had never been a published life. the archives were wonderful. it was an extraordinary story. the private life was also pretty interesting. and so it was a great project and i was very fortunate in being asked to do it and it broadens me horizon. it gave me an interest in the history of

on behalf of of the hammer institute and columbia university and want to welcome you to this book launch, book conversation "the kurdish spring" a new map of the middle east authored by david phillips sitting here to your right. david is director of a program on peacebuilding and rights about the study of human rights. he has worked as senior adviser to the united nations secretariat and the foreign affairs expert and senior advisor to the u.s. state department. so positions, different academic universities conflict resolution program director at the american university program on conflict and peacebuilding. he's a visiting visiting scholar for middle east studies and a professor at the academy of kenya. he has written numerous books. this is the latest one and he has been involved in peacebuilding operations practice, theory, analysis throughout the world and has been to some far corners of the caucasus so can testify to the thought and care he puts into his analysis. he is extremely prolific. the timing of this book takes him to one of his long-standing areas of focus iraq, the kurdish

he happened to go to columbia university, where we both studied and then spent time in the world bank just down the street from here. so his life reflects the mutual respect between afghans and americans. i want to extend to you the warmest of welcomes. underscores afghan's progress. from the taliban. and bravely cast their ballots. behind the interests of the nation. they ensured the first peaceful power in afghanistan's history. the strength and determination of the afghan people. teem our two countries after more than 13 years in afghanistan came to a responsible end. afghan forces now have full responsibility from security across their country. some 330,000 afghans serve in the police and security forces. they are making extraordinary sacrifices. fighting and often dies for their country. and they continue to grow stronger month by month. today we honor the many afghans men women and children who have given their lives for their country p we salute the more than 2200 americans. in afghanistan and the many more who were wounded. dr. abdullah visited the national cemetery to pay res

readers, but it now says it is awaiting an independent investigation of its reporting done by columbia university's journalism school. and that is expected in the next few weeks. we'll have the latest on the developing story coming up on "today." back to you. >> gabe we'll see you at 7:00 a.m. thank you. >>> power house athlete mone davis proving she has a big heart, too. a lot of you are commenting on the story on nbc washington phasebook. she asked a university basketball coach to let one of the players on the team. the player was booted after he called davis an offensive name in a tweet. in a letter to the coach, davis says she forgives castleberry. she told the coach that quote, made one dumb mistake and deserves a second chance. >> every time we do a story about her i love her that much more. how classy and dignified. such a young person! good for her. >>> no ordinary crowd control. the potential threat that had extra police on hand for the ncaa tournament game. >>> no more snow flurries to worry about. we're dealing with temperatures that are colder than usual. what you should dress your kids

now he's hitting the books at columbia university.otre dame to join the nba without getting a degree. he's now a full-time student. he used to live to prove himself on the basketball court, but wants to prove himself in the classroom. it proves to be working. get this, 3.8 grade-point average. he made the dean's list. positive news there. new details in the conflict in yemen we've been following. saudi arabia welcomed the president of yemen who fled from the capital earlier this month. saudi is lending their support to abed rabbo mansour hadi as he tries to regain control. the us has backed saudi saudis. president abed rabbo mansour hadi. but whose side will the us take as it tries to negotiate a nuclear arms deal with the iranians. cato research fellow tells us what is at stake. the us is in the middle of the saudis and the iranians. we want to work out a deal with the iranians. arranged netanyahu to do it. yet the saudis are our allies. what do we do? >> our relationship with iran is complicated. we're fighting against them in syria

my wife and i are both graduates of columbia university. i was another beneficiary of america's wonderful generosity that has built so many long-standing friendships to its unparalleled universities. i ate corned beef at new york's greatest pickle line melting pot. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> close friends were working near the trade center. my children were born in new york and my daughter was living in new york when the twin towers fell. i visited ground zero that very week seeing firsthand the tragedy and devastation drove home the realization that after 9/11, the world would never be the name. i went home knowing that america would seek justice, and i began to write the plan for our national reconstruction. indeed justice came swiftly. al-qaeda terrorists were killed or driven underground. the taliban acknowledging their losses, and quickly vacated the cities with their leadership moving to pakistan and their rank and file returning to their villages. there was considerable anxiety about how the afghan people would respond to the ameri

he received his law degree from columbia university.plied for a license in california in 1890 but he was denied because of a federal law that barred persons of the mongolian race from citizenships and non-citizens were not allowed to practice law in california. the student association took up the cause in 2011 and petitioned the court that led to today's ruling. >>> president obama is making a pitch for more money for education to keep schools improving. he met with educators that white house. he said math and reading scores are up and school districts are making changes. he said it will take money. >> but all that is dependent on a budget and an approach at the federal level that says we care about all kids and not just some. >> the challenge is to get more money for education and it is heating up. congress will propose a budget this week. >>> starving sea lion pups continue to wash up on california beaches in which scientists are calling a crisis. 1100 pups have washed up just since january and rescue centers are overwhelmed. the numb