this die out, played out on hallowed grounds of higher learning at ithaca college. the demonstrators, 1,000 strong are protesting the administration response to several race related incidents. as well as what they say is systemic racism at universities across america. they're also demanding the removal of school president tom rochan. >> all over the nation both on and off college campuses we have seen those young and old fighting against injustice. >> the coalition of students is led by an organization of people of color at ithaca college or poc @ic. human dignity that have existed on the campus. one incident happened at a training session for new resident hall advisors. >> it started a little bit with the ra public safety issue where public safety officers said they'd shoot any student on campus with a bee bee gun and that racial profiling does not exist. >> according to the student body president two campus police officers while talking about racial profiling, allegedly said if they saw someone with a bee bee gun, they would shoot them. many saw that as a referenc

for more we are joined from ithaca by two guests.i soyinka-airewele, is professor of international and african politics at ithaca college. and dominick recckio is the ithaca college student body president. welcome both of you to democracy now! dominick, what are your demands? >> i think our demands are certainly that the students vote no-confidence and president tom rochon and the students express what we think we was really like tom rochon to resign, but i think going through a democratic process of no-confidence is our goal right now. juan: and your decision to link those demands also with the issue of the pay of college workers as well? >> yeah, i think that everyone deserves higher pay, a living wage and that is very important. amy: what sparked this is specifically this week, dominick recckio? was it university of missouri, feeling their power? >> yet, the university of missouri students certainly empowered and inspired the at ithaca college. it shows this is an issue where we have students all across the nation that stand by us

abc's elizabeth hur reports. " ((nat)) ithaca -- "chanting"?? more than 9 hundred students walking out of class and marching in ithaca college in new york.. ((nat)) yale -- "we are. we are yale!" and at yale university.. students shutting down streets.. all protesting they say racial injustice on campus. ((sot)) kathleen calderon, yale student organizer: "a lot of institutional changes need to be done in terms of getting more support for ethnic studies, getting more faculty of color on campus." their call for action.. already being answered.. yale announcing they are devoting 50-million dollars to increase faculty diversity.. and the protests at ithaca.. prompting the creation of a new chief diversity officer position. ((nat)): "this is what democracy looks like." the changes coming just days after students.. football players and faculty at the university of missouri rallied against the university's mishandling of a string of racial incidents.. ending with the university chancelor along with president tim wolfe resigning.. but the racial tension

resign.yesterday, students at ithaca college in new york staged walk outs.they're calling for president tom rochon's resignation because of a lack of response to racist incidents on campus. this comes just days after the university of missouri president stepped down over similar protests.faculty members at ithaca college will hold a confidence vote for rochon later today. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, we talk with tryon investments about an easy i- it's time for to your finances. every week our friends from tryon investments join us to answer your questions on money. today we are talking about retirement plans - specifically r-m-d's. what are those?what is an rmd? who needs to ke an rmd? 70 a= rmdsre required in traditional iras, 401ks, and employer-sponsored retirement plans, including profit sharing plans.how much do you need to take out? calculationwhat if i don't take my rmd at the right time? december 31stif you miss the deadline, you could face a tax penalty of 50% of the amount you should have withdrawn. taking two rmds in the same year could bump some of your income into

the issue with ithaca is new but what is it? because there is an issue of what they have planned for today. >> reporter: there is an issue somewhat new, at least we are hear about it for the first time. at this point, not much is planned for today. what we heard from folks at the paper and different students we have spoken with, at this point, they are talking about the solidarity walkout that happened yesterday afternoon with a prolonged moment of silence and reacting to that, about 1,000 people showed up for it. but nothing is planned today. i want to bring in the editor in chief of the ithacan, the paper on campus, for a little more perspective to your point of how we got to this point. there's what's happening at missouri which we were just talking about with one of our reporters who is out there at mizzou. how is the situation here different and how did it spring up? >> i think there are actually a lot of parallels to how the students are reacting compared to mizzou and here at ithaca college. mainly we see a lot of student

more than 900 students walking out of class and walking at ithaca college in new york -- and at yale university students shutting down streets. all protesting what they call racial injustice on campus. >> a lot of institutional changes need to be done in terms of getting more support in ethnic studies and more diversity of color on campus. >> the protests at ithaca prompting the creation of a new chief diversity officer position. the change is coming days after students, football players and faculty at the university of missouri rallied against the university's mishandling of a string of racism incidents. the racial tensions turning to fear on campus this week when social media picture showing lecture halls empty following the arrest of two missouri college students that stand accused of posting threats online against black students and faculty. >> it's frightening to realize that anyone would walk around and try to kill people because of their skin color. >> reporter: well, as for the students under arrest, one of them 19-year-old hunter park is due in court later today. live in new

elizabeth more than 900 students : walking out of class and marching at ithaca college in new york. and at yell university students , shutting down streets, all protesting what they call racial injustice on campus. changes need to be done in terms of getting more support for ethnic studies, getting more faculty of color on campus. elizabeth their call for action, : already being answered, yale announcing they are devoting 50 million dollars to increase faculty diversity, and the protests at ithaca, prompting the creation of a new chief diversity officer position. >> this is what democracy looks like. elizabeth the changes coming : just days after students, football players and faculty at the university of missouri rallied against the university' s mishandling of a string of alleged racial incidents, ending with the university chancellor along with president tim wolfe resigning. racial tensions turning to fear on campus this week, with social media pictures showing lecture halls practically empty following the arrest of two missouri college students, who stand accused of posting thre

. >> now, that was the scene in new york at ithaca college, hundreds of students faced a walkout, calling on their president to step down. complaints on the ithaca campus include some offensive remarks made by public safety officers and a racially tense party invitation sent out by a campus fraternity. montreal, canada, is often known for being one of the cleanest cities in the world. maybe not now. the city is dumping untreated sewage into the st. louis river. it could release as much as 2.1 tweeted gallons of untreated waste water t. city says this is necessary so that it can replace aging parts of its waste water treatment system. >> of course, nobody is pleased with that situation, but we have to do it and it's to enhance our own structure for the future. i think that's important. >> this is our town. this is our earth. where are we going to be without it? >> people marched through montreal and protested the move. the city says it will have little effect on the fish population and will not affect drinking water quality. 4:16 now, happening today. an army captain florence grover will b

students walked out at ithaca college yesterday and earlier this week at yale.e than 1,000 people rallied on campus demanding the school become more inclusive. nbc's craig melvin is here with that part of the story. and craig, i don't know if it's a coincidence or it's timing, but nevertheless, if you look on social media, a lot of these students are voicing their frustration, and it goes beyond these three schools we just listed. >> at least three schools. you mentioned those three. we know of several other schools where they are planning blackouts today. two things really at work here, tamron. student activism and solidarity. we're seeing a lot of things on several colleges and campuses across this country right now. a number of student groups have announced and promoted so-called blackouts today. that's where students on campus wear all black as a show of solidarity with those students at missouri and other student activists on campuses as well. this was the scene wednesday at the university of iowa. this is vcu in richmond. this is vanderbilt in howard. and

so i don't know about that about ithaca.now in other circumstances this is the narrative that we've heard from students again and again. i've been teaching for almost 20 years at this point. and this has ban consistent theme when i talk with students of color. not simply african americans. asian american, muslims after 911, they have had these sort of experiences on predominantly white campuses. >> that is a really helpful lens of perspective on this. is it an isolated event? or is it a single event that reflects a general feeling that goes to me vents and experiences? >> what you do think? >>> hundreds of thousands still trying to flee and get into countries that are now taking greater measures to keep them out. live from the shores of greece next. but it is not the device that is mobile, it is you. real madrid have about 450 million fans. we're trying to give them all the feeling of being at the stadium. the microsoft cloud gives us the scalability to communicate exactly the content that people want to see. it will help pe

erica hill reporting from ithaca.f the rising racial tensions of the demonstrations we're seeing across the u.s. on college campuses, joins by mark morial, president and ceo of the national urine leagban league. start with the comments from 2016 candidates, donald trump, what he makes of what happened at university of missouri. let's listen. >> i think it's disgusting. two people that resigned are weak, ineffective people. i think that when they resign they set something in motion that's going to be a disaster for a long period of time. they were weak, ineffective people. trump should have been chancellor of the university. >> so unfortunate. >> did you look at their demands? like crazy. demands, the things they're asking for, many of those things are like crazy. >> i'll let you respond. >> donald trump is out of touch with today's college campuses, with today's students. once again, he introduces division. he introduces invective and attacks the young students. these young students ought to be, if you will, applauded

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at ithaca college students are at ithaca college stud are circulate circulating a petition on confidence or no confidence of the college president that critics say have given inadequate responses to several racial incidents on campus. we will continue to keep you updated. daniel miller, fox25 news. >>> a fraternity at the university of virginia has filed a $20 million lawsuit against rolling stone in 2014 a magazine published an article alleging that a freshman student was gang raped at the fraternity. they found discrepancy in the article. investigations found that no gang rape ever happened. the students and fraternity suffered damage to their reputation because the article the suit says. >>> our special week-long look ahead to winter continues this morning. fox25's robert goulston breaks down the plan that the commuter rail has to avoid last year's mess with their new general manager, and will the plan work? >> reporter: come commuter rail reiters do cringe when you bring up -- rail riders do cringe when you bring up last winter but they say it will not happen again. $83 million have

following missouri's lead -- nearly a thousand ithaca college students walked out of class s calling for the resignation of their school's president. president.ithaca college is in central new york state and students there also say there was a slow responseo racist incidents on campus.a group called "people of color" created a facebook event for the walkout.they posted -- "with university of missours president stepping down, we demand rochon to do the same....s it is vital to fight against racism in all places of education." college students across the tion protested thursy for the "million student march." march."they're calling for tuition-free public college -- cancelling all student debt and a 15-dollar an hour minimum wage for campus workers.the demonstrations were inspired by remarks by democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders in june.he said congressional republicans would be forced to tackle the student debt problem if a million young people marched on washington. four national groups representing college educators say they plan on ghting a push to alalw more peoeoe to

ithaca journal reporter is live inityca.ey; what is it that they are complaining about this president of this university? >> well, there have been several incidents, especially this fall that have led up to what was a massive protest yesterday. it continuously pointed to was blue sky there to discuss education. out of context and two white panelists referred to her as a savage. people are upset and 200 people in attendance at that audience nobody anything to intervene. >> let me ask about this panel. the people who said this were not students or professors or faculties. these are alumni that made this remark? is that right. >> right. >> okay. who was sponsoring this panel? >> it was put on by the college. >> okay. all right. so that's one incident. what else -- is there something else to provoked this? >> there have been several incidents that have come up. that's probably the biggest one that people are pointing to. but, students haveip reported issues profiling among public safety and students have been sharing stories of

that's why ithaca is happening. that's why, scalp. they got scalps. >> did i say scalp? >> that could be racist. >> greg and i both apologize. now they've got a win. they're going to duplicate that effort, and different places, ithaca college, there are people laying on steps saying we want our president and chancellor out as well for the same reasons. when the president and chancellor step down they gave them the win. instead of resigning on fact, they resigned on fear. the fear of being labelled a racist. god forbid an academic is labelled a racist. it's worst. academia is the bastion of liberalism and academics is labeled a racist. >> i wonder where they learned that the accusation of racism could hurt you. could it have been during the election of barack hussein obama. >> it's his middle name and he's proud of it the aclu is waking up to this. out of their hibernation are now saying this is weird. students are, are resentful of hurtful speech. you're a liberal, you came from the ukraine. >> no, i came from russian. >> the country that's suppressing you right now. >>

activists at yale, ithaca, activities have nationwide are following in mizzou's footsteps.e predicted this would happen. thousands of students in ithaca in upstate new york, holding a walkout say demanding their school's president resign. they say he hasn't done enough to address racial tension on campus. >> these students have something real to say, myself included. he needs to leave the college as soon as possible. >> he is not willing to listen to the students of color. making small steps to seem like he is addressing issue but he is dying bear minimum. andrea: at mizzou, they are not accepting a resignation of a professor. refused to can sell exam despite controversy on campus. presidential candidate, ben carson, yale alum, what we're seeing on college campuses is becoming a very dangerous trend. >> we're seeing a little bit too tolerant i guess you might say, accepting infantile behavior. i don't care which side it comes from. to say that i have the right to violate your civil rights because you're offending me, is un-american. it is unconstitutional. and the officials

students at ithaca college in upstate new york and other colleges across the country speaking out over racial tensions at their own university. abc's elizabeth hur as the story. >> reporter: -- that has story. >> reporter: more than 900 students walking out of class and marching at ithaca college in new york and the protests at ithaca prompting the creation of a new chief diversity officer position. [ chanting ] the changes coming just days after students. football players and faculty at rallied against the university's mishandling of a string of alleged racial incidents. ending what the university chancellor along with president tim wolfe resigning. but the racial tensions turning to fear on campus this week. with social media pictures showing lecture halls practically empty following the arrest of two missouri college students who stand accused of posting threats online against black students and faculty. >> it's just kind of frightening to realize that anybody would kind of walk around and like -- try to kill people. because of skin color. >> reporter: as for the students under arre

amy: the protests at ithaca and elsewhere come amid ongoing concerns over racism at the university ofmissouri. on wednesday, two men were arrested for allegedly posting social media threats against students of color at the university. the threats included, "i'm going to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person i see" and "i'm gonna shoot any black people tomorrow, so be ready." the two men arrested are both 19-year-old white college students, but neither is a student at university of missouri. hunter park, who attends missouri university of science and technology, was in rolla, missouri, about 100 miles from columbia. the second suspect, connor b. stottlemyre attended northwest missouri state university in maryville -- 200 miles away. a number of professors cancelled classes and some african-american students left the university of missouri campus over the threats. one professor submitted a letter of resignation after he sparked outrage by refusing to reschedule an exam when students said they felt unsafe coming to his class. a university spokesperson said professor dale

tom rochon, no confidence, tom rochon, no confidence, tom rochon, no confidence the walkout at ithaca college in new york comes on the heels of the problems at missouri -- where the university president resigned monday... at ithaca -- students claim public safety officers said some things that were offensive -- and they're upset about an invitation sent by a campus frat -- an invitation they call racially insensitve. this week, the student government association sent out an email asking for a vote president. decision 2016 coverage today... as donald trump, carly fiorina, and rand paul are all in the hawkeye state today. yesterday -- senator marco rubio campaigning in davenport fresh off the debate stage.... he continued to declare that defense spending is not a primary cause of america's national debt.. and talked about the v-a healthcare system.... look at the disaster that's become of the va system. hillary clinton about 10 days ago said they're making it a bigger deal than it really is'. jeb bush making several campaign stops in iowa yesterday -- you see him here at a town hall in

. >>> students at ithaca college walked off yesterday. they say he hasn't acted soon enough. the student body sent out an e-mail. the same thing at howard university. they made it clear where they stood on protests at the university of missouri. many people are from the midwest and wanted to show solidarity. they held hands at the flag polyon the yard and bowed their heads in pray. >>> coming up on 6:30. we had such a beautiful day. >> and then we're back. chuck beck with "weather & traffic on the 1s." we know you're just the messenger. >> out this there this morning "storm team 4" radar lit up with rain drops. rumbles of thunder can't be ruled out. hagerstown not long after about 6:50 or so this morning could be reaching the fairfax area. so rain drops on the way. grab your umbrella on the way out the door. temperatures will rise with weather slowdowns. not much trouble coming our way. 40s with rain coming in fast. highs, mid-70s. >>> chopper 4 over this. sunnyside avenue, a three-car crash causing some slowdowns am warning for you there. the list side is block. that's a bra

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the walkout at ithaca college in new yorr comes on the heels off the problems at missouri -- where the university president resigned. at ithaca -- students claim public safety officers said some things that were offensive -- and they're upset about an invitation sent by a campus frat -- an invitation they call racially insensitve. this week, the student government association sent out an email asking for a vote of "it is clear that he has had as a result, we want no partrtin demands, but are current goals. we want tom rochon to resign or be removed from his position." there are more concerns about missouri this morning as well. yesterday, a student was chaaed with posting online threats to allegedly shoot black students. now to decision 2016: almost all the candidates will be in iowa or new hampshire today. all that policy talk from this week's debate is spilllg over the campaign trail. tracie potts is in washington with more on who's answering those policy questions, and who's not. tough`policy issues that stumped the frontrunners in this week's debate: "the curreneny manipulation the

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i'm joined by a senior at ithaca and the student body president. welcome. >> good morning, carol. >> thank you so much for being here. what has your president done to lose his job? >> he hasn't lost his job yet. but what the president has done is he has shown a consistent lack of understanding for the campus community here. under his leadership a lot of the responses to racial issues on campus have definitely not been what the students are looking for and actions have truly not been taken. he's created a more diverse campus. but the support for the students of color has not gone up with the numbers. >> i know the president of the campus has tried. this youtube video -- oh this is in the middle. the president was on stage before these students rushed the stage. he was talking about diversity on campus and the racial tension on campus and these students overtook the stage not allowing the president to talk. is that helpful? >> yes. i think it was truly, truly helpful. i think that what was presented on that tuesday was and -- was a series of ideas by

university of missouri and yale and ithaca. universities across this country, they're left-wing institutions to begin with. they've lost their way. >> i think so. lou: they're american left-wing institutions or used to be. >> hurts my heart, i can't believe theya think journalists are the enemy. lou: they think america is the enemy, too. i just say i've got one thought for them on that, the hell with them. thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> tonight on the fox business network another big night, the brand-new season of "strange inheritance" premieres at 9:00 eastern. we have a sneak peek for you. here we go. >> the sample i received from john was only a pound in size, we crushed the material, and then ground the material down to a fine powder. >> this could be in a very hot zone in a vein, there's no telling if the vein is two inches or 50 feet deep, but this is by far the hottest result i've ever worked with. >> you're a smooth operator. >> no. it was just the history i was interested in. she was a lady you couldn't really m

at ithaca -- students claim public safety officers said some things that were offensive -- and they're upset about an invitation sst by a mpus frat -- an invitation they call racially insensitve. this week, the student government association sent out an email asking for a vote of "confidence" or "no confidence" in the school's president. now to decision 2016: almost all the candidates will be in iowa or new hampshire today. all that policy talk from this week's debate is spilling over on the campaign trtrl. tracie potts is in washington with more on who's answering those policy questions, and who's not. tough policy issues that stumped the frontrunners in thi week's debate: "china's not part of this deal." continue in new hampshire. donald trump.. offering few details on how he'd humanely deport 11 million thing." ben carson - who now says he supports boots on the ground in syria - isn't elaborating on his deate comment that china is invved there: "i would have to refer you to some other people." ted cruz and marco rubio seem to be gearing up for a faceoff. this was cruz in new hampshi

. >>> the death of an ithaca college student is being investigated by new york state's health department. shannon of mahwah, new jersey, was a junior. the school says she is died yesterday after a brief illness. health officials say preliminary testing does not show a bacterial infection but drinking or eating utensils with her should see a doctor for antibiotics out of an abundance of caution >>> college students walked out of class this afternoon with demands for lower tuition and racial sensitivity. it happened at campus here and across the nation. cbs 2's dave carlin reports now on the day of protest. >> reporter: in upstate new york at ithaca college it's a fall semester of fallout. intense protesting aimed at toppling a college president for what demonstrators call his too timid a response to alleged racism. it dates back to a panel discussion where a black member of the alumni was nicknamed savage after she is merely told the crowd she had a savage hunger to succeed. >> students are trying to get power. they are trying to get a voice on campus. it resolves around a lot of issues.

protests at ithaca college in new york actually prompted the creation of a new chief diversity officer position. and yale university announced a 50 million dollar initiative to increase diversity there. students at more than 20 campuses were planning solidarity protests, including at drake university this afternoon. "we must love each other and support each other" jack: drake's "women of color" organization planned this. about 50 students gathered to show support for the protest movement in missouri. stephanie: to the race for 20-16 -- stephanie: and some headlines involving donald trump and ben carson and their words about these campus protests. donald trump using some harsh words. " " trump phoner: i think it's disgusting. i think the two people that resigned are weak, ineffective people. i resigned they set something in motion that's going to be a disaster for the next long period of time. stephanie: ben carson, a yale graduate, called the protests there infantile. jack: there's a big event coming up where you can help support the fight against prostate cancer -- and have a great ni

it seems the movement is spreading at ithaca college in new york. hundreds staged a walkout. their complaints include offensive remarks and a racially tense party invitation sent out by a campus fraternitiments you are getting that list of new years resolutions ready? really, we are only 49 days away from 2016. new years, of course, a time to make changes. >> a parade that has been a mainstay in philadelphia for more than a century is changing the coming newier. there have been complaints lately about the lack of diversity among the mummers. so the mummers are adding a division for ethnic organizations. a mexican heritage group. participation and attendance have dropped off. the mummers say this will ensure the parade grows. >> i think it's great. we need more people to come out. hopefully, they bring more attention. they can see everything. >> the hope is a fresh start with a fresh face. they will continue working the crowd on new year's day. >> look at this, this is new video from a viewer. he sent us venezuela, this emu on the loose and police say they've actually gotten a

but missouri has ignited a movement from ithaca college to yale. >> the presidents of universities are looking at now. it's reactionary when students have been trying to tell them to be proactive. but they haven't been paying attention. >> reporter: from virginia commonwealth to vanderbilt, university of iowa to the university of southern california. thousands are standing with mizzou. >> this shows the power that engaged students can have in creating change on their college campuses. >> reporter: the dean of students resigned at claremont mckenna college, as protesters demanded better treatment for hispanics. back in missouri, many see the interim president as a perfect fit, a former civil rights attorney and student activist who fought similar issues on the same campus 50 years ago. now he says it's time for missouri to step forward and be a leader. lester? >> jacob rascon, thanks. >>> ben carson is facing new questions about his friendship with a convicted felon. carson has taken a hard line on health care fraud, yet as chris jansing explains, he fought to keep his friend from going

nearly 1000 people protested at ithaca college in upstate new york calling for the university president to resign over what they call a weak response to racist incidents on campus. >>> u.s. army captain who tackled a suicide bomber and afghanistan is the latest medal of honor recipient. president obama place they weren't around the neck of florent groberg at the white house this morning. he escorted an afghan governor in kunar province when his unit accounted a suicide bomber. when florent groberg jumped on him, the suicide vest went off and their actions are credited with saving many lives i detonating the bomb away from other soldiers. >> he showed his guts, his training training, put it all on the line for his teammates. that's un-american we can all be grateful for. >> groberg spent nearly three years recovering at walter reed medical center, undergoing 33 surgeries. >>> coming up, patrick willis may consider a come back from retirement. after the break, the comments he posted. >>> snow is forecast for the weekend. we will tell you how the early snow season is benefiting businesses.

ithaca college scene of the latest faceoff as students say the school isn't all it seems. >> there wereo many stories, so many tears in that room of black and brown students who said, i don't feel welcomed here. >> "america tonight's" adam may visits a campus torn by anger. thanks for joining us, i'm joie

. >> ithaca. >> amherst. >> michigan. >> university of minnesota. >> niagara university. >> larry: wooven reached niagra universities? the harvard of colleges named after waterfalls. man, this protest movement is spreading so fast you would think it was sleeping with charlie sheen. what? what? too soon? like i gave it to him. ( laughter ) okay, so what are they protesting? >> a costume traefers can the can mack college has led to thes areination of the dean of students. >> one of the students posting with a costume of mariachi has resigned from her position as student body president. two student went on a hunger strike. >> racist halloween costume? i don't know if it rises to hunger strike level. if they go on a hunger strike, that means their uneaten candy might go to waste unless they mail their almond joy to a certain late-night host who loves the coco-nutty goodness of those treat. mail them to don lemon. candy aside, it does seem like an over-reaction to hunger strike over halloween controversies, especially in light of the greater problems mizzou students and teaches face. hallow

. >> reporter: in new york at ithaca college, hundreds staged a rally, calling on their president to step down. evidence the missouri movement may be spreading. and tonight many students who packed up their bags and left are now returning to the university, hoping their movement hasn't lost its momentum. lester. >> jacob, thank you. >>> more than 13 million people tuned in to watch the 2016 republican candidates face-off in last night's main debate. and they saw indicate candidates with aa veryy different vision for the party and for the country. and they are all battling to lead. here is hallie jackson. >> reporter: in a race defined by personalities, gop candidates are fresh off a debate dominated by policy instead. [ overlapping speakers ] >> reporter: firing moments on fox business network revealing dramatic divisions in the republican party, about immigration, foreren policy and tax reform. what it means to be conservative. >> what happened after the debate ended last night was a real fight for the hearts and souls of republican primimy voters around issues that used to unite ou

. >> we can find out later today what students at ithaca college think of its president. it will release the survey of confidence in its president. that came amid protests over the issue of race. the school's faculty will release the results of their separate survey next week. and the unforgettable selfie. two canadian brothers snapping this picture after finding the bird was caught in a trap. they used a branch to open the trap and release the bald eagle. it appears to be unharmed, and it flew to a nearby tree. >>> anyone who logs in to this website is getting this message and asking customers to hold. cyber monday is usually one of the busiest shopping days onli online. we have more live from london next. >> the global fight against climate change, this many world leaders right now in paris to discuss it. will they follow through with their promises? hello from me david foster, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also in this program. >> if there was no violation there would not be such a crisis today. >> turkish prime minister tells nato his country was right