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a kent state professor under e fbi just spoke with our bob jones. julio pino has been accused of having sim theftis ties to isis and he was the center of a monthlong investigation and said the allegations against him are ed? >> no, i wouldn't say i'm worried. i believe in the end everything that has been said against me will be false because i have nothing to spoken truthfully all along. >> we're going to have much more of his interview coming up later on newschannel 5 clevelinvestigation into an early morning house fire that injured at least one person continues this afternoon. this was the scene around 5 this morning at the home on wells wood trail in one person is hospitalized and there is no word on their condition now. the firs face some will changes with had -- firefighters face some challenges with this fire and had to bring s. more than 10 departments responded to this scene. >>> and in west columbus, one child is dead. another in critical condition complex started on fire. the children's mother and 11- month-old baby are being treated for smoke i

the very next week josh norman was absolutely torched by julio jones of the falcons. a lot of his teammates said his mind was out of the game because of how odell beckham responded at the end of that giants game by hitting josh norman with his helmet and then catching a tying touchdown. in nfl circles, o'dedell beckha violent response has been valorized which has its own odd feel to it. because it's, like, how do you best respond to homophobia, with violence, and if you do that, that violence is valorized. the last thing we need in the nfl is more valorized violence. >> maybe he's gay but at least he is appropriately violent. >> i was actually at that game. it's almost a third play. you saw those two fighting and going after it. granted, first of all, look, the refs should have stopped it, number one. two is the fact that this really has to do with the fact that, you know, this isn't so much about homophobia as it is about hating women. about hating female -- quote/unquote female behavior. this is wade davis' group. and, you know, at the heart of the home phobia, espe

. >> today after returning to the classroom embattled professor julio pino held a news conference. >> newschannel5's bob jones was the first to track him down and get some answers. pino denied any wrong doing, said he learned about the investigation from the news. bob jones joins us live on 5 from our akron borrow with more from that one on one interview. pino says' not going anywhere. >> julio pino is facing down. he was back in the classroom for the first time since the story broke today. while his future may be uncertain he does not believe he will face any criminal charges. >> and do you support isis? >> no, absolutely not. >> reporter: are you >> absolutely not. >> reporter: outside his kent telling me he had no idea fbi agents were investigating him until he saw media reports. >> as much of a shock to me as other people. >> reporter: have you spoken to the fbi? >> i would rather not say at this time. they know more about that than aid. >> reporter: you can't say whether you've had a conversation with them? >> in the past, i have. >> reporter: a throng of cameras followed pino as he returned to his senio

julio pino returned to campus this afternoon to continue teaching his classes. >> and our bob jones was first his home as he headed to work. he told newschannel5 that the first time he even heard of the investigation was from our news reports and the 18-month investigation that claims pino is sympathetic to isis and tried to recruit students to join the group. ebels people are spreading rumors because he had been politically outspoken in the past. a spokesperson says there has employment status. that's because he's a tenured professor. >> frank, with these allegations against pino, we wanted to know what does it take to fir a tenured teacher and what kind of legal offer. megan, what did the experts tell you today? >> reporter: i spoke with two today. they told me tenure protects academic freedoms but it's not guarantee. worried about his job. >> every tenured professor gets the same protection, and in the only that, but obviously the bill of rights as well. >> reporter: but as the national education association points out, the constitution protects free speech but it doesn't protect emp

we're going to start things off with newschannel5's bob jones who spoke with people who know julio pena. >> the president of kent state university released a statement and said there's no indications of a threat to campus. once again today we tried to get the professor's sigh. we went to his kent home near campus. his wife answered. >> no comment today. >> can we talk to mr. peno? >> no, no, he's in the interested. please, respect our privacy. >> reporter: we also checked the hall where the associate professor of history holds an officer. >> is julio peno in today? >> no, he won't be here until tomorrow. >> reporter: he did give an mills telling her does he not support the islamic state. he admitted speaking out on controversial issues but laws. >> i'm not under any kind of criminal investigation or suspicion. papers. >> the fbi won't tell us much about the investigation into pinoi but we do know the case has to do with possible ties to isis. >> it's crazy to think that it's here in kent. it's such a nice area. >> that's actually a professor that we see every day. >> reporter: in a stat

jones has more. cleveland, ohio - a kent state professor is under investigation by the fbi, a university spokesperson said tuesday. julio pino, an associate professor of history, has been under investigation for a year and a half for alleged ties to isis, kentwired.com reported. newsnet5.com is told that pino is still teaching during the investigation because he is a tenured professor. pino s wife answered the door at his kent home and told newsnet5.com that he has no comment. emily mills, editor for the kent stater, initially broke the story because she was approached and interviewed by the fbi because of past stories "i had written a couple articles about professor pino a couple semesters ago so they just wanted to see what we had talked about in those interviews and just trying to get more information on him," mills said. newsnet5.com reported in 2011 that pino, a controversial figure on campus, shouted "death to israel" during a speech by a former israeli diplomat. pino asked the diplomat how israel could justify providing aid to countries with "blood money" that came from the deaths of palestinians, we reported. ke