the school's president is kenneth starr, who was accused by several students of failing to respond to reports of sexual assault. >> i don't know to what extent ms. lewinsky was being guided by... >> reporter: starr became well-known in the '90s as the independent counsel who investigated president clinton's relationship with then-intern monica lewinsky. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> reporter: starr's report on that affair led to only the second presidential impeachment in u.s. history. baylor will not comment on whether kenneth starr will step down as president. charlie, the university is currently reviewing an independent report on how the rape allegations were handled. >> rose: thanks, don. today attorney general loretta lynch said the u.s. will seek the death penalty against dylann roof. roof is awaiting trial in the fatal shooting of nine black parishioners who had welcomed him into their bible study in charleston, south carolina. lynch said, "the nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm compelled this decision." severe storms are tearing through

. >> rose: baylor university fired its head football coach today and demoted its president kenneth starr the shake-up follows a legal review that found the baptist university mishandled several cases of sexual assault involving football players. here's anna werner. >> reporter: the report faulted baylor for a wholly inadequate response, saying the university failed to take appropriate action to respond to reports of sexual assault reportedly committed by football players. it said two university administrators directly discouraged complainants from reporting and in one case even retaliated against someone who reported a sexual assault. the university responded today by stripping the title of president from kenneth starr, who was the one-time special prosecutor who led the investigation ending in president clinton's impeachment trial involving white house intern monica lewinsky. and they fired football coach art briles. briles is credited with turning around the football program, but today some are questioning at what cost. baylor board chairman richard willis apologized during a teleconfe

. >>> baylor university fired its head football coach today and demoted its president kenneth starr.hakeup follows a legal review that found the baptist university mishandled several cases of sexual assault involving football players. here's anna westerner. >> reporter: the report faulted baylor for a wholly inadequate response, saying the university failed to take appropriate action to respond to reports of sexual assault reportedly committed by football players. it said two university administrators directly discouraged complainants from reporting, and in one case retaliated against someone who reported a sexual assault. the university responded today by stripping the title of president from kenneth starr, who was the one-time special prosecutor who led president clinton's impeachment trial involving white house intern monica lewinski. and they fired football coach art briles. briles is credited with turning around the football program. but today some are questioning, at what cost? baylor board chairman richard willis apologized during a teleconference. >> we're deeply sorrowful ab

it was investigated by kenneth starr, by law enforcement. kenneth starr concluded it was a suicide. nothing, quote, fishy about it. for donald trump to raise the issue and suggest -- and suggest that it was murder and illicit behavior, to exhume literally this political scandal is outrageous. by the werek it goes to the other so-called accusations -- not so-called. the accusations. never forget. kenneth starr said with regard to every accusation including white water, the fbi file, there was no negative evidence. they spent their years in power trying to prove that and they proved nothing. kenneth starr investigating, spending millions of dollars. he skplitsly absolved hillary clinton of any of that, so this repetition of charges that have already been disproven including this tragic suicide for a political purpose is an outrage. >> let me ask you on the issue of hillary clinton. there was a tough op-ed in the "washington post" about her e-mails and the way in which they say she totally appears to have ignored and doctored protocols with this report. they say they hope the fbi finis

and cultures and fans support that message. >> demoted university president kenneth starr became name in the 90s a investigating formerrd bill clinton's relationship with monica lewinsky. >>> three, two, one, zero, liftoff. >> let's try it again. you're looking at a spacex rocket launch from earlier this month. today spacex is trying to launch the another satellite into space. they originally planned that launch for last night, but called it off out of an abundance of caution. the company says it found a tiny glitch in an engine. >>> also today, they're attempting to inflate a room on the international space station. nasa first tried this yesterday. didn't work out. the expandible crew activity module is basically a smaller version of the future moon bases and colonies to mars. nasa says there are just a few kinks to figure out. >>> she has a rare form of brain cancer and another surgery coming up, but chloe williams has had a network. usually at this time of year first graders are just thinking about summer vacation. but right now this group of students is getting ready to honor chlo

president kenneth starr demoted and head football coach art briles fired after a law firm investigatingschool's handling of sexual assault allegations finding baylor's response to sexual violence claims wholly inadequate and sacking the football program in particular. saying it chose not to report sexual violence and dating violence and reinforced the overall perception that football was above the rules. >> that this went on in the name of football at baylor should just disgust every single one of us. >> reporter: just last year two players convicted of sexual assault, jasmine hernandez telling "outside the lines." >> they keep coming out saying oh, by the way, a similar situation happened to me when i went to the school. >> reporter: coinciding with the football team's rags to riches rise. with briles at the helm, big 12 champs, two of the last three seasons. to his players, i am no longer the head coach, stay strong. starr saying he launched an investigation after hearing about assault claims adding he's profoundly sorry to the victims who didn't receive the support they deserved. rya

kenneth starr the former special prosecutor best known for his role in the bill clinton saga was removed from baylor university yesterday. this after they mishandled the sexual assault involving the football players. it comes after a scathing report by an outside law firm commissioned by the university looking into baylor's handling of the allegations. according to the university, the report found the school quote failed to take appropriate action to respond to reports of sexual assault and dating violence reportedly committed by football players. the report found baylor administrators had chosen not to report sexual violence and dating violence to an appropriate administrator outside of athletics. in those instances, football coaches or staff met with the complainant or a parent and did not report the misconduct. starr was stripped of the title as university president. but is going to remain as the school's chancellor. baylor also fired head football coach art briles. one of the most successful and highest paid coaches in the college game. >>> we're checking on business news now. listen

the school's president is kenneth starr, accused by several students of failing to respond to reportsnow to what extent ms. lewinsky was being -- >> starr became known as the the independent counsel who investigated president clinton's relationship with then-white house intern monica lewinsky. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> reporter: starr's report led to only the second presidential impeachment in u.s. history. baylor will not comment on whether kenneth starr will step down as president. charlie the university is reviewing an independent report on how the rape allegations were handled. >> thank you, don. >>> today attorney general loretta lynch said the u.s. will seek the death penalty against dylann roof. roof is awaiting trial in the fatal shooting of nine black parishioner whose welcomed him into their bible study in charleston, south carolina. lynch said, quote, the nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm compelled the decision. >>> severe storms are tearing through the great plains this evening. at least one twister was spotted in scott city, i

. >> reporter: kenneth starr's investigation into bill clinton's affair nearly cost him the presidencyng his post as baylor president and coach art briles out of a job after the mishandling of sexual assault claims leaving the school's board, quote, shocked and outraged. he was once charged with righting the wrongs in society. the former federal judge and solicitor general best known for investigating bill clinton's affair with monica lewinsky. but this morning, kenneth starr out as president of baylor university after an investigation revealed the school mishandled and in some cases silenced sexual assault claims on campus. this report from independent investigators claiming the school chose not to report sexual violence and dating violence claims against multiple players. improperly discredited complainants and reinforced an overall perception that football was above the rules. recently two baylor football players convicted of sexual assault, another arrested. the scandal sacking football coach art briles who led the team from the rags to the riches of college football, capturing the

kenneth starr made it clear there was a suicide, there was no involvement by the clintons. poignant answer from the foster family. that goes beyond that. i say on the show they're talking about whitewater. ken e9 starr studied whitewears. the republicans study it for eight years in office and for six years in a rep-controlled congress. they concluded there was nothing about whitewater. all of those accusations from the '90s were substantially, totally repudiated, but for trump to bring up vincent foster, that is a despicable effort to try to introduce a personal tragedy in the face of contrary findings by everybody, is outrageous. i know elizabeth is as outraged by that, and getting back to the central point. if there was any reason to doubt hillary clinton's passion for effective financial reform, you wouldn't see her as firmly committed to making sure she's the nominee. with donald trump having said i'm going to repeal 9 dodd/frank bill, he's giving us a great issue, the notion that the supposed opponent of the establishment wants to take us back to the period of no finan

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. >> sreenivasan: baylor university confirms that kenneth starr is out as president, for failing to do more about sexual abuse complaints against football players. the school also fired head football coach art briles today. starr is being demoted to chancellor. he's the former independent prosecutor who investigated president clinton in the 1990's. >> woodruff: wall street put up mixed results today. the dow jones industrial average lost 23 points to close at 17,828. the nasdaq rose nearly seven points, and the s&p 500 fell a fraction. >> sreenivasan: and, the nation's memorial day observances opened today, with an event known as "flags in." at arlington national cemetery, outside washington, some 1,000 soldiers placed american flags on more than 230,000 grave sites of fallen servicemen and women. the flags will be removed after monday. still to come on the newshour: what the rest of the world thinks of donald trump. how preparing for a volcanic eruption helped ecuador respond to another disaster. researchers find a superbug resistant to all antibiotics in a patient in pennsylvania, an

. >> woodruff: there's word that kenneth starr is out as president of baylor university in texas. he was the independent counsel who investigated president clinton. several broadcast and online outlets reported today that starr has been fired over his handling of allegations of rape leveled against male athletes at the school. baylor labeled the report "rumors." >> sreenivasan: for the first time, more than 40 major health groups are recommending weight- loss surgery as a routine option for treating diabetes. the new guidelines include patients who are only mildly obese. some 26 million americans have diabetes. >> woodruff: the smoking rate among american adults has fallen-- by the most in more than 20 years. the centers for disease control and prevention says 15% of adults classified themselves as smokers in 2015. that is down from 17% the year before. it's unclear if the rise of e- cigarettes played any role. >> sreenivasan: monsanto today rejected a takeover bid by german chemical giant bayer. it was valued at $62 billion. and wall street had its biggest day since march. the do

i think famously, kenneth starr, perhaps, or his prosecutors back during the lieu win city era -- lewinskiwhen the went to the white house to take the examination of president clinton. occasionally we get glitches of activity but seldom does it involve weapons drawn. >> just to revisit for people who are tuning in, the white house north lawn -- i'll use the word cleared here but not in the sense that this event is over. just means that the lawn was evacuated. from anybody who would have been on the white house north lawn. and then we were told that the white house is in lockdown, and james rosen is joining us from inside the briefing room because some members of the press did not leave or chose to come back to the room while the evacancy situation in other parts of the white house were going on to get people down to a basement area. james i want to come back to you and see if you have heard anything about the lockdown, still not seeing anybody outside. so, i'm still seeing the police presence out there. we were told that secret service is ready with weapons. what are you hearing? >> report

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kenneth starr has lost his title as baylor's president. baylor is also planning to fire its coach.endent counsel, he spent five years investigating president clinton, culminating with the monica lewinsky scandal and the president's impeachment in 1998. two members of donald trump's team say an endorsement by house speaker paul ryan is imminent. ryan spoke with the likely nominee by phone last night. ryan is said to want to end the impasse and repair the split in the republican party. this comes as the associated press reports trump has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination. the republican-controlled house has moved to fund the fight against the zika virus but lawmakers left town for the memorial day recess with no visible progress toward a compromise. the senate measure combines $1.1 billion to fight the cap with broader spending bills for transportation, housing, and veterans needs. clashes between iraqi government forces and islamic state outside the city of falluja continue. it is fourth day of a large operation to drive them out of the stronghold near

trump calling his suicide very fishy, kenneth starr, the independent counsel who looked into it confirmed what suicide. george. >> tom, let's talk about this with cokie roberts and matthew dowd. donald trump going into the playbook of the 1990s right there going back to so many of these issues discussed right then, the question is what kind of ref advanrelevance will it h >> a lot don't remember these things because they weren't born but this election will come down to how white women vote and i think that the fact is that women will be very upset if they think that another woman is being blamed for her husband's infidelities. >> you agree with that, matt? >> no, i actually think -- i mean one of the things about donald trump, george, we've talked about, he was smarter where voters were among 16, 17 candidates in the primary. i think he has a very good tact on where they are today. first of all i think the argument reminds voters she's of the past and for voters under 40 they have no idea about this so it basically past. two, gop voters want to litigate this issue so helps him consolidate

the president of the school, kenneth starr, was also moved to a new role. >>> blink and you missed itittsburgh winning 3-2. game two tomorrow. the golden state warriors are on their way back to the nba finals beating the oklahoma city thunder, 96-88. earlier in the series the warriors were down three games to one. they are only the third team to ever come back from that big of a deficit. the warriors were losing at halftime, then steph curry stepped up scoring 36 points in last night's game. yeah, we've all run out of gas before, so can you believe rookie indianapolis 500 winner alexander rossi ran out of gas before he crossed the finish line on sunday? you've heard that. he remembered those tense moments on "new day." >> we ran out of gas kind of out of turn four coming down to the start/finish line and it was obviously the longest time that it took for me the entire month of may to get there, but also it was the most stressful obviously because i knew there was cars coming at probably 100 miles an hour quicker than i was going and i was constantly looking in my mirror and it was jus

over a sexual assault scandal, tomorrow leaders at baylor university, including school president, kenneth starrllegations of rape and violent bemay have by players on the school's football team. ken starr, you'll remember was front and center investigating bill clinton and monica lewinsky. >> reporter: pamela, top officials at baylor university and its athletic program are under intense scrutiny for the way these officials have handled a series of sexual abuse cases involving students on campus. nearly nine years ago, the seeds of the baylor university were planted as it hired the football coach. then ken starr as university president, yes, that ken starr, of 1990s clinton-lewinsky cover-up investigation scheme. baylor football was blossoming, a new $266 million football stadium was built on campus. from the outside, baylor was on the rise. but now, some say it came at a painful cost. >> absolutely, there was a cover-up. the reality is, it tends to be all about the money. you know, it's how do they protect their wealth, how do they protect and do damage control to protect that reputation. >> er

kenneth starr, formerer independent counsel who investigated bill clinton and the monica lewinsky caseity president and demoted. the school is accused of mishandling reports of rape involving football players and cnn ed lavandera has more on this. ed? >> reporter: good morning, ana. it took a number of former baylor female students who had been raped to come forward, personally tell their stories, for all of this to be uncovered. baylor university is demoting its president ken starr and firing their head football coach art briles. members of the university's bort board of regents are "horrified by the findings of an independent investigation." the scathes report found a fundamental failure to respond students' sex assault allegations and detailed troubling mishandling of rape by players on the texas school's nationally ranked football team. the baylor bombshell happened under the leadership of starr who led the impeachment of then president bill clinton in the 1990s. starr hasn't responded to cnn's request for comment, and an attorney for one sexual assault victim and former baylor stu

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