ohio state doctor richard strauss.imself in 2005 but this week the brother of one of strauss's accusers said jordon told him in 2018 to keep quiet. it would allow a victim to sue a university in a university doctor abused them. he spoke to cnn about the call he received from congressman jordan on the fourth of july, two years ago. >> he was crying. >> he was crying. >> and groveling. groveling what? what was he asking you to do? >> he was begging me to go against my brother's testimony, basically, and come out with a statement and i just listened to him and expressed i didn't know what my brother was -- what his motives. i hnts taadn't talked to him or anything. i said i can't give you an answer right now. i'm in the middle of something. i said let me talk to my family. this was that. i kind of just brushed him off. that was the conversation. >> here is what congressman jordan said in a statement to cnn. congressman jordan never saw or heard of any bias and if he had, he would have dealt with it high pressure congressm

i was a wrestler at ohio state.in of the team in question with a lot of these allegations and what was going on for four of the final years. so, i am very disgusted in the way that this has been handled. i have had my teammates call me crying. i went to jim jordan. i went to them as a captain begging them to do something. they did nothing. >> when his brother, mike, became the whistleblower that exposed the sexual abuse of wrestlers by the team doctor he says jim jordan tried to get other wrestlers to defend him, jim jordan, against the accusation that he did nothing about the abuse that he knew about. >> jim jordan called me crying. on the fourth of july begging me to go against my brother. begging me. crying for a half-hour. that is the kind of cover-ups that is going on there. jim jordan called me several times after that. that week i had to have my lawyer call him. tell him to stop calling me. i had a team made george pardos i talked to. call jim jordan and tell him to quit calling me or i am going to beat his -

and the captain of the ohio state wrestling team when jim jordan was an assistant coach testified to about sexual abuse of his wrestling teammates, including his brother, and that he told jim jordan about that. >> thank you. >> my name is adam disabato. i was a wrestler at ohio state from 1988 through '93. i was captain of the team which is in question with a lot of these allegations and what was going on for four of those final years. so i'm very disgusted in the way this has been handled. i've had my teammates call me crying. i went to jim jordan. i went to them as a captain, begging them to do something. they did nothing. >> when adam disabato's brother, mike, became the whistle-blower who exposed the sexual abuse of wrestlers by the team doctor, richard strauss, adam disabato says jim jordan tried to get other wrestlers to defend him, jim jordan, against the accusation that he did nothing about the sexual abuse that he knew about. >> jim jordan called me crying, crying, groveling on the fourth of july, begging me to go against my brother, begging me, crying for a half hour. that'

for the sanders campaign, former ohio state senator nina turner. nina, thank you for joining us. i know you're in clairmont, new hampshire. i want to ask about your comments on iowa. i want to talk about new hampshire, but first, you did tell in an interview that the actions by tom perez in the way he handled this canvass situation is it looked intentional they were trying to hurt the sanders campaign. it seems sanders himself disagrees. where do you stand on the issue right now? >> what the senator said is we're going to keep watching. it's vitally important you have my congresswoman from the great state of ohio, congresswoman martha fudge, talking about the disarray the democratic party is in. we know that iowa went awry. i do agree with the senator that something twent terribly wrong

took care of business at home, defeating ohio state. in the big east, marquette beat 19th ranked butler. for 24/7news and highlight, citizen cbssportshq.com. jim nantz reporting from palm beach. jim nantz reporting from palm beach. -- pebble beach. announcer: ride the totally realisti♪ announcer: and the world's first never bump bumper cars. children: never bump! announcer: it's a real savings hootenanny with options that fit your budget. that's fun for the whole family. announcer: only at progressive par... maybe an insurance park was a bad idea. yeah. yep. the one thing you learn pretty quickly, is that there's a lot to learn. grow with google is here to help you with turning ideas into action. putting your business on the map, connecting with customers, and getting the skills to use new tools. so, in case you're looking, we've put all the ways we can help in one place. free training, tools, and small business resources

co-chair of bernie sanders 2020 campaign, former ohio state senator nina turner. thank you very much for joining us on what is a very busy weekend for you, obviously. senator sanders has been able to get the delegate advantage but joe biden has momentum going into south carolina. what are your expectations today? >> the senator is going to be very competitive in the state. we have been in the state for well over a year now, building the type of relationships that are necessary. the senator himself has been to almost 60 events in the state. and that doesn't count people like me and others who are national co-chairs and national surrogates in and out of state trying to win over the entire state. and particularly the african-american community. as we know who represent about 60% of the primary voters. you have to earn people's votes. and not assume that just because proximity to the first black president, that you deserve to get those votes. >> agreed. notably. senator sanders is not in south carolina today, and you are there, however, how big of a

where 2 ohio state university football players were actually punished actually punished by the university sports program for their conduct off the field i know it's shocking it's being reported the defensive backs of mere rap and jason when were kicked off the team after being charged with rape and kidnapping meanwhile the associated press is reporting that while the u.s. congress considers whether to allow college athletes to receive indorsement money the n c double a and its allies spent at least $750000.00 just last year lobbying lawmakers to shape any reforms to the organizations like $750000.00 on lobbying just to keep kids making you hundreds of millions of dollars from getting paid endorsements interesting joining us now to break down these 2 stories is r t america sports producer regina hamm always a pleasure thank you wow so a lot of we yeah horrific news in the world of college football with these 2 athletes and what they're being charged with what happened with ohio state and does this highlight the problem with how schools specifically have let it departments handle

we have breaking news now from ohio state university.wo football players have just been dismissed from the team after being charged with rape and kidnapping. adriana diaz on the disturbing details in this case. >> reporter: the ohio state university football players, amir riep and jahsen wint, were booked into this columbus jail late last night after turning themselves in. the criminal complaint alleges that on february 4, a 19-year- old woman was having consensual sex with riep when she stopped, stating she did not want to continue. detectives say wint then entered the room, and riep, after asking if wint could join, pushed her down by the neck, and two men allegedly raped her. afterwards the report says riep told the victim to say the incident was consensual on video as he was laughing and she was crying. denise alex-bouzounis is with the columbus police department. >> she was unsure if she should go ahead and file charges or not, and that's what happens in a lot of these cases. >> reporter: riep is a cornerback, and wint a safety. bot

designed just for you. >>> today cnn talked to former ohio state wrestler who is accusing jim jordanhe president's most loyal and vocal allies in the house, and he says when he was assistant wrestling coach at ohio state in the late '80s he was not aware of the sex abuse the students allegedly were experiencing by richard strauss. he killed himself in 2005, but this week the brother of one of strauss's accusers says jordan told him in 2018 to keep quiet. adam disabato made the statement during a state hearing for a bill that would allow a victim to sue a university if a university doctor abused him or her. disabato talked this morning to allis alisyn camerota about the call he received from congressman jim jordan on the 4th of july two years ago. >> he was, you said, crying -- >> oh, he was crying, yeah. >> and groveling. what was he asking you to do? >> he was begging me -- he was begging me to go against my brother's testimony basically, and come out with a statement and so i just listened to him and, you know, expressed that i didn't know what my brother was -- what his motives, i

douglas jackson-smith, from ohio state school of environment and natural resources. he's here today as a representative of the university's program for food. before joining the school, he served 15 years as a faculty member of the department of sociology, social work, and atheropology at utah state university. he has a bachelors degree, a masters degree in macroeconomics and a ph.d. in sociologist. his research explores the dynamics of technology and structural change in natural and resource systems. he's helped lead 25 million worth of interdisciplinary science grant funding. dr. jackson-smith, we thank you for your research in this field and appreciate you taking the time away from your work to beak here with us today. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you. all due respect to the ranking member, dr. jackson-smith received his academic training from the university of wisconsin, so go badgers. not to be outdone this morning. thank you very much. mr. france, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. congressman, thank you very much. and o

your brother says he was sexually abused by an ohio state doctor and he says that congressman jim jordanho at that time was an assistant coach knew about the abuse. do you believe that as well? >> yes. it was well known about dr. strauss and the way he handled exams. they were very unprofessional and people complained openly about dr. strauss to our coaches and our superiors all the time. >> and in fact, you complained. as far as i understand, you went to jim jordan at the time, right? >> i went to both jim jordan and the head coach. jim jordan was the assistant. rex was the head coach. you know, i expressed my concerns about dr. strauss and about being in lorkins hall which was not a good environment as well. >> and what did jim jordan tell you back then? >> basically they both told me that we were to be -- not to say anything to anybody in that environment that we were put in and to be happy where we were at. and that is what they said the superiors told them. >> basically keep your mouth shut. >> yes. >> okay. fast forward to a year and a half ago, 2018. i believe that's the phone cal

. ♪ >>> two ohio state football players kicked off the team after they were charged with felony rapednapping. 21-year-old defensive backs emir reef and jossen -- were arrested early monday morning. according to court documents one of the players told his alleged victim to say on video the acts were consensual. the ohio coach saying reef and went did not live up to our standards and my expectations. >>> a father pleading not guilty in connection with charges he extorted and abused several of his daughter's classmates forcing at least one into prostitution. federal prosecutors in new york say 60-year-old lawrence ray moved into on campus housing with his daughter and roommates back in 2010. officials say ray used physical, psychological and psychological abuse to make his victims confess to invented wrongdoing. prosecutors say for nearly a decade ray coerced and extorted nearly $1 million from five victims. >>> day four of the search for a missing 6-year-old south carolina girl and still no sign of her. more than 250 officers and investigators are looking for fay marie. she was last se

>>> a former ohio state university wrestler claims that congressman jim jordan begged him to deny anperpetrated by the team's doctor. jordan was an assistant wrestling coach during the time of the sex abuse allegations. polo sandoval has more. >> the spokesperson calls these allegations another lie. you recalled he has repeatedly denied accusations he was aware of any sexual abuse that happened during his tenure at ohio state university when he was an assistant wrestling coach. and this week lawmakers were told jordan begged him to contradict his own brother's story. mike blew the wrist l on the sex abuse at the university. >> tim jordan called me crying. crying. groveling. on the fourth of july begging me to go against my brother. begging me. crying for a half hour. that's the kind of cover-ups going on there. >> yeah. listen to the entire testimony here. he also testified while he was captain on the university's team, he reported the abuse not just to jordan but other university officials who in his testimony describing as continuing to turn a blind eye. more of what jordan's spoke

this summer ohio's state capital columbus was the scene of heated debate over whether or not to expand health care coverage for the working poor. question is shall they meant to be agreed upon ohio's republican controlled legislature turned down $13000000000.00 in extra funding from the federal government for what appears to be ideological reasons i urged the failure of of this amendment they even rejected a comparatively small emergency measure aimed at reducing the state's woeful infant mortality rate we asked for in this budget $3800000.00 to be targeted where the masses of racial and ethnic minorities live in the state of ohio allowing infants to live until their 1st birthday. senate's attracted to virus has been working for years to redress racial health disparities in ohio. she proposed an amendment to ohio's budget to fund health programs to specifically reducing from mortality in minority communities every public official will hold up a baby will talk about how children are our greatest assets but it seems to some communities in the community that i represent that some babies m

this week we're returning to the united states and 2013 at that time cleveland ohio was experiencing one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the industrialized world disproportionately affecting african-american malpas since the racial gap is growing wider and many mothers continue to experience this tragic loss that's why we've chosen to air this important investigation again from al-jazeera as faultline series here is america's infant mortality crisis. every year in america over $11000.00 babies die on the day that they're born. most are just born too early they're vital organs hearts and lungs still on form. even those who survive beyond 24 hours often dying before their 1st birthday. but if the baby is african-american they are more than twice as likely to die. both lines tramples to cleveland ohio to look at what's causing these deaths and to try to find out why the united states has the worst rates of infant mortality in the industrialized world. it's monday morning in cleveland's metro health hospital. a newborn baby boy has just been rushed into the neonatal intensive

former ohio state wrestler named mike disabato. other former students have joined him. and 350 students have now filed suit against university. the whistle-blower and numerous other former wrestlers say at the time they told jim jordan, among others, what was going on. and they say jim jordan turned a blind eye to the systemic sexual abuse happening right under his nose. that claim is backed up by that same independent investigation which found the abuse was, and i quote it here, "open secret, including among the coaching staff." that whistle-blower telling nbc news, "i considered jim jordan a friend but at the end of the day he's absolutely lying if he says he doesn't know what was going on." at a public hearing on tuesday, that whistle-blower's brother who was also a wrestler at ohio state said jim jordan called him in 2018 to pressure him to contradict his brother. >> jim jordan called me crying, crying, groveling. on the fourth of july. begging me to go against my brother. begging me. crying for half hour. that's the kind of cover-ups that's going on there. >> jorda

, congressman jim jordan facing new accusations of covering up introduce allegations against an ohio statejordan has denied. brynn gingras is outfront. >> reporter: republican ohio businessman jim jordan, all smiles at a dinner with president trump the day after one of his former wrestling captains slammed him. >> see a coward. >> reporter: adam di sabato providing allegations of widespread cover-up of athletes at ohio state university. adam is directing much of his anger at jordan, a former assistant coach of the team for eight years, claiming jordan knew about the abuse athletes suffered at the hands of a former team dr. and turned a blind eye. >> that's the kind of cover-ups that's going on there. >> reporter: it's not the first time jordan's faced criticism connected to the scandal. in 2018, di sabato's brother mike exposed the alleged abuse he endured at the hands of dr. richard strauss when mike was on osu's wrestling team in the late '80s. at the time jordan denied knowing. >> no abuse, never heard of abuse. if we had, we would have reported it. >> reporter: fast forward to this wee

did catch up with one of them republican state senator chris jordan hire sebastian walker from around to 0 rest mostly just on one time and see if we live in ohio you know where this is you know one of the worst states in the country. i've got to say that i'm really just very briefly right get your comments on that and get it every just really briefly this is one of the worst places in the entire time to get it or. just we just get to your position really really really quickly senator so. just just a couple of minutes ago time. we live in a system where racism is still prevalent. and they're stereotypes and caricature they follow certain groups of people like you knowing single black mothers that you're not doing your best you're living off the system you're driving cadillacs all this stuff they have no basis in reality. and. you're in a. and i think each makes the other worse but i think racism is the venom in the bud of power that will say to the politicians ok to stop thinking about you or just fail ok start thinking about the people who put you in there ok helpful empathy for the op have some sympathy for them. before leaving ohio we went t

ohio state is too arrogant. they think it's going to go away.ng, groveling on the fourth of july begging me to go against my brother, begging me crying for a half hour. that's the kind of coverups that's going on there. >> he's a former captain of the osu wrestling team who testified before ohio lawmakers this week on a bill that would change the statute of limitations so all victims of a former osu doctor can sue the university for damages. he told them that not only did jim jordan, who was an assistant coach at osu from 1987 to 1995 and other school officials know at the time about lewd behavior and abuse by one of the physicians but the now republican congressman called him in july 2018 asking him to refute his own brother's account that the doctor's abuse was common knowledge among the program. jim jordan has denied knowing about the abuse. we received a statement, quote, another lie congressman jordan never saw or heard of any abuse and if he had he would have dealt with it. joining me now is adam. thank you for being here. >> thank you, jo

but surgeonly another black eye for the congressman when it comes to the ohio state university story.k you very much, brynn gingras reporting for us. >>> plolitical rivals, but ther hasn't always been bad blood between donald trump and mike the bloomberg. th td ameritrade you've got courses, tools, and help from pros. it's almost like you're training me to become an even smarter, stronger investor. exactly. ♪(rocky theme music) fifty-six straight, come on! that's it, left trade right trade. come on another trade, i want to see it! more! ♪ 80s-style training montage? yeah. happens all the time. ♪ about medicare and 65, ysupplemental insurance. medicare is great, but it doesn't cover everything - only about 80% of your part b medicare costs, which means you may have to pay for the rest. that's where medicare supplement insurance comes in: to help pay for some of what medicare doesn't. learn how an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by united healthcare insurance company might be the right choice for you. a free decision guide is a great place to start. call today to reques

former ohio state quarterback christi, kordell jones gets his first td.dragons. these games go quicker than the nfl. running clocks. except for the last two minutes of each half. mid game interviews, fans to get hear from the players in the heat of the moment like this. >> there's a lot of time after play. we're trying to make stuff happen and they're doing pushing and shoving. we're trying to get the [ bleep ] job done. >> the adrenaline can kick in as you can see. kickoff rs fun. potentially safer than that in the nfl. no running starts. the teams start five yards apart. there are fewer big collisions. maybe something the nfl might try to adopt many are saying on social media. how about a cup of gatorade bath to celebrate the debut of the league. it might have some staying hour. there are a lot of fun moments. social media buzzing about this. the first time this league came around, 19 years ago, it lasted just one season. we'll see now. remember, the aaf tried to make a run last year. seemed to make it through a full season. general great reviews. >> th

former ohio state wrestler adam disabato accused republican ohio congressmember jim jordan of begging him not to corroborate the widespread sexual abuse perpetrated by university doctor richard strauss, after disabato's brother, mike, exposed the abuse. this is adam disabato testifying wednesday in a public hearing in the ohio state legislature. --jim jordan call me crying crying. groveling. , beggingurth of july me to go against my brother. begging me. crying for half-hour. that is the kind of cover-up that is going on there. amy: in environmental news, a series of recent measurements is raising alarm bells about the climate crisis. temperatures in antarctica soared last week to nearly 70 degrees fahrenheit. the world meteorological organinization is rereviewing te temperaturrereading to dececide whwhether it qualifieses as the continent's hottest temperature on record. measurements from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, meanwhile, show the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit a record high monday. and last month was the hottest january on record.

liz: to your point, new study out of ohio state and washington state university that the cases in chinaimes worse than what china's reporting. edward, you've been following geopolitics as well. this is a real test of iran and china and their regime's compact with their people. people give up rights saying we gave up our individual independence and our rights for you to take care of us. now that the regimes there are being tested, people going full bore on social media in china, in iran attacking the regime. go ahead, edward. reporter: certainly would be pressure on president xi at least in china because, the fight, talking about finances, when it hits the financial wallet of the people around president xi, that might be where they say, hey, we might need to look at this. there might be pressure on him for his leadership going forward. the factories still not putting out what they should be putting out. in fact the masks, 65% of those masks we're looking for are made in china. china is using them for themselves. so eventually, not at this point according to secretary azar but eventually

awesome. ♪ i'm feeing good right now >>> two ohio state football players kicked off the team after they. 21-year-old defensive backs amir riep and jahsen wint were arrested. one of the players told his alleged victim to say on video the acts were consensual. ohio state coach ryan day saying riep and wint, quote, did not live up to our standards and my expectation. >>> a college student pleading not guilty to charges he extorted and abused his daughter's classmates forcing at least one into prostitution. federal prosecutors say 60-year-old lawrence ray moved onto on campus housing with his daughter and her roommates back in 2010. officials say ray used physical, psychological and sexual abuse to make his victims confess to invented wrongdoing. prosecutors say for nearly a decade ray coerced and extorted nearly $1 million from five victims. among other things ray pressured them to open credit cards and drain their parents savings. >>> the nation's largest teachers unions are calling for an end to active shooter drills because they may be traumatizing students. the american federation of t

accused of rape and kidnapping according to court documents the incident happened on february 4th, ohio state football coach friday released a statement about his players this afternoon. reads in part quote i've dismissed a mere 8 and johnson went from our football team, i'm not making any statement on the criminal charges but it is clear they did not live up to our standards and my expectations and quote it is not yet clear. rape and went have attorneys or when they're due in court. >>a st. louis blues player collapsed during a national hockey game in anaheim yesterday, the blues general manager says defenseman jay bo mister suffered a cardiac episode. in video from the game you can see him slumped over on the bench. before falling forward his teammates frantically waved for a team doctor to come over by the time bo mister was taken to the hospital. he was alert and able to move the 36 year-old is undergoing tests. >>i just all of a sudden this tied to last and my heart aides to the family. anderson shock. >>so obviously our thoughts are with him number one. just a scary kind of uncertain si

professor and assistant direct troer of ohio state. he is here today as a representative of the university's initiative for food and agricultural transformation. before joining in 2016, he served 15 years aze faculty member of the department of sociology, social work at the utah state university. he has a bachelors and masters degree in rural sociology, a masters degree in agricultural economics and a phd. trained as a rural soshiolgist his research explores the dynamics of technology and natural resource siz temz. he has helped lead 25 million worth of grant funding from usda, nsf, and d.o.e. we appreciate you taking the time from your work to be here with us today. thank you. i yield back, chairman. >> thank you. all due respect to the ranking member, dr. jackson smith received his training from university of wisconsin. go badgers, not to be outdone this morning. [ laughter ] thank you very much. mr. france, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. congre congressman, thank you very much, and other members

. >>> "the columbus dispatch" report two ohio state football players were dismissed from the team after and kidnapping. amir riep and jahsen wint are scheduled to be arraigned today. the criminal complaint alleges a 19-year-old woman was afghanistan consensual sex with amir riep last week when she stopped and didn't want to continue. jahsen wint entered the room and the two men raped her. their attorneys say they are innocent. >> the charges are false. wrongly accused. he shouldn't be in jail. >> police say riep told the woman she needed to say sex was consensual on video. >> our affiliate in norfolk, virginia says the families of the 17 sailor whose died in the 2000 terror attack on the "uss cole" have reached a settlement with sudan. sudan has agreed to pay about $30 million. al qaeda terrorists on a boat set off explosives while cole was in port in yemen. the families claim that sudan helped al qaeda carry out that attack. >>> and national geographic said a huge iceberg broke off west antarctica's most endangered glacier. satellite as captured images of ice breaking off the pine glac

members of congress are working on multiple ways to develop federal legislation including former ohio state football player congressman anthony gonzalez, an award-winning full scholarship chemist can accept any financial rewards that may come her way. >>but the fastest runner on the track team cannot but athletic conference as college sports is not a vocation and senators to make sure that no one is left out still haven't settled on the right solution. >>as the mta's biggest moneymaker march madness. it sure to bring even more attention to the issue in washington, i'm just eaten or. >>the san francisco chamber of commerce announced the 2020 class of inductees into the bay area sports hall of fame exciting time kron four's kate rooney was at the ceremony and introduces us to the new class. >>today the san francisco chamber of commerce and the bay area sports hall of fame announced their class of 2020 and it is a star-studded list to say the least already announced had been 40 niners defensive lineman bright young the first sailor ever to be inducted paul k yard olympic swimmer natalie coughl

>> no, i would say best of luck because among those states is ohio which is firmly trump country in this day and age and texas and georgia, by the way, states that no democrat has won since 1976 and 1992 respectively. so if they think they are going to march into texas and georgia and ohio with a message of socialism and government

i recently spoke with capri cafaro, a former ohio state senator who is currently an executive in residence at american university school of public affairs. first, let's talk a little bit about nevada. how important is gender in the oflitical contex a state where almost half thewo legislature aren? >> actually, about 52% of nevada state legislature, makerring them te first in the country to ve a female majority statee. ho so, certainly, nevada has proven to be a leader when it comes to gender equity, gder parity, and the electorate's willingness vote for female candidates. they even have two female unites statators. so, obviously, if history, if past is prologue, gender plys very critical role in nevadare >>ivasan: what is the secret to nevada's success in achieving this sort of gender parity in the legislature? >> a lot of it has to do with candide rruitment, and the fact that traditionally or historically, western states actually do have a hignuher er of women that both run and succeed in higher office there. i also think that it's possible, particularly in w nevadth a very large, promine

strategy of putting all his eggs in the basket of super tuesday and rust belt states to come after ohio states like that work pays off in till that happens bloomberg is not polling very well in any of the states i don't think candidates like sanders and blue judge see him as too much of a threat right now but that doesn't mean that coming down the long way there's a long way to go i think i think the moral the story is this is a very long process we shouldn't be making a media conclusions or judgments just because i are not going to do exactly before we run out of time iowa may never caucus again after what happened last week. this could also be the last time that new hampshire gets to open the primary season would these changes would they mean an improvement an increase in democracy in the u.s. it depends what the what the alternative would be with a solution to be we've been talking about united states for at least my lifetime something needs to be done with this primary system because doesn't work as unfair it lets small states that are unrepresentative the united states basically choose de

feel they are welcome at princetouniversity, there's a place for them at harvard university, or ohio state or anywhere else. >> dr. west, were you trying to change his opinion or just help him arrive closer to the truth >> you know, my dear sister, i come from a tradition of lifting every voice. i don't want anybody to be an i want people to find their own voice, just like a jazzwoman or and my brother's got his own voice. so i want him to find his voice, and he'll land wherends. but it's that human connection that's crucial. and when it comes to affirmative action, the question becomes -- we want to makeure our students connect at a human level. >> mm-hmm. >> but we want to make sure it's fair, the conditions under which they enter a clege is fair and it's just. >> let me ask you about another pocy -- healthcare. you've been on the record that, like in supporting bernie sanders, you also support some version of dicare for all, a single-payer healthcare system, and that healthcare is a human right. 's absolutely. no, brother bernbsolutely right about that. >> why is healthcare a human >> b

. >>> two football players at ohio state university have been kicked off the team after being charged with sexual assault and kidnapping. amir riep and jahsen wint are expected to be arraigned today. the alleged encounter happened at the apartment the players shared. authorities say riep told the woman to say it was consensual. >>> checking the weather, bitter cold, snowy conditions are gripping the plains and midwest. a school bus lost control in kansas flipping on its side. only minor injuries were reported. farther north parts of the dakotas looked like a frozen tundra. look at that. in minnesota crews had to fight the wind and cold while fighting this house fire on a lake and right now the chicago area is bracing for up to five inches of snow. let's take a look at your thursday forecast. >>> good morning. we're tracking a wet day across the northeast as this storm is moving on through bringing rain and warm weather along the coast into new england where it's colder. snow showers, three to six inches of accumulation expected. certainly enough to slow down traffic. into the southeas

. >>> video from the ohio state highway patrol shows the dramatic moment a school bus overturned, accordingcials, a car struck a bus after running a red light. eight of the 25 students on board including the bus driver were taken to the hospital they are all expected to be okay the driver of the other vehicle, however, did suffer serious injuries officials say he was driving with a suspended license >> amazing they weren't hurt more after being tossed upside down >> that makes your heart drop. glad they're okay. let's check out what's going on. we have the warmth building across the south and southeast but we're not going to see too much love for your valentine's day. you have blue starting to make its way in here. by tomorrow afternoon, birmingham still the 73 degrees. by friday into boston area, we're ckn e d s. wel right back. you know reflexes are key. you know your kid doesn't step around puddles. and wet shoes, not cool. you know what else isn't cool? those cheap leaky diapers. because with luvs, you get the pro-level leak protection you're looking for. luvs, parent like a pro did you

also ahead, another former wrestler from ohio state university claims congressman jim jordan knew thatlers were being sexually abused while he was the assistant coach, and then he helped cover it up. we'll play that compelling testimony ahead on "morning joe." [sfx: doorbell] hello, i saw you move in, and i wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood with some homemade biscuits! >>oh, that's so nice! and a little tip, geico could help you save on homeowners insurance. >>hmm! >>cookies! uhh, biscuits. >>mmmm, is there a little nutmeg in there? oh it's my mum's secret recipe. >>you can tell me. it's a secret. >>is it cinnamon? it's my mum's secret recipe. call geico and see how easy saving on homeowners and condo insurance can be. i'll come back for the plate. >>> donald trump as you know is a man of great passion. he cannot contain emotions of any kind and, in fact, celebrates valentine's all year long with a laser focus on both hugging and kissing. >> hugging, there was hugging, also kissing. i just love the guy. he's hugging me, kissing me. heads of these companies are coming up hugging

and tonight, ohio state police are working on determining which vehicle ran the light. >> mona, thank you. >>> next, president trump slamming his impeachment trial. hours before closing arguments begin in the senate. here's david wright. >> reporter: tonight, unrepentant, president trump sat down with fox news ahead of the super bowl. >> i use the word witch hunt. i use the word hoax. i see the hatred. i see the -- they don't care about fairness. they don't care about lying. >> reporter: he let loose on his rivals and his critics. >> what they have done -- all the media, i call it the fake news. and it is fake news, so much of it. a lot of the fakeness is they don't want to report the good stuff. they don't want to report that the economy is good. >> reporter: one of the two republican senators who rescued trump from an extended senate trial by voting against witnesses said today he doesn't approve of the president's behavior. >> i think he shouldn't have done it. i think it was wrong. inappropriate was the way i'd say, improper, crossing the line. >> reporter: but lamar alexander doe

i'm joined now by the co-chair for the sanders campaign, former ohio state senator nina turner.ining us. i know you're in clairmont, new hampshire. i want to ask about your comments on iowa. i want to talk about new hampshire, but first, you did tell in an interview that the actions by tom perez in the way he handled this canvass situation is it looked intentional they were trying to hurt the sanders campaign. it seems sanders himself disagrees. where do you stand on the issue right now? >> what the senator said is we're going to keep watching. it's vitally important you have my congresswoman from the great state of ohio, congresswoman martha fudge, talking about the disarray the democratic party is in. we know that iowa went awry. i do agree with the senator that something twent terribly wrong there, and iowans do take great pride in their caucuses. we need to make sure nothing this ever happens again, but you know the dnc will change rules for billionaires, but when you have two congress senators in the race and mr. castro in the race, they couldn't bother changing the rules f

. >> ohio state senator.and forth, they are getting confused about the whole, is it sanders, to eco- hard left? we stick with someone for moderate? may be still joe biden. >> definitely not joe biden. i don't know that there's confusion amongst democrats, one that is more vocal and more organized amongst the party activists and that is the progressive lane. there are a lot of militant moderates on main street that want to see pragmatic approach. >> they also want to wind. >> we do want to win. i would say the real loser out of iowa is joe biden because he came and forth no matter what comes on here. i don't think he's going to be able to move into third and overcome elizabeth warren and if he underperforms in new hampshire and comes in second to bernie sanders and potentially loses south carolina, which he's counting on the strong african-american base, really, really big trouble because it's going to be slow down which means money is going to dry up. by the time he gets to south carolina, he may not have the

cincinnati bar association's environmental law committee and graduate of the new college with ba and ohio state university of law. cum laude, robert received live lihood award commonly alternative nobel prize for years of work on pfoa, please give a warm savannah welcome to rob blot. [applause] [applause] >> good morning. good morning. thank you so much for inviting me here. i want to thank everyone with the book festival, this is an amazing event and i'm honored to be here, you know, it's really moving for me to be part of this group, i'm looking through all of the other folks that are here , and you're wondering, this guy is a lawyer. you know what's going on here. and that's what i want to talk about today, is why i ended up writing this book, exposure and what's the story about and why i believe it's an important story for all of us. most of the people in the room have probably heard of flint, michigan and the lead crisis, right? i'm curious how many people heard of substances? some, good. you know, i think most of us realized that we turn on the television, we are watching the news, we saw