this man identifies himself as a professor at penn state university. >> are you a teacher now? >> yeah, right now. right now. sports business. >> my question is -- >> shut your>>s he really a teae school? >> we reached out to a spokesperson at penn state university. they say this man was a professor at the business school but he no longer teaches there. he retired back in 2012. >> it also sounds like other students in the area are like egging this guy on a little bit. >> this caused so much of a scene that police had to be called in and eventually it was police who broke up this crowd. >> [ bleep ] you! >> a race turns dirty when one driver pulls a quick one. >> oh, man. >> why rubbing is not racing. >> and a girl who should not be behind the wheel. >> i can't drive! >> the girl is screaming, telling other cars to get out of >> the girl is screaming, telling other cars to get out of h[ mowe're big cereal lovers. so we just look for this g. 'cause general mills makes over 40 yummy flavors that are 130 calories or less per serving. and they're packed with vitamins and minerals. fr

start off with tom's interview with michael mann distinguished professor of meteorology at penn state university and director of the penn state earth system science center. in tonight's green reports scientists typically define a mass extinction as an event when more than three quarters of all the species on earth disappear in a relatively short period of geologic time and geologists tell us that every one of the world's worst extinctions as well as the smaller ones involved a significant element of global climate change or the world's leading experts today on global climate change is dr michael mann a distinguished professor of meteorology at penn state university director of the penn state earth systems science center and author of the book's dire predictions understanding global warming and the hockey stick and the climate wars dispatches from the front lines is also a co-founder of the award winning website science website real climate dot org dr michael mann welcome. thanks thomas great to be with you thanks for joining us what are tipping points and why is it that we generally only know th

today on global climate change is dr michael mann a distinguished professor of meteorology at penn state university director of the penn state earth systems science center and author of the book's dire predictions understanding global warming and the hockey stick and the climate wars dispatches from the front lines is also a co-founder of the award winning website science website real climate dot org dr michael mann welcome. thanks tom it's great to be with you thanks for joining us what are tipping points and why is it that we generally only know that we've passed them after we've passed them. well the tipping point is sort of a threshold in the climate system so it's the situation where you know you're doing something you're adding c o two to the atmosphere increasing the greenhouse effect and up to a certain point the globe warms slowly the climate changes slowly but you get some threshold and suddenly the climate transitions to a very different state and it's these tipping points these abrupt potential climate changes that represent perhaps the greatest threat to civilization the problem with t

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. >>> the other stories happening today, three former administrators at penn state university are expected to formally be arraigned. they are the former college president graham spanier former athletic directer tim curly and former vp gary schultz charged with perjury and endangering the welfare of a child and not reporting claims jerry sandusky sexually assaulting under age boys. >>> another student has been approached online by a predator sending sexually explicit messages. the principal held an assembly and isn't letters home after -- sent letters home after word 50 girls why targeted at st. paul's and other private schools on social media. five students from john carroll have said they received sexually explicit social media messages. parents right now are applauding the school and students. >> basically you are giving the power away to the predator by not sharing or helping prevent it. so, that's why-- it is a courageous thing to do. that's why i applaud the students that came forward. >> the school continued to track and work closely with police. investigators are looking into whethe

. >>> happening today, three former administrators at penn state university are expected to be formallynnection with the jerry sandusky abuse trial. they say the former college president graham spane irtim curly and gary schultz are charged with endangering the welfare of children and perjury and accused of not reporting the claims of san des you canny sex -- sandusky sexually assaulted underage boys to authorities. >>> there's a timeline of the release for the massacre in -- at the navy yard. around alexis fired the first floor by 8:12 and the responders arrived 20 minutes after 8 and a gun battle began with alexis. it's not clear when he was killed but he was pronounced dead at 9:30 in the morning. 12 people died during that attack. >>> meantime washington nationals are offering free tickets to navy yard personnel and nam list for tomorrow's game-- families for tomorrow's game against the marlins. the stadium is blocks away from where the shooting took place and was used to reunite employees with their loved ones that day. >>> the former baltimore county fire captain has been charged

syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to tour around why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute.

syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to tour around why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in tel aviv we cross to mayor javedanfar he is a middle east expert right gentlemen cross talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it flynt if i can go to you first the syrians have agreed in some way or another that they would allow international supervision of their chemical weapons ok a form of disarmament but in fact isn't it that mr obama himself has been disarmed . i think so the administration was clearly getting desperate that is it is already lost almost all international support for its proposed strikes on syria i think there was a very real chance that certainly the house was going to vote against the administration and i think the senate was getting close enough where it was

syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to tour around why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in tel aviv we cross to mayor javedanfar he is a middle east expert right gentlemen cross talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it flynt if i can go to you first that syrians have agreed in some way or another that they would allow international supervision of their chemical weapons ok a form of disarmament but in fact isn't it that mr obama himself has been disarmed . i think so the administration was clearly getting desperate that is it is already lost almost all international support for its proposed strikes on syria i think there was a very real chance that certainly the house was going to vote against the administration and i think the senate was getting close enough where it was

wanted to change that and make and wilson almost overnight began to reform what was then called penn state university. introducing numerous educational reforms, both then not only changed education at princeton. he affected higher education in this country and indeed as you attended a column or if you know somebody who went to college in which he majored in something of which there was a sequence of courses in which he possibly had two lectures on a class each week, may be an honor code thrown in there. that is the woodrow wilson model. sunday created himself and basically that began to spread across the country. now, here is a new one for you. woodrow wilson became, or i should say, woodrow wilson have the most meteoric rise in american history. it's a big one. but i understand here's how. in 1910, woodrow wilson was the president of a small men's college in new jersey. and by that i mean it was a small men's college, not if mom and's college. [laughter] although james madison did go to princeton. [laughter] 1771. so it cuts both ways for him. here is the important thing. october 1810, woodrow wilso

. >>> penn state university received positive news in light of the jerry sandusky skal dal. >> i'm tom sherwood. what if the d.c. government declared 33,000 employees essential to stay on the job if. >>> the threatened shutdown of the federal government would affect thousands of local d.c. government workers. now, some city leaders have come up with an unusual plan. they are thinking about declaring all 33,000 city workers essential. that would keep them all on the job. as tom sherwood reports, that could cause serious legal trouble for the city. >> reporter: the d.c. councilmember has been in in office since january but itching to defie congress on the looming federal government shutdown. congress oversees the district. >> it doesn't happen anywhere in the country, no city, state, county. nobody is affected the same way we are. >> reporter: the city workers are worried, too. >> i mean, i think it's messed up altogether. >> it's not good news. it's not good news at all. we hope the government will settle this thing soon. >> reporter: d.c. councilmembers are planning a unique action on

body that regulates college athletics will begin gradually restoring football scholarships to penn state university, starting next year. the school was stripped of scholarships after former coach jerry sandusky's conviction for sexually abusing 45 boys. today the n.c.a.a. said penn state has made substantial progress since then. the university is also serving a five-year ban on post-season play. wall street struggled to hold its ground today. the dow jones industrial average lost 66 points to close at 15,334. the nasdaq rose nearly 3 points to close at 3768. still ahead on the newshour, the push for diplomacy at the general assembly; the budget showdown that could cause a government shutdown; options for young adults under health care reform; what the sale of blackberry says about the struggle to stay current; and the life and times of jesus of nazareth. >> ifill: diplomatic dilemmas in syria and iran occupied center stage today at the united nations, as president obama and other world leaders met for their annual meeting. chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner is there. >> it's an ins

. >>> the ncaa is restoring some of the scholarships penn state university football team lost. the scholarships were kind of yanked when the school was sanctioned for its handling of the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. this is the first time the ncaa has ever rescinded sanctions imposed against the university. the gradual restoration of those scholarships was recommended to the ncaa board by former senator george mitchell. the athletics integrity monitor for the university. mitchell says more than 120 reforms have been implemented now and other saptions levied last -- sanctions levied last year including a post-season ban, $60 million fine and 13 years of vacated wins, all of those still remain in place. >>> one of the companies bidding to put a came seen know at national harbor is about to unveil its plan. mgm resorts international will show everybody the first look of its design for a resort on the potomac. maryland residents as you remember voted to expand gambling in the state. they did that last november which includes possibly a site at national harbor. >>> 6:34.

michael mann is a climatologist with penn state university. >> when we step back and look at the longer-terme so-called noise sort of cancels out that a clear picture emerges. the globe is warming. it's due to human activity. >> the ipcc is wrestling this week over how or whether or not to address this pause, acknowledging in this draft report that, quote, model do not generally reproduce the reserved reduction in surface warming trend over the last 10 to 15 years. in other words, in one saw it coming. >>> the least 12 people are dead and more than a dozen others are hurt as a passenger bus collides with two other vehicles. our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. >> reporter: peru. it happened near the bolivian border. the wreck mangled all of the vehicles and sent one of them completely off the road. many of the victims were reportedly mine workers. no word on what caused the crash, but officials say highway accidents are common in peru due to poor road maintenance. philippines. a powerful monsoon triggered severe flooding, killing at least 20 people in the north. two of them

flynt leverett is a professor of international affairs at penn state university. reuel marc gerecht is a senior fellow with the foundation for defense of democracies. welcome to the newshour all three. you know, we're here to talk about iran, but let me first begin the news that there may be a deal that's been reached between the united states and russia over getting syria to give up control of its chemical weapons. reuel garecht, if that's happened, does that have an effect on the iran talks? >> no, i don't think so. i mean, i don't think it's likely that any deal is real in syria unless there is an enforcement mechanism that, by definition, doesn't exist. the russians wouldn't allow it. so i think the ongoing theater in syria will have relatively little affect on the nuclear question in iran. >> woodruff: suzanne maloney, how do you see that? >> i think it's appropriate to be skeptical about the short-term prospects of any break through on syria but i think we're seeing a better cooperation between the united states and russia which can carry over in a construct

in an unprecedented action, the n-c- a-a is restoring scholarships to the penn state university footballarships were lost last year when the school was sanctioned for its handling of the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. the n-c-a-a has never before rescinded sanctions imposed against a university. other sanctions levied last year include... a post-season ban, a 60-million- dollar fine and 13 years of vacated wins of legendary coach joe paterno -- remain in place. the u.s. postal service unveils its new forever stamp. in los angeles, postal officials dropped the curtain on this oversized stamp featuring the likeness of music legend ray charles, it included his signature smile. it's part of a special series called "music icons forever". you can buy the "ray charles forever" stamps at your local post office or online. yuengling...like you never seen it! it will now be available.. in the form of ice cream! "yuengling's ice cream" will be available in mid- atlantic states in march. one of the new flavors will be called "black and tan"... a chocolate and caramel mix. enjoy the chef's sp

when penn state university fired that president in 2011 they paid him $3 million but that is not all.red and earning $600,000 per year while on paid leave. another example, president john sexton, univ. loaned him $1 million to buy a summer home on fire island, new york. ron meyer is with us, running for conginia, says there should be an investigation. i agree with you, but let's deal with penn state. that is a state school. that is not private. he gets two more when he leaves and $600,000 a year because he is tenured? what is with this? >> i can't believe it. we've seen example after example. over 30 college presidents are making a million dollars peer and all those 30 receive some sort of government funding whether student loan, staffer or state schools so tuition has gone up 25% last four years we have seen more government involvement by national student loans and higher education is getting these massive bonuses, you retirement packages, paying off administrators, giving -- someone a nice loan, and what students, people my age are saying i can't afford my student loan and look what

i'm diving back into the late '80s, to the pool where i spent most of my time at penn state university since i retired my speedo, until now. okay. back to that in a minute. this man is the only reason i might be able to pull this off. my dear friend and penn state diving coach, craig brown. a.k.a. brownie. diving's not a life long sport. i don't dive anymore. >> the window of opportunity for diving is when you're young. i think you're out of your mind. >> of all the sports i could have done, i love tennis. why didn't i pick a normal sport? >> because of the rush of it every day. >> my dad was a huge part of my diving experience. >> we called him slim because he was a rather larger guy. but he had such a spirit for life. he meant so much to the team. every time we looked in the stands, there was slim there. we miss him dearly. no doubt. >> i remember this about you. if i did a bad dive, you would find three positive things to say. and then, the negative. it was a great way to learn. >> it was something you had to learn. that first day of practice, you looked me in the eye for two second

penn state university. and santa barbara. and this morning, southeastern louisiana.g to lions country. >> lion-up. >> the beloved alma mater of one robin roberts. >> wearing my school colors. >> like it. >> very proud. >> you guys didn't. but i did. >> all right. that's the way we go. >>> we're going to begin with a family feud that almost turned fatal in cleveland, where an anesthesiologist has been charged with attempted murder after am burghing his son-in-law. and alex perez is tracking the case. >> reporter: this morning, a quiet cleveland suburb is in disbelief after a bloody family feud that had panicked neighbors calling 911. >> 911 emergency. >> someone is yelling for help loudly. >> reporter: that's after seth allen hoffer left his home for the airport, to visit his daughter, living in florida with his estranged wife. as hoffer walked towards the car, police say a man jumped out of the bushes, wearing a black ski mask and blue surgical gloves. attacking hoffer from behind with a pry bar. >> there's someone screaming for help. >> we're on our way. >> reporter

. ♪ >>> penn state university getting relief from scholarship cuts.rships gradually as the school works toward athletics integrity. the school is banned on playing in the postseason. the penalties were imposed on penn state after former football assistant coach jerry sandusky was charged with child abuse. >>> coming up, he has just a couple of hours to do so, but should president obama meet with iran's new president, you're about to hear both viewpoints. [ male announcer ] this is pam. her busy saturday begins with back pain, when... hey pam, you should take advil. why? you can take four advil for all day relief. so i should give up my two aleve for more pills with advil? you're joking right? for my back pain, i want my aleve. >>> and here we go. top of the hour. i'm brooke baldwin. a country once called part of an axis of evil by u.s. president george w. bush is now being called a potential friend. i'm talking about iran. today at a meeting of world leaders in new york, president obama made a speech which left a lot of people asking, is the deep free

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i think we will have to link diversity that we seek to that mission of penn state university. we will have to do that at both the undergraduate level and law school level. it is a little bit easier in law school. law school, there are very robust discussions around social issues that require you to have various viewpoints in the classroom to discuss them in a robust and educational sound manner. the court and fisher points to this. when you are in the engineering department at the graduate level, and undergraduate admissions are done across the board rather than college by college, i think you can face an inquiry by the court with respect to, why are you conducting this search for diversity in all of those cases are going to the sociology and education departments and you're not getting that diversity in the engineering department, and you claim you want diversity in all of your classrooms? you are not practicing what you preach, right? we have to get thought of how to conduct the admissions so we are having diversity and putting it to work in a manner that justifies the consi

people vote democratic. >> now penn has been reassigned by the university and taken out of the classroom. joining us from lansing, michigan a sophomore at michigan state and he was the student who taped penn's remarks. first of all, why did you do that? >> well, bill, i did it because i really honestly couldn't believe what was happening at first. this man was using his position as a professor to in my opinion indoctrinate students to theng a way he thought was pleasing. i didn't think any college student should listen to that. >> the class you are in, literatures, cultures, identities. it is an arts and humanities class. that has nothing to do with politics. how did he segue into that rant? >> well, he was all over the place talking about a number of things. in the full video you can get a clear glimpse of that. he started talking about the romneys and the republican party on a few things and somehow he said he could tie it altogether but still to this day i can't understand. >> about 400 kids, that's a mob. what was the general reaction now that the professor was taken out of the classroom. he is still getting paid, but he will do research on the re

did you see that we begin with professor william penn who teaches english at michigan state university the spartans. in his first class semester penn said this. >> republican old people dead skin cells. they are cheap. they don't want to pay taxes and not everything they could. they don't want to pay for your tuition. who are you? majority of country anymore. a bunch of dead white people or dying white people. parents of republicans forgive me. they won't. i don't care. even if you are a republican, i don't mean to offend you in this class. outside of class is a different matter. >> bill: that seems to be worth of tuition, doesn't it? the student to who taped that wants to remain anonymous but he might be here tomorrow. we might be getting this guy in tomorrow. here now to explain further juliet huddy. so that, you had professors like that, right? republicans are dead or they are dead white people. >> typically they were political science professors.typical ly politicc teachers. >> his english was not that great in that little rant. >> this is a nine minute tape. like bizarre watching

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penn state basketball team. the ncaa has never before rescinded sanctions imposed against ac university --a university. the athletics integrity monitor for the university. mitchell says a warrant -- a post season ban, and 13 years of vacated wins wil l remain in place. >> why you should pay more attention to what goes down your pipes, coming up. >> many mourned the loss of twinkies. today, another staple is back on the shelf. which brand you can find once again. >> cool weather hanging around. >> coming up, and early-morning pursuit left three people dead and one person of fighting for his life. what caused a terrific -- a horrific crash? have the stories and more itschicago fire" begins second season tonight. the voice.after if you haven't seen it, it is an action packed chronicle of the daily lives of firefighters. the last season, emotionally explosive. eisenberger sat down with us. >> the amount of heart and passion they have with their work. they throw themselves in with certain regard for their own safety. they put it on the side. they risk their lives all the time. >> they do, indeed. we are tal