there's new controversy at rutgers university to tell you about. you remember rutgers used to be home of mike rice, the men's basketball coach, who was caught using all sorts of slurs against his players. >> [ bleep ] you're a [ bleep ]. >> that language speaks for itself. he's also seen on tape slamming his players with basket balls and shoving them around. after hiring and firing mike rice and the athletic director who tolerated his verbal and physical abuse of players, you would think that the last thing administrators and trustees at that university would want is to do the same thing again, or have more controversy. but some now believe that they're about to do just that. troubling questions have come up about a woman named julie herrmann, the newly hired athletic director. even governor chris christie got involved. here's randi kaye. >> reporter: on paper, she looks like the healer and the visionary rutgers needs to rescue its athletic program. under julie herrmann's watch, six years at the university of tennessee, the lady vols advanced to th

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there's new controversy at rutgers university to tell you about.ou remember rutgers used to be home of mike rice, the men's basketball coach, who was caught using all sorts of slurs against his players. >> [ bleep ] you're a [ bleep ]. >> that language speaks for itself. he's also seen on tape slamming his players with basket balls and shoving them around. after hiring and firing mike rice and the athletic director who tolerated his verbal and physical abuse of players, you would think that the last thing administrators and trustees at that university would want is to do the same thing again, or have more controversy. but some now believe that they're about to do just that. troubling questions have come up about a woman named julie herrmann, the newly hired athletic director. even governor chris christie got involved. here's randi kaye. >> reporter: on paper, she looks like the healer and the visionary rutgers needs to rescue its athletic program. under julie herrmann's watch, six years at the university of tennessee, the lady vols advanced to the

rutgers is very sloppy. they were sloppy with eddie jordan, the men's basketball coach who didn't have his degree, which is all right, i can buy it. but this is a very sloppy situation. herman should quit. christie should say something. and the president has got to go i mean the idea that this president, who was a disaster with mike rice, didn't even see the video until the whole thing exploded. now he hires herman without understanding that she's got a past with her own verbal abuse. i mean gee whiz. the state university? what's going on? it's a state university. she's got to get out. what a job by wolf mitt wolf, the a.d. at rutgers. she's got to go. have a press statement saying i'm going to leave because i did the same thing when i was a coach. she should have been clean when she was interviewed for the job. the whole thing is is a mess. >> the well clearly it is a mess. now just to put it in context. the incident with her former assistant coach and whether or not she said demeaning things, things that m

do you think that's what rutgers has to re-evaluate now.or they had a firm, pulled together all the best names that could take over the role, her name was not on the list, makes you wonder how she was elevated to the top. >> look, robert barchie has put his hip chips on the table for julie herman. will she go if robert bampie goes as well? it won't be one or the other, both are going to stay or both are going 0 go. this is an issue that's not going away. >> i want to say thanks to both of you for joining me. we're back with more after this. ♪ even superheroes need superheroes, and some superheroes need complete and balanced meals with 23 vitamins and minerals. purina dog chow. help keep him strong. dog chow strong. >>> thanks for your time. i'll see you back tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. "now" comes up next with alex wagner. >> president obama and new jersey governor chris christie team up again to tour the recovery effort seven months after hurricane sandy made landfall. nbc's peter alexander joins us to talk fema and frenemies. >>> and the white

but as it prepares for the big 10, rutgers has another big headache.s talked to people involved with the university of tennessee volleyball team. there are some people who say they simply did not know any of these things were going on. they say they never saw what these teammates accused julie hermann of doing, so there are differing stories out there. and again, new jersey governor chris christie says he is going to take a look at this this week. clear that the governor of new jersey doesn't want these scandals to continue. >> skrjohn berman reporting. >>> still ahead, president obama returns to a familiar role, comforting americans in the wake of a natural disaster. inside his tour of moore, oklahoma after this. with the spark cash card from capital one... boris earns unlimited rewards for his small business. can i get the smith contract, please? thank you. that's three new paper shredders. [ boris ] put 'em on my spark card. [ garth ] boris' small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase every day. great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. re

do you want her to stay on at rutgers?ou like to see the university now say that she's not the right person to head their athletic department? >> no. i mean, we have all discussed, you know, what happened in the past, and it wasn't about any kind of, you know, causing any drama. we were just asked a question, you know, how was julie as a coach? and we told the truth. it was nothing more than that. we were just telling our side of the story, we weren't trying to cause any waves, honestly i don't think any of us expected it to get to this point. you know, hopefully at this point julie's changed and she's realized what a program needs, but, it -- we -- we've moved on and we're very happy in our lives. >> quick last question, do you know if anyone at rutgers contacted you or anyone else on your team in tennessee before hiring julie? >> as far as i know from the teammates i've talked to, no. >> all right, kim obiela, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate your time this morning. >> no problem. >> so remarkable th

>> let rutgers handle this. by rutgers led to this media, and i understand it. i'm not going to be super chairman at rutgers. not my job. >> talk show host and msnbc contributor michael smerconish is with us. is this not his job, or does he need to step in here pretty soon? >> well, he's got a few degrees of separation from it. he does appoint members at rutgers. he did not withhold judgment. when it was the basketball coach, mike rice, this time around he want to stay removed from it. what remains to be seen is whether rutgers will do anything about it. i think they have a real problem on their hands here and i think it's primarily a matter of integrity, craig. and here is how i guess there. have you this letter that you made reference to 16 years old, signed off by the members of that volley ball team who claim that they presented it to her face-to-face. if you were to say to me, 16 years ago, you were in a room with people who said you confronted them by saying that they were whores, learning disabled, and al

you'll remember the rutgers coach taking aim at his players. hurling those basketballs and those slurs. this female coach brought in to fix it all. what's been uncovered about her tonight. governor chris christie now demanding answers. >>> and over the moon. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> one small step, and tonight, one giant find in a storage room, more than 40 years later. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us on a sunday night. and we do begin here with the images that tell the story. the extreme weather. in fact, this image right off the top, from south texas. that is a crossing signal there, the water ten feet up the pole. and tonight, countless rescue us being reported. and then this, in the northeast, this image from upstate new york, white face mountain. and an incredible 36 inches of snow. in fact, the snow banks are nearly five feet high. tonight, fierce rain in the plains. here, the rushing waters rising in one of iowa's big rivers. tonight, abc meteorologist ginger zee tells us more s

at rutgers we have a two-headed mutant toxic fish. and the two heads are robert bargj and governor chris christie, that was not a new jersey joke. >> john: i understand that. you say this in your piece. you discuss how this particular kerfuffle goes all the way up to governor chris christie. can you discuss that. >> the good governor today was saying he has complete confidence in robert ba rgey which is like saying this ship i'm in, the titanic the one that is taking in water, it's going to make it, i know. so judgment from chris christie, who needing to looked at this lens through the judgment perspective, let's break it down. an ambitious plan is set fourth where rutgers will take in the new jersey college of medicine and dentistry under its wing. it will be part of the greater rutgers community. so what does chris christie do? he brings in someone like him a numbers cruncher, someone who was in position way when, but his train something more making sure that hospitals are profitable rather than making sure that patients get care. s

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rutgers university. once again dealing with controversy. >> who is in charge?that's a great question. this is two months after the video that surfaced of coach mike rice. we have seen it all, physically and verbally abusing his players. athletic director tim pernetti resigned. rutgers replaced him with julie herman. >> she must be squeaky clean. >> louisville is the most profitable athletic department in the country. now she's facing her own allegations of abuse. >> no. >> a group of female volleyball players from the university of tennessee allege that herman verbally abused them while she coached the team calling them alcohols and learning disabled. >> that's not possible, right? i'm sure rutgers must have done their homework. >> the president has a lot to answer for. the university of tennessee also lost $150,000 discrimination lawsuit to one of herman's assistant coaches who alleged herman discouraged her from getting pregnant and eventually fired her. she says she fired her for performance issues. however, a wedding video appears to show herman teasing her

we also reached out to rutgers and they responded saying at no time was either rutgers or julie herman a named party in the action and the case was overturned on appeal by the court of appeals in kentucky. >>> still to come, an american woman being held on drug smuggling charges in mexico has new help. why her lawyers think a videotape will set her free. >>> and it's like something out of jurassic park. are we one step closer to bringing back the woolly mammoth? >>> tonight's shoutout, follow that bird. this is surveillance individual video of an ostrich running through the streets in china. the journey during rush hour was nearly four miles long. unfortunately, the ostrich was hit by two cars before finally being captured. it was then taken to a local zoo. authorities are still trying to find out where the bird came from. the shoutout tonight goes out to those folks who desperately tried to chase the run away bird down. you make a great team. it's been that way since thday you met. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use hel

hermann has promised she'll bring a new era to rutgers. >> it is a new day.'s no one that doesn't agree about how we treat young people with respect and dignity and build trust. >> but at that news conference, her mann was asked about a jury award of $150,000 to former assistant coach ginger hineline. she claims she was fired because she was pregnant. in the video the coach said this about her becoming pregnant. >> i hope it's not too good because i don't want her coming back in february with any surprises. the office is small and hard to have a baby in there. >> there's a video? i'm sorry, you said there's a video? there's no video, trust me. >> hermann is even seen here catching the bouquet. the university says its attorneys had investigated that case before hermann was apointded, but as it prepares for the big 10, rutgers has another big headache. >> hermann remains on the job while the university and governor begin a review of the latest allegations. >>> and hundreds of veterans and their families walk 2,000 miles to remind americans of what memorial day

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rutgers university has found itself in a new controversy involving its athletic department. the person brought in to fix problems from the past is now facing accusations herself. today julie hermann said she has not considered resigning but she may not have the final word. here's michelle miller. >> reporter: when rutgers university hired 49-year-old julie hermann as its new athletic director she spoke of change. >> there's no one that doesn't agree about how we treat young people with respect and dignity and build trust. >> reporter: rutgers hoped hermann would repair the damage done by this video of former head basketball coach mike rice physically and verbally abusing players. rice was fired and his boss, athletic director tim pernetti, resigned. but now hermann is accused of abusive behavior when she coached volleyball at the university of tennessee. kelly dow was one of 16 players on hermann's 1996 team to complain the coach destroyed their love of the game. >> to give that much physically and emotionally and just have it stomped on repeatedly, it's just -- everybody ha

was this a surprise to rutgers university. you not have vetted her business or did they vet her and then decided this is okay. >> from my understanding they did not vet her. there was a 1997 lawsuit that was well reported by a newspaper in knoxville and that broke, we report on it as well as the star ledger the day before she was actually appointed. so was it a surprise? considering it came out the day before she was appointed they had time to ask her about it. as far as specific allegations with the players coming forward that was a surprise. i don't think anyone ever asked that question. the search firm that actually brought her to rutgers, they never detailed that in her background check. so truthfully, i do believe it was a surprise. >> let's look at a few more of the claims here. former volleyball players say he yanked them by the jersey and forced them to wear clothes inside out at a restaurant and hit a player in the stomach with the back of her hand and when confronted about these things she quit her job. she responded

. >>> and rage at rutgers. after a scandal that threatened to bring down the sports department, questions about the woman brought in to clean it all up. does she have her own abusive past? we'll speak to one of her former players. ♪ i just came to say hello >>> and holiday celebration. we have everything you need to know for this unofficial start to summer. from enjoying the sun to delicious dishes you can grill. "gma" is holiday central on this special holiday. >>> and good morning, america. i'm david muir. and i woke up the luckiest man in america this morning. amy robach, paula faris, ginger zee, and lara. lara, you've been called in to make sure we believe. if you've been called in to make sure we behave, we're in trouble. >> the usual cast of characters, having a lovely day off. so happy to be with you guys. >> they're calling me charlie this morning. >> what can we get for you? >> wow. >> how about that? >>> we want to remind everyone, this is memorial day. while we're having fun, it's also to pay tribute

our fox affiliate has more from rutgers. >> when julie herman takes over at athletic director at rutgersut after questions emerged about her past, some wonder whether she's the right person for the job. >> [ bleep ] >> this video of former rutgers university basketball coach mike rice physically and verbally abusing players upended the athletic department this year. after it surfaced, rice was fired and soon after, athletic director tim pernetti resigned. 49-year-old julie herman was brought in to right the ship. >> this will never happen again on this campus. >> herman faces scrutiny about her background amidst a report she quit as coach of tennessee's woman's volleyball team after the players complained she humiliated them. the players wrote in a letter, the mental cruelty we suffered as a team is unbearable. >> i heard about t i don't know if that's the right move for rutgers. >> students and alumni were disappointed to hear of the allegations. in addition to the tennessee players' complaints. it emerged in 1997 a jury awarded $150,000 to a former assistant coach who said herman fired

[ laughter ] cenk: rutgers is near and dear to my heart.a speech at my nephew's graduation. i feel like i know the guy a little bit can't believe he hired her. lee, they're trying to clean up here. forget the politics for just a second. just on these facts and in fact, i'm going to show you one more video regarding hermann then let you make the ultimate decision on whether she and the president should be fired. >> she told us that we're fat stupid alcoholics, not letting us shower and eat from our road trips on florida to tennessee we didn't care what happened. we just no longer could play under those circumstances with the team. >> all 15 players agree and if i didn't eat from florida to tennessee, man would i be cranky. i'd sign a letter, too. guilty or inning, do we fire everybody in the house? >> i'd like to look at more of the evidence especially more of the recent evidence. come on, there's a bigger issue here, at least to me and i'm probably alone in this. why do we idolize these athletic directors. the highest paid state employee in

rutgers president says he stands by julie hermann. >> of course they do.ecause that's what they do at rutgers for 4 1/2 days. we're going to talk about that lady. that's very fascinating. we're going to have a reporter on. isn't that exciting? >> yes. >> we have a lot of news to do. >> yes, we do. that was terrible. thank you, willie, we'll look into that with the reporter for the "star ledger" coming up. >>> with months to go before open enrollment begins for obamacare, there's good news for the white house coming out of california. the state has revealed the prices for the health care plan under the affordable care act and the rates are lower than previously expected. however, the president's signature piece of legislation still faces an uphill battle when it comes to winning over voters. a new cnn poll finds 54% of americans are opposed to the law. that number is relatively unchanged since the bill was signed into law three years ago. 35% oppose the law because it is too liberal while 16% say it's not liberal enough. meanwhile, if you already have insur

rutgers new athletic director is also facing character questions after allegations of verbal abuse comes she's not even considering resigning. hey, wake up, it's "way too early." that's about as much verbal abuse as i can muster here on a tuesday. it's may 28th. it's always tough to get back to work after a weekend. i can't even talk. we're an optimistic group or at least slightly sarcastic. we want to know the best part about return iing to the job. post your answers using #backtowork.

you'll remember the coach caught on tape at rutgers, hurling basketballs and slurs at those players.onight the woman hired to clean it up, under fire herself. and there's a different kind of video generating a firestorm this time. here tonight is abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: she's the woman rutgers hired to fix the athletic department after that damning video of a coach berating players. [ bleep ]. >> we will no longer have any practice anywhere anytime that anybody couldn't walk into and be pleased about what's going on in that environment. >> reporter: now julie herman is facing allegations that she was abusive while coaching the university of tennessee's women's volleyball team. 15 players saying they wrote a letter to school officials complaining of mistreatment in 1997. >> she told us we're fat, stupid, whores, alcoholics. not letting us shower or eat on our road trip from florida to tennessee. >> reporter: late today she issued a statement, that she never knew about the letter. adding, she was an intense coach, and also, i am truly sorry that some were disappointed during my

and two rutgers officials say the question of what to do next is still being considered.hey told the new jersey star ledger, the issue is of grave concern. you heard governor chris christie says he'll be taking a look this week. >>> a high school student arrested over a plan to bomb his high school. it was reportedly modeled after the columbine shootings and police say he had the power to pull this one off. 17-year-old grant acord will be charged as an adult for attempted aggravated murder. oregon state police say they found a bombmaking materials and at least six explosive devices inside acord's home in albany, oregon. >> the types of bombs include pipe bombs, napalm bomb, drano balms, molotov cocktails, those that were intended to be used in carrying out the aggravated murder. >> cnn attempting to reach grant acord's attorney for comment. >>> ahead on "early start" from the irs scandal, to sexual assault in the military, it was a rough last week for the white house. so, can the president hit the reset button with congress now out of town? >> and the jersey shore is open

i was nervous to come back because i did all my drinking here, most of my drinking was at rutgers. so a year was good and coming in here and being around other people who were in recovery was really helpful for me to get my footing back into school. my grades were not so great in the beginning, so it took me, you know, a little while for that. we do a really full assessment and so even students who present with pretty severe drug and alcohol problems are also screened for mental health problems. so part of their recovery plan when they come here is not only that they have a program of recovery, you know, they go to 12-step meetings, they have a sponsor, but they also have a plan for maintaining their mental health. it's not just about being a student here and getting a degree. we want you to really learn something. but at the same token, we want you to be a well-rounded human being. so when students get sober though and they come here and look around at other people partying they say, "well, i don't know what i like to do for fun." so part of the things that our office here does in

. >> a bomb shell accusation brought a new scandal to rutgers university. rutgers hired jowlly herman as the new athletic director. she was brought in after rice was fired. now, herman is facing serious accusations she abused players while coaching volleyball 16 years ago at university of tennessee. >> so r like saying we're stupid not letting us shower or eat. it was no longer worth a scholarship or playing volleyball. we didn't care what happened. we could no longer play under those circumstances. >> the new jersey governor will talk to rutgers about allegations. herman denies them saying she's not considering resigning and did acknowledge she was an intense coach and may have made mistakes but believes she is qualified for the job. >> wow. >> as forecasted gloom arrives in time for the holiday. >> yes. sorry to see the gloom. >> right. >> this, here it's been a dreary looking memorial day. scattered areas of light moisture. looking south ward now spring moving in. the patch of spring yelz moving out over the bay. at the moment no rainfall is occurring. i

rutgers university standing behind her. >>> it has been 662 days since the u.s.ing. what are we doing to get it back? the markets, as you know, on this holiday they're closed. but investment bankers are still making deals. canada's largest drug maker said today it is buying eye care specialist bausch & lomb from private equity firm warburg pinkus. our fourth story "outfront" tonight, revenge. kentucky police are vowing to find justice tonight after a fellow officer was gunned down early saturday morning when in what appears to be an ambush killing. investigators say that the police officer jason ellis was lured into a trap whether he got out of his cruiser to remove debris from the road and was shot multiple times. cnn's reporter is "outfront" tonight with this story. >> reporter: fueled by anger and grief, the police chief in bartstown, kentucky, is vowing revenge. >> i can assure you we won't give up on this person until we have them either in custody or in the front sight of one of our weapons. >> authorities say bartstown officer jason he will was was driving

herman has promised she will bring a new era to rutgers. >> it is a new day.ng people with respect and dignity and build trust. >> reporter: but at that news conference, hermann was asked about a jury award of $150,000 to former assistant coach ginger hinline in 1997. she claimed she was fired because she was pregnant. in 1994, hermann was a bridesmaid at her wedding and in the video, the coach said this about her becoming pregnant. hermann responded -- >> there is a video -- did you say there is a video. there is no video, trust me. >> reporter: hermann is even seen here catching the bouquet. the university says its attorneys had investigated that case before hermann was appointed. but as it prepares for the big ten, rutgers has another big headache. >> hermann was a top athletic administrator at the university of louisville for 15 years before accepting the ad's job at rutgers. she told the news jersey star ledger this morning she has no plans to quit. she also told the star ledger he never called players whores and is unsure why her turmoil with the team in

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. >>> rutgers university just keeps stepping into the same problems. a new official accused of abusing past athletes. >>> plus, major controversy over danica patrick's boyfriend causing her to crash. tony stewart is not happy about it. next. >>> now to some sports and the nhl playoffs. chicago forces a game seven against detroit. game six tied at 2-2 in the third. and chicago's brian bickel scores the go-ahead goal. the blackhawks go on to a 4-3 win, forcing a winner-take-all matchup in chicago wednesday night. >>> in the nba playoffs, san antonio got out the broom in game four of the western conference finals, beating the grizzlies 93-86. >>> in the wnba, britney grinner dunked in the fourth quarter, the first one since 2008 and became the first player to have a second dunk in the same game. but chicago beat phoenix 102-80. >>> the new athletic director at rutgers, julie herman, will not lose her job according to the university president. she was brought in over the scandal after basketball coach mike rice abusing players, but herman's former players

she says she has matured and believes she is qualified to lead the rutgers program.newspaper revealed the tennessee volleyball team sent a letter to the school in 1996 saying herman called them alcoholics and learning disabled among other insults. rutgers lost its previous athletic director after the men's basketball coach was caught on tape abusing players. >>> still ahead, deception out of a southern california nuclear power plant. the strong accusations from senator barbara boxer next. >>> plus, a horse wedged inside a deep well. we have video of the dramatic rescue and new details about the decision that saved that horses life. >>> a newborn baby boy stuck inside a sewage pipe. the shocking rescue caught on camera. coming up. taking a live look outside. a cloudy start over much of the bay area today. will things clear up? we will check in with meteorologist, christina loren. she has a look at our forecast this morning. 6:27. ♪ (announcer) friskies. now serving breakfast. >>> three shot as police spread out to two crime scenes >>> a horse wedged deep inside a well

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she said she has no plans to resign from rutgers and the president of the school rutgers is backing herhooting rampage in west texas that left one dead and five people injured is also wanted for questioning in another murder. esteban jays smith died early sunday morning. investigators are looking for a link between the texas shootings and a murder at a north carolina mot motel. >>> amanda bynes is threatening to sue the new york police department. she says officer illegally entered her apartment and lied about her alleged drug possession. the former child star is hinting at a career change. she tweeted i'm looking forward to a long and wonderful career as a singer/rapper. >>> it's a happy reunion for a couple and their missing dog who was found more than 500 miles away from home. karen and victor stevenart of terre haute say jasmine disappeared back in april. somehow she managed to make it down to atlanta where fulton county used a microchip to identify jasmin and her owners. >> i love her. when you see her you'll see how pretty her eyes are. looky there. looky here. ooh! where you been

. >>> finally rutgers is standing behind the new director despite accusations of accusations when heey ball team. let's play a clip of her making a reference apparently to her hope that one of her assistance does not get pregnant and disrupt the season for the volley ball team. let's listen. >> not to come back can my surprises. >> that was apparently at a wedding where she was being videotaped. you know the prior basketball coach at rutgers was fired for being, shall we say, insensitive, overly aggressive. is she the right person for this? >> you know, what bothers me is her reaction to these two scandals. one is these female players saying that she was too abusive. and -- she said i'm sorry they were disappointed and there's a difference between an intense coach and being abusive. her response to the video, is there a video? i can guarantee you there's no video. that was the wrong thing to say. what she should have said, you know, i made a mistake, it was a long time ago, it will never happen. >> it's a close call here. i'm sure pat summitt, the greatest basketball coach many say e

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not exactly a good start for a woman brought in to clean up the athletic program at rutgers.s new jersey state assemblyman tom goodliman. good morning, tom. >> good morning, carol. >> as these latest revelations come into light, what is going through your mind? >> it's disheartening as far as the issues of the coach and the athletic director at rutgers. >> of course, she was brought in to clean up after you mentioned the coach here, mike rice. we are looking at him. he was the basketball player calling basketball players homonobody ec names and be -- homophobic names. didn't they do a background check? >> what concerns me, they initially hired a search committee, you know, organization to seek out candidates for the athletic director's position and, in fact, at the last moment, one of the rutgers officials threw the name of julie hermann in there. i'm not sure this search organization did an extensive background check. the question is, did they pay this organization and why was the name thrown in there at the last minute? >> what would you like to see happen? >> first of all,

. >>> the latest on the star-crossed sports program in rutgers. the new athletic director brought in after the men's basketball coach was fired for abusing players is now under fire herself, battling charges she abused players while coaching at a different school. gio benitez is here with that. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning, george. julie hermann calls the accusations heartbreaking but will she be able to keep her job? the university says yes but some aren't so sure. this morning, rutgers athletic director julie hermann is responding to her accusers, 15 women who say hermann abused them 16 years ago while she was the university of tennessee's volleyball coach. in a statement monday hermann said "for sure, i was an intense coach. but there is a vast difference between high intensity and abusive behavior. i am truly sorry that some were disappointed during my tenure as coach." remember, she was hired to fix the rutgers athletic program after basketball coach mike rice was caught on camera berating players. >> [ bleep ]. >> if julie he

. >> julie herman, at rutgers university is staying put after reports she verbally abused players 16ears ago when she was the coach of the tennessee women's volleyball team and the president of rutgers standing by her saying she was completely vetted before being brought on board. she was heavily criticized for not firing mike rice as soon as he became aware rice was verbally abusing players of the men's basketball team at rutgers. >>> george zimmerman back in court today and his lawyers plan to make an unusual request. they want the jurors to be allowed to visit the scene. his lawyers will request the jurors' names be kept secret. attorneys will also ask that an especially damaging audio expert be banned from testifying. that expert claims he heard trayvon martin begging for his life the night he was shot. the trial is expected to start on june 10. >>> 50 people were trapped in two different elevators one hour apart. it happened at the casino called revel, a new building in atlantic city, new jersey. in both rescues, fire fighters cabled down the elevator shaft, attached ropes to th

rutgers's president says the school looks forward to her running the athletic department.g she humiliated and emotionally abused players. >> getting specific, the letter the tennessee players wrote, apparently claimed hermann called them whores, alcoholics, learning disabled. i mean -- >> you know, it's an interesting thing. who knows if it's true. assuming it were true, how long should something like that follow you in your career? if you did something at your first job, ridiculous, and learned your lesson, should you pay for it now that you're here, ten years later? i don't know. >> we talked about this a little bit yesterday. i think while in many other circumstances it's okay to say there's a time limit to when things can follow you and how long, but when you are being hired to clean up a mess very similar to the one you are being accused of, i think there is no statute of limitation here. i think if you have anything -- >> the burden is extra high. >> if you have anything on your record, not going to work out for us. that's just me. >> i see your point. >>> moving on

. >>> rutgers athletic director is under fire, julie herman is her name.cing abuse allegations relating to her former job at the head coach of the tennessee women's volleyball team 16 years ago. herman was hired in may to replace tim pernetti who resigned after video surfaced of the former head coach physically and verbally abusing players during practice. several new jersey officials including two state senators have already called for her firing in the wake of this report. >>> notre dame quarterback has been suspended by the university for poor academic judgment. golson started 11 games for the fighting irish last season. senior tomny reese is expected to run the offense for the irish in 2013. >>> in nascar, ten fans were injured and several cars were damaged during the coca-cola 600 when a rope cable from a television sky cam fell over the track and the grandstands. >>> robby rogers became the first openly gay male athlete to take the field in major u.s. sport when he took the soccer field for the l.a. galaxy last night. this accomplishment comes less t

, and the president of rutgers at this moment is backing her. >>> senator chuck schumer and new yorkce commissioner ray kelly are warning that a new security plan for the statue of liberty could leave the monument vulnerable to attack. a live look at the statue on this beautiful morning. since september 11th, visitors have gone through airport-style security checks before boarding a ferry to the statue. the new park service plan would instead screen visitors on liberty island and nearby ellis island. senator schumer thinks that's a bad idea. >> can you imagine if airplane passengers were not screened before they boarded a plane and instead they were screened after the plane landed? that makes no sense. it would be unimaginable but that's what the park service, in effect, is doing here, with trips to the statue of liberty. >> park service officials say the plan does not compromise the safety of visitors, or the security of the statue of liberty or on ellis island. >>> updating you on a developing story. an american wife and mother of seven accused of smuggling pot in mexico. she may f

joining us now is professor from rutgers university. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> i am a layman in dealing with these issues. let me ask you if i said anything there that struck you as wrong. >> no, i think you got it right. >> okay. these stories like this one in cleveland and similar ones before it that jaycee dugard story, the elizabeth smart story, we think of these things almost as prevalent because when they happen, they get so much attention. they are objectively exceedingly rare incidents. >> very, very rare. and because they're so rare, they become important stories because they knock us off our chairs. they make us wonder about the way the world works. >> yeah. >> and they should because they're terrible stories. hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing every year as you said. by far, most of those kids get found quickly. the ones not found within days turn up to have mostly taken by family members or other relatives and people who know them. particularly the fact that these kids were there for a deca

. >>> new rutgers athletic director justly hermann is coming under fire.buse allegations related to her former job at the head of the women's volleyball team 16 years ago. hermann was hired in may to replace nick (gianetti after the former basketball coach mike rice physically and verbally abused players during practice. two state senators have called for her firing in the wake of this report. >>> notre dame quarterback evan goldston has been suspended by the university for poor academicgium. goldst goldston. >>> now, take it to nascar, at least ten fans were actually injured and several cars were damaged during the coca-cola 600 when a rogue cable from a television skycam fell over the track and grand stands, that's frightening. >>> robbie rodgers became the first openly gay soccer player for the l.a. galaxy. this comes less than two months after nba player jason collins came out. a brewer's sideline reporter, check this out, should thank her lucky stars. she came zo oh so close to being hit by an errant foul ball. but she played like a camp, she kept on

there was rutgers campus. my mom and dad, my folks moved to south carolina and i lived in a variety of places. south carolina and florida and so, i'm an east coaster. >> what did your parents do or are they doing? >> they are a doctor and lawyer. a doctor in south carolina. my dad helped me get through and my mom is a lawyer in new york. >> where did she get her law degree? >> she got her law degree at rutgers. >> when did you know you wanted to be a lawyer? >> in utero. i can't imagine a time when i didn't think i wanted to be a lawyer from being a kid early on. although not doing this. lot of people think of themselves being lawyers as trial lawyers and perry mason type of stuff. that's what i thought i would be. >> go back to, you said you couldn't get into law school, whatever 20 years ago. your mother's aunt or your mother's cousin helped you. how often is that possible? >> well, you have to have the good fortune to know the right people. the amazing thing is -- there are a lot of people that look the sam

. >>> newly released court documents show rutgers' incoming athletic director was named in a lawsuit at the university of louisville. julia herman was picked to replaced the former athletic director. she's also under fire for her own abuse allegations stemming from her time as coach at the university of tennessee. >>> six laws are now in the books in colorado seeking to regulate newly legal marijuana and keep it away from children. among them, tough punishment for driving while high and restrictions limiting the sale of drugs to those at least 21 years old. >>> a florida judge has ruled against george zimmerman's defense team. judge debra nelson barred zimmerman's lawyers from bringing up martin's school suspension, prior marijuana use and text messages. >>> a pift pivotal movement is getting recognition. honoring those who took part in a sit-in at the woolworth's lunch counter back in 1963 where a group of racially mixed activists were attacked by a white mob for sitting at a whites-only lunch counter. >>> a new attraction in south carolina is taking people to new heights. jet packs