i think rutgers looks really bad. plus, think about this, the missed opportunity for rutgers.d rutgers fiercely stood behind and with secretary rice and insisted she give the speech despite all the critics and criticism, the university would stand out as a champions of free speech. showcasing the value of rigorous debate. even when people passionately disagree. instead, the university looks weak, timid in the face of critics and they sure send a lousy message to the graduates. now, it's just within announced former new jersey governor tom keene will now be the speaker but if that falls through, rutgers, here i am. and you can imagine what my topic will be. hah. that's my off-the-record comment tonight. if you have an important story or issue you think i should take off-the-record go to gretawire.com and tell us about it and will the white house stonewall or cooperate with the new benghazi really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working

the rutgers board of governors picked the former high-ranking bush official in february.ers faculty annually circulated a petition decrying the role rice played in -- 2002, speaking to cnn, then national security buys her condoleezza rice uttered these famous words, explaining the threat resented by saddam hussein. >> are always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud. >> in a statement posted on her official facebook page on saturday, condoleezza rice said -- rutgers president had refused to disinvite rice after the protest and organized sit ins at the university. to talk more about the protest, how it came to be known as the no rice campaign, we're joined by carmelo cintron vivas, a senior at rutgers university, one of the organizers of the protest and was involved in every direct action that the university students staged. and still with us, baher azmy. welcome to democracy now! your response to condoleezza rice withdrawn from the commencement address? >> first of all, thank you for havi

rutgers university needs to find a new commencement speaker. condoleezza rice was supposed to do the honors later this month, but today, the former secretary of state announced she was backing out. some students and faculty at rutgers had staged a protest because of her role in the iraq war. rice says she doesn't want to distract from what should be a joyous occasion. later, yet another use for drones in the sky. checking out storm damage on the

>> reporter: well, he says he was upset and hurt after he was uninvited by rutgers to speak. he tells me he understands it was a huge miscommunication and can't wait to speak to his fellow graduates today. it has been a long road for eric. the rutgers star defensive tackle had nfl hopes until october 16, 2010, when he became paralyzed from the neck down after a tackle during a kick return, but if you ask eric and his mother they tell you that they always believed graduation day would come. >> no matter how much pain and suffering you're going through at the time, if you really focus on one thing and you put your mind to it, anything is truly possible, no matter all the other stuff that comes along with it that you have to go through. finally you get over the bumps. >> three months after the accident, eric a junior at rutgers, began his intense therapy sessions while still taking classes. >> it wasn't easy. i was taking skype classes, you know. i was trying to make it to a lot of my evening classes. i was meeting and making sure i was having my assignments in on time, so many

first of all, i wish condi rice was speaking at rutgers.she would go and defend the decision she made when she served in the bush administration, but my point to katy and rest of the right, if this were susan rice speaking at rutgers would they defend her instead of condi rice. the answer is no. bill: listen, hang on, hang on. we don't know that. susan rice wasn't invited and there aren't protests and she denied, that is total hypothetical. >> right. >> do you want to talk about diversity and hypocrisy. >> kate at this, hold on, i'm willing to bet if this susan rice speaking at rutgers comment there would be uproar on the right just about jon kerry speaking at boston college. a pox on everybody's house. bill: susan rice isn't speaking at rutgers. hang on, katy, i will give you a opportunity. address this, mary anne, a couple dozen students are ticked off about it. a couple faculty members say they're right. what about accomplish accomplishments of a woman, an african-american woman which she has given to america her life story, my gosh, tha

after condoleezza rice canceled, rutgers then called former rutgers football player eric legrand anding gig. this man is legender there. he became a paraplegic while playing for the school. then we heard the school called him the next morning and said, oh, we're going another way. tonight after that controversy broke, we're told he's back in the ceremony along with the former new jersey governor. what a mess. isaac woodward is the president of the -- well, we did put it in here, isaac, at rutgers university. he wanted miss rice to speak. thank you both for being here. me start with you on this, isaac. what a hot mess they've turned the commencement into. >> we just think this is the latest example in a chronicle of liberal intolerance. basically where when you get to campus, you realize there's a certain set of political beliefs which are okay to espouse and which are not. we received e-mails from faculty members encouraging teach-ins with represent one side of the issue. it's a real tragedy for those of us looking forward to hearing an accomplished woman. >> why couldn't she just ge

what's your case against not having condoleezza rice come speak at rutgers? us it was pretty simple and straightforward. it has become clear after 11 years of the invasion of iraq that condoleezza rice and the administration that she worked for misled the american public, they purposely lied about iraq having wmds which we have never found. that also led to their authorization of using enhanced interrogation tactics, torture, on numerous civilians that were never tried. on top of that we have the lives of hundreds of iraqi civilians and thousands of american soldiers too that fell from a war that was based on lies. >> people are going to say you are a university and the whole idea of a university is it's a zone where you should hear other opinions and it should be a liberal place in a small sense. what do you say to people that say you're shutting down speech, you're intolerant? >> we expected that to come, you're attacking free speech, the same thing that allows you to protest allows her to come to speak. well, that might be true. however, we have to think h

on a reported thirty five thousand dollars she backed out of delivering a commencement address at rutgers university the decision followed protests by faculty and student overwhelmed the iraq war. it examines the future to report on hosting same old former politicians accountable for their decisions the politicians accountable for their past and rare in the west as university students and faculty for taking on themselves to make sure officials are liable for the prior misdeeds. scandal at rutgers university new jersey students and teachers have been able to resist the participation of former us secretary of state and national security advisor to george w bush condoleezza rice in this year's commencement ceremony breaking up against her involvement in the iraq war and torture during the bush administration's years. by the drivers to give a speech for a fee of thirty five thousand dollars with both receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the school was in existence since sued the petition was signed by over three hundred and seventy five bright course faculty members saying they were o

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. >>> meanwhile rutgers has more controversial. you may remember condoleezza rice had to bag out at speaking of their ceremony after there was an outcry from some of the students and faculty. then eric legrand who was paralyzed during a game was asked to fill in, but then the school pulled back that offer, too. only to once again change its mind and finally give him a role in the ceremony. the school chalking it all up to, quote, a miscommunication. for the very latest, we go live to new jersey. >> reporter: well, eric legrand admits that he was hurt initially when rutgers took back an invitation to speak at commencement, but he understands it was a miscommunication and he was just happy to be able to speak today. it has been a long road for eric. the rutgers star defensive tackle had nfl hopes until october 16th, 2010, when he was paralyzed from the neck down during a tackle of a kick return on that game. but since then -- today eric spoke in front of the class of 2014 in a pakd football stadium, he recalled how doctors told him h

this weekend, rice backed out of delivering the commencement address at rutgers university in new jersey following protests over her role in supporting the iraq war and u.s. torture practices. we will speak with student protest leader carmelo cintron. all of that and more coming up.

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this shows how ignorant the faculty of rutgers is this is this old canard that the administration the bush administration deliberately misled the american people about weapons of mass destruction has been the subject of special investigative committees special commissions and no evidence have been found or that this shows how politically motivated this is and how ignorant the faculty senate of rutgers is a major universities are to have faculties that are dominated by the far left which is a tolerant of free speech and you have to consider the free speech no deeper karl rove there and he's talking about you specifically and your and your colleagues what's your response to his claims that investigative to get a panel's have exonerated bush has been administration from its actions in iraq and that this move was a crackdown on free speech by rutgers faculty condi rice in particular. has made public statements saying that hussein was going to make a nuclear bomb and again none of this material has actually been found in the case of iraq and so the facts speak for themselves and you know i

now, you are involved with rutgers to some extent.y -- what do you have there? >> well, i was -- well, this is a little, you know, i will be modest and say i was inducted into the equivalent of their hall of fame. the hall of distinguished. but that's why i'm especially troubled by. this you want to be proud of your alma mater. i'm ashamed of my alma mater it. now, the president of rutgers was on the right side of this. he thought condi rice should speak and he made that very clear. but what he didn't do, and so many presidents, they are just weak. what he didn't do is he should have told the professors i understand your position. i get it. now, move on. you are not going to agree with everybody all the time. and the students, he should have said to them, if any of you screw up this commencement exercise, and i have the power to do it, you won't get your diploma. >> you are a fascist. >> you will will get arrested and you won't get your dip employee matchett listen, they did this at rutgers. they did this add brandeis with the muslim

someone only been to the campus of rutgers, lived in new jersey i have seen a lot larger. it in context. bill: the numbers i have are 45,000 undergrads and 50 students -- >> 50 protesters, emily, that strike you as large? >> but they're saying the school sort aring this is one of the largest protests they have had. semiengaged student body, back to the point rove is making emily, address this though, are they being hypocritical? >> there is time and place for open discussion on college campuses. every point of view should be brought in absolutely. graduations are a funny time. if you're giving an honorary degree, student body, parent body, people want to feel like that reflection of values. we're seeing iraq war is live issue for young people and millenials. young people graduating, who were 10, 11, 12 whether when iraq war started this formed ideology of a generation. >> wow. >> still very live issue for them. >> could you answer the question? is this hypocritical or not, yes it is. hillary clinton on the record supporting, calling on the wmds that they do exist. and, she

former secretary of state condoleezza rice has backed out of speaking at the commencement at rutgersversity following a number of protests. rice commence says commencement should be a time of joyous celebration for graduates and their families. rutgers invitation to me to speak has become a distraction for the kbrufort community at this very special time. protesters were condemning rice as a war criminal because of her role in the iraq war. the protests were a small minority of the student body and intolerant faculty members. a university should be a place where free ideas are exchanged and defer isity opinions are encouraged. rutgers stands behind the original invitation. >>> the environmental protection agency paid 11 employees almost a half million dollars in unauthorized and undocumented bonus payments. inspector general's report found over a seven-year period the agency did not review those payments before issuing the bonus checks. the epasm has agreed to investigate the bonuses and try to get some of the taxpayer money back. >>> and finally want everyone to think you are smarte

we're not just seeing it at rutgers.ing it in the mozilla case, at universities across the country. these are tremendously respected people. think of condoleezza rice, former secretary of state, one of the most accomplished women in america today, and because you have a few punks on a university campus who don't know what they're talking about, the administration caves? it's a pathetic statement about the state of higher learning in america. >> strong letter to follow? >> strong letter to follow. >> charles? >> i won't pass judgment on the punk idiot theory, although it is attractive in some ways. i have a different theory, which is that the universities which used to teach tolerance now teach a sensitivity. so the students learn from the first day that if somebody says anything that makes you uncomfortable, you can then complain. you might get them in trouble. you might have them in a kind of re-education camp where they have to recant. i think we see, you know, whatever it is, you get sensitivity training, i think is t

this is one more example and this involves unfortunately rutgers, my alma moder.l shame of this is there are 31,000 under graduates at rutgers and maybe 100, maybe fewer than 100 actively protested at the president's office and that coupled with the fact that liberal professors, excuse the -- disinvited hersef saying don't want to be a distraction. what they should have done is said to the professors, your complaint is duly noted but this is a university not kindergarten. sorry we hurt your feelings now get over it. they should have told the students if any of you disrupt the commencement in any way, i'll have the police arrest you right in front of mommy and daddy and if i have the power to do it, i will with hold your diploma for as long as i can. he didn't do that. he said she should have spoken. he wrote a letter to the rutgers community talking about how in the university, you need to hear people you disagree with, but he didn't go far enough. >> bernie sacrificed his invitation to be the commencement speaker next year -- >> that's a good bet. >> good to see

at the school however resistance ensued a petition was signed by over three hundred seventy five rutgers faculty members saying they were outraged and offended by rice being invited as a keynote speaker and that her participation would dishonor the school the petition explains that rice played a key role in the campaign of distortion and lies surrounding the iraq war and that she was involved in allowing torture tactic policies to be implemented during the time the workers petition described rice as one of the participants and war crimes during the bush era about fifty students hold a sit in at the university which they dubbed as one of the largest in broadhurst history a protest of about one hundred students was also held with demands to not have come to liza rice come to the school even though the president of rutgers declined to disinvite the former secretary of state rice herself with drew from participating posting on her facebook page that she does not wish to distract what's intended to be a joyous ceremony she did however defend her record and said she was honored to have served

bush is talking about the rutger's controversy. >> he was challenging rutgers to show the same moraltrage. >> hypocritical and stupid. the organic chemistry professor and the small group of students who protested condoleezza rice appearance they accused her of water boring and torture. if it were torture they would have an affirmative responsibility to seek charges for any one who did it. if you are opposed to the iraq war what were they doing inviting hillary clinton to speak on campus. she voted for the iraq war she said sadam hussein had wmd's. will they not invite her or bill clinton on campus or john kerry who said saudi arabia had wmd. i am sorry that a small group of misguided students and nutty organic chem professor had their way. same on the little totalitarians 10-20 degrees above average. kansas city upper 80s for you 90s in the city of candace and dell rio. we have high pressure in place. not only today but tomorrow. in louisville kentucky where the highs tomorrow make it into the upper 80s as well in kansas city. with the warm temperatures we have winds gusting 30 miles

rutgers invitation has become a disfraction for the ufort -- for the university. he wrote a letter expressing his disappointments. he said it is a pleas where diversity of opinions are encouraged. speaking of being ons trough sized. ostracized. >> poor little robot cat. >> finally got a real story to sink your teeth into. did this ever happen to you some. >> i go to the university campuses all the time. nobody demonstrates against me. nobody throws things at me. conde did a gracious thing. i understand why she did it. this was conde saying i don't want to be part of the issue. apparently the university administration was standing behind her. maybe withdrawing later would have been the right thing to do, but withdrawing too soon encourages these goons. >> i didn't think about that. maybe she had other plans and she was looking for a way out. >> it is not football season, although the draft is coming up. maybe she had to get ready. >> do you think she made a mistake? >> i think she made a mistake and i find it disgusting. if the far left believes in freedom of speec

i think it is a lost opportunity for the graduates of rutgers. i think it is too bad for the institution that she is not going but i respect her and i thought her saying that she was not going to come was very respectful. she said she didn't want to get in the way of the celebration of the graduation of those students from rutgers university and she's a noble woman who answered the noble call of public service and i celebrate her. >> andy card, great to get your insights. thank you. >>> we all know the mid-term elections now only months away. new polls show that a majority of americans by 2-1 dissatisfied with the current direction of the country. when asked what issue concerns them most 27% say jobs. that despite the fact that we have technically been in a recovery for years now. jobs beat out obamacare, spending, debt. all as top concerns. jo jobs, jobs, jobs. in the jay carney briefing i was stunned by what some would say the irony or hypocrisy that now the administration is only talking about the economy but when they were campaigning they on

rutgers. no rice campaign. are you celebrating today? favors and six pack of diet coke or how are you celebrating. >> not really. we are not celebrating. we are regrouping and reconcentrating our efforts to keep on educating the community about why this issue arose and how everything came to be and why this has happened this way. also, before we continue, i would like to make a little bit of a declaration. we are not a left wing group. we are nonpartisan political group. we have left, right wing, we have a lot of ethnicity. we are diverse group. >> there lot of right wing speaking on campus and who are those people. >> there are quite a few. of course i have to admit and say that let's say maybe the main right wing group, the college republicans are in favor of her speaking in college. >> they were in favor of her speaking. look, you represent a small minority of students and you have a right to speak out and make any point of view you want on any issue. and i celebrate the first amendment. commencements. i had so sit through tons of lib

rutgers professor of african studies, britney cooper blamed, quote, white privilege. but here's the thing, the shooter and knifer elliot rodger is half asian. >> white male privilege kills? that's just insane. these murders had nothing to do with white privilege. it was some young guy unhinged. he actually killed himself. is that white privilege, too? ms. cooper conveniently overlooks that murder is color-blind. in chicago thousands of people, thousands, have been murdered in the public space over the last few years, and 70% of the killers are black. 70%, ms. cooper. so you, madam, are exploiting the santa barbara atrocity and trying to ramp up racial hatred to boot. >> bobby, white privilege, this kid was half asian. why not asian privilege? >> i find myself one of the few and very, very few moments when i agree with o'reilly. i don't get it. i don't get the theme of it. i don't get anything about it. i mean, i don't -- if you look at all these people -- it is true that alo lot of the people who kill in sprees like this have been more caucasian, but they're nuts. tha

rutgers was prepared to pay the former secretary $35,000. on an unrelated note, i am now available. >>> an alarming study out today reveals how kids being bullied in school may be taking matters into their own hands. dr. nancy snyderman explains. >> reporter: school shootings, a huge problem in this country. mental illness often to blame. but a new study released this morning shows that bullying can be just as big an issue. >> when children are bullied, they often develop tremendous amounts of anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. they feel helpless and at some point they need to look around for help, or they want to do it themselves. i think it's at that point that they start to bring arms to school. >> reporter: researchers at the cohen children's medical center of new york found that an estimated 200,000 high school students who have been bullied bring weapons to school. and those who have been victimized in multiple ways are up to 31 times more likely to carry a knife or gun on the campus than those who have not been bullied at all. >

i think condoleezza rice has gone to universities and dealt with protests and let's go to rutgers for a minute. they voted to keep her and she decided not to go. by doing that, frankly she does leave herself up to a little controversy. >> i have an idea that i want to run by you, this would be good for universities everywhere. they would save a lot of money. let's just say that you have a vote, whatever social media, take your pick of what university students all across america, who is the one speaker they would like to hear. pay that one person one fee, have them do it on youtube and the universities don't have to spend any money on a commencement speaker. >> or poll the seniors that are graduating, would you want to hear from condi rice or former governor kane? which would you rather. i would rather hear what a smart, young successful african-american female who made it to secretary of state had to say, especially if i'm about to go out into the world, than, frankly, there are a lot of governor keens. >> colleges spend millions of dollars a year. >> they could save a lot of money wi

. >>> condoleezza rice won't be speaking anymore at rutger's at the commencement on may 8th followingelentless protests. >> hey hey, ho ho, condi rice has got to go. >> why didn't they want her to appear, they blame her along with others during the war on iraq. she said commencement should be a time of joyous celebration, rutgers invitation to me has become a distraction for the university community at this very special time. i am simply unwilling to edetract from it in any way. they have then selected the former new jersey governor to speak. >> they are racist. >> and sexist. >> they might have had hillary clinton in there who supported the war, but they are absolutely racist. by the way, what a mob, what a cowardly mob. if there was a national vote on on college campuses, only liberals would speak. they are scared because of any competing opinion that might be different theirs. they would rather debate themselves because there's no way they could be wrong. they are debating their own stupidity. >> how classy of condi rice to bow out gracefully. there were others who criticized her a

rutgers university is in more hot water over their commencement speaker. former new jersey governor replaced former secretary of state condoleezza rice after she withdrew. that was news to former football player eric le grand who tweeted they offered me the commencement speech this weekend and i was going to accept but they decided to go other ways for political reasons. he was paralyzed playing f football. rutgers saying the miscommunication has been resolved and le grand has aagreed to be one of the speakers. >> meanwhile, condoleezza rice has issued an invitation to speak at another university. >>> a california school district has canceled a controversial assignment following a slew of complaints and at least one death threat. why the outrage? the assignment for a lesson on propaganda was as follows. some people claim the holocaust is not an actual evunt but instead of a propaganda tool, write an essay whether or not you believe this was an actual event in history or merely a political scheme. the school's superintendent is meeting with educators to mak

dressed in cap and gown he the former defensive tackle graduated from rutgers university yesterday.me legrand was paralyzed from the neck down. he resumed classes a year later during an emotional commencement speech, he told his fellow graduates to never give up. >> don't never let somebody tell you you can't do something. don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. don't let anybody ever tell you you can't do something. if you put your mind to something, anything is truly possible in this world. >> legrande received a degree in labor relations. now, the rutgers grad wasn't the only football college player whose life was forever changed during a game. jeff glor takes a look at the inspirational story of devon walker. >> reporter: devon walker was a senior safety for tulane university when in 2012 he collided with a teammate and went down. >> definitely concerned about devon walker. >> reporter: the impact fractured his spine, leaving him paralyzed below the neck. >> i tried to shake it off and say, okay, next play, let's go. but i couldn't move. >> reporter: walker spen

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rutgers invitation to speak has become a distraction.ity should be a place where free ideas are exchanges. speaking of being shunned. >> poor little robot cat. hey, ambassador, we finally got a real story for you to sink your teeth into. did this ever happen to you. >> i go to universities eventeds all the time. i think zhe a very gracious thing here. i'm not sure it was the right thing that do. this was not a case like brandice pulling the honary degree. this was her saying i don't want to be part of the issue. apparently the administration was still standing behind her. maybe width drawing early would be the right thing to do. i thi i think withdrawaling encourages these goons. >> do you think she made a mistake? >> i do think she made a mistake. i find it absolutely disgusting. the far left believes in freedom of speech as long as you're speaking and expressing what they believe. i can't wait until these protesters have to go out in the real world unless they decide to join the academic community and actually get a job and understand

i'm not sure about rutgers, but there's a lot of thought put into it.son in. there's a lot of thought. in some places, a lot of money going into it. >> not only money, but the honorary degree for some. do you want -- in terms of the students and faculty, does this person align with the university's mission and why we would give them a degree. >> we have to squeeze a break in here. you talk about the time and the effort that goes into selecting the speakers. i had a running bet about who -- i said bill cosby is going to be our commencement speaker. we did not get bill cosby. we got significantly lower profile. i'll tell you who we got and what everyone remembers about their commencement speaker and if they remember at all. nobody ever stomped their foot and asked for less. because what we all really want... ...is more. there's a reason it's called an "all you can eat" buffet. and not a "have just a little buffet". that's the idea behind the more everything plan. it's more of everything you want. for less. and now get 100 dollars off any smartphone. like

. >>> with days to go, rutgers university is without a commencement speaker this morning.ormer secretary of state condoleezza rice dropped out after protests friday faculty and students at the college. elaine, good morning. >> good morning. some at rutgers thought condoleezza rice should not be a commencement speaker because of her role in the iraq war. now that she's stepped aside, they're scrambling to find a replacement. for weeks rutgers had been in an uproar over the possibility that condoleezza rice would be the speaker at the graduation ceremony and receive an honorary degree. some felt that the first black female secretary of state didn't deserve the honors because she championed war in iraq and supported harsh questioning of detainees. >> a person who has condoned and been involved in torture is not an appropriate perch to receive an honorary degree of it. >> condition reese did not want to be. she said i understand and embrace the purpose of the commencement ceremony and i'm simply unwilling to detract from it in any way. >> i think she did get a raw deal in havi

i think she really was compelled by the suicide, as she said, of a rutgers student who was caught interlude on video and took his life. >> that was years ago. >> she described how her mother was so afraid after this blew up that she was going to take her own life, that she slept by her bed and followed her around night and day because she was so afraid her daughter was overwhelmed. that's an interesting perspective she feels the need to share that with someone who has been mortalized and embarrassed. >> i'm not saying she's not being sincere, but i think the timing is curious. >> i think she hopes she can do something. the timing is curious. i understand her need to take a few shots, but it seems like it was genuine. i agree so much with susan that there were so many lifetimes between now and when hillary clinton declares her candidacy. it seems like she's going to wait forever. this was old news and this is kind of like the nail in the coffin, done. >> done? >> i don't think she was blaming hillary clinton in the line you mentioned. i thought she was saying, bill clinton, don't blam

i don't know if that hundred is representative of all people at rutgers or not.ate critique of rice and her part in the iraq war. okay for the students to protest that. condi wasn't just trying to respect the event. she didn't want to be embarrassed by getting booed while giving a speech. >> he's got tough skin, to say the least. she's been in tough situations before, mark. i think you know as a professor that she's not afraid to take the heat. look at her jobs on her resume. every one of them was a position where she was willing to take heat. she realized this was not the appropriate place to take away from the students' accomplishments. i respect her for that. this has nothing to do with free speech. students have the right to protest, as they did. the difference is when you're saying that you're going to ruin the graduation ceremony on purpose as these students were saying, that's the problem. >> all right, guys. we're going to have to pick this conversation up at a later opponent. or you guys can just call each other. >> yeah, we'll do that. >> ben ferguson,

in a statement released today, saying rutgers invitation to me to speak has become a distraction forhe university community at this special time. i am honored to have served my country. i have defended free speech and exchange of ideas. these values are essential, but that is not what is at issue here. earlier this week, a few dozen students protested the university's decision to have rice speak, saying she misled the public at the iraq war. >>> up next, donald sterling and the woman behind the racist audio recording speaks out for the first time since the scandal. find out what sterling says in his first interview and get this, it wasn't at apology. >>> plus, as the investigation into the the benghazi attack keeps up, yet again, congressional committees are butting heads about who knew what on that deadly night. five separate house committees have been looking for answers. we're going to get reaction from represent trent frank, a member of the armed services committee. he's joining us, next, stay with us. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta he

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rutgers university needs to find a new commencement speaker. condoleezza rice was supposed to do the honors later this month, but today, the former secretary of state announced she was backing out. some students and faculty at rutgers had staged a protest because of her role in the iraq war. rice says she doesn't want to distract from what should be a joyous occasion. later, yet another use for drones in the sky. checking out storm damage on the ground. and down from the mountain top with a whole lot of lessons. what this woman is telling big business and the military about leadership. those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [male announcer] glucerna... intercourse that's painfulit... due to menopausal changes. the problem isn't likely to go away... ...on its own. so it's time we do something about it. and there's help. premarin vaginal cream. a prescription that does what no over-the-counter product was designed to do. it prov