. >>> francisco lopez and anthony rutger pled not guilty to assault and battery charges. a judge would not allow their faces to be shown. investigators say the fight began when someone thought rutgers daughter was video taping one of them vomiting on the sidewalk. rutger was rushed by a group of people and he was defending himself and his darwin he swung a punch. >> i think when all is said and done, it will not look nearly as seriously as you think. >> generally speaking any time you have video, it really helps the prosecution in this case. it really shows every single thing that occurred and it really helps in preventing the case to a judge and jury. >> rutgers is already on probation for selling marijuana and lopez for firing a gun. >>> emotions at a murder arraignment in sacramento went from the courthouse to the steps of county jail. that fight started yesterday between the families of the 20- year-old victim and the two murder suspects. a witness in court says a relative of one of the defendants was laughing during the court hearing. at least two women were detained

. >>> francisco lopez and anthony rutger pled not guilty to assault and battery charges.a judge would not allow their faces to be shown. investigators say the fight began when someone thought rutger's daughter was video taping one of them vomiting on the sidewalk. defense attorneys say rutger was rushed by a group of people and defending himself and his daughter when he threw a punch. >> i think when all is said and done, it will not look nearly as seriously. >> generally speaking any time that video it really helps the prosecution in this case. it really hopes in presenting the case to a judge and jury. >> rutger is on probation for selling marijuana. lopez for firing a gun. >>> emotions at a murder arraignment from the courthouse to the steps of the county jail. pretty big fight started yesterday between the families of the 20-year-old victim and the two murder suspects. a witness in court says a relative of one of the departments was laughing during the hurt hering. >>> a group of protestors will gather this morning. they are trying to block the eviction of a san franc

. >>> rutgers university is raising tuition for the coming school year.s board of governors approved a 2 percent hike starting in the fall, despite appeals from students and some state officials for a freeze in tuition. last year, the school raised tuition by 3.3 percent. a typical in state student from new jersey would pay about $25,100 to live on the rutgers camden campus with meal plans and $500 more, in new brunswick. >>> well, tonight we will begin a new project called gardener 101. we think there is an opportunity to come to know the region's news makers on a more personal level. to meet individuals who are not necessarily in the head lines, but who are making important contributions to our community. our initial one on one is with william hite, the superintendent of the philadelphia public schools. >> from hite's first day on the job as superintendent he has been trying to manage a district desperately short of money. now after 5,000 layoffs, 31 school closings and threats of massive program cuts the the crisis, continues with hite's very expensive

investigators say the fight began when someone thought rutgers daughter was video taping one of them vomiting on the sidewalk. defense attorneys say rutgers was rushed by a group of people and he was defending himself and daughter when he threw a punch. >> i think when all is said and done, it will not look nearly as seriously. >> generally speaking any time you have video, it really helps the prosecution. it really shows every single thing that occurred and it really helps in presenting the case to a judge and jury. >> prosecutors say rutger is on probation for selling marijuana and lopez for firing a gun. >>> time is 6:39. from politics to the high-tech industry, new reports that jay carney is being considered for a top public relations job at apple. carney resigned from his white house job last month. according to recode, carney is also being considered for a top job at san francisco based uber. >>> 6:40 is the time. an eight-year-old girl robbed on her money while selling candy. >> it's trouble. especially stealing from kids. >> coming up at 7:00, what happened inside of a store

project run by rutgers university will use accoustic image go to study the ocean floor in an attempt to better understand the rise of sea levels but critics say the test can be dangerous to sea life. >> over 17,000 sign our position and the federal agencies have thumbed their nose at all of that public outrage and concern and moving full steam ahead and that is just an outrage. >> rutgers responded saying in part we are operate nothing full compliance with the federal marine mommal protection act adhering to strict protocols that ensure marine life is protect to the fullest extent possible. >>> blue whale are the largest animals on earth and the heavier in the history of the world, so when one comes up alongside your boat, you want to look out. photographer and the the boat's pilot were 12 miles off the coast of san diego when a blue whale unexpectly, just sprung out of the water. it capsized the boat, and knock both in the water. >> one hand on the boat, camera up on my shoulder up like this, other hand is grabbing the camera and i said to myself, dale, just do what you can, keep yo

funny how it works because if you look across the street on rutgers drive, power has been restored on that side of the street, not just this side of the street, just yet. so of course wawa employees inside are waiting for the power. they are hoping that maybe it will come on soon. they still have to be inside the shop regardless of the, fact that the business is closed and despite the fact that it is a 24 hour business. pumps are empty. no one is here. we have seen a few people driving around thinking this this wawa is opened. fun toy see how they get here, they are confused and then look on their face they are disappointed as i can completely understand. that employees told me that the power went out around 8:00 last night. when storms passed through our area last night as we have been mentioning all morning long at one point it left, hundreds of thousands of people, without power, so crews, had to deal with fallen trees and power lines, and peco crews were out all night, into this early morning, working, to least store power. now many people who were up and watching this storm pass

i'm concern about that. >> reporter: rutgers researchers in charge of the project greg mountain says we are operate nothing full compliance of the federal marine mammal protection agent. adhering to the strict property caught that he will sure life is protect. epa is opposed to the project especially the timing and they could seek legal action n barnegat light i'm cleve bryan, cb is s3 "eyewitness news". >>> and late today the state of new jersey to say it will seek legal action to stop that project. >>> okay, kate is with us now. shore is looking, mighty fine today. >> it is. >> yes, it is. >> water is looking mighty fine. >> great place to cool off and sea breeze has pick up. that is where you want to be today. not where you want to be by friday when we will see arthur as a hurricane passing off shore and the band from arthur could bring rain and thunderstorms down the shore and gusty wind, are your surf, rip currents in time for the fourth of july holiday. lets take a look at today and what a beautiful day look at margate, blue skies, waves rolling in, people out there enjoying an

expect from its marijuana economy in the months ahead we bring in cannabis correspondent leyland rutger who has been covering colorado's marijuana sale. how does washington compare to colorado? >> it's about the same. the first days are going to be big. the first days people were standing in line for long periods of time but that has changed over the past few mont months. >> colorado sales exceeded $5 million in the first week. i understand that was a big surprise, but does the surprise start to wear off? would you expect the same in washington state? >> you know, i don't know what we can expect in washington state. colorado and washington both took different approaches to selling marijuana, and to dealing with the legalization. so i'm not sure that you can really compare the two at this point. >> what have been some of the successes and failures of the approach in your state? >> well, one of the successes is that through april the state got $10.8 million worth of tax money. that's not counting the county taxes or the city taxes that were also put on the--on marijuana. that's a really g

it will be five hundred dollars more at the main new brunswick rutgers campus. >> i had to go back into the house and get a little sweatshirt. it's nice and cool this morning. >> reporter: temperatures are below average and lower humidity. relatively so compared to last few days, it's a big change. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry, that's another change we like in the forecast. let's head on outside and see what it looks like as sky6 live hd goes live at the center city skyline. we have partly cloudy skies as we look at the skyline. 67 degrees at philadelphia around. some of the suburbs in the upper 50s this morning. the dewpoint, 53 degrees, nice and low, really low humidity. the wind out of the northwest, it's a nice, cool breeze. the pressure will start to rise. high pressure will buildings in. satellite and radar, we've got cloud cover, we're going to see partly cloudy skies, but we're staying dry, it's a good looking day, a wider look along the east coast. you can see the front parked off the coastline. it's out of our region. high pressure will dive in, in the give us ju

. >> rutgers university, the university of texas and the national science foundation are behind the research. it's not a done deal, the foundation has to submit a final environmental assessment to the federal government. >>> also in new jersey, governor chris christie today vetoed a gun control bill that would have banned ammunition magazines holding more than ten rounds. the governor insisting limiting the number of bullets in a gun would not put an end to mass shootings. the bill would have reduced the legal ammunition capacity from 15 to 10 rounds. instead, christie called for a reform of mental illness treatment. he'll need the gun lock by support if he decides to run for president in 2016. >>> new information tonight about the efforts to fix the i-495 bridge in delaware. deldot will pour the concrete bases that will spofupport the steel beams under the north side of the bridge. they're hoping to have the bridge reopened by the end of the summer. the bridge has been shut down for several weeks. >> we're tracking more storms across the area. isolated in nature. not too widespread at this

his undergraduate degree is from rutgers. his journalism degree is from columbia. david savage has been covering the court with the los angeles times since 1981. also in the last several years, covering the court for the chicago tribune. he is the author of a book called "turning right." he has recently authored the latest additions of congressional quarterly's guide to the supreme court. david has degrees from unc at chapel hill and northwestern. joan on my far right covers the court for reuters. she has covered it since 1989. before joining reuters, she covered the courts for usa today and the washington post. she is a regular panelist on ebs washington week. pbs washington week. she earned her law degree at georgetown law school and specializes in presenting the supreme court through the lens of judicial biography. she has written sandra day o'connor, and more recently, american original, the life and constitution of supreme court justice anthony scalia. joan is within weeks of finishing a new book called, "breaking in, the rise of sonia sotomayor" which has a p

men targeted include an attorney who represents clients in terrorism related cases a professor at rutgers university a former professor at california state university the executive director of care which is the largest muslim civil rights organization in america and lastly a long time republican party operative who actually held a top six secret security clearance and served in the department of homeland security during the bush administration now according to the intercept in an investigative outlet the n.s.a. and the f.b.i. covertly monitored the e-mails of all the men under secretive procedures that are used to target terrorists and foreign spies journalist glenn greenwald who broke the story says that he believes this is one of the most important revelations to come from edward snowden's leaks because it puts a face on the n.s.a.'s surveillance overreach and illustrates that domestic spying abuses usually target minorities and marginalizes groups and dissidents the n.s.a. told the intercept that the surveillance was not based solely on speech however additional explanation or justific

in food aid rutgers university professor who is also president of the american iranian council an attorney who represents clients in terrorism related cases the executive director of care the largest muslim civil rights organization in america the national chairman of the american muslim alliance which supports muslim political candidates and a long time republican party operative who formerly served as a lawyer for the department of homeland security none of the men have been charged with a crime in connection to the apparent monitoring of cecil hill one of the five americans targeted tells our team he has no idea what would lead the n.s.a. or f.b.i. to think that he's someone that they should be put under surveillance especially given his resume served in the united states navy worked in the bush administration at home curity security clearances so. i think the biggest reaction that i have is i have no idea what i have done what in my background that would lead to civil or i mean i am a muslim and i did work in. the government that's about the only thing i could think of. i just can't th

been charged with a crime among them is dr who shang amirahmadi and iranian american professor at rutgers university and the founder of the american iranian council dr. ramadhan joined me earlier to discuss these revelations and his reaction to discovering that he was being monitored i started by asking him how he first found out about his surveillance. first time i heard was about a little bit over that month but i have said this to get in of all the men who put that article. they could use. that told me that called me over a diploma and told me that my name is has been on the surveillance list of the n.s.a. and he asked me pull a meeting and i had met him in new york and he asked me to put on a t.v. you reach i did not get you. and i told him that i would wait until my name is public. regarding this matter. but we did to speak on that use not that is that but all off that it could i guess if you feel either your rights were being violated when you found out what was your reaction your sleeve in this matter does not come as a surprise to me but does calm i say disappointment i doesn't co

ever been charged with a crime among them is dr hooshang amirahmadi an iranian american professor at rutgers university and the founder of the american iranian council dr amirahmadi joined me earlier to discuss these revelations and his reaction to discovering that he was being monitored i started by asking him how he first found out about his surveillance. the first time i heard it was about a little bit what it meant but haps missed it in a wall and. they used. it told me the called millward to pull in and told me my name is has been on this surveillance list. and he asked me poor me team me and i had met him in new york and he asked me to put on t.v. you reach i did not give you. and i told him that i would rate him good my name is public. regarding this matter. but we did to speak but use mounted as the but. off that it could i guess if you feel your rights were being violated when you found out what was your reaction your sleeve in this matter does not come as a surprise to me but does calm i say disappointment i doesn't come as a surprise because. i have been involved in a contest that

we have frank felder is the director of the center for energy economic and environmental policy at rutgers university jeff tiddle is the director of the new jersey sierra club sara bloom vice president of energy at the new jersey business and industry association and finally mark warner director of energy at sustainable jersey i want to thank all of you for joining us and folks throughout this program you're gonna see important websites that have very important information let me ask you something mark this whole question by the way sustainable jersey is? it's a not for profit based at the college of new jersey that helps local institutions make their towns more sustainable very well said now here's the thing as we're getting ready for this show i'm thinking to myself okay we're connecting the issue of renewable energy with the environment right? what is that connection? the connection is primarily greenhouse gasses associated with climate change but also other health and environmental effects ozone particulates but in addition it connects with job and energy security as we're seeing in eu

thing a kid say a kid says i want to go only because our son nick is into notre dame okay i like rutgers cause the price is better so he talks about notre dame so he sees notre dame football right cause they have a huge media contract right so you can't miss them on the weekend so he says to himself i want to go to notre dame and say he wants to play football and in his mind the only way to do that is to be involved in football and okay so say he's doing that mm hmm and he gets a little injury but he knows that if he has a little injury and then he rests which is what he's supposed to do and someone else goes in and takes his place he now goes to the back of the line in his mind little kid ten eleven years old mm hmm he thinks he has less of a chance to go where? to notre dame okay so what's the job of the parent? what's the job of the coach cause they'll also see coaches pushing the kid saying i'm not saying any particular situation but i've seen coaches and also there's a show i told you on esquire you know who you are friday night tikes you know who you are i've seen these coaches tel

. >>> 42-year-old anthony rutger pled guilty to felony assault he faces one year in jail and three years probation. 32-year-old francisco lopez pled no contest to misdemeanor assault. >>> the san francisco giants kickedded off a three game series against the los angeles dodgers this evening. the rivalry always drives passionate fans. all of the games are night games and traffic is likely to be heavy around at&t park. then sunday is the san francisco marathon. the course takes runners in a loop around the city over the golden gate bridge. starting at mission and the embarcadero. the elite runners will get the head start at 5:30 a.m. 26,000 runners are expected. there will be some street closures until about 3:00 p.m. >>> the ultimate fighting championship is coming to the sap center tomorrow in san jose. at today's weigh in that's robby loller and matt brown staring down each other ahead of their mixed martial arts fight. if you don't have tickets you can still watch the fight. we're carrying it right here on ktvu two news. >>> record heat. but what about tomorrow? >>> plus a sharp increa

. >> reporter: meet camden rutgers, a part of ian's academy all-stars. >> he taught me a little bit of how to catch ground rolls and a little bit more of how to catch high rolls and how to throw it a little bit farther. >> this is my 10th season. most of you probably remember ian desmonds. >> reporter: what stood out to camden? >> i like the sweep series. >> reporter: holden kushner for wusa9 sports. >>> now -- [ audio difficulties ] >>> coming up a little bit later in sports, that football we talked about, we take you back to richmond where the guys talk about our two favorite words, read option. we'll see you then. in owings mills i'm kristen berset, wusa9. >> reporter: i'm stephanie ramirez in baltimore, maryland, where a germantown woman is celebrating her 100th birthday, what she's doing here next. >> but first what lawmakers are doing to better protect women >>> this was an emotional day inside a hearing room on capitol hill. survivors of domestic violence told stories of abusive relationships and partners who tried to kill them. >> it was the first time the jew divisionary commi

rucker is accused of punching the female but they say they instigated the confrontation and rutgers turn and hit the woman by state. >>> happening in sacramento right now, regulators are deciding whether or not to slap us with a fine for wasting water. >> wayne friedman has the story. wayne? >> reporter: this story representatives every single one of us, you, me, everyone, who uses water. just a moment the board worked on words. i'm going to bail out of here pretty quick but the bottom line is this. water usage, water conservation in california used to be optional. now it's going to be mandatory and enforced. let's hear from a member of the panel. >> we're not creating a giant regulatory scheme where we're doig a lot of "mother may i." we're raising the bar, setting the floor to let people know we're in a serious drought and we need everybody's help. >> reporter: the panel reflect add new drought reality. you will not irrigate your yard more than twice a week. lit not run into the street. you may not wash your car in the driveway. technically these violations would be felonies punishable

an iranian professor at rutgers university and head of the foreign studies. and an activist who worked to register muslim americans to vote, and the executive director of the council on islamic relations, or care, the largest muslim civil rights organization in the country. >> the fact that they're targeting these prominent muslim american activists and lawyers suggest they are considering people's political and religious views in deciding who to focus their energies on. >> reporter: considering he and the four other muslim-americans led exemplary lives, they would like to see changes. >> what i would like to see happen, congress and administration looks at these policies and puts in save guards so things like this don't half. >> reporter: all five vehemently deny any involvement in terrorism i espionage, and none has been implicated in any crime. >> reporter: of course, all of this comes too light on the same day that edward snowden himself apply for extension of his asylum in moscow. >> thank you very much. chinese buyers are pumping billions of dollars in

today the former rutgers star, answered questions about that alleged assault the 27 year old was arrested in february, accused of assaulting his then fiancee attelet lan particular city revel hotel and casino. he called that his lowest low. >> ii made a huge mistake and i want to own it, i want to tell you in front of my teammates i made a huge mistake. these two games will hurt t hurts because i can't go out there and play football, but hurts that i have to be a father and explain what happened to my caughter. >> he said when the time is right, he and his wife want to help other couples affected by domestic abuse. >> women in massachusetts is lucky to be alive after an axe crashed through the windshield of the car in which she was riding yesterday. >> this happened on i-95 in top field. police there say that an elderly couple was behind a truck being driven by a landscaper who had just left a job without securing that hatchet. the tool flew out of the vehicle, smashed through the couple's windshield, and burried itself in the dashboard right in front of that female passenger. >> if this

e-mail addresses of a former republican operative and one-time political candidate, a professor at rutgersiversity, and the head of the largest muslim civil rights group in the country. what these figures all have in common is that their muslim americans. they appear to have been targeted to their muslim identities and ties to various muslim causes or individual cases involving muslims. but in total, the intercept identified five leading muslim american activists, attorneys, academics whose e-mail addresses were targeted for monitoring. none have ever been charged with a crime. ,n a video, nihad awad executive director of the council on american islamic relations, the country's largest muslim civil rights group, expounded -- responded to the spying on him. >> i was not aware of was under surveillance except until recently. and i'm outraged that is an american citizen, my government spies on political activists and civil rights activists. it is outrageous and i'm really angry that despite all the work we have been doing in our communities to serve the nation, to serve our communities, we ar

two professors of rutgers university and california state university. as well is a prominent attorney who has represented clients in terror related cases. the five were among thousands of names in a database listing e-mail accounts monitored between 2002 and 2008. none of the five have been charged with any crime. all appear to have been targeted for their muslim backgrounds and ties to various muslim causes or individual cases involving muslims. cairvideo statement, expressed outrage. >> i was not aware of was under surveillance except until recently. i am outraged is an american citizen, i government after decades of civil rights struggle , still the government spies on political activists and civil rights activists and leaders. it is outrageous and i am really angry that despite all the work we've been doing in our communities to serve the nation, to serve our communities, we are treated with suspicion. >> tune in on thursday when will stick with the lead reporter on the story, glenn greenwald of the intercept. those are some of the headlines. as we

hal saltzman, i'm familiar with his work, he's a professor at rutgers university. he's a labor specialist. he's done a good bit of work in this area, and what does his findings show? he determined -- quote -- "for the 180,000 or so stem openings annually, u.s. colleges and universities supply 500,000 graduates." more than twice as many people graduate in stem fields as find jobs or jobs are available in america for them to take. bob scherette at the international electrical engineering group, in a comprehensive study, writes this. he finds -- quote -- "wages for u.s. workers in computer and math fields have largely stagnated since 2000." that's 14 years ago. stagnated. "even as the great recession slowly recedes, stem workers at every stage of the career pipeline, from freshly minted grads to mid- and late-career ph.d.'s, still struggle to find employment in many companies." overall, scherette reports that there are more than 11 million americans with stem degrees who don't have stem jobs. harvard professor michael titlebaum recently -- he's written a book recently

the 27 year-old former rutgers star is accused of assaulting his then fiance at revel help tell casino back in february. the couple married a day after rice was indicted. >>> good evening everyone, very serious situation for anyone traveling on i-95. what you are looking at right here and it is difficult to see but this ruble was a convertible that literally was engulfed in flames about a half an hour, 45 minutes ago, teams worked diligently to get this under control which they have, earlier 95 was completely shut down in the southbound direction at cottman avenue which thinks location here but on the shoulder and lanes have been reopened but you have a hefty delay, we're talking about delays stemming from beyond academy making your way out towards that bucks county area. give yourself more time in the southbound side of i9 five northbound you you are jammed, phillies game just let out so we are dealing with rush hour on top of game traffic. you are really dropping down in the teens and some areas less than that on i-95 straight from south philadelphia even around philadelphia airport.

of 2014 with some recommend fashions, but we were one team of three teams and the other team was rutgers university, the other university of southern california, who were going to handle different aspects of the research problem. >> it's difficult to understand, though, 60,000, 90,000, you are still talking a matter of significant number that was, you know, clearly forecast by people like you looking in to this. how much did politics play in to the problem? the democrats were wored in 2012 that the issue would damage the chances for immigration reform? that. i can only tell but the history of what i have seen in my time with the border patrol. in the early '90s we saw something very similar. they weren't children, but other than mexican nationals, we saw this in 2004, 2005 time period. other than mexican nationals and again we are seeing this the last couple of years the only difference and the significant difference that these are unaccompanied children which adds to the plex a complexity of the issue that the department is handling. it shouldn't have been a surprise but there has been

. >> i'm the chancellor at rutgers university in camden right across the river and also professor of law and history, and it's really my honor and pleasure to be with you this evening and to share a little time with todd. todd is a contributing editor at "vanity fair" and senior writer at "politico," and former columnist at the "new york times," and idea whose time has come. todd, it's a pleasure to be with you. >> really, it's my pleasure. >> we're going to talk, and there's a lot of opportunity for audience questions, and i think you already have some note cards that have been passed around in case you want to ask a question. so, todd, it's the 50th anniversary of thesivity rights act of 1964, a reason to write the book, but talk about your personal journey to writing the book. there must have been other things that drew you particular to this story. >> i had occasion to think about this week because i've been asked that question more than once, and i have an editor, colin murphy, the editor of "the atlantic monthly", and he's been off me to write a book that would be manageable, n

related cases hooshang amirahmadi an iranian american professor who teaches international relations at rutgers university aga saeed a former political science professor and champion a muslim civil liberties and nihad awad executive director of care the nation's largest muslim civil rights group all of these men were monitor of the foreign intelligence surveillance surveillance act hours under the fisa act the department of justice most show a judge with that highly secretive foreign intelligence surveillance court that there is enough evidence to believe that an american citizen is not only an agent of an international terrorist organization but that he or she are or may be participating in or helping espionage sabotage or terrorism problem is that all five of these high profile men have absolutely no known connections to terrorist organizations or all outstanding american citizens who have all led thoroughly public lives and none of them have ever been implicated in any crimes and none have ever gone on the record supporting things like violence. when asked by greenwald about being on the lis

a college student at rutgers whose roommate taped him in an intimate -- having intimate act, threw himself off the george washington bridge, and it was sort of this moment where this lawyer said, i think we're making so much progress, i think we're doing so much good and then something like this happened. and, yeah, those -- that kind of thing shocks the conscience. >> one more? >> hi. i have a comment and a question. the comment was i wanted to add to what you said in terms of the movement it's also been raised, lgbt people coming out. when i was younger, no one would have watched ellen, and now everybody watches ellen, and i think more people have been out all over the spectrum, whether it's a sports person and it just becomes part of our life, and i think that's a huge issue that has shifted just in my lifetime. the question i have, though, is where you think this movement is going, and where do you think the bumps will be? i see that having been from california and being out here, it's --bewilders me that everything moves fast in the east and not as much in the west. >> i want to go ba

famous is a native in new jersey, earned his bachelor's in history at rutgers college where he graduated and elected to phi beta kappa in 2001. he earned a master's degree in history from top university in 1974 and the ph.d. in american history in 1982. in 1983-'84, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the university of cape town. after his return he became involved in the anti-apartheid movement and played an important role in this city of houston investment campaign. jeffrey sammons continued as director of a charity golf event for the naacp legal defense fund come as a board member of the clear view legacy foundation, black funded and operated golf course on the national historic registry in east ohio. as an adviser on historical land divers to the matters, in the professional golfers' association of america. as a member of the museum of library committee the united states golf association and as a member of the usga pga african-american golf apartheid working group jeffrey sammons has written widely on the subject of sports and race and has participated and consulted on numerous documenta

a college student at rutgers whose roommate taped to having an intimate act threw himself off the tin bridge. you know, it was sort of this moment where this lawyer said i think we are making so much progress. i think we are doing so much good and then something like this happens. that kind of faith shocks the conscience. >> one more? >> hi. i have a comment and a question. the comment is they wanted to add to what you just said because they think in terms of this movement that it's also been brave lgbt coming out. i think when i was younger no one would've watched alan and now everybody watches alan. i think as more people have been out all over the spectrum, whether it's a sports person and it just becomes part of our life and i think that is a huge issue that is shifted just in my lifetime. the question then ihop is reducing this movement is going? would you think the bugs will be because i see having been in california and being out here, it bewilders me that so much move so fast in the northeast and not as much of no one. i wonder raciest going in the next few years. >> i want to

so far he is a graduate of rutgers. he has a lot of success. he went to counseling for it.es look a little light. the assault charges were filed and dropped. he will now go on to have a similar hit on the owner of that indianapolis colts. people waiting said wait a second, one road for players, one road for owners. you have to treat everyone fairly. >> especially in the nfl. they hammer you pretty severely. there seems to be a lot of players in a lot of trouble. last year, aaron hernandez seemed to be the story. >> the king of sports in the united states of america. >> i do not think that john harbaugh had the best story. he is a quality guy. stuart: what do you make of the biter? >> sure as? stuart: yes. it was his third offense. is there a difference in the way the soccer affiliation handles it? >> i cannot believe he even got four months. his team was never the same once he was eliminated. stuart: what would you get for boxing somebody in the nfl? >> a few bites somebody with that kind of flesh going back and forth, it would be very hard to prove. stuart: tax the rich. t

. >> i'm the chancellor at rutgers university in camden right across the river and also professor of law and history, and it's really my honor and pleasure to be with you this evening and to share a little time with todd. todd is a contributing editor at "vanity fair" and senior writer at "politico," and former columnist at the "new york times," and idea whose time has come. todd, it's a pleasure to be with you. >> really, it's my pleasure. >> we're going to talk, and there's a lot of opportunity for audience questions, and i think you already have some note cards that have been passed around in case you want to ask a question. so, todd, it's the 50th anniversary of thesivity rights act of 1964, a reason to write the book, but talk about your personal journey to writing the book. there must have been other things that drew you particular to this story. >> i had occasion to think about this week because i've been asked that question more than once, and i have an editor, colin murphy, the editor of "the atlantic monthly", and he's been off me to write a book that would be manageable, n

i think you, more than anybody else, were responsible for rutgers getting into the big ten. weeks away from the first game in the new league? >> well, becky, first and foremost i appreciate, you know, not only what you said but have always appreciated your friendship, you and matt and the guys. i think it's great. you know, it's something that was deserved. it's something that was a great opportunity. and everybody had a vision of what it could be at the beginning, and now it's actually happening and now that i've moved away from a professional role and i'm just an alum it's awesome to see, because it's the next frontier of something that could be incredibly successful for a great school. >> all right. well i just want to say it's great seeing you today. we want to hear a lot more about the mls. and thanks for joining us. >> thanks, becky. >> here's the -- here's the amazing thing about the mls just quickly that more than half of the mls teams are outdrawing half of the nhl teams. >> you're kidding? >> no. on attendance basis per game the mls is surpassing the nhl. >> what's

his undergraduate degree is from rutgers. his journalism degree is from columbia. david savage, next to tony, has been covering the court, has been with the los angeles sometimes since 1981 an covering the court since 1986 and also in the last several years covering the courts for the chicago tribune. these author of a book called turning right the making of the rehnquist supreme court and he's recently authored the latest edition of the congressional quarterly's guide to the u.s. supreme court. david has degrees from unc at chapel hill and at northwestern. joan biscubic on my far right comfortr covered it for reuters since fine 89. before reuters, she covered the courts for usa today and before that for the washington post. she is also a regular panelist on the pbs washington weekly show. she earned her law degree at george town law school and she specializes in presenting the supreme court through the lens of judicial biography. she has written sandra day oconnor, how the first woman became the most influential justice and more recently american original, the lif