university of florida professor talks about the life of anna dickenson, a quaker woman from pennsylvania to achieve gained fame as an abolitionist and republican party lecturer during the civil war era. he disclosed -- discovers her her career's bid this 40 minute discussion was part of a conference hosted by the university of virginia center for civil war history. >> my topic is close to my heart. i want to start by thinking about this subtitle, a woman in politics. i do titles badly but for the last 20 years or so, i have been teaching an undergraduate course called women in public which is about 19th-century women and the theme of the course is that although women could vote, they had economic limitations, they could not run for office. the impact of the public arena

enterprise institute and the director and professor of public utility research center at the university of florida's warrington college of business. dr. jamison earned a phd in economics from the college of business at the university of florida and a masters and bachelors from kansas state university. would you three? stand, please? would you affirm the testimony you are about to give would be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? all have affirmed. we will start with professor hirsch, and then mr. whaley, and then dr. jamison. >> distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here -- sen. grassley: stopped just a minute, we might have to do something with your microphone. talk again and see. >> can you hear me? >> is it ok? >> it makes it appear as though you have a frog in your throat. >> here we have another person coming with another microphone. we have had this happen before, so it's not you. try and pull it in as close as you can. go ahead. [indiscernible] [laughter] sen. grassley: could you -- ok, we have to turn it on here is what i'm told

. >>> let's turn now to the outrage over what happened at a graduation for the university of florida. the school's president is apologizing after some students were pushed from the stage during this weekend's ceremony. it was all caught on video that has students accusing the university of racism. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the story. >> reporter: it's supposed to be a moment you never forget but for these university of florida students, graduation went from a celebration to an insult. >> i didn't expect that. i definitely felt dehumanized and criminalized. >> reporter: they were among the students rushed off stage during a commencement ceremony and several students walked up to get diplomas, they started dancing. >> the interactions of the marshal was racialized because we're black letter organizations and those moves are symbolic and important to our organization. >> reporter: graduates of all races were rushed along, these students say minorities were more aggressively yanked off stage. the video has drawn outrage on social media. >> this is a symptom of a larger problem of instituti

. >>> the president of the university of florida is apologizing to students for what he is addressingate physical actions taken at a recent commencement. several students were rushed off the stage for dancing as they received their diplomas. here is nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: it's supposed to be a moment you never forget, but for these university of florida students, graduation went from a celebration to an insult. >> i didn't expect that at all. i definitely felt dehumanized and criminalized. >> reporter: the two say they were among the students rushed off stage this weekend during commencement ceremony. as several students walked up to get their diplomas, they started dancing. >> the interactions were racialized because those moves are symbolic and important to our organizations. >> reporter: though graduates of all races were rushed along, these students say minorities were more aggressively yanked offstage. the video has drawn outrage on social media. >> this is really symptomatic of a larger problem of institutionalized racism i've witnessed over the last four years. >> r

. >>> the president of the university of florida is apologizing tonight for the, quote, aggressive way that students were treated at graduation. several students celebrating as they received their diplomas, but then they were forcefully pushed off the stage. and there is new video tonight now emerging, fueling the controversy. abc's victor oquendo is in gainesville tonight. >> reporter: growing outrage tonight after students celebrating graduation were grabbed and physically shoved off the stage at the university of florida in front of family and friends, even broadcast on the jumbotron. how would you describe that manner that they handled you? >> ah -- >> like a criminal. >> like assault. >> reporter: graduates nafeesah attah and oliver telusma say they weren't given any guidelines before the ceremony. and that their brief dances are a tradition with symbolic meaning in their fraternities and sororities. >> this marshal was trying to usher people, but it definitely was disproportionate and definitely targeted towards black students. >> reporter: the university's president, who was ons

. >>> the university of florida is apoll jiedsing tonight for the aggressive way students were treated at graduation. several students celebrated as they were receiving their diplomas and were pushed off stage. . >> reporter: growing outrage tonight after students celebrating graduation were grabbed and physically shoved off the stage at the university of florida in front of family and friends, even broadcast on the jumbotron. >> how would you describe the manner that they handled you? >> like a criminal. >> like assault. >> graduates say they weren't given any guidelines before the ceremony. and that their brief dances are a tradition with symbolic meaning in their fraternities and sororities. >> it was definitely disproportionate and definitely targeted towards black students. >> reporter: the university president on stage at the time lar apologizing at other ceremonies. >> we inappropriately physically rushed a number of students across the stage in one of our commencements. >> reaching out to all 21 students in a phone call. >> i'm just appalled we did this to you and i personally

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what i wanted to do on stage to celebrate my story and all the hard work i've done at the university of florida, but i was instantly blocked by one of the officials on stage. >> reporter: as the video spread online, the university's president apologizing at another ceremony. >> that we inappropriately physically rushed a number of students across the stage in one of our commencements, and i want to personally apologize for us doing that on behalf of myself and also the university of florida. >> reporter: the graduates say the damage has been done. >> the lasting impression for undergrad will be them watching their son having his back turned toward the audience and being handled like a savage animal. >> reporter: those graduates say the apology is not enough, that the president of the university was on the stage watching this happen and did nothing to stop it. they want to hold the university accountable here. michael. >> thank you so much, victor. >> could have been handled so much better. to be that physical. >> other ways to handle it. too bad. >>> want to go back to ginger and we have some f

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. >>> leading the news, the university of florida is apologizing after complaints that many minority nts were rushed off the stage during a commencement ceremony. video of the incident shows students dancing as they walked across the stage. an usher physically grabs them and rushes them off leading to boos from the crowd. on sunday president w. kent fox issued a statement significant, we were inappropriately aggressive in rushing students across the stage. i personally apologize. the practice has been halted for all future ceremonies. >> investigators in florida say that a man is dead after a vape pen exploded inside of his home. firefighters determined that 38-year-old talmadge suffered injuries to his face and burns over 45% of his body. a small fire was set off by that e-cigarette explosion. they have not yet learned the immediate cause of death but they say he was likely killed in that blast, or knocked unconscious and then trapped by the fire. e-cig explosion deaths are uncommon in the u.s. but fire marshals warn these devices can be as dangerous as detonated fire krarkers. >> th

. >>> now to the growing controversy following that university of florida graduation. erged showing several students were forcibly removed from the stage after celebrating when they were receiving their diplomas. >> the school's president has apologized for the aggressive nature of the usher. victor oquendo has the latest. >> reporter: growing outrage after students celebrating graduation were grabbed and physically shoved off the stage at the university of florida in front of family and friends, even broadcast on the jumbotron. >> how would you describe that manner that they handled you? >> like assault. >> reporter: the graduates say they weren't given any guidelines before the ceremony and that their brief dances are a tradition with symbolic meaning in their fraternities and sororities. >> it is definitely targeted towards black students. >> reporter: the university president who was on stage at the time later apologizing at other ceremonies. >> we inappropriately physically rushed students off the stage in one of our commencements. >> reporter: reaching out to all

up next on the civil war, university of florida professor talks about the life of anna dickenson, a quaker woman from pennsylvania. she gained fame as an abolitionist and lecturer during the civil war era. the professor describes coverage ever talks as well as her career as a playwright and actor. this is part of a conference hosted by the center for civil war history. >> my topic is close to my heart. by thinkingart about this subtitle, a woman in politics. but for thebadly last 20 years or so, i have been teaching an undergraduate course called women in public which is about 19th-century women and the theme of the course is that although women could vote, they had economic like it -- limitations, they could not run for office. the impact of the public arena in interesting ways. the course is about that but for today, i want to bring you a person who does not only that stuff but engages deeply in politics. i want us to think about the relationship between women in public and in politics. in,use of the moment we are to remind us of the ways in which the public and the political interact in

. >>> the president of the university of florida is apologizing for how some students were treated atthey were dancing on stage during the ceremony and then hurried along and pushed offstage by a school employee. he was accused of only shoving african-american graduates. the school president calls their treatment inappropriately aggressive. >>> and a california man is demanding an apology after an off-duty officer accused him of stealing and pulled a gun on him. jose arreola had just paid $1.19 for a pack of mentos just before the officer walked into the store wearing street clothes. when he put the candy in his pocket, the officer drew his gun then ordered him to leave the mentos and get out. >> he looked at me and right away he thought, you know, i was a thief, i'm stealing it and nothing -- nothing i said convinced him. >> the clerk had to tell the officer three times that arreola had paid for the candy. the police department says it's investigating. >>> a notorious dine & dash suspect has struck again in southern california. paul gonzalez is accused of meeting at least four women

. >>> move on to the investigation into the incident at the university of florida.e when they started doing celebratory dances during graduation. victor oquendo is in gainesville for us this morning, good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. that staff member in the middle of that video now being investigated by the university as they determine what actions to take. they have not yet released his name though. now this comes after the commencement ceremony over the weekend where some black students began to celebrate on stage by dancing only to be forcibly removed by that staff member. we have spoken to two of the students who were yanked off the stage would say the dances have symbolic meanings in their sororities and fraternities and felt they were targeted because of the color of their skin. the president of the university called all 21 students who were mistreated on the stage, and here's part of a voice mail that he left. >> i'm just appalled that we did this to you and i personally apologize that this happened at the very time that we all should b

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in pleasant hill haaziq madyun kron4news (grant) the university of florida is apologizing... after several black students were pulled off the stage during a commencement ceremony. authorities say the students were celebrating their achievements by dancing - when an usher pulled them off stage. university president w. kent fuchs acknowledged the staffer's "inappropriately aggressive" conduct. he assured parents and students that the hands-on removal process has been banned from all future ceremonies. a live look outside tonight lawrence has lawrence has the forecast.. lawrence karnow: it was sunny and nice all the way to the coast today. temperatures were also warmer with some highs soaring into the 80s inland. tonight will start mostly clear but we will likely see some patchy fog near the coast and into the bay late. low pressure is headed toward the bay area, you can see it off the coast on the satellite image. it will fall apart as it approaches the coast but we will see a few clouds from it tomorrow and wednesday. temperatures tomorrow will once again move into the 80s inl

up next on the civil war, university of florida professor talks about the life of anna dickenson, a quaker woman from pennsylvania. she gained fame as an abolitionist and lecturer during the civil war era. the professor describes coverage ever talks as well as her career as a playwright and actor. this is part of a conference hosted by the center for civil war history. >> my topic is close to my heart. by thinkingart about this subtitle, a woman in politics. but for thebadly last 20 years or so, i have been teaching an undergraduate course called women in public which is about 19th-century women and the theme of the course is that although women could vote, they had economic like it

(vicki) the university of florida is apologizing...veral black students were pulled off the stage during a commencement ceremony. (grant) the students were celebrating their achievements by dancing - when an usher pulled them off stage. the university president acknowledged the staffer's "inappropriately aggressive" conduct. he assured parents and students that the hands-on removal process has been banned from all future ceremonies. (vicki)that concludes kron four news at 9. thanks for being with us.(grant)but our prime time coverage continues. standing by with whats coming up at ten. pam? (pam) thanks grant and vicki! next at ten: an attempt to help someone in need.. turns fatal. an ambulance was hit by a car in san lorezno. coming up in a live report.. what we know about the women who died. plus: a four year found herself fighting for her life, after swallowing water from a swimming pool . the warning her mother wants to give all parents, as tempertures start to warm up and people head into the water.. and speaking of temperatures -

. >> the university of florida's president is apologizing after an usher rushed graduates across thege as they celebrated getting diplomas. university president called the treatment inappropriately aggressive. yep. people in the stands were booing as they watched. the university's president says he will be reaching out to the students involved. >> they were just dancing. you are not allowed to dance across the stage? >> yep. >> that's wrong. that's an easy one. sometimes we have longer debates. >> there was no good reason to do it. >> dancing is helpful to civilization. >> that is true. as someone who can dance i feel that it is one of the better assets i bring to the table. >> i don't feel you do it enough on the show. >> at night. in the morning they say too much sexy with breakfast. at night it is different. >> it is hard sometimes to -- >> just a tank top that says boy can he dance? it wouldn't fit on you because you are too small. >> it will be a size 6 x. >>> to this story. senator john mccain is thinking about who he wants at his own funeral and the guest list does not include

(pam) the university of florida is apologizing...several black students were pulled off the stage during a commencement ceremony. authorities say, the students were celebrating their achievements by dancing - when an usher pulled them off stage. university president w. kent fuchs acknowledged the staffer's "inappropriately aggressive" conduct. he assured parents and students.... that the hands- on removal process.. has been banned from all future ceremonies. in sports... warriors coach steve kerr quips about his "hampton's five" lineup... and the giants quest for a 5th stright win, comes up way short in philly... but there is some good news... gary will tell you what it is... he has all the sports... coming up next at 8 she was attacked by a dog --- and lost her ears.. how arial's community came together to help the 4 year old recover. there's only one word for the all new together forever-a pixar night time spectacular. ooohhhh. ahhhhhh. okay, maybe two. celebrate friendship and beyond at pixar fest. staring april 13th at disneyland

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and then the state of florida denied a request from the city of gainesville to use a university of florida campus building for early voting, a move seen by some as a direct assault on student voting. now, can you believe that? we're going to order the state of florida government, through the secretary of state, is going to order the university of florida not to allow the student center on campus to be a place of convenience for students to cast an early vote. and that order has stood. it stood -- instead of making it easier for people to vote, making it harder. and too often here we have let these things go. well, this senator is not letting it go because the league of women voters in florida has now taken the government of the state of florida in to federal court on behalf of students at the university of florida as well as florida state, saying that you arbitrarily saying we cannot vote in a convenient place on campus in a public building, government-owned public building on campus, that you cannot order us that we cannot use that. in anticipation, this court case of this coming november

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the graduate of the university of central florida, he is the co-founder of the asian pacific at u.c.fand senator representing the college of engineering and computer science and the author of the book the food lovers' guide to orlando and highlighting our local restaurants, markets and growing food scene. n 2017, he was inducted into the cull anyary hall of fame and an e central florida 100, opinion column. he is most thankful for his parents, and life partner and heir first-born daughter who brings much hope new dreams. and for that, rickey lee, we honor you. in horp of asian-american month, i would like to recognize vallier eye bio and is the president of the florida chapter. she has been in television news and works for fox 35 news in orlando. as an award winning television reporter, she is proud to represent her chibe ease-american heritage. in a world where crime dominates headlines, she focuses on faith on those who have been affected. valerie's metropolitanors and metropolitanors not only asian students but students of all backgrounds as well as young professionals and teaches

the university of florida is apologizing... black students were pulled off the stage during a commencement ceremony. authorities say the students were celebrating their achievements by dancing - when an usher pulled them off stage. the university president acknowledged the staffer's "inappropriately aggressive" conduct. he assured parents and students that the hands-on removal process has been banned from all future ceremonies. (vicki) still ahead... the warriors look to win round two of the playoffs against the pelicans tomorrow night... but not all basketball fans are happy about it.. as players and coaches are now getting threatened. (lawrence) i'm chief meteorologist i'm chief meteorologist lawrence karnow, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break. (vicki) time now to talk some warriors-- the dubs are one win away from making a 4th straight trip to the western conference finals. with a commanding 3-1 lead, golden state is in position to finish off the pelicans tomorrow night in game 5. (grant) however, basketba

kristen babock walked across the stage to get her degree from the university of florida law school fridayod word. it's just an ending. it's coming to a close. i'm very proud of myself i was able to make it here. babik was shot in the back in the shooting. it hit very close to her spine and she worried she may never walk again. we spoke with her just days afterward from her hospital bed. >> i just remember asking the doctor if i was still going to be able to graduate. i'm supposed to graduate in may. and i kept asking, am i going to be okay? all i want to do is graduate law school. and she told me when i woke up after they put the tube in my chest, you're going to graduate. and you're going to be able to run a marathon. >> babik is grateful for all the support she's received and is looking forward to the next chapter in her life. i have to tell you, when i was there in las vegas, when you go and sit by someone's hospital bedside -- >> it hits home. >> but i remember when you did that interview, it may seem so far away. and now that it's here and to see that she did it, it's really nice. >>

workers can choose from three schools, university of florida, university of california, bell view universityine. now wal-mart wants to retain staff, with a labor shortage they want to make that company very attractive that's why they're doing it. president trump signed a "right to try" bill into law giving terminally ill people access to experimental drugs. our next guest underwent a preventive double mastectomy earlier this month. that procedure means the likelihood of her developing breast cancer is now virtually zero. rnc spokesperson kayleigh mcenany is the lady in question and she joins us now. kayleigh? please tell us, i know you've shared your story. would you share it with our viewers now publicly, please? >> absolutely stuart thanks for highlighting it. i had an 84% chance of breast cancer, eight women in my family who are plagued by the disease several who died in their 20s, my mom found out she had this gene and preventive removed her breasts bringing her chances to zero and 10 years later i followed in her brave footsteps and do the same thing. >>stuart: this was entirely prevent

atlantic, with its tech runway, to florida polytechnic, and the university of south florida. our institutions of higher education or training the coders and entrepreneurs that will be designing the new wave of apps. tomorrow, the senate will vote on this resolution to restore strong net neutrality. i will have more to say about this on the floor, but it is going to be a continued discussion and debate, as we adjust to the ever-changing technology we are using in our daily lives. >> thank you, senator nelson. panelists include mike of innovative mississippi and the founder of the coding academy of jackson. oh, researcher at the technology and policy institute in washington dc. act,eed, the president of the app association in washington, and mr. roger koch, of shield group technologies of west palm beach. we are delighted to have each and every one of you. we will begin to my left, with your opening statement. no more than five minutes, mr. forrester. you, chairman, and ranking members of the subcommittee. on behalf of innovative mississippi and the mississippi cutting academie

dry this weekend with a cooling trend into sunday. ( darya ) the university of florida is apologizing ceremony. the students were celebrating their achievements by dancing - when an usher forcibly pulled them off stage. this sparked outrage ... with people online accusing the university of racism. the university president acknowledged and apologized for the staffer's "inappropriately aggressive" conduct. he assured parents and students that the hands-on removal process has been banned from all future ceremonies. the usher has not been identified. ( darya ) coming up next... california lawmakers have a new plan to children safe from opioids. (lydia) the warriors are in the oracle for game 5 tonight ...but that could cause a traffic nightmare during the evening commute. ill have the details in a live repo he's been called a rockstar lawyer. he tops the charts on progressive causes... winning pro bono battles for immigrants and the homeless. defending gay rights and gun control. democrat jeff bleich. ter columbine, bleich led president clinton's youth violence initiative. with joe biden,

over to lyrissa lidsky, she is in her first year as dean of the university of missouri school of law, having come from the university of florida. she is a renowned first amendment scholar who has published case books and articles about press freedom and legal issues in social media. you can read more about her compliments and your printed program which i hope you picked up on your way into the room. please welcome lyrissa lidsky and her panel. [applause] thank you also much for coming this morning. a better never been time to be discussing media , and the rolelaw of the press in our democracy. i would submit that there are no better people to discuss this with the need people we have .ssembled here on the dais i'm going to introduce them briefly. their extended bios are in their program and i encourage you to look at those but i do not want to take away from our time to have an interactive discussion about these issues. to my far right at least geographically, -- [laughter] is ronnell anderson jones from the university of utah. she formally clerked for u.s. supreme court justice sandra day o'connor. next to her is famed media

of merck, work is injected and incised aside in a dogs. liberty's clients include bayer, usda, michigan state university in thehe universities of pittsburgh, floridaand louisville. amy: a video produced by peta -- people for the ethical treatment of animals. your final comment on this before we go to break? >> i think we need to have a reckoning with ourselves about what it is that we believe we are willing to permit when it comes to the treatment of living beings with the capacity to feel pain and suffering. there's a wide range of debate about whether you should be the vegetarian or is morally permissible to eat meat, but you can set that debate as i for these purposes and i think we should all agree the kind of torture that is being imposed on corporate and systemic on all kinds of animals in the u.s. is morally unconscionable and shameful and will have the responsibility to put a stop to it. amy: glenn greenwald, we're going to go to break and then come back to to talk about the mueller investigation to what is happening with julian assad's come is ecuador trying to force them out of the embassy? back in 30 seconds. ♪ [music break] amy: this i

florida. what a sweet reunion. >>> a nonprofit is now helping children all across the united states get technological prosthetic limbs free of charge. it started when university started 3d printing low cost bionic arms for kids. the idea turned into the nonprofit called, limitless solutions. the company is developing a third generation arm that has stronger motors and better fingertips for grips. 20 children around the country will get the arm in a new clinical trial. >> we're going to take everything we learned and submit that for fda evaluation and hopefully get the clearance to be able to make this all across the united states for every kid that needs one. >> if the fda approves the arm, they would be mass produced allowing thousands of children to receive a bionic arm for free. >>> recyclers say they are being put in danger by their own customers. up next, the simple thing you can do to make sure your used batteries don't start a fire. >> and coming up in minutes, new at 6:00, california's birth rate is the lowest in a century. the new figures just released. >> plus an update to a story we first told but yesterday. a special van needed by the fan of a dis

regime in place, but his argument is because, like i say, my notes from history class at the university of south floridaeans i'll want to go back and get a ph.d. it is a weak argument. whether you move the ball or not, i don't think he did, i don't think he was trying to. i think he was speaking to an audience of one, mostly, that was trump and to his base, to try to shore up the president's pending decision on may 12th about whether or not to stay in the deal. he's giving trump something that trump can point back to and say, you see, look, based on what netanyahu said, i'm fully in the right to pull out of this deal. >> maybe in that regard he did move the ball. the direction moving towards trump to get out of the deal. aaron, michael hayden suggested that when it comes for netanyahu on this issue specifically you have to take it with a grain of salt. listen to this, please. >> with all due respect to the prime minister, and i realize he's not an intelligence source, all right, but we have certain labels, certain caveats we give to some sources and for some sources who actually report good information