todd hutten president of utica college and dr. sharon hersh. thanks for being here and welcome to both of you today. >> our pleasure. >> thank you. >> todd, the idea of being able to cut tuition by 40% most schools say there is not a chance to come up with that. how do you cut 40%? what is the math? the math is you reduce your tuition and your discount race. the key is you need to guarantee students and family savings. we have seen prices escalate across the country. we have had escalations. our families simply are hitting a ceiling that they can no longer afford. so we are guaranteeing every student and family a minimum of $1,000. next year's freshman will save $6,900 in tuition and fees with 8,000 with room and board. >> when you hear numbers like that the idea that you are going to cut discounts. i believe rose mont is doing the same thing. that means the sticker price isn't what people were already paying? >> that's it exactly. we realized that we among so many other colleges were going according to a model that was raising the sticker pric

president of utica college and dr. sharon herrsh of rosemont. thank you for being here today. >> our pleasure. >> thank you. >> todd, let's start with you. because the idea of being able to cut tuition by 40%, most schools saying there's not a chance they could come up with that. not that much. how do you actually cut 40%? what's the math? >> well, the math is you reduce your tuition and you reduce your discount rate but the key is you need to guarantee students and family savings. we wouldn't be doing this if not for that. we've seen prices escalate across the country. we've had escalations and our family simply are hitting a ceiling that they can no longer affo afford. we're guaranteeining every studt family a minimum of $1,000 on average next year's freshmen save $6900 in tuition and fees and $8,000 with room and board. >> wow. when you hear numbers like that, mentioned you'll cut your discounts and i believe rosemont is doing the same thing. what does that mean? the sticker price is not what people were already paying? >> that's it exactly.

are goinga minute, we to meet an owner of a bakeshop in utica, new york. we've got a number of callers on the line. let's hear some of their questions patrick, you are on. first. >> good evening. i would like to ask mr. barnett to comment on two points. as you know oliver wendell , holmes wrote the dissenting opinion in lochner. as i'm sure you are also aware, justice holmes is one of the most widely cited u.s. supreme court justices in history. principally i believe for his clear and present danger opinion and shake versus the united states. united states. i would like to contrast justice holmes with your book, the structure of liberty, where you emphasized the relationship between libertarianism and classic liberalism. would you say, as indicated in your book, that the private adjudication and enforcement of law is the only legal system that can provide adequate solutions to problems of interest and power, and do you believe justice holmes would sign on to that theory today? susan: thank you. it sounds like it could be a masters thesis. could you find a

the story of a banker from utica, new york, in an case that defined the era for the next 35 years. let me introduce you to our guests -- important in our country's history. randy barnett is georgetown university law school, professor. author of a book called "restoring the law and constitution: the presumption of liberty." he's argued before the supreme court. randy barnett, thank you for being with us. >> great. >> paul kens actually wrote the book on locker in, his book, "economic regulations on trial," his home base is texas states university where he teaches political science. thanks. well, i'm telling people they should be interested in this. why don't you explain why, both of you. why is this case important? >> well, the case has become a symbol in -- a political symbol. it was made into a political symbol by teddy roosevelt when he ran for president in 1912. it was about how roosevelt claimed that the court had overreached and overstepped its bounds to block progressive legislation from being enacted at the state level. ever since then, it's been a political flashpoint. it w

instate residents pay more than $9,000 but two small schools, utica college in new york and rosemont college in pennsylvania both slashing tuition by more than 40%. they're calling it a tuition reset. a 40% tuition markdown is an almost unbelievable step. how does the math work? joining us, the leaders of both schools reducing their tuition next year. dr. sharon herrsh of rosemont. thank you for being here today. >> our pleasure. >> thank you. >> todd, let's start with you. because the idea of being able to cut tuition by 40%, most schools saying there's not a chance they could come up with that. not that much. how do you actually cut 40%? what's the math? >> well, the math is you reduce your tuition and you reduce your discount rate but the key is you need to guarantee students and family savings. we wouldn't be doing this if not for that. we've seen prices escalate across the country. we've had escalations and our family simply are hitting a ceiling that they can no longer afford afford. we're guaranteeing every student family a minimum of $1,000 on average next year's freshmen sav

it happened at e word of life christian church in newharted for just outside of utica. at least six people are arrested for the beatings on sunday night. 1-year-old lucas leonard and his 17-year-old brother christopher. lucas later died. >> both brothers wer continully subjected to physical punishment over the course of several hours in the hopes that each would confess their prior since and ask for forgiveness. >> all the suspects have pleaded not guilty. police say more arrests are expected. >>> and in long island tonight, investigators hope that you can help them track down a pair of women who left a horribly abused dog outside a hempstead animal clinic. little nino was stolen from his rightful owner a year ago. he looked a lot worse than this when he turned up to the clinic yesterday morning, so terrible that we can't even show to it you on television. tonight he is recovering, but authorities still want the find the two women in this surveillance video. they could be prosecuted for animal cruelty. >>> if you ride the one train, keep an eye for this knife wielding r

hopes for utica avenue subway extension, that's being revived. funding cuts could slow the completion, darlene, of the 2nd avenue subway, in a shocking development. the city of new york agreed to put more money into the mta to get some of these projects done. >>> well, the military is trying to figure out how a surveillance balloon broke loose in maryland and floated more than 100 miles away. fighter jets from the national guard base in atlantic city were scrambled as the unmanned balloon sailed into pennsylvania. people on the ground used their cell phones to record the balloon passing overhead, not really sure what was going on. >> i look out the window, and this big white thing just starts going over the softball field. >> the balloon eventually came down in central pennsylvania, about three hours after it broke free. but along the way, the tether that was hanging from the bottom of it knocked out power to thousands of homes. >> quite the scene there. >>> well, prince harry is now throwing down what you might say is the royal gauntlet. he's ch

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they are a significant player in a variety of gas properties in the marsalis and utica shale.hey have been doing that for decades. dominion has been a very good stock and i think that other companies like duke look at their situation and realize that ofestors appreciate the kind growth that you get from a gas investment. it for them worth to get another billion customers? given a long-term plans, it makes sense. they focused in their call with investors on what they are doing overtime. they conceded to the pain of a significant premium, but they said -- let's look out a few years. we want a bigger footprint and we want to be able to make this investment while they are a smaller company. we can borrow the money, cheap capital, invested in a very good business, we have a bigger base to grow on and the future gets bigger and better from there. i want to ask you about that footprint. i grew up in north carolina, i know it as a southern company. other aspirations to get out of the northeast into a wider area? kit: they are. they said it's not just a regional idea, that this gives h

we have a suspension on the 3 train between new lots avenue and utica avenue. ky symington is live in chopper 4 over one of them. this is the verrazano bridge heading to staten island. we have an accident on the upper levels. the right lane is blocked. earlier all lanes were shut down. things are still moving very slowly heading to staten island on the upper level of the verrazano bridge but heading over to brooklyn, things are still moving along. you'll want to utilize the lower level instead this morning. we'll keep you updated. more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. >>> quite the scene. now to two tragic crashes on the same roadway in staten island. a pregnant woman and a male pedestrian were struck and killed within hours of each other. katherine creag is along hyland boulevard in anno andale. >> reporter: michael, that is also true. you know what, a lot of people who work and live around here tell us there are so many drivers who speed along this stretch hyland boulevard. this is where that pregnant woman who was also the mother of two little girls was

police say they were called to this building on utica ridge and crow creek... where they say a man matching the shooter's description... took his own life. (lorrie guthrie/kelly's medical) "it was surreal that something that serious happened around us, and for us just to go back to work did not feel right." jessica rae: guthrie will join her friends back at work today... but says the emotional toll of the day will be there with her as well. " jessica rae: coming up.... i'll bring you the latest on the race to the white house... including details behind rising star and republican frontrunner ben carson's new security detail. the political beat is up next. scott: " " scott:good morning. let's have a look outside on the port neal welding neal welding company skycam hd in sioux city. the pollen levels are low with weeds registering as low. we have mostly cloudy skies in place this morning as two areas of low pressure are spinning moisture into the region. temperatures have managed to stay fairly warm in the upper 30s and lower 40s. the wind speeds are very light in

utica, michigan, and don's on the republican line. croip yes. thanks for taking -- caller: yes, thanks for taking my call. the last caller kind of -- went over some emails or some text and when you brought up justin amash was congratulating paul ryan, that just kind of all of a sudden kicked me in the face because justin amash is a straight up -- i mean, he's endorsed by rand paul and ron paul. he's a libertarian hardcore. so for him to go ahead and be all happy about paul ryan tells me this is definitely not on the up and up. but my deal is real simple here. i didn't call up about that. i own health insurance agencies and i am an independent and at least now we can get everyone to shut up about repealing and let's hear a debate tonight and see if they really got anything to say because the deal is is that boehner and with ryan's allegedly disgust but approval, the people's protection and affordable care act is well fund and probably funded enough to go around the world twice. so once again, for me to say amash is saying this is all good, then t

leader kevin mccarthy and richard hannah a congressman from new york which chris will bunk hampton and utica said this. >> this may not be politically correct but i think there is a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people, and an individual, hillary clinton. >> reporter: republicans say that's nonsense. >> we have an important mission to solve the riddle of how this preventable incident led to the death of four americans and no one to this date has been held accountable for that. >> reporter: clinton was asked by cnn why the state department denied all the increased security requests by the embassy. >> well, that was left to the security professionals, jake. i can only point you to the very thorough, um, review that several, um, committees have done starting with the accountability review board that have gone into this in great detail and made recommendations about how we can better make those assessments. >> reporter: republicans say this is nonpartisan work and they won't discuss it in public because of the sensitivity of the subject matter. before the committee

three suspended now, utica, that's all due to a disabled train, and also the b and d downtown delays continue with there. let's see what's happening as bridge. upper level into staten island, that fuel spill still being cleaned up. watch for this problem on the deegan. south at 138. a collision still blocking at least one lane. george 15, lincoln 20, holland 15. now over at the tappan zee bridge into rocklin we were getting reports that that accident was clear but one lane stilled blocked because of that fuel spill from earlier. let's go outside to our webcam. again, this is the tappan zee bridge into rocklin stop-and-go traffic southbound, some volume down towards the tarrytown tolls as well. southbound side of the van wyck still bumper-to-bumper traffic heading right down to our kew gardens. alternate side parking rules are suspended. metered parking rules remain in effect. back over to you. >> thank you. it's 6:46. coming up, a mysterious death at a hospital in the bronx. why did it take almost a week it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few comm

he came to the united states at 24 and ended up in utica, new york and opened up a bakery. they make cakes and cookies and breads and things like that. i have a cousin who talked about how there uncle joe would come to their house every sunday and would bring all kinds of swedes and they talked about how delicious they were. -- sweets and they talked about how delicious they were. some of the old family documents , we came across a contract from 1896 that was a co-agreement between my great-grandfather, joseph lochner, and mr. smither. what it does is i think it is a way to get around the bakeshop act. after joe had been arrested and he took the case to court, every baker in america donated a dollar to the legal defense fund trade my mother -- defense fund. i think it was a test case. the reason i think joe would make got some pathetic defendant is that he was hard-working immigrant from germany, his bakery was on the first floor, not in the basement. it was also very clean. that is what i was always told growing up, which may not have been typical for bakeries of that time

this utica is unbelievable. we're producing far more than we need.entioned morgan stanley upgrade of kbh and toll. a lot of that is because looking at luxury specifically, not a broad housing call. >> anybody over in brooklyn looking at pure house, anybody in brooklyn are kicking themselves when they didn't buy pure house when it was announced. brooklyn real estate is so hot. the hottest market in the country other than san francisco. >> that is saying something. what's on "mad" tonight. >> we're doing series on oil, as it comes down. we're recommending the oil stocks, you can sleep at night. all over looking for the biotech thing. here go with the benihoff rumors, cancels meetings. >> it was around last week again. >> microsoft. talking about microsoft. >> i did try to check it out. i came up empty. >> me, too. >> that's to give you a little as of now. it was around last week. >> was. salesforce.com -- sales force is doing well. they had a successful dream force meeting. s&p was up, but everybody attributed this rally to mid 70s -- >> they are frien

natural gas -- do you know they had the biggest fine in the history of the united states in utica --you know what happened? >> yes. >> we are lower than coin -- lower than coin. cheaper than coin. >> i'm looking where we are right now. >> bigger than u.s. steel. >> bigger than u.s. steel. >> we have crude down 2.5%. 42.90. natural gas -- do you think it will go below two? >> will absolutely go below two. absolutely. eqt has dollar natural gas. you could -- we are burning more natural gas as we just flair. and they can't build natural gas plants enough. i'm trying to do a switching analysis how many of these utilities can switch from coal to natural gas. coal is finished. finished! read my lips. >> you said it before. you will say it again. >> finished in this country. >> is coal finished? >> yeah, coal is actually finished. natural gas is so cheap, these railroads, i don't know if i want to own them. they all had radical revisions for coal, but they haven't taken it low enough. that's why that duke purchase was so important yesterday. >> by piedmont. >> it was overlooked. utilities a

there was a find in the last month in the ute utica.nything you can do to fill in using gas, not coal. coal is getting underpriced by natural gas. pep boys got acquired. like bridgestone, that was supposed to get acquired. >> you surprised at the $60 price? >> very surprised. a lot of utilities, it's like 10% premium. this is a 40% premium. it's all cash. duke clearly wants to be more natural gas oriented. if you go to duke's remember site, they have done a lot of stuff to make coal clean. one sub texts here is coal has not been made clean. everything has failed. every single coal gasification, coal bed fluidization, everything has failed and been costly. coal and nuclear, they're boost disasters. not happyhappy. >> nuclear because of the costs. >> because of the costs. it's a great source of fuel, but you can't build them. coal is a non-starter. duke will be much less coal for what duke is doing. that's positive for duke. >> large deal. 1.8 billion in debt comes along. >> if you look at the united states, duke is right here and right h

richard hanna, he is a republican congressman from upstate new york, he was on a local radio show in utica committee, this was the committee that republicans created, they said, to look into that attack on the benghazi consulate in 2012 that left the u.s. ambassador and three others dead, he said that that committee's work, he has decided, has been geared towards trying to hurt hillary clinton politically. let's listen to what he said. >> sometimes the biggest sin you can commit in d.c. is to tell the truth. >> yeah, yeah. >> you know, i -- this may not be politically correct, but i think that there was a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people, and an individual, hillary clinton. >> now, of course, jose, this comes after kevin mccarthy who had been in line to become the next speaker of the house, one of the top republicans in the house, bragged on national television that the creation of this benghazi committee had hurt hillary clinton's poll numbers. it also comes after a former staffer on that committee who was fired by that committee publicly stepped forward