doctors at vanderbilt university hospital say memorial day is one of the busiest days of the year with victims of motorcycles, boating and swimming accidents. they say many of these traumas could be avoided if people would wear helmets, put on the seat belts an cut back on the alcohol. >>> a fast-moving grass fire is out this morning but sparking new concerns this could be the start of an especially dangerous fire season. >> so incredibly dry today. we have details. >> reporter: good morning. if you're cooking outside, bear in mind perhaps the dusting off the grill for the first time, bear in mind this charred grass field bemind he here are the result of a -- behind me here are the result of a homeless person cooking. this fire began at 4:30 in the afternoon and yesterday, wind up to 25 miles per hour whipped this into the much larger fire very quickly and threatened two mobile home parks nearby. the fire was put out without injuries or damage. capital expressway and the roads which were closed are now open. firefighters are advising all homeowners in the area to be advised. clear brus

doctors at vanderbilt university say that memorial day is one of their busiest days of the years with victims of motorcycle, boating and swimming accidents. many of the traumas could be avoided if people would wear the helmets, wear their seat belts and cut back on the alcohol. >>> 4:33. new details outrage on the streets of oakland over a new law that bans night time marches. overnight, dozens of activists defying that order. in total, police cited 19 people and arrested four in downtown oakland. right now you're looking at video of a similar demonstration on saturday night. all of it stemming in response to the new policy that makes it illegal to march after dark without a permit. it will cut down on the violence against the businesses. >>> a religious symbol stolen for scrap metal. investigators say that may be the reason why someone smashed the figure of jesus off the cross at an east bay church. this happened some time before the early morning mass wednesday at the church. it sits outside on the property and parishioners believe the bronze statue may have taken so it could be sol

trial, that they had contacted all organizations that we had made charitable contributions to; vanderbilt university, the ymca nashville, the red cross university of tampa. they all got calls verifying that what i had contributed was accurate. they could not find anything in my tax returns to discredit me because that's all they had. and i discovered that even during the trial while i was being cross-examined by the prosecutor that all he had was to try to catch me in logic loops and get me to say something that i didn't intend to say and wear me down. and -- because they had nothing of legal substance other than trying to connect dots from these wiretaps that they had on us. and they could again do whatever they wanted to do and they indicted me. while i was testifying, i testified for two days. two of the most challenging days of my life. mike cheryl robin prepared me as well as anyone could be prepared to testify. you sit up there in this courtroom. it was packed. strangers. no -- very few friends mostly strangers and the enemy lined up staring at you waiting for you to screw up. united states go

in nashville, vanderbilt university professor tony brown, there he is.te an op-ed saying that the facts show that white people acting routinely to harm demean and damage black and brown people approximate, it's every day whites making every day choices that lock in and protect white privilege. unquote. that is not a racist statement, nothing is. some months ago, a website called eig.org, went to a white privilege conference the speaker, professor, adrian wing who teaches in the university of iowa, college of law. >> so instead of just saying oh we are happy there's a black face in the white house. who's running the white house instead of just serving in the white house, it's like no the master's house has now got a black face but it's still the master's house you work for the master of the system of white privilege. >> joining us now from michigan kyle olsen the head of eag news. so there's a lot more i'm sure to professor wing's speech in front of the students. how many kids were there and how bad did she get? >> that was at the white privilege conferen

a pipe bomb mailed to the head of the computer department at vanderbilt university in nashville explodeshen it's opened by a secretary. she sustains severe burns to her hands and shrapnel wounds to her body. two months later at the university of california berkeley, a package explodes when engineering professor diogenes angelikos picks it up. he too suffers severe burns and shrapnel wounds. >> usually in bombings or any kind of serial bombing, you can look at what they call victimology and you try to determine perhaps people or businesses or something that all of the victims had in common with the suspect or the person who's doing the bombings in this case. with unabomb, none of these people, none of the victims over the years had any connections. >> did they go to the same universities? did they have difficulty with one person and was there a commonality between all the victims? and that was very difficult, because we had literally hundreds and hundreds of suspects. >> there are no incidents for almost two years. then on may 15th, 1985, engineering student and aspiring astronaut john e.

vanderbilt university two men got linked to the lengthy prison sentences because they made the mistake of videotaping them raping unconscious women. that kind of sentence will do a lot to alleviate the problem so yes i have mixed feelings about punitive sentences. punishment is also important. retribution, punishment. when victims see that their assailants usually isn't held accountable at all. it's just a spy upon the rest, that exacerbates. so you've got to -- cops and prosecutors this is a serious crime and if you put one away he has probably raped five other women. so you've got to put him away. >> host: i liked what you said and i believe this is your words about investigating rape cases like you would. >> guest: the author studied about serial predators that cops have to understand that they should go after the rapists like to go after drug dealers. you don't go after the guy on the street. you want to, you know, so that problems in the case of a rapist by going after each you are solving the problem because that guy is a 90% chance he has raped other women. so it's just a cup go

recently there was a rape at vanderbilt university where two men got lengthy prison sentences becausehey got a tape of them raping a semi-conscious woman. that will do a lot to alleviating this problem. i have mixed feelings about sentences but punishment is important retribution and punishment for the victim. when victims see that their assailants usually isn't held accountable at all and when he is usually gets a slap on the wrist. cops and prosecutors, this is a serious crime and if you put one guy away who is probably raped five other women so you have got to put them away. >> host: that is what you said about i believe this was your words or maybe someone else's about investigating rape cases like you would narcotics. just go the guy who studied serial predators we should go after these rapist like to go after drug dealers. you don't go after the guy on the street. you want to solve the problems on the case of a rapist you are solving the problem. that guy 90% chance he has written number of other women. just a hookup gone wrong. you are allowing that guy was probably going to ra

william schaffner is the head of medicine at vanderbilt university. >> after a relatively short period of time the person can become very very sick. it's largely a lung infection first of all and then the org nation can eventually get into the blood stream and make you very very ill indeed. >> reporter: the cdc says so far it's described four labs dl delaware texas, and wisconsin. at this point the pentagon says there is no known risk charlie, to the public. >> margaret, thanks. >> this morning the irs is investigating whether criminals are behind the breach. they stole information from more that 100,000 americans. jeff pegues has more on this multi-million-dollar theft. good morning. >> good morning. the attackers claim the refunds used the agency's online get transcript application. experts say the type of information obtained could be used o open bank accounts and lines of credits. the irs commissioner says that they claimed almost $15 million. they're offering free credit monitoring. senator orrin hatch says that the irs home to highly sensitive information on every single american

william schaffner is the head of preventative medicine at vanderbilt university. >> after a relatively short period of time the person can become very very sick. it's largely a lung infection first of all and then the organism can actually get into the bloodstream and make you very very ill, indeed. >> reporter: the cdc says that so far it has advised four workers in labs in delaware texas, and wisconsin, to take antibiotics because they may have been exposed to the anthrax samples. and the u.s. army says 22 military personnel are among those being treated for potentially dangerous contact, but the pentagon says at this point there is no known risk to the public. >> margaret thanks. >>> this morning, the irs is investigating whether criminals in russia are behind cyber security breach. hackers stole tax information from more than 100,000 americans. jeff pegues is in washington with more on this multimillion dollar theft. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. the group responsible stole taxpayers' personal information and taxpayer transcripts to obtain refunds. the att

the first panelist is from vanderbilt university. our second panelist is from the u.s.department of education and our third panelist is with the u.s. department of education. will you each raise your right hand please. i'll ask that you swear or affirm the information that you're about to provide is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. correct? >> thank you. >> thank you. i will draw an evidence-based example from the most rigorous studies over the last two deck tkaeudz including work my colleagues and i conducted where we utilize national as well as kindergarten through 20 administrative databases. strong data are critical to civil rights as well as the solutions we construct to improve educational equity in the u.s. for all students. i argue that college completion and other factors as secondary school context and financial aid also play a role in the odds of college success. we find that nearly 60% of the racial gap can be explained by pre college characteristics. that is before the student ever another 35% of the gap in college completion is e

the red cross, university of tampa vanderbilt got calls verifying what i contributed was accurate. they could not find anything to discredit me. i discovered during the trial being cross examined was all he had was to catch me in loops and get me to say something i was trying to say and wear me down because they had nothing of legal substance other than trying to connect dots of wire taps they had on us and they could do whatever they wanted to do. and they indicted me. robin prepared me as well as anybody could be to testify. you stood up there in the courtroom, it was packed strangers, very few friends, mostly strangers and the enemy lined up starring at you waiting for you to screw up. the united states government, all of things, my enemy. the whole process of testifying really wears you down. i have a tendency and mike caught me on this to answer the question without thinking it through. that would have been a tragic legal mistake had a not disciplined myself to listen to the question and try to understand where the prosecutor was coming from with his questions. the second day

vanderbilt, stanford instead they choose university of alabama. university of alabama, just not in that tier. if he made a personal financial decision that he thinks is best for his future and i applaud him for that and he is making the decision best for him, not just what people think the best places to be. stuart: i don't know the story about this young man but a lot of ivy league schools now have some assistance program for kids that come from families below a certain income. did he not qualify for any of that? >> not on the tuition side. they can help with housing and the other cost of textbooks. ivy league schools have endowments that are intense and billions of dollars for need-based aid. on the surface he didn't qualify. he had the kurdish in the national spotlight to pick the university of alabama and there is a narrative say you must go to the best place but not go what is necessary for you. he made a calculated decision and this is happening on the micro and macro level. you'll see high school seniors turned on better schools or maybe no

he was valedictorian of his high school an engineering student at vanderbilt today he's professor of law at american universityyou, i love your dad's work i love your work. what was the most revealing thing about perry and how he was able to overcome so much. you think about opposite s.e.c. at that time, the deep seeded animosity, valedictorian. how did he do it and what did you learn most about his character and person doing the study? >> the title is "strong inside" referring to his basketball ability as a strong inside player but more than that his strong inner character. just this incredible man who grew up at the height of the civil rights movement. he entered kindergarten in 1954 he was around emmett till's age when emmett till was murdered. he was a 12-year-old kid watching sit-ins in downtown national. enters high school a week after martin luther king's "i have a dream speech" he feels the country is changing at just the right time and he needs to be prepared to take advantage of the opportunity. his mom would tell him to put on the full armor of god. he had been a student of jackie robinson's, knew h

university of alabama. he would the school offered him a handsome financial aid package and will let him take part in an elite academic program. he rejected stanford, johns hopkins within vanderbiltulture beat, the minnesota orchestra made history visiting havana to perform before sold out crowds. it's the first major american orchestra to perform in cuba this century. ♪ >> in havana, music is everywhere. this weekend music is the universal language that can unit the minds and people of cuba and the u.s. >> music is a get a and powerful element. when somebody is trying to built something new between two countries, what could be better than music? it's the first time the orchestra has traveled to the island in 15 years. more than 100 american musicians from the orchestra are performing as part of the international cuba festival. this is the group's first visit to cuba since 1930. the ensemble is performing one of the same pieces performed here 85 years ago. >> they have played this during one of those visits and that was the reason why the local organizers want to have it, you come back to play the same symphony that you did like 85 years ago. >> the trip takes on even more meanin