historically black university since colin powell back in 1994. joining me now pete dominik, serious xm radio host, patricia murphy, founder and editor of citizen jane politics and contributor with the daily beast and stanford frazier, a senior at howard university who attended senator paul's speech. welcome to all of you. >> hi, carol. >> stanford, i want to start with you. you sat in the audience. how was rand paul received? >> it was a mixed message. the students were definitely welcome to hearing him speak, and we definitely noticed he tried to appeal to us. at the same time we didn't agree with everything he said. >> it was a tough audience, though, to begin with, wasn't it, for rand paul? >> it was a very tough audience. early on a couple of students actually walked in the middle of his speech and held up a sign saying howard university doesn't support white supremacy, and sensationalism aside, i think it demonstrates how african-americans are wary of the republican party. >> howard, by the way, in case all of you don't know it, howard university has produced giants