. 17 minutes past the hour. time to check our top stories. president obama says he wants to reduce the stigma of mental illness. he made the comment moments ago as the white house held a conference on mental health. >> the main goal is not to start a conversation. so many of you have spent decades waging long an lonely battles to be hurt. instead, it's elevating that conversation to a national level and bring mental illness out of the shadows. >> this meeting is in response to last year's shooting massacre at sandy hook elementary school in newtown. a new controversial hiring of athletic director julie hermann for rutgers. the new york star says hermann was scheduled to attend campus this tweak has been postponed. they were firt first to report her 1996 women's volleyball team accused her of verbal abecause.