Open for business. A first in the nation for legal marijuana. Where you can buy pot from the government. And altered reality. Looking at how we look at the world. We begin with a racist fraternity video out of oklahoma. The condemnation was loud and came from all across america. The consequences, swift and severe. Today university of oklahomas president expelled two students. He called them leaders that have vicious chant, and he promised to track down and punish the other students involved. John, the University President said he was going to make an example out of these students and he did. His decision has garnered the backing of the white house that called the expulsion an appropriate step. Identified as the leaders of this racist chant with a bus full of Fraternity Brothers, two students from the university of oklahoma are officially expelled from school. [ singing ] University President responded quickly. Show zero tolerance when were dealing with raceism. He said there could be m
Northwest whats causing it. And the dangerous fallout for residents. Plus men at work. A 1980s hit maker from down under. Land down under explains what put him back on top. We begin with the fight against i. S. I. L. Seven months after the u. S. Led air strikes began the fight is intensifying. Right now, the most critical battles are in tikrit. Thats where iraqi forces have surrounded i. S. I. L. Fighters, the largest operation to date. The Iraqi Government says it has control of half of the city. Iraqi forces are debting help from the 60country getting help from the 60 Country Coalition civilians continue to leave the region in droves. I. S. I. L. Has many enemies but one ally boko haram. Twisted faith. Untold numbers of lives have been taken. Now in the battle against boko haram a new figure has emerged. That figure is the hired soldier. Nigeria has reportedly recruited hundreds of mercenaries. Nick schifrin is in northeastern nigeria. So nick, what are these nears these these mercen
Nearly half of the population has fled their homes. The u. N. s top agency say that world powers must put aside their differences to find a solution, and today the u. S. Increased the aid that it is sending to rebel forces, promising 70 million in nonlethal assistance. The opposition has been losing ground to hard line elements within syria. Rebels want the u. S. To take more direct action against president Bashar Alassad. Lets go to the white house where Mike Viqueira is there for us. So far the president has been reluctant to take more direct action. Well, its certainly true, and of all the Foreign Policy problems nat president has faced, syria is the most vexing and gained the most critics towards president obama and his policies. In the most violent year yet in a conflict of four years. Millions forced from their homes, 220,000 dead. What can the president do to stop it. So far many experts agree what hes trying isnt working. Mr. Obamas approach to stay out of the area with troops
Iraqi militant is shot and killed by an unknown assail lachblt. Hello, everyone thank you for joining us the. New revelations today in the search for Malaysia Flight 370. It has been one year since the plane vanished and now a new report from malaysian authorities is raising new questions, among the findings is that the battery for the planes flight data recorder had been allowed to run out, before the plane actually disappeared. Investigators also say they found no signs of stress or unusual behavior among the planes crew leading up to the disappearance. And theres still no explanation for why this fight veered so far off its original course. Richard quest has been going through the hundreds of pages of these documents. Reporter hundreds of pages of documents supporting back ground information have now been released and although they dont give us any information about what happened in the cockpit, we still dont know why the plane went missing or indeed where it ended up. They paint a
the four men who may be linked to the murder of ahmed al jamali. the surveillance video shows where the 36-year-old iraqi immigrant was shot and killed. through tears his fatherly said al jamali recently escaped iraq for texas. his daughter s excitement for their life together was no secret. on saturday night jamili had gone out with his wife to watch the snow fall. there is no shortage of sadness for the loss of this beautiful young man, who has of course course only just come to this