Paul rogers, Environmental Writer with the San Jose Mercury news. Stephen sock, Investigative Reporter with nbc bay area. And from los angeles, david lazarus, columnist with the l. A. Times. Aurti, lets start with you. Uc berkeley announced a new Scholarship Program for undocumented students. Why did the university feel it was necessary to support these students . Well, yes its very excites news. 1 million from the foundation. And the university really feels strong obligation to these students because theyre one of the most vulnerable set of students that we have. The average Family Income for these students is 24,000 a year. Theyre not eligible for federal financial aid. Theyre not eligible for pell grants. And so theyve overcome great odds just to get to berkeley and we want to keep them as our chancellor, chancellor burgeneaux, whos been an amazing leader on this issue, has said we cant afford to lose this talent in california and we want to keep it here. Not only are we offering fi
Paul rogers, Environmental Writer with the San Jose Mercury news. Stephen sock, Investigative Reporter with nbc bay area. And from los angeles, david lazarus, columnist with the l. A. Times. Aurti, lets start with you. Uc berkeley announced a new Scholarship Program for undocumented students. Why did the university feel it was necessary to support these students . Well, yes its very excites news. 1 million from the foundation. And the university really feels strong obligation to these students because theyre one of the most vulnerable set of students that we have. The average Family Income for these students is 24,000 a year. Theyre not eligible for federal financial aid. Theyre not eligible for pell grants. And so theyve overcome great odds just to get to berkeley and we want to keep them as our chancellor, chancellor burgeneaux, whos been an amazing leader on this issue, has said we cant afford to lose this talent in california and we want to keep it here. Not only are we offering fi
Surrounding square with tanks and bashed wire. The scene is chaotic, and its hard to know exactly whats going on, but there have been reports of gunfire inside and outside the mosque. There are also reports that crowds of antimorsi civilians have gathered outside the mosque, as well as the uniformed Security Forces. The standoff follows three days of violence between the Muslim Brotherhood and the military. On friday, the brotherhood took to the streets to protest a violent military crackdown, defying Security Forces authorized to use lethal force against protesters. 173 people were killed on fridays day of rage protests, according to the Egyptian Government. And the brotherhood has vowed to keep rallying in the days ahead. The crackdown began wednesday, when government Security Forces violently attempted to clear out two encampments where morsi supporters were staging sitin protests and demanding that morsi be reinstated. The assault sparked street battles in cities across the country
Giving testimony against her husband, a court in china hears from bos wife. Plus british wine taking on champaign . We will take a taste test a little later in the program. Hello, president bashirs most powerful ally russia is pushing the un to investigate an alleged chemical attack in syria. Russias foreign minister also asked rebels to guaranty un inspectors safe access to the area. Meanwhile un secretary general says the use of chemical weapons would constitute crimes against humanity. But the government of bashir denies it was behind wednesdays attack by the capitol. And Charles Stratford has more. The pictures shocked the world. Hundreds of People Killed in an apparent chemical weapons attack on a damascus. And they are in syria and staying at a hotel not far from the scene. They arrived in the country three days before the alleged attack but the limited mandate means they have not been allowed to the site and limited to visiting locations previously agreed upon with the governmen
Writer with the San Jose Mercury news. Stephen sock, Investigative Reporter with nbc bay area. And from los angeles, david lazarus, columnist with the l. A. Times. Aurti, lets start with you. Uc berkeley announced a new Scholarship Program for undocumented students. Why did the university feel it was necessary to support these students . Well, yes its very excites news. 1 million from the foundation. And the university really feels strong obligation to these students because theyre one of the most vulnerable set of students that we have. The average Family Income for these students is 24,000 a year. Theyre not eligible for federal financial aid. Theyre not eligible for pell grants. And so theyve overcome great odds just to get to berkeley and we want to keep them as our chancellor, chancellor burgeneaux, whos been an amazing leader on this issue, has said we cant afford to lose this talent in california and we want to keep it here. Not only are we offering financial aid, were actually