both sides of the aisle here in the state and in d.c. encouraging him, pressuring him to step down. you have students staging sit-ins and walk-outs. and then the news that the football team, at least 30 players, would not be playing in the next coming game or participate in any practices, a move that could have potentially cost the university more than $1 million. so the pressure was definitely mountsing on tim wolfe. now the announcement this morning that he will in fact be stepping down. it is important to mention, too, that this student leaders and activists say that this. isn t going to fix the problem. this is just a first step in true change when it comes to race relations on the campus of mi mizz mizzou. there s been a number of racist incidents in the past months, students as lately as last week complaining that racial slurs were being hurled at them. the swastika drawn on a dorm
someone dressed in military uniform carried out an attack at a training facility in which it appears that there may have been two or three u.s. citizens killed. and number of other individuals injured. obviously a full investigation is taking place. we take this very seriously and will be working closely with the jordanians to determine exactly what happened. those comments from the president as he prepares to continue his meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the two leaders are holding their first face to face talks since the prime minister are infewerated the white house earlier this year but waging an intense battle against the iran nuclear deal. their meeting also comes amid the wave of israeli-palestinian violence that s raged now for the past two months. nbc s ron allen joins us live now from the white house.
let s listen in. can you hear me, david? they re working out apparently some audio technical difficulties here. but breaking news right now from the main campus of university of missouri, as we understand, the president of that university, tim wolfe, expected to announce his resignation right now. there have been many weeks of student protests. in fact one student is on a hunger strike, several days of protests through the hunger strike to bring attention to what many students describe as a hostile climate, hostile climate
obviously a laundry list of things to discuss, but so much attention is always paid to this relationship between these two leaders. reporter: it is a very unique relationship. the president has met with the prime minister more than any other world leader. very intense and interesting time. they re behind closed doors now, have been for about an hour or so. a wide ranging discussion, mostly about security, about violence, about terrorism, about syria, about isis, about iran and that nuclear deal which israel vehemently opposes. so we ll see what comes out of this. here s some of what the president and prime minister had to say. this is going to be an opportunity for the prime minister and myself to engage in a wide ranging discussion on some of the most pressing security issues that both our countries face. thank you for this opportunity to strengthen our friendship which is strong, strengthen our alliance which is strong. i think it s rooted in shared
this one never underestimate the power of students. our voices will be heard. he also tweeted jonathan butler can eat now. tim wolfe has resigned as president of the um system. jonathan butler was a student on a hunger strike for eight days now. he says it is over. back with me now, chairman of the department of black studies at the university of missouri. let me get your reaction to this news that broke essentially wile we were on air with you at the top of the hour. yes. it s good to hear the news. you said it was over. actually, it s just begun. so even though tim wolfe has just resigned, it is our responsibility now to take this momentum and devise real strategies for real change. talk to me specifically about the strategy. because here you have many students and faculty accusing president wolfe of being