want to mess. all of that and more is coming up. in the good sunday morning to. you i am katie phang. as the saying goes, those who don t know history are destined to repeat. it s now this juncture after this conservative super majority on the supreme court got affirmative action in higher education instruct down where is it biden s plan to forgive more than 400 billion dollars in student debt, i think it is time that we talk about how those two things have been leaked for decades. higher education in america did not always come with such a hefty price tag. in fact through the 1950s it was largely free and treated as a public goods. why? because graduates used their education towards the betterment of society. that all changed in the 1960s when anti-war and civil rights students activism hit college campuses and universities. and those colleges and universities responded by developing of hidden action policies to diversify their overall on the right student body. southern cal
This year, reese wilther spoon, Michael Keaton and lee dunham, wednesday, january 7, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a wednesday. And weve got breaking news out of europe in central paris, a deadly attack at charlie heb due a weekly publication that has received threats in the past. It was even the target of a fire bombing about three years ago, all over its cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The magazine has been attacked today, at least 12 people are dead many injured. President obama released a statement calling the shooting horrific, vowing support to track down the suspects still at the loose. Lets get to bill neely. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning. This is the worst terrorist attack in france in two decades, and it was no ran dam attack. The target a magazine that regularly satirizes all religions and polit
11 people confirmed dead several others injured, some critically. The french president has already been at the scene and said this is a terrorist attack of quote, exceptional barbarity. He also said other terror attacks have been thwarted in recent days. This is the publication that had received repeated threats over cartoons and even comic books depicting the prophet, mohammed, the subject of a bombing three years. They are raising the National Security threat level to the highest level possible. Christopher dickey has been in paris for years. Good morning to you. What can you tell us . Reporter let me get it straight. First of all, im with the daily beast now. I will tell you about this situation. Its very very dangerous and very scary in france. France remember has deployed military forces in mawli. Its been engaged in iraq in a lot of countries where its up against islamist militants. It knew it was a target. It knew france was a target. The question was, would they strike back and
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France is in a national day of mourning. The manhunt is underway as we speak for a pair of French Brothers considered armed and very dangerous. The front page of usa today may best sum up the response from not just france, but the world this morning. Je suis charlie. Translation i am charlie. Right now, there are two men that police have are doing all they can to find. There are the images right there. Cherif and said kouachi. Police say cherif may have ties to al qaeda. He was convicted of helping to fund militant fighters in iraq and spent 18 months in prison. Several others are in custody, including an 18yearold who was surrendered after he was named as a possible suspect. Now, this all happened as a staff meeting was underway and thats when the masked gunmen came in and the carnage began. The men arrived with assault rifles in hand, they called out specific names of staff members. First targeting the editor. One witness says that he thought the gunmen were part of an antiterrorism