washington post to seem if business as usual will not proceed as in the past. and coming up the lawyer for sigma alpha epsilon will hold a media news conference. nbc news has confirmed that the local chapter of s.a.e. has hired steven jones and he is the attorney who represented oklahoma city bomber tim mcveigh. the chapter is considering legal action against the university and the national organization said they have not retained legal representation and does not plan to pursue any action. joining me now is prosecutor paul henderson. and it is good to have you here. as we talk about the background of steven jones. area of expertise, terrorism, espionage and extradition. what makes him the likely pick
the university of oklahoma racist scandal, steven jones, the former attorney for timothy mcveigh has been hired by the former chapter of the fraternity. he will hold a news conference at 3:30 this afternoon. the national chapter said they have not retained representation nor do we pursue any action against the university of oklahoma. after black and white members of the o.u. football team took to the field last night in silent protest putting unit ahead of practice. it is their feeling this might not just be in oklahoma it is fair to say it is almost everywhere. and these guys don t want to stand for it any more. the entire message we wanted to portray is coming together. it is about change not just in our locker room and on this campus but nationwide. nbc s gabe guiterrez is in norman, oklahoma, so tell us what the national s.a.e. side of
we hope to learn more from steven jones and scheduled to have a news conference at 2:30 local time and 3:30 eastern. so far university officials here on campus they say it is not appropriate to comment on any pending litigation thomas. so gabe as we look at information coming in with steven jones as we are all familiar with the fact he represented tim mcveigh, he has a long history with tim boren, and he said the fraternity will not come back as long as he is president, but these two have apparently been adversaries for years? unfortunately we lost gabe s mic. we ll work on getting that back. and steven jones ran against president boren unsuccessfully when boren was nominated to his position there and move on to
barricades and disrupting a bomb investigation. we bring you a live update from camp lejeune. we re learning about the heroes who died in that accident. rudy giuliani, his honor in the headlines again. the latest criticism of the president. the man hunt for the suspects in the shooting of two police officers. three people were taken into questioning but they were later released. this comes as mostly peaceful protests continued last night outside the ferguson police department. dozens gathered for a candle light vigil. in an appearance on abc jimmy kimmel live president obama condemned the violence. whoever fired those shots shouldn t detract from the issue they re criminals. they need to be arrested. missouri senator talked about the need to move forward on morning show. we ve got to go back to the drawing board. there s healing going on and reform going on in ferguson. tremaine lee joins me from ferguson. what s the latest. reporter: even as the community dea
had no idea what they were talking about and still am in shock. people have told me that they definitely thought this wasn t going to happen, which they did not really share with me previously. but i m still trying to process this. i m just so grateful that new york understands the importance of confidential sources and news gathering and is really saying this is the state where you come here and you will not be subject to the laws or whim of a random injuries particulars that wants to subpoena your sources. meaning we can go and guarantee confidentiality and mean it. i worked in colorado for this channel for a lot of different cases. i worked for the jonbenet ramsey case, for tim mcvey, the trial was held there. and frankly was never aware that the confidentiality of my sources wasn t protected. how surprised were you? there is not a lot about this that isn t surprising, but i