Months on campus. After incidents of racism and hate crimes went un noticed. Abcs alex perez takes us to mizzou. Nats thank you god today a triumph after winning a battle over racial inequality on campus. Tim wolfe im resigning as president of the university of missouri system the breaking point, members of the Football Team going on strike, vowing no more games until president tim wolfe resigned. The coach who supported the players speaking tonight coach i did the right thing and id do it again tensions on this predominately white campus, bubbling for months. In september the student body president payton head posting on facebook that someone continuously screamed the n word at him other students recounting similar stories. Late last month a swastika found in the bathroom of a dormitory. Frustrated demonstrators said president wolfe wasnt quick enough to condemn the graduate student Jonathan Butler going on a hunger strike. Tensions flaring friday night after wolfe had this to say whe
Among our guests tonight, economist douglas holt, and wilbur ross, also tonight, president Obama Meeting with Prime Minister netanyahu for the First Time Since the signing of the Iranian Nuclear deal. Its no secret that the Prime Minister and i have had a strong disagreement on this narrow issue. But we dont have a disagreement on the need to making sure that iran does not get Nuclear Weapon or about destabilizing activities. Lou iran ta far from only issue dividing u. S. And israel, there are division on thousand achieve peace between israelis and palestinians, there are policy disagreements how to address deteriorating security in the middle east, and how to blunt advance of thes lamis islamic state. University of missouri president resigning post amid controversy over state of Race Relations at schools main catccamp iscampus. Im resigning as president of the university of missouri system. The motivation in making this decision comes from love, i love mu. Columbia where i grew up, st
Donald trump in front of a pumped up crowd at a rally in springfield, illinois. Trump taking jabs at his opponent and slamming ben carson. If you try to hit your mother over the head with a hammer, your poll numbers goup. Reporter the latest National Poll shows trump and carson are practically tied followed by marco rubio, ted cruz and jeb bush which means trump will share center stage with carson at the fourth president ial debate tonight. I have never seen this before. Reporter in the last week carson calling himself the victim of a media witchhunt. Youre asking me about something that occurred 50 years ago and you expect me to have the details on that. Reporter carson will likely face tough questions tonight after a weeks worth of stories sent him into defense mode over claims in his autobiography he was offered a description to west point and had a violent youth. President ial contender marco rubio says he knows everything he needs to know about his competition, ben carson. Ben car
Students cheering cheers and chants from students celebrating. The resignation of university of missouri president , tim wolfe. sot maya stewart, junior 12 22 45ish its really about just getting fairness, not just about tim wolfe resigning, but its about getting equal rights. sot josh mcclellan, 12 25 20ish and it really makes me, as a student, just glad to know i could affect something if needed to. Wolfe. Announcing he is stepping down. sot tim wolfe my motivation in comes from love. His decision following student protests. Faculty walkouts and even Football Players and their coach refusing to take the field until wolfe resigned. sot tim wolfe 11 19 06 we got frustrated with each other. skip to . And that is why i stand before you today and i take full responsibility for this frustration and i take full responsibility for inaction that has occurred. Wolfe had come under fire for his alleged mishandling of a series of racial incidents on campus. Including reports of students being cal
Another big crowd last night laying thehe groundwork. Iami airport, Passengers Evacuated from a plane after a suspicious passengererade it through security a a eveveryone on edge after that apparent bombi in egypt. David kerley starts us off at reagan airport. Reporter good morning, george. It was more than just one aircraft. At least 20 jetliners held because authorities apparently lost track of this suspicious bag and had to find it. On three, on three. Reporter passengers taken bysurprise asiami police boaoard their plane. Everybody out, everybody ouou from thefrfrt. Repororr just before tataoff the amemecaairlines jet evacuated. The front, lets go, quickly, quickly. Reporter police ordering everyone on the jet bound for barbos to put their hands on their head. One passenger taken into custody, who the fbi says got through security just before 5 00 p. M. With suspicious items inin his carryon bag. Do you have anything on you . Reporter the officer noted the gentltlan not making eye