president trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and that could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy. the decision to carry out the extraction occurred skooon aftea may 2017 meeting in the oval office in which trump discussed highly classified intelligence with russian minister and ambassador. the intelligence concerning isis in syria had been provided by israel. the disclosure to the russians by the president though not about the russian spy prompted intelligence officials to renew discussions about the risk of exposure. this according ining to to sour directly involved. mike pompeo said too much information was coming out in public regarding this spy. jim, this wasn t the first time they were concerned about this asset being exposed. no. this context is important.
of the russian was driven in part by concerns president trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and that could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy. we should note the decision to carry out the extraction occurred soon after may 2017 meeting in the oval office, in which trump discussed highly classified intelligence with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and russian ambassador to the u.s. sergey kislyak. that concerning isis in syria had been provided by israel. the disclosure to the russians about the president, not about the russian spy specifically, prommed officials to renew discussions about the potential risk of exposure according to the source directly involved in the matter. at the time, then cia director mike pompeo told other senior trump administration officials that too much information was coming out, regarding this asset. this wasn t the first time they were concerned about the asset being exposed.
to find someone had written the n word several times on his gym shirt in the words leave now. i was worried. reporter: he and his family said that wasn t the first time he d been targeted because of his race. i ve been kicked in my knees. i ve been called monkey. reporter: his family said for years they complained about the incident to school officials. everything that s happened is more steps to take so they don t look at fault. reporter: that was in 2018 how his family and five other families of black students are suing the school districts of eastern carver schools in minnesota. it s not a situation of a little bullying here. a little bullying there. an isolated incident. it s not that. it s a systemwide problem that we believe the school district knew about all along and failed to remedy. reporter: the allegation reads like segregation itself. it alleges that another black student was punched in the face
of racial discrimination and bullying in elementary, middle and high schools across the district. the alleged incidents including using the n word, posing in black face, harassing and threatening violence. sara sidner has the details. i was mad about it too. reporter: in 2018 taillon birch opened his locker to find someone had written the n word and the words leave now. i was worried. that wasn t the first time he had been targeted before of his race. for years they complained about incidents to school officials. everything that has happened is more of steps to take so they don t look at fault. reporter: that was 2018. now his family and five other families of black students are suing the district of eastern carber county schools in minnesota.
are not going to encourage free any sort of exchange with your professor. laura: people think of school and texas, it s going to be a conservative experience. ut austin i love austin. austin fun. a but it s really gone pretty left. is that a fair description of what the university of texas austin is like today? you are brave to be doing what you re doing, i m glad you re out there, good for you. you are the real trailblazer. but, is it pretty left now compared to what it was, let s say, 20 years ago? oh, i think this story proves it all. the leadership on campus reform reports onrt some story happenig at ut austin, all the time, it seems like every other month. and i think the fact that this wasn t the first time that this instructor is saying this. he s doubling down on a previous claim. and, while certainly not every instructor or professor or administrator at the university is going to be is going to believe this, the fact that he