relating to security and disruption at commencement tabassum said this to cnn s abby phillip i think there s a new ones here. i think i expressed an opinion through a length that i had on my instagram the hate and the vitriol that was unleashed towards me after, i think was part of the reason that the university caved in after such national blowback and the cancellation, did the university admit the error of its ways or make moves to beef up security? no. instead, friday, usc canceled all the other outside commencement appearances at the upcoming may 10 ceremony. the others who were to have received honorary degrees, tennis legend billie jean king jon m. chu, director of the hit film crazy rich asians national endowment for the arts chair maria rosario jackson, and national academy of sciences president marsha mcnutt in a
hours ago in japan, devastating earthquake, 8.9 magnitude. at this hour the official death toll almost 600. and there are other big problems looming this morning. welcome to the early show on this saturday morning, i m russ mitchell. and i m rebecca jarvis. we will continue to follow this story as it develops throughout the morning. let s get right to the earthquake in japan of course. the quake is the fifth largest in recorded history. it was followed by a 23-foot high tsunami. the official death count is 574 dead. the number expected to rise considerably. almost 600 are still missing. there have been more than 125 aftershocks since the quake. now this quake was 1,000 times more powerful than last year s haiti quake. there have been 119 quakes in fact, near japan since march 9th. thousands of homes and businesses in japan are destroyed, displacing thousands of people. but this morning, there is a new and potentially more dangerous problem. cbs news correspondent lucy c
video from less than 30 hours ago in japan, devastating earthquake, 8.9 magnitude. at this hour the official death toll almost 600. and there are other big problems looming this morning. welcome to the early show on this saturday morning, i m russ mitchell. and i m rebecca jarvis. we will continue to follow this story as it develops throughout the morning. let s get right to the earthquake in japan, of course. the quake is the fifth largest in recorded history. it was followed by a 23-foot high tsunami. the official death count is 574 dead. the number expected to rise considerably. almost 600 are still missing. there have been more than 125 aftershocks since the quake. now this quake was 1,000 times more powerful than last year s haiti quake. there have been 119 quakes, in fact, near japan since march 9th. thousands of homes and businesses in japan are destroyed, displacing thousands of people. but this morning, there is a new and potentially more dangerous problem. cbs
and neither does the general public. i think that continues to be the failing in the way in which bp deals with this issue. what about the obama administration and specifically the point people it has dealing with this not only thad allen, marsha mcnut, but the others, ken salazar, janet napolitano, steven chu. do you have confidence in them? i think they are making the right decision right now, slowing down bp and not allowing them to rush before the science is completely understood. that is the role of the government, not just to limit the liability of of bp but to ensure the liveability of the gulf of mexico for a generation to come. this test now is something that is being supervised by thad allen, by steven chu, by marsha mcnutt and that gives me a lot more confidence that we will have the information that we need before bp is allowed to take the next step. congressman markey, we ll watch this very, very closely
is it a scare tactic or a frightening sign of the times? and a debate over whether there is racism in the tea party movement after the naacp s bombshell allegation a top tea party spokesman joins us to face off with cnn contributor roland martin. we re standing by right now for a very important briefing on the gulf coast on the situation there, with the retired coast guard admiral thad allen getting ready to speak to reporters. we ll see it live. we hope to learn within the next few minutes whether officials will move forward with critical testing of the new well cap that could possibly stop the flow of oil. at this time yesterday many of our viewers will recall we were told that the so-called integrity test could begin at any moment. it turns out it already has been postponed. news organizations and the american public weren t told about the delay until about five hours after it happened. a lot of questions and a lot of anger about what is going on right now. enormous fr