>> i am resigning as president of the university of missouri system. my motivation in making this columbia,omes from the state of missouri, where i grew up, i thought, prayed about this decision. it is the right thing to do. amy: after months of protests, a week-long hunger strike, and a walkout by the football team, the university of missouri president quit in the campus chancellor announced he is stepping down. we'll speak with student walker who organized "racism lives here" demonstrations at the university, stephanie shonekan, chair of the department of black studies, and dave zirin, sportswriter for the nation. then we go to yale university, or nearly 1000 students protested yesterday around race-related incidents. then to egypt. >> no account ability for the mubarak killings, the transitional role that followed him or killing of protesters under morsi himself during the brotherhood rule. with the military back in power in the judiciary almost completely in support of the new military-backed government, the hopes for credibility for those unnecess

todd akin, missouri's true conservative, is just too conservative. >> missouri's true conservative. claire mccaskill ran that ad during the republican primary. and it's brilliant, right? senator mccaskill, she puts her name on it at the top. it is ostensibly an attack ad by claire mccaskill against todd akin. but really it's just a list of things that republican primary voters would love. right? a crusader against bigger government. pro-family, anti-obama. the true conservative. in her new book senator mccaskill reveals that ad was part of an almost $2 million operation by her campaign to help get todd akin the republican nomination for that senate race. "we came up with the idea for a dog whistle ad, a message that was pitched in a certain way that would only be heard by a group of people. i told my group they needed to put akin's uber-conservative bona fides in an ad and then using reverse psychology we would tell voters not to vote from him and we needed to run the h-e double hockey sticks out of that ad. as it turns out we spent more money for todd akin in the last two weeks of

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at the university of missouri, black students finally figured they had had enough. nay had complained about the racist remarks, the slights, the exclusion from the main stream of campus life. they said administrators did little or nothing to repair a racially hostile atmosphere. now just a few weeks later, the president is out, the chancellor is out, and the university's football team realized his power goes far beyond sacking a quarterback. >> reporter: lying down for racial respect in new york demanding the oweser of a dean of a small college in california, and the college president at the university of missouri. students are reaching back to the days of mass demonstrations. >> i was in college during the iraq war, and saw student activism, and there hasn't been enough student activism. i think it's great to see the students rallying around these big issues. >> reporter: but there are no grand plans to change the world, no chants of end the war or ban the bomb. these are more personal rallies with immediate demands, and when it comes to racism on campus, the head

they love the missouri tigers football team. they may disagree about what's going on on campus, the ways to deal with them, but they agree they love missouri football and the threat of a sizable number of players walking out and causing them to potentially forfeit a game against byu, a game held at arrowhead stadium -- that's why there's so much money at stake. that's something that's going to be taken very seriously by people in that state. i was very interested to see coach pinkel came out in support of his players in what's on yously a very divisive issue. >> here you go from this photo, you don't just have black players there. you have the coach who is white. and then you have other players in this photo who are not african-american saying that they are concerned as well with the climate at this university. >> i am sure that there is division in that locker room, tamron, as to whether they should walk off and not play a football game because of what's going on. football players are there to play football. these are kids who

. >> i'm resigning as president of the university of missouri. the motivation for this decision comes from a love. i love mu, columbia, where i grew up, and the state of missouri. i thought and prayed about this decision. it's the right thing to do. >> al jazeera's andy rosen is live for us. how much pressure was on the university board to do something? >> enormous pressure, del. you can see a lot of students here are winding down from the celebration they've been having all morning long in response to president tim wolf's resignation. there have been a number of racial incidents that have occurred over the last few years including the use of the n. word on campus. members of the university football team said that they would not practice or play unless tim wolf resigned. and jonathan butler a grad student, said he was not going to eat until president wolf resigned. so the football players were protesting in support of butler and forcing wolf out 37 really it became a done deal. you have to say last night when members of the missouri legislature w

following the arrest of two missouri college students.. who stand accused of posting threats online.. against black students and faculty. ((sot)) moore: "it's just kind of frightening to realize anybody would kind of walk around and try to kill people because of skin color." stephanie: so still a very tense situation at the university of missouri/ as for the students under arrest, one of them, hunter park, was back in court today. jack: students at drake university also recognized the racial tensions going on in missouri with a solidarity demonstration this afternoon. "we must love each other and support each other" a group of almost fifty students gathered on campus - chanting in unison - to show support of the protest movement in missouri. they've been using social media to spread their message. "today was really to show support for what's going on at mizzou, just because our university hasn't done anything in an official capacity to acknowledge what's going on. so we as students took it upon ourselves to do that today." jack: students d

fp eastern. >> i'm resigning of president of the university of missouri system. my motivation in making this decision comes from love. i love mu. colombia where i grew up and the state of missouri. i have thought and prayed about this decision. it's the right thing to do. >> that was today at the university of missouri where the president of the university system quit amidst a wave of student protests over racial tensions. >> i'd ask everybody, from students to faculty, staff, to my friends, everybody, use my resignation to heal and start talking again. >> in recent days tim wolfe a businessman with no background in academia had become increasingly indifferent. wolfe ea apparent inaction prompted a graduate student to go on hunger strike. the football team refused to play as long as wolfe remained in office. dade zyron, the president seemed tone deaf, but was this a case of simple math, that the university president was making half as much as the university would have been fined for missing next week's game? >> you know this about michigan your old stomping groun

earlier this month the university of missouri named michael middleton interim president. he's black, and he replaces tim wolf, who resigned after criticism of how he handled racism on campus. in response to a question, middleton says he doesn't blame white people that don't understand why black people feel marginalized in america. instead, he said, quote, i blame our ugly history. to move beyond that, we have to preserve a critical part of american history, and that's the right to free speech. students protesting alleged discrimination cannot let their passions drown out people with opposing views. that only hurts their cause, and they can't intimidate journalists whose right it is to document other people exercising their rights. i'm talking here about the university of missouri photographer confronted by protesters trying to create a so-called safe space free of media coverage. i'm talking about protesters in smith college in massachusetts who tried to bar journalists from a sit-in unless they expressed support for the students. the point is universities have to be safe

al jazeera is live in missouri. students missed class yesterday due to threats. what's the situation there this morning. is class going to be open? >> chooses are getting back to norm. we had one arrest of parker hunt, ian rallah, he was charged with felony terroristic threat. he made an on line threat of kill black people. there was a threat of a young man. police are looking into another post again threatening black people. >> the school board of curators met in emergency session. what have you heard about that meeting? >> they are looking at the hiring an interim, naming an i want rim president. they announced on friday they are going to have a big open forum for faculty members to come talk about their experiences this week. they are going to open up the campus and talk about dialogue and get away from some of this social media stuff that has people so up in arms. >> faculty have been the targets of ire on social media. another professor resigned. why did he leave and what is the university said response? >> this was kind of weird. a protestor -- i'm sorry, o

a missouri graduate, a missouri player. here we are again at missouri. missouri has become a melting pot, a focal point for a lot of issues in this country now. again, sports in both cases, the football team in both cases, michael sam. and in this story, that's the common denominator. but it seems to me that this is something that should have probably been handled earlier without being on campus and knowing that for sure. it just seems like it would have been a no-brainer because of the football team. >> if i can get a quick response from you as someone who worked there, what do you think happens now? you've been speak to go students. what's next? >> well, i think that the conversation continues. i know that earlier today when chancellor lofton said -- announced that he would be reassigned, that was something that a lot of people, faculty and staff on that campus wanted to see actually in place of president wolfe resigning. i think that a lot of people thought that chancellor lofton was the first line of defense and the biggest problem in this situation.

columbia, missouri. i think the stats i saw, the football team, about half the members of the football team are black. but when you look at the student population, the student body population at the university of missouri, a much lower share, 11, 12%. something like that. is there an issue in the university community with the white community not understanding what it's like to be black on campus there? >> well, columbia, missouri is a relatively progressive community. it is a college town, not unlike college towns anyplace around the country. at least in the -- above the southern part of country. it's very, very progressive. not unlike austin, texas, for example. here's the problem. we've had problems at mu for decades. not constantly, but off and on for decades, probably going back to the '70s. and what i'm hoping -- >> where does that come from then? it goes back four decades? where does the problem come from? >> well, we've had, from time to time, issues regarding minority students on campus. and i th

a somber resignation of the school president tim wolf. >> i'm resigning as president of the missouri system. >> reporter: emotional reaction in the center of campus. for months black students on this overwhelmingly white campus said racial tensions were poisonening the atmosphere and a sw swastica in feces was on the side of the building and someone used the n word when he walked on campus. >> i had incidents with students racial and it's just time that people start listening. >> reporter: activist group called concern student 1950 named for the first student was admitted to missouri confronted the president tim wolf at home coming last month and he iing knowed him and he later apologized but last week butler began a hunger strike vowing not to eat until wolf was gone. monday a hungry butler said he started eating again and was grateful. >> i do appreciate the prayers that i received, positive thoughts and messages, thank you for the community. >> reporter: over the weekend some republican and democrat lawmakers in the state legislature began calling on wolf to resign but the end of

and a big change at the university of missouri, now under new leadership. >>> and now in half hour, a goodfella goes free. a reputed mobster walks out of court after being acquitted with connect with one of the most infamous heists in u.s. history. part of his defense straight out of an episode of "seinfeld." >>> and what's in a name? not much apparently when the guy we all got to know on "baywatch" wants to change. well, it's sort of a hassle with the hoff. it's friday, november 13th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> well, good friday morning. we begin with the breaking news months in the making. the likely death of the terrorist known as jihadi john. the masked man, a british citizen seen in videos beheading u.s. journalists steven sotloff, james foley, and a number of over hostages. >> jihadi john, his real name mohammed emwazi, he was tracked by the u.s. for months. he was targeted in a u.s. drone strike as he left a building and entered a vehicle in the isis stronghold of raqqah. that is in syria. one official telling abc news it was a 100% direct hit, and that jiha

we'll have more coming up from the colombia missouri campus. there are big celebrations coming up in the next hour. >> we should point out it is 100 miles south of ferguson, missouri. a lot of students upset over what happened in ferguson, but the football team threatening not to play this weekend and walk out. the fact that he walked out as well. was it the football team that wound up being the straw that broke the camel's back? >> it really was. you're talking about millions of dollars in revenue to the college. if that many student-athletes were going to walk off the field, well, this coming weekend, the game against byu on november 14th. there is a contract between byu and university of missouri in that game. the contract says if one team backs out of the game, they have to pay the other school $1 million. there is a lot at stake here. that's when the national media swooped in and took notice. members of the football team has not been talking today. they've been talking on social media yesterday. they do have a media day today which they as

looking at the situation at the university of missouri. students protest over claims of racism on campus. we will look to see if other sku schools will see student activism. we will speak to one student leader behind the movement at mizzou. we will speak with a former tiger. a wide receiver for the team. he can tell us what it was like when he was there and what the compa campus atmosphere was like. >>> the republicans take the stage tonight for the fourth debate. will the media battle be used to avoidancin answering the tough questions? >> i can't wait. >>> russia is reaching the same conclusion as the u.s. the flight 9268 was brought down by a bomb. after receiving intelligence reports from the u.k., the russians suspended air traffic from egypt last week. let's get more from ian lee live in sharm el sheikh. ian, it looks like they are rallying around the idea of a bomb planted in the plane. >> reporter: that is right. we are hearing it from high ranking officials from many governments. russia and british and americans. we are hearing th

(sot: tim wolfe / former university of missouri president) "systematic oppression is because you don't believe you have the equal opportunity for success..." (sot: student / no name available) "you don't believe?!" - crowd reaction in his speech - wolfe mentioned jonathan butler - a student who began a hunger strike last week, calling for change. ( sot: voice of jonathan butler / university of missouri student ) " this is the beginning. we still have a lot of healing that has to happen on campus, but um, this is a great first step towards change." butler's hunger strike is over. and -- the school's football team will practice tuesday and play saturday -- after threatening to boycott both. wolfe took responsibility for the lack of action -- then, asked students and faculty to look to the future. ( sot: tim wolfe / former university of missouri president ) "use my resignation to heal and start talking again." students have called for broader cultural sensitivity training, more minority staff members, and other changes... requests school administrators said were under consideration. i'm s

the end of the line may have been a threat by 30 black members of missouri's football team, announcing that they wouldn't practice or play as long as wolfe stayed, a prospect that could have cost the school millions of dollars. wolfe took responsibility for the lack of dialogue on campus but said the threats and hunger strike were the wrong way to make changes. >> we have to respect each other enough to stop yelling at each other and start listening and quit intimidating each other. >> afterwards, football players said this gave new meaning to the term student athletes and their coach supported them. >> we will continue to build with the community and support positive change on the campus. >> i didn't look at consequences, that wasn't about it at the time. it was about helping my players and supporting my players when they needed me. >> the students may have helped bring down the president of the university of missouri system, but they still have issues to face. how bad is the racial tension here and how do you solve it? >> i think that you can introduce new programs, you can really ju

the president of the university of missouri system abruptly resigned today following weeks of protests over his handling of allegations of jay gray is in columbia, ssouri with the latest. << nat celebration after weeks of confrontatio n on the campus of the university of missouri campus as embattled system president tim wolfe steps down. (sot / tim wolfe - resigning :15) "i am resigning as president of the university system." nats "we shall overcome" news of the resignation spread quickly across the campus. (sot / justine johnson / student :22 - :28) "i think it was longtime overdue. i think there's been a lot of racial tension, and i'm glad that something has finally been done." students and faculty were angry after they said wolfe failed to react quickly or enough to alleged acts of racism on campus. the school's football team threatened to boycott saturday's game, student's staged sit-ins and a graduate student was one the eighth day of a hunger strike demanding wofle's resignation. (nat) "this is a movement not a moment." minority students say they've been met repeatedly with racia

stepping down, the university of missouri president resigns after days of protests on racial issues. >>> killed in jordan >>> a funeral was held for the louisiana 6-year-old killed by police. >>> and why russian athletes might not get to compete in the olympics. ♪ >>> after student protests a hunger strike, and the football team threatening to skip its games, the university president announced its residency today. tim wolf was undepressure to quit. our correspondent is live for us in columbia, move. andy, first of all good to see you. what has been the reaction on campus today to all of these developments. >> under tim wolf resigned there was singing and chanting among protesters here, but it was largely subdued and what you mentioned about the chancellor resigning. that just happened in the last hour. so it has really been a head spinning day on campus. a somber resignation by the school president tim wolf. >> i'm resigning as president. >> reporter: lead to an emotional reaction in the center of campus. for months black students on this overwhelming black campus said racism was p

phil lebeau is on campus in columbia, missouri for us tonight. so phil, how much did money talk in this particular case? >> reporte well, nobody wants to say this was all about money, sue, but certainly it played a factor in the decision of tim wolfe to resign as president of the university of missouri. we'll run down just how powerful missouri athletics department is in terms of its financial impact on the university. but first, here's the university of missouri tim wolfe announcing his resignation earlier today. >> i take full responsibility for this frustration, and i take full responsibility for the inaction that has occurred. i'd ask everybody from students to faculty, staff, to my friends, everybody, use my resation to heal and start talking again. >> reporter: tim wolfe's resignation comes after several weeks of african-american students here on this campus demanding his resignation or at least demanding the university's administration do more to hear their concerns. but it wasn't until the missouri football team announced on friday starti

not only graduated from the university of missouri, i grew up in columbia, missouri, never had that experience on campus. did i have that experience in the city? yes, i did. i was called the "n" word and have been before growing up there. i do think that that happens. i have heard of several incidents where it's happened. i've had friends that i went to school with that it's happened to. i do think that's a very real reality. if we're being honest, i've been trying to be honest, it's a school that i love and community that i just love. there's never been complete harmony between black and white students on the university of missouri campus, even when i was there almost 20 years ago. it's a very real thing. i think at that point to our detriment as students when i was on campus it was thought as this is just the way it is. kudos to these students for saying it may be the way it is but it shouldn't be and we're going to do something about it. >> you have some 35,000 kids on campus, a small population african-american. if you net it up with all diversity, you get to 15%. you're still dealing with

>> when black football players at missouri, an s.e.c. school, said they would not play or practice again until wolfe went away, well, that's when it reached a tipple point. mizzou's coach supported the planned strike. if the tigers did not take the field this weekend against brigham young university, they would have had to pay a $1 million cancellation fee. >> i am resigning as president of the university of the missouri system. >> larry: so it was football and money that saved the day? oh, this is such an american story. for a university whose official colors are black and gold -- black seems to be a lot less important than gold. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) ♪ (vo) after 50 years of designing cars for crash survival, subaru has developed our most revolutionary feature yet. a car that can see trouble... ...and stop itself to avoid it. when the insurance institute for highway safety tested front crash prevention nobody beat subaru models with eyesight. not honda. not ford or any other brand. subaru eyesight. an extra set o

now he says it's time for missouri to step forward and be a leader. lester? >> jacob rascon, thanks. >>> ben carson is facing new questions about his friendship with a convicted felon. carson has taken a hard line on health care fraud, yet as chris jansing explains, he fought to keep his friend from going to prison for that very same offense. >> reporter: ben carson calls alfonso costa his very best friend. he is a driving force behind carson's charity, owner of a resort where carson vacations, but also a convicted felon. working out of this office as an oral surgeon, costa pled guilty in 2008 scamming more than $40,000 from insurance companies. nbc spoke exclusively to the prosecutor today. >> he caused the insurance companies to finance the expansion of his business. >> reporter: as first reported by the associated press, in a bid for leniency, ben carson wrote a letter to the judge saying next to my wife of 32 years, there is no one on this planet i trust more. he testified at costa's sentencing. they became friends because our value systems were almost id

in his dorm at the university of missouri-rolla about 90-miles away ?in connection with these messages police discovered on the website yik yak saying "i'm going to stand my ground and shoot every black person i see?." overnight, protests on the campus of the university of missouri nats as authorities announced a second arrest - saying 19 year old connor stottlemyre - a freshman at yet another missouri school -- also posted threats on the same site - saying "i'm gonna shoot any black people tomorrow, so be ready." authorities don't know if the posts are related, or if the posts were inspired by the recent racial tensions at u of m's columbia campus - but wednesday the usually packed columbia campus-just sprinkled with students?.on social media, pictures of lecture halls practically empty. sot justin moore: it's just kind of frightening to realize that anyone would kinda walk around and try to kill people because of skin color.') it's been a tumultuous week at mizzou - the school's president resigning monday amid protests and strikes over the handling of

students forced the resignation of the university of missouri's president following an outcry over the administration's response to complaints about racism. headquarters here in new york city. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the fourth republican presidential debate will be held in milwaukee tonight. the questions are expected to focus on the general health of the nation's economy and some international affairs. in a new national poll of likely republican voters, ben carson and donald trump are running neck and neck. meanwhile, as don champion reports, trump is causing a stir with his comments about starbucks coffee cups. >> maybe we should boycott starbucks. i don't know. seriously. >> reporter: on the eve of the fourth republican debate, donald trump sought to win over christian eadvantage gel cals in illinois angry over a decision by starbucks to replace its the company calls a simple red design. >> if i become president, we will be saying merry christmas again, that i can tell you. >> reporter: the polls show the billionaire candidate in a statistic am dead heat with ben

but back to missouri, these students -- >> you want to go back to missouri. >> absolutely. >> kevin, my point -- >> you let super conservative people run on, sean, and you always try to put me in a box on what i want to debunk just like what sheriff clark -- >> you really spoke out in a powerful way there. but kevin, my point is this. this is not the majority of people. are we building a grievance mentality among kids? i lived in atlanta. i knew jose williams. i met andy young and interviewed him and jose williams. these guys put their lives on the line for real civil rights here. is this is the equivalent of what they did? >> no. look, you're exactly right. if these were the people leading the civil rights back flt '60s we'd probably still be on plantations. these are the weakest group of individuals i've ever seen and they're an embarrass many to blacks. and what eric is trying to claim is that this incident even happened. i would be willing to bet you that the incident probably didn't even happen. the kid who's claiming that he's -- the kid who's claiming white privilege -- the ki

of missouri system." president tim wolfe resigning monday... over the handling of what students call "institutional racism" on campus. sot - charles harris/football player, university of missouri: "let this be a testament to all other athletes across the country that you do have the power." +++++ suggested tag: the campus police department says it will continue to investigate the threats." elias: sam is back now... sam we are in for a very busy day of weather for all of iowa. heavy rain, storms and severe weather are all expected to affect at least one part of the state as we head into this evening. the heaviest rain today is going to occur in northwest iowa during much of the day and early night with reaching aromost accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: we are in for a very busy day of weather for all of iowa. heavy rain, storms and severe weather are all expected to affect at least one part of the state as we head

>> when black football players at missouri, an s.e.c. school, said they would not play or practice again until wolfe went away, well, that's when it reached a tipple point. mizzou's coach supported the planned strike. if the tigers did not take the field this weekend against brigham young university, they would have had to pay a $1 million cancellation fee. >> i am resigning as president of the university of the missouri system. >> larry: so it was football and money that saved the day? oh, this is such an american story. for a university whose official colors are black and gold -- black seems to be a lot less important than gold. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) ♪ refresh things. it doesn't call for a cleaning service. it uses the cold to sift through every single speck. so if you wonder what inspired us to cold-filter our beer... well... you're looking at it. coors light. born in the rockies. iit's just a cough.ur cough, you'd see how often you cough all day and so would everyone else. new robitussin 12 hour delivers fast,

which is the flagship campus for the university of missouri for campuses in missouri. juliet: you wouldn't know anything about that which is my alma mater red-eye little embarrassed by what is going on, football players went on strike and the students held protests, one went on hunger strike. >> my resignation to deal and start talking again, to make the changes necessary and let's focus on changing what we can change today and in the future. juliet: university of missouri plants several initiatives aimed at improving the racial atmosphere, it should start with allowing journalists to cover the protests there. because unfortunately some of the professors are blocking reporters, media from covering the actual story. ben: media professors. juliet: melissa click among others. burns me a lot. i am an embarrassed and ashamed that i went there based on the way they're acting. this campus needs an overhaul. ben: that could happen very soon. a brooklyn mom, the city has a new regulation. kids in preschool have to get flu shots by december 31st. that is the rule. a group of mom

people will pay attention for sure. >> liz, very few people know missouri like you know missouri. "new york times" wrote something that caught our attention. the campus was set on edge after mr. brown, an unarmed black teenager was fatally shot in ferguson about 110 miles from columbia. many a number of the black students come from ferguson, as we understand it. what we saw happen there, how much of that was shaped by what we saw in ferguson? >> there actually is a ferguson effect. what happened in ferguson in 2014 inspired these students, inspired students all across the country to engage in activism. it demonstrated to them that we can, they can make a difference, and quite fangly, it has to be them that engage themselves fully. the ferguson effect is one that inspires young people to engage in fearless activism. >> lizz brown, james peterson. i enjoyed our conversation. thank you. >> thank you. >>> two americans have been killed at a police training center in jordan. was he a disgruntled officer or is there more to our story? >>> also, ben carson's credibility and the media mic

of missouri are justifiably proud of that learning.n of higher the people of missouri take pride in the institution that is the university of missouri. i think what is notable about events that we saw the way thatend is campus has really rallied of the ideasupport that every student that's admitted to the university of missouri, has a place on that campus and in that community. unity andtment to is one that justice i think the people of missouri certainly the mizzou community can be proud of. but, that's not -- you don't get student on of every campus feeling like they have a place by just hoping that it will happen. it requires work. effort.res painstaking we've seen a commitment from the community to pursue that goal. that's an important thing. think this also illustrates that something that the insident talked a lot about context of in this campaign. a up andple speaking speaking out can have a profound communities where we live and work. is a small group of students who stood up to make voices heard and concerns public. this had impact on people all including campus members of the f

a former missouri state patrolman tells us who's responsible. ellingson... a young man from clive... killed during an arrest on a boat at the lake of the ozarks, the summer of 20-14. jack: ellingson was arrested for public intoxication. but he drowned while handcuffed and in the care of a missouri water patrolman. tonight... a whistleblower inside the missouri state patrols tells local 5 that cover-ups, lies and corruption are protecting the person who's to blame for brandon's death. jack: local 5's nikki davidson traveled to the lake for the ozarks for this special report. (nat barking) just a few miles from the lake of the ozarks in missouri (come here) this is how randy henry is spending the retirement... with his also retired partner... a former k-9 officer. (good boy) but his dog... is just about the only thing he's kept from his 30 years with the state patrol... most everything else hes gotten rid of. 23:30:25 i had my retirement letter typed up, i couldn't wait to hit send. one of the happiest days of my life. he says he doesn't even like being referr

williams says: 'missouri is the home of ferguson. and so what you have to understand is...the level of racial unrest in the state and especially among young people, in specific young black people in the state, is at a high level, maybe a high-water mark in terms of history.' hours after wolfe announced his resignation, university chancellor r. bowen loftin announced his resignation as well. medical marijuana is now legal to buy in illinois... sales began today at eight licensed dispensaries. around 33-hundred patients have state- issued i-d cards to buy medical cannabis. to get a card, patients need proof from a doctor that they have one of about 40 qualifying conditions. they also get fingerprinted and submit to a criminal background check. people lined up at one dispensary today.. hoping a new medicine can ease their illnesses... people just think that we are in it for pot. it's not. this is our chance, our hope, our life. and if this will keep me from taking 27 pills a day, i would hug the owner. illinois has databases to track ho

the university of missouri has appointed an interim president. recently retired senior admininirator and law professor michael middleton will now lead... lead...the school until a permanent replacement is found. he takes over for tim wolfe -- who resigned at the beginning of the week fter student protests over mishandling multiple racist incidents on campus . three men have been arrested for making anonymous threats to college campuses after the protests. protests.all three posted on the messaging app yik yak.the first suspect arrested -- hunter park -- was in court yesterday.none of the suspects were actually in columbia -- at e university of missouri -- but some of the threats used business to close up shop during g e week.all three now each face a felony count of making a terrorist threat. following missouri's lead -- nearly a thousand ithaca college students walked out of class s calling for the resignation of their school's president. president.ithaca college is in central new york state and students there also say there was a slow responseo

sarah dallof has student reaction from missouri. i am resigning from the university of missouri system. the announcement was met with cheers from students on campus. they've been camping out in protest. the student body president tweeting never underestimate the power of students. now activists are calling this a step towards unification. i think the university is showing itself to be a leader in making things happen. it's my belief we stopped listening to each other. they say they hope to take this momentum and inspire change. still a very long journey for this campus for now they're saying it was time for the president to go and he did not listen to these racially charged incidents. it is a moment of celebration for them. back to you. school officials held an emergency meeting earlier this student protests before wolfe's announcement. it's time now to get a first look at the forecast... meteorologist joins us now... ad lib wx quick quiet and calm for now with sunny skies and mild temperatures. we will reach about 60 degrees early

adriana diaz, cbs news, columbia, missouri. yale university met with students. hundreds of students marched in protest. there have been several racially charged incidents at yale, including allegations a fraternity turned a woman away from a party because of the color of her skin. president obama says the u.s. is taking very seriously the shooting deaths of two american contractors in jordan. a jordanian police officer opened fire at a u.s. funded training facility outside ayman yesterday morning, including the were killed. a u.s. official tells "cbs news" the gunman was a disgruntled fired. in egypt, "cbs news" has learned investigators looking into the crash of that russian airliner are focusing on the sinai branch of isis. the leading theory is that a bomb brought down the jet, killing 224 people. late yesterday, the british foreign secretary said the crash was more likely than not caused by a bomb planted on a plane by an isis related operative. operations at miami international airport are back to normal this morning following a security scare that disrupte

>> when black football players at missouri, an s.e.c. school, said they would not play or practice again until wolfe went away, well, that's when it reached a tipple point. mizzou's coach supported the planned strike. if the tigers did not take the field this weekend against brigham young university, they would have had to pay a $1 million cancellation fee. >> i am resigning as president of the university of the missouri system. >> larry: so it was football and money that saved the day? oh, this is such an american story. for a university whose official colors are black and gold -- black seems to be a lot less important than gold. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) ♪ [ding, ding] hey buddy... what can i getcha? 1, 2, 3... redd's apple ale. [ding, ding] redd's apple ale. also in strawberry and green apple. anybody else? the indomitable nature of the human spirit. that's what's happening here. because there's something out there something better and bigger than here and with 80 thousand people to help you realize your wildest dre

but before now he spent 30 years working for the missouri state patrol.... he says the organization had his heart for all those years... but that changed the summer of 2014... when brandon ellingson drowned... what he says happened next inside his own organization is something he never imagined was possible. (nat barking) just a few miles from the lake of the ozarks in missouri (come here) this is how randy henry is spending the first few days of his retirement... with his also retired partner... a former k-9 officer. retirement... with his also retired partner... a former k-9 officer. (good boy) but his dog... is just about the only thing he's kept from his 30 years with the state patrol... most everything else hes gotten rid of. 23:30:25 i had my retirement letter typed up, i couldn't wait to hit send. one of the happiest days of my life. he says he doesn't even like being referred to as "sergeant" anymore... its a reminder of what he says is a mistake that will stay with him forever. 23:29:36 that is something you'll never forget. i was part of this organ

in missouri where today both the university system president and chancellor are out. the