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Forest university, ucla, yale, accused of recruiting athletes regardless of their athletic ability. being assisted, given access that the rest of us cant have. and you say, how serious is this case against these people? >> this is stunning, isnt it? it seems that these people think what they can do is escape of the criminal justice system by having access to a bagman really may be, unbeknownst to them, forms the center spoke of a conspiracy real where each individual spoke around that whl defend...

Scam helped students cheat on college entrance exams. it allowed adults to take the test or fix the students answers. parents also allegedly paid singer approximately $25 million to get their kids admitted as recruited athletes, regardless of athletic ability. in some cases, their faces were even photoshopped on other athletes bodies. >> the coaches were allotted slots for athletic recruitment. the coaches worked with singer, meaning they accepted bribes. singer gave the coaches sufficiently imp...

From ncaa programs. were not aware at this time that the schools specifically have any sort of criminal involvement here. it appears to be just individuals for those schools. in that particular scheme, what would happen coaches would say well bring your kid in as an athletic recruit, even though they didnt have any athletic ability in order to get them into the prominent colleges. some of the schools that are involved, usc, georgetown, university of san diego, university of texas, stanford. so s...

And realize that kids were admitted into schools -- its one thing if your test schools are faked and the school may not have a way of knowing that. but on athletic ability, which is a measurable thing, there are kids that got into these schools which brings coaches into this thing. barrett, tell me how this is racketeering. i get why its fraud. why are there racketeering allegations? >> i think when most people think of racketeering, they think of the mob. in 1970 the purpose was to infiltrate o...

Has been exposed by the fbi. felicity huffman, you know her, lori laughlin, theyre two of the people charged. the indictment says the scandal gets students admitted to universities as elite athletes regardless of their athletic ability. joining me now is pete williams, nbc news investigations reporter tom winter and glen kirschner is also with us. i want to start not with that blank room, but you, tom winter because youve been looking through these court documents. we expect to hear more about 3...

Hes called them native americans, the centaurs of the plains. >> anthony: better known as the "crow", they were once part of the larger hadassah tribe. centuries ago they split off on their own and wandered or were pushed by conflict with the blackfeet, cheyenne, and dakota until settling here in the yellowstone river valley. >> kennard: that horse became everything to our people. >> anthony: kennard real bird grew up ranching and raising horses here at medicine tail coulee, which happens to be ...

General blackjack pershing. hes called them native americans, the centaurs of the plains. >> anthony: better known as the "crow", they were once part of the larger hadassah tribe. centuries ago they split off on their own and wandered or were pushed by conflict with the blackfeet, cheyenne, and dakota until settling here in the yellowstone river valley. >> kennard: that horse became everything to our people. >> anthony: kennard real bird grew up ranching and raising horses here at medicine tail ...

Affirmatively. >> right. >> which could put him in an even bigger legal bind than hes in right now. >> and hes got very good representation, hes got the former head of the u.s. attorneys office in that southern district in new york, which is reportedly investigating him. kimberly and jonathan, i want to ask you about affirmative action. one of the things that happened sort of in the dark of night, as we were all preparing for july 4th, the white house and the justice department changing their po...

They are the best publicity for having one each from column a, b and c. mr. moody has firmly planted his foot in column d. as in does this guy have so little to do that he sits around and worries that people with no athletic ability get put on an olympic team because theyre gay or african-american? does it strike anyone else as inappropriate that a guy high up in a news organization is upset for another organization striving for diversity. even fox news had to admit this column was beyond the pa...

Best publicity for having one each from column a, b and c. mr. moody has firmly planted his foot in column d. as in does this guy have so little to do that he sits around and worries that people with no athletic ability get put on an olympic team because theyre gay or darker? or that a guy who is as high up in a news organization -- that a guy high up in a news organization is upset about another organization striving for diversity? even fox news had to admit this column was beyond the pale. and...