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Of the university of missouri system. this as anger about racism on college campuses is bubbling up across the country. nbcs craig melvin joins me from new york. he has been following this story. craig, what do we know? >> reporter: the hash tag black on campus, black on campus is a popular hash tag. i wanted to show just how popular it is. these are folks who are using the hash tag to describe their experience as a minority student at their respective college or university. this was sometime ye...

Later we heard from him and he was quite traumatized to hear it once again, students put in danger by someone running amuck with a weapon. >> what is the solution if there is one here? it is therapy, counseling, groups of people who have survived similar tragedy? >> its counseling. sam didnt really avail himself to counseling right away. i think theres a tendency and what i learned from doing the story and we report the deaths and injuries, those are easy to quantify, we know how many people wer...

Big snow that weekend. keep our fingers crossed. >> definitely fingers crossed. moving on to news this morning of a peaceful end to a potential dangerous situation at a paternity house in maine. a male student was armed and barricaded himself in the sigma house at the university of southern maine last night. after a standoff that lasted several hours, he gave up and was arrested. no injuries were reported and the suspect is in jail. hes expected in court tomorrow. also new this morning, the st...

So he let the cafeteria worker go to alert the rest of the school. >> and so then it became just me and michael in the office again. i was terrified on the inside but i know if i kept him there with me, it was a likelihood that no other one would actually get hurt. >> i called miss tuff and i said, miss tuff, tell me whats going on. she said everything was fine, were having a wonderful day. i knew the threat was in the building. >> as police started mobilizing inside the scho-- outside the s mis...

All? >> that it was a joke. >> but it was no joke. she would soon learn that brandon hill had a history of mental problems. a locked security door should have kept him out but he reportedly made his way in by following a parent through the front door. >> did he say what he wanted? >> he just continued to say that it was not a game. that he had been off his medicine for several weeks. so he made it known that he came in the building today to still kill and destroy. >> he told you you were going t...

>> but it was no joke. she would soon learn that michael brandon hill had a history of mental problems. a locked security door should have kept him out. he reportedly made his way in by following a parent through the front door. >> did he say what he wanted? >> he just come to me to say it wasnt a game. he had been off his medicine for several weeks. so he made it known that he came in that building today to steal, kill, and destroy. >> he told you were going to die that day? >> he told us all w...

In the building today to still kill and destroy. >> he told you you were going to die that day? >> yeah, he told us we were all going the die that day. that was going to be the end. >> and he showed he meant business when a cafeteria worker came in the office unexpectedly. >> he asked the cafeteria worker to go in the office with me, and he didnt do that. he moved kind of slowly. so for him to show authority he filed the first shot to let him know he was not playing. >> hill wanted him to know h...

So he let the cafeteria worker go to alert the rest of the school. >> and so then it became just me and michael in the office again. i was terrified on the inside. i know that if i kept him there with me, it was a likelihood that no other one would actually get hurt. >> i called miss tuff. i said, miss tuff, tell me whats going on. she said, everything is fine. we are having a great day here. have a good day. i knew at that point the threat was in the building. >> as police started mobilizing ou...

No problem, ill be there. >> we were sitting there just going a normal day. and the gunman came into the door fully armed and ready. >> what did you think first of all? >> that it was a joke. >> but it was no joke. she would soon learn that michael brandon hill had a history of mental problems. a locked security door should have kept him out. he reportedly made his way in by following a parent through the front door. >> did he say what he wanted? >> he just come to me to say it wasnt a game. he ...

My grandmother. she was a woman of faith who sang in the church choir and i enjoyed her so much as a young child that i started singing in the choir, too, just to be around her. some of my earliest and fondest memories involve her. sleepovers at her house, the pancakes she made, car trips to fun places and a biting sense of humor that kept her family in stitches. florence wiley was flat-out hilarious. her staple? a slew of folksy sayings she tried out every now and then. she also worked as a caf...