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Direction. >> both you and kaya have been incredibly brave to speak with us. thanks so much for being with us on "new day" and sharing your thoughts. >> tune in tonight at 9:00 p.m. to cnns special report. its called no laughing matter, inside the cosby allegations. another controversy were going to take on after the break. florida states quarterback kicked off the team facing charged after punching a woman in the face at a bar as you just saw. his lawyer had some interesting points to make. w...

Johnson? >> good evening, anderson. john son is facing that misdeknee moral battery charge in florida. i spoke to an attorney today who says that johnson is look e lucky hes only being charged with a misdemeanor. in some states, he could have faced much stiffer charges, make an agravated assault. hes now participating in fait-based service programs. well see if that community work has an impact when he faces a judge. as for those kids football career, we dont know if johnson is going to get a ...

San francisco said it was following its own policy that prevents it from holding nonviolent offenders from immigration custom enforcement unless there is a court order. ice blames the local government. but the local government said ice didnt do what its. it was supposed to do. are you staying feds made the blunder here? >> what im saying is that the laws are changing in municipalities throughout this state and this country. and i feel that the feds need to really catch up. this was affirm in a...

Students on campus were shocked when they showed the video of johnson throwing the punch at the woman. >> i dont know why he would do that. especially when its a woman. its definitely not acceptable. >> johnson reacted after a young woman yelled racial ep tats at him. the 19-year-old is not the first fsu quarterback to make headlines off the field. the team started last year, jamus winston, who became a number one nfl draft pick was accused of rape in 2012. the university investigated,but didnt ...

>> hillary clinton one network inside the rope and why she has a trust problem. >> i think when you are subjected to the kind of constant barrage of attacks that are largely fomented by and coming from the right. >> is that right wing -- the fast right wing thing again? its funny. weve got more coming up. and you have the right to remain adorable. hes not old enough to drive. this kid got pulled over and his reaction perfect. you are seeing it. now you are seeing me. >> speaking of p...

He has since filed a counterclaim against his accuser. as for johnson, his attorney said the 19-year-old is now volunteering at a domestic violent shelter. >> the question we have to ask ourselves is do we want to teach our young adults when they make a mistake, thats it? your life is over? or do we want to teach them that if you make a mistake, and you learn from it that perhaps you might be given a second chance? >> gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >> thank you very much for that report. developing...

Confederate memorial soldiers memorial there that wasie erectedwasieie erected in 1978. ironically it was struck by lightning in 1982 and recreated in 1984. that is a mark of our soldiers for a very long time. >> we will look for any movement in the house there and to see what happens next. thank you very much. i really appreciate you joining me today. >> thank you tamron. nice to be with you. coming up florida state university has suspended quarterback deandre johnson after video surfaces of ...

Past? what do we know about him? >> as far as we know i dont think he has any kind of reputation that would lead anybody to believe that this was something he was capable of or something that he necessarily had a long history of doing. and i definitely think that you know, a lot of people probably see quarterback, probably a star, and they add the other elements to it but this was not somebody who was expected to be a starting quarterback this season at florida state. he was not the replacement ...

December escalate his decision and regrets his response. hes now volunteering at a shelter for victims of domestic violence. he said the woman yelled racial epithets. the witness heard the victim yell no at johnson twice prior to him punching her. she suffered bruising to her eye, swelling to her cheek and a small cut near the bridge of her nose. johnson turned himself in and was released after posting $500 bail. nbc news also reached out to the victim, but she has declined to comment so far. ...

Though they argue. the woman appears to have her fist up. johnson grabs her arm and they struggle for a few seconds. the woman is seen swinging at johnson and he then punches her in the face. the nfl suspended johnson from the team last week and the person who released the video charged him with assault and battery. a witness said he bumped into her, she then shouted a racial ep thet at him. >> he grabbed her hand with which she had a closed fist. she then kneed him in the groin area, took anoth...