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If hes elected president. plus, a student from the university of missouri due in court later today accused of posting threats against black students online. but this as protests grow across the country at different campuses where students say that theyve been the victim of racial discrimination. yale, ithaca. well run down the list and what these students say must be changed on their campus. well have the very latest. ncer] whether it takes 200,000 parts, ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing ti...

What we just saw there at ithaca and as well as missouri seems to be a microcosm of whats bubbling up on campuses all over this country right now. the presidential candidates as you indicated there, a lot of them are already starting to talk about it. a number of them have been talking about it for several days now. hillary clinton a short time ago retweeted one of her staffers, this is what one of her staffers had to say about the black on campus hash tag thats trending, black on campus movemen...

Saw and campus becoming the focus of race relations. are things improving as far as you can see and healing the racial divide these days? >> before you can heal the racial divide you need to heal the race problem. one thing youre seeing on college campuses is a wave of protests very much reminiscent of the civil rights area. martin luther king said when g dogs bite us in birmingham we bleed everywhere. he was speaking for the need tomas action across the nation for local incidents. thats what we...

Also upset over a lack of diversity and inclusion at ithaca. heres the thing. there is this tension that has been brought to the fore over the past week. minority students, faculty, staff who feel marginalized and discriminated against. then you also have colleges and universities that pride themselves on being bastions for free expression. were going to take a look at that part of the story coming up in our next hour. >> craig, thank you very much. a lot more to discuss as you pointed out. co...

And im joined by student ryan wilson. were talking about how theres a campus effect for ithaca and yale amid undercurrents of racial tension. there was a march on the campus earlier this week. talk about the sense of problems on the yale campus that led to that demonstration. >> hello. hello, tom, yes. a lot of focus in the media has been put on to the events this past couple weeks. the e-mail from erica christokas. and these are only a couple of problems in a long running -- a long running prac...

About our catalog copy which was inappropriate and in poor taste. bloomingdales sincerely apologizes. >> olivia sterns, thank you very much. appreciate it. nice seeing you. coming up, racial discrimination protests igniting students across the country inspired by the university of missouri, and now yale and ithaca are joining the course. were going to look at how and why this movement is growing. if youre running a business, legalzoom has your back. over the last 10 years weve helped one milli...

Students to have respect and dignity from the institution because they make it seem like a business. yes, we know were kind of their customers, but at the end we also want whats best, dignity and just to be able to be here safely. >> reporter: do you have any more events planned? >> right now we have events planned for next week. im not sure what theyre going to unveil yet. we have a facebook page that will keep the student body in the loop. >> reporter: people of color at ithaca college helped ...

Looking for a college. for your son what are the parents supposed to be doing at this point? >> i have ten applications out right now, so far, heres im looking at, let me tell you, anywhere between 30 and $65,000 im looking to spend. im look being at these protests and im sure the parents had no idea that their kids were going to end up on "the five." theyre looking for a win, theyre protesting here, protesting downtown. protesting everywhere. once they got the win, they got the college presiden...

Or insensitive? earlier this wook at yale, thousands staged what happens steve, a major walkout wednesday this afternoon. theyre citing the way he has handled sfl ration. and inclusion at ithaca. so far the sam testimony if thought he wanted the race ongoing to be productive.

To you, they are being con do sending. if they dont say anything at all they are being inclusive. it is great. i am looking forward to what this generation of college students who have their egos bubble wrapped when they go to the real world they will be like vampires in the sun -- sunlight like -- >> carly to that point even talking about this right now could be some form of a microaggression. >> i am offended you said that to me and i will take it up with the principal. >> i am offended you ar...