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President and ceo of the national urine leagban league. start with the comments from 2016 candidates, donald trump, what he makes of what happened at university of missouri. lets listen. >> i think its disgusting. two people that resigned are weak, ineffective people. i think that when they resign they set something in motion thats going to be a disaster for a long period of time. they were weak, ineffective people. trump should have been chancellor of the university. >> so unfortunate. >> did y...

Think, to speak up. >> mark morial, thanks so much. breaking news in florida where the officer who shot and killed a well-known local musician has been fired. but the investigation into the death of corey jones is far from over. also a follow-up on an msnbc exclusive, a virginia man dies after being tased many times. his family in court today. the app where you put fruit hats on animals? i love that! guys, ill be writing code that helps machines communicate. (interrupting) i just zazzied you...

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 ...

To slow the recovery in some parts of the city. i think in the last five years, the pace has been picked up. in the last five years, a lot of infrastructure improvements have been made. many people have worked to come back, but new orleans still has affordable housing crisis, a housing shortage, still has grave inequities in a number of areas. but that shouldnt take away from some of the important progress thats been made. but lets understand there were federal, state and local decisions that we...

Be disabled, to those in nursing homes and hospitals. and youre right, the ball was dropped across the board 10 years ago. and that has to never, ever happen to any other community again. >> mark morial, thank you. always great to see you, my friend. can you stay with me throughout the remainder of this broadcast, because id like to continue to have your thoughts and observations. >> lets see if we can do it. >> thanks so much. mark was talking about the importance of being aware of a possible s...

Government has gotten smarter at preventing and recovering from disasters. we have data that shows before the storm, the high school graduation rate was 54%. today its up to 73%. [ applause ] before the storm, college enrollment was 37%. today its almost 60%. we still have a long way to go, but that is real progress. new orleans is coming back better and stronger. >> new orleans is coming back better and stronger, the president says. but he also went out of his way to say basically its coming ba...

League put out a report called "the state of black new orleans" which documents the uneven nature of the recovery in new orleans since the storm. mr. morial, its great to see you. thanks for being here with us. >> thanks, rachel. thanks for having me and i really appreciate listening to those clips from ten years ago. >> yeah. i feel like -- im 42 now, i was 32 then. its not like i was so young then that i cant remember it, but i was newly shocked, newly very emotional not just about the toll bu...

Excited when there are disasters, because he gets restless if everything is just quiet. but we under -- under his leadership, weve revamped fema into a stronger, more efficient agency. in fact the whole federal government has gotten smarter at preventing and recovering from disasters. we have data that shows before the storm, the high school graduation rate was 54%. today its up to 73%. [ applause ] before the storm, college enrollment was 37%. today its almost 60%. we still have a long way to g...

Disturbing, you know, he gets excited when there are disasters, because he gets restless if everything is just quiet. but we under -- under his leadership, weve revamped fema into a stronger, more efficient agency. in fact the whole federal government has gotten smarter at preventing and recovering from disasters. we have data that shows before the storm, the high school graduation rate was 54%. today its up to 73%. [ applause ] before the storm, college enrollment was 37%. today its almost 60%....

Many people have worked to come back, but new orleans still has affordable housing crisis, a housing shortage, still has grave inequities in a number of areas. but that shouldnt take away from some of the important progress thats been made. but lets understand there were federal, state and local decisions that were made in the earliest of days that really, really sent a message to people. unfortunately, we dont want you to come back. >> marc morial, president and ceo of the national urban league...