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Recently led rutgers to fire basketball coach mike rice. and this isnt the only thing putting herrmann on the defensive. shes had to answer questions about an old lawsuit by former assistant coach ginger heinline, who claimed herrmann fired her because she got pregnant. heinline won a $150,000 settlement. not helping matters, this 1994 video obtained by the "star-ledger" that shows herrmann, a bridesmaid at heinlines wedding, talking about pregnancy. herrmann was asked at her news conference abo...

Be made that particularly that the susan rice confirmation if shes picked to be secretary of state, this might be the last that you end up hearing from all of this in a political context. >> you have that news statement from senator nelson, but that is likely not the interpretation from senator mccain and susan collins and a few others? >> that is right. its interesting to see what a lot of republican critics are saying after the briefings that theyve had over the past two days on the subject. e...

already responding. lets bring in cnn political producer shawna sheppard following the gingrich campaign. following us from des moines. you got the statement from newt gingrich. what else is he or his camp saying? >> moments ago we heard from newt gingrichs campaign press secretary. he sent a statement to cnn to clarify the former house speakers remarks. he said gingrich supports a negotiated peace agreement between israel and palestinians. which will necessarily include agreements bet...

Ive been very clear about condemning them. one thing that mr. breitbart doesnt is that they dont really have a relationship with the truth. what weve gone through over the last couple of weeks, ive condemned the new black panther party multiple times and ill do it here tonight. the things that theyve said about killing cracker babies and stuff are horrible, are horrible. >> he says the reason -- breitbart says the reason he posted this video, he says it points out a double standard of the naacp....

Everything that they say suggests thats all they are. they are extremely tiny and they have not spoken at our events and theyve not said these horrible things. if they did, we certainly would ew be out there. ive been very clear about condemning thing. one thing that mr. breitbart doesnt is that they dont really have a relationship with the truth. what weve gone through over the last couple of weeks, ive condemned the new black panther party multiple times and ill do it here tonight. thing that ...

Are horrible, are horrible. >> he says the reason -- breitbart says the reason he posted this video, he says it points out a double standard of the naacp. some people in the audience seemed to be agreeing with her, nodding or responding positively. you condemned the response and said you would be looking into it. i didnt see in the news statement you put out about concern over that -- are you still concerned by some of the response of people in the audience? >> look, response is part of our cult...

About staying in the south and she would stay and help people. she went to say her life was not about black examine white but haves and have notes. one day this man mr. spooner came in asking for help. now, i agree that she words she used to describe the man perhaps were not the right words. when you look to her speech and the spooners, she went out of herm way to help this man save his farm. listen to the entire speech. naacp will put it on its website along with a news statement. and i hope th...

Nfl team owners? >> reporter: hi, ana, there is a strong backlash to the presidents remarks and not only last night calling mostly black nfl players and son of bees which are insults to players and to their mothers. it is leading a lot of people to ask why is he picking fights with black professional athletes. why didnt say see that kind of passion and here is a news statement that we are getting right now from the owners of new york giants. here is their statement, comments heard last night fro...

Kelly, this memo goes everywhere from criticizing "the new york times" reporter, to bringing up issues from wildsteins issues from high school years. >> this was a different kind of document. it wasnt a wide release sort of a news statement. this was sent to close friends and associates of the governor, a way to get the story out without making it an official release from the office of the governor. what they were trying to do is push back. and the first wave when this letter from wildsteins law...

>> i think he is a weasel and i dont like anything about him. on the other hand he got cause in the cross hairs and it mushroomed and ballooned. >> here is my problem with wiener. >> his name alone is your problem. he said penis. >> he is trying to do his tour and he is saying it is about personal behavior. it is about sitting down with the journalists and lying to their face. am i right? >> yes, you are right. you follow-up on the news statement of i cant say whether there are any other photos ...