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As is the tomahawk chop from the sellout crowd, many wearing war paint and native american headdresses. a student portraying os seeiol lal rides out and thrust aflaming spear into the ground. for decades this has been tradition at florida state university seminole home football games. the stereotyping of teams with mascots like indians ands is in the spotlight once again. the people portrayed dont just tolerate the universitys use of their name seminoles, they support it and defend it. >> anybod...

>> anybody come here into florida trying to tell us to change the name, they better go some place else, because were not changing the name. >> reporter: it almost happened once, in 2005 the ncaa tried banning the use of the mascot in post-season play until seminole tribe of florida leaders stepped in, signing a proclamation reiterating their support. the ncaa backed off. even on the seminole reservation in hollywood, florida, you see support for the university. so why does it work here? why is i...

Last few months. >> do you understand that there are some people on this counsel floor that really want to give you an opportunity? and with addictions, possible addictions, points to particular behavior. mr. mayor, do you recognize there are fewer of us really do want to help you? >> counselor, it was not the reason i drank or did drugs was not because of stress. it was out of sheer ststupidity. im not going to blame something, use an excuse or a cop-out. i take full responsibility for my mista...

Medics rescuing nearly a dozen residents after they were abandoned. >> how could somebody do that? were talking human beings. how do you just abandon them? a bad situation. >> reporter: a bad situation is exactly what the state of california says was happening here for years, according to this complaint from the department of social services, which was in the process of shutting the place down. last thursday, the state suspended valley springs license, citing a long list of violations including ...

From a legal stand point, the statute apparently 2500 pages long, everybody sarcastically saying nobody read the whole thing, which i agree with, says that you can get a subsidy only for a state created exchange. but it says you can have a federally created exchange, but doesnt go on to say you get the subsidy. so the argument, real simple, greg -- >> wait a minute, is a judge saying i am reading the strict language of the statute, or is he going to say legislative intent was otherwise. >> total...

Hero. it was just over 24 hours ago students were arriving for another day of school. police say thats when a student showed up with a semiautomatic handgun and opened fire. there were 20 to 30 witnesses. many say it was teacher mike landsberry who stepped in, risking his own life, to save others. >> he was telling him to stop and put the gun down. and then the kid, he yelled out no, like yelling at him, and then he shot him. he was calm and he was holding out his hand like put the gun in my han...

>> no, it seems like yesterday they sentenced him. i dont know where the 30 days went. >> im sure you know a complaint was filed against this judge claiming he was biassed because she was a lower income minor hispanic female. do you believe he was prejudiced against your father for those reasons? >> i dont know. im not really involved with that complaint the judge is not my business. he made a mistake. im disappointed that, you know, 30 days, whew, thats outrageous, but the montana supreme court...

Decided under the stand your ground law george zimmerman should not be charged. only after hullabaloo and protests that the state stepped in, said yeah, weve got to prosecute this guy. i wonder based on arguments youve heard, which approach do you think was the correct one? >> well, it is interesting, jon. i say this all the time, when youre line prosecutor, your boss tells you go prosecute the case you prosecute the case. jon: right. >> what you saw the prosecution in the states case did the be...

Corporation? thats not an option. nobody wants their church to be a for profit corporation. what are the options? we contend -- and i say we, thats 2,200 attorneys of the alliance defending freedom -- claim the constitution already gives us complete freedom in the first amendment for what we want. congress shall make no law pertaining to. so we have the right to say anything we want about any topic. a pastor could endorse or decline a candidate from the pulpit legally via the first amendment, un...

Corporation? thats not an option. nobody wants their church to be a for profit corporation. what are the options? we contend -- and i say we, thats 2,200 attorneys of the alliance defending freedom -- claim the constitution already gives us complete freedom in the first amendment for what we want. congress shall make no law pertaining to. so we have the right to say anything we want about any topic. a pastor could endorse or decline a candidate from the pulpit legally via the first amendment, un...