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Welcome back, everybody. for many americans the crisis in libya is something going on halfway around the world and really has little to do with their lives. but for others, it is something that really does hit right at home. >> absolutely. that includes a libyan american hip-hop artist who has been inspired by his countrymen. aaron katersky has more. ♪ >> reporter: youve got such a compelling backstory. how did you get to where you are? >> my father was actually in jail in libya for five years...

Taking to the streets calling for qaddafi to step down for the gazillionth time. updates throughout the morning. while you were sleeping, a bizarre student protest fizzled out in berkeley, california. >> eight protesters chained themselves together while perched on a ledge. they were up there for more than seven hours rallying -- brian is taking a picture here. with hundreds of other students against cuts in public education funding. when they finally came down, they were arrested for trespassin...

Project that said people should get together. not necessarily those in prison or the angry malcontent. but now she is encouraging while we encourage value and principles. she says they need to develop an angry identity and set of claims that go with that identity. they go from being hurt and ashamed to angry and indig innocent. third, protesters need targets. has she been on a sarah palin website or is this her own doing? they need targets, preferably local and accessible ones making the angry r...

Project that said people should get together. not necessarily those in prison or the angry malcontent. but now she is encouraging while we encourage value and principles. she says they need to develop an angry identity and set of claims that go with that identity. they go from being hurt and ashamed to angry and indig innocent. third, protesters need targets. has she been on a sarah palin website or is this her own doing? they need targets, preferably local and accessible ones making the angry r...

Saying they had been disrespected by their fellow students. >> its not that they were sitting at the bench having lunch minding their own business. they were actually taunting other kids. >> reporter: accusation those students denied. but by then the incident had blown up. watch as an american flag is ripped off a pickup truck in the middle of the student protest. the school district pleaded for cooler heads but at the same time acknowledged it was wrong to tell the students to remove their amer...

Is 40% hispanic. the following day, 100 students, most, if not all, skipped school and marched to city hall saying they are disrespected by the fellow students. >> its not that they were sitting at the bench having lunch minding their own business. they were taunting other kids. by then, the incident had blown up. watch as an american flag is ripped off a pickup truck in the middle of the student protest. the school district pleaded for cooler heads but at the same time acknowledged it was wrong...

University. >> folks here at syracuse university were still licking their wounds over the public embarrassment of being outed from the ncaa basketball tournament earlier than expected. but now, theyve got this negative publicity to deal with. a student protest over the choice of a commencement speaker. theyll also turn over more than a thousand petition signatures to the administration seeking a new ceremony. the chancellor picked jamie dimon to give the address on may 16th. it is the first time...

School closings, budget cuts and student protest. were digging deeper in these stories in the cnn "newsroom" for you. weve invited superintendent of schools, nancy grasmick. schools there are doing well because theyve made educational funding a priority. good to have you on the program. i wasnt aware of this until someone from the team made me aware of it that just last year education week ranked your states education system as number one based on -- were talking about test score, graduation rat...

School sites we saw last year and we may see this year is the sign of a broken school system that needs to be fixed. >> sherrell, who gets straight as, says she wants to be a lawyer someday. >> you have to start focusing and getting good grades and doing what youre supposed to do. >> she also deserves a legitimate opportunity to succeed, and that includes a school with teachers who want to be there and are able to stay. ted rowlands, cnn, los angeles. well, last night we reported on student pr...

>> greta: next colonel north goes on the record. but first to our new york newsroom. >> reporter: a student protest shutting down a bay area interstate. san francisco bay area college students crowding on to interstate 880 beginning of the evening rush hour police arresting more than 150. one reportedly jumped from the elevated roadway taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. the students are protesting budget cuts at california campuses. the number of drivers complaining about repairs ...