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“Don’t get mad, get smart” is a phrase that former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young’s father taught him. Young spoke about this phrase and its relevance as the keynote speaker during MU’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 26, as well as at a media briefing the day before. “[My father] said [that] when you get angry, the blood rushes from your head, your brain stops working and you will inevitably do something stupid,” Young said at the media brief. “I think thats an...

Campaigns addressing microaggressions. in recent weeks campus protests have grown more urgent and widespread. nowhere more so than at the university of missouri in columbia just a short drive from ferguson where police responsibility to be citizen protests galvan iized the black live matter movement. in mizzou the resignation of the president of the university system, tim wolfe. after a group of student activists called for him to resign after what they say was his failure on multiple occasions ...

New interim president this morning. michael middleton installed days after the resignation of tim wolfe amidst claims of racism at the school. he had been working on diversity and inclusion efforts for the university. he was one of the first black students to ever graduate from the universitys law school. >> more aircraft facing laser attacks overnight. a news chopper for ktla in california targeted several times. a 15-year-old boy arrested and released to his parents in that case. meantime were...

Of sinjar. last year the terroristst went after thousands of yazidis in that area. they supported operation free sinjar mission with relentless air strikes. sinjar is now reduced mostly to rubble. look at that there. back here at home, the university of missouri named meikle middleton as an interim president. former president, tim wolfe resigned. the administration was accused of not handling racially charged issues on campus adequately. did you see the game between the bills and jets. the i...

>> whose school? our school. >> we are the muscle. >> "on the record" has live team coverage at campuses across the tonight. live at yale. lets begin with columbia. who is live in columbia, missouri. allen, what happened to the president of missouri? >> well with, in the last 24 hours or so has been several things happening. the man who is accused of making the threats the other day, the racist threats on i yick jack. his attorney argued for $10,000 bond. the judge did not set the bond...

For, many of those things are like crazy. >> some of those demands that trump is referring to included a written apology from the now former president tim wolfe. a mandatory, quote, comprehensive racial awareness and inclusion curriculum for all on campus and that the university increase its percentage of black faculty and staff by 10% by the 2017 school year. last night ben carson referred to the protests as, quote, infantile behavior. erica hill is at ithaca college. and craig melvin is follow...

The protest over alleged racially charged protest in missouri. investigators said a different student admits that on line threats he made against black students and faculty were linked to the threats in oregons mass shooting. it showed up after the missouri campus erupted in protest. the university president wolfe resigned as well as the chancellor. and the media coverage reaching critical mass. butler helped to get the ball rolling and leading the way with a weeklong hunger strike. espn writes ...

Campus. for instance, hiring and retaining for faculty of color to teach the unique histories of students of color or not even necessarily those but to have more faculty of color in places like the sciences, in math so that students of color have someone they can reach out to and learn from and who knows how to deal with them when dealing with the racial issues that arise on campus. >> so ryan, explain how yale officials have responded to these calls. obviously, no one has been able to avoid cov...

Wake of student protestifies and a swell of racial tension on school campus which led to tim wolfes resignation days ago. sarah do sarah dollof joins me. >> reporter: middleton retired this summer but thats short lived as he steps into his duties as systems president immediately. he got his undergraduate and law degree here, taught here, held leadership positions worked offcampus as a trial lawyer of the department of justice. at the press conference this afternoon, announcing his appointment he...

against suspected terrorist. and details of a major shakedown that took down an isis leader. and it happen again. laser targeting pilots of planes and helicopters. it is all "happening now". but we begin with major developments in the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. intelligence sources said the fbi is expanding the investigation to involve violations of the u.s. criminal code. >> i am jon scott. >> i am patty brown in for jenna lee. it could come as the former secretary of state is tr...