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North carolina families. that's a priority for her. but you know, last year over 40 states cut that higher education spending. these budget cuts have been among the largest factors in tuition increases of public colleges over the past decade. so we're challenging states to take responsibility. we told them, if you can find new ways to bring down cost of college and make it easier for students graduate, we'll help you do it. i want everybody here, as you're thinking about voting, make sure you know where your state representative and your state senator stands when it comes to funding higher edu...

And economy that lasts and remind people around the world why america is the greatest country on earth. thank you very much, everybody. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. [applause] ♪ . jon: well the president delivering sort of a, to my ear at least a miniature version of his state of the union address, talking about the investments that he wants to make and infrastructure, challenging congress, to continue the payroll tax credit that is due to expire at the end of this month. blaming, in large part congress for many of the problems that the country faces and to obviousl...

Rally yesterday add uc-davis which was attended by upwards of 5,000 people shows how strongly the university community supports these students. there are policies and procedures, but the fact is there is also the right protests. and these students need to be able to act in solidarity with other people who share their beliefs. they need to be able to protest ongoing tuition increases at the university of california which are precipitous and disastrous. what we see is that when they stach stand up and say we will not pay more. we will not go further into debt, these protesters are beaten and hos...

As now. he called for an investigation. this is a classic script that people in power follow when there's an instance of police brutality. they call for an investigation and put officers on paid administrative leave. these are simply transparent methods of deferring and displacing criticism. >> you've seen this movie before, professor? >> that's correct. yes. as i've been saying, there's a systemic use of police brutality on the uc campuses to terrorize students and faculty who protest tuition increases. >> how big a problem is the tuition increases in the uc system? >> it is a huge problem. i...

Chancellor burginoe at uc berkeley is doing the same thing as now. he called for an investigation. this is a classic script that people in power follow when there's an instance of police brutality. they call for an investigation and put officers on paid administrative leave. these are simply transparent methods of deferring and displacing criticism. >> you've seen this movie before, professor? >> that's correct. yes. as i've been saying, there's a systemic use of police brutality on the uc campuses to terrorize students and faculty who protest tuition increases. >> how big a problem is the tui...