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Students represent about 3% of our student body. >> okay. that seems like a low number. why is that? >> you know, it's -- it's a difficult question to answer. the reason that they propose is that it's systemic oppression. but most of us are aware of the fact that the uc system does a lot of active recruitment in underrepresented communities and tries to make sure that our campus is representative of the greater demographic of california and even the country. and so the reason why their representation on campus is so low could be them self-selecting out of attendming the university. or it could...

>> and are we complaining about the electric light bulb again. >> i hate it when that happens. >> what's wrong with cameras? >> dark socks are fine. >> it was a great event. you were good to do that. thank you. on set, as you can see, we have mike. he's not old. he's very handsome and he looks good this morning. the council on foreign relations, richard haass. good to have you on board as well. lots to talk about foreign policy-wise today. first, more vigils planned for the six students slain at uc santa barbara, the president of the uc system janet napolitano spoke as did the father of on...

And here we go, hour two. i'm brooke baldwin. want to begin with the president of the united states and immigration. this is an issue that never goes away. it symbolizes the paralysis in washington. president obama in san francisco. let's take a listen. here he is. >> i want to thank your mayor, ed lee. lieutenant governor gavin newsom. i want to recognize some wonderful members of congress who are fighting every day for the people of california, mike honda. eric swalwell, judy chew. they are all doing great work every single day. we have a special guest, janet napolitano, who is now overseein...

We miss her back in washington. but she is going to be outstanding leading the university of california. now, before i begin, i want to say a few words about the news from the weekend. i'm here to talk about immigration reform, but i'm also here in my capacity as commander in chief. and this weekend, together with our allies and our partners, the united states reached an agreement with iran on a first step towards resolving our concerns over its nuclear program. some of you may recall that when i first ran for president, i said it was time for a new era of american leadership in the world, one...

We were especially confused, however, when it comes to the lack of accountability. especially at a time when the cost of attending ucla is so high. >> talk about that a little bit, you ran for student body president and college affordability was actually part of your platform. i'm a graduate of the uc system, and i'm from california, i know what's been going on there in recent years with college tuition, but a lot of our viewers may not be familiar with the tuition situation there. why is this such a big issue in recent years? >> so over the past decade, the uc has really put a burden on stude...