dekalb county schools, they are one of the 100 best music communities in the country. they had more than $20 million in scholarship offers just last year in the area of music, more than any athletic program in county. >> and you're proud of it, your son is proud of it. >> absolutely. >> i do want to play some sound. we he had parents of roberts champion -- you knew robert -- came on, talked to suzanne malveaux earlier today. they essentially are saying they're in favor of any action that needs to happen so that anything like this never happens again. let's watch that. >> i haven't talked to the university so the university hasn't explained anything about what they're doing. what i'd like to do is see what thirngs are going to be put in place to ensure this does not happen again. it's clearly a cruel and hateful thing to have anybody go through. so i'd like to see what kind of things they are planning on putting into place obviously what they had in place was not working. >> i should also point out we reached out to deckalb county schools. they said they're erring on th

however, there are lots of connections between dekalb county high schools and florida a&m university. bria hunter and robert champion both graduated from the same dekalb county high school. >> pelley: anna, thank you very much in the race for the republican presidential nomination, it's just under three weeks to the iowa caucus. and as the time grows short, the knives get long. mitt romney and newt gingrich, the front-runners, went after each other today. first, we'll go to romney. he talked with jan crawford here in new york today. jan? >> reporter: well, scott, throughout the campaign, romney generally hasn't responded to his republican rivals. he's kept his focus on president obama. but he's now taking aim at newt gingrich, and the word he used repeatedly in our interview today was "unreliable." >> newt gingrich has been an unreliable leader in the conservative movement. hi, how are you? >> reporter: republicans doubting romney's conservative credentials have recently turned to gingrich as the true conservative. today, romney went on the offensive. >> i think people get to know tha

. >> the southwest dekalb marching band has performed for presidents and played at the rose bowl.n you ask parents like fanny brown -- >> it's like family, a real nice family atmosphere. >> reporter: but brown tells me her suspicions are now raised about the culture of that family. the dekalb high school started an investigation into all of the bands after the death of robert champion. investigators say they've discovered two case of what they can describe as inappropriate behavior over the summer. what is that? >> i don't want to get too into the specifics of the behavior, but we had two incidents over the summer of inappropriate activity associated with band at two different schools. that was part of the evidence that we collected that determined that we needed a formal investigation. sitting here waiting for your son, do you worry about all of these things that you've heard on the news? >> yes. even when i was in high school, back then, it happened then. >> in high school? >> in high school, colleges. >> the dekalb county high school suspended all outside activities for its ban

. >> basically, i just spoke with walter woods, the media spokesperson for dekalb county schools.r looking into business strict bans over the last few months, the superintendent decided to suspend all band activities in dekalb county. that's a big deal because there's a famed school here, southwest dekalb high and that's a major feeder school into the band at famu. so simply looking over things that have happened over the last few months, walter woods says that there was one situation of inappropriate behavior that tha district to make this call. >> so, just to back up. big picture. so, this school system, specifically this one high school, big feeder into the famed band. we know it's happened there. it's come out in the past couple of weeks. is anyone there directly been making the connection that these incidents of hazing begin in high school and continue through college? >> no direct connection, but it is important to point out that robert champion went to southwest dekalb high school -- >> the drum major who died. >> november 19th. making the decision in light of what happened

. >> reporter: the southwest dekalb high school marching band performed for presidents, played at theband parents like annie brown -- >> the band, it's like family. so it's a real, nice family atmosphere. >> reporter: but brown tells me her suspicions are now raise raised about the culture are in that family that an investigation was started into all of its bands after the death of florida a&m drum major robert champion, his death is believed to be the result of hads izing. administrators discovered inappropriate behavior over the summer. what is that? inappropriate behavior? >> i don't want to get into specifics of the behavior, but we had two incidents over the summer of inappropriate activity associated with band at two different schools. that was part of the evidence that we collected that determined we needed a formal investigation. >> reporter: sitting here waiting for your son, do you worry about all of these things you've heard on the news? >> yes. even when i was in high school, back then, it happened then. >> reporter: in high schools? >> in high schools, colleges. >> report

there's always been a strong history, connection between southwest dekalb and famu band.h victims went to school here. not to mention the fact two of the three people arrested for allegedly beating hunter also went to this school. parents tell me they appreciate the fact this school district is investigating all of its bands. >> if that would help one kid not be hurt, be hazed, even losing their life, it would be worth it. >> dekalb school officials say it could be two months before their investigation is complete and band activities can resume. >> did you hear about the big breakup in the nba? a player is not leaving a team, a wife is leaving a husband. kobe bryant's wife has filed for divorce after a decade with the lakers star. more on that later. >>> also newt gingrich riding pretty high in the republican presidential race. will his lead in iowa hold up for another two weeks? >>> they will answer that question for me. we'll see if their answer is the same. look at them looking political this morning. we'll talk to them after the break. stay with us. muscle loss with e

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>> in dekalb county, where the church is, 47% less celebratory gunfire in dekalb county in the last year. clearly there are other cities doing the same thing. i found in los angeles, birmingham, alabama, they're using technology that can track the sound of gunfire to its origin. and in miami, they launched a campaign one bullet kills a party, asking people not to fire off their weapons. >> i'm not from the states, so hearing about celebratory gunfire seems pretty odd to me. as you made clear, it's not just here in georgia. >> no, it happens all over. in fact, on new year's, you can go out in any neighborhood really. some neighborhoods outside the city. you can hear the gunfire. it's something officials definitely want to curb and stop. >> yeah. george howell, appreciate it, thanks so much. >>> europe's debt crisis is making a trip to europe cheaper for americans. next on reporter roulette, alison kosik at the new york stock exchange has been taking a closer look at the numbers. alison? >> yes, isha. the european crisis wound up doing is pushing the euro to 17-month lows against the u.s.

. >> reporter: florida a & m band remember from southwest dekalb tells police she was beat in a a hazing ritual, just weeks before champion's death. three band members have been arrested and charged with hazing. >> this is nothing more than a gang, a gang of young people that have a form of initiation which essentially is a beat down. >> reporter: florida a & m president defends the school's zero tolerance policy. >> every allegation of hazing has been fully investigated and appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. >> reporter: but bria hunter disagrees. she fears for her life and gave up a 82,000-dollar scholarship to leave. university officials suspend the the marching 100 band for performances until the investigation is complete. >>> the presidential historian accused of stealing valuable artifacts calls his arrest illegal. he said police did not have enough evidence when they arrested him in july. he's accused of stealing historic documents and other archives up and down the east coast. his assistant already pleaded guilty to similar charges. >>> let's make a deal, governor ma

the marching band activities at dekalb county schools have been suspended.scovered an incidence of inappropriate physical activity. champion died after a hazing incident. and a young woman was victimized three weeks before the death of that young man. >>> a pennsylvania coffee shop, a thief climbed in through the drive through. the robber climbs through the window by but with a tire iron in his hand, wearing a face mask. the wife of the store owner fallback but still managed to get away. they say it is best to just run away. >> i am proud of the way she fought but i think i will wish that she just ran out the door. >> the suspect was arrested last night. police expect to charge him with robbery as well as charges related to the stolen van he was driving at the time. >> pretty prisobrazen. >>> 45 degrees. i don't the you even need to wear coats this morning. >> is a mild start to the day and a coin to be a warm afternoon, but don't get used u.s.. -- going to be a warm afternoon. >> live in the moment. >> we will have areas of rain moving into town, not much.

saturating fast as gross moist the board will boost the temperatures later on. 100 percent humidity dekalb half a mile. what more do of the skyline one more view. not a typical year we are 10 degrees warmer than one year ago and the rainfall in the morning rush-hour closing in on the area that is lunchtime tomorrow still raining over parts of the area and the evening rush as well with more showers midnight tomorrow night in joining the day on thursday before the cold air comes in. the model shows briefly flurries. christmas week next monday that tracks north toward wrapping up right there. snow fall forecast the bread right they're getting close. will that work out that way in reality people have to wait and see but at least a chance of snow next week perhaps. 56 degrees high- temperature after dark tomorrow up through the '50s during the day with waves of heavy rainfall embedded thunderstorms 53 degrees very early thursday by the time you go home from work late in the day during the day down to the mid 30's on friday and opera 30 saturday back to the 40's again saturday and rain system pe

had you can see the snow melting today doing the same thing said which dekalb county some of the temperaturesght degrees below tonight. wind chill is at 10 below and some northern wisconsin temperatures. it is pretty chilly out there as you can see. one more look at local temperatures here is where the snow went today after it dropped a couple of inches in the southern suburbs. 36 percent of the country under snow at this point less than last year at this time. hardest hit by the snowfall. crown point. we should have had about over 3 in. by this time most seasons. tonight in the wake of the snowfall coldest temperature since february. looks like monday start climbing over and sunday is going to get with the moderate tomorrow afternoon tonight it down to six degrees in the colder outlying areas. rising to the upper '30's-low 40's by the time we get to sunday. northerly flow blowing in from the arctic through tomorrow keeps us in the '20s western flow. what that does it takes the cold air marked by high pressure from the arctic blows and pacific air which initially is mild and dry. but the gulf

and the dekalb county, georgia, a woman was arrested because she left her two children in the car while she went to go get michael jordan shoes. >> now you're putting children in danger and that's completely unacceptable. >> to talk about the popularity of michael jordan shoes, we have eric nickel via skype, he's been collecting them for six years. >> what's so special about this concord shoe? >> well there's a lot of history behind it. it's the first basketball shoe that uses patent leather, which mix it shiny. when michael jordan was wearing it and he won, people went nuts. >> how many shoes have you bought over the years? >> i have 120 pairs, most i wear and the ones i don't, i plan on selling. >> i actually have a pair of concords. >> how did you get you'res? >> these were released in 2000. >> all colors of the jordan 11 will fetch $300 to $500. these jordan 11s were released last year, you can get them for $300 on ebay. these came out in 2008. these will go $400. and then these will go for $400 on ebay as well. >> nike has it figured out. they haven't changed the style of the shoe,

because two of the victims of hazing at florida a&m were from dekalb county high schools. want to make sure there is no inappropriate physical activity going on. >> we've all seen the reports of what's happened in band at the college level. and that, and that's troubling to us. we want, it is all alleged. we don't know what's happened there. we don't know if anything inappropriate has happened here but we need to insure that our students are safe and that band is a safe and productive environment. >> reporter: at florida a&m there have already been three arrests made in one hazing incident. both of the two victim families already filed lawsuits against the university, martha. martha: what do we know what went on to cause these injuries? >> reporter: some really graphic details from bria hunter who was a freshman clarinet player in that famous marching bands. she says she was lined up with dozen other pledges beaten and punched by men in upper thigh area and beaten a metal ruler. she couldn't walk across campus. was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. they found a cracke

. >> has marquel's pledge made a difference in dekalb county when it comes to gunfire?l, i think we can make headway and slow it down. we saw a decline in celebratory gunfire from one year to the next as a result of our awareness campaign. >> many other cities are taking similar staits stands. police are using technology called shot spotter, microphones placed in neighborhoods that can capture the sound of gunfire and pinpoint its origin. and in miami, city officials are promoting a campaign called one bullet kills the party to prevent death and injury seen in roent years. >> when you hear the gunshots, when you see someone out there this holiday season, when you see them out there celebrate, gunfire, please, stop, pick up the phone, dial 911. >> other people don't think about it or they don't realize it at the time, you fire a bullet in the air, it can travel great lengths and it must come down somewhere. and in this case, two years ago, it came down through the roof of this church and changeded a family's life forever. >> they took my only child away. >> do you think

the two victims and several of the hazors were all from dekalb county georgia just outside of atlantathe high school possible hazing in these marching bands has led to the, quote, discovery of some inappropriate activities we have all seen the reports of what's happened in band at the college level that's troubling to us, it's all alleged. we don't know what's happened there. we don't know if there is anything that's inappropriate has happened here. we need to ensure that our students are safe. that band is a safe and productive environment, the result of this investigation so far 21 high schools. some of them the most prominent high schools in the country. they have all been suspended. suspending from those marching bands until they find out more clear results as to how bad the hazing is at the high school level, shepard. >> shepard: family of a murdered u.s. border patrol agent speaks out one year to the day after his death. a live update on the aftermath of the botched federal operation called fast and furious. that's that is straight ahead. get the technology they love, on the net

growing with the video hitting 4,000 views and popping up on blogs, twitter and facebook postings, a dekalbtur christmas thieves in jail. >> what i like it is geo-targeted people in the neighborhood sharing it with people in this area. >> reporter: decatur police are on it, but so are the victims using social media. >> that shameful. >> break in on christmas. steal everyone's things. >> brilliant to put that social media to work for them. public humiliation i think is the best form of punishment. soon as they are going to catch them. i have a feeling with that exposure they will. eventually get caught. >> i have spoken to so many investigators, social media one of their number one tools in investigating crime. fascinating to me. >> yeah, very interesting. very interesting. >> in medical news, more bad news for the makers of the cancer drug avastin. new studies out this morning show it does not improve survival rates for most ovarian cancer patients and keeps the disease from getting worse for a few months. last month, the drug lost approval for treating breast cancer because it was not as e

i've seen it in -- down in georgia, in dekalb county where we're working on a project. the other thing i want to make, in terms of going big and being aspirational. i agree with it. but i think the people want a president who can squarely look them in the eye and say mesh cannot be involved in two and three wars, we can't have every tax loophole and every tax deduction we want, we can't spend money on every program that can come to mind, but what will the priority be? it's got to be economic growth. it's got to be educating our kids. it's got to be creating a secure economic future here at home. the last decade has been a decade where there's been lower taxes, for the wealthy, two wars undertaken, a continuation of spending. bailouts of the banks. you've had all of these things, some that instantaneously people supported at the time they took place. but, the record shows we did so many things, tried to do so many things, that the future's got to be about a leader saying what is our priority and what should we do in the 21st century? >> let me take a break here. we'll co

the two victims were both from the same georgia high school, right now 21 high schools in dekalb countyspended their operations while investigators look into possible hazing. back to you. megyn: thank you so much, stevee harrigan. new worries today about china's military. we'll show you why this is getting a close look at the pentagon. >>> and have you heard about newt gingrich's plan for overhauling our courts? you will in three minutes when two former conservative attorneys general sit down with me to tell us why parts of this could change how this country is run. it is a fox news exclusive, and it is right after this break. now, let's talk about his idea. he wants to, among other things, subpoena judges who issue decisions that he doesn't like. >> judicial oversight hearings, as he calls them. megyn: how does that strike you? >> outrageous. megyn: how so? are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. ♪ feel the power

charlie from dekalb, illinois, 108 years old. a wonderful guy.chool. always -- and guess what? his cousin invented barbed wire. his uncle actually. here's allene crockett from senatobia, mississippi. loves to drink coffee with friends and also play bridge. that's an intelligent game. you have to use the old noodle. and we have george sims. ft. lauderdale beach in florida. 103 years old today. he loves to watch sports on television and he also met babe ruth once. here's maria cardone, jamaica estates, new york. 100 years old today. loves to crochet and experiment with recipes in the kitchen. they say she is one heck of a cook. luther dupree, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. a former photographer. loves to go to church and loves to sing. good for you. here's gladys jee from tennessee -- no, she's actually from louisiana, right up the block. new orleans. and loves to bowl and play cards. you can't beat that. that's it. that's all. always a pleasure. see you later. >> willard, thank you very much. >>> when we come back, we'll show you the best mail order ed

i've seen it in -- down in georgia, in dekalb county where we're working on a project.n terms of going big and being aspirational. i agree with it. but part of it is what is the priority of the nation. but i think the people want a president who can squarely look them in the eye and say mesh -- america cannot be involved in two and three wars, we can't have every tax loophole and every tax deduction we want, we can't spend money on every program that can come to mind, but what will the priority be? it's got to be economic growth. it's got to be educating our kids. it's got to be creating a secure economic future here at home. the last decade has been a decade where there's been lower taxes, for the wealthy, two wars undertaken, a continuation of spending. bailouts of the banks. you've had all of these things, some that instantaneously people supported at the time they took place. but, the record shows we did so many things, tried to do so many things, that the future's got to be about a leader saying what is our priority and what should we do in the 21st century? >> let