. >> woodruff: and ray suarez examines the guilty verdict for the former rutgers student charged with hate crimes for spying on his gay roommate. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the president of afghanistan voiced new outrage today over the killings of 16 civilians in his country. hamid karzai made angry new accusations against the u.s., as the american suspect in the shootings was being flown home. karzai fired off his new broadside after meeting with relatives of those murdered last sunday. >> it is by all means the end of the rope here, the end of the rope. this form of activity, this behavior cannot be tolerated. it i

this is the rutgers case basically. the jury has reached a verdict after three days of deliberations, basically looking into whether or not dhuran ravi should face criminal charges for the fact that tyler clementi ultimately killed himself. he's accused of setting up a spy camera in the room, which caught an intimate account with tyler clementi and another man. 20-year-old ravi faces 15 criminal charges. conviction on the most serious, bias sbim gags, could lead to the most serious. we have the jury coming back in? we don't have details of specifically when the judge will be reading the verdict. we'll have more on the breaking news once again that the jury has returned this morning on the third day of deliberations on the rutgers case. this is going to get you, moms and dads. they're call the boomerang kids. young adults that find living with the parents is a better financial option. parents understand how tough it is for young workers. nearly 75% say the relationships haven't turned sour. kim parker is a senior researc

former -- former rutgers university student dharun ravi.ict in, the information at the closing of that trial, we'll be able to bring that to you. >>> all right. meantime, it's time for fair game. today's topic, pornography. yeah, you heard me right. gop presidential hopeful rick santorum says he is going to go after people who produce and distribute hard-core porn. on his website he promises to appoint an attorney general will clean up the internet and cable tv. so at a time when the economy is hurting, is getting rid of porn something he should be worried about? that question is fair game today. joining us today is ana navaro and tera adel. so ana, you first. should porn, pornography even be an issue that santorum or any other candidate at this point should be talking about? >> i'm not sure it should be an issue at 11:30 in the morning, but look -- rick santorum is a social conservative. we know that. he is a conservative, he's a conservative on social issues. he cares about these things as do a lot of social conservatives. i don't think h

the young man convicted of a hate crime in the rutgers bullying case. >> do you hate gay people? >> he speaks to chris cuomo one-on-one, tonight. >>> good evening. across much of this country, the windows are open and the air conditioners are on tonight. forget spring. the thermometer says we're already in summer. as of tonight, look. nearly 5,000 heat records have been set this month. and look at detroit. it was 86 today. that's the hottest day in march ever. abc's steve osunsami is tracking the real economic consequences of this weather, including confused plants and animals going haywire. >> reporter: an early spring is one thing, but temperatures this high seem unbelievable. for this michigan apricot farmer, the heat is a huge headache. his trees are blossoming five weeks way too early. >> here today, they are in full bloom, which is unreal. >> reporter: that scene is playing out with apples in new york and asparagus across can country. farmers fear the cold weather could come back and kill off their crops. the cost could run into the millions. >> to say they are concerned wo

the rutgers student who set up the camera, was found guilty on all counts. abc's chris cuomo has been on this case from the start. >> reporter: it took just 12 hours for the jury to return a verdict that showed little mercy. >> guilty. >> guilty. >> guilty. >> reporter: dharun ravi, the 20-year-old rutgers freshman, guilty on all 15 counts. the most serious, bias intimidation. a hate crime, carrying a sentence of up to ten years in prison. ravi remained stoic throughout. only a hint of what had to be a crushing disappointment after refusing a deal that would have included no jail time. his parents, just behind him, kept their heads low. one juror, the same age as ravi, was confident in the verdict. >> i feel the state did prove its case. >> reporter: the charges stemmed from ravi's using a web cam to spy on his rutgers roommate in a gay encounter with an older man. clementi, an openly-gay, soft-spoken violinist, found out about the spying when he spotted ravi's invitation on twitter for his friends to come watch a planned second date. that second viewing nev

. >>> the rutger's university student qected of a hate crime in the death of his roommate is talking for the first time. chris cuoma will have an interview. in his first interview, 20-year-old dahru ravi opened up about the death of tyler clementi. >> if people want to hear this boy say by, i'm sorry. i should have never done it, that's a hard thing to do when they don't think they're a bully. >> reporter: a kid who, along with his friends, wasn't motivated boy hate but fascinated by his roommate's life-style. >> we think they're so open and accepting, this new generation, but the problems are still there. >> reporter: ravie is facing jail time talking about the impact the decisions had on tyler clementi. >> i don't think what ravi and his friends helped, made him feel even worse with things he was struggling with. >> reporter: you can see the interview right here on "20/20". >>> the nation's first catholic cathedral is closing for repairs. last summer's earthquake caused $3 million to $5 million in damages and the eight-month repair is about it begin. >>> engineers are sure the buil

he got a state scholarship to rutgers, and when he was at rutgers, he waited tables. not for a wage. didn't get paid. this is consistent with his later views on minimum wage. but didn't get paid. he got paid in a meal, and this resulted in the only c on his record at rutgers because he had to rush after eating his stuff his face, he had to rush to his nextclass, and also foreshadowing his later economic outlook, thump -- enthusiasm for capitalism, he was quite an entrepreneur at rutgers. they had these sort of corny antiquated traditions where freshman had to wear green ties and white white socks, so freedn went to the freshman doors selling green ties and white socks. he partnered up with barnes & noble. i didn't know barnes & noble existed but the partnered with them for a book buyback scheme where freedman got a cut of all of the books that barnes & noble bought back and got another cut when they were sold back to the other student test beginning of the following semester. so he was an entrepreneur. any point in saying this is that milton freedman was a guy who, ra

coming up, the fate of the former rutgers student. >> and why george clooney received a personal he is court to a paddy wagon? next. >> and the forecast ahead. >> welcome back to "11 news saturday morning." thank you for joining us on this st. patrick's day. >> happy st. paddy's day, everybody. >> you will start to hear some lawn mowers, i bet, with all the green grass. >> and we are like in the middle of march. >> it is amazing. >> it doesn't feel like wint winter time. >> it hasn't all winter, for that matter. >> yesterday was a little cooler than we had seen for the two previous days, like thursday and friday, with temperatures up around 80 or so. we didn't break any records temperature-wise. strange thing about this winter. we haven't tackled any big records. anyway, all the more unsettled weather southbounding pushed to the south. there is a front still straddled across the yire. we have skies here in baltimore. crescent moon in the skies. there is fog that we'll have to deal with in the early morning hours. details on the forecast for the weekend. the last weekend of winter stran

one, rutgers was already a pretty inclusive place.tudents and faculty have really come together to ensure that no matter what your compel orsexua orientation, your race, your creed, that you're really welcomed here at school. but the second thing is there has been some policy changes here at the university. we now have a floor and a dorm gender neutral space so students of different identities have a dorm that they can live in where they really do feel comfortable. >> it's tough when you get on campus and you're rooming with this person that you've never met. that's tough, anyway, right? and when you room with someone -- go ahead. >> i think that is tough. but because rutgers is so diverse, it works out well because you get to meet someone with a different background. it is part of the overall learning experience here. i was a freshman and i roomed with a person who came from a very different background. in the beginning, it was a learning experience and i think most students have a pretty positive experience of it and, unfortunately,

the 20-year-old former rutgers university student was found guilty of the most serious of 15 charges. they include bias intimidation, a hate crime, and invasion of privacy for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate tyler clementi, then texting others to watch. ravi's attorney argued he set up the webcam to keep an eye on his belongings and was caught off guard by what he saw. >> the facts in the law and the evidence showed tyler was targeted because of his sexuality. >> reporter: clementi, an 18-year-old freshman was an honors student and talented musician. he killed himself in 2010, just days after the video of him kissing another man was streamed over the internet. clementi's parents called it a painful trial. >> we wanted to be here for our son and because we believe this trial was important because it dealt with important issues for our society and young people today. >> reporter: one juror called it a tough decision. >> you don't necessarily go in there thinking you want to ruin someone's life. at the same time, you've got to think of all the facts and the testimony. >> report

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. >>> the young man convicted of the hate crime in the rutgers bullying case. he tells his story in an abc news exclusive. >>> and check your brackets, everybody. a mighty team falling in the sweet 16. march madness, all the mayhem is coming up. >>> welcome back on this friday morning. major merger news. a rival of thinking of acquiring american airlines. bloomberg reporting that u.s. airways has talked to creditors of the bankrupt carrier about its merger. and reception has been positive. labor has been a key issue in american's bankruptcy. and its biggest unions are among its creditors. >>> bank of america testing a program involving foreclosed properties. it would allow some the option of remaining in their homes and renting from the banks. the underwater homeowners would sign over the deeds. and the bank would forgive the outstanding debts. >>> and t-mobile, the nation's fourth-largest cell phone carrier is cutting 1,900 jobs. t-mobile last more than 800,000 contract subscribers. so, the company is forced to cut back. >>> and americans lost about $30 billio

. >>> but first the latest on the trial of the former rutgers university college student connected to the death of his roommate. stay with us. >>> in new jersey prosecutors still laying out their case against dharun ravi, a former rutgers university student accused of spying on his roommate with a webcam when his roommate tyler clementi was in an intimate encounter with another man. clement i jumped off the -- clementi jumped off the gw bridge and killed himself. ravi is on trial facing 15 criminal counts including bias, intimidation and invasion of privacy. >> these acts were purposeful. they were intentional. and they were planned. >> might be stupid at times, but certainly not a criminal. >> ravi's attorney said his client was just 18 at the time and meant no harm, but if convicted he faces up to 10 years in prison. >>> tonight controversy over a walking tour out in milwaukee. that is because it is a planned walk that's supposed to give you a peek into the life of serial killer jeffrey daumer. this tour takes you through the walkers point neighborhood where daumer met and stalked h

ravi set up this web cam when he learned clemente was meeting a man in his rutgers university dorm room and watched the two embrace from another room. days later, there was a second encounter that ravi tweeted others to watch as well. ravi himself admitted to invasion of privacy during a police police interview. >> did you violate his privacy? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: but the jury had to decide to decide on why ravi did it and what clemente was thinking as well. middlesex county prosecutor bruce kaplan. >> >> i think they empathized and accept accepted the evidence that tyler believed that he was being targeted and that he was doing everything he possibly could in order to deal with the situati situation. >> reporter: what was also unusual was the large number of e-mails, e-mails, tweets, and texts that prosecutors used as evidence that ravi was trying to humiliate his gay roommate. messages like this: i set my computer computer to alert me. keep the gays away. but the defense argued ravi was immature and there was no bias. clemente clemente's father joe says there is no excuse for t

. >>> a guilty verdict today for a former rutgers university student who used a web cam to spy on his gay roommate. that roommate later committed suicide by jumping off the george washington bridge. he faces prison time for a hate crime and invasion of privacy. jay gray has the latest. >> we find the defendant guilty or not guilty as to tc? >> guilty. >> darren ravi looked down at times but did not seem to react. >> reporter: guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> reporter: until he slowly shook his head after the verdict was announced. the former rutgers student, guilty on all 15 counts including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation after using a web cam in his dorm room to spy on his roommate's liaison with another man. >> the facts and the law and the evidence showed that tyler was targeted because of his sexuality. >> reporter: the case sparked national attention and outrage after the victim, 18-year-old tyler clemente, jumped from the george washington bridge just days after learning ravi had captured video of him during an intimate encounter with a date then talked about it on

and a verdict in the rutgers web cam trial. let's go "outfront." tonight, we have breaking news. cnn confirms the identity of the man accused of murdering 16 afghan civilians in a house to house shooting spree last weekend. 38-year-old staff sergeant robert bails, an 11-year veteran. let's get to chris lawrence at the pentagon. what can you tell us? >> well, i can tell you he's originally from the midwest and he was living in ohio until about 2001. after 9/11, that's when he joined the army. he's been based out at joint based lewis mcchord for the majority if not all of his military career. did about three combat tours in iraq. this was his first in afghanistan and as his lawyer has pointed out to cnn earlier today, apparently, he did not ever think he woul get a fourth deployment. a fourth caught him by surprise. get a combat veteran. we know he's been decorated for his service having served three tours in iraq already, but apparently from his lawyer we're learning, that he did not expect to be deployed for this fourth deployment to afghanistan. >> thank you very much with the l

. >>> also, a landmark ruling in the rutgers cyber spying case. our legal guys will be weighing in on that. >>> right now to politics and a look at the delegate math that's become key in the republican presidential race. mitt romney is leading with 498. rick santorum 239, newt gingrich 139 and ron paul 69. romney is in puerto rico at this hour before tomorrow's primary. he is saying that he will be willing to help the island get statehood if they want it, and of course he talked about both english and spanish being important there, a topic that landed senator santorum in hot water earlier. >> i think selecting the words of your governor, spanish is the language of puerto rico's heritage, english is the language of opportunity. i would hope that young people would learn both languages, but particularly english. >> rachel filed this report from puerto rico just a short time ago. >> reporter: we're outside a market in puerto rico where mitt romney is going to speak with voters here. something to remember, these voters here living in puerto rico canno

we're delighted to count ellie as an alum of rutgers university. thank you. >>> i want to just talk about the numbers of women who are in office and running for office. as ellie said, we keep track of all of these and monitor the trends for women and office. and pre-1992, we saw this slow, steady growth for women in elected office. and we used to bemoan that because we would only go up about a percentage point or so every election cycle when it came to women in state legislatures and very little in congressional cycle. and then came 1992. and we've all been talking about this. it's 20 years ago and we saw a year of redistricting. we saw a year where there were record numbers of open seats and we saw a year where there was a cat li moment. i know that many of you in this room remember that weekend where we all sat and watched all weekend long never leaving our tv sets as we watched anita hill facing down that all-male, all-white senate judiciary committee. and we all had that moment of these guys don't get it. where are the women? as a result of tha

the charges stem from ravi's using a webcam to spy on his rutgers roommate in a gay encounter with an older man. tyler clementi an openly gay soft-spoken violinist, found out about it when he spotted an invitation on twitter. that second viewing never happened, but the next day clementi jumped to his death from the george washington bridge. >> guilty. >> clementi's parents were also there for today's verdict. >> the trial was painful for us as it would be for any parent who must sit and listen to people talk about bad and inappropriate things that were done to their child. >> the hate crime conviction means jurors decided robbie intimidated clementi because he was gay. the few witnesses at trial remembered ravi ever saying anything homophobic. >> i just try to joke about it. >> reporter: the suicide did spark a national anti-bullying campaign, prompting celebrities to speak out. >> and every day it gets better. >> the defense insisted that what happened here was an immature prank. >> we do something stupid. we make mistakes, especially when we're young. approximate doesn't mean we're

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. >>> and then the rutgers student who filmed his roommate in a homosexual encounter. the roommate then committed suicide. should he be held responsible? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a shady red line. a red line the whole world is watching. the red line is the line that the obama administration and members of congress say iran cannot cross. listen to this. >> always keep all of our capabilities ready in the event that those red lines are crossed. >> that signaled an intention by iran to cross what we call the red line. >> the fact that they are active here has crossed a red line. >> the problem is, when someone tells you there's a red line you can't cross, or else? two things matter -- where exactly is the line. and what exactly will happen to you if you cross it. defense secretary panetta has stated the obvious -- getting a nuclear weapon crosses the line. and today an obama administration official who would only discuss this sensitive issue anonymously got a little more specific, telling cnn's security blog th

. >>> still ahead a former rutgers student found guilty in a web spying case now cob facing more than just jail time. >>> the u.s. is being accused of not fully cooperating after a staff sergeant went on a killing spree in afghanistan. >>> and devoted apple fans found a new reason today to reunite. >> doug, what's ahead in weather? >>> temperatures much cooler than the last couple days. how is that going to translate into the weekend? plus a few showers lingering out there right now. i'll have the radar right now and what to expect for st. patrick's day in a minute. >>> the big dance is in full swing. virginia tries to be, to avoid becoming gator bait. plus the hoyas go to work in the midwest. dan hellie joins us live from columbus, ohio >>> a former rutgers university student who used a web cam to spy on his gay room platte could spend ten years behind bars. a jury found him guilty today of a hate crime and invasion of privacy. his roommate tyler clemente committed suicide after the incident. jay gray has our report. >>> we find the defendant guilty or not guilty as to tc? >> guilty.

to deal with benjamin barber is here to talk about all this he's a political science professor at rutgers university senior fellow at demos and author of this book he's the perfect person to speak to because it's consumed so first i want to thank you dr barber so much for being on the show and you wrote a great book which i just showed consume talking about the creation of artificial need so let's start off with that because what is the consequence of that in your view. well let me start by reminding your viewers that in the beginning of capitalism in the fifteenth and sixteenth century it was a remarkable idea because the idea was that if you manufacture and create goods and services that people need you will make a profit and you will serve society so you link together altruism and self-interest in a really good way and for a long time capitalism worked that way but the trouble is it worked so efficiently and productively that an awful lot of essential needs got producer with by the middle of the last century we had in developed countries like the united states most people having alread

jenna: this fox news alert, the verdict is in the rutgers university spy cam trial. awaiting the jury and the reading of that verdict. the former rutgers student who's on your screen right now is accused of spying on his college roommate, tyler clementi, with a web cam. clementi days after committed suicide. the prosecution alleges that the man on your screen exposed that clementi was gay, and he caused him such anguish that he took his own life. he faces up to ten years in prison if convicted of the most serious charged, and there's a few of them. you have invasion of privacy, bias, intimidation, witness tampering and hinterring arrest. it's crucial to figure out whether or not the jury will say this is a hate crime. the case gained national attention when the young man jumped off the george washington bridge in september of 2010. we're on this breaking news, we'll bring you more after the break. what do you get when you combine the home depot with this weekend? the cure for cabin fever. because with get-it-done savings on everything we need... ...we can turn this w

the former rutgers student found guilty of spying on his roommate with another man. >> the facts in the law and the evidence show that tyler was targeted because of his sexuality. >> the case sparked national afention and outrage after the victim, 19-year-old tyler clemente jumped from the george washington bridge days after learning roby had captured an encounter with a date and shared it with other classmates. >> the trial is painful for us, as it would be for any panchte. -- parent. >> they hoped their son's death would send a strong message. >> when you see someone doing something wrong, tell them, that's not right. stop it. you can make the world a better place. the change you want to see in the norled -- in the world begins with you. >> roby said his prank did not rise to the level of a hate crime. now legal experts say the 20-year-old could spend at least 10 years in prison and possible deportation. sentencing set for the end of may. >> jay gray, wbal-tv 11 news. >> george clooney out of jail after being arrested in a protest in the sudanese embassy. he was at the embassy to brin

quite the on to procure at rutgers. they had them corny antiquated traditions where all the freshmen had to weird green ties and white socks. he went to the freshman dorms door to door selling creed ties -- green ties and white socks. he partnered with barnes & noble for the book buyback scheme where the three men got a cut of all of the books barnes & noble bought back then got another cut when they sold them back to the next dance sometimes he would resell them on his own. he is an entrepreneur. my point* is milton friedman was a guy rather controversial made the statement economic source scientific theory is only useful in relations to how much it can fro -- conforms to the world that we levin. milton friedman economics works because milton friedman works. if you contrast him with the other great economist with john maynard keynes, not just different philosophies of backgrounds. he was born into academia his mom was the social gospel do-gooder like a professional volunteer. maynard keynes went to eat-in and fancy oth

. >>> an abc news exclusive, inside the rutgers bullying case. the young man, convicted of a hate crime. >> did you want to frighten him? >> now, speaking out for the first time since the guilty verdict. >>> vanished. what happened to this 15-year-old cheerleader? her clothes found near her home. police combing through her cell phone and computer. did she run away? or was she kidnapped? inside the growing mystery. >>> and nobody said this would be math. this husband, filming his wife getting hopelessly muddled. posted it on youtube. and then, it went viral. >> if you are traveling 80 miles per hour, how long does it take you to go 80 miles? >> i think it matters if a person drives stick or automatic. >> they join us this morning. and oh, yes, he has a lot of explaining to do. >>> as someone in our crew just said, lucy got some 'splaining to do. >> a braver man than i. that's for sure. >> good morning, everyone. happy friday. george wrapping up his vacation with family. and josh is by my side. we have a lot to get to this morning. thousands of peo

. >>> coming up, a guilty verdict handed down against a former rutgers student accused of spying on a roommate who committed suicide. itted suicid chili's $20 dinner for two has a bold new favorite -- steak. first, share an appetizer, then choose two entrees, like our 100% usda choice sirloin, available for a limited time on chili's $20 dinner for two. >>> a month before the murder trial starts the man accused of shooting shine taylor -- shane taylor fired one of his lawyers. the judge has sealed his letter. he warned rivera that the trial will still begin april 16th. rivera is one of four men accused of killing taylor during a robbery. >>> a guilty verdict for a rutgers university student accused of spying on his gay roommate. the roommate committed suicide days later. a jury convicted dharun ravi of the most serious charges against him. prosecutors say he set up a web cam and recorded clementi with another man. clementi's parents have a message for college students and other young people. >> you are going to meet a lot of people in your lifetime. some of these people you may not li

a rutgers universitytudent has been convicted. why experts say the verdict represents a verdict against bullying. >>> and a royal first. the duchess of cambridge prepares to hold her first solo military appearance and today's event contains shamrocks and pageantry fit for a future queen. today is saturday, march 17, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a saturday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm amy robach, and think they threw some green lights on the set because we're barely wearing green. i found some green right here. >> i don't remember. when you were kids, if you didn't wear green, did you get pinched? >> yes. >> i didn't say do it. >> yes, we did. >> apparently so. happy st. patrick's day. we're talking about george clooney. friday he used his power to get attention about the violence in sudan. we'll hear why he says his arrest was worth it. >> and then there are videos that make the rounds on youtube. this one is being called the cinnamon challenge. it's a dare t