moving needles on bullying. title 5 cannot do this alone. it will take professionals, policymakers schools and communities coming together sharing best practices. we are looking at new ways to support the states and community in doing just that. over the past two years we brought the whole science of collaborative improvement and innovation to help states share best practices in reducing infant mortality and improving birth outcome and created a coin complete with shared work space and data dashboard to provide real time data to drive real time improvement and brought together state officers, medicaid directors, title 5 directors, governor's office as well as professional leaders in this learning collaborative. i won't go into the detail of the coin here but just to say over the past two years in the 13 southern states where we started we saw 31% reduction in early elective deliveries which translates to 71,000 averted and a 9% reduction translating to about 15,000 fewer pregnant women smoking across the south.

and who bully others. he's also a public health advocate who has testified before the u.s. congress, the maryland assembly and the district of columbia on behalf of anti-bullying legislation. then we have charlotte landberg, a staff attorney here at the u.s. department of education in the office for civil rights. she works in the program legal group and focuses on disability rights, guidance related to elementary, secretary airy and postsecondary education. and on my right is dr. sarah allen who is also with the department of education. she is a program specialist for the office of special education programs, research to practice division. she leads the personnel development program, aimed at inproving the quality of general and special education teachers, early intervention and early childhood providers and related services personnel. who are skilled in the use of effective instruction and interviewing interventions to prevent outcomes for children with disabilities. we're going to talk to you all today a

who might be bullied or be bullying others. we are active in the department of education's policy and position asserting that bullying any student by another student for any reason cannot be tolerated in our schools. you have heard a few people earlier on panels today talking about the work that's happened for 15 or 16 years coming out of our office, talking about multi-tiered services, talking about safe, positive, healthy schools for our students. so we often talk about and support the idea of no bullying, safe, positive healthy for all students. it's hard -- it's hard to get a good sense and to assign numbers really to describe the incidents of bullying. but we do know that consistently, surveying and other reports indicate that students with disabilities are disproportionally affected by bullying. two to three times more likely to be the target of bullying behavior than their non-disabled peers. 75% of children with disbiltds report being bullied at least once in the past ten months. 20% to 50% report being bullied at some

bullying is bullying. what we're doing at facebook is we are pairing ourselves with the experts in this area. one of those in the house today, dr. brakman, on social resolution. we aren't experts in this area. we found the experts. what the experts are helping us do is make our platform safer for kids. i'm going to show you how this wo works today. we have two different flows. obviously, adults are different than teens. they use different language. they have different needs. here is an example. i make a comment on my friend rita's facebook page, because i'm having a bad day. maybe she said something to me that didn't make me feel very happy. so i post on her wall, stop being so annoying. when rita receives this message, this didn't make her feel good. she wasn't happy about this interaction. so what can she do? next to every single piece of content you see on facebook, whether that's a picture, whether that's a post, you will see -- we call it a chevron, a down arrow. you can click on that. you can report

and who bully others. he's also a public health advocate who has testified before the u.s. congress, the maryland assembly and the district of columbia on behalf of anti-bullying legislation. then we have charlotte landberg, a staff attorney here at the u.s. department of education in the office for civil rights. she works in the program legal group and focuses on disability rights, guidance related to elementary, secretary airy and postsecondary education. and on my right is dr. sarah allen who is also with the department of education. she is a program specialist for the office of special education programs, research to practice division. she leads the personnel development program, aimed at inproving the quality of general and special education teachers, early intervention and early childhood providers and related services personnel. who are skilled in the use of effective instruction and interviewing interventions to prevent outcomes for children with disabilities. we're going to talk to you all today a

there's so many different types of bullying besides cyber bullying, physical bullying, et cetera. finding a bandwidth that works for administration is really hard. >> we talked about several different challenges. for me it's hard to determine just one. because all these challenges can affected you providing a great anti-bullying program for your community or your school. one thing we really hit home on, that i already sort of mentioned is education for educators. there's one woman in my group, i believe her name was keshia. i may be wrong on this so don't hold me to it. oh, good job? oh, great. so, she runs a program that educates educators. i thought it was such an astronomical idea that she was going out there and she was giving educators the tools they needed to have to deal with these situations. several other different challenges that school systems and that communities face. they can deal with money, they can deal with -- especially in the south -- it's a rite of passage. that's just what happens. there's nothing wrong with it. changing that mind set and ideals can be a big

some programs can reduce bullying. however, some of the studies are done abroad and may not generalize very well to the united states or are limited to certain outcomes. so while it is exciting to see there is evidence based models there is a lot more room for improvement as we think about their impact but uptake within school settings. so then we moved into talking about family perspectives and melissa holt was there and talked about the issues of disclosure and parent/child communication. she and her colleagues have a nice paper that highlights the importance of the family dinner as an opportunity to be talking about issues related to bullying and some of the research showing that it buffers the impacts of cyber bullying on mental health outcomes. it is exciting to see more research getting into the next layer outside of the school and the family because there hasn't been a lot of research in this area specifically in the topic of bullying. mostly about how the parents respond and sometimes they don't respond in the

moving needles on bullying. title 5 cannot do this alone. it will take professionals, policymakers schools and communities coming together sharing best practices. we are looking at new ways to support the states and community in doing just that. over the past two years we brought the whole science of collaborative improvement and innovation to help states share best practices in reducing infant mortality and improving birth outcome and created a coin complete with shared work space and data dashboard to provide real time data to drive real time improvement and brought together state officers, medicaid directors, title 5 directors, governor's office as well as professional leaders in this learning collaborative. i won't go into the detail of the coin here but just to say over the past two years in the 13 southern states where we started we saw 31% reduction in early elective deliveries which translates to 71,000 averted and a 9% reduction translating to about 15,000 fewer pregnant women smoking across the south.

in their schools. 30% admit to bullying and reports show that more than half the time, bullying stopsithin ten seconds when someone intervenes. >> bullying is a big factor in schools. and kids are scared to go to school and all those things and i think that's just terrible. >> reporter: fair believes his book works as a conversation start other is kids can learn early on how destructive bullying can be and parents can detect whether their child is being bullied or being a bully. >> just pay attention to your kids. see what they are doing at school. be interested in what they are doing and just try to help them out we having they need, if it's their homework or taking them to practice. >> reporter: in the book, bo realize the error of his ways and learns the value of friendship and team work. working through the issue of bullying in real life is much tougher, but reading fair's story can be an important step in the right direction. >> you know, they can't take the hockey game into school. they need to be nice to each other and take care of each other and i think if they understand that

bullying is bullying, whether it occurs on a playground or classroom or internet. what we're doing at facebook is we're pairing with the experts in this area. one of those in the house today, dr. barackman relani on social resolution. we aren't experts in this area. but we found the experts. and what the experts are helping us do is make our platform safer for kids. so i'm going to show you how this works today. we have two different flows, because obviously adults are different than teens. they use different language, they have different needs. here's an example. i make a comment on my friend rita's facebook page. because i'm having a bad day and maybe she said something to me that didn't make me feel very happy. i post on her wall, ugh, rita, stop being so annoying. when rita receives this message. this didn't make her feel good. she wasn't happy about this interaction. so what she -- what can she do? next to every single piece content you see on facebook, whether it's a picture or post you're going to see, it's the chevron, a little down arrow, you can click on

we're talking about bullying and bullying prevention.ning me in the studio right now are folks from the rainbow community center in contracosta county, kim baranek, inclusive schools coordinator and mayela zuniga who is a youth mentor. thank you bowing for being here today. >> thanks for having us. >> i've been enjoying visiting with you on the break. may yellla, you work with the kids. when you were growing up, you didn't have a lot of role models. tell me about that and how that relate tosses the kids. >> i grew up very first generation mexican-american and grew up very working class and in southern alameda county. and when i started realizing that i wasn't straight, it was very difficult for me because i didn't know anyone especially anyone that looks like me that will identified as gay. so it was very isolating. tan actually wasn't until i really connected with organizations similar to the rainbow community center in southern alameda county that i really got to see role models and people that were like me. >> how much of a difference

the different between teen dating violence and bullying. bullying is unwanted. you know that. aggressive behavior and physical strength, access to embarrassing information, popularity among school age children, to control or harm. it's also a repetition type of, i want to say behaviors. according to cdc, bullying includes attack or intimidation. it is also includes physical, verbal, imbalance of power. i think our friend here at the table at the last session and she does a lot of training on bullying and she always use this analogy when talking to students. and she said, you know, picture a bully. it's like a big round circle. the person is being bullied is like a small circle. you have that big circle and small circle. so the playing field is not even. you know what i mean? that is almost like a senior bullying a freshman. that type of thing. or a boss to an employee. so the dynamics is not the same. bullying is defined as abuse between two people in an intimate relationship. and power and control in defining what bullying is and power and control, there is somewhat a lot of

we know about a third of kids sixth through tenth grade report they were either bullied or were bullied to a minor or significant degree within the last semester. this is a common problem. it actually keeps about 150,000 kids away from going to school each day because they just don't feel safe. >> now, there are lots of bullying. there's physical, there's electronic now we hear about. is one psychologically worse for the person being bullied than the other? >> no, i think they all have the potential to be very psychologically damaging. we know regular bullying where it is really impacting somebody can increase the risk of depression, of suicide. we know these things have not only a short-term effect but also a long-term effect because we know the people who report bullying in the past are much more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression, even when they're older. >> what about social media where so many more people get to read these bullying statements? is that increasingly the problem for kids? >> i think it is. that's primarily a problem with girls more so than boys. boys are mor

the difference between teen dating violence and bullying. bullying is unwanted. you know that. aggressive behavior such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, popularity among school-age children, to control or harm. it's also a repetition type of i want to say behaviors. according to cdc, bullying includes attack or intimidation. it is also includes physical, verbal, imbalance of power. i think our friend here at the table at the last session -- and she does a lot of training on bullying and she always use this analogy when talking to students. and she said, you know, picture a bully. it's like a big round circle. the person is being bullied is like a small circle. you have that big circle and this small circle. so the playing field is not even. you know what i mean? that is almost like a senior bullying a freshman. that type of thing. or a boss to an employee. so the dynamics is not the same. bullying, like i said, is defined as abuse between two people in an intimate relationship. i mean teen dating violence is defined as two people in an intimate relation

i'm aimee belgard and i approve this message. >>> battling bullying a local student athlete is taking matters in to his own hands to keep them from being pick on. >> as new jersey reporter cleve bryan shows us he started a group that is rapidly growing. >> a swift cross over and sweet jumper may help junior point guard david's game but his passion goes beyond the court. >> we respect last week, how do you guys feel that went. >> david started a club called athletes against bullying. he was inspired by former eagle desean jackson's anti bullying campaign and he didn't like some of the stuff he had seen playing sports. >>> the general trend was better players would be pick ing on the not as good players. >> reporter: the club is rapidly growing at cherry hill east high school, one new reason is cancellation of the fat ball season in sayreville, new jersey after allegations of hazing so severe that several students face criminal charges including sexual assault. >> a lot of the kids thought that it was crazy, especially because they were a top football team. >> reporter: having athletes

think about that skill in terms of bullying prevention. how many of you believe that many of the perpetrators of bullying are misperceiving other people's facial expressions and body language? i can tell you from my own experiences, i remember vividly being in a classroom and someone punching me. now i think back and this was shop. we had shop in my high school. i don't look like a guy who would like shop, do i? and i was desperate to get out of this class. i kept on looking over at the clock, when is this going to be over? and this kid came over and bang, what are you looking at? right? he misperceived my emotional expression of boredom of being one of anger towards him. the second skill of understanding emotion, knowing the causes and consequences of emotions, why am i angry? what's the difference between anger and disappointment? most people think it's easy, but when you get to the heart of it, anger is about unfairness and injuz where disappointment is about expectations not being met. labels emotions, having that sophisticated vocabul

it is as well in bullying prevention. and so our work was weaving together. we were doing so much sigh lowed but in a coordinated way, there is a lot more we can accomplish. these are the core principles that came together in our work together summit. we've been focusing on the importance of comprehensive k-12 students, parents involving superintendents, involving administrators, involving teachers. everybody that's involved in the school really making them a key part of what the work that we're doing. also looking at the whole person. they're wellness, all of these things. again, coming up earlier this morning. and the third piece, collaborative. it was so important to us and really in a landmark way bringing together these players in a coordinated fashion. this is a very -- we've had lots of interesting data today. this is a snapshot of a little bit of research that was done in california. looking at high schools and what was it that impacts an environment at a high school specifically around lgbt young people? and we chose to highlight three high schools,

bullying on the train. i commend mr. drummond because he came forward.ifficult to put a face to what's going on. and because he was strong enough to come forward and let the african advisory council know of what's going on, he asked us to advocate on his behalf, more and more folks are coming forward to say, this is happening to me. you are not alone. this is happening in stanton island, this is happening in the bronx, this is happening in har harlem, in brooklyn and the bronx and it must stop. >> when your lovely boys came to you, i see you have the soccer ball here, and you're amadu, on the end. when your boys came to you and told you this happened, you know, tell me that story. >> this happened about two weeks -- three weeks in this country, three weeks only. two weeks in their new school. the first three days without any problem. since the government, the politicians, talk about ebola, ebola, ebola, all pick up that word. in their classroom they don't call them their name. they don't know their name. they call them mr. africa, mr. ebola, mr. africa e

>> new jersey has the toughest laws on bullying in the world.as obligations to act in a certain way. i think this superintendent and the school board to backed him decided to really make a point and teach all of them a lesson. >> and the announcement to end the season follows word of a criminal investigation by county prosecutor. this is about as far as it goes, isn't it, if that is the case? >> it absolutely is the case. and that's all that you can do is hope they'll look at it. this is the state of tyler clemen clementi, the young man who jumped off the washington bridge after someone in rutgers videotaped a private act and humiliated him. the state takes it serious now. >> in your years of working with bullying and this social phenomenon for young people, will a decision like this make a difference, do you think? >> i think so. i think it outlines the fact that new jersey laws are different and that now people involved in the education system are going to take strong stands against it. it's not a matter of fighting against the laws you think

so i want to people to come and school the little ones on bullying and the effects and the long term devastation so if he could have a lot of education on bullying and i want to thank you for allowing me to speak thank you (clapping.) thank you very much. >> (calling names). >> if there are not here we're going to cail the next group (calling names). >> good afternoon. i'm maria i'm actually, the twin of my sister which just you know lost her son basically i'm sorry i'm not used to talking about in front of people basically, i come here to ballet you guys know our hearts are breaking our kids are scared we need something to be done this young man was so full of love touched so many people everywhere i want 0 let you know please emphasis on all schools throughout the school district kids that don't know him have been touched by him and hurting we need help and please let our kids be safe it breaks my heart that my nephew is afraid for his life he's 6 years old i have 5 kids one of my younger sons is scared it breaks my heart to know that he's scared how can he learn love and peace ple

son wants to say something i like i hope kids are safe no bullying in my school i don't like people in my school hurting the community and hurting our school year (clapping.) and i'd like to say on behalf of my son and right away shawn williams he was a 4.0 student with a scholarship i'm looking forward to the future of many sons in our community what's in store more our young ones my son was at school he was bullied so i want to people to come and school the little ones on bullying and the effects and the long term devastation so if he could have a lot of education on bullying and i want to thank you for allowing me to speak thank you (clapping.) thank you very much. >> (calling names). >> if there are not here we're going to cail the next group (calling names). >> good afternoon. i'm maria i'm actually, the twin of my sister which just you know lost her son basically i'm sorry i'm not used to talking about in front of people basically, i come here to ballet you guys know our hearts are breaking our kids are scared we need something to be done this young man was so full of love touche

children being bullied on the athletic field. we'll tell y >>> typically when we talk about bullying we talk about kids being mean to other kids. >> as youth sports gets more competitive, it's the parents doing the bullying. in our changing minds series, we're talking about bullying on the field. >> you're not shooting enough or hustling enough. >> reporter: dwayne hears this kind of negativity not from coaches and players but parents. >> in sports in general i've seen kids as young as 10 and 9 years old that have this situation. >> reporter: brian is the athletic director for the mclean school of maryland. he says bullying in youth sports is a growing problem especially for parents likely because sports are becoming more competitive at younger ages. >> it's high stakes and parents in soccer and lacrosse invest thousands of dollars and at the end of the day they're doing it to get their kid a scholarship and that's competition for the kids on the same team or different team. >> come on, you are better than them. >> it doesn't mak

. >>> also, monica lewinsky talks about cyber bullying -- billowing -- bullying. and the scandal that made her famous. >>> and reaction to those offensive comments made about serena and venus williams. >>> but we start with tonight's lead, the right-wing's new poll t tax. the fight for voting rights is now a central battle in the midterm elections. with early voting now under way in 34 states, today president obama cast his early vote, and talked about the importance of the franchise. >> i'm here to vote. >> all right. we're ready. >> the most important office in a democracy, the office of citizens. that's what i'm doing right now. exercising my right. >> but now the franchise is under attack like it hasn't been in a generation. i spoke to the president in an interview for my radio show, and i asked him about the importance of getting out the vote in the midterm elections. >> we can't afford to be sitting at home, thinking that the mid terms don't matter. because i've got two years left in my presidency, and i want to make every single one of them count, and i nee

how do you stop the bullying? what is the message there?re there concrete efforts taking place to make it happen? >> all news shows are going to go purple. schools across america, teachers are going to talk with your students. corporates are going to talk with their consumers. a lot of corporates stepped to the plate. leaders like wells fargo and pepsico took a lead on anti-bullying front. >> a lot of celebrities are getting in on this movement, if you will. does that bring you pride? there was a time where this was a hush, hush situation. a lot of people, as you were, are fearful of it. now, we are more open to talking about it. >> absolutely. that is always the first step, visibility and education. that leads to action. we are going to see reduced rates of bullying in the future, we have to. >> what would you say to people at home besides wearing purple, what can they do? >> there's many ways to go purple. go purple on social media. put out messages of support. the youth find these messages. what will help you in every day life? just know

would've tempered my bullying a little bit. i'm glad she is speaking up. bullying is everywhere. everyone of us except for the hard-core neocons, we are all bullied into the iraq war. host: thank you very much. wanda is in pennsylvania. caller: lisa myers in an that billverified clinton raped a woman. why isn't the public concerned about this? host: that is wanda in pennsylvania. back to "the washington post" article. this is the report that came out. more than 100 pages long. host: scott is in florida on the and dependent line. what are your thoughts? caller: this is just the nature of the internet. there is nothing you can do about it. it was a threat for her to be in the white house at that point a securitypecially breach. bombedof all, when obama , they said toenya come and get us and they didn't do anything about it. they bombed the world trade center. they got on top of the clintons. they were in trouble with the f ei and the cia. they were here, planning 9/11. i think that is the bigger picture in this whole thing. speech, monica lewinsky talked about the starr report. wou

whether emotional, verbal, any other type of bullying. cyber bullying is anonymous.reds of thousands of kids revolve bullying situations over nine years. and our help chat line has helped over 12,000 kids just this year alone. >> so did you take part at all or did your organization take part in the story lines here? >> they did. they wrote a little bit about bullying and a little bit about us. but the message is out there. and all the messaging that we can collaborate with together is a great thing. the more kids understand it, the more they hear about it, that's going to do it. >> a win, absolutely. congratulations. that is an amazing accomplishment getting marvel on your side. >> we're excited. thank you. >> do you have a big idea? let us know on twitter using #what's the big idea or e-mail us at big idea.msnbc@nbc uni.com. >>> for decades, he was the understudy. we're talking about the vice president of the united states. but just as everything evolves, so has the vp's role. up next, we'll look at just how much things have really changed. dad, i know i haven't sai

and they say more suicide related behaviors are the result of cyber bullying or some form of bullying. i think it really as parents needs to speak to our children youngberry what constitutes appropriate on line behavior. never going to get rid of the hate. >> thank you so much for talking to thus morning. >> thanks for having me. >> all right, karen? >>> lots of news this morning, hundreds are expected to be attending a vigil this evening to support the victims of the alleged hazing incident at a new jersey high school. this is scheduled for 6:00. it is going to be at kennedy park, right across the street from the say err ville high school. seven football players are now facing charges accused of sexually assaulting rookie players, investigators say players held down victims against their will inside the lockerroom while others touched them inapropriately. also, new this morning, shooting in philadelphia's mantua section sends one person to the hospital. this all happened on the 800 block of north 42nd street. police say a man was found shot three times in the leg, he is in stable con

if lewinsky wants to help stop cyber bullying.eeds a lot of women on her side. >> it's unfair to compare her to hillary clinton. they occupy completely different positions. if monica wants to use the fact she's known for her name is associated with things that are unsavory and people judge her all the time. if she wants to use those powers for good, i think that's great. >> what do you believe? it was the 30 under 30 crowd. when you look at, you know, that age group versus the 45 and older crowd. do you believe there's a different storyline they see here with the young lady? >> i think that, you know, being 31 years old. >> you're at the line. >> i think that we are growing up now with the kind of scrutiny that monica lewinsky experienced as a singular public figure. you don't have to be famous. you don't have to have an affair with the president to be subjected to bullying now. i think that's the issue. how do we give people tools. how do we hold people accountable when these things happen even in people's daily lives. ordinary p

you can learn what to do if your child is being bullied or if your child is a bully. the museum is hosting a roundtable discussion in downtown d.c. beginning at 10:00 this morning as part of the national no bullying zone program which is marking the one-year anniversary. >>> today kicks off fire prevention week in d.c. they will go neighborhood to neighborhood explaining the benefits of a working smoke alarm. there are events all weekend long. you can request service with your smoke alarm. there's a presentation wednesday at the smithsonian air and space museum. the purpose is to increase fire prevention awareness. to kickoff alexandria's mental health awareness week, the library is starting a series of free presentations addressing different issues. we have an entire section with links and phone numbers to mental health resources on our website. just search changing minds on nbcwashington.com. >>> millions of people are headed back home today a little beer soaked from germany's iconic oktoberfest. the two-week festival ended in munich. this year's festival drew 6.3 m

. >> the battle against bullying. today local students taking action themselves so that this type of taunting doesn't happen to others. plus this. >> do you have any idea how much this litigation will cost. >> following the money trail as local schools struggle to pay for the basics. nbc 10 investigators reveal where millions of dollars are going and why so many educators upset. >> food fight. the promise by one baby food maker that the government says that they can't keep. revealed through the work of its scholars and graduates. it has inspired strength and purpose. an enduring symbol of passion and excellence that is not static, but moves among us. a feeling...a shared experience, a reminder that we are connected for life. we are penn state, making our mark on the world. . >>> get ready for that knock at the front door. those little ghosts, there it is, ghosts and goblins coming tomorrow to collect candy on halloween. today nbc 10 take a closer look at the events in the suburbs. >> and the forecast for halloween. he

stomp out bullying.prevention organization for kids and teens in the u.s. has an initiative that empowers students to end bullying. the first monday of every october is world plu shirt day of bullying prevention. this year, it falls on october 6th. please join me. in wearing a blue shirt. and make that the day that bullying prevention is heard around the world. this global initiative brings awareness and offers hope for every student who experiences the harmful effects of all types of bullying. imagine how wonderful it would be to see everyone going blue to end bullying. take this simple call to action and stand up against bullying. please help me. spread the word. let's go blue together to help stomp out bullying. >> and a whole bunch of people going blue out there in times square. world day of bullying prevention. >> and blue shirt or not, it's important to remember as we enter our places of work or all those kids going to school. it's and important message to everyone. >> it's preventable. preventable

turned to her breaking down crying saying she's being bullied at school and picked on people calling her nasty names. >> but it was alleged assault on tuesday that got police involved. rocket's daughter was in music class. >> this child came up to her and took the head phone cord and went like that around her neck. >> after investigating we felt that charges were appropriate in this matter for simple salt and harassment. >> the rockets say the school has not been responsive and even more startling they say is the boy has been allowed to remain in class. >> yesterday she came home from school and the boy was in her class like she has to walk past him. i guess their idea is he will be at one end of the class and she will be at the other. that to me is not acceptable. >> rockets daughter is a big fan of musician pink who has written several songs aimed at those bullied and the message stay strong and be yourself. something alleged victim plans to do. >> so don't let them bring you down and like just be yourself and don't let any people mess with you. >> and pennridge school district the

. >> grant, when she was bullie bully, shamed by her peers. you got a mixed reaction between kids and their parents. is this something that they do not want to see from their kids, who are only in the seventh grade? >> i spent a lot of time reflecting on the reactions that we got. not only from the parents but from the parents. there was a real sense of what do we do now? how are you going to help us to try and protect michaela? because obviously when she's in our home we know she's okay, or we thought she was okay. but in the school a lot of bullying took place on th on the school bus, and we were not protecting her. there were a lot of adults, in retrospect, of adults with their heads in the sand, not wanting to acknowledge that it could be my child. trying to look at this as a problem that is somebody elses. >> michaela, this is how young people date now. you said all your friends did it. do they still do it after what you went through? >> i'm not in the same group of friends now. but my group of friends do it, and a lot of people in my gra

details on the price tag, plus a virginia girl's response to bullying. >> and after an absolutely spectacular last weekend of october with above-average temperatures, they're going to stick around but just for a bit. active >> taking a look at the week ahead, on tuesday, firefighters in fairfax county will hand out winter coats to children. it's an annual thank but for the first time firefighters will also distribute more than 2,000 new pairs of sneakers. it will be at the penn fire and rescue station in alexandra. also, d.c. mayors past and present will commemorate the 409 anniversary of home rule in the district. a celebration will take place at 5:30 at the wilson building. organizers say the event will push for full voting rights in congress and state hood for d.c. a scheduled hearing on thursday on the taxation and regulation of marijuana in the district. ballot initiative 71 would legalize the growing and possession of small amounts of marijuana. it does not address the sale of the drug. council members say the city needs to be ready should the initiative pass. right here, metro planning

that's been cyber bullied.to them, to hear from the first person ever to have, and it's indisputable, you know, those of us a certain age, the drudge report link was forwarded and what not. this was the first person ever to have her reputation trashed worldwide instantly for them to hear that story, it was incredibly relatable, it was incredibly powerful, and what happened at the end, you had 1500 people of the biggest, greatest, young entrepreneurs and game changers in the world gave her a standing ovation. >> wow. and it must say, you know, you talk about cyber bullying and reading twitter. she was cyber bullied all through her speech. >> by people who weren't there. people who were there were tweeting how amazing it was. and that's the beauty of the speech, when you hear her story, then you realize how coarse it is, how coarse some people can be via the internet, and it just makes them look so much worse when you hear how she receives it as the person in the middle of it. it was an incredibly powerful moment

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so does this give her more fuel in her new campaign to help stop cyber bullying?ll, you know, that's interesting, and i reported on this earlier this week. when you talk to advocates in the cyber bullying community, which is a huge issue with more than half of adolescents in america reporting that they have been cyber bullied, i think that remains to be seen. but either way, i think that the issue of cyber bullying is a conversation that the country needs to have, and whether or not monica lewinsky is the right messenger for that is unknown. >> all right, kevin. you have a great weekend. thanks for your insight this morning. >> you too. thanks for having me. >>> coming up, the video you will be googling, and it involves marshmallows. >>> plus, stick around for this major "seinfeld" reunion. that's next. all around the world the dedicated people of united airlines ♪ are there to support you. ♪ that's got your back friendly. ♪ lactaid® is 100% real milk? right. real milk. but it won't cause me discomfort. exactly, because it's milk without the lactose. and it tastes

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>> david started a club last week called athletes against bullying. he was inspire by former eagle desean jackson's anti-bullying campaign, and he didn't like some of the stuff he had seen playing sports. >> well, the general trends was cents that the better players would be picking on the knot as good players. >> the club is rapidly growing at cherry hill east high school, one new reason is the cancellation of the football season in sayreville, new jersey, after allegation of hazing so severe, that several student face criminal charges including sexual assault. >> a lot of the kids thought that it was crazy, especially because, you know, top football team. >> having athletes take up the anti-bullying cause can be specially effective because they're in the lockerroom and often some of the most influencial people in their schools. >> anything that student generated means that their passion is in it, and they will get the people to come. >> cherry hill east high school has won a lot of championships over the years, but assets like david say real winners

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. >> eric fehr co-wrote a book on bullying. part of our changing minds series. >> reporter: capitals forward eric fehr is a fierce competitor in the ring but outside he is known for friendship and kindness? there's rough stuff going on. that's part of our game and not the way it is supposed to be at school. >> reporter: fehr is a co-awe shore of bo dozier and turns him into a mean machine and bullies his classmates and hurts them along the way. >> a lot of times they think they're playing around and don't realize how serious it is on the other end. sometimes to have an understanding sometimes it hurts people and they're going home upset, maybe it will change their point of view. >> according to the department of family services say more than 30% are bullying and it stops in 10 seconds when someone intervenes. >> kids are scared to go to school. i think that's terrible. >> reporter: fehr believes it starts as a conversation starter and parents can see if their child is bullying or being a bully. >> just help them with their home

he was being bullied and could not handle it.name was mackenzie football and she was a victim of bullying, so bad she decided to take her life on may 8th. prior to mackenzie's death, she left a trail of messages on social media showing how much she was tortured. mackenzie's families' attorneys tell us that mackenzie was tortured for over 01 and a half years by the bullies. there is an incidence of gross chasing her out of the pinning her up against a fence. the school administrators failed to follow protocols that had been established by the board of education. the parents are suing the chicago public school district and its board for the suicide of their daughter. the school has made some changes dedicated to changing bullying. we need to talk to our kids at home and be more involved with teachers at school. mackenzie's parents are seeking damages against the chicago public school district. thousands of venomous brown recluse spiders forced a suburban st. louis family from their nearly half-million-dollar home. the st. louis pos

and bullies drove this girl to commit suicide. parents are suing the school because they say they never knew. >>> a new ebola scare here in new york city to john roberts with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon. this breaking in just the last few minutes. a doctor in new york new york city who had recently been overseas in guinea work with doctors without borders have been rushed to bellevue hospital there in the big apple. these are pictures from inside the hospital. not of the patient. he reported a high fever to doctors wowing borders this morning. ambulance crews in hazmat suings picked him up. he had been treating patients in west africa. centers for disease control tell they're preparing to send a team to new york city if results come back positive. there's a laboratory in new york city and they will have result 3:00 tomorrow morning. not to say there's a good chance this is ebola but maybe better than some of the chance wes have seen in hundreds of patients pao have been tested recently or raised alarms. s a of monday,

>> i'm going to start and say, bullying, when i have been bullied, when i was younger, it made me feelone. >> devalued. >> i would say ignored. >> reporter: if you could change one thing in your school, what would bit? >> the majority of bullying is from ignorance. it's not people trying to be discriminatory. they just don't know. >> reporter: i know you're a mom of three. i'm a mom of two. our kids are growing up in such a different world. bullying takes on so many different forms. what are your concerns? ments the thing that's the most disturbing to me is the anonymous aspect of it that gives this sort of counsel to people to be hateful as a sport. it's become like a game. and, it's not a game. it's not funny. there's nothing brave or courageous about anonymously writing unkind things. that's what gives power to so much of this hatred. i mean, i wish we could go back to when i was in middle school and high school and all you wanted to change was the pizza. >> reporter: what do you teach your children in terms of tolerance? >> we have different versions of this conversation. i do alwa