fraternity with homicide but they dropped the most serious charges against the former chapter president daniel lee. investigators say a teenager died at that frat house in 2013 during a hazing ritual. >>> students at ithaca college are demanding change. more than 70% of voters have quote no confidence in their college president. he's been in the hot seat since last month since he said he had responses to racially charged incidents. >> i don't expect him toll resign. i am expecting him to come forth with more ideas and kind handicap a more active mindset towards this problem that we have on campus. >> the no confidence vote largely symbolic. the board of trustees is to take action against the president. >>> the lawmakers release the results of an investigation into the pricing of a drug which costs $1,000 per pill. the bipartisan study found that the pricing was aimed at getting high revenue. >> we thought it was particularly important because if america is to cure alzheimer's, cancer, diabetes in the day ahead, these cures must not be affordable and beyond the reach of millions of americans. >>> m

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daniel lee testifying that he and four other fraternity members tried to cover up the death of 18-year-old michael deng in 2014. the fraternity members are charged with murder. >>> new information about a transgender woman beaten in queens. police are no longer investigating the attack as a hate crime. assault case. investigators say the 35-year- old victim got in an argument with a man outside her apartment in jackson heights early sunday morning. the victim was hit in the head, face and thrown to the ground. she is in the hospital in critical condition tonight. >>> a 100 million-dollar lawsuit filed against robert durst by the family of his first wife that disappeared decades ago. the mother and sisters filed the suit in mineola. they say durst prevented them from giving her a dignified burial. i was never charged in the case. he has been charged to a mysterious death and investigated for another. >>> sticker shock for uconn students with a proposed tuition hike. officials plan to raise tuition $3,000 for instate students over the next three years and $4,000 for out of state students the

. >>> daniel lee the former president of the fraternity in new york admitted to try to cover up the deathng. and that they waited an hour before taking him to the hospital. lee says they met to talk about what they would tell police and their attorneys. lee is cooperating with police for lesser charges. >>> police are looking for the cause of a small fire on the campus today. it started in a lab aquarium in the f wing at 11:30, they cleared the building and were able to reopen in an hour and the good news is nobody was hurt in this. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph, is joining us now and we are talking about the dreary weather we are having and more to come. >> the sunshine comes back thursday and sticks through the weekend. >> good deal, take a look now the steady rain through much of the day is now south of long island and southern parts of new england and that batch of energy we are catching a bit of a lull here in the area and there is some drizzle around and patchy showers, but as you look south and west of philadelphia, not much happening from washington to richmond and it fires back

daniel lee testified against his fraternity brothers charged with third degree murder in the 2013 beating death of chun michael deng. the men waited an hour before taking him to the hospital. >>> 6:45. good morning america is come up next. george stephanopoulos live in time square. >> a lot o'get to this morning including we're following that sense situation in the city of chicago. the university of chicago was whether closed yet after a threat was called in. another student has been arrested. apparently motivated by revenge teenager by a police officer. we're live in chicago this morning. also a lot more on the race for the white house. donald trump now going after chris christie. christie fighting back as well. we're going to get into that this morning. we are on the lookout this morning, gma on the lookout about malicious software that allows hackers to take over your computer, hold your personal files hostage and these attacks are expected to be on the rise in 2016. also it is star wars week here. >> that's cool. another great reason to watch good morning america starting at 7 a.m. th

. >> daniel lee told the court he and four others tried to cover upbeating death of the 18 year-old pledge during a hazing ritual in the pocono mountains. the lee is cooperate ago begins the four hoff been charged with third degree murder. students were members of the pie delta si fraternity in. at one of the university new york colleges. >>> we have heard about stories of sellers from craigs list or people getting robbed when they show up to meet the buyer. now one local police department is stepping into make them safer. where they are putting up safe zones straight ahead. >>> local lawmakers stepping into save the beautiful island of puerto rico from financial ruin. we will explain how they are helping. >>> don't forget about our christmas contest we are taking our holiday pictures at hashtag fox 29 lights. to the couple who set aside the whole day to sell their old car and buy a new one... oops. nana's got the kids til 9... but it's only 2. guess you'll just have to see a movie... ...then get some dinner. what a pity. ♪ this holiday season, my good friend gave to me ♪ ♪ 7 powerball tic

. >>> daniel lee told the court he and four others tried to cover upbeating death of an 18 year-old pledgering a hazing ritual in the poconos. lee, who is cooperating, against the four, who have been charged with third degree murder. the the student were all members of the pie delta si fraternity at the college in new york. >>> two former city government officials pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in northeastern, pennsylvania. probe involves former aids to allentown married he had pawlowski and reading mayor vaughn spencer. the pleas follow separate fbi searches of municipal offices in both cities. neither marries named in the charges but the fbi says that dale we wills steered a tax collection contract to pawlowski campaign donors. they say aaron lloyd took part in the similar scheme in reading designed to reward vaughn donors. >>> in the garden state wall street firm predicts more bad news for atlantic city casinos. eight new casinos are slate todd open up in the next three years in the northeast. the the firm says that this will add even more pressure on a already struggling atlanti

she came forward because of that legal battle between sean and lee daniels that stems from a daniels interview with the hollywood re daniels compared pane to empire star terrance howard. >> kind of hot in here. >> sean's been in audience during ma done yaes rebel heart tour and they seem to revive a friendship. both penn and daniels have filed legal papers in the case. daniels claims his comments were an opinion protected by the first amendmen the attorney michael crowley who is not representing either party thinks penn could now have the upper hand. >> in a defamation suit, truth is the ultimate defense. that declaration of madonna that if the facts are not correct, sean penn wins. then a jury has to make the decision how much is that worth? >> now happier couples news. here is christie brinkley wearing a john mellenca t-shirt. the two are going strong but the twist, she wore it at her ex-us about billy joel's show in madison garden. her jumbotron reaction, christy is still a super fan. and now our courtney cox and mathy per matthew perry a new couple for real? we really wanted chan

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investigators say 38-year-old lee daniels buckmaster downloaded more than 100 child pornography images to his computer. >> san francisco cleaning crews are hoping that their power washers can do what this week could not. no word yet on what it's going to cost the city and the taxpayers to clean this all up. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, more than 300 infants are being checked for t.b. after they were possibly exposed at a bay area hospital. >> a muslim civil liberties group still out of their office after they were mailed a suspicious substance. they won't let the attacks keep them down. >> the giant shippers having a tough time keeping up with even bigger online sales this year. >> michael finney taking your questions on twitter and facebook. >> right now, your skyways traffic, not going anywhere quickly. on the east side, t to save big during sleep train's you'retriple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose up to 48 months interest-free financing on a huge selection of tempur-pedic models, or choose to save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. you can e

officers arrested two men, david lee and daniel frayosk at a home in chester county. police say the duo targeted jewelry boxes from bedrooms. a task force is reviewing evidence to get as much of the stolen property back to home owners. >>> also new at 6:00, new security measures in place at elementary and middle schools following a dcampus scare this week. earlier this week a 14 year old had a replica toy gun outside vanzandt elementary. the school was put on lockdown and the student was arrested. evesham's mayor hopes to have a long-term plan in place when kids return from winter break. >>> tonight, sadness on the campus of rowan university. students and faculty learned henry rowan died last night. rowan gave $100 million to help transform the state college into rowan university in gloucester county. the entrepreneur started an international business from his backyard. he was 92 years old. >>> comcast now has a long-term agreement with the city of philadelphia. the city council unanimously approved a 15-year franchise deal this morning. the philadelphia-based company

i heard lee daniels' family was there.ure they'll have another one, don't miss it. >> when does it start again? >> in march. so long. >> ten minute before 7:00. did you hear this actress sandra bullock is showing her new daughter to everybody. >> so her family on the cover of the latest issue of people. and in a exclusive interview with the magazine, bullock opens up about fostering, and later, adopting her three year old daughter lala. the 51 year old already a mom to five year old lewis who she adopted from new orleans, she told people she doesn't plan on marrying again, but is open to the idea after committed and safe relationship. >> do you think she purposely chose this picture not to reveal what the little girl looks like? >> well maybe they want to row veal it inside the magazine, maybe we have to buy it? or maybe she wants to keep the mystery going. >> keep them protect in the. >> maybe like michael jackson and blanket? >> could be. cover blanket all the time. so much so they called him blanket. >> mike? >> some da

jumping to the defense of her ex-husband, she's defending sean penn in his defamation suit against lee daniels her testimony penn never physically assaulted her. >> in an affidavit madonna said while we certainly had more than one heated argument during our marriage sean never struck me, tied me up or physically assaulted me and any report to the contrary is completely outrageous, malicious, being less and false. >> they were married what 30 years ago practically, a long time. >> been a while. >>> star wars fans have the the experience of the lifetime wedding surrounded by her favorite characters if that wasn't already cool enough, it was in front of the legendary cgl chinese theater. >> by power invested in my bee jedi council and the state of of california, i now pronounce you husband and wife. >> darth vader ride down the aisle before they officiated the ceremony. after their first kiss as husband and wife imax presented the couple with the donation in their name to the star light children's foundation and another for their honeymoon. >> this year, yes, sorry, didn't mean to interrupt you.

beautiful flowers from barbara lee and the plants are still growing in daniel's back yard. if you want to learn about all of this stuff all you really have to do is go to the library lynn says happy dewy decimal day. he was born on this day. this day does not feel like it should. we've already broken the record at jfk. that's today. we'll see a few more over the next few days. sunny and 56. 60 in babylon. 61 in belmont and i packed my flip-flops away. these numbers. 747912. 12 degrees warmer than it way yesterday shooting for 58 for the normal high for april. dive right into the weekend against. 60 on saturday, 63 on sunday so close to the record even in the of april. you bet. last year just two. 2013 had four but obviously this is unusual. and into the weekend we go. so you are looking at 15 to 20 degrees above normal and more records either going to be tied or broken. we had showers this morning. can't rule out the possibility of a little drizzle tomorrow morning. but then yeah it is going to be quiet for us. just that area of high pressure shifting the winds and bringing

>> well, it is lee daniels and danny strong, the fox hip-hop drama have broken all of the rules in theday viewership, because theirs is still mega blockbuster, and did they dip? yes, but they went beyond black dynasty and great tunes to talking about the issues of the prison system, and issues of race and so this is something that in the network, we are seeing the pullback to days of norman leer, because you can talk about serious issues with the e tremendous audience and entertain people, and that is what the best of television does. this is the year when the veterans and the newbies and a ton of great tv. >> and you have to look at norman leer, because he was the leader in that, and the blind spot, and it does air for you on msnbc's parent company, but what is making it so appealing for you? >> well, a number of things, jamie alexander is a star waiting to happen for years, and so giving her her own show, and standard procedural, and throwing in the twists, and the twists make it work, and another thing, too, i'm a numbers guy ultimately even though i wear shirts like this, and the n

. >>> david lee of oxford, and 29 year-old daniel free of birmingham was, now behind bars held honorary taners. they are not going anywhere as police look for evidence to file additional charges. if you have any information, items missing or other details, police want to hear from you. live from west town, walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thank you. >>> donald trump continues to receive criticism after he made controversial comments about muslims entering the u.s. but even with backlash, new poles suggest not everyone difficulties a agrees. >> reporter: political pundits called donald trump an unexpect force dominating the g.o.p. race for president. the the billion air businessman has 35 percent support in the latest cbs news new york times pole pull released thursday morning. the his strongest numbers yet. >> but the voters have yet to weigh in on trump a's call for a ban on muslims entering the u.s. most recent polling was taken beforehand. trump told "fox news" his primary concern is the safety of americans. >> a a lot of people agree with me but i certainly didn't do i

lee cowan reports, it's not for a lack of talent. charleston, south carolina. remarkable, bebeuse this was the very first time many of these musicians had ever played together. >> reporter: maestro marlon daniel conducts not only the organize tra but this festival called "the color of music" now in its third year. >> a lot of get pigeon holed into jazz and it's a big stereotype. >> it's a stereotype. >> it's a big stereotype. they say there are not any musicians ever color doing classical music when there are tons of us. >> reporter: robert davis says in most symphonies, he sticks out as a black classical artist, but not here. >> you usually get to see the same ones. thenen came down here and it's a whwhe other group and where are they coming from? so i was very shocked about that. >> reporter: the festival also composers. on this night, it was adolfus helstrom. historic black church, in june, a white gunman opened fire, killing nine. >> we are very lucky. >> reporter: businessman lee pringle, who founded the event, hopes sights like this will help diversify other orchestras. >> i think most orchestra want to change. they just don't know how to change. >> reporter: and how do they change? >>

lee cowan found it's not for lack of talent. >> reporter: rachmaninoff was seam ols this night in charleston, south carolina. remarkable because this was the musicians had ever played together. maestro marlon daniel conduct not only the orchestra but festival, called the color of music, now in its third year. >> a lot of musicians of color get pigeonholed into jazz and hip-hop. stereotype. >> it's a big stereotype. a lot of people claim there are not any musicians of color out there doing classical music, when there actually are in reality tons of us. >> reporter: clarinetist robert davis says in most symphonies he sticks out as a here. >> you usually see the same ones, but then i came down here and there's a whole other group. where are they coming from? i was very shocked about that. >> reporter: the festival also highlights black classical composersop on this night it was aldolphus hailstork and his church street serenade, the historic black church where in june a white gunman opened fire killing nine. >> we're very lucky. >> reporter: businessman lee pringle, who founded the event, hopes sights like this will help diversify other orchestras. >> i think that most orchestra want to change. they

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ktvu's henry lee spoke with the highway patrol official talking about well known and not so well known rules of the road. >> i'm joined today by officer danielay not know about the chp. tell me about traffic breaks. we have an officer weaving back and forth. the officer is not drunk right. >> not at all. the traffic break is a technique we use to slow or stop traffic either so we can remove a hazard or we can stop traffic or slow it so we can avoid a collision with some other impending incident. we also do things the round robin where we do it a multiple amount of times. what you're going to see is an officer with lights on and siren maybe moving back and forth across the freeway lanes trying to stop traffic so we can move on and do whatever we need to do. >> now to pass an officer if you're first in line don't pass the officer at all. that could be a ticket, correct. >> not only could it be a ticket but we may have an incident down the road that we're trying to stop traffic for. by you trying to blow that break you could be putting that person in danger. you could run over a pedestrian or hit a vehicle. we really want you to keep back. stay

daniel: it will debut during nationally televised nba games and has messages from players and emotional stories from parents who lost children to gun violence. the commercial was directed by filmmaker spike lee. >> catherine: driver who ran down a huge crowd of people on las vegas strip refused to speak police say she intentionally drove on to the sidewalk killing one woman and injuring dozens. her lawyer says she is distraught. >> just because she is charged doesn't mean she is guilty. all kind of possibilities we have to look into to determine what happened here. >> catherine: holloway is due back in court next month. >>> catherine: robert louis dear told the court he wants to defend himself. dear acknowledges he opened fire last negligent in colorado killing three people, including melrose native officer garrett swayze who responded to the scene. >> daniel: national highway safety transportation administration says teenager from pittsburgh is latest victim the feds say some of the takata airbags can deploy explosively injuring or killing people in the car. about 23 millionaire bag inflaters have been recalled in the united states. >>> daniel: camera drones being banned from world cup ski

lee cowan found it's not for lack of talent. >> reporter: rachmaninoff was seamless on this night in charleston, south carolina. remarkable because this was the musicians had ever played together. maestro marlin daniel conducts not only the orchestra but this festival called the color of >> you know a lot of musicians of color get pigeon holed into jazz and hip-hop and all these things. >> reporter: it's a stereotype. >> a big stereotype. a lot of people find there are not any musicians of color out there doing clack cal music but there are actually in reality tons of us. >> reporter: clarinettist robert davis says in most symphonies he sticks out as a black classical artist but not here. >> you usually see the same ones. i came down here and there's another group. like where are they coming from. i was shocked about that. >> reporter: the festival highlights black classical composers. on this night, it was a dolphus hail stark performed one block from the historic church where in june a gunman opened fire killing nine. >> we're very lucky. pringle who founded the event helps sites liking there will help diversify other orchestras. >> i think that most orchestras want to change. they just don't know