>> oh, akian you are a bastard. >> may i see?fetz went to his son's school and credits administrators with acting quickly. in a statement the school superintendent said "in february, upon receiving a copy of an audio recording, the district undertook a thorough and rigorous adviinvestigation responded swiftly and appropriate. she said there were specifics she couldn't address. i want to assure our parents that the individuals who are heard on the recording raises their voicing and inappropriately addressing children no longer work in the district. >> joining me from philadelphia is akian's father, stuart chaife chaifetz, i want to ask how is your son doing? >> once he was removed from that staff, he reverted back to who he always was. there have been no incidents since then, he's a joy and i was sit hearing before just thinking of him and smiling. he's such a happy kid. then i heard the video and got as angry as the first time i heard it and my heart broke again. >> what do you feel when you listen to that? that is just outrageou

>> reporter: and when akian cries -- >> go ahead and scream. because guess what?'re going to get nothing until your mouth is shut. shut your mouth. >> reporter: and then, after more crying, this comment. >> oh, akian, you are a bastard. >> when i heard what they had done to him, my life just shattered. >> reporter: this is just the latest case. in alabama a mom, after getting a tip from a classmate, attached a recorder to the wheelchair of her 10-year-old with cerebral palsy. she heard him being scolded for drooling. i. >> i do not want to touch your drool. do you understand that? >> reporter: in a majority of states, it's perfectly legal. while there is no defense how he was treated, how many of us want to the be secretly recorded on our bad days. >> i'm so glad that guy was able to protect his child. but at the same time, i worry about living in a world where we are all subject to being taped and having that threat. >> reporter: this is interesting. today, we spoke to the head of the national association of special ed teaches. and he said parents should not be w

joining me now is stewart, akian's father. i appreciate you being with us.irst of all, how is your son doing? >> well, he's much better now that he's not with that teacher anymore. i mean he immediately changed back to the child i knew and he hasn't hit, hasn't lashed out at anyone since that time. >> you gave your son's school these audio tapes two months ago. why go public with them now? >> well, i gave them the audio because i wanted immediate action taken. and to the school's credit, they did fire one of the aides. but when i found out that they had only moved the teacher to a different district, i was pretty upset about that. two weeks ago i wrote them an e-mail begging them to fire her and making my case why. it was really my last opportunity to speak to them to see what would happen, to really do something. and the answer i got back was it's a personnel matter and that's it. i waited two weeks to see if anything happened. and when i realized that this whole thing was just being shoved upper the rug and it was just being covered up, i said as a father

how is akian? how is your son? >> i protected him from this whole thing.he was removed from that class, he never lashed out at anybody. she's been perfect. he's safe. people from around the world have been sending their love, and it's wonderful. and wanted to thank everyone. >> real quickly before we let you go, i know you're working on legislation that you want to get passed to help protect other kids from having to go through anything like this in the future. tell us about that and how far along you are. >> actually i was contacted by a state senator yesterday, and it was gratifying to hear that. apparently there is some movement because new jersey has one of the strongest anti-bullying laws in the nation. we want to make sure teachers are included in that. i want to thank her for that, and i think maybe there's some real hope of getting change here, some real good will come from this campaign. >> stuart chaifetz, thank you for joining us. we thank you for sharing time with us this morning. >> i appreciate it. >> that will wrap things up for me today. i'

but while there's no defense for the way akian was treated, how many of us would want to be secretlyecorded on one of our bad days? >> i'm so glad that this guy was able to finally protect his child. but at the same time, i would worry about living in a world where we're all subject to being taped and having that spread. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, new york. >> wow. >> rob, we know you're wearing a wire right now, so -- >> everything. i'm taking everybody down. but you think about it. abc reached out to the national association of special education teachers. he doesn't necessarily agree that parents should wire their kids but does say maybe there's some credence into having cameras in the classroom. we have cameras in malls, in casinos. cameras in classrooms where actual important -- >> i think especially in cases where children have some disability and really aren't capable of describing what their day is like. i think that makes it a little different. >> it's a hot debate. but a worthy one. for all the parents. >>> coming up next -- looking fine without makeup and without su

. >> reporter: 10-year-old akian cha fitz was diagnosed with autism. his father says it isn't the condition but the bullying by the workers charged with caring for him. he's hoping the other children won't suffer the same. the problems starting this year when he was told his son had punched a teacher and an aide. >> i never seen him hit anybody. >> reporter: frustrated by a lack of answers cha fitz put a recourting device in his son's pocket during the course of a school day. he was stunned with what he heard on it. >> what was your reaction when you first heard that tape? >> that night when i listened to it, i just shattered inside. >> reporter: more than six hours were recorded. shay fitz said the toughest part was listening to akian. he has a little natural anxiety. may i see dad after mom which is his way of asking -- to be reassured he's coming back home. >> are you going to look at any books in the library or just the sculpture? >> reporter: chaifetz said he went immediately to his son's chilly hill school and credited the superintendent for act

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akian is a 10-year-old boy with autism.ccording to his father, stuart shortly after he started attending this school in cherry hill, new jersey, last fall, the teachers began sending home notes, saying he was being violent in class. >> i didn't understand it because he is such a gentle person. and it was only happening at school. >> reporter: chaifetz said he had repeated meetings with the school, but couldn't get to the bottom of his son's apparent behavior problem. so, he took an extreme measure. he wired his son up with this recording device. >> when i heard what they had done to him, my life just shattered. >> reporter: on the tape, you can hear one staffer speaking openly about her heavy drinking the night before. >> you know what i was doing this morning? >> heaving? >> oh, my god. so bad. >> reporter: and then, he says, the women turn on his son, berating him for talking to himself. >> who are you talking to? nobody? >> knock it off. >> reporter: and when he cries. >> go ahead and scream, because guess what? you're g

>> oh, akian, you are a bastard. >> the school district says none of the teachers involved work for them anymore but alten berg's attorney says his client's voice is not on the tape. >> the point is not to attack the father of the student. i start the conference off by saying we respect his advocacy. there had to be a time to say the comments he is saying my client made are inaccurate. >>> the attorney says he was transferred to another school in the district, but is now on leave. there is a manhunt in denver, police looking for two suspects made a violent robbery, this is new video of the thursday night robbery, the suspects demanded the clerk open the cash register then shot him at close range in the arm. wow. they then fired a couple shots at customers in the store before leaving. none of the customers was hurt. police say the pair may be responsible for a string of recent robberies. >>> wondering what your weather is going to be like today? lots of folks are good thing we have reynolds with us, good morning. >> good morning, randi, watching scattered showers moving through parts of c

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[scream] >> reporter: akian's parents are divorced. he lives most of the time with his father but every other weekend he lives which is his mom. that causes him anxiety when he makes the transition. this was tape-recorded on a friday. he was going to his mom's. afterward he asked the teacher if he could see his dad after his mom. her response was rather harsh. listen. >> to call my son a bleep. you made him cry. you heard him crying innocently. and he is [bleep] for that? what kind of sick, twisted person does that? to a 10-year-old. >> reporter: the father posted this 17-minute video on youtube. it has gotten more than 200,000 hits to date. he turned the entire six 1/2 hour audiotape over to the school. the student teacher or the assistant teacher was fired. the teacher was reassigned. now the dad, wants a public apology from the teacher and he wants her to resign. the school has not made any further comment on this issue at all, megyn. megyn: unbelievable. trace, thank you. >> reporter: okay. megyn: oh. coming up a conservative group

akian, you're not going to earn if your mouth is going. >> the dad was mortified when he heard that recording school says it has investigated and, quote, responded swiftly and appropriately. >>> stay tuned. aikan's father will be on "starting point" at 8:00 am eastern. >>> student protest turning ugly late last night. >> i got pepper spray. >> you heard him say i got pepper spray. police pepper spraying a cameraman and his camera as he was trying to tape an arrest. riot police called in as 11,000 students protesting tuition hikes started getting rowdy, throwing rocks and bottles. they reportedly arrested more than a dozen people. >> so the white house is trying to stir up a youth movement as it appears to kick the re-election campaign in first gear. the president and first lady planning to hold their first official campaign rallies of the season next week. guess where they are, key battleground states, ohio and virginia. if the president's three-state college swing this week is any indication, the administration is courting younger voters, using the federal student loan issue to whoo the. >>>

. >> oh, akian, you are a bastard. >> called my son a bastard. what kind of sick, twisted person does that? >> reporter: he made this youtube video, demanding an apology from the grown-ups on the tape. >> you owe it to him. you have failed in every way in your responsibilities. >> reporter: the school district has issued a statement saying, they undertook a thorough and rigorous investigation, responded swiftly and appropriately. and that the individuals who are heard on the recording, raising their voices and inappropriately addressing children, no longer work in the district. >> i took my case to the public to make a stand for my son and for all children who are bullied. >> reporter: now, according to kians' dad, one has been fired. but the other, the actual teacher, was moved to another school. we reached out to the district, but they won't confirm that. the father's youtube video, has 700,000 hits. >> they say the teacher's in another district? >> they're unclear, to say the least. >>> let's get the weather from sam champion, down at seaworld