president ammons is still president. julian white is on administrative leave, but still collecting a paycheck. and robert champion, as you know, is dead. dead at the age of 26. his mother, pam, who joins us shortly, says hazing does not begin to describe what was done to her son. she says the charges today don't fit the crime. first randi kaye with how this nightmare began. >> reporter: in some sort of sick ritual, robert champion, a 26-year-old drum major from florida's a&m university, is beaten as his fellow band members watch. it's november 19th, 2011, in orlando. after a football game that included a halftime performance by the group. on board the bus, members of the famu marching 100, a band member calls 911. >> are you with him right now? >> yes, i am with him, ma'am. he's not breathing. i tried to give him cpr and he started to vomit. >> days later on november 22nd, it's announced champion's death is the result of a hazing incident. they call it crossing bus c. an initiation during which pledges attempt to run dow

i think ammons is doing what he can and thinks is right to step away from that problem. >> jordan, niceorning. thank you. >>> the director of the secret service is going on the hot seat. it is time for the sidebar. the homeland security committee will hold a hearing on the 23rd on the prostitution scandal involve nagts colombia. mark sullivan will be grilled over the investigation and in his plans to make sure it never happens again. >> ron paul supporters booing mitt romney's son josh off the stage in arizona this weekend. josh was asking the crowd to slick delegates for his father at the arizona gop convention saturday when he cut his speech short and left the stage. >>> 90-year-old tv actress betty white is the latest hollywood star to endorse president obama. she says she likes the way the president, quote, represents us. and will ferrell brought his george w. bush character back to "saturday night live." take a look. >> you seem down. what's wrong? >> everybody says i have a big mouth. >> yeah. >> well, it is my big mouth that got things done this time. okay? not his careful weighi

. >> reporter: that same day, november 22nd, the university's president, james ammons, announces the suspensions of any and all performances and engagements for bands and ensembles. he speaks at a memorial vigil in tallahassee. >> we encourage all of you to spread the message that famu has a zero tolerance for hazing, and that any alleged acts of hazing will be dealt with as a criminal act. >> reporter: band director julian white is also there. >> i loved that young man. the hundred was better because he was one of us. the community is better because he lived among us. his march has ceased. but his memory will linger on. >> reporter: the next day, november 23rd, band director white is told he's going to be terminated in december. he hires an attorney. later he's put on administrative leave with pay while the case is investigated. his attorney now wants him reinstated. december 1st, four students are dismissed from the university in connection with champion's death. about two weeks later, december 16th, the medical examiner rules robert champion's death a homicide, after finding he co

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university president james ammon says the additional suspension is to, quote, cleanse the hazing culture of a drum major. until a new band director is hired and new rules are put in place the famed marching 100 will stay off the field. 11 people are facing felony charges in the death of drum major robert champion. two others are facing misdemeanors. last week he revealed three of those charged were not students at the university at the time of the tragedy. >>> still ahead on news 4 the effort to help an injured kangaroo. >>> plus a zip line adventure and now a woman has a flesh eating bacteria. her story straight ahead. >>> a chiropractor in georgia is working to save the life of a wounded wallaby, 5-year-old oliver. his owner says oliver badly hurt his neck likely after being spooked and running into a fence. the chiropractor says despite being a wallaby he handles himself well, better than some people. >> he knows what's going on. >> absolutely. the first time i touched him his ears perked up. he is definitely aware that i'm there to help him. >> the chiropractor gave oliver a neck bra

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the school's president, james ammons, says he is suspending the entire band program that has entertaineds of people on television and elsewhere, suspending it until 2013. as you know, one of the bandleaders was, was beaten to death in what appears to be a hazing incident. it has led to an incredible turmoil around the florida a&m marching band. the bandleader, the band director has decided to retire. and we won't be seeing famu marching band on the field until 2013 at the very earliest. we'll keep you updated on anymore developments in that case. >>> the media making a big deal of president obama's support of same-sex marriage. it even landed him on the cover of "newsweek." the magazine calls him, quote, the first gay president. we'll break down the coverage coming up in our "fox news watch" segment. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more pcessed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i kn is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself. ♪ i hear you