. >> reporter: there was also a fifth vanderbilt football player, chris boyd, who was charged with thelesser crime of trying to cover up the rape. >> guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> reporter: it was at this court hearing that the shocked community got another shock. the district attorney wrote a current note, saying that the quarterback, samuels, helped to move the unconscious victim out of the hallway after the attack. then, to everyone's surprise, the prosecutor said that what boyd texted about the quarterback was a mistake and offered no explanation why. it was a bombshell, and had a lot of people in the city wondering if there was a cover-up to protect the reputation of the team's star player. i talked to the prosecutor about his actions in court. you testified that was his text. >> that was his text. >> reporter: so did the quarterback help to move the victim? >> that was his text, yes. >> reporter: so did the quarterback help to move the victim? >> no, at least the police investigation indicated he was not present when the victim was moved. >> reporter: so did chris boyd lie

the victim who the australian media is identifying is chris boyd, a father of two who died on the beacha. he was with another surfer when it happened. marine officers are now in the area with shark catching equipment. police say he was attacked by a great white and died instantly. >>> happening now nearly 8,000 runners are getting ready to take off berkeley's first half marathon. the run will get underway in just about five minutes from now and they will take winners from the uc berkeley campus on and around the water front. money raised from this event is going to go to 11 local charities. >>> california is changing its standardized testing plan after being faced with the threat of losing billions of dollars in federal funds. state officials now say that they will be require today take the new standardized tests in both english and math this spring. the previous plan was to test those students in english and math, but not both. they criticized the plan to threaten to withhold about $3.5 billion in federal funding. right now it's still not clear if the change is going to ease that threa