dr. phil mcgraw and rosalind wiseman, let's also bring in kevin jennings, who serves as assistant deputy department's office of safe and drug-free schools and dr. susan limber of clemson university. they're advisers to the cartoon network's stop bullying, speak up initiative and stuart snider, president of the cartoon network is here as well. so dr. limber, what is this bystander effect? >> it's interesting. my colleagues and i conducted a survey with more than 500,000 third through twelfth graders. what we found was fascinating. the vast majority of students tell us they feel badly for bullied students. they don't like it. unfortunately, that sympathy doesn't translate into action. we found that fewer than 50% said they would try to help a bullied student even though many felt really badly about it. >> there's also the pressure, dr. phil, of not saying anything, the pressure to kind of join in on the bullying. i want to show you what some of the students we talked to had to say. >> do i bully this person even though i know it's wrong so that i am accepted? or do i not, and go with what i

dr. phil mcgraw is with us throughout the hour. he has made these issues the focal point of his syndicated series, "dr. phil." also rosalind wiseman, expert on children, teens, parenting and bullying. and also "american idol's" crystal bowersox joins us to talk about her own experiences with being bullied in school. i want to start off, though, with sirdeana, how are you doing? >> try to take it one day at a time. it's very difficult, especially when you know that there are other families that are suffering. it's very hard. >> did you have any idea how bad the bullying was that carl was experiencing? >> carl informed me that he was being bullied at school, so i had some idea. i went to the administrators, and i informed them that this was happening to carl. but carl was afraid to identify his -- the people that were bullying him because he was afraid that he would be labeled a snitch, a fink, so it was very difficult. but i thought the school was handling it, handling the situation. >> and, donna, how are you doing? >> i'm the same.

dr. phil mcgraw is with us throughout the hour. he has made children's and family issues the focal point of his sydney dated series, "dr. phil." also rosalind wiseman, expert on children, teens, parenting and bullying. and also "american idol's" crystal bowersox joins us to talk about her own experiences with being bullied in school. i want to start off, though, with sirdeana, how are you doing? >> try to take it one day at a time. it's very difficult, especially when you know that there are other families that are suffering. it's very hard. >> did you have any idea how bad the bullying was that carl was experiencing? >> carl informed me that he was being bullied at school, so i had some idea. i went to the administrators, and i informed them that this was happening to carl. but carl was afraid to identify his -- the people that were bullying him because he was afraid that he would be labeled a snitch, a fink, so it was very difficult. but i thought the school was handling it, handling the situation. >> and, donna, how are you doing

dr. phil mcgraw has made these issues the focal point of his syndicated series, "dr. phil."s, parenting and bullying. and also "american idol's" crystal bowersox joins us to talk about her own experiences with being bullied in school. i want to start off, though, with sirdeana, how are you doing? >> try to take it one day at a time. it's very difficult, especially when you know that there are other families that are suffering. it's very hard. >> did you have any idea how bad the bullying was that carl was experiencing? >> carl informed me that he was being bullied at school, so i had some idea. i went to the administrators, and i informed them that this was happening to carl. but carl was afraid to identify his -- the people that were bullying him because he was afraid he would be labeled a snitch, a fink, so it was very difficult. but i thought the school was handling it, handling the situation. >> and, donna, how are you doing? >> i'm -- the same. it's one day at a time. and it's basically all that can you do. you have your highs and you have your lows. it's -- there's a v

dr. phil mcgraw and rosalind wiseman, kevin jennings, assistant deputy secretary of education, and dr. speak up initiative, and president of the cartoon network is here as well. what is this bystander effect? >> it's interesting. my colleagues and i conducted a survey with more than 500,000 third through twelveth graders. the vast majority of students say they feel badly for bullied students. they don't like it. unfortunately that sympathy doesn't translate into action. we found fewer than 50% said they would try to help a bullied student, even though many felt really badly about it. >> there's also the pressure besides not just saying anything, the pressure to kind of join in on the bullying. i want to show you what some of the students we talked to had to say. >> do i bully in person even though i know it's wrong so that i am accepted? or do i not, and go with what i believe in and risk the possibility that i become the victim over the next couple years? >> do you think that's part of the reason some people bully, is they're afraid if they don't they'll get targeted? >> yeah. >> the

dr. phil mcgraw. and breaking news involving john edwards, presidential candidate who fathered a child out of wedlock with a woman on his campaign, rielle hunter. we have the latest on that. >>> we begin keeping them honest with a new development in what is one of the strangest stories we've ever covered. tonight the target of that assistant attorney general in michigan is breaking his silence, his name is chris armstrong, he's for months been targeted online and in person by this guy, andrew shirvell, an assistant attorney general for the state of michigan. now, ever since armstrong became michigan's first gay student body president, sure vil has been on the war path, protesting at events where armstrong appears, picketing outside nightclubs armstrong has gone to, even videotaping outside his home. online shirvell set up an entire blog making unfounded allegations against armstrong, labeling him a nazi and liar, quote, satan's representative on the student assembly. after days of pressure on the atto

dr. phil mcgraw. from "castle," nathan fillion.h cleto and the cletones. ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" >> dicky: and now, cheer up! here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: well, thank you. i'm jimmy, thank you for watching. thanks for making it out tonight. good to have you in my clutches. sit down. i'd like to talk to you guys about something. i need to -- and it's serious, too. it's very weird in here tonight, isn't it? did someone in the audience have a seizure or something before? well, listen, it's election season again. there seems to be more election seasons than seasons of "the bachelorette" nowadays. [ laughter ] and some shocking results in the new york and delaware republican primaries last night, where well-known veteran politicians were upended by candidates affiliated with the tea party. and it was especially shocking, because, you know, i've been to a lot of tea parties with my daughter, and most of the people there are stuffed animals, they're not even real, so -- [ laughter ] it's not even tea. it's an

dr. phil mcgraw joins us to talk about what happened to the 18-year-old tyler clementi. and a medical mystery solved, following up on a woman with an illness no one could identify. how disease detectives figured it out and saved her life. you'll meet her. >>> we begin with new developments in the bizarre case of an assistant attorney general of michigan who for months has been targeting an openly gay college student. last night on the program the attorney general of michigan said he couldn't discipline his employee, even though what he thought what he was doing was bullying. tonight we have new evidence suggesting that the attorney general of michigan actually could do something about it if he really wanted to. the attorney general was implying there weren't any grounds yet to dismiss the staffer. turns out there may be. we'll show you the evidence in a moment and you can decide for yourself. first i want to bring you up to speed on what is a truly odd story. this is the assistant attorney general andrew shirvell, on the left there. for months he has been targeting the m

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dr. phil mcgraw, from "castle," nathan fillion, music from trace adkins and its mexico's 200th birthday.wo governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do. meet pnc virtual