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prosecutors say last night the hofstra university student admitted she lied about being assaults. >> slowly but steadily began to unravel. prosecutors almost immediately identified significant inconsistencies as she told them her story. the turning point was when she was confronted with the fact that there may exist a video of some or all of the incident. the woman began to reveal the truth about what happened. >> charges against the four men were dropped. initially the student claimed she was lured from a club, forced into a men's bathroom and assaulted. but she, again, changed her story. >>> more bone fragments found on the property of the man accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard in california. today investigators with search dogs and special radar will go over phillip garrido's yard and the one next door. bone fragments were also found there. they're being tested to see if they're human. police are investigating whether phillip garrido was involved in the disappearances of two other girls around 20 years ago. he's charged with kidnapping dugard and holding her for 18 years. >>> pre

. >>> the woman who wrongfully accused five, count them, five men of raping her at hofstra university will not face criminal charges. the d.a. made that announcement today. 18-year-old dammel nadona was, however, ordered to get mental health treatment -- you think -- and complete 250 hours of community service. if she fails to do that, she could be charged at a later date. though she signed an agreement admitting she lied to police and engaged in consensual sex, these false accusations threatened to really ruin the lives of the four young men who were arrested. we actually talked to one of them on "issues!" >> i was really scared of the i couldn't believe what was basically going through my mind. it was like a big nightmare. and i thought i was going to do time for something i didn't do. i was going to be punished for something that i did not do. >> joining me now, cnn legal analyst, lisa bloom. lisa, is there a double standard here? what could and should she have been charged with? >> she could have been charged with making false statements to the police. that's a misdemeanor. but i

one of our cnn producers at hofstra university on long island.described as a horrific sexual attack over the weekend. thank you. >>> let's dip in now, the president is meeting with canadian prime minister, stephen harper, and he's making comments about afghanistan. >> -- without having absolute clarity about what the strategy will be. so, we're going to proceed and make sure that we don't put the cart before the horse. >> just very quickly, i -- to try and answer that question directly. i certainly don't think, notwithstanding the continued problems in many parts of the country, the fierce efforts of the insurgency, i don't think the taliban in any way constitutes an alternative government or, you know, any immediate threat to replace iin the government of afghanistan. so, i think in that sense, you know, we can see the progress that's been made. obviously, though, we are concerned about the strength of the insurgency. we, as i say, welcome the renewed american effort and effort of some nato countries. our emphasis in canada, for some time now, p

island four young men are free tonight cleared of charges that they gang-raped an 18-year-old hofstra university student. police say the woman made it up. >> the young woman admitted to each of the encounters with the men were consensual. >> reporter: 20-year-old kevin and his stepbrother 19-year-old in red say they had never been to jail before and never plan to go back. >> we were there thinking that we were going to do a lot bit, 25 years, and i'm not even that old, you know? it was just a scary place. >> the thing that they said with the rope, come on, like, disgusting. man, we were looked at as disgusting men, and that is not a good name to have. >> reporter: prosecutors say the woman recanted soon after they told her the incident was recorded by cell phone. >> when she was asked whether the videotape that we believed could be out there would corroborate her story, that was when she began to tell the truth. >> the woman at the center of this case now suspended from hofstra pending a university hearing. zirchl over to the white house now. announcing today the u.s. will share 10% of its swine

we're also going to talk about this hideous story out of hofstra university on long island.s she was raped by five young men. they were paraded before the media. suddenly we find out, huh-uh, didn't happen, made-up story. why? why is she not being charged? why don't we know her name? coming up on "issues."

this is on long island, hofstra university. an 18-year-old freshman was apparently raped by five men in a dormitory, men's room, after a night of dancing at an on-campus nightclub. four are charged. a fifth is still at large. carolyn rayknack wolf is a safety consultant at hofstra. by the way, she has two college-aged kids of her own. what can you tell us about this case? and were these alleged suspects students? should they have been there? >> to my understanding, at least one of them are a student. and that raises the spectrum as to what are colleges doing with regard to safety and security on their campus. what programs do they have in place, what training do they have in place? how are they going about protecting the students that are on their campus, whether it's a large campus or a small campus. >> we've got a lot of people that are concerned because it took so long for them to tell the students and vis-a-vis the parents. they didn't put it on a blog or website until wednesday and it happened sunday. >> i travel across th

last week a freshman at hofstra university told police that five men tied her up and brutally beat her her. they were quickly arrested. they were all good friends, these four men. they spent four nights in jail as a great suspects. -- as rape suspects. arrested, facing suspension, and up to 25 years in prison. then she finally admits that she was not raped. she did not want it to appear that she was doing anything untoward, so she told her boyfriend and the police -- there is actually a video of this whole thing proving that the sex was consensual. you never knew this girl? >> and never before that night. martha: what was your first understanding of what you were being charged with? >> i did not even know what was happening. i got picked up at home. i did not say much, neither did they. i did not want to say too much, i did not do anything. martha: one of your friends took a cell phone account of what happened? did you have sex with this girl? >> no, i did not. martha: did you touch her? >> no. martha: what remains to be seen is how this will play out. were you surprised at how quickly

this hour, we reported what investigators described as a horrific gang rape on the campus of hofstra university young men arrested and charged with five counts each of first-degree rape. well, now the alleged victim has recanted her story, and the men have been released from custody. all charges dropped. the young men are obviously overjoyed to be free. one of the falsely accused, a 20-year-old, kevin tavares, is quoted in "new york's "newsday"" saying it was terrible. i feel like our names were tarnished. but maybe with all the news out, people will see we're not rapers. prosecutors and investigators are still looking at this case. the woman who made the false statements may face charges. ♪ ♪ puff the magic dragon lived by the sea ♪ >> her voice forever part of the timeless soundtrack of the turbulent '60s. mary travers, one-third of peter, paul & mary, died after a long fight with leukemia. the group's harmonies became anthems for civil rights movements and the anti-war protesters and beat nicks. >>> americans are still losing jobs. in today's "money & main street" segment, allan chernoff int

." >>> four men are charged with gang-raping a student at long island's hofstra university. was tied up and gang raped. some students of upset with the university officials because they first learned about this attack on facebook. police are still searching for a fifth suspect. >>> california authorities are -- again, back at the home of kidnapping suspect phillip garrido. they started the search yesterday. and they're looking for clues into the disappearance of two young girls who went missing in the late '80s. investigators expect the search will take several days. garrido and his wife are already charged with kidnapping jaycee dugard, keeping her captive for 18 years. they have pleaded not guilt nethat case, and police say that jaycee dugard's 1991 kidnapping, that it has similarities to the disappearance of two other young women, michaela garecht in 1998 and ilene misheloff in 1989. both garecht and misheloff were abducted from cities less than 50 miles from antioch. and dugard and garecht when you put their pictures side by side, you can see they look-alike. and not onl

an aboutface in an alleged rape scandal that shocked hofstra university.ported on this story yesterday. but now an 18-year-old student who accused several men of gang raping her is admitting she made it up. cnn's deborah feyerick is following developments for us. the accuser could face charges of her own. >> reporter: absolutely. they've not released her name but describe her as a troubled young woman. falsely accused of raping an 18-year-old college student, four young men were set free and charges dropped hours after their accuser changed her story about being forcibly tied up and sexually assaulted in a dormitory bathroom. >> the young woman admitted that each of the encounters with the men were consensual. >> reporter: 20-year-old kevin taveras and his stepbrother in red say they had never been to jail before and never plan to go back. >> we didn't do it. we were there thinking that we were going to do a long bid, 25 years. i'm not even that old, you know. it was just a scary, scary place. >> the things they said with the rope. come on. like, that's di

. >>> the woman who wrongbly accused five, count them five men of raping her at hofstra university will the 18-year-old was, however, ordered to get mental health treatment. you think? and complete 250 hours of community service is. if she fails to do that, she could be charged at a later date, though she signed an agreement admitting she lied to police an engaged in consensual sex, these false accusations threaten to really ruin the lives of the four young men who were arrested. we actually talked to one of them on "issues." >> i couldn't believe what was basically going through my mind. it was like a big nightmare and i thought i was going to do time for something i didn't do, i was going to be punished for something i did not do. >> joining me now cnn legal analyst, lisa bloom. lisa, is there a double standard here? what could and should she have been charged with. >> she could have been charged with makinging fails statements to the police, a misdemeanor. but, i applaud, i applaud the district attorney coming to this outcome. our prisons are overcrowded, stretched beyond our budgets

the reported attack shocked the hofstra community. the university even increasing safety patrols and setting up a support hotline for students and parents. he lost his life because he refused to leave a fellow soldier behind in afghanistan. and today army sergeant first class jared monti will posthumously receive the medal of honor from the president for his sacrifice. >> he didn't give up because he was never a kid that would. he reached in, he gave orders to the rest of the soldier to direct their fire, to cover fire for him. he grabbed a hand grenade and threw it and then got up and tried to get private bradberry. gretchen: monti's father, mother and other relatives and friends will accept the medal in a ceremony in the east room of the white house. this is the first medal president obama has handed out since taking office. coming up next hour, we will live with sergeant monti's commanding general about the tremendous sacrifices made for our country. steve: meanwhile, straight ahead on this thursday's "fox & friends," the senate floor could be th