jericka duncan is in brooklyn for the latest. >> this tight-knit orthodox jewish community aggrieved together as a family for the family they lost. the children ranged in age from five to 16. the only survivors are the victims' mother and their 15-year-old sister who are in critical condition after jumping from this second floor window. >> assemblyman doug hike ken says the father who was away at a religious conference when the fire happened gave a 20 minute tribute to his children. >> he talked about hugging your children and loving your children and treating people right. he has got seven caskets right in front of his face, and he is telling us love your children. >> investigators say the deadly fire started when a hot plate left on overnight malfunctioned in the first floor kitchen. the flames quickly spread to the upstairs bedroom where the children slept. neighbor andrew rose what says he called 911. >> i was up in the back room upstairs .. on the computer and i hear a screaming from a child mommy, mommy help me. >> the children's mother reportedly stumbled through the spoke to

jericka duncan is in new york city with winter's parting shot. jericka. >> reporter: good evening. it has been a winter for the record books and the pocketbooks. historic blizzards and low temperatures have put a chill on spending throughout the northeast. in boston, where a record 108 inches fell credit and debit card sales dipped more than 9% while nationwide spending was up nearly 3%. economists estimate massachusetts alone suffered $1 billion in lost wages and profits. small businesses and hourly workers took the biggest hit. diane swonk is chief economist with mesirow financial. >> in the overall economy, really harsh winter weather tend to disrupt, defer, and displace economic testifies. >> this is new construction. >> reporter: evan metalios of remax has dozens of homes on the market in queens, new york. his office usually sells between 20 and 25 homes during the winter months. this year, he says, sales are down more than 50%. >> people need to walk into a home, see a home, and feel comfortable, feel cozy. they need to be upbeat. there is nothing cozy or warm or upbeat with

members. >> pelley: jericka duncan reporting from norman oklahoma. jericka, thank you. there's even more breaking news it's been a busy evening this one coming from the white house. we have learned of an investigation of misconduct involving the secret service. it came from an incident that happened a week ago, and our major garrett has details tonight. major? >> reporter: scott two secret service agents are under investigation for driving an agency vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and crashing it into a barrier near the white house grounds on march 4th. one of the agents holds the number-two position in president obama's protective detail. the other agent is a senior supervisor in the washington field office. both agents have been reassigned to desk jobs and stripped of their management roles while the department of homeland security's office of inspector general investigates. the white house first learned of this episode when new secret service director joe clancy informed president obama's top advisers. scott, we're told the president is fully aware of th

jericka duncan reports. >> one is a trauma.wound to the head. >> reporter: three of the seven victims were found inside a home where a gunman started shooting saturday morning. spring break isn't what it used to be in panama city police. bay county sheriff frank m mckeithen. >> this is complete chaos here. >> reporter: according to the sheriff's office arrests are up more than double what they were last year. suspects considered armed and dangerous have nearly quadrupled and authorities have confiscated five times as many firearms. >> my priority until spring break is over is the safety of my officers and the people that come to this beach. >> reporter: with spring break in full swing the sheriff's office constantly updates it twitter page with warnings to and about college age visitors. and the shooting this weekend, the victims ranked from 20 to 22 years old. three are in critical condition. four are stable. the suspect has been charged with seven counts of attempted murder. three of the victims attend alabama a&m university.

. -- these extremes are taking a toll in many waysment we start with jericka duncan on the economics expected to surface-- surpass a record of nearly 108 total inches of snow this season. winter storms have cost massachusetts more than $100 million. attendance at places of worship are down. church leaders say they're struggling to keep up with snow removal heating and maintenance costs. 60 presbyterian churches in new england have collectively asked for at least 300,000 from the national churches disaster relief fund. many households are burning through their heating budgets. john drew works for a social service agency in boston that helps low income families. >> how many families have exhausted their benefits? >> well across the state, i would estimate 160,000 households? >> but the snowfall has been a windfall for others. william mahoney is the co-founder of the app plows and mows the uber of snowplows. he says february was the most profitable month since the company started 14 months ago. >> we plan on being over 60 by the end of the year. >> in manchester-by-the-sea massachusetts

jericka duncan sat down with longtime chef howard dixon.said the brothers should have known better. >> i think it was kind of stupid and selfish to do something like that. and knowing this is an organization it's supposed about about brotherhood, that wasn't a brotherhood. there will never be a job like this again. this is one of a kind. >> reporter: are you going to miss it? >> yes. i'll miss my family. >> reporter: you still consider sigma alpha epsilon family? >> yes. >> you can see more of jericka duncan's interview with chef howard dixon about the racist video coming up later on "cbs this morning." >>> in madison, wisconsin, protesters are calling for the dismissal of a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed biracial 19-year-old. the officer who is white is on leave this morning. as dean reynolds reports, the deadly encounter has led to soul searching in this famously liberal community. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: increasingly large crowds of demonstrators marched on the wisconsin statehouse and filled its 98-year-old ro

jericka duncan is in norman, oklahoma. >> reporter: this is the video that did so much damage in only nine seconds. >> reporter: the clip was posted on a web site sunday night. we don't know when or where it was shot. we don't know the identities of the students. the video makes light of lynchings and barring blacks from sigma alpha epsilon or s.a.e. before sunday night was ovher, the national fraternity disowned the o.u. chapter. brandon weghorst is the national spokesman. >> we are apologetic not only to the individuals who are offended by the video, but to our own members, who are from different backgrounds. because they should never see a video like that. they should never be subjected to that kind of hateful message. >> reporter: the frat house was shut down by the university and members were ordered to move out by tuesday night. early this morning university of oklahoma president david boren joined students who gathered to protest. >> these people have acted in a way that is absolutely reprehensible and disgraceful. we cannot put up with it. >> reporter: isaac hill is the presid

jericka duncan is in norman oklahoma. >> reporter: the students expelled today are accused of playing a leadership role in the racist video that has since tarnished the university. >> i did want to help out. >> reporter: senior lauren hartnett is a sorority member and knows many of the now-suspended sigma alpha epsilon members. >> it's very embarrassing for our campus, and it just-- i just wish that this was a bad dream that we could just all wake up from. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that nightmare started saturday night on a bus ride to an event celebrating the 159th anniversary of the fraternity. >> this is my bedroom. >> reporter: 15-year sae house member beauton gilbow expressed shock when we interviewed her last night. >> i heard the words. unbelievable. this is not-- this is not a.s.e.. >> reporter: but by this morning, this 2013 video surface of her singing lyrics to a rap song using the same offensive language she had earlier condemned. in a statement today she said, "i am heartbroken by the portrayal that i am in some way racist. i have friends of all race and do not to

due to the unprecedented weather conditions, jeff, some cities may qualify for aid. >> glor: jericka duncan thank you very much. t we are learning more about the isis militant known as jihadi john. some of mohammed emwazi's e- mails published today give insight into his deeply troubled mind. and charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: the executioner blamed for taking so many lives, apparently considered taking his own. britain's mail on sunday said mohammed emwazi sent e-mails it to their reporter in 2010 which revealed a paranoia that british security forces were closing in on him. sometimes i feel like a dead man walking, not fearing they may kill me, instead he wrote, maybe i'll take as many pills as i can so that i will sleep forever. emwazi cites an example when he tried to sell his laptop on- line, it was convinced the buyer who met him was an intelligence agent. he shook my hand and said nice doing business with you, mohammed. emwazi goes on to write, i never give out my first name it was impossible for him to know it was my first name. his edgy attitude, a different picture than the

jericka duncan on why the question of what color is it had such a hold on us. >> reporter: we live inus to choose one or the other. you're either for the bill or against it. a fan of the super bowl champions or not. east coast or west coast. but never has a simple question on the internet-- >> i see white and gold. >> i see black and blue. >> reporter: turned into such a heated international debate. >> that is black for me. >> that is not black! >> reporter: internet media company buzzfeed said the dress photo was viewed more than 30 million times in 24 hours, a new record. editor rachel zarrell explained what made this post more explosive than others. >> it doesn't really fit into a category. it applies to anyone. anyone can have an opinion on it because all you need to do is look at it and it's very visual. people were sharing it on mobile, showing it to friend at the bar. >> reporter: all day neuroscientists and vision experts weighed in on why we're seeing anything but the black and blue dress that it actually is. >> for people who only saw the white and gold, is something wrong?

. >> here is jericka duncan. >> reporter:. >> three to this location. one in trauma. >> gunshot to the head. >> seven victims were found inside the home where the gunman started shooting saturday morning. >> trauma. >> spring break isn't what it used to be in panama city beach. the sheriff, frank mckeithen. >> it is complete chaos here. this is what we have been saying was going to happen. it happened. >> according to the sheriff's office arrests are up more than double what they were last year. >> sister expects considered armed and dangerous have nearly quadrupled and authorities have confiscated five times as many firearms. >> my priority right now until spring break is over is the safety of my officers and the people that come to this beach. >> with spring break in full swing, the sheriff's office constantly updates its twitter page with warnings to and about college age visitors. in the shooting this weekend the victims ranged from 20 to 22 years old. three are in critical condition four are stable. >> the suspect has been charged with seven counts

as jericka duncan reports, williams was welcomed back warmly. >> please welcome the number one playere world, serena williams! ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: the one-minute standing ovation by a sold-out stadium served as confirmation, serena williams was missed. at last night's bn paribas open, she defeated monica niculescu, but williams says being able to forgive was an even bigger victory. >> i don't feel like i have to actually hold the trophy at the end of this. i feel like i'm already holding a trovey and just being here is a huge win. not only for me but for so many people. >> reporter: the last time she played here was in 2001. the crowd booed the then-19-year-old before and after she beat kim clijsters. that year, serena was set to play her sister, venus, but due to an injury venus pulled out. angered tennis fans alleged their father richard williams engineered the outcome. the family said some people shouted racist comments at them so they vowed never to return. but 14 years later serena had a change of heart. at a news conference before the tournament, she explained w

jericka duncan has the latest on this. 71-year-old durst was staying under an assumed name in an new orleans hotel when the fbi took him into custody for 2000 murder of his friend susan berman in los angeles. >> the la police have been investigating for a while now and they are unable to put him in los angeles. but they were able to put you in california? >> california is a big state. >> in the jinx, a documentary series airing now on hbo durst talks about the 1982 disappearance of his then wife kathleen, the execution style murder of buhrmann and the 2001 killing and dismember. of his neighborhood black. >> durst long suspected in the murder of all three was charged with his neighbor's death durst claims self-defense the jury believed him. >> does the jury find the defendant robert durst not guilty. >> but in last sunday's episode the jinx revealed something new a letter durst allegedly wrote to buhrmann months before she was shot in the back of the head has similar handwriting as the so-called cadaver letter sent to police alerting them to the location of buhrmann's body. >> it is

here's jericka duncan. >> reporter: the investigation found the racist chant became part of the institutionalculture of the sigma alpha epsilon chapter at the university. o.u. president david boren says the chant was part of the regular pledge process and was taught in the local s.a.e. chapter. >> when we make serious mistakes as individual or as organizations, we're held accountable for them. we pay a price, and then we move forward. >> reporter: since the cell phone video surfaced three weeks another two students have been expelled. levi pettit publicly apologized this week for his role but refused to discuss details. >> i'm not here today to talk about where i learned the chant or how it was taught. i'm here to apologize for what i did. >> reporter: the national s.a.e. office states there's no evidence that the chant is widespread across its 237 chapters, but it admits members likely learned the chant on the leadership cruise. in an e-mail today, a spokesperson writes, "there is a seminar that teaches our songs to brothers who attend it, but that chant has never been part of any of our son

jericka duncan reports how the city is trying to curb some of the violence and debotchery. >> reporter: wild pool parties, free flowing alcohol, raunchy behavior, for many college students this is an annual rite of passenger, but for some young people in the spring break mecca of panama city beach it nearly became deadly. >> i have three parents, one a trauma alert, gunshot wound to the head. >> there was a chaotic scene. we found seven people shot. >> reporter: 22-year-old david daniels, the alleged shooter, was arrested out on bond for drug possession in alabama. >> spring break is not just college kids. we now have a problem from awe walks of life that are here because of -- all walks of life that are here because of spring break. >> reporter: three victims were students at alabama university. some say they were innocent bystanders. a fourth victim shot in the neck and survived posted this photo on her facebook page shing she felt lucky. -- saying she felt lucky. the county sheriff is worried about the volatile mix of alcohol, guns and drugs. >> when several thousand drinkers gather

jericka duncan spoke with a long-time cook who thought the young men should have known better. >> i thinkid and selfish for them to do something like that and knowing the organization is supposed to be about brotherhood, that wasn't brotherhood. >> reporter: ou's football team canceled monday's practice to take part in campus protests. don champion, cbs news, new york. >> you can hear more from oklahoma and the investigation by the university later today on cbs this morning. >>> it was a star studded premier after movie so controversial, it has been banned in india. me stryl reep attended the premier of "india's daughter ," a documentary detailing the aftermath of a brutal gang rape in delhi. again it's banned in india. >>> d.c.'s streetcar step has cost close to $200 million. city leaders aren't sure if and when the streetcars will begin operating. the latest start date was mid- january but now it seems as though it will remain in perpetual testing mode. the transportation director says he can't rule out shutting down the system. >> after evaluating all the options what i said was i wasn

jericka duncan reports from normand, oklahoma, where the sae frat house is now empty. >> reporter: these students at the university of oklahoma used harmony to fight the hate. their rallying cry, not on our campus. >> not on our campus! not on our campus! [ singing ] >> reporter: their mission? to counter a song whose lyrics included racial slurs boasting that there would never be an african american member. >> as i was walking on campus yesterday, all i could look at were all these trees on campus and how someone wants to hang me from them. >> reporter: one of the students seen in the video, 19- year-old parker rice, apologized in a statement and said his actions were likely fueled by alcohol and that the song was taught to us. the parents of student levi petit spoke out for their son and said he made a horrible mistake and will live with the consequences forever. >> do i accept the apology? no. >> reporter: will james, ii joined sae in 2001. he said he was the second black member and believed progress was being made. now what do you think? >> i don't know that we've made too many strid

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jericka duncan is outside a starbucks on why they're not backing down. orning. >> reporter: good morning. howard schultz says he fully expected a backlash because as he put it race can be a difficult topic to discuss. but he said despite the criticism, what starbucks is trying to do is important. starbucks' ceo howard schultz tells "cbs this morning" the "race together" campaign is meant to get customers thinking and talking. >> this is a highly charged, highly emotional issue, we understand that. we've tried to be very thoughtful, very genuine, very authentic, and recognize that by leveraging our stores potentially we can elevate the conversation and make a positive difference. >> reporter: some find it con da sensing. one took to twitter to show their frustrations. one wrote if only selma had put in a starbucks. >> there's always more to be done than just talking. talking is cheap sometimes. o cf1 o >> they write my name and order and "race together." it didn't really pique my interest. >> reporter: starbucks is known for taking a progressive stance on

jericka duncan is here with the story of survival. jericka, good morning. >> good morning.everal days traveling by cruise ship in barcelona touring around europe. hector doesn't speak english well but his wife made it clear the last stop in tunisia changed their lives. >> the minute i walked out of the bathroom there was a bomb. >> giovanna and hector gonzalez looked at. instead they were faced with a terror attack. >> i go to my husband, that's an attack. >> reporter: surveillance footage from inside the museum shows the gunmen carried assault rivals. two tunisians who trained in neighboring libya carried out the march 18 attack. >> this guy was shooting inside of the museum behind us. so we started running and running. there was no way out. >> reporter: after hiding in the museum for two hours the pair from homestead, florida, were escorted to safety. their daring escape alongside other tour its was caught on camera. they within on a week-long cruise to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. the couple returned to miami airport on saturday night. >> i love my daughter

jericka duncan is outside the sae house, good morn. >> reporter: good morning. the frat house is empty. you see the police tape blocking off the house. you can see they'll repair the damage done to this community. ♪ we all need somebody to lean on ♪ >> reporter: with a rhythm all their own, these people at the university used harmony to fight the hate. their rally, not on our campus. [ chanting ] >> reporter: their mission to counter a song whose lyrics were racial slurs boasting that there will never be an african-american member. >> as i was walking on campus all i could see is the trees on campus and how someone wants to hang me from them. >> reporter: they were told to be out by midnight. >> we're doing this to address problems that are not being dress iowa dress mainstream. >> reporter: one of the students seen on the video 19-year-old parker rice apologized for the statement and said their actions were likely fueled by alcohol and the song was taught to us. the parents of student levi pet it in spoke out for their son and said he made a horrible mistake an

jericka duncan is here with the survival story that is also a family tragedy. morning, charlie. the accident killed 25-year-old lynn jennifer groesbeck but her daughter lilly was strapped in her car seat and survived. now family and friends are turning to friends and family for help with the young girl's medical care. by the timeemme this baby was found it is believed she had been in the water for some 14 hours. >> vehicle submerged in the river p one person in it. will need extrication. >> reporter: the car was on its roof. lilly was inside hanging upside down. >> it became apparent that the driver was deceased but we also noticed there was a small baby in the back seat. >> they flipped the car over and rescued the toddler who was unconscious and unresponsive. >> i grabbed the baby in my arm, raised its head out of the water as i tried to release the seatbelt. >> the child was passed to me and i just ran up and climbed in the ambulance with the child. >> the waters were so cold three police officers and four firefighters had to be taken to a hospital and treat

jericka duncan is near the scene. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can see the streets are still blocked off as fire crew continue tofire fight hot spots in that area and look for any signs of life. that's because one person is still accounted for this morning. at least 250 firefighters were to put out the raging fire which sent a pillar of smoke hovering above the city. in a matter of minutes one of the buildings came tumbling down on live television. >> now the building is collapsed. >> reporter: witnesses reported hearing a loud boom around 3:00 thursday afternoon. the powerful explosion blew the facade after one of the buildings. bystanders captured video showing the injured helping others. this one climbed up a fire escape to help someone. ing. >> we have two people with burns and another person who had become unconscious following the event and was declared in krit cat condition. >> 23-year-old nicholas figueroa is missing. members of his family say he was in a sushi restaurant located inside one of buildings when the explosion happened. co

jericka duncan is at the school in norman oklahoma. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. now the university of texas is looking into claims that the sae chapter there used the racist chant, but last night here in norman it was the students staff and people from the area that came together to talk about diversity. >> people look at me like i'm crazy. people look at me and judge me on sight. >> reporter: at a town hall wednesday night -- >> no one understood -- >> reporter: many of the speakers we heard from hope the outrage over a video could usher in changes for the university and the city of norman. >> let's start supporting each other. >> reporter: for days the campus sigma alpha epsilon chapter denied passing down or teaching a racist clant to its members but hours before the town hall the local chapters board of trustees made up of alumni advisers said wednesday they discovered a horrible cancer entered into the ou chapter of sae three to four years ago, and was not immediately and totally stopped. however, the national headquarters of sae reiterated that they would n

jericka duncan shows us how they're trying to curb visit exoduses in their city.city police told the city council that his officers are outnumbered during spring break and many residents and business owners are feeling the huge parties have gotten out of control. but others warn about knee-jerk reactions saying spring breakers are very important to the economy of a city with just 12,000 people. ♪ >> reporter: wild pool parties, free throwing alcohol, raucous and raunchy behavior. for many college students spring celebrations like these are an annual rite of passage. but for some young people in the spring break mecca of panama city beach, it nearly became deadly. >> we have three patients at this location. one is a trauma alert. gunshot wound to the head. >> it was a chaotic scene and we found seven people had been shot. >> reporter: the alleged shooter david daniels was arrested. police say he was out on bond for drug of alabama. >> spring break is not just college kids. we now have problems from all walks of life because of spring break. >> reporter: three victi

jericka duncan with what he says now. >> the words he sang were mean hateful, and racist.he learned the song that collapsed the sigma alpha epsilon song he tee flekted. >> i'm not here to tell you where i learned the chant or how i was taught. >> reporter: he has changed his tune. a nine-second chant with other student. s in a chant sunk his college career. >> everyone here and across the nation has seen what i've done. >> reporter: on wednesday the former member of sigma alpha epsilon stuck to his script. >> there are no excuses for my behavior. i never thought of myself as a racist. i never considered it a possibility. >> reporter: african-american leaders who met privately with petitt and his family said they accepted his apology. >> he didn't say anything else. that was most certainly enough for us. >> reporter: parker rice also expeled by the university after the video surfaced has not spoken publicly. in a statement issue two weeks ago he said the song was taught to us. >> 18 and 19 and 20-year-old children, and that's what they are, children did not know anything ab

jericka duncan is live. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the planes are taking off and landing here a much different scene from yesterday. investigators have removed the wreckage from flight 1086 which was coming from atlanta, carrying 127 passengers and five crew members. the crash happened shortly after 11:00 thursday morning and left the plane's nose hanging perilously over the icy waters of flushing bay. >> we have an aircraft off the runway. >> reporter: the emergency slide did not deploy. passengers evacuated by making their way down the wings or jumping out of the rear of the plane. jared felacy took these seatsphotos from his first-class seat. he spoke with norah o'donnell. passengers started arriving. >> some people were crying some were frantic. some were obviously praying. you knew the pilot had lost control because we were not on the runway. it was a matter of where are we going to stop. >> reporter: it was snowing heavily when the md-88 landed hard on runway 13. about three-quarters down the runway the plane veered to the left

jericka duncan is across the bay from where this happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if traveling from the west coast to laguardia airport, planes are taking off and landing from here. investigators removed the wreckage from flight 2086 which was coming from atlanta, carrying 127 passengers and 5 crew members. the crash happened shortly after 11:00 thursday morning, and left the plane's nose dangling perilously over the icy waters of flushing bay. >> tower? >> tower, aircraft off the runway. >> reporter: the emergency slide did not deploy. passengers evacuated making their way down the wing or jumping out of the rear of the plane. jared faellicci took these pictures from first class and posted them to his facebook page. >> felt we skid probably 20 seconds. >> reporter: he spoke with norah o'donnell who was inside the delta terminal. >> what about when you had to get out of the plane? >> reporter: when passengers started arriving. >> some people crying some frantic. some obviously praying. >> we knew that the pilot had lost control because we were not on the runway. an