police hand delivered apology letters to karen kline from the students and their parents. you can see the middle school students verbally abused karen kline and even bringing her to tears. >> from wesley. i really feel bad about what i did. i wish i had never done these things. if somebody did that to my mother or graibd mother, i would be angry. >> they apologized, final are they really, really serious? do they really, really know how bad they were? it's hard to say. i don't know if they are or not. >> reporter: donations for karen kline have surpassed half a million dollars. she's refusing to file criminal charges but the school district says it will punish the boys. >>> another developing story out west. up next, the wildfire that forced firefight torres pull -- firefighters to pull back for their safety >>> and a face that only a mother can love. can >>> firefighters had to pull back after a wildfire in colorado threatened their safety. the fire has burned more than 118 square miles over the last few weeks. hundreds of firefighters have battled to contain the flames an

. >> reporter: karen kline is inspiring the world to stand up to bullies. >> i think policies need to be changed. i don't know if any of this dealing with problems. but we'll find out. >> reporter: bus monitors and drivers gathered to support karen and voice opinions about the incident. bus monitor diane lovette says bullying on buses has been a major problems. she believes students should be funished for their actions with community service or suspension. >> i'm sorry to say it but it had to stand with somebody and god viewed karen to be an example. >> reporter: students also came in support of the karen. one student who had also been bullied wrote her a letter. >> it's to support her because she's had a hard time. it's a letter making her feel comfortable and trying to help her through what she experienced on that bus. >> it's like, all this is coming about, everybody is talking about it. things will be done now about the other children. >> kline is not pressing criminal charges against the boys but the investigation is continuing. mary bubala, wjz eyewitness news. >>> tonight the v

. >>> the vacation and retirement fund for karen kline continues to grow.s the western new york bus monitor being bullied. karen kline is inspiring people across the world to stand up to bullies after being harassed by middle school studentless. karen hopes her video will change behavior on buses. >> i think policy will be changed. i don't know if anything will change but we'll find out. >> reporter: both bus drivers and monitors joined to support kline. she believes students should be punished for their actions with community service or suspension. >> i'm sorry to say but it had to start with somebody, and god used karen to be an example. >> reporter: students came out to show support for karen, one student who was bullied herself wrote her a letter. >> just trying to support her because she has had such a hard time it's just a letter to make her feel comfortable and trying to help her through what she experienced on that bus. >> reporter: karen says she can't believe the attention this controversy has gained. she believes her story can serve as a lesson.

i don't know. >> donations for karen kline have surpassed half a million dollars.iminal charges, but the school district will punish the boys. >>> another teen caught on camera in a disturbing crime. he's accused of trying to snap pictures of women under their skirts. fox's andrea has the story. >> when you see this 18-year- old kid, you just assume he's a high school student shopping around this target store for some stuff. but then out of nowhere, he shows you who he really is and this creep was caught on two cameras. >> he comes up from behind her and he uses the camera in his cell phone to take video by actually pushing the camera up below her skirt. >> have you ever seen anything like this? >> not exactly like this. not exactly like this. he's very brayson. he earned commerce township. >> they were aware there was someone doing this stuff, but they just didn't know who he was until this victim with avengeance stepped in. >> she felt him brush by and that didn't sit right with her. she realized something was wrong. she began to follow him. >> to see what this l

the infamous video of karen kline being verbally assaulted by boys has outraged a nation. they condemn the incident. kline decided not to press charges against the boys and hoping others will learn from it. >> i should have gone up to the front of the bus. gotten away from them, but then this wouldn't have happened. >> online donations for kline have now surpassed $600,000. people are hoping she uses that money to take the vacation of a lifetime. boy, if anyone deserves it, it's that woman. that's for sure. still tonight on wjz eyewitness news, a wildfire whips back up. tonight, some new evacuation orders as firefighters in colorado lose control. >> there's a person inside the house? >> yes. >> home alone when three men break in. how this florida boy led police right to the thieves. and splashing into summer, city pools are opening up. find out where and when you can enjoy it. >> boy, nice summer weather in the region. i'm bob turk with the complete first warning weather forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> it's clear and 73 degrees in central maryland right now.

some of the boys are now receiving death threats for taunting karen kline: the video of the bullyinghe father of one of the boys who picked on kline apologized for his son's behavior. >> i just want you to know that my family, we're all sorry for this and we're going to get it right. >> the woman says she doesn't want to file charges, she thinks it'll be better if the boys are banned from the bus for a year. >>> filling up at the tank, used to seem like an easy enough task but watching the dollars add up has been a set back for many. like business owner allen bland. >> it's really tough out here for a small businessman. >> reporter: alan has owned his busyness but says once gas prices shot up he had to dig deep in his pockets to fill up his work truck. spending nearly 500 to $600 a month. >> that's a lot of money. >> reporter: but now prices are predicted to hit below $3 a gallon by halloween. >> i find it hard to believe. they've been so high for so long. >> reporter: the state of maryland has seen a drop of more than 30-cents, and baltimore went from $3.64 a gallon to $3.34. regina

the video shows karen kline's plight. she is a bus monitor. but the children she is protecting turned on her. >> i wanted to punch them. i really wanted to hit them. >> this abuse continued. this grandmother was reduced to tears. >> one that comment was particularly hurtful. >> you are of we. your kid is of we. you should commit suicide. >> the video with viral on youtube. and an outpouring of support come up with the money pouring in. >> it makes me feel great. >> the boys have apologized for the behavior, while the sixth grader who recorded the video had this to say. >> people record bullying every day on youtube. >> karen does not want to press charges, but she does want to see the boys punished. the parents are reeling. >> they have begun harassing my family. >> and now a national dialogue in america about how to deal with bullying has taken on a new dynamic and the nation is confronting the problem of adults bullied by children. bbc news. >> there is growing international concern about the african nation of mali. after months, the nation

the funds for karen kline has topped $380,000.ideo of cline being tormented has gone viral more than 1.5 million people have watched it on youtube. >>> a 911 dispatcher in prince george's county helped a father deliver his son at home. >> my wife is in labor. her water has broken and time to go. >> sounds pretty calm. that was andre johnson. he called 911 moments after his wife's water broke at their home in hillcrest heights yesterday. news4 spoke exclusively to the mother and 911 dispatcher about the dramatic delivery. >> i was very, very shocked at how it came. >> all of a sudden he's like, i see the head, i see the head. i said, you do? so i went back into the program and the program talks you through birth and so i was trying to calm the father down. >> richard, marvin johnson was born 7 pounds, 13 ounces. this morning both richard and his mother are doing fine. >>> a judge is hoping for a trial with a man charged in killing his wife. 48-year-old is accuse of strangling and beating 91-year-old last summer. she was a well-know

more than 1.5 million views on you tube. 68-year-old karen kline, a bus monitor for a suburban upstate school district doing her best to ignore the insults. this 10-minute cell phone video shows kline breaking down. in tears. >> they should have been taught to respect their elders. >> kline doesn't know why four boys decided to bully her. she told nbc news it took a lot of will power to hold back. >> i'm sure they don't act that way at home. but you never know what they are going to do when they are out of the house. >> kline said she had no interest in pressing charges. the school promises disciplinary measures. in the meantime, an overwhelming show of support. >> the nicest letters and facebook messages. it's like wow. there is a whole world out there that i didn't know. it's really is yousome. >> in the meantime, an overwhelming show of support from around the world. >> that are local connection, thousands of people, total stranger dos nated more than $430,000 to send the grandmother of eight on a vacation and help with her retirement and they are using a bay area start up to do so.

parents and their children now watch the 68-year-old bus monitor karen kline taunted by four middle schoolren. >> >>> the boys taking ham at the bus monitor near rochester new york been on the bus with them all year. >> the verbal jabs appear to become physical, one student appearing to poke her with his book. >> it jiggles. >> then they turn to a story they had heard about her son, who committed suicide, making fun of that too. the grandmother of eight telling us she didn't want to break down in front of them. >> i didn't get angry. i just tried to ignore them. just look out the window of the bus and say, fine guys. they just kept it up. >> reporter: at one point, urging them to stop. >> unless you have something nice to say, don't say it ate all. >> reporter: tonight it is sparking anger. >> i was so upset and so disturbed. >> what is wrong with these kids of this generation? >> reporter: the father of one of the boys told us it was hard for him to watch and what did he say to him? >> i think i was crying at the time. you know, i can't believe you could do this to somebody. it was pretty

her name is karen kline.s a bus monitor for the greece central school district, relentlessly tormented by middle school kids. it goes on for ten minutes. here is a tiny portion. >> fat [ bleep ]. >> look at that. >> what size is your shirt. >> unless you have something nice to say, don't say anything at all. >> it is beyond the fat insults and the threats start getting violent. take a listen. >> [ bleep ] pull it out. >> fat. >> pull my knife out right there. >> if i stab you in the stomach my knife would go through like butter. what is your address? [ bleep ]. >> take a crack at the mouth. >> [ bleep ]. >> come to your house and steal everything. >> it goes on like that and on like that and on. in the middle of the ten-minute clip they start touching her like touching her ears and poke her with a year book and it seems like a lot of it started when they wanted to take a look at the class year book and the worst comes at the end of the tape and what one kid tells karen, this bus monitor. >> you don't have a f

you can see that's karen kline there trying to ignore these students as they shout profanities and taunt her. kline says she didn't realize how bad the verbal abuse was until she actually watched it again online. the comments ranged from her weight to somebody in her family committing suicide. >> i tried to ignore them. that's why i didn't hear some of the stuff because i'm just kind of trying to shut them out. >> we all know middle schoolers are a mean bunch sometimes. empathetic supporters rallied behind kline and raised more than $120,000 for her to take a vacation and although police say pressing criminal charges against students is an opposite, kline says she will not press charges -- option, kline says she will not press charges and leave the punishment to the school board. >>> still ahead time to tee it up, how the simple lessons of golf means a lot more than just learning the sport for some d.c. elementary students. >> a year long 9news investigation into the safety of thousands of late model jeep grand cherokees on our roads right now. in tonight's consumer alert death by fire,

. >> karen kline, who drove a bus for 20 years, kept her cool.ffiliate, one remark in particular really hurt. >> something about me being so -- your kids should suicide. i don't think they knew he had. >> my kid did. >> i wanted to punch him is what i wanted to do. so that's why i stayed laid back and just tried to ignore it. because i really wanted to hurt them. you know? you can't do that. >> a shocked community rallied around karen. a family friend started a fund to send her on vacation with a modest goal of $5,000. but wednesday, as word spread online, the fund exploded. this morning, it's raised more than $110,000, and is still growing. >> and police are now investigating. kline says she doesn't want the kids to be criminally charged but wouldn't mind seeing them grounded all summer and if nothing else, just wants a simple apology. >> terrell, you it. thank you. >> so disturbing. of i don't know what i would do if my kids spoke that way. let's hope they learn a lesson from this one. >> i know what you would do. >> i would call in the big gun

. >>> we have an update on karen kline the grandmotherly bus monitor who was tormented by a group ofa troll. you are a troll. you are a troll. >> how about i bring my -- >> those kids are evil. after that video went viral, you can imagine that the donations went pouring in, and now klein has met the man who helped raise more than a half million for her to take a vacation. max came all of the way from toronto to greece, new york, last night. he started the website after seeing that video of klein and he said he never expected to raise so much money. the initial goal was $5,000. about 30,000 people from all over the world donated and so far the total is more than $660,000. klein has said that she may invest some of the money, and then donate some of it as well. >>> she was the queen of the romantic comedy and women championed in the male-dominated fi films. the mind behind "when harry met sally" and the film writer norah ephron died yesterday where she was undergoing treatment for acute lieu team ya. -- leukemia. thank you, everyone, for watching. you can continue the you can continue

patti ann: karen kline is a 68 grandmother who supervised the yellow bus in upstate new york.erbally abused for ten straight minutes and it was caught on tape. there are violent threats on the tape as well as possible sexual harassment, so police are investigating. >> i just restrained myself and i tried to pretend that they weren't doing this. i've escaped a lot in my life in trying to let things go, you know. patti ann: joining us now to talk about this we have arthur ey aidala, a former prosecutor and fox news contributor. and pamela turner. patti ann: there is horrible name-calling going on and specific and grave i can threats made as well. are the threats at least criminal? >> obviously it's harassment. if that is not a textbook example of harassment i don't know what is. looking at this and having handled these types types of cases, the real problem is with the schools, the schools and the school chancellors, whoever is in charge they don't give the matrons or the bus drivers any authority to discipline these kids. if that woman would have got even in trouble if she stoo

you will after you see this video. 68-year-old karen kline is a bus monitor in montana state. her best to ignore these little snots as they cruelly berate her. >> yeah, you're fat. you're so fat. you're like the whole -- oh, my god, your glasses are foggy from your freaking sweat, you fat [ bleep ]. >> what are we doing? >> your mom, oh, wait, she's dead. kind of like you in a few years, you old [ bleep ]. if i stab you in the stomach and [ bleep ] my knife would go through you like butter. >> horrible! kids can be so cruel! millions, now, have seen that video and express their sympathies for kline. she tells nbc, this should be a wake-up call for parents about what their kids are really like. >> i'm sure they don't act that way at home, but you never know what they're going to do when they're out of the house. they should have been taught to respect their elders. no matter who it is. >> there could be consequences for these kids, by the way. police say they know every one of them who was involved. they're looking into possible charges, but there is one bright spot from all of

karen kline is a bus monitor for the greece central school district in up state new york and a group. it got so bad she started to cry. >> oh, my god, you're so fat. >> you're fat. >> you're so fat. >> oh, no, look. >> oh, my god, your glasses are foggy. >> funny. >> wipe the water off your face. >> i am crying. >> oh, my goodness. it goes on for ten minutes and there are points we can't show you so we do have it at cnn.com if you want to watch the whole thing. at one point a student tells kline she doesn't have a family because they, quote, killed themselves because they didn't want to be around her. that student didn't know it. kline's oldest son took his own life ten years ago. kline who is hearing impaired says she didn't hear all of the taunting until she watched the video. >> some reason they just started in with this garbage. i still don't know why. i sat there and took it until they got off the bus. i don't know if i want to see them face-to-face again. i doubt it. >> school officials say all students involved will face disciplinary action. they have also referred the matter

since this video of a student taunting karen kline went viral, outrage towards those involved is growing. two of the students have written letters of apology. and the father of one of the bullies says they are still deciding on an appropriate punishment. >> he is in the house. he can't go anywhere anyway. due to the death threats and the harassment. we're waiting for this whole thing to cool down before we can proceed on those types of things. >> since the video is posted, an online fund has been set up to send kline on vacation. more than $600,000 has been raised. kline says she is not pressing charges but will let the school district decide on a punishment. >>> today marks the 40th anniversary of title ix. the law according equal protection to women in education and athletics. president nixon signed that act in 1972. although title ix is best known for providing female opportunities in sports, the original statute did not specifically mention athletics. it banned gender discrimination in any school program or activity. and a later legal interpretation required all schools receiving fed