guest: can i add one more thing about the university of oklahoma? things like this spread across social media, and one of the things that struck me very -- a very public letter written by the president of another chapter at the university of oklahoma, the president of five delta theta, an african-american member of the greek system. made some outstanding points and i encourage folks to find acting medications on facebook, or twitter. he talked about how the afghan american and the greek experience -- african-american experience any greek experience are one or him at the diversity of oklahoma. he rejected the thought that sigma alpha epsilon was representative of the university of oklahoma, what happened in that video or, in the broader context of the greek world at large. he talked about how the media focuses on that outlying events instead of small, daily acts that fraternity and sorority members do to help their communities every day. we have gotten far more attention for a stated of video that for the efforts than the students took to raise half $

firsthand how the former first lady really treats women. [ bleep ] the two students expelled from oklahoma university for the racist chant have now apologized. should they be forgiven? juan williams and former oklahoma football star spencer tillman are here with analysis. "hannity" starts right here, right now. >>> welcome to "hannity." hillary clinton finally faced the press about her e-mail scandal yesterday but hardly anyone is satisfied with what she had to say. and the questions about what was in the thousands of personal e-mails that she deleted some 32000 of them? well, that's far from over. earlier today the a.p. sued the state department to release e-mails and other government documents while hillary was secretary of state. now the a.p. says the legal action comes after repeated requests filed under the freedom of information act that they have been ignored. meanwhile the a.p.'s fact checker picked apart hillary's excuses from yesterday's presser. and many of them just don't pass the smell test. here are some examples. >> i did not e-mail any classified material to anyone on my e-mail. there

here's oklahoma university president and former oklahoma governor and u.s. senator david boren. >> legally our concern is we have to demonstrate exactly how the educational experience of our students was threatened or disrupted by their actions. and it really has to focus also on the students on the bus. did the other students have their educational experience disrupted? so our lawyers are piling through that now just as our investigators pile through the evidence, look at the video, see if we can identify the ri ringleaders. that's what we have to concentrate on in this chant and leading the chant. but we're not going to tolerate. we're not putting up with it. we can't. if i have to take a risk to send those students home permanently or for a semester, the rest of the year, whatever it is i can do, we're going to do it. >> it's not just the students facing a mild deadline to vacate that house because the chapter's 78-year-old housemother is also having to leave. yesterday, she told cbs she's, quote, disappointed by what she heard on that bus. but wait until

there's a lot of outrage here on the campus of the university of oklahoma. the university's president says he hopes the expulltion of two students shows the campus has a zero tolerance. it's a chant that shocked the country one of the students involved has been identified. the student pumping his fist is parker rice a university of oklahoma freshman who graduated from a jesuit prep school in dallas last year. >> i'm saddened and hurt here we are 2015 and we're still dealing with issues of racism and bigotry. >> reporter: now this short clip posted online showing the long time house mother for the fraternity at ou using the same racial slur. in a written statement she says she's heartbroken by any racist portrayal. she doesn't tolerate any form of discrimination and only singing along to a rap song. the sae house members rushed to move out before the midnight deadline. the fraternity shut down leaving its cook without a job. own line donors raised about $50,000 for him. >> it's like getting punched in the stomach. >> reporter: jonathan davis said he was the fi

we have more fallout surrounding this video of members of a university of oklahoma fraternity gleefully song. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> so the president of the university has expelled two students parker rice and levi pettitte pettit. offering deepest apologies and pettit wrote, he made a horrible mistake and will live with the consequences forever. here with reaction former all-american player running back for the university of oklahoma spencer tillman, and one of my favorite broadcasters, great friend not one of my favorite congressmen tatmmentators because of his views, but -- no, we were talking about this last night. my buddy went there. i have friends in norman oklahoma. oklahoma city, these are great people. i was shocked -- i can't fathom what the hell's going on here. that's not the community i know. >> i think you would be correct. that's not the community i know. but i will qualify that statement, sean, just by saying that at the university of oklahoma when you're an athlete you are operating in a vacuum, okay? you are isolated and insulated. you receive preferential

let's go to oklahoma university where the university is rallying this morning after the members of a fraternity for caught on camera chanting racist remarks. it shows members of sae referencing lynching. soon after it surfaced the university severed ties with the organization and on campus in norman, oklahoma a widespread response from students and university officials alike. this is what a university and the university president should do when there are members of their community that are singled out. it is a shame that ucla decided to use the targeting of a jewish student as nothing more than a learning moment. >>> we go to nbc news in oklahoma and has more on the story from oklahoma university. in good morning, gabe. >> good morning. the university's president said he could not eat or sleep after first watching this video. all the members of the fraternity who lived in the house behind me have been ordered to move out. >> the video first posted sunday has sparked national outrage. now a second recording from a different angle shows members of the fraternity sigma alpha epsilon at

new fallout from the disturbing video at the university of oklahoma. ity members racist chant led the national sigma alpha epsilon to close the chapter. the university evicting members from the fraternity house. the house this weekend vandalize vandalized with the message tear it down. david boren, president of the university of oklahoma announced an expulsion of those leading the chant. >> a top sooner football recruit from dallas declared he is decommitting and will go elsewhere. current football player eric striker angrily denounced the racist video on snapchat. he said he was hurt by the damage the video that was done to the school's reputation. he backs the call to expel those responsible. >> it is out there. i'm not saying it hasn't happened before. this is something that really extreme. not saying the little things before should be pushed under the rug. you know we believe that president boren is taking the right actions and investigating and doing the right thing. you know more than just suspensions and expelling these students. the people respo

and did oklahoma university overstep when it suspended the two student ss. we are joined by a legal analyst, and also a member of university ethics and also a member of university board. and so was it justified or legal. here is the chant unsensecensored. >> >>. ♪ there is never going to be a nigger at sae ♪ ♪ if there sis he'll be hanging by a tree ♪ >> so this is a exclusionary and racist chant that has created a hostile environment for others. so sis this free speech protected by the constitution? >> yes, it is protected by the konts tugs,-- constitution and regardless how it is people have the ability to express free speech regardless of how repugnant on a college campus. >> do you want to respond? >> well, i know what robert said, but i absolutely disagree you can engage in the vile and the negative speech ta you choose to, but not on the college campus. federal anti-discrimination laws make it very clear under title laws that you cannot create vile environment that is not condusive to learn ging environment. >> and section 6 of the title vi of the educ

meanwhile the university of oklahoma campus is trying to heal. [ chanting ] >> reporter: hundreds of udents rallied outside the sae house on the university of oklahoma campus. some students remained inside whoul they while they protested outside. >> thai someone should have stood up and said hey, we should not say this. >> reporter: the racist video shows members of sa e.on the bus singing a song. tuesday, one of the men seen on the bus parker rice issued an apology writing i am deeply sorry for what i did saturday night. it was wrong and reckless. i made a horrible mistake by joining into the singing and encouraging others to do the same. rice said the song was likely fueled by alcohol and confirmed it was taught by other members. it's more important to acknowledge what i did and what i didn't do he wrote. i didn't say no. my goal for the long term is to be a money who has the heart and the courage to reject racism wherever i see or expense it in the future. the parents of another student levi pettitte released a statement apologizing for acts they called disgusting. >> they need to

everyone at the university of oklahoma is not a racist. e before you because we love our university and want to change it to be a more inclusive and diverse place so people like us can feel more welcome. that was his personal decision. the university of oklahoma is not a bad place. >> well megan johnson, chelsea davis, thanks for coming on. we wish you the best of luck in affecting change that is desperately needed on your campus. nice to see both of you. later on we will talk to president boren on what comes next. >>> we have never seen this video of the boston bomber running from the scene after the bomb detonates. you'll get to see all the new video shown at trial ahead. >>> also we'll take to you the front lines of the battle for tikrit. iraqi forces trying to take back the birthplace of saddam hussein from isis. now will it be the terrorists who are forced to turn and run this time? introducing new flonase allergy relief nasal spray, now available over the counter in full prescription strength. when we breathe in allergens our bodies r

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more fallout from the university of oklahoma. you see the chant there from the university members.sed the chapter of sigma alpha epsilon. fraternity members were evicted over the weekend. university president david boren announced he would seek the permanent expulsion of sae members. >> the repercussions just beginning. a top football recruit from dallas declaring he will go elsewhere. current ou football player eric striker went on a tear on snapchat outraged about the video. after he cooled off, he said he was hurt by the damage the video has done to the school's reputation. he backs the call to expel those responsible. >> it is playing out and straight. it is out there. i'm not saying it hasn't happened before. this is something that really extreme. not saying that the little things that happened before should be pushed under the rug. you know we believe that president boren is taking the right actions. and investigating and doing the right thing. more than just suspensions and expelling these students. the people responsible for it. the people on the bus. this is how we feel th

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new developments out of the university of oklahoma where two fraternity members are apologizing for leading a racist chant. those mea culpas come hours after the two students were expelled from the university. yesterday students came out in force again to cheer the quick action by the university president, david boren, and to protest against racism. national correspondent miguel marquez is at o.u. he has the latest for us this morning. >> reporter: so john christine, this is the area outside the sae house at the university of oklahoma. hundreds of protesters here have come to really rally and show support, more than anything for what they did not like about that video that made its way around the world. ricocheted around the world. we're also hearing from one of the individuals who has been expelled saying that he actually withdrew from the school this monday parker rice from dallas whose house we went to and they have pulled out of their house. in a statement he says that their family has received death threats. and also in that statement, i want to read part of it to you, he said i want t

the university of oklahoma has kicked the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity off campus and expelled two students. pretty unbelievable. now, at a press release today, the university president said he expelled the students because they created a hostile learning environment for others. the statement continues to say, i have emphasized that there's zero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the university of oklahoma. fraternity members must remove all their belongings from the frat house by midnight tonight. the house had the greek letters taken down. joining me is university oklahoma senior and journalism major, bajohn, and a junior who is also a member of the black student union. what was your reaction to the tape? >> well, my first reaction to the tape, i was in complete and utter disgust. being a student from oklahoma, we're surrounded by different people from different parts of the world. so we're used to being together. and being able to play together go to school together, everything. it was really an eye opener to me. but after seeing it, this helped me to reali

former university of oklahoma student levi pettit, he spoke out asking for forgiveness earlier today. >> i'm so sorry for what i've done, who i've hurt and the repercussions i've brought to the university that i love. i am incredibly ashamed of myself and would beg your forgiveness as well as the forgiveness of everyone i've hurt with the words that have come from my mouth. it may take me a lifetime to earn it let alone deserve it but i'm committed to trying. >> joining me now executive director of teaparty.net, niger, juan williams, deroy murdock. deroy, what stood out to me, he wasn't the only one. where are the other ones? >> i will say that i watched most of this -- most of his statement anyway. and it didn't sound like something written by a lawyer. it wasn't the old i regret. i regret that somebody passed away. that doesn't mean i'm sorry. he said i apologize i'm deeply sorry. >> he asked, i beg your forgiveness. >> correct. if you're going to apologize you do it like this. >> i hate when they do i apologize if i offended you. >> i regret that something happened, i regret a ship

racist slur on a bus on saturday. >> ryan owens is in oklahoma with the tape. >> more than just manufacturing day at the fraternity house at the universitylahoma. tonight the greek let versus come down. fraternity is kicked off campus. of all after this 9 second video showing sae members in tuxedo chanting the n word and implying black should be lynched rather than be in their fraternity. the video went viral sunday night after it was texted anonymously to a group of african american students on campus. >> this is not anything that happened overnight. this is something that has been rehearsed and well nochbility everybody on the bus was sing this proudly and confidently. >> out ridge immediate. so was the action. by noon today the university president shut down the fraternity. and said the students on the tape could be expelled. >> we don't have any room for racist and bigot at this university. >>reporter: sae is one of the country largest fraternity and they too moved quickly to dissolve the chapter. >> dark cloud is hanging over the organization and he it's sad because this is absolutely not what sae is about. >>reporter: no comment so

we're moments away from a press conference down at the university of oklahoma. it was 17 days ago a university of oklahoma student was caught on camera participating in a racist chant. he'll address the media for the first time. the video emerged on the internet showing members of the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity singing references to lynching. >> there never be a [ bleep ] in sae, there never be a [ bleep ] in sae. >> the national office dissolved the chapter. rallies erupted on campus. the university of oklahoma evicted the brothers from sae house. two of the members were expelled. they'll hire a national director of inclusion and put its 15,000 members through diversity training. >> although we find the song disgusting, we also recognize that this is a moment to better engage in a important dialogue in issues of race and we don't shy away from doing so. >> the two students have stayed away from the cameras until today. parker rice released a statement apologizing for the incident. the family of levi petit issued an apology. the family called his behavior dis

oklahoma. fraternity members forced to pack up after the university of oklahoma bans them for a racist video. protesters say the school is not going far enough >>> an unprecedented letter. senate republicans send a message to iran saying any nuclear deal could be short-lived. white house are says it's ironic that they are siding about the hardliners. >>> credit check - easier ways to deputy what is in your credit report >>> a toxic dispute in texas. the battle for cleaning up one of the dangerous dumps in america >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. a university of oklahoma fraternity has a little more than 24 hours to leave campus. they cut ties with sigma alpha epsilon chapter after members were shown in a video singing racist song. erica pitzi joins us. the administration moved quickly to punish the kids and hinted that there may be more penalties. >> that's right. fraternity brothers have until midnight to move out, many members did not wait packing up this afternoon. the before of students in the video has been called disgraceful. they went so far as to say they

attorney who also represented oklahoma city says frat members are in danger. >> death threats have been placed, where there have been physical assaults or alterations on the university of oklahoma campus and where some of the students who are members have frankly been afraid to go to class. >> the attorney for the fraternity brother seen in the video says he was hired by alumni who oversees the ou chapter of the sae fraternity. >>> investigators looking into the shooting of two police officers in ferguson, missouri, identified two people they'd like to talk to. one may be the shooter. rain and prayers helped cool tensions in the city last night. investigators are looking for anybody who may have helped the gunmen get away. those two officers are recovering tonight. missouri police and state highway patrol have received control of any further protests in ferguson. >>> a d.c. metro transit cop shot and killed a suspect last night deep inside a metro tunnel on capitol hill. >> reporter: a source now says that the man shot by a police officer back in the tunnel here was coming at her with two big sticks. passengers are back in the potomac avenue station now after the sh

and it's also the frat that got itself kicked off campus at the university of oklahoma. members were expelled for singing ugly racist songs. same fraternity. and now it gets worse for that fraternity, another school, the university of washington in seattle, a black student group says that they were heckled and insulted with racial slurs by members of sae. >> that's when they started shouting and then flipping us off and started saying like, you apes, why are you here, get out of here. >> it's just unacceptable. >> we are ultimately trying to find the truth out about the matter. every member of my organization is as offended and frustrated by the situation. >> that chapter has also said that they were people off the sidewalk, not its own members making those comments. i want to turn it over to my great legal minds here, jeffrey toobin and mark geragos. first of all, the idea that there might be a lawsuit right now, the chapter at university of oklahoma thinking of suing the university for having collapsed the chapter there. i'm not sure i understand -- is the action misgu

. >>> new at 4:30, the outrage coming from oklahoma university officials after frat members are caught on tape chanting racial slurs. >>> 7 on your side's michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. he will answer them live here a little bit later. you can ask finney at facebook.com/michael finney abc7 and on twitter at m finney. >>> at 4:12, our first look at traffic this monday afternoon. 101 and san rafael. north bound traffic on the right-hand side, as you can see, starting to get a little sluggish, but smooth sailing for those folks heading south bound on their way into san francisco. pack w h >>> a major rail accident in north carolina injured 40 people a big rig hit a train stalled on the tracks in virginia. the engine and second car derailed. none of the injuries was life threatening. as you can see, a container from that truck also fell off, sending debris everywhere. that amtrak train runs between charlotte and work in every day. >>> authorities hope surveillance video can help them find the man who pushed someone into a muni train last night investigator

. >>> tonight, brand new fallout at the university of oklahoma. fraternity members singing that racist chant. two students expelled. and now, an investigation under way into whether that chant was used at two other schools. meanwhile, a powerful image from the university of oklahoma football team tonight. and abc's ryan owens is there. >> reporter: standing arm and arm in silence, members of the university of oklahoma football team take up nearly their entire field. a field they were supposed to be practicing on today. but for quarterback trevor knight and his teammates, protesting this racist chant by fraternity brothers from their own campus seemed far more important than another offseason drill. >> this is an instance in which we feel like well have the opportunity to step up and promote that change. >> it turned out stomachs and our hearts dropped, i believe, so it really hurt all of us. >> reporter: the coach, with the most wins in oklahoma history, knew the right call to make this time. >> this kind of stance is you know more important than p

a radio reporter has more from oklahoma city. >> we're out in front of the former sigma alpha epsilon fraternity house here at the universityle coming in and out all day. members here have a tight debtlined until midnight tonight to get things out of here and find someplace else to live. we did talk to one person moving out today the house cook, who tells us he's sad to be out of a job, but also sad for the people he lived with here. he says none of the people involved in that video actually lived in this building. but the swift action against all those involved in the fraternity continues. today the president of the university decided to expel two of the students in that video saying they exhibited leadership roles in that chant. he said there will be zero tolerance of any kind of this behavior. and that is why they're also working to identify others involved in that video who will then be facing other disciplinary actions. now, he says he is proud of everybody here at ou and in the oklahoma city community who have taken a stand against racism as well. the students here for their part continuing planned demonstrations agai

>> they have distanced themselves from the university of oklahoma. they have all those members suspended. they say leaders from the national organization will consider each branch case by case whether can remain members. and investigate whether this is an issue at any other university. >> heidi zhou-castro, thank you. >>> joining us from washington, jason i want to start by playing again a little bit of levi pettit's apology and get your reaction. >> let me start by saying that i'm sorry. deeply sorry. i'm so sorry for all the pain that i've caused i want you all to know that directly from me. although i don't deserve it, i want to ask for your forgiveness. >> jason, do you forgive him? >> i don't care. i am disgusted by this consistent tendency of whenever somebody says something racist or offensive or antisemitic they surround themselves by that racial group and are supposed to be racial culture within a college campus forward. >> doesn't it help the local community particularly because the fact you have members of the african american church and af

to determine if the video involved oklahoma university students.ill not be tolerated and will be addressed very quickly. this behavior is reprehensible and contrary to all our values. members in a wisconsin community are calling for justice for an african-american man who was shot by a police officer. they held a prayer vigil for tony robinson jr., a 19-year-old, who was shot to death at his apartment on friday. police went there after getting calls that robinson was assaulting people. he then attacked an officer who opened fire. state justice officials are investigating. >>> we have been keeping eyes out for possible freezing rain in this morning's commute. >> jillian mele is watching that. no signs of trouble so far on the roadways. >> no problems so far. this is southbound near girard avenue with volume continuing to build out there. it's very average as far as the commute goes here on 95 as you can see. drivers heading into center city, just a little slower there. that's what we are used to see. the blue route is slow between 95 and 76. that's

in college park, john gonzalez abc 7 news. >> the fraternity kicked out of the university of oklahoma now planning legal action against the university and possibly president david boren. it comes after video surfaced showing a racist chant by sigma alpha epsilon members. the frat has hired a high profile fraternity saying the group has outraged the fraternity was shut down and labelled as racist and bigots. m.p.d. investigating last night's deadly shooting at the potomac avenue metro station. a man was killed after trespassing on the tracks and being confronted by a metro transit police officer. >> according to metro, it was a train operator passing by in the tunnel who spotted the unidentified man on the tracks last night near the potomac avenue station. metro says he was not an employee, unauthorized to be there. so the operator called the rail operations control center who in turn called metro transit police at 8:53 p.m. who then dispatched an officer. according to d.c. police conducting the investigation, some 20 minutes later, around 9:10 p.m. that officer opened fire and the man

this as norman and the university of oklahoma here is grappling with this sprawling controversy. it's the racest songist song sparking outrage nationwide. >> it's sad and hurtful. >> disgusting. >> disgraceful. >> reporter: now two students expelled. university of oklahoma president says's employing zero tolerance singling out the two who took a leadership role in the sae fraternity video saying they created a racist hostile and exclusionary environment. this, as all sae members are vacating their house. today even the letters are gone. the fraternity house mother now also stirring anger after this video from 2013 surfaced in which she repeatedly sings the "n" word. she has now responded to the video saying i am heartbroken by the portrayal that i am in some way racist claiming the video is being taken out of contest contest. and she was innocently singing along to the trinidad james song "all gold everything." before the video featuring her went viral, though gillbeau told nbc news her fraternity was not racist and she was shocked to hear them use the "n" word. >> i heard the wor

they met at the university of oklahoma. rried, and that was back in the late 1960s, this is not accurate at all an accurate representation of the university of oklahoma and i feel really terribly about it. i think -- >> we've heard that from other students as well. who take great pride in being a sooner. i want to talk about some of the other aspects of this. we know this kind of thing does not happen in a vacuum. there's been collateral damage. we know that the long-time chef the cook of the house, howard is now out of a job because the fraternity house is shut down. and that's another unfortunate sidebar. where do you think this is going to lead the sooners? where this is going to leave ou? what kind of discussion needs to be had on the campus of your alumni? >> well i think that -- i don't think that everyone at the university of oklahoma certainly not president david borin, i don't think he had in idea this is going on. he's been so proactive, he's worked so diligently to build the university of oklahoma into a place whe

he worked at the university of oklahoma for more than a decade. sae alumni have st raisers to help him out and so far they have raised more than $75,000. gabe guttierez will have more on the story on the "today" show. >>> ferguson missouri is getting a new city manager. current one says he's resigning because of the justice department report that accused ferguson police and the courts of racial bias. a city clerk was also fired and a judge and two police officers have also resigned. >>> three bills to help sexual violence on campus are headed to assembly. if approved employees would need to report any allegations to the title ix coordinator and schools would be required to make a note on academic transcripts. >>> joe morrissey is no longer spending time in jail. completed his three month sentence yesterday. morrissey served time in connection to a relationship he had with a 17-year-old girl. he resigned over that case, but was voted back into office in a special election for the seat that he gave up. >>> hazmat crews are still trying to find the s

lasted night the nast chapter suspend the the university of oklahoma members. today the university's president had this to say. >> as far as i'm concerned, it won't be back. at least not while i'm president of the university. [ applause ] tonight we send messages that are very strong and very clear. >> the video sparked protests on campus. here's more. >> reporter: the chant is so offensive, it's hard to listen to. sae sae, this chapter at the university of oklahoma is on their way to a saturday night party celebrating the fraternity's founding. the video was sent anonymously to a campus group called "unheard" that works to fight racism on campus. on sunday they posted it online. unheard's co-founder spoke to cnn. >> this chant wasn't something we learned overnight. it was well known, well versed that everybody on that bus proudly clapped at. >> reporter: the outrage was universal. by sunday night the sae national headquarters suspended its ou chapter. >> we are just as shocked and outraged and other people because that's not the type of behavior that sae is abo

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and we are just not going to tolerate this kind of thing at the university of oklahoma.ill tell you, i don't really have too much more to tell you other than what i said today. obviously the video was taken by certain individuals. people who didn't, i believe, agree with what was going on. our students didn't agree. and i'm very proud of the fact that they've helped expose this kind of activity so that we can know about it and so that we can take action. and then i think the only way to keep faith with our students is to take this kind of action. so i view it this way. this is, to me, it's heartbreaking. i think it's heartbreaking for every member of this community. the sup standing right thinking members of this communities, the 99%, that 1% of people through their bad behavior could cast this whole institution in a bad light. we have -- in addition to what i said this morning, i've had our legal staff looking at this. i've had also our eeoc people looking at this. and we will -- we're commencing an investigation, not only of the chapter, because that action has been ta

. >> oklahoma university calls racist students disgraceful. he wants then out of the school. >>> tragedies in the skies while two olympians are killed. >>> out of control truck takes out a toll plaza and a two-year-old's abduction caught on tape. thanks for waking up with us. there is a major divide among lawmakers in washington. congressional republicans are trying to stick it to president obama yet again. the first time the invitation of benjamin netanyahu and now they have fired off a all right to iran casting doubt on whether any nuclear deal between president obama and the iranian government could last. joe biden released a strongly worded statement last night saying the decision to undercut our president and circumvent our president offends me. harry reed reacted with great disdain. >> this all right is a hard slap in the face of not only the united states but our allies. this is not a time to undermine our commander in chief. tracie potts is following this for us. can we expect more reaction today? >> we can from the white house or from

at the university of oklahoma. tudents were identified as playing in the words of the university president a leadership role in the singing of that racist chant at the fraternity event. the students created a hostile learning environment for others. the university will continue its investigation of all of the students engaged in singing of the chant. they said once their identities have been confirmed, they will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action. >>> another story in boston witnesses continuing to take the stand on the fourth day of testimony in the boston bombing trial. for the first time yesterday jurors saw striking surveillance video of dzhokhar tsarnaev fleeing the scene as the first bomb went off. you see him circle then watch him start to run the opposite direction. prosecutors say he then dropped his back pack right behind some children quickly walking away just moments before the second bomb went off. about 30 minutes later as chaos and fear gripped the city of boston tsarnaev is seen here from

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this is a -- doesn't mean that we are bad people at the university of oklahoma. t deserve this. >> nbc's willie geist, thanks and we'll continue to watch developments in oklahoma this morning. >>> in madison, wisconsin, friends and family are demanding answers this morning after a police officer fatally shot an unarmed african-american teenager friday. crowds gathered last night for a candlelight vigil to remember 19-year-old tony robinson. he was shot and killed friday night following a confrontation with officer matt kenny at the teen's apartment. police say robinson assaulted the officer. let's go live to madison and nbc's ron allen. ron, good morning. what are police saying about what happened? >> reporter: good morning, jose. they're not giving a lot of tail this morning yet. we hope to hear more. this is now in the hands of state authorities who are conducted the investigation. this happened in the house behind me the gray building where you can see the officers can see a memorial out front to tony robinson. the police have said that the officer entered the

former democratic governor and senator who is now the president of the university of oklahomavid boren condemning fraternity members at the university who are caught on video chanting this racist song. ♪ there'll never be a [ bleep ] ♪ ♪ never, never ♪ >> that video became public last night when it was e-mailed to both a newspaper and a black group on campus. an investigation is being launched into sigma alpha epsilon. and they have until midnight to remove all of their belongings from the house. >> as far as i'm concerned, they won't be back, at least not while i'm president of the university. [ applause ] >> president of the university's hoping for more than just shutting down the fraternity. he says he hopes the students involved leave his university. >> some may decide to take themselves elsewhere. well, i hope they do. even before we finish the investigation. it will be just fine with me if they all have taken themselves to other institutions. just take them out of here, they don't belong here, and i don't want them here. so i hope they do. i encourage them. i might even

. ♪ ♪ >> we now have a new statement from university of oklahoma president david boren saying effectiveiately, all ties and affiliations between this university and the local sae chapter are hereby severed. the president is giving the fraternity until midnight tomorrow to remove their belongings from the frat house before shutting it entirely down. overnight, the sae campus building was vandalized coming as the frat's national chapter acknowledged the video and issued the following statement. saying we apologize for the unacceptable and racist behavior of the individuals in the video, and we are disgusted that any member would act in such a way. the president of the university spoke just a short time ago, echoing those same terms. >> i think the best way for us to send not only a message to this campus but a message all across the country, is that there is zero tolerance for this kind of racist and bigoted behavior. >> zero tolerance. caitlin griffith is the print editor at "the oklahoma daily," the school newspaper. she joins me via skype from norman oklahoma. so caitlin, what's your r

. >> they do it in the oklahoma university bus. >> it's the intention behind it. like crazy insane ghetto and then it said rag head. wait a minute, rag head doesn't quite fall in the same group as that. i don't think any of the gurdz should be banned but rag head is like an sult. nine times out of ten people say what's up rag head. >> larry: you don't own that one yet. >> to ban the word crazy is crazy. i mean it's like, don't you think. >> it's a slippery slope right. when the word police come in, the thought police are close behind and all of a sudden anything that could offend anybody gets on that list. here's the deal about living in a free society there's no right to not be offended. that right doesn't exist so that's why the rising tide pc culture in the case of rick scott, it starts getting in the relevant's ofrealm. >> i completely agree. what really bothers me is it's happening on college campuses that you would think would be a place where speech would be safe you know. free speech or something like that. >> i think, we live in a society now which we hav