. >> reporter: district attorney stacy parks miller charged a total of 18 penn state university studentscrimes ranging from hazing to aggravated assault. >> it's the saddest thing to say but the only reason this came to the surface was because timothy died. >> reporter: he died from traumatic brain injury, according to this detailed grand jury report, which tells the story of a pledge night that included heavy drinking and allegation a disregard for piazza's life-threatening injuries. he fell down a flight of sirpord out of consciousness for over 12 hours before his fraternity brothers called 911. surveillance cameras throughout the frat house captured much of what happened. >> without the tools we had this time, would we have had the whole picture? >> reporter: and those tools being? >> those tools being the video and being, you know, the-- the electronic devices. >> reporter: parks milin my ways to light a long-standing culture of hazing. according to a 2013 "bloomberg news" report there have been more than 60 deaths in the last eight years involving initiation rituals. writer and form

. >> reporter: tonight, the final hours of penn state university student timothy piazza's life, revealedy a frat brother who was there. >> i was screaming at the top of my lungs. >> reporter: in february, freshman kordel davis says he found piazza on a couch with bruises, eyes closed. >> i was like, "tim needs help right now. we need to call 911 right now." >> reporter: documents say piazza fell head first down a flight of stairs after prosecutors he was forced to binge drink. according to prosecutors, surveillance cameras show brothers carrying piazza to a couch and arguing over his condition. >> they said, "no, you're overreacting." and i said, "no, i really do know what i'm talking about, he could have a concussion." >> reporter: davis was repeatedly ignored, according to investigators. one brother even getting violent. >> he backed me up against the wall, grabbed me, threw me against the wall and held me there. >> reporter: another brother allegedly telling davis other frat members were kinesiology and biology majors, so davis' word meant nothing to him. >> it seemed like they just w

is apologizing for what they call a "senseless" act. ( marty ) eight fraternity brothers at penn state universityg manslaughter charges in the death of a pledge. a grand jury called the death of 19- year-old timothy piazza the direct result of a night of heavy drinking. piazza died two days after a party at the beta theta pi fraternity house at penn state. prosecutors say he died from a traumatic brain injury. it was result of several falls, including one down a flight of basement stairs. the fraternity did not call 9-11 until the next morning after the accident. penn state has banned beta theta pi's chapter from campus.<> ( marty ) eighteen members of the fraternity now face charges. eight of them are charged with involuntary manslaughter. beta theta pi international fraternity described the "nature of those charges" as "incredibly disheartening." ( marty ) still ahead. the giants strug

changes are coming to greek life at penn state university but the university's president says about theesident says about the recommendations. >>> following the newest developments after that fatal explosion at a concert. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪ >> oh, my god. >> breaking now on "action news," the death toll climbs from the explosion at an ariana grande concert. british officials confirm overnight that children are among the dead. >> president trump addresses the attack during his trip to the middle east. we have his message from bethlehem for manchester this morning. >> teen violence takes over a septa station. now police are taking action and trying to keep the peace. >> good morning out good morning out there. let's find out what you can expect. can you wear the suede shoes today, dave murphy? karen rogers has your commute. good morning. >> a problem with that yesterday morning but today we are looking at looking at a dift picture. a lot of cloud cover and patchy fog. i'll talk more about that in a he could is. you'll see a second batch of rai

. >>> timothy piazza died back in february during an alleged hazing ritual at a penn state university fraternity. tonight his parents are sharing their grief and anger with nbc's matt lauer. 18 members of the beta theta pi fraternity are charged in connection with his death. he and other pledges were reportedly forced to drink enormous quantities of alcohol. piazza fell down a flight of stards, suffering a fractured skull and la lacerated spleen. no one called for help for 12 ho >> the doctors came out and sat us down and said he had a non-recoverable brain injury. so we knew athat point, he wasn't going to make it. they let us go in and see him. you kno we talked to him a lile bit, we held his a tearame to his eye and i said to the doctorcan he hear us? and thetor said maybe. but frkly, don't know if i want to know if he heardnot, be then he knew he was going to die. >> this wasn't boys being bs, ttl. >>enn e oic say oversee the school's greek organization. >>> chelsea manning will be released from prison this year. she has been in military custody since her arrest in 2010. ma thousa

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. >> reporter: the district attorney charged a total of 18 penn state university students with crimesng from hazing to aggravated assault. >> the only reason this came to the surface is because timothy died. >> reporter: he died of injuries that tell the story of a february pledge night that included heavy drinking and alleges a disregard for piazza's life-threatening injuries. he fell down a flight of stairs and went in and out of consciousness for over 12 hours before his fraternity brothers called 911. surveillance the frat house captured much of what happened. >> without the tools we had this time would we have had the whole picture? >> reporter: those tools being? >> the video, the electronic devices. >> reporter: park miller says in many ways that video brings to light a long-standing culture of hazing, according to a 2013 bloomberg news report, there have been more than 60 deaths in the last eight years involving initiation rituals. writer and former fraternity member david berkman has produced haze, a greek tragedy. that examines why people continue to go through processes tha

. >> reporter: the university president says beta theta pi will never exist again at penn state universityfense attorneys say they'll let the facts play out in court. the preliminary hearings have been,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> picture this. musical chairs involving jetliners, trucks and computers. it's all happening at los angeles international. and here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: after the last flight of the day landed at l.a.x., the race to move took off. there's a lot of stuff going on tonight. in all, 21 airlines will switch places thanks to an army of 200-plus movers. >> it's like ripping off that band-aid. let's just do it and get it done. >> reporter: airport spokesperson mary grady. >> we really had to find a time of the year when we thought we could get this done. and mother's day weekend is really one of the slowest times of the year at l.a.x. >> reporter: follow the signs as everything in terminals two and three must go to make way for delta coming from five and six, a distance of about seven blocks. 3,000 computers need to be moved as do 300 offices and 6300 boxes so far loaded

. >>> penn state university there are students who did not graduate this past weekend because they face criminal charges. there are 18 fraternity brothers charged in the death of a brother. police say they didn't get help. >> the clarion call from his death should be enough is enough. let's stop it and let's try to have something come out of his life and his death. let's make his case stand for something. >> a defense attorney said they never intended to hurt their friend. find out the new charges for some students. >>> texas governor greg abbott signed a controversial new law yesterday. it bans sanctuary cities. it requires them to follow all federal immigration laws and requests to detain kril names. people protested outside of the area. >>> dofl course in rest stin. northwestern mutual is the majority owner of the reston golf course. they want to redevelop the 166 acre property but protesters want any potential bidikuindide know they'll keep fighting to save the golf course. >> anyone who wants to redevelop it will go through hearings. we'll have 1,000 people at any public hearings.

at penn state university there are some students who did not graduate this past weeke graduation hold was placed for some of the 18 fraternity brothers charged in connection with a student's death. 19-year-old timothy piazza died. they failed to get help. they say this case should send a message. >> the clarion call from tim pea as zsa's death should be enough is enough. let's stop it. let's make his case stand for something. >> now a defense attorney for one of the students say they never intended to hurt their friend. coming up on the "today" show find out the new charges for some of those students. >>> in news 4 your health, girls that begin puberty may be at an increased risk for sexual abuse. they looked a active teen girls. they found early puberty was a risk factor for sexual and physical abuse. we're also getting a look at how early bullying is affecting students. if a child is bullied in elementary school, by the time they hit harvard they have depression as well. these kids are more likely to use alcohol, marijuana and tee back tow in high school. >>> summertime usually mean

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is this a wake-up call for penn state university? u willing to acknowledge whatever the university was doing to govern this fraternity and all fraternities, it hasn't been enough? >> i would say this is clearly a national problem. we've had tens of deaths across the nation. we have university presidents, large, small, private, public, trying to deal with this problem. you know that if you have a society, which is secret, which from all outward appearances is incredibly positive. these brothers signed a pledge that if they were caught drinking, they would be expelled. they had faculty advisers. they had a beautiful house. they had cameras. there were no external parties. we would have said this was a model fraternity. but if behind closed doors, a group of people are willing to band together, keep something secret and not tell anyone, how is it that universities can manage to deal with a situation like that? it's private property. it's a private house. but i will tell you this, we're not going to give up until we solve the problem or s

. >>> in today's gma first look, new developments in the pledge of a penn state university. >> in this first look, 18 members of the fraternity now await their fate as the parents of the 19-year-old sophomore that died during an alcohol-fueled hazing ritual are setting their sights on the university. >> this was occurring right under the noses of penn state officials. >> the frat brothers waiting nearly 12 hours before calling for help after he fell down the stairs. he died at the hospital the next day. after his death, penn state added new restrictions and put a graduation hold on the student's charged. still his family says none of that can bring back their b beloved son. we will hear from his family live with your "gma" first look >>> next, the seven things you need to know as you begin your day. >>> we are learning about a new way to fight distracted driving. >>> chp responds to a crash in oakland. oakland. this kitten ends up and let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. roomba navigates your entire home. cleaning up pet hair and debris for up to 2 hours. which means

penn state is a danger to human life. martha. >> martha: thank you, trace. here now, penn state universityaily collegiate. thank you. you have done very strong reporting on the story and i would imagine that it is not easy for you to cover this and to read these text messages and the callousness that is in them. >> thank you for having me martha. it's unbelievable reading through these messages and the court documents. there was no. for these boys with the text messages and trying to cover up what happened that night. >> there is unlike previous cases, there is videotape that is very high-quality that was taken from cameras all over the inside of his fraternity house, correct? they have an enormous amount of evidence over this entire time frame. so these guys are likely in big trouble. >> there was video footage from the entire night. he saw a video when he first fell down the stairs, the basin cameras pretty fell down the basement steps. that video footage was not uncovered since that camera wasn't working, but the camera has footage of him walking towards the basement. several times thro

and pointed to their coverup and the fraternity has been banned forever from returning to penn state universityhere the university president released a statement calling the grand jury findings, quote, heart wrenching and incomprehensible. joining me to discuss is thomas kline, attorney for student timothy piazza. in the interest of full disclosure, i have no personal involvement or financial interest in this case. tom, does the family want these young men punished? >> michael, these young men deserve to be punished. this was in a fraternity house but don't mistake it for the chilling, numbing facts that are in this investigative report by the grand jury. the family is interested mainly in promoting a future for fraternities and a safe and careful evaluation by everyone. >> this is no ordinary fraternity house. it had what the indictment said was a complex system for video surveillance and that's why there's such detail in the indictment. tom, i'm going to race through some of the paragraphs in the indictment. 173 explains that one of the brothers, greg rizzo, hears somebody fall and he sees ti

. >>> and changes are coming to greek life at penn state university. set to meet next week. penn state's president is promising decisive action to deal with chronic problems like excessive drinking and sexual assaults at fraternities and sororities on campus. the recommendations follow the death of a pledge after binge drinking during hazing activities in february. 18 members of the shuttered beta theta pi fraternity now face charges for his death. >> 10 minutes away from "good morning america." >> so we're checking in with robin roberts. of course you'll pick up our coverage of manchester. robin, i keep thinking i know ariana grande from being part of the kids world. she still attracts so many kids as a former kids star. you hate to think of so many parents and kids going through this. >> reporter: your heart goes out thinking about those that were there at the concert matt and tam and we will continue your coverage of what happened there. right now 22 have been killed, nearly 60 injured at that concert and we're going to speak with two eye witnesses,

deadly hazing incident has a slue of fraternity brothers in a lot of trouble. 18 students at penn state universitynnection with one student's death. stephanie gosk he is plains what happens next. >> reporter: timothy piazza was just 19 years old, a sophomore at penn state doing what so many college students do, pledging a be brothers run from station to station an drink enormous amounts of alcohol in different phases. >> reporter: with a blood alcohol level of .4 authorities say piazza took a terrible fall that the fraternity brothers witnessed. >> these brothers gathered around timothy where he -- some of them described that he looked dead. some of them googled things like what to do with a head injury. >> reporter: no one called 911 until the next morning. piazza died several days later in the hospital. 18 extra ternt brothers from beta theta pi and the fraternity itself are facing criminal charges. among them involuntary manslaughter and furnishing alcohol to minors. piazza's parents are heartbroken and ages ri. >> -- angry. >> i've said this before. this didn't have to happen. this is the resu

before in terms of seeing where legal and moral and ethical responsibility will fall with penn state university is on the journalism team about the sandusky situation. where does that go on? we know it is going on with the kids in the courts. >> penn state has other allegations of hazing. two lawsuits of allegations of hazing. not to mention this is the biggest indictment on the fraternity and members over hazing. they have some questions to answer about how they handled this in the past. >> sara, thank you so much for the story. keep us up to date on what is happening. >>> another major story. north korea says its latest missile test proofs the u.s. is in its range. the pentagon response next. i count on my dell small business advisor for tech advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business. ♪ ♪ whoa,i just had to push one button to join. it's like i'm in the office with you, even though i'm here. it's almost like the virtual reality of business communications. no, it's reality. intuitive one touch video conferencing is a reality. and now it's included

here's the penn state president. >> if people are willing to hide that type of behavior and protect that level of secrecy, i do not see how it is the universityw that it's happening. >> 18 fraternity members are facing charges, eight of them for involuntary manslaughter. they are banned from penn state for life. >> martha: thank you for it here with more tonight, criminal defense attorney and an attorney admissible court judge in birmingham, alabama. welcome, thank you. this is tragic on so many level levels. you look across the board, the fact that this is even able to happen at a university and i think it happens that many universities across this country except in the situation, this young man is dead and will never spend any time with the parents that you saw in that wonderful picture or the rest of his family again. eric, talk to me about the charges, who is responsible, who is likely to take responsibility for this legally? >> all those fraternity brothers, they are liable in this case. you have all of them in the house who knew that he injured himself and did nothing and doing nothing is the problem in this case. number one, you have t

. >> in a new statement this morning, penn state university says it's giving a careful considerationly needs and wishes and has worked in consultation with the family to announce measures to try to stop something similar from happening again. >> coming up, shifting gears and shifting high gear, of course. lots of fwauk a senior staff shake-up at the white house. what is real, what's not? who's in and who is on the bubble? we're talking with someone who knows his way aren't oval office when we come back. ready or not, here i come. ♪ anyone can dream. making it a reality is the hard part. northrop grumman command and control systems always let you see the complete picture. and we're looking for a few dreamers to join us. hi, i'm frank. i take movantik for oic, opioid-induced constipation. had a bad back injury, my doctor prescribed opioids which helped with the chronic pain, but backed me up big-time. tried prunes, laxatives, still constipated... had to talk to my doctor. she said, "how long you been holding this in?" (laughs) that was my movantik moment. my doctor told me that movanti

plus, the tragic death of 19-year-old timothy piazza at penn state university has gripped the attentionor this nation. timothy's family is here. they have strong words for you about what happened to their son and for that fraternity brothers, as well. when we come back. >> this wasn't boys being boys. this was murder of our son. they tortured him for 12 hours. they let him suffer for 12 hours. ♪ about a medication... ...this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain... ...and protect my joints from further damage. humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. humira works by targeting and helping to... ...block a specific source... ...of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain and... ...stop further joint damage in many adults. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for

>> no one from the fraternity or from penn state came to the wake or the funeral. >> no official from penn state universityreached out and said i'm going to be there? i want to show up at this young man's wake or funeral? >> no. when i met with president barron, when we met with him, i brought a copy of the mass book with tim's picture. and i said, since no one had the time to come to the services, i thought you might want to see this. >> what did he say? >> he took a deep breath and sat back in his chair and nodded. >> no apology? no here's why we couldn't come? or here's why we didn't come? or we are truly sorry? >> he may have said he was sorry about what happened. but no one came. >> it's a horrific story. want to mention, we're doing the interview, with ms. piazza, on mother's day, yesterday. they were strong to do it. and in our next half hour, they're going to open up about what punishment they think the boys charged in this case should face. and also, they're going to tell you what we should all tell our own children about this. they think will make a difference. >> just heart wrenching to hear tha

penn state university banned the chapter. >> this year alone schools including loyola, university of the university of arizona have suspended fraternities after allegations of hazing. this organization represents 69 men's fraternities including it was so egregious. as you know, we spoke with the piazza family. the father said -- jim piazza said, listen. this isn't boys being boys. this is the murder of our son. as norah mentioned timothy was lying there for 12 hours before he got help. what responsibilities do you think your organization holds for the death of this boy? >> there's no doubt it went from binge drinking hazing to a fall. a reflection on humanity. those students should be held fully accountable. it's driving a reflection period for all fraternities and all campuses. i've been called countless times since this about the incidence of binge drinking and hazing. in the 12 hours after, there is no reason, there is no excuse. there's going have to be a lot balance amnesty and how do we balance firm expectations to make sure students feel safe to call for help but at the same t

people who have committed themselves to each other let something like that happen. >> reporter: penn state universitysident eric barron describes the grand jury report on the death of timothy piazza as sickening. timothy piazza arrived at the frat house on february 2nd. he and others took part in an alcohol obstacle course where they consumed for you to five alcohol beverages within a two minute time span. an hour later report says timothy piazza fell down a flight of stairs. surveillance video inside the frat house apparentlyho carried up by for you beta brothers. his body appears limp. his eyes closed. his demeanor unconscious. timothy piazza falls several more times throughout the night hitting his head in some instances. while on the flow frat brothers step over his body. by 10:00 a.m. next morning two frat brothers find timothy piazza on the basement floor. they say he was cold to the touch and his skin appeared pale. no one called 911 until 42 minutes later. >> we have a friend who is unconscious. >> how old is he? >> he's 19. 19 years old. >> reporter: the next day timothy piazza was dead. his

penn state university, 18 fraternity members are facing charges over the death of a 19-year-old studenturnty brothers didn't get him help for more than 12 hours. >> in honor of our son, and we're committed to doing everything we can to assure that no other parents will have to go through the pain and grief we are currently experiencing. >> it's just, it's heartbreaking all around. there's no winners. we don't win by even charging these young men because the only win is for him to be alive. abby: joining me now, attorney eric guster and jonna spilbor, good morning to both of you. unfortunately, under these circumstances, we hear these stories all too often. it's just heartbreaking. and the big question off the top here, jonna, who's to blame? is it the school? the fraternity? these members who didn't step up to get him the help he needed? >> is out all of the above. it's not unusual for kids to be injured and even die during these ridiculous hazing rituals, right? we've heard these stories before. what is unusual is for people involved to be criminally charged especially with the top cou