. >> pettit is a son of a wealthy business person. it was his parents who issued his apology for himself. but today he spoke for himself. >> i'm so sorry for the pain i caused i want you to know that from me. although i don't deserve it, i ask for your forgiveness. >> a video that insensed many. (bleep) (bleep). >> in it has become a flash point for discussions of racism and bigotry in fraternities across american college campuses. 21-year-old levi pettit leads a busful of sigma alpha epsilon brothers in a now infamous chant. he took on a different tone wednesday. >> the people i've met with have opened my eyes to things that i had not been exposed to. leading up to this event. there are no excuses for my behavior. i never thought of myself as a racist. i never considered it a possibility. but the bottom line is that the words that were said in that chant were mean, hateful and racist. >> levi offered hi apologizes but refused to explain where it came from or the circumstances of the bus ride. >> i'm not here today to talk about where

. >> and now, joining me is on the phone is american airline pilot ko lshgs koleen pettit and peter goelz, and what is your assess there of what he said to tom foreman? >> well, there is a little difference there of locked position. it is a control switch that is sencentered position, and you are telling it to lock and then re returns back. so it is always in the center position and spring action so it is pushed down to have a lock so it is not bumped lock and then you have to push it off of unlock so it is a fail-safe mechanism. >> okay. i want to dig into this, and talk to karlene about something,

although i don't deserve it, i want to ask for your forgiveness. >> reporter: 20-year-old levi pettitd he will stand up against racism after the video that surfaced earlier this month. it shows him taking part in a chant with members of the university of oklahoma's sigma alpha epsilon fraternity. >> what you saw on that video is not who i really am. it's not who i was raised to be. >> reporter: was it that you just didn't understand how bad those words were or simply chose to ignore that? >> i knew they were wrong. but i-- i never knew how or why they were wrong. >> reporter: pettit has been expelled, and the university's s.a.e. chapter was shut down. before the apology, he spent the afternoon at an oklahoma city church speaking with clergy and community leaders, a meeting arranged by oklahoma state senator anesthesia pitman. >> we know the state of oklahoma has some issues that we need to talk about, and we've done that. and this is just the beginning of a great conversation. >> reporter: another student who was expelled for leading the racist chant has issued a written apology but h

pettit along with his frat brother parker rice, has been expelled.ir fraternity sigma alpha epsilon, now banned from campus the letters on sae's house, unceremoniously removed. >> i will spend the rest of my life trying to be the person who heals and brings people of all races together. >> reporter: pettit wasn't entirely forthcoming. he would not, for example, say who taught him that racist chant. but many of the community leaders who met with him at this church here today say they are willing to forgive. david? >> clayton sandell, thank you. >>> and we turn now to the new warning tonight for parents of teenage drivers. the new report and new videos of distracted teens worse than previously thought. abc's linzie janis takes us through the alarming videos. >> reporter: watch this teen driver, looking down. apparently at her phone for roughly six seconds before losing control. and this teenager chatting to her passenger while plowing into the car in front of her. these shocking videos part of an unprecedented look at the number one killer of american

now levi pettit is apologizing for what he did at the university of oklahoma and is promising to work with civil rights leader. >> i've had a mix of so you we are, shame and fear over the consequences of my actions. i never thought of myself as a racist never even considered it a possibility. but the words said in that chant were mean hateful and racist. >> pettit would not say who taught him that chant but in any case university reached a deal to ensure that no more students involved would be expelled. >>> new tonight, powdered alcohol will not be for sale in the state of maryland. they have agreed to a voluntary ban. the powder form of alcohol can be dissolved in a beverage but some fear it could be snorted or abused by minors. virginia has also banned that powder. >>> an airman from maryland is back home tonight after months on a special mission to afghanistan. he thought his return would be simple but his friends and family had bigger plans. shomari stone has a homecoming surprise. >> hello! >> a surprise look is on jet coverdale's face at his hometown church he thought he was goi

levi pettit also on the bus, his parents issuing a statement asking for forgiveness as well. all of this as the investigation continues. i'm told we can expect more punishment by students here. i'm jay gray nbc bay area news. >> thank you. back in the bay area cutting out the fat. facebook makes changes to a controversy emoji. today the company responded to public outcry by changing status of chubby cheek smiley face from feeling fat to feeling stuffed. this after body image activists started on-line petition to get face book to drop the emoji. the group said it leads to people thinking it is tock body shame. facebook said it will continue to listen to users' feedback. >> we need an emoji for gloomy. that's what it is today. >> as you can see, from the north bay to south bay, at times, mist around the north bay, around the marin headlines. right now, dublin 61 degrees. we managed mid 70s. you don't see that too often. we have warm ircoming up from the south with weather system help doing that. 61 in san jose. in san francisco, low clouds again spilling across the bay. 59 degr

but today, as my brothers and sisters prepare for tomorrow, i want you to know the edmund pettit bridge really means what means these stones? what we begin to think about the meaning of the stones, we must here the voices from the blood that was shed on the bridge. remember that there were persons who gave their lives and today we want to know who will be the prophetic voice to speak from the voices from those whose blood is still in the ground. i want to know today, are you ready to speak? or are you just here to party? when the party is over, the work must begin. [applause] >> i am bilingual, trilingual, i speak all those languages green and global. we are going to speak a little green right now. i am also, also some also. in order to communicate with each other, we have to be tiling will trilingual, multilingual. we have two love and respect each other in the process. we're going to receive an offering from those who will be kind enough to share your gifts with us. i'm going to ask my good friend and brother reverend dr. jesse jackson to come and assist me with this. who is that? we'

. >> levi pettit says he's now going to speak out against racism kicked out of the university of oklahomar the video sparked so much outrage. yesterday he met with community leaders in oklahoma city. >> there are no excuses for my behavior. i never thought of myself as a racist. i never considered it a possibility. but the bottom line is that the words that were said in that chant were mean hateful and racist. >> the lawmaker who organized yesterday's meeting says she believe's pettit's apology is genuine and that she forgives hip. >>> police in northern california say a woman and the boyfriend who reported she was kidnapped are both under investigation. vallejo police say there is no evidence that denise huskins was kidnapped and although she initially agreed to cooperate police have not heard from her or her family since yesterday morning. they also say her boyfriend, aaron quinn, he's not cooperating and that both of them have plundered valuable resources from the community. >> if you can imagine devoting all of our reorganizations on what i would consider as a wild goose chase, we've

because if pettit's words are insufficient, what should we expect from him?ut racially offensive words are among the least consequential forms of racial harm. as a 24-year-old student, a personal public apology was the only kind of racial reparation pettit had the power to give in this circumstance. his offensive words fell short of the kind of structural racial injustice that while lacking the spectacle of a viral video is far more impactful in its reach and repercussions. in the face of systemic racism we should expect more than an apology from the institutions that are empowered to do more than just talk about it. i'm sorry was all the united states senate had to offer in june of 2005 when it approved a resolution apologizing for its historic inaction on passing anti-lynching legislation in the late 19th and early 20th century. the senate's better late than never for failing to prevent the lynching of thousands of african-americans in the jim crow south was cold comfort when just weeks later, hurricane katrina exposed the extend to which the government lef

levi pettit along with his frat brother parker rice has been expelled.pha epsilon banned from campus. the letters on the house ceremoniously removed. >> i will spend the rest of my life trying to be the person who heals and be the person who brings all races together. >> reporter: he would not say for example who taught him the racist chant. many community leaders who met with him at this church say they are willing to forgive. clayton sandell, abc news, oklahoma city. >> this is a hard one. obviously this is atrocious, the chant. it was harmful and hurt a lot of people. but at what point, they are freshman, there are young and there are a lot of things i did in my freshman year that i'm grateful is not out there. you do a lot of things when you are young. >> a lot of people are saying this is far beyond the typical college hijinx because he is on camera reciting the chant with a grin on his face. many are saying it is an act of pr rather than attrition because he has an interest in telling the world i'm sorry for what i did. nevertheless, we will have t

pettit's apology.one of the other students in the video, parker rice, have left the university of oklahoma saying they withdrew. the local sae disbanded their chapter. but the chapter has hired legal counsel in evaluating legal matters. today's press conference comes amid a rash of news reports about troubling behaviors in the fraternity system in general. school chancellor randy woodson said, i hope today's action makes it clear there is no place for intolerance and racism at nc for intolerance, sexism and racism at nc state. at penn state university police are investigating allegations that members of kappa delta rho posted nude women on an invitation-only facebook page. contributor to the "new yorker," joins me now. i said on twitter today, that that apology was a notch away from a dave chappelle skit. there was something deeply strange and surreal about it. what did you make of it? >> well, it was very unusual to see. you know, i kind of sarcastically said that i was waiting for the gospel choir to

levi pettit and another student, who already apatrolologizeapologized, were expelled from ou.i'm sorry, deeply sorry. i'm so sorry for all the pain i've caused. i want you all to know that directly from me. >> this is just the beginning. we're not going to leafve levi. >> anastasha pitman is the woman you just saw in that video. state senator, great to have you with me. i watched yesterday, riveted by that apology. and with your introduction of levi pettit explain why you wanted to make that happen. >> thank you, tom, for having me. one of the reasons why we wanted to make that happen is so we could get some results in our own community, resolutions in our own community. one of the things -- our goal is to help oklahoma begin to heal from such hatred that is underlined all over our state and hopefully we can get america to lean forward and let us begin to have some race relation conversations so that we can educate students about different cultures and diversity and help us to be inclusive and acceptance of our differences. >> do you think that in the two weeks plus since this

back now with pilot karlene pettit on the phone, and paul ginsberg who is a audio expert and glad to soucie and don tilman. and what did you think about this? >> well, it is not a scenario that we talked about before, and we had ruled it out quickly, because of the fact that it was a smooth and controlled descent, and ever there was a pilot suicide before it is a quick and abrupt drop and some speculation at first on one of them on the egypt air, because it was movement and then dropped, but nonetheless when you decide to kill yourself as a pilot, it was abrupt and it was nothing like this. >> and so that is just something that it could be -- >> yes, lots por investigation. sgr but a number of the outlets are reporting this tonight, and it is information that is just coming n and in the beginning, you will get information that is not necessarily on target, and so they are not reporting that it is a suicide, but it could be a medical emergency in the cob pith, and we don't know. and i want to ask jim tilman, because we had the passionate debate about the cameras in the cockpit in m-37

. >> so the president of the university has expelled two students parker rice and levi pettitte pettites 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 treatment. it's one of the reasons by the way i believe athletes along with entertainers are the most susceptible people to failure in the world today mainly becaus

parents of a second student, levi pettit also aapologized, he made a horrible mistake, will live withe also know of the depth of our son's character, he's a good boy, but what we saw in the video was disgusting. also calling this video posted on social media unacceptables, shows the long time house mother using that same slur in 2013. she says she's heartbroken by any racist portrayal and was only singing along to a rap song. as the scandal widens hundreds of students marched across campus. a diverse crowd, stopping at the sae house, now shut down. >> it is blatant racism. that's what it is. >> i would say that we haven't fallen apart, but some parts of us have started to crumble away but we are putting it back together. >> reporter: fraternity members had until midnight to move out of that house. today, the university is stressing it has zero tolerance for what happened on that bus. >> gabe gutierrez in norman thank you. the student body press at the university of oklahoma thanks for being with me. in that piece there, gabe read portions of the apology from parker rice and from the f

. >> reporter: former national champion stephanie pettit presented her with a gold medal and dictionary have been waiting for this. it is my fourth try. >> reporter: she correctly spelled words like osteocide. words her mother said she couldn't spell. >> are you pinching yourself? >> yes! [ laughter ] >> congratulations! >> thank you. >> reporter: mira has been studying off spelling lists but plans to finish her home work as fast as she can to spend as much time as possible preparing for the national competition. she will represent the bay area at the national spelling bee near washington dc at the end of may, sharon chin, kpix5. >> and the contestants were all school champions who competeed in a written test to continue to the oral bee. we have photos of each student on kpix.com. >>> those students, all 49 of them are extraordinary. and the spelling bee, the national spelling bee has been around since 1925. for 19 years. if you could spell the world gladiolus then, you would have won. but it has gotten more complicated. so good for them. we are starting off with a look at this. a weak

levi pettit, a former fraternity member, has publicly apologized. >> a lot of people were hurt not justy those awful words but how they were said. there was laughter on that bus. what were you thinking? >> i'm not here to talk about what about what happened on the bus. i'm here to apologize for what i did because this is something that i've learned is disgusting and should never happen again in any form. >> reporter: today in a written statement sae confirmed the chant was shared at a past leadership conference but said, "our investigation to date shows no evidence the song was widely shared across the broader organization." >> i would just strongly challenge their nationals and say where are your answers. >> reporter: now the university's president has sent a letter to sae asking for those answers. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, norman, oklahoma. >>> two people are still unaccounted for after an explosion in new york city's east village created an inferno causing three buildings to collapse. at least 25 people were injured including four firefighters and one ems worker. new gas service was

the parents of a second fraternity member in the video, levi pettit also apologized, he made a horribleistake and will live with the consequences forever. >> it's an old fraternity tradition of singing these types of songs. >> reporter: andrew who in college was in sae and now is an outspoken critic of greek life. >> racism is alive and well in american campus especially fraternities. >> reporter: active member of the university of cincinnati black student association and proud sae member. >> we do not act like that. that bad behavior is not something that we represent. >> reporter: in 2013 the sae chapter at washington university in st. louis was suspended following allegations that pledges sang racial slurs to african-american students. last year, clemson university's chapter was suspended for holding a racially themed party. now at ou the growing scandal has sparked a rallying cry. and today the normally silent statues spoke volumes. all the members have moved out of the sae house here on campus. and now the national organization is looking to kick them out permanently. lester? >> al

pettit is expected to apologize again today, something the chair of the oklahoma's black kaus us canas to happen in order for us to look forward and help this young man move forward. but i think our community has to learn a lot about it as well. >> so sae is now shut down on that campus. the other fraternity member no longer attends ou and he's already apologized in a statement. another problem confronting colleges, the issue of sexual assault or campus rape. the high-profile incident of an alleged gang rape at uva only exacerbates the nationwide situation. on monday police said they could find no evidence substantiating claims made in a shocking story reported by "rolling stone" magazine last year. sexual assault or rape on campus is the subject of a critically lauded documentary in theaters right now called "the hunting ground." >> in your time at unc, how many students came to you and said they'd been assaulted? >> um -- it's hard to put a number on it. at least 100. >> out of the hundred, how many of the perpetrators were removed from campus? >> from what i remember no one was ex

levi pettit publicly apologized this week for his role but refused to discuss details. >> i'm not here 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 songs." in an effort to address issues related to racism, the national s.a.e. organization has made online sensitivity training mandatory, and jim, it plans to hire a director of diversity and inclusion. >> axelrod: jericka, thank you. a gender discrimination case sheds light on challenges for women in silicon valley. and only an ocean stands between a world traveler and the finish line when the cbs evening news continues. across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i too

the second student, levi pettit, says he made a horrible mistake and will live with the consequences forever. >>> on the fourth anniversary of the japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster there's a dire warning today about a potential future calamity here at home. scientists say that within 30 years there is a 99% chance that california will be rocked by a 6.7 jolt similar to the 1994 northridge disaster, but the chances of an even more massive magnitude 8 earthquake are only about 7%. >>> with higher than normal temperatures in massachusetts, you'd think maybe the weather problems are all behind. not the case, though. heavy blocks of ice are now falling off buildings throughout the state injuring people, also damaging cars. you're seeing a lot of that damage here. the epic 100-plus inches of snow has melted down to only a dirty foot or two around boston, but now there are fears of flooding from all that runoff. >>> meanwhile, huge chunks of ice to tell you about washing ashore in cape cod on the beaches there. it's only happened three or four times in the past 20 years and only in t

levi pettite stood by african-american civic leaders. while he refused to say how and where he learned that chant, he did offer an apology. >> there are no excuses for my behavior. i never thought of myself as a racist. i never considered it a possibility. but the bottom line is that the words that were said in that chant were mean, hateful and racist. i will be deeply sorry and deeply ashamed of what i've done for the rest of my life. >> the investigation into this incident continues. and the university says more students could be disciplined. >>> millions keeping a close eye on the skies tonight. severe storms firing up on the radar across parts of the midwest and the south. large hail likely and tornadoes possible. oklahoma city tulsa and fayetteville just some of the large population centers bracing for a dangerous night ahead. >>> we turn now to a story you won't see anywhere else tonight. a look inside the thrilling dangerous world of bull riding where eight seconds can feel like a lifetime. and many of the riders are awfully young

the second student, levi pettit says he made a horrible mistake and will live with the consequences forever>>> a bit of a development in the investigation into last week's plane crash in santa monica that injured harrison ford. national transportation safety board has issued a summary of that crash but at this point it doesn't point to what caused it exactly, caused the engine to fail. this was ford's vintage world war ii plane. after that crash. the report does say the plane sustained substantial damage as you can see. >>> on the fourth anniversary of the japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster a dire warping about a potential future calamity at home. within 30 years there is a 99% chance that california will be rocked by a 6.7 jolt similar to the 1994 north ridge disaster but the chances of an even more massive magnitude 8 earthquake are only about 7%. >>> with higher than normal temperatures in massachusetts you'd think maybe the weather problems are all behind. not the case, though. heavy blocks of ice are now falling off buildings throughout the state injuring people also damaging car

also on that tape, his frat brother, levi pettit, identified by his parents, who posted an apology online. "it may be difficult for those who only know levi from the video to understand," they write. "we know his heart and he is not a racist. we raised him to be loving and inclusive." so, how did these two freshmen end up at the center of a racial storm? both grew up in ritzy dallas neighborhoods, went to elite schools. doormate matt lopez says rice went out of his way to help people. >> unfortunately, he compromised his morality for the tradition and for the pursuit of the favor of his fellow fraternity members. >> reporter: parker rice alluded to that tradition in his statement, saying, "yes, the song was taught to us, but that too doesn't work as an explanation." late tonight, we finally got our first statement from the local chapter of sae here on campus. they say rather cryptically, three to four years ago their fralt was invaded by a horrible cancer that was never stopped. david? >> ryan owens in oklahoma for us again tonight. >>> now, to the investigation this evening into that bla

to issue an apology through ahead parents and parents said that they in turn the family of the by pettitis not a racist still hit it was a horrible mistake the aggressive local home cut ties with the fraternity and the two students were expelled. >>mark: president obama headed to the finish is the a medical center this friday during the visit bill here about the steps being taken to treat the veterans better to also find out or more programs are needed secretary of veterans affairs was on the president and a private event is the same phoenix facility overlong the last of veterans wanting care and the falsified waitlist. >>mark: a string of steps in the east bay they're searching for the thieves or after the break will check wall street with of the biggest drop of the year for the dow jones industrial average yesterday of the of $9 come up into minutes. >>mark: welcome back watching wall street a blood bath guest today of biggest drop of the dow jones industrial average 1.7% the dollars of 332 points most of it being blamed on the strengthening dollar is that the dollar now 12 year high a

pettit would not say who taught him the chant or where he learned it, the fraternity's lawyers have reached an agreement with ou and no more former members willing expelled from the school. the university is expected to release a report on what happened on friday. at the live desk, chris lawrence. >>> tonight, a local woman has a new opportunity to make a discrimination case against a former employer. the supreme court has ruled that peggy young of loiten virginia can make her case before a jury in district court. young had sued united parcel service in 2006. she accused them for refusing to accommodate her physical limitations during a pregnancy. two lower maryland courts agreed with u.p.s. but today the supreme court threw out those rulings and gave young a new chance to prove her claim. u.p.s. has since changed its policy and now says it tries to better accommodate pregnant workers. >>> a huge honor today for some ordinary folks who have done extraordinary things for others. vietnam veteran michael reagan is one of three recognized today with the citizen before self award. he makes hand-

levi pettit is expected to speak tonight at a church in oklahoma city.cus says pettit will publicly apologize and then meet with community leaders. >>> and finally here's the "jeopardy" question for you. did the first lady shave her head? well, that's what it looked like as you can see when mrs. obama appeared on "jeopardy" presenting clues about healthy eating. twitter went crazy overnight with people wondering. a lot of people saying this look could just be a combination of the lighting and a ponytail. her hair slicked back. you can't see for sure though and no official word from the white house but you may remember, i mean anything the first lady does with her hair is breaking news. remember when she got bangs. people went crazy. >> big deal. >> it was like the bang sweep. >> i'm just glad we're not the only ones tweeting about our hair. >>> "pop news" and weather. first robin's not here at the desk because she's in the social square. what's going on. >> i have the "morning menu." here's a look at what's ahead in "gma's morning menu." the hostage ange

you can see levi pettit leading frat members, a conference with the state's black caucus this afternooneting privately afterward. >>> teens and distracted driving might be a bigger problem than once thought and the not just text weg needwe need to worry about with our kids. alarming reports showing a what teens are doing behind the wheel. take a look at this. >> aaa used the crash video for research and they determined distraction was factor in 60% of teen accidents. that's four times as many as official estimates base and police reports. the common distractions causing crashes, 15% happen while teen interacting with others inside the car. that's followed by cell phone use at 12%. singing at 8% and grooming in the car accounts for 6% of teen crashes. >>> we asked earlier, do you think tougher law, needsed to prevent distracted driving especially for teens? the majority responded, yes. we still want to you shoot a text tell you what you think. one for yes, two for no and we'll talk about this later. >>> storm team 4 radar, rain moving into northern parts of the chesapeake bay. done with

you can see levi pettit in the video here. afterwards pethe will meet privately with the black caucus. >>> a major deal announced between two food giants. let's go to landon dowdy with the details. >> that's right. the deal is fresh on the table. kraft food has struck a deal to be bought by 3g capital which also owns heinz and burger king creating the fifth largest food and drink company. kraft which makes cheese jello was spun from the old philip morris in 2007. it body cadbury in 2010 and split off its snack food business in 012. landon dowdy, news 4. >>> protests are already happening about a proposed tuition increase at uva expected to be approved today. the increase will start next year. tuition is going up by nearly 4% for students both in and out of the state. the school says the full price to go there including room and board fees and a step increase for in-state students will go up by just under $2,000 a semester. at the same time, uva is reduce how much students who need tuition help have to pay which the school says

one of the frat brothers levi pettit whom you see in this video who led the chant held a news conference yesterday to apologize. he med with civil rights activists, pastors and laegtsed eded eded elected officials and said he was deeply sorry and embarrassed that he failed to stop the chant p. however he would not say who taught him the chant or where he leaved it. >>> we're following a developing story out of vietnam you now. search and rescue crews combing through this pile of rubble looking for survivors. the scaffolding here at a construction site collapsed yesterday. at least 14 people confirmed dead. 28 others hurt. >>> a california couple accused of faking a kidnap to go extort ransom money. the northern california couple says that they were home on monday when a man broke in and kidnapped denise at gunpoint. the abductor allegedly asked for $8500 this ran systemsom money. police searched for two days. she reappeared yesterday at the her mother's house. police are now investigating whether the couple can be charged with a crime. >>> in news for your health storing your makeup impr

levi pettit one of the expelled members, publicly apologized earlier this week. >> the words said inant were mean hateful, and racist. >> reporter: and now boren says it's time for the students involved, the university and the nation to respond. >> we can stop it if all of us in the institutions and organizations we belong to and all of us as individuals say we have zero tolerance for racism in america. >> reporter: a change he insists will be led by the university of oklahoma. boren also announced today they're hiring a new vice president who will respond directly to him to deal with sensitivity and diversity and that every student starting on campus this fall will have mandatory diversity training. jay gray, news4. >>> winter is about to make a comeback. i don't want to know about winter. when will spring come back? >> just a couple days. right now tracking a handful of showers and the cold for the weekend. here are those showers around george island down in st. mary's calvert county montrose and leonardtown. it's moving out but we cannot rule out an isolated shower during the over

you can seek seecan see levi pettit in the video here. the news conference will be with leaders from the state senate's black caucus who he will meet with privately afterwards. >>> you'll have to spend more to send your child to uva next year. you tuition is going up by 11:00, which means one semester will cost more than $14,000. school leaders approved the change yesterday, that according to the "washington post". the post says current students will have to pay a smaller increase at first. >>> police need your help locating a missing woman from rockville. 25-year-old jen made cna cohn was last seen leaving her home last night in rockville. she was last seen wearing a blue sweat shirt, pants and brown sandals. if you've seen her, please call the montgomery county police department with any information you may have. >>> a young woman with a very bright future killed. and police have charged her friend with second-degree murder in her death. nancy tinoza died early sunday morning on eastern haef in northeast d.c.. court documents show momod

the parents of one student leavitt pettit went online saying that he made a horrible mistake, but henot a racist. >> welcome r ashida, it's good to have you on the program. i take it you were not surprised by this video? >> no, i was not surprised at the least at all. >> why not? >> um, well, being that i'm from oklahoma originally, things like in, i wouldn't say that they happen all the time, but i can't say that i've never been a victory victim to racism. it didn't surprise me that it happened, but it surprised me in the way that it happened. >> if racism has been evident blatant on that campus, why haven't more people student up stood up and talked about it, or have you? >> well, there is an organization called, oh, you unheard, and they did start back in january. they sent in an 11-page letter to the administration saying the changes that needed to be made. i think the administration took it seriously but they didn't really enforce anything until the events that took place this weekend happened. they said that they were going to look into issues and try to do as much as they can

one of the frat brothers levi pettit who led the chant on that video held a news conference yesterday to apologize. he met with civil rights activists, pastors and elected if i recalls in s in officials. he said he was geeply sorry for his role and, quote upset and embarrassed that he failed to stop the chant. he had not say who taught that to him, though or where he learned it. >>> in the day ahead, a uva student at the center of a bloody arrest is expected to plead not guilt i in a charlottesville courtroom. martese johnson faces two misdemeanor, obstruction of justice and public intoxication and swearing. cell phone video show johnson with a bloody face as a.b.c. officers pinned him to the ground outside a bar in charlottesville. johnson needed ten stitches as a result. because of this incident virginia governor mcauliffe is ordering all a.b.c. officers to be retrained immediately. he signed an executive order requiring agents to be retrained in the use of force, cultural diversity, policing an interacting with teens. mcauliffe ordered police to investigate johnson's arrest. >>> to