phoebe returned home and took her own life. her bodice covered by her younger sister. >> someone told her to go hang herself and i don't really know who that was, but she was getting bullied by some people because there were people talking about her and i guess she just didn't like being hated. >> reporter: community and national reaction was intense and immediate. the small town of south hadley became the focus of the national spotlight, and a larger debate about bullying, when the d.a. took the strong stance charging the nine teens. now those teenagers accused of taunting phoebe are the subject of harassment themselves. >> this is a 16-year-old girl who i feel has been tried an convicted unfairly by the general public. she has been receiving significant harassment over the internet and other ways. >> reporter: but are the teens the only ones to blame? the d.a.'s investigation claims school administrators ignored the signs in the days leading up to phoebe prince's death. >> prior to phoebe's death, her mother spoke with at lea

but phoebe can't. silenced forever.ng a vivid new picture of her emotional anguish and dark final days. in essays phoebe wrote for her english class she discusses a book called "cutting" written by a psychotherapist. the book is about people who harm themselves. in her essay phoebe writes, this book i really connected with as i found there was truth in every word. it helped me comprehend what people close to me have gone through. phoebe says self-mutilation is about trying to transfer the pain from emotional to physical. in another essay, phoebe titled "mind over matter," she says where have today's values gone? we live in an impersonal electronic society. now that we have twitter and facebook. about her ipod phoebe writes i have a song for every moment and mood of my day. let them wash away any emotion i'm feeling. freelance journalist obtained the essays for an irish newspaper. >> it's definitely a warning sign for any person dealing with kids. when they're writing about self-mutilation and cutting in whatever context

phoebe told a friend "school has been close to intolerable lately." this is phoebe 15 years old.rom hollywood. she was new to the country and new to the school in massachusetts. here's how phoebe's last day unfolded in school on that day. now, the documents says the accused students called her an irish whore while she tried to study in the library and began crying on the way home from school. on the walk home that afternoon after one of them threw an energy drink called a monster drink that was inside the vehicle, threw it at her as she was walking home crying. also that same afternoon, the report said phoebe exchanged several text messages with a friend, phoebe told the friend she was upset about the taunts, her despair at the ongoing taunting to which she was subjected. now, phoebe sent her last secretary at 2:48 p.m. two hours later her body was found hanging in a rare stairwell at her home. just two hours before she died. there were no further outgoing texts. what is so sad about this, of course, one of the reasons we keep following this story is that this was not an isolated

that phoebe had reported to her. >> charges against the kids. there should be charges against those administrators. >> why? >> because they knew what was going on and they didn't take action. they were in charge. >> reporter: while the d.a. says charges against the school officials are unlikely, some parents are demanding action. >> they should resign or step aside. if they don't, we will be asking for their contracts not to be renewed on may 1st. >> reporter: school officials say they only knew about the bullying a week before phoebe's death in january. but this morning we're getting new details about the kind of pain phoebe endured. friends say the bullies threw things at her, knocked books out of her hands, and sent her threatening text messages, not to mention the torment on twitter and facebook. in school, the bullies were dubbed the mean girls, just like the movie. >> so pathetic. >> but prosecutors say this went far beyond the usual high school antics. in fact, on the day phoebe committed suicide, friends say there was one final episode a

the agonizing last days of phoebe prince.ozen has more. >> this is our first glimpse at one of the alleged bullies, the so-called mean girls of south hadley high. >> is there anything you'd lying to say to phoebe's family? >> is there anything you'd like to say to the family. >> no comment. >> sharon showed up, they all pled not guilty accused of bullying her to death. phoebe hanged herself at home to escape the torment at school. in new papers, new details of phoebe's torturous. for months they called her a stupid sp stupid expletive, a whore, screamed at her. they were jealous of phoebe because she dated two boys they liked, one of them the star football players. those boys are now charged with statutory rape. the mean girls allegedly told phoebe stay away from people's men. it was so blatant, everybody knew. >> what did they call her? a slut an irish whore. >> reporter: hours before she committed suicide they confronted her in the school libraries yelling, close your legs. i hate stupid sluts. >> phoebe prince took her lif

if i'm a teacher and i had written this, wouldn't have alerted phoebe or called a parent?id the school miss a red flag here? we have reached out to the school, but have not heard back. to comment call 1-877-tell-hln. to talk about this more, we have a former educator who specializes in educational psychology. michelle, if you are a teacher and you read a essay like this, and she is connecting with a book on cutting, are you following up? >> what i would certainly be doing is cluing in a little bit closer to this kid, because i think that the first thing is, mike, we have to be clear on this. two-thirds of children before they commit suicide or homicide always tell. where a child is not verbal, it or they an write draw it. so, it behooves us, not just this child, but 1 of 12 american teens are going to suffer some bout of depression. for teachers to be able to start looking at the signs, and this is a tragedy, and if there is anything from it, we need to get the lessons of like tuning into kids. >> well put. facebookers are agreeing. jody says that teachers should always in

the teens are charged in connection with the suicide of 15-year-old phoebe prince. charged with statutory rape. >>> and the white house is now reconsidering a visit with afghan president hamid karzai. karzai has recently made a string of testy and even threatening statements. white house press secretary robert gibbs told reporters they will evaluate karzai's remarks and decide whether it's constructive to have the meeting scheduled for may 12th zblfshlgts the latest on that deadly mine explosion in west virginia. it happened almost 24 hours ago. 25 people are known dead and four are missing as i speak. meanwhile, the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. let's go to nbc's jay gray. he's near the site of the mine where the desperate rescue operation is in progress. jay, we know there was a delay. what do we know as far as an effort to get closer to where those trapped miners might be? >> reporter: hey, tamron. yeah, the work still continues this afternoon. the governor making it clear that this is still a rescue effort. he wants to make sure that as lo

it sort of lays out the torment phoebe may have been going through. >> thanks a lot. there. we wanted to get that in. >>> a former cop admits he was part of a deadly cover-up. he admits he watched fellow officers kill two unarmed men after hurricane katrina, then lied to keep them out of trouble. he gave the feds a chilling description of how police killed the men in 2005. he said -- he pled guilty and facts eight years in prison. >>> oprah winfrey paid a visit to rielle hunter. she interviewed her for an episode reportedly to air in may. >> i had no resistance on any questions whatsoever. she was really forthcoming, very open. she was very candid and i would have to say i felt pretty truthful. so i think it's going make for an interesting interview. the problem is, we got so much. i don't know how we're going to cut it. and the queen of talk is moving to evenings. she is going to host a show for oprah's next chapter, which takes her on the road. >>> the suit o.j. simpson wore during his trial is heading to a museum. the director explains its value. >> we're glad to h

says phoebe prince moved from ireland to massachusetts back in the fall.ll player senior and the popular kids didn't like that so they began bullying her. they assaulted her. that she was raped, even bullied online on her facebook page and at her home. the d.a. in response to the superintendent's quote said this. she says, he's under fire, and lashing out. he does not have access to investigative materials so i don't know how or why he can say what he said to the boston globe *. he doesn't know what evidence we have. we can tell you now that nine students have been charged in this. you are looking at five of them. three of them are underage so we cannot show their pictures. one of the most disturbing details of this is after phoebe prince committed suicide some of these same students continued bullying her online on her facebook page that was set up as a memorial to phoebe prince and some of the parents of the other students that went to school with phoebe are painting a picture of what kind of torment and hell she went through in the days leading up to he

the school sent her home and that same day, she died by self strangulation. 15-year-old phoebe prince we talked about her last night, also allegedly bullied until the day she died, reportedly all the way up to her front door. last night her school in south hadley, massachusetts expelled a number of students, nine others face criminal charges. where are the parents of these bullies? that's what we're wondering? where r the principals and teachers? why isn't it taken as seriously as it could be? >> reporter: this is the press release some are calling a slap in the face. in the wake of 15-year-old phoebe prince's suicide and immediately following the indictment of nine classmates who allegedly bullied her, south hadley schools announced we have taken additional disciplinary action with additional students removed from the high school. it looks like a proactive move on the school's part. guess what, the students they're talking about are not the nine students charged in prince's death. that's because the school hasn't taken any disciplinary action against them. is the school now trying to

phoebe prince was bullied. she briefly dated a popular football player and got on the bad side of a click and after months of harassment, she killed herself. her little sister found her body. this could change the way schools handle bullies not just because prosecutors filed charges but it's raising awareness of many similar stories when teenagers and children commit suicide to escape harassment. the jonathan hunt is on assignment with one story, live in tampa, florida. you spoke to a mother whose son committed suicide after bullying. >> yes, debby's son jeffrey was bullied from age 13. it was the same sort we've seen in the phoebe prince case and so many others, on line, name calling, verbal assaults. rumors. by june 28, 2005, jeffly couldn't take it anymore. debby johnston kissed him good night and 9:00 a.m. the next morning, she went looking for him in his bedroom. >> we opened the door, and we looked. we opened it wide and looked in the other direction toward his closet and saw him hanging. and joey screame

phoebe had reported to her. >> there are charges against the kids.ecause they knew what was going on and they didn't take action. they were in charge. >> reporter: while the d.a. says charges against the school officials are unlikely, some parents are demanding action. >> they should resign or step aside. if they don't, we will be asking for their contracts not to be renewed on may 1st. >> reporter: school officials say they only knew about the bullying a week before phoebe's death in january. but this morning we're getting new details about the kind of pain phoebe endured. friends say the bullies threw things at her, knocked books out of her hands, and sent her threatening text messages, not to mention the torment on twitter and facebook. in school, the bullies were dubbed the mean girls, just like the movie. >> so pathetic. >> reporter: but prosecutors say this went far beyond the usual high school antics. in fact, on the day phoebe committed suicide, friends say there was one final episode as she walked home from school. >> you've got a car with a

authorities say phoebe prince was the victim of unrelenting bullying., now the dramatic video of the first school committee meeting since all of this happened. since six of their own teenagers were charged in the case. look at this: >>... i welcome them to do so. >> please, please... >> stop. >> they did not do anything. >> that is wrong. what you are doing is wrong! martha: the man, has been on the show and believes the administrators need to be held accountable for what they knew and what they failed to act on. but do we really know the whole story, in three minutes, i will speak with the attorney, who represents one of these six students. who has been accused in the case. bill: also, there were hundreds of documents, now public, in the sexual assault allegation involving nfl star quarterback ben roethlisberger. what those papers now reveal about a night in georgia. martha: and here's one, bill. divine intervention, can it help you get the perfect body. bill: we can pray... martha: i'm been praying for that for a long time. anyway... when we come back

joining me now from massachusetts is luke whose son sat next no phoebe.> thanks. >> first, how are they holding up in the loss of their daughter and charges against some of her classmates? >> i've had limited contact with the family. their spokesman, darby o'briant has been keeping people updated. i can't even imagine how they're feeling. this has turned into some kind of macabre circus and it never had to be this way. these administrators had control of the situation beforehand, and they chose not to act. they're choose naught to act now. they're serving their own selfish interests, and we would like them do the respectable thing and step aside. >> so, let's get back to, first of all, what they could have done. south hadley superintendent gus sager who has spoken to our alina cho as well as others, say school officials only heard of the bullying a week before phoebe's death. that the principal does not take the matters lightly and he would have act twistly if he knew about the events. is he lying? >> there's preposterous. we had information from students

prosecutors say 15-year-old phoebe prince was tormented in the hallways and online. hangs herself at home. now her alleged bullies, a group of classmates dubbed the mean girls have been charged with harassment, along with two boys at the school charged with statutory rape. >> what were the bullies doing to her in school? >> called her names, followed her home. >> reporter: now south hadley school officials are under fire accused of ignoring repeated complaints. >> the actions or inactions of some adults at the school are troublesome. >> reporter: lawmakers have been keeping an eye on bullying for more than two decades. this latest case in massachusetts may help renew the government's efforts. and it isn't just the schoolyard they have to watch anymore. from texting to twittering, there are new challenges for school districts, too. >> there's no safe harbor. it used to be that we could go home if we were targeted, close our doors or even go out in our neighborhood and play and be free from the tormenting. >> reporter: 32% of public school students between 12 and 18 ye

but says it has nothing to do with phoebe east suicide. he will remain on the committee. school officials under fire after allegations surfaced they did not do enough to protect phoebe from the bullying much of which took place on the school grounds and was, raised with school administrators. six classmates have been charged with serious crimes related to her death. >>> well this is it. it is april 15th. today's the day. you got till midnight. if you haven't mailed your tax return yet you better get on it. all week we're keeping an eye on your money for you. today we're looking at two proposed multibillion-dollar government programs and how much each one would cost you personally. maybe it will become a line item on your tax return. william la jeunesse is doing all the math. thank god, william, because i'm not a math afficionado. >> reporter: i actually like it. about a year ago, president obama announced to go through the budget page by page and line by line to cut out waste. here are two of the programs. 17 cargo plane as megyn talked about earlier the nasa program to p

or whoever the phoebe is is being victimized. -- >> bill: let's get specific.elieve that the administration in this south hadley situation where the girl hanged herself knew the girl was having a hard time because everybody knew and the parents said we told the school. but the school and not only in massachusetts but all over the country says, look. once they leave the physical school and go home, we don't have any jurisdiction over it we can't do anything about it. >> well, they can reach out to the parents. and a lot of the responsibility lies with the parents. and the parents have to be responsible. >> bill: you means the parents of the bulliers? >> both the victims and the bulliers. i have been informally summoned and someone discusses and poor little mary jane feels uncomfortable, what can we do about it? we get together collectively. >> bill: did some school official call you and say come down to the school? >> we are very engaged and involved in our children' education. and i think that too often parents tend to delegate the education of their children t

they think we just say it and it doesn't mean anything and when something happens like phoebe prince,i'm sorry. i just think that we have to get inside the schools and get them younger and have a zero tolerance policy for this kind of stuff. >> the computer becomes a very convenient baby-sitter. and you don't want to go there. i mean in our house, it's hard but with one of our kids at this point, they are not at the computer unless an adult is sitting there looking at the screen at the same time. it is that severe. >> really? >> yeah. after what i saw, absolutely. >> how old. >> 11, yeah. >> don't you think on some level. >> it's hard, believe >> he on some level you're putting your finger in the dam because the information is everywhere? the computers are everywhere. they have black berr ys at school. >> you may as well put them in newark or new york city in the middle of the night and say walk around alone. >> why did you say newark? >> the mayor was just talking about how crime is down. >> newark has a long road as the mayor will tell you. i brought it up as an example, it could be

the case of phoebe prince is the latest to make news. she may have been bullied to death allegedly by schoolmates who were charged in the case. and there were others. surveys indicate one-third of american kids have bullied or have been bullied. some 100,000 children skip school every day fearing insults and worse. bill, what do you make of this? >> i think that the adults -- and there are supposed to be adult adults who have gone to college, studied psychology or something, who are around these children or should be around these children -- they should be able to recognize it when they see it as they walk around the hallways, as the kids are sitting in the classrooms. they should be able to recognize it and play it for real. i'm really asking all of them to -- to wake up because for a child to hang him or herself to me that's a very, very violent, violent act. a way of taking yourself out because some people are practicing hatred towards you, whether they know what they're doing or not. >> larry: dr. irving, why do people bully? do we k

students heard her saying she was going to beat phoebe up. phoebe telling her classmates she was concerned for her safety. asking her friend to walk with her down the hall. megyn: it's such a sad, sad case now we have new information on a wild story we told you about the other day. that bus beatdown that got national attention, remember this? two women tangled with a bus driver. they wanted on the bus. and now they have a new fight on their hands. more on that. plus sarah palin the star attraction at southern gop conference in new orleans measuring her impact on the 2012 field. we'll have a top democratic pollster for mistake on all this. >> they offer tepid conditions and sanctions on north korea and gold stars and cookies to the sudanese president. megyn: a quick look at stories we are watching for you. the brother of nancy kerrigan pleading not guilty on manslaughter charges. the plane that towed a banner taunting tiger woods about his sex scandal has been grounded. the federal aviation administration says the plane must undergo some minor

prosecutors say phoebe prince took her life because of bullies. six teens are charged in the case.today new courtroom action. the details on that ahead. >>> first, randi kaye joins us with a "360 news and business bulletin." >> president obama signed a major arms control agreement in the czech republic today. it cuts the number of nuclear weapons held by both countries by about one-third. the senate and russia's legislature must still ratify that treaty. >>> a diplomat from the persian gulf country of qatar is a free man tonight, just one day after setting off a terrorism scare. he apparently lit a cigarette in the bathroom of a plane bound for denver wednesday night. he jokingly told an air marshal that he was trying to set his shoes on fire. but no explosives were found. >>> on the job front, the number of americans filing for unemployment insurance for the first time jumped last week, up 18,000 claims to 460,000. >>> and take a look at this. these bones found in south africa are the remains of a previously unknown species of man nearly 2 million years old, in fact. scientists sa

phoebe prince hanged her in jans after what prosecutors called an unrelenting three-month bullying campaign that lasted until she took her own life. moishls add hadley middle school wa aware, no action was taken. the bullies were not being punished, several weeks after the suicide. >>> another school in massachusetts took action to curtail billing after prince's tragic case came to light. it asked kids to name names creating a so-called bully list. that did not sit well with everyone, including a boy who toched the saying he is being bullied. our fi kale yit has the story. >> reporter: is the classroom assignment from his teacher, 11-year-old tom of spencer will never fert. >> she told us to write down names of people who bullied you and said to be honest. >> reporter: but that wasn't good for tom. >> apparently my son ranked in the top of the class with the most reports against him. >> reporter: school officials put tom and five others sixth graders at the wire village school on a bully list and for that tom paid a price. >> i had to stay in for two weeks. i had to -- >> stay in from what?

the news of her suicide spread to phoebe's childhood home in ireland. >> she was very, very creative.oved to achieve. had no problem with the other girls or boys. >> the two boys that have been charged with statutory rape could spend years in prison if convicted. prosecutors say that the evidence of bullying is so strong against the other suspects, the so-called mean girls, that they could be tried as adults. they have all pleaded not guilty. >>> a florida boater says he was forced to swim miles to shore when his crab boat began taking on water in the gulf of mexico. 50-year-old bart bailey left naples, florida, on his boat on wednesday morning. when he didn't return, his wife called the coast guard. thursday evening, bailey was telling rescuers that his boat was swamped by a wave and had to swim to shore. the couple walking on the beach told people -- they found him lying on the shore with his life jacket nearby. he was transported to the hospital and is said to be okay. >>> another florida man says next time he will be sure to look both ways before crossing the street. it is a lesso

one of their conditions for release is they can't go anywhere near phoebe prince's grieving family. >all right. live in hadley, massachusetts with the latest on that. thank you, jeff. >>> at least earlier in the hours we talked about tiger woods is scheduled to tee off in two hours. ahead of his new return to golf a new commercial featuring tiger and the voice of his late father and it's getting a lot of attention. here's a clip of it. >> tiger, i am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion. i want to find out what your thinking was, i want to find out what your feelings are, and did you learn anything? >> well, joining me now to talk about this ad is advertising guru donny deutsch, the chairman of deutsch incorporated. >> i like advertising legend. >> in your own mind. but you're here, but your opinion does count in that role whachlt do you think? >> brilliant. i think it is the most brilliant piece of advertising i've seen in a decade. i was stunned. let me tell you why. here's the choices for neike. they would run a golf commercial. it's like it never happened. they coul

he's also facing statutory rape charges in the case of phoebe prince.six teenagers charged in what prosecutors call the unrelenting harassment of phoebe that led to her committing suicide. >>> ohio police want to talk to a man who's been pictured. the mother disappeared saturday after she went shopping. there's surveillance video from a convenience store. it shows 31-year-old tiffany with an unidentified man. the pictures were taken on several recent occasions. police released the pictures hoping someone can identify the person she's with. katie wright is with the times gazette. what else are officials saying about this surveillance video? has her family at all been able to help in identifying this man? >> -- police department simply that the family does not know the man, they have not been able to identify him at this point. what we have so far and what we have up on timesgazette.com is that police are still looking for this man. they don't at this point -- they just have not been able to identify him. >> what else have you learned regarding her disapp

phoebe prince killed herself in january after months of intense bullying by classmates. >>> we want to welcome you back, good morning. if you're just shaking the sleep out of your eyes, we're glad to have you. >>> so far rescuers are getting no response from the signals they're sending into a coal mine in west virginia. they're searching and hoping that four minors that are missing from monday's deadly explosion are still alive. they drilled the first of four 1,000-foot holes to clear the mine of toxic gas. once that gas is out, the mine owners say it will take four or five hours to reach the area where they think the coal miners are. their families are waiting anxiously. >> we don't know if he's one of the ones deceased or he's one of the miracles that will walk out of there. >> we hope god will get them out. >> don't give up hope, don't give up. >> we are expecting another news conference in a couple hours and as we get that information we'll pass it right on to you. >>> actor corey haim was the poster child for prescription drug abuse according to, anyway, california's attorney gene

the suicide of phoebe prince, she committed suicide because of constant bullying for other students in massachusetts. how is the media covering this tragedy. how did they do? >> well, look, there's great reticence to do anything on these kinds of stories. everybody is afraid. they've dismantled the playgrounds because they're afraid of lawsuits, for parents, if the kids get hurt. administrators and teachers don't like to step into things because of physical safety and they also fear lawsuits. everybody has a hands on attitude and includes a lot of the media that don't get into the stories until after the fact. >> juan, your take on this, what was the media's role? >> the media at this point, i think is coming in after and doing a clumsy job. just koent know how to handle this. >> in what way? >> how to tell the story. because this is about someone who was emotionally distress. if you call me bad names i'm not suppose today kill myself. and they are trying to aportion blame and i'm not sure how you do it. yes, some girls were mean to her and kids picked on her, is that really a link to

. >> reporter: hey, kyra, there has been so much outrage in this community ever since 15-year-old phoeberince committed suicide in january by hanging herself in the stairwell of her home. many people asking who's to blame? fellow students, school administrator, parents? three of the accused were arraigned yesterday, but they were not in court. >> we'd ask not guilty pleas be entered at this time. >> the arraignment of sean mulveyhill, 17-year-old kayla narey and austin renaud, the three facing charges in the phoebe prince case lasted less than five minutes. all three will be booked by the end of the week and released on this condition -- >> that they stay away from the prince family. >> reporter: prosecutors say the bullying was so severe it drove 15-year-old prince on january 14th to hang herself in the stairwell of her home, using a scarf her sister gave her for christmas. the case has put a national spotlight on bullying with many local parents blaming school officials in south hadley, massachusetts, for not putting a stop to it. in neighboring chickopee, massachusetts, when it comes

same week nine teens in massachusetts were charged in the bullying-related suicide of 15-year-old phoebe prince. >> their conduct far exceeded the limits of normal teenaged relationship-related quarrels. >> reporter: it's a worrying trend. nearly a third of american students between 12 and 18 report being bullied during the school year. that's 8.3 million children. but most suffer in silence. just 36% ever notify an adult. and, experts say, bullying is more common now than ever. just a few yiers ago, bullying was usually limited to schools or playgrounds. victims could go home to escape. but today, texting and cyber-bullying means there's no escape from the taunting. >> today, a kid will wake up and will have anonymous text. they'll go to school and get bullied. they'll come home and they'll have messages on facebook. >> reporter: experts say children must be taught it's okay to report bullies to parents and teachers. for parents, the key is to demand the school take action. >> you've got to dig in there, make yourself heard. go to the media, if you have to. >> reporter: because in too m

a massachusetts high school student, phoebe prince, took her own life and prosecutors say that she was driven to that, by revueless bullying. from several classmates, nine classmates in an unprecedented move are charged in connection with her death and we'll talk about how you can try to prevent any tragedy from happening where you live. bill: on a lighter note, think spring has sprung, do you? think again, this is winter, the sequel! after the break. martha: oh, no! >> he's a world war ii veteran and purple heart recipient and there's one thing left on his to-do list dogging him his entire life, 84 years young, jack splotnick giving it the old college try. they've served for decades as a golden, tasty sidekick... to the all-american meal. french fries, and our national passion for them, are legendary. classic. iconic. but times change and people want better foods. so cargill helped a restaurant chain create... a zero trans fat cooking oil for their french fries... using select canola plants... and innovative processing techniques... while preserving their famous taste. because no one

we're heard of stories like young phoebe prince who committed suicide, and this girl is in the hospitalhe school did not do enough. >> this is constant, constant emotional terrorism. >> carla carey tells me her daughter suffered months of bullying by other 14-year-old girls. it happened here at the middle school in foxborough. >> it's demeaning speaking to her, demeaning her, making her the butt of jokes in front of friends, talk to go her like she was an infant. there were days she stayed home, and she's a healthy child. her grades went from honor roll to d's and f's. >> so this frustrated mother went to school officials. >> it's probably three or four face-to-face meetings and multiple e-mails. we kept reporting instances. they kept saying go to the guidance counselor. the guidance counselors wouldn't do anything. >> i would disagree with that. i think we've been very diligent about this. i think the plan we put together was comprehensive. i know we were checking in regularly. >> but carey says she remembers last winter's meetings very differently. >> eventually the school in february

the girl, -- phoebe prince.k carrigan fought with his father near the family home in boston on january 24 just before his father collapsed. an autopsy showed he had a pre- existing heart condition. the family said they do not blame mark for daniel's death. an accident happened near bayville, ky. and s.t.v. was driving southbound when it hit a pickup truck pulling out of a gas station. the suv then hit a utility pole, went back across the road and plunged 150 feet off a cliff. all four victims died at the scene. the driver of the pickup truck was not hurt. and this is what can happen when you hit the gas and the -- get the gas and brake pedal mixed up. a woman had the wrong title, causing her to launch her as u.b. over a parking deck. she crashed into two empty cars below puritans luckily, no one was hurt an amazingly, she was able to driver suv away. -- drive her suv away. >> still ahead, the tax deadline is just around the corner. and not filing could cost you. >> the legal system could be scary for anyone, but

the three teams are among nine charged in the unrelenting bullying of phoebe prince. >>> an interview with real hunter will happen on oprah at an unclassified date. last month, "gq" magazine published the first interview with hunter. edwards confirmed he is the father of the child. he and his wife are now separated. >>> madonna is back in mali. she plans to lay the first brick oven all girls school she is supporting in the country -- malawi. the singer is traveling with her daughter, one of whom she adopted from malawi last year. the school is set to open next year. >>> the legal saga of a television show. nicolette sheridan is suing the creator of "desperate hou sewives." she claims the rider hit her in the face before writing her off the show. they say the lawsuit is without merit. >> she waited a long time to bring that up if it happened. >>> a springtime hill storm hit michigan. over 6 inches of ice fell near chalone -- near kalamazoo. in some cases, the wind was strong enough to flip over cars. >> oh my goodness. time to move into spring. >> severe weather is coming on us very qu

arrest on sunday for drunk driving and is also facing statutory rape charges in the bullying case of phoebe prince. he is among sixte teens charge. >>> in our search for stories far and wide, the florida girl who survived in an al gator invested swamp last week is back with her family. nadia bloom's father says he is so happy to have her back. she has been in the hospital with an infection. her father says she seems to have completely recovered. that's good news. >>> a court in texas is expected to hear arguments tomorrow over whether married, gay couples can get divorced. part of the case before a judge in austin tomorrow involves a woman who married her partner in massachusetts, but is now trying to divorce that partner in texas where same-sex marriage the not. >>> and scientists are hoping two tiny rocks found in a wisconsin field will give them new clues to orgins of the universe. they're believed to be from the meteorite streaking through the skies. a hunter found them and donated the pieces to a research museum in chicago. >> these farmers are plowing their fields right now. these thi

six students have been charged with violating phoebe's civil rights.sachusetts legislature has approved a tough anti-bullying measure. not everybody thinks that's a good idea. joining us from boston author of the book three felonies a day. harvey, this was a horrible case. devastated community, no doubt. the state legislature comes along and by a vote of i believe it was 148-0, only with three hours of debate comes up with this anti-bullying measure. what is wrong with the measure, first? >> well, first all we don't need an anti-bullying measure in massachusetts. the fact that we have statutes that cover this kind of behavior is proven by the fact that these kids have been indicted. so the question becomes since the law works, this law that is hundreds of-years-old by the way, harrassment laws, stalking laws, very old statutes that are well understood here in massachusetts.mç# what is the doing legislature doing trying to pass new laws which are incomprehensible. i've tried and read them several times. i'm a lawyer this is my field. i don't understand

he is among six pois charged with -- boys charmed with -- charged with bullying phoebe prince. she allegedly committed suicide after being bullied by the students. >>> a new tech person named gizmo zoo say its found the device in a bar. it has a long lasting battery and a camera for video conferencing. apple had no comment when it came to the phone. >>> the new apple ipad may be facing technical difficulties. a number of schools from george washington university and cornell and princeton have reported problems with wireless connection and network stability. they say the tablet malfunctions and even causes problems. the ipad made its district debut last month and retails for about $500. >>> you're about to hear more about the dangers of texting while drive. but this time, it's a cell phone company behind the campaign. >> it takes at least one hand, and sometimes two. even though it's been against the law for a year in maryland,ul still witness -- you still witness it. >> they were driving on the road, had their hands on the steering wheel and their up -- their thumbs on the cell

among nine teens charged in what prosecutors call unrelenting bullying of irish transfer student phoebe prince. she dated a popular boy at school. two are also charged with statutory rape. >>> a bold crime in carroll county. someone has stolen a wheelchair from the front yard of a man who is paralyzed. it happened in sykesville late saturday. as suzanne collins reports, the owner has had a hard time managing since the theft. >> reporter: jimmy sawyer kisses his daughter from the couch. he's been stuck there a lot since his specially-fitted wheelchair was stolen saturday night. it's a $3600 chair that looks like this. he left it in his driveway when he picked up his wife from work. >> the wheelchair that i had. i could do coming in it. i could do the dishes. i'd take care of my 4-year-old daughter. >> we looked around and were like, where is the wheelchair? like is somebody playing a joke on us? >> we are playing two very solid leads. one machine came -- man came forward and said they believed they saw two young people, one of them riding down the street. >> reporter: but police say it i

he faces one of -- he's one of nine facing charges in the death of phoebe prince. she killed herself after unrelenting bullying prosecutors says started after renauld dated prince. he's pleaded not guilty to having sex with a minor. >>> now the laptop spying case in pennsylvania and school accused of using web cams to take pictures of students. officials say they rarely accessed the cameras and only one the laptop was stolen. now they admit they took 56,000 photos of the kids in secret. 56,000 of them. there's one. this little kid is sleeping, partially dressed in some. the school says when activated the program sakes imagines every 15 minutes. in some cases it was turned on for months. in the case that sparked the lawsuit, the student did not have permission to take the laptop home because he didn't pay the insurance fee. does this change the school's case? with us, arthur aidala and drew findlay. >> i'm not concerned with this lawsuit. i'm looking at the privacy of everybody involved. i'll hit a law enforcement aspect of this. there are specific wiretap laws in s

the school essays written by phoebe prince reveals details about her life before her final days. the teenager wrote the essays for english class. in those essays she discusses a book about people who harm themselves by cutting. prince says self-mutilation is about trying to transfer the pain from emotional to physical. a freelance journalist who obtained the essays says that the teen's problems began when she moved from her native ireland here though the u.s. >> her parents had separated. and her mom had decided to take her to hadley. she missed her father very much. she was not that happy at that point. she had her own baggage at that time. >> prince committed suicide in january. six of her former classmates are charged with felonies in connection with her death. they have all pleaded not guilty. >>> the parents who pulled off that balloon boy hoax in colorado will pay part of the cost for that massive emergency response. richard and mayumi heene agreed to pay $36 thousand now in restitution. they reported their son was in a balloon that floated away. the story aired live around

massachusetts have pled not guilty today to charges that they bullied their classmate, 15-year-old phoebence who committed suicide earlier this year. three other teens are also charged in the case. it's opened a flood gate of opinion about bullying in schools. what do you make of this story, laura? >> frankly i'm pretty glad that somebody is taking this very seriously finally. because the type of bullying that has evolved using the internet, and physical violence and threats and ganging up has just escalated to an outrageous, it was not on harassment, it was not even bullying, this was persecution, that she killed herself, was her choice of options, and i am very sad. that is not their fault, but they drove her to a place where she thought there was no hope. her mother evidently had gone to the school. teachers had seen it. other kids had seen it. and i have a point to make about that in a moment. >> larry: you were bullied, am i correct? you were bullied as a kid? >> yeah, pretty severely when we moved into this neighborhood on long island. it was mostly one religious persuasion there an

the three girls did not appear in court. 15-year-old phoebe prince hanged herself in january. ordered the girls to have no contact with the prince family. three other teens charged in connection with prince's death are being tried in adult court. >>> security officials in rio de janeiro say at least 200 people have been buried and they're feared dead. this in the latest landslide to hit the area. if confirmed it would sharply raise the death toll which currently stands at 153. as many as 60 homes were flattened in the shanty town neighborhoods. the landslides triggered by the heaviest rainfall in the city's history. ed, back over to you. >> thanks, monica. >>> all right. only in san francisco. that's the city's very own tag line. but today, it sounds much more like a punch line. take a look at the jersey of giants outfield er velez. okay. it was spotted as he entered the game last night against the astros in houston. his name is spelled right but the city's name, well, it's spelled wrong. the "c" and the "s" are backwards. the team says it was only wrong on his jersey and they

. >>> new and disturbing details about this young girl's life, phoebe prince and the alleged abuse sheandle. that at the top of the hour. jesse. >> jesse: thank you, anderson. congressman bart stupak resigns now. was it pressure from the tea party that made the man resign? >> yeah, no question. i mean the tea party took out over $200,000 worth of ads and put it up against bart. >> jesse: is that tremendous pressure? >> it is grass root, anti-establishment. >> jesse: they're not grass roots. they're getting financed with dick armey. follow it. there's no grass roots. >> you have to pick one or the other. are they an unorganized grassroots operation, or are they this highly sophisticated functioning well oiled machine? which one is it? at the end of the day. >> there's dick armey. >> at the the end of the day they will cause trouble for democrats and republicans. it is so fragmented you have seven different kind of tea parties in one congressional district going after some republican candidate. this isn't some republican movement that's just being funded by dick armey. it's not and i'm t