a major university suspends all fraternity andçó sorority activities afterñrçó an incident leads to aent's death. juliana goldman reports. and steve hartman on the road with jason brown, who quit the n.f.l. to tackle a new field. so you learned how captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: goodÑi evening. we learned today that the most powerful weapons in the world are suffering from years of neglect and mismanagement. some of what we heard today might seemxd comical if the stas weren't so high. months ago defense secretary chuck hagel launched two investigations after a series of surprises including a scandalÑi over personnel cheating on qualification tests. well, it turns out it gets worse. today, hagel said he needs $10 billion to fix the force. here's david martin. >> reporter: the pentagon has long proclaimed nuclear forces, land-based and submarine-launched missiles as well as long-rangeÑiçóçó bomber, itsñr highest priority. but this review commissioned by the paght made that claim sound farcical. consider this exchange with defense

a university official had to hold an emergency meeting with fraternity and sorority leaders and put a stop to all of their activities for now. last week, morgan town police arrested $19 student when a party spilled out into the street. they were out of control, kicking off garbage cans and there was a lot of alcohol involved and they were under 21. late last night came what the school calls a catastrophic medical emergency. a teenage student collapsed with no pulse, no respiration. police and emts gave him cpr and rushed him to the hospital. that led to the emergency meeting today in which west virginia put a moratorium on all the fraternity and sorority activities. it affects more than two dozen groups and 1,500 members. the dean of students said -- the student in the hospital is 18. s from buffalo and parents had to come down to be with him in the hospital. detectives are trying to identify any fraternity members and pledges who were with him last night. i'm chris lawrence. >>> a case that got national attention, police wanted to take pictures of a teenager's privates in a sefting i

check out these moves in her sorority flag football game. (laughter). >> look at these moves. she literally has girls falling on top of themselves. look right there. >> she look like barry sanders doing that. didn't she. >> like barry sanders, lesean mccoy, if that's how she rolls in a flag football game what does she do at the sorority dance? >> she's got some moves. >> she's got some moves. >> i hope you've got some coats because it will get very cold. >> temperatures tonight in the 20s and 30s. >> yeah. got to watch out for the graupel, too. >> yeah. all right. remember watch tmz at 11:00. join karen hepp and lauren johnson for fox 29 weekend tomorrow morning at 8:00. have a great weekend. ♪ >> leave their family and friends behind and head to foreign lands in the air, on the sea, on the battlefield, they fight for our freedom. >> tonight fox 29 salutes the military and members of our community who support them when they come home. >> welcome to this special report. fox 29 salutes the military. i'm mike jerrick.

we have also uncovered a deeper issue into fraternities and sororities were off campus. it was just after midnight on sunday night when police officers responded to a call at a fraternity. while students like this woman are saddened by the death they are also not surprised that this could happen. >>it is because this rat is not affiliated with the university said there is not much oversight as to what happens inside. >> scott rates so far investigators have not released be identified identity of the deceased but have said he is not a student and the death has been classified as suspicious investigators. have not yet ruled out drugs or alcohol as cause of death. >>it's got to be an accident or some sort of personal thing like that. i do not see much issue as far as malicious activity. >> scott rates we have learned that a party was happening inside the frat house saturday night just before the man was found dead. berkeley police have reported that they did respond to calls to that house in the past. >>had been drug use is way heavier in other campuses this year. people ar

. >> i like this, in college when my sorority sisters every time she got drunk i would have to take the phone away from her. you are in the doing it this time. would i take it. she would always call, always. >> yes. >> i was trying to help her out. we actually wrestled because she refused to give me the phone. we were fighting. >> did she thank you the next day. >> she hate meade that night, calling me all kind of names. >> were you a human app back then. >> yes. >> no one likes to wake up the next day. >> called the alex. >> well, in one likes to wake up the next day and say i didn't really just do that. >> you were wrestling. >> she wouldn't give it to me, every time, the next take, oh, really. >> yes. >> i was in school at missouri swinging each other around. >> sorority house. >> no it was in the like that. >> no. >> my sister who watches from charlotte, north carolina, as a matter of fact, she's a psychologist and she said froid would tell you having your teeth fall out means you have sexual issues. >> oh, wow. >> really. >> i don't think so. i have gone and an aized the teeth, it

>> i regret income a sorority. >> i'm sure southern woman does not leave without her face painted. >>as must fun to come up with as the original concept. >> i agree. >> i don't really care about football. >> i'm not riding in that truck. >> i'm not peeing in the woods. >> i'm not drinking beer out of a can. >> we don't have any crazy people in our family. >> said no southerner ever. >> i hate dolly parton. >> that's sacrilegious. >> don't feed that to the dog. >> every southern person feeds everything to their dog. >> i'm waiting for you to show up. >> i would love it if i turned up in the middle of this. i would travel to be in one of these videos. >> your accent is becoming bigger. >> tastes just as good without the butter. >> one thing that caught me off guard when i moved to north america, you've got animals in your backyard. this is from alber outside because it's cold enough. what does that attract? a coyote. the dog is having none of it. >> the coyote turns on him. >> the video goes on four minutes. >> there is no real aggression that comes out of it. the kids come in. >> i won

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as bob allen reports fraternity and sorority activity are now suspended at west virginia university. >> reporter: eighteen year-old noland birch died friday he had been hospitalized following a visit to west virginia's university cap a sigma fraternity house on wednesday. officers were called to the house to find someone performing cpr on birch who wasn't breathing. police have not released details but university officials say birch was a pledge at the the fraternity. >> we have been cooperating with the morgan town police. when they first started their investigation within of the things we provide to them is a list of the members as we knew it from those student organizations. >> reporter: police are investigating whether birch's death was a result of the hazing. the university has indefinitely suspended social activities for all of its fraternities and sororities. >> i think if one person made a mistake i don't think everybody should be punish for it. i do agree they need to have a precaution to prevent this somehow. >> reporter: the charter was suspended in mid-october and revoke

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. >>> and back in the u.s., all fraternity and sorority activities at the university of virginia havecanceled until january after a rolling stone article. in the article, a female student accuses an elite fraternity of subjecting her to gang rape during an alcohol and drug-fueled party in 2012. the student has not niled charges. but there's a culture in students to administers who did not aggressively seek to punish the alleged offenders. students and professors prote protested on campus. but the university's president, named in the article, say that they are in need of change. >> i don't care about the reputation, as long as we have safe. >> you ban the activities for the semester, i don't think it will work for the future. >> i think the mind set of our community needs to change. clearly something is not working. something is not right. people are getting hurt over and over again. that has to stop. >> i think what i first read the article, i was sick to my stomach. get to the bottom of whatever this is and make this a better place. >> so the school's president is asking local police

. >> tonight fraternity and sorority activities are suspended at west virginia university after a studentnside a frat house died. 18-year-old nolan birch from buffalo new york died today. two days ago officers were called to the kappa sigma fraternity house to find someone performing cpr on birch who was not breathing. he was a pledge at that fraternity. >> when they first started their investigation one of the things we provided to them was a list of members as we knew it from those student organizations. >> police are investigating whether birch's death was the result of hazing. >> tonight the debate over the second casino license in philadelphia is heating up as several local politiciansway in. the gaming control board is expected to make a decision on this during its next meeting on tuesday. but today leaders from delaware county spoke out against the plan. they claim it could hurt business at harrah's leading to a problem similar to what's being seen in atlantic city. >> you think that the gaming control board ought to take a strong look at what's occurred in atlantic city and realiz

number 5, slithery florida state sorority girl. harris on the punt return. roll low. 46-8. oh man. how about number three? this is a half court shot? come on man! number two, charlotte lance stevenson for the win. beat atlanta in double overtime. yeah! and at number one, tonight, alameda's derek desa is going up top. the ball is underthrown. misplayed by lloyd ashton here. through the hand, popped into the hair. into the hands of antonio raleigh. the coach can't believe it. they did win the game to raise the record to 10-0. way to go high landers. push to the limit on that. >> oh wow. >> that play, that shot with these hands. >> we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, this... is the best part of the day. when we sit down together and talk. more and more, we're having conversations about the food itself: how good it is for us. how good it is for the planet. at monsanto, we're working with farmers to make balanced meals accessible to everyone. while using natural resources more efficiently. it's time for a bigger discussion about food. be part of the conversation

yesterday the university suspended all fraternities and sororities. >> i think it starts with us, and we have to take initiative and change the culture for this whole school. >> reporter: nationwide greek organizations have come under close scrutiny following recent deaths of pledges. in september a 19-year-old pledge died during a fraternity run at clemson university in south carolina. this past summer a 19-year-old pledge at california state university, north ridge, died on a fraternity trip. and last december a 19-year-old pledge from baruch college in new york died from head trauma at a fraternity retreat. professor elizabeth allen is studying what colleges are doing to prevent dangerous behavior. >> this is about changing the campus culture and helping students rise to, you know, the occasion. there are group situations and peer pressure. and people end up doing things they wouldn't ordinarily do. >> just two days before nolan burch was rushed to the hospital, the fraternity's charter had been revoked by its national organization due to an unrelated incident. tonight, police are

. >>> all sorority and fraternity activities are suspended at west virginia university after the deathllege freshman. 18-year-old nolan burch died this afternoon. he was hospitalized wednesday following an incident at the kappa sigma frat house. officers found him not breathing when they arrived. police are investigating whether his death was the result of hazing. this is not the chapter's first run-ins with problems. the chapter had been revoked two days before this incident. >>> major lapses, mismanagement and broken equipment at our nation's nuclear arsenal. tonight defense secretary chuck hagel says congress need to pony up $7.5 billion in the next five years to make sure u.s. nukes are ship shake. among the more shocking revelations in recent months? missile maintenance crews had only one wrench to attach warheads to the minuteman nuclear missile and employees had to use fedex to send that wrench between three bases to do the maintenance. magel is ordering a top to bottom overhaul of how that force is managed. >>> it is one of the largest automotive recalls ever and now part of a

. >>> fraternities and sororities at san diego state university will be cooling. greek groups have suspended their own events after some frat brothers misbehaved at a rally to protest the attacks. the school says it will put more police on campus and develop a training course for students. >>> newly really excerpts reveal sexual assault allegations against comedian bill cosby. according to a deposition from 2005 cosby testified that he gave "the national enquirer" an exclusive interview in exchange them withholding a deposition. a woman at temple university claimed cosby sexually assaulted her in 2004. prosecutors never filed charges in that case. >>> just in time for black friday another shopping item of sorts. the government said starting today it's bringing the affordable care act to malls in seven states. maryland, new york, washington, new jersey no malls in this area, though. health care associates stationed at those malls with information and help people apply for information. this will continue through february 15th. oep nn rolement for aca insurance began

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on campus is now speaking out about the university's decision to ban fraternities and sorori y sororities. >> i think it starts with us and we have to take initiative and change the culture for the whole school. >> it was just last week that when a different campus fraternity was suspended after 19 of its members were cited for underage drinking and disorderly conduct. >>> now let's talk about the spacecraft that landed on the speeding comet. it's fallen into idle mode and all instruments onboard have shut down. still, scientists are hoping that they're going to hear some kind of a signal. on friday controllers at the european space agency ordered the philae lander to rotate out of the shadow to catch more sunlight. p primary batteries are depleted and the lander has to rely on solar panels to generate electricity. while scientists will listen for signals today it's unlikely they will establish communication any time soon. >>> next, take two. crews will once again try to remove a popular piece of the philadelphia skyline. this time they have different tools to get the job done. we'll expl

virginia university officials have suspended all activities at campus affiliated fraternities and sororities. the 18-year-old is now in critical condition. last week the school suspended a different fraternity after pledges got into a street brawl. all greek activities are on hold at west virginia during investigations of those incidents. >>> well, the cost of a college degree is increasing, according to the college board. the average cost of tuition room and board at a four-year school has risen to $19,000 a year. >>> hard to believe, but thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. it's a little easier to believe now with the snow we had last night. looks like more americans will be traveling this year for their turkey dinner than they did last year. a survey by the trip adviser website found 43% of americans plan to travel for that holiday. up over 7% from last year. 88% of those surveyed said they're planning a trip just to take in the thanksgiving shopping bargains. tracy? >>> septa is getting ready for more wintry weather and we checked with their managers to see how they're preparediing

. >> pelley: all fraternity and is sorority activities at the university of virginia are suspended until the spring semester. the school president took that action over the weekend after female student's account of being gang raped at a fraternity house was published. juliana goldman is in charlottesville. >> bright, multicolored post-yets covered the doors of the admissions office on monday, messages of support, frustration and outrage over explosive allegations in a "rolling stone" article that details the brutal gang rape of an 18-year-old freshman at a fraternity party in 2012. tom bunting graduated last may and says he knows the student, identifies only as jackie. she sites a sense of entitlement on campus and says the community has been putting the school's reputation above its students. >> if we cheat, you're suppose to out that person, if you assault or rape another human being and try to cover it up, that's not honorable. >> reporter: the elite university has expelled more than 100 students over the last 15 years for violations of its strict honor code, that code covers lying, c

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number 5, slithery florida state sorority girl. harris on the punt return.re you go. 6 -9d yards. they roll low. 46-8. oh man. how about number three? this is a half court shot? come on man! number two, charlotte lance stevenson for the win. beat atlanta in double overtime. yeah! and at number one, tonight, alameda's derek desa is going up top. the ball is underthrown. misplayed by lloyd ashton here. through the hand, popped into the hair. into the hands of antonio raleigh. the coach can't believe it. they did win the game to raise the record to 10-0. way to go high landers. push to the limit on that. >> oh wow. >> that play, that shot with these hands. >> we will ,,,, 80% of the poor in africa are rural farmers. 96% of them are doing rain-fed agriculture. they're all competing with each other; they're all making very low margins, making enough to survive, but not enough to get out of poverty. so kickstart designs low cost irrigation pumps enabling them to grow high value crops throughout the year so you can make a lot of money. it's all very well to have a

. >> reporter: members of his sorority say they will hold a memorial for bradley. >>> this week thousandse expected to attend funeral services for two northern california sheriff deputies killed in the line of duty. tonight the fundraiser was held to help pay for the memorials. sacramento sheriff deputy danny oliver and placer county sheriff detective michael davis jr. were both killed during a shooting rampage on october 24th. >> they are every day out there putting their lives on the line and it's something that a lot of people don't think about. >> the service for deputy oliver will be held at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow at the adventure christian church in roseville. services for detective davis will be held at the same church on tuesday at 10:00 a.m. both services are open to the public. >>> lyft is reporting the death of a passenger. a crash happened early yesterday in heavy rain on interstate 80 in citrus heights just outside of sacramento. and the victim was involved in that crash was a 24-year-old man from west sacramento. his father says he was returning home from a halloween party. the

this morning all fraternities and sororities are suspended for the rest of the year while the schoolstigates. >> this morning the university of virginia is shaken. students demand the school address sexual assault on campus. >> not doing enough really. they hired a couple of new investigators. not enough. >> uva president is suspending all fraternities and social act hits the rest of the year following a detail article published this week in rolling stones magazine. in a written statement, she says wrongs described in rolling stone are appalling and have caused all of us to reexamine our responsibility to this community. the report describes several claims of assault including the brutal gang rape of a first year student at a frat house in 2012. >> when i read the article, i was simply sick to my stomach. >> they're now asking the police to investigate. >> the administration has been passive and disappointing. >> the article went on to claim victims are reluctant to report rape. the school president denies the charge. nationwide the greek system is in the spotlight. earlier this mont

. >>> leaders put a stop to all fraternity and sorority. they said the action to halt activities while these mattee b students's safety in mind. >>> later this morning, we will hear from the two window washers who were rescued from one world trade center. the men were stranded for hours outside the 68th floor when their scaffolding broke on wednesday. firefighters had to break the glass in the window near them to pull to safety. they had to use diamond cutters. new this morning, south korea is banning asiana a airlines for 45 days. the company will appeal the decision by the ministry of land, infrastructure and transport disciplinary committee. three people died and 200 were hurt in the july 2013 crash. the ntsb blamed the crash on the pilot, saying they made errors during the landing >> you have quality choices when it comes to sending your children to charter schools. one-third are in high performing charter institutions, 9% more than last year. in all, 20 were rated in the top tier. some of the top programs including chinese immersion an

west virginia university has suspended the fraternity and is a resort pledging -- sorority pledging. >>> thousands of marchers in mexico called on local authorities to find 43 college students. they vanished two months ago after a confrontation with police officers. prosecutors alleged that officers rounded up the students and handed them over to a criminal gang. mexico's attorney general is investigating claims that the students were killed and burned. >>> in washington, d.c., there was a call for acceptance. the national cathedral hosted its first muslim prayer service. hundreds knelt on carpets facing mecca in an area free of christian icons. a woman interrupted the service and shouted why can't you worship in a mosque. the cathedral is home to inter faith services and presidential funerals. >> an arctic blast is wreaking havoc on much of the u.s. residents in the grand rapids michigan area has been force to dust off their snow blowers and clear their drives and sidewalk after a foot of snow fell. another 6 inches is possible for them this weekend. >>> the arctic blast has an icy

lou: probably less controversial had she not been a sorority sister of eric holder's wife. >> i didn't know that. >> i didn't either. lou: that's what we do here at the news. >> a very nice factoid, the fact of the matter is. lou: could have been your fact, it's a fact. it's mine, you want to call it a fact? >> no, the second late term attorneys general, bill barr, judge michael mccasey, there is a different aspect. and i'm not diminishing it on any level, different than the attorney general there for the first six years. lou: all right, gentlemen. good have you here. >> nice to see you lou. lou: appreciate it. breaking news tonight, the united states is now officially ebola free. doctors tonight declaring the last known ebola patient in this country who contracted ebola to be free of the deadly virus. bellevue hospital officials say new york doctor craig spencer poses no public health risk and will be discharged tomorrow. today marks the 21st day since maine nurse kaci hickox was last exposed to sick ebola patient in africa. tomorrow, she will no longer be required monitoring and be d

upset and saddened at this but it might uncover an underlying issue here about fraternities and sororities it was just after midnight when berkeley police responded to a suspicious looking man and while students like made in water are saddened by the death of their not surprised that this type of thing happened this fraternity is not sponsored by the university and so there's little oversights the police have not released how the 20 year-old man died or his identity investigators have said they have not ruled out drugs or alcohol is the cause of death but a bikron4 has learned that s happening at the frat house saturday night before the man was found dead please have said they have had to go to that house for other reasons before kids are starting to get caught for things they shouldn't have been doing for a long time now they're a lot of issues with the fraternities are ready culture alameda county is conducting their investigation and current scott rates a plane crash near gilroy last night. left two people dead. officials found the victims' bodies in a rural area off of state highway 15

west virginia university put a moratorium on all fraternity is and sororities.r-old freshman collapsed at the kappa sig house with no pulse night. he is now in the hospital. the dean of students said the action to halt fraternity activities is being done with the well-being and safety of o students in mind. >>> 6:54. we leader bladensburg high school will be closed today. theres no heat there. bladensburg high school closed, laurel victim ville elementary . >>> making a bush to get you signed up for health care. if you qualify for coverage, federally supported health care centers in the state will most likely be reaching out to you. virginia uses the federal health exchange website. last year more than 200,000 people enrolled. . >>> right now another ebola patient is headed to the nebraska medical center. the patient will be flown in tomorrow. the patient is reportedly a surgeon who is a citizen of sierra leone and contracted the disease there but is also a permanent u.s. resident. the doctor will be the third ebola patient at the omaha .ospital and the 10th the

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fraternities and sororities' days may be limited.ote social events that may or may not involve drinking, no supervision and all kinds of potential injuries, crimes, things -- i'm not saying that it would necessarily happen there but as a liability entity, maybe their days are numbered. they are just too subjected to liability and just not enough oversight. that just may be the case. maybe in 20 years they will no longer exist. >> paul, last word? >> you can still make a case here, a disciplinary case and a criminal case. i'll tell you why. if there were seven men involved in this, what law enforcement does is they go in and get one guy to turn. they will offer him a deal to turn against the others and even though time has passed, you can still make a case here if there is a case to be made. >> and college students are going to be the most likely to take that deal. those are the kind of students with a lot to lose and paul is exactly right. one guy with a deal, i don't care how much that is your bro, they will turn when their future i

. >> i know that if you removed all fraternities and sor sororities on campus, there would still be sexual assault. but our campus right now is a good opportunity for us to reflect on how we're going to go forward both students and administrators. >> greek life is often the starting point for these conversations though. just yesterday, san diego state university's frats suspended all their campus social activities following reports of sexual assault over the weekend. but what should schools do across the nation to address sex crimes on campus? earlier this week, "america tonight's" joie chen spoke with brett socolo, he's been a consultant to uva on sexual misconduct policy. >> breath socolo has consulted the university of virginia board for many years now, you've told us this is really a state-of-the-art program in your mind in terms of what they have been able to do at uva. nevertheless the story that we're reading in the rolling stone and the claims of the young woman jackie do you feel that the uva has done enough? >> well, every college can do more. and as we have a national dialogue o

the university is trying to crack down and they suspended all fraternities and sororities through january 9th, but many say it's insufficient saying most people will be away from samp campus. the house said the acts depict said are beyond unacceptable. they are vile and intolerable. the board of visitors as it is described will be holding a meeting. it will be open. students and media will be invited. part of the meeting will take place behind closed doors. they will address the underlying issue and it's the insufficient assault cases on campus. there is a title nine investigation into 88 universities. among them, the university of virginia for their handling and assault. ronan? >> peter alexander in virginia. >> we are following two weather stories that could impact millions. buffalo with massive flooding. as temperatures quickly rise. it could hit 60 degrees and that means a rapid large scale melt of up to seven feet of snow in spots. the governor spoke about the double whammy earlier today. >> the fear is seven feet of snow melts quickly. that's a lot of run off and a lot of water goin

look, when it comes to fraternities and sororities, many would say that their time may be at an end. are hotbeds of liability, and maybe too much going on with too little supervision. >> clou agree with that? the incentive just hasn't been there? in "the rolling stone" article it said uva suspended 183 people for honor code violations which would be tantamount to cheating on exams, but no student has ever been expelled for sexual assault or alleged sexual assault. >> you know, i'll tell you what surprises me about this. this talk of a rape culture existing in american universities and specifically in fraternities. even currently. bare in mind, for the last ten to 15 years, our societial attitudes about this sort of thing have changed radically. if we were talking about the 1950s to 1960s, this wouldn't surprise me, but i'm frankly stunned. if these allegations are true, that seven men cool have raped a woman in a fraternity house and then her complaints ignored by the university, it's a shocking indictment if true, but i think we have to be careful here and remember what happened in

. >>> all fraternity and sorority activities at west virginia university have been suspended.er a freshman has died. 18-year-old nolanburch was taken off life support. it was a case of binge drinking turned deadly. >> it's long overdo that action needs to be taken. this isn't the first time something like this has happened at a fraternity on campus. >> on friday a booth was set up for classmates to donate money and sign cards for his family. suspension of all greek activities is suspected to last until the end of semester on campus. >>> let's see, there were more details that seem to xhout the worst they get. scathing review of the secret service details a number of security floods at the white house when a man jumped over the fence in september. the man made it as far as the east room before being stopped. and andrew spencer reports a home land security review explains exactly how. >>reporter: white house fence jumpers around unheard of. this one in september has been the biggest headache for secret service. it will led to the resignation of the secret service director. made

these allegationings has have sn all fraternities and sororities for now. greek life leaders talked about their concerns. >> we recognize that sexual violence is a problem in our fraternities and we recognize that we, the students, can be catalysts for the solution. the temporary suspension of fraternities gives our community a time to breathe and to develop more substantive and actionable changes that confront this complicated problem in the long term. >> uva's president says the board will meet on tuesday, tomorrow, to discuss the rape allegations that were first featured in a "rolling stone" article. that's the latest, barbara. >> thank you, angie. our time right now is 11:26. still ahead on news 4 midday, we are remembering former d.c. mayor marion barry. what he told oprah in one of his last interviews. taking a look outside right now. shares with us a bill change heading in for thanksgiving. have a great thanksgiving. you can call 202-885-4949 to donate to food for families. you can also donate online. we posted all of this information on our nbc wash