james tate. by now you have probably heard the story.ut teen who wanted to take a young lady to the prom, and he put big cardboard letters on the side of the school. he said, no, you can't go to the prom after they suspended him. asked again, they said no. s and then they changed their mind. we're going to find out what that's all about, why the change of heart. coming up. >> it was the movie every kid fantasized about. diving into a chocolate river. "willie wonka and the chocolate factory." it was 40 years ago that we met characters like willy, charlie, mike tv, and violet. we reunited the cast, and we're going to take a look back at this childhood classic with them and find out what it was like when they first entered the chocolate room. >> a year ago, the grand ole opry was under water. the big floods that came through nashville. the stage was flooded. it was a horrible thing for the heart and soul of country music. boy, they got their act together in record time. we came back on the year anniversary to see how things are going. met a

late last week in the dead of night, shelton high school senior james tate and two friends dragged a ladder and 12-inch cardboard letters to campus, taping this message onto a school wall "sonali rodriguez will you go to prom with me?" >> i figured i would do something special, and it was a mistake. >> reporter: rodrigues, a class mate and friend, said yes, but officials said no, suspending him and his friends for tres passing and banning him from the june 4th prom. as news spread, so did the outrage. >> i think it's kind of ridiculous. >> reporter: and it went viral. supporters gathers online, enchanted by the romance of it all. thousands tweeting words of encouragement. the "let james go to the prom" facebook page has nearly 180,000 fans. the town's mayor said he's been inundated with e-mails from far beyond connecticut. >> china, japan, australia. >> reporter: every last one supporting tate. >> it doesn't make sense. there has to be some common sense. >> reporter: but not everyone has been swayed. thursday, the head master made one thing clear, rules are rules. >> students receivi

now support for tate continues. we posted a poll on today.com asking if school officials were right to reverse the decision, 83% said yes, school officials did the right thing. matt, back to you. >> mara schiavocampo, thank you very much. james tate and his prom date sonali are with us now exclusively. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> i thought you were toast. seriously, when the headmaster ms. smith said she was upholding the decision wednesday or thursday i thought you guys were done. when did you get the good news? >> saturday morning. i woke up to my parents on the phone getting word that there would be a press conference at the school. we didn't know if we were supposed to go or not. so i just went golfing instead. >> had you had any further private discussions with the headmaster before she reversed her decision? >> yeah. i had one on friday morning in school. she told me that i was handling this well and if i needed any help for the stressful situation that she would be willing to help me out. >>

tuesday they suspended tate and his friends for one day.ing for the stunt they said was dangerous. but the harshest part of his punishment hrks e was banned from prom. as the news spread, so did the outrage. >> i can't believe they're not allowing him to go. he didn't do anything destructive. >> i think it's kind of ridiculous. i mean your senior year prom is kind of like the big thing, so if you can't go, it's kind of like a big impact on your life. >> reporter: tate's post on this wall is leads to tons of messageses on this one. on the "let james tate go to prom" facebook page, tens of thousands are appealing on his behalf. the new shelton prom page is calling for a separate dance tate can attend. and on twitter, there are thousands. >> we all put our twilter statuses, team tate. >> reporter: even local public officials are speak out. the mayor told the "connecticut post," i'm at a loss here and i'm not convinced the punishment fits the crime. as for tate he doesn't need any cardboard letters to convey his new message. he's sorry. >> i'm

suspending tate for a day for trespassing. the headmaster said seniors are told if they are suspended during the last month of school they can't go to prom. tate hoped support might change things. supporters rallied online. >> he got in trouble. we all put our twitter status as "team tate". >> reporter: the facebook page has more than 100,000 likes and is growing fast. on the shelton page, a folk song for the young folk hero who appeared on "today" with matt. >> i feel it would have been more appropriate to make me clean up the letters or, you know, spend a weekend there cleaning up trash outside the school or mopping floors or something like that. >> reporter: republican state legislature jason perillo is drafting legislation to let students do community service for policy violations late in the year instead of missing prom. >> if i knew anything how this could be resolved i would do it in a second. >> reporter: tate said he's sorry he broke the rules and hopes when it comes to the dance he won't have to sit this one out. >>

every last one supporting tate. >> it doesn't make sense. there has to be common sense. >> not everyone has been swayed. thursday, the school's head mapser made one thing clear -- rules are rules. >> students receiving an in school or out of school suspension after april 1 for any reason would not be allowed to attend the prom. >> while tate's sorry for his message on this wall. >> i'm sorry. it won't happen again from me and i would like to go to prom very much with her. >> on-line supporters vow to keep up the fight on this one. for today, mara skiacampo, nbc news, shelton, connecticut. >>> today, james tate is still banned from the prom. he's considering an offer to send him and a date to dinner with a limo. the story continues. >>> one major thing missing from the scorecard today at the players' championship, tiger woods. on thursday, woods withdrew from the golf tournament because of an injury, raising questions about his future and the rest of the field. golf channel on nbc analyst mark rolfing join s us from ponte vedra, florida. >> g

james tate from connecticut put out cardboard letters and taped them to the side of the school tryingirl, just like the boy who showed up in class with his guitar. ♪ >> reporter: the student who made a splash with the roses. she said yes too. james thought he was in great company. asking her would you go to the prom with me. she said yes, but this week, his school said no, charging he had trespassed after hours. his punishment, no prom. >> he was waiting for a special way to ask her. i did that. this is what happened. >> reporter: within days, 10,000 twitter defenders. 175,000 hits on facebook. a state representative drafting an appeal, and jimmy kimmel too. >> i guess they're worried cardboard would flutter down to the ground and injure some lady bugs or something. i don't know. >> reporter: last night, it was diane taking up the case. >> so we choose james tate who says even if he can't go to the prom, he wants sunali to go without him, dance for both of them, and he'll wait for her outside in his tux. we're rooting for you. >> reporter: late today, the school announced a change of

and so we choose james tate, who says even if he can't go to the prom, he wants sonali to go withoutthem, and he'll wait for her outside. we're waiting for you, james. and, we thank all of you for watching. hope you have a wonderful weekend. we're always on at abcnews.com. and "nightline" and david muir will be >> new allegations over a east bay shopping center brothel and the police running it. >> oakland police do spring cleaning tonight. dozens are arrested in a sweep of 50 hot spots for drugs and violence. >> state of emergency in san jose tonight. union leaders are accusing the mayor of a wisconsin-style ploy. >> and tonight the mobots that hold a world of promise in the future. >> a stubborn fire burns in san francisco's mission district. you are looking at video sent to us. the fire is out now but it is a battle this afternoon. >> firefighters responded quickly and worked to prevent it from spreading. it is on capp street and required one rescue. don sanchez is live there for us. >> we are at mission and 20th . if you are heading to this area, don't. the streets are blocked of

but today the ban was lifted for james tate.head master and the 18-year-old honors student can go now. tate got into trouble for this prom proposal, taping block letters to the side of his school so the connecticut high school banned him. then came the tv appearances and a let james tate go to prom facebook page with nearly 200,000 followers. wow. this afternoon, the head master announced she changed her mind and some say she bowed to the pressure from online. regardless, we're glad he's going to his prom. >>> up next on cnn, they are the best of the best. the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s that killed bin laden, how much training do you think it takes to become one? the answer right after the break. i know what works differently than many other allergy medications. omnaris. omnaris, to the nose! did you know nasal symptoms like congestion can be caused by allergic inflammation? omnaris relieves your symptoms by fighting inflammation. side effects may include headache, nosebleed, and sore throat. i tossed t allergy symptoms out of my party

his name is james tate. james wanted to come up with a creative way to ask a girl to the prom.sonali rodrigues, will you go to the prom with me. sonali said, yes. and the school said no. james and two friends who put up the message were suspended for the day and banned from the prom. the school won't budge. there's a facebook group now called let james tate go to the prom. 50,000 people gave it a like which means they support him. i do, too. to me, it's kind of crazy, it seems the punishment doesn't fit the crime. tonight, we have james via video chat from his home in shelton. hey, james, how are you [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: james, have you always been a hopeless romantic? >> yeah. >> jimmy: you have. i had to use tape to get a girl to go to the prom with me, too. but i took a different strategy with the tape. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: tell us what happened, james. >> well, i went at night and taped it up. and got in-school suspension. >> jimmy: who suspended you? who made this decision? >> the administration at the high school. >> jimmy: and has gloria allred contacted y

tate has details with president obama. >>reporter: president obama was at the footprint of the twin towers were over 3000 people were killed and 21 out of his head after a ceremony of silence and meeting with the victim's family. earlier, the para firefighters that lost firehouse the lost the 15 firefighters. the visit was up beat. >> to see him sit back in a chair, relax and of a nice conversation was wonderful. >>reporter: this is the 10 a year anniversary of september 11th. this time lapse of the deal is showing the progress of the new side scrapper called the freedom tower. skyscraper--used when to meet with the navy seals team that killed osama bin laden's. >>pam: today, the observance was emotional. and also mark bingham of flight 93. rob fladeboe joined the family. watching the televised tribute in saratoga. >> president bush made a promise to us. and president obama was able to follow through on that now. >>reporter: fighting back a fearful tearful mixture of joy, sadness sheet said the death of osama bin laden's w

dollar organization that wields an enormous power over developing nations, some would say in an ex-ploy tate tiff fashion. what did this fellow do. >> a hotel housekeeper entered room 2806 in manhattan. inside 62-year-old strauss-kahn allegedly came out of the bathroom naked, chased her through the rooms, forced her to perform a sex act and tried to tear off her underwear. >> the accuser currently living in the bronx. >> jon: are you kidding? what? that's like a live action metaphor. the head of the i.m.f.allegedly trying to (beep) an african. it's like he's posing for his own editorial cartoon. the possible french presidential candidate strauss- kahn or should i say the former possible french presidential candidate. well, it is france. he was caught trying to flee the country at kennedy airport. they had to pull him off the plane. the police are confident though that they have the right man after the hotel made picked strauss-kahn out of this lineup. . it's all right. i think we can finally get back to the bin laden story. that is the one that... but no. more presidential news. mike huckabe

. >>> a prom excuse for a connecticut high school senior, james tate. he was banned from the prom after he taped letters on a wall asking a student to be his date. he was suspended, they barred him from the prom and it created a stir internationally. many joined the facebook page to say let james go to the prom. the head master said the policy will be changed. >>> and graduation ceremonies held today at edwards stadium. and among the graduates was somebody who had even more reason to celebrate. the 22-year-old not only has the support of his family and friends but a team of uc berkeley engineers who made his walk across the stage with other students possible. john blackstone has the story. >> reporter: paralyzed from his stomach down, he has spent his high school years in a wheelchair. he could walk earlier, but weeks later, drinking and driving he crashed into a tree. >> every day, i'm glad to be alive. >> reporter: his life had been changed but changed again last fall at the university of california berkeley when he met this engineering professor. >>

then came the tv appearances and a let james tate go to the prom facebook page with 200,000 followersanged her mind and some say she bowed to the pressure from online. >>> no doubt we're in the midst of prom season and there are hundreds of kids around the nation stuck on prom. like you have probably never seen before. they created dresses and tuxes of duct tape just for the event. in georgia the high school had an entire duct tape prom. some of the students and their teachers came to visit me just to give me an up close look at their sticky situations and sensations. >> this is about the community. we've had the best time doing this. we have a fashion show around the fountain at the square. people have written songs about us. we have, you know, our own little website. you can google us. we have a wonderful time. it all started because it was scholarship sponsored by duct brand duct tape. they will enter as a couple and the winners will win $5,000 each. and the school has an opportunity to win 5,000 and second place is 3,$000 a piece. these outfits are wonderful. >> everything is duct

so all's well that ends well with james tate. >> you have diane sawyer to thank for that. apparently some of his colleagues at school held a sit-in, as well. >> that helped too. >> june 4th will be a good night for him. >> all right. we want to turn to weather now. jackie meretsky. good to see you. >> good to see you guys. good morning, everyone. well, it's not just residents of the south that are dealing with flooding concerns. take a look what's happening in akron, ohio, portions of north eastern ohio have received close to 6 inches of rain since friday and more on the way, and that's all because of this pesky stalled frontal boundary you can see. so the rain taking us from the ohio valley all of the way into the northeast. new york city, expect showers to linger for at least the next four days and as far as the weather is concerned, this is what we're looking at for severe weather. let's go down to the mid-atlantic. 60-mile-per-hour winds, hail, and you can't rule out the possibility of an isolated tornado. >> dan and bianna. >> thank you, jackie. coming up, the ad that

james tate.s banned from the dance after he taped 12- inch cardboard letters on a o be his >>> a prom reprieve for a connecticut high school students. he was banned from the dance after he taped 12 and cardboard letters on a wall and asked someone to be his date. the school after decision to suspend him created an international outcry. nearly 200,000 people joined a facebook campaign to let him go to the prom. the headmaster relented and said that the policy will be revised. >>> thousands of berkeley students are celebrating after being handed their diplomas. graduation ceremonies were held and among the graduates is someone who had even more reason to celebrate. to 22 -year-old not only has the support of his family and friends but a team of engineers who made his walk across the stage with other students possible. we have the story >> reporter: from the waist down, he spent his college years in a wheelchair. when he graduated from high school four years ago, he could while, but weeks later, dri

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james tate who asked his date to the prom with cardboard paper cutouts outside the school? well, that romantic gesture got him banned from the prom on charges of trespassing. but thanks to you, our viewers, 10,000 tweets, 175,000 facebook friends and a little nudge from jimmy kimmel you saw there, the school reversed its decision. james will go to the prom. and there's a move afoot to name him prom king. dance one for us, james. >>> and coming up, a medical mystery solved. one mom's four-month ordeal ended. [ male announcer ] those with frequent heartburn imagine a day free of worry, a day when we can eat what we want, drink what we want, and sleep soundly through the night. finally that day has arrived with prevacid®24hr. just one pill helps keep you heartburn-free for a full 24 hours. prevent the acid that causes frequent heartburn all day, all night. now we are free. happy. with prevacid®24hr, happiness is a day without heartburn. so i've got to take care of my heart. for me cheerios is a good place to start. [ male announcer ] to keep doing what you love, take care of y

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we told you last week about james tate who was suspended for posting a prom invitation on a school wall in 12-inch letters. school officials said it was a safety risk. >> you can't squash that romantic effort from a guy. they've announced james can attend. the international notoriety on this case definitely had an effect on the decision. they say, let the guy go to prom. >> it seemed like the right thing. a little overreaction. but it all worked out. >>> coming up next, the stories we're following later today. including a new era for chicago politics, beginning later today. we'll be right back. stay with us. stay with us. losing weight clicked for me when i lost weight right away. that weight tracker continued to go down and down and down. weight watchers online has some great tools. i just love the chinese buffet cheat sheet -- if you like the chicken and vegetables you can put a little serving here and you actually make your plate. it just blows my mind to even think i've lost 100 pounds and i have weight watchers online to thank. the fun, funkier me has come out to play. [ laughs ] [

james tate has now been banned from his senior dance.s date. >> i did it to make her feel special and i feel like i have accomplished that. >> reporter: james hand cut 45 letters on early friday mornings taped them to the school building, spelling out. >> somali rodriguez, will you go to prom with me? hmu, tate. >> reporter: hmu by the way, stands for, hit me up. it was a huge hit. >> i thought it was cute. i really liked it. >> reporter: and you said? >> i said yes. >> reporter: unfortunately the school, shelton high in connecticut, said, no way. as punishment, james was slapped with a one-day suspension and no prom. the friends who innocently helped him tape of the letters have also been punished. never did he imagine that these white letters would turn into scarlet letters. >> i think that it was really cute and romantic and he shouldn't get into trouble for it. >> it is probably the most creative idea that we've seen. >> reporter: we've reached out to the school for comments, so far no response. meanwhile, many students tell me they'

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and it's cap tated services. it's not insurance. you don't get health insunce. at lst in007 it was 68 percent per person costf medicare and it was 60 percent of the per person cost of medicaid in new york state. more speciaperspective actuallyw york. but you get preppy comprehensive. if only with medicaid. start and tell the states you want medicaid. fine. government will even pick up the larger share of it but you have to offer services. host: michael, is there anybody you see on the horizon that speaks to his concerns? >> veteran's care. with regard. the republican budget plan. the ryan plan takes us in the opposite plan. move as way from head care and s toward as system that gives a voucher on a private insurance. it's not going to do anything to hold down costs. the private sector does not have a history of holding down the cost of healthcare. healthcare costs are rising and we're not doing anything to keep them in check. veterans care is how you might be able to do that. the move away from medicare and toward as system of private vouchers takes us in the pr

that story, and the one you just mentioned, ultimately, it was an observation experiment that kick tated -- dictated that math wasn't the right direction to go. so what we need to do and we spend our professional live doing is trying to understand which body of mathematics is relevant and which isn't. now n this particular case that we're talking about, the argument makes the assumption that a certain body of mathematics, space can go on infinitely far, is relevant to reality. if that's right -- and it may not be -- but if it is, you come to this startling conclusion. if it's not, then you don't. and i think that's the mode of thinking about these multiverse proposals. many of them start with a certain mathematical framework, push the math as far as we can to the border of understanding, and then using that to look over thize season and see what's there. are we seeing reality, or are we seeing mathematical ideas? that's a question, ultimately, that has to be confirmed or disputed by observation. now, let me just give you an example where that mode could helps us here. so people have aske

tate on that. i was brought in for a variety of reasons much later in the process. i came in at the request of mr. drake and mr. robinson, and we won his appeal on argument before judge carter. >> i don't see why you have standing. i still to see why you have standing -- i still don't see why you have standing. >> as judge carter pointed out in his ruling, your honor, the ruling that the department of justice have a great ramifications. i will present the vice presidential candidate and the chairman of a minor party, and judge carter talked at length in his ruling, and i argued, about how to release such as this -- how or ruling out such as this, for whatever reason, a minor party cannot challenge because they are a minor party, and the ability of a major party to put forward a candidate that is not eligible can in fact deprive the minor party of all relevance at this. -- all relevant status. >> judge carter was sympathetic to that but still has the concern the judges raising, that that is not the posture of this case. there is a campaign where the minor parties fee

honor student james tate cut out cardboard letters and taped them to the side of the school, all in ane for the prom. there have been many before him, including the high school student that showed up at class with his guitar. ♪ i would like to ask you to the prom ♪ >> reporter: the one that made the splash with the roses. she said yes, too. james thought he was in good company, asking sonali, would you go to the prom with me? she said yes. then the school said no. saying james trespassed after hours. his punishment? no prom. >> i was telling her for the longest time, i was going to go with her. i was waiting for a special time, a special way to ask her. i did that. this is what happened. >> reporter: within the first four days, 10,000 twitter defenders. 175,000 hits on facebook. a local state representative drafting an appeal. an appearance on "jimmy kimmel." >> i guess they're worried that the cardboard would flutter to the ground and injure ladybugs? >> reporter: even diane taking up the case on "world news." who says he wants sonali to go without him, and dance for both of them. he'

>> i just think it's something so superhigh, and dangerous, and sexual that women grave tate toward,ur outfit. it changes your posture. men love cars. women love shoes. >> reporter: but do men love women in sky-high shoes? are you dating this girl? or this girl? >> ooh. it depends. >> i think someday you want to end up with this girl. but right now this, is where we're leaning. >> reporter: maybe they're leaning towards these girls. >> we're here with crunch with stiletto strength so you can rock out the heels whenever you want to. >> reporter: working on stiletto strength in the aptly-named crunch gym class. for some, the quest for altitude can get treacherous. podiatrists say they're seeing an uptick in broken ankles, shortened achilles' tendons and bunions. that hasn't stopped thousands of women joining kelly ripa in a foot race dubbed the high-heel-a-thon. she started it two years ago. >> initially, it just seemed like a fun idea. i thought that i would win. i thought, i will blow these women out of the water. it's different to maneuver. >> reporter: one woman this year did a ful

iran and hezbollah collided and worked together with al qaeda to in a sill tate the 9/11 attacks.ut behind these stunning allegations. is there any truth to them? and sarah palin's star has faded since the last presidential election. but this weekend she kicks off a national tour. is that the start of a run for the white house in 2012? we are trying to sift through all the clues. breaking news. political headlines and jeanne moos straight ahead. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> slowly, too slowly, for many residents of joplin missouri. they are learning more, though about the loved ones who vanished during this week's devastating tornado. state officials released a list of 232 missing people far below earlier estimates at 1,500. officials concede some on the list are dead. the current toll is 125. they say that number will rise. the process by identifying the deceased can be very, very difficult, relying on medical records and dna. some families are very angry that they can't even visit the morgue to search for relatives. let's go straight to casey. >> report

the tate backed up the story of the alleged victim in the case, says she has an aunt wavering story and strong, preliminary evidence gathered from the hotel room. the judge has decided, t.j., he will take this under consideration and might make a decision today. it's possible he might get bailed but we'll have to find out. with that, i've got run. >> all right. we'll let you get back in there, susan candiotti, we appreciate you hopping on the line while you had a chance. more happening inside the courtroom. quick recess that we hear. that's why our reporter was able to step out and hop on the line. dominique strauss-kahn, fighting right now to stay out of jail. doesn't want to go back to rikers island. who would? doesn't want to go back to jail while going through this legal process. like susan candiotti said, maybe, maybe the judge would rule will to allow him to be out of jail with serious considerations and some serious certainly the million dollar his had to put up, monitoring, so it wouldn't be easy. but now he has officially been indicted. expecting to possibly hear from attorneys

and, also, the development of digital techniques like cryosourceing basically if sill tates -- facilitates a task master from the crowd, as it were. i think it's a mistake to associate it only with digital technology because you can really see it everywhere. even in old media and especially in tv where you mentioned reality tv, the rise of reality tv and challenge game shows has really put to bed the old business model of scripted tv drama produced by professional, union-wage employees. and that business model has been thrown out of the window almost entirely. so i wonder whether, whether you see the phenomenon you're describing as on that landscape which has, really, should be accentuated during the great years of the recession but, secly, is about a decade old. or what you see in terms of this much longer conversation about how to ease entrance into the white collar work force and professions which you mentioned in the beginning of your comments you see as, essentially, a failed, a failed project or a failed attempt at this point. or is it both? is it part and parcel of both? >> probably