. >> reporter: 18-year-old tyler clement jumped to his death from the george washington bridge. osecutors allege just days before his roommate, had for a second time spied on tyler with a webcam. tyler was in their dorm room again with a 30-year-old man sharing an intimate gay encounter. >> we have to dispell this myth that bullying and s just a normal right of passage. >> reporter: the story drew immediate con dwem nations. >> he was outed as being gay on the internet and he killed himself. >> reporter: the facts of the story may contradict some of the publicity. tyler's sexuality was not a secret, and his suicide won't be mentioned in trial. his roommate is accused of invading his privacy. >> this is a case of invasion of privacy. for setting up a camera on a computer and taking a peak at his roommate kissing another man. it wasn't recorded, it was not distributed on the insister net, and there's not evidence that tyler clement killed himself as a result of it. >> reporter: prosecutorers offered him a plea deal but they turned him down. >> he's innocent not guilty, that's why h

i know you know the story of tyler clemente. n who jumped off a bridge to his death. this was in 2010. clemente killed himself after his roommate used a web cam to spy on clemente's sexual encounter with another man. that roommate allegedly went on line to invite others to watch a second encounter. here's how lawyers for both sides opened robbie's trial today. >> these acts were purposeful, they were intentional, and they were planned. and i would suggest to you that beyond that, they were mean-spirited, malicious, and they were criminal. >> the state of new jersey is represented by the county prosecutor's office want you to believe, want you to believe, that this man is a bigot, a homophobic, a hateful anti-homosexual, anti-gay person. >> sunny hostin is our cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor. we heard sort of the thesis for both sides. prosecutors say this absolutely was a criminal act. the defense says, yes, it was immature of him to do this, but this was not a crime. who has the most convincing argument, do you thin

and tweets he sent are likely to be used against him, as prosecutors try to prove he harassed tyler clementeecause he believed his roommate was gay. according to the records, even before he met clemente, he chatted to a friend, "f" my life, he's gay. >> reporter: and he twice set up a camera when clemente had a man in the room. the second posting on twitter, yes, it's happening again. two days after he discovered that ra vi had spied on him, clemente took a train to new york city. at 8:42 p.m. that evening, he left this message on facebook, jumping off the george washington bridge, sorry. clemente's body was discovered in the hudson river a week later. ironically, the dirge -- digital record may also help ra vi's defense. his attorneys are expected to use clemente's own online postings to show that he did not feel intimidated. >> doesn't seem so bad, laugh out loud, he chatted to a friend, after he realized he had been spied on. >> reporter: the night clemente took the train to new york, darvin sent a text that said in part, i have known you were gay and i have no problem with it. i don't wa

tyler clemente and ravi didn't know ocho other before they started going to the university. or four weeks in, one night, clemente sends a text message or says he wants to use the room. ravi sets up a camera and then proceeds to watch what you described as an intimate encounter with another man. in addition to watching that, he shares it with friends, tweets about it, texts about it and days after that, tyler clemente committed suicide by jumping from the george washington bridge. so he faces 15 counts in addition to innovativasion of p, witness tampering. if convicted, he faces ten years in prison. >> thank you so much for that update from the courthouse. >>> now to other stories people are are talking about right now. he was accused of drowning his new wife while scuba diving in australia on their honeymoon. 34-year-old dave watson relieved after the judge dismissed the case saying it would be impossible to prove murder beyond the reasonable debt. the fathers had very different reactions to the ruling. >> conclusion that dave did nothing to harm his wife. >> we're disappoin

apparently tyler clemente was open about his orientation. he had depression issues too.ill zero in on those two issues, and when he talks about a hate crime and we talked about this before the start, and that's the witnesses that first came on board with the prosecutors said there was no -- nothing by the defense. >> the first few witnesses say i never heard him utter any bias comment, an anti-gay slur. >> but it doesn't automatically happen that people just utter those comments. it is not that easy for the prosecution or the defense. that's not enough to sink the prosecution. they have to show intent. why broadcast that? why send that out? if it is not to humiliate him? >> i acted remotely. it was on my computer so we could watch what was going on in the room. he said "i only did it because i was worried there was a guy, a stranger in the room and i was worried about my belongings." i don't know. isn't that a stretch? in dorm rooms people come, people go. that doesn't seem to pass the smell test. >> although there might be some legitimacy to what he is saying. that's wh

got momentum. >> they are working on it feverishly. >>> an interview with the brother of tyler clementecide in 201. >> his roommate is accused of spying on him with another male student. jason carroll spoke to his brother james, it was believed robbie outed tyler, but that is not necessarily the case. it is confusing. >> reporter: basically what happened was tyler came out to his brother. when he was 18 years old. that is what tyler told me during the interview. >> james told you. >> reporter: that is what james said during the interview. james said that he himself is gay, and so he understood where his brother was coming from, in fact he thought his brother was gay before he came out. and what is interesting is james also talked about tyler, he talked about what tyler had said about robbie and to me that is one of the most interesting parts of the interview. take a listen what he had to say about robbie. >> reading the accounts of what happened is very difficult for me in realizing the environment that my brother found himself in and he probably had hope and optimism for a great experi

that roommate, tyler clemente commits suicidsuicide. but the details are different and it's the details that the experts say make the case extremely difficult for prosecutors. 18-year-old tyler clemente jumped to his death from the george washington bridge. prosecutors allege just days before his roommate had, for a second time, spied on tyler with a web cam. tyler was in their dorm room, again with a 30-year-old man, sharing an intimate gay encounter. >> we have to disspell the myth that bullying is a normal rite of passage. >> reporter: the link between the web cam spying and tyler's suicide drew condemnations. >> he was outed on the internet and killed himself. >> reporter: the facts of the story may contradict some of the publicity. for one thing tyler's sexuality was not a secret and his suicide won't even be mentioned at trial. rabi is accused of invading his roommate's privacy with the web cam. >> this is a case of invasion of privacy for setting up a camera on a computer and taking a peek at his roommate kissing another man. tha

15 criminal charges including a hate crime related to the suicide of his gay college roommate, tyler clement. he used a web cam to spy on him having sex with another man. these acts were purposeful, they were intentional and they were planned. >> reporter: robby sent an instant message to a high school friend telling him about the sexual encounter. the friend was the first witness and read the message to the court. >> i went in to his room and turned on the web cam and saw him making out with some dude. >> reporter: two days later he asked if he could have the room to himself again. robby invited friends to watch on his web cam, what he expected to be another sexual encounter. he knew what his roommate was up to and disabled the camera. the next day he jumped from the george washington bridge. prosecutors offered him a plea deal to avoid a trial. he rejected it insisting he did not commit crimes. his parents listened as the defense stressed he was 18 at the time. just a boy, who was not home phobic and meant no harm. >> there was no bullying. >> reporter: his attorney told jurors the image w

also tonight, you'll hear from the brother of tyler clemente, the rutgers university freshman who killed himself in september of 2010 after his roommate allegedly web cam to watch him having a sexual encounter with another man. tyler jumped off the george washington bridge. james clemente, his brother, talks about what he believes happened in the days and hours before his brother's death. also, the inside story of the carnage in syria. >> thank you very much. >>> well, it was a perfect storm. terrible, terrible storm of te coincidences that led to the death of love. it's what they argued in court today. it was opening statements. prosecutors say that he kicked down his ex-girlfriend's bedroom door, banged her head against a wall and left her bleeding. he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and they say he was too drunk to plan love's death. great to see both of you. we appreciate it. we have some e-mails, paul, i want to start with that we'll put up back and forth talking about potentially him saying i should have killed you last night and her saying you should have killed me and t

the victim, tyler clemente, killed himself after the incident in 2010. robbie's defense attorneys said the prosecution immediately tried to label robbie as a bigoted homophobe. >> we're here -- homophobe. >> we're here for a reason, one reason. because the state of new jersey is represented by the county prosecutor's office and want you to believe tha, want you to believe that he is a bigot, a homophobic, a hateful antihomosexual, anti-gay person. >> and robbie is facing numerous charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. >>> >>> penn state received a federal subpoena seeking information related to child sex abuse allegations against the former football coach sandusky and his charity. the subpoena asked for information about the university and three administrators. he's charged with molesting 10 boys and denies any wrongdoing. >>> the doctor accused of manslaughter in the death of michael jackson won't be getting out of jail while appealing his conviction. the l.a. judge refused to grant dr. conrad murray bail during his appeal. the in

this one sent to tyler clement on the eve of his death by him.ay and i have no problem with it. in fact, one of my closest friends is gay and he and i have a very open relationship. i just suspected that you were shy about it, which is why i never broached the topic. i don't want your freshman year to be ruined because of a petty misunderstanding, it's adding to my guilt. you have a right right to move, if you wish, but i don't want you to feel pressured to without fully understanding the situation. that to me and, look, i may be very my iopic here is pretty strong defense evidence. >> it says that this guy has no problem with his roommate being gay. if you're going to prove a bias crime, at least in this case, they have to show that darren ravi did not like gay people, he hated gay people. and, in fact, it was a pattern and practice for him to kind of taunt them and treat them badly. and that e-mail kind of cuts away from that. >> midwin, five seconds left. is he going to go down on that biggest charge, biased intimidation? >> there's got to be

that roommate, tyler clemente later killed himself. >> reporter: anita, today in court, we heard the prosecution and the defense give their versions of their cases against robbie to the jurors. now robbie is a college student here at rutgers who used his dorm room web cam to spy on his roommate. his roommate later found out and took his own life. >> robbie faces 15 criminal charges, including a hate crime related to the suicide of his gay college roommate, tyler climente. julia told jurors robbie wanted to victimize him and rob him of his dignity when he used a web cam to spy on him with another man. >> acts were not a prank. they were not an accident. these acts were purposeful. they were intentional. and they were planned. >> robbie sent an instant message to a high school friend, telling him about the sexual encounter. that friend was the first witness and read the message to the court. >> i went into his room and turned on my web cam from there and i saw him making out with some dude. >> two days later, he asked if he could have the room for himself. he invited a friend to watch

university student molly way told jurors today how rabbi went on her computer and pulled out images of tyler clemente and another man making out in a dorm room he shared with clemente. >> he went onto my -- i don't remember what program it was, but like an online video chatting program. and he video chatted himself. >> reporter: way says robby was in her dorm room, across the hall. and his desk top was set to automatically turn on. >> after that popped up an image of tyler and his guest. and they were kissing. >> reporter: the 19-year-old, with a soft voice, then describes how other students came to watch. >> the same image, except for the clothes, the tops. >> reporter: that was on september 19th, 2010, days before clemente committed suicide by jumping off of the george washington bridge. prosecutors say clemente suspected he was being watched and reported it to the university. that's when way says she was questioned by campus police. but while talking to them, she said ravi was text messaging her. >> did you tell them we did it on purpose? i think he thought we were going to get in trouble. so he k

days later tyler clemente jumped off the george washington bridge and killed himself.pecially gay rights activists point to this case as a tragic example of what can happen when homophobia and cyber bullying go unchecked. >> the point you want to make -- >> reporter: but a judge has ruled the suicide cannot be mentioned during the trial. in an interview earlier this week on "today" his parents stopped short of blaming rhabi for their son's death but did not hide their anguish. >> i don't know why he did what he did. >> aching of your muscles and tightening of your face and jaw and clenching and the pain hurts so much. >> reporter: for "today" craig melvin, nbc news, new brunswick, new jersey. >>> let's get another check of the weather from bill karins. >> not bad. last weekend in february and we're doing okay. the pacific northwest, one of those spots we probably would like to get a little more sunshine this weekend. we have rain showers widespread from the coast line of oregon through washington. snow in the mountains and through the intermountain west now starting to

his roommate, tyler clemente, committed suicide in 2010. the case sparked conversations about the impact of bullying on young people. ravi is not charged with the death but does face charges of bias, intimidation, invasion of privacy, and tampering with evidence and a witness. >>> the expert skiers who survived a deadly avalanche in washington state sunday say that they were prepared for the worst. all of the skiers in the group were carrying emergency beacons, shovels, and snow probes. they say as soon as the wave of snow hit them, those who could turned on their beacons and began searching for their friends. professional skier elise sogstad survived by deploying an air bag. another skier was able to cling to a tree. three men, however, were killed in the avalanche. there were avalanche warnings in the area this weekend. >>> christchurch, new zealand, is slowly making a comeback one year after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake devastated the city. the quake killed 184 people and destroyed homes and buildings. despite the devastation, leaders of t

jenna: a big development in the rutgers trial linked to the suicide of tyler clement.ting an exclusive inside look at the front lines of the drug wars on our southern border. a live report just ahead. scientists discovering a cousin to mother earth. a super planet 40 lightyears away. lucky for you you don't have to wait that long to get details. we have that coming up. jon: if you think facebook is nothing more than a way to waste time, potential employers have been trolling facebook to check out jobs candidates. jenna: when used as a recruiting tool by employers may actually be a strong predictor of someone's success on the job. jon: you took a look at people's facebook pages, had some folks evaluate them and get a general sense of who this facebook poster is, right? that's how it works? >> that's correct. we wanted to assess personality profile, so there is a lot of management literature and psychology literature that shows the personality can predict job performance and there is literature that says, things that you write, your emails or your pictures are predictors

tyler clemente killed himself after learning his roommate spied on him during an intimate encounter with man. now the roommate is going on trial. we'll update you on that. >>> if you think diet soda today is better for you than the sugary, high calorie stuff, think again. health risks people are talking about with dr. manny joins us with the results of a new study. jenna: can i have some? jon: right now the trial for a former rutgers university student is underway in new jersey. he is accused of spying on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man. when that roommate found out he killed himself. julie banderas has details for us. >> reporter: jon, jury selection underway in the jersey courtroom for day run ravi, he spied on his roommate during a moment of gay independent masy using his -- intimacy, using his webcam. three days later ravi's gay roommate jumped to his death from the george washington bridge. this trial will be watched all over, will be broadcast live across the country and as far away as india. all eyes on this rare case. clementi's death struck a growing anti-bull

having a hand in his roomate's death, back on the stand today, that trial involves the death of tyler clemente0 only days after his roomate allegedly used a web cam to spy on his encounter with another man and molly way, former defender, says that while she watched that video she that's no part in recording it. >> as far as you, tyler had no idea of what the two of you saw. >> yes. >> who else did you tell about your experience and what you saw? >> i talked to a few of my friends on the internet. i'd say like maybe three or four other people. bill: clemente's roomate faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. if convicted he could face ten years in jail. >> ♪ >> ♪ patti ann: well, not the moon actually right now. nasa scientists scrambling to reboot a plan to travel to mars, this following president obama's decision in his budget proposal to cut funding for the highly anticipated mission. the move is seen as an about face by the president who in 2010 had this to say: >> by the mid 2030s, i believe we can send humans to orbit, mars and return them safely to

record his inmate in an intimate encounter with another man and posted that online, his roomate, tyler clementetted suicide. prosecutors say clemente was targeted because he was gay, and they point to facebook messages his roomate sent to friends, including this: first i found him on a gardening website, where you trade seeds, that was suspicious. then i found him discussing theater and broadway and violin. i was irked, end quote. the messages become more detailed after that. martha: all right. well, mitt romney throwing some very harsh predictions around at last night debate saying the country is on the brink of nuclear war with iran and reelecting president obama, he believes, would guarantee that. listen to this: >> we must not allow iran to have a nuclear weapon. if they do, the world changes. america will be at risk. and someday, nuclear weaponry will be used. if i'm president, that will not happen. if we reelect barack obama, it will happen. >> [applause] >> martha: very stark terms in defining that. joining me now from jerusalem is former arkansas governor mike huckabee, host of "huckabe

tyler was a nice guy. >> sitting in the packed court, ravi's family as well as clemente's tyler's parents telling ac 360 in an earlier interview, each day in court is a painful one. >> i also try to focus on the judge and prosecutor and what is being said and try not to let my mind go to too many different places. >> when you have thought about mr. ravi, is there anger associated with those thoughts? hurt? >> i wouldn't say anger. i would characterize it as i'm heart broken. i'm heart broken at what happened and about the loss of my son and how it happened. it breaks my heart. >> jason carroll joins me live. the defense attorney saying ravi never cyberbullied clemente. do we know how the defense is going to explain the web cam set up to record him. >> what you have is a case of a young man who was worried about the older man that tyler was bringing into the dorm room, and perhaps that's the reason why this web cam had been set up. i think from the prosecution, it's very clear. what they're going to argue is that the evidence will show through twitter, through witness accounts, through the web cam, that

tyler was a nice guy. >> sitting in the packed court, ravi's family as well as clemente's tyler's parents telling ac 360n an earlier interview, each day in court is a painful one. >> i also try to focus on the judge and prosecutor and what is being said and try not to let my mind go to too many different places. >> when you have thought about mr. ravi, is there anger associated with those thoughts? hurt? >> i wouldn't say anger. i would characterize it as i'm heart broken. i'm heart broken at what happened and about the loss of my son and how it happened. it breaks my heart. >> jason carroll joins me live. the defense attorney saying ravi never cyberbullied clemente. do we know how the defense is going to explain the web cam set up to record him. >> what you have is a case of a young man who was worried about the older man that tyler was bringing into the dorm room, and perhaps that's the reason why this web cam had been set up. i think from the prosecution, it's very clear. what they're going to argue is that the evidence will show through twitter, through witness accounts, through the web cam, that th

i do want to point out there's an amazing letter that james clemente put in "out" magazine. >> tyler'sther. >> yes. an open letter to his brother. it was just this month. it's significant. a lot of people blame dharun ravi. i noticed in that letter that jim never mentions ravi's name. it's a heartbreaking letter. if i have one second i'd love to read part of it. he wrote i wish it didn't take you dying for your soul to know peace. i wish you could read hundreds of letters we got, thousands who marched for you, the millions who followed your story on the 6:00 news. you were never alone. it just felt like it. that was so heartbreaking. it really is. >> nice to have you this morning. >> it's great being here. thank you. >>> pat buchanan always has an opinion about politics. now that he's out of a job after critics called his new book sexist, racist, anti-gay, and anti-s antismim it. >> actoralen alda will be with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." losing weight clicked for me when i lost weight in all the right places. you know what i mean! [ laughs ] when i tried to lose weight othe