i'll help rutgers do it. i have kids who knew him and work with me and knew tyler and knew what a huge loss it is. >> this is an incredible lesson not only about remembering and respecting privacy of others, i know privacy makes you nervous. we are not safe. we have a laptop computer next to you, simply open, has a camera on it, could record this entire conversation or anything else in the room. >> absolutely. if somebody puts a trojan horse, hacking type program without your knowledge, can turn it on and off when ever they want to, walk oo your bathroom, having sex, a private conversation, you are now on national tv. >> we appreciate your input, both of you. our condolences to everyone at rutgers, and thanks for being with us. >>> a check of the weather now from al. >> today's weather is brought to you by the american cancer society. the official sponsor of birthday. >> good morning. as we take a look at temperatures around the country. good news in california. temperatures have cooled off, more seasonal con

we do have a statement coming from the president of rutgers, richard mccormick. it reads this way, while there is a lot of information being communicated we don't have all the facts in this case. this young man was reportedly the victim of an incident that took place in one of our resident halls last week. two fellow rutger students have been arrested and charged with invasion of privacy for their actions in that incident. if the charges are true, these actions gravely violate the university standards of decency and humanity. we're working to get more from the campus, but it's not a surprise, t.j., people are just shocked that this would happen. 18 years old is so young and to feel so violated he felt like this was his only way out, that's what's really shocking everybody. and hoping that something can come out of this because right now, it just seems so unfair. >> all right. stephanie, thank you so much. we appreciate it. we'll look a some of the legal issues and bring in midwin charles from "in session" on our sister network trutv joining me from new york. hell

>>shepard: still nothing from rutgers? >>reporter: the statement is "the university takes these matters seriously and has policies to deal with student behavior. under federal law the university cannot comment on specifics involving student conduct," and they confirm the prosecutor's office is the lead agency looking into the alleged taping of this sex act and that the port authority is the lead agency looking into the possible suicide. >>shepard: thank you, jonathan. our chief fox correspondent chatting away with you at the website if you feel like it. join in the conversation. at foxnews.com/shep. first more legal aspect of this. criminal defense attorney is with us, former fox prosecutor. i am not sure what happened. this guy and the girl set up a camera in a guy's room, and maybe the guy's roommate, right, and the guy's roommate has a sexual act. maybe he was alone. sounds like probably. can't be sure but we think so and he realized, i have just broadcast what i am doing on the interpret and the local reports he may ha

meanwhile, this was a sad day at rutgers university in new jersey. students warned a freshman who killed himself after a secret video of his sexual encounter with another young man of the post online. two classmates are facing charges. in the last months, at least four gay teens across the country have been driven to take their own lives. more from byron pitts. >> reporter: today on this rain-soaked thursday, the mood at rutgers, grim as the campus skyline. >> it's a sad situation. i'm sad that it happened. >> reporter: by all accounts, add clem, an 18-year-old fresh freshman was a gifted violinist, a good-natured soul who didn't have many college friends and kept to himself. last thursday, authorities say clementi committed suicide, jumped from the george washington bridge, after his roommate secretly streamed video of him kissing another man on the interentertain, all for the world to see. >> i've been an educator for 36 years working with students, and this is the first time i've ever seen anything quite like this particular situation. >> reporter

. >>> well, now to rutgers university. two college freshman have been charged with secretly taking video of a sexual encounter by a fellow student and streaming that video on the internet. three days later, the student committed suicide. nbc's mike taibbi is live at rutgers university in new brunswick, new jersey, with this just tragic, awful story. mike? >> reporter: yeah, it really is, chuck. this is my alma mater, by the way, and i talked to a lot of people at rutgers yesterday. there are grief counselors that have been here for a week. as you said, these two freshman had videotaped the sexual activity and encounter of a classmate and they tweeted, one of them did, while it was happening, that he was making out with a dude, yay. that's an exact quote from his tweet. three days later that student, tyler clementi, according to two witnesses, and police i spoke to yesterday confirmed this, jumped to his death off the george washington bridge into the hudson river. a body's been recovered, not confirmed that it's him yet, b

let's get the latest from mike taibbi at rutgers. what are these two students being charged with? >> right now they're being charged with violations of privacy law in new jersey. under the privacy law here they can get jail sentences of three to five years, maximum for videotaping this encounter and disseminating it. for this case to be prosecuted as a hate crime because it wasn't just a sexual encounter it was a gay sexual encounter and gay right groups are asking that it be classified as a hate crime and that's because one of the tweets that was set up by one of the co-defendants in this case, dharun ravi. roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on my webca. i saw him making out with a dude. yay. tyler clementi, according to two witnesses, jumped off the george washington bridge into the river and a body has been recovered. the parents are on the way now to nypd to identify the body at this point. right now there are at this campuses a number of meetings under a project that was formulated called project civility which will deal with how to

let's make rutgers a little nicer. they're going to cover all things, even cell phone and text courtesies, and it's going to be a series of presentations and seminars. but how crazy is it that the university kind of has to put this class together. and it's really because of the media. i lived in new jersey for years, and i never s a woman flip a table at a restaurant. that never happened. i never saw another woman get punch in the face. >> you di't hang out with the situation, though. >> the thingis, they're new yorkers, they're not even from new jersey. >> are you from new jersey? >> no, originally from here, but when i lived in new york, it was less traffic to live in new jersey. >> and you don't have to be from there to take the class? >> we have some colleges where thy ough tomake that mandatory. >> i'm bummed about lindsay lohan, what's gng on with her? >>> besides her in jail out of jail. i'm free, i'm going to go back in. we know she's going to go to rehab any day now. she's been trying to hustle and sell her pi

but the body of 18-year-old tyler clemente was pulled from the hudson river just days aft two of his rutgers college freshman classmates allegedly secretly videotaped him during a sexual encounter with another man and streamed that video live. three days later, reportedly wrote on his facebook page, jumping off the g.w. bridge, sorry. but there's a growing chorus of voices saying this is an incident of not just of cyber bullying but of cyber gay bashing. >> that's really amplified and changed this unpleasant behavior. >> reporter: in one survey, 85% of lesbian, gay and transgender students reported being verbally harassed. 40% physically harassed. and 19% physically assaulted. in september alone, three other teens were mocked for being gay or perceived to being gay took their own lives. 13-year-old seth walsh of california, and 15-year-old biy lucas of indiana both hanged themselves. and 13-year-old asher brown of texas killed himself with a gu >> his life was intended because of intolerance and hate. >> life gets better. >> reporter: relationship columnist dan savage, who's gay, says gettin

meet tyler clementi, a freshman at rutgers in new jersey. his family says he died after he jumped off the george washington bridge which connects new jersey and new york over the hudson river. two fellow stumts, today ruin raufy and molly wei broadcast the sexual enkourn. ravi was tyler's roommate. he was believed to have sent out this tweet reading, quote, roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on my webcam. i saw him making out with a dude. yay. now meet chris armstrong. we've talked about him before, the first openly gay student body president at the university of michigan and the target of a venomous blog by an assistant state attorney general named andrew. armstrong isn't being smeared for any suspected crime. instead he claims that armstrong is pushing a radical homosexual agenda. he calls the student a racist elitist liar, a privileged pervert. in a memorable appearance tuesday night with my colleague anderson cooper, he didn't only not back down from those slurs he defended them and kept up the

. >>> a disturbing story out of new jersey a rutgers university student took his own life after police say two fellow students secretly recorded him having sex and then posted that video on the internet. a family lawyer says 18-year- old tyler clemente jumped off a new jersey bridge. his driver's license and rutgers identification were found in a wallet on that bridge but his body hasn't been recovered. two rutgers students are charged with illegally taping that and posting it on the treft. >>> sarah palin says 18-year- old sean christy threatened her on the phone and also in written messages he apparently told her to watch her back and you was buying a one-way ticket to alaska. she also says is he sent her a letter with proof that he had purchaseed a gun. >>> a political showdown but not with your usual players. republican gubernatorial candidate in new york karl paladino faced off with a "new york post" reporter. >> do you are the evidence or not. >> i will at the appropriate time -- >> he has three daughters. how can you say that about him radio i have a daughter too. >> i have a da

last night, rutgers released this statement. our university community feel the pain of this loss. and we know there is anger and outrage about these events. robin? >> all right, linsey. thank you very much. >>> for more, we're going to talk with rutgers vice president of student affairs, robert blingling. good morning. >> good morning, robin. >> i want to pick up on something that linsey davis reported about. tyler clementi went to his r.a., his resident adviser, about his roommate to report him. and he even went to, quote, two people above him. above the r.a. was the university aware of any of this? >> i can't actually comment on an ongoing investigation. i can say that when the university became aware of what had transpired, we reported what we knew to the rutgers university police department, who worked with the local prosecutors office, to start an investigation. beyond that, other kinds of information is still under investigation. and much of the information is protected by federal law. when it regards our students. and i have to keep it confidential. >> dr. blimling, does th

rutgers, like so many schools, continues to struggle with issues of privacy in the internet age. >> the basic element that we have is the human nature that can exploit to do any number of bad things to other individuals. >> reporter: clementi's family issued a statement calling him a "a fine young man." the family is heartbroken beyond words and cooperating fully with the ongoing criminal investigation of two rutgers university students. >> outside of being an extremely talented musician, tyler was an amazing person who made you feel great and you couldn't help but smile when tyler smiled at you. >> that was nbc's mike taibbi reporting. obviously, what happened is horrible. but is it a crime? let's bring in attorney and former prosecutor paul callin. invasion of privacy, let's start with that. do they have a case? >> it would look like they have a very strong case here. new jersey has a very interesting statute and it says, basically, if you broadcast over the internet sexually explicit pictures of somebody else without their consent, that's a crime. a crime for which you could be punis

this is a heartbreaking story out of rutgers university. a freshman who was apparently driven tole suicide by invasion of privacy. 18-year-old tyler clemente, he was a talented musician. played the violin. said to be devastated when his private sexual encounter with a young man was streamed online. his body believed to be clemente was found floating in the hudson river. but the team, posting this final message on facebook -- sorry, this is the wrong graphics. he posted on facebook, jumping off the gw bridge, sorry. we're joined by clinical psychology jeff gardere, and paul kellen. both of you found this case troubling. first of all, paul, i want to ask you legally speaking, the two students facing charges, daroon mali and wie, they've been charged. with secretly hiding the cameras around the room and streaming the sexual encounter, invasion of privacy didn't seem to hit the mark, does it? >> no, it doesn't measure up, especially with this tragedy with clemente committing suicide in this horrible way. new jersey is actually very advanced hav

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, equally sad, you have to change something and rutgers has made some changes. they say they are starting up a new program including sensitivity class and how to get along because their point is sometimes kids do things just messing around, doing a roommate prank and it can lead to much more than young people realize. i heard people on cable chat shows, this should be a hate crime or they should be prosecuted and the point you make it is about intent i >>guest: correct. what did they intend? they intended to make fun of him and cause him some inconvenience, it appears from what we know. this could be more evidence coming forward. they never intended to bring about his death. there is very little the prosecutors can do. will they prosecute him? yes. will they ask for jail? yes. could they go to jail? if the court fines there is some other thing here in addition to observing and transmit ing what they observed, yes, they can go to jail but i don't know what this is depending on the facts they come up with. >>shepard: thank you. and now like pictures from miami gar

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i'm sure you heard the story being investigated in rutgers. that's at college age we are seeing these allegations. i can only imagine how it feels for a sixth grader or somebody who is a freshman of high school. you want to be a part of the incrowd. but so many kids find themselves on the outside being bullied. >> right. >> it's not even a matter of being in the incrowd. it's just a matter of not being picked on or trying to go unnoticed. as a recent mom myself, i think about all of the incidents of harassment and physical violence, mental cruelty that are happening on campuses all across the country. i think the legislation that i've introduced squarely addresses the issue. i think it's something we cannot afford to turn a blind eye to any longer. >> let's show the audience legislation. it will would require schools and districts receiving federal funds to adopt codes of conduct that prohibit bullying and harassment, including on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, and gender identity. congresswoman, i have t

. >>> the family of a rutgers student who committed suicide has promised to cooperate with an investigation. tyler clementi took his own life after a private moment in his dorm room was secretly streamed on the internet for anyone to see. now his roommate and another student are facing charges. mike joins us. tell us how this unfolded. >> reporter: this is a sad story, it really is. the private moment which you referred to was a sexual encounter, allegedly a gay sexual encounter. two students are under arrest for privacy law violations. think about what one of suspects tweeted as he was live streaming the video of his roommate having this sexual moment, this romantic moment. roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went to molly's room, that's the co-defendant and turned on the web cam, saw him making out with a dude, yay. that has gay rights groups calling for this to be prosecuted as a hate crime not just a civil rights violation. certainly as more than a privacy law violation case. right now the two suspects are home with their families. they've been released one on his own recogniza

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. >> a rutgers university student committed suicide after a video of him having a sexual encounter was posted online by fellow students. linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: at rutgers university, freshman dharun had an idea to be a peeping tom. he used a web camera in his dorm room to spy on his roommate. what he saw he broadcast live across the internet. his roommate was having a sexual encounter with a male student. he tweeted, roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on my web cam. i saw him making out with a dude. yay. his roommate was 18-year-old tyler clemente, accomplished violinist. the invasion of privacy appears to have been too much for him. his family says clemente went to a new york city bridge after learning of the incident and ended his life. a recent study found that nine of ten gay kids reported being harassed and that gay kids are four times more likely than straight kids to commit suicide. earlier this week, in houston, texas, the parents of asher brown said their gay son turned a gun on himself and committed suicide after b

body from the >>> new york police have recovered a body from the hudson river thought to be that of a rutgers university student driven to suicide by a video posted on the internet. protesters at the university's new jersey campus last night held a vigil for 18-year-old tyler clementi who jumped from the george washington bridge last week. two other students are charged with secretly recording him in a sex encounter with another man. some protesters call it a hate crime. >> we want to make sure the entire community is aware what happened. >> he had a whole future ahead. of him and really sad to think his family has to deal with losing him.xd >> a family friend describes him as a fine young man and distinguished musician and the family is heart broken beyond words.ñr >>> in other news, mcdonald's is warning it may drop health care coverage for nearly 30,000 hourly workers because of the new health care reform law. the hamburger chain does not provide full health insurance for such workers but does offer so-called mini-med plans that provide limited coverage for a weekly fee. the "wall street

this morning: we'll start off in new jersey, police say a sex tape may have led to the suicide of a rutgers student. two students are accused of putting a camera in tyler clemente's room and aired it of him having sex with another man. police are working to get a positive id on a man that may be his body. >>> coaches from both teams went after each other on the sidelines of a peewee football game. home video of the fight has surfaced. one kid tried to get between the two adults to try to get them to stop fighting. all of the coaches involved were disciplined. in the end, the kids were the ones who really suffered. the league has actually banned both teams from postseason play. >>> halloween mannequin is causing controversy amid fruits and vegetables. the most talked about piece is this masked mannequin. some folks say it looks like a black person hanging from a noose and they find that a bit disturbing. >> that is a very negative sign to the black community. he knows that that to us represents, that's the symbol of lynching and that's a symbol of disrespect to the community. >> some people

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. >>> rutgers university has begun an initiative to bring civility to new jersey. the two-year program is designed to encourage students and faculty to have better manners. so that leads us to our question of the day. what are some of the ways people can be more polite to each other. you can send your comments to mornings@cbs5.com. or post your answers on our facebook page. we're also on twitter. please and thank you so much. >>> all right. the time now is 5:13. dealing with the homeless in san francisco. how much the city has spent over the past few years trying to get them off the streets. >> and today it is all about the heat. here's a look at a temperature gauge in walnut creek. it's 5:13 and 61 degrees. but later on today, triple- digit highs are expected. we'll take a look at today's searing forecast coming up. ,, ,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] jerry brown and oakland's schools. what were the facts? fact: march 7, 2000. brown asks voters for new mayoral power to appoint school board members. he gets it, and promises better schools. but the drop out rate increa

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. >> reporter: at 18, tyler clementi was pursuing his dream at rutgers university. as clementi had a sexual encounter with another man in his dormroom, place say his roommate sent it live to the internet a hidden camera. then, boasted by tweet, roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on the web cam. dharun ravi, and molly wei were arrested. >> it makes you feel like you're careful who you talk to. who is in your room. >> it's scary a little bit. knowing your face and your personal privacy could be invaded. and could be accessed by millions of people. >> reporter: in a statement, tyler's relatives say, the family is heartbroken beyond words. one gay rights group is calling this is a hate crime. writer dan savage started a youtube channel where gay adults can post videos to encourage gay teens that however bad it is, it gets better. >> social media shows kids can have help and support. >> reporter: this support comes too late for clementi's family. richard cantu, abc news. >>> and you can hear more about dan savage's project. it

. >> reporter: this week at rutgers, project civility was launched, an effort to improve interpersonal relationships. >> we're trying to create a campus where everywhere is safe. >> reporter: too late for tyler clemente. mike taibbi, new jersey. >>> when our broadcast continues in a moment, "education nation." you know how teachers have been under attack lately, tonight we meet parents who were willing to go to battle for the teachers. >>> later, remembering one of the great leading men, tony curtis. words alone aren't enough. my job is to listen to the needs and frustrations of the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel or restaurant workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. bp has taken full responsibility for the clean up in the gulf and that includes keeping you informed. our job is to listen and find ways to help. that means working with communities. restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund to cover lost income until people impacted can get back t

. >> now from the political grapevine, rutgers campus kicks off a new program this week called "project civility," a project aimed at exploring plightness and manners and foster respect among the state university community. pregnant leaders are looking to limit disruptive behavior such as texting in class. the faculty member coordinating the effort jokes that the name could be "project civility, got a problem with that." >> iranian president ahmadinejad has an unusual week in new york for the meeting at the u.n. and the new york post reports he had a secret meeting with minister farrakhan but no details over what was said. a woman at a hotel bar started screaming at ahmadinejad and his group "you stoned my sister, you murderers." and he reported ahmadinejad displayed a fear of being rubbed out that bordered on paranoia. and finally, a cnn show was ended by suggesting that americans who oppose construction of a mosque could learn a lesson from hezbollah. conservative bloggers say hezbollah was accepting of diverse religions including jews but a quick check of interesting quotes from hezb

a kid from my hometown of ridgewood, new jersey, an 18-year-old freshman at rutgers university jumped to his death after he was secretly taped having sex in his dorm room. it was then posted on facebook. he was so embarrassed apparently that he jumped to his death. an awful, awful story topping the list of stories on msnbc come.

rutgers you're versatile launch the new project to get people to be kinder to each other. new jersey is known for its mombasa's and out of control housewives. this new program is designed to make a strong case for good manners, the lightness and stability. we will see how that plays out. >> we will also see what is coming up on abc seven news at 6:00 p.m.. >> one dozen u.s. soldiers are facing charges, accused of forming a killed seen in afghanistan. one of them is confessing and we will have the latest. a sexual assault in germantown has a community on edge. securityohn mccain's team have to step in when a protester got involved. we will see less 6:00 p.m.. we have been waiting for rain and we finally got some. >> let's check in with doug hill and get the latest. >> we might get some rain overnight. for the past couple of hours, most of the rain has been west of the metro area. another batch is towards martinsburg. we can see that in the storm's stand. -- storm scan. that low pressure area over southwestern virginia is pulling the moisture of than we will have a fair amou

. >> today, authorities confirmed the body found in the hudson river is that of a rutgers college student. he had written on his facebook 8 days ago that he was going to jump off a bridge. after learning he had been videotaped in a sexual encounter -- in a gay sexual encounter. he did not know that his roommate and another friend were allegedly using a web cam to translate why -- live images of him having sex with another man. when he found out that other students had watched on line, he jumped off the george washington bridge. >> he had been videotaped having sex with another man and i do not think if it had been a woman he would have this kind of reaction. >> gay-rights groups say he was the victim of cyberbullies and harassment because of sexual orientation. they say it is a growing problem. >> kids as young as 11. and over the course of the last year, i can count probably a dozen teenagers who took their own lives. >> we talked to those who worked at the d.c. center for the lgbt community. >> it is definitely discrimination against the lgbt community in schools. >> i think it is absol

the medical examiner in new york has positively identified a body pulled ashore yesterday as that of rutgers university freshman who reportedly jumped from the george washington bridge. officials believe 18-year-old tyler clementi took his own life after a private moment in his dorm room was secretly strewn on the internet for others to see. now his roommate and another student face charges of privacy violation laws. >> right now in term os it have legal case, it's really just at the beginning. the two suspects, both 18-year-old freshmen, have only been charged wl several counts of privacy law violations, which upon conviction could result in jail sentences of three to five years. but there's already talk this could be a civil rights violation case. and gay rights groups are saying it could be prosecuted as a hate cream. they're saying the tweet that one of the suspects put out, that dharun ravi put out. he said roommate asked for the room until midnight. i went to molly's room and turned on my webcam. saw him making out with a dude. yay. it was three days after that event that the victim in

. >> the story for people that don't know, a tragic story, a young 18-year-old boy at rutgers. >> rutgers university freshman. >> two other kids videotaped him having some encounter with another young man. put it on the internet. was terribly embarrassed and ended up killing himself. the thing that touched everybody is there's two things at play here. you can see there's a bullying aspect. you see this was a sweet boy. it is this 24-7 internet, everything photographed world that kids do not understand the implications of in every way, shape or form that we will be living with forever. it's a stunning, tragic horrible example. as i said in the last hour, prosecute those two kids as a hate crime. what they did was cruel, premeditated. in certain ways no different than pushing this kid off the bridge. >> as willie said last hour, this kid did a facebook posting eight minutes before he jumped off the george washington bridge and he says, jumping off the g.w. bridge. sorry. donny, how old are your kids? >> 3, 7 and 23. >> you know about the 23-year-old. i'm not talking about my son. my -- my t

r rutgers university in mourning today after the suicide of a college freshman. he killed himself after images of him having a sexual encounter were broadcast on the internet -- tyler jumped to his death from the george washington bridge here in new york last week. two classmates have been charged with invading his privacy. there's no confirmation of his sexuality one way or the other, not that it's any of our business. but if the story line proves true, it is a part of the disturbing trend of young people killing themselves after being tormented about their sexuality. when it comes to the politics of gay life in america, are we either hypocritical or using gay rights as a way to manipulate the electorate while creating the necessary environment for those reaching sexual maturity to have the appropriate resources. when you look at politics in this country, jane, do you view the inability to reconcile the civil rights aspect of again, one group of people being treated differently because of any variable as a direct reflection of our own societies and ability to do

. >> reporter: authorities tonight may have recovered the body of rutgers student tyler clementi. witnesses spotted the freshman on the walkway last wednesday. the car discovered nearby with a wallet, i.d., cell phone and laptop inside just days earlier authorities say his roommate duran ravi also a freshman taped a sexual encounter with another man. >> never fought. never seen them fighting or talking. so -- >> he was -- >> roommate. so, there was really nothing about it. so, this is all surprising to all of us this is happening. >> danelle lives next door. the fact that they're arrested and charged with privacy. ravi placed a skype account on auto answer and says, quote, roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went into molly's room. moily wei's computer allegedly used to access the web cam through skype and twitter account suggested a second attempt to peek into the life. two days later, quote, anyone with i chat i dare you to video chat me between hours of 9:0030 and 12. yes, it's happening again. end quote. this followed by a facebook status updated by clementi saying pl

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the new york city police department is now reporting that they have recovered a body, that may be rutgers freshman tyler clemente, believed to have jumped to his death off of new york's george washington bridge after two classmates, one of which was his roommate allegedly used a web camera to watch his sexual encounters and then broadcast it and told everybody to tune in. coming up, the serious charges that these students are now facing and whether the law has caught up to the social network. now, as mexico... local mayors there are asking the united states, can you please stop deporting people who cross from our country into yours illegally, it is causing problems on our side of the border. a coalition of mexican mayors saying the influx has sparked deadly violence on their side of the border. because many of those returning nationals, turns out, they are convicted criminals. bill: bad people. martha: what a shock! that is how we start a brand new hour of "america's newsroom," so glad to have you with us on this rainy thursday in new york, i'm martha maccallum. bill: good to be indoors.

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. >>> sadness and outrage on the campus of rutgers university after a student jumps off the george washington bridge days after his roommate but video of him with another man on the internet. many are shocked after the sudden death of freshman tyler clementi. the room nature and another girl are now facing charges for invasion of privacy. >>> former president jimmy carter is getting back to work after a two-day stay in the hospital. he waved to onlookers today after being released by doctors. he has been recovering from a viral infection after two days of rest, the 85-year-old got the okay to resume his regular schedule. he's now in washington for a meeting later this week. >>> in healthwatch, a new study is shedding light on attention deficit hyper activity disorder. it should take some of the pressure off parents. sandra hughes reports for wjz. >> reporter: a new study finds attention deficit hyper activity disorder or adhd is genetic. marren already knew that. she has two sons with it. jonathan was diagnosed with adhd in kindergarten. >> i cannot control myself that much and i tend to get

. >>> rutgers university is in shock after what drove a freshman student to suicide. vic is in the newsroom with what police say led to it and how other students may be involved. vic? >> reporter: new york police confirmed the body of tyler clementi was pulled from the hudson river. they say the 18-year-old committed suicide after a sexual encounter with a man was streamed live over the internet. the new jersey community is trying to come to grips with this. >> you know, normal kids. i was shocked when i heard what happened. >> it was a good kid. terrible. >> i don't understand why anyone would do that. >> prosecutors say the couple used a web cam to transmit the images over the internet. they face up to five years in prison. >>> a new jersey gay rights group called clementi's death a hate crime. >>> five months after the failed bomb plot in times square, the fbi developed a prototype to show what could have happened. >>> the fbi released the video showing the debt nation of a bomb similar of the one builtly faisal shahzad. on may 1st, he planted the car bomb in times