start with the things that the university of oklahoma and sigma alpha epsilon got right, because they are numerous. i commend the national leaders of sigma alpha epsilon, who i know well for their handling of the situation. as soon as this video came to light, their executive leadership team met and followed the procedures outlined in their organizations bylaws and constitution's. they went through recognition. they have been supportive of their chapters nationwide who are suffering from being associated with the chapter locally at oklahoma. what is important for folks to understand that sigma alpha epsilon, like every national fraternity and sorority, has high standards for their members and their chapters. in taking these actions this week they are enforcing the standards and demonstrating to the rest of their members and chapters a you must live up to those standards. all the private commentators agree, they are all within the rights to take the actions they took this week. when you turn to the campus, i have been extremely impressed, and most observers have been impressed by the w

she embodied of gamma sigma sigma, always put others before herself and cared deeply for all of those in her life. there was believed a third american on the plane that person has not yet been identified. lauren chris. >> such a sad story. >> jennifer, thank you. meantime 4:05, east cover entry police looking foreman who they say carried out strong armed robbery on 12 year old girl there is happened outside a gymnastics center. caught the suspect as he walked into the center on route 724 on friday afternoon. now, police say he left the center then forced his way into a mini-van in the parking lot where 12 year old girl was inside. they say he struggled with the girl allegedly pull her out of the van then stole a bag from inside. parent are stunned to learn what happened. >> kids inside, a lot of eyes out here, i'm always out here, my daughter inside. so very shocked. >> police believe the suspects got away in a dark colored new err model honda odyssey. >> the woman funds guilty of abducting five year old girl from philadelphia school and sexually assaulting her will be sentenced today

sigma. emily always put other before herself and cared deeply for all of those in her life. so again we know that three americans were on board that flight only two so far have been identified, mike, alex. >> there is no foul play. just mention right after you say no foul play, one of the pilots can't get back to the cockpit. something going on here. something bad going on in that airplane. why could could the pilot not get back in the cockpit? waiting for information. daylight over there. so probably just after 1:00 over there. so looking into that. that's big. >> last night, some of the roommates of emily they were talking about her and it was great to see they were saying she is someone who like to see people happy and remember her yesterday. >> odd somebody from our area being on that play. one ooh people on the airplane, three americans, two from our area. all right we will stay on that. 6:06. >> east coventry township police looking foreman who they say carried out strong arm robbery o

. >> emily is was a member of the gamma sigma sigma sorority, and they are put up a statement we are mourning the loss of our beautiful emily and her mother. emily was integral part of the growing chapter. the group went ton say she embodied the spirit of gamma sigma sigmas a person and friend emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for all of those in her life. it is believed that there was a third american on that flight, that person is not yet identified. >> coming up on a 06:00. east coventry township police looking for a man who they say carried out strong armed robbery, 12 year old girl, happened outside gymnastics center. caught the suspect as he walk into the center, this is on route 724, friday afternoon police say he left the center then forced his way into a mini-van in the parking lot where a 12 year old girl was inside. they say he struggled with the girl allegedly pull her out of the van, stole bag from inside. parent are just stunned. >> parents sit in their cars, so a loft eyes out here you know? i'm always out here my daughter's inside. so, very shock

part of you growing chapter and embodied the spirit of sigma sigma, she put everybody before her self and cared deeply for everybody in her life. she works for allen hamilton in d.c. and worked for the pentagon. >> in a statement the selke said we are deeply saddened by the loss of emily and yvonne selke, they meant so much to so much. they live in this home outside of washington, where today the neighbors learned that yvonne and emily were among the dead. >> i'm sure they had no idea something like this would happen. it's a real tragedy. >> tonight the selke family is asking for privacy and prayers. live in university city, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara, our coverage of this story continues on our website at 6abc.com you can read more about emily selke and see a slideshow of the pictures of plane crash as well as video from the scene find the story now at 6abc.com. >>> this is the way it looked early this morning as flames attacked the fabricators plant in bethlehem nearby reads were told to stay inside and the power company cut electricity to more t

>> the kappa sigma chapter is under fire after a racist e-mail went public. here's more on how the school is responding. >> less than a week after the incident with a oklahoma university fraternity singing a racist chant, a racist sexist e-mail from a member of a university of maryland fraternity has now surfaced. >> it shouldn't be happening at a big university like this. the way it was handled isn't appropriate. >> in the e-mail sent 14 months ago, an undergraduate member of the kappa sigma fraternity uses racial slurs to refer to black, indian and asian women and alludes to raping women during rush week. >> to be honest i can't stand that we have group life. >> in a statement, the university president says the university became aware of the e-mail on tuesday and calls it vulgar and says it expresses views that are reprehensible to the campus community. >> after even like the u.v.a. thing, i think it's tragic. >> he added the investigation led by the university office of public misconduct is under way and part of the probe will include trying to see if that

sigma alpha epsilon is gone. two students who are lead tging the chant about hanging black men from trees are gone. and in a moment one of the expelled students released a statement to the "dallas morning news" said

fraternity and they are counter to everything that kappa sigma stands for." the university says it will create a student multicultural group to advise the president on any diversity issues here on campus and meanwhile, the fraternity says it will implement a diversity training program for its members year round. reporting in college park jeanette reyes, abc 7 news. jummy: developing now, crews are getting a look at the damage left behind from tornadoes that ripped through oklahoma and arkansas overnight. at least one person was killed. karen traverse takes a look at the mess left behind. karen: they're picking up the pieces today in parts of tornado alley. overnight, seven reported tornadoes in arkansas and oklahoma. >> we know what to do. we've been down this road before. and i'm very grateful that we have so many people that work so hard over the night to make sure that people are safe. karen: at least one person was killed. several were injured. thousands still without power. >> we got another one! karen: roofs ripped right off of houses. cars overturned.

this time at the university of maryland, a kappa sigma member accused of sending a vulgar e-mail last year, writing that black and asian women should not be invited to rush parties unless they're hot and saying consent for sex is unnecessary. >> i was just overall disgusted completely. i feel like it definitely does not reflect the values of the u'iversity of maryland. >> reporter: the kappa sigma chapter suspended the member who wrote the e-mail. black students marching at the university of washington in seattle say when they pass the sigma alpha epsilon house, they were hit with racist insults. >> that's when they started shouting and then flipping us õoff and started saying like, you apes, why are you here, get out of here. >> reporter: the raternity condemned the offensive comments but denied they came from its members. these new accusations just days after two sigma alpha epsilon members were expelled from the university of oklahoma accused of leading a racist chant r' this viral video, the whole chapter now disbanded. in maryland tonight, students are calling for a swift and st

and sigma alpha epsilon says several *other* incidents with chapter and members have been brought to national leaders' attention. the university president says the fraternity is *permanently* off campus. alina machado reports. >> "you can hang them from a tree but they'll never sign with me. there will never be a n****r at sae." >> reporter: the chant is so offensive, it's hard to listen to. >> "there will never be a a n****r at sae. there will never be a a n****r at sae. you can hang them from a tree, but they'll never sign with me." >> reporter: short for the fraternity sigma alpha epsilon. this chapter at the university of oklahoma, is on their way to a saturday night party celebrating the fraternity's founding. the video was sent anonymously to a campus group called unheard that works to fight racism on campus. on sunday, they posted it online. unheard's co-founder spoke to cnn's nick valencia. >> "this chant wasn't something they learned overnight. it was something that was well-known, well versed, that everyone on that bus felt privileged to say and proudly clap at." >> reporte

kappa sigma also says they're moving to formally remove him from kappa sigma. >> it's a cultural thing. i don't know how you can easily measure that. >> reporter: for now it's being addressed with an investigation and plans for what's being called an educational intervention by university staff that the college park chapter of kappa sigma. and that intervention as it's being called is scheduled to take place immediately after students return from spring break. news 4 at 6:00 a discussion that was actually happening downtown with some links to what's going on out here on this campus. live in college park back to you. >> thank you, derrick. >> about this rain veronica. we don't have to deal with it for the whole day, right? >> most of the day tomorrow. we're going to get a little bit of a break i think for the afternoon hours, but for at least starting pretty soon we're talking about slippery roads and reduced visibility on those roads from fog as well as the rain that will be coming into the area. take a look. here we are tracking the rain on storm team 4 radar. there's your line. it lo

>>> we begin with norman oklahoma, where sigma alpha epsilon is now shut down after a disturbing video allegedly shows fraternity brothers singing a song filled with racial slurs. ♪ there will never be a -- at s.a.e. ♪ ♪ >> we now have a new statement from university of oklahoma president david boren saying effective immediately, all ties and affiliations between this university and the local sae chapter are hereby severed. the president is giving the fraternity until midnight tomorrow to remove their belongings from the frat house before shutting it entirely down. overnight, the sae campus building was vandalized coming as the frat's national chapter acknowledged the video and issued the following statement. saying we apologize for the unacceptable and racist behavior of the individuals in the video, and we are disgusted that any member would act in such a way. the president of the university spoke just a short time ago, echoing those same terms. >> i think the best way for us to send not only a message to this campus but a message all across the country, is that there is zero t

chapter of sigma alpha epsilon. betrayal doesn't even begin to express his reaction. >> the guys in that video are not my brothers. my first reaction was complete disgust and shock. i was deeply offended as a black man in general. but i was devastated also having been in that house for never years and put my own blood, sweat and tears in cultivating a culture that would never do that. >> and i've got to give the last word in this segment to a legend of the civil rights movement who says racism on college campuses is simply, quote, unbelievable in this day and age, end quote. congressman john lewis was a guest on cnn's "new day." >> i think it's not a place of a college or university campus for young people or any group to be acting the way they're acting. >> they should be gone? >> they should be gone. >> sadly before the racist bus video went viral, that fraternity, s.a.e., also had a starring role in a highly disturbing documentary about sexual assault on college campuses. the film's executive producer is going to

sigma. sorority's facebook page credits selke as an integral part of growing chapter here at drexel and members remembering her as someone who always put others before herself. selke with her mother when her germanwings airline flight crashed the on the trip from barcelona spain to dusseldorf germany on tuesday. one of the young woman's many friend spoke to cnn about the shocking news let's listen. >> i keep saying it is surreal. you always see these things on the news and you think it is horrible but you never know anyone involved. you never know anyone. chances on have that are so slim and even yesterday morning i woke up and on my phony had a text from my friend, i had had breaking news alert about the plane crash and i remember thinking wow, that is really sad. i opened up and went about my day. >> reporter: she was shocked to learn the news that emily was with us no longer. the the university has released a statement, drexel is deeply saddened to hear about the tragic loss of alumni emi

they are counter to everything kappa sigma stand for." kappa sigma is currently taking action to expel the students from that chapter. >>> this incident comes after another story we first brought you here on "cnn newsroom." the university of oklahoma's chapter of sigma alpha epsilon disbanded after a video surfaced of members chanting racial slurs. now they are fighting back. the fraternity has hired a high-profile attorney who says he isn't ruling out a lawsuit against the school. he also says fraternity brothers are making death threats and some have been physically assaulted. miguel marquez with more. >> reporter: the alumni board for the new-defunct sae chapter says it's lawyered up because those former members of the fraternity are being threatened on campus testimony also says fraternity members and those that were expelled got a raw deal. [ chanting ] [ bleep ] >> reporter: the reaction to the reaction of the now-infamous video university of oklahoma sae fraternity brothers singing a racist song is on. >> i think there was a premat

the university has come under fire after a video surfaced showing members of sigma alpha epsilon repeatedly using the "n" word udent who is led that racist chant havbe expelled. and the school has ties with that chapter. >>> news for your health

this time at the university of maryland, a cappa sigma member accused of sending a vulgar e-mail writing that black and asian woman should not be invited to rush parties unless they are hot. they are saying consent for sex is unnecessary. >> i was just overall disgusted completely. i feel like it definitely does not reflect values of the university of maryland. >> reporter: capp a significant mal chapter suspended the member who wrote the e-mail. black students marching at the the the university of washington in seattle say when they passed the sigma alpha epsilon house they were hit with racist insults. >> that is when they started shouting and then flipping us off and started saying you apes why are you here get out of here. >> reporter: the fraternity condemns the comments but deny it came from its members. the these new accusations just days after two sigma alpha epsilon members were expelled from the university of oklahoma accused of leading the the racist chant in this viral video. the the whole chapter now disbanded. in maryland tonight students are calling for a swift, strong res

jeanette: a racially charged in sexually explicit e-mail sent by a white cap a sigma fraternity member. the e-mail was sent to six people over a year ago, but it went viral after it was recently discovered. last night the school said the student would not return to campus this semester. vice president of student affairs said the hateful e-mail from january 2014 has shaken our campus. i know many of you are hurt and angry. the university's investigation into the incident is continuing and due process will be completed before any final determinations are made. >> they should have looked more and to situation before dismissing the student. >> he does not deserve to go to school here. jeanette: kappa sigma said the student was suspended from the fraternity after they learned of the e-mail. in a statement on its website, the fraternity said, "the language and views expressed in the e-mail are inexcusable and are in stark contrast to the values of our fraternity. they are counter to everything that we stand for." >> it's very hard for something you say to be kept private. jeanette: the unive

. >> reporter: she garageed from drexel in 2013 she was a former vice-president of gamma sigma sigma a service sorority on campus the group post add tribute on its facebook page. writing emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life. investigators have to fly in by chopper to access the crash sight but the big question, why did this happen? >> we don't yet know what the first link in this causal chain of events was that started this crash. >> reporter: cockpit rice recorder is heavily damaged and new york times is recording one of the pilots left the cockpit and could not get back inside before the crash. analysts are still trying to find out why the jet stayed at cruising altitude for a minute before taking an eight minute decent with no distress call. there was a third american on board we do not know that person's name. the selke family released a statement earlier today thanking people for their thoughts and asking people for their prayers and privacy. we are live on drexel's campus david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> tragic loss, david than

sigma alpha epsilon is gone. two students who are lead tging the chant about hanging black men from trees are gone. and in a moment one of the expelled students released a statement to the "dallas morning news" said that i am deeply sorry for what i did, and made a big mistake by participating in the singing, and encouraging others to do the same. and sadly, our family cannot be in our home, because of frightening talk and threats on social immediatemedia. in a half hour, there is a rally on the campus and h miguel marquez has the latest. university of oklahoma has pretty much vanished. [ knocking ] at his home in dallas, no sign of him nor his family. he and members of the sae fraternity clearly avoiding publicity after the video was leaked to the school newspaper and ricochetting around the world. at the sigma alpha epsilon house, traditional letters unceremoniously removed. today, a steady flow of moving trucks. big job? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: fast job? >> your guess good as mine is right now. it's la

referred to in the chanting is the appreciation of sigma alpha epsilon's greek letters. brandon wakehorse is the organization's national spokesman. >> we have seen posts on social media where people were led to believe that this is an official sanctioned s.a. song. that's absolutely not true. there's nothing our songbook nerve hear been anything in our songbook like this. >> reporter: late last night sigma alpha epsilon's national organization which represents more than 15,000 current members and nearly 200,000 alumni nationwide suspended all members of the oklahoma kappa chapter saying, "this type of hateful action is not what sigma alpha epsilon stands for. this is about sluchtsolutely not who we are. vowing to clean house. in a twitter post boren called the behavior reprehensible. their president. >> this was the right thing to do. there's no tolerance to that are type of behavior. we don't stand for it. this is not part of anything that has to do with our values, our mission, our creed. >> reporter: and this morning, despite the closure of the sigma alpha epps epps h

sigma epsilon is gone. two appear to lead a chant about hanging black men from trees have been expelled and moments ago, one of the expelled students parker rice reads in part, i am deeply sorry for what i did saturday night. it was wrong and wreckless. i made a horrible mistake by joining in the singing and encouraging others to do the same. on monday, i withdrew from the university and this moment our family is not able to be in our home because threatening calls and frightening talk on social media. one frat brother on the video came forward. in just about half an hour a rally is planned on campus at the former sae house. first, miguel marquez has the latest. >> reporter: parker rice 19-year-old freshman expelled from the university of oklahoma has pretty much vanished. [ knocking ] at his home in dallas no sign of him nor his family. he and members of the sae fraternity clearly avoiding publicity after the video was leaked to the school newspaper and ricochetting around the world. at the sigma alpha eps

during her time in drexel selke was active as vice-president of the service sorority gamma sigma sigma and remember as someone who always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life. our entire family is deeply saddened, the selke family writes about the loss of yvonne and emily selke two wonderful, caring, amazing people who meant so much to so many. >> reporter: again, emily is being remember for her service oriented spirit today. this campus community continues to mourn the loss of that young woman and they continue to oner about how exactly that plane went down. reporting live at drexel university jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> stay with "eyewitness news" as we continue to cover latest developments in the germanwings plane crash. if you cannot watch us on air, follow us on line at cbs philly.com. >>> we're following a developing story this morning the first batch of the severe weather in the tornado sees than has proven deadly. at least one person is dead and several others injured after tornadoes touched down in oklahoma and in arkansas. corr

i'll miss my family. >> reporter: you still consider sigma alpha epsilon family? >> yes. >> you can see more of jericka duncan's interview with chef howard dixon about the racist video coming up later on "cbs this morning." >>> in madison, wisconsin, protesters are calling for the dismissal of a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed biracial 19-year-old. the officer who is white is on leave this morning. as dean reynolds reports, the deadly encounter has led to soul searching in the famously liberal community. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! >> reporter: increasingly large crowds of demonstrators marched on the wisconsin statehouse and filled its 98-year-old rotunda with a familiar chant. 19-year-old tony robinson was shot dead on friday by officer matt kenny who trailed him to this house. >> 19 years of age. name is tony robinson. apparently tony hit one of his friends. no weapons seen. >> reporter: police say the shooting took place when kenny, responding to 911 calls about robinson, was attacked by him in the entryway of the home. >> shots fi

. >> the university president says the local chapter of sigma alpha epsilon is closed for good. after video surface showing members engaged in a racist rant. as andrew spencer report, more discipline could be coming. >> the incident affect more than just current student at the university of oklahoma. >> i'll never regret my time i had, i'll never regret the strides i made. >> william james joined the ou chapter of sigma alpha epsilon 14 years ago he had hoped his son would one day follow had his footsteps. >> one house i wanted him to join before, and now there is -- it is the worse for me. >> now, he says, that dream is gone. family help pack u-haul trucks after the university of oklahoma gave student until midnight tuesday to pack up, and get out. after video surfaced showing frat members chanting on a bus. >> the university's football team marched to show the players, whatever their race, stand together as one. the discipline has been swift but for some, it hasn't been enough. the university is now looking into possibly expelling some of the student involved. >> we're investi

start with the things that the university of oklahoma and sigma alpha epsilon got right, because they are numerous. i commend the national leaders of sigma alpha epsilon, who i know well for their handling of the situation. as soon as this video came to light, their executive leadership team met and followed the procedures outlined in their organizations bylaws and constitution's. they went through recognition. they have been

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it features members of the sigma alpha eps son fraternity chanting about lynching. national fraternity officials expressed outrage and suspended all university of oklahoma kappa members immediately. brandon wake hurts is the spokesman. >> never has been anything in our songbook like there. >> reporter: if i -- graffiti on the frat house reads tear it down. >> real sooners treat each other with respect. real sooners love each other and care for each other like members of a common family. >> reporter: hundreds of students marched against racism on campus monday. >> to see the video was eye opening, for sure. >> disgusting shame that anything like that is happening on our campus. >> reporter: some students say racism has been a problem on campus. >>> there are 15,000 current members of sigma alpha eps salon and 200,000 nationwide. >>> how this week's student rising above went from a struggling teenager to helping the homeless. >>> if you've got a consumer problem or just a question, call in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't

they are now confirmed to be members of the university of oklahoma's sigma alpha epsilon fraternity. watch it again. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> now, the person who took the video reportedly sent it in an e-mail to unheard which is a black student group at oklahoma. the group then posted it on youtube and twitter and directed it at university president who immediately shut down the fraternity and their house and told all members to move out by midnight tomorrow. listen to him. >> no longer our students. we don't have room for racism at this university. >> sigma alpha epsilon's national headquarters also severed ties with the oklahoma chapter issuing a statement saying "we are embarrassed by this video and offer our empathy not only to anyone outside the organization who was offended but also to our brothers who come from a wide range of backgrounds cultures and ethnicities ethnicities." and listen now to on-campus reaction. >> you hear a lot of you know, stuff here at the university about you know, racial tension and things like that. but to see the video is eye opening for sure. >> this

sigma national service sorority. her mother was with her and died in the plane crash. we spoke with one of emily's friends. >> she wanted the best for everybody. she made everybody feel important. that's why everybody loved her was because she made you feel important and that's hard to find in people these days. >> emily and yvonne selke are from virginia. yvonne selke was a u.s. contractor you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10.com as we continue to follow developments on this breaking news as the investigation intensifies into the deadly germanwings plane crash. you can get updates on air and on our nbc 10 news app. >>> pope francis is coming to washington. about an hour ago, the white house press secretary announced that president obama and the first lady will meet with the pope in september. his visit to the white house coincides with the world meeting of families being held here of course in philadelphia. taking place the week of september 22nd. pope francis will be here september 26th and 27th. you can count on nbc

members of sigma alpha epsilon, were seen on video saying blacks should be lynched and never allowed in their frat. chad pradelli is live on the penn campus. >> students with whom i have spoke are appalled by the actions by the fraternity in oklahoma, they say that those actions would not be tolerated here. >> the racist chant by university of oklahoma students is troubling and disturbing, it's a sentiment shared by college students across philadelphia. >> it's awful and shouldn't be happening, that song was offensive to a lot of people. >> that would be accepted by a frat and okay for them to do that is just insane. >> the fraternity at the center is sigma alpha epsilon, penn is only one local school with a chapter and they were unavailable for common. it's chapter is shut down at ou and the house shut down. national organization says that the national fraternity does not teach such a hateful, racist chant and is not part of any education or training on the campus of temple and penn, students say such insensitive actions would not be tolerated. >> i was at my fraternity house older

do they also have the sigma of being the deadliest club? then we're inside as hbo tries to crack the code on scientology. >> there is no logical explanation other than fate. >> a look at the alleged prison camp. how the religion attracts followers, including john travolta and tom cruise and why they might not be able to leave. >> if you ask anybody what they know about scientology, they'll say tom cruise's religion. >> let's go inside. >> how hard was it set back? >> we're here to help. >>> now the latest celebrity and pop culture news delivered to you 24/. it's "the insider." >>> it's the viral video that took down one of america's oldest fraternities. the shocking new discovery unearthed about the institution at the center of the controversy. hello, everybody. with tv's new prime time queen, plus, inside the mystery surrounding scientology. the new documentary that claims the high-profile members can't escape the religion. >>> but first, back to the social media ignited scandal surrounding the university of oklahoma's now defunct sigma al

she embodied the spirit of gamma sigma sigma. as a person and friend emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life. emily will be greatly missed by her fellow sisters. please keep emily, her mother and their family in your thoughts and prayers during this heartbreaking time. and john cox is we me and tom costello in our news room. tom, john just pointed out the very careful briefing from the french aviation official to all questions about the possibility of an attack from the voice recorder information. he said, i have zero information on that hypothesis. >> yeah i think it was very clear that he was trying to avoid hypothesizing on any scenario whatsoever. other than to say that the wreckage is not in any way consistent with a midair explosion. that seems obvious that this plane did, in fact crash into a mountainside. and it appears the plane was on a very deliberate and programmed descent all the way down. and there was no deviation from it. the flight went straight into a mountain. i thought

. >> selke belonged to the gamma sigma sigma say the at a sorority on campus they put this message on facebook. say the at a chapter is mourning the loss of our beautiful emily selke and her mother. they were on board the plane from barcelona to duesseldorf that crashed yesterday. emily served as our membership vice-president while in zeta and she was an integral part in our greg chapter. she embodied the spirit of gamma sigma sigmas a person and friend emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for those in our life. >>> definitely our prayers and thoughts go out to her family. >>> no one word if drexel will hold a memorial service or a vigil for emily when students return from spring break. lucy? >> all right, dave. breaking news right now deadly storms are slamming into oklahoma and arkansas. authorities say at least one person has died and several others are hurt. listen to this. cell phone video captured the sirens going off in tall is. tornado has nearly destroyed a mobile home park and that is where the one person who we know of died. witnesses are reporting severa

emily was a member of the gamma sigma sigma service sorority which posted a photo and service memoir about emily who always put others before herself and cared deeply for those in her life. emily's linkedin page said she was a community manager for car workplaces in alexandria and was also a lifetime girl scout. peggy fox. >> as peggy mentioned, the family and friends of the selkes declined to comment and asked for privacy and prayers instead. we also learned today the third american was on that flight, but the state department has not released any details on that passenger. >>> tonight french officials say it appears unlikely an act of terrorism or foul play brought down the plane and they should have a better idea what happened the next few days because they found usable audio from one of the black boxes. >> we hope to have a rough idea in a matter of days and having a full understanding of it with all the information coming in from all the other recorded parameters will take weeks and months. >> investigators have started analyzing the audio. so far they don't have an explanation

she went on to drexel university where she was on the executive board of the guama sigma sigma sorority. today, her sorority sisters posted this photo writing "emily was an integral part of our growing chapter. she always put others before herself and cared deeply for all in her life." jane carter has lived in the selkes' neighborhood for 36 years. >> i'm still kind of shocked. i'm still kind of shocked. we're just a small little community and i'm very sad. kevin: it's unclear why mother and daughter were flying from spain to germany. family home sitting quiet tonight. >> live every moment that you can. that's the only thing that i can say. i'm sure they didn't have no idea that something like this was going to happen. it's a real tragedy. and i hope they find out what happened. kevin: so far, the selkes have only released a written statement in which they said our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily, two wonderful, caring amazing people who meant so much to so many. we're live in nokesville this evening, i'm kevin lewis, abc 7 news. leon: conflicting info

. ♪ there will never, never be a [ bleep ] ♪ >> reporter: tonight two frat brothers from sigma alpha epsilon have been expelled after leading a chant that they would rather blackeople be lynched than join their fraternity. the video went viral. >> the problem is nobody's pointing out what's going on! >> reporter: today university of oklahoma president david boren sent this expulsion letter to two students involved in the video, saying they had created a hostile educational environment for others. tonight one of the chant leaders is identified as parker rice of dallas. rice's friends tell us he's already home in texas and will not be coming back to ou. >> i know parker. he's not a racist. he really is not. he compromised his morality for the liking of his friends. >> reporter: in a statement, he says alcohol was a factor in his actions and that he is deeply sorry for what he did. he mentions he was taught the offensive song but not by whom. another student in the video identified by his parents as levi petit. they write, he made a horrible mistake. we know his heart, and he is not a r

they are counter to everything kappa sigma stands for." >> it's very hard for something you say to be kept private. jeanette: the university says it will create a student multicultural group to advise the president of any diversity issues here on campus. and meanwhile, the fraternity says it will implement a diversity training program for its members year round. reporting in college park jeanette reyes, abc 7 news. kimberly: an unexpected delivery for a mother in montgomery county after she gave birth along i-270. you're about to see amanda and john nelson along with baby jacob now at the hospital. that's where they were heading just before 4:00 this morning when jacob simply refused to wait any longer. jacob's father delivered him on the highway near the shady grove exit in rockville. paramedics arrived and took them to a nearby hospital where they are both doing very well. alison don't do that. alison: every time we see those stories, we get a little nervous. it's good to get good news from the highways around here. that doesn't happen very often. kimberly: that's exactly right. ali

members of sigma house at salon -- members of sigma out the epsilon were seen -- sigman s alpha epsilon were singing a racist chant and were responsible for "creating a hostile environment" and they will learn that it is wrong to threaten and exclude for stop hundreds have marched in a protest against racism. we will have more on this story later in the broadcast. protesters gathered near atlanta on wednesday to protest the police shooting of an unarmed african-american man. anthony hill was reportedly running naked around an apartment complex when a white officer opened fire. a witness said hill had approached the officer with his hands raised in the air. the officer reportedly appeared shocked after pulling the trigger, sitting in the streets with his head in his hands. hill was 27 years old, an air force veteran, and an aspiring musician. he had bipoloar disorder and was reportedly in the midst of a mental episode when he was shot dead. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: and i am nermeen sh

they cut ties with sigma alpha epsilon chapter after members were shown in a video singing racist song. erica pitzi joins us. the administration moved quickly to punish the kids and hinted that there may be more penalties. >> that's right. fraternity brothers have until midnight to move out, many members did not wait packing up this afternoon. the before of students in the video has been called disgraceful. they went so far as to say they shouldn't have the privilege to be called oklahoma. >> there's a lot here about racial tension. to see the video was eye opening for sure. >> this is the video causing outrage at the university of oklahoma. the 10 second video is said to show some members of the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity, the group posted a video online. the university president said on monday he is shutting down the fraternity. >> those student will be out of the house by midnight tomorrow night. the house will be closed and as far as i'm concerned they won't be back, at least not while i'm president of the university. >> reporter: as soon as the video went viral. vandals hit th

why the national chapter of sigma alpha epsilon may be to blame. >> after eight years vindication tonight for amanda knox. citing a lack of evidence, the italian appeals court overturned her conviction. her boyfriend was also vindicated. >> i'm incredibly grateful for what has happened for the justice i've received for the support that i've had from everyone from my family, from my friends, to strangers to people like you. i'm so grateful to have my life back! >> in 2011 both knox and her boyfriend were acquitted on appeal. two years later she was convicted again in absentia. today's ruling puts an end to the case. >>> the jury has reached its decision in what could be a landmark case for the venture capital case. the jury found that kleiner perkins did not district against ellen pao. melissa chan reports. >> yes randall. part of the reason why is the track record, when it comes in front of a jury often there's very little sympathy for the female plaintiff so ellen pao must have felt particularly aggrieved to pursue this lawsuit so far. >>> ellen pao believed it was because she was a woma

fraternity members racist chant led the national sigma alpha epsilon to close the chapter. the university evicting members from the fraternity house. the house this weekend vandalize vandalized with the message tear it down. david boren, president of the university of oklahoma announced an expulsion of those leading the chant. >> a top sooner football recruit from dallas declared he is decommitting and will go elsewhere. current football player eric striker angrily denounced the racist video on snapchat. he said he was hurt by the damage the video that was done to the school's reputation. he backs the call to expel those responsible. >> it is out there. i'm not saying it hasn't happened before. this is something that really extreme. not saying the little things before should be pushed under the rug. you know we believe that president boren is taking the right actions and investigating and doing the right thing. you know more than just suspensions and expelling these students. the people responsible for it and the people on the bus. this is how we feel that that action shoul