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Afraid of lawsuits, for parents, if the kids get hurt. administrators and teachers dont like to step into things because of physical safety and they also fear lawsuits. everybody has a hands on attitude and includes a lot of the media that dont get into the stories until after the fact. >> juan, your take on this, what was the medias role? >> the media at this point, i think is coming in after and doing a clumsy job. just koent know how to handle this. >> in what way? >> how to tell the story. b...

>> the prosecutor in that particular area felt it was criminal and now kids are under indictment, but my question to you, jim, whether or not the media righting the wrong or as juan is saying, pointing the finger of blame. >> i think its an unbelievable human story and dont fault the media for covering it. and what cal said about the lawsuit angle, administrators and teachers are terrified of lawsuits as philip howard argued in books and now of course there will be another lawsuit. >> this is a ...

That tiger woods was abused while he was under her watchful eye. her attorney is none other than gloria alre. >> your client feels tiger misrepresented the situation and made her look bad in the process. >> slandered her and ma lined her and maureen contends this never happened. this incident was never reported if it occurred, was never reported to the principal, to administrators, to teachers, or to maureen. and she says it just never happened. i even had some pupils that were in the kindergart...

Playgrounds because theyre afraid of lawsuits, for parents, if the kids get hurt. administrators and teachers dont like to step into things because of physical safety and they also fear lawsuits. everybody has a hands on attitude and includes a lot of the media that dont get into the stories until after the fact. >> juan, your take on this, what was the medias role? >> the media at this point, i think is coming in after and doing a clumsy job. just koent know how to handle this. >> in what way? ...

Playgrounds because theyre afraid of lawsuits, for parents, if the kids get hurt. administrators and teachers dont like to step into things because of physical safety and they also fear lawsuits. everybody has a hands on attitude and includes a lot of the media that dont get into the stories until after the fact. >> juan, your take on this, what was the medias role? >> the media at this point, i think is coming in after and doing a clumsy job. just koent know how to handle this. >> in what way? ...

>> the prosecutor in that particular area felt it was criminal and now kids are under indictment, but my question to you, jim, whether or not the media righting the wrong or as juan is saying, pointing the finger of blame. >> i think its an unbelievable human story and dont fault the media for covering it. and what cal said about the lawsuit angle, administrators and teachers are terrified of lawsuits as philip howard argued in books and now of course there will be another lawsuit. >> this is a ...

Nbcs jeff rossen. of the story to nbcs jeff rossen. >> at south hadley high, a tragic example how dangerous bullying can be. 15-year-old phoebe prince killed herself. prosecutors say after months of torment. >> she was a really good friend. >> friends say phoebe was bullied in the hallways on her phone and online. they say it was common knowledge to students and staff, but school officials never stopped it. >> the whole incident. >> thursday, the superintendent agreed to a within on one intervie...

Senior administration officials say had this new system been in place on that day "we would have one more chance to stop the underwear bomber before he boarded that plane." homeland security secretary janet napolitano whose agency oversees aviation security will announce the new measures later today. all this comes one week after president obamas second nominee in a row to lead the transportation security administration or tsa withdrew his name from consideration. >> tsa has had six administrato...

Football season there was a -- he was put into a trash can. >> reporter: close friends say john carmichael was a good student and well liked among his friends. he will be missed. >> its just going to be quiet around him without him around. >> no charges have been filed in this case. the school plans to implement a new program to train teachers to be more aware and responsive to bullies. john carmichaels parents talked to anderson cooper last night. theyre hoping teachers and administrators every...

Officials didnt have any information about this beforehand when the d.a. is saying that there are at least four students and two teachers who intervened on phoebe princes behalf some time before her death. >> so dr. limber, i dont know if you can address this case specifically but the school is obviously being hit really hard here for not listening to parents and for i guess the ac, or not taking any sort of ac. what could they have done? what should they have done? >> well, i would rather not s...