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Favor also is a pretty nice forecast in the eastern seaboard. >> it is heartbreaking to hear those stories. whether or not there will be help available remains to be seen. reynolds, thanks for bringing us that. we will be talking about that in a few minutes with the mayor of warwick, rhode island, about what help this town needs, in less than ten minutes. a high school principal under fire finally squeaking out after a 15-year-old student there was allegedly bullied to death. nine students fro...

Left voluntarily, john. some parents say that these students dont want to come to class because ironically, they were scare evidence being harassed themselves. john. >> alina cho for us this morning. alina, thanks so much. ten minutes past the hour. also new this morning -- taking down a militia from the inside out. prosecutors say an undercover agent infiltrated the right-wing hutaree militia before nine of its members were arrest and even helped them build explosives. the militia accused of ...

Hadley public schools announced "we have taken disciplinary action with an additional group of students and they have been removed from the high school." it looks like a proactive move on the schools part. but guess what, the students theyre talking about are not the nine students who have been charged in princes death. thats because the school hasnt taken any disciplinary action against them. so is the school now trying to look like its on top of the problem that some say it completely missed? ...

To you, kiran, there is no statute governing criminal bullying. prosecutors have to rely on a series of law that is are rarely used. while these indictments certainly are significant, convictions may be an uphill battle, kiran. >> statutory rape in a case of two of them and harassment as well as disrupting an assembly. a lot of people are wondering, what does this mean? >> good work, alina, at least trying to get the principal to answer to that. thanks. >> reporter: you bet. coming up at 8:30 ...

Completely missed? keeping them honest, we went to the school looking for answers. hi there, sir, my name is alina c cho, im with cnn. >> were not allowing any media on on the property. >> reporter: youre the principal, right? >> i am the principal. >> reporter: the same principal who many is avoiding questions and did nothing to stop it. this is his first television interview since the indictment against the nine teens were handed down. we asked him about the ant bullying task force created fol...

Of 15-year-old phoebe prince who authorities say was bullied to death. her high school principal now under fire and speaking out for the first time since nine students from south hadley high school in massachusetts were charged in connection with driving prince to commit suicide. alina cho tracked down the principal and she joins us live in south hadley, massachusetts this morning. hi, alina. >> reporter: hey, there, kiran. as you know very, very well, there has been so much outrage in south had...

Police, theres media on the property. >> the superintendent whos also been under fire spoke to "the boston globe." he defended the schools action by saying the administrator only learned about the bullying against phoebe prince in the week before she killed herself. meanwhile, also interesting to note that the district attorney says that three of the nine students charged in this case are actually officially still enrolled at south hadley high school. its entirely possible, john, that all of the...

Under fire and kwedefending his school. and nine students are accused of phoebe prince suicide in january. aleen know cho tracked limited down, and joins us live from south hadley, massachusetts. good morning, alina. >> reporter: hey, john, good morning to you. ever since we started working the story on the ground here in south hadley, massachusetts, weve been calling the principle, weve been calling the superintendent, and nobody has been calling us back, but for a few statements on paper, ther...

Principal under fire, parents demanding to know why something wasnt done sooner to save fee by for instance. she was the 15-year-old that prosecutors say was bullied to death by fellow students at her massachusetts high school. our alina cho tracked down the principal and asked the tough questions. her live report ahead. a conservative leader is telling donors, stop giving money to the rnc. tony perkins made the plea after it was known that the republican party picked up a $2000 tab at a holly...

Do something about a student alleged lie had took her life. our alina cho tracks him down. our live report today. and critics suggesting that global warming was cooked up by climate researchers. were the fact really distorted? well tell what you investigators found straight ahead. and of course, the am fix blog is up and running. join the conversation now. cnn.com/am fix. well be reading some of your comments throughout the morning. le we begin, though, in the northeast with flooding that c...