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>> after abbie died, a funeral was held on the school grounds. >> she cared for others in a way that i have not seen in many people in my life. and this school, that did not permit abbie to go to the graegs, allowed her to be buried in the hershey school section of the local cemetery. thank you so much. coming up next, a food truck explosion. look at this, flames and smoke shooting up, no one was injured or killed. now police know what happened. plus, his record setting performance has people ...

>> reporter: abbies family believes the hershey school made an inhumane decision by barring her from campus on a day she had looked forward to most of her life. >> they crushed her. they did. >> reporter: we wanted to find out why the school couldnt have allowed this child at the very least say goodbye to her friend she went to school with oover nine years. we looked over 400 pages of medical records after they received them from the school. they did indicate abbie received quality care by the s...

Contributed to abbey getting very depressed. the records indicate abby frequently thought about killing herself. and that became relevant, because the hershey school has a policy that students need to be free of serious emotional and behavioral problems. in the spring of 2013, the school said abby needed to be professionally treated at a mental health institution that does cork with the school in congress junction with students. >> they told me if i did not put her in the institution she would l...

School denied her. >> in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit. >> reporter: after abbie died, a funeral was held on the school grounds. and one of her house parents who lived in her small residence hall gave the eulogy. >> her smile conveyed her compassion. she cared for others in a way that i have not seen in many people. >> reporter: and this school, which did not permit abbie to go to the graduation did permit her to be buried in the hershey school section of the local cemetery...

This. i said, are you a child care professional at all? i said what are you, a bunch of morons? >> the school did not budge. eight days after the graduation she wasnt allowed to go to, abbys step grandfather was in the house and called her name. he did not get a response. he walked up to her room and saw her in the closet. >> i said oh my god, abby, what did you do? and i was kind of waiting for an answer but i knew it wasnt going to come. >> abby was dead. she had hanged herself on the clothing...

Newspaper yesterday. in places like south carolina, in prison systems, they still segregate hiv positive prisoners. they still make them wear those white arm bans and send them far away from their family which we all know is one of the greatest things you can have is your family connection. when you send people away, you really break down their will to do better. we still see things like that. earlier in the year, the hershey school wanted to refuse admission to a young hiv man to this great sch...

from the deadline for the so-calleded fiscal cliff. the drama is building. check out what house speaker, john boehner, had to say this week. >> the white house spends three weeks of trying to develop a proposal that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes, calls for a little, not even $400 billion in cuts and they want to have this extra spending thats actually greater than the amount they are willing to cut. it was not a serious proposal. right now, we are almost nowhere. >> oh, mr. boeh...

gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what youre looking at here, gingrich holding a 15 point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucusgoers there rival mitt romney at 17%. down in south carolina, gingrich 38%. gingrich still has a lot of critics inside his own party. among the most outspoken congressman peter king. i asked him whether hes happy to see the polls. >> im really not. to give newt credit, republicans took back the ...

any chances even though barring the student, known in court papers as john doe, would seem to violate the americans with disabilities act. i spoke to the school spokeswoman earlier. in a legal document youve written the school has made an individualized assessment as required by the ada and its implementing regulations and determined that john doe would pose a direct threat. thats the language you used just now. i want to read to you from a question and answer document put out by the j...

even during unprotected sex by 96%. the school claims it cannot take any chances even though barring the student, known in court papers as john doe, would seem to violate the americans with disabilities act. i spoke to the school spokeswoman earlier. in a legal document youve written the school has made an individualized assessment as required by the ada and its implementing regulations and determined that john doe would pose a direct threat. thats the language you used just now. i wan...