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Surfacing last weekend, in the wake of all that sigma alpha epts epsilon around the country has drawn scrutiny. there are allegations of racism being investigated at louisiana tech. the university of washington are looking into allegations that racial slurs were yelled from the sae house. the sae there says it was not them. but there are questions surrounding the national fraternity right now. here at the university of oklahoma, the investigation continues. university officials say more students...

Word to use. my understanding, and i suspect to revision is that these two young men with you drew from the university and they with drew on monday morning before president borins press conference on tuesday. >> mr. jones, if youre fearing if for your life or concerned about death threats with all respects to attorneys thats not the first person that you would call when youre worried about the the personal safety. so my question is why are you here? >> i am here because i respect the board of di...

About the well being of their children and the corporation shares in that and we take the opportunity to make the concerns known to the university of oklahoma and i am sure that they will respond in an appropriate manner. second, all of us agree that the actions that lead to this matter at the university of oklahoma are inexcusable. let me be clear. theres no justification for what occurred. zero. the incident however, occurred on one of five buses. each bus had 55 seats. there are over 100 loca...

Alpha epsilon fraternity under fire for racial slurs. the university of washington investigating claims that the sae members hurled racist comments at black students during a protest march last month. the sae chapter booted off the university of oklahoma campus plans to sue the university and possibly its president, david boren. on thursday the ou football team staged a silent arm in arm protest to condemn the racist chant video that has rocked their campus. ahead well have more from ferguson ...

Base -- >> the coffers and we have to talk about that, because it happens in a lot of cities with the ticketing. >> and get the tickets up. >> you see it in the holidays and the ticketing up, and maybe it is something to explore all nationwide and who would want that job though? in ferguson? >> well someone is go ging to want it because they will feel they can go in to make a difference. >> yes, thank you, sara sidner. >> and now the coverage switches over to the racist chant. and miguel marquez...

The racist frat video at the university of oklahoma. widening tonight possibly to other schools, the president of the university of texas at austin says hes investigating rumors that the sae chapter there sang a similar chant. and the frats national leader says they are looking into reports of incidents at the other chapter. the apologies coming from the ringleaders, not expelled from school, are raising only more questions about how many people were involved. 19-year-old parker rice saying, "i ...

For its part, the school, which has come down very hard on sae and this incident, says the investigation is continuing. there may be more disciplinary actions and even more expulsions. john? christine? >> the family of another -- miguel thank you for that -- the family of another student is apologizing for his role in the video. "the oklahoma daily" student newspaper has identified the second expelled student as levi pettitte. his parents issued a statement saying, quote, he made a horrible mist...

Is here, sae will have nothing to do with the university. >> it will be interesting to see if there are any further actions taken. there was a busload of students, not just two singing. it was a lot. nick valencia working the story for us live, thank you for that. by the way, this morning, jonathan davis, if you dont know that name, hes an alumnus of the sae chapter at the university of oklahoma. he spoke to our michaela pereira on "new day." he was the first african-american to be admitted to t...

Hes really not. he compromised his morality for the liking of his friends. >> reporter: the fraternity has been kicked off campus. frat brothers must be out of this house. >> embarrassed? >> extremely. >> reporter: but students weve spoke to say they heard that chant on campus before. and william bruce james, one of only two black members in the history of this sae chapter, says the punishment fits. >> i dont consider them my brothers. i dont think they were deserving of the letters. >> reporter...

With the consequences forever. we were as shocked and saddened by this news as anyone. of course, we are sad for our son, but more importantly, we apologize to the community he has hurt. the last african-american member of the university of oklahomas sae chapter is speaking out. i spoke to william bruce james ii yesterday. he was a pledge at sae 14 years ago. he says the fraternity that appears in the video is all but unrecognizable from his years there. >> the guys in that video are not my brot...