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Stand now? >> reporter: that bill, which was seen as a small victory for educators, we still don't know if it is even going to be heard in the senate today. i just got off the phone where senator pitman, who tells me that it usually requires at least 24 hours, which can take up to three days, for the new bills to be read and discussed. but, there is a special senate session going on right now. that's why you see these huge crowds behind me. who knows? they may amend senate rules to be able to discuss it because they're certainly feeling the pressure from educators right here in the state capit...

Smartest young people at the university of oklahoma you know, just kind of accepting this racism so easily as part of their upbringing. and i think we have to think about that for a minute. but i don't want to hold onto any kind of anger at him. >> but, don't young, juan, as repugnant and awful as it was, i don't think most kids are like that. i would not want to publicly start listing every stupid thing i've done in my life, especially when you're young and 18, 19 years old. you do a lot of dumb things. this is a little bit different. two things i observe one was where are the other kids? >> ...

Act of redemption, we've moved from this -- to this. today's public appearance by levy petit, the now former university of oklahoma student who was one of the students seen chanting in that video. >> let me start by saying that i'm sorry. deeply sorry. i'm so sorry for all the pain that i've caused, and i want you all to know that directly from me. although i don't deserve it, i want to ask for your forgiveness. there are no excuses for my behavior. i never thought of myself as a racist, i never considered it a possibility. but the bottom line is that the words that were said in that chant wer...

Chant were mean hateful, and racist. i knew they were wrong. but i never knew how or why they were wrong. the people i met with like senator pitman and all these leaders behind me have opened my eyes to really put me behind those words, and the impact that people have when those words are said. >> mr. petit appeared with oklahoma state senator pitman the leader of oklahoma's legislative black caucus as well as religious leaders of the naacp who said they accepted mr. petit's apology. petit and one of the other students in the video, parker rice, have left the university of oklahoma saying they...