clearly want someone held responsible for their son s death. first they sued the bus company involved. now they re suing the university. florida a & m president james ammons has resigned the day the parents of drum major robert champion added the university to a wrongful death lawsuit. they need to clean house. and that s the only way. reporter: 26-year-old champion died last november after being beaten by fellow band members during a hazing ritual on a bus called crossing bus c. now the journey begins for us to figure out how we can eradicate a culture, not just a florida problem, it s an american problem. reporter: this man went through the same ritual, walking one end of the bus to the other. he told espn s outside the lines, champion did it voluntarily. people that disrespect me, are going to respect me, i did
find out what went down inside the courtroom just a short time ago. former vermont governor and presidential candidate howard dean takes a hit during a radio interview in montreal. and when we say hit, we mean hit literally. listen. discussing geographic boundaries and talking about drawing lines there was a car, sorry. i m going to have to go. what happened? we just got hit by a car. are you okay? yeah, everybody is fine. talk about breaking news. howard dean did call back an t 20 minutes later and actually finished up the interview. talk about commitment. four major wildfires still burning out of control in arizona. and officials are bleeding with residents, get out of your homes, get out of them now, don t stop to pick things up, move it. the fires scorched 17,000 acres. and firefighters say one of the fires could still hit crown king, an historic mining town. the larchest fire has tripled in size. a family in mississippi calling for the public s help to find
few moments, but first joe johns takes a look at how edwards went from rising politician to a guy who could face decades behind bars. reporter: john edwards, the politician, remember him? we have much work to do because the truth is we still live in a country where there are two different americas. reporter: but as it turned out, mr. two americas here had two very different faces himself, and one of them wasn t very pretty. people close to him said it was the face of betrayal, betrayal of the people closest to him, his late wife elizabeth, his supporters, staffers, contributors. granded, edwards was a promising politician at first, successful democratic senator from the south. telegenic guy, rich trial lawyer, but a spokesman for the poor. smart but homegrown. talked such a good game he got picked up as john kerry s running mate in 2004. i have chosen a man who understands and defends the values of america. reporter: but it didn t work out, so next election cycle ed
attributed to multiple blows. reporter: champion was a 26-year-old drum major at florida a&m university who died after he went through a rite of passage called crossing bus c. hollis went through the same ritual beating that night walking from one end of the band s tour bus to the other and he told espn s outside the lines champion did it voluntarily. people that disrespect me, they re going to respect me because i did bus c. it was his choice? his choice. reporter: the band s high-profile leader julian white who has been suspended since then told espn he didn t know about the hazing. the bus c initiation, i heard about it after his death. reporter: the band itself hasn t played since then, and robert champion s parents say that quiet should linger. should not be on the field until they clean house. until they get it completely clean. reporter: the champions have
murder just didn t fit. his death is not linked to one sole strike but is attributed to multiple blows. reporter: champion was a 26-year-old drum major at florida a&m university who died after he went through a rite of passage called crossing bus c. hollis went through the same ritual beating that night walking from one end of the band s tour bus to the other and he told espn s outside the lines champion did it voluntarily. people that disrespect me, they re going to respect me because i did bus c. it was his choice? his choice. reporter: the band s high-profile leader julian white who has been suspended since then told espn he didn t know about the hazing. the bus c initiation, i heard about it after his death. reporter: the band itself hasn t played since then, and robert champion s parents say that quiet should linger. should not be on the field until they clean house. until they get it completely clean. reporter: the champions have already sued the bus company