instead, offered they are 25 cents. the 10 minute long graphic cell phone clip went viral leading to eight arrests. the position and distribution is illegal in south africa and some media organizations have seen it in the public s interests. what stood out for me was how relaxed they were, how they were candidly joking with one another and spurring each other on. police suspect the teenager that had been missing for four weeks had been turned into a sex slave. experts say a south african woman has far greater chance of being raped than learning how to read and write. this particular story has forced the nation where rape has been described by some as a young man s sport to ask itself some serious questions about what kind of a society breathes this behavior. the government ministers have taken a personal interest in the case joining the nation in calling for justice. we need to fight this that is in your community, all those doing wrong things to women. they must be bro
original, dick clark died of a heart attack at age 82, after a television career spanning 60 years, the man once known as the nation s oldest teenager created american bandstand in 1956 and started new year s rockin eve in 19272. nbc s stephanie stanton has more. reporter: the record has stopped spinning for america s oldest teenager. dick clark died at a los angeles area hospital of a massive heart attack. the 82-year-old was admitted to the hospital for an outpatient procedure a day earlier. fans visited clark s star in hollywood to pay tribute to this american icon. new year s eve is never going to be the same again. and words of praise from clark s new year s eve show successor, ryan seacrest who opened wednesday s american idle with a tribute to dick clark. he will be missed greatly. our thoughts and prayer goes out to his family. i know that he s in a better place, saying, hey, let s get on with the show, okay? you got it, boss. clark got his start as a t
administrators say student hackers broke into the school s computerized attendance system to sell cleared absences to classmates who wanted to play a little hooky. some students tardy marks were removed from school records for a fee. 50 students could be suspended. four could be expelled. a modesto, california, high school student and her former teacher are back together again. mm-hmm, tainted love. 18-year-old jordan powers had broken up with 41-year-old james hooker an unfortunate name three weeks ago. that s when he was arrested on a sex charge involving a different student about 14 years ago. powers was staying with family in ohio, but her mother says she left a few days ago and went back to hooker. in february, hooker left his wife, his kids, quit his job and moved powers into his apartment. her mom said that he called her incessantly after she had broke up with him and moved back to not moved, but you know, went to ohio to get away from him, but he just kept
shed new light. reporter: hi, thomas. as investigators try to sort out the varying stories of what happened here, at least two different versions are surfacing over the argument at this hotel n one version in the new york times an unidentified woman who says she will not be speaking to authorities claims that she was with a man she later believed was a u.s. agent. they fought over an $800 escort fee. later whittled down to $225. but in a second version, a u.s. official tells nbc news the fight was between a prostitute and two agents that she was with that night. she wanted a double fee, somewhere in the range of 60 u.s. dollars, two wildly different accounts. investigators are here from both the secret service and the military trying to sort all of this out. thomas, back to you. nbc s mark potter in colombia for us. mark, thank you. joining me now is david wilkinson, former assistant special agent in charge. dave served under presidents clinton and george w. bush. sir,
but in a second version, a u.s. official tells nbc news the fight was between a prostitute and two agents that she was with that night. she wanted a double fee, somewhere in the range of 60 u.s. dollars, two wildly different accounts. investigators are here from both the secret service and the military trying to sort all of this out. thomas, back to you. nbc s mark potter in colombia for us. mark, thank you. joining me now is david wilkinson, former assistant special agent in charge. dave served under presidents clinton and george w. bush. sir, it s great to have you here this morning. we re hearing these different reports coming out of colombia now while the investigations are going on. we have gotten confirmation about one of the agents forced out apparently now wants to sue. senator chuck grassley has gone on to tell nbc s andrea mitchell that if heads don t roll, the culture won t change. is that what needs to happen, a total cleansing of the house, so to speak, as even