the city. but first, the nightline n for over 60,000 california foster children nights can feel long and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don t want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train and help make a foster child s night a little cozier. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child. good evening. thank you for joining us. tonight the verdict is in after the emotional journey from campus to courtroom. a case based on hazy memories of an attack. so now the question what price will they pay? here s abc s ryan smith for our series, crime and punishment. can you explain your actions? i m just sorry. i never intended on hurting anyone. i was extremely intoxicated. reporter: he claims he can t remember what happened. i guess it was due to the affects of the alcohol. i must have blacked out. i
the city. but first, the nightline number good evening. thank you for joining us. tonight the verdict is in after the emotional journey from campus to courtroom. a case based on hazy memories of an attack. so now the question what price will they pay? here s abc s ryan smith for our series, crime and punishment. can you explain your actions? i m just sorry. i never intended on hurting anyone. i was extremely intoxicated. reporter: he claims he can t remember what happened. i guess it was due to the affects of the alcohol. i must have blacked out. i have no recollection. reporter: former students at vanderbilt university facing decades in prison for the sexual assault of another student, a 21 year old female. i remember waking up in another room. reporter: one defendant s strategy involved blaming his behavior on the crazy culture like on jersey shore. they see shows like jersey shore and think it s funny. ands they shows glorify drinking and section. they gl
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december 7th as a take a look outside from our mount tam cam. will begin this morning with news out of japan were strong earthquake jolted the northeastern part of the country. a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck in the pacific ocean around 5:18 p.m. local time. that is around midnight here in san francisco. the u. s g s says the are quick stroke about 200 mi. off the coast of japan. the epicenter was about 6 mi. beneath the seabed. buildings in tokyo s way for several minutes. there were reports of at least two people injured. pish japan s real logical at sea has with it is not rewarded for the country s northeastern coast. according to the sun on the information center. a destructive pacific wise and non is not expected. the quick off the coast of north is in japan is the same region but was hit by the masses are quick as a nominee in march to about 11. for the after known mostly sunny conditions slightly warmer highs in yesterday s. partly cloudy and cool into the even
avenue in northeast. we re told theofficer was hit while redirecting another vehicle. there s no word yet on the officer s condition. the scene has just been cleared. so far, no charges file. also tonight, a metro bus driver was taped while he appears to be reading a newspaper while behind the wheel. the transit agency says it is investigating. some riders are upset the about that. shomari stone now with the cell phone video. reporter: well, that metro bus driver was around the dupont circle route right around here. all of a sudden passengers say he pulled out a metro a newspaper like this one here, started reading it, and many of them tell me they re concerned. 31st street. reporter: disturbing video posted today on a blog catches a d.c. metro bus driver holding a newspaper in one hand, the steering wheel in another sometime during rush hour over the last two weeks. we showed it to a metro rider. that s a safety violation! come on, metro, do your job. check into