he was penn state. now his school must go forward without the father figure who was bigger than life. ahead, we'll hear from a reporter who has covered the school for a generation. the markets never stop moving. of course, neither do i. solution? td ameritrade mobile trader. i can enter trades on the run. even futures and 4x. complex options, done. [ cellphone rings ] thank you. live streaming audio. advanced charts. look at that. all right here. wherever "here" happens to be. mobile trading from td ameritrade. number one in online equity trades. plus get up to $600 when you open an account. >>> welcome back. a game unlike any other in the history of the penn state football program. beginning with a collective prayer by fans and both teams kneeling on the field. >> protect the victims that -- >> concern for the eight alleged victims, ps paps former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky who is out on $100,000 bail. the child sex abuse scandal led to penn state's first game without coach joe paterno in 46

not just penn state. about what our priorities are, and making sure that we understand that our first priority is protecting our kids, and, you know, we all have a responsibility. we can't leave it to a system. we can't leave it to somebody else. each of us have to take it upon ourselves to make sure that our kids have the love and support and protection that they deserve. >> president then went on to fly to hawaii after the game. he's there hosting the apec summit, asia-pacific nations attending. a live report from hawaii coming your way at the bottom of the hour. >>> also, reaction to the penn state story, former dallas cowboys head coach and ex-oklahoma sooners head coach barry switzer talking to "the oklahoman," the newspaper, about the scandal. "having been in this profession a long time and know you how close coaching staffs are i knew this was a secret that was kept secret. everyone on that staff had to have known the ones that had been around a long time." there are more people culpable than joe p

exemption for penn state. >> drew, do we know why the president of penn state wanted this exemption that was around the time of this investigation? >> we know what graham spanier told the legislature. he was concerned, he said, about costs, about compliance, about competitive reasons for keeping records. also privacy. but i asked terry mutchler of the open record act office if she thinks the real reason was to hide a damaging investigation. here's what she said. >> i think that view would be shared by open records advocates. if you were at any of the police departments in the commonwealth, incident reports are, in fact, available under the right-to-know law. penn state, because it enjoys, along with temple, pitt, lincoln and this exception, they are not subject. >> so the exemption to release the records doesn't mean they can't just release it. isn't there anyone on that campus willing to open the records to show what they knew, who knew what and when? >> yeah. you're spot on, anderson. they could if they wanted to, but when we went to try to find those records, literally going to d

he is penn state football. and i think he's ultimately responsible for everything that goes on on his watch and as the venerable coach of that team. so the fact that this is all going on and then that's the excuse? it's appalling. that's really shocking and seems to slap right back at those victims and they get to go through this all over again, unfortunately. >> cory, it is hard to believe that in 1998, allegations by the mom was made and they're investigated by multiple different agencies, that joe paterno isn't informed of what is a potentially major threat to his program. >> yeah. it's hard to believe that joe -- i said on your program the other day, there's no reason to believe that joe did not know what was going on with the 1998 allegations. they're so similar in 2002 with another shower involved and another young boy involved. so the similarity of the two is really eerie. and you would think that they would all have learned from the 1998 incident regardless of if there were charges or not. the fact that

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he is penn state football. and i think he's ultimately responsible for everything that goes on on his watch and as the venerable coach of that team. so the fact that this is all going on and then that's the excuse? it's appalling. that's really shocking and seems to slap right back at those victims and they get to go through this all over again, unfortunately. >> cory, it is hard to believe that after the allegations with the mom was made and they were investigated by multiple different agencies that joe paterno isn't informed of what is a potentially major threat to his program. >> yeah. it's hard to believe that joe -- i said on your program the other day, there's no reason to believe that joe did not know what was going on with the 1998 allegations. they're so similar in 2002 with another shower involved and another young boy involved. so the similarity of the two is really eerie. and you would thing that thk th would all have learned from the 1998 incident regardless of if there were charges or not. the fac

>> we are -- >> penn state! >> we are -- >> penn state! >> we'll ask one student about joe paterno's abrupt firing. rmua improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno. try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first, it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. test how fast it works for you. love it, or get your money back. >>> emotions are running sky high at the penn state campus today. plenty of students are upset that the university unceremoniously fired coach joe paterno after 46 years. michael page is a meteorology major. he's one of them. he joins us from the penn state campus. michael, i appreciate your being here with us to kind of explain this. people watched the video, they saw a lot

>>> the wall of silence surrounding penn state. was the university allowed to keep secrets about a child sex abuse scandal for years? a cnn exclusive straight ahead. >>> president obama down under. arriving in australia with big changes in mind for the u.s. military. why china is watching. >>> and history for coach k. a milestone win for a legendary college coach as locked-out nba players watch from the stands. >>> and good morning to you. this is your "a.m. wake-up call" for wednesday, november 16th, from the time warner center in new york, i'm carol costello. here are this morning's top stories. a penn state assistant coach fighting back this morning, saying i stopped jerry sandusky. coach mike mcqueary reportedly e-mailing former teammates and speaking for the first time about the alleged child sex assault he says he witnessed. >>> wall street protesters allowed back into their home base at new york zuccotti park. a judge saying no more tents or generators allowed. occupy members saying it will only make their resolve stronger,

an exemption for penn state. >> drew, do we know why the president of penn state wanted this exemption that was around the time of this investigation? >> we know what graham spanier told the legislature. he was concerned, he said, about costs, about compliance, about competitive reasons for keeping records. also privacy. but i asked terry mutschler if she thinks the real reason was to hide a damaging investigation? >> i think that view would be shared by open records advocates. if you were at any of the police departments in the commonwealth, incident reports are, in fact, available under the right to know law. penn state, because it enjoys, along with temple, pitt, lincoln and this exception, they are not subject. >> so the exemption to release the records doesn't mean they can't just release it. isn't there any one on the campus willing to open the records to show what they knew, who knew what and when? >> yeah. you're spot on, anderson. they could if they wanted to, but when we went to try to find those records, literally going to detectives' homes who were involved in this, to the

we are penn state. >> let's take a live look now at the penn state campus tonight. all appears to be normal and quiet, just one week after the scandal broke, a far cry from the violence that broke out wednesday night when news broke of paterno's firing. student mobs rioted, turning over a news van, smashing car windows, newspaper boxes, and clashing with police. it was a game day unlike any other in penn state's long history. tears in the stands as generations of nittany lions fans realized an era is over and a new uncertain future awaits their once-revered program. let's take another live look at the penn state campus again where all appears to be quiet, again, one week after this scandal broke. as a matter of fact, our very own mary snow reports on the happenings on campus today. >> reporter: it was a moment not witnessed by penn state fans before. instead of charging the field, players walked out arm in arm. then silence. the moment follows the darkest chapter of penn state's history with the arrest of former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky, accused of sexua

we are penn state. >> let's take a live look now at the penn state campus tonight. all appears to be normal and quiet, just one week after the scandal broke, a far cry from the violence that broke out wednesday night when news broke of paterno's firing. student mobs rioted, turning over a news van, smashing windows, newspaper boxes and clashing with police. it was a game day unlike any other in penn state's long history. tears in the stands as generations of nittany lions' fans realized an era is over and an uncertain future awaits their once referred program. let's take another live look at the campus where all of it appears to be quiet, again, one week after the scandal broke. our very own mary snow reports on the happenings on campus today. >> reporter: it was a moment not witnessed by penn state fans before. instead of charging the field, players walked out arm in arm. then silence. the moment follows the darkest chapter of penn state's history with the arrest of former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky, accused of sexually abusing eight boyce over a decade a

she's talking about former penn state football coach jerry sandusky, once a top assistant and possible successor to the legendary joe paterno. he's now facing a 40-count indictment. the allegations detailed a nauseating 23-page grand jury report. in it, the boy whose mother you just heard from is known as victim number one. according to the grand jury document, victim number one testified that ultimately sandusky performed oral sex on him more than 20 times through 2007 and early 2008. but even though he's called victim number one, he's actually the last in a long line of alleged victims that stretches back to the 1990s. we have detailed the abuses, especially two alleged incidents, one in 1998 and one in 2002. the first, a series of fondling incidents was reported to campus and local police as well as university officials and pennsylvania's child welfare agency. ultimately, nothing more was done. the second major alleged incident was simply grotesque. in 2002, the alleged rape of a 10-year-old in a campus locker room shower. again, nothing done beyond the university barring sandusky f

much more on the penn state scandal. i will be speaking with human behavior experts about why people who saw the alleged abuse didn't do more to stop it. also ahead, what are the legal consequences for penn state and officials involved if the els prove true? legal analyst holly hughes will join us for this. this behavior may have involved some of sandusky's own children going back to the mid 1990s. interest couldn't get any worse. again, may have involved. reporter who covered that story will also be here with us and we will have that for new just a little bit. penn state has a big story here in the u.s. there's breaking news that we are following overseas. major world leader has just announced his resignation. live report two minutes away. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. ♪ plus veggie nutrition. you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on m

you have to realize he is the embodiment of penn state football and penn state stands for things other than longevity and wins which they have. joe paterno is dedicated to the experiment of football players graduating on time and he gave to the classics and was such a throwback generations were connected, perhaps penn state student today, father, were grandfather may have gone to the school. while paterno was coach, he has been there for so long. when people express this opinion, of course, it strikes at their identity. i think that's a key thing to understand. that the shouts of we are penn state were some of the most common shouts during the riots doesn't excuse the toppling over a news van. there was depth of emotion that was going on the campus that night. >> we talked about, you know, okay, paterno is gone. obviously sandusky is gone. but there's still mike mcqueary. this was the young man that came forward and told paterno about what he saw in the shower. i mean, he could still -- we haven't heard from him and don't know what will happen with him. hay could still be on the field

thanks and pray a little bit for those victims. >> we are penn state, joe. >> we are penn state. >> image of a coach so revered so at odds with the sickening details of this case. details like this from the grand jury finding of fact. quote, while in the shower sandusky approached the boy, grabbed him around the waist and said i'm going to squeeze your guts out. this allegedly happened in 1998. with ms. mother learned about it she went to the university police and confronted coach sandusky who was the defensive coordinator. the mother let campus and local police eavesdrop on two conversations she had with the coach. according to the grand jury finding, quote, she asked him if his private parts touched victim 6. sandusky replied, i don't think. maybe. later according to the finding he tells the mom, quote, i was wrong. i wish i could get forgiveness. i know i won't get it from you. i wish i were dead. the grand jury report says he admitted wrongdoing to the university police. ronald scheffler said at the time his vefx included a second child who he said he was subjected to nearly identical

you also went to penn state, graduated from penn state. what are your thoughts as things escalated like this? >> well, good morning, carol. i have to tell you, for better or worse, penn state likes to celebrate or protest when penn state beat ohio in 2008 they tore down light posts. earlier this year, for example, osama bin laden when he was killed, they took to downtown state college as well and brought their american flags anç belted out the national anthem. depending on the topic depends on how much destruction there will be in the street. i wasn't quite expecting a tv truck to be overturned tonight. >> no. we weren't expecting that either. help us understand why these students are so upset, with the accusations against joe paterno they're very serious. a lot of people say as the moral compass of the university he certainly didn't do the moral thing in the sandusky case. >> i think what it is is not so much that joe paterno is connected to the alleged child abuse case. it's not so much that joe's connected to it, it's that the focus of

she's talking about former penn state football coach jerry sandusky, once a top assistant and possible successor to the legendary joe paterno. he's now facing a 40-count indictment. the allegations detailed a nauseating 23-page grand jury report. in it, the boy whose mother you just heard from is known as victim number one. according to the grand jury document, victim number one testified that ultimately sandusky performed oral sex on him more than 20 times through 2007 and early 2008. but even though he's called victim number one, he's actually the last in a long line of alleged victims that stretches back to the 1990s. we have detailed the abuses, especially two alleged incidents, one in 1998 and one in 2002. the first, a series of fondling incidents was reported to campus and local police as well as university officials and pennsylvania's child welfare agency. ultimately, nothing more was done. the second major alleged incident was simply grotesque. in 2002, the alleged rape of a 10-year-old in a campus locker room shower. again, nothing done beyond the university barring sandusky f

here's a state from penn state. due to the ongoing legal circumstances centered around the recent allegations and charges, we have determined that today's press conference cannot be held and will not be rescheduled. calls for paterno's resignation are really starting to pile up as the public is learning more and more about the case against jerry sandusky who is accused of sexually abusing eight boys. paterno is not the target of this investigation. in fact, when a graduate assist stanlt reported seeing sandusky attacking a boy in 2002, paterno ran the information up the administrative chain like he was supposed to do but a lot of people are questioning whether he had a moral obligation to do more. paterno's boss, athletic director there at penn state, tim curley and gary schultz have resigned and are now on the on bail. paterno using their phrase yolg, could be out in days, possibly weeks. and i want to go now to the phone to michael rosenburg. paterno has been there for 46 years. quite a legacy. you heard what he s

penn state is exempt. that came as a result of a series of lobbying efforts through the house of representatives that was taking a look at rewriting pennsylvania's right to no law, which was really among the worst in the nation and, at that juncture, the president of penn state was one of the key lobbyists testifying before the house committee on, i believe it was august 7th, 2007. seeking an exemption for penn state. >> carol, we did try to reach graham spanier at his home and we did not get an answer from the former penn state president. but we know what he told the legislature when he was seeking this exemption. he wanted penn state to be exempt from the records because he needed to protect the competitiveness of the university. he was concerned about the cost of compliance and a huge bureaucracy would be built to answer questions and open those public records. looking back on it now, it has a whole different look. carol? >> thanks, drew. >>> mike mcqueary's new e-mail not withstanding. heavily criticiz

>> we will be talking about penn state, spending most of the hour there. we will go live to the campus and shocking details on the location of jerry sandusky, where he has been seen. we will be talking to a board member of the second mile foundation. that was allegedly the source of the young boys that jerry sandusky abused. one year birthday of lisa irwin the little baby missing from missouri. that is at the top of the hour. back to you, anderson. >> erin, thanks. look forward it to. >> what would you do if your iphone wasn't work something forget the genius guys at the mac store. one genius guy called 911 and called his way on to the ridiculist next. ♪ ♪ ♪ when the things that you need ♪ ♪ come at just the right speed, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ medicine that can't wait legal briefs there by eight, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ ♪ freight for you, box for me box that keeps you healthy, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ ♪ saving time, cutting stress, when you use ups ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ tonight we are adding a man who ran this to a littl

we begin tonight with major developments in the penn state child sex abuse scandal in a 360 exclusive. we're going to talk to the mental health professional who's been treating one of the alleged victims, victim number one. today his mom spoke out. >> i want justice. i want him -- i want him to be locked up. there's no -- there's no help for somebody that does this. there's -- you know, not like this. he needs to be put away. he needs to be put away for a long time. >> her identity, obviously, hidden there. that appeared on "good morning america." she's talking about former penn state football coach jerry sandusky, once a top assistant and possible successor to the legendary joe paterno. he's now facing a 40-count indictment. the allegations detailed a nauseating 23-page grand jury report. in it, the boy whose mother you just heard from is known as victim number one. according to the grand jury document, victim number one testified that ultimately sandusky performed oral sex on him more than 20 times through 2007 and early 2008. but even though he's called victim number one, he's actu

. >>> now to the penn state child molestation scandal. former football coach joe paterno's son jay is speaking out. he says his father fired after the scandal broke has had his world turned upsidedown. but he says the -- main concern should be focused on the alleged victims. >> pretty surreal, almost like the book of joeb, the perspective, one thing joe said to me throughout all of this, we have to make sure we keep focus on the victims of this whole tragedy. >> other developments involving penn state former coach joe paterno says he has been diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer. in the investigation, the ncaa which oversees college athletics is getting involved. mike galanos is live from university park, pennsylvania. mike, explain the ncaa investigation. >> at this point, they are calling it a formal review. what it means is it was a three-page letter, ncaa to penn state. at the end there were four questions the university has to answer, submit toes answers by the middle of december. let me get you a couple of highlights. one

penn state's mantra is we are penn state. now it's an identity crisis. who is penn state? what are their values? how do they bring in loyalty and compassion right now? they have to talk about the broader side of the school, which is not just football, it's education. one of the top schools is a business school, which is all around their supply chain management. it's one of the top programs. let's have conversations about how we'll heal and how this program, this is bigger than the university. >> how do you do that? you're talking about that cpr. what would you tell them? who do you target? do you make sure you're out front? how do you go about making people think differently about penn state? >> first of all it's the communication. they've got to be honest and very empathetic about the situation what's happened about the scandal itself. then this he have to step back and say what is the new message going to be? those are our biggest fans. our students, our faculty, our staff and the alumni. they have to get back in with them and say how do you tell your story. what has you

state said get away. >> if somebody at penn state did that diligence, if somebody at penn state, why count they have do that with the police? that's what everybody's thinking. if you were mag nam us in enough and to call a school and say, stay away from this guy, he's bad news, why can't you make sure that any children that were hurt after the kid in 2002 were safe, and report him to the police. >> listen to jerry sandusky's lawyer, we had a legal expert on who thinks coach sandusky is digging his hole deeper, listen to his lawyer. you spent a lot of time around the culture of sports. if you listen to this, it's a parallel universe. >> jerry sandusky is a big, overgrown kid. he's a jock. for anybody who has ever played sports you get showers after you work out. i mean when people hear he got showers with kids, my goodness, you know, he got showers with kids, that make him guilty, right? anybody who gets a shower with a kid who is an adult has to be guilty of something. but the bottom line is jock dozen that. they kid around, horse around. >> no, jocks don't do that. >> maybe the quar

he is now penn state's receivers coach. the grand jury found his account highly credible and found what he witnessed should have been reported to law enforcement and child welfare if not by mcqueary shultz, curley or many are saying joe paterno. there is breaking news from jerry sandusky's attorney jason carroll, jason? >> reporter: i spoke to him an hour ago, anderson. he is extremely frustrated. first off he disputes and his client, he says, disputes all of the allegation being made. i asked him about the case and he said he is in the infancy of building the case. trying to find witness and information that will help his client. but i really have to say, anderson he made it clear he feels as though jerry sandusky is already been tried in the court of public opinion here at penn state, being made out to be guilty before he has had a chance to prove his innocence in a court of law. anderson? >> did you ask about the grand jury testimony? >> oh, absolutely. once again, he denied all of the allegations that are made in that 2

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penn state, dozens of penn state students rallied outside coach paterno's home. that happened last night, hoping to save his job. on friday the penn state board of trustees is going to set up a special committee to investigation sandusky. prosecutors say he molested eight boys. paterno is not accused of anything illegal, but he went to university officials not to police in 2002, when a witness told him he saw sandusky sodomize a child in the athlete showers. in a statement today, paterno called the situation tragic and says in hindsight he wishes he had done more. >>> herman cain takes part in a republican debate. that's tonight. it's supposed to be about the economy. cain can't seem to get away from the allegations of sexual harassment. in a news conference, he denied the latest accusations, insisted again he never harassed anybody. >> the fact is, these anonymous allegations are false and now the democrat machine in america has brought forth a troubled woman to make false accusations. statements. many of which exceed common sense. and they certainly exceed the

we are -- >> penn state! >> we are! >> penn state! >> for his part, joe paterno called for calm and he called for everyone to respect the university, but last night, that simply did not happen. >> i take it that a lot of the students are upset that not enough attention has been put on jerry sandusky. he was charged with the sexual abuse of these boys. what's next in the legal part of this case? >> he's going to have another preliminary hearing on december 7th. he's out on $100,000 bail and a source close to the investigation has told me, as you know, he's charged with sexually assaulting eight boys, but a source close to the investigation tells me a tip line has received more than a dozen calls from people saying they, too, were sexually assaulted by sandusky, so this investigation, far from over. >> you're absolutely right. jason carroll on the scene at penn state. so, will the former head coach, joe paterno, face criminal charges and what about a flood of civil lawsuits against penn state? our senior legal analyst is stand i standin

some in penn state's athletic facilities. cnn's jason carroll is on the story in state college, pennsylvania. >> two penn state officials charged with perjury were each released on $75,000 bail. athletic director timothy curly and senior vice president gary schultz resigned in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal involving former football coach jerry sandusky. sandusky is accused of sexually abusing eight boys. the attorney general says curly and schultz failed to report one of the incidents of sexual abuse to police and lied to grand jurors. their attorneys say the charges are bogus. >> it is a distraction in this case, the charge of perjury. it is unconscionable that the attorney general's office would level such a weak case against a man of integrity like mr. curley. >> this is disappointing because rather than follow the law, the attorney generals fabricate a fiction. >> reporter: the attorney general stands by the accusations laid out in the 23-page grand jury report, which alleges sandusky used his position as a former

specifically, timothy curley, penn state's athletic director. he and gary schultz, senior vp for finance and business, took away sandusky's locker room keys and banned him from having children in the football building but never reported the incident to law enforcement or child protective services. >> their inaction likely allowed a child predator to continue to victimize children for many, many years. >> reporter: in total, sandusky faces 40 charges tied to sexual assault on eight boys. curley and schultz are charged with failing to report abuse and lying to a grand jury. longtime penn state president graham spannier is under mounting pressure to resign for his handling of the 2002 incident. and 84-year-old joe paterno announced today he'll retire at the end of the season, saying in a statement, "this is a tragedy. it is one of the great sorrows of my life. with the benefit of hindsight, i wish i had done more." >> joining us now is penn state alumnus troy craig, also corey geiger of the altoona mirror newspaper and the local espn radio station.

jason carroll at penn state. thanks. just ahead, we'll go back to penn state and get the pulse of the campus. i'm going to talk to the editor in chief of the student newspaper, the daily collegian. >>> looks like it could be another tense day on wall street as investors worry about the european debt crisis. greece's prime minister about to step down and italy's prime minister denying reports that he too is about to resign. on wall street the uncertainty is putting investors on edge. markets did open lower just over a half hour ago. they have been mostly flat ever since. dow industrials up 29 points right now. christine romans taking a look at the impact on our investments and matthew chance is looking at the concerns that italy could be the next domino to fall. christine, what's new on wall street today? >> greece has been the concern for so many weeks now and now italy financial crisis brewing in italy. for months we've been talking about pigs, portugal, ireland, italy, greece and spain. you have the italian prime minis

he is penn state. certainly they are going to be in support of him. i don't know how many read the grand jury report or anything like that. outside the walls of this school and outside of state college, obviously things change in the debate about joe pa turn know and change quickly. i saw a facebook poll on hln that said that 73% said that he should go and go now. and jason, you have been on the story, speaking to a lot of people there at penn state university. what do they say to you about the way forward and how they rebuild from this. >> well, i think this is what we're going to see here. i think we're going to have the sort of flashes of anger that paterno has been forced out but i think once that dies down, the story is going to shift to what jeffrey toobin is talking about, and that is back to jerry sandusky and his victims. isha, i spoke to a source close to the investigation that told me that the police tip line has received more than a dozen calls since tuesday from more people who say that they have been victimized by jerry sandusky. as you

he talked with some penn state players. what is he saying to you what's penn state saying? >> reporter: well, the penn state players that we spoke to don, basically tell me they feel as though paterno made the right decision for himself, the right decision for the team and they trust that he also made the right decision for the university. having said that, they still support this man. as you can imagine, they looked up to him. they felt as though he was doing a good job and i wanted to get a sense of how they felt about his coming down to them and telling them after all that he has done for the school, that to have this type of -- this type of -- this type of crisis and to have to resign after such an illustrious career. he made that announcement just around 11:00. listen to what some of the player also to say about it. >> i think that in his heart, he thinks he made the right decision and he has been doing his thing for so many years and we are not going to question any decision he makes. we have been behind him the whole time. he is doing what he believes is best for the

he is penn state. certainly they are going to be in support of him. i don't know how many read the grand jury report or anything like that. outside the walls of this school and outside of state college, obviously things change in the debate of joe paterno and change quickly. i saw a facebook poll on hln that said that 73% said that he should go and go now. and jason, you have been on the story, speaking to a lot of people there at penn state university. what do they say to you about the way forward and how they rebuild from this. >> well, i think this is what we're going to see here. i think we're going to have the sort of flashes of anger that paterno has been forced out but then i think the story will shift to jerry sandusky and his victims. isha, i spoke to a source close to the investigation that told me that the police tip line has received more than a dozen calls since tuesday from more people who say that they have been abused by jerry sandusky. that number, according to the attorney general, they expect that number to grow simply because this

this has not just been penn state. this is sort of a college enenvironment or on a professional level, that silence becomes deadly and a lot of that is steeped in the fact you're not exactly in tune or truly intimate with people around you. yes, you're close on the field, but on a co-worker level, but once you break camp and all of a sudden are out in the institution, joining the work force, you find yourself disconnected from the same group you were close to all those years. >> if you're a football coach right now on the college level, what are you telling your play jers what kind of advice are you giving them? >> well, the advice is, you have to recognize the red flags. you're around each other. you're looking out for each other and ask those tough questions and, yes, these are young men, 19, 20 years old, but the danger is, these 19 and 20-year-olds become coaches down the road. if you're taking this culture and adding to it, developing it, not really questioning it and developing it, you're going to breathe the sam

really urged the students to act to show penn state is strong. obviously a lot different from what we saw the mayhem in the streets a few nights ago. >> mike, do you know where jerry sandusky is? obviously, he posted bail. >> i talked to somebody who actually knows him and spoke to him, but this was a couple weeks ago, pre-scandal. said he saw him at the grocery store. never would have thought anything was coming down the pike. since that time, we heard he's in hiding. he's not been seen, that i know of, anyway. i'll speak for some of the sources i've talked to. >> jeff toobin. >> i don't understand why he is out on bail frankly. if you look for the standards at what judges think about, risk of flight and danger to the community. if i were jerry sandusky, i'd be looking to get out of dodge. it's a very weird world where conrad murray is detained and not allowed to go. sandusky can go anywhere he wants. he's been ordered to keep away from kids, but that doesn't have much impact. >> clearly it doesn't. let me ask you, what do think the punishment b

state. >> what a hairy night at penn state. a little after 10:00 p.m., the trustees come out with a dramatic announcement. coach joe paterno, the university president fired for their role in the child abuse scandal there. >> as we see there, word of paterno's dismissal sparked a riot at the pennsylvania campus. much of the angry directed at the media as students overturned a split truck and threw bottles and rocks at reporters for photographers. joining us to examine the coverage of the penn state tragedy and what i would call the coddling of college sports, here in washington, christine brennan, sports columnist for "usa today," and a sports commentator for abc news. and in philadelphia, buzz billinger, contributing editor for "vanity fair." buzz billinger, you wrote about this for "the daily beast," the 10-year-old boy in the shower. you used very graphic language. why? >> well, because, you know, the grand jury report, where a lot of this information comes from, is very clinical. i understand that. but i feel the terms that

this is senior day at penn state. and so it really is a reflection of both kinds of considerations. >> rodney erickson, we'll continue to monitor the q and a at the news knchs. he also said there would be increased security at tomorrow's football game. penn state hosting nebraska. the news mike mcqueary won't be participating in this became. he's been put on administrative leave with pay as you heard that going on. let's bring in erin burnett, she's been covering this story thoroughly. this charity that's been involved right at the center of all of this because of jerry sandusky, the man accused of sexually abusing these young boys. i know you've been speaking to speaking to frank o harris who is on second mile's board. give us a sense of what's going on. >> when you look at this charity, wolf, as you've been talking about, 250 high schools across pennsylvania have participated in the second mile program. franco harris is a honorary member of the board there. he's going to be on with us again tonight and really find o

he is penn state. certainly they are going to be in support of him. i don't know how many read the grand jury report or anything like that. outside the walls of this school and outside of state college, obviously things change in the debate of joe paterno and change quickly. i saw a facebook poll on hln that said that 73% said that he should go and go now. and jason, you have been on the story, speaking to a lot of people there at penn state university. what do they say to you about the way forward and how they rebuild from this. >> well, i think this is what we're going to see here. i think we're going to have the sort of flashes of anger that paterno has been forced out but then i think the story will shift to jerry sandusky and his victims. isha, i spoke to a source close to the investigation that told me that the police tip line has received more than a dozen calls since tuesday from more people who say that they have been abused by jerry san discuss ski. that number, according to the attorney general, they expect that number to grow simply becaus

now, to beth karas on campus at penn state. we know school officials today said they would authorize a vote to authorize an investigation. do we know whether a vote has taken place? do we know anything about these investigators? >> reporter: yes. the trustees met earlier today and announced the establishment of a special committee to conduct its own investigation. it's going to be headed by the education secretary. the members of the committee were not announced but comprised primarily of fact kul teas and other members of the committee. it's unclear what the power of the committee will be because it's an arm of the state that will have subpoena power so they can compel testimony as well as documents. right now you are seeing behind me a group of students have begun to sing the group's ala mater. they have just decided to do it now for us. >> if you didn't point it out, i was going to ask what the singing was. speaking of the students, we know that there is that vigil planned tonight, 9:30 eastern time. what are we expecting? i

it's really -- i mean, joe paterno and penn state, he is penn state, in pennsylvania, too. he's one of the most powerful people in the state, and with so much uncertainty surrounding the situation, it's really difficult to form an informed opinion. you know, i know on campus i've heard every different type of opinion, as sara alluded to. it's tough to figure out where you stand on it. >> because he's sump an iconic figure, but when you mention his power on campus and his power in the state is it then logical to say he is the name, the face and the responsible figure for this program? so if maybe he didn't know anything, maybe he should have? >> i mean, i think joe paterno has built penn state football to what it is today, by the same token we don't know what he knew and didn't know. that could come out in the next couple of weeks. we don't really know right now, but it's a sad time for penn state right now with the ways things are unfolding. as a student here, as a senior, saturday is my senior day, my last football game at beaver stadium. to have this hanging over the week

she is a penn state junior here. earlier in the day she said that she actually supported joe paterno and believed that he did the right thing. that she was upset with penn state president graham spanier but not joe paterno. when the rioting happened last night she sent me a message saying any pride penn state had left is now gone. that's a little sliver into what victims may be feeling now zpli want -- she also told you -- i want to take some of the comments she had made to you, sister of one of the -- one of the alleged victims you talked to and has been really upset about it because, you know, a lot of people aren't focusing on the victims. instead focusing on other things like football. as much as you shouldn't blame the football players, they should be focusing on their respect for the families and what they have been through. has the sandusky and the alleged crimes and victims here been overshadowed by the powerhouse football? >> reporter: i absolutely think the scandal overshadowed the criminal case. the crimin

we're going to head back to penn state. something is going to happen in about an hour and a half, something that hasn't happened in 46 years. they're not going to have joe paterno as their head coach when they take the field. >>> also, that man right there, he's at the center of this unfolding scandal in a way. an assistant coach who has been put on administrative leave because of his actions in this whole scandal. stay with us. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! where you book matters. expedia. but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ]

when you think of penn state alums. there are 557,000 of you and you have a common heritage that most universities don't. i went to iowa state. i will never have that common heritage that you guys do from joe paterno who was the common denominator for so long and this football program for so long, which makes it such a big story, too. people who were trusted and revered, the whole thing falls apart. how much of that is a mirage, et cetera. how do you, as this whole process goes on. we're in the beginning parts of the investigation, too. i mean, this is going to keep dragging out. how do you stay positive about your heritage at penn state? >> we stay positive by doing exactly what we do with our proud to be penn stater movement. we had this outpouring of support and people thanking us and saying, thank you for giving us an opportunity to do something good. >> the early images were of kids rioting and lots of alums like you were like, oh, please, these cannot be the images left to the world. >> that's not penn state. a se