can he win pennsylvania? >> i think he can. by the way, the lackawanna county second only to philadelphia last time, but in percentage of vote for the president. look, times are very tough. we have almost 10,000 people out of work in lackawanna county. across the state it's 500,000, above 520,000. these are still very tough times. what most people say to me, at home and across the state is, they don't ask you about the politics of washington or polls, they ask you one fundamental question what are you doing about jobs? what can you do to help us create jobs or at least create the conditions? one of the best ways to do that is to cut the payroll tax for -- cut it in half for employees and employers to jump start, to kick start the economy. >> the question is, can it make a difference fast enough? ronald reagan has a strugging with the economy but it was growing briskly by the time he ran for re-election. he frame the famous question, are you better off now than four years ago to beat jimmy carter. the record in lackawanna county

he says pennsylvania's attorney general isn't doing her job. he's here to explain. >>> is the 1.6 million figure correct? >> i don't know. we're back to check. >> sounds like a whole lot more than being a historian. >> explosive new details on freddie mac and the republican front-runner. newt gingrich is spinning harder than ever. >> well, look, i was speaker of the house and a strategic adviser. ç >>> and karl rove loses his cool on the 99% protesters. >> you can go ahead and stand in line and have the courage to ask any damn question you want, or you can continue to show that you are a buffoon. >> we'll show you the tape. >>> good evening, folks. good to have you with us tonight. jerry sandusky's interview with nbc brought unintended consequences. the alleged victims are more determined than ever to pursue charges against him. a lawyer representing one of the victims has gone on record saying "mr. sandusky suggested in some of his comments about the victims that maybe people were backing off." "my client heard that and has dug in his heels.

michael isakoff, nbc news, state college, pennsylvania. >> and a program note. tomorrow morning on "meet the press "more of the penn state scandal, pennsylvania governor tom corbett will be among david gregory's guests. >>> the prime minister of italy silvio berlusconi is out, handing in his resignation late today to that country's president. after years of scandal it was ultimately an economic crisis that brought him down. our chief correspondent richard engle is in rome tonight. >> reporter: buffoon, crowds shouted tonight in front of the presidential palace in rome. and mafioso. the demonstrators hope their insults would reach inside the palace as silvio berlusconi handed in his resignation. when word came that deed was done and berlusconi was out they sang, danced, and toasted the end of the political career of a man many considered an embarrassment. >> reporter: berlusconi has just stepped down as italy's prime minister. and tonight thousands are saying good riddance. >> we're happy because we want a leader who is serious, who represents us. >> reporter: be

he says pennsylvania's attorney general isn't doing her job. he's here to explain. >>> is the $1.6 million figure correct? >> i don't know. we're going back to check. >> sounds like a whole lot moreç than being a historian. >> explosive new details on freddie mac and the republican front-runner. newt gingrich is spinning harder than ever. >> well, look, i was speaker of the house and a strategic adviser. >>> and karl rove loses his cool on the 99% protesters. >> you can go ahead and stand in line and have the courage to ask any damn question you want, or you can continue to show that you are a buffoon. >> we'll show you the tape. >>> good evening, folks. good to have you with us tonight. jerry sandusky's interview with nbc brought unintended consequences. the alleged victims are more determined than ever to pursue charges against him. a lawyer representing one of the victims has gone on record saying "mr. sandusky suggested in some of his comments about the victims that maybe people were backing off." "my client heard that and has dug in his h

he says pennsylvania's attorney general isn't doing her job. he's here to explain. >>> is the 1.6 million figure correct? >> i don't know. we're back to check. >> sounds like a whole lot more than being a historian. >> explosive new details on freddie mac and the republican front-runner. newt gingrich is spinning harder than ever. >> well, look, i was speaker of the house and a strategic adviser. >>> and karl rove loses his cool on the 99% protesters. >> you can go ahead and stand in line and have the courage to ask any damn question you want, or you can continue to show that you are a buffoon. >> we'll show you the tape. >>> good evening, folks. good to have you with us tonight. jerry sandusky'sç interview wi nbc brought unintended consequences. the alleged victims are more determined than ever to pursue charges against him. a lawyer representing one of the victims has gone on record saying "mr. sandusky suggested in some of his comments about the victims that maybe people were backing off." "my client heard that and has dug in his heels. he

michael isakoff, nbc news, state college, pennsylvania. >> and a program note. tomorrow morning on "meet the press "more of the penn state scandal, pennsylvania governor tom corbett will be among david gregory's guests >>> the prime minister of italy silvio berlusconi is out. handing in his resignation late today. after years of scandal it was ultimately an economic crisis that brought him down. our chief correspondent richard engle is in rome tonight. >> reporter: buffoon, crowds shouted tonight in front of the presidential pal as in rome. -- palace in rome. and mafioso. the demonstrators hope their insults would reach inside the palace as silvio berlusconi handed in his rehis resignation. when word came that deed was done and berlusconi was out they sang, danced, and toasted the end of the political career of a man many considered an embarrassment. >> reporter: berlusconi has just stepped down as italy's prime minister. and tonight thousands are saying good riddance. >> we're happy because we want a leader who is serious, who represents us. >> reporter: berlus

and pennsylvania's real battleground will be the suburbs of pennsylvania. of philadelphia. it is mainly moderate republicans, although there are a lot of democrats there. the president did extremely well with his independent, his ability to show leadership. but also with that republican flavor there that i think you're going to see the real battleground if mitt romney is the nominee. this will be a nail biter if mitt romney is his opponent. >> a nail biter indeed. joe sestak of pennsylvania, thank you. >>> next, top lines just in time for the holidays. >>> students use i-pads. they hand in assignments through e-mail. an internal website let's teachers keep track of class projects. one more gift... [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] if you're giving an amazing gift, shouldn't it be given in an amazing way? ♪ ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer for exclusive lease offers on the 2012 es 350 and, as a gift from lexus, we'll make your first month's payment. ♪ it's nice to be here ♪ it's nice to see you in my

so is pennsylvania doing something wrong? >> well, pennsylvania has outstanding law enforcement. we work with pennsylvania law enforcement every day. but you can't investigate, you can't prosecute these cases if you don't learn about them. i think strengthening pennsylvania's mandatory reporting law is really important, and it's important for every pennsylvania citizen to view themselves as a reporter. >> and sunny, is there also -- i don't know what the right word for it is here, but there is a culture here about this legendary program. it's a legendary iconic institution on campus, and now we hear the judge, who let jerry sandusky out on bail, does not disclose to anybody in advance she was involved with his charity. prosecutors object, and the judge still doesn't say, well, i might have a potential conflict here. it leads me to think that there's some culture here that we need more than new laws. we need to crack the culture. >> oh, there's no question about it. it's extraordinary. and i have the bond document here. it is extraordinary, john, that jerry sandusky was allowed ba

they're not required by law to report that in pennsylvania? >> chris, as disgusting as it is, and as heinous as it is, you do not have an affirmative duty, unless you operate under the mandated child reporting laws, you do not have a legal obligation to report that crime. now, obviously, almost every crime arises out of a moral obligation. i can't imagine any adult, any man, who would walk away from that child, witnessing an involuntary deviate sexual intercourse act -- >> of course it's involuntary, the kid's 8 years old, having sex -- i mean -- let's talk about this in terms of behavior. i said when you join an organization, you better join it with your own moral compass established, because otherwise you'll get your morals from the damned organization, whose all values are aimed at protecting that organization. whether it's the u.s. congress or penn state football. all these people, including that young guy, mcqueary, should have known day one, second one, i just saw something deeply wrong. i'm going to report it to the cops. i don't want t

who is the best opponent in pennsylvania for him to run against? can you call that one. >> well, michele bachmann, but you're not talking about michele. >> come on. >> she's my choice. >> okay. we don't want to take a chance on the other two. >> i'd rather run against newt than mitt romney because mitt romney does exude an air of competence, run things well, like the olympics, et cetera, and that's the issue, and he's got a business background. if mitt romney can sell the american people his initial message, barack obama is a nice guy, he has the right ideas, he just can't make it work, that's -- that's mitt romney's best pitch, and that -- >> okay, let's go with that. let's go with that. just one second here. if you were president, is there any way you could sell the idea of putting people to work like roosevelt did? these times are stuck at 9%. >> sure. >> you and i know we're in the getting to 8 next november or next five years. we're stuck up around 10%. it may bubble up again. don't we need aggressive, what you might call radical action, to pu

go for pennsylvania. they should get it. this is the right climate and environment for them to be able to say look you are upset about the jobs. you are unhappy. a bad disapproval rating. >> bob: but if you taker rick's generic and put in either romney or gingrich and have them campaign in the valley and newt will have them so confused, guns, church and whiskey. romney will have them bored to death. >> dana: i want to bring up substance of the president obama speech today. payroll tax cut, greg. one thing he said is the joint speech to congress in december, every part of my jobs bill will be paid for. now the white house is signaling it might not be paid for. the democrats think the republicans have them in a bind. >> greg: this is a political maneuver, part of the class war fair thing. but they aren't fighting the payroll tax. a ruse. not much of a debate. the idea of him appealing to the borking class, he put off the xl pipeline and put the environmentalists before the working class. >> kimberly: he is a job killer. >> bob

from state college, pennsylvania, here is john roberts. >> in early november, a pennsylvania grand jury handed down a report detailing monsterrous child sex abuse charges against former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. two administration highers up charged with perjury and failing to report what sandusky allegedly did. it sent shockwaves across the united states. the motto for penn state athletics is success with honor and for decades the nittany lions lived up to that ideal. now, that hard born reputation is tan initialed. worst, many young men may be suffering from sex crimes committed against them here. it raises a fundamental question who can you trust. fox news reporting has been investigating, questioning, trying to make sense out of the confusion, anger and disbelief. we have learned that the bomb shell charges are just the beginning. we begin with the latest in the shell shocked penn state community. in the wake of the 40 count child sex abuse indictment against former nittany lion defensive coordinator jerry sandusky, the second mile foundation the pennsylvan

from state college, pennsylvania, here is john roberts. >> in early november, a pennsylvania grand jury handed down a report detailing monsterrous child sex abuse charges against former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. two administration highers up charged with perjury and failing to report what sandusky allegedly did. it sent shockwaves across the united states. the motto for penn state athletics is success with honor and for decades the nittany lions lived up to that ideal. now, that hard born reputation is tan initialed. worst, many young men may be suffering from sex crimes committed against them here. it raises a fundamental question who can you trust. fox news reporting has been investigating, questioning, trying to make sense out of the confusion, anger and disbelief. we have learned that the bomb shell charges are just the beginning. we begin with the latest in the shell shocked penn state community. in the wake of the 40 count child sex abuse indictment against former nittany lion defensive coordinator jerry sandusky, the second mile foundation the pennsylvan

from state college, pennsylvania, here is john roberts. >> in early november, a pennsylvania grand jury handed down a report detailing monsterrous child sex abuse charges against former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. two administration highers up charged with perjury and failing to report what sandusky allegedly did. it sent shockwaves across the united states. the motto for penn state athletics is success with honor and for decades the nittany lions lived up to that ideal. now, that hard born reputation is tan initialed. worst, many young men may be suffering from sex crimes committed against them here. it raises a fundamental question who can you trust. fox news reporting has been investigating, questioning, trying to make sense out of the confusion, anger and disbelief. we have learned that the bomb shell charges are just the beginning. we begin with the latest in the shell shocked penn state community. in the wake of the 40 count child sex abuse indictment against former nittany lion defensive coordinator jerry sandusky, the second mile foundation the pennsylvan

mary snow, cnn, state college pennsylvania. >> we're going to continue to follow this. there's a lot more to learn still ahead. let's check in on some other stories. >> isha is back with a 360 bulletin. >> president obama marked veterans day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at the arlington national cemetery. in his remarks he noted with the wars in afghanistan and iraq winding down, this holiday season will be one of homecomings. he also urged americans to hire returning vets. >>> mexico's interior minister died in a helicopter crash today south of mexico city. the crash killed seven other people. there were no survivors. the cause of the crash is being investigated. >>> the greek government has a new leader tonight. economist lucas papademos has been formally sworn in as interim prime minister. one of his first orders of business is the controversial >> i was lifting, you know, chairs out of the way, broken glass, other sanitary items i don't want to get into, but it was horrific, to say the least. >> well, better to sift through the garbage dump than be

they're not required by law to report that in pennsylvania? >> chris, as disgusting as it is, and as heinous as it is, you do not have an affirmative duty, unless you operate under the n mandated child reporting laws, you do not have a legal obligation to report that crime. now, obviously, almost every crime arises out of a moral obligation. i can't imagine any adult, any man, who would walk away from that child, witnessing an involuntary deviate sexual intercourse act -- >> of course it's involuntary, the kid's 8 years old, having sex -- i mean -- let's talk about this in terms of behavior. i said when you join an organization, you better join it with your own moral compass established, because otherwise you'll get your morals from the organization, whose morals are aimed at protecting that organization. all these people, including that young guy, mcqueary, should have known day one, second one, i just saw something deeply wrong. i'm going to report it to the cops. i don't want to know what the coach thinks, what paterno might think, what my

president obama knows that pennsylvania will be a key state for him. he knows that he needs to up his vote with college educated whites because he is going to lose noncollege educated whites. republicans did very well in the 2010 mid terms with college educated whites. if that number grows for republicans, that means that's a dem graphic challenge to the president when he is trying to put together a coalition to win next year. it means he is under pressure to win well more than 80% of the nonwhite vote. this is something he is trying to do, to win over swing voters in that one bracket of college educated whites. he knows he is going to lose the noncollege educated whites. it will make worse off with protecting the rich and their tax breaks and they're not fighting for the middle class. >> let me bring you in. how then, as they are referred to as noncollege educated whites relay to mitt romney who by critics say call them the 1%. that he's changed on social issues and a number of other issues important to the people in that state. and you've got newt gi

freezing up towards the pennsylvania line. upper 20's in southern pennsylvania. 30 and parkton. 29 in taneytown. lots of sunshine in the forecast. we'll make it up to 48 this afternoon. we'll come back and check the forecast for the rest of the weekend. >> the loss angeles police department has reopened its investigation into natalie wood 's death. homicide detectives say they have received new information and will hold a news conference later today about the case. drowned. police in new york or reviewing allegations of sexual molestation against a longtime assistant. two former players report that coach bernie fine sexually assaulted them for years. he has been placed on administrative leave. >> charges have been filed against the men attempted to assassinate president obama. allegedly fired shots at the white house and appeared in federal court in pittsburgh. the judge ordered he be held without bail. he faces a maximum penalty of life without parole. >> 34 degrees on tv hill. you may want to check your cabinets. the latest

pennsylvania needs to get done very soon. if he's campaigning in pennsylvania late next year, he's lost the election. >> is he taking it to the republicans today? >> as best he can. i mean, he has a weak hand to play here. i mean, there is -- >> there's still a deal to be done. >> there is still a deal to be done. he can't raise his hand and say, we've won. so -- >> but he should win on this. this is where -- republicans are scrambling. they put themselves in the corner. you don't want to be the party that says, you know -- >> right at christmastime. >> they're trying to figure out -- >> people will make $1,000 less -- >> the question we move on to is unemployment extension, but i don't think that will get through, even though that's stimulative measure. you cut off unemployment around christmastime? republicans are in a bind here. they have the weaker hand to play politically on these particular spending taxation arguments and obama needs to hit them hard and that's what he'll do. i think fairly successfully. >> and you wond

today, the president flew to pennsylvania to press the case. more on that from chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell. >> reporter: scott, president obama is using this payroll tax cut issue to frame the debate before next year's election and to try and paint republicans as the party that will protect the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. today, the president made his eighth visit this year to pennsylvania, a state indispensable to his reelection bid, and slammed republicans for opposing parts of his jobs plan. >> i mean, what happened? republicans said they're the party of tax cuts. that's what they said. a lot of them have sworn an oath to never raise taxes on anybody as long as they live. that doesn't square with their vote against these tax cuts. >> reporter: but republicans do support extending the payroll tax cuts. what they oppose is paying for them with a new tax hike on people making more than $1 million a year. >> are you willing to fight as hard for middle-class families as you do for those who are most fortunate?

mary snow, cnn, state college pennsylvania. >> we're going to continue to follow this. there's a lot more to learn still ahead. let's check in on some other stories. >> isha is back with a 360 bulletin. >> president obama marked veterans day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at the arlington national cemetery. in his remarks he noted with the wars in afghanistan and iraq winding down, this holiday season will be one of homecomings. he also urged americans to hire returning vets. >>> mexico's interior minister died in a helicopter crash today south of mexico city. the crash killed seven other people. there were no survivors. the cause of the crash is being investigated. >>> the greek government has a new leader tonight. economist lucas papademos has been formally sworn in as interim prime minister. one of his first orders of business is the controversial bailout package european leaders agreed to last month. >>> wall street ends the week on an up note. the dow rallied for a second day closing up 260 points. anderson, listen to this, a florida man had to sift

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oscar ortega was found at a hotel in pennsylvania. two bullets were found on the white house grounds. one of the rounds was lodged in glass behind a historic window. >>> a penn state assistant coach who is a key witness in the child sex abuse scandal. he witnessed jerry sandusky assaulting a young boy in a shower on campus, but never reported it. in an e-mail sent to a former classmate, she says he stopped the sexual assault and did tell police. police have not commented on the e-mail. >>> stocks closed down sharply. the close comes after a report by fitch ratings saying u.s. banks could take a hit if europe's debt crisis continues to spread. the dow fell 190 points. nasdaq off 46 and s&p 500 ended 20 points lower. >>> they were told to pack up their tents and go. occupy wall street protesters aren't ready to leave their campgrounds for good, that is without a fight. >> the movement spread across the country. michelle franzen has more on another wave of riots expected tomorrow. >> reporter: it is the birthplace of the occupy movement.

> pennsylvania is a wonderful agricultural state. actually 30% of the state is considered agricultural land. and that's represented on the state seal, and the state seal is featured on the flag. there are corn stalks, there are sheaves of wheat, there are plows, and then, above all, this is a ship, and that's meant to represent the importance of philadelphia as a port city. >> the flag's blue background represents loyalty and justice. it's the same color blue found on the american flag, which originated in pennsylvania. >> well, june 14th is flag day in the united states, and that's because in 1777, the continental congress met in philadelphia, and that's when they accepted the first-ever american flag. >> the declaration ofan flag. independence and the constitution were also written in pennsylvania. despite these contributions to our federal system, pennsylvanians did not want any government to have unlimited powers over their state. so emblazoned across their state flag for all to see is the motto, "virtue, liberty, and independenc

debido al escÁndo que le afecta la universidad de pennsylvania pensÓ que su equipo de fÚtbol programado para maÑana sÁbado per finalmente decidiÓ no hacerlo. el escÁndalo por abuso sexual de menores. >> el presidente barack ama dijo que la historia rompen el corazÓn, y que hay que pensar en las vÍctimas. este es un momento para reflexionar y buscarÁ al interior. esta prioridad debe ser proteger a los niÑos, todos tenemos esa responsabilidad. la madre de uno de los niÑos de 11 aÑos que puestamente fueÍctima de abuso sexual por parte del ex entrenad de fÚtbol de la universidad estatal de pennsylvania, al menos en 20 ocasiones rompiÓ su silencio. ella asegura que su hijo se sintiÓ impotente frente a la presiÓn de satoski. mi hijo me dijo que no sabÍa quÉ hacer y que no le podÍa decir que no a satoski, yo sÓlo quiero que lo hicieran por largo tiempo. no existe ayuda para quitarse algo tan tarde como esto. algunos opinan que mcgory debÍa ser detenido. maÑana el equipo de fÚtbol de la universidad de pennsylvania con que cuenta de seis aÑos sin el entrenador joey paterno

the analysts say pennsylvania is a crucial battleground for the re-election bid and he carried pennsylvania in 2008 but this year republicans swept the midterms there and the analysts say that put democrats on notice. with us is fox news political analyst, juan williams joining us on wednesday's for wednesday's with juan. pennsylvania in play or is it done? >>juan: in play. this is the eighth visit there this year. it tells you a lot. look at the indicators, they started youth initiative for the obama campaign in fill. they are worried about the white working class voters throughout the rust belt region. so we are talking pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, wisconsin, minnesota. but they are helped by the demographic shifts and they know they have to win pennsylvania, with 20 electoral votes winning last time with 55 percent of the vote but as you pointed out, the republicans new criminal the governor's seat, the legislature, they won five congressional seats and the trends have to be reversed if the obama campaign is to count on the 20 electoral votes. >>shepard: look what happens with the dow j