and hopefully have things working very soon. the mystery of the elephants because, chri i know you were wondering. the statues appeared in columbus circ circle. >> they're quite nice. >> one at each entrance to the circle, but it turns out this famous artist from connecticut decided to donate these statues to the city of new york. there are these animal circles from columbus circle to harlem and supposed to draw the city together. >> let's go take a little walk out after the show. >> it's nothing when the elephant has nuthing to do with politics, just about art. >> my friends and i are going for a walk. >> thank you so much. you guys are in a moment of kumbiah. happy friday. happy thursday. thanks, guys. the top of the hour, 9:00

a.m. you know what, the end of an era at penn state. the nittany lions have lost their coach of five decades, a university president has been fired and a sex scandal has rocked the campus and this country. last night you saw the students protesting on campus, in town and right in front of joe paterno's home. >> hey, look, get a good night's sleep. all right. study, all right. we still got things to do. all right. i'm out it maybe now. thanks. pray a little bit for those victims. >> coach. >> you are a legend, joe! >> penn state! >> pray a little bit for those victims. jason carroll in state college, pennsylvania. so, let's talk about how the

board acted so swiftly and why do you think it did so? >> well, i think if you were to listen to the vice chairman of the board that said wednesday was the first time, kyra, that the board really had a chance to sit down and deliberate the entire issue, the board basically saying that they thought in order to have coach paterno out there coaching that game this weekend against nebraska would have furthered damaged the university. this, again, according to the board of trustees. they wanted to move the university in the right direction. and, so, that's why the decision was made. i know from a lot of people on the outside it probably feels as though it was maybe made at the last minute or at the last hour, but, actually, according to the board, they said they needed an opportunity to have everyone sit down and really go over this issue. >> and, jason, do we at any time expect to hear from joe paterno? i mean, we've seen, we saw the student video there, actually.

one of the young reporters at the newspaper get that sound from him. he's at his doorstep with his wife. but will we hear anything formal from him? >> well, you know, kyra, i know you've been following along with us all week. at one point there was supposed to be a press conference earlier in the week. that press conference was canceled and then paterno spoke from his own home. in order to get to know this man, you have to know that paterno is the type of character that speaks when he wants to. and he doesn't listen to what a lot of people have to say. if the man wants to speak, he's going to do it. last night he did come out in front of his home and telling the number of people who gathered there that he was very disappointed about the decision, but he had to live with it. what else was he going to do? basically anyone's guess if joe paterno decides to come out and speak again. perhaps after seeing what took place last night, the rioting, and the protests out here in the streets and the turning over of a news van. this is exactly the opposite of

what joe paterno had asked for. he had asked everyone who cared about what was going on to remain calm, to respect the university. so, perhaps today he will come out and say something. but the only person who knows that right now is joe paterno. >> all right, jason carroll for us there at penn state. i was just seeing there's another side to this story that we've been wanting to talk about and that's the victims. those young boys. university students have not forgotten them amidst all these protests. we're actually going to talk to the student body president in just about ten minutes and he's going to talk specifically about how he feels the media isn't portraying the entire story and that there are dozens and dozens of students that are more upset about the victims in this case than the football program. all right, let's turn now to the republican presidential debate and what may be the internet's single most watched video of the day. for nearly a minute, one-time

frontrunner rick perry stammered and squirmed as he tried to remember his own plan to shrink government. here it is. >> the third agency of government i would do away with the education, the -- commerce. and let's see -- i can't. the third one i can't. sorry. oops. >> wow. ouch. jim acosta is in rochester, michigan. jim, how does perry's campaign even recover from this? >> well, it's going to be tough, kyra. i mean, whether you call this the michigan meltdown or the texas train wreck. this moment that rick perry had had last night is going to go down in u.s. presidential history. at least recent u.s. presidential history as something that is right up there with admiral stockdale who am i? why am i here. one of those classic debate moments. and earlier this morning,

governor perry was trying to contain the damage. doing the morning talk shows. directing his supporters to his website, asking them to pick the department of the federal government they would like to forget most. and earlier today on "american morning," he was asked, you know, is there any way he could continue his campaign and the governor said, yes, he will carry on. >> i may not be the best debater, the slickest politician on that stage, but what they do know about me is that for ten years i've been the chief executive officer of the state that created more jobs than any other state in the nation while america lost 2.5 million. what they're looking for is substance, not necessarily the slickest debaters. >> and governor perry has event scheduled in south carolina this weekend. that's where he says he will be next. but if there's a winner from last night's debate, kyra, it may be herman cain. he has been facing these acuzags of sexual harassment for more

than a week now and he was asked about this briefly during the debate last night and it is an indication that perhaps republican voters are going to cut herman cain a break, at least for a little while now, unless more evidence comes out that might complicate his efforts to move beyond that. kyra? >> okay, jim acosta, we'll talk more about the debate throughout the morning. going into the debate, the bullseye appeared to be on herman cain and the sexual allegations that were dogging his entire campaign. mark preston is in washington. mark, what do you think? how did cain actually happened the topic last night? >> he did pretty well. the fact of the matter is we knew the question was going to be asked. when the question was asked of mr. cain about character, the issue of character and what american voters are looking for, this is what he had to say. >> i value my character and my

integrity more than anything else and for every one person that comes forward with the false accusation, there are thousands who would say none of that sort of activity every came from herman cain. >> and there you have herman cain really taking that question head on. now, the most important part of the whole question about his character was the reaction from the audience, kyra. there were boos. the fact of the matter is, when the cnbc moderator asked that question, people in the audience booed. so, as jim has just said, he seems to be getting a break. rick perry flubbing last night really has provided herman cain a little bit of distance right now, but the fact of the matter is, herman cain is still very much in trouble as we have several women who have said that he has sexually harassed them. kyra? >> mark, thanks. we'll dig deeper into the debate. just about 20 minutes with cnbc moderator john harwood.

he was right there in the middle of two of the nights's most memorable moments. he'll talk with me live coming up in just about 20 minutes. the bottom of the hour, as you know, the opening bell will ring on wall street and all eyes on the potential reboubd from yesterday's big selloff. the dow lost nearly 400 points, but today the focus is on new jobless figures that are better than expected. alison kosik has more for us. how are things looking? >> kyra, things are looking a whole lot brighter than they did yesterday around this time. dow futures up 100 points and expect those bargain hunters to be out. they're going to pick up the beaten down stocks from yesterday. also new things are helping to move the market forward. we're hearing some talk of an emergency bank meeting on how to deal with the european bank crisis. they will continue to persist today. we also got some nice u.s. job market numbers. a nice surprise here. new jobless claims unexpectedly fell last week. it means we're seeing fewer

people being laid off. those numbers came in at 390,000 last week. that is the lowest in seven months. typically, if you see that number drop below 400,000 it shows, hey, there is some hiring going on. it looks like, kyra, the jobs market could be getting some traction. kyra? >> that is some good news. thanks so much, alison. in london james murdoch is back in the news making his second appearance before the parliament. cnn's max fostser following all the testimony for us from london. good morning, max. >> gohi, kyra. what james murdoch is saying that he accepts that news hacking took place, but what crucially he is saying is that he wasn't aware of it. he actually disputed previous evidence from his former lawyers before the same committee in parliament saying that he did know. that is the big development today. but it's very, very uncomfortable viewing him places, kyra. i have to say, he's being really

grilled. get a sense of it from this sound bite. you'll hear a question from tom watson, one of the lawmakers on the committee asking a question of james murdoch. >> you must be the first boss in history, he didn't know he was running a criminal enterprise. >> mr. watson, please, i think that's inappropriate. >> really tough stuff, kyra. tom watson was spied on by the news of the world saying there is history there, but an interesting hearing. >> yes, indeed. tom watson is definitely one to watch. he always seems to be the one that creates the headlines for sure. we'll pay close attention to the testimony with you, max. thanks so much. there ais more to the penn state scandal than the firing of joe paterno. students are outrageds, but you may be surprised why. i'll talk to the student body president coming up next. and a storm as powerful as a category 3 hurricane is pounding alaska. we're going to get the latest as we check news across the country. .. ...got promoted to director? so 12 seconds ago.

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let's take a look at the news across country now. one of the biggest storms in 40 years is slamming western alaska. some areas are experiencing whiteout conditions and ten-foot waves. hurricane force winds are topping 80 miles an hour now. in california, police in riot gear ordered a group protesting tuition hikes to take down tents on the berkeley campus last night. the students formed a human chain by linking arms and police using their batons shoved forward to reach the campus. there were several arrests. and the national archives will release new richard nixon files soon. including transcripts of the

former president's grand testimony given a year after he resigned because of the watergate scandal. the media is talking a lot about the end of the joe paterno era at penn state and students say there's so much more to the story. some say they not only want to know more, they want to do more about the alleged victims of the sex abuse scandal. t.j. bard is the undergraduate student body president at penn state. t.j., i had a chance to talk to you this morning and i said to you, look, all this support for the football program and joe paterno and what about the victims and you said, well, actually, there's been a really big shift on this campus. tell me about it. >> yeah, i think a lot of students are realizing that due to the national media coverage, there's been a huge oversight of the victims and their families in all of this and i think students are starting to get very, very frustrated that this is more than about a football program or a coach. this is about the victims and

finding justice for them at the end of the day and the students have started to plan programs. this friday we're doing a candlelight vigil to honor and remember the victims and just widespread sexual abuse. i know saturday was supposed to be a whiteout and a huge thing for the penn state student body to support and the students rallied to get it to a blue out to raise awareness for child and sexual abuse. >> what is the perception there on campus? what we're seeing are these protests and rallies out in front of joe paterno's house and people high fiving him and trying to hug him and yelling out, we're for you, coach. so, that's what most of america is seeing, t.j. so, if you were to look at, we're looking actually at the video from paterno's house with everybody cheering and their hands up in the air. are you telling me there are students in there that are extremely upset with joe paterno

and see a different side to this? >> absolutely do. i think the emotions kind of run the gamut in terms of joe paterno. i think the university officials in general, i think a lot of students, obviously, are in support of joe paterno, but i think a lot of students are realizing there may be more to this story than we realize. at the end of the day, fundamentally what matters most is they can truly find some closure after all of this. where is jerry sandusky in all of this? why is there so much focus on joe paterno? why are people not pursuing jerry sandusky. he really created these heinous crimes at the end of the day. >> saturday's game. what does that mean to you? what does that mean to this student body? you talked about even the vigil that is going to happen for the victims in this sex abuse scandal. tell me, could this be a chance for everybody to unite in a different fashion? >> exactly.

i'm asking the student body here at penn state to truly remember the valus and the core honor that is surrounding this university fundamentally. and i ask that we go out on saturday and we not just support our university, but we support those students that are out there on the field. truly, truly fighting for this university at this point and it's not about a football program. it's not about a coach. it's really about those guys on the field and moving forward as a university and as a student body. i really feel like this saturday is a crucial point for this student body to be able to move forward, unite together and really remember the pride that is in penn state. >> i'm so glad we tracked you down this morning because you give a different perspective to this and we really appreciate it, t.j., thanks. >> thank you so much. >> you bet. tallying up the financial fallout from the penn state scandal could cost the university millions of dollars. we're going to go to the new

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camilla says she does not want to be queen. it's all in a british report and our max foster is all over it. what's the deal, max? >> she's been speaking, well, her aides have been speaking to the newspaper, kyra. this is the deal. at the moment, it's all about formality and titles, really. at the moment she is married to

the prince of wales but due to sensitivities of princess diana she doesn't use it. she uses the duchess as a title. but when charles eventually becomes king, she will automatically become queen and there's some concern that that is going to create all sorts of sense sieveties around diana, as well. she's suggesting a title of princess consult. so, the british parliament will have to change the law to allow her not to be queen. so, whether or not it happens, we don't know. this shadow of diana still hangs over camilla. >> wow, it's interesting. seems like a lot of changes going on within old royal rules. this is the second one we've been talking about in just a couple of weeks. we're also expecting some news on william this afternoon, right? >> yes, prince william. he is a search and rescue pillet and expecting it to be announced that he will be send to the island for six weeks next year.

he will get a posting there that will be made formally his announcement later on. quite interesting. a particular island where the base is, it's particularly bleak, let's say. there's not much there apart from a very small military base. so, it's going to be a completely different lifestyle from living in palaces. living in a small room, a single bed of water. that's pretty much it from what we can understand. more details, kyra, this afternoon, though. i am sure you're desperate to hear them. >> look, we were up on will and kate's new apartment, okay, we got to stay up on all the various digs from home to military life. you know, people want to know. people want the royals. thank you, max. all right, well, okay. you know, the child abuse scandal is rocking penn state university and it could cost the college some pretty big bucks. alison kosik has been following that ang tool the story. so, let's talk about how it could affect the university's

bottom line, alison? >> this is no doubt going to take a financial toll on the universities. some companies and big donors may not want it be associated with penn state at this point. think of big universities like penn state as big corporations where image and reputation is everything. one analyst says penn state's brand has been forever tarnished. what does that mean? it means it could hit their fund-raising. penn state used paterno for fund-raising. he was a big draw to bring in a lot of money to the university. sponsorship deals. they could take a hit, as well. companies may not want to be associated with penn. it could also affect their ability to recruit top players. this is really important because penn state is one of the most lucrative teams in the country. this team brings in $15 million a year, second in the country behind the university of texas. but, of course, kyra, i have to say this. nothing compares to the damage to the alleged victims. kyra? >> indeed. wall street expecting a bit of a rebound from yesterday, right? >> yes.

and you know what, a rebound is pretty typical after a huge selloff that we saw yesterday. but it doesn't mean it's going to stick. however, we are hearing that there's talk of an emergency meeting that the european central bank could be holding, but so far it's just a rumor. you know what, europe is still a mess, although you're going to see a lot of bargain hunters out once the bell rings in about five minutes. kyra? >> alison, thanks. all right, coming up -- >> commerce, education and t the -- what's the third one there? let's see. >> it's been called the most devastating moment of any modern primary debate. that's a quote. we're going to dig into rick perry's brain freeze and other big moments with cnbc moderator john harwood. and u.s. troops killed in combat. their homecoming somber and respectful. but what happened afterwards is stirring new shock and outrage. that story coming up. losing your chex mix too easily?

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checking top stories now. penn state trustees have fired head coach joe paterno and the university's president amid the child rape scandal. the board says the decision is in the best interest of the university. and rescuers are scrambling to reach more than 100 people buried under earthquake rubble in eastern turkey. seven people have died in the 5.7 magnitude quake that struck last night. research in motion is investigating reports that blackberry e-mail is slow, but the company says there is no systemwide outage. last month tens of millions of blackberry users lost e-mail for days. all right. at last night's republican presidential debate in front of

a friendly crowd, the candidates had a chance to score big points against some of their rivals. but nobody went there except cnbc's moderators. john harwood put a unique spin on the herman cain harassment scandal by putting it to mitt romney. >> would you keep a ceo? are you persuaded by what mr. cain has said? would you keep him on if you bought his company? >> look, herman cain is the person to respond to these questions. he just did. the people in this room and koosz the country can make their own assessment. >> well, that was just one of the night's two biggest moments. john harwood was actually involved with both. he joins me now live. so, john, herman cain and the allegations of sexual harassment, that's been the headline for weeks. now, you've created the morning headline with this interesting approach. so, let me ask you, why romney and why this question?

>> well, look, mitt romney is at the center of the republican race. other candidates have come up and down at various points, but he's the one who has been generally regarded as the frontrunner for good reason. he's leading in new hampshire and he's at least tied with herman cain nationally and he also has raised the most money. so, most questions in the republican campaign that are important need to be addressed by mitt romney because there's a very good chance he'll end up as the opponent to barack obama. herman cain has been dominating the news with the story and we're a network that looks at business and the economy and that was a way for us, in a way that our audience was familiar with to essentially try to get him to an express a view about the credibility of what herman cain has said. clearly, he didn't want to and clearly that debate crowd didn't want the question raised. they like me a lot better when i

was talking about the detroit lions or the oakland university grizzlies. but that's part of it. >> were you surprised by all the boos and how did you take that? >> kyra, i wasn't surprised because in the morning maria bartaroma addressed at breakfast at the hotel we were staying at near the site, we didn't rule it out. you can't ignore the big news in the race and people were booing us in that room and it was a more intimate setting than the debate. we fully expected it, but we felt that that was an issue that given the fact that herman cain is leading nationally with mitt romney or tied with him for the lead in our recent nbc/"wall street journal" poll we needed to ask him a question about something that was in the news. >> the other headline, your other moment out of this debate was rick perry and your question to him. take a listen.

>> and i will tell you, it's three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education and the, what's the third one there? let's see. >> you need five. >> oh, five okay. commerce, education and the -- >> epa. >> epa, there you go. no. >> let's talk -- >> seriously? >> wow, that was a bit awkward. what was your reaction there and what do you think, john, is he finished? >> i think he's going to have a very tough time recovering from this? he does have $15 million in the bank and you can't ignore a candidate who has been the governor of a major state for quite a long time and has that kind of resources. we'll see when he puts his money up on television, which he's beginning to do with positive ads when he goes after mitt romney whether or not he can lift his standing. i got to say, kyra, i imagine you feel the same way.

you have sympathy with somebody who on a big moment with big lights and a camera on them has a brain freeze. it certainly happened to me mid-answer when somebody asked me to analyze something in politics and you make a couple points and you forget what your last one was. but when you're running for president of the united states and you come into a debate with people looking for you to raise your game, having performed in a subpar way in some of the previous debates, it was very unfortunate and very damaging for him. >> point well made. g yes, john, we have all been there. i am so glad you were able to join us. i know you made this happen for us. thanks, john. the next story is shocking and it's sickening. the body parts of fallen u.s. soldiers, marines and sailors treated like garbage. their ashes routinely dumped in a landfill. pentagon correspondent barbara starr has all the details. >> kyra, the air force mortuary at dover air force base delaware now acknowledging until june

2008, some remains of the fallen were cremated and then incinerated and buried in landfills as though they were medical waste. we're talking about bone fragments, tissues, any kind of dna material that is recovered off the battlefield, not bodies. but in june 2008, dover then decided this was a practice not befitting the fallen. one air force official telling cnn we could have done things better. and, again, the families didn't know about any of this. so, since then, the practice has been to place incinerated remains in urns and have the navy dispose of them in at sea ceremonies. after a just concluded year-long investigation, three officials have been disciplined for faulty procedures that allowed body parts to go missing. in 2008, dover was also found to be using the crematorium facility that handled animal

remains. and there's also been that lengthy scandal at arlington national cemetery where graves were mismarked. now, in all these cases, the officials say the problems have been fixed but leon panetta is certain to face more questions, questions aids say he will want answers to about how the military deals with its fallen. kyra? >> barbara, thanks. just after the top of the hour, a veterans advocate responds to this report and the military's handling of the shocking story. paul joining me live ten minutes after the hour. the shakeup at the oscars continues. eddie murphy is out as the host. so, who's going to replace him? we'll talk about it in "showbiz," next. i've been taking osteo bi-flex for several years now. i really can't see myself not taking it. osteo bi-flex is a great product. i can go back and do gardening with comfort. [ male announcer ] osteo bi-flex, the glucosamine chondroitin supplement with 5-loxin advanced. shows improvement in joint comfort within 7 days.

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time for "showbiz" headlines now. the oscars, they have a job opening. eddie murphy has quit as host. a.j. hammer, you know tv, you

would be great for the job. >> only if you'll be my co-host, kyra. think about it. >> you're on. >> in the wake of bret's resignation, eddie murphy is out of the job of host. he stepped down after the backlash of his use of a gay slur. they worked together on the new film "tower heist." now, murphy is publicly saying he completely understands why ratner is walking away. he wishes the academy well, but he doesn't want to continue with his creative partner. there are reports that murphy is privately furious and feels like the academy hung ratner out to dry. his replacement is now chosen by brian grazer. he was just named as the new producer of the oscars and according to reports you have billy crystal, tom hanks, whoopi goldberg, ellen degeneres, neal patrick harris all currently under consideration. good list of names right there. most of whom have hosted the oscars in the past, not hanks,

he's won a few oscars. i think he would be terrific at the job, he'd be a first timer and show would neal patrick harris who has done a great job hosting the tony and emmy awards and i look around here, you and i are not mentioned at all, kyra. >> we didn't make the cut, what the heck? >> let me throw our names right in the ring there. that will go far. >> don't go too far. a.j. back with us next hour with more "showbiz" headlines, including mariah carey who is dissing kim kardashian's failed marriage. financial lingo and concepts seem like a foreign language to a lot of us, good thing we have christine romans and ali velshi to translate. they'll fill us in on their new book, "how to speak money" coming up. nationwide insurance, what's up ?

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after yesterday's beating, some optimism about the markets. a drop in weekly jobless claims is fueling some of that. trading got under way just about 15 minutes ago. there is the numbers right there. dow industrials up about 123 points. you know, now as much as ever, it is important to know how to speak money. and guess what, that's the title of a new book by cnn's own ali velshi and christine romans. gee, what perfect timing, guys, with what's happening in europe and the markets. people really do need to know this language of money. >> and the thing is, what people do when they see this volatility in the markets, they tend to go away from it. they don't address it, or get out of their investments and

this book is to teach you, if you just follow some basic strategies you can look after your retirement and financial future without worrying about what that dow board says. >> it's all about discipline. ali and i are different kinds of investors. i am worried about saving three sets of braces, 529s and getting through the next five years. >> i got my eye on the new motorcycle. >> our investment styles are different and we really have to like follow the rules, the discipline as investors, you know, speak money in the markets so that we're not led astray by our near-term goals. >> let me give you some of the rules. you have to invest your money. there is a type of investment for everyone. usually mutual funds or extrange traded funds. look for ones that have very low expenses. you can get this on money.com. you have to have large cap funds and international stuff and make sure that they have consistency of style. match them to your risk.

>> we have a risk profile. you can take this quiz in the book and we have a link to cnnmoney.com where you can find out what kind of investor you will be for your age. >> it fits on a pie chart. you can do it online and it fits on a pie chart. >> did you guys disagree on anything? you know, in this -- >> yes. >> give me an example. >> well, i think that right now is not maybe the best time for some people to buy house. ali thinks it's the time of a lifetime to buy a house. >> combined interest and you if you don't have down payment or credit and you have to move for your job very soon then renting makes more sense. the point of the book is that you can start off in different positions. i am a buyer and a spender and she's a saver and thinks you should be more cautious. once you work through it, you come to the same place. that's the idea of speaking money. >> we learned something else. we learned that men and women feel differently about money. they invest differently and they're different in the workplace. we have a chapter called

gendernomics. i was learning more about my co-worker. i was like seeing us in the pages of this chapter about how men and women are different about money. >> i negotiate for everything. i negotiate would your producers about how much i'm getting paid for this interview. >> ali negotiates for things i didn't know you can negotiate for. >> i said unless it's kyra i'm not doing it. >> i love you both so much and we're all so close. i'm trying to figure out how do i give you guys equal time here. >> oh -- >> i negotiated. we're not getting equal time. 70-30. she did 70% of the writing in the book and i do 70% of the talking. >> speaking of promotion, by the way, when ali came out with his first book he showed up here in atlanta and passing out books to everybody and you saw them all over the place and christine was so humble and we had to ask her for the book. there's a big difference, too. but it's great we have you on together -- and it's all about

speaking money. and it is a great read. i didn't even have to ask questions or anything. you just, you told me how to speak. what's that? >> no, you don't have to ask questions. we will just keep talking. come back to us after the break. >> yeah, stay tuned. we'll have you for the next three hours. ali and christine will take your money questions live this afternoon actually on pete dominiks radio show. 3:00 eastern time. and you can try to get your question in there, but my guess is they'll answer what you need to know. they know what you need to know. in honor of veterans day, cnn photo journalists are turning their lenses to the men and women in the military. jake carpenter introduces us to

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he only has to fill up about once a month. [ woman ] wow. that's amazing. talking a lot about the firing of joe paterno this morning. >> how do you follow a legend? that's the question for the next man. it is not easy. in the best of circumstances. we are not anywhere close to that. the man in charge of salvaging the penn state season is tom bradley. he played for paterno and worked closely with jerry sandusky as defensive assistant for years before tabling over as offensive coordinator. now bradley taking over for paterno. his mentor. he is trying to keep the team focused while going through his own set of confused emotions. penn state has a tough game coming up saturday. some players understandably upset. justin brown says that this is

like a bad dream. his teammate derek tweeted it is messed up they are doing this to a big reason penn state is what it is today. of course, we will have the latest firing of paterno and sandusky investigation coming up. glimmer of hope in the negotiations between nba players and owners. the two sides will meet again today. commissioner david stern had been saying the players had to accept the offer that the owners gave by yesterday or else any future offer would be even worse. all games for this month have been canceled. december's games could soon be history, too. gunmen abducted washington nationals catcher wilson ramos from his home in venezuela. there has been no contact yet between the kidnappers and his family. perhaps looking for some kind of ransom. ramos just finished his rookie season with the nats. three others had family members kidnapped in venezuela in recent years. services players like returning home, at least in venezuela, it can be dangerous. >> wow.

jeff, thanks. we are reaching just about the top of the hour now. thanks so much for joining us. we are beginning with this stunning announcement from the penn state board of trustees. it rocked the campus last night. >> the board of trustees and spanier decided effective immediately dr. spanier is no longer president of the university. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> once the word was out, hundreds of students spilled into the streets. the rally was mostly peaceful but some people even turned over a news van. police dispersed the crowd early this morning. cnn's jason carroll joining from us state college, pennsylvania. jason, what exactly are you hearing from students today? >> reporter: obviously today if you look around thing are much, much calmer. last night much different story

here. it is interesting, even as you played that sound bite when the announcement was read about what the board of trustees was going to do, you heard the audible gasp even there at the press conference when they said that joe paterno was out. well, once word got out on the streets right out here at old main and downtown, students here obviously were very angry and upset and took to the streets and lot of thank anger out on the media. their feeling among many of the students who are here was that the media was not paying enough attention to the man centered of the scandal. that would be sandusky. they felt as though basically too much attention was being placed on paterno. i just want you to listen to what some of the students had to say last night. >> they are going after the wrong guy. the justice system. >> pretty much making stand because we are in support of our school and support of joe pa. we think it is absolutely ridiculous he got fired over

this situation. >> i think some people are making a mistake of putting joe pa in front of the actual situation. >> actually the -- tears, i wiped them off now. but the second i heard it, tears were in my eyes. he has done so much for on our universi universi university. >> reporter: that wasn't the only place students showed up. as you know they also showed up at paterno's home last night. obviously things much calmer there. but just as much emotion but emotion in a different way. joe paterno and his wife came out and spoke to the students who gathered in front of his home. the statement that he released is basically says i am disappointed with the board of trustees' decisions but have to accept it. a tragedy occurred and we have to have patience and let the legal process proceed. obviously there are a number of people who are upset with the decision but that doesn't mean there are students here at penn state who support what the board

of trustees decided to do with regard to joe paterno and the former president graham spanier. they are saying those voices are not being heard. they are hoping their voices will be heard at 12:30 at old main. there will be a gathering of students to speak just about that. >> all right. jason, thanks so much. i had a chance to talk to t.j. beard, penn state student body president. he told me last hour that the focus at penn state really needs to go way beyond joe paterno. >> i think emotions run the gamut in terms of joe paterno. the university officials in general, i think, lot much students obviously are in support of joe paterno. but also think a lot of of students are realizing there may be more to the story than we realize. at the end of the day fundamentally what matters most is justice is found for the victims and their family and can find closure after all of this. >> we are going to get back live

to penn state in just 25 minutes after the hour. ima i spoke to sarah hoye who has been there since last night since joe paterno came out and greeted the students. now to the republican presidential debate. two candidates who are generating a lot of buzz around the water cooler on this morning after, rick perry stumbling and herman cain getting scrappy. let's begin with cain and sexual harassment scandal that surfaced early in the showdown. >> i value my character and my integrity more than anything else and for every one person that comes forward with a false accusation, there are probably -- there are thousands who would say none of that sort of activity ever came from herman cain. >> the implosion of one-time front-runner rick perry for a minute perry stammered, squirmed, and as he tried remember his own plan to shrink government. >> it is three agencies of

government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education, and -- the -- what's the third one there? let's see? >> you can't name the third one? >> the third agency of government, i would do away with education, the -- commerce, and let's see. i can't. the third one, i kan. sorry. oops. >> wow. jim across that is in albert hills, michigan. jim, a bit awkward to say the least. how does perry's campaign recover from this? >> reporter: well, it is going to be tough. i mean, you can just go to twitter this morning and look at some of the phrases that are being tossed around to describe what happened to rick perry. oops, he did it again. being one of them. referring to the fact that the texas governor has had shaky debate performances before last night. so the question is how does he recover from this? you know, governor perry has been doing the morning talk

shows this morning trying to do damage control. he says he will continue on with this campaign and is even inviting his supporters to visit his website where he's trying to inject humor into this gaffe by asking which department of the federal government would you like to forget? but, you know, he has a lot of money in the bank now. so he does have the funds to keep this campaign going. hay said earlier today, on cnn's "american morning," he has no plans to go anywhere. >> obviously i stepped in -- again, i go -- i have my moment of humor with it. i press on. and understand that there are a lot more serious things facing this country than whether or not i could remember the department of energy at a -- inappropriate time. >> reporter: that moment is being compared to the dean scream from 2004 to admiral stockdale's line in 1992, who am i? why am i here? this moment from rick perry in

last night's debate is really going to be part of that, you know, greatest hits or not so greatest hits from presidential debate history. if there is one benefactor in all of this, it is herman cain. for a week and a half, nearly two weeks, reeling from accusations of sexual harassment. that moment last night in the debate when the moderators asked him about those accusations and the audience booed the question and then cheered his response, it was an indication that republican voters may be giving herman cain a bit of a pass at this point. they may allow him to keep this campaign going. >> all right. jim acro jim, we will have more in just a few minutes. martin savage will do a fact check on some of the things that were said last night. wall street looks like it is ready to rebound from

yesterday's big fall. dow lost nearly 400 points but today the focus is on those new jobless figures that are better than expected. right, alison kosik? >> exactly. that's because the jobs picture is looking a little brighter this morning. because there is a new sign that the number of people being laid off is slowing. 390,000 people filed for first time unemployment benefits last week. that's actually the lowest in seven months. 390,000. seems like a lot of people. it is. you look at the comparison of what happened during the depths of the recession when we saw new claims above that 600,000 mark. essentially what you are seeing as a steady decline since then. but the key here is we need to see that number stay below 400,000 and you know what, that's questionable considering the state the global economy is in. european debt crisis is not under control. there is more talk of a double dip recession over there in europe that could affect the u.s. economy but today it is all about the positive. it is about a rebound and the dow is up 112 points. focus on those improving jobs

numbers and on optimism europe can possibly get its act together. >> thanks. james murdoch is back in the hot seat this morning. british parliament is still investigating his role in the phone hacking scandal at the now defunct news of the world tabloid. max foster has been following all the testimony from london. what's the latest, max? >> it really was a hot seat as you say. he was under immense pressure as he faced grilling from lawmakers how much he knew about phone hacking at the news of the world. one of his titles now closed down. he accepts it did take place. the argument is whether or not he knew about it. he says previous executives appearing in this panel were wrong to say he knew about it. he didn't know about it. but let's just get a taste of what pressure he is under. this is tom watson. you will know him from previous grillings of the murdochs and hear what he had to say about james murdoch today. >> you must be the fir--

>> mr. watson, please, i think that's inappropriate. >> and many people do agree that -- perhaps tom watson pushed eight bit too far on that but tom watson interestingly, we heard this week, was spy order by "the news of the world," along with prince william and angelina jolie. he has a personal involvement. shareholders will make their judgment whether or not he survived it. under pressure from them as well. >> can i ask you a question, max? what is on everyone's lapel? >> that's a poppy. to remember britain's war dead. this time of year there is a remembrance service this weekend. everyone wears poppies. you pay money to get a poppy and it goes to war veterans. >> got it. thank you so much for clarifying that. we have our own veterans day coming up this week as well. thanks. u.s. troops killed in combat. their homecoming somber and respectful. but what happened afterwards is stirring new shock and outrage.

a veteran shares his anger. what was it like outside of joe paterno's house after his firing? we are going to talk with our own sarah hoye who was there last night. a smooth debater but is he right? we are going to fact check mitt romney's take on the housing cris crisis. hey, i'm really glad we took this last minute trip!

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ten-foot waves. hurricane force winds are topping 80 miles an hour. in california, police and riot gear ordered a group of protesting tuition hikes to take down tnts on the berkeley campus last night. the students formed a human chain by linking arms. you can see police using their batons to shove forward to reach the camp. there were several arrests. national archives will release new nixon files including transcripts of the former president's grand jury testimony in 1975. okay. this next story is shocking. as it is -- well, it is just as shocking as it is sickening. cremated body parts of fallen u.s. soldiers, marines, and sailors, we have learned have been treated like garbage. their ashes routinely dumped in a landfill. it has been exposed and we are talking about more about this more with paul, founder and direct yr of the group iraq and

afghanistan veterans of america. paul, you know, you lost plenty of buddies in combat. how do you respond to the military explanation that these ashes were treated like medical waste and disposed of accordingly? >> it is absolutely outrageous. it is disgusting and a national embarrassment. the entire veterans community around the country and around the world is floored by this. there is no way you can possibly explain this. i mean, when you are doing this kind of work, the margin of error is zero. there are a lot of folks at dover that take tremendous pride in their work. whatever happened sheer absolutely inexcusable. we owe a full explanation and full investigation to the families and to everyone in the military community that is impacted by this. >> first it was arlington cemetery. and now this. i mean, i can't tell you how many people with whom i have spoken and high-ranking military circles that are speechless about this. i mean, how did it even get to this point? >> we have to find out.

i mean, the president should find out, congress should find out. i mean, it started with arlington. once you erode that trust there's no rebuilding. so you have to think there have been over 6300 people killed in combat in and iraq and afghanistan since 9/11. that's 6300 families who should never, ever have to worry about something like this. today is a marine corps birthday. tomorrow is veterans day. this is happening at a really inopportune time and the one thing i would say is that people frustrated, outrage, definitely call for accountability. stand with the veterans community tomorrow. we will be organizing veterans around the country in chicago, atlanta, new york, san francisco. come out and join us and try channel that frustration and put interest behind the veterans. this is definitely -- it hurts. but we -- to know people are behind us and support us and want to continue to push on. that's going to help us rebuild and move forward. >> the military says that the cremated remains are no longer dumped into the landfill. instead they are now being buried at sea. is that enough?

>> no. it is not enough. they should be doing that. that's good to hear but no explanation of what happened before. so, you know, this can't be a blip on the news cycle. think about the mother who is trying to make sense of this now. trying to understand how this could possibly happen. we have a solemn pact with our who serve overseas to talk care of them, take care of their families and honor their service and this doesn't do that. they are owed the full explanation and even from the president. he's got to explain this to those families, individual families, who should never have to deal with this. >> definitely not a blip on the radar for us. barbara starr is going to stay on the story, the investigation at the pentagon. i will, too, as well. you know how i feel about our vets. especially our wounded and fallen warriors. thank you so much. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. thanks for keeping a spotlight on it. >> always. here is a statement we did get from the air force, issued this on the policy change. quote, in december 2008 the director recommended to the central point mortuary affairs

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last might the republican candidates for president faced off in another debate. for two hours they tackled questions about the economy and our truth squad was there fact checking everything they had to say. martin savage joining us with what we found out. martin? >> good morning. a lot of talk last night about who was to blame and how we got into the financial mess we are in as far as the great recession. we decided to see if the fingers being pointed were being pointed in the right direction. we want to start now with former massachusetts governor mitt romney and what he had to say about the mortgage mess. take a listen. >> when you have government play its heavy hand markets blow up and people get hurt. the reason we have the housing crisis we have is the federal government played too heavy a role in our markets. the federal markets came in with

fannie mae and freddie mac. dodd and frank told them they had to give people loans. so our friends in washington today, they say oh, if we have a problem in housing, let's let government play a bigger role. that's the wrong way to go. let markets work, get people back to work. you will see home prices come back if we allow the market to work. >> the implication there is that the government triggered the housing crisis through the federally backed mortgage giants, freddie mac and fannie mae. basically what they are saying is that they made it too easy for people to go up and get loan for a house and people that shouldn't or couldn't afford to get a home loan. is that true? well, what do you know? this was actually the focus of a specific group called the financial crisis inquiry commission of 2010. ten-member panel approved by the u.s. government with the specific job of investigating the cause of the economic crisis on 2008. in its report in 2011, it found

that freddie and fannie did, in fact, contribute to the crisis but they were not as they put it, not the primary cause of the crash. the commission actually said that fannie and freddie's delinquency rates were lower than the delinquency rates found with private firms and the report actually blamed that the greater blame was on the relaxed mortgage hend lending standards of the private lenders. in other words here, it was not so much the government verdict here. it was what was happening in the private sector. what do we find? pretty much that mitt romney's statement was false. the extensive investigation since 2008 and the housing crash that since that most of the blame is put on the private lenders, not on the government regulators here. he was quoting and many people have pointed at freddie sxhak fannie mae. what they are doing is pointing in the wrong direction. >> all right. martin savidge with the fact check. you heard the express invitation is the sincerest form of flattery. i'm not so sure?

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an emotional scene outside of joe paterno's home after he was found -- after he found out that he was fired. our own sarah hoye was right there when the announcement was made and the students basically, sarah, responded immediately. tell us what you saw and what that moment was like.

>> reporter: that's right. last night in front of joe paterno's home, about 15 to 20 students showed up after it was announced he had been fired. the mood was very, very somber. very, very calm. and there was an instance they did cheer for him. i believe we have some video for that. if we have it let's take a listen. >> look, get a good night's sleep. all right. study. all right? we still have things to do. all right. i'm out of it maybe now. we'll go from there. one thing. thanks. and pray a little bit for those victim victims. >> we are penn state! >> so we have been right there with just that little emotional outburst there at tend we love you, joe, we love you, joe. that was much it in front much his house. other than that it was very

quiet. very, very solber. and the students were there milling about. it was very group of people. joe did come out and speak with them. >> i had a chance on speak with the stun body president. i wanted to ask him about -- you know, how many students are out there within the mix? we are seeing support for joe paterno and the football program. but what about the sex abuse victims? are there stuns out there trying to be a voice for that which in many instances has seemed to have gone -- forgotten. and he said he's seeing a shift that more students are speaking out about that. what have you seen heard? do you feel the same way? >> reporter: you know, it is interesting you mentioned that because this morning, as the students were going to class, because here on campus if you can see around me it is pretty much business as usual. and as they were going to class, we did speak with a few of them to gauge how they were feeling. what are they thinking about? how does this affect them? is it all about joe and about football? those students will tell you no.

that there are these victims involved, alleged victims. there is a grand jury report and there are very, very much aware as to what that is. even in the student newspaper today, the editorial, fall of the giants in which this editorial is calling for the students to actually step up to the plate, step up to the challenge because we are penn state. they want the students to kind of help rebuild the system that in a sense some of them are saying failed. whether it is from the football, cover coverup, what whatever it was. the students are very aware, not only about this beloved coach who has been there for decades let go, but also what this means in light of the potential scandal. >> sarah, thanks. we are going to talk about what is next for penn state football program and joe paterno and npr sports correspondent mike peska joining news ten minutes. time for political buzz. your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. 30 seconds on the clock. playing today robert zimmerman, member of the democratic

committee. patricia. cnn contributor will cain. guys let's get to it. rick perry's embarrassing moment at last tonight's republican presidential debate. here it is. >> i will tell you that it is three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education, and the -- what's the third one there? let's see. >> five. >> five. okay. commerce, education and the -- >> epa? >> epa. there you go. >> seriously? >> the big oops moment, as it is being called. is rick perry finished? patricia? >> if rick perry wasn't finished before this, have you the believe he is finished now. a lot of people after this happened the main question they had coming out of it, why are you even running for president? you don't know exactly what you want to do. this was not a pop quiz or trick

question. this was not the name of an obscure foreign leader. this was what are the three agencies you want to get rid of. it is an issue he raised himself. this gives gets to the point if he is going to be on the national stage as president, he needs to be able to be on a debate stage as a candidate, he cannot do that. i do think that this is really the end of it for him. >> will? >> he might be finished but it shouldn't be for this. and for two reasons. one, we have all done this. everyone kind of -- identifies with a situation where your mind goes blank. i have done it sitting right here at this desk. people have done it at home talking to their friends. rick perry's campaign might -- should be finished but not for that reason which brings me to the second be point i will remember. which is substantive reasons not to support rick perry. the least of which is crony capitalism. his rein as governorship has been to appointing friends, favors, positioning throughout the state. point is rick perry's campaign should be finished but not for a bumble on the stage.

>> robert? >> i have never will cain's mind go blank in a segment i have done with him. three months as a candidate, came back from the dead more than dracula. this is different because ultimately he couldn't remember his core convictions. he couldn't define his reasons for running. that's why i like -- what patricia said, rick perry is finished. >> i don't know if you saw the website, funnyordie.com. mike tyson sure does a mean herman cain. >> chocolate may be the flavor of the week. i want to be your president because this candidate -- give me time, i will make you a fable. ♪ i am america >> okay. let's reverse roles now.

did herman cain win the fight to get his reputation back last night? >> no, he didn't. it is not because of the issue of the charges against him. as serious as they are. it is because herman cain has repeatedly lied when confronted about these issues. about not knowing the settlements, not knowing about the payments. not answering forthrightly. herman cain has not met that threshold a presidential candidate has to meet. do you have the character to serve? that's why he did not get his reputation back and not a credible candidate. >> this fight not over. round one or two. we will see, we have several other women that suggest they are going to put a -- would like to put a joint press conference together. we are going to find out a lot more about that issue going forward. herman cain, though, did have a good night. mainly because of rick perry and the penn state scandal. the fight is not over. >> i think that herman cain with

the exception of the moment where he called nancy pelosi princess nancy which i don't think went over that well with a lot of members of the audience, i thought he did himself a lot of favors last night when he spoke to the issue he went back to his talking points and said this is a media witch-hunt. i am being tried unfairly by the press. and he got a huge round of ovation among those republican supporters. that's a message to anybody watching that the media may have an opinion of herman cain but republican voters have a very different opinion. they were supporting him in that room last night. he at least stabilized his campaign. >> let's get back to rick perry. it took him 53 seconds to answer this. you get 20 seconds. what government agency would you eliminate and why? >> department of education. what? he's anti-smart and pro-ignorance? no. i'm not. over the last 30 years the department of education per

student spending has tripled but not the scores. it can come from the local and state zblofts robert? >> the question illustrates the great problem in american public policy. taking these issues and reducing them to sound bites versus looking to policy. i'm not going to advocate abolishing departments. yes, reform, consolidation of services, sure. every time we abolish a department, that's a victory for the special interests and defeat for the middle class of america. that's why we need to keep the e social security intact and keep medicare functioning. >> okay. patricia, bring us home. >> okay. i have my eyes on a very efficient, very effective, very aggressive agency of the government. i'm ready to get rid of it, the washington, d.c., dmv. they do their job too well. go away. >> she took us in a totally different avenue. you got will with the straightforward answer. robert who is not a happy guy.

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checking stories. jefferson county, alabama, filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history the the county is more than $4 billion in debt

and commissioners say it is has become unsun -- unsustainable. at the peak 830,000 customers were affected that works out to $12 a customer. in wisconsin, the deep fending super bowl champs green bay packers plan to sell stock to the public next week. it is the team's first stock offering since 1997. oscars have a job opening now that eddie murphy quit his job. a.m. hammer joining us live from new york. it has been an hour or so since we floated the idea about you and me coast host i-hosting. have you heard from the at academy yet? >> he just wants you. he doesn't want me. >> yeah, right. all right. give us the dish. >> yes. here is the deal. brett stepped down from the producer gig for the oscars after the backlash over his use of a gay slur that something he apologized for and working to

make amends for that. it was not surprising to anyone when eddie murphy decided to not host the oscars since ratner hand picked him for the job. they worked on the film "tower heist." murray publicly is saying he completely understands why ratner is walking away and wish it is academy well but does not want to continue without his creative partner and there is some buzz murphy's not at all happy about this. but now the academy is tasked with finding his replacement. that will be chosen by brian grazer. bunch of names being tossed around, billy crystal, tom hanks, whoopi goldberg, steve martin, neil patrick harris. most of the names on that list have hosted the oscars in the past. it would be a first for oscar winner tom hanks. he did a terrific job hosting the big oprah finale. neil patrick harris always does a good job hosting the tonys. emmy awards. so i think any name on that list would be a good choice for the oscars this year.

>> indeed. moving to mariah carey. she got catty about kim kardashi kardashian. >> she was having a good time here. a lot of people are saying that -- felt like a bit of a dig. anyway this was comments that mariah made after she was just introduced as the news spokesperson for jenny craig and looks fantastic, by the way. she was talking about her marriage. while she didn't name kim kardashian by name it is clear who she was talking about. i will let you judge for yourself. listen to what she said. >> i'm a real person. i'm not going to put on a fake hollywood yes, accept anything. i faint and fall on the floor. no. sometimes we make each other mad. sometimes i make him mad. >> that's called a relationship. >> that's called why we are not divorced after four months, you know what i mean? what? >> she's playi ing all coy. she was having fun there.

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the joe paterno era is over at penn state. tom bradley is stepping in for the legend. he played for paterno ask coached under him and now taking over for his mentor. big game saturday at home against nebraska. let's talk more about penn state football going forward with mike peska. let's start with the fact that these riots, these protests, that we have been seeing on the air, all the students outside of joe paterno's home, put that in perspective for those that may just not get it. >> right. for those of us removed from what penn state is and what their football program means to the students and alumni we see a riot or people expressing a massive am of support for a man who though he has many merits, in this instance, we can say he was at best a minimal satisfier rooting out sexual child abuse.

that's hardly something to take to the streets in support of. 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 coaching and sort of like okay, is this the next shoe to drop? >> as of now there is no indication he won't object the field. he's tall and striking red hair. you will be able to pick him out. he was not a young man when you saw the -- he was not a young man when he saw the alleged rape. he was 23 years old. he used the word disconnect. there are answers or there are questions that people would really like to hear about what mike mcqueary told joe paterno and what joe paterno in turn told his superiors. if joe paterno does an interview where that question is asked of him and he says something along the lines of well, i was told that there was groping or horse play, there's going to be a chasm perhaps mcqueary could address. what we know of the indictment,

mcqueary was explicit in what we saw and lack of communication broke down in terms of expressing just how serious these actions were. >> got to leave it there. we will talk more. mike, thanks so much. straight ahead -- >> going to be an actor, go to l.a. if you are going to be in fashion you go to new york. if you are going to be in technology, then you come to silicon valley. >> that's the promise land for tech start-ups. minority led firms can have trouble getting a foot in the door. soledad o'brien looked at folks trying to change that.

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going into last night's debate the bull's eye appeared to be on herman cain and sexual harass many accusations. pretty much dog his campaign still. senior political editor mark preston. mark, what do you think? how did cain handle the topic last night? >> you know, no question about it. herman cain can't seem to get away from these accusations of sexual harassment.

he was asked the question during the debate. he wants to talk about his policies. this is the question on everyone's mind -- let's hear what he had to say. >> value, my character and integrity more than anything else. and for every one person that comes forward with a false accusation, there are probably -- there are thousands who would say none of that sort of activity ever came from herman cain. >> there you have herman cain addressing the question had-on. couple of things. first of all, when the question was asked, the audience booed the moderator. cain still has some support within the republican party. we have seen some early state polls that show that herman cain continues to do well. but the question remains, can he weather this really big political storm if more women come out and accuse him of sexual harassment. that's a question we don't know now. >> mark preston. thanks so much. we are going to get the next