>> if you're donating through banks make sure it's non-perishable, protein rich foods like beans, tuna are good choices. that's going to wrap things up for "sgmd" this morning. thanks for being with us and say connected throughout week on my life stream. cnn.com/sanjay. see you right back here next weekend. time to get awe check of your top stories in the "cnn newsroom." good saturday morning to you all. we are going to see something in a few hours that we haven't seen in 46 years. penn state will play a football game without joe paterno as head coach after a week of alleged sex abuse really shocked the country, shocked the campus, everybody is weighing in today. students, alumni, parents, even president obama. we'll let you hear what they all had to say. and a major league baseball player pulled from him home in

the middle of the night by armed men, but now we're told he's been found alive and safe. [ chanting ] and have you ever seen kids this excited about taking a test? not just any test. we're talking about the a.c.t. or s.a.t. equivalent. an entire country shuts down to do everything they can to help these students ace the tests. we're taking you to south korea this morning in our "passport." let's start on the campus of penn state university. you remember, it was just a couple of days ago thousands of students were getting together on the campus, and they were rioting. well, last night, thousands of students got together at state college, pennsylvania, for this. a candlelight vigil to support the victims of the sexual abuse scandal. now, this is the same place, the same spot, where this vigil is taking place, is exactly where students were rioting in support

of fired football coach joe paterno. again, just a couple of days ago. penn state's new president says he will appoint an ethics officer that will report directly to him. the interim president. mike mcqueary on administrative leave. the one who reported seeing the alleged sexual abuse incident reported to paterno back in 2002. the school saying mcqueary received multiple threats. also, jerry sandusky, the former coach at the center of the scandal, someone threw a couple cinder blocks through this bedroom window. sandusky still lives in state college. he wasn't at home at the time. back on campus, though, the game will go on. penn state playing nebraska at noon today. it's the nittany lions' final home game. students are being encouraged to stage a blue-out. which mike galanos will explain

a little of that to you now. good morning, mike. >> reporter: hey, t.j. beautiful morning here in state college. you can hear the sights, sounds of college football. the band's warming up. you begin to get ready for a game, but it's differ. it's not business at usual, and you mentioned one things that going to be different. it's going to be a blue-out for the students. number one, the color blue represents child abuse awareness. the color blue can be often the color of the bruises of the neglected children. you talked about the candle vigil we had a chance to attend. a beautiful experience to be a part of. thousands of students lighting candles because they wanted to change the message. the message coming from penn state a few nights before was mayhem in the streets. the message last night, let's put the victims first and all begin to heal. let's listen to that. >> it's so important to put the victims first. i think they've gotten really lost in all of this. all the media attention has been focused on sandusky and our reactions and it should be

focused on helping these victims and stopping this from happening again. >> this wasn't about joe paterno. this wasn't about spanier. this was about the victims and us trying to help raise awareness what we're doing, how we're feeling right now. >> reporter: and that's the change of perspective, really, t.j., tats that's gone on. victims first. they came together last night. many students, thousands of students now. the focus turns to the game and we'll see what kind of atmosphere it is. i don't think anybody can really predict right now. >> mike galanos on campus, thank you so much. we'll check in. he'll be reporting throughout the day. four minutes past the hour now. here's what scott paterno, son of joe paterno, is saying now on his father's behalf. this statement late yet. it said, "like everyone who has watched this story unfold my father is experiencing a range of powerful emotions. he is absolutely distraught over what happened to the children and their families. he want to speak publicly at

this stage, however, he has no choice but to be patient, and defer to the legal process." scott paterno continued his father will cooperate to the grand jury investigation and has an attorney. the psychologist who is treating one alleged victim spoke about his client's state of mind. listen to this. >> obviously, the individual that sustained this kinds of abuse, they typically suffer from anxiety, depression. there are a lot of concerns. it's very humiliating to have to not only experience this but then to, you know, have to discuss it with law enforcement. it's difficult, then, to be fearful or live in fear that others may determine who you

are. and they may or may not approach you about it. again, very awkward, very embarrassing, for the individual, even though he's a hero, it's not necessarily something that everyone understanding or appreciates. >> yesterday on "good morning america," the mother of the boy identified by a grand jury as victim number one says her son didn't know how to handle sandusky alleged sexual advances. sandusky attorney says his client is innocent. president obama weighing in on this abuse scandal as well. the president was attending the carrier classic last night. you may have seen this basketball game that took place on the "uss carl vince" on an aircraft carrier. he was asked about it by a reporter. >> obviously the situation is heartbreaking. we think first and foremost of the victim of these alleged crimes but i think it's a good time for us to do some soul searching. everyone institution. not just penn state.

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

there are more people culpable than joe paterno and the athletic director. there are so many other people that have thought i could have done something about this, too, that didn't come forward. that's the tragedy of it all." more from penn state and the campus in a few minutes. talking to the editor of the school paper there about this scandal. he's joining me in just a few minutes from now. 8 minutes past the hour. a major league baseball player kidnapped in venezuela now rescued. the "new york times" reports that security forces swept in by air to rescue wilson ramos from a mountainous region. he plays with the washington nationals was taken from his home by men on wednesday. a venezuelan official said president chavez himself gave the go-ahead for the rescue mission. the kidnappers have never asked their command and have not been found. a major league player

kidnapped but it's not out of the ordinary for this to happen in venezuela. >> not at all. thank heavens he's all right and what a terrifying prospect. no question about it. speaking of scary stuff, people driving along interstate 80, or i-70, a tough drive from denver into the central rockies. the reason why it's going to be frightening, heavy snowfall. highest elevations may see three to four feet of snow, coupled with that very strong winds. tropical storm force winds, t.j., with some gusts approaching 60 miles an hour. we'll talk about that coming up. >> thank you reynolds. after a quick break, back to penn state talking to a student there. someone who works with the school newspaper. editor of the paper. this is not just another football game today. it's the end of one era and maybe marking the beginning of a new chapter at penn state. the student joins me next. stay with me. i want healthy skin for life.

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we're ten minutes past the hour. we're heading back to penn state. it's game day. today a big game against nebraska, but now people are going to be paying attention to this game for a lot of the wrong reasons. you know about the attention that's been brought to the campus now after this child abuse scandal broke. well, one penn state student who's also the editor of the school paper joins me now from state college. appreciate you taking time. i know it's been a tough week for all of you all. i was talking to one of our reporters a short time ago, and what to expect today. he said, we really don't know and the students don't either. what do you expect to happen today at this game? >> well, thanks for having me, t.j. definitely it's a tough, a tough time, and i think that, you know, the one certainty here is that we don't know what to expect, and i think that's been true all week long. from rioting to phenomenal event last night with the candlelight vigil. i hope for the best. i think that tonight perhaps we

can see at least the first semblance of a silver lining with this whole incident. perhaps maybe we can have donations put forth to victims and charities that represent abused victims. i think that's a very, very important thing that can come out of this tragedy. i really do. >> dave, did you -- i'll ask you personally, maybe some of your friends in your circles, were you all embarrassed by this episode and how some students behaved after joe paterno was fired and the rioting you saw two days ago? >> well, certainly, t.j. there's no question that people were frustrated and people are angry and i think that how you respond from a tragedy says a lot about you, and i think that is why a lot of us, a certain majority of penn state and the definitely those in the national media, were very disappointed, and i would argue critical of the response that many, a few penn state students demonstrated on wednesday night with the rioting. it was absolutely destructive.

>> would you say for sure -- we haven't seen that kind of violence, certainly such a beautiful showing last night with the vigil last night, around campus have you seen that anger start to subside a bit? >> well, i think that people want to move on. i think that you're seeing a lot of individuals who have this sort of initial response of very -- of sheer frustration and anger towards the administration and in large part towards the national media, and i think that some of it represents a disappointment in people that they feel that they were surprised and caught off guard before information was out there and i think individuals are looking to move forward. that's really what i've heard from a lot of people. i want to put this der behind me, move on with my smes s semester. i want my senior, junior, sophomore year to move forward. >> talking about the pictures

that you took, what's been happening on campus, but how much of the anger, maybe even your own personal anger and other students, has been directed at joe paterno? >> well, interestingly, i think that paterno obviously is a titan. he's an icon. i know personally i have a bit of a bias due to the fact that i grew up down the street from joe paterno, and he meant so much to me as a child growing up and i looked up to him, and i think that students are -- are frustrated and just so saddened by seeing an icon, in any way, being involved with the situation. i think people agree and disagree as to his involvement and whether he should have been fired, but i think everybody is universally across the board, everyone is really just saddened by the fact that he's been involved in this case. i think it's just disappointing to everyone. >> i'll wrap on your personal feelings, then. you grew up, like you said, down the street from him. he's an icon. do you think he should have been fired?

>> i -- again, you know, joe paterno is -- is state college. he is an icon, a titan, and i think that, you know, in this whole matter, i was just so saddened to see the national media and newspaper, newspapers across the country, joe paterno's face was on it, even after -- even from sunday on, when, really, jerry sandusky is the one responsible, and others who failed to do their job, and i'm not saying paterno didn't have a role in this, but i think that at the board of trustees said that paterno, there needed to be more facts to come forward about paterno before they made a decision, before they made a decision about the case, and then firing joe paterno and i think we were all shocked, absolutely shocked to see that happen, at least so soon. four days after these allegations first came out, and i think there was a sense of shock and personally i -- i love

joe paterno and i looked up to him my entire life and i'm sanded by what happened. whether i felt he should have been fired, i don't believe he should have been fired yet. that's my belief. >> all right. dave, i know it's been a tough time, a tough week for all of you. all of the attention you all have gotten, but, still, as you all say, we are penn state, and maybe this is san opportunity a lot of people are going to be watching you today. sounds like you all are trying to put on really a nice display for child abuse victims and really starting to move forward at penn state. so good luck to you, the entire student body, and we will all be watching today. thanks so much, dave. >> thank you, t.j. >> all right. much more reaction from the penn state campus coming up at the top of the hour. we're at 17 minutes past the hour now. coming up, we're going to be joined by our mario armstrong telling us what is going on and what it's going to take to prepare students to be the next steve jobs. before we get to that, bring you some images from a world at war.

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18 minutes past the hour now. he is one of seven brothers. they all served in the military. but this this, not all of them wore the same colored uniform. that is today's "veterans in focus." >> pearl harbor we were united. >> memory when i was in world war ii, all of us served. there were seven brothers, seven soldiers. five of us from the united states and two against, stranded in japan when the war came. they're all american citizens born here in the united states. world war ii i served and took basic infantry training. when the team came, it was a japanese language school where language specialists would

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not just moving throughs a kaleidoscope's colors moving through areas with warnings, watches and advisories in terms of winter weather. when you have the red, that's where you'll have a blizzard warning. remember when it comes to blizzards, blizzards are primarily a wind event. very strong. wind gusts from 45 to 60, some may be stronger as i mentioned. the snow, amazing about that, it's going to extend into the northern rockies also. hitting a lot of the great ski resorts, too. you don't necessarily want to ski today. visibility very poor. get way up in the middle of the mountains, going to have a hard time finding your way down. could be tough. once think moves to the rockies, left with great snow. good times then. farther in the southern plains a fire threat. very dry conditions. the wind's picking up quite a bit pup have a fire threat. wrapping it up for the eastern seaboard, beautiful from miami up to parts of boston. should be beautiful. rain in southern california. highs out west, 64 degrees in san francisco. 66 in los angeles.

48 in billings. 58 in chicago. 61 in washington, d.c. 56 in new york and 66 in atlanta. there you go. all right. t.j., over to you, man. >> reynolds, thank you, kind sir. we'll see reynolds plenty throughout the morning. getting close to the bottom of the hour. tonight at 8:00 cnn eastern time, a special "the new promised land silicon valley." soledad o'brien introduces us to those ho followed their dream in silicon valley. the big plan, find the next steve jobs. the big part of that, getting kids excited about classes and careers in science and technology. good luck with that, mario. our expert, mario armstrong. it's hard to get them into this stuff. >> it's easier than people think. i think what's going on is, we're pushing so many of our kids into technology. get it, get it, get it. do science, do math. and kids don't understand the connection. they're not relating to the relevanciy of why. what i'm saying to teachers and

adults and caregivers across the country on tours when meeting with kids, push their passions. what you want to do, sit back, identify the kid's passion and then finded science and technology in that passion and you will find kids more interested in learning the science of passion. >> give me example. a kid has a passion for what? astronomy or for music or -- how do you do that? >> right. so, okay. music a great one. a lot of kids maybe want to be musicians or create music. florida opens up a decision r discussion for sound engineering. so it's okay to just create music, but what's it like to know the science behind the sound of music? what if you want to score a film? what if you want to create music for a video game? those are real jobs with real salaries that involve technology background. what if you were into sports? look at the first down yell other marker in football, instead of having a conversation with a kid saying, let's talk about augmented reality, you talk about the sport of football and say you know that first down marker? yeah. that's technology. let's talk about that technology

and now had actually works and then you have a kid interested in that discussion. >> actually, how does that thing work, mario? i'll ask you about that later. but do we need, and we know to a certain extent kids are attracted to stars. big named celebrities sometimes, but were you know this from sports and movies and entertainment. so star technology. put up mario armstrong. the guy you can be. other than you -- >> yeah. i'm not the star. really the people behind the scenes people that aren't on the camera. jerome solomon. this guy is a phenomenal star. he works for lucas arts. he's been an animator, programmer, designer, all involved in the transformers movie. that's huge. you have people like clarence wooten. clarence wooten is a serial entrepreneur. a guy who built a company before the dotcom bust, sold it for close to $30 million and has now launched two more companies where he's hiring people, and so our kids need to know that these

role models exist. we can start shaping who they really look up to and future stars. >> and what is this you got going on with the black america stuff for tomorrow? >> so tomorrow, this is big, t.j. so tomorrow we are doing a live screening at, a live broadcast viewing party at university of maryland baltimore county. if you live in the maryland, d.c., baltimore area, we want you to come out. if you don't, we are webcasting a live panel discussion online. we're talking a three camera shoot. i have five panelist. this is going to be a star-studded town hall with people that are successful minority technologists and venture capitalists and investors all in one panel to share information with you on how you can move your dreams, your ideas forward in today's 21st economy, to be the next new jobs. >> good stuff. >> got to go to the website. marioarmstrong.com. appreciate that, t.j. big information, doing it free because we want to get it out to the people. >> marioarmstrong.com.

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we are just past the bottom of the hour on this "cnn saturday morning." welcome back, everybody. i'm t.j. holmes. thank you for spending part of your day here with us. the president is starting ava nine-day trip through the asian-pacific reachgion. the president is in hawaii right now. his birthplace, of course. he's home, but this is not exactly a vacation. he's going to be talking trade, expanding u.s. exports. this is the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit or apec. the president hosting world leaders. dan lothian is there in honolulu this morning. dan, good morning, and you know, viewers, americans, have become numb sometimes to these summits. they see the picture, world leaders' meeting. what can they expect to get out of it? usually not much? >> reporter: that's right. i think that you have the world leaders get together. you're expecting magic to happen, but it's not that. it's usually the beginning of a long process where you have

these discussions face-to-face discussions and then it blossoms into a relationship, at least that's what the u.s. is hoping. you know, especially in the wake of what we've been seeing happening in the eurozone, the problems in greece, the problems in italy, and so what the u.s. government and certainly u.s. corporations want is for increased trade with a region that has been doing quite well. there's a lot of opportunity that the u.s. sees in these various asian countries, and so that's what they're hoping to develop here. hopefully it will lead to increased trade. so the president will also be having some of these sideline meetings with the leaders of china, russia, and also japan, and in addition the president will be sitting down with some of the top ceos from companies like caterpillar and boeing. again, talking about how can the u.s. benefit from some of the opportunities that line the asia-pacific region. >> he's just getting started. this is stop number one.

you could call san diego for the game yesterday number one. the apec summit is just beginning. >> reporter: that's right. this is just the beginning. from here the president will also be going to australia and then to indonesia again where the talk will continue to be on the economy, but one other thing, if i can take a little turn back before the president came here as you pointed out, he was in san diego. attending the carrier classic, and that's where we heard for the first time the presidentw wy in on the controversy at penn state. take a listen of an interview on espn. >> obviously the whole situation is heartbreaking and we think first and foremost the victims of these alleged crimes, but it's a good time for us to do some soul searching. every institution, not just penn state, about what our priorities are, and making sure that we understand that our first priority is protecting our kids. and you know, we all have a responsibility. we can't leave it to a system. we can't leave it to somebody else.

each of us has to take it upon ourselves to make sure that our kids have the love and support and protection that they deserve. >> reporter: of course, the president was there marking veterans day. an important period, the president says, to salute all those who have sacrificed for their country, but the president also laying out what he and his administration are doing in order to make sure these troops that return from overseas are able to find jobs, t.j. >> all right. dan lothian for us in honolulu with the ocean and the waves, providing the background. >> reporter: you can't see it. it's beautiful. it's beautiful. in a few hours. >> but we hear it. goodness. dan lothian, always good to see you. thanks so much. we're at 38 minutes past the hour now. going to turn to herman cain and anita hill? herman cain is refusing to respond to questions about something he said about anita hill. happened at a campaign event in michigan. hill's sexual allegations

against then supreme court nominee thomas made headlines. listen to these comments about anita hill. >> anita hill is going to come out. >> hmm. well, cain's stumbles have opened up the race for the republican presidential nomination. our paul steinhauser reports there's no clear-cut leader in the iowa caucuses, that are not too far away. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. just over seven weeks to go in the the first votes in the primary caucus season new polls indicate a crowd at the top of the field. >> it is a wide open race. >> reporter: and newt gingrich has a point. check out the new survey. the former house speaker is just four points behind mitt romney in the race for the republican nomination, but when you take into the account the survey sampling, gingrich, a former massachusetts governor, basically all tied. this show as three-way battle for the top.

romney, gingrich and cain. >> you have competition. it might be easier for me if i didn't, but i do have competition, and i will face other people who will do well. >> reporter: another takeaway from both polls, republicans haven't made up their minds. 1/5 in each survey are undecided which candidate they're backing. >> i think that the american people are looking, asking questions, thinking about it. and i think they'll stay wide open, you know, until january. >> reporter: while cain right up at the top, if you dig deeper, polls indicate the sexual harassment allegations he's facing and denying may be starting to hurt as his support among republican women appears to be dropping. tonight all the major candidates face-off on the same stage in a debate in south carolina, the focus, foreign policy and national security. the candidates tangle again in a week and a half at a cnn debate right near washington. t.j.? >> thanks, paul steinhauser. herman cain is speaking here in atlanta today at a young republicans event. we'll bring you some of that

live. it starts in our 10:00 eastern hour. also, take a look at this. something you do not see every day, or any day for the most part. students cheering, singing, happy, right before they take a college entrance exam. one of the most important days of their young lives, and it's in our "morning passport." that is next. stay with me. ♪

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escort there. there's a special number you can call if you thought you were running late, a 911 number to get a police escort. there are the concerned parents. the parents and other friends who are cheering them on, because the results of this test depends on will you get into the college of your choice? three main klemps y colleges yo get into. spelling the acronym sky. >> why those three? >> the ivy leagues of south korea, but the test here takes around eight hours. the s.a.t. in america is around four. three hours, 45 minutes. jets are even grounded during this time for no additional noise and distraction. no honking of horns. parents say special prayers at temples with pictures of their children. even the stock exchange will open later and end earlier. so it can facilitate this exam

and even good luck rituals. rituals like, children willat sticky rice cakes so that the knowledge sticks. parents won't give they were porridge. porridge is considered to mix together and they don't want a muddled brain, but there's a lot of pressure, t.j. can you imagine? in around 2009, they say there was something like 200 suicides, in 2010, around 150. so much additional tutoring takes place, that parents spend around $200,000 on tirts the current administration said no classes after 10:00 p.m. children need to rest. >> you told me earlier, literally, their whole live are depending on this? not just school -- >> so much depends. hue marry. imagine that? also, what job you're going to get. the pay scale. it's grounded in confuciusism. a lot of pressure.

i know san jay gupta did something on creativity. does this lend itself to creativity? >> you know some of the results, i mean, some of the negative results, of course, the suicides and the pressure, but 80% of the kids in that country go on to college. >> yes, but will they be the next steve jobs that comes from south korea is the question? >> thank you, as always with our "morning passport." a quarter until the top of the hour and using science fiction to fight fires. helping firefighters see the world in an entirely different way. stay with us on this "cnn saturday morning."

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seven strokes behind the leader. still getting himself ready ar injury and scandal and after a lot of stuff, but looked good for a couple of rounds, but ended up falling off. >> little glimpses of who he used to be. >> yeah. >> golf is a long career. look how long arnold palmer played. >> swinging all the way into this 70s. that's a long time. >> some of the nba stars might be in their 70s before the league plays again. standing by for the possibility of a season. they're looking at a possibility of a 72-game season that would start december 15th. the commissioner has put a deal on the table, but the players have not taken it. the deadlock over splitting revenue. player/union meeting against on monday or tuesday to consider the offer the league has on the table. basketball at the college level, it's on an aircraft carrier. >> amazing. >> i heard the idea. thought was cool.

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well, silicon valley, the promised land for tech entrepreneurs, but minority often have trouble getting a foot in the door. cnn's special correspondent soledad o'brien showed us how african-americans are working hard to close that gap. >> so right now all you should be thinking about, how did i execute? >> reporter: one week after the google event the aentrepreneurs have dinner with one of their mentor. the chief executive officer for interactive one. know var oh was also one of the four dragons during the google event. what was your take? describe for me at the moment. >> i said to myself, they weren't ready. everyone here is looking at this saying i don't want to be the first person to tell this black person, hey, they're not doing a good job. right? to a certain degree that role's fallen on me. >> the black guy. >> the black guy, yes. >> show of hands. who thinks they did well?

so nobody thinks they did well? >> i did okay. >> i think you guys need to be a little bit harder on yourselves. let's be clear. my goal to say that is to not belittle anybody in this room. my goal to say that is that i need you guys and want you guys to understand the vastness of this opportunity. right? you guys walked through palo alto to get here. this is probably the notice black people who are in this town right now. let's be honest. right? so you need to understand the reality that you're in. >> no one that walked into that room knew they were about to pitch. >> let's say you walked in there and mark zuckerberg was in there saying your ideas. you're going to tell me it's okay to say, well, i didn't know i was going to pitch to him and shouldn't be ready? you can make those excuses at the end of the nine weeks not know where you are supposed. the only fault is yourself. it wasn't the valley, not the investors, it was you. because you guys made the decision to come out here and

it's bigger than you. if an investor is only seeing one african-american a year, give a pitch, right? and you don't do well -- you not only affected you, you affected other people. it's that important. i joked with angela. ing there a tag line. no wack demos. >> reporter: for cnn, soledad o'brien, silicon valley. >> you can get more from soledad. tune in to a new special "the any promised land: silicon valley "this sundays. 8:00 eastern. we are at the top of the hour on this "cnn saturday morning." give you a look at some of the stories making headlines. president obama on a nine-day trip to the asia-pacific region. beginning the trip in his home state of hawaii. up see him there landing with the first lady just a few hours ago. the president is in hawaii for the apec conference getting under way in honolulu. he wraps up the trip next saturday in indonesia.

while the president was away, gunfire reported near the wois. authorities found an ak-47 rifle nearby but believe the white house was not targeted. and two days after he was snatched from his home in venezuela by gun-toting kidnappers, washington national's catcher wilson ramos has been freed. state-run television says the major-leaguer is healthy and unharmed. ramos was rescued by the country's security forces. today, in just three hours, we're going to see something we haven't seen in the past 46 years. the penn state football team playing a game without joe paterno as head coach. on the campus where we saw right itting just two days ago, this is what we saw students doing last night. a candlelight vitch toll support the victims ever the sexual abuse scandal. this is happening in the same place where students rioted in support of fired football coach paterno. penn state's new president says he'll appoint an ethics officer

to report directly to him. the interim president relaced the other president, graham spanier, replaced for her handling of scandal. and, mike mcqueary is now on administrative leave. he reported the alleged sex incident to paterno back in 2002. the school says mcqueary has been receives threats. as for jerry sandusky, the former coach at the center of the scandal, someone threw a couple of cinder blocks through his window. sandusky, who still lives in state college, he was not home at the time. back on campus, though, they have to play a game today. the game goes on. taking on nebraska just three hours from now. their final home game of the season. students are being encouraged to stage a blue out. to wear blue in support of child abice victims all over the world. our mike galanos is there. i was struck by something you said earlier. what do they expect? you said nobody really know what's to expect when the game

gets going. >> reporter: you know, t.j., i just talked to some folks that are tailgating, throwing a football around. i asked, what's the feeling like? i'll let you hear from them in the next hour. they admit that it's somber. there is a cloud-not a cloud in the skies, but there is a cloud over this experience and they're hoping that football can kind of give them that diversion, and they're obviously hoping penn state play as good ball game. you mentioned it, first time since 1966, joe paterno not the head coach. different feel. we'll hear from those folks in a bit. last night, that message from the students at the candlelight vigil. victims first, and a former penn state star, lavar arrington addressed the crowd. listening to his tone as he addressed everybody. somber, emotional. let's listen to that. >> this is a call. this is -- it's our time and it's our duty. this serves as the ultimate wake-up call. if this isn't enough to wake us up and get motivated and look at

one another and be a protector of one another, if this isn't a good enough wake-up call, then i don't know what is. leave here tonight with a resolve and an understanding that you possess the power to change things. and i will be there with you, and we should all be here with one another, because you know what? we are. >> all: penn state. >> love you guys, man. >> reporter: t.j., that speaks to it right there. normally they do the we are -- penn state and it's roaucous. again, the focus was on the victims last night. >> mike galanos for us there at state college. look forward to hearing from those students you chatted here here in our next hour. thanks so much. just about five minutes past the hour now. scott paterno, son of the legendary coach, is speaking out

on behalf of his father. a statement saying "like everyone who has watched this story unfold my father is experiencing a range of powerful emotions. he's absolutely distraught over what happened to the children and their families. he also wants very much to speak publicly and answer questions. at this stage, however, he has no choice but to be patient and defer to the legal process. "he went on to say his father will continue to cooperate fully with the grand jury's investigation and his father obtained an attorney. the lawyer is advising them not to make anymore public comments on this matter. the president, president obama was speaking out on this penn state scandal. the president was attending the carrier classic, the basketball game, college game, between north carolina and michigan state that took place on the deck of an aircraft carrier out in san diego. asked about what's happening at penn state by an espn reporter. listen. >> obviously the whole situation's heartbreaking and we think first and foremost of the victims of these alleged crimes but i think it's a good time for

is to do some soul searching. every institution, not just penn state, about what our priorities are, and making sure that we understand that our first priority is protecting our kids, and you know, we all have a responsibility. we can't leave it to a system. we can't leave it to somebody else. each of us has to take it upon ourselves to make sure that our kids have the love and support and protection that they deserve. >> again, that event yesterday. more about that a little later, but the game, therefore, the veterans on veterans day, more on the president's schedule, but back to this topic of penn state in a moment. you heard me say coach paterno obtained an attorney. why does he need one right now? we have two of our legal experts, two guys that we need to thank fredricka whitfield for allowing me to borrow this morning. you see them you know them well. but they'll be chiming in about what joe paterno could be

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ten minutes past the hour. "cnn saturday morning." the penn state scandal raises a lot of legal questions. the former assistant football coach jerry sandusky is freer on $100,000 bail accused of sexually abusing boys between 1994 and 2009. penn state's eighth leak director timothy curley and

schultz charged with one count of perjury and one count of failure to report suspected abuse. both released on $75,000 bail. the head coach, joe paterno and the university's president have both been fired. no charges against them. let me bring in two of our legal guys who fredricka whitfield was nice enough to let us borrow this morning. avery friedman, civil rights attorney and law professor in cleveland. richard herman, criminal defense attorney and law professor as well in d.c. this weekend. gentlemen, thank you both. avery, let me start with you. a lot people ask the question, sandusky is out on bail. should he be out on bail given the charges, given the number of victims, given the crime? >> well, that's a very fair question, t.j. i think if i were on the bench i don't know that i would permit bail, but it's -- you know, again, the discretion of the trial judge to make these decisions. the issue is much broader than that, as i see it. i think not only is the campus

thunder-struck with what's gone on, but there needs to be a re-examination of what's called the mandatory reporter law. that is, anyone, social worker, too mucher, lawyer, doctor, when you see abuse, you have to report it. and the argument's being advanced in pennsylvania is that, as long as you tell the boss, you're covered, and that's where i think if we zero in on issue, where the problem is. if victims are going to be protected you've got to go to law enforcement and that didn't happen here. >> richard, don't we have some states -- i'm in a state with those kinds of laws, but what kind of punishment is appropriate for folks who are aware are or even suspect and don't report? >> yeah. that's one thing, t.j., but it's worse when there's a cover-up. where there's an attempt to cover up something. here penn state university police were reported. they had knowledge of this. the district attorney's office had knowledge -- where's the

district attorney who was around back then? where is he? he's nowhere to be found. t.j., this is the tip of the iceberg here. how does mcqueary, a 28-year-old grad student, look in the showers of a facility and see a grown man raping a 10-year-old child and not 'instinctively grb a baseball bat and save that child? how does he live with himself now? call the police or do something. give me a break. and how is sandusky -- conrad murray a throat society, can't write prescriptions. this sandusky, at least eight children there's allegations again. probably trip that when it all is said and done. unbelievable. >> we'll see. go ahead. >> well, i mean, i think -- i think that's exactly right, but, again, zeroing in on the legal issue, in harrisburg, the state legislature is looking at its mandatory reporter law.

many states like ohio and other states, you must go directly to law enforcement, and i think, although i've heard commentators say, well, paterno's going to be cleared. i think the question is, what does pennsylvania mandatory reporting require? if you just report it to the boss, t.j., then the argument is, well i guess it's okay. but you've got to go to law enforcement and that's a real question. that's why we have investigations literally at state, local and federal levels going out. >> probably a lot of people will argue this is a legal failing, but also a moral failing, a personal failing that goes all through that campus. >> sure. >> let me bring you back in, because you're saying flat out, you believe it's not just people dropping the ball, didn't take it seriously enough. you believe there's an actual cover-up. that's what penn state university, what is their liability in any legal liability here now? are they going to be hit way flood of civil suits? >> t.j., they're going to get hammered. they're going to get hammered civilly, but right now criminal is center stage and joe paterno

was very wise to hire criminal counsel. even though there's proclamations he's not a target of this investigation, t.j., my brother, i have seen witnesses and subjects get indicted. he better be careful. if he misstated anything in his grand jury testimony or if there are allegations that he aided and abetted a cover-up of this, he is going to be prosecuted criminally. this is not over, t.j. it's going to get a lot worse. >> you need -- you need -- yeah. you need to temper that with the understanding that joe paterno has publicly already admitted, i wish i would have done more. that has civil implications, criminal implications. i think we're very early on. i think richard's right in the sense there are going to be more victims. it's interesting that the victims' families, we haven't heard anything from them. not quite sure. we've heard from one. but nothing has happened since, right, since 1994. where are they? something tells me that's going to surface, adding a complete dimension to this. >> richard, you mentioned,

findsous, they go through his testimony and he turns out to have said something that turns out to be false, is coach paterno looking at perjury charges or what other type of criminal charges could he be facing? >> absolutely, t.j. it's criminal perjury if he lied to a grand jury. whether it's the all god joe paterno or whether it's joe schmo from the street. if you lie to a grand jury you're going to get persecuted. that's foremost and center and i think he's concerned about his testimony and i think he's concerned that this sandusky, t.j., this sandusky was let go after 20 years of coaching. he was only 55 years old. he was the heir apparent to joe paterno and he was let go in 1999. how could that be? what were the circumstances of that? what did joe paterno know? what did he know then? and after 2002, how many times was sandusky seen at the penn state facilities with young boys? t.j., it's really bad.

>> the other -- >> the other issue -- wrap it up by saying, they put mcqueary on leave. you know what? you want to clean the mess ip. clean house, start all over again. that's what's going to have to happen. >> this is just -- the details, i'm sure you all have read it, too. my goodness. the case, it is just, the details are disgusting. richard, avery, thank you both for being here. you're still with fredricka coming up at noon. right? >> noon. >> yes. >> noon hour. >> all right. see you guys again. >> good to be with you. >> thanks so much. it's 17 past the hour. coming up tomorrow, dr. sanjay gupta, he's got another new show. another show. another show? for sanjay? it's called "the next list." dr. sanjay gupta will profile exceptional individuals. this week he talks to the virtual magician. >> reporter: for tempest, adding pop culture tricks in the mid-80s met enu lating what he

loved most of all. special effects like those he was seeing in the movies. >> people would actually go to the movies to see special effects. so if i could bring the special effects of the movies to the stage, then -- in my mind, sure enough, i would have a recipe, the dna to do magic, which is contemporary and which would attract larger audiences. >> "the next list," check it out sunday. set the dvr. "the next list." 18 past the hour now and a husband makes a $10,000 mistake. you ever made a mistake that expensive, reynolds? >> how much did you say? >> $10,000? >> there are some mistakes you can't put a price on. >> good point. it might surprise you to see when and where the guy la to go to find his wife engagement ring.

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22 past the hour. let reynolds and i first say we're sorry. husbands, we mess up a lot i. say that every day. >> you do. you have to say it every day. >> you do. >> but this is a pretty big "i'm sorry" to his wife. a $10,000 mistake by one husband. the husband in south florida, he accidentally threw away his wife's 1.5 carat diamond ring.

other trash in his hand, threw it in there and it ends up in a landfill. so what does he do? he then goes, gets ahold of the company, the trash company. the trash collectors. he starts going by dumpster diving, dumpster by dumpster, if you will. then he goes to the landfill to find the ring. this is eight tons of garbage, ten feet high, and he did it for love. take a listen. >> i was lifting chairs out of the way, broken glass. other sanitary items that i don't want to get into, but it was horrific to say the least. like nothing i ever smelt before. i actually did slightly vomit. it was pretty bad. >> he's my hero. he's my absolute hero. >> it's good to get that title after you really mess up. >> he's got some leverage, yep, for quite a while.

>> they've been married five year. she's five months pregnant there as well. this is their first child. a couple ways to look at this, reynolds. do you give him credit for the efforts to get it back or call him an idiot for throwing it away in the first place? which do you go? >> a mistake. >> of course it was. >> the guy must have been shot in the heart by cupid buy a bazooka, not with an arrow. to go through that kind of stuff is amazing. >> he didn't have a choice. did he? what do you say after that? it's gone? >> it was a carat and a half diamond, i would have that thing sergei lick staurg surgically stapled to my skin. don't take it off. he will never have that hand in his hand ever again. she cannot trust him with anything. family pet, the kid. only 5 months -- born in 5 months, right? >> she's five months' pregnant. >> be careful with the baby.

serious. come on. car keys, probably dangerous around the guy. >> can you give me one game forecast? we had a whole -- just give one. you pick the game. >> it's popping up. the game we have is, not up there. oklahoma state and texas tech. looking at number two against an unranked team. the texas tech at one point beat oklahoma. off to a pretty decent season. noon kickoff, 64 degrees. kickoff, noon. athens and auburn and georgia, great game. playing at athens. 64 degrees to kick off and wind out of the south at five to ten. >> all righty. 25 minutes past the hour. thanks as always. >> stapled to my hand. >> all right. oh, 25 minutes past the hour. a story a little square fri last night. reports of shots fired near the white house? we'll tell what you authorities then found nearby. stay with us. daddy, come in the water!

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some stories making headlines as we get close to the bottom of the hour. mexico's top drug-fighting official is dead. interior minister blake mora and several others died yesterday in a helicopter crash south of mexico city. mora was the point man in mexico's war against drug cartels. investigators don't know what caused the helicopter to go down. foggy weather may have been a factor. also, for the first time in 46 years, legendary head football coach joe paterno is not a part of the penn state game plan today. fired wednesday in the wake of the child rape scandal involving a former longtime assistant coach. kickoff for this game is 2.5 hours from now. paterno's former team playing the nebraska cornhuskers, the final home game of the season for penn state. also, police in washington investigates reports of shots fired just a couple of blocks away from the white house last