penn state scandal. more fallout following sex abuse charges against a former top assistant to head coach joe paterno. back on track. trying to right his campaign, gop hopeful herman cain says he's done talking about those sexual harassment claims. >> don't even go there. >> can i ask my question? >> no. and divorce drama. kim kardashian flies to see her soon-to-be ex-husband. could a reality reconciliation be in the works? this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, november 7, 2011. good morning, everybody. appreciate you joining us. i'm terrell brown. state college, pennsylvania, home to penn state university, known to many as happy valley,

isn't so happy this morning. retired penn state football coach, a long-time member of joe paterno's staff, is charged with sexually assaulting young boys. late last night two university officials charged with a cover-up in the case stepped down. drew levinson has more. >> reporter: former penn state defense coordinator jerry sandusky is out on bail. the 67-year-old is charged with sexually assaulting eight underage boys over a 15-year period. he says he didn't do it. >> jerry's very, very depressed, upset, distraught about the allegations. >> reporter: sandusky coached at penn state for three decades before retiring in 1999. prosecutors accuse him of assaulting some of the victims on campus. the grand jury concludes sandusky had access to vulnerable children through a charity he founded for at-risk kids. pennsylvania attorney general said, this is a case about a sexual predator who used his position within the university

and community to repeatedly prey on young boys. lawyers are also investigating a possible cover-up. in 2002 a graduate assistant reported he saw sandusky assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a shower. legendary head coach joe paterno passed the complaint on to athletic director tim curley and a vice president, gary schultz. prosecutors charged those two with not alerting police. curley and schultz say they did nothing wrong and deny the charges. still, they're expected to turn themselves in here at harrisburg. students at penn state are stunned. >> it's kind of heartbreaking. >> you don't expect those here at penn state. we pride ourselves on respect. >> it's sad that it's at our school and he's involved with young kids. it's just sad. >> reporter: drew levinson, cbs news, harrisburg, pennsylvania. penn state head coach joe paterno has not been charged. prosecutors say he first learned of the case in 2002. an assistant told paterno he saw

sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy in the locker room. they say paterno told university's athletic director tim curley, who's charged with a cover-up, but paterno did not call the police. last night paterno issued a statement saying he's, quote, shocked and saddened by the charges, adding that, if this is true, we were all fooled. in other news this morning, growing outrage in connecticut. nearly 90,000 homes and businesses are still without power. eight days after that october snowstorm. connecticut's largest utility thought it returned power to 99% of its customers by last night. it now says that didn't happen. it could be days before electricity is fully restored. folks in oklahoma feeling aftershocks from the two quakes that struck there saturday. second one hit saturday night, a magnitude 5.6, centered about 40 miles northeast of oklahoma city. it was the strongest quake ever recorded in oklahoma. >> it started rumbling.

we were hanging onto the dresser because we felt like we were going to fall. and it was a long one. it just went on and on and on. and i kept thinking, is this ever going to be over? >> some buildings and highways suffered minor damage. several minor injuries were reported. in atlanta, a police crackdown on anti-wall street demonstrators continued this morning. at least five people were arrested early today. police say one refused to leave a park that was closed to demonstrators. the others on bicycles are accused of blocking traffic. this follows 19 arrests on saturday. most have been released. in washington proponents of a pine pipeline project staged a big demonstration across from the white house yesterday. the key stone pipeline would carry oil from canada down to the refineries in the gulf of mexico and create thousands of jobs. opponents fear an environmental disaster. they want president obama to block the plan. to politics. herman cain says he won't answer

any more questions about allegations that he sexually harassed women in the 1990s and he got a little testy when reporters wouldn't drop it. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. herman cain is getting a big dose of what it means to be in the media spotlight as a presidential front-runner. the questions about this scandal are not stopping and his answers may be starting to impact the poll numbers. herman cain says he is done talking about his sexual harassment scandal. >> don't even go there. >> can i ask my question? >> no. where's my chief of staff? >> right here. >> please send him the journalistic code of ethics. >> reporter: following a debate in texas saturday night, the residential candidate cut off a reporter who tried to bring up the allegations against him. cain has repeatedly denied sexually harassing anyone and says he wants to return to focusing on the country's major issues. >> we are getting back on message.

end of story. back on message. >> reporter: while cain may be finished discussing the controversy, his rivals are just getting started. >> it's up to herman cain to get the information out and get it out in total. >> reporter: it's still unclear how much the scandal will impact cain's campaign. a poll on friday had him still tied with mitt romney, but another on sunday showed a nine-point drop in his favorability rating. >> he's not out of this yet. he can't basically say i'm not going to answer any more questions on this. as facts come forward, even though it's an unconventional k unconventional campaign, republicans want to win. >> reporter: cain will likely face more questions tonight. he'll join six of his republican rivals in a three-hour town hall broadcast on the radio. now, that debate in texas, by the way, featured only cain and newt gingrich, the only two who accepted the invitation. terrell? >> susan mcginnis in washington for us, thank you. it's reported defense secretary leon panetta is considering major pentagon

budget cuts, including medical and retirement benefits for military personnel. he has been ordered to cut $450 billion from the defense budget. he told "the new york times" that could force further downsizing of troop strength, reducing weapons purchases and closing bases. government leaders in greece met today to decide who will be the country's new prime minister. last night they agreed to form a 15-week interim government. to deal with the country's debt crisis. the current prime minister, george papandreou, says he'll step down. there are new disclosures this morning about iran's secret nuclear research program. in a report to be released, the international atomic agency says it has evidence that iran mastered critical steps to build a nuclear weapon. the washington potion reports that nuclear agency has records showing iran was helped by foreign scientists, including a former soviet weapons expert. take a quick break. coming up on the "morning news" it's not just an age gap anymore, the wealth gap is wider than ever before.

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but apparently they say they are not getting back together. prince william and his wife kate are getting a new home. when that apartment is ready to go in 2013 is will be their home base in london. the couple currently lives in a rented house in wales. there's also widespread speculation kate might be pregnant but no comment from the royals. on the "cbs moneywatch" on this monday, a down day for stocks in asia. good morning to you. >> good morning. asian markets were mostly lower today with investors worrying greece still won't be able to work its way out of the debt crisis. japan's nikkei edged down a fraction while hong kong's hang seng lost about 1%. today wall street tries to kick off a rally, a new rally. last week stocks lost ground with their first weekly loss since september. both the dow and nasdaq were down about 2%. the wealth gap between younger and older americans has never been wider. according to just released census data. the typical household headed by

someone 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than one headed by someone under age 35. 37% of younger age households have a net worth of zero or less, a figure that has doubled since 1984. and thousands of americans hit the streets saturday for the so-called national bank transfer day. the internet movement urged big bank customers to close their accounts and switch to credit unions. to protest corporate greed. it's unclear how many people actually did switch their accounts but in october credit unions reported gaining more than 650,000 new customers. barnes & noble will reportedly intro a new nook today. the ereader has been a hit since its launch in 2009 but the company has been under increasing pressure from amazon's kindle. some internet reports suggest the new barnes & noble device will be more tablet computer than ereader. they're also expected to slash

the price on the original nook to $99. at the movies "puss & boots" pounced for another box office win. the shrek spinoff did much better than expected in the second week taking in $33 million. "tower heist" snatched $25 million for the number two spot with "a very harold and kumar christmas" in third. >> good to see you. thanks. there's a verdict watch today in the los angeles manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray charged with killing michael jackson. after final testimony and closing arguments last week, the jury spent friday deliberating with no verdict announced. murray could get up to four years in prison if convicted. coming up on this monday, we'll have your weather forecast. in sports, ray lewis and the ravens knock heads with steelers. and this one goes down to the final seconds.

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southeast will enjoy sunny skies and warm temperatures. it could be cold in the northern rockies. highs in miami and wyoming will only be in the 30s and 40s. northwest has more rain on the way. in sports, a bunch of last-second wins on nfl sunday. in the night game we go to pittsburgh. ravens quarterback's flacco connects on a touchdown pass to tory smith just eight seconds left on the clock. baltimore beat steelers 23-20. foxboro, massachusetts, giants quarterback manning threw a one yard touchdown pass, just 15 seconds left there. that gave new york 24-20 victory over the new england patriots. and in overtime, we go to glendale, arizona. patrick petersen of the cardinals caught a punt on the 1 yard line. dives and bounces off tacklers and outran every one of them. 99 yards for the touchdown. arizona wins 19-13 over st. louis. it's only the second punt return for an overtime touchdown in nfl history.

in the new york marathon, the course record was shattered. kenya's geoffrey mutai won with a time of 2: 05.06, demolishing the previous mark set more than a decade ago by 2:30. his average mile time was less than five minutes. the women's winner was ethiopia's firehiwot dado she ran it in 2:23.15, almost a minute better than her previous best time, but not a record. and as they ran the marathon, mary and raymond donaldson got married. as they kept running, a minister appears alongside them. a ring came out of raymond's pocket. and they were officially married. now they're running off to italy for their honeymoon. god bless the minister running alongside them the whole time. when we come back, another look at this morning's top stories. also when we come back, there will never be another like him. remembering andy rooney. i couldn't sleep right. next day it took forever to get going.

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here's a look at today's weather. the southern plains can see large and damaging storms with heavy rain, wind and hail. farther west, snow will spread over colorado into wyoming. a narrow band of showers will reach from the plains to the great lakes. here's another look at this morning's top stories. former penn state football coach jerry sandusky has been charged with sexually molesting eight young boys. two penn state administrators charged with covering up the allegations have stepped down and will turn themselves in today. republic presidential candidate herman cain says he's done talking about allegations of sexual harassment. as you probably know we at cbs news lost a treasured member of our family on friday with the passing of andy rooney. for more than 30 years andy delivered the last words on "60 minutes" applying his sharp-edged wit from everything to world affairs to the content of his desk drawer. last night on "60 minutes,"

morley schaeffer shared this. >> reporter: when you first started the rooney piece on "60 minutes," what was the immediate response? >> how are you going to hate andy rooney on television? i don't recall having much negative comment from anybody. >> reporter: did you have any idea, though, that you had become iconic on this broadcast? >> well, i hope you're right. i don't know that -- whether you're right or not, but i like hearing you say it. >> i don't know anything offhand that mystifies americans more than the cotton they put in pill bottles. why do they do it? >> reporter: for over 30 years, andy rooney held court, dispensing his wit and wisdom from his desk-turned pulpit-soapbox, or whatever you want to call it. >> i make my living having opinions. >> all i'm saying is -- >> reporter: as america's favorite grouch-in-chief, he was the voice. >> will you please tell me why -- >> reporter: the loud whiney voice speaking on behalf of

citizens fed up with nearly everything. >> that's what's wrong with what's going on in washington. >> reporter: and a watch dog. >> look at these boxes of stuff. >> reporter: our junkyard poodle protecting consumers. >> check the size of those things. they not only puff the wheat, they puff the blueberries. >> i think of it as work. i love to come in and sit down at my typewriter. >> reporter: you think of it as work. people watching you say, you call that work? >> i know. i know it. that is true. but i do think of it -- it is work. >> there's no doubt about it. dogs are nicer than people. >> reporter: people say, is rooney really like that? you know, the character they see on the screen, is rooney really like that? i say, he's exactly like that. >> andy rooney died friday in a new york hospital from complications following surgery. he was 92. coming up this morning on "the early show," andy's son brian shares memories of his father. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." brown.

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it was a well-balanced festival sunday in brussels, belgium, as tight rope walkers from all over europe showed off their skill. they also tried to beat a world record by putting 30 walkers on the rope at one time. the event also featured dozens of jugglers. for the single-minded, a unicycle race. showoffs. latest job numbers show a slight improvement last month. 80,000 jobs were added in october. and the jobless rate fell by 0.1 to 9%. still, though, nearly a third of americans out of work have been so for more than a year so more have had to take their job search far afield. we found one who went more than most. >> reporter: you built all of this? building things is in kevin o'neill's dna, lincoln center, and other iconic buildings in new york. and this horse farm, an american dream for his wife and three

kids in rural new jersey. but there's no demand for o'neill's skills these days. did you ever imagine you would have to leave your country to provide sustenance for your family? >> never in my wildest dreams. >> reporter: across 30 years he made his name as a top construction manager in new york. but the financial crisis shut everything down. o'neill couldn't get a nibble. then in 2008 a call from halfway around the world, the middle eastern emirate of dubai. how did they find you? >> the recruiter was given a mandate to find one of the most difficult, ornery son of bitches in new york that got things done. >> reporter: he jumped at the chance. >> i was very reluctant until i saw the job. for me it was like building the pyramids impen gep. >> reporter: for a year and a half he oversaw construction of i la

islands and apartments. until the credit crisis hit dubai. end of project. >> when i went to dubai, i said, okay, you know, i'll do this for a short period. if the job doesn't pan out, i can always come back home and then things will get better and i'll go back to work. when i came home, things were worse. >> reporter: recruiter david cohn says men like o'neill must be ready to move abroad. >> since the beginning of the recession, we've seen an increase of about five-fold in construction professionals looking to move outside of the country for a job. >> i'm frustrated. i'm upset. but you still got to -- you got to make a living, so i do what i have to do. i hate it. i hate not being in america. >> reporter: this week o'neill left america for england, where he's interviewing for a job. the job is 10,000 miles away from home in australia. cbs news, flanders, new jersey. coming up a little later on "the early show," the penn state sex abuse scandal. a former football coach is charged and two top college

officials have resigned. also, the latest on jury deliberations in the michael jackson manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. and dennis leery of the award-winning series "rescue me" previews his new film "burn." all that and more coming up on "the early show." that's cbs news for this monday. i'm terrell brown. have a great day, everybody. errell brown. have a great day, everybody. ,, ,,,,

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