explosive child sex abuse scandal that's tarnished the legend of a football coach. >> it's been truly difficult to comprehend the terrible nature of the allegations that were revealed in the attorney general's presentment last week. my heart aches for the victims and their families and my mind searches for answers like millions of others across the nation. this is a tragedy for many lives and it will take all of us some time to come to grips with the full magnitude of all of the damage that's been done. >> we'll continue to listen to that for you. assistant coach michael mcqueary is mentioned from tomorrow's game after receiving multiple threats. the grand jury report says mcqueary caught an ex-coach raping a 10-year-old boy back in 2002 but never reported it to

police. the investigation into accused child predator jerry sandusky has expanded to san antonio, texas, where authorities there are looking to whether he victimized a boy on a team trip to the alamo bowl in 1989 and tonight there will be a candlelight vigil on the penn state campus for the alleged nine victims. >> we need to identify these victims of sexual abuse. we need to find them. we need to help them. they are our children. >> nbc's ron mott is live in state college, pennsylvania, watching that story for us. ron, any details on the nature of those threats we just mentioned against coach mcqueary? >> reporter: good morning. no. we didn't get more specific information regarding those threats from the university. the statement issued last night saying that coach mcqueary would not be here tomorrow was very flat. it didn't say much more than he had received threats and for the interest of everyone, they

decided to pull him away from the game tomorrow. now nebraska officials called penn state officials yesterday asking that they put more security forces on the ground here and penn state confirmed to nebraska officials they will do that. one thing i want to mentioning talking about interim president erickson, i want to add that they are going to look for answers and the community at large here in penn state and around the country will be looking for answers about the board itself. this current investigation kicked off back in '09 started when now governor tom corbit was the state attorney general. a lot of folks may want to know how much did board members know about the current investigation because there may be a perception that this board is sort of behind the eight ball and playing catchup with what has presumably been around in some circles on this campus going back into the late '90s.

a lot of questions yet to be answered on that front. regarding the coach, he will not be here tomorrow. a lot of people wondering about his employment status. interim head coach tom bradley was asked about that at a press conference yesterday. he said it would be a game time decision about whether he will be here. that was clarified last night. he will not be on campus because of the security threats. a lot of disclosures yet to come we're told. >> a lot going on in state college, pennsylvania. pennsylvania's governor is calling for an investigation into the charity that gave jerry sandusky access to the young boys. nbc news national investigative correspondent has been looking into this. if these allegations turn out to be true, sandusky created this charity called the second mile back in '77 to helped trouble

boys. ironic as well. >> reporter: exactly. one of the stunning disclosures in that grand jury report was that sandusky had met every one of his victims through this charity, the second mile. sandusky was the public face of this charity. he raised millions of dollars from local businessmen. he recruited high profile board membe members. he also participated in charity programs. he helped lead them. according to the grand jury report, that's how he met his victims and took them from the programs and then as the grand jury reports spelled out used that to sexually abuse these kids. >> reading through the indictment, it mentioned eight different victims. when you hear the details, you can't help but ask, this charity, second mile, did any of the members of that charity know about what was happening and what sandusky allegedly had

done? >> reporter: that is the question a lot of people are asking. that's the question that governor corbit addressed yesterday and said why there has to be an investigation. if you read the grand jury report closely, the charity's general counsel first got a report about that 1998 police investigation but the charity took no action. the investigation led to no charges. but then again in 2002 the charity's executive director is informed about the later allegation that took place in the locker room at penn state here and again the charity took no action. it was not until 2008 when sandusky himself informs charity officials that he's under police investigation that the charity cuts off sandusky from the children in its programs. >> paterno was made aware of these allegations by that current assistant coach, at that

time a graduate assistant. he's now secured a lawyer. do we know why? >> reporter: well, he's reached out and we're told there's been no retainer agreement signed yet but, look, coach paterno is not facing any criminal charges here. he's been described as a cooperating witness. this is still an ongoing investigation. there's going to at least be a trial of the three people who have been charged in this. and then more importantly than that, looking town the road, there are the prospect of huge civil lawsuits here. we've seen that in other cases of this kind like the boy scouts and catholic church and i think the expectation is that the victims and their families are going to be filing civil lawsuits and coach paterno could be right in the middle of that. >> thank you so much live with a report for us. as more alleged victims involved in the jerry sandusky scandal come forward to tell their stories, the court of public opinion is speaking out loudly

about how university officials handled the accusations over the year but how will a real judge rule on their actions and financial implications involved for all involved? we'll be joined at the bottom of the hour to discuss some of that. good news on this veterans day for you. a rare show of bipartisan support the senate passed a piece of the president's jobs bill designed to help unemployed veterans. kelly o'donnell is live with us right now. how big of a breakthrough was this? >> significant when you consider that everything else that's been talked about with respect to the president's jobs bill has gone down to defeat. what they did is found a more narrow area where there would be wide agreement and it does have to do with veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars who have been out of work. they passed tax credit for employers that would hire those veterans and receive greater tax credit if the veteran is disabled or among the long-term unemployed. the idea is to deal with overwhelming unemployment that goes beyond average for these

veterans and some of the stigma for those that come back from war and have had a difficult time to get employment and to transfer those skills from battlefield and military life into civilian life. this was overwhelming. the bill also did something else, a much more narrow thing having to do with tax wi withholding for small business. the house will look at the veterans piece of this but it is headed for the president's desk. both sides can claim a small victory. big for veterans on this veterans day but rare show of bipartisan support. if you think they can't ever do it, on this case they did. >> many are hoping for a victory with the supercommittee coming up with an agreement here with two weeks to go. any positive views that you are seeing? >> reporter: the happiness we just talked about fades when you get to the supercommittee. they have struggled. there are some smaller breakthroughs, republicans have said that they would put forward in this early negotiating phase

revenue meaning changes to the tax code and reducing deductions to bring in more revenue. democrats are not satisfied with that because it would include keeping bush era tax rates in place and democrats would like to see more. it is a federal holiday but some of those supercommittee members are working today trying to negotiate as you mentioned clock ticking 12 days to go. lots of predictions they won't be able to get it done but on a person to person level talking to members and staff they say they are working at it. it's a huge problem and there are enormous consequences if they fail. some sweeping automatic budget cuts wilewill take effect later on. >> a lot of work ahead of them. a couple of 2012 candidates still doing damage control. we have rick perry on "letterman" trying to make a joke out of his brain freeze at the debate. take a listen to this. >> you try concentrating with mitt romney smiling at you. that's one handsome dude. >> number two -- >> yeah. i wanted to help take the heat

off my buddy herman cain. >> okay. and the number one rick perry excuse -- >> i just learned justin bieber is my father. >> joining me now, richard wolfe and jean cummings. richard, we'll start with you. i like the first two better than the last one. what did you think? >> he did a mast eerful cleanup. the next step for this guy is to cut ads saying i may not be the smartest guy out there but smart guys have screwed things up. if he invests heavily in turning this around, there's a narrow chance he would pull it off in iowa. elsewhere maybe not but double down in iowa and double down on his mistakes. >> do you think he has a chance? >> nobody has voted. i don't understand why all my pundit friends say it's over. it's two months away. it's a volatile time. those polls will bounce around

when people start voting. >> someone else doing damage control is herman cain. i want to show you this part of stomp speech in michigan yesterday. >> some of my staff members say hiejjacking is a very strong wo. shouldn't say that. i shouldn't i say that? it's not politically correct. remember, i didn't go into political correctness school. >> he was alluding to some people saying that others are hijacking the american dream. is this sort of nonpolitical correctness what people actually like about him? >> that was part of his charm when he started out. the truth is sexual harassment is not being politically correct. it's a crime. it's something that people are not supposed to do and people get sued and seem lose jobs over these things. it's a serious charge. if you look at the latest cbs

poll, herman cain is beginning to lose support among women since these charges came out. in addition, there are early detections in that poll that once again the tea party folks are moving as we've seen they were with bachmann and then with perry and then moved to cain and now they may be migrating to gingrich. i agree with richard. we are way far away from the end of this race and there could be a lot of movement along the way. >> richard, we see more of the women vote that jean is alluding to that may lose traction. >> it's important to republicans. it's an area where the president has lost a lot of ground. the suburban voters who are soccer moms and security moms, they decide these elections. this kind of thing is death in a general election but in the primaries he may only need conservative men to show up in iowa to take him over the top.

you know, a month is an eternity in this race. >> as you have said consistently here. compare these guys to mitt romney. they're trying to do damage control. perhaps as we are talking about nonpolitical and nonpolitically correct cain is describing himself as, you have romney called a robot. what's better here? to make a few mistakes along the way or be the smooth operator as romney has played? >> most political insiders in the republican party, the strategists would say all things considered i rather be romney. he has a ton of money. cutting his first ad. at this time in the last cycle he spent $8 million on television ads. he spent zero. he banked all of his money. romney is really still in the catbird seat.

there's chatter in washington among conservative groups. we have a story with bloomberg today where they are talking about do we go ahead and get behind him and then pressure him to toe the line or do we move and mask behind one alternative. >> tough question going forward. thank you so much. thank you for your time on this friday. as troop withdrawal from iraq draws closer, the obama administration is stepping up military capabilities in the region. the u.s. will sell thousands of advanced bunker buster bombs and other weapons to the united arab emirates that's an ally in the region. this is part of the administration's plan to keep iran in check. [ male announcer ] our nation's veterans are real-life heroes. but when they come home, they don't want a parade; they want a job.

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accusers canceled the plan to have a news conference. she changed her mind because two other women have not returned her calls. her attorney says she's going to stay quiet unless all four will come forward together. meanwhile, herman cain continues to deny those allegations. police had to get involved after protesters stormed a michele bachmann event in south carolina. they started shouting we have a message for ms. bachmann accusing her of dividing americans. michele bachmann respond afford they f after they finished that. >> they have a right to do that but how disrespectful to do that when we are here to honor veterans and stand behind them and our military. i hope some day they truly come to understand and appreciate what's been done for them. >> we know wrai isiowa is a key

state for the election. jeremy was elected mayor of aredale, iowa. the 18 year old did not campaign and was not on the ballot and did not have to kiss babies to become mayor of the town with a population of 74. he secured the win with write in votes. you can meet him here at 2:00 p.m. on news nation with tamara hall. despite a double digit unemployment rate, african-americans still support president obama and his policies. overwhelming 86% of african-americans approve of his handling of the economy and the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. i'm joined by joanne reed, msnbc kro contributor. we look at the unemployment numbers and it's been difficult for the african-american

community close to 16%. 15.1 to be exact. highest of any group. the black and white pay gap also continues. why are we seeing this unfettered support for the president? >> part of the reason is that african-american unemployment was high before the great recession and it's been high in the boom years of the '90s. african-american unemployment was at 12% to 13%. for african-americans i think more people have sort of become accustomed to tougher economic times. >> it was tough before and it's tough now. >> exactly. i think there's a protectiveness of this president. african-americans obviously very proud that we have the first black president and willing to give him who are time. >> i was reading the article that says more enthusiastic about voting today in 2012 than in 2008 or ever before. will it translate to votes? >> that's what's important for the obama re-election. they need the same intensity. we'll get 90 plus percent of the

african-american vote baked into the cake but if he doesn't get the same level of intensity and turnout it won't help him to have that level of support. he needs it to translate. >> one area where majority of african-american expressed dissatisfaction saying president has fallen short of their expectation which is en it come oversight of wall street and the big banks. >> we heard it didn't have a lot of diversity but african-americans are more supportive of occupy wall street and down on big banks and want to see stronger oversight. it will help the president to get on that side of the issue with not just african-americans but liberals in general. >> he was riding high after the election in that particular group, african-americans. the narrative was after that he had not served the community very well and let them down perhaps. has that evolved or was there just a misunderstanding along the way? >> the media picked up on high profile african-americans who were expressing their own views

and then translated that to the african-american community as a whole. i think that we in the media translateded that to african-americans feel that way and it was really more of their personal opinion. >> of the high profile african-americans. does that feed into that idea that the president has taken for granted african-americans as a whole? does this dispel that? >> what's interesting is there's always been an establishment within the african-american community and barack obama throughout his political career bucked that particular establishment. whether you look at the congressional black caucus which is more of the old guard and african-american community or certain people like cornell west, barack obama sort of carve out his own base among black people and he continues to carry his own sort of base regardless of what that establishment says. >> we got to go. does this surprise you? >> it surprises me given the level of the economic distress that support was so high on the economy. that was a surprising number.

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new york through philly quiet conditions. same story down toward d.c. here's a look at the winds. these are sustained wind ranges. we could see gusts upwards of 40 miles per hour especially as we work our way through this afternoon as this system clears out of the area. that's something to keep in mind for everything you're doing outside. some of the observances going on. one other big story across the eastern u.s. will be temperatures on the cold side of things. through saturday and sunday a nice warmup the entire eastern half of the country. richard? >> looking good there. thank you so much. later the president will head out for a nine-day trip through the pacific rim to focus on trade, the economy and military presence in the region. president obama will go on one of his final trips with someone who may travel with him more than his own wife. i'm talking about reggie love. the man who has served as president obama's so-called body man since coming into the white house. nbc news mike viqueira joins me from the white house with some insights into what a body man does and how important is a body man to the president? not a lot of people have maybe

heard of this job. >> reggie love is perhaps one of the more high profile of the body men 6'5" former division 1 basketball and football player and been by president obama's side since president obama was in the senate going there as an intern. every president has one. you see them all over washington among the powerful. living in the shadow of the public official or the big shot that they are supposed to be or ever helping. the portfolio is so broad and undefined. you can do everything from playing basketball with the president as reggie love often does with president obama. we've seen plenty of pictures of that. helping him with clean shirts. keeping him supplied with nicorette gum as he's been known to do with president who still chews it and he's always behind

the president. this is a job not well defined but every president has had one. you really can't name notable body men in presidential history because they are on the periphery. he was hired as an intern for senator obama. he's been on the road with him. there's a ritual during the campaign where every morning of every primary for good luck they would have a pickup game of basketball. reggie love now moving on. he's going to warton business school. they say the schedule is getting too hectic and will devote full time to his studies. >> 18 hours a day with the president sometimes and going to business school and lets the president win a game or two here and there. do they ever talk politics or is it all nonpolitics?

>> they don't want to talk politics and don't watch channels like msnbc. they want to sort of keep it light. they want to talk about sports mainly. the president of course going to that basketball game tonight in san diego and reggie love will be there right by his side as always. >> kind of a very personal loss for the president as he moves onto different things for now. thank you for insight into that as reggie love plans to leave now the white house for a bit. here's a look at other stories that people are talking about. leon panetta is ordering the air force to consider imposing stronger punishment for those responsible for the dover scandal. they disposed of cremated remains in a virginia landfill for many years. baby lisa irwin turns one

today and police continue their frantic search efforts that began when she was first reported missing on october 4th. baby lisa's half brothers were reinterviewed separately about what they saw the night lisa disappeared. a new jersey bus driver has been charged with drunken driving after a student texted home with this. mommy, i think our bus driver is drunk. she's not driving right. police say the blood alcohol level was five times the legal limit and was swerving and falling asleep behind the wheel. when police found crockett she was at another school trying to pick up more students. let's talk turkey right now. the price of the traditional thanksgiving dinner is up sharply this year. up 13% according to the farm bureau. the total price tag just over $49. brian sullivan is here with what's moving your money.

we look at that price increase. what's behind it? hopefully it will result in 13% less eating. >> i have a fundamental problem with the thanksgiving bird. let's move on from that. the bird is the problem. we're talking about a 16-pound turkey will cost you four bucks more this year. problem is underlying commodities costs. droughts in texas. crazy rain and snow we've had here. wacky weather in the united states driving up underlying commodity costs. the whole costs of a dinner 13% more this year. slightly under $5 per person. there's your numbers. you have to blame the bird. i recommend a delicious ham. >> go to a ham or meat substitute for those who don't like to eat meat. >> tofu turkey. >> doesn't have a good ring to it. talking about holidays, walmart going big trying to outsmart other folks that are going to open up at midnight on black friday. >> pretty soon black friday will start the day after thanksgiving

and just go 365. they are going to print maps to the stores so people don't have to run crazily looking for what they want. it's out of hand. it's totally out of hand. >> have you heard of a.m. zmazo? markets are looking good. >> italy getting a budget deal passed. a big thanks to veterans out there including my pops. nine-year navy man. "uss dewey." the sex abuse scandal at penn state has changed lives and what everyone will think about saturday when the football team takes the field. financially the university has tens of millions riding on the football program. ann thompson is covering that part of the story for us. >> you know, college football is big business and it is very big business at penn state university. it's one of the most profitable

football programs in the country. take a look at these numbers. before the academic year of 2010-2011, the department of education says the penn state football team brought in $72.2 million and made a profit of $53.2 million. by one estimate, it takes in some $6 million every saturday there's a home game on ticket sales, concessions and parking alone. it's also very big business for all of those businesses around state college, pennsylvania, who see a boom from the 106,000 people who come in to go to those games. first big test will come tomorrow when penn state plays nebraska at home. another question being asked on financial side of this scandal is how much liability could penn state university be facing. a lot of people have compared this sex scandal to the one that the catholic church has been dealing with in this country for

the last ten years because you have a predator in a position of power -- alleged predator in a position of power who preyed on young boys and then allegedly officials covered it up. that scandal has cost the catholic church in this country billions of dollars. in the archdiocese of boston alone where the scandal erupted in 2002, they paid out $100 million. there is some very big figures on the table when it comes to looking at the financial side of this scandal. richard? >> anne thompson, thank you so much. so far three people are facing criminal charges in the penn state child sex scandal. it's likely to open the flood gate to civil lawsuits. i'm joined by host of judge alex and former florida circuit court judge. what are the legal liabilities of penn state right now? >> it's an interesting question, richard. what we can anticipate a flood of lawsuits absolutely. i can't imagine a case where damages wouldn't be easier to prove -- would be easier to

prove than this one. the problem i think is issues of sovereign immunity. penn state may benefit from pennsylvania's sovereign immunity statute. we have to break down exactly how many incidents there were with particular children. number two, it brings up personal liability and joe paterno's personal liability. he's done very well as the coach of penn state. however, that brings up another thorny issue which is the employee of the state school is individually liable for criminal acts or individually willful acts. if he acted negligently, it's under his employer. >> he's contacted a lawyer here. are there civil considerations? >> that's actually what i'm talking about is civil considerations here. so he can be sued civilly but he's going to have protection of his employer. remember, they're going to come

at it two ways. either were negligent in that you should have reported this to the authorities in which case he's a state employee and negligently within the scope of his employment it's not personal liability or you willfully tried to cover it up which gets his employer off the hook because typically they're not responsible for individual acts. with sovereign immunity issues in the mix as well, it's not going to be an easy road to hoe. >> this is a very complex legal case that might be going forward here. speaking of organizations, there's also the charity, second mile that jerry sandusky who allegedly raped a boy according to the indictment. what sort of liability might that charity hold? >> that raises the same issue of whether or not he was acting within the scope of his employment. he clearly is not. the charity -- it's not his scope of employment to commit these horrible acts against children. it really is his individual

liability. if there's a way to show that any knew or should have known that they were on notice to this kind of behavior, they'll be liable. i'm not sure how much financial ability that charity has, however. they may not be a deep pocket. that's a separate issue. >> all right, judge alex. thank you for your insight. a semitractor-trailer crashed into the heron river in michigan. firefighters used a boat to free the driver from the cab. the driver suffered minor injuries. a nearby highway was shut down as a result of this. [ indistinct talking on radio ] [ tires screech ] [ crying ] [ applause ]

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that and much more just minutes away. president obama is one step closer to signing the first little piece of his jobs bill. the senate passed legislation last night to help unemployed veterans. joining me now is admiral jonathan greener, chief of naval operations. admiral, good morning to you. thank you for stopping by. you know this legislation that we've been talking about assist not only unemployed veterans but also disabled veterans. we look at some 850,000 unemployed veterans. is this enough that congress is taking the right action right now? >> it certainly is a good start. our disabled and all our veterans are very skilled workers. clearly reliable and they perform under stress. we have a young workforce able to help our companies and i think it's a good investment. >> one of the issues when we discuss getting a job is translating that military experience to the business environment and some knew

veterans especially ages of 20 to 24 their unemployment rate is one in three. that's one of the difficulties they've described. how would you suggest they deal with that? >> well, these are folks who are young. clearly they can perform under stress. they can be trained. they are dedicated. i think what we have here is an opportunity and it would really be great if we took advantage of it. our young sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines have a vast set of skills out there. technical and leadership and management. i think it's a good opportunity. >> i worked with many myself and when you look at the statistics here, those who are employed, those are veterans that do quite well. they make more than the average wage across the country and actually the unemployment rate for veterans is lower than the national average. why would you say that's the case? >> i think what we have is a generation of folks who commit to an institution. clearly they show up for work on time. they are there every day.

these are eager people ready to learn with a broad, broad set of skills. a great investment. >> you have probably also seen today's "usa today" that says today's congress has fewer veterans on the front page. what do you think that means for the country? >> i think what it means is we have to educate the congress. we have to go up and talk to them and make sure they understand what their servicemen are about today and what they're out there doing. our navy today is out there with 145 ships under way and 100 ships deployed around the world. so we have a challenge and we have to talk to them. they're dedicated folks. they care about their military. we just need to make sure we keep the conversation going. >> admiral, on this veterans day, an important thing to do is remember those who have served our country. what can every day americans do? >> go out and shake the hand of a military member and say thank you for your service. i think that would be the best thing folks could do. it sends a shot of adrenaline through them for months and

months. we're so honored to have a generation of folks committed to an institution. and veterans day is a day to remember the legacy that brought this generation forward. >> thank you for your service. we appreciate your time today. >> thanks, richard. >> this afternoon a great veterans day show. president obama plans to attend the first ever college basketball game to be played on an active navy aircraft carrier. michigan state will take on north carolina aboard the "uss carl vinson." the carrier weighs 95,000 tons. >> in a few minutes president obama will attend the ceremony in arlington, virginia. ♪ no matter what the price i counted up the costs i know the sacrifice ♪

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