make news in america this morning, scandal at penn state. >> overnight, top officials resign as part of the sex abuse case that has stunned the school and it's football program. new reaction in the coach. seismic stunner. picking up the pieces from a rare earthquake. and the fireworks fiasco, how did it detonate in just 60 seconds? all of it caught on tape.

good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin. major developments overnight in the booming sex scandas rocked penn state university. two top officials are stepping down tonight. >> the cam pause is in part of state college known as happy valley. this morning, it's anything but. here's abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: a penn state grid irn legend faces 40 counts of mollessation. he's accused of molesting eight boys that were part of a foundation he created back in 1977. he declined comment. >> unfortunately, i'm not in a position i can make any statements. >> reporter: prosecutors say he used his position as a hero to the penn state community to prey

on young boys over a 15-year period. >> i'm blown away. completely. >> reporter: penn state's athletic director, tim curley and mr. schultz stepped down. >> this these allegations are true, it goes to the top of the athletic department of penn state. one would think there would have to be some kind of house cleaning. >> reporter: the board of trustees held an emergency meeting yesterday. joe paterno was told back in 2002 that sandusky was caught having sex with a 10-year-old boy in a penn state shower. he told administratored who reportedly failed to ask. joe paterno said he was shocked,

stuns, and saddened to hear about the situation. >> no end in sight just yet. we'll continue to watch the story throughout the week. to politics now. a major challenge faced by mitt romney. an abc/"washington post" poll released overnight finds that one-third of republican voters think romney is the candidate most likely to beat president obama. only 24% of those say they will vote for romney. newt gingrich may benefit from mitt romney's problems. he's been inching up in the polls of late. afterthe debate, when a reporter tried to ask cain directly about the charges, this was the response -- >> don't even go there. >> can i ask my question? >> no. >> may i ask a good question?

>> where is my chief of staff? please send him the journalistic code of ethics. >> on "meet the press" another former accounted called on cain to disclose the details of the situation. texas congressman ron paul was the people's choice. but anyone could cast a ballot in the unofficial poll, online or in person, by contributed $5 to the state republican party. now to oklahoma. a state more familiar with tornadoes than from what shook things up there this weekend. an earthquake measures 5.6 struck on saturday. abc's ryan owens has the story. >> reporter: in the middle of tornado alley, they're cleaning up from a different kind of natural disaster. one that buckled roads and rattled nerves.

>> we grabbed the bed to stabilize ourselves. >> reporter: his chimney collapsed. it was the strongest of a series of quake this is weekend on a known fault like. oklahoma actually has quite a bit of seismic activity. never this trong. the epicenter was near the tiny town of sparks. population just more than 100. people felt it all across the country. >> we just had, i think, an rt quake. >> reporter: espn was on the air when in the quake shook this college football stadium. 50 miles from the epicenter. >> i literally thought the stadium was rocking, like people were stepping down off this platform i'm on. >> reporter: no one was hurt. there was quite a bit of damage. >> we have a pretty good crack that goes all the way up. >> reporter: this quake shattered something else. the record boox. why not? it's been that kind of year in oklahoma. 2011 broke the record here for the hottest summer, the coldest

everyone the chur, the most snowfall, the largest hail. the highest wind speed. and now the strongest earthquake in state history. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. nearly 100,000 people in connecticut are entering their second week without power and heat. the electric company hoped to restore power to 99% of customers by last night. they say it probably won't happen now until wednesday. the mown nans san bernardino county are covered with fresh pow person resorts are looking for a good season. >> the people without power still a week later? good luck to those folks. let's look at the weather from around the country on this mond morning. stormy in the southern plains. hail and winds from oklahoma

city to laredo, texas. up to 10 inches of mountain snow in arizona, utah, and colorado. rain in the lower elevations. showers in the pacific northwest. >> 48 in seattle. phoenix, only 63. albuquerque 50, 60 in chicago. 60s from boston to atlanta. 82 the in miami. and 75 in dallas. and coming up after the break, a developing story from the other side of the world. 2500 mountain climbers trapped near mt. everest. the effort to get all of them home. and a surprising next role for a hollywood icon. this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ?

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well, there was a run of banks this weekend in protests. thousands of people flooded into credit unions and local banks to open new accounts as part of bank transfer day. they were protesting fees. that decision by bank of america to charge to use your debit card has been reversed. european finance ministers will meet again today. one issue is the timing of the next payment. also, italy's financial problems will be high on the agenda. overseas markets are stalled with uncertainty. tokyo's nikkei average fell 34 points today.

hong kong's hang seng is off 108. the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow lost 248 points. at theaters, a cat pounced on the competition. "puss in boots" took number one. it took in $the the 3 million. "tower heist" came in second. and "a very harold and kumar 3-d christmas" came in third. robert de niro will play bernie madoff in an upcoming film. it will be based on a book at madoff written by madoff's family. next on this monday morning. that fireworks fiasco.

20 minutes' wort of fire woks detonated almost at once. and amanda knox's exboyfriend breaks hitz silence on italian tv and sends her a @ @

a record 48,438 people ran this year's new york city marathon. the first to cross the fin ir line was geoffrey mutai. he had a time of 2:05:06. >> something in the water in kenya. they're impressive. now for a look at the road conditions in morning. wet on i. 10 from phoenix to el paso. gooding around midland and

ablean. wet on i-5. >> if you're flying, airport delays possible in salt lake city, phoenix, denver, kansas city, and dallas. also this morning, a developing story from the roof of the world. hundreds of foreign tourists stranded near mt. everest. >> fog and clouds have forced people not to fly out of the airport. 20 flights have taken off today. one of the tourists said they were well taken care of during the week-long delay. that airport is one of the most dangerous in the world. and jurors deciding the fate of michael jackson's doctor will get back to work this morning. they wrapped up the first day of deliberations on friday without asking any questions. jim laf has more on who is many the jury room. >> reporter: the jury is made up

of seven men and five women. a near perfect collection of los angeles. they returned to the nooift floor and most observers expect a quick verdict, because there is only one kout. juries historically do not like to convict doctors. it does little good to try to guess when and what the jury will do. perhaps they'll have a verdict tomorrow. inside that jury room, there's a buzzer to communicate with the judge. it's two busses if they want a break to walk around or ask a question. the one we're listen for is three buzzes. if they buzz three times, they have a verdict. in other new this is morning, a month after amanda knox and her former boyfriend were acquitted of murder by an italian court, raffaele sollecito gave an interview.

that kiss was his way of comforting her. he says he does not know if he'll ever visit knox in seattle. justin bieber has agreed to take a paternity test in two weeks when he returns to the u.s. a california woman claims he is the father of her 3-month-old son. appearing ai at awards over the weekend, he thanked fans for standing by him. breaking news. we're learning that lindsay lohan has reported to the jail to begin sesk her sentence. she was given 30 days for violating probation. her actual stay is expected to be shorter than that. penn state is ranked number 12 in the latest a.p. poll. that is far from the minds of most fans right now. a sex abuse scandal hangs over that program. two top officials are now stepping down. now, for pro football

highlights, here's the gang at espn news. >> good morning, i'm todd grisham. several fantastic finishes in football. we start if san diego. packers down by seven. first and goal, rodgers to jermichael finley. rogj rodgers connects with jame jones. chargers driving. down by a touchdown. philip rivers picked off by charlie peprah. and look at charlie go. rivers threw three interceptions in the game. while we wait for charlie to score or go out of bounds. he goes out of bounds. packers still unbeaten. the last nfl team that hasn't lost. giants and the patriots. tom brady, 31 straight home

regular season victories. was in serious jeopardy. manning to manningham. fourth and eight, tom brady. this is where he drives. he finds gron cow skowski. probably could been called offensive pass interference. the giants drive down. just like the super bowl a few years ago. manning hits jake ballard. giants win it, 24-20. for all these sports highlights you can possibly stomach, check us out on espn news. >> a shout out to my saints and my lsu tying peppers just wanted to get that in there for a record. a big buildup and a bigger letdown. let's call this a case of premature detonation. >> a spectacular fireworks

display was supposed to go on for half hour. due to a technical glitch, it lasted only one minute. >> the crowd went home less than satisfied. all right, coming up next this morning, the pulse and the announcement that shook the sports world 20 years ago today. i can't believe it's been 20 years. >> i know. well also, saturday night live has fun at kim kardashian's expense.

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was a version of the satellite around the moon. >> a shiny metal bikini was underneath. >> she knows how to put on a performance. also this morning, is kim kardashian regretting her divorce announcement? >> she arrived back in the u.s. over the weekend and flew to minnesota. according to tmz, she felt like she owed it to see kris humphreys in person. >> the report is she'll likely pay kris to keep the wedding ring. and "saturday night live" having fun at their expense. >> i got divorced. >> a loft people think kim got married just to earn over $17 million from the wedding. that's not true, she also got married for attention. >> it's been really hard.

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and finally from us this morning. will and kate plus baby gate? a new move is triggers now a flood of rumors about a royal addition. >> the world's most famous newelly weds are relocating to a palatial new home with plenty of room for a growing family. are we reading too much into this? >> reporter: william and kate will be moving from their modest two-booed room london pad to this. feast your eyes on this humble abode they'll soon be calling home. a three-story apartment with 20 rooms, complete with a glorious well pruned garden. >> they'll need staff. there's plenty of space to have those. it's got a nursery on the third floor. it's a medry made family home.

>> reporter: it has a nursery. a ready made family home. is this a clue, a hint? are they trying to tell us something? is kit pregnant. remember this nugget of evidence, she refused to eat the peanut paste while hubby chowed down. >> who knows. they want to do things secretively. this will not be the first or the last pregnancy rumor. yes, we have dubbed it peanut gate. >> reporter: back to the apartment. william knows this palace well. it's where he grew up with his father and mother. yes, that's him, as a wee royal. >> i think william felt it was perhaps too crowded with memories. kate told friends it was a little too creepy, the idea of moving back into the home where her husband grew up. >> reporter: it hasn't been lived in since princess margaret died in 2002. >> it will need a