bishop long denies all of the allegations. these photos of bishop long in tight gym clothes which appear to have been taken by the bishop himself were reportedly sent to another so-called spiritual son and released by the attorney involved in the lawsuit who you saw moments ago. bishop long's lawyer says the photos do not corroborate the charges and in a radio interview the attorney says he's a health advocate and weight lifter. he wears muscle shirts. earlier i spoke about the allegations with two ministers with deep experience in the intersection of religion, sexuality and in the case of one of the ministers, sexual scan dal. this summer ted haggard launched a smaller church with his wife, gail, author of "why i stayed." i also spoke with pastor troy sanders a minister in 2008 part of a delegation soul force which met with bishop long. pastor ted, obviously, bishop long should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. but does it seem explainable to you that he would send out pictures of himself in skin tight outfits to youn

as ted points out inhumanity about eddie long.hing about him that's fundamentally problematic nothing to do with sexuality or homophobic sexuality with the exploitation his members. b.j. bernstein, extraordinary respect for him. i actually helped her free janarro wilson. nothing exculpatory. that's problem. as long as we know to prosecute this in a way that sort of reinforces homophobia but in the church and in the communities we'll continue to have problems like this that's why people like eddie long can go out thren and are varilent. >> b.j. bernstein speaks to that, number three, guys, and play and this and then we'll talk about it. >> he would use biblical stories to talk about how important it was to follow your leader. and your master and let him know that the acts that he was engaged in were not necessarily meaning that he was a homosexual or that either of them was but the pastor bishop long was releasing his passion and his love for anthony. >> what do you think of that and what marc said, there's an underlying homophobia

bishop eddie long speaks. he says he'll fight lawsuits saying he coerced young men into having sex. >>> a memoir the defense department doesn't want you to read. it has destroyed thousands of copies. we'll talk to the author of "operation dark heart." >>> and did you have trouble watching nickelodeon yesterday? well, that was the idea. the children's network going dark long enough for you and your kids to go out and play. we'll tell you why. >>> our top story, bishop eddie long is speaking out about the sex scandal that's enveloped his atlanta-n atlanta-area megachurch. today he addressed allegations of sex with young men from the pulpit. he said while he's never professed to be a perfect man, he said he's not the man that's being portrayed on television. after the church service, long spoke to reporters. >> i just want to take this moment to address you again as the advice of counsel, i am not going to address the allegations and the attack that's been levied upon me at this moment because, again, as i stated

and bishop eddie long is facing another allegation of sexual misconduct. a fourth lawsuit has been filed against the pastor. and a federal judge has ruled against a military's don't ask, don't tell policy. we'll hear from an openly gay former air force nurse who was just reinstated years after her discharge. >>> up first, national security and the case of yemeni american clairic al awlaki. the obama administration is asking the judge to dismiss a case filed on behalf of the cleric's father. chris, what is this suit about and why is this administration trying to have it dismissed? >> what's going on is the fact that the u.s. government is claiming that they have a state secret privilege. in other words, they feel that to grant this injunction would expose a lot of the ways in which the military and intelligence officials are operating around the globe to fight terrorists. you've got two issues here. on one hand, the aclu is saying awlaki, even though he lives in yemen, is still a united states citizen and u.s. officials have confirmed he is on a cia hit lis

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where is eddie long? >> first of all, when i interviewed -- i was the one who interviewed the attorney craig gilliland on the show on thursday and we had already confirmed bishop eddie long was notified around midnight that night that he was not going to be appearing. what i said to him was -- i said the exact same thing. what he said was when you have these kind of serious charges and you hire an attorney, you listen to your attorney's advice. i was watching tv 1 and we dealt with this tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern and talked to a crisis expert who said you might disagree from the media standpoint but from a pr standpoint, attorney's standpoint, you have to make sure that you are not making any possible statement publicly that could cut back and be used against you in any kind of legal situation. this is a civil case. but remember b.j. bernstein, the attorney for the plaintiffs, she has called in federal authorities saying that with him being over the long fellow academy, that something is amiss there.

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long lives large. this mansion is part of his gospel of prosperity, and he flaunts it, along with his gym physique, but today he was more physique, but today he was more humbly defiant. >> i have never in my life portrayed myself as a perfect man. but i am not the man that's being portrayed on the television. >> reporter: there's also the hypocrisy factor. bishop long practices so-called muscular christianity, socially conservative, male-dominated and anti-homosexuality. >> i want to serve notice. >> reporter: in 2004, he led this atlanta march against gay marriage. >> you'd have to kill me to shut me up. >> reporter: not today. long refused to answer questions and never flat-out declared his innocence. >> he never declared his guilt either. >> . >> reporter: eddie and gretta, like most church members here, stand by him. >> even if he's guilty we support him. >> i'll be here next week. >> reporter: long vowed to fight the charges. his mega ministry is on the line. mark strassmann, cbs news, georgia. >>

. >> how long will this process last, how long before the federal court determines whether, indeed, the department of defense has a good argument here, national security has a good argument here? richard, you first. >> i think this is going to move very quickly, fred. i think 60 to 90 days it's going to be disposed of. >> avery? >> i totally agree with you. this is high priority, national security versus individual rights. courts got to move right now. >> in the meantime if it takes 30 to 60 days, that means in the meantime the government can proceed with their pursuit of al awlaki if they find him in yemen or elsewhere? >> yeah. >> okay. all right. >> that may be another part of it. >> very good. we'll see you again, avery, richard, we'll talk about all things interesting on the docket including lindsay lohan back in jail, out of jail again? >> who? >> i know. an unfamiliar name. >> here we go again. never ending. >> let's school each other on it. >> she's the gift that keeps on giving. >> see you in a few. >>> meantime, the sex scandal that has rocked an atlanta mega church and its we

but this lawsuit goes beyond eddie long. it involves other church members, other church administration. >> right. as these lawsuits have come out in number -- now four -- we've also learned great dear tail of the allegations that have been made, and more names from the new birth organization are being brought in here. and clearly what is being done here is that b.j. bernstein who is the attorney that represents the plaintiffs in this case is insinuating that, all right, bishop long is the man who is believed to have had the sexual relationship here, the other members of the church leadership help to facilitate it. in other words, they help to provide the transportation, they provided the housing. above all, they provided the money that allowed for all of this to happen. thereby, that's why they're named in this suits. >> bishop long gets to say in his way tomorrow. what are we to expect will happen? >> well, you know, that's the real question here. there are some scenarios, people say, that if it's true, he could possibly co

it was in 2005 he met bishop long. they met over the telephone, they started meeting in person, to the point where bishop long invited this young man to go on a trip to africa. that's when he says the intimate sexual contact began, and then it went on for several years after that all the way up until 2009. and like the previous lawsuits, he talks about how there's the exotic travel, shopping sprees, money, jewelry, all of this enticement, while at the same time, bishop long is engaging with him in intimate sexual contact. >> in the first complaint it does name a number of other church members fairly higher up in the food chain, do the other complaints corroborate that there are other church members who knew about this activity, and may have been complicit in some way? >> this is the point that the attorney for the plaintiffs is trying to make. we're not talking about one individual here, it's not all about bishop eddie long in the accusations that are being made. it is that in many ways there were other members of the

long's success is undeniable.after taking over a small church, his members exceed 25,000. he spoke to our john roberts last hour on cnn's "american morning." >> this is actually john a case of retaliation and a case of shakedown for money by men with serious credibility issues. this is something that went from 48 hours in contact with the attorney to outrageous demands to this dog and pony show we are seeing that began yesterday. >> ed lavendera is here investigating the story. >> this a story that will continue to develop here. there is great question about what kind of fallout this will have for bishop eddie long and his church, new birth missionary church. >> angels were flying around my bed all night all day! >> reporter: bishop eddie long's fiery sermons have made him a revered evangelical pastor. he's the bishop of the new birth missionary church near atlanta. >> he offers himself up as a man's man, a quintessential man, a successful businessman, a successful preacher. he has a beautiful family. he drives a

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eddie long went before his -- the allegations of sexual misconduct. long -- such disturbing charges made by four young men who said their pastor coerced them into sexual situations. >> as i said earlier, i am not a perfect man, but this thing, i'm going to fight. and i want you to know one other thing. i feel like david against goliath. i've got five rocks and haven't thrown one yet. martin savidge was at this morning's service and he's filed this report. >> reporter: standing before an overflowing crowd in the megachurch he built, bishop eddie long was in no mood to back down. >> there have been allegations and attacks made on me. i have never in my life portrayed myself as a perfect man. but i am not the man that's being portrayed on the television. that's not me. that is not me. >> reporter: it was long's first public comments since four young men filed lawsuits against him, accusing him of using his position to coerce them into having sex. so many came to hear what long had to say, traffic was still snarled as the service began. what do you hope t

time what a long time is i don't know but the rest of the world is absorbing the shocks of the last few years how is the international order going to absorb them if they say look we're doing pretty well the system that you created after the second world war isn't doing very well we want more seats on the united nations. security council for example. the dollar the fate of the dollar so much of it is still controlled by western institutions western ideas that if i may but the west is not up to scratch the rest of the world is moving on how does the world how does how do how does the west respond to that with those kind of things coming from like china and the other bric countries including russia to distinguish between the long term trend happening the last two or three is. the west's in relative decline against these because these is just growing and there are more people and more people being added but in the short of course there's been a great shock to the world economy which which again america and europe have felt more. so. i think the long term trend will be accentuated by the

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, long way to go.when you see us being 20th in, you know, math and science, we've fallen in one generation from first to ninth in college graduates. that's unacceptable. and we're paying a terrible price today. >> joining me live now, msnbc political analyst and "newsweek" national affairs columnist jonathan alter. jonathan, good morning to you. >> hi, alex. >> when you hear the secretary of education, arne duncan, describing the state of our system like that, what comes to mind? >> well, this is dead serious business. you know, traditionally education has been something people cared about when their kids were in school maybe. then they'd get a little older, they wouldn't care so much. it seemed a little bit peripheral from the national debate. it is central now. the whole future of our country economically, our ability to compete globally is at issue. and not to mention the lives of these kids. i mean, one thing you that really notice when you see "waiting for superman" -- and full disclosure, i'm in

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it has been all really long day for many, many of you. it has been a long day for me. it has been very exciting. all i can say is, from all the polling places we went to throughout the day, we got the same level of enthusiasm and excitement that we have gotten throughout this campaign over the last 2.5 months as we have gone through neighborhoods all over the city. and we are confident. we think we are going to win. we think we will win not only because of the voters but because of all the work you have done. sharon, i cannot thank you enough. so, enjoy the night. and hope -- and hopefully, we will all wake up tomorrow morning and you will have in the state's attorney. [cheering] >> so, greg bernstein sounding very optimistic. he has a lot of supporters packed in behind us in canton. many of them spent 12 hours working the polls. we will check in as soon as more numbers comment. for now, he is keeping the faith that tomorrow he will have a new job. >> we now will take a look at the race for baltimore county executive. here is a look at the numbers right now. we also wa

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. >>> bishop eddie long at the pulpit saying he's ready to fight. this days after lawsuits are filed against him alleging he coerced young men into sex. a discussion with our panel. and the pentagon destroys books, one author's work is rubbing the military the wrong way. he'll join us in the 4:00 eastern hour to talk about the pentagon's decision. and a student film on steroids now going viral on the web. we'll check out all of the top clips from this week coming up in the 5:00 eastern hour. with television cameras rolling and a jam packed congregation listening, megachurch leader eddie long took to the pulpit today for the first time in days to address allegations he sexually abused young men. four lawsuits filed against him last week claim that he coerced young men into sexual relationships during overnight trips and then lavished them with expensive gifts. here's how bishop long responded this morning. [ applause ] >> there have been allegations and attacks made on me. i have never in my life portrayed myself as a perfect man. but i am not the ma

bishop eddie long has 25,000 followers at new birth missionary baptist church.them, all young men have filed lawsuits saying he coerced them into sex when they were teens. long's attorney denies the allegations and dismisses these photos that have emerged in the wake of that scandal. attorney b.j. bernstein who represents the three men in the lawsuit says long actually sent these two photos of himself wearing tight shirts to a fourth man whose not named in the litigation. she says it's just an example of inappropriate conduct. now, later in the day, bishop long posted a twitter message to his supporters. it reads, thanks for all your prayers and support, love you all. at the bottom of the hour, we will actually hear from a church member who sees bishop long as his spiritual father. he'll share his thoughts on the accusations and the ikt pact it's having on his church. >>> a new film called "waiting for super man" has nothing do with a man and a cape. it has everything to do with education in america. the people who made the movie hope it sparks change. no, i've

it's he been a really long day -- it's been a really long day i know for many, many of you. it's been a long day for me. it's very exciting. from all the polling places we went to throughout the day, we got the same level of enthusiasm and excitement that we've gotten throughout the campaign over the last two and a half months as we've gone through neighborhoods all over the city. and we are confident. we think we're going to win. and we think we're going to win mostly not only because of the voters, but because of all the work that you all have done. and sheryl and i can't thank you enough. so, enjoy the night. [ cheering and applause ]. >> and hope, and hopefully, and hopefully we'll all wake up tomorrow morning and you'll have a new state's attorney. [ applause ]. >> gregg bernstein came in as you were about to toss the live shot to address his volunteers here. [ inaudible ] you think this is going to be a very tight race, it could take well into the night. what makes you think you're going to win this race [ inaudible ]. >> hoping tomorrow that they will have a new state

>> long, long day.g. >> reporter: steve is aiming to become the first person with cerebral palsy to climb the famed el capitan in yosemite national park. he trained for more than a year. each draining pull of that rope bringing him five inches closer to the top. but it is a towering challenge. el capitan is not one empire state building, but two. >> that sun today was brutal. holy crap. >> reporter: and today, suspended more than 1,000 feet above ground, we called him. hello, steve? hey, it's david muir in new york. how are you? >> good, and you? >> reporter: i guess you're just kind of hanging out. >> kind of, if you want to call it that. >> reporter: he's been climbing and sleeping for three days now. another 650 feet? so, you're almost halfway there. >> yes. >> reporter: and none of this is surprising the woman who 15 years ago, became steve's wife. >> at first, i thought, i bet he's having a really hard life. i quickly learned that anything nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: steve

bishop eddie long went before his congregation this morning to address for the first time allegations of sexual misconduct with young men in his congregation. never before has long faced such salacious and disturbing charges made by four men who said their pastor coerced them into sexual situations when they were teenagers. now after a lengthy wait, bish op long finally spoke the words many in his congregation were waiting to hear and cnn's martin savage was there. >> reporter: standing before an overflowing crowd of congress gants in the megachurch he built, bishop eddie long was in no mood to back down. >> there have been allegations and attacks made on me.

but it's a long way from the u.s. if i may add on the practical side when you say is it an opportunity or is frett well take for example chairman e. and the u.s. germany's auto industry very early on went into the chinese market and they are very very well positioned one third of the trauma an automobile or production goes into china versus how many chrysler still you see in china how many i don't know catalogs or whatever we take so it is up to a company a country whether you see china as a straight or an opportunity and it very much depends on the person and the country . how much it supports dealing with china and trading with china you seem to be very positive about china coming from europe you're coming from you're coming from the u.s. do you think china is misrepresented in the world yes or no you know there are things in china that are not good at all and that absolutely need to be changed and will change over time especially with the new generation coming up that has a much lower tolerance on. strict surratt a

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where is eddie long? >> well, first of all, i was the one that interviewed craig gillen on the show thursday. i was notified at midnight that night that bishop long was not going to be appearing. i said the exact same thing. i said when you have these types of serious charges and you hire an attorney, you listen to your attorney. we dealt with this issue. it airs tomorrow. we talked to a crisis management expert who said you might disagree from the media standpoint, but from a p.r. standpoint, an attorney standpoint, you have to make sure that you're not making any possible statement publicly that could cut back and be used against you in any kind of legal situation. this is a civil case, but remember b.j. bernstein, the attorney for the plaintiffs, she has called in federal authorities saying that, you know, with him being over the longfellow academy, that something is amis there, and so you want to watch every single step. so, again, to each his own, but that's certainly the position that i know i certa

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long has yet to speak publicly. his spokes american called it a shake down. >> a lot of things being said out there, but before rushing to judgment on bishop long and the court of public opinion, i really do hope that he would look at guys who are throwing mud and just consider the source right now. >> members of long's new birth missionary church, a congregation set to number 25,000 include popular atlanta deejay frank ski who also defended his pastor. >> as a friend and as an extended family member, i have loyalty and i'm lawyer to him. i am standing by his side through this and even afterwards. >> reporter: part of the debate between supporters and detractors is motive. one of the accusers, 20-year-old maurice robinson was arrested over the summer in connection with a burglary at long's church. the case is still pending. there was some talk today about eddie long speaking publicly today, that is not going to happen. he issued a statement saying he will address his congregation first this sunday. thomas? >> ron, w

eddie long is saying nothing for now.tunate that these two men have decided to take this course of action. we are hearing rumors that eddie long may address the media today. it will be well-attended. >> his membership, what is it, like 20,000 people that attend this church? and many of them high-profile people. >> very high-profile people. largely in the african-american community here in the atlanta metro area. coretta scott-king's funeral was held here. eddie long is on tv, he sells a lot of cds and dvds. a lot of folks are saying, boy, we hope this isn't true. >> this is a civil lawsuit, not a criminal investigation. thank you very much, ron. greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> first she lost her home and now a washington, d.c. woman's possessions are outside on the sidewalk for everybody to see. a woman was evicted tuesday morning because she could no longer pay her rent. so her belongings, all of them, ended up on the sidewalk. she says she's got nowhere to go. a local storage company has offered to store her be

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>> reporter: bishop eddie long's fiery sermons have made her a revered evangelical pastor. >> eddie long offers himself up as this kind of man's man, the quintessential man. he's a successful businessman. he's a successful preacher. he has a beautiful family. he drives a fancy car. he wears customed tailored cloenls, and in some ways some would argue he's the man all women want and all men are suppose to the aspire to be. >> reporter: two young men, former church members, say bishop eddie long used his spirit chal authority to man in late them into sexual relationships. robinson and flagg said they met eddie long through a ministry aimed at nurturing boys into strong young men. >> he would use biblical stories to talk about how important it was to follow your leader and your master, and let him know that the acts that he was engaged in were not necessarily meaning that he was a homosexual. >> reporter: bishop long's spokesman says he adamantly deny the allegations that he made them his spiritual sons in a private saerm moan. >> within that could have been nent it was a marriage ceremony

>> it's been a long time coming.ems across the country, we were leaps and bounds ahead of the vast majority of the countries around the world, that's not true anymore. they're surpassing us in math and science. it ahappened over decades. but part of the challenge is to understand that how well we do economically, whether jobs are created here, high end jobs that support families and support the future of the american people is going to depend on whether or not we can do something about these schools. >> when it comes to crisis in education, it's not just a money thing, but it's a money thing. can we spend our way out of it? >> we can't spend our way out of it. when you look at the statistics, our per pupil spending has gone up in the last few years. ev they don't have up to date textbooks, they don't have computers in the classroom. so those who say money makes no difference are wrong, on the other hand, money without reform will not fix the problem. what we have got to do is combine a very vigorous reform agenda tha

saddened for bishop long.t do anything improper and how it affects his family. but i was especially saddened for his congregation of 25,000 people who see him as a spiritual leader. they really admire this man. and if can hurt their faith in the future if it's true. >> is there also a level of sadness that you hold that if this man is innocent, look at what this does to him. >> well, absolutely because we do know that people who have been accused of sexual impropriety, even if they are found to be not guilty, the taint of that alone just affects their lives. >> i want to read part of a column written by mary mitchel in the "chicago sun times" on the way this sdandal is affecting the african-american community. "while this isn't the first time that the head of a mega church has been caught up in a sex scandal, it's the first time a black minister with such a large following has been outed as allegedly having sex with young male church members. the charges against long put the discussion about homosexuality fron