his wife dottie sandusky showing up today at the jail where her husband is being held. jason carroll is in pennsylvania with more on the developments there so, jason, one of the lawyers for sandusky made what mose are considering a very surprising announcement today about their readiness just prior to trial. >> frederica, this is something we've known about for quite sometime but because of a gag order there were certain things we were not able to reveal. i can tell you that a few days before the trial was set to begin i spoke to a defense source who told me, quote, jason, we are six months behind from preparing and getting ready for this to go to trial. they felt as though the continuances they kept asking for because they were denied, they simply were not ready. they did not feel as though jerry sandusky himself was ready to be cross examined. these are just some of the issues they had to deal with leading into this trial. also, in terms of jerry sandusky, himself, the source also tells me that they discussed on more than one occasion, frederica, about the possibility

dottie said, no. during a gentle cross-examination, dottie told the jury, she does not know why the boys would lie about her husband, but took a parting shot at the boy who started it all. known as victim number four. what kind of kid was he? she said, he was conniving, demanding, wanted his way. jim avila, abc news, bellefonte, pennsylvania. >> and again, sandusky himself could testify today. >>> and shifting gears, now, to politics. and an about-face on marco rubio's vice presidential prospects. abc news was first to report the surprising news that the romney campaign was not even doing a background check on the popular florida senator. at first, mitt romney refused to comment. but later, he told an interviewer that rubio is being thoroughly vetted. >>> a house committee is slated to vote on a proposal to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. representative darrell issa wants holder to turnover more documents about an investigation into gun smuggling. but holder says he's alread

a riveting moment in the courtroom, dottie took the stand. the only other member in the house where the alleged abuse took place there. what did she see and hear? jim avila was in the courtroom. >> reporter: a woman on a mission, dottie sandusky marches into court to save the remaining days of the man she has known and loved for nearly 50 years. taking the witness stand with a wink directed at her husband jerry, she capped the defense's strongest day yet, with spirited testimony that claimed he was too busy to molest children, while delivering a non too subtle attack on the boys who say the former penn state coach assaulted them. >> i saw in dottie sandusky's testimony, a loyal wife, a wife who had to concede the obvious points in the prosecution case which was that these boys were there in the home with frequency and in the basement. and being tucked into bed by her husband. >> reporter: the 69-year-old dottie hails from tennessee, she and jerry met as college sweethearts, he calls her sarge, because she is in charge at home. married 45 year

and being tucked into bed by her husband. >> reporter: the 69-year-old dottie hails from tennessee. she and jerry met as college sweethearts. he calls her sarge because she's in charge at home. married 45 years with 6 adapted children. in a firm but soft voice, mrs. sandusky denied the state college home where she lives with jerry was a house of horrors for little boys. alleged victim number nine told jurors last night he was assaulted in her basement while she was at home and screamed for help. but no one came. he thought the basement might be sound-proof. defense attorney joe amendola asking her directly, is your basement sound-proof? no. how's your hearing? i'm a light sleeper. i hear noises. she told jurors her husband is in bed before she is 99% of the time. they sleep together in the same bed. and when asked point-blank, did you ever hear any of the young men yelling for help, dottie said, no. during a gentle cross-examination, dottie told the jury, she does not know why the boys would lie about her husband, but took a parting shot at the boy who started it all. >> known as vi

. >> and what about sandusky's husband, dottie? here's david kerley. >> reporter: she stood by her man, until he was taken away in handcuffs. dottie sandusky shed no tears as the verdict was read. only shaking her head at the jury. despite testimony from one victim that she should have heard him screaming as he was abused in her basement. >> this is not unusual at all. many people use denial as a self-defense mechanism because they can't bring themselves to face the fact that the person they love may also be a monster. and in this case, was, in fact, a monster. >> reporter: dottie sandusky's support of her husband, never seemed to waiver. taking the stand, critical of the accusers. saying she didn't know why the boys would lie. but then, she learned that her own adopted child, her son, matt, he, too, was victimized. >> she has to look at herself in the mirror and admit that her own son, her own adopted son, was being victimized under her nose and she did nothing about it. >> reporter: sandusky's attorneys have hinted at an appeal.

each and every time dottie sandusky simply answered no. at one point during her 45 minutes on the witness stand, dottie sandusky said over about a 20-year period her husband would routinely go downstairs to tell young boys who had spent the night good night before bed. but nothing more. did you ever hear a young man yell for help, asked the attorney, referring to one alleged victim's story of abuse? no, she answered during cross-examination, lead prosecutor joseph put up eight pictures of the alleged victims on the screen. just as he had done during his opening argument. he then asked what reason would any of those people lie about anything? taking a long pause, dottie sandusky said, i don't know what it would be. the defense will likely rest its case sometime tomorrow. its final witness is expected to be none other than jerry sandusky himself taking the stand, scott, in his own defense. >> pelley: the case could go to the jury this week. thank you very much. there was a new twist today in the tale of wicky leaks founder julian assange. ec

she's a close friend of jerry and dottie sandusky. she says she's known them for 40 years and believes without question jerry sandusky is innocent. i talked to her earlier. joyce, you've called jerry sandusky a saint. why e you so convinced that he's innocent? >> i've known him for 40 years. i think he's a wonderful man. he's been very good to people in my family. i've had one son with downs syndrome who jerry and dottie would take for dinner, take out of town for football games. i've had another son that went to his football camp. he's written him where he's had some troubles in life. jerry's a wonderful man. >> there's at least ten alleged victims right now. ten accusers of sandusky's sexual abuse. eight of whom have testified in the trial. do you believe they're all lying? >> well, i believe in jerry and i believe in the thousands of lives he's already touched who have been bettered by his relationship with them. and when you count thousands, plus knowing him for 40 years. >> so why do you think these eight have testified? >> you k

i especially wanted to see the reaction on dottie sandusky's face.e verdict was read, she started to blink repeatedly over and over, looking straight ahead. sit prognose behind her is her adopted son jonathan. he seemed to be overcome, he put his head in his hands and started shaking his head. sitting next to dottie, her adopted daughter, she also was looking straight ahead and not showing emotion and that's very different from what i saw of victim number six who was sitting to my left. he was there with members of his family. they all leaned forward after the verdicts were read and hugged each other. you wanted to see what the reaction was of jerry sandusky, the man himself. and as the verdicts were read, he looked ahead, he was respectful, he said no words, he got up and was escorted from the courtroom. you have to wonder if he was in fact some ways prepared for this. joe amendola told me that he told jerry sandusky that t there was a very strong chance that he would be convicted. this was a conversation that they had long ago. in fact, joe amendol

sitting next to dotty sandusky, her adopted daughter, cara. and she was also looking very straight ahead, not showing very much emotion. and that's very different from what i saw from victim number 6 who was sitting to my left. he was there with members of his family. and they all leaned forward. there was a vast difference between the two families. but, of course, you also wanted to see the reaction of jerry sandusky, the man himself. and as the verdicts were read, he was very respectful. he said no words. he gots up and was escorted from the courtroom. you have to wonder if perhaps he was in some way, prepared for this. joe told me himself that he told jerry sandusky that there was a very strong chance that he would be convicted. this was a conversation that they had long ago. and, in fact, joe told me that he had discussed with him the possibility of having some sort of an appeal. let me bring him in now. this is happening live. so we're going to bring in some photographers to get him hooked up. how are you, joe? we're going to get you hook

i especially wanted to see the reaction on dottie sandusky's face.verdict was read, she started to blink repeatedly over and over, looking straight ahead. sit prognose behind her is her adopted son jonathan. he seemed to be overcome, he put his head in his hands and started shaking his head. sitting next to dottie, her adopted daughter, she also was looking straight ahead and not showing emotion and that's very different from what i saw of victim number six who was sitting to my left. he was there with members of his family. they all leaned forward after the verdicts were read and hugged each other. you wanted to see what the reaction was of jerry sandusky, the man himself. and as the verdicts were read, he looked ahead, he was respectful, he said no words, he got up and was escorted from the courtroom. you have to wonder if he was in fact some ways prepared for this. joe amendola told me that he told jerry sandusky that t there was a very strong chance that he would be convicted. this was a conversation that they had long ago. in fact, joe amendola

each and every time, dottie sandusky simply answered, no. at one point during her 45 minutes on the witness stand, dottie sandusky said over about a 20-year period her husband would routinely go downstairs to tell young boys who had spent the night good night before bed. but nothing more. did you ever hear a young man yell for help, asked amendola, referring to one alleged victim's story of abuse? no, she answered. during cross-examination, lead prosecutor joseph mcgettigan put up eight pictures of the alleged victims on the screen. just as he had done during his opening argument. he then asked what reason would any of those people lie about anything? taking a long pause, dottie sandusky said, i don't know what it would be. armen keteyian, cbs news, new york. >>> overseas now this morning former egyptian president hosni mubarak is reportedly on life support, after his heart stopped and suffered a stroke. it was initially reported that mubarak was clinically dead. conflicting reports of mubarak health come amid growing political turmoil in eg

it's his wife, dotty.she remember s most of the accusers that testified against her husband and she doesn't remember anything inappropriate happening. it's unclear whether sandusky will testify in his own defense. the defense is likely to wrack up today. >>> this morning a 15-year-old from baltimore county is at shock trauma after being shot. the teenager was found last night here in this field off old frederick road. this morning police are investigating the possibility of foul play. at last check the boy was in critical but stable condition. >>> baltimore city police on the manhunt for two robers using craigslist to lure their victims. gunfire breaks out in a popular neighborhood. mike schuh has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. the crooks figured out that the people who were coming to buy bring a lot of money so they bring guns or knifes to relieve them of that money. this time it didn't work out as planned. >> heightened police presence in baltimore. police say the area looked

his wife dottie testified for the defense. she told the court she remembers most of the men who have accused her of abusing them as children but she says she never saw any inappropriate contact with them over the many years they visited the couple's hope. later this hour, we'll have a live report from outside the courthouse with more. >>> a house committee is poised to take a vote today on whether to hold the u.s. attorney general in contempt of congress. republican house commit i don't chairman darryl issa is demanding more documents be hand over related to the justice department's gun policy known as fast and furious. it resulted in illegally purchased gunned winding up in mexico. holder met yesterday and said he will turn over more documents in issa agrees to another meeting. >> i knew i made that coffee too strong for you. >> yes, you did. i'm having trouble. >> the weather will be the big story today. >> temperatures to rise to the mid-90s prompting a heat advisory here in our area. lauren demarco live at the national mal

no evidence in the trial that dottie -- none of the victims testified that mrs.e. >> one of the alleged victims said he was screaming in the basement and he thought that his screams would be answered by the wife dottie who was upstairs? >> absolutely. >> that's an assumption. >> that's the assumption. >> yeah. >> that's the evidence. that's the evidence. he walked in hotel rooms with him laying on the bed with kids. these are little kids. this is so disgusting this case. >> no way. no way. not going to happen. >> so the criminal case is still quite not over. sentencing will take place. let us talk about the civil suits that could come. would it be the civil suits would be pin pointing jerry sab d sandusky and his estate or penn state or both? >> well, in the only will it zero in on jerry sandusky to the extent that there is much value to that. there is. there is pension and some other assets. but it's going to zero in on the university. the fact is there was sufficient evidence that surfaced at the criminal trial to show that the university over time had a pretty

dottie said no.xamination, dottie told the jury she does not know why the boys would lie about her husband, but took a parting shea known as victim number four. what kind of kid was he? she said he was conniving, demanding, wanted his way. so, now the spotlight turns to jerry sandusky himself. will he take the stand in his own defense? his attorney was heard telling the judge, that, in fact, he is not sure yet. the decision has not been made. but abc news has been told, the defense is leaning towards putting sandusky on the stand. but they still have to make that final call. jivila bel >> clearly going to make his legal team make the decision overnight heading into proceedings later this morning which should be fascinati obviously a lot of the alleged activity took place in the basement of the sandusky home. she said he was down in the basement often, they had a freeder down there. she would go down and get food and never saw or heard anything. >> she said it was not soundproof. she would have been a

dottie was asked about that by joe amendola, defense attorney.te if something happened in your basement, could you hear it? she answered, i think so, yes. then he asked did you ever hear someone yelling for help while he was staying there? her answer, no. is her also said, anderson, that her husband had no inappropriate contact with any young boys. >> what did we hear from experts about this historionic personality disorder? the defense is saying -- explains some of those letters he wrote to one of the accusers. >> right, we're hearing a lot more about this histrionic personality disorder. basically this is a disorder according to some of the doctors who testified. it's basically a disorder where you have to be the center of attention. you cannot be on the sidelines. when that happens, you act in inappropriate ways. some of the things they brought up, you have to have assistance, approval, respect, admiration and end maintimacy. basically, the prosecution, you know, got up there and basically said there's no way jerry sandusky could not be the ce

earlier, cnn doubt a glimpse of dottie sandusky. juror says that the witnesses who testified helped seal the deal. >> it's hard to judge character on the stand, because we don't know these kids. but most were, you know, very credible. i would say all. but then also the fact that we saw this corroborating story between all of them. it was very convincing. >> that same juror told "today" that jerry sandusky's reaction to the verdict reinforced his belief that sandusky was guilty. >>> how do you empower children who have been through the horrendous trauma of sexual abuse? lisa sylvester visited a police of refuge for abused children in virginia. she says for the 60 kids there, it is a police where they can begin to heal. >> there are some 80,000 reported cases of child sexual abuse every year, but experts say that's a mere fraction of the actual cases. we know there are many instances that never go reported to authorities and it's such a tough burden for children to carry around. we found one place that's helping abused victims heal. i

could it be dottie sandusky is lacy patterson? sure.e boys were in the basement in her home and she did nothing. megyn: her husband is going down to young boys sleeping in the basement. he was always the one to tuck them in, never her. >> jerry. megyn: is it stupidity? how can you have that when you talk about the rape of young boys. >> it, be unwillful blindness. if you want to believe your parents love you and you are safe, could you turn a blind eye to your father going in your brother's room late at night and hearing sounds disturbing to you saying i'm putting that outside my mind. i can't fathom that and i don't want to. you can carry that with you and turn that blind eye and deaf ear to your husband. but i will reserve the right to say it is possible that inside dottie sandusky is a desire to do some harm. and rather than do it herself she finds an assailant to do so that she has these impulses that her husband expresses them for her. no different than the serial killer wives who say, there was blood on the towel when he came home

. >>> and dotty sandusky stood by her husband during his trial. tonight he sitting in a jail after being convicted so who is next for his wife? >>> and a used car may seem like a great deal until you look under the hood. a warning about used cars so you don't waste your money. >>> first, we start with the update to the breaking news we first brought you at 6:30, 50 people who have to stay out of their homes tonight. a brush fire has been burning since early this morning. >> reporter: the fire is seven alarms. the chief of emergency services said it's a health hazard, not a fire risk at this point. it may take days to put out the fire but we are told it's under control. heavy smoke fills the island over the bridge. people are checking out scene have to cover their nose. >> >> reporter: she has to evacuate. they have staying at a shelter. they live across from where the fire started early sunday morning. it's back in a heavyly wood area taking over about 35 acres of undeveloped land. >> the idea is cut pathways through inside the timber, the forestr

i think dottie was exactly what they needed. i think dottie is the reason he didn't take the stand.he was able to fill in some of the blanks they thought maybe he would have to put up there. but that was a high-risk proposition. and then i think ending with that idea that the investigators wanted to coach the witnesses, i think it was helpful to them. i think you'll end up seeing a hung jury. >> marcia, do you think reasonable doubt is possible? >> of course it's always possible, anderson. i think the defense hit every spot they had to hit. mark's right, they ended strong by putting on the witness who said i think the investigators were trying to tell me what to say, trying to get me to make a false accusation. that's a strong point for the defense when you have investigators admitting that they talked to the accusers about one another. they talked to one victim and said you're not the only one. but they denied having imparted any details of what one victim said to another. and that ultimately is extremely important. at the end of the day, anderson, the jury was the one who saw all

as the verdicts came in, dottie started to blink over and over again. the daughter sat next to her remained without enegs. the other son john became overcome in emotion after one verdict after another came in. he seemed very distraught and he reached forward and grabbed a bench. sitting behind me was victim number six. he was the one who was assaulted by jerry sandusky in the shower at penn state, inappropriately touched. once all of the verdicts were read, anderson, he was there with some of the members of his family and they all leaned over and began to hugging each other at the bench. when it was all over, after all the guilty verdicts have been read, it's up to the defense to try to argue to keep jerry sandusky under house arrest, that request was denied. he was immediately taken into custody. he was lead out of the courtroom. he was not in handcuffs at that point, but as he was led out, his adopted son john leaned forward with his head in his hands. it was quite emotion to see both of the different sides. you had victim number nicks in the courtroo

dottie sandusky shed no tears after the verdict was read.haking her head at the jury, despite a testimony from a victim that she should have heard him screaming as he was abused in her basement. >> many people use denial as a self-defense mechanism because they can't bring themselves to face the fact that the person that they love may also be a monster. and in this case, was of course a monster. >> reporter: her support of her husband never saved to waiver. taking the stand, defending her husband of 45 years, critical of the accusers, saying she didn't know why the boys would lie. and then learned one of her own six adopted children, son matt, was ready to testify that he too was victimized. >> now she has to look herself every day in the mirror and admit that her own son, her on adopted son, was being victimized right under her nose, and she did nothing about it. >> sandusky's attorneys have hinted at an appeal. but the case is over for penn state and dottie sandusky. >> i think criminally, she is probably in the clear. civilly, people are

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we got this exclusive video of his wife, dottie, coming to the detention center to visit her husband. she testified in his defense and visibly shaken when the 45