an attorney for one of sandusky's accusers says dottie will be a subject of discussion in court next re information specifically from victim four as to mrs. sandusky, and what information mrs. sandusky may have known about the actions of her husband including sexual assaults. >> sandusky's preliminary hearing is set to begin on tuesday with all eight of the initial victims expected to testify. >>> now to washington, where the senate has shot down a presidential priority. extending the payroll tax deduction for the fourth time in a week. president obama says he won't go away for christmas and congress shouldn't either until the extension is a done deal. house republicans want to take on agreement to an oil pipeline from canada to texas, so the payroll tax deduction plan. the president promises a veto. >>> the republicans who want to replace the president face off in a debate tomorrow night in iowa. look for fireworks now that newt gingrich is the new front-runner. abc's karen travers has a preview and the latest on "your voice, your vote." >>> good morning, rob, good morning, sunny. fo

. >> and for the first time sandusky's wife, dottie, is coming to his defense. we get the details from abc's jim avila. >> reporter: dottie sandusky left her home to bail out her husband of 45 years. handing over a $50,000 certified check and her house for the remaining $200,000 in bond. after spending one night in jail, the former football coach is now under house arrest. for many, including his accusers, it is not enough. >> i certainly hope that he's not a danger to anybody. but i also know a little bit about the nature of the disease. and it is like an addiction. >> reporter: dottie sandusky made her first comments on the charges against jerry and implicate her. a new accuser says she was in the house when he screamed for help from the basement. dottie sandusky says, i'm so sad anyone would make such a terrible accusation, which is absolutely untrue. no child who ever visited our home was ever forced to stay in our basement and fed there. not so, says alleged victim number one. >> he endured many nights in the basement and was abused there. it reached a poin

basement he said that he screamed for help hoping that his wife would hear him but nobody came dottie sandusky said that nobody was ever used in their home now it is possible that she could also be charged with a crime as well >>you have responsibilities to children in your home and you may be charged it is not an easy case to prove in court >>dottie sandusky said the allegations of sexual abuse in her home are not true she said that she still believes in his innocence and the good work that her husband has done >>the death toll keeps climbing this morning from a hospital fire and india at least 89 people died after fire raced through the five story hospital most of them from smoke inhalation police arrested six workers for negligence the cause of the fire is not yet known but officials say it began in the basement this is the second fire that hospital in three years they also say the hospital has been cited for violations in the past >>the year forced acknowledges that it dumped more remains of u.s. service members in a landfill than initially stated the military branch said it cremated the b

. >> reporter: dottie sandusky on her way out this morning to bail out her husband of 45 years, handing over a $50,000 certified check and her house for the remaining 200 grand in bond. after spending one night in jail, the former football coach is now under house arrest. for many, including his accusers, it is not enough. >> i certainly hope that he's not a danger to anybody, but i also know a little bit about the nature of the disease and it is like an addiction. >> reporter: this afternoon, dottie sandusky made her first comments on the charges against jerry and now implicate her. a new accuser saying she was in the house as he screamed for help from her basement. dottie sandusky says, "i'm so sad anyone would make such a terrible accusation, which is absolutely untrue. no child who ever visited our home was ever forced to stay in our basement and fed there." not so, says alleged victim number one. >> he endured many basement and was abused there. it reached a point where victim one would hide from sandusky when he would come down the steps to the basement. >> reporter: if it is true

. >>> dottie sandusky, the wife of accused child rapist jerry sandusky, has been coming under increased scrutiny lately. how can someone be married to a man for 45 years and not know what he was doing. it turns out that dottie sandusky did tell her husband she was worried one day he would be falsely accused. about also a reporter for the patriot news joins us tonight from plantation, florida. good to see you. dotty sandusky was worried that someone would accuse her husband of molestation. she told somebody this. who did she tell and what did he say about it? >> ali, i talked to a man who is now a radio host in state college, pennsylvania, where jerry and dottie sandusky live. he grew up playing with the sandusky's five adopted children, they were neighbors. he's kept in touch with them over the years and he's now in his 30s, he's a grown man, and he's told me that over the years he's had conversations with dottie and particularly this one. he want remember when it was but it was some time in the last decade, probably sometime after one of the initial investigations by police in 1998 int

. >>> dottie sandusky, the wife of accused child rapist jerry sandusky, has been coming under increased scrutiny lately. how can someone be married to a man for 45 years and not know what he was doing. it turns out that dottie sandusky did tell her husband she was worried one day he would be falsely accused. about also a reporter for the patriot news joins us tonight from plantation, florida. good to see you. dotty sandusky was worried that someone would accuse her husband of molestation. she told somebody this. who did she tell and what did he say about it? >> ali, i talked to a man who is now a radio host in state college, pennsylvania, where jerry and dottie sandusky live. he grew up playing with the sandusky's five adopted children, they were neighbors. he's kept in touch with them over the years and he's now in his 30s, he's a grown man, and he's told me that over the years he's had conversations with dottie and particularly this one. he want remember when it was but it was some time in the last decade, probably sometime after one of the initial investigations by police in 1998 int

dottie sandusky issued a statement after one of his accusers testified that mrs. sandusky was home during one of the sexual abuse incidents, that he screamed for help, and no one came. dottie sandusky says we don't know why these young men have made these false accusations but we want everyone to know they are untrue. i continue to believe in jerry's innocence and all the good things he has done. try bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream fast and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. this season's hottest games and...sweatbands. ♪ boom, boom, boom, gotta get-get ♪ ♪ boom, boom, boom, gotta get-get ♪ ♪ boom, boom, boom, gotta get-get ♪ ♪ boom, boom, boom it's like looking into the sun. ♪ boom, boom, boom we're rocking the beat, kids! wow. [ male announcer ] get low prices on this season's hottest games. like the black eyed peas experience for kinect for xbox 360. rated t for teen. backed by our christmas price guarantee. save money. live better.

well now dottie sandusky has released a statement denying that saying, as the mother of six children i have been devastated by these accusations and also angry about these false accusations that such a terrible incident ever occurred in my home. she went on to say, i continue to believe in jerry's innocence and all the good things he has done. >>> a republican congresswoman says heads should roll as attorney general eric holder testifies about the botched fast and furious gun-running program. congressman jim sessen brenner grilling the attorney general again over what he knew about the operation and when he knew it. >> what are you going to do to clean up this mess? >> well, first let me make something very clear, and in response to an assertion that you made or hinted at, nobody in the justice department has lied. >> why was the letter withdrawn? >> the letter was withdrawn because of information in there that was inaccurate. the justice department letter of february -- >> okay. tell me what's the difference between lying and misleading congress? in this context? >> well, if you wan

sandusky about the alleged sexual abuse of boys one of a jerry sandusky accuser said his wife dottie sandusky former penn state football coach in a basement bedroom of the house. accuser says he screamed for help while she was home but she never came to his rescue meanwhile the attorney says client is looking forward to meeting accusers in court next tuesday for a preliminary hearing. it >> looking forward to this in the sense he wants to see what the young man said in a court of law under oath while we are there with the ability to cross- examine that >> after more than a month of silence dottie sandusky for guest today says husband is innocent of all leckies nations facing more than 50 charges from 10 young men who say he molested them when they were children. still to come in and back on his feet due to surgical procedure for heart surgery and that meet this advertising poke fun at special way to help a group of talented chicago. tonight's medical watch story of a patient would never do about a young doctor who saw a problem instead of throwing his hands up the gridley developed a solution

>> you're right, we have not much heard from dotty sandusky up to this point. that is the significance of the statement she issued tonight. even though we haven't heard from her, she's been the subject of a lot of conversation, especially today, one day after new charges were filed against her husband and the grand jury present. that came along with the new charges talked about her a lot. dotty sandusky was mentioned in the first presentment, almost kind of in passing. some direct evidence about her role that she might have played in this but really this latest grand jury presentment specifically says that one of the victims said he cried out for help from the basement while he was being assaulted hoping dotty would come and help him but no help came. her statement today seems to be a response to that and really a response to a lot of people talking today about what role she might have played in this. >> a little bit more from her statement where we move on. i'm sad anyone would make a terrible accusation which is absolutely untrue. sara, you're on the phone be

very, very powerful. >> since then, again, dottie sandusky saying she doesn't recall that at all.er heard any screaming. she is saying emphatically there were no kids even in the base many. let's move on to barry bonds. talking about the all-time home run leader. barry bonds now going to be back in court. this time facing sentencing after conviction of obstruction. what is he facing potentially, avery? >> potentially under the guidelines 15 to 21 months. united states attorney, justice department, talked about recommending 15 months. it is going to u.s. district susan illston, a wonderful federal judge in san francisco. but the judge is not bound by the guidelines. she's looking to the probation offic officer's report. the probation officer saying what any common sense person would say. that is barry bonds is looking at probation and nothing more. he was evasive before the grand jury. if you look at other cases resolved in the federal court in san francisco, same result, probation is what we are going to see this week. >> do you agree, probation? likely? >> yes. presentence report

also we're hearing from his wife dottie sandusky. e's talking, or at least i've read statements she's released. how will what they have said thus far affect this case? >> you know, i think it has had a grave effect on sandusky. certainly many of the accusers, attorneys are saying that they've been outraged at his outright denial of these accusations. and i think it has given them strength to come forward. many people are shocked at dottie sandusky's statements in which she also denies the accusations because there are accusation that's she was in the home when a lot of these -- a lot of this abuse occurred. and that she is standing by jerry sandusky and also professing his innocence. they have been married for 45 years, and so certainly their statements have, i think, made these victims stronger and have sort of bound them all together. and we will see that effect it at the preliminary hearing next week. >> we have complete coverage of the prelim next tuesday. we'll be all over that early next week. sunny hostin, thanks so much. >> th

and dottie sandusky said that never happened. the kids that came to their home were treated like their own kids. and you may recall, the sanduskies adopted six children and raised them. and all of the children are behind jerry. and none of them have intimated that jerry did anything inappropriate. and they find it incredible that the other kids made the accusations. >> these are ten different accusers coming forward. are you concerned that others may come forward, as well? >> well, of course. let's face it. there's a money issue involved. individuals now realize that penn state is being sued. it already has been sued. the second mile program. it's been routine knowledge that it's been published in the media. >> many of the lawyers for the victims say the statute on the limitations have passed. and they have no interest in any money. >> well, we'll find out. it's interesting that a lot of these accusers have attorneys and criminal cases. the attorney for the alleged victim, the accuser, is the commonwealth attorney. the district a

dotty sandusky has released a statement saying the allegations are not true. he is under house arrest. he is due back in court next week. >>> occupy wall street protesters may soon be on a national tv show. some of the demonstrators showed up at the set of the law and order special victims unit in new york city. the episode features the occupy movement. police were there to keep the real demonstrators from getting too close and everybody was cleared out after it was over. >>> take another live look outside this afternoon at a beautiful winter afternoon. what does the weekend look like? your first -- your complete first warning weather forecast is now just two and a half minutes away. first we are going to take a look at today's midday stocks and last night's multimatch numbers. ,, medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. all medicare supplement insurance plans can help pay... some of wha

that's how dottie sandusky says she feels after learning her husband jerry was charged with sexuallyoys. she vows to prove he's innocent. but after 45 years of marriage, raising six adopted children together, is dottie sandusky capable of making an objective decision about her husband's guilt or innocence? darlene is someone who would know. she was married to a pedestrian fail more than a decade and she had no idea. she is out front with us tonight. thank you for coming out and talking about this issue so awkward and horrible for people to talk about but everybody wants to hear your point of view. if jerry sandusky did do these things, is it possible his wife of 45 years didn't know? >> it's absolutely possible she did not know. right now i think the statements we're hearing released rea her husband's attorney are statements of support and i believe that's because the defense needs those statements of support from his family right now. >> anything i guess to support his character. the accusations, though, of course have been numerous now. 12 boys or more. extremely scri lly descripti

dottie sandusky released a statement this afternoon. she says, "i am so sad anyone would make such a terrible accusation which is absolutely untrue. we don't know why these young men have made false accusations, but we want everyone to know that they are untrue." jerry sandusky, as we told you yesterday, was taken into custody after two new alleged victims came forward. bail was set at $250,000. sandusky did have trouble raising the money and had to spend the night in jail. he was released this morning. he is now under house arrest and he must wear an electronic monitoring device. >> even though 35 states rushed to pass laws banning texting while driving, the federal government says it's on the increase. and it's deadly. more than 3,000 people died last year in what they now call distraction-affected crashes. it's a new category created to count the growing number of phone related accidents. the national transportation safety board report that is one in every 11 traffic deaths had a telephone involved. that's a 50% increase over the pre

as we said, jerry sandusky was released after being released on bail. dottieefense of her attorney. we understand joe amendola, the attorney representing jerry sandusky is on site having a meeting preparing for the hearing coming up on tuesday. also, in reference to dottie sandus sandusky, it is said one of the accusers said he was being molested while dottie was in the house. this is a live picture of the sandusky household. >>> a critical eu summit in brussels has ended with a deal which leaders could keep europe out of an economic crisis. it's far from a sure thing. one nation remains the key to making all this work. ron insana is cnbc's senior analyst. ron, we have 26 of 27 eu member countries. they have agreed to this new deal. so what is it and explain why britain is being the holdout on this. >> britain is being the holdout because as it long has been the case, they have not wanted to give up their sor rinty. it's why they're not part of the currency union itself and it's also why they don't want to go too far in because europe wants to put a financial

one of the claims alleges that dottie sandusky was in the home when former coach p jerry sandusky abused them in the basement. she says the accusers are lying. she released a statement yesterday and the lawyers of one of the alleged victims believes we're going to hear mo about the wife coming up next week. >> i believe that at the preliminary hearing we will likely hear more information specifically from victim number four as to mrs. sandusky and what information mrs. sandusky may have known about the actions of her husband, including sexual assault. >> jerry sandusky posted a $250,000 bail yesterday after police arrested him wednesday. he's been order today wear an electronic monitoring device and stay away from his accusers and also away from their families. >>> baltimore county bliss will be on the look -- police will be on the lookout for sex offenders this holiday season. plain-clothessed officers will be placed at busy areas in shopping malls. officers will be trained to look for those sex offenders or prohibited from being near children. some store security officers will also be

dottie san curvidusky. he grew up playing with the sandusky's five adopted neighbors. t in touch with them over the years and he's now in his 30s and he told me that over the years he's had conversations with dottie and particularly this one. he says that it was some time in the last decade, probably some time after one of the initial investigations by police in 1998 into jerry sandusky's conduct, but definitely before this grand jury investigation began that led to these charges that we're now talking about. he says that dottie had a conversation with jerry and said, look, i think that you might have a boundary issue, and i think that that could lead to a false accusation. we're not talking about child rape which is what's outlined. >> what boundary issues means. >> right. exactly. not rape. not anything sexual. more of when they're wrestling and when they're playing football and when they're horsing around. these are all things that jerry has admitted to. he's admitted to touching with the key being that it wasn't sexual. apparently, she had a conversation with him ab

dottie sandusky says all the accusations are false. >>> renewed hope about the faith of a retired fbi agent held hostage in iran. after four years of no news, his family had nearly given up. but tonight, they share the only clue that bob levinson could be alive. this video shows robert levinson a retired fbi agent who disappeared inside iran. >> i have been treated well. i need the help of the united states government to answer the requests of the group that has held me for three-and-a-half years. >> reporter: his family is releasing the tape it received last november and levinson's son david is sending his own video message to his father's captors. >> we need to know what you want our family to do so that my father can come home safely. >> reporter: the 63-year-old father of seven went missing nearly five years ago. he was working as a private investigator when he traveled to iran. the u.s. government 'believed iranian intelligence officials picked him up but they never had solid intelligence on where he was. >> we have been sharing relevant information that we have about his case wi

. >>> dottie sandusky is telling cnn it's absolutely untrue. updated grand jury report says she ignored a boy's scream for help as her husband, jerry sandusky, sexually assaulted the boy in sandusky's basement. mrs. sandusky says she's shocked by this allegation and she adds, quote, i continue to believe in jerry's innocence and all the good things that he's done. jerry sandusky, he is out now on bail following his second arrest on new child molestation charges. the former penn state coach is now under house arrest. he's required to wear an electronic monitor. >>> a lot of doubts now being raised about the drone that iran has been parading around on tv. iran claims that it's an american drone shot down over its own territory. some officials in the united states say it could be a fake. cnn's chris lawrence tells us, there is even a bigger question. if the drone is american, what was it doing when it went down? >> reporter: a u.s. official says it was a cia mission strictly to search for insurgents in afghanistan near the border. several sources

but in a statement today, dottie sandusky said her husband is innocent and the accusers are making up their stories. in the presidential campaign, president obama fired back today at republican phones who criticized his foreign policy using words like "timid, weak, and appeasement." >> ask osama bin laden and the 22 out of 30 top al qaeda leaders who have been taken out in the field whether i engage in appeasement. whoever's left. ask them about that. >> pelley: the president had a sharp answer when he was asked whether congress will extend the current payroll tax cut which expires december 31. norah o'donnell is at the white house tonight. norah? >> reporter: scott, it was interesting to hear president obama say today that his personal frustration level with congress is off the scale. today he was combative, he was unwielding, vowing to fight congress, those republicans, tooth and nail in order to get extensions passed on his payroll tax cut as well as unemployment insurance even if it means canceling his christmas vacati vacation. >> we are going to stay here as long as it takes to

dottie sandusky made a statement thursday. it's the first time we've heard from her since her husband's first arrest last month. lawyers for one of the alleged victims believes we're about to hear more and that's going to be coming up next week. >> i believe that at the preliminary hearing we will likely hear more information, specifically from victim number four as to mrs. sandusky and what information mrs. sandusky may have known about the actions of her husband, including sexual assault. >> an accuser has said that he yelled ford help when he was being abused in the sandusky's basement, knowing his wife was upstairs. jerry sandusky is out right now on bail and has been ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device and stay away from his accusers as well as their families. >>> new out today, la bellea merrick who pled guilty to charges in connection with a stabbing death of a hopkins researcher will be back in court. she is accused of violating her probation. she could face an additional six years for the charge. she's lik

it was dottie sandusky who bailed out her husband of 45 years after jerry sandusky was accused of molesting two more boys from the second mile foundation. his attorney visited him this morning. >> this is the legal battle of my life. i've had some big ones. i compare this to climbing mot. everest from the bottom. >> reporter: victim number nine told the grand jury, he saw dottie at the house, she never came downstairs. at one time, he screamed for help knowing she was up there and no one came to help. this attorney represents victim four. >> we'll hear more information regarding mrs. sandusky and what she may have known. >> reporter: in a statement, she broke her silence thursday saying she's shocked and displayed about the allegations. she denied hearing the calls for help. i'm so sad anyone would make such a terrible accusation which is absolutely untrue. >> i think the attorney general's office would be hard pressed to bring charges. >> reporter: she's not protected by spousal privilege. for now, she's standing by her man. >> she could be so manipulated by him and so encircled by this tr

dotty sandusky is talking about the charges for the first time after lawyers claimed she knew her husband was assaulting children in her palm. she called the accusations absolutely false -- false. he is accused of abusing 10 boys over 15 years. >>> police in alexandria are looking for who ever tried to attack a woman last night. it happened around 9:00 p.m. on east maple street. the woman told police someone grabbed her and her to the ground. >> let's take a look at the day ahead. >>> metro riders will to face delays because of weekend track work. trains will single track along parts of the red, orange, blue, and green line from 10:00 tonight until closing on sunday. >>> testimony will resume today on whether the man who shot ronald reagan should have more freedom. john hinckley wants to spend more time away from the hospital and the government opposes the idea. >> today will be busy for the republican presidential field. newt gingrich will be in d.c. signing books at union station and his rival campaign in iowa one day ahead of another debate. >> president obama wants congress to stay in

latest grand jury presentment is that one of the kids said he did scream out for help knowing that dottie sandusky, jerry sandusky's wife might be upstairs but no help came. not the first time that dottie's name has been mentioned by alleged victims but one of the most compelling pieces of testimony from the grand jury presentment. >> how has this basement become such a key in this investigation? is it because of the two new people? why is it so key now? >> reporter: well, i think that you're correct, don. i mean, it's becoming key because so many -- so many alleged victims have said that they were abused down there in that basement. you know, it's almost as prominent a place in this grand jury presentment as the locker rooms, where the showers took place. it seems like a lot of these victims were either abused in that locker room in the football building or in the basement. >> listen, i have to ask you because these accusers are saying they were in the basement. they were screaming. one of them at least said they knew mrs. sduandusky was upstai. is this in any way implicating mrs. sandusky she ma

we will hear more from dottie sandusky's first public statement in the case. >>> mitt romney heads to iowa as a new campaign ad targets newt gingrich's marital failures. we will tell you why romney is cuddly pushing harder to win over iowa republicans. >>> tim tebow, winning quarterback and a praying one but he is not the first and only athlete to bring faith to the field. we will talk about religion and the gridiron "early" this friday morning, december 9th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. i'm erica hill. happy friday. >> happy friday, erica and everybody. i'm jeff glor. chris wragge is off this morning. welcome back from d.c. >> thanks. nice to be back. boy, what a day yesterday. so many people on edge as we were watching the events unfold at virginia tech. we want to begin with the latest this morning from virginia tech which is, of course, an ugly reminder of the deadliest shooting spree in recent u.s. history. this morning police say a man who shot a campus officer to death apparently used the same gun to kill himself. >> thursday's shooting left the campus on lo

dottie sandusky says this, let me quote for you, we don't know why these young men have made these falseone to know they are untrue. the former penn state football coach is under house arrests after being freed on bail. had his arraignment is scheduled for next tuesday where some of his alleged victims are set to testify. we'll talk more about that coming up next hour with sunny hostin. >>> also this -- >> reporter: authorities say rob by had set up a webcam in his dorm room to capture his roommate's encounter. >> talking about this former rutgers student accuseed of streaming live video of his room mailt's sexual encounter with another man. today he turned down a plea deal that would allow him to avoid jail time. his roommate tyler clemenklemen killed himself after finding out about the video. >>> police are searching for culprits of a letter bomb in rome. one person was hurt according to reports. an italian anarchist group are claiming responsibility. a bomb earlier in the week was deactivated. >>> back here at home, voter s want to give congress the boots. 76% of americans according t