he had tried law, evangelism, even a free love commune in the 1800s, and he had failed even at that.ed him charles get out. [laughter] but he survived on sheer audacity. he traveled all over the country by train, never bought a ticket. he took great pride in moving from boarding house to boarding house, slipping out when with represent was due. and each when he occasionally worked as a bill collector, he would just keep whatever he managed to collect. at the republican convention, guiteau became obsessed with garfield, and immediately after the election he began to stalk the president. at one point he even walked into the president's office while the president was in it. he even attended a reception and introduced himself to garfield's wife. he shook her happened, he gave her -- her hand, he gave her his card, and he slowly pronounced his name so she wouldn't forget him. it's like a hitchcock movie. it's incredibly creepy and absolutely terrifying. finally, guiteau had what he believed was a define inspiration: god wanted him to kill the president. it was nothing perm, he would later

evening. as the thanksgiving weekend draws to a close, retailers are breathing a sigh of relief and adding up their sales. a record 226 million shoppers visited stores and web sites this weekend, an industry survey says. that's up 14 million from last year, and they spent a record $52.4 billion. tony guida has been taking the pulse of the american shopper. >> reporter: recession? what recession? americans are shopping and spending this holiday weekend like their pants are on fire. >> the deals are great this weekend. you just got to have the patience to stand in line and weave through the crowds. >> reporter: and the luck to survive occasional mayhem. at a wal-mart in mesquite, texas, thanksgiving night, shoppers flipped out over d.v.d. deals. they ripped them out of cartons in a frenzied scrum. one woman was nearly trampled. the siren song of savings lured shoppers into stores early and they spent, on average, almost 400 dollars each, a record. >> the retailers that opened at midnight on than

richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this has been going on in syria for eight months now. 3,500 people killed. but this week, something changed. the uprising in syria became a revolution. since monday, government forces have killed dozens of activists. but now, syrian troops are being killed by the dozens as well. the uprising in syria has changed because of men like these, among the hundreds if not thousands of defectors from the syrian military. they call themselves the free syrian army, and now they've mobilized. on monday they attacked government troops and destroyed tanks with rocket propelled grenades. overnight, they struck a government air force intelligence headquarters on the outskirts of damascus itself. one of their commanders hiding in syria said attacks will continue as long as the regime targets civilians. the attacks will escalate, he said. syria is also under pressure diplomatically as never before. including from its own neighbors. jordan's king abdullah on monday. >> if it was me, i would step down an

: and good evening. we begin tonight with a disturbing story-- story involving a college football powerhouse. a former long time assistant coach for the penn state lions is out on bail tonight after being charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse of underaged boys. also, two more penn state officials are expected to turn themselves in amid charges of a cover-up. dean reynolds has the story. >> jerry sandusky. >> reporter: for 67-year-old jerry sandusky a jubilant career at penn state has dwindled to a per walk and prosecution. >> jerry is very, very depressed, he's very up set. he's very distraught about the charges, the allegations. >> reporter: in a 40 count indictment ending a three year inquiry sandusky is alleged to have targeted at least eight boys for sexual advances or assaults over 15 years. pennsylvania attorney general linda kelley says this case a sexual predator who used his position within the university and community to repeatedly prey on young boys. for 32 years sandusky was a top assi

even it will have an effect-- even it has an effect on the path that they are going through it is very important to notice that these movements will move in an environment which is not detached from the environment. it has quiet interaction within the environment so these are the sic parameters of the environment. how we can ignore them? >> lete just makene point with respe to bombing the sites. the secretary of defense, leon panetta said a strike on iran would have a serious impact on the middle east and american forces in the region without seriously disrupting, without seriously disrupting your own nuclear program. that came from the secretary of defense, suggesting at people ought to think very carefully on any strike against iran. that stands on its own, does it not? >> well, i think the second part is definitely correct. >> okay. i mean our capacityor capability, nuclear technology is not something that can be taken away from us. if the power plant is hit, we can build anoth one. if two scientists are assassinated there are ten others. >> the fact that you are a nuclear scientist

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, european heads of government worked for weeks on a deal to prevent greece from defaulting on its debts and threatening the world economy. tonight there is reason to believe the greek government may collapse and take the deal with it. the chaos in greece trick triggered a selloff on markets all around the world. on wall street the dow fell nearly 300 points and an important wall street firm called m.f. global has collapsed because of its exposure to european debt. we have reports from both sides of the atlantic. first, anthony mason in new york where the bankruptcy of m.f. global has touched off an investigation into missing millions. anthony? >> reporter: the f.b.i. is now looking into this case, too, scott. the collapse of m.f. global, the 200-year-old trading firm led by former new jersey governor john corzine has been severe and sudden. >> reporter: as bankruptcy hearings for m.f. global began in this new york courthouse today, federal investigators said hundreds of millions of do

wi >> mitchell: and good evening. one day after the latest republican presidential debate, the candidates and the white whuse continue to trade attacks. that debate, seen here on cbs last night, was seen as make-or- maeak for some candidates. and they saved most of their punches for the obama heministration. chief political correspondent jan crawford has more tonight from washington. jan, good evening. >> reporter: this was the 10th republican debate, but the first to focus solely on foreign policy, to test which of these d ndidates could be trusted the most to handle that 3 a.m. phone call in the white house. >> the issues were complex. the answers serious. >> this is a very dangerous time. timeeporter: there were no gimmicks or slogans, no real jabs thrown, when given the chance to take a shot at front- >>nner mitt romney, newt gingrich pulled back his punch. >> we're here tonight talking to the american people about why every single one of us is better usan barack obama. >> reporter: throughout the debate, the cand

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, from the site of the next republican presidential debate. if there is any doubt about how important that debate storm evening will be, take a look at this brand new cbs news poll just out today. it shows that the race for the g.o.p. nomination has turned into a close three-man context. in this poll of republican primary voters, herman cain is holding on to the lead at 18% but he is down seven points in the two weeks since the allegations of sexual harassment surfaced. and have a look at this. newt gingrich is now tied with mitt romney for second at 15%. gingrich is up five points, romney down six. and rick perry, he is still in single digits. so it will all turn on the 17% who tell us they are undecided. we begin tonight with political correspondent jan crawford. jan? >> reporter: scott, our polls show just how unsettled this race is with just two months before people start voting. but one thing is clear: it's not over for newt gingrich. counted out of the race just a few months ago,

richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. last time they toppled a dictator in this square. now they want his army to go. egyptians in tahrir square took on their army and police with stones and molotov cocktails. police fired burning choking clouds of tear gas. protesters tried to throw them right back. they toppled president hosni mubarak last february. now egyptians want to overthrow the army that took over for him and promised to bring democracy. the same people are in power. nothing has changed. they are worst than the past regime, this man said. but fighting police and soldiers with stones comes at a cost. the injured are brought to this makeshift infirmary here in the square where volunteers try and revive them. almost everyone is suffocating from tear gas. the injured often came in limp, sprawled out on carpets, some very young, treated with disinfectant and eye drops. the egyptian military is using more than tear gas. at least 30 demonstrators have been killed since yesterday. this video has become a new icon. egypti

good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it was the prime minister's first day on the job and one that began with tragedy. outside the cabinet office where he was going to assume his responsibilities there was a protest there physically trying to prevent him from entering the building. in the ensuing confrontation, a protester was shot by a security vehicle and he was killed instantly. now, the general prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the incident, vowing to hold accountable anyone responsible. but the protesters felt the attack was deliberate. they've seen these types of attacks on the protesters in the past. it gives you legally a senreall the tension between the two sides. this during negotiations taking place between the military and key protest figures. they've demanding the military step down from power and hand over control to a civilian government. but the civilian government has not been successful in receiving power. they say it may be several months away before power is ready to be handed ove

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> pelley: good evening, herman cain, the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination, forcefully confronted charges of sexual harassment late today. he called one accuser a troubled woman and he said that he is being slandered in a firestorm that he blames on democrats and the media. in the last week, four women have accused cairn of inappropriate sexual behavior. three of them had been anonymous, but late today one of them revealed her name to cbs news. cain confronted all the allegations in a late news conference in arizona. we have two reports tonight. first, bill whitaker many phoenix. bill? >> reporter: scott, in a week in which attempts to put this scandal behind time seemingly have failed, herman cain today attacked it head on with a full-throated denial and denunciation of his accusers. >> i will vigorously defend my reputation because i will not allow false accusations to compromise or in any way shed badly on my character and my integrity. i will repeat: i have never acted inappropriately with anyone. p

even everybody, even the guys who said they'd never get in the shotgun. dictate that. and certain packages, you'll want to use more than others. you want to continue in what you saw last week. >> good defenses are going to be disguising no matter what. but i think when you up tempo a little bit. you get them on their heels. and you have to get calls in that aren't quite as complicated. it can limit what they do. >> pass protection is key. ravens hope to have offensive guard ben grubbs back for the pittsburgh game. number 66, grubs did practice today for a second straight day. remember, he hasn't played since the season openingin win. -- owning win. -- opening win. >>> college football, college park on saturday. and maryland coach, randy edsel wants you to come support his team when they come take on virginia. in fact, he doesn't understand why fans haven't been out in more force this season. the first-year coach says real fans will support their team, despite a bad record. edsel added, he's an orioles fan, and he still supports the o's, despite their toug

[applause] >> good evening. my name is david schiu. we are going to spend a lot of time talking about what we believe in. i want to talk about who i am a little bit. raised in boston, born in cleveland by immigrant parents, we can to some francisco 15 years ago for what we all love about the city. our commitment to diversity and social justice and innovation. i have been fortunate to work as a civil rights attorney, the founder of a technology company, prosecuting attorney, and president of the san francisco board of supervisors. i think that meeting new generation of leadership. one that is focused on delivering results. one that is ready to move beyond the dysfunctional politics of the past. i am proud of my record, helping to create thousands of jobs in units for new housing. i look forward to a conversation. thank you. [applause] >> great to see you, everyone. my name is dvin dunfy. i served eight years on the board of supervisors and five years for mayer brown. i ran the complaint department. my approach to running for mayor is a

and investors of course are even doubting france. this is a lot of uncertainty. and i think it's a big shadow over everything right now. >> susie: exactly, hanging over american business and the markets. ken, thank you so much for congress the program. >> absolutely. >> susie: really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> susie: we've been speaking with kenneth rogoff, professor of economics at harvard university. >> tom: still ahead, "tonight's word on the street"? "europe." gregg greenberg at thestreet.com on what european stocks some mutual fund managers are buying. >> tom: lots of selling pressure in stocks and precious metals it was bobted buying. let's get you updated in tonight's market to kuchlts >> tom: the presumed failure of the super committee hit investor confidence, coupled with the european concern, sent the major stock indices down to their lowest prices in a month. let's put today's almost 2% drop of the s&p 500 in perspective. 30 sessions. the index broke below the range it has been in since mid- october, falling below $1,200. after the close, the focu

dan, good evening. >> reporter: hey, david, good evening to you. protesters managed to shut down both lanes of traffic on this historic span just moments ago. this massive protest march tonight comes just two days after protesters were kicked out of their camp in lower manhattan. tonight with this big protest, they are trying to prove they still have momentum. they swarmed the streets, trying to shut down the stock exchange, but it didn't quite work. >> please clear the streets. >> reporter: the police have just issued their warning. everyone here is expecting the arrests to start now. dozens were carted off to jail. the start of a long day of clashes with injuries on both sides. the day ended up being a show of force for the movement, across the country from los angeles to portland to washington, d.c. but after two months of marches and chants, there remains a simple question. what's the concrete goal of this movement? >> i think there's a concrete goal of freedom of speech. >> reporter: what would you say is the concrete goal of this movement now

even so surfer say they are happy to be here.he's ranked fifth in the world. >> you wouldn't think pick san francisco but it's a really cool place to visit. yes i'm more than happy to take it off my list of places i have been. >>reporter: 4 days of competition over the next 12 days. not even though is thrilled to have the beloved beach taken over. >> i think there is a handful of people that live aaround here that think it is exploi exploiting the area. having this big business come in and set autopsy big tent on the beach and do the whole contest scene but i think a lot of us think it's really interesting. >>reporter: that seems to be the prevailing sentiment. many are exited to sea what the pro can do. >> it's great thing to see how the world best perform at a local beach break. we have all been dreaming about like what would slater do on the waves. now we get to see what slater can do. >>reporter: as for slater he's just hoping the conditions will get better. if they don't the surfing length end is certainly capable of knowing

tom, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. american airlines says its labor costs are $800 million higher than its competitors. it was losing too much money. so today it acted. for ten years, american airlines has fought to avoid bankruptcy even as delta, united, continental and usairways became leaner and stronger under chapter 11. today, more than $10 billion in debt, american said it could wait no longer. >> the path ahead will be hard, but it's a well worn path. and we will make the company successful. >> american insists customers won't be affected. but for the 265,000 passengers who fly american and american eagle every day, some concern. >> we would be concerned the next time we schedule a flight anywhere. certainly, if it was american. >> reporter: among passengers' most common questions, what if i booked upcoming travel on american or an alliance partner? the answer, those tickets will still be honored. what about the valuable frequent flyer miles we've earned? american sent out an e-mail today saying, we want to assu

even if they exploited their weaknesses, even if they exploited their flaws, it's time for us to come to terms with the fact that you cannot use people as money machines. use them, squeeze them, get all you can out of them and then when something goes wrong, then it's their fault, while some people go to the bank and they go to the seminary. we'll talk about that tonight. we have this story covered from all angles this evening in just a minute. we'll talk to brian oxman who represented the jacksons over the last 25 years as an attorney. he served as joe jackson's attorney in the wrongful death case. first, let's get the latest from the courthouse with msnbc news correspondent kristen dahlgren. kristen, thanks for coming on the show. >> reporter: hey, there, al. it's 2 1/2 years since michael jackson's death since you spoke at his funeral. and today we finally did hear the verdict in association with his death. dr. conrad murray, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. want to play for you that moment inside the courtroom. >> we, the jury in the above entitled action, find the defend

good evening. >> reporter: good evening, savannah.t's been a week of deadly protests and thousands remain in tahrir square behind me. they are calling for a million man march on friday that is going to be a political showdown between the protesters and the military rulers. it was the front line of intense fighting all week long. this street off of tahrir square, the site of day-long battles between egyptian security forces and protesters that continued late into wednesday evening. by thursday morning, a shaky truce seemed to be sticking. the military erecting a barrier to separate the two sides. the fighting on the street may have stopped, but the political standoff still continues. battered but still determined, protesters are demanding the military immediately hand over power to a civilian government. not so fast, says egypt's military rulers, refusing to take their marching orders from the tahrir protesters. they say the path to democracy begins with monday's parliamentary election, which this general says will take place on schedu

he had failed even at that. the when in the commune nicknamed him charles get out but he succeeded on audacity and traveled the country by train and never bought a ticket. he took a great pride moving from boarding house to boarding house slipping out when the rent was two. and even when he occasionally worked as a bill collector, he but escapes whatever he managed to collect. after the republican convention, guiteau became obsessed with garfield, and immediately after the election he began to stock the president. he went to the white house nearly every day. at one point he even walked in to the president's office, while the president was in it. he even attended a reception and introduced himself to garfield's wife. he shook her hand, he gave her his card, and he slowly pronounced his name so she wouldn't forget him. it's light a hitchcock movie. it's incredibly creepy and absolutely terrifying. finally, guiteau had what he believed was a divine inspiration. god wanted him to kill the president. it was nothing p

even if you're saying...kids tonight. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say boursin? >>> we learned it was royalty to the rescue today off the british coast. prince william, who works as a royal air force helicopter pilot, was involved in a frantic rescue effort. a cargo ship sank in the irish sea. william helped rescue two crew members. one did die. five are still missing tonight. >>> we take note of a birthday. "life" magazine turning 75. and this evening here, they allow us to leaf through their treasured album. july 1st, 1960. then senator john k. kennedy and his most trusted adviser, his brother, bobby, in a hotel huddle. this moment, during the democratic national convention in los angeles. this iconic portrait of astronaut john glenn in 1959. as "life" puts it, capturing the confidence and clear-eyed sense of purpose glenn and his colleagues embodied. the original "mercury 7." opening night, november 26th, 1952. the first full length color 3d feature. the audience back then all dressed up for the movies,

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. good evening. having failed to bring the federal budget under control, congress left on vacation. pulling the rug out from under consumer confidence as we head into the most important shopping season of the year. the failure to reach a compromise means that payroll tax cuts and extended unemployment benefits could expire new year's day. cutting into the income of millions. add to that uncertainty a report that we just got: the government says that the economy is measured by the gross domestic product, grew more slowly in the third quarter than we thought. it was revised to just 2%. that is down from the previous estimate of 2.5%. we have asked several correspondents to work on this story today. first anthony mason on how this hits consumer confidence. >> reporter: we should get a sense of what impact, if any, scott, that this had on consumer confidence quickly. this black friday weekend when 150 million people are expected to head for the malls. the holiday windows at new york's lord and taylor dep

jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, diane. this could boil down to just two men. both coaches at penn state university who say they saw the same night in very different ways. first, jerry sandusky, who says he was just horsing around with a boy in the locker room. and a fellow coach who safe what he saw was totally different. not game at all. it was a monstrous crime. the key witness in the child molestation case against jerry sandusky, former penn state assistant coach mike mcqueary, today seen shopping in state college, pennsylvania, as he prepared to testify that he witnessed a 10-year-old, pinned to the team's locker room shower wall in march of 2002, being raped by then-coach sandusky. a claim sandusky denied in a telephone interv center's" bob costas. >> i would say that that's false. >> what would be his motive to lie? >> you'd have to ask him that. >> reporter: we did ask him, but mcqueary repeatedly declined comment. >> what is your response to what mr. sandusky said last night? >> no, thank you. >> reporter: but in e-mails he sent to friends this week, m

good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. >> why can't you just say no? do you have the authority on capitol hill just to say no or does mr. demarco as a regulator to permit the bonuses to go forward? >> i think congress, and here's the problem with the bonuses. fannie mae has lost money in 16 of the last 17-quarters. you can't be rewarding that kind of nonperformance. that's what has people outraged. but to your point about whether or not congress can do anything about it, they can but it takes some time to get things through the congress. my question is where is the president in all of this? why can't the president, these people work for him, he sets the pay, and they set the pay, he should come in and suspend the bonuses right now. but there is legislation working its way through the congress. the house, as you said, has already acted. there was a vote yesterday in the committee, financial services committee, 52-4 in favor of suspending the bonuses. the senate has a couple amendments filed we are hoping to get action on it soon. it has congress worked

but even so, that's what they agreed to have.ey wanted a highly devaluized government after what they had to encounter with the monarchy. um, even after those taking part had been authorized to carry out the creation of a new constitution, you could make the case that for worse or for better they with respect representative of moat -- they weren't representative of most americans. the typical delegates of the constitutional convention was a privileged member of the upper class and didn't represent directly in any reasonable way american note as a whole. rather, the 55 framers represented the white adult male affluent or near affluent segment of the population. but you might ask, couldn't the same thing be said of the founding fathers? after all, those patriots who signed the declaration of independence were almost unrepresentative of americans as a whole. one telling difference was they signed a galvanizing and unionizing document befitting of thomas jefferson's characterization of it as an expression of the american mind that se

but the problem with people like him even is that they have to list the help of wealthy people to be able to get where they are so for example you know he's from montana one of his largest can be contributors are from new york from wall street right because he figured that the only way you can get to the head of the finance committee is if you live people like that so even with people who are not wealthy you may have more natural empathy for working class people middle class people they have to enlist the help of very wealthy people to get elected and that's really a sign of a really corrosive and decayed campaign finance system i want to ask you what you think about for example eleanor holmes who is the representative here in washington d.c. of course you don't get a vote in congress but that's a whole other. ory now she's taking part in this thing where the religious organizations have asked her if you see what it's like to live off of the amount of money that food stamps would give you so that gives you what is it thirty dollars a week and food out or is it a month it's something

even baby clothes.ferent pieces of merchandise. >> we have kiss lotteries. scratch, but you don't sniff. kiss mr. potato heads. the kiss boots. you know, you kind of go like that. and, of course, the kiss condoms. and it's my face. >> reporter: it's all funneled through kiss catalog. a holding company for everything kiss. including the trademark to their famous painted faces. can you put a dollar sign on the kiss empire? >> we make a living. >> reporter: $500 million? $750 million. a billion? >> give me a cookie. >> reporter: a billion dollars. >> anywhere from one to five. >> reporter: kiss items sold through live nation merchandise have raked in more than half a billion dollars over the last 15 years. the kiss brand is on, what, about 3,000 different pieces of merchandise now? >> right now there are -- there are approximately 3,000 branded pieces of kiss merchandise. >> reporter: so -- >> only because it's things that the fans want. >> the reason there are so many great things associated with kiss is

ready for her as a friend of mine once said it's not even the first step we've only lifted off to take that first step before we decide on the equipment that we used in a flight to mars we first need to have an understanding of the limits of the human body is psychological and physiological capacities secondly we need to decide on the amount of resources to be taken along on the way our life support system will operate during the search long missions and communications between the crew and the earth will be a different ballgame in over two flights much of the work rests on the shoulders of the specialists on the ground and interplanetary mission is also characterized by autonomy independence you can't turn back it's a totally different situation and without testing and identifying the primary elements the life support system the volume of the resources needed the human capacities it's difficult to make plans even on an initial design of a future spacecraft research in human capacities should go before the design of a space. scientists are quite active in designing new vehicles this is

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the euro is a failure taking the highway to the danger zone the euro crisis is flying into trouble even spiraling out of control and now european leaders are meeting with the mavericks in d.c. to try to piece together a solution but is this effort too little too late. and while world leaders try to dig their way out of the euro crisis occupy los angeles protesters are digging their feet in and refusing to leave even after being handed and eviction notice so is the occupy movement bracing for a rough night i have a report from california. and first it was egypt then libya a path toward revolution is not as smooth a road as many expected in fact it's downright rugged so as the arab spring last through winter and blood once again stains talker square who is really benefiting from all this unrest and could syria be next. it is monday november twenty eighth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for you watching our team. let's begin with the crisis in the eurozone president obama today met with members of the european union here in washington for the meeting comes at a time in which many

. >>> good evening. like a nation of addicts, spending addicts, kicking the can down the road it was part of the dale that was cut back when the fight over debt ceiling shut washington down and split it apart. instead the super committee that was supposed to find $1.2 trillion in cuts to reduce the debt has failed. they couldn't do it and tonight the president went before cameras and the white house briefing room and pushed back hard. >> some in congress are trying to undo these automatic spending cuts. my message to them is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts. domestic and defense spending. there will be no easy off-ramps on this one. >> that was the president a short time ago this evening. now tonight the big questions are what just happened is this any way to govern and what happens now? do automatic and potentially cruel budget cuts now go into effect. we want to begin with nbc's kelly o'donnell on the hill. one major poll puts congress's approval rating at

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even in the mosque. a holiday retreat is tainted by the summer's slaughter there. and there's a bid to ensure equally punitive treatment for bosnia's war criminals. turkey's women don't want to accept second class status anymore. even in the mosque. after years of having to use side entrances and worshiping in the shadows, the presidency of religious affairs now wants to encourage women to take a full part in friday prayers alongside the men. they hope to change the sexist image. in some towns there are even female imams. the sign of things to come? >> friday prayers at istanbul's mosque is house of worship dates from the ot monday empire and is almost 500 years old. the men here say the congregation has always been separated along gender lines. men pray in the main room, women in a separate corner. and that if the men have their way, that separation will remain. but the women aren't happy about it. >> mosque should be totally open to us. men and women can pray together. >> most mosques don't have facili

your even your evening commute will be wet as well. notice as we go throughout the night. the yellows and oranges. that's some good rain fall. south and east of town. but that's enough rain in the green to just provide us all with a wet commute to and from work. the good news is, we'll get out of the activity by tomorrow night into thursday morning. things will clear out. thursday is going to be a little bit on the blustery side. a temperature correction. next seven days, 62 tomorrow. low 50s on thursday and friday. sunny on friday. weekend looks great. temperatures going up. 60 on saturday. dry for the redskins game. maybe some showers sunday night. >> thanks top. enter sweeter than the game will be. >> the redskins are not our top story today. something else is. >> another team struggling, that's for sure. maryland quarterback controversy solved by the worst possible circumstances. why randy won't be calling on danny o'brian for the rest of the season. who replaces him? and, another redskin got released. we have redskins news. next. check it out. whoa. i got the verizon

good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian.his is a scandal that touches the hall of fame football coach joe paterno. so far three high officials have been charged in the case. everyone is wondering how much further all of this will spread. athletic director tim curley and senior vice president gary schultz turned themselves in today, charged with failing to alert authorities about complaints of child sexual abuse and then lying during a grand jury investigation. both deny the charges. >> this is a case about a sexual predator accused of using his position within the community and the university to prey on numerous young boys for more than a decade. >> reporter: the case centers around jerry sandusky, a former long-time assistant football coach, charged with sexually assaulting eight boys in their early teens. at-risk boys involved with a charity sandusky founded. some of the alleged attacks happened in penn state athletic buildings. coach paterno, now 84, with the most college career wins in football said, if true, we were all

but can even they save his campaign? michaelis a cough on the investigation, jonathan kapot on the politics. >> in my mind, i haven't done anything wrong. >> a texas judge caught on camera viciously beating his daughter. but he's still on the bench. tonight, i'm asking why? mole po politics nation starts right now. welcome to politics nation. tonight's lead. the economy's making progress, but can you imagine where it would be without republican road blocks? today we learned the unemployment rate dropped to a six month low of 9%. 80,000 jobs were created. there's still a long way to go. but it is progress. this graphic shows private sector job growth. the blue lines represent president obama's time in office. as you can clearly see, the economy stopped shedding jobs and started adding them when he took office. now we've had private sector job growth for 20 straight months. and what makes this remarkable is how unprecedented the road blocks have been. house republicans refuse to even put the president's jobs bill up for a

they can't even get it out it's from a wage is just begging for any sort of work provided even go to college that this is the it's ending up with diploma it's just a race should we look at what's drawing fallon's of young americans to protest against the country's monetary system right now and whether the occupy movement will be even the footprint. told people have reportedly been killed in clashes in syria as the arab league's ultimatum against the country's leadership expires later on saturday earlier this week the cairo based body suspended the syria suspended syria rather and promised tougher action if president bashar assad fails to end the violence pressure on the arab countries pronouncing for the week with france insisting it's now too late for the regime to try and save itself for reforms u.k. is officially called for the syrian opposition with critics saying this move is building to the operation in libya however russia believes the situation is dramatized by foreign parties stress that opposition groups should also lay down their arms turkey jordan announced plans to estab