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that will do it for me, and fredricka whitfield is up next fredricka whitfield is up next hour. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> of course he could do it, michael. welcome to "newsroom" i'm fredricka whitfield. we will focus on the economy and issues at home. barack obama is spending the day with the country's newest citizens where the president took part in a naturalization ceremony for members of the military, and homeland secretary janet napolitano swore them in, and tonight there will be a celebration on the north lawn at the white house. >>> and no power. that is the extremely uncomfortable position that people find themselves in after weekend storms knocked out power from il toile the nation's capital, and the most outages five days after the storms hit, west virginia. 5,000 homes are without air conditioning in the middle of a brutal heat wave. cnn's brian todd is there. >> fredricka, temperatures are spiking here in west virginia where it is to get up to 95, and well on the way to that right now. power is out for roughly one quarter to a third of the customers in west virgin

fredricka, i hate to do this, but richard's right on this. the fact is there are no claims of a friend or acquaintance against doctors or warner brothers or the theater because there has to be a connection. there has to be some level connection. and there is no basis. i can't come up with any legal theory, fredricka, that would warrant as much as this man hurts and i don't doubt that, there is no basis in the law for any claim whatsoever. you know what? i think he will be taxed legal fees because the case is so utterly frivolous. >> my goodness. >> the court has the discretion to penalize someone for doing that. >> do you suppose torrance brown may have had a better chance had it been part of a class action, if there were others who kind of joined in, wait a little bit, is that the issue so he is not an individual taking on these three entities? >> i don't see it. whether it's individual or class. >> fred, you have to have grounds for liability. here they just don't have the grounds for this person. they may be in a zone of danger. there are

i'm poppy harlow in today for fredricka whitfield fr. >>> dangerous heat affecting 2 1/2 million store victims in the southeast. >>> in colorado police are telling wildfire evacuees to be on the lock jute for buokout fo bears. >>> mexico holds an historic vote. >>> first the stifling heat wave that's creating dangerous conditions in the midwest, south and northeast. take a look at the predicted highs for today. 103 where i'm sitting in atlanta. 20 states are under heat warnings or advisories right now. the sizzling temperatures aren't just uncomfortable, they can be life threatening, especially people who don't have air conditioning. that's the unfortunate reality in a lot of northeast right now after storms knocked out power to millions of homes. athena jones joins us from a cooling center in burke, virginia. give me a sense of what officials are saying about when power's going to be fully restored there. >> reporter: good afternoon, poppy. of course this power is just the top of enone's mine. in maryland power company officials say it is going to take up to a week for full restoratio

. >>> you're in the cnn newsroom, i'm fredricka whitfield. an you a tist ek man is recovering after wandering for more than three weeks in utah's desert. rescuers found the 28-year-old man yesterday starving and dehydrated but alive. he says he survived on frogs, roots, and river water. cnn's nick valencia is here with more on this journey. how did it begin? how did they find him? so many questions. >> it is shocking would he survive something like this. 28-year-old autistic man, lost in the wilderness for three weeks. we know what happened to william la fever. about june 6, june 7, he called his father from boulder, utah. originally from can colorado springs. somehow without a vehicle he gets to boulder, utah. he called his father and said he was robbed of his camping ger and needs money to get to page, arizona to get to his sister. he dezads it take this 15-mile long river hike and he gets lost. by himself. he was with his dog. his dog, trustee companion, took off on him. and he was by himself when the department of highway patrol and highw

check this out, fredricka. could this be a worse place to be on july 4th?solutely beautiful. he has been here all week long with the 30 romneys in the immediate family and the kids and the grandkids, and they came out and really the one and only time this week they came out in pub lick was to walk this parade. it was important for him to do for a number of reasons, but primarily, if you look at the state of new hampshire, and this is a state that polls show is neck and neck and only four electoral votes, but looking at every map that the obama campaign has to get to those critical 270 electoral votes, they need the four electoral votes and pretty much any map to win the presidency again, and so that is important why mitt romney is campaigning so hard here and doing so well against president obama who beat john mccain handily in this state. >> thank you, dana bash from the picturesque wolfboro and very political city in new hampshire. thank you so much. >>> if you have settled in with the 'reader this holiday weekend, someone may be reading what you are read

fredricka? >> thank you, so much. >>> and today marks one week since the horrific movie theater massacre that left 12 people dead and 58 wounded. funerals will be held through the weekend for those killed. we understand that 12 victims are still in the hospital. don lemon is in aurora, colorado, and so, don, give me the condition of the survivors. >> and fred, as you said, 12 are still in the hospital, and we should say that 45 people treated and released from the hospital, and 12 still in there, and of the 12, five in critical condition and six in fair condition and one in serious condition, but fred, as you and i know from covering the stories there are physical stars they will live with forever and no doubt emotional scars for the next weeks and months. >> and don, a memorial takes place behind you, there and a number of funerals. when you talk about people who are trying to pick up the pieces and recover and how about the people who lived in the same building where james holmes once lived, a

i'm fredricka whitfield. aurora, colorado, a community struggling to come to grips with the horrifying act of violence. deadly shooting rampage at a local theater. this is a live picture right now from andrews air force base. president of the united states will soon be heading to colorado, meeting with the victims and their families. >>> tonight the community in aurora will come together to memorialize the 12 lives lost in that rampage. today people are seeking comfort and support at morning church services. >>> cnn's kyung lah is live in aurora. you've been hearing some very incredible stories from people who survived the rampage. how are they dealing with today? is it any easier? >> reporter: certainly not. we're only talking about a short period of time that's passed since that rampage happened. i've been speaking to patients in the hospitals, family members, their relatives, their friends, and they are telling stories that are horrific. they are all traumatized. i can tell you that within these terrible s

fredricka. >> okay. and with the recent swings in the market, some folks are afraid to look at their 401(k) statements besides the earnings reports, and what are the other factors that influence the markets and what can we expect perhaps moving forward? >> don't be afraid. don't be afraid to look at the 401(k). look at this broadly in sort of the big scheme of things and the major averages and you know, they are up for this year, and they are pretty ti much where they were a year ago and no need to make a rash change, but there is uncertainty there and relief could be on the next week as we get the first look of the gdp, the economic growth here in the u.s. for the april through june quarter, and we will get that friday. if this number comes out bad, there could be the fed stepping in to try to pump more stimulus into the economy after it meets next week. the fed officials have been dropping a lot of hints lately that could happen and that could be welcomed news for the stock market because you will see

fredric fredricka. >> very good. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange.for that. catch them if you can. doing over 180 miles an hour weaving through traffic all while filming himself. now police in british columbia are trying to track him down. they think they know who this guy is 25-year-old randy george scott of victoria. this video has gone viral with a million hits on youtube. scott is facing charges that could have him braking being locked up for five years. >>> it's called the red light for a reason. look at this car speeding through right there red light in new jersey slamming into another car. spinning around and taking down a light pole as you saw right there. you're going to see it again. thankfully the driver made it out okay. police released this video as a way to remind drivers that stopping at a red light is a matter of life and death. >>> stopping the drug war. well, it's hard thanks in part to the hundreds of small tunnels that are hand dug under the u.s./mexican border. now, our cameras take you inside one passageway that is being called

fredricka?ind of a tight rope, isn't it, for the -- those who run the movie theaters, who want to have security in place just in case but at the same time having security in place might make some movie goers feel a little uneasy. >> that's true. you know, it's really interesting. when you think about a movie theater, i mean, they don't have metal detectors. i mean it's a pretty open environment. you walk in and so we, as i mentioned we've seen the police come. come and stay for a while and go. most of the people we've spoken to here believe this was an isolated event. they are not too concerned. they say that happened a long way away. here we are in a place where we feel secure. but again, i mean, it's the sort of thing that this incident has shown us how delicate and difficult it can be to keep these sort of soft targets safe. >> all right. thanks so much from silver spring, maryland outside a movie theater there. appreciate that. all right. well, thanks so much for being with us during our con

fredricka? >> thank you so much, alison.ng between directv and viacom? its website tells viewers where to go online to watch viacom for free. >>> lance armstrong faces doping charges. two doctors and a trainer involved and slapped with lifetime sports bans by the u.s. anti--doping agency. armstrong and the three staffers all maintain their innocence, though armstrong is the only one to enter a legal proceeding with the agency. >>> as the violence in skier yeah escalates, the main opposition group is pushing for a solution, too. the counsel's leader is meeting with russia's foreign minister seen here. the council is laying out a series of proposals of how to resolve the crisis. the meeting is key since russia and china have vetoed resolutions to condemn the regime. at the same time, u.s. officials are watching russia's ship to make their way to tartous. they say it's part of resupply. kofi annan is debriefing the u.n. so for many syrians, this is a reality. extreme violence, explosions, death daily. in fact, the u.n. estimate

fredricka. >> okay. no trial date has been set, but then you have to wonder if indeed there ever is a trial, would she get a fair trial with this so highly publicized and in large part the chinese don't believe that scandals are something that should make news, but in this case, this one has in a big way. >> yes, it has and since bo's dismissal and the downfall and really the family has all but disappeared from the public view. they have not had their chance to tell their side of the story, and there is really one interesting development in this particular case. the wife gu kailai is prosecuted in a city that is 600 miles east of chungchang and we don't know why the court case was held there, but a trusted family source told us that the family wasn't even told that she was in the province until last week, and they also pointed out that her legal counsel was not chosen by the family, but was appointed by the government. fredricka. >> all right. fascinating story, and really is and eunice yoon, thank you s

this is big news. >>> welcome back, i'm fredricka whitfield.s just in, and we understand two days now before the opening ceremony in in olympics in london, nine olympians have been suspended for doping according to the olympic federation. those are three russians and two ukranians and one bulgarian and one moroccan and one greek and one turkish national and apparently the tests conducted measured changes of the blood profile which intimates that sophisticated doping may have been used, including human growth hormones and all of this taking place on the same day just moments after we learned that one greek olympian has been removed from the team because of offensive remarks she made on twitter about african athletes. so all of of the athletes just two days shy of the opening s ceremonies in london. all right. meantime, the mystery lady is a mystery no more. >>> turns out the woman who has been beside north korea's new leader at public events is his wife. that is according to reports from the neighboring south korea based on an announcement heard

gary tuchman in for fredricka today. >> have a nice rest of your weekend. >> thank you. >> this is a historic day in libya, after 40 years of moammar gadhafi's rule, libyans lined up to vote in the country's first free election. they were electing a national assembly that will be responsible for appointing a transitional government. my colleague, cnn producer is live in tripoli. it's a historic day. what's the mood among the people right now and is voter turnout good? >> gary, it's been an incredible day. people here, there's a sense of national pride. people are driving around tripoli in their cars waving the free libya flag and showing their inked fingers, a sign of pride in a post-revolution arab countries these days. the turnout so far has been pretty good according to the electoral commission. we expect to hear more when the polls close. they're expected to close in about two hours. possible extensions to that. so far we are told more voters than expected have turned out. >> who's on the ballot today? >> well, that is one of the key issues here, gary, is people are overwhelmed b

joining me now with more on that part of the story is fredricka whitfield.poke with an actress who is also a parent advocate, working to prevent bullying among girls, certainly a topic i know i'm passionate about. tell us more about that. >> reporter: oh, yeah. i mean, this is really a fascinating set of panels that they have going on here. of course, like all the music and the musicians that you just mentioned are here in the essence music festival, but they have some incredible empowerment panels. i just spoke with an actress you probably know from "without a trace." well, coming up this fall, she has a new movie called "won't back down," and it really is about education reform. she's a mother of two, going to school right here in the united states. she has an own personal observations about the frustrations and the real things to celebrate about the educational system here in the states. so, she's going to be part of a panel today to talk about how it's so important that education systems at schools continue to encourage their parents to be as involved as

fredricka whitfield talked with kate maxwell of jetsetter.com to find out what you can do other thanng to the games if you're going to cross the pond. >> really london is known for some pretty fabulous museums all year round. let's begin with the tape modern. >> as you say, london's museums are really capitalizing on the influx of tourists over the olympic and mounding some fantastic blockbuster exhibitions. the tape modern has damian hurst, one of the world's most unflu influence controversial markets. there are spot paintings. there's even a room of live butterflies, believe it or not. definitely check that out. his dime encrusted and platinum skull worth something like 50 million pounds. really facts and controversial exhibition. >> that skull makes me think of alexander mcqueen, one of the more prominent fashion artists -- or late fashion designer. >> right. >> really, british fashion has received a kind of resurgence because of kate middleton. that's why you may want to stop by the victorian albert museum? >> it is london's big art and museum design. they have an exhibition of 6

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>> no, not at all, fredricka. the state has 13 electoral votes. very important to the president's reelection efforts. as you mentioned, he did win in 2008 but he was the first democrat to do so since lindon johnson in 1964. so it is by no means a reliably blue state. but the obama campaign is helping to keep virginia in the blue column. they are doing so, they hope, by arguing that the president will look out for the pr of middle class wheel mitt romney cares more about helping out the real wael think. let's see what he had to say at his first stop in glenn oa virginia. he got rained on but let's hear what he had to say about mitt romney and republican fles congress. >> they will spend a lot of time talking, but if you cut through all the stuff, what they are really saying is tax cuts for the wealthy, roll back regulations. that's essentially their plan. we can't afford to go back to top down economics. we need somebody who believes in a middle out economic, a bottom-up economics. somebody who will fight for you. >> so there you have it, fred. and

thank you fredricka.ou, cnn, for covering when a we think is a good news story. >> it really is pip remember before you all began this aseptemb ascent, you talked about challenges, weather, equipment, given that many of the prosthesis get particularly cold in, you know, weather like this and the terrain, all of that would bring tremendous challenges. were those big obstacles along the way? >> i think that all of those, the cold, extreme weather, our mechanical equipment all played a part in and certainly presented all of us with challenges. would he were climbing steep noun taens and they were bending at angles i don't think they were intended to. but they did hold up sometimes we are stuck in the snow and we would literally pull out our legs and pulling sleds and always extremely challenging for us. certainly for me, and i know for the other wounded warriors. but wrs, but what finally stopped us, was the extreme weather. 50, 60 mile-an-hour winds were where you can't really negotiate, you know, a ridge t

. >> absolutely, fredricka. that is one of the things that is most surprising.he financial loss is serious. but the loss of identity, the loss of a sense of where you fit in, as she said, it's almost like you disappeared. you're invisible. and that's kind of one of the unique elements about people, i guess, who have been successful all their lives. living what we would call the good life on long island. is that instead of kind of gathering together, they're isolated in homes that look nice, in neighbor neighborhoodses that look beautiful. they are ideal. behind them you see the psyche of people like this disintergreating. >> you focus on levin town. you say in the piece that suburbs are experiencing the fastest growth of people who are losing their jobs, losing their houses, et cetera. but what is it about that place on long island that made you want it zero in? >> well, levit town is iconic. claims to be the first suburb. it is the model for the post world war two suburbia that so many of us grew up with. in that sense it is a symbol of the good life. the ameri

the woman whose seat i am keeping very warm right now, fredricka whitfield is in new orleans.ey, lots of powerful panels and, of course, powerful music and musicians. just take a look behind me. that's charlie wilson of the gap band who has launched a single career right now and you can see a huge crowd has turned out just to get a glimpse of charlie wilson, a picture of him and maybe a chance to kind of summon him over and ask him a few questions. it's happened like that all morning long here at the convention center. also today, talk about those powerful panels. national urban league mark will be returning to his home city, once mayor here in new orleans, along with congresswoman maxine waters and a number of other people will talk politics today. what's at stake be for you. just four months away from the national election. and then among the great panels that have been taking place here, i had the privilege of talking to vanessa williams and her mom helen williams who had come out, cowritten a book together "you have no idea." it talks about the mother/daughter relationship

of course, fredricka, this is significant because they need to try to preserve as much of what's inside that apartment as possible in the hopes that they can find evidence that would help explain this massacre. obviously they want to get their hands on any kind of computers that james holmes had in there or anything else that might offer some clues that would help them explain the motive behind this attack. >> all right. thanks so much from outside the apartment complex. appreciate that. meantime we're learning a lot more about the people who died in the shooting rampage. 12 in all. nick valencia with us now. earlier you told us a bit about seven of the victims. are we getting more details about them or maybe even some others? >> we are. we're trying to independently confirm this. of course this is a very sensitive project and very sensitive task on our part to try to confirm these names. of course we have confirmed seven as you mentioned. a.j. bowic being one of them, the latest we have been able to independently confirm. you're looking at his remembrance page there his friends put tog

i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux.ith foot in mouth comments that offended the british prime minister and the mayor of london and other stories that we are following and right to it. people are mopping up and assess ing the damage in parts of the northeast today and a series of severe storms swept through communities in new jersey and pennsylvania and new york and the storms left hundreds of thousands of customers without power. a brooklyn man was killed after lightning hit a church causing a scaffold to fall on him. a falling tree crushed a pennsylvania woman's car. >> i was coming home from the grocery store and the sky was pitch black and next thing you know the back door swinging open and my son is yelling from the front of the house, get out here and get out here, and came out and watching the trees fall and it is chaos. >> we will check in with the cnn severe weather

and you watch the full interview with fredricka franco in three hours time you're an arterial suspect. the man who replaced as well fernando lugo on his views of the coup you can find out what he had to say about it on our web site right now. wiki leaks has struck back with a spectacular victory in its first battle against major u.s. financial companies which blocked payments to the on my whistleblower accord in iceland has ruled visa and master card local partner their broke the law by refusing to process public donations to the website the credit card giants or most several u.s. payment services that stopped accepting money transfers intended for wiki leaks in twenty ten came after the websites release of hundreds of thousands of classified american cables and data wiki leaks founder julian assange remains in ecuador's embassy in london right now where he's seeking political asylum in the south american country he's wanted in sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes he denies i spoke to human rights activist peter tatchell who told me the wiki leaks blockade is an assault on f

i'm fredricka whitfield. we start in syria. this is the most senior syrian diplomat to defect and support the country's uprising. nawaf al-fares defected last week and sat down with our ivan watson for his first television interview with the u.s. network. he says the country is a totaltar ian regime. >> reporter: in 2003 after the toppling of the regime the syrian regime felt threatened so they coordinated with al qaeda and had an agreement to keep the road open to iraq. militants came from all over the world through syrian under the eyes of the syrian police who are responsible for the killing of iraqi and american forces. he trained and provided shelter and built safe havens for al qaeda to hide in. i remember one of the safe havens. the americans raided it in 2008 and captured prisoners. this was a hiding place for al qaeda on the border with iraq. it was under the control of a brother-in-law of the president. >> who is making the decisions in damascus right now? who is directing the syrian government policy facing this upri

our fredricka whitfield caught up with some of them and asked them about diversity on the team and whatit means to people watching back home. >> reporter: 2008 olympic gold medalist cullen jones relishes the idea of being a role model. >> i think that's huge. i can't tell you how many family members i knew picked up a driver because they saw tiger woods doing it. i think that the beacon of seeing someone that looks like you that is excelling in a sport, like i said, getting out of a bad situation, those are the glimpses of hope people see. >> reporter: jones is part of something historically different about usa swimming. he's one of three athletes with african-american heritage who will compete for the u.s. the first time there's ever been more than one. growing up in new jersey, jones learned to swim at age 5 after nearly drowning at a water park. now he helps teach other minority kids to swim through usa swimming foundation's make a splash program. he knows it will take time before those efforts create more minority swimmers with olympic dreams. >> good job. all right. i don't know if

that will do it for me, and fredricka whitfield is up next fredricka whitfield is up next hour. -- captionse he could do it, michael. welcome to "newsroom" i'm fredricka whitfield. we will focus on the economy and issues at home. barack obama is spending the day with the country's newest citizens where the president took part in a naturalization ceremony for members of the military, and homeland secretary janet napolitano swore them in, and tonight there will be a celebration on the north lawn at the white house. >>> and no power. that is the extremely uncomfortable position that people find themselves in after weekend storms knocked out power from il toile the nation's capital, and the most outages five days after the storms h

let the games begin and hello, everyone, i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta and we will go straight to london where of course the countdown is on for the opening ceremonies. it is a big exciting time, and millions of people are all descending on london, and watching from around the world. our becky anderson is there in what has kind of been called the fun zone tor fan zone, and it is a fun zone, too. and you can see the folks poured out there. bec becky, give us a preview of what is happening with the countdown being on at least for the u.s. and other parts of the world to get a chance to see the opening ceremonies. >> that is right. we are what for hours away and counting now. you can really feel the buzz in london. i'm at hyde park, and one of the big zones and one of the four acts that will connect into the opening ceremony which is at the olympic park of course in the east side of london. we have duran duran, and stereophonics and aptly named scot paola paccini who will be playing at the olympic stadium, and quite remarkable to think of what has gone on into the planning for this.

i'm fredricka whitfield.ruggling to come to grips with the horrifying act of violence. deadly shooting rampage at a local theater. this is a live picture right now from andrews air force base. president of the united states will soon be heading to colorado, meeting with the victims and their families. >>> tonight the community in aurora will come together to memorialize the 12 lives lost in that rampage. today people are seeking comfort and support at morning church services. >>> cnn's kyung lah is live in aurora. you've been hearing some very incredible stories from people who survived the rampage. how are they dealing with today? is it any easier? >> reporter: certainly not. we're only talking about a short period of time that's passed since that rampage happened. i've been speaking to patients in the hospitals, family members, their relatives, their friends, and they are telling stories that are horrific. they are all traumatized. i can tell you that within these terrible stories were also remarkable stori

gary tuchman is in today for fredricka. how are you?to see you. >> we have a very busy day today. first of all, our legal guys are here, and we're going to talk about should prisons be air-conditioned? there are four lawsuits in the state of texas saying that some prisons are too hot. four people have died over the last year from heat-related causes. but the question here is, there are millions of americans who don't have air conditioning in their homes or apartments, either. so we'll be talking about that. we'll also be talking about fitness. i know you're a fit woman. >> i am. well, i'm a fitness fan. thank you. >> you play a lot of tennis. >> yes. >> i know you could beat serena williams. >> not today, maybe. >> not today, maybe, but we have an app for you and all of our viewers who want to take care of their fits in. apps to help you get in better shape. also, randi, this past week i spent time in colorado with the wildfires, and i was with the bravest of the brave, the smoke-jumpers, the men and women who go in airplanes, parachute

i'm fredricka whitfield. stay with cnn. "your money" starts right after this. it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system... from beautyrest. it's you, fully charged. >>> an economic storm is headed our way. i've given you the proof but you're demanding to know how we got here in the first place. i'm ali velshi. welcome to "your money." as long as your politicians don't tell you the truth about our economy i will. >>> slowdowns in europe and asia are creating economic headwinds that are strong enough to blow us into another recession. that's where we are today but i'm so caught up in avoiding this recession that some of you think i'm not paying enough attention to how we got here and you may be right because we've got limited time and we need solutions and right now, those solutions, many of them, lie with congress. but there are causes and there are many o

and this is exactly the kind of thing you can expect to see more of over the next several months, fredricka. >> a very busy next few months indeed. thank you very much, athena jones at the white house. >>> meantime, president obama rival, mitt romney, is not campaigning today. he is taking it easy at his lake house in new hampshire. look at this scene, critics saying it reinforces the rich guy image that he is actually trying to play down. romney's former rival rick santorum made his first campaign appearance for mitt romney today. he opened the campaign office in greensburg, pennsylvania. another key battle ground state. and we're learning more about the two american tourists kidnapped in egypt. they were taken from their tour bus in the sinai peninsula along with their guide, pastor michelle louis, on a missionary trip in the middle east with he and his family. he and a woman who attends a sister church were abducted. i spoke to journalist earlier and he said he was able to speak to the kidnappers. >> caller: i spoke to the head of security of sinai and he said that a tribe kidnapped two

i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> we start in syria with surprising new revelations. a former top official says the country provided shelter an built safe havens for al qaeda for years. this is the most senior syrian diplomat to defect and publicly support the country's uprising. former syrian ambassador to iraq defected last week. he sat down with our ivan watson for his first television interview with the u.s. network. he says the country is "a totalitarian regime and a dictatorship. and all orders come from president assad." >> translator: in 2003 after the american invasion of iraq a toppling of the syrian regime, they had an agreement with al qaeda so keep the road open to iraq so militants started coming from all over the world to syria under the eyes of the syrian secret police who are directly responsible for the killing of thousands of iraqis and coalition forces. he trained and provided shelter and built safe havens for al qaeda to hide in. >> he is the second high-profile sooun official to break within the regime in a week. ivan, did he say why he defected

>> yeah. 267 pages, even the janitors knew, fredricka.ill that affect future criminal indictments and problems? we'll see coming up. >> richard? >> in my lifetime, fred, the once great name of penn state university will forever be tarnished due to the cowardly lions, joe paterno, spanier, and others. >> wow! more from you legal guys. . >>> the worst is far from over from penn state after a scathing report on the response of university leaders to child sex abuse allegations. the school is still under scrutiny by the department of education and the ncaa. let's bring our law professor from cleveland. good to see you. >> hi. >> thank you very much. a new york criminal defense attorney and law professor joining us from las vegas. good to see you as well. >> hi, fred. >> this louis freeh report is scathing. it involved more than 400 eyewitnesses. very detailed accounts of who knew what when and all this after the conviction of jerry sandusky. however, his sentencing is coming up. you have to wonder how much this is going to impact his sentencin