fans got a littlee put of control. 3 joe paterno and graham spanier are joe paterno and graham spanier are out.penn state's board of trrstees fired the university's head football wake of a sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach.and as grrg black follows --police used pepper &pspray on some penn state fan wwo took to the streets of state college after learningg pegendary coach joe paterno has been fired.the pplice response happened after the crowd tore down lamp posts and tippeddover a news vvn. earlier, the fans expresssd their support for ppterno."we pant joe! we want joe!""we are penn state! we areepenn state!" "they're going after the wrong ggy...nothing's been provee wrong. joe if anyone, joe is legally cleared. so if anyone did right it's joe."just absolute stunned. i don't understand how thee can do this to penn state in general. joepa's een here so long..e's retiring this season -- let that simple. everyone here ii for that.at a late night news conference, pennnstate's board of trustees announced it was firiig aterno and university preeident graham spanier. "these

graham spanier is no longer president of the university. joe paterno is no longer in the head football coach effective immediately. >> the announcement caused hundreds of students packed the streets to protest the decision. police eventually dispersed the crowd with pepper spray after they flip over a news van. >> get a good night sleeping. study. you still have things to do. we will go from here. good luck, everybody. and thanks again. >> the two men are accused of not doing enough in 2000 to put a graduate assistant told them that he allegedly saw jerry sandusky abusing the children. >>> another developing story from the world of sports. walls -- washington nationals catcher wilson ramos has been kidnapped. the 24-year-old was abducted yesterday from his home. he was there playing winter baseball. brianne carter has reaction from a few of his teammates. >> according to reports we understand wilson ramos was approached by a gunman and then kidnapped in venezuela. this has been confirmed by the venezuelan team that he's been playing on in t

the board of trustees and graham spanier have decided effective immediately dr. spanier is no longer president of the university. in addition, gee paterno is no -- joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. these decisions were made after careful deliberations and in the best interests of the university as a whole. penn state has always strived for honesty, integrity and the highest moral standards in all of our activities. we promise you that we are committed to restoring public trust to our university. >> joe paterno has been a part of penn state football the last 61 years. he's 84 years old, was hired as an assistant in 1950, became head coach in 1966. he is the all time winningest coach in division 1 history with 409 victories. he won national championships in 1982 and 1986. his 37 bowl appearances and 24 bowl wins are also records. in front of his house tonight after the decision joe pattern on i said not on -- joy paterno said not on -- joe paterno said not on camera right now i'm not the football coach and that's something i've

penn state president graham spanier has also been fired. let's bring in eugene robinson, associate editor and pulitzer prize winning columnist for the washington post. and also, jason whitlock, national columnist for foxsports.com. welcome in tonight. >> thank you. >> i'm shocked, eugene robinson, that it's all unfolded so fast and devastating to the university. we should point out on campus right now, there are students who are gathering at the university. and many chants in support of joe paterno are being yelled out by the students as they continue to gather. but it just seems to me, as it was stated in this press conference tonight, the university really had no choice. >> i don't think the university had a choice either. the allegations are so -- more than disturbing, they're just so shocking. you have -- this is a great state university that draws students from all around the world. it has not just a reputation to protect, but a standing to protect. an obligation, i think, to do something. to show that it's serious about addressing wha

graham spanier is going to be replaced and joe paterno was let go.devastated by the developments in the case. grieve for the children and their families and prayed fosh their comfort and relieve. so many allegations against former assistant coach jerry sandusky. earlier anderson spoke with dr. phil mcgraw. >> dr. phil, i find this so stunning. and i guess the thing that shocks me most of all, one is used to hearing about depraved people doing horrible things, but the fact that numerous people actually witnessed sandusky allegedly sexually assaulting these boys, reaping these boys in a public space in the shower room. but none of them stepped in to stop the assault as they were actually talking place and didn't seem to really follow up beyond maybe an initial reporting to a supervisor and in one case to paterno. >> well, anderson, that's really disturbing at a couple of levels. you know, one of the things we know about children that are molested is that we are groomed for this. and whether it's through intimidation or whatever it might be, they don't

penn state president graham spanier has also been fired. let's bring in eugene robinson, associate editor and pulitzer prize winning columnist for the washington post. and also, jason whitlock, national columnist for foxsports.com. welcome in tonight. >> thank you. >> i'm shocked, eugene robinson, that it's all unfolded so fast and devastating to the university. we should point out on campus right now, there are students who are gathering at the university. and many chants in support of joe paterno are being yelled out by the students as they continue to gather. but it just seems to me, as it was stated in this press conference tonight, the university really had no choice. >> i don't think the university had a choice either. the allegations are so -- more than disturbing, they're just so shocking. you have -- this is a great state university that draws students from all around the world. it has not just a reputation to protect, but a standing to protect. an obligation, i think, to do something. to show that it's serious about addressing wha

i realize he failed morally, but the president, graham spanier, he is responsible.pare this to the catholic church abuse crisis in boston. we didn't ask for the monsignors who participated in the cover-up to be fired or indicted. we asked for cardinal law to be indicted because he was the boss of the church. the institute's head is responsible. he's the criminal here. and i don't understand why he isn't being charged with some kind of failure to report. he should be charged. >> wendy murphy, jason carroll, sara ganim as well. >>> attorney general eric holder's strong words about operation fast and furious, the controversial program that allowed illegal guns to be smuggled to mexico. >>> and our gloria borger just got off the phone with one of herman cain's accusers. ♪ [ daniel ] my name is daniel northcutt. [ jennifer ] and i'm jennifer northcutt. opening a restaurant is utterly terrifying. we lost well over half of our funding when everything took a big dip. i don't think anyone would open up a restaurant if they knew what that moment is like. ♪ day 1, everything h

they also fired graham spanier. supporters took to the streets after hearing the news.d over a tv newsman. police had to use pepper spray to calm down a crack. several students were detained. group of students home wheretside his the coach of five decades addressed the crowd. >> get a good nights sleep. steady. pray for those victims. >> saturday is the last home season which means it is senior day. players will instead take cues from an assistant named thehas been board ofoach by the trustees. named the current executive vice president as the of the president university. >> thank you. huge changes. we want to know what you think about these firings. to our facebook page or website. wjla.com. story this morning. the search for wilson ramos. he was kidnapped from his home in venezuela. brianne carter is live with the latest on the story. >> good morning. to reports, washington catcher wilson ramos was approached by armed gunmen kidnapped in his native country. that account has been confirmed by the team he has been playing for in the off-season. catcher just completed hi

he was fired last night along with the president, graham spanier.shocking thing is not that he was fired. how in the world did it get to this point? who in the administration or the athletic department or on the board of trustees did not know what was going on as this unfolded? it seems that everybody else did. joe paterno and his wife addressed kids and said, right now i'm not the coach. i have to get used to that. go home and study and pray for the victims. this is the biggest pork i have ever seen in college sports and it is just the tip of the iceberg. tom bradley will take over as interim head coach. the ravens get back to work. they are 7-point favorites to beat the seahawks. lee evans practice for the first time in two months. kle injury. an an the ravens now face a struggling seattle team. >> we had a big win in the opening week and then we came back and tennessee got after us. would be the texans and jacksonville got after us. we do not want to start a trend there. we're well aware of it. we're going to prepare all week for it. >> the raven

one should have been to graham spanier, the president, saying we've got a big problem. and the second should have been to the police. now, having said that, even if you want to say it was okay to call tim curley, the athletic director, and put it in his hands, the fact is he never followed up. he never went back and said tim, what's going on? why haven't i heard from the police? why hasn't mike heard from the police? you can't go halfway on something like this. and i know joe paterno has said, well, mike mcqueary didn't lay out the details to me the way he laid them out to the grand jury. ed, how much detail do you need? he saw a 10-year-old boy naked in a shower with a grown man. you don't need any more detail than that. >> let's talk about this incident that took place. of victim number 6. the mother of victim number 6 had a conversation with jerry sandusky, two conversations, in may of 1998. on may 13th and may 19th. detectives were listening. jerry sandusky admitted to showering with the boys. the follow-up by one of the detectives at state college, pennsylvania, un

coordinator jerry sandusky sexually abused at least nine young boys, paterno and university president graham spanier were released of their duties. >> it is in the long-term interest of the university. >> the decision to send shockwaves across the campus but dozens gathered for a peaceful rally. as the news spread, so did the crowd. thousands pouring into the streets and at times turning violent, overturning a television newsman and breaking windows, some throwing rocks at police, who used pepper spray. paterno called for calm and asked everyone to remember the victims of the alleged abuse. >> pray for those victims. thi >> this morning, school administrators introduce the man who will take his place. >> i take this with mixed emotions. >> a situation that many struggle with at penn state. >> as you heard jay mention, total chaos erupted on the penn state chaos 2009. -- campus last night. it took a violent turn on me when a group of students toppled a news event, kick in its windows, and reportedly pelted a photographer with rocks. experts are spreading the word of warning signs in the abuse of chil

they fired paterno and the school's president, graham spanier.m's last home game of the season this saturday and then resign after the football season ended. you have to give credit to the penn state board. they said you're not resigning, you're not coaching, you're not retiring. you're fired. get out. as for the hundreds of penn state students who riots on campus last night, they ought to be kicked out of school. how dare they act like this because they like the football coach. those punks are intellectually equipped to attend an institution of higher learning. how would they feel if it was their little brother that had been raped? it's a testament to the outside role sports plays in the american society. granted, this is a sad way for the winningest coach in college football to end a storied career. joe paterno could have ended it by applying the same life lessons he preaches to himself. here's the question. how can penn state university restore its reputation? go to cnn.com/"cafferty file" and post a comment on my blog or go to our facebook pa

. >> and university president graham spanier have both been forced to step down. >>> a police officer is rushed to the hospital after car accident. you can see the front end of the cruiser was crushed after the head on collision of federal and cluster street. the officer and driver of the suv went to the hospital. both should be okay. evident add -- heed mitts that in the fire -- he admits that he says he was mad because he wanted to use the colorful paint brush. he will spend about 2 months in prison. >>> it's an operation strouted to secrecy. we're learning more about confrontation between agents and some aspects that led to a crash. >> reporter: surveillance video shows atf running, snipers on the roof and then the suspect freely. sky chopper 13 captured dozens of officers showing the scope of this large scale bus that involved agents from all over the east coast. it was part of a federal raid that will collect with a goal to collect and pass. and larry stickier had a front way seat. >> there were swarm of officers. >> there were many. >> it was almost like they were coming out of

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down the angry crowd after this announcement from the university. >> the board of trustees and graham spanierdiately dr. spanier is no longer president of the university. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach, effective immediately. these decisions were made after careful deliberations. and in the best interests of the university as a whole. >> this morning penn state students, alumni and supporters are waking up for the first time in 46 years without paterno leading the nittany lions. as university officials try to calm the chaos brought on by the child sex scandal involving former defensive coach jerry sandusky. >>> last night's republican debate is one for the history books. >> i will tell you, it's three agencies of government when i get there, that are gone. commerce, education and the -- what's the third one there? let's see. >> you mean five. >> okay, five, commerce, education and the -- um, um -- >> epa? >> epa, there you go. >> seriously. is epa the one you were talking about? >> no, sir, no, sir. we were talking about the agencies of government -- the epa nee

graham spanier is going to be replaced and joe paterno was let go. by the developments in the case. grieve for the children and their families and prayed fosh their comfort and relieve. so many allegations against former assistant coach jerry sandusky. earlier anderson spoke with dr. phil mcgraw. >> dr. phil, i find this so stunning. and i guess the thing that shocks me most of all, one is used to hearing about depraved people doing horrible things, but the fact that numerous people actually witnessed sandusky allegedly sexually assaulting these boys, reaping these boys in a public space in the shower room. but none of them stepped in to stop the assault as they were actually talking place and didn't seem to really follow up beyond maybe an initial reporting to a supervisor and in one case to paterno. >> well, anderson, that's really disturbing at a couple of levels. you know, one of the things we know about children that are molested is that we are groomed for this. and whether it's through intimidation or whatever it might be, they don't have a voi

they lso fired university president graham spanier. it's all over the child sex abuse scandal where a former coach is ccused of raping younn boys in university locker room. this is the first video out of the news conference. when the firing the coach there were screams of outrage in the crowd. the trustees named &passistant coach tom bradlly a the acting heaa coach for the end of the year. despite the firing of veryone involved the investigation is heating up. the justice department is launccing its own investigation into the sex largerrcover-up. 3 : "there is a legal issse, there is a moorl issue / iiam personally disappointed in the lack f action." action." &p "the fact that the preseiden of penn state and joe paterno knew abouu it in some regard, said that legally they did evvryyhhng that they should have...we felt that morally, they didn't." didn't." the oard wouldn't say were fired. just hours this season, but he did want to finish this entire season. firing the ccach in an efffott &pto distance the uniiersity from the investigatt

the penn state board of trustees fired pa trn know and university president jim graham spanier. melissa is live on the campus with reaction. >> good morning to you. as you mentioned overnight thousands pouring into the streets. chaos as students rallied in support of joe paterno. the announcement was made just hours ago. some of those students went to his home to hear from the coach himself who had been told of the firing over the phone. >> hey, look. get a good night's sleep, all right? study. we've still got things to do. i'm out of it maybe now. a phone call put me out of it, but we'll go from here, okay? good luck, everybody. >> paterno was fired because the board says he didn't do enough to stop a child sex abuse scandal rounding former defensive head coach jerry sandusky. sandusky is being charged with abusing eight boys over a 15-year period. the board's vice chairman says swift changes were necessary in the long-term interests of the university. >> we thought that because of the disks that have maged the university, and they are great, that it was necessary for us to mak

the board of trustees and graham span wrier have dei had sided that effective immediately, dr. spanier is no longer president of the university. -- spanier have decided that effective immediately. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> paterno did release a statement making reference to his decision not to report the abuse. >> the whole thing is just sad all the way around. thank you. >>> frightening situation in south america involving nationals catcher wilson ramos. the 24-year-old catcher kidnapped in his native venezuela. the caracas newspaper reporting that four armed gunmen drove past his house twice and then finally stopped and forced ramos into an suv. ramos was with his father and brothers just outside the house at the eary evening. so far, the kidnap vers not contacted his nam -- the kidnappers have not contacted his family. >>> we've been talking about an embarrassing moment at last night's gop presidential debate. texas governor rick perry could not remember part of his platform. take a listen. >> i will tell you, it is three

the board fired university president graham spanier. afterwards a turno met with players and broke down in tears. students upset over the firing of the coach but still some are mad with the way the riots got out of hand. >> some people are taking it way too far i mean, like, we don't need to do all this. >> you've got to be kidding me. >> reporter: as for jerry sandusky we are hearing more alleged victims are coming forward. there are maybe as many as 17 accusers who say sandusky sexually abused them. linda so, abc2 news. >>> this is the hot topic what you will talk about for days to come. today we are asking do you think penn state decision to fire joe a turno and the university's -- a turno and the university's -- paterno and the university's president was it the right move. join the discussion because we want to hear what you have to say. >>> traffic alert this morning. route 1 bridge over the conowingo dam will be closed beginning at 6:30 this morning. crews need to do resurface and repair the damage from the big tanker fire from la

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. >> reporter: officials fired paterno and university president graham spanier over their handling of child sexual abuse allegations against former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. after the announcement, paterno released a statement saying, i am disappointed with the board of trustees' decision but i have to accept it. a tragedy occurred, and we all have to have patience to let the legal process proceed. >> reporter: there is now a federal investigation into the scandal. the department of education is looking into whether school officials broke the law in failing to report incidents of sexual abuse on campus. outside his home, paterno with his tearful wife at his side thanked the supporters. >> i love you all. you're great. >> reporter: earlier wednesday, the 84-year-old tried to ease growing criticism announcing he would retire at the end of the season. but now this saturday penn state will take the field for the first time in 46 years without paterno as head coach. susan mcginnis for cbs news, washington. >>> it is 5:05 now. he spent 40 years as a fugitive and later today will

. >> penn state's board of trustees made the decision last night, firing graham spanier and legendary coach, joe paterno. >> you guys are great, all of you. >> paterno greeted hundreds of supporters outside of his home. the protests turned violent. >> why were they not in the streets in outrange over the victims? >> meanwhile, a ninth victim has come forward. a grand jury report raises questions of a cover-up. >> you don't want to read this report because it's hideous. >> according to a report, a grad yat assistant told paterno he saw sandusky assaulting a boy who looked about 10 years old in 200 2. >> i think joe blew it. you see a situation like that. it's not about going to tell your higher up. >> former player, shocked and disappointed. >> i put a lot of pride in my school. and coaching staff, so for this to go op on, it's heartbreaking. >> guys like joe paterno are treated like gods. when we find out differently, he wanted one more saturday, he didn't even deserve that. >> joining me now, nfl hall of famer -- and ron mott on the penn state campus. what's the mood like now? >> dra

by the university board of trustees that legendary coach joe paterno and university president graham spanier would be relieved of their duties immediately. >> i think we reached a point where change was necessary. we thought it was in the best long-term interest of the university. >> reporter: thousands of students gathered on campus and outside paterno's home to support the man who has been a part of penn state football for more than six decades. with his wife at his side, paterno spoke briefly, thanking the crowd. >> look, get a good night's sleep, all right? study, all right? we still got things to do. all right, i'm out of it maybe now. they put me ahead of it, but we'll go from here, okay. good night, everybody. one thing, thanks, and pray a little bit for those victims. >> reporter: a ninth potential victim has come forward now claiming he was sexually assaulted by jerry sandusky. the former defensive coordinator has denied the growing list of charges against him as police continue what they've labeled a "rigorous investigation" here. jay gray, nbc news, state college, pennsylvania. >>

the trustees out offed him and the penn state president graham spanier last night after paterno said he would step down at the end of the year. stacy cohan gins us -- joins us with the latest details. >> reporter: joe paterno's firing sparking a campus riot although a handful of people did urge others to remember what they call the real victims in this case about. 2,000 penn state students took to the streets after the board of trustees fired joe paterno and university president graham spanier. the mob threw rocks at reporters, even flipped over a tv news truck. police eventually used pepper spray to control the crowd. paterno's fate has been uncertain following the arrest the jerry sandusky. paterno had been told about the abuse but he reported to it school fills and not the police. he did speak to students outside his home yesterday. >> get a god night's sleep. study, all right? we still got things to do. all right. -- get a good night's sleep. >> thank you. thank you for everything. >> thank you, joe! >> reporter: paterno had been at that school 61 years. he is the winningest coac

. >> 84-year-old joe paterno and president graham spanier have come under intense pressure. they apparently knew that defensive coach jerry sandusky was involved in the illegal behavior is with a boy and did not go to the police. this georgetown hospital nurse has been going to the games for years. babbitt is being overshadowed by such a negative, horrible thing. the first thing i thought was a shocking. >> paterno's initial plan was to step down at the end of his 46th season. but some agree that he should not coach another game if he had anything to do with a cover-up. >> it frightens me that football is such a big business. >> he has done so much for the program and the school, he should be able to leave on his own terms. >> sandusky has been charged with sexually abusing at least eight young boys over 15 years. although paterno has not been accused of any legal wrongdoing, he admits that he wishes he had done more. >>> just minutes ago many of you wrote your thoughts on our facebook page about paterno and spanier's departures. most support the move. to give your opinion g

and the firing of both university president graham spanier....nd iccnic head coach joe paterno..bradley says: "i'm not going to go there. i was watching ohio -&s moreeimportant things riiht now." the interview... not convincing many here on campus of sandusky's innocence. mos says: "he's absolutely guilty i think. what the &pinterview saad i think it's gross that he even says thht's he's innocent.mos says: "it seems like he's guilty, doesnnt seem like there's any evidenceethat goes against him being guilty." but sandusky's attorney -- joe amendola -- is claiming that evidence ádoesá exist. telling a morning news talk show he believes he has located he man who was allegedly raped by sandusky in 2002 as a younggboy. amendola claims the man says the incident never happened. (on cam tag)miller says: "this comes as there are reports: additional victims -- as many as ten -- may have already come forward. at the penn state campus, david lee miller, ox news." the clock is ticking. phe debt supercommittee has one week to reach a deal to cut over a trillionndollaas froo the budget, but th

the most significant firing which nobody talks about is graham spanier.. >> i was it to ask about that, christine. this is a guy who ran the university. and you know, almost an afterthought. some of the coverage has focused on jerry sandusky. but if you look at the headlines and leads in the network newscasts, it's paterno. >> if it's a sports story, paterno is the lead. whoever would have thought we'd hear the words penn state fires joe paterno. of course, he absolutely should have been fired. i wrote before he was fired that he should have been fired. and i want to let the trustees worry about other things. that was so self-serving and disgusting. i can't believe that there wasn't p.r. help. than we worry about that side of it. but the apowelling nature of how penn state handled this. going back to graham spanner in, of course, the boss of joe paterno, who also was informed of course of something. he -- he's saying he didn't hear about the word rape. in the grand jury testimony. but the fact that he -- howie, he read the 23 pages of the grand jury repor

paterno and university president graham spanier were fired amid a growing furor over their handling of handling of a case with a man who allegedly molested boys over years allegedly one on university campus. >> the outrage that we feel is nothing compared to the physical and psychological suffering that allegedly took place. >> now the u.s. department of education is looking into whether penn state failed to report incidents of sexual abuse on campus. >>> he spent 40 years as a fugitive and later today he is going to turn himself in to police facing charges for opening fire on two south san francisco police officers. an attorney for ronald stanley bridgeforth says his client plans to plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon from 1968. those officers were not wounded but bridgeforth plans to fight other charges for his alleged role in the 1971 murder of a police sergeant in san francisco. >> he is innocent of that case. he was not even in san francisco the day that that took place. >> bridgeforth is now 67 years old and resigned from a teaching job just last week. >>> for the third

and former president graham spanier could also face charges. sandusky has been charged with molesting eight boys over a 15- year period. our scott broom is in pennsylvania. he'll have a series of reports coming up this evening on 9news now beginning at 5:00 p.m. >>> we have just learned that investigators have found the vehicle used by armed men who kidnapped washington nationals catcher wilson ramos. police in venezuela say that four men took ramos away from his home at gunpoint last night. the 24-year-old played his first full season in the big leagues this past year. he is considered one of the team's up-and-coming players. this is not the first time a major leaguer or one of their relatives has been kidnapped in venezuela. money is usually the motive. >>> the remains of americans killed at war, treated like trash and dumped at a landfill. the appalling tactics were practiced at the u.s. air force base in dover, delaware. surae chinn has more information. >> reporter: asthma reasons celebrate its 236th birthday as we approach veterans day to