university president graham spannier was also let go in the board's unanimous decision. >> effective immediately, dr. spannier is no longer president of the university. >> thanks. >> early wednesday, he said he would resign at the end of the seasonen public outcry after the arrest of jerry sandusky on molestation charges led to the firings but trustees were vague on why paterno and spannier were let go. >> it was the trustees' view that it was in the best interest, long-term interest of our university to make that change. >> reporter: paterno supporters gathered to protest the decision. >> we hope that in the long run and maybe hopefully also in the short republican that our students will agree with what the trustees have under taken is in the interest of all students. >> reporter: jerry sandusky is is charged with sexually abusing eight boys. neither paterno or spannier have been charged in the case. >>> we are following another developing story. washington nationals catcher wilson ramos has been kidnapped. he was taken from his home in venezuela by four armed gunmen a venezuelan new

i realize he failed morally, but the president, graham spannier, he is responsible.s 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, sarah gannon as well. >>> strong words about operation fast and furious. the controversial program that allowed illegal guns to be smuggled to mexico. >>> and gloria borger just got off the phone with one of herman cain's abusers. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [

meet tonight to talk about the scandal and the future of paterno and the university's president, graham spannier. the board could decide to force paterno to leave immediately and could take action against spaniard. fox 5s wisdom martin is live where former punxsutawney phil state football player and redskin lavar arrington is reacting to the news. wisdom. >> reporter: we're here live at 106.7 the fan with former penn state great and redskins great lavar arrington. joe paterno, the man who coached you. where's staying at penn state in the midst of the scandal. let's talk about your reaction to that? >> we'll have to wait and see what happens. that is my reaction. i got word from school that he had a press conditions at 11:00 a.m. with the players, andy that -- a press conference at 11:00 a.m. with the players and they discussed the particulars of what was going o. he said he would finish out, finish out the year. so, my reaction is one that i kind of feel as though at this moment, it mean a more selfless act to maybe step away. i think that there is so much is rounding this and so big. there are

former university president, graham spannier lobbied that four years ago. he said it was to preserve the competitiveness of the school. lesli. >> the most decorated athlete is among those now calling foul to proposed athletic cuts at the university of maryland. swimmer michael phelps is using twitter to spread the word saying save maryland swimming. mens and womens swimming are among the eight programs on the chopping block. shocked that the track team may be cut. that's because maryland's coach is slated to lead the u.s. team at the olympics next summer. alumnis questioned managementment. >> unfortunately, the family is not going great. maryland wants to be a top tier athletic department. >> a final decision is expected before the end of the year. >> the metropolitan washington airport authority is signing off on the latest plan to get metro out to dulles. however, the deal to fund the silver line may still mean higher tolls on the toll road. >>> i'm peggy fox where the airport authority just approved a plan that will move the dulles rail project forward.

>> reporter: well, anderson, the next day you're likely to hear about is graham spannier, that is the president of penn state. we are hearing a number of different reports, one that spannier has already submitted his letter of resignation, simply at this point waiting for the board of trustees to approve it, another report, anderson, that it's not a done deal. i earlier spoke to a representative here at penn state, here at the university. she told me the only thing she would confirm is that this emergency meeting is takes place and that spannier's resignation is, quote, under discussion. anderson? >> what's so incredible about this, and i've spent a lot of time today just reading the time line of these events and al gass. >> reporter: yeah. >> i want for our viewers to get a sense of what that time line is so we put together a package to really give you a sense of when these allegations were said to have occur and the response to them over time. let's take a look. >> reporter: the allegations of rape and sexual abuse by jerry sandusky stretch as far back as 1994, when he met his first

the university board of trustees that legendary coach, joe paterno and university president, graham spannier, would be relieved of their duties immediately. >> things had reached a point where a change was necessary and we thought in the best long-term interests of the university passengers suffered injuries while a man inside the home was unharmed. >>> a collision between two tankers on an arizona highway produced a fiery wreck. killing one of the drivers. the explosionive fire occurred after a milk tanker rear-ended another, carrying over 7,000 gallons of diesel fuel. thick smoke and flames forced officials to evacuate homes and businesses and hotels within a mile radius until firefighters were able to get that blaze under control and finally, mother nature pulled out her winter blanket in wisconsin. covering parts of the state with two to six inches of snowfall. the winter-like conditions smacked areas with heavy snow and downed power lines. leaving close to 15,000 people in the dark last night. now let's check your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins, he has the we

. >> reporter: officials fired paterno and university president graham spannier over their handle of child sexual abuse allegations against former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. after the announcement, paterno said, "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 legal process proceed." 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. >>> debates have not been a strength for republican presidential contender rick perry. >> i would do away with

. >>> and there are multiple reports that president graham spannier has been told to resign or that hel be fired. >>> on pro football now. the washington redskins safety lavar landry left practice because of a sore achilles tendon. the same one that forced him to miss the seven weeks and captain him from the pro bowl. mike shanahan said it was sore and he would re-evaluate tomorrow. >>> david anderson, signed yesterday and spent the past sseasons with the texans, caught 82 passes for 895 yards and three touchdowns. the running back required last week waivers from the cowboys and he was unable to go last week because of a hammy issue. where's ready to go with motivation. >> ef time i -- every time, i have a chip on my shoulder. someone tell you can't do something, someone tell you you're not good enough, can't do this or that, you go out there and prove it. you play well and ball and they shut them out. >> and a good. that was a good seen. came in full speed and looked good. i hope he gets a good feel for our system and can help us out on game day. >> the capitals began with seven strai

late last night, the university's board of trustees fired university president graham spannier and thery head football coach joe paterno. >> both men were fired over how they handled the allegations of sexual abuse and rape. the allegations are against former coach sandusky. it came hours after paterno announced he had planned to retire at the end of the season. >> reporter: police in riot gear moved in after thousands of outraged penn state students took to the streets. they packed downtown state college wednesday night to show their support for ousted coaching legend joe paterno. students shook lampposts and toppled over this news van after the university trustee board made its shocking announcement. >> dr. spannier is no longer president of the university. in addition,, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> reporter: officials fired paterno and university president graham over their handling of sexual abuse allegations against former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. after the announcement, paterno released a statement saying i'm disappointed

going all the way to university president graham spannier.ce again, no formal police investigation is conducted. >> now, joe paterno's son scott says his 84-year-old father is undergoing treatment and that his doctors are optimistic he'll make a full recovery. >>> kai is live in the newsroom with the story. >> vic, herman cain's campaign now say its requested a secret service detail. the presidential candidate is the first to receive this election cycle. it is generally about four months before the general election. right now, it's not clear if the request was made in response to a police threat. police say that cain has been the target of at least one threatening phone call. >>> the future is uncertain for the occupy wall street movement in new york, after the massive day of action is marred by violence between protestors and police. jay dow reports for wjz with the latest from lower manhattan. >> reporter: a ground cleaner now patrols the park that less than 24 hours ago, was overrun by occupy wall street protestors, media crews, and police

graham spannier stepped down immediately. the outcry came after coach joe paterno told players he would leave at the end of the year. >> this is the first time i've seen him get teary-eyed. >> paterno said, it is one of the greatest sorrows of my life. with the benefit of hindsight, i wish i had done more. in 2002, a student told paterno he saw sandusky molest a boy in the showers. paterno told his superiors, but he did not call police. the board of trustees could still ask paterno to step down immediately. members are having meetings, and they have promised swift and direct action. >> reporter: the former attorney general plans to attend a trustee friday. >> he who preys on a child is the worst type of person in the world, as far as ierm concerned. -- i'm concerned. >> reporter: in state college, pennsylvania, drew levinson, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: police say a ninth alleged victim has come forward. sandusky denies all charges. >>> and wjz has complete coverage of the scandal. it continues now. jessica kartalija ha

graham spannier and joe paterno are being criticized for not doing more after learning in '02 that former assistant coach jerry sandusky allegedly sexually assaulted a boy in a campus shower. thousands of students protested last night after hearing joe paterno was out. tipping over a news van and a light pole and clashing with police. many students here on campus are embarrassed by the violent reaction. they say it only hurts the university more. >> i think that is bad. tarnishes the name further. >> embarrassing. >> reporter: jerry sandusky is charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over the course of 15 years. he denies the charges and is free on bail. two former school administrators are charged with trying to corf up the sex abuse and prosecutors are saying they are not ruling out charges against the school's former president. joe paterno is not the target of a criminal investigation. after the current assistant coach, who says that he witnessed that alleged sexual assault back in '02, he is going to be at the game this weekend working. that is the latest from here in penn state.

penn state trustees have fired head coach joe paterno and university president graham spannier. of trustees held a news occurrence conference. coach joe paterno's former assist not, jerry sandusky has been charmed with molesting 8 boys in 15 years. some of the alleged incidents took place at the penn state football complex. the university trustees announced rodney erickson will be the interim president and tom bradley will be the interim football coach. stay tuned for the latest developments on this break news story. coming up, you know arizona president russell pearce. he's been here many times. he has big news, arizona voters gave him the boot. want in a regular election, but a recall election. what provoked that? senator russell pearce goes on the record next. a surfer gets caught up in a 90-foot wave. ♪ our machines help identify early stages of cancer, and it's something that we're extremely proud of. you see someone who is saved because of this technology, you know that the things that you do in your life matter. if i did have an opportunity to meet a cancer survivor, i'm

makes its way to joe paterno, two university officials and all the way to university president graham spannier investigation is conducted. >> as wjz told you at the top of the newscast this afternoon, joe paterno's son released a statement, saying his father was undergoing treatment for lung cancer. and doctors are optimistic he'll make a full recovery. >>> the campus of oklahoma state university is reeling after two women's basketball coaches are killed in a plane crash. head coach curt budkey and assistant coach miranda serna were returning from a recruiting trip. the pilot and one other person also died in the crash. the university dealt with a similar tragedy back in 2001 when 10 people associated with the men's basketball team died in a plane crash. >> a bathroom break causes a scare in the air on a flight from north carolina to new york. it started when the pilot got stuck in the rest room. chris wragge has more on the situation and how it unfolded into some very tense moments. >> the captain has disappeared into the back. and i have someone with a thick foreign accent, trying to access

child sex abuse algigs against jerry sandusky has now heard testimony from university president graham spannier. pennsylvania's attorney general has not said if the president will be targeted in the criminal case. penn state's vice president gary schultz and athletic director tim curley are charged with failing to report the crime and lying to i agrand jury. head coach and penn state legend joe paterno is not being targeted. he will hole his weekly regular press conference this afternoon but says he will not address these algazes scientist guilty verdict in the involuntary manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. the jury decided he was responsible for the death of michael jackson. this came after hours of testimony about the drug propofol which eventually killed the king of pop. murray that'ss up to four years in prison. he will lose his medical license in california. sentencing is set for november 29th. >>> a legend lost. you had to be tough to take on mohammed ali and to beat him. what boxer joe frazier says was the best moment of his life. >>> taking another look at two accidents involving

also, the president, graham spannier out as well. you get back to joe paterno. he's been on the job since 1966. winningest coach in college football history, two national championships, built a squeaky clean program. joe paterno is penn state but now is no longer the head football coach at this university. but this story and why there's such emotion is because it is bigger than a football story. you wonder what is going on with those eight alleged victims, children, within they were allegedly abused as young as 8 years old by former assistant coach, defensive coordinator, jerry sandusky, the true villain in all of this, but because of those actions and inactions from the people really in power who could have done something, joe paterno out as head coach at penn state. back to you. >> coach paterno reported a 2002 incident to the his boss. the firing of joe pa was a shock to many students. >> they're going after the wrong guy. >> it's ridiculous that he got fired over this situation. this is pretty much an example of what penn state students, like what this schoo

the former university president graham spannier, the former university counsel, his name is wendell courtney, and the former university police chief, a guy named tom hartman. according to the grand jury report, all three of these officials most likely knew a heck of a lot was going on with jerry sandusky and these allegations as far back as 1998. in fact, after that mother accused sandusky of showering with her son naked in 1998, the former police chief had an investigation going on, but somehow, we're told from that grand jury report, tom harmon reportedly stopped that investigation. tom harmon now works for an architectural firm that has a business very near the campus, and they do business with the campus. this is what happened when we went and tried to find him. >> is mr. harmon in? >> he's not. >> reporter: he's not? >> he worbgds out of his home. >> reporter: oh, he works out of his home? >> yes. >> reporter: all right. so does he have an office number. does he have a number if somebody wants to -- >> we can't provide that information. sorry. >> reporter: you can't provide that informa

and penn state's president, graham spannier, released a statement reading in part -- the allegations about a former coach are troubling and it is appropriate that they be investigated thoroughly. protecting children requires the utmost vigilance. tim curley, and gary schultz operate at the highest levels of honesty, integrity and compassion. i am confident the record will show that these charges are groundless and that they conducted themselves professionally and appropriately. penn state's legendary head football coach, joe petrir pate not facing any charges. he did alert tim curley about one of the alleged incidents involving sandusky in 2002. joining us on the phone is sara ganim, a reporter for "the patriot news." sara, what have you learned? >> reporter: we first learned about this in the summer of 2009, not long after the first boy came forward. i say the first boy, i mean the first one to really come forward to police and be believed by police. what we know from today is that there's really like two sets of allegations here. there's a couple of kids -- there are two kids who a

i think the court of public opinion ultimately convicted paterno, graham spannier, and the board of trusteesnal crisis on their hands. whether they're guilty or not, they had to stop the bleeding, in their estimation. >> neil, you've had a chance to talk with so many players within this story, and you've talked with friends of jerry sandusky. does he have any supporters left? is does he still have friends there that are saying we're standing by him? >> you know, that's a good question. his home has been vandalized. i can't imagine what it's like to be him right now. listening to the interview last night -- and i've interviewed him for many years -- he clearly sounds totally shaken and even much older than the 67 that he is. i can't imagine. i think his circle is very small. i know that one former letterman reached out to him and sent him some money and the one former letterman encouraged other people to do it. i don't know that anybody else has done that. i know some former teammates are all crushed because nobody -- none of his former teammates saw this coming. >> neil rudel, managing edito

and he university president, graham spannier, fired followingment arrest of jerry sandusky.o and told school officials, but never contacted police. >>> at least seven people arrested during chaos in california overnight during an anti-wall street protest on the uc-berkeley campus. >> move back! move back! >> gretchen: police and college officials say they warned the protesters that they couldn't camp out on campus overnight, but this morning, we're -- the warnings were ignored. at least six students p one professor behind bars charged with resisting police. >>> breaking news out of greece. senior banker lucas has been officially named as greece's new prime minister after four days of intense talks to former coalition government. the interim government aiming to improve that new -- approve that $177 billion bailout package. similar money troubles in nearby italy will likely force prime minister berlusconi to also step down. that could happen as soon as saturday. the government is implementing new financial reform policies due to pressure from neighboring european policies ove

boss, penn state president graham stood by him, quickly issuing a statement that confirmed his "complete confidence in how they hand manied the allegations against sandusky. spannier also backed paterno. paterno told curly about it. may have satisfied joe pa's legal obligation by what about his moral duty? >> it as case about children who have had their innocence stolen from them in a culture that did nothing to stop it or prevent it from happening to others. >> paterno had not been charged with any crime but the scandal was in gulfing him and his football program. the next day, the 84-year-old coach issued a statement saying "with the benefit of hindsight i wish i had done more." then he announced he would retire at the end of the season. the board of trustees he wrote should not spend a single minute discussing my status. i want to make this as easy for them as i possibly can. the trustees apparently didn't think paterno was doing them any favors. hours later at an emergency wednesday night meeting, they summarily fired university president spannier and a then paterno. >> joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> paterno the winn

boss, penn state president graham stood by him, quickly issuing a statement that confirmed his "complete confidence in how they hand manied the allegations against sandusky. spannier also backed paterno. paterno told curly about it. may have satisfied joe pa's legal obligation by what about his moral duty? >> it as case about children who have had their innocence stolen from them in a culture that did nothing to stop it or prevent it from happening to others. >> paterno had not been charged with any crime but the scandal was in gulfing him and his football program. the next day, the 84-year-old coach issued a statement saying "with the benefit of hindsight i wish i had done more." then he announced he would retire at the end of the season. the board of trustees he wrote should not spend a single minute discussing my status. i want to make this as easy for them as i possibly can. the trustees apparently didn't think paterno was doing them any favors. hours later at an emergency wednesday night meeting, they summarily fired university president spannier and a then paterno. >> joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> paterno the winn

boss, penn state president graham stood by him, quickly issuing a statement that confirmed his "complete confidence in how they hand manied the allegations against sandusky. spannier also backed paterno. paterno told curly about it. may have satisfied joe pa's legal obligation by what about his moral duty? >> it as case about children who have had their innocence stolen from them in a culture that did nothing to stop it or prevent it from happening to others. >> paterno had not been charged with any crime but the scandal was in gulfing him and his football program. the next day, the 84-year-old coach issued a statement saying "with the benefit of hindsight i wish i had done more." then he announced he would retire at the end of the season. the board of trustees he wrote should not spend a single minute discussing my status. i want to make this as easy for them as i possibly can. the trustees apparently didn't think paterno was doing them any favors. hours later at an emergency wednesday night meeting, they summarily fired university president spannier and a then paterno. >> joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> paterno the winn