the school's reviewed football coach joe paterno had just been fired. president graham spaniard forced to step down. both men and others at penn state were accused of covering up the scandal to protect and state's reputation. this one of the mess that and in an erickson inherited an. that mess is slowly being cleaned up. jerry sandusky is in jail probably the rest of his life. the football program has been sanctioned by the n.c.a.a. but had a new and popular coach, bill o'brien who brought stability to the program. the university was fined $60 million and is still likely on the hook for millions more dollars as victims of sandusky file civil suits against the school. a geography professor by trade dr. erikson has been at penn state university since 1977. he has been chairman of the geography department and served as executive vice president and provost of the university. dr. erickson graduated university of minnesota and obtained his ph.d. in geography from the university of washington. a native of wisconsin, dr. erickson is the seventeenth president of

is a reflection on the culture that allows us to mythologize general petraeus, lance armstrong, joe paterno. we have seen this all over again but would fall for friction. the other piece of it below is the republican party itself. it is in a fantasyland. it did not believe the polls, instead tried to demonize bolsters including people like the 538 and deny the numbers. there were no numbers in rahm the's economic policy and they .enied climate change they drank their own kool-aid and were poisoned by it in the end. tavis: let me start with this, this beautiful phrase that you use that we can so often to fall from fiction. i get that -- i do not get that with lance armstrong. i am not sickened by what he did. i did i get it in our politics because our lives really do depend on these decisions in what clinton. my life does not depend on whether armstrong wins or joe turner of wins another football game. i did i get how and why he is but why, to your mind, are we so gullible and why do we tend to fall for fiction where politics, decisions about our lives are concerned? >> you asked a question

the coverage non-stop, and joe paterno fired, and the former president, forced to step down.oth men along with others at penn state accused with covering up the scandal to protect penn state's reputation. this was the mess that rodney inherited. that mess is slowly being cleaned up. sandusky in jail, probably for the rest of his life. the football program has been severely sanctioned by the ncaa, but has a new and popular coach, bill o'brian bringing state to the program. the university was fined $60 million, and it's still likely on the hook for millions of more dollars as victims of sandusky file civil suits against the school. a geography professor by trade, he's been at penn state university since 1977. he's been chairman of the geography department and served as executive vice president and provost of the university. dr. ericson graduated from university of minnesota and obtained a ph.d. in geography from the university of washington. innative of wisconsin, he's the 17th president of penn state and planning to step down in 2014. no doubt, much of his time in the next two

kelley would not say whether charges would have been filed against former penn state football coach joe paterno who died earlier this year. >>> an update on our forecast. >> another day with cloud cover across the area. just check out the shot behind me. high atop the gaylord national resort. you can see cloudy skies, and today not much blue at all peeking through. in fact, we've had sprinkles throughout the day. we're at 46 degrees now in gaithersburg. you folks over at ellicott city at 49 degrees. 52 in d.c. 53 degrees in belvoir. and 53 degrees currently over in areas around warrenton. as far as our overnight temperatures, dropping tonight. it's back to coat weather again tomorrow, pretty much just leave that coat on now and get ready for a thicker coat. down to about the 30s to 40 degrees tomorrow. high temperature going up to 54. breezy blustery 54. >>> the new york power outage caused by hurricane sandy may have damaged or destroyed medical research. officials returned to nyu langon medical center today to assess the extent of the damage. they say lab specimens left in refrigerators, free

. ♪ >>shepard: joe paterno -- david petraeus may have stepped down but he is still in a video game called of duty." the plot in the individual wrote is set in the year 2025 and petraeus is the defense secretary, in word from the publishers, but a gaming website reports he was not involved in the making of the game. you can insert your joke here because there are 15,000 of them

it's a little-known fact, but gagliardi has more wins than bobby bowdin and joe paterno.nown for winning in a very unusual coaching style and an unconventional method. it's often called winning in nos. there was no tackling in practice, no contact. no hitting, blocking sleds, no mandatory weight training. no practices lasting longer than 90 minutes. and very interesting, he never used a whistle. no whistles at practice. and oddly enough, there was no calling him coach. john gagliardi insisted that everybody on the field just called him john. he truly cared about every one of his players, on and off the field. gagliardi's outstanding character prompted the white house to release a statement this week. it reads, "gagliardi's genuine concern for players. as scholar athletes and human beings will ensure that his influence will be felt for years to come." hear, hear. gagliardi proved that bigger was not always better. division iii st. john's has produced the best coach ever, and he has the numbers to prove it. >>> coming up, talking turkey with one of the most challenging rela

the school's revered football coach, joe paterno, had just been fired.m spanier forced to step down. both men were accused with covering up the scandal to protect penn state's reputation. this was the mass rodney erickson inherited. it is slowly being cleaned up. sandusky is in jail, probably for the rest of his life. the football program has been severely sanctioned by the ncaa but has a new and popular culture has brought stability to the program. the university was fined $60 million and is still likely on the hook for millions more as victims of sandusky file civil suits. a geography professor by trade, doctor erickson has been at penn state since 1977. he has been chairman of the geography department and served as executive vice president and provost of the university. he graduated from the university of minnesota and obtain a ph.d. in geography from the university of washington. a native of wisconsin, he is a 17th president of penn state and plans to step down in 2014. no doubt much of his time will be dealing with the fallout from the scandal and r

joe paterno has just been fired. both men, along with others at penn state, were accused of covering the scandal to protect the penn state reputation. this was a mess back rodney erickson inherited. that message is slowly being cleaned up. sandusky is in jail, probably for the rest of his life. has brought stability the ball program. the university has been fined. a geography professor by trade, dr. erickson has been a pen state university since -- he has served as executive vice president and provost of the university. he graduated from the university of minnesota and obtained his ph.d. in a geography from the university of washington. he is a native of wisconsin. he is the 17th president of penn state. he plans to step down in 2014. but it is time in the next few tears will be dealing with the fallout from the scandal and restoring penn state's reputation. please welcome rodney erickson to the national press club. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you for your kind introduction as well as your flexibility in resc

university with charges against a president who resigned the same day that we saw the firing of joe paternoalding the sex abuse on campus. looks like there's some serious charges here. >> they are and it's about time kind of thing. what ever profession is in this case college coaches you will find child molesters which is most disturbing to me as being a prosecutor for so many years as one higher- ups' cover up for it. when ashley facilitate its look and go on and on as the catching this guy. the president in high university officials who knew about it and cover it up and because of that lots of kids got molested. >> why did it take so long to bring charges? >>uy and what an evil by denying all saying the kids are all liars. you have to get that conviction first and put it all together. as a little more complicated to take down hire up to themselves want molesters. becky's in philadelphia a monsignor moved around and he got convicted for not turning these guys and. >> is probably difficult to prove cases like this? >> and the past it would of been but now people are so many revolted by the

it's like joe paterno. you know, you have this stellar career for such a long time. him is not a good one. >> does the resignation allow him to dodge an investigation? >> it shouldn't. i think he is still -- in fact, i think he will want to go. you know, there is a sense of honor about a person who has been the kind of soldier he has been for all of these years of his career. i think he will want to go. and now i guess is he a private citizen. >> there shouldn't be anything sphopg him. >> that's what ambassador bolton said as well your sentiment on friday. nothing standing in the way. >> if he does fail to testify. then it will create more questions than he has to put up with. >> should he resign? >> the only problem with that is in a position of that kind of trust and integrity. to violate a moral code that he knows and he admitted was extreme violation of that sense of honor it may be difficult to go forward -- if the leadership of his agency is going to be marred by controversy, yes, then at some point you have to step aside. not because it's necessary to do your