mr. paterno closely followed that case.f his assistance, mike mcqueary, directly reported to mr. paterno that sandusky was sexually abusing a young boy in the locker room. the evidence shows that mr. paterno purposefully ignored the evidence. when you say walks among us, if you father knew in 1998, how does that add up? >> there is no evidence he did know in 1998. in fact, there are several men who testified under oath he was not told. as governor thornburg's report, it also states that the pennsylvania law at the time had a very high level of confidentiality as it related to investigations and job sexual abuse, so that fact has not been established. in fact, there's a preponderance of the evidence that he was not aware. >> let me ask you this, louis freeh said there was an active attempt to conceal jerry sandusky's behavior. in 2001, the incident with mike mcqueary. louis freeh cites this exchange, an emil that was apparently between graham spanier and gary schultz and tim curley. he said after giving it more thought and t

mrs. paterno talking exclusively with katie couric with the want report.ght a first look right here with abc's john schriffen. >> reporter: for the first time since the penn state sex scandal broke, we're hearing from sue paterno, the widow of joe paterno in this exclusive interview that will air tomorrow on katie. >> what was your reaction when you first heard about this, the allegations that jerry sandusky had molested boys? >> horror. disbelief. it is still hard to accept. but when i read the first charge, i actually got physically ill. i couldn't read anymore for a couple days. >> reporter: after the university commiggedzed an investigation led by louis freeh, his report said paterno knew what was going on, but cared more about his football team than reporting the abuse to police. >> our lives are about children and making them better, not hurting them. so it's vile is probably the best word i can think of. >> she's defending the legacy of joe paterno. a new report claims the initial investigation presented boot penn state board of trustees had has no

mr. paterno and its numerous process oriented deficiencies was a rush to injustice and calls into question the credibility of the entire report, and it involves all of the people involved and joe paterno, himself. and now joining me is the man who conducted the review former director louie freeh, and it seems that what is past is past. >> it was a disconnect to hear them discuss ability the family of joe paterno and the investigation by mr. freeh and that we said there would be no result to guarantee -- >> but given that you are doing this on behalf of the paterno family, how do you know it is independent? >> well, when the people read the report, they will know it is independent, and i treasure my independence, and i won't sacrifice for any client. >> and you go through the report and critique freeh's investigative methods. >> that is right. >> and you are not able to definitively say that the conclusions are wrong, but you are saying that he drew conclusions, and made assumptions where he didn't have all of the evidence yet. >> this surprised me, because i know louie freeh and we worked

mr. paterno knew, in 1998, that mr. sandusky was a threat. >> reporter: and the author of the report, freeh himself released a statement saying his findings are accurate. >> reporter: penn state officials tonight say the university intends to implement the recommendations in the freeh report by the end of the year. you can see our complete interview online at nbcwashington.com. >>> a developing story out of chicago. police are questioning two so-called persons of interest in connection with the death of the 15-year-old. pendleton was shot and killed just days after participating in events surrounding president obama's inauguration. first lady michelle obama attended her funeral yesterday. >>> los angeles police offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of fugitive ex-cop christopher dorner. he's suspected of killing three people. today, the l.a. police chief emphasized how much a threat the department considers him to be. >> this is the largest local reward ever offered, to our knowledge. some m

mr. paterno's investigation was asked to not report things or told to cover up things. and as i said, he was the one who reported the 1991 incident to the authorities. >>> in college basketball, number four, duke, trailed boston college who made a comeback in the second half. the blue devils got a 62-61 win, making them the only top-five team not to lose this week. so they may go back to number one as the rankings get crazier as we get closer to march madness. >>> number seven, arizona, came up against alan crabby who poured in 13 point. the unranked bears upset arizona 77-69. >>> notre dame's casey murdoch got the chance to sink a half-court shot for big bucks. he made it on his second attempt. he won $18,000. congratulations. >>> and then bakersfield condors, a minor league hockey team, brought a real-live condor to the middle of the rink during the national anthem. the giant bird gets loose from its handler, struggles for freedom, and makes the temporary escape toward the locker rooms. >>> ahead, over 100 million people thought supermodel -- saw supermodel coit upton

mr. paterno's investigation was asked to not report things or told to cover up things. and as i said, he was the one who reported the 1991 incident to the authorities. >> notre dame senior got a chance to sink a half-court shot for big bucks pep made it on his second attempt. he won 18,000 bucks. the bakersfield condor brought a live condor to the game. >>> ahead, over 100 million peopling thought supermodel kate upton's latest commercial. wait until you see her cover for the "sports illustrated" swimsuit edition. >>> welcome back. a few sprinkles or showers is the worst of the weather in all of the west today. again, in the northwest more clouds than anything else. if you get hit by a sprinkle consider it unlucky. a warm up after a chilly morning from l.a. to san francisco and vegas. tomorrow, kind of a quiet weather week through the west if anything get warmer as the week goes on and tomorrow looks similar to what we're dealing with today. chilly in salt lake city to boise. sprinkles in the northwest not a big deal. >> thanks, bill. >>> there was a whole lot to see an

mrs. paterno on that new report, what she's now saying about joe paterno and the talk of a cover-up. >>> andty. hello space. the seventh grader and the science project that stunned us all, sending her doll into space, the magical moment the balloon burst and tonight she's right here. how did she pull this off? >>> good evening. thanks for being here this sunday night. we begin with breaking news from california this evening. authorities are now offering a $1 million reward to anyone who helps them find that ex-cop who they say has already killed three with a long list left to go. christopher dorner was fired from the lapd, accused of lying about a fellow officer and now he's vowing vengeance in that manifesto.

mr. paterno's office was asked not to report anything or told to cover up things. as i said, he was the one that reported the 1991 incidents to the authorities. >>> in college basketball number 4 duke trailed boston college who made a comeback in the second half. the blue devils got a 62-61 win making them the only top five team not to lose this week. they may go back to number one as the rankings get crazier as we get close to march madness. in the meantime, number 7 arizona came up against alan crabby who scored 31 points. the unranked cal bears upset them 71-69. notre dame got the chance to sink a half-court shot. he made it on his second attempt. he won 18,000 bucks. >>> check this out, in bakersfield condor, the minor league hockey team brought a real live condor to the middle of the rink. the giant bird got loose and then made a temporary escape towards the locker room. >>> bill karins now back with another look at the weather. how did you like that one? >> i could use a good laugh. that was nice. >> we need it after all of this. >> i know. i've got bad news,

mr. paterno's instigation was asked to not report things or told to cover up things.id, he was the one who reported the 1991 incident to the authorities. so there you go. >> freeh says he stands by his report. you can see dick thornburgh's entire interview with news 4 on nbcwashington.com. you'll see a link at the top of the video section. >>> the maryland terrapins have will close to a week to prepare to face duke and get over their disappointing loss to the virginia cavaliers yesterday. uva dominated the terps 80-69 in college park. of the cavs made 11 of the -- they dropped maryland to 5-6 and 17-7 for the season. they have a chance to rebound next saturday evening when they take on the hated duke blue devils. that's at comcast center. >>> this morning, injured world cup champion lindsey vonn is recovering from surgery. she shredded ligaments in her knee when she wiped out at the championships in austria. her doctors say the surgery was successful and expect a full recovery. she hopes to be healed in time to compete in next year's winter olympics in sochi. >>> star

mr. paterno's instigation was asked to not report things or told to cover up things. as i said, he was the one who reported the 1991 incident to the authorities. there you go. >> freeh stands by his report and you can see dick thornburgh's entire interview with news 4 on nbcwashington.com. you'll see a link to it in the top video section. >>> today a memorial for victims of domestic violence. the maryland network against domestic violence holds it 25th annual memorial service tonight. it calls attention to the problem of domestic violence while focusing on changing laws to help victims. according to the group, between 2011 and 2012, 49 people died in maryland from domestic violence, three of which were children. the event is at 7:00 at the ledgislative services building n annapolis. >>> 18-year-old tashaun a jones told prince george's county police she was robbed while walking home last week. surveillance video told another story. she admitted to lying because she owed a relative money. there have been three other robberies on or near the university of maryland campus

mrs. paterno calls her husband a moral and disciplined man.amily prepares to release its own report responding to findings after the jerry sandusky scandal. >>> an unusual traffic backup on a houston highway on friday when a house that was being hauled on the back of a trailer wound up all over the road. the house was smashed to pieces. look at that. with just one lone wall left standing. check, please, on that one. >>> finally, blizzards don't stop biebers. say that 85 times. justin bieber's fans waited for days to see him perform on "saturday night live." while they waited, the biebs and "snl" sent them pizza. not bad. standby tickets aren't usually handed out until saturday morning unless there's a huge blizzard and nor'easter in the northeast. then they make exceptions and hand them out on friday night. again, mind you, there's still over, what, 12 hours or so until "saturday night live." these mostly ladies have been waiting a very, very, very, very long time. >> i was there -- >> mostly ladies and bill karins. >> a very long time. >> yea

and it's statements specifically as to joe paterno are unfounded and unfair. in short mr.y anointed himself the judge jury and executioner. let's bring in dave zirin sports editor for the nation and host of edge of sports radio whose new book "game over: how politics has turned the sports world upside down" on its book shelves. >> dick thornberg, who is a paterno friend said, guess what, joe paterno is innocent. joe paterno is not only innocent, but he is the person who acted the most above reproach of anybody in this entire ordeal. this isn't just a whitewashing. this is taking the memory of joe paterno and dunking it's head in and lifting it up and saying see, no sin here. my favorite part, and i did try to wade through this, they did go after the idea that joe paterno knew what was going on in terms of the investigation into jerry sandusky. the premise is joe didn't know nothing. joe didn't know a thing. they said that louis freeh jumped to conclusions that in e-mails that referred to coach coach wants to know what is going on. coach wants an update on sandusky and, and

mr. obama took office. >>> happening today, the family of penn state football coach joe paterno will release an official response. his wife sue broke her silence to defend her late husband. she says paterno is a moral man who never lied about the scandal. >>> d.c. >>> grammys are tonight. idol winner kelly clarkson is up for four grams and carly ray yep son has two nominations. >>> valentine's day came a few days early for some runners in southeast d.c. they took part in the cupid undie run saturday. quite a sight there. it was 1.5 run. proceeds go to the childrens tumor foundation. >>> we're going to check on more headlines when we come back, including gunfire at mardi gras. the latest from new orleans just ahead. >> and ringing in the year of the snake. live pictures downtown now, where they're getting ready for chinese new year celebrations. we'll have more on that next. >> plus, a debate about the redskins is renewed. we are sharing your thoughts about recent calls for washington's pro football team to change its name. we'll be right back.    ♪ ♪ i'm halfway to your heart ♪ you have to let me know ♪