mr. sandusky to life in any event. >> we know the grand jury is investigating that led to sandusky's arrest. would you expect them to testify and if so, cleared of possible more charges against sandusky. the problem is the statute of limitations issue. pennsylvania has a lenient statute of limitations. you have until your 50th birthday to move forward criminally. if you're looking for civil, it's age 30. there are other states tat are thinking about doing that because these children need to be protected and sometimes even when they reach the age of that j majority, they still don't feel comfortable to come forward because of all the other victims that are put forth. if there's not criminal charges, we expect their cooperation and anticipate they would have further things to say which only spells other trouble for mr. sandusky in the penn state community. >> i think it's aware we're calling huge pay outs in civil suits and anybody that is abused deserves the money they should get. i'm wondering as you who used to be a prosecutor, how do you verify the stories when they stretch so far back in

mr. sandusky. none of them ever spoke to sandusky about his conduct. in short, nothing was done and sandusky was allowed to continue with impunity. >> that was a former fbi director louis freeh who led the investigation. dave zirin, let's take a step back and go through what actually happened, what sandusky did, what he did, when it was known, and when it was covered up. >> at this point, they're only is what we know. i still think there's a lot we don't know. what we know for sure is starting in 1998, jerry sandusky was asked to leave penn state football. he was given a $169,000 severance check to leave penn state. it was starting in in 1998 that joe paterno, the school president graham spanier, the head of campus security named gary schultz, and tim curley, the school athletic director, with your a process of covering up jerry sandusky's horrible serial child rape, and it's over the course of the next 14 -- and did so over the course of the next 14 years. the thing about the report by louis freeh that is so problematic -- is useful in many respects,

mr. sandusky did. a woman on the field hockey team is suffering for what mr. mr. sandusky did.nderstand, a message needs to be sent to the heads of the school to protect our children but the part of the punishment is tough to swallow because it affects others. >>shepard: there are a lot of people being punished but everyone who is there and wants to go somewhere else can leave. normally if you transfer you cannot have to sit out a year. as for the university itself, i cannot even imagine them being able to fill that place up. no one is more hardened and more passionate than a penn state football fan, but you wonder if three years from now or five years from now, when they are not plague at a big den -- ten level and if they are losing every game you wonder if they can sustain it. >>arthur: fill take a decade. >>shepard: if it does not take a decade it will be a miracle. >> thank you, after years in jail a former cop who keeps losing his wives is on trial. finally. jury selection started today in the case of drew peterson for the death of wife number three. wife number four is s

mr. paterno could have alerted the entire football staff in order to prevent sandusky from bringing another child into the building. mr. spannier, shultz, paterno and curley also failed to alert the board of trustees about the investigation or take any other action against mr. sandusky. none of them ever spoke to sandusky about his conduct. in short, nothing was done and sandusky was allowed to continue with impunity. >> i want to bring in, if i can, our experts listening to this with us. buzz, tell me what your thought is. the last statement saying "in short, nothing was done and sandusky was allowed to continue. there's also the mention of bad publicity." what's your thought? >> this report is scathing. it telling me absolutely nothing that i haven't been writing about for at least a year. what it does confirm is that joe paterno was aware of sandusky's alleged activities in 1998. what it does confirm is that paterno was not only advised of the 2001 incident but discussed it with high-ranking university officials. what it does confirm is that the ex-president and the ex-athletic director

mr. sandusky's arrest. lks about how these officials and others knew about sandusky and allegations against him at the very least going back to 1998. and it says to avoid bad publicity that they concealed critical facts, ignored red flags, and concealed critical information. and there is much more than that, carol. >> susan, just a question for you before you go. graham spanier, the former president at penn state, is mentioned as part of this alleged cover-up. he hasn't been charged with any crime. could he be in light of what you just read to us? >> reporter: well, it's entirely possible. remember, this is not a criminal investigation that was conducted by former fbi director louis freeh. he was hired by penn state for an internal review. but is louis freeh's investigators who turned up more than 3.5 million documents, including emails that were turned over, many of those, to state investigators as part of their ongoing criminal investigation. there could be additional charges. and in fact, it is possible,

mr. sandusky victimized. mr. know, curly and pa schultz, including school president never demonstrated concern for sandusky's victims until after sandusky's arrest. the report sfwos on to specifically mention an incident where number of janitors observed mr. sandusky in showers with a young boy. the incident was never reported to the tos. the janitors were simply afraid of coming forward. the report also says that everyone at the school has a duty to blow the whistle when they see any illegal activity. now the school has issued a response to the report. clearly they could not have read this report since it was only released at 9:00, a few minutes ago, about 40 minutes ago. the report as i said is hundreds and hundreds of pages long. but the school's response so far, which have another full screen graphic. i will read you the school's response. quote, we want to assure we're giving the report careful scrutiny and consideration before making any announcements of recommendations. we're putting together a team compri

mr. sandusky. will rot in hell for the things he has done, but we have to think about the entire system and institution. remember, coach paterno was able to tell the president of penn state university not to pursue legal action. and for all of our great colleagues at penn state, the great students and student athlete, i feel for you, but the bottom line is that the hierarchy based on the value on this particular football program has turned penn state university upside down. it's a sad day for that institution and toure is right. in terms of this particular case, they've got to shut this program down. not just for to show the world that the ncaa does good things, but for the value of college football at this level. >> just one thing i wanted to say to that is that clearly joe paterno is the most powerful man at penn state at that time. the buck stops with him and starts with him as well. anything has got to funnel back to him. sandusky is the devil, right, or at least the devil's son, but joe patern

mr. sandusky. none of them ever spoke to sandusky about his conduct.n short, nothing was done and sandusky was allowed to continue with impunity. >> that was former fbi director louis freeh. chris hayes? >> what is so remarkable about the details, how much it looks like the catholic church in many respects. that is interesting because there has been such a contested intense literature about what happens in the church and different theories about how much it had to do with priests and celibacy, the theology. >> and you grew up in the church? >> yes. to see it in this other contexts that you do not have the theology or priest celibacy, yet the gator is similar. the social distance between the people who are at the top and the people who their decisions affect. there is this moment in the book that comes from reporting in "the new york times" in which a victim of a priest abuse in belgium, his uncle happens to be the bishop. he is sitting in the room with his uncle and a priest to abuse them, in which his uncle the bishop is prevailing upon him not to pre

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mr. sandusky. not in 2001. this wasn't a wake-up call.hem. >> many now calling for the school to take down paterno's statue outside of the stadium. >>> the president's claim that the biggest mistake of his first term putting policy over story telling. he believes that criticism is valid. >> the mistake of my first couple of years was thinking that this job was just about getting the policy right. and that's important. but, you know, the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the american people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism, especially during tough times. >> mitt romney quick to jump on the president's remarks, suggesting he is out of touch if he believes that millions of americans have lost their homes, their jobs, and their live heho lyhood because he failed to tell a good story. >>> investigators now saying they found no explosives on a delta plane. that plane returned to kennedy airport in new york because of a security scare about an hour into the flight. it was on its way to spain. passengers we

mr. sandusky. none of them ever spoke to sandusky about his conduct. in short, nothing was done and sandusky was allowed to continue with impunity. >> the report's findings show paterno, who died earlier this year, made false statements to a grand jury in the public about his knowledge of the allegations against sandusky. in e-mail by the penn state athletic director from 1998 -- three years before paterno said he heard of the allegations -- reads -- the turner reportedly convinced his colleagues that it would be most "human" to do with the matter internally instead of reporting it to the police. a janitor at the school reportedly failed to report witnessing sandusky abuse a young boy in 2000 out of fear he would lose his job. the janitor said -- in response to the report, penn state is facing pressure to remove a statue of paterno displayed prominently on campus. the report is also expected to fill a number of civil lawsuits against the school on behalf of the victims. the former athletic director and the school's former vice president gary schultz st

mr. sandusky and all victims of child abuse." in the newsroom tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> the ncaa's harsh sanctions are getting mixed reaction. we spoke to a former penn state football player who called the penalties disheartening. >> was there a lack of leadership at the university? absolutely. and should things happen with that? absolutely. but to now punish the 120 kids who currently play for the organization and the thousands of kids and families who made commitments to go to the university, to have to deal with this and it's still with half the facts, to make them have to deal with this in the middle of just absolute chaos to me doesn't make a lot of sense. >> we asked our facebook friends to weigh in on the penalties handed down against penn state. angela wrote it hurts student athletes more than the university. beth wrote they shouldn't even be playing football this year. the coaches were only concerned about the program which is why they covered it up. clayton wrote maybe they should spend time punishing the person w

mr. sandusky was the perpetrator. penn state tragically, sadly, unfortunately was the enabler. >> reporter: it's expected the university will settle the civil lawsuits, writing a check instead of fighting it out in court. if that happens, this free report could make the settlements more expensive. in philadelphia, i'm bruce gordon, fox 5 news. >>> a lot of new details in the shooting death of trayvon martin. according to one set of new documents, the police officers who responded minutes after zimmerman shot and killed martin couldn't agree on whether zimmerman broke his nose. the severity of zimmerman's injuries could be important in his claim of self-defense. also released today, a report by the fbi and that said investigators found nothing to suggest zimmerman is a racist. he's charged with second-degree murder in the shooting. >>> he's the only cabinet member ever to be held in contempt of congress. now, attorney general holder could be the first. he could be the first to be disbarred. last week, two pro gun advoc

mr. sandusky and the homeowner homeowner's. whoever is liable should pay the price. it is not just penn state. the vice president of the school knew about it. >>randy: why not try to resox this privately? penn state has come out publicly and said, we will do the right thing, so what's the point initiating the lawsuit? i can't see anything. >>shepard: i will wait until your child is raped in the bathroom and then get back to you. >> the part of the traveling that gets you sick is all the people coughing and sneezing and god knows what? well, it is not the plane as it is the airport. next, a petri dish you may not even have considered. male spirit present.trong it's the priceline negotiator. >>what? >>sorry. he wants you to know about priceline's new express deals. it's a faster way to get a great hotel deal without bidding. pick one with a pool, a gym, a great guest rating. >>and save big. >>thanks negotiator. wherever you are. ya, no. he's over here. >>in the refrigerator? you know how hard if yit can be to breathedo, and what that feels like. copd iludes chronic bro

mr. sandusky and all of the other victims of child abuse. >> tom thanks very much. a lot of opinions on this decision handed down today we asked our facebook fans are the penalties handed down against penn state appropriate. 11 people responded saying too harsh, 5 said just right and 25 said the penalties not harsh enough. meg, wrote, sorry i don't think the incoming players should be punished for something that happened way before they came to penn state. michael wrote, some of that money should go to the victims and clayton said, maybe they should spend the time punishing the person that created that problem, and stop taking stuff away from the students. >>> now to a weather alert we are seeing storms north and south of the dc region tonight, but the question is, do we expect any in our region a little later on gary mcgrey dihas answered for us. >> yeah, that is the big question shawn whether these thunderstorms will start to pop up around here or not. right over to sentinel radar going around and around. we mentioned we had some to the north and some to the south

mr. sandusky.ey were the enablers of a man who is now a convicted perpetrator. >> as for compensation, he said any calculation should include punitive damages to punish penn state for its complicity. speaking of which, those shower renovations you mentioned, jon, will have not happen until all of the legal proceedings in the case are over. jon? >> jon: we're hearing from one of late coach paterno's sons? >> that's right. scott paterno told pennsylvania's patriot news he wished his father had been more aggressive in following up on the accusation. but he added, quote: i know my father did not know jerry was a pedophile and did not suspect he was a fed -- pedophile. that may not satisfy the critics. bobby bowden has called on penn state to take down the statue of the coach that stands on its campus. and the chief executive of nike had paterno's name removed from a child care center he founded in oregon. jon? >> jon: greg jarrett, thank you. >> sure. >> jon: some stunning video now of car running thro

mr. sandusky and then you could have continued the investigation? mean, he put other children at risk. this investigation took three years. he had one investigator-- he says two-- on the case for the first two years. a narcotics officer, and by the way, he was an attorney general running for governor, and you have to ask the question, was he scared of offending the penn state base, which is enormous in the state of. >> schieffer: jim rome, i asked president erickson, what about joe paterno, did he stay too long? i saw him forthcoming but he clearly dodged that question. he said people have to make up their own judgment about whether he stayed too long? is that what happened here? is this an icon who just should have retired or been retired some years ago? >> yeah, bork i don't think it's a matter of him staying too long. i think it's the matter of a man who had the opportunity to do the right thing and did not do so. the one thing we could always believe in in college sports was joe paterno, a man of integrity, a man of virtue, a man who would do th

mr. sandusky in the same shower just six months mr. paterno knew about this. there has to be a day of reckoning on these kinds of things. and the thing that's caught america's attention on this whole matter is how sordid it is and just how mistaken and misguided and how so far off the moral compass of leadership of a major american university could be. that's, i think, what we're all focusing on today as americans. megyn: tom kline, matthew mangino, thank you both so much. >> my pleasure. megyn: this is from freeh. in order to avoid the consequences o publicity, the most powerful leaders at penn state repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to sandusky's child abuse from the authorities and everyone. although concerned to treat the child abuser humanely was expressly stated, no such sentiments were ever expressed by them for sandusky's victims. >>> moving on. governor mitt romney, he spoke to the naacp convention yesterday in houston, we told you about it earlier. well, there were a couple of awkward moments when the crowd booed him. but was that what the

mr. sandusky.ing now is finally we're starting to get the other side of this story from some of those mentioned in the freeh report. they feel as though the freeh report didn't treat them fairly and feel as though their side of the story will be ultimately told in a court of law. back to you. >> that was a scathing criticism coming from curley. jason, thanks for bringing that to us. thanks. >>> several witnesses say the man that shot trayvon martin is not a racist. cnn has been sifting through documents released by prosecutors in that case. they say agents interviewed more than 30 people about george zimmerman, not one says they saw racism, including the lead detective that said that zimmerman had a, quote, little hero complex. zimmerman said he shot in self defense. martin's family says the teen was racially profiled. >>> united airlines is placing a big order with boeing, 150 new 737 jets in the next decade. no word on the actual value of the deal. list price, all together, those are worth $14.7

mr. sandusky dead in his tracks. >> reporter: the report says they discovered evidence that when the university decided to report the infamous shower incident of 2001, coach paterno urged them not to report to the authorities, instead urged a private pact with sandusky, an action the report said endangered the boy in the shower and others. >> it directly led to my client being assaulted. >> reporter: coach paterno is not around to defend himself. he died in december. but in anticipation of the damaging report, his family released a death bed statement, in which joe pa, as he was known at penn state, says no matter what happened in the sandusky scandal, it was not a football problem, and the team should not be punished. quote, this is not a football scandal and should not be treated as one. perhaps the most troubling finding of this report is if the university officials would have stood up and said something, many of the boys would never have been assaulted. robin. >> all right, jim, thank you. >>> now, to a shocking discovery 50 feet underground. a tunnel, uncovered by the dea, used by a mexica

mr. sandusky dead in his tracks. >> reporter: instead, says the attorney for victim number five, e-mails leaked to news organizations, accuse coach paterno of steering university administrators in a different direction, instead, to a private talk with sandusky. >> it led to my client being assaulted. >> reporter: coach paterno is not around to defend himself. he died in december. but in anticipation of the damaging report, his family released a death bed statement, in which joepa, as he was known at penn state, says no matter what happened in the sandusky scandal, it was not a football program, and the team should not be punished. quote, this is not a football scandal and should not be treated as one. >> if it looks like the report is trying to hide something, i think not only is it bad. but i think it's worse for penn state. >> reporter: the website had been posted what were said to be opening remarks for louis freeh at the news conference scheduled today, which says joe paterno could have done more. robin? >> jim, thank you. >>> now, to a shocking discovery 50 feet underground. a tunne

powerful men at penn state failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who sandusky victimized. mr. spanier, schultz, curley and pa pat showed no concern for the well being of sandusky's victims until after sandusky's arrest. >> reporter: freeh also talked about a culture of secrecy at the university going back to at least 1998. freeh's report found even back then joe paterno and others knew they had a problem with jerry sandusky and, for example, they even pointed to a note written by then vice president gary schultz after an incident involving two boys and jerry sandusky in which he wrote is this the opening. pandora's box? are there other children? now attorneys for graham spanier have not responded and lawyers for -- >> well be getting back to susan candiotti later on. three minutes past 5:00 on the east coast. investigators are telling us that they have found no explosives on board a delta airplane a plane that returned to kennedy airport in new york because there was a security scare. it was delta flight 126 and it turned around about an hour into its flight. it was on its wa

mr. sandusky who was loved by everybody.yers asked, the reasonable and humane thing to do was to assess the best way to handle vague but troubling allegations. faces with tough situation, good people try to do they're best to make the right decisions. a spokesman for joe paterno's family said he did the right thing. he reported to his boss what mcquery told him. the spokesman said everyone should want the truth and joe always told the truth. several state and federal investigations remain under way. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >> i want to take us to our cnn contributor. we heard a very detailed accounting of what was in these e-mails. this sounds brutal not only from a civil but a criminal area of law. let's talk criminal first. is there any concern that the president of the united states who has not yet been charged could be charged criminally g e given what is in the e-mails. >> under pennsylvania law, his chief area of liability would be the failure to report what he knew, what the e-mails suggest he knew about the c

mr. paterno could have alerted the entire football staff to prevent sandusky from bringing another child into the building. >> former fbi director with a damning report on the failures of head football coach joe paterno and other top penn state officials in dealing with the sexual assaults on children by jerry sandusky who was convicted of child sex abuse. he was a paterno protege. now it is getting all kinds of media coverage. judy, first of all your take on the reporting thus far. >> i think everyone, every paper, every news broadcast outlet has been outraged by not just paterno and what he did and didn't do, but the university itself is indicted. and in the chicago tribute somebody whom i hadn't read before quoted janitor-b testimony who said "i didn't say anything because it was like going up against the president. football runs this university" and that's the message of it. that's the message to reporters that you can't give the university a break here. >> that jan tie or works at every large university with a football program. that's the lesson is the media's coverage and the relat

powerful men at penn state failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who sandusky vi victimized. mrr, shult, p tern and curley never demonstrated through anchors or words any concern for the safety and well being of sandusky's victims. until after sandusky's arrest. >> diane diamond is a reporter for "the daily beast" where buzz bissinger is a columnist, also talk show host. buzz, when paterno was questioned by the grand jury in 2011 about that shower assault witnessed by mike mcqueary, here's what he was asked. other than the incident, do you know in any way through rumor, direct knowledge of any other inappropriate sexual conduct by sandusky with young boys? paterno's answer. no. i do not know of it. you did mention, i think you said something about a rumor, i don't know, i don't remember and i could not honestly say that i heard a rumor. all right. now, i'm putting on the screen exhibit 2e to judge freeh's report. you're looking at an e-mail from curley to schultz. coach is anxious to know where it stands. connect those two dots, buzz bissinger. >> michael, as you know, i've been