. >>> ncaa slapping penn state with 30 million dollars in fines. 900 pound bronze statue of joe paterno who died six months ago, was removed from outside the stadium sunday an independent investigation held four top penn state officials, including paterno, responsible for failing to stop former assistant coach jerry sandusky from continuing to sexually abuse boys. penn state's president says the statue had become a source of division and obstacle to healing. some mourned the loss. >> it isn't fixing the problem, it is drawing attention away from people who should be taking maybe more responsibility and blame. >> penn state's president says another tribute to paterno, the college library bearing his name will remain. >>> in upstate new york online campaign that aimed to raise $5,000 to send that bullied school bus monitor on vacation has ended after more than $700,000. there was a huge outpouring of support for karen klein after students recorded themselves taunting the 68-year-old. the video went viral, more than 30,000 have contributed with donatio

penn state football team. thousands of fans attended a rally for the team this morning as they began practice for the fall season. the ncaa slappedn state with a $60 million fine with other sanctions after a report found the top administrators, including late coach joe paterno covered up sex abuse allegations. >>> drew peterson's murder trial got underway after the judge denied a request for a mistrial. the former illinois police officers's day in court comes nearly a decade after his third wife was found dead in a bathtub. savio's death was originally ruled an accident until the fourth wife, 23-year-old stacy peterson went missing in 2007. he's not been charged in her disappearance. >>> thanks so much for joining us at 5. the news edge at 6 arts right now -- starts right now. >>> we're starting the news edge off with a weather alert. a line of strong storms rolling through the region. >> and we have one warning to tell you about. the storms are developing quickly and have a lot of heavy rain and some hail with them, not to mention lightning. you can see the warning, it's for fairfax county until 6:30 and we got a report of one-i

>>> the ncaa slapped penn state university's football program today. years. the governor just released a statement saying he wants assurances no taxpayer dollars will be used. the team is banned from playing bowl games for four years. the program will lose 208 football scholarships a year for four years and the winningest coach in major college football history will be stripped of all of his wins after 1998. that bumps lodge time coach joe paterno from number one to 12 on the wins list. >> no matter what we do here today, there is no action we can take that will remove their pain and anguish. but what we can do is impose sanctions that both reflect the magnitude of these terrible acts and that are, and that also insure that penn state will rebuild an athletic culture that went horribly awry. >> and cnn contributor sarah ganim is joining us now from harrisburg. sarah, so far, what's been the reaction to these decisions from the victims' families? >> well, i've heard from a lot of victim attorneys today, wolf, and mixed reactions. one attorney told me th

. >>> penn state has been slapped with a big punishment for covering up the jerry sandusky child rape scandal. ncaaoverning body of college sports is fining penn state 60 million dollars itch the money will go to programs preventing child sexual abuse and assisting victims. it has banned the team from post-season play including bowl games for four years. penn state will lose 20 football scholarships per year. all of paterno's victories from 1998 to 201011 are being wiped off the books. the -- the ruling holds penn state responsible for failing to protect victims of jerry sandusky. he spent years molesting children sometimes on university property. >> the historically unprecedented actions by the ncaa today are warranted by the conspiracy of silence that was maintained at the highest levels of the university in reckless and callus disregard for the children. >> the big ten conference announced its own punishment, withholding penn state's 13 million dollar share of bowl game revenue. this morning paterno's family say the sanctions defamed his legacy and are a panicked response that punishes penn stat

. >>> penn state has been slapped with a big punishment for covering up the jerry sandusky child rape scandal. ncaa governing body of college sports is fining penn state 60 million dollars itch the money will go to programs preventing child sexual abuse and assisting victims. it has banned the team from post-season play including bowl games for four years. penn state will lose 20 football scholarships per year. all of paterno's victories from 1998 to 201011 are being wiped off the books. the -- the ruling holds penn state responsible for failing to protect victims of jerry sandusky. he spent years molesting children sometimes on university property. >> the historically unprecedented actions by the ncaa today are warranted by the conspiracy of silence that was maintained at the highest levels of the university in reckless and callus disregard for the children. >> the big ten conference announced its own punishment, withholding penn state's 13 million dollar share of bowl game revenue. this morning paterno's family say the sanctions defamed his legacy and are a panicked response that punishes penn st

>> you have been listening to a live interview -- [ inaudible ] >> the ncaa expecting to announce now that it is slapping penn state with 30 million dollars in fines. in the wake of the sex abuse scandal involving former football coach jerry sandusky. an independent investigation has health penn state officials responsible for failing to stop sandusky from continuing to sexually abuse boys. we will have results on abc7news.com. >>> man accused of kidnapping and murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar, his father is expected in court today to answer charges -- [ unintelligible ] court documents show torres' father faces sex charges his father's victim came forward as adult last year and told detectives of 10 years of abuse that began in 1990. >>> waking up this morning, grey but meteorologist lisa argen telling me this is not your typical marine layer it is different. >> that's right. live doppler, thunderstorms, weak system right around the bay area bringing up subtropical moisture and produce thunderstorms from the southern sierra to the northern sierra tahoe valley airport west into sacramento, colfax perhaps

. >>> and our other big story this morning, penn state about to get slapped with penalties for turning a blind eye to child sex abuse allegations. >> the ncaa will announce the punishment this morning, a day after the university removed a statue of its legendary head football coach. more now from abc's tahman bradl bradley. >> reporter: joe paterno's iconic statue at penn state is gone. hauled away in shame yesterday behind a plastic blue tarp. many said it had to go. that a shrine to the legendary football coach was no longer appropriate. >> to a lot of people, it symbolizes the wrong things. >> reporter: the university ordered it removed after a report found that joe paterno should have done more after it was report that his defensive coach, jerry sandusky, was abusing young boys. >> it should not have come down. >> reporter: the university said it would have been a recurring wound, an obstacle to healing. a lightning rod of controversy. later today, the ncaa plans to announce sanctions described as extraordinary, corrective and punitive measures against penn state. espn has learned that the sanctions order by the ncaa president include a

penn state's football future hanging in the balance this morning after the ncaa slapped the program with devastating penalties for turning a blind eye to jerry sandusky's abuse of young boys. $60 million in fines, this is over five years. a postseason ban from bowl games for four years. a reduced number of scholarships for four seasons. and the team has been stripped of all wins going back to 1998. that drops joe paterno from first in all-time wins to eighth now. susan candiotti is live from state college. susan, you spoke with penn state's president and athletic director, how are they reacting? >> well certainly this morning, penn state is knows that it faces what could be a crippling situation for years to come. these ncaa sanctions were not negotiable. and certainly penn state is not saying that it deserved what it got. however, the president tells me, the school will survive. >> we certainly had an unprecedented situation here. we had an unprecedented set of sanctions. penn state is a very resilient university. and i'm always struck by the sense of resolve that people have here. when

and it look like the ncaa slapped them with something, willie, they won't recover from for a decade. >> right. if penn states we're not playing for one year they probably could have mitigated what happened yesterday. this is a death penalty for another name, de facto penalty. $60 million to child sex groups. four-year poef season ban ensures no athlete new york great high school football player wants to go to penn state. half as many scholarships, probation, it's four year of no postseason but it means about ten years in the wilderness before you turn this around. it's remarkable, when you consider where penn state was. it was at the upper echelon of four, five programs, always the greatest, always winning and with what they thought was a great man leading their program that turned out to be otherwise in many respects. and now that program will be done for about a decade. >> you know the winningest coach, paterno was the winningest coach in division i football. they've erased all win from 1998 to 2011. wiped them out. and i bet you there's not a football fan around this table or watching that didn't have gr

>> crippling sanctions against penn state today in the wake of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal and subsequent coverup. the ncaa slapped the school with a hefty $60 million fine, stripped the school of 14 years of winning, stripping away joe paterno's title as the winningest division 1 coach of all time. the team is also banned from postseason games for four years and has a four-year scholarship cap. while the ncaa came down hard on penn state, it wasn't the so-called death penalty some expected. chris pallone has our story. >> reporter: it's a devastating blow to a once untarnished football program. ncaa president mark emrick says that's exactly what needed in a place where football caused powerful people to cover up the sexual abuse of young boys. >> no matter what we do here today, there's no action we can take that will remove their pain and anguish. what we can do is impose sanctions that both reflect the magnitude of these terrible acts and that also ensure that penn state will rebuild an athletic culture that went horribly awry. >> reporter: penn state did not get the death penalty, too much harm to innocent par

crippling sanctions against penn state football today in the wake of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal and subsequent coverup. while the school escaped the death penalty, the ncaa slapped it with a $60 million fine. college sports governing body also stripped the school of 14 years of wins taking away joe paterno's title as the winningest division 1 coach of all time. the team also banned from postseason bowl games for four years and has a four-year scholarship cap. current players are given a waiver that will let them transfer to other schools and play immediately. the school is also on probation for five years. >> no price the ncaa can levy will repair the grievous damage inflicted by jerry sandusky on his victims. however, we can make clear that the culture, actions and inactions that allowed them to be victimized will not be tolerated in collegiate athletics. >> jerry sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison. the family of the late hall of fame coach joe paterno says the ncaa's sanctions defame his legacy and are, quote, a panicked response to the scandal. >>> today's tough sanctions could devastate one of the top programs in college football. the penalti

ncaa will shut down penn state's football program for the scandal that rocked the university. former assistant football coach jerry sandusky is a waiting sentencing for abusing ten boys. punishment for the school is being slappedeliminated temporarily or permanently. >> all right. >>> here is tucker. >> good morning. >> amazing how cool it was saturday with the rain showers. >> man, it was. it was in the 60s. i went outside in a t-shirt and was chilly. i refused to go back and get a jacket but i probably should have. >> who did you refuse -- >> just myself. >> internal fight. >> it was chilly. >> upper 60s and low 70s, amazingly how cool it can feel. we will be back in the low 90s. the summertime pattern is back intact for the week. >> okay. >> it won't be triple digits and not terribly comfortable either. >> it will be rainy-- >> a lot of humidity, yes. maybe afternoon thunderstorms the next couple of days. let's do headlines. 90s return today. high temperatures not excruciating. low to mid-90s. maybe 91, 92 at your house. maybe severe storms. that is a possibility. typical summertime weather with the possibility of a few storms today and a few could be on the strong side. lots of humidity. tony mentioned it.