because i don't think we even entered nebraska. >> narrator: didn't go to nebraska, didn't know anythinge a truck, she said, and fueled by massive doses of over-the-counter cough syrup, went off in search of the ocean before running out of gas and money and leaving that pickup truck in louisiana. but then they showed her a picture of a marijuana pipe, which, along with the gold ring, turned up at the stock farmhouse. and jessica reid's mantle began to crack. >> okay. i did steal -- i stole a whole bunch of money from somebody. i don't know who, i don't know where. i just remember stealing a whole bunch of money. yes, we did lose that pipe when they stole this money. >> narrator: reid then blurted it out. at this farmhouse, now apparently, now to her surprise in nebraska, greg fester sneaked in through a window and let her in the back door. in the kitchen she said she found $500 in an envelope. then she said, they left. and the ring? well, now she admitted finding it in that stolen pickup, putting it on, then feeling it slide off her thumb inside that house. where was all this going? >> t

that was the kansas-nebraska act.by letting people decide for themselves, been feared, as did most, that kansas which is to become a slave state and nebraska would be a free state. it turned out after great deal of violence and bloodshed that kansas ultimate became a free state. but he had no way of knowing that in 1854. california had been admitted to the union as a single great big state that did not have slavery. but they have debated becoming two states, and though still a movement afoot to divide california into two states, someone prominent in the move by the way was james gadsden. the new mexico territory have not yet been divided, but there was in the wind at the idea that it may divided horizontally. as we mentioned a moment back, during the civil war that effort was made. so that ben had the fear that there was a whole thing going on in the west regarding slave states and free states. this is ben's nightmare number three, cuba. he mentioned the ed pastor souÉe trying to buy it from spain which turned out did

but penn state lost to nebraska 17-14. a disappointing end to a difficult week. >> we should have won, i know we could have. >> yeah. we definitely had it in us. i want everybody to stay strong and we still are, penn state. >> reporter: there is a sense of penn state pride. now, here in state college, there are plenty of students on the street. there's a police presence, but at this hour, no sign of any trouble. aaron, back to you in washington. >> all right, chris gordon in university park, pennsylvania. thank you, chris. >>> and stay with news4 and nbc washington.com for continuing coverage of the penn state scandal. and the play-by-play from today's game. and chris gordon will have more from the penn state campus at 11:00. >>> major cuts to sports at the university of maryland. who's on the chopping block, and how they're trying to save their programs. >>> two big milestones for the national cathedral. what happened for the first time in ten weeks and what happened for the first time in history. >>> a big day for a mari

should penn state have canceled tomorrow's game against nebraska?and call ask t what it is and call it child rape? 94% of you said yes and 6% said no. we were talking and have more facebook and tweets on this than i think any other topic. 94% of you said call it what it is, child rape. that does it for this edition of "news nation." my colleague martin bashir is up next. [ male announcer ] how are we going to make this season better than the last? how about making it brighter. more colorful. ♪ and putting all our helpers to work? so we can build on our favorite traditions by adding a few new ones. we've all got garlands and budgets to stretch. and this year, we can keep them both evergreen. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. here's a bright idea. trade in any light string and get up to 5 bucks off the latest christmas led's. i took some steep risks in my teens. i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol and my risk of heart attack. why kid myself? di

nebraska's chancellor released a statement expressinn sympathy for the alleged victims n the sanduskyase. harvey perlman also said nebraska's participatioo in saturday's game does noo condone the alleged conduct or make any statement on whether the allegations are true or not. now with all hisshappening at penn state... many are wondering what this means for season... and brought in many wins for penn state ... into a financial empire. some will be a wake-up call for programs. (chris donahue) (11:58:40) "its big business. you have bhig egos. you have people with authority thinking ttey're above he law but, unfortunately, this was a cleaa case...." case...." when it comes to the schools image... some p-r experts believe the school had no choice buttto fire tth coach... and start fresh. pccupy oakland turns ring out near the protestors iijured.this was the chaotic scene.one person waa seen beinggput on a stretcher. witnesses say at leave four to six shots were fired.some of the protestors claim, thee didn't recognize the victim and he may not be part of thee movvment..o word on the caus

in one, nebraska, there was snificant opposition to the plan. this afternoon, the state department said it was concerned about the nebraska part of the route and said finding and reviewing an alternate path could take until 2013. the president backed the delay, saying: for more, i'm joined by juliet eilperin of the "washington post." what did the state department tell the pipeline developers to do and what reason did they give? >> what they said is actually that they would re-examine other rooteds within just nebraska, that trans-canada which is the company that is sponsoring this pipeline would of course have to sketch out how that could be done. and then they would examine whether it could protect a particular reason known as the sand hills region within nebraska which is where you have seen intense opposition over this project. its. >> suarez: it's unusual to have the u.s. state department making pronouncements on nebraska, isn't it? why is the state department rule on a pipeline that runs for almost its entire length through the united state

state department making pronouncements on nebraska, isn't it? why is the state department rule on a pipeline that runs for almost its entire length through the united states? >> interestingly, the reason they have jurisdiction is simply because it's a pipeline that cross the u.s.-canada border. that makes it something that comes under the pur few-- purview of the state department and not other segs line the department of transportation which has aning we which traditionally looks at pipelines and how they are handled and constructed. >> suarez: does redrawing the path of the pipeline mean in effect starting from scratch, really going back to the drawing board on this. >> it doesn't mean starting from scratch but it certainly raises questions about the economic viability of a project that's been under scrutiny for more than three years and now we're adding at least 15 months to this decision. so it raises questions about whether in the end trans-canada will pursue this although they do say that they remain hopeful that they'll get approval and th

nittany lionss hosting nebraska. corn hufpbgers up 10-0.inez pitches at the last moment to burkhead. 14 yard touchdown. he finished with 121 yards rushing. nebraska leads, 17-0. fourth quarter, back come the lions. first and goal. powers his way in for the six yard touchdown. penn state cuts the deficit to three. so final seconds for penn state still down by three. here we go. matt gets the playoff. scrambling. looking for somebody. throws. it's incomplete. that's it. penn state loses to 19th ranked nebraska. 17-14 is the final. all right. coach mike london and virginia hosting duke. london was reportedly contacted by penn state about taking over their program. but he declined. late second quarter, trailing 14-#. rocco to byrd. slips a defender and races 38 yards for the touchdown. game tied at 14. third quarter now. same score. duke with the ball. renfree under pressure. no one in front of him. 54 yard touchdown. later in the third, tied at 21. virginia has first and goal. perry jones goes up and over for the touchdown. cavaliers go on to

one batch of light snow heading across areas of nebraska and then we have the heavier stuff from denver southwards to colorado springs. the highest totals around denver will be south and west of town. the blue on the map shows you the more intense snows up. notice those from denver out to bennett, down toward castle woods where the wings are picking up, too. that's where we have the blizzard conditions. doesn't look like impressive notice amounts, maybe 6 to 10 inches at most, but when the winds are howling that's where we have issues with blowing and drifting of the snow and plows have a hard time keeping up. here's a look at your forecast today. everyone on the east coast, just a gorgeous fall day for you. chicago, looks like rain moves in later today after a dry morning commute. in kansas city, a nasty day for you. rain to snow later tonight. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. areas like philadelphia today, just a picture perfect day. there's still hundreds of thousands of people without power. thankfully the power crews hav

taking on nebraska. there's jay paterno, joe's son, penn state's quarterback coach, visiting his parent's house before the game. better than 100,000 on hand to watch this game against nebraska. both teams gathering before the game at midfield. nebraska led this game 17-0. rex birkhead after the nice pitch from martinez. penn state falls by three. huskers, their first win against an ap top 15 team on the road since the 2000 fiesta bowl. boise state down late at home to tcu. late first quarter, down one. kellen moore. incomplete on fourth down. but hold up. jason beretta, tcu, called for pass interference. drive is extended. sets up this. dan goodell, from 39 yards away. not even close. second consecutive season that boise state's bcs hopes dashed by a missed field goal. horn frogs win. oklahoma state 10-0 for the first time in school history. no problem with texas tech today in lubbock. 66-6, the cowboys roll. weeden, five touchdowns. this one to justin blackmon. the cowboys will take on iowa state friday

nittany lions hosting nebraska. third quarter, cornhuskers up 10-0.rtinez looks like he's going to keep it. pitches it at the last moment to rex burkhead. he finished with 120 yards rushing. nebraska leads 17-0. fourth quarter, back come the lions on first and goal. stephan green, powers his way in for the six-yard touchdown. penn state cuts the deficit to three. final seconds of the game. last chance for penn state. still down by three. comes down to this. five seconds, matt mcgloin just gets the playoff. scrambling around, looking for somebody trying to get the first down, throws and it's incomplete and that's it. 12th ranked penn state. coach mike london of virginia hosting duke, london was contacted by penn state about taking over their program, he declined. cavaliers trailed 14-7. slips the defender, check it out, races 38 yards for the touchdown. game tied at 14. this game going back and forth all afternoon. third quarter, same score, duke with the ball. sean renfre and it's intercepted. 54-yard score. 13th career int for the senior. later in th

. >> reporter: as penn state readies for their final home game against nebraska, student leaders call for calm and respect, especially for the alleged victims that have come forward. >> it is about the victims, the actions that occurred and us standing by them and their families. >> ron mott reporting. there are a lot more students like that young lady than there were in the school of 40,000 people. on saturday, penn state plays at home against nebraska in what will be a strange final home game of the season in happy valley. >>> university officials now say assistant coach, mike mick mcqueary says reporting it to paterno will not be on the sideline due to multiple threats against the coach. >>> more trouble for the "occupy oakland" protest. a man was shot after eyewitnesses say the victim got into an argument with another man. members of the protest group say the incident had nothing to do with their demonstration. the mayor of oakland is now calling for an end to the protest for what she calls safety issues. the statement she said, we need a peaceful resolution to the encampment. the

both sides, real class behavior on the part of nebraska, our opponent yesterday.o that stage where we're maybe moving upward now. the focus was on the victims, the children, which is really what it has to be. everybody is going to have feelings and personal feelings about individuals and what happened and i'm trying to put that behind me. because i don't have enough fact and i want those facts, i want to hear where they are. but right now, my focus is so much more on the victims and the healing process we have to go through. >> yeah. you know, i'm curious, tom, you donated 4 million bucks. you've donate today football, rugby, language and liberal arts programs. are you going to continue donating? those are huge sums of money. >> without question. the fact i feel my support is even stronger and more needed. you know, when you talked about the areas, to make something clear, 75% of my gift went to academics. 25% went to athletics. 12.5% for football, 12.5% for rugby to honor my son who played rugby for four years here. you know, it's this point of what i've always f

resident company also noted that across nebraska the department of environmental quality thinks they can compete complete a review of the alternate route in just six months more initiative to get the ball rolling on this project but let's also talk about the politics behind all of this as we told you last week by applying is a very touchy issue for president obama he's stuck in between a supporters who see the prospect as a job creator like labor unions and then of course environmental activists who warned of a huge carbon footprint from the pipeline so obama was really just going to delay the issue until after the next election that is until a transplant of the agreed to actually route the pipeline so now that much of the nebraska opposition is neutralized that could chip away at some of the opposition to the project a lot of people think of it still plays well for obama come election time as bill mckibben explains the president's promise to keep greenhouse gas emissions under consideration appeases the environmental crowd who is at the breaking point with him and despite the fact t

he thought stephen douglas is kansas nebraska act was part of a conspiracy. i want to read what is on the florida senate when they competed the act describing the conspiracy. i must now look for the real object of particular purpose for which it was manufactured in the green movement of which it is the basis. first, the mission of mr. gaston hunter in gatson must have commenced about the time of this bill and then conceived the time of this bill. $50 million for his much mexican territory on their southern border has been five or six days. thankfully the michigan country and ambassador of $250 million for cuba. we'll talk about cuba in a minute. the nebraska bill is only entering wedge to future enterprises, is a manufactured for particular purpose, a steppingstone to a cream with which is to develop itself in this country at large. what senator bentsen was saying as he saw a nightmare paystub three bad dreams. bad dude number one with the gatson just. he was a southerner i would say to this particular quest in his adult life was to preserve the culture lifes

then they joined with nebraska.hing staffs, penn state had 300 former letter winners here. it was very quiet. it was just a very touching scene. and i think penn state took a step, a very preliminary step toward beginning the healing process. >> you can see the coaches, the staff, they've been criticized for the way they handled it. i have to be honest with you, the media has been criticized as well for not picking the story up sooner. it wasn't a national story but certainly there in state college it was sort of -- it was whispered. people talked about it openly. do you think the reference for joe paterno blinded even reporters to what happened on his watch? >> i don't know. there was an investigation in 1998, and that report never became public. there were no charges filed. so until there were charges filed or there was -- it didn't become public the investigation in 1998 until the investigation in 2009. and that's when a lot of flags went off and the grand jury got involved and the reporting, you know, has since

he said he's barely had time to think about nebraska on saturday. >> football part we'll get workinght now i think you should know where our team is toward the whole issue and is toward the children, toward their families and our thoughts and our prayers are with them. >> and the shark beat minnesota wild 3 to 1. that's the toyota sports report. >> all right thanks larry. >> nature lane is coming up next. >> keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter at 7 news bay area. >> by all men check us out there and for all of us here thanks for watching. we appreciate your time vichlt a thanks for watching. we appreciate your time vichlt a good night

in fact, he's checking into this hospital in lincoln, nebraska, for open heart surgery. it's an important lesson what you see on the outside doesn't always match the inside. >> in this instance it obviously closed down quite a bit. >> this surgeon shows us the striking images. >> you can see that tight narrowing that limits the amount of blood that can get out. then you have a real tight narrowing up here. that vessel on the side takes off and then another narrowing here. and a pretty tight narrowing there. >> reporter: all the major blood

fremont, nebraska, another great nebraska community, caught in the cross hairs, has indicated to cross state rule and two other e.p.a. rules will cost customers about $35 million over the next three years. now, in new york city or washington, d.c., $35 million may seem insignificant, but to the 25,000 residents of fremont, nebraska, it is a huge deal. similarly, the cross-state rule will cost the nebraska public power district our largest electricity provider about $6 million next year in reduced we've knew as well as mandating about $40 million in costs before the end of 2012. electricity providers across the state are all looking at purchasing power from other generators. the only way they can get compliance now is to reduce generation. of course many neighboring utilities in the state are subject to the same final rule. and guess what? this is the problem across the country. so everybody's in the hunt. the short compliance time frame is likely to drive the price of energy even higher. another option includes purchasing on the open market. no one knows how much it will cost because t

. >>> in a last effort, controversial keystone pipe line is rerouted in nebraska.s this mean other states can power down on pipeline too? that explosive debate and the latest moves coming next p . >>> it's a big day in nebraska. after a canadian oil company agreed to shift its route for a controversial pipe line, two billed were signed that pipeline opponents are cheering. it would lack link of tar sands of canada with the gulf coast. it would have crossed the sand hills above an aqui fehr which could have led to alone an accident. the project has set off protest far outside nebraska and the protest prompted the white house to postpone a final decision to build the pipeline or not until 2013. from this day forward, nebras nebraskans have a bigger say in what goes where. join thanks for being with us, kevin, what did the governor sign today and why is it important? >> he signed several bills that the two are the most important, he signed one called the major pipe line sighting act which gives nebraska the authority for sighting future pipelines and give that authori

he said he's barely had time to think about nebraska on saturday. >> football part we'll get working on that right away. right now i think you should know where our team is toward the whole issue and is toward the children, toward their families and our thoughts and our are with them. >> and the shark beat minnesota wild 3 to 1. that's the toyota sports report. >> all right thanks larry. >> nature lane is coming up next. >> keep track of the latest breakingtwitter twitter at 7 news bay area. >> by all men check us out there and for all of us here thanks for watching. we appreciate your time vichlt a thanks for watching. we appreciate your time vichlt a good night ?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x? month's quake. >>> australia is about to become the first country worldwide for cigarettes sold in drab packages with graphic warnings. here is the bbc's duncan kennedy. >> reporter: cigarette packs as you know them and as you don't. shocking photos with no branding. in a world first, australia passed a law to remove all logos, replacing them with plain packaging. the law bans all advertising

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bradley found out he was replacing paterno at about 11:00 when he was looking at film with nebraska. bradley would only say i think that's personal in nature and he also added this. >> i think this job with very mixed emotions due to the situation. i've been asked by the university, by the board of trustees, by rod erickson to handle this and i told them i would do it last night and i will proceed in the manner that penn state expects as i met with the players last night and today. i told them what the expectations are the expectations. we're not going to waver from. >> bradley also said has -- from that. >> bradley also said assistant coach mike mcquery will be on the sidelines saturday. we've just learned because of threats to the assistant coach's life, mcquery will not be in attendance saturday. he is the guy who was a grad assistant in 2002, walked in and found sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in the shower, waited a day, then called his dad, said what do i do? dad said go tell joe paterno and he did. mcquery has not been fired. the school says there's no plans to fire him, bu

some heavy snowfall and parts of through nebraska. denver could see another 10 snow by the time it is up tomorrow morning. system is going to pass to south and give us a slant of a-- slight chance sprinkle friday morning. around the beltway. mostly sunny tomorrow with a temperature in the mid 60's. a little bit of clout cover on friday. sunshine on saturday high schooler in the mid 50's. . agreeable. is the latest on the road? report fromnts to police. phone withoff the metro representative. they also checked in just fine. taking you to some pictures to you can see everything is working in our favor. no accidents reported as far as the major roads are concerned. i would encourage you to shuffle on outright to now. -- out right now. >>> the latest in the nba lockout. the season should have started last night. anythingd not get open. grandmother never made it to the grocery store. >>> how will this tool to be wheel?the the story of a local man who decided it was time to turn over the keys. the reluctance to give up independence. are --

game continues in the second quarter and we understand for those keeping track of such things that nebraska has a three-point lead and many people here still focusing on events off the playing field. and causing a great deal of bitterness, anger and frustration. the crowds began to arrive, kelly, hour before today's game and we talked with some of the fans and there is mixed emotion. and many people say they're here to show support for the team, but others wanted to make it clear they're here because they feel strong had i for joe paterno. and they witnessed joe paterno, and wished joe pa was still on the sidelines and take a listen to mixed reactions we've received. >> the important thing we're still here to show our penn state pride regardless of everything going on and we want to be here to show support for the players and rest of penn state. >> are you a joe pa fan or not? >> are you or aren't you, my question for you, buddy. >> i don't answer the questions, get out of this area! >> (bleep). >> jamie: as you can see from the last person, a lot of anger directed at the media. many studen

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the football team continues to prepare for their final home game saturday against nebraska.d joe paterno, will replace him on sidelines in what will have to be one of the toughest cooking tasks he has ever attempted. >> i have had the privilege and honor to work for him spend time with him. coach paterno has meant more to me than anybody except by father. >>> the redskins played the dolphins on sunday. the redskins are a four-point underdog. beck going back to the stadium where he got his first nfl start. choice says the redskins are close to breaking out. >> just one big victory could turn things around. we have to get the first. it only takes one. when the team gets rolling, the positive attitude goes through the locker room. >> have to like his attitude. >>> the acc shootout, virginia tech, hooking up on this play. at 63-yard pass, catch, and run. 20-10 hokies. virginia tech trailing in the third quarter logan thomas, nobody tackled him. touchdown. virginia tech wins tonight 37- 26 another step towards the acc championship. >>> the australian open, john daly blew up. he w

likely in areas of kansas up through nebraska and iowa later on tonight and tomorrow. we could even possibly see snow in northern areas of wisconsin. so, the east coast, you look great today. it's the middle of the country where we are all of the stormy weather. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. continuing with a good deal of sunshine for the eastern seaboard. what beautiful stretch of weather we've had. today should be in tin the 70s. highlighted 67 in new york. well, with all the active weather today in the middle of the country, lynn, very important to stay tuned to your local nbc station for details on that forecast. >> good advice, bill. >>> italy scares investors. a judge says no to scary sgrit packs. economic conditions have gotten so bad even santa has no job security. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the biebs is fighting mad and has a plan to fight back. >>> coming up, the bears clip the eagles and the sport of boxing loses a legend. you're watching "early today."

the obama administration is effectively putting off a decision on the keystone oil pipeline from nebraska officials, environmentalists they have decided to put off that decision until the 2012 election. >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> elsewhere on this veterans day, a rare display of bipartisanship to help put those who sacrificed for the nation back to work. on capitol hill yesterday every senator on the floor voted in favor of a measure to award tax credits of up to $9600 to companies that hire disabled vets who are been looking for a job for at least six months. the plan also calls for more job counseling and training for vets and troops about to be discharged. the measure now moves to the house where it is expected to pass. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. the u.s. navy soared to new heights in new york yesterday. the mz 3- 8 air ship was the first blimp to be launched in half a century. test flights were conducted for communication exercises. >>> who says the youth don't care about politics. high school senior was elected

lloyd's youngest, tommy, lived with him and his step-mom, but pamela stayed with her mother in nebraska and rarely visited. by 1980 sandy was 20 and off at college, but still, as always, called lloyd every week, until the day judy answered the phone. >> and when i first called, judy told me he was away on business. so i called back a few days later. she said, oh, no, he isn't home yet. i thought, that's funny because he's usually only gone for like or two or three days and he'll be back. and i called the next week and he still wasn't home. and i called my mom. so i think that my mom called out to judy, and she said, well, the truth was she thought that lloyd had ran off with another woman and she didn't think he was coming back. >> days went by, then weeks. no word from their dad. at the end of the school year, tommy's step-mom sent him back to nebraska to live with his birth family. >> it was hard. i mean my dad, for tom and i especially, he was everything to us. >> and you thought he loved you. >> yeah. >> and now it seemed, perhaps, he didn't even care. >> you know, when we first hea

there were also some nebraska fans that came to the home of joe paterno this afternoon. we were there to witness that. the fans said to express sympathy to both the coach and the fans. and andrea just mentioned the mood is changing here. the students are planning that so-called blue out. blue the color of awareness for child abuse prevention. they are hoping that the stadium is a sea of blue tomorrow as a sign of respect to the victims and also to the penn state team. reporting live in state college at beaver stadium scott broom, 9news now. >> all right, scott. thanks. >>> police in venezuela say they are confident they will quickly solve the kidnapping of washington nationals catcher wilson ramos. now, meanwhile concerned fans in town are gathering at nationals park in southeast. our delia gonclaves is there too. and delia, what's going on? >> reporter: well, fans just gathered here a short time ago. they tell me -- they are hoping this vigil will send a message to the family that wilson ramos is loved and appreciated here in washington. take a look at the group. they a

we head to his fields in syracuse, nebraska where no matter the crop, good farming is key.ichelle has the story -- . >>> it's harvest time in syracuse, nebraska and this farmer is carrying on the tradition handed down to him by his grandfather. >> i have never really had a big plan on the size of an operation, but i always have concentrated on being as productive and efficient on whatever acres we do have here to produce from. >> >> reporter: a philosophy that has been familiar to him. he said his desire to be a leader is rooted in his involvement in church and his involvement in community and agriculture service. >> i want to be a part of that. >> >> reporter: the leadership provided will be critical for u.s. farmers as we go into the writing of the farm bill in 2012. >> we are definitely moving toward more of a risk management, compliments crop insurance and it will be something based on current pricing and not decade oughlieds that don't reflect the current value of the grain we produce. >> reporter: beyond the farm belt, he is excited about the opportunities he sees in

project came down to environmental concerns about its route specifically going through parts of nebraska because one of the states that would host the seven hundred mile pipeline which would go through the sandhills treasure the region of the cornhusker state our national environmental organizations alarmed about the carbon footprint of oil from the tar sands joined with nebraska from nebraska farmers who worried how possible oil spill would affect their land crops and their livestock so the obama administration delayed their decision and the president released this saying he said because of this permit decision could affect the health and safety of the american people which would take the time to ensure that all questions are properly addressed and all the potential impacts are properly understood. now yes delaying the decision is a step in the right direction but is this actually going to kill the pipeline project altogether depends on who you ask out there something of this delay could force trance canada to scrap the idea completely and for a market for environmentalists that is the

from nebraska farmers who worried how possible oil spill would affect their land crops and livestock so the obama administration delayed their decision and the president released this saying he said because of this permit decision could affect the health and safety of the american people we should take the time to ensure that all questions are properly addressed and all the potential impacts are properly understood now yes delaying the decision is a step in the right direction but is this actually going to kill the pipeline project altogether depends on who you ask out there something to visit a lake and force trans canada to scrap the idea completely and farmar for environmentalists that is the ultimate goal but and labor unions are feeling quite differently a lot of large unions showed support for this project and are upset because any delay obviously means they won't be hiring now despite arguments on both sides of the issue this delay couldn't be better news for president obama himself let's not forget the state department found himself in trouble when word got out during the dep

nebraska fans beginning to pour into town. state police are also here making their presence known. >> reporting live in state college, scott broom, 9news now. >> glad to hear about that student vigil. that's a good move. >>> nats catcher ramos is still alive. delia gonclaves is live outside nats park where fans are hoping for the catcher's safe return. delia? >> reporter: that's right, matt. let's give you some encouraging news. a recent report on the type of kidnappings in venezuela says 98% of them result in relief. that's encouraging. but the bad news, these abductions are on the rise. wilson ramos, a promising star for the washington nationals was allegedly abducted outside his family home in venezuela where he was gearing up to play in the winter leagues. >> first thought i had was sean taylor type stuff. you just see the news and then suddenly it is bad news after that. >> reporter: in 2009 alone place report 618 kidnappings in venezuela. this man knows. he lived in the country for two years. >> people are fighting for t

they gathered with their opponents, the nebraska cornhuskers at midfield. a scene usually reserved for after the game. this game very different. first time in 46 years head coach joe paterno did not lead the team. this game was a lot more about football as you know. it was about picking up the pieces and carrying on in the wake of that, well, unmanageable scandal. last week jerry sandusky once considered paterno's heir apparent had sexually abused 15 boys. president obama weighing in on the case saying it should lead to soul searching by all americans not just those at that school. making first public comments last night. obviously what happened was heart-breaking especially for the victims, the young people affected by these assaults, end quote there was no victory for penn state on the football today they lost to nebraska 17-14. david lee miller is outside the stadium in university park, pennsylvania. david lee, what was the mood there today? >> there were a variety of emotions today. sadness, anger and, yes, harris, also a great deal of remorse. what hap

that much anticipated penn state/nebraska game has now ended. final score 17-14, nebraska.ll this taking place under that huge cloud of suspicion over penn state involving a child sex scandal. and mike galanos is at university park. mike, a big defeat for penn state and certainly changed the mood even going into the game. the mood wasn't the usual euphoria on that campus. >> reporter: no, it wasn't. you hear the sights and sounds of college football, but there was a different mood, absolutely. and i think the emotions are beginning to come out. i believe there's a press conference. we want to listen to that. >> has there been any discussion about attending a bowl game or turning down a bowl game offer? >> no discussion of that. but from my standpoint, if our student athletes have earned the right to play in post season play, they certainly should be allowed to do so. >> i'm sorry, i couldn't hear the question? >> -- still actively recruiting for penn state in the last year or two years? >> i have no knowledge of that. >> if you've already answered this, i apologize. was the

for the first time, when the nittany lions play nebraska, he will not be on the sideline. >> that game saturday, will be the last home game of the season. you can imagine the scene that will be this weekend. >>> a small crowd of students did gather out of paterno's house. they chanted his name. >> and the coach, along with hi wife, eventually emerged and spoke briefly to reporters. >> get a good night's sleep. study, all right? we still got things to do. all right. that phone call put me ahead of it. but we'll go from there. okay? good luck, everybody. >> thank you. >> one thing, thanks. and pray for those victims. >> defensive coordinator, tom bradley, will serve as interim coach when penn state hosts nebraska in its final home game of the season on saturday. >>> obviously, there's a lot of reaction to the end of paterno's six-decade career. we'll get into that later on "good morning america." >>> and the other big story this morning, a disastrous debate performance for rick perry. some say the cringe-inducing moment was so bad, it could actually derail the perry campaign. >> it start