. >>> former penn state football coach joe paterno is hospitalized with a broken pelvis. he fell at his home on saturday and reinjuring the broken pelvis he suffered in august when he was hit by one of his players during practice. paterno was fired by penn state following allegations of sexual abuse involving one of his former assistant coaches jerry sandusky. a key prosecution witness in the case is expected to testify tomorrow. anna werner reports. >> reporter: former penn state assistant coach mike mcqueary is among those expected to testify tuesday. mcqueary told a grand jury that in 2002, he saw jerry sandusky in a locker room shower on the penn state campus sexually assaulting a young boy. >> mr. sandusky, any comments. >> reporter: according to the grand jury report, he saw a boy he estimated to be 10 years old with his hands up against the wall being raped by a naked sandusky. but a local newspaper report raised new questions about whether mcqueary may have told a different story back then. the hair russburg patriot news quoting a source says after the incident, m

from the penn state campus, jerry sandusky will come face to face with several of the men accusing him of sexually abusing them when they were just boys. the former penn state assistant football coach will be in the courtroom at today's preliminary hearing when at least half of his ten accusers will try to convince a judge that there's enough evidence to take their case to trial. sandusky is charged with 50 counts of sexual child abuse and has been under house arrest since last week. >>> here is a look at other stories making news early in america. christmas display sparked outrage and challenged tolerance and provoked acts of vandalism. a skeleton of st. nick hanging from a crucifix, one of ten holiday displays approved to stand outside a courthouse, was ripped down several times before it was finally removed. although the skeleton santa is gone for now, it touched off a lively debate on freedom of speech there. >>> killer whales in california put a spectacular show on for tourists. whale watchers got up close and personal with the massive animals. swimming right next to the boat, the whales also went airborne lifting their entire body out of the ocean. >>> finally, monday w

the former penn state assistant football coach was arrested yesterday on new child abuse charges. the latest charges against sandusky come after two additional accusers testified in front of a grand jury. sandusky couldn't post the $250,000 bail forcing him to spend the night in jail. the 67-year-old ex-coach now faces more than 50 counts of child sexual abuse. >>> health and human services is keeping the age limit on the plan b morning after pill as is. ainsley earhart has more. >> reporter: the so-called morning after pill can prevent pregnancy for taken soon enough after unprotected sex. if you can prove you're over 17, can it without a prescription. the food and drug administration was ready to let it be sold on drugstore shelves to just anyone. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius overruled the agency. she says she is concerned very young girls couldn't properly understand how to use it without guidance from an adult. new york presbyterian hospital's dr. kathleen london says the evidence there is to allow the drug to be sold to everyone. >> the world health o

they're claiming widespread voter fraud. >>> the former penn state football coach accused of sexually abusing young boys is speaking out in another taped interview. this time, jerry sandusky talked to the "new york times." he tried to plain comments a few weeks ago. >> if i say no, i'm he not attracted to boys, that is not the truth because i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls. >> but not sexually. you were tracted because -- >> i enjoy -- that is what i was trying to -- i enjoy spending time with young people. i enjoy spending time with people. i mean my two favorite groups are the elderly and the young. >> the other voice that you hear there, that was sandusky's lawyers in the background trying to help him explain himself. sandusky is charged with 40 counts of abuse. >>> get ready to add another fee to your shopping bill. that is coming up next. plus, do we have some wintry weather on the way this week possibly, gay went? >> it is december and we we have some wintry weather on the way this week possibly, gwen? >> it is december and we know what that usually brings. i'll have t

alleged victims who say jerry sandusky sexually abused them are ready to testify outraged by the penn state football coach's bombshell interview with "the new york times." >>> bottoms up, why the simple act of sitting can super sooiz your backside. >>> and "made in america." meet some of the people back to work because of you. your dollars helps them. >> all: thank you, america. >>> good evening. you all know the motto. neither range, nor sleet or snow will stop the mail but today even a threat that the most determined letter carrier cannot overcome, bankruptcy. that's right, it's forcing the post office to make massive layoffs. 35,000 and that's by march 2012. services will be restricted in ways sure to be felt by all of us, especially when you consider this, each day americans send 563 million letters and packages. that's almost two pieces of mail every day for every one of us. so tonight we tackle the questions, can the post office be saved? should it, and what does the shake-up mean for america's economy and you? abc's sharyn alfonsi starts us off from one of the biggest post offices that will s

. >>> the wife of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is speaking out in support of her husband denying the charges against him. dotty spoke for the first time yesterday hours after jerry was released on bail. sandusky was taken in to police custody wednesday after new charges were filed against him based on two new accuser whose say he sexually abused him. one said he screamedded for help hoping dotty would help. that has some wondering for she could be in trouble. >> i think the attorney general's office would be hard pressed trying to pursue criminal action against dotty in the absence of direct proof that assuming which we deny, but assuming the allegations are true, that she úwc.Ñknew anything about the allegations. >> sandusky will be in court next week for a hearing but legal experts believe whatever happens at the criminal trial the couple will likely face civil lawsuits that could bankrupt them. >>> while his name has been ab cents from headlines this week, the results of a poll are out. half of those asked support the firing of former penn state football

. >>> and still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, the wife of former penn state football coach jerry sandusky is speaking out. what she has to say about the charges against her husband. >>> the occupy wall street movement takes on the set of a national tv show. details on that coming up. >>> a gorgeous day here at the start of the weekend, what comes next in your complete first warning weather forecast, which is still coming up. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija and first warning weather, with marty bass, and meteorologist tim williams. it is wjz, maryland's news station. ,,,,,, [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $79.99 a month for two years with a 2 year agreement. it's an amazing holiday deal. but don't wait. it's only available for a limited time. so go to verizon.com/superoffer to sign up. act now and we'll add a special bonus -- $300 back. fios delivers the best picture qua

. >>> face-to-face, former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky to hear his accusers today in court. >>> and shutdown, anti-wall street protesters trying to close west coast ports clash street protesters trying to close west coast ports clash with police. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, december 13th, 2011. >>> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. >>> we begin with breaking news, the deadly crash of two army helicopters in washington state. the two helicopters, based at ft. lewis mccord near olympia went down during a training mission last night. >> we're sad to report tonight that four army aviators were killed in an innocent with two army helicopters. >> two other service members were injured. the helicopters crashed in a remote training area south of olympia. the cause of the crash is not known. the army is investigating. >>> now the latest on the penn state sex abuse scandal and former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky. it's reported he continued coaching at a small pennsylvania college last year, even though he ha

former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is back in jail after new and disturbing accusations. >>> winter blast. a preseason storm socks the northeast and new england. some areas will get up to a foot of snow. >>> and getting personal. mitt romney takes off the gloves and goes after newt gingrich. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, december 8th, 2011. >>> this is the "cbs morning >>> news" for thursday, ning december 8th, 2011. goopgood morning, thanks fog us. iti'r i'm randall pinkton. jerry sandusky remains behind bars this morning follow new child sexual abuse charges. his gail set at $225,000. the latest charges based on the testimony of two new alleged victims. >> 67-year-old jerry sandusky was led away from his home wearing handcuffs wearing a penn state track suit and slapped with 12 new charges on wednesday from two new accusers. >> if this is the way the case is going to be handled by the other side, then we can do things to kind of make it miserable too. >> reporter: sandusky was first charged on november 5th. he has acknowledged showering and playing a

the former penn state assistant football coach faces a number of sexual abuse charges. been tried yet but it is not unusual for abusers' families to remain in denial even after the abuser has been convicted. julie peterson talked exclusively to the ex-wife of one sexual predator. >> he was arrested for soliciting minors on the internet. >> her nightmare started eight years ago with a phone dpraul jail. it was her husband. he had been arrested at a shopping mall preparing to meet a young girl online. instead of the young girl it was the fbi. he was indicted on five sxoupts pleaded guilty to one charge transferring obscenity over the internet. we hid her face because she wants to protect her daughters. >> he spent 18 months in a federal prison and then six weeks in a halfway house after that. >> reporter: and you stuck with him, didn't you? >> i did. >> reporter: why? >> i was terrified of being alone. i had a 10-year-old child and a 1-year-old at the time of his arrest. and no job. i was a stay-at-home mom. >> reporter: jane continued to help hope her husband would be re

susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> former penn state football coach jerry sandusky will face somefor the first time since he was arrested.

to come up, why the penn state football coach is hospitalized tonight. a new person in the penn state scandal has that ford saying -- has stepped ford giving a different account of the sex abuse. and and i would debate wrap up -- what analysts say about the [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up re wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to invate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> a key witness in the sexual assault case against jerry sandusky may have changed his story. a grand jury was reportedly told he witnessed eight young boys actually assaulted in 2002 but a different version of the events was told a family member shortly after the alleged incident, saying he did not personally witnessed the assault. the former penn state coach, at joe paterno, hospital

. >>> and more trouble for former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky after two more accusers come forward. the full story coming up. >>> good morning. i am charley crowson. weather is the big story. many of us hoping to be dry but things are cooler. let's look where the rain and flurries seem to be letting up. this morning, we have live team coverage of the first bit of wintery weather and we begin with justin berk live with how things were and what we can expect in the days to come. >> all right. it was a bad storm no doubt about that. this one is going to go down for the justification of how explosive it got. record rainfall bwi over 2 1/3 inches. that's almost w the old record for the dates going back to

. >>> former penn state football coach jerry sandusky will face young men who accuse him in court form. several of the victims are scheduled to testify. his lawyer is suggesting the victims may be working together and they may file a high civil lawsuit. now a statement made by penn state coordinator mike mcqueary is being called into attention. he said he saw him molest a young boy. now a friend says he told them he only heard sound that is led to that conclusion. >>> the holiday rush is on. fedex is in full swing for the busiest shipping day of the year. news 4s tracee wilkins has the story. >> reporter: if you are not a procrastinator and have your package in the mail, it could be at the fedex hub in northeast washington. take a look at these workers and you can tell why they call this the businessest shipping day of the year. the rush is on to get packages shipped in time for the holidays. gift givers aren't the only ones feeling the pressure. >> it's intense. we have a higher volume of packages. but, we make sure we balance things out. if possible, we insert another route so we can

all eight alleged victims of the former penn state football coach will reportedly testify against him in open court. according to abc news. the preliminary hearing is set to begin next tuesday. sandusky is accused of molesting the boys over an eight-year period. the alleged victims were part of his charitable organization the second mile. >>> the godfather of gridlock, that's what president obama's top strategist david axelrod calls newt gingrich. on "piers morgan tonight" he slammed his tv ad which launched in iowa saying the republicans' theme of working together to solve problems will be a hard sell given his past. >> newt gingrich is the godfather of gridlock. he was the one that created an environment in which people started treating each other as enemies and not as opponents in washington. he tried to shut down the government three times and give tax cuts to the wealthy and led to the impeachment of a preside president. >>> i think it will be a hard sell. >> his momentum keeps on building. a new "washington post"/abc poll shows he is the front-runner in iowa. far ahead of mitt r

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former penn state football coach jerry sandusky taken into custody yesterday as two more come forwardse him of child sex abuse. we have a shocking new allegation this morning involving his wife. we'll have that for you. also, an abc news exclusive country star mindy mccready speaking out about the custody battle involving her son why she ran off with him and what happened when u.s. marshals found him. and, oh, this is a good one dating for dinner. how one woman turned a whole lot of first dates into a whole lot of free meals. but is she looking for love or just some free eats? it's next, right here on "good morning america." >> wow. that's enterprising. >> good idea. >> we'll take your top stories here on "good morning washington." investigators are looking for the man who assaulted a cleaning woman this at a gaithersburg condominium complex. police say the man followed her into a laundry room, pulled out a knife and then attacked her. the suspect ran away. >> some roads in our area are closed this morning because of flooding from yesterday's rain storm. police shut down part of route

turning now to the penn state scandal, former assistant football coach jerry sandusky said today he never molested young boys. he said prosecutors have twisted and distorted his work with children. elaine quijano has the latest. >> reporter: for the it could same since he was chargelast month, jerry sandusky denied sexually abusing any children. in a "new york times" interview, he said, "these allegations are false. i didn't do those things. i never engaged in sexual acts with these young kids." the 67-year-old also says he never discussed any accusations of misconduct with former penn state football coach joe paterno. "i don't know that he didn't know. i know that he never said anything do me. i know that." investigators say sandusky used his charity for underprivileged kids, the second mile, to prey on his victims. he does not deny showering and sleeping alone with kids in hotel rooms but says the interactions were innocent. "the environment was family like. all the times were precious times. it was important times, and so i guess it just happened that way. i don't know." sandusky also

. >> a penn state football coach takes the stand today at a preliminary hearing with school officials. mike mcqueary testifies that he did see jerry sandusky sexually molesting a boy. >> reporter: penn state assistant football coach, mike mcqueary left the courthouse after giving damning testimony against jerry sandusky and two other college officials. mcqueary testified that he saw sandusky having what he believed to be sexual intercourse with a 10- or 12- year-old boy in a campus shower in 2002. mcqueary said when he entered the locker room, he heard, quote, rhythmic slapping sounds and that he shockingly and surprisingly saw jerry in the shower with a boy. he was behind the boy in a very, very, very close position, holding the boy's waist, the boy's hand up against the shower wall. mcqueary said he didn't try to stop it or call the police because sandusky and the boy separated before he left the locker room. he testified he didn't say anything to sandusky, who looked back at him with a blank stare. mcqueary said he immediately called his father. the next morning, he met with coach

. >>> former penn state football coach, jerry sandusky is arrested again. he faces 12 additional charges of sexual abuse, brought by two more alleged investments. sandusky is behind bars right now. >>> police watch jerry sandusky from his home, wearing handcuffs. the former penn state football coach, now faces 12 additional charges of sexually abusing two more young boys. that brings the total number of sex charges he faces to 52. and the number of alleged victims, to 10. before the arrest, sandusky's attorney responded to reports that another accuser had come forward. >> jerry has denied those allegations as he has the original allegations. but we're hoping we'll get more information as we proceed. >> reporter: the 67-year-old sandusky went on record, after the initial allegations, denying the charges, while admitting he was very physical with many boys, even sleeping with them alone in hotel rooms, showering with them touching their legs. sandusky says it was completely innocent. >> a lot of people find that inappropriate. but it's not criminal that they

. >> we have an update on former penn state football coach joe paterno p [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ ma a announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniffling sneezing, coughing aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold... medicine. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. ♪ ♪ >> not to a developing story. it more troops than the government and now it has been dumped in a landfill. incinerate a partial remains of 274 u.s. troops were sent to a landfill. it says the ban full -- the land fill was concealed from families. >>> a service for people without jobs will be held today on capitol hill. they will hold white carnations and solidarity with unemployed workers. they called for jobs not called from congress. an extension of unemployment insurance. it does take place at 11:00 a.m. this morning. a tumultuous scene during the occupied protest in northwest d.c.. more than five dozen protesters were arrested after shutting down the street. that is where many of the lobbying firms are locate

also, former penn state football coach squarery sandusky is giving his side of the story. he says he never had sexual contact with young boys. but you'll hear from him in his own words. >>> we're telling new this hour, yeah, this is a tough economy, but you can still get your dream job. it's true. stick around for that. a lot to get to, though, and a lot on politics. seems to be a lot about herman cain today. some think this could be decision day for him. after weeks of sexual conduct allegations, he's expected to announce how exactly he's going to move ahead in this republican presidential race. again, we could get that at any moment. an event is taking place right now. it's just getting earn way. we have a lot of political players. look at who is joining us on this cnn saturday morning. we have shannon travis at cain's georgia campaign headquarters which are supposed to be opening right now. also candy crowley, and joe johns standing by in washington, as well. i want to start with you, shannon traffvis out there. what is this event? remind our viewers what this is suppos

coming up next, former penn state football coach jerry sandusky speaks out on his first camera interview since indicted on sex abuse charges. and that is herman cain calling it quits. [ mom ] hey guys. guys... [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls with cinnabon cinnamon are an irresistible sunday morning idea. nothing calls them to the table faster. sunday morning ideas made easy. [ younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky... this is half. that is not half. guys i have more. [ female announcer ] do you have enough crescents? >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> former penn state coordinator jerry sandusky is speaking out again, this time on camera. he talked with the new york times reporter for nearly four hours. and in that interview sandusky answered questions about the allegations he sexually abused young boys. abcs tj winnik reports. >> reporter: jerry sandusky says the allegations against him are false. the former penn state defensive coach answered questions on

. >>> this morning, former penn state football coach jerry sandusky is behind bars facing new charges. the sexual molestization. he was rearised after testimony from -- he was re-arrested yesterday after testimony of two new accusers. one said he was molested several times in a basement bedroom. 10 people now accuse him. he faces more than 50 charges. sandusky said he never abused anyone. >>> rod blagojevich is enjoying his last few months of freedom. the former illinois governor will start a 14-year prison sentence in mid-february. blagojevich was sentenced on 18 counts of corruption including trying to appoint someone to president obama's vacated senate seat in exchange for campaign cash. the 54-year-old will be eligible for early release it 12 years. >>> today a federal appeals court in san francisco will hear arguments, on issues involving prop 8. supporters of the ban on gay marriage want the court to block release of videos from a trial last year. in the trial you may recall judge vaughn walker ruled prop 8 unconstitutional. supporters will also argue he had a conflict of intere

. >> penn state football coach jerry sandusky will face accusers in court this morning.andusky is charged with 50 counts of child sexual abuse with ten boys and has been under house arrest last week on new charges. prosecutors are expected to open the two day hearing with the strongest witnesses. sandusky's attorney says his client is incident and suggests some accounts from accusers don't add up. the u.s. supreme court agreed to take up the issue of arizona's illegal immigration law. arizona says the law is necessary because the federal government is not enforcing immigration laws already on the book. the obama administration sued, saying the law violated the institution by straying into an area of federal jurisdiction. the court added the high profile immigration case to a docket that includes the 2009 health care law. lawmakers in washington are hung up on a deal to extend the payroll tax cut through next year. the house votes on a $180 billion plan to keep it going. that speeds up the plan for a pipeline. the pipeline will create jobs. president obama says he only wa

police arrested jerry sandusky today, after two more people came forward w former penn state football coach at the center of the sex abuse candle is once again behind bars. >> police arrested jerry sandusky today after two more people came forward with abuse allegations against him. anna warner with the latest acquisitions. >> police arrested sandusky at his home shortly after 1:00 this afternoon. authorities took him into custody after the pennsylvania attorney general at 12 new charges against him including nine new felonies in connection with alleged victims. according to the grand jury report, but tonight, now 18, described the pattern of sexual abuse including that began when he was 11 or 12 years old and continued until december 2008 which would make him the most recent alleged victims so far. he said many incidents occurred in the basement bedroom of sandusky's home and he testified that at least want to scream for help doing that sandusky's wife was upstairs but no one ever came to help him. the content also described how he spent most of his time in sandusky's basement and se

. >>> former penn state football assistant coach jerry sandusky was arrested wednesday on new charges of alleged sexual child abuse. a lawyer for sandusky thinks his client will be released some time today posting $250,000 bail. >> reporter: police led jerry sandusky away from his home in handcuffs wednesday afternoon following new criminal charges of alleged child sexual abuse. the charges involve allegations by two new accusers who claim sandusky abused them. he's accused of assaulting one of the boys in the basement of his home. the victim claims, he screamed for help knowing that sandusky's wife was upstairs, but no one ever came to help him. the former penn state assistant coach had been free on bond following his initial arrest on november 5th, charged with sexually abuse iing eight other children. according to grand jury testimony, sandusky met all of the victims through the second mile charity. sandusky is repeatedly said he's innocent of all charges. >> how would you take it if you were facing the kind of charges he's facing? you be devastated. his family is devastated. >> re

. >>> well, former penn state football assistant coach jerry sandusky was arrested wednesday on new charges of alleged sexual child abuse. a lawyer for sandusky says he expects his client will be released some time later today after posting a $250,000 bail. nbc's kurt gregory reports. >> reporter: mr. san dwrufk, any comments? police led jerry sandusky away from his home in handcuffs wednesday afternoon following new criminal charges of alleged child sexual abuse. the charges involve allegations by two new accusers who claim sandusky abused them. in court documents a grand jury accuses sandusky of assaulting one of the boys in the basement of his home. it says the victim claims, quote, he screamed for help, knowing that sansandusky's wifes upstairs but no one came to help him. the former penn state assistant coach was free on bond following his initial arrest on november 5 th, charged with sexually abusing eight other children. according to grand jury testimony, sandusky met all of the alleged victims through the second mile charity. sandusky has repeatedly said he is innocent of all charge

. >>> former penn state football coach jerry sandusky faces his accusers in court this morning. stions about what the prime eyewitness saw. >> going to college in california is more expensive than ever. one state lawmaker has a plan to save students thousands. >>> movement to turn california's top politician into part-timers. edew >>> high temperatures across the country in case you are leaving us today midwest to the south 50s to 67 around new orleans, 40s throughout the upper midwest into new england and around seattle and portland with 37 in denver, 58 phoenix. airports right now philly having flight departure delays from the northeast across the midwest rain around st. louis, kansas city, memphis showers and waterspouts around l.a. there could be delays there. check out our flight tracker at abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> an investigation underway after two army helicopters crashed on a washington base killing four soldiers. crews arrived at the scene 8:00 last night officials say the choppers crashed at joint base lewis-mcchord south of tacoma. it is not known whether the a

there was shocking news this morning because former penn state football coach jerry sandusky has decided against confronting his alleged victims at a preliminary hearing. our bruce leshan is in the courtroom. he joins us now live from pennsylvania with more information. bruce, what can you tell us? >> j.c., what this meant -- what this was about depends on who you ask. the attorney for one of the alleged victims says it is really another case -- another act of cowardice to decide not to have this hearing. another affect cowardice by a serial child sex abuser. but jerry sandusky's lawyer says it was simply a tactical decision to avoid a hearing that put the defense at a tactical disadvantage. jerry sandusky had been slated to be in court all day, confronted for the first time by the public testimony of at least five of the young men he allegedly abused. but within minutes, he was back out of the courthouse. his lawyers saw no advantage in airing more of the sorted details of decades of alleged child sexual abuse. >> we're ready to defend, we've always been ready to defend. today's waiver

. >>> the former penn state football coach at the center of the child sex abuse scandal is facing new charges. new allegations that he sexually abused two additional children. he was unable to post bail and remains behind bars tonight. the number of sandusky's accusers is now at ten. a hearing in the case is scheduled for next tuesday. >>> will the will be no criminal charges against former syracuse university basketball coach bernie fine. two when who accused him are credible but the statute of limitations has run out. allegations from a third man fall within federal statutes of limitations and are under investigation. fine denies any wrong doing. >>> rod blagojevich will be going to prison in the new year. a judge sentenced him to 14 years behind bars after being found guilty of corruption. he was caught by federal investigators trying to sell the u.s. senate seat that once was held by now president obama. >> and this is also a time for patty and me to get home to explain to our kids, our babies amy and annie what this means and where we go from here. we will fight on through this a

." >>> new legal troubles for former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. >>> and dos arrested in dc as the occupy protests gets nasty on k street. and kicking off maryland half marathon by remembering the most unique participants. we will look at that on this thursday, december 8th. good morning. i am charley crowson but we haveto get to weather because that's the story for the past 24 hours and justin berk is standing by with what we have for today. >> i took this picture in york county. put the date stamp on there on the 8th of december. snows--- snow on many cars and this is the icing on the cake that a lot of you are missing. where's your snow. we will talk about it. we will see why the computer is doing this this morning. we are talking about rain at bwi and storms did about everything else and was expected. record rainfall 2.83 inches. show at bwi a trace that was too hard to overcome and all that warm wet ground and i did overestimate how much that snow would really account for the change in temperatures but the winds gusted to 40 miles per hour and yes we had snow photos

. >> but the former penn state football coach failed to stay the course for this preliminary hearing. instead of listening while the young men detailed allegations of abuse, dating back to when they were 10 or 11 years old, sandusky's lawyer decided it waive the hearing, infuriating the attorneys for some of the alleged victims. >> he didn't want the boys to be heard or seen. >> sandusky's council spent weeks accusing them of lying. >> putting these kids through this is a total disregard for them and is further abuse. >> sandusky's lawyers say the hearing -- cross examine the accusers in detail. >> this is the fight of jerry sandusky's life. this is the game of his life. >> defense attorney says the accusers are motivated by the prospect of massive civil lawsuits. >> what greater motivation could there be than the financial gain that could come out of this. >> victim 6's attorney says that is the typical kind of character assassination sex abuse victims usually face. >> 13 years. he's never brought a claim against this man. >> sandusky allegedly abused victim 6 back in 1998. and victi

. >>> former penn state football coach jerry sandusky will be in court for a preliminary hearing. he faces more than 50 charges of child sex abuse. sandusky posted a $250,000 bond and is now under house arrest. last week he was arrested a second time following new allegations by two more reported victims. cnn national correspondent susan candiotti has been following the developments and joining us now from new york. what's to be expected this week in court? >> well, there's a preliminary hearing coming up on tuesday, fred, and it's difficult to say how many victim could be testifying but it could be everyone that has been identified by the grand jury, at least six, along with other witnesses. at this preliminary hearing we'll get a brief preview of the prosecutor's case. they must convince a judge there's enough evidence against jerry sandusky to go to trial. now legally it's usually not a difficult thing to do at this stage. among those testifying will be alleged victim number 1. sandusky is charged with performing oral sex on the boy in his early teens in 2007 and 2008. when he

. >> penn state football coach jerry sandusky behind bars again this morning.e was reaarrested on on charges of sex abuse. that brings the total number of alleged victims now to ten. sandusky was taken to jail. his attorney is expected to post a kwear million bail today. low makers take a look at airport screening procedures today. the homeland security meeting will hold a hearing to review passenger screening technology at u.s. airports. privacy advocates concerned the scanners in use can be evasive. the administrator of the tsa will be testifying in that hearing. and congress is running out of time to extend the payroll tax cut that expires the end of the year. you could end up paying thousands of dollars more in taxes just next year. in an odd twist, republicans are trying to tie the tax cut to building a pipeline a move they say will create thousands of jobs. but president obama says he just wants the tax cut and nobody will go home for christmas until they get it done. >> we're staying in washington until we get the job done. our holiday gift to american f

fine said he's innocent and jerry sandusky, the former penn state football coach, charged with sexually abusing a number of boys he said he was mentoring. the head coach joe paterno and other top officials force out for failing to alert police after an assistant said that he told them he believed he saw sandusky molesting a child. stay with fox for the latest on penn state and all of the scandals in 2012. in new york, i'm rick fulbaum, fox news. >> and the news is not over yet. >> it is not. a few more days. >> for the scandals to come in. >> that's right. >> and hopefully the next few days are pleasant into 2012. >> and not tomorrow but cloudier. >> okay. >> and i think we'll have some 50s before we close out 2011. >> yeah. that is right and as we nto thi second. into all of this, we will talk about the fact that it's breezy out there. dress for it and most of the evening will be, too. the wins are staned at national, northwest at 49 miles an hour and we're getting gusts out there up over 20 miles an hour and occasionally the winds will come down with a setting sun and not necessarily

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