penn state -- more on the lawsuit at penn state. >> i feel ashamed. >> it brought students and school officials together at a meeting last night, hours after the first lawsuit was filed against penn state university. -- university, former assistant coach jerry and dusty, and another person -- jerry sandusky, and another man. a 29-year-old man says that sandusky abused him more than 100 times in the 1990's. he's >> used this job dissatisfied -- >> he used this child to satisfy his own sexual perversion.

neglect reporting policy is about to go on the books for the state's colleges and universities, coming as a result of the child abuse scandal at penn state university. >> the university system of maryland board of regents is set to officially make the changes for tomorrow. but the chancellor told me why he is calling for change. >> of course, calling the event that in state obamacare i started asking the questions, what are our policies? do we have clear guidance and reporting guidelines? >> the board of regents is wasting little time putting a policy into place that requires school employees, staff, and students to speak up. the new policy has clear guidelines. incidents must be reported to local police, the part of social services, and the state's attorney. the reports must be made orally and in writing within 48 hours of the incident. >> i think his bill a good idea, because then there is really no excuse. there is a rule and you have to follow it. >> the policy is already getting support from local college students. >> once you tell people that is sexual abuse, then they can take action then. >> it definitely needs to be report

. >>> we turn to the scandal at penn state university. two school officials showed up charges they lied to a jury on allegations of sexual abuse. pamela brown has the story. >> penn state officials walk a harrisburg, pa. courtroom judge over allegations to properly report abuse.ex the penn state assistant coach witness in the case. he is not just an important witness in this case. he is the witness. he is the reason these two officials were indicted. at aest -- journalists updates.tweeted c he says he left immediately and 's home the head coach give the coach and explicit details. later, he metweek the coach. he was under the impression that incident would be reported to the authorities. is charged with 52 criminal counts. he is innocent. he will appear in court again on january 11. fortime is running out republican presidential contenders. contenders met last night for their final showdown the january iowa caucuses. there were no bombshells. gingriche to take new had gone about his business record as ad his conservative. >> we cannot have

penn state -- more on the lawsuit at penn state. >> i feel ashamed. >> it brought students and school officials together at a meeting last night, hours after the first lawsuit was filed against penn state university. -- university, former assistant coach jerry and dusty, and another person -- jerry sandusky, and another man. a 29-year-old man says that sandusky abused him more than 100 times in the 1990's. he's >> used this job dissatisfied -- >> he used this child to satisfy his own sexual perversion. >> according to a grand jury report, he talked to him in the shower. >> he sat here with his mother and brother and said he was not a victim. he was not engaged in sexual acts with jerry. >> sandusky said he only "horsed around" with kids in the shower. he has hired a private investigator to prove his innocence. >> penn state is sending out an interesting letter -- "thank you for your interest in penn state. please continue considering joining." the attorney representing herman cain is demanding cell phone records from a woman who said she had a 13-year affair with him. another accuser, sharon bialek, is facing eviction from her home. he needs to discuss the new allegations face-to-face with his wi

. >>> the ongoing scandal at penn state university. last night, penn state administrators participated in town hall meetings that were organized by students. the meeting was held soon after the first lawsuit was filed against former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. a lawyer for the unidentified plaintiff, now 29, says sandusky sexually abused him more than 100 times, starting when he was 10 years old. >> sandusky spotted him and spotted his promise and began to groom him, and that is what predators do. >> reporter: the suit also alleges sandusky threatened the boy's family to keep him quiet. >>> the lights went out in parts of langs last los angeles last night because of santa ana winds. passengers in the terminals had to get around in the dark or just lie down and relax.passeng to get around in the dark or just lie down and relax. >>> a small plane taking off from boeing field in seattle last night, veered off the runway and hit a plane parked on the tar mark. two people were on board the plane taking off. a student pilot and h

penn state university is donating $1.5 million to crime advocacy programs. xual allegations are made, against the assistant basketball coach. >> reporter: in the first lawsuit filed against former penn state coach, jerry sandusky, says he was molested hundreds of times. he said he was threatened and his family, if he told anyone about the abuse. >> at that time, sandusky inspired his promise and began to groom him. and that's what predators do. >> reporter: the now 29-year- old claims he met sandusky through the second mile when he was just 10 years old. >> it's an opportunity to throw out a rope to some kids. and if they grab hold, they can become champions. >> reporter: sandusky founded the charity in 1977. investigators say he used it to prey on his victims. in addition to sandusky, his foundation and penn state university have also been named as defendant in the suit. >> a lot of us are worried. >> reporter: at a town hall meeting last night at penn state, students were given the chance to ask questions about the scandal. >> sandusky was part of the penn

. >>> turning now to the latest on the sex scandal at penn state university. tomorrow for the first time we will hear publicly from the alleged victims in the penn state child sex abuse scandal. ruth will be the only washington reporter in the packed courtroom. bruce joins us now from the court house. how many alleged victims are we expecting to hear from? >> at least five. jerry sandusky will be here at the courthouse and so will the young man who he allegedly abused. the attorney for victim number one tells me that this teenager is nervous but ready. >> workers prepared for the arrival of hundreds of reporters, photographers and satellite trucks. >> reporter: the road is closed off to us which i don't believe is right. >> reporter: camera crews are parked in front of the home where sandusky allegedly abused many of the boys during sleepovers in the basement. slate mcglothlin represents victim number one who will be among at least five alleged victims to testify. >> i think it is going to be compelling. i think it is going to be something when well hear it the

by spring. >>> nearly four dozen people are facing charges in the riots that broke out at penn state university when the school fired coach joe paterno. thousands of students took to the streets when it happened last month. police may file additional charges on others. five of them are facing felony charges for tipping a television news truck. university police also charged two people with stealing a parking meter. >>> an al qaeda front group in iraq is claiming responsibility for the wave of attacks that rocked baghdad last week and killed 69 people. in an online statement, the islamic state of iraq said the assaults were meant to support sunnis in prison and in memory of those who were executed. the coordinated attacks targeted markets, grocery stores, cafes, and government buildings, and a dozen mostly shiite neighborhoods. this is the first major attack since u.s. troops completed a full withdrawal from iraq earlier this month. >>> family and friends held a vigil for a potomac, maryland man entering his third year of captivity in cuba. >> we want allan home. >> about 100 supporters showed u

also named in the suit, penn state university and the second mile foundation. >> former talk-show hostontel williams makes a new plea for the district to give patients access to medical marijuana. >> the fare is only because of ignorance. >> williams hosted an event at inael baptist church northeast. supporting a wellness center in ward 5. been an advocate for marijuana since being with multiple sclerosis. country's most drug donald has been shut down. border agents found more than 32 tons of marijuana inside secret tunnel near san diego. the six-month investigation that pot bust inargest u.s. history. tunnel leads to warehouses diego and tijuana, mexico. popular $5 deal had cheaper.st got starting tomorrow, the meatball onlyhe cold cut subs will you $2. that is right. $2. of customer appreciation month. subway is giving away free but that is a cute by a $25 gift card. -- but that is if you buy a $25 gift card. >>> politicians and pundits for a round of jokes at d.c. improv tonight. take a look. >> i am telling you the jokes. you are very funny, sir. >> that is massachusetts senator br

has filed a lawsuit against former assistant coach jerry sandusky, his former charity and penn state university. is the first civil case and the child sex abuse scandal and outlines the latest disturbing allegations against sandusky. we get the latest from jay gray. >> fallout from the child sex abuse continued today with the first lawsuit filed in the case. >> it is against jerry sandusky. -- who abused him and violated his trust as a child for over 40 years. >> the man at the center of the civil suit is 29-years old now and is identified only as john doe. he is not one of the eight victims initially characterized in a grand jury report. he claims that sandusky assaulted him more than 100 times between the age of 10 and 14 and threatened to harm him and his family if he told anyone about the abuse. in his only broadcast interview about the scandal, sandusky told bob costas he has never abused a child. what are you denying you ever had any appropriate sexual contact with any of these boys? "yes, i am. >> but the man who filed suit today against sandusky into the charity he founded and penn stat

prosecutors and defense agreed to recommend a life sentence. >>> today current and former penn state universityill appear in court, and they're talking about what they knew and what they did not know about allegations of sexual abuse by former penn state coach jerry sandusky. current coach mike mcqueary is at the center of the hearing. he claims to have witnessed sandusky sexually molesting a child in the team's locker room showers. but former athletic director tim curley and former vice president gary shultz say mcqueary gave them a less graphic account of what happened. >>> arlington national cemetery is being managed better one year after widespread problems surfaced at the cemetery. the army is taking positive steps towards addressing the problems, which included mismarked or misidentified grave sites. the gao says they are still -- there are still improvements that need to be made. another progress report on the conditions at arlington is due next week. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonnell is proposing a 3% bonus for state employees. the bonuses would be given out next december. mcdonnell m

his testimony is key in the hearing for two penn state university officials facing perjury charges. prosecutors say tim curley and gary schultz lied to the grand jury about what mcqueary told them. >> most 6 or 7-year-olds understand what it is to tell the truth or lie. >> reporter: legal experts say mcqueary's testimony today was convincing and damaging. >> the only question is what he described to curley and schultz. did he describe something that was necessarily a sexual act? >> reporter: curley and schultz's lawyers maintain their clients were not told by mcqueary about the sexual details. >> had he heard from mike mcqueary that this boy in the shower was being in any way sexually assaulted or there was serious sexual conduct, he would have remembered that. >> reporter: mcqueary is facing criticism he didn't do enough to stop the abuse. mcqueary said he was shocked and distraught and turned to his father for advice but did not go to police. instead, he met with head football coach joe paterno and testified he conveyed to paterno what he saw. in a written statement read in court,

. >>> penn state university is trying to revamp its image in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal there. the president want the public to see penn state as a public institution not a football factory and wants a center for the protection of children to help the victims. at least six of former substantiate coach jerry sandusky's alleged victims are expected to testify at a preliminary hearing next week. the former assistant coach denies charges that he sexually abused eight children. >>> the decision to allow the displays to stay comes after a display of a skeleton in a santa claus suit was displayed yesterday. the board wants to preserve all displays. >>> the capital christmas tree is all lit up. the house speaker flipped on the lights with help from a second grader from california. then after 1:15 the tree went dark for 12 minutes before the lights came back on. aides suspect a bad circuit breaker. the 65 foot tree is on the west lawn of the capitol building. it has 3,000 ornaments and 10,000 l.e.d. lights. >>> coming up tonight, police are trying to find out when is passing out a

now to the sex abuse scandal rocking penn state university.y sandusky lawyers makes a bold statement. he says the former coach might have needed to teach the troubled boys how to shower. >> teaching a person to shower at the age of 12 or 14 may sound strange to some people but there are a lot of juvenile delinquents who have to be taught basic life skills like how to put so on your body. >> in a later statement the lawyer said that was only a hypothetical example but said sandusky showering with boys is not enough to indicate guilt. he has pleaded not guilty to molesting a 10 boyce. a religious attack targeting tim tebow and how it has led to action. another big change has almost arrived. >> and neighborhood unaccustomed to crime is on edge. >> you are watching abc7 news at 11 with leon harris, alison starling bob ryan is whether and tim brown sports. this is abc7 news at 11:00 on your side. >> an alert for an affluent d.c. neighborhood following an attack the neighbors say is very rare. homeowners are on edge tonight in grover park after a co

and the suit also names sandusky's second mile charity and penn state university. >>> hundreds of family and friends crowding a church near atlanta for the funeral of a florida a&m drum major. the pastor urging the crowd to stop the foolish hazing that may have killed him. robert champion, a 26-year-old junior, was found dead on a bus after one of the school's football games in orlando. the school fired the director of the marching 100, one of the most well-known marching bands in the nation. champion's family is now suing the school, saying it wants to end the culture of the cover-up of hazing there. >>> republicans now pushing a new way to keep the payroll tax cut on the books. senate republican leaders introduced a bill that would keep the payroll tax rate at its current level for another year by freezing the pay of federal employees through 2015. the gop plan also invites millionaires and billionaires like warren buffett to voluntarily pay more taxes if they feel they aren't being taxed enough. democrats want to tax everyone making more than $1 million to pay for the payroll tax cut.

. >> ending in.xxx addresses penn state, and penn state university. the effort to buy up the do main names began in september. speaking of which, the penn state and syracuse stcandals. what elt matly will happen next. but they're not the only ones who have to live with the fallout of the scandals chblgt tracy wrote on salon.com about the wives and what it's like to hear that their husbands are accused of such unbelievable crimes. you wrote about the wooifs and the families. they all get caught up in this. >> what surprised me the most is the whom who was at the heart of my story. i started talking to her over the phone. decided to stay with him even after the revelation that he had abused a 10-year-old girl who lived across the street from them. that in and of itself was quite shocking to me. it had not occurred to me that a woman might stay after that sort of revelation. >> when you mean stay, you men stay with her husband after he was arrested and then later had two kids with him. so that would probably be shocking to a lot of people. how does she ex

penn state family. we all are. and i feel shame. >> penn state university held a town hall forum yesterday regarding the scandal involving former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. he is accused of sexually abusing several boys. meanwhile a lawsuit was filed yesterday on behalf of an alleged victim who is not part of the criminal case. the 29-year-old plaintiff claims that when he was a child, sandusky abused him more than 100 times and threatened to harm his family to keep him quiet. >>> a grinch won't be able to ruin the holiday for an oakland charity. a bank stepped up. we told you yesterday how someone stole $4,000 worth of donated toys and food for the allman grove elementary school. now wells fargo donated $4,000 to replace the stolen items. no arrests. they haven't got anything back yet, either. >>> we have a fire in the mission district. let's check with elizabeth. >> yeah. sounds like it's an apartment fire right now. this is a breaking situation. we are sending a crew to the scene and we have a slight location change. it's a block farm. er from where we thought it was. it was at 24th and valencia. we are

. >>> nearly a dozen people are facing charges in the riot that's broke out at penn state university when they fired coach joe paterno. thousands took to the streets when it happened last month. state college police say they've charged 45 people and may file additional charges on others. 5 of them are facing felony charges for tipping a television news truck. university police also charged two people accuseded of stealing a parking meter. >>> what was supposed to be a life saving flight ends with three people dead in florida after a helicopter crash. the medical chopper from the mayo clinic in florida was on its way to retrieve a heart for a transplant patient. that's when it crashed in this remote area near jacksonville. the pilot and two medical staff members died in the accident. doctors also say the heart they were trying to retrieve can no longer be used because its viability has expired. >>> the fda says it raised concerns back in 2000 about the french breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. the fda said it sent an inve

>>reporter: new developments at the courthouse, the former assistant coach of penn state's university, a jury sandusky is accused of more than 50 talents of child molestation. he was expected to trial in a preliminary hearings, the judges was set to uphold the charges. sandusky are right earlier this morning with his wife maintaining his innocence in this matter on all counts. this morning, he arrived at the courthouse as and as soon as the proceedings started, he waived his rights to a preliminary hearing. that means that he will go directly to trial. one of the attorneys for victim number 1 is present at the courthouse and said all of that victim was not here, there are now 11 alleged victims in this case. they will be testifying unless there is a plea deal offered and accepted. as of today, there has been no plea agreement. the defense team cut is telling us, that any xi deal would mean life in prison for their client and they are not fair to except that maintaining the debt siri--maintaining the jury's hands as he is innocent of all counts. sphere is >>mark: justine waldman is int

penn state. the former assistant football coach at penn state university charged with sexually assaulting 10 boys. and in a related development, a local newspaper reports conflicting stories from the assistant coach mike mcqueary who claims he witnessed him assault a boy in 2002. a family friend telling the harrisburg patriot news, mccreery told him he didn't see the assault and boy peering out of the stall and jerry sandusky leaving that stall shortly afterwards. >>> and joe paterno recovering in the opt after falling, he broke his pelvis. 85 years old, but won't need surgery and expected to make a full recovery. he is also undergoing radiation and chemotherapy right know for a treatable form of lung cancer. paterno was fired from penn state in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal last month. >>> eight players are suspended after a basketball game ended in a brawl and you won't believe this video. >> you will see this. this happened during the cross- town rivalry between the university of cincinnati and xavier. >> there i go. it was a game that was filled with a whole lot of trash talking. cr

his lawsuit targets penn state university and the second mile charity where sandusky allegedly foundme on-the-field sports news in the nfl, buffalo receiver stevie johnson said he's done performing touchdown celebrations after his latest earned him a $10,000 fine and widespread criticism. the league punished johnson for mocking jets receiver plaxico burress by pretending to shoot himself in the thigh. johnson would not discuss the fine. he did post a picture on twitter of an envelope he found waiting from the nfl, in his locker. >>> johnson says he apologized to burress for the incident and is now focused on the bills' sunday game against the titans. plaxico said immediately after the game, he thought it was funny and it's water under the bridge. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, newt gingrich lays out his case as a real conservative in the republican race, a case he says includes his defeat of communism. >>> and when we come back, we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch brian williams confront jon stewart in the daily show kitchen, with a bullhorn. "way too early" coming r

. >> reporter: also named in the suit, penn state university and the second mile foundation, the charity jerry sandusky started for at-risk boys. and where he is accused of finding his victims. brad wheelis, abc news. >>> in other news this morning, gary giordano is back home after spending four months in an aruban jail. the businessman from maryland arrived in new york city yesterday, after being reunited with family and trends. giordano, though, is still the prime suspect in the disappearance of robyn gardner. but a court ruled he could no longer be held without more evidence. and we'll hear gary giordano's version coming up later today on "good morning america." it will be interesting to hear what he has to say. >>> time, now, for weather across the nation. fierce santa ana winds tear through california. those winds also reach las vegas and the rockies. up to seven inches of snow around denver, salt lake city and cheyenne. and up to a foot and a half in the mountains. freezing rain tonight in the texas panhandle. snowshowers from minneapolis to milwaukee. >> just 30 degrees in the twi

. >>> today current and former penn state university officials will appear in court. they'll talk about what they knew and what they did about allegations of sexual abuse by former assistant coach jerry sandusky. current coach mike mcqueary is at the center of this hearing. he claims to have witnessed sandusky sexually molesting a child in the team's shower room. but former athletic director mike curly and director schultz say mcqueary gave a less graphic statement of what happened. >>> today barry bonds will find out if he's headed to prison for his obstruction of justice conviction. he's convicted of providing evasive testimony to a federal grand jury investigating a laboratory suspected of selling banned substances to athletes. federal prosecutors have asked to sentence him to 15 months in prison. probation officers are recommending house arrest and community service. >>> one of the biggest drug dealers also happens to be a be a player for the nfl. bears arrested receiver sam hurd for allegedly trying to buy a kilo of cocaine. he told the agent he wanted to buy $10

. >>> and penn state university is trying to revamp its image in the wake of that scandal. appointed president rodney erickson says he wants the campus to house a national center for the protection of children to help victims of abuse. the center would be initially funded with part of $2 million in college football bowl proceeds. the school is slated to receive from the big ten conference. penn state typically funnels the bowl revenue back into the athletic department. >>> the federal government could decide today whether to lift the age restriction on who could buy the morning after pill. the fda is considering a request from the drug's manufacturer to allow teens under the age of 17 to buy the birth control without a prescription. the drug maker says the move would lower the rate of abortion. conservative groups oppose the proposal. they say the drug should not be available without a doctor's permission or parental consent. >>> women with breast cancer may want to rethink their treatment options. research found that women who had the partial radiatn treatment were twice a

. >>> the child sex scandal at penn state university is back in the headlines tonight after those bombshellments from former coach jerry sandusky to "the new york times." it's his second major interview and abc news now has exclusive reporting that his public comments are enraging his accusers and raising questions about his defense strategy. abc's jim avila is on the case. >> reporter: jerry sandusky may soon face his accusers. prosecutors plan on calling all eight alleged victims to testify at next week's preliminary hearing. abc news has learned from sources close to the case, that sandusky's second high-profile interview has so incensed his accusers, they are anxious to tell their stories. >> first he serially abused his client then he has to hear sandusky deny he did those things. >> reporter: sandusky told "the new york times" over the weekend he is being turned into a monster by prosecutors who are mistaking fatherly affection for sexual abuse. >> i didn't do those things. >> reporter: but when given yet another chance to answer the simple question of whether he is sexually attracted

. >>> former penn state university football coach jerry sandusky waived his right to a hearing today. that hearing would have included testimony from at least some of the reported victims of sexual abuse and according to sandusky's attorney, that's why he decided to skip the whole thing. now prosecutors will share evidence against sandusky faster and will not raise his bail. >> we would have heard a recitation of the allegations without realistically being able to cross-examine the witnesses who testify as to their credibility and as all of you know, credibility is going to be the main factor in this case. >> sandusky himself left the courtroom telling reporters he would "stay the course, fight for four quarters and wait too tell his side of the story." >>> a maryland woman had been sentenced to more than three years in prison for a deadly hit and run convicted in the october 2010 crash that killed kela ryan who was out celebrating her 24th birthday when davidson hit her in dupont circle. davidson was fined nearly $5,000, the cost of the funeral expenses for the victim. >>> a northwes

. >>> former penn state university assistant coach jerry sandusky waived a preliminary hearing just moments before it was about to begin. the move means he will not have to face his accusers any time soon. sandusky faces 52 criminal counts for a series of alleged sexual assaults on children. his lawyer said he waited until the last minute because he wanted prosecutors to agree to share vital information in the case. sandusky's attorney says there will be no plea bargain. the prosecution says that's fine. they're ready for trial. >> not our case because today's not the time and place for us to present our defense. >> it will allow us to promptly advance the prosecution in this case to a just conclusion. >> sandusky remains under house arrest. he is scheduled for january 11th and he's not expected to be there. >> two men who say they were sexually abused by a former syracuse university assistant basketball coach, bernie fine, have now filed a lawsuit against the school and the men's head basketball coach jim bayheim. davis and lange said they were repeatedly molested by fine. fine denies the

reporting policy affects school employees, staff, and students at 13 state colleges and universities. >> following the events at penn state, i started asking the question, what are our policies? do we have clear guidance and reporting lines? folks started looking into what we had in place and felt that it needed to be strengthened and clarified. so that is what this is all about. >> under the report -- under the proposed reporting requirements, those who witness child abuse or neglect must make a written and oral report within 48 hours to police and the local state's attorney. word of the policy changes got a strong reaction from college students in baltimore county. >> the issue has been really serious. i think it is good to put something in place so that if something does happen, it will not be hidden under wraps. >> abuse definitely needs to be reported at this point. the fact that they got away with it for so long at penn state is ridiculous. if people know about some sort of abuse that is ruining a child's life, it needs to be stopped immediately. >> it does not guarantee they will take action, but that should

. >>> penn state university is reaching out to perspective students. this is a letter one student received. earlier this year after he applied it thanked the student for interest and says please continue to consider joining. >>> zack tomatselli accused bernie fine of sexually abusing him but yesterday he was in could be charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy,, a charge which he pled not guilty. bernie fine maintains his innocence. syracuse fired him on sunday. >>> yesterday, judge lawrence fletcher hill tossed out an obstruction charge against paul schurick. they say he tried to suppress voter turnout in the rematch between marten o'malley and ehrlich. ehrlich took the stand calling schurick a good guy. >>> a third public hearing is set for monday about the planned merger between constellation and exlon. maryland public service commission is deciding whether to approve the deal and they want to hear from you. the next meeting is in and alleys set for 7:00. >>> one school admits they have dozens of applications every year and can't accept al

the former assistant football coach of penn state university is charged with more than 50 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys he met through a children's charity. the accusers are adults and some are expected to testify at today's preliminary hearing. >> he is going to have to sit in a courtroom about a couple of hundred people, i understand it's going to be filled to capacity, including members of his family and friends who are going to listen to some of these young men say horrific things occurred between them and jerry. >> former assistant coach mike mcqueary is scheduled to testify for the prosecution. sandusky denies all allegations. >>> four u.s. some engineers are dead after two army helicopters crashed in the state of washington. the two-seat reconnaissance choppers went down around 8 p.m. at lewis-mcchord one of the nation's largest military bases. it's still not clear whether the aircraft collided or crashed separately. so far the isn't releasing the victim names or identifying their unit. >>> in washington today, the house is expected to pass a bill to extend the pay

. >>> mike mcqueary assistant football coach at penn state university may testify today in the hearing of athletic director of tim curley and gary schultz. prosecutors say they did not respond properly nine years ago when mcqueary reported an alleged sexual attack on a boy in a university shower. mcqueary says the attacker was jerry sandusky a former coach. >>> newt gingrich had the front- runner target on his back as republican candidates gathered for the final presidential debate before the iowa caucuses. michele bachmann accused a former house speaker of being a washington lobbyist for accepting more than $1.5 million from troubled mortgage giant freddie mac. >> we can't have as our nominee for the republican party someone who continues to stand for freddie mac and fannie mae. they need to be shut down, not build up. >> i never lobbied under any circumstance. >> the other candidates tried to demonstrate what sets them above the rest of the pack. >> i understand by the way from my successes and failures what it's going to take to put americans back to work. >> i as the president woul

>>shepard: we got word from penn state university that two penn state officials can be tried on chargeshey lied to a grand jury about an allegation of child sex abuse against the ex-penn state football coach sandusky. they are two whose names are familiar. the judge is the one in this case, the names of curly and shultz, and mike mcqueary's grand testimony goes into there, and they can be tried. the army analyst accused of threing hundreds of thousands of documents to wikileaks asks for a new judge. bradley manning, bradass 87 was the online handle, if you will, with the lawyer asking the officer presiding over his hearing to recuse himself because of bias. we will get the details of that. and manning's case is called the most famous leak of government secrets sin the pentagon officials saying he downloaded the documents to a cd labeled "lady gaga," and passed them on to wikileaks and is facing 20 charges. including aiding the enemy and violating the espionage act. if he is convicted, he could spend the rest of his born days in prison. bradly manning has many supporters. but his actions

. >>> tonight the child sex abuse scandal shaken penn state university brought former students and schoolgether at a town hall forum held on campus, a chance to talk candidly, ask questions. earlier the first lawsuit was filed against former defensive football coach jerry sandusky, charges with sexually abusing eight boys, charges he denies. penn state's named in the lawsuit along with the charity sandusky founded for under privileged kids. the suit founded by john doe. a 10-year-old who is 29 years old now. this man is a new accuse, not mentioned in the grand jury report. his attorneys claim sandusky sexually abused their client more than 100 times and threatened to harm him and his family if he told anyone. as for sandusky, his attorney says he's working with a private investigator prove his innocence. in an interview today with cnn contributor, he's talked to one of the alleged victims described in the graphic grand jury report that led to sandusky's arrest. listen. >> what i'm saying is that the young man was in my office several weeks ago following the initiation of the charges again

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. >>> more on the sexual abuse allegations, a man that said he was molested as a child at penn state university said he is reaching out here. >> good morning. for the first time, an attorney is speaking to us about what his client had to deal with over the last 13 years. >> most of them like to put this out of their mind. >> howard janet is represent senting of the coach's victims. he said they met in the charity second mile. he said that the coach gave him a bear hug from behind as they showerd together. >> it is like putting salt in the wound to say that they are lying. >> in a second interview, he tried to talk about the attraction to young boys. off camera, will hear his attorney jump in. >> if you say i'm not attracted to boys, it is not true. eye i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls -- (lawyer speaking off camera). >> i enjoy spending time with young people -- watching him answer that question is very disturbing and telling. >> the shower incident happen in 1998, the boy's mother said she reported that, but no action was taken against the coach. >>> in that interview, he said even w

. ♪ >>> tonight the child sex abuse scandal shaking penn state university.a town hall forum held on campus a chance to talk candidly and ask questions. hours later, the first charges against jerry sandusky. penn state named in a lawsuit along with the charity sun dus i can founded for underprivileged kids. the suit was filed on behalf of someone listed as john doe, a 29-year-old man who says he was 10 years old when he first met sandusky. this man is a new accuser, not mentioned in that grand jury report. his attorneys claim he sexual lly abused his client more than 100 times. he is working with a private investigator to prove his innocence. in a report today, he said he talked to one of the alleged victims describing that extremely grand jury report that led to sandusky's arrest. listen. >> what i'm saying is that young man in that office several weeks ago following the charges against jerry and he sat here with this mother and his brother and said he was not a victim, he was the young man that he believed in the shower the night that mcquery said he went i

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