he denies the allegations. >> peter alexander at state college, p.a. for us tonight. peter, thanks. >>> there is more to report on this tonight. as we said a videotaped interview of jerry sandusky conducted some years ago has surfaced in which he talks about his work with children. it's now, of course, difficult to watch in light of these allegations. as peter just reported, there's been another high level resignation in the wake of the scandal. our national investigative correspondent michael isikoff has more on all of it. >> we have outgrown many facilities -- >> reporter: that's jack raykovitz interviewed about the expanding reach of the second mile, a charity he ran for 28 years that helps troubled kids. a grand jury report said raykovitz was told in 2002 that jerry sandusky was showering naked with a 10-year-old boy in the penn state football team's locker room. he says a penn state official told him there was no finding of wrongdoing, but state investigators want to know if there was a cover-up. the second mile is reeling. and its newly appointed director says th

nbc's peter alexander has more from the penn state campus tonight. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. tonight we are learning about two new child sexual abuse allegations against jerry sandusky, where both alleged victims are still under the age of 18. the harrisburg "patriot news" tonight reports that the two cases have been opened by child and youth services right here in pennsylvania within the last 60 days. if they are found to be credible, this could raise new questions about why authorities waited until the end of a three-year grand jury investigation to arrest sandusky. also tonight, there are new indications that the penn state scandal may now include obstruction of justice. according to a source familiar with the investigation, pennsylvania state prosecutors filed a secret motion in july to hold sandusky's charity, called the second mile, in contempt after the organization failed to turn over sandusky's subpoenaed expense records. the motion was later withdrawn, but many of those records may have contained details a

>> peter alexander in state college, p.a. tonight. r, thanks. >>> terribly sad story out of the midwest tonight. the coach and assistant coach of oklahoma state's women's basketball team were killed last night when the small plane they were in crashed 50 miles outside little rock. head coach kurt budke and assistant miranda serna were on a recruiting trip. the plane's pilot and his wife also died in the crash. this tragedy comes ten years after two oklahoma state men's basketball players and eight others died in a plane crash outside denver. >>> overseas tonight, president obama made big news today on his tour of the asian pacific region with an announcement about secretary of state hillary clinton. our chief white house correspondent chuck todd had a chance to speak with secretary clinton earlier today. tonight he is traveling with the president. >> reporter: the president showed up in the vivid colors of a traditional balinese shirt for the official photo with asian leaders. mr. obama has tried to keep the focus on the jobs crisis ba

nbc's peter alexander live on campus tonight, state college, p.a. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. tonight penn state tells nbc news that jerry sandusky has been barred from university facilities. this is one of the details in the shocking sexual abuse case. he's supposed to be the prosecution's star witness, but there are new questions tonight about whether mike mcqueary alerted authorities after allegedly witnessing former assistant coach jerry sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in the shower in 2002. the grand jury report says mcqueary was never questioned by university police. but in an e-mail obtained by the associated press, mcqueary told a friend last week, i did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police. tonight the university tells nbc news, we have no record of any police report filed by mike mcqueary. this is the first we have heard of it. on tuesday, mcqueary described his emotions to cbs news. >> all over the place, just kind of shaken. >> crazy? >> crazy. >> you

nbc's peter alexander reports tonight from the penn state campus. >> reporter: with the penn state child sexual abuse scandal growing, several lawyers tell nbc news more potential victims of jerry sandusky are now coming forward and beginning to share stories of abuse, some reportedly dating back to the 1970s. >> there is comfort in numbers. i think that they now understand that we're not alone. >> reporter: ben andreozzi represents at least two alleged victims. one not in the report. andreozzi said he was told by authorities he is victim number 11. >> my client was sexually assaulted by mr. sandusky in the early '90s. he was sexually assaulted on the grounds of penn state university. >> reporter: also today the new york times reports officials at the second mile, sandusky's children's charity, discovered several years of documents missing. according to the times, investigators are concerned the missing files may limit their ability to determine whether sandusky used charity funds to recruit new victims or even buy their silence. just weeks after then graduate assistant mike mcqueary wit

nbc's peter alexander has more tonight from penn state. >> reporter: while the penn state campus is largely emptied out ahead of the thanksgiving holiday the university community is filled with serious new questions about its board of trustees. even though the board itself will be under scrutiny today the trustees tapped former fbi director louie freeh to head their independent investigation. he said his inquiry will go back as far as 1975, two decades earlier than the grand jury report issued. >> if our investigation identifies any additional victims of sexual crimes against or exploitation of children, we will immediately report this to law enforcement authorities. >> board member kenneth fraser said freeh will be empowered to follow the investigation wherever it leads. >> no one -- no one is above scrutiny. >> ron smith wrote the book "pay for play" examining challenges of reform in college sports. he's skeptical of board members' public comments they knew nothing. >> even if they knew they wouldn't say anything about protecting something that's very valuable to penn state which is the f

peter alexander has the story. >> reporter: with the penn state sexual abuse scandal growing, more victims are coming forward and beginning to share their stories of abuse. some dating back to the 1970s. >> there's comfort in numbers. i think they understand we are not alone. >> reporter: he represents at least two victims, one not included in the grand jury report. that man was told by authorities he is victim number 11. >> my client was sexually assaulted by him in the '90s and on the grounds of penn state university. >> reporter: "the new york times" officials at the second mile discovered several years of documents missing. according to the times, investigators are concerned they may limit their about to determine whether he used charity funds to recruit new victims or buy their silence. weeks after then graduate assistant witnessed sandusky assaulting a boy in a locker room shower, mcqueary joined him in a flag football game. he showed up to support a golf tournament benefiting the second mile. he spoke briefly with nbc news. >> i'm not going to go into detail about anything but, you

here's nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: with all the rituals here, the marching band parading throughhe streets, the nittany lions' heroic pre-game arrival, there was something comfortably familiar about this fall saturday, even if everything had changed. >> it does get into your blood. >> reporter: tt's why tens of thousands of penn state fans returned to beaver stadium today, still stunned by the horrific allegations of child sexual abuse but here to show their love and loyalty to the blue and white they so revere. after a week of turmoil, game day offered state college a sorely-needed distraction. >> i think that is one of the things that kind of helps us like stay together. couldn't have come a better timing for the football game. >> reporter: ron watson class of '73 has only missed a single home game in the last 14 years. >> it's not the building. it's really not the individual people. it's everything. >> the community. >> the community. it just becomes branding you. >> reporter: this week here in an area known as happy valley, fans have been overwhelmed by conflicting emotions.

but first nbc's peter alexander is at penn state tonight with today's developments in this case. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. for the first time tonight we are hearing from penn state assistant coach mike mcqueary. he told a grand jury he witnessed former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky sexually abusing a boy in the locker room showers in 2002. in seclusion and on paid administrative leave mike mcqueary has not spoken publically since the penn state scandal broke. but last week in an e-mail obtained exclusive by nbc news, he told friends and former teammates, i did the right thing. you guys know me. the truth is not out there fully. i didn't just turn and run. i made sure it stopped. i had to make quick, tough decisions. while he is not facing charges, mcqueary has now hired an attorney. pennsylvania governor tom corbett who, as attorney general in 2009, launched the investigation into former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky said on "meet the press" sunday that mcqueary should have done more. >> he met the minimum obligation of reporting i

nbc's peter alexander joins us now with the latest developments. peter? >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. the attorney for one of the alleged victims of former penn state defensive coordinator tells nbc news tonight that he is preparing a civil lawsuit against the university. this as pennsylvania's governor is calling for the state's sex abuse reporting laws to be toughened up. with the penn state child sexual abuse scandal entering its second week -- >> national outrage. >> reporter: -- strong words today on "meet the press" from pennsylvania governor tom corbett. >> when people see something like this or hear about something like this, you need to investigate right away. >> reporter: as attorney general in 2009, corbett began the investigation into former assistant coach jerry sandusky. he said mike mcqueary, the then graduate assistant who told a grand jury he witnessed sandusky sexually abusing a boy in 2002 should have done more. >> he met the minimum obligation of reporting it up, but did not, in my opinion, meet a moral obligation that all

nbc's peter alexander has more on all of that and the investigation tonight from the penn state campuster, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. a really busy evening at penn state. in a statement, the family of joe paterno said that the 84-year-old former coach is undergoing treatment for lung cancer and the doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery. joe paterno, one of the most recognizable faces in all of college sports had been spotted publically just once in the last week leaving a medical building near the penn state campus wednesday night. his diagnosis had remained private until now. late today the man whose alleged sexual abuse led to paterno's firing less than two weeks ago jerry sandusky returned to his state college home dropping a note out the window that said, we have nothing more to say at this time. you may contact our attorney if you wish. vandals damaged the front window of the home. the second mile where he met his alleged victims, is preparing to fold and is trying to transfer to other operations. federal prosecutors and fbi agents are now

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nbc's peter alexander is in state college, pennsylvania with more. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. that is right. according to multiple lawyers jerry sandusky's tv interview has led several potential victims of alleged child sexual abuse to come forward and consider sharing their stories. sandusky's voice and his refusal to admit any wrongdoing has reportedly triggered past memories, some dating as far back as the 1970s. at jerry sandusky's home wednesday delivery of a new elliptical machine for the man who has been largely in solution since the child sexual abuse scandal broke. it comes as penn state officials told nbc news in a brief statement, jerry sandusky has been barred from university facilities. on wednesday sandusky's attorney defended his heavily criticized decision to allow the alleged sex offender to be interviewed monday night by bob costas for "rock center." >> i say that i am innocent of those charges. >> innocent? completely innocent and falsely accused in every aspect? >> well, i could say that

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. >> nbc's peter alexander has been following all of the developments at state college, pennsylvania . peter, what have we seen today so far? and what do we know about other victims out there? i know you've been reporting on all of this. >> reporter: those are both good questions. we will begin with a man you just had on the screen, that is david joiner a former board member here at penn state university. he is now the acting athletic director making his first public comments since this scandal broke and effectively saying that he views the athletic department as being in line with any other academic unit going forward, acknowledging while the university and its sports program may have lost some of its luster that it's his effort going forward to make sure that it regains its proud identity here. also today it's important to note that nbc news first reported that morning that university has now officially appointed a new president, the 17th president of this school is a man by the name of rodney e k erickson. he replaced spanier who was replaced last week concerning questions about wh

. >> peter alexander in state college, pennsylvania tonight. thank you for that. >>> and a high profile cheating scandal has expanded tonight. this one involves high school students from long island, new york accused of cheating on their s.a.t.'s by paying other kids to take the test for them. it's a story that's getting national attention and stirring outrage over the honest hardworking students who are losing out to cheaters in this case. our education correspondent rehema ellis has our report. >> did you cheat on the s.a.t.s? >> reporter: 13 current and former students from some of america's top ranked public high schools turned themselves in today. in the high stakes cheating scandal that has now spread to several new york communities. some of the students are accused of accepting up to $3600 in exchange for taking critical college entrance exams. including the s.a.t. and the a.c.t. students accused of taking the tests for others face misdemeanor charges. >> this affects millions of college students and college bound students. >> reporter:

first nbc's peter alexander is on the penn state college campus with the latest in the developments in the case. good morning. >> reporter: there is another investigation under way in penn state university, this one specifically looking into how the university itself responded to the allegations of child sexual abuse by the football team's former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. the allegations date back to the mid '90s, leading to the firing of the school's president and of course the head coach, joe pater paterno. at the helm of the investigation, a veteran lawman, louie freeh. the university is filled with serious new questions about its board of trustees. on monday the trustees tapped freeh to head its investigation. the investigation will go back as far as 1975. >> if our investigation identifies any additional victims of sexual crimes against or exploitation of children, we will immediately report this to law enforcement authorities. >> reporter: board member kenneth frazier said freeh will be empowered to follow the investigation wherever it leads. >> no someone above scrut

peter alexander, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we are learning about two new child abuse sexual allegations against jerry sandusky. in both cases the victims are still believed to be under the age of 18. the "harrisburg patriot news" reports this morning the two cases have been opened by child and youth services here in pennsylvania within the last two months. now if they are found to be credible, this could raise some serious questions about why authorities waited until the end of a three-year grand jury investigation to arrest jerry sandusky. today there are new indications the penn state scandal may include obstruction of justice, according to a source familiar with the investigation, pennsylvania state prosecutors filed a secret motion in july to hold sandusky's charity, it's called the second mile, in contempt, after the organization failed to turn over sandusky's subpoenaed expense records. the motion was later withdrawn but some of those documents that may have contained details about sandusky's relationships with the secon

first, peter alexander is at penn state with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it was an emotionally exhausting weekend at penn state university but the investigation presses forward with pennsylvania's governor encouraging any other alleged victims, of former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky to come forward and contact authorities. as penn state students head back to class this morning, this tight-knit community is still reeling from horrific charges of child sexual abuse, and an alleged university coverup. late sunday night, president obama spoke out from hawaii. >> what happened at penn state indicates that at a certain point, folks start thinking about systems and institutions and don't think about individuals. evil can thrive in the world just by good people standing by and doing nothing. >> reporter: these are the penn state locker room showers where then graduate assistant mike mcqueary told a grand jury he witnessed former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky sexually abusing a boy in 2002. pennsylvania

nbc's peter alexander is in state college with the latest on this story. r, good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning to you. police in syracuse, new york are investigating whether the men's assistant basketball coach there molested a boy, beginning in the mid 1980s, for more than 12 years. we'll have more details on that in just a moment. but here at penn state university, the man initially named acting president has now officially taken over that title. his name is rodney erickson. and today we're learning new details about the case here, and about a federal investigation, as well. several lawyers tell nbc news that more young men are coming forward to say they're victims of jerry sandusky. many of them empowered the lawyers, say, to begin sharing their stories of abuse in the face of sandusky's denials. with bob costas on monday night. >> i say that i am innocent of those charges. >> there's comfort in numbers. and i think that they now understand that we're not alone. >> reporter: ben and riazi represents at least two alleged victims, one of them not

nbc's peter alexander is covering the story for us and joins us live from state college, pennsylvania do we know at this point? >> we are going to tell you more of the details. nbc news was first to report that pennsylvania state prosecutors filed the secret motion to hold -- as we speak a car accident out front. bad weather here. the children's charity was held in contempt after the organization failed to turn over expense reports of the founder, jerry sandusky was subpoenaed by the grand jury itself. the motion that had been filed was with drawn in october. the charity's new lawyers tell us or sources tell us they are looking for the rest of the records and what they are trying to find is any information that gives us a better sense of what relationship and what time jerry sandusky spent with some of these eight alleged vehicles. the allegations being made over the course of 15 years. as you noted, the next hearing is scheduled for december 13th. that's the first chance prosecutors will have to show they have enough evidence to take this case against jerry san dusk to trial. we drov

. >> that was peter alexander reporting.he hearings for two former officials at penn state have been delayed until next month. and they are charged with not alerting authorities and with lying to a grand jury. >>> now, to a news4 exclusive, a former loudoun county middle schoolteacher accused of being drunk is now speaking. he says he was not intoxicated on monday when police arrested him at the middle school where he taught physicis. a portable breathalyzer test came back with a reading of over the legal limit. he admits drinking the previous night but says he was not drunk at school. >> were you teaching while you were intoxicated at the school? >> no, this is -- for me, i have only that that night, and i don't know what happened. >> he has resigned from the school but says he plans on fighting the charge against him. >>> today, the small business administration will open offices in fairfax and prince williams counties for anybody that suffered property damage for tropical storm lee. homeowners could get up to $200,000 in

. >> joining us is nbc's peter alexander.ving sandusky flying twice to bowl games and one in tampa and one in san antonio. what else is the fbi considering in relation to the case? >> those are the two critical elements that you note in addition that right now. the feds are looking into allegations that jerry sandisk may have used the internet to try specifically target alleged victims. on top of that, this is one of the charities in new york city for troubled children that helps bring children to live with families in the suburbs and told nbc news at least a half dozen of the children from the program were sent to live with the sanduskiesy dating from the 1970s. that could qualify as reason for the feds to be involved. one official told nbc if this is not reason i don't know what would be. i have spoken to the attorney that represents the boys. the boy who was allegedly taken to the alamo bowl. he sds there was a family dynamic that existed that made the allegations and his experience so troubling. martin? >> thanks so much.

. >> nbc's peter alexander on on the campus of penn state. let's see what they're saying right now at the news conference peter was talking about. >> to add further outside perspective to our committee, we've appointed an independent and distinguished member and penn state graduate to the special committee. the eminent engineer, air force officer, and former astronaut dr. gion blueford. to lead the investigation we sought a person whose personal integrity and professional background are beyond reapproach. i'm pleased to report to you that we have more than met that standard. to conduct this investigation we've engaged an outstanding -- >> the board of trustees is speaking on the campus of penn state discussing the special panel they put together and naming who is part of the panel. let's bring in right now democratic congresswoman karen bass of california. she's the co-chair of the foster care and adoption caucuses. thank you for your time today. pennsylvania senator robert casey pushing for an expedited federal hearing. what else is congress

. >> nbc's peter alexander. thank you so much.done fabulous work on this story that i'm afraid probably has not even neared its end. thank you very much. >> reporter: happy holiday. >>> now to egypt where protests have moved into their fifth day tension mounting on the streets egyptian troops have taken the place of armed riot police in hoping -- in hopes of cooling some of the violence. reports are saying that more than 30 protesters have been killed. thousands more potentially injured in the violence. for the latest we're now joined by nbc's iman muldene in cairo. what's the scene like on the ground at this hour? replacing police with troops seemed to calm things down a little bit. how have the people responded? >> reporter: well, eugene, can you probably hear the noise behind me. several thousand strong still remain, as you mentioned, for the fifth date straight. now the egyptian military, effectively running the country, really finds itself in a crisis mode for two reasons. on the one hand trying to contain this particular sit

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