. >> bill: former penn state president graham spanier. >> spanier. >> bill: he is a weasel, right? >> certainly seems so. >> bill: looks that way. he had indications that sandusky was molesting children on the campus of penn state. >> um-huh. >> bill: he did nothing. and now he is charged with? >> perjury, endangering will the welfare of children. conspiracy. failure to report child abuse. this guy spanier in position of power, obviously the president of the university. his story was some dust up with sandusky but i was never told that it was anything regarding a sexual nature. anything of a sexual nature with respect to children. well now according to the attorney general, not only was he told emails exchanged between spanier and other guys. >> commonwealth has that. >> they weren't turned over. they did not -- it wasn't until spanier got fired that the attorney general got their hands on. inside this box which they say one of the guys sent off campus told the secretary not to produce to anybody inside that box all this email correspondence not only did they know sandusky was alle

it is believed that spanier and other school administrators tried to cover up sandusky's crimes. >>> a search is under way for a man accused of setting homemade explosives at three virginia homes early tuesday. yesterday stafford county investigators identified the suspect as 25-year-old lawrence alan stewd, ii. they say steward was targeting an ex-girlfriend and two local sheriff's deputies in explosions. luckily no one was injured. detectives believe that steward has more explosives in his car which is a red four-door hundai accent which may have virginia or pennsylvania plates. they're asking anyone with information on steward's whereabouts to please contact police immediately. >>> right now d.c. fire authorities are trying to figure out what sparked a warehouse fire overnight. flames broke out on morris street northeast near florida avenue. kristin fisher has more. >> i don't know what's going on. what caused that fire? we don't know. >>reporter: dozens of business owners in d.c.'s warehouse district are frustrateed that the fire at the old union market is costing them dearly. >>

spanier resigned last year after sandusky was charged. in grand jury testimony, spanier denied being aware of sanduskys abuse. however, in a report commissioned by penn state spanier makes a reference to an incident where sandusky was caught in the shower with a child. jerry sandusky has been transferred to a maximum- security prison in pennsylvania. he was moved to the "state correctional institution" yesterday. prison officials say the high- profile nature of his case makes him vulnerable, so he will be in protective custody during his time there. sandusky will be confined to his cell for up to 23 hours a day. he's serving a 30-to-60 year sentence, after he was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse. his attorneys are appealing. a surfer who survived a shark attack is talking about it. scott stephens was surfing off the northern california coast tuesday when he was attacked. experts say they think it was a young, great white shark. stephens has a 14-inch shark bite and several other tears to his body. he says the shark came out of nowhe

spanier's lawyer says there is no factual basis for the charges against him. former assistant coach jerry sandusky was convicted back in the summertime of abusing ten boys. we'll have more on what these charges reveal about the investigation in our second half hour. >>> business owners are assessing the damage after a massive fire broke out at an historic building in northeast washington last night. there's no word yet on what caused that fire. the two-alarm blaze started in the old union market warehouse off florida avenue. four businesses there suffered heavy damage, including an accessories wholesaler and large meat market. the newly opened union market food hall a block away was not damaged in the fire. >>> coming up on news4 at 6:00, desperate pleas for help and gas. live coverage on the impact of hurricane sandy, continues in new jersey, where the lines are getting longer and longer. plus, actor alec baldwin and his wife are among the millions in the dark in new york. but they didn't wait around for help to arrive. >> i think you really do have to love e

spanier's attorneys insisted, no fak you'll basis to support these charges. the lawyers blame the charges on pennsylvania's republican governor tom corbett, who began the sandusky investigation as attorney general. and could seek re-election in 2014. >> the charges being filed today have not relationship whatsoever to any elections. >> reporter: spanier, curley and schultz are all expected to be arraigned on friday. mark barger, nbc news. >> when asked, the attorney general kelley would not say whether charges would have been filed against former penn state football coach joe paterno who died earlier this year. >>> an update on our forecast. >> another day with cloud cover across the area. just check out the shot behind me. high atop the gaylord national resort. you can see cloudy skies, and today not much blue at all peeking through. in fact, we've had sprinkles throughout the day. we're at 46 degrees now in gaithersburg. you folks over at ellicott city at 49 degrees. 52 in d.c. 53 degrees in belvoir. and 53 degrees currently over in areas around warrenton.

criminal charges being filed former university spanier. graham chris van cleve is in the newsroom following the story. online court records confirm former president perjuryds accused of children inr and the jerry sandusky scandal. he was also charged with obstruction and conspiracy. two other former penn state employees also face additional charges. the athletic director tim schooland the retired y schultz have gar also had charges added. were arrested last year and charged with perjury properly report d abuse.d chil they are scheduled to stand trial in january. in august, graham spanier his innocence in an afteriew with abc news posingmer fbi director investigation accused the former ofversity president intentionally covered up child abuse. that report is absolutely wrong. the conclusions in that report we conspired to conceal a child predator are just >> rrect. has now been charged with perjury, obstruction, welfare of the children, and conspiracy. the other two will face charges of endangering the welfare of children, obstruction, and c

graham spanier charged with five counts. two other former administrators, timothy curley and gary schultz face those same charges. >> this case is about three powerful and influential men. three men who used their positions at penn state to conceal and cover up for years the activities of a known child predator. >> reporter: sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year period, though prosecutors suspect there were more victims. he is serving a 30 to 60-year sentence. prosecutors charge the three school administrators knew about at least two assaults. >> this was a conspiracy of silence by top officials working to actively conceal the truth. >> reporter: spanier said he would have acted if he knew sandusky was a predator. but his colleagues turned a blind eye, concerned more about themselves and the university's image. >> the one fact that you will find lacking is any concern or even discussion about the children that were victimized or any other children that could have been victimized. >> reporter: the

spanier resigned during the sexual abuse scandal at the school. in june, jerry sandusky was convicted and sentenced to prison. >>> up next, the impact sandy is having on a sports team in our region. >> and how the storm is leaving danger around some of the water ways in our area. >>> changes today on the new york city subway system. what riders are being told this morning as they try to head back to work. >> we will see some more sunshine anncr: which do you believe? what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked

spanier has said he really knew nothing about the 2001 incident in the shower involving sandusky and a young minor. he said he was made aware of very few details and that other administrators were handling this. he is expected to be charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. we'll be keeping an eye on what is going on in pennsylvania today. we'll update you on air and online. >> 5:35 now. new this morning investigators trying to find out what caused a fire at a ware house in northeast d.c. that fire broke out on the 400 block of north street. no injuries have been report. >> police announce that a shooting in northeast d.c. is a homicide. one man shot several times. police are not releasing any information on any possible suspects. the search continues for those behind a the shooting of a teenager in southeast d.c.. he was shot near alabama avenue. no word on his condition. no word of any arrests. >> new details emerging in a developing story. a nationwide manhunt grows for a virginia man who investigators believe might strike again. re looking for this man. 25-year-old laurenc

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president graham spanier forced to step down.ccused with covering up the scandal to protect penn state's reputation. this was the mass rodney erickson inherited. it is slowly being cleaned up. sandusky is in jail, probably for the rest of his life. the football program has been severely sanctioned by the ncaa but has a new and popular culture has brought stability to the program. the university was fined $60 million and is still likely on the hook for millions more as victims of sandusky file civil suits. a geography professor by trade, doctor erickson has been at penn state since 1977. he has been chairman of the geography department and served as executive vice president and provost of the university. he graduated from the university of minnesota and obtain a ph.d. in geography from the university of washington. a native of wisconsin, he is a 17th president of penn state and plans to step down in 2014. no doubt much of his time will be dealing with the fallout from the scandal and restoring penn state's reputation. please join

. >>> the former president of penn state university is set for arraignment today as graham spanier's criminal case begins. he's charged with perjury and attempting to cover up the jerry sandusky sexual abuse scandal at his school. spanier denies the charges against him. >>> a name for a new baby lion cub born just last week in china. this is twen twen which means spring. both of the cub's parents are yellow lions making the coloring unique and beautiful at that. now back with another check of the weather with from point pleasant beach, new jersey. >> a week ago we were standing on a dune that eventually got washed out and the public works folks here worked all night taking sand off the streets and created a new eight-foot dune that runs about a mile to try to protect against the effects of this nor'easter which the weather channel has named atheep ar atheepa. take a look and let's show you what's going on. airport delays from the i'd 95 corridor from boston all the way to washington, d.c. we're in fact getting rain here in point pleasant beach. we're worried about the storm surge. th

. >>> today former penn state president graham spanier will be in court. prosecutors say he was part of a conspiracy to cover-up sex crimes of assistant football coach jerry sandusky for years. spanier is charged with five counts they include perjury, obstruction of justice, endangering the welfare of children, conspiracy and failure to report suspected child abuse. two others are facing the same charges, jerry sandusky was convicted of abusing ten boys over a 15 year time span. prosecutors say the three administrators knew of about at least two of the assaults. >>> the time right now is 6:07 and i am watching your money. new york an -- area weather anchors and meteorologists rang the closing bell yesterdays as wall street continues to -- yesterday at wall street continues to recover from a two day suspension since superstorm sandy. that hasn't happened since 1888. stocks way up. that follows positive reports on manufacturing and consumer confidence as well as jobs. the gains are a prelude to the government's monthly jobs report which will be released befo

they are based on e-mails in which spanier and others agreed not to tell authorities about former football coach jerry sandusky. meantime, sandusky was transferred to state prison where he will serve 3 to 60 years behind bars. >>> and residents in louisville, kentucky, are waiting to return to their homes after workers accidentally sparked a chemical fire at the site of a train derailment. at least three workers suffered serious burns. residents outside the evacuation zone have been warned to stay indoors. >>> a human rights group said syrian rebels killed 28 government troops today in a town that straddles the country's main north/south highway. five rebels were killed in the attack. syrian forces also shelled a town near the turkish border. fighting has escalated dramatically since the failed cease-fire monday. >>> the ameridose drug company is recalling all of the products after they were told they must improve their testing process. it is the sister company to the massachusetts pharmacy whose drugs have been implicated in that deadly meningitis outbreak. ameridose is a major supplier o

spanier said he is innocent. and will fight those charges. >>> let's fast forward to the weather. doug? >> the weather out there today, very, very cool. it's not very often -- i guess we are in november. i was going to say not very often in october, but it is november 1st. so i guess it is often that we see a map like this with a lot of blue on it, it just doesn't happen this early. pittsburgh coming in at 39 degrees. a very cool atmosphere all courtesy of what's left of sandy as she moves out of here. the upper level trough continues to remain. that's going to give us more northwesterly winds and continue on this cool pattern. we're going to see this cool pattern last right on through not only the weekend, but into next week. the good news is, i think we see some sunshine. coming up, we've got a lot of events coming up this weekend, including the redskins game. we'll give you the forecast in just a minute. >>> tens of millions of americans lived through sandy's fury. they are now trying to come to grips with the destruction that that storm left behind, and in the still developing

spanier let penn state 16 years before being forced out by the scandal. sandusky is serving a 30 to 60 year prison term after being convicted on 45 counts stemming from the sexual abuse of boys that lasted years. >>> greeks angry about the new austerity measures clashed with riot police today again in athens. it happened outside parliament where the lawmakers are talking about ways to cut spending, cut even more spending in order to receive another eu bailout. police used their water canons and tear gas against tens of thousands of demonstrators. the debate inside the building was interrupted when parliament employees went on strike to protest the cuts to wages. >>> recalls in this post election day consumer roundup, 37,000 master foreign four burner gas grills sold at lowe's are being called back. the hose that connects the gas to the regulator isn't installed properly and could lead to a fire. check your grill for the model number gd4825. if you have any questions, caught company at 888-584-3 -- call the company at 888-584- 3648 for instructions how to

spanier is charged with perjury, obstruction, conspiracy and endangering the welfare of children, now the third school chalk charged in the investigation. sandusky is current -- official charged in the investigation. sandusky is currently serving a 30 year sentence. >>> we asked the redskins about their retro look. we'll hear from them next. >>> sandy is gone, but the economic storm is not going away. a new report puts sandy's financial impact from damage at now $50 billion. that is more than double initial estimates. continued power outages pushing those estimates a lot higher. meantime at least before the storm americans were starting to feel better about the economy, consumer confidence in october hitting its highest level in 4 1/2 years and that had them spending more monday. retail rose 5% from last year, but troubling news on the job market. plant layoffs in october hitting a five-month high and small businesses adding 50,000 jobs in october, fewer than the prior month, but the big numbers out friday when the government releases its october employment report. meanwhile we're see

this afternoon prosecutors formally charged graham spanier.e's accused of perjury, obstruction and conspiracy to cover up accusations against jerry sandusky. moments ago spanier's attorneys blame the charges on pennsylvania governor tom corbett saying the governor has something to hide. new felony charges were also filed against athletic director tim curley and retired vice president gary schultz. >>> right now in kentucky hundreds of residents still evacuated after a chemical fire burning for a second straight day. workers responding to a train derailment accidentally sparked an explosion when using a welding torch. at least three workers suffered serious burns. >>> and next up on "news nation," a lot of you have already sent us tweets regarding this question, but we'll ask it again. you can tell us your thoughts. are you surprised at all by the backlash? a lot of conservatives not happy with governor chris christie for reaching out and shaking the hand of the president, accusing him of effectively helping president obama's electoral chances.

today the former president graham spanier was charged with covering up evidence and today additional charges of child endangerment were filed against two other penn state officials who were already charged with perjury and conspiracy. all three are expected to be arraigned tomorrow. all three say they are innocent. >>> 49ers fans, now is your chance to put your artistic touch on the team's new stadium. the team is calling all artists of the $1.2 billion stadium in santa clara. sports and the arts, the company, teamed up with the 49ers, they're all looking for paintings, sketches and mixed media to be included in the team's collection. i mean, you could submit your work and they'll be up in the stadiums. if you're interested you should submit a short bioand a sample of your artwork. the deadline is january 15th. the stadium is scheduled to open for the 2014 season. can you find out more about how you can get your artwork into the new stadium by going to our website and searching 49ers stadium art. >> we'll be right back. >>> we want to look at what's coming up next on nbc bay area. >>

graham spanier is accused of perjury, obstruction and child endangerment. lawyers say the facts don't support the charges. and says the governor is behind what they call a politically-motivated frame-up. >>> and here's a wild scene across the state of montana as police chase a wanted man from virginia. the suspect started throwing pipe bombs out his window. some of the bombs went off. but no one was hurt. the chase went on for 40 miles before officers disabled the suspect's car. now, he faces charges in both montana and virginia. >>> and in hawaii, an incredible record-setting feat. a washington state high school teacher became the first man to make it from the mainland to hawaii by rowing and kiting, which is a form of sailing. rory wilson took 43 days to complete the trek from san diego in his modified kayak. congratulations. better shape than i am. >> same here. >>> get ready to fall back. it is that time of year again when the days become all too short. >> daylight savings time ends saturday night. so, don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour. >>

graham spanier and two otherred a min tray stores are accused of participating in a conspiracy to cover-up the abuse. all three men are due in court to be formally charged later today. >>> coming up on 4:37. here's a look at the other stories making news now. the cia says it rushed security teams within 25 minutes of the start of -- u.s. consulate -- the bombing at the u.s. consulate in libya in september. the response team took control of the mission to evacuate u.s. personnel but despite the effort, ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed including two cia officers. >>> the japanese government has filed a formal complaint with u.s. officials after an incident involving misbehavior by u.s. troops allegedly on the island of okinawa. authorities on okinawa say a 24- year-old airman is suspected of entering an apartment and punching a young boy before falling out of the third floor window. he was allegedly drunk at the time and this incident comes a few weeks after two navy sailors were arrested and charged with raping local woman. >>> a 70-year-old california woman go

as you know, spanier, in the wake of sandusky's scandal resigned. and he denied knowing about a school police investigation. >>> making it harder for some people to get to the polls. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can k

reports from the pittsburgh post-gazette they're expected to a former penn state willdent graham spanier it relation to the sandusky and child abuse scandal source. is tell the newspaper that will be charged perjury and obstruction of justice. a longtime former president of thed in the wake against jerry sandusky a ago and had long been identified that as someone who target in possible investigation. last night his attorney told the had no comment on charges.ble on when the announcement out.ome we're keeping a close eye on story coming out of pennsylvania. as soon as we hear an official charges, we on the u on air andyo online. back to you. >> thank you. two major cell phone companies to make sureorces everyone in new jersey and new york are able to stay connected in the aftermath of superstorm sandy. at&t and t-mobile agree to share networks. the companies say that calls automatically will connect through the network with a area. signal in the scribers don't need to do extra.g alert.ave a traffic in the dupont circle area, those e cleared for the annual high heel race. on the tuesday be

the ex-officials have all vehemently denied these charges and spanier said he was only told sandusky was quote, horsing around with the boy. one of his lawyers said last night they are preparing to make their own statement later today. >> thank you. >>> more than 1,000 residents near louisville, kentucky, are waiting to return to their homes after authorities say workers accidentally sparked a chemical fire at the site of a train derailment. at least three workers suffered serious burns. residents outside the evacuation zone have been warned to stay indoors. >>> a pair of suspected smugglers along our border with mexico might get an "a" for creativity. unfortunately, the follow through was a huge fail, as you can see, when their suv got stuck on the top of a 14-foot fence, the duo tried to use homemade ramps to get their car over the border when they were spotted on the mexican side trying to free their vehicle. they escaped on foot. >>> it is now 7:15, pacific time. >> one of them heard to say "hey, moe, hey, larry." >> nice to have you back after a few days on the storm scene. good

the district attorney of pennsylvania expected to announce charges against graham spanier.ction of justice. >>> and hurricane sandy washed away halloween plans for millions of kids. but like so many people struggling through this storm and its aftermath, neighbors in new jersey come together for the little ones. dressing up. and then, they headed to the mall so everyone could enjoy a little halloween fun, if anything else, sharing candy. even threw a parade. it was, if nothing else, a much-needed break for everyone. we talked yesterday. >> what were we going to do? we saw it play out spontaneously across the east. >> we traversed to where there was power. and rang the doorbells. the kids had candy. >> a lot of people in our neighborhood that has no power, did a trunk or treat. in the trunk of a car, in a safe area, with no wires, lots of candy. >> that's terrific. >> you make it work. and they had a ball. happy halloween to everybody. >>> we are back with "pop news." and we want to talk about tim tebow. he hasn't scored a touchdown all season. but it does appear he scored h

spanier was fired last year after leading the school for 16 years. the charges are that he deliberately covered up sex abuse by jerry sandusky. >> this was not an oversight, not misjudgment on their part this was a conspiracy by top officials working to conceal the truth. >> additional charges filed against tim curly and gary schultz. >>> geologists in poland have discovered the largest meteorite ever found overseas. take a look at this chunk of space rock. six feet across and weighs 660 pounds. it was discovered in late september in central poland. geologists believe it crashed to earth around 5,000 years ago. >> how do they know it's not just a rock. >> just some dirt? >> scientists, really smart people who know these things. one of them, meteorologist tom kieran, not a geologist, but a meteorologist. >> indeed, meteorology still reeling from the aftereffects of sandy. pulling cold air down over our region. panhandle of west virginia and a few wet snowflakes in western maryland. areas in dark blue in the 30s. feels more like a december morning than

this week, prosecutors charged former university president graham spanier, with conspiracy and endangering the welfare of children. he allegedly helped cover up child abuse against young boys by will jerry sandusky. but today, ericcson refused to discuss the legal case. >> we have to trust the courts now to adjudicate these matters, and allow the legal process to run its course. >> ericcson said he recently spoke with the former president. jerry sandusky has been sent to prison for at least 70 years. they say the client in he is innocent, and plans to appeal his conviction. >>> authorities have called off the search for a southern california man missing in the sierra nevada mountains. larry counsel disappeared during a trip to continues's canyon october 19. searchers have covered 48 square miles looking for him and say they will start up again if there's any new information as to his whereabouts. these gates are -- how muni is reacting. >> also, why the mayor of san francisco was playing ping pong today. the larger purpose behind this friendly match. nancy. they're just a few of the califo

there are reports that former penn state president graham spanier will be charged in connection with and gary schultz also could face more charges. there will be a news conference with the attorney general and pennsylvania state police commissioner. i guess that news conference is happening at noon today. just a couple of minutes left for our end point this morning. that's kind of a shocker. although, many people talked about that happening. that's really interesting, i think. >> they did. graham spanier is a major public figure in public education, facing public charges. >> who wants to tackle end point? >> november 1st. we should have a couple of predictions here, right? ben is here. ben knows more about this than anybody. i would like to hear margaret's prediction. i have a little bit of a prediction. people will not be surprised. i think president obama is going to win. i would say close to 300 electoral votes. >> wow! >> look, it's turnout versus the polling. if you take the accumulation of each of the battleground polls, every single one of them, the average of colorado, the av

graham spanier was charged with perjury, endangering the welfare of children.nspired to conceal complaints against jerry sandusky. sandusky, of course, serving a long prison sentence after being convicted in june. >> the man behind the anti-muslim film the obama administration blamed for the attacks in benghazi is expected in court today. the hearing will determine whether the california resident violated his probation in a bank fraud case. he denied eight alleged probation violations, including the use of aliases and lying about his role in the movie. he's now being held without bail. when your child was born may determine how likely they are to succeed as a future c.e.o. >> and the bailout of the auto industry helps get president obama re-elected. linda bell joins us now from bloomberg in new york to explain. linda, good morning. >> hello to you, steve and cynne. you're exactly right, president obama won the key swing states of michigan and ohio as support for the auto bailouts helped bring him to victory. 56% of americans considered the bailout of chrysler a

graham spanier was arraigned today on charges he tried to cover up allegations that jerry sandusky wasy abusing boys on the school campus. among the charges, obstruction of justice, endangering the welfare of children and purgery. bail is $125,000. but it is unsecured, so that means he doesn't have to pay it unless he fails to show up for a court date. he will not be allowed to travel outside the state without the court's permission. >>> after meeting with with the president, one militant group in mali is urging other groups to start a political dialogue and it's an important group, at least from our understanding when we were covering the story. the armed group is one of many to have taken over the northern part of mali. what does that mean? state department spokesman welcomed the announcement that says the group has only talked the talk and need to walk the work and work on a deal. it's been 461 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. it is time to ask what are we going to do to get it back. and now, our fourth story. president obama won re-election last night despite only ge

. >>> overnight, we learned that charges will be filed against graham spanier today. the "pittsburg post-gazette" reports he's being charged with obstruction of justice. last month, sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. >>> police are investigating an armed robbery just off the campus of the university of maryland. this happened in the 7300 block of baltimore avenue just after 2:00 this morning, right in the downtown college park area near the college park shopping center. police did alert students about this robbery. there is still a search going on for suspects. >>> right now, federal agents from as far away as ohio and indiana are looking for the man who they say threw three pipe bombs at homes in northern virginia. this is the man they're looking for. virginia state police say lawrence stewart ii threw the homemade bombs into home on wednesday, targeting his ex-girlfriend and two law enforcement officers who arrested him in the past. police warn he could be armed and dangerous. >> we believe this person is extremely dangerous. we know that he is arme

graham spanier is now charged with concealing accusations of child sex crimes against former football assistant coach jerry sandusky. two other penn state administrators face similar charges. >>> what happened? so far it doesn't appear to be nearly as much a frenzy over the ipad mini for apple. crowds did line up overnight in asia. it starts at $329. it costs more than the rival gadgets though from google and amazon. >>> the country music association awards last night. mostly belonged to one power couple. miranda lambert and blake shelton. now lambert won for female vocalist of the year. her hubby shelton won both for best male vocalist and the night's biggest prize entertainer of the year. their duet "over you" won song of the year. >> big night. >>> okay. coming up we have a presidential candidate in our studio you know. >> that is right. >> plus hundreds of area power companies workers are headed north this morning to help in the aftermath of sandy. keep it here. >>> i'm honored now to have one of the presidential candidates aboard this morning. hello kitty is running for president

former penn state president gram graham spanier is expected to be charged today. the paper reports in a grand jury filing last year, he denied being aware of a 1998 university police investigation of jerry sandusky and claimed sandusky was with children in the football locker room showers. >>> fire officials say the large warehouse fire they battled all night long is now out. >> at one point, crews had to be evacuated from the building because of the dangerous conditions. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: they do have it out but we can still see some steam coming off the rooftop this morning. this goes though show you how hot and howen tense the fire was when it got going last night. firefighters say they got the call around 10:30 yesterday evening. -- this goes to show you how hot and how intense the fire was when it got going last night. because it's warehouse. the fire chief told me that the conditions inside the warehouse make it sometimes very risky because there are so many materials, so many boxes, lots of air pocket

former penn state president graham spanier has been indicted for his role in the cover-up of child sex abuse by former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. he was initially charged one year ago after it was revealed he and other top penn state officials failed to report sandusky to police, despite evidence that sandusky was abusing young boys. he was convicted in june of molesting 10 boys and sentenced to up to 60 years in prison. on thursday, greenspan year wass child with -- charged with several charges for having sandusky's crime. two other former penn state officials were hit with new charges as well. in massachusetts, a physics graduate has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for planning to build explosives to attack the pentagon and u.s. capitol. the fbi says he conducted detailed surveillance to map out the attack and acquired a small aircraft as part of his plan to carry it out. the plot would have marked the first time militants deployed the drone technology used by the united states to strike targets in foreign countries for an attack inside the united states. he was ca

former penn state president graham spanier and two other ex-penn state officials now facing charges that to cover up years of child sex abuse by former football coach jerry sandusky. prosecutors say spanier, ex-athletic director tim curley and gary schultz will each be arraigned on charges including perjury, conspiracy and endangering the welfare of children. >>> meanwhile it is the end of the line for nasa's space shuttle program. today the shuttle "atlantis" will officially be retired. but, this time obstruction of justice, endangerment of children. >>> no high profile, parades or anything like that, "atlantis" will be towed over to kennedy space center where it will be on display. >>> could tip the balance in the favor of one candidate or another. christine has a look at the role of the jobs in the election picture. >> tipping the candidate is such a great way to put it. each candidate will look at the job chart that they prefer to look at. because there's so much data in there that they can spin. let's take a look first at two charts that the president's supporters will focus on, say