>> good morning al, ann and tamron.enn state officials step down overnight as they face charges that they covered up allegations of child sex abuse. at the center of the scandal is the football team's former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky, he was indicted this weekend on 40 counts of child sex abuse charges, spanning more than 15 years. penn state's revered football coach joe paterno issued a statement saying he is shocked and saddened by the news but he will not step down. >>> greek leaders from rival political parties meet today as they hammer out the details on sunday's historic power sharing deal that forms a new unity government. embattled prime minister george papandreou agreed to resign once details of the transition are complete. the greek economy has been teetering on the brink of collapse, threatening to endanger other european nations as well, especially italy. >>> the wealth gap between older and younger americans has doubled since 2005. it is now the widest ever recorded. census officials say the econ

>> hi, tamron. >> you have a situation since monday. victims in oakland as well as in parks in portland, oregon and are the protesters worried that officials around the area are trying to figure out ways to get you out? >> i couldn't he thest part of ext. mayor quan's comments revealed the fact that this was a coordinated action and it was a really big mistake. history shows that people turn against politicians who make it impossible through laws in order for people to make their lives better. i'm expecting a bigger day of mass action on the 17th than we had planned initially. >> that is the next big move on thursday? another big rally? >> i'm sorry. i can barely hear you. >> the next big move is thursday? this rally you have planned? >> yes. actions planned all day on thursday. morning, afternoon, and evening. you can find that on autopsy wall street.org. >> you are having trouble and we will check back in with you and the protesters on thursday. thank you, harrison. >> thank you. >> coming up. >> i am committed to working to create mo

good morning, jeff. >> reporter: hey, tamron, good morning to you. yeah, we are officially on verdict watch here in los angeles on this trial that has stretched six weeks already, and the speculation is already starting. will they come back with a quick verdict today, in time to save their weekend? remember, they have been away from their jobs for quite a long time. or will they spend a lot of time on this case and bring it into next week, week number seven. conrad murray, enjoying what could be his final days of freedom. >> are you looking forward to putting this all behind you? >> i can't wait, buddy. >> reporter: here, taking a romantic walk on the beach with his girlfriend, nicole alvarez. you know her as witness number 23, who said this on the stand. >> as a professional actress, my daily duties consist of maintaining my instrument. as an actor, your instrument is yourself. >> reporter: she and murray playing with their son on the beach this week, and at the playground. walking down the street chatting on his cell phone. all as prosecutors prepa

tamron, this is another example of this republican field showing itself not to be informed.informed trying hard not to look like they're that informed. there is an effort out there in some parts of the republican party to get someone who is so outside, they relish the fact that they're not the most informed. it will be a problem. i think what this is doing, they're splashing mud all over the republican party brand. and even if mitt romney comes out, some people argue he will look like more of an adult. but he will come out with the feel that he was not quite ready for prime time. >> let me bring you in on this. obviously romney is the front-runner. when you list all of the realities of the situation, i think pretty much anyone can see where this is going. when you look at iowa, for example, the governor of iowa is unhappy that mitt romney is not spending enough time there. that he is foregoing that state because it is assumed the conservatives will rally around someone else. maybe gingrich who was darn near run out of town earlier by a voter thgr9ñ what do you make of this?

i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, al roker, and tamron hall. savannah is off on assignment. coming up, lindsay lohan going back to jail maybe is that the way we're looking at it? >> the judge gave her a week to report to jail or she'll be arrested. the judge sentenced lindsay lohan wednesday to 30 days for violating her probation. she'll probably have to soifb just a few days, maybe even a day behind bars. we'll have the latest on lindsay's drama. >>> also in today's money, credit or debit cards. it's interesting. a lot of the credit card companies are offering rewards, programs, incentives for people to transition from the debit card. we'll tell you the pros and cons for both and the fees you need to watch out for to save money. there are a lot of fees these days and you can get the shortened of the deal. >> okay. >> speaking of money, it's kind of expensive sometimes if you're trying to help your family eat correctly, organic foods, healthy, things like that. joy bauer will be here to help us with healthy food ideas if you're on a tight budget. also, why adding protein to

good morning to all of you.. >> hey tamron. >> i'm doing good.nder medical observation after being carted off to jail, guilty in the death of michael jackson. star, were you surprised by the verdict? >> not surprised in the least bit. the prosecution put forth a methodical case. it was a building block of gross negligence, no question. with all the news that happened yesterday, you and i were chatting. i said the best thing that happened to herman cain was conrad murray, hands in cuffs beats hands unthe dress. >> only for a day. this story i don't think ever caught on with the media. >> we talked about it, i think the population -- >> there was an obvious outcome to the case. >> you think so? people thought after the portraying as the desperate -- >> it was global. the doctor being tried not so global. if you look at doctors making errors, malpractice cases which are a violation of somebody versus this, there was no way to defend this kind of behavior. the only thing that surprised me is a physician was watching him being led away in handcuffs. >

i'm tamron hall, but this is how martin all week referred to me. boy. >> back to lady t. >> back to tammy. back to ranking miss t. >> a woman who scores 10 out of 10 every day. >> miss tamron hall. >> what is the deal? >> i deserve marks for creativity. i'm linking you to the stories we are covering. come on. i'm just trying to introduce the audience to the fact that you are a wonderful journalist and a wonderful person. you also paid me to write a number of things in my copy. what's wrong with that? i will take your money any time. next week, more to come. get on with your show. >> thank you, martin. a charming chap, isn't he? it is official. a ashton and demi are breaking up. this is sad. the twilight movie is breaking records and sms something. regis signs off. let's get the scoop from the columnist, courtney. >> he is out of control. i like lady t. we have been talking about smoke and fire. ashton and demi are splitting up. demi released a statement first. a lot of people said she will be the first to do a statement. as a woman, a mother, and a

. >> thank, tamron. >> this is incredible for many reasons. we don't get a glimpse into the worth. lot with the militias in and around this country. what are we learning in this story here. >> what we learn from matthews is exactly how these groups operate and what they were doing back in the 90s. i think that the example is telling for now. a lot of the conditions present for then in the 80s and in terms of a down economy and people not liking the direction of the country. you have foreign wars going on. >> interesting in your piece that the southern poverty law center said that the number of these right wing extremist groups, in the story of matthews, a lot of them are in part to reconcile with his family and to allow them to know what he had been doing to infiltrate the dangerous organizations. a danger to all of us. >> that's right. that's one of the sort of tragic parts of the story. he did all of this for the country and to try to keep people safe. for years nobody knew about it. this is the first time he came forward. not only did he risk his life numerous times, but he also

. >>> tamron hall.ing developing news that joe paterno says he will resign at the end of the season, but the investigation into the child abuse scandal is far from over as another person comes forward today saying he was abused by jerry sandusky. joe paterno staying until end of the season, as our news nation gut check. should he leave now. >>> plus, a big victory for democrats and unions in ohio. what republican john kasich is saying today about the big defeat last night. all of that and more ahead on news nation. >>> and ohio voters as tamron was saying repealed the state's tough anti-union law in tuesday's election. is this a sign of things to come for republican governors who have been taking on public employee unions around the country? michigan governor rick snyder joins us now. thank you very much for your hospitality. welcome to you. thanks for joining us. you have a much better relationship with the unions. you have been much less aggressive than some of your republican colleagues, but you stil

back to tamron. >> all right.ike a typical 18-year-old. she in the high school band and in the school newspaper and interested to giving back to the community where he lives. he also happens to be the town's new mayor. he beat the 76-year-old incumbent by 16 votes in tuesday's election to be mayor of are dale, iowa. he joins us live. mr. mayor-elect, thank you so much for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> a lot of responsibility at age 18. i was just entering college and unsure of what i wanted to do with my life. what made you decide to run for office? >> well, i actually didn't run. >> you were a write in. too to seek it. >> right. there was a group of people that thought i needed to do this. i could do it and i have been a leader my whole life. i always volunteered in different things throughout the community and i have been a president of our ffa chapter here where i attend high school. there is a lot of different things i have done that has been encouraged. >> that's a nice resume for a lot of things wh

tamron? >> you mentioned possible further actions, stephanie.e minister david cameron said he is considering very tough action in response to this. >> reporter: one of the things that has been floated is an oil embargo which would be very damaging. already, iran is feeling the economic pinch from the sanctions that are out there. and this attack is in response to some of the sanctions that are announced earlier this month including this country serving all financial ties with iran and its central bank. all financial ties with any of its banks which is a american that you are they've never taken before. they're beginning to feel the pinch and there are some divisions reportedly amongst the conservative leaders of that country, disagreements on how they should respond to these sanctions. >> all right. thank you very much. and another developing story. the prime suspect in the disappearance of an american woman in aruba is now back in the u.s. after being released from jail in aruba. meantime an appeals court has just rejected the prosecutor's bid

>> hey there, tamron hall. we are starting with ricky gervais. people who are not happy about it are the people who didn't appreciate his jokes last time, but the hollywood foreign press is happy about it because they get ratings and nbc which we of course like in this family when nbc does well. david was one of the head writers and producers of lost. he put it well in the following tweet. he said hollywood foreign press equals charlie brown. ricky gervais holding the football. that is say good analogy of what you might expect. i don't think he has an easy job. what he pulled off last year was lightning in a bottle. i write about this and nobody was expecting him to come out of the gates with that much of an attitude and calling people to task who probably needed to be called out and saying things that people were thinking, but afraid to say. the bar is set really, really high. for him to bat a thousand is not an easy job. he is probably up for it. >> all right. the last item, amy winehouse's cd that her fans would love to hear that could be rele

. >> good morning, ann, al and tamron. >>> republican presidential candidates meet tonight in michiganor their latest campaign debate, the first full debate since allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior surfaced surrounding herman cain. tuesday he said all of the allegations against him are false. he said the alleged incidents simply didn't happen. >>> support from trustees at penn state university appears to be eroding for coach joe paterno amid a child sex abuse scandal centered on a former assistant. last night hundreds of students rallied behind their long time coach. school trustees will appoint a committee to look into the circumstances that resulted in the indictment of jerry sandusky. >>> a big election day victory for labor unions in ohio, where voters repealed a state law that limited the bargaining rights of more than 350,000 teachers, firefighters and police officers. and in mississippi, voters rejected a so-called personhood proposal that said life begins at fertilization. >>> defense secretary leanne panetta ordered a review at the military mortuary in dover, delawar

. >> i'm tamron hall. we are following big breaking news on herman cain. he told a senior staff he is reassessing his campaign for president after ginger white went public with her alleged 13-year affair with herman cain. according to cain's iowa chairman, he addressed all the national staff in a 10-minute conference call and reiterated this was a friend and he was trying to help her out financially and nothing inappropriate happened. cain emphasized the campaign was continuing on and he would deliver a planned speech in michigan tonight and he was looking forward to it. he said it has taken an emotional toll on his family and that's difficult for them. john harwood joins us live now. what do you think? what might be herman cain's next mess. what does reassessing mean? >> he has to figure out whether or not it's worth it given that his poll numbers have been going down because of the previous allegations are likely to continue going down. he said yesterday on cnn he would stay in the race as long as his wife was behind him. you got to wonder whether or not

. >> thank you, tamron. happy to be on. >> absolutely. let me read this quote. in south carolina said the american people and specifically republican primary voters need closure on this and really only he can do that, referring to herman cane and a couple of hours when herman cain walks out in front of the cameras, what does he need to say today? >> herman has to do with the campaign thinks is beth. primaries are tough and it's not a game of patty cake. i think they work. all of these things that they are going to pass and things are going to be -- the issues of the day come and go. president obama and hillary clinton went tooth and nail through the end of june before the national convention. they nearly split their party in half. obama pretty much cruised to victory and brought a 60-vote majority to the senate and a super majority in congress and now we are living with those results and the american people are not happy with the direction of the country and they will fire barack obama and put a republican in the white house. all that was is going to come true.

first let's talk about the critical supply that is down still. >> hi, tamron. 24 soldiers were killed. one response was to close down two border crossings to nato convoys. it's a lifeline for nonlethal supplies that they bring in to land-locked afghanistan. 30% of the supplies come through these convoys, but the convoys are not allowed to come in or out. at the moment they were blocked off and shut down the use of an air ways. it is use to launch drone strikes in the past. pakistan is thinking of other ways to punish the u.s. and nato for doing this to their troops on their ground. on their land in pakistan and possibly withdrawing their offer to negotiate with the taliban and bring the taliban to the table to stop the 10-year war here in afghanistan. another option is to boycott the bond conference in germany where countries around the world will gatherer to talk about afghanistan's future. pakistan is thinking about not attending that either. all of this being said, we talked about this all time low in the relationship among the u.s., nato, and pakistan. what

. >>> hi, everyone, i'm tamron hall. coming up at 2 p.m.reporter from salon.com who says, quote, the most famous philanderer in the gop race is now poised for an adultery boost. wonder who he's talking about. big developments out of wisconsin where the effort to get rid of republican governor scott walker reached a major milestone. one of wisconsin's leading democrats will join us to talk about where things stand 12 days after they started collecting signature to force walker into a recall election. all that coming up. >>> tensions are still high in tehran where hard line students remain inside the british embassy hours after breaching the compound. michael singh, managing director of the washington institute and getting e-mails from people inside the embassy as well. these are not students. these are, as ali, colleague was reporting earlier, members of the besige force. >> that's right. they are huge and been conducting exercises and parades in recent days. this looks -- all the hallmarks much an action coordinated by iranian government. m

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catch us up to what happened today so far. >> hi, tamron.

i'm tamron hall. coming up on "news nation" at 2:00, we continue our super tuesday coverage.rence addressing the series of sexual harassment allegations against him. is cain under pressure from some republicans who say his scandal is hurting the party and potentially helping president obama? our news nation political panel will join us live to talk about that. >>> plus, the president's continued strong support from african-americans. will it make a difference a year from now? >>> i'll also talk with reince priebus. plus a new national debate over abortion rights if a new controversial amendment on what defines a person is passed. i'll talk with ira carmen from salon.com who says this is a moment of truth. >>> los angeles has an unemployment rate of more than 12%. but mayor antonio villaraigosa has a new proposal to try to get people back to work. i spoke with the mayor earlier today about one of his newest ideas, cutting taxes for auto dealers in l.a. >> well, we've lost about 95 dealers over the last 30 or so years. and what this would do is provide an incentive to bring som

i'm tamron hall. coming up on "news nation" at 2:00 p.m., is herman cain the teflon candidate?ajority of republicans are not concerned with the sexual harassment accusations against him. meanwhile, in the last hour, a fourth woman has accused cain of sexually harassing her. why some political insiders say cain is able to hang on. they say it's because the conservatives don't want romney. >>> then developing news in the penn state child sex abuse scandal. in the next hour, two high-ranking officials will be arraigned on charges they lied to a grand jury investigating former coach jerry sandusky for sexually abusing children. "news nation" has the very latest coming up. >>> and the u.n.'s weapons inspection agency is about to report that iran has mastered the critical steps needed to brick out and build a nuclear weapon with the previously unreported help of a russian scientist. this comes on the heels of new reporting about nuclear fears in pakistan. the joint investigation by the atlantic and national journal is featured on both covers. jeffrey goldberg co-wrote it. he's the na

. >>> hi, everyone, i'm tamron hall. coming up on "news nation" at 2:00 p.m. time, we're following two big developing stories. verdict watch in the trial of michael jackson's doctor. the jury could be back with a verdict by the end of the day. >>> plus, what la toya jackson tweeted this morning. >>> also new details in the herman cain controversy. an attorney for one of the who accused cain of sexual harassment said he will have something to say this afternoon. >>> plus, one of the largest and most prominent conservative political groups filed a legal complaint that cain's campaign used corporate funds illegally. that was all breaking this morning. we'll have the latest on that coming up at 2:00 p.m. >>> a global organization has sent inspectors to libya to help the new leaders verify and destroy possible chemical weapons including a stock pile of mustard gas. moammar gadhafi pledged to destroy his chemical weapons in 2004 but apparently hid some from international authorities. inspectors say none of gadhafi's known stock piles were looted during the revolutio

i'm tamron hall. coming up on "newsnation" at 2:00 p.m. eastern time.used herman cain of sexual harassment will be allowed to tell her side of the story. cain has been telling his side. her attorneys have asked the national restaurant association to release her from a confidentiality program. and details on a new report that president obama's re-election campaign has quietly launched a massive voter protection effort. it reportedly takes aim at new election laws that democrats say suppress votes for their candidates. we'll take a look at what they are doing. >> a u.s. official says that the obama administration is deeply disappointed that israel is building more settlements in arab east jerusalem. israel's move is a tit for tat after unesco, the u.n. cultural organization, voted to admit palestine as a member. martin fletcher and msnbc veteran correspondent and middle east correspondent joins me now. the author of the new book called "the list." congratulations, martin. >> thank you, andrea. >> let's talk first about israel and the middle east. this is

i'm tamron hall. we are following the latest development on this stunning news.. the captain said he lied to police about what happened that night. he spoke about his claims and said he believed

for today, tamron hall, nbc news, new york. >>> poverty in the u.s. has hit a new record according to the latest u.s. census. 1 in 15 people in america is now living at 50% or less of the official poverty level, making about $11,000 a year for a family of four. this is the highest documented level of extreme poverty in nearly four decades. >>> some terrifying new video of a moment that a tugboat slammed a barge into a packed tourist boat in philadelphia last year, killing two hungarian students on board. tugboat pilot was sentenced this week to one year in prison for the 2010 crash. he had pleaded guilty to being distracted by his cell phone while steering. >>> good news about the conjoined twins separated earlier this week. the 2-year-old girls are recovering nicely after their risky ten-hour surgery. this marks lead surgeon gary hartsman's sixth successful conjoined twin surgery. >>> usually it's a good thing when something green comes out of an atm machine. not when it's that guy. a little snake there. a man in spain called the police when the snak

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tamron, imagine if a woman were being raped in an alley and he saw what he saw in this case, and didn't immediately intercede or call the police. there would be a human cry. there needs to be in this instance, too. >> i have that same reaction thinking, while i read the report that this individual walked in. granted, he was a graduate assistant. i cannot put myself in this person's shoes, walking in to see something like that. but you're right. we asked ourselves, what would we do if we saw a child being sexually assaulted by someone? yes. i'm going to tell you flat out i would think that i would go over and rip that person's head off if i could and save that child. with that said, again, this information according to the report, that graduate assistant called his father. his father told him to call joe paterno. it was the following day they met with joe paterno. this man has had a storied career. has run by all accounts, a clean program. they've not gotten involved in some of the other scandal that's have torn apart university college football programs. and he is revered. so much so, y

my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. >> in our next hour, we are following newt gingrich where he has hired at least nine new staffers, but does hiring staffers or the big endorsement matter when he has $300,000 on hand? our political panel will weigh in on newt and bill clinton's comments on him. we have the new dncad going after mitt romney. what's it all about? a mom is locked in a battle with authority who is removed her child from the family home and placed the kid in toft foster care after authorities said his obesity amounts to child abuse. she is not the only parent facing this issue. .. they're made from whole roasted nuts and dipped in creamy peanut butter, making your craving for a sweet & salty bar irresistible, by nature valley. for a sweet & salty bar irresistible, ♪ sen♪ co-signed her credit card - "buy books, not beer!" ♪ ♪ut the second at she shut the door ♪ ♪ girl started blowing up their credit score ♪ ♪ she bought a pizza party for the whole dorm floor ♪ ♪ hundred pounds of makeup at the makeup store ♪ ♪ and a ticket down to spring break in mexico ♪ ♪