the fog has lifted just a bit. >>> breaking news right now, a rally turns into a riot overnight. thousands of penn state students poured into the streets to support joe paterno moments after the university's board fired the coach. it got so out of hands at one point, students flipped over a tv news van. in a late night decision, the pen state board of trustees fired paterno and the university president graham spanier. jay gray is live in college park with more on the overnight developments. good morning. >> good morning to you. thankfully, a rough night has given way to what is a somber morning on the campus of penn state university. as we look back at what spilled over last night, we can tell you that thousands are still trying to come to terms with the idea that for the first time in more than 60 years, joe paterno will not be a part of game day this weekend here at penn state. in fact, there are so many here who last night really just came out and into downtown because they were frustrated, worried about what happens to joe paterno next, but understanding there is also a controversy involved and potential victims involved with the scandal here. paterno stepped out of his home with his wife t

the board did not want to wait. the board said it was in the best interest of the university. after 46 years of being the penn state head coach, he was not notified in the head person and said the board of trustees made a phone call. the winningest coach in college football history has been fired tonight. >> joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. these decisions were made after careful deliberations and in the best interests of the university as a whole. >> 84-year-old joe paterno is out at penn state. i have known joe my entire life. i have worked with him announcing games my daughter went to penn state. >>> wilson ramos was kidnapped in venezuela. he just completed his rookie season with the nationals. according to the police, kidnapping is a significant problem in venezuela. generally, the crimes are for money and wilson was a logical target given his success in the majors and his money. it has been confirmed that wilson ramopss was kidnapped. at>>> albert haynesworth has been claimed off waivers by the tampa bay buccaneers. >> there was a two-time all-pro released yesterday. any

>> his witness list includes the head of the state board of elections. she is being asked to provide specific information about the 2010 election day, results between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. he has also subpoenaed congressman elijah cummings. some have said they got a different phone call from cummings, telling them that they ignore the phone call to stay home. >> i'm just curious if there's a connection between how the congressman knew and when he knew and what was behind that col. it is just an interesting fact that has been developing as we have prepared for trial. >> considering conway's current troubles and his dispute with a blogger, a situation could change. >> the case had to be postponed when the judge recused himself because of his political appointment. we do not know who the judge will be for the short case yet. >> the man accused of killing a done? bar owner pled guilty to first- degree murder. -- killing a bar owner in done dach pled guilty to first-degree murder. he claims he was hired by the victim's wife. jacqueline martin, the victim's w

as well as the investigation by our own board of trustees. >> top penn state university officials are accused of failing to properly address decades of child sexual abuse allegations. the emergency meeting tonight by the penn state board of trustees tried to get a handle on a scandal growing by the day. legendary football coach joe paterno tried to avoid being fired by announcing his retirement earlier today, effective at the end of the season. the board of trustees decided paterno had to go now. the associated press reports, after the decision for paterno addressed students at his house and said, right now, i'm not the football coach, and that's something i have to get used to. former assistant football coach and defensive coordinator, jerry sandusky was arrested saturday on charges of sexually abusing eight young boys. a ninth accuser has also come forward. penn state president graham spanier has also been fired. let's bring in eugene robinson, associate editor and pulitzer prize winning columnist for the washington post. and also, jason whitlock, national columnist for foxsports.co

the bedroom door. >> depends state board of trustees are hiring a lawyer is insisting they did but they could -- and the penn state board of trustees have hired new lawyers. >> the best and perhaps for that question is his own words. he wished he did more. the board of trustees expected more. >> today, countercharges about who knew what and when. campus police and university officials are strongly denying claims from assistant penn state coach mike mcqueary. he said he immediately went to law enforcement in 2002 after allegedly seeing him having sex in the shower with a young boy. campus police and officials say no such report was ever made. sandusky's lawyers also trying to cash out on mcqueary. he still attended a fund-raiser course second mile with sandusky. senior house democrat in california and says the time for congressional -- it is time for a congressional investigation. rebecca cooper. >>> dozens gather in support transgender acceptance. this comes after a series of attacks on the transgender and daygay community. lanier says they're working to improve the relationship with the community. >

the board's decision. their actions caused me to not have confidence in their ability to continue to lead. >> the penn state board was in agreement with the governor, which is why they fired both men last night. but make no mistake. the board was also buying itself some time to get ahead of the story, and it's now time, i think, for the next move. they need to show the country how penn state will make restitution to the victims and everyone this scandal has affected. now, i believe the university needs to make a big statement by canceling the last three football games of the season. you know, people in our society, they get fired all the time. what about the university? if penn state won't cancel the games, school officials need to come out and be honest. they need to say it's more important for them to make money than to rectify terrible ablgts of wrongdoing. the board needs to get back together in another meeting and make the next call. the football season should be over at penn state. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, should penn state football cancel the rest o

the businesses i am involved with, there is reporting, the state board, part of the game of being in san francisco and of being a business. i am just happy that we can sort of walk through this and bang it out and come to an agreement that hopefully the majority of people will be satisfied by. so thank you. president it o'neil: any other commissioners proved should be formalized kind of a recommendation that we will put forward? i think that the personal dog that the dog walker owens -- owns would probably be a dog that they know inside out and that they can have without a leash and control that done very well because it is a personal god, so i am inclined to agree that that dog would not take from the number of dogs that would be approved by whatever the arguments would say. i have not heard anybody talk a great deal of concern about exceeding the number of eight dogs. obviously, there is a strong presence of the group here that are from the dog walking industry. of course, they would like to see the number greater because the impact the bottom line. i have not heard anybody, to say

. >> reporter: later today the penn state board of trustees will meet again as multiple investigations into alleged child sexual abuse continue. >> the specific aspects of these terrible activities that occurred and terrible damage that was done really remains to be established by whatever law enforcement investigations are yet under way. as well as the investigation by our own board of trustees, special committee. >> reporter: pennsylvania governor tom corbett shifted it to the victims of the attacks after a visit to the campus last night. >> we need to identify these victims of sexual abuse. we need to find them, we need to help them. they are our children. >> reporter: while the nittany lion's interim football coach looks for a way to bring his splintered team and college back together. >> i'm going to find a way to restore the confidence and start a healing process. >> reporter: it is an overwhelming task. >> it's going to be tough for this campus to move forward. >> reporter: a long and difficult journey that will include a candlelight vigil for the victims of the alleged abuse on

the state board of education uses the test called the physical gram for students. it's divided into six different fitness areas, according to the california department of education, only 29% of fifth graders meet the requirements of all six areas of physical fitness. that number is shocking. however, there is one local asset we tha we have. dr. amy chow, three-time olympic gold medalist pediatrician. she is now a pediatrician at california medical association. >> thank you so much for having me. >> i understand, you were only three when you were interested in? >> my mother was looking for an activity for me to do. she got me in ballet. but they don't take children until they are five. >> cheryl: how did you do? >> it depended when i was little it was maybe once or twice a week activity. but i got better and better, and then i would spend five or six hours a day in the gym. >> after school? >> usually after school. >> cheryl: when did you first get your mauled? >> it was in 1996, when i was 18. >> it's in are your blood? >> i think so rice. >> we have images on the

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the virginia state senate will be decided in a recount. that's because the race in the 17th district is too close to call. we just checked with the state board of elections web site and republican challenger bryce reeves is in the lead with 226 more votes than the democratic incumbent ed houck. the recount will be held on november 28th at the earliest. no one is giving up yet. >>> we just want to make sure that every vote is fairly and accurately counted. we're confident that senator houck will ultimately prevail. >>> if the republicans win the 17th district, it will be a 20/20 split in the virginia senate. lieutenant-governor who is a republican would cast the breaking vote. >>> texas governor and g.o.p. presidential hopeful rick perry is on a media blitz, putting his best spin on a big mistake that he made during last night's debate. perry's problem could be good news for at least one of his competitors. danielle nottingham has more now from the white house. >> how is everybody? >> reporter: g.o.p. presidential candidate rick perry admits last night's debate wasn't his best performance. >> i stepped in it, man. yeah, it was embarrassing. o

as well as the investigation by our own board of trustees. >> top penn state university officials are accused of failing to properly address decades of child sexual abuse allegations. the emergency meeting tonight by the penn state board of trustees tried to get a handle on a scandal growing by the day. legendary football coach joe paterno tried to avoid being fired by announcing his retirement earlier today, effective at the end of the season. the board of trustees decided paterno had to go now. the associated press reports, after the decision for paterno addressed students at his house and said, right now, i'm not the football coach, and that's something i have to get used to. former assistant football coach and defensive coordinator, jerry sandusky was arrested saturday on charges of sexually abusing eight young boys. a ninth accuser has also come forward. penn state president graham spanier has also been fired. let's bring in eugene robinson, associate editor and pulitzer prize winning columnist for the washington post. and also, jason whitlock, national columnist for foxsports.co

according to the state board of physicians, the 33-year-old daughter is a 2005 graduate of howard universityollege of medicine with a clean record in her short time as a maryland doctor. the hospital also released a statement expressing sympathy, saying in part, "the care he received was thorough and appropriate. eric's symptoms were simply not consistent with or indicative of this very aggressive form of infection." the hospital spokesperson also says, "this story is an important one for all parents to hear." anita? >> thank you so much. >>> all right, new at 6:00 tonight, a bizarre lawsuit out of new york over a 2003 wedding that has already ended in divorce. he's suing the photographers from his nuptials claiming they missed the last dance and the bouquet toss and wants to be paid the $4,100 that he spent on the photography and he wants another $4,800 to recreate the entire wedding so another photographer could shoot it. now again, remember, his ex- wife has already returned to her native country so all of that might be a little speculated. >>> caught on tape tonight, not the kind of thin

the state board of election is set to certified the totals of november 28th. after that, the loser can ask for a recount. if reeves win, republicans would have control over the general assembly. >>> today, engineers will prepare to fill cracks in the washington monument. the same crew that propelled down the washington monument in september will be back to work. they happen they will set up for the weatherzation tools. the superintendent of the national mall and memorial parks says this is a permanent solution until more permanent repairs can be made. >>> and with winter on the way, a panel of local leaders have proposed some ideas they hope will avoid another carmegeddon. a committee was formed after a snowstorm left thousands of commuters stranded on the roads for as long as 12 hours back in january. remember this ugly scene? they say a two-person task force should be made to coordinate communication, that the region's traffic system should be in effect 24/7 and that all traffic signals should have backup battery power. >>> 5:35 is the time. now back to poli

another rough day for the penn state community as investigations into reports of a child sex abuse continued to unfold. good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. a big story, the penn state board of trustees is meeting once again, this time to form a committee whose sole purpose is to investigate the school's handling of child sex abuse allegations. jay gray is in state college, pennsylvania, with the latest. >> i accepted this new leadership role under circumstances that i never could have imagined. >> circumstances that penn state's newly appointed interim president told the board of trustees must be dealt with immediately as they continue to work through the scandal that has rocked this university. >> healing cannot occur until we understand how our responsibility to these children failed and how we can preven such tragedyies in the future. >> now that they are in so- called cleaning house, they are getting the harbor city back on track. -- getting the university back on track. >> the anchor of wednesday night for many is giving way to the horror of the accusations of sexual abuse by former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky, compassion for the young victims of the allege

the board's decision. their actions caused me to not have confidence in their ability to continue to lead. >> the penn state board was in agreement with the governor, which is why they fired both men last night. come out and be honest. they need to say it's more important for them to make money than to rectify terrible acts of wrongdoing. the board needs to get back together in another meeting and make the next call. the football seasons should be over at penn state. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, should penn state football cancel the rest of its season and decline any bid to a bowl game? text a for yes. text b for no to 622639. you can go to our blog and make a comment at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. lots of opinions and lots of hard feelings surrounding all of this and a tremendous amount of sadness. joining me on the phone is nfl hall of famer franco harris and former player for joe paterno. he is now the chairman of the pittsburgh promise, an education charity. mr. harris, good to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your

issue of veterans courts, which are successful in some parts of the state, and we wrote a resolution and passed it on to the mayor and the board of supervisors in support of legislation currently before the state legislature to establish some veterans courts. i believe the governor vetoed that on the basis of fiscal problems, but we would like to see it pushed and reestablished. jordan has been familiar with the plight of some of the veterans in san francisco, and some of them have gotten in trouble and have been working with the sheriff's department to try to even in formally established some set aside understanding for the special problems that some of the veterans -- younger veterans, particularly -- are going through. not a free ticket for them, but a hand up. he has led his experience and expertise, even as a guest, before the commission and in several previous meetings. i know he will be a jewel in addition to the commission if he is seated. thank you. i look forward to working with him. supervisor kim: did i miss here? i thought you said you would be speaking on behalf of two? >> if i could take another moment. the othe

free says he will lead a lengthy investigation into the child sex abuse scandal that is rocking penn state. >> we will make recommendations to the board of trustees which will make sure we rectify environments at penn state that allowed anyone to hurt children with impunity. allegations are former football coach jerry sandusky abused boys during a several year period. >> we are committed to leaving no stone unturned, to get to the bottom of what happened. who knew what, when, and what changes must be made to ensure this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: the university's president and legendary coach joe paterno were fired. >> we will also thoroughly study, review and test all the university's policies, procedures, compliance and internal controls. >> the trustee's investigation is one of at least four underway, two of them criminals. >> reporter: no one is above scrutiny, including every number of the administration of the university, every member our board of trustees, and every employee at penn state university. >> sandusky denies all the charges. he will be back in court december 7th for the first time since the scandal made headl

in general, the closed session is confidential, and if the board has voted to not disclose, then the material, what was said, is confidential, and it is a violation of state law for individual board members to disclose the closed session discussion. president nolan: have you ever seen in 22 years someone disclose it? >> no, i had never seen the city go after someone. director: what is it that allows us to all go to something like the recent streetcar presentation? >> if it is open to the public, maybe a public meeting, but it is not your public meeting. it is the meeting of a state board or a federal board, it is a ceremonial gathering or other gatherings, or even a social gathering that is not put on by you, that is not, for example, a christmas party. it happened to be in your circle, and more than a majority showed up. the important thing to remember there is not using that gathering as an opportunity without thinking about it to talk about things that are under your jurisdiction. thank you. president nolan: not coming to my house for christmas. secretary boomer: some members of the public that when it to discuss with you, but seeing we have no closed

state officials. he is now the governor of the state, and as such is a member of the penn state board of trustees. or corbett, welcome to "meet the press." >> thank you, david. >> i know you're limited, because you were attorney general, in speaking about the criminal investigation. but i have to ask you more broadly, are there more victims that we don't know about? >> i don't know the answer to that, david. when you conduct investigations like this, and in my career i have conducted investigations like this, the more that you can get public about what has happened, the more thatou can demonstrate that law enforcement and authorities are going to assist the victims of these types of crimes, it is not uncommon to see more victims come forward. hopefully there aren't any more victims. hopefully we know who they all are. but if there are more victims, we encourage them, the state police, the attorney general's office, and i, encourage them to come forward,et us know. and we're going to work to do everything we possibly can to help you. th is about the victims. >> you have to understand, people, those

state. the turmoil at penn state poured into the streets overnight. afterward spread of a late decision by the board of trustees that the legendary coach, coach paterno, and the president would be relieved of their duties immediately. thousands of students gathered on campus, some turning violent and smashing windows and overturning a news van. and in front of paterno's home, many rallied to show support. with his wife at his side, paterno spoke briefly thanking the crowd. >> hey, look, get a good night's sleep. study, all right? we still have got things to do. all right. i'm out of it maybe, now, and a phone call put me out of it, but we will go from there. okay. good luck, everybody. one thing, thanks and pray a bit for those victims. >> reporter: a ninth potential victim is coming forward claiming he was abused by jerry sandusky. police continue what they have labeled a rigorous investigation here. now, the end of paterno's tenure is by no means the end of the controversy. in fact the board of trustees said more employees could lose their jobs as a result of the scandal here and paterno said he m

according to the state board of physicians, e she has a -- she has a clean record. the pain is still fresh, but his parents will continue to be amazed. >> he doesn't ask for help, he figures it out for himself. he's a leader. >> the hospital released a statement expressing their sympathy to eric and their family, but they also say that in part, the care he received was thorough and appropriate and eric's symptoms were simply not consistent with or indicative of this very aggressive form of infection. in annapolis, 9news now. >>> well tonight the white house is under an order from congress to hand over documents about the failed solar company known as solyndra. the subcommittee voted about 14- 9 to subpoena the white house for the information. the california-based company received about half a billion dollars worth of loans from the federal government. and just before it filed for bankruptcy and had to laid off about 1,100 workers. the republican committee is looking into why the federal officials will continue to support solyndra, even though they were supposedly war

in a statement late tonight, the penn state board said that it was "outraged by the horrifying details of the sandusky case." >>> now a story you'll only see on kron 4 as questions continue to swirl regarding how the oakland police department has handled occupy protestors. setting the record straight in an exclusive interview with haaziq madyun. >> reporter: the oakland police chief says make no mistake about it, the buck stops with him. >> yes. yes. yes. those were my decisions that i made. i'm responsible for those decisions. we started seeing and hearing about 200 people trying to enter into a building that was abandoned. there were reports of people seen going there with insidiary devices. we had to arrest people that were stopping us from doing our job. >> reporter: what chief jordan said he is not responsible for is the city's policy led by mayor jean quan on how to handle the occupy wall street at the plaza. >> it is a unique situation to be in. the policy decisions were made above my level and my job is to make sure that we protect life and property and make sure that my office

suit california said "we will get to the bottom of this," and we heard from the chairman of the board of trustees at penn state and he says the board was committed to restoring public trust in the institution. here is some of the other things he said. listen. >> the committee will undertake a full and complete investigation of the circumstances that gave rise to the grand jury report. it will be commissioned and determined what failures occurred, who is responsible, and what measures are necessary to ensure that this never happens again. >>reporter: in another development we are told that someone has vandalized the home of sandusky and sandusky is the accused pedophile in this case. there is increasing concern here that there could be some time of violence this weekend. we saw, of course, the outrage expressed earlier this week by students. this was rioting and there is a very visible police presence on this campus and we expect it will certainly continue throughout the weekend. >>trace: and back to the investigation, david lee it seems to be expanding. >>reporter: that's right. there are reports that more vic

the shooting and no one was injured. >>> investigating child sex charges at penn state. today, the board of trustees at the collegeannounces a former fbi leader is leading the inquiries. >> he will lead a lengthy investigation into the child sex abuse scandal that's rocking penn state. >> we're going to make regieses to the board of trustees to ensure -- to make recommendations to the board of trustees to ensure anyone at penn state. >> reporter: the university's board of trustees formed a special committee to investigate allegations that the former assistant football coach jerry sandusky sexually abused eight boys during the 15- year period. two university officials face criminal charges for allegedly lying to the grand jury. >> we are committed to leaving no stone unturned to get to the bottom of what happened. who knew what, when, and what changes must be made to ensure this does not happen again. >> reporter: the university's president were fired. >> we will also thoroughly study and review all the university's policies, procedures, compliance, and internal controls. >> reporter: the

we have to find the best and brightest in the united states. >> the board is hoping to stop interviewing finalists for this job by the spring and fill it by this summer. >> the state highway administration is getting ready for winter weather. today, they showed off their new blauvelt, the largest one in maryland. -- their new plow, a large as one in maryland. it is as large as two trucks, but only one driver. you can get prepared for winter as well. our interactive guide is that wbaltv.com, click on whether block. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> not quite wintry, but getting a little bit chillier, and even our snow -- some snow to our west. that lake-effect machine is starting to kick in as the cold air crosses eri and ontario. in our region, the skies are beginning to clear out. the precipitation was not that impressive. most of it falling south and east of baltimore. when the temperatures were colder, we did not have that much precipitation. where the temperatures were warmer, a bit more shower activity. generally dry if almo

that is something by the individual state boards to do. there no question, this is a huge factor. but he is licensed in four different states. at time the trial was going on, his liens in california was suspended. in hawaii is expired but he still had a medical license, albeit without the ability to prescribe medication any more. so this is something determined at the state board level. again, this is a huge determinent in. >> it would be shocking in a doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter is aallowed to practice. but technically it is possible that someone can serve time and get back into the business of being a doctor. >> yes. absolutely. and the state board, even at the time of conviction, depending on specifically what conviction is for, reserves the right not to strip the person of their medical license. again, that's a state board decision. as opposed to courts. >> i guess we can just conclude that jurors, all 12 of them, never really bought this notion that michael jackson himself, administered the appropriate fall when dr. murray walked out of that room. >> you know,

african-american and the longest serving vice chair of the board of education. she served as a state board of education's vice president for 10 years and presided over meetings in the absence of a governor. dr. ethel hall retired 10 months ago after serving on the alabama state board of education for 24 years. dr. ethel hall was born to harris -- harry and to fannie mae harris on february 23, 1928. the harris family lived in morgan academy -- members will record their votes by electronic devician county, alabama, and due to the limited educational opportunities in their area, they sent their doctor to live with her grandparents in jefferson county so she could attend school until north birmingham. she attended parker high school in birmingham until she moved back home with her parents to attend council training school. she graduated valedictorian of her high school class and then attended alabama a&m university where she received a graduate degree -- bachelor's degree of science couple laddy -- lau -- cum laude. she taught in the jefferson county, and birmingham city school systems a

./ aboutt the loan breaking nnws out of state college pennsylvania.... the penn state boardrowing furor over how the school handled sexabuse allegations against assistant coach jjrry sandusky. the massive shaaeup comes hours after paternoannounced thatthe planned to retire at the end offhis 46th season. 3 a crofton man is one stee closer tooreceiving a presidential award for his idea to help run the government more efficiently. myranda stephens is here with country'ssspace progrrm. jennifer, saving time and money isn'ttroccet scienne... the federal government.but matthew ritsko of ccofton has out... that's not so out of this world. matthew ritsko - a financial maaager for nasa - is over the moon about his recent honor was very exccting. it was unexpected aad it dfeinittly shook me up a little bit 011he 28-year-old rofton resident was juut named one of four award. nearly 20-thousand &pentries were submitted for th presidential award - whicc is given each year to one federal employee - who comes up with an iiea to hell run the government more efficiently. 4:12 i put it innthe

the board in due course. and there is no problem with individual board members stating what they would like to have on the agenda, telling the executive director, that they would like to have something on the agenda, asking the chair to place it on the agenda. that is perfectly fine. that is what you do. there are some exceptions to the rule about not discussing items on the agenda. they are extremely rare, but there are some in emergencies. you sometimes will be able to discuss matters that are not on the agenda. of course, our office would be giving you advice about this. i have been in this office for 22 years, and i think the only time i have ever seen this happen was after loma prieta. and this goes back to your question, about not discussing items on the agenda. it does not prevent people from asking to put something on a future agenda, from a board member following up on public comment, for asking for clarification about what their concern is, a public common with the reference to staff or other resources or asking staff to report back on something that a member of the public is commenting about. so one o