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the e-mails are between graham spanier, and athletic director tim curley now discussing the infamous 2001 shower incident where grad assistant mike mcqueary said he saw sandusky molesting a young boy. the first e-mail is dated 2001 which is 16 days after mcqueary reports to his boss, joe pate o paterno, about what he has seen in the shower. but paterno testified, quote, it was a sexual nature. by now mcqueary has testify tad he has told athletic director and vp schultz about what he saw, a boy up against the wall with sandusky up behind him. the alleged e-mails don't call sandusky by name, but subject or person. and in the first e-mail exchange schultz questions curley about a three-part plan to contact the s subject and contact the charitable organization, second mile, and contacting the department of welfare. that is an agency required by law to investigate suspected abuse. yet the next night curley has a change of heart and he sends an e-mail to president graham spanier and refers to a discussion they had two days earlier about sandusky. curley wants to talk it over with sandusky

attorneys for the former athletic director tim curley and former vice president gary schultz will both be in court today. >>> in the case of trayvon martin the confessed shooter george zimmerman has a hearing on a motion for protective order for discovery where they keep the information and evidence sealed until trial time. it's scheduled for 1:30. >>> a texas mom will probably not receive the mother of the year award any time soon. >> where this woman was found and what police found her doing as she was asked do leave the tattoo parlor. -- asked to to leave the tattoo parlor. >> you can see the image on this mold. a family says they can and why they feel it's a blessing to have the image there. >> and friday is here and many of you have big plans. but if you are outdoors you might need a plan b. i will have details coming up. >> reporter: no delays on the south side of 95. just north of the beltway i will show you what 83 looks like in my abc2 timesaver traffic report. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> around the nation a dangerous ride home for some commuters in detroit. look at t

are a few more trials to get underway for former penn state athletic directo tim curley and vice president gary schultz. a hearing is set for those on july 11th. >>> new this morning, several new jersey police officers and port authority workers are recovering from smoke inhalation following a small fire at an x-ray machine in new york laguardia airport. the fire caused a brief evacuation of the terminal last night. and passengers were allowed back in within the last hour. within an hour rather. no word on what caused the fire this morning. >> don't worry, the electricbill has been paid but right now the board of visitors for the university of virginia are meeting tomorrow to talk about the dismissal of the current president teresa sullivan. thousands came out yesterday calling on the board to reverse the decision and let her go. 27 speakers from dean to professors and students came out on campus showing their support for the outgoing president. >> we came to uva because of it's great legacy of honor and integrity and the history. and that's trampled upon in our view. >> i hope the board c

penn state initially withheld the files and contradict what shult and former athletic director tim curleya grand jury. both men have pleaded not guilty. >>> 10 florida a and m students charged with hazing for their death in the drum major. the students have waived their patterns. the hearing is scheduled for 8:30 in the morning. >>> this morning a warning from the anne arundel county fire department after a 6-year- old was targeted in a bottle bomb attack. now, the explosion happened on this playground at sunset elementary school. two boys threw the bottle at the girl. luckily she wasn't injured. the 12 and 15 years old who threw that bottle were arrested and charged with juveniles -- as juveniles with reckless endangerment and possession of a destructive device. this is the sixth bottle bomb incident they've seen this year. >>> the festivities just beginning for the celebration this weekend all in commemoration for the war of 1812. >> yeah. so here is a closer look at the tall ships' arrival today. here's abc 2 news' linda stow. linda, i imagine it is pretty quiet there right now. >>repo

former penn state athletic director tim curley and schultz. they were charged with perjury. on wednesday a judge denied a request from gerry sandusky's lawyer to delay his proceedings. proceedings are sthrite get under way on tuesday. >> you and i know some people need a caffeine pick me up but if a super-sized soda comes to mind, mayor bloomberg said he wants to ban sugar-sweetened drinks larger than 16 ounces. the ban would apply to non-diet soda servings at restaurants, fast food joints and even food carts. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day, what do you think of the city's proposal to ban sugar-sweetened drinks over 16 ounces in an effort to curb obesity? you can send us an email to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> doesn't stop people from buying two smaller sizes. >> don't drink it. >> if you buy your direction at a fast food restaurant, chances are you hit the drive-thru. so how many people pulled around last year? >> you are probably going to see higher admission prices just to get to the concession stand. how to avoid paying so much. >> and we'll update

the e-mails are between the president, the vice president and athletic director tim curley, discussingncident where mike mcqueary saw sandusky sexual aassaulting a boy. the first was february 26, 2001, 16 days after mcqueary reports what he's seen in the shower. paterno testified, it was a sexual nature. by now, mcqueary testified he told athletic director and vp schultz about what he saw, a boy with his hands up against the wall with sandusky behind him. the e-mails don't mention sandusky by name, calling him the suspect and person. in the first exchange, schultz messages curley about a three-part plan to quote, talk with the subject, contacting second mile and contacting the department of welfare, it's an agency required by law to investigate suspected abuse. the next night, curley indicates a change of heart. he sends an e-mail to penn state's president and refers to a discussion they had two days earlier about sandusky. curley wants to talk things over with sandusky and work with him before deciding whether to contact child welfare. he refers to coach paterno. did something he said

. >> gary shultz and tim curley, as you know, they're already facing charges in connection with failing to report the abuse, lying to authorities. how do you see these e-mails in whatever legal action will follow? >> well, these e-mails of course are irrelevant to that particular action. they're also relevant to the investigation by former fbi director louis freeh and they're irrelevant to the civil investigation. here what we see on the face reckless conduct. a university president who is making a conscious, deliberative effort and aproving the failure to report a known sexual predator. that conduct is likely part of the reason why mr. spannier was dismissed. >> you hear a lot of times in those e-mails the word "humane" approach. what do you make of that? >> well there was quite the contrary -- quite to the contrary. the humane thing to do would have been to report mr. sandusky to the dpw. to report him to authorities. instead, there was this conscious decision made that they were just going to go at it simply by having mr. curley talk to sandusky. my word, that just is not right. the

. >> the e-mails was from graham spanier, vice president gary schultz and tim curley discussing the infamousincident where mike mcqueary saw sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy. the first e-mail is dated february 26, 2001. that's 16 days after mcqueary reports to his boss coach joe paterno about what he's seen in the shower. paterno testified, quote, it was a sexual nature. >> by now mcqueary testified he's told athletic director curley and v.p. schultz about what he saw. a boy with the hands up against a wall with sandusky behind him. the aled e-mails don't mention sandusky by name instead calling him the subject and person. in the first exchange schultz messages curley about a three-part plan to, quote, talk with the subject, contacting the charitable organization, second mile, and contacting the department of welfare. that's an agency required by law to investigate suspected abuse. and curley indicatesa i change of heart. he allegedly sends an e-mail to penn state's president spanier and refers to a discussion they had two days earlier about sandusky. curley says he wants to talk thi

they are focused on what penn state officials knew about sandusky's conduct, tim curley and gary schultz have already been charged with perjury relating to what they knew about the now famous 2001 shower incident involving sandusky and a young boy reported to them by former graduate assistant mike mcqueary. sources tell nbc news that kelly's office is closely reviewing e-mails showing that former penn state president graham spanier also had knowledge of that incident and agreed that it would be humane to sandusky not to report the mcqueary allegation to local authorities. curley, schultz and spanier all deny any wrongdoing. a lawyer for one of sandusky's victims says the inaction of penn state officials makes the school a prime target for civil suits. >> if those in power at penn state had taken action in the early 2000s and stopped at nothing to see that justice was served on jerry sandusky, then my client would not have been molested in 2007 and 2008. >> reporter: for "today," michael isikoff, nbc news, state college pennsylvania. >>> now, 14 minutes past the hour. here's jenna. >> all

tim curley and gary schultz are accused of failing to report child abuse claims against former assistanttball coach jerry sandusky. their attorneys are asking for more time to find and review evidence. the deadline to file that motion is today. jury selection for sandusky's trial starts tuesday. federal prosecutors were not expected to put john edwards on trial again. a jury acquitted edwards on one count of corruption and a judge declared a mistrial on five other counts. he was accused of using campaign funds to hide an affair with his pregnant mistress. >>> marla, time now is 6:46. the "today" show is next, and we'll have more on edwards' acquittal. here's ann curry to tell us more. >> good morning, and coming up here on a friday morning on "today," what was it like to be in the jury room as the fate of john edwards was being deliberated? why did they acquit him on one of the charges and deadlock on the others? this morning, three of the jurors are going to be in our studio opening up an exclusive live interview. also ahead this morning, michael bloomberg defends his controversial deci

we have pending charges against the athletic director tim curley, and the others who are pending charges of how they handled the mike mcqueary allegations, and worth mentioning tonight that the jury did find guilty verdicts against jerry sandusky for what he was doing in the shower with the young boy who mike mcqueary saw that night. there are, and it is not going to stop there. as we have reported before, the fo former president of penn state university graham spainer who was fired under this matter remains under investigation, and new evidence has come forward including e-mails about how they handled those mcqueary allegations that mcqueary reported, including an e-mail which says they concluded that, agreed it would be quote humane not the report jerry sandusky to social services when the full e-mail trail comes out, and it will when the louie freeh report comes out, you can expect a fierce reaction to that. and then on top of that, there's the civil lawsuits that are going to be filed over this case. many of the -- we don't have to say alleged victims any more, and we can now say vic

the verdict came shortly before two university officials two former university officials, tim curleyary schultz, who learned more than a decade ago of sandusky's behavior failed to report it to police. they were state president graham spanier could face charges as jurors heard graphic testimony from the young men about how sandusky began with mild affection, such as bear hugs and kisses on the forehead, and progressed to more sexual contact. they said sandusky fondled them and performed oral sex on them and he expected them to do the same. t some were abuse began, and it continued for years. >> jerry indicated that he was disappointed with the verdict but they believed that he was guilty. i have been asked is that a surprise and note it was the expected outcome because of the all for an amount of evidence against jerry sandusky. there are a lot of people sitting in jail who are innocent. there are a lot of people (crowd erupst) meanwhile, the young men are being honored by coming forward. >> we have to continue to focus on children sexual abuse and shine a bright light in his dark da

investigation focusing on the penn state university officials really at the top graham spanier and tim curley and schultz. why more charges? >> this relates to what you were talking about at the beginning, these new documents that were recently turned over to the prosecution recently revealed and it shows that schultz kept a file on sandusky. now, if he said things in the grand jury, which the prosecution says he did, inconsistent with what's in the file, there could be more charges and more lies because he was testifying under oath to the jury and asserting certain things, this is the first i've heard of it. never heard of any other instances and this file may show otherwise. it will probably be more perjury obstruction of justice type charges. >> beth karas, a correspondent on "in session" and former prosecutor. thanks. still ahead, george zimmerman's wife goes to jail for lying about her family's finances. we're going to get exclusive reaction from trayvon martin's family coming up. >>> and also this morning, we'll talk about your foot wear, whether you wear prada shoes or well worn flats,

pending perjury trial charges against two top former penn state officials, the athletic director, tim curleythe former vice president, gary schultz, both of whom were informed about that night that mcqueary -- shower incident and failed to take any action about it. what they testified to the grand jury is what is at issue in that case. but as we reported over a week ago now, louis free, the former fbi firm which has been hired to conduct an internal investigation for penn state found e-mails, a cache of e-mails that took place after that mcqueary incident that is the focus of intensive investigation. and one of those i'm trae-mail as we reports, schultz and penn state former president agreed that it would, quote, be inhumane to sandusky to not report the shower incident to local authorities. remember, this is after the 1998 penn state police investigation into sandusky. so how did that happen? how were senior officials, and why -- why did senior officials at penn state not crack down and try to stop jerry sandusky when they had all thesegations? >> michael, that's exactly my question. the fi

but those two former officials are tim curley and gary schultz, a former vice president at penn state in charge of police investigations on campus. cnn obtained court documents filed late yesterday that indicate the possible existence of what you could call a secret file not previously known to anyone until now. now it has been obtained by the pennsylvania attorney general's office looking into the perjury case about what penn state officials knew or didn't know about jerry sandusky. this court document indicates -- it says that the attorney general has now obtained a file relating to incidents involving jerry sandusky, specifically, it says, the file was created, maintained and possessed by gary schultz, documents that are inconsistent with statements made to the grand jury. and it also talks about they have now obtained and found computer data, e-mails between schultz, curley and others at penn state university that appears to contradict statements made to the grand jury. this could be big information about possible information that penn state officials may have known and not previo

exchanges between school president graham spaniard, vice president gary schultz and athletic director tim curley2001 incident in which a grad assistant said he saw sandusky assaulting a boy in the showers. sandusky is referred to as the subject or person. school officials decided to raise the allegations to sandusky and to his charity, but not to police. an attorney for one of the victims holds penn state fully responsible. >> the fact of the matter is that we can't begin to talk to penn state until we have full and complete disclosure and this, i would believe, is the tip of the iceberg. >> schultz and curley have been charged in the case. sandusky is going to be sentenced within the next three months, after a jury found him guilty on 45 criminal counts. >>> the coastguard has seized $48 million worth of cocaine in the caribbean. the seizure is part of an operation to crack down on drug smuggling from central america. the coastguard displayed the 3800 pounds of cocaine at a dock in miami beach. the drugs were seized in three different stings off the coast of nicaragua and colombia. >>> formal d

. >> reporter: former athletic director tim curley and former vice president gary schultz are facing perjury charges relating to what they knew about a 2001 shower incident involving sandusky and a young boy reported to them by former graduate assistant mike mcqueary. sources say kelly's office is reviewing e-mails showing that former penn state president graham spanier agreed that it would be, quote, humane to sandusky not to report the mcqueary allegation to local authorities. curly, schultz and spanier all deny wrongdoing. >> if those in power at penn state had taken action until early 2000s then my client would not have been molested in 2007 and 2008. >> reporter: legal experts say with an endowment of $1.8 billion, penn state has deep pockets that will make it a prime target for civil suits filed by sandusky's victims. >> based on other judgments in sex abuse cases in pennsylvania, we could be talking about tens of millions of dollars at least. >> reporter: in the statement, penn state it plans to set up a progra program to privately ex pe tishsly and fairly address the victims'