he put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it toward his crotch. mr. cain said, you want a job, right? i asked him to stop and he did. >> cain told abc's jimmy kimmel that the allegation is false and he got angry watching it with his staff. >> they could see steam coming out of my ears and the feelings that you have when you know that all of this is totally fabricated, you go from anger, then you go, you get disgusted. you try to control yourself to make sure you watch this thing all the way through. i was listening very closely and then when it was all over with i said, well, i know what we got to do because there is not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations. >> so we're also going to be listening very closely and bring you cain's news conference that is live at 5:00 p.m. eastern. joe paterno is going to face a barrage of questions about the penn state sex abuse case. that is happening today. the legendary football coach is meeting reporters in the next hour. we'll bring that to you live. jerry sandusky an assistant coach to paterno for three decades has been charged with molesting eight boys. a grand jury report says that paterno was told about an incident involving sandusky and a boy back in 2002. paterno says that he reported the allegation to his bosses but he never called police. so how much time does dr. conrad murray serve for michael jackson's death? well, his lawyers plan to ask for probation, maybe a little time in county jail for the involuntary manslaughter conviction. murray was handcuffed, locked up, after the guilty verdict was announced. well, the sentencing that is set now for november 29th, jackson's family couldn't be happier. >> michael loves everybody out here. i love him. we all love him. guess what? he was in that courtroom and that's why victory was served. >> justice was served, yes. it wasn't enough time, though. >> we're actually going to talk about the case with a criminal defense attorney later in the hour. on wall street despite trouble in europe the dow is back up above the 12,000 mark. thanks to the rally yesterday, right now the dow-jones is down by four points. president obama is in pennsylvania today. that's where he is going to be talking about his jobs act and early childhood education. later in the hour we'll have that as well. but everybody is talking about the comments that he made last week in what he thought was a private conversation with french president nicolas sarkozy. according to reuters, sarkozy called the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu a liar and president bush, well, sorry, obama did actually shout him down, hot mike caught the whole exchange. we have more on that coming up. this takes some guts. want you to check it out. this is storm chaser aaron brody driving toward a monster tornado. this one touched down in tipton, oklahoma yesterday. emergency officials say thankfully no one was hurt but one building was destroyed. at least three others damaged. so check it out. get out your telescope. an asteroid the size of four football fields is flying by today. planetary scientists say there is no need to worry. it is passing between earth and the moon's orbit. now, asteroids, this size, come close to the earth about once every hundred years. try to catch it. former boxer, boxing heavyweight champion joe frazier has died. he was battling liver cancer. smoking joe as he was called fought muhammad ali three times, beating him once. the third fight, the thriller in manila, considered one of the best of all time. a statement from ali today says the world has lost a great championship. i will always remember joe with respect and admiration. my sympathy goes out to his family and loved ones. here is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. in light of the latest allegations against republican presidential candidate herman cain today's question is cain's accuser's statement a game changer? well, carol costello is joining us from new york with more on that. a lot of people thought a face, a name, identity going public now that this could really work against cain and really change the game here. >> it could. that's the basis of our question this afternoon, suzanne, after days of blaming the media, rick perry, and all those women named anonymous, herman cain can at last point to an accuser with a face and a voice. sharon bialek, a former national restaurant association employee, accuses cain of groping her sexually in 1997 when she asked him to help her find a job. >> initially, i went into this hoping every hope of hopes that herman would just step forward. actually that was my primary goal, just admit it. step forward, admit it, and move forward. >> bialek says she is ready for the media onslaught and it's already begun. >> i assumed it was bialek, but gloria allred says her name is bialek. as in bia-a-lik. >> bialek is also criticized for her choice of lawyers. gloria allred a celebrity whose last client was a porn star who received sexual texts from former congressman anthony weiner. herman cain is denying bialek's claims and fired off this statement, and i quote. just as the country finally begins to refocus on our crippling $15 trillion national debt and the unaccept bli high unemployment rate, now activist celebrity lawyer gloria allred is bringing forth more false accusations against the character of republican front-runner herman cain. but bialek's claims go beyond sexual harassment. cnn's legal analyst jeffrey toobin says bialek's allegations amount to assault and he says cain may never recover. so the talk back today. is the cain accuser's statement a game changer? facebook.com/carol cnn, facebook.com/carol cnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >> carol, i guess we'll all watch and see what cain has to say himself later today at his press conference, whether he can actually address or answer some of the issues that have been brought forward. i imagine that's going to change the game as well. yeah? >> oh, yeah. because i think that cain's critics want him to go allegation by allegation and tell people exactly what he was accused of and why he's innocent of those accusations. so we'll see what he does in arizona at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. >> all right. thank you. here is a rundown. some of the stories ahead, first the name, a face, right, to the accusations that are now public. how the herman cain presidential campaign is responding after one accuser tells her story. plus, tell us how you really feel. open mike catches french president sarkozy and president obama discussing israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. not so flattering. then enjoy it while you can. yeah. there's been a drop in gas prices but experts don't expect it to last. and also, michael jackson's personal doctor spends his first night in jail but how long are they going to keep him? we'll find out what is next for conrad murray. and a deer doesn't bother wer the front door at this atlanta area restaurant. take a look. presidential candidate herman cain holds a news conference. that is happening today to respond to the latest allegations of sexual harassment against him. a fourth woman has leveled charges against cain and went public with her story. mary snow joins us from new york with some of the details. mary, tell us, cain's accuser talked this morning about her decision to come forward. she's already getting some criticism because of that. what did she say? >> suzanne, she said she fully expected scrutiny and that she has braced herself for it, calling herself, her words, a tough girl. sharon bialek is a single mother living in chicago and she also says that her teenage son played a part in her decision to come forward even though she'd face scrutiny. i expected it and i still knew i had to come forward. my biggest concern and my biggest fan is my son. and actually the night before that i was about to do this, i called him. he was with his dad. and i said, nick, what do you think i should do? because he knew about this. he had heard me speaking to dpl gloria. he is 13. he said, mom, you have to do the right thing. i think you need to tell on him. and that's out of the mouth of a 13-year-old, so that confirmed it for me. >> now, the cain campaign is also questioning sharon bialek's motives for these accusations that they say are completely false and they are saying that because she has had a history of financial troubles, filed for bankrupt bankruptcy, she has filed for bankruptcy in the past, partly she says because she had bills, medical bills associated with her late mother. but she insists that she is not standing to profit by coming forward. she said she wanted to give a voice and a name to these accusations and speak up publicly for other women who could not or chose not to come forward. suzanne? >> and cain is holding a news conference this afternoon. what do we know about how he is responding to her allegations? >> well, we saw him publicly last night appearing on the jimmy kimmel show and he is, you know, saying that all these accusations are false. take a listen to some of what he had to say last night. >> i was listening very closely and then when it was all over with i said, well, i know what we got to do because there's not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations and my team is putting this stuff together. that's why i'm willing to do a press conference tomorrow to set the record straight. >> and that press conference will be taking place later this afternoon in phoenix and also, suzanne, the campaign had questioned, you know, why she's come forward now, sharon bialek and also saying there is no formal complaint, no record of this. bialek has said that she did not go to the national restaurant association back in 1997 she said because she no longer worked for the organization, that she had been fired about a month before this alleged incident took place. >> all right. mary, thank you so much. we'll be keeping a close eye on this story. herman cain is a story that's just not going to go away. now his campaign is in full damage control mode. last night as we mentioned abc's jimmy kimmel live, cain said he is now ready to confront all of the allegations. >> i will talk about any and all future fire storms because here is one thing people don't know about herman cain. i'm in it to win it and i'm not going to be discouraged. [ cheering ] >> joining us to talk about how cain is handling the scandal, what he needs to do to move forward, our cnn senior political analyst david gergen and, david, good to see you. cain continues to assert that all of this is not true. so do you think that is a strategy that's going to work when he confronts all the questions later today, this afternoon? >> a strategy of dismissing the accusers accusing him of bad faith, conspiracy, that strategy has not worked for him so far and i do not think will work as yet a fourth woman comes forward. the only strategy i think at this point and still may not work is to work through each individual allegation, try to provide the facts as he knows them, stay calm, don't be accusato accusatory, don't go after the character of these women, try to set the record as straight as you can. i think there is an outside possibility and i say it is very outside, that he may leave the campaign today. he may find this to be so damaging, distracting other republicans are beginning to question this and his support may be eroding in iowa as the des moines register reported this morning. in trade interestingly has a 40% chance now he'll withdraw before the end of the year david, you've covered a lot of campaigns. are there signals? are there signs at this moment that he could withdraw? >> no. just the opposite. last night of course with jimmy kimmel he was very insistent that he would set the record straight but at some point you've got to sit down with your advisers and see what you have to say that would set the record straight. if you don't say -- have a heck of a lot to say and if you have any idea that there are more people out there, you may want to cut this off now. i think that is a very low possibility but i don't think it is one we should dismiss. >> what do we think of the fact that republicans now, he's been able to raise some $2 million in the week that this scandal first came about and this news broke. it doesn't seem to me like he is losing a lot of support in his own base and his party. does that seem true to you? >> well, last week he was raising a lot of money. that's at a time when all of the accusers were anonymous and it just seemed to be coming out of the dark against him. now that a woman has come forward and put a face on this, i do think that -- i'm not sure it's a game changer but i definitely think it has changed the dynamics of what we see. again, going back to the des moines register reporting this morning they went back to 15 conservatives in iowa that they polled earlier. 11 of whom said they were troubled by this, by what this woman was saying. and one of whom said it dramatically changed his understanding of what was going on. people, you know, this is humanizing the story. and of course the graphic nature of it is also i think a lot of people sort of just said, yuk. so we'll have to wait and see. i think the most critical thing he can do right now is to provide facts and in a very lawyerly presentation of what is going on. not this hyperbole, she's this and she's that right. we know the way people react in iowa is very important but also the general public here. there is a new pew research poll, 39% of people have heard about the allegations and think they're true. 24% think they're false. 36% say they're not so sure. this was all before the fourth accuser came forward. do we think that he has credibility here, that he still has standing within the general public? >> well, i think it would have been a lot better had he asked her this last week. i think he would have had a lot more credibility. this is pretty late when you've got four now. but i do think, you know, there's the other side of this and what he may be drawing some inspiration from. you remember the '92 clinton campaign in new hampshire when jennif jennifer flowers came forward but bill and hillary clinton really rallied and he admitted he made mistakes in his life and sort of fessed up. they went on "60 minutes" together and he weathered it. he came in surprisingly well in new hampshire and went on to win the nomination of the presidency. this may not be fatal but a lot depends upon the, not only the facts, but upon the attitude of the candidate and so far he's been sort of wildly swinging at people like rick perry. >> right. >> and accusing rick perry of being behind this and that has given a sense of he is flailing as opposed to sort of confidently and in a wholly professional manner, a presidential manner if you would like, trying to set the record straight. >> okay. >> and move on. that's what he's got to do today if he has any shred of hope of holding on here. >> thank you so much. we'll all be watching at 5:00. the press conference with herman cain. presidential candidate herman cain says he will set the record straight. these allegations of sexual harassment against him, that news conference, 5:00 eastern. and of course we'll bring that for you live. it is the hot mike heard around the world. could it be bad news for president obama? that is the question. a little trash talking from the french president. is that enough to throw a wrench in the american relationship with israel? we'll find out. hey, i'm really glad we took this last minute trip! me too. you booked our room right? not yet, thanks for reminding me. wait, what? fret not ma'lady. i have the hotels.com app so we can t a great deal even at the last minute. ah, wellyesir. dolo free hotels.com app and get exclusive mobi dls. hotels.com. be smart. book smart. it's a hot mike fiasco involving world leaders. according to reuters president obama and nicolas sarkozy were overheard last week when the topic turned to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu things got a little ugly. dan lothian is traveling with the president in pennsylvania. so, dan, we've experienced this. we've covered this many times, that open mike situation where people don't even realize that what they're saying is going, broadcasting everywhere. reportedly reuters is saying that sarkozy called netanyahu a liar. and president obama didn't really defend the guy or disagree with that statement. has the president responded, president obama? has there been any fallout from this? >> look, i think it's a little too soon to gauge what the fallout from this will be. i should also point out that in terms of what's attributed to what president obama said and sarkozy said we don't know the full context of it. these quotes that are being reported are only a snippet in an overall conversation. so i think we have to get a bigger picture of that conversation to really gauge how big a fallout will be. in terms of specifically reacting to this, the white house choosing not to comment on the conversation, this private conversation as you pointed out, but instead the white house spokesman jay carney was asked about this on, in a gaggle aboard airforce one as the president was coming here to pennsylvania to highlight a head start program. and what he pointed out was that the united states and france have not seen eye to eye on this palestinian push for entry into a u.n. agency so i think what this shows is that all of these u.s. allies have unique relationships with israel and those relationships and those feelings don't always fall in line with the u.s. position. >> did the white house offer any explanation for why president obama didn't kind of give a robust defense of netanyahu when sarkozy allegedly called him a liar? >> you know, not at all. again, did not comment on that specific conversation. again, we don't know that perhaps the president did not say something much stronger later on in that conversation. again, we're just seeing a small slice in the terms of the quote that the president supposedly made. >> sure. >> then the growth sarkozy. so at this point the white house not talking specifically about what was said. >> sure. and it's a very good point. we don't have the full context or even the full conversation. it really is just a snippet from what we've been able to glean. but we know that in the past, we know that there has been some tension between president obama and netanyahu. where do they stand now? because clearly, they want to move the talks, the peace talks forward but they have very different ideas on how to do it. >> they really do. i think if you wanted to boil it down to one word is that it is and continues to be a complicated relationship. the quote from the president responding to sarkozy, the president said, quote, you're fed up with him but i have to deal with him even more often than you. so the president sort of pointing out that this is something that he has to deal with on a regular basis. but it is a complicated relationship but the u.s. position all along has been that the best way to achieve middle east peace is for both sides to sit down, have face-to-face negotiations, and this doesn't change that. >> all right. dan, good to see you. thank you very much. well, we are also watching wall street. we're live at the new york stock exchange. tell us how the markets are looking today. >> well, the markets have been pretty much focused on what's happening in italy and that budget vote that did actually get approved but without a clear majority. so there's uncertainty back in the marketplace and that has stocks now trending southward. we've got the dow, the nasdaq, and the s&p 500 all off about 0.5% and that literally happened in just the last 30 to 45 minutes. the focus continues to be on europe. what's happening in italy? will mr. berlusconi actually step down now that he doesn't have that majority? that's the uncertainty that remains. we don't know that is going to happen nor how soon it might if it did. all eyes are still focused on greece and whether they will have a new prime minister in the short term. one thing to focus on that is a little bit of good news because there isn't any economic news and earnings season is winding down, but mcdonald's has seen sales, global sales, demand increase by about 5.5%. that's been good news for its stock which has gained about 70% in the last three years trading at an all-time high earlier in today's session. >> all right. a lot of big mac eaters. thank you. the sexual abuse scandal is raising some questions for a close knit college community. why didn't penn state officials who knew about allegations go to police? head coach joe paterno soon to take some questions. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have 6 grams of sugars. with 15 grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. here's a rundown. some of the stories we're working on next. penn state coach joe paterno talks today after one of his former assistant coaches charged with sexually abusing boys. then in a few minutes the president will announce his next stop in we can't wait jobs campaign, that in pennsylvania. and later your answers to today's talk back question -- will the new sexual allegation against presidential candidate herman cain be a game changer in the race? well, coach joe paterno faces questions about the sexual abuse case that has shaken the penn state campus to the very core. cnn is going to have his remarks live in the next hour. paterno's long-time assistant jerry sandusky is charged with molesting eight boys. some in penn state's athletic facilities. cnn's jason carroll is on the story in state college, pennsylvania. >> two penn state officials charged with perjury were each released on $75,000 bail. athletic director timothy curly and senior vice president gary schultz resigned in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal involving former football coach jerry sandusky. sandusky is accused of sexually abusing eight boys. the attorney general says curly and schultz failed to report one of the incidents of sexual abuse to police and lied to grand jurors. their attorneys say the charges are bogus. >> it is a distraction in this case, the charge of perjury. it is unconscionable that the attorney general's office would level such a weak case against a man of integrity like mr. curley. >> this is disappointing because rather than follow the law, the attorney generals fabricate a fiction. >> reporter: the attorney general stands by the accusations laid out in the 23-page grand jury report, which alleges sandusky used his position as a former coach and founder of an organization to help troubled youths befriend young boys so he could sexual assault them. sandusky maintains his innocence. prosecutors say had penn state officials reported the allegation of abuse to police which is required under law it would have stopped sandusky from allegedly finding more victims. eight boys are described in the report but prosecutors say their investigation is not over. >> i don't think it would be beyond the realm of possibility that there are other victims that exist here. >> reporter: head football coach joe paterno is not charged in the case. in 2002, a grad student reported seeing sandusky sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a shower at the university. that student reported the incident to paterno, who in turn told his immediate supervisor, timothy curley. prosecutors say in the eyes of the law, that was enough. >> i wouldn't even characterize how i feel about joe paterno or any other individual in this case. all the sympathy i have is directed toward the children. >> reporter: sandusky, once celebrated as a hero, he was carried off the football field during the alamo boldbowl in 1999 and is now out on $100,000 bail and facing life in prison if convicted on all counts. >> is there any outcry or back lash against paterno because he didn't call the police back in 2002 to even report this incident that allegedly took place in the shower? >> reporter: that's correct. and just to put this into a little bit more perspective, and it is graphic when you -- when i looked at this grand jury report, suzanne, that 2002 incident that paterno was allegedly told about, once again, involving a 10-year-old boy and involving sodomy. and when you think about that type of ugly allegations, all sorts of questions are raised as to paterno's reaction to it, in terms of, okay. legally, in the eyes of the law, he did what he was supposed to do by reporting the incident to his superior, but the questions that are out there are why didn't any of these school officials report these allegations to the police? and that's why you've got calls for paterno's resignation. by the way, it goes all the way up to penn state's president. i mean, that's why you've got so much outrage in the community but having said that, there is still support for paterno in this community as well. >> jason, this may be a very hard question to answer, but do you get any sense at all, this press conference, this teleconference, whatever they're calling it, that there may be some announcements of resignations where people say look. this is enough. we're stepping aside? >> well, it's a good question. i think it's a fair question because quite frankly a lot of people are asking the same thing. all we've been told so far from penn state officials is that paterno will not be answering any questions about the allegations. all the questions he will answer will be focused on football. when you look at a man who has been the face of football here at penn state for generations who is a legend here, not just here but throughout the world of college football, it would be hard to understand how a man who has answered so many questions in the past and has stood by this team would not be able to answer questions when a team is in crisis and a school is in cris crisis. >> how did this come about, even the fact that he is going to be taking questions in the first place? >> this was his normally scheduled press conference. he does things like this every week. you've got a big game with nebraska coming up this weekend. it was regularly scheduled. he is the head football coach here so that is why he would be here attending this regularly scheduled press conference. >> all right. we'll see if he takes the tough questions he is going to get during that conference. thank you very much. next hour, we'll talk live with former national hockey league player sheldon kennedy. as a teenager, he endured years of sexual abuse by a hockey coach. and today he is an advocate for adults who have been victimized. doing time for the death of michael jackson, dr. conrad murray behind bars right now after his involuntary manslaughter conviction. i'm going to talk to a criminal defense attorney about the case as well as the sentencing. what's this? it's progresso's new loaded potato with bacon. it's good. honey, i love you... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. so the man convicted of causing michael jackson's death is said to be confident that he is going to win an appeal. that is according to one of conrad murray's attorneys. his defense team is focusing first on the sentencing. that's set for november 29th. criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor holly hughes is here. so you were following this very closely. you were not surprised by how this all turned out. as a matter of fact, you actually predicted this. >> yes. >> that he would be found guilty. i thought it was surprising at how he was treated, handcuffed, and carted off to jail. why do you suppose the judge made that call? >> interestingly enough the judge was very strong in his language. he talked about, this is a homicide charge essentially even though it's a lesser intent, you know, you didn't intend to kill him. >> right. >> you're still responsible for killing someone. and you've got ties to other countries. you know, you're not originally from here. so he was afraid you might just flee the jurisdiction. so he in very strong language said i find that you're a danger to the public, to the public safety. >> i didn't understand that because it's not like the guy is going to administer more propofol going around with an i.v. >> right. >> what did you make of that? >> what i think he based it on is the fact that this verdict said basically you were criminally negligent and, remember, dr. shaffer who testified for the prosecution listed 17 points that he considered negligent. so it isn't just the administering of propofol that got dr. murray. it's the lack of keeping medical records, the abandoning your patient, not having proper resuscitative equipment. when you look at all of that, what the judge is saying is you're so careless in how you take care of people we can't take a chance you'll hurt somebody else. >> do you think the judge is making an example of conrad murray and the way you have these other kind of so-called feel good doctors prescribing these medications to celebrities, getting all kinds of weird or special treatment and some people argue not even good care from these doctors? >> right. exactly. i think what's happening, i don't think that's the judge's main focus is i'm going to use you as an example. i think he is going to sentence him because he killed a patient. but there will be a dual effect because this will be a chilling effect to all of those, you know, doctors out there who will give in to the celebrities. we see this. the da himself said yesterday. >> right. >> that the leading cause of death right now in l.a. is pharmaceutical over doses. >> really. >> right. we just went through anna nicole smith and we saw how many different prescriptions she had. it's a big problem. when you have that kind of money and that kind of fame you can talk anybody into anything. and i think this will make some of the doctors pause and say, hey. you know what? i'm not going to lose my license for you no matter how much money you're offering. >> is he going to see jail time do you think? >> i think he will be sented to jail time. how much he actually serves will be up to the department of connections. we know they are under an edict if it is possible to put somebody on house arrest instead of incarcerating them we need to do it because it's cheaper so the judge can hand down a four years to serve sentence but the department of corrections is a totally independent agency and they will make the decision how much time conrad murray actually spends inside a prison. >> is there any chance that he can rehabilitate his image? is there anything that he can do? >> caller: n >> not at this point. sadly enough we call it a celebrity trial but the celebrity here was the victim. dr. murray was never a celebrity. he was a doctor to a celebrity, a friend of a celebrity. he hasn't exhibited the type of personality or kind of what do you call it, i don't know, essence that you would need to captivate people to draw them in to make them be on your side. the whole trial he was very stoic, didn't show any feelings. i don't think people can identify with him. >> all right. we'll see how he does. holly hughes, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. president obama is speaking in pennsylvania talking about his jobs program and also early education. let's listen in. >> this is why i have secret service along. now, i want to start by acknowledging some of the folks who are with me here today. first of all, i want to thank one of our finest public servants in this country, and she is just a great friend, but somebody who cares passionately about the health and the welfare of our kids and our families, kathleen sebelius, our secretary. [ applause ] -- of health and human services. i want to acknowledge the mayor, delores jones butler is in the house. two of my favorite members of congres congress, shaka fata and bob brady and one of my favorite former members of congress who i think is going to be doing big things here in pennsylvania is here as well, i guess i can't call you congressman -- huh? that's all right? the congressman murphy. i had a chance to say hello to mayor nutter when i landed in philly. he couldn't be with us this morning. i guess there are a few things going on here today. but i wished him well. he is a great partner of ours. and i also want to say thank you to miss plazan, dr. o'shea, all of the staff and the teachers who are here. they are just doing a great job. i had a chance to visit one of the classrooms here and i have to say it got me a little choked up. because, patrick, you need to remember, patrick's got small kids, and they are just so huggable at this age. and now they're still huggable but they're 5'9" and five feet and obviously you got a lot to handle when you're here. and the teachers, the staff, who are here, they wouldn't be doing this for the money. they're doing it out of love of children. all of you do it because you know that when it comes to learning and when it comes to growing, this is an absolutely critical period in a child's life. we know that 3 and 4-year-olds who go to high quality preschools, including our best head start programs are less likely to repeat a grade. they're less likely to need special education. they're more likely to graduate from high school than the peers who did not get these services. and so this makes early education one of our best investments in america's future. one of the best. right out of the gate it helps prepare our kids for a competition that's never been tougher, a competition for good, middle class, well paying jobs. and we're competing now with countries like china and south korea and europe all of which are serious about educating their children. so at a time when a company is able to move anywhere they want in the world and a lot of times will make the decision based on where they can find the most highly skilled work force, it is absolutely imperative that we make sure the united states is the place where we've got the best trained, best educated young people. that is a priority. and this is not and should not be a democratic priority or a republican priority. this is an american priority. it's an economic imperative. our future depends on it. and people understand this outside of washington, which is why we've been able to work with democratic and republican governors on our efforts to strengthen education from cradle to career. not only with more money, money is important, but also with reforms that challenge schools to develop higher standards and the best practices for teaching and for learning. now, unfortunately, in congress right now it's a different story. the republicans in washington have been trying to gut our investments in education. earlier this year nearly every republican in the house voted for a budget that would have cut hundreds of thousands of children from head start. they tried to cut pell grants for college students. they just voted against a jobs bill that would have put 400,000 teachers back in the classroom. their argument is that we don't have the their argument is we don't have the money. the argument is we can make these investments simply by asking people who make more than $1 million a year to pay a little more in taxes. >> we've been listening to president obama talk about the economic plan, the jobs program. we've seen in recent weeks executive orders to try to accomplish some of the smaller things about the edges. the president still insisting that congress needs to act to pass the bill, arguing it will create jobs, also talking about his plan for early education. we have just learned as well, this is breaking news, that the news conference that was supposed to take place at penn state involving the football coach joe paterno has been canceled. this is amid allegations of sexual abuse of young boys on campus. we'll have more on that. we'll go to the penn state campus after the break. it's powerful and stylish. ann] it's the world's thinnest 14-inch laptop with internal dvd. but mostly, it helps me combine my two favorite hobbies: watching sports and getting paaaid. you know. [ male announcer ] designed with the 2nd gen intel® core™ i5 or i7 processors. performance you need, style you want. for a limited time purchase select dell pc's and receive our holiday photo solution. our gift to you. it's this... the etrade pro platform. finds top performing stocks -- in three clicks. quickly scans the market for new trading ideas. got it? get it. good. introducing new etrade pro elite. me too. you booked our room right? not yet, thanks for reminding me. wait, what? fret not ma'lady. i have the hotels.com app so we can t a great deal even at the last minute. ah, wellyesir. dolo free hotels.com app and get exclusive mobi dls. hotels.com. be smart. book smart. fantastic! [ man ] pro-gresso they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. want to go to penn state. that's where we're getting breaking news. the press conference that was supposed to take place with joe paterno, the head coach there, has now been canceled. want to go to jason carroll who is on campus. what actually happened? >> reporter: just a few moments ago we got word that the press conference was canceled. they basically released a statement, penn state university saying, quote, due to the on going legal circumstances centered around the recent allegations and charges, we have determined that today's press conference cannot be held and will not be rescheduled. as you know, head coach joe paterno was scheduled to have a press conference today. penn state made it very clear yesterday that he would not be answering questions about the sexual abuse scandal. there was a lot of critics out there calling for his resignation. a lot of people had a lot of questions for him. you have to wonder from a pr sort of standpoint if there was some sort of discussion that said, if he doesn't answer questions, it looks like he's hiding. if he does answer questions, it might open a whole new can of worms. this is a school that likes to win and perhaps it was a no-win situation for them. suzanne? >> is there any sense at all that he is going to talk? you've told us before on campus that people are calling for his resignation. i would imagine he needs to come out and say something. >> reporter: well, i think when you look at the -- look at this case in its entirety, what i think a lot of people, whether you support the school and some of these officials and how they responded to these allegations of sexual abuse or whether you do not, at some point i think some people out here would say someone in an official capacity has to get out here and get in front of the camera. suzanne? >> all right, jason carroll, thank you very much. by now you've heard the latest allegations, and you've even met the woman behind them. today's talk-back question, is the latest herman cain accuser's statement a game-changer. anita says, i think it's totally wrong. but if they elect him, it just moves from the congress to the white house. look out interns. more of your responses up next. you've been sounding off on our "talk back" question. is the latest herman cain accuser's statement a game-changer, actually coming forward and saying she, too, was sexually harassed? is that going to make a difference here now you have a name, a face to these accusations. carol costello is joining us from new york. so, carol, what do we make of this? do we think it's a game changer? >> interesting responses. is the cain accuser's statement a game-changer? this from kim. in today's political game when every candidate is under the media microscope, you can't have a story like this hanging over your head. right, wrong or indifferent, the media won't let this one go until the man drowns in the quagmire. this from paul, it makes a difference that, yes, he has someone not bound by the confidentiality agreement. it puts an end to his strategy that everyone else is lying and i'm the only one telling the truth. from grace, why they didn't make a request from human resources but rather with the ceo in his car. the accuser had been let go of the national restaurant association before she asked herman cain to get her a job. this from joy, no game-changer from me, not until all accusers and all accompany affidavits are proved to be true. the timing is way too suspicious. it's not as if he started campaigning yesterday. from brian, of course it's a game-changer, no matter how much he denies it, the more information we get about the allegations, the more his story changes. suzanne will be back with more suzanne will be back with more after this. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com dude, why don't you just use the stuff? [ male announcer ] head & shoulders: seven benefits. every bottle. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in communities across the country, from helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn to financing industries that are creating jobs in boston or providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community and supporting training programs for tomorrow's workforce in los angeles. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods and communities, the more we can help make opportunity possible. and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. [ cheers and applause ] [ playing out of tune ] [ playing in tune ] [ male announcer ] at mcdonald's®, we support the community by giving to programs that bring out the best in our youth... ...because we believe when you feed the competitive spirit... ...it enriches the entire neighborhood. the simple joy of being deeply rooted. ♪ top of the hour. i'm suzanne malveaux. joe paterno expected to hold his weekly news conference right now. he planned to talk about this weekend's game against nebraska. reporters were much more interested in asking about the allegations that young boys were sexually abused at penn state's athletic facilities. with that in mind, paterno canceled his news conference. that happened just 15 minutes ago. his long-time defensive coach, jerry sandusky is charged with molesting eight boys over a 15-year period. paterno is not accused in the case. presidential candidate herman cain says he's going to set the record straight about allegations of sexual harassment against him. cain will hold a news conference later today. a fourth woman has accused him of inappropriate behavior. it happened after she lost her job and went to cain for help. >> he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it towards his crotch. mr. cain said, you want a job, right? i asked him to stop, and he did. >> cain told abc's jimmy kimmel that the allegation is false, and he got angry watching it with his staff. >> and they could see steam coming out of my ears. and the feelings that you have when you know that all of this is totally fabricated, you go from anger, then you get disgusted. you try to control yourself to make sure you watch this thing all the way through. and i was listening very closely. when it was all over with, i said, well, i know what we've got to do because there's not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations. >> we'll bring you cain's news conference live at 5:00 p.m. eastern and hear what he's got to say. cracked buildings, buckled roads, collapsed chimneys is part of the damage in central oklahoma from a weekend of earthquakes. yesterday it was tornadoes. storm chasers caught this one touching down in tipton. fortunately no one was hurt, but a building was flattened. three others were damaged. former boxing heavyweight champion joe frazier died. smokin' joe fought mohammed ali three times, beating him once. the third fight, the thrilla in manila considered one of the best of all time. frazier was 67 years old. so hutch time is dr. conrad murray going to serve for michael jackson's death? his lawyers plan to ask for probation and maybe a little time in the county jail for the involuntarily manslaughter conviction. murray was handcuffed, locked up after the verdict was announced. sentencing is set for november 29th. jackson's family couldn't be happier. >> michael loves everybody out here. i love him. we all love him. he was in that courtroom and that's why victory was served. >> you're not going to be seeing graphic warnings on cigarette packs any time soon. you may recall what they look like. a federal judge blocked a law that would have forced tobacco companies to include these kinds of pictures. the case raises first amendment issues involving commercial speech. right now we were supposed to be hearing from joe paterno, the penn state football coach. he was scheduled to have a news conference and we were hoping he would answer questions surrounding the sex abuse scandal unfolding there. as you know, his former assistant, jerry sandusky is charged with molesting eight boys. a few minutes ago we found out the press conference has been canceled. jason carroll is in state college, pennsylvania, on campus there. tell us how all this unfolded this morning. >> reporter: basically everyone was lining up, getting ready to take positions, hoping we would be able to have an opportunity to ask joe paterno some questions. they came out with a very brief statement. it's very short. due to the on going legal circumstances centered around the recent allegations and charges, we have determined that today's press conference cannot be held and will not be rescheduled. there was no other further explanation other than this very brief sort of one-page statement that they handed to us. basically a lot of us were hoping be'd get the opportunity to speak to head coach joe paterno about these recent allegations. but having this happen now, it really sort of begs the question is anyone from the university going to come out and speak? will we, in fact, perhaps hear from the university president? later on wednesday, for example, suzanne, a fund-raising dinner was supposed to be held with the university president. that was canceled as well. what we might be experiencing here is somewhat of a media blackout. >> they seem to be hunkering down here. what are the students and the people on campus telling you, jason? do they think they should come forward and explain what has happened from the coach as well as the president? >> reporter: absolutely. no matter what side that you're on, there are some of those here who obviously support paterno and some of the other officials that are here. but there's also a lot of students here, and not just students, people in the community, alumni who are angry. they're upset. this is a school with a stellar reputation. a lot of people are wondering why more was not done when these allegations of sexual abuse came forward. quite frankly at this point, suzanne, a lot of folks wondering why no one is coming out to speak. >> we will see if that changes. but jason, thank you very much. obviously just keep us posted on what is happening there on the campus. a lot of unanswered questions. a lot of angry folks and now a news conference that is no longer there. we'll see how this all unfolds. thank you, jason. here is a rundown on the stories ahead. first, a herman cain accuser goes public with her story. we'll take a look at what is next now for his campaign. then i'll tell you what happened after this protester dangling off new york's tappan zee bridge suddenly let's go. also look out above, it's another giant astroid zooming by. and this -- >> siri what are you wearing? >> aluminum, glass and stainless steel, nice, huh. >> apple just raised the bar on voice recognition technology. o. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a non-narcotic treatment that's fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing of the skin or eyes. talk with your doctor about your medicines, including those for migraine, or if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles, to address a possible life-threatening condition. tell your doctor about alcohol use, liver disease, and before you reduce or stop taking cymbalta. dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. side effects include nausea, dry mouth, and constipation. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor about cymbalta. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. outhwash,alta can help. toothpaste and mouth wetting lonzenges - guaranteed effective on all types of bad breath and dry mouth. nothing works faster than therabreath. visit therabreathforfree.com here is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. in light of the latest allegations against republican presidential candidate herman cain, today's question, is the accuser's statement a game-changer. carol costello is joining us from new york with more. hi, carol. >> hi, suzanne. after days of blaming the media and rick perry and all those women named "anonymous," sharon bialek, a former restaurant association employee accused cain of groping her sexually in 1997 when she asked him to help her find a job. >> initially i went into this hoping every hope of hopes that herman would just step forward. that was my primary goal. step forward, admit it and move forward. >> bialek says she's ready for the media onslaught and it's already begun. >> i assumed it was bialek. but gloria allred says her name is bialek as in buy a lick. >> she's also criticized for her choice of lawyers. gloria allred whose last client was a porn star who received sexual texts from former congressman anthony weiner. herman cain is denying bialek's claims and fired off this statement, quote, just as the country begins to refocus on our crippling national debt and the unacceptably high unemployment rate, gloria allred is bringing forth more false accusations against the character of republican front-runner herman cain. cnn legaln toobin says her allegations amount to assault and he says cain may never recover. is the cain accuser's statement a game-changer. facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >> carol, i'm curious whether or not his comments will change the game later this afternoon as he goes point by point taking on her accusations? >> a lot of people want him to do that. in fact, critics say he has to go through allegation -- allegation by allegation and then respond to each one and try to be sort of respectful sounding towards these accusers because being disrespectful won't make him look very good. we'll see what happens at 5:00 p.m. eastern today. check out these stories from across the country. remember this guy yesterday dangling from the tappan zee bridge north of new york. well, when police started lowering his rope, he jumped into the hudson river. michael davitt was quickly fished out and arrested. still not clear what he was protesting. imagine how surprised these folks were when a deer crashed through the door of an atlanta area restaurant on sunday. one worker finally guided the deer out of a side door. deer and people all okay. better late than never for these kids. in west field, massachusetts, finally they got to go trick-or-treating last night. their halloween was postponed about a week or so because of that freak snowstorm. the man convicted of causing michael jackson's death will stay in jail until his sentencing later this month. dr. conrad murray is described as devastated by the guilty verdict and confident he's going to win an appeal. that is, according to at least one of his lawyers. richard herman is joining us from washington. you followed this closely here. what do you think went wrong with murray's defense in this case? >> i think the jury just could not get over his two-hour conversation which the defense could not separate themselves from. that was devastating, suzanne. that in and of itself caused the conviction here. i also believe the jury just could not, could not swallow the fact that propofol, anesthesia was being used to put michael jackson to sleep at night. whether michael started it years ago or whatever, conrad murray was administering it. he did it for two months. he was continuing to do it. you don't give anesthesia to someone to go to sleep at night. that was the big problem here. >> herman, why do you suppose his team -- they seemed pretty confident they'll make a case for his innocence in a second go-around with this appeal. >> they were confident they would win this case, too. it's always a knee-jerk reaction when you lose a case, we're going to take an appeal. very few appeals get reversed. here the judge limited in pretrial motions, limited the scope of the trial. in the end i think it was probably the right decision, and i don't know that they have a viable appeal. they can certainly appeal it. they will appeal it. but i don't think they're going to get any leverage with that. >> the fact we saw the judge threw murray in jail without bail, can we read anything from that, that he feels badly about this guy and will deliver a harsh sentence. >> we can read clearly that this judge does not like conrad murray. i think it was completely wrong for this judge to put him in prison right now and jail right now until sentencing in the next three weeks. clearly this judge will sentence him to the max, four years. four years in state prison which will get reduced to county prison which he gets credit day today, so a maximum of two years in county. because of the new laws, because it's a nonviolent felony conviction and he has no criminal conviction before this, he'll probably get house arrest and that's what he deserves. >> what did you make of the fact that the judge said he was a danger to the community, also the fact that he might be a flight risk? >> well, the flight risk issue, the judge was lucky to have that because of conrad murray's ties to the caribbean and other places outside the united states. but the fact that -- to call him a risk to society, a harm to society. lindsay lohan is a harm to society, not this guy. he can write prescriptions. his ability to write prescriptions is gone now. he's suspended anywhere. he can't do that. this was a bad move by the judge. i really disagree with the judge on this one. >> all right. richard herman, we'll be following this closely. heads up. a huge space rock is coming this way. how close is it going to get? we'll let you know in a minute. . ♪ grandma got run over by a reindeer ♪ really? ken? ♪ walking home from our house christmas eve ♪ ♪ you can say... i had the right of way. oh, man. i... turning off the music. sorry, nanna. [ male announcer ] get low prices every day on the latest smart phones, starting at 97 cents. save money. live better. walmart. a ufo crashes near roswell, new mexico. the government hides the aliens in area 51. after decades, the white house is now setting the record straight. statement says no ets have ever contacted the human race, nor is there credible evidence that aliens crashed on earth and were hidden. the statement came in response to an online petition. so, grab your telescope, though. an astroid is buzzing earth today. our own jacqui jeras has her eye on all this, on how big it actually is. what do we think, jacqui? >> it's huge. it's so interesting. nobody needs to worry about it. it is some kind of fun scientific information. there could be new things learned as this astroid makes a very close approach to earth. when you take a look at it from this perspective, this is the moon right up here, here is the moon, here is the earth. this is where the astroid is expected to pass on through. so it's going to be closer than the distance between the earth and the moon, but not so close that we're worried about it hitting either of these things, but it is really large. in fact, it's the size of an aircraft carrier. we're talking almost a quarter of a mile. that's like 1300 feet. if that thing were to splash into the ocean, it would create a very large tsunami. if it were to hit the earth, it would create a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. if it would hit the moon, it would create a huge crater. we don't think anything like that will happen. here is why. the plain between the earth and the moon here where it's going to be approaching the earth at its closest area is going to be way up here. you have to be in the northern hemisphere to see this thing. you probably can't do it with the human eye. you need a really good telescope. we've got one in port leak co-and a series of them here in san bernardino, california. now, this telescope was actually -- basically like a radar antenna, like getting a radar image of it. they took this one yesterday of the as stroit when the thing was like 860,000 miles away. so as it gets closer to the earth within about 20 0,000 miles, they think they'll get a good image. resolution down to like 15 feet. scientists hope they can use that information to learn more about it and they also hope that they might be able to figure out what the compound is, what it's made of. if you want to see it, you've got to have a telescope that's got at least a six-inch mirror. if you live on the east coast you have the greatest opportunity because, a, you're in the right place and, b, lots of clear skies. 6:28 is when it will make the closest approach. you'll be able to see it for a while, probably maybe for a good day they say. it's going to take a while for it to pass through. >> hopefully they're opening up the national observatory, vice president biden, they've got one of those huge telescopes. >> it's moving really fast. so you do have to have a great telescope to be able to catch it. >> thank you, jacqui. one penn state alum, she says she feels sick. i'm going to talk to her about the sex abuse allegations and the possibility of a coverup to protect the school's legendary football program. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusively endorsed by aarp. when you call now, you'll get this free information kit... with all you need to enroll. put their trust in aarp medicare supplement insurance. plus you'll get this free guide to understanding medicare. the prices are competitive. i can keep my own doctor. and i don't need a referral to see a specialist. call now to get a free information kit. plus you'll get this free guide to understanding medicare. and the advantages don't end there. choose from a range of medicare supplement plans... that are all competitively priced. we have a plan for almost everyone, so you can find one that fits your needs and budget. with all medicare supplement plans, there are virtually no claim forms to fill out. plus you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts medicare. and best of all, these plans are... the only medicare supplement plans endorsed by aarp. when they told me these plans were endorsed by aarp... i had only one thing to say... sign me up. call the number on your screen now... and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan. you'll get this free information kit... and guide to understanding medicare, to help you choose the plan that's right for you. as with all medicare supplement plans, you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts medicare, get help paying for what medicare doesn't... and save up to thousands of dollars. call this toll-free number now. want to talk to a penn state alum about the sexual abuse allegation that is have rocked the campus. rocks ann jones is the ceo of push marketing group and former editor of espn, the magazine. you wrote a strong editorial. you clearly had a lot of pride in your school, and you talk about it, writing about it saying you were a cheerleader who proudly chanted "we are penn state." and you said this community you lovingly called happy valley. what are your feelings today about what is taking place? >> today i feel saddened and sick and angry, angry that nothing was done when allegations were first reported to stop it. that's how i feel. ashamed as well. >> do you think that coach joe paterno who has not been charged with anything, do you think he should have canceled this press conference? do you think he should go before the cameras and try to explain things and how this all came about? >> yes. i think he absolutely needs to explain things. but last night the media got a media advisory from penn state saying today's press conference they would only talk about senior day and football and the upcoming game. and so those are really unacceptable terms in light of what's happened. so maybe they canceled because that would have just been a bad move for the university. joe has to speak. >> roxanne, what do you want to know? what do you want to know from the coach, the officials or even the president of your university? >> i want to know from coach paterno since he is the face of the school why he did nothing. of course, he reported to his bosses. he really does haven't a boss there, including the president of the university. why didn't he do more? why was sandusky allowed to stay on for years and allegedly prey on young boys using penn state as the lure. who knew what when? when is joe paterno stepping down, not just him but everybody else has to go. >> help us understand that for those of us not familiar with penn state. why do you say that he, the coach, the football coach really didn't have a boss or was more powerful than the university president? what kind of figure was he on your campus? >> well, bigger than the president. he was the face of the university. this is not -- it's similar in other big college sports programs. joe paterno is a very decent man. he's a very good man as far as i know and i did spend some time around the program and around him and his family. but he really is -- the buck stops with him. he has been the program 100%. and not just the program, the face of the program, but the face of the university. that's why kids go there, to play for joe paterno. of course, over the last decade or five years, that's been tarnished a little because he is aging. but he's it. it stops with him. that's why he really does have to go. >> does any of this surprise you, roxanne, when you hear about the kinds of things that are alleged taking place in the sports facilities, a 10-year-old boy allegedly being sodomized? >> it does surprise me. it really does surprise me. i don't say that to sound naive. penn state has always been a program that's had a very clean publicly and even on campus reputation. the athletes are educated. they go to class. i was a tutor for many athletes there. they really were held accountable for their academic standing and records. so although of late, since 1998, this was first reported, there might have been internal rumors around sandusky, but there was certainly no whisper up close in the program about the kind of things we're hearing about sod mizing of 10-year-old boys and just the long line of allegedly being a predator of children and using the campus to do that. >> roxanne, very quickly here. what do they need to do to rehabilitate the image of the campus and the university that you love so much? >> they need to fire a few people including joe, send some people to prison for what they did. it's absolutely criminal and try to move on and clean up that program. i don't think that you really recover from this. you'll always remember. there are certainly lessons to be learned, starting with the president of the university and going on down. >> roxanne jones, thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. again, a very strong editorial. thanks again. in a few minutes, i'll talk live with the former national hockey league player. we'll get his story of sexual abuse and the takeaways from the case unfolding at penn state. a man who served his country in world war ii spent the rest of his life serving others at a veterans hospital in sla va. today's "veterans in focus" is about 95-year-old peter pulis. >> i feel like this is still my squad, my guys in the front lines. they wait for me like, i don't know, like i'm their first sergeant. they depend on me. they can't move. so i have to move for them. here you go. here comes the food. a little surprise. >> i think everybody knows pete. they've seen him around. it's over 24,000 hours he's logged here in the 26 years he's been a volunteer. he is a hero because of the time he gives. again, at his age, at 95. >> when i was with the infantry, we did everything. out in the field sometimes you can help so much and that's it when a comrad would fall, you'd try to give them as much help as you could. sometimes you'd just have to carry on. so here at least i was able to help them. i can help them along with what they need. before you know it 30 years went by and i'm still there. >> we take care of each other. pete, pete is one-of-a-kind. >> you look beautiful there, fellow. >> some of the american people here, they forgot about -- they don't really realize what their freedom is. they got this freedom and they take it for granted. they don't realize how they got it. the price of freedom, it's in these patients. that's where the freedom came from. >> he's a jolly old soul. let's put it that way. >> you come home, and once you leave out of there, you say to yourself, boy, you feel like you're the richest person in the world. you walk out of there. you look back and think of all these guys still there and can't go anyplace. i see them and i say, that could have been me. are you going to go to your room now? you want me to take you there? >> yeah. >> that war hasn't ended because they're not the same anymore like they were. these guys need me there. i can help them out. that's what keeps me going. i can say that america, i gave my best to you, at least i tried the best i could do. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation, because it offers a superior level of protection and because u.s.a.a.'s commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. u.s.a.a. we know what it means to serve. rather than face questions about sexual abuse allegations, penn stoet coach joe paterno canceled his press conference. his former assistant jerry sandusky is charged with molesting eight boys, some of them in penn state's agent electric facilities. sheld sheldon kennedy was sexually assaulted by his coach over a five-year period. sheldon is on skype from alberta, canada, to talk about his case and what he thinks about this penn state case. i must applaud you for coming forward and trying to help people to understand what that must be like. can you tell us your story? >> yeah, i can. i know the fear that's involved in something like this is tremendous. you've got such a power and balance with authority and the issues themselves. the issues themselves carry a lot of fear in society. a lot of times it's misunderstood and people don't recognize the damage that sexual abuse, abuse, bullying has on our young people. as we've seen many times recently that it kills people. i think maybe we're starting to recognize that. the fear is somewhat overwhe overwhelming. >> sheldon, you say it was very difficult to make friends, that life was in your words lonely, a living hell and you changed that. how did you do that? i think we've lost -- unfortunately we've lost sheldon. hopefully we'll be able to bring him back. he has an amazing story. we'll try to get him and we'll take a quick break and try to reconnect with him. want to bring back sheldon kennedy, a national hockey league player, and he was abused by his coach when he was a teenager, and he was joining us before the break to talk a little bit about his own experience and the fact that you were able to over come this, sheldon, and the courage it takes really to come forward. you say your life was a lonely living hell and you changed that. you were able to somehow get the courage to talk about this. how did that happen? >> well, i had a choice to make, and that was either i needed to deal with these issues or i was probably going to be dead. i think that's where most abuse victims get to, is the shame and the guilt becomes overwhelming, and the way and the lifestyles to numb out the pain usually is drugs and alcohol. one thing that we do and have realized over the last 14 years since we've been involved here with these issues is that the pain is very great, and if we see a lot of times, which we've seen recently, with bullying and abuse cases, back in the day we used to write it off as, oh, that individual has problems, why their took their own life. now because of social media, et cetera, we can link a lot of these suicides to bullying and sex abuse and so forth. it has a huge amount of damage. but there is a way out. that's the important piece. >> sheldon, i know you kept quiet for 13 years. there are a couple of the alleged victims in this case at penn state, one who was 10 years old, they're not identified and they are trying to get those now young men to come forward, but they were just 10 years old back at the time. there must be a lot of fear and a lot of shame as you've talked about. what would you say to those men now who might be watching this unfold and who were victims, alleged victims of this abuse. >> one of the things that happened is that you think you're alone because you're told as such a young person by someone in authority that you trust, such as i.e., the perpetrator that it's a secret and no one else will know about this. the reality is in this day and age people that come forward and do the right thing are going to be supported, and for these individuals, they're not alone. i think that's what we find today, is that that's the biggest fear. the fear is that we're going to be alone and nobody is going to believe us. the reality is that we're not alone and people do believe us. and i think that for me to be able to move on and to become the person that i wanted to be, i let myself be in relationships that i was unable to unless i dealt with this stuff, i needed to confront and do the right thing. and that is step up to the plate and be honest with myself about what happened and start repairing that. >> is that the message that you would tell those people who are still hiding, who are still afraid? >> yeah. i think that there's probably -- there are probably living with a secret. and i would hope that there's lots of ways they can do it and not be identified. in canada anyway -- i'm not sure exactly of the u.s. laws, but i would hope that one way or another that they deal with it. >> all right, sheldon kennedy, thank you so much for being such a great inspiration and role model in terms of someone who has come forward and who has dealt with it publicly and used your platform to help those who are actually struggling, victims who are now survivors. thank you very much, sheldon. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it. voice recognition technology has been out for some time. but the game changed when apple launched siri. the grasp on artificial intelligence is turning the iphone 4s into the smartest smart phone on the market. here is dan simon. >> wake me up tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. >> okay. i set it for 6:00 a.m. >> it's that easy. >> reporter: the iphone's new virtual assistant siri in beta. users expressed frustration over a temporary outage last week. apple may still be working out the bugs but siri has been called as revolutionary as the first computer mouse. few understand the capabilities better than gary morganthaler. he helped provide the financing that made siri a reality. it started when the creators walked through his door to pitch the idea, three genius entrepreneurs who wanted to build the next generation user interface. the idea was to create an executive assistant, a virtual executive assistant for individual people on the internet to ease the access to the internet. if you think about it, on a mobile device, you don't have a big screen, don't have a mouse, an icon, a lot of information. it's slow. it's hard to type. you really want to be able to talk to it and get the information and services you want immediately. >> siri was originally a free app on the iphone. apple was so impressed by it, it bought the company for a reported $200 million. now it's a key selling point for the new iphone, the 4s. morganthaler says it will become much more sophisticated. >> you already have a meeting scheduled at 12:00 p.m. shall i sked utility it anyway? >> move it to 2:00. >> you can say siri purchase a copy of the steve jobs biography and send it to my father. that's all the more you have to do. you can imagine siri controlling various functions in your house, temperature on hvac, checking on appliances, managing devices for you. >> reporter: apple as usual is mum on its plans, but some including "the new york times" have speculated that it could come out with a television where you could use siri and tell it what you'd like to watch. one feature immediately available on siri is the sense of humor. users have fun asking it off beat questions. >> where do you hide a body? >> what kind of place will you looking for in dumps, reservoirs. >> what are you wearing? >> aluminum stainless steel and glass. nice, huh? >> reporter: it was important to the creators to make it more memorable and distinguished. >> dan simon is joining us live from san francisco. dan, this is pretty cool, pretty remarkable stuff, but there are still some kinks? >> reporter: still a few kinks. even though it's a signature selling feature of the new iphone t 4s, it's still in beta which means it's still unfinished software. you might experience issue from time to time. we should point out that the iphone is selling like hotcakes. we're in front of an apple store and siri is the big reason for that. >> by now you've heard the latest allegations, met the woman behind them. today's "talk back" question, is this herman cain accuser's statement a game-changer? >> sal says no, the fact they waited so long to come forward makes them lose all credibility. here is free money advice. >> time for the help desk. joining me lynette cal fanny cox founder of askthemoneycoach.com and david from nyu. your question comes from craig in california. we have businesses, banks and brokerages asking us to go paperless. he wants to know, look, does it carry any legal ramifications for us that we should know about? >> a couple things with going paperless. if you're going to do that, make sure your e-mail account that you're going to be using and your password is very secure. secondly, you need to make sure you keep on top of the notifications because you're still responsible for any bills or expenses that come through. if you make any changes to your e-mail or whatever you need, to notify them right away. make sure you're able to keither keep a paper copy or have access to their site. >> they say safe paper and i agree, but print it out if you think you need to. lynette, your question comes from frank in virginia. fran sk 63 years old and less than five years from retirement. he says he's at the top of his earnings power right now. he wants to know if he should get a roth ira or traditional? what do you think? >> the question is whether or not he qualifies for the roth ira. he didn't say what his income is or whether he's single or married. generally around $120,000, $122,000 for single, $170,000 for married folks. he may be locked in to the traditional ira. however, if he does qualify, the roth is a great deal. you get those monies, take them out tax-free on the back end. whenever people do qualify, i suggest the roth. >> thank you, both. we appreciate it. if any of you have a question you want answered, send them in to cnnhelpdesk.com. accept it. you can't change the way banking works. just accept it, man. free ? doesn't close at five ? try nature. it's a bank. what do you want, a hug ? just accept it. hidden fees, fine print, or they'll stick it to you some other way. stay with the herd, son. accept it. just accept it. accept it. just accept it. accept it. if we miss this movie, you're dead. if you're stuck accepting banking nonsense, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first, it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. test how fast it works for you. love it, or get your money back. you've been sounding off on our "talk back question. carol is joining us from new york with the question. hey, carol. >> hey, suzanne. the mvp talk back question." i was a herman cain supporter until yesterday. how come cain's wife never has any appearances with him. she knows her husband. that's probably why. this from john, i watched his latest sew called victim. she didn't take her eyes off the script. if she remembered the incident so legislative individually why rely completely on the script. i'm a trained observer with 32 years as a plight detective. she did not appear truthful. change initially faced the challenge of running for the presidency, but most likely now erasing his chance of any credited government position at all. from william, game-changer, perhaps for some. not for me. i wouldn't consider voting for him anyway. keep the comments coming. thanks as always for your comments. >> carol, i know we'll be watching herman cain as well, the press conference happening at 5:00 later today. see if that's a game-changer as well. thank you, carol. >> sounds far away, but the trouble in europe could be bad news for the american job market. going to show you how what happens there could hurt folks here. the economic crisis in europe could have a real effect on your life especially when it comes to find ag job and managing your investments. poppy harlow has the details. >> probably wondering what the situation for europe means for you in the united states. the world's biggest economy. let's bring in jim awad from zephyr management. looking at europe and these countries in crisis, it's not just about greece. what is the impact if we see greece implement this bailout package and the market believes it? >> in that case you'll avoid a double dip in the united states and we'll continue to grow. >> the question is how much. jobs in united states, what's the ripple effect on unemployment? >> on the margin, we'll create jobs a little more than we've been creating them since the economy has gained a little momentum, gradually bring down unemployment under the correct year from 9% to something like 8.5%. >> the question becomes what does this growth do to your investments, bonds, et cetera, when people aring look at where their money is right now given that scenario in europe. what do you advise? >> you probably want to avoid europe since they'll be in a mild recession due to all the austerity packages. the united states will continue to grow. you want to own the most conservative big companies with exposure to the growth economies which are the united states and emerging markets. you want to own the s&p-top stocks that dominate the markets, that have dividends. you want to smell small-cap stocks, risky investments like junk bonds. in addition to category killer u.s. corporations, you'd want to own some growth companies in the emerging markets. >> a big question is how are corporations that are truly global, how are they going to fair give then scenario in europe, what you're calling the best-case scenario? corporations, are question going to see growth or is the weakness going to knock off earnings. >> growth in the united states and emerging markets will likel