race. but just minutes from now, cnn's elizabeth cohen will join me now live right here with the high cost of not ensuring everybody. the pennsylvania charity founded by the former penn state assistant football coach accused of child rape needs a new ceo. the long-time head of the second mile has resigned in hopes he says of restoring faith in the organization's volunteers and staff. the group put a top to jerry sandusky's involvement with children in 2008 when he told them of one allegation. it's also come out that the judge who freed sandusky on $100,000 bail against the wishes of prosecutors has herself been a second mile volunteer. cnn has tried to ask her some questions but she has not responded. today the occupy movement is a lot less occupy, a lot more movement. police in oakland, california are carrying out an vic order handed down saturday after somebody ended up shot to death allegedly by a resident of the occupy campsite. tents are being cleared, demonstrators who aren't moving on are being arrested. police in portland, oregon arrested dozens during an after weekend raids on camp sites in two city parks. protests that began as occupy wall street well over a month ago increasingly are being seen as threats to public health and safety. november 23rd is now just nine days away and there is a lot more than turkey at stake if the people in this room don't get their work done by thanksgiving eve. this is a deficit reduction super committee which has been trying mostly in private to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings. the alternative being automatic across the bore spending cuts in 2013. the panel is said to be most at odds over -- guess what -- taxes an entitlements. we will of course keep you posted. russia's foreign minister says his country will oppose new sanctions against iran. the obama administration is pushing the international community to strengthen sanctions in the wake of an international atomic energy agency report suggesting that iran has the capability to produce nuclear weapons. republican presidential candidate mitt romney and newt gingrich recently said the u.s. should consider military action against iran if all else fails. in an interview with cnn's piers morgan, israeli president shimon peres says other tactics should be tried first. >> i wouldn't suggest to start immediately with the military operation. nothing at all. i would rather see a tighter economic sanction, a closer political pressure, and what is lacking very much is an attack in moral sense because iran is a small country. >> you can see the full interview with israeli president shimon peres on piers morgan tonight this evening at 9:00 p.m. eastern. the man accused of killing 77 people in norway made his first public appearance in court today. even though he's entered a not guilty play. anders brevic has admitted carrying out a bomb attack in oslo at a rampage at a youth camp in july. brevic was not allowed to be photographed and he was not allowed to deliver a speech he had prepared. judge says there is no reason to believe breivik is legally insane and his trial should begin in march or april. the banks may have back down from a controversial plan to slap fees on debit cards but that hasn't stopped them from raising other fees. "the new york times" reports that bank of america, chase and citi group have all raised their monthly checking account fees. bank of america now charges between $5 and $20 to replace a lost debit card and td bank will impose a $15 fee for having cash wired to your account. bankers say they need to make up for the revenue they lost when the government capped overdraft charges and debit card swipe fees. in just a couple of days, this amazing video has racked up more than 1.5 million views on the internet. it is a time lapse sequence of photos taken from the international space station between august and october. this part shows the northern lights up over the united states. pretty cool. the supreme court agrees challenges to the controversial health care reform law. what this means for your medicare and your wallet. but first, remember this creative marine who invited justin timberlake to the marine corps ball on youtube? well, her request was granted. the singer-turned-actor stayed true to his promise and, yes, took her to the dance. he said it was one of the most moving nights of his life. justin, are you today's rock star. 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and did others know about sandusky's alleged sex abuse? an attorney for one of sandusky's alleged victims told abc news they may file a lawsuit against sandusky and others who did not report the allegations. pennsylvania's governor says a new state law could be coming that requires abuse allegations be reported to government officials. >> we have to make sure the change in the law is one that's effective, it is easy enough to take a look to see what other states have done. but i'm sure that within the next few weeks you will probably see bills become public. i wouldn't be surprised to see if a bill was passed between now and the end of this year. >> now there are serious questions being raised against the judge who granted sandusky bail and whether or not she was in a position to make that ruling. her biography indicates she was a volunteer at the second mile, a potential conflict of interest she did not disclose in court. going against prosecutors wishes, judge leslie dutchcot freed sandusky on a $100,000 unsecured bail. we do not know whether dutchcot still has any affiliation with the charity. it is a lot it digest, we know. hln's mike galanos has been on top of this story since he broke and he joins us now from penn state's campus at university park. mike, let me first ask you about this that we just got in to cnn. big ten apparently removing paterno's name from the championship trophy calling it inappropriate to keep his name on the trophy at this time. that's coming from the big ten commissioner. what do you make of that? >> not surprising at all, randi. again, this story -- and everybody agrees -- is much bigger than football but it is just another dent in joe paterno's legacy when you think of his name being on his trophy and should have been for years to come obviously. penn state by the way could end up playing with this championship but his name off and amos alonzo stag's name is being put on. he's an old-time founder of the game of football here in the united states. basically the statement says to have his name on there would be inappropriate at this time. that's where it stands. just again, one more piece, not surprising, but it just brings home the gravity of what we are dealing with here, randi. >> mike, what is the next move for penn state? >> on so many different fronts -- you just kind of touched on, there's so much to digest here. just on an investigative front, there's so many investigations going on. he we know they've basically put together a special committee that will be transparent and a rigorous investigation and it leads to some of the questions -- who knew what when? the more grave question -- are there other victims out there. when you consider jerry sandusky founded this second mile program in 1977, and the first allegation in the grand jury testimony doesn't come until 1994, that's a 17-year window. there could be other victims pre-'94 or all the way up until 2008. that's all the questions we're dealing with at this time. >> we know that sandusky doesn't live far from the campus there. do you know at all if he has been getting any type of threats or any type of protection? >> our colleague mary snow was out there and it was really interesting just to see what it looks like in and around jerry discussdy's house. they're blocking off the road that leads to his house for his protection. there were reports after cinder block being thrown through his house. his house is a stone's throw away from a playground and kids go there for are around the age of 8. one of his victims was around 8 years old. i went into a store in state college and people were buzzing because a few days ago jerry sandusky went into the store with penn state gear on, no less. >> sandusky faces 40 counts of various sex abuse charges. he has maintained his innocence. sandusky's lawyer says he denies all the charges. the former penn state defensive coordinator appears in court again next month. president obama's questionable choice of words is calling american business leaders "lazy" a good idea? it is "fair game" and it is next. but first our political junkie question of the day -- who was the leading vote getter in the first iowa caucus in 1972? if you know the answer, send me a treat@randikayecnn. the right answer when we come back. my sinus symptoms come with a cough that stays even after i treat... 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>> absolutely not. it reinforces it. look, the supreme court is scheduled to hear this some time next june -- or next spring and render a decision next june. if the supreme court said that president barack obama's centerpiece of legislation the last four years was unconstitutional, that forcing americans to buy a certain product from a certain industry was unconstitutional, that's just short of devastating, i think, for his re-election campaign. that takes nothing away from conservatives. >> we're going to get to ed in just a second. will, sticking with you on this one question -- a new cnn/orc poll numbers are out just today. i want to share them with you because it is pretty interesting if you look at numbers here. look at newt gingrich. back in october he was at 8%. he's now at 22%. that's a 14-point jump. look at herman cain. he was at 25%. he's now down 11% at 14%. what's the bigger story here, herman cain's drop or gingrich's gain? >> you know, i think the story, randi, is the overarching theme. that's just the continued certainly for an alternative to mitt romney. i don't think you've seen the end of the play. this is just something happening in the second act or so. gingrich's rise, cain's drop. we're liable to see self-others of these kind of rise and fall much before the iowa primaries. newt gingrich, there's a lot of information -- essentially the dogs will be released on newt gingrich. he's been off to the side of the stage playing the grumpy old uncle. if people go after him and attack him in watch how grumpy he gets now. >> let me ask you about something president obama said while in hawaii at the apec summit. i want to play it for you, then i'll ask you about it. >> we've been a little bit lazy i think over the last couple of decades. we've kind of taken for granted well people will want to come here and we aren't out there hungry selling america and trying to attract new businesses into america. >> poor choice of words, will, calling american businesses l y lazy, as he says? >> this is awesome. i get to make all my affirmative arguments? and ed has to rebut them in the back half? >> it is because we are having a few technical difficulties getting in so this might be your show today. but he's listening, i guarantee you. >> all right! randi, i think president obama's choice of words is revealing. it is unclear who he is talking about. is he talking about the government? in that case it is revealing what he thinks the role of the government is in enticing business. the role of the government is not to cheer lead, it is to set policies an step aside. if he's talking about american businesses, conservative have consistently said president obama is apologizing for america. let me tell you why they keep saying that. because this concept he is a pragmatist, we have to lead from behind, we have a hum pal foreign policy ahumble message and such. maybe that's appropriate when you start talking about foreign policy. but when you start calling american businesses lazy, that's very revealing about your core view of who we are. >> guess what, will, we got all those difficulties work out with ed. ed, i don't know how much of that you heard. but let me ask you first about this repeal of the health care act. the supreme court now agreeing to hear it. if the supreme court gets rid of it which is basically the republican platform, does that hurt them? this is a key part of the republican campaign. >> well, first of all, hopefully you can hear me. but the issue with this is, there aren't very many times where the supreme court rules on something that will immediately affect an election in front of it. this is really a unique situation here. but the question is, will the supreme court rule on the entire health care law or pieces of the health care law. there are really some important pieces here pre-existing conditions. will they strike that down. will they support the notion that the medicare doughnut hole is gone. these are important issues that affect a lot of voters in swing states. so it might be a republican issue to get rid of the law, but when you get rid of the most important parts of the law with it, that creates problems in places like florida, nevada, pennsylvania. so obviously i support the law. we think it is good for the land. we'll see what happens with the supreme court thinks. but this will probably be a 4-5 decision hinging on one or two justices. >> we will leave it there, ed. we did hear you and it was nice to get you on there eventually. though will kind of stole the show today, i'm sorry. but thank you both, guys. appreciate it. nice seeing you. that is "fair game." cnn is hosting the next republican presidential debate november 22nd, 8:00 p.m. eastern. the only place you'll find it is right here on cnn. we're about to take to you a european country that's in the process of changing leaders. the old prime minister, outspoken and frequently outrageous. the new nominee is low-key technocrat. what country? 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( phone ringing ) okay... uhh. the bad news, it's probably totaled. the good news is, you don't have to pay your deductible. with vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance, you got $100 off for every year of safe driving, so now your deductible is zero. the other good news ? i held on to your coffee. wow. ♪ nationwide is on your side ( laughing ) it's actually a pretty good day when you consider. that's great. globe trekking today begins in italy where a new government is getting ready to take over. there were celebrations in rome after prime minister silvio berlusconi announced his resignation. italy's president has nominated 68-year-old mario monti, a respected economist to take over as the new prime minister. nomination has already won endorsements from italy's main political parties but it may be several days before monti is confirmed. monti is expected to push austerity measures in a bid to save italy from defaulting on its debt. next on to greece. the new prime minister laid out his government's policy goals before the greek parliament today. he's trying to get lawmakers to ratify a bailout deal offered by european leaders but is he running into opposition. one of his coalition partners vows to oppose some of the austerity measures included in the deal. let's see how the markets are reacting to the latest developments in europe. the dow right there down 72 points. now to syria where president bashar al assad is finding himself increasingly isolated. a major arab leader spoke out against him today. jordan's king abdullah told the bcc al asad should step down. >> i would believe if i were in his shoes i would step down. however, it's not --fy was in his position i would -- if it was me i would step down and make sure whoever comes behind me has the ability to change the status quo that we're seeing and again, i don't think the system allows for that, so if assad has the interest of his country he would step down but he would also create an ability to reach out an start a new phase of syrian political life. the united nations says more than 3,500 people have died since al asad's government began cracking down on dissidents. the dissidents claimed 13 people died in today's violence alone, including a man allegedly shot to death in front of his 9-year-old son. finally to germany where two suspected members of a neo-nazi cell have been arrested. police believe the cell has killed at least ten people, mostly of turkish and greek origin. germany's interior minister says his country's facing a new form of right wing extremist terrorism. germany has a large turkish population that's been in the country since the late '60s. what's behind the coverup at penn state? our next guest says it is all about the money. but first, for two decades world leaders at apec have posed very silly pictures. the economic summit post country pick the outfits, like linen shirts in singapore ponchos in peru. but this year president obama ditched the hawaiian shirt. sadly, silly shirts, your 5 minutes are up. ♪ do you believe in magic? 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>> well, i advocate for the very top universities, maybe the top 30 that are in football and basketball and so forth, acknowledge that these are businesses. essentially align them with a pro team and allow them to operate near campus but not be connected to the university's fund-raising activities. they can't raise money from the alumni, they have to finance themselves with ticket sales an tv and pay the athletes. then the rest of the universities in the country can operate the way the ivies do or west point and naval academy. state of new york university schools don't get slarships. then athletics would be for the students again. the money would still be there to be raised but you would raise it for different means. >> i'm glad you brought up scholarships. really for disadvantaged kids scholarships are the only way they can go to college and you propose getting rid of scholarships. so what happens to those kids then? >> we are admitting disadvantaged children right now to america's universities and providing them with scholarships. why do we have to do it through an athletic program? if there is money to be raised and there is plenty of money to be raised, if we aren't aligned with athletic programs we can raise it in other ways and provide scholarships for them. also you don't do a child much service by taking them to a place like penn state with very high administration standards today or my university when their academic background is really not what it needs to be to survive there. instead, they either don't get diplomas or they get diplomas in soft areas. we're really not helping them this way. we are using them. >> i'm sure you realize kids like to go to a school with a big football team. i went to a college that had no football team. it was awful! a lot of kids out there saying i want to be a gator. without all this money is there going to be a big football team for these kids and what will happen then if they're just not interested in going to those schools? >> well, they're going to go to school someplace. i don't know that children should make choices about where to go to college on the basis of what saturday's football is like. however, there would still be football at notre dame and maybe 30 other top schools there would be these teams that are associated with the university and 100,000 people can go watch them on a saturday afternoon. for the rest of the universities, football would look like it is supposed to look like. the way it is at johns hopkins or the ivy league or look at west point and the naval academy. they have plenty of pageantry there. the students have a very good time and they're not corrupted by all this. west point and the naval academy have figured it out. they're universities. they're not a farm system for the nfl or nba. >> peter marici, thank you very much. every day on this show we call out someone who we think deserves it. so today, say hello to mayor mike winder of west valley city, utah. we understand everyone likes a little good pr. but listen to what the desiree news says the mayor did. he didn't like all the negative publicity his city was getting. he was tired of all the crime stories. so he took things into his own hands. quite literally. under a fake name, an alias, he signed on with the local paper as an unpaid writer who focused on positive articles about his city. he used the name richard burrwash which belongs to a one-time professional tennis player from california, actually. not only did mayor winder write these articles but he even quoted himself in some them as if the writer had interviewed him. after realizing the paper had a no-fake byline policy, the mayor came clean and reportedly admitted, i was an easy source. he said he was standing up for his city that too often gets the short end of the stick. well, mayor, nice effort. we'll give that you. but sadly, your short-lived writing here has only brought more negative attention to your community. it is time for you to face the music. wow -- great price. yeah, that is low. actually, we guarantee we'll give you the difference if you find any lower. oh, you'll guarantee it? 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it's a custom-made orthopedic brace that workers are hoping will straighten out her curved spine over time. the brace is a first of its kind used on a whale. experts say it's too early to know if the brace is going to work. and finally to boston, massachuset massachusetts. i get to interview politicians, newsmakers and celebrities all the time. but out of all these people, you're about to meet one of my hands down favorite guests ever. mylo kres, a 10-year-old on a one-man crusade to cut down on plastic trash. he talks to restaurants to only give straw physician they ask for one. it's caught on from his home state of vermont to tennessee and california. because i wanted it, the viewers demanded it, the amazinge ine i joins me. last i spoke, i told you i was going to stop using straws. i have used them a couple of times. i've broken down. every time i do, i feel guilty and i think of you. so please give me and our viewers pointers on how to be better. >> well, thanks so much for having me back. well, i -- what do you mean? >> how can we be better on trying to wean ourselves off the straws? how can we be better at refusing to take the straws? sometimes a drink demands a straw. >> well, i encourage customers who don't need a straw to order their drinks without one, and some people do need straws an that's okay. i'm not trying to ban straws. and you shouldn't feel guilty if you need a straw because some people do. >> right. including myself. so tell us, for those of us who maybe didn't catch your last appearance on our show, because now quite frankly you're a regular, tell me what inspired you to get people to stop using straws. >> well, i noticed if i didn't order my drink without a straw it would come with one in it automatically. that seemed like a huge waste because i don't usually use a straw. it made me wonder how many straws are used every day in america. so we did some research and we found that we use about 500 million straws in the u.s. every day. that's a lot of straws. >> that is a lot of straws! and i understand you got your school to go straw-free? >> yeah. they offer straws instead of putting a straw with every meal automatically. it's really great. >> to people who like to use straws and say, this is just a little piece of plastic, how much harm can this really do in a landfill or something like that, what do you say to those people? >> well, sometimes i think we forget that every straw, every piece of plastic we use today, will be here on earth somewhere on earth even when my grandchildren are born. even longer he than that. so we should reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink plastic. >> i know you have this beach cleanup in cape cod planned. is that just a one-day thing? >> two-day. we're organizing it to be 18 miles and it's going to be over the school break, april break, i think. april vacation. >> well, milo, we love what you're doing. we'd love to have you back. i have a few trstraws here. we're done with them. thank you for all your work on getting us all straw-free. thanks nice to see you. >> thanks so much. >> boy, is he adorable. earlier i shared some new numbers we have on the race to be the republican presidential nominee, mitt romney on top, but the big gain by gingrich and drop by cain that really are the big stories here. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser joining us from washington. let's talk politics. how do you explain newt gingrich's rise in the polls? >> gingrich, the former house speaker, listen, we've seen him at ten presidential debates. he does very well at the debates and he's increasingly popular with the voters. let's break down the numbers in our polls. favorable rating of the candidates among republicans only, look who's at the top, 6 in 10 of republicans say they have a favorable opinion of newt beginning riff. he's at the top. >> we look at herm be cain numbers in the new polls. he's gone from 25% to 14%, 11 points drop. is it the sexual harassment allegations? >> it indicates it's taken a toll. it's been two weeks since the allegations first hit. we asked the opinion of the charges, republicans only, is it a serious matter or overblown? six in ten say overhe blown, but 39% is a lot of republicans. they say is's a serious issue. among women republicans that number goes up. we also asked, who do you pend to believe in this story, merm herman cain or the women? again, a sizeable amount of republicans say it is the women who make the claims they believe. again, that number goes up with women republican voters. troublesome for herman cain. >> certainly looks that way. rick perry, his numbers aren't moving much. can he rebound? >> you look at the numbers so maybe the oops incident didn't hurt rick perry. but you break it down, look at this. does he have the presidential qualities a chander in chief should have? 58 say yes, but that's down from 72%. 14-point drop from september. the nos are on the rise by 14 points. that is a problem for rick perry as he tries to reignite his bid for the nomination. >> paul steinhauser, thank you. and thank you everyone for watching. i'd love to hear what you think. continue the conversation with me online on facebook or twit r twitter. now i will hand it over to brooke baldwin. hi, brooke. >> randi kaye, back in atlanta in person after a long time in los angeles. good to have you back. hello to all of you. i'm brooke baldwin. let's get you caught up with everything naik maiking news. starting with rapid fire. health care reform is officially headed to the nation's highest court, the u.s. supreme court. a decision could come next june right in the thick of the presidential race. 26 states have sued to block the law and lower courts are divided over its requirement that virtually all americans must buy health insurance or pay a penalty. jessica yellin and jeff toobin here to talk about that. just nine days left for the so-called super kmeecommittee, 12 lawmakers tasked with cutting trillions of dollars over the deficit has until next wednesday, november 23rd to finally reach an agreement. if they do not do that, automatic spending cuts of more than $1 trillion will take effect in 2013. how about this, newt gingrich moving p up in the polls. take a look at the numbers. he is moving up so much so the former house speaker now essentially tied with mitt romney for the top spot. according to our new cnn opinion research poll, 24% of republican voters say they would choose romney as their nominee, 22% say they would say yes to newt gingri gingrich. the two-point differential is well within the margin of error. harsh advice for syrian president bashar al assad. two words, step he down coming from jordan's king abdullah. he tells the bbc al assad should resign but not before laying political change. >> if he had interest in this country he would step down but also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of political life. >> the arab league just voted to suspend syria's membership over the government's deadly crackdown on an eight-month-old uprising in sir kbyrisyria. the head of the foundation founded by jerry sandusky is stepping down. after 28 years, he's stepping down. before sunrise today in oakland, california, take a look at this, police tearing down tents and arrested some occupy protesters in a city park. city officials had warned these occupiers to be out of the park by today. meanwhile, rapper jay-z catching heat from occupy supporters accused of cashing in on the mo movement. a t-shirt occupies the words occupy all streets. and a family judge in texas caught on tape beating oldest daughter cannot be alone now with his younger daughter. here's what we've learned from the houston chronicle. william adams' ex-wife got a restraining order preventing him from seeing his 10-year-old daughter without her permission. the 23-year-old daughter released a video on youtube him beating her with a belt seven years ago. he said he didn't do anything wrong. five more arrests are made in the kidnapping of william ramos. he was taken at gun point from his family's hole in venezuela just last week. the five colombian citizens under arrest among 11 suspects being held venezuela said an arrest warrant is issued for the believed to be mastermind of the kidnapping. mario monti putting together a government, italy's next prime minister. berlusconi resigned making good on a deal he made to step down if his aus terty package passed. mont i has never held a political position. he is an economist. american eaglea arirlines a a first not in a good way. the carrier the first to be fined for excessive tarmac delays under the new rules from april of last year. they will pay a whopping $900,000 penalty for keeping hundreds of passengers cooped up on flights arriving at o'hare back in may. the airline blames the delays on airport congestion caused by bad weather. and nbc just got a new correspondent. here she is, chelsea clinton, the former first daughter joined the networked today. she will contribute making a difference stories on the nightly news and on the new prime-time magazine "rock center "oi centecenter ." she will also continue pursuing her doctorate at nyu. a lot more to cover here in the next two hours on cnn, including a horrible story. very sad of a teenager. had she killed herself after years of alleged sexual abuse. and her last words were posted on twitter. now years of abuse, years of pain for all the world to see, we can do better. and this. can the government make you buy health insurance? the nation's highest court now getting ready to decide the fate of president obama's controversial law. >> it is certainly the most important cases this court has had since bush versus gore. for current and future space geeks, this is heaven. >> four decades, this is where nasa built the space program. now for the first time ever, we are getting a behind-the-scenes look. plus -- a couple is suing the airline after seeing cockroaches on board. wait until you hear where the creepy crawlers apparently showed up. it is the most far-reaching and most expensive law passed in decades. the health care reforms president obama worked so hard for could be wiped away by the u.s. supreme court. the justices announced just a few years ago they will consider a challenge to the health care law early next year and issue a decision they're saying perhaps sometime in june. 26 states here, the ones in red, take a look at this map here, 26 states have filed suit challenging the part of the law known as the individual mandate, the provision that requires all americans to buy insurance or pay a penalty. and it's designed to help insurance companies cover the costs of insuring people with preexisting conditions. i want to go to both jeff toobin, our senior legal analyst in new york, and also our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. jeff, i want to begin with you. my question is, you know, is this precedent setting? is there any other private product of any kind that the federal government has mandated americans to purchase? >> not since the 18th century when there was a law called the militia act that said everybody had to buy a knapsack and a gun. but that's a while ago and i don't think it's a really direct precede precedent. as you know, you know state auz require us to buy car insurance. but to answer your question directly, is the federal government requiring anyone to buy a private product except in this law? not currently. >> if the supreme court decides that this particular mandate is unconstitutional, what happens to the rest of the law? is it all struck down? >> well, good dquestion. in in fact, when the supreme court scheduled argument today, they devoted some of the time to that very question, is the individual mandate a separate law that they could strike down. now, independent of the constitutional issue is the political and economic question because, as you pointed out if your introduction, the mandate to get everyone into the system is how the obama administration wants to pay for the rest of it. so the question is, if the individual mandate is struck down, could the obama administration even continue to fund the rest of the health care law? so the issue of severability, the legal term, is very much at the heart of this case. >> yeah, i heard you earlier saying this is the biggest case to go before the supreme court, what's it been, in 11 years since bush versus gore. >> no question. >> before we get to jessica to talk politics in the obama administration, since the high court does lean right, which way do you think this will go? >> you know, i think the momentum has shifted in the last few weeks because of two lower court opinions, jeffrey sutton, a very respected conservative judge clerked far anton kayleah and another both wrote opinions upholding the law. i think a lot of people feel and frankly i feel the more conservative justices will be influenced by that. you know, maybe this law isn't a good idea and maybe people wouldn't have voted for it, but is it unconstitutional? these two judges say no. and i think that is going to be influential. so i would say the betting odds, if there are betting odds in supreme court cases, would probably favor the law being upheld at this point. but, you know, those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know. >> you never know, jeff toob be. thanks so much. let's get to jessica yellin. jessica, look, we've talked a lot about this. it's really no huge surprise that the supreme court is now saying they will take this p up and decide on this law, this piece of legislation. you know better than the rest of us how much the president has really staked his presidency, his legacy thus far on this health care law. what is the white house saying about this today? >> well, the white house is saying essentially they're glad the court is taking up the case so it can be addressed and they can move on. the communications director at the white house said, quote, we know the affordable care act is constitutional and are confident the supreme court will agree. now, they're given hope for the very reason that jeff cited, the lower courts did not overturn the law and because some of those conservative jurists on the courts did uphold it. so that gives them some hope. but, as you say, you know, you just don't know what the supreme court and the expectation is essentially that it will come down to justice kennedy who is often the swing vote, brooke. >> let's talk about how the politics of this could play out because, as we mentioned, the decision could come in june, right? that's when things get pretty heated when it comes to the race for president. what does that mean for the race? i mean, i imagine that the impact really also, whether it's deemed constitutional or not, could depend on whether or not it's say, mitt romney who did something similar in massachusetts or another nominee. >> let's take it in pieces. the decision will likely come in the summer. for the white house, if the constitutional provision goes south, if the individual mandate is ruled unconstitutional, summer is better than fall of the election when it's crunch time. if the individual mandate is overtushed, ye e ov overturned, it's a massive blow, no question about it, it would be unbelievably difficult to m he supportere law thatmandate in massachusetts. that wou president if he's suppd something if not even if he believes it'sa right. further, brooke, this is really important. if the court does overturn, i wouldn't be surprised if the obama campaign makes that in itself a campaign issue because of this. you can see the democrats are already gearing up to run against so-called -- >> how? >> here's how. look at the democrats already geerg up to run against so-called republican extremism. you can imagine that you can argue, with the court breaking with the conservative lower courts is full of extreme justices and the president has to be reelected to stop that. of course if the law is upheld, then justice is done. >> wow. jessica yellin, a lot of ifs right now. we'll be talking about this quite a bit come summer. thank you so much, jess yellin and jeff toobin. the head of the charity wrapped up in the penn state child rape scandal has resigned and we have learned that the judge in this case has ties to the second mile charity. developments later this hour. plus this -- >> get back! >> we have all seen this video of the occupy protests really across the country. this video coming in to us -- this is denver, colorado. now we have learned that the president himself got a little taste of the occupy movement, a subtle taste. ♪ >> we're going to take you to hawaii for that one. also, artists, flan throw pivot, actor, tyrese just hit number one on the r & b charts. ♪ stay with me ♪ stay with me >> he sat down with me when he was in atlanta shooting his latest music video. he is our "musiced monday". stay tuned for that. we'll be right back. um cereal? 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not so much. until now. this is a honolulu-based musician who played saturday night at a pretty high-profile dinner attended by world leaders including president obama. he sang this occupy song, look at his t-shirt, an occupy t-shirt, but how many people actually stopped to, take a listen, take notice of him? brianna keilar noticed. she talked to him. >> reporter: that's matthew, macana, hawaiian for the gift. he's a well-known musician recognized for his talents playing hawaiian-style guitar. saturday night at the request of the white house he played during the apec leaders dinner. for president obama, 18 other heads of states and their spouses. ♪ >> reporter: a song about the occupy wall street movement probably wasn't what the white house had in mind. during the dinner, as macana provided background music, he unbuttoned his shirt to occupy an occupy t-shirt and played a tune. >> when i started it, i was very shy about it. i wasn't just pelting it and say, everybody stop and listen to me. it was the opposite, very subtle. >> reporter: then makana played it over and over, he says for more than 40 minutes in all. >> it didn't go over bad so i kept playing it. i felt like it was the only song i should play and i should play it a lot. i don't have any other means of exercising my voice to shape policy that affects my life other than singing and writing songs. >> reporter: cell phone video recorded by makana'ses sound technician show leaders looking at him and others didn't notice at all. >> i just came from playing the world leaders at apec. >> reporter: he planned his protest in conjunction with anti-apec organizers who edited this video and helped him publicize what he had done on the web site apec sucks.com. makana played for the white house in 2009. his performanceance here in hawaii is likely his last. >> they're never going to invite me back if they find out. i thought to myself, so what? >> brianna keilar is live in honolulu. brianna, you say he was playing the same song for 40 minutes, some of the leaders were taking notice, did anybody get in the president's ear and say, this is what this guy is singing? >> reporter: the white house is declining to comment on the issue. makana said there were not really aides posted at this dinner. there was just the leaders and spouses and him providing the background music. he said from where he was performing, it was across the tent, the president was on the opposite side of the tent dining with had his table. it apeereded he said the president was pretty much engaged in conversation and it was unclear if the president even noticed the words he was sing. >> so is it surprising at all that he wasn't kicked out? >> reporter: you know, i think a lot of people wonder, how did he get away with singing these words for 45 minutes? but i think there were a couple of things going on here. one, he was providing ambiance, this background music. it wasn't completely in in your face, although he was wearing a tv shirt so all you had to do is kind of look at him. but also he has this sort of experience with the white house. he's performed, he's been an entertainer before. but bottom line it's just unclear if anyone really noticed. makana actually said, brooke, i was surprised by this, that after he played this occupy song for about 12 minutes, a staffer kale in a came in and asked him if he would continue to play for even longer than initially planned to finish out the dinner. >> wow. how about that. so he did. 45 minutes. brianna keilar in a lovely life shot location. thank you much. appreciate it. just getting in some news here it to cnn, don't count on salvaging a basketball southbound this year. here's the deal. the nba players have rejected the league's latest offer and are beginning to process to disband their union. the decision likely spells doom for the rest of the nba season so games through november 30th had already been canceled, nba commissioner david stern has pointed out the 2010 season was not profitable for owners. they lost as much as $300 million. news for basketball fabs nationwide there. also, big new velts develop in the penn state child sex scandal. the ceo of the charity founded by sandusky has resigned. he had been there 28 years. now there's new questions about the judge in this case as well. plus, after decades of being closed to the public, nasa is once again opening the vehicle assembly building to the public. take a look. >> we absolutely have to do that part of the work. it's not optional. >> we're talking about the place where the space shuttles were attached to those huge orange fuel tanks. we'll take you on a tour inside the fourth largest building by volume in the world. that's next. 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"endeavour" is housed here until its california museum home is ready. do you know what you're looking at back there? >> yeah. >> reporter: what is it? >> a space rocket. >> reporter: this is the vehicle assembly building, vab, at the kennedy space center, rich in history and now reopened from public tours. from here, the massive saturn 5 moon rockets were assembled before rolling out to the launchpad. >> it was just so busy in here. we had thousands of people living in this building at the time. there were probably 6,000 people in this building. >> reporter: conrad nagel worked on both the apollo and space shuttle programs. >> we're probably not going to see anything like this in our lifetime. >> reporter: all 135 shuttles started out from this building, too, made it to the fuel tanks and booster rockets. because of the volatile fuels and chemicals used during the shuttle era, nasa closed the vab's doors to outsiders in 1978. with the shuttle program over, nasa is again allowing tours from the visitor complex to stop here. >> we just sort of said, well, we absolutely have to do that part of the tour. that's not optional. >> reporter: to this day, the vab remains one of the biggest buildings in the world, 525 feet high. by volume, the fourth largest in the world. so here's one of those interesting nasa factoids. that of course is the vab behind me, and that american flag you see there? well, it is so large that you can fit a city bus inside each of the stripes. >> when you look at that big flag out there hanging on the side of this thing, 210 feet long, wow! what a flag. >> reporter: within a few years, nasa hopes to start assembling its next generation rocket in in here, one that will take astronauts perhaps to mars. the space agency has not decided yet whether the welcome mat will remain out once that new rocket gets here. >> i love that piece, john zarrella. i tell you what, i know you've been to keb di a bunch. it was my first trip this past summer. i tell you when with i saw the vab, pictures don't do it justice. this building is ginormous. my question to you is this, i don't know if this is urban myth or true, but has it rained inside the building? >> you know, listen, that's what aloft the scientists and a lot of the nasa employees -- i asked conrad nagel who worked in there, i said, conrad, has it really rained inside there, clouds formed at the top? he said, listen, ask bob seek. he was a former launch director for many, many years there, and bob seek, according to nagel, swears to it, that it actually did rain and clouds formed inside there because of the enormity of the building. brooke, you have got to come down and see that. i was walking underneath the wing of "endeavour,". it is just a spectacular site. no -- sight. the visitors can't get quite as close as we did because they're cordoned off, but still they're within 25, 30 feet of "endeavour." what an opportunity. you've got to come down, see the vab, see "endeavour," while everything is under that one roof and open to the public. at least for the next couple of years is what the plan is right now. >> here's how big of a nerd i am. i walk around cnn with my cnn badge, on the other side, sts sts-135. >> last shuttle flight. >> i've got connections, john zarrella. thank you so much. great piece. also this -- president obama now weighing in on the penn state child rape scandal all the way from hawaii. >> i think all institutions, not just sports programs and universities have to take stock and making sure we're doing everything we can to protect people who may be vulnerable in these circumstances. >> several new developments in the scandal this afternoon. we have now learned that joe paterno's name will be removed from the big ten trophy. also, the head of the sandus sandusky-founded charity wrapped p up in the penn state child abuse scandal has resigned. and we know the judge in this case has ties to this second mile charity. plus, take a look at this. 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warnings that have been popping up, which means tornadoes have been sighted on the ground or indicated by doppler radar. we had one very close to lake of the woods with one house damaged. that was just northwest of champaign. that storm has continued toward the northeast, you notice these storms are continuing in a line. we may even get some flood issues with this. monticello right here, a big tornado now, probably on the ground north of you. this is going to continue to slide toward indianapolis, probably toward ft. wayne in the next few hours, maybe as far southwest as st. louis. could be a busy night, almost springlike in some spots, brooke. >> chad myers, thank you so of. keep us posted there in the midsection of the country. ceo of second mile, the charity at the center of the penn state child sex abuse scandal, has resigned, jack raykovitz, he stepped down from the organization originallysand former penn state coach accused of abusing eight boys he met through this charity. we have a statement from the charity, part of it says, quote, although the allegations against jerry sandusky and the alleged incidents occurred outside second mile programs and events this does not change the fact that the alleged sexual abuse involved second mile program children nor does it lessen the terrible impact of sexual abuse on its victims. the second mile board is promising an internal investigation now with findings by the end of this year. the scandal is weighing so deeply on the national conscience, even president obama addressed the issue at the apec summit in hawaii. >> i think all institutions, not just universities or sports programs, have to step back and take stock and make sure that we're doing everything we can to protect people who may be vulnerable in these circumstances but also just keep in mind what's important. keeping -- making sure that o excitement about a college sports program doesn't get in the way of our basic human response when somebody is being hurt. also today, it seems the parallels here between the penn state case and the sexual abuse in the catholic church are not lost on church officials. want to share a couple of tweets came down not long ago from the u.s. conference of catholic bishops today, paraphrasing the president, quote, we're timid to offer advice because of our failings, but this shows the scourge of sex abuse goes beyond catholic church. sadly, people in positions of trust engage in sexual abuse. we've found that education and prevention help. those are tweets coming down from archbishop dolan. jerry sandusky remains out on $100,000 unsecured bail, unsecured meaning he doesn't have to post any money until he fails to show up for court. we're going to talk about the judge who set -- now fired head coach paterno, what they're removing his name from the trophy? >> reporter: yeah. this is the first year the big ten has had a championship game. they were one of the holdouts. but joe paterno's name was going to be on that trophy. no more. big ten commissioner jim delaney saying this trophy should be aspirational, not controversial, basically saying it's not promote. joe paterno's name off that trophy, trophy penn state could end p up playing for. his name not on it, just another stain in his legacy. it will be called the amos stag, big name in football for a long time. this story is about a lot more than footd ball, but this speaks to the gravity of this issue. >> absolutely. let me ask you about the district judge. we're learning a little bit more about this judge who set sandusky's bail, the $100,000 bail, and her ties to this second mile charity. what are her ties specifically? >> reporter: well, there's a lot of outrage over this, brooke. judge leslie dutchcot we're findtion out volunteer for the second mile program. her bail -- she set bail at $100,000 for jerry sandusky, no monitoring twice. prosecutors wanted $500,000 with a leg monitoring device. a lot of people, aloft experts, are saying, what? how is a dangerous child ed predator, what he's accused of being, how is he out free? that's what we have here, our legal analyst jeffrey toobin weighed in on that. let's listen. >> the judge certainly should have raised the issue, disclosed her connection to second mile, so that the parties involved in the case could decide whether they he wanted to ask her to recuse herself. >> reporter: so there you have it. jeffrey toobin weighing in, a lot of folks saying, wait a minute, the governor of pennsylvania weighing in saying the bail should have been higher. >> mike galanos for us, thank you. also, the second mile charity claims it has helped thousands of children throughout the state of pennsylvania, many of whom didn't have direct contact with jerry sandusky like troy craig who considers himself a lucky one. here's what he told dr. drew. >> there was a period of about i'm thinking two to three years where if i was in the car alone with jerry his hand would guaranteed be on my left thigh. it never veered into anything overtly sexual, but certainly enough to make me uncomfortable. >> craig also says he went to sleep-away camp, part of this charity. we'll hear a lot more from troy craig, what he witnessed around sandusky. he'll join me live tomorrow. we'll see you for that. also, straight ahead -- the woman accusing herman cain of an unwanted sexual advance has someone backing up her story. sharon bialekbialek's former bod speaking out. uarantee it. i guarantee it. i guarantee it. i guarantee it. got it. 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>> well, if you take a look at our latest cnn/orc international polls -- i know you have, brooke -- you see mitt romney very, very steady, he's been consistent. but take eye look at newt gingrich. wow, all of a sudden -- in october, he was at 8%, now at 22% within the statistical margin of error with romney right now. herman cain is really suffering from those sexual harassment allegations, 25% to 14%. rick perry still relatively steady at 12%, not very good when you think of where he was a few weeks earlier. ron paul steady at 8%. but the big story there, two big stories, all of a sudden gingrich in the top tier and herman cain sliding big-time, i suspect because of the sexual harassment allegations. we'll be all over that in "the situation room". rick santorum will be joining us 4:00 p.m. eastern. >> i have procured a few pictures of the event i emceed last week. i have them for us today. see you next hour for that. >> i am looking forward to it. >> great, wolf. thank you so of. now i want you to look at video, pretty amazing stuff out of brazil. thousands of law enforcement members bust rio de janeiro's biggest shantytown, helicopters, automatic weapons were used, even tanks. we'll tell you why in two minutes. 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. tanks, helicopters, armed forces enter the city streets, we've seen it in uprisings in the middle east and africa. this is in brazil to drak down on criminals and drug dealers living in brazil's biggest slum. >> reporter: armored personnel carriers roll in and helicopters fly overhead. an astonishing invasion of enemy territory in the heart of rio de janeiro. in a pre-dawn raid on sunday, hundreds of police and military took over rio's biggest shantytown, wresting control from the bludy drug gangs, according to officials without a single shot fired. 3,000 troops including 200 navy commandos participated in the operation which lasted just two hours. police hoisted their flag over the hill top and declared they were in full control of the slum and neighboring slums where 120,000 people lived. we're hopeful, says one resident. we were worried that the polices were coming in and there would be shots fired. now we're relaxed. the mass operation is part of rio's efforts to eliminate crime and end he the reign of drug traffickers before the world cup and olympic games two years later. it's a historic day in brazil, says rio's governor, an emotional for all of those who live in brazil, especially those who live in rio. police have already pacified dozens of favelas, but it's an uphill battle. about one-fifth of the city's residents live in shantytowns overlooking beachside condominiums. last year more than 30 people were killed during a similar invasion on another favela. this time around, police arrested the top drug trafficker days before the operation. they found antonio francisco gnome as nem earlier this week in the trunk of a car. earlier police captured grenades and plenty of drugs and guns. now the hard work begins. police have to set up a permanent presence to keep traffickers out and convince residents that after decades of neglect they want abandon them. >> shasta, thank you. it is monday on this show. you know what that means, it's music monday. i sit down with the artist behind the number one album on the r & b charts right now. >> one of my favorites -- ♪ i knew i loved you before i met you ♪ that was one of my joys. >> i got hill m to sing a littl bit for me. that interview with tyrese, next. the postal service is critical to our economy-- delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet they're closing thousands of offices, slashing service, and want to lay off over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? 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