stop. >> reporter: back to joe paterno. another show of support. students have been rallying in front of his home, saying they have his back. meanwhile, abc news has learned, a decision about whether paterno will get to keep the job, he has had for more than 40 years, could be made within the next 24 to 4 hours. things moving very quickly here. dan harris, abc news, state college, pennsylvania. >> very few people right now who believe joe will be able to survive this and keep his job. just a matter of how they will orchestrate his exit. >> will he be there through the end of the season? leave now? that's the only question. no question in my mind that his tenure is over. >> and if a ninth victim has come forward. imagine the number of years this went on, the fact that he ran a program for at-risk youth, imagine how high the number may go in terms of the number of kids. >> i imagine many people will come forward. >> unbelievable story. sad on so many levels. couple notable results to pass along. and off-year elections held last night. in mississippi, rejecting an initiative that would define life as beginning at conception. supporters hoped passage of the law would give hem a plat foreign minister to fight roe v. wade. the so-called personhood initiative was rejected by more than 55% of voters. organized labor celebrating a major victory in ohio. voters have struck down a republican-backed measure that would restrict bargaining rights of 350,000 public workers, expected to send a warning to republican governors trying to limit collective bargaining as a way tole balance the budget. radio and tv stations nationwide including cable networks will pause for an important test. first ever national tifs the emergency alert system. individual broadcasters have been conducting the test for decades now. but never been done at all stations at the very same time. the department of homeland security called for this particular test. so, yep, your favorite program will be interrupted to day at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. remember as they always say "this is only a test." >> residents in a small northwest indiana town are without water this morning after the town's power collapsed. officials say it is not clear what brought the structure down. but a new tower will have to be built before water service can be restored. for now the town is getting by with donated water. a look now at your wednesday forecast. nearly a foot of snow expected in upper michigan. 6 inches des moines to madison. heavy rain, indianapolis, detroit, cleveland. thunderstorms from new orleans to birmingham, nashville and louisville. >> 64, boston. 63, baltimore. 81, miami. 49, chicago. 46 in the twin cities. 50s, pacific northwest. 46 in colorado springs. well, an alligator roaming around in florida, or in the bayous of louisiana might not be worth mentioning. >> but when a 6-foot long gator shows up in church in michigan in early november. that is a story for "world news now." >> police were called unin to dl with the unlikely visitor. brought to a local sanctuary in good condition. don't know if it was someone's pet that grew too big. they really have no idea how it got there. >> you see them in louisiana, everglades. in michigan? >> who has that as a pet? people have boas. >> and the goats and llamas. i don't understand. >> i like animals. >> that's good. >> i know you don't. >> i don't disluke ike animals. >> snakes. >> that little guy got divine intervention in the church. he ois okay now. we'll be back with more "world news now" right after this. ♪ ♪ yes ♪ well, this time next year, american people will have just voted in the 2012 presidential election. the winner will either be incumbent, president obama. >> yeah, or one of the eight republicans, abc and yahoo! unprecedentedly interviewed. here is jake tapper with "your voice, your vote" coverage. >> reporter: herman cain's republican rivals, responded to the latest shoes to drop in the allegations of sexual harassment being made against him. >> these are serious allegations, george. will have to be addressed seriously. a number of women have come forward with concerns this woman's charges are disturbing and serious. >> look, obviously they're very troubling. >> clearly herman cain has to answer the charges. he both owes her that but he us aowes the american people that, and it better be ak rich. if it is not accurate they won't survive 24 hours. >> reporter: they talked about the state of the race. >> i'll let the slings and arrows come as they may and talk about the failure of the presidency. >> i am getting a little whiplash watching everyone in the race go up and down. >> the political fortunes have mirrored wall street. one candidate after another go up and go down. >> would you run as a third party candidate. >> i an not going to do that. no. >> not planning? >> i have no plans to do that. >> somebody asked me the other day, why, why do you say you won't plan to do that? because i don't want to. >> reporter: the candidates had much to say on the subject that is most important to voters how to create jobs. >> what i am all about is-- the environment where entrepreneurs are comfortable that they can risk their capital have a return on their investment that's how jobs are created how we have done it in the state of texas. >> i like job creators, opposite of obama. i like people that create jobs. >> the number one reason why employers are not hiring now is because of obama care. >> we have been spending too much, printing to much. borrowing too much for so long and it destroyed the jobs. people see cutting a trillion dollars as a neg tichlt it is a poz tichlt taking a trillion out of the hands of politicians and bureaucrats. >> reporter: we asked them lighter fare, their worst job. >> clean toilets. shined shoes. >> building a fence with a jackhammer. >> a jackhammer in the basement of an apartment building tearing up a concrete floor. >>-washer in a japanese restaurant. clean the toilets. >> pin setter in a german bowling alley, could be exciting. bowl while you were setting the pins. >> one day i cleaned 182 fish. >> baling hay. >> reporter: which president should be the fifth carved into mount rushmore. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> fdr and reagan. >> the fifth president that belongs on mount rushmore? he hasn't been president yet. >> reporter: the candidates were much harsher untheir criticism of president obama than they were of fellow republican herman cain. if cain continues to defy gravity you can expect that to change. in the fewer than two months until the first ballots are cast in the iowa caucus. jake tapper, abc news, washington. two months unbelievable. >> the field is so broad. >> what was the worst job you ever had? >> you know, i have done a lot of different jobs. i shoveled school in law school believe it or not. >> really? >> i think any job is a good job. you have to do your best at the job. >> that is a very nice attitude. >> how about you? >> an usher in the movie theater in moorstown mall, new jersey, i would clean up the stuff people would leave in the theater. stop leaving your trash in the theater. gum, soda, popcorn. >> i take mine. >> you take it. the ushers, out there, take your stuff with you when you leave the theater, all i am saying. an awful job. all right, when we come back this morning, the coupon-clipping college kid. >> the money saving lessons we all may learn from this young woman's obsession. that's next. 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[ male announcer] veterans crisis line. it's your call. ♪ going out tonight there's a party on the rooftop top of the world tonight tonight ♪ >> feeling it, you feeling it? you are shaking it? ha-ha. now to new mexico college student who some might call extremely thrifty we'll say. her weapon in the battle to squeeze every penny old-fashioned coupons. >> with many families on a budget these days there is nothinnoth ing nothing extreme about cue pong. >> reporter: when she isn't in class, you will find her clipping, sorting, comparing coupons trying to find the best deals and steals out there. >> it is a lot of work. it is. that's what makes people intimidated. that's why they quit right away it is a lot and time consuming. >> reporter: five hours a day how long it look francis when she got serious about couponing and decided to go extreme. we say extreme, how extreme are you? >> i have a costco in my bedroom. here it is. >> reporter: wow, you are stocked with kids to go. >> reporter: the coupon queen, is stocked with brand name products. a lot was free or less than $1. that's really pos sfwhul. >> at the end have to look at it. >> reporter: we went shopping with her to put her to the test. >> 49 cents afterwards. coupon $1 off five. make it $2 for ten cans. coupon for $1 off three. $1 for three. 99 cents. with a 50 cents off coupon. >> reporter: off to the checkout to see how much she saved. today was a small trip for francis. what we all would have spent $95 on she spent $19. saved $73 by couponing. most of the time she comes shopping she saves hundreds. if you don't have five hours a day to spend couponing francis says there are ways to save on your grocery bill. one of her favorite trips, facebook, get coupons and products by liking a company's page and send you sale alerts. a trick contact companies directly. tell them you like their products. they will send you coupons and free stuff. her most important tip don't get discouraged. any savings is good savings. even if you save $10 here, $20 here. doesn't matter it will add up. >> reporter: using a few coupons on things you buy will add up to big savings in the long run. >> if there were beer coupons in college i could have saved tens of thousand. >> so impressed. a college student. what is she majoring in do you think? >> besides cheapness. >> very impressive. very impressive. it inspired me. >> cataloged, laminated. >> oh, yes. >> that's the coupon. everybody wants. 30% off, nothing. that is right. whoo. good for her. i guess, good economic lessons growing up. >> i like it. >> go out, drink, get a date, something extreme. . >> announcer: "world news now" delivers your morning papers. >> ha-ha, good set up papers today. i'm ready to get to it. >> this one i love. 87-year-old missouri woman, 87, shoots 88-year-old husband over an allege add fad affair with h hairdresser. when the police get there. he had it coming. he was stepping out on me. i got pissed off. she took his gun, ruger, revolver caliber. instead of having a round it had pellets. she struck him in the right arm. and you know she has been charged with second degree assault. >> hell hath no fury, no matter the age. >> a lot of love in the relationship. hotness there. hotness. >> almost 90 years old. getting the gun out. all right, hey. love is love. >> check. >> a new study out, find not shockingly, men that we are simply more -- vulnerable to facebook scams. primarily because you get the ads for a scantily clad woman, we click on it. friend her all that kind of stuff. >> see the downfall of men. the downfall. you are going to be swindled because you see a cute girl and you are like. >> click, say, yeah. that does happen. a lot on facebook. we click, she's cute. and click on it. and then we give our personal information, get stupid about it. >> you deserve it if that happens. >> men are visual creatures, it happens. be careful, dudes. >> talking visual creatures. ryan is planning to screen porno on flights. not on necessarily the back of seats or ipad or hand held. it is too much. i would be the person seated next to the freak watching the porn. what do you do? >> so this is -- an app or air loin th line that will allow -- >> look hotel rooms, allow the porn to be viewed by people on the flight. >> what are you going to do with the porn on flight? usually people are watching porn, doing something you can't do? >> it is too much. >> really? >> yeah, that's it. i'm not going there. >> really? i just don't understand how hard up you have to be at 39,000 feet that you got to. >> not going there. >> try to bait you in. apparently be careful if you are morton's, in florida, workers got caught stuffing raw vegetables down their pants and serving it to the customers. tip your this morning on "world news now" -- firing back. republican presidential candidate herman cain responds to allegations of sexual harassment. >> he calls one accuser a liar and insist he's has done nothing wrong. it's wednesday, november 9th. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin. herman cain did what he said he would not do, he responded to the growing number of allegations of sexual harassment. cain called the chicago woman who went public with her complaints a liar. hear how she is responding coming up. >> yet another woman has gone public, her name leaked, she is stepping forward suggesting the accusers have a group press conference to show a complete body of evidence against him. things are getting very interesting on that. plus, also, on this wednesday morning, absolutely outrageous scandal involving the u.s. air force base that handles dead military personnel flown home for burial. what whistle blowers uncovered and how the military cracked down. later this half-hour, complaints from a lonely wife who was sick and tired of her husband's overnight hours at work. how her desperate actions got her in trouble with the police. >> you won't believe what this woman did. she got a little heated to say the least. but before all of that, new details about the women who are accusing herman cain of sexual harassment. we could soon see several of the women telling their stories together una news conference. an attorney says he is working now to arrange that. >> cain insists he has done nothing wrong and won't drop out of the race. abc's karen travers has the latest. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob and sunny. this sexual harassment scandal is consuming cain on the campaign trail. yesterday the only thing he was asked about at a press conference. and soon it could begin to threaten his standing in the polls. herman cain says sharon bialek the latest woman to accuse him of sexual harassment is a liar. >> yes, i am saying that. you know, in as nice a way as i can. i've don't know any other way to say it. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview for the abc news yahoo! newsmaker series, cain fired back against the allegations. >> i have absolutely not acted inappropriate with this lady or anybody else in my career. >> reporter: bialek is the fourth woman to accuse cain but first to come forward publicly. >> he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt. >> reporter: bialek, a registered republican says she told three people about the incident at the time but didn't file any work place complaints because she didn't work for cain. >> i am not a liar. everyone know that knows me knows i speak the truth. >> reporter: now another accuser named, karen kraushaar, currently a federal government employee who received a cash settlement after she accused cain when they worked together at national restaurant association. >> the accusations were made of sexual harassment. they were found baseless. >> reporter: cane defiantly said he is not dropping out of the presidential race. >> auin't going to happen. because i am doing this for the american people. >> reporter: mitt romney running neck in neck with cain in the polls issued harsh criticism. he said the charges are disturbing and serious. >> thank you. newt gingrich and mitt romney releasing their harshest statements yet, pressuring herman cain to say more here the you wonder if, in their mind he is becoming such a threat now, they're enjoying the scandal, the chance to put pressure on him. such a huge distraction the last few weeks. >> it has been. i think he still has to address it. i think this was a missed opportunity. he didn't really address it head on. he said they're all liars. is anyone really going to believe that? one woman, perhaps. two women, three women, four women. usually he said/she said. now he said/she said, she said, she said. he has to do more. >> pattern of behavior. he won't so far to say he would take a lie detective test to prove his side of the story. condition it by saying if there is a good reason to do it i will take a lie detector test. >> it's not going anywhere. >> it's sticking. it's sticking. other news, the huge story this week, students rallied outside the home of head coach joe paterno to show support. all signs point to the end of his career amid this growing sex scandal. the board of trustees did meet in an emergency session after paterno's regularly scheduled news conference was abruptly canceled minutes before it was supposed to start yesterday. >> i know you guys have a lot of questions, i was hoping i was going to be able to answer them today. but we will try to do it soon, soon as we can. can't do it today. >> we learned that penn state says it will now appoint a special committee to look into the sex abuse scanle dal. according to "the new york times" article yesterday, two sources now saying behind the scenes, they're putting, slowly putting together a plan that will be joe's exit from the university in light of all this he can't stay on. also been front-page news paper editorials saying get out, joe. >> that's the thing. bottom line is perhaps under the law he did the right thing. but i think morely morally, peo saying you are the symbol of the school, team. when you hear allegations you have to do more. i think that's where the backlash is coming from. >> it is. see how it plays out. >> not going anywhere. >> for sure. >> an appeals court decision on the health care reform law is consider aid major victory for president obama. d.c. court of appeals ruled to uphold the key provision of the health care law. the provision requires individuals to buy health insurance by 2014 or pay penalty. the supreme court will discuss legal challenges to the law tomorrow. fears over a nuclear iran are rekindled this morning after new report by the u.n. in that report, u.n. inspectors found that iran is closer to developing a nuclear weapon than previously thought. abc's jim shuto reports. >> reporter: iran insisted their nuclear program is for civilian purposes this report from iaea that iran is carrying out activities whose sole purpose is development of a nuclear weapon. every step of the process, experimenting with nuclear triggers and computer models of nuclear explosions. the u.s. concluded iran ended its weapons program in 2003, but the iaea reluctant to make allegations finds evidence that weapons program has tind in secret for years. we are now told the white house is already preparing a new round of what it hopes will be strong sanctions against iran. research showing that some missiles pointed towards israel, potentially a volatile situation there the so far no comment from israel though. but scary. >> very scary. >> uh-huh. >> goodness, well. >> keep an eye on that. >> yes. well, three mortuary supervisors at dover air force base have been disciplined for mishandling the remans of military personnel killed in afghanistan. a year-long air force investigation triggered by several whistle blowers found the military mortuary twice lost body parts of the war dead. and they say the body of maa marine was handled. air force brass is calling out gross mismanagement. >> there is nothing that is a more profound obligation than treating our fallen with reverence. >> ithe defense secretary orderd a separate review due in 60 days. >> we move on to italy where the hope is that a government shake-up will help keep the country out of the debt mess. silvio berlusconi will resign once italy's parliament passesic npassesic -- passes economic reforms. making a major bailout unnecessary. a vote on the reform measures now slated for next week. meanwhile in greece we should know today who is going to be that country's new interim leader. greece's current prime minister is ready to step down as soon as a new government is ready to be put in place. that new government will guide a massive european financial aid package through greece's parliament. approval of aid would go a long way towards easing financial markets worries about a european recession. asian traders seem to luke what they were hearing about the political moves in europe the most major markets across the far east were trading higher today. on wall street all may jr. hajos were up. and a majority of americans say the federal government must do something to reduce the income gap between the wealthy and the less fortunate. a new abc news poll just released shows 60% would support policies to address wealth distribution. but far fewer, 44%, support the occupy wall street protestors. which puts this issue into the spotlight. 41% say they oppose the movement. parts of southeast texas have a big clean-up job on their hands this morning. that area was battered by a line of severe storms in up to five apparent tornados as well. high winds shattered glass, ripped shingles from homes and snapped trees as well. several schools were also damaged as students took cover in storm shelters. thankfully there were no reported injuries. now here is a look at your wednesday weather, everybody. showers, thunderstorms, from new orleans to pensacola, nashville, louisville. drenching downpours, 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and a long list of celebrities? you are watching "world news now." the hacking scandal from rupert murdoch's news of the world is still making news around the world. >> indeed the bbc learned investigators were paid to secretly follow politicians, celebrities and even prince william. details on this royal scandal. >> reporter: prince william, future king, and one of the most heavily protected figures in british public life. in 2006 he was spied on by the news of the world. the newspaper paid this man to do it, former police officer, and private investgator. other surveillance was carried out on an industrial scale. among dozens of people he trailed and filmed were the sports presenter, the parents of harry potter actor daniel radcliff, former attorney general lord goldsmith, the former boss of chelsea football club, and he spied on prince harry's former girl trend, chelsea davey. >> follow her to where she was going. on a number of occasion she's would be picked up. >> reporter: over eight years the news of the world paid derek webb to follow more than 100 celebrities. he continued to work for the newspaper until it closed in july of this year. >> because i kept getting results for them. they employed my services more and more. so i was getting work from them and they were very satisfied with the work. >> reporter: the latest revelation on the lengths to which the newspaper want to get its stories come at a difficult tomb for the paper's publisher, news international. chief executive, james murdoch faces a grilling from parliament in two days time. >> he'll be back in front of parliament tomorrow for more testimony. the scandal far from over. and rebecca brooks one of the lieutenants of rupert murdoch, severance, $2 million, use of the company limo and an office. medicare card, y i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance 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... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, 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 p medicare supplement insuranc. 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 o 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 r supplement plans... that are all competitively priced. we have a plan for almost everyone, so you can find one that fits r your needs and budget. with all medicare supplement plans, there are virtually p no claim forms to fill out. plus you can keep that accepts medicare. p your own doctor and hospital and best of all, these plans are... when they told me these plans were endorsed by aarp... i had only one thing to say... sign me up. and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan. you'll get this free information kit... as with all medicare supplement plans, you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts # medicare, call this toll-free number now. well, remember finally back in september, we were all on high alert for that space junk that was heading to earth. >> uh-huh. >> tuesday all eyes back in the sky. >> here we goec. astronomers were watching an asteroid zipping by. was it a close call. kabc's rob hayes. >> reporter: a beautiful sunny california day. sunny skies, cool breeze, and a massive piece of space rock hurdling by at tens of thousand of miles an hour. >> is it a comet? >> reporter: no. >> it is an asteroid? >> reporter: bingo. it is zipping through space 200,000 miles away which may sound pretty far, but it's not. >> 200,000 miles away is close in cosmic terms. nearer than the moon. >> reporter: director of the griffith observatory and the man with the good news. >> this one is not going to hit the earth. >> reporter: if it did, scientists say out would carve a crater 17,000 feet deep. you chuckle now, but scientists say a rock this big wouldn't be as devastating as the one that kid the dinosaurs it would certainly make a big mess. >> if this were to hit the earth it is large enough to knock out a major city. >> i am against that. >> reporter: so are most people. that's why nasa tries to keep track of the big space rocks headed our way. which brings us back to 35 years ago when man kind kind of dropped the ball. >> the last time we had a big asteroid come this close was in 1976, and the funny thing is we didn't know it. that wasn't discovered until 2010. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: wow is right. though these days astronomers are tracking space rocks more thoroughly, the doctor says our luck will run out some day. >> eventually we are going to get hit by something. >> reporter: in los angeles, rob hayes reporting for abc news. >> and that big rock was traveling at 29,000 miles an hour, did pass by earth about 6:30 eastern time last night. >> i had no idea it could knock out a city. kind of interested in that. >> and -- >> i love that. i am such a sci-fi geek. >> we went up on the shuttle and diverted that thing from earth. you can send your thanks and donations. >> yes, you are welcome. >> you arewell cup. saving the earth that's what we do. i want a raise too for that. that is the news for this half-hour. remember to follow us on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> catch our tweets on twitter. keep in touch online and ♪ [ woman on p.a. ] now . ♪ do not leave bags unattendnde. [ male announcer ] maybe you see something sususpiciou. but you don't want to get involved. it's nothing, you think. can you be surure? ♪ if you see something, say something. report suspicious activity to local authorities. this morning on "world news now" -- campus crisis. penn state university's top administrators take action after a sex abuse scandal continues to rock the school. >> will the iconic former football coach be forced to step down? it's wednesday, november 9th. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm sunny hostin. while college administrators move into crisis mode, all eyes are on penn state's head coach joe paterno and his abruptly canceled news conference. what's next for paterno's former assistant, jerry sandusky accused of abusing boys? >> we know this crisis taking a toll on his personal life as well, in terms of access to his own grandkids as well. so many ripple effects to this drama. we'll get into that in a second. our other top story, the gop presidential hopeful, herman cain and extremely defiant response to sexual harassment allegations what he has to say now to his latest accuser. another woman made public in the scandal. there is her picture right there, outed by the press. she wants to speak out and give her story as well. >> later, this half-hour, the historic change in california schools and could set an example for the country. can you imagine adding a grade to usual k through 12 education? >> from louisiana, pre-k funded ones were common. apparently now this is becoming a wider trend here. >> i wondered why we didn't have that nationally, pre-k, kids need to be prepared for kindergarten. >> earlier they get into school, the better they do later in life. we'll check out that trend. first, the penn state board of trustees in full damage control, after an emergency meeting the board issued a statement saying it is fully committed to restoring public trust in the university. >> the board appointed a committee to look into the scandal. what about the future of legendary coach joe paterno? >> abc's scott goldberg has details on this and more. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, joe paterno's son, scott is pushing back against reports that his father's days as head coach are numbered. he called an article premature. and no one asked his father to step down after a paper ran the story saying the coach will be gone within days or weeks. the scandal that is shattering the reputation of penn state football and casting a shadow over the entire university, appears to have taken out an icon. "the new york times" reports two sources close to top university officials say joe paterno's time as head coach will soon be over. it is clear the paper says, the man who has more victories than any other coach in college football's top level, and who made penn state a prestigious national brand will not survive to coach another season. penn state's president abruptly canceled paterno's weekly news conference, where the coach had been anticipating questions about former assistant jerry sandusky. >> i know you guys have a lot of questions and i was hoping i would be able to answer them today. but we will ftry to do it soon - can't do it today. >> reporter: sandusky charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over 15 years. paterno has not been charged and is not a target of the investigation but facing criticism for calling university officials instead of the police when he learned about the allegations. espn analyst matt millen, former penn state player, choked up talking about his alma mater. >> it's pretty disturbing. and if we can't protect our kids, we, as a society are pathetic. >> if this is the end it is hard to imagine a worse exit for paterno. he has been head coach for 46 years, won two national titles and largely credited with increasing penn state's endowment from 0 to $1 billion. rob, sunny? >> truly is a god on the campus. what a sad final chapter for him. sad, sandusky, newspapers reporting this morning, he is no longer allowed any unsupervised visits with his own grandchildren because of the scandal. >> wonder where it came from? did his family ask for that or did the prosecutor asks for that? unclear. >> you see ripple effects. unbelievable. to presidential politics and defiant response from herman cain over sexual harassment accusations. cain says he will not drop out of the race and that he never did anything inappropriate in his career. abc's jonathan carl sat down with the candidate. >> reporter: herman cain faced the world with a categorical denial of all allegations against him. >> the charges and the accusations are absolutely -- i absolutely reject. they simply didn't happen. they simply didn't happen. >> reporter: a second woman, karen kraushaar, a treasury department official went public in an interview with "the new york times." this after sharon bialek held a press conference saying cain sexually harassed her in 1997. >> he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview for abc news yahoo! cain said he doesn't even remember meeting her. >> they are baseless because i reject them. but in this particular case i don't know who this lady is. and when i first saw her, i didn't recollect even, i didn't even recognize her. >> let's be clear you are saying she is lying about this? >> yes. i am saying that. you know, in as nice a way. i don't know any other way to say it. >> reporter: cain says he most regrets the pain the controversy caused his family especially his wife of 43 years, gloria. >> even though my wife is more of a quiet, quieter person than i am, has a quiet, sweet personality. she can get angry like anybody else. >> is she angry about this? >> yes, yes she will tell you flat out she is angry about it. >> reporter: now karen kraushaar, the latest woman to come forward to make accusations against cain, says she wants to get together with the women that made accusations to hold a joint press conference. in other words -- doesn't look like this is over jet. jonathan carl, scottsdale, arizona. >> the latest woman, to come out, karin, a spokeswoman at the treasury department in d.c. so she's are professional, educated, reputable. >> arguably credible women. he has got to come out and do more than deny, deny, deny. what are we to think as the public. is it a conspiracy? all of the women got together and decided they wanted to oust herman cain. it doesn't make a lot of sense. >> like the penn state story, the more people that come out the more believable the story seems. it's true. shifting gears now, nba players dispute continues to drag on. are maintaining their hard line stance as the league contract players say they will ignore a deadline of 5:00 p.m. eastern time for -- accepting the league latest deal. they want another meeting with league owners before the deadline. the nba commissioner says if the deadline passes the next deal will include salary reductions and other provisions beneficial to league owners. >> we step back now to sunday afternoon when patrons at an atlanta restaurant were enjoying football watching on tv when a surprise visit came charging in through a window. tom jones of atlanta's wsb shows us the wild scene. >> reporter: watch as a deer comes crashing through a window, inside the taco mac restaurant on wind ward parkway sunday. the animal frightens two patrons and host. it regains its footing and catches a server by surprise. >> the deer decided to chase after the server. >> reporter: the deer goes outside on the patio. >> he actually hit the -- the fence over here, got its antler stuck in between the bars. >> reporter: surveillance video captures the deer head butting the door trying to get back in. when that didn't work the animal hopped the fence and took off. general manager brian stanley was standing at the door when the deer came crashing through the window. >> very loud. very loudest thing i have heard in here. a lot of people thought it was a gunshot. >> reporter: surveillance cameras show patrons watching a falcon's game jump up in shock wondering what was going on. leonard henderson watched the video. >> i am not going to lie. think i would have ran. >> reporter: the video shows a young customer chase out after the deer. he comes back quickly. customers say it isn't often you see a deer rampaging through a restaurant. >> it was crazy. went through the window. surprised a lot of people. it was pretty insane. >> some deer need a taco. >> must have been hungry. doesn't make any sense. >> that restaurant is not in an isolated area. a lot of commercial places in the area. the deer was in the mood for mexican, hey, go get it. i would have given it to him. take it large. here is your wednesday weather. rain along the gulf coast, tennessee, kentucky. torrential rain, indianapolis, cleveland. and also heavy snow in northern michigan. expect several inches of it in fact in wisconsin and iowa. showers in the seattle area. >> mostly 40s across the rockies, middle of the country. 64 in detroit. 60, dallas. milder along the east coast, climbing to the 60s from boston to atlanta. >> well there were 46 shopping days until christmas. how did we get here? >> i love the holidays. >> what is christmas without the big tree? >> you can't accuse any one on capitol hill of not preparing early for the holiday. the capitol hill christmas tree boxed up in a trailer and making its way to washington. you know they have the big ones. >> yeah, the tree was cut down over the weekend, one of northern california's national forests. driven to washington, decorated, publicly lit just after thanksgiving. >> i put my tree up the day after thanksgiving. >> you are one of those people. >> have everyone for a thanksgiving snack, we all eat leftovers together and everybody decorates my tree. >> i put mine up christmas eve and take it down july fourth. >> it's too late. >> oh. we'll be back with "world news now." ♪ i'm the happiest christmas tree ho-ho-ho hee-hee-hee ♪ 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 nsurance 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... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, 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 p medicare supplement insuranc. 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 o 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 r supplement plans... that are all competitively priced. we have a plan for almost everyone, so you can find one that fits r your needs and budget. with all medicare supplement plans, there are virtually p no claim forms to fill out. plus you can keep that accepts medicare. p your own doctor and hospital and best of all, these plans are... when they told me these plans were endorsed by aarp... i had only one thing to say... sign me up. and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan. you'll get this free information kit... as with all medicare supplement plans, you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts # medicare, call this toll-free number now. welcome back, everybody. can you imagine your kids going to school an extra year. efforts under way in california to get transitional kindergarten classes up and running. >> the new grade first to be introduced in the california school system in more than 100 years. and kabc's nanette miranda sees if it makes the grade. >> reporter: karate loving nathaniel green is doing well in kindergarten and his dad credits transitional kindergarten for his success. >> i'm a learning easy words to read like -- the, here, down. stuff like that. >> they did a lot of arts and crafts that enabled him making shapes, precursors to letters. i think that was a great aspect of the curriculum. >> reporter: a new law will soon require kids to be 5 years old when entering kindergarten. cutoff birthday will be september instead of december. the idea is to make sure 4-year-olds are not in kindergarten. while they wait, 4 years old can attend transitional kindergarten, tk, part of california's public school system next fall. the first grade added since 1891. some schools have tried it. >> tk has proven to be valuable to the school districts for retension and for special placement. we predict dropout rates will go down. >> reporter: some school districts are concerned about the costs. >> giving several students perhaps, three from one location, four from another. five from another and trying to come together and serve them in one location could be a real challenge. >> reporter: all nathaniel knows he is performing much better in school because of tk. how well do you do in school now? >> very good. >> reporter: nanette miranda reporting for abc news. >> that's what all the studies show-- the earlier kids get into school, the better they do throughout school and later in life. >> it makes sense, my kids went to pre-k. it prepares them for kindergarten. oh, look. ha-ha-ha. >> morning, mrs. hostin. >> that's right. that's right. >> my mother is a teacher. i taught law school. actually believe it or not. i was professor of evidence. >> okay, professor. >> that's what you should call me. >> professor, all right. >> i like that. yes. >> coming up, the scandalous comment that forced the oscars' producer to resign. >> what nancy grace had to say after getting the big boot out of "dancing with the stars" last night. the skinny is next. ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny we have a jam-packed "the skinny" for you this morning. let's hop right to it. >> well nancy grace and tristan mcmannis are going home. "dancing with the stars." she did pretty well, considering. i don't think she was the best dancer in the word. she had staying power. she had some fans. it take is a lot to go out there, right, do something like that. she lost weight. i mean, you know, i am a former prosecutor also. you know, we lawyers are a little buttoned up. that takes real guts to do. >> she had pizzazz. good for her. time to go home, pack your stuff. nancy, thank you for coming out. big oscar news emerging this morning. brett ratner, young, hip, cool producer, adding spice to the show. he has now quit the show because he got caught up in this mess where he used a gay slur in the midst of talking to reporters. common slur against gay men. he put it out there. the controversy came quickly after he made the comment. then he went on howard stern. talked about explicitly about his sex life, this video from tmz when he made the comment. the director of "rush hour" got eddie murray to be host. now he has quit here. issued a public apology. wasn't enough. ends up stepping down tuesday, yesterday. he is out of there. see who replaces him. kind of a weird hit for the show to take. a few months away from the oscars. >> why make these sorts of comments? who does that? i wonder does eddie murphy, is he going to be the oscars host. >> no comment from eddie. >> brett brought him in. >> the guy that quit was director of "tower heist." see how that plays out. a dumb move. oscars little bit of turmoil. yeah. >> well, i'm still going to watch. >> we will too. you have sad news? >> i to -- i do. i am really saddened, rapper heavy d, dead at 44. right? overweight lover. who doesn't remember? all of that? i, i think he was so fantastic. >> the theme song to "in living color." the janet jackson remix from her song, rhythm nation. and he was a talented guy. don't know the cause. apparently collapsed. obviously some serious health condition. >> he was known as overweight lover. wonder if it had something to do with his weight? >> rest in peace, heavy. definitely a talent. controversy for the show "glee" this morning. apparently did an episode called "the first time" highschoolers losing virginity, straight couples and a gay couple losing their virginity on the show. conservative groups, didn't like it. we have heard this argument 1,000 times, promoting sex too early, glamorizing sex. these kids are young. >> come on. >> parents need to parent. talk to their children. that way they're not learn things from television. >> you would think people get worked up see things on tv. apparently. don't think it is unrealistic. kids in high school are beginning to experiment. >> parents need to speak to their children, not be angry about television shows. >> got "glee" in hot water. we'll see how it plays out. >> think they're doing the right thing by sticking to their guns. also on "the skinny," what are we talking about next? 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>> it didn't get in the hallway. we got out. and pretty big -- and -- and a lot of -- >> reporter: now his mom and fire fighters call nathaniel a hero for his bravery and actions. >> he is definitely a hero. >> he is definitely a hero. i wouldn't have my girls or him. if he didn't wake up to the fire. >> reporter: as far as nathaniel he is modest and isn't claiming the title just yet. >> i don't know. >> extraordinary. extraordinary. >> i don't know if adults have the presence of mind to do what that young kid did. to be that young and literally save his family. tip your hat to that for sure. >> impressive. the fire caused $100,000 worth of damage in the home. uninhabitable at this point. the family will stay at a hotel. like anyone that goes through a tragedy, you realize something like that -- stuff, is just stuff, you're safe, your kids are safe, your family is safe. that's what matters. >> and he will get an award. >> from the fire fighters. more from abc coming up. ard. >> from the fire fighters. more from abc coming up.