bars and he may be there for the rest of his life. the jury found the former penn state assistant coach guilty on abusing boys. sandusky was immediately taken away and booked into the county jail. he is now under suicide watch and less than 24 hours after his conviction, cnn cameras caught this moment, his wife dottie sandusky showing up today at the jail where her husband is being held. cnn national correspondent susan candiotti joins us now from pennsylvania with reaction to the verdict. susan, we heard just a few minutes ago that one of sandusky s lawyers just made a startling revelation. what can you tell us about what was said? reporter: hi, fred. we ve known throughout the lead-up to this trial that his defense team kept asking the judge for more time, more time, more time to push back the start date of the trial and each time they were turned down. the brand new information we re learning today from the defense team is that as recently as the day before jury selectio
relieved. as strong and as overwhelming as the evidence was, i was terrified that there would be either an acquittal or a hung jury because i didn t want him back. and i didn t want this sort of circus. i mean, we need to move on. we need some sort of realization that the word guilty, that puts a label on what all of this is. and she also added this. she said that she believes that dottie sandusky, jerry sandusky s wife is in denial about what has happened here. as we know, fred, this is something we ve been hearing from a lot of people, but dottie sandusky throughout has stood by and defended her husband. so, susan, as a neighbor did she say that over a period of time she ever suspected anything was going on in that household or did she ever suspect this kind of abuse, now proven abuse by the hands of sandusky? reporter: no indication of that at all, but it is something that once the allegations came out that she was very suspicious of this and wanted to see what the
topping the headlines on andrea mitchell reports breaking news out of philadelphia. a jury has now reached a verdict in a groundbreaking priest abuse trial. monsignor william lynn is the first u.s. church official charged for allegedly helping an archdiocese cover up abuse claims. he faces about 20 years in prison if convicted. the verdict is expected at 2:00 eastern. we will of course bring you live reports. the jury in jerry sandusky s sex abuse trial is back in court today. yesterday, the jury asked to listen again to testimony from two witnesses who appeared during the trial. jurors took notes as attorneys read transcripts of the key testimony from mike mcqueary and a family friend of mcqueary s. it is the second day of deliberations for them. stocks appear to be rebounding today after moody s decision to downgrade 15 of the world s largest banks and financial institutions late thursday. the list includes bank of
good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, a greek collapse. literally. the greek finance minister just hours before he was to be sworn into his new role, it s a crucial role, fainted. it was a depressing visual for a country that is trying with a brand-new government to keep its economy from entering a black hole. the greek leader s collapse kept him from going to the highly anticipated euro 2012 soccer match today. greece took a shellacking from germany. germany was favored to win. the bookies only gave greece 17-2 odds. so the outcome was predictable. sort of like the break-up of the eu. italian prime minister mario monty warned today of the apocalypse. saying there is only one week left to save the euro zone. that s after the leaders of germany, france, spain and italy met today, to once again say we re going to do whatever it takes to strengthen our monetary union. the problem is they talk a lot and they don t do much. they have not done that yet. no one expects
prayer and soul searching, i am suspending my presidential campaign. this is where it comes to an end. the last stop for the cain train. herman cain today in atlanta effectively ending his bid for the white house. the candidate who just a month ago was being talked about as the frontrunner for the republican nomination, suspending his campaign. in recent weeks, cain has denied allegations of sexual harassment and an atlanta woman s claim that she had a 13-year affair with him. today, his eyes hidden behind dark shades with his wife, gloria, by his side. cain broke the news to supporters. i am at peace with my god. i am at peace with my wife. and she is at peace with me. okay, even as cain was announcing the end to his 2012 dreams, he was promising that he wouldn t be silenced and that he wouldn t go away. cnn s shannon travis standing outside the atlanta headquarters that cain just opened today as he was suspending his campaign. talk about bad timing there, shannon. how