do you think you re sane do you feel you have your full sanity? or has what happened to you sent you slightly mad? what do you think? well, i ll tell you. tonight, robert blake. the piers morgan interview starts now. good evening. i ve been interviewing celebrities and public figures for more than 25 years, more than 2,000 people including presidents, prime ministers, movie, tv and pop stars, but i have never had an encounter as explosive, confrontational or extraordinary as the one you re about to witness. robert blake is a hollywood legend. he shot to fame as a star of the our gang series. went on to a chilling role in the murderer of the film in cold blood and won an emmy for barretta. things changed when he met bonny lee bakley. she was found dead by a gunshot wound. he was charged with his wife s murder but acquitted after a sensational court case. then, bonny lee bakley s children filed a civil suit against blake alleging he was responsible for their mother
long. welcome everybody. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. good morning. i m alina cho bringing the news from a to c. so weird. we have the alphabet all mixed up. anger, sadness and overwhelming shame at penn state. a scathing report conducted by a former director of the fbi, leaving the school and its legendary coaches shattered. saying joe paterno and top university officials not only hid but empowered a child predator in jerry sandusky. the outrage is spreading so quickly there are calls to tear down a statue of paterno that stands youds of beaver stadium. will more criminal charges be coming? susan candiotti is live in philadelphia this morning. susan, good morning to you. reporter: good morning. yes, you re right. former fbi director lewis freeh laid the blame at the feet of four top penn state officials leaving jerry sandusky free rein to abuse children over the course of almost 15 years. our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disreg
i m suzanne malveaux. america s largest bank opens its books. it ain t pretty. also the late joe paterno speaking out in the wake of the penn state sex scandal. the outcry over teen usa s olympic uniforms. why one lawmaker wants them burned. let s get straight to it. in london soccer star john kerry has been found not guilty of racially abusing an opponent. the two had an exchange of words in a match last october. ter dion eyed they were racially motivated. the world needs airline pilots believe it or not. one of the biggest commercial jet companies says in the next 20 years the air travel industry will need almost a half million more trained up pilots. boeing sums it up this way. the global economy is growing fast and airlines are expanding just as fast to support it. here is the problem. analysts are afraid the pilot shortage will mean trains will suffer and less qualified pilots will be hired. condoleezza rice has said over and over she has no interest in being mitt
state and behind. susan candiotti is in philadelphia like with sara ganim. her pulitzer prize-winning reports helped bring much of this to life. we will take you through the legal fallout from today s developments with legal analyst jeffrey toobin and paul calum. has the report been posted yet, susan? well, i just been emailed the opening remarks of former fbi director louis freeh. haven t had a chance to read it, but i can give you just a couple of bullet points. we know this report is supposed to be around 200 pages long. and louis freeh reveals in his opening remarks that are prepared that during the course of his investigation, that started last november, we has reviewed 3.5 million emails and documents and has interviewed more than 400 people during the course of his investigation. now remember this is not a criminal investigation. he was hired by penn state s board of trustees to look at penn state s role in the sandusky scandal. to find out exactly what penn state ma
a statement today on the health of congressman jesse jackson jr. of illinois. one of his top aids says that jackson s condition is not life threatening. last week jackson s office issued a statement saying he is struggling with physical and emotional problems that will require extensive medical treatment. the 47-year-old took a medical leave of absence last month which his office attributed to exhaustion. he has been under growing pressure to explain his disappearance from capitol hill. we ll have more details and a live report from chicago in just 30 minutes. a man charged with planning to bomb the pentagon and u.s. capital. he is going to plead guilty. this is rezwan farduz a u.s. citizen accused of plotting to fly airplanes loaded with explosives into federal buildings in washington. federal prosecutors say ferdaus was radicalized by internet videos and it appears he was working alone. we re told he will plead guilty to 2 of 6 charges and face the possibility of 17 years