good morning to you. this is your a.m. wake-up call for friday. happy friday. it s november 18th, from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are the morning s top stories. another child sex scandal at a major university. syracuse university has confirmed that basketball assistant coach bernie fein has been put on administrative leave. one of his accusers talking about more than a decade of abuse that started in sixth grade. he thought president obama was the antichrist. the man accused of taking shots at the white house, now accused of trying to assassinate the president. and cleaning up and recovering after deadly storms tear through the south. the storms started in texas and tore a path to the carolinas. at least six people were killed. let s head to atlanta and check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf. hopefully the rough weather has ended. in part of the we begin to see things ramp up. you have the cleanup in its wake that s remaining. as w
good morning to you. it is thursday, november 17. ali velshi has the day off. i m carol costello along with christine romans. happy one last day until friday. welcome to american morning. up first this morning, new developments in the penn state child sex scandal. jerry sandusky s tv sbrir this week where he said his behavior with young boys was not sexual abuse, just horse play, may have been the last straw for some of his alleged victims. sandusky s words led new people to come forward. sandusky charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse involving eight boys he met through the charity, on 360 last night, anderson cooper spoke to the mother of one alleged victim, victim number one in the indictment. she says it was hard for they are son to watch the sandusky interview. he was very upset about it. he said i watched it after that. he said he cried. i said, why with s he crying? he said because i m afraid he might go free. he is afraid sandusky might go free? yes. the
good morning to you. this is your a.m. wakeup call for thursday, november 17th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. new questions about what police knew and what they knew about it in the penn state child abuse sex scandal. a coach who s taken a lot of heat for witnessing the alleged sexual assault on a little boy and not reporting it says he went to the cops years ago. but two law enforcement agencies are now saying that s not true. the secret service catching up to the man accused of shooting at the white house with an ak-47 that he left at the scene. one bullet was lodged in a bulletproof window facing the south lawn. and severe weather that ripped across the southeast has killed at least four people. the concern now there could be more victims beneath the rubble of some homes. let s check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf. the southeast getting pounded the last 24 hours. a very intense line of storms th
sexually attracted. i enjoy young people. i love to be around them. but, no, i m not sexually attracted to young boys. cnn s jason carroll is at penn state. so, jason, what kind of reaction is this interview getting this morning? not a good one. in terms of what students are saying this morning and a few last night that this interview actually made sandusky look worse. it s not like some of these students after the allegations had a high opinion of him after the allegations came out. but, clearly, from what we re hearing at least so far, kyra, after that interview, those who thought he was guilty before, their minds have not been changed and some others who were sort of dipping in and out of the story who happened to catch the interviews now say whatever they felt about him before, they now feel even worse. kyra? well, jason, you know, sandusky also addressed one of the key questions of this scandal. what exactly did joe paterno know and when did he know it? listen to
electricity. volunteer crews from other states are helping utility workers clear frozen limbs from power lines. and we have a clearer picture today of that deadly attack in kabul. military officials in afghanistan now say five nato troops were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into their armored bus. four of them were american. one a canadian. the taliban claims responsibility. australia s qantas airways says it could be again flying again tomorrow afternoon. all of the flights were grounded yesterday worldwide during a labor dispute. 70,000 passengers were stranded. earlier today a labor board ordered the airline to end its dispute. all right. now to the 2012 contenders. this next hour we focus on them and the race for the white house. the iowa caucus is the first in the nation and we re hearing from republican voters already there which candidate they like. a new poll from the des moines register shows herman cain and mitt romney statisticall