do we know why? reporter: well, he s reached out and we re told there s been no retainer agreement signed yet but, look, coach paterno is not facing any criminal charges here. he s been described as a cooperating witness. this is still an ongoing investigation. there s going to at least be a trial of the three people who have been charged in this. and then more importantly than that, looking town the road, there are the prospect of huge civil lawsuits here. we ve seen that in other cases of this kind like the boy scouts and catholic church and i think the expectation is that the victims and their families are going to be filing civil lawsuits and coach paterno could be right in the middle of that. thank you so much live with a report for us. as more alleged victims involved in the jerry sandusky scandal come forward to tell their stories, the court of public opinion is speaking out loudly about how university officials handled the accusations over the
get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight s question, should penn state football cancel the rest of its season and decline any bid to a bowl game? text a for yes and text b for no. you can go to our blog and make a comment. we ll bring you the results later in the show. lots of opinions and lots of hard feelings surrounding all of this, and a tremendous amount of sadness. joining me on the phone is now former nfl hall of famer franco harris and former player for joe paterno. he s now the chairman of the pittsburgh promise and education charity. good to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time, and i certainly understand your loyalty to coach paterno. nice to be on your show. i m a big fan. thank you, sir. do you think that joe paterno should still be the head football coach of penn state? tell us why you think that. not a question.
attempt, congresswoman gabrielle giffords i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, an apparent shake-up in the republican race for the white house after a turbulent week that saw herman cain finding new allegations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling sadly in a debate. newt gingrich leaping towards the top of a pack in a stunni stunningcome back. jim acosta is watching the race for us as he always does. where do things stand right now? some candidates are stepping in it, newt gingrich is stepping it up. what s old is newt. he s back. it is a wide open race. consider campaign road kill over the summer, newt gingrich is peaking at just the right time. he is leaping ahead of herman cain in a new poll and falling within the margin of error for the lead in another poll from cbs. the former house speaker may be scoffing at his numbers. all of this effort to create a two-man race when it was perry and romney. reporter: he already has a new racer l
continue to cooperate with that investigation as it moves forward. it comes a short time after the university president announced another member of the football team s coaching staff is out. assistant coach mike mckwaery put on administrative leave. he reported seeing the defensive coordinator at the team coach jerry sandusky but mckwaery reported it not to the police but to head coach joe paterno. there s outrage over what prosecutors believe was a cover-up at the school. former top two university officials face criminal charges. tonight, penn state s interim president says there may be more revelations and more victims. it s certainly appears from what we know, we do not everything that has happened, obviously, we have seen the presentment to the grand jury, clearly this is an ongoing investigation. it appears that some individuals were afraid to make known what they have seen. all this the same day the mother of an alleged victim came forward to tell her story. with he
intend to be as responsible as we can and make whatever changes are necessary to insure we have the highest standards of conduct. has coach paterno been told he can go to the game on saturday or told to stay away? we did not discuss that matter. you ve talked to a lot of students. what do you want to say to those who think the board of trustees has handled this matter poorly? we handled it the best way we could with the information we had and with the time that was available to us. again, wanting to be decisive, but also wanted to be thorough and appropriately deliberate. others are welcome to their own opinion. we believe we did the best job we could. what would be the harm in letting the coach continue until the end of the season? can you define the term best interest of the university regarding coach paterno? i think i ll leave it to you to describe what the best interest although i would say that the current situation we re in, which by all accounts, has its roots