with mexico, they have plummeted. time to play reporter roulette. susan candiotti, let s begin with you. jerry sandusky waived his right to the preliminary hearing today. do we know why? reporter: well, what a day it s been, brooke. imagine 11 witnesses, including at least four alleged victims who would have taken the stand talk about in excruciating detail being molested and raped by jerry sandusky but they didn t have the opportunity to do so because he waited and, why? his lawyers explain that it was a tactical decision on their part, that, in part, because they would not have had an opportunity to try to challenge the credibility of these witnesses while they were on the witness stand because of court rules, then it just wasn t to their advantage. however, they certainly, it s true, miss out on an opportunity to interview these people, put them on the stand. however, it would have meant that this day would have been filled with the testimony of what those alleged victim
megyn: trace gallagher live with this one. trace? reporter: that conservative group is called florida family association. i want the put their claim up on the screen, what they re saying is, and i m quoting here: the program is propaganda that riskily hides the islamic agenda s clear and present danger to american liberties and traditional values. after that complaint, lowe s, the home improvement store, pulled advertising from the show. now a state senator from california, a democrat, is considering organizing a boycott against the show because he is furious. listen. what lowe s did is profoundly ignorant. islam is a peaceful religion practiced by over 1.5 billion people, including many americans and employees of lowe s, and for them to not understand that is a shocking level of just stupidity and ignorance. reporter: so lou has now called on lowe s to apologize and begin advertising again on the show. well, lowe s did kind of issue
presidentialness of romney, you would have the perfect candidate. if only it worked that way, huh? much more on the iowa stakes and the states in play. first the news you need to know. we ll shift to new hampshire. newt gingrich just wrapped up a debate with jon huntsman. it seem the real sparring was between speaker gingrich and mitt romney. romney threw the first punch saying gingrich should return the nearly $2 million in fees paid to him by freddie mac. one of the things that i think people recognize in washington is that people go there to serve the people and then they stay there to serve themselves. do you believe he should give that money back? i sure do. from the form he speaker, this counter punch. if governor romney would like to give back all the money he s earned from bankrupting company and laying off employees, over his years, i would be glad to then listen to him and i ll bet you $10, not $10,000, that he won t take the offer. and responding to c
will approve another group of f-16 for iraq because our air force was destroyed completely during the wars that iraq entered into and this is not all. we also need technical equipments related to the security field. these are issues that are being discussed by the concerned people in both countries, between the ministries of defense and interior with our counterparts in the united states and we received promises and facilitations and we agreed on how to make this relationship continuous in the security field because both of us need each other and need cooperation, especially in chasing al qaeda which we started and was not defeated in any way except in iraq and we hope to cooperate with all those who feel the dangers of this organization to cooperate with us as well. our goal is a sovereign iraq that can protect its borders, protect its airspace, protect its people. and our security cooperation with other countries i think is a model for our security cooperation with iraq.
important research, the cure for cancer, cure for many diseases, a lot of important things are being studied and researched there they re the highest paid employees in their own states, much more than the governor, any law enforcement official. it s really staggering had wh ih you look at the pure amount of money these coaches are making. what are the dangers of that kind of power? well, i think you know, penn state says it all. the fact that, you know, the institution was really made into what it is today because of football and because joe paterno built that university around football. now, joe paterno he did a lot of good, don t get me wrong, at penn state. but the fact that when some of his players got into trouble, be it with the law or academically, he ultimately had the power to say, look, leave them alone, they re just kids. that s too much power no matter who you are. b.j. schecter, si.com, thank you sir. thank you. now this. hour two, i m brooke baldwi