various sectors of the population with the government right now. al qaeda in iraq is gaining ground it lost to the americans while the americans were still in iraq. finally the war next door is having an immediate effect. in syria right now sunnis and islamists are leading the battle. right across the border in iraq those are the same people involved with this. there is a lot of back and forth. radicals and refugees, a tough and unstable neighborhood, gregg. gregg: greg palkot live in london. thank you very much. martha? martha: penn state slammed today with an unprecedented series of penalties in the wake of jerry sandusky s abuse case. we ll have more what the outcome is for the university and football program coming up. gregg: new details on the colorado massacre and the 12 victims who lost their lives as we await the first court appearance by the man who called himself the joker. eventually it stops. and when it stopped i really thought he was probably just
charging document, not necessarily a verdict. don t you usually conduct your own investigation and why did you rely so heavily on the freeh report? the freeh report as well as the data that came out of the criminal trial provided extensive information in this case. the report has been accepted by the university itself. it was the result of more than 450 individual interviews and an examination of more than three million e-mails and other documents. it is vastly more, more involved and thorough than any investigation we have ever conducted. next question. mark dennis, cbssports.com. does this open up some sort of pandora s box for future cases or is this unique in of itself? this case is obviously
colorado. however, his behavior is bizarre, and although it may be premeditated it s bizarre, it farce outside of the raining o the range of normal behavior. this is sociopathic behavior. maybe he had a psychotic break, and maybe then he started planning all this kind of thing. i think that is something they ll handle when he get in court later on today. martha: judge alex would you buy an insanity plea based on what aur hearin you re hearing hear? there is a big misconception among the public. they think that somebody who is not, quote unquote normal, must be insane. if that were the case every serial killer would get off the hook, every murderer would get off the hook. martha: i think of john hinkley whose conviction was from the insanity plea.
petes and the new president, rodney ericson, have demonstrated a strong desire and determination on the part of penn state to take the steps necessary for the university to right these severe wrongs and were appreciated by all of us. for the next several years now penn state can focus on the work of rebuilding its athletic culture, not worrying about whether or not it is going to a bowl game. with the sanctions imposed today, the new leadership the university we hope, indeed we intend to insure that that will be the case. in closing let me say that this case involves tragic and tragically unnecessary circumstances. one of the grave dangers stemming from our love of sports is that the sports themselves can become too big to fail, indeed, too big to even challenge. the result can be an erosion of academic values that are
replaced by the value of hero-worship and winning at all costs. all involved in intercoledgic athletics must be watchful that programs and individuals do not overwhelm the values of higher education. in the penn state case the results were perverse and unconscionable. no price the ncaa can levy will repair the grievous damage inflicted by jerry sandusky on his victims however we can make clear that the culture, actions and inactions that allowed them to be victimized will not be tolerated in collegiate athletics. i would be happy to take your questions. harold hays kdk, pittsburgh. the paterno family issued a statement yesterday the calling the freeh report pretty much an indictment, a