and gabby s story. never before seen pictures of congresswoman gabby giffords and her family. good evening. tonight, there is a ferocious debate under way about the exit of a titan, who has stood at the top of sports for 45 years. the pressure mounting even at this hour against penn state football coach joe paterno. he said today he will retire, because of the allegations that one of his top coaches sexually abused eight young boys. but tonight, everyone is taking sides on what he asked in return, to coach four more games. so, what is owed the alleged victims and what is owed the man who, for 45 years, stood for all that was good in college football? and this is the image he would like us to remember. paterno at the height of his glory, on the shoulders of a triumphant team. abc s dan harris begins with the developments at this hour. dan? reporter: hi, diane. good evening. joe paterno clearly wants to retire on his own terms. what is unclear is whether the members of the
direction. but be aware of this as crews do their work there. northbound route 27 at brink road. let me show you where it is on a map. if you re planning to head through germantown, this is south of clarksburg, another option for you to get over to the damascus area, go ahead and use route 124 to get around it. route 27 north at brink road. let s take a live look at the american legion bridge. no problems to report here. between 270 and tysons corner, everything is doing well on the beltway. we ll go over to a live look right now. if you re head from southern maryland, route four, route five, route 301, everything is fine. live at the wilson bridge through oxon hill across the bridge span and into alexandria, got a bill of volume. no big deals as you head toward 95 and 395. i ll update you on the situation over in germantown at 6:12. andrea, back to you. i ll take it, monika. all eyes are on virginia s 17th district this morning. just 86 votes separate the two state senat
touch with gloria allred. the push is based on herman cain s comment that he does not even recall this latest accuser. i do not know who this woman is. this man has completed and the ship. pathological liars usually do this kind of thing. party leaders know his issues may be front and st. and center. i would suspect that he will keep dealing with them. it is unlikely that we ll you will hear much onstage about this tonight. the camp has been quick to point out that karen kraushaar also filed grievances out another job three years later. she described them as relatively minor complaints. we are following breaking news. the fbi is investigating a report of a suspicious package at a building on 12th street in crystal city. police said the package was delivered through the mail. they confirm a bomb sniffing dog has detected something suspicious. we will continue to follow the story of through the evening. the penn state scandal leads to the end of an era. joe pate
the first nationwide emergency warning ends up playing lady gaga? getting it right. boom earls searching for romance by the billions. and gabby s story. never before seen pictures of congresswoman gabby giffords and her family. good evening. tonight, there is a ferocious debate under way about the exit of a titan who has stood at the top of sports for 45 years. the pressure mounting even at this hour against penn state football coach joe paterno. he said today he will retire, because of the allegations that one of his top coaches sexually abused eight young boys. but tonight, everyone is taking sides on what he asked in return, to coach four more games. so, what is owed the alleged victims and the man who, for 45 years, stood for all that was good in college football? and this is the image he would like us to remember. paterno at the height of his glory, on the shoulders of a triumphant team. abc s dan harris begins with the developments at this hour. dan? reporter: h