so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn t let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. next week could be one of the most important weeks in the presidential race. next week in fact the european union is expected to announce major changes to its financial system, all in an effort to stave off the region s economic cris crisis. at the summit in mexico the president announced he supports the formation of a european banking union that would help the unstable financial systems. there s one major problem, germany. angela merkel is not on board with an integrated banking system and against a big stimulus for struggling kunt countries. what the eu decides could have an effect on the election. let me read for everybody exactly what merkel said at the press conference, that a stimulus program could not be repeated and that president obama agreed with her and then she said this, the american president sai
right now. good morning, welcome, everybody. our stastarting point this mor is day four of the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial with three victims set to take the stand. the prosecution is moving at a rapid pays. the state is expected to rest tomorrow. cnn susan candiotti is live at the courthouse in bellafonte, pennsylvania this morning. good morning. three more alleged victims are expected to take the stand today and tomorrow before prosecutors wrap up their case. among them, we expect to hear from one youngster, back in 1988, her mother went to police after she discovered her boy had been showering with jerry sandusky. charges were never filed in this case, but the mother said the little boy was naked, jerry sandusky had bear hugged him and she was worried he might have touched some of his private areas. charges never filed in this case, however, police did eavesdrop on jerry sandusky and they said he told them this, quote, i understand i was wrong. i wish i could get f
come out with a war on religion and now, the white house is ready to walk back its decision to make catholic institutions pay for employee s birth control and a source according to a white house source, the administration is going to talk about it at least later on. the white house held a news conference. a conference call with religious activists today promising to make religious universities and hospitals exception. an announcement is expected from the president next hour. 12:15, the president will talk about that. we will carry that for you live on cnn. and we are going now to syria. that s what it looks like, tens of thousands of syrians are holding demonstrations across the country today. this one is in hama. the crowd is chanting support for the people of homs who have been under heavy bombardment all week long. today s nationwide demonstrations were also called to show opposition to russia for its veto of a u.n. resolution condemning the violence. women and children
publicly after their testimony today or keep their identities private. lynn? michelle franzen there for us in bellefonte, pennsylvania. thank you, michelle. now here s your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. a virginia christmas display has provoked both vandalism and a lively debate on tolerance and freedom of speech. a skeleton of st. nick hanging from a crucifix is just one of ten holiday displays approved to stand outside the courthouse. well, it was ripped down several times before its creator finally gave up and stopped reinstalling it. just bizarre. killer whales in california put on a spectacular show for tourists. whale watchers got an up close and personal encounter with the massive animals. along with swimming right next to the boat carrying the group, the whales also went airborne lifting their entire body out of the ocean. finally, monday was a very productive day for michelle obama. first she learned her let s move initiative hel
with several of the men accusing him of sexually abusing them when they were just boys. michelle franzen has more on this in bellefonte, pennsylvania. reporter: the sex abuse case now moves here to bellefonte, about 15 minutes from penn state. prosecutors will use the grand jury report along with witness and testimony from alleged victims to lay out their case, trying to show a judge that there is enough evidence against sandusky to move forward and go to trial. of course, sandusky s lawyer said that they will challenge aggressively the credibility of some of these accusers. we are expected to hear from some of them. there are ten alleged victims in the grand jury report. but we don t know how many will testify today. we are hearing maybe a handful. and many of them are believed to be adults at this time. but the courts and the media are keeping their names not revealing their names at this time. that gives the alleged victims the option to either speak out