syracuse city police who told him they couldn t pursue charges because the statute of limitations had expired. the city s police chief admits they could have done better. in 2002, it appears as though we could have done more with this case. let s just face it, right? and now in 2011, i want to make sure that whatever it is that we re required to do by the victims, the people making allegations i want to make sure the proper thing is done. he says new procedures effective today will mean any such allegation will be logged into a computer database. back then they did next to nothing. not only did they not pursue charges. they never started an investigation or filed a report. no paperwork at all. we wanted to know, is that unusual? the new york police department tells cnn s susan candiotti that its own investigators are required to document any and all interview with alleged victims. even if the statue of limitations is expired. one reason sex abuser rarely stop at one victi
he told espn the abuse started in 1984 when he was 12 and continued for more than a decade. he waited until 2002 to phone syracuse city police who told him they couldn t pursue charges because the statute of limitations had expired. the city s police chief admits they could have done better. in 2002, it appears as though we could have done more with this case. let s just face it, right? and now in 2011, i want to make sure that whatever it is that we re required to do by the victims, the people making allegations i want to make sure the proper thing is done. he says new procedures effective today will mean any such allegation will be logged into a computer database. back then they did next to nothing. not only did they not pursue charges. they never started an investigation or filed a report. no paperwork at all. we wanted to know, is that unusual? the new york police department tells cnn s susan candiotti that its own investigators are required to document any and all in
and david mattingly, we ll begin with you. herman cain says he s reassessing. the word reassessing, what exactly does that mean and how long do they reassess? he s had to pause and reassess in his campaign before during setbacks. but this time it s a huge setback. this woman in georgia coming forward and saying that she and herman cain have had a sexual relationship, an affair for the last 13, almost 14 years. now, that is something that definitely give his campaign pause. so they are stepping back. he s maintaining his appearances for the moment. he might be reconsidering what interviews, grants in the near future. but at the same time, a top ranked official with that campaign tells cnn that they are looking at what s going to happen to the contributions, of course, without money the campaign can t go anywhere. of course. and i remember after the initial sexual assault allegations a couple weeks ago, he said that his campaign funds actually went up. but if you look at th
that there may be accusers with abuse allegations dating back to the 70s. then late today another report surfaces. it concerns sandusky s former charity, second mile, the one he founded and allegedly employed to recruit victims while projecting a saintly image to the community. second mile s chief executive david woodall telling both the new york times and the local patriot news the organization could end up folding. that s one of three options he laid out that in his words something of the second mile exists. he tells the local paper that no final decision has yet been made. now, the move matters because second mile faces a potential civil liability nightmare if the allegations against sandusky are true and second mile turned a blind eye. they re launching an internal investigation. but keeping them honest, have been less than forthcoming with the public so far about ha they knew and when they knew it. see, in 2002 when the graduate assistant mike mcqueary says he saw s
italy s prime minister. i want to start with jason carroll. jason, we know today s weekly news conference with the legendary joe paterno canceled. the new york times reporting that he has days, maybe weeks numbers. what are you hearing? well, for one thing, let me tell you just literally, we have a comment from joe paterno, caught up with him outside of his house, i m reading this for the first time. i know you all have a lot of good questions. i want to answer them. we re going to have more of his comments coming up. also, i can tell you with regard to that report that he would be stepping aside or retiring. his son, scott paterno, tweeted something a few hours ago basically saying those reports were premature, according to his tweet. we live in the world of twitter now. no discussions about his retirement. that is what we re being told now at this point in terms of whether or not joe paterno for his role in all this, whether he will step down. as you know, he was schedu