bright student to the red-haired accused mass murderer. also this hour, the mystery is deepening in iowa in the disappearance of the young cousins. now the mother of one of the girls is taking a lie detector test. they do believe the little girls are alive. could still be alive. which is the silver lining in what is getting to be a messy case. also this half-hour, remembering a pioneer, sally ride blazed a trail for women in space and helped girls here on earth reach for the stars. very sad to hear of her death at a young age too, battling pancreatic cancer. we lost her. quite a legacy she leaves behind. just 61 years old. later, survival story. hear from the woman who was behind the wheel when huge bundles of wooden poles went straight through her car. can t forget the unbelievable images and the fact she lived to tell about it. lucky lady. most of us got our first
america this morning and later today on good morning america, as well. to our other top story, the punishment penn state university faces over the jerry sandusky cover-up. the school escaped the so-called death penalty from the ncaa but was dealt a heavy blow that will cripple the program for years to come. abc s karen travers has the very latest. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning, rob, good morning, paula. the ncaa dropped the hammer on the penn state football program. the penalties were severe and unprecedented. with a long list of penalties, the ncaa effectively crippled the penn state program for years. no price the in that case 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, allowed them to be victimized will not be tolerated in collegiate athletics. reporter: on the penn state
campus, shocked students watched as the punishment was announced. a $60 million fine, equal to one year gross revenue of the football program. that money will go to programs to prevent child abuse or assist victims. a four-year ban on post season bowl games. all wins from 1998 to 2011 vacated. and a loss of 20 scholarships per year over four years, plus five years probation. it could have been worse. the ncaa didn t impose the so-called death penalty. and suspend the football program. suspension of the football program would bring with it significant unintended harm to many who had nothing to do with this case. reporter: penn state officials removed the iconic statue of joe paterno from its place outside beaver stadium. students said it is time to move forward. football does not run this university. we are a community. reporter: the paterno family slammed penn state for accepting
america this morning and later today on good morning america, as well. to our other top story, the punishment penn state university faces over the jerry sandusky cover-up. the school escaped the so-called death penalty from the ncaa but was dealt a heavy blow that will cripple the program for years to come. abc s karen travers has the very latest. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning, rob, good morning, paula. the ncaa dropped the hammer on the penn state football program. the penalties were severe and unprecedented. with a long list of penalties, the ncaa effectively crippled the penn state program for years. no price the in that case 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, allowed them to be victimized will not be tolerated in collegiate athletics. reporter: on the penn state
kiss day in front of chick fil-a companies. and chick fil-a opened a box of worms on that. a lot of drama. now more drama, michael jackson s family, a missing person s report saying katherine jackson was just unreachable and missing, the matriarch. apparently she is in arizona, mentally, physically okay according to her lawyers. this all stems over the family s accusation that michael s will is fraudulent and was falsified. looking at the tmz picture, janet and jermaine, what tmz saying, heated discussion. and on top of that, l.a. police were called to the jackson family home for physical physical disturbance. my mind is floating right now. there was no arrest in that case. but just a lot of drama going on. katherine is safe. family drama over the will. my mind is blown. carly rae jepsen doesn t have a