though the fact that there are some real tensions that have arisen with china around its approach to maritime issues and its claims. and we ve said to china what we would say to any country in that circumstance that s the wrong way to go about it. and we will continue to work with all countries in the region starting with our treaty allies to make sure that basic international norms continue to be observed. all this as charles mentioned, steve, is double digit defense spending increases, a focus on the sea, not the land. and it seems like it s catching a lot of people s attention. they are expanding where they can. china has islands a thousand miles off the coast. what they are doing is build bridges to those lands to expand their military reach.
good morning to you. it is thursday, november 17. ali velshi has the day off. i m carol costello along with christine romans. happy one last day until friday. welcome to american morning. up first this morning, new developments in the penn state child sex scandal. jerry sandusky s tv sbrir this week where he said his behavior with young boys was not sexual abuse, just horse play, may have been the last straw for some of his alleged victims. sandusky s words led new people to come forward. sandusky charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse involving eight boys he met through the charity, on 360 last night, anderson cooper spoke to the mother of one alleged victim, victim number one in the indictment. she says it was hard for they are son to watch the sandusky interview. he was very upset about it. he said i watched it after that. he said he cried. i said, why with s he crying? he said because i m afraid he might go free. he is afraid sandusky might go free? yes. the
and good morning to you. this is your a.m. wake-up call for wednesday, november 16th, from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. a penn state assistant coach fighting back this morning, saying i stopped jerry sandusky. coach mike mcqueary reportedly e-mailing former teammates and speaking for the first time about the alleged child sex assault he says he witnessed. wall street protesters allowed back into their home base at new york zuccotti park. a judge saying no more tents or generators allowed. occupy members saying it will only make their resolve stronger, and they plan to shut down wall street tomorrow. president obama arriving in australia this morning. he s expected to announce that he s boosting the u.s. military presence there as china eyes a bigger role in the pacific, but the white house saying this isn t a turf war. let s get a check of the forecast now, shall we? jacqui jeras is in this morning. good
he also says he reported it. in the same e-mail he said he had discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police. listen to mcqueary now, this is what he told a cbs news reporter. you have any idea when you think you might be ready to talk? this process has to play out. i just don t have anything else to say. okay. then, just one last thing. just describe your emotions right now. all over the place. just kind of, shaken. crazy. crazy. you said, what like a snow globe. let me bring in andrew mcgill, he s one of the frt reporters that broke the story for morning call the newspaper. let s start with how you got this e-mail in the first place. well, t.j., it essentially was sent to us by a friend of mcqueary. and the e-mail chain mcqueary made it clear that he was okay with having this sent out. now, there are only bits and pieces we have seen from the article that you all put out and published. but the entire e-mail, do