rooney s funeral will be private but a memorial service is expected to be scheduled. former heavyweight boxing champ joe frazier has liver cancer. frazier s manager says the 67-year-old is seriously ill and currently in hospice care in philadelphia. he was diagnosed just last month. fight fans will remember that frazier was the first man to meet muhammad ali back in 1971 but then he lost two later bouts with ali. thousands of connecticut power and light company customers can expect another cold night without service. that freak fall snowstorm that hit the northeast last sunday left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the dark. and as of this morning, some 215,000 of them are still without power. the utility vows 99% restoration by tomorrow night. and a little more breathing room for greece which has been teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. prime minister george papandreou met with the country s president said just hours after narrowly winning a vote of
corporal punishment and discipline to abuse. an ongoing debate sparked by the video of a judge caught on tape repeatedly hitting his daughter with a belt. also this morning a kid suspended from school. what did the kid do? he gave a hug to a friend. is that okay? 6:00 a.m. here in atlanta, georgia, 5:00 a.m. in fayetteville, arkansas. wherever you may be, we re glad you re here on t.j. holmes. where is your money this weekend? is it on the move? a lot of americans money on the move this weekend. one group wants to you move your money out of the big banks and put them into community banks, credit unions. they are calling this move your money day. so far it seems a lot of people are paying attention to this message. according to your folks at money.com, at least 650,000 people have fled the big banks in just the past month. here is how one of the organizers describes how this grassroots movement grew so fast. i started the idea myself. it began as a facebook event that i sent
in connecticut some 215,000 people remain without power, more than a week after that freak october snowstorm. connecticut light and power is promising 99% of their customers will have electricity by tomorrow night. this morning the governor said that a 99% threshold must be reached. anything less than 99% restored number is unacceptable. we ll get a live update on the swan the situation in connecticut later. five of the republican candidates spoke at the annual ronald reagan dinner end des moines. mitt romney and herman cain were no shows. rick perry drew applause with his plan that would freeze the pay of a lot of federal workers. until the budget gets balanced i m going to impose an across the board pay freeze for congress and all federal employees pay outside of the military and the public safety areas. iowa s first in the nation presidential caucus is on january 3rd. across america now growing anger at big banks and their rising fees and some of those banks co
and penn state s president, graham spannier, released a statement reading in part the allegations about a former coach are troubling and it is appropriate that they be investigated thoroughly. protecting children requires the utmost vigilance. tim curley, and gary schultz operate at the highest levels of honesty, integrity and compassion. i am confident the record will show that these charges are groundless and that they conducted themselves professionally and appropriately. penn state s legendary head football coach, joe petrir pate not facing any charges. he did alert tim curley about one of the alleged incidents involving sandusky in 2002. joining us on the phone is sara ganim, a reporter for the patriot news. sara, what have you learned? reporter: we first learned about this in the summer of 2009, not long after the first boy came forward. i say the first boy, i mean the first one to really come forward to police and be believed by police. what we know from today is
musical success stories. country s entertainer of the year brad paisley. what drives him. how important is the award process to you? that s all i do this for. wouldn t that be something? the incomparable susan boyle performing on our stage. i ve looked at life from both sides now this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. the herman cain accuser stands by her story today. listen to this statement from her attorney earlier. she made a complaint in good faith about a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances from the ceo. those complaints were resolved in an agreement with her acceptance of a monetary settlement. she and her husband see no value in revisiting this matter now nor in discussing the matter any further publicly or privately. in fact, it would be extremely painful to do so. as for herman cain, well, he is doing better than ever in the polls and is raising more money than ever. and today he sounded more confident than ever. before i g