a.m. you know what, the end of an era at penn state. the nittany lions have lost their coach of five decades, a university president has been fired and a sex scandal has rocked the campus and this country. last night you saw the students protesting on campus, in town and right in front of joe paterno s home. hey, look, get a good night s sleep. all right. study, all right. we still got things to do. all right. i m out it maybe now. thanks. pray a little bit for those victims. coach. you are a legend, joe! penn state! pray a little bit for those victims. jason carroll in state college, pennsylvania. so, let s talk about how the board acted so swiftly and why do you think it did so? well, i think if you were to listen to the vice chairman of the board that said wednesday was the first time, kyra, that the board really had a chance to sit down and deliberate the entire issue, the board basically saying that they thought in order to have coach paterno out there coachi
could bring down a continent on this american morning . good morning, everyone. wednesday november 9th. welcome to american morning . lots of news. new indication that joe paterno s 46 coaching career at penn state could be over in a matter of days or weeks. paterno has been under fire in the wake of a child sex abuse involving a top assistant of his. the board of trustees is launching an investigation saying they are outraged by the allegation. meantime a huge crowd of supporters rallied outside paterno s home last night. he was visibly moved by it. jason carroll following developments for us. he s live in state college, pennsylvania. where has this story gone since then, jason? reporter: basically it s not surprising you see so many supporters who are coming out in support of joe paterno. when you think of this man s record, his stellar record for generation, for so many years here at the cool not surprising that some are coming out to say instead of directing the a