erin, thanks very much. good evening, everyone. breaking news in the penn state child sex abuse scandal. late word of a new accuser. his lawyer says jerry sandusky raped him back in the 1990s. there may be more new accusers to follow. possiblily as much as ten. some are claiming abuse dating back to material 80s. now those claim ls bear out and the charges are, in fact, true, it means the abuse went on far longer than first thought, and so, perhaps, did a coverup. jason has more on the new accuser in a moment, but we begin with the possibility of a coverup, or a at the very least a deep culture of silence when it comes to anything that might tarnish penn state football and joe paterno. as we showed you last night, the more we try to answer the questions that everyone wants answers to, the more we run into manifestations of the culture, of the eco system, in which everyone knows everyone, and they re all connected somehow to penn state football. start with mike mcqueary who
little bit like a civil war. in syria, you still have the majority of people turning out week after week after week in peaceful civil disobedience. this is a different kind of dynamic. the u.s. and its allies have to stand back and let syria play out. syria is the next big case and arguably the most important country this right new. jon huntsman was asked about an libya in an event earlier in new hampshire. let s hear what he has to say. i think congress is in a mild uproar. [ inaudible ] i have a fundamental problem generally, beyond this decision. just with the decision that has been made to get involved in libya, in a tribal country, where we have no definable interest at stake. we have no exit strategy. look at afghanistan. you want to get involved in tribal government. let history be your guide [ inaudible ] we will let congress make that decision.
rebellion even by some ragtag militiamen. that you have in egypt the trial of hosni mubarak being held to account, being brought to justice. and the international community from washington to tokyo coming together and saying to president assad of syria, it s time to go. this is the kind of shot of adrenaline that will, i think, inject a new momentum, a new enthusiasm for the future. i don t think the united states has any interest nor does the international community in replicating what we did in libya in syria. the idea of a nato military alliance or even a u.s. role militarily in trying to back up the rebels on the ground, the sequence of events is very different. in libya you had the disintegration quickly into confrontation. it looked a little bit like a civil war. in syria you still have the majority of people turning out week after week after week in peaceful civil disobedience. this is a different kind of
quash a rebellion even by rag tag militiaman. in egypt, have you the trial of mubarak being held to account, to justice. and the international community from washington to tokyo, coming together saying the president of syria, it is time to go. this is the kind of shot of adrenaline that i think will inject a new momentum, enthusiasm for the fewer tour. i don t think the united states has any interest, nor saturday the national community, in replicate wlag we did did, in syria. even a u.s. role military in trying to back up the rebels on the ground. the sequence of events is very different. in libya you have the disintegration quickly into confrontation that looked a little bit like a civil war. in syria, you still have the majority of people turning out week after week after week in peaceful civil disobedience. this is a different kind of dynamic.
right to vote and vice president kamala harris, a meeting just yesterday with a group of black voting rights activists, including some who had been involved in peaceful civil disobedience outside the capital this week. listen to what vice president harris told the activists. no one is going to make us do what we know is our right and responsibility, which is to fight for our democracy and fight for our rights every day of the week. this is let s be clear. not about any one racial group or gender group. this is about all americans. this is not an issue about democrats versus republicans. this is about americans. and this group of national leaders are very clear about that. this is a fight for all people regardless of who they voted for in the last election or who they vote for in the next election. reporter: joe, this issue has really been dominating vice president harris s agenda and schedule. in addition to that meeting, we