bars and he may be there for the rest of his life. the jury found the former penn state assistant coach guilty on abusing boys. sandusky was immediately taken away and booked into the county jail. he is now under suicide watch and less than 24 hours after his conviction, cnn cameras caught this moment, his wife dottie sandusky showing up today at the jail where her husband is being held. cnn national correspondent susan candiotti joins us now from pennsylvania with reaction to the verdict. susan, we heard just a few minutes ago that one of sandusky s lawyers just made a startling revelation. what can you tell us about what was said? reporter: hi, fred. we ve known throughout the lead-up to this trial that his defense team kept asking the judge for more time, more time, more time to push back the start date of the trial and each time they were turned down. the brand new information we re learning today from the defense team is that as recently as the day before jury selectio
partisan show down between the obama white house and republican controlled house of representatives. the house oversite committee voted to hold the toerp general, eric holder, in contempt, accusing the nation s highest ranking law enforcement officer. the committee vote was hours after the democratic administration upped the ante. for months, a stare down between the congress and justice department. this morning, president obama invoked executive privilege, denying the committee the documents they demanded for months from the attorney general. it would be an unprecedented step for an attorney general to be found in contempt by the entire house. that vote is set for next week, and harsh statements from all sides tonight in washington don t suggest at the moment any opening for compromise. here is the chairman, darrell issa. there s still time for avoid tg, if in fact the documents we asked for are delivered by the time the house scheduled for contempt vote. democrats on th