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
they ll pack they ll get on every single slice. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re expecting a vote in the house of representatives. the house oversight committee at any moment now on whether to hold the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, in contempt of congress. at issue, his refusal to turn over documents about the botched gun-running sting operation called fast and furious. the republican-led panel going forward even after president obama today invoked executive privilege claiming the release of the documents would have in his words, significant damaging consequences. the attorney general has refused to cooperate offering to provide subpoenaed documents only if the committee agrees in advance to close the investigation. no investigator would ever agree to that. the likes of the committee chairman. he will call the role call momentarily. want to know if senior justice officials knew if the fast and furious program was flawed. fe