more red flags than you can count, didn t take into account any action to protect those kids from sandusky for 14 years. here s what he said specifically about paterno s role. the evidence shows that mr. paterno was made aware of the 1998 investigation of sandusky, followed it closely, but failed to take any action, even though sandusky had been a key member of his coaching staff for about 30 years and had an office just steps away from mr. paterno. in a statement issued today the paterno family acknowledged that the former head coach made mistakes and regretted them, but they insisted that paterno did not know that sandusky was a child predator. joining us live from philadelphia, cnn contributor and patriots news reporter sara ganim. you ve been covering this story from the very beginning. this is a panel that reviewed more than, what, 3.5 million documents, held 430 interviews before coming up with this report. how does this break down in terms of who was most responsib
and new documents in the case of the man charged with killing trayvon martin. could shed some light on whether or not race played a role. want to get right to it. u.s. military judge held a hearing at ft. hood, texas, today a few weeks before the court-martial begins for major nadal hassan. hassan, he is the army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage in back in 2009. he is accused of killing 13 people, all but one of them fellow soldiers. he also wounded 29 others. now attorneys today discussed the makeup of his military jury which has not yet been convened. hassan s murder trial is set to begin august 20th. florida a&m university now looking for a new president. the school s board of directors going to hold a meeting today on rather monday. president james eamons announced his resignation yesterday. he stepped down more than seven months after a student was beaten to death. robert champion. he was a drum major. he died during an apparent hazing incident on a bus
are giving children a chance. children that otherwise could be locked in failing schools. i was inspired a few weeks ago by students in a charter school in philadelphia. right here in houston, there s a remarkable story, the knowledge is power program thanks to groundbreaking work of the late harriet ball. these charter schools are doing a lot more than closing the achievement gap. they are bringing hope and real opportunity to places where for years there has been none. charter schools are so successful that almost every politician can find something good to say about them. as we saw in massachusetts, true reform requires much more of the talk. as governor, i vetoed the bill blocking charter schools. but my legislature was 87% democrat and my veto could have been easily over written. so i joined with the black legislati legislative caucus and their votes help preserved my veto, which meant that new charter schools, including some in urban neighborhoods, would be opened. [ ap
office, our state s leaders had come together to pass bipartisan measures that were making a difference. in reading and math, our student were in the top. that reveals what good teachers will do if the system will let them. the problem was, this success wasn t shared. a significant achievement gap between students of different races remain. so we set out to do our best to close it. i urge faster interventions and promote science and excellence skills in schools and propose paying bonuses to our best teachers. i refuse to weaken testing standards and instead raise them. students now many massachusetts have to pass an exam in math and english and i added a science requirement as well. i put in place a merit scholarship for all those students who excelled the top 25% of students in each high school in massachusetts were awarded a john and abigail scholarship, four years of learning. and not only did our test scores improve, we also narrowed the achievement gap. they were not hap