14,000 acres have burned in the northern part of the state, forcing more evacuations. so far, more than a dozen structures have been lost or damaged. and people are looking for higher ground on the gulf coast. heavy rainfall is causing massive flooding in escambia county. a state of emergency has been declared and people living in low-lying areas are being urged to evacuate. i spoke earlier with the emergency manager don bosh about it. we re urging all residents that are low-lying or have flooding problems, when we have heavy rains, to consider going to higher ground. maybe with friends or family or elsewhere in the county. it s just trying to get people out of harm s way is the challenge right now. forecasters say pensacola could get another five to ten inches of rain tonight. the pastor of one of the country s largest churches was on the defensive today. i want to say this very emphatically. i should have never been arrested. creflo dollar heads the mega church ch
well, sure, and i think the sandusky defense, the attorneys made missteps all along the way. first of all putting him on the air for the interview and secondly, there was supposed to be a preliminary hearing in two weeks where the sandusky attorney was claiming that at least two of the complainants were going to come forward and deny that any sexual abuse had ever occurred. and prosecutors indicate there was not the case at all. and now you have two other individuals that are stepping forward on top of the eight original ones, claiming they were abused also and i think we probably haven t heard the end of it. given that these are two new claimants and more abuse charges as we understand it, is he still likely to get out on bail? i think it s going to be a much higher bail and the question will be, whether he has any collateral left beyond his residence to post it. i mean quite frankly, in my opinion, he should not be allowed out on bail. i think he s probably still a danger to th
and more news on the breaking news out of pennsylvania. state officials have filed new criminal charges against former penn state assistant coach, jerry san dusky. on the phone with us now, former prosecutor john q. kelly. what we know is there are two victims that were among those who testified to the grand jury. eight and nine. what does this mean for sandusky? well it just means that there are more complainants. it adds increased credibility to the claims of the other people who are minors at the time of the abuse. and you know, it s just you know, they re going to have higher bail set this time in releasing him and bringing more scrutiny to the entire sexual abuse situation there. and at this point, what does the sandusky defense have to say about it? because they ve been denying everything he did an interview with the new york times, denying all of these charges. this just adds to the weight of the allegations at least against him.
now, that s what we d do if we were a serious country. gop candidates trying to show they have the foreign policy chops to be commander in chief. we ll have all of the highlights just ahead. american students arrested in egypt facing more interrogation today. they re families now speaking as cairo erupts for a fifth day. and tailspin. incredible video of the chopper crash and the more amazing pictures of the pilot walking away from it on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning to you. happy pre-thanksgiving day. i can smell the turkey now. can t you? so can i. can t wait. food, football, family. three fs what could be better? and then food coma. sleeping afterwards. at least you fall asleep and aren t suffering through the feeling of you re going to croak. anyway, ali and christine are off, obviously. i m carol costello along side alina cho. last night s republican debate. disagreeing on just about everything. the best
we ll let you hear what they all had to say. and a major league baseball player pulled from him home in the middle of the night by armed men, but now we re told he s been found alive and safe. [ chanting ] and have you ever seen kids this excited about taking a test? not just any test. we re talking about the a.c.t. or s.a.t. equivalent. an entire country shuts down to do everything they can to help these students ace the tests. we re taking you to south korea this morning in our passport. let s start on the campus of penn state university. you remember, it was just a couple of days ago thousands of students were getting together on the campus, and they were rioting. well, last night, thousands of students got together at state college, pennsylvania, for this. a candlelight vigil to support the victims of the sexual abuse scandal. now, this is the same place, the same spot, where this vigil is taking place, is exactly where students were rioting in support of fired foot