this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight, stunning revelations oust the trial of jerry sandusky the former penn state coordinator is accused of sexually abusing ten boys over 15 years. one of those boys told his harrowing story which triggered a police investigation. he testified he told his mother about an incident when he was 11 years old. his mother called police. the attorney for the now young man who is now victim number six is with us. it was very difficult to listen to his testimony and so much of it has been difficult this week. i suppose what was striking about it was despite the abuse your client suffered he said he stayed in touch with sandusky over the years sending holiday greetings saying you re great and so on. why would he have done that? how do you explain that with a jury sitting there maybe quizical about why your client would do that? let me say this. the jurors are hearing not only my client but the other young men who were ab
walk but a walk across niagara falls on a really, really skinny wire? good gracious. you betcha. got that story and a whole lot more, coming up this hour on cnn. oh, that s a beautiful shot, isn t it? hopefully he ll do it when there s broad daylight. do you think he s awake right now doing one of these? calm the jitters. especially because he will be tethered and he s not used to being tethered. the advice might be lay off the caffeine this morning. good advice. welcome to early start, nice to have you with us, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin, bringing you the news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with this this morning. bran new details on the two american men arrested in japan after a nicki minaj concert. police are holding one of them, a 19-year-old on suspicion of murder in the death of a 21-year-old irish exchange student, a woman who disappeared after that conce
state giving a speech on the economy. the questions for the romney and obama campaign and a good man. part of the kennedy dynasty. my kids, my mom and him were the lucky seven. now he remembers a man who fought for chief and justice and his life growing up in a legendary family. plus in america, a slice of heaven or hell? the pizza vending machine. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight, stunning revelations oust the trial of jerry sandusky the former penn state coordinator is accused of sexually abusing ten boys over 15 years. one of those boys told his harrowing story which triggered a police investigation. he testified he told his mother about an incident when he was 11 years old. his mother called police. the attorney for the now young man who is now victim number six is with us. it was very difficult to listen to his testimony and so much of it has been difficult this week. i suppose what was striking about it was despite the abuse your
was about. he was vice president of the democratic party in 1962, a year he was the sacrificial lamb. he was the seventh pick. what was that like when he ran with mcgovern against nixon after watergate had been exposed but didn t have any fire power. i just remember a ton of secret service agents descending upon the house. it was a short-lived campaign. after the campaign, he bought a small boat and called it the lucky seven, which was pretty ironic because he was mcgovern s seventh pick. and it was a disaster. but he always claimed we were the lucky seven, the five of us and my mom and dad. he found joy in the fact he got to run for president of the united states but also had a wonderful family who supported him. bobby kennedy was the most political, jack kennedy, the old man. he wrote a book on jack kennedy. yes, but sarge shriver was probably the least political guy in the sense of hardball, if it weren t for him and louis
you re going? . we re going to save about $800 billion over the next decade if we do that. efshd be proud of what he did, you re absolutely right, but if he backs off, the republicans are going to seize that void and they re going to try to convince the american people things that simply aren t true and then he s going to be on the defensive. mr. moran from virginia. up next, reunions tomorrow. 45th reunion tomorrow. up next, mark shriver and nephew of president kennedy. in turns out we re getting firsthand a goodman. i ve worked hard to build my family.