client would tell the jury about his own experiences growing up explain some alleged behavior. it was routine for people to get in the showers in jerry s culture. he is going to tell you it was routine for individuals to take showers together. he argued sandusky isn t a pedophile, that he suffers from an attention-seeking personality disorder. but in graphic afternoon testimony, alleged victim four, the first state witness, described how sandusky repeatedly molested him whether in the shower or on a bed. later his mentor would write a letter that began, i know i have made my share of mistakes. however, i hope that i will be able to say that i cared. the now 68-year-old is charged with sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. in all, he faces 52 counts. the lead prosecutor, joseph mcgettigan, promised that eight of sandusky s accusers would take the stand to recall details of the alleged abuse labeling, sandusky a serial pedophile. while the former coach denies all of the charge
good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, december 14th. i m christine romans along with carol costello on this american morning. good morning. good morning, good morning to all of you. good and bad news this morning for the gop front-runner newt gingrich. with less than thee weeks until the iowa caucuses his political director in the state stepped down after calling mormonism a cult. two gop candidates, mitt romney and jon huntsman are mormons. gingrich is already working with a bare bones staff in this state and meantime, gingrich opened a commanding lead nationally over mitt romney, but head-to-head with the president, well, that s another story. cnn political director paul steinhauser got your title wrong, paul. it s all good. you re the best guy at cnn. paul steinhauser, and you re here on this american morning. okay. let s talk about these polls. reporter: yeah. starpt with t staff with the numbers. brand new from nbc wall street journal numbers. the battl