now says he lied. bernie fine lost his job back in november after the men came forward, but floyd van hoosier now says he accused the coach because he was angry fine did not help him find fight a criminal conviction. van hoosier is now in jail. however two, other of fine s accusers are still standing by their claims. penn state s legendary football coach joe paterno has spoken out for the first time since that sex abuse scandal that cost him his job. paterno, who s now also battling lung cancer, told the washington post why he did not go to the police. abc s t.j. winick has the details. reporter: jerry sandusky is accused of molesting 10 young boys over 15 years. those alleged victims have now heard joe paterno explain for the first time why he went to two members of the penn state administration, not police, when told sandusky was caught in a locker room shower with a young boy back in 2002. i called my superiors, and i said, hey, we got a problem i think. would you
work in this country, too. because he just gave an interview days ago saying mitt romney s not given anyone a reason to trust him just yet and here we are it s going to be the endorsement today. it s funny you talk trash about somebody for weekends and then endorse them. it s so weird. also our other big headline this morning is that deadly cruise ship disaster in italy where at least now a half dozen people are confirmed dead. what the captain of that ship did and did not do during the crisis could actually land him behind bars for several years. and it is mlk day. later this half hour, we will take you back to the day when martin luther king day was finally observed in all 50 states. a big day in our nation s history on this national holiday from the abc news vault. but first, major political news on this monday morning. jon huntsman is dropping his run for the white house and will endorse mitt romney later today. the dramatic change just days ahead of the south carol
control. when the ship started to list, passengers scrambled to the deck, where the crew hesitated to lower the lifeboats. we had to wait over an hour and a half before we could get onto that boat. and the boat was obviously sinking. people started loading into the lifeboats and there was just panic. people were pushing. it was just chaotic. reporter: according to the black box it took over an hour for the captain to alert the coast guard. he admits an error in judgment but denies claims that he was one of the first off the ship. we were the last to leave the ship, he said. the captain has been detained and could face manslaughter and other charges. todd anton, abc news. you have to wonder why it took an hour for the capital-ton notify the coast guard. that could have saved lives those 60 minutes. you also think about the divers going into the ship today, because if that boat shifts at all they could be in danger of sinking. they re close so shore, but they re still in wate