dropping out of sight. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with today s damming new report on penn state s university s cover-up of coach jerry sandusky s sexual attacks on young boys. it says the top people at the university including the legendary football coach, joe paterno, hid what they knew and had no regard for the young victims. just now university officials are promising it will never, never happen again. you should know that our hearts remain heavy. and we are deeply ashamed. we re in no way lessening our focus on our own failings. we also are committed to helping to build greater awareness of the societal issue of child abuse. cnn s susan candiotti is joining us now. louis freeh led this study. it was very, very bitter and damming. reporter: it was, wolf. right out of the gate, louis freeh made it clear that children were victimized because four top penn state officials did nothing to stop jerry sandusky. and named names including a
zimmerman, of course, awaiting trial for the shooting death of travon martin. something he claims he did in self-defense. another taxpayer funded green energy project about to go belly up. nevada geothermal power received $99 million from the obama administration back in 2010 and even touted as the saudi arain afteralternative energy by harry reid. the problem? it s now reporting substantial debt and auditors say the company will not be able to stay in business much longer. of course, this is not the first federally funded greenishive that s turned out to be a bust. california solar power solyndra received $535 million before going bankrupt last year. and arizona man is going to jail for holding bible studies in his own home. michael salmon is a pastor and father of six involved in a battle with the city of phoenix since 2007. when police were called to his home because of traffic backups. since then, he has been told to stop holding the sessions and built a shed in his backyard to h
foreclosures, and he had a winning streak on a game show. what is the consumer financial protection bureau? it aims to put a stop to predatory lending. it will keep an eye on credit card fees and student loans and keep an ear on consumer complaints. because a whole lot of centers don t like the bureau, the confirmation could be, dare i say, in jeopardy. dan, tell us first why this nomination is not going to elizabeth warren? reporter: well, certainly the white house saw her as somebody that could set up the agency and had hoped that she was the person who could potentially lead the agency, but as you pointed out this was somebody who was controversial and ran up against conservatives that would not support her nomination. and one official telling me republicans in congress made clear that they don t support the agency, and they would block all efforts to confirm elizabeth warren as the permanent director. while she was somebody that essentially invented this agency, got it
that outbreak probably won t help. the woman caught on tape attacking the judge sentencing her and her husband is right there watching. you re going to see how the whole thing played out. and one more bit of news in the unfolding saga that is casey anthony. as people turn out for a memorial for her murdered daughter, she plans to get out of jail in just a few hours. we re live for you in orlando tonight. plus the pictures that you have to see to believe, a giant telephone tower goes up in flames and what happens next and people scrambling for their lives as it all played out on their tvs at home. and debt talk deadline, a friday has come and gone and republicans stiand democrats st don t agree and republicans don t agree with each other. i m don lemon at the cnn headquarters in atlanta. thank you for joining us, the news starts right now. we have been paying a lot of attention to the contentious debt notion negotiations go og washington, but the fire has been across the
chiliian mine? 31 of the 50 miners are asking for a half million dollars each. they say it isn t about money but about safety. the miners say they want to make sure something like this never happens again. and minnesota state government could be back up and running in just a few days. minnesota s democratic governor cut a deal with republicans to end the two-week long government shutdown. the deal involves selling bonds rather than raising taxes and making up the budget deficit. lawmakers still have to vote on it in special session. let s take you to washington now, live pictures of capitol hill, sources tell cnn s jessica yellin that a meeting is going on down the street from the white house about raising the debt ceiling limits. during the president s weekly address today, he again said he wants both tax hikes and cuts in popular entitlement programs on the table. it will take a balanced approach, shared sacrifice and a willingness to make unpopular choices on all our