good morning to you. this is your a.m. wakeup call for thursday, november 17th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. new questions about what police knew and what they knew about it in the penn state child abuse sex scandal. a coach who s taken a lot of heat for witnessing the alleged sexual assault on a little boy and not reporting it says he went to the cops years ago. but two law enforcement agencies are now saying that s not true. the secret service catching up to the man accused of shooting at the white house with an ak-47 that he left at the scene. one bullet was lodged in a bulletproof window facing the south lawn. and severe weather that ripped across the southeast has killed at least four people. the concern now there could be more victims beneath the rubble of some homes. let s check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf. the southeast getting pounded the last 24 hours. a very intense line of storms th
that affect all of us, like proliferation and maritime security. so, again, i m pleased that we re able to make these important announcements during my visit. madam prime minister i thank you for being such a strong partner and a champion of our alliance. once again, i want to thank the australian people for the kindness they showed me about 40 years ago and the kindness they re showing me during my visit today. it s that friendship and sol darety that makes and keeps our alliance one of the strongest in the world. we ll take some questions, one from the australian media first. phillip hudson from the melbourne herald sun. mr. president, welcome back to australia. thank you. you outlined a significant u.s. troop buildup. how much of this is because you re worried about the rise of
good evening, everyone. tonight, as more accusers comes back, there s more news on the penn state scandal. protesters here in new york. like pictures from zuccotti park. the verdict came down as dark descended this evening. the tents were removed and protesters allowed to go back in to get their personal belongings. the new york state supreme court overturning an earlier ruling on this and we are going to have the latest on this breaking story and the implications from the park tonight. but first, we have developing news in washington. the co-chair of the super committee charged with cutting america s deficit said just moments ago, quote, we are in the hours to go. and the countdown is on. this is important and we are watching. the panel of 12 has got eight days, four hours and as you can see 58 minutes i and 11 seconds and counting to make a deal that cuts america s deficit. if there is no deal when this clock hits zero, our economy will be hurt. your interest rates may go
perry as the candidate who said texas could secede in the union. around that time he accepted about $2 billion in stimulus for his state. dan stone, thanks so much for spending some time with us today. thanks, veronica zblrjts you can grab the magazine s latest issue available right now on newsstands. u.s. troops might be coming home from afghanistan by the end of the year, but they re not leaving the region for good. details of a new troop buildup. plus, herman cain s campaign hits back against allegations of sexual misbehavior with two women who once worked for the candidate. hear more from cain s chief of staff. you know him by now from this infamous campaign ad. sure wish you guys would bring layaway back. actually. that way i could split my payments up into, like, little bite-size chunks. yeah, i mean you feel me right? i mean. yeah. uh, sir. ah. [ male announcer ] layaway s back for christmas in our electronics, toys, and jewelry departments.
aimed at finding the source of the wikileaks file and determining how such a large volume of information was transferred out of the classified network. on capitol hill yesterday, general james madison who is nominated to head central command say the documents don t contain any big secrets. it didn t tell us anything that i ve seen so far that we weren t already aware of. i ve seen no big revelations. one of the newspaper headlines was that the war is a tense and dangerous thing. well, if that is news, i don t know who it s news to that s on this planet. all right. the house of representatives has voted to approve a $59 billion war spending bill to fund president obama s troop buildup in afghanistan. the bill cleared the house last night by a comfortable margin, despite some opposition from democrats who were looking to include over $20 billion in extra domestic spending. still members of congress were under pressure since the