in connecticut some 215,000 people remain without power, more than a week after that freak october snowstorm. connecticut light and power is promising 99% of their customers will have electricity by tomorrow night. this morning the governor said that a 99% threshold must be reached. anything less than 99% restored number is unacceptable. we ll get a live update on the swan the situation in connecticut later. five of the republican candidates spoke at the annual ronald reagan dinner end des moines. mitt romney and herman cain were no shows. rick perry drew applause with his plan that would freeze the pay of a lot of federal workers. until the budget gets balanced i m going to impose an across the board pay freeze for congress and all federal employees pay outside of the military and the public safety areas. iowa s first in the nation presidential caucus is on january 3rd. across america now growing anger at big banks and their rising fees and some of those banks co
and penn state s president, graham spannier, released a statement reading in part the allegations about a former coach are troubling and it is appropriate that they be investigated thoroughly. protecting children requires the utmost vigilance. tim curley, and gary schultz operate at the highest levels of honesty, integrity and compassion. i am confident the record will show that these charges are groundless and that they conducted themselves professionally and appropriately. penn state s legendary head football coach, joe petrir pate not facing any charges. he did alert tim curley about one of the alleged incidents involving sandusky in 2002. joining us on the phone is sara ganim, a reporter for the patriot news. sara, what have you learned? reporter: we first learned about this in the summer of 2009, not long after the first boy came forward. i say the first boy, i mean the first one to really come forward to police and be believed by police. what we know from today is
musical success stories. country s entertainer of the year brad paisley. what drives him. how important is the award process to you? that s all i do this for. wouldn t that be something? the incomparable susan boyle performing on our stage. i ve looked at life from both sides now this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. the herman cain accuser stands by her story today. listen to this statement from her attorney earlier. she made a complaint in good faith about a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances from the ceo. those complaints were resolved in an agreement with her acceptance of a monetary settlement. she and her husband see no value in revisiting this matter now nor in discussing the matter any further publicly or privately. in fact, it would be extremely painful to do so. as for herman cain, well, he is doing better than ever in the polls and is raising more money than ever. and today he sounded more confident than ever. before i g
we have now, yesterday we were thinking there wasn t going to be a referendum. now the greek finance minister has told the eu there will be no referendum. but as you alluded to, within about six hours or so there is going to be the final step in a confidence vote on the greek in the greek parliament. the prime minister, george papandreou, who s really behind all the drama this week, only has a two-seat lead in parliament. so it remains to be seen what s going to happen in greece. but randi, greece is a tiny country in the grand scheme of things. it is the 32nd biggest country in the world in terms of its economy. t italy is a much bigger country and italy right now is in the focus because right now lenders from around the world, whether they re banks or governments, are looking at europe and saying is this a stable organization? are these 17 countries that use the euro trustworthy that they ll pay their debts? after what we saw with greece they are starting to look at italy
meet the fockers. he plays a modern-day robin hood. let s storm the castle together. like when they went after frankenstein. no. the peasants take everything back from the lords. i m in. matthew broderick and two of the most powerful men in hollywood. this is piers morgan tonight. we begin with breaking news a. jury in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson s doctor will get the case. ted rowlands joins me now. ted, another dramatic day and now we will get to i guess the final answer. describe what happened today. well, piers, two very passionate arguments by both sides. david walgren started off telling the your this wasn t a case about a doctor/patient relationship. this is a case about a guy willing to do something very dangerous for $150,000 a month. he also reminded the jury about michael jackson s three children that will be growing up fatherless. the jackson family was in the courtroom as they usually are and there were a few moments where it was v