victims and charges could be coming. this is moving far beyond sandusky and threatens to taint the golden legacy of head coach joe paterno. joe paterno's tenure as a coach will be over soon and penn state is planning his exit. the time cites two people briefed on conversations with penn state officials who says the board of trustees has yet to determine the timing. if this is a sign of anything, paterno was scheduled to hold his weekly news conference about an hour ago. reporters including our jason carroll were there ready to ask paterno about sandusky, the rape and abuse charges and what paterno knew. that news conference was canceled. instead penn state issued this statement saying due to the on going legal circumstances centered around the recent allegations and charges, we have determined that today's press conference cannot be held and will not be rescheduled. so the big issue still remains who knew what for how long and how was the situation with sandusky dealt with? penn state's athletic director tim curly and gary schultz, the senior vice president of business and finance are accused of lying the a grand jury and what the attorney general said was there, quote, inaction that continued a predator to victimize children for many, many years. both were released on $75,000 on monday and both have resigned from penn state. sarah ganam has been covering this for "the patriot news" and was planning to at tbd joe paterno's news conference. sarah, nice to see you. a lot of people are asking where was paterno through all of this? what do you mang of the fact that the news conference was canceled, is there any word, any con formation from what "the new york times" is reporting about a possible exit for him? >> reporter: joe paterno's story has been what he knew was that something happened in 2002 that was inappropriate, but he didn't know the extent of it. as far as what happened right now here today, our statement from the paterno camp is that he was disappointed that this press conference was canceled. he was looking forward to holding it because he wanted to, one, to address the concerns people are having and, more importantly for him, talk about the team. he said canceling it was really unfair to the players who have no part in this scandal, so-called scandal that's been unfolding around us. >> give me a skens of what's happening on campus. what is the reaction to this scandal that is unfolding and to paterno still being there. >> i mean the reaction on campus right now is shifting from this shock, this initial shock to kind of this feeling of hurt and not understanding what happened. these people that they look up to and idolize, why they didn't make decisions that these students feel maybe they should have made. but i have heard from students, paternoville, that's the camp that students camp out before football games for front row seats. that started today. it's in full force. i talked to students who plan on attending the game, they don't want to punish the players, they don't want to diminish their penn state pride. as a university as a whole they still feel like penn staters, this is just a huge letdown. >> before i let you go, i have to ask you about these two cases from 199 and 2009, the two mothers of these two victims, victim one an victim six, did speak to police, reported this to police. have you had a clans to speak with either of these women? >> reporter: i spoke to both of those women yesterday. both of them feel betrayed. that's really how they feel. the one from 1998 feels horrible that this had to happen to the kid from 2009. the mother from 2009 feels horrible that the other one wasn't believed before because it led to her son becoming a victim. they're both feeling this just utter betrayal from a lot of different places, from the system, from penn state, from several people who are supposed to be pillars of the community who they feel let them down. >> it's quite a story that is unfolding there on campus. sarah ganim from "the patriot news," appreciate your time. in about four hours herman cain plans to, in his words, set the record straight to the sexual harassment claims dating back to his time at the national restaurant association. already the gop presidential hopeful accused his accuser of totally fabricating the story she first told this time yesterday and repeated last night and this morning on cnn. here is cain telling abc's jimmy kimmel about his staff watching him watch sharon bialek's comments. >> they could see steam coming out of my ears. the feelings that you have when you know that all of this is totally fabricated, you go from anger. then you get disgusted. you try to control yourself to make sure you watch this thing all the way through. i was listening closely. when it was all over with, i said i know what we've got to do. there's not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations. >> for the very first part of what he said, anger, frustration, that's exactly how i feel. scratch the end, though, because you know what i want to say to herman is, if not for yourself, to come forward and admit this, what is his wife going through? that's who i feel for the most in this whole thing. >> we'll hear more fro both sides at the bottom of the hour. another big story we're following right now that could strain u.s.-israeli relations. a microphone gaff allowed journalists to listen in between a private conversation between president obama and nicolas sarkozy. both men offered unflattering comments about benjamin netanyahu. >> brianna, what was said. >> reporter: according to this reuters report it was president sarkozy who said something unflattering. it appears that president obama didn't really take the opportunity to come to israeli prime minister netanyahu's defense. a small group of reporters heard this and it was french president nicolas sarkozy said i cannot bear netanyahu, he's a liar. according to a french interpreter, so obviously the president's comments were translated into french. he said you're fed up with him, but i have to deal with him even more often than you. again, we're trying to independently confirm this. this is what reuters is reporting at this hour. >> any comment from the white house at all on this? >> white house press secretary jay carney as you can imagine was pressed on this. he gaggled on "air force one" en route to philadelphia where the president was pressing for his jobs pla again today. he said he didn't have a comment on the purported conversation but went on to emphasize solidarity between the u.s. and israel and to paint daylight on u.s. and france on the recent vote for including palestinians in membership of a u.n. agency. right now u.s. policy is that they shouldn't seek membership in u.n. agency to move toward statehood. the u.s. is saying they need to sit down for direct negotiations with israelis, a process that is sometime manied at this point. >> brianna keilar, thank you. a community and program in turmoil over sexual abuse charges. how penn state alum are reacting to the charges. lav var arrington will join us live next. former heavyweight boxing champion fell to liver cancer yesterday at the age of 67. in a way that is almost impossible to imagine today, frazier and mow ham head ali had the world transfixed in the trilogy of fights with included the epic thrilla in manila. 32 wins, four losses and one draw. ali said in a statement that the world has lost a great champion. we agree. smokin' joe, you are today's rock star and you will be missed. for more on the legend of frazier, brooke baldwin will speak to mike tyson in the 3:00 p.m. eastern hour. ♪ ain't nothing like the real thing baby ♪ [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a discount on both. great! did i mention no hands in the bundler? 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"the new york times" is reporting joe paterno's tenure as a coach will be over soon, penn state is planning his exit. "the times" cites two people briefed on conversations with officials who say the board of trustees has yet to determine the timing. clearly this no longer is just about jerry sandusky. the timeline of what is being alleged is important here. according to a grand jury sandusky allegedly victimized eight boys at least one 7 or 8 years old. he's alleged in some cases to have raped or forcibly sodomized young boys over a period of ten years going as far back as 1994 while still the defensive coordinator at penn state. in 1998 he was reported to university police by an alleged victim's mom for touching and taking a shower with her young son. athletic director timothy curly and vp schultz said they didn't know. the following year sandusky retired from penn state. he retained access to penn state facilities as a part of the contract. the most disturbing case occurred in 2002 when when a graduate student said he saw san sandusky in the showers having sex with a boy estimated to be 10 years old. that's where both curly and schultz come into play. both were told about the case but were alleged to have swept it under the rug. most recently the attorney general began the grand jury investigation after sandusky was reported to the authorities for allegedly fondling and having oral sex with an 11-year-old boy and was barred from a school district in 2009. that brings us to today. very few know penn state football as well as lav var arrington, an all american linebacker at penn state and went to play for the washington redskins. lavar is on the phone with us joining us from d.c. i know this is a tough topic for you. your final season at penn state was in 1999, also sandusky's last year on the coaching staff before he retired. first, what is your reaction to these allegations? >> just very shocked, just shocked at all of these developments. just listening to you go through the laundry list of everything that has taken place, just very shocked and very -- it's just one of those feelings where you feel almost be troyed, you know. you feel like you're a part of something that maybe wasn't what you thought it was. i think that would be probably the clearest or the easiest way of trying to put it in words. it's kind of difficult to know a man the way that i knew jerry, and him being a part of what's going on. >> what is jerry sandusky like? >> what was he like? in my dealings with coach sandusky, he seemed to be the type of person that you wanted to pattern yourself after as ironic as that may sound. you looked at the way he was involved with the community and how he gave back. as a football coach i think that kind of spoke for itself, the reputation that was forged through the years of hard work by him. it's becoming known as the university known as linebacker u. he did a countless amount of things that seemed to be selfless acts. it came across as someone that set a high example and a standard as to how you were to conduct year self. and i attribute a lot of things that i did and being as active with young kids, it started with my mother being a school teacher and always having me around. but ultimately being around more and more people that seemed to be in that frame of mind of giving back and helping young kids to have a better life. that's what it appeared that he was -- that was the type of man that he was. >> i read your op ed in "the washington post." it's a powerful op ed. i would recommend for anyone to take a look at it. it sound to me like you're a bit torn. you do write that you want jerry, as you call him, to be innocent on one hand. but you also want the truth to come out. and if this did indeed happen, you say it's also shattered the image of the man who meant so much to you. >> how would it not? how would it not? i think about all the time that we had together. those things -- it's not like, okay, something horrible has happened now, i take all those things, they're taken back. these things took place in my college career. so there's no way of going back over it and doing it differently. i look at what i became and what i developed, and i'm very proud of it. i'm very proud of the person that i am, and i carry the badge of honor of being a penn state person every single day of my life. and so there are a lot of different emotions that kind of are a part of this for me right now because it's not so much selfishly -- i know i wrote selfishly i wanted to basically hope that he was innocent. it really isn't about being innocent or guilty at this point in my book. i want to be very clear. i have not been vocal because it's based upon defending jerry or defending joe paterno. i have been a defender of children. i have always loved being a mentor and being an example to young adults and young children and trying to show them a better way. and quite frankly, i just had an opportunity to confirm if it was okay for me to disclose, one of the kids that i had been mentoring and had been working with who fights with bouts of depression is based upon the fact that his sister had been sexually molested. so if people are wondering why i'm so passionate about talking about what's going on, it merely presents a platform to raise awareness about what goes on in some of these children's lives, and hopefully people won't just sit there and get caught up into passing judgment on to the people that are involved in this, rather get involved with trying to be part of the solution that lowers the numbers and ultimately tries to eliminate something as heinous as taking advantage of our most precious commodity which is our children. >> well said, lavar arrington, appreciate you calling into the show today. thank you so much. >> no problem. what makes a person in mississippi? 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