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[ chanting ] and have you ever seen kids this excited about taking a test? not just any test. we're talking about the a.c.t. or s.a.t. equivalent. an entire country shuts down to do everything they can to help these students ace the tests. we're taking you to south korea this morning in our "passport." let's start on the campus of penn state university. you remember, it was just a couple of days ago thousands of students were getting together on the campus, and they were rioting. well, last night, thousands of students got together at state college, pennsylvania, for this. a candlelight vigil to support the victims of the sexual abuse scandal. now, this is the same place, the same spot, where this vigil is taking place, is exactly where students were rioting in support of fired football coach joe paterno. again, just a couple of days ago. penn state's new president says he will appoint an ethics officer that will report directly to him. the interim president. mike mcqueary on administrative leave. the one who reported seeing the alleged sexual abuse incident reported to paterno back in 2002. the school saying mcqueary received multiple threats. also, jerry sandusky, the former coach at the center of the scandal, someone threw a couple cinder blocks through this bedroom window. sandusky still lives in state college. he wasn't at home at the time. back on campus, though, the game will go on. penn state playing nebraska at noon today. it's the nittany lions' final home game. students are being encouraged to stage a blue-out. which mike galanos will explain a little of that to you now. good morning, mike. >> reporter: hey, t.j. beautiful morning here in state college. you can hear the sights, sounds of college football. the band's warming up. you begin to get ready for a game, but it's differ. it's not business at usual, and you mentioned one things that going to be different. it's going to be a blue-out for the students. number one, the color blue represents child abuse awareness. the color blue can be often the color of the bruises of the neglected children. you talked about the candle vigil we had a chance to attend. a beautiful experience to be a part of. thousands of students lighting candles because they wanted to change the message. the message coming from penn state a few nights before was mayhem in the streets. the message last night, let's put the victims first and all begin to heal. let's listen to that. >> it's so important to put the victims first. i think they've gotten really lost in all of this. all the media attention has been focused on sandusky and our reactions and it should be focused on helping these victims and stopping this from happening again. >> this wasn't about joe paterno. this wasn't about spanier. this was about the victims and us trying to help raise awareness what we're doing, how we're feeling right now. >> reporter: and that's the change of perspective, really, t.j., tats that's gone on. victims first. they came together last night. many students, thousands of students now. the focus turns to the game and we'll see what kind of atmosphere it is. i don't think anybody can really predict right now. >> mike galanos on campus, thank you so much. we'll check in. he'll be reporting throughout the day. four minutes past the hour now. here's what scott paterno, son of joe paterno, is saying now on his father's behalf. this statement late yet. it said, "like everyone who has watched this story unfold my father is experiencing a range of powerful emotions. he is absolutely distraught over what happened to the children and their families. he want to speak publicly at this stage, however, he has no choice but to be patient, and defer to the legal process." scott paterno continued his father will cooperate to the grand jury investigation and has an attorney. the psychologist who is treating one alleged victim spoke about his client's state of mind. listen to this. >> obviously, the individual that sustained this kinds of abuse, they typically suffer from anxiety, depression. there are a lot of concerns. it's very humiliating to have to not only experience this but then to, you know, have to discuss it with law enforcement. it's difficult, then, to be fearful or live in fear that others may determine who you are. and they may or may not approach you about it. again, very awkward, very embarrassing, for the individual, even though he's a hero, it's not necessarily something that everyone understanding or appreciates. >> yesterday on "good morning america," the mother of the boy identified by a grand jury as victim number one says her son didn't know how to handle sandusky alleged sexual advances. sandusky attorney says his client is innocent. president obama weighing in on this abuse scandal as well. the president was attending the carrier classic last night. you may have seen this basketball game that took place on the "uss carl vince" on an aircraft carrier. he was asked about it by a reporter. >> obviously the situation is heartbreaking. we think first and foremost of the victim of these alleged crimes but i think it's a good time for us to do some soul searching. everyone institution. not just penn state. about what our priorities are, and making sure that we understand that our first priority is protecting our kids, and, you know, we all have a responsibility. we can't leave it to a system. we can't leave it to somebody else. each of us have to take it upon ourselves to make sure that our kids have the love and support and protection that they deserve. >> president then went on to fly to hawaii after the game. he's there hosting the apec summit, asia-pacific nations attending. a live report from hawaii coming your way at the bottom of the hour. also, reaction to the penn state story, former dallas cowboys head coach and ex-oklahoma sooners head coach barry switzer talking to "the oklahoman," the newspaper, about the scandal. "having been in this profession a long time and know you how close coaching staffs are i knew this was a secret that was kept secret. everyone on that staff had to have known the ones that had been around a long time." there are more people culpable than joe paterno and the athletic director. there are so many other people that have thought i could have done something about this, too, that didn't come forward. that's the tragedy of it all." more from penn state and the campus in a few minutes. talking to the editor of the school paper there about this scandal. he's joining me in just a few minutes from now. 8 minutes past the hour. a major league baseball player kidnapped in venezuela now rescued. the "new york times" reports that security forces swept in by air to rescue wilson ramos from a mountainous region. he plays with the washington nationals was taken from his home by men on wednesday. a venezuelan official said president chavez himself gave the go-ahead for the rescue mission. the kidnappers have never asked their command and have not been found. a major league player kidnapped but it's not out of the ordinary for this to happen in venezuela. >> not at all. thank heavens he's all right and what a terrifying prospect. no question about it. speaking of scary stuff, people driving along interstate 80, or i-70, a tough drive from denver into the central rockies. the reason why it's going to be frightening, heavy snowfall. highest elevations may see three to four feet of snow, coupled with that very strong winds. tropical storm force winds, t.j., with some gusts approaching 60 miles an hour. we'll talk about that coming up. >> thank you reynolds. after a quick break, back to penn state talking to a student there. someone who works with the school newspaper. editor of the paper. this is not just another football game today. it's the end of one era and maybe marking the beginning of a new chapter at penn state. the student joins me next. stay with me. i want healthy skin for life. 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[ female announcer ] only from aveeno. we're ten minutes past the hour. we're heading back to penn state. it's game day. today a big game against nebraska, but now people are going to be paying attention to this game for a lot of the wrong reasons. you know about the attention that's been brought to the campus now after this child abuse scandal broke. well, one penn state student who's also the editor of the school paper joins me now from state college. appreciate you taking time. i know it's been a tough week for all of you all. i was talking to one of our reporters a short time ago, and what to expect today. he said, we really don't know and the students don't either. what do you expect to happen today at this game? >> well, thanks for having me, t.j. definitely it's a tough, a tough time, and i think that, you know, the one certainty here is that we don't know what to expect, and i think that's been true all week long. from rioting to phenomenal event last night with the candlelight vigil. i hope for the best. i think that tonight perhaps we can see at least the first semblance of a silver lining with this whole incident. perhaps maybe we can have donations put forth to victims and charities that represent abused victims. i think that's a very, very important thing that can come out of this tragedy. i really do. >> dave, did you -- i'll ask you personally, maybe some of your friends in your circles, were you all embarrassed by this episode and how some students behaved after joe paterno was fired and the rioting you saw two days ago? >> well, certainly, t.j. there's no question that people were frustrated and people are angry and i think that how you respond from a tragedy says a lot about you, and i think that is why a lot of us, a certain majority of penn state and the definitely those in the national media, were very disappointed, and i would argue critical of the response that many, a few penn state students demonstrated on wednesday night with the rioting. it was absolutely destructive. >> would you say for sure -- we haven't seen that kind of violence, certainly such a beautiful showing last night with the vigil last night, around campus have you seen that anger start to subside a bit? >> well, i think that people want to move on. i think that you're seeing a lot of individuals who have this sort of initial response of very -- of sheer frustration and anger towards the administration and in large part towards the national media, and i think that some of it represents a disappointment in people that they feel that they were surprised and caught off guard before information was out there and i think individuals are looking to move forward. that's really what i've heard from a lot of people. i want to put this der behind me, move on with my smes s semester. i want my senior, junior, sophomore year to move forward. >> talking about the pictures that you took, what's been happening on campus, but how much of the anger, maybe even your own personal anger and other students, has been directed at joe paterno? >> well, interestingly, i think that paterno obviously is a titan. he's an icon. i know personally i have a bit of a bias due to the fact that i grew up down the street from joe paterno, and he meant so much to me as a child growing up and i looked up to him, and i think that students are -- are frustrated and just so saddened by seeing an icon, in any way, being involved with the situation. i think people agree and disagree as to his involvement and whether he should have been fired, but i think everybody is universally across the board, everyone is really just saddened by the fact that he's been involved in this case. i think it's just disappointing to everyone. >> i'll wrap on your personal feelings, then. you grew up, like you said, down the street from him. he's an icon. do you think he should have been fired? >> i -- again, you know, joe paterno is -- is state college. he is an icon, a titan, and i think that, you know, in this whole matter, i was just so saddened to see the national media and newspaper, newspapers across the country, joe paterno's face was on it, even after -- even from sunday on, when, really, jerry sandusky is the one responsible, and others who failed to do their job, and i'm not saying paterno didn't have a role in this, but i think that at the board of trustees said that paterno, there needed to be more facts to come forward about paterno before they made a decision, before they made a decision about the case, and then firing joe paterno and i think we were all shocked, absolutely shocked to see that happen, at least so soon. four days after these allegations first came out, and i think there was a sense of shock and personally i -- i love joe paterno and i looked up to him my entire life and i'm sanded by what happened. whether i felt he should have been fired, i don't believe he should have been fired yet. that's my belief. >> all right. dave, i know it's been a tough time, a tough week for all of you. all of the attention you all have gotten, but, still, as you all say, we are penn state, and maybe this is san opportunity a lot of people are going to be watching you today. sounds like you all are trying to put on really a nice display for child abuse victims and really starting to move forward at penn state. so good luck to you, the entire student body, and we will all be watching today. thanks so much, dave. >> thank you, t.j. >> all right. much more reaction from the penn state campus coming up at the top of the hour. we're at 17 minutes past the hour now. coming up, we're going to be joined by our mario armstrong telling us what is going on and what it's going to take to prepare students to be the next steve jobs. before we get to that, bring you some images from a world at war. served in world war ii. watch this. his brother's plane came down in a ball of fire, but there's a twist to this tale. ssive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. i was worried it would be hard to install. but it's really easy. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. yeah. you're not... filming this, are you? 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