jerry sandusky who is charged with child molestation. >> effective immediately, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach. effective immediately. >> that means paterno won't coach the final home game against nebraska. paterno accepts the board's decision but adds, quote, it is going to take some time to get used to. overnig we are going live to penn state. when tom bradley speaks. take a look at those live pictures. greece has a new interm prime minister to avoid an economic collapse. lucas pkcas papademos. . in eastern turkey, rescuers are digging through piles of rubble to try to find dozens of people who are trapped still after earthquake struck last night. at least seven people were killed and this moderate quake hit less than a month after you may recall the major quake that struck the same area killing more than 500. major league baseball's wilson ramos has been kidnapped now at gunpoint. it happened at his family's home in venezuela. the 24-year-old, catcher for the washington nationals, reportedly taken by four armed men in an suv that happened yesterday. reports say that ramos family still has not heard from these kidnappers. presidential candidate rick perry is trying to recover from the gaffe heard around the country at a cnn interview this morning. perry said that it shows -- he is not the slickest politician in the field. he says the country needs substance over style. but still even perry admitted he stepped in it, that's in his words, when he stumbled during that debate last night. >> the third agency of government, i would do away with education, the -- commerce, and let's see. i can't. the third one, i can't. sorry. oops. >> also last night, herman cain fended off questions about the is exle with harassment allegations against him. now he got support from the audience and not surprisingly. crowed booed when the moderators brought up the issue. more on this debate coming up very soon. country music star taylor swift. she has reason to celebrate. >> the cma award for entertainer of the year goes to -- taylor swift! >> swift took home the top honor at the country music association awards. that happened in nashville. second time that she has won that award. congratulations to her. there is anger and disbelief on the penn state campus. let's go direct live. we are now understanding the acting director is speaking. >> thank you for coming. as you all know this is a difficult time for penn state university, its students, alumni and supporters. coach paterno served this university as an educator, football coach, and impact locally and nationally is immeasurable. for the first time in 60 years, coach paterno will not be coaching saturday's game. the circumstances and allegations surrounding this case were horrific. our thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims and their families who have suffered. after the board meeting last evening, rod ericson and i selected tom bradley to serve as our penn state interim head football coach. tom dedicated his career to serving his alma mater and helping student athletes excel on and off the field. we thank him for that unwavering of and look forward to his continuing leadership. as acting athletic director, i will ensure that our department will provide the resources necessary to support him throug. our football team and staff have worked tremendously hard this season and will push through this adversity. we are particularly proud of the accomplishments of this team and especially want to honor those seniors for finishing their home collegiate careers. i hope that our student athletes and fans will continue to support them and show penn state pride. families who entrust us with their children demand us to be stewards, role models, and leaders, and solid decisionmakers. we will take that responsibility to heart. tom will certainly take that responsibility to heart. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming our interim head football coach, mr. tom bradley. >> raise your hand and we will bring a microphone to you. >> in light of the circumstance s, do you have any reservations or what kind of reservations? >> i take this job with very mixed emotions due to the situation. i have been asked by the university, by the board of trustees, by rod ericson, to handle this. and i told him i would do it last night. and i will proceed in the manner that the penn state expects as i met with the pliers last night and today. i told them the expectations are the expectations. we are no going to waiver fr from -- waver from that. the players came over last night to the last building. we talked about certain things. we went over certain ways. we proceeded this morning to have a staff meeting and then a team meeting at 8:00. i have no reservations about take thing job. >> tom? >> when and how did you learn that you would become the interim head coach? >> i was actually in my office watching film last night, like i do every wednesday nature. the phone rang. it was rod ericson calling on the phone about 9:45. and he asked me if would take the job as interim football coach. i accepted. i proceeded to make sure i got ahold of the team captains and other people so that we could get started immediately on the process. >> ron, your brother told me earlier today that you face a huge challenge. he said you are really sad about the whole -- the way this unfolded. now you face a toughest three-game stretch of the season. it is almost unparallel. >> first off, i -- i did talk to may brother later last night and i -- i first off i grieve for the victims. i grieve for the families. deeply saddened by that. it is with great emotion that i say that. and, you know, the football part, we will get working on that right youaway. i think you should know where our team is towards the whole issue. towards those children and towards their families and -- our thoughts and prayers are with them. >> jeff? >> i called coach paterno last night around 11:00. i think that's personal in nature. >> corey? >> tom, will mike mcqueary be coaching in saturday's game? if so, will he be on the sideline, press box? >> right now coach mcqueary will be coaching saturday. that will be a game time decision where he is. >> nate? >> tom, given how long you have been here, did you feel it was appropriate that joe was informed of his termination via phone call? >> i'm not in -- i'm not actually alerted how the coach was alerted to that until this morning. i heard it was by phone call. >> do you think that was appropriate? >> that's not for me to say. the board of trustees made a decision. that's their decision. >> here on the right. >> coach bradley, i understand that you had testified before the grand jury that was investigating this sandusky affair and i was wondering if you could explain what you came to know about that 2002 incident or any of the other incidents regarding coach sandusky. >> due to the ongoing investigation, i'm not going to say anything about that matter. >> neil? >> tom, you have been a defensive coach and in charge of the defense. how involved will you be with the offense and what will be the process in determining starting quarterback and how you use the quarterback? >> first off, when you talked to the team today i think they know me pretty well. i am who i am. i'm not going to change. i'm not going to pretend i'm somebody else. and when the time comes, and we sit down as a staff which we will, we will make that decision who the starting quarterback will be. and right now, i have made decisions based with our staff. not quite sure exactly so i want to make sure i clarify this. but right now, larry johnson and ron, we co-coordinators on defense. i'm not sure if we label to get that in full swing for saturday's game because obviously we have not practiced that way in regarding signals and calls and how that all works out. but we are going to head in that direction. robinson, he will be a full-time coach starting today. >> in the back? >> some people have speculated that the whole current staff should go. you being part of the current staff. obviously you are just interim right now. how do you feel if that were to be the case to replace it in a permanent standards? >> that's a decision up to the board of trustees and penn state. it is not my decision. i have been asked to do a job and i will do that job. >> if that would happen, what are your thoughts on that? how would you feel about that if you were let go just because you are a member of the current staff, not because -- >> once again, that's their decision. not mine. >> joe? >> you worked with jerry sandusky a long time. could you characterize your relationship and how shocked were you to hear the allegations? >> once again, due to the allegations, i'm not going to comment on that. jerry was the defensive coordinator when i was here. you worked underneath him. >> john? >> coach, for a public watching nationally is it reasonable for them to assume four or five coach wes more than 20 years of experience on this staff and mike mcqueary and joe paterno were the only only ones aware of jerry sandusky's alleged perversions? >> once again, i answered that question. due to the ongoing investigation i'm not going to talk about it. >> in the back? >> coach, as far as the reputation's standpoint what does this team do to rebuild that trust in the community off the football field in your mind? >> we have to understand that this team has put a lot of hard work in. this is senior day for them. they deserve to have this day. that's what they worked for this whole year. and my job is to facilitate that happens. you no, i think the reputation penn state will go about it in the proper manner and restore the foundation and principles of the pennsylvania state university. >> tom, right here, tom. in light of the -- first of all, our thoughts about the wake of the decision about joe paterno, and do you worry about the safety and atmosphere for the players and the fans in the stadium on saturday given everything that has taken place? >> no. i understood there was activity last night. no, do i not worry about the safety of our players on saturday. >> meeting with the players last night, how are they handling such a monumental change at this point in the season? >> well, obviously a lot of them are in shock. they have had mixed emotions. when i called up and spoke to the captains and whole bunch of guys came over to the last building last might and piled into my office, we discussed team matters. >> mark? >> have you been given any indication the team will be playing after saturday? >> what do you mean playing after saturday? >> will there be football games after saturday? >> hopefully so. that's up to the administration. >> john? >> coach, you guys have a lot left to play for. can you talk about get thing team back together considering what they have been through in trying to march forward with what can potentially be in front of you? >> we have great leadership on this football team. okay. once again, when i spoke to them this morning, it is their team. okay. they are not here for me. i'm here to help them be as good as they can possibly be. and that's the direction we are going. i don't think that there is any problem. they will be focussed and my job is to make sure they stay focused obviously they had a tremendous amount of distraction over the past week. a great group. okay. they will come to play on saturday. >> given the intense national scrutiny for mike mcqueary why do you think it is appropriate for him to coach in this game and continue to be face in this you don't know. >> that's a decision up to mark and acting athletic director. >> in the back? >> was there any consideration given to dismissing mike mcqueary? were you part of any conversations whatsoever about potentially relieving him of his duties with the football team? >> absolutely not. >> ron? >> tom, i know you have wait ad long time to be head coach. you couldn't imagine it under these circumstances. can you sum up your feelings? >> we are obviously in a very unprecedented situation and find ourselves in. you know, i just -- i'm going to find a way to restore the confidence and start healing process. with everybody and i'm going to try to go about it. as i said earlier, with very mixed emotion and heavy heart that this occurred, that i'm going through this. >> matt? >> you said -- >> we are listening to tom bradley. interim coach now at penn state. he says that he has mixed emotions accept thing new position, that he grieves for the family as well as the alleged victims of the sex 'because case and had numerous meetings with the players and describes those players and as in a state of shock. that they, too, have mixed on motions in moving forward. but he says that they he has a job to do. he's going to try to do that job. again, bring this football team, this campus and community, back to a place where they can move forward. you want to bring in jason carroll who has been at the penn state cam puthe campus all week. i will ask you about joe paterno who was fired after 46 years on the job by the board. kind of an unceremonious way yesterday. but what do we know about this guy, tom bradley? what's the reaction here that they are signing an interim coach? >> well, i think that among a lot of the students here who know college football, are familiar with the team, i don't think they will be unhappy with the decision that someone like tom bradley is stepping in. of course, they are unhappy withing the fact that paterno was forced out. but you heard what bradley had to saw about him having to accept this position. he found out very late last night, finding out about 9:45. that's when he got the call. the new interim president here a penn state. also interesting to hear that bradley about 11:00 last night called paterno. but he told -- said during that press conference there that that conversation with paterno was private. paterno and bradley go way back in some ways paterno was bradley's mentor. back in the '70s, bradley actually played for the team as defensive back. that was early in the '70s. then in 1980, that's when he took over defensive coordinator. he's been associated with this team for a very, very long time. >> maybe can bring consistency or a bridge during this very difficult for that community. thank you, jason. i also want to bring in roxanne jones, penn state alum and ceo of push marketing group and founder of "espn the magazine." we spoke over the last couple of day about the story that unfolded here. coach joe paterno has been fired. do you think the board did the right thing? do you think these guys got what they deserved? is there more fallout here? >> i absolutely agree with the board's decision. i'm glad that they had the courage to do that. i think that i along with thousands of other people would have been severely disappointed if coach and the president were allowed to go out on that your own terms. with grace and deg nitty which certainly was not anything those young boys had. it was the right call. >> do you think paterno tow should face criminal charges for failing to report alleged rape that took place in -- in the showers? >> it doesn't really matter what i think. it matters what the law says. i don't think that we have seen an end to maybe criminal charges there. i think that if there were moral charges and that were a crime he certainly would be facing that. what he did was really inexcusable. as he said in his own release. >> you have watched and were a penn state student. you have soft spot for coach paterno and said he was a good man. just yesterday. there are a lot of people who out there, several thousand penn state students supporting him. yesterday we saw this turn around. violent, news truck that was overturned and throwing stuff at police. did that surprise you at all the way there were some students that took to the streets and reacted that way? >> no. it doesn't surprise me because i know about the -- you know, kind of group mentality. among young people. but it does disappoint me. and that's the kind of anger and passion and response i would have wanted to see from the grad assistant that saw this heinous crime allegedly being commit order young boys, from coach paterno, from the coaches around this that knew. i would want them to be outraged and physically violent. i think it is misplaced by the students what does this university need to do to get past this scandal? >> they ned to clear out all of the people who were involved, fire them, get to the bottom of what happened. why it happened, why there were no checks and balances why people put the program and money above humanity and the lives of these young boys. more heads need to roll, i think. they need to deal with it head-on, square on. and try to clean it up as quickly as possible without any, you know, emotions about how great the football team is he there. the football team is not the you don't know. the football program is not the university. and so they need to really take care of it for the best interest of the entire university. >> sure. would you give money to the school? >> not right now. not right now. i would not. i would wait to make sure that the board of trustees is leadinging tleading ing t the university in the right direction before i make that decision. >> roxanne jones, thank you very much. the next hour i will ask a currentpers curreku current student about joe paterno's dismissal. he thinks paterno got a raw deal. up next, forgetful rick perry makes a big blunder at the presidential debate. his competition tried to save him. we will show you how. progresso. it fits! fantastic! 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