blagojevich. he was hoping for three to five. the judge siding with the prosecution. blagojevich just came down from the courtroom about ten minutes ago and addressed the media very briefly. he didn't take any questions. said he was going home to be with his two daughters, explain to them where they were going from here and said he will be, quote, fighting on. so expect an appeal in this case. one thing to note, he doesn't have to report until february 16th to the bureau of prisons. so he does have this time to spend with his family but the former governor of illinois will spend 14 years -- was sentenced to 14 years in prison. >> i'm curious, since he does get to go home for those 90 days, to try to explain this to his kids, why is that? why does he get that 90-daybreak? >> well, it's up to the judge's discretion whether in a case that he allows the defendant to go away, to be out on bond typically an inmate is remanded into custody. in illinois, george ryan was sentenced in the same manner and allowed to go home. ted rowlands, thank you. next here on reporter roulette, a stunning development in the sex abuse case against former syracuse assistant basketball coach bernie fine. the news today, no charges. no charges are being filed against this man. gary tuchman is on the phone with me from syracuse. we know bernie fine was why no charges? >> there's no charges but there's a huge but. he has no doubt that criminal charges would be filed against bernie fine if there wasn't a statute of limitations. he says he totally believes the two accusers, bobby davis and mike lang. they are step brothers. he apologized about their allegations not being taken seriously. the case was brought to the grand jury and the prosecutor believes that this would have gone to trial. >> so if i'm hearing you correctly, this was a statute of limitations in the county and there's still an investigation underway there, correct? >> right. there is certainly a federal investigation. there have been at least two other accusers who have gone forward. at this point, there's no accusations that are credible but the two accusations that have been made by mike lang and bobby davis, he says that they are very credible and believes every word about what happened to them with bernie fine. >> gary tuchman, keep us posted there. thank you so much. next in reporter roulette, the nation's health secretary is overruling this recommendation by the fda on plan b, the so-called morning after bill. elizabeth cohen is here to explain, as we've been following the developments too today. what is going on? >> this is a bizarre situation. plan b, what a woman takes after unprotected intercourse for the 72 hours afterwards. you can get it if you're over 17. you can waltz into a drugstore. if you're under 17, you have to get a doctor's prescription. so today the department of health and human services said, no, we're not going to let younger women just waltz in and get it. they will still need a prescription. >> so kathleen sebelius is saying no? >> the weirdness is, her own agency, the food and drug administration said, yes, we think women under 17 should be able to waltz in and get it off the shelf in the same way that you can get a condom. so it was kathleen sebelius essentially disagreeing with her own people. >> does this affect all women? >> it does in a way. because right now if a woman over 17 wants to get this drug, they have to go to the pharmacist and the pharmacist has to get it from behind the shelf. you have to ask for it and go and get it and that's because they don't want young teenagers to just go and get it. does that make sense? >> yes. >> so you still have to ask? >> you still have to ask. but if the government said, yeah, anybody could get it, they would put it out on the shelves along with the condoms and everything else. if this had happened differently today, plan b would have been on the shelf and you would have bought it. >> but that's not the case? >> that's not the case. even if you're not over 17, you would have to ask a pharmacist for it. >> elizabeth cohen, thank you. that's your reporter roulette for wednesday. still ahead, this is tremendous. a stunning development in the killing of a 7-year-old girl in georgia. police making an arrest of a man who worked at the apartment complex where this little girl lives. plus, first you had fast and furious. now another headache for the obama administration regarding drug cartels. this time, federal agents are accused of laundering money. also, suddenly, according to these new polls, newt gingrich is the clear front-runner in the republican presidential race. one of his opponents not wasting any time attacking him. he is congressman ron paul. he's going to join me live. we'll ask him about gingrich, donald trump and why he was left out of this major republican event happening today in washington. why is he not there? more, next. 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[ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. here is a speech at the nation's capital including michele bachmann expected to speak live after the texas governor. the only one not there, congressman ron paul. he's going to join me live minutes away. stay tuned for that. also today in washington on capitol hill, some pretty emotional moments from this man here. all of the lawmakers are holding the hearing on home-grown terror and the threat to the military here in the u.s. we're talking about a man here who lost his son when a gunman opened fire at a recruiting. >> it took me two years to get these back. these are my son's dog tags. he wore these when he took four rounds of ammo from about three feet. on it, there's the warrior, the last line of it is, i will never leave a fallen comrade. well, the army left him. >> his father one of the reasons why he is upset is because his son's killer is not legally considered a terrorist even though he had connection with terrorist groups. also this today -- >> 1941, a date with will live in infamiliar me. >> that voice, theodore roosevelt. many of the aging world war ii vets are in hawaii honoring the memory of 24 america00 american that day. they are dissolving this month as the passing of time and taking the toll on the few remaining members. how about this one, a stunt from a show mythbusters going terribly wrong sending a canon ball zipping through a california neighborhood. this was shot from a range. it misfired, went up a hill, into another neighborhood, hit a roof and amazingly, no one was hurt. >> very loud boom and it sounded like a canon ball on the roof. >> it's on hold now pending a full investigation. a rapper inspires a teen to walk for the very first time. 17-year-old here has cerebral palsy, got on stage at a concert for the first few steps. machine gun kelly had promised him a couple months back that he would walk and there you see it step by step by step he tries to do so. the man in charge of america's finances visits paris. he's getting an update on his european counterparts. washington in a tight spot wants to prevent the crisis from spreading to america. but any financial help for europe may not go over very well for u.s. voters. also breaking today, jerry sandusky arrested again. no charges will be filed against the former basketball syracuse coach and the man known as blago learns his fate. jason carroll has more on jerry sandusky. tell me about the additional charges and the alleged victims. >> he's facing multiple counts, four counts of sexual intercourse. in addition, brooke, two counts of unlawful contact with a minor. let me take a step back here and respond to what is going on here. you remember in the previous grand jury report that aoutlined eight alleged victims that he ledgely assaulted. victim number nine and victim number ten in this new grand jury report, again, some of the similar allegations that we heard before, prosecutors saying that sandusky follows a similar pattern of grooming these young boys whose ages are 11 and 12 when the abuse happened. grooming them by giving them gifts, giving them money, gaining their trust, according to prosecutors, and then sexually assaulting them. when this arrest happened this afternoon, at the same time that this was going on, one of our cnn producers just happened to be speaking with sandusky's attorney, joe amandola and when all this started happening, the blackberries started going off when all of this was going on. as you can imagine, he was very upset, very angry that he was not given the heads up that this was happening. but once again, jerry sandusky has been arrested again for new allegations of sexually abusing young boys. brooke? >> here's my question remember that judge who granted the bond to jerry sandusky after this whole report came out and she came under fire do we know if she is still in her post and, b, if she is, is she accused of over d overseeing this hearing? >> not at this hearing. this is the first arraignment and we'll have to see what happens with that. this is not good news for jerry sandusky simply because already he was facing, by many legal analysts, say that he is facing an uphill battle with all of these allegations coming forward and even his own attorney said he has a concern about the allegations and once again two additional victims only identified in this new grand jury with jim number nine and victim number ten. >> and still he denies the allegations as we heard him speak with the "new york times" reporter over the weekend. jason carroll, stay on it. thank you very much. coming up, most all of the gop candidates are in washington today courting the jewish voters. we're going to talk to jim acosta about the hammering that they are giving the white house. and, by the way, the only gop candidate not there is ron paul but he is joining me in 15 minutes. we will be right back. nyquil (stuffy): hey, tylenol. you know we're kinda like twins. tylenol: we are? nyquil (stuffy): yeah, we both relieve coughs, sneezing, aches, fevers. tylenol: and i relieve nasal congestion. nyquil (stuffy): overachiever. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn't. i want to take you live to the white house. he has a visitor, prime minister of canada, steven harper. >> i have a trusted partner and i think he'll agree no two nations match more economically and naturally than the united states and canada. and that deep sense of connection, our shared values, our shared interests, infuse the work that we have done today from supporting a resolution to the eurozone crisis to moving ahead with the transition in afghanistan to supporting transitions in the middle east and north africa. our focus today, however, is on our highest priority and that's growing the economy faster and in this mission, canada has a special role to play. as most of you know, canada is our single largest trading partner and those exports support good paying jobs. canada in turn is one of the top foreign investors in the united states and that creates more jobs and prosperity. the prime minister and are to grow it even faster. we're creating even more jobs and more opportunity for our people. canada is key to putting folks back to work and the two important initiatives that we agreed to today will help us do just that. first, we're agreeing to a series of concrete steps to bring our economies even closer and improve the security of our citizens. not just along our shared border but beyond the border. put simply, we're going to make it easier to conduct the trade and travel that creates jobs and make it harder for those who would do us harm and threaten our security. for example, some 90% of all of our trade, more than a billion dollars in trade every single day passes through our roads and systems and it's still taking too many products too long to cross our borders. and we're going to improve our infrastructure, cargo security and screening, all designed to make it easier to do business and create jobs and that, by the way, include jobs here in america and when they look to export typically canada is one of the most likely places that they are trying to get a foot hold. it's hugely important to the medium and small sized businesses. last year, more than one million people crossed our borders, including canadians that spent more money in the united states than any other visitors. i want to make a pitch. we want even more canadians visiting the united states and, please, spend more money here and we want to create a simpler entry and exit system. this will help us be smarter about our joint security. concentrating our resources where they are needed most. identifying real threats to our security before they reach our shores. the second thing we're doing is ramping up our effort to get outdated unjustified regulations that stifle trade and job creation. this is especially important in things like the auto industry where they are built on both sides of the border but sometimes that's slowed down by regulations and paperwork that frankly just doesn't make sense. we're going to strike a better balance with sensible regulations that unleash trade and job creation while still protecting health and safety and this builds on the efforts that we have here in the united states led by ee limb nalting billions of dollars in costs from regulations and we're going to focus on several key sectors, including auto, agriculture, and health care. so this could be a win-win situation where not only are we making our regulatory systems more effective in respective countries but greater convergence between these two countries. the prime minister and i discussed the broader economic relationship. i'm pleased that cannada has expressed a transition in the partnership. many of you referred me to the apec meeting where this has generated a great deal of interest. we look forward to consulting with canada as well as our ttp partners as well as how all of us can meet the high standards demanded by the trade agreement and it can be a real model not only for the region but for the world. we did discuss the proposed keystone excel pipeline which is important to canada and it's important to make sure that all of the projects are properly understood,'s the impact on the people and we will have a vigorous process to work through that issue. so we're going to continue to work as partners and as friends on this day and i want to thank you again for your candor, your sense of common purpose, what you bring and your team brings to this partnership. it's been extraordinary and i want to personally thank you for the progress that our teams made in these two very important announcements that we made today. i am confident, by the way, that we are going to implement them diligently. we have folks like secretary napolitano, from department of homeland security and heading up our team and making sure that these things go into effect in the way that it benefits the american people. all of the people of canada, thank you. to you, thank you. and i wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. >> thank you, barack. thank you for our candid kf conversation. i mentioned and want to thank all of the officials on both sides who have been working hard over very many months to do what is a very important initiative and i want to thank you for your friendship not just personally, barack, but for what you feel for the entire nation of canada. and we all do appreciate it. [ speaking in foreign language. >> today we announce ambitious competitive and regulatory cooperation. [ speaking in foreign language ] ]. >> these agreements create a new modern order for a new century. together they represent the most significant steps forward in canada and u.s. cooperation since the north america free trade agreement. [ speaking in foreign language]. >> the first agreement merges u.s. and canadian security concerns. >> all right. we are going to pull away. i think you got the gist of what the president and the canadian prime minister stephen harper were thanking one another for this win-win partnership. they are good friends to the us, the canada and the u.s. pitching to canadians, please come to the u.s., please spend more money. they are meeting today in the white house. also, standing in washington, a couple of the men who would like to have the president's job just sat down with wolf blitzer. wait until you hear what newt gingrich said about a vice presidential pick and rick perry on donald trump. that's next. a number of the republican presidential candidates are in washington courting the jewish voters and two of them sat down separately with my colleague, wolf blitzer. you're going to hear from newt gingrich and he is talking about a possible pick for vice president. take a listen. >> could you see if you got the nomination asking him to be your running mate? >> i think there are circumstances where he would whether he wants to or not, he's a very confident person. this is a serious man. i would certainly support him if he became the republican nominee. >> that was newt gingrich. now i want you to hear rick perry, speaking about donald trump to wolf blitzer. >> have you made a decision on the donald trump debate? >> i haven't. we're right in the middle of a very, very important bus tour that was planned and it's been on the books for a pretty good spell. >> because it's in iowa? >> right. >> because the debate is in iowa? >> i don't want to tell people that i promise to be in their town doing a debate with them that i have to go in and run in and do -- you know, and the preparation and what have you, so we're still giving a consideration but the people of iowa come first. >> so there you have it. just the first little bit of sound from both rick perry and newt gingrich, both of whom spoke with wolf blitzer today. that is coming up in half an hour from now on "the situation room," wolf blitzer. coming up next here, though, congressman ron paul, also someone who would love to have the president's job, there we are live on capitol hill. we're going to talk to the congressman live. first, let's go back to president obama. >> the reason is because the payroll tax cuts is something that house republicans and senate republicans should want to do regardless of any other issues. the question is going to be, are they willing to vote against a proposal and go up by a thousand dollars. so it shouldn't be held hostage for any other issues that they may be concerned about. and so my warning is not just specific to keystone. efforts to tie a whole bunch of other issues by something that they should be doing any way will be rejected by me. with respect to the politics, look, this is a big project with big consequences we've seen express concerns about it and it is my job as president of the united states to make sure that a process is f