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for the 3:00 a.m. call and can rick perry erase the memory of that brain freeze? with this ring, he did wed and lost it much to the dismay of his pregnant wife. you won't believe where he had to search to find it. all that and more "early" this saturday morning, november 12th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs it is shaping up to be a fantastic fall bay in new york city. we like that. welcome back to "the early show." i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. breaking news on penn state so that is where we begin. >> we beimpin wibegin with that. security is tight on penn state after the riots earlier this week. today officials are not taking any chances. armen keteyian is in state college, pennsylvania, with the latest. armen, good morning. >> good morning, russ. >> reporter: you mention inside a few hours, more than a hundred thousand fans will show up in the stadium behind me but the focus will be on a man who defined penn state football for more than 60 years and at least eight innocent young boys. friday night, thousands came together on the campus of penn state for a candlelight vigil and a moment of silence in support of the alleged victims in the child sex abuse scandal centered around former defensive coach jerry sandusky. when the 8-1 nittany lions take the field today they will do so for the first time in more than a half century without that i iconic head coach joe paterno who was fired late wednesday night in the best interests of the university. removed in a widespread housecleaning that has already cost four people their jobs. >> never again should anyone at penn state, regardless of their position, feel scared to do the right thing. >> interim president rodney ericss ericsson. >> it will take all of us some time to come to grips with the full magnitude of all the damage that has been done. >> reporter: also absent from today's game will be assistant coach mike mcqueary. yesterday, mcqueary was placed on indefinite administrative leave. >> it became clear that coach mcqueary do not function in this role under these circumstances. >> reporter: extra security will be on hand at the game and students have been warned that any uncivil action will not be tolerated. >> i hope that the reaction is positive from the students. i hope that everyone goes out there and supports our team. it's senior day. they need our support. i want them to go out there and play their hearts out after everything that has happened. >> reporter: last night, paterno's son jay issued a statement on behalf of his father. it said in part, he is absolutely distraught over what happened to the children and their families and he also wants very much to speak publicly and answer questions. one person who did speak publicly about it president obama who weighed in on the scandal while attending a college basketball game in san diego. >> obviously, the whole situation is heartbreaking and we think first and foremost of the alleged victims of these crimes. i think it's a time to do some soul-searching every 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 ouoursel sure that our kids have the love and support and protection that they deserve. >> reporter: coach paterno has hired a top criminal defense attorney out of washington, d.c. a man who once represented former president george h.w. bush in the iran/contra scandal. it is highly unlikely that coach paterno will be here at the game today, though, he has been welcomed to it. >> armen keteyian, thank you very much. for more, let's go to sarah in state college, pennsylvania, a reporter for the patriot news and beth karras who has been following this case from the beginning. i know it's early, sarah, but it's gameday there. how would you describe the mood on campus isn't there. >> last night was different than a normal football friday night. it was quiet. it was solemn and then, of course, we had that candlelight vigil which was, you know, the mood on campus was much different than in the past couple of days where there has been rowdiness and students taking a lot of criticism for their behavior. last night, it was very well behaved and solemn and quiet clapping after several speakers. in the back behind those several thousand students with all of those candles, there were police on horses so the presence and the idea of what has been going on here this week was still very much known. >> what is the latest? how are people reacting to the latest news and mike mcqueary the fact he is put on administrative leave and not on the sidelines also today? >> reporter: i think the reason for that was because of the threats that he was getting and so we know that there has been some negative reaction towards him. the public in particular has been very hard on him and what he knew and when he knew it and what he did or did not do. he is not going to be at the game for security reasons and there is a lot of security concerns surrounding the game because the students here have been known to rush the field, riot after a game. it's happened before and it happened this week. so a lot of concern about that. the president said he will be particularly looking at student behavior today. >> beth, we are talking about eight boys over a 15-year period and early in the case. will the boys have to testify possibly at some point? >> yes. however two of the eight are unidentified. they are known as victims two and eight. no one is named in the grand jury report. but, yes, they will have to testify. it's very common. >> it's very early. do you expect this case to go to trial eventually or be pleaded out in some way? >> 94% of state cases plead out. so, yeah. chances are it will but a lot of cases still do go to trial so it could. >> joe paterno has hired this heavyweight lawyer to represent him. if you're joe paterno, why do you need a lawyer at this point? >> important to have an attorney to seek some advice. we don't know if he fears potential criminal charges. maybe he is going to be subpoenaed to testified and he just wants advice of a counsel to make sure he is okay. maybe he is contesting his termination and he needs some advice about that. maybe he fears some civil suits. so it's very prudent. i'm not surprised at all that he has a good attorney. >> you just came back from state college in the middle of the night and appreciate you joining us here this morning. how would you describe what is going on there as you look around the campus and get the vibe from a legal standpoint? >> i've done long-term investigations, three-year grand jurys as an assistant d.a. this is the tip of the iceberg, i think. this was a two-year investigation. no reason to believe the eight children are the only ones. jerry sandusky had his foundation since 1977. i believe the investigation will widen and the net cast is very broad. i did speak with a spokesman for the attorney general's office. he will not comment on further victims who are coming forward. >> a lot more to come. beth and sarah, thank you. appreciate it. here is rebecca. the republican presidential candidates take the stage again tonight and this time they will will be in spartanburg, south carolina, to debate foreign policy and national security issues. a new cbs news poll shows a three-way for the presidential nomination. herm aan cain has dropped to 18 and it shows that 30% of republican voters now say they are less likely to vote for herman cain because of the sexual harassment allegations against him. joining us is national journal greven correspondent major garrett who will co-moderating the debate tonight with cbs' scott pelley. when you look at these numbers, one thing that is glaringly obvious is that newt gingrich, of all the candidates is the one that has momentum behind him where others are falling back in line, he is pushing to the front. why do you think that is happening? >> a couple of reasons. i would also stress. when you look at national polls right now, remember, the most important polls are the one taken in a caucus state. i will tell you in south carolina, this week, newt gingrich opened five offices. i've taken to officials here who are impressed with the organization that newt gingrich is beginning to put together in this state. one thing you have to do, republican or democrat, is when your numbers go up, you have to be prepared to have an organization around those improving numbers to turn it into real votes come primary day. newt gingrich, for the first time in his campaign, is beginning to put that under beneath him. why is he rising? because cain is falling. there has been a process in the republican primary to go to somebody who is not mitt romney and right now that is newt gingrich. i expect him to do well in the debate and ron paul to do well i expect and rick santorum, people are talking about him. a wide open exchange and certainly newt gingrich will try to seize upon it tonight. >> is that a concern for romney's camp? >> it is a concern. because at some point, when the challengers begin to go down, you should go up. at some critical point, if you're the front-runner mitt romney is the person to beat. if he loses an early contest for example could happen in iowa, he could lose momentum in new hampshire. you talk to republicans here they say romney is the odds on favorite but until people start voting we will not know for sure. >> cain and perry into tonight's debate. neither known on their stance on foreign policy. how do we think they will perform tonight versus other people who have been around the political system the likes of gingrich and romney? >> i know people say it's the 10th or 11th debate. in our mind the first debate devoted to prrp. cain and perry who don't have a well understood profile on those issues if they do well tonight will be a turnaround moment for them tonight. as we say in television, please tune in. >> absolutely. of course tuning in tonight is particularly important. as you said, we haven't heard this debate yet at this point. major garrett, thank you. the cbs news poll shows 7 in 10 republican voters say they don't know who they will vote for in the primaries. what are undecided voters hoping to hear from tonight's debate? we turn to jan crawford who is also in spartanburg with a few of those voters this morning. >> reporter: we are joined by four undecided voters here. we have tracy spike and gay holt, dr. paul walters, a dentist. and tony beam is a vice president at north greenville university. let's start with foreign policy. tracy, what qualities are you looking for in the commander in chief? >> i am looking for someone who will support and protect the family and support and protect small businesses and support and protect our borders and sport and protect the borders of the god given borders of the state of israel. >> of israel? >> yes. >> all right. let's talk about some of those candidates. obviously, tony, we lieutenant you. romney and cain the front runners the past couple of weeks but you have concern about those of those candidates. >> i'm concerned about mitt romney's migration from being the governor of a very liberal state to trying to win the voters in a conservative republican primary. some of the positions he has taken in the past. and with herman cain my concern is clarity. it seems that he will make a statement and then has to walk back and clarify the statement, particularly on abortion, for example gitmo, guantanamo bay, when he had to modify his answer about that about releasing the prisoners if we have an american hostage, negotiating with terrorists. those concern me because if we win in november and have a good solid leader in the white house they have got to be clear and they need to be consistent. >> paul, what about you? where do you think the candidates may need to improve to get your vote? >> i want to hear more from herman cain about his foreign policy and what he plans to do with the situation in libya, egypt, post war iraq and afghanistan and with mitt romney be has to clarify his position. for me it's yucca mountain and the nuclear waste being disposed? south carolina. he is telling voters in nevada one thing and telling the people in south carolina something else. basically, i want to see specifics. i want them to get into it and now is the time. you've got to lay out your plan what you are wanting to do for our country to get us back on the right track. >> as for herman cain he has been fighting, we have seen more than a week now, the allegations of sexual harassment. gay, is that influencing your opinion, the allegations of herman cain at all? >> absolutely not. i feel it's character assassination and we had something similar happen in south carolina during the last election with our governor's race and i believe the american people are just tired of the character assassination. >> character assassination. tracy, what about you? are you concerned about the allegations? >> not at all. my personal opinion if there were instances of sexual harassment, it should have been brought out 14, 15, 18 years ago when the incidents occurred. >> any of you concerned? >> i think the country is just weary of this. we see it in every election cycle. we have too many important issues to focus on and if something did happen it should have come out years ago. >> i'm not concerned about cain's character. i'm concerned about whether the allegations would affect him with independent voters in the general election. >> maybe it goes to the elect ability? >> it could be. >> our polls show governor perry may have some -- voters may have concerns about elect ability with him as well. paul, the debate the last debate, is he -- >> i could not have been more excited when he announced his candidacy. i said, finally, we got the man we need. but he has just shown in these debates that on the public stage he's not doing as well as i would hope that he was doing and he is really got to ramp it up if he is going to be our nominee because i just see too many things that the democrats can use against him and national commercials. when you're on the public stage and you're running for president, you've got to bring that power and prestige that office commands. >> thank you all very much for joining us and we will all be watching tonight. that's it here, rebecca, for our undecided voters in spartanburg. >> jan crawford, thank you. you can watch that cbs news national surjournal republican debate tonight here on cbs at 8:00 p.m. eastern. a likely resignation of prime minister silvio ber berlusconi's resignation. >> in the end, it was really only a matter of time before he had to step down and not like he had much of a choice. it was about the only way to stop italy from going broke. be he agreed to resign. he was forced out by a parliamentary vote earlier this week after italy's costs went soaring out of control. >> he care about his own interests. >> reporter: it brings to a close, for now anyway, the political career of the 75-year-old billionaire who proudly lived the scandalous life of a playboy. rather than hide what the italian media called the alleged sex and drug parties at his many homes he reveled in them. here he is giving an achievement awart to young business wem saying they are pretty enough to be invited for bunga, bunga. the crudeness and rudeness did not end there. returning to italy after meeting president obama he said he brought back greetings from that man with a tan. at a g-20 meeting in london, the queen heard complaining about the irritating racket being made behind her by berlusconi. for a time italians were willing to forgive him for that but driving the third largest economy into the ground, enough was enough. he may be leaving office but that doesn't mean he is losing all of his power. his huge media empire is still impact giving him influence to make or break politicians and maybe make his own way back to the top one day. >> charlie d'agata in london, thank you. the rest of the headlines here is cbs news correspondent and morning news anchor betty nguyen is at her post. >> good morning. a hostage drama aboard a small passenger ferry in turkey is over this morning. turkish officials say security official stormed the vessel before dawn end the 12-hour siege and killing the hijacker. all were rescued on board. the hijacker is identified as a suspected kurdish rebel. kurds in turkish have long sought to call attention to their fight in their region. president obama is in hawaii this morning to host this week's asia pacific summit. before he arrived the president made a special stop in san diego to attend the carrier classic. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante reports. >> one of the greatest privileges of this job and one of the greatest responsibilities of this job is to deserve as your commander in chief. >> reporter: it's not unusual to see the president on an aircraft carrier. but this was different. president obama had a courtside seat at the carrier classic. the first college basketball game ever played on the flight deck of an active aircraft carrier. the "uss carl vincent." >> for them to unwind but us to celebrate their incredible accomplishments is a great treat. >> reporter: the north carolina tar heels against the michigan state spartans. when asked for whom the president was rooting, his spokesman demurred no surprise because north carolina and michigan are both battleground states in next year's election. vincent is enormous. there is seating for 7,000 people around the basketball court on the flight deck with room to spare. the ship was commissioned in 1982. it's been deployed all over the world. but now best known as the carrier from which osama bin laden body was buried to sea this past may. later the president heads to australia and indonesia. in all air force run will rack up 25,000 miles equivalent to a trip around the world. bill plante, cbs news, san diego. north carolina won that game 65-55. i have a feeling neither team felt like they lost that. first time it ever happened on an active aircraft carrier. >> i'm thinking what if the ball goes out of bounds? i'll get it! this is what i got for you in terms of weather headlines. you're going to find, boom, the winter invades the northern rockies. maybe one to two feet of snow. east coast sunshine and high fire danger for birmingham, alabama, to amarillo, texas. super low humidity levels. look at this. 10% to 15% and gusty winds and temperatures and 10 to 15 degrees above normal so be careful. the eastern half of the country is a beautiful swath of clear air. >> make it a great saturday. >> i enjoyed his swan dive. coming up, we are taking a look at 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the football team and the coaches and this and that, and granted stuff needs to be done in those areas b how many times are we sitting here talking about the alleged victims? >> interesting. you saw all of the students had big rallies. they have two different gatherings at least. one in support of their coach and another one for the victims. so -- >> i think they are wearing blue today or something like that? >> yeah. to remember. >> to support. >> eight victims the past 15 years. is there a statute of limitations on this? two kids have not been named yet and not come out. legally, can they not --? >> my guess is there is not. seems like the magnitude of this crime is so big. i would think there is not. >> you would think so. >> it appears in yesterday's news they are looking at texas for the away games where penn state played away and all of a sudden there may be children, individuals there who were impacted by that. >> taken to the bowl game by sandusky and wondering if anything 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[ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. a gorgeous shot of central park there in new york city. daylight savings time working in our favor again. the sun is out. welcome back. i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm russ mitchell. a dramatic day for college football as we have been telling you. penn state takes the field without coach joe pa tesh owe for the first time in six decades. we will talk to gary danielson how this will affect players and fans. >> why a cup of coffee could help rick perry from having another embarrassing brain freeze. >> help all of us perhaps. >> 'tis the season to watch your wallet. how to know the difference between a sale and a scam. more than a hundred thousand fans are expected to attend today's final home game of penn state against nebraska. the big question now is how will the community, the fans and the players react? joining us now from athens, georgia, is cbs news analyst gary danielson. you played your college ball at purdue. you know what it's like to play in beaver stadium during a big game. give us a sense what it's going to be like in happy valley today? >> i can only imagine. i've had the privilege of doing a lot of penn state games and being around that great university and around, you know, what joe pa stands for. it's tough. it's very humbling for all of us that are in college football right now. i hope everybody treats the players from both sides with respect and puts the game in the proper perspective. >> penn state's interim coach tom braiddley at the helm today. tell us what it will be like for him today? >> i know tom pretty well. done a lot of meetings with him. i think he -- obviously, he feels so strongly and has a great love for joe paterno and he was brought up in the system. i think he always dreamt that he would get that job and now he has to go in this sorrow of being a guy to stand in there on that field this week. i can't imagine what is going through his head but he has a job to do and i think that is what he is going to tell his football team. as players, you know, and human beings we all go through a lot, whether it's a father who has to go to work when their child is sick or someone that has to care for elderly loved one, you still have to do your job every day and i think he is going to tell those players that they have made a commitment to play football and they have to go out there and fulfill it. >> that is what bradley will tell them you think but as a former player, what do you think they will be thinking about when they walk into the stadium this afternoon? >> boy. these are probably the toughest questions i've had to deal with. usually i'm pretty good at this. i don't know. they all loved joe paterno. they were there for that reason. what he stood for and what penn state football stood for and now they have to be shocked at everything that is going around like all of us are. everybody that hears this story is shocked with it. maybe they can find some sanctuary on the football field is what i hope. they love playing football. maybe for three and a half hours they can get away from it. >> i'm sorry, gary, another hard question. i know you know joe paterno. this will be the first time in some 60 years he is away from his team today. as someone who knows him, can you give us an idea what he must be thinking about this morning? >> i wish i could. you know, he stood for so much good in the game. and the only thing i can think of, russ, is maybe we try -- all of us will learn a lesson from this. that even all of the good you do in your life and no one is probably, you know, i can't even in my whole life haven't done as much good as joe did in one month maybe. but i guess we all have to look at our next decision may be the decision that we are going to be remembered for. and whether it's, you know, having another drink and driving or passing by a kid who is being bullied, we have to remember that what we see next and what we do next may be what we will be remembered for. joe will pay a heavy price, but maybe the rest of us will learn. >> gary danielson, thank you, my friend. appreciate it. >> all right, russ. >> here is lonnie. >> good morning to you, russ and everybody. here are my weather headlines. the eastern u.s. looks pretty good. the western u.s. is where it's more unsettled. as a matter of fact portions of the northern and central rockies will be seeing a lot of snow. how much are we talking about? from montana to colorado, utah, the possibility for 1 to 2 feet of snow and i am talking about the higher elevations. went weather alert in effect. near blizzard conditions because the winds will be whipping in that area. at times up to 60 miles per hour. the eastern half of the country this is what i'm talking about. how things look pretty good. a nice high pressure system in control and i mean from maybe central new england all the way down to the florida keys. there is nothing out there. hardly a cloud. certainly not a drop of rain. a cuff showers around northern new england and push out as the day progresses. that does it for me. check in on your weather 30 minutes from now. a daring rescue of a major league baseball who was kidnapped in venezuela and free this morning after police commandos tracked down his whereabouts and came to his aid. >> other players have been held for ransom but the first time a player himself was taken. cbs news reporter dave brody has more. >> reporter:? nvenezuela where kidnapping is almost a profession. wilson ramos has been rescued. he was seized at gun by point outside his home. he said he is okay physically but not mentally. ramos rescue was announced by venezuela information news. there are dozens of venezuelan players on major league baseball rosters. state department spokesperson mark tony says although ramos is not a u.s. citizen the state department has been watching the situation closely. >> it's, obviously, great concern to us. we did cite in our country specific information the very real dangers oframos was approved by hugo chavez himself. dave brody, cbs news, new york. >> you would think high profile guys like him would be immune from that stuff. >> good to see he is back and, obviously, we will be watching the answer might be on our table. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. when you spend more days than not separated from your own life... when the only thing you can be sure of is migraines with 15 or more headache days a month, you're living a maybe life. and you may be living with chronic migraine. but knowing that this thing you're going through has a name, means knowing you can find treatments that are right for you. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live a maybe life. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. but also a caring touch. you learn to get a feel for the trouble spots. to know its wants... its needs...its dreams. ♪call 1-800-steemer. i would do away with education. the -- >> commerce. >> and commerce -- and let's see. the third one, i can't. sorry. oops. >> the words brain freeze. they made headlines this week after republican presidential contender rick perry's big gaffe during wednesday night's gop debate and that is not the only high profile mental lapse. remember this when chief justice john roberts had one while swearing in president obama? >> that i will execute the office of president to the united states faithfully. >> that i will execute -- >> faithfully the president -- >> the office of president of the united states faithfully. >> i'm not sure who is more uncomfortable. the viewer or the individual facing these issues. here to help us understand these embarrassing mental disruptions is dr. gerald langer. great to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> you watch these things. i can feel myself when i'm watching these because i've been there. i've been in that experience. is this something everyone deals with? >> pretty much. i mean, i think the hard thing to understand when you have politicians and celebrities or news anchors, you're under these bright lights every day and so it happens to you people kind of react. but it happens to all of us, no question. >> what is the science behind it then? in those seconds leading up to a brain freeze, what is happening in the brain itself? >> well, there is basically two parts involved. the hipa campus is the google of the brain and the frontal lobe is like the international. you basically turn your search engine on and it has to access facts. it's simple but complex. >> when you learn those facts, does that play into it? >> probably. the simple icity is we know whe the begin angle end is. some things come to you easily and other things are quite difficult it to recall. some of it has to do with repetition and your state at the time and that certainly played a role with rick perry. anxiety, these things can often disrupt some of these pathways. >> you store the information then in the frontal lobe. >> correct. >> so tell me what is happening there and what people should be thinking about if they are trying to keep from having a brain freeze? >> the frontal lobe is up here. it's really involved with most verbal memories and speech memory. these types of things. the important thing to avoid really any memory task is it's all about concentration primarily. things can disrupt your concentration. how much sleep you got. anxiety. drugs. these type of things make the brain not work as well. turns out that caffeine may help these connections at times. but if you drink too much we know you can get jittery and increase our anxiety. but in the end, the most important that you do is nutrition, sleep, and good health and things you don't want to do are unhealthy things with caffeine sort of being on bonds of the track, depending on how much you drink and how you react to it. >> srnl a perfect amount of caffeine you would recommend? >> for me, there isn't. >> is there never a situation with you too much is for you is what you're saying? >> we all know who is coffee drinkers. if you're a coffee drink, you're a coffee drinker. i don't think i could come on the show this morning without having one cup of coffee and we know who -- you know who you are. but in the end, i think that it's really depends on the person and there is no rule of thumb for everyone. >> with you try and get sleep and good healthy diet and maybe one cup of coffee in the morning if you want to try to stay away from this? >> pretty much the best advice. >> thank you for being with us. for more on this topic, go to webmd and search memory lapse. scam artists are making a play for your money and we will tell you what to watch out for coming up. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. i was an avionics... tactical telecommunications... squad leader. i think the hardest transition as you get further into the military is... you know it's going to end one day. chase hired me to be a personal banker. i'm a business analyst... manager. i'm very proud to work for chase. when you hire a veteran, you get... great leadership... decisiveness... focus. chase knows, when you hire a veteran, you're hiring america's best. chase is proud to help 100,000 veterans find jobs at home. they're for keeping us together. ♪ [ boy ] to dad, love sam. 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>> you never know. pippa's deal. the deal she may be on the market. >> she might be. she might be. >> victoria arbiter who knows all royal will talk about this coming up. and talk about courage in sports. >> the award recipient we will reveal it here on "the early show." these are awards that look at individuals who have had to overcome great adversity and who have been a person that we can look up to in the community and i guarantee you will find the individual that we have here with us this morning an inspiration and i'm looking forward to speaking with him and his family. top story of the morning. all eyes on happy valley this afternoon as penn state gets set to play its final home game of the season later today. this in the wake of the sex abuse scandal that cost coach joe paterno his job as well as the university president. armen keteyian is in college state, pennsylvania, with the latest. good morning, armen. >> reporter: good morning, russ. a hundred thousand fans will show up in the stadium behind me today as penn state plays nebraska. but as far as the sex abuse case is concerned, there are actually three independent investigations going on right now. there certainly is the attorney general investigation into the allegations that former defensive coach jerry sandusky is part of a 40-count indictment abused boys as young as 10 years old back to 1994. that is ongoing. is there a department of education investigation going on right now at the school to see whether the school actually violated what is called the cleary act which mandates that educators must document each and every year every criminal offense that took place on campus. finally the interim president rodney erickson announced the formation of a special committee led by the giant merck to do a far reaching investigation to see how the university handled this horrific child abuse sex scandal. whether there was a cover-up or whether they did the right thing and clearly believe they did the wrong thing in many different ways. rebecca? >> armen, thank you. appreciate it. now we ask the question how students are feeling in preparation for today's game. joining us from state college, pennsylvania, are three students lexie bell, the editor and chief of penn state's newspaper, and vice president of the student body and president t.j. and courtney. thank you all for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> t.j., i want to start with you. all of you were at last night's candlelight vigil in support of the victims of these alleged crimes. i want to understand from you, t.j., what the mood was like there. >> it was indescribable. it was one that i constantly got chills. it was phenomenal. reports were that the initial riots that occurred on wednesday night were participated by maybe 3,000 students. the vigil last night, prwhere students held candles and discuss the victims of child abuse. there was a point i broke down. it was so emotional. >> lexie, do you get the sense that perhaps anyone who attended last night may have been a participant in the riots and changed their mind in seeing more and more details about this alleged crime? >> you know, at this point, i'm not sure. however, as t.j. was saying, just an indescribable place to be last night. it was wonderful to see such a huge part of our community come together in support of everything that was going on. >> courtney, assistant coach mike mcqueary has been put on paid leave now and not at tonight's game. do you think he should be allowed in the future to coach at penn state? i want to bring the viewer up to speed if they are not away. in the grand jury report is says that mike mcqueary saw jerry sandusky abusing a boy in 2002. he did not report it. do you believe he should be able to coach at penn state again? >> i don't think i should comment on that. until we hear the full investigation i don't think we should not be giving our opinions on whether he should be coaching. i think a smart move on the university's part to take him off the field since he has been getting threats. i think they have made the best decisions for the safety the students. until we hear the full story, i commenting on that. d be >> the security has been ramped up for tonight's game. what do you think the mindset will be going into this game for the student body and are you concerned about that? >> right. going into today's game, i believe that the penn state community is really looking for a chance to get together and show what penn state stands for and this is a moment for penn state's community to stand together and stand strong. >> t.j., you attended yesterday the board of trustee's meeting. they put together a board to look into this. do you have faith they will come out of this with a better sense of what took place? >> absolutely. i think between the three independent investigations, we are definitely going to, at some point, hear the entire story. i commend the board of trustees. i trust the trustees and pleased with their announcement to have the independent investigation and even the announcement to involve students in that board. i met with the governor yesterday and he echoed those septemb sentiments. i really think at some point we will learn the full story. >> we really appreciate all three of you being with us here this morning and being so candid about this. we know it's very difficult for all of you and we appreciate it. thank you all. >> thank you. >> here is russ. now to tonight's republican presidential debate held in spartanburg, south carolina. it will focus on foreign affairs. joining is john dickerson. good morning to you, john. >> good morning, russ. >> let's take a look at the latest cbs news poll. herman cain is still in the lead in the poll followed closely by mitt romney and newt gingrich who comes in third. the rest of the candidates fall behind in single digit territory. who do you think has the most at stake tonight? >> i think herman cain probably has the most at stake. if you look inside of our poll at two questions who do you think could be commander in chief and who do you trust in a crisis herman krain is third in one and fourth in another question. the question people are asking they may like him but can he be in the oval office and handle a crisis? that is one of the things on display tonight at the cbs news national security debate. >> rick perry had that oops moment in the debate earlier this week. as of yesterday, he had not committed to five debates. is tonight do or die for rick perry? >> it's a big, tough moment. their campaign, the perry campaign is making the case that this oops moment was just a stylistic gaffe and so the question tonight on this key issue of can these people, who sits in the oval office making the tough decisions when the crisis hits, can rick perry show that he has enough command of the substance? maybe he doesn't have to be perfectly flashy but he has to have command of the substance to say he can do the job is he asking to be put in. >> let's go back to herman cain for a second. tonight the focus is on foreign affairs. cain has admitted some some circles that is not his strong suit. how tough will this evening be for him? >> it will be tough. foreign policy jumps all over the map. one minute talking about china and next pakistan and the next minute, iran. the questions will be, hopefully, probing and the candidates offer will not have talking points and the same old thing. this is the presidents have to deal with crises early in their administration. herman cain who says he doesn't know that much about these issues, it will be a real test of what he has learned and also if he can articulate what he knows in his gut about his priorities and his vision for america overseas. >> put this in perspective for us, john. how important is south carolina? >> south carolina is quite important because depend on how the ray goes, we may just not know who the nominee is by the time they get down here. it's really a wide open state, talking to activists around the state the last couple of days. so a lot of the candidates asbestos our poll shows it's a wide open race nationally. anybody can zoom ahead of those three sort of top front runners now. >> john dickerson in spartanburg, thank you so much. see you later. >> thanks, russ. >> you can watch the debate tonight at 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central on cbs. it's live across the boards. that means 6:00 mountain and 5:00 pacific. don't want to leave anybody out here. for more of morning's headlines, let's head to betty nguyen for the latest. >> good morning to you. italy is likely to take a big step back from the economic brink. under pressure from the rest of europe, the italian parliament's lower chamber is expected to pass desperately needed economic reforms and clear the way for the prime minister berlusconi to resign. yale educated economist monte is the favorite to form a new government perhaps by monday. investigation is under way in mexico into the crash that killed the nation's second highest official who played a key role in battling violent drug cartels. a helicopter carrying interior secretary francisco blakemore rah crashed yesterday south of mexico city. all eight people on board were killed. the mexican government blames bad weather, but others wonder if it was sabotage. and the third installment of the megapopular video game series "call of duty" is a megasuccess. it it sold, get this, 6.5 million copes in 24 hours when it went on sale this week. now if you do the math, that amounts to 400 million dollars in sales in just one day. the make of the video says it is a single day world sales record for any game, movie or entertainment product ever released. although i got to tell you, lonnie, i'm not a big gamer. haven't played that one or any of the other ones. >> no. in honor of games, you're the texas girl, right? >> i sure am! >> how is this? a texas hold 'em day. any idea what i'm talking about? >> poker. >> a play on words. no, the texas winds are whipping so hold on to your hats, people. >> lonnie, you're so witty! >> i work on this all morning, bet betty! day number three for utah skiers. on day three you get a treat because i see snow in the forecast. a beach day in miami. granted, miami has the warmest temperatures on the eastern seaboard but the entire seaboard is beautiful from new york city to atlanta. we were talking about the utah ski resorts could see snow. i'm talking two feet possibly in higher elevations. up next, six spectacular inventions that will change your life. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by macy's. did you know that acids in everyday foods can soften and wear away tooth enamel? once enamel's gone, it's gone for good. try... it uses an innovative gel-to-foam technology to surround your teeth, protecting them from the effects of acid erosion. pronamel iso-active strengthens and re-hardens acid-softened enamel. in fact, it's the number one dentist recommended brand for protection against the effects of acid erosion. try (new) pronamel iso-active today. this has been medifacts for pronamel iso-active. 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>> yes. this is the works jaw saw. let's get our safety goggles on. >> man. >> this is the safest and easiest chain saw to use. most of the chains is hidden in the metal jaws and not only keep you from chopping off one of your own limbs. the jaws help grip -- >> wow. >> there you go. >> intense. >> you can't stop once you start. >> 120 for this? >> yes. >> it's run on a cord but is it cordless? >> no. you have to use the cord to get all of the power. >> interesting wet suit. ken, his last day at cbs news. >> yes. the culmination of his career. >> tell me about this wet suit. >> this is for big wave surfers and created by a big wave surfer who found himself 60 seconds trapped under water after a wipeout. he came up and said i can't surf again until i come up with a risk. when you pull the rip cord when you're underwater, it automatically inflates with carbon monoxide and pulls the surfer up to the surface in a few seconds. >> that is something. ken, does it feel weird at all? >> a little weird. but if you're drowning, it's okay. >> how much is this? >> price isn't set yet. it's debuting next year. >> ken, congratulations. best of luck. ken is part of our paid for leave program, you can't get paid until you come on air in a wet suit. >> this uses a substance that keeps into your skin and sets there and why it's so painful to pull it off. this is actually using a silicone based adhesive which doesn't set on your skin. try this. you pull it off. >> normally, this would be -- ow! >> it's like a post it note f n your skin. >> 7 bucks. this is interesting advice. it does cool stuff? >> it protects us from vampire power which is the electricity that is used by devices that are plugged in but even they use electricity even when they are turned off or standby mode. when you plug a device into this, it monitors the use of electricity and schedules when that electricity should be shut off. it will save you over the course of six months about 50 bucks which is how much it costs. >> not bad at all. one more to get to but we are out of time? catch it on the website. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> see you next time. the ultimate act of love coming up next. a husband searches through tons of garbage to find his pregnant wife's wedding ring. did he find it? 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>> it was actually monday, halloween morning, when i got up for work to get ready for work and i looked in my jewelry box and sure enough, it was gone. i asked my husband where it was. he insists it was in the box because i had given it to him the night before to put in my jewelry box. he said it should be there. i said, brian, it's not in there. of course, at that moment we ripped the house apart and searched top-to-bottom and then came to the horrifying realization that he must have thrown it out in our kitchen trash along with the disposable shower razor i had also handed him the night before. >> you realized you handed him both things at the same time. brian, when you realized you threw it out in the trash, what happened next? >> well, many heart attack happened. we actually ran out to the dumpster only to see the waste truck going the other way. the bumpster was just cleaned. i just looked at my wife and just saw her eyes start welling. i felt horrible. >> you litter hi had missed the dump truck by seconds which then you have to follow the dump truck to go to the dump to search for the ring? >> yes. we actually had to contact to track it down through wheelbrator who were helpful in the whole matter. they were nice enough to give us a special part of the landfill where they could completely dump the truck. >> nice enough to do that. here are you in a hazmat suit going through it. what is going through your mind? were you sick? did you feel hopeful? >> well, i got physically ill to start off, because the smell was just -- i even had a mask on and it was horrible. it was very daunting task. i mean, the pile was about ten feet high, 30 yards long, and it was filled with some of very rough things. >> yeah. i can imagine that. so you do, though, find the ring and it's sitting underneath, i guess the razor. you saw the razor. anna, when your husband brian comes home with the ring and tells you all about this, what was going through your mind? >> he called me from work and said he found it. i was absolutely in shock. i wouldn't think that he would, you know, joke about something like that. he claimed he found it and i let out a huge scream at work and he drove. he just said i'm coming right from the dump and i'm heading to your job. i don't want to hold onto it a second more. >> thanks, guys. we really appreciate it. have a great weekend. congra congrats. >> thanks. >> man! you know? >> wow. >> what are odds of that? did he tained it in the trash? that is like a needle in a haystack. i think i'd go out and buy another ring. >> oh, no, he found it. >> this guy is rummaging through the garbage and going to her place of work? can you imagine him walking into the office building coming straight from the dump? >> he said he got to work time but he went home and took a very long shower afterwards. >> he had to scrub. the odds. that is fantastic. lonnie, didn't you say you lost a ring as well? >> i was throwing the garbage away. in new york city you push your bag but i'm pushing and finally i got it in and the ring went off and down. i bought a new ring but this is a new ring. it's different, though. guys band is -- 200, $400. a woman's diamond. >> i actually lost an earring once. it was a meaningful earring so i went down to the garbage dump in my building and looked through it and fily gave up because it was too gross. >> i lost my wallet at a fast food restaurant a few years ago and remembered later on that is where i must have left it. i went back to the fast food restaurant and it had been thrown away. the manager of the fast food restaurant helped me go through the garbage and find my wallet. >> a great manager. >> i can vouch, a lot of nasty stuff. >> i lost my mind and i'm still recovering. ,,,,,,,, ah! central park on a lovely day in new york city. i was flying over the city yesterday coming back home. the park looks fantastic. the colors on the trees, awesome. i hope it's nice where you are as well. welcome back to "the early show." i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. coming up, we have been talking this morning about the royal rumors. we are planning on getting to the bottom of on what is coming out of london. could a new little prince or princess be on the way? prince william will he head out for military service? and what is up with pippa's love life? lonnie wants to know. >> shout-out from lonnie quinn. >> a few other people want to know. plus, honoring the best in sports including eric legrande who was paralyzed last year after making a tackle. he is one of the nominees for the courage in sports. we have chef emma hurst with us. the youngest on "iron chef" and preparing her ultimate dish for us. >> she is 25 years old. >> just 25 and doing all this. >> we are the same age. how about that? all coming up. first, lonnie quinn has the final check of the weather. >> if she is 25 she will not recognize these songs. i want to relate our weather to top 20 hits. i can see clearly now made it to number one. exiting low pressure in the northeast replaced by a beautiful high. you'll love your day today. number two, it never rains in southern california but it will today. and buster point dexter had a hit with hot, hot, hot and that is what it will be today from birmingham, alabama, to amarillo texas. be careful with any open flames. fire dangers out there. that northeast picture i'm talking about, there goes your low pressure system. in comes all of this clear air associated with that nice high i'm talking about. everybody, it's now time for my shout-out and it goes to albany, oregon. lots of good stuff to talk about here. they are the home to the country's largest veterans day parade west of the mississippi. over 200 entries with over 40,000 cheering spectators along the way. this year's theme -- treasure your freedom, honor your veterans. we want to thank everyone for watching "the early show" on kval, cbs 13. that's it for me in the weather center. lots of royal rumors about prince william and his wife catherine and her sister pippa to catch up with here this morning with victoria arbiter. the rumor that catherine has a bun in the oven. >> rumors like this are going to plague the couple for the foreseeable futures. kate was seen sipping water at an official engagement. kate is not a big drinker i will point that out. she declined to try a peanut paste. kate was seen touching her belly in copenhagen. that must be a sign. last the timing on the changes the to the laws of succession seems fishy by the comomonwealt heads meet every two years. just coincidental. i may end up with egg on my face but i would be surprised if kate was pregnant because next year is the queen's diamond jubilee. william adores his grandmother and no one will detract attention from the queen. >> william is deployed six weeks? >> yes. it was confirmed this week he will deploy with a personnel of four and from the search and rescue pilots. it's part of training and career progression. william is working very hard toward his captainsy. next year is the 30th anniversary of the british war in the falklands. kate willing staying home so their first six weeks home. >> what do you do for six weeks? >> kate is not a big partier. we expect the announcement for the charities she is a patron of and the institutions she plans on representing, national institutions so it's quite possible we will see kate take on engagements during that six weeks and it's nice because william doesn't leave until after her 30th birthday. >> and helping her with chores around the house? just a guess. news a lot of people are hearing this week they are going, pippa on the market again? is that true? >> it is true! i know lonnie will be delighted with this news. pippa has broken up with her long-term boyfriend. at a friend's weding in september, it comes down to the fact they want different things at this time. alex is down to earth, quiet, no nonsense guy and wants to keep his name out of the papers and pippa is enjoying all of this attention. i think at this point they are eager to have different things in nair life. >> any guys in the hopper here? >> i'm sure plenty waiting in the wings but she has a stringent checklist. a title would be nice. someone athletic and someone who suits the country life and chelsea life. quite a long checklist. >> i have a lot of friends i could hook her up with who fit none of those criteria at all! victoria, thanks. >> thanks, russ. up next, your votes have been counted for america's most inspirational athlete. we will announce the america's choice award for courage in sports coming up next. it's 22 days, 11 hours and 2 minutes to christmas? 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>> well, being 18 years old, you think you're invincible and nothing bad is going to happen. but when the doctors told me 3% chance, it really didn't faze me at all. it was in one ear, out the other and they could have given me any kind of percentage and i wouldn't have believed it. >> you kept fighting? >> definitely. >> as his parents, terry and debra, it must have been very hard for to you hear that news, but to hear his spirit here this morning, i'm sure you knew that spirit was there at the time. what was going through your mind, terry? >> as a father, you spend your whole life trying to protect your children. as a parent, you never want to see anything bad happen to them. chris is a person he has never complained, always worked hard and i know if anyone could overcome it, i knew it would be him. >> debra? >> that's exactly right. he's worked hard at everything he does. we take him to the gym to work on something, we would have to drag him out. you know, everything had to be perfect and he is such a hard worker and just a great sense of humor and people person. he is just really has risen to the occasion. >> what is amazing about your story as a family, you all have risen to the occasion together. alex, you're a nurse and you moved closer to home to work with his every single day. >> i couldn't imagine not doing it. we are so close an i love being up there and helping him. >> this must be just tremendous for you to have such a supportive family through all of this. >> yeah. it's been unbelievable. but, you know, our family has always been this close and have always been there for everyone and, you know, it really hasn't changed. it's just more of our family is in the spotlight now but, you know, we are all the same and everyone just cares so much about everyone and it's great. >> it is. it's really wonderful to see. your coach at luther college is the one who originally nominated you for this position. he put a letter up that multiple people have been inspired by. >> yeah. you know, i had no idea he was actually doing this. but he told me that i was nominated and he went through the whole process and, you know, he's a great guy. i'm so happy to have him as a coach. >> terry, when you think about other parents who might have to be going through the unthinkable, the things you have gone through, what advice would you and debra accepted to those parents whose children mighting facing hurdles and stobleg eobstacles as well? >> i think you have to continue to believing and you have to be positive and just really encourage each other but i think those are the things that have really helped us along the way. >> it's a great message and, obviously, a clear one just from seeing all of you together as a family together again. it's an honor to have all of you with us. congratulations to you and congratulations to you as a family because this is clearly a family effort in rebuilding. thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks, guys. we appreciate it. don't forget to watch courage in sports tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. eastern, 4:00 central on cbs. we will be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. embarrassed about my skin. 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