zz h zoraida sambolin has the day off. that is awesome. it s caught on camera. i m ashleigh banfield. it s nice to have you with us every morning. it s 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. let s get started with this. go vote for someone else. how about that for a campaign pitch. fighting words for mitt romney after a pretty rough reception at the naacp convention. it was a tough sell to begin with though anyway. governor romney s really trying to convince african-americans that they d be better served with him in the white house than with president obama. president obama has about 95ish percent support among african-americans. he misstepped when he referred to the president s health carrey forms as obama care. i m going to eliminate every non-essential expensive program i can find, that includes obama care, and i m going to work to reform and save yeah, those are the sound of boos. you might say ouch or maybe not. romney is getting beat up by naacp. listen to the president o
syrian officials have claimed they shot down that turkish military jet overseerian waters. turkey s president did not specify what action would be taken. today the two countries conducted a joint search for that plane. the two nations are at odds over the ongoing bloodshed inside syria. fox journalists in syria, we ll get an update from greg palkot, later. the verdicts in the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial may be in but the case far from over. new information coming in as we learn sandusky s lawyers at one point wanted to resign from the case. we are live from pennsylvania in minutes. word of two deaths at the same california hotel where police found whitney houston s body on the eve of the grammys. it just so happens that beverly hills hotel is hosting another major awards ceremony today. stay close.
live in washington for us, thank you. gregg: new reaction from one of the jurors in the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial. one juror saying the credibility of the accusers testifying against the former penn state football coach sealed his fate. the state attorney general agreed. one of the recurring themes of the witnesses testimony which came from the wishes of the victims themselves in this case was, who would believe a kid? and the answer to that question is, we here in bellfont, pennsylvania would believe a kid. [cheers and applause]. and i think i speak not only for my own agency, but, for law enforcement across the country, when i say, we would believe a kid. gregg: sandusky may face more legal troubles, hours after the case went to the jury attorneys
been interred before officials moved him to grace land set to hit the auction block tomorrow. number four, president obama today called the miami heat to congratulate the team on winning the nba title. number three the president also spoke at a conference of latino political leaders in florida. he said he will not give up the fight to fix the nation s immigration system. number the two syrian government reportedly admits it shot down one of its neighbor turkey s fighter jets over the mediterranean sea. number one at this moment, we re waiting for a verdict in the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial. jurors are still deliberating and will into the night. though we can t be sure how long. coach sandusky s own lawyer says he will be shocked if his client beats all 48 charges. our journalists are on stand by on sight site there in pennsylvania and here in new york should there be anything that breaks during the course of prime time programming tonight, we ll break in with a verdict and covera
accusers came forward with disturbing allegations including sandusky s own adopted son. nbc s brian mooar has details. reporter: before the jury could finish its first day of deliberations in the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial, two new accusers stepped forward to accuse the former penn state assistant football coach. one of them is sandusky s adopted son, matt sandusky, who said through an attorney he had been abused by a former coach and had been ready to testify if jerry sandusky took the stand. the second accuser, travis weaver, was not included in the current case but appeared on nbc s rock center. i told him if he didn t get off me, wi going to call the police on him and he just laughed at me and forced me to stay on the bed. reporter: the new accusations raise the specter of more charges and more trials. it s certainly possible.