he was a graduate assistant. he was in the locker room in the lasch building where he said he saw sandusky raping a child. how does sandusky s lawyer respond to a seemingly unshakable account? our jason carroll asked him directly. his answers, they may shock you. jason joins us in a moment, so will an attorney for one of the victims. a lot happening tonight, including the removal of joe paterno s name from the big ten championship trophy. the ceo of sandusky s second mile charity was replaced today. also revelations that the judge who freed sandusky on bail without requiring him to put up a penny in bail despite 40 sex abuse charges against him was herself a second mile member. and penn state s acting president posting a set of promises on the university website today including this quote, we will revisit all standards, policies and programs to ensure they meet not only the law but penn state s standard. he also promised transparency and said, quote, never again should anyo
investigation began into alleged sex crimes. in announcing the resignation of the ceo, he quoted a message from a mother who wrote saying, i m saddened by the prospect of people losing faith in this amaze organization. what you have done second mile has said it s begun it s own international investigation and has hired outside attorneys and that includes lynn abraham, a long-time district attorney in philadelphia. suzanne, we haven t heard directly from anyone at second mile. we have seen paper statements over the last week, but there s increasing pressure on this group to come out and address these allegations of what happened. again, they re not charged with anything, but this is the group where these alleged victims came from. do we suppose that this is just the beginning, mary? there s going to be a domino effect or the head of the organization is the only one to fall? reporter: it s really very difficult to say, because like with so many things in this story, the
morning to the men and women watching us right now on the american forces network, our service members. thank you for being here. thank you for what you do. would you know, some of your fellow service members have figured out a trick to get a date with their favorite celebrity. justin timberlake is the late toast accept a date to a marine corps ball. the details coming up for you. but let s start with this. it s been three years of this case going on. now, casey anthony is a free woman this morning. there she is, just hours ago, walking out of a florida jail. this was just after midnight and 2 days after being found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter. as you can see her, she did, just walk out the front door with her attorney. she was found guilty as you know of lying to police, that got her that four-year sentence but you factor in time served, good behavior and she s out. after being in jail less than three years total. cnn s david mattingly joins me now from o
good morning. it is thursday, july 14th. this is your a.m. wakeup call. here s break is news. we just learned that british police have made an arrest in that scandalous phone hacking case that brought down that is bringing down parts of rupert murdoch s news empire. i ll get you more on that in just a moment. i wish i could say there s big news about the debt ceiling talks. i can t tell you that. there s more drama than dealing going on in d.c. right now. a fifth round of talks is set for today. but yesterday didn t go so well. house republicans called for a short-term extension and house majority leader eric cantor says this is what the president said in response. quote, don t call my bluff, eric. and then he walked out a few minutes later. president obama said all along he d veto any short-term measure. ed administration says failure to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by august 2nd could trigger a partial default on the part of the united states. thanks to that de
bridge collapses. sending a tourist bus plunging into the forest below and the death toll could get higher. clock is ticking and tensions are soaring and if you want an idea how things heat are over the debt crisis, listen to this. president obama storms out of yesterday s meeting vowing he will veto any extension of the debt ceiling that is only short term. reports say he said to aeric cantor, quote, many could bring down my presidency. the august 2nd deadline is looming and pessimism is growing. a major rating agency says it will review the nation sterling bond rating for a possible downgrade. we are covering the angles of this all-important debt talk story. dan lothian at the white house with reaction to the extraordinary ratcheting up of tensions. ali velshi is giving us the bottom line on the economics. why should you care that u.s. bonds could face a brutal reality check? ali, let s start with you. a downgrade would be like seeing your personal credit score take a