bravely coming forward. very proud of our son. he had to stand up to this giant, this football god. and he stood up to hum and said, this is wrong it s going to stop. reporter: back to joe paterno. another show of support. students have been rallying in front of his home, saying they have his back. meanwhile, abc news has learned, a decision about whether paterno will get to keep the job, he has had for more than 40 years, could be made within the next 24 to 4 hours. things moving very quickly here. dan harris, abc news, state college, pennsylvania. very few people right now who believe joe will be able to survive this and keep his job. just a matter of how they will orchestrate his exit. will he be there through the end of the season? leave now? that s the only question. no question in my mind that his tenure is over. and if a ninth victim has come forward. imagine the number of years this went on, the fact that he ran a program for at-risk youth, imagine how high
well, this time next well, this time next year, american people will have just voted in the 2012 presidential election. the winner will either be incumbent, president obama. yeah, or one of the eight republicans, abc and yahoo! unprecedentedly interviewed. here is jake tapper with your voice, your vote coverage. reporter: herman cain s republican rivals responded to the latest shoes to drop in the allegations of sexual harassment being made against him. these are serious allegations, george. and they re going to have to be addressed seriously. a number of women have come forward with concerns. this woman s charges are disturbing and serious. look, obviously they re very troubling. clearly herman cain has to answer the charges. he both owes her that but he owes the american people that, and it better be accurate. if it is not accurate, they won t survive 24 hours. reporter: they talked about the state of the race. i ll let the slings and arrows come as they
stop. reporter: back to joe paterno. another show of support. students have been rallying in front of his home, saying they have his back. meanwhile, abc news has learned, a decision about whether paterno will get to keep the job, he has had for more than 40 years, could be made within the next 24 to 4 hours. things moving very quickly here. dan harris, abc news, state college, pennsylvania. very few people right now who believe joe will be able to survive this and keep his job. just a matter of how they will orchestrate his exit. will he be there through the end of the season? leave now? that s the only question. no question in my mind that his tenure is over. and if a ninth victim has come forward. imagine the number of years this went on, the fact that he ran a program for at-risk youth, imagine how high the number may go in terms of the number of kids. i imagine many people will come forward. unbelievable story. sad on so many levels. couple notable results to