up to speed first for friday, november 11th. it is actually a unique date on the calendar. it is 11-11-11 and also veterans day. president obama is at arlington national cemetery where he is going to place a wreath at the tomb of the unknown shortly. in just a few minutes, the president is going to pay tribute to the men and women who served in the u.s. military. we'll bring you his remarks live. the mother of one of the boys allegedly molested by former penn state coach jerry sandusky says she and her son are now living a nightmare. she also says that coach joe paterno had a moral duty to alert police and agrees with the school's decision to fire him. she spoke to abc's "good morning america" with her identity concealed hearn voice altered. >> i want justice. i want him -- i want him to be locked up. there is no help for somebody that does this.

not like this. he needs to be put away for a long time. >> i want to go directly to arlington national cemetery where the president and officials have gathered to pay tribute to america's veterans.

you're watching veterans gathered there to honor veterans, pay tribute on this very important day at arlington national cemetery. it started the ceremony with a 21-cannon salute that announced the president's arrival to arlington national cemetery. the official party has arrived at the tomb of the unknowns where president obama is escorted by major general liddington of the u.s. army military district of washington. we are just waiting for the playing of the "national anthem."

and here you see the president making his way with an official entourage. the president will place a wreath at the tomb, the tomb of the unknown followed by "taps." and a moment of silence. we are watching the first lady, michelle obama, arri arrive as

as the general. she is actually, one of her platforms, the first lady, has been reaching out to veterans, to those who currently serve in iraq and afghanistan and the wives and spouses of those who serve, and now we are watching president obama arrive as well.

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>> we have just concluded a moment of silence for the veterans. this is just the first part of a ceremony that the president is going to be involved in today at arlington national cemetery. you see those who have gathered there, following this. there will be a parade of colors, an invocation, the pledge of allegiance as well as the introduction of the veterans day committee. there will be welcoming remarks by various military officials, and then the introduction of the

guest speaker by secretary of veterans affairs, eric shinseki. we'll hear from president obama who will give the veterans day address, and that will be followed by "god bless america" and retiring of the colors. let's listen in. ♪ ♪

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♪ glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah his truth is marching on ♪ >> you're watching part one of a two-part ceremony on this veterans day at arlington national cemetery. we are awaiting president obama to make remarks shortly. president obama is going to be hitting the road for nine days after the events at arlington. the president and first lady will be traveling to san diego where they're going to board the uss carl vincent for more veterans day tributes. after that they'll head to

honolulu where the u.s. is hosting the annual asia pacific economic summit or apec. while in san diego the first couple will attend the first annual veterans day carrier classic basketball game on the deck of the u.s.s. carl vincent. the university of north carolina plays michigan state in front of about 7,000 fans, most of them military service members. by the way, the carl vincent, the aircraft carrier that also buried osama bin laden at sea. coming up in a few minutes i'll talk to a cnn top ten hero who is a war widow. she founded a group that helps other young widows cope with their grief. oost to super charge our detergent. boom -- the clothes look amazing, and daddy? well, he's a hero. oh, see this thing here? it was covered in freezer pop. and since i won't have to wash it twice to get it clean, well, now i get to spend a little more me time. daddy, can you french braid my hair? herring bone or fish tail?

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tomorrow's big game against nebraska with heightened security now and for the first time in 46 years without coach joe paterno. our mary snow is joining us from the penn state campus to talk a little bit about what's happening there. first of all, mary, the university's board of trustees is meeting today. what are they taking on and what do they hope to accomplish? >> well, suzanne, they've formed a committee to look into what happened and who was responsible and the failures occurred after sexual abuse allegations against former coach jerry sandusky were first surfaced. and this committee is saying that there will be no restrictions on the scope or activities into what went wrong and it named merck ceo kenneth frazier a penn state alum as the head of that committee. this also comes two days after the board of trustees ousted penn state's president and former coach joe paterno. rondie erickson was named the

new interim president and also addressed the board about moving penn state forward. >> this is a tragedy for many lives and will take all of us some time to come to grips with the full magnitude of the damage that has been done. i want to thank the board of trustees for your leadership and guidance through this difficult time. your deliberations and decisive actions have now set a course for the university's future. >> and part of the investigation, suzanne, will include independent counsel and investigative teams to find out what went wrong. this of course after the uproar that's engulfed this campus this week. >> mary, tell us about the assistant coach who reportedly told paterno, coach paterno about this alleged incident which he saw a ten-year-old boy being raped in penn state showers. where is he going to be? he going to be at the game? what is his fate?

>> yeah. his name is mike mcqueary, and, suzanne, of all the penn state staff members who are involved in this current investigation, he, according to the grand jury report, was the only one to have witnessed an alleged rape involving jerry sandusky and a ten-year-old boy. this was outlined in the grand jury report. he was a graduate assistant at the time. just yesterday, penn state was saying that he would be coaching at the game but late last night the university came out saying that there had been -- they had received multiple threats. this of course after questions had been coming up about mike mcqueary, why he didn't do more. he went to joe paterno after he allegedly saw what happened but there are questions about why he didn't contact police, why he didn't do more. he is keeping his job but he will not be at the game. the university says that it's in their best interests that he not be in attendance at tomorrow's

game. we should point out, cnn has also spoken with sandusky's attorney, who is maintaining his innocence. >> and, mary, tell us about tonight's vigil. i understand there are students who are getting together trying to call attention to the alleged victims in this case? >> yeah. and, you know, there is usually a pep rally before a big game like tomorrow but tonight at 9:30 the students have organized a candlelight vigil to really put focus on the victims here. and we saw two nights ago when, you know, the campus -- there were thousands of students out, mostly peaceful, but it did get unruly at certain times. and there have been calls for people to not do that again of course and tonight the focus is going to be on those victims and also tomorrow the students are being asked to wear blue out to remember the victims of child sexual abuse. >> all right. mary snow, thank you very much. we are waiting for president

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for a body in motion. for veterans day many americans are focused on remembering the troops who have lost their lives in war. one woman is spending her energy helping the widows get past their grief. taryn davis founded the group american widow project four months after her husband was killed by a road side bomb in iraq. now to date she has helped 900 young military widows like herself get through the pain and learn to enjoy life again. that is why she is a top ten cnn hero and taryn joins us live from austin, texas. taryn, such an honor. pleasure to be with you this morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> congratulations already for just being one of the finalists. tell us how -- >> unbelievable. >> it's great.

tell us how this came about. i understand that you became a widow when you were just 21. >> i was 21 years old when two men came to my house on may 21st of 2007 to let me know that my 22-year-old husband had been killed in baghdad, iraq. i kind of felt like the world had ended at that point. i think due to my young age, my grief was almost pushed aside and in a lot of ways i felt ostracized even though i had family and friends around. i wanted to create an organization and a place that -- not so typical when it comes to grief and dying. and we really just have taken off i think due to the amazing women and the legacies that they are carrying on as well. >> tell us a little bit about that program and how it's different than some of the others. i understand that you were involved, you guys taped a video together. you met each other. and you were all relatively young widows. >> yes, well, i started off with a documentary where i went around the country and interviewed six military widows on everything from how they fell

in love to how they told their children that their father or mother would not be coming home. and then from there we actually started the full out nonprofit organization. and our events are very life embracing. we don't put them in a room with a speaker. we don't have counselors. we have fellow widows. and we do things like sky diving and surfing. we even volunteer and help different communities. we give these women a way to love life once again and to take up the title that they now hold as a military widow and be proud it have because it signifies their sacrifice and, most importantly, their survival it is really a very unique approach to healing and it's so good to see you and the other military spouses really living life to the fullest and some of the things that you've done. there are now from what we understand 3,000 military spouses who have either lost husbands or wives in afghanistan and iraq. how do you hope to reach out to

them? >> i think one at a time. it's the only way we can do it. you know, their husbands and wives are far more than a statistic to us. i want to be able to say the name of their hero and know it's going to be remembered. and that's really important with our organization is knowing that they're not something that is just a passing blip or statistic on the 5:00 news, that their hero and they, thelselves, are important and remembered and honored, at least in our organization. >> taryn, it's been a pleasure, and we wish you all the best. you're already a hero. you should already be very proud and it's good to see you and the others really embracing this new part of your life as well as you get through your grief. so if you feel taryn davis should be cnn's hero of the year, you can vote for her or any other top ten hero by going to cnn.com/heroes. we are awaiting president obama. he'll be speaking at the

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we are awaiting president obama who will be at washington arlington national cemetery to pay tribute to the veterans here on veterans day as soon as he goes to the podium we'll bring that to you live. rick perry is trying to laugh off his big flub at this week's republican presidential debate. the texas governor made an awe shucks i'm not a slick politician appearance on david letterman's "late show." watch. >> there were three reasons i messed up last night. one, was the nerves and, two, was the headache, and three, um -- uh -- oops. >> that's all right. don't worry about it. >> all right. so during wednesday's debate perry tried to name three government departments he wanted to kill but drew a blake on the

third. rick perry's debate blunder has taken some of the attention away from herman cain's battle against sexual harassment allegations. for some perspective on all of this i want to bring in cnn contributor john avalon senior political columnist for "newsweek" and the daily beast. hi, john. >> hey, suzanne. >> let's start with rick perry. he's trying to kind of laugh off this debate flub. do we think that the strategy is actually working for him? >> look, he's playing a bad hand pretty well, and given his performance on "letterman" if the whole president thing doesn't work out he can always get a career as a standup. maybe not top tier. but look. he's owning the mistake. he's going on tour to play offense with it and show that he's got a sense of humor about himself. it always is good to be self-effacing. it is, however, never good to be the butt of a joke if you're running for president, a perpetual joke. he compounded a lot of his negatives. points for playing a bad hand well but he is still on defense and will be for quite sometime. >> he reminds me quite a bit of

our former president bush. he is making the case here that he is not this like slick politician like some of the other candidates. do you think that approach is going to get him past this difficult time particularly the debate season? >> well, look. it's the best argument he's got to make because he's had a lot of public instances where he has compounded his worst negative stereotypes. that said, you know, this guy is apparently the best retail politician in the buncbunch. his best play probably isn't just to do the talk show circuit but try to hunker down in iowa and convince folks there that he is relatable. that he is the acceptable, conservative alternative to mitt romney and to try to use some of that authenticity, best possible way to spin it i guess as something that will make him relatable and thus electable. but his poll numbers and his money numbers have been weighed down even before this epic face plan. so let's not try to go too much. >> let's talk about herman cain. so a little bit of attention has

been taken off of him because of the flub perry made but his campaign now says that they have raked in like $9 million in just the last six weeks. why has he been so successful in cashing in on this controversy? >> this is fascinating. i think it says a lot about what's our current political environment. the polarization. the almost bunker mentality where candidates can say something, do something controversial and then all of a sudden receive, be the beneficiary of a rally around the flag impulse. play the victim card and reap financial benefits. we saw this with joe wilson after he yelled, you lie. made an enormous amount of money on the internet saying he was attacked by the liberal media. michele bachmann raised almost $14 million for her congressional campaign playing the same strategy. sort of the talk radio approach to politics in which there is no such thing as too extreme. she ended up using that to seed her presidential campaign. herman cain last quarter made $2.8 million and he is saying in basically a month he raised $9 million.

that is fascinating and unfortunately does say something about our current political environment where accusations of sexual harassment can all after sudden mean an attention bonanza and a financial windfall for a candidate running for president. it applies much more to the primary than the general though. no way this is a positive. >> let's talk about that accusation, several accusations. one of the comments that were made during the debate potentially offended some women. i want you to hear how jon stewart put it on the daily show. >> chief romney rival in the polls, herman cain. guy is in the middle of a scandal involving his treatment of women. watch him lay down this turd discussing the highest ranking female official this country has ever had. >> the legislation has already been written. we didn't hear about it in the previous congress because princess nancy sent it to committee and it stayed there. >> there is an age above which most women do not wish to be referred to as princess.

and i believe that age is 5. there's only three times you should ever use that term. with an actual female member of the royal family, a new maltese puppy you got, and, oh, what's the third? >> all right. john, in all fairness cain has apologized for that princess reference. >> yes. >> but does it seem to you that he's not really taking this issue seriously? >> well, look. i mean, not only this instance, which is an old rift he used to use on his radio show, but a statement he made that is making the rounds now where he joked oert day on stage about was he getting anita hill's vote? this is not someone who's had the gravity of the sexual harassment claims maybe really sink in if you're making jokes about anita hill in front of a live mike. so, no. i think it's fair to say that, you know, his defense probably is just letting herman be

herman. but there as downside to that. if you don't seem to be taking very serious accusations seriously while you're running for president which is by definition a serious process. >> all right. john avalon, thank you so much. have a good weekend. we're awaiting president obama at arlington national cemetery. just moments away he'll be making remarks on veterans day.

we are waiting for president obama to make live remarks. arlington national cemetery

where he'll be addressing the nation on this veterans day. the secretary of veterans affairs there making the introductory remarks. we'll bring that to you as soon as he steps to the podium. he is stepping up right now. let's listen in. >> thank you. please be seated. thank you, rick, for your extraordinary service to our country and tireless service to our veterans. secretary of defense leon panetta, chairman dempsey and mrs. dempsey, to our wonderful veterans service organizations for the extraordinary work that you do for our nation's heroes, to all who tend to and watch over the sacred cemetery. and above all, to every active

duty member, guardsman, reservist, and veteran of the united states armed forces. there are many honors and responsibilities that come with this job. but none are more humbling than serving as your kbhacommander i chief. i am proud to be with so many of you here today. here where our heroes come to rest, we come to show our gratitude. a few moments ago i laid a wreath to pay tribute to all who have given their lives to our country. for even though this is the day we rightly honor america's veterans, we gather today in solemn respect, mindful that we are guests here.

mindful that we share this hallowed space with a family's moment of quiet grief, mindful that many veterans not far from here are tracing their fingers over black granite for friends who never came home and expect us to do all we can to bring every missing american service member home to their families. to all our nation's veterans, whether you fought in salerno or samarra, keson or the coringle, you are part of an unbroken chain of men and women who have served this country with honor and distinction. on behalf of a proud and grateful nation, we thank you. when i spoke here on this day two years ago, i said there would be a day before long when

this generation of servicemen and women would begin to step out of uniform, and i made them a promise. i said that when your tour ends, when you see our flag, when you touch our soil, you'll be home in an america that is forever here for you just as you've been there for us. for many, that day has come. over the past decade, more than 5 million americans have worn the uniform of the united states armed forces. of these, 3 million stepped forward after the attacks of september 11, knowing full well that they could be sent into harm's way. and in that time, they have served in some of the world's

most dangerous places. their service has been selfless, their accomplishments have been extraordinary. in iraq, they have battled a brutal insurgency, trained new security forces, and given the iraqi people the opportunity to forge a better future. in afghanistan they have pushed back the taliban, decimated al qaeda, delivered the ultimate justice to osama bin laden. in concert, with our allies, they have helped end gadhafi's brutal dictatorship and returned libya to its people. because of their incredible efforts, we can stand here today and say with confidence the tide of war is receding. in just a few weeks, the long war in iraq will finally come to

an end. our transition in afghanistan is moving forward. my fellow americans, our troops are coming home. for many military families, this holiday season will be a season of home comings, and over the next five years, more than 1 million americans in uniform will transition back to civilian life, joining the nearly 3 million who have done so over the past decade and embraced a proud new role, the role of veteran. this generation of service members, this 9/11 generation has borne the burden of our security during a hard decade of sacrifice. our serviceman and women make up

less than 1% of americans, but also more than 1 million military spouses and 2 million children and millions more parents and relatives, all of whom have shared the strains of deployment and sacrifice on behalf of the country that we love. only 27 years old on average these young men and women have shattered the false myth of their generation's apathy for they came of age in an era when so many institutions failed to live up to their responsibilities but they chose to serve a cause greater than themselves. they saw their country threatened but they signed up to confront that threat. they felt some tug. they answered some call. and they said, let's go. and they've earned their place among the greatest of

generations. that is something for america to be proud of. that is the spirit america needs now, a stronger, newer spirit of service and of sacrifice. that spirit that says, what can i do to help? what can i do to serve? that spirit that says when my country is challenged, i will do my part to meet that challenge. so on this veterans day, let us commit ourselves to keep making sure that our veterans receive the care and benefits that they have earned, the opportunity they defend and deserve, and above all, let us welcome them home as what they are, an integral, essential part of our

american family. see, when our men and women sign up to become a soldier or sailor, an airman, marine, or coast guardsman, they don't stop being a coast guardsman, they don't stop being a citizen. when they take off that uniform, their service to this nation doesn't stop either. like so many of their predecessors, today's veterans come home looking to continue serving america however they can, at a time when america needs all hands on deck, they have the skills and strength to help lead the way. our government needs their patriotism and sense of duty and that's why i've ordered the hiring of more veterans by the federal government.

our economy needs their tremendous talents and specialized skills, so i challenged our business leaders to hire 100,000 post-9/11 veterans and their spouses over the next few years, and yesterday many of these leaders joined michelle to announce that they will meet that challenge. our communities have always drawn strength from our veterans' leadership. think of all who have come home and settled on in a quiet life of service, a doctor, police officer, an engineer or an entrepreneur, as a mom or a dad. and in the process changed countless lives. other veterans seek new adventures from taking on a new business to building a team of

globe trotting veterans who use skills learned in combat to help after a natural disaster. there are also so many in this young generation who still feel that tug to serve but just don't quite know where to turn. so on this veterans day, i ask every american -- recruit our veterans. if you're a business owner, hire them. if you're a community leader, a mayor, a pastor, a preacher, call on them to join your efforts. organize your community to make a sustained difference in the life of a veteran, because that veteran can make an incredible difference in the life of your community. if you're a veteran looking for new ways to serve, check out serve.gov. if you're a civilian looking for new ways to support our veterans and our troops, join michelle and jill biden at

joiningforces.gov. find out what you can do. there's no such thing as too small a difference. that effort you make may have the biggest impact. i say this because recently i received a letter from a vietnam veteran. she wasn't writing to tell me about her own experience. she just wanted to tell me about her son jeremy. now jeremy isn't deployed. jeremy's not a veteran or even in the military at all, as badly as he wants to follow in the footsteps of his family and enlist. you see, jeremy has be downs syndrome so jeremy chooses to serve where he can best -- with his local vietnam veterans of

america chapter in beaver, pennsylvania. he calls them the soldiers. and one day last spring jeremy spent the day with several of these veterans cleaning up the local highway. he worked tirelessly, wrote his mother. he never asked to take a break, he didn't stop to talk about his beloved steelers, he didn't even ask for anything to eat or drink. he only asked one thing several times -- mom, will president obama be proud of me for helping the soldiers? well, jeremy, i want you to know, yes, i am proud of you. i could not be prouder of you and your country is proud of you. thank you for serving our veterans by helping them to

continue their service to america. and jeremy's example, one young man's example, is one that we must all now follow. because after a decade of war, the nation we now need to build is our own, and just as our greatest generation left a country recovering from depression and return home to build the largest middle class in history, so now we'll build america's prosperity in the 21st century. we know it will be hard. we have to overcome new threats to our security and prosperity. and we've got to overcome cynical voices warning that america's best days are behind us. but if there is anything our veterans teach us, it is that there is no threat we cannot

meet. there is no challenge we cannot overcome. america's best days are still ahead and the reason for that is because we are a people who defy those voices that insist otherwise. we are a country that does what is necessary for future generations to succeed. you, our veterans, fight so our children won't have to. we build and we invent an we learn so that we will know greater opportunity. america leads so that the next generation here and around the world will know a more hopeful life on this earth. so today i thank you all for making that possible. god bless you, god bless our veterans and our troops, and god bless the united states of america.

>> please rise and join the united states army band in singing god bless america. ♪ god bless america ♪ land that i love ♪ stand beside her ♪ and guide her ♪ through the night with the light from above ♪ ♪ from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america my home

sweet home ♪ ♪ god bless america my home sweet home ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as we retire the colors, retire the colors. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> president obama and military officials at attention there offering his remarks on this veterans day. top of the hour, i'm suzanne

malveaux. want to get you up to speed. a penn state assistant coach is not going to be atom's game against nebraska because of threats. mikemcqueary saw a child being abused in the shower. sandusky maintains he is innocent. now the mother of one of the boys spoke with her identity concealed and her voice altered. and here she recalls her son searching for sandusky online. >> i asked him hoe was looking up and he said he wanted to see if jerry was on there. and i said, well, why would you look him up? and he said, i don't know, he's a beaweirdo. >> the penn state board of trustees is meeting today. its members are organizing a special committee to investigate

the scandal. this was earlier this morning. president obama placing a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns on this veterans day. you're actually looking at live pictures here. that is where he paid tribute to the men and women who have worn the country's uniform and pointed out the drawdown from iraq to be completed next month. >> we can stand here today and say with confidence the tide of war is receding. in just a few weeks, the long war in iraq will finally come to an end. our transition in afghanistan is moving forward. my fellow americans, our troops are coming home.

>> the president leaves washington today for san diego and then honolulu where he's going to host the annual asian pacific economic summit or apec. a victory at least for now for opponents of an oil pipeline that would run from canada to the gulf of mexico. the obama administration is now putting off a decision on the route until after next year's presidential election. keystone pipeline's current paths would cross over a critical source of drinking water for the great plains. arizona congresswoman gabeelle giffords speaks on national tv for the first time since she was shot in the head and critically wounded. giffords was at a meet and greet at a supermarket, you may recall, when a gunman opened fire. six people were killed in that incident. she and 12 others were wounded. in an upcoming interview, giffords talks with abc's diane sawyer. >> how do you feel? >> pretty good. >> is it painful? is it hard.

troubles now near the site of occupy oakland movement in california. a man was shot and killed near the spot where protesters have been camped out. now police say that the shooting followed an argument. it is not clear whether protesters were involved. protesters say that violence is not what the demonstrations are about. >> this is known throughout the world. is also known to be a safe spot. so if somebody does wrong things in their community, they might want to come here and this is not the place for that. >> the somber scene as at the occupy protest site in burlington, vermont. witnesses say a man shot and killed himself inside a tent there. our affiliate krvmt wcax says police confirm that a 35-year-old veteran died of a gunshot wound. presidential candidate michele bachmann trying is rally her supporters now after occupy protesters disrupted her speech on foreign policy.

a group calling itself occupy charleston says it was behind the incident in south carolina yesterday. a police officer escorted bachmann off the stage but she returned a few minutes later to finish the speech. texas governor rick perry is poking fun at himself for a pretty big gaffe at this week's republican presidential debate. perry could only remember 2 of the 3 government departments that he wants to get rid of so he offered a few excuses on david letter marn, "the late show." >> hey, listen, you try concentrating with mitt romney smiling at you. that is one handsome dude. >> i had a five-hour energy drink six hours before the debate. i wanted to help take the heat off my buddy herman cain. >> the number one rick perry excuse. >> i just learned justin bieber

is my father. >> didn't take long for the academy awards to replace eddie murphy who resigned this week as host of next year's show. billy crystal is getting the nod. it will be his ninth time as host. murphy quit two days ago out of loyalty to his friend and show's former producer brett ratner. ratner resigned this week after a gay slur that he later apologized for. for the first time we are now hearing from the mother of one of the boys allegedly molested by former penn state coach jerry sandusky. she speaks with her identity concealed, her voice is altered. but here she recalls the moment she was told about the alleged abuse. >> i proceeded to ask him if there was something he needed to tell me and at that point he didn't -- he didn't indicate anything. called the concern and expressed my concerns. i told them to pull my son down

to the guidance office and talk to him. at that point they did. they called me telling me it was very important that i get there immediately, which at that point i already had suspicions, so i kind of knew what it was about. >> sara den hham is a reporter pennsylvania and she's been talking with rel tis of the alleged victims. sara, first of all, what have you learned? who have you been talking to? what have they been telling you? >> well, over the past week i've talked to two victims' mothers and one of the victim's sisters. earlier in the week the mothers were saying they just feel absolutely betrayed by this scandal that has erupted since these charges were brought. the sister is actually a penn state student and she feels awful about what has happened to joe paterno. she feels even more awful that students are making jokes on campus about this, although today she told me that she thinks her speaking has made the tone here a little bit more serious and she's really happy to see that tonight at about

9:30 there's going to be a candlelight vigil on campus for the victims so she's delighted to see that the focus is finally coming back away from football and the scandal and more on the victims. >> sure. and sara, you've been talking to these mothers. have they indicated at all whether or not their sons will come forward and tell their stories? >> you know, no. at the time that i had talked to them, this had just happened. and their sons were in shock, to be honest with you. especially the one from 1998. he had one contact with jerry sandusky that was alleged to be inappropriate. had he no idea of the amount of other victims that there were, of some of the allegations that were much more serious. she told me that he cried when he read that grand jury presentment. had he no idea how many other victims there were and that he was then -- she told me the next day they were turning to each other for some kind of comfort. so i think that this is very new still. this is very raw. some of these -- all of these

victims have been dealing with this for several years and they're just trying to kind of get their heads around how big this has become. >> sure. and these victims, these alleged victims that you've spoken with their mothers, how old are they now and are they still a part of the community? are they there on campus? i mean where are they? >> you know, the two that i talked to, their sons have actually been pretty fortunate as far as they are successful. most of these victims are in their 20s now. one of them is still a teen. the teen boy's mother told me that she's incredibly proud of how strong he's been, how well he's handled this. of course they're both in therapy. but they've been -- he's a good kid, she said. her exact words were he is a good kid, he doesn't party, he doesn't do bad things. he's respectful. so it appears that he's handling it emotionally well. the victim six from 1998 is also -- he's in college.

he's an adult. he's living on his own. so he does appear to -- they do have emotional trauma from it, of course. >> well, sara, thank you so much. obviously we have a lot of questions and we certainly wish those young men well in their future and whether or not they will come forward and actually tell their story. thanks again, sara. here's a rundown of some of the stories we're covering in the next hour. first, a bill to help hundreds of thousands of unemployed veterans has just passed in the senate. we'll tell you actually what it do > d amang dashcam video. we'll tell you what happened to this out-of-control patrol car and the house that it slammed into. and war veterans picking up guitars to help them get past what they saw in iraq an afghanistan. and growing outrage over big bonuses being paid to executives at morgan giants fannie mae and freddie mac. also, rhinos are flying

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credit to a veteran who is unemployed for the last six months and a $9,600 credit if a company hires a disabled vet who hasn't had a job for more than six months. this bill also looks to expand an existing jobs retraining program for veterans. that way it can give them skills to get out there in the workforce as well. as to where this bill stands, the senate passed it yesterday. the house is expected to vote on it next week. >> obviously one of the reasons this is so important, because veterans tend to have a higher unemployment rate. what are they looking at? what are they facing? >> exactly. hundreds of thousands of veterans are out of work. you look at the unemployment rate, it's 12.1%. that's more than the national unemployment rate at 9.1%. most of them actually learn highly technical skills. not just combat training. computer training, medical

training and logistics. they have all this training but they can't get a job. it is hard to get back into civilian life so this bill really tries to give these companies the incentive to get out there and place their faith in some of these veterans and hire them. >> how is the market looking today? >> the dow is up 272 points. investors are feeling pretty good now that a new prime minister is in place in greece. austerity measures are making their way through italy's parliament at this point. things seem to be happening to try to get handle on the hemorrhaging debt situation in europe. we're also watching shares of disney. disney coming out with blow-out earnings, because of their cable tv unit, they own espn and the disney channel. disney posted $1.25 billion in profit. market is definitely valrallyinn that as well. >> thank you, have a great

weekend. tracking other stories across the country, frightening moments on a plane from atlanta to charlotte. the pilot turned around just minutes after the take-off. a passenger said one engine appeared to catch on fire. they were put on another plane and landed in charlotte four hours late. >> when we heard it started shaking first. then all of a sudden we saw sparks, great big boom, lots and lots of fire. >> it was pretty scary. there was smoke in the cabin. i looked around and people were praying hard. in oakland, california, a man was shot and killed at a downtown site where occupy protesters have been camping for a month. police say it happened after an argument near the camp. it is not clear if the man was one of the protesters. in oregon, police say an officer who crashed his patrol

car into another car, they be into a house was not his fault. he was responding to an emergency call at the time. a man was inside the house but he was not hurt. its nickname is happy valley. the penn state campus and surrounding community are trying to heal after a week of unnerving and very disturbing developments. i'll talk with a sports writer who knows the region as well as the people very well. [ mom ] alright guys, play with your toys after dinner. looks beautiful, honey. [ rattling ] jason...

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penn state board of trustees is meeting today. members are setting up an internal committee to investigate the sex abuse scandal that has now shaken the campus and the community. plenty of people remain floored a week after former assistant

coach jerry sandusky was arrested and charged with molesting boys on campus. the university's new interim president says these are some difficult days. >> i accept this new leadership role under circumstances that i never could have imagined. it has been truly difficult to comprehend the terrible nature of the allegations that were revealed in the attorney general's presentment last week. high heart aches for the victims and their families and my heart searches for answers like millions of others across the nation. >> mark, you write about everything penn state on your blog. mark, you and i have been talking over the last week or so about this scandal. we know that the coach is now out of a job here and there are reports now, at least from nbc, that he's reaching out to a

criminal attorney. do you know anything about that? >> yeah. the reports are out there. why he would be doing that, i'm not quite sure. grand jury investigating this case is very clear in that paterno was cooperative and was not a subject of the charges that it was filing. so i'm not sure why he would be doing that other than maybe for just simple protection just in case. >> from your reporting, this board is going to be investigating. how wide a net are they casting? what are we talking about when there are people who knew or perhaps were involved in some sort of alleged cover-up? >> obviously they made the initial move to get rid of the president and the athletic director, and now joe paterno has been fired. i think the reason they're having this is to see how wide ranging this was, did anybody on the board of trustees knows, who else within the athletic department may have known. it is a huge university and

there were some obvious people that did not act properly. i think what they want to get to the bottom of is who else may have been culpable to whatever degree here. >> do they give us a deadline at all or a timetable in terms of when they're going to come back with more information about who might be involved? >> no. i would not expect any sort of deadline. if you do that, you put presfranpr restraints on yourself. i think this will be a long-term process. i don't see this ending in days, weeks or maybe even months. i think these sorts of investigations -- we're going to be hearing things coming out for a long time. the worst of it is probably out there now but i do think there were probably other people that don't know who they are but i think they'll try to get to the bottom of whoever else may have been culpable. >> we are hearing there is a planned vigil tonight for the alleged victims and tomorrow during the big dame, the so-called blue-out, fans will be wearing blue jerseys as opposed

to the white ones in solidarity of sex abuse victims. do you think the mood on campus has changed since the story broke? >> i think initially everybody was so blown away by the magnitude of this. everybody knew that something was coming because the report of the grand jury investigation surfaced last march but i don't think anybody realized the scope. when you look at 40 charges, 20-plus of them felony charges against jerry sandusky. the a.d. going and ultimately the president and joe paterno. i don't think anybody grasped that it was going to be anything that big so the initial reaction i think people didn't know how to react. you saw people pulling for joe. you saw people turning over tv trucks. i think it is good to see people getting more sensible about this and approaching the situation with vigils and respecting the alleged victims here because i think that's the most important part of it. >> mark, where is jerry sandusky now? is anybody trying to track him down? has anybody seen him lately? >> i believe he's still at his home in lamont nearby where we

are now but the media focus has been so squarely on everything penn state from the board of directors to joe paterno, people camped outside his house to the football players, people wanted to get interviews to the initial push of media crush has been to talk to these people at penn state. i think when that starts to subside a little bit, then i think you're going to see people camped out at his house to try to track him down, do that sort of thing. he's kind of fallen to the back of it which, frankly, that part it is troubling as well for media folks, including myself. >> absolutely. finally looking at this event that's happening, it is a big deal for penn state, for nebraska. they've got this big game tomorrow. is there a sense in the community that this is a difficult moment, an awkward moment, perhaps even some danger involved in thousands of these folks, fans, getting together with emotions running as high as they are over this scandal? >> yeah. the one assistant coach mike mcqueary who was a witness for

the grand jury still has his job but they're not allowing him to coach because there have been threats made against him. downtown state college typically on a friday this place would be hopping and everybody would be happy and ready for the big game. there's just kind of a pall over everybody now. i don't know how people will react overall at the game but right now everybody is still kind of walking around stunned, not knowing how this possibly happened. >> mark, thank you so much. obviously we'll be following very closely what happens tomorrow on that campus. well veterans now getting past the who are roars of war with music. >> i feel like i'm about to slip away and get depressed, i look across the room, pick up the guitar, i pull out some of the sheet music and tab and i just start playing and just get lost. [ male announcer ] our nation's veterans are real-life heroes.

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as many as 20% of veterans from the wars in iraq and afghanistan are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. elizabeth cohen takes a look at exactly what this condition is and what can be done about it. >> reporter: the veterans administration says that they expect that 10% to 20% of people who are serving in iraq and afghanistan will suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. now they've been studying this disorder for a long time and what they're seeing now is that people with ptsd can you actually see the changes in the brain when you do imaging studies. and the problem here is that sometimes these symptoms don't show up immediately. it can take months or years for these symptoms to show up so veterans are returning from iraq an afghanistan, what kinds of things do their families look for? here are some signs that your loved one might be suffering

from ptsd. if the veteran is reliving the trauma, feeling that horror over an over again, that's a sign. but so is avoiding any reminders whatsoever of the trauma. also, feeling numb or feeling jittery, both of those are signs of ptsd. certain people are more likely to get ptsd than others. having been in a combat situation is one of them, having come from a dysfunctional family in childhood, also lack of emotional support when you get home, that's another risk factor that a veteran can develop ptsd. unfortunately, 4 out of 5 veterans don't seek help for ptsd. the sooner you get help the better. it can help not just the veteran but his or her family. now getting help can be as simple as having a family member encourage it. that really helps. it can also be as simple as going to a smartphone app. there are several apps out there someone can use to try to

evaluate whether they have symptoms of ptsd an what to do about about it. if you go to cnn.com/empowered did the patient. you'll see links to those apps to help veterans. back to you. one of the ways some veterans are getting past the who are roars of war is with music. today's veterans in focus looks at a group called guitars for vets which is putting instruments in the hands of those who need it most. >> i've been playing guitar since i was in seventh grade. i just love doing it. it is freedom when i play guitar. i can take every emotion i had, whether it was mad or glad or whatever and i could put it out in a song. my name is mike long. i'm one of the instructors for guitars for vets. >> i was in the first gulf war in '91 and the second week in '03. >> home base out of norfolk,

virginia. >> it is more informal. i'm not a strict teacher. we hang out and we talk. >> when i feel like i'm about to slip away an get depressed and fall into that, like oh, my god, i don't feel like doing anything, i look across the room, pick up the guitar, i pull out some of the sheet music and i just start playing and i get lost in it. >> it makes me feel comfortable. i'm away from everybody. >> one of my guys told me, he goes i don't get on the bed because i'm depressed. now that he's playing guitar he's like i refuse to get up now because i can play guitar. it gives me something to do in my idle time. >> i just can't stop. once you pick it up, it is hard to put it down. i really enjoy it. >> i like rock. >> country. >> bluegrass. >> it is more than just guitar lessons. it is about human interaction.

it is about trust. goal setting. accomplishments. >> it is not as easy as it looks. >> getting your finger in the right position. >> the chords. >> that's the hardest part for me. >> washburn has donated guitars and they've got guitar cases and tuners. >> it's fun. i'm learning something new and we should all be students in some shape, form or fashion. >> this is just another stepping stone for me, something to better myself at and to hopefully carry back to my community. >> it is just a great feeling to know you're doing something to give back, people who have done so much for us, no one can take music away from them. they'll always have that. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943.

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here's a rundown ofsomeof the stories we are working on. next, new complications in the frantic search for survivors of turkey's latest earthquake. then, impressive transformation. a nuclear aircraft carrier becomes a basketball arena. pretty cool. and later, meet a pilot who's teaching african-americans to reach for the sky through flight lessons. in eastern turkey, snow has started falling in the area that was struck by wednesday's earthquake. it is making the search and rescue efforts even tougher. the death toll has now climbed to 19. so far, more than two dozen survivors have been found. here's cnn's ivan watson. >> reporter: turkey's eastern city has been hit by two earthquakes in just three weeks. the latest last wednesday has

claimed the lives of at least 19 people and rescue operations are still under way. a dramatic escape seconds before an entire building collapses. the earth just won't stop shaking in eastern turkey. security camera footage shows wednesday night's 5.6 magnitude earthquake knocking out electricity in the eastern city of van and sending three men racing into the street just seconds before a hotel came suddenly tumbling down. this is all that's left of what was a five-story building. a pancake pile of rubble. it is now the scene of a dramatic rescue operation that's working round-the-clock. fortunately, rescue workers an heavy equipment were close by to help. they've flooded the area after a much more powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake slammed the van region barely three weeks ago killing more than 500 people.

on wednesday some these rescue workers became victims of the latest quake. emergency wok workers pulled th japanese volunteer from the rubble. >> translator: and i tried to open my eyes but i could not because of lots of dust getting into my eyes. when i finally managed to open my left eye slowly, there was a ray of light i could see in what i thought was complete darkness. that light gave me relief and gave me hope to live. that was the light from the computer i was using. >> reporter: this woman escaped but one of her fellow japanese volunteers died from his injuries. amid stories of tragedy and hope, there's also anger. residents confronted turkish officials on thursday demanding resignations. riot police charged the crowd just yards away from collapsed buildings. in the days ahead, there will be more questions about government

enforcement of building codes and pressure to resettle hundreds of thousands of people made homeless. but for now, turkey's earthquake survivors are just looking for a warm place to sleep. most of them clearly too scared to step in to their own homes. van, a city of nearly 1 million people, now feels very much like a ghost town. all the shops here are closed and the residents terrified to go into their cracked and damaged homes are trying to make do in these freezing temperatures, sleeping in tents and makeshift shelters and facing a potentially unbearable winter. ivan watson, cnn, van, turkey. mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac keep going back for billions more in bailout money but executives there are receiving huge bonuses. plus, financial advice from

the cnn help desk. >> joining us, the founder of ask the money coach dand david, thank you. terrance in new york has a 30-year mortgage with his bank. he says he refinanced three years ago, about 4.75% and he says he's tried to negotiate with the bank but they're telling him he can't renegotiate without closing fees because the mortgage is held by another entity. so he wants to know if there is any way to take advantage of current low rates and not take any of the closing or processing fees and we should note, we don't know the specifics of his situation. it is always different. but what do you say generally? >> in general i don't need to know the specifics of his situation in his case because the fact is whenever you take out a mortgage, either for purchase or for refinance, you're going to have some kind of closing fees. some lenders tout zero points or no closing fees, but every

mortgage has fees attached to it. lender fees, eskoe fees, title fees, government fees. those are standard for any type of mortgage. and even if you do get a loan with say zero points or no origination fee, you can be sure the bank is making up nofor tha in terms of the interest rates you are paying for the loan. >> david, your question comes from kent in new jersey. kent's 34 years old, makes somewhere between $30,000 and $34,000 a year. he has $62,500 in his savings account that yields around 4.8%. >> first, ken should be very proud that he saved that kind of money at his age. the issue is he's not really telling us when he is going to use the money and what for so my answer would be it depends. if he's saving for a house or for an emergency fund, i'd probably look at a short-term cd, maybe an online bank account that's paying a little better, maybe 1%, 1.5%. maybe look at a short-term bond

fund. if he's looking for long-term savings such as retirement, he may want to put some of the money in some roth i.r.a.s, look at some growth funds or growth mutual funds. >> decide where his risk tolerance level is. >> and when he's going to use the money. that's probably the most important thing and that's something we don't know. >> thank you guys so much. great advice. folks, if you have a question you want answered, send us an e-mail to cnnhelpdesk@cnn.com. this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ?

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but when they come home, they don't want a parade; they want a job. the postal service employs more veterans than any other civilian employer. but congress is debating a bill that would force the postal service to fire tens of thousands of vets, close post offices, shut mail processing plants, and disrupt mail delivery. drastic cuts won't fix the postal service and aren't needed. tell your representative to vote "no" on house resolution 2309. it's time to deliver for our veterans -- and america.

there is growing outrage over big bonuses being paid to executives at mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac. that is because the government-owned firms are only staying afloat because of bailout money. about $185 billion of your tax dollars so far. our brian todd's got the story. >> reporter: you may not know michael williams but you probably want to be paid like him. same for ed. they're the respective ceos of fannie mae and freddie mac, the government sponsor firms which back at least half the mortgages in america. according to records from the securities and exchange commission, williams and haldeman each made $900,000 in

salary last year. and each is getting paid about $2 million in bonuses. earlier this year the federal government approved nearly $13 million in bonuses for williams, haldeman and eight other executives from the two firms. despite the fact that millions of americans are still struggling to make it through the housing crisis and the fannie and freddie have been hemorrhaging cash this year. they lost $10 billion in the last quarter and just asked congress for more money. >> this is completely excessive and uncalled for. >> reporter: republicans senator john thune is spearheading an effort by 60 democratic an republican senators to cancel the bonuses. they've sent a letter to the government body that oversees fannie and freddie, the federal housing finance agency, asking it to revise the compensation policy for those executives. the fhfa approved those bonuses. >> why would you be rewarding this kind of behavior or this kind of performance at least at a time when we've got all these national economic issues and people across the country are very frustrated?

>> reporter: contacted by cnn, officials at fannie and freddie wouldn't comment on the bonuses. their overseer the fhfs says it's reduced executive pay but those firms have to pay the kind of money to attract the talent needed to manage $5 trillion in mortgages. officials tell krb the reason those executives got those bonuses is because they took the right steps to turn things around at fannie and freddie after the meltdown that triggered a massive bailout from the fed. how big was the bailout compared to the auto bailout? >> yeah. it was about $170 billion so far for both fannie and freddie. i think the estimated tally from what i understand from the congressional budget office, $250 billion. >> reporter: one analyst says current executives at those firms were put in place since the bailout to clean up the mess from before. he says they started to do that but also says they haven't done

enough to modify for moment owners' bad mortgages so he's on the fence about whether they deserve their bonuses. brian todd, cnn, washington. so a nuclear aircraft carrier in san diego has been transformed now into a basketball arena for the first-ever carrier classic. president obama's going to attend the game this evening. bob lawrence from our affiliate kgtv has got the details. >> reporter: the tar heels of north carolina in for a few warm-ups in what is no question one of the oddest arenas anywhere. over the last two weeks it's been a full-court press to transform this nuclear powered fighting machine. a carrier even without planes on it is an impressive sight. the players got their first glimpse a day or so ago. >> everyone of my players with their phones or cameras walk around, they weren't even talking to each other. they just had their eyes wide open, mouths wide open. >> reporter: the same can be said for the sailors who make their home here and work on this flight deck.

some came up and watched little by little, day by day. check out this time lapsed video of how the construction turned their flight deck into a basketball arena. >> once they got the main stage, those bleachers up, it started coming to life. >> reporter: martinez was 1 of 800 sailors to receive the ticket. to prevent fraud his name was stamped on it and he needs to show i.d. to get in. the stands will hold a number of wounded warriors, something that touched michigan state coach tom izzo. >> it is bigger than north carolina against michigan state. it is kind of a dream come true. >> reporter: the court wasn't the only thing that had to be lifted into place. every espn camera and production advice used during a normal telecast had to be brought in, too. just in case -- the stands are partially up in the hangar base in the event the rain comes ahead of schedule. >> that's pretty cool.

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fewer than 1% of u.s. airline pilots are african-american. one man hopes to change that. one pilot has. sharing his love of flying with minority teens for more than 30 years. it is today's "what matters." >> where's my pilot?

you ready? okay. >> reporter: julius alexander knows the power of flight and is using it to inspire young african-americans. >> most of the kids, especially minority kids, think of entertainers and athletes as their superstars. what i wanted to do is to get young black kids involved at an early age in aviation. >> reporter: alexander is a pilot and former teacher. he combined his passions in the 1980s and founded a.c.e., aviation career enrichment. >> you wear that shirt and khaki trousers, you are representing us. >> reporter: the atlanta-based organization uses flight training to sharpen kids' academic skills and expose them to careers in aviation. >> we use aviation as a capsule of learning. aviation has a very practical application in all academic disciplines. when we teach navigation, we teach geography. when we teach meteorology, we teach elarth sciences.

>> reporter: students not only gain technical skills but confidence. >> that develops tremendous self-esteem in that individual. if you can fly an airplane, can you do anything. you walk away with more than aviation skills. >> reporter: ray john knows this firsthand. he learned how to fly and is now an a.c.e. instructor. >> we are focused into mike making you a better person overall. >> reporter: alexander says seeing that transformation gives him a sense of pride. >> seeing a 15-year-old kid go out there and make a solo flight, i have changed somebody's life. when shthese students go out an succeed, i know none of this is in vain. >> alexander says he has personally trained at least 15 students who have gone on to become professional pilots. here's something you don't often see. a flying rhino. that's right. this four-ton beast is making

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going on the ride of their lives. it is to save the species from extinction. the story from fionnuala sweeney. >> reporter: in this video from the world wildlife fund south africa, we follow the black rhino range expansion project. airlifting black rhinos one at a time. an upside down respect ride to safety, 19 black rhinos made a more than 1,400 kilometer journey across south africa. a ten-minute ride to a clearing where they were crated and driven the rest of the way. within the last eight years, the project has translocated more than 100 south african black rhinos. >> translocation is a way to get new areas populated and also increase the breeding life of rhinos. >> reporter: the world wildlife fund says more than 340 rhinos have been poecached already thi

year surpassing the total number poached in 2010. the black rhino is officially extinct. all rhinos are threatened by habitat loss and killed for the commercial value of their horns. some are ground down and used in traditional asian medicine. in indonesia, as few as 40 rhinos like this are said to exist in the forest. this is motion activated footage captured by the world wildlife fund earlier this year. they say it is very difficult to see them face to face. >> we've actually seen rhinos three times in the actual 20 years he's studied them. >> reporter: they're hopeful for the endangered rhinos because of the relocation frprojects in africa. >> in the early 1900s, the white rhinwa