and quote, the truth is not out there fully. i didn't just turn and run. i made sure it stopped. and quote, i had to make quick, tough decisions. that e-mail obtained last tuesday. here's what he told cbs news' armen keteyian today. >> do you have any idea when you might be ready to talk? >> this process has to play out. i don't have anything else to say. >> just one last thing. just describe your emotions right now. >> all over the place. just kind of shaken. >> crazy? >> crazy. >> you said what, like a -- >> snow globe. >> now, the exclusive only on 360, the first clear answer to how penn state has been able to put up a virtual wall of silence about what jerry sandusky allegedly did to one of the kids from his second mile charity back in 1998. victim 6's allegations triggered a multiagency investigation that somehow ended both without charges and without any knowledge of the part on penn state head coach joe paterno. turns out the wall is a legal one. it allows penn state, which is a taxpayer funded university to keep things from the public, pertinent facts about what did or didn't happen to children inside this athletic building and other. facts about what university officials including joe paterno did or didn't know and whether anyone tried to cover things up. drew griffin has that. he joins us shortly. first, what the district attorney is saying about the charges, 40 of them so far, showing a pattern of serial child sex abuse. sandusky spoke out last night to nbc's bob costas. >> what did happen in the shower the night that mike mcqueary happened upon you and the young boy? >> okay. we were showering, and horsing around. and he actually turned all the showers on and was actually sliding across the floor, and we were, az recall, possibly like snapping a towel, horseplay. >> now, here's what he said to the logical and very direct follow-up. >> you are a pedophile? >> no. >> are you sexually attracted to young boys, to underaged boys? >> am i sexually attracted to underaged boys? >> yes. >> sexually attracted -- you know, i enjoy young people. i love to be around them. i -- i -- but no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> the tone, the delayed denial, sandusky sounds like a man under a lot of strain. here's what sandusky's lawyer said about the alleged 2002 rape. >> we expect we're going to have a number of kids -- now how many of those so-called eight kids, we're not sure. but we anticipate we're going to have at least several of those kids come forward and say, this never happened. this is me. this is the allegation. it never occurred. in fact, one of the toughest allegations that mcqueary violations, what mcqueary said he saw, we have information that that child says that never happened. >> that, of course, remains to be seen. so does coach mcqueary's claim in his e-mail that he tried to stop what he saw that day in the shower. what's on the record is what the grand jury report says, that jerry sandusky was seen raping a 10-year-old boy. it goes on to say that he first spoke with his father, then joe paterno and top university officials. it was then that paterno said he learned of the investigation about his friend jerry sandusky. our fruitless efforts to find out more about his claim that he knew nothing back then or pennsylvania's public disclosure law that let penn state avoid answering our questions and dodge public accountability. drew griffin of cnn's special investigations unit joins us with that. the question we've been trying to get to is who knew what and when and especially in 1998 when his own defensive coordinate was being intensely questioned by investigators if joe paterno knew, the college state police, child services were investigating jerry sandusky for alleged child molestation. the records that point to that in university files, aren't there? >> should be. that type of information commonly found in usual public records accessible, anderson, at a public institution on who knew what and when. but as you pointed out, penn state and three other schools in this state granted an exemption to releasing records. just put this in perspective. in 2007/2008 there was another investigation into more allegations against sandusky and the state's new open records chief says that was the exact time that penn state specifically penn state's president went to the legislature to make sure their records would be kept secret. >> what that means in essence is that while every other commonwealth agency, governor's office, police departments, townships, school districts, are subject to this law and would be required to provide public record, penn state is exempt. that came as a result of a series of lobbying efforts through the house of representatives that was taking a look at rewriting pennsylvania's right to know law, which was really among the worst in the nation. and at that jeng tuncture, the president of penn state was one of the key lobbyists testifying seeking an exemption for penn state. >> drew, do we know why the president of penn state wanted this exemption that was around the time of this investigation? >> we know what graham spanier told the legislature. he was concerned, he said, about costs, about compliance, about competitive reasons for keeping records. also privacy. but i asked terry mutschler if she thinks the real reason was to hide a damaging investigation? >> i think that view would be shared by open records advocates. if you were at any of the police departments in the commonwealth, incident reports are, in fact, available under the right to know law. penn state, because it enjoys, along with temple, pitt, lincoln and this exception, they are not subject. >> so the exemption to release the records doesn't mean they can't just release it. isn't there any one on the campus willing to open the records to show what they knew, who knew what and when? >> yeah. you're spot on, anderson. they could if they wanted to, but when we went to try to find those records, literally going to detectives' homes who were involved in this, to the schools, to the police department, instead of getting any records, we were sent this letter. this is from the university attorney denying us any access to these records based solely on the exemption penn state has. in fact, the current police chief of the university wouldn't come out and talk to us in person. he was just behind a wall, we could hear him, but telling us over a phone that everyone in his department would not answer a single question. right, and you know, they're not telling us anything. you can imagine my frustration. usually we go to a police department and we get public records every single place i've ever been to. that's what i don't understand particularly about penn state because these records that are normally available at seemingly every police department i've ever been to in the united states of america, they're not released here, which would answer a lot of our questions. didn't answer a single question, anderson. the open records chief in this state says no doubt if this were anywhere but penn state, the public would know who knew what and when. >> let's just, you know, do a flat comparison. if this were an investigation involving another university, say east stroudsburg university that did have a scandal at its doorstep, they were subject to the right to know law. you were able to obtain in that situation e-mails, copies of incident reports of the police department. any kind of policies that came out with the board of trustees, that would all be available. at penn state, however, that's off limits. >> anderson, i do want to point out we did place a call to the home of the former president of penn state, graham spanier, like almost everyone else here, he is not talking. >> i want to bring in our legal panel, jeffrey toobin, former prosecutor sunny hostin, legal contributor for tru tv. and what do you think of the fact that they lobbied to keep these records private. >> universities never need an excuse to want more secrecy. they had an opportunity and a they took it. >> it's a public institution. >> it is, but so is the government and it fights disclosure all the time. this is just the natural reaction of people who can get away with secrecy when they can, they do. >> and this is important, sunny, because if these reports -- if we had access to these records, we could know a lot more about these investigations against sandusky. >> no question, the public wants to know. the public should know. we should mention that law enforcement authorities are privy to this information is always my understanding when you're talking about the freedom of information. but you know, sex abuse thrives, especially child sex abuse, on secrecy and embarrassment and privacy. i think that is what is so scary about penn state's position in this because it allowed, i think, for these types of things to happen. >> mark, i want to play some of sandusky's interview with nbc news with bob costas. >> i can say that i have done some of those things. i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged them and i have touched their leg without intent of sexual contact, but so if you look at it that way, there are things that -- that wouldn't -- you know, would be accurate. >> mark, why do you think he's making this statement now? especially with specifics like touched their leg, which is what others -- what other young people have come forward and said that sandusky did to them even if there wasn't abuse involved. why do you think he's saying this now? >> well, there's one explanation. i can just say if this was my client i would have hit him over the head with a 2 by 4 before going on the air. it does cut both ways in this sense. this is one of the supersized cases. they are under a tidal wave of presumption of guilt, so they're trying something unorthodox. and this is clearly unorthodox, and trying to stop that somehow. i guess they figure -- and this is the only explanation i can come up with -- if we get something out there, this is a way the prosecutors may use it as you've seen all the people wall-to-wall using it today with his hesitation, if they use it at trial, maybe he doesn't have to take the stand, he doesn't have to be cross-examined. that's, i guess, the explanation for it. it is somewhat puzzling, i give you that. >> jeff, i didn't understand when sandusky's attorney has said -- and he said it a couple times -- that he believes some of these eight victims who are identified as victims in the grand jury report, that he believes they will come forward saying nothing happened. >> that is certainly surprising given the grand jury report because presumably, although they are only identified by number, they have been interviewed. some of them, as far as i'm aware, i think perhaps particularly the one in the shower with mcqueary, i don't think the authorities know who that is at this point. so there may be some confusion about that. but i guess they are counting on the fact that sandusky says, go ahead, ask this kid whether it happened and he'll say no. i'd be surprised if that were the case because obviously the government would have already spoken to them. but i mean, it is kind of baffling. >> certainly by not reporting this in 2002, the alleged incident that happened in 2002 to police, is the university liable here? >> i think so. i think there's certainly civil exposure. we'll see a wave of lawsuits. i think everyone will agree with me. >> enormous. enormous. >> it's going to happen. my hope is that what comes out of this, anderson, is that there will be tightening of regulations, protocols put in place, that people will start talking about these issues. because again people don't want to talk about them. people are so uncomfortable, but that enables these predators and these pedophiles to continue doing business as usual. and we have to put a stop to it. if you see something, you have to say something. >> mark, more alleged victim of sandusky coming forward. "new york times" saying ten new claim of sexual abuse. sandusky is clearly saying he didn't abuse anyone. what kind of defense can he mount in court against increasing claims? i guess do you take them one by one? >> well, look, first of all, when we start talking about people as predators and everything else, that assumes guilt. i just want to start off with, look, all this is is a grand jury or the testimony that's been filtered by the prosecution that was supposedly in front of a grand jury that was not cross-examined, that there was nothing else in there except their presentation. so before we start assuming all of these things, let's just take a deep breath. in terms of a defense, they've already started this defense. and you've seen kind of them roll it out already. and i would not be so sure that the person who claims that he saw something in that shower, he's already starting to equivocate. if they come up with somebody who was in that shower and said that was me and nothing happened, then you're going to tart to see the focus shift of why did this guy mcqueary say all of these things? i know it's easy and great to jump on the bandwagon here, but remember, this is nothing more than the prosecution presenting allegations. there will be a judge at some point that will tell a jury, you can tear this document up. it has no meaning whatsoever. >> are we to assume, though, mark -- >> before we start saying we've got victims, because victim is a legally charged term meaning that somebody is guilty, we've got complaining witnesses, we've got a prosecution document. why don't we just hold off for a second and see what we really have here once it's tested by cross-examination? >> mark, again, you did this last night, he raised this very valid point because there's been many cases, the mcmartin preschool. >> that's like comparing apples to -- >> but in that case you had. >> that's a different case. >> you had 60 -- >> that's a very different case, everyone. let's be honest. >> it was a very different case. >> we're talking about child interviews suggestibility. that's very different, mark, from -- >> but the defense. >> including adults coming forward. >> what we've -- >> that's based on what you know now. the defense can very well allege the same thing is happening here. >> this is a very different case. you can't compare the two. >> jeff? >> i think you can compare them. as you look forward to see what might happen. i mean, this is what a good defense attorney can do. a good defense attorney can say, wait a minute, as mark is doing, let's wait for the evidence to come in. we have seen false charges in these cases before. that is a very appropriate thing for a defense attorney to say. putting your client out, admitting to being in the shower is nuts. i don't know why he did that. there was a reasonable role for a defense attorney here, but this was not reasonable. >> we've got to end it there. jeff, mark geragos, always good to have you, sunny as well. try to get a lot of different viewpoints on this program. let us know what you think. we're on facebook, google plus, add us to your circle. follow me on twitte twitter @andersoncooper. why this scandal is taking over the headlines and why it is seen as such a betrayal far beyond the headlines of sports. later raw politics. herman cain repeating some amazing claims about muslims in america being extremists. we're going to tell you what he said and show you what the facts say. let's first check in with isha. >> after months coming out in a manhattan park, a judge rules against occupy wall street. but you can see that protesters aren't exactly going away. so what happens next? actually, we guarantee we'll give you the difference if you find any lower. oh, you'll guarantee it? i guarantee it. i guarantee it. i guarantee it. i guarantee it. got it. 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[whispering] big dreams. so far tonight you've heard jerry sandusky describe what happened in a shower with a 10-year-old as horseplay. his lawyer says that's what jocks do. you saw mike mcqueary try to redefine call my father as i stepped in and stopped it when talking about what he did. tonight's breaking news t associated press is now reporting that he's also claiming, mcqueary is also claiming by e-mail that he actually went to police. he's also speaking for the first time on camera since this story broke ten days ago. here's an exchange with cbs' armen keteyian. >> do you have any idea when you might be ready to talk? >> this process has to play out. i just don't have anything else to say. >> okay. then just one last thing. just describe your emotions right now. >> all over the place. just kind of shaken. >> crazy? >> crazy. >> you said what, like a -- >> snow globe. >> again, now, if this new report by the ap is correct, then mcqueary has claimed in an e-mail that he actually went to police, that would be a significant change up until now what was in the grand jury report and what many people were led to believe. there was no indication up until this e-mail that the ap is reporting that mcqueary had gone to the police. we don't know the details in this. obviously, now that we have this, we're going to try to check police records, if possible. but as we just saw with drew griffin, we're not getting anywhere with campus police. it's not clear, too, if he went to campus police or city police or state police. again, we'll try to follow up with more information on that. a jury's going to decide. obviously, sandusky's claim. you can decide whether or not to believe mcqueary's story. coaches aren't to horse around naked in showers accompanied by minors if that's what it was. and athletic bystanders are supposed to protect kids against naked elderly predators, period. head coaches are supposed to live up to their moral code. and public universities are supposed to be open with the public. not these days. christine brennan is writing about it in the pages of "usa today." and the award winning author of "friday night lights." christine, there's a report from cbs news citing the associated press, quote, in the e-mail dated november 8th from mcqueary's penn state account and made available to the associated press by his friend on tuesday, the assistant coach writes that his stopped the sexual assault and discussed it with police afterward. that is clearly a big disconnect from what we've heard before which is in the grand jury report that mcqueary didn't go to police. what did you make of this? >> clearly mcqueary's been hit with a load of bricks here. i'm sure he's as shocked as anybody at how this exploded, i'm sure everybody at penn state can because of that cocoon they were living in. i'm not siding with him at all. but i think that this is a classic example of this sequestered new reality world of college football. all of a sudden being bombarded by real life, thankfully in this case, and now mcqueary, whether he's changing his story, whether he remembered new things, but i'm sure that this is his reaction to the unbelievable firestorm that accurately has occurred here over the last ten days or so. >> buzz, you heard the brief exchange that mcqueary had with armen keteyian. also this e-mail obtained by nbc that he's telling teammates that he did intervene, stopped sandusky's alleged rape of a young boy in a locker room shower. what do you make of the inconsistency? >> it's bad. i think it's bad. i am ceaselessly amazed of the stupidity that comes out of happy valley and state college, whether it's the judge, whether it's sandusky, whether it's his lawyer and mcqueary because now there are inconsistencies. the one thing that made this case different from other sexual abuse minor cases was you had an adult eyewitness. and now he's managed to put himself in an inconsistent situation. we all know what defense attorneys do. they grab a herring and they go with it and they go with it. and i don't know why the attorney general or someone said, mike, it's hard for you. don't e-mail. shot up about this. it is amazing because i thought sandusky yesterday, i thought that performance was arrogant, remorseless and one of the creepiest, most disgusting performances i've ever seen. i could feel and see him even though we only heard him over the phone. >> christine, do you have the same reaction in. >> i did. i couldn't believe it. it's the outrage of him saying that this happens, this is a football -- and his attorney as well, anderson. saying this happens in all football locker rooms. with 10-year-old boys? are you kidding me? it should never happen. and that alone seems to be the reason that they should clean house at penn state if this kind of nonsense was occurring. >> i never heard a -- i was in college. i never heard of coaches showering with players period. >> never. >> and i mean, players with adult or close to being adult players, not, you know, 10-year-old kids. that's not even -- that's not even a question. >> i mean, not to me. christine, how many locker rooms have you been in? a lot more than i've been in. i've never seen it in professional clubhouses, i've never seen it. the idea that towel snapping is normal for a guy in his 50s to be towel snapping with a 10-year-old? i mean, sandusky, get a life. what he is trying to do, he's trying to woo and convince us just like he did woo and coo these victims. i'm convinced. i've read a lot of grand jury reports in my life. i won a pulitzer prize for investigating the philadelphia justice system. i've never seen a defense like thisp. sand dusky basically incriminated himself anyway. naked showers, towel snapping, horseplay, what the hell was inadvertent touching of a leg? how does that happen and what does that mean? >> christine, you were talking about this sort of closed atmosphere of college sports. explain that a little bit to somebody who hasn't been in a big school like penn state or with a big program like this. i mean, how powerful are they on a campus? >> oh, i think more powerful than the police, probably than the governor. often we're talking about small towns, anderson, with these football programs that loom so large not only in the area but also in the nation. and the coaches, the fiefdom, the hierarchy here is unlike anything else. we talked football, talk about religion, talk about war and the military and there's a lot of similarities there in terms of the structure and the head coach is king. especially somebody like joe paterno who is like this untouchable god to a grad assistant like mcqueary and all of these people. they go and shut themselves off from the rest of the world in july, early august for practice. they have their season. then after the bowl games in january, they kind of come up for air. this is a world where, i'm sure that mcqueary thought in the original, the grand jury version of mcqueary's statements going to joe paterno on a day off, going to his house, i'm sure mcqueary thought that was way above and beyond what somebody would do, because in this case mcqueary is probably thinking paterno is more important than the police. >> buzz, what about penn state? what should be done at this point beyond -- obviously there's a lot of details we don't know about, the full story has yet to emerge. what do you think needs to happen? >> well, i think the problem is -- >> go ahead. >> you cited in your report, you cannot get the pennsylvania state police report on the 1998 incident. by the way, it took five years of constant fois to get joe paterno's football salary. five years until the state supreme court ruled -- because penn state fought it, that it was public record. this is what you're dealing with. you are dealing with an institution that, when it comes to football, is arrogant, imperious and a closed shop. i said in my daily beast piece, it's the code of emerita at its worst. they weren't going to turn in one of their own. christine makes a great point. in his going to joe paterno's house, that is like visiting god. i'm convinced that paterno knew in 1998 and everyone clammed it up because it's football and they closed ranks. that's what they do. not just the penn state, every major college program. >> christine, you agree that paterno probably knew in 1998? because it's hard to imagine so many groups investigating this guy so close to him without somebody informing him? >> he either knew and covered it up or didn't know and he was completely clueless about what was going on in his football locker room and the showers in his program. either way it's reprehensible. but yeah, sandusky, '99, prime of his career, 55 years old, suddenly retires, never heard from again. one of the great assistant coaches never mentioned for another job head coaching job around the country. >> doesn't make sense. >> what is that? we need these answers and that obviously is a big part of this story yet to come. the behavior of these coaches even, of course, we feel there's criminal behavior. even if there's not, they're leaders of young men, they're educators and that -- >> bottom line right now the university could open their records. the university could make it easy for everybody if they were really interested in changing and looking at themselves. so there's been a lot of talk. >> there's no question. >> this doesn't represent penn state. it would be very interesting to see how penn state handles this moving forward. we've got to leave it there. buzz bissinger, great to have you on. we'll have you on again. and christine brennan again. herman cain's controversial remarks about muslim. he said that majority of muslims living in america have extremist views. hear what he said next. also a new look at gabby giffords' amazing recovery. new video from inside the hospital. we'll let you hear her words and touk to sanjay gupta about her progress. my sinus symptoms come with a cough that stays even after i treat... 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>> pretty good. >> pretty good. >> pretty good. >> i can see that your arm, your right hand you move a lot more now. >> yes. >> is it painful? >> no. difficult. >> just difficult. >> difficult, difficult, difficult. strong, strong. >> that's the spirit. >> she's got very good posture. much better than me. >> you do a lot of therapy every day. >> yeah. how many hours? >> two hours of therapy. >> here at the house. >> giffords has clearly come a long way. it is obvious she has so many thoughts she's unable to express. she speaks mostly in single words, not in sentences. let's talk about that with dr. sanjay gupta. he's a practicing neurosurgeon as well and sees a lot of patients like gabby giffords. in the clip we saw she's still experiencing difficulty in moving her right side. is that typical after ten months? >> it is pretty typical. you talk about people having maximum recovery around 18 months, but still having recovery after that. so the type of injury that she had was the left side of her brain. as you know, which affects the right side of the body, the arm and the leg. and also speech. in her case specifically, expressive speech. her ability to speak, her understanding, her comprehension seems to be intact. but as you pointed out, she's gotten a lot better. four or five months from now, it could be even exponentially better than what you just saw. >> i want to play one of the therapy sessions that her husband taped and aired on "20/20". >> she says spoon for chair. >> for chair. >> cheeseburger for lamp. >> don't get frustrated. >> and chicken. >> for a lot of things. >> your jacket. >> chicken. >> i mean, explain what's happening in the brain with this kind of word replacement, when you think one thing but maybe you know what it is but you're saying chicken? >> it's a sort of word confusion. some people call it a disnome ya, which just means that you're naming things the wrong name. and it's very common in what is known as aphasia. aphasia is a term of speech. but you're basically trying to express yourself. there are all sorts of words to choose from, but the word you're choosing is the wrong one. so it's a word finding difficulty. i'll tell you this, though, it oftentimes gets -- that sort of thing gets better. the fact that she's speaking, that she's enuns kuwaiting as well as he is, coordinating her mouth. we heard how she was doing before. those are all good signs. this word finding difficulty or word sound often does improve, especially as she's had this much improvement at ten months. >> this is maybe a dumb question, but does she know she's using the wrong word? i would imagine that's being extraordinarily frustrating when you want to say arm but you're saying chicken. >> that's not at all a dumb question. i've asked that same question to patients who have had recoveries after this sort of thing, did they really recognize, was it frustrating to be aphasic or was it something that was normal because of their injury? and most patients have said it's incredibly frustrating. they know they're using the wrong word and they're trying to find the right word. they just can't find it. it's obviously even more frustrating when you're basically in a state where you can understand everything that's going around you. you can read, but you simply cannot express yourself. and it sounds like she was in that state for a few months. the doctors say, they're not talking about 100% recovery here, but over months she's made significant recovery. that's the best prognosticator of what her final end point is going to be. >> music is playing a big part in her rehab. another clip from "20/20." ♪ want to have fun ♪ oh girls just want to have fun ♪ ♪ fun want to have fun ♪ girls >> singing some cyndi lauper there. i mean, does music tap into a different part of the brain than speech does? >> music, a lot of it, is on the right side of the brain. the opposite side of the brain where she had her injury. taking that and sort of combining it with what we call aw tom o tichls, or reflexes where you know the words and you're expressing it. sometimes it can be easier to sing than even to speak. >> like kids who stutter, when they sing, they don't stutter. >> that's right. they get this sort of sing-songy behavior, the words seem to fit. you're replying on this almost reflexible speech because that's a song she's heard, maybe she sang it before. it all sort of comes back. it can be easier initially to sing a song like that than to even say the words to the song. >> interesting. dr. sanjay gupta, nice to have somebody who is really smart around here and knows what they're talking about. i didn't know all that stuff. the occupy wall street protesters kick geth kicked out of the park. a ruling on whether they'll be allowed back in. a never before heard audio tape of the air force one after the jfk assassination is up for sale. s together. where there's magic. and you now understand what nature's been hiding. ♪ at dow we understand the difference between innovation and invention. invention is important. it's the beginning. it's the spark. but innovation is where we actually create value for dow, for society, and for the world. ♪ at dow, we're constantly searching for how to use our fundamental knowledge of chemistry to solve these difficult problems. science is definitive. there is a right answer out there. 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>> reporter: you know, it's interesting, what we're seeing behind us is arguably the largest general assembly they've seen down here in the two months they've been protesting. this is when the protesters get together, they use a human mike yelling out what they'd like, what their plan of action is. it's only been four hours since the protesters were allowed back in this park. that came after a new york state supreme court ruling reversing an earlier decision. that earlier decision said the eviction was illegal, then it was overturned saying basically, as you said, it comes down to first amendment rights. they do have the first amendment right to protest, but not to totally occupy this park. not to live in this park. so it's a very different scene than it was 24 hours ago. there are no tents. there is nothing of the structure that had existed here for two months, anderson. obviously igniting a lot of anger. but i would also argue really galvanizing this movement. >> i saw reports on twitter and elsewhere about journalists being blocked from videotaping. i understood your crew was blocked from videotaping the eviction overnight. what happened? >> reporter: it was incredibly frustrating as a journalist coming to tell this story and being blocked. police barricades were as far out as two blocks away from the park on all four sides. despite showing them our press pass, saying we were with cnn, we were not allowed in. it took me three hours to get past the police barricade. when we were finally allowed into the park, by the time we were allowed in, all the protesters were gone. the last were being arrested and being loaded on to nypd buses and the park was being swept clean, really finishing the eviction. i asked nypd officers time and time again throughout the night starting at 2:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m., why can we not get through? is it a safety issue? we got no answer. that's been the complaint of a number of journalists is that they were not allowed inside to film this, to document what happened, anderson. >> you can argue that clearly the police didn't want those pictures out of them removing it. i guess the other argument would be some sort of safety thing. again, more questions to ask. we're following a number of other stories, poppy, we appreciate it. isha is back with a news bulletin. >> chicago were paid $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit that church leaders failed to remove a priest that they knew sexually abused minors. the priest in question is father daniel mccormack. he pleaded guilty to the charges in 2007. ten house republicans are again calling for the resignation of attorney general eric holder over his role in operation fast and furious. the lawmakers accuse holder of lying about the atf program where agents aloud known criminals to buy guns for practicing purposes. the u.s. postal service reports an annual loss of $5.1 billion due to declining mail volume and the rising cost of employee benefits. and anderson, newly discovered audio tapes made aboard air force one just after president john f. kennedy was assassinated are up for sale for half a million dollar. the recordings are being sold by the robb collection, an historic documents dealer. they're 30 minutes longer than the edited version at the national archives. a fascinating piece of history. coming up the sugar plum fairy gets fired. say it ain't so. if you ever longed for quaint holiday traditions or ever said a curse word after flushing a toilet, this word is for you. congratulations. congratulations. congratulations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire businesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them. congratulations. because when you add verizon to your company, you don't just add, you multiply. ♪ discover something new... verizon. yeah, i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. 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