iran says the drone was an rk-170. that s one of the most secret drones in the u.s. military and intelligence arsenal, essentially a stealth drone, flies undetected, gathering intelligence and targeting information. what is the u.s. say something so far the u.s. is using the alternate aplooins lines in afghanistan to issue a statement is only saying the uav which the iranians may be referring to may be a u.s. unarmed reconnaissance aircraft that had been flying a mission over western afghanistan last week. the operators of the uav lost control of the aircraft and had been working to determine its status. that is what the u.s. is saying about all of this, a loss of flight controls before the drone went down. but what the u.s. isn t saying is that it was shot down or one of the highly classified drones. the key question is do the iranians have their hands on classified u.s. intelligence technology? let s talk more about the pentagon s concerns. how concerned is the pentagon a
megachurch pastor eddie long faced his congregation to announce he s taking time off to work on his family. this comes three days after his wife filed for divorce. the atlanta-based pastor gained national attention last spring after he settled a lawsuit with four young men who said he pressured them into sexual relationships with him. and celebrations get out of hand after a big college game in oklahoma. 13 people were hurt. the chaos broke out when fans stormed the field after oklahoma state beat arch rival oklahoma. two people fell or jumped from a high retaining wall and are in critical condition. several others were trampled. now to the race for the white house. one month from today, results of the iowa caucuses and right now prominent newspapers in the state are starting to choose sides. the sioux city journal is endorsing mitt romney. it is the biggest paper in iowa so far to back a candidate ahead of the caucuses. the paper says, if as a republican your number one
curious things, places where a guy named jimmy who began his journey to become president carter. places where inevitable winners like hillary clinton and howard dean lost. places where somebody could rewrite the story that this republican race has come down to mitt versus newt. somebody like ron paul. newt gingrich has been on both sides of a long list of issues. sometimes in the same week. it s wrong to go around and adopt radically different positions. because then people have to ask themselves what will you tell me next time? ron paul hit newt gingrich pretty hard this week and he s got the money to keep at it. $3.6 million in cash. even better, he s got the army, time magazine reports paul insiders claim to have hard pledges from 20,000 caucusgoers, a record 120,000 iowans showed up in the 2008 republican caucuses. and one more number. 30. congressman paul joins me now from his home state of texas. congressman, you were greeted this morning by a new des moines
penn state handled allegations against him in susa susan, what s going on here? reporter: don, jerry sandusky says no one at penn state ever demanded his keys to the locker room after he was accused of so domizing a boy in the shower. but there s also an unsettling response when he s asked about that interview. his new interview, at least parts of it arguably, are raising as many eyebrows as his first one. in an interview video taped, jerry sandusky not only repeats his denials of wrong doing, he tells the paper, youngsters might say i was a father figure. a father figure who stands accused of 40 counts of raping and molesting young boys. in an intriguing exchange, sandusky tries to explain the way he answered nbc a few weeks ago when asked whether he sexually attracted to young boys? am i sexually attracted underage boys? sexually attracted, you know, i enjoy young people. he tells the new york times at first he wondered what to make of the question. off camera, yo
the iranians are referring may be a u.s. unarmed reconnaissance aircraft that had been flying a mission over western afghanistan late last week. the operators of the uav lost control of the aircraft and had been working overtime to determine its status. so in fact u.s. officials are saying the crew reported right before they lost this plane, unmanned plane, that they lost flight controls right before it went down. but so far the key thing is they re not saying it was shot down. they re not saying what kind of drone it is. but shot down or not, the real question here is the real bottom line, do the iranians now have their hands on classified u.s. technology. the u.s. knows it is not going to get it back. in this particular case, barbara, the u.s. can t go in retrieve it or destroy it as it might be able to do if this material would have ended up in another country. well, that s absolutely right. when helicopters or drones go down in places like afghanistan, and they want t