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Organization that is supposed to help kids. give me a break. b.j., you get the final word. >> well, you know, i think this is a sad commentary of what college sports have become. theyve become so big. and the games themselves are so riveting and so great so many times. >> exactly. >> but were losing what our priorities are. our priorities are education and doing whats right. when the athletic program and a person like joe paterno becomes bigger than anything else in a lot of peoples minds, weve ...

In public life with worse p.r. league is the penn state athletic program. i think its -- it is interes interesting. colleague and i at national review talked to people and this helps him get support. a strong sense that this is a sort of, thumb in the eye. east coast elite media. the last ten days are fluid and potentially changing a lot of this is spinning wheels. >> its clear that romney calculation is that its not going to be cain. cain numbers are twice perry. romney is not running against c...

university president vowed unconditional support for both of them. jason carroll is there. the question now is, what exactly did they know and when did they know it? >> exactly. perhaps we will get more answers later on today when the attorney general holds a press conference. when you talk about that unconditional support, you have to wonder about that now because the two school officials resigned late last night. >> hes a legend in the world of college football. for 23 years, jerry s...

harassment claims from his past. we were the first to bring you this on our show, last night. a fed up, angry herman cain struggling to change the conversation with a room full of reporters. >> i was going to do something that my staff told me not to do and try to respond. what im saying is this, we are getting back on message. end of story. back on message. read all the other accounts. read all the other accounts, where everything has been answered. end of story. we are getting back o...

Them to peck junk food. but the fact that they have a healthier all tiff theyre more likely to make healthier choices. >> really, this is about the kids so theres a huge push to get the machines in schools, and in front of more young people. especially when you consider about 17% or 12 1/2 million children between the ages of two and 19 are considered obese. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, childhood obesity rates have almost tripled since 1980 and many believe fixing...

anderson. >> he was giggle. >> thats the first time i have ever seen him completely lose it. it was funny. >> a lot to talk about this morning. we have breaking news. a suicide truck bomber targeting the u.s. military base in afghanistan. it happened in the city of gardez a few hours ago. officials say the truck ripped through the main security gate. killed two afghan guards. nine others were hurt. and the taliban is taking credit for the attack. >> less than two weeks after downgradin...

officers responded but have not found anyone matching that description. the sighting was reported outside deitrick hall. a lot of sensitivity right here. we want to make it clear that this is not confirmed, its not a confirmed sighting as of now, but instead authorities are acting on what eyewitness accounts have directed them on. we have kelsey hiter whos on the phone with us, she was the managing editor of collegiate times at virginia tech. so kelsey, what more can you tell us about ...

>> first of all, i agree 100%. this reminds me of that billionaire who gave $3 million to the connecticut athletic program, and he got angry that the university did not have him involved in a process, and asked for his $3 million back. look, if i give money no the university, im entrusting they are going to make the right decision and im giving foyter the right decisions. ill s i simply dont believe you can have a hand in the hiring process, because if they disagree, akrd coing to the agreement,...

Vomit as well as several discarded condoms, shep. >> shepard: the university decided not to suspend this player wittles even though other universities automatically suspend athletes for being arrested before trial. why isnt this the case here. >> this is fyu student code of conduct. its not so clear as to what should happen athlete accused of a felony assay florida state university which automatically yanks any player just accused of committing a felonious crime. now, fiu leaders are letting him...

A university to suspend an athlete for being accused of a felony. >> reporter: its very common. florida state aoupb has that policy. if any athlete is accused of a felony immediately they are yanked off the team pending the investigation. florida international universitys student code of conduct is not so clear-cut. it allows for a case-by-case decision for the university, in this case the university is siting the american tradition of innocent until proven guilty and they are allowing wittels t...