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home and at his own high school when he was also interrupted once by a wrestling coach. and also belonged to the second mile. we expect this to be dramatic testimony just as it was yesterday when we heard from alleged victim number four, who took the stand to talk about being assaulted, raped and fondled allegedly by sandusky over many years. hes now 28 years old. they played shower games, for example, in which sandusky got soap all over him and then assaulted him. we also -- he faced ...

original race in 2010 and his victory speech put a national spin on the local win. >> tonight, tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> cnns ted rowlands for us this morning is in madison. good morning to you, ted. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. you see the video of that woman slapping tom barrett, and a lot of talk about that, obviously, this morning. we...

Fact that society today is very fascinated with reality television. and it may not come to many people as a surprise that main characters in todays reality tv shows are coached to be a certain way. and to act and to attract likability and audiences love to see people in painful situations. so the question is, how much time will there be before reality tv is taken to a terrible end? and suzanne collins wrote the sci-fi trilogy and found the inspiration because of channel flipping. she went from s...

Luck. i think the pageant itself this specific pageant. gretchenson polite because she was a former miss america. i will be more harsh on this particular side of pageants, solely based on looks, no talent, no leadership characteristics, character development, any other sort of qualities or characteristics that factor into the judging of these girls, thats a wrong message to send to girls. >> bill: i have to defend the message though, hoover, because i got this job solely on looks. [ laughter ] n...

Luck. i think the pageant itself this specific pageant. gretchenson polite because she was a former miss america. i will be more harsh on this particular side of pageants, solely based on looks, no talent, no leadership characteristics, character development, any other sort of qualities or characteristics that factor into the judging of these girls, thats a wrong message to send to girls. >> bill: i have to defend the message though, hoover, because i got this job solely on looks. [ laughter ] n...

president obamas finance committee. is it officially a lost decade for the middle class? >> its certainly a lost opportunity. weve lost ground. and middle class americans are really suffering. >> the top end has done well though. thats where you get this whole political narrative that the middle is suffering at the expense of the top. >> the whats happening right now is were seeing a transformation or a dramatic change in our economy. weve gone from a manufacturing oriented economy in ...

>> could i just add? could i just add? i think we all know that if the president decides to reach an agreement with us, the democrats most of them will fall in line. he is the leader of the democratic party, he is the president of the united states. he needs to indicate what he will sign and we are in those discussions now. >> reporter: something by monday, is that a firm deadline including the markets? >> im not going to put it to any deadlines, but it should be clear to you that sena...

Families have. so in this district weve really focused on engainling parents in this process and its worked. >> reporter: what is the reason so many parents sign up? >> theyre free. all you have to do is have a child in the public school system and you can come. >> reporter: jose ramirez has two boys in middle school, originally from el salvador. >> we say, oh, the teexer can handle the classroom. my children are fine. because of the culture. but right now i feel more close in. >> reporter: what...

Thats why arlene ackerman created parent university. >> not every parent has a computer or access to the resources many middle class families have. so in this district, we really focused on engaging parents in this process. and its worked. >> reporter: what is the reason so many parents are signing up? >> theyre free. all you have to do is have a child in the school system and you can come. >> reporter: jose ramirez has two boys in school. >> sometimes we say oh, the teacher can handle the class...

So courtney, what does the movie industry have to say about all this? >> i talked to a movie producer about this and he says that the industry is trying to cut down on smoking voluntarily. and it also helps that fewer actors are smoking these days but the real reason they use it is for character development. make someone more mysterious or dark as we associate smoking with that anyways so they certainly dont want an r rating based on character elements and its kind of paternalistic to have their...