make no mistake, this is not a vacation. also a new list of seven natural wonders of the world revealed? but what do you think is missing? maybe you think something is missing from that list. welcome to you all from the cnn center in atlanta. this is cnn saturday morning. we are glad you are right here. let s start on the campus of penn state university. look at this. this happened last night. students, thousands of them, came out for a candlelight vigil to support the victims of the sex abuse scandal. this is the same place where students rioted in support of fired football coach joe paterno just two days ago. we are hearing from joe paterno from his son which says my father is experiencing a range of powerful emotions. he is absolutely distract over what happened to the children and their families. he also wants to very much to speak publicly and answer questions. at this stage, however, he has no choice but to be patient and defer to the legal process. he also said the
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rapes of young boys allegedly by a former assistant coach and allegedly covered up or at least ignored by other penn state officials. we get the latest from our mary snow. reporter: two days after ousting its president and former coach joe paterno, penn state s board of trustees announced today that it is forming a committee to investigate the failure surrounding the reporting of sex allegations by jerry sandusky. the board of trustees says no resources will be spared. they will have independent counsel and investigative teams saying there are no restrictions on the scope or activity of this committee, this as a new interim prefz penn state rodney ericsson addressed the board about moving forward here at penn state. 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. my heart aches for the
good morning. it is thursday, november 10. well tomorrow to american morning. if you went to sleep early last night or at all, everything is different this morning. it really is. first crash of the titan penn state football coach joe paterno out after 46 years as the head man in happy valley. paterno was fired along with the university president over a child sex scandal involving paterno s former assistant jerry sandusky. the decision came hours after paterno said he would finish out the season and then retire. instead penn state s board of trustees brought the hammer down. the past several days have been absolutely terrible for the entire penn state community. but the outrage we feel is nothing compared to the physical and psychological suffering that allegedly took place. effective immediately, dr. spannier is no longer president of the university. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. penn state students spill flood th