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Back now with "the daily rundown." im filling in for the one and only chuck todd. here are some of the other stories making headlines today. former penn state asis tan coach jerry sandusky insists he is neinnocent of charges he sexually abused young boys. sandusky admitted some of the aspects of the indictment are true. >> could say that i have done some of those things. i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged them. i have touched their leg without intent ...

years. his legacy blemished by jerry sandusky. dozens of penn state students rally outside coach paternos home late last night helping to save his job. on friday, the penn state board of trustees is going to set up a special committee to investigate sandusky. prosecutors say he molested eight boys. paterno is not accused of anything illegal. but he went to university officials, not to the police in 2002 when a witness told hill he saw sandusky sod miomize him ine showers. early tradi...

private sector added 110,000 jobs in october. and president obama makes a new push for money to fix the nations roads and bridges in a speech this hour. hell call on congress to pass the transportation component of his jobs bill. which includes money for infrastructure. the president will use a bridge in washingtons georgetown area as a backdrop and well take you there live. the speech is set for 11:25 eastern time. and we have new pictures today of a jetliners dramatic emergency l...

The energy is what drives the story and narratives. thats all in cains favor. >> wouldnt be governor of florida without the tea party. the director of the poll. thanks for coming on. we will see you in a couple more weeks. earnings season takes a bite out of apple. what does it mean for wall street. on the road again, day three of president obamas dont call it a campaign bus tour. todays stop? virginia. we will talk to the states former governor about what president obama needs to do to win that...

We are looking at a slightly lower open. >> "the daily rundown" is back in 30 seconds. >> bottom of the hour and heres stories making headlines. americans on social security are set to receive a 3.6% jump in benefits. they will get $39 per month additional. the cost of living adjustments were put off in 2010 and 2011 because inflation was too low at the time.

Respond to these allegations about iran? >> president cain would respond to these allegations about iran by first asking all of my intelligence sources to come this, asking the joint chiefs of staffs, getting everybody that knows something about this situation to come in, lets take a look at the complete picture, lets take a look at all of the data and then make a decision. i cant say what i would do sitting here based upon just the news reports. what they did is inexcusable. what we do about it...

What is your take away? >> i think he looks strong. there have been no gaffes, no stumbles of any significance by mitt romney in any of the debates weve had thus far. a long process, slow and steady wins this race. ive often said that he doesnt need to win the debates. he just needs to survive this whole primary process and so far he is doing that. >> he is doing that. something else getting a lot of buzz is herman cain getting attacked for his 999 plan to fix the economy. he defended it on the ...

>> it is a revote. its like t.a.r.p. maybe second time will be the charm. other things people are looking at, rim, the parent company of blackberry, their stock down because theres an outage on blackberry. mine not working since 1:41 last night. pepsico coming out with better than expect the earnings. alcoa disappointing on the other end. mixed bag, but the futures are looking up. >> you just explained to me why i did the battery trick wondering why i couldnt get my blackberry to do anything? >>...

Busy day in court as last several days. adam housley live in los angeles with more. >> reporter: court is underway. well get to that in a moment. first of all lets quickly give you a run-down of yesterday when a parade of girlfriends went through the courtroom. two of them saying they were acquaintances of dru murray. the third one saying he is his current girlfriend. contentious moments with the prosecution and witnesses when they went back a forth with a little sparring. interesting moment wit...

fewer americans filed first-time jobless claims last week. the labor department says that it got 395,000 initial claims. thats a drop of 7,000. it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist...