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ferocious flame, firefighters are starting to get an upper hand. thats the good news. we have reporters, as always, all over the country covering these major stories for you. i want to start out with sandrasandra endo and lets begin with athena. athena, nearly 4 million homes are without power from indiana to player land from the brutal storms, the death toll is climbing. what can you tell us? what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, we know that there are six confirmed deaths in virgin...

on to rain more boys? well, graduate assistant mike mcqueary saw him and the boy in the shower. he froze, didnt stop sandusky, but he did report what he saw. he told his box the legendary head coach, joe paterno what he saw. coach paterno told his bosses. everyone who had the power to stop jerry sandusky had the information they needed to stop jerry sandusky. so why didnt they? that is the question. tonight, a "360" exclusive that could point to some answers. more, now, from susan cand...

Something, that would have stopped him from being around other kids. >> reporter: thats a big burden to carry. >> i know its not my fault, but i cant help but feel that way. >> reporter: weaver is now suing sandusky, second mile and penn state university. his lawyer is jeff anderson, who specializes in representing sexual abuse victims, including many cases involving the catholic church. one of the things jerry sanduskys attorney said over and over again is he believes people came forward later ...

Cried about it? >> a long time ago. >> weavers story echos many of sanduskys accusers. mom and dad split up when he was little. there was a lot of fighting in the home he shared with two brothers, a counselor referred 10-year-old to a special summer camp run by a charity called the second mile. >> what was it like first time you met jerry sandusky? >> it was great, like meeting my hero. >> almost immediately, he says jerry sandusky took an interest in him, taking him to football games, inviting ...

guns because u.s. authorities never bothered to tell mexican authorities about the scheme. they never had a way to actually track the guns. that is, not until people started dying. >> the only way youre going to find those guns in mexico is where? >> at crime scenes. at the death, at the site of somebody whos dead. at a gun battle between the police and the bad guys in which either the bad guy was killed and his gun was left at the scene or used during the commission of a crime in whic...

police and the bad guys in which either the bad guy was killed and his gun was left at the scene or used during the commission of a crime in which the gun was left behind. >> that makes no sense to me. >> between reasonable men within the law enforcement community, no, there is no reasonable explanation to let these guns walk. >> two of those guns made their way back north to the scene where border agent brian terry was shot dead a year and a half ago. he just finished buying christmas...

plus, why rapists in the military are getting away with it. a bay area congresswoman taking the air force on front and center. jackie spear calling for new hearings on what she calls abuse of power. this morning, shes in the newsroom. and hot, hot, hot. the summer sizzler in full effect this morning. dangerously high heat and humidity making it feel as hot as 110 degrees from virginia all the way to southern maine. so sit back, get out the fan, stay cool. newsroom starts right now. >...

that is, not until people started dying. >> the only way youre going to find those guns in mexico is where? >> at crime scenes. at the death, at the site of somebody whos dead. at a gun battle between the police and the bad guys in which either the bad guy was killed and his gun was left at the scene or used during the commission of a crime in which the gun was left behind. >> that makes no sense to me. >> between reasonable men within the law enforcement community, no, there is no rea...

track the guns. that is, not until people started dying. >> the only way youre going to find those guns in mexico is where? >> at crime scenes. at the death, at the site of somebody whos dead. at a gun battle between the police and the bad guys in which either the bad guy was killed and his gun was left at the scene or used during the commission of a crime in which the gun was left behind. >> that makes no sense to me. >> between reasonable men within the law enforcement community, no,...

Testify, he cant be forced to do so. >> knowing that and the defense attorney knows there are other attorney whos would call him out on that, why try to explain it out that way? >> i think its more of a pr, public relations kind of ploy. in other words, you know, my client really wanted to get on the stand and tell everyone hes innocent but we wouldnt let him. so hes not the bad guy. were the bad guy. i think theyre more just taking the heat or the fall for their client. practically speaking. >>...