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comes on the heels of similar moves in cities across the count country. for the first time since being indutied for sexually abusing eight boys jerry sandusky is speaking out about the charges against him. sandusky insists he s not a pedophile. nbc s michelle franzen has more. reporter: on an exclusive phone enter on rock center, jerry sandusky, charged with 40 counts of child abuse, tells bob costas he s innocent. i say i am innocent of those charges. innocent, completely innocent and falsely accused in every aspect? well, i could say that, you know, i have done some of those things. i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged them. and i have touched their leg without intent of sexual contact. reporter: one of the allegations in the grand jury indictment stems from testimony by assistant coach mike mcqueary. in 2002 the then-graduate assistant says he witnessed san dwrufk in the locker room with a boy and told his supervisor.
i m lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is first look on msnbc. we begin with advancing the deal. senate lawmakers rallied a rare show of bipartisan support yesterday with an overwhelming majority agreeing to advance the president s proposed tax cut compromise. time approval in the senate could come as early as today but once the measure moves into the house, its fate is much less certain. nbc s tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. tracie, good morning. reporter: the vote was 83-15 in the senate. rarely do you see that type of support from both democrats and republicans here in washington. it was a test vote, but it could very well foreshadow what we ll see when the real vote actually happens possibly as early as later on today. democrats and republicans alike say they held their nose and voted for this compromise, but democrats much more so because they opposed that 35% estate tax that would have been 20% higher without this