good morning to you. this is your "a.m. wake-up call" for friday. happy friday. it's november 18th, from the time warner center in new york, i'm carol costello. here are the morning's top stories. another child sex scandal at a major university. syracuse university has confirmed that basketball assistant coach bernie fein has been put on administrative leave. one of his accusers talking about more than a decade of abuse that started in sixth grade. he thought president obama was the antichrist. the man accused of taking shots at the white house, now accused of trying to assassinate the president. and cleaning up and recovering after deadly storms tear through the south. the storms started in texas and tore a path to the carolinas. at least six people were killed. let's head to atlanta and check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf. hopefully the rough weather has ended. >> in part of the we begin to see things ramp up. you have the cleanup in its wake that's remaining. as we take a look at the maps, you look at the delays. the delays tell the weather story. in miami, new york and boston, you have issues with showers and wind. in the midwest, both chicago and st. louis, delays about an hour. back out to the west, san francisco showers, major delays expected, over an hour. if you look farther north from say san francisco up to into the coastal range to the foot hills of mt. shasta and the see area nevada and back into parts of washington state and the willamette valley, we're talking heavy snow. same situation in parts of the central northern rockies. great news for skiers. if you're trying to drive along parts of i-70 or i-80, it could be difficult for you. that snow is only part of the story. when you couple that with wind gusts, it will be difficult. the drive along parts of 90 will be tough, too. in those mountain passes you could see the wind accelerate, perhaps approaching 60 miles an hour. could be a rough day. we will talk more about what you can expect nationwide in a few moments, plus the highs and lows of the day. >> thank you, reynolds. >> you bet. a new child sex scandal rocking another major university this morning. syracuse has confirmed that basketball assistant coach bernie fein has been placed on administrative leave. espn is reporting that two former syracuse ball boys, both stepbrothers say fein molested them starting in the layte '70s and continuing into the '90s. >> sixth grade, 11, 10 years old and he started trying to touch me and things like that. honestly, i don't remember if i thought that is what was supposed to hope. i know i cringed up and didn't want it to happen. i was like, what's going on? i remember bean disgusted in a sense, when he started trying to touch me, my private. >> syracuse university says it investigated the allegations back in 2005 and found no evidence to support the claim saying the coach would have been fired otherwise. but syracuse police have now re-opened the investigation. syracuse's long-time head coach jim boeheim came out in support of fein, he says, quote, i'm known bernie fein for more than 40 years. i have never seen or witnessed anything to suggest that he would be involved in any of the actions alleged. bernie has my full support, end quote. new developments in the penn state sex abuse scandal. a new accuser coming out. an attorney tells cnn there could be up to ten more victims. jason carroll as the latest from state college. >> reporter: i spoke to an attorney who says he has received more than ten calls from people who say they were victimized ed by jerry sandusk. he's representing one man who says jerry sandusky started sexually assaulting him in the early 1990s. i want you to listen to the conversation i had with them about those allegations. >> i can tell you, there's a pattern that has emerged not only in the folks that have engaged this but the cause of received, in every instance sandusky used his position of trust and power and his caring ways as a coach and mentor to groom the families and the children. and after he did would in some way, act out on them, either at the schools, at the events, on trips, at a variety of locations. and in some instances he raped or assaulted them on one occasion. in some instances it's multiple. as it pertains to penn state, as soon as the revelations came forth that there had been what looked like a cover-up or several victims, several victims started to make calls. realizing they weren't alone. and we took those calls and were giving them support and then as soon as sandusky gave the interview in which he denied the sexual abuse, the numbers of contacts that have been made with us at our office have really ratcheted up dramatically. >> i also want to point out did i have a conversation with jerry sandusky's attorney earlier this week and one of his concerns was that anyone who was associated with sandusky early on might now want to come out and try to take advantage of what's happening by claiming to be a victim. by having said that, jeff anderson, the attorney there who you just heard from told me that he feels as though these new allegations are in fact credible. carol? >> jason carroll, reporting this morning. also this morning, new york city regrouping from occupy's show of force. thousands of protesters marched through lower manhattan across the brooklyn bridge last night to mark the two-month anniversary of the occupy wall street movement. dozens were arrested for blocking cars. >> i'm not happy with the state of things right now and i like that everybody's here for different reasons but we're all united together to express, you know, dissent. >> they're playing a rigged game. the rule's got to change. >> there were a few bursts of violence, scuffles with police, some scuffles got a little bloody. the nypd says one officer was cut by a flying object in zuccotti park. in the end, around 245 protesters were arrested. protesters were projecting preoccupy messages on the verizon building downtown. the the video shot from the brooklyn bridge posted online with the message, the new york city skyline has just been occupied, suckas. hundreds of protesters moving from a bank of america branch to the downtown financial district in l.a. 50 people arrested there. in portland, a drink flew at an officer outside a wells fargo bank where they staged a sit-in. a line of police officers, some on horse back, tried to break up the crowd. word out of washington that they just can't get it done. the so-called super committee running out of time to find a way to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the nation's deficit. some lawmakers saying a deal may be out of reach. they've had 2 1/2 months and now they're down to five days. they're still fighting over the same things, tax increases and cuts to entitlements. failure to reach a deal will trigger across the board budget cuts and likely higher interest rates for you. president obama in bali. the president making big news during his visit, announcing he is sending secretary of state hillary clinton to myanmar next month. that's the first visit by a u.s. secretary of state in more than 50 years. dan lothian is traveling with the president. he's in bali this morning. good morning, dan. >> reporter: good morning, carol. the u.s. for decades has been concerned about human rights abuses in myanmar, also known as burma. there have been democratic reformers who have been imprisoned along with some of the ethnic minorities, all under military rulership there. president obama says that over the last several weeks, the u.s. has been able to notice what he described as, quote, flickers of progress. some of these democratic reformers have been released from prison, some of them media restrictions have been lifted. and so that's what is behind this decision to send secretary clinton to myanmar next month. but while there has been progress, president obama made clear there's still room for growth. >> of course there's far more to be done. we remain concerned about burma's closed political system. its treatment of minorities and holding of political prisoners and its relationship with north korea. but we want to seize what could be a historic opportunity for progress and make it clear if burma continues to travel down the road of democratic reform, it can forge a new relationship with the united states of america. >> reporter: now, this move today fits into the president's playbook of looking towards the east for reforms and also for economic opportunities. that's why the president is here in bali, indonesia, attending two high-level regional summits, also meeting one-on-one with several world leaders, including the prime minister of india. carle? >> dan lothian reporting live for us this morning. thank you. you thought president obama was the antichrist, the man accused of taking shots at the white house now charged with trying to assassinate the president. 21-year-old ramiro ortega hernandez making his first court appearance yesterday. he's heading back to washington to face charges. authorities say the man was obsessed with president obama. he took two shots at the white house last friday night, one bullet cracking a window of the first family's living quarters. the president and his family were away. gas prices and a job crisis. not going to ruin your holiday. aaa is predicting that 42.5 million americans will travel 50 miles or more over thanksgiving despite the economy. that's 4% more than last year. aaa saying this year people are choosing family and friends over frugality. will it be a smooth ride in the first look at your holiday travel forecast, coming up bit later. still to come this morning, some parents are outraged after seeing this video, a bus driver caught texting with their kids on board. her punishment, just ahead. think of your worst airline nightmare. a group of plane passengers forced to pay hundreds of dollars before being taken to their final destination. and the vatican considers taking legal after after seeing b beneton's latest shock. it involves the pope. 12 minutes after the hour. we'll be right back. in one... burgers and soup. did you hear him honey? 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