captain dennis davern was one of those people. in the past he said that wood's death was a direct result of a fight with wagner onboard his fight. listen to what davern told "today" show this morning. >> you're saying that wagner did not do everything he should have done to look for her after she went missing. >> exactly. >> was he responsible for her death in some way? >> well, like i said, i think we all made mistakes that night and -- >> that wasn't my question. was he responsible for her death? i am not asking about your story. >> yes, i would say so, yes. >> robert wagner's publicist gave cnn this statement. wagner's family, "fully supports the efforts of the l.a. county sheriff's department and trust they will evaluate any new information relating to the death of natalie wood wagner is valid and comes from credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30-year anniversary of her tragic death." authorities have scheduled a news conference scheduled for 2:00 p.m. eastern time today. let's talk to analyst mike brooks about this. so, mike, that the captain of this boat is now saying he wasn't completely truthful at the time. he didn't tell authorities everything he knew, he didn't do everything such as use a search light. >> right. >> with mr. wagner looking for natalie wood. what can investigators gleam from this kind of information and how do they proceed from here? >> they'll have to reopen the whole thing, fred. he went on further to say that basically everybody on the boat got his story toofrgether to te investigators. were they not be truthful and that led to the coroner ruling it an accident? that is going to be the main key, the key thing here because, you know, her body was found about a mile away from the boat early next morning and the dinghy was found washed up on the beach. and she had some bruising to the left side of her face, which the coroner said he believes she got from slipping as she was trying to get into the dinghy after this big fight. so, anybody who was there, they're going to try to bring anybody who knew anything in the original investigation. they're going to have to reinterview them and this boat captain, he's going to be one of the key figures in the reopening of this investigation by the l.a. sheriff's department. >> so, the captain was, and he acknowledges, he was interviewed before. but now he says that there was an argument that took place between wagner and wood and that from there next thing he knew that she was missing and that he also tries to offer a little bit more information about the composure of wagner that he discouraged him from using a search light and discouraging him from going to authorities or taking what would be an ordinary search effort to that next level. >> right. he said that they were up in the wheel house of the splendor. the boat that they were on. he wanted to use the search light and wagner didn't want to use the search light and basically he made up the story and got the story together with everybody that was there and that's what they told investigators. the captain said the efforts they should have taken were not taken that night and the whole thing is, what is the motivation here? and that's one of the other things that the l.a. sheriff investigators are going to have to look at, fred. is there monetary reason they're coming forward now, almost 30 years later? there's a lot of questions that remain unanswered in this case. >> monetary motivation or is this an issue of clearing a conscious, as well. mike brooks, thanks so much. we'll see you a bit later on in this hour, as well. dennis davern the captain of the boat will be on cnn later today in the noon eastern hour. also this morning, a new child molestation accusation is rocking a college campus. this time it's syracuse university. the accused, an associate basketball coach who has been with the program for decades his accusers served as ball boys for the team in the '80s and '90s. alina cho is in new york for with more on this. just like the penn state investigation, these allegations actually surfaced years earlier. >> that's absolutely right. in fact, two people have come forward. one some years back. the other one just now. and most notably, this second victim, alleged victim says that he came forward because of what was going on at penn state. and, finally had the courage to speak out. now, syracuse university is associate men's basketball coach bernie fine has been placed on administrative leave. and police in that city now say they have reopened an investigation into disturbing allegations of sexual abuse. now, fine who was seen here allegedly molested two former ball boys, including bobby davis who is now 39 years old. davis told espn "outside the lines" that the abuse started back in the 1980s. >> probably when i was, you know, sixth grade, 11, 10 years old and he started trying to touch me and things like that. and, honestly, i don't even remember if i thought that is what was supposed to happen. i know i cringed up and didn't want it to happen and i was very like, what's going on? i just never webeing disgusted a sense. that's when he started to touch me and my private. >> now, davis says the abuse took place at fine's home. syracuse basketball facilities, even road trips, including the 1987 final four. now, part of the reason this is now coming out is because there is now a parent cooperation that second alleged victim has come forward. he is davis' older stepbrother named mike lang. he's now 45 years old. lang was also a ball boy for syracuse and he told espn's "outside the lines" that fine touched him inappropriately back when he was in the fifth or sixth grade. >> when he first did it, he moved away and didn't say anything. you didn't feel like you were capable of saying anything. he's a god to you or he can do whatever he wants. and not with me. i didn't feel right about it. and i told him that, bernie, please, don't do that to me. and then, you know, he'd do it again and again. >> now, the first alleged victim, bobby davis, said he first alerted syracuse university officials about six years ago. that's 2005. the university said it immediately launched its own nearly four-month investigation and that everyone else involved, including the assistant coach, bernie fine, denied the story. and that syracuse police, ultimately, decided not to pursue the case because the statue of limitations had expired. now, in a statement released last night, syracuse university said, "in light of the new allegations and the syracuse city police investigation, this evening chancellor cantor asked director of athletics, dr. daryl gross to place associate head coach bernie fine on administrative leave." late last night syracuse head basketball coach jim boeheim released a statement saying, "bernie has my full support." he has been part of this basketball program for 35 years. the longest streak for consecutive seasons for an assistant coach. the 65-year-old was also inducted into the greater syracuse sports hall of fame just last month. in and around syracuse, fred, he's known as the king of syracuse. now, having said that, i've just been handed a lengthy e-mail that was sent to alumni by nancy cantor. let me just read part of it for you and i'm just reading this for the second time. bear with me. let me be clear. many questions whether or not a university in today's world can shine a harsh light on its athletic programs, we are aware that many wonder if university and administration are willing to turn a blind eye to wro wrongdoing. i can assure you, i am not and my fellow administrators are not. she went on to say, fred, we do not tolerate abuse. >> all right, very disturbing report and investigation. thanks so much. alina cho. we're not done with this topic. the view from campus. we'll talk to a reporter from the independent student newspaper, "the daily orange." right fwhou to politics. the secret service now says it's protecting herman cain. he's the first republican candidate to earn that distinction in that presidential race. senior political editor mike prest preston, who broke this story along with our john king is in washington. so, mark, do we know why this campaign requested the protection? >> we don't know. but this is certainly an important development right now, fredricka, in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the campaign reached out to the secret service and they presented thir case as to why mr. cain should receive secret service protection and after review by the secret service and an advisory panel which consists of the congressional leadership on capitol hill, they decided, in fact, mr. cain was worthy of receiving this protection. that could only lead you to one thing, fredricka. that means, obviously, mr. cain's safety was at risk. so, starting late last night, herman cain started receiving secret service protection and this is something we will expect to see throughout the remainder of the campaign at this point. now, fredricka, it's interesting to note that the secret service started protecting the president of the united states back in 1901 and this was after the assassination of president william mckinley and in 1968 after bobby kennedy was assassinated, he was running for the democratic presidential nomination, the secret service extended their protection to major presidential candidates. now, herman cain on the campaign trail will have secret service protection. the good thing for him in some ways is that it will not cost him any money. he will not have to pay for private security. the bad things is he will not be able to have that touchy feel that you get on the campaign trail. more under locked by the secret service agents. >> then you will remember that kind of protection was extended to president barack obama when he was candidate obama, as well. meantime, iowa caucus right around the corner. it has been a pretty long campaign, thus far. is it taking a toll on any of these candidates in particular? if so, how? >> i think so, fred. i think if you look at all the candidates right now, they're getting very fitired and we tald about the brain freezes and talked about the moments in this campaign where the candidates just seem to stop in their footsteps. in fact, let's look at this interview from herman cain from our affiliate up in new hampshire talking about the rigors of the campaign in his family. >> almost can't say it. >> emotional, huh? sg . >> and there you have herman cain. he was asked about the campaign and he was obviously discussing about whether or not he would become president and how he would feel if he was sworn in at that time. of course, you can see the exhaustion in his face right now, but before he gets to iowa, certainly before he gets to being sworn in as the president, he has to come here to washington, though, for next tuesday's cnn debate on national security. cnn and the american enterprise institute and the heritage foundation is really going to have a debate focused on national security issues that have not been addressed fully here in this campaign. obviously, huge because the president is the commander in chief and also talking about the economy, as well, which a lot of people say is the number one national security issue facing this country. fred? >> all right, thanks so much, mark preston, appreciate that from washington. our next political update in one hour and a reminder for all the latest political news. you know exactly where to go to our website, of course. politics.com, cnnpolitics.com. all right, we all know flying certainly is not cheap. airlines charge for just about everything from food to baggage. well, now we're hearing two chartered jets hit passengers up for extra cash in mid-flight during a layover. cnn's max foster has the latest from london. so, max, what happened? explain here. i know passengers were irate. >> absolutely. well, the back story is quite complicated. but essentially what happened is there was a load of passengers on the plane traveling from india to the uk and the plane stopped, was brought down in vienna and everyone on board was told to pump out tens of thousands of cash to pay for fuel. some were released off the aircraft and some were allowed to go to cash machine to get the money and some had to borrow off each other. eventually, they dead get up into the air, but they were left out of pocket. we also hear that another group of passengers were asked to stump up extra cash before they even left india. so, complete mess. there's a real blame game going on here, but as a result of all of this, the flights have been canceled on this particular charter. and the load of passengers, fredricka, are still stuck in india. >> oh, my goodness. how uncomfortable. looking at the pictures, you see people tuckered out there. thanks so much, max foster, appreciate that. meantime in this country, now protesters clashing with police at "occupy wall street's" so-called day of action and both sides get ugly. coming up we're asking about police tactics and when they cross the line. and if they do. and this got a school bus driver suspended. video of her playing around with something in the palm of her hand. is that a cell phone? all this while she's driving a bus load of kids. we'll tell you how school officials punished her for that, next. 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i see you still have a pretty significant turnout behind you. >> you know, there are about a couple die-hard protesters out here and they've been out here all night in the freezing cold. my hands are getting numb and they're not allowed to bring blankets and tents and tarps out here after they were evicted. they're passing out hand warmers, coffee just trying to keep these guys warm. as far as the turnout for yesterday's protests, organizers were very pleased. if you go to the unofficial, official "occupy wall street" website they estimate almost 30,000 people were in new york city yesterday and we saw several clashes with police officers, especially here at zuccotti park because these protesters say they want to be able to camp out here again. they consider this kind of the base area for this entire "occupy" movement across the country. about 245 protesters arrested yesterday. police say seven police officers were injured. we have kind of the feeling out here now in zuccotti park if we can take a look at allen here. he has his sign to mayor bloomberg. he needs his stuff back. his stuff back. and that's the feeling out here. they want this park back and they say they're not going anywhere. you can arrest as many as they want and more will just show up and this movement is going to continue on. freed r fredricka? >> thanks so much. the chants, songs, signs of "occupy wall street" may be overshadowed by pictures like this. a protester with blood streaming down his face. police say he threw a battery at officers and then resisted arrest. according to "new york times." hln law enforcement analyst mike brooks is here. mike, several officers and protesters were hurt in new york. any evidence that anyone crossed the line? >> from what i was watching all day yesterday, fred, i did not see any crossing of the line. in fact, i thought that thes us because you had four officers early on in the day who had vinegar sprayed in their face and another had star-shaped object that cut him. >> that's what the mayor said. mayor mike bloomberg. those were his words. the officer showed great restraint considering the fact that there was a pretty significant presence of law enforcement there matched up with some protesters who were throwing things. >> exactly. law enforcement, you saw some of them with no hats on or the soft hats instead of the helmets. they were trying to maintain a low profile. in fact, law enforcement, while this is going on, they videotape everything their officers are doing and they go back and review the actions of the officers. but i thought the officers were very professional. last night at the brooklyn bridge, there were 99 people blocked traffic, you know, for the 99%. they were arrested. and everything was peaceful for the most part there and also in the transit system and around the country yesterday in los angeles, we saw them blocking an intersection there and 50 arrests in l.a. and 46 arrests in chicago. for the most part, i think officers used great restraint and very professional in dealing with little violent factions of this group. >> all right, mike brooks, thanks so much. appreciate that. all right, switching gears straight ahead now. is there a royal baby on the way? 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