extensive interview this morning with the former penn state football assistant coach accused of molesting dozens of children. jerry sandusky. you'll hear him in his own words explain his relationship and his, quote, attraction to young boys. also this morning, a story maybe you wouldn't think is coming your way from 2011. an interracial couple told they are not welcome at a church in kentucky. we are just a few hours away from a major announcement from herman cain. here's how he explained what this will all be about. this was him talking yesterday. >> i will be making an announcement, but nobody is going to get me to make that prematurely. we will also clarify, there's that word again, "clarify," exactly what the next steps are. >> well, what are the next steps? he's actually in atlanta today to open a campaign office. our shannon travis is there for us in atlanta. shannon, hello to you. everybody is intrigued here, a grand opening and a grand closing today? >> reporter: yeah, it's a grand decision day, basically, tj. it's anyone's guess what herman cain is actually going to announce here at this headquarters, his georgia headquarters. it's also anyone's guess what's influencing this decision. one thing that's the a safe bet, though, definitely what's influencing it is the conversation he had had with his wife last night. i was there, outside of herman cain's house in suburban atlanta, when he met his wife for the first time, face-to-face, since this latest allegation of alleged affair happened. obviously, it was a private conversation, potentially painful, potentially tough for them. but that will likely influence what he has to say today. now, let me just give you a little bit of a lay of the land here. we're outside of, as you mentioned, his new georgia headquarters, opening today. there's a stage right behind me, where he's going to emerge from. we're expecting him about, 1:00, 1:30, where he's going to come out and basically deliver the verdict. does he say, you know what, i'm going to step aside, this is too painful for my family, too much attention, or does he thumb his nose at his latest accuser in a major way as the nation watches? we will be here, obviously, along with the other press and a lot of other supporters who we expect to be here, cheering him on, no matter what, he says. tj? >> shannon, i know you're trying to reconcile this conflict, if you will, as well. you can't have an event to open a major campaign headquarters on the same day that you're announcing you're getting out of the race. those two things just don't mesh. >> reporter: you know what, tj, i've been trying to read the tea leaves to what's going to happen for the last few hours. each time i try and read something, i go down a different path. you're right. i mean, it is a little bit curious that he's still going ahead and opening this georgia headquarters. he's sending out e-mails saying, hey, supporters, send me videos of your support or what have you. he's meeting with supporters and donors today to inform them of his decision. but at the same time, we know that herman cain has run a very unconventional campaign, and made his own decisions and gone his own way. so could he be basically waiting and going along with business as usual but then to come out and say, hey, i'm going to suspend my campaign? which technically, does it mean that he's getting out? i mean, it's no -- it's anyone's guess what he's actually going to do. i don't know that because he's opening up this georgia headquarters, that that automatically means that he stays in. it's just really anyone's guess, tj. >> all right. well, you keep guessing. good luck with those tea leaves. shannon travis for us this morning. we'll talk to him plenty throughout the morning. four minutes past the hour now, and herman cain, as said, continued support by his backers and donations would have a big impact on his decision. but if a new poll is any indication, the support is fading. "des moines register" poll shows how far he has fallen in the eyes of the voters, just 8%, where in october he was 23%. no doubt, the rest of the republican field will be watching when herman cain makes whatever this announcement is supposed to be today. but they've got their own events to pay attention to today, as well. mitt romney is in new hampshire, up in manchester. he has a rally there, starts 90 minutes from there. we'll take you there live when that gets started. also, let's turn now to the man at the center of the penn state sexual molestation scandal, now trying to set the record straight on his relationships with young boys. former assistant coach jerry sandusky sat down in his lawyer's house for an extensive four-hour interview with the "new york times." his first extended interview since being indicted on sex abuse charges last month. take a listen to this portion. >> if i say no, i'm not attracted to boys, that's not the truth, because i'm attracted young people, boys, girls. >> but not sexually -- you're attracted because -- >> right, i enjoy -- that's what i was trying to -- i enjoy spending time with young people. i enjoy spending time with people. i mean, my two favorite groups are the elderly and the young. >> sandusky also went on to say in that interview that the coach, joe paterno, never spoke to him about suspected misconduct with minors, and the second mile charity never restricted his access to children until 2008. sandusky also says his intentions are simply misunderstood. and i quote here. they have taken everything i ever did for any young person and twisted it to say my motives were sexual or whatever. i've had kid after kid after kid who might say i was a father figure and they just twisted that all, end quote. let's turn to syracuse now and jim bayheim making an apology, an emotional one after his team's gain. he says he's sorry for being angry and defensive and standing up for coachfein, accused of sexually molesting three boys. head coach bayheim made the remarks in a post game interview. take a listen to him. >> i believe i misspoke very badly in my response to the allegations that have been made. i shouldn't have questioned what the accusers expressed or their motives. i am really sorry that i did that. and i regret any harm that i caused. >> you may remember, coach boeheim came out and strongly defended berniefein when the allegations were first made and said the accusers may have been after mine. assistant coach fein was fired last month. he was an assistant for 35 years. eight minutes past the hour. how is this for a quote? just get to the damn table. those were the tough words from defense secretary leon panetta. he had those words for israel's leaders, talking about the prospects for middle east peace. >> the problem right now is we can't get them to the damn table. to at least sit down and begin to discuss their differences. you know, we all know what the pieces are here to a potential agreement. they have been talked about, they have been worked through. we understand the concerns, we understand the concerns of israel, we understand the concerns of the palestinians. if they sit at a table and work through those concerns, and the united states can be of assistance in that process. >> panetta said to push for peace is also on hold, because israel is becoming more isolated in the region. well, eight minutes past the hour now. let's say good morning for the first time to our reynolds wolf, keeping an eye on what today, exactly? >> we're going to focus mostly like a bull's eye on parts of the west coast and into the four corners where we've got some incredible winds, heavy snow. southern california, the story is the santa ana winds, pounding the state like a sledgehammer. looks like no let-up is expected today until late in the afternoon. but there is a chance of a lot of damage left in its wake. we'll have more coming up in a few moments. thank you for watching cnn. see you in a few. >> all right. see you shortly, reynolds. and a church in kentucky telling an interracial couple, you're not welcome here. church members approved a statement, saying they don't approve of interracial marriage. we want to hear what you think after you hear this story. also a little later, the nation's job numbers improve and president obama is using those jobs numbers to tout his jobs plan. we hear that in just a moment. also, jeff gordon. you know, he's pretty good around a track. but did you know he doesn't have moves like jagger, necessarily. but he's got some moves, nonetheless. we'll tell you what this was all about. you do not want to miss the video. stay with us. it's all crossed out... it's 'cause i got everything on it. boom! thank you! [ male announcer ] no need to wait with our christmas price guarantee. if you find a lower price on a local print ad before christmas, we'll give you the difference on a walmart gift card. eddie long is going through with divorce. the churn issued a statement saying she had reconsidered but her lawyers are saying that's not the case now. vanessa long filed divorce papers thursday. it was last spring that bishop long settled lawsuits involving four young men that accused him of pressuring them into sexual relationships. also, michael jackson's dock doctor has sat down to appeal his involuntary manslaughter conviction. conrad murray was sentenced tuesday to four years in county jail -- sentenced to four years in county jail for jackson's death. murray's attorneys complain judges pretrial decisions limited their ability to defend murray. also, the 5-year-old son of country music singer mindy mccreaty has been found and he's just fine. she was discovered hiding in a closet with a boy at a home in arkansas. u.s. marshals took him into custody this morning. the mother and stepfather have legal custody of the child. mccreaty took the boy last month, asking the court to restore custody to her. turning to a story that has a lot of people talking and you'll be talking about it after you hear it. a church in kentucky is now being criticized because it opposes interracial marriage. stella harrvelle is a life-long member there. was away attending school with her fiance who you see there. they planned to marry next summer. but church members passed an attempt this week saying they don't condone interracial marriage, and won't be received as members or used in worship services. harrvelle told our erin burnett she was shocked, and her fiance disappointed. >> i was just floored, as well as they were. i mean, to say that we couldn't sing in church because he doesn't want his granddaughter growing up thinking it's okay to marry a black guy? like, i get that people have their convictions and it's not like i want to flaunt it in front of them, but so, like, what are they going to do? like, are they going to go out to a public outing and if they see an interracial couple, are they going to be like, oh, we need you to leave because i don't want my granddaughter thinking it's okay. it's just -- i still don't know how to process all of this. >> for someone who has been going for that church all her life, she was expecting some support from them. but, you know, that -- everyone just fell off the bandwagon and has pushed a really harsh judgment on her and on us and on the family too. >> now, the pastor of the church is saying that the church may overturn the policy, possibly as early as tomorrow. we'll keep an eye on that. we certainly want to hear your thoughts on this. i have been talking to some of you about it already, seeing your comments on twitter. i keep it up right next to me during the show, please keep sending those in to tj holmes. again, i'm at tj holmes and we have a facebook page as well as a blog at cnn/tj. 14 minutes past the hour now. a huge snowstorm is causing all kinds of issues in new mexico. interstates have been shut down temporarily because of it. you can imagine those driving conditions out there. we'll have more after the break. we'll be joined again by our reynolds wolf. also, a lot of people can't figure out what to get the little ones for christmas. there's a new website that has a solution for you, a toy solution. you don't have to pay full-price for it. you could just send it back. you can rent it, essentially. does that work for you? 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>> no. and we have those winds in california, the santa ana winds, all kinds of damage, power outages and flight delays. i know, back-ups, it happens. so lax, get ready, burbank, your regional airports. john wayne, get ready for it, could be a long day for you. from high above, it is a beautiful view. you take a look at it. you've got some rain that's falling through lubbock back to the canyons, even the davis and apache mountains but then towards denver, southward to albuquerque, seeing something all together different, snow, in the highest elevations. some places up to a foot of snow. the winds could be topping 60 miles per hour, maybe even 70 in the high mountain passes. so what do you have? a lot of snow and a lot of wind. it picks up a lot of that powder, moves across the roadway, and that lowers your visibility to zero. you're not going to be able to see at all. so what you have to do, you have to be very, very careful and, of course, stop at a rest area and take it easy. no reason to be in a hurry, i don't care what your schedule happens to be. windy conditions prevailing over parts of southern california. to be more specific about the wind, it's going to be those strong gusts, around 50, 60 miles per hour possible. but with low humidity, a critical condition for fires. if there was a spark that popped up in the san gabriels by late afternoon you could hit a lot of sage brush. winds will diminish, expected to diminish by the afternoon. the snow, though, is going to stick around at least through the evening hours, perhaps building over into the central plains. i want to keep a sharp eye on spots like oklahoma city. right now, it looks like they may be seeing snow late sunday and monday. that could be a real trouble spot as we start the next workweek. 48 degrees the high in kansas city, 22 in denver. 35 in portland, 63 in it los angeles. 62 in atlanta. 70 in dallas. 79 in tampa, new york and boston into the upper to mid 40s. you know something else, tj, a huge day for college football. and we've got the forecast for a lot of those contents very soon. >> all right, reynolds, see you again shortly. a lot of people working on christmas right now. have you figured out what you're going to put under the tree for your kids? 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>> i've heard horror stories. >> reporter: stalkers, scam artists and worse. online dating sites say because they collect background information on customers, it's actually a much safer way to meet people. dan'sy's daughter persuaded her to join "our time," a dating site for baby boomers. >> it's just a numbers game. the more people i meet, the greater my odds are i'll meet a guy that wants to have like a loving, warm, committed serious monogamous relationship. >> there's been a perfect storm of a growing number of baby boomers who are single, with a growing number of baby boomers who are using the