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not like this. he needs to be put away for a long time. >> i want to go directly to arlington national cemetery where the president and officials have gathered to pay tribute to america's veterans. you're watching veterans gathered there to honor veterans, pay tribute on this very important day at arlington national cemetery. it started the ceremony with a 21-cannon salute that announced the president's arrival to arlington national cemetery. the official party has arrived at the tomb of the unknowns where president obama is escorted by major general liddington of the u.s. army milit...

welcome. great to have you here. >> great to see you, ali, good morning. up first, the growing penn state sex abuse scandal's. the university is vowing to find out who or who else failed the victims. right now in state college p.a. they are bracing for game day. the last home game of the year, the first in a half century without legendary coach joe paterno. the small college town swells to the largest on game day and given what we saw on campus two nights ago, police are under intense pressure to maintain control. our jason carroll is live in state college this morning and, jason, ...

Suspects but appear to be focusing on the mother. she and the boy's father are currently going through a divorce and custody battle. >> all right. first freddie mac. now fannie mae asking for more taxpayer money to bail them out. fannie mae is asking for $7.5 billion, that's the life line they're begging for. this comes as the ceo of freddie mac asked for $5.6 million. they got $13 million in bonuses this year. let's do that math. they received $170 billion in bailout money. that combined and everything since the collapse three years ago. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi in the "60 minute...

Apparently they only had to meet modest performance gains to get these bonuses. senator, what does a modest performance gain mean to you especially after $170 billion of taxpayer money? >> let me put it this way, modest performance means that millions of people are still trying to refinance their homes, unable to when their credit worthiness is strong but yet, their property is underwater so i think, you know they -- it sounds like they set pretty low standards in order to meet those bonuses. i think all of us would have those kind of standards and love those standards. reality is all you have...

Is cancel these bonuses, make sure it doesn't happen and maybe ask for some qualified, experienced, talented americans to come in and take over this agency. and the first guy that i think ought to go is the guy that approved of these mortgages, who i understand -- i mean that approved of the payouts, mr. edward jay demarco. >> there is more. today freddie mac asked for $6 billion in additional aid. taxpayers have spent almost $170 billion to rescue fannie and freddie. ben is here from the financial quarterly. tell me, why does the person who this -- demarco think that these bone useses should ...