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out for the first time about some shocking revelations that cremated remains of american war dead were simply dumped in landfills. i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it may have been the most awkward 53 seconds of the presidential campaign so far and certainly the most widely seen. texas governor rick perry's brain freeze during last night's republican presidential debate was the most viewed video on youtube in the united states earlier today. if you haven't seen it, you're about to as we look ahead to what happ...

and so it's with great respect that i speak of him and proud to say that i worked for him. >> it's been a seismic cascade of events since last weekend's arrest of a former penn state defensive coordinator on charges of raping and molesting a number of other boys. two of the university officials are charged with failure to report those crimes. paterno is charged with nothing, but says he wishes that he had done more than simply tell his superiors what an assistant reported to him back in 2002. i want to go now to penn state campus and cnn's jason carroll. jason, we know it was a prett...

victimize children for many, many years. >> in total, he forces 40 charges tied to sexual assault. curley and schultz are charged with failing to report abuse and graham spanier is under pressure to retire and joe paterno announced that he will retire at the end of the season saying in a statement, this is a tragedy. it's one of the great sorrows of my life with the benefit of hindsight i wish i had done more. jason carroll, cnn, state college, pennsylvania. >> if you're just joining us, breaking news, joe paterno and graham spanier have both lost their jobs. the university board of ...

learned that four different women have accused you of inappropriate behavior. here we're focusing on character and judgment. you've been a ceo. >> yes. >> you know shareholders are reluctant to hire a ceo where there are character issues. why should the american people hire a president if they there are character issues? >> the american people deserve better than someone being tried in the court of public opinion, based on unfounded accusations. >> governor romney, when you were being capital, you purchased a lot of companies. you could fire the ceo and management team or keep them. ...

good morning, it's thursday, november 10th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york this morning. >> the board of trustees have decided that effective immediately, dr. spannier is no longer president of the university. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach, effective immediately. these decisions were made after careful deliberations. and in the best interests of the university as a whole. >> this morning pen studen stat alumni and students are waking up for the first time in 46 years without paterno leading the nitta...