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State and the political dynamics here. at the end of the defense opening statement, joe amendola talked and raised questions about why wasn't sandusky wasn' sandusky arrested in '08, '09, 2012, et cetera. i thought he was weaving together a political argument and pointing a finger without naming the current governor, the then attorney general of pennsylvania. is that how you interpreted that portion of the opening statement? >> yes. that's exactly what it sounds like. i believe what the defense attorney is trying to do is to say to the jurors, don't look at what sandusky did. don't look at the...

I would have kept all of the cases and all of the victims for this reason. because the defense is starting to make the case that all of the victims got together and created this mass conspiracy to come up with virtual lies against jerry sandusky all to file civil suits. mike mcqueary is an independent witness who saw these sexual contact and sexual acts taking place in the shower. the fact that he is there and able and willing to testify that he saw these events occur, independent of any of the other witness' testimony, even without the victim number two goes to the credibility of the witness ...

Humane to sandusky not to report this allegation to local authorities. it never gets reported. and according to prosecutors, sandusky's abuse of kids continued for another seven years. >> michael, thank you for your report. we appreciate it very much. >> reporter: thank you. >> kathleen kane is the democratic candidate for pennsylvania attorney general. she is also a former sex crimes prosecutor. kathleen, there are ten alleged victims, as you know, eight of them are known, two of them are unknown. one of the two is the alleged victim in the mike mcqueary incident, for lack of a better descrip...

They debated whether they needed to report it to local authorities. and one e-mail exchange, the officials agreed it would be humane to sandusky not to report this allegation to local authorities. it never gets reported. and according to prosecutors, sandusky's abuse of kids continued for another seven years. >> michael, thank you for your report. we appreciate it very much. >> reporter: thank you. >> kathleen cain is the democratic candidate for pennsylvania attorney general. she is last former sex crimes prosecutor. kathleen, there are ten alleged victims, as you know, eight of them are know...

For the state here is that the cops that arrived on the scene say that they heard a clicking sound and the hood of adam kaufman's car was warm despite the fact he claimed he was home sleeping all night long. jon: and the defense wants a mistrial here already? >> reporter: right off the bat. they called for a mistrial saying the opening statement by the state basically put the burden of proof on the defense unconstitutionally but the judge allowed for editorializing in that opening statement. we're now in the middle of the defense opening statement as we can see. adam kaufman sitting there, in ...