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devices. why aren t you being allowed to see what s going on inside the courtroom? a mistake dick cheney coming out swinging, being one of the few top republicans to say john mccain s pick of sarah palin as vp was a bad choice. and they call her the missile, missy franklin, just 17 and already turning heads in london. the female michael phelps, as some call her, dives in today for two very crucial races. newsroom begins right now. good morning. thank you so much for joining us. happy monday to you. i m carol costello. we begin in poland this morning where just a few minutes ago mitt romney arrived on the third and final leg of his overseas trip. but it s his tough talk on iran that s still getting a lot of attention. romney says no option should be taken off the table to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon. we must not delude ourselves into thinking containment is an option. we must lead the effort to prevent iran from building and possessing nucle ....
dropping out of sight. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with today s damming new report on penn state s university s cover-up of coach jerry sandusky s sexual attacks on young boys. it says the top people at the university including the legendary football coach, joe paterno, hid what they knew and had no regard for the young victims. just now university officials are promising it will never, never happen again. you should know that our hearts remain heavy. and we are deeply ashamed. we re in no way lessening our focus on our own failings. we also are committed to helping to build greater awareness of the societal issue of child abuse. cnn s susan candiotti is joining us now. louis freeh led this study. it was very, very bitter and damming. reporter: it was, wolf. right out of the gate, louis freeh made it clear that children were victimized because four top penn state officials did nothing to stop jerry sandusky. and named names inclu ....
what may have caused this shocking end to a life seemingly spinning out of control? and great white shark spottings heightened. fears along the cape cod area. our own brian todd is on a boat with experts trying to track them down. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. right now a disappointing jobs report kicks off day two of president obama s bus tour into overdrive and arms his opponent, mitt romney, with new political ammunition to use against him. look at this. unemployment is stuck at 8.2%. and only 80,000 jobs added in june. the numbers are even worse when you look at minorities. we re covering all sides of this dramatic political story. our own dan lothian and dana bash, they are both standing by live. but first cnn s poppy harlow breaks down the numbers. hi there, wolf. i think the headline for this jobs report is disappointing. only 80,000 jobs created in the month of june. unemployment stays at 8.2%. we need to be creating somewhere between 3 ....
they were offended by that, i certainly apologize for that. well, the stupid thing in question, the one getting all the attention, concerns a student at the michigan prep school romney attended. a student named john lauber who was reportedly relentlessly teased for his presumed homosexuality and for having long bleach blond hair. five of romney s classmates told the washington post what they remembered about a day in 1965, a day that, quote, they came upon lauber tackled him and pinned him to the ground. lauber, his eyes filling with tears, screamed for help and romney clipped his hair with a pair of scissors. the story broke yesterday when the washington post posted it online ahead of today s printed edition. we did not talk about it last night on this program because we had questions about how valid it is to bring up something someone did nearly 50 years ago when they were in high school. those questions, though have not gone away. so we ll let you decide for yo ....
the way back to his teenage years, that got the headlines. it is today s front page, the washington post. romney s pranks could go too far. an article that paints a young mitt romney as remembered by his classmates as something of a bully. romney was asked about it in north carolina today. well, i think i was one who did some stupid things in high school, and if anyone feels that they were offended by that, i certainly apologize for that. well, the stupid thing in question, the one getting all the attention, concerns a student at the michigan prep school romney attended. a student named john lauber who was reportedly relentlessly teased for his presumed homosexuality and for having long bleach blond hair. five of romney s classmates told the washington post what they remembered about a day in 1965, a day that, quote, they came upon lauber tackled him and pinned him to the ground. lauber, his eyes filling with tears, screamed for help and romney clipped his hair ....