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Connection to all of this, can they move on? >> i think that's a great quevment they've already taken steps with getting rid of a 60-plus year icon with the school, and i think that was the right move with joe paterno and it spawned outrage. they no longer have the president they have, no longer the vice president, theath lettic director and the legendary football coach, so i think they've made pretty bold moves so far. do they need to go further? we'll wait and see. i think there needs to be a real communal soul searching to get to the bottom of that before they move from this point. i think ...

Is what it sounded like. and then when it became clear it wasn't doors -- >> bill: they're looking for more information on that story, the condition of the alleged gunman has not been released. martha: there are brand new reports that newt gingrich was paid more than $1.5 million in consulting fees by market giant fannie mae and that new figure is significantly larger than the $300,000 payment that gingrich was asked about in the debate last week. watch some of this: >> to offer advice on precisely what they didn't do. [laughter] look, this is not -- were you not trying to help fannie mae fend...

[lock clicks] martha: big news today, the white house is under fire how it handled green energy stimulus funds, and now they're looking into the programs that were funded by the white house, and it's showing a number of subsidies and guarantees that were handed out to campaign donors who had some links with companies that got the money. just how much taxpayer money went to the friends of the administration is a question that is being raised. so doug mckelway has been doing reporting on that, looking into it. is this a lot broader, doug, than solyndra? >> reporter: indeed it is martha. behind t...

Are quite different. quite different. martha: controversial statement from coach k that raises a lot of questions about how people respond to what happened or appears to have happened at penn state. path bordy is a yahoo national college sports columnist and joins me now. good to have you with us today. >> thank you martha. martha: you know, i guess one of the big questions that's come up and we mentioned it in the introduction here is whether or not they should finish out the season or perhaps even suspend the football program for next year. what do you think about that? >> well, martha, i th...

They eventually made it to the florida coast and both listed in stable condition. how about that? >> martha: all right. there are new questions into whether penn state university should cancel the rest of their football season after the child sex abuse charges against former assistant coach jerry sandusky, meanwhile, after making ncaa basketball history, the legendary duke coach, coach k, says he feels sorry for head coach paterno. listen to this: >> i think one thing you have to understand is that coach paterno is 84 years old. that it's not -- i'm not saying that's an excuse or whatever. the...