Report: Second Mile Board Members Gave $25,000 to Pennsylvania Governor's Campaign; Starting a New Business After Age 50; Jerry Sandusky to Face Accusers in Court
LEMON: Accused former Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky will face some of his accusers on Tuesday. That's when a preliminary evidence hearing is scheduled on the dozens of charges that he molested ten young boys. But today, there's new information about a financial connection between board members of Sandusky's charity and a governor of Pennsylvania's election campaign. Sara Ganim, a CNN contributor and reporter for "The Patriot News," co- wrote the article. So Sarah, it is good to see you. What did you find out?</s>SARA GANIM, REPORTER, "THE PATRIOT NEWS": When he was running for governor, he was still the training general, he was handling this case. And he accepted $25,000, more than $25,000 in campaign contributions from Second Mile board members and that included a fund- raiser from the board chair who held a fund-raiser at his home in January 2010 for the governor for his campaign. Now, today he is defending all of that, he's saying, you know, it would have looked political if he had charged Sandusky at the time. It would have looked political if he had waited. So, it is a lose/lose situation for him and he is defending his decision today saying, he did not want to give that money back or refuse it because that would give away that The Second Mile, Jerry Sandusky was under investigation. Of course, The Second Mile already knew that Jerry Sandusky was under investigation and that's because Jerry Sandusky himself told them in late 2008.</s>LEMON: So Sarah, here there is a new poll, gauging their reaction to the way this scandal has been handled. Can you tell us about it?</s>GANIM: Yes, you know, it's interesting. With Corbett, it is split. Thirty eight percent versus 36 percent approval rating. For how he handled the investigation. But I think the more interesting numbers that came out of that poll was that 52 percent of Pennsylvanians agree with Joe Paterno's firing versus 43 percent of people polled. So, you know, that kind of shows you a bigger picture. Outside of happy valley where there is a lot of concern about what happened to Joe Paterno. What people are thinking about that firing and that last- minute decision.</s>LEMON: A hearing that we've told our viewers about on Tuesday, what's coming up?</s>GANIM: Well, you know, we know that this is going to be the first time that Jerry Sandusky is going to face his accusers. Although, we ran into CNN got Joe Amendola, Jerry Sandusky's attorney to talk yesterday outside of Jerry's home where they spent the day preparing for what would happen Tuesday. And Joe Amendola said this, he said, you know, anyone he's looking for a bombshell coming out of Tuesday, is really going to be disappointed. But you know, we are expecting a long day, maybe even two days. Because there is a lot of evidence here. This isn't a trial but it's almost like a mini trial because the prosecutors do have to put on a significant amount of evidence to show that they have enough evidence to go to trial. They have to convince a judge of that. So you know, we do expect to hear from several of the alleged victims. We don't expect to hear from Jerry himself, but we'll see.</s>LEMON: All right, thank you very much, Sarah Ganim, we appreciate it.</s>ANNOUNCER: You're watching CNN, your severe weather headquarters.</s>LEMON: Time now to talk some weather and our meteorologist Jacqui Jeras is here to do that. But Jacqui, also, nothing I could do, total eclipse of the heart. Bonnie Tyler, remember that?</s>JACQUI JERAS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: So cheesy.</s>LEMON: That was so bad. I'm so -- sorry.</s>JERAS: I know, but you know, why it's total eclipse of the heart, because I didn't get see it, unfortunately. Those of us who live on the East Coast, it was bright out already. So, we can get to see it.</s>LEMON: Oh, man.</s>JERAS: You know, in the Rocky Mountain States...</s>LEMON: We're getting to see it now on video.</s>JERAS: I know. Isn't that beautiful? That's the great thing about CNN, the internet, all that stuff. You didn't have to get up at 6:00 in the morning to see it. This is a video from our affiliate King TV in Seattle. A total eclipse of the moon. The second one this year. But the first one we couldn't see here in the United States, so the East Coast got ripped off twice, I guess, right? But kind of a rare thing to see it. And the moon was setting so it looked unusually large in the sky. It was a rather quick mover though. It took about 15 minutes to able to view that eclipse. But what a beautiful sight? What a cool thing? Truly worth getting up early for on a Saturday morning, right, don't you think?</s>LEMON: No. Yes. Oh, yes.</s>JERAS: Come on.</s>LEMON: I love it.</s>JERAS: All right. Let's take a look at a couple of weather headlines.</s>LEMON: We are in this studio --</s>JERAS: We're not complaining.</s>LEMON: Not complaining. I feel like we are back in local news. Live, local, late breaking.</s>JERAS: Yes, My office is right down the hall, and --</s>LEMON: I can't even sneeze or ask someone for anything, because you are right here.</s>JERAS: I know, but isn't that kind of nice?</s>LEMON: We are in a temporary studio, by the way.</s>JERAS: We could almost hold hands.</s>LEMON: Yes. Yes.</s>LEMON: -- take two boomers, both out of work, add in love of food, and have you a career reinvention. In this week's "Smart is the New Rich," Christine Romans takes a look at starting over and starting a business after 50.</s>RID FRANCISCO, LIZBETH LANE CUISINES: Eating is a very emotional thing.</s>CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Now a livelihood for Rid Francisco and Michael Dernoga.</s>FRANCISCO: Really, really good.</s>ROMANS: Almost two years ago the friend and next-door neighbors cooked up Lizbeth Lane Cuisines, a line of all-natural, gluten-free simmer cooking sauces.</s>MICHAEL DERNOGA, LIZBETH LANE CUISINES: These are sauces that we make on a regular basis.</s>ROMANS: In 2008, Rig's advertising business tanked.</s>FRANCISCO: When the phone stopped ringing, I knew to do something quick.</s>ROMANS: When Michael lost his job in health care management, he found inspiration from his 12-year-old daughter.</s>DERNOGA: She said, so, Dad, what is to you really like to do? And out of those conversations, was, you know, my love with food.</s>ROMANS: Neighbors and foodies, together with 60 years of work experience, they named their new company, after the street where it all began.</s>DERNOGA: Being two 50-something-year-old guys, we're not afraid to admit that we don't know.</s>FRANCISCO: It was exciting but it was also a little terrifying because of the age. At the time, I was 58 years old. And to reinvent yourself at that age is a pretty drastic thing to do. But I knew if we stuck with it, that it had a possibility of really working.</s>ROMANS: Rid does the design, ads and labels. Michael handles operations.</s>DERNOGA: I'm sort of the suit, and Rid is kind of this creative guy.</s>ROMANS: And it is about profit and principle. They ship their sauce using handicrafters. It is non-profit organization giving jobs to people with barriers. Rid's step-son, Rob, works there.</s>FRANCISCO: There are a lot of parents out there who have special needs children, who lay awake at night wondering, when it gets out of school, what are we going to do with him? And this -- a place like handicraft gives them a wonderful opportunity to have a responsible nine-to-five job.</s>ROMANS: Now with 50 stores in 16 states, their boomer reboot is working.</s>FRANCISCO: If we started this right out of college, you know, in our late 20s or early 30s, it probably would have been much tougher.</s>DERNOGA: It's so totally different than a nine-to-five job. I've done both and I know where I want to be, and I'm where I want to be.</s>ROMANS: Christine Romans, CNN, New York.