on, though it s nothing they haven t seen before. the real problem is the persistent rain. we are expecting to see even that move out over the next few hours. we have chad myers to explain more in the cnn severe weather center, and in one of the messiest states, pennsylvania, shannon travis standing by in pittsburgh. chad, let s start with you. by no means ideal on the roads and in the sky. we have seen thousands of flights delayed. hundreds cancels. when will it end the. tomorrow, the wind dies off, the rain dies off. it moves to the north, gets to nova scotia, to newfoundland and points northward from there. there s still 6,300 planes on that map. that s more than usual because a lot of airlines added planes into service today because they knew it would be so busy. now, it hasn t been as bad, i think, as some thought or as we may have predicted, but it s
mitt romney and ron paul went to caucus sites today. mitt romney s first time campaigning in maine this cycle. they ve been going hard after this win to avoid another loss as both suffered on tuesday. this is a two-man race? romney and ron paul? essential. rick santorum and newt gingrich essentially. it wasn t a part of their whole delicate calculation to come up here and campaign. a few weeks ago when the other three were in florida, ron paul packed up his sweaters and headed north. i was here with him. he came up here because he has a strong young following here. strong libertarian following. he figured those 21 delegates up for state, maybe he could do well and get his first win. he is 0-8, but mitt romney came along and said not so fast. he started campaigning last night. thank you, shannon travis reporting. the situation room is straight ahead with wolf blitzer on our political team joining us. wolf, tell us about the coverage you have of the maine caucuses comin
prayer and soul searching, i am suspending my presidential campaign. this is where it comes to an end. the last stop for the cain train. herman cain today in atlanta effectively ending his bid for the white house. the candidate who just a month ago was being talked about as the frontrunner for the republican nomination, suspending his campaign. in recent weeks, cain has denied allegations of sexual harassment and an atlanta woman s claim that she had a 13-year affair with him. today, his eyes hidden behind dark shades with his wife, gloria, by his side. cain broke the news to supporters. i am at peace with my god. i am at peace with my wife. and she is at peace with me. okay, even as cain was announcing the end to his 2012 dreams, he was promising that he wouldn t be silenced and that he wouldn t go away. cnn s shannon travis standing outside the atlanta headquarters that cain just opened today as he was suspending his campaign. talk about bad timing there, shannon. how
retired from coaching in 1999 and founded a charitable organization for at-risk children called second mile. he s accused of making sexual advances on eight young men he met through that program. the charges are piled up against him. sandusky is currently out on a $100,000 bail. on $100,000 bail. his attorney says he maintains his innocence. also involved in this case, penn state s athletic director timothy curly and the university s senior vice president for finance and business, gary shultz. now, pennsylvania s attorney general, linda kelly, made this statement. she said, this is a case about a sexual predator who used his position to repeatedly prey on young boys. it is also a case about high-ranking university officials who allegedly failed to report the sexual assault of a young boy after the information was brought to their attention and later made false statements to a grand jury that was investigating a series of assaults on young boys. penn state s president released
and penn state s president, graham spannier, released a statement reading in part the allegations about a former coach are troubling and it is appropriate that they be investigated thoroughly. protecting children requires the utmost vigilance. tim curley, and gary schultz operate at the highest levels of honesty, integrity and compassion. i am confident the record will show that these charges are groundless and that they conducted themselves professionally and appropriately. penn state s legendary head football coach, joe petrir pate not facing any charges. he did alert tim curley about one of the alleged incidents involving sandusky in 2002. joining us on the phone is sara ganim, a reporter for the patriot news. sara, what have you learned? reporter: we first learned about this in the summer of 2009, not long after the first boy came forward. i say the first boy, i mean the first one to really come forward to police and be believed by police. what we know from today is