rhetoric certainly is getting sharper. and there are seven major candidates now but after seven more days, will some of those candidates start falling by the wayside on the campaign trail? that s coming up in our strategy session this hour. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re here in dubuque. a bit chilly but no snow. it s getting ready, a week from today, the iowa caucuses. you re looking at live pictures from dubuque. this will be the first state to have an impact on the 2012 presidential campaign, and it s all happening here in iowa. the republican caucuses candidate are out on the campaign trail today. they re scrambling to cover as much ground as they possibly can. newt gingrich slipping a bit, but still among the leaders. he s ready to roll across the state by bus. he ll join me live here in dubuque later this hour for an in-depth interview, but let s begin with cnn s jim acosta, he s in des moines, the state capital. iowa certainly very much up fo
outfront tonight arrested again. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky arrested for the second time. police handcuffed him and charged him with sexually abusing two more boys from his charity the second mile. sandusky was arraigned in court and unable to post $250,000 in cash bail. he remains in jail tonight. sandusky is now charged with sexually abusing a tote ol of ten boys but he continues to deny all allegations. sara ganim is in state college tonight and has the latest on the story. thanks for being with us. other attorney told united states he s working on it overnight. he was arraigned too late in the day, that s what his attorney said it was a 3:00 hearing and by the time they could get something together, he was going to have spend the night in jail and hopefully post in the morning. it s $250,000 cash bail. he c put up property or put up cash. he has to post the whole amount not just a percentage. if he s able to post he is going to be out