cain has been battling serious image problems. he's accused of sexual misconduct and have a 13-year extramarital affair. here is how cain ended his campaign. >> so as of today, with a lot of prayer and soul searching, i am suspended my presidential campaign. >> given the recent accusations of extramarital affairs, was this cain's best recourse? cnn's wolf blitzer joining us now on the phone from hollywood, florida. wolf, was this cain's best option? >> you know, under the circumstances, he really didn't have any other choice. his poll numbers had really gone down over the past few weeks since the first allegations of sexual harassment by four separate women came forward and when this other woman alleged a 13-year extramarital affair. the money was drying up, the poll numbers were going down. in october, he was in the mid-20s among republican likely caucusgoers in iowa. now he's down to 8%, some were suggesting he was going down to 4%. it looked like it was all over. and it obviously is all over. technic technically, it's a suspension. but he's made it clear, he's going to announce his endorsement of the republican candidates fairly soon. he'll still be a player on the sidelines. he'll still have a role. he'll still be involved but he's not going to be a republican presidential candidate. he's not going to be participating in the caucuses or the primaries. he won't be in any more of the debates. >> he promises that he is still going to be involved. he says he's going to be the voice for the citizen movement, a voice for the tea party movement, he'll continue to be a voice for the people. and he is launching a cainsolutions.com campaign. how might he continue his mantra, his messages by way of this campaign? how might he infiltrate another campaign perhaps? >> well, if he endorses -- let's say he endorses newt gingrich and i suspect there's a good chance he will. they established a good relationship over these past several months. let's say he does. he still has a lot of supporters out there who could swing. i suspect most of the supporters are not going to mitt romney. probably going to be a negative for mitt romney and a plus for newt gingrich . some -- he's going to have the same kind of influence as an outsider. he's still going to have his website and still do speaking. he'll be on television. maybe get a television show. he'll still be a player in that sense. but he's not going to be a republican presidential candidate. so he's not going to be eligible to get the republican presidential nomination. people won't be voting for him. but he'll still have influence. >> herman cain suspending his presidential campaign, wolf blitzer, thanks so much from hollywood, florida. elsewhere on the campaign trail, mitt romney was in new hampshire trying to dispel any notion that he is taking the state support for granted. his campaign dispatched hundreds of volunteers, including himself, going door to door trying to win the voter support. romney pounding the pavement there. for the latest political news, you know exact where to go, cnnpolitics.com. join us every sunday afternoon at 4:00 eastern time when we dedicate a special hour to the presidential contenders in the 2012 election. in other news now, u.s. marshals in arkansas found singer mindy mccready and her 5-year-old son. officials say they were hiding in a closet at a lake home. mccready earlier this week defied a court order to return the boy to his grandmother. her mother and stepfather have legal custody of the boy. the singer has visitation rights. and former penn state coach jerry sandusky is giving his side of the child molestation story. he says he never had sexual contact with young boys. sandusky sat down with "the new york times" for nearly four hours defending his work with children which he says has been twisted to appear sexual. >> if i say, no, i'm not attracted to boys, that's not the truth because i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls -- >> yeah, but not sexually, you're attracted because you -- >> right, i enjoy. i enjoy spending time with young people. i enjoy spending time with people. my two favorite groups are the elderly and the young. >> and the voice you heard in the background is sandusky's attorney. sandusky is accused of 40 counts of molesting boys. jim boeheim says he is sorry. the syracuse university head basketball coach says he was speaking out of loyalty when he defended his former assistant coach against child sex abuse allegations. >> i believe i misspoke very badly in my response to the allegations that have been made. i shouldn't have questioned what the accusers expressed or their motives. i am really sorry that i did that. and i regret any harm that i caused. >> syracuse's longtime assistant coach, bernie fine, was fired in the face of accusations he sexually abused several young boys. there is a high wind warning again for parts of the los angeles area today. the annual santa ana winds have been especially strong this year knocking down trees and brought down parts of buildings and power lines you see crashing down on homes as well. more than 96,000 customers are still without power after this week's hurricane-force winds. and welcome home, no sweeter words are ever spoken on an american military base. the ft. hood troops are home. but this time it's different. we'll explain. this woman ran out of retirement savings at the age of 68. valerie butler is here with a simple plan to help all of us try to avoid this woman's fate. and tastes simply delicious. for those of us with lactose intolerance... lactaid® milk. the original 100% lactose-free milk. and who ordered the yummy cereal? 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>> thanks so much, chris lawrence, reporting from ft. hood,ernational headlines, early results are in from egypt's first post-mubarak election. the islamist party tied to the muslim brotherhood is claiming 40% of the vote after the first of several rounds of campaigning for egypt's parliament seats. the election for president is tentatively slated for june. vice president joe biden is in turkey today. he urged those attending to further open private enterprise and work to widen internet access around the world. biden travels to greece tomorrow. some iranian diplomats are back in iran today. the british government ordered them out of london in retaliation for this week's attack on britain's embassy in iran. one woman's story is a real wake-up call for millions. at the age of 68, she ran out of her retirement money. we'll have a step-by-step plan so you don't end up retired and penniless. tomorrow, dr. sanjay gupta is celebrating robot week on his new show. on "the next list," dr. gupta profiles special individuals like heather knight. >> my name is heather knight and i'm a social roboticist. when i tell people i make robots, they're initial like, oh, wow, that's really cool. when i tell people i make social robots, usually they're a little bit confused at first. i found it the best way to talk about what i actually do is by for example. >> tune in tomorrow to watch "the next list" or set your dvr for 2:00 p.m. eastern time. ♪ [ male announcer ] sometimes, a hint is all the wrapping a gift needs. is that what i think it is? 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yes. if 50-something-year-olds have a hard time finding a job, a woman past 65 is not going to have much choices. so i thought, well, i'll muddle through. i'll try to cut my expenses as much as i can. that was my solution to my problems. it's hard to move down from what you're used to. but i had to do that. i don't want to be a burden to my son. i lived through taking care of my mother through her declining years. and i have a sister and a brother. the three of us shared the responsibility. i only have one son. i don't want to put on him what the three of us had to face. and i don't know how to go about it. and frankly speaking, hope that i'll be killed in a car accident. that's the best that i can hope for. i'm 68 years old. i have lived life. i've had my life. but i can't live under a state of constant fear. how can you? so i feel i have to live my life now, one day at a time, one month at a time. and i have a good life now. i live in a good place. i have good friends. i'm working. and what more can you ask from life? >> regularly during our "reclaim your career," we focus on ways to get a jump-start in the workforce. but we saw this story about this woman who ran out of her savings at the age of 68 and we know that that is an experience that so many people have. so today we're going to focus on how we can avoid that similar fate. valerie burton is the author of "where will you go from here?" . a lot of people might have a 401(k), they think they have their retirement savings plan to fall back on but often find the money we put aside is not enough. how can we anticipate? >> for a lot of people, they've been saving. but the big thing here is that with things that have happened in the economy, i've come across quite a few people who have had to go through all of their retirement savings. one of the lessons here is to not end up in this position, is to sock away as much money as possible, as early as possible. we have to think about for those of us generation x or younger, we're not having pensions as often. we're probably not going to rely on social security. so it's important to find ways to decrease your expenses, maximize your income. and start accelerating your debt payments. pay off your mortgage so your expenses are much lower as you head into retirement. >> you need to start thinking about downsizing your life well before you actually need to do it. >> that's right. >> do it in those most valuable working years of your life, pay things off? >> for a lot of people, they find once they downsize, they actually like it. don't think of this as something that's so awful. you may find that you don't need as much as you thought you needed. for a lot of people, downsizing is a positive. >> a lot of times, you can't anticipate what kind of medical needs you're going to have. people have their insurance through their employers. and then they're not working, medicare, medicaid is not enough. they dip into savings. how do you anticipate or prepare for that? or can you? >> that's a hard one. but as much as possible, make sure you have the right insurances in place. your health insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance. but knowing that a lot of the out-of-pocket expenses are far more expensive than people actually anticipate. but the other thing that goes up in retirement is recreation, you have a lot more time on your hands. you have to make sure you're saving for things like vacation and that leisure time you're going to have. >> sadly in so many people's golden years, bypassing vacations, they can't afford it. >> that's true. but not for everyone. this is about planning. to not end up in that place, you want to say, what kind of lifestyle do i want to have, what things do i need to pare back on? thinking about that at a young age -- and if you have children that are going into college now or are in their 20s, even though perhaps their jobs aren't paying that much, you want to talking to them about saving for their retirement. >> all great advice. because you give such great advice all the time, you're being recognized by "ebb noi" magazi "ebony" magazine has acknowledged you as one of the most powerful and influential -- >> i was excited to be on the list this year. >> what was it like to get that phone call? you're sharing the list with people like jay-z. his is the first one you see. they're incredible company that you are -- >> yeah, an incredible group of people and some of us are not as well known. >> susan rice another. >> that's right. but "ebony" is looking at who do they feel is making a difference. i consider it a real privilege. >> we say, what took you so long? we've always known that she was a bomb. >> thanks, fred. >> good to see you. thanks so much. straight much more in the "newsroom." things that go viral. so often on the weekends, you will see this group of guys throwing these incredible basketball shots from afar, jumping off a balcony, making a slam dunk, et cetera. this is kind of along the same vein. >> this is a rival group. this guy's name is brodie smith. watch this. here comes the boat. ready? there's the boat. yeah, look at the guy -- >> he makes the catch. >> from 500 feet off a bridge in australia, he throws a frisbee. his buddy, derek, leaps six feet into the air and makes the catch. >> that is incredible. and then it makes you want to take the plunge. that water looks refreshing. >> doesn't it? >> that's good. that's become a nice little music video, too, for those tunes there. 2 million people have been tuning in and watching. >> takes the ultimate frisbee to a whole new level. have you played ultimate? >> i have. it's been a while. but i do love it. i think i'd like to try it on the water. >> next weekend. we're going to australia. this is being called a once in a decade event, incredibly strong santa ana winds. jacqui's going to be back to talk more about that. she's getting more details on these winds that have been swept southern california, nevada, new mexico, utah. on to politics, herman cain is changing the political landscape for 2012 election. a look at what today's decision means for the race overall. 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