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longer the head football coach, effective immediately. >> what do you make of these scenes we're looking at? >> over the last few days, there was so much passion on both sides of the issue. so many of the students that were there supported joe paterno, really felt like this was a man they had looked up to for so many years, that's why it's so hard for them to take some of this news. even so, in terms of what joe paterno was like, and some of the things he was saying in front of his home. thanking the students for coming out. these types of things, you have to imagine, this is not the...

saturday's nebraska game. that is part of the controversy. he said he's stepping down but not immediately, not until the end of the season. in a statement today he said -- paterno, who is the nearest thing to a secular saint in pennsylvania and hero to his players drew their praise today for his decision. >> i think as long as he's been here, he hasn't really ever made a wrong decision. he knows what he's doing. he's been doing it for so long. if he thinks it's best for the program, chances are it's going to be the best thing for the program. >> more and more as you'll see, people ha...

victimize children for many, many years. >> in total, he forces 40 charges tied to sexual assault. curley and schultz are charged with failing to report abuse and graham spanier is under pressure to retire and joe paterno announced that he will retire at the end of the season saying in a statement, this is a tragedy. it's one of the great sorrows of my life with the benefit of hindsight i wish i had done more. jason carroll, cnn, state college, pennsylvania. >> if you're just joining us, breaking news, joe paterno and graham spanier have both lost their jobs. the university board of ...

really goes against what in many ways joe paterno stood for for some 46 years while he was there coaching there at penn state. >> mike, we've established contact with you now. galanos, what are you seeing now? where are these students going? >> reporter: they are headed to beaver avenue and they are flocking to that place. i was just talking to a student minutes ago and that's what happens. everyone is flocking to beaver avenue because they were behind the pictures that you're looking@the old main building and all of a sudden they made a dash for it and now they are assembling it at ...

Being affected, eco-tourism. today tourism leaders and bp officials will meet in bill ox toe talk about the oil spill's effect on the industry and some business owners are saying that while the oil hasn't surfaced in mississippi impact is already there. people are canceling their trips, calling up, saying are you still doing these excursions, et cetera. even throughout mother's day weekend some of the business owners said they saw that. >> absolutely. you know, we've got numbers on our team curious about what is going on, when the still was likely to hit some of these beaches. we're starting t...