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Some events are being canceled, others being scaled back. senior national correspondent john roberts live in kettering, ohio. >> both governor romney, congressman ryan, president obama and the vice president off the road. this was supposed to be a campaign event. they turned it into a relief effort. people were asked as the private admission bring some canned goods, dry goods, water, something like that. a lot of people got that message and showed up. they are collecting quite a few supplies. a lot of people didn't get that message, though, and really came here kind of empty handed. maybe they...

It's part of the american spirit, the american way. we won't be able to solve all the problems with our effort this morning, though a lot of people will still be looking for goods even though we've gathered these things, as you know, but i know that one of the things i've learned in life is that you make the difference you can. >> reporter: you make the difference that you can, that's what governor romney said. people here in ohio also experiencing the affects of the storm, the wind has been up, a lot of rain as well. there are some people in this state without power, though nowhere near the d...

Assessments as we speak. we are primarily concerned about safety because a lot of power lines are down, and there are gas leaks, and we try to keep people away from those. people, if they go back, if they are in their homes should be very careful about the power lines and gas leaks. that is a big concern right now. then the assessment is going on as well for fema so that we can get the federal funds in to help out. jon: i guess the silver lining here at some point is that, you know, when you rebuild some of these areas, homes, businesses and so forth, you can build them better than before, but...

Metro areas in lockdown, jon, nothing going in or out. 16,000 flights have been canceled because of sandy. washington, baltimore, philadelphia, new york, newark, pittsburgh, providence, hartford airports all affected. new york's airports, laguardia, jfk. 84 out of london, 200 out of l.a. 450 out of chicago o'hare. all canceled that is just today. >> supposed to be only a two-hour layover here and then, georgia. and now it is beginning to be a 28 hour-layover to tomorrow. >> basically three days in the is and only seen airports due to the storm. >> a lot of people in my company got stuck today ...

>> reporter: well, jon, this is the scene as rain and winds continue here. this is just a little bit of the aftermath in this one neighborhood, a tree that has been standing here since the civil war we're told. well it fell from one neighbor's yard into the other. you can see it basically sheared off the front corner of the house. you can see all the way up into the attic. personal items there, clothes hanging there. a suitcase. there is even a picture that survived and is still on the wall. the family was right in the path of where that tree fell, all four of them did get out safely. they've ...