church officials say he died at the order of it -- residents and irvington. he suffered from prostate cancer he came in 2001 from kentucky where he became the second largest sitting president. he was 64 years old. the funeral is tuesday, at 10:30 a.m. -- 10:30 a.m.. herman cain said he is suspending his bid for the republican presidential nomination but insists he is not going away. he made the announcement at what was supposed to be a rally opening its atlanta headquarters. he denied sexual harassment allegations including claims of a 13-year affair. his wife stood behind him on stage. >> i am not going to be silenced. i am not going away. i am at peace with my wife. she is at peace with me. >> herman cain said he plans to endorse another candidate in the near future, and he said it will not be president obama. the republican challenger new gingrich praised herman cain to bring optimism and big ideas to the 2012 campaign. >> he was always good humored and optimistic. we will miss him on the campaign trail. >> republic -- republican candidates -- hermann -- r

we have a brief you on the number of challenges we have encountered with the irvington tunnel projectly, what we are encountering is softer grounds that have a tendency to crumble, so we had to install the steel ribbing that supports the tunnel at a much closer interval. also encountered some squeezing ground conditions that required additional concrete support. finally -- not finally, another challenge. cal osha reclassified the tunnel to gaseous because of the detection of a high concentration of methane. that requires that we move to a full-time gas monitoring program. finally, large influx of ground water. we have seepage from the close by, existing pressurized tunnel that essentially represents a limitless source of water intrusion to the construction of the new tunnel, so we have had to use probing and grouting techniques to be able to address the ground water. actually, cal osha classified the ground condition to be some of the most challenging they have ever seen in california. all of this resulted in time extensions that are thoroughly calculated. we are not in a position yet

he died at his residence in irvington. he came to mount st. joseph's from kentucky in 2001 -- from kentucky where he became the longest serving president. >> every homecoming from war is emotional. now this is historic with the deadline to with drdraw troops. yesterday a guard unit returned to havre de grace. it was a welcome met by flags, hugs, and plenty of gratitude. >> when you have been waiting for months for loved ones to come home, it seems like those last few minutes may be the hardest. >> nervous, excited. >> just filled with joy. i'm happy it is coming home. i'm happy the deployment is over, and i'm ready for life to get back to normal. >> in the guard's 1729 field maintenance group returned home, ready for this moment. >> 1729, dismissed! >> [cheers and applause] >> the national guard unit deployed back in february and returned home early because of the december 31 deadline to withdraw all u.s. troops. >> i want to thank president obama for returning these troops home. everyone returned safe and sound, and everybody have a nice day.

madam chairwoman i would say while i was mayor of the city of irvington, i was the mayor we had commissioners and there is a disagreement about who had responsibility for what. so i think the record is pretty clear. the rules in terms of the nrc are clear and have been changed over the years to create a strong chairman for the nrc and and i think there may be some confusion about that. i think we all know president carter submitted a reauthorization plan to congress in 1980 following three mile island, which clearly states and i quote, the plan verifies the duties of the chairman's principle executive officer are conditioned the day-to-day operations of the agency, the chairman would take charge of the commissions response to nuclear emergencies. end of quote are grown issue of transparency madam chair, three commissioners will confirm by this committee last year. when they were confirmed, they told this committee that they supported the chairman's proposal to open up the nrc voting process to more transparency. today in each nrc commission -- commissioner boats, as i understand it, by writin