mary snow, he's going to be speaking to his supporters at some point, is that right, mary? >> reporter: yes, wolf, we do expect ron paul to come down fairly soon and speak to his supporters. you can imagine so many supporters here, so disappointed, really booing at the screen when those results came down. they really felt that ron paul could win his first victory, and before the results came in, some of the supporters had come here hours before the results, some from new hampshire and massachusetts, saying that it's very important, they thought, for him to win here and gain momentum. they say it will still not dull their support. one supporter said it will make him go out and work even harder but he was clearly the candidate who spent the most time here in maine campaigning. >> stand by, i want to go back to shannon travis at republican headquarters in portland, maine. you have a guest? >> reporter: yes, that's right, the man who just announced the results of the maine caucuses, charlie webster, chairman of the maine republican party. mr. chairman, the results were only sep

mary snow joining us live from portland, maine. with romney and paul on the ground in maine, many are calling this a two-man race there. is that the case? >> reporter: it really is, fredericka. rick santorum and newt gingrich are not actively competing here. 21 delegates are at stake in maine. it's getting a lot of attention because ron paul has a chance of winning his first contest. he's the only republican candidate in the cycle who hasn't yet won a contest. also for mitt romney, this comes on the heels of three losses earlier this week. if he does not win tonight, this would be a fourth. this is not a headline he wants to have. after this caucus, there is a 17-day lull until the next contest. that is the situation ahead of these results tonight. >> what about ron paul? how confident is he feeling? even though the pressure is on he's got to win at least one contest? >> this morning he said he feels he has a good chance. he has campaigned here more than mitt romney. he appeals to people with libertarian streaks, to younger voters.

. >>> it's been 50 years sense a woman named -- since a woman named mary snow served as an intern in president john f. kennedy's office but she now says she had an affair with jfk. she met him at the white house swimming pool and later that day had sex in mrs. kennedy's bedroom. >>> all right, coming up a string of robberies. anne arundel police have neighbors on high alert. >>> yet, another weight loss idea for you. why this one is more catered to you and you alone and thus has a better chance of working. i'm jamie costello. those stories and more when i see you at 6:00. here's a look at what's ahead at 6 theft -- 6:30. >>> is whole wheat bread all that it says it is. what you are really eating in the whole grain. i remember the days before copd. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and tha

. >>> mary snow has the top stories in "the situation room." >> a fire in central honduras has killedore many victims were sleeping as the blaze fred. others were said to be trapped inside after guards abandoned their post. more than 100 prisoners are still accounted for, but authorities say they don't know how many forced their way out of the prison and fled. they say a short circuit or mattress fire may have sparked the blaze. >>> federal regulators are making it harder for telemarketers to call or text you. new fcc rules will limit robo-calls as well as automated text messages. one officials says it will close loopholes in the existing regulations. information calls such as school closing information and flight cancellations will still be allowed. >>> a florida man has been hospitalized after an electronic cigarette a fire official says it appears to have caused the problem and describes it as similar to a firecracker exploding in the victim's mouth. these types of cigarettes, i guess they're used to help quit smoking. >> that was my question. what the heck is an electronic cigaret

here's mary snow with the latest news you need to know right now. again. >> hey, there, john. a top aide for gabrielle giffords just may be her replacement. john bauerer says he will run for her seat she left last month. he was wounded along with giffords during the deadly shooting last prilt. >>> while we're all feeling the impact, young adults have taken the hardest hit from the slow economy. that's according to a new report by the pew research center. 18 to 24-year-olds with jobs is at a record low. just one in two adults have a job. the report finds 189 to 24-year-olds are less likely to have a job than at any time in history since world war ii. >>> fbi files a release just today are giving us a rereeled look into apple co-founder steve jobs. the fbi conducted a moral character background on jobs. the fbi says the investigations were reportedly part of a presidential appointment by george w. bush and a bomb threat against apple. the threats call into question jobs' honesty, his details to twist the truth and it goes into jobs' illegal drug use o

>> thank you very much, mary snow.ppreciate it. >>> a dangerous assignment to a city under siege. >> there's only certain roads that we can take because of sniper positions, and some parts driving really have to gun it to get across to avoid being targeted. >> cnn's arwa damon is inside homs, a scene of devastation after two weeks of shelling. >>> victims of the government crackdown say they are dying of hunger and fear. why getting help to them is so difficult. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind spot monitor... [ tires screech ] ...night view... and heads-up display. [ engine revving ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. >>> we are of course following the story of a moroccan man arrested by the fbi. it is alleged hi wanted to be a suicide bomber. they arrested him with a disarmed bomb just before he got onto capitol grounds. indeed

things must be changed immediately more on why it's absence are going to strike here's my colleague mary snow. around a thousand killed at least six thousand injured and even more still missing egypt's people have paid a high price to live in a new country but despite all the sacrifices the shadow of the old regime still looms large during mubarak thirty years of mubarak's rule to make a number of people try them under military tribunals where one to two thousand now you know within about ten months or eleven months we have twelve thousand which is of course a humongous number for a country ruled by the military the supreme council of the armed forces or skaf that's no surprise but surprisingly enough those discomforted over from who'd previously run the country are not themselves before military tribunals you cannot have four. suspected killers. thought. to be civil court system. the ordinary people there may be. medical records this is unfair. and this is illegal hasty with no proper investigation usually with no lawyer and behind closed doors and with no right of appeal human rights activi

mary snow explains why goldline's customers say they've fallen victim to an international fraud.line. i wanted to look them in he ye. this is a top in existence since 1960.and en gavazzo says she decided to ne invest in goldline.there's five of hem.catherine says she initially purchased 5 gold coins...and then investtd her 130 thouuand dollars of retirement savings with goldline.tte second time, unlike the coins, she never got physical possession of the that showed her investment was declining.first, doww to 93 thousand..then 74 thousann dolllrs.they wouldn't ggve me a straight answer whh gold was going uu and mine was going down goldline --based in santa monica--came under scrutiny.the head of the cityys consumer prooection unit says it received otherr -- ccusing goldline of misleading ustomers on the size offthe markup of gold investmenns -- and pressuring them under false pretenses. people ere being told that gold bullion could be confiscated by the government and that the other coins were pafe and that the only way to be safe was to buy these coins which were tremendously mar

mary snow is monitoring that and some of the other top stories in "the situation room." ry, what do you have. >> israel's defense minister says iran is operating, quote, in the ways of terror, after three bombings today. thai police say the first bomb went off at a house residented by three men. two fled while a third was injured after he detonated two more bombs. israel is on a heightened state of alert after embassy vehicles were targeted on monday in india and the country of georgia. >>> chrysler is recalling nearly 10,000 police cars because the brakes and headlights could fail. they're the police versions of the 2011 and 2012 models of the dodge chargers. they can overheat and caught the brakes and electronics stability system to fail, and a separate issue would cause the head lights to go out. >>> if you're eager to hear details about the next gen investigation of ipad, you won't have to wait too long. new reports are that it will be unveiled the first week of march. sources say apple is in crunch mode. the ipad 3 is expected to have a new high-definition screen. he

our mary snow is looking into this sensitive story for us. mary, what's going on?g an uproared. planned parenthood blames bullying by the right. the organization says it's dismayed the actions are being miscategorized. with races like this around the country and with the support of major sporting events, the suitsen g. komen foundation has raised close to $2 billion to fight breast cancer. but a group that normally wins praise is now under fire for cutting funds for breast exams. the facebook is being swamped with furious messages. this woman writes -- the money i was going to give you is now going to a nonprofit that actually shares about women's health. shame on you. another post -- for women like myself without insurance, planned parenthood is a lifeline. tell me how your political decision serves women like myself. the president see seal richards says the group stands to lose 1e6r8 hundred thousand for breast exams. what was the reason you were given. >> they kept raising the fact there was a political investigation in congress. >> reporter: there's a republica

mary snowe joins us with the latest on this story. as a playboy. this woman is coming forward and giving details, things we've never heard before. >> yeah. suzanne, this book is a very salacious one with a very detailed account by mimi beardsley alfred, as you mentioned now 69 years old. "the new york post" obtained a copy of this book which claims she had an 18-month affair and she met the president four days into her internship into the white house and she was invited to swim with the president at the white house swimming pool and she claims things progressed from there. she did do an interview with nbc news, it was an exclusive interview in which she describes what she claims were sexual encounters and talks about them. take a listen. >> i think overpowered in the sense that he was the president. he was an unbelievably handsome man, 41 years old and not overpowered that someone grabbed me and made me do something that i wasn't willing to do because i really think i was willing to do it. >> in this book, suzanne, alfred claims the af

cnn's mary snow is in new york. she has a copy. this is quite a story.on a secret" and it comes out on wednesday. it's salacious and at times, dark. mimi beardsly said she began a affair with president kennedy between her freshman year and sophomore years of college and lasted until days before the president was killed. her name is my my beardsly alfred and she wrooits in a new book "once upon a secret" she began a 18-month affair withment kennedy in the summer of 1962. four days after starting as a white house intern, she says she met the president in the white house swimming pool after being invited by a presidential aide. the president slid into the pool and floated up to me, she writes. it's my my, isn't it, he said? yes, sir, i said. my my beardsly and you're in the press office this summer, right 1234 yes, sir, i am, i replied. in an exclusive interview with nbc with she said she didn't consider the invitation unusual. >> it didn't seem unnatural because everybody was fredly and i went back to work afterwards. >> you just dried off and went back an

mary snow is looking into that for us. >> reporter: an interview that rick santorum did six years ago comments about birth control are drawing attention with critics calling him out of touch. but he insists his personal and public policy are not one and the same. >> wow. >> reporter: as he gains momentum in polls republican presidential hopeful rick santorum's record comes under more scrutiny. and these remarks about confr contraception have gone viral. >> from a government point of view i support title x i guess it is and have voted for contraception. i don't think it works. i think it's harmful to women. it's harmful to our society. >> reporter: jennifer rubin first posted the video writing the impression that santorum finds the prevalent practice of birth control harmful to women is frankly mind numbing. if he meant to focus on teenage sexual promiscuity. rick santorum said he considered it an important public policy. >> one of the things i'll talk about that no president has talked about is the dangers of contraception. but santorum told piers morgan he would noted support any law

mary snow, cnn, new york. >>> stories that we're working on for you later today. a ticker tape parade for super bowl champs. the new york giants. looking at live pictures right now. that parade scheduled to

mary snow, cnn, new york. >> all right, mary.r the cure is you the cutting them off because of political pressure. here's part of the video she post the last fight. >> we are freeing up more dollars to are higher impact programs and where sever possible, we want to grant to the provider that is actually providing the life saving mammogram. ls

mary snow, cnn, new york. >>> stories that we're working on for you later today. a ticker tape parade for super bowl champs. the new york giants. looking at live pictures right now. that parade scheduled to start at 11:00. at 11:25, president obama speaks at the second white house science fair, celebrating winners in science,

i want to stay in portland, maine, with mary snow. they need a win. had a win, but they potentially could get one tonight. is that what they are expecting? >> reporter: they are expecting to be very close, but supporters here tonight are saying they feel it is very important that there is a win for ron paul to gain momentum in what would be his first victory in a presidential contest. ron paul has campaigned here more than anyone else. he's been appealing to libertarians in the state and young voters earlier today at a caucus site, he says he believes he has a good chance of winning. >> seems like the supporters always seem to come through. we can't compete dollar to dollar, of course, with governor romney, but our support eers ar very generous. so far they've always come through when we need them. >> reporter: i just talked to the campaign a short time ago. they are expecting this to come down to the wire, saying potentially it could come down to fewer than 100 votes, possibly even fewer than 20 votes. wolf? >> mary, stand by. shortly after the resul

thank you, mary snow. that is it for us. erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> whitney houston's funeral is set and i will talk to the pastor. and what would it cost to intervene in syria in money and lives. >>> and china's next leader is in the united states and he met with president obama and vice president joe biden, but why is he going the iowa? of course we will tell you. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. "outfront" tonight, questions and sorrow over the death of whitney houston. this is what we know right now, family and close friends will say farewell to the poplar pop star saturday in newark, new jersey. chris christie has ordered the flags at half-staff in honor of whitney houston. sources tell us that her body was found by her assistant mary jones who she often called aunt mary. her ex-husband bobby brown released a statement about bobiy kristina saying this, obviously the death of her mother is affecting her. however, we wi

here's mary snow with the latest news you need to know right now. >> reporter: in the future the ussrielle giffords will shale the high seas. giffords was on hand for the announcement with her husband mark kelly. she resigned from congress last month to focus on her recovery after an assassin's bullet nearly claimed her life. >>> a striking image from eastern europe. the black sea frozen to the horizon. a brutal cold snap is gripping the area causing hundreds of deaths. shipping is slowing to a crawl with dozens of boats trapped by ice. arctic air is blowing deep into europe, and forecasters don't expect it to let up anytime soon. >>> and this must be nature's equivalent of a punk rocker. a pennsylvania couple found this in their backyard, a purple squirrel. there's no explanation but as you can imagine plenty of theories. one expect said the squirrel must have gotten into contact with some kind of dye. the couple released it back into the wild on tuesday. it may be back in the wild but it does have a facebook page. >> purple and this is pennsylvania? >> how did you guess? >> on our

here is mary snow with the news you need to know. >>> oprah is in trouble for tweeting about watching said to turn to own if you have a neilson box. and only is it their policy to rate the reviews, they are finding it begging. >>> and now ol ser stone said he converted while filming a documentary in the country. >>> and italian authorities are trying to appeal the conviction of amanda knox. she had the original conviction appealed in october, and now they are fight iing the origina conviction. they are looking if it is going to force her to return to italy. >>> and streets filled with teddy bears and candy and gifts galore, iran banned the valentine's day because of the connection with the western world, uzbekistan has banned it, but still most countries honor it. >>> and now a message from the president of the united states. >> let me start with a quick public service announcement for all of the gentlemen out there. today is valentine's day. do not forget. [ laughter ] i speak from experience here. it is important that you remember this and go big. that is my advice. >> now, don't fo