and on the president himself. i think that barack obama is somebody who sincerely believes things that are totally nuts. could newt gingrich be the next best hope for the gop? i m an idealist, a romantic and a permanent optimist. that s the american tradition. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we ll get to my surprisingly intense and revealing interview with newt gingrich later in the hour, but first new details on the sexual misconduct accusations against herman cain. the first woman to accuse cain has now been revealed. she s karen kraushaar. i ll talk to her lawyer in a moment. you heard what sharon bialek told me about cain last night. i believe that he first needs to apologize and he needs to admit it. then it s up to him to decide what to do next. a little while ago herman cain held a news conference. listen to what he had to say. these accusations that were revealed yesterday are simply did not happen. joel bennett representing karen kraus
captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with the breaking news. political and financial chaos within the european union, sending fresh shock waves through wall street and world financial markets. stocks plunging in new york today on all three indices with the dow tumbling about 400 points amid a growing debt crisis in italy. and the third largest in europe. let s bring in our own financial expert, cnn s erin burnett, the host of erin burnett outfront. the markets taking a major tumble today because of what s happening in italy, is that right? that really is the reason why. europe continuing to not dealing with its problems. right around 388 points to the downside as the final trades come in. what s happening in europe is causing all kinds of problems. general motors came out and said we can t even put out forecasts for what we re going to do in europe and as a result, gm shares fell 10%. all ten industry groups fellower today. greece continues to be a problem and now
and in mississippi, the so-called personhood antiabortion amendment went down to a crushing defeat. none of this, of course, guarantees success next year. but they re probably smiling in the white house tonight. also, the herman cain camp seems to have settled on a strategy, accuse the accusers. they re going after the women who have made charges against him. how big of a deal will this be in tonight s republican debate? and how long can this go on? plus, here s a good lesson from republican john walsh on how not to treat a constituent. hang on. quiet for a minute. quiet for a minute! so i can ask you to leave. you need to listen. i m going to ask you to leave. well, we ve seen that before. what has joe walsh so upset? we ll find out in the side show. and recognize this guy? i m chris matthews of msnbc s hardball, with me is senator barack obama. thanks for spending a few moments with us. you sir are great. i don t think that s me, but it s the best he can do,
john, but that is a new one. people up watching our show because they were awoken by alligators mauling raccoons. morning joe starts right now. ladies and gentlemen, are you excited? because now it s time for a brand new segment. this is great moments from the campaign trail. take a look. for those who have abandoned hope, we ll restore hope and we ll welcome them into a great national crusade to make america great again. let it be our cause to see that child grow up strong and secure graced by her challenges, but never struggling alone. where s my quarter pounder with cheese? all right. good morning. that is that is soaring rhetoric. i knew this guy was going to come on strong at the end. it s wednesday, november 9th. with us onset, we have the director of the earth institute at columbia university, economist dr. jeffrey sachs. we also have msnbc political analyst former democratic congressman harold ford jr. boy, mika, we have so much to talk about today
because they were awoken by alligators mauling raccoons. morning joe starts right now. ladies and gentlemen, are you excited? because now it s time for a brand new segment. this is great moments from the campaign trail. take a look. for those who have abandoned hope, we ll restore hope and we ll welcome them into a great national crusade to make america great again. let it be our cause to see that child grow up strong and secure graced by her challenges, but never struggling alone. where s my quarter pounder with cheese? all right. good morning. that is that is soaring rhetoric. i knew this guy was going to come on strong at the end. it s wednesday, november 9th. with us onset, we have the director of the earth institute at columbia university, economist dr. jeffrey sachs. we also have msnbc political analyst former democratic congressman harold ford jr. boy, mika, we have so much to talk about today. we ve been talking about the elections last night. oh