reporter: presidential hopeful herman cain tries to knock down the sexual harassment allegations that could derail his campaign. those accusations are totally false. reporter: cain does however admit in the 1990s when he ran the national restaurant association the trade group investigated allegations made against him by two female employees. and it was concluded after a thorough investigation that it had no basis. reporter: whether there was basis or not the association paid the women cash settlement. hours after cain said he didn t know about the payment he changed his tune. in an interview with fox news cain spoke about the settlement with the association reached with the women. maybe three months salary, something like that, just trying to recall it. i don t remember, it might have been two months. reporter: news of the allegations was first reported by politico. cain has soared to the top of the republican presidential field but the controversy could be the
good morning. i m cecelia vega. cain is now the ninth reporter: presidential hopeful herman cain tries to knock down the sexual harassment allegations that could derail his campaign. those accusations are totally false. reporter: cain does however admit in the 1990s when he ran the national restaurant association the trade group investigated allegations made against him by two female employees. and it was concluded after a thorough investigation that it had no basis. reporter: whether there was basis or not the association paid the women cash settlement. hours after cain said he didn t know about the payment he changed his tune. in an interview with fox news cain spoke about the settlement with the association reached with the women. maybe three months salary, something like that, just trying to recall it. i don t remember, it might have been two months. reporter: news of the allegations was first reported by politico. cain has soared to the top of the repub