the cain campaign is calling this is a baseless allegation. herman cain said a perry advisor leaked the story. the perry campaign denied that to us but mentioned other ties between the romney campaign and the leak. the come knee cam han has denied that. you get the picture. we asked nut gingrich what he thought about this leaking about herman cain. if it turns out that a republican presidential candidate deliberately went out and created this kind of a story about a fellow candidate, that they would pretty rapidly become a pariah and they would fire the people that did it. that s despicable behavior. that s the worst behavior. we need to be unified to beat barack obama. i don t know who did it it. i m not taking herman s word for it but they better fire all involved in the next 24 hours because that s the kind of behavior i find totally repulsive in this political system. the story is developing and we re going to have more later in the hour for you, but now back to speak
downright messy. the battle in the republican race over herman cain, a third woman has come forward, and the fingerpointing has gone def con one. other news articles highlighted ties between romney s campaign and the leak. the romney campaign has denied it to outfront. you get the picture. it s ugly. we asked candidate newt gingrich what he thought of another campaign leaking this information about mr. cain. i have no idea. i d want to see the evidence but i would say if it turns out that a republican presidential candidate deliberately went out and created this kind of a story about a fellow and the ka, that they would pretty rapidly become a pariah in the rest of us and they d fire who did it. i think that s the despicable behavior that s the worst possible behavior, we republicans need to be unified to beat barack obama and that kind i don t know who did it. i m not taking herman s word for it. if it turns out he s right they better fire a bunch of people in the next
between december 1st and december 23rd last year. nine victims, ages 6 to 7 years old. in a letter sent home to parents, the principal says these allegations are very serious, and we will not tolerate any inappropriate behavior towards students. suspect burke is being held in custody of the police now, waiting to be officially charged in this case. she was arrested at her home in laurel this morning. she had been on leave. she was placed on leave here by the school when they found out about all of this last month. jim, back to you. disturbing allegations. pat collins. pat, we ll see you at 6:00. right now, executives from pepco testifying before lawmakers in annapolis about why so many people were left in the dark and the cold for days and days after the last winter storm. pepco said during that january 26th storm they had more than 3,700 reports of downed lines. they say there are more than 3,100 miles of overhead wires in montgomery county. and if you think they should
necessary. this is not simply a battle over money. i can t even get them to consider paying what is reasonable. reporter: he said he filed after negotiations broke down. st. joseph s medical center is not willing to take responsibility. and they are not willing to take care of the patients they said they would take care of. reporter: st. joseph s strongly denies that. saying they want patients to know that the door remains open to productive, reasonable and serious discussions with their attorneys. reporter: dr. medee s attorney said his client has done nothing wrong. and believes the hospital has tarnished his reputation. reporter: he says dr. medee s story will eventually come out. he lost his privileges at st. joseph s. and in those cases, where sjmc has appropriate medical information, it has more. but declined to comment on the specifics of the lawsuits. it may take 101 different jury trials. but if that s what it takes to get each one of these justice, the
unpaid time on unconstitutional. that s the decision from a federal judge about furloughs in prince george s county. so what does this mean for those workers? we have the answers. plus a controversial vaccine for hpv and now questions about the safety of gardasil. what you need to know. and hundreds of dollars will be spent per family for school supplies this year. the coupons that could save you big bucks. fox 5 midday news starts now. it was a move to save one local county millions of dollars, but it may have backfired. good day and welcome to fox 5 midday news. i m allison seymour. and i m gurvir dhindsa. 6,000 workers furloughed for ten days but a judge has ruled it is unconstitutional and now the county could be forced to pay up. sarah simmons joins us with more on the top story. reporter: good morning, guys. this has been a contentious issue, but a judge has ruled that the furlough forced by the county are unconstitutional. the furloughs expected 5900 employee