day, weighing heavily on people s minds. candidate herman cain dodged our questions in california. but on late-night tv, he wasn t so quiet about the harassment claims made by a fourth woman. he will address those at a press conference later today. tahman bradley joins us with more details on this. reporter: hey, rob. appearing on jimmy kimmel live, herman cain calls the sexual harassment controversy a firestorm. and says he is now ready to set the record straight. how is your day? well. reporter: herman cain s day may have ended with late-night laughs on jimmy kimmel live, but began with a new controversy. there s not an ounce of truth in these allegations. reporter: yesterday, a fourth woman said cain sexually harassed her. unlike the other victims, sharon violet, a republican, made her claim in front of cameras. she said she went to cain for help finding a job years ago. she put his hands on my leg, under my skirt, and reached for my genitals. he grab
julian crews has the latest and our newsroom there is pressure mounting even within the gop for herman cain to address these claims once and for all. the woman from chicago the first accuser to go public sharon bialek said that she went to herman cain 14 years ago after getting laid off from her chicago-based job with the national restaurant association . but instead of getting help she said she got the shock of her life he reached over he put his hand on my lake under my skirt and reached for my genitals he also grabbed my head and brought it towards his crotch : her fiancee said that she s not trying to capitalize on the scandal financially there is no money motive to this she has the same political interests as herman cain in terms of the republican party she did not know that he would be at the tea party convention and she claims that she confronted him to see if he remembered her before his aides it shuffled him away jimmy kimmel had him as a guest last night w
episodes of racial epitaphs. the taggers didn t count a camera. the videotape taking place from the vandalism south of sycamore valley road. nbc bay area s cheryl herd is live in dan will have. are they treating it as a hate crime? reporter: yes, they are. the family involved in this web of hate would like to keep a low profile, but police said they need your help in catching a suspect. a police surveillance camera catches a man spray painting slurs on the garage of a dan will have home friday night. they told us it was the n word and below that a threat that read you are going to get yours. it s 2011 and we still have to deal with racial slurs being spray painted on the garage door. it s very direct and it s just sad. the couple didn t want to reveal their identity. the defacing of their garage started in january and the message is different each time, but always full of hate. so far it happened at least eight times. we raise our families in a nice area and it doesn
watching yesterday, but did not recognize sharon bialek as she charged in 1997, cain touched her sexually and said, you want a job, right? a group supporting cain today questioned bialek s motives citing two bankruptcies and a troubled financial history. when today she denied she came forward to make money. absolutely not. and i expected this. this is what happens. it s not about me. i m not the one running for president. reporter: cain remained the republican frontrunner in the latest nbc news poll tied with mitt romney, but in his abc interview, romney pointed to bialek. this woman s charges are particularly disturbing and they re serious. reporter: bialek going public will kill cain s candidacy says a political pro. i think republicans are in a little bit of denial, but they re going to reach the conclusion that this isn t the nominee they want. i mean, we know where this is headed. reporter: herman cain says he s headed back to the campaign trail. as much as r
morning joe starts right now. how was your day? well, all things considered, i m still alive. it was a it got off to somewhat of a rough start. we had a little surprise to show up on tv. yeah. did you watch that? we watched it, because we didn t even know that this whole thing about woman number four was even going to come out, so that was a surprise. yes. good morning. and at least it wasn t one of the many that have the first name anonymous. so now this one actually had a name and a face so we watched to see what it was and who it was and we are dealing with it. have you considered hiring gloria allred as your attorney? ah, you almost made me say something that my analysts say you should not say. let me put it to you this way. i can t think of anything that i would hire her to do. okay? i can t think of a thing. oh, my. good morning. it s tuesday. he can t think of a thing that he would pay gloria allred for. with us onset it is better than b