i m erin burnett. outfront, we begin with breaking news. herman cain losing key support in new hampshire one day after a georgia woman claims she had a 13-year affair with the candidate. one new hampshire state representative, william panic, conif i recalling to outfront that he is withdrawing his support for cain and switching to newt gingrich. adding the alleged affair was the final straw. and within the last hour, the presidential candidate sending a message to his supporters. and i read it in part, quote, this woman s story is completely false. i am asking for your friendship. i am also asking for your prayers and support. this is a trying time for my family, my campaign, and for me. i m looking at the letter here which concludes with, the ability to buy herman cain t-shirts and donate money. money is what this is going to come down to. cain s plea for support comes after telling staffers this morning that he is recessing his campaign. a top campaign aide told cnn tod
i m erin burnett. outfront, we begin with breaking news. herman cain losing key support in new hampshire one day after a georgia woman claims she had a 13-year affair with the candidate. one new hampshire state representative, william panic, confirming to outfront that he was withdrawing his support for cain and switching to newt gingrich. adding the alleged affair was quote, the final straw. and within the last hour, the presidential candidate sending a message to his supporters. and i read it in part, quote, this woman s story is completely false. i am asking for your friendship. i am also asking for your prayers and support. this is a trying time for my family, my campaign, and for me. i m looking at the letter here which concludes with, the ability to buy herman cain t-shirts and donate money. money is what this is going to come down to. cain s plea for support comes after telling staffers this morning that he is, quote, reassessing his campaign. a top campaign aide t
campaign finance story you are talking about out of wisconsin is really interesting. what it boils down to is a group called prosperity usa which was founded by mark block, the famous smoker from the ad, it is a nonprofit organization. and under federal law and election dlau law, nonprofits are not allowed, they are forbidden from giving money to capitol hill campaigns and what ended up happening is prosperity usa spent almost $40,000 on charter, plane charter ipads and other expenses for the friends of herman cain. and that money was disclosed by prosperity usa by not by cain or his campaign. there could be some coke brothers funding in the prosperity operation. a lot of dirt in there. there s a lot there. i don t see on the face of it what the real answers could be. there s no legitimate answers on
what it boils down to is a group called prosperity usa which was founded by mark block, the famous smoker from the ad, it is a nonprofit organization. and under federal law and election law, nonprofits are not allowed, they are forbidden from giving money to capitol hill campaigns and what ended up happening is prosperity usa spent almost $40,000 on charter, airplane charter, ipads and other expenses for the friends of herman cain. and that money was disclosed by prosperity usa by not by cain or his campaign. there could be some koch brothers funding in the prosperity operation.
to rise in the race for the republican nomination. it s been the talk of politics lately. a recent ad, by the way, featuring his campaign coo mark block is all the buzz on youtube. let s watch this bizarre ad by herman cain. since january, i ve had the privilege of being the chief of staff to herman cain and the chief operating officer of the friends of herman cain. tomorrow is one day closer to the white house. i really believe that herman cain will put united back in the united states of america. and if i didn t believe that, i wouldn t be here. we need you to get involved, because together, we can do this. we can take this country back. i am america one voice united we stand i am america it is so good, that ad. and i don t know why, exactly. so how does the energizer bunny