we ve heard the phrase death by 1,000 lashes. that s basically what this was. lydia s parents pleaded guilty and were sent to prison. michael pearl the man whose teachings they follow is spreading his goss pel through a popular christian book to train a child. the pearls wrote it as a blueprint for raising children they say the way the bible commands. it says that if you spare the rod, you hate your child. but if you love him, you chasten him timely. the pearls say they re not to blame for what the family did, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message that many fundamentalist christians and preachers embrace. you ll hear from some of them tonight. you ll hear from a woman whose parents followed the treatment when she was growing up. she calls it abuse. this is systemic form of brainwashing these children. our investigation led us to a corner of christian fundamentalism that operates almost entirely beyond the reach of authority. fundamentalist baptist home
former restaurant association colleague who witnessed he says one of the incidents and spoke about it today to gloria borger and cnn affiliate ktok. at the time she was a very low-level staffer. i think she was maybe two years out of college. and this all occurred at a restaurant in crystal city. and everybody was very aware of it. and so it is it was only a matter of time because so many people were aware of what took place. so many people were aware of her situation, the fact that she left after this. that it was it was a everybody knew with the campaign that it would eventually come up. chris wilson, we should point out, is a rick perry supporter. gloriaworther asked him about that. she joins us shortly. we ll talk to her for details. again. that s not all, though. on top of all that, though, according to forbes.com, cain is now blaming another campaign operative, a 2004 campaign adviser who s now working for rick perry, for sparking this whole mess. but keeping
for the wall street journal and david gergen. what was behind the selloff, er? i was talking to a few investors today what ben bernanke said yesterday, anderson what is the market expected him to same we know things are weak we know europe is a very severe issue but him saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rather dramatic selloff and might see stablization that isn t the same thing as saying we aren t in a real economic problem. we know that we are. and steven, seems like the markets were also underwhelmeded by the fed s latest moves to kick start the economisome there anything at this point that policymakers can do to raise expectations? certainly not the fed. anderson, certainly not the fed. the fed has been deluging the economy with money for the last three years and the idea of more purchases
saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rather dramatic selloff and might see stabilization that isn t the same thing as saying we aren t in a real economic problem. we know that we are. and steven, seems like the markets were also underwhelmed by the by the fed s latest moves to kick start the economy. is there anything at this point that policymakers can do to raise expectations? certainly not the fed. anderson, certainly not the fed. the fed has been deluging the economy with money for the last three years and the idea of more purchases of government bonds by the fed, which is what ben bernanke announced yesterday, i m not sure sure they had a very camel effect. i think erin is right. i think the president s message this week wasn t very helpful. as you know, anderson, on monday, the president announc