good evening. the iowa caucuses are 60 days away. while it is early yet in the scheme of things, this presidential election season for republicans vying for the nomination, the time to choose is coming sooner rather than later. and all the while the sexual harassment drama has dominated at least the week s political headlines and overshadowed other aspects of the race. it s been a while since we heard about herman cain s 9-9-9 economic plan. instead and again tonight we are hearing about his past. one of the three women who complained of unwanted advances today broke her silence and said through her lawyer she indeed filed a complaint and received a settlement. we begin here tonight with nbc s lisa myers. lisa, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. the woman s lawyer says there were several incidents of sexual harassment described only as inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances by cain. he charged that cain for all his denials knows what those incidents were.
throne. today is saturday, november 5th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome back to today on a saturday. i m lester holt. and i m jenna wolf filling in for amy. we have lots to get to today. starting with gop candidate herman cain. the restaurant association acknowledged friday that a formal complaint was filed when he was ceo of the organization back in 1999. that happened as cain was making a 2000 presidential bid when he eventually had to drop. more on that just ahead. also, a disturbing story out of texas, a warning, this video is difficult to watch. it s a 15-year-old girl getting beaten by a bully at her own school as other kids stood by. the young victim now needs surgery for her injury. we re going to talk to her about the ordeal when she and her mother join us exclusively. seems like there s always someone there to shoot it, but no one there to hut help. rumors are flying in the uk that the duchess of cam
throne. today is saturday, november 5th, throne. today is saturday, november 5th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome back to today on a saturday. i m lester holt. and i m jenna wolf filling in for amy. we have lots to get to today. starting with gop candidate herman cain. the restaurant association acknowledged friday that a formal complaint was filed when he was ceo of the organization back in 1999. that happened as cain was making a 2000 presidential bid when he eventually had to drop. more on that just ahead. also, a disturbing story out of texas, a warning, this video is difficult to watch. it s a 15-year-old girl getting beaten by a bully at her own school as other kids stood by. the young victim now needs surgery for her injury. we re going to talk to her about the ordeal when she and her mother join us exclusively. seems like there s always someone there to shoot it, but no one there to hut help. rumors are
good morning, everyone. welcome back to today on a saturday. i m lester holt. and i m jenna wolf filling in for amy. we have lots to get to today. starting with gop candidate herman cain. the restaurant association acknowledged friday that a formal complaint was filed when he was ceo of the organization back in 1999. that happened as cain was making a 2000 presidential bid when he eventually had to drop. more on that just ahead. also, a disturbing story out of texas, a warning, this video is difficult to watch. it s a 15-year-old girl getting beaten by a bully at her own school as other kids stood by. the young victim now needs surgery for her injury. we re going to talk to her about the ordeal when she and her mother join us exclusively. seems like there s always someone there to shoot it, but no one there to hut help. rumors are flying in the uk that the duchess of cambridge could be expecting. she s been seen making some interesting choices, let s put it that w
good evening. the iowa caucuses are 60 days away. while it is early yet in the scheme of things, this presidential election season for republicans vying for the nomination, the time to choose is coming sooner rather than later. and all the while the sexual harassment drama has dominated at least the week s political headlines and overshadowed other aspects of the race. it s been a while since we heard about herman cain s 9-9-9 economic plan. instead and again tonight we are hearing about his past. one of the three women who complained of unwanted advance today broke her silence and said she filed a complaint and received a settlement. we begin here tonight with nbc s lisa myers. lisa, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. the woman s lawyer says there were several incidents of sexual harassment described only as inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances by cain. he charged that cain for all his denials knows what those incidents were. [ applause ] thank you.