this. good morning and happy friday. it is november 4th. this is your manhatt a.m. wake- call, i m carol costello. one of the women accusing the republican presidential candidate of sexual harassment may issue a statement later today. her lawyer says she would rebut cain s denials of any sexual advances when the woman worked for cain at the national restaurant association in the late 90s. she s one of three women who have accused cain of inappropriate behavior. cain repeatedly denied the allegations but has acknowledged at least one severance payment was made to an accuser. in a radio interview with sean hannity, mccain vowed to press ahead with his campaign. i can assure you this, sean, this will not deter me. this businessman will not be deterred in his drive to basically feel what i m supposed to be doing, which is to win this nomination and win the presidency. politico.com first broke the story on sunday and since then cain has given conflicting accounts on the al
politico says the incident in question took place while cain led the national restaurant association in the late 90s. these incidents include conversations allegedly filled with innuendo or personal questions of a sexually suggestive nature taking place at the hotel during conferences. there were physical gestures that were not overtly sexual but made women who experienced or witnessed them uncomfortable and that they regarded as improper. politico s lead reporter was a guest on cnn s american morning. there are reports of both physical and verbal actions by mr. cain. he made physical gestures, also verbal comments that made these women feel uncomfortable, awkward and angry. and so much so actually that they complained to both colleagues and senior officials at the organization about their treatment and subsequently left the organization with five-yeca payouts and non-disclosure agreements. cain publicly addressed this all for the first time 90 minutes ago in an inter