cain for leaking the story is speaking out. plus, lawmakers documents of the bankrupt solar energy company that got a half a billion dollar loan from the obama administration. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com while herman cain scrambles to try to get in front of the growing controversy, he s raking in lots of campaign contributions. cain s campaign now tells cnn they ve raised an astonishing $1.2 million since sunday evening when news of the accusations first broke. meantime, cain may face new embarrassment and more pressure if one of his accusers is allowed to come forward with a statement. brian todd has been reporting. what are you learning today? going to get to that in a moment, but what we may hear, there are indications that cain s alleged behavior may have cost the national restaurant association up to $80,000. politico reports one of the woman received a payout of about $45,000 as part of her settlement. earlier this week,
bust. a man once on the short list for the treasury secretary right in the middle of it. including a president? including a president. former secretary of state, condoleezza rice talking about a poison scare at the white house. 24 hours that could have drastically changed history. proof that one woman can change history. one woman with a revolt of bank of america. this is all on american morning. all right, good morning. it s wednesday, november 2nd. welcome to american morning. yes, happy wednesday. allie is in france and going to join us in a moment. we are going to find out whether g-20 can save the world. the herman skain scandal. brian todd is live for us in washington. brian, in the crisis management and damage control, this is a tough one for cain, isn t it? it is, christine. we are about to see the other shoe drop in a big, big way in this case. one of herman cain s accuse sors may come forward and give her side. she s been upset since the story br
charges against him. and baby makes 7 billion. a new milestone for the global population on this american morning. good morning to you and happy halloween. happy halloween! whoo! it is monday, october 31st. welcome to american morning. i m carol costello. good morning. i m alina cho. talk about an october surprise, and i m not talking about politics. no. that storm was really it was vicious, wasn t it? it certainly was, and it came through fast and left just as fast, but boy, did it leave a trail of destruction. yes, it did, and that s up first. the aftermath of a rare and deadly october nor easter, the storm dumping wet, slushy, heavy snow from maryland to maine. close to three feet of snow fell in new england, leaving millions without power this morning. it s literally postponed halloween in parts of new england. the boston globe reporting some towns rescheduled the holiday for friday instead. local officials don t want the kids out with so man
expected to take place sometime this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. here s athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. reporter: putting americans back to work is president obama s priority. say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. reporter: he s been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly address. this is not the time for the usual games or political gridlock in washington. reporter: the bill would cut payroll taxes, extend unemployment benefits, give tax credits for hiring veterans or the long-term unemployed and provide money to keep public workers on the job and invest in rebuilding schools and road and paid for with a 5.6% tax on income over $1 million starting in 2013. the political stakes for mr. obama are high. no president since franklin roosevelt has bun re-elected with