i m erin burnett outfront tonight. markets plunged today. 297 points for the dow. the two-day drop, as i indicated, is close to 600. 573 points. it s a big story and we are covering it tonight. but first, we re starting with some breaking developments regarding herman cain. tonight, a report that one of the women who accused herman cain of sexual harassment wants to speak out. the washington post getting everyone s attention after posting a quote from the woman s attorney who told the post, it s very frustrating that herman cain is going around bad-mouthing the two complainants and my client is blocked by a confidentiality agreement. he s asking the restaurant association to release his client from that agreement. it has been a gut-wrenching 24 hours for herman cain. allegations that he sexually harassed two women have his campaign back on its heels. but it wasn t the allegations or the fact that the women reported reportedly got financial settlements, but that he s
office next to the nuclear power button nuclear weapon button. greg: is that what it is really called? dana: no. bob: before we get out of here. dana: i was just saying that, whether it was started by a rival campaign, it was certainly spread by a rival campaign. we all heard from. bob: by the way, this is a good conversation about this, glad we got people who understand the press side of this thing. in the end, herman cain s mick tas here, classic textbook greg: he is not a politician. bob: but here is the thing. you don t contradict yourself in the same news cycle, which is what he did. the other thing i d say if this was a four-figure settlement and this guy was five figure. if he was ten grand. and he was head of the association my guess is it s bigger than that. we know a lot of human relation departments get this thing. eric: more importantly,
candidate for the republican nomination for the president, has been kind enough to join us in our studios in washington, d.c., and he s joining us live this morning after what was surely a very stressful and busy day yesterday. i do hope you got some sleep, and thank you for being with us. our viewers do thank you, too. thank you, robin, and it was a busy day but i survived. this is why it was a busy day, and we re going to talk about many issues, but let s start with what s at the top of the news. many people are asking, did you say something early yesterday about sexual allegations against you but something completely different hours later? let s watch as things happened yesterday. if the restaurant association did a settlement, i am i wasn t even aware of it and i hope it wasn t for much because nothing happened. so if there was a settlement, it was handled by some of the other officers that worked for me at the association, so the answer is absolutely not. i am un
and tonight, some camel horn. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. markets plunged today. 297 points for the dow. the two-day drop, as i indicated is close to 600. 573 points. it s a big story and we are covering it tonight. but first, we re starting with some breaking developments regarding herman cain. tonight, a report that one of the women who accused herman cain of sexual harassment wants to speak out. the washington post getting everyone s attention after posting a quote from the woman s attorney who told the post, it s very frustrating that herman cain is going around bad-mouthing the two complainants and my client is blocked by a confidentiality agreement. he s asking the restaurant association to release his client from that agreement. it has been a gut-wrenching 24 hours for herman cain. allegations that he sexually assaulted two women have his campaign back on its heels. actually wasn t the allegations or the fact that the women reported
settlement. i hope it wasn t for much because i didn t do anything. but the fact of the matter is, i m not aware of a settlement that came out of that accusation. i was aware that an agreement was reached. the word settlement versus the word agreement, you know, i am not sure what they called it. here s the one incident that i recall as the day went on. she was in my office one day and i made a gesture saying and i was standing close to her and i made a gesture, you have the same height as my wife. and brought my hand, didn t touch her, up to my chin and said, you re the same height as my wife because my wife comes up to my chin. my wife of 43 years. that was put in there as something that made her uncomfortable as part of the sexual harassment charge. cnn political director paul steinhauser has been watching all the interviews, as well. paul, it seems cain failed damage control 101 by talking all day and changing his story. so, does all of this show the inexperience of