about the resiliency of new york city could come from none other than spike lee. he joins me live later this hour. don t miss it. but first, my colleague melissa rehberger with some of the latest on the tropical storm. milissa. thank you, rev. we are continuing to track tropical storm henri. the storm is slowing cowan as it moves inland over southern new england. president biden in the last hour saying fema is standing by ready to respond to damage caused by high winds and flooding and widespread power outages. the storm made landfall in rhode island just after noon eastern time, packing high winds that knocked out power it to more than 80,000 customers in that state. close to 4,000 people in massachusetts. and 2,000 people on long island. but the massachusetts governor fears that as the storm tracks slower across his state power outages could spike into the hundreds of thousands. more politics nation with reverend al sharpton after this break. on after this break. [ ] if you have
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