has to say, look, here s what they have got. here s what they are going to come at me with. he was advised to go on cnn and talk to wolf blitzer about this and do a preemptory strike before the report came out. let s listen to what he said on cnn today. tell us about the nature of your relationship with this woman. friend and trying to help a friend because not having a job, et cetera, and this sort of thing. that s all there is to the relationship. and here again, i don t know what is going to be claimed in the story. it was someone who was supposed to be a friend but obviously they didn t see it as a friendship. when you say friend, i m asking awkward questions but i will ask you the questions you will be asked. was this an affair? no it was not. this was no sex? no. none? no. and if this woman says there is she is lying. let s see what the story will be. i don t want to get in to being pinned down on things until we
see what the story will be. i think we have seen what the story will be. herman cain s criminal lawyer said he is not going to answer anymore questions about it. where does the cain campaign go from here? i m not sure, lawrence. at the time that herman cain was on with wolf blitzer was at the same time that fox 5 in atlanta put up its story. not the video but the kaip written story and then the statement from from len wood. while herman cain is telling wolf blitzer, i her, 13 years, just a friendship. i helped her financially. that statement, which you showed at the top of the show, says that what happens that it wasn t sexual hartz harassment or sexual assault. that that what happens between private adults is their business. it is as close to an admission as you will get. the lawyer and clients are not
i think actually lawrence when i endorsed him, rick perry was just getting in the raps and rick surpassed mitt at this moment in time by a substantial margin so it is the opposite. that s right. so the way we will tell the story is the the pawlenty endorsement killed the perry campaign. i think you have to let go. you have to let go and move to the future. governor pawlenty, thank you very much for joining me tonight. thank you for having me. coming up the marine common dant changes his position on the policy don t ask don t tell. that s next in the rewrite. [ male announcer ] this is your moment. in my bed this is zales, the diamond store. take an extra 10 percent off online purchases monday only. all right, i ll be right back. okay. [ male announcer ] sometimes the giving can be just as amazing as the gift.
and rerace aed them from his mind. there was something about you. that s what i wonder. i wonder why. i don t know. joining me now is the sports editor for the nation and author of the new book the john carlos story, the sports moment that changed the world. thank you for joining me tonight, dave. thanks, lawrence. espn s role here. they say they didn t do anything with this tape when they got it in 2003 because they didn t have any kind of core rog rob ration. they didn t have other victims and they couldn t on the firm that is laurie fine s voice. as i head their account of how they handled this, they never confronted or attempted to confront in 2003 the fines, either laurie fine or her husband about what was on this tape. that s very true. espn is the big kahuna of sports journalism. and that means there are real questions that need to be asked
with the possible repeal of don t ask, don t tell but other people did and they are the heros of this story. the people who helped to teach america and helped to teach our military don t to fear gay people. one such hero was a young harvard college and law school graduate. he ran and won a seat in the state college legislature in 1972 and ran and won a seat in congress in 1980. all as a closeted gay man. in 1987, after six years in congress, he came out publicly announcing that he is gay. today the gentleman from massachusetts barney frank announced that he will not run for re-election to congress. his voice will be missed on the floor of the house and in congressional hearing rooms where no one made the case for gay members of the military more effectively than the honorable