filed complaints against him in the 1990s. and last night, the campaign issued a denial, but only after this awkward exchange with the reporter who broke the story. last question, last question. sir, have you? yes or no? have you ever been accused, sir, of sexual harassment? have you, sir? that was the last question. yes or no. have you? have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? joe johns has the details now, and paul steinhauser has the rest of the campaign paulout. do you expect cain to address this issue? he is the center of attention right now. a lot of people are going to be watching him. he is appearing at the american enterprise institute giving a speech. so questions are going to follow herman cain about this for quite a while. and at some point he ll probably have to say more. we need to be as transparent as we can about this story. we don t know a lot about the allegations right now. in fact, all we do know is that herman cain is the center of a
weekend. more than four million people are without electric power. a truck bomb followed by a gun battle killed at least two people in the southern afghan city of kandahar. it happened outside the international relief and development office. afghan officials say two people were wounded in that attack. taliban fighters set off a truck bomb, entered the compound and fired on security forces. closing arguments could begin in the next few days in the trial of michael jackson s doctor. on friday an expert witness called by the defense testified that jackson likely died from self injecting a powerful sedative while the defendant, conrad murray, was away. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee. world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. this is world business today. our top stories on monday, the 31st of october. back in the air, qantas resumes flying after a 48-hour shutdown. japan sells off c
you got to wonder, why are these people not out there, saying where is my baby? as opposed to being swept away and hidden away every time someone shows up in this case, to help. gregg: judge jeanine, thank you very much. judge will have a lot more on the case tonight on justice with jeanine coming up at 9:00 p.m. eastern time only on the fox news channel. check it out. heather: coming up, america, the addicted. doctors who might be enabling that addiction. that as we keep an eye on the tile of michael jackson trial of michael jackson s doctor, conrad murray. what was his emotion that he was portraying when he said that? he looked at me and he said, i have a lot of difficulty sleeping. i ve tried everything and what i need is something that s going to help me fall asleep right away. [ junior ] i played professional basketball for 12 years.
gregg: dr. mark siegle is a member of the a team and at nyu medical center. always good to see you. let s divide this into two parts. we ll get to antidepressants in a moment. but let s talk about pain killers. how abused are they? the michael jackson case caught my eye with that because there was talk this week of him having been on demerol. i have to tell you, pain killers are the number one problem in the united states with prescription drug abuse. 7 million americans overuse prescription drugs, but pain killers, 80% of the pain killers in the world are prescribed right here in the united states. 17 states have accidental overdoses causing death more than car accidents. in other words, the misuse of prescription drugs primarily pain killers, and gregg, i have to tell you, it s a small group of doctors that are enabling this. the small group that sits there writing prescriptions for patients that may not even be theirs and they rack it up and then these drugs end up out in the co
administered the drugs that he described in his conversations with the police department and the doses that he described, i would not have expected michael jackson to have died. well, the prosecution is expected to cross-examine that witness on monday. bank of america, now considering some new ways to help customers avoid paying a monthly charge for their debit cards. the nation s second largest bank is caving to growing backlash from customers who are outraged by plans to slap debit card users with a $5 monthly fee. this was a netflix moment for bank customers. they had been hearing about one new fee after another. and this one was the one that tipped them over the edge. a confidential source says the bank will likely allow customers to sidestep that fee if they use b of a credit cards and debit cards or if they maintain a minimum balance. now to baseball. what a night it was on friday. the st. louis cardinals have