i m erin burnett. outfront, we begin with breaking news. herman cain losing key support in new hampshire one day after a georgia woman claims she had a 13-year affair with the candidate. one new hampshire state representative, william panic, conif i recalling to outfront that he is withdrawing his support for cain and switching to newt gingrich. adding the alleged affair was the final straw. and within the last hour, the presidential candidate sending a message to his supporters. and i read it in part, quote, this woman s story is completely false. i am asking for your friendship. i am also asking for your prayers and support. this is a trying time for my family, my campaign, and for me. i m looking at the letter here which concludes with, the ability to buy herman cain t-shirts and donate money. money is what this is going to come down to. cain s plea for support comes after telling staffers this morning that he is recessing his campaign. a top campaign aide told cnn tod
something in the mail in next couple months. jenna: rick, thank you. jon: right now at least two women claiming herman cain sexually harassed them will be appearing a the a joint news conference they say. there is no word when it is going to happen. yesterday cain defended himself against allegations that have engulfed his campaign. a new poll shows the scandal seems to be affecting cain s image. according to gallup, his latest positive intensity score dropped to 25. that s lower than his rating before the allegations surfaced. fox news contributor nina easton is a washington columnist for fortune magazine. nina, so far the allegations don t seem to have a lot of proof behind them. they are very vocal, very public but not a whole lot of proof. but it is affecting the cain campaign. i think the story moved into a danger zone for two reasons for cain. first of all it has gone from allegations to a credibility issue. so cain yesterday came out
president obama joins european leaders all working to deal with the crisis threatening the eurozone and, of course t global economy. for the first time we re hearing from the young woman who posted a video online of her father beating her. why did she do it seven years after the fact? good morning. it is thursday, november 3rd. this is your a.m. wake-up call. it s 5:00 eastern time. breaking news out of oakland, california. major developments in the occupy wall street protests. parts of the city look like a war zone right now. police fired teargas in an effort to remove several hundred occupy protesters who said they ignored orders to disperse. we have no information on possible injuries. the protesters were the remnants of thousands who yesterday carried through a threat to shut down the city in the port of oakland, the nation s fifth busiest port. mayor time operations had been effectively shut down. the port will reopen as soon as it s safe to do so. most downtown street
these are not things serious candidates for the president of the united states say. let s take a look at what he said in politico today who wrote, now that cain, buoyed by bulging poll numbers, is demanding to be viewed as a credible contender for the gop nomination, cain s greatest peril is that primary rivals and journalists and the political world broadly will grant that wish. very little in recent days suggests that cain is adequately prepared for the coming test on his understanding of foreign policy, on his advisers, the origin of his most provocative ideas. and not to put too fine a point on it, on whether he has a factual command of issues equal to what would be expected of the typical congressional candidate. dana, i was stunned and i will remain stunned, how somebody running for president of the united states in the wake of this disastrous war in iraq would not know what the phrase neo-conservative, it was a great tribute to david gregory, our colleague, to put the questio
it s come down to the president, who s got real political challenges facing him, dana, real challenges in terms of unemployment. normally, the kind of number that would cause you to be defeated in an objective sense. and then you ve got mitt romney, who has already been rejected roundly by the political party. has nothing to do with the political movement that s dominating the republican party. in fact, they detest him. and you have this guy that has no political experience and proving it every minute. yesterday cain was asked whether he has campaign was serious. what a question. here was his answer. let s watch. one myth is that i m not in this race to win it. that i m just trying to get my profile up so i can get a tv show or a radio show. if you know herman cain, you know that that s nothing is further from the truth. if you don t believe me, i invite you to get a copy of my new book, this is herman cain, you know, if you can find one, because they are selling like hot cakes.