republican rivals in a presidential debate. but it's possible he could soon face an even tougher crowd. all of his accusers at a single news conference. that's the idea actually being pitched by karen kraushaar one woman who accused him of sexual harassment in the 1990s. she said she is ready to go before the camera with women with similar stories. joe johns, that is video from a number of years ago where we were seeing kraushaar. we have no new video of her at this point. herman cain was on late-night tv laughing, brushing off all these accusations and yesterday, joe, it was all business. what do you think, is this a sign of how serious this scandal has become in. >> yeah, kyra, you get the feeling someone here is operating in a parallel universe. whether herman cain or his accusers. cain issued a blanket denial of all allegations of inappropriate behavior with anyone. "i can categorically say i have never acted inappropriately with anyone period." so, it will be up to him to defend that statement as far as his plans going forward. cain did say he is not going to drop out of the race and blamed democrats for putting out a troubled woman for what he made false allegations against him and didn't know the women, apparently speaking of sharon bialek that is speaking with gloria allred. allred denies being manipumented by democrats. he said he would take a lie detector test and he said he would not do it unless he had good reason to. it is not what he would consider good. a better reason than if the number of accusers threatened to get together and go out in public and tell their stories at one time and one place, which, as you said, an idea that has already been floated. >> cain says he does know and does remember karen kraushaar. tell us more about her and her plans moving forward. >> she is the one that has floated the idea of getting all thucusers together. she worked at the government, worked at the national restaurant association back in the day. she says she got $46,000 in the sexual harassment settlement after she complained about cain's behavior. she just went public, but has also been called on to discuss the fact that besides the cain complaint she filed a workplace complaint with a different employer, which is the immigration and naturalization service. she says that was about trying to get some workplace accommodations because he was in a debilitating car accident and the second complaint had nothing to do with harassment. kyra, as we go on and on as these accusers come out and talk, the things that went on in their past are naturally going to be discussed, as well. >> joe johns, thanks so much. our cnn contributor maria c cardona knows her very well. maria was her boss right after herman cain. we'll get her take on kraushaar personally and professionally next hour. the election results are in and two republican backed measures go down in flames. one, the controversial parenthood measure in mississippi. it would have banned all abortions in the state, even in cases of rape or incest. senior political editor mark preston in washington. let's talk about how significant this defeat is. >> very significant, kyra. let's start off in mississippi. the parenthood amendment would have defined the idea of the very much against this. the fact of the matter is has the initiative passed on in mississippi would have given supporters who want to outline abortion to outlaw abortion all across the nation. in mississippi, another big loss for conservatives. specifically the republican governor joined kasich. there was a law on the books that he pushed through that was rejected by voters up there. his law would have, was curtailing the rights, the collective bargaining rights of public sector employees. now, we all know that ohio is going to be a huge, huge state next year, major battleground state in the presidential election. democrats saw this as a huge win for them, a huge win for unions and, really, a test of how they can mobilize, kyra, against republicans and especially what they say is initiatives are hurtful to american workers. kyra? >> let's talk about the mississippi governor's race and the recall vote in arizona. >> sure. just very quickly. republicans held on to the governor's race, the governor seat down there. haley barbour was term limited out. the new governor is going to be phil bryant. also in kentucky, democrats held on to that seat, as well. steve beshear won a second seat and huge loss for russell pierce who lost to a fellow republican. pierce is the author of that very hardline anti-immigration law that, of course, has made national and international headlines. kyra. >> mark preston, thanks so much. we'll have your next political update in just about an hour. for all the latest political news, you can always go to our website cnnpolitics.com. hundreds of penn state students show up outside coach joe paterno's home as he returns from practice last night. as you can see, coach accused of doing the bear minimum in reporting child rape charges was visibly moved. >> we want joe! >> and i want you. and i want you guys. it's hard for me to tell you how much this means to me. the kids that are victims, whatever they want to say, i think we ought to say a prayer for them. tough life. when people do certain things to you. but, anyway, you've been great. >> jason carroll is covering the story for us from state college, pennsylvania. so, what's the latest on paterno's fate, jason? >> that is the big question, kyra. a lot of folks asking, will he be able to stick around and hold on to his position? his son, scott paterno, saying that the report that was out there, saying that joe paterno was going to have to step down, even before this weekend's game was false. you heard joe paterno speaking in front of his home last night. he was not the only one. listen to what scott paterno had to say about that report that his father was going to have to resign. >> any discussion of strategy has not taken place with anyone that is advising joe or joe himself. that's all i can tell you. >> no discussion between the university at all? >> as far as he's concerned he's coaching saturday and for the foreseeable future? >> yeah, nothing's changed. >> so, even though you have seen a lot of supporters out there in front of paterno's home and actually right here on the campus here at penn state. a lot of critics, as well, kyra, saying that even though joe paterno legally did what he was supposed to do in terms of reporting that allegation of sexual assault that allegedly occurred here on the campus, morally, he just didn't do enough. kyra? >> now, jason, i understand you're getting new information about possibly more victims coming forward? >> that's correct. a source close to the investigation has confirmed to me that a man walked into a police station not far from here claiming that sandusky had assaulted him. and if that's the case, that would bring the number of victims up to nine. in addition to that, the police tipline has received numerous calls, more than a dozen calls coming into their tipline from people claiming to have been assaulted by sandusky, as well. so, a lot of calls coming in. but this was expected, kyra, because you'll remember the attorney general said on monday that given the fact that this man had had so much access to so many young people for such a long period of time, they expected more victims to come forward, but you remember just because people were coming forward and making allegations, those allegations have to be vetted and they have to be investigated before those people can officially be declared a victim. >> jason carroll, state college, jason, thanks. well, thousands of students are storming the streets in london. take a look at these live pictures right now. they say that they have had it with tuition hikes. once again, you can see they've taken to the streets. if this is anything like the last round of protests, police are now bracing for the worst. atika shubert is there in london. these protesters are working their way towards the heart of the occupy movement, right? >> that's right. in fact, several people from the "occupy" movement have now gone to join that protest. we are actually on a street where those students are going to be coming down. as you can see behind me, quite a lot of police. a very heavy police presence today. police don't want to be caught off guard. they put about 4,000 cops on the street today and you might be able to see behind me, as well, they boarded up a lot of the offices around here already to try to prevent anybody from smashing in. banks, in particular, as you can imagine, are very concerned. and police say that if it gets that bad, if it gets violent and disorderly, they do also have the authority to use rubber bullets, if necessary. remember, just about a year ago, it did get very bad, thousands of students flooded in to the conservative party headquarters and smashed their way in through there and police do not want to see a repeat of that today. >> ateaka, we will definitely follow these protesters, these live pi live pictures if it's anything like the last time this happened, it got a bit violent and we hope it will remain peaceful, which it looks like it is at this moment. thanks so much. after years of sex scandals and corruption trials, it turns tout is the economy that is taking down silvio berlusconi. let's talk about why now and why is the economy becoming the final straw for his tenure? >> well, the thing is, right now we know what's happening in italy right now, kyra. there are two c words that italians and investors want to hear. that is clarity and confidence. it seems they're not getting either of that. what we saw today happening in the markets here in this part of the world is that the italian bond yields hit about 7%. just over 7% and that is like the red zone for investors. right now basically an indication that both italians and investors around the world are not getting that sense of clarity or confidence, despite the fact that berlusconi will resign. he noun he announced that yesterday. saying he is not going to get a majority support from within his own party or the parliament itself in order to pass the very stiff budget measures from last year. in order to go forward and instill some sort of confidence from within the euro zone, he would need to have the budget measures passed and he got a great talking to from the german and french heads of state during the g-20 to say he needed to get something done. something needed to be done in italy to get things sorted in italy. they're not getting that clarity or confidence right now, that's what the markets are indicating. what we're hearing from reaction around the world in the newspaper headlines, as well. let me give you a few examples. the "wall street journal" in the end, it was the economy. the opinion piece says for years mr. berlusconi clung to power while fending off sex scandals and corruption trials. by the time italy began to creep into the cross hairs of the euro zone crisis, mr. berlusconi and his forces were caught perilously. there could be no clear indication that in italy it is the man who is the immediate problem and not the country, whereas in greece, it has been the other way around. and, finally, "the national" a paper from the united arab emirates has the headline, coalition turns on italian premier. on the streets of rome and the provinces in the view of many political and financial analysts, the end of the berlusconi era is not only near, but offers the country's best hope of finding solutions to the present predicament. kyra? >> thanks. and a former penn state football player coached by jerry sandusky says he's shocked by the sex abuse case. buffalo bills brian scott talks to me, next. also ahead, thousands of in fireworks igniting all at once. the glitch that made this scotland display over in the blink of an eye. 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