situation. he made it very intriguing. it was fun, it was something that took me away from my sort of hum drum life at the time, and it was exciting. bill: the fox atlanta wrote that story. carl cameron is live in d.c. what is herman cain saying about this? reporter: he s not doe tphaoeug they have a past friendship, but his denials of an a fair have been very forceful. he told donors at the hilton just outside of washington last night that he d swear on a stack of bibles that white s charges are false. white actually showed the atlanta tv station phone records indicate -lg dozens of texts and calls from king always personal cellphone as recently as eight months ago. cain says he has his wife s full support and will not drop out of the race. very, very adamant and blanket denials from cain and the campaign itself. bill: what is the legal push back? reporter: from the political prospective he took an unusual
inappropriate situation, relationship. he made it very intriguing. it was fun. it was something that took me away from my sort of hum drum life at the time. and it was exciting. shepard: well, about two hours before white s interview aired herman cain went on tv and warned this news was about to break. he acknowledged he knows ginger white but denies they had an affair. i mean, i am asking awkward questions but these are questions you are going to be asked. was this an affair. no, it was not. was there sex. no. shepard: doesn t flat out deny the affair at all but does include the following line. shepard: in other words, kindly butt out. we have team fox coverage
bill ben yet tells us what the 40th president of the united states would do to take back the white house. all that have plus yes, bob beckel and our great american panel. we re on the road to 2012. hannity starts right here, right now. there are a number of breaking developments on the race for the white house. there is an accusation of an alleged inappropriate relationship involving herman cain. a georgia woman told fox 5 she d had an exmarital relationship with cain more than 13 years. let s take a look. i m not proud. i didn t want to come out with this. i did not. he made it very intriguing. it was fun. it was something that took me away from my sort of hum drum life at that time. and it was exciting. she says he gave her his book and he wrote miss g you ve made a big difference.
and something that took me away from my sort of hum drum life at the time, and it was exciting. if there was anything inappropriate with his relationship with white. was this an affair? no, it was not. no sex? no. it could turn into new england after receiving the new hampshire union leader. and on the heels of that coup or coup who for people who can t read a poll shows him opening up a sizable lead, a difference of 7400,000 points. something else he is not thrilled about, bill clinton who had this to say. he thinks about this stuff all the time. he is arctic articulate and
tonight. ratings agency fitch says they re going to downgrade america s outlook from stable. stocks soared on wall street. because the markets closed before that action happened. the dow was up by nearly 300 points. the reason was a wow weekend for the american economy. retail sales surged. that s a fair word. they were up 16%. accord together national retail federation. it was the best kickoff to the holiday shopping season ever. topping off, today the federal reserve said household debt in this country fell $60 billion. the outfront strike team called this optimism, 85% of them said they were not going to go into recession. when the pundits were sure of just that. they ended up being right. can this optimism really last? peter, what s your take of this market rally? will it last? especially because after the markets closed, we got the hit from fitch, the ratings agency, which was expected but is another reminder of the failure in washington. it is about the failure in was