i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, he had nothing to say. then he couldn t remember. after that he recalled a few details and then more. in a flurry of interviews and public appearances over the past two days the republican front runner herman cain insisted he never sexually harassed anyone when he headed the national restaurant association in the 1990s. each time he seems to say something a bit different n. the latest, an extensive interview with hln, cain said he s being deliberately targeted but that his campaign won t be sidetracked. we have extensive coverage of the important political story beginning with brian todd. wolf, we have spoken to former colleagues of herman cain s at the restaurant association, asked him what he was like when he headed the group. we re taking a look at what cain said after the allegations surfaced and what he s saying now. on monday, herman cain said this about allegations of sexual harassment against him. i am unawa
and in part because of the president s travels to the midwest and in part because of the new energy that texas governor rick perry is adding to the republican race. wednesday governor perry visited new hampshire, and while it s clear he s the flavor of the moment in presidential politics, the more he speaks, the more people, including many republicans, ask this question by so aggressively appealing to the republican base, is governor perry undermining his appeal as a general election candidate? this comment in new hampshire questioning man s role in global warming is new fodder tonight for the perry electability debate. i think that there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling in to their projects. and i think we re seeing it almost weekly or even daily scientists who are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change. here s another co