certainly goes a long way. and the president gets interrupted, i would say heckled, by a conservative reporter. jose happen tonio vargas, the journalist and illegal immigrant on the cover of time joins us discussion. it was the high watermark for modern journalism. 40 years ago today when police found a group of unusually well-dressed burglars at the watergate. a story covered by two local metro reporters. we would have coffee every morning off the newsroom floor. put a dime, which it cost in those days, for a cup of coffee in the machine. and i felt this chill go down my back. i said to woodward, oh, my god, this president is going to be impeached. now newspapers everywhere are slashing their staffs, and journalists are far more unpopular. is investigative reporting fading in the post-watergate era? we ve seen it in iraq, afghanistan, egypt, elizabesyri elizabeth, the toughest journalist covering war. former correspondent michael wae was kidnapped by terrorists.
this. good morning and happy friday. it is november 4th. this is your manhatt a.m. wake- call, i m carol costello. one of the women accusing the republican presidential candidate of sexual harassment may issue a statement later today. her lawyer says she would rebut cain s denials of any sexual advances when the woman worked for cain at the national restaurant association in the late 90s. she s one of three women who have accused cain of inappropriate behavior. cain repeatedly denied the allegations but has acknowledged at least one severance payment was made to an accuser. in a radio interview with sean hannity, mccain vowed to press ahead with his campaign. i can assure you this, sean, this will not deter me. this businessman will not be deterred in his drive to basically feel what i m supposed to be doing, which is to win this nomination and win the presidency. politico.com first broke the story on sunday and since then cain has given conflicting accounts on the al