i m erin burnett outfront tonight. markets plunged today. 297 points for the dow. the two-day drop, as i indicated, is close to 600. 573 points. it s a big story and we are covering it tonight. but first, we re starting with some breaking developments regarding herman cain. tonight, a report that one of the women who accused herman cain of sexual harassment wants to speak out. the washington post getting everyone s attention after posting a quote from the woman s attorney who told the post, it s very frustrating that herman cain is going around bad-mouthing the two complainants and my client is blocked by a confidentiality agreement. he s asking the restaurant association to release his client from that agreement. it has been a gut-wrenching 24 hours for herman cain. allegations that he sexually harassed two women have his campaign back on its heels. but it wasn t the allegations or the fact that the women reported reportedly got financial settlements, but that he s
bust. a man once on the short list for the treasury secretary right in the middle of it. including a president? including a president. former secretary of state, condoleezza rice talking about a poison scare at the white house. 24 hours that could have drastically changed history. proof that one woman can change history. one woman with a revolt of bank of america. this is all on american morning. all right, good morning. it s wednesday, november 2nd. welcome to american morning. yes, happy wednesday. allie is in france and going to join us in a moment. we are going to find out whether g-20 can save the world. the herman skain scandal. brian todd is live for us in washington. brian, in the crisis management and damage control, this is a tough one for cain, isn t it? it is, christine. we are about to see the other shoe drop in a big, big way in this case. one of herman cain s accuse sors may come forward and give her side. she s been upset since the story br
as part of the settlement with the national restaurant association, where herman cain was her boss in the late 90s. the new york post spoke to her lawyer, joel bennet. he says, quote, it is just frustrating that herman cain is going around bad-mouthing the two complainants and my client is blocked by a confidentiality agreement. although bennet told the post he couldn t remember the accused was herman cain and said it was settled quickly by fax and phone and herman cain recounted what starts like a drawn-out process. it started out making some huge claims for sexual harassment. i do recall that she was asking for a large sum of money. i don t remember what that sum of money was but as the review of this moved forward, that sum of money negotiate my attorney negotiating with her attorney got less and less and less, because her attorney figured out she didn t a valid claim. cain and the lawyer may have two differing accounts of reaching a settlement with this woman
private sector added 110,000 jobs in october. and president obama makes a new push for money to fix the nation s roads and bridges in a speech this hour. he ll call on congress to pass the transportation component of his jobs bill. which includes money for infrastructure. the president will use a bridge in washington s georgetown area as a backdrop and we ll take you there live. the speech is set for 11:25 eastern time. and we have new pictures today of a jetliner s dramatic emergency landing in poland. earlier video showed it from a side angle. here, you can see the plane coming in, with no landing gear at all. somehow the pilot manages to steer it onto the runway on its belly. no one on the flight from newark, new jersey to warsaw was injured. one of the presidential candidates, herman cain s accusers may speak out about her allegations of sexual harassment. her attorney says the key is getting the national restaurant association, where the complaint was filed, to wai
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