about an incident from 12 years ago? apparently, cain did. once i referenced this lady s height and i was standing near her and i did this, saying, you re the same height as my wife, obviously, she thought that that was too close for comfort. politico s chief investigative reporter ken vogel co-authored the story with jonathan martin and two other reporters. ken, let s just start with your reaction to herman cain s day yesterday. what s your take on it? well, i ve got to agree with some of the other pundits whose comments you excerpted there in the lead, he s botched the response. he had ten days. we contacted him ten days before we published this story with specific allegations that had been relayed by multiple sources. they refused to comment. initially, they denied all knowledge of this. then they said that herman cain had some vague recollection of it. but as you saw right before we published this story, he refused to say whether he had ever even been accused of
reporter: presidential hopeful herman cain tries to knock down the sexual harassment allegations that could derail his campaign. those accusations are totally false. reporter: cain does however admit in the 1990s when he ran the national restaurant association the trade group investigated allegations made against him by two female employees. and it was concluded after a thorough investigation that it had no basis. reporter: whether there was basis or not the association paid the women cash settlement. hours after cain said he didn t know about the payment he changed his tune. in an interview with fox news cain spoke aut the settlement with the association reached with the women. maybe three months salary, something like that, just trying to recall it. i don t remember, it might have been two months. reporter: news of the allegations was first reported by politico. cain has soared to the top of the republican presidential field but the controversy could be the fi
sexual harassment, but the claims were false. he offered conflicting answers on the specifics of the allegations and whether his two accusers were paid off. susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest this morning. good morning to you. good morning, terrell. cain spent the day fighting back against those allegations, but those conflicting accounts are raising questions about the staying power of his campaign. herman cain is scrambling to set the record straight. i was falsely accused of sexual harassment. i have never sexually harassed anybody in my life. this false allegation to now come up is kind of baffling. the gop front-runner spent monday on the defensive, repeatedly denying sexual harassment allegations dating back to the 1990s. according to a report on politico.com, two female employees filed the complaint while cain ran a restaurant lobbying group. but the presidential hopeful insists an internal investigation cleared him of all allegations. we have no i
reporter: presidential hopeful herman cain tries to knock down the sexual harassment allegations that could derail his campaign. those accusations are totally false. reporter: cain does however admit in the 1990s when he ran the national restaurant association the trade group investigated allegations made against him by two female employees. and it was concluded after a thorough investigation that it had no basis. reporter: whether there was basis or not the association paid the women cash settlement. hours after cain said he didn t know about the payment he changed his tune. in an interview with fox news cain spoke about the settlement with the association reached with the women. maybe three months salary, something like that, just trying to recall it. i don t remember, it might have been two months. reporter: news of the allegations was first reported by politico. cain has soared to the top of the republican presidential field but the controversy could be the
any specifics about the allegations can you remember everything about an incident from 12 years ago? apparently, cain did. once i referenced this lady s height and i was standing near her and i did this, saying, you re the same height as my wife, obviously, she thought that that was too close for comfort. politico s chief investigative reporter ken vogel co-authored the story with jonathan martin and two other reporters. ken, let s just start with your reaction to herman cain s day yesterday. what s your take on it? well, i ve got to agree with some of the other pundits whose comments you excerpted there in the lead, he s botched the response. he had ten days. we contacted him ten days before we published this story with specific allegations that had been relayed by multiple sources. they refused to comment. initially, they denied all knowledge of this. then they said that herman cain had some vague recollection of it. but as you saw right before we published th