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Mrs. cain. there are rules to how this is handled and the coverup as we have learned is always worse or usually worse than the crime. >> and one competitor on the campaign trail called this a witch hunt. is this? >> no, all politico did was report something thats actually happened. they didnt accuse him of anything. this is what happened. >> he accused something and first they did complete denial, sunday night and then it was yeah, it happened i dont know anything about payments then yeah, i kno...

Crowd doesnt really engage. when herman cain hit the stage to that theme music from the mark block ad weve become so familiar with, the place went wild. >> lets move on to herman cain, who had a bad week on many fronts but interestingly not in the polls. this latest quinnipiac poll shows 30% of the support, followed with romney with 23%. is there a feeling inside the romney camp that cain is the candidate they fear most now as opposed to rick perry or anyone else? >> youre not really seeing that...

Tax free status, and nevertheless used it, knowing they were using it for what it wasnt supposed to be used for. people go to jail for that, ed. he may be smiling and acting like its no problem and the people who bought him, the koch brothers, they dont have to worry because they have enough money to get out of something like this. the people that go down are people like mark block and herman cain. so this is a bad situation for him. he can smile all day long. this is about more than campaign fi...

Unaware of any sort of settlement. i hope it wasnt for much because i didnt do anything. but the fact of the matter is, im not aware of a settlement that came out of that accusation. so, as a result, i have never sexually harassed anyone. those accusations are totally false. >> the total for that settlement was $40 billion, so im not quite sure how -- im joking, of course. it would be funny to be like, i have no idea. i hope it wasnt a lot. actually, it bankrupted national restaurant association...

Weve ran a different kind of campaign. were not going to play by the rules that the media has established. martha: interesting words from mark block there moments ago. bill: well see if he surprises or not. martha: well see if there is anything else they need to respond to. they are hoping to put them behind him. welcome to new hour of "americas newsroom." im martha maccallum. bill: im bill hemmer. good morning to you. herman cain not only interesting person to watch on the leaderboard. newt gin...

The story changes. martha: we are in situations where people manage to weather these things successfully and herman cain has so far. bill: there is another new poll showing mitt romney and president obama are tied in key swing states. mitt romney at 47%, the president 46 per. now when hes matched up against herman cain. swing state voters throwing more support behind president obama. the states are considered the most critical in winning election in 2012. martha: coming up later this hour well s...

Million if that figure hasnt gone up since the last time i checked. this hasnt affected him. now, lets say in the unlikely event that he becomes the republican nominee for president, all the things were talking about now will not play extremely well at all in a general election particularly with those independent voters who actually end up deciding presidential elections. >> now, michael, let me ask you, you came with a report today, the koch brothers and the politics they represent is extremely...

Koch brotherss brother from another mother. now they are related to the koch brothers organization? >> the money trail is a little sir follow -- >> it always is, michael, it always is. >> heres what we know. cains campaign manager, mark block, whos gotten a lot of attention, lately, had been the executive director for the state affiliate for the americans for prosperity. thats the koch brothers founded conservative advocacy grown up that cain was just speaking to. and then he formed, within the ...

Megyn kellys interview to mark block yesterday was revealing. theres herman cain who says the media is making an unfair true. he denied initially that any women had been let go from the national restaurant association because of actions he might have taken and it now turns out there were at least two but he then turns and says its the rick perry campaign that did it. and the rick perry campaign put out the person accused, curt anderson. i thought anderson did a particularly powerful job and not ...