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>> the government needs to get together and hold hands. all right. luke russert said it. good to see you, luke, thanks. heres whats topping the news right now. ruth madoff is talking publicly for the first time about her husband, bernie madoff. the man who scammed billions of dollars from investors. she talked to matt lauer about the couples attempted suicide in 2008 and says things have not gotten any easier. >> not one bit. theres not a day that goes by that -- well, of course, with mark. it...

Other choice -- you know, he was the second one in our iowa poll. so they have been willing to overlook some of his flaws in the past like, for example, there were some who really thought that herman cains kind of pro-choice abortion comments were going to hurt him. that just was not reflected in our iowa poll. its just really hard to tell. >> all right. jennifer, you know, mark block was on "the daily rundown" earlier. he was talking about cains viral video, how times have changed when it comes...

Accurate representation of the gop database? >> for the gop primary voter base, yes, i actually do. different than -- you know, we went through a similar calendar issue that the gops had this time in the democratic party four years ago when we didnt think it was enough and we wanted more diversity, but yeah, i think for the gop primary voters, it is. >> karen, mark, matt, thank you so much for all your time this afternoon. do appreciate you. a long road ahead in the northeast for nearly a mill...

Settlement dealing with mr. cain. >> you understand how that sounds? >> yes, i do. >> jackie combs. >> well, i dont think a campaign managers assurance ever assured anybody if they had any doubts that the story was true. its going to have to have a better answer than that. >> dan, this is coming at a week when the des moines register poll saturday confirming what all. other polls are showing, that cain is becoming the romney alternative, this week his big d.c. rollout, establishment institution,...

Right. have you been to new jersey lately? im kidding! sor sorry. mark block told me herman cain has never sexually harassed anyone, period. more of a denial than cain was willing to make when asked about it yesterday. >> two people and you wont tell me who they are, okay? thats like negotiating -- im not going -- im not going -- im not going to comment on that. >> have you ever been accused, sir? have you? have you, sir? >> that was the last question, thanks. last question, thanks. >> have yo...

>> how many times do you hear this, jackie holmes. you heard mark block say when im smoking on tv, thats block being block. herman cain let obama be obama. let clinton be clinton. this was rick perry being rick perry. this is the first time ive seen rick perry the way people in texas talk about, for good or for bad. >> was there alcohol served at this function? >> now, now. >> just asking. if this is let perry be perry i think he should wait for that until hes introduced himself a little bit mor...

filed complaints against him in the 1990s. and last night, the campaign issued a denial, but only after this awkward exchange with the reporter who broke the story. >> last question, last question. >> sir, have you? yes or no? have you ever been accused, sir, of sexual harassment? have you, sir? >> that was the last question. >> yes or no. have you? >> have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? >> joe johns has the details now, and paul steinhauser has the rest of the campaign pa...

Controversial internet ad. the ad has come under fire from antismoking forces. he says the idea was not to promote smoking or to make it look cool. the message delivered was that cain and his campaign are unprecedented in america and here is cains explanation for the smoking. >> mark block is a smoker and we say let mark be mark. that is all we are trying to say because we believe let people be people. he doesnt deny that he is a smoker. >> chris: are you a smoker? >> im not a smoker but i dont ...

haul. more than 700,000 are without electricity there. utility crews are out right now assessing the damage. connecticut light and power says all of the cities and towns its services were impacted by the storm and us it could be a week before all power is restored. cnn crews working every angle of this major storm. susan is in new york, chad meyers in pennsylvania and jacqui jeras is in the severe weather center. lets go first to new york city. the metro area there. fun for some, a nig...

from cnn center, this is "cnn saturday morning." its october 29th. good morning. im ailelina cho. a classic noreaster in october. well tell you how bad it will get and where. and breaking news out of afghanistan. a suicide bomber attacks a nato convoy in kabul. well get a live report from the region in just a moment. but first, cities throughout the northeast are getting ready for a major snowstorm. an october noreaster is rare, not unprecedented, but rare. heres a look at new york...