we re back with dan hen ger and march henninger and mary t anastasia o grady. the unicameral legislature was the only thing standing in his way of total control. he began to try to get rid of them back in march by just out and out firing them. that didn t work, so he announced that he was going to have this election. venezuela has not had a free,fa fair and transparent election since at least 2004 when thehe country tried to recall hugo chavez from power, ask that was completely rigged and, unfortunately, the u.s. state department recognized that, and it s been downhill ever since. paul: and maduro didn t want toe have a referendumming last year on his rule, and if he had if they had been able to force that, then he would have had to have stepped down, or they would have had to have a new election, correct. yeah. there s a lot of talk about how getting rid of the assembly is
situation room. herman cain has been flying high. a leader in the republican nomination. suddenly there are stunning allegations of sexual misconduct, threatening to potentially dramatically hurt his campaign. they date back to the 1990s, brought by two women who reportedly received a financial settlement. herm yan cane flatly denies the jl gagss. they were first reported in politico. he says the allegations are totally false but why was his campaign seemingly caught flat-fooded by something going back more than a decade. joe johns has been digging teeper into this for us. joe, what are you finding. herman cain says this is a witch hunt and there was an investigation in the restaurant sewation where he works in the 1990s. he says they determined there is no factual basis pour what he calls false allegations against him for sexual harassment. he says he see knows reason to many release any more information. he is not aware that association paid a financial settlement agai