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>> gregg: hello, everyone. im gregg jarrett. glad youre with us. >> heather: im heather childers. welcome to a brand-new hour inside americas news headquarters. topping the news this hour, greece on the brink of economic chaos and now their financial troubles are threatening europe and the u.s. economic recovery. >> gregg: a lesson in crisis management of weathering a political storm has herman cain still stays atop a series of polls. can he put on hold the old allegations of sexual harassment? ...

we have now, yesterday we were thinking there wasnt going to be a referendum. now the greek finance minister has told the eu there will be no referendum. but as you alluded to, within about six hours or so there is going to be the final step in a confidence vote on the greek -- in the greek parliament. the prime minister, george papandreou, whos really behind all the drama this week, only has a two-seat lead in parliament. so it remains to be seen whats going to happen in greece. but r...

politico reporting one of cains accusers received $45,000 as par parts of the cash settlement from the national restaurant association. thats more than one or two months pay mr. cain recalled. well have to wait to hear from one of cains accusers. her lawyer is negotiating with the restaurant association. those talks expected to continue tomorrow. an hour ago, herman cain told sean hannity on his program he never thought he would be attacked on a planned story coming from one another ca...

suggestive behavior by cain when he was head of the national restaurant association. >> im not going to comment about two people who you wont tell me who they are, okay? thats like negotiating -- im not going to comment on that because, you know, i think that is one of those kinds of things that until -- >> that was the last question, yes or no? >> have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? >> have a nice day. >> there you have it. crews are scrambling to get the power back on ...

>> has no business and no obligation having to pay for wall streets bad bets. thats their bad bets and they can eat them. >> well, congresswoman, yes, were not so sure. different political goal but both movements are taking full advantage of our precious right of free speech. what we dont know is whether the protesters from the left are going to rival the tea party. >> only pakistan can save pakistan. only afghanistan can save afghanistan. and right now, we should focus on america savi...

Worries. so this is a really difficult blangs act. theyve do got to cut the long term effect. >> the former london bureau chief for "the washington post" is with us in washington. gene robinson, do you have a question for michael? >> i do have a question and its about the public reaction to the cuts. there have been demonstrations, people who are angry about whats going on. and im wondering about that. how cameron is weathering that storm and weather indeed hell be able to tough it out. >> yeah,...

>>shepard: thank you, jonathan from the newsroom. thank you, jonathan. on the road to recovery, a bright spot on jobs. and a company that makes auto parts is weathering the financial crisis by trimming down. our senior correspondent is in new york now. what do they make and how did they survive? >>guest: they make small parts for engines, quick connect, disconnect connections, assemble and come apart without tools and they make 140 the each -- 140,000 each day and backing up with quality service...

The article itself says that americans really should not exaggerate the impact of chinas currency manipulation. it goes on to say, chinese goods, mostly compete with products from mexico, south korea and other countries. its stealing jobs from those countries more than from america. finally, take a look at what the moscow times is saying. u.s. democracy has little it can teach china. they say many chinese see their weathering of a financial kris as vindication of their own system and the begin...

This storm. >> there is oil than the surface, dribs and drabs, a lot of oil was spilled but its still there in small quantities. and its changing, weathering and that makes it into tarballs. and theres that gooey change. and in the storm that will be continue to be on the shore. >> reporter: there could be more tarballs coming but in terms of major oil spill coming back to the shores they are take its not going to happen. well keep you posted on developments throughout the day. rick: rick, thank...

Crude, again a high-quality crude. the first samples i saw were something like this which really started to alarm us that there may be something unique about what is going on out there. >> you received subsequent examples that arent quite that thick. >> not quite as thick as this. these are some of the samples that came off of skimmers that were cleaning up the oil spill. notice it is kind of a reddish-brown color. crude oil is typically black. this south louisiana crude.cfr so you can see the...