campaign and this journey to the white house. and that force is called, the voice of the people. that's why we're doing as well as we are in this campaign thus far. y'all were supposed to applaud. >> here's another development. one of his accusers may go public. her attorney says that she can only break her silence if the confidentiality agreement is lifted. that decision will be up to cain's former employer. >> i have not had any direct contact with the national restaurant association. in the interviews i've given, i suggested that would be the right thing to do so that she can tell her side of the story since mr. cain is telling his side of the story. if they agree to that, then i will confer with my client again and see what she want to do. ultimately, it's up to her. >> we're covering all the developments. brian todd has the latest on the story at hand. paul steinhauser has the political implications. brian, let's start with you. the attorneys saying that he's actually meeting with his client today, right? >> that's right, kyra. we are told he may meet with her as early as today, possibly tonight to go over everything that they need to work out before they actually approach the national restaurant association and formally ask them to release this woman from her confidentiality agreement. the lawyer says that he's actually not seen this case in 12 years. it was closed 12 years ago and he didn't have a cop y of it. he is asking this woman to give him a copy today. the question will be, will they formally approach the national restaurant association to release her? the lawyer said he's hoping that group will do it on his own. the question to them now is, are you going to release this woman? the only thing they said so far in this statement is, "we have seen media reports saying that joel bennett is publicly making requests on behalf of a former national restaurant association employee. mr. bennett has not been in contact with the association. if we are contacted by mr. bennett, we will respond as appropriate." those wheels all in motion. mr. bennett meets with his client, this woman, who says she was sexually harassed by herman cain. he says this woman has been very, very upset since the story blew up in the media and since herman cain has come up with these firm denials. she wants to speak out. we'll see if that other shoe drops probably very soon, kyra. >> in addition, cain is coming forward and dismissing these claims as a political smear campaign. he said it again this morning, but he's also saying that race may be to blame. >> that's right. he has, he has kind of, well, he was asked about that by fox news and while we should just play that exchange. take a listen. >> do you think that race and being a strong, black conservative has anything to do with the fact that you've been so charged? if so, do you have any evidence to support that? >> i believe the answer is yes. but we do not have any evidence to support it. >> and some of herman cain's supporters have actually called this something like a high-tech lynching. something like that. just to kind of put that factor back into this whole argument. but, again, herman cain being very, very firm in his denials that he ever sexually harassed eeth of the two women who have allegedly complained against him, kyra. >> brian todd, thanks so much. paul steinhauser. herman cain supporters still rallying behind him with words and money, lots of money, paul. >> one plus to herman cain with this whole controversy, it has been the money. the campaign telling us they raised online $400,000 on monday, the first full week day after this report came out of the allegations. that's a lot of money in one day, kyra. also, as you mentioned, a lot of top conservative pundits supporting herman cain. this is the inside the beltway types going after herman cain. also, the poll. you mentioned the poll. let's take a look at this. qui quinnipiac poll. herman cain at 30%, pit romney at 20%. what makes this different? herman cain's lead, it is a lead, 7%. that is over or more than the sampling era. it is truly a lead for the first time. but the kacaveat this was conducted almost entirely before this controversy broke on sunday, kyra. >> in addition to this controversy, all of us have wanted the chance to talk to him about the allegations of sexual harassment, but also getting asked about foreign policy, as well. iran and china. take a listen to this. >> yes, they're a military threat. they indicated that they're trying to develop nuclear capability and they want to develop more aircraft carriers like we have. so, yes, we have to consider them a military threat. >> now, he's talking about china specifically right there. what is the reaction been to that, paul? >> yeah, those comments are starting to get a little buzz. overshadowed the other night. that happened the other night on pbs with judy woodruff. 1964 so it really is a nuclear power. but, listen, herman cain admits it's foreign policy not his strong suit and he's been downplaying the significance of it. to a degree, yes, it has. his campaign says he continues to study up on it. kyra, listen, the economy overwhelmingly the top issue for the republican nomination, but this month there are four debates coming up and two of those debates on november 12th in south carolina and a cnn debate on the 22nd right here in washington, d.c. both those debates will focus on national security and foreign policy. so, it could be an issue for herman cain this month, kyra. >> paul, thanks. next hour, we'll talk with one of herman cain's good friends and ask him about these allegations. also, all the latest political news. go to our website, cnnpolitics.com. once again, frederick robertson joining us live this hour. a disconnect between the people who shape the economy and those of us who live it, well, consider this. leaders of the world's top 20 economies are about to discuss the global financial crisis and the sacrifices that need to be made with the backdrop, the french riviera. of course, ali velshi always figures out a way to get himself. san tropa, everyone is in france, but the talk is all about greece. >> yeah, i drew the short straw here because i really figured that people like you and a whole lot of other people in america would not be that interested in having me talk about the g-20 and i would be on the beach, but god bless the greeks, because of them, i'm sitting here talking to you. the french prime minister and angela merkel from germany and, in your words, they'll look at him and say, what were you thinking yesterday? he decided that he was going to take this business of this greek, you know, stuff they've got to do to fix the economy and put it to a referendum. if you were greek and they asked you, hey, would you guys like to work a few years longer? would you like to pay more taxes than you do? would you like to lose those kind of siestas? how about fewer days off? people get used to their entitlements. if the greeks get to vote on this, they say no way. they don't get the bailout from the germans and other europeans and the euro zone goes back into crisis. this was all supposed to happen a different way, kyra. the europeans were supposed to show up at this g-20 with this little thing they worked out last week all gift wrapped with a a bow on it and do you mind investing in us because we really got our act together and all of a sudden this thing happens. right now the greeks are holding the world by the chest hairs. if they do not get this thing done, they risk putting the markets, international markets back into turmoil. look what it cost everybody yesterday. the dow was down 3%. that is your 401(k) because the greeks can't get it together right now. >> wow, we've seen the protests, as well, in greece. interesting to see what type of protests we'll see at the summit. usually they come out in droves. we'll talk about that, ali, coming up next hour. >> we're expecting about 8,000 or 10,000 people. i'll tell you more about that when we talk again. >> ali, thank you so much. that summit will include heads of state and policymakers you probably never heard of. their decisions could impact every person on the planet. no surprise that the world is watching. zain verjee in lunden with a look at the internaestional headlines. what are the newspapers saying, zain? >> as greece holds the world by its chest hairs let's look at what they are saying. protesters confined to nice as police seal off fortress cannes. a repeat of the violence of the 2000 violence european union summit in nice. last chance for g-20 to show leadership. it says the g-20 was created in 2009 as the steering committee for the world economy, the latest unforeseen risks risks to a group of bystanders. then finally "china daley." bumpy road still lies ahead. needless to say, what the international community is hoping for is not just a joint statement at the end of the summit, but down to earth collective actions. kyra? >> zain verjee out of london, we'll be talking about the summit throughout the morning. ladies, if you have just a few drinks a week, you know what, you can be at risk for breast cancer. dr. sanjay gupta here to tell us more about this linkage that has been made. what do we know? >> it's interesting. for some time there has been proven that alcohol increases your levels of circulating estrogen. that is important because estrogen could be the fuel for breast cancer and also shown as a result that heavy drinking can be a problem with regard to breast cancer. this looked at light and moderate drinkers specifically. what they're saying women on average who had a drink a day, one drink per day increased their breast cancer risk 1.2 times. if you had two drinks per day, there was an increased risk. it didn't matter if there was beer, wine or liquor. measuring a cumulative effect. if you went 10, 20 years without drinking at all, you got credit for that. if you drank, that increased your risk. that's whau what's this new stu talking about. >> a glass of wine is so good for your health. >> right. this is one of those tough positions in medicine because there's risk reward with just about everything. one thing we don't talk about this enough, but we talk about relative increase. the absolute increase is gives you some perspective. the average risk is about 2.8% for a woman to develop breast cancer. if they drank two drinks per day on average, it would go up to 4.1%. obviously, an increased risk. but not saying you're going to get breast cancer if you're a drinker. just increases the risk. it is good for your heart, which is what you're alluding to, kyra. increases your good cholesterol and decrease formation of clots. american cancer society says we're not ready to change our recommendations. we think there are benefits to drinking lightly. less than three drinks per week. >> family history and current medical stats. >> you do. those things add to your risk. always important to point out, kyra, most women who get breast cancer have no family history. they are the family history. they are the first ones in their family to develop it. breast cancer cases come when they don't have history. don't get solace in that. if you have risk factors, you want to consider drinking adding to those factors. >> glass of wine tonight, yes or no? >> just don't do one every night. three times a week maybe. i'll even buy you one. >> that's a deal, thanks, doc. senior citizens in georgia are accused of being terrorists. coming up, we'll tell you more about the alleged murder plot that involves four older men and homemade biological weapons. also ahead, will and kate spending their day packing up supply boxes. may not be glamorous, but they're helping save lives in east africa. we'll be right back. why did we build a 556 horsepower luxury car with a manual transmission? because there are those who still believe in the power of a firm handshake. the cadillac cts-v. manual or automatic, that's entirely up to you. we don't just make luxury cars, we make cadillacs. ♪ we're centurylink... a new kind of broadband company committed to improving lives with honest, personal service, 5-year price lock guarantees and consistently fast speeds. ♪ police in racine, wisconsin, busted a huge marijuana operation. more than $7 million worth of pot. the property owner is in jail now on a $1 million bond. in philly, the pilot of a barge that crashed into a sightseeing boat and killed two tourists was sentenced to a year and a day in jail. matthew devlin admits he was distracted when his ship crash under to the duck boat last year and also surrendered his coast guard boat issue license. an off-duty officer saved a woman and her infant when her car got stuck on a railroad crossing. mom failed a couple sobriety tests and the child turned over to a family member. in georgia, four senior citizens accused of being part of a bizarre. george, tell us about the plot. >> well, kyra, these men allegedly had plans to kill a lot of people. here, the four affidavits released from this federal investigation will take a quote from fred thomas who is described as the leader of the group. listen to this "no way for us to save this country, to save georgia without doing something that is highly, highly illegal." another quote reads, when it comes to saving the constitution, that means some people got to die. all this information comes from confidential informants who told investigators about this group called covert group that they plan to buy ammunition and explosions and produce ricin and to release it on highways in atlanta and other cities across the united states. but investigators say they made the arrests before these men could become a threat. listen. >> they had taken substantial steps such that it was important that they be arrested and be charged with crimes. but the public was never in any imminent danger. the fbi and the joint terrorism task force was monitoring this to make sure that it was never close to anything actually happening. so, no one was in imminent danger. >> so, later this afternoon eastern time, we were waiting to see frederick thomas, dan roberts, ray adams and sam crump make their first appearance in federal court. again, these men in their 60s and 70s allegedly targeted, plan to target people in government, corporate leaders and members of the media. they were also planning to target the atf and irs buildings in atlanta. kyra. >> tell me about the special expertise that apparently these men had. >> well, apparently, according to the investigation, crump was a contractor for the cdc and adams was a retired lab technician with the usd, a. they say he had caster beans and caster beans are necessary to produce ricin and also that he had the formula to do so. kyra? 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