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Battling, when we were -- before we opened the show, which is something that consumed him and i was -- that's not uncommon. i was happy to walk with him through that process. no, he was -- he was -- he did a -- he did really well and seemed to be healthy. you know, this is a big guy and a very strenuous production with lots of running and leaping around and fights and falling over furniture. so at that stage, there were no alarm bells i would say at all. >> you become a family in a production like that. tell us something about jim gandolfini that perhaps the public never gets to see about the ...

Did really well and seemed to be healthy. you know, i mean, like i say, this is a big guy in a very strenuous production and running around, leaping around and fights and falling over furniture. so at that stage, there were no alarm bells i would say at all. >> you become a family in a pr p -- production like that. tell us something about james gandolfini, perhaps people don't get to see about him as a person. >> just to say he was extremely gentle, tender, soft-hearted, vaughnble, kind, yes, he was very funny and shocking sometimes and explosive. this is not -- this is not a negative for me. ...

You know, this is a big guy and a very strenuous production with lots of running and leaping around and fights and falling over furniture. so at that stage, there were no alarm bells i would say at all. >> you become a family in a production like that. tell us something about jim gandolfini that perhaps the public never gets to see about the man, the person. >> just to say that, you know, he was extremely gentle, tender, soft hearted, vulnerable, kind. yes, he was -- he was very funny, and you know, sharp tongued sometimes and explosive. this is not -- this is not a negative for me. i love pas...

Very important. not just the phone messages, but the face to face is going to really be more telling than anything else coming out of that. whether or not he goes forward. and i think, ultimately, looking at this thing from a political strategy standpoint, there's no really incentive for him to get out right now. as you've already talked about and as bob knows, the dynamics on the republican side are such that you don't need to have a lot of cash to stay in this thing, you don't need to have a lot of that momentum because of the ebb and flow. so i think he can wade through early january and se...

Opened up where other places were shuttered. and those businesses have hired some new people. that's what we need to see. new business start-ups out there. >> diane, thank you so much. let's go to 2012. could this be herman cain's last day on the campaign trail? tonight he heads home to talk to his wife about accusations that he had a 13-year-long affair. cain says they were just friends. he does admit giving the woman money without his wife's knowledge. >> she wasn't the only friend that i had helped in these tough economic times. and so her messages to me were relating to, you know, needin...