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Cain: "I Was Falsely Accused; Former Cain Employee Doubts Allegations; Greek Vote Shocks Wall Street; Europe's Youth Jobless Crisis; "Occupy" Targets Iowa Caucuses; Halloween Shootings in New Orleans; 250 Spend Night in Shelter; JetBlue: "We Are Truly Sorry"; Breaking Up a Spy Ring; Inside "Occupy Seattle"; Bank's Firm Pokes Fun at Poor; Cain: "This is a Smear Campaign"; Rick Perry Video Goes Viral; Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Warsaw; Hillary Clinton's Mother Dies; Kim Kardashian Files for Divorce
Aired November 01, 2011 - 10:00 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: I'll tell you what, a play on Halloween night could haunt San Diego's Phillip Rivers for some time. The quarterback had his team in position for a game-winning field goal against Kansas City, but he fumbled the snap. Chiefs recovered the ball, the game went into overtime. Well that's when Chiefs' kicker, Ryan Succop comes in.
Yes, you'll see it. 30-yard field goal and it's good. KC wins 23-20.
Viktor Stalberg's has stepped up for the Chicago Blackhawks. The winger skates by a National defender, slams on the break -- there is the shot. Blackhawks win in overtime 5-4. It's Stalberg's second straight game-winning goal, by the way.
And CC Sabathia staying in pin stripes, the New York Yankees ace has signed an extension with the team instead of testing the free agent market.
Sabathia says he loves pitching for the Yanks and his whole family loves New York. The money's not bad either. The new deal pays him $122 million over the next five years.
And Miami Heat owner Mickey Arison is in hot water with the NBA. Yahoo! Sports reporting the league has fined him a half million dollars for a tweet. Arison was responding to a fan angry that NBA owners and players can't reach a deal. Here's what he tweeted -- you're barking at the wrong owner. That not only suggests a split among the owners but also goes against league policy about commenting on the lockout.
Well, you're going to hear a lot more about Herman Cain today and those sexual harassment allegations. We're talking about whether he's stoking the fire rather than putting it out.
Take a listen to how Cain's explanations seemed to sort of change as Monday wore on. We stamped the time in the upper left hand corner.
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HERMAN CAIN (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If the restaurant association did a settlement, I wasn't even aware of it and I hope it wasn't for much, because nothing happened.
I am unaware of any sort of settlement. I hope it wasn't for much, because I didn't do anything. But the fact of the matter is, I'm not aware of a settlement that came out of that accusation.
I was aware that an agreement was reached. The word "settlement" versus the word "agreement," you know, I'm not sure what they called it.
There's one incident that I recall as the day has gone on. She was in my office one day, and I made a gesture saying -- I was standing close to her, and I made a gesture.
You are the same height as my wife, and brought my hand -- didn't touch her -- up to my chin and said, you're the same height as my wife, because my wife comes up to my chin, my wife of 43 years.
And that was put in there as something that made her uncomfortable as part of the sexual harassment charge.
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PHILLIPS: CNN deputy political director, Paul Steinhauser, has been watching all the interviews, too. Paul, it seems that Cain failed in talking all day and in additional to that, changing his story. So what does this show, inexperience of his advisers, staff that he just kind of does his own thing?
PAUL STEINHAUSER, CNN DEPUTY POLITCIAL DIRECTOR: I think a lot of all that, Kyra. You just pointed out really well the evolution of Herman Cain yesterday. Yes, he seemed to be saying one thing earlier in the day and another thing later in the day.
That's never a good thing because what are we talking about this morning, Kyra? You and I were talking about Herman Cain changing his story. That is probably not the story line the campaign wanted.
Remember, it was just two months ago, Herman Cain was almost an afterthought in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination. He's jumped in the polls since then, a co-frontrunner along with Mitt Romney.
But still has a pretty small staff that really he doesn't have that much experience on this level. This is the major leagues when you're running for the White House, Kyra. The Cain campaign and the candidate himself saying, listen, this was 12 years ago. Do you remember everything from 12 years ago?
He was also trying to make a difference or delineation between an agreement or a settlement. Still though this is what we're talking about this morning, Kyra. PHILLIPS: So what was the word on this talk that one of his GOP opponents has planted the seed?
STEINHAUSER: That is what everybody is wondering about because did this come from another rival campaign who maybe not like to see Herman Cain so high in the polls, maybe wants to bring him down?
Wolf Blitzer had one the top reporters from "Politico." He was asked about that yesterday, where did you get the story? Asked them a number of times, they say they received a tip, but they're not saying where it came from.
Is it common for campaigns to give stories to the media or say, look into this, but no fingerprints? Yes. Did it happen here? Maybe. Can we prove it? No, of course, not -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right, Paul Steinhauser. We'll be watching and waiting. Now listen to what Cain's former assistant told CNN's John King. She has worked closely with Cain for seven years.
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SIBBY JOHNSON, CAIN'S FORMER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: He wasn't brash. He wasn't even blunt. I think some of the bluntness has come with doing the radio show, which I think he kind of had to cultivate in order to be a good radio talk show host. He was never controversial, he was never argumentative.
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PHILLIPS: She also said that she never saw any signs that her old boss was capable of sexually suggestive language or advances.
Well, the financial markets are feeling the pinch of a decision halfway around the globe, and our Christine Romans is in New York watching this for us.
So Christine, explain what's happening in Greece and how we're seeing it impact our markets here.
CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: OK, the prime minister of Greece, Kyra, he says he wants to put the E.U. debt deal, the debt deal that was so -- generated so much optimism last week, he wants to put that to the Greek people for a referendum to see what they think about it, and many are saying they think that is an unnecessary roadblock to fixing the problems in Europe.
The Greek people, we know, by looking at those protests in the street, how they feel about austerity and about belt tightening. And that is exactly what this E.U. debt deal contains more of.
You know, it's a very difficult position for the people of Greece, for the people who went to Greece, for the government of Greece, and also the government of Europe who would like to see Greece's problems put behind them so it doesn't hurt a fragile recovery there.
I mean, the European economy is barely growing. The U.S. economy is growing 2.5 percent, and there are a lot of fears here in this country that any kind of roadblocks to the E.U. debt deal could hurt U.S. growth here.
So you've seen a 2 percent drop in the Dow Jones Industrial. A lot of the banking stocks are down even more than that 4 percent and 5 percent each -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: We'll have the G-20 summit later this week in the south of France and how this will all play a part?
ROMANS: And the president will be there and all the big leaders of the G-20 nations, the group of 20 big industrialized nations. And here's what's interesting about the G-20. Before this Greek vote was going to come up, the big test of the E.U. debt deal would be what the leaders were going to say at the G-20 about implementing it.
Now this comes up and it's even more important for those leaders in Cannes and the south of France to come up with one voice and talk about how Europe is getting its problems behind it so that it will not hurt a recovery there, hurt a recovery here.
I mean, remember, Europe as a group, the eurozone is the largest destination for U.S. exports. So if Europe isn't growing, if Europe can't get its sovereign debt problems behind it, it's very dangerous for the American recovery as well. That's why this is all so global, what's happening here -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right, we will keep watching those numbers with you. The Dow Industrials, how are they looking right now? They're still down, what, how many points?
ROMANS: They're still down about 2 percent, but they're off their worst levels of the morning. So watch that around 2 percent lower.
PHILLIPS: Got it. Christine, thanks.
Well, young people have been the driving force behind the "Occupy" movement in this country. They're unemployed and they're fed up. It's the same thing across the globe. Zain Verjee's been watching all the various protests and the headlines for us. Zain, what are they saying?
ZAIN VERJEE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Kyra. Unemployment is making headlines here right before the G-20 summit in south of France. Let's give you a look at what "The Herald" in the South Africa says. This is its headline, "Jobless youth are a ticking time bomb."
It says the Greek crisis, the American government's bailout of banks and the onset of double-dip recession, all points to a crisis in capitalism and a need for a global rethink on just how business is done.
Look at "The South China Morning Post," act now on the global jobs crisis or risks a lost decade. It's an editorial actually written by the director general of the International Labor Organization.
It says, with the slowdown in the global economy, we are on the edge of a global jobs recession that could last a whole decade. And if we ignore the widespread aspiration for a fair chance at a decent job, the social and political consequences could be catastrophic.
Finally, a guest editorial by the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in the "International Herald Tribune," the clock is ticking. It says, together, women and young people make up more than two-thirds of the global population. In every sense, they are the world's next emerging economy, and we must listen to them.
Kyra, just to give you a sense of numbers here, Spain's youth unemployment is the highest in Europe. It's 48 percent, in Italy 29 percent. I've got Portugal down for 27 percent and France with the G- 20 summit happening, 24 percent -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: OK. We'll keep tracking all the various protests happening across the country. Thanks so much and overseas, of course.
Now, the "Occupy Wall Street" movement has big plans for the Iowa caucuses on January 3rd. It's the first in the nation and could change or set the tone of the GOP presidential race.
Protesters are planning to occupy the candidates' campaign offices. CNN's Shannon Travis is in Iowa. Some candidates are there today for a forum this hour. So Shannon, what's going on?
SHANNON TRAVIS, CNN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): Yes, some of those very protesters you just talked about from around the globe and around the country may descend here in Iowa, as you just mentioned, for the Iowa caucuses here.
The "Occupy Des Moines" group, the supporters of the larger umbrella organization, will come here the week before the Iowa caucuses. The proposed dates are December 27 through January 3 and could shut down the presidential offices of all the different candidates, including President Obama.
They say they want to have their voices heard. They say they will not disrupt the electoral process, but they definitely want to have a presence. I pressed them about is this a publicity stunt? They said, no, it's not.
They definitely are aware that the national press or even international press will be here watching. They say that they will be out here. Just one point of note, the Republican critics I spoke to said, you know what, they disagree with it.
And they also said the only real goal they'll accomplish is providing a lot of overtime to the Des Moines Police Department -- Kyra. PHILLIPS: All right, Shannon Travis, we'll watch it with you. And "Occupy Wall Street" protesters in Nashville probably don't have to worry about going to jail today. A federal judge has ordered officers to stop arresting demonstrators for now. There will be another hearing in three weeks.
And so such break in Portland, federal police there arrested some protesters overnight when they didn't leave a park. They had a 10:00 p.m. curfew.
After the break, what the costumes reveal? We're going to talk with the "New York Times" op-ed columnist who got some pictures of a very interesting Halloween party that's getting a lot of buzz this morning.
And passing paper bags of cold, hard cash. A red-headed bombshell and dead drop. Cold war spies story, 21st Century just minutes away.
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PHILLIPS: Checking stories cross country now. Halloween night in New Orleans. Two people died and at least 10 others were hurt in separate shootings, including one on Bourbon Street. Police are now searching for the suspects.
In Connecticut, people are still trying to recover from that freak October snowstorm. More than 250 people spent the night in a shelter. Thousands of others are still without power.
And JetBlue is now apologizing. Remember what happened during the snowstorm? More than 100 passengers were left on board during this flight for more than seven hours. They didn't have food, water, even functioning bathrooms.
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ROB MARUSTER, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, JETBLUE: And we know we let some of you down over the course of this weekend, and for that we are truly sorry. Going forward, we plan to fully participate with the Department of Transportation in cooperating with their investigation into the events over the weekend.
And we're also going to conduct an internal evaluation so that we can learn from this event because at the end of the day, you deserve better and we expect better from our crew members and our operation.
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PHILLIPS: Well, JetBlue faces nearly $3 million in potential fines now.
Straight ahead, Russian spies in the U.S. We have surveillance video that helps the FBI pull the plug on it. You'll see it right after the break. And protesters forced to move, but their message stays the same. We'll take you inside one of the "Occupy Wall Street" movements.
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PHILLIPS: It could be a cold war spy movie, a red-headed femme fatale shopping bags filled with cash and dead drops. It's not a movie. It's actually a video from the break-up of that Russian spying that we talked so much about last year.
CNN's foreign affairs correspondent, Jill Dougherty has more.
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JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The FBI releases a treasure trove of videos, photos and heavily edited documents from "Operation Ghost Stories." An undercover peek at how Russian spy ring collected and passed on information, how the FBI trailed them and finally cracked the operation.
In one video from January 2010, Anna Chapman, the red- headed bombshell who later went on to fame in Moscow as a TV host sits in a New York coffee shop wearing designer sunglasses unknowingly talking with an undercover FBI agent about problems with her laptop that she uses to communicate with Russian officials.
You're ready for the next step, OK, he asks? OK, she says. This is not laptop to laptop, this is person to person, the agent says. In another video, the classic spy technique, a brush pass, as another spy trades off a bag full of cash with a Russian official as they pass in a train station.
The FBI was forced to release the material recorded over the decade the FBI had the 10 Russians under surveillance as part of the freedom of information act request, and it looks just like a spy movie.
Including one Russian digging up a package of money from what in spy lingo is called "a dead drop." This spy ring is over, but the FBI says it's not the end of the story.
FRANK FIGLIUZZI, FBI: The U.S. remains the target of most of the world's spying, and again, as long as we have policy information, technology and research that the rest of the world wants.
And as long as foreign intel services want to gain a strategic advantage against us, we'll continue to be the target of that kind of spying.
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DOUGHERTY: So we might be laughing about this because of Anna Chapman, but the FBI says it's really serious, Kyra, that these people were succeeding they claim. They were getting closer to what they really wanted to do, which was to get access to influential Americans -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Jill, we talked about this last hour, but the FBI didn't really reveal any secrets by releasing this video, right?
DOUGHERTY: No, they wouldn't. Of course, they were required to under this freedom of information act query. They had to reveal things that were requested. But anything that could be compromising or anything that would reveal really secret information, of course, they wouldn't.
But that said, I mean, if you look at this, it's very interesting in terms of the techniques and also, I would have to say as I watched it, the people look very normal.
I mean, a guy standing at a street corner, people passing each other. You wouldn't really notice this stuff. So it's really kind of a fascinating glimpse into how these spies do this.
PHILLIPS: Definitely, an inside glimpse. Jill, thanks.
We see the movement, we hear their message, but just who are the people participating in these "Occupy Wall Street" rallies? Well, this morning we're going inside "Occupy Seattle."
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KATHY, OCCUPY SEATTLE PROTESTER: You know, there are young kids, there are young families with babies in their strollers. I feel like one of the reasons why I'm just compelled to come out here, because I want people on the street to see that it's middle class, middle-aged people out here, too. It affects everybody.
DARCY CONSTANSS: My name is Darcy Constanss and we come down here every weekend with my family. I'm a doctor and my husband is a teacher, and my husband has been laid off every year for the past four years. I owe $150,000, and as a new doctor out, we're actually barely middle class and kind of barely getting by, and that's just crazy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Raging Grannies is a group of older women who are passionate about social justice. We're told there is no money for health care. There's no money for schools. There is no money for taking care of the needy in this country. Never mind the needy, the middle class, I mean, all of us. Tremendous unemployment.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We bring these deep tensions to the surface so the people are forced to face them, forced to interact with them, and forced to seek the change from the government.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You go into the market and you download it and it's called "I'm getting arrested." That will send out to anybody that you want to know that you're being arrested and that you need help. The police are probably going to let you do it unless they're beating you up.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're going to gather it up and have our escort take us to the hill and we're going to occupy our new location. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is just the beginning. Here on campus.
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PHILLIPS: As you can see there, our Patrick Oppmann has spent quite a bit of time with "Occupy Seattle." So, Patrick, tensions seemed pretty high as protesters move their base of operations from a downtown park. Where did they actually move to, and how is it going now?
PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN ALL-PLATFORM JOURNALIST: They're on a college campus. Good morning from the new home of "Occupy Seattle." It wasn't clear over the weekend whether or not the administration, whether or not police would let them set up their tents on the quad outside this (inaudible) College in Seattle.
They've allowed them to do that. It's a very basic camp here. There is no running water or electricity, but protesters say they will continue to rough it as long as it helps get their message out.
PHILLIPS: All right. We'll follow right along with you, Patrick, as the movements do continue.
Now, defending accusations of sexual harassment, Herman Cain spoke just moments ago in our sister station, HLN. Here's what he had to say.
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CAIN: I absolutely believe that this is an intended smear campaign using these two cases -- like I said, I'm not even aware of the second one. It is a smear campaign. When they cannot -- we don't know. We have no idea. When they cannot kill my ideals like 9-9-9, they come after me personally.
And someone asked me yesterday in one of the many interviews that I did, clearing the air on this, is there anything else? Not that I know of. I knew about that one case at the restaurant association. I've been in business, I was in business before I ran for president, over 40 years, and that was the only instance of accused sexual abuse, sexual harassment, only one.
So what I'm saying is, then in the rest of the "Politico" article, which was near the end, the last two paragraphs, three people at the restaurant association, members of the board of directors, attested to my character and my integrity. But not a lot of people are paying attention to that.
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PHILLIPS: All right, we're going to talk a lot more about this and pay attention to that in our "Political Buzz" segment in just a few minutes.
There is not a lot of love out there for foreclosure companies, and this story could be the reason why. An op-ed columnist from the "New York Times" received these photos snapped at a Halloween party last year.
They are actual employees at the Steven J. Baum law firm near Buffalo, New York. It's a law firm that represents banks when they want to foreclose on someone's home. Well, as you can see, the workers are dressed up as homeless people and squatters, insensitive or just a heartless mindset?
Joe writes about it and joins me live from New York. So Joe, tell me how you actually got the photos and how did you authenticate them?
JOE NOCERA, "THE NEW YORK TIMES" OP-ED COLUMNIST: Well, I got the photos from a former employee who wanted to restore her integrity, she told me, and felt that it was important for people to understand what the mindset was like at foreclosure firms like Steven J. Baum.
So she sent me the photographs. I got in touch with the Baum firm. They acknowledged that they do hold a Halloween party. They deny that the photos depicted people being kicked out of their homes, but I think the photographs speak a whole lot louder than that denial.
PHILLIPS: And you not only talk about what these costumes reveal, and it's pretty obvious, Joe, but a pretty disturbing mindset as you got to know this former employee.
NOCERA: I think that's exactly right. I've actually seen this firm in action before. I've written a fair amount about foreclosure issues, and I've watched people who were perfectly suited for a mortgage modification being driven into foreclosure by these firms.
Which really have no incentive to help people modify their mortgages, and really are only incentivized to foreclose so yes, these foreclosure law firms really have no interest in helping homeowners stay in their home. Their only interest is to get them out and make a fee.
PHILLIPS: Final question, Joe. When you reached out to the lawyers at the law firm, what did they say to you? What did they tell you?
NOCERA: Well, they just simply sent me a statement. First of all, denying that the pictures depicted what they said they depicted, which, of course, you can see is not true.
And then saying at the end that this is yet another attempt by the "New York Times" -- and they called it actually a pathetic attempt by the "New York Times" to besmirch the law firm.
The following day, I should point out, after the photographs had been published in the "Times," and by the way, picked up by bloggers and news media outlets all over the country.
They sent a word of apology to the "Buffalo News," which is the local newspaper. So at least they finally had the sense to understand that the photographs represent something that's pretty intolerable.
PHILLIPS: Well, Joe, we did the same thing. We thought it important to reach out to Steven Baum and we did get a statement from him as well. I'm going to let you listen to exactly what he sent us, Joe. Here's the deal.
They are under an investigation by the New York attorney general, by the way, the law firm is. It recently agreed to pay a $2 million fine over a Department of Justice investigation into its foreclosure practices.
Now, we did reach out to the law firm, and this is the statement we just got from Steven J. Baum. Quote, "The images in the photographs that were recently published in the "New York Times" obviously were in very poor taste. In fact, we had our annual Halloween Party this past week and we reiterated our company.
The policy as it pertains to wearing appropriate costumes. No one is permitted to wear a costume that could be interpreted as being offensive." He actually went on to tell us, "on behalf of the firm, I sincerely apologize for what happened last year at our Halloween party."
I was hoping Joe could hear that. Did we let him go? OK, Joe, so did you hear the whole statement there? It's obviously a different tune than what you got when you wrote the piece.
NOCERA: Right. You know, I think once everybody saw the pictures, you couldn't deny what was undeniable. The pictures absolutely show them making fun of people they foreclosed on. It is pretty awful. So they're in damage control mode now, as they should be.
PHILLIPS: Well, Joe, it was good to see that you were able to expose this, because it's a rough time for folks right now, out of work and losing their homes, and there is nothing funny about that. Joe, thanks for the great reporting.
NOCERA: I totally agree. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
PHILLIPS: You bet, my pleasure. All right, take a listen here to Rick Perry speaking in New Hampshire. Can you tell why this clip has gone viral?
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GOV. RICK PERRY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This is such a cool state. I mean, come on. Live free or die? I mean, you got to love that, right?
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PHILLIPS: So here's our question. Did he sound kind of odd to you? We're going to play it for our "Political Buzz" panel. They've got opinions. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)
PHILLIPS: All right, it's time for "Political Buzz". Your rapid-fire look at the best political topics of the day, three questions, 30 seconds on the clock.
Playing today, Democratic National Committee member, Robert Zimmerman; Chris Metzler, professor at Georgetown University; and Patricia Murphy, founder and editor of Citizen Jane Politics.
Ok guys first question. You know where I'm going.
Herman Cain started his Monday, as a matter of fact, right in our hour, sort of shrugging off harassment allegations, saying that some people have a problem with his sense of humor.
All right, well we saw how a story changed throughout the evening, and then just moments ago on HLN, this is what he told our Robin Meade.
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HERMAN CAIN (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I absolutely believe that this is an intended smear campaign using these two cases -- and like I said, I'm not even aware of the second one. It is a smear campaign. When they cannot -- but I don't -- we don't know. We have no idea. When they cannot kill my ideals like 9-9-9, they come after me personally.
And someone will -- someone asked me yesterday in one of the many interviews that I did, clearing the air on this, is there anything else? Not that I know of. I knew about that one case at the restaurant association. I've been in business, I was in business before I ran for president over 40 years, and that was the only instance of accused sexual abuse, sexual harassment.
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PHILLIPS: Ok, guys, so here you go. He's strongly saying, look -- there was only one -- it went from not knowing about any incident to, ok, one incident, but hey this is a smear campaign.
So what questions do you have, or is this controversy going to fizzle out now, Robert?
ROBERT ZIMMERMAN, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE: Well Kyra I wouldn't accept the premise that he shrugged off the issues in his comments yesterday. In fact, quite to the contrary, he just flat out lied. He lied at the National Press Club when he said he didn't know about the settlements. He lied when he said he didn't know about the payments or the specific charges because on other interviews during the day he proved that he knew what was going on specifically and what was happening here.
Playing the victim is not -- he's not going to go away with this by playing the victim. I had to ask him, how do you pretend to be a genuine, authentic leader and a non-politician and a family values person if you don't have the courage and candor to address these issues honestly.
PHILLIPS: Chris?
CHRIS METZLER, PROFESSOR, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: Well, there are a number of questions. Question number one is: Mr. Cain, were you ever involved in an internal sexual harassment investigation? If you were, what did you say in that investigation?
Secondly, are you now remembering that, in fact, there was a, quote-unquote, "incident?"
Thirdly, there has only been one allegation of sexual harassment against you. How many do there need to be?
And then, I would also ask him in terms of the settlement number, as the CEO, did you not know that a case was settled and was it settled for 9-9-9?
PHILLIPS: Oh, Patricia.
PATRICIA MURPHY, FOUNDER AND EDITOR, CITIZEN JANE POLITICS: Well I think there are two kinds of questions we have to ask Herman Cain here. First of all, obviously what happened, what did you know and when did you know it? No candidate wants these questions coming at him. Did this happen before at other workplaces, are these the only incidents?
And the final question is, how could he not be prepared for this? He obviously knew that his happened in his past, his campaign has known about this story for two weeks and how could they not be better prepared? And this raises the issue in the campaign, there is the problem and then there is the response to the problem. You're supposed to respond and be done with it.
He is explaining it, going back, going forward. It's hurting his campaign much more than the initial allegations themselves.
PHILLIPS: All right, Herman Cain is not the only one making headlines.
A lot of people talking about Rick Perry as well after this speech in New Hampshire. Take a listen.
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PERRY: My plan is really pretty simple. It does deductions for the mortgage, deductions for the charitable -- yes, you keep that in there -- and your state and local taxes are in there. You put those on, $12,500 for every dependent that you have, and this is pretty easy math, subtract it, send it in. It's awesome.
Why not, that little plan that I just shared with you doesn't force the granite state to expand your tax footprint, if you know what I mean. Like 9 percent expansion. (END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: What's going on here, guys? Chris?
METZLER: Well, you know, as -- as a Republican and as a conservative, I've got to tell you, I am deeply embarrassed by this. This just kind of looked to me like he was a bobble-head. I mean what was going on? It was like a bobble-head doll somewhere kind of you know in the environment.
I'm very concerned that's what's happening in this particular case is we've got allegations of sexual harassment, we've got bobble- head. We've got all these kinds of things going on.
The party is in trouble here. Where are the candidates? This is why we keep going from candidate to candidate. This is from week to week, it seems to be getting worse.
PHILLIPS: Robert?
ZIMMERMAN: Chris, calm down. I'll explain it to you. I did a little bit of "Political Buzz" CSI on this story, and if you notice that Governor Perry's eyes look a bit glassy in that video. He looks a bit glazed and there were crumbs around his mouth. In fact, sources tell me on the scene he was eating food almost compulsively, maybe he had the munchies. I'm just saying.
Bottom line is, he actually was more appealing at that speech and made more sense in that speech than I've seen him when he was trying to make more serious remarks. He's just not equipped to be a candidate, certainly not equipped to lead.
PHILLIPS: Patricia.
MURPHY: This has got to be Barack Obama's best day in his presidency because the Republicans are really falling apart here. With Rick Perry here, this is very, very erratic behavior and it's establishing a pattern of erratic behavior. And I was hoping for him that maybe these were taken out of context. I watched the whole speech, 22 minutes in a row of this kind of gobbledygook. And I don't -- I really don't know what's going on with Rick Perry.
This is the time these candidates needs to be serious, focused, disciplined; he's none of those things right now. He needs to turn it around or, you know, maybe drop out. It's not looking good for him right now.
PHILLIPS: All right, guys your buzzer beater now. 20 seconds each on this one. PollPosition.com came out with this new poll asking which presidential candidate you would most like to see on "Dancing with the Stars." President Obama comes out on top followed by Michele Bachmann.
So which candidate would you most like to see shake it before a national audience. Patricia? MURPHY: Newt Gingrich is my top choice for shaking it in front of a national audience. It is a little known fact that one of his ring tones and this completely truly is Abba's "Dancing Queen". And if a man has "Dancing Queen" on his phone, he's got some shake in his booty. I just want to see it.
PHILLIPS: And Chris?
MURPHY: It's true.
PHILLIPS: Look, I think Chris can't get past the shaking the booty. Ok, Chris. Go ahead.
METZLER: Well actually, I -- I would like to see two candidates mano a mano. I would like to see Rick Perry and Mitt Romney both shaking what their mamas gave -- what their mamas gave them. I think that would be an interesting thing.
And then whichever one survives gets to become the nominee. At this point, that's pretty much where we are, anyway. So this would be -- this would be exciting.
PHILLIPS: I think I'm learning everybody's taste in music as well. All right, bring it home, Robert.
ZIMMERMAN: I'll do my best. I still can't get the idea of Newt Gingrich having booty. I can't quite figure that out. But I would -- I -- I would agree, I would agree Chris, that after Rick Perry's last speech in New Hampshire, after that last speech, he might be a lot of fun on the dance floor.
But I tell you who our choice is, and I did convene the "Political Buzz" panel before our segment and that is analyse who we want to see out there, the one with the greatest appeal and the greatest star power? This is your moment, Kyra Phillips. You're our choice.
PHILLIPS: Oh my goodness. How about if you and I just have a nice slow waltz at some point, Robert, ok? That's much easier for me.
ZIMMERMAN: You would be great there.
PHILLIPS: Thanks, guys. I had fun this morning. I appreciate it.
MURPHY: Thanks Kyra.
METZLER: Thanks Kyra, bye, bye.
PHILLIPS: All right, we've got some breaking news to tell you about now. We just got this pretty amazing video into CNN. This is an emergency landing of a Boeing 767 at an airport in Poland, actually there in Warsaw.
An airport spokesperson telling that the plane had some problems with the landing gear. You can see it right there. So it landed on its belly. The flight originated out of Newark, we're told. All the passengers are safe, there weren't any injuries.
And Mary Schiavo is a former inspector general with the Transportation Department, and I'll tell you what, Mary, it's a -- this pilot did a pretty darn good job.
MARY SCHIAVO, FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (via telephone): Yes, he did. Textbook way to land, yes.
PHILLIPS: I mean it sort of reminds you of old Sully Sullenberger and how he did the same thing on water. When you're coming in on a situation like this, obviously there's a lot of things going through your mind as a pilot and what you're going to do. You've got issues of speed and where to go down, and if you've got emergency crews there ready to go.
I mean, kind of put us into the mindset of the pilot when you face a situation like this when you can't get that landing gear down.
SCHIAVO: Well, four (ph) things for not being able to get the landing gear down pilots are trained for this. Sully Sullenberger landing on the water, we were just lucky that he had military training. But Kyra you are trained to do this. Pilot did dump fuel, came down as slow as possible. I mean, just -- if he had the secured out, he would say this was most beautiful landing it would have been the final landing.
But that's what you have to do. They're trained to do this. It's typical if you have a landing gear problem for the nose gear not to come down, but for a full failure here, obviously a mechanical problem, but textbook landing, this pilot was properly trained.
PHILLIPS: And how you know, it -- when you're put into this position, all right, how much time do you actually have? I mean there's the issue, I'm sure, about fuel. I mean how many times do you try? And I guess what's the troubleshooting you go through when the -- when the emergency gear or when the gear isn't coming down, kind of tell me the checklist to why or when you reach this point.
SCHIAVO: Sure. And this is one of the emergencies that in an airline problem or airline flight where you actually do have time. There are troubleshooting measures to try to redeploy the landing gear. You have time to try it again and again. You also are -- there is a procedure where you can make a pass overhead and other aircraft and say if they can see anything. You can pass over the landing field and have a look.
Then on certain aircraft, but not all, on certain aircraft you can dump fuel, others you just have to burn it off. You have to keep circling and circling to burn this fuel to make it as light as possible and then you come down but you alert the authorities so you have emergency crews standing by to put out any fires.
And I've been a passenger on failed landing gear flights. That is a scary thing, but most of the time it's a good result.
PHILLIPS: Holy cow. I can just imagine those passengers cheering that pilot or those pilots right now. Mary Schiavo, thanks so much.
And if you're just tuning we just got this pretty incredible video in to CNN. It's actually showing the emergency landing of a Boeing -- Boeing 767.
You see it here landing on its belly at an airport in Warsaw. That flight originated in Newark, and according to an airport spokesperson, the plane had some problems with its landing gear but that all passengers are safe and there are no injuries to report.
All right so we go to break; let's take a quick check of the stock market, shall we? Dow Industrials down about 200 points right now.
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PHILLIPS: All right.
We are just getting word that Hillary Rodham Clinton's mother has passed. Dorothy Howell Rodham, 92 years old. Apparently she has been ill but Hillary Clinton has not disclosed what that is.
But we did get word that the Secretary of State did cancel her trip to the U.K. and Turkey and now we are getting word that Hillary Clinton's mother, Dorothy Rodham has passed away at the age of 92.
Her family saying that they will be forever grateful to the gift of Dorothy's life and for the memories that they will treasure forever. Hilary Rodham Clinton's mother, Dorothy Rodham passing away at the age of 92.
All right. Let's check some other stories that are making news later today.
A nine-foot statue of former President Ronald Reagan is being unveiled at Reagan International Airport in Washington at 11:15 Eastern today.
President Obama greeting the crew of the space shuttle "Atlantis" in the Oval Office at 12:20 Eastern.
And the Congressional panel charged with reducing the nation's debt hold a hearing at 1:30 Eastern on Capitol Hill.
Well, Kim Kardashian is calling it quits after two months of marriage. But her husband says, not so fast.
Our A.J. here live with "Showbiz Headlines"
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PHILLIPS: Well, it looks like there won't be a happy ending to the fairy tale wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries. Millions of dollars and two months later, it looks like they're calling it quits.
"SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" host, A.J. Hammer has all the details. What's the deal, Kim is the one filing for divorce?
A.J. HAMMER, HLN HOST, "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT": Yes, she filed yesterday, Kyra, and this naturally has a lot of people asking if the whole thing was just a scam to promote the reality series and wedding episode that they did. There have naturally been a lot of jokes around. But there's been a lot of angry -- like people in the building here at CNN coming up to me and saying, I'm really ticked off about this.
A lot of people are just angry about it, you have celebrities who are angry about it, particularly some celebrities who support same-sex marriage. The sentiment being there, this counts as a real marriage, but two people of the same sex getting together would somehow ruin the sanctity of marriage?
Now on a more personal level, while Kim Kardashian announced the divorce, Kris Humphries is saying he wants to work things out. Here's what he told "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT". He said, "I love my wife and I'm devastated to learn she filed for divorce. I'm committed to this marriage and everything this covenant represents. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make it work. I kind of get the feeling that Kris is the party of one there.
Now, we also spoke with Kim's brother, after he competed on last night's "Dancing with the Stars". Here's what he told us about all this.
ROB KARDASHIAN, "DANCING WITH THE STARS", CONTESTANT: You know, we're just here as her family. Just to be real supportive. We support anything she does. And that's about it.
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HAMMER: Well, Kyra, you know, they made a lot of money doing that reality wedding. There are reports the couple made up to $18 million from wedding. So I got out the handy "Showbiz Tonight" abacus because I wanted to determine exactly how much it all extrapolates to. In 72 days of marriage, that adds up to $250,000 every day of the marriage --
PHILLIPS: Oh, my God.
HAMMER: Or $10 million an hour. Good work if you can get it -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Oh, A.J. All the many causes that money could have gone toward. I'm sorry. That's the charitable person in me. A.J., thanks.
And if you want anything breaking on the entertainment world, A.J. has it every night. "Showbiz Tonight", 11:00 p.m. on HLN.
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PHILLIPS: Checking stories cross country now. In Arizona, a guilty verdict in the murder trial of the so-called Baseline Killer. Mark Goudeau is convicted of killing nine people. His murder spree terrorized Phoenix during the summer of 2006.
And last night in Florida, a small plane carrying a Nascar team owner, made a crash landing at Key West International Airport. Rick Hendrick and his wife Linda and the two pilots who were on board. That plane rolled off the runway after the pilot reported no brakes. No one was seriously injured hurt.
And the Iowa corn field made famous in 1989 movie, "Field of Dreams" has been sold. An Illinois couple bought that site. They're planning to develop it as a baseball and softball complex.
Stay with us. More from the CNN NEWSROOM straight ahead.
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PHILLIPS: All right. Quick political update for you. Let's get straight to Mark Preston. Mark, what's the deal with these ads that are going to be rolling out pretty soon to support Rick Perry?
MARK PRESTON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL EDITOR: Well, Kyra, no question about it, we're heading into the home stretch of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. That means these super PACs, the independent expenditure groups are starting to open up their wallets. A group that is supportive of Governor Perry is going to spend $400,000 in two states over ten days, Iowa and South Carolina.
This is significant because this is the first real buy we're seeing from an independent group that's trying to weigh in on the Republican presidential nomination. And Kyra, it's worth noting that the whole presidential race is going to be driven by these independent expenditures that are going to be buying all this TV time across the country for the next year --
PHILLIPS: All right. Our Mark Preston for us there on the hill. Mark, Thanks.
That does it for us. We'll be back here bright and early 9:00 a.m. Eastern time.
Now taking over Studio 7 in protest, Suzanne Malveaux.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: Nice to see you, Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Good to see you.
