this book provides the first picture of another biowarfare scientist named bruce ivans, and to learn about bruce, i traveled to a small town 40 miles northeast of cincinnati called lebanon, ohio. it was there, lebanon was and remains a town of mid m america that -- middle america that evokes a norman rockwell sketch. bruce was born there in 1946, the youngest of three sons. his father was a pharmacist and second generation of ivans drugs established in 1893. they were a prominent family in lebanon, well known people, he was a graduate of princeton, university, well liked, not much of a businessman, but a very well known person. he grew up in a home that was not moriman rockwell. his mother, mary, was a fierce presence. she was -- she exerted dominance over the home. she was meantly and physically cruel. she attacked bruce's fall, randall, with whatever was at hand. it could be a broom, a fork. one night it was a skillet to the head that knocked him out, and she micromanaged bruce who she saw him as her prodigy. bruce's schoolmates who i interviewed, and i interviewed dozens of people

that would include personnel information of bruce ivan, the scientist behind the attacks. and contains information about where ivans worked. >>> one whole week of sexual allegations against herman cain and very little impact on poll numbers for the republican presidential candidate. bruce leshan reports on a brand- new, nationwide washington post survey taken after the scandal broke which still has cain neck in neck with mitt romney. >> i will never apologize for the greatness of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause >> reporter: herman cain basking in the adolattion of the g.o.p. faithful at the washington convention center. a homecoming of sorts. cain was once a hired speaker for the right wing group funded by the billionaire coke brothers. >> this may be a breaking news announcement for the media. i am the coke brothers brother from another mother. >> reporter: a new washington post poll suggests seven in ten republicans think the sexual harassment do not matter one wit when it comes to picking a presidential candidate. >> i think the allegations are absol