what did chris wilson tell you guys? >> chris wilson actually is also affiliated with a super pack supporting mr. perry. he says he witnessed an interaction in which he says a young woman was made to feel uncomfortable. >> where is the coverage for the paper go from here? >> i don't know, depends on do more things pop up? does pressure continue to stay on mr. cain where he's going to have to support and talk more about this? does the restaurant association have to clear the air? if this story keeps going with this kind of velocity, it's going to force mr. cain to address this in much more detail. >> jim ruternberg, thanks so much. >> the president is in cannes france and while they'll be discussing a range of topics, one ranks above them all as the most urgent. greece, protests against aus teri measures continued across greece but leaders have canceled the planned referendum on the bailout after europe's leaders threatened to suspend aid. the g-20 leaders will try to hammer out a plan to avert a full blown crisis in euro

chris wilson, the one guy you mentioned, working now with a super pac, run by perry's former chief of staff, which will spend, it thinks, a budget of $55 million, has gone up on the air in iowa and south carolina this week. he obviously has a direct connection with the super pac, which operates across the street here in austin from the campaign, itself. wilson was a former executive director of the texas republican party and he left that job back in the mid '90s to go to work for tony fabrisio and worked on the presidential campaign of bob dole where they were accused among other things of some dirty tricks. what happened this week? tony fabrisio joins the perry camp at the same time chris wilson is handling the polling for the political action committee. not just him, but this curt anderson. lots of ties, lots of connections. >> you have herman cain out there saying there's no other accusers. now there's a third one. it continues to spiral. now you have a source in this guy that used to work for him on a senate campaign saying, well, yeah, i was told about this problem. so, i mean, w

this is chris wilson.r a political action committee, trying to help governor perry. to some of you, that might mean, why believe him? but listen to what he says of the kind of conduct he says he knew about when mr. cain headed the restaurant association. >> i'll tell you at the time, she was a very lower level staffer. i think she was maybe two years out of college, and this all occurred at a restaurant in crystal city. and everybody was very aware of it. so it is -- it was only a matter of time, because so many people were aware of what took place. so many people were aware of her situation and the fact that she left after this, that it was a -- everybody knew in the campaign. >> it's curious, because he says that, gloria. you spoke to him today. if everyone knew about -- well, if everybody, then, or somebody of those everybody, waited just until -- they didn't release then when mr. cain was at 2% or 6% or 8%, and this did come out, that's one of the reasons why mr. cain is mad, it came out when he hit th

they come from chris wilson, a former restaurant association colleague who witnessed he says one of the incidents and spoke about it today to gloria borger and cnn affiliate ktok. >> at the time she was a very low-level staffer. i think she was maybe two years out of college. and this all occurred at a restaurant in crystal city. and everybody was very aware of it. and so it is -- it was only a matter of time because so many people were aware of what took place. so many people were aware of her situation, the fact that she left after this. that it was -- it was a -- everybody knew with the campaign that it would eventually come up. >> chris wilson, we should point out, is a rick perry supporter. gloriaworther asked him about that. she joins us shortly. we'll talk to her for details. again. that's not all, though. on top of all that, though, according to forbes.com, cain is now blaming another campaign operative, a 2004 campaign adviser who's now working for rick perry, for sparking this whole mess. but keeping them honest, cain's accusation directly contradicts his own statements about

chris wilson put out a quote saying i had nothing to do with leaking this in any way. i never discussed or shared this story with my clients. listen, you have a prepared statement here. i know you are kind of reading off of it. but are you 100% sure that there is nothing else to these allegations, that this is piling on and this is from directly the perry campaign? >> i asked mr. cain directly on numerous occasions, whether anything to any of the allegations and he looked me square in the eye and said no. all right? mr. cain has never committed any sexual harassment, period. end of story. >> bret: you said of the national journal event earlier in week that same statement. then you said as the hours go by it's interesting that we even hear from a radio talk show host of iowa that a receptionist thought mr. cain's comments were inappropriate. now that talk show host is apparently on the record talking about it. >> i would challenge anybody that has these statements to be made to come forward with the person, making the statements. face mr. cain. >> bret: for a campaign t

they come from chris wilson, a former colleague who witnessed he says one of the incidents and spoke about it today to gloria borger and ktok. >> i'll tell you at the time she was a very lower level staffer. i think she was maybe two years out of college and this all occurreded at a restaurant in crystal city and everybody was very aware of it and so it was only a matter of time because so many people were aware of what took place and her situation and the fact she left after this. it was a -- everybody knew what the campaign -- that this would eventually come up. >> chris wilson is a rick perry supporter. gloria borger joins us shortly. that's not all, though. on top of all of that according to forbes.com cain is blaming another campaign operative. a 2004 campaign adviser now working for rick perry for sparking this whole mess but keep in mind cain's accusation directly contradicts his own statements about not recalling any sexual harassment allegations or settlements. the day began with a conservative front-runner not wanting to talk about any of this anymore. >> let me say one thi

chris wilson does remember something about herman cain and sexual harassment.he sexual harassment that he witnessed with his own eyes. >> i was the pollster for the national restaurant association when herman cain was the head of it. i'll tell you, i was actually around a couple times whether this happened and anyone who was involved with the restaurant association at the time knew that this was going to come up. at the time she was a very lower level staffer. i think she was maybe two years out of college and this all occurred at a restaurant in crystal city. everybody was very aware of it. and so it is -- it was only a matter of time because so many people were aware of what took place. so many people were aware of her situation and the fact that she left after this. if she does go on the air and talk about it, i think it will be the end of his campaign. >> chris wilson later told us that the actions made others present uneasy. it was very uncomfortable recalling that other staffers asked cain to stop. conservative radio talk show host steve deese told "polit

there's another guy, too, a guy named chris wilson who is an oklahoma political consultant who is actually political action committee that supports perry's campaign. wilson says he personally witnessed cain engaging in inappropriate conduct toward a woman while cain was the head of the national restaurant association. listen to this. >> i was actually around a couple times when it happened. it was only a matter of time. so many people were aware of what took place, so many people were aware of her situation and the fact that she left after this. everybody knew at the campaign without her campaign that this will eventually come up. >> chris wilson also dns continues leaking the story about cain to politico. there are a lot of people out there who have been asked about this, but if anybody did it, nobody is fessing up, kyra. >> joe, thanks. >>> the man that herman cain accuses of launching the so-called smear campaign is kurt anderson, a campaign adviser for rick perry. he sat down with gloria borger for his first tv interview and he says right here, he's not the leak. >> i didn't know anyth

chris wilson's take on the whole matter. and we are waiting because we love to hear more information. some indication that the attorney for one of the accusers is actually in a conversation with the national restaurant association to try to release some type of statement but it is also clear that this accuser that attorney represents doesn't want to go out public at least now because she just doesn't want to become another sort of anita hill-type figure. a lot of -- if you will -- pieces to the story moving and nothing real clear this morning. >> all right. joe johns, thanks, joe. >> you heard joe say the cain campaign, rick perry's camp is behind the sexual harassment story and the cain cam subpoena demanding an apology from the texas governor. on "ac 360" cooper asked if they were tipped off by a rival campaign. >> was politico tipped off by one of cain's rivals? some including cain himself seem to be suggesting. >> jonathon was on message last night and i will try to stay on message. i will tell why you i think it is impo

chris wilson claims he episode at a city restaurant where a staffer was harassed in front of everyonesays it was the worst kept secret and the yen the employee left afterward. >> i was around a couple times happened -- >> he predicts the woman will soon take her story public. once she does, it is likely to derail his dream for the white house. the attorney for the accuser announced that the woman will not come forward and make her story public. to counter what team saying the she has a live and a career in to becomeant it another anita hill. following that story. another when you want to follow. a super hero have to be followed. -- has to be rescued. beis embarrassing enough to broken lamborghini. man got a flat tire. he was on his way to a d.c. sicktal to visit a children. police had to help this batman. after moving his batmobile, they for this photo. >> i never knew it was a lamborghini. down, too.was >> he likes to have the tape flying. -- cape flying. >> here is how things look oakton. we had this wonderful picture. the snow has now melted with our the 50's.es into let me take yo

. >> chris wilson, we should point out, is a rick perry supporter. gloria borger will join us shortly. according to forbes dotcom, cain is blaming a campaign advisor who is now working for rick perry who is sparking this whole mess. but cain contradicts his only statements. we're going to lay all of that out. but the day began, a conservative front-runner not wanting to talk about any of this any more. >> let me say one thing, i'm here with these doctors and that's what i'm going to talk about. so don't even bother asking me all of these other questions that you all are curious about. okay? don't even bother. >> good question, though. >> but are you concerned about the fact that these women do want to -- want to come forward? >> what did i say? >> excuse me. excuse me. >> what part of "no" don't you understand? >> well, there was some pushing and shoving and the questions that began on sunday when the politico story hit, detailing two incidents of alleged sexual harassment in the late '90s when cain ran the restaurant association. today, corroboratio

chris wilson, an operative pollster and also allegedly witnessed sexually harassing behavior.w? >> this is curtains for him. the fact that he cannot come out and address the questions and get all the information out there which it is what he should have known to do. every day we have a new bit of information and the story keeps going and going. the problem for him is it wasn't just woman. it wasn't some he said she said and we have a pattern over many years and many witnesses. this is a major major problem for him. >> the problem is he had short-term memory loss and it came back miraculously. you have compared him with sarah palin and i read your wonderful column today. you are almost suggesting that sarah palin by comparison is einsteinian. >> yeah, this guy didn't realize that china had nuclear capabilities. they have had them for a very long time. at least sarah palin could use the excuse of russia being next door to alaska and if putin wanted to rear his -- i watched the tape, where does he go? right here in alaska across the border. the selection of sarah palin and how wo

y'all were supposed to applaud. ( applause ) >> reporter: but chris wilson, a pollster for the restaurant association during cain's tenure, told an oklahoma radio station he saw cain harass a young staffer. wilson has recently done polling for a political group backing texas governor rick perry. now, after the associated press reported that this third woman had come forward to say she considered filing a complaint against cain, the cain campaign respond saying that was just another baseless attack and that he has never actlet in want way alleged by the inside-the-beltway media. >> pelley: jan, thanks very much. this is a tough story because the accusers are anonymous and their claims ambiguous, and the stories that our reporters are hearing often conflict. one of our reporters spoke to a man who worked with cain at the restaurant association, and he told us," there was a pattern of behavior on hermain cain's part that was repugnant and ongoing." but we also spoke with two women who worked with cain when he was c.e.o. of godfather's pizza and they told us they were shocked by the allegatio

. >> reporter: but chris wilson, a polster for the restaurant association during cain's tenure, told an oklahoma radio station he saw cain harass a young staffer. >> i was actually around a couple times when this happened and it just -- anyone who was involved with the restaurant association at the time knew that this was going to come up. >> reporter: wilson has recently done polling for a political group backing texas governor rick perry. jan crawford, cbs news, washington. >> cain's campaign says the sexual harassment allegations are smear tactics orchestrated by the rick perry campaign. >> the actions of the perry campaign are despicable. rick perry and his campaign aalowe herman cain and his family an jooi. >> reporter: perry's campaign calls the claim reckless and falls. >>> now to the anti-wall street protest and the demonstration in oakland, california thark shut down this country's fifth busiest port. there was more violence overnight as protesters clashed with police. late last night, demonstrators were back in the oakland city center and followed the port protests where se

chris wilson of oklahoma, now a supporter of governor rick perry, was there, he says, and talked about it on radio station ktok.lks she comes out and talk about it then, it's like i said, i think it will probably be the end of this campaign. >> reporter: a lawyer for one of the women said he had met with his client on wednesday night. and while she wants to restore her reputation and validate her claims against cain, she has decided not to make any public appearances. instead, the lawyer said, she will likely issue a statement sometime thursday, that does contest cain's version of events, but provide very few details. brian ross, abc news, washington. >> a developing story, to say the least. >>> now, herman cain has blamed rick perry for bringing all of this to light. but is there any proof of that? we'll get later insight on "good morning america." >>> for the first time, we are seeing video of a deadly tourist boat accident on the delaware river in philadelphia. take a look at this video. the collision between a fast-moving barge and a small duck boat happened last year. in the video

chris wilson, from oklahoma, now a supporter of governor perry, says she was an eyewitness and talkedit this morning on radio station ktok. >> it was a very lower level staffer, i think she was maybe two years out of college. and this all occurred at a restaurant in crystal city and everybody was very aware of it. i don't want to be drawn into it specifically but if she comes out and talks about it i think it will probably be the end of this campaign. >> reporter: cain's reck elections of the incidents and then of any actual settlements have changed throughout the week. >> as far as a settlement, i am unaware of any sort of settlement. three months salary or something like that, just vaguely trying to recall it. it was somewhere in the vicinity of three to six months severance pay. >> reporter: today, "the new york times" reported the settlement was actually a full year's pay, $35,000. no small matter, according to employment lawyer david sherr. >> the year severance really is the company taking the matter seriously and investigating it seriously and perhaps finding that there was at

. >> suarez: late this afternoon politico reported that a veteran republican pollster, chris wilson,ched cain sexually harass a woman in a virginia restaurant in the late 1990s. for more we are joined by jeff zeleny, national political correspondent for the "new york times," who is covering the developing cain story. jeff, what can you tell us about these latest allegation which is seem to come one-two this afternoon in rapid succession. >> things are really moving pretty quickly in this story. the associated press is reporting there is a third woman who is making allegations of sexual harassment from her time at the national restaurant association. but more interestingly tonight, herman cain in his campaign are directly blaming the campaigns of governor rick perry of texas for furthering this story and trying to advance this story. it's a charge that the perry campaign is denying. herman cain when he ran for senate in georgia in 2004, this first political race, he employed a couple people who now work on the perry campaign so he is saying in an interview with forbes.com that these g

. >> i want to play chris wilson who is a republican pollster, he's working for a superpac supportinghe was on the radio, talking about herman cain and sexual harassment. he's a pollster for the national restaurant association. let's listen to what he had to say and we'll come and talk about it. >> i was the pollster for the national restaurant association when herman cain was the head of it, and i was around at the time when it happened. at the time she was a very lo r lower-level staffer and she was maybe two years out of college and it all occurred at a restaurant in crystal city. everybody was very ara raiware . and if she does go and talk about it, i think it will be the end of his campaign. >> we played the chris wilson sound, he's working for an organization, say, affiliated with rick perry, but it still seems to be me to be relatively damning, because we're talking about a pattern of detail. >> no, that's what you saw yesterday, more details coming out from the woman who talked to the a.p. and she's remaining anonymous and then this detail, too, suspect because he is from the

chris wilson. for the national restaurant association and that's where cain was ceo at the time. at a restaurant in crystal city, virginia, not far from where i am now, there was several people at a table and he was saying very inappropriate things to women at the table. so inappropriate, that people at the table were very uncomfo uncomfortable and told him to tamp it down. he's talk ed to a radio station in oklahoma, i think someone at cnn. the third development is a radio host. a fellow named steve daysy. he's told us that during a visit cain had said awkward and inappropriate to things to staffers at his radio station. did not provide anymore details, but did provad that on the record. all of these sort of build upon the story we wrote about of these two other women who have made allegations of inappropriate behavior by cain when he was at the national restaurant association between the years of 1996 and 1999. >> this third woman suggesting some inappropriate behavior. this third woman has gone