on cnbc. you can also join the conversation now on debate.cnbc.com or on twitter by using the #cnbcdebate. >>> in a few minutes we will be speaking with sharon bialek and her attorney gloria allred. >>> but up next, herman cain flat out denying these allegations against him. not just from sharon bialek, but from all accusers. sharon is going to respond to herman cain's press conference from last night. >>> plus, is tonight's gop debate the elimination round? and will michele bauchmann go after herman cain for the allegations of sexual abuse? she is the only woman on that stage. that and much more coming your way right after this. pnc virtuas your spending and saving in one place. credit and debit purchases, checks, bills, and other financial information. it lets you see the details as well as the big financial picture. so you can do more with your money. see what a complete view of your money can do for you at pncvirtualwallet.com. ♪ pnc bank. for the achiever in you. but when they come home,

cnbc's your money, your vote, republican debate is tonight live at 8:00 p.m. on cnbc. join the conversation now on debate.cnbc.com or on twitter with # cnbc debate. we have much more still to come on this special edition of "the daily rundown ". what do the people of michigan want to hear tonight? we'll ask a congresswoman who knows a thing or two about this part of the country. she represents it. >>> and what romney's campaign hopes to get out of it tonight. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. ew, i do! ew, i do! let's see what they pull up here. oh, this is a good one. ♪ grandma got run over by a reindeer ♪ really? ken? ♪ walking home from our house christmas eve ♪ ♪ you can say... i had the right of way. oh, man. i... turning off the music. sorry, nanna. [ male announcer ] get low prices every day on the latest smart phones, starting at 97 cents. save money. live better. walmart. >>> the last time they debated, rick perry went on t

. >>> we turn to cnbc's chief washington correspond john harwood. john, cain had been, as far as the pundits, they said he didn't have the organization, they said he didn't have the staying power. they went after the 9-9-9 tax plan and now this. and yet he remains at the top of the pack. has he been underestimated? >> reporter: yes. he certainly has been more durable, but as iowa and new hampshire draw closer, we're about to find out whether he is merely a curiosity candidate for a party playing the presidential field or somebody who can win real election when voters are serious. to do that, he has to beat candidates with more money, more organization, or both. >> what is the view from the white house for the president in his re-election bid? he would like to have a newly signed jobs bill clearly to take on the campaign trail with him. is he going to get that? >> reporter: odds are still decent he'll get something he can call a jobs bill, specifically an extension, perhaps an expansion of payroll tax cuts. speaker boehner said today his relationship

the debate is hosted by cnbc and the topic is the economy. herman cain is expected to be the focus of attention, though. not for his 9-9-9 plan. steve handelsman has the latest from oakland university in rochester, michigan. >> reporter: it's a debate sight that says talk about jobs. oakland university outside detroit where the auto industry is bouncing back, but michigan unemployment is over 11%. also today, u.s. stock prices dived with word italy might default. the first gop debate in three weeks tonight on cnbc will focus on the economy. john harwood is one of the moderators. >> everyone is frustrated, anxious about the future thinking washington doesn't have the solutions. >> reporter: students want reassurance. >> a hope to graduate, have a degree and get a job. >> i don't think we need to hear about herman cain's sexual liaison. >> reporter: but it will come up. he called his main acue sor -- karen says she'll do a news conference of other cain accusers. >> i will and i encourage the other woman who have not come forward to please do so

let's go to cnbc's mandy drury with what's moving your money.0 a few moments ago. >> a few moments ago, you're absolutely right. the dow was down nearly 300, now we're down about 290, we're really just splitting hairs here. in the euro also moving to the downside, as well. as richard was saying a moment ago, a number of times, it is very important that the markets are watching the italian bond yields that seems to be indicating the crisis in europe is getting perhaps worse and not better. and italy is now the crux of the problem a posed to greece. there's other stuff going on in the market. and moving away from europe for a second, fannie mae is asking for more money from taxpayers, this time $7.8 billion. this is, of course, on top of the nearly $113 billion it has already received from the treasury department. and this is to cover losses. it's a government-controlled company, it lost a lot of money due to low mortgage rates, cutting down of profits, and also decline in home prices caused more default on the loans being guaranteed. there are a

tonight is the ninth debate and it airs on cnbc. the topic, the economy. herman cain's rivals could go on the attack over his sexual harassment allegations. nbc news political director chuck todd joins me now. we've heard a lot about the other candidates not wanting to go after herman cain too hard in that they might need his supporters later on down the road. chris cillizza was on with andrea mitchell and he believes someone might take that opening. >> i think it is a danger to do it if you're one of the guys that is not named mitt romney. because right now, cain's supporters seem to be as defiant as cain himself is on this. if it looks like you're siding with the political elite or if you're a cain supporter and you believe it this combination of the media and political elite out to get him and you pounce on that as a fellow republican, it is one of those things that you could get punished by these supporters. but at the same time, when you're rick perry and you're a night gingrich, you're trying make this leap into the first tier and be the next not mit

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it's one by our friends at cnbc and given the news in italy and all the european debt crisis problem,he candidates have to go two and three levels deep on this issue. it's going to be a challenge. >> and, chuck, we had election day yesterday. the results are in. while it's hard to say anything nationally, what did some of the results tell you? >> reporter: i tell you, there was a way to string them together from ohio to mississippi in that the one thing they had in common is that voters were calling for restraint. in ohio, there was two ballot measures of interest there. one having to do with whether public sector workers could collectively bargain. that was a law that was passed. voters rejected it in a big way. the same voters rejected symbolically the idea of getting involved in the federal government mandate on health care. again, a message of restraint. then you had mississippi, the personhood amendment which would have outlawed abortion and may have actually outlawed some forms of birth control or even access to in vitro fertilization. again, the message voters sent there, brian

he described his emotions in his brief exchange with cnbc news. >> all over the place. shaken. >> reporter: crazy? >> crazy. >> you said what, like a -- >> now globe. >> reporter: like a snow globe? yes. >> reporter: prosecutors were not able to find the victim mcqueary says he saw but after speaking to ann today, he's spoken to the boy in the alleged

he described his emotions in his brief exchange with cnbc news. >> all over the place. shaken. >> reporter: crazy? >> crazy. >> you said what, like a -- >> now globe. >> reporter: like a snow globe?

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cnbc's mandy drury is here with "what's moving your money."re we doing this morning, and why did we see such a negative reaction yesterday? >> you're absolutely right. of course, the dow was down by 400 yesterday. can you remember volatility quite like this, chris? i mean, today we're higher, but we certainly are off the highs, and the nasdaq has even turned negative. this does, however, seem to be the new normal. stocks moving higher this morning, stocks moving lower yesterday. today we got unexpected and a welcome drop in unemployment claims. we're also seeing signs of progress in europe's debt crisis. and that, unfortunately is where all the headlines do seem to be grabbed. the progress over in europe comes in the form of italy being able to sell nearly $7 billion worth of debt at borrowing rates that were actually more favorable than analysts expected. recall, yesterday part of the problem we had from the get-go with stocks was because italy's borrowing costs were soaring and people were thinking things are getting worse, not better. but t

at the cnbc interview he was asked about his fees. he said i was brought on for historical perspective. this story isn't going away and neither is gingrich's four decades. he is now on the rise. the question is can he sustain it. >> right. the we is how is gingrich going to handle being questioned. when he first got in this race and the spotlight immediately went on him and he had to deal with the questions about that gigantic credit line he had at tiffanys and a little bit of the personal stuff he proved to be a little thin skinned. he would get snappy at reporters. in many ways it reenforced the negative that people had on gingrich. this to me is more damaging po ten -- potentially. gingrich says i am an outsider and what did he do right after he left being speaker? he signed on as an advise tor t freddie mac. by the way, we have to remember, former members of congress, some of them when they don't want to be a registered lobbyist they just sign tonight -- on to advise so they can claim they have never lobbied. i will be curious to

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it wasn't clear to me in a cnbc economics debate, how you could bring this up. but let's see exactly how it did come up in the debate. >> here we're focusing on character and on judgment. you've been a ceo. >> yes. >> you know that shareholders are reluctant to hire a ceo where there are character issues. why should the american people hire a president if they feel there are character issues? >> the american people deserve better than someone being tried in the court of public opinion based on unfounded accusations. that's what that's about. and i value my character and my integrity more than anything else. and for every one person that comes forward with a false accusation, there are probably -- there are thousands who would say, none of that sort of can activity ever came from herman cain. you were right. this country's looking for leadership. and this is why a lot of people, despite what has happened over the last nine days, are still very enthusiastic about my candidacy. over the last nine days -- over the last nine days, the voters have voted with their dol

she's live at cnbc headquarters.ets are focused on everything going on in italy. berlusconi promising yesterday to step down as soon as the austerity budget is in place. we saw a relief rally for a bit in the market. overnight we saw the exact opposite. the italian market is tanking. we're watching the bond yields go through the roof. this is the cost of italy's government to go out and borrow money and finance everything going on. it's the equivalent of our treasury rate and it's s skyrocketed. they have to pay 7.7% in order to borrow money. >> while germany can borrow at 1.8%. >> exactly. >> talk about the difference between fiscal recklessness and being prudent. a huge difference. so what's that mean to the united states? we have been talking about greece. obviously u.s. banks also invested in italy. is this more trouble for us? >> this is the short term and the long term. this means that the crisis is deepening in europe if they didn't clean things up. in the long term, i know mika picks the best op-ed. i don't k

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that's the cnbc debate tonight. and this is certainly the elephant in the room, this issue, and we'll see what if anything his opponents have to say. two reporters have been all over this story. michael shear covers politics for the "new york times,". maggie, i'm going right to the "politico," the campaign response can be summed up in three words, attack, attack, attack. yesterday they sent an e-mail detailing sharon bialek's past financial difficulties, her employment history, and her involvement in previous civil suits. the campaign called it a long and troubled history. meanwhile, cain's campaign manager made a bewildering accusation against karen kraushaar on fox news that the campaign was forced to retract today because it was totally, utterly false. let's watch. >> you start connecting the dots and trying to figure out whether it's coming from opponents on the left or the right. just at the press conference, it was brought up that the -- karen kraushaar was one of the ones and come to find out her son works at

that's it from cnbc, your first in business worldwide.an confirm that once she returned, she was upset. she said that something had happened and that mr. cain had touched her in an inappropriate manner. she said she handled it and didn't want to talk about it any further. >> wow. welcome to "hardball." that was the ex-boyfriend, years ago, of herman cain's accuser, sharon bialek, who's -- she's represented by gloria allred. in an interview aired today on fox, herman cain's wife, who has until now has not been part of the campaign, defends him. will this help keep cain in the running? and the candidates were fierce on foreign policy this week, all hawks, and on iran, mitt romney made a clear contrast between himself and president obama. he said if the president is re-elected, lan will get a nuclear weapon. if he is elected, they won't. is this the way to win the election? will cain's strategy of putting out his family work? and will romney's tough talk on iran help him win the nomination and the white house? john mcmahon and todd harris ar

cnbc's melissa francis joining me now.mers be watching out for other bank fees that banks might try to tack on to offset the loss of this particular revenue? >> oh, absolutely. i mean, you hit the nail right on the head. look at the other banks who have dropped the fees, sun trust, wells fargo, and i have to tell you when the legislation came into place restricting banks in terms of what they could charge and deals were made, banks said at the time this is our cost of doing business. our shareholders expect this profit, and so we're just going to have to institute the fees somewhere else and pass this charge on to the consumer somewhere else, this cost, and that's exactly what will happen. what it means to consumers you may have won this battle but check your credit card statement and check your checking account statement really closely and see where else you're paying this fee. >> bank of america now, the occupy wall street movement that continues to go on, netflix as well. consumers are starting to scream and shout and s

and welcome to this cnbc republican debate. i'm maria bartiromo. >> i'm john harwood.candidates on the stage tonight e -- jon huntsman -- michele bachmann -- newt gingrich --

first we'll turn to bertha coombs live at cnbc. >> good morning.utures are mod evidently positive right now. we'll get a reading on private sector payrolls coming out in about a half hour. also this afternoon we'll hear from the fed. they'll close out a two-day meeting with a press conference ben bernanke. you can watch that live on cnbc. if you're inclined this afternoon, 2:15 eastern time. markets still dealing with greece but feeling better after greek prime minister george p papandreou called for austerity measures that are required for greece to get a bailout deal. folks are still worried about that. as a result of that we saw the dow yesterday had a horrible beginning to the month, falling nearly 300%. it will start today at 11,658 having erased half of the october gains. and the nasdaq is down to 2607. >>> the fbi wants to look at emmett's books to see how the bankrupt firm may have used client's money. there are questions about whether mf used customer funds to support its own trades as they went bad. that violates rule. it's run by former

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this one on cnbc. eight candidates will participate in the debate on economic issue at michigan's oakland university. herman cain still fighting off those allegations of sexual harassment that could come up during tonight's debate. >>> italy may be heading down the same financial path as greece now. that could hurt all the world's markets even more. for more on that and other news before the bell, let's turn it to brian shactman live at cnbc world headquarters. a lot of 401(k)s look to be impacted by these moves, right? >> absolutely. listen, the stock market, people have closed their eyes on this. today it looks like a pretty ugly open. futures have turned sharply negative this morning after yesterday's rally. europe once again front and center. investors are worried about italy and its mounting debt. italy is the world's third largest debtor nation and has a much, much bigger economy than greece. if italy can't get its fiscal house in order, it could drag down the world's global economy. it's the hig

cnbc's geoff cutmore is live in london. >> it's amazing, isn't it, 17 turbulent years come to an end for mr. berlusconi. and you know what, at the end of the day, he did actually win the vote in parliament. but ultimately, lost his majority at that point i think he knew that the game was up. and then said he would be going. but not before new austerity measures are to be passed. and that should happen in about two weeks' time. you would have thought that would have been largely positive, coming into the european trading session. but we've also had a bit of news there is an increase in the margin requirement to be posted for those trading italian bonds. as a result of that, we've seen the yields on the italian debt, on the ten-year go through 7%, the market doesn't like it at all. equities as a result, have gone down very sharply. i'm just showing you the u.s. board here. let me back up. i want to show you how we're doing on this european session, because we are very weak. and that probably translates into a relatively weak start for the u.s. session. unless something changes in the n

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got together in rochester, michigan last night for a presidential debate put on by our friends at cnbc. the questions were focused for the most part on the economy, but the headline moment that will overshadow all others, came from texas governor, rick perry. his weakness in debates has been viewed as a primary reason for his fall in the national polls. and this moment will not help. >> it's three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education and -- what's the third one there? let's see. you need five. >> five? okay. commerce, education and -- the epa? epa, there you go. >> seriously? is the epa the one you were talking about? >> no, sir. we were talking the agencies of government, epa needs to be rebuilt. >> but you can't name the third one? >> the third agency of government i would do away with -- education, commerce, and let's see -- i can't. the third one i can't. sorry. oops. >> oops. the agency per was searching to as he pointed out later was the department of energy. speaking to reporters after the debate the texas governor said he was embarrassed. h