i'm attorney gloria allred. attorney gloria allred. >> reporter: there she was just this past week... again! a must-see event starring her newest client, and herself. >> thank you for coming today. i'm attorney gloria allred. i'm here today with my client sharon bialek. >> reporter: republican presidential hopeful herman cain says he never heard of the client. >> i don't even know who this woman is. >> reporter: but he sure knows the lawyer. >> have you considered hiring gloria allred at your attorney. >> i can't think of anything that i would hire her to do, okay. >> reporter: plenty of women wouldn't agree. earlier this year, she was hired by the exotic dancer who received sex text messages from former congressman anthony weaner. >> all right. my package and i are not going to beg. >> the last time i spoke to him.... >> reporter: and she was with the women who claimed to be tiger woods' mistresses. and a client who complained that her womanly figure drew too many stares in the office. >> i see myself as a stro

gloria allred will be out there with her client, making presumably serious allegations against hermann. the difference, gloria, right now, the three other women who have been reported to have engaged or been a victim of sexual harassment, i should point out, herman cain flatly denies any sexual harassment whatsoever. they are all staying silent. this is a woman who is breaking her silence and going public and that raises it to another level because a lot of supporters have been saying it is unfair to make these accusations against him based on anonymous sources. >> that's right. and that's you see that the poll numbers, wolf, really haven't moved, although nbc and the "wall street journal" have just minutes ago released a couple of numbers from their own poll or herman cain and overall his unfavorable ratings have gone up from october from 18% to 35% but that's among the public at large, among republicans there's only 28% who have expressed some kind of concern over these allegations. but if this woman comes out, goes on the record, seems to be credible, you don't know whether thooe s

i don't know the law. >> they can't sue, but they can have a press conference with gloria allred and trash your reputation. joy they held it at the club and gloria got into the spirit. she tried her hand at stand up comedy. smee said, herman cain tried to present his own stimulus pam kedge. it was the same number of jobs that obama's version did. >> i thought it was fabulous what she did with that phrase. >> she should keep her day job. >> i am confused. if the allegations are true and all of them may not be true. we don't know. but noib on the right -- buts nobody on the right seems to care that cane was married when this stuff was going on. >> we have no proof of that, but that's what gavin said. >> if he was president -- if he wasn't married, is that going too far? going on a dinner date and putting your hand on their leg and making a crotch gesture and then when she says no, he goes, awkward, i will take you home. >> i don't think so except for the fact that all allegedly if he said to her, don't you -- you know, something about the job, about getting a job out of it. sort of a jo

i got some insight on both from prominent attorney gloria allred.loria allred, it's nice to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> on the day herman cain flip flopped his story regarding allegations sexually harassing two women 20 years ago, the high-profile lawyer, who often represents victims of sexual harassment, stopped by our studios. >> whomever is going to be elected president is going to be the employer of the largest workforce in the country, federal government employees. so, they have to set the tone. they have to be the role model and not tolerate sexual harassment and certainly not be anybody who has committed sexual harassment against employees in the past. >> allred does not agree with cain, who contends this scandal has not hurt his campaign. she says for the sake of credibility, he needs to get his story straight. >> he should probably get the other side to agree to lift the confidentiality completely and let's hear from everybody. >> right now, of course, the big trial is the conrad murray trial. allred does agree with dr. mu

. >> apparently she reached out to gloria allred last week. she says she does not anticipate filing any type of lawsuit. >> we're going to ask ms. allred and ms. bialek when she appears on "american morning." i'm not going to talk about this anymore. i'm going to talk about it any time it comes up. >> throughout yesterday there were only general denials and not specifics and it started to get a little more specific yesterday, and, of course, we'll hear a lot more from him today. >>> keep it on "american morning" because at 7:40 we're going to be joining by sharon bialek and her attorney gloria allred. >>> conrad murray was found by a jury. >> we the jury find conrad murray guilty of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. >> murray is stone-faced as he heard the verdict. you heard latoya jackson. latoya later calling the decision a victory. let's go to casey wian in los angeles. dr. murray is behind bars. >> reporter: he is behind bars reportedly on suicide watch. yesterday, different reactions from the lawyers on both sides. prosecutors very ha

never mind at her side was lawyer gloria allred, long time liberal activists. all-red clients in recent years were two porn stars accusing famous men of misbehavior. never mind that this woman who filed no complaint at the time is claim nothing legal action now. cain faces accusation with someone with a name and face and detailed story. it may not be fair and it may not be true but it takes the case to new territory. >> bret: can he survive this? >> i -- think he could survive the other allegations. althoughvy misgivings how they came about and the whole case. i think now it's almost impossible. he told everyone nothing else could happen, it had to be made up. a person with specifics. to deal with it, he has to rebut specifics in some way. i think it's going to leave republican voters when they get down to voting wondering whether it's someone they can put up against barack obama. >> bret: brit, thank you. newt gingrich will be a guest on our center seat segment tomorrow and will answer questions from the all-star panel and take your questions in special report

how did she get to gloria allred? how did she connect with the leading democratic operative for this kind of hit? i mean, this is -- this is way too fishy. i think they should tell the restaurant association to release the reports about these other two women in which the investigation exonerates him. >> does there come a point where herman says as he did this weekend and as he did today the answer is no, i didn't do it, and i'm running a campaign here. there's only so many ways and so many times i can say no. it's up to the people to decide. >> yeah. i think that's completely accurate. i think that's what he needs to do. the reason cain is holding in and doing well in the field despite this is because he's of a substantive program. by the way, sean, before we go, i don't know what your timing is. i want to mention that tomorrow is a crucial day in the states of ohio and virginia. >> we've been following it. >> democracy is on trial in both states, and i hope people elect a republican senate in virginia and kill the la

but i would call that a public relations miss tea gloria allred's part.u're trying to make a case glens cain, why try to be cute? >> yes, gloria allred has been on tv a lot and i don't think it does anything to damage the credibility of the accusation that she has made. in fact, herman cain's people talking about gloria allred as if she's the story. she's been the story here. the story is this woman who has made this accusation and seemed to do so pretty creditably to me. >> and you spoke to your client today. she has decided not to come forward publicly. does this woman's decision, some would say courageous decision, the campaign campaign would disagree, of course. but does this affect your clinlt's calculation? >> my client has not advised me of any change in her opinion to date. >> not to date. what the she tell but what she saw? >> my client and i corresponded by e-mail before the conference but we haven't spoken since the conference. as far as i know, it does not change my client's position. >> do you have any recommendation to her based on what you

i corrected gloria allred. i interviewed her earlier today. gloria allred said settlement.roveable. he said they were investigated and proven not to have merit. >> if it was totally baseless, they would not have taken two women and given them money whether you call it a settlement or severance. >> let's get some facts straight here. number one, he didn't sign anything. nonnumber two, there were independent investigations and the board of directors and the human resource office found there was no cause to go forward with anything. these severance packages in these kind of situations are done all the time because the cost of litigating is a lot more than getting the matter resolved. tamara and i were on your radio broadcast and agreed this is an unusual situation where we agree. i do think that cain's people the gate were slow here. i said that last week. >> sean: i agree with you. >> i think that hurt him. i think that continues to hurt him. on the other hand, i will say today he could not have been more emphatic. i don't disagree. it was too dismissive and done poorly. havi

gloria allred showed statements from two men who told her she told them in 2007 cain had been sexually inappropriate. she says she decided to do it publicly. >> i want you, mr. cain, to come clean, just admit what you did. >> reporter: cain issued a statement denying what he called false allegations. sharon buy lick says she's telling her story to put a name and face to the charges. steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> last night lawrence o'donnell asked republican strategist steve schmidt what kind of impact he thinks the sexual allegation charges will have in the polls. >> the reality here is we have a check mate. we have on the one hand blanket denials by herman cain. on the other hand, anonymous women. on the other hand we have a settlement. so there's smoke where there's fire. then we have someone coming forward with 15-year-old allegations standing next to gloria allred which frankly doesn't help her credibility. it certainly doesn't help her credibility in the eyes of republican primary voters. i'm not sure where the story goes other than to say we live in an entirely new

a bombshell in the herman cain story today as a woman represented by gloria allred gave a vivid countf what she alleges cain did to her in a car more than ten years ago. sharon bioleck says she traveled to washington, d.c. back in 1997 to meet with mr. cain for help finding a job. she had met him previously at the national restaurant association convention before being laid off from a job there. here she is earlier today describing a night in which he took her out for drinks, dinner, and a drive past that nra office. nbc news has not independently confirmed her allegations. let's listen to ms. bialek. >> instead of going into the offices, he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it towards his crotch. i was very, very surprised and very shocked. i said, what are you doing? you know i have a boyfriend. this isn't what i came here for. mr. cain said, you want a job, right? >> whoa. i guess that's about a clear a case of sexual harassment. looks to me like sexual assault, basically. you've been

now gloria allred. that is expected. >> this is like when you are in class and have the mid-term paper. you are saying i need more time. the cain campaign will play this game. the final is in january. some of this stuff will work for two week fist they want to procrastinate because they have a base that is amped up on picking an enemy. i agree with the comments that there is money and an organization and when it's due on january 3rd, i won't see a strong operation to win. >> sherry, let me bring you in. there was a great conversation on "morning joe." he said there may be an opening now for newt gingrich. let me play it. >> if you are looking at who can come on the field and make arguments on the issues we used to think mattered, of these candidates, i think the answer is there. he has an ability to deal with the issues that i think is why she the next guy up. >> i'm a big newt gingrich fan and i have been defending him. others have said that he should pull out and i was like why? he was the grown up on

as did gloria allred. the burden has now shifted.ve clearly presented an extremely credible case with specifics, with a timeline that he must answer. he can't simply say, it didn't happen. he now has an obligation to answer those charges. and if he doesn't, he's going to have no credibility as a presidential candidate. >> because she's been very specific and seem to have the backup of two over people that she confided in at the time, including one being her ex-boyfriend who is a physician, these are credible people. >> right. >> who appeared to have signed affidavits here. >> right. and also there are three other witnesses. and each story corroborates each other. if gloria allred is right, and i assume she is, that none of these people knew each other, this has now become a very credible allegation and the burden has clearly shifted to cain. he must answer these charges. >> alan der show with it and john mccabe, thank you very much. >>> he testified for the defense and brought michael jackson's doctor to tears when he set that conrad

and now to gloria allred. know the defamation lawyer by herman cain said think twice and it seemed to me that the statements from the purported victims of sexual harassment, by herman cain were muted by that admonition and that threat in a sense. will you continue to pursue your case against herman cain? >> i can't speak for the other women geraldo because i don't represent and had no contact with them directly. i can speak for sharron and she will not be intimidated or deterred. she will continue to speak out. and i wouldn't be surprised if there were more developments. >> don't give us tantalizing hints there. what do you mean? you mean more women or sharron will come up with proof or what do you mean? >> we'll have to wait and see. all of i can say a presence of a lawyer along with mr. cain will make no difference whatsoever in what we have to say or do. >> just 15 seconds and i will have the panel stay on past the commercial if we can. i don't know if we can with the satellite. are you promising more revel

eastern, with cain accuser sharon bialek and her attorney, gloria allred. stay tuned.things up from here. >>> we're just moments away from something herman cain said just this weekend wouldn't happen. he will go there. he will talk to reporters in scottsdale, arizona, about the sexual harassment charges against him. cain had hoped to put an end to this mess by burying it with silence, but when sharon bialek came forward yesterday with gloria allred, that went out the decade. she said more than a decade ago, cain made physical sexual advances on her when she was seeking his help in landing a job. yesterday's news conference actually put a face and a name to one of the complaints against cain and forced him to do something he didn't want to do, hold this press conference this afternoon. cain's imagine among republicans had been holding up well through the weekend, but there are now some indications that his reputation that begin to suffer. joining me now, nbc's david gregory, the moderator of "meet the press." eugene robertson is a columnist for "the washington post" and

. >> gloria allred is here to help him remember. >> i'm gloria allred. one of our witnesses agreed to come forward. >> the boyfriend backs her story. >> this is the man we met so many years earlier. >> she told him that cain grabbed her. >> herman cain held his own news conference and stated about sharns quote, i don't know who this woman is. >> i don't even know who this woman is. >> we look forward to mr. cain's response. >> there are other things that herman cain can't remember. >> do you agrow with president obama on libya or not? okay. libya -- >> this goes on for five minutes like this. >> got all of this stuff twirling around in my head. >> got a lot of stuff twirling around in my head. no, that's a different one. cain has fallen from front runnerer this third. time to make way for newt. >> the neutron bomb. >> now we are talking about the rise of newt gingrich. >> republicans liking inning in on their pizza pie. >> newt gingrich is surging in the polls. >> would you care to evaluate governor romney's ability to think outside of the box? >> no. >>

. >> have you considered hiring gloria allred as your attorney? (laughter) >> you almost made me say something that my handlers say you should not say. let me put it to you think way, i can't think of anything that i would hire her to do, okay? (audience reacts) >> stephen: (laughs) and that look says he knows how many things for women to do. and if he'd hired them do it, maybe you wouldn't be in this trouble. the point is cain was great with jimmy. as fox news's web site declared, cain hit home run on kim nell-- which is impressive because he was only trying to get to third base. now none of this... folks, i'm telling you, none of this is going to stop my man hermann and here is why. >> the day of the firestorm of these accusations we haded highest fund-raising day online in the history of this campaign and it has not stopped. >> stephen: yes, and it is not stopping tonight! i am writing a personal check to herman cain right now. all right, here we go. what is the maximum amount that you are allowed to write a candidate? $2,500? (bleep) that. (la

according to reporters on the scene, upon hearing that, gloria allred and woman due to speak about theions against mr. cain turned around and decided to wait backstage at the club for a few more minutes so they could enter the press conference on their own terms instead of announced by the howard stern guy. the press conference finally did start. the accuser who came forward today was a woman who worked at the national restaurant association educational foundation in the mid 1990s. she said after losing her job at the nra's foundation she met mr. cain in washington to ask him for hep in getting another job. mr. cain made an aggressive and unwanted sexual advance toward her. >> he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it toward his crotch. i was very, very surprised and very shocked. i said, what are you doing? you know i have a boyfriend. this isn't what i came here for. mr. cain said, you want a job, right? i asked him to stop and he did. >> herman cain campaign responded to this. actually t

. >> bret: sharon bialek and her attorney gloria allred, called he, in that allegation, herman cain.e cain campaign released a statement after the news conference saying in part, activist celebrity lawyer gloria allred is bringing forth more false accusations against the character of republican front runner herman cain. all allegations of harassment are completely false mr . cain never harassed anyone. take a look at the latest poll. the "usa today" gallop poll out. he ties for top spot. this is november 2-6. a number of days since it surfaced. what about the wrinkle? jonah goldberg, national review online. mara liasson of national public radio. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles? >> well, the presence of gloria allred doesn't help anyone's case but this is nevertheless a serious charge. it's not sexual harassment, she wasn't an employee at the time. if true, it's more sexual assault which is worse. to be lawyerly about it, corroboration is not as weak as presented. this are affidavits of people who said she spoke to them at the time. but she said she was embarrassed t

. >> bialek's attorney, gloria allred, said cain went far beyond career counseling. says without her knowledge cain upgraded her room at the capital hilton to a suite. herman cain denied he was sexually harassing anyone, that he was falsely accused in two cases that the national restaurant association settled. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> he keeps shifting, changing his story. >> joe camarato who represented paula jones against president clinton said this whole thing doesn't bode well for herman cain who first denied knowing about a sexual ha a. settlement, then later said he -- harassment settlement, then later said he did know about it. >> it doesn't ring true and that says a lot of the character of the person running for the office of president of the united states. >> mr. cain i implore you make this right. >> now all these allegations so far don't seem to be affecting herman cain in his run. he remains at the top of the polls in a statistical dead heat with mitt romney. we are learning more tonight meanwhile about cain's accuserren and at 11:00 w

joining me now is sharon bialek's attorney, gloria allred.ouor my side, which is occasional. these are serious allegations. you said and made a big point in your press conference -- and i watched the whole thing -- that your client could have sold the story, it could have been about money. but it's not. why won't she rule out a book deal? >> she has no plans to make a book. >> new york times, miss sharon bialek has said she is not seeking money but she has not ruled out a book deal. you made a big point saying it wasn't about money. >> i have spoken with her. no one has offered us a book deal. we haven't looked for a book deal. she hasn't talked to anyone about a book deal. >> you have been in celebrity media a long time. that's not nonsense, you know and i know she's going to get a book deal. >> she has already told her story. that's what is important. the critical point where she could have made money, she could have sold her story without any charge -- >> sean: but if she tell its more -- >> she's not -- take the book deal off the table. i

and now this one, the last one, she hires gloria allred who has a rogue gallery of women who just lookof gloria's recent cases, ginger -- what was her name? ginger lee, porn star, offended by anthony weiner texting her. my favorite was the new york case. remember the banker who said she was fired for being too attractive and appeared at a press conference with a low c cut -- the fact that gloria allred is representing her i don't know if that adds credibility. why wait 14 years? >> she does have a lot of very serious women in cases in her history. >> i could defend each of these cases if he hires me. politics is another matter. >> gloria, you were jumping in. go ahead. >> just because she hired gloria allred doesn't mean she's not telling the truth. >> absolutely. >> let's talk about the politics. a poll came out which granted was taken before today's coming out by ms. bialek. tied still. >> this is what's extraordinary. this shows his supporters are ere eroding but not imploding. numbers the same as a month ago before allegations started to swirl before today's press conference. here'