haley barber talked about leadership and decision making. this was a mayor that really provided leadership and made strong decisions and helped out in running the city with of those attributes. in 2003, under mayor brown, i got involved in something crazy called the table top exercise. at that time, again, former secretary of state george schulz had come back from new york and asked about getting the military together with san francisco civilian forces to talk about disaster response. the general was on the telecommunications division at the time, heading up the telecommunications information services. we decided we would put the table top information together. i want to say one thing, off topic from this panel. 2003, i met a gentleman named randy smith. he was with the planning division. randy was the first person who gave me an education on tabletop exercises. from 2003 onward, he has been involved in every program i have put together on disaster response and a variety of other things. randy, are you here? thank you for following us for al

otherwise i think he should follow the example of mississippi governor haley barber who you recall was considering a run for the nomination and his camp even let it be known to us here at "the washington post" that he was considering a peach on race of his own to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the freedom writers and he decided not to run for president and one of the theorys is he could not figure out how to talk about his views on race in a way that wouldn't do him damage in his electoral process. >>> you suggesting that the context of race goes far beyond? >> absolutely. we have issues early on with the fon red rate flag and issues with the gravesites and memorials and plaques and against efforts of the naacp to remove them and other issues involving staff and things where they had plenty of reports of how rick perry does have a race problem and that the issue with his hunting camp is just more in a series of issues. >> karen, despite the issues, perry is raking in the money to the tune of $17 million. that in a sporter period of time in the period allocated for the candidates

talking about haley barber. he'll weigh in on herman cain.er and big rainmaker in terms of money raising for candidates. he hasn't yet formally said who he will endorse. we'll talk to him about all those issues, we'll also talk about the next al qaeda. el shabaab is sort of an offshoot group but growing and growing, more and more americans involved. money coming from americans. there's threats of attack on american soil. plus, john, there is a vigil going on downtown, not related to occupy swaul street or the halloween parade. we'll explain what it is because we can't resist. that's the only hint i give you. >> i like when you can't resist. i'm curious. you got me. if that's how it works -- >> one by one. all right, see you, john. >>> when we come back, it's damage control time in the cain campaign. why do his conflicting accounts about sexual harassment allegations complicate his effort than focus more on the economy and taxes. that's next. erica, we believe in a future that is better than today. since 1894, ameriprise financial has been wor

they know paul ryan has said positive things, that haley barber has said positive things.t dismiss the 999 plan yet because it obviously is taking root with people. >> is this a battle between the establishment and more of the tea party or the other party? >> i think it's a battle between bold changes and instinctive conservetism versus a more establishment let's fall back on the need for a plan. >> i don't think it's battle so much as it's a process of coming together to decide the direction of the party in the best way in which we can lead this country. >> it's got clarity and telling the truth. i'll tell you. the ones -- it seems like the loudest applause tonight when people took a bold stand and didn't back down and were very firm. >> we're going to come back to more with our really, really great american panel straight ahead. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery

favor not to acknowledge it, and it's sort of -- i'm kind of pleased whenever, you know, when haley barber says something or when an episode like this happens or we can think of many other up stances where -- instances where race peaks up its ugly head, it needs to be discussed, it needs to be ventilated. it has not gone away, and it's deeply embedded, and so i think it's, i think it's a good thing, and it's instructive when it happens, and even when we discuss it as you and i are discussing it now, it needs to be -- it needs to be discussed explicitly. >> ladies and gentlemen -- [applause] >> this event was hosted by the clinton school of public service at the university of arkansas. to find out more visit clintonschool.uasys.edu. >> this is a tale of abiding drama. first one is on september 23, 1955 in denver, colorado on the golf course. eisenhower had not enjoyed a vacation in years. believe it or not, the president of the united states, himself, cooked a huge breakfast that morning for his fishing buddies, but golf was the priority of the day. after a briefing, he headed to the countr

we will hear what haley barber has to say about herman cain. he hasn't endorsed anyone yet.on, he doubled their funding. it is important what he has it say, and we are looking forward that t.o. that. >> 7 p.m. eastern here on cnn. >> thanks, wolf. >> thank you. see you tomorrow, and tonight as well. >>> let's go to kabul, in what is called the worst loss of life for nato in a decade of war. 17 people killed in a suicide blast targeting a nato convoy. among them, nine americans. let's bring in nick with the latest. nick, you want to the site of this bombing, this explosion. it was massive. tell our viewers what you saw. >> it was quite remarkable. not just the size of the kraser but the fact that this bomb bought with a huge amount of explosive blue tones of armored bus, huge vehicle used to transport nato personnel around the capital, blew it right across the road to the other side of the highway over the reservation. so quite remarkable. nato officials today asking themselves whether something as powerful as this was simply an opportunist roaming around the capitol. somethi

haley barber sees big things for cain now apparently.laura ingram. >> if herman cain is running against obama, i think he will sweep the south. he is likable. he does not give you the impression that he's full of himself, but rather that he is a straight-talking person who will tell you like te sees it. >> do you agree? is cain the man to beat obama? cheri? >> yes, i think if he's the nominee, he most certainly can. haley barbour is one of the smartest guys in politics. cain could do very well with this. establishment folks are still getting used to the idea of herman cain, but grass roots have been on to this guy for quite a long time. he did not just show up overnight. >> maria? >> i think the enthusiasm over herman cain has more to do than the attention on mitt romney. but if he wins the nomination, that is a huge if, kyra. i don't think he's going to win the nomination. he doesn't even seem to be seriously putting forward the effort of organizing in all of the key early states. he's got no organization. he was in ohio yesterday in a

and if you decide, well, haley barbour gave a bunch of money to somebody and i do not like kailey barber, therefore, i'm going to vote against whoever he gave money to, well then you know it. but what we have done -- what congress has done, they have pushed the party away from the campaign so that outside groups spend more money on the campaign than the campaign spent. and that mean that literally. because the campaign in some states is allowed to take portions of no more than $500. it what we ought to do is have an unlimited contributions to the parties, and then let the parties do this. there is a far, far smaller chance of something being awry and it also gives the public what it wants and needs, disclosure. they will have full, immediate disclosure, and none of the public decide. if george sorus gives me $5 million, you can decide if you like that or if you do not care. but what we have done is made the money harder to find, harder to trace. and no offense, but a lot of the newspapers have been complacent in this. they say we should limit the amount of money and too much money is spe