whatever lynne wood knows. the chairman said otherwise. who knows what herman cain is going to do. if he's going to open a new campaign office in northwest georgia on the same day he's announcing he's getting out of the race, that's going to be a very short opening of an office in northwest georgia. >> mine is just an editorial statement how they poo-poo eed sexual harassment. >> i would add -- i would add to that, though, i think it's the totality of it. i think when it first came out, herman cain denied it, said there's nothing to it. it was a he said versus she said. then it wasn't one woman or two women, it was four women. on top of that, the allegations of the affair. i think the context of it is why you are seeing it impact more than it might have before. >> i think it's that. i also think the latest female passes the smell test. that's my opinion. you look at her and she's got an err of credibility to her. yesterday, herman cain admitted his wife did not know about the most recent accuser, ginger white. white couldn't believe mrs. cain didn't know. let's listen to both. >> m

for whatever it is that lynn wood knows. herman cain said otherwise. mark block, his campaign chairman, said otherwise. who knows what herman cain is going to do. but if he's going to be opening a new campaign office in northwest -- in northwest georgia on the same day that he's announcing that he's getting out of the race, then that's going to be a very short opening of an office in northwest georgia. >> mine is just an editorial statement about how individuals on the right pooh-poohed claims of sexual harassment. that was not perceived as any kind of a big deal. alleged fanny pinching at the office. or whatever it might have been. but the minute it's infidelity, we've got to abandon ship and go where. >> michael, i would add to that, though, i think it's the totality of it, you know? i think when it first came out, herman cain denied it. he said, there's nothing to it. it was a he said versus a she said. then as the weight of it wasn't one woman, it wasn't two women, it wasn't three women, it was four women, and then on top of of that the allegations

i want to play a sound bite from herman cain's attorney lynn wood on cnn's "piers morgan tonight" on appears that this individual's accusations are going to be about alleged consensual conduct between adults. and i, as a matter of principle, whether you or the media agree with it or not, i believe our political candidates and our public officials, despite their positions, still maintain some zone of privacy. >> so, dan, there you go. it's the media's fault and it's nobody's business. but it didn't seem to work very well. what should cain's strategy have been? >> when you decide to run for president, you can't decide what issues are in bounds and out of bounds. cain's campaign didn't realize that. one of the things you have to do on a presidential campaign is every morning, every day, you have to think of, what are the questions i'm going to get asked today and do i have answers to those questions? throughout the campaign, i think we saw evidence that that wasn't the case with the cain folks. >> dan, should he have known better? many strategists i speak to, both republicans and democr

for whatever it is that lynn wood knows. herman cain said otherwise. mark block, his campaign chairman, said otherwise. who knows what herman cain is going to do. but if he's going to be opening a new campaign office in northwest -- in northwest georgia on the same day that he's announcing that he's getting out of the race, then that's going to be a very short opening of an office in northwest georgia. >> mine is just an editorial statement about how individuals on the right poo pooed claims of sexual harassment. that was not considered any kind of a big deal. alleged fanny pinching at the office. but the minute it's infidelity, we've got to abandon ship and go where. >> michael, i would add to that, though, i think it's the totality of it, you know? i think when it first came out, herman cain denied it. he said, there's nothing to it. it was a he said versus a she said. then as the weight of it wasn't one woman, it wasn't two women, it wasn't three women, it was four women, and then on top of the allegations of the extramarital affair. i think the tot

herman cain's attorney, lynn wood, went at it with piers morgan last night, blaming the media. >> why interview talking about the scandal? >> it's a good question after sitting here for the last 15 minutes, but i came here to try to put what was going on in herman cain's life and his candidacy into perspective, to try to bring attention to the fact that i don't believe that he's been treated fairly, that i don't believe that many people, particularly in the media, have utilized their common sense in approaching these accusations, and i'm also coming on to say that i believe that if you're going to attack and impune someone's character, then do it with facts, not unfounded, unsupported accusations. in your example, if, hypothetically, it were to be proven that any political candidate had, in fact, engaged in a longtime extramarital affair, if that is a proven fact, then use that fact to judge that candidate's character, but don't judge that candidate's character simply because somebody has made an accusation, for whatever their motive may be, and they aren't in a position to prove it.

then his lawyer, lynn wood, saying he would not address the allegations because he doesn't think they're germane to a political campaign. at hevery step of the way they'e fumbled and bumbled and unable to articulate a coherent response. there was no reason to believe things would turn around if they stayed in the race. >> goldie, what do you make of the website that's been put up by the cain campaign that's encouraging women supporters to come out and go after and basically trash the accusers? i have never seen anything like this in american politics. this is a new low in my opinion. what are your thoughts on it? >> well, it is a new low, but it's something to be expected from the cain campaign. i've been saying for weeks that cain's national staff is guilty of nothing short of malfeasance. that if he had a chance, if he had a pathway to victimory in t race, i never believed they did, he squandered it. over the last few weeks, it's been validated again and again. to go up with a site like this, on these days when he's under assault on issues of how he treated women in his life, including

. >> herman cain's attorney lynne wood went at it with piers asking so many questions about the growing. >> why are you doing an interview? we're always talking about the scandal? >> a good question after sitting here the last 15 minutes, but i came here to try to put what was going on in herman cain's life and candidacy into perspective, to try to bring attention to the fact that i don't believe that he's been treated fairly, that i don't believe that many people, particularly in the media, have utilized their common sense in approaching these accusations and also come on to say that i believe that if you're going to attack and impugn someone's character, then do it with facts. not unfounded, unsupported accusations. in your example, if hypothetically it were to be proven that any political candidate had, in fact, engaged in a longtime extramarital affair, if that is a proven fact, then use that fact to judge that candidate's character, but don't judge that candidate's character simply because somebody has made an accusation for whatever their motive may be, and they aren't in a positi

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deborah lynn woods. joe nathan woods. joe nathan woods jr.. mark james's einberg, we remember.no go. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we are going to go a little bit out of order. we were going to have bob mueller but instead we are moving up the attorney general partly because he has to leave and he can't stay for the entire -- stay as long as he can. the attorney general, the position, if there's a job in government that gets more criticism than the transportation security administrator it's the attorney general. i just want them both to know that is not true here. you are both among friends here. we are very grateful for what both of you have done to keep this country safe. the attorney general, a number of people called and said, how did you get the attorney general to come speak? we didn't invite him and we did not invite bob mueller. they wanted to come here and they wanted to talk to us. the attorney general and bob mueller worked on this case 20 years ago when they were in the u.s. attorney's office. no one knows this case with the exception of ryan murch i

. >> my name is lynn wood. those of you who know me, know that i talked about this issue, social security. i have worked for 25 years. they tell me social security is an entitlement. medicare, and entitlement. i put my hard-earned money into these two programs. i want it to be secure. they tried to put fear into me, saying it is not secure. this is my proposition. it can be secure. lift up the cap, have everyone pay in. i know there are people in this room that use it. my parents used it. i want it to be there for my children. thank you. [applause] >> my name is levi, i am 18 years old with muscular dystrophy. i have been very upset with the government lately. when i was at home, i was not getting enough medical care and i have to move into a group home. i was not being treated well there. i was getting bruises, hurt every day. then i moved to another group home, and i am still getting hurt. my sister, when she was young, she was a premy. if we have the health care that we did not have now, she would not have m