mr. clarence has written about in his book on black churches in brooklyn, demanded 25% of the workforce be african-american. now that campaign ends on a bittersweet note. in some ways the workers, the civil rights activists don't win immediate hiring. they win some concessions from unions to open up apprenticeships but there is no agreement to bring black workers on the job. in the words of one core member, he said that the effort was a struggle in vain. so, i'm going to close though just with some observations about how the history of the northern civil rights movement and the history of civil rights activism and cities have by the south can show the way that labor union rights and civil rights sometimes complemented and sometimes contradicted one another. when they work together, civil rights and labor rights created strong avenues toward middle-class african-american workers and you only have to look at the last 40 years of changes in unions like the uaw and the american postal workers union, etc. to see the ways that african-american laborers have been able to enter the middle class th

mr. cain, when clarence thomas was near to achieving position of high authority, he was hit with a sexual harassment charge. you contending for presidency nomination, gets hit with sexual harassment charge. do you think race, being a strong black conservative has anything to do with the fact you've been so charged? if so, do you have any evidence to support that? >> i believe the answer is yes. by we don't have any evidence to support this. but because i am unconventional candidate running an unconventional campaign and achieving some unexpected unconventional results in terms of my, the poll. we believe that yes, there are some people who are democrats, liberals who do not want to see me win the nomination. there could be some people on the right who don't want to see me pause i'm not the, quote/unquote, establishment candidate. no evidence. >> but race have any part of that establishment, mav ring, yes. what about race? >> relative to the left i believe race is a bigger driving factor. i don't think it's a driving factor on the right. this is just basically from speculation. >> bret: la

mr. cain has said clarence thomas has been his model for supreme court judges. mr.te, has gone on the attack. this is on his website. he talks about veteran anchor bill kurtis says bialek was a former cbs employees with a track record. hers and cain's roles may even have been reversed in the car. i mean, victoria. now they're saying that she may have been the one that harassed him? >> i'm not going to be surprised if he comes out of accusing certain women of harassing him. white women vote. women in general vote more than men. if there's one demographic you do not want to alienate, is women. i don't know how the hard-core republican women will vote, gull maybe in their heart of hearts, it's going to weigh on them, and on the offchance that he does make it into the gen, he will be dead in the water. i think the reality is no matter the truth, part of what disturbs a lot of people is how they're being air gan about it. despite the allegations, princess nancy pelosi, mocking anita hill, it's one thing to say these are not true, it's another thing to act like i don't ca

mrs. obama being booed? chris: just how clarence thomas shoud owe powerful that word uppity is, describing the criticism he faced in his confirmation hearing. >> it a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way dare to think for themselves. chris: for rush limbaugh to haul out that word, it may be a sign that his audience thinks it's acceptable. when barack obama won in 2008, when that kind of talk was less public, he got 43% of white votes and that was the same level as bill clinton got in 1996. higher than al gore got with 42% of whites, and john kerry's 41% of whites. but it was clear in the 2010 midterms, when democrats got just 37% of whites and the president's current support with whites is at 38%. clarence, this is about politics and ethnicity. i have never heard the word uppity used except in combination with another word, the n word. >> it is the perfect dog whistle word and we also know rush limbaugh loves to walk that political correctness line and appeal to the demographics you're talking about. i think it's impo

clarence thomas deal. >> one of the instance ps mr.ard, sharon bialek, it possible it was a dozen or so years ago. do you believe, should he call the restaurant association and say release my expense records, any seating plans for any dins i went to, anything in the files, throw it out there, help me make my case? >> well, you can tell from the last several days, until all of the information that may be available is either produced or satisfactory demonstrated to not be available, then this is going to be a running sore. sure he ought to. from what he said today, got nothing to lose by doing that. have people settled lawsuits to avoid having to defend them? that happens all the time in the business world. but still, let's see what the accusation was, what proof there was of it. but he needs to get it behind him. all of the republicans need to get it behind them. tonight i hope it doesn't come up in the debate. if we're going to elect a new president like this country needs, and most americans know that we need a change in direction it

mr. cain being targeted unfairly, and if so why? jill i think the compare -- >> i think the comparison to clarence thomas is immature. there is an obvious distinction. there were fbi documents that were leaked. there were people testifying under oath about every last detail. when it comes to cain we have a campaign bump. it is completely immature. and if this is the best they can do attacking the credibility, i am not worried at all. >> i know you have serious issues with herman cain which you have discussed here many times. but the scandal doesn't seem to be damaging him. clearly there is something indestructible about this man. he is intensely likable. >> he is. there is no question about that. the thing that really concerns me about this isn't there is no allegations that i have no reason to think that, but if you are running for president of the united states of america and you have a couple of sexual harassment complaints, how are you not ready for that to be asked, and why do you expect it to come from an opposition research? there might have an a settlement. that's just insane. if you are applying for a job yo

joked about anita hill the girl in 1981 accused clarence thomas of the supreme court confirmation hearings in the u.s. senate there was a joke in front of mr. cain and he joked back. look at this. >> here is the latest news today, anita hill is going to come forward. [ laughter ] [ applause ] ' is she going to endorse me. >> responding to a joke from somebody in the audience. reached tonight for a comment. a lawyer for one of the women who has accused mr. cain of sexual harassment in the 90's had no comment upon it they are still working on joint appearance unable to coordinate it and no plans for that to happen any time soon. shep? >> shepard: new poll out that shows herman cain is still neck in neck can mitt romney in three key states. statistical tie in florida and ohio and actual poll in pennsylvania in quinnipiac survey. newt gingrich is in third place ahead of governor perry. same poll also shows the former governor romney in a dead heat with president obama in all three states. well, we have been getting a new warning tonight of a possible double dip recession in europe. why? coming up a look at how that could effect our bank accoun

clarence thomas made "headline news" severheadl ago. he was asked if he had heard from anita hill. listen to this. >> did you hear the latest from mrs. a? anita hill is going to -- >> well, for cain and the other republican presidential hopefuls, debate night again tonight. as our deputy political director tells us, there is no clear front-runner, still not one. >> just over seven weeks to go. a new poll indicates there's a crowd at the top of the field. >> it is a wide open rate race. >>> and newt gingerich, he has a point. the former house speaker is four points behind romney in the republican nomination. but when you take into account the survey area, gingerich is basically all tied. a new cbs poll indicates three points between the battle for the top spot between cain, romney and gingerich. >> there's this funny thing about democracy which is you have competition. it might be easier for me if i didn't. but i do have competition and i will face other people who will do well. >> republicans haven't made up their minds. nearly one-fifth of them say they're still unskied when it comes to which candidate they're backing. >> i think th

jenny thomas, the wife of clarence thomas, saying in washington you are guilty until proven innocent. do you agree with that? >> i think, first of all, his appearing with mrs. thomas wouldn't be the smartest thing to do. i certainly wouldn't have done that. anita hill is a fixture in american politics in terms of what went on during that period of time. cain needs to stand on his own two legs, on his own merits, on his own character. he needs to put his own message out. he doesn't need anyone else out there but herman cain. i agree with my friend, michael steele, when he says that if these campaigns don't get their acts together, and he particularly doesn't get his act together, it doesn't make any difference who he appears with. he needs to be able to look the american people in the eye and say this is who i am, this is what i am about. this is what happened whatever few years ago it was. this is what they are saying, but this is the actual fact. you make your own judgment. he hasn't done that. they have got to do it quickly, though. >> meanwhile, michael, as we're watching this, the perry campaign, who has been accused by herman cain's campaign is flatly

mr. cain have to testify under oath now? do you think it's that serious? >> as a presidential candidate, i don't know that there's any forum for doing that, unlike the clarence thomas confirmation hearings, but i was happy to say i hear ms. allred say she'd like to get a giant statement and eye like to work with her on that. >> amy, you've heard the various lawyers here. you've also seen now two of the women who have come forward of the four who made allegations. what is your overview of all this? can herman cain survive? >> well, i certainly can't speak to the credibility of his accusers and what happened 14 years ago, but we can look at the polls and reuters has a poll out after sharon bialek's statement yesterday and he's now behind mitt romney. falling nine points since last week. and 39% in this reuters poll said they believed those allegations yesterday. clearly the cain campaign feelses that this is hurting his efforts because they had that press conference today to try to address these claims. whether or not they were able to close the door on them, i'm highly doubtful. i think he opened a new can of worms particularly when he said that he'd be willi

mr. cain have to testify under oath now? do you think it's that serious? >> as a presidential candidate, i don't know that there's any forum for doing that, unlike the clarence thomas confirmation hearings, but i was happy to say i hear ms. allred say she'd like to get a giant statement and eye like to work with her on that. years ago, but we can look at the polls and reuters has a poll out after sharon bialek's statement yesterday and he's now behind mitt romney. falling nine points since last week. and 39% in this reuters poll said the he'd be willing to tak lie detector test. you were speaking with gloria allred and she demanded that he go up to capitol hill to testify under oath. i don't think that's going to happen, but herman cain has invited more of these questions and inquiry. >> let me bring back gloria borger then. politically, where is herman cain now? his poll ratings are sudden sliding. he looks in big trouble. >> he is in big trouble. i don't think the press conference today put the questions to rest. what you're starting to see now is other republican candidates like mitt romney out there saying that the charges are troubling. and i think that

clarence, let me go to you for a moment. i think the thing that bothers a lot of this. we had to deal with allegations about people that we defend, but mr. cain accused us on racist on the left, liberals. he accused this of an ex-employees, accused this of governor perry. i think the real story here is not just the sexual eye ink discretions or suggestions, that would be between him and his wife, but how do you blame everybody around the country, and the reality is you had ten days to clear this up or to say i'm not going to deal with this, rather than do that, you pay play the blame game, but then say vote for me to president? >> that's the reality. instead herman cain seems to be playing the clarn thomas strategy, which is to stand firm and accuse your accusers of victimizing you. you remember clarence thomas used that famous phrase, a high-tech lynching. he's blamed either fellow republicans or blaming liberals in general of -- blaming liberal media conspiracies. that is not the way to handle this situation. ever since the days of gary hart back in the '80s, we can see the best way to handle it is get in front of it. and stwles appea

clarence thomas had sexually harassed her. tonight, all looked at the life and legacy of ronald reagan. we will hear remarks from a former white house chief of staff who highlighted how mr. reagan's acting career played a role in his presidency and political career. see that tonight, added o'clock eastern on c-span. after that, all look back 20 years when anita hill testified to congress alleging that clarence thomas sexually harassed her. she recently spoke about that testimony at hunter college in new york. we will show that at 9 cockle 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> in the name -- 9:05 eastern. >> in the name of the greatest people, i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. [applause] >> for most of his life, george wallace was an ardent supporter of segregation, outspoken against the civil rights movement. he ran for president four times and lost, one of those cut short by an assassination attempt. this week on a cold the contenders call call live, from -- "the contenders" live. >> next, a look of the life and legacy of america's 30th president, gerald ford. we will hear remarks from james baker. from the presidential museum in grand rapids, mich.