economist mark zandi and veteran political journalist ron brownstein of the "national journal" and peter baker of the "new york times." i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> herman cain and michele bachmann were on this show the day after the iowa straw poll in august. she won, he was fifth but unbowed. >> this campaign has encouraged and our momentum continues to grow. >> in an august quinnipiac poll, bachmann ranked third among republicans with 12%. cain just 5%. now in a cbs news poll of republican primary voters, she sits between ron paul and rick santorum with 4%. he's tied for first with mitt romney. herman cain is big league now soaking up the limelight on "the view" and the "tonight show" promoting his book "this is herman cain." still many the topsy-turvy universe of 2012 politics, getting to the top and staying there are wholly different things. with me now, republican presidential contender herman cain. >> thank you, candy. >> thanks for finding time for us between "the view" and the "tonight show." appreciate it. couple of topics have been in the news and i want

. >> reporter: the indictment announced by prosecutor jean peters baker is unprecedented in the historyf the catholic church here in the united states. kansas city bishop robert finn is accused of not telling police he knew about hundreds of sexually explicit pictures of children on the computer of a parish priest. that priest, reverend shawn ratigan, was charged last spring with possession of child pornography. parishioners also raised concerns that ratigan was behaving inappropriately around children. >> this is about protecting children. >> reporter: authorities say bishop finn knew as early as december of 2010 that ratigan possessed the photos and kept that information from police for five months. ratigan was arrested in may of this year. the diocese of kansas city st. joseph issued a statement saying: >> we think it send a very encouraging signal to victims. >> reporter: david clohessy is with snap, the survivors network of those abused by priests. >> this is a new era in which prosecutors will go after not just the pedophile priests, but the catholic bishops who enable their crime

. >> reporter: kansas city prosecutors jean peters-baker is charging the first american catholic bishopl abuse to children to police. the bishop and the diocese of st. joseph are accused of sheltering this man whose laptop was allegedly filled with child pornography. >> i can assure you that this has nothing to do with the catholic faith. this is about protecting children. >> reporter: authorities say bishop fin knew as early as december of 2010 that ratigan possessed the photos. ratigan was arrested and charged in may of this year for possession of child pornography. a statement was issued saying bishop finn denies any criminal wrongdoing and has cooperated at all stages with law enforcement. >> reporter: david closy is with the survivors network of those abused by priests. >> the bishops who ignore and conceal and enable the child sexual crimes, finally, finally beginning to face the music. >> reporter: this indictment comes nearly ten years after the nation's catholic bishops pledged to support suspected abusers to police. if bishop finn is convicted he could be sentenced to a year i

the title of the book, "no higher honor," a preview of that from peter baker this morning, who obtained copy of the book. a look at the tumultuous years on the attacks on the u.s. host: one other point from the book, obtained in advance by "the new york times," is that it is the latest in a string of memoirs emerging from the bush administration trying to define the history of their tenure. host: you can read the story, in side of "the new york times." back to your calls and comments about president karzai. madison, you are on the air. caller: hello? host: go ahead, please. caller: this thing has been going on in this country for thousands of years. these countries need to work this out. americans need to pull out and let them deal. i feel as though president obama -- even the republicans did the right thing by walking out of the u.n. and allowing these countries to work it out. host: thank you for the call. from our twitter page -- "i wonder how karzai really got his office. i think the last election was rigged." "the new york times," with this story from yesterday on the freedom forum