pressing the wrong buttons an american journalist is kicked out of the national press club for asking tough questions but isn't that a journalist's job or is the american media used to being subservience of people with power and. there were definitely american trainers american involvement american arms airplanes everybody knew it and it looks like cia secrets can't stay out of a forever especially when it comes to america's failed invasion of cuba and on the anniversary of john f. kennedy's assassination i'll take a look at some of the dark information the u.s. has been hiding for decades. it's tuesday november twenty second four pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl in here watching artsy well iran as facing fresh sanctions today the u.s. u.k. and canada have announced new financial and energy sanctions against the country it's all an attempt to stop iran from developing its suspected nuclear weapons program this comes after a controversial report came out from the un's a large dog agency which is supposedly. shows evidence that iran is pursuing nuclear ambitions meanwhile syria now be

impressing the wrong of but an american journalist is kicked out of the national press club for asking tough questions but isn't that a journalist's job or is the american media used to being subservient to the people with power. and it's one step forward two steps back this after another day of chaos on the streets of cairo so the death toll rises in the military violently crackdown on protesters of the revolution worth that. it's tuesday november twenty second eight pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching artsy. well a group of occupiers have gone to great lengths to get their message out about two dozen protesters wrapped up their journey of more than two hundred miles today they started out because of parking the big apple and arrived this afternoon at the occupy d.c. town and experience square. for us. here they are celebrating their arrival after the to read journey they plan their date of arrival today to coincide with the day before the super committee doesn't mind now that they're here protesters say they plan to spread their message throughout the nation's capi

and pressing the wrong buttons an american journalist is kept out of the national press club for asking tough questions but isn't that the journalist's job or is american media used to being subservience of people with power. it's one step forward two steps back for egypt this after another day of chaos in the streets of cairo the death toll rises in the military violence cracks down on protesters with the revolution worthing. it's tuesday november twenty second five pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. well the super committee doesn't seem to deserve their name today plans to go she a one point two trillion dollars in spending cuts failed both sides not budging on their stance as one wants to cut spending the other wants to raise taxes so it seems congress can't rise above their political agendas for the greater good of the country now these things are pointing began let's take a look at some of it. no deal the bipartisan panel fails to come up with a plan to cut one point two trillion dollars from the federal deficit the whole she super committee was. miscon

from austria he was at a press club and he wanted to go but before that obviously he was at the press club and i asked him and they let me have like four follow ups because he's not somebody who's part of the establishment so they were fine with me asking him a bunch of tough questions without any constraints and they actually can gradually the moderator who is the same moderator here came up and congratulated me you know afterwards for my good work so it depends on who the target is apparently so do you think there's unspoken rules about who gets the tough questions and who doesn't yeah i think it's people who are allied with the establishment get their soft treatment because the president wants to make sure that they keep coming you know they want access and they can't think of a more creative way of getting access rather than asking easy questions and i think all politicians leaders. and indeed all the leaders of movements and so i want to be subjected to tough questions so what do you think this has to say about the media and the freedom of speech and the last day i think the jour

closing out an appearance at the national press club with a little gospel singing. ♪ i'll never know jesus came ♪ ♪ to love me so >> reporter: now that may have been a first for the national press club. as for cain's wife, she stays out of the limelight and rarely appears in public, but cain told abc news today that she is traveling with him here today in d.c. and has been surprised by how the story has been told. his wife, diane, he told us, supports him 100%. >> okay, jon, thank you so much for reporting in on that tonight. >>> and for almost a year, we at "world news" have been reporting on the growing drug shortages in this country, chemotherapy drugs, antibiotics, heart medications, even those crash cart drugs used in emergencies. well, today president obama took action, signing an executive order, no congressional approval necessary, to force drug companies to take action when there's a shortage on the horizon. the most immediate change, a crackdown on price gouging due to the shortages, and that will kick in, starting tomorrow. >>> and you'll remember it was a jaw-dropping hea

cain's response at a lunch at the national press club -- >> i have never sexually harassed anyone andre totally false. >> reporter: but he did acknowledge he had been accused and investigated by the association. >> and it was concluded after a thorough investigation that it had no basis. as far as a settlement, i am unaware of any sort of settlement. i hope it wasn't for much, because i didn't do anything. >> reporter: that was his story at 1:00 p.m. later, in an interview on "the pbs news hour," cain elaborated. >> one incident with the one who made the formal charge, the only one that i could recall, after a day of trying to remember specifics, was once i referenced this lady's height and i was standing near her and i did this, saying, "you're the safe height as my wife," because my wife is five feet tall and she comes up to my chin. this lady is. obviously she thought that was too close for comfort. it showed up in the actual allegation. >> reporter: and tonight, speaking to fox news, cain contradicted his earlier remarks, saying he did recall details of a financial settlement of t

at the national press club today he responded, mr. cain did, to a question about whether he thinks another campaign leaked the information to the press. let's listen to mr. cain. >> i told you this bull's-eye on my back has gotten bigger. i have no idea. we have no idea the source of this witch hunt. >> well, it's either a bull's-eye on your back or a witch hunt. i don't think it can be both. jonathan, i think he's got his historic references messed up. my question to you, as an analyst, do was you know about this case look to be disqualifying? in other words, gets to character? >> i think the nature of the charges against him are very serious. he's got to answer more questions about what actually happened here. and also, he's got to try and get his story straight. he said midday today that he didn't know about any settlements at all. and then, again, a few hours later, even less than that, he's taping an interview for tonight and saying, yes, it was a settlement for about three months' salary. >> yeah, rolling disclosure, always looks

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he told the national press club he does not know who is behind the attack. >> i told you the bullseye on my back got bigger. i have no idea. we have no idea the source of the witch hunt, which is what it is. >> cain said he could only recall one complaint in innocuous terms. >> she was in my office one day and i made a gesture saying oh, i was standing close to her. i made a gesture. you are the same height as my wife and brought my hand -- i didn't touch her up to my chin and said you're the same height as my wife. my wife comes up to my chin. my wife of 43 years and put in there as something that made her uncomfortable, part of the sexual harassment in charge. >> national press club, mr. cain tried to reassure supporters herman will stay herman. he did acknowledge some people will be turned off by the cloud and said the others won't be. he kept a full schedule of media interviews while they're unanswered questions, it's clear that cain will fight back hard. >> bret: is there, are they talking about the possible political impact here yet? the campaign? >> the campaign is worried abou

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cain was at the national press club yesterday to talk about his 999 plan but there was no avoiding the headline. he denies everything. >> of a neve -- i've never sexually harried anyone and i was falsely accused while i was at the national restaurant association and i say falsely because it turned out after the investigation to be baseless. >> cain went to say that he did not know of any legal settlement in the case because of the group's privacy rules. politico did not identify the women involved in the suit. >>> next, why thousands of federal prisoners behind bars for drug convictions are now eligible to go free. >>> they were slammed by saturday's snowstorm and now facing another problem. the folks who were hit hard by the unusual weather. we'll update the story. coming up. were you eating smoked sausage in here? no! could have gotten me one. i did. try the unmistakable flavor of dunkin's new smokehouse sausage breakfast sandwich with sausage from hillshire farm. ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, com

i love that. >> so, this is at the end of his national press club.. >> dennis kucinich would do the same thing, and has. >> he has. >> okay. so, joining us now from washington, nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director and host of "the daily rundown," chuck todd. >> hey, chuck, can you break into a couple of verses of "holy, holy, holy"? >> i thought we could do some -- >> can i just say, you've got to give him credit that he went sort of -- >> what are you talking about? >> the fact that he went to a verse that most people don't know, you know? i mean, we all know the first part. he went to another part of "amazing grace." i've got to give him credit. he obviously knows every verse of the song. >> i loved it. i was absolutely moved by it. that was great. >> that just -- >> no, i was moved by that. chuck todd, tell me, so, what's happening in the republican side here? this is one crazy race. >> it is, and it's -- you know, watching -- we all knew herman cain was going to not survive, i guess. i mean, the prediction has been sort

was president at the restaurant association and they accepted pay outs to resign and during the press club cane fired back. >> i have had over 40 years of business experience running businesses and corporations and i have never sexually harassed anybody. >> cane said he was cleared of any wrongdoing and political editors standby their story. >>> they did not make the cut for a vice-presidential debate next year. they hosted a debate and they picked the university of denver, hofstra university of new york and lynn university in florida. >>> state officials are applauding the effort to keep together six refuge from flowing. it was shut down in the 1970s, a dam to hold back the waste failed in 1982. state officials restabilized the soil and rerouted rainfall to minimize damage. they showed damage of more than 90% of that toxic mercury. >>> and the rare and complicated surgery on twins doctors are set to perform tomorrow at away area hospital. >>> and warning goes into effect on the bay area, and on top of that i have rain with a five-day forecast, we'll see you back here in a few minutes. 0 ?

but yesterday, the national press club he tried to set the record straight. >> i have never sexuallyarassed anyone. and those accusations are totally false. >> reporter: the gop front runner denying any sexual harassment but according to a report by politico.com, two female employees made the complaints while cain ran the lobbying group here at the national restaurant association. well, at the national press club yesterday, he says he couldn't remember any complaint but changed his tune during the course of the day. >> one incident that i recall as the day has gone on, she was in my office one day. and i made a gesture saying -- oh and i was standing close to her. and i made a gesture -- you have the same height as my wife. and brought my hand -- didn't touch her. up to my chin and said you're the same height as my wife because my wife comes up to my chin. my wife of 43 years. >> i was talking to a source today who said that one of the women told him that herman cain invited her up to his hotel room and made sexually explicit suggestions to her that made her feel unconfidentable. tha

that was at the press club here yesterday. cain over the course of yesterday, a number of appearances and interviews, seemed to gradually remember more details about what happened when he was head of the national restaurant association back in the '90s. we have now confirmed that two women accused him of sexual harassment, and one received a five-figure settlement. >> i can't even remember her name because she had not been a long-term employee, but i do remember the formal allegations she made in terms of sexual harassment. >> reporter: cain says those allegations were baseless. he does remember a payout. cane says he doesn't remember much about the second. we have confirmed there was a five-figure pay-out in one of the cases. nbc talked to the hr manager and with board members who were there at the time who say they don't remember anything about this at all. >> tracie, thank you. meanwhile, rick perry is attracting attention on his own based on a stunt speech he gave friday night. now, the video of the texas governor's addres

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. >> he was singing the same song just two hours later at the national press club luncheon. >> i am unaware't do anything, but the fact of the matter is i'm not aware of a settlement that came out of that accusation. >> but miracle of miracles, somewhere between the national press club and the fox news studio in washington he gotç h memory back. >> yes, there was some sort of settlement for termination. we ended up settling what would have been a termination settlement quite frankly. >> any idea about what she was making a year? >> 45,000 to $50,000 a year maybe. >> did you ever see the settlement agreement with her. >> no. >> you didn't sign it? >> i don't recall signing it. the fact that i say i don't recall signing it doesn't mean that i didn't sign it, but i simply don't recall if i signed it. >> okay. he didn't totally recover his memory, but after a good night's sleep he remembered even more today. >> the word settlement was in the political article, i remember an agreement and in many companies and organizations call separation agreements. you don't call them separation settlements

he spoke at the national press club. he spoke to judy woodruff of pbs. he is speaking with greta van sustern and more information is coming out as the day has gone on. this does not bode well for herman cain or his campaign because, as we have seen on really substantive issues, abortion, immigration, gay rights, there's one other that i can't think of right now at the moment, but he says one thing and has to backtrack or change what he said. when it comes to allegations of sexual harassment, either you remember or you don't and we are seeing, with our own eyes as the day has gone on that he didn't remember and keeps remembering one nugget of information after another as the day goes on. >> it certainly was a brilliant strath straj strategy for diverting all media attention from the campaign skanl daal of campaign finance which has been uncovered in wisconsin by the paper there. finding that all sorts of illicit funding, contributions, financial support has gone to the cain campaign. what reads to be in clear violation of federal election law, and this ca

it is not often we have the opportunity to have such a prestigious member of the national press club address our audience and we are pleased that he is willing to return once again. please give a warm welcome to mr. tom brokaw. [applause] >> the other piece of that is that i include russia and that fraternity. -- i include rush in that fraternity. your father was a great friend and the godfather of a great club i belong to, anchor of the evening news. i will share a story about your grandmother who is one of the most favored people any of us could ever have the privilege of knowing. i'm sure you would agree. i always said he had betsy cronkite as a fantastic partner. we count on our wives to let the air out of us at the right time. meredith played that role in my life and her idol was betsy cronkite. for a couple of reasons. when the cronkites move from a town house into a high-rise in new york, she said to a friend," i miss the old place. the friend said," of course, you raise your family there and you had so many good years." she said she could bury all those damn platts. [laughter

closing out an appearance at the national press club with a little gospel singing. >> ♪ i'll never know the. >>reporter: cain has been married for 43 years. wife stays out of the lime light and rarely appears in public but told news today that she's traveling with him here in dc and has been surprised by how the story has been told. his wife he told us supports him 100 percent. about this is abc news washington. >> all right. let's go back to the weather. experience is here updating the forecast for us tonight. >> all right dan things looking good. very, very warm day coming our way. this afternoon by way of time lapse from the high definition sutro camera looking down at the golden gat gate. a little thin finger of fog manufacturing through the golden gate there for aill then dissipated and we had clear skies all around the bay area. sunny skies again tomorrow. high pressure up to 80 degrees tomorrow night in santa rosa. napa mid upper 70's around the bay and inland location even here at san francisco high of 74 tomorrow. high of 73 at half moon bay. down near monterey bay lack for eve

reporter: but at the national press club later cain offed his version of what did or did not -- offered his version of what did or did not happen. >> while at the restaurant association i was accused of sexual harassment. falsely accused i might add. reporter: at issue was a politico story claiming cain was sued by two women for inappropriate sexual behavior when he headed the national restaurant see, in the 1990s. cain -- restaurant association in the 1990s. cain said ole is unaware of a reported -- said i is unaware of a reported -- he is unaware of a reported five-figure settlement in the case. earlier cain had told fox news he believes the story which did not name his accusers was circulated to damage his presidential campaign. >> now obviously some people are going to be turned off by this cloud that someone wanted to put over my campaign. reporter: everywhere herman cain went in washington monday he was followed by a crowd at an event here at the national press club. it's been sold out for weeks, but these recent developments sent the room to capacity. wtop political analyst mark

the herman cain media tour rolled on to a prescheduled speech at the press club. >> in my 40 years of running businesses and corporations, i have never sexually harassed anyone. while at the restaurant association, i was accused of sexual harassment, falsely accused, i might add. as far as a settlement, i am unaware of any sort of settlement. i hope it wasn't for much, because i didn't do anything. but the fact of the matter is, i'm not aware of a settlement. >> tell you what, he's getting better as the day goes on. you can tell the godfather's former ceo has been schooled up. herman cain said he was unaware of any sort of settlement. shortly after the speech, cain taped an interview with greta van susteren at fox which he reportedly said, "i don't remember a number. we ended up settling for what would have been a termination settlement. maybe three months salary. i don't remember. it might have been two months." nbc news has confirmed one of the cain accusers did receive a cash settlement. later in the greta van susteren interview, herman cain described one of the encounters which le

that was at the press club here yesterday. cain over the course of yesterday, a number of appearances and interviews, seemed to gradually remember more details about what happened when he was head of the national restaurant association back in the '90s. we have now confirmed that two women accused him of sexual that racement, and one received a five-figure settlement. >> i can't even remember her name because she had not been a long-term employee, but i do remember the formal allegations she made in terms of sexual harassment. >> reporter: cain says those allegations never checked out. there was no corroboration. there was an investigation. and he vaguely remembers something about a settlement, which initially he said he didn't really remember at all. now possibly more troubles for cain. he says he's got an attorney oking into whether a charity that was started by his chief of staff illegally donated $40,000 to help get his campaign started. lynn? >> tracie potts for us in washington. thank you. >>> meanwhile, presidential con

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. >> he said the same thing yesterday afternoon at the national press club and then a few hours after that he seemed to have changed his story. >> i was aware that an agreement was reached. the word "settlement" versus the word "agreement," you know, i'm not sure what that called it. i know that there was some sort of an agreement, but because it ended up being minimal, they didn't have to bring it to me. >> herman cain last night. his explanation which he repeated today and this evening, coming down to a question of words. an agreement which he remembered or a settlement he didn't. cain has been questioned about the politico story on sunday. most of yesterday, before he figured out that when reporters were asking him about a settlement, they were talking about what he refers to an agreement. and remember, the campaign was made aware of the politico story ten days before that. it happened a dozen years ago. it's also true that cain denies any wrongdoing and remembers only one woman and one complaint and saying i don't recall again and again about a lot of aspects of the story. >> nope

during an appearance at the national press club, he had denied there was a monetary settlement with an accuser. he didn't know anything about it. but later in an interview with fox news, kaine said he did know of at least one payout. two women received settlements after accusing kaine of sexual harassment back in the 1990s. he says he was cleared of any wrong doing. >> the voters in laurel, maryland, now have less than an hour to cast their ballots in the race for mayor. the polls close at 8:00 p.m. the mayor has two opponents. they are the former commissioner. and there's also a council race. >> a 12-year-old girl being hailed as a hero after a fire broke out at a district heights apartment complex. today, kristin fisher caught up with china campbell on what she says is the biggest day of her young life. >> october 27, 2:00 p.m., a kitchen fire was spreading through the apartment complex. 12-year-old china campbell saw the smoke and heard her neighbors screaming for help. >> i was shocked, scared. i didn't know what to do. that's when i realized i was supposed to call 911. >> prince g

cain spoke at a press club and the accusations stem from a report that two female employees complained of inappropriate behavior. the women left the organization after receiving five figure deals and when asked both cain and chief of staff said they weren't aware of the deals. . now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >>> glen burnie, storm center weather net, an ruin dale community college, 4 a degrees. little bit of rain, there maybe moisture on the roads to slow you down. we've had 700s of an inch. look at annapolis, seems like something is missing, why does it keep missing us. this storm passing off of the coast, moderate heavy rain, clearing line, we clear out quickly, have to hold on clouds for midday, bay and eastern shore. 7:34 sunrise, sunny afternoon and high of 56. happy november to you, tonya. >>> i forgot it's november 1st already. >> i will remind you all morning. >> we are doing okay on the roads. light traffic out. there the outer loop has road work that wrapped up near baltimore national pike. this is the fo

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so, earlier in the day at the national press club, we heard that he had no idea of a settlement, thaty hoped there was not a high amount because he had no knowledge of it. and then as he did more interviews through the day, he started saying, okay, well, there was a settlement. so i asked him outside that pbs interview, why the discrepancy? and his words were that he knew there was an agreement but he didn't know that there was a, quote, settlement, which to him was a very legal term and he didn't want to say that there was some legal settlement, when in fact, there might have been a more informal agreement, saying that this is 12 years ago, so he wasn't familiar with all the facts. >> so he explained it by basically saying there's a difference between an agreement and a settlement, is that what i'm hearing? >> reporter: yeah. it's not a very satisfactory answer to people who are still questioning whether or not, how exactly it was resolved. again, the allegations, what exactly happened is still unclear. but you know, saying i didn't know if it was a settlement or an agreement when he

spent the day traveling around washington giving his side of the story, speaking at the national press club, the former godfather's pizza ceo dismissed the claims against him as false, saying his political rival mas may be to blame. >> i would be delighted to clear the air. in all of my over 40 years of business experience running businesses and corporations, i have never sexually harassed anyone. as far as a settlement, i am unaware of any sort of settlement. i hope it wasn't for much because i didn't do anything. but the fact of the matter is i'm not aware of a settlement that came out of that accusation. i told thank you bullseye on my back has gotten bigger. we have no idea the source of this witch hunt which is really what it is. we have no idea. we've been busy trying to get my message out. >> okay. but a few hours after he gave those remarks in a taped interview with fox news, mr. cain changed his course admitting that he was, in fact, aware of a settlement with his accuser. >> the general counsel comes in and says it's settled. did you ask what did you do? >> i did. >> what were you