. >>> last night lawrence o'donnell asked republican strategist steve schmidt what kind of impact he thinks the sexual allegation charges will have in the polls. >> the reality here is we have a check mate. we have on the one hand blanket denials by herman cain. on the other hand, anonymous women. on the other hand we have a settlement. so there's smoke where there's fire. then we have someone coming forward with 15-year-old allegations standing next to gloria allred which frankly doesn't help her credibility. it certainly doesn't help her credibility in the eyes of republican primary voters. i'm not sure where the story goes other than to say we live in an entirely new media age, where people choose the information they want to be exposed to. at the end of the day i think a scandal in the mainstream media may not be a disqualifier in the republican primary. it may, in fact, be a credential. >> lean forward with the last word with lawrence o'donnell weeknights at 10:00 p.m. eastern time only on msnbc. >>> last night herman cain was on abc's jimmy kimmel live where he took a swipe at

. >>> well last night on the "last word" with lawrence o'donnell, gloria allred, the attorney representing one of cain's accusers told lawrence what she would like to see next regarding these sexual harassment allegations against herm be cain. >> i think that the united states senate or the house of representatives should explore whether the laws against sexual harassment need to be strengthened. and in their pursuit of examining what kind of legislation might be needed. they should subpoena witnesses like herman cain right before the committee let him testify under oath, under penalty of perjury, let him be asked the specific questions that you, lawrence o'donnell, very rightly said he should be asked and more. i want to know every allegation that's ever been made against him in his employment history that involve sexual harassment. i want to know what the allegations were, what his response was, what every investigation of every employer showed and what the result was and how much money was paid. and then let's see what his answers are and i'd be willing to have my client go, 'sheed be w

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. >>> msnbc's prime time host lawrence o'donnell turns 60. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. matt lauer hits the road, the seas and the skies as he kicks off the 10th edition of his week long series, "where in the world is matt lauer." and actress christina applegait is light in the studio to talk about "up all night." >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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with lawrence o'donnell with tim pawlenty. i'm so looking forward to this. have a great night. >>> so it turns out >> i apologize. i apologize for calling her princess pelosi. >> he probably shouldn't have said that. >> you all stop asking me about it, okay? >> time for newt. >> attacking the media. >> it's sad the news media doesn't report accurately how the economy works. >> what is the media reporting inaccurately about the economy? >> maria is so much better than him? >> are you saying governor romney is pandering. >> we're getting our hat handed to us. >> sl have been disruptions. >> don't you love the first amendment? >>> who in america last night went to bed feeling worse than rick perry? yeah, maybe mrs. perry feels worse because you get the feeling that she is really more emotionally invested in picking new drapes for the white house than rick perry is for vetoing tax increases on billionaires. there is one man who has to feel much worse than rick perry. the man who should be the front-runner for the republican nomination for president, the man who

the last word with lawrence o'donnell starts right now. >> got to hand it to herman cain, he has brilliantly diverted attention away from his huge campaign finance scandal. >> i told you this bull's eye on my back has gotten bigger. >> can you now confirm that these allegations were with made? >> i would be delighted to clear the air. >> have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? >> i was accused of sexual harassment, falsely i might add. >> they complained of verbal and physical activity toward them. >> cain today said the accusation was false. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> herman cain has never sexual harassed anybody. >> anonymous sources claim it is sexual harassment. >> they have ten days to respond to the story. >> waiting ten, 11 days. >> we are not going to chase anonymous sources. >> not until today did he finally admit that yes, he was accused. >> i'm unaware of any sort of settlement. i'm not personally aware of any cash settlement. i'm not aware of a settlement. >> nbc has confirmed one woman received a settlement. >> i hope it wasn't for much because i didn'

i'll have to do this all alone because now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. i'm going to eat this thing myself. >>> in day two the her main cain cam faine sticks to its brilliant strategy to suppress coverage of the contain campaign finance scandal. >> her main cain was making it up as he went along. >> is he making it better or worse? >> worse. >> made it up as he went along. >> we didn't know what was going to be in that report. >> he's had six or seven different lines of defense. >> what i knew and what i didn't know. what i can now remember and what i couldn't remember. >> her mamanç kairn wacain was. >> the post says one of the women accused him of sexual harassment in the late 1990s want ups to tell her side of the story. >> herman cain's wife is out there giving an interview of her own. >> there's more stuff coming out. >> it will have legs now. >> we do know that he was caught lying on a scandal, alleged scandal. >> i am not -- i wasn't aware of it. i am unaware. i was aware that an agreement was reached. yes, that was some sort of settlement. don't

the last word with lawrence o'donnell starts right now. >> got to hand it to herman cain, he has brilliantly diverted attention away from his huge campaign finance scandal. >> i told you this bull's eye on my back has gotten bigger. can can you now confirm that these allegations were with made? >> i would be delighted to clear the air. >>. >> have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? >> i was accused of sexual harassment, falsely i might add. >> they complained of verbal and physical activity toward them. >> cain today said the accusation was false. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> herman cain has never sexual harassed anybody. >> anonymous sources claim it is sexual harassment. >> they have ten days to respond to the story. >> waiting ten, 11 days. >> we are not going to chase anonymous sources. >> not until today did he finally admit that yes, he was accused. >> i'm unaware of any sort of settlement. i'm not personally aware of any cash settlement. i'm not aware of a settlement. >> nbc has confirmed one woman received a settlement. >> i hope it wasn't for much because i

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>> well, it is actually the lawrence o'donnell endorsement that sunk my boat. the weight of the endorsement i could feel it by the day and by the hour and the minute dragging me down as if it were a political quick sand, but i do appreciate the rhetoric, but the weight of it took us out. >> well, i have to thank you for that very much, governor, because you have redeemed me with the audience that there was some good thing about that endorsement. >> glad i could help you. >> well, you know what i was doing, i kept saying that if the voters were sane and rational and i was not saying that out loud, but i presumed that the republican voters would be ra rational and the rational outcome would be that we can't vote for that guy who, you know, brought that health care bill to massachusetts with the individual mandate that we all hate. we can't vote for all of the others for a bunch of obvious reason, and there is tim pawlenty who has absolutely no strikes against him in conservative world, in republican world. i just thought all you had do was to stay in there and ev

last night on the last word with lawrence o'donnell, tom brokaw reflected on how atmosphere in washingtons has changed since another divisive time in our nation's history, the vietnam era. >> there were very strong feelings on both sides of the equation, about the war, about domestic policy, but at the end of the day, political figures as you well know would find a way to have a drink or to talk to eachç other or wander across t aisle and say how can we work our way through all of this. so much of that has been lost. and as i go across the country, i'm in maine street america a lot as you know, that's what i hear most of all, why can't these two political parties get together. if you go to main street america, you find the republican banker working with the democratic contractor or the guy with the backhoe. the farmer may have a different political view from the person he's dealing with or the woman who opens the grocery store, the convenience store down the street, but they've got to work together in these communities to keep moving their families and their communities along a path towa

msnbc's coverage of this election night continues now with "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >>> let he who is without sin cast the first stone. that's your cue, herman cain. >> tonight, the herman cain offensive. >> tell us what really happened. this is your chance. >> i wanted to make sure that i didn't miss any points. i have never acted inappropriately with anyone. period. >> woman accuses cain of groping. >> a story that is so inherently improbable on its face. >> if he denies that this happened, then he's calling her a liar. >> they simply didn't happen. i don't even know who this woman is. >> that had better be true. >> calling her a troubled woman. >> the democrat machine in america has brought forth a troubled woman. >> he's accusing the democratic machine. >> the democratic machine. >> he doesn't have any facts to back that up. >> some people don't want to see herman cain get the republican nomination. >> most professionals in the democratic party i know would love for herman cain to be the nominee. >> republican field is still in so much turmoil. >> you saw today tha

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i liken it -- rev, you mentioned what i said last night with lawrence o'donnell, like with serial killers. for every one person i may have killed, there's thousands i may not have killed. it's flawed logic. it's a game of she said, she said, she said, she probably would have said if she could speak. it is not a good look, as it were. again, any kind of evidence of thoughtful consideration about what he has done or the repercussions of what he said is not something that herman cain -- that has entered into his mirror. this is someone who has shown time and time again a certain defiance and real remorselessness about his actions or potential missteps. >> let me ask you this, alex. the whole idea of when the reporters brought up the character question and the audience started booing, have we gotten so extreme in this country now to you can't even ask a candidate about what is on the front page for the last nine days, including that day leading up to a debate? i mean, they were not accusing. they asked a comment, and it was like they insulted. don't the public have the right to want to at lea