. >> susan mcginnis is in washington with much more on this. good morning, susan. >> betty, good morning. now an accuser with a name and a face. this is going to accuracy the calls for herman cain to come forward and answer all the questions. he still flatly denies this and he will set the record straight. herm yab cain will hold a press conference in phoenix today to fight the latest sexual harassment allegations against him. >> i want you, mr. cain, to come clean. just admit what you did. >> reporter: monday, sharon became the fourth woman to come forward, but the first to go public. in graphic details, she described how cain touched her inappropriately when she was looking for work. >> i was very, very surprised and very shocked. i said, what are you doing? mr. cain said, you want a job, right? i asked him to stop and he did. >> cain insists he's never sexually harassed anyone. >> there's not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations. >> reporter: he tried to clear the air last night on jimmy kimmel live and promised this would not derai

. >> susan mcginnis is in washington with much more on this. good morning, susan. >> betty, good morning. now an accuser with a name and a face. this is going to accuracy the calls for herman cain to come forward and answer all the questions. he still flatly denies this and he will set the record straight. herman cain will hold a press conference in phoenix today to fight the latest sexual harassment allegations against him. >> i want you, mr. cain, to come clean. just admit what you did. >> reporter: monday, sharon became the fourth woman to come forward, but the first to go public. in graphic details, she described how cain touched her inappropriately when she was looking for work. >> i was very, very surprised and very shocked. i said, what are you doing? mr. cain said, you want a job, right? i asked him to stop and he did. >> cain insists he's never sexually harassed anyone. >> there's not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations. >> reporter: he tried to clear the air last night on jimmy kimmel live and promised this would not derail

susan mcginnis joins us now from washington. good morning, susan. so what is the latest on this shooting? >> good morning, betty. >> reporter: the shooting happened last friday. he was arrested yesterday and as ortega-hernandez hits to court today in pittsburgh, a lot of questions surrounding his mental health. oscar ramiro ortega-hernande ch assassination when he appears in court this afternoon. police arrested the 21-year-old at this pennsylvania hotel wednesday, nearly a week after shots were fired at the white house. >> he wanted to know why he was being taken into custody. he did not have any identification with him. >> reporter: officials say or teg a-hernandez left his drive's license and assault rifle and spent she will casings in ab abandoned car after a shooting on friday night. the president and his family were out of town. the police combed south lawn for bullets. one of them cracked a window on the residential level where the master bedroom is located but didn't get past bullet-proof glass. ortega-hernandez was apparently obsessed with

susan mcginnis is in washington. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. after this huge failure, now these severe automatic cuts are set to kick in in 2013 now the president in new hampshire today will have some strong words for congress. president obama is expected to keep the pressure on congress when he heads to new hampshire this morning. >> there will be no easy off ramps on this one. >> reporter: monday, he threatened to veto any attempt to bypass automatic spending cuts after a congressional super committee announced it had failed to reach a deficit reduction deal. >> the only way these spending cuts will not take place is if congress gets back to work and agree owes a balanced plan to reduce the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion. > >> reporter: without an agreement, just about every government program faces drastic spending cuts beginning in 2013 including the pentagon. leon panetta said the cuts threaten to tear a seam in the nation's defense. so what went wrong? republicans refuse to raise taxes on the wealthy. the gop is blaming democrats for n

susan mcginnis joins us now from washington. good morning, susan. so what is the latest on this shooting? >> good morning, betty. >> reporter: the shooting happened last friday. he was arrested yesterday, and as ortega-hernandez hits to court today in pittsburgh, a lot of the questions are surrounding his mental health. oscar ramiro ortega-hernandez could face charges of attempted assassination when he appears in federal court this afternoon. police arrested the 21-year-old at this pennsylvania hotel wednesday, nearly a week after shots were fired at the white house. >> he wanted to know why he was being taken into custody. he did not have any identification with him. >> reporter: officials say ortega-hernandez left his driver's's license and assault rifle and spent shell casings in an abandoned car after a shooting on friday night. the president and first family were out of town at the time. wednesday, the secret service combed the south lawn for more bullets, after finding two that hit the white house. one of them cracked a window on the residenti

we go now to susan mcginnis in washington with more. susan, good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. >> reporter: we have had candidates survive scandal and flip-flops and flubs, and now with a surprising come back from behind of newt gingrich, when it comes to iowa and the republican nomination, it is still anybody's guess who gets it. the republican candidates are hitting the campaign trail hard, especially in iowa, where the first caucus is just seven weeks away. a new poll of likely iowa voters shows a tight race with four men near the top. herman cain still holds the lead, despite accusations of sexual harassment and several missteps when answering foreign policy questions. >> i have never had high elected office. >> reporter: cain is trying to convince voters that his background as a ceo gives him an advantage over his competitors. >> politicians will propose things that they believe they can pass. businessmen propose ideas to fix the problem. >> reporter: but the politicians running against cain have been catching up with h

susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest on this. boy, susan, this is a mess. >> reporter: it certainly it. good morning, betty. president obama and world leaders are gathering in france right now fully recognizing that this referendum could mean that greece exits the euro, leaves the european cur at this bank at wednesday. at another bank they tried to disinfect it. now with the u.s. offering no funding for this crisis, while china actually might contribute, there is some talk that president obama is heading to the summit in a position of weakness, but, betty, the white house just keeps saying this is a european problem that requires a european solution. >> all right. susan mcginnis in washington for us, thank you. >>> it is reported this morning, the united states is considering an early shift in military policy in afghanistan. currently, the u.s. plan is to wind down combat operations and shift to advising and training afghan forces by 2014 but an obama administration official says it could start as early as next year. there are a

susan mcginnis is in washington with more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. >> reporter: cain is still denying all allegations of sexual harassment and this affair and now he needs to sdi if his campaign is too damage to continue. >> life can be a challenge. life can seem impossible. it's never easy. >> reporter: that's as close as herman cain got to discussing his campaign troubles at a speech last night in michigan. in the latest in a string of attractions, ginger white claimed monday she had carried on a 13-year extra maymarital ar with the candidate. >> i was involved in a very inappropriate situation. >> reporter: cain denied the charge, calling her just a friend he had helped out financially. but in a campaign conference call, he acknowledged the accusation, especially on top of sexual harassment claims, could end his run for the white house. we have to do an assessment as to whether or not this is going to create too much of a cloud, he said, according to a national journal transcript, and told staffers, t

susan mcginnis for cbs news, washington. >>> it is 5:05 now. he spent 40 years as a fugitive and later today will turn himself in to face charges for opening fire on two south san francisco police officers. an attorney for ronald stanley bridgeforth says his client plans to plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon for opening fire on south san francisco police officers way back in 1968. but he plans to fight charges that have been pending against him in the 1971 slaying of a san francisco police officer. bridgeforth is now 67 years old with a wife and two grown sons. last week he resigned from his teaching job. >>> the interim mayor of san francisco is declaring victory in his first election bid. >> in the new ranked choice runoff system, ed lee has 61 to 39% lead over supervisor john avalos. it took 11 elimination rounds for lee it get the needed ma -- to get the needed majority and avalos was the only remaining candidate. 32,000 late-arriving ballots need to be counted before a winner is officially declared but lee is confident he is the

susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, betty. this announcement has hit the global markets very hard. the big fear is that a no vote by the greek people could completely unravel this european deal that took european leaders and banks so long to reach. ahead of tomorrow's g-20 summit, french president sarkozy and merkel are holding a meeting today to head off the crisis. the greek prime minister surprised everyone by announcing the european deal to save his own country would have to be approved by greek voters. the announcement sent world markets tumbling. >> the worst case scenario is right now that if greece is really rejecting the rescue package, the european rescue package, that it might blow up the whole euro system. >> reporter: putting the bailout plan to a national vote looks like an invitation to disaster. for months, greece has been rocked by violent demonstrations against cutbacks and tax hikes. the european rescue plan only cuts deeper. >> they have the capacity to

susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest on this. boy, susan, this is a mess. >> reporter: it certainly is. good morning, betty. president obama and world leaders are gathering in france right now, fully recognizing that this referendum could mean that greece exits the euro, leaves the european currency system and that a no vote could have wide consequences for all of europe and the u.s. president obama set out for france hoping to encourage european leaders to solve their debt crisis for good. he'll meet with the presidents of france and germany before the g-20 summit officially kicks off today. ahead of the two-day session, eu leaders held emergency meetings to discuss greece's 178 billion dollar bailout package. the rescue plan seemed like a done deal last week, but now the country's prime minister is calling for a national vote, infuriating his counterparts. >> the greek people, as i said, are wise and capable of making the right decisions for the benefits of our country. >> reporter: greece is slated to hold the referendum next

susan mcginnis is in washington with that and more. susan, good morning to you. >> hi. good morning, terrell. >> reporter: this sounds an awful lot like the deadlock we saw over the summer in the debt negotiations. this is deadline day. that is today. and if this super committee does not have some kind of late breakthrough, they are set to announce today, they have failed. after months of negotiations, the congressional super committee is expected to officially throw in the towel. aides say republican and democratic leaders of the bipartisan panel will announce today they have failed to reach a deal to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit. >> the wealthiest of americans, those who earn over a million dollars every year, have to share too, and that line in the sand, we haven't seen any republicans willing to cross yet. >> reporter: democrats blasted republicans sunday for refusing to budge on tax hikes for the wealthy. the gop argued democrats are more interested in raising taxes than trimming entitlement programs like medicare and medicaid. >> there was an unwilli

susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, betty. this announcement has hit the global markets very hard. the big fear is that a no vote by the greek people could completely unravel this european deal that took european leaders and banks so long to reach. ahead of tomorrow's g-20 summit, french president sarkozy and german chancellor merkel are hold than an emergency meeting today to head off the crisis. the greek prime minister surprised everyone by announcing the european deal to save his own country would have to be approved by greek voters. the announcement sent world markets tumbling. >> the worst case scenario is right now that if greece is really rejecting the rescue package, the european rescue package, that it might blow up the whole euro system. >> reporter: putting the bailout plan to a national vote looks like an invitation to disaster. for months, greece has been rocked by violent demonstrations against cutbacks and tax hikes. the european rescue plan only cuts deepe

susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. cain spent the day fighting back against those allegations, but those conflicting accounts are raising questions about the staying power of his campaign. herman cain is scrambling to set the record straight. >> i was falsely accused of sexual harassment. i have never sexually harassed anybody in my life. this false allegation to now come up is kind of baffling. >> the gop front-runner spent monday on the defensive, repeatedly denying sexual harassment allegations dateding back to the 1990s. according to a report on po litco.com, two female employees filed the complaint while cain ran a restaurant group. but he was cleared of all allegations he insists. >> we have no idea the source of this witch-hunt. cain denies any knowledge that the women received payout necessary exchange for nondisclosure agreements. >> i am unaware of any sort of settlement. i hope it wasn't for much because i didn't do anything. >> he later clarified. >> she ended

susan mcginnis is in washington covering this story and she joins us with more p.m. good morning, susan. >> betty, goorm. good morning. >> reporter: herman cain appeared confident and convicted at this press conference last last night denying all sexual misconduct in his lifetime. this as his accuser consider a joint press conference and his gop rivals start to weigh in. >> goon. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: herman cain is refusing to drop out of the republican presidential including groping a chicago woman more than a decade ago. >> i was very, very surprised and very shocked. >> reporter: sharon bialek went public with her claims monday, but cain insists he's never met the 50-year-old and calling bialek a product of the democratic machine. >> the charges and the accusations, i absolutely reject. they simply didn't happen. >> reporter: his denial came as another accuser revealed herself to cbs news. 55-year-old karen kraushaar now wants to hold a press conference with all of cain's accusers. the whole situation is so volatile, right now, she says, i just don't wa

susan mcginnis is in washington with more on it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. herman cain is getting a big dose of what it means to be in the media spotlight as a presidential front-runner. the questions about this scandal are not stopping and his answers may be starting to impact the poll numbers. herman cain says he is done talking about his sexual harassment scandal. >> don't even go there. >> can i ask my question? >> no. where's my chief of staff? >> right here. >> please send him the journalistic code of ethics. >> reporter: following a debate in texas saturday night, the residential candidate cut off a reporter who tried to bring up the allegations against him. cain has repeatedly denied sexually harassing anyone and says he wants to return to focusing on the country's major issues. >> we are getting back on message. end of story. back on message. >> reporter: while cain may be finished discussing the controversy, his rivals are just getting started. >> it's up to herman cain to get the information out and get it out in total. >> reporter: it's still unc

susan mcginnis in washington, susan, thank you. >>> a tense confrontation between riot police and occupy wall street protesters overnight in seattle. protesters tried to block intersection u.s. during rush hour yesterday. at least six people were arrested. >>> here in new york, occupy wall street protesters are back in zuccotti park one day after force to do leave but no longer that their tents or camping gear. >> reporter: occupy wall street protesters filed back into zuccotti park tuesday evening each allowed to bring only a small bag. >> i am close to tears being back in this place. i never thought it would happen this quickly. >> reporter: a state supreme court justice cited with the city saying it doesn't entitle them to camp out in a public park indefinitely. >> it's another -- take our space, we will just move inside. >> refuse to immediately remove your property from the park, we will refuse to leave the park, you will be subject to arrest. >> reporter: police cleared out protesters early tuesday morning, arresting more than 200 people in the process. the park was then scrubbed c

susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest on that. good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, betty. the greek government is teetering on the verge of collapse this morning. prime minister papandreou could facing a crucial confidence vote that could decide his fate and the greek government and the impact on it in the u.s. g-20 leaders will focus on the global economy today with greece dominating the agenda once again. today, the country's prime minister faces a critical confidence vote that could determine his political fate and greece's financial future. i don't care about being reelected, george papandreou told parliament on thursday. what is interested to me is saving the country. in a stunning about-face, he scrapped controversial plans to put europe's bailout deal up for a national vote. the move came after european leaders blasted him for even considering the referendum. the white house is keeping a close eye on the situation. europe is america's biggest trading partner, and a government collapse in greece could trigger a g

susan mcginnis is in washington with more on it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. herman cain is getting a big dose of what it means to be in the media spotlight as a presidential front-runner. the questions about this scandal are not stopping and his answers may be starting to impact the poll numbers. herman cain says he is done talking about his sexual hara harassment scandal. >> don't even go there. >> can i ask my question? >> no. where's my chief of staff. >> right here. >> who sent him the journalistic code of ethics? >> reporter: following a debate in texas saturday night, the residential candidate cut off a reporter who tried to bring up the allegations against him. cain has repeatedly denied sexually harassing anyone and says he wants to return to focusing on the country's major issues. >> we are getting back on message. back on message. >> reporter: while cain may be finished discussing the controversy, his rivals are just getting started. >> it's up to herman cain to get the information out and get it out in total. >> reporter: it's still unclear how muc

susan mcginnis is in washington with more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. >> reporter: cain is still denying all allegations of sexual harassment and this affair, but he says he now needs to decide if his campaign is just too damaged to continue. >> life can be a challenge. life can seem impossible. it's never easy. >> reporter: that's as close as herman cain got to discussing his campaign troubles at a speech last night in michigan. in the latest in a string of distractions, ginger white claimed monday she had carried on a 13-year extramarital affair with the candidate that ended earlier this year. >> i was aware that he was married. and i was also aware that i was involved in a very inappropriate situation. >> reporter: cain denied the charge, calling her just a friend he had helped out financially. but in a campaign conference call, he acknowledged the accusation, especially on top of sexual harassment claims, could end his run for the white house. we have to do an assessment as to whether or not this is goi

susan mcginnis has more on the race for the white house. >> reporter: herman cain denies he ever cheated on his wife with a georgia businesswoman. monday, ginger white told fox 5 atlanta she had a 13-year affair with the republican presidential hopeful that ended shortly before he launched his white house bid. >> it was pretty simple. it was uncompliccated and i was aware that he was married. and i was also aware that i was involved in a very inappropriate situation, relationship. >> white says cain bought her plane tickets and showered her with lavish gifts. his name is in her cell phone contacts. cain didn't wait for her to go public to go on the defense. >> i wanted to get out in front of it because i have nothing to hide. i have done nothing wrong. >> he calls white only a friend he tried to help financially. cain lost his front-runner status soon after sexual harassment allegations first surfaced last month. now with the iowa caucuses weeks away, political observers say he could have an even tougher time bouncing back. >> i think he was on the ropes to begin with, not having to do w

susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: the republican candidates are hitting the campaign trail hard. especially in iowa where the first caucus is just seven weeks away. a new poll of likely iowa voters shows a tight race with four men near the top. herman cain still holds the lead despite scagses of sexual harassment and several missteps when answering foreign policy questions. >> i have never held high elected office. >> cain is trying to convince voters his background as a ceo gives him an advantage over his competitors. >> politicians will propose things that they believe they can pass. businessmen propose ideas to dex the problem. report but the politicians running against cain have been catching up with him in the polls including former speaker of the house, newt gingrich. beginning rough's campaign was all but written film off in the campaign when top members of his staff resigned but he's managed a comeback thanks to several promising debate performances. >> it is newt momentum. everybody is talking about gingrich. since october 1st, his campaign has taken in $3 million. raisi

susan mcginnis for cbs news, washington. >>> debates have not been a strength for republican presidential contender rick perry. >> i would do away with education, the, up -- >> commerce. >> commerce? let's see. the third one i can't. sorr whoops. >> whoops. >> well, perry later said it was the department of energy that he was trying to recall. the texas governor and other republican candidates took part in the forum in rochester, michigan. they spent most of the time criticizing the democrat currently in the white house. >> you want to get america's economy going, we know how to do it. it's do almost the exact opposite of what president obama has done. >> president obama's plan for job creation has absolutely nothing do with the true people who know how to create jobs. >> less than two months remain before the first caucuses in iowa. >>> in bay area politics, the interim mayor of san francisco is declaring victory. >> that would be in the new ranked choice runoff system. ed lee has a 61-39% lead over supervisor john avalos. it took 11 elimination rounds for lee it get the needed majority

susan mcginnis is in washington with more on that and more. >> reporter: this sounds an awful lot like the deadlock we saw over the summer in the debt negotiations. this is deadline today, that is today, and if this super committee does not have some kind of late breakthrough they are set to announce today, they have failed. after months of negotiations, the congressional super committee is expected to officially throw in the towel. aides say republican and democratic leaders of the bipartisan panel will announce today they have failed to reach a deal to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal definite set. >> the wealthiest of americans, those who earn over a million dollars every year, have to share too and that line in the sand, we haven't seen any republicans willing to cross yet. >> reporter: democrats blasted republicans sunday for refusing to budge on tax hikes for the wealthy. the gop argued democrats are more interested in raising taxes than trimming entitlement programs like medicare and medicaid. >> there was an unwillingness to cut any kind of spending at all, unless there was a

susan mcginnis for cbs news, washington. >>> as she said, a new poll showed president obama would beat mitt romney in a head-to- head matchup. >>> u.s. park police have issued an arrest warrant for the man they say is responsible for a shooting near the white house. >> park police say 21-year-old oscar ortega fired an ak-47 along constitution avenue between the white house and the monument. he's charged with carrying a dangerous weapon. police say his right hand has a tattoo with three dots on it. his upper back has the name ortega. on the left side of his neck, the word israel is at that time today. call police if you have any information on his whereabouts. >>> d.c. poliar

susan mcginnis for cbs news, washington. >> penn state's legendary football coach joe paterno is fighting today to hold onto his job and he is getting vocal support from students who had descended on his home. >> we love joe! we love joe! >> i love you guys. i can't tell you how much this means to me. >> in the meanwhile, there are growing calls for paterno to resign following the child sexual abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach. >>> this is only a test. it's a phrase that's been occasionally broadcasted for decades but today, for the first time, the test of the emergency alert system is going national at 11 a.m. this morning pacific time. every tv and radio station in the entire country including satellite and cable will carry the 30-second test. federal emergency management agency needs to check on recent upgrades to the program. the emergency alert system can be activated by the president to inform the public in the event of a national emergency. >> this is only a test... >> how many times do you hear that, beep, beep. you go oh, my god. but at 11:00 today, cbs 5. >> this

susan mcginnis with more on this. >> reporter: the board of trustees at penn state promised fast action and they delivered. paterno is out. university president is out. now a federal investigation begins. police in riot gear moved in after thousands of outraged penn state students took to the streets. they packed downtown state college wednesday night to show their support for ousted coaching legend joe paterno. students shook lamp posts and toppled over this news van after the university trustee board made its shocking announcement. >> dr. spanier is no longer president of the university. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> reporter: officials fired paterno and university president graham spanier over their handling of child sex you'll abuse allegations against former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. after the announcement paterno released a statement saying, i am disappointed with the board of trustees' decision but have i to accept it. a tragedy occurred and we all have to have patience to let the legal process proceed. there's

susan mcginnis is in washington joining us with more. >> reporter: herman cain appeared confident and convicted at this press conference last night. he denied all accusations of sexual misconduct in his lifetime, this as his accuser consider a joint press conference and his gop rivals start to weigh in. herman cain is refusing to drop out of the republican presidential including groping a chicago woman more than a decade ago. >> i was very, very surprised and very shocked. >> reporter: sharon bialek went public with her claims monday, but cain has insists he never met the 50-year-old and calling bialek a product of the democratic machine. >> the charges and the accusations, i absolutely reject. they simply didn't happen. >> reporter: his denial came as another accuser revealed herself to cbs news. 55-year-old karen krause hassar. the situation is so volatile right now, she says, i don't want to say anything more. other gop hopefuls are beginning to speak out. newt gingrich urged cain to fully answer the charges. cain's biggest rival mitt romney. >> you recognize this is a very serious

susan mcginnis is in washington this morning with details. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. >> reporter: gloria cain who that now been mostly out of the spotlight so far in this campaign is talking and she is defending her husband. herman cain's wife says she doesn't believe the sexual harassment allegations that have been leveled against her husband. gloria cain and her family talked to fox news' breta van sustern. >> to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman and i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> reporter: four women have accused the republican presidential candidate of sexual harassment while he was in charge of the national restaurant association. but gloria cain says her husband of 43 years would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said. despite the allegations against him, cain remains a front-runner for the republican nomination, and some of his comments during the last gop debate gra

susan mcginnis with more on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: the board of trustees at penn state promised fast action and they delivered. paterno is out. the university president is out. now a federal investigation begins. police in riot gear moved in after thousands of outraged penn state students took to the streets. they packed downtown state college wednesday night to show their support for ousted coaching legend joe paterno. students shook lamp posts and toppled over this news van after the university trustee board made its shocking announcement. >> dr. spanier is no longer president of the university. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> reporter: officials fired paterno and university president graham spanier over their handling of child sexual abuse allegationless against former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. after the announcement paterno released a statement saying, i am disappointed with the board of trustees' decision but i have to accept it.

susan mcginnis has the latest from the hill. >>> president obama is expected to keep the pressure on congress when he heads to new hampshire this morning. >> there will be no ez off ramps on this one. >> monday, he threatened to veto any attempt to bypass automatic spending cuts after a congressional subcommittee announced it had failed to reach a deficit reduction deal. >> the only way the spending cuts will not take place is if congress gets back to work and agrees on a balanced plan to reduce the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion. >> without an agreement, just about every government program faces drastic spending cuts beginning in 2013, including the pentagon. in a statement, defense secretary leon panetta said the cuts threatened to tear a seam in the nation's defense. so, what went wrong? the president says republicans refused to raise taxes on the wealthy. the g.o.p. is blaming democrats for not budging on entitlement programs. >> our democrats were not willing to cut a dollar without raising taxes. >> ohio senator rob portman remains optimistic saying the subcommittee did agre

susan mcginnis has more on her fox news interview. >> herman cain's wife says she doesn't believe the sexual harassment allegations that have been leveled against her husband. gloria cain and her family talked to fox news's greta van susteren. >> to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman and i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> reporter: four women have accused the republican presidential candidate of sexual harassment while he was in charge of the national restaurant association. but gloria cain says her husband of 43 years would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said. despite the allegations against him, cain remains a front- runner for the republican nomination and some of his comments during the last g.o.p. debate grabbed the attention of president obama. during the cbs news national journal debate, both cain and congresswoman michele bachmann said they would reinstate waterboarding as an interrogation technique. >> i would return to that poli

susan mcginnis for cbs news, washington. >> sources say ortega hernandez was not on the secret service's radar before friday's shooting. >>> making news now at 5:51, a group claiming to be army defactors is joining the antigovernment protestors in syria and is killing soldiers loyal to the president. meanwhile, the arab league has given syria three days to stopped. >>> the tunnel linked two warehouses in san diego and tijuana. when officers moved in on the american side, they seized 17 tons of marijuana. >>> a new mexico tv station reports former governor and presidential candidate bill richardson is under federal investigation. according to their sources, a state employee accused the democrat of sexual harassment and was paid a settlement. it is that settlement amount came from campaign money, that's a violation of federal elections law. >>> let's take another look at our question of the day. >> the woman who invented this was, at first laughed at. now, most of us own them. what is it? a, shoes, b, fake eyelashes or c, windshield wipers. >> here is a response left on our facebook.com/wu

susan mcginnis is live in washington, d.c. there's a lot of finger-pointing going on between the two parties. they were almost set up for failure in some senses, weren't they? >> reporter: definitely. i mean, the lawmakers on this small supercommittee and a lot of people think the word super needs to be taken off that moniker right away, spent the weekend not trying to fix the problem but to announce that they have failed at their task of cutting the $1.2 trillion from the deficit and that it won't happen. so they are leaving this -- they are leaving this undone. you know, this is something they were charged with back in august. you remember, this is the exact same problem we had in august when a larger group of republicans and democrats couldn't come up with an agreement and a smaller group with the same task is supposed to do it by midnight tonight so the committee could vote on the plan by wednesday's deadline. so now clearly that's not going to happen. >> it's all partisan politics again. its this supercommittee. what's ne

susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest on this. boy, susan, this is a mess. >> reporter: it certainly it. good morning, betty. president obama and world leaders are gathering in france right now fully recognizing that this referendum could mean that greece exits the euro, leaves the european currency system and that a no vote could have wide consequences for all of europe and the us. president obama set out for france hoping to encourage european leaders to solve their debt crisis for good. he'll meet with the presidents of france and germany before the g-20 summit officially kicks off today. ahead of the two-day session, eu leaders held emergency meetings to discuss greece's 178 billion dollar package. the rescue plan seemed like a done deal last week, but now the country's prime minister is calling for a national vote infuriating his counterparts. >> the greek people, as i said, are wise and capable of making the right decisions for the benefits of our country. >> reporter: greece is slated to hold the referendum next month. the

susan mcginnis is in washington with more on that. good morning, susan. >> reporter: hi, good morning, betty. these latest difficulties for herman cain and rick perry could end up leaving fewer alternatives for voters looking for an alternative to mitt romney. still these two for now are doing all they can to stay in the race. rick perry hit the "late show with david letterman" to try to laugh off his latest debate slip-up. >> hey, listen, you try concentrating with mitt romney smiling at you. that is one handsome dude. >> reporter: last night he gave the top ten rick perry excuses, reasons he drew a blank wednesday trying to name the three federal agencies he would get rid of as president. >> commerce, education and the, uh, what's the third one there? let's see. >> reporter: the texas governor immediately jumped into damage control, canceling his campaign schedule thursday to appear on eight tv programs. >> number two. >> i wanted to help take the heat off my buddy, herman cain. >> reporter: perry will get another chance to redeem h

as susan mcginnis reports, there is now a federal investigation into the child abuse scandal that tainted his 46-year career. >> reporter: police in riot gear moved in after thousands of outraged penn state students took to the streets. they packed downtown state college wednesday night to show their support for ousted coaching legend joe paterno. students shook lampposts and toppled over this news van after the university trustee board made its shocking announcement. >> dr. spanier is no longer president of the university. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> reporter: officials fired paterno and university president graham spanier over their handling of child sexual abuse allegations against former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. after the announcement, paterno released a statement saying, i am disappointed with the board of trustees' decision but i have to accept it. a tragedy occurred, and we all have to have patience to let the legal process proceed. >> reporter: there is now a federal investigation into the scandal. the depart

susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest on that. good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, betty. the greek government is teetering on the verge of collapse this morning. prime minister papandreou could decide his fate. >> reporter: g-20 yerds will focus on the global economy today with greece dominating the agenda once again. today, the country's prime minister faces a critical confidence vote that could determine his political fate and greece's financial future. i don't care about being reelected george papandreou told the part on thursday. what is interested to me is saving the country. he scrapped controversial plans to put europe's bailout deal up for a national vote. the move came after european leaders blasted him for even considering the referendum. the white house is keeping a close eye on the situation. europe is america's biggest trading partner and a government collapse in greece could trigger a global recession. >> central to our discussions at the g-20 is how to achieve -- of the world and put people back to work

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susan mcginnis is in washington with more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. after this huge failure, now these severe automatic cuts are set to kick in in 2013 now the president in new hampshire today will have some strong words for congress. president obama is expected to keep the pressure on congress when he heads to new hampshire this morning. >> there will be no easy off ramps on this one. >> reporter: monday, he threatened to veto any attempt to bypass automatic spending cuts after a congressional super committee announced it had failed to reach a deficit reduction deal. >> the only way these spending cuts will not take place is if congress gets back to work and agrees on a balanced plan to reduce the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion. >> reporter: without an agreement, just about every government program faces drastic spending cuts beginning in 2013 including the pentagon. in a statement, defense secretary leon panetta said the cuts threaten to, quote, tear a seam in the nation's defense. so what went wrong? the president said republicans refuse to rais

susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. cain spent the day fighting back against those allegations, but those conflicting accounts are raising questions about the staying power of his campaign. herman cain is scrambling to set the record straight. >> i was falsely accused of sexual harassment. i have never sexually harassed anybody in my life. this false allegation to now come up is kind of baffling. >> the gop front-runner spent monday on the defensive, repeatedly denying sexual harassment allegations dating back to the 1990s. according to a report on politico.com, two female employees filed the complaint while cain ran a restaurant lobbying group. but the presidential hopeful insists an internal investigation cleared him of all allegations. >> we have no idea the source of this witch-hunt. >> cain denies any knowledge that the women received payout necessary exchange for nondisclosure agreements. >> i am unaware of any sort of settlement. i hope it wasn't for much because i d