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What legal issues are preventing one of Cain's accusers from speaking out?
One of the women who accused GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexual harassment wants to tell her side of the story but is barred by a confidentiality agreement.
Her lawyer, Joel P. Bennett, has called on the National Restaurant Association, where her and Cain worked in the late 1990s, to release the woman from her agreement not to discuss the allegations.
Paul Callan, CNN legal contributor, weighs in on the controversy and explains how likely it is that the agreement will be waived on American Morning today.
Study: Alcohol consumption may increase breast cancer risk
According to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, as few as three to six glasses of wine a week increased the chance for women to develop breast cancer.
The research found that the risk of cancer rose with the amount of alcohol consumed, with the best measure of risk being a woman's cumulative lifetime alcohol consumption.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent, joins American Morning today to explain the study and what it means for women's health.
Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger weighs in on dramatic airplane landing in Poland
A LOT Polish Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, made a dramatic emergency landing at Warsaw's International airport yesterday after problems with its landing gear forced the Boeing 767 to land on its belly.
Video footage from the scene showed the plane coming in to land without its wheels down and skidding along the tarmac to a halt. Emergency vehicles raced toward the aircraft and appeared to hose it down as passengers disembarked. Remarkably, all 231 passengers on the flight were safe and uninjured.
On American Morning today, Carol Costello talks with Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, CBS News aviation and safety expert, about the dramatic landing and how pilots prepare for these types of situations.
Talk Back: Are the Cain allegations 'high-tech lynching' or fair game?
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From CNN's Carol Costello:
Herman Cain is in trouble, and his troubled waters could get deeper. One of the two women who accused Cain of sexual harassment back in the nineties now wants to tell her side of the story.
However, Cain's supporters already have a battle plan that the presidential hopeful seems to be embracing. Ann Coulter called the criticism of Cain a "high-tech lynching," remarking that "there's nothing liberals fear more than a black conservative."
In an interview with Fox News yesterday, Cain himself said that racism is involved in why he has been hit so hard by the sexual harassment charge. This is surprising, considering that he told Candy Crowley that he "doesn't believe that racism in this country holds anybody back in a big way" on CNN's State of the Union.
Talk Back: Are the Cain allegations high-tech lynching or fair game?
Let us know what you think. Your answer may be read on this morning's broadcast.
Talk Back: Could the Occupy movement take a cue from Bank of America crusader Molly Katchpole?
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From CNN's Carol Costello:
Three weeks ago, activist Molly Katchpole organized an online petition, which has gathered over 300,000 signatures, telling Bank of America to reverse their decision to charge its customers $5 a month to use their debit cards.
Katchpole's efforts to shame the bank into eliminating the fee proved successful yesterday when Bank of America announced that they were abandoning the fee. By strategizing and executing a specific plan, Katchpole evoked change in less than a month from one of the largest banks in the nation.
When it comes to Occupy Wall Street, another movement concerned with the activity of big banks, many have criticized the occupiers for not having a single mission statement or one way to protest.
Talk Back: Could the Occupy movement take a cue from Bank of America crusader Molly Katchpole?
Let us know what you think. Your response may be read on this morning's broadcast.
If the Presidential election happened today, how would Americans vote? National Journal's Ron Brownstein explains
In one year from today, American go to the polls to elect the next President. In the latest National Journal polls, asked what outcome they would prefer in the 2012 election, 44% of registered voters said they would like to see a Republican elected, while 42% want Obama to win a second term – a split within the survey's margin of error.
Asked if Republicans should retain control of the House, voters tilted slightly in the other direction, with 41% saying yes, and 43% saying they would prefer Democrats to recapture the majority – also within the poll's error margin.
A year away from the election, do voters trust either party? CNN senior political analyst and National Journal's Editorial Director Ron Brownstein breaks down the results with Carol Costello. Brownstein also weighs in on the latest controversy facing 2012 GOP candidate Herman Cain, who faces sexual assault allegations from two former employees.
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