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ANNOUNCEMENT.
I'M GOING TO CALL HER AFTER AND
SEE WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT THIS
DECISION.
SHE TOLD ME SHE THINKS HE SHOULD
RESIGN, NO QUESTION.
THIS IS HER DESCRIBING WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER IN A PUBLIC
RESTAURANT IN SAN DIEGO IN 2009
IN HER SECOND MEETING WITH THEN
CONGRESSMAN FILNER.
LISTEN.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER IF HE
DIRECTLY ASKED FOR A KISS OR
TRIED TO KISS ME.
BUT IT BECAME -- IT WAS VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND I WAS SAYING TO HIM
INITIALLY, WHAT WOULD YOUR WIFE
DO IF SHE WAS SITTING HERE?
AND HE LAUGHED A VERY CRAZY
LAUGH.
AND THEN FOR THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES, I JUST REMEMBER HIM
TRYING TO GET MY FACE TOWARDS
HIS TO KISS ME ON THE MOUTH.
AND WHAT WE NOW KNOW FROM THE
STORIES OF THE OTHER WOMEN, IT
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON MY MOUTH,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE LIKELY
IN MY -- IN MY MOUTH OR DOWN MY
THROAT.
>> THOSE ALLEGATIONS ARE HARSH.
AND THEY JIVE WITH WHAT A LOT OF
OTHER WOMEN SAYS.
HE HASN'T DIRECTLY ANSWERED HER
ALLEGATIONS OR THE OTHER ONES.
BUT WE TDID CALL HIS OFFICE
REPEATEDLY THIS MORNING.
WE E-MAILED ASKING FOR A
RESPONSE DIRECTLY TO HER
ALLEGATIONS.
WE HEARD NOTHING.
IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE WE
DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING DIRECT.
SHE TOLD ME NO QUESTION HE
SHOULD STEP DOWN.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
ASKING WHY ARE THEY COMING
FORWARD NOW.
THIS HAPPENED IN 2009.
IT'S NOT EASY.
IT'S NOT EASY TO COME FORWARD.
WHEN SOMEONE'S IN A POSITION OF
AUTHORITY -- SHE TOLD ME EVEN
AFTER THAT HAPPENED SHE TRIED TO
JUST FINISH THE MEETING SO HER
AGENDA, GOAL OF GETTING THIS
PROGRAM FORWARD WOULDN'T STOP.
BECAUSE YOU NEED PEOPLE IN
POWER.
WE'LL SEE IF HE DIRECTLY
ADDRESSES THOSE ALLEGATIONS.
>> LET US KNOW WHAT SHE SAYS.
>> I WILL.