[Phillips:] Well, she had hoped to stay anonymous, but Karen Kraushaar's name and face are out there now, the second woman to publicly accuse Herman Cain of sexual harassment. Everybody wants to know more about her. What kind of person she is? Well, it just so happens that one of our own, CNN contributor, Maria Cardona, hired her right after Kraushaar worked for Herman Cain. Maria, you know, tell us about your experience with her, her work ethic, her credibility factor?
[Maria Cardona, Cnn Contributor:] Sure, Kyra, thank you. So when I hired Karen, I was communications director at the INS, at the end of the Clinton administration the last two years. At the time we were going through the firestorm that was Gonzalez. So everyone on our team was going through a very tense time. I needed somebody that I could send down to Miami to be the public face of INS, to talk about this difficult situation. Out of everybody on my team, I chose Karen because from the very moment that she walked into my office as a new employee, she exhibited nothing, but the utmost of professionalism. She is a classy woman. She's a private woman. She's incredibly hard working. She was the consummate team player. So, to me, all of those factors say that this was a woman that I needed to send down to Miami under these very difficult circumstances. As a former employer of Karen's, I have to say, to me, her credibility is beyond reproach.
[Phillips:] And she said to you, thank you so much for hiring me away from my other job. But, at that point, she didn't say anything to you about Herman Cain, correct, until this came out?
[Cardona:] That's exactly right, Kyra. At the time, she I always said how grateful she was for me hiring her at INS. She said, Maria, you didn't know me from Adam and you took a chance on me. She always said how grateful it was to be working for a woman and the commissioner at the time that the INS was a woman. The deputy commissioner was a woman. The attorney general, as you remember, Janet Reno was a woman. She always talked about how amazing it was to be working with all of these incredibly strong women and how great that made her feel. So when I found out that she was one of the accusers and I reached out to her and we have been talking ever since, she has since told me, Maria, now you know why I was so incredibly grateful to you for hiring me. And for showing me what a safe working environment could be like. And she said to me, you saved me from that monster. And, clearly, she was talking about the horrendous experience that she went through at the National Restaurant Association with Mr. Cain.
[Phillips:] And you clarified this, this morning, but for our viewers just tuning in, there's this other complaint that apparently she filed. But it didn't have anything to do with sexual harassment. Can you just clarify what you know about that? And can you explain to us for those saying, OK, is this woman someone who just files complaints in moments of difficulty, or is this somebody that's strong willed and stands up for what is right.
[Cardona:] I think you've hit the nail on the head with the latter because I have since talked to her about that misunderstanding. And what happened was when I was at the INS, when I was director of communications. There was an employee that worked in our office who had chronic back problems. And because she was such a good employee, I let her work from home. When I left, my understanding is that Karen unfortunately got into a pretty bad car wreck and had some issues. And she asked for the same courtesy and the same privilege that I had previously extended to one of my employees. I had since then left. My understanding is that that privilege was not granted to her so she filed a complaint. But she got pushed back and then it was dropped. So that is the extent in terms of that specific complaint. And, yes, Karen is not somebody that files frivolous complaints. She is a strong-willed woman. She knows what a professional environment needs to be like for a woman and she will stand up for herself. And that is why I am now standing up for her just to tell as much as I can about Karen, the woman, Karen the employee in terms of her credibility, which, in my eye, is again, beyond reproach.
[Phillips:] Maria Cardona, and you're one of our own. Thank you so much.
[Cardona:] Thanks, Kyra.
[Phillips:] You bet. Well, thousands of students storming the streets in London. They say they've had it with tuition hikes. So once again, they've taken to the streets. If this is anything like the last round of protests, the police are definitely bracing for the worst. Atika Shubert is there in London for us. So Atika, we talked last time these protests were taking place. We saw how violent they become. Now, they are moving their way, working their way toward the heart of the "Occupy" movement. Have they reached this other group of protesters yet?
[Atika Shubert, Cnn Correspondent:] That's right. This is the heart of the financial industry. As you can see, the bulk of the protesters already arriving here, moving beyond me largely without incident. It has been peaceful, so far. One or two minor scuffles. We saw someone briefly try to break the barricade here, but, really, for the most part, very peaceful. It's an interesting scene because I'm actually right in front of the London Stock Exchange. And a number of financial sector workers are actually in these glass-fronted offices looking down on the protest here. We've seen a few protesters making some rude gestures. But, otherwise, other than that, it really seems to be fairly well organized. Making the point with the message, as you can see, education, not business. This protest is extensively about against government cuts and about stopping the tripling of education fees. But it's also about solidarity with the "Occupy" movement, generally, an expression of that widespread, public anger with how the economic crisis is being handled.
[Phillips:] Atika Shubert, we'll follow the live protest for sure, appreciate it. Coming up, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, well, their faces carved into Mount Rushmore. Well, the presidential candidates speak out on who deserves to be added. We'll ask our political panel to weigh in.