say it is there? he achieved the goal he has been seeking for years, the republican nomination for the president of our united states. >> my fellow americans, i am proud to introduce to you the next president of the united states of america, mitt romney! [ cheering ] >> in at times a rousing acceptance speech, governor romney vowed to lead this country from its economic troubles, and he had a running mate as well, paul ryan, on the stage. the two of them absolutely wasting no time in getting that message out across the country. mr. romney just finishing up speaking moments ago in lakeland, florida. our jim acosta is there. in fact, i am told he's just been hustled onto governor romney's plane so i'll ask if you can hear me on the phone. you got me? >> i got you, ashleigh. >> i'm looking at your plane right now. what's up? >> reporter: we just got on the campaign plane a few moments ago and basically we're in a hurry, ashleigh. we're on our way to louisiana right now. governor romney is going to be

meeting with the governor of that state bobby jindal and then taking a tour of some of the storm damage after tropical storm and hurricane isaac. we're going to the town of lafitte, louisiana. as you mentioned a few moments ago he and paul ryan wrapped up a rally here in lakeland, florida. what they did, ashleigh, is sort of continue some of the themes we heard during last night's convention speech from mitt romney. you heard mitt romney say last night, and i'm paraphrasing here, for a lot of voters out there the best moment they had when they voted for barack obama was when they actually went in the voting booth and pulled the lever for barack obama and he sort of continued that theme here this morning. and he was using a theme of accountability, saying that you heard the last guy running for president laying out what he wanted to do. he couldn't do it. you got to hold us accountable. he used that word accountable or accountability a few times during this speech. so you do get the sense that the romney/ryan ticket has a new message coming out of last night's convention, ashleigh. >> jim, i want to be super clear

here. i'm looking at the agenda you were supposed to be following today. i didn't know you were going to be getting on the plane this quickly. when you said you were in a hurry i had you flying to virginia, saturday in ohio, jacksonville, florida. i had no idea that the storm in the gulf coast was on. is this a last-minute add? did he just plan this with governor jindal? he landing somewhere in new orleans? what ithe plan? do you even know? is it too early? >> no. they did juggle the schedule here. they did make some changes here. basically what's happening is we're going to louisiana. the trip to virginia for mitt romney has basically been scrapped. paul ryan, his running mate, is still going to virginia and will have a rally there and then both of these candidates will be going to ohio. mitt romney has an event in ohio and paul ryan will be going from what we understand to an ohio state football game. that is going to be interesting seeing how he is from wisconsin. watch that unfold. but, you know, ashleigh, it's two months to go. we're after the republican convention. expect the unexpected.

>> and that is exactly what i wanted to ask you. i don't mean to get to inside baseball here but when i flew with president bush on then responsibility one he was in the same boat, the candidate and the advance teams for then governor bush were really intensive. i just don't know how so quickly they are going to get an advance team over to louisiana to basically clear and secure the area for this flight and all you reporters and ever to land. you know what the logistics are? >> you know, i think they had this in the works last night. there were some rumblings about this last night and they confirmed this event this morning. you're right. this is going to be a logistical challenge. we'll see how it works out. we're flying with the advanced team for mitt romney and they have advanced folks on the ground in louisiana plus they have the staff of governor jindal working with them as well. so we'll see it all unfold in the next couple hours. we'll get back to you, ashleigh. >> good luck. that is going to be a bit confusing but fascinating

nonetheless. jim, make sure you let us know what happens when you guys land. in the meantime there is still a big moment playing out in the news. it isn't exactly what mitt romney or the planners of the convention, that carefully orchestrated convention expected or perhaps wanted. not sure about this. if you didn't see this or haven't heard about this, clint eastwood and the performance on stage last night. a lot of republicans, the faithful in the crowd found the mocking of president obama all while talking to an empty chair was actually pretty funny but in that crowd a lot of other people were visibly uncomfortable and our dana bash was inside the auditorium and took it all in last night and is live from tampa. i want you to walk me through this. first of all have you ever seen anything like this sort of a moment at a convention before? >> reporter: no. that is an easy answer. >> and i thought it was just me. i'm glad you reinforced that. walk me through this fallout.

i have to be honest with you. half of my team today said that it was funny and it wasn't uncomfortable. half said it was. so i want to know what the fallout is amongst everybody in the auditorium and what might actually extrapolate out into tv land and the rest of us america. >> well, i think inside the auditorium it seemed to have been kind of split just the way it has been among your team there in atlanta. i was standing with the new jersey delegation. they all thought it was hilarious. there was definitely laughing around me and beyond the new jersey delegation. there were some cringe worthy moments when he sort of alluded to some curse words so to speak but for the most part there were people laughing around me. ann romney and other romneys according to jim acosta who was sitting right in front of them watching their reactions, they sat stone silent. they didn't laugh at all. apparently they looked a little uncomfortable. let's play a little bit of that

moment with clint eastwood. >> so i've got mr. obama sitting here and he is -- i just was going to ask him a couple questions. i mean, what do you say to people? do you just, you know, i know people are wondering -- you don't have anything. okay. i wondered about, you know, when the -- what? what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. he can't do that to himself. you're crazy. you're absolutely crazy. >> that was the cringe worthy moment i was talking about ashleigh but i will tell you that being in the hall it felt like a clint eastwood performance. it felt like he was doing improv or one of those moments at the

oscars where you come out and they have a little stchik. the problem is this is not the oscars or a clint eastwood performance. the whole purpose of the 10:00 primetime hour where everybody was tuning in was to talk about mitt romney and to be a validator for mitt romney and that is the reason why they decided to pick clint eastwood because he reaches audiences that normally politicians don't reach. >> well, i wondered as i watched it live if this had been rehearsed, if the organizers of the convention had seen it and if they had planned for its length. i had heard that there was only about five minutes allotted. i think this went on for about 15 and at times did seem rambling. then there was the big mention of afghanistan which kind of all of a sudden was the first time we heard that. was this something that the organizers knew about, planned for, and had essentially scripted even though it was unscripted? >> it is a little bit difficult

to track down the truth to that. i will just tell you what we are hearing and that is that somebody thought picking clint eastwood was a good idea. they did it. and from a couple republican sources i've talked to my understanding is they didn't bet what he was going to say and just, i will tell you just logistically, i was standing in front of the teleprompter where you could see the big screen in the back where you could see the speeches rolling through for rubio and romney and everybody else. there was nothing there. it was blank for clint eastwood. they didn't have anything prepared for him to say. whether or not they knew he was going to do this kind of thing, there was a chair there. somebody had to put it there. so somebody had to have known. >> okay. not surprisingly, the president's team put out a tweet that directly referred to the chair and the talking to the chair. walk me through that, dana. >> that's right. it was really kind of moments after i think we have what we can put up on the screen.

moments after clint eastwood finished talking about the chair. he said, he put out a tweet with a photo of his back in his chair in the oval office saying, this seat is taken. it was pretty clever. pretty fast. you know, definitely kept the buzz on the twitters on the internet going. there is a lot of buzz. not necessarily all the kind of buzz that republicans wanted when they really want the memorable speech, the memorable moment and the reason i say that to my colleague dana bash is because

of course it's the democrats' turn. all eyes and all reporters are going to turn their attention to the dnc in charlotte, north carolina. here is a brief lay of the land. i love these fly-ins. these two venues in charlotte are where all the action is going. to take place. wow. it sounds like it's already jammed in there. but there's only a couple organizers. you better bet the democrats are geared up big time to unleash their counterattack against the republicans who had a big spotlight all week. the storm definitely affected that but it's ban good spotlight. democratic national convention is going to run three days kicking off on tuesday. that's when first lady michelle obama is going to take the spotlight and that also works out to if you've done the math exactly one week after ann romney delivered one heck of a speech. so then on wednesday another big one. former president bill clinton

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billions of dollars on that worked perfectly for the most part. flood gate, surge barriers, ts the whole thing worked well. so the city of new orleans is dry but there is debris all over the city. trees are down. still hundreds of thousands of people without power. earlier this morning there were hundreds of utility crews converged on new orleans and now have been spreading out across the southeast part of the state to try to repair that damage but there is still flooding in coastal areas along the lake. all sides of the lake and of course down in plaquemines parish where they got the worst of it with all the rescues having taken place over the past few days. >> rob, as they try to deal with the aftermath and i know these are going to be stories that prevail over the coming days what about right now, arkansas? how much of the storms -- i know it's a depression but how much of a problem is coming to the people of arkansas? >> it's a rain maker so they have flood watches and warnings out for parts of that state. they needed some of this rain and it's the areas it's going to

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if you thought you could not be shocked anymore by the scandal of pedophile priests, prepare to be mistaken. today one of the most vocal and prominent priests in america is being roundly condemned for the views that he expressed in an interview with catholic media.

his name is father benedict a 79-year-old friar, an author, and a mainstay of ewtn the catholic cable tv network. you see him here in a video tribute to his 50 years in the priesthood. but he is not just a priest. he is not just a media figure. father groeschel has a ph.d in psychology and until very recently taught pastoral counseling to seminarians. for decades he counseled troubled priests at a new york retreat house. with all that in mind here is what father groeschel told the national catholic register about priests who molest children. and i hope you're sitting down. quote, people have this picture in their minds of a person planning to -- a psychopath. but that's not the case. suppose you have a man having a nervous breakdown and the youngster comes after him. a lot of the cases the

youngster, 14, 16, 18, is the seducer. he goes on. it's not so hard to see a kid looking for a father and didn't have his own and they won't be planning to get into heavy duty sex but almost romantic, embracing, kissing, perhaps sleeping but not having intercourse or anything like that. now for the fall out. the national catholic register pulled that interview and apologized for posting it in the very first place. father groeschel's own religious order which he himself cofounded 25 years ago has also apologized and suggested that father groeschel is not in his right mind. the archdiocese of new york says this and i'm going to quote for you. what father groeschel said cannot be allowed to stand unchallenged. sexual abuse of a minor is a crime and whoever commits that crime deserves to be prosecuted

to the fullest extent of the law. and father benedict groeschel, his statement in its entirety, i apologize for my comments. i did not intend to blame the victim. a priest or anyone else who abuses a minor is always wrong and is always responsible. my mind and my way of expressing myself are not as clear as they used to be. i have spent my life trying to help others the best that i could. i deeply regret any harm i have caused to anyone. i don't even know where to begin but i am joined right now by a psychologist of sexual behavior in toronto. he is also editor-in-chief of a journal of research and treatment. thank you for joining me. i can't believe i'm having this interview and what i read this morning. i can't believe that someone who

has had so much involvement in the catholic abuse tragedy that has transpired over the last decade would go anywhere near a comment like this. i'd like to get your initial reaction to hearing what i just reported. >> well, i can't say anything about this particular case of course but it is a statement that i've heard before and there are some people who believe. usually when i hear this from psychologists and other mental health professionals it's because they tend to hear the point of view of the person who was accused or sometimes convicted of child molestation. so when one has said as a career and one gets large numbers of those people, it often becomes easy to start taking the stories you hear at face value from the point of view of the abuser there was something that, from the point of view of the abuser, felt like a flirtation or a come

on and the abuser tended to see what they wanted to see and then the therapists sometimes tend to automatically agree or fail to challenge the beliefs or statements that come from the abusers themselves. again, i can't say that's what happened in this particular situation. i've seen it happen before. >> i don't know if it happened in this situation either but all i know is that the comments continue, dr. cantor, and let me just say before we go to break i want to ask you after the break about what i'm about to say. he referred to the jerry sandusky incident and actually referred to jerry sandusky as that poor guy. so after the break i want to talk to you about what you think that could possibly mean with your extensive background and research. we're back in a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪

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it's the reason why we don't have costumers. we have members. american express. welcome in. we are back with sexual behavior scientist james cantor who is trying to help us understand the comments of father benedict groeschel, an author, broadcaster, counselor to fellow priests. today he is apologizing for suggesting in an interview that young victims of pedophile priests may have in fact asked for it even as young as 14. you can see him here in a video tribute to his 50 years in the priesthood. we went to break and i asked you to think through those comments about the sympathy for jerry sandusky and i want to be more specific about what i'm asking. here is a direct quote from the

national catholic register. it reads, here is this poor guy, sandusky. it went on for years. interesting. why didn't anyone say anything? apparently a number of kids knew about it and didn't break the ice. well, you know, until recent years people did not register in their minds that it was a crime. doctor, just the notion of sympathy for someone like sandusky? >> well, when one has a great deal of experience working with many abusers who are in many, many different situations, none of whom were abused themselves and some of whom have their own psychological issues and are hungry for affection, when one is a therapist and sees such a person over and over again it can happen and i've seen some psychologists and other mental health professionals almost over empathize or seek to be appropriately critical of what they're told. this sounds like one of those possibilities. now, of course, it's good for a

therapist to be able to muster sympathy and empathy for clients but one can't have a mind that is so open that one's brain falls out. >> well, that's what i'm getting to. i'm just beyond understanding this. you know, i should mention here that father groeschel was a chaplain at a boys home for troubled boys for 14 years called children's village. i also want to read for you what he said about what sort of punishment should be meted out to child -- or to pedophiles, child predators particularly in reference to the priest scandal. he said this. again, this is in his interview. at this point when any priest, any clergyman, any social worker, teacher, any responsible person in society would become involved in a single sexual act not necessarily intercourse they're done. and i'm inclined to think on their first offense they should not go to jail because their intention was not committing a crime. doctor, the only thing i could think about was this man has been in contact with young boys

for a long time. if this is the thinking he has now, is it possible anyone can extrapolate that maybe there are some problems in his past? >> i mean, one can make that kind of hypothesis but i don't think there is ever any way we can know. i've never met any of the people involved in this situation. they've never undergone a relevant assessment that would give us any meaningful kind of an answer. but those kinds of trying very, very hard to look at things or see things or conclude that a situation is a certain way is something that can happen. we can fool ourselves into thinking many, many different things. it generally is not helpful to think of whether someone intended or didn't intend to commit a crime when they're becoming sexually involved with a very young person. we also have to remember that

pedophelia technically is a sexual attraction to people either prepubescent or in the very early stages of puberty. at the time we're talking about 14, 16, and 8-year-old kids, these kids have somewhat, if they have a sex drive they have a better idea of what sex drive is and being attracted to people in that age is very often grossly inappropriate especially from somebody involved with the kids in a professional manner. technically we wouldn't diagnose them as pedophiles. >> legally we do. >> sometimes -- i'm sorry? >> i was going to say legally -- i mean technically maybe not but certainly legally we do. >> oh, legally we would be calling them child molesters but that is different from the psychological or psychiatric designation pedophelia. it is very important to distinguish between the sexual attraction to children and the actual acting on that sexual attraction. >> i think what is standing out

so gehrilaringly is the apparen apologists for the actions of the past. thank you for joining from us toronto with these insights. there is something else to close with as well, one more comment from father groeschel's order of the community of christian friars of the renewal. in recent months his health, memory, and cognitive ability have been failing. he has been in and out of the hospital. though these factors do not excuse his comments they help us understand how such a compassionate man could have said something so wrong, so insensitive, and so out of insensitive, and so out of character. that's the power of hn resources. the society... for human resource management and its members know... how to harness that power, because we help develop it. from the next economy, to the next generation, we help get... the most out of business, by getting the best out of people.

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after writing an unauthorized book about the raid that killed bin laden, a former navy seal who was part of the operation could be in some pretty big trouble. the defense department's general counsel has written a very terse letter and addressed it to mark owen which is kind of weird because that's the pseudonym that the actual author matt bissonnette used on the book. they wrote it to the pseudonym. in that letter they said this. you are in material breach and in violation of nondisclosure agreements you signed. they also said they're considering pursuing, quote, all legal remedies available. that letter comes after a review of the book by the defense department and cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr has the story behind the book. >> reporter: appearing in this cbs "60 minutes" excerpt in disguise and under his fake name mark owen this is actually matt bissonnette the former navy seal

who wrote the book "no easy day" a first-hand account of being on the raid that killed osama bin laden. >> my worry from the beginning is, you know, it's the political season. this book is not political whatsoever. it doesn't bad mouth either party. >> reporter: is there classified information in the book? maybe. military officials tell cnn photos like this one of advance night vision goggles the seals used worry them. bissonnette's accounts of the secret mission have new details. he says as the team went up the stairs of the compound bin laden poked his head out. bissonnette heard other seals fire two shots. bin laden then disappeared back into the room. by the time bissonnette got inside, bin laden was on the floor. not standing up as was first reported. bissonnette and another seal then fired into bin laden's chest to ensure he was dead. >> people's recommendatillectio

these events are not perfect. >> as more debriefings happening debriefings of special operators involved in the mission as well as others some of the initial information turned out to be incomplete. we acknowledged that at the time. >> and barbara starr joins us live from the pentagon now. all right. what's the pentagon saying in terms of that legal action at this point? >> that letter they say is to notify him of that material breach. what happens next is going to remain up to the lawyers and probably the lawyers at the justice department to some extent. they could pursue legal action against him but they also put out there in the letter that they may decide to seize any moneys, royalties, profits, any of his earnings from this book. that could be problematic because he has already said he is going to donate a majority of the profits to charities for wounded groups and for warriors. but the pentagon is making it pretty clear they're angry about all this, ashleigh. >> okay. my next question is two prong.

why didn't he put it in for review and is he responding? i mean, he went on camera with "60 minutes" to talk about it. now this happened. has he responded? >> the pentagon says so far they have not heard from him or from his publisher. they sent the letter out last night. they haven't heard any word back. they say it's in his ball court. they have told him any dissemination of the book in their words will aggravate his breach of the confidentiality agreement but are not saying whether they're asking the publisher to pull the book back or whatever. there are many copies out there. i've read it. a lot of copies circulating around. why didn't he put it through security review? he explains in the book that he hired someone with expertise in special operations to review it and that he was convinced there was no classified information in there. that of course isn't the issue. the issue, the legal issue for this author, is he signed nondisclosure agreements. he was compelled to put it

through a security review. he didn't do that. >> and the seals all know that. it is not some fine print. they all know the deal about lifetime secrecy. barbara starr thank you. appreciate it. one quick note about barbara's report was very cool. she said he showed up for the "60 minutes" interview in disguise. that was makeup, like hollywood style makeup disguise. the correspondent said he didn't even recognize him when he walked into the room which is a very cool little nugget. the other thing is we should note that successful seal mission returned all of its members safely to base. safely is one thing. what is going to happen to bissonnette? what is his legal exposure? what could the pentagon do? you'll find out in a moment. u hr the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. love the air. join zyrtec® rewards. save up to $7 on zyrtec® products.

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the former navy seal who wrote the book without authorization from the pentagon about the bin laden raid has certainly ruffled a whole bunch of feathers over at the dod, the dod claiming he is in violation of something called a nondisclosure agreement. now the department of defense is threatening to sue this guy. joining me now live is cnn's legal analyst. there are some chewy legal issues on this one. let's start with what barbara starr said. she said he didn't submit this book to the department of defense for review because he had his own guy review it and thought there was nothing classified in there. is that enough? >> he took a very dangerous road. the rules are very clear. if you're in possession of

classified documents as a navy seal would be, you sign a nondisclosure agreement and that agreement says basically if you write a book, any kind of book, fiction, nonfiction, and you use information that might be even derived from classified information, you got to get preclearance from the pentagon. and apparently he didn't do that. >> you must get free clearance. >> absolutely. he is coming in i suppose, this stuff is so clearly unclassified i don't have a problem. >> and you have to assume he is a reasonable person. >> i guess. we have to assume he consulted a lawyer who should know the law in this area but somebody is going to be facing a judge in federal court about it. i'll tell you that. >> my next question. federal court or uniform court of military justice. what are we looking at talking about actual statutes they'll use to pursue action against him? >> two things. number one can they stop the book? wouldn't they want to stop publication of the book? the answer to that is pretty much no under first amendment. it is already out there. a lot of it has been published.

so the court isn't going to say we'll take the book back. it is already in the public domain. but he could be prosecuted criminally for violation of the espionage act. they also could do -- >> don't leave act. >> don't leave that. espionage act, and hero, s.e.a.l., who helped to kill bin laden. come on. >> i am saying they won't do it, but -- >> it would be political suicide. >> yes, what they are more like likely to do is to go after him civilly. that means he won't get any money for the book, and the u.s. government gets the money from the book and they will go after the publishers in some way. >> he has told everybody that he does not want the money and he is going to dedicate the money to the charity of the fallen come raids and does that matte could the pentagon say, it can go to the charity you want, but you are not the middleman here. >> yes, this happened with a cia

agent and had a constructive trust and took the book away from him, and it became a u.s. book and they will take him out of the picture, but the question is will they go after him criminally. >> i cannot -- it is bizarre to think that could happen, because he is exposed to potential jail time, right? >> absolutely. 20 years in prison is the maximum sentence under the espy knowledge act that he is likely to face, but the obama administration is aggressive in prosecuting criminally people who leak classified information and i have to say on the other side of this, he is a hero, and i will admit that. >> heck yeah. and say that again. he is a hero. no matter how you slice it, he is a hero, but there is a little ugly matter. >> and talk about the special operations of the united states military forces. i think that his comrades at arms are probably pretty angry that he is disclosing information about secret navy s.e.a.l. operations. i don't care if he is donating

the book to charity. it doesn't matter. it is a violation i think of his obligation as a military member of the s.e.a.l.s. >> i can't because we are out of time i can't get into how about the people who helped him, are they in trouble, too? short answer? >> yes. have they disclosed, and i have not read the book, but certainly his name is out there, and he has been targeted himself apparently by terrorists, and will other navy s.e.a.l.s be targeted? >> you are so smart. can you stick around for another block? i want to talk to you about james holmes' privileges and when can i talk to my lawyers and spouse and when am i outed? i won't say it on tv, because this blows privilege. and regarding that nondisclosure agreement of the pentagon, they are not saying what information could actually be classified at this moment, but we are back in a minute. go-gurt?

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all right. so what was accused murderer james holmes thinking in the weeks before he allegedly shot up the movie theater in aurora, colorado, and the key to what he is thinking might be in a possible notebook that he sent to the psychiatrist just before the killings, and a center of a pitched battle in court yesterday and specifically will anyone other than his psychiatrist be allowed to find out what was inside of a package that he sent to the psychiatrist, and the defense says anything that is shared between james holmes and his

psychiatrist should remain privilege and a secret, and a secret shared only between the two. prosecutors say forget about that, because in colorado, a psychiatrist is no different than a medical doctor when it comes to privilege, and that is important, because your privilege with the medical doctor is not quite as protected under the law, and not quite as secret and ultimately a judge has to decide and did decide in fact what happened between holmes and his psychiatrist will remain privileged, but here is the catch. it will remain privileged as long as that relationship didn't end. but the date they stopped being doctor and patient is still yet to be decided and hence we don't know if we will get to know what is inside of the package and the alleged notebook, so i don't have big reporting for you, but i can say this, our cnn legal contributor paul callan is an expert when it comes to shut your mouth, and i is a they, because a lot of people think, that if you talk to the priest or the lawyer and you talk to

the doctor, your psychiatrist, that is privileged bar none. and that is not the case. >> no, it is not the case. there are a lot of exceptions to the rule, and the biggest exception though that kind of applies to the priest, to the lawyer, to the spouse is if you reveal to somebody else what you told your lawyer, what you told your priest, what you told your spouse, you have wave waived the privilege. >> because other people are not bound by the privilege. >> and because they have revealed it to them, and you can haul the lawyer into court and testify against you, because once the privilege is waived and disclosed, it is fair to bring this the priest or the doctor or anybody else, but the priest has rules of the catholic church if it is a roman catholic that might bind him and he would not disclose, but a lawyer would be forced to disclose. >> and here, a guy walks into the confessional and he says to the priest, i'm sorry, father, i have sinned and i'm about to sin, and i really, really hate

my ex-wife and my girlfriend and i'm going to kill her. what is the duty there of the priest? >> boy, you hit me with a hard one there, and that is the priest penitent privilege, and he is saying that he is going to commit a future crime, and usually committing a future crime is no privilege, but in a repentant booth, yes, it is requirement of imminent dangerous, and the requirement of the priest is not so clear as to the duty. >> i walk into the office and i tell you i'm about to commit a deadly crime? >> well, that is going to differ from state to state as to the ked of professional responsibility if the lawyer has a duty to disclose. >> you are joking, that you don't have to go tell the police that somebody told you that they are going to kill somebody, because -- >> well, if you are a lawyer, it is not so clear, and people get confused about this, because it is a crazy doctrindoctrine. you come into my office and say, i just killed somebody and i

buried the body down the street and the family is looking for the body. >> and there is a search out there and casey anthony's daughter is missing. >> total attorney/client privilege. i'd like to rob a bank and what is a good defense i could use? >> then what? >> the prosecutor can haul you, the lawyer in, to testify against the client, because that is a future crime and a lawyer is not to give advice about how to the commit a future crime. >> but they can't haul you in until you know he did that, and i'm assuming you will say no, i have to go out the stop a crime, because i heard about it. >> well, it varies in state to state, but in many states as a lawyer, you could report it. i'm not saying that a lawyer couldn't report it, but he may not have a legal obligation to report it. and he might get disbarred. >> and five seconds left, the spouse, same laws as everybody else for