kathleen kane, you prosecuted sex abuse cases like this.se closing statements tomorrow? do they get conflated in the media or do they have the importance we put on them? >> they have a lot of importance. now, the judge will instruct the jury the statements of the lawyers are not evidence and they must strictly look at the evidence. as you know. but those state closing statements wrap the entire case up into one neat package. it brings in all of the avenues and presents to the jury why they should find this man guilty and consequently, the defense will do the same thing. but they are extremely important. they are the last pieces of evidence, last statements the jury will hear before they go back to the deliberation room. >> big day. he could be sleeping in his own bed for the final time tonight or tomorrow night. of course he could be exonerated. what do i know. thank you, kathleen kane and diane dimond. >>> up next, mitt romney now says marco rubio is being vetted as a potential vice presidential running mate. was romney forced to say that

. >> kathleen kane is the democratic candidate for pennsylvania attorney general. mes prosecutor. kathleen, there are ten alleged victims, as you know, eight of them are known, two of them are unknown. one of the two is the alleged victim in the mike mcqueary incident, for lack of a better description. as you know, the defense opening statement today spent a lot of time beating up on mike mcqueary. i want to ask you, with your prosecutorial expertise, does it make sense for the prosecution to have dropped that case and instead proceed with nine and take off the table the baggage that mcqueary perhaps will bring to this trial? >> no, i don't think it makes sense to do that. i would have kept all of the cases and all of the victims for this reason. because the defense is starting to make the case that all of the victims got together and created this mass conspiracy to come up with virtual lies against jerry sandusky all to file civil suits. mike mcqueary is an independent witness who saw these sexual contact and sexual acts taking place in the shower. the fact that he

now let me bring in veteran prosecutor kathleen kane, a candidate for attorney general in the state of pennsylvania where this trial is taking place. thank you for joining us again. as john yang just reported, another young man telling a story very similar and if true, as heartbreaking as the others that we heard yesterday. they are piling on. how does the defense fight back against this? >> the defense is going to have to try and pull each witness's testimony one by one back off of their conspiracy theory that everyone got together and they're going to have to do the best job that they can just to pick out inconsistencies. it sounds like that the prosecution is having blockbuster days, that the witnesses are strong and the witnesses are coming across to the jury as very credible. >> you point out that they will have to find inconsistencies in these stories here. but one of the boys, for example, today says the incidents happened in 1990 and 1999. the stories tell a similar pattern. other than saying that the motivation is money here, which we've already heard from the defense, how do

in any way, any event, thank you very much kathleen kane. >> thank you. >>> when we return, allow meo finish with a birthday tribute to a president who knew the value of not bragging on himself. you're watching "hardball." the place for politics. wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >>> tomorrow is president george herbert walker bush's 88th birthday. first, my bias. in college i had the amazing experience of traveling across the country and sometimes around the globe doing advance work for the vice president. in his term as president i was an appointee to a sub cabinet level position in his administration. now the facts. when he ran for the presidency in 1980 his slogan was, a president we won't have to train. that was a reflection of the fact that by that point in his

. >> kathleen kane, thank you for your time. >>> we are following breaking news on capitol hill. eric holder wrapped up a heated exchange with lawmakers on the committee over leaks on the national security committee. one called for holder's dismiss dismissal. these were reported in articles after government programs, including drone attacks, were made public. >> i think you are missing the fact that this is a very big deal and you are handling it in a way that it is suspicious. >> you leave me no alternative but to join those that call upon you to resign your office. >> we have pete williams joining me from washington, d.c. what did mr. holder say in respon response? >> what the attorney general said by using two u.s. attorneys in the area, the investigation is already started. they are moving for quickly. he said the fbi has already done at least 100 interviews of him and the director of the fbi with a special counsel, you have to find the person and get them staffed and get office space. he said the point here is to get moving quickly. now republican members said, look, in the

joining me live from washington, d.c., kathleen kane former prosecutor.tart off why matt sandusky if he has this damaging testimony why wouldn't he be called to the stand. >> the judge may have preclude it because it came in too late or uncharged act. the judge may have precluded it for that reason. nonetheless the fact that matt was there and then left and precluded the defendant from testifying in a sense is really a bombshell and it's very surprising. >> you know, would it be usual or have you ever heard, i should say, of a situation where a deal is made in the sense that some of the reporting was that sandusky wanted to testify, they went to the judge's chambers, matt sandusky's testimony came up and that's when sandusky walked back out and we knew he would not be taking the stand. could a deal be made to keep him off the stand, meaning jerry sandusky? >> legally speak ug can't make that sort of a deal and i'm sure the prosecutors nor the defense or judge would have allowed something like that took cure. in all likelihood what happened is they went be