it's entitled "betrayal of trust in the san francisco police department." my thoughts were just those of unbelief after reading your story "new video slap for san francisco cops." it is undeniable that our rights under search and seizure laws must be protected. but cops that blow cases by violating these rights should lose their jobs and be prosecuted themselves. i hope new chief greg suhr follows through on his promises to clean up the san francisco police department that betrays the trust put in it when it pulls stunts like this. so, what happens when those we think are protecting us from criminal activity become the criminals themselves? what is the mentality that causes this to happen? how much can a police department overcome such a betrayal of trust, public trust? so we're going to explore some of these issues today with our most imminent panel, all of them experts in their field. and we are very fortunate to have them all here. let me introduce you first to stuart hanlon, at my immediate left. stuart is a defense attorney of great renown. he has over

accountable amounts to a betrayal of the average working american since the height of just one who had nothing european country with their nice homes with swimming pools and i'm getting bit by bit. under pressure from u.s. cities which a bank has begun to repair some of their properties but without much of the announcer of an efficiency but with so many homes still at risk of foreclosure it may be too little too slowly too late in los angeles and i'm wondering the r t. joining me now for more on this topic is timothy he is professor of international economic law at chapman university thanks so much for being with us now before we get into kind of the economic nitty gritty i just i'm curious you know often the debate in this country is framed as republicans versus democrats but do you think that is becoming less important than the divide between the haves and the have nots in the united states. i think that is an interesting way to look at it there is a remarkable amount of consensus degree of consensus between republican and democratic elected officials one wouldn't know it by hearing

people close to him said it was the face of betrayal. betrayal of the people closest to him. his late wife, elizabeth, supporters, his staffers, his contributors. grant it, he was a promising politician at first. rich trial lawyer, but a spokesman for the poor. smart but homegrown. talked such a good game, he good picked up as john kerry's running mate in 2004. >> i have chosen a man who understands and defends the values of america. >> reporter: but it didn't work out, so next election cycle, edwards jumped into the race for the white house once again. by early 2008 -- >> it's time for me to step aside. >> reporter: he was out. but not before getting entangled in a messy relationship with a woman named rielle hunter. she eventually gave birth to edwards' child. edwards at first denied having the affair and then denied being the father. last year he finally admitted it. the story reached a sleazy low point when a video surfaced that purportedly showed the two having sex. it took eight months before edwards' wife, elizabeth, learned the extent of the affair. and before she die

>> it is a betrayal, but many men -- and you can back me up on this. >> i don't know if i will verify what you're saying. >> can be in denial that if they are not physically involved it's not cheating. >> it's almost a fantasy. it's not real. so he was rationalizing along the way, i'm married, i'm not touching another woman. it's wrong and a betrayal, but this is going to change everything for every public figure going forward. this is a new world. >> let me ask you about his wife huma. she was not there by his side. she hasn't been seen in the last day or so. he did say that weiner had no intention or they had no intention of splitting up over this. what must she be going through now? >> i'm sure she's humiliated, angry, has a sense of shame. she's probably a little bit or a lot in shock. who knows what she considered her husband to be before all of this became public. >> he said she knew about relationships like this online before they were married. >> okay. so before one is married -- >> we don't know if it's true or not. >> i think the thing that will hurt him the most is not that

not so easy to trace an intricate blame of betrayals and broken treaties. the enemy is not you, the enemy is not me. the enemy is muslim, christian, atheist, hindu, jew. he is our collective face, our evolution, the devolution, the ripening of long injustices. thank you. the next poet is michael palmer. >> what of that wolf hound at full stride. what of the woman that serves as fairl guide and witness to the snowy hive? what of the singer robed in red and frozen at mid-song? and the stone, its brokenness, or the voice oft seen that says note the dragon seen but asking no questions of flight, no questions of irridescence, what of that century, did you see it pass? what of that wolf hound at your back? and then a poem that is for mahmud darlish called the dream of narcissus. the dream of narcissus, that there would be a silence loud as time. the dream of the writer that there could be a silence loud as time, the dream of time that rest might come, the dream of rest, that unrest might arise. the dream of the palm, the pilgrims would enter the village. the drea

but, still, to the person's spouse, it's a betrayal, and to the public, it's a betrayal only because about it. >> that was savannah guthrie reporting. >>> coming up at 5:00, we'll talk to luke russert who has been following this scandal from the start. >>> an atlantic city casino is hoping to boost gambling with bustiers. the tropicana casino and resort is creating a special nightclub where female blackjack and roulette dealers will wear skimpy bustiers and stockings. it's apparently part of a growing trend to get more people into casinos by spicing things up. servers at another atlantic city casino are now wearing revealing flapper costumes. a group of female employees filed a lawsuit over that. >>> well if that doesn't entice people to the tropicana, a recent string of luck may do the trick. according to the press of atlantic city, the tropicana just paid about $5.3 million to a gambler last week. the owner said the man won most of his cash during a six-hour streak playing craps. he said the man left a tip of more than $150,000 for the table game dealers. his big win comes just wee

this is a sordid story of deception and betrayal. even if most of the facts prove true, there already is controversy whether it all amounts to a federal crime. >> here he comes. >> reporter: with his daughter kate by his side, john edwards took responsibility for doing wrong, but not for breaking the law. >> i take full responsibility for having done wrong, and i will regret for the rest of my life, the pain and the harm i caused to others. but i did not break the law. and i never, ever thought i was breaking the law. >> reporter: at issue, almost a million dollars provided by two wealthy donors. now 100-year-old heiress rachel bunny mellon, and fred baron. the money was used to hide edwards' mistress, rielle hunter, and later their child, while he ran for president. the six count indictment said it payment contributed to unlawful campaign contributions, and convicted edwfrdz of trying to solicit them and cover them up. as proof the money was intended to help the campaign, prosecutors cite a note by mellon, written after an uproar ov

this has been a betrayal by their government in some ways. >> reporter: in what sense? the banks are doing well and homeowners are still struggling? >> the promise to helping homeowners, that up abled the government to bail out the banks, included a promise to preserve home ownership and that promise has been broken. >> reporter: neal oversaw the t.a.r.p. program, the government bailout of the banks in 2008. >> it is an honor to testify. >> reporter: he's been critical of the treasury department for rescuing the banks and leaving homeowners high and dry. you are saying that the popular perception that the banks got off scott free and the homeowners are struggling and the government didn't do anything to help -- is true. >> it's what happened. and what the bailout was supposed to do and compared to what the results are and come to any other conclusion. >> reporter: for jeff and karen pryor, this is just terrible times. they've been renting in new jersey for ten years and have been waiting to buy a house for the past year and a half. they just can't quite pull the trigger

but still to the spouse it's a betrayal and to the public it's a betrayal only because he lied aboutstatements about her husband's scandal but according to reports she skipped two state department events on monday. meredith? >> savannah, thank you. how can a marriage survive political scandal? amy singer co-authors the popular reliable source column for the washington post and dr. gail saltz is a "today" contributor. good morning. >> good morning. >> amy, can i can start with you, folks in washington, d.c. know congressman weiner and his wife well. what are they saying on the hill about his admission? >> i think everyone is curious to see how this is going to play out. i think first there is a sense that maybe he can weather this. that he had come clean with more than we are expecting him to yesterday. now it's beginning to sit uneasily with people as you look back on everything he said last week and realize he was lying last week a lot. >> gail, this is a smart guy. well respected congressman, a rising star here in new york. why would he do something this foolish? >> intellectually

friend of his wife elizabeth, who died six months ago of breast cancer, told nbc that despite john's betrayal, nobody wanted him to face criminal charges. she said elizabeth's friends worry about the impact on the children. emma claire and jack. and hope the case never comes to trial. the charges center on almost $1 million secretly provided by two wealthy donors and used to keep edwards' mistress rielle hunter and later their child, hidden away in lavish homes and on private jets. while he ran for president. the government argues that even though the payments did not go to edwards' campaign, they amounted to unlawful campaign contributions. meant to keep his candidacy viable. edwards' lawyers say the money was a gift from friends to help hide the affair from elizabeth. the indictment has triggered unusual criticism of the justice department. even among those usually pleased to see a politician prosecuted. >> i think that john edwards is a lousy human being, but i think this is a really lousy and flimsy criminal case. >> reporter: a "washington post" editorial said it is troubling that the ju

is this not a complete betrayal not to balance the budget on the backs of the poor? >> i looked carefully at this issue. and the point i would make is this. i think it is right there we reform the housing benefits because they have gotten completely out of control, rising to $22 billion. i think it should reflect the size of the family rather than the size of a house, but we have actually made an exception for people to have carers, but i have to say to the party opposite, it is no good talking about welfare reform and cutting the cost of welfare but never being able to find a single thing you agree with. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will the prime isn't bestired joining which will the prime minister join mate -- will the prime minister join me? wheelchair is to transform young people. how they might be able to take this forward? >> certainly. they do a brilliant job, an excellent charity. the point i would make on we want to have greater opportunity so that people can get the wheelchair of their choice at the time of their meeting -- needing. >> mr. speaker, in four o

president obama's decision for quote choosing competence in continuity but that same continuity means betrayers will be in charge of assessing his own success in iraq and afghanistan and ford r.t. washington d.c. . as a general slide over to the cia the nature of war seems to be shifting with him the u.s. president says the troop pullout of from afghanistan was possible because the taliban's momentum has waned that's despite calls from top military brass for a more gradual drawdown a former cia officer jack rice says washington's confused its enemies in the country. i think that the department of defense and the white house are probably mischaracterizing how this is successful if you will one of the problems is that somehow the u.s. has broken the taliban or separated the taliban from al qaeda well the fact is is that the taliban and al qaeda were separate organizations from the beginning and to simply characterize them as the bad guys as all the same guy was one of the biggest mistakes that the united states ever met i think you are going to see more instability when i talk to people in other

vicky ward contributing editor of vanity fair and author of the book the devil's casino friendship a betrayal and a high stakes games played inside lehman brothers thank you thank you so much for joining us tonight like i said i've been there are a railing about this story and making fun of the media for the last few weeks and the way they're obsessed with it and i have to admit i was little obsessed with making fun of them for it because it's fascinating to me but i really see it as you know i see it as a cop out i think they don't want to have to cover any real story they think that it's lazy on their part i think it shows what a tiny little new york d.c. bubble they live in but let me get someone else's opinion why do you think that there are just so thralls with this story. what with actually rena particularly. i think the thing ransley. particularly interesting if you've got as you can why not. to read his texts to all these various women is that this is i know this guy met him ten years ago and he's a guy in a real hurry. politically he really wanted to be rare of new york and the inter

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a pressure on the population they want the population through press to get rid of gaddafi it's a betrayal of the usual strategy and it's very cynical i don't know what your answer tonight's question is then but i want to clarify i guess from you i mean nato said its actions were full of humanitarian reasons now you being there you say what you are saying do you believe that he is still the case in any shape or form it was never the case because they killed mall civilians that the losses from the initials problems their fields most civilians the nato bombings so the real id is not protect civilians the real deed is to achieve the economic and strategic goal interest off there of the west us in europe i mean the oil i mean the financial reserves of libya i remind that the usa is a bankrupt country and also preventing that kind of would be a sort of turn to to the i.m.f. some by. for african development and also as i already said the old idea is to make the public international opinion accept the idea that nato is a cup of the world the that nato has the right to make wars where they want to

joint says that in spite of the promises betrayal of military bases will remain. i think you meant to. this honest politician who continued. in occupied my country just miles from one hand you are telling publicly to our people and. they will leave afghanistan five thousand and one or two pros and by the same breath from another hand talking. about the case in the stomping. your spine in the military bases in afghanistan. afghanistan i see no my people to. call for warlords taliban and al corp forces i think the people of us i don't know where they're going to work my people got democracy never come by our completion democracy not by car by military invasion democracy never done by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by my cigar by bumping our wedding parties. and you can watch the full interview with afghan activist a mother like joy in just over an hour's time right here on out. of a second bailout for greece is crippled economy dominates a meeting of e.u. leaders in brussels while the greek prime minister pushes for even more cuts at home which are a condition for