don dailey, thank you for being here.l us what the governor is accused of. >> all these charges as you mentioned relate to his alleged inappropriate relationship with his former top political aide rebecca pacen. the legislature a year ago initiated impeachment articles against the government and hearings started today while, at the same time, officials were behind closed doors negotiating a resignation deal with governor bentley under which he would plead to lesser charges, thus the campaign finance charges that you talked about. >> woodruff: the governor denied this for the longest time. is that right? >> he has. he has denied any wrongdoing. he said that he and his former top political aide never had a physical affair, that he made inappropriate remarks to her and he apologized to her for those a year ago. he also insisted he has done nothing illegal in the furtherance of that alleged affair. >> woodruff: since it came out so many months ago, why, don dailey, has it taken so long to get to this point? >> alabama has nev