edwards.aid he illegally used campaign funds to cover up an affair. the former north carolina senator is facing six felony charges. according to the feds john edwards necessityingly accepted nearly $1 million in donations for the 2008 presidential run which investigators say the campaign used to keep the affair under wraps. so to speak. during that affair, john edwards photographer became pregnant with his love child. but john edwards attorneys say the contributions everyone gifts not donations and he broke no law, therefore. jonathan hunt. only gifts. so kind. give us the details. >>jonathan: what the campaign is saying, or the lawyers are saying, this was entirely and is an entirely politically motivated prosecution. brought by a u.s. attorney who is a republican who is now running for congress. and they say in the court filings "there is simply no explanation for a taxpayer funded investigation of this scope unless the intent was to dig up anything and everything possible on mr. ed wards. t

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i am here to speak in support of the edward the second project. just for a second, imagine a child that has been sexually abused by her father and is forced to enter the foster care system. this is a friend of mine that is now 19 years old and just trying to get her life together, trying to recover from trauma. this is not the only person. there are thousands of young people in similar, worse, or different type of situations that are trying to live a healthy life. imagine a senior citizen, a refugee from el salvador that makes a living out of her house. she is barely making ends meet, she consistently taking in youth and young families that are struggling with housing from her local church. that is my grandmother. not only does she take in those folks, she supported myself, my sister, and my mother. if this elderly woman who made ends meet by clipping coupons, only shopping when there was a sale, could support some many people that i used to see growing up, why can't the city and county of san francisco support this project and provide housing for

tom fitzgerald live at the maryland state house annapolis what are edwards concerns? >> reporter: well, brian, officially her main concern is this map proposed by governor o'malley would damage minority voting rights in maryland when you look at it politically this would stand to take a lot of minority voters out of edward's district. >>> maryland governor o'malley says redrawing congressional districts comes with built in disagreements. >> it is always very disruptive for incumbent elected officials. >> at the state house governor proposed to redraw boundaries that make up maryland's 8 districts. >> we have put forward a map as balanced and as fair as we could make it. >> but the plan to remove montgomery county from the 4th district is drawing fire from its current democratic congress woman, donna edwards. >> we shouldn't draw conclusions because we just believe them. >> removing montgomery county from the 4th district would allow it to be put into the 6th district, injecting more minority voters into the district. edwards has drown up her own map at that keeps more

edwards, what are the chances for acquittal?ive arguments as to why the indictment should be dismissed. it's a return to hard reality. just four days after the joyful celebration of his daughter's marriage. prosecutors charge that edwards requested, accepted and received unlawful contributions in order to hide his involvement in an extramarital affair, and therefore preserve the liability of his campaign to be president. >> no other candidate has been charged criminally with any case that even approximates this. >> reporter: ken gross, a former head of enforcement for the federal election commission, and previously a consultant for edwards' defense, argues the case goes beyond the law. >> none of that money was used for any campaign related expense. no tv ads, no radio ads, to pay campaign workers or to otherwise advocate his election. >> reporter: the government says edwards broke the law by not reporting almost $1 million secretly provided by two supporters. which was used to hide his pregnant mistress, rielle hunter, in fancy

>> the other one. >> the other one, edwards? >> yeah. ground. >> the one that got knocked down. >> mr. powers. >> come on, dawg, let me talk to you for a minute. he was aggressive. >> i investigated five guys up there. >> talked to 27? >> yeah, talked to 27. said he didn't see anything at all. however, i've got about three individuals that said edwards swung on samuels first. >> that's right here, too, he was at guesser. >> samuels is probably the one charged with great bodily injury, with the injury that edwards suffered, he got knocked out. >> although the evidence leads to self-defense, samuels could still receive an additional year on his sentence, if found guilty. >> and that's the first time edwards had been aggressive on the yard. they tried to stop him from fighting and this time he wouldn't listen. >> he thought he was a big, tough guy out there. he ran into a buzz saw. >> yeah. that's what happened. >> that's what you call yard justice right there. >> that's it. >>> coming up next on "lockup: extended stay" -- >> we have 24 hou

and then there is john edwards.n north carolina holding a hearing today about a civil case involving sex tape said to feature the former senator. his mistress is suing the former aide for the run of her personal property. reports indicate that includes a sex tape on which she and john edwards do the wild thing back in 2007 while he was at the time running for president. she claims the aide violated the judge's order by sharing information with the federal prosecution but the aide denies it. the case is separate from the criminal charges john edwards faces. and the prosecution claims he used campaign dough anyways to cover up the affair and the pregnancy with his child. and now, judge napolitano. where are we? >>judge napolitano: two cases. a civil case where she has sued andrew young for the run of the sex tape she made involving herself and john edwards. in that case, she got an order from the judge telling young not to give the tape to anyone. and we have a criminal case and the up said john edwards violated feder

don edwards is our guest. caller: good morning, ms. edwards. i would like to talk about how we got to where we are. right after world war ii, the american taxpayers produced the marshall plan which financed and rebuilt europe and in doing so america also placed a protective umbrella over that whole continent, protecting those countries, which allowed them the luxury of not having to pay for a standing army because we protected them. as an abundant -- unintended consequence, america subsidized europe's ability to produce socialized medicine, to produce free tuition in college, and in certain industries, four to six weeks of vacation, and a litany of other candidates. consequently, -- host: we got the background. could you give us your question, please? caller: what i would like is -- i will finish in about 20 seconds. host: we need the question or that we have to move on. i apologize. caller: i feel that although we have no more money to spend and we can't finance anything anymore, in the mid-1960s we produced the great society and we elevated t

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it's unusual for a judge to agree to hear arguments at this stage of the case, basically what edwards today is to get his case thrown out before it goes for trial. some say it's the legal equivalent of a hail mary. >> reporter: john edwards walks back into a courthouse in greensboro, north carolina today, armed with five arguments why his indictment should be dismissed. it's a return to hard reality. just four days after the joyful celebration of his daughter kate's marriage. prosecutors charge that edwards requested, accepted, and received unlawful contributions in order to hide his involvement in an extramarital affair, and thereby, preserve the viability of his campaign to be president. >> no other candidate has ever been charged criminally with any case that even approximates this. >> reporter: ken gross the former head of enforcement for the federal election commission and previously a consultant for edwards' defense arguing the case goes beyond the law. >> none of that money was used for any campaign-related expense. no tv ads, no radio ads, the paid campaign workers, otherwise

i have lived in different locations within seven blocks of edward the second for 35 years. i was looking through an alumni magazine when i saw one of those articles on faculty research projects. this one began with this sentence. one third half of the girl living in high crime areas are victims of sexual violence. young women that live in poor neighborhoods face violence is way above what women in other neighborhoods face. we need a citywide solution and all neighborhoods need to step up. i know the track record. one of the reasons why it is so successful is that it has high expectations and it provides a world-class mentoring and support. years ago, there was a mansion and in pacific heights. i never heard of a single incident to the entire time it was there. i think it will be the same way here. i have listened to the opponent's comments. i have heard one person say three times that he was against this project because it is a gold-plated project. i have heard other people say that the rooms are too small and there is not enough common areas, there is not enough outside sp

john edwards, the former v.p.didate was in court today trying to avoid a trial that could put him away for decades. is he actually a presidential candidate and he admits he has done wrong cheating on his cancer-stricken wife having a baby with another woman. but he claimants he when heoverp that affair. we will get a live update next. and a at the timey exchange on capitol hill over operation fast and furious. the government-run program linked to that death of a u.s. border guard. we have new updates and they are ahead. whoa. whoa. how do you top great vacations? whoa. getting twice the points on great vacations. whoa! use chase sapphire preferred and now get two times the points on travel, and two times the points on dining and no foreign transaction fees. whoa! chase sapphire preferred. a card of a different color. apply now at chasesapphire.com/preferred >> the one time white house hopeful john edwards back in court today as his attorneys asked a federal judge to dismiss the charges that he illegally used campa

the law and claims case is politically motiva motivated. >> edwards pleaded not guilty. trial is scheduled to start in january. pat? >>> accident alcohol poisoning is ruled amy winehouse's official death. a coroner made the announcement saying the singer's unexpected death was the result of drinking too much. her blood alcohol was five times over the legal drunk-driving limit. she was found dead at her home in july. there were jefrl empty bodies of vodka in her room. >>> two italian politicians exchange punches in parliament today. there they are. looking less than friendly. the fight erupted after a heated discussion in rome. they are members of different political parties. the night before the fight, one made sarcastic remarks about the other's wife saying she retired at the age of 39. the comment was made in reference to italy's generous pension system which is under consideration for changes. >>> a cop in nigeria is helping take the edge off rush hour and commuters. take a look. >> he dances to the music in his head while he's directing the traffic. check out his mov

. ♪ >>> former senator john edwards will be in court today to fight criminal charges. of taking illegal campaign contributions to hide his mistress, rielle hunter, during the 2008 presidential campaign. nbc news senior investigative correspondent, lisa myers, joins us from washington. lisa, good morning. what are we expecting this morning? >> good morning, chris. first of all, it's unusual for a judge even to agree to hear arguments at this stage of the case. basically, what edwards is trying to do today is to get his case thrown out before it goes to the trial. some say it's the legal equivalent of a hail mary. john edwards walks back into a courthouse in greensburg, north carolina, today, argued with five arguments why his indictment should be dismissed. it's a return to hard reality. just four days after the joyful celebration of his daughter kate's marriage. prosecutors charge that edwards requested, accepted, and received unlawful contributions, in order to hide his involvement in an extramarital affair, and thereby preserve the viability of his campaign to be pre

elizabeth edwards passed away of cancer in december and john edwards facing possible jail time over aood news to focus on. their daughter cate is getting married and we are learning her mother planned some of the wedding before she passed away so more on her big day ahead this morning. >>> first, the death of moammar gadhafi, his body is held in misrata as the new government will investigate how he was killed. elizabeth palmer is in tripoli with more. liz, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the united nations human rights office wants an investigation into the circumstances of colonel gadhafi's death and specifically they want to know whether he was executed. there is new video out this morning and i should warn you, it does contain some graphic images but it shows clearly he was a live when he was captured. now how did he die? the government says it doesn't know and it certainly isn't naming anybody who pulled the trigger. it is, however, being very public about displaying the body. it's lying in a morgue in misrata in the city in the middle of the country on a bloodied mattres

our mayor, edward lee. >> thank you. [applause] thanks for being here. you know, jeff, what you're talking about, and edward and victor, this is a reconfirmation that our policy in san francisco is really working. almost on a weekly basis. we have another tech company coming in, taking up space, and creating jobs. our practice has been and our policy in the city that -- has been that we want our tech companies to start here in san francisco, stay here, and to grow with us. we're growing those jobs tremendously. take the gaming company, for example. if you months ago, you were in 5000 square feet summer. here, your 33,000 square feet. you have 63 employees. in 18 months, is what i understand, in the next 18 months, you're going to grow from 63 employees to 185. that is exactly the type of growth that we need and want to have here. some of the other ones, whether it is play haven or pivotal labs or kiva, which will be able to see because they're knocking out walls already and doing stuff. it is kind of funny, because i was here about a year-and-a-half ago

with you for right now but we are going to bring edward back to talk about europe because it's on the brink of collapse and we want to know if it is able to be saved if they're even looking at the right thing that's that harrison with credit write downs. all right time now for the word of the day this is the fun part of the show if you're a financial expert turn off the t.v. for a second or take a break because this is for our very smart viewer but maybe not the experts have you can understand something very important so where is he has the word of the day . i thought nice as the. word of the day is. i wish you were still here i would like to see him say that three times fast anyway it is the european financial stability facility and this is very important because as we speak this is going on euro zone leaders are racing to agree on new steps to reduce greece's debt to strengthen the capital of banks and leverage the european financial stability facility the f.s.f. euro backstop fund to stem contagion to bigger economies but progress appears slow so what exactly is this very important

. >>> also ahead the daughter of john edwards and the late elilz beth edward was married and the former senator had to sneak in a back door just to attend. we'll explain about that. >>> and martha stewart's daughter is telling all about her mom in a new book and doesn't exactly paint a picture of perfection. alexis stewart grew up in a house where there was never any food prepared, they turned out the lights to avoid trick-or-treater ss op. hallowe and was required to wrap her own christmas presents. >>> natalie is at the news desk with the headlines. good morning to you. >> good morning matt and savannah. good morning, everyone. dozens of people are still trapped in the rubble this morning in eastern turkey, where a devastating 7.2 magnitude quake has killed hundreds so far. nbc's michelle franzen is in mus, turkey, with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. the earthquake struck in the lake van area closest to the iranian border, it was felt several hours away including here in mus. the lake is surrounded by mountains and dotted with small villages and towns and the

so, if convicted edwards could get?>> probably between 3 and 5 years. >> bill: so it's not a heavy load. i mean, obviously a guy like that. >> tell that to the person going to jail. around like 33 months would probably be the minimum. >> bill: the government is going to have to spends tens of millions of dollars prosecution heal bring in every high profile lawyer in the world. >> i don't know about tens of millions but it's not going to be cheap. >> bill: this is going on two years appeal and this and ruling and that and hearings it will be over $10 million. >> no. it won't. >> bill: you don't think so? by the time the government and all of the resources. >> not tens of millions of dollars it's going to be millions but, no. it's expensive to litigate cases that's true in every case. that can't be the governing concern when you decide whether somebody has committed a crime or not. either they did it. either you as a prosecutor they did it. in this case the government believes they have him. >> bill: edwards' lawyer say y

a lawyer for edwards argued the entire case should be dropped. he is charged for keeping nearly $1 million in campaign donations. he has pleaded not guilty. the trial is set to begin in january. >>> in turkey, officials say the death toll from the earthquake four days ago has gone up to 523. nearly 200 have been rescued. two people were pulled from a building that somehow survive spread. >>> tourists are fleeing the resort city of cancun. one official estimate is 10,000 people have left because of storms. the hurricane center projects the storm will eventually curve east heading for to but and florida. there's a lot of uncertainty as to where it will be by the weekend. >>> to the west, a massive early season snowfall dump half a foot. it also knocked down tree branches and knocked out power. most of the power is expected to be restored at some point today. we have dealt with that. we know that it's never fun. >>> here, we are dealing not with extremes, but what weather. >> yes, a nuisance. a cold rain is possible saturday. it is going to get cold

edwards says the shift would leave minorities underrepresented. >> edwards released a statement that reads "i understand and share the political interests that are at stake both nationally and in our state. nonetheless, i cannot support this plan in its current form, given that minority representation interests appear to have been sacrificed for these political interests." governor martin o'malley will submit the redistricting plan to the general assembly for a special session next week. >>> here is a look at other stories making news now. federal prosecutors open their case against the accused terrorist they call the underwear bomber. abdul mutallab is accused of trying to blow up a detroit bound flight in 2009 on christmas day. the 24-year-old was determined to kill all 300 people on board his flight when he allegedly went into the bathroom and ignited a bomb hidden in his underwear. the trial is expected to last a month. >>> lawyers for a gaithersburg man being held in the case of a frederick woman missing in aruba plan to ask an arube an court to immediately release giordano. pol

. >> hey, the legal drama surrounding john edwards took a step down the aisle. we more on edwards and what his late life elizabeth played in their wedding. >> reporter: a picture perfect wedding, john got married. trevor, whom she met at princeton university, the maid of honor, emma claire. one of the groomsmen, her 11-year-old brother, jack. the father of the bride ducked in and out a back door to avoid photographers. he walked kate down the aisle. >> he was bursting through pride. >> later this week,edwards faces a hearing on krimial charges. he asked that a trial date be delayed until january. not invited to the wedding, rial hunter. kate's mother was not there. >> we got engaged shortly before she passed away and got a chance to talk about what the wedding would be like and messages she had and she was so happy because she loves my fiance and i was on this path that she was happy with and comfortable with. >> kate wrote in glamour magazine i feel lucky to have shared that joy with her and talk about the wedding. mom advised me to think carefully about the ce

today a judge denied edwards' request to have the criminal case against him thrown out.arged with using campaign donations to cover-up an affair while running for president. then submitting false campaign finance reports to cover his tracks. edwards has pleaded not guilty. >>> bernie madoff and his wife are talking for the first time about their lives and the scandal. madoff spoke with barbara walters without a camera two weeks ago at the federal prison in north carolina where he's serving a 150 year sentence. madoff told walters he feels terrible remorse. he also feels happier in prison than he's felt in 20 years. walters spoke about her interview today on "good morning america." >> he knows that he ruined his family. during the day he doesn't think about it. he says therapy, he compartmentalizes, does his job doesn't think about it. at night he says he has horrible nightmares. he says i understand why clients hate me. the gravy train is over. average person thinks i robbed widows and orphans, i made wealthier people -- wealthy people wealthier. >> ruth told 60 minutes

and edward the second is one block west of the western boundaries. we have supported this product from the very beginning. we think it is good for the neighborhood. we think it is important for us to shoulder some of the burden for this youth population. we think the community housing partnerships and the youth services our quality organizations. i've been impressed by the amount of negotiation that they have undertaken with our neighbors that are nervous about this project and i am not a entirely sure exactly why. i think the mitigation of a health and should help ease those concerns, like if there is an advisory committee or what ever it is of neighbors to oversee the implementation of this project. i just want you to know that there are many of us out there that think this is good, and we welcome it. we are just not frightened by the unknown. >> over 60% of its population, what we see when the population actually attends city colleges, they become couch surfers. they go from house to house with no permanent or stable residents. a lot of them end u

today a judge denied edwards' request to have the criminal case against him thrown out. he's charged with using campaign donations to cover-up an affair while running for president. then submitting false campaign finance reports to cover his tracks. edwards has pleaded not guilty. >>> bernie madoff and his wife are talking for the first time about their lives and the scandal. madoff spoke with barbara walters without a camera two weeks ago at the federal prison in north carolina where he's serving a 150 year sentence. madoff told walters he feels terrible remorse. he also feels happier in prison than he's felt in 20 years. walters spoke about her interview today on "good morning america." >> he knows that he ruined his family. during the day he doesn't think about it. he says therapy, he compartmentalizes, does his job doesn't think about it. at night he says he has horrible nightmares. he says i understand why clients hate me. the gravy train is over. average person thinks i robbed widows and orphans, i made wealthier people -- wealthy people wealthier. >> ruth told 60