the one against eli lilly was one that had to be brought.reement that i used to hire outside counsel as was pointed out in my letter to the editor in response to the uninformed to, not completely informed editorial by the journal pointed out that in my state, i have eight civil attorneys. most of them are doing criminal work. a case of this magnitude is too big. the agreement that i used to hire attorneys has been selected as the model for tort reform burbs for hiring outside counsel in all the states. many of the other states have adopted the ones that we use. it is a good agreement. there's nothing wrong with it. in this case, it produced a very important results for the state of south carolina. >> i agree with you on that. "the wall street journal" talk about campaign kickbacks in after they were hired. >> there were no campaign kickbacks. there were attorneys that gave money to my campaigns and the attorneys representing the defendant, eli lilly, given equal amount to my campaigns. a judge ruled on that question and ruled that there was

we are importuned by attorneys, but we bring one very rarely, and one against eli lilly was one thatto be fought. hiring outside counsel. as was pointed out in my letter to the editor in response to the, i would say, uninformed or not completely informed editorial by "the journal" and in my state, we have eight criminal attorneys. the case of this magnitude is just too big, but the agreement that i use has been selected as the model for tort reform groups for hiring outside counsel in all the states. many of the other states have adopted the one that we use. it is a good agreement. there is nothing wrong with it, and in this case, it produced a very important results for the state of south carolina. >> i do not think the wall street journal problem was the system you had with that process of hiring the attorneys but the kickbacks after they were hired. >> there were no campaign kickbacks. wait a minute. wait a minute. whoa. i know you do, i know you do. the attorneys who gave money to my campaigns and the attorneys representing the defendant, eli lilly, gave an equal amount of money

the one against eli lilly was one that had to be brought. the agreement that i used to hire outside counsel, as was pointed out in my letter to the editor in response to the, i would say, uninformed -- not completely informed editorial by the journal, pointed out that in my state, i have eight civil attorneys. mostar doing criminal work. the case of this magnitude is just too big. but the agreement that i used to hire attorneys has been selected as the model by tort reform groups for hiring outside counsel in all the states. many of the other states have adopted the one that we use. it is a good agreement. there's nothing wrong with it. and this case, it produced very important result for the state of south carolina. >> i don't think wall street journals problem was with that. it was with the contribution kickback so dumb after they were hi. >> there weren't any campaign contribution kickback's. >> "the wall street journal" -- >> wait a minute. wait a minute. what you -- i know you do. i know you do. but there were attorneys who gave money t

ruth lly the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical magte eli lilly died last nighin indianapolis. over theourse of her life, lilly gave awathe bulk of her inheritance some $80million dollars. st of it went to charitable organizations and ts groups based in indna. she so gave a $100 million dollar donion to the literary magazine "poetry",hich had rejected her submissions f years. lilly was 94 yea old. pas of the world have already ushered the new year. in sydney, australia more an a million peop turned up to watch fireworks overhe city's landmarkarbor bridge. reworks also lit up the skie over red sare in moscow. back in the s., crowds began thering in new york's times square under a lig snow for the ball dp at midnight. security is steppeup there, witholice and other officials planning a sweep of e area for biological contaminants. those are some of the y's main stories. i'll be back at the d of the program with areview of what yoll find tonight on the newshour'sebsite. but for now back to jeff. >> bwn: and still to come on the newshouronight. conversaons with economists about the