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jay gray, nbc news, greensboro, north carolina. >>> well, the secret service is done with its probe in the colombian prostitution scandal, but there are signs of more trouble ahead. three more secret service employees lost their jobs with two resigning and a third losing his national security clearance. this morning's "washington post" reports several secret service employees who resigned last week are now considering fighting to keep their job, and may detail how senior managers tolerated similar behavior on previous official trips. >>> meanwhile, defense secretary leon panetta announced tuesday three marines and an embassy staffer in brazil have been punished for allegedly pushing a prostitute out of a car late last year after a dispute over payment. >>> well, now, here is a look at other stories making news early today in america -- initiation new york, surveillance cameras captured a dramatic armed robbery at a deli full of customers. the gunman pushed several items to the ground including the cash register. the clerk can be seen grabbing whatever money he could and handing it over

dick brennan for cbs news, greensboro, north carolina. >> the john edwards trial is expected to last for six weeks. >>> it now appears that the two dogs involved in a brutal attack in washington, d.c. are dead. this video made national news. two dogs attacked children in northeast washington and then they went after a man who was trying to protect the children. the dogs were finally chased away by another man with a baseball bat. a cheverly, maryland police officer tells us that he found the dogs on patrol saturday morning. at least one of them went after him and he shot that dog. both dogs were taken by animal control and put down. >>> we have some important information about organ donation. it's coming up next on 9news now at noon. >> plus, a thrilling overtime win for the washington capitals. we'll explain when we come back. >>> score. on the rebound joel ward and the caps knock off the defending champs. >> capital fans are celebrating today because joel ward netted this goal in overtime last night. the caps beat the bruins 3-2. they win the series four games to three and they mov

dick brennan is in greensboro, north carolina, with details from the court. >> reporter: john edwards had a quick word for spectators as he arrived at the courthouse with his daughter, kate. edwards faces six criminal counts accusing him of violating campaign finance laws to conceal his extramarital affair. both sides gave their opening statements with the prosecution says edwards accepted a million dollars in illegal donations. the money paid for rielle hunter's travel, hotels, and medical care when she got pregnant. edwards' attorneys argue the money was a gift and since it never went into the candidate's campaign account, it could not have violated any campaign finance laws. in fact, edwards says he didn't know about the money. it was his campaign aide, andrew young, who handled the funds. young arrived in court to be the first prosecution witness, but legal experts say he could have a credibility problem. for a while he pretended to be the father of hunter's baby and he may have broke broken the law. >> this case is so much about both what andrew young is saying and what john edwa

our report from the courtroom in greensboro, north carolina, tonight from lisa myers. >> john edwards arrived for the fifth day of his trial looking calm and composed. >> good morning. >> but inside, the most dramatic testimony yet. as edwards' lawyer, abbey lowell maneuvered to shred the credibility of the prosecution's star witness, andrew young. they battled over young's last meeting with edwards on a country road in august 2008 when edwards denied knowing about hundreds of thousands of dollars young had collected from heiress rachel bunny mallon, he says to cover up edwards' affair. "i was scared for my life," young said. "you thought mr. edwards was going to physically harm you?" lowell asked. "not mr. edwards personally." "you thought he was going to have somebody there to shoot you?" "that did cross my mind, yes, sir." young also testified he was extremely angry because edwards had broken his promise to tell the truth, that he was the father of the daughter of his mistress, rielle hunter. >> andrew young in his testimony today showed some passion and fire about how badly he was

. >> this was another dramatic day in a court room in greensboro, north carolina. at the john edwards trial, the prosecution star witness was once again on the stand, telling more stories about just how far he says she was asked to go to cover up the money trail and hide an affair. and as nbc's lisa myers reports tonight, the witness came under tough questioning from the edwards defense team. >> edwards' longtime aide and now chief accuser andrew young, arrived today knowing his credibility would come under attack, and it did. he admitted discrepancies between his tell-all book and his testimony under oath. saying he rushed the book and has had more time for research. but edwards' lawyer showed the jury young's book proposal with its claim that every word in the book is provably true. and pilloried young with a long list of misstatements and inconsistencies, including he claim that edwards didn't call his mistress the day their child was born. do you know in fact john edwards called her in the delivery room? young said he wasn't aware of the call. at one point, low

incomes's jay gray reports from greensboro, north carolina. >> reporter: andrew young returned to the federal courthouse and the hot seat as john edwards defense team continued their aggressive cross-examination of the state's star witness. >> the main goal of questioning andrew young for the defense is to show he's not credible. >> reporter: the focus continues to be on inconsistencies between young's testimony and his tell-all book he has written. >> at the times questioning was scattered. at the time the defense confused the judge. >> reporter: there was no confusing the image of young painted by the defense. >> to make him out to be a scam artist. the person who intentionally and on his own essentially tried to defraud the heiress bunny mellon, take her money and put it in his pocket instead of passing it on to rielle hunter. >> reporter: initially, young testified that the plan to solicit money from edwards' wealthy friends was to cove up rielle's pregnancy. abbe lowell pushed the point the first check came more than a month before young was aware of rielle was carrying his child

nbc's lisa myers is with us from the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. lisa, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this was the government's day through their star witness. prosecutors detailed edwards' affair, the hunt for money to keep his mistress quiet, and claimed the former presidential candidate was deeply involved every step of the way. andrew young, edwards' once loyal aide arrived ready to tell the jury that while john edwards was on the road campaigning for president, there was a frantic search behind the scenes for money to support rielle hunter, after she threatened to go public with their affair. hunter had been fired from her job as a campaign videographer after elizabeth edwards spotted her at the official launch of edwards' presidential campaign in december 2006 and confronted her husband. young said edwards told him to approach two wealthy friends for funds to help hunter. they turned him down. then he said, they decided to try heiress rachel "bunny" mellon, who provided $725,000 in checks for what she was told was a non-campa

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. >> this was another dramatic day in a court room in greensboro, north carolina. the prosecution evidence was on the stand, intelligenting more stories about how far he was asked to go to cover up the money trail and hide an affair. and as nbc's lisa myers reports tonight, the witness came under tough questions from the edwards defense team. >> edwards' longtime aide and now chief accuser andrew young, arrived today knowing his credibility would come under attack, and it did. he admitted discrepe aengss between his tell-all book and his testimony under oat. bit a researcher showed his book proposal with a claim that every word in the book is provably true. and pilloried young with a long list of mistaments and inconsistencies, including he didn't call his mistress the day their child was born. do you know in fact john edwards called her in the delivery room? young said he wasn't aware of the call. at one point, lowell said, you really hate mr. edwards, don't you? young replied, i have mixed feelings. >> the overall effect of the aggressive, and at many times, effe

jay gray, nbc news, greensboro, north carolina. >> andrew young has immunity from prosecution. he will not be cross-examined today by the defense. that'll happen tomorrow at the earliest. >>> singer and actress jennifer hudson is back in a chicago courtroom for the second day of testimony and the trial of her former brother-in-law. william balfour is charged with killing hudson's mother, brother, and nephew in a jealous rage four years ago now. today hudson lowered her head and closed her eyes when a police officer on the witness stand described finding the victims. hudson took the stand yesterday. she has said she plans to attend every day of the proceedings. the trial's expected to last about a month. >>> five states are holding presidential primaries and mitt romney is looking to lock up the republican nomination. meanwhile, romney and president obama are laying the groundwork for their fall campaigns and both are reaching out to what may be a critical block of voters. college students. brian mooar has that story. >> reporter: well, primary voters headed to the polls today i

down in greensboro, north carolina.is the federal government versus john edwards over payments that two of his supporters made to his mistress back in 2008. no campaign money was involved. but john edwards is being charged with five counts, six counts, actually of abusing campaign funds. why are we wasting time on this? we'll get into that and a whole lot more but first let's get all of the latest here with this current tv news update in los angeles, jacki schechner. good morning jacki. >> good morning bill and everyone. president obama is in d.c. today giving a speech at the holocaust museum. he's going to tour the facility arrive his statement with writer and holocaust survivor in remembrance of holocaust remembrance day which was last thursday. you can watch the speech online at 9:40 eastern time on the museum's web site. >>> later today, the president's going to meet with senior advisors in the oval office and then he's going to give the commander in chief trophy to the air force academy football team. >>> mitt romn

nbc news senior investigative correspondent lisa myers is live at the courthouse in greensboro, northisa, today's events really come on the heels of several days, both family and health-related. so what is the senator's mood today? >> reporter: thomas, the senator was as somber today as i've ever seen him over all these years. there were moments when he was sitting at the table in the courtroom where he looked downright sad. his elderly parents are here to support him, as is his eldest daughter, kate. and what he faces really is the task of trying to convince a jury, most of whom will have a negative opinion of him, that while he was a terrible husband he did not violate the law. his attorneys will argue that look, this is a gross overreach by the government, no one has ever been charged criminally or even civilly for this kind of conduct considered a violation of campaign finance laws. >> and lisa, do we know how long they're supposed to last, these patriotin proceedings? >> reporter: the proceedings themselves once the trial begins it will last about six weeks. it will take about th

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. >> bret: jonathan serrie live in greensboro. thank you. in international news now.agon is sending the advanced spider yet to allied base less than 200-miles from iran. the air force strongly denies deployment of the f-22 is meant as show of force. the f-22 has not seen combat. >>> ban ki-moon says the syrian government repression of the civilian population reached an unacceptable and intolerable stage. the violence there claimed more lives today. leland vittert reports on latest indication that cease-fire is not holding. >> the heart of syrian capital, suicide bomber blew himself up killing nine mostly police officers and injuring 28. state tv broadcast pictures of the body bag from the "terrorist attack." the government uses the attack to justify the continued violation of the cease-fire. amateur video reports to slow damage that turned the neighborhood to never ending streets of rubble. cars riddled with too many bullet holes to count. activists report 15 u.n. observers allowed in the country to monitor the failed cease-fire are of little help. video appears to su

john edwards' trial discontinue today in greensboro north carolina. going to take the stand for the second time. his testimony continuing. he is the former edwards aid who took the fall originally for john edwards saying reel hunter's baby was his. prosecutors are counting on young to prove edwards is the mastermind behind using $900,000 to hide his affair. the defense will say he took it to build al dream home. edwards is on trial for six allegations of campaign finance fraud. he pled not guilty. >> big money. gerald and darlene jordan are the husband and wife blind a 400,000 dollar doane ace to restore our future which is the pro-romney super p.a.c. the name won't mean anything to you but the discovery has led to a lot of questions about l.l.c.s and donors using them to hide their true identity or at least to disguise it unintentionally or not. this brings us questions as to what the sec requires when it comes to reporting money that's being given. current discrows you're laws require basic information like an address and name be given. you don't ne

the silver line stops have been announced, and proposed names include mclean, tyson's corner, greensboro, spring hill, rest and tom center, herndon, and innovation center. it is now easier for residents to report problems in the city. vincent gray announced the official launch of the 311 smartphone app, a number people can call for information or reporting issues like graffiti or down trees been. the new application will help communicators' connecticut. >> if you observe a pothole, an abandoned vehicle, where a broken meter, you'll be with to use your phone, take a picture of it. >> the d.c. 311 app available on all iphone and android devices. still to come, stronger labels for popular birth control pills. later -- >> seven is on your side with surprising new numbers about dementia. the world health organization says by 2015 -- 2050, the number of people is set to triple. the number is set to hit 115.4 million. low-to-middle income countries could expect to see the biggest optic as older populations surge. also, birth control pills will soon contain strong warning labels such as for yaz

in greensboro, north carolina, jonathan serrie, fox news. >>> the man who crashed a white house party wants to be governor of virginia. tareq salahi announced his plan just days after his would be rival attorney general ken cuccinelli filed a lawsuit against him. the suit claims salahi defrauded visitors to his winery by promising tours they never got. both men are registered republicans. salahi is now estranged from his wife. >>> the latest teen trend, getting drunk on something you've used to keep your family healthy. >> plus the men who headed up the tsa for years say all those hoops you jump through at the airport may not be making you safer. >>> but first burger king making a move good for animals but not your wallet. fox business network's neil cavuto explains. >> you've bailed them now and now you could be out of a lot of cash. taxpayers still on the hook for bailing out all those companies during the financial meltdown, remember that? the amount? try $118 million up to 16 million of it may never ever be paid back. everything from aircrafts to industrial machines seemed to drop

in greensboro, north carolina, brian mooar, news4. >>> jury selection is expected to last ten days in the trial could go six weeks. >>> a nun in spain refused to testify today in a court case involving stolen babies. sister maria gomez appeared in court in madrid, accused of stealing a woman's newborn from the hospital in 1982 spanish police learned of the scheme last year, they believe the child was taken because her mother was considered undesirable. sister gomez is the first person to go on trial in this case. police believe the conspiracy involves a larger network that includes doctors, nurses and nuns. >>> officials in north korea say they intend to go ahead with the controversial rocket launch. a five day window for that launch opened today. but it did not happen. reportedly because of bad weather. authorities in north korea say they plan to send a weather satellite in orbit but the u.s. and other nations believe that launch might be part of an effort to develop a delivery system for nuclear weapon. the u.s., china, and russia have all warned north korea not to go through with i

now they're coming through the mountains and they're trying to make their way toward greensboro, north carolina. you can see some of those showers and storms. we'll watch those across interstate 81. late this morning, that's when you get a severe weather outbreak. a large area has a chance of strong storms including wichita, oklahoma and these areas. those ayas, keep an eye to the sky late this afternoon. damaging winds probably the biggest concern in the middle of the nation. southeast, still dry for you. temperatures pretty warm and also a big cooldown in denver. that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look outside your window. pittsburgh, pennsylvania, not bad for you. you were a little cool over the weekday. around 60 degrees. raleigh, cool. talk about cool and chilly weather, it snowed on saturday in connecticut and massachusetts. it was chilly yesterday. a slow improvement this week. overall, just the incredible heat in the midwest. it's going to be in the 90s in a few spots. even in st. louis maybe. >> unbelievable. bill, thanks so much. k078ing up how often airline

that's what edwards is really on trial for here in greensboro, north carolina. did he know, the illegal size payments, $23,000 a person is the limit. they were totalling almost $1 million. did he know they were going to his girlfriend? and if he did, the prosecutor's argue here today, he must have known those were illegal campaign contributions. that was the key. let me read you a couple of quick quotes. he had too much ambition. it can be dangerous. the prosecutor in his opening statements to the jury said, it would destroy his campaign. walking about john wards. the mistress was a loose cannon. experts said he made a choice to break the law. he knew the money was being paid and that he approved of it and took part in it. the defense says he didn't. that's basically the defense in this case. that he didn't know the money had been paid and even if he did know, it wasn't a crime. it was just a personal favor, the defense will argue. a personal favor. a couple rich been factors trying to help out a guy in trouble. he was in trouble then and he's in trouble today i

jonathan serrie is live at the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. jonathan, what was the last straw for these guys? >> well, andrew young described a couple of contentious meetings. there was one in particular that allegedly occurred on a rural road near edwards home in chapel hill in august of 2000 will. during that meeting young said edwards denied having any knowledge of checks a wealthy philanthropist had been funneling to young to hide rielle hunter. when he informed hunter he had evidence of everything that happened. edwards looked at him and said you can't hurt me, andrew. you can't hurt me. trace? >> trace: and today, jonathan, the defense got a shot at the star witness, right? >> they did, indeed. during cross-examination, you saw the defense team trying to point out inconsistencies between what young has said in court and statements that he has made previously. most of them minor details but followed by a major question. for example, you really hate him, don't you, referring to edwards. trying it to portray young as opportunist writing a t

cnn's joe johns has the story from greensboro, north carolina. >> reporter: recounting the moment heedwards finally had it out and parted ways, andrew young, the top edwards aide who falsely claim head fathered a child with his boss' mistress and field marshalled the cover-up was now claiming he was afraid. young said he felt threaten pd by edwards and feared for his life. he said he and edwards went for a drive on a lonely north carolina road. >> good morning. >> reporter: he said edwards was driving erratically learning young received $725,000 from wealthy donor bunny mellon without telling edwards. young said, i was scared for my life. it was bizarre. young told the court, i said, if he won't tell the truth, i was going to tell the truth. edwards responded to him, you can't hurt me, andrew. you can't hurt me. defense attorney abbouby lowell asked about exposure of the whole story. young said he and his family did everything that he, edwards, asked us to do. he completely abandoned himself from us. he walked away from us and i was extremely angry. drilling down on the cost of sheph

prosecus and defense lawyers are set to present opening arguments in the john edwards trial in greensboro north carolina. they will argue whether the former democratic presidential candidate violated campaign finance laws. he pleaded not guilty to six counts related to nearly a million dollars in secret payments from two wealthy donors during his 2008 campaign. he's accused of using the money to cover-up an an tkpaeur with a mistress to became -- cover-up an affair with his miss trees who became pregnant with his now 4-year-old daughter. >>> jennifer hudson says she will be in court everyday for the trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew. she may be called to testify. >>> board of supervisors has 60 days to select a replacement for nadia lockyer who resigned last friday. she now admits to the mercury news that she wrote an e-mail to a reporter accusing her husband state treasurer bill lockyer of buying and supplying her with drugs, years ago. his office has denied the allegation. lockyer says she is stepping down to focus on her recovery and raising her child.

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arriving in a federal course in greensboro, north carolina, john edwards was silent, a big difference from his public apology in june. >> i did not break the law, and i never ever thought i was breaking the law. >> reporter: edwards is charged with abusing more than $900,000 in presidential campaign donations. both from his late campaign finance director and philanthropist, rachel bunny melon of northern virginia. prosecutors say edwards used the money to cover up his affair with photographer real hunter and the child he fathered with her. it is a reversal of fortune for the 2004 democratic vice presidential nominee, but some legal experts say that edwards' lawyers will argue the money he used were not contributions but personal gifts from his friends. >> the individual his to know right then, that it would have to be a personal gift. >> reporter: this washington d.c. attorney knows edwards and suspects that the scandalous details of edwards' personal life are fueling the prosecution of the charges which don't always go to trial. >> and having a porno tape with your mistress, a baby o

in greensboro north carolina, dick brennen, wjz "eyewitness news." >> that trial is now expected to last at least another 6 weeks. >>> more rain could be headed our way. let's look live outside, overcast inner harbor is seeing rain this morning. so how much rain should we expect? marty is in the outback meteorologist tim williams is inside here with us. the first warning weather center. good afternoon tim. a little more dry in here. >> cloudy and we are in a break between showers and maybe storms. i want to show you first warning live doppler radar, nothing around the area except for heavy clouds. what could be be coming our way? we could see more rain headed our way. a big batch to the south and west that is moving in this general direction put it in motion and you can see pretty much the direction it is moving. it's just the general eastern flow heading our way. we could see showers through the afternoon. already, though, at bwi marshal, we have seen around a quarter of an inch of rain. .23 is at the bottom of the screen. average for the entire year is over 12 1/2 inches. year to date

he arrived at a court in greensboro north carolina just a north time ago.e is charged with violating campaign finance law, accused of using campaign money to silence his pregnant mistress during his bid for the white house in 2008. he faces 30 years in prison if convicted. he denies any wrongdoing. >> opening arguments begin in the trial of man accused of hitting two teens in a hit-and- run case. derek valcourt has the latest. >> reporter: hi jessica, there were two people in the car that struck those teenagers on r that night. he says she was driving. she says he was driving. now it is all up to a jury to decide who is telling the truth. >> it has been months since they were killed by a hit-and- run driver while crossing martin luther king and pratt streets for their grieving mothers. the start of this trial is filled with emotion. >> anxiety, some relief that we are finally here at this point, knowing that justice will be served and -- >> the justice they want is a guilty verdict for 28-year-old reuben dunn, he admits he was one of two people in the car t

greensboro, north carolina tonight. well, the judge in the trayvon martin case says he will consider raising or even revoking the admitted shooter's bond. that's after we learned that the shooter, george zimmerman has a lot more money than the family first revealed. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for gunning down the unarmed teenager travon martin in central florida. and today the shooter's attorney told the judge supporters have donated some $200,000 through the shooter's web site just this week george zimmerman's the shooter's family testified they would have trouble raising the cash to pay bond. the judge said it at 150 grand. today the shooter's attorney told the family the family didn't realize that they could use those donations you granted bond friday morning. it took us until sunday to come up with the money. my understanding is a small amount, a thousand was from that account. what they did not do was walk out of here on friday and cut a check for $150,000. >> shepard: the attorney said he shut

. >> reporter: sherry young walked into the greensboro federal courthouse and straight to the center of this salacious and controversial trial. >> she was lively, animated, spirited. >> reporter: and did little to hide her animosity for john edwards and his mistress rielle hunter. young told jurors edwards knew about the donations from wealthy friends to hide his affair, assured her they were legal and at times told her angrily, quote, get the money in. get the money in. she testified she was scared when she deposited many of the checks in her family bank account and became emotional describing when she said edwards asked her husband to claim responsibility for hunter's pregnancy saying that she told her husband, quote, i felt like everything had been dumped in my lap and that she didn't want the responsibility of the campaign, quote, exploded because i wouldn't go along. crying as she told the jury so i ultimately decided to go along with a lie. >> she is personalizing this whole situation for the youngs and showing that it's not really about the youngs. that it was about john edwar

news senior investigative correspondent lisa myers just stepped out of the federal courtroom in greensboroat's going on there? >> reporter: good morning, chris. well, mostly what we've had so far is housekeeping in the process of selecting a jury. a couple of things strike me so far. one is that john edwards looks more somber than i've ever seen him in all these many years. his elderly parents are here to support him, as is his eldest daughter, kate. second point is that judge catherine eagles, who is a bit folksier than your typical federal judge, has emphasized to the jury that a federal trial is nothing like what they've seen on "csi" or "law & order" and they should put that out of their minds. the other thing she said is that they need to republicmember is this trial is not about whether john edwards was a good husband or a good politician but whether he broke campaign finance laws. >> to announce that i'm a candidate for the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: the former presidential candidate's defense basically is this. john edwards may have been a bad husband, but he did

. >> reporter: sherry young walked into the greensboro federal courthouse and straight to the centeris salacious and controversial trial. >> she was lively, animated, spirited. >> reporter: and did little to hide her animosity for john edwards and his mistress rielle hunter. young told jurors he knew about the donations from wealthy friends to hide his affair, assured her they were legal and at times told her angrily, quote, get the money in. get the money in. she testified she was scared when she deposited many of the checks in her family bank account and became emotional describing what she says edwards asked her husband to claim responsibility for hunter's pregnancy saying she told her husband, quote, i felt like everything had been dumped in my lap than she didn't want the responsibility of the campaign, quote, exploding because i wouldn't go along. crying as she told the jury so i ultimately decided to go along with the lie. young complaining of a migraine headache was allowed to leave court early today but not before making an impact. >> she is personalizing the whole situation

edwards is officially under way, with his daughter by his side, edwards arrived at district court in greensboro, north carolina this morning. jury selection and opening arguments expected today. he is accused of using more than a million dollars in campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair with a former mistress, rielle hunter, in 2008. >> this section of the federal election law and definition of what a contribution is has never been challenged in this way. >> edwards faces six criminal counts if convicted on all counts, and could face 30 years in prison and $1.5 million fine. >>> they're calling it an apology mistake. the attorney for accused killer george zimmerman says his client's sorrowful statement during a bail hearing friday was mistimed. he says he has fears for zimmerman's safety since set free on $150,000 bail. >> reporter: he stared ahead ignoring photographers as he stepped to a waiting suv that drove away. >> i want to get him somewhere where he is safe and available, sorry, and available to help me, but it's difficult. >> reporter: in days leading up to release, his

joe johns is in greensboro.ct over the next few weeks including the big names on the witness list. >> probably the biggest name of all on the witness list, john, is andrew young, the guy who was the north carolina advance man for john edwards, held a variety of other functions, very close to senator john edwards, and worked with him very closely. also, wrote a book about his experiences. he is the guy who in fact falsely took credit for fathering the child of rielle hunter, of course that child eventually turned out to be the child of senator john edwards. a big day in court here, of course, with andrew young taking the stand. he is probably going to be on for a couple more days. we also had opening statements here in greensboro, north carolina, the former senator being described by the government as a master manipulator while the defense said, sure, he lied about the affair, he lied about the baby, but he is not a criminal, and that of course is the novel question that the prosecution is tackling here in north