the affair with john edwards. >> you know, at the same time she was dating john edwards, she was also dating jeff goldbloom and led him to believe it was his baby, as well. >> how about that jab, hunter taking that from andrew young. she's also suing him and he's firing back, a -- rheal hunter rsus andrew young, want to hear from you about that. 1-877-tell-h. >>> a story we want to update opponents of the democrats' health care reform bill held a code red rally hoping to stop what they call a government takeover of health care. congressional action is expected this week. >>> john edwards' mistress gave her first interview and we knew it would be a talker but this has taken on a life of its own. first, it was these provocative photos, there she is cozying up to barney, dora, the explorer but some of the quotes, she talks about elizabeth edwards, quote, i have such compassion for her but it's also sad to me her unwillingness to take pont for her part in the marriage. big time jab. also this, a big one, she says, quote talking about john edwards he, in fact, did say to me the first night

john edwards feared the wrath of elizabeth. he was emasculated. miss hunter did not think that edwards should run for president. what surprised you the most? >> oh, well just her candor in general. she didn't whitewash anything. she didn't sugar-coat anything. she answers everything. and i guess in specifically what surprised me was that she is very much in love with him to this day. and you don't call it a conventional romance. but they certainly have very, very strong feelings for each other. >> larry: all right, she feels such compassion for elizabeth edwards yet she also says this about john edwards, "most of his mistakes or errors in judgment were because of the fear of the wrath of elizabeth. the wrath of elizabeth is a mighty wrath." "she is pretty rough here. >> for better for worse, she answered everything from her gut. now i think in some ways i think anybody who's ever been in a situation like she's in, you know, this isn't a new, novel idea that you believe, you know, the man's version of what is terrible about his marriage that is not

. >>> the form -- does former presidential candidate john edwards have more than one mistress? kevin frazier has more. >> reporter: coming up on entertainment tonight, did john edwards have other women besides rielle hunter? it's more bombshell interview with andrew young, his former aide. >> he has a very dynamic personality. and i can imagine women were throwing themselves all over him. did he respond to other women? >> in public, absolutely not. >> but in private, it may be another story. rielle hunter claims that she and edwards were in bed the very night they met. >> this tells me, this might be a man who might be used to doing things like this on the road. are there other rielles out there. >> yes. >> and some, looking back, i should have been suspicious of. like when we were staying in hotels together, i would go and knock on the door in the morning, there would be towels stuffed underneath the door and i would hear muffled voices. or he would use my cell phone and the person would call back. and it was a woman whose voice i never heard before. there were signs. guit was

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they felt they might lose iowa, they felt they would lose it to john edwards, not barack obama. they never thought she would come in third. so the campaign at that point is devastating. they have run her through the point as the inevitable candidate, the candidate of strength and experience in a year in which change is clearly the driving force. so she picks herself up and wins the hampshire, taught herself back in the campaign. but then for the next six weeks, the campaign around her innocence disintegrates. her staff is in turmoil. her staff was a team of talented individuals who together were a dysfunctional family. and it all began to come apart after the iowa caucuses and despite the victory in new hampshire. bill clinton who in many ways was an enormous asset to his wife through this campaign has a terrible couple of weeks around the time of the south carolina primary. nobody in the clinton campaign wanted to compete in south carolina in any seriously because they thought barack obama was going to win. bill clinton insisted they do because they thought he had a chance to d

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. >>> john edwards' wife elizabeth is firing back at rielle hunter. according to "people," she says she's disgusted by the photos, one of those photos, there it is, she had nothing but a shirt on cozying up to stuffed animals. they were taken in an interview. she is says she's not a home wrecker, andhe says the break in the marriage happens bfore the infidelity. so the home was already wrecked. i'm not the home wrecker. great, a jab at elizabeth edwards who has terminal cancer. a close friend of john edwards says despite what she says in the interview, the idea that they're going to end off together is, quote, total fantasy. >>> a husband is accused of selling his wife for sex on the internet this all began when she was pregnant with their child. she reached out for help. thankfully he was arrested on the weekend. the sheriff tom dart was in on this. he eastern filed a lawsuit against craigslist. back with us is mary jo rapini. tom, i'll start with you. nice work, just a horrifi story here. so how did he force his wife into rostitution? how did this g

and i'm so grateful that john edwards wasn't chosen to be vice president. yikes. >> think about the fact that this man's image, every single bit of it was fabrication, he really did not care at all about anything except looking good, having his hair look good. having a 20,000 square foot. that's fine, rich people can be sympathetic to the poor. but the fact that he had such incredible contempt for the people whose votes for which he was asking, is -- >> i always that if he asked for a barber and got a really cheap cut, it would really balance things out. >> larry: we'll be back with more. youtube didn't exist. and facebook was still run out of a dorm room. when we built our first hybrid, more people had landlines than cell phones, and gas was $1.75 a gallon. and now, while other luxury carmakers are building their first hybrids, lexus hybrids have traveled 5.5 billion miles. and that's quite a head start. ♪ >> larry: by the way, if you heard some background noise in our studio tonight, we had "larry king live" auction winners in our studio tonight, they're

and i'm so grateful that john edwards wasn't chosen to be vice president, yikes. >> well, think about fact that this man's image -- every single bit of it was fabrication, he really did not care about any of it, except looking good, having lots of money. had a 20,000 square foot house. fine, rich people can be sympathetic to the poor. but the fact that he had incredible contempt for the people whose votes he was asking. >> i have to say about his hair, the $400 haircut he got. i always thought, if he just came to new york and got a really cheap cut, it would really balance things out. that always bothered me. >> we'll be back with more with ben stein, penn gillette and nancy geils, don't go away. this country definitely needs to focus on other ways to get energy. we should be looking closer to home. we have oil on our shores. natural gas can be a part of the solution. i think we need to work on wind resources. they ought to be carefully mapping every conceivable alternative. there is an endless opportunity right here. to build a new generation of airplanes to connect the world. airpla

the same where a battle has been playing out over the john edwards' sex tape.rd on how the flames started, but renovations began about two months ago. >>> to chicago, police say effectively they've shut down an identity theft ring. authorities say a janitor stole the i.d.s from an unlocked medical records at northwestern memorial hospital. with the information, others in the ring would get credit cards and go shopping. police arrested seven young women for their roles in the thefts. the sheriff also blames credit card companies. >>> in oregon, the coast guard rescued four surfers. they got caught in a rip tide so yesterday, rescuers hoisted the four by helicopter, delivered them safely to land where medics treated them. the third case of surfers in trouble there in the past 24 hours. >>> the final numbers are in on economic growth in the last quarter of 2009. the gross domestic product climbed, but the commerce department warns it may be a while before we see that kind of growth again. the dow jones, looking good. s&p up and nasdaq has risen eight. >>> today, t

he jumped on her, barack obama attacked, john edwards attacked her. it was as if everything that had been suppressed of what voters thought, which is to say people thinking she'll say anything to get elected within she's thought authentic, what does she really believe? all of this has been put to the side through 2007. suddenly, it comes to the floor. almost over night, the complain changes. she is on the defensive in a way she hasn't been. she then loses the iowa caucuses. not just loses but coming in third. this was unimaginable to the clinton complain. they thought they might well iowa lose, they thought they'd lose it to john edwards, not barack obama. they never thought she would come in third. the complain is devastated. they have run her through that point as the inevitable candidate, the candidate of strength and experience in a year in which change is clearly the driving force. she picks herself up and wins new hampshire, puts herself back in the complain. but then for the next six weeks, the complain around her dissin grates. her staff is in

rielle hunter was dating actor jeff gold bloom at the same time she was seeing john edwards and young said she led gold bloom to believe the baby was his. young even took a swipe at elizabeth edwards when speaking to joy behar. >> i worked for the edwards for the better part of a decade and elizabeth has a very, as you have seen, a very genuine and caring and loving side. she also has a side that people like david axelrod and other powerful people, bob shrum, can tell you about that would scare the paint off of a wall. i mean, so she has two very different sides. >> young's in a legal dispute with rielle hunter over the alleged sex tape of her and john edwards. >>> some toyota owners say forget the fix, we want a full refund. so many drivers are afraid of driving their cars a group is demanding is full refund. dozens of toyota owners in arizona and washington state are seeking class action lawsuit status. if that's granted, there could be 6 million drivers. if they win it could be worth billions of dollars which would be potenti if they win could be worth billions of dollars. the grou

. >>> john edwards' wife pushed to the brink.eth's struggle to cope. how much more can she take? the love child. the sex tape and those racy rielle poses. >> she was disgusted by the photos>>> plus, are there other rielles out there. >>> john's other women. >> a lot of women? >> a lot of women. >> the secret phone calls. the hotel hook-ups. >> i didn't want to see some of the things that i saw. >>> oprah headed to court. the latest news. who's suing the

you know, she's john edwards' former mistress. some critics are bashing her for the interview and these pictures, one guest on the joy behar show kind of came to hunter's defense. >> if i can say one thing about rielle since we trashed her a little bit, i will say she's the only person who hasn't really cashed in on this. now, maybe she's waiting for the big cash-in of being the next, you know, mrs. john edwards, but, you know, we've seen other people with books. she could have sold her story for the enquirer. and there was times when he said that the baby couldn't have been his, when he reexchanged vows with elizabeth right after. >> well, joy behar will be talking about dr. drew pinsky about addictions tonight. watch her show at 9:00 p.m. eastern on hln. >>> any celebrating that you have to do for st. patrick's day, for most of us in general it's going to be a good day, but bob is going to zero in on one of the biggest celebrations in the country. and it's not going to be good weatherwise. >> no, savannah, georgia. we're talking

>> stories like this one, tiger woods, and john edwards have a lot of people asking, what was he thinkingd in a certain way that leads to this? there's a new book out that says, yes, in fact. we'll take you inside the male brain for answers this morning. >> and a woman wrote the book, right? >> she did. i joke that it would have been a good pamphlet. but she gets 250 pages on the topic. very insightful. >> i'm sure it is. but it took a woman. >> it did. >>> and babies gone wild. jack hanna drops by with his furry friends. sam, you better have a pancho all set. that's ahead. knew. >>> now, to juju chang and the morning news. >> i can't believe she did it in 250 pages. i think it would take more. but that's just me. >> wow. >> one day after signing health care reform into law, president obama is signing an executive order, reaffirming restrictions on federal funding for abortions. meanwhile, the justice department is promising a vigorous defense of the health care reform law. 14 states are set to challenge it in court. >>> a major recall for parents this morning. more than 1 million baby sl

that's like john edwards going on "the marriage ref." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ladies andentlemen, we have a great show. give it up for the roots! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yeah! wow, we have a great show. thanks so much. before we get this started. everyone here at the show is so excited about march madness that people are filling out the brackets, choosing their teams -- it's a big deal. and technically, i mean, every year -- technically, this is our second year, so not really every year, but it counts. [ light laughter ] every year, we like to pick a team we can get behind and root for. and last year, we picked the 16th-seeded university of tennessee at chattanooga to go all the way and win the ncaa tournament. it was really fun, had a pep rally, we got to meet some of the players. we skyped with their head coach, don schulman before the game, but sadly the mocks lost to connecticut in the first round. [ light laughter ] now, last year, a lot of people said i should have chosen for my home state of new york. so this year that's exactly what i'm going to do. [

. >>> a sex tape that formerly shows john edwards and his mistress rielle hunter.hey are held in a vault outside the courthouse. >>> florida police in about an hour plan to release new details in the murder case of this seven-year-old little girl. we've been following this and nbc's kerry sanders will join me live. within the hour we expect the results of iraq's most recent election. the latest. >>> ann curry joins us with an emotional story of a small town that pulls together to help a family in need. a nice story this friday. it's all next. , it's almost tee. time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze, my eyes water. but with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy relief at liquid speed. that's the fast, powerful relief of zyrtec®, now in a liquid gel. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. it works on my worst symptoms so i'm ready by the time we get to the first hole. and that's good because the competition's steep today. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air.™ switching to geico and that's good because 15% or more on car i

. >> he was his running mate instead of the john edwards award that goes to john kerry for 2004 for picking running mates. it does matter whom you do pick. i think that the paterson thing aside, i mean charlie rangel is an american tragedy. i mean he's a wonderful, wonderful, beloved figure. but what he has done, i mean-- . >> lehrer: combat veteran in the korean war. >> high school dropout and was one of the buffalo soldiers. the black regiment in korea , with a purple heart and bronze star, combat. and came back and finished high school on the gi bill. went to college at st. johns, nyu and st. john's law school. just a great story, up from the bootstraps and all the rest of it but 9 sense of entitlement had set in. talking about $500,000 unreported. and wealth. and so to his credit he didn't say i'm doing this because of my health or i'm doing this to clear my family name. he basically set up there and said look i'm becoming burdened to my party and my colleagues and my friends and i don't want to do that. >> the phrase that mark used, the sense of entitlement, the idea that you get to a

it's hard to believe who john edwards really is if this book is correct. are you shocked?hocked that it keeps going on. i'm shocked every week he's like the charlie sheen of politics. every week there's something else, you know. okay, he cheated and then he said, but it wasn't the baby. okay, it's the baby. once you lie and then say, okay, i was lying when i lied, then you have no credibility. >> larry: what do you make of it, though? >> then they said he hit her, and i'm beginning to think he's a little sleazy. it's a tragedy because he was such a talented politician. and i could tell you some great quote to this that still are true, like there are two americas. somebody in this country in politics needs to take up that mantle. that is one of our fundamental problems, that there are two americas. >> larry: he cared about poverty. >> yeah, very much so. bob herbert wrote a great column recently that this great recession has been so uneven. in that top half, that one-half of america, we asked the question once on our show, why does it not look like there is a recession at t

jesse james, john edwards or tiger woods' many mistresses?look for dennis hopper to get his star on the hollywood walk of fame. he wish him the best as he battles prostate cancer. >>> also happening this week, wednesday, national urban league releases report on issues affecting black america. topics include education, health care and home ownership. >>> saturday, tea party express launches next nationwide bus tour with a rally in senator harry reid's hometown. internationally this week, abortion rights advocates watch kenya where a draft of the new country''s constitution defines life as beginning a conception. >>> google could announce as early as monday on whether it will pull out from china. china is known for sensoricenso content there. >>> he has fought to maintain his name after a sex scandal that broke after a november 22nd auto accident. today tiger woods opened up and gave interviews to golf channel and espn. interviewers could ask whatever they wanted to. did tiger answer? >> i've done bad things in my life. it all came to a head. n

30th most popular at myspace headquarters. [ light laughter ] you guys see the "gq" pictures of john edwardsistress, rielle hunter? [ audience groans ] yeah, today, she called them "repulsive." and says she trusted "gq"'s photographer to take classy photos. [ light laughter ] yeah, 'cause anytime i'm on a bed in nothing but dress shirt and underwear next to a dora the explorer doll, i think, "this is gonna look classy." [ laughter ] check this out, c-span is uploading 23 years of video on the internet. or if you want to get the sensation of watching 23 years of c-span just watch 2 minutes of c-span. [ light laughter ] this is pretty interesting -- a new study found that dancing comes naturally to babies. their favorite place to get their freak on? all up in their crib. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] that's where they do it. [ laughter ] and finally, spencer pratt is leaving "the hills" -- [ audience aws ] [ cheers ] -- to study software engineering at usc. [ laughter ] producers of "the hills" call it, "a huge blow." while the president of usc called it, "a huge blow." [ laughter ] lad

. >>> the north carolina courthouse at the center of the john edwards sex tape controversy is severely damaged by fire. the clock tower on the 129-year-old chatham county courthouse has collapsed since this fire broke out yesterday. the alleged sex tape and other materials in the edwards case were not inside. but this is where former edwards' aid andrew young was ordered to turn over the tape in february. investigators have not announced what caused the fire but the historic structure was in the process of being enovated at the time. >>> well, another woman claims she's had an affair with sandra bullock's husband, jesse james. she's the fourth to come forward. but unlike the rest, this woman has chosen not to identify herself. at least not yet. although "people" magazine says she has hired celebrity attorney gloria allred to represent her. and the woman's reportedly got evidence to back up her claims. allred says she's got hundreds of text messages, e-mails, even photos. no comment from james' rep. >>> you know who is speaking, though? the father of the first alleged mistress, michelle

the next day john kerry makes a speech come again we iterate in the charge and john edwards in a committee hearing makes the same charge. and at the end of the day they're joined by congresswoman jane harman, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. thereby begin play several years and which the democrats allege that bush lied about weapons of mass destruction. and i try and make a point in the chapter of the book but if you believe that bush lied, then he got to deal with the fact that it's large number of democrats, bill clinton, al gore, hillary clinton, the four or five people i names. rob graham, democrat chairman, jay rockefeller, the ranking member of the committee and a member of the committee at the time. even opponents of the war like barbara boxer all said that iraq had wmd. this was a consensus of the intelligence community shared broadly throughout the government, sure probably to the government under clinton and bush and shared widely to western intelligence communities. and the preponderance of the evidence was that he had wmd. so in fact their 110 democrats

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the next day john kerry makes a speech again reiterating the charge and john edwards and a committee hearing mixed the same charge and at the end of the day they are joined by congressman gene harman, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. thereby begins several years in which the democrats allege that push lied about weapons of mass destruction. and i try and make the point in the chapter of the book that if you believe that bush lied in you've got to deal with the fact that a large number of democrats, bill clinton, al gore, hillary clinton, the of four named five people i mentioned, bob gramm, the democratic chairman of the intelligence committee, jay rockefeller, leader the ranking member of the committee and a member of the committee at the time, even opponents like barbara boxer all said that iraq had wmd. this was consensus of the community shared broadly throughout the government commissure broadly throughout the government of clinton and probably into the government of bush and shared widely through western intelligence communities. and the preponderance o

it was of course during that whole primary process with hillary clinton and john edwards. he was trying to differentialate himself. this health care bill that he signed into law in many ways is much different than the one he proposed at the time, but it is meant to be a victory lap of sorts and he's picking iowa for a couple of reasons, not just that symbolism. but iowa is a state with a bunch of seniors. seniors more than any other part of the electorate have been the ones most skeptical of this health care. part of it has to do with the rhetoric about medicare and part of it has to do with the fact that they like their health care. they're not the ones concerned about the -- about not having health care at this point. they have it with medicare so change really has them upset. this is why president obama's picking iowa more than any other place to try to make seniors more comfortable with what they've done. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. 7:08. with more, here's ann. >>> arizona republican senator john mccain has been a vocal opponent of health care reform and snoerl

they did not vet john edwards, president obama. the media is ignoring the global warming hoax. how rich is al gore? how many millions does president clinton have? they are multimillionaires. look at the two senators in california. guest: i think you will find if you look at the u.s. senate, the reason there are so many millionaires is because they were millionaires before they got to the senate. the question on the table was whether they were using their office to enrich themselves. i think the answer to that question, by and large, is no, with a few exceptions. but that raises an additional question. why is it that so many wealthy people run for office and win? there is an answer. namely, it costs a lot of money to run in contemporary politics. the supreme court unfortunately is making it harder and harder to reign the costs of politics in. that means people who are wealthy to begin with, and have connections with other wealthy individuals enjoy a an advantage at the beginning of the race. that does not mean people of ordinary means cannot win. they do all the time. but there

they did not vet john edwards, president obama. the media is ignoring the global warming hoax. al gore? how many millions does president clinton have? they are multimillionaires. look at the two senators in california. guest: i think you will find if you look at the u.s. senate, the reason there are so many millionaires is because they were millionaires before they got to the senate. the question on the table was whether they were using their office to enrich themselves. i think the answer to that question, by and large, is no, with a few exceptions. but that raises an additional question. why is it that so many wealthy people run for office and win? there is an answer. namely, it costs a lot of money to run in contemporary politics. the supreme court unfortunately is making it harder and harder to reign the costs of politics in. that means people who are wealthy to begin with, and have connections with other wealthy individuals enjoy a an advantage at the beginning of the race. that does not mean people of ordinary means cannot win. they do all the time. but there are advantag

john cameron swayze, douglas edwards. now we have 24 hour news including a lot of the talking heads. can you comment on how this exacerbates problems and maybe magnifies? >> that's interesting. that really is interesting. more does not necessarily lead to better, more is not better if you have to talk about the quality because i'm old enough to remember when you have 15 and have heard the news was devoted in now with a 24 hour, it doesn't necessarily mean more insightful. i happen to be a fan and my wife and i of the pbs newshour were you find and out for maybe six minutes or tenants more in-depth reporters covering the two find them on the average new. and no, it's not necessarily more is better and i don't necessarily believe that facebook and all the social media necessarily have led to better coverage and to be honest and not sure what the way out his. and a technologically we have improved and we can now manipulate and merge images with so-called morality and becomes difficult to know what is real. assuming we still

[laughter] >> legal books -- edward white has a biography of john marshall that has been around for a while. i really recommend it. i read it after i became chief justice. i learned a lot about him. very well written. a nice introduction to the major cases of the founding. it teaches you a lot about john marshall that people do not know, a remarkable figure that was largely responsible for shaping the supreme court in its current role, and through that decision shaping the country -- defining the nation, as he put it. a lot of people do not know about john marshall. he was a war hero. he was george washington's favorite lt. at valley forge. valley forge is where he began to think of himself as a citizen of the united states rather than a citizen of virginia. a remarkable man. that is a good book to pick up, if you have not. it is very readable. i do not get a share of the royalties. [laughter] >> mr. chief justice, were you more nervous the first time you gave oral arguments or the first time you heard them? >> the first time i gave them. it is easier to ask questions and answer them.

john king usa." a political show based here in washington at a bustling, crackling time in our politics in america. vicki kennedy, wife of edward m. kennedy, will be our exclusive guest tomorrow night. i hope you'll visit with us tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. as we launch "john king usa." wolf blitzer for a special edition of "larry king live" to continue this conversation about health care reform. >>> welcome to a special edition of "larry king live." i'm wolf blitzer sitting in for larry. lots to discuss. lots to absorb and digest as we will over the next hour. i want to go right to our senior white house correspondent ed henry. he's in the east room of the white house. where we just saw the president speak, the vice president was there with him. he laid out his agenda for the coming days and weeks that he minced no words, ed. >> reporter: exactly right. the president saying boldly, this is what change looks like. when you talk to his top advisers they realize this is someone who's faced a lot of criticism, recent weeks, recent months, that maybe he hasn't delivered on the change that he promised in the came pain. this was a pr

john f. kennedy. the boy was offering to the toast to joseph kennedy. the young boy was edward kennedy. teddy.forgot the brother who wasn't there. the democrats celebrated the signing of h historic health care bill. president obama signed the bill. speaker nancy pelosi, senate leader harry reid, jim clyburn, bernie sanders, a self-described socialist to bart stupak who insisted on the executive order banning federal funds for abortion. it was something like that party in hyannisport in 1946 when the kennedys got together and the youngest said they should not forget the brother who set the standard of courage for all. if we set our compass true we will reach our destination, not merely victory for our party, but renewal for our nation. on this day of celebration, i wo l

[laughter] >> legal books, edward white as a biography of john marshall. it has been around for a while. it is called john marshall, the finder finer finder of finish in. i really recommend it. i read it after it became chief justice. very well written, sort of gives you a nice introduction of the major cases of the founding and also teaches you a lot about tom marshall that people don't know. a remarkable figure that is largely responsible for shaping the supreme court in its current role and through that, the initial decisions shaping the country, the finder of the nation as he put it. a lot of us don't know enough about john marshall. i didn't know he was a war hero. george washington's favorite lieutenant with washington at valley forge. he said valley forge is where he began to think of himself as a citizen of the united states rather than a united states rather than a citizen of virginia. a remarkable man. i think that is a good book to pick up if you haven't and it is very readable. you will enjoy it. i don't get a share of the royalties by the way.

[laughter] >> legal books -- edward white has a biography of john marshall that has been around for a while. i really recommend it. i read it after i became chief justice. i learned a lot about him. very well written. a nice introduction to the major cases of the founding. it teaches you a lot about john marshall that people do not know, a remarkable figure that was largely responsible for shaping the supreme court in its current role, and through that decision shaping the country -- defining the nation, as he put it. a lot of people do not know about john marshall. he was a war hero. he was george washington's favorite lt. at valley forge. valley forge is where he began to think of himself as a citizen of the united states rather than a citizen of virginia. a remarkable man. that is a good book to pick up, if you have not. it is very readable. i do not get a share of the royalties. [laughter] >> mr. chief justice, were you more nervous the first time you gave oral arguments or the first time you heard them? >> the first time i gave them. it is easier to ask questions and answer them.

democrat, donna edwards is calling on national republican leaders to speak out more strongly against the threats and attacks. >> this coming from the mainstream media lately about violence -- >> john mccain/sarah palin together again at least for a day. the 2008 gop presidential ticket hit the campaign trail yesterday in tucson to help drum up support for mccain. he is facing another tough re-election battle for aenate seat. many thing palin's star power outshines mccain. that may be one reason why she had just as much speaking power as mccain, himself. >> we need new republicans and new blood and new party officials and those who are willing to stand up and speak out for common sense conservative solutions. we also need statesmen and heroes like john mccain in there to help us get through these challenging times. >> this is the first time mccain and palin appeared on stage together since they lost in the 2008 election. >>> the republican national committee says it will continue its fight to overturn part of the campaign finance law. mccain, himself helped draft. the rnc bill take its dispute over soft money to the supreme court. they ruled they don't have the authority to overtur