john edwards' attorney denies it all. now, former aide to john edwards already testified in this case, andrew young joining us from raleigh in the heart of wolf pack nation and wrote a book about john edwards called "the politician." good to see you. thank you. >>guest: tar hill country, by the way. >>shepard: to be frank, raleigh is wolf pack nation, go wolf pack. for love here for the light blue. how do we process this? i guess if you say i love john edwards, they are trying to take him down for having an affair, and if you don't, you are probably questioning whether he used campaign financing illegal to keep the woman quiet. >>guest: well, that is part of the question the feds have been dealing with. how do you approach something that when they wrote the campaign finance laws nobody could anticipate something like this. but if there are 20 new subpoenas can i have no way of knowing whether there are or not, the feds have been professional, they don't tell you a lot but they have been professional with me, but, it shows

but it's a beaming john edwards. it's not the traditional john edwards. clearly there's some sort of chemistry between these two. why now are we just hearing about these subpoenas and why do we know so little about it, sunny? >> because the grand jury is secret and it's supposed to be protected but we now know there are subpoenas being issued and that's one of the things i miss about being a prosecutor. i can't force anybody to talk to me now. but grand jury subpoena power is very serious. the prosecutor can force someone to talk. >> and john edwards himself cannot be subpoenaed for this. >> no. you can't be compelled to testify against yourself because he's clearly the target of this investigation, but these things take a lock time. it's quite possible these prosecutors are digging and digging and digging, they need to know the who, the what, the where, the when, not necessarily the why, and they need to find that out, they're obviously still on the case. >> allegations were two big donors to john edwards had given money at i guess at his request to riel

include cigarettes and alcohol. >>> another round of subpoenas has gone out in the investigation of john edwards finances. at issue is whether any of the funds were used to cover-up edwards' affair with rielle hunter. >>> people near flagstaff, arizona, are cleaning up this morning after four powerful tornadoes ripped through the area. winds topping 100 miles per hour damaged homes and overturned r.v.s, trucks and railroad cars. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, a real-life night at the museum. we'll be right back. mor-ning? i'm your genie. you're wishing for a deliciously, nutritious fiber cereal. i am. well, you don't want that one. new kellogg's fiber plus cereal®. the delicious taste of berries, plus yogurty clusters, plus 40% of your daily fiber... plus wait for it... antioxidants! so, two more wishes! mmmm. mmmm. maybe later, then. [ female announcer ] new kellogg's fiber plus cereal®. positively delicious. 50 on this card, maybe do... or you can use kmart layaway - with just $5, plus a little down - you spread the payments/ over eight weeks with no financ

investigation of a possible john edwards campaign cover-up. a host of new witnesses slapped with subpoenas. >>> and twisters tear through a town, surprising nearly everyone. this isn't kansas. it's actually arizona. >>> good morning. we begin this morning with the fallout from the bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. >> 206 million gallons of oil flowed in the gulf waters between april and july. and now, a draft report has been issued about the obama administration's actions during the crisis. it already has the white house firing back. >> emily schmidt is in washington this morning with all the details. hi, emily. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning to you. this draft report actually comes from the staff of a commission that was appointed by the president to investigate the spill. and its early findings are very critical of the white house. especially in the aftermath of the rig explosion that caused the disaster. the report claims that, quote, for the first ten days of the spill, a sense of overoptimism affected responders. it claims th

>> new legal troubles for john edwards. the federal government issued 20 new subpoenas in ex with the former senator's cover up of that affair. edwards fathered a daughter with rielle hunter. a grand jury has been investigating edwards for more than a year. it's been focusing on the possible misuse of campaign contributions he attempted to hide the relationship with his miss stress. >> san francisco tour bus operateors will have to soon unplug loud speakers. david hsu asked the city attorney to draft rules regulating buses. residents have complained about the comment teary from open-air buses. hsu wants penalties for bus that's idle too long or block traffic. new york city passed a law in may requiring passengers to be offered head phone autos another story involving buses. new controversy in santa clara over who pays for 49ers to be escorted to preseason games. the group is accusing jant clara of raiding the general fund to cover the costs of

ananiges >>> the federal government is again investigating john edwards. prosecutors are issuing more subpoenas into his finances for the second time he ran for president. his lawyer says he has learned a of a slew of new subpoenas but says his client is innocent. a federal grand jury has already investigated john edwards for allegedly making payments it his mistress. >>> according to the into the oil suspicion commission, the white house withheld important information about that spill. sewers say in the spring, federal scientists asked to make public the worst case discharged from the blown-out well. government says the well was releasing 210,000 gallons per day. >>> coming up next, after being stuck underground for weeks, the miners in chile could be just hours away from rescue. >> steel and cement. it is hard to pick up but it wasn't tough enough to keep holding back the water here. this dam has broken. i'm beth parker. i'll tell you what it means to the neighbors. >> i'll tell what you today's forecast means for you. pleasant conditions across the regi

11,000 from the week before. >>> and there are more questions and subpoenas for former senator john edwardsna federal grand jury has been looking into payments that were made to edwards' mistress from his campaign fund. edwards' attorney says he doesn't know who issued the subpoenas and not sure what investigators want but maintain that edwards is innocent. >>> 26 days ago until an election that could change our political landscape. our deputy political director paul steinhauser in washington. paul, what you got for us? >> let's talk about the campaigner and fund-raiser in chief, kyra. president obama doing two things today among the regular presidential duties, going over to maryland in a couple of hours at a rally. the whole idea here for the president to try to get out the base in maryland, heavily democratic state and then going back to chicago. back to his old home state there and helping the democratic senatorial candidate there. remember, this is barack obama's old senate seat and the democrats love to keep it in party hands. hey, another thing right here. our cameraman, zoom in here

federal grand jury continuing to investigate john edwards in north carolina.n, culture warriors on a vote naked campaign. what's that all about? we hope you stay tuned to those reports. ♪ [ upbeat instrumental ] [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continu ] make sure it's repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote. >> bill: kelly file segment tonight, let's bring in mismegyn because we have three interesting stories to talk about. your reaction to my interview i just did here. >> did you a nice job and didn't misstate any of the facts of the case. that was a good job. >> bill: i never misstate. >> you can have nothing but sympathy and empathy for mr. snyder. that was clear from the supreme court when they heard his case this week. it's a question of how far the first amendment goes. >> bill: you and i disagree on this. do you want to make a prediction how the supreme cou

. >> also ahead, more legal trouble looming for former senator john edwards. 53 degrees outside, under mainly clear skies. we'll have weather and traffic together on the 1s right after this. >>> a gorgeous thursday. welcome back to weather and traffic on the 1s. we've got temperatures that range from the upper 40s to the low 50s right now. dumfries william county, 45 degrees right now. it is 52 degrees currently at riverwood in the district. at the bus stop, 52 to 61. really good start for us, and awfully nice finish. your high temperature today, 74 degrees. elsewhere 72 in frederisburg. 64 in warrenton today. a high tomorrow of 75 degrees. and this weekend, close to 80 degrees if you didn't think you could get any better, it will. jerry? >> all right, veronica. as we take to the air, chopper 4 looking down on the masses headed to work or wherever ov the capital beltway this morning. we did have that one accident rly on, on the outer loop between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. over on the shoulder. as you make the trip around it is going to be slow. so heads up, just typical mo

federal grand jury continuing to investigate john edwards in north carolina.hen, culture warriors on a vote naked campaign. what's that all about? we hope you stay tuned to those reports. >> bill: kelly file segment tonight, let's bring in mismegyn because we have three interesting stories to talk about. your reaction to my interview i just did here. >> did you a nice job and didn't misstate any of the facts of the case. that was a good job. >> bill: i never misstate. >> you can have nothing but sympathy and empathy for mr. snyder. that was clear from the supreme court when they heard his case this week. it's a question of how far the first amendment goes. >> bill: you and i disagree on this. do you want to make a prediction how the supreme court is going to governmental i don't think it went well for him overall. i didn't go to the arguments this time. i read the transcript and i read the write ups from the people i trust. and my sense is that the justices, a couple of them were struggling to find a compromise position so they could throw on some bones. >> bi

. >> that's john edward. he's going to teach you with his brand new book how you can get in touch with your psychic self. laura ingraham, i predict she'll have a wonderful appearance and we're closing with -- >> "gray's anatomy on "ellen pompeo. she'll talk about the show and whether she'll be hooked up with her guy friend on that show. >> by the way, if bill hemmer and martha mccallum is watching right now, stay in bed. we need an extra hour. >> u.s. drone killed at least five german militants hiding out in northwest pakistan. the militants were in the area for terror training and may be connected to the recent threats against europe. they are down playing the recent travel alert now and there's no indication americans are targeted in the apparent terror plot. amtrak beefing up trail security. friday is called rail action day where uniformed officers will have a highly visible presence. officials say it was planned before the terror threat. now the rest of your headlines. it's sentencing day for faisal shahz

. >>> news today, brand-ne subpoenas involving the investigation into john edwards' campaign finances. edwards' attorney won't say who received the subpoenas or what prosecutors were looking for. the investigation is focused on allegations that campaign finances were used to take care of edwards' mistress, rielle hunter. edwards admitted earlier this ar that he fathered a child about her. >>> it wil be late spring before the u.s. supreme court announces its decision involving the protests at a fallen marine's funeral. justices heard both sides yesterday. attorneys for the westboro baptist church claim that the protesters were merely demonstrating their free speech rights during the funeral of lance corporal matthew synder back in 2002006. but synder's family argues that the picketing was disrespectful and did notonor his family's grief or privacy. >>> today starts year ten of the war in afghanistan. president obama wants to bring it to a close next year. mewhile, critics question if u.s. troops are even fighting e right enemy. nbc's tracie potts has a look at the war's strategy. >> wi

which is know is going to happen. >> for john edwards, what's the worst case sin they're joe?se scenario, at the end of the day, john edwards say lawyer. >> and wade smith said we didn't do anything, pleading innocence. great to sigh this morning. thanks. >>> coming soon to a verizon wireless customer near you, if it's you, no, they're getting the iphone. that's right, "the wall street journal" reporting that apple is making a version of its iphone for the verizon network. and they say it will be available in the first quarter of 2011. the new smart phone will resemble the iphone 4 which is currently sold by at&t which of course until now had a lock on the product. >> jim acosta is getting his interview with christine o'donnell, too. >>> and roy halladay's postseason debut not just memorable, it was historic. pitching a no-hitter. it's only happened once before. it was back in 1956 when the yankees dan larson pitched a perfect against in the world series against the brooklyn dodgers. >> a lot of people have that poster up in their house still including our own rob marciano who

with martin o'malley, >>> federal prosecutors issued two-time presidential candidate john edwards subpoenas. this shows signs of life for an investigation that has been dead for years. edwards' former aide, andrew young, appeared, and is claiming large sums of money changed hands in order to keep rielle hunter's name hidden. that's the woman who ode ward -- edwards had an affair with. he publicly admitted the affair earlier this year. >>> federal regulators pressured mcdonald's to recall shrek glasses because a typical 6-year-old could be affected by cadmium by just touching the glass eight times a day. that can cause bone softening and severe kidney problems. >>> a man was out for a walk when a bear attacked him. three weeks later, he's telling the world how he survived. >> reporter: his head, covered in bandages, iv drip in tow, with the scars of five surgeries and bear attack. john recanltsed the tale few live to tell. >> it was just a hor endous fight. >> they arrived at their mountain cabin at washington's lake wenatchee. chelminac went to take the dog for a walk. but he didn't get far

you're not john kerry, not john edwards, not joe lieberman. you know she is to be president. what happens is the war in iraq starts heating up. and all the major presidential candidates at that time are for war. john kerry is for it, john edwards is four, joe lieberman is for you. and howard dean is kind of saying to himself, this war is kind of crazy. it doesn't make a lot of sense for us to unilaterally invade iraq associate before afghanistan is getting off to a start. so he starts going to party gatherings in iowa and save the stuff and people start cheering. and they get kind of into it and they say, dean is onto something. but no one still really knows who he is. so there's this key moment in the book when he said this big democratic party gathering washington, the annual winter meeting of the democratic national committee. he flies in on a redeye, meets with his supporters -- he meets with essays about half an hour before and since one might going to talk about? and you seem to be campaign manager joe trippi who is a bit of a bomb thrower and i'll talk about them in the

john and his wife edwards separated after more than 30 years of marriage. >>> a 24-year-old actress and write her attended northwestern university will move into chicago's museum of science and industry on october 20th. the msi announced the month at the museum contest back in july. 1500 people worldwide applied for the job. the winner was announced with a chemistry test out of the five finalists only kate's class erupted when hydrogen peroxide was added. >> i am very excited. yes. >> why? >> why? because, well, okay. this is uncharted territory right? people have been do the moon but no one lived in the museum for 30 days. >> ben stiller did, though. didn't he? so kate will spend much of her downtime inside the cuban at nights she can wander the exhibits and she said she hopes to visit everyk. >> and cranny but can't -- every nook and cranny and for a month she will tweet and blog about the experience inside the museum. >> i think that's pretty cool. >> that's pretty neat. >>> 6:35 right now. it's one of the biggest events in philly since the liberty bell cracked. no hitter in the play

i just don't understand what the rules are or take newt gingrich versus john edwards.cause he cheated on his wife. lots of guys have done that. oh no, he cheated when he was sick. newt gingrich did that but he's on the sunday morning talk shows all the time. i'm confused at what the rule is of who has to go aaway and why. >> the language is interesting, too. the republican candidate for governor in maine quoted saying the message to the president would be to go to hell. not that oppose you and listen and i know you are not a fan but listen to rush limbaugh who uses interesting language from time to time in describing the president of the united states. >> this neophite genuinely is an economic ig nonoramus. they have taken their trillion ball home and sitting on it you jackass. >> i guess that's in now? >> yeah. you will not convince me, although it very much angers the right wingers, to hear this said that it is not a racial thing. i truly believe that if he was a white president that people would not be talking about him that way. and i know the tea baggers absolutel

. >>> there is an investigation of john edwards. his attorneys and prosecutors have issued a number of subpoenas. a grand jury is investigating whether edwards used campaign funds to cover up an affair that he had with videographer rielle hunter your. his lawyer says his client did nothing wrong. >>> the murder of a teacher at a maryland juvenile detention center was the result of multiple securities failures. this is the finding of a new report released today. the 65-year-old hannah wheeling was found dead at the youth facility. a 13-year-old boy was charged with murder and attempted rape. the report points to systemic failures leading up to the crime including outdated buildings and too few security cameras and staff radios. >>> coming up, a new way to protect your privacy on facebook. the social website is giving users new options. also, the battle of the sexes over salaries, whose local earnings are rising. also today on "oprah," a woman sues her husband for $12 million and she wins the landmark case, sues her husband for $12 mi

>>>news today, brand-new subpoenas involving the investigation into john edwards' campaign finances. edwards attorney who won't say who received the subpoenas or what prosecutors were looking for. the investigation is focused on allegations that campaign nances were used to take care of dwards' mistress rielle hunter. edwards admitted earlier this year at he fathered a child with he >>t's go to veronica johnson this morning where we're going to see the long-remembered but almost forgotten sun. >> we got a little tiny bit of it yesterday. we did get some showers overnight but driving in this morning, notice

there's new legal trouble for one-time presidential candidate john edwards. the federal government has issued are 20 new subpoenas in connection with the former senator's coverup of an affair. edwards fathered a daughter with hunter. they have been investigating edwards more than a year now. focusing on the possible misuse of campaign abuses as he attempted to hide the relationship with his mistress. >> wells fargo has agreed to pay $23 million to end its investigation into some of the risky loans it made to home buyers. it allowed buyers to defer interest in adding it to the balance of the loans. at issue is whether the risk of these loans were fully explained to the borrowers. they were made by wachovia and world savings later acquired by wells fargo. the bank has agreed to provide assistance to 8700 customers to still have loans in question. >> officials are considering closing golden gate park at 10 p.m. to stop a crime wave. vandals have turned part of the nine-hole golf course into an illegal off-road course. >> this 9 hole course is loved by thousands.

. >> and former presidential candidate john edwards has agreed to testify in the lawsuit over who ownssex tape he is featureed in with former girlfriend hunter. hunter is his former aideeand she said that he fathered her child. attorneys are now sorting out what informaaion should be made public. judge threaten jail time for anyone thattleaks information. edwards will ttstify next month. >> an anonymous gifttis getting a whole lot of attention. a manager at he september 11 memorial in new york city found $10,000 stuffed in a donaaion box this week. the money showed up just one day after museum officials announced an admission fee. offiiials called the donor an angel and say they would like to know their name to thank them personally. so far no one has come forward. >> 15 year old boy in boston is making quite the name for himself. as a sports announcer. people know his voiceebut they don't know the boy behind the mic ii blind. he expressed his interest to a veteran sports annooncer, two teamed up. the rest ii history. >> yeah, man. i have to make the girls stand up so they can hear it.

gee my cousin john edwards volunteered for possession every week. he was certified. ex exor citizenim did nothing. colt 45, crazy horse they demand the sacrifices in blood so bottles would go to the couch friday night. walls kicked until straight jackets lay waiting on the lawn. mama would site visions of gang boys with metal vent as if it explained anything. it didn't between dusk from the and dawn saturday he was ready to blow the -- up. do you want some of this? oh , no, yes oh , no or yes , i will be damn, i will be damn, i will be damn. [applause] >> this is called someone else's child. and i guess it's a sort of an imagined conversation with a took place in a real moment in my father's hospital room in a matter of weeks before he died. my father is my foster father and there was always in my life this level of awkwardness because i was not biologically his own son. and he and i never got to have the conversation that i imagined here on page in this piece. so, there is a lot of truth in it. and here we go. someone else's child. >> i'm going to write a poem about

. >>> federal prosecutors have issued new subpoenas in the investigation of john edwards' campaign finances. edwards, former north carolina senator ran for president twice, the democrats' candidate for vice president in 2004. a former aide testified edwards' mistress received large payments during his second presidential campaign in 2006. >>> a new report on poverty in america shows the number of people below the poverty line is growing at an alarming rate in the nation's suburbs. the analysis finds since the year 2000, the number of suburban poor has jumped 37.4% and that one-third of the nation's poor now live in the suburbs. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" stocks mixed this morning on markets in asia. randall pinkston is in new york with that and more. good morning. >> good morning. that's right asian stocks were mixed this morning. after hitting a two-year high, japan's nikkei was down a fraction, up about 3% for the week. hong kong's hang seng was also lower but shanghai up. today, wall street gets a look at weekly jobless claims. another round of corporate earnings reports also on tap, wi

and this doesn't begin to touch whatever john edwards did. >> ask her for her forgiveness, ask god fororgiveness. >> reporter: not everyone survives with their popularity intact. but some do just fine. look at bill clinton. for some like spitzer and mark sanford in south carolina, they regain popularity after they resigned, or agreed not to run again. >> reporter: if you're leaving office, what are people going to do? say i think he should be executed? there's nowhere else to go with it. >> reporter: and in louisiana, maybe david vitter has convinced voters that there are more important issues this year than his indiscretions. but one thing is clear now. when it comes to sex scandals, nothing is clear. >> don't jump to the conclusion that you have to run away from office right away because it is possible to survive now. >> reporter: you can ponder this all weekend as you watch the ryder cup on tv starring tiger woods. i'm john berman for "nightline" in new york. >> well, maybe folks just feel they do have bigger problems these days. >>> when we come back chaos in ecuador, but first jim

today i'm talking to the right honorable john edwards he's a member of parliament and also needs of the conservative policy group on economic competitiveness he was also someone who was instrumental in keeping britain out since the eurozone john redwood thank you very much for talking to r.t. now you're a euro skeptic explain to me your reasons for that but i'm skeptical about how much european government we need and want. as a british democrat i believe that most of the big decision should be taken by an elected parliament in the united kingdom and as many decisions as possible should be dedicated to individuals farmers and lower levels of government within the united kingdom so i am skeptical about the need and purpose of a lot of european government at the measure nine level if something requires global agreement with and our systems for global treaties and global agreement global government if something needs national government we have the institutions it's quite difficult i think identifying those things that really require a european level of government as well the debt crisis an

. >>> make news the lawyer for two-time prez presidential candidate john edwards says federal prosecutorsued more subpoenas and at issue is whether campaign fund were use to keep the issue quiet e says his lawyer says he didn't violate lawsuits laws. >>> new york mayor bloomberg and governor paterson isr steek stop new yorkers from spending food stamps on sugar sweetened drinks like soda. bloomberg and paterson will make an announcement today. they will be asking the federal government to add sugary drinks to the list of banned food stamp purchases you can make. it's part of an effort to fight obesity. alcohol and cigarettes are on the list. >>> police in arkansas say a woman who drove her car into a laundromat was drunk. and the incident as you can see all caught on tape. being see the dark colored car coming at you over the curb, straight through the glass into a row of dryers. >> i think she deserve toffs go to jail. if it was kids in there, they would have got hurt. >> well police suspect the driver had been drinking and conducted a field sobriety test and several minutes later she be

charged with invading his privacy have denied any anti-gay bias. >>> the federal investigation into john edwardscutors issued a fresh round subpoenas, at issue whether campaign funds were used to keep edwards' affair with hunter private. former aide, andrew young testified vast sums of money were spent keeping hunter in hiding. >>> the supreme court is hearing testimony of one of the most highly charged cases to reach the court in years. >> it involves the right of a fundamentalist church to protest at the funerals of dead soldiers. john hendron is joining us from washington with debate before the court. john? >> reporter: good morning, vinita, rob. is it free speech, or is it harassment, that is the question for the supreme court to decide and the stakes are high. for the first amendment and the bereaved families of troops. at issue whether free speech means protestors can disrupt funerals for military troops with chants. and offensive signs like these. al snyder calls that harassment. >> it is something no family should have to live through. >> reporter: snyder sued after froesors from west --

. >>> federal prosecutors have issued new subpoenas in their investigion into john edwards' campaignces. ey're looking into allegations that some campaign money was used to keep edwards mistress rielle hunter, out of the spot light. edwards has admitted to fathering a child with hunter. >>> a 37-year-old woman is dead after she was stabbed in fairfax county. the deadly stabbing happened inside the five-2 bar and grill in springfield while people were eating dinner. police say a 40-year-old man walked in and stabbed her to death. he was taken to the hospital with self-inflicted injuries. he is expected to survive and is in police custod >>> investigators are still trying to figure out who put what appeared to be two pipe bombs in a foreclosed prince george's county home. a real estate aingent found t devices in a vacant house in distri heights yesterday. a bomb squad spent about four hours making sure they were not a threat to the public. the agents who discovered them says that he did not even reize how dangerous the situation really was. >> i mean, when i found it, i didn't even --

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. >>> new developments in the investigation of former democratic presidential candidate john edwards. his attorneys as prosecutors have issued a new round of subpoenas. a grand jury is investigating whether he used campaign funds to cover up his affair with the videographer. his lawyer says that his client did nothing wrong. lookin>>> nine years since the afghan war began. more than 1200 american servicemen and women have died. afghans have become tired of the violence and increasing foreign forces in their homeland. public support for the lord is dipping -- support for the war. >>> martin o'malley gets the support of the commander-in- chief. he will join him for a rally at the university. we will have more of the president's visit and the latest poll numbers. >>> 53 degrees outside. , has to buzzkito coa off. > >> hey, guys, i know i've been bad at this in the past, so i've come up with some mnemonic devices to help me learn your names. hello, a "penny" saved is a "penny" earned. oh, that's 'cause fedex ground helps you save money. that's right, penny. do you know ours? heavens to be

where i have a problem is if it starts to interfere with how they do their job i mean look at john edwards if it's true that he was dipping into his campaign coffers in order to get hush money for his mistress that's a problem that's when he's doing something illegal but the legal part isn't that he had an affair that's between him and his wife well let's say that you're just a good old family values republican and turns out you've been cheating and having a mistress. yeah i mean i find it really discordant that so often many of the people who are against for example gay marriage are often the people going off and having these relationships on their own and i think it's good to point out these people's hypocrisy is specially since gay marriage is such a personal issue and people relate to it on such a visceral level i don't necessarily think we need to throw people out of office because they have an affair but i do think it's important that that news comes out and that can really make a decision about who you want to vote for but let's put it this way i think that you know. the point that