to linda lee, attorney for robert thomas.h us and you, too, robert. you know, your client, robert thomas, had a series of e-mails back and forth with heene. which were, in my mind, probative not necessarily of the hoax itself, but of his relationship that he did have the relationship he claimed to have with heene. >> that's correct. >> now, he sold those e-mails to gawker.com and faced a lot of criticism for that. i always wonder -- i would never be happy as a prosecutor that a witness sold a story. why does everybody focus on that, that he sold e-mails as opposed to what could be the real crime here? >> well, nancy, i have no idea why they are focusing on that. as a former prosecutor myself, i agree. it's not really about what he did in terms of selling this. believe me, it was a minimal, minimal amount that he received. that was long before i joined the case. however, as a prosecutor, what's more important is justice here. the reality is we now have proof this was a hoax. we have proof that mr. heene is not who he claims to

so who is this man, robert joe halderman. his uncle said he's not the kind of man who would blackmail people. susan candiotti found out more. >> reporter: robert joe halderman is making headlines in a tawdry blackmail case. he tried to shake down talk show host david letterman for $2 million to keep letterman's sex life quiet. letterman beat him to it, surprising his audience by announcing he had affairs with co-workers and told the grand jury about it. >> the creepy stuff was that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> reporter: his production company says the affairs happened before letterman's marriage to his long-time companion last spring. halderman gave letterman a rude awakening about 3:00 a.m. six weeks ago leaving a pack annual outside of his home. it was a screen play idea. >> halderman said he needed to make a large chunk of money, unquote, by selling letterman a so-called screen-play treatment, unquote. the one-page screen play treatment attached to the letter referred to letterman's great succ

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with roberts and alito, there are now five votes for that. the supreme court is likely to say that religious symbols on government property to not violate the establishment clause. during a previous case, it involved a six-foot high commandments monument. justice kennedy told me if your client does not like the 10 commandments monument, why doesn't he look the other way? there were four justices that would have allowed it. i think there will be five that will allow religious symbols. when the accord last out with the issue in 2000, there were four justices who said the government should be able to give money to parochial schools even if it is used for religious indoctrination as long as it does not discriminate among religions. that would be a dramatic change in the law. i think there are now five votes to go that far, to overrule the lemon test. >> you can say that with that voice but that is not a big change. [laughter] the idea that when resources are being given out, that they be given out on a neutral basis, and it does not matter whethe

now, robert rice, carlos gutierrez point. a, has small businesses that's whatcom prices house halds they can't get credit. great meredith whitney article in today's "wall street journal" and b, all these governmental programs may be stopping small businesses from hiring, they are worried about taxes and regulations. what's your take? >> well my take is the opposite, not surprisingly. the big banks are not lending. t.a.r.p., in my view, has bean failure. they are not lending to small businesses and small businesses are the life blood of the economy. rather than worry about government spending too much i worry quite frankly about government spending too little. as i said before the stimulus package is the thing that's keeping the economy up, keeping people employed. without government spending, without the stimulus package i'm afraid as the commerce secretary said we'll be in trouble. if we talk about health care reform, i'll tell you we got to get those costs under control. >> look at all the taxes. there are ten separate taxe

to get a corporate tax cut like robert says? >> i don't think that a payroll tax cut for two years will give us the traction we need to get this done. i think we'll have to do something structural so we have to start investing in the jobs. >> i don't disagree but would i want be a good start? i would never say no to cut people's taxs if that's the only choice i'm given. >> i guess we have an agreement. the fundamental is problem is to get money back into people's pockets and 80% of consumers pay more in payroll taxes than they do in income taxes so i think that's a good way of doing it. at least that's a beginning. and i think republicans would go along with it. >> is it possible people aren't spending because their worried their taxes will go up dramatically because of health care snz. >> i think they are worried they're going to lose their jobs. they're told health care reform won't won't have traction until 2013. so i don't think their worried about that right now. their worried about the public option and all the issues we d

this whole article was started from robert fiske. in the article, he called it an international kabal. i find it hard to believe that they want to have something on this happened so quickly. >> when we are thinking about the u.s. dollar, we have to think about this in trade terms. what does that mean for us in terms of exports, imports, things that are dollar denominated? this is going to factor everything in trade -- affect everything in trade. one in the decisions that secretary geithner has been facing is if the chinese have been manipulating their currency lower. martha: before you go, a lot of this comes from the fact that china is such a huge consumer of oil. is this not just another argument for us to have our own resources, drill, baby, drill? >> they are doing actual physical deals, going through goldman sachs, morgan stanley, buying assets in canada and mexico to drill oil. so part of the picture -- there is this huge sub plot where eventually if it goes up to 150 barry -- $150 a barrel, there will be a plan. martha: thank

the website who murdered robert juan.com lists those mistakes and they went over them with aur own gary nurenberg. and, gary, i understand some disturbing findings there. >> reporter: he was spending the night with friends and was murdered. it claims that he was sex alley abused and -- sexually abused and tortured before he was killed. our underlying problems with police officers. police arrived at 11:49. >> we have all been gen willie surprised at -- genuinely surprised at how many errors have been committed. >> reporter: who murdered robert juan.com and chart what they believe are police mistakes. interrogation of the men in the house at the time of the murder. >> they can't find a videotape of several hours of them. that's not acceptable. >> reporter: misuse of a chemical by crime scene technicians frng the error was so -- >> the error was so great. >> reporter: a bed spread with trace amounts of blood. >> so we can't say right now whose blood is on that because the tests were never conducted. >> reporter: three roommates in the house have been charged with obstruction of justice and

robert alito has been there for a while and has sea legs. up until now, robert has been careful, moving to the right for sure, but in tiny little baby steps and it will be interesting to see this term if he is willing to be more liberal. >> what about the effort to persuade other justices in that conference room? >> i don't think the presence of justice sotomayor will change that dynamic but it may be changing over time. ever since roberts an alito joined, one question has been will they incrementally push to thite a little here and there, or will they take giant leaps an overrule precedents and strike down big acts of congress, which is the sort of thing that chief justice roberts sounded like he wasn't into. i think this term, and in particular, big campaign finance case, may tell us a lot about how fast they're going to move. also, there are five relatively conservative justices. they know that they're not going to get any reinforcements while barack obama is president, and so if they want to decide a case, they better get to it. >> john

roberts, the 2007 champion, nice round. he might take the points lead it this weekend because the guy in front of him, fred funk, a week of near makes. this attempt slides by. he is 10 shots back. watson, from the rough at 17. he called it his best shot of the day. storing it up. it nestles to about 4 feet. well played, mr. watson, well played. he then makes good on the shot. that curls home. tom watson, both before a round, he has the for shot lead heading into sunday's final round. watch the final round right here on tv 11, coverage begins at 4:00. >>> brian roberts put up incredible numbers, setting a new team record for doubles. he owns the title, most valuable oriole. he had 16 home runs, 79 rbi. the orioles need one more win to avoid a losing season. the orioles get the victory, 6- 3. with it, they avoid the indignity of the 100-loss season. please stay with us. at pepto-bismol. nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. yeah, my buddy's got all that. ouch. we've done corn dogs, pizza, and nachos. put it

the man arrested robert halderman appeared before a judge in new york late this afternoon. for the latest, let's go to new york city. >> he only said not guilty. cbs newsman is basically accused of trying to extort $2 million from the late night talk show host david letterman who works for cbs. now, apparently what happened is the robert joel halderman, a news producer was arraigned on charges, felony charges attempted extortion. apparently he gave a letter to letterman saying that i'm going to write a screen play about you but he included apparently evidence of affairs that letterman had with some of his staffers. now, the cbs newsman's lawyer denies this saying it's not true. he won't say why it's not true. >> he was a producer at cbs, responsible member of the commity. i was worried for myself, felt men nanced by this and i had to tell him all the creepy things that i had done that would be -- why is that fuy. >> the cbs newsman accused of trying to extort letterman, robert joel halderman, a divorced father of two teenagers deeply in debt. he faces five to 15 years if fo

>> well, i -- i take what robert gibbs said and say there were different ways to leave.u can characterize it as doing less. you can characterize it as moving off the counterinsurgency into counterterrorism. i suspect that using various reasons, one being the -- president karzai's election and the narco trade continuing and all of that as a way of saying we are not going to do anything that supports this government or the narcotics trade. and -- but it is not going to be the full complement of troops that general mcchrystal is asking for. >> let me ask you about chicago and the olympics, because one of the things that he has not accomplished is bringing the olympics to chicago. and it is really -- the question is how did they get it so wrong? how were they so off on the vote counting? >> you know, if you can't count those votes what, votes can you count, going all the way to be rebuffed, i was sure it was wired because why would you go? i -- i can't give you an answer, andrea, on that one. it makes no sense to me, except maybe to meet general mcchrystal along the way. >>

she'd gun to robert's house to buy clothing for the baby she was expecting. snideley's fianci chris pop says he no longer feels anger towards roberts saying she'll have her day in court and at least word that day was set for march. >>> we had a nice day and nice evening but the clouds have start to move in but no precipitation at this point in time. maryland's most powerful radar, clear scan right now, but tomorrow evening we'll track showers. forecast for tonight, increasing clouds, 45 for the overnight low. tomorrow a warmer day but on the cloudy side. we'll tell you what the clouds are all about and when they'll go away, coming up. >>> the latest now on two violent clashes with baltimore police. a drug investigation turned ugly. a city officer shot a suspected drug dealer after he flashed a weapon. the man who was shot, who has not been identified, is listed in serious condition. >>> and a city police officer is recovering after being dragged five blocks by a suspect's car. that suspect, ricky hughes, was scheduled to meet with his probation officer and st

it seems that robert halderman has seen one too many "48 hours." there are potential legal implications associated with sleeping with people you employ. john q. kelley is a former district attorney and currently a criminal and civil legal defense attorney. at a press conference today, manhattan d.a. robert morgan referred to the screen play that halderman was trying to sell to letterman about detailed sexual encounters with women on his staff. he had a wry smile when he talked about a screen play. was this in fact a valid commercial exchange, letterman was paying the going price for this screen play of mine? >> looks like that's the way he initially intended to set it up. apparently all the details that are very fact specific to letterman, the coercion part of it, the threatening part of it is included in that screen play also. so that in effect is the blackmail letter also. >> now it seems that the prosecutors who got involved in this coaching letterman and his lawyers along suggested that they actually go through the process of giving him a check

robert thomas? >> absolutely. and about creating a buzz of any kind. i think this all really started with "wife swap." he got a little taste of stardom and wanted more and more and more. >> take a look at heene on "wife swap." he made several appearances on the show. there you see his children involved, obviously, in the show. it seems as if a lot of his endeavors to get fame for himself involve using, utilizing his children. i want to go back to the rap song. norm, if you could cue that up for me. mike brooks, former fed with the fbi, weigh in. >> nancy, i tell you what. i'm looking forward to next week to see exactly what charges this guy gets locked up for. conspiracy, delinquency of a child, attempting to basically con a public servant and i hope that the fbi goes after him for some federal charges. now, the faa, they're taking a look, too. they can only charge him with faa violations, f.a.r.s for civil penalties. i can tell you what, they can get in his pocket. >> look at this, mike brooks. >> they call this

does that sound familiar, robert?it sounded so familiar that a friend of 15 years called me and he remembered me discussing this with him months prior. i want to clarify, i had nothing to do with this event. i had nothing to do with the planning. >> absolutely, you did not. in fact, you after much consideration actually spoke with authorities. with me, robert thomas. we hardly think you'd rat yourself out. unleash the lawyers. john burris, alan ripka. the rap song aside, the alleged 911 domestic abuse call to the home aside, and that's another can of worms. first of all this. this is exactly his proposal except he used his own children, according to authorities. >> it's a fraud, no doubt about that. i think the man has to be prosecuted, flat-out for this kind of conduct involving the public and his children. >> alan ripka, what's your best defense? >> one thing has nothing to do with the other. in this case it would not be unlikely for a child to climb into that flying saucer, nancy. ♪ when you want to learn the myste

robert j. halderman was trying to blackmail david letterman. >> we will not tolerate that. >> reporter: the cbs news producer was arrested on thursday. the 51-year-old robert j. halderman demanded $2 million from letterman in exchange for not exposing intimate details of the man's private life. the scheme forced letterman to come clean on his show thursday night. >> i have had sex with women who worked for me on the show. >> reporter: the cbs news employee involved in the investigation has been suspended. here at the ed sullivan theater, audience members were not sure if letterman was telling an elaborate joke. tom and his wife were in the audience. >> everyone was in shock. they were trying to figure out what happened. >> reporter: letterman does not plan on commenting further about the situation. >> a very bizarre experience. i feel like i need to protect these people. i need to certainly protect my family. >> reporter: it is not sure when he had the relationships with the staffers. in new yo

in less than an hour, president obama will meet with secretary of defense robert gates, the first of two meetings this week on the direction of the war. despite the divide, even within the administration what to do next in afghanistan, secretary gates says the military will do whatever president obama decides. he also says that the president's war strategy advisers need to keep their advice private. >> imperative that all of us taking part in these deliberation, civilians and military alike, provide our best advice to the president candidly but privately and speaking of the department of defense, once the commander in chief makes his decisions, we will salute and execute those decisions faithfully and to the best of our ability. >> secretary gates' comments come after the commander in afghanistan, general mcchrystal, said the u.s. is in danger of failing if more troops aren't sent to the war zone. mcchrystal also said he does not support a new counterterrorism strategy being floated by vice president biden to use more drone missile strikes against terrorist attacks. he called it "cha

robert joe halderman had a court hearing in new york yesterday. he's facing larceny charge that is could land him in jail for up to 15 years. after the hearing, halderman was released on $200,000 bail. he reportedly demanded $2 million to keep quiet about letterman's affairs with co-workers. letterman admitted on thursday to having sex with female staffers. his production company says he didn't violate their harassment policy. >>> so who is this man, robert joe halderman? his uncle says he's not the kind of man that would blackmail someone. susan candiotti dug deeper and found out more about him. >> reporter: veteran cbs news producer robert joe halderman is making headlines in a tawdry blackmail case. prosecutors say he tried to shake down david letterman for $2 million to keep letterman's sex life quiet. letterman beat him to it. surprising his audience by announcing he had affairs with co-workers and told the grand jury about it. >> the creepy stuff was that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> reporter: his production com

roberts. >> no. >> mr. enzi. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. chairman. >> no. >> the clerk will tally the vote. >> the vote is 9 ayes, 13 nays, and one pass. >> the amendment fails. >> we set this aside because those trying to get a different offset than the one we have been using in the past. >> i appreciate that. that is a good sign of good faith here. i do appreciate that. >> yes. and because you have not agreed with any of my amendments so far, that offset is still available. [laughter] it is not that i am trying to enact a policy of the offset. i have a different idea in mind. >> ok. >> this is a simple amendment dealing with a health savings account. the effect would be to conform the amount that individuals can contribute to high deductible health plans and enable contributions to savings accounts to equal the same amount. it would allow them to contribute amounts to the hsa's vehicle to the amount of the high deductible health care plans. we are well aware of the advantages of a fha's. republicans have generally believe that we want con

. >> the boy was on the way to robert clem men -- robert to clemente middle school. >>> fairfax police on the hunt for a man that tried to abduct a teenage girl. it happened on i ever r little river turnpike. she managed to fight off the attacker and run home. if you happen to see anything and were in the area, police would like to hear from you. >>> fox 5 is following two developing stories right now. theirst, the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that rocked indonesia. it's been two days since the earthquake hit and survivors are being pulled from the rubble. rescuers believe 3,000 people could be trapped. more than 700 are confirmed dead. >>> help is starting to arrive in samoa. volunteers including the red cross and military are bringing supplies and medical care to the victims. the tsunami killed more than 160 people. >>> a million dollar extortion plot against david letterman exposed during a shocking on air admission. >> i have had sex with women that work for me on the show. >> tonight we know how the d.a. put the pieces together. >>> a newborn kidnapped from his mother in t

robert in nevada. robert. >> caller: hello, jim. boo-yah. >> go ahead robert. >> caller: my question is about british petroleum. i'm building a new portfolio. i'm torn between that and chevron. >> i own them both. chevron announced a better number yesterday. it was a great conference call. i have to tell you, i think bp is now cheaper than chevron. i own them both. i wouldn't be a buyer of bp. right here, right now, bob in -- do they know i have a terrible rash and i'm itchy? let's go to bob in wisconsin. bob in wisconsin. bob. >> caller: jim cramer, mr. jim cramer, you do an excellent job, professional with so much background and the great advice that i love listening to you, my friend. the only thing i would hope for is if i could join you some day on this show to assist you. >> wow, i don't know. i think there may be a contest where someday someone could start off the lightning round with me. how about a stock, bob. >> caller: pnx, phoenix company, a life insurance company. >> no. too risky. we have too much. i'd rather see aflac

>> it was made by robert gibbs, the white house press secretary. a lot more fun to make that call than the one that came last week from copenhagen, to say the olympics weren't going to chicago. the president was surprised. but as yunji said, humbled by the honor. this really did catch them blindside, the white house. i talked to two key white house aides who got the word earlier this morning. both thought they were being punk'd. it's not april 1st is it? there will likely be a paper statement from the president, emphasizing how much work there is going forward. but on a serious note, white house aides do believe this will strengthen the president's hand, both at home and abroad. >> and i want to ask about that. a lot of key decisions being made ahead. it was -- specifically, what do you think the calculation. how does this factor in around the world, when you make a decision on the middle east? on afghanistan? >> it's almost as if this was an act of encouragement by the nobel prize committee. and there will be a lot of criticism for the committee f

. >> headed back to washington, robert gibson said that mr. and mrs. obama were proud of the presentations they made and glad they came to copenhagen to make the pitch. they only spent about an hour- and-a-half with the international olympic committee members. 14 hours in the air. the president aimed to trade on his own international popularity and to the decision to and what he considers the bush administration's unilateralism. >> there is nothing i would like more than to step in just a few blocks my family's home with michelle and our girls and welcomed the world back into our neighborhood. >> brazilian presidents luiz inacio lula da silva argued that it was rio's turn. there has never been an olympics in the southern hemisphere, and even opponents admit that it was probably their time. david axelrod says that the president does not see the loss of chicago as a rebuke or a decline of u.s. influence, but the white house is likely to face criticism over both the cost of the trip and the president might come under fire for a chicago resident who never

we just may see a random shower or robert -- rumble of thunder. more sunshine through sunday and monday. tuesday, there'll be a few showers. another area of high pressure will give us some beautiful autumn weather as we had through wednesday, thursday, and friday. there could be some showers at times tomorrow and early afternoon. love to save? shop with your giant card and save on thousands of deals, like progresso vegetable classics -- 10 for $10, wisk ultra detergent -- buy one, get one free, and other weekly specials and real deal savings. enjoy more savings -- only with your giant card. tightening your purse strings? shop with your giant card and save on thousands of deals, like chef boyardee cans and microwave bowls -- 10 for $10, ivory soap ten-pack -- now $3.99, and other real deal savings and weekly specials. enjoy more savings -- only with your giant card. >>> tonight on nightline, her addictiono shopping lead over millions of dollars of credit- card debt. >>> turning now to sports, a big game this weekend. >> not only for the redskins, b

robert dole alderman -- robert chow -- robert haldeman. >> can you elaborate on specifically what mr. haldeman was saying? >> i think mr. letterman describe that while last night. -- he described that well last night. it was accurate. it was extortion, and that is what we are focusing on. trying to extort money for mr. letterman. >> [inaudible] >> i wasn't there. >> who were the wire? >> i will not disclose that at this moment. >> there were three meetings, correct? >> yes. september 23 and september 30. >> ordeal, not video? >> email, photographs? >> could you detail the threats and materials that were used? >> they had the threat of extortion. an accurate description was given of what was in the material and there will be further discussion of that in the arraignment. we just had to deal with the extortion statute, and that includes a wrongful victim with the intent prescribed and committed in the following manner, and then goes on to say by extortion, a person obtains property by extortion when he compels or deuces another person to deliver such property by means of installing in t

. >> tamron, president obama is meeting one-on-one in the oval office with defense secretary robert gates, and there are a lot of very difficult issues on the table. over the weekend, eight u.s. soldiers were killed in afghanistan when the outpost they were preparing to leave in the next few weeks came under taliban fire. nearly 200 taliban militia reportedly surrounding mountainsides attacked the u.s. position with gunfire, rocket propelled grenades and mortar fire and launched part of the attack from a nearby mosque. >> the president and the first lady send their condolences and are deeply saddened by the combat deaths that we heard about in afghanistan over the weekend. i think it's important, though, to understand that the assessment that's being discussed does not envision more troops in outposts or places like the one that was attacked. >> the attack, though, was so intense that this out post that u.s. helicopters were unable to get in to rescue wounded soldiers were several hours, eventually usair craft and predator drones joined the fight. dozens of taliban were killed, and securi

robert gibbs to say. he has a job. people are really, really hurting. >> not only are there 15 million hurting, but we have got another 6 million -- i was looking at the numbers -- another 6 million who had just given up looking. we need a supply-side tax cut. ronald reagan did it. it worked. john f. kennedy did it. it worked. barack obama would have a huge increase in his public opinion polls if he did a tax cut right now. greta: steve, thank you. were we alighted too? as special inspector that oversees the tarp funds issued a report -- were we lied to? a special inspector that oversees the tarp funds issued a report. >> well, he said we were misled. it sounds like a lion. what he is saying is that secretary paulson, -- it sounds like lying. they were saying the banks were healthy when, in fact, they knew many of them or not. greta: so when paulson said they were healthy, he knew they were not healthy. >> the inspector general did not say "lie." they are being polite. greta: yes, they are being polite, b

the cfo is well regarded as well as brian roberts himself. but you're right, it would be a massive undertaking for them in terms of having management control of these properties. >> isn't it the biggest media swap in a while, david? mr. welch bought nbc in 1986. this is a gigantic thing? >> it is, absolutely. big, important and significant change if, again, they continue to go down this path and continue to get to an agreement. no doubt about it. we obviously have disney and cap cities. >> the idea that this would conceivably be a change in control. it does not appear that any of the other companies are in position to really compete here, given their own size and what is a complicated structure they probably can't meet. >> all right, andrew sorkin, younger colleague, going to give you the final word, my friend. >> to me, does this say more about nbc or does it say more about general electric? to think that they're prepared to sell this in this time, i think does say a lot and i think it brings up all the issue wes talked about. are they makin

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robert gibbs said today that craig is still advising the president about guantanomo bay, and that the administration is making progress on closing it. >> the clock is also ticking on healthcare reform, but that's about the only thing that's moving right now. chief political correspondent carl carl cameron reports on the lack of progress and the abundance of rhetoric. >> with the fifth and final bill still stuck in committee and no word on its cost, congressional republicans attack. >> we know that the bill they send to the senate noor will cut -- they send to the senate floor will cut seniors medicare by half a trillion dollars. we know it will raise taxes on virtually everyone. we know it will limit the healthcare choices americans now enjoy. >> but a comprehensive analysis by the congressional budget office is not yet being done for lack of detailed, quote, legislative language to study from the senate finance committee. instead, democrats have provided the c.b.o. only with, quote, conceptual language without in depth specifics, so the non-partisan analysts doing only a preliminary

. >>> also ahead, defense secretary robert gates is headed overseas to seek support for the mishz in afghanistan. who he's visiting and why the meetings are so pivotal. >>> defense secretary robert gates will spend the next week trying to convince u.s. allies they need to stay the course in afghanistan. gates will visit japan and korea and then meet with nato defense ministers in slovakia. they will roll back operations in january. south korea currently provides noncom bat support in afghanistan. the nato meeting may be pivotal. gates is expected to ask the alliance to maintain its commitment to the mission while the u.s. decides whether to increase troop strength in afghanistan. >>> president obama won't decide whether to change the number of troops in afghanistan until he knows there's a stable government in that country. at least that's word from white house chief of staff raum emanuele. it is wreckless to decide about levels right now since no one knows the outcome of afghanistan's disputed presidential election. >> there are basically two roads there, two protheses and one is a

lawyer robert fields told misty not to do an interview on national television last week. she went ahead anyway and during that interview, made this out of the blue accusation on the cbs "early show." >> someone came and got her, obviously. i feel like it's on the other side of the family. that has her. that's just how i feel. >> oh, really? any proof? or was that just something she thought of off the top of her head? is she talking about haleigh cummings' mom, crystal sheffield, or somebody from ron cummings' side of the family? we don't know. misty didn't name anyone. she didn't get specific. it just sounds to me like this girl is desperate to put anybody else on the hot seat any way she can. her changing story has certainly made her the focus of the investigation all along, so here's a question tonight. can equusearch help ferret out the truth? word is one of their female volunteers has gone undercover, cozying up to misty. will she finally be able to get the real story from this girl? now back to my expert panel and investigative reporter art harris of the baldtruth.co

robert halderman, the cbs news producer. he is out.is walking the streets right now. >> well, let's not exonerate him yet. let's go to the crime here. it has all the look, without judging the case as a juror, jeff, you first, of blackmail. a $2 million demand. a check was passed over, a bogus check. it was going to bounce immediately. the guy went through the act. i know what the commission of a crime is. is you go through the whole process. they set him up to complete the action but clearly the intent was there to blackmail, it seems to me. it was extortion, it was big money, and this guy was, a grand jury involved here. where does it stand legally right now, jeff? >> he has been indicted and the manhattan prosecutor, the d.a. robert morgenthau announced today he's been indicted on one count, class "c" felony, attempted grand larceny for the $2 million extortion plot. the alleged plot. he went to be arraigned today. the judge set bond at $200,000 and within the past couple hours, he bonded out. those are the pictures you were showing

poke fun at himself, david letterman revealed thursday he was alleged blackmail for $2 million by robert halderman a veteran producer for the cbs true crime show "48 hours." prosecutors say halderman said he would keep quiet about the sexual affairs with female staffers if given payoff. he pleddy in a manhattan court on friday where he was rained on one count of first degree larceny punishable by five to 15 years in pris hn. he was leased on $200,000 bail. >> there is another side to the story if i listen to what prosecutors said i would have been out of business a long time ago. >> reporter: how he found out relationships remains unclear but public documents show he lived with one of letterman's long-time assistants stephanie birkitt, until last august. it's unknown just how many staffers letterman was involved but reports say the liaisons took place before was married and before the birth of sisk son harry in 2003. halderman has been divorced twice and has two children with his second wife and three stepchildren. according to divorce paps as of may 2004 halderman was required to pay $6

robert reich has spoken very clearly, we're fixed in the city on debt. what we need to fix on is the human -- but, at a time when government, when private businesses, when consumers aren't buying, when exports aren't working, government is the last resort. we need to spend to rebuild this country. but to people back to work. not to spend on wars that we don't need. >> we just heard two senators agreeing on extending unemployment benefits, cobra, that's all stimulus money that will be more debt. >> but this is a national emergency in this country. we need to think -- and not dance just around the good edges of unemployment. >> the white house addressed it by saying to do everything at once. the president said yesterday, the principal focus will be jobs. he opened the doors to look at other ideas. the question is, how does he pursue that now or wait for health care? >> they keep saying what the president and the administration does. they keep saying what their priority is. you have to maintain a priority for at least some period of time, at least for a cou

at today's briefing, robert gibbs was asked directly if the president is lobbying to get votes for thelic option, and he fell back on what is now an all too familiar phrase. he says the president is working for choice and competition. the salient fact is when the senate finance committee, which is still working on its health- care bill, did not include a public option, the president praised it. the bottom-line is what ever you can get through the senate is what you will support because it moves the process forward. shepard: the doctors there with you today on the president's side, but that is not to say every >> doctor is > that is right. all the doctors here in the rose garden are definitely for the president's approach to medical care reform. of the doctors who are here today, four of them are very definitely in favor of the proposal and are working during the campaign in a political way to get the president's health care reform passed. they are either part of doctors for obama from the presidential campaign, or doctors for america, which the a grass-roots political organization form

secretary of defense robert gates said he was keeping that troop request until they finished a strategy review, but apparently president obama asked for it last thursday on his way to copenhagen, and now all his national security team has it, as well. but they were meeting today, they did not discuss the troop request. they discussed pakistan today, in the situation room at the white house for about three hours. so, they won't discuss troops, probably until friday or next week. >> but you reported here, this is up to 40,000 troops and i gather there is some talk now of a so-called middle ground. >> reporter: i think the obama administration is looking for a middle ground. they are calling it kind of mcchrystal-lite. mcchrystal wants about 40,000 new troops, or biden-heavy or senator levin-heavy. he wants about 10,000 trainers. they are looking at somewhere in between. but there have really been no decisions made yet, charlie. >> all right, martha raddatz on the job gone consideration on what to do next in the war that's lasted eight years. >>> when the war began, americans showed strong

i think they're probably pleased so far and we'll get a readout from robert gibbs about how officials feel about the talks how they have gone so far in geneva. >> we'll get a read out here off camera and interesting, savannah, the iranians are having a briefing in that big room. the iranians have been on camera and the americans are taking a very low-key approach to this. they don't want to be validating this, i think, until they see whether or not it's real. thanks, savannah guthrie, we look forward to what gibbs says. we know you'll be there. >>> coming up we'll talk to geoff morrell on developments on all of this and particularly afghanistan. where does the review of the u.s. policy stand. first, let's go to david albright, one of the top experts on all things nuclear in the world. david, you know what was going on here and what the stakes were but what could turn out to be the most interesting development is that iran has agreed to a proposal that ahmadinejad first discussed with a briefing at the "washington post" about a week ago where iranian low grade, low enriched uranium wou

what we do know right now is that in the next hour, 51-year-old robert haulderman, a producer for the "true crime" news show was arrested last thursday or yesterday, we should say. he will be indicted on one count of attempted first degree grand larceny. that is punishable by between 5 to 15 years, if he is convicted. i was just down listening to robert morgan, the district attorney from the city of new york and he said the following. he said that mr. haulderman left a letter and other material for mr. letterman early on september 9th and in that information he listed that he needed "to make a large chunk of money by essentially selling letterman what he referred to as a screenplay treatment." the letter said that letterman, that his world would, "collapse around him when the information about his private life was disclosed. and that it would lead to ruining his reputation. all of this is significant because david letterman to come forward and acknowledge that he has been having sexual relationships with women who worked for him. >> well, peter, in fact, he disclosed that on the progr

cbs news producer robert joe halderman pleaded not guilty and friday and is now out on bail. peter alexander is here with the latest. they're calling his desperate, capable of doing anything. >> they say they believe he was in serious debt which may play into why this all came to happen, they suspect. good morning. new information we should help you und, may help explain the alleged ex-tors plot against david letterman by this cbs news producer. the "new york times" reports an executive from letterman's production company told them that stephanie burkett, one of letterman's assistants a woman who at one time lived with the suspect, did have a past sexual relationship with david letterman. >> reporter: this morning 51-year-old robert joe halderman is free on bail, but today new details are emerging about the bizarre tale of sex, crime and money. this first unfolded when letterman stunned his "late night" audience with a confession thursday. >> that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> reporter: letterman told viewers he found a package and letter latched

the stars, robert carlisle and lou diamond phillips are joining us. >> good morning. >> l lou, let mevious "stargate" shows. do you have to have been a fan to like this one? >> no, our show is a little darker, a little grittier, a little sexier. >> oh, okay. >> that's what i'm doing here. but i think we're outside the box of what's traditionally the faithful following of "stargate." i think we have a lot that those fans will love, but i think it's going to expand beyond its own universe, if you will. >> robert, there's a power struggle between the scientists, civilians and the military. you represent, in a sense, the scientists. tell us about your character. >> yeah, i play dr. nicholas rush, who is, i guess, the lead scientist in this new "stargate" expedition. he's responsible for taking them through the ninth chevron on to the destiny. so, this guy is probably not to be trusted. >> ah, wow. so we don't trust the scientist. >> no, we don't. >> now, ming, i like this, your character -- you're the human relations, i have to say, officer. >> yes. >> so, there are hr people in space? >>

the president just wrapped up a meeting with defense secretary robert gates.housands more troops could now be bound for afghanistan. but not everyone is onboard. protestors hit the streets hard right here. anti-war groups taking their message to the white house, so mourn the lives lost in the conflict, others carried banners demanding the end of the war. claudia is here. >> reporter: today the secretary of defense robert gates says the decision president obama makes in afghanistan will be the most important of his presidency. the two met behind closed doors today to discuss a complete strategy overhaul on how to regain

vincent's co-writer was a former washington time editor, robert stacey mccain. no relation to that other mccain. he is a writer with a '50s mentality. the 1850s. for instance, his progressive take on interracial marriage. the media now force interracial images into the public mind and a number of perfectly rational people react to these images with an altogether natural revulsion. after this long rich job history, sarah palin took one look and said you betcha. >> wow! so sarah palin's ghost writer co-wrote one of her last books. >> donkey con. >> the natural revulsion to interracial marriages. >> thank you for watching. we'll see you tomorrow night. "hardball" with chris matthews is up next. >>> council of war. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in boston. leading off tonight, in the war room. president obama's top commander in afghanistan has said if we don't send more troops there we risk failure. today the president held his first big strategy session to weigh that request. what the ultimate goal of our afghanistan policy should be. t

robert joe halderman is free after posting $200,000 bail. if convicted halderman faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly trying to blackmail letterman. more details starting to emerge about david letterman and his work place affairs. joining me live is ra hey ma ellis. good morning. >> let's talk about the letterman and the man accused of trying to blackmail him. >> there appears according to the "new york times" one of the women was a personal assistant of david letterman, appeared on the show and had a relationship with him. that relationship ended at some point and struck up a relationship it appears with robert halderman, the man accused in the alleged extortion plot. according to the paper she was living with him in connecticut until last month. the d.a.'s office says halderman in an attempt to get $2 million from letterman, sent the "late night" host a package of information that included photographs, letters and a page out of burkett's personal diary that presumably revealed knowledge about letterman's affairs with women and woul

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roberts, we will hear from yunel. >> mr. g justice, and if it will please the court, after punishing him with two years in prison and a $5,000 fine -- mr. chief justice -- >> do you remember your first case? >> yes, and i was very nervous, and i was very nervous when i did my last argument, well. i think if you're arguing before the supreme court and you are not nervous, you do not know what is going on. >> about fielding those questions and using the time strategically so that you respond to your questions. it is essential to answer the questions. >> the courtroom, the people in the courtroom, the physical movements that are going on, it is quite remarkable. >> in this program, we talk with two attorneys who have argued several cases in front of the supreme court. they will take us inside the courtroom and asa about how and where they prepare for this crucial one hour to potentially swayed the justices. we begin edit room just down the hall from the supreme court chamber, where they gathered just before oral argument. >> in