he is inside of the courthouse in winston salem courthouse. and you can see it in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, but we are expecting john edwards along with the defense attorney to walk in front of a crowd of reporters, and we will bring it to you live as soon as we see it, but i know that my pal, joe johns, has been out there off and on covering the story, and he has literally walked outside of the courtroom. joe, first, talk me through what you have just experienced inside of the courtroom. you saw edwards, himself, in front of the magistrate, and how did he appear and what did he say? did you see his daughter with him as well? >> i didn't see his daughter. and it is funny, you know, i have covered john edwards for a long time, and i have to tell you that it looked like the exact same john ed warwards not hair out of place. i have known his lawyer for a long time and been around town for about 15 years. he looks like he has aged immensely and has gray hair, but for some reason john edwards looks like the guy running around the

joe johns is in winston salem, north carolina where john edwards appeared in court today. i spoke with him earlier. >> hi, eliot. well, this was a long day for john edwards and certainly one of the most extraordinary for him and one of the most extraordinary in north carolina politics and perhaps in american politics. this was a guy who was one of the top three contenders in 2008 for the democratic nomination for president and indicted on six counts relating to his activities during that election. so what we had are six counts ranging from conspiracy on one hand and a number of accepting illegal campaign contributions and there was a false statement charge tacked on at the bottom. the information came out here on the docket in winston salem, north carolina, and that's where john edwards showed up this afternoon to face a judge. he came outside after that and talked to reporters for just a minute. he didn't answer any questions outside the court. inside the court he answered only a few and the judge imposed some conditions on him and set him free on his own recognizance. so

joe johns is in winston salem, north carolina where john edwards appeared in court today.him earlier. >> hi, eliot. well, this was a long day for john edwards and certainly one of the most extraordinary for him and one of the most extraordinary in north carolina politics and perhaps in american politics. this was a guy who was one of the top three contenders in 2008 for the democratic nomination for president and indicted on six counts relating to his activities during that election. so what we had are six counts ranging from conspiracy on one hand and a number of accepting illegal campaign contributions and there was a false statement charge tacked on at the bottom. the information came out here on the docket in winston salem, north carolina, and that's where john edwards showed up this afternoon to face a judge. he came outside after that and talked to reporters for just a minute. he didn't answer any questions outside the court. inside the court he answered only a few and the judge imposed some conditions on him and set him free on his own recognizance. so it is clear j

. >> and bob woodruff joins us now from winston-salem.ob, what an extraordinary day in american political history. what was the emotion like there? >> reporter: well, in terms of the emotion, certainly, when john edwards came out with cate, his daughter, she's 28 now. she knows all about these details, all about the law, but they came out there and they stood side-by-side. so, certainly, publicly, they are being, very, very close. we just don't know if they're doing the same thing when they're actually private with themselves. >> so, this is a family drama in addition to everything else. and, what comes next legally, bob? >> reporter: well, legally, of course, they're going to go to trial. he did, had to surrender his passport. he was told he can't get another one. he can't leave the country now. he has to stay in the continental u.s., which means he cannot go to alaska and hawaii. he's got to stay here. and at trial, we are told, is going to be happening, starting on june ly 11th. >> all right, bob. amazing story. thank you very much for

i am from winston-salem, n.c. one thing we are graling with is social media. it impacts ethical obligation that we have, client confidentiality issues. i figure if we are grappling with those issues that it is probably more acute in the court system. i was wondering how the supreme court has dealt with this phenomenon. i have this image of one of your clerks tweeting about what is going on. is the dghter of a justice by justice basis? do you have certain policies enacted on that area? -- it is its enacted by justice by justice? >> i sit down with each of the clerks and go through a number of things they need to be aware of. i tell them that they should obviously not be tweeting about what they are doing. a lot of it is inadvertently. we are working very hard on opinion this week, getting ready, and discerning people can look at what they are saying and put two and two together and figure out what their boss is doing. even unintentionally, they can sometimes reveal confidences and that is very dangerous. it my advice is to put that all on hold. i appreciate tha

sheriff hunt knew he was a potential threat but instead of issuing an all points bulletin he calls salem, virginia less and asks for a supervisor and that took time and while several minutes went by the shootings were taking place. well now some townspeople are circulating a petition to force hunt out of office. >> sheriff hunt stood in the way of getting help. he put his hand up and said "stop." >> well sheriff hunt says he did nothing wrong. >>> now an update on a story we first told you about last august. that's when griffith energy, a contractor dumped a few hundred gallons of heating oil into the wrong basement in alexandria. well now that mistake could cost three people their homes. this is the inside of charlie perum's town house where the spill took place. you can see the oil stains still on the floor. he says griffith dug up the cement slabs and started cleaning but has since left the slab after the two sides couldn't agree on the appropriate fix. the home and the entire town house building are now condemned. that means two of his neighbors are out of the home as well. >> they h

we begin with bob woodruff at the courthouse in winston-salem.d evening, bob. >> reporter: good evening, george. yes, the justice department has now indicted john ed wars on six counts, claiming that he lied about his affair and set up a secretive conspiracy to protect and advance his candidacy for president. this afternoon, john edwards, with his daughter by his side, said he will fight the charges against him and win. >> there is no question that i've done wrong, and i take full responsibility for having done wrong. but i did not break the law, and i never, ever thought that i was breaking the law. >> reporter: but the government charges he did just that, alleging he illegally s ly solyd donations during the campaign to hide his affair with rielle hunter and the child they their. the indictment stating that the public revelation of the affair and pregnancy would destroy his candidacy. the indictment lays out how the money was spent. to keep hunter away from the attention of the media and in the lap of luxury. there are pricey flights for hunter

>> for a kid from salem who went to a $50 a semester college. hell of a country, huh?does money make you happy? >> no. i had my pile early. seeing other people get money is the biggest turn-on. we used to get stock option sheets on friday night. we'd see an engineer making $80,000 cashing in stock for $275,000 or $400,000. we thought, what a weekend they will have. that's the turn-on to get everybody to grow. that's what we did in america for 100 and some years. >> why isn't america manufacturing more stuff now? why isn't it recognizing that this is the big problem? >> we are manufacturing lots of things. we don't want to manufacture t-shirts. >> what about, for example, very heavy big plant machinery and ship it to china where they need it? >> we are. look at caterpillar. >> enough? >> tons of it. jet engines, turbines. >> that's where we can see growth? >> we're seeing it. thatteth-moving equipment from caterpillar is all over china. >> would you like to see more companies like that? >> of course. >> is that one of the solutions? >> yes. >> build more, ship it to whe

crews have been working to get the room ready at salem college. mitt romney and tim polenty, herman cane and sarah palin. >> there is word today that recuperating arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is expected to move out of a houston rehabilitation facility at the end of the month. an aid for gabrielle giffords says it has not been decided where gabrielle giffords will stay and how she will participate in outpatient sessions. gabrielle giffords still struggles to communicate but aids say she has made substantial progress since she was shot. she was shot in the head during a rampage at a political event where six people died. >> the mississippi river is easing its below in baton rouge today. part of a levee re-opened to the public for the first time in nearly a month. it was covered with sandbags as they watched that river continue to rise. downriver the u.s. army corp of engineers began closing the gates at a spillway and had been diverting water from the mississippi to protect new orleans. >>> well, a pregnant woman is in critical conditio

that was the reality for the nearly 2,500 people who showed up at a jobs fair last week in winston-salem plant next year. they're expecting a total of 4,000 applicants for just under 400 jobs. steven douglas was one of those in attendance. >> if you can live till next year in 2012 when the building's built, then maybe you might gate job, but 90% of the people going over there is not going to get the job. we want to work, but it seems like the only people working is politicians. >> reporter: douglas says he's not giving up. he's going back to school to get a degree in business administration, but the truth is in this economy, even with that degree, there's no guarantee he'll find a job. >> chip reid for us this morning. thank you. >>> also in durham this morning, austan goolsbee who chairs the president's council of economic advisers. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> in a few hours you'll be joining the president to discuss ways to stimulate job growth. take me inside that meeting. what are you going to say to the president that hasn't been said already? >> well, it's his jobs cou

>> for a kid from salem that went through a $50 a semester college, a hell of a country, huh. >> doesake you happy? >> no. i had my pile pretty early. making other people -- seeing other people get money is the biggest turnon in the world. we used to get the stock option sheets on friday night in our company. we'd see a guy making $80,000, an engineer. cashing in stock for $275,000 or $400,000. we'd say what a hell of a weekend they're going to have. and that is the turn-on. to get everybody to grow. and that's what we got to do in america. that's what we did for 100 and some years. >> why isn't america manufacturing more stuff now? why isn't it recognizing this is probably the big problem? >> we're manufacturing -- we don't want to manufacture t-shirts. we don't want to manufacture -- >> what about for example very heavy big plant machinery and ship it to china. >> we are, look at caterpiller. >> are we doing enough? >> we're doing tons of it. jet engines -- >> -- seeing real growth? >> look at caterpillar now. earth moving equipment. it's all over china. caterpillar's doing a fabulo

down former governor jon huntsman friday after getting to know the candidate house party in north salem. so the big question is, what is taking you so long? >> well, we've only been at it about a month, little over a month. and when you consider -- >> but at it with a vengeance. >> with a vengeance. so if you look at our zero to 60 speed, i think we've broken some land speed records in getting to where we are. i think we've been to about 12 separate states. some of them multiple times over that month. >> 36 times in less than a month in new hampshire, someone told us. 36 events. >> that sounds -- i've lost count. >> well, someone counted it for you. >> i've lost count. yeah, that sounds about right. >> so why not just go, yeah, i'm running? you know, i'm talking to donors, i'm getting money, we just got finished with a house party. what's the -- you know, where's the balloons and the band and the speech? >> we're about a week and a half out. >> week and a half. okay. here? >> well, i'll keep that for another time. >> you're not playing. >> but we're right at the end point and is your fa

but kay anderson from winston-salem, north carolina, disagreed -- "if they cannot answer your questionsa straight-forward way, that shows they either do not know what they're talking about or do not want the american people to hear the real answer." then there was an exchange on the factor over whether tim pawlenty was too bland to run for president. cynthia writes -- >> chris: please keep your comments coming. you can find us at foxnewssunday.com. we'll be right back with a note about next week's program. ♪ [ male announcer how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason 80% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >> chris: now this program note. next week we continue our series of 2012 one-on-one int

. >> reporter: john edwards left the federal courthouse in winston-salem north carolina with his oldestaughter at his side after pleading not guilty to several charges. >> i will regret for the less of my life the pain and harm that i have caused to others but i did not break the law. and i never ever thought i was breaking the law. >> reporter: in court, the judge released the two-time presidential candidate without requiring him to post bail but ordered him to surrender his passport. he is accused of secretly using nearly a million dollars from two donors to hide his mistress and their baby during his 2008 run for the white house. prosecutors argue the money helped protect edwards' image as a devoted family man allowing him to stay in the race. but the defense says edwards just wanted to protect his marriage to elizabeth edwards, who had cancer and has since died. >> no one would have known or should have known or could have been expected to know that these payments would be treated or should be considered as campaign contributions. >> reporter: the charges come after a two-year inves

reynolds, the maker of camel, kool, winston and salem says, quote, the anti-smoking message plainly conveysraphic images and designs intended to elicit loathing, disgust, revulsion, the government's viewpoint that the risks associated with smoking cigarettes outweigh the pleasure that smokers derive from them. do you think r.j. reynolds has a point? is this message just a little too strong and sort of unnecessary, certainly coming from the federal government? >> reporter: get over it, r.j. reynolds. this is a case where slowly but surely their industry is being strangled by more restrictive laws and regulations, whether it's new york where you can't smoke outside, in some cases in parks, australia where you can't smoke on a beach, you can't smoke in any restaurant, in any cafe, in any bar. so to quote the famous old line, me thinks you protesteth too much. >> you don't think it will have an impact. >> it's a picture on a packet. a nasty picture on a packet. committed smokers are not suddenly going to rush their hands into their eyes in horror and run into the other direction. certainly thos

edwards pleaded not guilty at a hearing today in winston-salem, north carolina, and professed his innocence afterward. >> there's no question that i've done wrong, and i take full responsibility for having done wrong. and i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i have caused to others. but i did not break the law, and i never, ever thought i was breaking the law. >> holman: edwards's lawyers say the funds in question were not campaign donations and were not used to protect his 2008 campaign. instead, they say he was trying to hide the affair from his wife, elizabeth. she died of cancer last year. the former bosnian serb general ratko mladic was arraigned today at a u.n. war crimes tribunal in the netherlands. he was granted until next month to enter his pleas. he's charged with genocide and mass murder in the bosnian civil war of the early 1990s. he called the indictment "obnoxious". we have a report from bill neely of independent television news. >> reporter: once, his orders spelled death. the very sight of him could terrify. ratko mladic is now a gray man, pinned

edwards appeared in court today in winston-salem north carolina and denied all charges and pleaded not guilty. >> there's no question that i have done wrong. and i take full responsibility for having done wrong. and i will regret for the rest of my li the pain and the harm that i have caused to others. but i did not break the law and i never ever thought i was breaking the law. thank you all very much. joining me now is jeffrey toobin of the "new yorker" magazine and cnn, from washington, d.c. mark halperin of "time" magazine and pete williams of nbc news. i'm pleased to have all of them here on this program. pete, let me begin with you. give us the legal case that's being made against john eards. >> well, it all comes down to what was the money for. itertainly is no illega, it's certainly unwise but not illegal under federal law to have a mistress or try to cover up that fact. or even to ask other people for money to do it. the problem according to the government is that this was tied centrally to edwards campaign. the justice departmt sa today that the whole point of his campaign was

newt gingrich on the defensive again, this time salems his wife's role. is she being started unfairly? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." first for the dramatic moment s. democrats and republicans have been waiting for since the scandal took on a life of its own. anthony weiner of new york surrender iing he did it a whil ago. >> i'm here to apologize for the personal mistakes i have made. i make this apology to my neighbors and constituents, but particularly to my wife huma. to fight for the middle class. unfortunately the distraction that i have created has made it impossible. i'm resigning so my colleagues can get back to work, and most importantly that my wife and i can continue to heal from the damage i have caused. [ yelling in the audience ] >> throw him out. he's not with us. >> to repeat, most importantly so that i can continue to heal from the damage that i have caused. i want to thank my colleagues in the house of representatives, democrats and republicans align. fundamentally we all agree they are all thank you -- i also also wan

ron davis from winston-salem, north carolina. one of the things our firm has grappled with is social media. it impacts ethical obligations that we have. its impact client confidentiality issues. i figure if we are grappling with those kind of issues, it is probably more acute in the court system. i was just curious how the supreme court has dealt with this phenomenon. i had this image of one of your clerks tweeting from the supreme court about what is going on. it is it -- is it on a justice by justice basis where had you enacted certain policies? >> i sit down with the incoming clerks at the beginning of the year as soon as we get back and go through a number of things they have to be aware of and that is one of them. i tell them they obviously should not be tweeting about what they are doing or whether they have websites or whatever. a lot of this is an advert in. they think they're working really hard this week and getting ready -- so many people can look at what they are saying and put two and two together and figure out what

he is on his way to winston-salem, north carolina.the specific counts against edwards. what is he being charged with? >> well, he's being charged with conspiracy to accept illegal campaign contributions, filing misleading campaign reports and furtherance of that. he's also being accused of false statements. in other words, not fully disclosing the fact that he had received something like almost a million dollars from a couple contributors to try to cover up his affair with this woman rielle hunter who eventually had his child and he's also being charged with false statements. so, it's sort of a complete package filed by the united states government against john edwards, in a case that sort of sprang out of the 2008 presidential campaign when he's getting ready to run and now he has to defend himself. he has a very good attorney. it's been pretty clear for a while that edwards was thinking about fighting it out in court, as opposed to making some type of a plea agreement that would have seen him essentially pleading guilty to a felony.

there's tayyab agia, and mullah abdul salem zaeef, once in u.s.eleased, mullah muttawakil, also once in u.s. custy and the taliban's representative in the u.s. before september 11th and is said to be living in kabul. still, experts say it's not likely that all of these men would represent the taliban. james carafano says this. >> reporter: the taliban and al qaeda are ideological cousins, one in the same in, terms of their approach towards the united states. are you never going to get a deal with the taliban that's not if left alone that won't take you right back to september 10th, 2001. >> but the taliban has been weakened militarily since then and there are other changes since 9/11. i asked cnn national security analyst peter bergen about possible advantages to contacting the taliban now. >> you could create splits in the taliban movement. some people might be tempted to kind of make an agreement. you also can gather intelligence about who they are and what they are thinking. >> but there are risks just in talking. last fall a man passing himsel

i am from winston-salem, n.c. one thing we are grappling with is social media. it impacts ethical obligation that we have, client confidentiality issues. i figure if we are grappling with those issues that it is probably more acute in the court system. i was wondering how the supreme court has dealt with this phenomenon. i have this image of one of your clerks tweeting about what is going on. is the daughter of a justice by justice basis? do you have certain policies enacted on that area? -- it is its enacted by justice by justice? >> i sit down with each of the clerks and go through a number of things they need to be aware of. i tell them that they should obviously not be tweeting about what they are doing. a lot of it is inadvertently. we are working very hard on an opinion this week, getting ready, and discerning people can look at what they are saying and put two and two together and figure out what their boss is doing. even unintentionally, they can sometimes reveal confidences and that is very dangerous. it my advice is to put that all on hold. i appreciat

host: next call is from north salem, n.y., on a republican line. guest: that is in our district. caller: good morning. thank you for being on today. i am a member of team watch n.y.. we are a group of constituents that watch polls and communicate with our representative so we have a good working relationship. i noticed that tim geithner and president barack obama said that if we don't raise the debt ceiling, the u.s. will default on its debt. there is a proposal, hr-421 proposed by congress and mcclintock that would prevent us from defaulting. in a meeting in new york, you said you were going to co- sponsor that bill. you just wanted to have your legislative people to a quick review of it. the other day, you were not listed as a co-sponsor. did you find any fault with that bill? host: what is the team watched new york? caller: it is a group of constituents or around the state of new york to watch and communicate with our representative said that they are doing what they're supposed to be doing constitutionally. host: are you associated with the tea party? caller: no, we are not t

host: next call is from north salem, n.y., on a republican line. guest: that is in our district. caller: good morning. thank you for being on today. i am a member of team watch n.y.. we are a group of constituents that watch polls and communicate with our representative so we have a good working relationship. i noticed that tim geithner and president barack obama said that if we don't raise the debt ceiling, the u.s. will default on its debt. there is a proposal, hr-421 proposed by congress and mcclintock that would prevent us from defaulting. in a meeting in new york, you said you were going to co- sponsor that bill. you just wanted to have your legislative people to a quick review of it. the other day >> catch that conversation online at our video lie briarry at c-span.org. the u.s.a. house about to gaffle in. 4d2 billion for the next budget year, that's 3% less than this year, 6% less than requested by president obama for homeland security. the house going through amendments to that bill. final vote could take place late today and also work beginning on the 2012 bill for milit