that was after his wife caught him being unfaithful. it costs quite a commotion during the rush hour of the committee yesterday. he will return to the street with the sun every morning for the rest of the week. -- with the sign every morning for the rest of the week. >> we ask what you thought would be the lasting legacy of senator ted kennedy. one person said he will be remembered for not backing down from a good fight in the senate. he is a liberal lion in the senate. he will be missed greatly. may he rest in peace. >> keep emailing those responses. we will read more the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website. >> here is a look ahead to the next hour of the 11 news today. >the state fair begins. >> and party is being held. we will explain coming up. >> we are dealing with tropical storm danny which may play into our weather forecast. i will let you know it's the impact will be big or minimal. stay tuned. diabetes and cancer. and they've heard that biomedical research offers hope, that it could control, maybe e

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. >>> there is new reaction today from one of the wisconsin women accused of attacking an unfaithful married man, a map they were all involved with. the women including the plan's wife are charged with false imprisonment and sexual assault. according to court document document, they lured the man to a motel room, tied him up and assaulted him as revenge. advice gators say his private parts were super glued to his body. in an exclusive interview, o of the women told nbc news that she was ashamed and very angry. >> when i found out that he was dating other women, i wanted him to see that i was hurt. >> reporter: authorities say a fourth woman was not involved with the map romantically, but she wept along to help her sister who was. all the women are now free on $200 bail. they're all due back in court later this month. >>> still to come on news 4 at 4:00, her windler husband is behind bars. now ruth madoff is suffering through an incredible change in her financial affairs. >>> and the man on a mission. >>> welcome back. 90 today. get ready for sticky 90 degree high tomorrow. that's rig

. >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> is this a state governor or a guest on a very special episode"tyra." >> always what he said, what she said -- >> look, it's judge judy. >> i don't approve of congress. >> and "the price is right." >> $10,000. >> $825 billion. >> $10,000. >> $10,000. >> and "sesame street." >> this is michelle obama. >> hi, everyone. >> this thing goes all the way to the top. it's a daytime woe. we just live in it. >> i admit it. i made liquor drinks with martha stewart at 10:00 in the morning. i'm part of the problem. >> of course. why wouldn't you. >> thank you very much, kent. i appreciate it. coming up on "countdown," howard dean joins keith to see how the president is faring in his proclaimed facts not fear battle against the forces against health care. next on this show, i'm sort of enjoying what turns out to be get maddow day on the right. christian conservatives are taking pot shots at me. [ horn honks ] ♪ [ tires screech ] [ female announcer ] sometimes, you can get so much out of so little. the same is true with bath tissue too. introducing new charmin

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tide wit♪ >>> i've been unfaithful to my wife and as a consequence i hurt her. i hurt you all.ife. i hurt the boys. i hurt friends like tom davis. i hurt a lot of good folks. and all i can say is that i apologize. >> six weeks ago south carolina governor mark sanford came home after a mysterious six-day disappearance. the governor returned to south carolina much to the relief of his wife, his staff, the citizens of south carolina many of whom were driven nearly to distraction wanting to know where he had been. after all, how does an entire state just lose its governor? the strangest of political sex scandals began on thursday, june 18th when governor sanford told his staff he was going hiking on the appalachian trail. the next three days, friday, saturday, and sunday, father's day came and went with no word from him. rumors ricocheted around south carolina and on monday, june 22nd, mr. sanford's wife jenny told the associated press that she didn't know where he was. she added, quote, he was writing something and wanted some space to get away from the kids. on father's day. sout

i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> reporter: it's the latest development in the scandal which broken june when governor mark sanford admitted he had an extra marital affair and traveled to argentina to visit his mistress there. >> i hurt her. i hurt you all. i hurt my wife. i hurt my boys. >> reporter: despite widespread calls for his resignation, the governor refused to leave office and he and his wife promise to try to reconcile. on wednesday he returned from a two-week vacation with his family in europe. and on friday hours after his wife moved out, the governor said it had been in the works for some time. >> it's been brewing for a while. been back and forth and talked about it and kicked around at length well before europe. >> reporter: the governor also said he and his wife agreed the move was best for their children. >> we have a job as parents to make sure that the boys grow up in as normal a circumstance as possible particularly given ones that are adolescents that don't really like a lot of media attention or any other attention. >> reporter: the governor says despite the

. >> i have been unfaithful to my wife. >> i wish the american media would take a great look at the viewshe people in congress and find out are they pro america or anti-america? >> i do not recall, senator, i don't recall. senator, i have searched my memory. i have no recollection of the meeting. >> "fd." and perhaps most deserving of all -- >> fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. you fool me, you can't get fooled again. >> i feel like all week long we've been talking about something worse than having a difference of opinion. having a difference of opinion is okay. it's when you don't even believe what you are saying is your opinion. that's an "fd." beautiful. thank you, kent. very useful. thank you for watching tonight. "countdown" with mr. keith olbermann starts right now. have a good one. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? political gamesmanship or the majority getting played like a $3 banjo? >> the president, his position, the administration's position, is unchanged. the president prefers the public option. >> and how does he prefer to get it? pass a bil

. >> i have been unfaithful to my wife. >> jenny sanford, the wronged wife, continues to speak out. >ght you should know. colbert, beer guzzling. >> like this. that's what guys do. >> you keep on thinking that. >> thank you for sitting down with me. >> all that and more this hour on msnbc. >>> we will get to that. good afterno

is it easy to tell if your spouse would be unfaithful. >> not unfaithful.marry someone with a lot of philandering to begin with, a lot of dates, involved with other women, you can tell that restless spirit may not calm itself in the marriage. people do change. they go through mid life crises, they have conflicts, go through issues. they do philander. they do these things in a way that i think overcompensates for them whatever the psychological issues may be. talks about she's got issues that she's got to look in to. >> it became clear to me obsessed with going to see this woman. i have learned the affairs are almost like an addiction to alcohol or pornography. they just can't break away from them. do you agree? isn't that giving you an excuse to chase down your desire and fantasy saying it's an addiction. you can't help it. >> i don't think she's giving an excuse from the simple fact she's talking about the foibles and the issues he has to look in as i said earlier. but at the same time, is this an addiction to one person? normally, i don't see that. it mig

company by 1/3 because we don't need 1/3 of these employees, and rather, than being considered unfaithful they would be considered faithful to the government and, therefore, would be part of the ethics of your company. mr. walter? >> i don't see we'd have any issues in building that type of a thing into our training. >> well, the only reason i think of it is if you are part, an inherent part of the military effort, it strikes me that that might be a positive way to go. i just -- i know that we focus more, mr. walter, with you, because your company has been inner and we don't like yellow. and, we suspect that the other companies are learning by some of your in takes, we hope that your company is going to reevaluate how they have done things in the past versus how they do things in the future, and, we know that all of you have responded, and -- in a sincere way and we know that you are valuable to your company and we know the work that your men and women do for our country is extraordinary value and i'll repeat, the comment i made in my opening statement and that is the military appreciates

. >> bottom line is this, i -- i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> reporter: the latest development in scandal which broke in june when governor mark sanford admit head an extramarital affair and traveled to argentina to visit his mistress there. >> i hurt her, i hurt my wife, i hurt the boys. >> reporter: despite widespread calls for his resignation, the governor refused to leave office and both he and his wife promised to try to reconcile. on wednesday, he returned from a two-week vacation with his family in europe. and on friday, hours after his wife moved out, the governor said it had been in the works for some time. >> brewing for a while and been back and forth and talked about it, kicked around at length. so -- well before europe. >> reporter: the governor also said he and his wife agreed, the move was best for their children. >> we have a job as parents to make sure that the boys grow up in as normal a circumstance as possible. particularly given ones that don't really like a lot of -- media attention or any other kind of attention. >> reporter: the governor says despite this s

. >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. i developed a relationship with a -- what started as a dear, dear friend. -his wife, jenny, has avoided the spotlight, until now. in a candid interview with "vogue" magazine, she's telling her side of the story. saying that her husband's affair came as a shock. but learning that he crossed lines with other women was nothing short of, quote, punches to the gut. yet, what a difference a summer makes. in june, jenny sanford sounded defiant about ending her husband's affair. >> i've done everything in my power possibly to keep him from going to see her. >> reporter: but now, concedes he was, quote, obsessed with going to see this woman. saying, these affairs areal will like an addiction to alcohol or pornography. still, she says she couldn't resist googling the other woman, and found her pretty. but sanford doesn't blame his mistress, as much as she blames his job. politicians become disconnected from the way everyone else lives in the world, she sa. they'll say something. and ten people

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but now, others are accusing ed of being unfaithful, before, during and after the show. and ed, on "good morning america," looking very much in love. >> i knew i could never let this guy go. >> we're probably going to get hitched in the next 12 to 18 months. >> i say a year. year and a half. >> reporter: now, a bachelorette bombshell. "us weekly" obtained messages, reportedly from ed, that there could be two other women in his life, back in chicago. not just during the show, but after the engagement. >> here, he was having the relationships e whole time. and implying to the women he was dating that he was just doing this show to be on tv. >> reporter: the other women claim ed's reasons for being on "the bachelorette," were less than genuine. >> he reassured me many times that it was just two weeks. and he was going to be on tv. and it was just all a joke. >> reporter: lindsey johnson, ed's college sweetheart, said they started dating again in february. >> he was going to propose to me by the end of the year. he used to say we'd have the most beautiful kids. >> reporter:

." >> i've been unfaithful to my wife.oped a relationship with what started as a dear, de friend from argentina. >> reporter: it was in june that governor sanford, a rising republican star, admitted in an emotional and rambling press conference that he had had an affair with maria belenshipur. >> i hurt her, i hurt you all, i hurt my wife, i hurt my boys. >> jenny sanford says he was suffering a midlife crisis. "i think when a lot of men get to this midpoint in life, they start asking questions that they probably should have asked a long time ago." she is just the latest of first wives wronged in public, starting with edwards, even hillary clinton. but jenny sanford says she understands why it's so common among people like politicians. they become disconnected. "they'll say they need something and ten people want to give it to them. it's an ego boost and it's easy to drink your own kool-aid. as a wife, you do your best to keep them grounded, but it's a real challenge." and as for the revelations there were other instances

necessary to see the constitutional process through its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithfulrit of that deliberately difficult process, and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future, but with the disappearance of the base i now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged. i would have preferred to carry through to the finish, whatever the personal agony you would have been involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so, but the interests of the nation must always come before any personal considerations, and in discussions with congressional leaders and others i have concluded that because of the watergate matter i might not have the support of the congress that i would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office and the way the interests of the nation requires. i have never been a quitter. to leave office before my term has ended is abhorrent to every bone in my body, but as president i must put the interests of america first. america

meanwhile, hillary clinton returns from overseas to see old unfaithful. >> as a guy that knocks thesecontinuing to tell george bush jokes, i mean, my god, if you're bill clinton, you're thinking, come on. >> but then, again, you made such a clown of yourself in that department. >> maybe conan knows something we don't know. this very day, the 11th anniversary of the day that bill clinton went on national television on primetime and admitted -- >> now, that's going too far. >> you're celebrating the 11th anniversary -- >> 1998. >> let it be, let it be. let it be, let it be. >> let it go. >> move on. >> chief political correspondent for politico. he has a look at the playbook. happy anniversary to you, mike. >> happy monday to you, willie. we're publishing up our gerald ford humor around here. let's get to an exclusive story in the playbook about the house vote on health care. what's it looking like? >> pretty hot in the kitsch whn house members get back their leadership want to let things cool down from these town hall meetings. no vote on health care right away. they'll try to have a v

if you remove from office all the men who have been unfaithful, there would only be women serving highys, does hypocrisy disqualify you? my complaint with sanford is he's a hypocrite, like newt gingrich who judged bill clinton while he was doing the same thing or worse on the sly. give me a straight-out sinner any day. carl in san diego says i could care less about his affair. however, he either should have been impeached or resigned since he left the state which he swore to govern and serve without any notice of how to be contacted. he let the people of his state down. if you or i just disappear for a time from our job without ninoing how to contact us, we wouldn't have a job. ed in cincinnati says it's not a question of being fit, rather a question of being effective. he s and l continue to be ineffective. it's time for him to go. robert in florida says mrs. sanford should divorce him, south carolina should impeach him and and throw him out and he should fly to his soulmate in rio. you can go to my blog cnn.com/caffertyfile. we post hundreds of these every hour. fascinating reading.

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i was unfaithful to my wife. you all know that. i think the world knows that.e when confronted with it i laid all the cards on the table, i talked about it in pain staking detail. i laid the cards out on the table. and then in the wake of that y'all in the media and pundits and everybody else analyzed it and focused on it and reported it and analyzed it and focused on it and reported on it some still more. and in that process south carolinians moved on. two nights ago i spoke and it was interesting the number of people who brought up the notion of jobs and the economy and what was going to happen next. they brought up this notion of restructuring and what what is the makeup of a south carolina worth. they termed about issues of what was happening with health care or not happening. they touched ab a bunch of different things. but they weren't talking about this. i was at hampton for lunch the other day. i was over in somerville a couple of days back. you retrace your corners of the state, and what you find is there's an amazing capacity for forgiveness with real

company by one-third because we don't need one third of these employees rather than being considered unfaithfuly would be considered faithful to the government and it would be part of the ethics of your company. mr. walter? >> i don't see that we would have any issues in building that type of the thing into our training. >> the only reason i am thinking it is, if you are an inherent part of the military effort it strikes me that that might be a positive way to go. why know that we focus more, mr. walters, with you because your company has been in business longer and we don't like yellow. we suspect that the other companies are learning by some of your mistakes. we hope that your company is going to reevaluate how they have done things in the past versus how they do things in the future and but we do know that all of you have responded in a very sincere way and we all know that you were a value to your company and we know that the work that your men and women do for our country is extraordinarily valient and i will repeat the comment i made in my opening statement, and that is that the military

rather than being considered unfaithful, they would be considered faithful to the government and wouldethical to your company. >> i don't see that we would have any issue of building that type of thing into our training. >> the reason i'm thinking is if you are a part of military effort, it strikes me that that might be a positive way to go. i just know that we focus more, mr. walters, with you, because your company has been in business longer. we don't like yellow. and we suspect that the other companies are learning by some of your mistakes. we hope that you're company is going to reevaluate how they have done things in the past versus how they doing things in the future. we know all of you have responded in a sincere and very valued way. we know the work that your men and women do for our country is extraordinary. i'll repeat the comment that i made earlier, that is that the military appreciates what each of you do for them. and that goes a long way with us. we'd just like that make sure that it's cost effective in the process. mr. co-chairman, would you like to make a comment? >> i