anna werner is in jacksonville. >> reporter: beryl hit the jacksonville coast with top winds of 80 miles per hour, just short of a category one hurricane. waves grew fierce, streets flooded and the winds downed trees. some 40,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm. jacksonville mayor alvin brown urged residents to stay indoors. >> we remain vigilant and heavily engaged in keeping jacksonville residents safe. >> reporter: direct damage and flooding from beryl was not as bad as feared. much of the rain had been soaked up by ground parched from a six- month drought. but the storm spoiled jacksonville's plans for the annual jazzfest. officials here estimate tourism losses at $20 million. even after the storm passed, volunteer rescuers like aaron skipper had to watch the beach to keep people out of the water. >> they should definitely stay out of the water. it's dangerous with heavy current. >> reporter: but in other places like charleston, overcast conditions didn't scare off beachgoers and for some tourists beryl proved a draw. scottie moore and carry drove to jacksonville from

and part of what's going on with the violence is southerners and southern born werners tend to be the aggressors. so particularly over time talking about something that has to do with slavery and you're a werner and you want to shut somebody up, it's really effective to reach for your booey knife. >> this is part of the context, you brought this up in a discussion today on congress and politics in general. did you find people sort of surprised at the level of violence of emotion that was going on in congress? we don't see that in congress now. we do see emotion. >> that's true. i mean, i do think generally speaking, our image of congress in this period senior clay calhoun and webster sort of making great words. so yeah, it isn't the image. so i think people -- they're not surprised that there was some violence. there's a famous painting of charles sumner. whenever i say congressional violence, everyone says there's charles sumner but there's 119 other incidents in which people are doing something physical. people become very surprised particularly gimp a lot of it is is in the house a

>> most werners say it's reminiscent of the stone age. than anything that the west can concoct using their own brains. >> he described one man's execution. >> there was one instance where we caught this guy who was a self-professed trainer for ethiopians. he was an old guys who didn't think too much about dying. he was adamant about what he was doing and he was arrogant. i tried to explain the rulings the best i could. i tried to go over everything without being aggressive. i asked him if he was going to meet his maker. he said, yeah yeah thanks. before we caught him in in apostacy, i don't think it could have been any swifter or more humane. >> his voice reveals few traces of his southern roots. omar grew up in the bible belt where he was raised as a southern baptist and president of his high school class. a week before recording our interview, i went to the home where he grew up in in alabama. >> i know he's alive. [sobbing] >> is there anything that you want people to know about your son? >> i know he loved this country. he will not do

he said when americans and werners coddle and treat in a kowtowish way the chinese government they beat us more in the chinese prisons. when you are tough and transparent, and say what you mean and mean what you say, they beat us less. i'll never forget that lesson. he said that in hotel in january of 1994. that was before his re-arrest. she has legally represented chinese refugees in numerous political asylum cases and testified before the european and british parliaments, the white house and congress. she serves as the expert on china's one child policy for the chinese association and human rights without frontiers which she is the president and ceo. and has issued several ground breaking reports from inside of china about the suffering caused by the enforcement of the one child per couple policy. we'll hear from the founder of all girls allowed. an organization dedicated to restoring life and dignity to girls and mothers and to revealing the gross injustice of china's one child policy. she also established the foundation and serves as one of its board members. the foundation supports

>> robert werner. >> economic crisis, financial crisis, and that china could be, not going into a meltdown, ape very substantial slowdown, what do you think the responses might be and the differences might be between obama and the second term and romney with respect to those, this, this very deteriorating financial situation? >> i will start. i think there is a very serious debate that its now going on -- about the -- about the best route out of the -- out of the current crisis. and that debate is essentially on the getting the balance right between -- fiscal consolidation and what is called austerity, versus new, new growth programs. and -- i think that debate is being joined in europe. europe is not unified by any manner of means in terms of how it is going to -- you know where it is going to come out on that -- on that -- that balance. and i think in this country as well. the two parties are quite different in their positioning on this. china i think is -- rather different. china is indeed slowing down. china will almost certainly start to implement stimulus measures both monetary and f

anna werner has been covering the 17 days of testimony and nine days of deliberations, and she joins us now from the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. anna. >> reporter: scott, as the foreperson told the judge, that the jury had failed to reach a verdict on five of six counts, edwards smiled. then we watched as he hugged his daughter, cate, and his parents, all clearly relieved. then he stepped outside to face everyone else. >> while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong, and there is no one else responsible for my sins. >> reporter: edwards denied he was part of any illegal scheme involving the money used to pay hunter's living expenses and to keep her out of public view while she was pregnant with his daughter. prosecutors introduced evidence that they said proved illegal campaign contributions from two wealthy donors, campaign finance chairman fred baron and heiress, rachel "bunny" mellon, were used to cover up edwardss' affair in violation of federal law. but edwards' defense attorney

anna werner is in north carolina tonight. >> we are reminding voters in your area to go vote today. >> reporter: opponents of a constitutional ban on same sex marriage went door to door in greensboro. >> polls are open to 7:30. >> reporter: william robinson helped organize this effort to mobilize voters against the amendment. >> this has nothing to do with morality or people's view on same sex marriage. especially since this is not about same sex marriage. it's already illegal in this state. >> reporter: what is it about? >> it's about political strategy. >> reporter: that strategy, robinson says, is to draw conservatives to the polls and weaken support for president obama among african-americans opposed to same sex marriage. mr. obama won north carolina in 2008 by just 14,000 votes. >> it's a wedge issue. it's all about dividing and conquering. >> reporter: president obama has supported civil unions but has not gone as far as vice president joe biden and other members of the cabinet who have endorsed same sex marriage. mitt romney is opposed to same sex marriage. rev. richard callagh

. >> and maybe just it out follow up that question, i think a number of people would argue werners would argue that the sources of putin's power have to do with the fact -- with the image that eases established security, established stability. and prosperity. and as president, as head of the government he retains a lot of ways to influence the prosperity of the country going forward. russia faces some pretty heavy economic headwinds. to what extent -- to what extent can putin -- and i think from your comments the answer is obvious but i'd like for you to answer it anyway -- to what extent can rising prosperity, if putin is able to deliver it, moderate the kind of domestic political problems for him that you've described? >> well, in 2004, it took $27 a barrel oil price to balance the russian budget. in 2011, it 1250k $15 just to break even point. this sbebs of any kind of structural reforms that the entrenchesment 6789 pet tral state, the massive corruption, a quarter of russian gdp is eaten up by corruption. capital flight has more than doubled in the last year, especially after putin's

he also has served as the werner press secretary for the republican national committee. he is at facebook as well serving as management of corporate communications. our moderator is richard tedlow, professor emeritus of the harvard business school. he's author of seven books on business, 345rk9ing and management including an award-winning biography of andy grove. he's a trustee at the museum and he's the originator of the idea for tonight's panel. so please join me in welcoming chris, sarah, tucker, and richard. [ applause ] >> after you. thank you very much. >> we all nojd get on stage without tripping. this is a huge plus. welcome, tucker, sarah zprks chris. tucker is way down there. sarah i think should be obvious. and chris is here. and i'm richard. and because i'm on the board of trustees i get to wear jeans. i actually asked permission and received it. let me just -- i'm a historian by training. let me say one or two quick words. polling has been around for a long time. if you consider modern statis c statistical technique a technology. the use of the technology of

anna werner outside the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. good morning.t do we know about what the jury has been examinig so far? >> reporter: good morning, erica and charlie. as you know, trying to figure out what a yir's going to do is always a bit like reading the tea leaves. here's what we do know. the jury is charged with trying to figure out whether the money that came from two wealthy backers of edwards, the donations that came for them were gifts, as edwards claims, or campaign contributions as the prosecution contends. now, on friday the jury asked to see evidence relating to the first two of those six felony counts they have to consider. that is, evidence relating to the first of those donors, rachel "bunny" mellon, they asked to see checks and notes from her. was that to answer a few last questions and now they'll take a vote? or will they move on next to the exhibits relating to the second donor, one of his other backers, fred baron. if they do that, it may take them quite some time to figure out -- to come to a verdict here. we'll be monitori

anna werner is at the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica and charlie. that's correct. john edwards' defense team took just three days to make its case and then rested yesterday & without calling edwards, his former mistress, rielle hunter, or even his daughter kate to the stand. now the former senator's fate will soon be in the jury's hands. john edwards hasn't spoken in public since october and the trial was no exception. he chose not to appear as a witness. it's a decision former federal prosecutor kieran shanahan says his defense attorneys will have to address in closing arguments. >> the jurors will be told not to hold that against them but he told the jury through his lawyers he wasn't afraid of the truth and he wanted the truth to come out. so, they're going to have to figure out how to deal with that issue. >> reporter: his attorneys instead chose to focus to convince the jury the former presidential hopeful did not violate campaign finance laws. they called witnesses like friend john mo

. >> anna werner is watching those deliberations in greensboro, income. what exactly did the judge say? >> good morning, erica. the judge appeared to believe that the jury needed a reminder of her instructions about not talking about the case. not surfing the internet, not reading media reports, but especially she warned them not to discuss this case in small groups. she stressed how important it is that the jury discuss this case only as a whole group of 12 people. she's told them, small group discussions have the potential to be divisive. not something you want when 12 people have to reach a unanimous verdict here. the other thing yesterday is there's a sense of preparing for the long haul. the jurors sent the -- the jurors sent the judge a note saying they have things like high school graduations coming up and they wanted to know the schedule. so, she actually set out a schedule going all the way through friday. not that they can't reach a verdict before then, but there is a sense of, hey, in case we're here that long, we might need to prepare. so, we'

anna werner is outside the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the eight men and four women started deliberations just before 10:00 yesterday morning. they deliberated for some four to five hours. they've been hearing testimony and evidence in this case for the past four weeks. now they will decide whether john edwards will go home to his john edwards went from senator to presidential hopeful to a man simply fighting for his freedom. this is now running over to monday. is that good news for john edwards? >> potentially. the longer the case goes, it's an indication some jurors are having trouble finding guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: prosecutors say edwards belongs in prison. he de vized an elaborate scheme to use $1 million from donors to hide his affair from rielle hunter. everyone understood news of the affair would ruin his chances for president. prosecutor told the yir in closing arguments. edwards' defense attorney told jurors that edwards did commit many sins but did not break a

anna werner has more from greensboro, north carolina. >> reporter: john edwards' lawyers tried to get charges thrown out. attorney abby lowell telling the judge, the prosecution's case has holes and they're asking you to be a pothole filler. prosecutors argued there's enough evidence tore jurors to draw a reasonable inference that what edwards did he knew was against the law. the case centers on what edwards knew about the $1 million in donations used to hide his pregnant mistress. in august 2008 he told abc -- >> i've never asked anybody to pay a dime of money, never been told any money has been paid. nothing has been done at my request. >> reporter: but edwards lied about the affair and the baby he fathered and jurors watched that video this week. >> a bad taste was left in the jury's mouth about john edwards after they saw that video. the defense is going to have to distance the jury from john edwards' lies and focus the attention on the campaign law violations. >> reporter: the battle facing edwards' defense attorneys, how to explain the technicalities of federal election law in t

the league says he offered $10,000 in cash to any player who knocked quarterbacks kurt werner and brettfavre out of the playoffs. linebacker scott fujita and lineman will smith and anthony hargrove were also suspended, ranging from three to eight games. >> today pitcher andy pettitte admitted he might have misunderstood when he thought he heard roger clemens say he used human growth hormone. he was cross examined here at the federal courthouse in washington. the baseball great is accused of lying to congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. today pettitte said there is a 50/50 chance that he misunderstood a conversation that happened about a dozen years ago in which he says clemmons talked about hgh. pettitte's admission could weaken the prosecution's case. >>> also in court today another former aide took the stand in the john edwards corruption trial. prosecutors are trying to paint a picture of a greedy and manipulative politician who used illegal campaign donations to cover up his sexual affair. jay gray has the latest now from north carolina. >> reporter: the defens

obama left as you mentioned, the taliban attacking a western compound here in kabul, targeting the werners but in the end killing six afghans and one nepalese security guard. the taliban saying the reason they attacked the compound was to send a message because of the strategic partnership that presidents obama and karzai signed last night. the u.s. and the military officials here are saying there's no way the taliban could have performed an attack that quickly within the capital of kabul. that this must have been an attack they had already been planning but that will being said, analysts will tell you, andrea, that the taliban right now are preparing for their spring offensiive today announcing tomorrow is the first day of what they're calling el farouk, the start of the fighting season here in afghanistan. they do feel prepared to attack. as the months go by as hair fighters continue to be damaged by the nato forces they might not be as prepared but this time it seems they were ready. >> thank you so much. >>> and while the timetable is set and there is still a lot of work to be done for

point of how he's trying to identify and cast governor romney among hispanics, younger voters, women, wernersindependents all advantage to the president and also on that list, seniors, suburban women and overall in the battleground states. >> democrats have a huge demographic advantage that will get bigger over the years. the president has big personal advantages. a couple disadvantages. europe will end up the big story if greece falls out of the euro and disaster for any incumbents. so that's one of them, and then i think the tenor of the campaign will change. what's going to happen, it's going to become the new orleans saints. and by that, i mean that normal competition is going to turn into bounty hunting. and people in both campaigns are going to get their juices flowing and take meaner and meaner shots and that will suppress turnout and that will, i think hurt the president more because his favorability ratings are so much higher. >> it does beg a broader question. >> carly, you ran for senate. here's the cover of "the week" magazine when it talks about political ads and the hard lines o

point of how he's trying to identify and cast governor romney among hispanics, younger voters, women, wernersindependents all advantage to the president and also on that list, seniors, suburban women and overall in the battleground states. >> democrats have a huge demographic advantage that will get bigger over the years. the president has big personal advantages. a couple disadvantages. europe will end up the big story if greece falls out of the euro and disaster for any incumbents. so that's one of them, and then i think the tenor of the campaign will change. what's going to happen, it's going to become the new orleans saints. and by that, i mean that normal competition is going to turn into bounty hunting. and people in both campaigns are going to get their juices flowing and take meaner and meaner shots and that will suppress turnout and that will, i think hurt the president more because his favorability ratings are so much higher. >> it does beg a broader question. >> carly, you ran for senate. here's the cover of "the week" magazine when it talks about political ads and the hard lines o

. >> anna werner is in greensboro, north carolina, and a good morning. >> reporter: good morning erica and charlie. that's correct. cate edwards could take the stand today but edwards' lawyers will not be able to present some testimony that they very much wanted in from a former federal election chairman who was ready to say there was no crime committed here. the jury deciding john edwards' fate won't be hearing some testimony edwards' lawyer think are important to the case. prosecutor objected arguing his opinions and past s.e.c. rulings are irrelevant to the case. eagles sent the jurors home. thomas told the court in his opinion this is a clear-cut case that the payments were not campaign contributions and thus did not have to be reported at such. even when edward was indicted last jurngs thomas wrote in that the payments would not be considered campaign contributions and they did not violate the constitution of the law but the judge ruled they would be inadmissible. edwards' lawyer an abbie lowe. on the stand she said she never thought the money from wealthy dough no, sir bunny mell

anna werner is in north carolina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica and charlie.n in this trial is whether edwards misused campaign funds in 2008. but throughout the testimony we've been hearing a lot about the edwards' lives as well. yesterday his former press secretary gave voice to the concerns of another person, one unable to speak for herself here, elizabeth edwards. elizabeth edwards' close friend, former campaign spokeswoman cried on the witness stand as she described elizabeth's fears in her last days. she was concerned there won't be a man around to love her. >> everybody felt the pain miss edwards must have felt. they look over at the guy who caused that pain, john edwards, and i think that hurt any sympathy he might get from this jury. >> reporter: now deputy communications director for president obama, said elizabeth couldn't believe her husband fathered rielle hunter's baby. i would always respond, no, no, no, he is lying to you, she said. it was difficult to watch a person i cared about be completely consumed by this. palmieri also told jurors about

anna werner at the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. any word on the deliberations? >> reporter: well, good morning, erica. you know, i think some people really were not expecting this was going to take this long. the jury deliberates between five and six hours every day. this is their fourth day. so far, they've asked for three rounds of exhibits. all of them relate to donations coming from rachel "bunny," and some speculate they're wondering her intent in giving the money. that's the key question, was the money for political purposes to help make john edwards president or personal reasons? her lawyer testified during trial that she adored john edwards and would have given him money in any case. we'll be trying to glean any insight today as to whether this is the last thing they're looking at or just getting started on the first two of the six felony charges. charlie and erica, back to you. >> thank >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by beauty rest. living life fully charged. >>> in most states you're not allowed to text and drive. but what if you

. >> anna werner is covering the trial. anna, what's happening?reporter: as you said, they come back from the holiday weekend with the same burden, deciding on the six felony counts of john edwards. the judge is going to start the day a little bit different today. they're discussing what was described by the judge as a juror matter. they don't know what it is because spectators were kept out of the courtroom. meanwhile there's a couple of odd things that happened. number one, one of the alternate juror s seemed to be flirting with edwards. others noticed. and some of them dressed alike. on thursday they wore yellow. on friday they all wore red. we don't know why, but they appear to be having a good time. meanwhile the actual jury does ot appear to be having fun. some look tense, frustrateded on what are complicated charges here. we'll be watching again today to see what happens, whether they get any closer to a verdict. charlie and erica? >> 48 hours' correspondent erin moriarty and analyst jack ford. what's going on? >> here's what you have to ke

. >> you anna werner, thank you. erin moriarty is also watching the edwards case.d morning. >> reporter: good morning. day 13 of this trial. >> so, what's the sum total of witnesses the defense is putting on the stand? >> reporter: well, i think wendy button in particular was one of the most important witnesses in recent days. she was actually listed not by name in the indictment. her testimony was listed. she's really the first person who could tell the jurors that john edwards admitted to her that, in fact, he did know his friend, fred baron, also his finance -- his campaign finance chairman, was supporting rielle hunter. so, that -- you know, that's so important in this case because when it comes to federal election law, ignorance of the law is an excuse. the prosecutors have to prove that john edwards knowingly and willfully violated the law. so, i think that's what these various aides, speech writers, but remember again, wendy button, he didn't tell her that until, i believe it was the sum of 2009, a year and a half after his campaign ended. he said he didn't

anna werner at the courthouse in greensboro with the latest on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gayle and charlie. yes, sherri young, the wife of edwards former campaign aide, andrew young, takes the stand again today. yesterday she faced grilling from edwards' defense attorneys, who suggested she and her husband were interested not just in helping edwards hide his mistress but in making money. cheri young, the wife of the government's star witness, came back again tuesday to face intense questioning from john edwards' lawyers. attorney alan duncan asked her, you're interested in getting mr. edwards, aren't you? sir, i'm here to tell the truth about my experiences about my life, young replied. it was a lie when we accepted paternity for your client, and that is why we are here today. defense attorneys also grilled the former pediatric nurse about her husband's motives, along with sleeping aid ambien and his drinking and if he could be trusted. have you ever told anyone andrew young is such an accomplished liar that not even you as his wif

an an anna werner is at the courthouse. >> reporter: some people were not expecting this would take this long. the jury deliberates between five and six hours every day. this is their fourth day. so far they've asked for three rounds of exhibits. all of them relate to donations coming from rachel bunny mellon. some trying to figure out what her intent was in giving the money. was the money for political purposes to help make john edwards president or was it for personal reasons. her lawyer testified that she adored john edwards and would have given her money in any >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by beauty rest. living life fully charged. >> in most states you're not allowed to text and drive but what if you send messages to someone else who is driving? are you liable? if there's an accident? we'll have these stories behind an unusual lawsuit. >>> and there's outrage over a vial of blood said to be president reagan's now for sale online. >> it's just basic human dignity and this strikes me as being something tacky. it's taking the presidential memorabilia notion to a

anna werner is in greensboro, north carolina, to bring us up to date on that.g. >> reporter: good morning, gayle and charlie. that's right. you know, the prosecution chose not to put rielle hunter on the stand ultimately, but they did call many other withins, trying to prove that john edwards knew more about the cover-up of his affair than he was willing to admit. the prosecution didn't rest its case without first taking the opportunity to use edwards' own words against him. prosecutors saved their bombshell for the end, playing edwards' 2008 interview with abc news where he was asked about the cover-up of his affair. >> i've never paid a dime of money to any of the people that are involved. i've never asked anybody to pay a dime of money. never been told that any money's been paid. nothing has been done at my request. >> reporter: but jurors will no doubt recall wednesday's testimony of former press secretary jennifer palmieri. she said nearly a year earlier, edwards listened as his campaign finance chairman, fred baron, discussed keeping edwards's mistress, r

anna werner is at the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina, where several people who used to worktook the stand. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica and charlie. it was during the testimony of one of those former campaign staffers that we saw what is one of the most dramatic moments in this trial to date. it's a moment that shows why wednesday proved to be an emotional day for both john edwards and his daughter. kate edwards attends court each day but left in tears yesterday, just as testimony began about an incident involving her late mother, elizabeth edward. former campaign staffer christina reynolds was on the stand, talking about an argument between john edwards and his wife at a raleigh airport in october 2007. an "enquirer" article about edwards' affair had been published the day before. reynolds said she watched as distraught elizabeth edwards stormed off and collapsed down into a ball in the parking lot. she testified elizabeth was very upset, telling john edwards something to the effect of, you don't see me anymore. then in front of others, she stood off her s