back their funding for the convention this time around, shep. >> shepard: james rosen on capitol hill tonight. james, thanks. they had to try though today lawyers for john edwards asked the judge to throw out the charges against him. she said no deal. said it quickly. experts say it's a routine request. the judges almost always reject. the defense will start calling witnesses first thing machined morning. john edwards accused of using campaign cash to hide his mistress and love child from voters. he could get 30 years in prison. the senator and then presidential candidate claims he didn't know about the payments. this was during his 2008 presidential campaign when his wife elizabeth was dying of breast cache. the mistress hill hunter is on the defense witness list that does not mean she will definitely testify. two young sisters are safe at home with their father tonight and their suspected kidnapper is dead after a dramatic end to a two week long murder and