federal case that is pending against him. that is, we haven't been following as much as the state court case mostly because you don't get cameras in federal court. but a change of plea -- whenever a defendant enters or files for a change of plea it meansese going to come back into the courtroom and take back in all likelihood his original not guilty plea and swap it with the a guilty plea. >> why? what would be the reasoning for somebody to do this? i know you are obviously not his attorney or in his head. but what is the thinking here based on your sort of professional opinion? >> there are many reasons why you would enter a change of plea. one could be that you reached some kind of negotiated deal. i don't see any indication of that. but it's very possible that that happened. sometimes you may just not want to fight anymore and you want to plead straight up to the indictment. even if there is not an offer you are still going to get bonus points in the federal stentsing