any of them here? i m sure some of them are. yes, sir. half of them? there are a substantial number of charges here and some in hampton and allendale, there may be others i m not thinking of right now. we might have worn out our welcome here. i will take this opportunity to thank the sheriff here and all of the court officials and really everyone i ve met and dealt with while here in carleton county have just been great. we ll schedule some of the other matters. i know the scheduling is complicated and you sacrificed quite a bit to be able to be here defending mr. murdaugh, as well as the attorney general s office with all the other many, many things and obligations you have. and to be able to have the attorney general here, allen wilson, for the period of time that he has devoted to being here along with everyone else, it has been quite a sacrifice. but there are victims whose cases deserve to be heard. and this case has jumped some of those other cases, perhaps jump
selective amnesia. if drugs can cause you to have selective memory can it also cause you to pull the trigger? i think that was cliff s way of trying to reconcile it all. bill in the interest of full disclosure, my daughter was a temporary law clerk for cliff newman and sat with him so i m very familiar with his sentencing process. he gives you ample opportunity to explain why it happened and offer mitigating circumstances. i don t think it is going to matter. this guy would get life no matter what but cliff did a beautiful job of pointing out the difference in my state. he did it subtly but you have an african man presiding over a prominent white lawyer in the same courtroom where those roles were reversed for a long time in my state. i thought cliff showed great grace. i will put everybody s mind at ease. this case ain t being reversed on appeal on 404b.
academies. gay pride groups are being added to campus club rosters. this comes just six months after the repeal of the so-called don t ask, don t tell policy that blocked service members from being openly gay. the chairman of the house budget committee says he misspoke when he accused u.s. military officials about not being honest about the pentagon budget. on cnn s state of the union this morning, candy crowley told paul ryan that military leaders were a little offended. i really misspoke, to be candid with you, candy. i didn t mean to make that kind of impression. i was clumsy in making the point. the general and i spoke after that, and i wanted to give that point to him, which was that was not what i was attempting to say. ryan is the leading republican on the budget debate. the house passed his budget plan last week. all eyes are on wisconsin, maryland and d.c. this week. they hold primaries in just two days. mitt romney looks like he ll win big in wisconsin. an
with jon huntsman. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. the first primary beghaj at midnight in new hampshire. most polls close three hours from now. we ll have complete coverage. here is what we re watching for. first, mitt romney s margin of victory. final polls show him with a nearly 20-point lead. if romney wins big he may see almost invincible heading into south carolina. if he doesn t win big, he may seem beatable, at least some experts predict. second, who comes in second, jon huntsman gambled on a good showing in new hampshire. he has the chance to show he s a viable candidate. they play very well among many in new hampshire, and could help him emerge as the anti-romney candidate. finally, independenting can stroh in this open primary, so how will they vote? they may decide the winner, who will that signal for next november? we re watching all of this unfold. new hampshire state officials are expecting a record turnout of a quarter million prima