fast-tracked this case. the prime minister, as you say, has effectively been indicted on these charges. there are a lot of other things that could happen that could derail this trial before we get to the conclusion. the berlusconi defense team has been fighting all the way with this. he has angrily denied the charges, saying they re politically motivated. they re trying to bring in the legislature down in rome, saying that they have already voted in his favor on a related issue. so there s a lot of things that could go wrong in all of this. but the big picture, this is bad news for silvio berlusconi, another strep step to the trial going ahead and it will be sensational. we have already heard a lot of evidence, wiretap evidence of burr loss cony s friends and guests, painted lured picture of sex stories, all of which