election? i ll ask two men who are no strangers to the rough and tumble of the trail howard dean and tom ridge. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. a dramatic day in a pennsylvania courtroom. jerry sandusky, the former penn state football coach who is charged with child sexual abuse was expected to come face-to-face with his accusers. then at the last minute sandusky dramatically waived his right to a hearing leaving the packed courtroom in shock. he s under house arrest tonight and won t be back in court till this trial begins some time next year. joining me now is jerry sandusky s defense counsel carl rominger. almost unprecedented certainly in pennsylvania. the big question everyone is asking, why did you waive jerry sandusky s rights to have this hearing today? unprecedented in large cases, normal in almost everyday cases, i have to point that out. but the biggest issue here was what we got in exchange for the waiver. what we got was an assurance that the ba
endorsements but a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon. more on that in just a moment, but, first, his fight for the gop nomination. a new nbc news/ wall street journal poll shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney. the other candidates trailing far behind. paul steinhauser is in washington. paul, the same poll shows gingrich struggling in a head-to-head race against president obama. tell us about that. that horse race poll and two others indicate the same thing. way ahead in the horse race. look at this, hypothetical matchups next november. president obama versus gingrich and president obama against mitt romney. president obama 11 points ahead of gingrich. among all voters. but, basically, dead even with romney. so, the nbc/ wall street journal poll maybe an electable issue for newt gingrich. you ve seen the democratic national committee go after romney left and right over everything. not so much about gingrich. but yesterday, this is interesting, jessica yellin
that bill has been put back on the shelf. till tonight it appeared as if the legislation was on a fast track to passage, a fast track that seemed to have been created a few weeks ago after steve croft on 60 minutes revealed that congress members were legally allowed to use inside information, information they learned through briefings or reports to make money, something regular people like us would be arrested for. why does congress get a pass on this? it s really the way the rules have been defined and the people who make the rules are the political class in washington and they ve conveniently written them in such a way that they don t apply to themselves. the buying and selling of stock by corporate insiders who have access to nonpublic information that can affect the stock price can be a criminal offense. just ask raj rajaratnam, who got 11 years in prison for doing it. but congressional lawmakers have no corporate responsibilities and have long been considered exe
children. also battle for the heart and soul of the gop. newt gingrich calls for a positive campaign. is that really any way to win an election? i ll ask two men who are no strangers to the rough and tumble of the trail howard dean and tom ridge. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. a dramatic day in a pennsylvania courtroom. jerry sandusky, the former penn state football coach who is charged with child sexual abuse was expected to come face-to-face with his accusers. then at the last minute sandusky dramatically waived his right to a hearing leaving the packed courtroom in shock. he s under house arrest tonight and won t be back in court till this trial begins some time next year. joining me now is jerry sandusky s defense counsel carl rominger. almost unprecedented certainly in pennsylvania. the big question everyone is asking, why did you waive jerry sandusky s rights to have this hearing today? unprecedented in large cases, normal in almost everyday cases, i
track to passage, a fast track that seemed to have been created a few weeks ago after steve croft on 60 minutes revealed that congress members were legally allowed to use inside information that they learn in briefings or reports to make money, something like regular people like us would be arrested for. why does congress get a pass on this? it s really the way the rules have been defined and the people who make the rules are the political class in washington and they ve conveniently written them in such a way that they don t apply to themselves. the buying and selling of stock by corporate insiders who have access to nonpublic information that can affect the stock price can be a criminal offense. just have raj who got 11 years for doing it. but congressional lawmakers have no corporate responsibilities and have long been considered exempt from insider trading laws even though they have daily access to nonpublic information and plenty of opportunities to trade on it.