count they. in which the prosecution alleges that john edwards took illegal campaign corrections from a wealthy donor named bunny mellon in 2008. and yet they have not been able to reach a verdict on the other five counts. joining me now is a fox news reporter who has been inside the courtroom for us throughout this entire trial. very excited to talk to you, mary, about what you witnessed this afternoon. guest: thank you. what happened was we her a knock on the door from the jury so they have a note or they have reached a verdict or they have come to some sort of conclusion. and the prosecution entered the room, the defense entered the room and 10 or 15 minutes later john edwards entered the room with his parents and his daughter before he took his seat with the defense attorney. his oldest daughter put his arms around him and whispered she loved him and they sat down and waited for the note from the jury which said they reached a decision on count three but
of the money. the crime here is knowing and willing. she they got this to hearsay exception. the question is they kept present information of 2011 request for more money out because it wasn t relevant to the crime back then. randy: the bottom line the jury heard the word gift. in this case the word gift, means an acquittal because in this case the government must prove these were campaign corrections. so if there is a question as to whether or not they were even campaign contributions it is time to sit down, shut the lights off and go home. shepard: but it did not come from the woman who made the donation but from her lawyer so it is not the same as hearing it from her. randy: can you thought do it both way. with the gift, she is defining it, lawyer is beginning it, you have to let a jury decide, what do they think this is? not what one person described, what was the money?
how the talking point flais out. john boehner says he disagrees with barton language. the republican leader doesn t necessarily agree with the shakedown via the fund. it will be interest interesting looking into campaign corrections and how many of those people who describe it as a shakedown are getting krik inting contributi oil industry and bp. from washington to the gulf coast where there s more reaction today to the company s latest apologies for the disaster. nbc s charles hadlock is in venice, louisiana. charles, a lot to talk about with folks in louisiana. what are you hearing so far in terms of the meeting at the white house and already tony hayward on capitol hill? reporter: well, contessa, this is a part of the country that the word rugged individualism is possibly coined. these people make their living off the water and the habitat that is now stained with oil. so they don t like those comments from the bp ceo that