knowledge of where the money was going. he was just smart enough to hide it. we could not find the evidence. raise your hands if you think that john edwards was guilty on at least some of the counts against him. okay. raise your hands if you think john edwards is a bad guy. interesting. well, they chose wisely there. is edwards planning a comeback or out of touch with public opinion on that? let s ask bob shrum a long time democratic strategist who first met john edwards in 1997 while working on his 98 senate campaign, which he won. and we also have an msnbc contributor. now, what s wrong with john edwards? is he all delusion? a guy with so much optimism he does not really connect with reality and like yesterday talking about how god has a plan for me and all that? what is all that about after basically beating the judge by a few feet? well, the people don t have a plan for him. look, he can maybe redeem
crimes he was accused of, but didn t have the evidence to convict. he had knowledge. i believe he had knowledge of the money and where he was going. and he was smart enough to hide it and we did not have enough evidence. raise your hands if you think that john edwards was guilty on at least some of the counts against him. okay. raise your hands if you think thatwards is a bad guy? interesting. well, they chose wisely there. is edwards planning a comeback or out of touch with public opinion on that? let s ask bob shrum a long time democratic strategist who first met john edwards when he was working on his senate campaign which he won and joan walsh is an msnbc contributor. and now, what is with john edwards? is he all delusion? a guy with so much optimism he does not really connect with reality and like yesterday talking about how god has a plan for me and all that? what is all that about after basically beating the judge by a few feet?
a campaign contribution before, an he s seen it all. meanwhile, hampton, what about rielle hunter and whether or not she will take the stand or not? everybody wants to know whether or not she is going to have to be sworn in? reporter: i think all signs point to her not taking the stand. you know, the defense was able to clearly demonstrate in their cross examination of the youngs, the youngs kept most of the money intended for rielle hunter. she s such a wild card. the prosecution gave her immunity but didn t call her. i think the defense is nervous about why she ll wind up, even though they re hopeful her story would be consistent with edwards . i think the key witness we have yet to see is edwards himself. we ll see cate. i don t think we ll see hunter. the question is will the defendant testify an take the stand for himself. hampton, great to see you this morning. thank you, sir. i appreciate it. here s a look at some other stories topping the news right now. firefighters ar