tragedy. trying to get away from the paparazzi. trying to learn from lessons of the past and looking forward to seeing what the future holds. reporter: will this time be different? april 29th, 2011, westminster abbey, the location of the much anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. ironically, it was this abbey where his mother, princess diana, was laid to rest in 1997. and in the years between that memorial and this celebration, the legacy of diana and the tragedy of her life were critical in prince william s journey to the altar. i think she s probably never far from his mind. i think he thinks about her every day. jules knight says he s been friends with prince william for more than a decade. did he give any inklings about the relationship that he had with his mother? i think it was evident to everybody that they were incredibly close. he s mentioned on a number of occasions that she was never far from his mind. when you re going through
anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. ironically, it was this abbey where his mother, princess diana, was laid to rest in 1997. and in the years between that memorial and this celebration, the legacy of diana and the tragedy of her life were critical in prince william s journey to the altar. i think she s probably never far from his mind. i think he thinks about her every day. jules knight says he s been friends with prince william for more than a decade. did he give any inklings about the relationship that he had with his mother? i think it was evident to everybody that they were incredibly close. he s mentioned on a number of occasions that she was never far from his mind. when you re going through these sorts of rites of passage where you re growing up and you don t have that incredibly important figure in your life, it must be incredibly difficult because you think oh, i wish my mum was here for that. rites of passage that were not easy gi
and george zimmerman has less than 48 hours to report to jail. this is bad news for his trial. that s all outfront tonight. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, stocks tank. the dow plunged 274 points today. it s the biggest drop since november. it was a really bad day and the reason was a terrible jobs report. usually using adjectives like this are sometimes a bit much for the markets but it s the way it was today. american employers added a meager 69,000 jobs which is about half the number needed just to cokeep up with current population growth. it was the weakest month of hiring for the year and the unemployment rate went up to 8.2%. it was a grim day for the president. today we re still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the economy s growing again, but it s not growing as fast as we want it to grow. now, according to bianco research, no president has been re-elected in this country with an unemployment rate this high
seriously. the national spelling bee champ wins with the word most of us have likely never used, maybe not even ever heard of. the answer to that is probably no, right? these kids are really bright nowadays. nothing surprises me anymore. every year they get smarter and smarter. good morning, everybody, welcome to early start. we re really happy to have you here this morning. we are bringing you the news from a to z 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. up first, john edwards likely off the legal hook for good after a jury acquitted him of one count of campaign finance fraud and was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts. the judge declaring a mistrial on those charges. and many legal experts don t expect prosecutors to retry the former presidential candidate who was accused of misusing campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair during the 2008 election. here is our jeffrey toobin. i don t see any rationale for going forward with this case. jo
how much money was at his disposal. they could have used it to get him out, but on the other hand judge lester runs aa tight courtroom, as well he should, and he was frustrated because he doesn t think they were being as straightforward and honest as he thought they should. he hope the revocation is temporary. i hope he ll give us a day in court to explain george s behavior and look at all the circumstances, even the discovery that s come out to date, in determining what to do to let him back out on bond. within 48 hours. i haven t even spoken to him yet. reporter: did you read the motion? it talked apparently about the conversations talk inning codes about the tens of thousands of dolla dollars? there s certainly collusion between him and his wife. if you consider about talking about 10, 20, 155 as being code maybe you re accurate. i ve involved myself in cases where drug dealers talk, and they talk about watermelons and things like that. when you talk about nine or te