it is not about whether john edwards was a bad candidate. for all the salacious detail here, ultimately this whole sex scandal now boils down to whether he took campaign donations that were too big. joining me now is hampson dellinger. he s been covering the edwards trial by blog and places like the atlantic online. mr. dellinger, thank you for time, nice to have you here. you re welcome. great to be with you. i know you have been covering this very, very closely. did i get the basics there about the scandal and the case? i won t be surprised if i messed something up? i m not surprised you didn t. you got it spot on. and this really is a one-of-a-kind case that will likely be the only case of its kind because of the law west world we live in post citizens united, post speech now. we ve got corporations and individuals giving tens of millions of dollars as you pointed out in direct aid of
barrel restaurant saying she informed her husband saying she was leaving him and he did not respond well. by the time police arrived she was shot dead and her 10-year-old daughter, whose birthday it was that day and a gift s sister was critically injured and a man with a gun did not leave the restaurant. the man did not surrender his weapon and police killed him. yesterday in modesto, california, deputies tried to serve an eviction notice. they were met with gunfire. one of the deputies was killed as was a civilian on the scene. last night in greenland, new hampshire, five police officers were shot, including the local police chief who was killed just eight days short of his planned retirement. after shooting the five officers, a 29-year-old local man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and then shot and killed himself. earlier in chicopee, massachusetts, in the western part of the state, a state trooper was shot and wounded and the suspect in the case was killed. according to
gift s sister was critically injured and a man with a gun did not leave the restaurant. the man did not surrender his weapon and police killed him. yesterday in modesto, california, deputies tried to serve an eviction notice. they were met with gunfire. one of the deputies was killed as was a civilian on the scene. last night in greenland, new hampshire, five police officers were shot, including the local police chief who was killed just eight days short of his planned retirement. after shooting the five officers, a 29-year-old local man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and then shot and killed himself. earlier in chicopee, massachusetts, in the western part of the state, a state trooper was shot and wounded and the suspect in the case was killed. according to an account in the springfield republican newspaper, the neighbor says he saw a man flee with car keys in his hand. he saw a gun barrel from a window and a shot whizzed out above his head. he saw a state trooper approac