yued $400,000 from his political action committee to pay his legal bills in his ethics trial. however, on cnn yesterday, rangel refuted those claims. as far as you know, is the fec investigating you? no, as far as i know, my lawyers that handle by fec say this is inaccurate and that it had been approved before the funds. but are you at all concerned that criminal charges could be leveled against go oh. no, of course not. fec rules state that a candidate s legal expenses can be paid only from individual campaign accounts or defense funds. however, a rangel spokesman says a campaign received authorization to use the money for legal purposes. and he goes on to question the motive of the organization behind these allegations. elizabeth edwards battle with breast cancer has taken a turn for the worse. the statement from the family said the disease spread to her liver and doctors have advised
wonderful states. come visit with me. sean: we ll watch for your announcement, which i think is coming. that s my interpretation. good to see you. more hannity straight ahead. controversial surrounding full-body scanners and patdowns at airports. this is an invasion of privacy or protecting your security? democrats revolt against nancy pelosi as a charger rises. they are taking sides on her bid for minority leader. i m going to have to excuse myself from these proceedings. the charles rangel show has begun as day one of his ethics trial turns in to a joke. all of that plus the great, great, great american panel. much more hannity straight ahead.
wonderful states. come visit with me. sean: we ll watch for your announcement, which i think is coming. that s my interpretation. good to see you. more hannity straight ahead. controversial surrounding full-body scanners and patdowns at airports. this is an invasion of privacy or protecting your security? democrats revolt against nancy pelosi as a charger rises. they are taking sides on her bid for minority leader. i m going to have to excuse myself from these proceedings. the charles rangel show has begun as day one of his ethics trial turns in to a joke. joke. all of that plus the great,
week. mr. rangel s counsel withdraw a little over a month ago and further counsel has not been retained and that the committee has indicated an intent to proceed today. so he left, he goes to his office, shuts the door. and they have his ethics trial which he demanded, been going on for two years and he doesn t participate so they re using old footage of him trying to defend himself from past years. this is absolutely hysterical. let s go back to eric s point. what are they going to do to him, brian? that s what the american public wants to know. they can expel which they probably won t do, they can censure or they can reprimand and two out of the three ain t bad. they may find him. he ll be happy to get a fine. you think all they re going to do is fine him? fine him or reprimand him. speaking of teaching our kids lessons, let s move from cupcakes to charlie rangel. we ll leave that behind. he s going to leave that behind. here s the thing about charlie rangel. not only
checking write-in ballots with about 10,000 left to go. the trend has been in murkowski s favor with almost all the ballots marked for her. it was a bizarre scene behind closed doors on capitol hill. veteran congressman charlie rangel walked out of his ethics trial, claiming he had no lawyer. the committee though continued with the hearing, which will move forward later today. wabc s dave evans has more. reporter: when congressman rangel arrived at his trial he had one strategy delay and plead for postponement. 50 years of public service is on the line. i truly believe that i m not being treated fairly and that history will dictate that notwithstanding the political calendar, i am entitled to a lawyer during this proceeding. reporter: rangel has already spent more than $2 million on his defense. he d need another $1 million for the trial. rangel showed up with no lawyer, having split with his legal team last month. and then just last week, prosecutors filed a new 80-page stat