that cropped up in her life, not just this, but of course the death of her teenaged son wade in the mid 90s. i spoke with a family friend earlier today who said that mrs. edwards was comfortable during the day, she was surrounded by her children with her husband from whom she has separated, john edwards, at least earlier today. and this was significant in that she had this was a can scer e attacked aggressively. she always wanted the most aggressive treatment, so the fact that this couldn t be treated any longer was sort of her acceptance of this cancer and an end for her, she had come to a place of peace both with the cancer and her relationship with her husband. in the past year, year and a half she came to terms with what had occurred. not only was it a personal marriage, but it was a public marriage. so often when you are on the campaign trail in 2004 and again in 2008, the bond was a key part of his appeal. he would often come on stage and say she is the love of m
questioning by swedish authorities over sex crime allegations. he s denied them. his lawyer says he s meeting by consent with british police to simply answer questions. u.s. officials, furious over continued leaks of sensitive information, want a piece of this. the american people themselves have been put at risk by these actions that are, i believe, arrogant, misguided and ultimately not helpful in any way. we re doing everything that we can. we have a very serious, active, ongoing investigation that is criminal in nature. reporter: but assange has a countermeasure. some call it a doomsday file, a poison pill, assange s own attorney calls it a thermonuclear device. it s to be opened in the event that wikileaks is taken down. i m with ira winkler. he is a cyber security expert. we just kind of got into this file. show us what it looks like, the
charlie rangel at this hour if he s blaming everyone but himself for tax violations that got him censured by the democrats. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. to the breaking news right now. we re told the white house is closer to cutting a deal with the republicans on tax cuts. this despite 11th hour talks who fears the president may be shutting them out of the entire process. a compromise in the works that would temporarily extend bush era tax breaks for the wealthy as well as the middle class. that s what the republicans want. the democrats would likely get an extension of long-term unemployment benefits that have expired and some short term incentives for the economy as well. dan lothian is standing by. dan, what details are you learning? these details coming to my colleague, ed henry, from a senior administration official and democratic official, rather, pointing out that this deal has been reached in principle. now we shou
ten convicted russian spies have touched down in vienna, austria. they were on a jet to laguardia after being expelled from the united states. the two superpowers showed how quickly governments can get things done when motivated working with lightning speed to put an embarrassing incident behind them. susan is here. what s the latest? this has been a very complex story. i ll say. it happened so quickly. all of this completed from start to finish from the time they were arrested, less than two weeks. here is the latest. we got word a short time ago, a u.s. chartered flight that left new york last night is now on the ground in vienna. aboard, ten spies. most are returning to their home land. will they sell their spy stories? it s the russians admitting they were spies. reporter: each of the ten pleaded guilty for one count of conspiracy as a for not registering as a foreign agent. if they sell their stories, proceeds must be turned over to the united states. several were
recruited a classmate and get a clearance and have that person feed them information for a long time? that s what a real spy is. a real spy is a puppet master, not a james bond character. it s not like in the movies. it s very much not like in the movies. thank you very much for joining us and clearing up some of that. ira winkler, the author of the book spies among us. and next, i go one-on-one with barbara boxer. her quest for a fourth term has turned into one of this year s hottest senate races.