good morning. i m randy kay. we start this morning with a look ahead. tomorrow former presidential candidate john edwards heads to federal court. prosecutors say edwards used nearly $1 million in campaign contributions to sdooef the public. they say he was hiding an affair and a child. the mistress is expected to be the star in the trial. she has imunit. edwards and his attorneys say he did nothing wrong. we ll have much more on the details of this case in about ten minutes. a major figure from the watergate scandal has died. chuck coleson. he was the first of richard nixon s aides to be he took his punishment, seven months in prison, and turned his life around. here he is in 1999. we ve healed a great deal from what happened in watergate, but it took a long period of time for people to recognize what they had done wrong, i apologize for what i did and to the people hi offended and after ligue prison in the mid 1970s colson founded the prison fellowship. it s now a
but condemning these soldiers is scummy. the l.a. times edtroars lower than pond scum. megyn: was it wrong for our top military brass to con deputy the soldiers so quickly. what choice did they have, given everything we have seen in afghanistan. the accidental burning of the korans. what choice did they have but to cop out and say we condiment. you had crocker saying it s morally repug that. you had allen saying it s inconsistent with our values and panetta strongly condemning the conduct. they had to say something, but the words they said were too strong. i saw the pictures. there were poses, no question about it. but the real things americans ought to take about is these are the jobs we are make our people do to get iris and fingerprint
afghanistan which is wildly unpopular. in january a video surfaced showing u.s. marines urinating on corpses of afghans. in february, the burning of korans as a base sparked riots. dozens were killed including six members. last in, the army accused this sergeant of massacring 17 afghans including nine young children. and now live with the new for drop military officers the priority is two-fold: investigate the 18 photographs obtained by the los angeles times and determine what steps will no one and take whatever precautions could be necessary to safeguard u.s. forces from reprisal. defense secretary-generaled by secretary of state, hillary clinton attended a nato strategy session in brussels.
strongly condemns what the pentagon is calling inhumane conduct and a criminal investigation is under way. the times says it got the photoses from a soldier who wants to highlight a breakdown in leadership and discipline that could further endanger the troops. much more on this story in a moment when i talk with wesley clark. stay tuned for that. police in fayetteville, north carolina plan to start a ground search near the bar where a missing young army private was last seen early saturday morning. kelly bordeaux was reported missing on monday. an army official says she apparently got a ride from a bar employee and later texted someone that she got home safely. bordeaux is 23 years old, 5-feet tall and weighs 99 pounds. police say for now they re treating this as a missing person s case, not a criminal investigation. could be prelude to a nucle nuclear test. yesterday the new government kim jong-un ditched a u.s. agreement to allow nuclear inspectors. u.s. also cancelle
where is 23-year-old army private kelli bordeaux. we re learning the agents will take lie detector tests in the secret service investigation. we re live in colombia with that story. ted nugent not backing down after his controversial comments about president obama. new reaction from the rocker himself now calling obama s appointments communist czars. the most influential. time magazine s big left of moguls, pioneers and leaders. brand you this morning. we re talking to the editor. and the new york knicks sensation possibly heading south to the college of women and mary not for basketball but for a date at the senior formal. newsroom begins right now. we begin with breaking news. a new scandal is erupting for the u.s. military in afghanistan. they are photos showing u.s. soldiers posing with and mocking the bodies of suicide bombers. first two disclaimers here. cnn has not independently authenticated the photos and they are graphic and we have blurred them for yo