edwards. and it could be avoided if they reach a plea deal. and mark kerrigan, brother of olympian nancy kerrigan is acquitted of charges of manslaughter in his father s home, but he is convicted of a lesser charge ofs a sa as a ass battery. sentencings is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. thursday. and this is to make you feel good. a owner of a restaurant in charlotte, north carolina, is not worried about a large profit. tom foreman shows us how he is building up his community one meal at a time. reporter: in busy downtown charlotte, by lunchtime, folks have built up an appetite, so at the kings kitchen restaurant that is when the real building begins. pineapple reporter: because chef jim
the 30,000 foot view here is that edwards was running for president and having a secret affair with rielle hunter, who happened to work for the campaign. rielle hunter was sort of a documentary filmographer, if you will, and she actually did real work for the campaign. this affair begins. she gets pregnant all the while so many people know, elizabeth edwar edwards, the wife of john edwards, was ill with cancer and eventually died. john edwards took a lot of time to admit he was the father of the child that rielle hunter had. meanwhile, the accountability question running through all of this was whether a lot of money, prapts up to a million dollars given by some very deep pocket contributors that actually was used to cover this thing up. we re hearing details of wealthy donors sending checks
on tornados so far. the justice department s investigation of former u.s. senator and presidential candidate, john edwards, might soon come to a resolution. possible outcomes might include an indictment or plea deal. the investigation focuses on payments made to his mistress, rielle hunter, from his presidential campaign and donors. a former aide says that money was used to cover up the affair with hunter, who later gave birth to edwards child mark kerrigan has been acquitted of involuntary manslaughter of his father at the family s home in january last year. he was convicted however on a lesser charge of assault and battery. it took the jury about two days of deliberation to come to this decision. sentencing is scheduled for thursday. president obama continues his european trip. he addresses the british pa
be curious what is on those for sure. well, you know, the sleaziness around this whole story, obviously s not helpful to john edwards, and the fact that his aide, mr. young, for a while claimed falsely to be a father of this child. i mean, the atmospherics are all factors that are not going to make a jury sympathetic to john edwards. right. but they still need a crime to prove, and you know, we have to reserve judgment on whether they can do that. all right. always a pleasure to have you on. thank you. and now back to the murder trial of casey anthony. the 25-year-old florida mom is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee nearly three years ago. right to what is happening in court today. i m joined by legal analyst sunny hostin from our sister network trutv. and now jurors heard from a brian of casey anthony, and he
especially for this case that has received so much media attention. they are trying to put the case together and explain the 31 days during which caylee was missing and her mother never reported her missing, but it is going to be a challenge for the prosecution. i know that when you and i spoke yesterday you said you definitely expect casey anthony to take the stand, but what about her brother? he is on the witness list, and will he take the stand and what will he say? well, he is on the witness list. we have every indication that he will be called either by the prosecution or the defense. i believe he is going to have to deny casey anthony s allegations that he, too, sexually abused her as a child. and so, we will hear a lot from lee anthony, i believe. there is also some prior statements that he made. so i believe that we will hear from lee anthony in the course of this trial. all right. thank you, sunny hostin, so much, and appreciate your time. >