rumors and gossip. it s simply an intolerable situation. i believe i would have been a successful candidate, and i know i could have been a very good president, particularly for these times. but apparently now we ll never know. welcome back to hardball that was gary hart in 1987 after a sex scandal derailed his campaign for president. but now the political sex scandal may not be the career-ender that it was for hart. take some recent examples. in the summer of 2007, senator larry craig was arrested at the minneapolis airport. he was accused of soliciting sex from an undercover male police officer. craig plead guilty to a misdemeanor of disorderly conduct and served out the remainder of his senate term. that same summer, his republican colleague, louisiana senator david vistter was caught in a scandal involving prostitutes when his phone number was published by the notorious d.c. madam. vitter stood by his wife and asked for forgiveness. he remained in office and won reelection in 2
schedule. tomorrow, they ll hold two pre conclave meetings and all but two cardinals have arrived for the election. workers are preparing the sistine chapel, but so far, the cardinals haven t set a date for the vote. back here in the u.s., there is a huge snowstorm bearing down on parts of the atlantic and northeast right now. hundreds of thousands of people are already without power. flights have been grounded. schools are closed. this storm hit the midwest. take a look here at this scene from minneapolis airport where storms rarely trigger flight cancellations. generally have a pretty good handle on things there, but this storm certainly did and in chicago, it just smashed records. the city got more than 9 inches of snow. actually the biggest one-day snowfall there in 14 years. that s nothing compared to what
america s longest running war after a trip to afghanistan by president obama. the unannounced visit to kabul was full of secrecy and symbolism, be but not very many specifics. a tough reminder that there s a long way to go in that country. suicide car bomber and taliban militants disguised attacked a housing compound. nick paton walsh is live with us. good morning. reporter: good morning. it appears the suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into what s known as the green village here. close to the center of kabul, a place where many foreign contractors and ex-pats live in supposed maximum security and safety. it s unclear what happened after this initial explosion. some suggestion guards shot back and suggestions other attackers disguised in the head to toe female garments distinctive to afghanistan rushed. no matter how this panned out, we saw seven afghan civilians killed, one of which was a school child and ten school children injured. many afghans asleep when pr
idaho senator larry craig s sex scandal. he was arrested for lewd conduct after a police officer say craig tapped his foot and tried to slip his hand under the stall door. the officer said it was an attempt to solicit gay sex. he denied that simply saying he had a wide stance and was trying to pick up a piece much paper. he plead guilty to disorder lie conduct and made this statement to justify it: i did nothing wrong at the minneapolis airport. i did not wrong and i regret the decision to plead guilty and the sadness that decision has brought on my wife, my family, friends, staff and fellow idahoans. for that i apologize. in ji june i over reacted and m
a poor decision. while i was not involved in an inappropriate conduct at the minneapolis airport or anywhere else. i choose to plead guilty to a lesser charge in hopes of making it go away. i did not seek any council either from an attorney, staff, friends or family. that was a mistake. i deeply regret it. because of that i have now retained council and i am asking council to review this matter and to advise me on how to proceed. for a moment i want to put my state of mind into context. in 8 months leading up to june 11th my family and i have been relentlessly and viciously