candidate was running for a federal office, megyn. megyn: we will have it here as it happens in moments. we could be less than seven minutes away right now. joining me now with a preview david rivkin is a constitutional law attorney and former white house counsel. and julian este former legal counsel to the house judiciary committee and a judicial consultant who has worked on many high profile campaigns. thank you for joining us. this is a big deal. you ve got a former presidential candidate, i mean this guy wanted the democratic nomination for president, captured the nomination for vice president when he was running with john kerry and is now potentially looking at 30 years in prison if convicted on these charges, which to be fair to mr. edwards have been criticized to some extent by both republicans and democrats as potentially not being all that clear, in terms
the president is waiting in two of the highest profile campaigns in the country, first up, rallying supports for barbara boxer and off to vegas with harry reid and he s locked in a tight race with tea party favorite sharron angle and that race is being called the most closely watched senate match-up this year. so will the president make a difference? is the question, more in a moment. bill: speaking of net, he has been to ohio, more times than any other state in the country, 11 visits since taking office and willed make the 12th on halloween, why is ohio so critical? and the balance for power in the house, you can see so many races shape up, as it stands, we showed you the senate yesterday and today in the house democrats have a majority, republicans 179, democrats, 256, and to take the majority republicans need to win 39 seats, on november 2nd and we key down on so many different races across the country. ohio, there are countless