papers, but there was no physical evidence linking dale to the crime. at trial his lawyer would portray dale as a victim of rush to judgement. why, he asked, her stephanie s boyfriend ron holthouse and his wife cindy cleared so quickly? it was time for the holthouses to face the defense s questions on the witness stand. two winters passed here in the colorado rockies between the untimely demise of stephanie roller-bruner and the prosecutor s determination to pin it on dale. the lies are really tough to take. you just can t believe it. like, really? waiting for trial, he continued to live here, all alone now in the family house by the blue river, working with his attorney in the effort to clear his name. robert burnhart is the attorney, a man not at all impressed, he told us, with the police investigation.
delay the process. nbc chicago s watched in something like amazement as reginald turned speedy justice into something else altogether. he hired lawyers. he fired lawyers. he tried to act as his own attorney. at steps along the way, the trial had to be reset. illinois abolished capital punishment so that was off the table. still reginald s actions forced delays. this is one of the most bizarre cases we ve seen in chicago. just as nailah s family had reached out to the media, reginald potts tried to launch a pr campaign from behind bars. his family reached out trying to convince me that there may be some way that she s not associated with this crime, that there might be someone else, that there was a rush to judgement. he talked to a newspaper
jitteriness in the american public about the circumstances in the middle east. with respect to the specifics, i mean i would point out that in yesterday s washington post , and i certainly feel this way, but george will really gave expression to this in the most meaningful way i ve seen so far and that is that these insurgencies are predicated on the collapse of crumbling regimes and hierarchyes and they have ignited complex sectarian and tribal power struggles. sometimes anti-american system used in these power struggles. it is very important none of us rush to judgement but be engaged into deliberative process. donna, no one is rushing to judgement here. we listened to the spokesperson of the white house carney. we ve listened to our u.n. ambassador and basically they said it was because of this videotape and now we re finding out that it s not. and listen, when you listen to this administration, for
drinking and carousing and so forth that endemic within the secret service. susan collins, senator, is very concerned about that. aren t you and doesn t maybe this just one reported incident among a myriad of them? gregg, the key word there is may. we have no evidence of others. we re looking at that. if it turns out there is culture that is different story the for instance, should all the chiefs of staff military resign because 10 military people are involved? is that what chairman of joimt chiefs of staff because 10 military? worst thing you can do have a rush to judgement. take the case step by step. director sullivan done everything at each step. if it turns out this was a culture and condoned in the past, that is different story. let s do it step by step and see what happens. the agents are being drug tested that could be another aspect of this. congressman peter king as always thanks for taking a moment. grooeg, thank you. gregg: martha.
alleged cover-up. many believe the board s decision was premature. and i put that question to the board s spokesman last night. listen. those who argue this is rush to judgement. there has not been a full investigation so how can you reach this conclusion at this time? as i said, these are judgements and decisions and balances that boards have to make with thoughtful deliberation. in our view things had reached a point where a change was necessary and we thought in the best long-term interest of the university. reporter: meanwhile joe paterno, now the former head coach, says he was disappointed with the board s decision. he said that in a written statement last evening. he briefly left his home to thank supporters. and he also told many of the students who were outside that it was time to go home. jon: david lee miller, reporting live from state college, pennsylvania. again we are waiting for that news conference from the university s new football coach. when that begins, we ll hav