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defense attorneys are not trying to try these people, they are trying the process, trying to deal it did delegitimize it. it is a good punch, a scab we pick every year but i have faith that in the long run we will see justice. jillian: does it feel different this year in light of what we ve seen play out in afghanistan the last few weeks? certainly does and we have to look at what got us here, the world trade center was bombed for the first time, al qaeda declared war against the us and israel, 98 usama bin laden put out a fatwa against all americans, 98 the us embassy bombings in africa, 2000 the uss cole in 2001 we know what happened and now the situation in afghanistan, a 9/11
cane is back, he has a column for theblaze.com. an all-boy panel this morning. you re used to that. you know what? i am getting kind of used to it a little bit. our starting point this morning is day two of john edwards criminal trial. it s going to get under way in about 2 1/2 hours. and back on the stand, his former aide, andrew young. he is the key witness for the prosecution. the issue is did john edwards inappropriately use campaign funds to hide his mistress, rielle hunter? the prosecution called edwards a master manipulator, saying this. if the affair went public, it would have destroyed any chance to become the president, and he knew it and he made a choice to break the law. we re joined by melanie sloan, executive director for citizens of responsibility and ethics in washington. nice to see you, melanie. thanks for talking with us. nice to be here. walk me through what happened. andrew young will be back on the stand as i mentioned again today. yesterday was