good morning from new york, it s tuesday april 24th, 2012. this is the daily rundown. . will be picked over. tonight s results will give us our first good look at the core protest vote inside the republican party. we ll find out who are i m not with romney voters, romney may
franchise he tried to keep in the garden state. it s way too early for this. good morning. i m willie geist. this is way too early, the show that is expected to finish a strong second in tonight s all-had important rhode island primary. i m glad you re up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me, let me know what you re doing up at this hour. or do what otis birdsong does texting the word awake followed by 622639. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, april 24th. a lot to tell you about today, including rudy giuliani s change of heart about mitt romney offering an endorsement after traeshing him. any day herman cain is speaking on television is a good
speak on the 2-year-old arizona law due to be challenged tomorrow at the u.s. supreme court. more on that and surprising facts from the u.s./mexican border. there s little drama but don t tell voters. voting is under way in republican primaries in rhode island, connecticut, delaware, pennsylvania and new york. mitt romney, of course, appears to have the nomination in the bag. santorum is dropped out, but his name is on the ballot. for now, gingrich and ron paul vowing to fight on. romney right now has 695 of the 1,144 delegates needed to clench the nomination. president obama focusing on education. this morning, he honored the national teacher of the year and the finalists at the white house. these are the kind of teachers who change lives forever. i wouldn t be here today if it were not for teachers like these who challenged me, pushed me and put up with me and inspired me and set me straight when they had to. the president heads to college campuses in three battlegrou
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
40. which sa pretty big deal to be that specific to this crime. about what percentage were accurate and leading you to the suspects? i don t really know that. but i know there was at least over 10 that were confirmed or go back to those same suspects. what do you think was the tip that led you to them? i really can t discuss that issue. i apologize. that s going to be part of our investigation. i don t want to take a chance on divulging the possible identity of those persons. what s your reaction to this type of crime happening here? it sickens me, it angers me. this is not what tulsa, oklahoma, is about. our hate groups are very spotty. we have them over the decades occasionally. they re not something we have to even we don t have them here to monitor them on a regular basis. and we feel fortunate about that. i think i ve got the same feelings as any tulsan has, we were very distressed. again, it sickens you and angers you. chief, it seems yesterday you were