the defense seemed to revel in leaking information. though thought they were going to be successful up until 24 hours ago when this case chan e changed dramatically. one thing worth noting here is that the defense seemed to end their case with a real wimper. when jerry sandusky did not take the witness stand they only had a character witness as their final as the final witness to take the stand and by all courtroom observers here he simply didn t do the job. don t hold up to the scrutiny of the prosecution and in fact the prosecution pointed out although the witness described him as a father figure the young man s own family and uncle called the prosecution inquiring about the relation relationship and called the prosecution the night after this junge man testified sort of undermining this man s claims that jerry sandusky was as man with a golden heart. as we now know, it was anything
the defense rested toads with a no testimony from edwards, his daughter cate or his former mistress rielle hunter. jay gray joins me live from greensboro, north carolina. we expected one or maybe even two on that list. we did not get that. now we could learn very soon the fate of john edwards, former presidential candidate and senator here. yeah. a lot of people watching this trial from the start, tamron, saying the defense really went out with a wimper here. it took the prosecution three weeks to present this case to the jury. after three days the response from edwards defense team is over at this point. you can take that two-ways. first of all, they will tell you that they feel confident that the government never did anything to prove that john edwards violated the campaign finance law here and understand this is a law that s never been tested legally, so this is really a benchmark case here and no real way of knowing exactly how to defend it according to
told the hospital that she wanted one last time to see her baby daughter s body. to take a picture to remember her by so they brought her down to the mortgage and that sealed shut casket was inside the freezer. they placed it on a stretcher and use add crowbar to pry it open and they got it open and the mom placed her hand inside and said she could feel the ice on her daughter s body and, then, listen. at that moment i saw a white sheet and my wife looked at the body and she uncovered the head and face and there was a wimper. she stepped back, i looked again, yes, the baby moved. baby moved and they grabbed the baby, they ran it down the hall and she felt like a cold bottle and they brought it back to the ward and warmed her up. they planned to name the baby
we re only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. the top two gop contenders are practicing their own brand of chicago style politics on this day before the illinois primary and both rick santorum and mitt romney are proving to be untouchable. reporter: the battle for the gop nomination has come to illinois and in the land of lincoln the republican party is a house divided in an uncivil war of words. i m somewhat experienced in the economy, i m not an economic light weight. president obama is. we re not going to be successful replacing an economic light weight wit
it is the eighth straight day of price hikes. the national average for a gallon of gas is now $3.83. that s 31 cents higher than it was just one month ago. president obama is putting his re-election campaign into high gear. he kicked off a jam packed day at a fund-raising in his hometown of chicago. and then he flew atlanta for a series of events. two of them hosted by filmmaker tyler perry. 13-hour campaign blitz raised nearly $5 million. a notorious nazi criminal has died. 91-year-old john demanuk was living in a home for the elderly when he passed away easterly dwroi day. the retired u.s. autoworker was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of assisting in mass murder at a death camp in poland. but he was released pending his appeal. 911 calls are being released in the shooting of an unarmed florida teenager. he was shot and killed last month allegedly by a neighborhood watch captain in a gated community. here s a conversation between the alleged