guilty on the only count on which it was able to reach a verdict. the justice department has put out a statement today saying that while it is -- it is his duty to bring challenging cases and believe the prosecutora fine job in this case, that these dis -- dismissing these charges at this point is in the interest of justice. so that mean john edwards will not be retried on these five counts. and that his legal problems are over. this is not exactly a shock. when the jury was polled, the government had failed to get more than four guilty votes on any of the counts so it had been anticipated that the prosecutor was not retry the case. but this -- with this judge, with this order, judge eagle made it official today. >> all right. thank you so much. next up here, as americans struggle on main street, we ask has the culture that established