Second in line to the presidency. Now possibly headed to prison. Were talking about former speaker of the house Dennis Hastert. Hes agreed on a plea deal in a criminal hush m case linked to sexual misconduct. Brian roz has details. Reporter the decision today by 73yearold Dennis Hastert to plead guilty means there will be no trial, and none of his dark secrets will be exposed in open court. Mr. Speaker. Reporter but in exchange, the former speaker of the house, once second in line to the presidency, may spend time in prison, the first speaker ever to do so. The charges against hastert grow out of his role as a popular Illinois High School wrestling coach in the 1970s. Authorities say hastert sexually abused several teenage boys on the team, and then a few years ago, began to pay one of them more than 1 million in hush money to keep quiet. These boys were 14, 15, 16 years old. Reporter Jolene Burdge told abc news her late brother, steven reinboldt, was one of hasterts victims, something
Next debate. Donald trump and ben carson demanding changes to the debate format. And they want it capped at two hours with commercials and want to speak directly to the camera at the open and close. Cnbc says its considering the demands. Turning now to the democrats and a new hint from joe biden about a possible run. A top aide for the Vice President sent a letter to former staffers saying if biden enters the race, he will need their race. And he said everything that biden and the president have worked for is at stake. The letter also promised the Biden Campaign would be optimistic but gave no hint when an announcement might come. As Jonathan Carl tells us, biden reporter joe biden was in full v. P. Mode today. At the president s side in the morning, and then, awaiting the president of south korea in the afternoon. Are you running for president . I will answer in korean. Reporter can you just tell i cant hear you. Reporter okay. A little louder . Have you made your decision reporter no
His estranged wife Khloe Kardashian along with his previous wife and children are by his side. Actor randy quaid and his wife are free this morning after vermont jail. A judge released the couple and dismissed they were judgetives from justice in california. They fled to california five years ago when accused of trespassing and vandalizing a santaarbara home they once owned. Another state could extradite them to california. A terrifying ordeal for a florida man recovering after coming face to face was an eightfoot allitor. Doug brown was fixing a backyard pump near orlando when the huge gator jumped from a canal and chomped down on his arm. Brown managed to yank his arm away and the alligator fell back into the water. His injuries, thankfully, are not serious but hes, of course, still rattled saying that i felt like a horror movie. And a group of migrants hoping to get a free ride from france to england got quite a surprise when they opened the back of a truck only to find there was a