reporter: jim, jan good afternoon. the judge accepted seth williams guilty plea to a single count of bribe bree at 11:35 this morning. it was about 10:15 in the morning that seth williams acknowledged that he was going to enter this guilty plea. what this means is that he is facing a potential maximum of five years in prison. this is williams on the way in today. i can tell you his voice quaking at times, looking down appeared to be very tense and very perplexed as he told the judge, yes your honor i am guilty of bribery. it is tied to the testimony of mohammed n. ali who is a business associate named in the indictment. muhammad ali bribed williams for that official action in connection to a case that came before williams office. now, williams wall actually never able to exert any influence over that case but nonetheless, it is still a count of bribery that williams is pleading to. seth williams is also resigned within the last hour. his office has called a 2 o clock news