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Lets hope they find him. back to you. jenna: rick, thank you. jon: closing arguments underway in the john edwards federal corruption trial. his defense team resting after weeks of often dramatic testimony. but could the judges latest ruling be a major setback for the former senator and one-time presidential candidate? lets talk about it with fred tecce and jennifer bonn jean, a criminal defense attorney. fred, can you explain the significance of what this judge ruled? >> yes, i went to take a te...

Campaign finance laws? because thats the legality that theyre fighting. lets bring in, now, former federal prosecutor fred tecce and criminal defense attorney jennifer. i want to start with you, fred. ive read shes 101 years old, shes got a lot of information. do you put her on the stand? >> you know, its interesting. not only does she have a lot of information, you know, she was taking steps to cover this up. i mean, quite frankly, technically, she probably should have been sitting next to john...

After child. jenna: lets stop there. fred, you say something is very unique to the state of pennsylvania as far as how they would go about an investigation like this, how they would use a grand jury. explain that to our viewers. >> sure, jenna. pennsylvania and connecticut are actually only two states in america other than the district of columbia where you do not indict by the grand jury. every other state in america the grand jury investigates and issues an indictment which is a charge. in pen...

Molester when they stumbled on a posting saying the penn state assistant coach saw something ugly but kept it quiet. that was a very important tippoff. that led to mike mcqueary, the man youre seeing on your screen now. it opened up the possibility of a huge cover-up at penn state or otherwise. really dont know how big this is. geraldo rivera is the host of "geraldo at large". fred tecce, a former federal prosecutor joins us. lets start with the tip that came online. mcqueary, it seems i would l...

At penn state university put their self-interest against the victims and hid this from the public for a decade and a half. these cases are tough to prosecute. when they got the break with mcqueary they went with it. hindsight is 20/20 as far as these guys are concerned. jenna: fred, thank you very much. geraldo much more on the case. >> much more. jenna: every single day there is something new. jon, it is a story well continue follow closely the next time were in court for sandusky december 7th,...

Is now confesses to being with a child. jenna: right. >> they set up a sting. the cops in the back room. the mother, child and sandusky are in the house. sandusky says to the mother, the cop overhears this in 1998, i understand i was wrong. i wish i could get forgiveness. i know i wont get it from you. i wish i were dead. sandusky says that in 1998. for 10 years he is allowed to scoop up these children. jenna: hold on, fred. a final thought from you, based on what geraldo said. this incident hap...

>> thank you for having me. jenna: there are so many different parts of this case. i know we will continue to watch it with you. thank you, fred tecce. jon: memorial amphitheater, arlington national cemetery, arlington, virginia. the president about to make remarks on this veterans day. lets listen in. >> thank you, richard shinseki for your tireless commitment to our veterans. secretary of defense, leon panetta, chairman dempsey and mrs. dempsey, to our wonderful veteran service organizations f...

And if the president could just turn the corner on some of this, on jobs and the economy, we could still be in a hole but people would think were headed in the right direction. as long as the wrong track numbers are that high it is very difficult for any incumbent, republican or democrat. jon: virtually three out of four say were headed in the wrong direction that is tough to turn around. stuart rothenberg. thank you. >> sure. jenna: another strange twist that you might not have heard of in the ...

Police. so dont tell me that paterno didnt go to the police. schultz is the guy who quite frankly is responsible for the cover up, in my opinion, and for the damage to joe paternos reputation. >> i can go to the police right now, 911. 911, that is how you go to the police. >> reporter: you know what when i was a federal prosecutor do you think bill clinton would have called me up, he calls janet reno who calls me e. went to the guy who is ultimately in charge which is his responsibility. >> its ...

Wrong. fred said there could be a way that the evidence is used against her and shes why she was convicted. you have amanda, her boyfriend, and an african man serving time behind bars as well. we till still dont know after four years who killed meredith kercher. with all the energy on this case why dont we know that? >> its always a tough call. in any system of justice, be it italy or the ooh night states there is always the element of doubt. the prosecution is contending, she did it. raffaele d...