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way. this is going to be a strange up with. we know obama but who is this other guy? we begin with a sequel to this years infamous debt showdown. the inside look at what happened last time when obama fought back against boehner, caine and the tea party. look at this. here is speaker boehner. he is trying to sound like one of them. listen to this spaesh yesterday demanding cuts. tea party style. >> yes, allowing america to default on its debt would be irresponsible. but it would be more...

directly about jpmorgan chase and this situation. take a listen. >> jpmorgan is one of the best managed banks there is. jamie dimon, the head of it, is one of the smartest bankers weve got. they still lost $2 billion and counting. this is why we passed wall street reform. >> so the president there talking about why wall street reform was passed. however, democrats have gone on to look at this situation to call it the prime example for more regulation. but if dimon is the best out there...

example of the failure of the regulations of dodd-frank, a bill that you voted for? >> no, on the contrary, thomas. i think most people dont realize that the dodd-frank wall street reform legislation has not been fully implemented, not nearly. in fact the rules that are being developed by the department of the treasury and the fdic and the other relevant agencies are still being promulgated. not helped by the fact that the republicans have done everything they could to slow down and bl...

Corner, the news couldnt come at a better time. a potentially pivotal time in the john edwards trial with asking to dismiss corruption charges against etd wards just a day after the prosecution finished its case. edwards is accused of masterminding a plan to use secret donations from wealthy donors to hide his mistress in 2008. joining me is hampton dellinger. hampton, asking the judge to dismiss the charges, is this pretty routine? >> oh, it is a routine motion and it is routinely denied. but...

Out to the middle. in both cases, were going to hear moderate outreach combined with that strident base talk like you just heard from mitt romney. >> clarence, good to see you. thank you. to a man who wanted to be president, another critical day of testimony at the john edwards trial. his former speechwrir, wendy button, is back on the stand after testifying that edwards told her that he knew a wealthy donor had donated money to hide his mistress. im joined by hampton dellinger and savannah gu...

Huffman regaled the court with stories of mellons estate and private jets and how she falsely labeled the checks as payments for outrageously expensive furniture. >> he said that bunny mellon called it the furniture business. and his testimony seemed to indicate that they were having some fun with it. >> that was nbcs lisa myers reporting. let be bring in hampton dellinger who just stepped out of the courtroom. whats going on there this morning? >> well, bunny mellons former interior decorator...

Name coming up? >> well, the government needs a witness to come forward or document to establish that john edwards knew or should have known that the payments to his mistress constituted an election law crime. they dont have that witness yet. in fact, to the contrary. every witness that the governments brought forward so far has said that john edwards assured them that all of this was proper, or at least not illegal. so, that star witness, it wasnt andrew young. it wasnt his wife sherrie as good...

Than 16 times much money implicated in the john edwards scandal on newt gingrich in the 2012 primary. at least, this case is not about whether or not john ed wartds is bad guy. ultimately this sex scandal boils down to whether he took campaign donations that were too big. joining us now is hampton dellinger. hes been covering by blog. thanks for your time. its nice to have you here. >> youre welcome. great to be with you. >> i know youve been covering this closely. did i get the basics about the...

Taking a risk. >> hampton dellinger, writer of the john ed wards trial blog, which im sure is the only thing of its kind in the country. thank you for following this so closely and helping us watch it. i appreciate it. >> youre welcome. a seriously exclusive night with bill maher coming up. what ? customers didnt like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesnt let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. now, i w...

barrel restaurant saying she informed her husband saying she was leaving him and he did not respond well. by the time police arrived she was shot dead and her 10-year-old daughter, whose birthday it was that day and a gifts sister was critically injured and a man with a gun did not leave the restaurant. the man did not surrender his weapon and police killed him. yesterday in modesto, california, deputies tried to serve an eviction notice. they were met with gunfire. one of the deputies...