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For 30 minutes of the first part of the proceeding when the judge was having a long colloquy about press access to investigative records, that issue that had nothing to do with the competency hearing. loughner put his head down in his hands and seemed to be building up to something and burst out. he said, thank you for the freak show, she died in front of me and then the last thing he said was, youre changing this, youre changing this. apparently a reference to the story. and one of the delusion...

Checks totalling $700,000, one enclosed at a fancy box of chocolates, checks he forwarded to andrew young. >> payments were being made to keep rielle hunter happy and payments were being made to keep the story from ruining john edwardss campaign. >> reporter: huff and melon through their attorney say they were asked to help edwards with a personal problem but had no idea what it was. rielle hunter was hidden away in lavish homes, flow around in a private jet. much of that pay for by edwardss fin...

Two wealthy donors was not a guest, but a form of political contribution used illegally. >> a source with knowledge of the case says this still could end up with a plea bargain. however, were told that prosecutors are insisting that edwards plead to a felony, which friends doubt he will do. martin, the edwards team, so far, has had no comment. >> im sure. thanks so much for that reporting. the "national enquirer" broke the story of edwards affair, pursuing tip, pacing the streets and pursuing ...

Should not be allowed to misuse funds. thats why these laws were put in place in the first place. hes not above the law. its got nothing to do with his character, lack therefore, whether he suffered. its a question whether he broke the law or not. >> when you first approached edwards you knew he publicly denied having at fair and then categorically denied conceiving a child with rielle hunter. i read a piece that you wrote in which you described calling in a psychiatrist to examine his denials. ...

Your immediate reaction to the news that edwards could be facing criminal charges. >> im not surprised. when we started this story, it was one of the first things we thought of, that this is how its going to end, wit him facing criminal charges. >> you really believe that? >> absolutely. we got on to the story at the inquirer in 07 and as we traced it down and it became apparent rielle was being cared for by andrew young and money funneled to her, we tried to follow that money trail and as we di...