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and we ve got a lot of breaking news today. the jury in the john edwards federal corruption trial reaches a verdict on just one of the six counts against the one-time presidential hopeful. the defense asks for a mistrial, but the judge tells the jury they ve got to keep at it. let s go straight to cnn s senior correspondent, joe johns. he s in greensboro, north carolina. joe, what is going on down there? reporter: well, you know, it gets stranger and stranger every minute. quite frankly, just a few minutes ago, gloria, we got the word to stay tuned. it may not be over yet, even for today. the jury just sent yet another note to judge katherine eagles here in greensboro. we re waiting to hear the contents of that note. they ve been a very communicatetive juror. it could be they just want to talk about scheduling. usually around 4:30 eastern time is usually when the jury breaks for the day. but recapping, it s been a very unusual and probably most extraordinary day in the ent
cartagena. that s where we find drew griffin now. you ve been down there all weekend. what s the latest? reporter: this woman, her name is dania suarez. 24 years old, anderson. single mother of a young son. the young son goes to school. she herself goes to english-speaking class. we went to the apartment where she lived. it s down a dirt alley, a middle class neighborhood, a gated community. her neighbors were quite frankly they were stunned that this was the woman involved with this scandal. they called her a model citizen of her gated community and had no idea how she made a living. but they do say that this woman they saw in their local newspaper is the woman who lived in the apartment. a couple days ago somebody came to the apartment and removed some suitcases. she has not been seen at her home since this news broke. what do we know about what took place that night? there s rumors flying all over cartagena. that s because there s been no official explanation from
six secret service members so far very have been forced out of the agency. all starting in a hotel in cartagena. that s where we find drew griffin now. you ve been down there all weekend. what s the latest? reporter: this woman, her name is dania suarez. 24 years old, anderson. single mother of a young son. the young son goes to school. she herself goes to english-speaking class. we went to the apartment where she lived. it s down a dirt alley, a middle class neighborhood, a gated community. her neighbors were quite frankly they were stunned that this was the woman involved with this scandal. they called her a model citizen of her gated community and had no idea how she made a living. but they do say that this woman they saw in their local newspaper is the woman who lived in the apartment. a couple days ago somebody came to the apartment and removed some suitcases. she has not been seen at her home since this news broke. what do we know about what took place that nigh
far ohave opinion forced out of the agency. all starting in a hotel in cartagena. that s where we find drew griffin now. drew, we re now seeing this woman. you ve been down there all weekend. what s the latest? reporter: this woman, her name is dania suarez. 24 years old, anderson. single mother of a young son. the young son goes to school. she herself goes to english-speaking class. we went to the apartment where she lived. it s down a dirt alley, a middle class neighborhood, a gated community. her neighbors were quite frankly they were stunned that this was the woman involved with this scandal. they called her a model citizen of her gated community and had no idea how she made a living. but they do say that this woman they saw in their local newspaper is the woman who lived in the apartment. a couple days ago somebody came to the apartment and removed some suitcases. she has not been seen at her home since this news broke. anderson? what do we know about what took pla