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how are you feeling besides wiped out there, richard? >> reporter: i think the next thing ill be having is a prescription for some form of antibiotics. no, its been amazing. look, the rain is still pouring, my suit is drenched. but we have seen over four days a carefully choreographed, constructed routine from the spectacle of the river to the ceremony of today, right through the way to the balcony at the end and the fly-past by the world war ii planes. if that isnt really showing with...

and emotional verdict tonight. an italian night sets amanda knox free. heres the scene inside the courtroom. >> translator: on behalf of the italian people, after having examined section 6 and 5 of the criminal procedure code -- >> as the verdict was read, knox broke down, hugged her attorneys, then was rushed from the courthouse. she and her one-time boyfriend have been in jail since 2007 when they were arrested for the brutal murder of knoxs british roommate. they were convicted of m...

Declared him mentally incompetent. to be clear, all this does is stop the process for now. this is different from a verdict finding someone not guilty by reason of insanity. that is a verdict reached after a trial. this is a decision about whether somebody can go to trial in the first place. so this puts everything on hold, the charges will remain in abeyance and well see whether in coming months and possibly years, jared loughner can be treated and his mental competency can be restored, or he a...

Prominent democrat, shes been in congress about 20 years, shes a senior member of the very powerful house financial services committee, that is the committee that wrote much of the wall street reform bill that just passed, and waters is also a prominent number of the congressional black caucus. youre seeing here a defiant maxine waters saying, no, i won accept this punishment being handed down to me without a trial process. >> the house democrats are trying to come on to the majority come mid-te...

Have this, but even democrats are saying its time for him. listen to what democrats said yesterday about how it may be time for charlie to go. >> i think that the appropriate thing for him to do would be to retire and save his colleagues and himself the pain associated with going through the trial process. >> we asked you an hour ago whether or not you thought that charlie rangel should just have said, you know what? im gonna quit because i dont want to face expulsion and drag my democratic comp...

And himself. the pain associated with going through the trial process. >> that would be painful because the trial would start in september. it would lead up to the november midter midterms. some say it could really hurt the entire democratic party leading into november. im not so certain it would hurt the whole party. if youre out in california, are you going to worry about whats happening in new york? youre right. it cant be good for him in terms of that during the swamp concept that nancy pelo...

Of his office and he said something pretty different from what he said in the last week or so which was, you know, last week or so he said hes ready to sort of face whats going on and sunshine will shine. today he said 60 years ago i survived a chinese attack in north korea and i have always said i havent had a bad day since. he wrote a book with that title. today i will have to reassess that. thats what he zbled these kind of procedures are rare, right? >> yes. they are pretty rare. 2002 was th...

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