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Former governor-general and WA governor Michael Jeffery remembered as a remarkable man SatSaturday 19 updated SatSaturday 19 DecDecember 2020 at 6:10am In retirement, Major General Michael Jeffery was an ardent proponent of conserving and improving the land. ( Print text only Cancel Tributes have flowed for Major General Michael Jeffery, former governor-general and governor of Western Australia, who has been remembered as a "fine leader" and "devoted servant" following his death aged 83. Key po...

egyptian desert. a world war ii fighter plane almost perfectly preserved. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> were getting new details from a news conference that has just begun. a dramatic case in mississippi and lets go live to jackson, mississippi. >> the department of wild life, fisheries and parks and special agents response team conducting searches of the area, thoroughly combing heavily wooded areas. it was the diligent effort...

Information from your wife is in crime at all, but under these circumstances, to keep it from the voting public, could land you 30 years in prison. >>randy: depending where the money came from. if the money was campaign contributions, the law kicks in. but if the money was for gifts, we did not get to the issue of whether it was done to deseen the american public. what is so come -- compelling, we have not heard from bunny mellon but she is 100. or the others the money came from. talk about mixe...

Edwards then -- john edwards asked wendy button the speechwriter to help him draft a public statement that would acknowledge the father of baby quinn. what came of that, jonathan? >> reporter: yeah, they apparently went back and forth on details of the speech between july and august of 2009. wendy button says edwards was adamant that she remove any apology to andrew young, his former campaign aide who had been helping to keep rielle hunter and baby quinn in hiding. he also asked her to remove a ...

Practical reasons for omitting a sentence about his knowledge of the money involved with supporting her. instead they addressed the money in question with this statement. quote, some people without my knowledge, supported quinn. prosecutors asked her about that statement. button said i knew it wasnt true so i wanted to make sure if we released a statement it was accurate. the prosecution asked, what wasnt true? button said, without my knowledge, referring to that one phrase in john edwards state...

Campaigning. edwards said he enjoyed a visit to her home and looked forward to working with mellon in the future. how use full has edwards former speechwriter been for the prosecution thus far? >> reporter: bill, the prosecution is trying to show edwards was well aware of millions of dollars from two wealthy donors used for you have purposes of keeping his presidential campaign viable. wendy button told her recently only found out about $725,000 in checks. one of those donors, rachel "bunny" mel...

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...

should be able to get married. >> truly historic and potentially watershed moment as president obama comes out, formally, publicly, enthusiastically in support of gay marriage and with the election less than six months away the political implications are enormous. well look at all of the potential fallout. reactions from both sides of this issue pouring in right now into "the situation room." we will hear what influential groups and individuals are saying about the presidents new posit...

some say future spy separatioop could be in jeopardy. russias newest civilian passenger jet, one of the planes took off from an airport in indonesia on a demonstration flight. it was supposed to return after 30 minutes. it did not and now there has been no contact with the pilot. at least 37 people were on board. theres no word on what has happened. same-sex couples in north carolina are facing uncertainty today after voters approved a constitutional ban on gay marriages. >> let no...

President obama. the donor says john edwards told him he still had a shot at being vice president. so the donor claims he told the obama campaign and i quote: you have seen the tabloid reports and usually they get these wrong but in this case, i dont think they did. john edwards is facing 30 years in prison on charges of using campaign cash to hide his mistress and baby from the world. john edwards claims he did not know about the payments. this was back when when his wife elizabeth was battling...