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Power and sal atious affair and all that but the reality is none of that is a criminal offense, okay? >> jenna: if only it was, duck, if only it was illegal to be a jerk! we could all benefit from that at one time or another. >> but the defense rhetoric is here's the code book and i'm looking into it and don't see being a jerk and having an affair in here. many experts, law professors and practitioners in the field of campaign finance have gone on record and said this is a bit of a stretch in terms of a legal theory and the reason they're saying that is this. $925,000 was given to edwards, and...

Point raised by el knee sloan, she was quoted in a political article today, and she said, you know, it's such is a slippery slope about a gift and campaign contributions and one of the things she said is what happens if it was a campaign contribution. >> right. jenna: what happens if john edwards wrote off on his campaign, coverup for affair and he admits it an says that's what the money was for and that was very important to my run for office. then would it be okay? >> now, let me present the other side of the argument. you know, putting on the other hat, a lot of people are saying look, ther...

prostitute in colombia. the post was tipped off to the allegations by former post reporter ronald kesler. kesler and on cnn this morning and he says a dozen agents were involved. >> all 12 agents involved in this situation involving prostitutes. one of the agents did not pay one of the prostitutes and she complained to local police and that's how this all started. police went to the state department. state department told secret service. secret service recalled all the agents. it is really the biggest scandal in secret service history. >> lothian traveling with the president. dan, i ...

The issue the defense says it's a novel issue, they say, look, these contributions were from friends $925,000 from two people not given to the campaign. but the feds are using the statute, which is an unusual interpretation, to say, it was in effect, to effect and election and therefore, it was essentially a campaign contribution. it's unique, novel application of the law. did it affect the campaign, yes, because his platform was family values. his mistress is pregnant and he's hiding her, so the money that went from his friends from his mistress was to in effect to impact the campaign. an int...

$925,000 to hide his mistress and their baby during the peak of his 2008 campaign for the white house. so we will keep monitoring that. also, we are live at the courthouse, i should say with what's ahead for john edwards. there is this as well. this is the president obama has taken to the podium there in toledo, ohio. he is on the stage to defend his economic policies. during his speech we will be listening in and we'll bring you all the highlights from what he is saying. as soon as he stops thanking everyone and saying hello to everyone. he is traveling there to take credit for what he calls ...