the deputy head of the port authority here said incredibly this is a project that has absolutely no opposition. listen. this is a unique project. it s supported by republicans and democrats, labor and business, people in the shipping industry, people outside the shipping industry. reporter: this is a project that ben knits not just new york and new jersey but an economist i talked to says it really benefits the economy of the entire country. to paraprize marlon brando, in on the waterfront, the ports of new york and new jersey is a contender and it s going to remain one. martha: you made it through your live shot without a big cargo ship blocking the bridge behind you. that was good news too, david lee, thank you. reporter: it was very close, yeah. martha: i know. bill: some days it just works in jersey, doesn t it? martha: exactly. bill: bombshell testimony in the john edwards trial. a witness says money was funneled through a simple cover up scheme that has now been
was martha: it sounded like a real picnic, by the way having her live with them. i couldn t imagine. mrs. young certainly didn t enjoy that moment. the point is is that the reason yes was doing it or is it because he was trying to move his campaign forward? that is the big issue here. we have to focus on that. there clearly is inappropriate motive, but was the money being used for campaign purposes to shut everyone up so martha: that is what the jury will have to decide. in a word will they find him guilty, annmarie? i don t think so. i like that, i agree with her. it s early, it s early, but i do agree with her. the question will be, should he have known what was going on. martha: we ll have you back to talk about that. bill. bill: breaking news, i want to take you down to grand prairie texas, near irving texas, a halfway point between dallas and fort worth. a woman called 911 that has led to a standoff inside of a home. she called 911 in the middle of the night, 3:00 in t
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future and that it could create thousands of jobs in new jersey. david lee miller is live in lovely newark, new jersey today, and david, it sounds like the remarkable feat of engineering. what more do we know about this project? reporter: well, martha about in two year s time when extension of the panama canal is complete the giant mega ships, cargo ships will make tear way up the east coast. in order to use the ports of new york and new jersey they have to pass under that bridge over my right shoulder off in the distance. it was pwultd in 1931. you can see its magnificent arch, a historic bridge and incredible structure. we have animation to illustrate this. the bridge is now 151 feet above the water. they are going to build a second deck that is going to be 215 feet above the water. it s going to cost about, one, b with a billion dollars. they expect the project to get underway in early 2013, it will take about three years.
together and making things right. we have a g zero, one without global leadership. nobody is going to step into our shoes. martha: let s talk about it in the context of this situation. first of all, what did you make of him calling into this congressional hearing yesterday and the way he has orchestrate thed wholorchestrated this whole thing? there is no question he wants out, and having hillary clinton our second of state in the country on the beginnings of the strategic and economic dialogue this was a time of maximum mum leverage if he was ever going to be able to grab the headlines of the international press, get romney to talk about him, this was the time to do it. and obama and hillary clearly wanted it off their plate and quickly. as a consequence the initial response was quite embarrassing. martha: it could of as you point out got even a lot worse and more tense. we seem to have come to this