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affair with rielle hunter quiet was indeed, according to the attorney's office was considered to be campaign contribution and there is a question, a million dollars given by fred baron and buddy melon was a gift to john edwards, to help out a friend having difficult times or whether it counts as a campaign contribution and it will be hashed out in court, bill, because it looks like the edwards people did not go for any sort of plea agreement, possibly because he didn't want to lose his law license and, also thinking if they get him before a north carolina jury, and he's very familiar with north carolina jury practices, having been a trial lawyer here for so many years and a very successful one at that, they probably think they can beat the case. bill: thank you for that. john roberts, is outside the courthouse, down in raleigh and if that is the case, john, we'll dive into this a bit further, and breaking news out of raleigh, north carolina. we have a bit else to go to now, back there in a moment. martha: all right, a stern
bill: in the meantime, we could get breaking news any moment now. we're hearing criminal charges could be filed today against the former senator and presidential candidate john edwards, his defense defense team meeting with prosecutors in north care, the focus, his alleged use of campaign funds to cover up an extramarital affair and keep it from his late wife elizabeth. listen to edwards' former aide, andrew young, in a moment talking with sean hannity, young claims he helped facilitate the coverup. >> elizabeth was tracking his cell phone use because she had known about previous affairs, she tracked his cell phone use, so he started using my cell phone to make and receive phone calls from rielle. bill: what we understand is that was part of the story. john roberts at the courthouse in raleigh. what's at the center of this case, john? >> reporter: the center is hundreds of thousands of dollars that were forwarded to rielle hunter by two very wealthy supporters and friends, we should say, as
know, it's not a slam dunk, because there really is no precedent for this. if the presidential candidate has an affair and somebody gives him money to hide it from his wife, does that influence the outcome of a presidential election. but either way you slice it, bill, that's all things that could come forward in court if there were an indictment but it looks like it could be a bad day for john edwards. if no plea deal is reached, very likely he could face criminal charges. bill: we await along with you, john, thanks, john roberts in raleigh, north carolina. martha: all right. this is shaping up to be a very interesting controversy and becoming a nasty fight between the state of indiana and the white house. and it is all about public funding for planned parenthood and other groups that provide abortions. the white house is blasting indiana for cutting off medicare funds to planned parenthood. listen to this: >> we expect indiana will comply with the federal law and that's our position now. >> will you withhold federal medicaid dollars?
be on follow the money and we'll take this thing apart. martha: we look forward to that. eric bolling, coming up tonight and the new jobs report has had an impact on the markets, today. look at the big board. it is actually off the lows of the day. a lot of times you see the data that is in the hopper, kind of, and economists talking about it beforehand and it is taken out of the market ahead of the number. but we see the dow down 84 points, 12,162 and change and we'll update you as updates are necessary. bill: "fox news alert," a bombshell, john edwards, former presidential candidate, indicted by a grand jury. the news crossing raleigh, north carolina, two time presidential candidate, former senator, campaign cash allegedly funneled to a woman he had a child with out of wedlock, reyell hunter and whether he funneled $700,000
towards her bank account and after denying it, he admitted to having an affair with her, a one time hired campaign videographer and he admitted he had the affair and the child is his and she's now three years old and we are getting the word out of raleigh, north carolina and we expected it after hearing word that edwards' attorneys were flying down to north carolina to talk with prosecutors. martha: and, he might take a plea deal. but, remember, john edwards, built his entire career on being a crack trial attorney. and, you know, everybody seems to be saying that this is the last quiver that he has and will go for it. and will probably see a trial jury in this situation in order to try to avoid jail time which he might have to plea to, a stunning situation. bill: edwards' attorneys have argued the money was used to keep hunter and the child a secret from his then wife, elizabeth. who passed away after december after a years long battle with cancer and that played out