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the evidence destroyed. all of this has been kept secret now for 18 years. cnn's susan candiotti following the story for us. susan, explain what has been found here. this is potentially very explosive. >> yes, don. did philadelphia's former roman catholic cardinal anthony bevilaqua order his staff to deep six evidence about abusive priests? a 1994 memo surfaced that appears to make that claim. it's a handwritten note on a memo that, according to court documents, lists the names of 35 priests the church suspected of sex abuse. a bishop writes this, "i shredded four copies of these lis...

>> while watson's camp celebrates, his dead wife's family and friends are devastated. here's abc's larry jacobs. >> i'm going to grant the defense motion to -- >> reporter: the judge's ruling drew gasps from some, applause from others. gabe watson stood up a free man. watson was facing life without parole, charged with the murder of his wife, tina, on their australian honeymoon, 11 days after their marriage in 2003. when prosecutors rested their case, the judge agreed with the defense they had not met their burden of proof. >> we presented enough evidence in our opinion that this case should h...

The stand, then stops the proceedings and has a recess until tomorrow. why do you think he did that. >> reporter: i think the judge came dangerously close in causing a mistrial in that case. because the attorney was out, that attorney was considered crucial to the defense team and the judge made him go ahead any way. the reason i think the judge changed his mind, and i think he did it in the nick of time to avoid a defense motion for a mistrial, or at least mistrial that might be granted by an appellate court, the reason the judge is okay is that when he insisted the trial this morning go forw...

international journalists. russian's foreign minister is in syria trying to keep it from being the latest arab government to fall. many world leaders say moscow is ignoring the slaughter of civilians. ivan watson is in istanbul, turkey, covering this for us. is there any optimism that russia can rein in this violence? >> reporter: that's a big question. the russian foreign minister definitely got a hero's welcome as he arrived in damascus. he seemed to be one of the biggest allies and friends of president bashar al-assad right now. the russian line has been that the western governmen...

A federal judge moments ago denying several defense motion has would call for the dismissal of campaign finance charges against john edwards. he is scheduled to be tried in january on charges that he asked at least two wealthy campaign donors to give about a million dollars in hush money, secret payments to hide his pregnant mistress as he sought the democratic nomination for the white house, that was back in 2007 and 2008. that case will proceed in january. herman cain's new web ad, what do voters think about it? have a look at this. it's a malboro light i do believe in his left hand. martha:...