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john edwards is humiliated, he is discredited. he is appropriately out of american politics. but i don t see any reason why this case should go forward. jurors deliberated the case for nine days. outside the courthouse, edwards was happy, but contrite. while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot. that was wrong. and there is no one else responsible for my sins. cnn s joe johns has been covering the trial. and he is live in greensboro, north carolina. i ve got to tell you, i was watching you yesterday as you re running in and out of the courthouse bringing in all of those little nuggets of details that we re sprinkling through. now what happens? a lot of people say there will not be a retrial. that s for sure. and it s anybody s guess, you know. the government didn t really hint at what they plan to do. it is their right to bring the case if they want to. just wanted to show you the greensb ....
seriously. the national spelling bee champ wins with the word most of us have likely never used, maybe not even ever heard of. the answer to that is probably no, right? these kids are really bright nowadays. nothing surprises me anymore. every year they get smarter and smarter. good morning, everybody, welcome to early start. we re really happy to have you here this morning. we are bringing you the news from a to z 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. up first, john edwards likely off the legal hook for good after a jury acquitted him of one count of campaign finance fraud and was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts. the judge declaring a mistrial on those charges. and many legal experts don t expect prosecutors to retry the former presidential candidate who was accused of misusing campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair during the 2008 election. here is our jeffrey toobin. i don t see any rationale for going forward with this ca ....