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Let's hope they find him. back to you. jenna: rick, thank you. jon: closing arguments underway in the john edwards federal corruption trial. his defense team resting after weeks of often dramatic testimony. but could the judge's latest ruling be a major setback for the former senator and one-time presidential candidate? let's talk about it with fred tecce and jennifer bonn jean, a criminal defense attorney. fred, can you explain the significance of what this judge ruled? >> yes, i went to take a test for a lawyer, but we'll put that aside for a minute. [laughter] jon: okay. >> the government h...

Campaign finance laws? because that's the legality that they're fighting. let's bring in, now, former federal prosecutor fred tecce and criminal defense attorney jennifer. i want to start with you, fred. i've read she's 101 years old, she's got a lot of information. do you put her on the stand? >> you know, it's interesting. not only does she have a lot of information, you know, she was taking steps to cover this up. i mean, quite frankly, technically, she probably should have been sitting next to john at the defense table. she knew very well this wasn't -- in fact, she wanted huffman to send ...

After child. jenna: let's stop there. fred, you say something is very unique to the state of pennsylvania as far as how they would go about an investigation like this, how they would use a grand jury. explain that to our viewers. >> sure, jenna. pennsylvania and connecticut are actually only two states in america other than the district of columbia where you do not indict by the grand jury. every other state in america the grand jury investigates and issues an indictment which is a charge. in pennsylvania it doesn't work that way. pennsylvania has what they are called investigative grand jurie...

Molester when they stumbled on a posting saying the penn state assistant coach saw something ugly but kept it quiet. that was a very important tippoff. that led to mike mcqueary, the man you're seeing on your screen now. it opened up the possibility of a huge cover-up at penn state or otherwise. really don't know how big this is. geraldo rivera is the host of "geraldo at large". fred tecce, a former federal prosecutor joins us. let's start with the tip that came online. mcqueary, it seems i would like your opinion on this. is crucial to this case. besides the victims and one janitor who witnes...

At penn state university put their self-interest against the victims and hid this from the public for a decade and a half. these cases are tough to prosecute. when they got the break with mcqueary they went with it. hindsight is 20/20 as far as these guys are concerned. jenna: fred, thank you very much. geraldo much more on the case. >> much more. jenna: every single day there is something new. jon, it is a story we'll continue follow closely the next time we're in court for sandusky december 7th, jon. jon: it will be a monumental case and will go on for years, that's for sure. meantime. holid...