I intend to -- to do the same thing I have always done with Elizabeth. We have been married 30 years, known each other longer than that. And we will -- we will be in this every step of the way together.

a potential political bombshell. Reports that John Edwards may soon admit to fathering his mistress's child and that he promised Rielle Hunter an extravagant wedding.

Rielle Hunter in federal court today. John Edwards' former mistress there to open questions before a grand jury investigating how the former senator and two-time presidential candidate used campaign finances.

though, it's too soon to tell just what the future holds but imagines his role would be more of an advocate, like Al Gore, rather than an elected office.

It has been nine months since former presidential candidate John Edwards admitted he had an affair with a woman he hired to make campaign videos. Now federal investigators are looking into payments for those videos to see if Edwards illegally used campaign funds.

We have not asked very much, so under the Federal Rules of Evidence, what has happened is the way Rule 702 is written and has been applied, experience counts.

I want to thank you personally, Mr. Wamp, for your tremendous leadership and a lot of the very positive accomplishments of this subcommittee last year.

Well, we are going to see that that decision isn't made behind closed doors without public attention.

I don't want anyone making a decision without great public knowledge and taxpayer understanding.

She was hired to come in and -- and produce films. And that's the reason she was hired.

I've never paid a dime of money to any of the people that are involved. I've never asked anybody to pay a dime of money, never been told that any money has been paid. Nothing has been done at my request.