Transcript from Christina Raines' interview this morning with Julie Chen on "TheEarly Show."February 2, 2009 JULIE CHEN, co-host: Joining us are Christina and Ernie Raines, along with CBS Newslegal analyst Lisa Bloom. Good morning to you all. Christina, let me begin with you.Can you walk us through your relationship with Drew Peterson? When did you meethim and how did you meet him?Ms. CHRISTINA RAINES (Former Fiancée of Drew Peterson): I had met him at a bar,but before that I've known Drew Peterson every since I was like 15.CHEN: So did you know his wife Stacy as well, then?Ms. RAINES: Yes.CHEN: OK, and how did this relationship with Drew get to the point where you wereengaged to him?Ms. RAINES: It started out as a friendship.CHEN: I imagine it's very difficult.Mr. ERNEST RAINES (Father of Drew Peterson's Ex-Fiancée): I can--I can add a littlebit to that. We moved to Bolingbrook when we were little. And Drew Peterson was apoliceman, a sergeant at the time, and he helped me a lot, and I trusted him. Andall of a sudden later on I got word that he was trying to date my daughter.CHEN: That he was trying to date your daughter?Mr. RAINES: Yeah.CHEN: At what point, after Stacy had been reported missing?

Mr. RAINES: Yeah, after Stacy disappeared. And six months ago, I believe it was--mydaughter works at a restaurant, and he was going in there and then going whereshe was hanging out at and just kept pursuing her.CHEN: And how did you react to this?Mr. RAINES: I wasn't happy. She knew how I was, how I felt about it. So what I--whatI tried to do, I called the state police, they says that it's an ongoing investigation,there's nothing you can do. I called Bolingbrook, they sent a police car over to theirhouse to do a track number, which is where I got the officer's name, badge numberand report number. The next day another officer called me, fouled up on it and said,`I wish you luck, you know, but there's really nothing we can do.'CHEN: Hm.Christina, let me ask you this. OK, obviously your father wasn't happy finding outabout you two dating. How would you describe Drew as a person? Was he kind toyou?Ms. RAINES: Yes, he was very kind to me.CHEN: Was he ever violent towards you?Ms. RAINES: No, not at all.CHEN: How was he as a father to his children?Ms. RAINES: He was a great father, and he was really good to my kids.CHEN: Did you--did he ever talk to you about Stacy after she went missing?

Ms. RAINES: I don't feel comfortable answering that right now.CHEN: You don't want to discuss it. What--you said you knew Stacy also. Do youthink he had anything to do with her disappearing?Ms. RAINES: I really don't feel comfortable answering that at all right now.CHEN: Do you think he had anything to do with the mysterious death of his thirdwife?Ms. RAINES: I don't want to answer any of those questions right now.CHEN: What do you want the public to know about you or about Drew Peterson?Ms. RAINES: Well, that I'm a good person and I have a good heart, and instead of following with my head I followed with my heart and...CHEN: Do you love him?Ms. RAINES: I don't love him.CHEN: Did you love him?Ms. RAINES: I thought I did.CHEN: How did you become engaged to him? When did you become engaged tohim?Ms. RAINES: It was never an engagement, really.