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Using nearly a million dollars in whats alleged to be campaign cash to cover up an affair and the pregnancy of his mistress. jonathan serrie is live outside of the u.s. district court in greens borough, north carolina. jonathan. >> reporter: hi megyn. the jury has been seated, clearing the way for opening arts to begin. during those opening statements prosecutors told the jury john edwards is a master manipulator who knew about the nearly $1,000,000.2 wealthy donors provided to hide his pregnant...

Outcome of this potentially precedent setting trial, jon. jon: with testimony getting underway who are the top witnesses? >> reporter: we have video to show you of andrew young, former edwards campaign staffer, arriving at the federal court today. he will be the key witness for the prosecution. the defense, obviously will try to point out some inconsistencies of statements that he made throughout the year. at one point claiming paternity of reille illegitimate child, that edwards eventually admi...

Can say what he wants to, but they can say, no, were supporting a bipartisan bill. >> i didnt like this bill either because i felt that in this case, they were still back dooring a little bit of health care in that bill and a lot of people werent paying attention. >> still thinking you can have government money to create jobs and the best thing they can do is to let all businesses know no new taxes, no new costly regulations and no new mandates that are going to create problems for you in hiring...

Can say what he wants to, but they can say, no, were supporting a bipartisan bill. >> i didnt like this bill either because i felt that in this case, they were still back dooring a little bit of health care in that bill and a lot of people werent paying attention. >> still thinking you can have government money to create jobs and the best thing they can do is to let all businesses know no new taxes, no new costly regulations and no new mandates that are going to create problems for you in hiring...

Supporting a bipartisan bill. >> i didnt like this bill either because i felt that in this case, they were still back dooring a little bit of health care in that bill and a lot of people werent paying attention. >> still thinking you can have government money to create jobs and the best thing they can do is to let all businesses know no new taxes, no new costly regulations and no new mandates that are going to create problems for you in hiring people. >> part 2 of your interview with tony blair....

Supporting a bipartisan bill. >> i didnt like this bill either because i felt that in this case, they were still back dooring a little bit of health care in that bill and a lot of people werent paying attention. >> still thinking you can have government money to create jobs and the best thing they can do is to let all businesses know no new taxes, no new costly regulations and no new mandates that are going to create problems for you in hiring people. >> part 2 of your interview with tony blair....

>> i didnt like this bill either because i felt that in this case, they were still back dooring a little bit of health care in that bill and a lot of people werent paying attention. >> still thinking you can have government money to create jobs and the best thing they can do is to let all businesses know no new taxes, no new costly regulations and no new mandates that are going to create problems for you in hiring people. >> part 2 of your interview with tony blair. >> six hours of grueling test...

Dramatically improved, i think, the lives of those young people. we have a lot of work to do to achieve full equality. now, weve really turned a corner in this country. i think not only is president obama the first american president to support gay marriage, i predict we will never again in this country have a president who doesnt support marriage equality. democrat or republican. >> that is a very strong prediction, chad griffin. thank you very much. thanks for being with us. >> well see. thank...

The prosecutions theory is that edwards made this cover-up and took this money to help him in the campaign. >> reporter: former edwards aide and current white house deputy communications director, jennifer palmeri wept as she talked about elizabeth edwards death. elisabeth edwards confronting barpen about his friendship and financial support of edwards. >> palmeri testimony helps the prosecution. it shows that edwards knew about the donations. >> reporter: prosecution near the end of their case,...

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