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For president. also, she can really provide a picture of how that drama unfolded within the edwards family really giving jurors an up close and personal look at what was going on as all of this unfolded. it has been a very busy day inside the courtroom. youve heard of speed dating? one of the analysts calledett speed defending. they say the defense is moving at a pace unlike any theyve seen in this trial. five witnesses just in the morning session. call. those very important form he fbi agent wh...

"outfront" tonight, whoa, whoa, whoa. the markets soared, the dow up 339 points. nasdaq and s&p up more than 3%. and there were two big reasons why. one, america defied skeptics with american consumers spending money. the u.s. economy grew 2.5% in the third quarter. twice as fast as the prior quarter. look at it compared to earlier this year. 2.5% isnt great overall. but it is a lot better than a lot of doomsayers expected. the other big news was europe. they made a deal to bail out gr...

edwards lawyers say it was gifts from old friends intended to keep the affair street from elizabeth edwards who died back in december. first, joe johns lays out how all of this mess began. >> reporter: john edwards, the politician. remember him? >> we have much work to do. because the truth is, we still live in a country where there are two different americas. >> reporter: as it turned out, mr. two americas had two very different faces himself. people close to him said it was the face ...

in december. first, joe johns lays out how all of this mess began. >> reporter: john edwards, the politician. remember him? >> we have much work to do. because the truth is, we still live in a country where there are two different americas. >> reporter: as it turned out, mr. two americas had two very different faces himself. people close to him said it was the face of betrayal. betrayal of the people closest to him. his late wife, elizabeth, supporters, his staffers, his contributors. ...

Fred barren provided hundreds of thousands of dollars used to keep a pregnant hunter out of sight. >> if john edwards was aware that money of paid to hide his mistress and it was to help his campaign, hes in trouble. >> reporter: edwards has denied knowing nothing. >> i know nothing about this. >> reporter: his wealthy friend also said that edwards new nothing about payments to hide hunter in lavish homes or fly her in his private jet. but thats vigorously disputed by edwards former aide, andrew...

For that man beyond extreme already. it went further. we agreed. >> mike: you were part of it. you ultimately agreed that, okay, youll let your husband, incessant take the fall thats what it was about. take the fall claim that he was the father of realle hunt ares baby hoping that that would keep john edwards campaign alive. andrew, did you at any point say, you know what, take can money from campaign donors and using it for things other than campaign, could in fact be criminal. >> yes. the thou...