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Raised his hand and asked the judge to define what it meant -- for purposes of the campaign to define what that meant. that's the heart of the case and the government's problem. no government entity of any kind had before the edwards indictment ever interpret this had kind of conduct as for the purposes of a campaign. >> it's coming down to who the jurors should believe? you have edwards who cheated on his sick wife and the prosecution's star witness, former edwards aide andrew young who stole some of the campaign money. sit hard for the jurors to separate edwards' affair with the case they're...

Address the jury using her persuasive skills as both a lawyer and politician. listen: >> given the nature of the charges and the defense in that he didn't believe he was violating the campaign finance laws, i think only john edwards can deliver that message. >> reporter: but kiran shanahan believes it's unlikely we will see rielle hunter, the mistress, testify. the prosecution never called on her and her testimony would potentially be even riskier for the defense because she brings up memories of the affair and all the hurt that it caused elizabeth edwards, bill. bill: now we're trying to figu...

That was going into hiding rielle hunter and that whatever his involvement was in the coverup, that it was motivated by a desire to protect his wife, not his campaign. now, on friday, it is the defense tried unsuccessfully to get the judge to drop the case against john ed wads, lead defense argue abby lowell argued, quo, mr. edwards could have expenses for a baby if he had a campaign or if he didn't have a campaign, mr. edwards would hide an affair if he was or wasn't a candidate. and looking at today's defense witness list, we have former election commission chairman scott thomas, we have a p...

the u.s. and saudi intelligence says relief is still mixed with fear. >> the plot itself indicates that these terrorists keep trying. they keep trying to devise more and more proverse and terrible ways to kill innocent people. and it's a reminder as to why we have to remain vigilant. >> al qaeda and its affiliates can me it's a size. they are constantly trying to catch up. whenever it appears we have them boxed eed in, they find a new method. they are sophisticated people. they never stop. >> this plot is said to be the work of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula meaning yemen. we're f...

that have been assigned to you. none of the defendants have answered. in fact, none of the defendants have uttered a word in response to any of the judge's questions. so far we have seen khalid sheikh mohammed for the first time in years. his beard is very long, it's turned more of a reddish color. he's wearing a right turbine and he's wearing reading glasses. none of the defendants, again, have said anything. they have steadfastly remained silent. that was a real problem going in because the judges said they cannot just choose not to participate and derail the entire proceeding. wha...