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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. you've heard of speed dating? one of the analysts calledett speed defending. they say the defense is moving at a pace unlike any they've seen in this trial. five witnesses just in the morning session. call. those very important form he fbi agent who outlined that fred barren, the texas millionaire and friend of john edwards, continued to deposi...

"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% isn't 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 greece. that deal also, not that great. but after 14 summits, any deal was enough to juice the market...

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 of betrayal. betrayal of the people closest to him. his late wife, elizabeth, supporters, his staff...

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. grant it, he was a promising politician at first. rich trial lawyer, but a spokesman for the poor. s...

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, he's 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 that's vigorously disputed by edwards' former aide, andrew young, who handled the money and lived with hunter in hiding. young says edwards himself solicit...