this morning, fall from grace. >> it is day two of damaging testimony against john edwards. testimony from the star witnesses' one-time best friend could put edwards in prison for years. also on the stand, superstar jennifer hudson. tearful testimony against the man accused of killing three members of her family. donor fired. the worker canned after donating a kidney for her boss is demanding she give the organ back. and just in time for the 11:00 news, bears taking over the weatherman's outdoor perch. >> that will get your attention. good tuesday morning,

everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm john muller, in for paula faris. she's on assignment. more of john edwards personal life will be made public today in his trial. >> his attorney even committed major sins. but she's out to prove he is not a criminal. >> tahman bradley has more on the unfolding drama this morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: while the former senator's actions may have been deplorable, they were not illegal. this is day two of the trial. and the jury will hear key testimony today. today is a huge day for prosecutors trying to convict john edwards of violating campaign finance laws. the prosecution's star witness, andrew young, will be back on the stand to tell what he knew about his affair with rielle hunter. he accuses him of an illegal scheme of keeping hunter from his wife, elizabeth, and from voters.

>> there was john edwards' idea. john edwards' plan. >> reporter: they plan to play a voicemail on the phone. young is far from perfect as a witness. the former edwards aide improperly contacted other witnesses in the case, to ask about their planned testimony. he also had a one-night stand with one of them. young claimed that he fathered a baby with rielle hunter, which we later learned was really john edwards' child. >> while john edwards is a loathsome human being. >> reporter: the main question is injury will need to decide, did john edwards' know about the money? >> the difficulty here is going to compiling the type of evidence necessary to prove that this type of payment was for campaign purposes. >> reporter: the edwards' defense team insists the money given to hunter was a gift.

if convicted, the charges could put edwards behind bars for 30 years. >> all right. tahman bradley, thanks for that live report. voters in five east coast states go to the polls today. it's primary day for republicans in states of delaware, connecticut, new york and rhode island. romney will not clinch with the number of delegates. that's expected next month. the vice president talk is heating up. especially after this photo op with republican rising star, marco rubio. romney stopped short of endorsing rubio's imbrags plan. that would allow young immigrants to remain in the u.s. to work or to study. romney is backing a student loan proposal. mr. obama traveled to north carolina and colorado today, to urge congress to extend

low-interest rates for student loans. the stafford rates at 3.4% are set to double come july 1st, affecting more than 7 million students. there's been a surprising vote of confident for the embattled police chief in sanford, florida. lee has been criticized for not arresting george zimmerman in the shooting death of trayvon martin. but the commissioner wanted to see how an independent investigation plays out before making a decision. as for zimmerman, he's gone underground after his release from jail. the key suspect in the death of natalee holloway could come to the u.s. to face charges. joran van der sloot's attorney says he would not fight extradition. he is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in peru for a woman he murdered back in 2010. the number of illegal mexican immigrants living in the

u.s. is dropping for the first time in decades. there were just over 6 million unauthorized mexicans here last year. that's down from a peak of nearly 7 million back in 2007. fewer attractive jobs, as well as stronger border enforcement are among the reasons for the big drop. and two cuban actors, stars of the film about defecting to the u.s., may be doing just that. they were supposed to be in new york for the movie's premier. but they disappeared after landing in miami. they have a year to apply for asylum. a week after basking in summer-like warmth, people in the northeast are breaking out the show shelves. a late. season nor'easter dumped up to a foot of snow. schools were closed. and 75,000 customers lost power. that storm triggered superhigh waves that topped 14 feet. surfers on lake ontario couldn't wait to hang ten. they thought the conditions were

ideal. even though the temperatures in the lake hover around the 32-degree mark. >> those guys are braver than i. expect some lingering snow today around erie, pennsylvania, buffalo, new york, and northern new england. blustery with off-and-on showers in boston, new york, and d.c. storms out west in northern california, seattle and montana. snow in the cascades and heating up in parts of the southwest. 95 in phoenix. 80s from salt lake city to billings. 62 in chicago. 80 in kansas city. 84 in slas. miami gets up to 77. mostly 60s from atlanta to boston. coming up next after the break, the troubling news about social security. it's being drained faster than thought. and a mining operation in space. and motown night on the dance floor last night, with some pretty surprising final scores. we'll be right back.

social security feeling the economic heat. the fund will run out of money in 2033, three years sooner than expected. a huge wave of retiring baby-boomers straining the cough everies. people living too long. projections for the medicare program did not change. it's expected to run out of money in 2024. the postal service suffering from money troubles. while members on capitol hill are expected to vote on a major overhaul of the service later today. among the considerations, whether to offer buy outs to hundreds of thousands of

employees and whether to continue saturday mail delivery. europe's woes are unsettling the global markets after the dutch government fell over its budget woes. tokyo's nikkei average lost another 74 points today. hong kong's hang seng was higher in late trading. in london, the ftse opened higher, too. on wall street, the dow fell 102 points yesterday. the nasdaq index lost 30. apple issues its quarterly earnings report today. and it's expected to be another whopper. at least some of the profits are being drained from its p.c. competitors and wireless phone company partners and from best buy. facebook is on a growth spert. the social networking giant is paying 550 million bucks in cash to microsoft for hundreds of patents it bought from aol a week ago. it bought instagram. the company passed 900 million active users in march. a group of millionaires and

visionaries will reveal its plans for an extraordinary space start-up today. director james cameron, and google billionaires, larry page and eric schmidt, are part of the project. their mission so send an unmanned spacecraft to an asteroid and mine it for metal and other resources. coming up next on this tuesday morning, new trouble for the new orleans saints. my beloved saints. not a pretty headline. a second scandal rocking this team. and fired after donating a kidney in order to save her boss' life. the donor speaks out.

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check it out. stunning time lapse video taking been the crew of the international space station, as they flew around the earth.

the green lights in the heavens and auroras. the flashing lights were storms in africa. one nighttime pass shows great britain and europe all lit up as the space station flew over. everything looks peaceful from space. >> calmer than down here. now, for a look at morning road conditions. slight snow could make for a slick ride on i-90, from cleveland to erie, pennsylvania and buffalo. i-15, 84 and 90 in the pacific northwest and northern rockies. >> if you're flying, you should have a trouble-free trip. no weather-related delays are expected anywhere in the country. back to the news this morning. jennifer hudson returns to a chicago courtroom after testifying against the man who killed her former brother-in-law. >> the oscar-winning actress and singer was the first to take the stand in the triple-murder trial. she tearfully told the jury, that none of them wanted her sister to marry william balfour.

she was so close to her mom, she slept next to her until she was 16 years old. the search for a 6-year-old girl is resuming near a tucson, arizona landfill. isabel was not in her room. and a window was open in the room. police have questioned some sex offenders in the area. on top of that, authorities started combing through the landfill yesterday. they're not saying just yet, if they found any clues. and here in new york, the search for a basement yielding no significant clues in the case of 6-year-old etan patz who disappeared in 1979. investigators say the search is now over. and that it came up with no obvious human remains and little forensic evidence. also here in new york, a woman clanls she donated a kidney to save her boss' life and then got fired. now, attorneys for the woman are filing a lawsuit. that donor, debbie stevens, said she went homesick, three days after returning to her job at a car dealership. stevens said she made the

donation to her boss, simply out of the goodness of her heart. >> i did not do this for job security. i thought that i had a job there based on merit and hard work. >> her lawyer is now filing a discrimination lawsuit for millions of dollars in compensation. police in santa fe, new mexico, are looking for clues to help them identify a man who fired a gun at a speed enforcement van. the van's camera captured the entire incident that happened in the early-morning hours. the shooter in sleeping gown, pulls up to the van and gets out. starts blasting away. thankfully, the van was empty. >> bizarre footage there. my beloved new orleans saints, have another scandal on their hands. this one has nothing to do with any bounties. get this. a report by our colleagues at espn, says a booth in the superdome, used by mickey loomis, was wired so he could eavesdrop on opposing coaches during games. the booth was used from '02 to

'04, and was disabled when the dome was damaged during hurricane katrina. the saints are denying this report, calling it 1,000% false. what a rough off-season for the black and gold. now, for last night's sports highlights, we get that from espn news. >> this is your "sportscenter" update. i'm max bretos. the rangers loss monday to the senators and their season is done. in the first, no score, until the breakthrough. zack smith, in front of the goal. and it is 1-0. second period. same score. brad richards. derek stepan, beats craig anderson. the rangers find a way, after they struggled mightily. rangers with the five-on-three. the blast from richards. it's 2-1 for the men in blue. time winding down in the third.

jason spezza, shot and save by henrik lundqvist in front. lundqvist argues the call. it went to review. it went off of neal's skate. senators down 3-2. last chance. they don't get it done. game seven in new york, on thursday. the rangers, hosting the yankees, down in texas. there's pudge rodriguez. throws it out to second. top of the first, bases loaded. curtis granderson. a single that would drive in derek jeter. yankees up 2-0. c.c. sabathia on the mound. he slowed down the rangers' bats just enough to allow his guys to get the upper hand. and alex rodriguez gets the three-run shot. yankees, 6-1, in the fifth. top of the sixth, jeter to the

opposite field. jeter, four for five on the game. yankees win it, 7-4. thursday night, primetime, it's day one of the nfl draft. you can see it on espn. you can see the entire draft on espn. well, one more dancer gets bounced from the ballroom tonight on abc's big hit, "dancing with the stars." actually, it was motown night last night. and the highest score was british opera singer, katherine jenkins. good morning, katherine. in second place is jaleel white. one judge called his cha-cha, the biggest s.i.d.s.leer of the season. >> gladys knight to the bottom of the leaderboard. he's in second-to-last place going into tonight's elimination. coming up next after the break, bears, yes, bears,

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>> just keep it -- >> like it's new york. nothing happened here. is there any reason to question how over 250,000 people are injured every year on russia's roads. like she wasn't paying attention. >> no sorry. >> thank you for not killing me. >> have a good one. the heart attack grill has done it again. another customer collapsing at the las vegas restaurant. >> witnesses say the woman fell unconscious while eating a double-bypass burger. it's not clear if her condition was related to the artery-clogging meal. the grill prides itself on unhealthy dishes including flat-liner fries. >> a man passed out in february while eating a 6,000-calorie burger. the owner said the customer got what most customers want, a brush with death. >> the last supper. on this shift, that burger looks good. >> i'd love to have one of those. >> take it easy. >> all right. more local news is coming up

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exactly being as it seems. this one comes to us from new mexico, where a bunch of kids stole a car for a little bit of a joyride. >> little did they know, that's what the police wanted. liz mcinearn joins us from albuquerque. >> reporter: you can hear the excitement in the air, as a boy goes for a joyride in northwest albuquerque. but he won't do it alone. >> god. dang. >> what the [ bleep ]? >> out of here. >> oh, dog. you're crazy. >> i know, dog. >> how did you get this? >> i love you. >> how did you get this? >> reporter: the answer comes a little more later, after a couple of friends jump in on the action. >> how did you get there? >> i don't know. i saw this car with the keys. and i opened the door. it was unlocked. i grabbed the keys. i was like, this is the car. >> reporter: but the kids realize they have to have a plan. >> oh, my god. what if we go to jail for this? >> we have to bounce if the cops

are here. i'm happening out. and running for my life. probation. and if i get caught. >> reporter: so, what's the plan? one idea, torch the stolen car in the arroyo or blame it on someone else. >> this is grand theft auto. >> hey. >> oh, my god. >> if they start asking, none of us did it. was some other -- we got the car. that what's up and leave. >> reporter: it doesn't take long for the mood to change when the kids see lights in the rear-view mirror. >> oh, my god. it's the cops. that's a cop. >> that's a cop. >> [ bleep ]. >> get your hands up. let me see your hands. get your hands up. >> wow. >> rolling. >> yeah. >> definitely over. coming up later on "good morning america" today, more behind the scenes drama from last night's "dancing with the stars."