john davis said he was outside the door. he heard john edwards inside on the telephone speaking loudly and saying to someone, he assumed it was rielle hunter, "are you showing yet?" which, of course, goes to clearly indicate he knew that this woman not only he was having an affair with her but that she was pregnant. not long after that he gave john davis is sealed envelope, a sealed fed ex envelope, and he said keep this for me. now, that had a telephone in it and apparently he was trying to hide the phone records between he and rielle hunter on that telephone. >> that's incredible detail just describing these conversations that are overheard and what edwards is alleged to have said. do we know what was so upsetting when edwards' daughter actually went running out of the courtroom? what happened there? >> reporter: you know, it was interesting because i was sitting right behind them. she rose, said something to her father, and he said, cate, cate, cate, three times, but she ran out of the room. i couldn't see her face but oth

john davis said he had an awkward run-in with hunter at a detroit hotel where edwards was staying while campaigning in '07. he testified that hunter had said she and edwards were in love but the next day edwards denied it. davis also said he overheard a phone conversation between the two discussing her pregnancy. prosecutors are trying to prove that edwards deliberately and illegally used campaign donations to hide the affair. >>> mitt romney is spending a second day in the key battle state of virginia. he is campaigning with governor bob mcdonald who is said to be on the short list of possible running mates. as steve handelsman reports romney picked up a key endorsement today from a former rival. >> reporter: congresswoman michele bachmann never won a primary and quit the race for the white house in january, but she was a powerful voice for the tea party and for republican women and she spoke out today in virginia to endorse mitt romney. >> president barack obama, president mitt romney. you decide. >> another beautiful lady. how are you? >> reporter: what women decide could determine w

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john davis was aboard a campaign plane with edwards and his chairman, fred baron, who allegedly provided financial support to cover up the affair. in a critical moment of testimony, davis says, as they discussed the article, baron assured them the press isn't going to find hunter because of the way he was moving her around. now, it's actually two weeks, now, into this trial. so far, no sign, yet, of rielle hunter. we do know she's going to testify. one very interesting witness later on today, is brian huffman. a very close friend of the big benefactor for john edwards, bunny melon. and he appeared quickly in the court. he was cracking up the entire court. making the jurors laugh. all of us laugh. he's going to be very funny again today. george? >> bob, thank you very much. >>> let's bring in our legal analyst, dan abrams, for more on this. and john davis takes you right into the heart of the edwards' campaign with all of the details. >> witness after witness being called to say this was part of the campaign. again, the crucial question, was this money designed for a campaign cover-up, wh

davis said. i was concerned why she was there. i was suspicious they had maintained a relationship. some time later, hunter knocked on his hotel room door. she told me she and john ed wards were very much in love, davis testified. the next day, edwards denied they were having an affair. he told me she was crazy and we needed to make sure she didn't contact him, said davis. >> do you regret being a mils tres? do you regret being a -- >> no, because i learned a lot. it went against every part of who i am and everything i believe. but i learned so much from it. >> reporter: the prosecution is trying to establish that edwards used money from top ben ne factors to cover up the affair and save his campaign. edwards insists he was only trying to protect his family. davis also testified about a plane ride he took with edwards and benefactor fred baron, when the subject came up. baron told the two not to worry. he said, "the press isn't going to find miss hunter because of the way i am moving her around," davis testified. >> i think the plane ride was very hurtful to edwards today. he's sitting 18 inches from fred baron. baron spells out the conspiracy in a nutshell. >>

. >> earlier in the day, potentially damaging testimony from edwards' former body man, john davis. he testified about a conversation in late 2007 when the media was actively searching for hunter while edwards was preparing for upcoming iowa caucuses. davis said he, edwards, and donor fred baron were on baron's jet when baron said the press wasn't going to find ms. hunter because of the way he was moving her around. i asked him to stop talking. i didn't want to be aware of this. davis said he stopped talking and that edwards said nothing. >> as damaging to edwards because it shows he knew what was going on. >> the government alleged that money spent by baron and another donor to hide hunter amounting to illegal campaign contributions, a charge edwards denies. lisa myers, nbc news, greensboro, north carolina. >>> and there was this today from the presidential campaign trail. mitt romney picked up the endorsement of yet another former rival. congresswoman michele bachmann. while she was still vying for the gop nomination herself, she called romney's massachusetts health care package,

john davis says he reached out and the money dropped on the ground. police gave him a $344 ticket.s the deal. cleveland officers say it's illegal to solicit or give money. >>> a woman from ohio is also in trouble. she broke into a home and did some cleaning and left a bill. the family thought a cleanings service sent the wrong person to the wrong address but the woman told them no mistake and you better pay up. >> our jaws just dropped to the ground. i said what happened you know? did you get the wrong house? she said no. she said i do this all the time and i'm like what do you mean? she goes i just stop and clean your house. >> the woman in question is named sue warren and we're told she does in fact run a cleaning business. so far no charges have been pressed here. but last month, in a separate matter, warren was charged with criminal trespassing. >>> a waiter in houston got quite a shock last weekend when two customers left him a whopping $5,000 tip. the generous payment couldn't have come at a better time. greg rubar's car was destroyed recently in a severe storm and he'd been

>> john davis and the information he said, andrew young as well. >> uh-huh. lot of people think that this is a case of john edwards versus andrew young, the one who wrote the book about him. i think it's more than that, we've heard from john davis, we've heard from several former staffers to john edwards, that he lied to them about the affair. that he manipulated people. that he just was not an honest, truthful guy. you know, it isn't just andrew young who was the lead-off witness, it's all of the other witnesses who come since that. but i have to say, we've only heard prosecution's case so far. the defense could start as early as this friday. >> so what is it? is it a cumulative effect you see? you're inside the courtroom. can you look at the jurors' faces? can you get any read, diane, as to how they're interpreting all of this information? >> well you know i learned a long time ago, covering these trials, you don't try to read the jury. but they do seem very attentive, there's a former accountant. there is a financial adviser. there's a vice president of a c

another former campaign aide, john davis, took the stand, testified about what he knew about the affair with rielle hunter. davis said staff members were concerned hunter was get doing close to edwards. edwards is accused of violating campaign finance law by using campaign contributions to cover up his affair with hunter. >>> just ahead getting rid of unwanted tattoos, less pain, hess time at the doctor's. >> plus a -- less time at the doctor's. >> plus a busy time on repairs in the metro, will it get in the way of your commute? >> still plenty to see from leesburg to laurel and still a little lightning, no severe storms, but plenty of rain, your full forecast coming up. >> check out some of the other stories on the rundown. we'll be right back. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it

. >> reporter: john davis once a close aide to john edwards told jurors thursday how he was surprised by a familiar face in the lobby of a detroit hotel back in 2007. it was rielle hunter, he said, who weeks earlier, at the insistence of elizabeth edwards had been dismissed from her job as the candidate's videographer. i was suspicious that mr. edwards and miss hunter had maintained a relationship, davis said on the stand. davis said he went to his room to phone his wife. you're not going to believe this, he told her. and then he said there was a knock on his door. it was hunter. she said that she and senator edwards were very much in love, davis told the jury. davis says he urged her to leave then called his wife back saying, you are really not going to believe this. the next morning, davis says, edwards told him hunter was crazy and to make sure she didn't contact him. he denied there was an affair going on, davis testified. >> there's a real history here with distraction. all of the salacious detail can confuse the jury. the real key, did john edwards do this as a violation of fede

. >>> john davis is driving up an exit ramp when he saw a man with a sign saying jesus loves you.he guy a few bucks. what's the problem? he drops the money moments later davis was getting a ticket for littering. >> he needed money or he wouldn't be out there. i would like to do it again but i am petrified i am going to get a ticket. >> the clevelanded police department not commenting. he is prepared to fight the ticket in this court. >>> it is now going to international. the low cost carrier is improving the airport. right now southwest doesn't fly beyond the u.s. borders. could start by the year 2013. >> dramatic video of a frightening truck crash in russia. >> the truck ramming into the su. the reaction of the driver says it all. the good news no one was seriously injured. those are your 5 at 5:30 headlines. >> let's go to another developing story. president obama has been sigh len the about the pakistani doctor who helps locate os bun laud. >> he has been sentenced for treason. 33 years he will serve. really doug? no one said anything about this in washington? >> not much anywa

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. >> yesterday former edwards aide john davis took the stand to say that he ran into rielle hunter intaying even though her contract with the campaign had expired. he said that hunter later knocked on his door and told him that she and edwards were very much in love. he said the next day edwards said that hunter was crazy and denied having an affair with the woman if. >> and roger is the mother who took her daughter into a standing booth -- a new jersey mother who took her daughter into a standing both is calling people criticizing her jealous. >> it's a humbling times for 0 or winfrey. and facebook's ipo will make markers ap -- makes luxembourg -- will make mark zuckerberg and even wealthier man. >> facebook shares will be around $30 each when they go public. co-founder mark zuckerberg will officially become a member of the millionaires club, raking in $17.5 billion. it would make him richer than steve ballmer of microsoft who is twice his age. oprah winfrey discovery communications may have lost $330 million on the venture of her network. own is the most successful failure in televi

. >> brooke, john davis was the close e staffer to former senator john edwards all the way up to the uary 2008 when he suspended his presidential campaign. davis recounted a moment at the westin south field after he was told reel hunter traveled with edwards to record web videoses about edwards had come to an end. he said he was surprised to meet hunter after weeks of not seeing her and got off an elevator with hunter and got onto another one and continued to his hotel room on the same floor where edwards was staying. davis said he called his wife to tell her what happened and when there was a knock on the door and it was rielle hunter. she told him she and senator edwards were in love and edwards was concerned that he, davis, had seen hunter in the hotel. davis said he didn't care because he was focused on the campaign and later he spoke to edwards and ed washds asked if he had run into her. he told davis that rielle hunter was crazy and denied there was an affair. yesterday one of the most intensely emotional parts of the trial came when a former research direct for for john edwards

his target was this man, john davis, and davis was in his car in the roadside and attracted his attentionpulling up here at the intersection, there was a gentleman in the wheelchair holding a sign that love jesus, need help. something to that nature. >> this is a photograph of the paralyzed pan handler that mr. davis saw. he wanted to help him. so he pulled out a couple of dollars to make that man's day go a little better than it was. >> i rolled it up longwise the money so i could reach it to the gentleman. and he touched it, it hit the ground. at this point, he bent over and he picked it up. >> now, watching mr. davis's generosity was a police officer. you might think he'd thank him for the laudable exercise, but no, you'd be wrong. >> proceeds to tell me -- he's pulling me over for littering. are you serious? >> that's right. he was charged with littering because he tossed a couple of bucks at a needy, disabled man. a couple of bucks that might cost him a fine of $500. apparently, mr. davis violated 613.06 of cleveland's municipal codes which is littering from a motor vehicle. his offe

today we heard from john davis, that aide who ran into ril hunter in that hotel elevator as she was heading up to john edwards' floor. this was long after she had been officially dismissed sphrt edwards' campaign. davis testified ms. hunter and she and senator edwards were very much in love. i told her did i not care about this, i was focused on the campaign. next day edwards called to the hotel room where he denied the affair and said quote hunter was crazy. everyone agrees there was an expensive coverup in the end what's important is how jurors interpret it. listen. >> do they see this affair being covered up as part of edward's presidential aspiration or a person who wants to preserve his family and marriage and is lying about that. >> professor freed land says essentially the defense and prosecution are using separate frames for the same picture, shep. >> shepard: this has to be more than just sleaze because being sleazy is not against the wall. what's the prosecution doing to show it's more than that? >> that's right. today they tried to establish that the intent behind rachel bunny me

davis says. i was concerned why she was there. i was suspicious they had maintained a relationship. some time later, hunter knocked on his hotel room door. she told me she and john much in love, davis testified. the next day edwards denied they were having an affair to davis. he told me she was crazy and we needed to make sure she didn't contact him, said davis. >> the power of the love does override all the issues that come up and all the judgments. this is wrong. what you are doing is wrong. >> the power of the love did that? >> yes. >> reporter: the prosecution is trying to establish that edwards used money from top benefactors to cover up the affair and save his campaign. edwards insist he's was only trying to protect his family. davis also testified about a plane ride he took with edwards and benefactor fred barron when the subject of the national enquirer article came up, barron told the two not to worry. he said the press isn't going to find miss hunter because of the way i am moving her around, davis testified. >> i think the plane ride was very hurtful to john edwards today. he is sitting 18 inches from barron an alleged co-conspirator. barron spells ou

former aide john davis recalled an awkward moment he want into hunter in a hotel elevator and she testified she said she and senator john edwards were very much in love and i told her that i did not care about this and i was focused on the campaign and he said the next day the boss called him to the room to deny anything was going on. >>shepard: that bit of testimony. and then testimony from another former john edwards' staffer. tell us about that testimony. >>reporter: he is a former staffer who ordinarily had a master key to get into john edwards' hotel room so he could prepare things, conduct sweeps but he recalled his surprise in florida when he tried the door, it was dead bolted from the inside, and no one answering the door, and, finally, a hand from inside slipped him a note instructed him to contact fellow campaign staffer andrew young and the prosecution asked, do you recall one way or another from looking at hand, the gender of the person, and he reasonablied, yes, female. and just a few minutes ago, brian huffman took the stand, the interior decorator, was the interior decorator

john davis testified that staff members became concerned in 2006 that real hunter was getting too close to edwards. davis said he had an awkward run-in with hunter in a detroit hotel where edwards ofs say -- was saying. she told him that she and the senator were in love. the next day, ed wards denied it calling her crazy. edwards is accused of using campaign money to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 campaign. >>> there is new insight into the last day of osama bin laden's life. in the letters, bin laden appears to be concerned about his diminished influence over al qaeda and the terror network's image in the muslim world and tom has been going over the letters today. tom? >> reporter: they were included in this report by the combating terrorism center at west point. the more than 170 letters detailed parts of the so-called treasure 45 was more than -- treasure trove of more than 6,000 pieces of intelligence seized from bin laden's compound. these documents show she was focused until the end about attacking americans and worried about the bumbling in his own organization andas

john davis testified in court in greensboro, north carolina. davis said that he had a run-in with edwards' mistress at a detroit hotel during the 2007 campaign. he said rielle hunter knocked on his door and said she and edwards were in love. the next day edwards denied it. davis also said he overheard a phone conversation between the two discussing her pregnancy. prosecutors are trying to prove that edwards illegally used campaign donations to hide the affair. >>> now to decision 2012 and the republican presidential race. mitt romney is spending a second day in the key battleground state of virginia. he is campaigning there with virginia governor bob mcdonald who is said to be on the short list of possible romney runningmates. romney also picked up a key endorsement today from one of his former rivals. steve handelsman joins us live from capitol hill with more. hi, steve. >> thanks. >> reporter: this was more evidence that republicans, even those proudly on the right wing of the party, are coming around to romney. >> he will win. >> reporter: c

john w. davis. how would he try the case? that's what i tried to do. it's ironic he becomes a supreme court justice and wins that case. thank you. there's so many interesting men who, you know, so obscure. who heard of louis cass? father of mental anguish. father of michigan. he created the university of michigan, created their public school system, a great naturalist. considered america's leading expert on native americans, and he was honored, and so he was -- they are all interesting character, and it's a shame they are forgotten, and i hope if my book doesn't do anything else, but encourages people to look more at these people because they provide wonderful examples how politics should be. sometimes again, better than the winners. they are honorable men, very interesting thoughts issue and also i'd encourage you if you get the book to look at the essays baa there's other -- because there's other books i recommend to learn about the people. i enjoyed spending four years with these guys. i'm defensive about them now. i want to advocate on their behalf

john davis said he had an awkward run-in with hunter at a detroit hotel where edwards was staying while campaigning in 2007. he testified that hunter said she and edwards were in love. the next day edwards denied it. davis also said he overheard a phone conversation between the two discussing her pregnancy. prosecutors are trying to prove that edwards illegally used his campaign donations to hide that affair. we are waiting to learn the identity of a cyclist who was struck and killed by a car in olney this morning. police say a driver hit a woman who was riding her bike near the intersection of route 108 and zion road. the driver did stay on the scene. it's not clear if any charges will be filed. >>> trouble for commuters who count on metro getting around the city could be a big hassle this weekend. there are several big events planned and metro has no plans to stop their scheduled track work. jane watrel is live for us in northwest d.c. with the warning. >> reporter: well, yes, jim. metro says it is simply following recommendations from the national transportation safety board to upgra

the parade of former edwards staffers continues here in greensbro, testimony from bodyman, john davisd with edwards' mistress rielle hunter. she saw him in detroit and announced she and john edwards were in love. but when he talked to edwards the former senator told him rielle hunter was crazy. wrapping up the second week of the trial, prosecutors charged edwards used illegal campaign money to cover up the affair, as the defense attorneys say the money wasn't for the campaign. joe johns, cnn, greensboro, north carolina. >>> one of the big stories of the day the talkback question for you will julia win battle for women voters? from one julia to fake one, i will be voting for mitt, he's better than the one in the white house making up women. this from tessa, i might not be julia but i have taken advantage of programs. without a pell grant i couldn't have finished college. without obamacare my son could be an adult without health insurance, but with serious medical insurance. >> what happens to julia when diagnosed with ms, loses her job, isn't wealthy enough to afford insurance? from pa

. >> john oakly from davis, california. for nearly 40 years since the 1974 decision in elman versus jordan, no matter who seems to come and who seems to go seems to have difficulty getting the law immunity right. in your decision of pin hurst state school and hospital versus alderman the court's law illuminates the character of an institution. i've always wanted to ask you to expound on that analysis. >> well, i've written a great deal on that issue, and i'm sure i don't have much to add. i would recommend that you read a book called "five chiefs" that had a lot to say on the issue. >> good afternoon justice. jose anderson, baltimore, maryland. i was wondering if you have any thoughts on you think the direction that the eighth amendment jurisprudence is likely to go in the coming years, or at least the framework of how the eighth amendment would be looked at in the coming years of the supreme court. >> of course, that's a very difficult question, because it depends on the attitudes of who is sitting on the court at the part

. >> reporter: but on thursday, former staffer john davis did testify that edwards was present duringation when finance chairman and donor fred baron talked about how he was hiding hunter. that goes to the heart of the six federal charges facing edwards. did he know about the money from wealthy donors baron and rachel "bunny" mellon, and did the casual fi cash qualify as contributions or gift? at 101 years old, mellon is too fragile to testify but rielle hunter is expected to take the stand soon. it's unclear if john edwards will choose to speak in his own defense. for "cbs this morning: saturday," anna warner, greensboro, north carolina. >> joining us "48 hours" correspondent and also a lawyer, erin moriarty. >> it's great to be here. >> thanks for being here. distasteful behavior for hur. is it illegal? >> well, i think that this parade of aides really does help the prosecution in the sense that they tell the prosecution's story that, yes, john edwards was having an affair. members of the campaign knew about it. they were concerned about it. there might have been a reason to hide. a

did never run, it's worth looking up because i think this is something that fred davis has long advocated for. we know johnccain nixed the idea. i think this was fred davis' way of trying to get it back in the mainstream again. >> and you can get something into the mainstream in the media without running it by just having this kind of thing come out. apparently it was supposed to come out shortly before the convention or around the time of the convention where it might have been difficult for the obama team to rebut it. interestingly, john mccain's spokesperson put out a statement saying senator mccain is very proud of the campaign he ran in 2 2008. he stands by the decisions and would make them again today if he had to the do over. it's clear from game change and the reporting from the campaign that mccain rejected attempts to inject race into this. >> andrea, i think the other thing, i did talk to some people who say look, maybe four years ago this might have worked as a political tactic in that barack obama was significantly less well known. he was introduced to the american public four years ago and ma

his former body man john davis testified thursday that he became suspicious when he encountered rielleunter in a hotel elevator, a few weeks after she was terminated as campaign videographer. >> it's a great speech. >> can you read it? >> yes, i can read it. >> you can? >> yeah. >> reporter: later that day, davis said hunter knocks on his door. she told me that she and senator edwards were very much in love. then the next day, davis said, edwards denied he was having an affair with hunter. he told me she was crazy, and that she should make sure she didn't talk to him. davis testified. but edwards' press aide caught the government by surprise. revealing that for all of edwards' lies, he had refused to lie under oath. he testified that a tabloid had suggested it would drop a story if edwards signed a sworn affidavit denying the affair and paternity of hunter's child. edwards refused. >> as a lawyer he knew that signing this affidavit would be a crime. he was unwilling to do that. >> reporter: but, there was potentially damaging testimony, too. davis recalled a conversation with edwards a

john davis was driving up an exit ramp when he saw a man in a wheelchair holding a sign reading "jesusd him a few bucks. the problem, the man dropped it and moments later, davis was getting a ticket for littering, are you kidding me? >> needing some money or he wouldn't be out there. i'd like to tdo it again. i'm petrified i'll get a ticket. >> come on, the cleveland police department not commenting. davis says he's prepared to fight the ticket in court. dramatic video into us this morning here at fox of a frightening truck crash. this happened in russia. so that truck slams into an oncoming s.u.v. and the reaction from the driver of the s.u.v. says it all but the good news, no one seriously hurt. wow. amazing video. well, it's time to head outside to get a peek at our weather for the weekend, the holiday weekend. >> that's right. thank you very much, gretch. it's fleet week! good morning. yeah, they sailed into town yesterday. docked just about four blocks. we'll talk to some of them in a moment. first, let me tell you a little bit about this bud is for you. you've got hurricane bud.