aa, another corporation, located in golds boro, north carolina, designs and manufacturers a wide range of machines and composite structures for aerospace and defense applications. there's also the north carolina biotechnology center. this was created out of necessity as traditional industries like textile and furniture manufacturing began to disappear. the center is the most experienced organization of its kind in the world. and works to promote the cultivation and development of biotechnology applications throughout north carolina whether they are taking place for medical, agricultural or energy purposes. they join us today. i'm excited to hear from them. i hope i can be here when we have the testimony of the witness. i'm going to have to leave shortly but hopefully i can be around for his testimony. it is clear that american manufacturing is prime for a renaissance and house democrats make it an america agenda. provide better opportunities for success through key policy initiatives. several make it an america initiatives have already become law, including bills that cut taxes and cre

nbc's jay gray spent the day in court in greens boro, north carolina. >> reporter: andrew young return to the hot seat as john edwards defense team continued their aggressive cross-examination of the state's star witness. >> the main goal of questioning andrew young for the defense to show he's not credible. >> reporter: the focus on inconsistencies between his testimony and the book he has written, at times the line of questioning seems scattered. >> certainly at times the defense even confused the judge. >> reporter: there was no confusing the image of young being painted by the defense. >> make him out to be a scam are a -- artist, a person who tried to defraud the heiress bunny mellon, take her money put it in his pocket instead of passing it on to rielle hunter. >> reporter: young testified the plan to solicit nefunds was to cover up the pregnancy. the first check came more than a month before young was aware of the child. >> what the defense tried to hammer home at the time andrew young was soliciting money from bunny mellon, he didn't know, couldn't know, rielle hunter was pregn

and david outer boro, president of the new library and i want to welcome all of you. thank you for joining us for the second in our new series of conversations at the newberry. the newberry has been offering educational programs to the public since the early 1890s. so we think of this new series as an integral part of the long and important tradition in chicago. tonight's program is being audio recorded by chicago amplified, which is an initiative of chicago public radio. chicago amplified as a web based audio library of educational than and you can listen to a podcast of this event at the chicago amplified website, debut bec or/amplified. booktv is also recording the program and will post on our website to broadcast time when it is known. toward the end of the program this evening, there will be an opportunity for audience involvement. in order to make sure that everybody can hear audience comments or questions and to include what you have to say and the recording, we will bring a microphone to audience members who want to speak. what other forms of technology in min